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Pomerene finds new CEO within its own ranks
By Kevin Lynch Staff Writer
Jul 19, 2019 at 12:01 AM Jul 19, 2019 at 12:36 PM
MILLERSBURG — After 14 successful years as CEO of Pomerene Hospital, Tony Snyder is moving on.
And the board of directors did not have to look far to find Snyder's replacement, going across the administrative hall to the finance department to tab Jason Justus, who for the past 10 years has served as the hospital's chief financial officer.
The good news, Snyder says, is that Justus is taking over Pomerene, while the bad news is that he has to leave in order for that to happen.
"We're pretty excited about the news, and not because I'm leaving," Snyder said. "The real story is Jason and his selection by the board. For that to happen, I have to leave."
Snyder will be assuming the role of chief executive officer for Aultman Hospital in Canton after he departs Millersburg. He previously has worked in the Aultman system.
Snyder said the Pomerene's board conducted a thorough hiring process to find his replacement.
"And while I wasn't involved in the process, I saw the seriousness in deliberation those board members took in their job, and how responsible and serious they were about their selection," he said. "One of the members said that 'Jason knocked it out of the park in the interview.' I was glad to hear that."
Snyder also said he was excited that the hospital was able to find a new leader within its own ranks.
"The fact that we have a candidate as qualified as Jason internally also speaks highly of Pomerene and the seriousness with which we take internal promotion," Snyder said.
Justus earned his master's in business administration from Ashland University while working at Pomerene. He earned his undergraduate degree at Ohio University. He and his wife Deborah have been married 27 years and have two grown daughters, Olivia, 26, and Emily, 23. They reside in Stark County, where Justus was born and raised.
"I second Tony's explanation of the strength of the internal process within the organization," Justus said. "Leadership helps those within the organization to be given development opportunities and design programs and services to help facilitate all that along. Having had the opportunity to work with Tony for nearly a decade, it stands to reason there is going to be a lot of value that he can share, a lot of wisdom and experience, that makes me a better person for that.
Historically, Pomerene likes to bring in and train top-notch leaders, Snyder said, and the hospital has a first-rate leader ready to take over when he steps down Aug. 23.
"The tenure for a CEO is generally six or seven years. I've been here 14," Snyder said. "I'm leaving behind 14 years, and this is very tough for me emotionally. There's a lot of relationships I have here, from the board of directors to the administrative team, to the management team and the employees, as well as the relationships I've made outside the organization. They're tugging at me right now. I have been truly blessed, and I thank the board for this opportunity to serve.
"The people here and what they have taught me about service and serving others," he continued. "I'm a better executive after these 14 years, and I'm a better person because of Pomerene."
Justus says he sees no reason to make any immediate changes, as things are running smoothly at Pomerene.
"With any change, after assessment and reviews, and talking with leadership and internal groups, we may address some needs, but at this point in time, what we do well, we will continue to do well, and what we do every day, we'll continue to do every day," Justus said. "As time goes on, we'll work toward common goals."
Snyder added that the change at the top of Pomerene is not related to the proposed merger with Aultman Hospital.
"The relationship we have with Aultman is still progressing," Snyder said. "It is as strong as it ever has been. Pomerene is still an independent hospital. We're good friends and partners with Aultman, but not from an ownership standpoint."
— Reporter Kevin Lynch can be reached at 330-674-5676 or klynch@the-daily-record.com.
