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Kurmanbek Bakiyev Biography
President of Kyrgyzstan
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Born Kurmanbek S. Bakiyev, August 1, 1949, in Masadan, Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan; son of Sali (a farm manager) Bakiyev; married; children: sons Marat, Maxim. Education: Earned degree in electrical engineering from Kuybyshev Polytechnic Institute, 1972.
Addresses: Office —c/o Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic, 2360 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008.
Served in the Soviet Army, 1974–76; began working at a factory in Jalal-Abad and became chief engineer, c. 1979, and director, c. 1990; entered politics, 1990; became first secretary of the Kok-Yangak city council, and chair of the city's Supreme Soviet; deputy chair of Jalal-Abad region, early 1990s; appointed governor of Jalal-Abad oblast, 1995, and then the Chui oblast, 1997–2000; became prime minister, 2000; resigned as prime minister, 2002; formed the People's Movement of Kyrgyzstan, 2004; named acting president by Kyrgyz parliament, 2005; elected president of Kyrgyzstan, 2005.
In 2005, Kurmanbek Bakiyev became only the second president in the history of an independent Kyrgyzstan. The former factory manager emerged that year as head of the opposition against Kyrgyzstan's longtime leader, Askar Akayev, who had been in office since 1990. After coming to power during the chaotic political coup against Akayev, Bakiyev was legitimately elected president in the summer of 2005 to a five-year term. He promised in his inauguration speech that the poor, landlocked Central Asian republic, with a centuries-old history of troubles with its larger neighbor, China, as well as with nearby Russia, would not become "a place for the fulfillment of someone else's geopolitical interests," according to the New York Times .
Bakiyev was born in 1949 in Masadan, a village in the Kyrgyzstan oblast , or province, of Jalal-Abad. The predominantly Muslim Kyrgyz are a Turkic people, as are other Central Asian ethnic groups, and had a long history of opposing foreign domination. At the time of Bakiyev's birth, however, Kyrgyzstan was part of the Soviet Union, and Bakiyev's father served as a manager on one of the vast collective farms common to the Soviet economic model. Much remained unchanged in Kyrgyzstan, however, with a tribal system dominating local political and economic affairs outside of the capital, Bishkek. Even Kyrgyzstan's name, which translates into "40 Clans" in English, reflected that legacy.
As a young man, Bakiyev studied electrical engineering at Kuybyshev Polytechnic Institute in Russia, where he met his future wife. He earned his de- gree in 1972, and served two years in the Soviet Army. Returning to Kyrgyzstan, he took a job with an electrical-goods factory in the town of Jalal-Abad, eventually rising to the post of chief engineer and plant director. The country experienced a major upheaval in 1990, thanks to the crumbling Soviet regime. A Kyrgyzstan Democratic Movement (KDM) emerged, and Akayev, president of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences, became the country's first democratically elected president in October of that year.
Bakiyev entered the political arena himself in 1990, serving as first secretary of the city council for Kok-Yangak, a coal-mining town in the Jalal-Abad province, and eventually rising to the governorship of the region in 1995. From 1997 to 2000, he served as governor of another province, called Chui, in the north of the country. Akayev was still in office, but had retained power through a crackdown on opposition groups and an independent press. There were also charges that Akayev's family members had profited handsomely by the privatization of formerly state-controlled companies in Kyrgyzstan.
Akayev had been restricted to two terms by Kyrgyzstan's constitution, but pushed through changes that allowed him to stand for a third one as the KDM candidate in the fall of 2000. He appointed Bakiyev as his prime minister on December 21, 2000, but Kyrgyzstan's economy remained moribund, and there was widespread dissatisfaction with what was perceived as the Akayev government's endemic corruption. In May of 2002, protests erupted, and Kyrgyz government forces fired upon a crowd in Aksy in the south, killing five. Bakiyev was forced to resign as prime minister because of the debacle, but Akayev remained in office. Bakiyev went on to form the People's Movement of Kyrgyzstan, a coalition of opposition parties, in 2004.
In parliamentary elections held in February of 2005, there were allegations of vote fraud that produced a favorable result for Akayev's supporters. Protests erupted, and international observers noted that events in Kyrgyzstan seemed to be following those a few months earlier in Ukraine, when demonstrations challenged and eventually prevailed over official vote fraud. The weeks-long event was dubbed Ukraine's Orange Revolution, and in Kyrgyzstan the mass protests were soon being called the Tulip Revolution.
By late March of 2005, protesters had taken over two cities in the south of Kyrgyzstan, while Bakiyev emerged as leader of the movement and tried to maintain some semblance of order. The hopes for a peaceful ouster of Akayev ended when the demonstrations moved to the capital, Bishkek, and university students leading it there were attacked by crowds of pro-government thugs sporting blue armbands and carrying wooden clubs. The anti-Akayev forces prevailed, however, and as they neared the presidential palace Akayev fled the country. The situation in Bishkek quickly descended into chaos at that point, with scores of impoverished Kyrgyz looting stores of consumer goods and food staples.
With that, Bakiyev declared himself acting president and prime minister, but promised a 90-day interim government that would ready the country for new elections. He quickly appointed cabinet ministers to crucial posts, such as defense and finance, and allied with Felix Kulov, a former Interior Minister who was jailed in 2000 thanks in part to his opposition to Akayev. Kulov was released from custody, and Bakiyev appointed him head of all lawenforcement services. Kulov, in turn, organized citizen militias to aid the pro-Bakiyev troops stationed in the capital's main shopping district.
As promised, Bakiyev announced that elections would be held on July 10, 2005, and in balloting that day he bested five other candidates for the presidency. He appointed Kulov as his prime minister. As the first anniversary of the Tulip Revolution neared, however, public opinion appeared to be turning against him as well. High-level corruption was still a problem, and the Bakiyev government was accused of doing little to end it. Early in 2006, there was a dispute over the rent paid to the Republic of Kyrgyzstan for a U.S. military base located on its soil that had been used in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and had remained a crucial outpost in the region. Bakiyev's government proposed a hundred-fold increase, from $2.70 a year to $200, and threatened to evict the U.S. military if it would not agree to the new contract terms, which international observers noted would probably be reduced in exchange for far more valuable U.S. foreign-aid dollars.
Bakiyev is married, and his official presidential website describes their college-era courtship in rather awkward, but nevertheless charmingly translated English, stating that "the modest, light-haired girl with big eyes has forever won the heart of a son of the mountains and accepted his proposal of marriage. Wedding of the couple was modest, just among a circle of close friends." The couple have two grown sons, Marat and Maxim.
