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Osama Bin Laden, seen in an undated photo, attending a meeting with a Kalashnikov on his lap in an undisclosed place.
May 2nd, 2011
U.S. troops kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan
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[Updated 10:01 p.m. ET] CNN's Chris Lawrence explains, step by step, the raid that killed Osama bin Laden early Monday at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan:
[Updated 9:30 p.m. ET] Addressing a group of congressional leaders at the White House this evening, President Barack Obama said that when Americans learned of Osama bin Laden's death, "I think we experienced the same sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11."
"We were reminded again that there is a pride in what this nation stands for and what we can achieve that runs far deeper than party, far deeper than politics," Obama said. "I want to again recognize the heroes who carried out this incredibly dangerous mission as well as all the military and counterterrorism professionals who made the mission possible."
THE OPERATION: Attack details | Timeline | In plain sight | The compound
THE REACTION: U.S. | World | Middle East | Healing wounds | Your thoughts
THE MAN: Bin Laden, over the years | Face of terror | Ideology lives on| His life
THE SECURITY ISSUES: What's next for al Qaeda | A deathblow to al Qaeda?
THE POLITICS: A victory for Obama, U.S. | Re-election impact?
THE ANNOUNCEMENT: Obama: Justice done | Watch | Transcript
THE PAKISTANIS: What did Pakistan know? | Pakistan's role?
[Updated 9:10 p.m. ET] A senior U.S. official says that the woman who has killed during the raid on the compound where Osama bin Laden was found was not a wife of bin Laden, and that she may not have been used as a human shield as previously reported. A wife was there, according to an official, but not killed.
Earlier Monday, John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, told reporters that it was his understanding that the woman who was killed was one of bin Laden's wives. Other officials had said that the woman who died was used as a human shield in an attempt to protect bin Laden.
[Updated 8:48 p.m. ET] Time magazine contributor Omar Waraich says he spoke to Sohaib Athar, an Abbottabad resident and software engineer who unknowingly reported, on Twitter, details of Monday morning's raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Athar had written on Twitter that, among other things, he was hearing a helicopter hovering above Abbottabad.
"When he found out (the commotion was because of) Osama bin Laden, he said to me it was quite ironic," Waraich told CNN's John King. "He said he had left his native city of Lahore, the second largest city in Pakistan, for the quiet of Abbottabad so he could escape suicide bombings and the sounds of explosions rattling his home and frightening himself and his wife. And he said the ultimate irony was that (in) this quiet place he'd moved to, he had found Osama bin Laden as a neighbor."
[Updated 8:27 p.m. ET] A Time magazine contributor says people with whom he spoke in Abbottabad - the Pakistani city where Osama bin Laden was found and killed early Monday - seemed surprised at the news that the al Qaeda leader had been there.
"When they found out that it was Osama bin Laden in (the compound), expressions just ranged from varying degrees of incredulity," Time contributor Omar Waraich told CNN's John King.
Waraich said people he spoke to in Abbottabad seemed neither ecstatic nor saddened that United States forces had killed bin Laden.
"In fact, Osama bin Laden seemed a bit of a mystery to them throughout the time that they've heard of him. They had heard, they said, that he was in Pakistan, but they didn't imagine where, and certainly if they thought he would be in Pakistan, he would be in the tribal areas, some distance away from them," Waraich said.
[Updated 7:28 p.m. ET] More details about Monday morning's raid that killed Osama bin Laden at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, according to a U.S. official: Four helicopters were involved in the operation, but not all were on the ground.
About two dozen commandos were involved in the operation on the ground, the U.S. official said.
Officials don't know how long bin Laden was at the compound, which was completed in 2005, but they believe it was built especially for him, the U.S. official said. The U.S. intelligence community never saw bin Laden in or around the compound before the raid, according to the official.
[Updated 7:15 p.m. ET] U.S. forces shot Osama bin Laden first in the chest, and then in the head during Monday morning's raid on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a senior U.S. administration official said, according to CNN's Ed Henry. Previously, CNN had reported that bin Laden was shot only in the head.
[Updated 7:12 p.m. ET] President Barack Obama will travel to New York City on Thursday to visit the site of the former World Trade Center and meet with families of those who died in the September 11 attacks, a senior White House official said.
[Updated 6:02 p.m. ET] A U.S. official said multiple options were considered before settling on the assault that killed Osama bin Laden early Monday at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
"A bombing would not have risked American lives but it might have left questions" as to whether bin Laden was killed, the official said. National security officials widely agreed "the best option is the one that gives proof," the official said.
A U.S. official says the United States' codename for bin Laden was "Geronimo." [Edit, 8:55 p.m. ET]: A senior administration official said later that "Geronimo" was code for the act of capturing or killing bin Laden, not the man himself.
[Updated 5:54 p.m. ET] The United Nations Security Council "welcomes the news on May 1, 2011, that Osama bin Laden will never again be able to perpetrate ... acts of terrorism, and reaffirms that terrorism cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or group," the Security Council's current president, French ambassador Gerard Araud, said during a council session in New York on Monday.
"The Security Council recognizes this critical development and other accomplishments made in the fight against terrorism and urges all states to remain vigilant and intensify their efforts in the fight against terrorism," Araud said.
[Updated 5:35 p.m. ET] More from this afternoon's media briefing by John Brennan, President Barack Obama's adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism: When asked whether the U.S. forces who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden picked up any documentation in the compound, Brennan said the Americans took time to "acquire whatever material we thought was appropriate and what was needed."
"We are in the process right now of looking at whatever might have been picked up," Brennan said. "But I'm not going to go into details about what might have been acquired. We feel as though this is a very important time to continue to prosecute this effort against al Qaeda, take advantage of the success of yesterday, and to continue to work to break the back of al Qaeda."
[Updated 4:38 p.m. ET] U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters Monday afternoon that news of Osama bin Laden's death "unified our country in much the same way" that the September 11 attacks did.
"Our fight for freedom and liberty around the globe continues. We face a complex and dangerous threat even today. It's important that we remain vigiliant in our efforts to defeat terrorist enemies and to protect the American people. This makes our engagements in Pakistan and Afghanistan more important, not less," Boehner said.
"I want to congratulate and thank the hard-working men and women of the United States armed services," Boehner added. "I want to thank all of those involved in the intelligence community for their tireless efforts and perseverance that led to this successful evening. I also want to commend President Obama and President Bush for all their efforts to bring Osama bin Laden to justice."
[Updated 4:10 p.m. ET] The United States expects that a recording from Osama bin Laden - made before he was killed, with the intention that his supporters would distribute it upon his death - will be released, a U.S. official has told CNN.
[Updated 3:34 p.m. ET] John Brennan, President Barack Obama's adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism, says it's his understanding that a woman who was used as a human shield in an attempt to protect Osama bin Laden was one of bin Laden's wives.
Officials have said that a woman who was used as a shield by a male combatant was one of four people besides bin Laden who were killed during U.S. forces' assault on a compound early Monday in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Brennan said it is his understanding that the woman was one of bin Laden's wives, and that she "reportedly was used as a shield to shield bin Laden from the incoming fire."
[Updated 3:16 p.m. ET] Will anyone get the up to $25 million bounty that the United States had put on Osama bin Laden? CNNMoney's Ben Rooney looks into it.
[Updated 2:38 p.m. ET] President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Monday that the elimination of Osama bin Laden is "a strategic blow" to al Qaeda.
"It is a necessary but not necessarily sufficient blow to lead to its demise," said John Brennan, Obama's adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism.
[Updated 2:33 p.m. ET] President Obama and his top intelligence and military officials were able to monitor in a "real-time basis" the progress of the operation on Osama bin Laden's compound, the president's top counterterrorism adviser said.
"It was probably one of the most anxiety filled periods of time I think in the lives of the people who were assembled here yesterday. The minutes passed like days and the president was very concerned about the security of our personnel," John Brennan said. "That is what was on his mind throughout and we wanted to make sure that we would get through this and accomplish the mission. But it was clearly very tense. A lot of people holding their breath."
Brennan said "there was a tremendous sigh of relief" when they believed bin Laden was in fact at the compound.
[Updated 2:30 p.m. ET] A woman shielded Osama bin Laden from gunfire during the assault by U.S. forces, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Monday.
"There was a female who was in fact in the line of fire that reportedly was used as a shield to shield bin Laden from the incoming fire," said John Brennan, Obama's adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism.
Brennan said it was his understanding that bin Laden picked up a weapon and was killed in the firefight with the U.S. forces carrying out the assault.
"He was engaged in a firefight," Brennan said of bin Laden. "Whether or not he got off any rounds, I don't know."
[Updated 2:21 p.m. ET] The decision by President Barack Obama to launch the assault that killed Osama bin Laden was one of the "gutsiest" calls by any president in recent memory, Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Monday.
John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, said that despite intelligence indicating that bin Laden was in the compound in Pakistan, there was no certainty the al Qaeda leader was actually there.
Obama "made what I believe was one of the ... gutsiest calls of any president in recent memory," Brennan said.
[Updated 2:08 p.m. ET] President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Monday that it was "inconceivable" that Osama bin Laden did not have some kind of support system in Pakistan that allowed him to live in hiding there.
John Brennan, the president's assistant on homeland security and counterterrorism, refused to speculate on what kind of support bin Laden might have received, or whether the Pakistani government or official Pakistani institutions had any role.
[Updated 1:39 p.m. ET] Officials compared DNA of the person killed at the Abbottabad compound with bin Laden "family DNA" to determine that the 9/11 mastermind had in fact been killed, a senior administration official said.
Four others in the compound also were killed. One of them was bin Laden's adult son, and another was a woman being used as a shield by a male combatant, officials said.
[Updated 12:39 p.m. ET] The compound where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces is located a bit more than 1,000 yards from a Pakistan Military Academy, raising some questions about how much information the Pakistan military may have had about his whereabouts.
U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, said during a press conference that the Pakistani army has "a lot of explaining to do."
[Updated 12:27 p.m. ET] Senior defense officials said that for a majority of the 40 minute operation at the Abbottobad compound, special forces were involved in a firefight - clearing their way through two other floors before they reached Osama bin Laden.
Bin Laden was not killed until the last five to ten minutes of the firefight, officials said.
Bin Laden and his family lived on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the 3-story building, and those floors were cleared last, the official said. The official says one of bin Laden's own wives identified his body to U.S. forces, after the team made visual identification themselves.
U.S. forces also recovered what a senior Intelligence official is calling "quite a bit of material."
"There's a robust collection of materials we need to sift through, and we hope to find valuable intelligence that will lead us to other players in al Qaeda," a senior intelligence official said.
The official added a Task Force has been set up "because of the sheer volume of material collected. That material is currently being exploited and analyzed."
[Updated 12:25 p.m. ET] A soldier in a special forces unit based in Georgia told CNN on Monday that while the news of Osama bin Laden's death is cause for celebration, elite military units have sprang into high alert.
"A lot of guys got their security clearances elevated due to what happened last night," said Lamont, who didn't give his last name because of what he said were security reasons. "I lot of people got called back" overseas, he said, adding that his unit already was scheduled for deployment as early as two weeks ago.
[Updated 12:22 p.m. ET] Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea according to Islamic law because no country was willing or able to take his body for burial on land, senior Defense officials said.
"When there is no land alternative, Islamic law dictates that the body be buried within 24 hours, and that was the basis," one official said. "
A second senior Defense official said there was no country willing or able to accept the body for burial, and U.S. forces "took pains to observe Muslim law."
"Today's religious rites were conducted on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian sea. The ceremony started at 1:10am and finished at 2:10am ET," the second official said. "Procedures for Islamic body were followed. The body was washed and placed in a white sheet. A military official read prepared remarks, which were then translated into Arabic by a native speaker. The body of Osama bin Laden was placed on a flat board, which was then tipped up, and allowed to slide into the sea."
