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Bolstered by defense, GRC heads north
By Casey Castle
GRC's Jehdon Jenkins, No. 3, chases down the Montgomery County running back in the first half last week. Casey Castle/casey.castle@winchestersun.com
The George Rogers Clark High School football team is ready for Bourbon County. The Cardinals have been ready since last Friday after defeating Montgomery County at home.
GRC (1-2) travel to Paris Friday to take on Bourbon County (0-3) at 7:30 p.m. But the Cardinals, who snapped a 14-game losing streak with a 28-14 win over the Indians, had turned their attention to the Colonels not long after the win.
"I'm excited for next week already," senior lineman Caleb May said moments after the win. "It's sweet tonight, but we'll come in tomorrow and watch the tape, correct what we messed up on and get ready for Bourbon County."
While the energy from beating a rival has been good, GRC coach Mike Riddle said it's mostly been busy as usual.
"Our attention to detail has beee good. Our preparation has been what it needs to be," he said. "It hasn't been a big change. We just try to attack each week."
But the Cardinals are feeling more confident.
"Our confidence has picked up," Riddle said. "They can see how good we can be, especially on defense."
That defense has given the Cards a bit lift, particularly against Montgomery County when it forced four fumbles. Three of those were returned for scores.
And the defense has been keyed by the play of its defensive line, which seems to play with more confidence and grit each week.
"When you start to have success and start to have significant production it is a building block to more success and more production," Riddle said. "Our linemen are becoming more aggressive, they're beating blocks and filling gaps and making good reads."
The defense will have a bit of a test Friday. The Cardinals have faced two teams who primarily run the ball in Anderson County and Montgomery. Henry Clay ran a largely balanaced attack, but the Colonels love to pass the ball.
They attempted 32 passes against just 20 rushes in last week's loss to Madison Southern. In Week 1, the Colonels threw the ball 27 times against just 12 rushes.
Bourbon spreads the field with four wide-outs, two backs in a shotgun set, Riddle said. They use screens, gets and zone reads as they try to throw the ball around.
But Riddle doesn't believe it will be a difficult adjustment for his defensive unit.
"It's not going to be anything in terms of shock value or anything," he said. "It's different in that our secondary will be more involved and you have to be on top of your pattern reads. But it also gives your defensive line a chance to rush the passer."
While the Cardinals and Colonels aren't district opponents in football, they are in every other sport, so the game still retains some of that feel.
"It's going to be an emotional, rivalry type game," Riddle said. "It will be a hostile environment. We're definitely going to have to put a premium on ball security and field position."
Casey can be reached at casey.castle@winchestersun.com.
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Niyyah is the decision of the heart,the declaration of the reasons behind each action. It means to intend saying 'yes' to Allah (SWT) by obeying His commands.
By saying Allahu Akbar ('Allah is Greater'), we toss the entire world behind us with our hands and seek refuge in the mercy of Allah (SWT). It is to affirm that Allah (SWT) is the greatest by saying takbir (Allahu Akbar).
With this principle in salah (prayer), human beings represent the worship of the angels and of trees which stand and praise Allah continously. Qiyam is the human beings' standing before the Eternal Being (SWT) with their bodies and hearts. The head's being bowed in qıyam represents the lack of pride and modesty of the heart.
Qira'at is to be grateful to Allah for His flawless perfection, inimitable beauty and infinite mercy, by saying Alhamdulillah ('Praise be to Allah'). It is also to indicate that all deeds come into existence with the help of Allah and that praise is reserved for Allah alone. It is to be connected to the Eternal Being (SWT) by saying, "(O our Master!) You alone do we worship and from You alone do we ask for help" (iyyaka na'budu wa iyyaka nasta'in).
In this state, human beings represent the worship of the angels who serve Allah in this position of bowing continously, and animals that are always standing in ruku' on their four legs. Ruku' means to glorify the great Creator with the entire universe while seeing our weakness and poverty by saying, "Subhana rabbiyal 'azim"(Glory be to my Lord the Mighty)… and to struggle in order to grow its roots in our hearts, and in order to raise our head from ruku' with the hope of attaining Allah's mercy by repeating our mention of the greatness of Allah.
In this state, human beings represent the worship of the angels who serve Allah in sujud continuously and reptiles which seem to be in a constant state of prostration all their lives.
In this state, human beings represent the worship of the angels who serve Allah sitting, and also of the mountains, as rocks seem by their very shape to be sitting. A human being confirms that everything he owns belongs to Allah by reciting the tahiyyah (greeting) in this sitting position. He renews his faith by declaring the kalima-i shahadah ("There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger"). In salah there is a kind of Mi'raj for a believer, as the words of the tashahhud recall the holy conversation between Allah (SWT) and the Prophet Muhammad during the Mi'raj (the Prophet's night journey and ascension).


Three teenagers, two from Texas and one from Colorado, were arrested on suspicion of stealing one of the youth's father's car at 3 p.m. Aug. 19 in the 1300 block of South Coast Highway, according to Sgt. Louise Callus.
The trio raised police suspicions as they drove through town, and a records check of the vehicle revealed that it had been stolen from Texas, Callus said.
Multiple officers responded and the highway was shut down while officers arrested the teens at gunpoint.
The arrestees, who were taken into custody without incident, were William Andrew Collins, 19, from Lone Tree, Colo.; Jesse Daniel Chisholm, 18, of Wimberley, Texas; and Dylan Ty Robinson, 18, of New Braunfels, Texas.
The vehicle belonged to Robinson's father, Callus said.
All were held without bail at the Orange County Jail, according to jail records.
A housekeeper confronted a strange man in the living room of the home where she was working in the 2000 block of South Coast Highway at 3:17 p.m., Callus said.
The man said he was looking for a house to buy and quickly left. The trespasser was described as white, 20 to 30 years old, with strawberry blond hair, 5 feet 1 to 6 feet tall and 166 to 175 pounds. He was last seen escaping over a neighbor's fence. Nothing appeared to be missing from the home.
A Santa Ana man was arrested on suspicion of vandalism and public intoxication after police were called to the 20000 block of Laguna Canyon Road at 8:10 p.m. Aug. 20 at the dog park on a report that a man was screaming and kicking at dogs, Callus said.
Adrian Forrest, who turned 59 that day, was also accused of breaking two sprinkler heads after he apparently got mad that they went on while he was lying down and got him and his belongings wet, according to Callus.
A 74-year-old Laguna Beach woman was found safe by a trolley driver after she had been missing for about three hours on Sunday, Callus said.
The woman was reported missing at 12:52 p.m. by her husband, who said she had Alzheimer's disease and he had been searching for her for an hour and a half. The husband feared she could not find her way home.
Flyers were put out throughout the city for the woman, and trolley drivers were alerted. At 2:24 p.m. a trolley driver recognized her and called authorities.
A Florida man was arrested on suspicion of brandishing a golf club against another man in a dispute over a parking space at 6:41 p.m. Tuesday at Beach Street and Ocean Avenue, Callus said.
George Breyer, 59, allegedly pulled a golf club out of his vehicle and threatened to assault the other man during the argument, Callus said. He was booked on $25,000 bail, according to police records.


