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Chapter: Indian Land Mammal Record
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Suggested Citation:"Indian Land Mammal Record." National Research Council. 1995. Effects of Past Global Change on Life. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/4762.
GLOBAL CLIMATIC INFLUENCE ON CENOZOIC LAND MAMMAL FAUNAS 199 Although Anchitherium came from North America, it reached Europe by way of Asia. Early Orleanian correlates with lower Hemingfordian and with the first-order immigration episode at about 20 Ma in North America. The Vallesian-Astaracian boundary has been the subject of controversy, and that controversy is entwined with evidence regarding the first appearance of Hipparion and other hipparionine horses from North America via Asia. The genus Hipparion appears on the margins of the Mediterranean at 11.5 Ma in Chron C5R, which would make the base of the Vallesian at least this old. This date correlates precisely with the base of the Clarendonian assigned by Tedford et al. (1987) on the basis of North American biostratigraphy and many radiometric dates. Few immigrants, however, appear in North America at that time. The base of the Turolian is marked by many immigrant appearances such as the rabbit, Alilepus, and the proboscidean, Anancus, and is well dated at 9 Ma (Berggren et al., 1985; Mein, 1989). This date coincides with the beginning of the Hemphillian in the North American record and with the second-order immigration episode here recognized as Hemphillian 1 (Table 11.2). The beginning of the European Ruscinian mammal age correlates with the latest Hemphillian in North America (Tedford et al., 1987). The Ruscinian mammal age, approximating the Miocene-Pliocene boundary, is now well dated in the Mediterranean area, where that sea refilled. Ruscinian is defined by the many new appearances that occurred as a consequence of the Messinian sea-level cycle and the severe climatic deterioration that accompanied it. In North America, we recognize Hemphillian 3 as a first-order immigration episode, correlated with the Messinian sea-level cycle (Webb, 1983b). The early Villafranchian is marked in Europe by a major turnover episode including the arrival of Equus there (as well as in Asia), accompanied by the appearance of Elephas, various large deer, and also as Azzaroli (1989, p. 341) notes, "the demise of a forest assemblage characterized by Tapirus, Sus, and Ursus." This episode may be correlated with the first-order immigration episode known as Blancan 2 in North America. Presumably these equivalent events were driven by the same climatic mechanisms, namely, the onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation. By the Pleistocene, North America and Europe lack any meaningful correspondence between their respective mammal ages. Possibly the frequency of faunal migrations and climatic shifts after the Gauss Chron will require a much more refined system than the present broadly defined mammal ages. Repenning (1987) and others have found much finer-tuned rodent zonations to be quite useful in relating mammal faunal turnover to global climatic changes in the Quaternary. Chinese Land Mammal Record Correlations of the rich land mammal succession in China are rapidly improving and already can test, in some instances, the hypothesis of global synchroneity of rapid faunal change episodes among land mammals. Current studies of Oligocene faunas in China suggest that Asia may have been the source of many immigrants in the European Grande Coupure after the marine seaway retreated from the Turgai Straits. In his review of Neogene mammalian biochronology in China, Qiu (1989) recognizes four major immigration episodes that alter the character of the Asian fauna. First, the nearly simultaneous immigration of Anchitherium from North America and Gomphotherium from Africa marks a major change in the Early Miocene fauna. Qiu (1989) also notes the brachyerycine insectivores as another trans-Beringian immigrant group that appears in the Early Miocene of China. The second major Miocene immigration episode from outside Eurasia was the appearance of Hipparion from North America. The importance of the Hipparion datum is widely recognized throughout Eurasia and may occur at about 12 Ma. Thirdly, the Gaozhuang fauna of Miocene-Pliocene age in the Yushe Basin is under intensive study and represents one of the best understood and best-dated immigration episodes in Asia. Among key immigrants are an arvicoline rodent Germanomys; the rabbit Hypolagus; the canid Nyctereutes; the pig Sus; and the camelid Paracamelus (Qiu, 1989; Tedford et al., 1989). There is a fairly close correlation between the Gaozhuang fauna in China and the Ruscinian in Europe. Finally, the Late Pliocene immigration episode in China closely corresponds to that in Europe, key immigrations being those of Elephas from Africa and Equus from North America. As in North America, this episode occurs at about 2.5 Ma near the base of the Matuyama Chron (Qiu, 1989). Ding et al. (1992) show that Hipparion-bearing red clays were transitional to the loess sequence in which these immigrants appear and that these events were coupled with major uplift of the Himalayan Plateau. Indian Land Mammal Record One of the best-studied mammal-bearing sequences in the world is that of the Siwalik Hills of Pakistan and India. Long, nearly continuous sections, extensively exposed and richly fossiliferous, yield a virtually complete magnetostratigraphic column for the Miocene. It is quite interesting, therefore, that Barry and Flynn (1989, p. 567) attribute the pulse of faunal turnover in that region primarily to immigration episodes triggered by land bridges; they summarize that relationship as follows:
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Jeff Gundy, Ph.D., professor of English, spent the spring 2008 semester on sabbatical, lecturing at the University of Salzburg in Salzburg, Austria, after being awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant. He is one of 800 U.S. faculty and professionals to travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Gundy taught three courses in the American Studies department and did some writing and traveling.
Where do I start, describing four months in Salzburg? I worked quite hard, some of the time, teaching literature and American Studies courses at the University of Salzburg. But I was freed of most of my usual university responsibilities, and we had only a one-bedroom apartment to care for— no yard, no garden, no driveway to shovel, no plumbing to repair and no cars to keep running. Much of the time, we felt blissfully free to wander downtown, take in a concert, go for a walk through the meadows below the nearby mountain or plan an excursion to one of the dozens of places we'd been told we just had to see.
My wife, Marlyce, wangled a leave from her job to come along, and she did most of our travel planning. On breaks and long weekends (my classes were all on Tuesdays and Thursdays), we often took off via train or bus. We walked the streets of famous cities all over central Europe: Vienna, Florence, Venice, Prague, Krakow, Budapest. We saw less famous but fascinating cities, villages, lakes, as well, and too many mountains, rivers, castles and picturesque houses to number.
Much of our time, though, was spent in Salzburg, one of Europe's most scenic and culturally rich, mid-sized cities. We learned quickly that Gemütlichkeit—hard to translate, but perhaps a combination of "comfort" and "living well"—is the key to life in Austria. It involves taking time for conversation with one's neighbors, extended meals at the plentiful local restaurants and tree-shaded cafes, coffee and sumptuous pastries at the famous coffeehouses downtown. Austrians take pride in blending Germanic efficiency with Mediterranean ability to savor the moment.
