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A competitor in a fell race injured her knee when she took a tumble near the Bad Step. She was initially taken care of by race marshals and then treated by team members. She was evacuated by a Coastguard helicopter that was training in the area
We were assisted by Kendal MRT
11 team members for 5 hours, plus Kendal MRT
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Two people became benighted as it went dark and they couldn't locate the way off. We located them using SARLOC and then assisted them back to Three Shires Stone
5 team members for 5 hours
Gunson Knott
Wednesday, 12 December, 2018 - 12:53
Two people became lost and cragfast on the back of Crinkle Crags. One reported at gash to the hand in addition. They were eventually located by Kendal MRT members while we were looking on Crinkle Crags. They were walked off
8 team members for 4 hours, plus Kendal MRT
People misplaced on Long Top and unable to find way down. Located via GPS on their hone and given advice on route down
A group of three were reported lost on Bowfell. They were located on Crinkle Crags, given directions to find the way down and met on The Band and escorted the rest of the way
A woman became separated from her walking partner and was subsequently reported missing. She was eventually located next day, having been accommodated near Esk Hause by a DofE from King Edward VI School, Stratford Upon Avon, having been safely accommodated in one of their tents overnight. Thanks to the 'Ruby' group for their help!! Not the first time a DofE group have helped out, and probably not the last
3 team members for 2 hours and 9 team members for 3 hours
A couple phoned for help when they became disorientated on Crinkle Crags. After attempts to contact them and talk them down failed, they eventually found their in to Eskdale
13 team members for 5 hours
A couple became lost inmist. They wee located using SARLOC and given advice on how to get down. They progress was monitored to make sure they got down
1 team member for 3 hours
A group of 10 were delayed when one of their number was slowed down by injury, cold and fatigue. They were located near Red Tarn and assisted down
Tuesday, 16 December, 2014 - 17:00
A couple phoned 999 when they became lost on the back of what they reported as Bowfell. Their call went through to Manx police, who in turn passed it on the ARCC Kinloss, who then contacted us. We were unable to recontact them to try and get more information about their location, so a search was organised. They were located at Cockley Beck as the search teams were deploying. A Seaking was on its way to assist to try and make best use of a spell of stable weather that we were enjoying but was able to turn back once they had been located
17 team members for 3.5 hours
Langdale
Saturday, 6 December, 2014 - 21:12
A man went walking, having told his wife and friends that he was going over Pike O'Blisco and Crinkle Crags. He failed to return. Team members searched overnight, assisted by members of RAF Leeming MRT and Lake's search dogs, but we failed to find him. A second search was being organised first thing on Sunday when he phoned police from Borrowdale, stating that he had made it down safely. It was long, cold, wet and windy night which made for very challenging conditions for team members
10 team members for 12 hours, plus additional 6 team members for 1 hour, plus RAF Leeming MRT, LDSMRD and Kendal MRT
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Pike O'Blisco
A handful of team members were in base repacking after the previous days efforts when one remarked on how long it had been since we had a long night search on Crinkle Crag... Eight hours later the Team Leader took a call from the Aeronautical Rescue Command Centre in Kinloss, reporting an activation of an emergency beacon in the vicinity of Crinkle Crags. Almost simultaneously we received notification of a 999 call reporting a group of 5 cragfast and benighted on Crinkle Crags...
A man was reported as having fallen on The Band. Unfortunately the group were off-route due to a navigational error and were located on horrible steep ground on the east face of Crinkle Crags. The man's inuries, sadly, were fatal. His body was recovered, and his companions were assisted from the hill in a protracted and difficult rescue. We were assisted by Kendal MRT and a helicopter from RAF Valley made valiant efforts to assist, but cloud base and wind condition meant it was of limited use. These few words to little justice to the difficulty of this rescue.
19 team members for 7 hours, plus Kendal MRT and RAF Valley helicopter
Shelter Crags
A lone male was found in a state of collapse and hypothermic at Three Tarns at dusk by a goup of 5. They stopped to help him and raised the alarm. The team was dispatched and an SAR helicpter was requested to assist. The helicopter arrived just in advance of the first team members and the man was assisted to the helicopter and flown to Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle for treament.
Three Tarns
Friday, 11 November, 2011 - 13:26
A woman was reported missing after becoming seperated from her walking partner. An extensive search was organised, with help from Kendal MRT, a number of search dogs and a helicopter from the RAF. She was eventually located, being assisted down by a small group of walkers from Crinkle Crags.
12 team members for 3 hours, plus Kendal MRT, RAF Helicopter, SARDA Lakes
A woman sustained a dislocated shoulder when she fell near the summit of Crinkle Crags. Team members responded, along with members of Kendal MRT. We got to within 500 metres and were overtaken by the air ambulance. They were able to walk the woman to the aircraft and fly her to hospital. We returned to pur vehicle parked at Three Shires Stone, grateful that a long stretcher carry had been avoided!
10 team members for 3 hours plus Kendal MRT
The Team were called to assist a 20 year old man who had pulled a rock onto himself and fractured his femur. He had lain there for 4 hours before passing walkers found him. He was flown by R.A.F. helicopter to Whitehaven hospital.
Tuesday, 2 May, 1989 - 15:15
The Team, assisted by Kendal M.R.T. and a helicopter from R.A.F. Boulmer, searched the Crinkle Crags area for 5 hours after two people heard light aircraft noise followed by a crash which they assumed was the aircraft crashing. There was thick mist at the time. Nothing was found. False alarm with good intent.
Wednesday, 30 November, 1988 - 00:01
A 30 year old man was reported missing by his girlfriend. Two small search parties and one SARDA member searched the Crinkle Crags area but found nothing. The man turned up safe and welt the following day (1 /12/88) having spent the night on High Raise, Great Langdale.
Sunday, 11 December, 1977 - 21:30
A search was started by the team when 10 schoolboys and 2 adults from Everton failed to return from a fellwalk on the Crinkle Crags area, Langdale. Team members with dogs searched many valleys and fell tops. They were found unharmed, but slightly exposed and exhausted at 3.00 a.m., near Green Hole, Higher Esk. The team escorted them down to Brotherelkeld, Eskdale, and then by ambulances to Langdale , where they had a meal and changed to dry clothes. Team assisted by Eskdale OBMS and Patterdale. Footnote: This group started off far too late in the day for a long distance walk.
Green Hole
Friday, 25 October, 1991 - 20:30
3 adults and a 6 year old child went missing whilst walking from Three Shires Stone and Crinkle Crags. Found at 2 a.m. at Lingcove Bridge by the team. Team assisted by SARDA.
24 year old woman with no equipment tried to climb steep hard snow. She slipped and fell 400 feet sustaining fatal head injuries.Using an ice axe could have saved her life. Team assisted by RAF Boulmer.
A couple became separated on Crinkle Crags... one of them made it back to their vehicle and reported the other missing. The other, it transpired had been searching the rridge for his missing partner, eventually becoming exhausted and benighted near Swinsty Ghyll. He was found here by team members and escorted to safety. We were assisted by Wasdale MRT and search dogs.
10 team members for 4.5 hours, plus Wasdale MRT
Cockley Beck
Moasdale
A man reported his friend missing after they became separated on Crinkle Crags during a mulit-day walk. He was located in Sheffield, having gone home.
3 team members for 4 hours, plus Coniston MRT
49 year old man collapsed and died.
Sunday, 1 March, 1992 - 19:41
A father and his two sons became separated. We managed to find the missing.
A group of six got stuck on Crinkle Crags when they couldn't find Three Tarns, and then in retracing their steps to the Bad Step, couldn't descend it or find their way around it. They were told to stay at the top of the Bad Step and team members recovered them from there. A group of two had been successfully 'talked' off Crinkle Crag earlier in the day. It remains a frustration that people are going in to the hills without the full set off skills to get them up and back DOWN, or the ability to make good judgement calls and avoid trouble.
A 25 year old woman collapsed with heat exhaustion near the summit of Crinkle Crags. She was stretchered off, and her compainions were escorted off the fell. Although the brand used was unknown, the woman's eye make-up remained un-smudged during her ordeal.
Friday, 29 December, 1995 - 15:03
A 28 year old manslipped trying to climb the Bad Step and fell 30ft. Team members were airlifted to the scene by RAF Boulmer where they found him with fractures to his wrist and ankle and injuries to his back. He was also hypothermic. His condition was stabilised and he was airlifted to hospital. He was carrying crampons, but they only work when they are on your boots - they don't work in your rucsac.
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BLOOMFIELD RESIDENTS' OPINIONS ABOUT SCHOOL SYSTEMTO BE SOUGHT
By DANIEL R. BERNARD; Courant Correspondant
BLOOMFIELD -- — Residents will soon be asked their opinions on the Bloomfield school system.
By the end of August, every Bloomfield resident will receive a questionnaire in the mail from the town's Education 2000 task force asking for opinions and comments on the state of the town's schools.
The task force was formed in December to study ways to improve Bloomfield's education system.
"The surveys will help us understand what the problems and successes of the system are and help us crystalize what the key subjects we need to investigate further are," said Everett Clark, task force chairman. "We have accumulated a lot of background and want to determine from the parents and taxpayers what additional items we should be looking into."
In addition to the questionnaire, the task force will distribute notices asking for volunteers to help with investigations of 19 school- related policies.
A sample of the policies being studied include: whether there is a need for longer class periods or school days, parental ivolvement, team teaching, the physical security of school buildings, teenage mother programs, the effect of high student turnover on student performance, the honors program, early childhood development programs, the curriculum, teacher evaluation, finance and the appropriateness of charter and magnet schools to Bloomfield.
Clark said he hopes that between 50 and 100 residents will volunteer to help with these studies.
The task force is also preparing a report detailing the possibility of the town and the board of education sharing specific services including personnel, building supervision and purchasing. The report will be submitted to the town council's educational sub-committee by early next week, Clark said.
Bloomfield residents interested in volunteering for the task force are asked to call town hall at 769-3502.