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This may be difficult for television anchors to accept but many jurists do question the idea that all law must come from the State. The divide between the socialists and liberals is clearly visible. "Legal pluralism" and "radical libertarianism" are well-recognized scholarly traditions. There is a consensus that the State is not the only source of law. History has many instances of pluralistic legal systems in which multiple sources of law have existed. It is strange that the Law Commission is not able to find much merit in the concept of "legal pluralism". It is worried about what it has called utter confusion due to various personal laws and has circulated a list of 16 questions inviting people's opinion on the uniform civil code (UCC). The framers of the Constitution have used the term "uniform" in Article 44 and not "common" because "common" means one and same in all circumstances whatsoever and "uniform" means "same in similar conditions". It is an erroneous perception that we have different personal laws because of religious diversity. As a matter of fact, laws differ from state to state. It seems the framers of the Constitution did not intend uniformity in the sense of one law for the whole country because the powers to legislate in respect of personal laws have been given to both Parliament and the assemblies. Even all Hindus in the country are not governed by one law. Marriage among close relatives is prohibited in the north but is permitted in the south. It is also true for the Muslims and Christians. The Constitution protects the local customs of Nagaland. Similar protection is enjoyed by the people in Meghalaya and Mizoram. Let us take Goa, as an example. It is repeatedly mentioned that Goa has a UCC. But then the Hindus of Goa are still governed by the Portuguese family and succession laws. The reformed Hindu law of 1955-56 is not applicable to them. Unreformed Shastric Hindu law on marriage, divorce, adoption and joint family is very much valid. The same is true for the Goan Muslims because the Shariat Act of 1937 has not been extended to Goa. Thus, they are governed by Portuguese law as well as Shastric Hindu law and not by Muslim personal law. It is shocking to note that the Special Marriage Act, which is a sort of a progressive civil code, has also not been extended to Goa. Even in Jammu and Kashmir, local Hindu law statutes differ from central enactments. The Shariat Act of 1937 is not applicable to Jammu and Kashmir either, and thus the Muslims continue to be governed by customary law, which, in many ways, is at variance with Muslim personal law.
The universality of the law is not an end in itself as the right to cultural relativism is a recognized human right . Amendments to a community's personal law with a view to bringing about changes for its betterment are one thing. But tinkering with the enactment for the sole purpose of introducing "uniformity" is another. The former may be an act of reform while the latter a piece of arbitrary action that may attract the disapproval of the community and create polarization. A just code would be better than a UCC. A UCC cannot and should not be enacted in one go. Piecemeal reform is the only option.


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The Trailblazers: Women of Weed
by Jenn Keeler– October 24, 2016
In 1869, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Woman Suffrage Association and traveled around the country, promoting women's rights. Though both of them passed away before their ultimate goal was realized, they did not campaign in vain: on June 4, 1919 the US deCongress passed the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Now, nearly a hundred years later, we are on the verge of electing our country's first female president.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are two examples of women who left the path less arduous for future generations. In today's world, in all kinds of industries, there are similar women, those unafraid to lead the way. This is also true in the marijuana business: women are certainly making names for themselves (and strains for themselves as well).
In fact, the cannabis industry is quite female-friendly: according to an article in
Marijuana Business Daily, women make up 36 percent of marijuana executives (14 percent higher than other industries)
In certain areas, women are even more prevalent: in testing labs, for instance, they make up over sixty percent of senior leadership.
While cannabis might be more of a gender-equality industry than others, that certainly doesn't mean there aren't innovators. In fact, the following ladies are quite literally blazing a trail for female pot lovers everywhere. Do they grow like a girl? Damn right they do.
Genifer Murray
A microbiologist by trade, Genifer Murray saw her winds of fate shift during a serendipitous meeting with a man at a bar in 2009, Arizona. A conversation that started with microbiology turned into an idea: testing pot for potency the same way scientists validate pharmaceutical drugs. A year later,
Murray's idea came to life when she co-founded CannLabs, a company that tested everything from hash oil to vape pens, from cannabis flowers to edibles, all to assure compliance with state law.
Unfortunately, Murray's tenure with CannLabs reached its conclusion prematurely: she left under terms described as both "her decision" and "their decision." Still, her impact on the marijuana industry is anything but vague: she continues to be a trailblazer. And, this time, with a bit more bling. She launched Gems by Gen earlier this year. It's a cannabis inspired jewelry line she produces with her gemologist father. In other words, it takes "stoned" to a whole new meaning.
Tahira Rehmatullah
Recently named one of Fortune Magazine's Top 5 Women in the Cannabis Industry, Tahira Rehmatullah is the general manager of Marley Natural, a product line named for the reggae innovator. Rehmatullah describes her company as being about more than just cannabis consumption:
It's also about medicine, personal freedom, social justice, and education (and economics, of course)
Like it did for recreational marijuana, medicinal marijuana paved the way for Rehmatullah's involvement:
when her grandfather died of cancer, she saw cannabis as a sought-after, marketable product. She is also a brand manager, consultant, and cultivator for Women Grow, a company that connects and empowers future cannabis leaders and current executives. It began in Denver in 2014.
