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The Bridgegate probe still has a heartbeat
Mark J. Magyar, NJ Spotlight
New Jersey Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson in a March 2014 photo. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, Pool)
For Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen), the cochairs of the Legislature's Select Committee on Investigation, yesterday's ruling that the Fifth Amendment rights of fired GOP political operatives Bill Stepien and Bridget Kelly trumped their committee's interest in getting to the bottom of the Bridgegate scandal was not unexpected, but is clearly both an investigative and a political setback.
Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Monmouth) immediately seized upon Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson's ruling to renew her pitch from Tuesday's committee meeting that it was time for the panel to put its efforts into legislating, not investigating.
"The judge's opinion sends a clear message that the committee has overstepped its bounds," Handlin insisted. "Federal and state prosecutors are fully capable of investigating and are clearly doing so. Our legislative responsibility is to find solutions to the many problems we have already uncovered. It would be a disservice to the people of New Jersey if the Legislature does not immediately move forward on the reform bills that have been introduced on a bipartisan basis."
Wisniewski was not fazed by the ruling, and said the panel would consult with its special counsel, Reid Schar, to consider its next steps.
"The committee felt it was very much in the public interest to seek to compel the production of these documents, but as we've said before, there's more than one method to gather information in an investigation, and we will consider alternatives," Wisniewski said. "We will continue exploring every avenue to find out what happened with this threat to public safety and abuse of government power."
Fewer documents to work with
In the short term, what Jacobson's ruling means is that Kelly, Gov. Chris Christie's former deputy chief of staff who emailed the infamous "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" order, and Stepien, Christie's former campaign manager, do not have to turn over emails, documents or other records of their communications with each other or with other members of Christie's administration, reelection campaign, Port Authority officials or anyone else.
This will clearly hinder the Wisniewski-Weinberg committee's efforts to investigate the direct links between the Christie campaign, which Stepien ran, and Kelly's efforts as deputy chief of staff to line up support for Christie's reelection by rewarding supporters and punishing those — like Democratic Mayors Mark Sokolich of Fort Lee, Dawn Zimmer of Hoboken, and Steve Fulop of Jersey City — who did not come through with hoped-for endorsements.
While the committee is still waiting for the governor's 2013 reelection campaign to fully comply with the subpoena, its submissions presumably would not include any communications on personal emails, texts, and cell phones records between Stepien and Kelly, who made a habit of switching to personal accounts for sensitive political matters, as was shown in her previously obtained communications with David Wildstein, the Port Authority official who carried out the lane closures.
Further, the ruling will make it harder for the legislative committee to determine the extent to which other Christie administration or campaign staffers were aware of political activities directed by or carried out by Kelly in the governor's office that might have violated state statutes, including her role in the closure of toll lanes leading into the George Washington Bridge from September 9 to September 13 in apparent political retaliation against Sokolich for refusing to endorse Christie.
Others might testifyBut it is important to recognize that even if Kelly and Stepien had been compelled to turn over emails, texts, phone records, and other documents, both were expected to follow Wildstein's example in exercising their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and refusing to answer any questions posed by the investigative committee when summoned to testify.
Wisniewski, in fact, recognized the likelihood that Kelly and Stepien would be able to invoke the Fifth Amendment during a press conference following the Select Committee on Investigation meeting on Tuesday. Wisniewski said he expected that some of the first witnesses called to testify would most likely include staffers in the governor's office named in some of the Kelly emails that were included in the report by Randy Mastro and his Gibson Dunn team of lawyers commissioned by the governor's office.
Mastro's report recommended disbanding the Office of Legislative Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs in the governor's office, which virtually functioned as a political arm of Christie's reelection effort under Kelly and presumably under her predecessor, Stepien, who was the governor's top hands-on political operative in both the 2009 and 2013 campaigns and in the governor's office in between.
Presumably, the Wisniewski-Weinberg committee would investigate the politicization of the Office of Legislative Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs by calling in Kelly's top subordinates, Christine Genovese Renna and Evan Ridley. Also likely to be called in would be Matt Mowers, who followed Stepien from that office to the reelection campaign, then moved to become executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party, where it was expected he would lay the groundwork for Christie's 2016 primary campaign.
Based on Wisniewski's comments Tuesday, it appears that Renna, Ridley, and Mowers all complied with subpoenas from the committee, and Renna refused to destroy a potentially incriminating email when requested to do so by Kelly, according to the Mastro report.
Kelly and Stepien, of course, would be the best-positioned to testify about political activities in the governor's office, but their lawyers, Michael Critchley and Kevin Marino, both stated that they would testify only in exchange for immunity.
That grant of immunity would have to come from U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, who has convened a 23-member federal grand jury in Newark to consider criminal charges in Bridgegate, as well as Zimmer's allegation that Christie administration officials threatened to withhold Sandy aid if she did not support a high-rise development represented by David Samson, Christie's Port Authority chairman and 2009 campaign counsel.
Perils of granting immunity
While the legislative investigative committee has the power to grant immunity for testimony before the committee, that limited grant of immunity could pose problems for the U.S. Attorney's Office if it needs to rely on evidence presented before the legislative panel, Jacobson noted.
Wildstein, who also has been seeking immunity, met last week for several days with the U.S. Attorney's Office, but it is unclear whether Fishman would allow a potential star witness to testify publicly before a legislative panel before he completes his grand jury investigation, which could take up to 18 months.
However, it appears that the Wisniewski-Weinberg committee does have the opportunity to use its subpoena power to delve deeply into the issue of whether the Christie administration's failure to ferret out the truth about Bridgegate before the release of the Kelly email on January 8 was due to a coverup, ineptness, or an "us against them" mentality that led Christie and his aides to simply accept Baroni's assertion at face value that the George Washington Bridge lane closures were part of a legitimate traffic study.
Michael Drewniak, the governor's press secretary who was a friend of Wildstein and played a pivotal role in preparing the administration response to Bridgegate inquiries, testified before the federal grand jury Friday.
Kevin O'Dowd, the Chief of Staff whom Christie had nominated to serve as his next Attorney-General before Bridgegate broke, has clear incentive to protect his reputation and career, as does Charles McKenna, the Chief Counsel who questioned Baroni on Bridgegate in early October at Christie's directive, and is now head of the Schools Development Authority. McKenna reportedly met with Fishman's investigators in mid-January shortly after the release of the Kelly emails.
Regina Egea, the director of the governor's authorities unit who first received from Baroni a copy of the angry email from Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye alleging that federal and state laws had been broken by the lane closures, would presumably also need to answer questions if she plans to be Christie's second-term chief of staff.
Finally, there is the question of whether the panel would exercise its subpoena power to call in Governor Christie himself – a decision that would be fraught with complex political overtones and constitutional issues.
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Q: If $\mu$ is $\sigma$-finite, then there exist increasing simple functions $s_n \rightarrow f$ with $\mu(\{x:s_n \neq 0\})< \infty$ Problem
If $\mu$ is $\sigma$-finite, $f$ non-negative and measurable, then there exist simple functions $s_n$ increasing to $f$ at each point such that $\mu(\{x:s_n \neq 0\})< \infty$ for each $n$.
Background
A measure $\mu$ on a space $X$ is $\sigma$-finite if there exists a sequence $(E_i)_{i=1}^{\infty}$ of measurable sets with $X=\bigcup E_i$ and $\mu(E_i)<\infty$ for all $i$.
A simple function $s$ is a function of the form
$$s(x)=\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_i\chi_{E_i}(x),$$
where $a_i \in \mathbb{R}$ and $E_i$ are measurable sets.
Claim 1 If $f$ is non-negative and measurable, then there exists a sequence of non-negative measurable simple functions $s_n$ increasing to $f$.
proof The following is a standard construction. Let $$E_{ni}=\{x:(i-1)/2^n\leq f(x)<i/2^n\}$$ and $$F_n=\{x:f(x)\geq n\}$$ for $n=1,2,...$ and $i=1,2,...,n2^n$. Then $$s_n=\sum_{i=1}^{n2^n}\frac{i-1}{2^n}\chi_{E_ni}+n\chi_{F_n}$$ is the desired sequence.
Attempt at Answering Question
Let $X=\bigcup A_k$ with $\mu(A_k)<\infty$. Then for each $n$, $$X=\bigcup_{k=1}^{\infty}\left(A_k\bigcap \left(\bigcup_{i=1}^{n2^n} E_{in}\right)\right)\bigcup\left(\bigcup_{k=1}^{\infty}\left(A_k\bigcap F_n\right)\right).$$ Let $$E'_{in}=A_k\bigcap \left(\bigcup_{i=1}^{n2^n} E_{in}\right)$$ and $$F'_n=A_k\bigcap F_n$$ we see that $\mu(E'_{in}$ and $\mu(F'_n)$ are both finite and $$s_n=\sum_{i=1}^{n2^n}\frac{i-1}{2^n}\chi_{E'_ni}+n\chi_{F'_n}$$ is a sequence of non-negative measurable step functions increasing to $f \ \ ^{(***)}$ and $\mu(\{x:s_n(x) \neq 0\}) < \infty$ for each $n$.
My Question
How can I justify $\ \ ^{(***)}$?