[Updated 12:16 p.m. ET] President Barack Obama said Monday that he thinks "we can all agree this is a good day for America."
"Our country kept its commitment to see that justice is done," he said. The world, he said, is a better place because of the death of Osama bin Laden.
The successful operation to kill bin Laden reminds Americans that there is "nothing we can't do" when we work together, he said. That spirit, he said, is seen in the patriotic crowds that have gathered across the country.
"We're reminded that we're fortunate to have Americans who have dedicated their lives to protecting ours," he said. "As commander-in-chief, I could not be prouder."
[Updated 11:16 am. ET] A DNA match confirms Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. operation, a senior administration official told CNN Monday.
[Updated 11:09 am. ET] As the assault on bin Laden's compound commenced, the United States had a number of U.S. aircraft flying protective missions, according to a senior U.S. military official. None of the aircraft entered Pakistani airspace but they were prepared to do so if needed, the official told CNN.
These included fixed wing fighter jets that would have provided firepower if the team came under opposition fire it could not handle. There were also armed and unarmed Predator drones providing additional firepower as well as surveillance. The Air Force also had a full team of combat search and rescue helicopters including MH-53 Pave Low and HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters flying.
[Updated at 11:07 a.m.] Pakistanis passed along raw phone-tap data to the United States that eventually led to Osama bin Laden's killing, but they failed to analyze or interpret the information themselves, a Pakistani intelligence official told CNN.
The details of what Pakistanis did or didn't know or do about the daring American operation to kill bin Laden - from intelligence gathering to the execution of the raid - remained unclear Monday.
But the intelligence official said that information about bin Laden and the people in the compound where he stayed "slipped from" Pakistan's "radar" over the months.
The intelligence official said Pakistan regularly passed along intelligence of interest to Americans.
The official did not say over what period the data was collected, but noted that from September the United States "was concentrating on this."
He added that much of the focus was on a courier coming and going to the compound. He did not give the courier's nationality or name.
Osama bin Laden was not in contact with other militant networks while he was there and maintained "an invisible footprint," the official said.
Of the raid, he said, "I think they came in undetected and went out the same day."
He added Pakistan officials do not think there were any U.S. intelligence personnel on the ground ahead of the special operations forces.
[Updated 10:55 a.m. ET] A U.S. official disputed reports that bin Laden had altered his appearance to avoid recognition.
The official said Bin Laden was recognizable on scene. He was "not transformed somehow."
A visual ID was made, there were photo comparisons and other facial recognition used to identify him, the official said. A second official said that in addition to DNA there was full biometric analysis of facial and body features.
[Updated 10:50 a.m. ET] There was no indication bin Laden was going to surrender when the U.S. launched its operation, a U.S. official said.
"There was no evidence they tried to surrender," the official told CNN. "The order going in was to get UBL (Osama bin Laden)"
"All of the contingency planning was that we would encounter heavy resistance," the U.S. official said. "That is what we expected and what happened. Obviously if everybody had put there hands up and surrendered we would have taken them but that did not happen and we did not expect it."
That assumption bore itself out, the official said.
"We encountered resistance upon entering the compound," CNN was told.
A second U.S. official says the president's order was always to capture or kill bin Laden. The second official said the assumption all along was there would be no surrender by the al Qaeda leader.
The official said that the mission was originally supposed to happen on Saturday, but would not discuss why it was delayed until Sunday.
[Updated 9:56 a.m. ET] Posters to some of the radical websites that bin Laden's terrorist network used to speak to the world celebrated him as a martyr and vowed the group will continue despite its leader's death.
"Congratulations for dying as a martyr and a fighter in the sake of Allah," one poster wrote.
"We won't cry today, but we will revenge. Men and women in America will cry." another post read, echoing warnings from Western leaders that the terrorist network will almost certainly move to avenge bin Laden's death.
The sites, frequented by radical Islamists who subscribed to bin Laden's philosophies, have played a significant role in attracting and radicalizing potential terror recruits and the broader radical Islamist community and have been frequently used by al Qaeda and its affiliates to broadcast statements.
Many of the posters reacting to bin Laden's death referred to him as a "shaheed," or martyr. One was headlined "The Lion of Jihad was killed in a fierce battle."
[Updated 9:56 a.m. ET] U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the death of Osama bin Laden sends a message to the Taliban in Afghanistan that "you cannot wait us out. You cannot defeat us. But you can make the choice to abandon al Qaeda" and participate in a peaceful political process.
Bin Laden's death comes at a time of "great movements toward freedom and democracy" in the Middle East and elsewhere, she said.
"There is no better rebuke to al Qaeda and its heinous ideology," she said. "The fight continues and we will never waiver."
Some doubted bin Laden would ever be caught, she said, but "this is America. ... We persevere, and we get the job done."
[Updated 9:45 a.m. ET] U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that "Osama bin Laden is dead and justice has been done."
"I want to offer my thoughts and prayers" to families of those killed due to bin Laden's campaign of terror, she said.
His attacks showed "no value for human life or regard for human dignity," she said. But now "justice has been served."
Clinton offered thanks to military, diplomatic, and security officials who launched "broad, deep, very impressive effort" to hunt down bin Laden as part of the anti-terror campaign.
"We must take this opportunity to renew our resolve and redouble our effort" in Afghanistan and elsewhere, she said.
[Updated 9:19 a.m. ET] Terrorists "almost certainly will attempt to avenge" the death of Osama bin Laden, CIA Director Leon Panetta said in a message sent to agency employees.
[Updated 8:52 a.m. ET] The operation targeting Osama bin Laden was designed and executed as an operation to kill him, rather than to take him alive, a U.S. government official tells CNN.
[Updated 8:40 a.m. ET] Pakistan's ambassador to the United States said both countries "cooperated in making sure" that the operation leading to Osama bin Laden's death was "successful." Husain Haqqani told CNN's "American Morning" that President Barack Obama called Pakistan's president to thank him for Pakistan's cooperation.
[Updated, 8:12 a.m. ET] The operation that led to Osama bin Laden's death was American action, a Pakistani official told CNN. "We assisted only in terms of authorization of the helicopter flights in our airspace," said the official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak about the issue. "In any event, we did not want anything to do with such an operation in case something went wrong," the official said.
[Updated, 7:30 a.m. ET] A U.S. government official tells CNN that DNA matching is underway on the samples from the body of Osama bin Laden. The matching has not been completed, but there are photographs of the body with a gunshot wound to the side of the head that shows an individual that is not unrecognizable as bin Laden.
No decision has yet been made on whether to release the photographs and if so, when and how.
[Updated, 5:38 a.m. ET] For much of the world, Osama bin Laden was the face of al Qaeda. He was, after all, the man who oversaw the September 11, 2001, attacks.
With bin Laden gone, the question now becomes "What happens to al Qaeda?"
Within hours of bin Laden's death, questions began to emerge about who would take the helm of the organization and whether it would create an opportunity for other Islamic organizations to step up.
"Al Qaeda is weakened. But it doesn't mean that the United States has no challenges," Steven L. Spiegel, director for Middle East development at the University of California Los Angeles, said early Monday.
[Updated, 5:22 a.m. ET] Diana Massaroli, whose husband Michael was killed on September 11, 2001 when a jet plane slammed into the World Trade Center, said the death of bin Laden helped give her closure.
"I'm missing him, but I feel that justice has been done," she said at ground zero, the site where the World Trade Center once stood, holding a picture of Michael.
"I feel some overall calm that I haven't felt in 10 years. I never thought it would happen... never thought it would give me a feeling of closure," she said.
But, she added, "I feel better... like I can start a new chapter in my life."
[Updated, 3:36 a.m. ET] Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday he hopes the world believes that his country is "not the place of terrorism," hours after the United States announced that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in neighboring Pakistan.
"If the international troops are the true allies of Afghans, now they should come up to say that killing of the Afghans, women, children and elders was not a good idea in the last many years as it was happening on a daily basis," Karzai said on RTA TV.
[Updated, 3:12 a.m. ET] A U.S. official said that Osama bin Laden has been buried at sea. The official said his body was handled in the Islamic tradition, but did not elaborate.
[Updated, 2:31 a.m. ET] U.S. officials said they used facial imaging and other methods to identify the body of Osama bin Laden.
One official said it was clear to the assault force that the body matched bin Laden's description, but they used "facial recognition work, amongst other things, to confirm the identity."
A senior national security official said that they had multiple confirmations that the body was bin Laden, saying they had the "ability to run images of the body and the face."
The national security official would not confirm if DNA testing was performed.
[Updated, 2:15 a.m. ET] The leader of an Afghanistan opposition party on Monday said the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden proves that Pakistan is a "haven" for terror groups.
U.S. forces killed bin Laden in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.
"Killing of Osama bin Laden is pleasant news for Afghans, and now it's proven that al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are not based in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a haven for them," said Abdullah Abdullah, the leader of the Hope and Change political party in Afghanistan.
[Updated, 1:56 a.m. ET] The United States' Department of Homeland Security did not immediately raise the terror-threat level in the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, a department official told CNN early Monday.
"We remain at a heightened state of vigilance. Secretary (Janet) Napolitano has been clear since announcing the NTAS (National Terrorism Advisory System) in January that we will only issue alerts when we have specific or credible information to convey to the American public," the official said.
[Updated, 1:42 a.m. ET] Former President George W. Bush said of the death of Osama bin Laden: "This momentous achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001. The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done."
[Updated, 1:36 a.m. ET] As news of bin Laden's death reached people via cell phones late Sunday, thousands of fans at a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game chanted "USA! USA!" in the ninth inning of a Phillies-Mets game.
[Updated, 1:26 a.m. ET] A congressional source familiar with the operation that killed Osama bin Laden confirmed that the terror mastermind was shot in the head during the U.S. raid, according to a briefing the source received, CNN's Dana Bash reports.
The source would not go into details of others who were killed, except to say the operation was conducted carefully to avoid harming women and children.
Asked if there is any intelligence that shows whether bin Laden's death could trigger pre-planned attacks, the source said no, but added there is obvious concern about retaliation.
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[Updated, 1:14 a.m. ET] Video from Pakistan's Geo TV is showing a fire at what apparently is the Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound where U.S. President Barack Obama said a "small team of Americans" launched a firefight Sunday that resulted in Osama bin Laden's death.
[Updated, 1:08 a.m. ET] Crowds continue to celebrate Osama bin Laden's death at the site of the former World Trade Center in New York and outside the White House in Washington.
One of the celebrants in New York, retired New York City police officer Bob Gibson, said he knew people who died in the September 11 attacks.
"I never thought this night would come, where we would actually capture or kill bin Laden, and thank the lord, he's been eliminated, to put it politely," Gibson told CNN's Jason Carroll. "A lot of us .. gave up. But it did come, and a lot of us are overjoyed that it happened."
[Updated, 12:54 a.m. ET] CNN's Chris Lawrence, citing U.S. officials, reports that the compound where bin Laden was found - in Abbotabad, Pakistan, about 100 kilometers outside Pakistan's capital of Islamabad - was three stories tall, and about eight times larger than any of the buildings around it.
An official said a "small U.S. team" was involved in the operation at the compound - the official would not confirm any U.S. military involvement. An official said bin Laden resisted the assault - and was killed in the firefight.
Three other men were killed in the firefight, and a woman being used as a human shield was also killed, the officials said. There were no U.S. casualties, the officials said. The U.S. team was at the compound for about 40 minutes, officials said.
A U.S. helicopter crashed during the raid because of mechanical reasons, an official said. It was destroyed, the officials said.
[Updated, 12:54 a.m. ET] A senior administration official told reporters that U.S. President Barack Obama's administration did not share intelligence gathered before the attack on bin Laden in Pakistan with any other country - including Pakistan - for security reasons.
The official said that only a small group of people inside the U.S. government knew about this operation targeting Osama bin Laden in advance.
[Updated, 12:44 a.m. ET] Many hundreds of people have gathered at the former World Trade Center site in New York City, cheering news of Osama bin Laden's death.
Chants of "USA! USA!" are coming from the crowd.
"It's just the most out-of body experience to feel so involved in history, this such a historic moment for our country right now," a woman told CNN's Jason Carroll.