Americans know Salzburg as the Sound of Music city, but locals regard movie locations like the Mirabell Gardens, the Leopoldskron Palace and the Nonntal nunnery as part of the city's long heritage, not just scenery for a Hollywood movie. The Festung, the massive fortress that looms on a steep hill in the center of the city, is an enduring reminder of the powerful archbishops who for generations were both the religious and political rulers of the region.
The city is still quite Catholic—the many cathedrals are filled for masses, as well as busy with tourists—and in close touch with its remarkable history. But old and new blend in the everyday lives of Austrians. They use the efficient bus and train networks or ride bicycles on the network of paths that runs throughout the city, and we did the same.
My work at the university was both familiar and sometimes surprising. In my literature courses, I found students eager to encounter American poets and novelists (Allen Ginsberg's Howl was a class favorite in my poetry seminar, and so was African-American poet Lucille Clifton). They quickly found connections between our texts and their own experiences. When my small Midwestern Writing class read part of Sinclair Lewis' Main Street, the animated discussion of smalltown life in Austria and America went on long after class was supposed to be over.
More than half of my large North American Civilization class had visited the U.S., and they were closely following the Democratic primary battles. Most were troubled by recent American foreign policy, but enthused about American movies and popular culture. Often they knew little of American history beyond the sense that slavery and the treatment of Native Americans were very bad things, but most were eager to learn, especially from a "real" American like me who was not always quick to defend every aspect of American life.
Students at the university appreciate the low tuition—less than 400 euros per semester (roughly $600)—and the generally high quality of instruction. They complain, though, about the difficulty of scheduling classes and getting advice on their programs of study. I often thought of the extensive Bluffton system of academic, social and religious support for students as I tried to counsel perplexed young people about their courses of study.
We returned from Salzburg with a lifetime of memories. Biking along the Salzach River with the mountains on all sides; walking the streets of Franz Kafka's Prague (where we slept within a block of his old school); waking in Venice to watch two men lounging and talking in their doorways, just across a little canal from our room; crossing the Chain Bridge across the Danube on foot from Pest to Buda and back again; wandering through the vast, lush gardens of the
Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna one day and the equally vast ruins of the Auschwitz/Birkenau death camp two days later . . . there is no way to express quickly or simply what such experience means. Getting to know students, colleagues and others in Salzburg was equally important to us. I wish I had space to say more about the wonderful couple, Willi and Dietlinde, who were our landlords, neighbors and selfappointed guides to Austrian life.
We learned a good deal, in Salzburg and elsewhere, about how a civilized society might function. After all the disruptions and horrors of the 20th century, Austria and its neighbors seem to have found ways of providing meaningful work and a livable social structure for great numbers of their people. Especially in the former Soviet satellites, this process is far from complete, but people everywhere we went seemed optimistic and energized by their local prospects—even as they worried about larger, global issues of militarism and climate change.
I am extremely grateful to Bluffton for the sabbatical release and for years of experience that made my application possible, and to the Austrian-American Fulbright Commission for providing excellent financial and intangible support during our time in Austria.


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Andy Murray sends Novak Djokovic message amid Australian Open visa chaos
Andy Murray has given his brutally honest opinion of Novak Djokovic's visa saga ahead of the Australian Open.
Djokovic dramatically had his visa revoked upon arrival in Australia by border control, and he is currently being detained in quarantine at the Park Hotel in Carlton, Melbourne.
Djokovic had revealed on Tuesday that he had been granted a medical exemption to participate at the Australian Open, but the decision was met with uproar.
Djokovic has not disclosed his vaccine status, leading many to suggest he has yet been jabbed – which is a mandate to enter Melbourne and compete at the first Grand Slam of the year.
But his plans took a turn for the worst when he had his visa rejected, and he could now be deported back to Serbia – awaiting the outcome of an appeal over his visa rejection which will be heard on Sunday night in the UK.
He is currently waiting patiently ahead of the big verdict, and has received support from protestors outside his quarantine hotel. But now rival Andy Murray has delivered his opinion on the saga that has gripped sporting headlines.
He said, as quoted by Australian newspaper The Age : "I think everyone is shocked by it [the circumstances], to be honest.
"I'm going to say two things on it just now. The first thing is that I hope that Novak is OK. I know him well, and I've always had a good relationship with him, and I hope that he's OK.
"The second thing I'll say on it … it's really not good for tennis at all, and I don't think it's good for anyone involved. I think it's really bad."
Murray, just a week older, went to the same training camp as Djokovic as a teenager, and the pair have contested some epic matches throughout their legendary tennis careers.
Despite concerns over his wellbeing, Murray hasn't been in contact with Djokovic amid claims the world No 1 had his phone and passport taken off him.
But he has insisted the ATP have tried communicating with him as the saga rolls onwards.
"I haven't spoken to him, but I know the ATP have tried to be in communication and contact with him. I, personally, haven't spoken to him," Murray added.
On Friday, Djokovic took to his Instagram story to make his first public comments since the chaos ensued.
"Thank you to people around the world for your continuous support," he wrote.
"I can feel it and it is greatly appreciated."
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Q: How to connect two compilers, CoffeeScript and Babel in WDIO Testrunner + Mocha? I write tests on CoffeeScript with using Webdriver.io and mocha. Code processed by the CoffeeScript compiler.
In the project I'm developing, it was decided to switch to syntax ES6. To ensure that the code written earlier is supported, the Babel compiler has been connected, which converts unsupported syntax (such as import) to supported syntax (require). But Mocha does not provide for the possibility of the running two compilers simultaneously (at least, I found this information in the network).
Certainly, a workaround is to compile the files using the CoffeeScript compiler, save them to a temporary folder, and configure Mocha with the Babel compiler so that Babel compiles the converted files from the temporary folder:
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But this is not the most beautiful decision: you have to use two commands instead of one, monitor the folder with temporary files and so on. I would like to somehow perform CoffeeScript files with Babel in one command without using temporary folders and files. So far, all information I found in the Internet comes down to the fact that it is impossible (about such information https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/issues/4969 I came across repeatedly). But maybe there are ways?

A: Basic information on this issue was found here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/coffee-babel. The NPM coffee-babel package solves the described problem.
The only package: for the package to work correctly in the wdio.conf.js file in the settings of the Mocha compiler, you need to connect the coffee-babel package. This is done as follows:
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Brown Studio has created a new retail concept for Reebok, with store designs based on the look and feel of a gym.
The store in London's Covent Garden 'encourages and promotes training, fitness and community', according to Brown Studio, which was appointed to the project earlier this year following a pitch.
The consultancy worked with designs handed over from Reebok's Boston-based in-house design team. The brand is a partner of CrossFit, an intensive core strength and conditioning program, which has informed design elements.
According to Becky Scotchmer, Brown Studio senior designer, the store deliberately eschew technology and interactive elements to keep in-line with the CrossFit workout ethos, though the Covent Garden store uses a 'community board', where people can write workout tips and messages.