A: Hint: You can simplify the problem by writing $X = \cup E_n,$ where each $\mu(E_n) < \infty$ and $E_1\subset E_2 \subset \dots$

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Geckos. They are quite..disgusting in my opinion. They have the stickiest tongues, slimiest eyes, mocking grins, and cold thin skin.
When father was growing up, in Brazil, he often passed by his grandmother's house to visit with her for a while. Behind her house, there was a small, wooden, three sided shed where great-grandmother washed her clothes. The wood, however, was so old and worn that it had grayed to a silvery white. In between the wooden boards in that shed there lived a family of geckos.
Geckos are fairly common in tropical countries like Brazil, and oftentimes they would crawl onto porches and ceiling rafters of houses. There they lounge and sunbathe during the day, and catch bugs and spiders during the night.
Years later, father was visiting a family, and as he sat in their living room, he noticed that on the white ceiling above there were geckos. Very many geckos. They started fighting with each other and every once in a while one would get knocked off the ceiling and father would hope they wouldn't land on his head.
Besides being ugly, geckos have another quality. They change colors to camouflage with their surroundings. (Yes, geckos. Yes, chameleons do too.) The geckos living in great-grandmothers' shed were gray. The ones on the ceiling were white. If the gecko's home is brick, they become a reddish brown, if their home is foliage they turn green, if where they live is white they become almost transparent and you can see their little organs. Depending on their habitat, geckos change. They blend in.
In a way, we are much like geckos aren't we? Whatever we feed into our brains, whatever we allow ourselves to absorb, whatever we surround ourselves with, we become like.
Let's surround us with what will aid us in becoming the people we want to become, or better yet, the people God has planned for us to become. People that will bring glory, praise, and honor to His name, and in the process lead a life fulfilling and happy.
Next Article Not Just The Crust.
Thanks you MM. I'm so glad you liked both posts. It totally makes my day when all of you wonderful writers take time to appreciate my thoughts. Thank you ever so much.
Thanks so much for stopping by and staying! I'm over the top delighted!
Aw, you all are too good to me. Thank you.
I've never heard of Danny Bhoy, but I will definitely check him out ASAP. Thanks for the recommendation.
Very good advice, as always, Larissa. I also wanted to say, I just had a chance to read your Leap Blog post over at Nicole's and enjoyed that very much as well. I remember once writing a journal entry about my overthinking before doing problem and it went something along the lines of "Not only do I look before I leap, I need to know exactly what surface I will be landing on, the prevailing wind conditions, the mathematical likelihood of every conceivable outcome, etc, etc." DO is simple but smart advice as well.
My girls and I were just studying about being young women that God wants them to be. What a great reminder of how we can go about this. I will read this little devotion to them at breakfast, before they head off into the world! Okay…before they go off to middle school!
Oh, I like geckos. Although, I wouldn't like any creature falling on my head. What a great piece of wisdom. You totally hooked me!
It is so cool the way lizards can do that! and thanks for the very good advice.
Infinitely Wise Larissa, this was so so true. I suspect that's part of why I surround myself with caring, thoughtful, intelligent bloggers- like you. Hoping some will rub off on me. Or at the very least that I'll blend in:) p.s. Have you heard of the comedian Danny Bhoy? He has a hilarious skit about a gecko. I'm far too lazy to google it, but if you find a spare moment, you should!