[Updated, 12:35 a.m. ET] The U.S. State Department warned Americans living abroad of "enhanced potential for anti-American violence" following the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. The announcement was made in a worldwide travel alert issued early Monday.
[Updated, 12:24 a.m. ET] A team of U.S. Navy SEALs carried out the operation in Pakistan that ended in the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, CNN's Chris Lawrence reported. The operation lasted about 40 minutes, and the team had practiced the raid a few times.
Earlier, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh, citing a senior Pakistani intelligence official, reported that members of Pakistan's intelligence service - the ISI - were on site in Abbotabad, Pakistan, during the operation that killed bin Laden. The official said he did not know who fired the shot that actually killed Bin Laden.
[Updated, 12:11 a.m. ET] Members of Pakistan's intelligence service - the ISI - were on site in Abbotabad, Pakistan, during the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports, citing a senior Pakistani intelligence official. The official said he did not know who fired the shot that actually killed Bin Laden.
[Updated, 12:06 a.m. ET] The crowd celebrating bin Laden's death outside the White House has grown significantly. Lots of cheering and waving of the U.S. flag.
Here is video of the crowd:
[Updated, 11:59 p.m. ET] More detail on where Osama bin Laden was killed: Forces killed him at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, after a firefight, U.S. President Barack Obama said.
Cooperation with Pakistan helped lead U.S. forces to Osama bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding, President Barack Obama said.
Obama said he ordered the attack after he decided last week that the United States had actionable intelligence that bin Laden was in the compound.
[Updated, 11:56 p.m. ET] U.S. diplomatic facilities around the world were placed on high alert following the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death, a senior U.S. official said. The U.S. State Department should be sending out a new "worldwide caution" for Americans shortly.
[Updated, 11:44 p.m. ET] Bin Laden was killed in a military operation in Pakistan that U.S. President Barack Obama ordered today, Obama said.
Obama said he was told last August that the United States had developed a possible lead on bin Laden - intelligence on bin Laden hiding in a compound in Pakistan. Obama said he determined last week that the United States had actionable intelligence.
"Today at my direction, the United States directed a targeted operation against that compound," Obama said.
Bin Laden was killed after a firefight, and forces took custody of his body, the president said. No Americans were harmed, Obama said.
[Updated, 11:36 p.m. ET] U.S. President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead.
"Tonight I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that has killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda," Obama said.
[Updated, 11:33 p.m. ET] Osama bin Laden was killed by a "U.S. military asset," according to a senior U.S. official.
Earlier, a senior U.S. official says bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad along with other family members.
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to address the nation shortly.
[Updated, 11:20 p.m. ET] A crowd that has gathered outside the White House is singing the national anthem, within an hour after reports that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed.
The group also chanted, "USA! USA!" and "Hey, hey, goodbye!" in reference to bin Laden.
A senior U.S. official says bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad along with other family members.
[Updated, 11:15 p.m. ET] Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad along with other family members, a senior U.S. official tells CNN.
Congressional and administration sources say U.S. officials have the body of bin Laden. Further details around his death were not immediately available.
Bin Laden was the leader of al Qaeda, the terrorist network behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
[Updated, 10:55 p.m. ET] A woman whose mother was killed on American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11 expressed "relief" over reports that Osama bin Laden is dead.
In an e-mail to CNN, Carrie Lemack said: "Cannot express how this feels to my family, but relief is one word. We hope we can now focus on all that that madman took, namely nearly 3,000 + innocent victims, and not on him."
[Updated, 10:55 p.m. ET] Osama bin Laden is dead, sources told CNN Sunday night.
Congressional and administration sources say U.S. officials have the body of bin Laden, who was reportedly killed in Afghanistan. The details about his death were not immediately available.
[Updated, 10:45 p.m. ET] Osama bin Laden is dead, CNN's John King reported Sunday night, citing sources.
[Initial post, 10:09 p.m. ET] U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to make a statement Sunday night, tentatively at 10:30 p.m., the White House said. The subject of his address was not known.
Obama is expected to address national security in his speech, a source said.
Post by: CNN news blog editor Mallory Simon, CNN's Doug Criss, CNN's Jason Hanna, The CNN Wire
Filed under: Al Qaeda • Barack Obama • Osama bin Laden • September 11 • Terrorism
Thepeople
Here we go again. The President of the United States just showed his birth certificate people. Take him for his word, Osama bin Laden is dead!
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Where in the "sea" is the body? Would this mean the entire "sea" is a shrine?
Was there really a burial at sea? Is Bin Laden really dead? Are we asked to accept the President at his word?
Will proof come? Proof is very important. After 65 years and despite an estimated 4 trillion +/- movie news reels and photographs some people deny the haulocost happened. Does the President of the United States presume this event can be believeable given one Obama speech and not so much as a photo?
Thank you Navy Seals and CIA and the President and Advisors for making this a successful mission. Gods speed on a safe journey home to all of the servicemen!
Callmeishmael
While I understand the necessity of taking Osama out (as it likely saved lives), just as I could have seen the necessity of taking Hitler out if he had not done the job himself, is it ever appropriate to revel in the death of another person, regardless of what kind of person they were? What does that say about our own sense of humanity? Surely, only his most loyal supporters will shed a tear for Osama, but I'm not sure that's the point.
I've seen comments all day "Osama Assasinated". I think not. He was just taken care of with "Old Fashioned Justice". Much deserved justice.
That's not justice, sorry.
Shoot first, ask questions later. That's justice for him. He was a coward. Hiding out for 10 years like the animal that he is.
One of the wives of the passengers of United 93 commented on CNN last night via telephone that she thought 'It was nice, nice that we gave it to him up close and personal.' I have to agree.
Hats off to the navy seals. That should send a message to everyone. Scary how they could just fly in and drop down and take care of business.
John William
Hello everyone, Do not deviate from the real problems here. OBL dead or alive, not make any difference in the financial problems we have in America. Obama got a good subject to deviate everybody,s attention. We have highest gas price ever in this bad economy. Federal Gov is looking only to create extra tax money for their survival. 2/3 rd of all oil drilling machines are sitting idle in Gulf of Mexico. Obama with environmentals together donot want to drill any more, and creating increase of price in the oil sector. If America start pumping more of our oil the crude oil price will come down. Just because of one accident are stop drilling and pumping crude oil. When babies start walking they fell. Just because they fell are we not going to let them walk again. What a stupid idea right? That is what we doing at present with the crude oil. Can the president be that stupid with no common sense? Remember they don't care about you. You are worthless to politicians after they are elected. Please get the politicians to act right for the country.
oneblackplanet
Hello John. Please stay on track with everyone else...we're talking about bin Laden here...Thanks.
not bob levy
ohh SHUT UP...give the guy one day. hate to be your spouse. Oh honey, I just made you climax, yeah but your still a lousy cook...seriously. your not perfect, i dont know you and I can definitively say that. Now again, SHUT UP!
-not bob levy
I would've thought it'd be fitting to mummify his body and put it behind glass at the WTC memorial. Or alternately, just dump his body in Kabul so all the little Afghani kids can come and poke it with a stick.
Seriously, a burial at sea? What did he do to deserve the honor? He deserved to get his shlt pushed in postmortem by a Benelli M4.
Bury him at sea? Are we to take the word of the government for that? I for one do not!!!!! You can tell American's anything and they swallow it without question. Remember WMD's? The US government has lied so many times to so many people it has no credibility left whatsoever. Just look at history, killing thousands of civilians as collateral damage, and we condemn those who do the same thing? The US calls those who are against the government radicals but freedom fighters in other nations. The double standard is so blatant but Americans think they can do no wrong. Well that cam to bite you in the butt and now deal with the costs in money and lives. I am sure the military industrial complex and top general's will thank you for helping them keep their jobs. God Bless America? I do not think so since the US is GODLESS and thinks it can do as it pleases with no consequences.
Did anyone hear the Diesel Smoke coming out of Rush Limbaugh's pie hole today, basically saying president Obama
is a puppet of Bush & Chenny, that Obama continued the " Bush-Chenny doctorin " to get OBL.. Hey Limbaugh...
Clinton is coming over to stick your Cigars up you a$$$ and a Golf Ball down your Pie Hole you a$$$$ hole.
gottahandittohim
What I wouldn't do to get my hands on one of the helmet cams worn by one of the SEALS
Would be the highest price snuff film ever made. Screw the bounty on OBL; those seals should just edit the helmet cam footage together, sell it to the media, and retire 30 years early.
and you repubs didn't think I had any balls. HA What do you think about these huge cajones now?
A great victory for America! However, we must not let our guard down and this notion that President Obama derserves full credit is absurd. The credit goes out to our men and women in uniform along with our CIA and foreign counterparts.
Id-Ralph, GA
Y would u omit 2 give our president, President Barack Obama some credit. Y do u 4get so quick that other presidents had d opportuinity 2 kill or capture OBL but could not give d order. My friend, I think d president deserve more than d credit to have given d order that brought OBL 2 justice.
Osama Bin Laden is d devil born 2 this world in d form of human. His birth is d begining of terrorims n his death will surely be d end of terrorism. On behalf of d world; God bless d United States of Ameria.
skarphace
Former President Bush deserves credit. President Obama deserves credit. The Democrats in Congress deserve credit. The Republicans in Congress deserve credit. US intelligence deserves credit. The international community and Muslims who gave intelligence to the US deserve credit.
However, the people who deserve the most credit are our military, and in particular the soldiers who risked their lives in order to complete this mission. The war on terror does not end here; they will be called on countless times to risk their lives again. They are the true heroes.
I would feel much more comfortable with this story if they had some kind of independent investigation done (by a neutral country that has nothing to gain from this farce) before they got rid of the body. Now, it would be impossible to determine the time of death, because the government said that they wanted to bury his body at sea because of Islamic tradition. Why would you want to give someone who they said is responsible for the death of 3,000 people, an honorable burial. According to the media, not one Muslim country wanted the responsiblity of burying him, but a predominantly Christian country gave one of the most evil men in history an honorable burial??? Also, why just him. Does the government plan on giving all the people that they have killed in the Middle East burials at sea?
Dent Arthurdent
When will it ever be made a crime to teach a child to hate another. Haven't we seen yet enough of what happens when we don't? Give Peace a Chance.
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moe. will return to Colorado for two nights in 2019. Starting on May 31, moe. will perform at the Ogden Theatre in Denver, CO. The band will then make its return to the world-famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre on June 1, alongside Mike Gordon and White Denim.
Tickets for the May 31st performance at the Ogden Theatre will be available as a bundled ticket with the June 1st performance at Red Rocks only.
entertaining, mesmerizing and epic. There's a reason that Rolling Stone magazine placed Chuck and Al among the top twenty new "guitar gods," why the pair were featured in Guitar World and Modern Guitar; why Jim and Vinnie have been featured in Drum! magazine; why Rob in Bass Player and State of Mind magazines - all in the same year - because they're that good!
Critically acclaimed for its songwriting and studio work, the group's 2001 studio album, DITHER, was awarded four stars by Rolling Stone. 2003's WORMWOOD received four stars by Blender Magazine. Their two latest efforts, THE CONCH and STICKS & STONES, received rave reviews including Rolling Stone, Paste, and Blender magazine. In honor of their 20th Anniversary, the band released SMASH HITS, VOLUME 1. Billed as a "Young Person's Guide to moe.", the album features band and fan favorites – some recast in new recordings that showcase the band's ongoing evolution. "It's what we and others perceive as our strongest crowd pleasers of the past twenty years," Rob muses. "It's a compilation that you can listen to over and over again. Something your mother might enjoy."
The band continues to tour extensively: from San Fran to Amsterdam, from Tokyo to Toronto, from Chi Town to Bean Town, from Austin to Atlanta, playing and packing venues large and small, or intimate and grand. Long a featured act at music festivals, they have performed at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Langerado, and Vegoose, to name a few; yet made time to promote and perform at their own festivals - Summer Camp, Snoe.down, and moe.down.
By all accounts, for this "legendary jam band," as Rolling Stone magazine recently described them, it would be best to keep your eyes on this band and your ears tuned in to their music. Witness history in the making. This is welcome news for the moe. faithful and the band's ever-expanding fan base. Yet - even better news for the world of rock and roll - moe. has finally come into their own.


