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A northern Michigan woman has been sentenced up to 22½ years in prison for suffocating her infant daughter, her second criminal case in the death of a child.
The Petoskey News-Review reports 32-year-old Lisa Rae Bryan learned her punishment on Tuesday in Emmet County Circuit Court.
Bryan last month pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. She was charged with second-degree murder in the 2016 death of her daughter, Isabella.
Bryan admitted that she was sleeping with Isabella close to her chest when the child died just weeks after birth.
In 2010, another infant died in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while Bryan was taking a bath with her. She served slightly more than a year in prison for second-degree manslaughter.
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YAPE, first delivery with Japan Post
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YAPE's first delivery in Japan. On the 31st of January the self-driving delivery system created in e-Novia, the Enterprises Factory, made its first test-delivery in the city of Minami Sōma in the prefecture of Fukushima with Japan Post. In recent months the main postal operator in the country, through the partner Drone Future Aviation, chose YAPE, the self-driving delivery system made in Italy, as the provider for the delivery tests which started in December 2018.
The first phase of testing, which started with a demonstration test on the 21st of December, is now proceeding successfully, alternating indoor and outdoor sessions in the public construction buildings in the municipality of Minami Sōma designed for those displaced by by the great earthquake in Fukushima in 2011. This trial, which will continue for the whole month of February, represents the starting point for a potential long-term collaboration with Drone Future Aviation and Japan Post, a partnership which aims to solve the challenges of future delivery. With these new tests YAPE will evolve some of its features, including its suspension suitable for any type of road surface, load capacity, and thermal insulation for food delivery.
From this Japanese experience, YAPE will continue its evolution during 2019, with other project initiatives in the United States (tests in mass market retail outlets), in Europe (food delivery), and in Italy, where 5G trials with Vodafone in Milan continue together with the Polytechnic of Milan, Esselunga and Poste Italiane.
«Bringing high-technology to Japan thanks to the partnership with Drone Future Aviation and an important postal and logistics operator like Japan Post, makes us very proud and confirms the professionalism of the work carried out over the years during the creation of e-Novia» commented Vincenzo Russi, CEO of the Enterprises Factory, who continued: «To be selected as a partner in one of the most relevant challenges in the future of mobility, such as last mile delivery, demonstrates that Italy is now not only able to compete with the world's most innovative and advanced organisations, but also to win on a global level in the field of industrial production of hi-tech».

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Venezuela unveils anti-US coalition at UN
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Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (C) stands with ambassadors from other countries to announce the formation of a coalition to defend the 'sovereignty of nations' outside of the UN Security Council in New York, 14 February 2019. EPA
Venezuela on Thursday unveiled a group of nations opposed to the US-led effort to topple President Nicolas Maduro, with Russia, Iran and Palestine among those backing the besieged South American country's government.
In a remarkable statement delivered in New York, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, standing beside numerous permanent representatives to the United Nations, said the group would begin joint action, citing alleged breaches of the UN charter by the US in its recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaido and warnings of a military intervention.
"Today we are announcing an important group of nations concerned about the need to retain respect for the founding principles of the UN charter," Mr Arreaza said, citing sovereignty, equality of UN members in the General Assembly, non-intervention in domestic affairs, and the need to settle disputes in a peaceful manner.
"We believe that these principles are being violated. We all have the right to live without the threat of force," he said.
The collective action by those assembled follows weeks of pressure from the United States and backing from other countries for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has declared himself president.
US President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser John Bolton has warned that "all options are on the table" if any harm comes to Mr Guaido, alluding to the use of force, and was pictured last month holding a notebook on which was scrawled "5,000 troops to Colombia," which neighbours the crisis-hit country.
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Mr Arreaza said the anti-US group, which officials said numbered more than 50 countries, would soon announce its plans to take action against the US, which he said was trying to starve Venezuela and oust the socialist government.
"The US has blocked our economy of $30 billion... and they are sending humanitarian aid of $20 million? [They are] choking you, killing you and now saying 'I am giving you a cookie," he said, describing the US plan as a failed attempt to turn Venezuela's armed forces against Mr Maduro.
"This test of loyalty of the military, it's over. You need to rethink your strategy," he added in remarks unquestionably addressed at the US.
Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said: "We are very concerned that some hot heads are considering military action. We are categorically against it. It's not just about the Maduro government. It's about defending international law and the UN Charter."
Although many Western countries have recognised Mr Guaido as a legitimate head of state, Mr Maduro retains control of state institutions and his opponent needs funds if he is to assemble an interim government.
On Wednesday, the opposition-controlled congress in Caracas named a new temporary board of directors to state-oil firm PDVSA – sanctioned last month by the US – in an effort to wrest the OPEC nation's oil revenues from the government.
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If a person goes to Notary public and makes a document in which he states, I Solemnly Declare' is it being considered sworn in Islam?
if the person telling a lie would it be a Kafarah on his head for lies or would he be responsible for both lies and swearing, in which case what should he do?
It is prohibited to lie and testify falsely. Speaking lies and false testification are considered from the major sins. A Muslim ought to live an honest and truthful life. Make tawbah and istighfaar for speaking lies and taking false oaths.
Kaffaarah is when one takes an oath in the name of Allaah Ta'aala and thereafter breaks it. You did not take the name of Allaah Ta'aala. However, you still committed haraam by speaking lies and taking a false oath.