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LUNCH WITH BOOKS: How West Virginia Transformed the Medical Profession
Dr. William Neal, WVU School of Medicine, will discuss the landmark Supreme Court case of Dent vs. WV, and how Wheeling's Dr. James Reeves helped transform medical practice into a legally recognized profession, as detailed in his book, Quiet Advocate: Edward J. Van Liere's Influence on Medical Education in West Virginia (West Virginia & Regional History Center, WVU Libraries, 2017).
Dr. Neal will also discuss the WVU Museum of the Health Sciences, now under development. William A. Neal is a native of Huntington.
SPEAKER BIO: Dr. William Neal earned a BS degree in chemistry from Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, and his MD degree from West Virginia University (WVU), where he was the first recipient of the Edward J. Van Liere Award for medical student research.
How West Virginia Transformed the Medical Profession


At Humberstone Junior Acaademy the curriculum is divided into three core subjects; English, Maths and Project Based Learning. RE, PE, E-Safety and PSHE are taught discretely.
English is taught through novel study, with each year group spending 6-10 weeks on each text before moving on to the next.
The novels that we study change regularly as we discover new and exciting texts that inspire children.
Engaging and hands-on maths lessons enable children to develop a sound understanding of core number skills and children are challenged to apply these in a range of real-life contexts and investigations.