Leah Maurer
If you're in Oregon's marijuana scene, you've probably heard of Leah Maurer (just like you know how to light a joint when you're standing in the pouring rain).
Maurer and her husband moved west after the feds seized the grow operation they'd planted in Missouri. Once in Oregon, they set about fighting for change. As a reform activist, the Maurers founded New Approach Oregon (a group that helped get Measure 91 (the recreational marijuana bill) on the ballot).
Now that the measure has passed, Maurer plays other roles in the industry. She co-chairs the Portland chapter of Women Grow; teaches parents how to talk to their kids about pot use in the same way they'd talk about alcohol; and works in public relations as one of the faces of the Oregon weed industry.
Lizette Coppinger
Lizette Coppinger also hails from the Beaver State (yes, somewhere a teenage boy is giggling).
She co-owns Cannabend, a medical dispensary located in central Oregon, as well as Joint Scullery, a cannabis event company that provides catering services complete with edibles.
Though the product of conservative parents, Coppinger always had a growing interest in becoming a business owner in the cannabis industry. She states that her skills really came together after she joined the ranks of motherhood. It makes sense, being a mom requires time management, multi-tasking, and listening to endless utterances of "I'm so hungry."
Madeline Martinez
Once upon a time, Madeline Martinez was a correctional officer in California sitting in a front row seat to the devastation the war on drugs has had on families. She left her post to fight marijuana prohibition full-time. Since then, she's become executive director of the Oregon chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws and a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.
Martinez jumped upon the legalization bandwagon years before it was cool, working with communities all the way back in 1998.
She collected signatures for Measure 67, which led to Oregon legalizing medical marijuana, as well as Measure 91, the recreational bill, before taking the fight to the federal level.
But it's really her café that has left her most famous. Among Oregonians, anyways.
In 2009, Martinez opened the
World Famous Cannabis café, a pub-like atmosphere that allowed medical marijuana patients to socialize and smoke. Today, it's accessible to anyone who's over 21 – recreational or medicinal users. Instead of going for the booze, people come for the high. It also has live music, bingo, and, most likely, wonderful people-watching opportunities.
With so many women in this powerful, up-and-coming industry, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton must be proud. Somewhere, they're smiling. And, who knows, maybe they're even passing a bong.
The Trailblazers: Women of Weed was last modified: September 7th, 2018 by Jenn Keeler
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Q: Multiple text-areas being added after an update event I am making a simple code editor using codemirror. I am at the last stage but a bug has occurred which I am not able to get my heads around.
I have a select html tag with three options:
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El Mini X10 fue dado a conocer por primera vez el 14 de febrero de 2010. Además de las dimensiones físicas, el teléfono también es diferente en prestaciones en comparación con el X10 . La entrada de texto se realiza mediante un teclado virtual, a diferencia del Xperia X10 Mini Pro, que cuenta con un teclado deslizante lateral.

Comparativa con Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 y Mini Pro
El Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro (U20 o Mimmi) es una actualización del Mini X10, en el que muchas de las especificaciones internas son idénticas. Las principales diferencias entre el Mini X10 original (también denominado virtual, tipo ABC y que no es a pantalla completa y con una tecla por letra) y el X10 Mini Pro es un teclado QWERTY completo deslizable, una batería reemplazable y que el Pro tiene dimensiones ligeramente más grandes (3,5x2,0x0,7 pulgadas frente a 3,3×2,0×0,6 pulgadas).

El Mini X10 y el X10 Mini Pro están diseñados para tener un aspecto similar y compartir funcionalidad con el más grande Xperia X10. Pero internamente son dispositivos muy diferentes. Ambos dispositivos no cuenta con el programa de gestión multimedia de Sony Ericsson "Mediascape", aunque incluyen "Timescape", así como la interfaz de usuario propietaria "Rachael".

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Para poder usar el X10 Mini, es necesario instalar aplicaciones como PdaNet o EasyTether, con la limitación de que en las versiones gratuitas se bloquean los sitios web seguros.