December 17, 2013—The generally poor health of Irish immigrants to England during most of the 20th century was not caused primarily by difficulties of assimilation or tensions between the two nations, but by the abuse Irish expatriates suffered as children in their homeland, according to a new study.
The findings published in the December issue of the academic journal Demography challenge the common view that the cause of the poor health of Irish immigrants to England is that conditions in England were very stressful for the Irish-born migrants.
Rather this research shows that a large fraction of those who migrated to England throughout much of the 20th century suffered from recently well-documented physical and sexual abuse among Irish children born between 1920 and 1960. The study also suggests a new model of understanding immigration patterns in general around the world that accounts for the high physical and emotional costs often associated with staying in an individual's native country.
"Explanations about the struggles among Irish immigrants that rely exclusively on troubled assimilation may be missing a significant part of the story," said James P. Smith, the study's corresponding author and the Distinguished Chair in Labor Markets and Demographic Studies at the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization. "Our findings suggest that emotional and physical experiences during childhood in Ireland appear to have spurred them to migrate and had a large influence on the future health of immigrants in England."
The study found that among people who stayed in Ireland and who were born between 1931 and 1960, about 10 percent reported being subjected to sexual or physical abuse. That contrasts to abuse reported by more than 15 percent of those who migrated from Ireland and then later returned to the nation.
Other authors of the study are Liam Delaney of University College Dublin and the University of Stirling and Alan Fernihough of University College Dublin, Ireland.
Historical interactions between Ireland and England underwent several shifts during the 20th century that changed incentives to migrate as well as the composition of those flows. While the United States was the primary destination for Irish immigrants in the 19th century, England was the primary destination during the 20th century.
During much of the 20th century, the Irish-born population in England generally has been in worse health than either the native population or the ethnic Irish population living in Ireland.
The trend ran contrary to the commonly observed phenomenon known as the "healthy migrant effect," where recent immigrants to industrialized nations are healthier than people in both the country they leave and their destination country. The explanation is that people who migrate generally tend to be younger and healthier than populations as a whole, even at the same age.
The researchers say the substantial Irish migrant health penalty is seen primarily among people born between 1920 and 1960. Irish immigrants to England who were born more recently are generally healthier than the native English population, a more-typical pattern that reflects the healthy immigrant effect.
The common view about the cause of the poor health of Irish immigrants to England is that conditions in England were very stressful for Irish-born migrants, particularly because of sporadic political violence that has occurred between the two countries.
To better understand and contrast the mental and physical health of Irish immigrants, the research team analyzed information from two large Health Surveys for England surveys that have tracked the health and behavior of people living in England who were born in Ireland and England. In addition, researchers used information from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing and Living in Ireland (TILDA) data collected by researchers at Trinity College Dublin, which included data on childhood abuse of Irish return migrants from England.
Researchers also examined reports that documented widespread child abuse in Ireland. For example, the national Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in Ireland investigated allegations of widespread abuse in a network of 60 Industrial and Reform Schools across Ireland, concluding that children sent to the institutions were frequently subjected to sexual and other forms of abuse.
Smith, Delaney and Fernihough document evidence that a large fraction of Irish children who were subjected to abuse appear to have migrated to England throughout the 20th century.
"The Irish who migrated to England were less educated and less healthy than their counterparts who remained in Ireland." said Delaney, professor of economics at Stirling University and a visiting professor at the University College Dublin-Geary Institute.
Researchers say their findings suggest a new way of considering the needs of migrants in many parts of the world, since many people suffer from persecution in their homelands because of their ethnicity or other attributes. Such migrants have very different outcomes and needs than the typical "economic" migrant.
"Exporting Poor Health: The Irish in England," Liam Delaney, Alan Fernihough, James P. Smith. Demography, December 2013, Volume 50, Issue 6, pp 2013-2035.


