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Outline and Summary of David F. Ericson's The Debate Over Slavery (New York University Press, 2000)
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Ericson, David F. The Debate Over Slavery: Antislavery and Proslavery Liberalism in Antebellum America. New York: New York University Press, 2000.
"The slavery issue in the antebellum United States was defined centrally by the failure of a people to bear witness to its own liberal principles" (90).
Rhetoric matters, and this book is about the anti- and pro- slavery rhetoric during the antebellum period. Ericson argues that rhetoric separated a nation that was not so "divided against itself" as people assume. Both anti- and pro-slavery rhetoric appealed to "liberalism," according to Ericson, and thus the overall discourse at that time, in this country, under those circumstances, smacked of "liberty" and "equality": concepts rooted in the mores of Christianity, Republicanism, and discursive pluralism. Today we might lump these concepts into classical liberalism or neo-liberalism, but Ericson suggests that we should not lump concepts the way "consensus scholars" do; rather, he suggests that we accept that liberalism, in all its manifestations, is a complex and multifarious tradition inherited and adapted in many ways and for many purposes. He endorses the approach of "multiple-traditions" scholars that reveals how advocates on both sides of the slavery debate attempted to conform their arguments to the tradition of liberalism.
Ericson spells out liberalism and distinguishes it from "non-liberal" thought: "I define liberal ideas as a general set of ideas that appeal to personal freedom, equal worth, government by consent, and private ownership of property as core human values. Conversely, nonliberal ideas appeal to some notion of natural inequality based on race, gender, ethnicity, religion, or birthright that denies those liberal values to significant numbers of human beings" (14). The proslavery liberal logic went as follows: "The institution was a just institution because slavery was the status in which African Americans could enjoy the most practical liberty in light of their present circumstances, which rendered them incapable of prospering as free men alongside European Americans" (14-15). The antislavery liberal logic went as follows: "The Southern institution of racial slavery was an unjust institution because it effectively denied that African Americans were men with a birthright to freedom equal to that of European Americans" (14). The antislavery non-liberal logic went as follows: "The Southern institution of racial slavery was an unjust institution because it effectively denied African Americans the opportunity to work, worship, and learn at the feet of a superior white/Anglo-Saxon/Protestant race" (15). The proslavery non-liberal logic went as follows: "The institution was a just institution because African Americans constituted an inferior race consigned by nature or God to be the slaves of a superior white/Anglo-Saxon/Protestant race" (15). Read the rest of this entry »
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Home Latest News High voter turn-out indicative of pent up democratic aspirations: Dr Jitendra
High voter turn-out indicative of pent up democratic aspirations: Dr Jitendra
RAMBAN: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said today that high voter turn-out in the first phase of polling for District Development Councils is indicative of the pent up democratic aspirations of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, which has found its outlet following the constitutional changes and the introduction of three-tier grassroot democracy by the Modi government for the first time after 73 years.
What is important to note, he said, is that the polling in most of the districts in Kashmir valley is manifold higher than the dismal polling witnessed during the 2019 Lok Sabha election and this may also be indicative of the fact that the people of Kashmir valley were disillusioned with their candidates for Lok Sabha, but have now come out enthusiastically to elect representatives for the local bodies.
Campaigning in the hilly and far-flung terrains of Ukhral in district Ramban, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the trend of the high voter turnout will further pick up in the subsequent phases of the DDC election and will be a rebuff to those who had apprehensions or reservations about the electoral exercise initiated by the government. He further added that it is a tribute to democracy that the first phase of polling has been conducted not only successfully but also peacefully, for which he also complimented the UT administration.
It is for the future historians to analyze, said Dr Jitendra Singh, why the earlier governments at the Centre and in Jammu & Kashmir had deprived the people of their legitimate constitutional rights. He said, whether the critics like it or not, history will record the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a statesman, who turned a new leaf in the history of democracy in Jammu & Kashmir.
Referring to various development works, Dr Jitendra Singh said, these remote hilly terrains had been neglected by the earlier governments and it is only during the last six years that people have been exposed to the new vistas of development. He recalled that till 2014, there was not even proper road and during the election campaign in 2014 also, he had, at times, reached here by covering part of the distance on foot.
It is for the first time after independence, said Dr Jitendra Singh, that a remote area like Ukhral has been given a Degree College and a Receiving Station. In district Ramban, as a whole, he noted that two Kendriya Vidyalayas and two Sports Stadiums have been sanctioned in last five years.
About the issues related to SPOs and VDCs (Village Defence Committees), Dr Jitendra Singh said, it is the Modi government, which raised the SPO's honorarium from mere Rs.1500/- to its current amount of Rs.18,000/-, which is a huge jump in a short span of time. He said, the VDCs have rendered a yeoman service during most difficult years of terrorism and the governemnt as well as the Home Ministry is fully seized of their concerns. Their issues will be addressed earnestly and sincerely, he added.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, it is only the Modi government, which is committed to fulfill its pledge of making up for the lapses of the past and to correct the injustice meted out by the earlier governments.
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Today I welcome my last (but not least) guest for You & Me - Natalie from La gang à Nat. Natalie is a serious professional by day, and a sewing addict by night. She sews for her three daughters without a break, and she creates the most beautiful garments! I love Natalie's version of the Spring Showers jacket. While making the Ash jumpsuit Natalie managed to turn an 'oops' into a 'wow'. I am in love with Natalie's version of the Caroline party dress. Those foxes and the collar - what little girl would not instantly fall in love with this dress? Natalie created the most stunning 20's inspired dress for the Downtown Sewing series. You all know by now how I feel about handmade jeans. Yes, Natalie made jeans for her girls! Aren't they incredible?
Natalie, thank you so much for taking part in the series and sharing more about yourself and your girls. It was a pleasure to read your post. I love the dress you have created for Alix and the story behind it. I will keep it in mind that when Little Monkey shows me a photo of a dress saying she wants it, she refers to fabric!
Renee, thank you so much!
It's gorgeous natalie! I know that dress! it is so pretty - no wonder alix wanted it. A perfectly pretty dress!!
What a nice story... I loved reading it!
Jenya, thank you so much for having me along on this beautiful journey! I loved it!
Why, why, why do you not live closer to me so you can teach me how to do this? I still cringe when I try to thread my sewing machine. Gorgeous work!
Natalie, what a beautiful story. I loved to hear about your daughter. And wow: You're a ironlady! That's amazing.
Jenya, this really was a wonderful series. So good to learn more about those wonderful women and their children!
What a sweet story. This little one is certainly is an Ironman!!