Financial Times , September 23, 2005, p. 2; June 2, 2006, p. 9.
Guardian (London, England), March 26, 2005, p. 15.
Newsweek International , April 4, 2005, p. 20.
New York Times , April 3, 2005; July 11, 2005; August 15, 2005.
UPI Perspectives , March 25, 2005.
Weekly Standard , April 11, 2005, p. 12.
"Biography of Bakiev K.S.," President of Kyrgyzstan, http://eng.president.kg/president_ev/president_ev/biography_ev/ (July 26, 2006).
"Kyrgyz Leader Defends His Record," BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4837938.stm (July 26, 2006).
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Discussion in 'General Viper Discussion' started by Janni, Oct 5, 2009.
In light of recent events and some terrible tragedies involving new owners of the Dodge Viper - the members of the VCA Forums wish to provide the following insight into the Viper ownership experience - all in hopes of preventing accidents.
Much of the Viper's appeal is it's "raw" attitude. It has few creature comforts and even fewer high tech driver aids.
It's a wonderfully capable tool - much like a scalpel in the hands of a surgeon. However, a scalpel in the hands of a 2 year old is not a good thing. You - as a new Viper owner - are likely more of a 2 year old than a surgeon. Don't feel bad - we were all 2 once.
Many of us grew up driving cars that could were virtually idiot proof. This is not one of these cars.
It has more torque that any car you have ever driven. Torque means "turning force". It's the thrill of pushing you back in your seat - but it means the twisting can be brutal.
It has MASSIVE tires and can have tremendous grip. Your tires are the ONLY thing keeping you stuck to the road and are impacted by many variables.
It has few electronic driver aids that will come to your defense if you overstep the limits of tire adhesion.
Smooth inputs are more necessary in this car than any other. ANYTHING abrupt will unsettle the car. It DOES NOT appreciate a heavy hand, or a heavy foot. Either can send the car into a spin.
The tires will not work when cold, or - when OLD. Old tires = Hard tires. Even if they have loads of tread- they can be like hockey pucks. DO NOT skimp on tires. Again - they are the ONLY thing keeping you stuck to the pavement.
There is nothing that will pull you back once you have lost grip. No electronic Traction Control, no ESP, no power cutoff.
Many before you have not heeded these simple rules and have ended up with crashed cars. Or worse.
Consider the first several hundred miles the "honeymoon phase" with your Viper. No full throttle, no cranking the wheel, no showing off. Consider taking our car to a local autocross to have some fun, and maybe even spin. In a parking lot. Consider just going to that empty parking lot and try a couple of maneuvers varying the smoothness of your inputs and see what happens. (if the car starts to spin - both feet in - clutch and brake).
We want you around. We want you to love this car like we do.
Please feel free to add to this list and perhaps we can put it together as a BIG sticky.
If we're seriously considering the production of some kind of "sticker notice" I'd seriously suggest (despite the gruesomeness) it include photos of crashed Vipers and some (non-intruding) generic list of same. A simple serious "note" is not going to get anyone's attention. A 5 page "brochure" with several photos of carnage, a list of 200 crashed Vipers while still in their break in period titled "DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!" might get an owners attention.
I have seen and talked to sooo many owners/drivers having 9 or 10 year old tires and they do NOT like to listen.......lots of thread left.....go figure!
Common sense is the KEY to survive.
Use 400/500/600 hp with caution! Please.
Agree on the "pictures worth a thousand words".
Heck - I think I still have the pic of the 2003/2004 that was flipped over by a Ddoge staffer in front of the SRT Engineering center.
Where do we start - wreckedexotics.com?
Or - would anyone here care to contribute pics / stories?
I envision a compare / contrast type thing - I don't want anyone thinking these cars are "unsafe" - because they are quite the opposite.
If you have the need to feel the torque - always remember to keep the wheels pointing straight.
Plum, you just said the magic word - EGO! Ego and attitude is what we are dealing with here, or at least a good part of it. We are all proud of our car and its capabilities; and rightly so; a lot of us are proud of our driving skills - sometimes rightly so, and sometimes not. The message we need to get across is this: none of our egos are worth wrecking a Viper, much less killing or injuring ourselves or someone else! In addition, public roads are NOT the place to demonstrate either our capabilities, or those of the car- EVER! Our car has nothing to prove; what it has done, over and over in competition, takes care of that. WE have nothing to prove except that we can drive it smoothly and safely. Anyone who needs to prove anything beyond that to anyone, needs to do it in a controlled, closed, competitive environment. On the street, the only thing as important as car control when driving a Viper is SELF-CONTROL.
City, I don't know whether posting links to any of the (too many) crash threads here is overly intrusive or not, but at the least, a safety thread needs to contain some pics of wrecked Vipers -a little "shock therapy" with that is a good thing, however we do it. Along with that, can anyone verify the following statistics: 38% of Vipers are wrecked in the first six months of ownership; 21% in the first 200 miles? If that's verified, we ought to include it.
One more thought: a lot of newcomers to the car are not prepared to the attention it generates on the street -good and bad. Some drivers of other cars, for whatever reason, do stupid and/or aggressive things around a Viper. Tempting as it may be for some, it is NOT a good idea to reciprocate or retaliate. The risk is simply not worth it; WE HAVE NOTHING TO PROVE, except that we are smarter than that!
This is a great suggestion but the bottom line is that the majority of owners have at one time or another had history with a variety of muscle cars. Some of the cars I helped build and drove daily to high school would pull wheel stands. This was in the late 60's when there were real muscle cars. My son loves to hear the stories and has seen the trophies. The torque in most of these cars wasn't at all like the Viper.
I had been away from muscle car "shenanigans" for some years while I put my 3 kids through college until I bought my "well deserved reward" and dream car a year ago. I had read all of the "warning" posts but I was of the notion that these guys "don't know how to drive a fast car but I do." I had come within .3 tenths of a second of the track record down in Orlando Florida 35 years ago on a road course and had plenty of 1/8 and 1/4 mile fun blowing stuff away on the weekends. I learned very quickly I was wrong. I went to a huge empty parking lot with my new to me 94 RT/10 Viper with 15000 miles and the original tires on it to see what it would do and also to squelch the "it'll get away from you in a heart beat" theory. Remember "I thought I knew how to drive fast powerful cars." I pointed it straight like everyone suggested and started a slow roll. I then rev'd her up and "dumped the clutch". The tires started spinning like crazy, smoke started billowing and then it happened. I went about 25 feet and the car did a 360. Thankfully I hadn't eaten anything in a while so my pants weren't ruined but let me tell you that this silver haired young guy at heart learned a valuable lesson. I was a believer in all the posts I had read about respecting the car and its torque. The torque is unbelievable. All the guys that say "that's not me..I know how to drive a powerful car, they don't know what they're talking about" beware if you've never owned a Viper. Play with it somewhere where it's safe and make sure the lot doesn't have those concrete based light poles in it. Steer clear of them.