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5 Benefits of playing team sports
Image Credits: Benefits of team sports - IWH team
Gomathi Rajam
Here are just a few of the reasons you should consider taking up a team sport.
Perhaps what could levitate one more than waking up every day to play the sport most loved, with people who equally love the sport? While the sense of pride and contentment, that comes in on squeezing a glaring trophy, conquered on the dint of a battle fought all alone, cannot be argued with, the joy that enwraps on sharing the squeeze, with mates who sometimes shared the fight, sometimes pushed you to fight and at times fought your fight too is unmatched.
Stories standing epitome of teamwork and mateship may sound banal and the values may even seem redundant in today's life where we strive to be independent and are too occupied in making the most of our time to ace the competitive race. But to the most surprise, team sports have proven impact on the happiness and influences the performance of the athletes. While it has an equal number of pros and cons.
Here are some of the benefits playing team sports can bring in.
How often do we see, teams, loosing despite owning the best of the players? That is what teamwork is all about. It reminds everybody has to pull their oar to keep the boat going and teaches how to blend one's skill set to the requirement of the team while working towards a common goal. It imbibes a sense of responsibility amongst everybody as the lack of the required efforts from one single player pulls down the whole team and it automates one to push themselves to do their role. It simultaneously enforces one to take responsibility and cover up a player's lack of contribution as people tend to have off days too. It teaches to win as a team and accept defeat without pointing fingers.
TEAMS MOTIVATE INDIVIDUALS
Imagine having to undergo a training session, the day right after a heartbreaking defeat. While it would be difficult to go all alone and keep going, the presence of fellow beings to share the pain and grow through it motivates one to fight harder and come back after a failure. Teams inhibit a feel of being a part of something big and sometimes it pushes one to go beyond and explore more.
TEACHES TO TREAT INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPECT AND TAKE FEEDBACK CONSTRUCTIVELY
Teams are a mix of coaches, Senior & Junior players and various other support staff. It teaches to treat everybody with respect and dignity and follow the discipline as a lack of commitment from one can impact the team as a whole. It also helps to take feedback and criticism the right way.
FOSTERS COMMUNICATION & RELATIONSHIPS
It is almost impossible for a team to function without communication. The clarity in communication is key to a successful team. Be it expressing one's ideas amidst a heated game and observations while planning for the game is very crucial and teams help improve one's communication skill. Teams help build good relationships and bondings. Performing at the best every single time is almost impossible and that is where one entrusts their teammates to cover up the lack of performance and individuals tend to carry the attitude outside the field also.
WIN, LOSE OR DRAW – IT'S ALL GOOD
Every player wants to contribute to the victory of the team. This aspect of the team, makes individuals focus more and constantly improve themselves. It also makes one analyse the cons of a fellow teammate and help them improve the aspect. The more regularly you play a sport in a team setting, the better you'll get and the more confident you'll feel. Playing a team sport can have a hugely positive impact on your quality of life.
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How Baggu Became One of the Most Ubiquitous Bag Brands Around
The mother-daughter duo behind the brand have an unusual working relationship.
Dhani Mau
In our long-running series, "How I'm Making It," we talk to people making a living in the fashion industry about how they broke in and found success.
In recent years, there's been a backlash of sorts against the "It" bag -- easily identifiable bags that sport too many logos and offer too little in the way of practicality. Fashionable women today prefer sleek Mansur Gavriel totes or Céline trios, which feature quieter designs and more subtle logos.
But there's another -- far more affordable brand -- that has become just as ubiquitous, solidifying itself as the go-to for unfussy, cool, functional bags: Baggu.
Emily Sugihara launched Baggu with her mom Joan shortly after graduating from college. The idea was to create a reusable shopping bag that was cute and more than just your standard cotton tote. She succeeded and the Standard Baggu, a nylon shoulder bag that comes with and fits in a 5" by 5" pouch, was born. A day rarely goes by that I don't see at least one in Manhattan or Brooklyn (especially Brooklyn) -- same goes for her her Duck Bag, the Backpack and the Basic Tote (which I have myself -- it's one of the best totes on the market for the price in my opinion). Her bags are now sold in over 1,000 doors, everywhere from Apple to Colette to J.Crew to West Elm -- a testament to their versatility and broad appeal.
Thus we jumped at the chance to chat with Sugihara (she splits time between San Francisco and Brooklyn) about how she grew a simple idea into such a successful brand. Read on for our interview.
What is your background and how did you get into design?
I studied economics undergrad and then I studied design at Parsons for a year and then I worked as a designer at J.Crew for a year, which was kind of my only real job. I have always been kind of entrepreneurial, so I knew that's what I wanted to do eventually.
How did Baggu come about?
My mom and I came up with the bag design. I graduated in 2005 and then we started working on Baggu in 2006 and launched in 2007.
What was the first style?
It was the Standard Baggu. We were trying to fill a need that we saw, we wanted to create shopping bags that were nice-looking and affordable and there wasn't really anything like that in the market at the time. We were just solving a problem.
How did you fund the line in the beginning?
We self-funded. It funds itself now. We were profitable almost immediately.
That's impressive. You're also big into keeping things fairly eco-friendly. How do you do that?
When we're doing a new fabrication, I do a fair amount of research into what's the best option for the function we're trying to fill so when we started using our cotton canvas there was a big debate over whether we should go with organic cotton or recycled cotton and after doing a bunch of reading we decided. Our way of doing it is to read all the research we can find, including the amount of water used and the total impact. We approach it first from a function standpoint and then we're trying to find the most eco-friendly option that will fit.
You also keep your bags super affordable while maintaining quality. Is that a challenge?
That's something we think about a lot is we're trying to make nice-looking stuff that's available to anyone and accessible to anyone, so when we're designing a style we think a lot about making everything as simple as it can be which to us is aesthetically beautiful, but that also translates to [lower production costs]. We think a lot about how it's going to be manufactured and how what we're doing would be translated for mass production.
Do you still work with your mom?
She still works on design which is kind of what she's always been interested in, but she's never been very involved in running the business. Early on, people always assumed that since my mom was older that she was making business decisions.
How much of your business is direct-to-consumer online versus wholesale?
We're about one-third Baggu.com and two-thirds wholesale.
You guys are sold in such a broad range of retailers, from Urban Outfitters to West Elm. Why do you think that is and how do you decide which retailers to target?
In general, we're trying to make bags for everyone, so we love that a random hardware store in Minnesota carries Standard Baggu, but you can also buy them at like Colette in Paris, which is, like, the coolest store in the world. In general, we know the types of stores that we can sell the most volume through, but in terms of choosing wholesale partners, we pretty much don't discriminate, and our product line is versatile, so there's something in there for everybody.
What style is the most popular?
It continues to be the Standard Baggu. The simple canvas tote is a close second and the basic tote, our simple leather bag, is also very popular.
How do you come up with new styles?
It's usually everyone that works at Baggu carries Baggu, so improvements usually come from us using the bags and thinking, oh, it would be better if the pocket was a little bigger or a different closure could make it easier to use. New product ideas are usually people saying, "I was packing my suitcase and needed a way to organize my stuff..." And then when we started doing leather, you're working with these skins and one of our ways of doing leather and making it more environmentally friendly is we try to use all of our scraps, so the keychains came about because we were like, ok, after we cut all the bigger styles, theres the scrap we have left over, what can we make out of that?
What would you say has been the biggest challenge in growing your business?
I wish there was only one big challenge; every year it changes so much. In the beginning, it was that my mom and I were doing everything ourselves and so it was like, how do you manage a warehouse and how do you manage employees, so I guess scaling. But we've been doing this for seven years now and we're now growing at the pace that we can handle our growth really well.
Has it been difficult running your business from two different parts of the country?
I'm based in San Francisco, which is where all of our designers and operations people are, and then all of the sales people are in New York, but I'm back and forth a lot. One of the challenges was how to figure out how to keep the company still really connected and cohesive and feeling like one team.
Has there been a moment or milestone that made you feel like you had finally "made it"?
There was some point I think a few months after we launched the website, we do production in China and you have to order a huge quantity of stuff and we didn't think we were going to be able to sell enough and we launched our website and all of a sudden we were getting tons of orders and we sold out of our first order really quickly and at that point it was clear that we had made something people really want which was so cool and when I felt that this is actually going to be a viable business. I realized like oh wait I might actually not have to go get a job again. That is a very cool feeling.
Why do you think you got such a huge response at launch?
We launched just on Baggu.com, and we were lucky that when we launched we got a really great bit of press and getting that gave us a lot more early exposure than we would have gotten otherwise, so we had almost immediately we had lot of stores calling us.
What was the piece of press?
It was a full-page spread in Teen Vogue. So our first few thousand customers were all teenage girls. I did all of the email customer service books back then and it was funny to see as the brand progressed how our customer base changed.
What advice would you give to someone who wants to start, say, an accessories brand?
I think that the way that you execute the quality of your production, the quality of your customer service, is really important and you have to enjoy doing that stuff and not just enjoy drawing handbags, or you need a friend who really likes doing that stuff and have them do it. I feel really lucky that I had a business background, but I see a lot of people who love designing and just want to be designers and I think that's a harder place to start a company from. And actually taking the business side of your business seriously makes a huge difference. Also, reply to all of your emails within 24 hours.
Impossible. So where do you see the brand five to 10 years from now?
We're on the path we've been on which is measured, steady growth. So we'll be bigger, we probably won't have stores in every city, but hopefully every major one.
Are there any immediate plans to open stores?
Yeah, we have a retail store in Brooklyn. That's doing really well and we're working on one in San Francisco. I think it will just be and extension of what we're doing now. We're slowly evolving and expanding our product line, making good stuff and also evolving how we do business and trying to figure out how all the interesting technology that's happening fits into our sales cycle.
Would you ever expand beyond bags?
I'm definitely not closed off to it, but I feel like there's so much more in the bag category that we could cover.
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It seems that people have been criticizing ministry wives for a long time. How long? How far back? Waayyy back!
Who was the first ministry wife ever criticized? Well…..I am not certain....but I was taken aback this week as I was reading in Numbers 12. There we find Miriam and Aaron criticizing Moses... and the first reason given? Because his wife was an Ethiopian…some translations will say Cushite.