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Keywords: self-healing
Holdfast heroics: comparing the molecular and mechanical properties of Mytilus californianus byssal threads
Matthew J. Harrington, J. Herbert Waite
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2007) 210 (24): 4307–4318.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.009753
... in situ. By combining the mechanical and sequence data, yield and self-healing in the distal region of threads have been modeled to emphasize the intricate interplay of enthalpic and entropic effects during tensile load and recovery. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: harringt@lifesci.ucsb.edu...
SUMMARY The marine mussel Mytilus californianus Conrad inhabits the most wave-exposed regions of the rocky intertidal by dint of its extraordinary tenacity. Tenacity is mediated in large part by the byssus, a fibrous holdfast structure. M. californianus byssal threads, which are mechanically superior to the byssal threads of other mytilids, are composed almost entirely of a consortium of three modular proteins known as the preCols. In this study,the complete primary sequence of preCols from M. californianus was deduced and compared to that of two related species with mechanically inferior byssal threads, M. edulis Linnaeus and M. galloprovincialis Lamarck in order to explore structure–function relationships. The preCols from M. californianus are more divergent from the other two species than they are from one another. However, the degree of divergence is not uniform among the various domains of the preCols, allowing us to speculate on their mechanical role. For instance, the extra spider silk-like runs of alanine-rich sequence in the flanking domains of M. californianus may increase crystalline order, enhancing strength and stiffness. Histidine-rich domains at the termini, in contrast, are highly conserved between species, suggesting a mechanical role common to all three. Mechanical testing of pH-treated and chemically derivatized distal threads strongly suggests that histidine side chains are ligands in reversible,metal-mediated cross-links in situ. By combining the mechanical and sequence data, yield and self-healing in the distal region of threads have been modeled to emphasize the intricate interplay of enthalpic and entropic effects during tensile load and recovery.


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Witch Story () is a 1989 Italian horror film directed by Alessandro Capone.

Synopsis
The film is set in rural Florida. After passing on her diabolical legacy to a child, a witch is burned alive by the local population, even as the priest had hoped to exorcise her. Fifty years later, several teens gather in the house where the witch once lived. One of the teens inherited after his father's mysterious death. After some of the kids experience visions of a little girl, one reveals her interest in the occult. Later, vacationers experience increasingly disturbing events. When some girls are possessed by the witch and begin to decimate their companions, the survivors manage to contact a priest for help.

Production
Witch Story was the directorial debut of Alessandro Capone. Capone had previously worked as a screenwriter since the mid-1970s including a few horror films such as Body Count. Capone stated that he was a fan of horror films and wanted his debut to be a horror film. He had the international distributor Manolo Bolognini to give him a new guaranteed minimum to help start the project. The film was shot partially in Rome but predominantly in Florida.

Release
Witch Story was distributed in Italy by Titanus on 26 May 1989. The film was released in the United Kingdom as Witch Story, in other English territories as Superstion 2 due its similarities to the film Superstition. In Germany the film was released as a sequel to Larry Cohen's Wicked Stepmother which was titled Tanz der Hexen with Witch Story being titled Tanz der Hexen Teil 2.

Reception
In Italy, Leonardo Autera of Corriere della Sera gave the film a negative review noting "slapdash editing, full of inconsistencies", "coarse special effects" and an "amateur cast" outside Ian Bannen whom the reviewer noted looked bored in the film.

See also
 List of Italian films of 1989
 List of horror films of 1989

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Sources

External links

Films set in Florida
Films set in 1927
1989 horror films
1989 films
Italian horror films
Films shot in Florida
Films about witchcraft
Films shot in Rome
1989 directorial debut films
Films directed by Alessandro Capone
Films scored by Carlo Maria Cordio
1980s Italian films

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Raging leftist spits on Chicago cops as they hold pro-police rally. Is this part of a disturbing pattern?
The left seems to have spiraled to a new low as protests against anything they don't like now commonly include disgusting tactics.
During a pro-police march on City Hall, demonstrators displayed their vulgar and unhinged reactions as one woman literally spit on Chicago police officers.
Many denounced the woman and called for her to be arrested for assaulting a police officer.
Another fine example of the tolerant left!
Pearl-clutching liberals feign shock and horror over President Donald Trump referring to brutal MS-13 gang members as "animals," but then resort to vulgar outbursts at anything even remotely conservative.
Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren could not even enjoy a Sunday brunch with her mother recently as a restaurant patron threw a drink at her.
This act was applauded on social media with plenty of colorful language. That language was audibly on display in a video of someone hurling obscenities at the conservative pundit while at the restaurant.
Actually what you do see conservatives doing is more in line with Trump's heartfelt act as he headed out of New York.
The president had just completed a stop in Long Island where he attended a roundtable discussion on immigration and MS-13 violence. On his way over to board Marine One, Trump spotted a group of police officers and broke ranks with his Secret Service detail and his aides to go over to the men in uniform.
In the video posted by Assistant to the President Dan Scavino, Jr., Trump shook the officers' hands and returned a salute from one of them.
A real class act! Thank you @realDonaldTrump!