I have called Summit Point but they said I couldn't run their road courses without a roll bar but sure would love to find a road course that will let me have some fun. Any suggestions for a non-roll bar car close to Northern Va?
Great post! Get the word out any way we can about respecting these cars. The Viper made a believer out of me.
I will say that many Viper owners are getting younger. In the late 60's - I was a toddler.
I grew up when engines were smaller and we were waiting in line for gas.... 8 cylinders were a thing of the past - we had a Citation that I learned to drive in - grandparents had an Omega, and even when parents got a Firebird - it was a 6 cyl!
Funny, all the advise directly applies to sportbikes as well. I'm convinced my experience on sportbikes it what allowed me to safely drive my Viper. My only vehicle before hand was a 1.6L inline 4 Dodge Ram 50. Had I not learned a bit of self control and smooth control inputs on the bike I'm sure I'd have wrapped the Viper around a tree or something.
I was wondering if a DVD, something on the order of the VCR that came with Gen11 Vipers, possibly made by VCA and touting both safe use of the car and the benifits the club offers. Dealers could show it to buyers, or give them a copy with the car at the time of purchase. Just a thought. What say you?
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My $0.02 for a new owner in addition to making sure the wheels are pointed straight when getting on the go pedal. Dont be tempted by all of the people that will ask you to do a burnout. If you are rolling forward and dump the clutch and hit the go pedal, the Viper can tail around faster than you can react.
Interesting thing here is that you don't need a Viper to cause a fatal crash. Just found out that one of my friends from college was killed over the weekend on I-95 in PA. Wet roads, high rate of speed, rapid lane changes in a lancer. While my friend wasn't the driver, the consequences were fatal non the less.
Being 1 month into Viper ownership, I am very careful ... the minivans that pass me must get a real thrill I have found that on rutted roads, the exceptionally fat tires cause the car to track rather harshly. Other than that, I find it to be a very fun car, but I'll keep my learning curve slow and hope to get it onto a track for some real driving and leave the smooth cruising to the streets.
Should the Viper carry a warning label, I don't think so. The buyers should have researched the car pretty well before taking the plunge. That said, I definitely think new owners such as myself should heed the advice, take it easy, and take it upon themselves to take a high performance driving class when available.
Of course, what would really be nice would be if people would understand that if they leave 5 minutes earlier then they don't have to do 100mph down the highway...or if you're 5 minutes late, it is really no big deal.
My suggestion, besides echoing what has already been mentioned, is for a new owner to take their time with it. Even an experience sports car owner/driver can have one of these get away from them rather quickly.
Enjoy a slow ride once in a while and ease into the throddle and brake. As already mentioned, the tires are all you have connecting it to the ground. The torque of these engines coupled with the lack of electronic input controls gives the viper the raw appeal. It also makes you look foolish should you put in the ditch.
When you buy a gun it does not come with anything more than a booklet if even that. I doubt that the addition of a cd/dvd would aid in saving any vipers or lives. If someone is one here and browsing around, chances are they not the careless new drivers we are speaking of.
I remember an Enzo had a door sticker "Please remember You are NOT Michael Schumacher" or something like that. No warnings will replace knowledge and experience. Soft input, like on motorcycles, ease into and ease out the throttle, clutch and brakes will help.
Maybe the simple thing to do is REQUIRE the selling dealers to advise the customer of these things and other items at the time of delivery as not everyone comes here before purchasing. Of course this would not work for used owner sales.
You are correct, that is exactly why the dealers that sell vipers NEED to be qualified to sell them AND service them IMHO. Would you buy a new Viper from a motorcycle dealer?
How about the powers that be create a DVD for every owner of at least a new Viper that explains all the safety precautions and an overall experience of what Viper ownership is all about. Plus maybe some CAAP footage of cars being built. It would really add a personal touch to the sale and may stop a few accidents along the way.
Was he in the car that went under the truck killing everybody in the car? Very sad indeed.
My message has been the same since before Janni was a novice.....NOW she's an acknowledged expert, and I heartily reinforce her comments.
My confession: When I picked up my first Viper on May 30, 1993, I almost crashed it entering Interstate 5. My past Lotus-Porsche-Vette-Jag skills were thought to be enough. They weren't.
I soon learned that Gen-1 alignment and snow-tire ruts had prompted my scary tail-wag....but the school saved my car and maybe my life since that 1993 lucky save.
Your own hands and feet have more total surface area than a Viper's contact patches.
Dont assume that because you owned a Porsche or a vette etc you can immediately handle a Viper, even at 75%. You probably cannot, unless you KNOW how to 'steer the rear" as any good autocrosser knows. A Viper needs extra skills.
I keep a small pic of a wrecked viper just like mine in the car.... A reminder, so to speak.. If I stop posting, you'll know it didn't work.
I really, really like this idea. Harley-Davidson has done this for years and I really appreciated it when I was a newb to Harleys. If we have footage already or if someone wants to video tape some footage, I have some decent editing software and could edit it.
Dodge wouldn't even need to really provide it or mention it but it's something we could put on the board to welcome newbs. As a newb myself, I have learned a ton from others on driving the car. Personally, it took a little "testing" to even remotely understand what is meant by "massive tork". I felt the back slip a couple times and was able to regain composure. I have, however, gotten the overwhelming sense that I was lucky. It sounds like many others have not been.
Thanks for all the time and experience you have all shared with me. I appreciate it (and so does my wife from the passenger side)!
no joke on this article. i concider myself an experienced sports car driver and it took me about 6 weeks before my i felt i controlled my first viper. as much fun as these cars are they will bite you hard if you don't respect them.
I disagree a bit! If you just go yeee-hawwww in a parking lot you wont acquire any new skills, you will only reinforce old bad habits. Not a waste, becasue you may indeed test and learn some vehicle limits, but you wont learn any new handling skills.
The skills to recognize weight transfer for example, and NOT lift in turns, cannot be self-taught the first time. Many at-the-limits skills are the reverse of what your brain tells you. They are counter-intuitive. I have had students tell me " You are kidding, right?!?" They must be taught, and learned, and THEN practiced.