Materials such as plywood and rubber flooring and features including a ballet barre and rope chairs aim to create the gym-like feel, while mannequins stand in sporty poses, with some stretching or performing yoga moves.
'The concept promotes a motivational tone of voice through graphics and campaign imagery to inspire and drive towards a healthier lifestyle', says the consultancy.
Brown Studio is currently working with Reebok on other UK sites in Oxford, London's King's Road, Reading and Bromley. It is also working to bring the experience of Cross Fit in store at the Oxford branch, which will feature a dedicated work-out space.


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MUST WATCH: Man has eaten 95 meals at Olive Garden in 6 weeks
BURLINGTON, N.C. -- There is North Carolina man who likes pasta more than you.
Alan Martin has eaten 95 meals at Olive Garden in the last six weeks, WGHP reports.
Using a $100 'Pasta Pass' purchased a month and a half ago, Martin says he has received $1,510 worth of food so far. He eats at Olive Garden every day, twice a day, and plans to do so until his pass expires on Nov. 9.
The pasta pass is valid for all the pasta, salad, bread and Coca-Cola drink a person can consume during the seven week period. The pass -- part of a PR stunt -- was only made available to 1,000 people.
Martin, a church pastor and father of two, lives within walking distance of the Burlington Olive Garden. He likes the food, he says, even if he knows it's not the healthiest option around.
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Ontario to end academic streaming that splits students into applied, academic tracks
Education	| In the News	| July 7, 2020
Ontario plans to end streaming in Grade 9, a practice where high-school students must choose to pursue an academic or applied track and that has been criticized for sidelining a disproportionate number of Black and disadvantaged students.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce will announce the changes in the coming days, which will also include a ban on suspending elementary-school children and efforts to increase diversity in the education sector.
"It is clear there is systemic discrimination built within the education system, whether it be streaming of racialized students, suspensions overwhelmingly targeting Black and Indigenous kids, or the lack of merit-based diversity within our education work force," Mr. Lecce said in a statement on Monday. He added that the government will move "quickly and decisively to combat systemic racism" so that children can succeed.
Ontario is the only province that divides students as they enter high school into the hands-on applied stream or an academic track that sets them on the path for postsecondary studies. Research has shown students from low-income families, with Indigenous backgrounds or with special needs are more likely to be enrolled in the applied stream and are 4½ times more likely not to earn a diploma compared with their peers in the academic stream.
The government said that streaming will end for Grade 9 students, although it won't be fully implemented in this coming academic year.
Jamil Jivani, who was named by the government as its advocate for community opportunities, said this issue has been a priority. Mr. Jivani said he advised Premier Doug Ford's government on ending streaming in Grade 9. He said that while streaming may work as students enter the later years of high school and choose their specializations, it limits opportunities in the earlier grades.
"Streaming really just judges them … often it's a form of profiling, to be honest," Mr. Jivani said. "It's a way that the school system looks at you and makes an assumption of who you are and what you might be capable of."
Toronto parent and educator Natasha Rodriguez said she had to fight to have her son, who is Black, remain in the academic stream after it was suggested by his school that he be moved into the applied track for receiving a low mark in math. She said that some have suggested that students be streamed because of their ability, but "it's a racist practice. There's overwhelming evidence that Black and Indigenous and non-white children are streamed into applied."
She said that while Mr. Lecce's plan to end streaming in Grade 9 is a step in the right direction, "we need to hold the government accountable to see how that plays out in real time."
"I think it's definitely a political move. I don't think it's coincidental in wake of Black Lives Matter. I don't think it's coincidental in the wake of police reform and a call for defunding the police," Ms. Rodriguez said.
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath called the decision to end streaming "long past due."
"We were pushing the Liberals for a generation to get streaming out of our schools. I don't know why they never acted on it," she told reporters on Monday.
Still, Ms. Horwath said she is still skeptical of the government's commitment to supporting students and the school system writ large.
"I think it's not simply getting rid of streaming … but we need to support our public education system, and watching this government completely drop the ball on letting parents, or kids, or educators or anybody know what to really expect come September is really troubling."
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Walt Disney World Celebrates World Wish Day, Donates $20,000
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Disney World is the most magical place on earth. For nearly 50 years, the east coast theme park has brought smiles to kids of all ages, and Disney dreams are fulfilled in many shapes and sizes.
But some of those smiles are just a little bit more meaningful than others. For a child who is fighting for their life, battling a potentially life-threatening – or at the very least life-altering – illness, giving them a chance to just be a kid is a truly magical experience.
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In fact, almost half of all wishes granted every year have a Disney theme with more than 8,000 wishes granted at the Walt Disney World Resort.
Disney World granted its first wish in 1980, and 130,000 wishes have been granted since then. They estimate that 7,000 families each year enjoy the Disney World Resort. Families can also choose Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and more to make their wish come true.
To celebrate World Wish Day on April 29th, 2019, Disney World is donating $20,000 to Make-A-Wish in Northern Florida. They've also supported Give Kids the World Village, a non-profit vacation resort for kids and their families to enjoy completely for free thanks to 40,000 VoluntEAR hours annually.
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Story behind an unsuccessful assassination bid
Manzoor AliUpdated April 28, 2019
The house was located at a narrow street and the gun battle on April 17 was witnessed by neighbours. — APP/File
PESHAWAR: Security agencies and police have unearthed new startling evidence that sheds light on the hours-long gun battle in one of the city's posh areas resulting in the death of five militants and martyrdom of two law enforcers, Dawn was informed.
The mounting evidence, police and security officials say, belie claims by some individuals with "vested agenda" that the 17-hour-long gun battle with militants holed up in a house, was staged. The house was located at a narrow street and the gun battle on April 17 was witnessed by neighbours.
Read more: Peshawar operation concludes after 17 hours, 5 suspected terrorists neutralised
"Those casting doubts and aspersion on our credibility have vested agenda. They wouldn't explain how an assistant sub inspector of the counterterrorism department lost his life, or how, a soldier was killed. They wouldn't explain why, if the militants indeed were innocent, the TTP owned them, or why they did not surrender, despite several attempts made through public sound system," a senior security official said.
Dawn sat down with police and security officials to learn more about the encounter, how it took place, how they tracked down the group and what further evidence they have picked up to connect some of the loose ends and to seek answers to claims by some people that the militants were killed in cold blood.
It has emerged that Amjad Ali, the ringleader of the group killed in the Hayatabad operation, had been affiliated with Mufti Shahzad group, an offshoot of the TTP. He had been on the security agencies radar for quite sometime for his activities in the Hayatabad region.