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There's a new RESPA sheriff in town, and he's in no mood for compromise
Louisville law firm will fight allegations that joint title insurance ventures were sham businesses
by Ken Harney |
Ever since the Dodd-Frank reform law transferred regulatory oversight of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the industry has wondered how the fledgling agency would deal with the thousands of joint ventures and affiliated businesses that exist among Realtors, lenders, title agencies and law firms around the country.
Would the CFPB play hardball, and see many of these entities as anti-consumer referral schemes that don't quite fit all the tests needed to qualify as a legally permissible affiliated business?
Or would it ease into the field and take a cautious approach, settling cases through consent decrees, as the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) did with most of the firms it targeted, allowing them to pay modest sums as part of the deal and promise to stop doing whatever it was the department found objectionable?
These are crucial questions, because many affiliated businesses earn sizable revenues for their sponsors, including some of the largest real estate brokerages and banks in the country. A hefty percentage of all home sales, financings and closings involve affiliated firms, so the bureau's approach is a big deal.
Well, the answer appears to be in: It's going to be hardball.
Any doubt about that evaporated recently when the agency filed suit in federal district court against a prominent Louisville law firm, Borders & Borders. The CFPB is seeking a return of not only the fees paid to the firm for conducting settlements for consumers referred by affiliates over a five-year period, but also all profits the firm collected through its operation of nine joint ventures with real estate and mortgage partners during that time.
The bureau is even attacking the firm because the "language and typography" on the affiliated business disclosure forms it handed to consumers departed from the "model" that HUD's rules provide. Typography? Ouch!
In the words of one Washington attorney who asked not be identified, "They (the CFPB) are going after these guys tooth and nail."
But here's the real shocker: Unlike virtually all homebuilders, real estate brokerages, mortgage brokers and title agencies who've been accused of RESPA violations, Borders & Borders is refusing to settle with the government.
The law firm is essentially saying, "Bring it on, CFPB. We do not intend to be the first big scalp on your RESPA wall. See you in court."
Some background on the case: The CFPB alleges that Borders & Borders and three of its partners operated a network of affiliates — joint ventures with real estate and mortgage "owners and managers" — that referred consumers to the law firm for settlements. The law firm then allegedly steered those clients to nine affiliated title insurance limited liability companies that were jointly owned by the law firm and its realty and mortgage partners.
The partners then allegedly shared the profits generated by the title businesses. In fact, according to the CFPB, the joint venture partners pocketed 80 percent of the title premiums charged consumers, while paying just 20 percent of the premiums to the actual title underwriters.
The alleged kickback scheme continued from 2006 until 2011, when HUD first contacted Borders & Borders about its settlement service affiliate activities. At that point the law firm ceased its affiliated business arrangements.
Under RESPA, real estate service participants are prohibited from giving or receiving kickbacks of things of value for referrals of business involving federally related mortgages. Though Congress carved out an exception that permits affiliated businesses, such ventures must pass a 10-point smell test to be recognized as legitimate entities.
Among those tests spelled out in a policy statement issued by HUD in 1996: The affiliate should have separate office space and staffing; should have adequate capitalization; and in the case of a title insurance joint venture, should perform "substantive" title insurance work. CFPB's complaint alleges that the nine LLCs created by Borders & Borders did not meet these tests, among others.
Borders & Borders, however, denies those allegations. The law firm, in a statement provided to me, said, "We note that the CFPB does not allege there was any consumer harm, or that any consumer paid a penny more for title insurance issued through the (LLCs) in question. Instead, the CFPB is trying to enforce its own version of rules that are not only not in the statute, but which have been declared unconstitutional by a U.S. district court. We look forward to showing that we followed the rules that Congress laid out in the statute."
The reference regarding the constitutionality of the 10-point affiliated business guidelines pointed to a U.S. District Court decision three years ago in Ohio (Carter v. Welles-Bowen Realty Inc.). In that case, the court ruled that HUD's policy statement was unconstitutionally vague. The case is currently on appeal in the Sixth Circuit and, if upheld, would support Borders & Borders' contention that CFPB's lawsuit is based on standards that have already been declared invalid.
Borders & Borders' lead attorney in the case, T. Morgan Ward Jr. of Louisville's Stites & Harbison PLLC, told me that since HUD's affiliated business tests are in serious doubt — at least in the 6th Circuit, which includes Louisville — he was "surprised" that the agency chose to file suit and demand such harsh terms in advance of the appellate court's decision, which is expected sometime in the coming months.
Gary M. Cunningham, a legal adviser to Borders & Borders and a former HUD deputy assistant secretary, said in an interview that "there is no question in our minds that we have the facts on our side" — especially that the law firm's affiliated business arrangements met the key tests set up by the statute.
"We just disagree strongly" with CFPB's interpretations of the facts, Cunningham said. While he was at HUD, Cunningham had direct oversight of RESPA enforcement. He is now in private practice in St. Louis.
Other lawyers who specialize in RESPA have found CFPB's aggressive legal assault on Borders & Borders eye-opening. Holly Spencer Bunting of K&L Gates in Washington DC, noted that although RESPA gives the bureau a three-year statute of limitations to pursue violations — in effect, a time window from late 2010 to late 2013 — it is nonetheless charging Borders & Borders with alleged wrongdoing stretching back to 2006.
Also, according to Bunting, the CFPB is demanding disgorgement of the closing fees received by the firm, yet "it is unclear from the complaint how (these) closing fees amount to impermissible referral fees."
Bottom line here: Anyone in real estate with affiliated settlement service businesses should keep track of this case and be on alert: There's a new RESPA sheriff in town. He's looking hard for alleged lawbreakers and he seems to be in no mood for compromise.
Ken Harney writes an award-winning, nationally syndicated column, "The Nation's Housing," and is the author of two books on real estate and mortgage finance.
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Cody Hollister | Titans WR
Cody Hollister leads Pats in receiving in Week 1 o the preseason.
Hollister had seven catches for 116 yards, including a 38-yard reception. It'd be quite the accomplishment to make the final roster for New England, but he's doing well so far and could be a practice squad guy in his first year.
Deonte Thompson | Jets WR
Deonte Thompson leads Bears in receiving in Week 1 of the preseason.
Thompson had five catches for 64 yards, including a long of 24 yards. It's a good preseason game for Thompson, who is looking to make the Bears' final roster in a deep receiving group.
D.J. Foster | Cardinals RB
D.J. Foster scores in Patriots' opening preseason game.
Foster had four carries for seven yards and a touchdown, along with three receptions for 33 yards. Foster is a good player that New England likes, but it might be hard for him to make the 53-man roster in the crowded backfield.
Hunter Henry | Patriots TE
Hunter Henry catches 17-yard pass in preseason opener.
Henry was on the field with Antonio Gates and the first-team offense, and a combination route with the veteran allowed the second-year tight end to get open on a cross. Later in the drive, Antonio Gates caught a touchdown in traffic. Both are very good players, and even though Henry is ready to be a full-time contributor, the Chargers won't push the future Hall of Famer to the side. Still, Henry deserves to be drafted as a TE1.
Brandon Bolden | Patriots RB
Brandon Bolden plays well in preseason game versus Jacksonville.
Bolden had five carries for 33 yards and two receptions for 24 yards, including both a 24-yard run and a 20-yard reception. The Pats are stacked at running back, but Bolden shouldn't be counted out. He's been a contributor in the past and this is his sixth year with the team.
Kendall Wright | Cardinals WR
Kendall Wright starts in the slot for Bears' first preseason game.
Wright played with starter Mike Glennon and appears to be clearly in the lead for the slot receiver job. He had one reception for 14 yards from Glennon. The Bears seem to be happy with the freelancing Wright in the slot, and he's probably ready to make an impact after he says the Titans didn't use him enough last year.
Dion Lewis | Free Agent RB
Dion Lewis plays into second quarter of preseason Week 1.
Lewis had seven carries for 32 yards and four receptions for 23 yards. He looked quick, as usual, but it was slightly surprising to see him get so much work in the game. James White, who was extended this offseason, appears far ahead as the passing down back for New England. But remember: Lewis is now a year removed from his torn ACL, so he might be more explosive than he was last season. Assuming he is on New England's final roster, he will chip in for some work on offense along with White and the other backs.


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US Labor Department's OSHA cites South Carolina lead removal company for failing to protect employees from lead exposure
Region 4 News Release: 11-1801-ATL (006)
Contact: Michael D'Aquino Michael Wald
Email: d'aquino.michael@dol.gov wald.michael@dol.gov
US Labor Department's OSHA cites South Carolina lead removal
company for failing to protect employees from lead exposure
Welch Group Environmental fined $480,000
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Welch Group Environmental LLP of Belton, S.C., for 17 health violations. Welch Group Environmental was contracted by Delray Shooting Center in Delray Beach to clean the shooting range and reclaim the lead, and OSHA's inspection found that Welch Group Environmental knowingly neglected to protect workers from overexposure to lead. Proposed fines total $480,000.
"The management of Welch Group Environmental acknowledged awareness of OSHA's lead standards and the dangers associated with lead exposure but continued to allow hazards to exist, exposing employees to serious health risks," said Darlene Fossum, OSHA's area director in Fort Lauderdale.
The inspection, conducted by OSHA's Fort Lauderdale Area Office, was initiated in July as part of the agency's national and regional emphasis programs for lead. Eleven willful violations with $462,000 in penalties involve failing to provide employees with a respirator fit test and respirator training, use engineering controls to reduce employee exposure to lead, provide eye or head protection, provide shower facilities and changing rooms, provide monitoring for lead levels in employees' blood, ensure that employees' blood level results were reduced before sending them to work in lead-contaminated areas, provide medical removal protection benefits to employees and train workers on lead exposure. Additionally, the employer allowed workers to shovel and dry sweep lead-contaminated areas, and allowed them to be exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit. A willful violation is one committed with intentional knowing or voluntary disregard for the law's requirements, or with plain indifference to worker safety and health.
Four serious violations with $16,800 in penalties involve failing to ensure that employees required to wear tight-fitted respirators did not have facial hair that could interfere with the seal between the respirator and face, provide appropriate respirators when employees were exposed to lead 10 times above the maximum concentration; provide workers with their blood level results and information on medical removal protection benefits in writing, and provide employees with a blood sample analysis that included hemoglobin and hematocrit, zinc protoporphyrin, blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine determinations. A serious violation occurs when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.
Two other-than-serious violations with $1,200 in penalties involve failing to label containers of contaminated protective clothing, and develop and implement a written hazard communication program. An other-than-serious violation is one that has a direct relationship to job safety and health, but probably would not cause death or serious physical harm.
OSHA has placed Welch Group Environmental in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program, which mandates targeted follow-up inspections to ensure compliance with the law. Initiated in June 2010, the program focuses on recalcitrant employers that endanger workers by committing willful, repeat or failure-to-abate violations. For more information on SVEP, visit http://s.dol.gov/J3.
The company, which also operates locations in Fair Play and Anderson, S.C., employs about 14 workers who provide range cleaning and lead recovery services for approximately 101 indoor and outdoor shooting ranges in 16 states.
The citations can be viewed at http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/WelchEvironmentalGp-315354563-0106-12.pdf*.
Welch Group Environmental has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and proposed penalties to comply, request a conference with OSHA's area director or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
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McClain County is a county located in south central Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,662. Its county seat is Purcell. The county was named for Charles M. McClain, an Oklahoma constitutional convention attendee.