Hummmm….why has it never hit me before? Why have I not ever tuned in to the fact that a spiritual leader's wife was being criticized? Perhaps it is because I read right past this part to the part where they continue to criticize Moses for his spirituality and gloss over the fact that people have been criticizing ministry wives for generations.
The interesting thing is the object of their criticism. Where she was from!!! No one has control over where they are from!! Where they were born!! Who their parents are!!
The other interesting thing is that we know from Exodus 3:16-22 that Moses married Zipporah, who was the daughter of a man from Midian—not Ethiopia. So….what's the deal?
Has Zipporah died and Moses remarried? If so, who cares where she is from??
Was Zipporah's father originally from Ethiopia and when Moses met him he had moved to Midian? If so, who cares?
Did Moses have multiple wives? This seems unlikely.
Were they critical because of the color of her skin? Really?? Do people care about the color of skin? Sadly, yes.
Were the people making this up? Sheesh! Do people make up stuff?!! Sadly, yes.
It seems to me a little thing….to be all upset and critical over where the wife of the spiritual leader is from. I remember being concerned that people in our churches would not like the fact that I was not raised in a Godly, Christian home…I am very grateful that, as far as I know, it has not been an issue.
Sadly…this happens all of the time though. People criticizing ministry wives for all sorts of reasons. Some valid. Some ridiculous. Perhaps you have been brutally criticized by the people your husband leads. Maybe not brutally….but criticized. Truthfully though…any criticism can be brutal.
The other point I suppose I should make here is who was doing the criticizing. The language used indicates that Miriam was the one leading the criticism.
She was Moses's big sister.
She stood at a distance to see what would happen to her baby brother after he was placed in the river. In a basket.
She approached Pharaoh's princess and asked her if she could find someone to nurse the baby.
According to these accounts in scripture….she trusted God. She worshipped God. She knew God. She was Moses' sister for crying out loud!! And here we find her being critical.
Yep! Sometimes it is the people we are closest to, even related to, who we serve with, worship with, etc. who are critical and it hurts even worse.
I get much satisfaction in what God does….how He responds to her criticism. Read it for yourself in Numbers 12. She is covered with leprosy. Covered. She has to go outside of the camp…His judgment is public. Everyone is aware. Severe.
I am so on the side of Moses and his wife here and grateful the Lord vindicates them (and us) and how comforting it is to rest in knowing that He not only is aware of what people say and do against His spiritual leaders…He deals with them!
However….we must also not forget that we are sometimes guilty of doing the same thing. Being critical. Complaining about people. People in leadership. People in authority over us.
Have you been criticized? For what? Are you being criticized now? For what? Rest knowing God can still deal with those who criticize you.
Have you been critical? For what? Are you being critical now? For what? Give much grace today!
Way back in November, 2013 I wrote a post called "Protect or Prepare our Kids" (if would be good if you would read it here to understand why this has been on my heart). Ever since that day I have pondered more about how to do this well and what does it look like if I don't do this well and what in the world is a copter mom?
Does it cause you to become anxious when they go to school, or to a friend's homes, or on a mission trip? Make you paranoid? Dread? Do you wonder how they will do without you?
Think about Moses' mother!! She trusted God enough to let him go and put him in a basket—in a river!! Look at the plan God had for him!! However, it required her to hold on to all things loosely!!
Has safety become an idol?
We are raising them to leave. It is a process as they move through various seasons of life! From meeting every need as a baby to teaching/correcting moments as toddler through high school to guide/counselor as adult.
I learned that that is why we gradually let them go. I could never imagine them leaving home as a first grader or in middle school... But with each new season, they become more and more independent so that by the time they are seniors in high school…they have gradually 'left the nest' with work, friends, driving, trips, etc.
If you find yourself wanting to hold on versus let them go—it might mean you are fearful!
Let them BE who God created them to be! Way too many moms are living out their lives through their kids….what they did, didn't do, wanted to do, wish they could do.
Sometimes our parenting behavior is motivated by our own egos. We have to make sure they succeed at everything and are involved in everything....after all, it makes them (and us) look good!
You know how important it is for them to know you are proud of them for who they are not for what they do. This will help them learn God's love is not works based.
If you find yourself caring more about what they DO (their performance) versus who they ARE you might be prideful!!
The hardest part of being a parent is watching your child go through something really tough and not being able to fix it for them. It will happen!! Pain. Disappointment. Hurt. Frustration. Failure.
We can do this with our older, adult children too!!
You are always around to be sure nothing bad happens. You interfere with little scrapes and bruises by never letting them play. You are involved in every interaction with other children to be sure they are treated 'nice'.
You fix things for them.
Do you want them to work hard, learn from mistakes and trust God? Or do you want them to think someone/anyone/everyone will fix it for them?
Are you taking your children out of the battle instead of teaching them to fight the battle?
If it is hard for you to let them feel and you fix things constantly, it might be because you distrust!
Do you do for your kids what they can do for themselves? Are you micromanaging your children's lives to the point where when they leave home they have no idea how to cook or do laundry?
Have you have stayed up late working on a class project long after your child has gone to bed so they can turn it in and get a good grade?
Do you know there are parents who fill out their son or daughter's college applications and job applications? Is that you?
If you find yourself micromanaging your children versus letting them do, you might be a controller!
So….in conclusion…4 ways to not be a copter mom!!
Let them go versus hold on because you are not fearful!
Let them be versus perform because you are not prideful!
Let them feel versus fix it because you trust!
Let them do versus micro-manage because you are not in control!
While on vacation for a few days last week, I decided to take a walk around the condo area. Since we were in the Ozarks, I always know there is plenty of nature to see.
Spring has just begun to peek out from the winter freeze up in the Ozarks. Although many of the trees are just budding, the entire area is covered in white and pink Dogwood trees. It was simply breathtaking. As I strolled along a gravel path, I had an "Ah ha" moment. With spring in view there is more beauty to come.
Earlier this week, I stumbled upon a quote which read, "The best is yet to come for the pastor's (ministers') wife." I have no clue who said it but it really is true.
As ministers' wives, we face some grueling days in the ministry mud. There is always criticism, apathy, unfaithfulness, and more. Sometimes these elements of ministry can become burdensome. However, in the midst of the dark days, there are promises like a soul saved, Christian growth, lives changed. Many times the beautiful story of someone's salvation brings tears to my eyes. These simple blessings from God are only a glimpse of the promise of our future.
One day when we meet Jesus face to face He will show us all the lives our ministries have touched through our steadfast work in the ministry trenches.
Yes sisters, the best is yet to come.
Today is my birthday. I am not going to tell you how old my body is because mentally I feel like a teenager. Ok, maybe a twenty something. After I spent my 25th birthday in a complete emotional breakdown because "I was old," I decided the number of years does not matter. It is how you see yourself. Although I believe my mirror tells the truth about my age, inside I still feel like a kid. So since today is my birthday, I have created a birthday wish list just for me.
1. Today I do not wish to deal with any "yucky" ministry stuff.
2. Today, I wish to eat chocolate and not gain a pound.
3. Today, I wish to have a party . . . at the beach . . . with my ministry girlfriends.
4. Today, on my birthday beach trip I wish to decorate fun beach themed cookies complete sprinkles and icing.
5. Today, I want to wear fun flip flops.
6. Today, I wish to wear a tiara and a pink boa. (Every girl need to do this once in her life).
7. Today, I wish my mom were here to make me a chocolate pie from scratch.
8. Today, I wish to laugh until I cry.
9. Today, I wish to kick back and enjoy my family.
10. Today, I wish the Lord would give me many more years to be His hands and feet to the world. (My goal is to live to be 100. First to give my children more years to make me laugh. Second, I plan to cause some havoc in the retirement home by racing my walker/wheelchair down the hallways while wearing a tiara and pink boa).
These are my simple birthday wishes. It does not take a lot to make me happy. Every minister's wife deserves a day to celebrate herself. Most of my wishes are dreams; however, I will wear fun flip flops and indulge in chocolate (even though I will gain weight).
By the way, if the birthday beach trip could happen, I would invite all of you to join me. Trust me; there would not be a dull moment. We would laugh until we cried.
Have a blessed day and thank you for being this pastor's wife friend!
Coach, Calvin Klein, Wrangler, Gap, Old Navy, Jones of New York . What do all these have in common? They are all labels. Isn't it strange we strive to have the best labels on the market? If your jeans are not the latest trend and you walk out in a pair of Lee jeans, you might get some funny looks. I proudly carry a Kohl's or Walmart purse. Hey, I hate purses so why spend the bucks on a Coach bag? Now, if you are in to trends and labels, I do mean to offend you in any way. I am just using this to make a point.
A label "describes or identifies something or someone." Think about these labels "Methodist," "Baptist," "Non-denomination," "Full Gospel," etc. What do these labels have in common? They identify a religious group.
Of course, we also apply labels such as "selfish," "rich," "poor," "happy," "joyful," intelligent," etc to people. We sometimes mislabel person before we really get to know them. For example, a seemly stand-offish person may be actually very shy and timid. Our children are faced with labels everyday as well. Some children are labeled "hyper" when really they have a ton of energy. I personally was labeled as "slow" by a teacher in the fourth grade because I was apparently struggling to read aloud. After two weeks with a very caring reading assistant it was discovered that I was just shy. I read on a very high level. In fact I was reading on a high school level.
What does the label "Christian" describe? A person committed to the Lord Jesus Christ and who has given their heart to him. They are loving, kind, gentle, self-controlled, etc. However, we need to remember one thing. Often a label is just a replica of the real thing.
I am talking about people who claim to be "Christians" but who have absolutely no clue that it means. Oh, they say they believe in God but they also claim there are several ways to be saved. I have had a people tell me that "all religions (Christian, Islam, Buddism, etc) lead to salvation?" No, just because you claim to be a "Christian" doesn't mean you are.
As people in the ministry we fight a daily battle of "getting people lost before they can be saved." People believe that because they are a good person, give to charities, and treat all people with respect that they are "Christian." Our society has actually taught this philosophy. If you are good then you are a Christian. This is a lie straight from the pits of hell.
A Christian is a born-again believer in Jesus Christ. They have been forgiven of their sins, washed new and clean by the blood of Jesus. They are a new creation in Christ. We should live each day with the hope and joy that Christ brings to our lives. We should willing to live our lives in such a way that people will notice that something is different about us. That is the description of a Christian.
Just like I want the real chocolate and not some cheap imitation, I want people to see the real Christ in me. I want my life to so ooze with Jesus that people around me want to get a taste of the Living Water.
So today I ask you my sweet sisters: What style of Christianity are you wearing? Is it real or is it an imitation?