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Kitesurfing in Ireland: A Local's Guide to the Best Spots
Published by Ugne Kaskelyte on December 4, 2019 December 4, 2019
Kitesurfing in Ireland is wild.
When is the best season for kitesurfing in Ireland?
Conditions for kitesurfing in Ireland
Where to stay and how to get around
The best spots for kitesurfing in Ireland
Garrylucas Beach, Cork
Ballynamona Beach, Cork
Tramore Beach, Waterford
Duncannon, Wexford
Lady's Island, Wexford
Castlegregory, Kerry
Brandon Bay, Kerry
Belmullet, Mayo
Achill Island, Mayo
Dollymount, Dublin
Poolbeg, Dublin
Introduction by Grace Austin, editor of Extreme Nomads; main article by Ugne Kaskelyte
Perched on the westerly fringes of Europe, Ireland's windswept, wave-battered coastline is a place of legend and lore.
It's a paradise — a cold water paradise — that promises to satisfy everything a kitesurfer craves, as long as they're prepared to don a thick AF wetsuit and brave the elements.
Image courtesy of Kite Sport Centre
From the craggy coast of County Kerry to the sprawling beaches of Waterford, kitesurfing can theoretically be done along most parts of the Irish coastline; it's just about finding the sweet spot where the wind direction works and the entrance to the water doesn't make it feel as though your entire life is flashing before your eyes.
For this article, we are so excited to have reached out to a member of the Extreme Nomads community, Ugne Kaskelyte, who's been kitesurfing in Ireland her whole life. We had the pleasure of meeting Ugne at the 10th anniversary of Battle for the Lake, a fantastic kitesurfing event on Achill Island (more on that spot — and why you better have it on your Irish kitesurfing bucket list — below).
Down to earth and humble as she is, her article doesn't lay claim to the fact that her father, Ramunas Kaskelis, is one of the originals; the founder of Kite Sport Centre in Cork. He's the man to know if you're looking for kitesurfing experiences in Cork, be it for lessons, gear rental, or just some company out on the water.
Now, for those of you looking to learn all there is to know about kitesurfing in Ireland, settle in for Ugne's guide to exploring the Emerald Isle by kite:
Disclosure: this page contains affiliate links which earn us a small commission at no extra cost to you.
Ireland is windy all year round.
Being slap bang in the Atlantic gives us an advantage in that we receive wind from the ocean and any trade winds that pass by. Granted, wintertime brings much stronger wind; but during the summer months, you can still expect to kite 4 times a week.
But one thing to note is:
If Ireland experiences a heatwave (temperatures somewhere over 26 degrees Celsius) the wind does tend to die down drastically. But again, it's Ireland… heatwaves are rare.
If you're thinking of travelling to Ireland with your kite gear, the country's coastline is yours for the taking. Just be prepared to bring a few extra bits of gear if you're planning on coming between October – March because it's majorly chilly.
If road tripping around the island, dedicate around 2 weeks to get a full sense of the Wild Atlantic Way and experience the rest of what Ireland has to offer, other than kiting.
Ireland is wild and raw and it sure keeps every kiter on their toes. But we really have to gear up if we want a good experience kitesurfing in Ireland. The wind temperature can range from bearable to seriously cold throughout the year, so make sure you have a wetsuit with a minimum thickness of 3mm all year round (you'll want closer to 5 or 6mm in the winter — plus booties, gloves, and a hood).
Water temperature in Ireland doesn't change that much but for sure have booties, gloves and a hood in the wintertime.
The stronger the wind, the gustier it usually is — and you can pretty much expect strong wind year-round. Anything over 25 knots is going to give you a serious boost if you're not prepared; so we really recommend leaving the 35 knot days to the pros. Irish storms can be fun and exhilarating — but safety takes priority.
Waves in Ireland can get mega big, especially during storms. You can get barrelled, do massive carves, or get the boost of your life riding Irish waves. Even in lighter wind, Irish waters can be extremely choppy, so expect to get a good leg workout.
One amazing thing — and something I never thought to expect in Ireland — is that you can find some really nice flat water gems around the country (some might even call them *lagoons*) but again, there's not many of them. Keep your eye on the tides at specific spots; lagoons are most likely to creep up when the tides are high.
If you're planning to go kitesurfing in Ireland, you will definitely need to rent a car to get around. Kite spots, in particular, are found off the beaten track — far away from public transport routes — and you'll want to have the ability to hunt down the best place.
We highly recommend renting a car with Auto Europe who offers car rentals in Ireland for super cheaps (like as little as €3 per day — they actually guarantee the lowest prices of any car rental company in the country).
For accommodation, Airbnb is a great option as it gives you more freedom to stay close to the spot and can make your trip feel a bit more like home. However, if you fancy a touch more hospitality for your trip, hit up the local BnBs and you'll definitely be taken care of. Editor's note: we'll give specific accommodation recommendations under each spot heading.
Let's face it:
Ireland is awesome. And one of the reasons it's won our hearts is because you can kitesurf pretty much any county surrounding the island — wind direction permitting.
It's insane to think of how many possible places there are for kitesurfing in Ireland — and so many still undiscovered.
But be warned:
Knowledge and experience in kitesurfing are crucial if you want to take on Ireland's kite spots — and this is especially true when it comes to picking a good kite spot to set up and ride at. Before you set up, make yourself aware of all potential obstacles like mountains and cliffs — particularly if you're dealing with strong wind or a changing wind direction which can happen regularly.
Keep an eye on the forecast, study the spot, and go with a friend.
Now, let's get to the good stuff. Here are some of the most popular spots for kitesurfing in Ireland:
This is by far the most popular kitesurfing beach in Cork thanks to its location being so close to the famous town of Kinsale. In fact, it's one of the most used spots throughout the year with 80% of wind arriving on its shores.
Perfect to kite on Ireland's typical S/W wind direction, Garrylucas is a massive open beach with nice kickers when the big waves are on. The spot is perfect for beginners, foilers, and everyone in between.
Editor's note: get in touch with Kite Sports Centre for lessons and gear rental at Garrylucas Beach!
Where to stay: The nearby town of Kinsale is fairly big and has tons of accommodation options. However, you can also choose to stay closer to the spot, with the Old Head and Garretstown being a prime location. Check out Kinsale Coastal Cottages, located <4km from the kite beach.
Just 20 minutes from the city, this east cork gem is a brilliant spot for beginners and intermediates because of the shallow waters and the lagoon that creeps up at high tide. The spot works best in all easterly direction winds, especially in the summer.
Where to stay: Stay right in Cork City for maximum craic and to get a taste of what life in the Rebel County is really like — we love the homely rooms at the Crawford Guest House. You could also choose to stay just a few minutes' drive from Ballynamona Beach with Garryvoe Hotel, whose clean chic rooms are great value (and come with a sea view).
If you're interested in visiting Cork, you might also like:
30+ Adventurous Things to do in Cork City + County
50 Outdoorsy Things to do in West Cork
Tramore is the go-to place if you're planning on taking your kite gear to Waterford. The beaches are quite open, making it accessible and safe for all levels of kitesurfers. Tramore Beach also happens to be the home spot of Irish pro kiter Sean Murphy, who regularly sings its praises, so you can be pretty confident that this is an epic place to ride.
Tramore Beach works best in all southerly wind directions. For other directions, you can go to the other side of the sand dunes at high tide when the lagoon comes up. We recommend contacting NCDkiteboarding if you need equipment or lessons here.
Where to stay: Snag your own place at the Beach Haven Studios just 10 minutes' walk from the kite spot.
This spot works best on westerly and southerly wind directions. With a long sandy beach and awesome surrounding views, Duncannon takes the biscuit for kite spots in Wexford. Hit up Hooked Kiteboarding if you need lessons, rentals, or just a kite buddy for this spot.
Where to stay: Seashells BnB overlooks Duncannon Beach and offers free breakfast for every guest.
This is one of the best Irish kiteboarding spots if you're looking for a lagoon or butter flat conditions to learn or progress some freestyle tricks. It works well in most wind directions, but the absolute best time to hit it is when the southerlies blow — jackpot.
Where to stay: Stay right at the kite spot with Sandawana BnB, which gets great reviews.
This legendary kitesurfing spot in County Kerry has gained international recognition for its massive swells and world-class wave riding. It works best during W/NW winds. Being in Kerry, in general, is quite special so when the wind kicks in, kitesurfing here is the equivalent of finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Where to stay: Check out Stradbally Holiday Homes — not only do they get rave reviews but the gorgeous property, complete with garden and BBQ area, is an ideal place to kick back after a day spent in the saltwater.
This spot has it all really; big waves to flat water and a huge beach to top it off. The only thing to note here is that the wind can be tricky because of the surrounding hills, so only go out if you're experienced and totally up to speed with the spot's hazards.
As the bay is 17km long, you can almost always find a suitable place to launch from regardless of wind direction — so take your pick and go wherever you see kites already in the water.
Where to stay: Mount Brandon Cottage is just a 5-minute drive from the beach and offers cosy, affordable rooms.
Working best on an SW wind direction, this County Mayo spot is superb. Powerful kickers promise big air days galore, but you better be up for braving the cold, as you'll really feel it here.
Where to stay: Two popular lodgings are Chez Nous and the Talbot Hotel, both of which are within a couple minutes' drive of the kite spot.
Yep, this is the big daddy of kite spots in Ireland. Achill Island has a reputation for having amazing wind all year round, with the added bonus of glorious scenery. It's also the home of an annual kiting event hosted by Pure Magic Watersports, Battle for the Lake.
Achill Island draws professional kitesurfers and people from literally everywhere for some good hearty Irish craic and some super (cold) kite sessions. Choose between the lake or one of the gorgeous beaches for a true raw Irish kiting experience.
Where to stay: The Pure Magic Lodge is the place for kitesurfers heading to Achill Island. If they're full or closed for the off-season, you can also nab a budget-friendly hostel stay at The Valley Lodge or more up-market rooms in Slievemore House.
Psst: if you like the sound of this spot, you can read up everything there is to know about this magical place in our complete adventure travel guide to Achill Island.
Kitesurfers at Keel Beach, Achill Island.
Dollymount is a great flat-water spot in Dublin for all riders. It works really well in all southerly directions and W/NW. Dollymount offers 3km of spacious beach for you and Dublin's other kiters to share the stoke — and it's only 15 minutes from the city centre and Dublin airport, so now you have no excuse not to go kitesurfing in Ireland.
Where to stay: The nearby Clontarf Castle Hotel offers fairly priced bougie rooms in a renovated 12th Century castle. Those on a budget could try Avoca Lodge which is just 5 minutes from Dollymount Strand.
In addition to Dollymount, Poolbeg is another great spot in Dublin — but be warned that it's slightly more difficult to get to. It's got a reputation for only being suitable for intermediate and advanced riders — and for good reason — but if you have the experience, it's a great place to get in a kite session. Poolbeg works well for south and west wind directions.
Where to stay: Ranelagh, Rathmines, and Sandymount are all good spots to stay nearby — but Poolbeg is easily reachable from most parts of the city. Check out Jacob's Inn Hostel for cheap and cheerful hostel rooms, or somewhere more upmarket like The Schoolhouse Hotel, whose boutique rooms in a renovated 19th Century school are quirky as anything.
Got a question about kitesurfing in Ireland? Drop a comment below — or join our free Extreme Nomads Facebook group and pitch your question to the community.
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Ugne Kaskelyte
My name is Ugne Kaskelyte and I am a kitesurfing enthusiast and female entrepreneur. My passions include watersports, travelling, and learning new skills and languages.At present I am developing a wetsuit dryer for the watersport industry while travelling, kiting, and helping manage my father's kite school in Ireland. My next adventure is moving to Sri Lanka and completing my kite instructor course to share the stoke on and off the water.