FIRST asked for some help visualizing one of their values, Gracious Professionalism. Dr. Woodie Flowers, FIRST National Advisor and Pappalardo Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, coined the term. It's a way of doing things that encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the community. This was a fun project to create and it's been well received by students and teachers alike.


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Coronavirus In Australia: Death Toll Up As Bondi Plans To Reopen
Plus from next Tuesday Bondi, Bronte and Tamarama will be open for surfing and swimming.
Police officers ride horses as they patrol during a partial lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus in Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia,
Two more Australians have died of coronavirus overnight bringing the national death toll to 74.
At least 6,600 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Australia.
There are more than 2.5 million confirmed cases of the virus worldwide, and more than 174,000 people have died from it, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Here's what's happening with coronavirus in Australia and beyond today:
1. Australian Death Toll Rises
Australia's Covid-19 death toll stood at 74 on Wednesday after NSW confirmed two new deaths.
A 75-year-old man died in Sydney's St George Hospital and was a household contact with a known Covid-19 case, News.com.au reports.
The other victim, an 80-year-old woman, who had a pre-existing medical condition, passed away at Gosford Hospital.
An empty Coogee beach is seen during a lock down in Sydney on April 16, 2020. - All beaches remained closed as Australia brushed aside calls for an easing of tough restrictions on travel and public gatherings despite their success in curbing the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) (Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
2. Bondi To Reopen
Sydney's famous Bondi Beach will reportedly reopen from Mondays through to Fridays, following a drop in coronavirus cases in Australia. The beach will officially open as of Tuesday next week.
The beach was closed March 21 after thousands of Sydneysiders blatantly ignored the government's social distancing advice and flocked to the city's multiple beaches, including Bondi, in large groups.
Waverley Council voted on Tuesday evening to open the water at Bondi for swimmers and surfers only with sunbaking or gathering in groups still strictly prohibited.
Nearby Bronte and Tamarama beaches will reopen with the same rules with people allowed back in the water from 7:00am to 5:00pm.
There will be two fenced corridors to be set up to funnel people to the water and lifeguards will be on patrol.
Sydney's eastern suburbs remain one of NSW's most heavily infected areas.
Randwick City Council announced Sunday it would open some of its beaches including Coogee, Maroubra and Clovelly for exercise purposes only.
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3. US Death Toll Tops 40,000
COVID-19 has now claimed the lives of at least 40,000 people in the US, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The death toll in the US is nearly twice as high as that in Spain, the country with the second most virus-related deaths in the world.
With more than 13,000 deaths, New York has by far suffered the highest number of deaths, compared to any other state. Roughly 70% of those deaths were in New York City.
The United States has recorded at least 750,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, Reuters reported Sunday.
Although it's home to about 4% of the world's population, the US now accounts for more than 30% of the world's total COVID-19 cases. Spain, which has recorded the second-highest number of cases globally, has reported more than 198,000 cases to date.
— Dominique Mosbergen contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 21: Medical workers hold signs outside NYU Langone Health hospital as people applaud to show their appreciation to medical staff and essential workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic on April 21, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 statistics continue to trend downward in the tri-state region, but New York City has surpassed 132,000 cases since the outbreak. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)
4. NRL Confirms Return Date
The NRL has confirmed it will "definitely" resume on May 28.
A statement on the official NRL website indicated that the "NRL has the green light from government to restart on May 28".
Team training will begin on May 4.
"What we achieved today was a lot more clarity around the medical process and what those protocols are," said ARL Commissioner Wayne Pearce.
"We clarified that May 28 is a definite and also confirmed that May 4 is the resumption date for training.
"What was also confirmed that the competition points that had been earned in the first two rounds will carry over to the extended competition. Everyone is supportive of what we're doing. Everyone is unified into getting back on the field."
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Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in Hammersmith, and grew up in Suffolk, in England, the son of a Norwegian mother, Dagny Amalie (Baassuik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade. He studied Law at Cambridge university, and followed in the footsteps of British Comedy legends like Monty Python's Eric Idle, Hugh Laurie and Graeme Garden when he became the president of the Cambridge Footlights club. Ayoade's first real TV break was directing, co-writing and starring with Matthew Holness in the cult classic Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004) a parody of shlocky 1980's science fiction television shows, and noticed for it's "so bad it's good!" aesthetic. Notably shy and self-effacing in interviews, his performance as the debauched, self-assured publisher/pornographer/nightclub owner 'Dean Learner' showcased the young comedian's acting talent. After cameos in another cult series The Mighty Boosh (2003) as the shaman "Saboo", his position in the popular consciousness was cemented in the series The IT Crowd (2006) where Ayoade played the social oblivious, dweebish savant known as "Moss". All the while Ayoade continued to direct music videos for Vampire Weekend, Kasabian, and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs before finally getting his chance to direct a feature film, Submarine (2010), based on the novel by Joe Dunthorne. Submarine was followed by The Double (2013) co-written by Avi Korine and based on a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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I stared at my office telephone. Sometime this week, they'd said. It was already Wednesday. There was no way I could work on my fall semester teaching plan until I heard one way or the other, yes or no, up or down. Please, I begged the grant gods, make it today. Make it now!
I waited. I stared. Nothing.
Maybe a walk outside would get the grant gods' attention. I grabbed my sunglasses and closed my office door behind me. A few doors down, I stuck my head in my colleague Diane's office.
Her desk faced toward the back window. She leaned in, studying something on her computer screen, her head cocked.
I walked a few steps in and peered over her shoulder. A very good-looking man's face filled the screen.
"Good girl." It was about time she started dating. Six months ago her rat of a husband, Mark, left her for his personal trainer.
"Yes, yes," I reassured her. "Very happy." And I meant it.
"I did," I said. It hadn't been easy but I did. When Diane's husband walked out on her, she'd been shell-shocked and without hope, as though she'd been sucked into a black hole from which she'd never escape. Two decades earlier I'd felt that same way. I'd shared my story with her while she sobbed, how I'd moved on from a painful, life-altering love affair, how I'd found John after feeling I'd never love again. I'd tried to give my friend hope, to reassure her that she'd not only feel better over time, but that she'd fall in love again, that she'd thrive.
"Anything from the grant committee yet?" she asked.
I sighed. "No. They're torturing me." As I scowled dramatically, Diane cracked up, her eyes nearly closing, her skin crinkling around them.
"Relax, sweetie," she said. "My money's on you.
Six months earlier I'd applied for the prestigious two million dollar Kehoe Foundation environmental law grant, a unique opportunity to lobby Congress to stop fracking on federal land.
"I can't just sit here waiting for another minute. I'm going for a walk. Come?" I brushed my bangs out of my eyes and slid on my over-sized sunglasses.
Back at my office thirty minutes later, I skimmed my new e-mails and listened to my new voice mails.
Bingo. A call from the Kehoe Foundation. They must have decided! My heart slammed against my ribs, and my hands shook as I punched in the number.
"Congratulations!" Ted Stevens, the foundation administrator, said.
What a coup. We'd won the grant – my clinic and I won the grant – over all the other environmental law clinics in the D.C. area. Yes!
First, I called John's office at Catholic University. "You've reached Vice-President Cameron's office," his secretary Lynn's voice intoned, "please leave…." I tried his cell. No answer there either. Where was John? Unless he had a scheduled event, which he would have shared at breakfast when we divided the day's duties, I usually could reach him.
Oh well, I'd see him at home. Next, I ran down the hall to Diane's office. Diane took one look at me and knew. "We got the grant! Oh my God!" She leapt up and hugged me. "You're so amazing, Annie!" She hopped up and down, her curly locks bouncing with each leap.
The two of us shared the big news, first with the other clinic professors and then with the law school Dean, who suggested we go out later to celebrate. I declined, promising a rain check next week. I'd planned a long run for the early summer evening but now I wanted to get home and share my incredible news with John and the kids.
"My clinic got the Kehoe Grant!" I sang softly several times over as I scrambled down the five flights of stairs to the parking garage and drove home to our Northwest Washington brick colonial, just a few blocks from one of D.C.'s treasures, Rock Creek Park.
I rushed into the house where the first thing I heard was John talking to someone in the living room. I peeked in. Did we have unexpected company? No. He was on the phone, his jacket thrown over a chair and his tie half off.
He ended the call and placed his cell on the coffee table next to a bottle of champagne and two flutes.
Someone obviously had told him about my grant. Damn. Oh well. I walked toward him, smiling.
All six foot-four inches of him stood, then bowed with a flourish, unusually graceful for such a big man. He was beaming. John, a reserved, even-keeled man, rarely beamed.
"What?" I pulled away in shock. Last year, he'd applied for the top job at schools in Rhode Island and South Alabama. He hadn't been chosen by either but had been runner up at Alabama Southern University, ASU. As sorry as I'd been to see John sorely disappointed, I'd danced a secret jig when he didn't get the offer. South Alabama. Ugh. Kansas had been a close call two years ago. I did my best to support his dream of becoming a university president but these last two springs, while John moped around, I'd breathed a sigh of relief. I didn't want to leave D.C. or my job and friends, ever, and certainly not for some remote part of the country.
My mouth gaped. "They want you to cover while he's recuperating?" I should have monitored the other guy's health apparently, gotten him out jogging, eating right, slimming down, whatever the hell it took to keep him on the job.
"Oh wow. How sad," I said. For him and for me.
"It is, I know, but, Annie, they want me!" He grabbed the champagne and popped it, spilling the foam all over the rug. "I don't care," he said, eyeing the mess. Then, in the next breath, "Yes, I do. We need everything ship-shape to sell the house or maybe rent. I don't know. I do know we've got to pack up and move. They want me right away. Here, you pour; I'll get a dish rag." He practically danced out of the room.
Move? Sell the house? Leave my job, my friends, and the grant? Not so fast.
I filled a flute, guzzled it, then filled it again. The champagne gave me an immediate buzz, not a particularly pleasant feeling, more like the top of my head might explode feeling. I heard John answer another call as I fought to control a rising sense of panic.
He returned, dropped to his knees, and dabbed with the dishtowel at the stain on the light rug. He angled his head, his wide face and square forehead facing me, his nut-brown eyes searching my face. "This is what we've wanted, right? Aren't you happy?" He wouldn't notice if I were spitting venom, he was so over the moon.
I nodded, even though "we" was a huge overstatement. The truth was I'd never thought it would come to this, never thought he'd actually be chosen to be the president of a university. Not that John wasn't a brilliant administrator. He was. But the possibility had been so remote that I couldn't believe the reality was now upon us.
When I just stared, my face in a scowl I couldn't control, he said, "Let's sit." He relaxed onto the couch again, and patted the seat next to him, but I remained standing, frozen in place.
"You know how important this is to me, right?" he asked. His tone was calm and kind, vintage John.
I collapsed into the upholstered chair across from the couch, facing him, the champagne in my stomach churning. "I know, but school starts next month, here and there. There'd be too much to do, too many plans to change." My voice sounded weak and small, as though his new job were squeezing the life out of me.
A spousal hire, offered a job solely because they wanted my husband. Yippee. I will be a spousal hire. Not two words I'd thought would ever define my career.
"Would I have to do a ton of ceremonial work?" I sipped my second glass of bubbly.
That got a half smile out of me. Yes, that was something.
"Really? I have to go?" I asked sharply. I couldn't remember John ever telling me that I did or didn't have to do something and it didn't sit well, especially when he was asking us to upend our lives.
He looked startled, as though only he could have news of any moment.
"Remember the grant I applied for?" I asked.
"You got it?" His tone matched mine when he'd shared his announcement: a total lack of enthusiasm.
I held up my hand to stop him, palm out. "I know what you're going to say. That when you applied for these jobs, I agreed we'd all go if you got one of them. I know. I know. But I never thought it would be so last minute, so rushed, John. It's overwhelming. Our kids think they're going to school here, you know, not being uprooted to move somewhere they've never even been." I thought for a minute, my mind landing on the only option I could find. "Maybe you could do it without us, commute home weekends. And we could visit you. People do." I cocked my head and looked at him.
On a practical level I knew he was right. I could barely function sharing everything with John. Without him, life would be near impossible. We'd been a two-career family from the beginning of our marriage, when we'd promised to divide the household and childcare duties equally. Mostly that had worked, to the amazement of many of my friends whose husbands had drifted away from the cooking, cleaning and childcare they'd seemed to embrace in the beginning of their relationships, as though they'd always intended to give back these duties to their women once the kids arrived. So far, we'd found a way to make it all work. And work well.
Even more important though, I couldn't imagine him without us or us without him. We were a family. I would never want our children, Nate fifteen and Lauren twelve, to grow up without one of their parents. Where did that leave me? I could say no, and shatter his dreams, or say yes to something I had no interest in doing.
"Please, come sit next to me," he said gently.
I complied, too full of conflicting emotions to argue. He engulfed me in his long, strong arms and looked into my eyes. "Annie, please. It'll all work out, I'm sure of it. You know I wouldn't ask you if it I didn't want it so badly." His eyes beseeched me.
I rested my head on his chest and wondered: had I just made the second biggest mistake of my life?