While we cannot legally offer safety tips on a Dodge publication (liability for both parties I suspect), we are way ahead of you on touting the benefits of the VCA with every new Viper purchased. Be sure to order your 2010 Viper and check out the new DVD-based owners manual that comes with it!
Now, do you think this DVD could be available for purchase to educate *new* Viper Owners as well?
Juli I agree..... a '2010 Owners DVD' hits only a tiny handful of owners in 1st quarter, and maybe 900-1000 (?) by year end 2010.
Undoubtedly this VCA DVD has value far beyond that future and tiny 2010 owner footprint ? Lets ROLL.. Renewal gift for 2010 ??


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Hospital officials say 10 children drank windshield wiper fluid after a staffer at Arkansas daycare center mistook the liquid for Kool-Aid.
Hilary DeMillo, a spokeswoman at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, says one of the 10 children who drank the fluid Thursday afternoon is still hospitalized Friday morning.
Pediatric pharmacologist and toxicologist Laura James says the child's blood samples had high levels of methanol, which can cause blindness.
James tells The Associated Press that the daycare staffer put the windshield wiper fluid in a refrigerator accidentallly after a shopping trip. Doctors estimate the children, ages 2 to 7, each drank about an ounce of the fluid before realizing what it was.
Julie Munsell, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Human Services, says child welfare officials planned to visit the Scott community daycare Friday. Munsell did not know the name of the daycare.


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The ceremony under the promotional title "Vojvodina, Future Unlimited" was attended by many representatives of the European institutions, partner regions and cities, business sector, diplomats, etc.
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Soon: The Aerodrome at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
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(12th June to 8th September) at Ikon Gallery
Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2HS
This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Michael Stanley, Curator of Ikon before becoming Director of Milton Keynes Gallery and then Modern Art Oxford, who died tragically in 2012. Co-curated with David Austen and George Shaw and structured loosely on Rex Warner's 1941 war-time novel The Aerodrome, a book that made a great impression on Stanley, it includes many of the artists he worked with.
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Stanley was born and brought up in the industrial town of Widnes, Cheshire. His early experience of art came because, as he explained in 2010,
I was brought up in a strong Roman Catholic family, so seeing art in churches was inevitable, though in most services I'd be distracted and draw a detail of the Station of the Cross or something on the back of the hymn sheet."
Tate and the Walker Art Gallery, nearby in Liverpool, were formative influences, and at the age of seventeen he won a scholarship to the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford, where he worked in many media, including Super 8 film, as well as bronze and recycled materials, and his degree show in 1995 was highly acclaimed.
A number of freelance curatorial projects subsequently led to Stanley's appointment as Curator of Art at Compton Verney in 2000. The two year stint at Ikon, 2002-04, saw him getting into his curatorial stride before he flourished as Director at Milton Keynes and Oxford – 2004-09 and 2009-12, respectively – putting a distinctly imaginative and ambitious stamp on the artistic programmes of both. Stanley was held in great affection by colleagues and artists, who regarded him as one of their own.
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Jenny Saville, for example, whose first solo show in a British public gallery took place at MAO in the year of his death, described Stanley as someone who:
wasn't scared of history or of being radical. He was as likely to be enthusing about working with a sculptor in his nineties, [as] raising funds to facilitate a young filmmakers' vision. His poetic sensibility, combined with a can-do attitude where everything's possible, is what made him so magnetic and convincing."
Warner's Aerodrome, written during World War 2, is an allegorical novel whose young hero is faced with the disintegration of certainties about his loved ones and with a choice between the earthy, animalistic life of his home village and the pure, efficient, emotionally detached life of an airman. Its dystopian vision was very influential on writers such as Orwell, Burgess and Ballard.
In fact it is full of the imagery we think of now as Ballardian: modern dystopias, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments. And in light of current affairs world-wide, including the rise of terrorism, listening secret states and drone warfare – symptomatic variously of a serious challenge to the democracy we too often take for granted – a rereading of Warner's book, as the point of departure for such an exhibition, could not be more timely.
Artists: Phillip Allen / Polly Apfelbaum / David Austen / Karla Black / Simon & Tom Bloor / Boyd & Evans / Marcel Broodthaers / Marcus Coates / Nathan Coley / Phil Collins / John Constable / Michael Craig-Martin / Abraham Cruzvillegas / Shezad Dawood / Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane / DRMM Architects / Alec Finlay / Anya Gallaccio / John Gerrard / Siobhan Hapaska / Roger Hiorns / Lonnie Holley / Thomas Houseago / Langlands & Bell / Elizabeth Magill / Aleksandra Mir / Jean-Luc Moulène / Paul Nash / Hayley Newman / Adrian Paci / Susan Philipsz / Paul Ramirez Jonas / Kristian Ryokan / Michael Sailstorfer / Jenny Saville / George Shaw / Michael Stanley / Linder Sterling / Graham Sutherland / Phoebe Unwin / Wolfgang Weileder / Cathy Wilkes / Stephen Willats / Keith Wilson / Richard Woods / Gilberto Zorio
Anya Gallaccio, Installation view (2003), Ikon Gallery
The exhibition is supported by The Ampersand Foundation, Gagosian, Henry Moore Foundation, Modern Art Oxford, Outset and Thomas Dane Gallery. Thanks also to Michael Stanley's family for unstinting generosity.
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Volunteers needed to aid Afghan Refugees in Wausau
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The first Afghan refugee families arrived in Wausau two weeks ago, and now the city is asking for help from the community.
The Wausau Ethiopian Community Development Council says they're looking for volunteers to form what they call co-sponsor teams to help the coming families of refugees.
They said that they need five to six teams of seven people. Each team member will take on a specific responsibility, such as education, or grocery shopping, in order to help the families adjust to life in Wausau.
They said that the culture shock from moving to a country where things are so different can be difficult to manage, and can even be seen in the little things.
"What we're finding out is that the typical bleached flour that we have is not similar to what they're used to having, so it's just those kinds of things they're trying to navigate during their first days and weeks." said Eric Yonke, Coordinator for the Co-Sponsor Program.
The teams will work with the families for about nine months, with about four or five families arriving each week over the next few months.
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The text comes to the reader as a whole. The reader must approach the text as a whole entity, construct the meaning, work at the word level, and take apart individual words as needed in order to complete the task of seeking meaning. Approaching reading and writing as integrated processes helps the young child understand the relationship of words, letters, and sounds working together.
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Context, pictures, and phonetic clues help children decipher their own writing.