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Louisville Cop Kim Burbrink Demoted for Involvement in Breonna Taylor Investigation
By Daniel Villarreal On 2/5/21 at 9:35 PM EST
U.S. Breonna Taylor Louisville Kentucky
Kim Burbrink, the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) major who oversaw officers involved in the March 13 shooting death of 26-year-old Black woman Breonna Taylor, has been demoted to lieutenant after allegedly defying an order from her commanding officer not to question departmental investigators looking into her department's behavior in the raid that led to Taylor's death.
In a January 19 memorandum, Chief Erika Shields wrote to Burbrink, "[You] failed to follow a direct order given to you from Lieutenant Colonel Andy McClinton to not contact or ask questions regarding any investigations pertaining to the Criminal Interdiction Unit."
While the memorandum didn't include complete details of Burbrink's failure in following McClinton's order, one instance may have involved Burbrink's attendance of a May 14 virtual briefing with investigators. Burbrink was commander of the LMPD's Criminal Interdiction Division, the division being investigated.
According to Sergeant Jason Vance of the Public Integrity Unit (PIU), Burbrink reportedly asked "pointed questions", casting doubt on the PIU's evidence collection methods at the shooting scene, WDRB reported.
When investigators mentioned that there had been inconsistencies in Detective Brett Hankison's account of the raid, Burbrink allegedly requested specifics despite the fact that investigators considered such details "sensitive" information. Vance wrote that it seemed as if Burbrink was conducting a "cross-examination" of the investigators.
Kim Burbrink, the former Louisville Metro Police major who oversaw officers involved in the lethal March 13 shooting of 26-year-old Black woman Breonna Taylor, has been demoted to lieutenant after allegedly questioning investigators looking into the police handling of Taylor's case. In this September 23, 2020 photo, protesters march against police brutality in Los Angeles, following a decision in Taylor's case. Apu Gomes / AFP/Getty
Investigators apparently requested then-Deputy Chief Robert Schroeder and other high-ranking department officials that Burbrink not attend the virtual briefings in the first place because she was considered an "informational witness." The then-Deputy Chief Robert Schroeder later apologized for Burbrink's behavior, calling her attendance of the meeting "a mistake," according to Vance.
In addition to being demoted, Burbrink was also moved from her old division to the Special Operations Division. At the time of her demotion, she was also under investigation for an October 16 conversation she had with Major Micah Scheu, though details about that investigation haven't been released by the LMPD.
"I consider the demotion and transfer to be both appropriate and necessary to the maintenance of good order and discipline within the Department," Shields wrote in the memo announcing Burbrink's demotion.
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Police shot Taylor five times after knocking down her apartment door with a battering ram after midnight on a no-knock search warrant in pursuit of two suspected drug dealers who weren't in her apartment.
On June 19, the LMPD delivered a letter firing Hankison. In it, then-Police Chief Robert Schroeder wrote that Hankison's actions were "a shock to the conscience" and represented "extreme violations" of LMPD's operating regulations and departmental rules regarding the use of deadly force.
On September 23, the state of Kentucky announced three Grand Jury indictments against Hankison for wanton endangerment in the first degree. The indictments against him didn't pertain to Taylor's death, but rather his shots fired during the raid that traveled through walls into nearby apartments during the raid.
He was the only of the three LMPD officers criminally implicated for their roles in Taylor's death and was also the only officer fired.
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NFL Week 15 winners and losers, plus grading every team and picks for Raiders-Browns and Vikings-Bears
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Here's everything you need to know about the NFL for Dec. 20
Dec 20, 2021 at 1:02 pm ET 16 min read
Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!
This is usually the edition of the newsletter where we rehash Week 15, but Week 15 isn't even close to over yet. With COVID-19 ravaging multiple rosters around the NFL over the weekend, including the Browns, Rams and Washington, the NFL was forced to postpone three games.
So does that mean? It means that instead of one Monday game tonight, you're going to be getting two (Vikings at Bears and Raiders at Browns). Not to mention, we're also getting TUESDAY FOOTBALL with the Rams hosting the Seahawks and Washington traveling to Philadelphia.
Even though there are still four games left in Week 15, we're going to be sticking to our normal formula here, which means you'll be getting some winners and losers today, along with grades and some crazy facts from the weekend.
As always, here's your weekly reminder to tell all your friends to sign up for the Pick Six newsletter. To get your friends to sign up, all you have to do is click here and then share this link with them.
1. Today's show: Week 15 winners and losers, plus full recap
It's Monday, which can only mean one thing: I stayed up until 3 a.m. last night recording a podcast with Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson that touched on everything you need to know about Week 15, and let me just say, it's probably for the best that you listen. We covered all 10 games from Sunday. We would have covered even more games, but half of them got postponed due to COVID.
One thing we do every week is hand out our winners and losers from Sunday's action. For this week's winners, we had a noticeable NFC-theme going.
Winner: Saints. They beat the Buccaneers and they did it even though they didn't even have their head coach, who was out due to COVID. Not many teams can say they've embarrassed Tom Brady, but the Saints can, and they've now done it four times.
Loser: Ravens. In two of the past three weeks, they've lost because they've gone for two in the final minute, and those questionable decisions might keep them out of the playoffs.
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Winner: 49ers. Brinson is probably going to list the 49ers as his winner for the rest of time and that's because he's been on their bandwagon since October. Even when this team was 3-5, he kept insisting that they would rebound to make the playoffs and they took one step closer with a big win over the Falcons.
Loser: Matt Rhule. This team started 3-0, but they're just 2-9 since then and they seem to be getting worse every week. Rhule keeps flip-flopping his quarterbacks, he got embarrassed by the Bills and things don't seem to be improving. The Panthers have a lot of questions and Rhule doesn't seem to have many answers. It will be interesting to see what David Tepper does this offseason.
Winner: Jared Goff. Lions players never get listed in our winner's column, so we're throwing them a bone here. Goff outplayed Kyler Murray and if you didn't know any better, you would have thought the Lions were the 10-4 team and the Cardinals were the 2-11-1 team after watching both of them play on Sunday.
Loser: Tom Brady. We don't ever get to list Brady in the losers column, so I'm going to take advantage of it now. Not only did he get shut out for the first time since 2006, but Sunday night's loss also marked the FIRST TIME in his career that he was shut out in a home game.
Not only did we list our winners and losers, but we also recapped every game from Sunday. To listen to today's episode — and to subscribe to the best daily NFL podcast out there — be sure to click here. You can also WATCH today's episode on YouTube by clicking here.
2. Week 15 grades: Steelers get an 'A-' for keeping playoff hopes alive
Every week I team up with six of my colleagues here at CBSSports.com to hand out grades, and this week, the Steelers got one of the top grades for their comeback win over the Titans.
Here's a look at the grades from two notable games that were played Sunday:
Pittsburgh 19-13 over Tennessee (Click here for full recap)
Titans takeaway: The Titans got a huge performance from D'Onta Foreman (108 yards on 22 carries), but it kind of felt like he was the only offensive player who did anything right for Tennessee. The Titans offense kept shooting itself in the foot and just when you thought they were out of bullets, they would shoot themselves in the foot again. There was one especially disastrous sequence in the second half where Tennessee turned the ball over on three straight possessions and the Steelers were able to convert those turnovers into nine points, which is a big reason why the Titans lost. Grade: C-
Steelers takeaway: The Steelers offense didn't do much in this game, but it didn't need to and that's because Pittsburgh's defense and special teams played so well. Not only did the Steelers defense force FOUR turnovers, but it absolutely shut down the Titans in the red zone, holding them to just one TD on four possessions. Although the Steelers offense had trouble putting the ball in the end zone, Chris Boswell made up for it by hitting four field goals. The Steelers' 168 yards of total offense was the fewest by any team in a win this year. Grade: A-
Texans 30-16 over Jaguars (Click here for full game stats)
Texans takeaway: The Texans didn't play a perfect game, but they seemed to get a big play whenever they needed it. All three of Houston's touchdowns came from at least 20 yards out, including a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Tremon Smith in the first quarter that gave Houston an early 14-3 lead. Not to be outdone, Brandin Cooks also came up with two monster plays in the form of two touchdown catches that came from 43 and 22 yards. Texans QB Davis Mills continues to look a little bit better every week and David Culley's decision to start his rookie for the rest of the season is looking like it was the right one. Grade: A-