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Australia is incredibly rich in the minerals required to make batteries, with several companies already starting to cash in as demand soars. Molly Lempriere finds out which companies are leading the way and how promising research projects are progressing.
Australia is one of the most mineral-rich countries in the world, boasting large amounts of coal, uranium and iron ore.
But recently the focus has been increasingly on minerals such as cobalt, nickel and lithium. These are intrinsic elements of battery technology, demand for which is currently expanding dramatically thanks to an uptake in electric vehicles, as well as a need for energy storage.
There has been a corresponding surge in research interest in battery technologies, as academics and companies work to develop the most efficient and economical storage solutions. The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies predicts that the lithium supply chain could grow to be a $2tn industry in Australia. But which batteries are leading the way?
The battery boom
The interest in battery technology has been growing for years, particularly given the recent rise in renewable energy production. Solar and wind power can only be generated intermittently, and thus requires storage to help balance the grid, as baseload fossil fuel plants come offline.
"As alternate technologies become commercially available and the cost of lithium-ion technologies continues to fall, I think the floodgates will open and we'll see large deployments of energy storage in just about any application you can think of," says University of Wollongong associate research fellow in battery R&D Jonathan Knott.
"Solar PV installations in Australia underwent a huge period of growth in the last ten years so that now in 2018 there are 1.84 million installations across Australia. Many of these installations would benefit from a battery combined with the solar PV generation – at the right price point – so there's a massive opportunity for adoption of batteries in Australia."
The battery market is still dominated by lead-acid batteries, but this is set to change as lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries increasingly become the norm. The global li-ion battery market accounted for $29.86bn in 2017, and is expected to reach $139.36bn by 2026.
"There are a number of reasons for lithium-based batteries becoming the dominant technology, both technological and economic," says Knott. "Lithium-based batteries have a high energy density and a high specific energy. What this means in practice is you can make lithium-based batteries that are small and light that can still store a large amount of energy when compared to other technologies."
Australia's bountiful minerology has allowed it to take full advantage of the growing demand for li-ion technology. It not only produces 60% of the world's lithium, but also extracts all of the minerals needed to produce the technology, with the exception of soda ash.
"Although many of the materials used in lithium-ion batteries are relatively scarce, difficult, expensive or damaging to mine – such as lithium, cobalt and nickel – the supply chains and manufacturing processes have had decades to be built and refined; the first commercial lithium-ion battery went on sale in 1991," explains Knott.
The global li-ion battery market accounted for $29.86bn in 2017, and is expected to reach $139.36bn by 2026.
Tesla electric vehicle charging.
Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock
Australia has some great applications for widespread deployment of energy storage technologies.
The companies catching on
Companies have been quick to take advantage of the increased interest in battery technology, in particular in light of the successful Tesla mega-battery in South Australia. Installed in 2017, it is the largest li-ion battery in the world, with a capacity of 100MW. When fully charged it is capable of powering 30,000 homes for an hour.
"The Tesla 'big battery' has been a fascinating story on a number of fronts," says Knott. "The fact that a relatively dry topic was able to dominate a significant part of the news cycles for weeks is a testament to the marketing power of Tesla and Elon Musk.
"This battery was designed to be used for a number of applications – including 'firming' the Hornsdale Wind Farm, providing frequency control and ancillary services (FCAS). These are specialised applications that are not necessarily directly applicable to commercial or residential consumers, however the value and impact of the awareness-raising the Tesla battery has had on these consumers should not be understated."
Smaller Australian companies are also driving forward the battery revolution. Ecoult is focusing on a CSIRO-developed lead-acid/supercapacitor hybrid battery, while Redflow and VSUN Energy are both producing types of flow batteries.
"What this shows is Australia has some great applications for widespread deployment of energy storage technologies; we're at the forefront of research and development of new and exciting energy storage technologies, and we've got a number of innovative companies bringing these technologies to market," says Knott.
"The fact that we now have an increasing consumer awareness of the potential for energy storage, from residential through to commercial and grid-scale applications, means that Australia is on the forefront of deploying energy storage technologies, and is often used by international companies as a testbed for their new products."
However, there is concern that despite its great mineral wealth, not enough is being done to ensure that Australia benefits from the vast potential the battery market offers. A report by Future Smart Strategies, published in January, suggested that unless more is done to develop the total market value downstream, it could lose out significantly.
"It is crucial that action is taken quickly so Australia takes a share of the thousands of new jobs (skilled and semi-skilled) in this two trillion-dollar value chain," the report says.
Sodium batteries
There's more to batteries than lithium
Research is underway at institutions including the University of Wollongong to develop alternative battery technologies. Despite its advantages, li-ion battery technology is also highly flammable, and subject to 'thermal runaway', or uncontrolled temperature increases.
"There are many different types of energy storage technologies that are being developed in Australia and worldwide," says Knott. "As noted previously, lithium-based batteries have a near-monopoly on many of the applications and are essentially a hammer that is being used to crack every nut, however it is likely that these alternative technologies will be useful and desirable for particular applications."
Alternatives include sodium-ion batteries, which can be produced using similar methods to li-ion, but they use none of the scarce elements necessary for li-ion; instead the abundance of sodium reduces the cost. Ultra-batteries combine aspects of lead-acid batteries with supercapacitors, in an effort to gain the benefits of both.
Flow batteries are also being pursued; they rely on liquid flowing through membranes to generate charge. "There are a number of advantages of this technology, including that these types of batteries are typically fire-retardant, which in turn makes them very safe," says Knott. "In addition, it's possible to increase or decrease the overall energy storage capacity of these types of batteries very easily – you can simply add a bigger container of the electrode liquids to give it more capacity."
Meanwhile, li-ion batteries are far from perfect, and a number of research groups are working to advance the technology.
"Australia is a serious player on the world stage of energy storage materials research and development," says Knott. "Australia is in the top ten countries in the world for lithium-ion battery research outputs and the University of Wollongong is the leading Australian university in both lithium and sodium-ion research.
"There are many other cutting-edge research groups around Australia working on energy storage materials that are making significant impacts on the development of energy storage technologies – from the fundamental materials science all the way through to how these technologies interact with the grid."
Australia's great mineral wealth, along with the pursuits of companies and researchers, are allowing it to become a leader in battery technology. But to truly get ahead, the country must make sure it benefits from the entire value chain, pursuing the manufacture of batteries, as well as research and mining.
"Australia has the raw material deposits to make lithium-ion batteries entirely on our own – however the current strategy is to dig up materials and send them overseas to be processed into batteries," says Knott. "This not only leaves significant value on the table, but it also leaves us beholden to other countries for our energy storage needs.
"There are two ways that this risk will be mitigated – through on-shore manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries, with plans for a manufacturing facility near Darwin recently announced, and by other technologies becoming more commercially feasible. One issue that will always be a problem is the high cost of labour in Australia, which makes the economics of onshore manufacturing difficult to work in any sort of manufacturing industry."
Despite its advantages, li-ion battery technology is also highly flammable, and subject to 'thermal runaway'.

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Hold a public consultation and listen to people's suggestions before proceeding with the elevated flyover.
In 2016, Bangaloreans came together and protested to tell our government in clear words that we don't want the elevated corridor. Despite that, Deputy CM Parameshwar Rao spoke about reviving the controversial elevated corridor project on January 1, 2019 implying that the Government doesn't care about its citizens' voice. The project will span across 92 kms and connect the corner most parts of the city through 6 corridors. The entire project is supposed to cost 33,000 crores of taxpayers' money1!
This project has many flaws.
It encourages citizens to use private transport over public transport. Bengaluru is already struggling with over 70 lakh cars. More cars means more pollution in the city.
This project with cut down nearly 4000 trees and impact 1.2 crore citizens' health, primarily children.
The Government has also gone ahead with this project without having a public consultation or an environmental impact assessment (EIA).
To get an environmental clearance, the State government has approached the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA). Such a big project requires permission from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). Activists believe that the State Government can get environmental clearance from SEIAA since a lot of its employees are State government members. The citizens of Bengaluru are asking the SEIAA to not give clearance to this extremely harmful project. We cannot lose our trees and clean air for a flyover that will only increase private vehicle congestion in the city!
Bengalureans have always come together for the city -- it will be no different this time.
Sign here to ask the Chief Minister to hold a public consultation before proceeding with the project!