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In a Language Experience lesson, the teacher writes down the children's experiences on a chart. The experiences may come from what the children remember from a book, an experiment, a field trip, an interview, or a previous experience. The words may also be the children's spoken words after drawing a picture.
The teacher makes sure that the children's words are written down so that they see that writing becomes a record of the words they have spoken. The children learn to write their own reading. Part of the process includes learning how writers think. Written language includes punctuation and capitalization as part of the instruction so that writing conventions become part of the reading instruction.
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Hurricane Arthur Makes Landfall On U.S. East Coast
AFP July 4, 2014
Miami (AFP) – Hurricane Arthur made landfall on the North Carolina shore, packing 100 mph winds and drenching rains in an onslaught dampening America's July 4 celebrations.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the first hurricane of the Atlantic season carried potential for big and damaging waves and powerful tidal surges as it came ashore late Thursday.
It hit the Outer Banks, a series of long and thin barrier islands that are a popular resort area. Tens of thousands of people had hoped to enjoy the U.S. independence day holiday there.
But some evacuations had been ordered even as the hurricane approached. It finally came ashore as a category two hurricane, on a scale in which five is the highest.
Arthur was expected to keep moving up the East Coast but weaken into a cyclone Friday night on Saturday as it approaches Nova Scotia in Canada.
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory said emergency preparation efforts had been made more complicated by the arrival of thousands of tourists who do not know the local roads well.
Heavy rain and strong winds lashed the North Carolina coast.
Thousands of people were already without power in North Carolina, news reports said, and there was localized flooding in areas including the coastal city of Wilmington.
"Our main issue is the health and safety of our citizens and those people who are visiting North Carolina," McCrory said.
Emergency declarations were issued by several counties in the southern state, which opened emergency shelters and ordered evacuations in low-lying areas.
"As the hurricane moves north, more counties are likely to declare a state of emergency," McCrory added.
National Hurricane Center forecasters warned of "large and damaging waves" and cautioned: "Preparations to protect life and property should have already been completed."
McCrory Wednesday urged residents and tourists to use common sense, to stay out of the water and out of harm's way, with storm surges of up to five feet predicted.
Up to eight inches of rain were expected in coastal areas.
"Don't put your 'stupid hat' on," McCrory said.
"Let's hope for the best, pray for the best, that Arthur clears out quickly so we can all get back to celebrating our country's independence, with our families and friends on North Carolina's beautiful beaches."
As many as half a million visitors had been expected in the coastal Carolinas for the national holiday, the region's biggest tourist weekend.
Authorities issued a mandatory evacuation order for Hatteras Island and a voluntary evacuation order for Ocracoke Island, both in North Carolina's Outer Banks, CNN reported.
But it was not just North Carolina — where tornado warnings were activated in some areas — that was bracing for Arthur's impact.
The storm threatened to scuttle traditional Independence Day weekend picnics, parades and fireworks displays for millions of Americans along the East Coast, as far north as New England.
Dangerous storm swells were expected as far south as central Florida, weather officials said.
The Atlantic hurricane season began June 1 and runs through November 30.
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Warriors receive Julian Washburn from Grizzlies in Andre Iguodala deal
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The Athletic's Shams Charania is reporting that the Warriors are receiving Julian Washburn from the Grizzlies in exchange for Iguodala, a draft pick and $2 million. Washburn appeared in 18 games for the Grizzlies in 2018-19, including three starts, and he averaged 2.2 points and 2.3 rebounds.
The Warriors are losing Iguodala after six seasons in the Bay Area, where he played 413 games and averaged 7.3 points and 3.4 assists per game. He was a key member of the Warriors' five consecutive NBA Finals appearances and will have his No. 9 jersey raised to the rafters as a tribute to his contributions to the team.
Sources: As part of the Andre Iguodala trade, the Memphis Grizzlies sent guard Julian Washburn (two-way contract) to the Golden State Warriors and received cash considerations ($2M) along with a first-round draft pick.
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divine admonitions which, as he declares himself, he frequently received in visions and ecstacies, were the reasons alleged in his justification.79 But his best apology may be found in the cheerful resolution with which, about eight years afterwards, he suffered death in the cause of religion. The authentic history of his martyrdom has been recorded with unusual candour and impartiality. A short abstract, therefore, of its most important circumstances will convey the clearest information of the spirit, and of the forms, of the Roman persecutions.80 A.d. as?. When Valerian was consul for the third, and Gallienus for
ment the fourth, time, Paternus, proconsul of Africa, summoned
Cyprian to appear in his private council-chamber. He there acquainted him with the Imperial mandate which he had just received,81 that those who had abandoned the Roman religion should immediately return to the practice of the ceremonies of their ancestors. Cyprian replied without hesitation that he was a Christian and a bishop, devoted to the worship of the true and only Deity, to whom he offered up his daily supplications for the safety and prosperity of the two emperors, his lawful sovereigns. With modest confidence he pleaded the privilege of a citizen, in refusing to give any answer to some invidious and, indeed, illegal questions which the proconsul had proposed. A sentence of banishment was pronounced as the penalty of Cyprian's disobedience; and he was conducted, [ool Tniu; without delay, to Curubis, a free and maritime city of Zeugitana, in a pleasant situation, a fertile territory, and at the distance of about forty miles from Carthage.82 The exiled bishop enjoyed the conveniencies of life and the consciousness of virtue. His
"See Cyprian, Epist. 16, and his life by Pontius. [Cp. Epp. 7, 12, 14, 43.]
80 We have an original life of Cyprian by the deacon Pontius, the companion of his exile, and the spectator of his death; and we likewise possess the ancient proconsular acts of his martyrdom. These two relations are consistent with each other and with probability; and, what is somewhat remarkable, they are both unsullied by any miraculous circumstances.
81 It should seem that these were circular orders, sent at the same time to all the governors. Dionysius (ap. Euseb. 1. vii. c. n) relates the history of his own banishment from Alexandria almost in the same manner. But, as he escaped and survived the persecution, we must account him either more or less fortunate than Cyprian.