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Lee Byung Hun Is Awarded for His Contributions to Asian Film
David Song, July 6, 2016, 10:12 a.m.
Actor Lee Byung-hun was awarded the Star Asia Award at the 15th annual New York Asian Film Festival for his contribution to the growth of the Asian film industry. Lee's agency BH Entertainment revealed that Lee was given the award for his role in the film "Inside Men." He played Ahn Sang-goo, a political henchman who has his hand dismembered.
During its first four days at the South Korean box office, "Inside Men" grossed 13.2 billion won ($11.3 million) in ticket sales and drew more than 2 million viewers in just six days, a record for an R-rated film. Lee expressed his joy at receiving the prestigious award, saying, "It gives me great joy to be able to show you 'Inside Men' and I wish to repay the great honor to everyone that supports Asian films."
The Star Asia Award is given to Asian stars that further the growth of Asian films. Last year the award went to Hong Kong actor Kwok Fu-shing. Lee recently finished filming for the upcoming movie "Single Rider." He is currently going back and forth between Korea and the Philippines for the filming of "Master."
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Martin Thompson to Play Legendary Sleuth in L.A. Premiere of SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE JERSEY LILY
by BWW News Desk Oct. 18, 2017
Award-winning actor Martin Thompson transforms once again into the legendary sleuth 'Sherlock Holmes' starring in the Los Angeles Premiere Engagement of Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily. Written by Katie Forgette and helmed by celebrated director Jules Aaron, the show opens on November 16th and runs through December 17th at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills.
No stranger to portraying the iconic Detective, Thompson is listed as an official 'Sherlock Holmes Actor' with the Diogenes Club U.K., the International Sherlock Holmes Society. He has become a respected figure among Sherlockian circles with eager fans bidding for his autograph online alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Basil Rathbone.
This time, Thompson is excited at the unique opportunity Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily brings with it, adding "Sherlock is so layered, his thought process so intricate, that there is always something new to discover about him. Plus, this play introduces quite a bit of humor into the story, too. And, since I love comedy, it will be fun to discover the funny side of Sherlock, as well."
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily teams together the Great Detective, Sherlock Holmes (Thompson), his friend John H. Watson, M.D. and playwright Oscar Wilde in an attempt to thwart a foul misdeed. England's greatest actress and National Treasure, Lillie Langtry, is the target of blackmail in a sex scandal that threatens to bring down the British monarchy. The perpetrator of this extortion is the vilest fiend ever to walk the streets of London, Professor Moriarty. Can Sherlock lead the team in stopping the arch-villain when Scotland Yard cannot?
A former New Yorker now based in Los Angeles, Thompson has built a solid reputation on both coasts over the years. He has appeared in hundreds of stage productions in the Big Apple and regional theatres nationwide, including the world famous Barter Theatre, Theatre in the Square and the American Theatre of Actors. On the big screen, he has appeared alongside numerous celebrities, including Kevin Costner in The New Daughter, Paul Rudd in Wanderlust, Colin Firth in Main Street, and Dean Jones and Hayley Mills in the Mandie franchise. His credits also include the feature films Spies, Mr. Destiny, and Billy Bathgate; and on television shows NCIS: LA, Criminal Minds, Scorpion, Comedy Bang Bang, Uncle Buck, and opposite Jane Seymour in Hallmark's Lake Effects.
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Tag Heuer 45 Connected Modular Full Diamond Watch, The Exclusive Smartwatch
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Tag Heuer 45 Connected Modular…
The Tag Heuer 45 Connected Modular Full Diamond, which was presented at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland, immediately caught the attention of all attendees. Not only is it a smart watch with excellent quality and presentation, but it is also the most exclusive and expensive smartwatch in the world, with a price of US $197,000.
CM45 Full Diamond Watch
The body and bracelet of the model is set with 18 carat white gold, a luxury material that combines 589 diamonds to reach a total of 23.35 carats. VVS cut baguette diamonds adorn the watch with: 78 diamonds on the bezel, 16 diamonds on the handles and 495 diamonds on the bracelet.
The Swiss-designed watch includes a wearable device equipped with the latest version of the Android Wear 2.0 operating system, which is currently deemed the best technology in the industry. The operating system includes an Amoled touch screen of 400px by 400px high definition and connectivity systems ranging from GPS, NFC and Wi-Fi within its 100% metallic structure.
The CM45 Full Diamond mechanical version
The watch's technical characteristics also include an Intel Atom Z34XX microprocessor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of memory. By having this amount of power and speed high performance rechargeable lithium batteries are required, giving the watch a range of 30 hours of battery life.
In addition to the watch's other technological features it also incorporates services such as Android Pay. In the future, the watch will have its very own intelligent assistant, which is currently being developed by Intel to compete with Apple's Siri and Google Assistant.
Another favorable aspect of the model is its modular capacity. Some of the watch's decorative pieces can be exchanged, or be replaced from a digital screen to a mechanical screen such as a Caliber 5 mechanical module decorated with a diamond bezel that matches the watch's main design theme.
Tag Heuer's mechanic and smartwatch version of its CM45 Full Diamond Watch
However, for those who do not fully trust smart watches or for users who worry about spending almost US $200,000 on a technology that will be obsolete in a few years, Tag Heuer guarantees that the watch will always be relevant and in style due to its ability to transform into different styles. The new luxury model is also compatible with multiple bracelets, inserts and closures used in the regular 45 Connected Modular.
Due to its ability to adapt to new styles the Tag Heuer 45 Connected Modular Full Diamond watch is one of the most interesting pieces in the market. You can switch the luxury smart watch to an exquisite mechanical piece, or choose to create a customized watch that is completely unique to the person designing it, making it adaptable to the ultra dynamic rhythm of modern life. ■
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Home » 50th Anniversary of the filing of the landmark school segregation case Alvarado et. al vs. El Paso Independent School District
50th Anniversary of the filing of the landmark school segregation case Alvarado et. al vs. El Paso Independent School District
by Miguel Juarez October 28, 2020 October 28, 2020
Link: Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrc-yurzosEtFw-rOod13_fDgSIHDstZvM
For Immediate Release, Date: October 24, 2020
Contact: Raymundo Eli Rojas, rayrojas@rayrojaslaw.com
The El Paso Chicano(a) History and Preservation Project will mark the 50th Anniversary of the filing of the landmark school segregation case Alvarado et. al vs. El Paso Independent School District[1]. The milestone will be observed on Oct. 28 with the presentation of a panel composed of some plaintiffs and plaintiff lawyers involved in the case. The panel will take place via Zoom at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Registration is required and space is limited.
Filed in 1970, this lawsuit sought to end the segregation of Mexican American students within schools in the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD). The lawsuit was brought by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund with local counsel Alberto Armendariz, Sr. and Alberto Armendariz, Jr.
Panelists include one of the plaintiffs who is now Judge Maximino Daniel Muñoz who grew up in the El Paso upper valley neighborhood of Pacific Park (located near Sunland Park Drive and Doniphan Drive). This neighborhood consisted of mostly low-income Mexican Americans families. EPISD had manipulated the attendance and matriculation borders of Pacific Park to cut off Pacific Park children from attending a mostly-White elementary school, which was less than a mile from the neighborhood. EPISD required the children in this neighborhood to attend an elementary school almost four miles away, and for a time, the district did not even provide busing to that school.
Similarly, EPISD had drawn the matriculation border to cut Pacific Park out of Coronado High School's attendance zone, and put Pacific Park in to the El Paso High School attendance zone. El Paso High School had become majority Mexican American by 1970 and was almost seven miles away from Pacific Park. The then 8-year-old Coronado High School was less than three miles from Pacific Park. EPISD had carved out the White affluent Kern Place neighborhood, which was less than a mile from El Paso High School, and placed it in the newer Coronado High School's boundary. Coronado High School is about eight miles from Kern Place.
The panel will also include Carlos Alcala, Chair California Democratic Party Chicano Latino Caucus and formally of MALDEF; and Alberto Armendariz, Jr. who along with his father, the late Hon. Alberto Armendariz, Sr., were local counsel on the case.[2]
In 1971, Judge Ernest Allen Guinn, dismissed the case in a one-page court decision that has been characterized as one of the most negative federal court decisions regarding school segregation and which brought chastisement from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals who eventually overturned Guinn's decision.
In December 1976, Judge William S. Sessions ruled that EPISD was running a duel system for Mexican American and White students. EPISD had created Mexican schools and American schools, and had manipulated attendance boundaries to keep some schools majority White or to keep the Mexican American student population at a tipping point of 33%.
Sessions found that EPISD had vastly underfunded Mexican schools in comparison to schools in predominately-White neighborhoods. In many Mexican schools, the buildings did not have air conditioning, but the American schools did. EPISD gave new textbooks to the White schools, and placed used textbooks at the Mexican schools. These, and many other actions by EPISD, were found discriminatory and in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
EPISD would fight against desegregation for more almost ten years, appealing Judge Session's 1976 opinion to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. In April 1979, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's decision, which included the desegregation order and well as other remedies.
The Mission of the El Paso Chicano(a) History and Preservation Project is to revise, rediscover, and preserve El Paso's Chican@ history through education, academic and popular publications, revision, and activism.
[1] The Alvarado last name refers to David Alvarado, a resident of Pacific Park.
[2] Other attorneys involved representing the Mexican American students and their families were J.B. Ochoa (deceased), Fred Weldon, Vilma S. Martínez, Peter D. Roos, S. Anthony Safi, Joaquin Avila, Joel G. Contreras, and Linda Haten. Defending EPISD's segregation policies were A. R. Grambling, Morris A. Galatzan (deceased) and Harold L. Sims (deceased), and Sam Sparks of Hardie, Grambling, Sims & Galatzan. Other interested parties who may have been third party filers were attorney Ronald R. Calhoun who represented Sidney Brooks, and Jack Ratliff represented the Lincoln School (El Paso) Parent Teacher Association. Lincoln Middle School is at 500 Mulberry Ave in El Paso's Upper Valley.
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Miguel Juarez
Miguel Juárez was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. He is a multi-disciplinary scholar, artist and Paseño (El Pasoan) and the Editor at El Paso News. He has an Master of Art degree in Library Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a BA in Communications; an MA in Border History; and PhD in Borderlands History from UTEP; as well as graduate Arts Administration and Museum Studies coursework from CSU Dominguez Hills and CSU Long Beach, Calif.
He was an academic librarian and archivist from 1999 to 2013. He has published two books: _Where Are All the Librarians of Color: The Experiences of People of Color in Academia_, co-edited with Rebecca Hankins (2016, Library Juice Press) and _Colors on Desert Walls: The Murals of El Paso_, with photographs by Cynthia Weber Farah (1997, Texas Western Press).
He has published reviews, articles and opinion editorials in the Bryan College Station Eagle, the El Paso Times, El Paso Herald Post, El Paso Herald Post (online), Fusion Magazine, Latino Rebels, Medium and PlayBuzz.
He was previously on the editorial board of Latinx Talk, an online, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, and moderated forum. He is currently on the editorial board of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the American Library Association. You can contact Miguel at: miguel@elpasonews.org or follow him on Twitter @migueljuarez
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50th Anniversary of the filing of the landmark school segregation case Alvarado et. al vs. El Paso Independent School District

by Miguel Juarez, El Paso News
October 28, 2020

Press Release

Link: Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrc-yurzosEtFw-rOod13_fDgSIHDstZvM