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wander and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Dillman, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Dillman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Sharp mid son, Shirley Odell and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Yerks were
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Ella
Dillman.
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bara Freyman of Wapakoneta.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schaublin
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Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Steiner and
daughter.
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son John and Miss Harriette Criblez
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Herbert Coon of Millersburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Badertscher
and son spent Friday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Zimmerman
and daughter.
Mr. and Francis Basinger and
daughter spent the week-end with
her parents in Berne, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Badertscher
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
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Herbert Razor of Columbus Mrs. C.
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had not been seriously injured, how
ever, after being taken to the .Mem
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became worse and died later in the
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M. F. Wood, Payne Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Bowyer, Paulding and Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd E. Young and son
Phil of Oakwood.
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nominating committee Myron Hilty.
Farmers are busily engaged with
fall work during the excellent weath
er we are enjoying at present.
Emmet Augsburger was accompan
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Ind., by Charles Boehr.
Special services are being held at
the St. John church beginning Thurs
day evening. The speaker is Rev.
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Rev. P. J. Boehr and members of the
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Robert Ramseyer. Gene Patterson,
Gordon and Paul Bixel, Robert
Stratton, all day Dean Niswander
and Don Augsburger, morning
Richard Minck, Robert Fisher, after
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Bluffton scouts helped in the ush
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at Columbus Saturday. There were:
Bill Mericle, Harry Minck, John
Schmidt and Otto Klassen. They
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from Tuberculosis
The light of knowledge spread by
tuberculosis education guided Stevan
Hohanos, the artist of this year's
Christmas Seal, back to health and
a normal healthy life.
Out of his own poignant experience,
Mr. Dohanos conceived the light
house as the symbol of tuberculosis
work, spreading light, leading the
way to safeiy.
Mrs. Sherwood Diller, Bluffton
chairman of the Christmas Seal cam
paign disclosed some of the details
I of the life of Dohanos, a native of
I Lorain.
I It was soon after he had begun to
show his work and had earned na
tional recognition that Dohanos,
muralist, illustrator, discovered that
he had tuberculosis. He had just
been asked to join an art studio in
I New
York and was preparing to
move there from Cleveland, w'here he
had received his art education and
exhibited his paintings.
The temptation to risk regaining
his health while keeping up his work
was great. But Dohanos, guided by
the light of tuberculosis education,
made his decision. He went to
Saranac Lake, N. Y. and underwent
a period of treatment and complete
rest. It was not until he was able
again to do a normal amount of
work and enjoy normal activities in
moderation that he went to New
York. His job was still waiting for
Less than three years from that
time, Dohanos was chosen by the
Treasury Art Project in Washington
I to
do paintings in the Virgin Islands
for federal buildings. He took his
family with him and they enjoyed
the life of the tropics for seven
Back in the United States since
1937, he has continued his work in
the fine arts field. He has also com
pleted mural projects for the W. Va.
Agricultural and Forestry Building,
and another for the Post Office in
I West
Palm Beach, Florida. He is
now working on another one which
is to be placed in the Charlotte
Amalie Post Office in St. Thomas,
Virgin Islands.
Let us not lose so many lives full
of potential talent and achievement
through tuberculosis. Rather, let us
I give,
that the radiance shed by this
figurative lighthouse may penetrate
even further into the darkness of
I ignorance and
disease.
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this year is the increasing number
of out-of-town sportsmen seeking to
hunt here and the greatly incieased
no hunting signs being posted on
various fields and wooded areas.
It has been reported that more
farmers and land owners than ever
before have been permitting hunting
on their premises only by special
permission. Some property owners
have been charging hunters a small
fee for the privilege of hunting on
their premises.
Farmers have been taking the no
hunting stand in increasing propor
tions because of the destruction of
property and in some cases the
livestock. With livestock command-
ing premium prices farmers are spe
cially concerned lest the farm ani
mals be killed by stray bullets.
Soy Bean Fields
Also adding to the difficulty is the
large acreage of soy beans under
cultivation in area farms. This
makes excellent cover for the pheas
ants but at the same time with the
beans reaching a new high market
level, farmers resent hunters tramp
ing over their crops.
Many farmers, however, have been
willing to cooperate with local
sportsmen and give permission for
hunting. Much of the resentment of
local landowners is based on the
tendency of hunters coming from a
distance and then showing no con
cern for the rights of the property
owner.
Most hunters have reported that
the pheasants are much more numer
ous this year and that the birds are
fatter and cleaner than formerly.
On the other hand, a disgruntled few
said that they did not even see one
bird.
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sired and throughout the first of the
week the report of guns could be
heard in almost any part of the
town with the volley of shots con
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New Year. No Limits. Take Two.
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Levi Lavallee preparing for his snowmobile jump on "Red Bull: New Year, No Limits."	Chris Tedesco/Red Bull
If at first you don't succeed, try again — and add a motorcycle.
For the second straight year, champion snocross racer Levi LaVallee will attempt to set a world record by jumping his snowmobile over 361 feet on "Red Bull: New Year. No Limits." On a practice run last year, LaVallee encountered mechanical problems and was badly injured, which canceled the 2010 telecast.
"The one positive is I don't remember hitting the ramp and I don't remember three days after that. So I kind of missed all the bad stuff. So to me it worked out well, because if I would have remembered the crash or remembered [the sled engine] cutting out in the air, I probably wouldn't want to do another jump on my snowmobile," LaVallee said.
But this time, LaVallee won't be jumping alone. Red Bull has decided to up the ante by having freestyle motocross champ Robbie Maddison do the same jump on his motorcycle alongside LaVallee.
"There're a lot of variables with this jump and it's a lot riskier having two guys breaking world-record distance jumps at the same time. It adds to the wow factor for sure," LaVallee said.
"To me I looked at it as I had a once in a lifetime opportunity, and unfortunately I crashed last year and didn't get to do it so I was kind of bummed about that. And [Red Bull] came back and said `Would you consider doing it again,' and I said 'Heck, yeah.' I just got a once in a lifetime opportunity twice."
Maddison, a "New Year. No Limts" veteran, having set records on both the inaugural broadcast in 2007 and in 2008 and who is looking to break the current record of 391 feet, thought twice before agreeing to the simultaneous jump.
"Originally I was a little bit skeptical just because it's such a dangerous jump and when we kind of went through it I thought this could be awesome, being the first of its kind. No one's ever done this before. Levi's a great athlete, and I'm a huge fan of his, and to jump with him, the snowmobile and the bike, I thought this would be awesome," Maddison said.
Even with only one in-tandem practice jump, Maddison thinks they're up to the challenge.
"The one jump we did have was enough to get our bearings and we know now what we have to do to achieve the good jump," Maddison said.
The jump will take place at the Embarcadero Marine Park over the 300-foot span of water between North park and South park.
LaVallee and Maddison have both considered how badly things could go, including ending up in the water or trying to dodge an out-of-control, 450-pound sled.
"To have that thing chasing both of us down is a scary thought, but for me I'm staying positive. I know what I need to go and do and I'm excited to do this jump," Maddison said.
And LaVallee can always rely on the lucky coin that his dad gave him. His dad has been sober now for about 30 years and he gave Levi his sixth-month coin for good luck.
"Even with the crash last year, I had it with and you may say that's not very good luck, but at the same time, once you see the crash and the fact that I made it through that crash, I'd say it was a good day," LaVallee said.
The event will air live on ESPN on Saturday, Dec. 31 at approximately 11 p.m. ET immediately following the Chick-Fil-A Bowl.
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va ser un matemàtic i estadístic neozelandès que va treballar a Escòcia i famós per la seva extraordinària memòria.