Véase también
 Swype (en inglés)
 Sony Ericsson PC Suite (en inglés)

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web Xperia X10 Minp
 XDA Developers X10 Mini Wiki
 Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Official Page
 Sitio web Xperia X10, su hermano mayor
 Cómo instalar XRecovery
 Tutorial, Instalar Android 2.2.1 en Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini

Referencias

Dispositivos Android
X10 Mini
Dispositivos de navegación GPS
Teléfonos móviles táctiles
Teléfonos móviles introducidos en 2017

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Man sought following suspicious encounter with girl in Alhambra
Posted on March 31, 2017 by Brian Day
ALHAMBRA >> Police on Friday released a sketch of a man they are seeking following a suspicious encounter with a 13-year-old in which he tried to get her to get in his car last week.
The incident took place about 2:30 p.m. on March 22 as the victim was walking in the 800 block of Westminster Avenue, Alhambra police officials said in a written statement. The girl was walking to a friend's house from Emery Park Elementary School.
A man approached in a black sedan and began asking the girl a series of questions,
"The subject asked the victim if she was lost, if he could help her, and ultimately asked the victim if she wanted to go with him," according to the statement. "The child did not respond to the questions and walked up to the friend's house without additional comments or contact from the male adult. The suspect re-entered the vehicle and left the area."
The suspicious man was described as Latino, 50 to 60 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, with dark-but-graying hair and a dull beard. He wore blue denim pants and a gray flannel shirt.
His car was a black sedan, possibly a Toyota, with ha 6- to 10-inch dent on the trunk. It had wires sticking out of a hole in the trunk area.
A second person, described only as a Latina woman over 40 years old, was also riding in the car as a passenger, officials said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Alhambra police Sgt. Elizalde or Detective Montano at 626-570-5157. Tips may also be submitted anonymously online to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
SUSPECT SKETCH courtesy of the Alhambra Police Department/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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Arcadia's police dog, Zoli, to get bullet-proof vest
ARCADIA >> The Arcadia Police Department lone K-9 will be patrolling the city with a new bullet- and stab-resistant vest, thanks to an anonymous donor and non-profit group dedicated to keeping four-legged law enforcement officers safe.
Zoli, a not-quite-2-year-old German shepherd-Belgian Malinois mix partnered with Officer Josh Foulks, will receive his new gear in eight to ten weeks, Arcadia police officials said in a written statement.
The vest is being procured by an anonymous donor, through the national nonprofit organization Vested Interest in K9s. It will be embroidered with the phrase, "Born to love — Trained to serve — Loyal always."
Zoli joined the Arcadia Police Department in November, becoming the department's first K-9 in 12 years. He is cross-trained for both suspect apprehension drug detection.
Vested Interest in K9s is a charity organization founded in 2009 and based in Taunton, Massachusetts, with the mission of providing bullet- and stab-resistant vests to police dogs throughout the Unites States.
The vests, which are custom made Armor Express in Central Lake, Michigan, are valued at $1,795 to $2,234 each, Arcadia police officials said. Through Vested Interest in K9s, $1,050 must be raised for each vest supplied.
The organization has distributed more than 2,400 K9 vests in all 50 states, including many to San Gabriel Valley law enforcement agencies.
Eligible dogs must be actively employed by a U.S. law enforcement agency, certified and at least 20 months old. Both new applicants and dogs with vests that have passed their five-year expiration dates can participate.
For more information, visit Vested Interest in K9s at www.vik9s.org.
PHOTOS: [ABOVE]: Arcadia police Officer Josh Fouls and K-9 Zoli, courtesy. [BELOW] File courtesy photo – Monterey Park Police K-9 Robin, with handler Agent Peter Palomino, received a protective vest in June of 2015 as a donation from nonprofit organizations Vested Interest in K9s Inc. and the Animal Health Foundation of Lake Forest.
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Two shootings reported in Norwalk early Friday
NORWALK >> No injuries were reported following two separate shooting within a mile of each other in Norwalk early Friday morning, authorities said.
The first shooting took place about 2:30 a.m. in the 16000 block of Flallon Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Jaime Alvarez said.