McClain County is part of the Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
The Chickasaw tribe began moving into this area in 1837, when the land had already been assigned to the Choctaws by the U.S. government. In 1855, the area became part of the Chickasaw Nation, after the two tribes officially separated. The present McClain County became part of Pontotoc County, Chickasaw Nation and remained so until Oklahoma attained statehood. Few Chickasaws lived here because of hostilities with western tribes (e.g., Kiowa). Major Richard Mason established Camp Holmes (also called Camp Mason) in 1835, near the present city of Lexington, while negotiating a treaty between the western tribes and the newly arrived Choctaws. Federal troops abandoned the camp in August 1835, after the Treaty of Camp Holmes was signed.

Auguste Pierre Chouteau built a trading post at the Camp Holmes site, but it closed after Chouteau died in 1838. Randolph Marcy is credited with bringing the California Road through this area in 1849. The U.S. Army built Camp Arbuckle in 1850 to protect the road, but the troops were withdrawn to what is now Garvin County, Oklahoma in the following year.

Jesse Chisholm also operated a trading post in this area around 1850. A group of Delaware Indians occupied the former camp, then known as Beaversville, but left before the outbreak of the Civil War.

Montford T. Johnson, a rancher, moved to this area after the Civil War. He and Jesse Chisholm, who acted as the negotiator, obtained an agreement with the Chickasaw leaders to allow ranching on their land, provided no whites were employed. Thereafter, Johnson built a ranch and hired a Chickasaw freedman to operate it. He then established other ranches and hired another freedman to run those.

The Southern Kansas Railway built a line south from Kansas to present McClain County in 1886–7, and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (both of which were controlled by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, AT&SF) built a line north from Texas, meeting at and founding the town of Purcell. Eastern Oklahoma Railroad (later acquired by the AT&SF) laid tracks in 1900-04 from Newkirk to Pauls Valley, passing through eastern McClain County. In 1906 the Oklahoma Central Railway (sold to AT&SF in 1914) built a line that traversed McClain County from the southeast to the northwest. It ran through Byars and Purcell, and established Washington, Cole, and Blanchard.

Purcell was a starting point for the Land Run of 1889. It also was at the dividing line between Indian Territory, where alcohol could not be sold, and Oklahoma Territory, where alcohol sale was legal. The town of Lexington, across the river from Purcell, had numerous saloons. In 1899, the Purcell Bridge Company built a toll bridge across the river, profiting from the alcohol trade.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (1.6%) is water. The county lies largely in the Red Bed Plains region of the Osage Plains. The western part of the county is hilly and covered with black jack oak trees, while the eastern part is level lowlands. The South Canadian River forms the northern border, The Washita River flows through the southwestern corner, and is fed by several McClain County creeks.

Adjacent counties
 Cleveland County (north)
 Pottawatomie County (northeast)
 Pontotoc County (east)
 Garvin County (south)
 Grady County (west)

Demographics

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 34,506 people, 12,891 households, and 9,785 families residing in the county.  The population density was 59.5 people per square mile (23/km2).  There were 13,996 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile (9.3/km2).  The racial makeup of the county was 84.5% white, 0.7% black or African American, 6.4% Native American, 0.4% Asian, less than 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.7% from other races, and 5.3% from two or more races.  Seven percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 12,891 households, out of which 37.4% included children under the age of 18, 61.3% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 24.1% were non-families.  Individuals living alone accounted for 20.1% of households and individuals 65 years of age or older living alone accounted for 8.1%.  The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.6% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 38.2 years.  For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.4 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $56,126, and the median income for a family was $67,948.  Males had a median income of $42,262 versus $32,821 for females.  The per capita income for the county was $24,898.  About 8% of families and 12% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11% of those under age 18 and 8% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Economy
The county economy has been based primarily on agriculture and cattle raising. Each town had its own cotton gin early in the 1900s. Purcell had a flour mill. Otherwise, there was little industrial activity. Many county residents commute to work in the Oklahoma City area. Mid-America Area Vo-Tech opened in 1971 to provide vocational education to students. Duke Energy North America built a power plant (which it sold to NRG Energy, Inc., that year) near Newcastle in 2001. The Chickasaw Nation operated a gaming casino at Newcastle.

Education

K-12 schools
School districts include (all full K-12):

 Alex Public Schools
 Asher Public Schools
 Blanchard Public Schools
 Bridge Creek Public Schools
 Dibble Public Schools
 Lindsay Public Schools
 Maysville Public Schools
 Newcastle Public Schools
 Norman Public Schools
 Paoli Public Schools
 Purcell Public Schools
 Stratford Public Schools
 Washington Public Schools
 Wayne Public Schools

Libraries
Pioneer Library System operates branch libraries in nine cities in Cleveland, McClain and Pottawatomie counties. The Purcell Public Library at 919 N. 9th Street in Purcell is the only library in McClain County that is part of the Pioneer System.

Transportation

Major highways
The busiest highway in the county is Interstate 35, which enters the county on the north at Goldsby on the McCall Bridge. It then parallels the Canadian River through the county seat, Purcell. It eventually turns southward and leaves the county at its border with Garvin County.

Another important interstate highway is Interstate 44, which runs through the northwestern part of the county. The H.E. Bailey Turnpike Norman Spur connects this highway to the US-62/US-277/SH-9 intersection.

SH-9 enters McClain County via the McCall bridge, duplexed with I-35, and immediately turns due west, running along the northern edge of Goldsby until its intersection with U.S. Highway 62/U.S. Highway 277, south of Newcastle, Oklahoma. From this intersection the three highways continue southwest towards Blanchard and further on to Chickasha in Grady County.
  Interstate 35
  Interstate 44
  H.E. Bailey Turnpike
  U.S. Highway 62
  U.S. Highway 77
  U.S. Highway 177
  U.S. Highway 277
  State Highway 4
  State Highway 9
  State Highway 39
  State Highway 59
  State Highway 74
  State Highway 76

County roads
Like many counties, McClain County contains an extensive network of county-maintained roads. They form a grid with parallel roads generally placed 1 mile apart.