Vida i Obra
Després de fer els estudis secundaris a l'institut de nois d'Otago, va ingressar el 1913 a la universitat d'Otago, en la qual encara no hi havia departament de matemàtiques. Amb la Primera Guerra Mundial, es va enrolar el 1915 en la força expedicionària neozelandesa i va lluitar, primer, a la batalla de Gal·lípoli (1915) i, després, a la batalla del Somme (1916), essent ferit al bosc de Delville (Longueval). Un cop ferit va demostrar la seva prodigiosa memòria en dictar, en semi-inconsciència, el nom complet, el número de soldat, el nom del familiar més proper i l'adreça de tots i cadascun dels homes de la seva patrulla: un total de cinquanta-sis persones. Aquesta extraordinària memòria (a l'escola, ja havia memoritzat els 10.000 versos de l'Eneida) i la seva facilitat per al càlcul mental (multiplicava mentalment nombres de nou xifres en menys de trenta segons) van ser objecte d'estudi pels psicòlegs en èpoques posteriors. D'altra banda, el record d'aquestes experiències bèl·liques el va turmentar la resta de la seva vida, afectant la seva salut pels llargs períodes d'insomni que patia.

El 1917, ja retornat a Dunedin, va reprendre el seus estudis a la universitat d'Otago en la qual es va graduar el 1920. Els tres anys següents va ser professor del seu mateix institut, donant classes de francès, de llatí i d'altres matèries. El 1920, va arribar a la universitat d'Otago Robert J. T. Bell, el primer professor de matemàtiques d'aquesta universitat, i Aitken va aconseguir que li fes de tutor en el seu aprenentatge. Aquest mateix any es va casar amb la botànica Winifred Betts.

El 1923 va aconseguir una beca per anar a estudiar a la universitat d'Edimburg amb el professor Edmund Whittaker. El 1925 va aconseguir una plaça de professor assistent i el 1926 va obtenir el doctorat amb una tesi sobre el suavitzat de les dades estadístiques. A partir de 1936 va ser professor titular i el 1946, enretirar-se Whittaker, va ocupar la seva càtedra fins al 1965 en que es va jubilar.

El mateix any de 1939, Aitken va publicar els seus dos llibres més importants: un tractat d'estadística matemàtica i un llibre de text sobre matrius i determinants. Anteriorment (1932) ja havia publicat un llibre sobre matrius (escrit conjuntament amb Herbert Turnbull) i posteriorment (1962) va publicar un pamflet contra la decimalització i proposant un sistema duodecimal. Les seves àrees més importants de recerca van ser la teoria de matrius, l'estadística i l'anàlisi numèrica amb els problemes de convergència, temes sobre els que va publicar una cinquantena d'articles científics.

El 1963, va publicar Gallipoli to the Somme: Recollections of a New Zealand Infantryman (De Gal·lípoli al Somme: Records d'un soldat d'infanteria neozelandès), unes memòries molt punyents de la guerra que va viure, basades en les anotacions que havia pres durant la guerra i el període posterior de convalescència de les seves ferides.

A més, va ser un gran aficionat a la música i el seu violí l'acompanyava sempre. Juntament amb els professors de matemàtiques William Edge (piano), Robin Schlapp (violí) i Walter Ledermann (viola) formaven el quartet matemàtic que els primers divendres de mes amenitzava les reunions de la Societat Matemàtica d'Edimburg.

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Al Khaliji profit jumps to QR608mn in 2018
Doha Bank achieves ISO 27001 for banking operations in Qatar
Qatar, South Korea explore joint investments across sectors to boost trade ties
Qatar's cost of living down 0.29% year-on-year in December
Qatar, US post $6bn bilateral trade volume in 2018: Al-Kuwari
Qatar shares edge lower on increased selling pressure
QATAR Al Khaliji
Sheikh Hamad bin Faisal bin Thani al-Thani, chairman and managing director, Al Khaliji (L), Fahad al-Khalifa, group chief executive, Al Khaliji
Higher net fee and commission earnings as well as lower operating expenses and impairments helped Al Khaliji report more than 10% year-on-year growth in net profit to QR608mn in 2018; the bank has recommended 7.5% cash dividend to shareholders.
"Despite all the challenges, the bank's strategy and successful business model have enabled us, once again, to deliver strong results. We continue to be well positioned to benefit from the economic expansion in Qatar that will remain robust and we look forward to a very successful 2019," said Sheikh Hamad bin Faisal bin Thani al-Thani, chairman and managing director, Al Khaliji.
Fahad al-Khalifa, Al Khaliji group chief executive, said the robust performance was the result of better balance sheet management, focusing on improving margins, containing cost of funding, maintaining cost efficiency and strengthening the capital and funding positions.
Net fee and commission income was QR189mn, registering an increase of 4% over last year, the bank said.
"These results reflect our strategy of continuing to invest in the local economy, and supporting our local clients while we continue to grow our franchise in Qatar. We have divested non-core overseas assets, therefore although the total average asset base of the bank reduced our operating income as a percentage of total average assets increased," al-Khalifa said.
During 2018, the bank continued to review its cost base, thereby reducing the group's operating costs to QR329mn to deliver an efficiency ratio of 28.8%.
"We also successfully raised $500mn under the banks euro medium term note programme, further strengthening our funding position. The issue was oversubscribed by more than three times and tightly priced, exhibiting the faith of debt investors in the bank's performance and direction, and the underlying strength of the Qatari banking sector. This will support long-term growth," he said.
The lender's liquidity coverage ratio and capital adequacy ratio remain well above the minimum levels required by the Qatar Central Bank. Its balance sheet remains strong and liquid with 30% of total assets comprising cash and high quality investment securities.
The bank was able to bring down non-performing loans ratio to 1.88% in 2018 from 1.94% in the previous year.
Sustainable world: Davos to emphasise active stakeholder's participation
Albayrak wants competitive lira, prioritises Turkey nominal rate
Taiwan's Q4 GDP expands at strongest rate since mid-2018
Australia's fierce wildfires threatening its coal mines
HK leads Asia stocks down, while virus spooks markets
Macron, Trump may have truce in digital tax spat
You've done nothing on climate change: Thunberg tells Davos
Qatar Chamber receives Spain's Princess Beatrice


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Murder trial halted after defendant tests positive for covid
Gurinderjit Rai murder trial halted at Winchester Crown Court
A TRIAL concerning the murder of a Hampshire man has been halted after a defendant tested positive for coronavirus.
A judge has halted a 10-week murder trial after one of five defendants was taken to court despite having tested positive for Covid-19.
The jury was set to be sworn in at Winchester Crown Court for the trial in connection with the death of Gurinderjit Rai.
Mr Rai was found shot in a lay-by in Corhampton on July 19 2019.
However, defendant Paul White had now tested positive.
The 27-year-old had already been taken to the court cells along with two co-defendants, as well as a defendant in another case, when the test result became known.
The court heard that he had also been in contact with his legal team before his test status was revealed.
The judge, Mrs Justice Cutts, told the court that, because of the close contact, there would be no dock officers available, the cells would be locked down and deep cleaned, and much of the court building was also likely to be shut down for the day.
She said that anyone who had been in close connection with White should seek a Covid-19 test.
The judge added that each of the defendants would be isolated and returned to prison individually in special Covid-secure vans.
She said: "The cells will not operate today, this whole court building will not operate today. Each defendant will go in special Covid vans, then there needs to be a deep cleaning of the cells.
"Areas where those who have been in close proximity with Mr White will also be deep cleaned."
The trial had been set up over two courtrooms to accommodate five defendants, their legal teams, the jury and other court staff in accordance with social-distancing requirements.
The judge said the impact of the delay could cause the case to be adjourned to a future date because of the difficulty of accommodating such a large case over a 10-week period.
Mrs Justice Cutts said: "We live in such extraordinary times. We will do all we can, if it is safe to do so, for this case to start."
She adjourned the case until Friday January 15 for a hearing to determine when the case can be re-started and the jury sworn in.
A court spokeswoman confirmed that all custodial cases had been affected but hearings for defendants on bail in other courtrooms were continuing.
White, of Winchester, along with Corin Barlow, 41, of Horley, Surrey, Aston Hannis, 29, of Eastleigh, and Charlie Statham, 30, of Winchester, all deny a charge of murder. Barlow also denies possession of a firearm.
Phillip Hodan, 43, of Owslebury, Hampshire, denies being involved in organised crime activities, including the murder of Mr Rai and supplying Class A drugs.


Everyone should have such a dilemma: there was a large cache of lovely jumbo dry-packed sea scallops leftover from a class and no one else could use them. It was up to us to use them, and we were going to be out until late. I was not, however, about to let a luxury go to waste.
Where can one find these dry-packed scallops...Russo's?
You have to ask for them in a reliable seafood market. In Savannah (where this questioner lives) Louis C. Mathews Seafood routinely has them and Russo's sometimes has them and will get them for you if you ask ahead. Sometimes the fish market within a supermarket will have wild-caught dry-pack scallops, but they have almost always been frozen.
The key is to ask.


September 6-9th we had a little get-away for Alex's birthday to Park City. It was super fun. The kids had a blast. We went swimming, relaxed, did the Merry-Go-Round and Alpine Slide.
Claire had a ball practicing what she learned in swim lessons without her floaties. She felt foxy!