For Immediate Release, Date: October 24, 2020

Contact: Raymundo Eli Rojas, rayrojas@rayrojaslaw.com

The El Paso Chicano(a) History and Preservation Project will mark the 50th Anniversary of the filing of the landmark school segregation case Alvarado et. al vs. El Paso Independent School District[1]. The milestone will be observed on Oct. 28 with the presentation of a panel composed of some plaintiffs and plaintiff lawyers involved in the case. The panel will take place via Zoom at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Registration is required and space is limited.

Filed in 1970, this lawsuit sought to end the segregation of Mexican American students within schools in the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD). The lawsuit was brought by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund with local counsel Alberto Armendariz, Sr. and Alberto Armendariz, Jr.

Panelists include one of the plaintiffs who is now Judge Maximino Daniel Muñoz who grew up in the El Paso upper valley neighborhood of Pacific Park (located near Sunland Park Drive and Doniphan Drive). This neighborhood consisted of mostly low-income Mexican Americans families. EPISD had manipulated the attendance and matriculation borders of Pacific Park to cut off Pacific Park children from attending a mostly-White elementary school, which was less than a mile from the neighborhood. EPISD required the children in this neighborhood to attend an elementary school almost four miles away, and for a time, the district did not even provide busing to that school.

Similarly, EPISD had drawn the matriculation border to cut Pacific Park out of Coronado High School's attendance zone, and put Pacific Park in to the El Paso High School attendance zone. El Paso High School had become majority Mexican American by 1970 and was almost seven miles away from Pacific Park. The then 8-year-old Coronado High School was less than three miles from Pacific Park. EPISD had carved out the White affluent Kern Place neighborhood, which was less than a mile from El Paso High School, and placed it in the newer Coronado High School's boundary. Coronado High School is about eight miles from Kern Place.

The panel will also include Carlos Alcala, Chair California Democratic Party Chicano Latino Caucus and formally of MALDEF; and Alberto Armendariz, Jr. who along with his father, the late Hon. Alberto Armendariz, Sr., were local counsel on the case.[2]

In 1971, Judge Ernest Allen Guinn, dismissed the case in a one-page court decision that has been characterized as one of the most negative federal court decisions regarding school segregation and which brought chastisement from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals who eventually overturned Guinn's decision.

In December 1976, Judge William S. Sessions ruled that EPISD was running a duel system for Mexican American and White students. EPISD had created Mexican schools and American schools, and had manipulated attendance boundaries to keep some schools majority White or to keep the Mexican American student population at a tipping point of 33%.

Sessions found that EPISD had vastly underfunded Mexican schools in comparison to schools in predominately-White neighborhoods. In many Mexican schools, the buildings did not have air conditioning, but the American schools did. EPISD gave new textbooks to the White schools, and placed used textbooks at the Mexican schools. These, and many other actions by EPISD, were found discriminatory and in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

EPISD would fight against desegregation for more almost ten years, appealing Judge Session's 1976 opinion to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. In April 1979, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's decision, which included the desegregation order and well as other remedies.

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The Mission of the El Paso Chicano(a) History and Preservation Project is to revise, rediscover, and preserve El Paso's Chican@ history through education, academic and popular publications, revision, and activism.

[1] The Alvarado last name refers to David Alvarado, a resident of Pacific Park.

[2] Other attorneys involved representing the Mexican American students and their families were J.B. Ochoa (deceased), Fred Weldon, Vilma S. Martínez, Peter D. Roos, S. Anthony Safi, Joaquin Avila, Joel G. Contreras, and Linda Haten. Defending EPISD's segregation policies were A. R. Grambling, Morris A. Galatzan (deceased) and Harold L. Sims (deceased), and Sam Sparks of Hardie, Grambling, Sims & Galatzan. Other interested parties who may have been third party filers were attorney Ronald R. Calhoun who  represented Sidney Brooks, and Jack Ratliff represented the Lincoln School (El Paso) Parent Teacher Association. Lincoln Middle School is at 500 Mulberry Ave in El Paso's Upper Valley.

This article first appeared on El Paso News and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


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If you want to know more about the wines of Australia, often very affordable and steadily increasing in quality for the past few years, George Gize, owner of Assaggi, the fine Mediterranean bistro in Ferndale, has put together something for you. On Tuesday, Feb. 21, he'll host a wine tasting dinner led by David Forziati, of the Epicurean Wines group. $85. 248-584-3499.
Magnolia Restaurant and Key Club, one of the only windows still lit in downtown Detroit's old warehouse district, is expanding its soul food and Cajun menu, and adding a string of weekly events, including Blue Mondays, featuring such blues doggies as Luther "Badman" Keith and Milton "The Hammer" Davis; In-Tune Tuesdays, a karaoke night; Open Mic Poetry on Thursdays; and Saturday jazz. 313-393-0018 for more on all.
A Dearborn mainstay hosted a grand opening this month of its renovated self, the new Peacock Restaurant Bar & Grill, with a general spiff-up, expanded menu and drinks selections, a monster plasma TV and a rededication to its long-reliable hospitality. For details, call 313-582-2344.
Insomnia, a recent addition to the Macomb club scene, has expanded its menu of bar-grub to feed your face while live acts fill your ears. 16780 21 Mile Rd., at Garfield, Macomb Twp.; 586-226-8008.
Keep an eye peeled for OSO sweet onions in your produce section now through March, the end of the season for one of your best choices of thick-sliced burger toppings and rings that, when lightly fried, keep their grip on the coating and a little crunch.
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Although countless other baking books have lots more pretty pictures, Regan Daly's In the Sweet Kitchen (Artisan, $35) should be the first choice for pastries, pies, tarts, cookies, puddings, mousses and other desserts, and bread in many of its forms. Split between a definitive text on the ingredients, equipment, hows and whys of baking, and 150 recipes for trying them out, the nearly 700-page tome serves well as a baker's bible. It was the International Association of Culinary Professionals' 2001 Cookbook of the Year.
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Fine eau da vie, a fruit brandy called "water of life" by the French, is a long, worthwhile way from the cloying, flavored booze that lines so many metro Detroit back bars. It captures the essence and aroma of fresh fruit in a crisp, clear, 80-proof spirit that can both whet the appetite and finish feeding it, served with something sweet, or fruit and cheese. Not long ago, the highly regarded Leelanau winery Black Star Farms got into distilling, and its remarkable Spirit of Pear is one result.
The ancient molcajete and tejolete (mortar and pestle) is a workhorse of the Mexican kitchen, used to grind, smash and mix anything from hard spices to avocados for the chunky guacamole served south of the border. Though available in granite, the traditional choice is best – coarse-grained lava rock. It needs to be seasoned, to shed any loose bits and smooth the surfaces a tad. Throw in a handful of uncooked rice and grind away, working all surfaces of the molcajete, for about 20 minutes. Rinse, and keep it handy. Look for them in Mexicantown.
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Correction Corporation of America (CCA) is the World's largest private operator of prisons. It operates prisons with a capacity to cage over eighty six thousand people. It has a long history of abuse of the prisoners in its custody and of covering it up. Early this year Arizona Prison Watch reported more abuse by CCA in their state.
This month CCA reported on their accounts for 2009. In a year where many companies had suffered from the global recession CCA were able to report earners per share up by a massive 12.5%. One of the major threats to their future profits is if America comes to its senses and ends its imprisonment binge. CCA will resist this by continuing to spend significant sums out of the profits they generate through pain infliction on lobbying for further increases in the use of imprisonment.