To dispel confusion and assist the small cities introducing new 9-1-1 systems, the county road system was recently renamed and signed throughout the county. East–west roads are numbered, with 100th Street located along the southern edge of the county, and the numbers gradually increasing toward the northern tip of the county. North–south streets are named, generally indicating the name of the road in the Oklahoma City grid that the county road best aligns with. (e.g. Pennsylvania Avenue would, if extended northward, eventually connect with the street of the same name in Oklahoma City.)

Controversy

Contaminated water supply
In 2010, the EPA ordered local water utilities to begin the first nationwide tests for hexavalent chromium 6 (AKA The Erin Brockovich Chemical). From 2013 to 2015, utilities took more than 60,000 samples of drinking water and found chromium-6 in more than 75 percent of them. The Purcell water supply tested positive for an average of 11.53ppb, 577 times the original recommendation from the scientists at the respected and influential California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment of 0.02ppb.

Communities

 Blanchard
 Byars
 Cole
 Criner
 Dibble
 Goldsby
 Newcastle
 Payne
 Purcell (county seat)
 Rosedale
 Washington
 Wayne
 Woody Chapel

Local landmarks

The following sites in McClain County are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
 Hotel Love, Purcell
 McClain County Courthouse, Purcell
 James C. Nance Memorial Bridge (U.S. Highway 77/State Highway 39 Bridge over the Canadian River), Purcell/Lexington

References

Oklahoma City metropolitan area
1907 establishments in Oklahoma
Populated places established in 1907


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Simone Fraser murder: Wrong Peter Brown in Melbourne court
The case was heard at the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne
The wrong man was brought to court for sentencing in a high-profile murder case in Australia, after a mix-up with a man with the same name.
Peter Brown 57, convicted of murdering Simone Fraser, was due to appear in the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne.
But another Peter Brown was initially brought before the judge, Justice John Champion, who was not impressed.
The correct Peter Brown was eventually produced after a delay and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The judge expressed frustration and criticised representatives of the prisons service, requesting an explanation for the mix-up.
"What particularly unimpresses me is I don't detect anyone here from Corrections," Justice Champion said.
"They haven't had the courtesy to appear before the court, knowing the mistake had been made."
In a statement, Corrections Victoria said: "Due to a case of mistaken identity, Corrections Victoria delivered the wrong prisoner to a court hearing this morning
"We apologise for the error and worked quickly to rectify it, with the correct prisoner now at court and the matter proceeding."
Brown had pleaded guilty to murdering Ms Fraser, 57, with weapons including a brick and a golf club in March this year after an argument over money, and then dumping her body.
The Supreme Court heard that Ms Fraser had lent Brown money while they were in a relationship, only to discover he had sent the cash to a woman in the Philippines he had met online.
Justice Champion ruled he must serve a minimum of 24 years of the 30-year sentence before being considered for parole for the "callous and brutal" crime.
Prosecutor Kristie Churchill reflected on the case by saying: "How a man to be sentenced in the Supreme Court for murder is not brought to court is beyond me."
It is unclear what the other Peter Brown is being held in custody for.
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It's almost time for the New 2018 Holiday Catalog to launch, so this month on the What's New at SU blog hop, we are showcasing some of our favorite new products to help you get excited for the holidays. As you travel along our blog hop, you will be visiting Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all over the world as they share their wonderful creative projects. You may have just visited Ginny's blog or perhaps you are starting your journey here. I hope that you will be inspired by the creations we share today.
Today I am sharing the Cauldron Bubble Bundle, which features the Cauldron Bubble stamp set and coordinating Cauldron Framelits. When you purchase these products together as a bundle, you can save 10%. I just love the wonderful images in this stamp set and having the coordinating framelits makes it so much easier to create fun projects for Halloween. The two treat pillow boxes I have created, were so fun and easy to decorate using this bundle.
The first pillow box was created using the Witch's Hat image and the adorable frog. I colored both of these with Stampin' Blend Markers, which provide bold, vibrant colors. I layered them onto a 2" circle of Granny Apple Green Cardstock and embossed it using the Swirls & Curls Textured Impression Embossing Folder. I then lightly sponged the circle with Frost White Shimmer Paint. To tie the pillow box closed, I used the Black 3/8" Glittered Organdy Ribbon and tied a bow at the top. I attached the circle to the pillow box with Stampin' Dimensionals over the ribbon to hold it in place.
The second pillow box was created the same as the first design, but this time I chose the cauldron image and added the cheeky cat. Once again, I colored these images with Stampin' Blend Markers and I just love the way they bring the images to life. For the circle, I chose Highland Heather and embossed it the same as the first box. The ribbon adds a beautiful sparkle to the treat box and I used Clear Wink of Stella on the stamped images to add a touch of sparkle.
This bundle makes Halloween treats so much fun and I can't wait to explore the rest of the amazing images to find new ways to create projects. The new 2018 Holiday Catalog will launch at 3pm, September 5th, 2018 (Mountain Time). If you don't already have a demonstrator, I would be happy to help you with your order.
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Gorgeous projects Tricia - they look like such great treats!
Clever idea for Halloween treats!
So cute! I'm coming to your house on October 31st!
I love these. I love making tags and these would be perfect. Thanks.
Treats in those pillow boxes will make everyone happy!
Love these. Great idea for Halloween treats.
Oh they are so cute! Love them!