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T.C. (Carl) at Schnebly Hardware, Gorin, MO
"'Schnebly Hardware' was on raw new sign hanging over what had been Clanton's Dry Goods. We went in and there was a long light wood counter almost all the way down just out from a side wall, and standing behind it, a man. I was going to say young man, but he didn't look callow. He just looked…nice. So while the man behind the counter read the list of things Papa needed, I watched him. He seemed very calm, and not anxious to please. Just friendly and interested. His eyes smiled when Papa said something, and then he gave a little chuckle; too deep to be a laugh, but pleasant."
Schnebly family in front of Boyero house, left to right: Genevieve, Sedona, Margaret, T.C., Clara, Hank, Tad
"Now Tad is a great grown man of 22 (thank God he's able-bodied and back in school while so many lie in foreign graves), Genevieve sixteen, Hank almost thirteen, Clara's eight and Margaret is five.
Tad & Pearl outside Oak Creek house
"Tad and Pearl have been so happily engaged this past hour I haven't bothered them. They've constructed a village of some sort, using twigs and leaf canopies with various pits and peels from my basket; from the sound of it, one resident is named Erlie and one is Poppa Pie. As long as they remain even remotely clean, and are safe, I am content. It's a challenge keeping a family almost constantly outdoors in clean, serviceable clothes, Of course, her shoes are always as scuffed as Tad's, the way the two of them careen around, getting into every place they fit."
Ellsworth (Tad) Miller Schnebly in christening gown with Sedona, 1898
"Tad. Little Tad. Our miracle, our joy, our proof God meant for us to be together. For if we weren't, he wouldn't live, and the world clearly needs him.
I thought I knew everything about babies, but now I feel completely blank. What does one do?
We will learn, together, our lad and I. Carl said he thrusts his legs like a tadpole. Little Tad. Our first child.
I wonder what he will do….if he will shape and influence minds, or discover great things. I wonder whom he will love. (I certainly hope he always loves me.) I want other children, but I am also afraid they could not possibly hold a candle to him, and might resent him, always feeling they are standing in his shadow. Would I feel the same breathless reverence watching the round sleeping curves of another child's cheek in lamplight? Would the delight of creeping in, first thing in the morning, to see him smile up, seeing me, be repeated with another baby? I doubt it.
"T.C. Schnebly with granddaughters Patsy, front, and Paula
"Patsy's grown so much; I always see Lillie's thirst for life and love of excitement in her. My Paula is with me often. With Tad and Lucille back here, I get to spend a great deal of time with that sweet girl. She reminds me of me, to Patsy's Lillie. The other sister is dashing, glamorous, unafraid, while Paula tends to hang back, as I did, feeling less remarkable, less interesting."
Tad and Pearl, Gorin, MO 1901
"That was when Ellsworth Miller Schnebly was born, and became our Tadpole, our Tad. The center of our world for 20 months, every new accomplishment of his heralded by us as if he'd invented gaslight.
But then, around his first birthday, I would get suddenly exhausted, suddenly upset, suddenly so hungry I felt I would have fearlessly fought a bear over bacon. Carl figured out before I did what it all meant. Another confinement, this one not as long and frightening as the first, with the midwife's helpful hands while Carl paced downstairs.
"This was wonderful compared to the first time," I said afterward. Carl saw it differently. "You yelled. There's nothing wonderful about you in pain." I held firm: "So much less pain. And, we knew what we were getting."
Although who can ever know what they're getting when a baby is born? Even seeing her for the first time, we didn't know she would be the exquisite tow-headed Pearl Azalea, sturdy and impetuous and determined from her first bewildered breath and indignant cry."
T.C. and Sedona Schnebly, Gorin, MO
"I never knew how lonely I was before Carl. I always felt bereft; even with my family I felt I didn't fit in, that I was odd, somehow. Carl is my family. He is my ally. He is my exact fit. I knew, somehow, the first time he held me that I was connected to this man in some deep way I can't even now put into words. He is my other half; he completes me, and he enhances me. He makes me brave. He sees the me I want to become, but don't feel I am yet.
Carl is too wonderful to ever take for granted. I will be grateful every day for this gentle, strong, laughing man who calls me his Dona."
T.C. and Sedona Schnebly before church service at Wayside Chapel
"We can go to church together—he insisted in buying me a coat that's much too elegant, but when I made him get his suit, he said that I had to have something new as well. He's a dashing figure on Sundays in his snappy fedora…although I like him best in his khaki work clothes."
Carl, Sedona and Tad with apples in Oak Creek
"As often as not, he'd feed the baby (and then later, feed a baby and talk nonsense to a toddler) while I made us lunch. That habit never broke. Everywhere we lived, east and west, grand and humble, whenever he could, Carl came home for lunch."
Visiting the Millers: unknown guests with Lucille Schnebly sitting center, Sedona Schnebly to her right, another unidentified guest, Ethel Miller Wallace, T.C. Schnebly holding a child
"It was lovely to see Billy and Ethel, and Carl teased me into wearing my new knickers. He missed how I used to wear his overalls when we came back to Oak Creek, but the place has grown too much to risk being seen in those. So he went and bought me knickers! Actually, I love them. It reminds me of when we were here last time, and I could move so easily. So I decided at my age, I should do a bit more of what I want to do, and wore them into town.
Ethel also loved them, and was after Billy to get her some. 'Never mind. In fact," she said. "I'll get them myself.'
We had a feast at their table, three generations. Carl's at his best in these times, telling stories that make everyone laugh. And it didn't stop.
Kolb Brothers photograph at Grand Canyon: Third from left, Sedona; next, Carl holding Genevieve
"That mule ride is something I'm glad I probably will not do again. Those animals have no fear of falling—not even a healthy one. Up at the Rim, their handlers scrutinize all the riders to match each with a compatible mule, although that may be a contradiction of terms: try as I did, I could never establish much rapport with Bodie. We rode for hours, and every so often, one of the mules would receive an internal message to stop dead in his tracks and gaze over the edge of the trail, as if taking in the view. All the mules behind him, of course, halted, like a pattern of dominoes. They also seem less solid than the larger horses I'm used to; as if they are a three-legged stool instead of a solid chair.
Kolb is the name of the brothers who built the house, perched so precariously and delightfully on the Rim, and we actually purchased the photograph they took of our caravan. While we never spend money lightly, this is a priceless reminder of something we won't do again. Also, I fear I have fewer photographs of Genevieve than I did of Pearl at her age, and I want her to always know she partook in this adventure."
"The Journal of Sedona Schnebly"
 Lisa Schnebly Heidinger @ arizonawriter.com
Lillie Miller, Gorin, MO 1897
"Lillie was me, only better; more comfortable in her own life. She put on a hat without even looking, somehow simply knowing the exact geometric angle the brim should cast against her shaded right side, whereas I would have to study my reflection, turning back and forth, pushing the hat an inch this way, a half-inch that, until I finally gave up and settled for wherever it was when I grew tired of the effort and realized it would make no discernible difference anyway.
The writing was on the wall even before Lillie came home; no one knew her better than I. And while I tried not to, I knew that just as she always had to be the first to pick from the new ribbons, the one to implore most vigorously for the icing rose from the top of the cake, Lillie would see Loring and Lillie would decide to get Loring, and I may as well try to persuade the wind to blow from the east instead of the west. Loring would be hers."
T.C. Schnebly at his desk
"And of course, Tad's got his dad's relish for being Very Busy At His Desk. I've watched them both, and it makes me smile. They seem to bustle in to sit down as if they've kept someone waiting too long; they're very intent, whether it's looking up something in a file, or putting a stamp on an envelope. It's like whatever they do sitting there is of great significance. I don't think I could write a will with as much intent focus as they have, just getting out a ruler."
Golden anniversary gathering of Schnebly family, left to right: Clara, Tad, Sedona, Hank, T.C., Margaret
"Today there is a reception at the church, and then the Jordans are planning an outdoor gathering. All the children have come. We will pose for pictress; as much as I am uncomfortable doing that, I love having them to look at later. This one will always be our children come home to spend a wonderful day with us.
Lucille Finney, Colorado
"We met Tad's fiancée. Lucille is a lovely young woman, with a slightly lower pitch to her voice, an open smile and fine manners. She seems very comfortable in her own skin, so Carl was able to tease her right off. She's not at all retiring. At the same time, she doesn't require attention or admiration, the way many young women would. I suspect she didn't get much cosseting coming up.
Lucille is not softly pretty; her features are strong. But there is something appealing about her open face; her eyes are blue and lovely, and her posture is truly elegant. She looks like she will gain in beauty over time as she grows into her features, instead of being one of those powder-puff girls who get too soft."
Sedona Schnebly, center, in floral hat
"What an adventure! Not only did I get to attend a WCTU conference again, but I got to ride in an automobile.
We got up early and all met at the train station, where two handsome young men were waiting with their vehicles. It was a bit like flying must be, the wind rushing past, and when I got out my legs were almost shaking. In a way, something is lost at that speed: you see everything so briefly it barely registers. I guess progress takes getting used to."
Larry Schnebly in radio publicity photo, Flagstaff