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From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 16 November 1786
To James Madison, Sr.
Richmd. Novr. 16. 1786.
Hond. Sir
Mr. Anderson in answer to your enquiries tells me that you shall have goods at 87½ Per Ct. and that he will take Tobo. for his brother if it be ready by the 10th. of next month. The H. of Delegates have done little since my last, and some of what was then done is still ineffectual for want of a Senate. A proposition for stopping the receipt of indents was made, and met with so little countenance that it was withdrawn. They will continue to be receivable as far as the law now permits, and those who have them not would do well to provide them.1 A bill is depending which makes Tobo. receivable in lieu of the specie part of the current tax: according to its value at the different Warehouses. Whether it will pass or not is uncertain.2 I think it most probable that it will pass. Nothing has yet been done as to the certificate tax. I have sent Mr. R. Taylor his French Dicty by Mr. Pannel.3 Its price was 14/. With best regards to the family I remain Yr. dutiful son
Js. Madison Jr.
I have a letter from Mr. J. Smith giving me the first information that J. W & J. M are not to return to the Academy, and asking for the balances.4 I hope my brother F. has taken steps for remitting his.
RC (DLC).
1. Indents were certificates issued in lieu of cash payments for the interest on various loan office certificates. They were acceptable for taxes at par, and since they were heavily discounted, a taxpayer could escape a considerable part of his burden by purchasing these "indents" on the open market and then presenting them to the sheriff when his taxes were due. See Hening, Statutes description begins William Waller Hening, ed., The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619 (13 vols.; Richmond and Philadelphia, 1819–23). description ends , XII, 95.
2. The bill providing for tax payments in merchantable tobacco had been introduced the previous day and passed its final reading on 24 Nov. (JHDV description begins Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg. Beginning in 1780, the portion after the semicolon reads, Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, In the County of Henrico. The journal for each session has its own title page and is individually paginated. The edition used is the one in which the journals for 1777–1786 are brought together in two volumes, with each journal published in Richmond in either 1827 or 1828 and often called the "Thomas W. White reprint." description ends , Oct. 1786, pp. 41, 58).
3. "Mr. Pannel"—one of the Pannill family that lived near Montpelier. William Pannill served with JM on the Orange County Committee of Safety in 1775, David Pannill was an artillery officer, and John Pannill was active in the Orange militia during the Revolution (Scott, History of Orange County, pp. 65, 255; McAllister, Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, p. 220).
4. "J. W" was Jacky Walker, son of Capt. [Thomas?] Walker of Orange County, while "J. M" was JM's namesake and nephew, the son of Francis Madison (John Blair Smith to JM, 12 June 1788 [DLC]).
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Madison, James, Sr.
"From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 16 November 1786," Founders Online, National Archives, accessed April 11, 2019, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-09-02-0078. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 9, 9 April 1786 – 24 May 1787 and supplement 1781–1784, ed. Robert A. Rutland and William M. E. Rachal. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975, pp. 169–170.]
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Harvard Memorializes Richard Theodore Greener, First Black Graduate
May 23, 2016Featured News, State/National NewsComments Off on Harvard Memorializes Richard Theodore Greener, First Black Graduate
By Zenitha Prince
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Harvard University's first African-American graduate was recently honored, joining the list of luminaries whose likenesses grace the walls of the campus' Annenberg Hall.
Richard Theodore Greener was immortalized in a recently unveiled portrait. A distinguished Harvard student, Greener graduated in 1870 with honors, winning the chief prizes in writing and speaking along the way.
The painting, done by Harvard alumnae Stephen Coit, was commissioned as part of the Portraiture Project, overseen by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural Race Relations. The Project was launched in 2002 to reflect the diversity of persons who have served Harvard with distinction after a survey of the university's portrait collection found that only two of the 750 paintings were of people of color. About 58 portraits were of White women and the other 690 were of White men.
"His (Greener's) portrait represents an important change in the University's history, but don't let this be the last change. Continue the change," said David L. Evans, senior admissions officer at Harvard College, at the unveiling of the Greener tribute.
Evans, himself, was among the first African Americans honored in the Portraiture Project. The son of Arkansas sharecroppers, Evans gained an electrical engineering degree at Princeton University and went on to work on the Apollo moon project. His portrait was unveiled in 2005 along with those of Archie C. Epps III, dean of students from 1971 to 1999 and Eileen Jackson Southern, the first Black woman to hold a tenured faculty position at Harvard.
Greener was born on Jan. 30, 1844 in Philadelphia but was raised from the age of 10 in Boston. Though he initially had to drop out of school at age 14 to help support his family, two of his employers eventually helped him attend preparatory schools before he was admitted to Harvard as part of an experiment in the education of African Americans.
After graduating from Harvard, Greener taught at the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia (which later became Cheney University of Pennsylvania) and later served as principal at the Preparatory School for Colored Children in Washington, D.C. In 1873, he became the first Black professor at the University of South Carolina, serving during the Reconstruction from 1873 through 1877. While there, he not only taught philosophy and helped reorganize and catalog the library, but he also obtained his law degree.
After leaving South Carolina Greener served as:
a Treasury Department clerk,
professor and dean of the Law School at Howard University,
a diplomat for the United States in Vladivostok, Russia,
secretary of the Grant Memorial, and;
worked in private law practice.
Greener died of old age (78) in Chicago on May 2, 1922, according to his biography on the University of South Carolina's website.
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Bittrex has approximately 1.67 million users globally including those in about 40 U.S. states, approximately 35,000 of which are in New York, the regulator noted. "Effective April 11, 2019, Bittrex must immediately cease operating in New York State and within 60 days wind down its business in New York," the announcement reads. Bittrex must also provide a plan for how it will wind down business with existing New York customers due within 14 days. There will be penalties for non-compliance.
Most notably, Bittrex claims that in January the NYDFS asked it to sign "a supervisory agreement that, if agreed to, would have resulted in the issuance of a Bitlicense and a Money Transmission License," noting that there are three key areas it could not agree to.
The first is that Bittrex would have to agree to limit its offering to New York residents to only 10 coins, with restrictions on the process of offering new coins. Secondly, the department has imposed "unrealistic capital requirements" that are "far in excess of that of any other state," Bittrex believes. Lastly, the exchange would need to obtain the regulator's approval to form or acquire any other entity.