"See Plin. Hist. Natur. v. 3. Cellarius, Geograph, Antiq. part iii. p. 96. Shaw's Travels, p. 90; and for the adjacent country (which is terminated by Cape Bona, or the promontory of Mercury), l'Afrique de Marmol. torn. ii. p. 494. There are the remains of an aqueduct near Curubis, or Curbis, at present altered into Gurbes [Kurba; Korbes is Col. Iulia Karpis]; and Dr. Shaw read an inscription [C.I.L. 8, 980], which styles that city Colonia Fufoia [not Fulvia, but Iulia]. The deacon Pontius (in Vit. Cyprian, c. ia) calls it "Apricum et competentem locum, hospitium pro voluntate secrctum, et quicquid apponi eis ante promissum est, qui rcgnum et justitiam Dei quaerunt ".
reputation was diffused over Africa and Italy; an account of his behaviour was published for the edification of the Christian world;83 and his solitude was frequently interrupted by the letters, the visits, and the congratulations of the faithful. On the arrival of a new proconsul in the province, the fortune of Cyprian appeared for some time to wear a still more favourable aspect. He was recalled from banishment; and, though not yet permitted to return to Carthage, his own gardens in the neighbourhood of the capital were assigned for the place of his residence.84
At length, exactly one yearM after Cyprian was first appre- Hi. roncum hended, Galerius Maximus, proconsul of Africa, received the patTd.; Imperial warrant for the execution of the Christian teachers. The bishop of Carthage was sensible that he should be singled out for one of the first victims; and the frailty of nature tempted him to withdraw himself, by a secret flight, from the danger and the honour of martyrdom; but, soon recovering that fortitude which his character required,88 he returned to his gardens, and patiently expected the ministers of death. Two officers of rank, who were intrusted with that commission, placed Cyprian between them in a chariot; and, as the proconsul was not then at leisure, they conducted him, not to a prison, but to a private house in Carthage, which belonged to one of them. An elegant supper was provided for the entertainment of the bishop, and his Christian friends were permitted for the last time to enjoy his society, whilst the streets were filled with a multitude of the faithful, anxious and alarmed at the approaching fate of their spiritual father.87 In the morning he appeared before the tribunal of the proconsul, who, after informing himself of the name and situation of Cyprian, commanded him to offer sacrifice, and pressed him to reflect on the consequences of his disobedience. The refusal of Cyprian was firm and decisive ; and the magistrate,
*>See Cyprian, Epistol. 77. Edit. FelL
M Upon his conversion, he had sold those gardens for the benefit of the poor. The indulgence of God (most probably the liberality of some Christian friend) restored them to Cyprian. See Pontius, c. 15.
*> When Cyprian, a twelvemonth before, was sent into exile, he dreamt that he should be put to death the next day. The event made it necessary to explain that word as signifying a year. Pontius, c. 12.
»[Butcp. Ep. 83.]
87 Pontius (c. 15) acknowledges that Cyprian, with whom he supped, passed the night custodia delicata. The bishop exercised a last and very proper act of jurisdiction, by directing that the younger females who watched in the street should be removed from the dangers and temptations of a nocturnal crowd. Act Proconsularia, c. 2.
when lie had taken the opinion of his council, pronounced with some reluctance the sentence of death. It was conceived in the following terms: "That Thascius Cyprianus should be immediately beheaded, as the enemy of the gods of Rome, and as the chief and ringleader of a criminal association, which he had seduced into an impious resistance against the laws of the most holy emperors, Valerian and Gallienus ".8S The manner of his execution was the mildest and least painful that could be inflicted on a person convicted of any capital offence: nor was the use of torture admitted to obtain from the bishop of Carthage either the recantation of his principles or the discovery of his accomplices. Hii martyr- As soon ;is the sentence was proclaimed, a general cry of St. i4] "We will die with him" arose at once among the listening multitude of Christians who waited before the palace gates. The generous effusions of their zeal and affection were neither serviceable to Cyprian nor dangerous to themselves. He was led away under a guard of tribunes and centurions, without resistance and without insult, to the place of his execution, a spacious and level plain near the city, which was already filled with great numbers of spectators. His faithful presbyters and deacons were permitted to accompany their holy bishop. They assisted him in laying aside his upper garment, spread linen on the ground to catch the precious relics of his blood, and received his orders to bestow five-and-twenty pieces of gold on the executioner. The martyr then covered his face with his hands, and at one blow his head was separated from his body. His corpse remained during some hours exposed to the curiosity of the Gentiles; but in the night it was removed, and transported in a triumphal procession and with a splendid illumination to the burial-place of the Christians. The funeral of Cyprian was publicly celebrated without receiving any interruption from the Roman magistrates; and those among the faithful who had performed the last offices to his person and his memory were secure from the danger of inquiry or of punishment. It is remarkable that of so great a multitude of bishops in the province of Africa Cyprian was the first who was esteemed worthy to obtain the crown of martyrdom.89
88 See the original sentence in the Acts, c. 4, and in Pontius, c. 17. The latter expresses it in a more rhetorical manner.
88 Pontius, c. 19. M. de Tillemont (Memoires, torn. iv. part i. p. 450, note 50) is not pleased with so positive an exclusion of any former martyrs of the episcopal rank.
It was in the choice of Cyprian either to die a martyr or to live virion, inan apostate, but on that choice depended the alternative ofmutyrdoa honour or infamy. Could we suppose that the bishop of Carthage had employed the profession of the Christian faith only as the instrument of his avarice or ambition, it was still incumbent on him to support the character which he had assumed ;*° and, if he possessed the smallest degree of manly fortitude, rather to expose himself to the most cruel tortures than by a single act to exchange the reputation of a whole life for the abhorrence of his Christian brethren and the contempt of the Gentile world. But, if the zeal of Cyprian was supported by the sincere conviction of the truth of those doctrines which he preached, the crown of martyrdom must have appeared to him as an object of desire rather than of terror. It is not easy to extract any distinct ideas from the vague though eloquent declamations of the Fathers or to ascertain the degree of immortal glory and happiness which they confidently promised to those who were so fortunate as to shed their blood in the cause of religion.91 They inculcated with becoming diligence that the fire of martyrdom supplied every defect and expiated every sin; that, while the souls of ordinary Christians were obliged to pass through a slow and painful purification, the triumphant sufferers entered into the immediate fruition of eternal bliss, where, in the society of the patriarchs, the apostles, and the prophets, they reigned with Christ, and acted as his assessors in the universal judgment of mankind. The assurance of a lasting reputation upon earth, a motive so congenial to the vanity of human nature, often served to animate the courage of the martyrs. The honours
*> Whatever opinion we may entertain of the character or principles of Thomas Becket, we must acknowledge that he suffered death with a constancy not unworthy of the primitive martyrs. See Lord Lyttelton's History of Henry II. vol. ii. p. 59a, &c.