New evidence shows how a militant group had planned to kill a key KP cabinet minister and failed
Shahzad operates in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. A former Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) operative, "Mufti" had joined the TTP. His brother was also associated with LeJ and was killed along with its chief Riaz Basra alias Akram Lahori in May 2002.
"We have been looking for Amjad for quite sometimes. His name had cropped up during interrogation of several high profile cases in Hayatabad area and July 2018 suicide attack that killed ANP leader Haroon Bilour," the official said.
Amjad's track, however, went cold when he slipped away to Turkey. It was the attack on Peshawar High Court's Justice Mohammad Ayub Khan Marwat towards the end of February that brought the spotlight back on the group. "Our first reaction was: where is Amjad?" "Has he come back?"
That's when surveillance began, as the security agencies not only tracked down his location but also intercepted conversation that raised alarms rigging. "The group definitely was up for something big," police and security officials said. "They were discussing potential individual targets," the officials said.
Things began to move swiftly from thereon, when one such lead indicated that an Afghan suicide bomber identified by his alias "Qari" had been handed over to Amjad on March 22 in Peshawar's Perano Market in the famous Karkhano Bazaar.
It was to be revealed later, based on audio conversation saved on one of the cell phone's recovered from the house that the group was planning to assassinate a key cabinet minister of the KP government on April 8, in Hayatabad.
Minute to minute communication
The audio, played for Dawn, provided almost minute to minute communication between different members of the group, the venue in Hayatabad where the cabinet minister was a chief guest, his arrival, the description of the vehicle its colour and make, he was travelling in, the gates the entry was to be made, the deployment of the police security cordon and a video clip of the arena and the stage where the minister was seated.
The entire communication, in short audio message format, within the group was done through VPN (Virtual Private Network). The minister was lucky. The suicide bomber's motorbike failed to start just when the minister was leaving the venue. Frantic communication between the group members ensued.
The bomber could only drive a motorcycle. So, they put him in a vehicle to drive to chase the cabinet minister. "Make way for the [Toyota] Vitz", one man repeatedly shouts, heard in one of the audio clips. By then, the minister's vehicle had gone way ahead. "Return to the dera [house]", a man is heard speaking in the audio clip.
Whose voices were those 66 audio communications, identifying group members by their aliases? That crucial information came from Saeed, a sixth member of the group, captured with a bullet wound and treated at the Combined Military Hospital.
During interrogation, Saeed is seen identifying each voice and who it belonged to, according to a short video of the interrogation shown to Dawn. The whole plot was unravelled. The entire group stood exposed, all killed in the gun-battle.
Police have since begun picking up facilitators, including the one, who had brought the bomber and had handed him over to Amjad.
Evidence suggests that Amjad had left the country and gone to Turkey and had attempted to illegally enter Greece to escape his terrorist past and start a new life. He was caught and deported.
His 'social' activities as well as some of the group members' indicated that their militant lives were driven more by money.
Forensic investigations further revealed that pistol and SMG empties recovered from the house matched with those used in the attack on Justice Ayub.
A report by the Forensic Science Laboratory (copy available with Dawn shows that the 9mm pistol used in attack on Justice Ayub was a licensed weapon (number 0702207) issued to Tariq Usman by the KP Home and Tribal Affairs department. Tariq was amongst those killed in the gun battle.
Also, amongst those killed the would-be suicide bomber, was Emran Momand, the twenty-plus year old Afghan from Nangrahar, identified in the audio communication as "Qari". His Afghan passport recovered from the scene of the gun battle showed he was issued an Afghan passport in October 2018.
Two of the remaining three facilitators had been identified, said security officials. "We may have some more news for you," he said. "This was a group that was dangerous and stashed ample ammunition in the basement of the house. Even the BDS warned against going down to the basement. It was booby-trapped," he said.
The quadcopter recovered from the house was the best that one could get, which could be connected to a mobile phone to give a live feed. The 'drone' was used for surveillance. "Even we don't use that," the official said.
Published in Dawn, April 24th, 2019
Five 'TTP men' killed in 17-hour Peshawar gun battle
Suspects killed in Hayatabad operation involved in multiple attacks: police
Peshawar operation concludes after 17 hours, 5 suspected terrorists neutralised
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Sabir, Punjab Pakistan
Look at our professional soliders in this photo. Pakistan Zindabad!! After merger of FATA with KPK the government of KPK is doing an awesome job regarding the security of citizens. The only language these terrorists understand is bullet. We have tried teaching them humanity but they didn't understand it now they only understand bullets.
All the press upheavals in the aftermath and role of J.I people must be investigated.
Waqar
Pakistani security forces are the best.
Prateik
Judicial probe will bring out truth.
What needs to be done (but of course won't in Pakistan) is to lock up and interrogate all those peace-loving, democratic (when it suits them) political leaders who are raising noise to cast doubts about the operation and are desperately trying to whitewash the crime of their collaborators or their paid mercenaries.
RIAZULLAH BAIG
Excellent work done by the LEAs with potent use of modern technology!
Ali Sabir
KP is where most of the trouble is.
Opposition parties have the habit of blaming the government and securities for whatever they do. With these habits, government is getting more stronger day by day.
Dr Haroon Khan
I hope this piece silences the many who were questioning the action taken by our security forces.
Park logic
What you sow is what you reap
This shows the efficiency and professionalism of our security forces. I bet every department of Pak can get away with their task if they wish so. things have so diluted that good governance or common people is no more priority.
Ameen Chilwan
Nice report. Dawn has some good investigative journalists.
Syed Hani
Bravo! Security forces. You are the best. Long live police and CTD.
Anwar Hasnat
Training, training and training, combined with sophisticated intelligence and surveillance is the key to eliminate the foreign funded monsters.
Shah Jee
Proud of security agencies. Many eye witnesses of this encounter told how viciously the armed members were firing at security forces and how security forces were concerned about civilian casualties and took their time. Hats off
No more conspiracy theories. Supreme sacrifice and excellent professionalism by our defenders in uniform. Honour them.
Now question is what should be done with conspirators and the press club who provided them ground for spreading doubts?
Hamed Quraishi
Wonderful. My humble respect for the boys.
Sabir Khan
Lucky minister. He should be great full to all mighty to be still alive. Good job by law enforcement agencies for their collective effort even if the article is 50% true.
Taimoor khan
"His 'social' activities as well as some of the group members' indicated that their militant lives were driven more by money" Mother of all question? Who, or which nation was financing this group? A open and shut case to be raised in FATF?
we need to stand with our security forces.
@Anwar Hasnat, This is what India is doing all along
Qureshi S
police should try to control law and order in Pakistan.
Just a cover story...why did they blew up the house after recovering weapons bullet casings and bodies ? Isn't it strange?
Cardsman
Inaccurate reporting: Riaz Basra and Akram Lahori were two different people. Riaz Basra was killed in a shootout but Akram Lahori was apprehended by Karachi police during snap checking. Akram Lahori took over reins of LeJ after Riaz Basra.