A lot of times, it is best to objectively analyze the situation at hand. This is very helpful because it helps you to properly ascertain the best possible line of action. When you are able to analyze the situation then you will find it easy to read the moves of a fake person.
When a proper analysis is done, you will be in total control of your body, as well as, your mind. With this kind of control in place, you can successfully turn the tables on fake people.
This is a great tool that can be properly applied when it comes to handling fake people. You need to limit your interactions with them. This is a crucial step that you may need to take.
The other tips can be used effectively if you learn to use distance to your own advantage. If someone's goal is to make you feel sad, then it is best to avoid that kind of person.
6. Express your appreciation for genuity.
This is a great way to take matters into your hand. You can benefit from the advantage when you consistently express how much you value genuine people.
When you make it a habit to constantly talk about how much you want to be surrounded by authentic people then you will throw the "fakes" off.
When you do this, it will either cause the person to stop acting fake or have them totally avoid you altogether. Either way, it is a win-win situation for you.
One thing that fake people always think they have on you is the fact that they are your "friends". However, when you make it an effort to make new friends then it will be uneasy for fake friends to hold you "rampage".
You can take advantage of the fake people by cutting them off and focusing on people who are good for your physical and mental well-being.
It is important for you to recognize the fact that not every friend is genuine. This will help you to pay attention to the important details.
Fake people often find new ways to get attach to you. This makes it almost difficult to get rid of them. However, you can successfully do away with them. More importantly, you can change the status quo and ensure that you stop being the victim.
It is never right for you to deal with people that cause you to feel annoyed or disrespected. This is why you need to ensure that you do not let fake people have the upper hand.
If you follow these tips actively then I am sure that, like me, you will see amazing results.
Jay runs Great Big Minds. In his blog, he shares life-changing inspirational content with the world. He lives to empower, inspire and motivate others to live life great and go after their passion. You can connect and learn more about him here.