Jaguars takeaway: The Jaguars were a bad team before the arrival of Urban Meyer and it appears they're still a bad team after the exit of Urban Meyer. The Jaguars' offense couldn't convert a third down, their defense couldn't stop Brandin Cooks and their special teams gave up a kickoff return for a touchdown. The Jaguars were a disaster all around. If anyone was hoping to see some improvement after the firing of Meyer, they're going to have to wait until at least next week, because that improvement didn't come this week. Grade: D
As for the other 16 grades we handed out on Sunday, you can check those out by clicking here.
3. 11 crazy facts from Week 15
Every Sunday night, I get an email from our research department here at CBS Sports, and every Sunday, that email always includes some amazingly wild facts about the games that were just played.
With that in mind, here are 12 crazy facts about Week 15:
Tom Brady shut out for the first time in 255 games. The Saints' shutout of the Buccaneers marked the first time since 2006 that Brady's team has been blanked in a game. It also marked the FIRST TIME in Brady's career that he was shut out in a home game.
Saints sack master. Cameron Jordan sacked Tom Brady twice, which means he now has 100 sacks for his career. That is notable because it makes New Orleans just the third franchise in NFL history to produce two players who tallied 100 or more sacks (Ricky Jackson also topped the 100-sack mark). The Saints now join the Colts (Dwight Freeney, Robert Mathis) and Giants (Lawrence Taylor, Michael Strahan).
Big Ben makes big move on all-time passing list. Although Ben Roethlisberger threw for just 148 yards on Sunday, that was still enough to move him past Philip Rivers into the No. 5 spot on the NFL's all-time passing yards list. Big Ben now has 63,562 yards for his career, which is more than 100 ahead of Rivers (63,440).
T.J. Watt makes Steelers history. The Steelers pass-rusher had 1.5 sacks against the Titans and now has 17.5 this year, which is a new single-season record for the Steelers. Watt also currently leads the NFL in sacks and he could break the NFL single-season record if he averages 1.83 sacks per game over the final three weeks of the season.
49ers receiver is rushing toward history. Deebo Samuel added another rushing touchdown on Sunday, which means he now has seven on the season. That's tied with Lenny Moore (1961) and Tony Latone (1925) for the most rushing touchdowns by a receiver in NFL history.
Aaron Rodgers on verge of Packers history. With three TD passes against the Ravens, Rodgers now has 442 for his career, which is tied with Brett Favre for the most in franchise history. If Rodgers throws one in Week 16, he'll knock Favre out of the top spot.
Packers coach joins rare company. With Green Bay's win over Baltimore, the Packers now have 11 wins on the season, which is notable, because it makes Matt LaFleur just the third coach since 1970 to win at least 11 games in each of his first three seasons as an NFL head coach, joining Jim Harbaugh (San Francisco, 2011-13) and Chuck Pagano (Indianapolis, 2012-14).
Jonathan Taylor keeps scoring. The Colts running back now has a rushing TD in 11 straight games, which is tied for the second-longest streak in NFL history (LaDainian Tomlinson's 18-game streak is the record). Also, the Colts are now 8-0 this season when Taylor hits the 100-yard mark and 0-6 when he doesn't.
Lions make history with upset of Cardinals. Detroit's win over Arizona marked the first time in NFL history that a team with one win or less defeated a team with 10 wins or more by double digits. This was only the third time that a team had won in that situation and it was the first time the team with one win or less won the game by 10 or more points.
Titans control the clock, but lose the game. NFL teams were undefeated this year (10-0) when holding the ball for 39 or more minutes in a game that didn't go to overtime. The Titans had the ball for 39:08, which makes them the first team to lose when controlling the ball for the that long. NFL teams had been 35-3 dating back to 2018 when holding the ball for 39 minutes or more in a game that was decided in regulation.
Falcons offensive failures. The Falcons became the first team since at least 2000 (as far back as our research goes) to turn the ball over on downs three times inside the opponent's 10-yard line in one game. The Falcons had three different possessions get inside of San Francisco's 10-yard line and all three ended with a failed fourth down. During this sequence, the Falcons ran a total of FIVE plays from the 49ers' 1-yard line, but they were unable to score on any of them
4. Monday preview: Prepping you for Raiders at Browns
Instead of one game tonight, the NFL is giving us two and this will be the first one with kickoff coming at 5 p.m. ET on NFL Network. This game was postponed from Saturday due to the fact that half the Browns' roster was placed on the COVID list and unfortunately for the Browns, the postponement didn't do them much good. Baker Mayfield and Case Keenum are both out, which means Nick Mullens will be getting the start.
This is a huge game for both teams. A Browns win would vault them from the ninth spot in the AFC playoff race all the way up to four, while a Raiders win would put them just one game out of the final wild card spot.
Bryan DeArdo wrote our deep-dive preview for this game here at CBSSports.com, and here's how he sees it playing out:
Why the Raiders can win: The Raiders are never going to have a bigger advantage in a game than they're going to have on Monday night. Despite the two-day postponement, the Browns roster is still depleted, which means the postponement actually worked out in the Raiders' favor: They got two extra days of rest and the Browns didn't really get any key starters back. On paper, they're going to have a better team tonight and now they just have to make sure they don't blow that advantage.
Why the Browns can win: The Browns are going to be down at least 10 starters due to COVID and third-string QB Nick Mullens will be starting the game, but it's not all dire news for Cleveland. For one, the Browns will have Nick Chubb and if Chubb can have a huge game, that could help the Browns escape this one with a win. The Browns will also have Myles Garrett, who should be able to disrupt almost anything the Raiders try to do on offense.
You can get a full preview of the game from DeArdo by clicking here. The point spread has been swinging wildly over the past 72 hours. The Browns opened as a 6.5-point favorite, but after their COVID outbreak, the oddsmakers made the Raiders a 3-point favorite. As of noon on Monday, the Raiders were favored by 1.5 points at Caesars Sportsbook.
DeArdo's pick: Browns 23-17 over Raiders.
My pick: Browns 23-20 over Raiders.
5. Monday preview: Prepping you for Vikings at Bears
No one has talked about postponing this game, but maybe they should, because the Bears had 14 players on the COVID list as of Sunday evening. That depleted roster is now going to have to take on a desperate Vikings team that absolutely needs to win if they want to stay in the playoff race. A win by the Vikings would vault them into the seventh seed in the NFC and they'll stay there heading into Week 16 as long as the Eagles win on Tuesday.
My good buddy Jared Dubin wrote our deep-dive preview for this game here at CBSSports.com, and here's how he sees the game playing out:
Why the Vikings can win: The Bears placed cornerback Jaylon Johnson and safety Tashaun Gipson on the COVID list over the weekend and with those two out, that means their entire starting secondary could be out on Monday night. If that's the case, look for Kirk Cousins to take advantage of that by airing it out. If Minnesota is successful at throwing the ball early, this game could get ugly for the Bears.
Why the Bears can win: If Justin Fields is being pressured all night, there's almost no way the Bears are going to win, which means they need to try to take some pressure off of him by getting their ground game going. Basically, this means Chicago needs to get David Montgomery involved early and often. If Montgomery has a huge game, the Bears might be able to pull off the upset.
You can get a full preview of the game from Dubin by clicking here. The Vikings are currently favored by 6.5 points and as you can see below, Dubin and I actually agree on who's going to win the game, which kicks off at 8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Dubin's pick: Vikings 23-13 over Bears.
My pick: Vikings 27-20 over Bears.
If you're thinking about betting on the game, Tyler Sullivan put together a full gambling preview.
ONE PROP TYLER LIKES: Dalvin Cook OVER 16.5 receiving yards (-110): "Cook has gone over this mark in his last four games played and is averaging nearly five targets per game over that stretch."
ONE PROP I LIKE: Greg Joseph OVER 1.5 field goals (-115): No one loves to kick field goals more than Mike Zimmer. Joseph has gone over this total in four of Minnesota's past five a games and seven of its past nine. The Bears don't exactly have a high-powered offense, so it won't be surprising at all to see Zimmer settle for field goals tonight.
You can check out Sullivan's full gambling preview by clicking here.
6. Rapid-fire roundup
It was a busy weekend in the NFL and since it's nearly impossible to keep track of everything that happened, I went ahead and put together a roundup for you:
NFL makes more changes to COVID protocols. The biggest change this time around is that fully vaccinated, asymptomatic players won't have to test weekly anymore. The NFL is now doing targeting testing, which means vaccinated players will only be tested if they're showing symptoms. This means a player who doesn't want to miss a game could try to hide his symptoms. For more details on the new policy, be sure to click here.
Chris Godwin out for the rest of regular season. The Buccaneers receiver suffered an MCL sprain on Sunday night, which will knock him out for the final three weeks of the season. The upside for the Buccaneers is that although they're losing Godwin, they will be getting Antonio Brown back this week.
Vikings cut starting corner after practice altercation. The Vikings won't have starting corner Bashaud Breeland on Monday night and that's because they released him following a bizarre altercation at a practice on Saturday. According to NFL.com, Breeland "got into a verbal altercation today at practice with coaches, took off his cleats and got into it with multiple teammates who were trying to calm the situation."