IK Multimedia is proud to announce that the highly anticipated T-RackS 3 is now shipping! IK Multimedia's flagship high-end mixing and mastering suite has now evolved into the next generation - T-RackS 3. The original T-RackS software was the first analog-modeled mastering solution, and now T-RackS 3 sets a new standard in high-end DAW mastering and mixing, with a suite of 9 analog-modeled and digital Dynamics/EQ processors, offering unmatched audio quality and a multitude of landmark features.
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COAR Peace Mission celebrates at 39th annual benefit
Staff, volunteers and supporters of the COAR Peace Mission gathered on March 23 at the Center for Pastoral Leadership in Wickliffe for the annual benefit that helps fund the work of the Community of Oscar A. Romero in El Salvador. This was the 39th year for the COAR benefit.
The organization is named after Archbishop Romero, who was canonized last year by Pope Francis. It is the oldest organization to bear his name. St. Oscar Romero was the archbishop of San Salvador from 1977 until his murder in 1980. His feast day was observed this year on March 24 for the first time.
COAR supports the COAR Children's Village so it can provide foster care for 50-100 vulnerable children; medical care for 50-75 families per week and an education for 1,000 students in grades pre-kindergarten to 12 in impoverished Zaragoza, El Salvador.
Benefit organizers said the event helps to raise the $450,000 necessary annually to provide food, medicine, shelter, special services, house mothers, teachers and other things that are needed to raise children to become peaceful, joyful and productive adults and parents in El Salvador.
The event began with Mass at 5 p.m. in Resurrection Chapel celebrated by Father Michael Stalla, a former member of the diocesan mission team in El Salvador. Father Stalla is pastor of SS. Cosmas and Damian Parish in Twinsburg.
After Mass, attendees moved to the Founder's Room for a reception. COAR board president Melanie Reda greeted the group and Mary Stevenson, COAR executive director, provided an introduction and update on the nonprofit's work. She also introduced the evening's honorees, many of whom have helped translate letters from COAR children to their benefactors in Cleveland.
Honorees included Brother Tom Carroll. OFM, vice principal, director of financial aid, International and Foreign Exchange Program and a Spanish teacher at Padua Franciscan High School; Lisa Hardin, St. Edward High School; and Tonya Barba, Spanish teacher at Strongsville High School who also helps to translate all activities of St. Joseph Parish, Strongsville's El Salvador Partnership Committee.
The Spanish teachers from 20 high schools and colleges and 14,000 student translators who helped with the scholarship program also were honored. Schools receiving the St. Romero Solidarity Award were Padua, Beaumont School; St. Edward, St. Ignatius, Strongsville, Hudson and Trinity high schools; Gilmour and St. Joseph academies; Brunswick High School; Baldwin Wallace University; Solon, Villa Angela-St. Joseph, Norton, Barberton, Archbishop Hoban and Magnificat high schools; Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin; University School and John Carroll University.
"Sponsorship is the essence of solidarity between vulnerable children in El Salvador and kind and caring people throughout North America and the world who wish to support them," said Stevenson. "It surrounds the children with a home, a family, health, education, love and safety. It puts a name and face and a relationship at the center of that generosity. This year, we honor the schools and the Spanish teachers that have built this bridge of solidarity between the COAR children and their sponsors."
Stevenson said sponsors can provide tuition for one child for a year for a $180 contribution and provide living costs for a child for $300. Sponsor levels begin at $15, but donations of any amount are appreciated, she added. Sponsors receive a letter and a picture from a child at COAR twice a year.
Stevenson said the work behind the sponsorship program is daunting because it involves translating 1,000 letters per year from Spanish into English and a few hundred more from English into Spanish. More than 14,000 students from at least 20 high schools and colleges have translated approximately 17,000 letters since 2004, she said. Each letter represents a child saved from poverty.
COAR Peace Mission provides full financial support for the COAR Children's Village and other projects committed to assisting Salvadoran children who are displaced or victims of poverty, drugs and gang violence, Stevenson said.
"Generations of children have gone on from COAR to form stable, loving families. With the support of these schools and our sponsors and patrons, we are able to continue the tradition exemplified by St. Romero," she added.
The benefit also included a wine pull, raffle baskets, a silent auction and a sale of Salvadoran crafts.
For more information on COAR, visit coarpeacemission.org.


(e) The respondent's guardian or guardian advocate, if applicable.
(f) In the case of a minor respondent, the respondent's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or guardian advocate.
(g) The respondent's treating health care practitioner.
(h) The respondent's health care surrogate or proxy.
(i) The Department of Children and Families, without charge.
(j) The Department of Corrections, without charge, if the respondent is committed or is to be returned to the custody of the Department of Corrections from the Department of Children and Families.
(k) A person or entity authorized to view records upon a court order for good cause. In determining if there is good cause for the disclosure of records, the court must weigh the person or entity's need for the information against potential harm to the respondent from the disclosure.
(2) This section does not preclude the clerk of the court from submitting the information required by s. 790.065 to the Department of Law Enforcement.
(3) The clerk of the court may not publish personal identifying information on a court docket or in a publicly accessible file.
(4) A person or entity receiving information pursuant to this section shall maintain that information as confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
(5) The exemption under this section applies to all documents filed with a court before, on, or after July 1, 2017.