"A song ended, and I heard, 'Brown Credit Jewelers time, three o'clock.' Which wouldn't have been so remarkable in itself, but it was Larry speaking. As if he were right there with us! Our Larry!
Of course, we knew people talked on the radio; to the degree that I could get past the magic of a voice being waves of sound, I understood that there were announcers. But this wasn't an announcer, this was our grandson! On the radio, exactly where you hear Edward R. Murrow, or President Roosevelt. Carl's eyes got so wide, and then he smiled as if he'd never stop, and shook his head. 'That boy,' he said softly. 'That boy.'"
Billy Wallace, lower left, surveying Oak Creek Canyon with his horse
"Billy Wallace has been appointed to be the first Forest Service ranger in Oak Creek. It wasn't much of a change; he was already taking care of the area, and seemed to know everything about it. I remember Carl talking about Teddy Roosevelt creating a Forest Service when we were still here the first time, chuckling about what kind of service a forest would need…the trees measured? Stones moved? But it turns out, as more and more people come to a place, more things can get forests at sixes and sevens—too many big trees taken, fires, and then animals leave and rain washes away the duff. Often after it rains, you see Billy riding his horse to this or that section of the canyon, where he takes his telescope or looking glass or whatever that contraption is, and checks for fires that may have just started from a lightning strike.
So it's fun for me that even while we weren't here to see it, Billy stewarded the land, if that word can be used, seeing the spring runoff swell the creek, the quiet flat water barely moving leaves in autumn, watching trees grow taller, and some fall, during storms."
Genevieve and Tad, Gorin MO 1905
"Genevieve. I worry about her. She was so small when Pearl died, and no matter how I tried to keep cheerful for her, I know I didn't.
How much of us is formed before we're even born? She's so restrained, so composed. And I believe it might stem from her big sister dying, making her try not to whip up the atmosphere, cause emotion.
And really, after that…I never saw Tad the way he'd been before, ever again; running out into the afternoons with his sister as his partner and playmate. He became surprisingly sarcastic for a young boy. Carl would shake his head when he got too…well, he wasn't mean. He was just kind of…bitter? Can a seven-year-old be bitter? Whatever it was, it broke my heart all over again. The new Tad was all I had left of the old one, but he wasn't the same boy."
Miller family outside Gorin home:
from left, Minnie, Edward, Amanda, Pearl, Goldie, Phillip holding Edna, Lillie, Amiel, Sedona, Noah
"Edward, I feel I hardly know. He was nine when I was born, but he's always been off doing older things, and went to school back east. Papa said it's important for eldest sons to be given every advantage in business education.
Minnie is married to George; dark and pretty and affectionate (Minnie, not George!). She's seven years older than I.
Noah teases me too much, but he's kind.
Amiel is very different; sometimes I think I'm a little afraid of him. There's a look he gets.
Lillie, of course, is Lillie. My leader, my sister, my friend and companion.
Goldie is only four years younger than I, but she and Pearl, who is seven years behind me, are always playing together, so they seem like little girls.
Edna is not yet in school, but seems fretful a great deal."
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Pearl with Pet by irrigation ditch, Oak Creek
"Pearl has a pony named Pet, but both of them were a little too young for her to ride when Carl made him a gift to Pearl right when he was born. Now she has been promoted to getting to ride her own pony when we do the roundup, instead of just bringing him carrots and riding while Carl walks next to her. She's a true western girl."
"We've moved from our little house at the base of the road up to a home close to the Jordans, in part so I can help Ruth out; after the CCC camps closed, there was no need to be down there anymore.
Every evening Carl and I sit outside, and last night were joined by Hank and Annabelle, while the children ran about, shouting with that excitement that seems to take hold of children around dusk.
They'd not seen the bench Carl put around the base of the juniper. My irises are growing everywhere, and the garden looks pretty. The talk is rarely spirited; part of the point of sitting outside is to let the day wind down around us."
Schnebly House in Oak Creek Canyon, 1901, by Owenby ditch
"We are at home! Our house is done. I was starting to worry about getting a real roof over our head before snow flies, but here it is. This is not a palace by Gorin standards, but compared to the tent, it's grandeur. It's a big rectangular box, with windows on all sides and a wonderful porch all across the front. I feel the chatelaine, queen of the kingdom, keeper of the keys. It wouldn't raise eyebrows back home, but I have seen families larger than ours living in a one-room soddie, like so many prairie dogs. This wide-boarded porch, the open rooms with sunlight pouring through all that glass, the spacious upstairs—it's heaven. And Carl does nothing by halves. His doorframes, chair rails, and window frames are simple, but carefully crafted."
Ellworth (Tad) and Lucille Schnebly, Moffett Field, CA
"Tad. Truly? Did you have to?
Our firstborn enlisted in the Marines. He's 44 years old! He was in the Army during the first war. He does not have to do this. And, the Marines? They have the reputation for being the fiercest of all our armed services. How can Lucille let him? I know…there's no 'let' when it comes to Tad. He is emperor of his own life.
Lucille wrote after they got to California that Tad was in the condition of a man twenty years his junior. It appears he will not be going overseas—we are so relieved— and he works in the mail office sorting letters from, and for, the Pacific Fleet.
She works also, in a big building called a wind tunnel, helping with some type of experiment with new kinds of airplanes. Tad is very proud of her and the secrecy surrounding her position."
Phillip and Amanda Miller, Gorin, MO
"Papa (Phillip Miller) is the second-richest man in Gorin. I haven't the faintest idea who keeps track of these things, but someone must, because everyone says that about him. He was smart enough to start growing cucumbers when he heard a pickle factory was being built here. Mutter says, "We're comfortable," in a tone that implies we are a great deal better off than that.
Mutter, Amanda, is formerly a Miller, and Pennsylvania Dutch. Which means…well, I am not exactly certain. But she says it often enough, as if her audience will understand that explains a great deal. Lillie and I have come to see that Mutter rules the household, and is wise enough never to point it out—as long as Papa lets her rule it. (It's funny, because his long moustache and heavy eyebrows make him look so stern.)"
Carl holding Genevieve, Tad, Pearl, Dona and Daisy outside Oak Creek house, 1904
"Daisy is the dog of my heart, and after her I don't expect to get close to another one in the same way. She isn't the prettiest, or the smartest, or the most anything except the most mine. She is…vigorous. Intent. Whatever she does, she does with her whole body. It makes me smile just to see her sprawled with her awkward legs out behind her, chewing so industriously on something.
She is almost crazed with joy when we come back from being out, even it was just to the creek with a pail. And if she actually gets invited to go, when we come back to the house she bounds back across the threshold and skids theatrically to a stop, as if concluding a grand adventure. She also sighs so contentedly once the door closes on all of us inside, it makes me smile. But she never bows down; if she wants to do it, she does it, and never seems to feel sorry except for the getting caught. None of that makes her less beloved by me."
T.C Schnebly outside in Oak Creek
"He may be older, but he is determined to do everything he ever did, even if it takes longer. That stubborn set to his jaw shows me when his mind is made up, and I don't waste a breath trying to talk him out of whatever he's fixed on doing. Sometimes if Carl and I get involved in separate conversations at church and then my eye finds him again, for a moment I see the man the rest of the world sees: slightly gnarled and bent, with lips that have thinned over time, and a sharp chin, skin stretched over bone with no softening roundness. Then his eyes find me in return, and he is again my Carl, the man I first fell in love with.
I wonder if that happens the other way: does he see Aunt Dona or Mother Schnebly, the old woman who welcomes children and hands them cookies, as a faded, nondescript figure, before I again become his bride with Nature's own permanent wave?
It's all right if it's so, as long as he then sees the bride.
Carl milking a cow outside house in Boyero, CO
"We now reside in Boyero, Colorado. Carl gets better at building with each home. I love the wainscoting, the special shelf above where he knew the piano would go, to hold my sheet music and books, the niche in the entry wall for the hall tree seat. He put beautiful details everywhere.
Boyero itself is my least favorite place to live. So wide, so flat, so spare, Carl and I have joked we could see the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse days ahead of the Second Coming. The eye gets tired, having to go all the way to the horizon when looking in any direction, without any feature of either canyon or town upon which to stop and rest."
T.C.'s signature in Sedona's guest book on their wedding day
"'Get me your autograph book.'
I blinked. Whatever words I imagined were spoken on the night of the nuptials, it wasn't those. I looked at him.
'But you signed it already, right after we met.'
(Oh, yes, Dona…that's the most important thing right now.)
'And I want to see it again.'
I could lay a hand to it quickly; my possessions were not many. I brought it downstairs, and he opened it and found the page he'd signed before. We looked together at his writing: 'Compliments and best wishes, your friend, T.C. Schnebly'
'And now bring me your guest book.'
From the same place, I brought down the slim brown leather volume that opened wider than it did tall, which I bought when I deemed autograph books juvenile, and turned it to the current page.
He sat down at the desk and picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote,
'Feb. 24, 1897
The greatest day of my life.
T.C. Schnebly'
I looked at his face, and shut the book, and then I wasn't nervous anymore."
Lisa Heidinger © All Rights Reserved