■ See, in particular, the treatise of Cyprian de Lapsis, p. 87—98, edit. Fell. The learning of Dodwell (Dissertat. Cyprianic xii. xiii.) and the ingenuity of Middleton (Free Inquiry, p. 162, &c.) have left scarcely anything to add concerning the merit, the honours, and the motives of the martyrs. [In the Decian persecution, many Christians had lapsed or denied their faith; cp. Cyprian Epp. n, 34, 59, &c. Afterwards the question arose as to their being received back into the church. Some were ready to receive them by indulgences from confessors and martyrs; but there was another party (strong at Rome) which strenuously opposed this policy. Cyprian took a moderate view, and the First Council of Carthage decided that the church could remit all such offences, but that the indulgences of martyrs were ineffectual. The leading representative of the rigorous view was Novatian. The controversy was a precursor of the great Donatist schism, which turned on the same question of church discipline, see c. xxi. Cp. below, n. 101 and n. 104.]
which Rome or Athens bestowed on those citizens who had fallen in the cause of their country were cold and unmeaning demonstrations of respect, when compared with the ardent 1 gratitude and devotion which the primitive church expressed towards the victorious champions of the faith. The annual commemoration of their virtues and sufferings was observed as a sacred ceremony, and at length terminated in religious worship. Among the Christians who had publicly confessed their religious principles, those who (as it very frequently happened) had been dismissed from the tribunal or the prisons of the Pagan magistrates obtained such honours as were justly due to their imperfect martyrdom and their generous resolution. The most pious females courted the permission of imprinting kisses on tbe fetters which they had worn and on the wounds which they had received. Their persons were esteemed holy, their decisions were admitted with deference, and they too often abused, by their spiritual pride and licentious manners, the pre-eminence which their zeal and intrepidity had acquired.92 Distinctions like these, whilst they display the exalted merit, betray the inconsiderable number, of those who suffered and of those who died for the profession of Christianity. Amour of th. The sober discretion of the present age will more readily wu censure than admire, but can more easily admire than imitate,
the fervour of the first Christians; who, according to the lively expression of Sulpicius Severus, desired martyrdom with more eagerness than his own contemporaries solicited a bishopric.93 The epistles which Ignatius composed as he was carried in chains through the cities of Asia breathe sentiments the most repugnant to the ordinary feelings of human nature. He earnestly beseeches the Romans that, when he should be exposed in the amphitheatre, they would not, by their kind but unseasonable intercession, deprive him of the crown of glory; and he declares his resolution to provoke and irritate the wild beasts which might be employed as the instruments of his death.94 Some stories are related of the courage of martyrs
*> Cyprian. Epistol. 5, 6, 7, 22, 24, and de Unitat. EcclesUe. The number of pretended martyrs has been very much multiplied by the custom which was introduced of bestowing that honourable name on confessors.
"Certatim gloriosa in certamina ruebatur; multoque avidius turn inartyria gloriosis raortibus quierebantur, quam nunc Episcopatus pravis ambitionibus appetuntur. Sulpicius Severus, 1. ii. He might have omitted the word nunc.
wSce Epist. ad Roman, c. 4, 5, ap. Patres Apostol. torn. ii. p. 27. It suited the purpose of Bishop Pearson (see Vindicia; Ignatianae, part ii. c. 9) to justify, by a. profusion of examples and authorities, the sentiments of Ignatius.


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Trump Threatens to Cut Off Funding From 'Sanctuary Cities'
April 25, 2017 01:30·
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The Justice Department on Friday sent letters to New York City, California, Chicago, Philadelphia and other localities asking for proof they are following federal immigration laws or else their federal grant funding could be revoked.
"Today, the Department of Justice sent letters to nine jurisdictions that were identified by the Obama administration as having policies that potentially violate federal law and which receive millions of dollars in federal grants", Sessions said.
Despite perennial debates in cities and counties statewide over "sanctuary" policies to protect undocumented immigrants - including restrictions on cooperation between local and federal law enforcement - DOJ has not yet targeted any New Mexico jurisdictions.
The Justice Department claimed illegal immigration into the country has increased crime in these cities.
"I have never met a member of the New York Police Department that is soft on crime", Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
California's Attorney General Xavier Becerra also issued a strong rebuke to the letter.
New York City's lone Congressional Republican, Representative Dan Donovan, criticized the practices of sanctuary cities, but also wrote that the NYPD made New York the safest big city in America.
Elected officials of certain sanctuary cities have vocalized that they would continue to defy the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration. So, for example, if a local police officer arrests somebody he knows is an immigrant in the United States illegally, he can not be prohibited from passing that information along to ICE.
Police have a responsibility to enforce the law - whether it's state, local or federal.
Labour to lose out to Tories in Wales
Labour is in government in Wales where Carwyn Jones, first minister, has struck a sceptical tone on Jeremy Corbyn. Projections from the poll suggest ten seats will be gained by the Conservatives from Labour .
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has increasingly warned communities that the Trump administration will punish those that refuse to cooperate with efforts to detain immigrants who are in the United States illegally. "My far greater concern is the proactive dissemination of misinformation, fear, and intolerance".
Abele said the county has attorneys working on a response to the DOJ's letter.
Other city and state officials also took offense at the DOJ language. Regardless, let me be clear: "Chicago's values and Chicago's future are not for sale". And by doing so they are essentially telling officers of the law to disregard their conscience.
Sessions spoke on the matter in California Friday. Cook County, Illinois, also received a warning, even though it did not get money from the Justice Department previous year.
That was the assessment of former New York City Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik during his Sunday morning appearance on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends".
The Department of Justice didn't back down in the face of the criticism from de Blasio, O'Neill and other officials though.
Clark County now receives $975,604 from the federal grant in question.
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BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. increased its position in shares of FelCor Lodging Trust by 9.5% in the third quarter. As of December 31, 2016, the Company's hotels were located in 14 states of the United States.
Donald Trump pledges 'big rally' to mark 100 days in office
Given how thin-skinned Trump is to any criticism, even a Saturday Night Live sketch, his absence makes sense. In another tweet, Trump promised to reveal a new tax reform and tax reduction on Wednesday.
Toronto rallies to defeat Capitals in OT
And with him back and the young guys playing better than ever, Toronto is poised to take the game three win against Washington . He banged knees with Capitals defenceman Brooks Orpik late in the second period then landed awkwardly on his right leg.
Dems say Trump can avert shutdown risk if he relents on wall
There's a renewed effort to bring back GOP Obamacare bill and try to hold a vote as early as next week in the House. House members received little information from leaders on a conference call Saturday.
Nastase suspended by ITF
Press Association Sport has sent details of Nastase's outburst to the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The following day he reportedly asked Britain team captain Anne Keothavong for her room number.