PRG once again was at the forefront of outdoor corporate events, by lighting up the London Coliseum/ENO in support of Comic Relief (Red Nose Day) back on the 14th March. The lights were installed as part of a switch on, to celebrate the national charity event which took place on the rooftop showcasing an impressive, set up, one in particular to mention, was lighting up the rotating ball (the Coliseum emblem), inspired to look like a round red nose, giving the event an interesting, and quite quirky take on promoting the charitable cause. Since its formation the ENO has been instrumental in giving opportunities to entertainers and promoting entertainment around the world. It seemed fitting to do something at the London Coliseum to promote Comic Relief in a way that would make the them stand out in a positive light. PRG's corporate division, delivered a solution to make the event a complete success.
What was supplied to light up the Coliseum for Comic Relief?
PRG used VL3500 Washes to light up the rotating ball, to make it appear as if it was a lit up red nose. SGM P5's were used to wash the sides of the ENO tower. In addition to this, Colour Blast 12's fixtures were used to fill in the Lion details on either side of the ENO tower.
PRG is a leading international full-service provider of technical expertise and equipment for corporate and special events, music touring and festivals, theatre and the arts, exhibitions, brand activations, and film and television productions. To find out more about what we could do for your next event, get in touch at prg.com/uk.


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Sergey Anatolyevich Kovalenko (; born 5 February 1970 in Lutsk, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian rifle shooter. He competed in the 50 m rifle prone event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he placed 19th.

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Living people
Russian male sport shooters
Olympic shooters of Russia
Shooters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Saturday | January 28, 2017
Senators Scott and Rubio Joint Statement on Immigration Executive Order
U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Tim Scott (R-SC) issued the following joint statement regarding the President's executive order: "After reviewing the recent Executive Orders, it is clear to us that some of what is being said and reported about the scope and implications of these measures is misleading. However, it is also clear that the manner in which these measures were crafted and implemented have greatly contributed to the confusion, anxiety and uncertainty of the last few days.Read More
Friday | January 20, 2017
Scott Supports Homeland Security Secretary
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the statement below after supporting the nomination of General John Kelly for Secretary of Homeland Security. General Kelly's nomination passed the Senate by a vote of 88-11.Read More
Tuesday | January 10, 2017
Senator Scott Supports Sessions for Attorney General
As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to begin the nomination hearings of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) for United States Attorney General, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement:Read More
Wednesday | July 6, 2016
Scott Votes to Stop Sanctuary Cities, Supports Efforts to Keep Americans Safe
In a push to protect American families, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today voted for both the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act, introduced by Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) and the Stop Illegal Reentry Act, introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).Read More
Thursday | June 23, 2016
Senator Scott: Supreme Court Stops Obama's Executive Overreach on Immigration
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) issued the statement below following today's decision on the case of United States v. Texas, No. 15-674 by the U.S. Supreme Court, which blocks President Obama's effort to unilaterally change our nation's immigration laws.Read More
Monday | April 4, 2016
Senator Scott Joins Amicus Brief Challenging Obama Administration's Executive Action on Immigration
Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today joined 42 other Senate Republicans in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of a challenge to the Obama Administration's November 2014 executive actions on immigration.Read More
Wednesday | January 20, 2016
Scott Votes to Ensure Terrorists and Foreign Fighters Don't Exploit Refugee Program
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) today voted to enact the strongest national-security vetting process for any refugee population looking to come to the United States by voting for theAmerican Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act of 2015.Read More


Popular poet visits Cuckoo for a day of pure poetry!
Children's poet, Joshua Seigal, delighted children across the school with a day dedicated to the writing and performance of poems.
24 Cuckoo classes took part in the day, which involved the children writing their own poems.
Find out more about Joshua here.


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Episode 66: Interview with author and filmmaker Helena Norberg-Hodge, founder and director of Local Futures
http://thesustainabilityagenda.com/podcast/66.HNH+Interview+mixdown.mp3
Helena Norberg-Hodge is a pioneer of the 'new economy' movement. Through writing and public lectures over more than thirty years, Helena has been promoting an economics of personal, social and ecological well-being. She is a widely respected analyst of the impact of the global economy on communities, local economies, and personal identity, and is a leading proponent of 'localization', or decentralization, as a means of countering those impacts. Local Futures is a non-profit organization "dedicated to the revitalization of cultural and biological diversity, and the strengthening of local communities and economies worldwide."
Helena's book, Ancient Futures, has been described as "an inspirational classic". Together with the film of the same title, it has been translated into more than 40 languages, and sold about half a million copies. She is also the producer and co-director of the award-winning film, The Economics of Happiness, and the co-author of Bringing the Food Economy Home and From the Ground Up: Rethinking Industrial Agriculture. The Earth Journal counted Helena among the world's 'ten most interesting environmentalists', while in Carl McDaniel's book Wisdom for a Livable Planet, she was profiled as one of 'eight visionaries changing the world'. The Post Growth Institute counted Helena on the (En)Rich List, a list of 100 people "whose collective contributions enrich paths to sustainable futures."


i. love. wallpaper. see here, here, here, and here.
when i stop renting, and we buy a house or condo, i plan to wallpaper the entire place (ok, not actually, but some prime feature walls for sure!). so how was i not rolling around all giddy when i saw the work of italian artist ludovica gioscia?* this artist creates a variety of artwork but i'm in love with these amazing installations in which the wall is coated with layers upon layers of wallpaper and then peeled away in certain places to reveal the beauties underneath. it's so good i could never see another work of art and be happy for the rest of my life.** the last image, as usual, is a different style but i've included it for kicks and squiggles.
* i was! i did!
** that's a bit of a stretch/over exaggeration and would make me very sad should that be the case.