Service of Lessons and Hymns for Palm/Passion Sunday during worship April 14 at 10 a.m. This year our readings focus on the Gospel of Matthew and we will include the singing of many hymns.
Maundy Thursday Soup and Bread Dinner with Communion Service at Table, April 18 at 6 p.m. Come join your friends for a soup and bread dinner provided for you followed by the celebration of communion at table.
Good Friday: A Time of Prayer and Reflection, April 19 from Noon – 3 p.m. Our Sanctuary will be open for anyone who would like a quiet place for individual prayer and reflection.
FPCU Hosts the TAC Easter Sunrise Service on the shore of Cayuga Lake, Sunday, April 21 at 7 a.m. at the North Point Pavilion at Taughannock State Park of Cayuga Lake. The service is inside the pavilion and there will be a fire but please dress warmly if the weather is cold.
FPCU's Easter Service in Town, Sunday, April 21 at 10 a.m. Our Easter Worship Service here in the FPCU sanctuary will be one of celebration and we hope you will invite your friends to attend with you. We will be taking Easter off from our regular Sunday schedule of weekly Fellowship Breakfasts and Sunday Studies so that we can focus on Easter Worship.
We hope you will join us for worship each week. Here is some information that you might like to have about this week's 10 a.m. worship service.
Theme: The women claimed their mission from a risen Christ with fear and great joy.
Prayer of the Day: God of resurrection, you fill our grieving, doubting hearts with the light of your new life. Send us forth in joy to proclaim your good news to all whom we encounter, for the sake of Jesus our risen savior. Amen.
The FPCU Spring Rummage sale takes place this week and is always a high point of the season. All manner of household goods, tools, furniture, toys, linens, collectibles, and antiques are gratefully accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Chapel on Wednesday, April 3 & Thursday, April 4 where they will be sorted and priced in preparation for sales to the public on Friday, April 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, April 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
We hope you will come by and check out the many wonderful finds!