Teddy Bridgewater taken to hospital. The Broncos QB was hospitalized on Sunday after suffering a concussion during Denver's loss to the Bengals. According to the team, Bridgewater was kept at the hospital overnight as a precaution. The QB was then sent home on Monday and appears to be doing well.
Urban Meyer gives first public interview since firing, was fired for cause. In his first interview since his firing, Meyer apologized to the city of Jacksonville. You can read more about his interview by clicking here. Unfortunately for Meyer, that apology probably isn't going to get him back the millions the Jags are trying not to pay him. CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reported on Sunday that the Jags view this as a "For cause" firing and if the law agrees, then the Jags won't owe Meyer the remainder of his contract (They could also eventually work out a settlement).
Lawrence Taylor arrested in Florida for sex offender violation. The Pro Football Hall of Famer is facing two felony charges for failing to alert authorities to a change in address. Lawrence is required to report his address changes following a case in January 2011 where he pleaded guilty to charges of sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute.
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No sign yet Iran sanctions bill will come to U.S. Senate vote | Reuters .
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R-NV) walks to meet reporters after their weekly party caucus lunch meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 14, 2014.
WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made clear on Tuesday he has no immediate plan to allow a vote on a bill that would slap new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, even as backers promised to keep up their efforts to win more support.
Fifty-nine of the 100 senators - including 16 of President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats - support the bill, despite Obama's warning that its passage could jeopardize delicate international negotiations to curb Iran's nuclear program.
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is a lead sponsor of the measure, which has caused friction between the White House and some Democrats in Congress.
Iran warned that it would back away from the negotiations if any new sanctions were passed. Obama promised to veto the measure if it passes both the Senate and House of Representatives.
Asked when he might allow a Senate vote on the legislation, Reid acknowledged the support, but also noted that 10 Democratic committee chairs had written to him opposing it.
"Let's see how this plays out," he told reporters.
"The legislative process is working forward here. I am going to sit and be as fair an umpire as I can," Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said.
Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, told reporters he believed the vote should take place, and suggested that backers might be able to muster the 67 votes necessary to override a presidential veto.
"We're going to continue to continue to press in order to allow a vote on an issue that obviously enjoys the support of a very large bipartisan majority here in the Senate," he said.
A weekend agreement to begin implementing a temporary nuclear deal between Iran and world powers on January 20 helped reinforce the argument that the sanctions bill should not go ahead while negotiations continue, even though it would not actually impose the new restrictions unless Iran failed to comply with the interim agreement.
But backers of the bill said on Tuesday reports that the Obama administration has negotiated a "secret side deal" with Iran on the future of its nuclear program underscored the importance of doing everything possible to clamp down on Tehran.
"We call on the Obama Administration to clarify this situation immediately and ensure that members of Congress are fully and promptly informed about its nuclear diplomacy with Iran," Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, both sanctions bill co-sponsors, said in a statement.
The White House said there is no secret agreement, merely that the documentation associated with the interim agreement has not yet been released.
"We will make the text available to the Congress and the public, but we must work with the parties on when and in what format the information will be released. And we hope to do that soon," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters during a daily news briefing.
Olli Heinonen, a former deputy director general at the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency, said it was not surprising that a document from the agreement was not immediately released to the public.
"Have we had these kinds of understandings before? Actually I think so," Heinonen told reporters in a teleconference on Tuesday hosted by The Israel Project advocacy group.
He said the document probably has two parts; half on the undertakings at Iran's nuclear installations and centrifuges, and the other on the timing of sanctions relief.
The 1994 agreed framework between Washington and North Korea over the Asian country's nuclear power plants contained "certain understandings" that were never officially disclosed to the public, Heinonen said.
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Capistrano Beach Village Plan Presented to Planning Commission, City Council Next
On November 29, 2019 November 29, 2019
Lillian Boyd, Dana Point Times
Efforts to create an updated plan for the Capistrano Beach village area—an initiative that started in the late '80s—saw a milestone on Monday, Nov. 25 at a Dana Point Planning Commission meeting.
The Doheny Village Working Group has met about once a month and is comprised of the Doheny Village Merchants' Association (DVMA), a group that formed in late 2016 to address concerns with a proposal on parking, zoning and development standards for the Village. Residents, business and property owners, as well as city officials, attend the meetings. Interim Principal Planner Belinda Deines has overseen meetings and gathered input from the community.
Deines delivered the presentation to the commissioners, recapping the working group's objectives and highlighting updates to Capistrano Beach. One major change was the namesake of the plan: "Capistrano Beach Village Update," rather than "Doheny Village Plan Update."
"When the group got to this discussion, we realized we weren't sure where 'Doheny Village' came from," Deines said. "It's originally Capistrano Beach Village or, just, 'the Village.' "
Deines says that honoring the roots of the area was a common thread throughout the process. The trick was to find ways to improve on zoning, parking and building codes while respecting and preserving the culture of Capistrano Beach.
Guiding principles included community-driven decision-making, adopting zones that align with existing uses, keeping jobs in the community, beautification, improving connectivity to the beach, landscape enhancements, identifying on-site parking and preserving neighborhood character.
The zoning code update identifies areas that are village commercial industrial, village commercial residential, recreation and community facilities. To view a map of the zoning plan, go to danapointtimes.com.
There was no vote on the table for the commissioners, but Deines asked for feedback to incorporate into the proposed plan. Feedback was mostly positive, with suggestions from Commissioner Scott McKhan to add clarifying language on beautification, California Coastal Commission requirements and maximum allowable density in residential areas.
"Belinda has done an outstanding job. I can't tell you hard she has worked," one speaker said during public comment. "We appreciate (the city) listening to us and willing to take the (community's) input."
Members of the audience gave Deines an ovation echoing the positive feedback.
"A lot of the work has essentially been done by the residents and members of the (Doheny Village Working Group) who volunteered their time," Deines said. "You have to give them credit for dedicating all those hours out of love for their community."
The proposed plan will now go to city council on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Staff will request approval from council to obtain funding for an environmental impact report (EIR). The EIR will cost a total of $193,704, but with state funding covering about $160,000 of that amount, staff will be requesting the remaining amount from the general fund.
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Jane Austen is the earliest English novelist whose novels are still widely read today; in fact, they are becoming more popular all the time.
Of course, there are good reasons for this popularity. Apart from Austen's creation of unforgettable characters, and her exquisite irony and sense of humor, there is one other thing I'd like to discuss today: her heroines could be called, in a sense, brilliant (and often unorthodox) adaptations of universally recognized types. For example, Elizabeth Bennet is so remarkable a character because she is, at the same time, a sort of Cinderella and a sort of anti-Cinderella, just as her Prince Charming is also anti-Prince Charming. In other words, Austen deals with types and plots that were old even in her time, but she gives them certain ingenious twists.
There are, however, other women novelists that deserve to be read today. Austen herself read and admired their works, and was influenced by them in her own fiction. I would like to speak about several novels (most of them written before Austen's) that I have found especially interesting, all of them written by women. Not surprisingly, the main characters in these novels are always young women, and it is noteworthy that occasionally their authors are not afraid to display certain "feminist" tendencies. Moreover, their heroines are, on the whole, neither passive nor idealized. Women authors present female characters objectively: they are not flawless, but they have intelligence and strength of will.
Neda Helena Jeny was born in Croatia, and came to the United States for graduate study. She has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Illinois, and the M.A. in Classics from Johns Hopkins University. She has taught literature and Latin at college and school level. At present she teaches Latin at Savannah Classical Academy.
Jeny, Neda H., "Jane Austen's Heroines--And Some Others" (2015). South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL). 44.