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Migration of community annotation projects to the latest Web Apollo v2 release. A short new tutorial describes the key differences between the two versions.
Data-only release of Aedes albopictus (Foshan strain): the genome sequence and gene set are available for download.
GFF3 geneset files have been regenerated, according to the Sequence Ontology specifications.
Repeat features are now available for download, in GFF3 format.
Updated versions for the following tutorials: Available data types, BioMart, Genome Browser, HMMER and Search.
In this release a new database has been created for Sarcoptes scabiei, and there have been updates to genes sets for multiple Glossia species. The latest gene set updates have been derived from community supplied gene annotations for Glossina austeni, Glossina brevipalpis, Glossina fuscipes, Glossina morsitans,Glossina pallidipes and Glossina palpalis. Data can be accessed either via the genome browser for each species, or via BioMart.
EST and RNA-seq data have been aligned against the Stomoxys calcitrans genome, and the alignments are available as tracks in the genome browser.
The Aedes albopictus genome and gene set are available in the Downloads section, which also includes updated GFF3 files for all species with gene sets.
For comparative analyses, species are now stratified in a more fine-grained manner, into the following groups: Anophelinae, Culicinae, Phlebotominae, Brachycera, Hemiptera, Phthiraptera, Chelicerata, Gastropoda. This enables orthologs to be filtered at each of these taxonomic levels, and gene trees are now colored according to these groups (further details).
No new data has been added but an issue with Advanced Search of expression data has now been fixed. It is now possible to search/filter with high level taxonomic terms (such as "genus Culex") in the species field. Download files and resources marked "VB-2015-10" are still current and are consistent with rest of VectorBase.
The President's Malaria Initiative insecticide resistance dataset has been re-imported one more time to fix some small issues and also to include a small number of assays that determined mutant kdr gene frequencies.
In this release we have added links from variation data for Anopheles gambiae to the Ag1000G Anopheles 1000 Genomes project. Ag1000G is a global collaboration using whole genome deep sequencing to provide a high-resolution view of genetic variation in natural populations of Anopheles gambiae, the principal vector of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa. For a more information about the Anopheles 1000 Genomes project please see the main Ag1000G website.
To access this data follow the "View variant in Ag1000G browser" link on any variant summary page (see example). Please note that some variants in the VectorBase variation database may not link to a corresponding entry in the Ag1000G project as the VectorBase and Ag1000G resources are distinct, but complementary.
The next VectorBase release (VB-2016-02) is scheduled for late February.