If true, on this basis on this report, i must say this is Excellent Police work The following seems to be an extremely SAD reality. 1. One of the accused terrorist tried to escape his terrorist past and start a new life. He was caught and deported. When he was deported why were his records not checked, i he was wanted it should have been their in the record ? 2. His 'social' activities as well as some of the group members' indicated that their militant lives were driven more by money. Might be a failure on their part looking to spend lavish life-style. Or. It can be failure on the system's end, in failing to provide decent earning opportunities or methods Un-controlled expenses and a population explosion will only make it worse
Good work by security agencies, the only thing which is a bit doubtful is passport recovered from scene.why he would carry his passport with him. In many attacks our security forces are able to find passports/id cards etc , even in suicide cases.
After RDX detonation the building was reduced to rubble and the terrorists went to hell. You shoot and kill soldiers you meet RDX blast courtesy of the Armed forces of Pakistan with full support of the locals. RIP Soldiers we will always love our Pakistan Armed Forces.
M.Jan
@Ali Sabir, the initiators and masterminds of these troubles reside somewhere else though.
Bhola Bhala
Strangely, no one is blaming India for this.
Kamran Khan
Baseless proofs
mohid
@Ali Sabir, I think India is the main root of trouble and uses KPK because of its shared border with Afghanistan.
Call tracked on VPN? Or was it sound bytes off a physical storage on a phone or an SD card. Interesting!
And the guy Amjad was having in hearing in the high court the next day, he had applied to the court for restoration of his government job. we are not stupid.
M.Mudassir Siddiqui
the role of Tableeghi Jamat & JI must be investigated
"We have been looking for Amjad for quite sometimes." Edit: Quite some time
interesting similarity between indians and ptm's demand of judicial probe. Now is the time to tackle ptm because after a while country will be facing another MQM controlled by a man sitting in London.
fahimkhalil
Pak Army and KPK Police Zindabad , Pakistan paondabad. .. Very very weldone for all security agencies now being the citizens of Pakistan and KPK it is our national duty to social boycott & Crub all the allegations and propoganda of PTM. . we have to taught them tuff lessons
Adil Jadoon
Who funds these people?
@Shareef, - are you an editor? What a low blow from an arrogant person!
Anonymouseeeee
Excellent work by our security forces.
Ishrat salim
@Haris, seem you are only interested in negativity, because you do not update yourself. The house was blown up because a motorbike was found inside the building with explosives which was booby trapped. The security forces had no other choice but to blow the motor bike which brought down the entire 2 story building, which showed the amount of explosives stored therein.
'The quadcopter recovered from the house was the best that one could get, which could be connected to a mobile phone to give a live feed. The 'drone' was used for surveillance. "Even we don't use that," the official said.' This proves a foreign spy agencys hand in terrorism.


With just 1.9 percent body fat, the 6-foot-3, 228-pound Metcalf ran a 4.33-in the 40, while posting top marks in the other drills.
Indianapolis — When an athlete is called a freak, it's generally a positive thing. Maybe it's a lazy description, but its the word many of us reach for when trying to describe someone with physical gifts that far exceed the norm.
On Saturday, Ole Miss wide receiver D.K. Metcalf rubber stamped himself as a freak.
Metcalf already had some buzz coming into the NFL Combine because of his physique. A widely circulated photo showed the 6-foot-3, 228-pounder with muscles bursting out of muscles. He looked more like a Mr. Universe contestant than a top receiving prospect.
He told reporters he measured in with 1.9 percent body fat in Indianapolis.
Muscles are cool, but Metcalf managed to set social media ablaze a second time when he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.33 seconds on Saturday.
It isn't the fastest time for a receiver in combine history, but given his size, it rivals former Lions standout Calvin Johnson for the event's most impressive sprint.
Johnson, at 6-foot-5, 239 pounds, ran a 4.35 in 2007, going on to be selected by the Lions No. 2 overall.
Metcalf, who also posted top-five results among receivers in the bench press and vertical and broad jumps, didn't match Johnson's college production. The Ole Miss product missed extensive time with foot and neck injuries, limiting him to 21 games. He caught just 67 passes for 1,228 yards in three seasons, scoring 14 times.
Still, his size and skill set had many believing he might be the first receiver selected in April, and his chart-busting combine performance only figures to push his stock even higher.


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The median age of people in Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs) was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.2% of the population.
Of people in Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs) aged 15 years and over, 55.3% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.
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In Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs), 52.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.4% of people had both parents born overseas.
There were 409 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs). Of these 53.1% were employed full time, 40.1% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.
Of employed people in Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs), 16.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.5% worked 40 hours or more.
The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs) was $597.
In Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.
Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs), 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.
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Of occupied private dwellings in Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs), 47.8% were owned outright, 29.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.6% were rented.
In Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs), of all households, 74.2% were family households, 24.5% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.
In Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs), 21.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 13.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.
In Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs), 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.
In Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs), 87.0% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.
In Kangaroo Valley (State Suburbs), 50.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 50.0% were female. The median age was 29 years.
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Nyliberala studentförbundet grundades på grund av indignation över presidentvalets utgång 1937, då Kyösti Kallio valdes till president med bistånd av den svenska högern (bergsrådsfalangen). Inom förbundet uppstod 1943 fröet till den så kallade fredsoppositionen.

Förbundet var i decennier den mest inflytelserika finlandssvenska liberala organisationen; det hade en nära anknytning till Svenska folkpartiet. Förbundet splittrades i mitten av 1960-talet, då en del av dess medlemmar radikaliserades och gick över till det socialistiska lägret. Bland de politiker som har varit verksamma inom förbundet märks Nils Meinander, Johan Otto Söderhjelm, Jan-Magnus Jansson och Pär Stenbäck.

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ICYMI: Fire kill three people in Kano State
The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of three persons following an early morning fire on Wednesday, September 25th at a flat at Gayawa Tsohowa, in Ungogo Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
Saidu Mohammed, the spokesman for the service said that the victims included a 2 year-old baby girl.
"We received a distress call in the early hours of Wednesday from one Malam Mudassir Abdullahi at about 3:57 a.m. that there was a fire outbreak at a dwelling house. Upon receiving the information, we quickly dispatched a fire engine to the scene at about 4:08 a.m., to bring the fire under control,'' he said.
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He gave the names of the victims as- Malam Aminu Bala, 50, Rukkaiya Aminu, 30, and Aisha Aminu, 2. Mohammed, however, said that the remains of the victims were taken to the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, where doctors confirmed them dead. He added that an investigation had commenced to determine the cause of the incident.
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The average American has $54,000 of non-mortgage debt. The monthly payments on that debt account for 24% of their take-home pay!