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The Winter Youth Olympics is an internationally recognized and participated multi-sport event. The International Olympic Committee organize the event which is held on an every four year basis. There is a summer version and a winter version which corresponds with the traditional Olympic Games event.
The first Winter Youth Olympics event was held January 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria. It is a sporting event created for youths to participate and the age limit for the event's participants is from 14 years of age up to 18 years of age. The event includes cultural education and exchange programmes along with the sporting events. A man, Johann Rosenzopf, introduced the event which he created due to the growing obesity of youths around the world.
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Linda Jane Keegan | Guest writer
Linda Jane Keegan is an environmental educator slash nature nerd – this year she heroed salps, kelp and mangroves in her excellent children's book, Things in the Sea are Touching Me! Here, she explains what makes a functional field guide, and shares her favourites on our native flora and fauna.
Every hike or wander in the bush, for me, takes phenomenally longer that it needs to, and not just on account of my slow pace. Every movement, sound, splash of colour, and intriguing texture must be investigated, and often photographed. Birds, fallen berries, tiny bird's nest fungi … Everything is waiting to be identified. So many species have fascinating biology, history and properties. To know the name of what you're looking at opens the door to so much more.
There are some key features to look out for in field guides. Obviously clear photos and/or illustrations are helpful, and a written description detailing size, habitat, and other identifying information. Distribution maps showing where in the country a certain species is found can help eliminate options. Dichotomous keys guide you by comparing characteristics until you can determine a species.
This is a selection of guides covering the various plants, animals and fungi of New Zealand. It is not an exhaustive list, nor does it necessarily represent the "best" book(s) for each group, but they are the ones that I've tattered on many adventures, or certainly hope to as time goes on. This is what I think makes them stand out and be functional in the field or when identifying later at home. You don't have to be an expert on our native species – I don't proclaim to be – in order to enjoy them.
Linda Keegan tramping (hiking?) in New Hampshire.; image supplied.
Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest by John Dawson & Rob Lucas (Godwit, 2000)
I'm starting with this because it's my most-used guide, slightly wavy from past dampness, with the odd leaf still tucked between its pages. I distinctly remember choosing it, maybe 15 years ago, as my go-to tree identifier for its front section containing pages of leaves, grouped by similar looking species, which then directs you to the page with more on that specific plant. It is a very user-friendly way of identifying species, and a great place to start. While this book contains birds, lizards, frogs, bats and invertebrates, its limited scope in these areas make it less useful as an all-round guide. Which is why, for trees, I would instead recommend the more recent Field Guide to New Zealand's Native Trees by the same authors (Craig Potton Publishing, 2012). Its superior layout with mostly one species per double page plus photos showing different aspects of the tree – leaves, flowers, fruit, bark – make it an incredibly useful identification guide. For general wildlife guides I would suggest Collins Field Guide to New Zealand Wildlife (HarperCollins Publishers, 2011) or Bateman Field Guide to Wild New Zealand (Bateman, 2010).
A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand by Andrew Crowe (Penguin Group NZ, 2004)
Andrew Crowe is well-renowned for many New Zealand plant guides. This one delivers exactly what is promised along with nutritional value and history of use. The text is accompanied by black and white illustrations of each species, and colour photo plates in the middle of the book. It includes edible fungi and seaweed, as well as a section on poisonous plants. Bonus features: plastic cover and a ruler on the back. It would be wonderful alongside Robert Vennell's The Meaning of Trees (Harper Collins, 2019) which goes into a deeper explanation of the various plants' history and uses.
A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand; image supplied.
Field Guide to New Zealand's Epiphytes, Vines & Mistletoes by Catherine L. Kirby (The Environmental Research Institute – Te Pūtahi Rangahau Taiao, 2014)
It's nice to have a guide that's dedicated to plants that grow on top of other plants. Each double page spread represents one species – text on the left and photos on the right. The description includes a comment on recognition: similar species and how they are differentiated. The images are close-up and show multiple aspects of the species. Bonus feature: ruler on the back.
A Photographic Guide to the Mushrooms and Other Fungi of New Zealand by Geoff Ridley; photographs by Don Horne (New Holland Publishers, 2006)
I am always fascinated by fungi, surely frustrating my hiking companions as I stop here and there on hands and knees peering at various coloured growths. Something about their neat caps, wavy edges and myriad forms draws me in. This guide separates types by coloured tabs. Bold text helps you find the identifying features easily, an aspect of all the books in the A Photographic Guide series, which are also all conveniently sized for your backpack. Another fungi book worth a look is Shirley Kerr's self-published A Field Guide to New Zealand Fungi (2019). It appears to be a very comprehensive guide with over 600 species represented.
Above the Treeline: A Nature Guide to Alpine New Zealand by Alan F. Mark (Craig Potton Publishing, 2012)
This all-in-one guide covers cone-bearing plants, flowering plants, ferns, mosses, club mosses, liverworts, lichen, fungi, birds, lizards and invertebrates. It makes sense to be inclusive of all species when considering a particular habitat such as the alpine environment. Maybe you want to know what species of tussock cushions your fall as you pounce to catch a skink (is that not everyone's personal experience?!). Flowering plants make up the vast majority of the book, and the section begins with a photographic guide to the most easily recognised flowering species. Bonus feature: ruler on the back.
The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand by Hugh Robertson & Barrie Heather; illustrated by Derek Onley (Penguin Books, 1999)
Beautifully illustrated with colour paintings, this guide covers native, introduced and vagrant birds. The great thing about this guide is showing differences in male and females, juveniles, breeding plumage, and some shown in flight. I generally prefer photographs for identification but having the dimorphic, age and seasonal differences all on one page is incredibly helpful. Distribution maps accompany each species, which all note their status, such as native, introduced, rare, straggler. Bonus feature: Plastic cover.
The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand; image supplied.
Birds of New Zealand: A Photographic Guide by Paul Scofield & Brent Stephenson (Auckland University Press, 2013)
Despite all the pluses of the previous bird book, I would happily replace it with this one. Well laid out and not short on excellent photos. It's the one I would have picked first if it existed at the time of starting my collection. Although you can never have too many bird books, right?
Field Guide to the New Zealand Seashore by Sally Carson & Rod Morris (Collins, 2017)
My childhood memories are rife with searching in rockpools and exploring the seashore. I still get immense pleasure from intertidal discoveries. Clearly colour-coded sections in this guide cover sponges, anemones and related species, worms, crustaceans, coastal insects and spiders, molluscs, brachiopods, bryozoans, sea stars and their relatives, sea squirts, fish, seaweeds, and coastal plants. The main photo for each species (mostly one per page) is across the top of the page, making it easy to quickly flip through to find the group of species you want. It also has a page on sea slug sex, so it has that going for it.
Field Guide to the New Zealand Seashore; image supplied.
New Zealand Seaweeds: An Illustrated Guide by Wendy Nelson (Te Papa Press, 2013)
This guide allows you to browse seaweed by colour, or use the provided dichotomous keys preceding each genus, to help you identify down to a species level. The images show multiple views including seaweed in situ, close-ups, magnified views, and in some cases detailed drawings. It turns out there's more to seaweed than throwing it at your siblings or mistaking it for some creepy sea creature that is almost certainly going to bite you.
Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A Field Guide by Dylan van Winkel, Marleen Baling and Rod Hitchmough (Auckland University Press, 2018)
Although coming face-to-face with our herpetofauna is a rare occurrence for me, this is the guide I would want to have tucked under my arm. A 'quick guide' in the endpapers breaks down into genera all the tuatara, skinks, geckos, frogs, marine turtles and marine snakes that grace our country and its offshore islands. Each section starts with a dichotomous key and every species has a large distribution map. Identifying features are bold within the text for easy reference.
Which New Zealand Insect? by Andrew Crowe (Penguin Books NZ, 2008)
An Auckland Libraries copy has this pegged for the Junior Non-fiction section but I think it's a great starting point for anyone trying their hand at the vast kingdom of insects. Nicely laid out and includes life-sized and magnified images to aid you. Bonus: ruler on the back. There are many other books in this series which are equally helpful, along with Andrew Crowe's Life-Size Guides and, well, pretty much anything by Andrew Crowe.
A Photographic Guide To Spiders of New Zealand, by Cor J. Vink; photographs by Bryce McQuillan (New Holland Publishers, 2015)
I'd recommend this guide for spiders for the same reasons I'd suggest any other books in the Photographic Guide series: compact size, full of colour photos, and bold text to signpost origin, range and habitat. Another book worth investigating – although not designed or sized as a field guide – is Ray Forster and Lyn Forster's Spiders of New Zealand and their Worldwide Kin (University of Otago Press, 1999).
Things in the Sea Are Touching Me! and Nga Mea Kei ro Moana e Whakapa Mai Ana by Linda Jane Keegan and Minky Stapleton (Scholastic, $19) are available at Unity Books.
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Fresh troubles between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and challenges to Russian influence in the region
Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the "blockade" of the Lachin corridor have kicked off a global geopolitical race in the region
January 20, 2023 by Abdul Rahman
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Nearly two years after both countries fought an over month-long war over Nagorno-Karabakh (also referred to as Artsakh by Armenians), Armenia and Azerbaijan are yet again on the verge of conflict. Armenia has recently accused Azerbaijan of "provocation" over the Lachin corridor, and Russia of failing to play its peacekeeping role in the region.
The resurgence of the conflict, at a time when war is ongoing in Eastern Europe, has unleashed a global geopolitical race, as the US and its European allies attempt to curb Russian influence— hitherto strong—in the region.
Lachin corridor
The Lachin corridor is the only road link that connects Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. Though Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as Azerbaijani territory, the majority of its residents are ethnic Armenians and have strong links to Armenia.
Since December 12, hundreds of people calling themselves environmental activists have marched into the Lachin corridor, claiming that Armenia is endangering the regional ecosystem by exploiting natural resources, and demanding an end to its mining activities.
Armenia sees the protests as sponsored by Azerbaijan, and has accused it of blocking its only road link with the region. It has claimed that the blockade has created a humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh by causing disruptions in the supply of basic goods.
Azerbaijan has denied playing a role in the protests. The Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has even questioned the Armenian claim that the corridor is completely blocked. He claimed that "dozens of transport vehicles, cars of the (Russian) peacekeeping contingent, the international committee of the Red Cross, and Armenian ambulances are using the Lachin corridor daily."
Azerbaijan, however, had objected to Armenian mining at the Gyzylbulag gold deposit and the Damirli copper and molybdenum deposits in Karabakh, calling it "illegal" and damaging to the environment.
Russia has "stressed the need for the earliest possible unblocking of the traffic along the Lachin corridor in accordance with the parameters stipulated in the November 9, 2020, trilateral top-level statement."
Geopolitics of the conflict
According to some estimates, over 120,000 ethnic Armenians live in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. In 1991, immediately after the dissolution of the USSR, these Armenians had declared their independence from Azerbaijan, calling their new state the Republic of Artsakh. The self-proclaimed republic was not recognized by any country except Armenia.
Since then, Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought two wars over this region. In the last war, in 2020, which lasted for nearly 44 days, at least 6,500 people were killed. For the first time, Azerbaijan was able to make strategic gains in Nagorno-Karabakh, with the benefit of open military support provided by Turkey. It now controls the majority of the self-declared Artsakh republic.
The war ended following Russian intervention in November 2020, and all three countries issued a joint statement calling for the maintenance of the status quo and the beginning of a peace process mediated by Russia. Russia also agreed to send a peacekeeping force to Nagorno-Karabakh. Unfortunately, this peace process has not made much progress. Allegations and counter-allegations are often made by both Armenia and Azerbaijan, and there is often violence in the region.
In September last year, over two hundred people were killed in sudden clashes between the forces of both countries.
Meanwhile, the West has begun to use the conflict as a means to undermine Russian influence in the region. This is happening both in the context of the war in Ukraine and the historical race for influence in the post-Soviet republics. The media has already started talking about the growing role of the US in the region, and the need for sanctions and other coercive measures as a way out of the conflict.
Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a rare visit to Armenia in September last year after the clashes and met Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The New York Times claimed at the time that this was an attempt to use the opportunity provided by the war in Ukraine, which has made the Russian position weak.
US Foreign Secretary Antony Blinken also held a meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in November in Washington.
Armenia, which has been considered a traditional ally of Russia, has failed to secure its full backing as Russia tries to balance its relations with Turkey, a close Azeri ally, due to the peculiar situation created in the context of the war in Ukraine.
This has led to Armenia recently canceling the joint military operations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), an alliance of post-Soviet countries. Pashinyan has also openly accused Russia of failing to lift the blockade, and has appealed to the UN, the European Union, and G20 to intervene in the matter.
This has invited a sharp Russian reaction, with Maria Zakharova, spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, rejecting the Armenian allegations and claiming that Russian peacekeepers are doing everything they can do in their zone of influence to maintain peace. She also asked the Armenians to desist from making "public attacks" as they may do "visible harm to the process of Armenian-Azeri normalization."
Russia has also blamed Armenia for dragging its feet on the issue of talks and taking unclear and vague positions, which have prevented discussions related to the peace treaty.
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Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany announced on Saturday a new discovery made by an Egyptian archaeological mission during excavation work carried out since April at the area located on the stony edge of King Userkaf pyramid complex in the Saqqara Necropolis.
Cairo governor Ahmed Rashid attended the announcement, along with members of parliament and 30 ambassadors from all over the globe to highlight the role that antiquities play in promoting the country and its unique heritage.
El-Enany explained that the mission uncovered three plain New Kingdom tombs that had been used during the Late Period as a cat necropolis, along with four other Old Kingdom tombs, the most important of which belongs to Khufu-Imhat, the overseer of the buildings in the royal palace.
This tomb can be dated to the late fifth and the early sixth dynasties.
He also pointed out that the Egyptian mission selected the site to excavate because there was a high probability that a collection of Old Kingdom tombs could be uncovered around the ramp of King Userkaf pyramid complex.
In 2008, the mission stopped digging and instead devoted all of its work to the studying, documenting and restoration of some of the discovered tombs, though all projects completely stopped after 2013.
"This will be the first of three upcoming new discoveries in other governorates in Egypt to be announced before the end of 2018," said El-Enany.
Mostafa Waziri, the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced that the Egyptian mission succeeded in unearthing the first ever scarab mummies in the Memphis necropolis, as two large mummies of scarabs were found inside a rectangular limestone sarcophagus with a vaulted lid decorated with three scarabs painted in black.
Studies on these scarabs show that they are wrapped in linen and in a very good preservation condition. Another collection of scarab mummies was also found inside a smaller and squared limestone sarcophagus decorated with one painted black scarab.
Tens of cat mummies were also unearthed, along with 100 wooden statues of cats and a bronze one dedicated to the cat goddess Bastet. A collection of wooden gilded statues depicting the physical features of a lion, a cow, and a falcon was also unearthed.
Painted wooden sarcophagi of cobras with mummies found inside them were also discovered along with two wooden sarcophagi of crocodiles.
Within the debris, the mission succeeded to unearth around 1000 amulets made of faience dedicated to different deities, including Tawesert, Apis, Anubis, Djehuty, Horus, Isis, Ptah Patek, and Khnum, as well as other faience amulets in the shape of the Udjat eye, the white and red crowns, and the Wadjat column.
Three alabaster canopic jars and writing tools, such as ink pots with pens, were found along with several papyri featuring chapters from the Book of the Dead. Names of two ladies, Subek Sekt and Mafy, were also found engraved on a false door for the first time ever.
Sabri Farag, the Director General of the Saqqara Necropolis, said that a collection of baskets and ropes made of papyrus was also found along with 30 clay pots, a headrest, and alabaster and bronze jars inside a wooden sarcophagus.
A large number of decorated stone reliefs and blocks, along with parts of false doors, were also found with two blocks representing a part of the lintel of the tomb of Ankh Mahur, one of the Old Kingdom viziers.
Orascom Investment Holding (OIH) is the sponsor of the event, in accordance with the newly launched commercial sponsorship regulation, according to the request it submitted to the ministry of antiquities.
Engineer Naguib Sawiris, the Executive Chairman of OIH, affirmed the company's interest to develop archaeological sites to show the exceptional richness of Egyptian civilization and to attract the attention of the world towards its magnificent monuments and great civilization so that it becomes the focus of the world.
Among the attendees are ambassadors of Morocco, Jordan, Kuwait, Cyprus, Mexico, Italy, Malta, Hungary, France, Ireland, Armenia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Japan, Austria, and Bella Russia. Saudi Arabia and Georgia's vice-ambassadors have also attended, as well as Denmark's general councilor and the cultural attachés of the Czech Republic, Georgia and USA. The heads of the American Research Centre in Cairo and UNESCO were also among the attendees.
Multiple ambassadors have participated in several archaeological events over the last month, including the Abu Simbel Temple solar alignment phenomenon and tours around the archaeological sites in the New Valley and Saint Catherine in South Sinai.