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Hancock County är ett administrativt område i delstaten Illinois i USA, med 19 104 invånare varav många jordbrukare. Den administrativa huvudorten (county seat) är Carthage. Countyt största stad är Hamilton.

Countyt är döpt efter John Hancock.

Politik
Hancock County tenderar att rösta på republikanerna i politiska val.

Republikanernas kandidat har vunnit countyt i samtliga presidentval sedan valet 1940 utom vid fyra tillfällen: 1964, 1988, 1992 och 1996. I valet 2016 vann republikanernas kandidat med 70,5 procent av rösterna mot 23,5 för demokraternas kandidat, vilket är den genom tiderna största segern i countyt för en kandidat.

Geografi
Enligt United States Census Bureau har countyt en total area på 2 110 km². 2 058 km² av den arean är land och 52 km² är vatten.

Angränsande countyn
  Henderson County - nordost
 McDonough County - öst
  Schuyler County - sydost
  Adams County - syd
 Lewis County, Missouri - sydväst
 Clark County, Missouri - väst
 Lee County, Iowa - nordväst

Referenser

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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DOE Data Explorer Dataset: Materials Data on Sr5Cr3O12F by Materials Project
Title: Materials Data on Sr5Cr3O12F by Materials Project
Sr5Cr3O12F crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Sr2+ sites. In the first Sr2+ site, Sr2+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sr–O bond distances ranging from 2.56–2.96 Å. In the second Sr2+ site, Sr2+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to six O2- and two equivalent F1- atoms. There are a spread of Sr–O bond distances ranging from 2.51–2.91 Å. Both Sr–F bond lengths are 3.04 Å. Cr5+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four O2- atoms. There is three shorter (1.72 Å) and one longer (1.73 Å) Cr–O bond length. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Sr2+ and one Cr5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Sr2+ and one Cr5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Sr2+ and one Cr5+ atom. F1- is bonded to six equivalent Sr2+ atoms to form face-sharing FSr6 octahedra.
crystal structure; Sr5Cr3O12F; Cr-F-O-Sr
The Materials Project. Materials Data on Sr5Cr3O12F by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.17188/1744948.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on Sr5Cr3O12F by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1744948
The Materials Project. 2020. "Materials Data on Sr5Cr3O12F by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1744948. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1744948. Pub date:Sat May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020
title = {Materials Data on Sr5Cr3O12F by Materials Project},
abstractNote = {Sr5Cr3O12F crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Sr2+ sites. In the first Sr2+ site, Sr2+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sr–O bond distances ranging from 2.56–2.96 Å. In the second Sr2+ site, Sr2+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to six O2- and two equivalent F1- atoms. There are a spread of Sr–O bond distances ranging from 2.51–2.91 Å. Both Sr–F bond lengths are 3.04 Å. Cr5+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four O2- atoms. There is three shorter (1.72 Å) and one longer (1.73 Å) Cr–O bond length. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Sr2+ and one Cr5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Sr2+ and one Cr5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Sr2+ and one Cr5+ atom. F1- is bonded to six equivalent Sr2+ atoms to form face-sharing FSr6 octahedra.},


It is their hard work and dynamic ideas that keep them number one in the industry and winning amazing awards. They are market makers, once a small ice-cube supplier to the catering industry-now creating life-size houses, cars, pubs, anything one could dream of. In fact, they normally go two steps further than their client's dreams.
Giving them several options; what they've asked for, a 'souped-up' version of what they want and a completely over the top version. Half of the clients tend to go for the latter simply because these ideas had never crossed their minds.
The Ice Box now describes what they do as 'STUFF with ice'. Ice sculpture tends to conjure up of traditional carved swans or dolphins … but the truth is the market is moving towards more contemporary & innovative creations and this is something they specialise in.
Ice bars have been popular with the corporate market for several years, and the wedding market is now catching on. Add ice poser tables or sculpture features, together with ice shot glasses and bottle chillers and you have the ingredients for a fun, yet chilled-out reception.
The Ice Box offers a limitless range of designs, the most popular for weddings being an ice tablet with the couple's names and date of their wedding engraved, surrounded by an intricate pattern etched into the clear ice.
Clients often think that bespoke pieces are more expensive, but this isn't always the case. Most ice sculptures are now cut by computer-driven machines, surprisingly enough, using the same software used to design wedding rings. This is how the perfect detail and uniformity is achieved, and also makes it simple to personalise designs.
In 2006 Ice Box was employed by a Canadian company to design & install an almost life-size ice sleigh, ice obelisks & an ice curtain for a high-profile wedding in Banff, Canada. The Ice Curtain is still one of the most awe-inspiring 'sculptures' we make. Hundreds of hand-carved ice beads are suspended in wire strands, then up lit with powerful colour changing lights. Most people don't realise it is nice when they first see it and are amazed once they discover it's real.
The temporary nature of ice elevates any event and reaffirms the importance of savouring every moment.


Dual Plate Check Valve as the most efficient & versatile design.
This valve is suitable for low-velocity applications with infrequent velocity reversals.
This design offers the twin advantages of No Water Hammer and NonSlam together.
Dual Plate design minimize valve cracking pressure and reduces valve pressure drop.
Spring loading on plate assists valve closing to ensure a tight seal and minimize slamming.
When the flow decreases, the plates close by the action of torsion spring before flow reversal takes place.
Dual Plate Check Valves are automatic in operation and designed to prevent reversal of flow in fluid piping systems.
These valves are maintained open by the flow of fluid in the straight direction and are closed by the back pressure of the fluid.
The valve can be fitted with external weights to allow the faster closure to reduce water hammer or shock pressure on flow reversal.


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Wenger ready for board battle over Walcott | The Transfer Tavern | Where football transfer rumours fly or die!
Daily Mail journalist Sami Mokbel has caused a stir among Arsenal fans at the Football Transfer Tavern this morning with news that Arsene Wenger is prepared to block any sale of contract rebel Theo Walcott in January.
The French manager will plead to the club's hierarchy not to sell Walcott after Mokbel revealed to interested punters that discussion over a new contract had ground to a halt. The 23-year-old turned down a new five-year contract worth £75,000 a week in August leading to a stand-off between the player and the club and there have been no further discussions since then.
With interest from Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City expected in January, it is looking increasingly likely that the England international will leave the club to avoid him departing on a free transfer in the summer. However Wenger is eager to keep the speedy winger at the club and will make his case to the Arsenal board.
It is reported that Walcott wants to stay at the club but it does appear on the surface that this is just another case of the Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie transfers in the past with the board trying to recoup as much money as possible in January to the annoyance of Wenger.
Do you think it is time for Arsenal to cut their losses with the England winger? Vote in our polls below.


WASHINGTON (AP) – Elena Delle Donne had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Emma Meesseman added 16 points and 10 boards, and the Washington Mystics beat the Dallas Wings 86-76 on Wednesday night in the first round of the playoffs.
Washington opened the second half on a 21-7 spurt, with eight points by Delle Donne, to take a 55-41 lead. But Dallas went on a 9-0 run in the fourth, capped by Skylar Diggins-Smith's fast-break layup, to pull to 71-67 with 3:13 left.
Washington's Tierra Ruffin-Pratt missed two free throws with 43.2 seconds left, but Krystal Thomas hustled to the offensive rebound. Delle Donne was fouled and put the Mystics ahead by six at the 38.7 mark. The Mystics went 7 of 8 from the line the rest of the way to seal it.
Thomas added a franchise playoff record 17 rebounds for Washington (19-16), which had lost both its home games this season to Dallas. The Mystics await the outcome of the Seattle-Phoenix game later Wednesday night to learn their next opponent.
Aerial Powers scored 21 points for Dallas (16-19) before being ejected with 1:11 to play by picking up a second technical foul. Glory Johnson added 15 points and 14 rebounds, and Diggins-Smith was held to 15 points on 6-of-18 shooting.
Powers capped Dallas' 13-0 run to close the first half with a steal and fast-break layup to tie it at 34.


ColQuilts – Happiness is a finished quilt!
Happy New Year! My word for the year 2016 is Flourish. It' s definition is to grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment. I have grown so much in the past few years thanks to such a wonderful support system in my life and as a result I have felt I have begun to Flourish and hope to expand my growth and experiences in 2016. Mike and I have already made plans to run the Newport 10 Miler in June and I plan to run The Hook Half in April. My buddy, Jane and I are planning on the JerseyGirl Triathlon in August. That would be my first ocean swimming open water race! A big fear to conquer!
Creatively, I have several quilt tops I want to complete and a few quilts in pieces that I want to finish piecing together. I hope to expand my attempts of using mixed media in my quilting and actually put down in fabric the few modern quilt designs I have brewing in my head.
I plan to continue to surround myself with my favorite sewing buddies, my Zeeps and continue to be inspired by those who touch my life whether its for a moment or a lifetime.
How about you? How will you Flourish this year?