Deputies responded to reports of gunfire heard in the area and found several spent 9mm bullet casings in the street, he said. But there were no signs of victims or property damage.
About 30 minutes later, a man in his 50s was walking at Hayford Avenue and Horst Street when a newer-model, black Chevy Silverado pickup truck approached, the sergeant said.
An attacker inside the truck, described only as male, whistled at the man before firing two shots in his direction, according to Alvarez. The victim was not struck, and the truck sped away.
No further details were available.
Anyone with information can reach the sheriff's Norwalk Station at 562-863-8711. Tips may also be submitted anonymously to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
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Pasadena man sentenced for armed robberies
PASADENA >> A Pasadena man arrested in connection with a series of five armed robberies at Pasadena-area businesses in late-January and early-February received a four-year prisons sentence this week, officials said.
Terry Wayne Wilson, who turned 22 on Tuesday, pleaded "no contest" on Wednesday to two counts of robbery, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani said.
Police arrested him Feb. 5, capping off the series of robberies that took place at three sandwich shops and a pizza parlor in Pasadena, as well as a shoe store in unincorporated East Pasadena, that took place in the span of just over a week between Jan. 27 and Feb. 4.
At a scheduled preliminary hearing setting on Wednesday in the Pasadena branch of Los Angeles County Superior Court, Wilson pleaded "no contest" to two counts of second-degree robbery under a negotiated plea arrangement, Ardalani said. Four additional counts of robbery were dismissed.
"He was immediately sentenced to four years in state prison," she said. "The defendant was also ordered to pay $2,714 in restitution.
The string of armed robberies took place Feb. 27 at a Subway sandwich shop in the 3000 block of Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena; Jan. 28 at Subway locations in 2300 block of East Colorado Boulevard and the 1700 block of East Washington Boulevard in Pasadena; Feb. 1 at a Dominos's Pizza in the 1900 block of East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena; and Feb. 4 at a Shoe City in the 200 block of Rosemead Boulevard in unincorporated East Pasadena, according to Pasadena police and Los Angeles County sheriff's officials.
There were two victims in the first robbery, resulting in the six counts of robbery initially filed by prosecutors, authorities said.
Police identified Wilson as the suspect in the crimes and arrested him in Pasadena Feb. 5.
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Traffic stop in Pasadena leads to bust of alleged ID theft ring
PASADENA >> What began as a traffic stop for failing to display license plates late Wednesday led to the recovery of a stolen car, the seizure of a cache of alleged identity theft-related materials and netted three arrest, authorities said.
The bust took place about 7 p.m. after an officer pulled over a car for having no license plates at Peoria Street and Raymond Avenue, Pasadena police Lt. Pete Hettema said.
"Further investigation revealed the car was stolen," he said.
A search of the car turned up "numerous instruments of ID theft," including credit card readers, computers, fraudulent tax returns and documents in the names of other people, according to Hettema.
Police jailed Philip Laurel Marmolejo, 28, of Pasadena and Noelia Gaeta, 39, of Duarte on suspicion of crimes including identity theft, the lieutenant said. Joseph Anthony Camerano, 30, of Pasadena was being held on a parole violation stemming from a previous conviction.
None of the defendants are strangers to jail cells, according to Los Angeles County Superior Court records.
Marmolejo pleaded "no contest" to a single count of ID theft in March of 2016, while another ID theft charge, two counts of burglary and one count of grant theft by credit card fraud were dismissed. He was sentenced to a year in jail, but released less than four months later in June of 2016.
He was also convicted of being under the influence of drugs in 2010, and of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor in 2007, court records show.
Gaeta also has a lengthy criminal history, including convictions for false personation of another person, vehicle theft and driving on a suspended license in 2015, being under the influence of drugs in 2014, petty theft in 2013 and possession of stolen property in 2011.
Camerano, who remains on parole, was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run in 2009. Charges of murder and attempted murder were dismissed. He received a prison sentence of 17 years. It was not clear Thursday when he was paroled.
Camerano was also convicted of burglary in 2005.
According to county booing records, Marmolejo was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail pending his initial court appearance, while Gaeta and Camerano were being held without bail.