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For best results, bring in the agency as part of your team, whenever possible and however appropriate, so that they can act as good stewards of your business, with similar context and information that you hold and often take for granted. An agency who wants to know, who strives to know, who wants to be the equal partner and elated, motivated steward of your business – that's when you know.
Agencies – love them, hate them, can't do without them, want to do without them?
Many marketers have been burned by agencies before. When it comes to web design and development, we've seen so many "beautiful disasters" –- brochureware that looks gorgeous but is either technically unmaintainable, unreliable in terms of meeting business KPIs and desired results, or both. When it comes to digital marketing, we've seen luscious email campaigns and landing pages that just don't convert, and fabulous websites that bring in minimal traffic.
As a marketer, you may love gorgeous things (we do, too!) but at the end of the day your management team cares, or should care, about results, data, KPIs, ROI, long-term cost of investment....hard numbers. Is it possible to find an agency that can handle the creative and beautiful along with the data and KPIs your boss cares about? Yes, albeit difficult.
The question is: what role can and should you play in the project to ensure its success? With an agency, you're not usually managing the team -- the team is managed by the agency. So, who is accountable, who is driving and measuring results? If you leave it up to the agency, you need to be sure they know what they're doing -- that they're data-driven, strategic, and actively aware of and considering your management team's business goals and KPIs.
Your managers are always so busy...until something goes wrong, or a project fails. If you can get them to take a bit more initiative ahead of time, to help communicate and convey the desired project outcomes, as it aligns with the company's future plans, that is ideal. If you can get your managers to express the importance of data, analytics, hard numbers, measurement, and communicate that with the agency and allow them to take an active role in executing your management team's vision, that's even more ideal.
This rarely happens, unfortunately, because the website or whatever it is you hire an agency for is the marketing team's baby, and your management team delegates that to you, but you have the advantage of being under more frequent communication, context, and ultimately supervision that the agency just does not have.