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Laureles (Texas) forecast issued: 11 am Tue 31 Jan 2023 local time
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Laureles Weather Forecast. Providing a local hourly Laureles weather forecast of rain, sun, wind, humidity and temperature.
The Long-range 12 day forecast also includes detail for Laureles weather today. Live weather reports from Laureles weather stations and weather warnings that include risk of thunder, high UV index and forecast gales. See the links below the 12-day Laureles weather forecast table for other cities and towns nearby along with weather conditions for local outdoor activities.
Laureles is 6 m above sea level and located at 26.11° N 97.49° W. Laureles has a population of 3692. Local time in Laureles is CST.
Laureles Weather Today
Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 6°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
Laureles Weather (4–7 days)
Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.
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Light rain (total 3.4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 26°C on Wed morning, min 20°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Wed morning, light winds from the SE by Wed night).
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Bruno Moreno
Open Studios of Plantas e Fantasmas
@ Arthur Doomer
this is a free event
tickets available 30 minutes before the showing
Plantas e Fantasmas arises from the need to explore charms and magic as tools to dispel the shadow hanging over a disenchanted world — like looking at the dead we would like to exhume and singing the vowels of their names to create a hole through which they may dance and sing in our bodies.
This residency is dedicated to the possibility of making alliances with other beings. We negotiate our invented memories of dances we have never danced, insisting on looking at the future with an open mouth — like the mouth that eats everything, Exú, born before his own mother. Linear historic time is destabilised and we take the crossroads as a space of choreographic action, where the transition between unfinished worlds can happen, where our body can spin and enchant the space.
This residency at Espaço Alkantara concludes a project that began at CAMPO Contemporary Art in Teresina, Piauí, Northeastern Brazil, where Bruno Moreno is artist-in-residence. He initiated an experimental project there called Práticas para Exumação (Practices for Exhumation), that produced the questions that are reexamined here with collaborators Aline Guimarães, Bárbara Fernandes, and Vanessa Nunes.
Artists bio
Bruno Moreno (1988) was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He currently lives in Teresina, where he is artist-in-residence at CAMPO Contemporary Art. There, he works on his own creations and performers with Marcelo Evelin's Demolition Incorporada. His artistic practice deals with the failure of the body, abandonment of the self, disappearance as the potency of life, and incorporation as a possible touching of visible and invisible bodies.
Bruno Moreno (1988) was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He currently lives in Teresina, where he is artist-in-residence at CAMPO Contemporary Art. There, he works on his own creations and performers with Marcelo Evelin's Demolition Incorporada. His artistic practice deals with the failure of the body, abandonment of the self, disappearance as the potency of life, and incorporation as a possible touching of visible and invisible bodies


A look at the good (Hail!) and bad (Fail!) from the Redskins' 28-13 loss to the Eagles on Monday at Lincoln Financial Field.
Buckle up, because the final four weeks of the regular season are going to be a wild ride. The Eagles' win on Monday further muddied an already tight division race, moving Philadelphia into a tie with Washington for second place at 6-6, one game behind the Cowboys. The Eagles visit Dallas next week, while the Redskins host the Giants. Washington and Philadelphia meet again in the regular season finale, and at this rate, Washington will trot out Nathan Peterman or Todd Collins at quarterback with a trip to the playoffs on the line. Playoffs?! The Redskins have a 26 percent chance to make the postseason and a 7 percent chance to win the division, according to 538. The Eagles, the NFC East's last repeat champion way back in 2004, improved their chances to 28 and 21 percent, respectively.
Sports are cruel sometimes. After spending four years as a backup in Washington, a season-ending injury to Alex Smith opened the door for Colt McCoy to lead the Redskins down the stretch. McCoy didn't last two games, breaking his right fibula on a sack early in the second quarter and forcing the Redskins to turn to Mark Sanchez. ESPN shared all sorts of fun facts about Sanchez over the remainder of the game. Did you know that he joined Rodney Peete as the second player since 1970 to throw a pass for three different NFC East teams, or that his last touchdown pass was in Week 12 of the 2015 season, or that his last touchdown pass inside the two-minute warning was in Week 6 of the 2012 season? Pretty fun.
The Eagles racked up 436 total yards and 28 first downs, and they nearly doubled the Redskins in time of possession. Washington was unable to sustain drives, converting only two of its 10 third downs and managing only 36 yards after halftime. The defense made some big plays, including Zach Brown's stop on fourth-and-goal and Josh Norman's interception in the end zone, but the Redskins couldn't get off the field on third down. The Eagles converted 7 of 13 third downs, as Washington's defenders missed tackles and were a step behind all night.
It was a thing of beauty, and it came at an opportune time, with the Redskins backed up to their own 10-yard line and Sanchez about to take his first snap in a regular season game since 2016. Peterson took the handoff from Sanchez, found a hole on the left side and outraced everyone to the end zone for a 90-yard touchdown run. The Internet lost its mind; the Eagles fans at Lincoln Financial Field went silent. It was the longest touchdown run in Redskins history and the longest touchdown run of Peterson's career. It also moved the 33-year-old running back into a tie with Jim Brown for fifth on the NFL's all-time rushing touchdowns list with 106 and gave Washington a 10-7 lead.
All gas no brakes. Career-long touchdown for @AdrianPeterson.
It's difficult to fall short of 100 yards in a game in which you rush for 90 yards on one carry, but Peterson pulled it off, as he managed only eight yards on his other eight carries. If you happen to own Peterson in a fantasy league that awards a 100-yard bonus, it's been a maddening season. Peterson has gone over 100 yards in two games this year; in four other games, including Monday, he's finished with between 96 and 99 yards. The last time a running back had a touchdown run of at least 90 yards and failed to reach the century mark in a game was on Nov. 27, 1994, when the Eagles' Herschel Walker had three carries for 98 yards, including a 91-yard touchdown, in a 28-21 loss to the Falcons. According to NFL Research, Peterson and Walker are the only two players to, um, accomplish that feat since 1950.
The execution was lacking, but credit to Gruden for breaking out a trick play in the fourth quarter. On third-and-14 from the Washington 21-yard line, Sanchez threw a quick pass to emergency quarterback Jordan Reed in the right flat. Reed pivoted and threw a lateral pass across the field to Chris Thompson, who would've picked up the first down and a whole lot more if he hadn't been tripped up by Eagles cornerback Rasul Douglas.
The loss, which dropped the Redskins to 5-23 on "Monday Night Football" since 1998, ensured Washington will not win at least 11 games during the regular season for the 27th consecutive year. Every other team has accomplished that at least once during that span. Yes, even the Browns.
For the 27th consecutive year, Washington will not win 11 games. Every other franchise in the NFL has done it at least once in that span.