52% of employees have less than $10,000 saved for retirement. 36% of employees have less than $1,000 saved.


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Staff Saturdays - Matt Grau
Welcome back Staff Saturdays! Today we have Matt Grau, Director of Youth Rowing!
How did you get into rowing and what is your background in the sport?
"I started rowing as a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. Since then, I have coached at Taylor Allderdice High School, Steel City Rowing Club, and Jackson-Reed High School (formerly Wilson High School). I've also spent time with the US U19 National Team System, including as a Selection Development Assistant Coach, Camp Director for the Olympic Development Program, and as the High Performance/CanAmMex Sculling Coach."
What brings you to TRRA?
"My wife and I moved to Pittsburgh from DC specifically for the opportunities available at TRRA. I also consider Pittsburgh home so it was a great opportunity to return home."
What is your favorite part of the club?
"My favorite part of the club is the large group of passionate individuals that make up our coaching staff, our club administration, our membership base, and our rowing community."
Favorite sports team?
"Hail to Pitt"


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Home / Gaza Emergency
They need our support, so let's help them this gracious month.
$50 - Emergency Medical Aid
$50 - Food Aid for Starving Families
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The air strikes and violence in besieged Gaza Strip have killed at least 44 Palestinians including 14 children.
More than 250 individuals are injured during the air raids that started on Friday, 5th of August, and seek treatment for their wounds.
Air strikes are targeting apartment buildings and refugee camps in Gaza and families are forced to spend nights cowering in basements.
The UN special rapporteur on Palestine has said that the situation in Gaza is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis.
The current assault on Gaza marks the latest bout of violence since the 11-day war in May 2021 that killed hundreds and wounded thousands.
Hundreds and thousands of Palestinian families are struggling to survive over a decade of economic blockade of Gaza Strip and the current escalation of violence is devastating.
Your Sadaqah and Zakat donations can provide much-needed food supplies, medical aid, and essential non-food items to poor families in Gaza; they are counting on you!
Oxygen Concentrator is a type of medical device used for delivering oxygen to individuals with breathing-related disorders. It works as a window air conditioner — it takes air in, changes it, and delivers it in a purified form and has been found lifesaving for COVID-19 patients who face low levels of oxygen in their blood.
The second wave of COVID-19 has added to the difficulties and challenges for the people of Jammu & Kashmir who are struggling to recover from the impact of state wide lock down imposed by the Indian government after it revoked Article 370 and 35A from its Constitution, that continued for more than a year.
The troubled state of Jammu & Kashmir has witnessed violence and bloodshed for over two decades that took the lives of around 70,000 civilians, and hundreds of thousands injured and disabled. In addition, there are over 35,000 widows and over 150,000 orphan children in Kashmir whose lives have been shattered by the protracted violence.
Response USA has launched Kashmir COVID-19 Relief to save lives by providing Oxygen Concentrators, food parcels and hygiene supplies to the extremely poor and at risk families.


ITV News International Affairs Editor Rageh Omaar has traveled across Somaliland as severe drought brings the unrecognized east-African nation to the brink of a preventable humanitarian catastrophe.
Unconscious and malnourished – but Sudesi is one of the lucky ones.
Rushed into a basic hospital built over 70 years ago, overworked doctors were able to give the three-and-a-half-year-old the medication he needed after he developed Meningitis.
He was one of three new malnourished children admitted to this hospital in Somaliland over a 24-hour period.
And as strange it may sound, Sudesi could be classed as one of the lucky ones.
At the moment more than one and a half million people in Somaliland stand on the edge of famine. They are on the brink.
This country has been starved of the rain it desperately needs for more than three years, leaving over half of Somaliland's 18 million livestock dead.
As the situation worsens across the region, doctors at this hospital, built by British engineers during the colonial era, are treating more and more malnourished children.
But now they say they are operating at full capacity.
They also desperately need medical supplies. And Somaliland urgently needs rain.
It takes two days of hard driving to even get to the region where some of the youngsters at the hospital had to travel from.
You cross a dry, barren landscape starved of rains for three consecutive years.
So desperate are those displaced by this unrelenting drought, that even the land they set their makeshift camps in is scorched dry.
Ten million animal carcasses litter the land.
Of even more concern is the welfare of unknown numbers of mothers and children stranded in Somaliland's hinterland.
One mother escaped to a camp with her eight children, including a five-year-old daughter with numerous medical complications since birth.
Now hunger has weakened her and left her mother desperate.
In three months of traveling, they have not seen one Western aid worker, her mother claims.
"We'll be finished. What do any of us have left?" she said.
"We need immediate support, including food, water, and medicine," one medical worker said.
Somaliland is a country where 300,000 people, most of them children, are classed as being at severe risk from drought.
More than 1.5 million people are staring famine in the face.
People here know that it's only a matter of weeks, not months, to avert a full-blown humanitarian crisis.
And people across the world will not be able to say they didn't know about it.


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Courts resolve disputes between the state and individuals, or between individuals, through either the criminal justice system or the civil justice system.
New Zealand's general courts are structured like a pyramid, with the Supreme Court at the top. Below it are the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the District Courts. These are 'courts of general jurisdiction'. They are the main courts in our justice system.
If someone wants to appeal a decision made by a court, they appeal to a senior court to review the decision. For example, a case that is decided in a district court can be appealed to the High Court, or sometimes directly to the Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court is the final appeal court, but hears only a small proportion of cases.
A decision by a senior court is binding on lower courts. Decisions of the Supreme Court, as New Zealand's highest court, are binding on all other courts.
District Court criminal appeals
While most District Court appeals go to the High Court, in some criminal cases, an appeal can be made directly to the Court of Appeal. It will depend on the offence and whether a jury trial was elected.
Appeals from decisions of Community Magistrates or Justices of the Peace are heard by a District Court Judge.
Tribunal and authorities
Appeals from Tribunals and Authorities can be found in the law that establishes them. The line of appeal for tribunals and authorities may either be to the District Court, the High Court, or a specialist court or there may be no line of appeal.
The courts, tribunals and authorities listed receive administrative support from the Ministry of Justice except:
Employment Relations Authority, which is supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; and
Court Martial, which is supported by New Zealand Defence Force.
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Appeals to High Court
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Private Security Personal Licensing Authority
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Truro School > Parents > News and Galleries > Sixth Form > Careers > Success Overseas
Date Posted... Apr 30th 2021
Success Overseas
Truro School's most successful application on record sees all students achieving one of their first-choice colleges in the most competitive application cycle on record.