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This school believes that it is always unacceptable for a child to experience abuse of any kind.
We recognise our responsibility to safeguard the welfare of all children.
We will provide staff and volunteers with guidance to follow when they suspect a child may be experiencing abuse or risk of harm.
We will work cooperatively with other agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with parents/carers first – unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child's welfare.
The Designated Safeguarding Lead for child protection is Mrs Pearce-King
The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads for child protection are Mrs V Gent, Mr C Forrester and Mrs V Reading
The Governor with responsibility for child protection is Mrs C Wharrad
Useful Safeguarding Information
Visit our Policies and Privacy Information page to view out Safeguarding policies.
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Tell Someone
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Our school has been given the opportunity to take part in a national project, which is being run locally in partnership with Worcestershire County Council and West Mercia Police.
Operation Encompass is a process whereby the police and county council will inform a member of staff if a child or young person has experienced any domestic incident.
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Home / Featured Content / New Height of Mount Everest Announced Just as Nepal Reopens Its Tourism Sector
New Height of Mount Everest Announced Just as Nepal Reopens Its Tourism Sector
The world's tallest mountain has grown by 86 centimeters
January 14, 2021 by Global Voices Leave a Comment
By Benju Lwagun
After more than a decade of dispute and controversy over the true height of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain has a new official elevation: 8,848.86 metres, or 86 centimeters taller than previously thought.
The new measurement was jointly announced by Nepal and China, the two countries that abut its tallest ridge, via a virtual press conference on December 8. Teams from both countries carried out the measurement exercise.
Geologists had previously speculated that Nepal's 2015 earthquake could have caused Everest to shrink, which is now confirmed to have not been the case.
Given that the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down tourism in Nepal since March, the announcement was timely, as the country is slowly beginning to reopen to tourists.
Over 16 percent of Nepal's visitors come for the purpose of mountaineering since the country boasts eight of the ten highest mountains in the world.
Measuring a mountain
The national survey departments of Nepal and China began the Everest height measurement project in 2017. Measuring a mountain is not easy as it requires state-of-the-art instruments and appropriate survey techniques. The exercise took three years to complete, as there are many factors that impact upon measurement efforts, including adverse weather, the elevations of rocks at the summit, ice levels and other environmental challenges.
Prior to this collaboration, height measurement tasks were typically conducted by teams from other countries, including Italy, New Zealand, India, and the United States.
It is a proud moment for Nepal. As soon as the news was announced, Nepalese netizens and mountain lovers expressed their happiness on social media:
Mount Everest's new height is 8848.86 meters, announced by the authorities. May the aspiration of every Nepali grow to excel as the height of the majestic Everest! pic.twitter.com/Eb6c32j9Li
— muksam labung (@Muksam1) December 10, 2020
Twitter user Love Joshi, a teacher from Kathmandu, saw parallels between the mountain's new height and the need to uplift the people of the country:
My. Everest New-height is 8848.86 meters. Now we need to increase the height of Nepal and her people. pic.twitter.com/fvzgjPwmqE
— Love Joshi (@love_joshi25) December 9, 2020
Deependra Shah, a Nepali expat living in Italy, joked about the 86-centimeter increase:
Person who climb the Mount Everest will be climbing new height at 8848.46m breaking old record at 8848m.
— Deependra Shah (@Adinfinitumz) December 9, 2020
What does it mean for Nepal-China relations?
This recent collaboration has strengthened ties between China and Nepal. In 2019, China's President Xi Jinping visited Nepal, 23 years after the former president had paid the last state visit. The two governments have since signed 18 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and two letters of exchange for various sectors, including agriculture, commerce, manufacturing, and transport.
Nepal shares borders with both India and China, so many social media users have been observing its relationship with both countries, which is widely held to have strategic importance.
Over the years, India's increasing interference in Nepal has been criticized widely. The differences between the two countries further widened when Nepal's cabinet released a new map in May 2020 placing Limpiyadhura-Kalapani-Lipulekh within its border. The consequent border disputes created a rift between the countries as both claimed the territory as their own.
In recent times, India has made some efforts towards reconciliation. Some experts believe that this is a deliberate effort of India in order to prevent the closeness between Nepal and China.
One Twitter user noted:
The geopolitical significance of Everest's change in height
China & Nepal ended a dispute and bolstered ties by adding 86cm to the height of the world's highest peak
But India is unlikely to be happy about Beijing cozying up to another of its neighbors https://t.co/FlQmFZsMII
— Saul of United (@Viatcheslavsos3) December 13, 2020
Tourism industry reopens amid pandemic
From trekking in the Himalayas to cultural attractions, Nepal offers a wide range of thrilling experiences for tourists.
As many as 1.17 million international travelers visited the country in 2019. Earlier this year, Nepal ran several promotional campaigns around the world to encourage tourism, which came to naught because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The country's tourism industry has been one of the hardest-hit sectors, as people limit their outdoor activities and cancel their travel plans. These restrictions have led to massive layoffs in Nepal's tourism industry.
To help it recover, the government of Nepal is gearing up to welcome tourists once again. Although the country has eased some travel restrictions — visitors must have a valid visa and a negative COVID-19 report obtained no more than 72 hours prior to entry, and follow all health and security protocols advised by the government — the land borders remain closed.
Still, tour operators are welcoming the opportunity:
8 Everest Mountain flight today. #hopeful #nepaltourism
— Aroma Nepal Treks (@AromaNepalTreks) December 19, 2020
In anticipation of new tourist arrivals, the infrastructure of many destinations has been upgraded, and new projects are being planned. Some, however, were quick to remind social media users of the positive impacts of the COVID-19 travel restrictions.
The blog Everest Today tweeted:
Remember that viral picture of Mt Everest during lockdown? Once again, today, crystal clear sky makes Everest visible from Kathmandu. More: https://t.co/Bku12KOA8S pic.twitter.com/EjsOWZrL4n
— Everest Today (@EverestToday) October 30, 2020
The anticipated increase in tourists is expected to boost the Nepali economy and help the country recover from the pandemic-induced economic downturn. Perhaps Everest's additional 86 centimeters will help push the destination to the top of travelers' bucket lists.
This post was previously published on Globalvoices.org and is republished here under a Creative Commons License.
Filed Under: Featured Content, Travel Tagged With: Citizen Media, good news, International relations, Mount Everest, Nepal, politics, South Asia
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Neal Broten eager to relive a miracle in Lake Placid
Kevin Oklobzija
@kevinoDandC
Neal Broten has been back to Lake Placid just once since the Miracle on Ice Olympics
The 1980 Olympic team will reunite at Herb Brooks Arena on Saturday night
Broten played 1,099 NHL games and ranks 11th all-time in scoring among American-born players
He was part of the most famous team in American sporting history, the Miracle on Ice squad from the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Yet when Neal Broten revisited Lake Placid for the first time since the inconceivable upset of the Soviets and then the gold-medal victory over Finland, he was just another tourist strolling down Main Street.
It was March of 1996, his last full season in the NHL. At the time Broten was rehabilitating an ankle injury. His team, the New Jersey Devils, was on the road and he had time to kill, so he drove to Lake Placid, all by himself.
"I just wanted to reflect on how awesome it was," Broten said. "Not only to just make that team, but what we accomplished."
When he arrived, he walked through town, silently reminiscing. No one asked for his autograph. No one asked him to pose for a picture. Even when he stopped for lunch, he was just another out-of-towner grabbing a bite to eat.
"They're expecting guys who are 6-3, 6-4 and 225 pounds," Broten said. "I'm just a little guy (5-9 and a playing weight of 175) eating my hamburger. Nobody knew who I was."
On Saturday, the slick playmaking centerman will be back in Lake Placid for just the second time since 1980. This time, pretty much everyone in town will know who he is.
Broten and members of the 1980 team are celebrating the 35th anniversary of the country's most momentous sporting feat on Saturday night.
The team will gather in Herb Brooks Arena to relive the game and also to honor the memory of Bob Suter, a defenseman on the team who died in September at age 57. He was the first player from the team to die. Brooks was killed in an auto accident in 2003.
"We lost a member and that's sad, and we lost our coach earlier," Broten said. "It makes you feel a little more fortunate that we can still get together."
Broten, a 55-year-old native of Roseau, Minnesota, is traveling from his home in Wisconsin. His itinerary includes a stop at Friday's Rochester Americans game. He'll sign autographs from 6 to 6:45 p.m., then drop the ceremonial first puck before the Amerks play the Texas Stars.
He's ready for the most-asked question he always gets from fans: "Probably the thing they want to know most is, 'How could you guys beat the Russians?'
"I don't even know the answer to that. It still boggles my mind. The Russians were so strong on their skates. Their lateral movement was incredible. They passed the puck hard. They shot the puck hard. Nobody thought we could beat them. We didn't think we could."
Which is why their jubilant celebration after the 4-3 victory over the Soviets went on and on. Why sticks and gloves were hurled skyward. Why this group of collegiate hockey players couldn't stop screaming, couldn't stop hugging, couldn't stop crying.
"We were celebrating like a PeeWee team," Broten remembers. "It was like we were 0-40 and finally won. The Russians just stood there watching us. They were used to winning by five, six, seven, eight goals."
Years later, when he joined the Devils after his first 13 1/2 seasons with the Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise, Slava Fetisov became his teammate. Fetisov was the star defenseman for the Soviets and was featured in the recent ESPN 30 for 30 "Of Miracles and Men."
"Slava would always tell me, 'You were very lucky in that game,' " Broten said. "I would just tell him, 'Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.' "
Broten produced one goal, six assists and seven points in eight Olympic games. He then embarked on a professional career that lasted longer — and was more productive in terms of points — than any of his teammates from Lake Placid.
He ranks 11th all-time in scoring among American-born NHLers (289 goals, 634 assists and 923 points in 1,099 games, plus 35-63-98 in 135 Stanley Cup playoff games). He was a major component of the 1995 Stanley Cup champion Devils, producing 7-12-19 in 20 playoff games.
Now, however, he has little to do with hockey. The reunions are about his only contact. He lives on a farm with his wife, Sally. They tend to two horses.
"I don't have a schedule," he said. "I hang out and do whatever I want. No more skate from 10 to 10:30, then back to the rink at 3 for a game. I don't follow hockey much."
He's excited for the weekend though.
"You usually haven't seen each other in a while so it will be fun," Broten said. "Guys are getting fatter, they're losing their hair, (Mike) Eruzione's goal was lucky."
The gold medal they all own is proof there's nothing wrong with lucky.
KEVINO@DemocratandChronicle.com
Twitter.com/@kevinoDandC


The fractal geometry demonstrates the spatial and temporal interconnection of our city's morphology.
Design is an act of wilful optimism – a speculation on future possibilities. The difficulty for those operating in the realm of architecture and urban design is the extended span of time between vision and realisation.
Our proposal begins with the question: can we look 41 years past to see 41 years into the future?
1968 was described by Time Magazine as, "the year that split the past from the future". The late sixties began to see community reflection upon urban renewal policies (also acts of wilful optimism) that had led to much of our large scale road infrastructure and the destruction of some of the historic fabric of our Australian cities.