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package liquibase.parser;

import liquibase.serializer.LiquibaseSerializer;
import liquibase.servicelocator.PrioritizedService;

public interface NamespaceDetails extends PrioritizedService{

    public static int PRIORITY_EXTENSION = PRIORITY_DATABASE;

    boolean supports(LiquibaseSerializer serializer, String namespaceOrUrl);

    boolean supports(LiquibaseParser parser, String namespaceOrUrl);

    String getShortName(String namespaceOrUrl);

    String getSchemaUrl(String namespaceOrUrl);

    String[] getNamespaces();
}


Ok, I'll remove the absolute URL filtering.
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Marketing and Sponsorship
Baker Mayfield Grows Portfolio With Progressive Insurance Deal
Browns QB Baker Mayfield is "entering a marketing partnership with Progressive," according to Nate Ulrich of the AKRON BEACON JOURNAL. Progressive announced that Mayfield, who ranks fourth on THE DAILY's most marketable NFL player list, and his wife Emily will "become the newest stars of its commercials." Progressive will "officially kick off an advertising campaign Sept. 5 featuring the newlywed couple and a playful take on their lives as homeowners in FirstEnergy Stadium." The spots will "run on national television and digital channels" throughout this NFL season (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 8/28). In Cleveland, Kevin Kleps notes the deal features "in-stadium activations" that include an escalator that will "prominently display the Progressive brand." The deal was announced just 20 days after Mayfield was "celebrated as BodyArmor's latest pro athlete partner, investor and spokesperson." In addition to Progressive and BodyArmor, Mayfield has sponsorship deals with Nike, Bose, Panini America, the Nissan Heisman House and Allen Edmonds. Mayfield's marketing agent, Camwood Capital Group's Chris Talbott, said that "two more marketing deals featuring Mayfield will be announced soon" (CRAINSCLEVELAND.com, 8/28).
PREVIOUS Tom Brady Edges Patrick Mahomes As NFL's Most Marketable Player NEXT New Balance Looks To Capitalize On Coco Gauff's Rising Star
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2019/08/28/Marketing-and-Sponsorship/Mayfield.aspx


With the entire Little League organization looking on, the "Thundering 13" flexed their muscle in opening the World Championship Game with two homers after the first three batters came to the plate.
Unfortunately for Lufkin, the Japanese hitters had the power when they needed it most as they broke open a close game with three fourth-inning homers and used another total team effort to claim the World Championship with a 12-2 win in front of nearly 25,000 fans in Williamsport, Penn., Sunday afternoon.
With the loss, the Lufkin Little Leaguers capped off a remarkable run through the Little League World Series a single win shy of the ultimate championship. However, that did little to diminish a run that culminated with the U.S. championship on Saturday afternoon and ultimately captivated the area.
They didn't go out without leaving a lasting impression that saw Chandler Spencer open the day with a homer on the first pitch of the game and Hunter Ditsworth homer just a few pitches later.
But in the end, Tsubasa Tomii had the answers on the mound and the Japan bats had plenty of pop at the plate to overcome a shaky start before silencing the Lufkin batters.
Tomii got the win on the mound, allowing two earned runs on two hits while striking out nine and walking one. Lufkin's last hit was Ditsworth's solo home run.
Keitaro Miyahara led Japan's surge with a two-run triple that evened the game in the early going and a solo home run later in the game.
Lufkin didn't wait long to get the pro-American crowd going in the top of the first inning when Spencer drove the first pitch of the game well over the left field wall.
Two batters later, Hunter Ditsworth hit a home run of his own as the local All-Stars went on top 2-0. However, that proved to be Lufkin's final hit.
Japan had a chance to get right back in the game in the bottom of the inning when it had a pair of singles that didn't leave the infield. Chip Buchanan got out of the inning with a strikeout and groundout that preserved the 2-0 lead.
Japan used some two-out magic in the second inning to grab the lead.
After Buchanan got a pair of groundouts to start the inning, Kazuki Watanabe walked and Rei Ishakawa singled.
Leadoff hitter Keitaro Miyahara followed with a two-run triple that rolled all the way to the right field fence, knotting the game at 2-2.
Ryusei Fujiwara followed with an RBI bloop single that gave Japan the lead at 3-2.
Lufkin fell into a 4-2 hole when Daisuke Hashimoto roped a solo homer over the centerfield fence to lead off the fourth inning.
Miyahara made it a three-run game two batters later when he took an inside pitch and roped it well over the left field wall, making the score 5-2.
Japan added to the onslaught when Matsuki Yajima hit a monstrous homer over the center field fence, making it 7-2.
Japan ended Lufkin's hopes with another flurry in the fifth inning as Ishikawa hit an RBI single and Miyahara hit a two-run single then came around to score on a wild pitch and an error that made the score 11-2.
Yuya Nakajima then put the 10-run mercy rule into effect when he roped an RBI single to right field that made the final 12-2.
Chip Buchanan took the loss on the mound for Lufkin while Malcolm Deason also pitched in relief.
The loss ended Lufkin's first-ever trip to the Little League World Series with a U.S. Championship and a spot in the World Championship game.
Team members for Lufkin were Chandler Spencer, Malcolm Deason, Hunter Ditsworth, Collin Ross, Mark Requena, Chip Buchanan, Christian Mumphery, Blake Slaga, Kolby Kovar, Clayton Wigley, Charlie Deaton, Zach Phipps and Blake Modisette.
The Sideliners Club meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 4th, beginning at 5:30PM at the Lufkin High School Campus, Elmer Redd Athletic Department in Room E-108. Updates on Spring sports and plans for the end of school will be presented.
The Sideliner's meeting will be cancelled tonight as Lufkin ISD is closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. The next club meeting will be on on November 26th at 5:30 p.m. at the Elmer Redd Athletic Department in Room E-108.
The Lufkin Panther Sideliners Club will not meet tonight as the Panthers football team is on a bye week. The Sideliners' next meeting will by Friday, October 1, 2018, at 5:30pm in Room E-108 in the Elmer Redd Athletic building.
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A collection of images showing the project from day one to the final day. We pride ourselves in our ability to transform your space to a extension of your home & personality. Whether you are looking for a complete transformation or just a few tweaks, Rozanski Design can help you to visualize the garden of your dreams.


Feed production within pig, poultry, grain and seed.
Agriculture has played, and undoubtedly continues to play, a vital role in human civilisation. The practice of agriculture is essential in many ways, and the most central one is the fact that we need to eat. If no one were willing to invest, or work, in agriculture, we would not be gifted with the food we enjoy today.
Agricultural products are not limited to the servings we enjoy. Ideally, products of agriculture are things you get from cultivating plants or rearing animals. Some products can be directly traced to agriculture, whereas others are subjected to other processes before they are released to the market. That said, here are some everyday agricultural products.
Agricultural products are a result of a process or a series of activities. This process starts with farm preparation, or when you acquire an animal. The process ends when the products are saleable or ready for the market. Some products are retailed in their natural form, whereas others have to undergo some processing.
When it comes to pig and poultry feed production, virtually everything about the feed production technologies employed here remains the same – raw materials and production technologies. Having the equipment needed to make poultry and pig feed is often the first step towards self-sufficiency.
Feed Dresser: The feed dresser ensures that the inputs of production, which in this case are dry mash feed and soft feed ingredients, are clean and free from all manner of contaminants. In some cases, the feed dresser is known as the feed cleaner.
Conveyor: This equipment handles all transportation. In most production setups, conveyors are used for transporting raw materials and finished products. Commonly used conveyor systems in pig and poultry feed production include the bucket elevator, the bucket elevator screw, and the screw and chain conveyor.
Grinding Machine: This machine plays a crucial role in feed production. It is used to reduce the size of the inputs of production. The type of feed being produced often determines the size reduction.
Mixing Machine: As the name suggests, a mixer serves to mix feed ingredients. Using a mixer ensures uniform distribution of nutrients is achieved and results in consistent feed quality.
Cooling machines: Extruded feeds are often in the range of 70-90 degrees. Cooling machines serve to bring this heat down to room temperature. This way, it prevents the pellet from decay and makes them ready for storage.
Screening machine: A screener plays a standardization role in any feed production line. It achieves this by allowing quality and perfect size feed to pass, and at the same time, screens out uneven sizes.
Packaging lines: Ready feed needs to be packed. The packaging machine is thus used to buck the finished products into bags.
Other poultry and pig feed production machines include the weighing balance, transport trucks, and power generators. As a tip, having the best equipment is not enough, you also need to invest in the best inputs of production.
Smart business producers keep an eye on micro and macro changes within their mind's eye as it allows them to stay competitive within the field. A lot more flexibility is needed to move forward. One huge trend, which is possibly underrated, is rapid adoption and impact of automated technology. This new technology puts alot of preassure on the farming industry and these businesses must acguire a new strategy in order to survive. This applies on both small and large agriculture business.
In the past century, agriculture has been characterized by increased productivity, the substitution of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides for labor, water pollution, and farm subsidies. In recent years there has been a backlash against the environmental effects of conventional agriculture, resulting in the organic, regenerative, and sustainable agriculture movements.