The slit-lamp is a low-power microscope combined with a high-intensity light source that can be focused as a thin beam.
The health care provider will examine your eyes, especially the eyelids, cornea, conjunctiva, sclera, and iris. Often a yellow dye (fluorescein) is used to help examine the cornea and tear layer. The dye is either added as an eyedrop. Or the provider may touch a fine strip of paper stained with the dye to the white of your eye. The dye rinses out of the eye with tears as you blink.
Next, drops may be placed in your eyes to widen (dilate) your pupils. The drops take about 15 to 20 minutes to work. The slit-lamp examination is then repeated using another small lens held close to the eye, so the back of the eye can be examined.
Your eyes will be sensitive to light for a few hours after the exam if dilating drops are used.
This list does not include all possible diseases of the eye.
Miller D, Thall EH, Atebara NH. Ophthalmic instrumentation. In: Yanoff M, Duker JS, eds. Ophthalmology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2014:chap 2.8.
The lens of the eye is normally clear. If the lens becomes cloudy or is opacified it is called a cataract.


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Cincinnati Championship | Third final in three weeks for Dabrowski and Stephanie
(Mason) Australian Ashleigh Barty defeated Czech Barbora Krejkova 6-2 6-4 in a duel for the reigning Grand Slam title on Friday and secured her place in the four Western and Southern Opens.
Posted on Aug 20, 2021 at 12:53 PM
Updated at 11:16 PM.
Barty, the tournament favorite and last month's Wimbledon champion, will advance to her sixth semi-final this year.
She needed just 71 minutes to defeat Krijkova, the ninth seed and champion at Roland Garros in June.
Barty trailed 2-4 in the second half, but knocked out her opponent by winning the next four matches.
In the next round, Barty will face German Angelique Kerber. The latter advanced 6-4 3-3 over Petra Kvitova when she was the Czech and 11NS The seeds have spilled.
Kerber has won 14 of his last 15 matches. His only loss in that series came to Barty in the semi-finals at Wimbledon.
In the evening, Switzerland's surprise run continued Jill Teichmann when she showed compatriot Belinda Bencic (No. 10) in sets 6-3 6-2.
Before Bencic's elimination, Tishman defeated Japan's Naomi Osaka in the third round. She now faces Czech Karolina Pliskova (No. 5).
Pliskova trailed 4-0 in the first set when the valves opened at the expense of Spain's Paula Padusa.
After finally winning the first set 7-5 in 66 minutes, Pliskova took advantage of Padusa's retirement to advance to the next round. It was leading 2-0 when the Spaniard retired.
Dabrowski: The sequence continues
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Luisa Stefani and Gabriella Dabrowski
On the women's doubles side, Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian Luisa Stefani reached the third final in as many weeks, with a 7-5, 3-6 (10-7) victory over Krezhikova and her compatriot Katerina Siniakova in a match she played in. afternoon.
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Confronting the second seed in the tournament, Dabrowski and sixth seed Stephanie erased from a 1-4 deficit in the crucial tiebreak. A forehand kick by Sinyakova into the net confirmed the victory of Dabrowski and Stephanie.
Dabrowski and Stephanie only played a fourth tournament together, reaching the final at every opportunity. Last Sunday, they won the title in Montreal, a week after losing the final in San Jose.
Since the beginning of August, Dabrowski and Stephanie have been 12-1 and have now won nine straight games.
In Sunday's final, they will face Australian duo Samantha Stosur and China's Shuai Zhang, who defeated American Nicole Melchard and Dutchman Demi Schurz 6-3, 6-7 (5) (10-4) in tandem.
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Fred VanVleet was in the thick of the action in Game 1, but the Raptors will be sweating on his fitness after he re-injured his shoulder in today's Game 1 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Fred VanVleet was in the thick of the action today, but the Raptors might be sweating his health after his right shoulder gave him trouble in Tuesday night's 113-112 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers .
The second-year guard appeared to hurt his right shoulder in the second half and spent most of the fourth quarter on the bench as his team struggled to put the ball in the hoop. They shot just 5-for-24 in the final frame, missing their last 11 shots.
He missed most of their first round series against the Washington Wizards with an injury to the same shoulder.
Despite being banged up, VanVleet ended up with the ball in his hands with the game tied at 105-105, missing a wide-open go-ahead three with 8.2 seconds remaining.
In the overtime period, he had a good look at a potential game-winning three, with the Cavs leading 113-112 in the dying seconds. Again, luck wasn't on his side.
With the Cavaliers swarming DeMar DeRozan on the final play, many questioned the late-game decision making of the Raptors, but their star man maintained that they have nothing but confidence in VanVleet's ability to knock down the big shots.
"I'll live with him shooting that shot 10 times out of 10," DeRozan said post-game.
"I told him, if we're in the same situation again, I'll make the same exact pass... He's got tough skin. He's going to bounce back."
VanVleet finished with nine points, three rebounds and two assists.
All eyes will be on his status for Game 2 on Thursday night.