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Q: Installing a theme on the sub domain of a WordPress site I am working on a WordPress site which is hosted. I have created a sub domain on that site using CPanel. Now I want to Install a theme in the sub site and I am not able to do it. I tried the following

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*In the Admin Dashboard, goto Appearances->Themes, Upload Zip Folder. But this would only Install the theme on the Main site and not the subsite.

*Try to manually upload the file to the sub domain folder through my hosting provider. It doesn't work.
Kindly suggest ways on how to go about it.

A: Did you already install WordPress at the subdomain? You should simply be able to log into the dashboard for that install (e.g. at http://subdomain.example.com/wp-admin/), and add the theme there. It should not affect the main site at all. (Both sites are entirely unrelated.)
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While the previous recursive solution works correctly, it is very inefficient.
The recursive subproblems are called over and over again.
For example, let's visualize fibonacci(5) making its recursive calls as a tree.
As you can see, fibonacci(3) and fibonacci(2) are called multiple times.
As the input gets larger, this gets more inefficient. When fibonacci(30) is called, fibonacci(2) is called over half a million times.
In order to make the function much faster, we can record the results that we have, so we only have to calculate a subproblem once.
This is called memoization. The name comes from taking the "memo" of a result, and referring back to it later.
We could make an object that stores the previous results. This object (also known as a cache) could be global and outside of the function. If we wanted to make the function not have side effects, another way is to pass the object as a parameter in recursive calls.
In the beginning of the function, we would check to see if we have already stored that value, and return it if so.
Please create a modified version of fibonacci with memoization. It should be able to handle fibonacci(70).


At the age of fifty, Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he once thought was important: Kindle County, his law career, even his wife. Still, when he is tapped by the International Criminal Court-an organization that prosecutes crimes against humanity-he is compelled by a mystifying case. Over ten years ago, in the chaos following the Bosnian war, a Roma refugee camp vanished overnight. Now a witness has finally stepped forward: Ferko Rincic claims that armed men marched the camp's 400 residents to a cave and then set off an avalanche with a hand grenade, burying them alive. Only Ferko survived. Boom's task is to investigate Ferko's claims, taking him from the Court's base in Holland, to Bosnian villages, to secret meetings in Washington, DC, as he sorts through the alliances and treacheries of those involved: a disgraced US major general, members of the U.S. military, the brutal former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Ferko's seductive barrister, and of course, Ferko himself, on whose testimony the entire case rests-and who may know more than he's telling.


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Manti Literary Club played role in getting Carnegie Library in Manti
bySanpete Messenger
MANTI—National Library Week is April 3-9, and May is Utah's Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month.
Manti Public Library is here today because of the foresight of 12 women, charter members of the Manti Ladies Literary Club.
They began the Literary Club because they felt that they were not studying enough literature in their daily activities. They were well enough acquainted to know that their interests were similar and thought it would be nice to get together once a week and share some of their favorite literature.
Their first meeting was held in the home at 372 South Main Street, where Freddie Keller now lives. It was a Keller home at that time, too. As was customary during that time, the women asked permission from their husbands and, in the case of a single woman, her father. Most of the men didn't care, but a couple of them thought the ladies had too much work to do to have an afternoon off once a week to study something as frivolous as literature.
It finally reached a point where the bishop became involved. It was decided that he would attend a meeting with the ladies to see just what they were doing. He was pleasantly surprised to find not only were they indeed studying literature seriously, but they were studying serious literature.
He felt that what they were doing was beneficial to them, their families and the community. So, with the good graces of the bishop, they were able to continue their weekly studies. However, he made them promise to start each meeting with prayer. They did so willingly, and to this day each meeting begins with a prayer.
It was soon apparent to them that in this small community far removed from the crossroads of civilization, they needed more study materials. They did a poll of books that each lady possessed and came up with 39 books that were not in all their personal libraries. They set up a sharing system, with each lady taking a turn overseeing their tiny library. The system was run out of their homes.
Tragedy struck in 1906 from January 25 until March 15, when Manti was quarantined for smallpox. The books, which had circulated among many houses (including others outside of the literary club), were also quarantined and burned to help stop the spread of the disease.
Eleven days later, on March 26, the club voted to replace the books. During a club meeting on April 12, Libbie L. Hornung read a list of the destroyed books in a memorial service. The ladies mourned the loss of the books, but quickly worked to replace them, and the thought of a permanent public library in the community began to take hold.
They finally devised a plan, which included Andrew Carnegie and his famous foundation. Carnegie eventually donated more than 1,700 libraries in the United States and Canada, including three in Sanpete County: Manti, Ephraim and Mt. Pleasant, all of which are still in use.
It was only logical to ask Carnegie for a grant, as it was what he was doing at the time. The women of the Literary Club got $10,000, and the building cost $11,000, not including the land and the yearly upkeep cost, which would be another $1,000 a year.
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Ананьино — деревня Бекреневского сельского округа Ивняковского сельского поселения Ярославского района Ярославской области.