Obama makes first public appearance since leaving office
Since he exited office, Obama has weighed in from time-to-time on subjects like healthcare in statements sent out by his office. President Barack Obama was in Chicago Sunday getting ready for his first major public appearance since leaving the White House.
Schumer says budget talks must be two-way street
Republican appropriators, meanwhile, haven't emphasized the issue of stopping funding for so-called sanctuary cities. Democrats timed their call to mark the 100th day of Trump's presidency, which falls next Saturday.
Jose Mourinho "very happy" as dominant Manchester United beat Burnley
Manchester United's board of executives are adamant that the club return to the Champions League in the very near future. Rashford was brought on as a substitute midway through the second half and gave Burnley's defence more to occupy them.
US President Donald Trump signs order to review H-1B visa programme
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Up to Canadiens to answer back after Game 4 no-show
Price's toughest save came on a sprawling stop in the third period on NY rookie Jimmy Vesey to keep the deficit at one. If the Rangers hope to win a cup, which every playoff team should, it is important to keep their game totals low.
Mainstream politics shut out as Le Pen, Macron win in France
The centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and populist Marine Le Pen will go onto a second round vote, with Macron favored to win. He got 19.64 percent of the vote, underlining the strength of anti-establishment sentiment.
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In Netflix's 'Girlboss,' a heroine who's a tough sell
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Wijnaldum urges Liverpool to keep fighting in top-four tussle
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NEEDHAM, Mass. – October 2, 2017 – PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced a brand-new way to communicate and help others with the new Vuforia® Chalk™ augmented reality app.
Vuforia Chalk delivers a ground-breaking communication experience enabled by the Vuforia AR Platform and Apple's ARKit technology that was introduced with iOS11. It allows people in different locations to share a live view of the same environment, and draw simple annotations called Chalk Marks. Chalk Marks appear anchored to objects and surfaces in the environment, as if drawn on the objects and surfaces themselves.
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Joe Thuney was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round (78th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Started at left guard in all 16 regular season games.
Started at left guard in all three postseason contests.
Started at left guard in all 16 games of the regular season as part of an offense that led the NFL in total offense and passing yards and finished second in scoring.
Started at left guard in all three postseason contests, including Super Bowl LII vs. Philadelphia (2/4).
Earned a starting position along the offensive line coming out of training camp and started all 16 regular-season games at left guard.
Started at left guard for all three playoff contests.
Made his first career start and NFL debut at left guard in the win at Arizona (9/11).
Played in 41 career games along the offensive line at North Carolina State.
Named a first-team All-American by USA Today, the first Wolfpack offensive lineman to earn All-America honors since Outland Trophy winner Jim Ritcher in 1979. Also a first-team All-ACC performer on the media team, he was the first Wolfpack offensive lineman to earn that honor since 2003.
Started games at four of the five positions on the offensive line: left tackle, left guard, right guard and right tackle.
Earned Academic All-ACC honors and named to the 2014-15 Academic Honor Roll.
Did not allow a sack in 589 snaps during 2015 ACC play from his left tackle spot.
Was a member of two D4 state championship teams at Archbishop Alter (Ohio) High School.
Voted Greater Catholic League Lineman of the Year as a senior in 2010.
Also played basketball, where he started for two years and led his conference in rebounding as a junior.
Served as president of his senior class in high school.
Earned his degree from NC State prior to his junior campaign in 2014.
Patriots sideline reporter Meredith Gorman goes one-on-one with offensive lineman Joe Thuney to discuss today's divisional playoff game against the Titans.
Joe Thuney discusses his love for reading, the most interesting class he took in college and his favorite ice cream. See if this guy is truly TILTED!
Sideline reporter Megan O'Brien chats with Joe Thuney about the gel of the offensive line, lessons learned from the Texans and previewing the Panthers, Plus learn his hidden talent.
In this new segment, Joe Thuney reacts to photos from his past!
Joe Thuney had the chance to sit down and chat with our co-host, Ashlee, and students from North Attleboro High School at the Hall at Patriot Place.
Joe Thuney plays and 'Truth or Challenge' with our co-host, Ashlee, and students from North Attleboro High School.
On Toyota's Patriots Today, former NC State teammates Joe Thuney and Jacoby Brissett talk about joining the Patriots together.
The New England Patriots draft NC State OL Joe Thuney with the No. 78 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.


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TEMECULA, CA – It's still summer in Old Town Temecula – and Hot Summer Nights is packed with band favorites for Friday, August 16 including Hoodoo Blues, Valley Winds, Silver Beatles and Open Road.
Playing at the Harmony Stage is San Diego blues band Hoodoo Blues. This band has been the host band for KUSI weekend news, was featured at the Oceanside Blues Fest, Seaport Village Blues by the Bay, and Rosie O'Grady's. They've played at House of Blues, Belly Up, Kings Fish House and The Blues. They play from 6 to 9 p.m.
Pack up a picnic basket, blanket and the family for the Silver Beatles concert at Sam Hicks Park from 6 to 9 p.m. This is the full show with costume changes, lights, and singalongs. From the Mop Top British Invasion to Sgt Peppers, the Silver Beatles deliver all the tunes. Sam Hicks Park will also have a Jolly Jump and the History Museum is open for families to explore.
Swing dancers, and big band fans will enjoy the play list provided by the Valley Winds at the Main Street Parking Lot from 6 to 9 p.m. The owners of Serendipity will be beefing up the lighting so you can get hours of dance into this performance.
Headlining at Baily's Courtyard is Open Road, a band comprised entirely of professional studio musicians and teachers, will be featured at Baily's Old Town Front Street patio stage. Whether it's blues, rock or jazz, this band provides a huge sound featuring Kenneth Rice on the saxophone, guitarist Buddy Mercer, bassist Tony Isabel and drummer/vocalist Paul Pierce. Together they cover every favorite rock, R&B, blues and jazz tune on any playlist. They play from 7 to 10 p.m.
Don't worry parking. The parking garage at 3rd Street and Mercedes next to city hall has plenty of spaces – and it is free parking. During the evening you can take a musical ride through yesteryear in the Old Town Trolley. There is a trolley stop at the parking garage and many stops throughout Old Town. The trolley makes stops every 10 minutes.
Dynamite Dave will be at Old Town Front and Main Street in Old Town from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Discover summer science at Pennypickle's Workshop/Temecula Children's Museum from 5:30-8:30 p.m. For information visit www.pennypickles.org.
For Hot Summer Nights information and a current lineup see www.temeculaevents.org or call (951) 678-1456.
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