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Born in Quivicán, Cuba in 1941, Chucho Valdés is one of Cuba's most famous pianists, bandleaders, composers and arrangers. Perhaps best known for founding the famous Latin jazz band IRAKERE in 1972, Chucho's illustrious career has also garnered him 6 Grammy wins and 16 nominations over the past three decades. His most recent win, a 2009 Latin Grammy for the record Juntos para Siempre, saw him collaborate with his father, Bebo Valdés, a major player on the Cuban jazz scene in his own right.
Chucho Valdés has recorded over eighty CD's and performed with everybody who is anybody in the world of jazz from Herbie Hancock and Dizzy Gillespie, to Wynton Marsalis and Chick Corea. His reputation as one of the greatest living Cuban jazz pianists has earned him appearances on the greatest stages in music, including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and The Hollywood Bowl.
Chucho's new album Chucho's Steps with the Afro-Cuban Messengers, which will extensively tour the USA in October 2010, marks Chucho's return to the US for the first time in 7 years. There will be major media and press coverage to herald Chucho Valdés' triumphant return to the United States.
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Biden, Trump show opposing views as COVID-19 surges
TRUMP: "...That's all I hear. Turn on television. Covid, covid, covid, covid, covid, covid."
After the U.S. hit a record one-day increase in COVID-19 infections, President Donald Trump on Saturday told a few thousand supporters at a rally in North Carolina - the country was turning the corner in the fight against the virus… offering a starkly different message from his democratic rival, Joe Biden.
Both candidates hit the campaign trail Saturday… with Trump starting his schedule by voting in Florida.
TRUMP: "I voted for a guy named Trump."
Then later - speaking to North Carolinians about COVID-19.
"The cases are up... You know why we have cases? Because we test so much. And in many ways, it's good. And in many ways, it's foolish. Okay?"
Earlier in the day, Biden told supporters in Bristol, Pennsylvania the administration's lax attitude to the virus would bring more bad months:
"This is gonna be a dark winter ahead unless we change our ways... It's estimated that if we just wore masks, just wore a mask, over the next few months, experts in his own administration say we'd save 100,000 lives."
Biden was addressing a crowd who had gathered in vehicles, many with their windows or sunroofs down, to avoid possible coronavirus spread.
Trump - at his event in Lumberton, North Carolina - made fun of Biden's event… which also limited each vehicle to a maximum of four passengers.
"There's like a few cars. And the cars weren't in a little circle, they were too close together I think. They weren't socially distanced."
The quips didn't stop there…
In Miami, Florida, Former President Barack Obama rallied for Biden… and blasted Trump for his handling of the health crisis:
"Do you think he's working hard on a plan to get us out of this mess? Well, I don't know because this week, everyone has been very unfair to Donald Trump this week… He doesn't have a plan, he doesn't acknowledge the reality of what is happening across the country."
The reality is more than 84,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported, Friday, according to a Reuters tally… with the spike in infections hitting election swing states Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Hundreds of prison releases delayed after ADOC fails to notify victims
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A convicted Mafia boss who had been hiding in west London for 20 years has told an extradition hearing "I want to cut every tie with my past".
Domenico Rancadore, 64, was arrested in Uxbridge in August where he was living with his wife and two children under the assumed name of Marc Skinner.
Westminster Magistrates' Court heard he wanted "a normal life" for his family.
The hearing was also told Rancadore, who was known as The Professor in his native Sicily, suffered from the heart condition angina.
Since taking refuge the UK in 1994, Rancadore and his family used the surname of Skinner, the maiden name of his wife's British mother.
Giving evidence, Rancadore explained why he had used a different name, saying: "I change my name, I change my life, I don't want to go back to Italy."
Referring to his stay in the UK he said: "I never commit any crime in this country. I love this country."
He said there were 460 defendants in the trial in Italy in which he was a defendant along with his father in the 1980s, and he described it as a "terrible experience".
Talking about his angina, he said: "I'm not very well. I feel destroyed. I feel very painful."
But prosecutor Hannah Hinton said Rancadore was "deliberately absent" from the 1999 trial, where he was subsequently sentenced, and had deliberately "hidden" his identity as he knew he was a wanted man and had changed his story.
Ms Hinton said: "What I'm going to suggest, Mr Rancadore, is that when you came to this country, that you were worried, concerned, that you were going to be arrested again and now you accept that.
"But previously what you were telling the court was that you only came here to make a new life for yourself, having collected your pension," she said.
Rancadore was also questioned as to why his signature was on a document instructing two lawyers to challenge an Italian judgment by appeal - implying that he knew he was wanted by police.
But Rancadore said it was not his signature and had not been in contact with lawyers or with his parents.
"I never gave my address to anyone in Italy. I never contacted anyone in Italy," he said.
Ms Hinton suggested Rancadore was aware when the trial began and also came to know about the sentence, but he claimed to have learnt about the sentence after his arrest in the UK.
Rancadore's wife, Anne, told the court the extradition would be "devastating" for her husband.
"If my husband was to go to Italy it would be difficult for me to visit him," she said.
"It would really be devastating for me and for family life as well."
She also said her husband's father was a Sicilian Mafia leader and her son would have been hassled by police if they had remained in Italy, forcing them to leave.
The judge also heard from law professor and Italian prison expert Patrizio Gonnella who said: "Italy has the highest rate of crowded prisons in the whole of Europe.
"Today the matter of safeguarding of health is the biggest, the most critical, issue in our prisons."


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A fake Banksy NFT sold for more than $300,000. Then the buyer got his money back
An exhibition of works of the artist Bansky in Rome, Italy.Samantha Zucchi | Insidefoto | Mondadori Portfolio via Getty ImagesThe website of street artist Banksy briefly directed users to an auction for a work of digital art that sold for more than $300,000. The problem? It wasn't authentic.A web page added to Banksy's website Tuesday showed an image with an avatar resembling one of the many popular NFT collectibles known as CryptoPunks.NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are unique crypto tokens that are designed to represent ownership of a rare digital item, like art or sports memorabilia. Sales of such digital assets have surged to record highs this year thanks to rising interest in both cryptocurrencies and collectible items.You can think of an NFT as a digital receipt of ownership. Buyers of the tokens effectively hold a certificate of authenticity to say they own the original item — but that doesn't grant them copyright, and the media can still be viewed for free by other internet users.Anyone who clicked on the Banksy NFT web page Tuesday would be directed to a link for an auction for a collectible called "Great Redistribution of the Climate Change Disaster." The page was added to Banksy's site Tuesday morning and later deleted, stoking speculation that the site may have been hacked.A web page added to Banksy's website Tuesday linked to an NFT called "Great Redistribution of the Climate Change Disaster."EllipticThe listing, posted on the OpenSea marketplace, ended early with the NFT selling for 100 ethereum tokens, worth around $336,000 at the time.InauthenticBanksy's agency Pest Control confirmed the NFT was not created by the pseudonymous graffiti artist but did not comment on whether the Banksy website was hacked."The artist Banksy has not created any NFT artworks," Pest Control told CNBC in an emailed statement Tuesday. "Any Banksy NFT auctions are not affiliated with the artist in any shape or form."In a strange twist, all of the money was later returned to the buyer, an anonymous male who goes by the pseudonym "Pranksy.""My ETH from the #Banksy #NFT purchase was just returned to me, ethical hacker proving a point?" Pranksy tweeted Tuesday."Just to add a comment, to those who feel this may have been some sort of stunt. I would never risk a future relationship with Banksy or any fine artist by hiring someone to hack their website and then buying an #NFT from myself, what an unusual day!"The man had earlier told the BBC he was made aware of the NFT by an anonymous user on the social chat app Discord, and that he suspects this person may have hacked Banksy's site."It remains unclear whether this episode was the work of a hacker, or perhaps a pre-planned work of art by Banksy himself," said blockchain analytics provider Elliptic in a blog post Tuesday.Scammers exploit NFTsJake Moore, a cybersecurity specialist at internet security firm ESET, said NFTs were still in their "infant stage," meaning they're "guaranteed to attract" cybercriminals and scammers."Purchasing from verified locations is vital, but unfortunately this advice is flawed as soon as the authentic website is hacked," Moore told CNBC. "Potential buyers should remain largely skeptical of NFTs while they are in these early stages, as they can be easily exploited, and always err on the side of caution.""Scammers are very good at manipulating people, and the makeup of NFTs lends itself to being abused even more due to the lack of a physical product or service," Moore added.
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