If there was ever a word to describe this academic year it would be "unprecedented" and no more so in the world of overseas university admissions. As SAT and ACT test centres around the world closed, it removed the barrier to selective US colleges for many. This meant the numbers coming out of some admissions offices for those applying for freshman year in the fall at highly selective colleges were staggering: 57,000 at Harvard (up 42%), 100,000 at NYU across its three campuses (up 18%), 250,000 applications across all of University of California campuses with 139,000 at UCLA (up 28%) alone, Duke saw an increase of 20% too. But these increased admissions numbers did not translate into a higher intake into freshman year so this became the most competitive application cycle on record. A good indicator was Harvard who rejected 97% of their applicants and Brown admitted just 1 in around 30 of its Regular Decision pool. The fact that this news story is coming later than usual is a result of colleges who have all had to push their decision release date back by a week or more because of the extra volume of applications received in this cycle.
It is therefore brilliant news that this has become Truro School's most successful application cycle on record with all students achieving one of their first-choice colleges.
Cameron G is holding offers at Tennessee Tech and California State Chico but being a talented golfer he was keen to go down the student-athlete route hoping his golfing potential could open financial aid doors for him. We are delighted that he has been offered a near 'full ride' for the duration of his course at Carson Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Carson Newman is a mid-range Christian college which punches well above its weight. It is ranked number 1 for undergraduate teaching and has excellent facilities and a strong reputation both academically and for student satisfaction.
Cam says, "I wanted to go to university in the USA to be able to gain an Economics degree and play golf for a college, challenging myself on a regular basis within the NCAA divisions. The application process for the USA is different to that in the UK, it is more time consuming as you apply to each university individually and you often are required to write essays surrounding many different subjects. However, Mrs Jupp is very supportive and will make time to ensure that you are helped and supported every step of the way. My advice to anyone who is thinking about going to the USA, is to do lots of research, find out exactly what you want from a university, then you will be able to start the process early and gain lots of great offers."
California resident Jessica F has been with us for her Sixth Form. She was keen to apply to California University and NYU. After a few wait listings she is delighted to be holding an offer at her first choice University of California San Diego, a college which looks for "fearless innovators and bold risk-takers, those with a compulsive urge to take things apart, discover what makes them tick and put them back together in surprising new ways. People who are eager to swap ideas, share experiences and explore the world with a fresh perspective".
Jess said, "Having gone to school in both the US and UK, I wasn't sure where I wanted to go to University. The American college experience is very different to that of UK universities, from the application process to choosing majors/minors. Mrs. Jupp was amazing at guiding me through each step and ensuring my application was the best it could be. I'm so excited to hold an offer from UC San Diego along with UK offers, keeping my options open for the next 4 years".
Roman N received his insurance offer at Concordia with a BA major in political science in record breaking time. Deciding to throw his hat in the ring at several Ivies in the USA he got through the first rounds of application consideration and was interviewed at Harvard, Princeton and UPenn, and Stanford (not an Ivy); a fantastic experience for future interviews. Whilst he did not make it beyond this stage, he was accepted into his first choice in Canada, the University of Toronto, ranked 25th in the world according to the Times Higher Education. His course in international relations and politics will be coupled with a student-athlete life as he is an international fencer and has been offered a full ride, meaning he will not pay tuition fees for the duration of his undergraduate course. He is also holding an offer at McGill University, ranked number 42nd in the world and number 1 in Canada for among medical-doctoral universities for the last 15 years.
Roman says, "I wanted to apply to North American universities partly because of the sports college culture. In the UK, for my sport, fencing, there aren't really any serious clubs or training when you get to university level – but in the US, you have yearly tournaments competing against other universities in team and individual events, and these can often gather a lot of spectators. I wanted to be part of a university team that is as passionate and motivated about competing as I am. Truro School and Mrs Jupp made the whole process so much easier. On your own, applying to the US or internationally can seem overwhelming – but Mrs Jupp helped me with everything from narrowing down my universities list, SAT preparation, helping me edit my essays for my application to helping me prepare my student athlete application packages. We would have weekly reviews during the application season and anytime I needed her help with anything I was able to arrange another meeting or send her an email and she would always reply very quickly. Right now, I'm likely going to accept my offer from McGill University and am really looking forward to studying in Canada."
Lucy Jupp, Truro School's overseas universities advisor said, "This has been an extremely dynamic and busy year globally in the overseas universities advising sector. The sheer number of students applying overseas has risen exponentially and here at Truro we have completed around 20 applications to colleges in the USA and Canada, each one totally unique and separate. The nature of an overseas university application means that students apply to each college separately and the application takes much longer than one to the UK. There are personal essays, supplemental essays, an extensive application form, financial aid and visa forms and three references per student, a school profile report and regular submission of a student's progress grades throughout their Upper Sixth Year. It has been an absolute pleasure to support Cam, Jess and Roman on their journeys to undergraduate study in the USA or Canada. To have all three secure places at their top choice college is fantastic news given the ultra-competitive nature of this application cycle. I'm also thrilled that both our student-athletes have been successful in their applications, receiving scholarship funding for a full or near full ride. The student-athlete process is a lengthy one, starting months if not years in advance of application submission. There is the video footage, references, motivation letters, sporting CV and multiple communications with coaches to help foster relationships in this enormously competitive market. For many, a student-athlete route is a way of getting significant fee reduction and so many coaches will receive hundreds of emails per week from teenagers hoping a college coach will take an interest and ultimately offer them a spot on their team. With offers to American and Canadian universities being made on an unconditional basis, we could not be more excited for our students as they embark on their next steps overseas."
Congratulations to Cameron, Jessica and Roman!
We are proud to offer outstanding facilities to enrich our pupils' learning. Many of these facilities are also available to the wider community at various times, please use the links below for more details.
The Burrell Theatre
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Augustine of Hippo was the most prolific and influential writer on reading between antiquity and the Renaissance, though he left no systematic treatise on the subject. His reluctance to synthesize his views on other important themes such as the sacraments suggests that he would have been skeptical of any attempt to bring his statements on reading into a formal theory. Yet Augustine has remained the point of reference to which all later writers invariably return in their search for the roots of problems concerning reading and interpretation in the West.
Using Augustine as the touchstone, Brian Stock considers the evolution of the meditative reader within Western reading practices from classical times to the Renaissance. He looks to the problem of self-knowledge in the reading culture of late antiquity; engages the related question of ethical values and literary experience in the same period; and reconsiders Erich Auerbach's interpretation of ancient literary realism.
In subsequent chapters, Stock moves forward to the Middle Ages to explore the attitude of medieval Latin authors toward the genre of autobiography as a model for self-representation and takes up the problem of reading, writing, and the self in Petrarch. He compares the role of the reader in Augustine's City of God and Thomas More's Utopia, and, in a final important move, reframes the problem of European cultural identity by shifting attention from the continuity and change in spoken language to significant shifts in the practice of spiritual, silent reading in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. A richly rewarding reflection on the history and nature of reading, After Augustine promises to be a centerpiece of discussions about the discovery of the self through literature.