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For the first time in history, a city in India has elected a transgender Mayor.
A transgender woman scripted history by winning civic polls for election as Mayor in Raigarh, India.
Independent candidate Madhu Kinnar beat Bharatiya Janata Party's Mahaveer Guruji by 4,357 votes to become the first transgender mayor of Raigarh Municipal Corporation, according to a report by India-based New Delhi Television (NDTV).
35-year-old Kinnar previously worked as a singer and dancer on trains between Howrah and Mumbai, and stopped only when she was asked to stand for mayor. "It was the public support that encouraged me to enter the poll fray for the first time and because of their support only, I emerged as the winner," she said. After winning, Madhu said people had shown faith in her and will put best efforts to accomplish their dreams.
Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh congratulated all of the winning candidates. "I hope they will fulfill their responsibilities and will cooperate with the government for the state's development," said Singh.
In a landmark ruling issued by the Indian Supreme Court in 2014, transgender people have been recognized as "third gender." There are an estimated two million transgender people in India.
On 11 December 2013 India's Supreme Court upheld a colonial-era law which criminalises same-sex sexual activity. It overturned a 2009 New Delhi High Court decision that ruled the law unconstitutional. The ruling caused outrage among LGBT activists and many of the county's politicians. Despite several attempts to have the ruling thrown out, it remains.


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Q: How extract array from string json? I have this string :
$string =  '{"2r0ij":{"id":"2r0ij","title":"Official Reddit announcements","subscribers":7225390}}'

and I want convert to array. I tried with json_decode($string), but result is null. Same result with print_r($string).
What is wrong?

A: You do need to use json_decode() with the 'true' flag -
$string =  '{"2r0ij":{"id":"2r0ij","title":"Official Reddit announcements","subscribers":7225390}}';
$foo = json_decode($string, true);
print_r($foo);
echo $foo['2r0ij']['title'];

The result is:
Array ( [2r0ij] => Array ( [id] => 2r0ij [title] => Official Reddit announcements [subscribers] => 7225390 ) )
Official Reddit announcements

Here is a working example. The string, minus the opening and closing quotes, validates at JSONLint.

A: If you want to convert it to array, you need to set the second parameter of json_decode() to true:
$array = json_decode($string, true);
print_r($array);

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With the advent of smart watches and wristbands that have been growing in popularity by the day, old school mechanical watchmakers have been forced to rethink their strategy. Some have even come up with their own smartwatches to rival the upcoming AppleWatch. But, what if you want the premium feel of a mechanical watch along with the benefits of a smart wearable? Montblanc, the luxury watchmaker, has come up with an ingenious idea to blend traditional watchmaking with smart technology. The brand has announced an optional e-Strap that'll equip its Timewalker Urban Speed Collection. The e-Strap brings the usual activity tracking, notifications, music controls, remote camera trigger and other usual features found on wrist-worn wearables.
The e-Strap band adds a four-centimeter widget to the inside of the watchband, complete with screen with a notification system. It can be connected with a smartphone app and handle all the standard notifications. The band itself is Florentine leather and the widget is made from a carbon material that Montblanc calls "diamond-like carbon" giving it a premium touch. As for the pricing, the watch itself ranges from €2,990 up to €4,690 (about $3,319 to $5,675), and the smart band is said to add another €250 (around $300).


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If CSAB Recommendation is accepted by ministry of human resource development then from the next year onwards or by 2017, students will not require their Class 12 marks for seeking admissions in central Engineering institutions except IIT's and the competitive exams like JEE Main will be conducted a bit earlier from next year onwards because the admission process consumes a lot of time.
Why this rule has been implemented?
After taking into consideration the delay in submission of Class 12 scores by boards to the CBSE and malfunctions in the scores of some students during this year's admission process, CSAB has strongly recommended that admissions will be offered only on the basis of JEE Main scores. This further means in laymen terms that, the 40% weightage given to Class 12 scores for admissions to NITs and other GFTIs (other than IITs) may be scrapped.
Delay behind JoSAA: This year the first-ever joint seat allocation process commonly known as JoSAA got delayed by almost a week as the Boards did not submit the Class 12 scores to CBSE on time. Some of them did not submitted pro forma given by the board, leading to discrepancies. Instead of June 25, the process began on July 1, leading to a delay in the academic session at the premier institutes. Keeping all such things in mind the apex Body will be asked to offer admissions only on the basis of JEE Main scores.
While the CSAB, as part of their JoSAA report, will recommend the change, the Joint Entrance Examination Apex Board has also set up a sub-committee to review the process of allotting JEE Main ranks. Class 12 scores were taken into account to calculate the JEE Main ranks since 2012, when the two-tier exam process JEE Main and JEE Advanced was introduced for the first time. After three years of implementation, the apex board will be reviewing the process introduced to control the proliferation of private coaching institutes in the country.


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Oliver Darcy
San Francisco's Sea Lions Mysteriously Disappeared From Pier 39 for Weeks — So Where Did They Go?
"It is kind of crazy..."
San Francisco's iconic sea lions have returned to the city's Fisherman's Wharf after mysteriously disappearing for weeks.
Throughout July, the pier where hundreds of sea lions have gathered for nearly 25 years was empty.
"It is kind of crazy that for a couple months there will be none, and then there will be a thousand," Alissa Fiset, a spokeswoman for Pier 39, told the San Francisco Gate.
[sharequote align="center"]"It is kind of crazy that for a couple months there will be none, and then there will be a thousand."[/sharequote]
According to the Gate, scientists say the 700-pound animals often leave in the summer to mate, but this year's departure was significantly more sizable than most.
Moreover, the theory that the sea lions left to breed left one chief question unanswered: why did the younger animals not old enough to mate also leave the wharf?
Despite this, the breeding theory appears to be the most accepted among scientists.
Scientists aren't quite sure exactly what location the animals would have left for to mate, but it's suspected they went south to the Channel Islands, the Gate reported.
When the sea lions returned, word quickly spread through the city and visitors quickly flocked to Pier 39 to get a look, according to KPIX-TV.
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