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Bits from Dennis Lindsey Interview, 9/8
tags: focj, jazz, national team
What are you seeing from your players that are playing in the FIBA World Cup?
Yeah, yeah. So, Justin Zanik and I, we were able to make it over to Granada, Spain for a couple days. We saw Rudy [Gobert] and Raul [Neto], and then we spent another two days in Gran Canaria to see Australia and Dante [Exum] play. And so, as you would imagine, it, there, each guy's at a much different stage of their career with the national team.
Dante's always been kind of the premier guy on the U-17, U-18, U-19 teams. Even sometimes as a younger player, and now he's getting his first introduction to the men's national team.
And we really like the Australia program. We had a little bit of a relationship with them previously with my days in San Antonio, and they have a bunch of neat programs. They literally have a program on teaching their players how to be a mate, how to be a teammate. And all the protocols that young players have to go through in the NBA is somewhat similar to what Australian basketball institutionalizes. So, we've really appreciated that.
Dante is, we were in the lobby together and he was telling me he was, they had a roommate. So, for 31 straight days at this point in time, you know, he's had a roommate in his room with him, who happens to be the team captain for the Australian national team [Joe Ingles]. So, he's been indoctrinated, of, with playing against men, and the speed, the physicality.
One game a few games back, he was able to get 31 minutes and put some good marks on the board. When he played and when we saw him, it was much shorter minutes and he was able to create shot opportunities…We think he's, has great character, and we look forward to helping him develop his talents over the next couple of years.
With Rudy, he's a year or two ahead of where Dante is, developmentally, being 22 years old, even though there's a age, chronological gap there of 19 to 22. But Rudy's able to, he's been able, in the last year, to gain strength, and so his play early in the FIBA friendlies, if you will, was really prolific.
He had several double-doubles in big-minute games, but much like Dante, as some of the other players have come back to the national team, his role has been more of a backup the last few games. And he's been very efficient, I think shooting close to 70 percent from the field. Been really good on the glass, and a great presence with his size and length.
And his frame of mind was really, you could see not only physical maturity, but mental maturity. And so, I think he's made a compelling case to move from more of a situational player for us last year to an everyday player, and, but, you know, Quin [Snyder] has to make those decisions–Quin and his staff–going forward.
And then with Raul, Raul has, much like Dante, he was lucky enough to be part of a national team that, at 18, 19 years old, there's not many point guards in Australia, or Brazil, that he's had to experience not playing everyday, and, those early years, and now he's moved into more of a, an every-game role.
And here at the last two games, I think the game before last, he had 14 and 10, and last game he had 21 points and shot 9 of 10 from the field, and we're just thrilled with his work ethic and improvement, and we look forward to the day to bring him to the club.
Some people say, "Dante Exum was a high draft pick. Shouldn't he be able to be dominant at a thing like the World Cup?"* Would you explain that to folks?
Yeah, yeah sure. Well, you know, look, Dante's gonna have to play well. We picked him very early, and we expect that. But we didn't draft Dante Exum to be the quickest contributor in the NBA. There were probably other players that we could've selected that would have made a, more of an immediate impact.
When we make draft decisions, there's, sometimes you want to make a real conservative pick, if you will, and there's other times where you want to take as much risk associated with the pick. And players are much like stocks, right? IPOs, the earlier you're getting in, the more potential for return is. And with Dante, again, we made a pick based upon projections.
He just turned 19, so he's either a, an old freshman this year, going into his freshman year in college, or a very young sophomore. But again, there's world class speed, and length, and each stop along the way, when Dante's played with his age group or an age group above, if you wanna go look at those stats, and his production has been just superior.
And so, again, I know you set this question up on the tee for me, but I'm more concerned about how Dante Exum's going to perform at 24, 25, 26 than I am [at] 19 or 20. Now, if we're, of course you have to live in the years of 19 and 20 to get those maturity years going forward, but we look forward to the journey with him.
And we just got a letter from his national team coach, Andrej Lemanis. He's an excellent coach, and the letter was very positive about [Exum's] talent and his skill level and his approach and all the things. We just gotta help him develop the gifts, so it, again, it was a long-term play.
* I want to say I can't believe there are people out there that think like this…but sadly we all know better.
Which FIBA rules would you like to see implemented in the NBA?
I think a great thing, if we could ever figure it out–and look, TV money pays all of our salaries, right? That's the reason why we have jobs, is because the media are associated with television. But I think if we could learn from international basketball where there's no live ball timeouts, to keep the flow going.*
I think it's the one lesson we can learn from soccer. It's not really scoring that makes European football the world's most popular sport. It's continuous action.** And I just remember, maybe it's me being an old fogey, but back in the '86, '87, '88, and the Celtics-Lakers, and that Laker team that could go on that 27-4 run, and there wasn't as many TV timeouts. There wasn't as many coaching timeouts, so you could get that uninterrupted action.
I, so when you go and see a basketball game in Europe, the game is not as athletic, but the game flows better because there's less timeouts, there's less TV timeouts.*** One of my pet peeves in college basketball…is that situation where there's a timeout, there's a possession back and forth, and then there's another TV timeout. And why we as fans put up with that situation, it makes our game less watchable.****
So I really believe in continuous action, so if we could eliminate a timeout and figure out a way for our TV partners to still sell ads, you know, where they're going to want to sponsor our game, it would be good for all parties involved.***** …
There's that phenomenon in every sport, where what may be good for you to win the strategy, or win the game around strategy in that particular game, it may make it bad for the fans to come watch it. So are you really defeating the purpose at the end of the day?
* YES!
** YES!
*** YES YES YES YES YES!!!!
**** SO MUCH THIS!!!!!!!
***** #UDQM me and Lindsey ("continuous action") all you want, but the man is speaking truth.
Can you give an update on Enes Kanter's knee?
Enes has responded very favorably. We've been really conservative, per doctor's and physical therapist's orders, and we wanted to not skip steps with him and not get really impatient. I, Enes is in town and I just had that conversation. He's very fit. He looks good. He's obviously spent his time and worked very well the last few weeks to get in basketball shape.
We had some contact [training] today…but we're not gonna let him transition for awhile. He's not ready to go up and down and transition and still handle contact. So we're gonna stagger that in, but, so we're very pleased with where he's at, and we think we have plenty of time from today's date all the way to the end of training camp and into the preseason to get him ready for an NBA basketball game.
So, hopefully we won't have any hurdles along the way that would slow us up, so, but he's done well.
Are you any closer to figuring out if Kanter, Derrick Favors and even Rudy Gobert can play together?
Look, there, Derrick just turned 23. Enes is 22. Rudy just turned 22, and again, we're f–I think at this stage in, of our evolution, when we went with a rebuild, it's more about talent accumulation, and then we're gonna have to figure out fit a little bit farther down the line.
Now, with that said, I do think Enes and Derrick can play together. Enes can really shoot the ball on the perimeter. Derrick had a great year last season rolling to the paint, and finishing and being really efficient.
I do think Derrick is r–working really hard to develop "four" skills, if you will, that would allow him in concept to play with Rudy. And look, there's other players that we could have now that we haven't had in the past that we could bring to the equation that would allow Rudy and Derrick to play together. So, I do think it's possible…
You interject new coaches into the equation, new philosophies, and how guys fit and don't fit. I think it's really, at the end of the day when you wrap everything up, way premature to, for me to tell you how one seed's gonna grow and another's not…I think we're still probably a year or so away from making those determinations.
Can you talk about Toure' Murry?
So, another young player that has some defensive length. He's a high-character player. He was a very good player at Witchita State. We have a lot of respect for the Witchita State program, and how they defend and how serious they are as a group, and so Toure'* came out of that program. Had to work his way up to the D-League. He got short minutes with the Knicks last year, but when he played, he played well.
We really like his length. He's a guard that has had to convert to a point guard, but we do think his size and length is complementary to Trey [Burke], and we think his experience could be complementary to Dante. And just another good, young prospect that we want to take a long look at. (1280)
* Lindsey pronounced Toure' "tor-RAY."
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Normal cooking too boring for you? Cooking For Geeks may be just the thing. The book infuses even more science than normal, and is perfect for someone who thinks "regular" cooking is for sissies.
Now if I can just get my hands on some liquid nitrogen, I'd be set!
You can purchase Cooking for Geeks from Amazon.com… it makes a great housewarming gift for your science lover!
If the Stargate doesn't work, you can at least eat it?
My friends and I have discussed this particular cookie method, and have come to a conclusion that we'd like something in the middle. Perhaps make a very large full cookie and get out your blue frosting?
What are your thoughts: keep the middle empty, or fill it with blue?
My fiance and I are fortunate enough to be finalists in a very large wedding contest, and to get awareness of votes, we've created a series of short videos titled "Zero Dollar Weddings". These are our responses to the ridiculous costs of weddings, and the misadventures that would occur in trying to have an extremely budget event.
Enjoy and check out the rest of the videos on our YouTube page.
Interested in helping the Geeky Hostess win $10,000 for her wedding? Vote for Tara Miller at www.mirassou.com/ido!
These venn diagram coffee tables are a great conversation piece. Need to compare your coffees or beers? Having a heated debate over which tv show to watch? Place your items here.
Available through Out of Stock Design, these tables are not listed with a price. But really, who can put a price on decorative science?
You may no longer be eligible for knot tying or fire building, but Nerd Merit Badges are just as pretty and much easier to earn.
Use FourSquare? There are 8 badges for that.
Known as the Family Tech Support? Make your kids buy you this badge.
And of course, the toughest badge of all: Getting your inbox down to zero.
So gather your girlfriends around, get your laptop sashes, and get ready to earn some badges!
Love it or hate it, the new Twilight film was released today (or at midnight last night, for those keeping score). Twilight's a cultural phenomenon that many of us can't escape. If you haven't seen the movie/read the book yet, but need to keep up the conversation with your friends, check out this 8-bit interactive Twilight.
So spill the beans: Are you Team Edward, Team Jacob, or Team I Hate Twilight?
This photo came from the Delorean Club of Ohio. I'm not sure if they own the limo or if they just like looking at pictures of it, but I would pay good money to come out of this at my wedding.
Whether it be weddings, proms, or just an excellent day of wine tasting, taking a fun vehicle can add a bit of class and character to an already special day. And if it accidentally sends you back in time, bonus!
As a child, you never want to leave the Disney theme parks. Rides, Disney characters, food in the shape of mouse ears–what's not to love?
Well, if you still feel that way, you now have the opportunity to live there.
Walt Disney World is unveiling Golden Oak, a luxury housing community in between Epcot and the Magic Kingdom. These homes, ranging from 1/4 acre to 3/4 acres, and ranging in price from $1.5 to $8 million, are indeed meant to be lived in. In fact, they are protected from investors renting them out as vacation homes: a clause in the contract indicates that renters must stay for 6 months or longer.
Owners of these homes will receive special in-park benefits and VIP transportation, as well as the privilege of telling people they LIVE IN DISNEY WORLD.
Would you consider buying one of these homes?


Six men will meet in Oslo district court, accused of smuggling a total of 397 kilos of gold. The gold's total value could be at least 143 million kroner.
The indictment states that two of the six defendants must have introduced or facilitated the import of 397 kilograms of gold. The gold was not confiscated, and the two business owners alone owe about 28 million kroner in unpaid customs duties.
The gold would have been introduced for resale in two companies owned by the two, and the other four defendants should have assisted in transporting the gold across the border.
In this case, the relationship is considered extreme especially because of the amount smuggled and that the gold was intended for resale and the alleged volume of imports and customs deductions.
Of the defendants, five are of Swedish origin, while one is Finnish. The incidents they are being charged for took place between 2011 and 2012.
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