География
Группа из четырёх деревень (Поповка, Ананьино, Курилово, Бовыкино) расположена в окружении полей. С запада и с востока проходят железнодорожные пути.

История
В 1749 году входила в приход Троицкой Церкви Норской слободы состоящий из 25 селений: Норская слобода при р. Волге и нижней Норе' Ходушкино при ручье' Анцыферово, Першино и Бекренево (при прудах), Курилово, Ананьино при р. Макорове, Чурилково при р. Панихе, Ломки при ручье Федлевском, Пашуково, Ильино' Залесье (при прудах), Губцово, Лыково' Олтумышево (при прудах), Скобыкино при р. Волге, Брагино' Давыдово при р. Лошкине, Кутилово при пруде.

Согласно Спискам населенных мест Ярославской губернии по сведениям 1859 года владельческая деревня Ананьино, расположенная между большими торговыми трактами в городе Суздаль и селе Осенево, относилось к 1 стану Ярославского уезда Ярославской губернии. В ней числилось 48 дворов, проживало 126 мужчин и 148 женщин.

Просуществовав до 1917 г. губернские межевые учреждения были упразднены с установлением Советской власти. В результате этого деревня вошла в состав Бекреневского сельского Совета.

Решением Ярославского облисполкома от 29.05.61 Бекреневский сельский Совет был объединён с Дорожаевским Советом в один Бекреневский с центром в деревне Зяблицы.

Постановлением Главы Администрации Ярославской области от 16.12.91 прекращена деятельность исполкома Бекреневского Совета. Функции исполкома перешли к главе администрации Бекреневского Совета.

В 2002 году деревня вошла в Бекреневский сельский округ.

В 2006 году деревня вошла в состав Ивняковского сельского поселения образованного в результате слияния Ивняковского и Бекреневского сельсоветов.

Население

Историческая численность населения
По состоянию на 1989 год в деревне проживало 23 человека.

Национальный и гендерный состав
Согласно результатам переписи 2002 года, в национальной структуре населения русские составляли 100 % из 5 чел., из них 3 мужчины, 2 женщины.

Согласно результатам переписи 2010 года население составляют 1 мужчина и 1 женщина.

Инфраструктура
Основа экономики — личное подсобное хозяйство. Большинство домов используется жителями для постоянного проживания и проживания в летний период. Вода добывается жителями из личных колодцев. Таксофон (около дома №11). Действуют крестьянские хозяйства «Николкино» Тараканова Владимира Алексеевича, «Дружба», «Алёна», «Рассвет».

Почтовое отделение №150506, расположенное в деревне Бекренево, на март 2022 года обслуживает в деревне 33 дома.

Транспорт
Ананьино расположено в 4 км от автодороги Р-132 «Золотое кольцо». До деревни идёт грунтовая дорога.

Примечания

Населённые пункты Ярославского района (Ярославская область)

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The Society is the Breed Society on the mainland and is affiliated to the British Goat Society, its members being entitled to all the privileges of that affiliation.
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The main aim of the Society is to preserve and promote the Old Irish goat, the original and only landrace breed of goat in Ireland. The society was formed in October 2006, by a small group of enthusiasts who realized that the breed was rapidly...
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here, see Figure 04-07b). Gravitational lensing can also be used to estimate the rate of cosmic expansion (via light variation from quasar), and it would yield information about dark matter if the bending cannot be accounted for by the visible (lensing) matter alone.
luminous matter. The gravitational lensing of Abell 2218 has revealed a galaxy with redshift of 6.6 - 7.1 corresponding to a look back time of about 13x109 years (750 million years after the Big Bang or 5% the age of the universe). It is among the most distant objects ever observed as shown in Figure 04-08 in the form of a pair of faint red arcs (also see ERO - Extremely Red Object). A March, 2004 report indicates a galaxy still further away at a distance of 13.23x109 lys with a size less than 300 lys across (see Figure 04-09).
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Иван Васильевич Базарник (, ,  — , ) — украинский архитектор, реставратор, педагог.

Родился 5 июля 1913 года во Львове, где окончил школу и гимназию. В 1942—1947 годах учился на инженерно-строительном факультете Львовского политехнического института, получил диплом инженера-архитектора. В 1948—1953 годах работал в проектном бюро над реконструкцией жилых домов. В 1954—1959 годах — районный архитектор Львова; 1959—1967 — главный архитектор Львова. С 1960 года — член Союза архитекторов УССР. Принял участие в проектировании генплана Львова. Работал в украинском кооперативном проектном учреждении в 1967—1969 годах. Позже, в 1969—1984 годах, преподавал на кафедре архитектуры Львовского сельскохозяйственного института. Занимался охраной памятников архитектуры, их реконструкцией. Депутат Львовского городского совета 8 и 9 созыва. Умер 28 февраля 1985 года во Львове. Похоронен на Лычаковском кладбище, участок № 7.

Работы
 Проект реставрации часовни Кампианов (1955)
 Проект реставрации купола львовского Доминиканского костёла (1955)
 Соавтор реставрации Олесского замка (1956)
 Генплан Львова 1962 года (соавторы А. Барабаш, А. Шуляр , М. Йорищ), а также вариант 1966 году (А. Шуляр, А. Рапопорт, М. Йорищ, Е. Дубинский, Е. Куц)
 Реставрация церкви святого Николая во Львове

Примечания

Литература
 Бадяк В. П. Базарник Іван Васильович //  — С. 84.
 Рожко М. Ф. Залюблений у княжий Львів // Галицька брама. — 2001. — № 9-10 (81-82). — С. 8, 9.

Похороненные на Лычаковском кладбище
Архитекторы Львова
Выпускники Львовской политехники
Депутаты Львовского городского совета


Outside of my lingering blood pressure issues, I was recently told by my doctor that I have high cholesterol. I'm like how Ma'am? I don't eat red meat and I try to eat as many veggies and fruit as possible… yet here we are.
So the realization is I'm getting older and I need to be paying more attention to my health. I've decided to go meatless a few nights a week, and Fresh from Florida peppers which happen to be in season were beckoning me at the store. So fresh, and so green ( see what I did there) that I couldn't resist grabbing a few. Fresh from Florida makes it easy to eat in season fresh veggies all year long. You too can get in on the goodness by purchasing bell peppers, produce, and seafood with the Fresh from Florida label.
Since I'm going meatless, I'm in the market for new recipes and perused a few of the bell pepper ones on the Fresh from Florida site before deciding to go with meatless, cauliflower rice stuffed peppers. This was something I came up with when I realized I had a bag of cauliflower rice on hand.
I'll be the first to say I was on the late bus for cauliflower rice, and I'm still not sure how I really feel about the taste but it was great in my stuffed peppers. I started with sauteeing the rice in a little olive oil, with onions, bell pepper from the tops and bottoms that I cut from the bell peppers. I added a little Italian seasoning to the mixture, along with some crushed tomatoes. I cooked until the mixture was fragrant.
While the "rice" was simmering, I boiled the bell peppers until they were soft. After I removed them, I simply stuffed them with the cauliflower rice mixture, covered with parmesan cheese and placed in the oven.
After 20 minutes in the oven, lunch was ready.
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