Brian Stock is Professor of History and Comparative Literature, University of Toronto. He is author of The Implications of Literacy: Written Language and Models of Interpretation in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries; Augustine the Reader: Meditation, Self-Knowledge, and the Ethics of Interpretation; and Listening for the Text: On the Uses of the Past, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.


Will'o'wisp: Adapted Glow worms in the 21st century.
Post-Apocalyptic RPG forums | Development | Writing and Quests (Moderator: zenbitz) | Will'o'wisp: Adapted Glow worms in the 21st century.
We've all heard tales of Will'o'wisps: balls of light that lead wanderers to an untimely demise. Well, having read up a bit on glow worms, I thought I should put this modest proposal before you.
Modern day Lampyris noctiluca glow worms live all over Europe and can survive extremely low temperatures, even daring to venture near the arctic circle. They create light to find mates and whatnot, but I have in mind an entirely different use for them.
Nuclear bombardment has just begun. Ice closes over the northern hemisphere, killing 99% of insects, depriving the noble glow worm of food. The cold begins to kill them off in droves. For once, only the least efficient glow worms survive. Instead of turning all of their energy into light, these few survive primarily by emitting a little more heat. But what benefit does this bring, you might ask? Well, one glow worm is wasting energy, but if all of the glow worms in a colony produce excess heat, they can heat up their locale, providing the entire group with a bubble of hot air, like wetsuits do in water. This colony mentality is not restricted to one aspect of survival, however.
With the destruction of their natural habitats, glow worms have found the perfect alternative: abandoned housing. A lonely hunter sees the light of fire inside a nearby home. Thinking of paying the owner in return for shelter for the night, he enters the lonely cabin. The sight that greets him is an usual one. There's no fire in the hearth, rather, the entire place is lit up by a horde of little fluorescent bugs. His curiosity gets the better of him, and soon he is standing beneath a ceiling of grubs. Too late he realises his mistake. The larvae descend upon him, crawling, biting, burning. The toxin in the little grubs isn't enough to kill him, but the feeling of being digested from the inside, while simultaneously being covered in fire is enough to send the hunter into spasms of suffering. Blinded, the huntsman grabs for his knife, his gun. He has no means of fending off the frenzied larvae and soon he has been eaten alive.
The bright light of the glowworms dims as their hunger is sated, keeping them from the eyes of humans until they are ready to feed once again.
So. A believable Will'o'Wisp based phenomenon with it's own dangers and rewards. It'd make for an interesting bit of "real" folklore and generally, just be another little feature. PCs can see these little cabins and investigate (as any player would), or encounter one via quest. The bugs aren't mutated, they've just adapted a little bit (all of the non-social stuff is true), so I think they should fit happily within our borders.
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Eh, not bad. It's a little farfetched... they would have to eat something other than people. I guess insects are also drawn to light, but most other animals aren't.
I would assume that -- in order to actually HURT a person there would have to be enough mass in glow worms of like 1/2 or maybe 1/4 person. So 25kg of larvae eat 100kg dude... how often? Also, if any colony falls below man-eating size... how do they survive?
Hard to work it into a plot line... seems like of like "random death trap"
Birds and mammals would happily enter a sheltered area in case of blizzard, so they probably get to feast on smaller mammals fairly regularly. given that the buildings they inhabit would also end up particularly warm, it's not hard to see animals straying in purely for the heat during daytime.
Also, you're going by mass, not surface area, which is the major point. "Burns of 10% in children or 15% in adults (or greater) are potentially life threatening injuries (because of the risk of hypovolaemic shock) and should have formal fluid resuscitation and monitoring in a burns unit." (wikipedia), so a fairly small colony of burning, biting, digesting glow worm larvae could easily kill someone. Even if they failed to shut down their target, searing pain and being covered in glow worms would severely hinder potential prey. Given that Lampyris noctiluca larvae hibernate when food is scarce, it's not unreasonable to assume that a gigantic colony could only have a portion of their population active at any time, so the larvae eat their fill and hibernate, just as new larvae wake up and eat some more of the body.
I'm sure I could come up with a plot, but yeah, it can also be a deathtrap. Really depends on what you want to do with it.
It would be a rather interesting Wilderness encounter, if it does not get included in a side-plot. It would add some very specific "color" to the world.
Would you mind plying your considerable artistic talent to make a little scene of a crumbling log cabin, glowing brightly in the dark, perhaps with a silhouetted stranger in the foreground?
If there's art of it, it's practically bound to get in Plus, I reckon it would look awesome for concept/loading art.
No, I mean mass of food consumed to support mass of glow worms. Or to say - 1 human corpse can allow X worms to subsist for how long? And how many worms to kill one human? I don't see how animals can be attracted by "warmth"... They can't generally see infrared... they would have to be very close to it to feel warm. I guess I am just quibbling though.


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Third E. coli lawsuit filed against JBS Swift
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A Wisconsin family sickened from E. coli O157:H7 related to this summer's beef recall filed suit against JBS Swift today. The lawsuit was brought by the Seattle-based foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark in the Federal Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. This is the third lawsuit filed by Marler Clark in the aftermath of the JBS Swift outbreak, which sickened at least 23 people in nine states, 12 of whom had to be hospitalized.
"This has been a very difficult summer for contaminated meat," said the family's attorney, Drew Falkenstein in a Marler Clark news release.
Nicole and Gerard Rosploch purchased ground beef from a Pick N Save near their home in Brookfield; the meat was later determined to be part of the recall of 420,000 pounds of beef by the JBS Swift Company of Greeley, Colorado. The family (except for Nicole, a vegetarian) made and consumed hamburgers on Sunday, July 19. By Thursday, Gerard and their two sons began to have abdominal cramps and nausea. On Friday, the 7-year-old began to experience frequent episodes of vomiting and frequent diarrhea, some of it bloody. His parents took him to the ER, where he was checked and released, having submitted a stool sample. Meanwhile his older brother, 11, began to show increased signs of illness including vomiting and diarrhea. Gerard's illness also continued, although not as severe as his sons'.
When the youngest child continued to worsen, he was returned to the ER, where it was learned that the stool sample he previously submitted was positive for E. coli O157:H7. He was admitted to the hospital, where he continued to be very ill. By July 28, tests revealed that he had developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS—a complication of E. coli infection. The child was placed on dialysis and received several blood transfusions as well. He was ultimately discharged on August 15, 2009.
Their younger son is now also at home, and continues to recover from his illness. He is still on medication to regulate his blood pressure. The genetic fingerprint of the E. coli in his stool sample was a match to that of the JBS Swift outbreak. The 11-year-old boy has recovered fully.
More on this outbreak: JBS Swift E. coli Outbreak