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Research priority setting by young people with rheumatic musculoskeletal disease
Janet E McDonagh1,
Laura Lunt2,
Katharine Cresswell3,
Suzanne Parsons3,
Rachel Tattersall4
on behalf of Barbara Ansell National Network for Adolescent Rheumatology BANNAR
1 Centre for MSK Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
2 University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
3 Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
4 Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, UK
Correspondence to Dr Janet E McDonagh, Centre for MSK Research, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK; janet.mcdonagh{at}manchester.ac.uk
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-315735
research involvement
We would like to commend the timely review by Dr Odgers and colleagues,1 highlighting the lack of child/caregiver involvement and the need for greater clarity in methodology in studies, eliciting stakeholder priorities for paediatric chronic disease research. As the period of study ended in October 2016, we would like to provide an update on our own work in this area published since this date and briefly mentioned in the discussion.2 3 We involved a relatively large number of young people (n=63, age range 10–24 years, 43 females, 20 males) with a range of chronic rheumatic musculoskeletal disease across all four nations of the UK …
Contributors All authors have contributed to the original research, the writing of this letter and approval of the letter. RT and JMcD are chair and deputy chair of BANNAR. LL, KC and SP are involved in facilitating Your Rheum. BANNAR members are involved in the recruitment of YOUR Rheum members.
Funding This study was funded by Arthritis Research UK (20164).
Competing interests JMcD: receipt of speakers fees and/or support to attend international rheumatology conferences from Pfizer, Abbvie, Sanofi Genzyme and Biomarin.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.
Collaborators BANNAR Barbara Ansell National Network for Rheumatology.


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Q: How to update one select option on change of other in react hooks I have a set of data by which I want to update my UI select option but I don't have any idea how I can do that
JSON data
[
{
    country: 'India',
    cities: [
        {
            city_name: 'New delhi',
        },
        {
            city_name: 'mumbai',
        },
    ],
},
{
    country: 'England',
    cities: [
        {
            city_name: 'London',
        },
        {
            city_name: 'manchester',
        },
    ],
},
{
    country: 'Portugal',
    cities: [
        {
            city_name: 'Lisbon',
        },
    ],
},
];

What I've tried is :
                   <select
                        name="country">
                        {data.map((li, index) => (
                                <option
                                    key={index}
                                    value={li.country}
                                    onchange={() => onchange_device(li.country)}>
                                    {li.country}
                                </option>
                            ))}
                    </select>

                 <select
                                name="city">
                                <option
                                    value="city val
                                    >
                                    here I want to show city
                                </option>
                            ))}
                    </select>

I am trying to do on-change, but first of all I want to show first option as selected and there sub cities should also be selected next, I don't have any idea how to do this
My code sand box

A: You need to refactor onchange to onChange. You need to assign this prop to the select element rather than the option elements.
<select name="Country" onChange={(e) => onchange_device(e.target.value)}>

Afterwards, you can have a state that keeps track of the cities options based on the country that you have selected
const [cityOptions, setCityOptions] = React.useState(data[0].cities); // " I want to show first option as selected"

Then just map between the values
<div className="App">
  <select name="Country" onChange={(e) => onchange_device(e.target.value)}>
    {data.map((li, index) => (
      <option key={index} value={li.country}>
        {li.country}
      </option>
    ))}
  </select>
  <select name="city">
    {cityOptions.map((city, index) => (
      <option key={index} value={city.city_name}>
        {city.city_name}
      </option>
    ))}
  </select>
</div>

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I don't have self-rising flour but all purpose flour, so how much flour and baking powder do i need for this recipe? Thank you.
Normally I follow the recipe closely. When it calls for self raising flour, it's always better to follow through to ensure the best result. However, if you like to do some experiments, you can refer to this info page to test it by yourself.
請問, 如果不用自發粉可以嗎? 因為我不想特別為它而買一包自發粉呢. 低筋粉加發粉可以嗎? 份量多少?
I used 1 cup of mashed banana in exact. The batter was very liquidy, and I had to add extra 1/4 cup of flour. The cake was same as that of 佩玲, 粘粘实实.
You've added too much flour. No wonder 粘实实.
Can I use muffin cups to make this cake ? then can save some energy to bake it and faster.
I have tried the banana and coconut cake using muffins cups. The recipe can make 12 normal size muffins and 3 mini-muffins. I baked for 16 minutes. It is delicious. Thanks for sharing.
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