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Woman pulled from car, beaten, robbed in Pasadena
PASADENA >> Two men pulled a woman from her car, beat her and robbed her of her cell phone in Pasadena early Thursday, authorities said.
The violent robbery unfolded about 1:20 a.m. as the victim, a 24-year-old Pasadena woman, was sitting in her parked car at Lake Avenue and Washington Boulevard, Pasadena police Lt. Pete Hettema said.
"The victim was sitting inside her parked car inside a parking lot when the two suspect approached the driver side of her car," Hettema said. "The suspects opened the driver side door and pulled the victim out."
The men demanded money as they began beating the woman, the lieutenant said. They ultimately fled with only the woman's cell phone.
Hettema said the woman suffered cuts to her face and back pain, but declined medical treatment.
A detailed description of the attackers was not available. They were last seen running south along Lake Avenue.
Anyone with information can reach Pasadena police at 626-744-4241. Tips may also be submitted anonymously to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
Whittier man accused of molesting boy at Arcadia gym
ARCADIA >> Police jailed a Whittier man Monday on suspicion of molesting a boy in the shower of an Arcadia gym, officials said.
The incident was reported just before 10:40 a.m. on March 20 at 24 Hour Fitness, 125 N. First Ave., according to Arcadia Police Department logs.
Police said the man first initiated a "sexually suggestive conversation" while in the spa with the boy.
"When the victim left to take a shower, the suspect followed him and groped him," according to the log.
Police found and arrested Rodolfo Delgadill Cruz, 47, of Whittier on suspicion of child molestation, according to Arcadia police spokesman Tom LeVeque and Los Angeles County booking records.
Cruz pleaded not guilty to a charge of committing a lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 years old on March 23 and is scheduled to return to the Pasadena branch of Los Angeles County Superior Court for a preliminary hearing setting on April 20, court records show.
In the meantime, he was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail at the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles.
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Police impersonators sought in failed Arcadia robbery
ARCADIA >> Police are seeking two men who tried to rob another man while impersonating Arcadia police officers earlier this month.
The crime took place about 6:30 p.m. on March 10, Arcadia police spokesman Tom LeVeque said.
The victim was sitting at a bus stop near Baldwin and Camino Real avenues when a black Ford Crown Victoria, the same type of car often used by police, approached him through a parking lot while illuminating him with its headlight, Arcadia police officials said in a written statement issued Thursday.
"Two subjects got out of the Crown Vic, shining a spotlight from the passenger side at the man," according to the statement. "The two subjects approached the man telling him they were with Arcadia PD and to stand up."
Both police impersonators lifted their shirts to display some sort of badge affixed to their waists, police said.
"One subject began to "pat down" the man and removed his wallet and cell phone. The subject looked through the wallet but as an unknown person walked by, the subjects ran back to the Crown Vic, leaving the wallet and phone."
There was no money inside the wallet to steal, police added.
The would-be robbers were last seen driving west along Huntington Drive.
Police described the counterfeit cops as two Asian men of medium build, with short dark hair, wearing dark clothing and windbreakers. One was 25 to 30 years old, while the other was 19 or 20. They remain at large.
The impersonators told the victim they were armed, though no weapons were seen.
Arcadia police have not received any reports of similar incidents, officials said.
"If our officers are in plain clothes conducting enforcement, they will be readily identifiable, most often wearing marked raid jackets, shirts, or vests, and if not immediately involved with police action, will show their identification," according to the police statement. "All of our unmarked police vehicles are also equipped with blue-(and)-red emergency lighting."
Anyone with information can reach Arcadia police at 626-574-5151. Tips may also be submitted anonymously to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
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Man shot in Monrovia
MONROVIA >> A shooting in a residential neighborhood in Monrovia left a man wounded on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
The wounded victim arrived at a house in Duarte about 5 p.m. and called for help, Monrovia police Lt. Patty Newton said.
He reported that he had been shot in the 400 block of East Duarte Road, across the city border in Monrovia, the lieutenant said.
Paramedics took the man to a hospital for treatment, she said. An update on his condition was not available.
Officers continued investigating at the scene Wednesday evening. Officials had not found physical evidence of the shooting, and no reports of gunshots were received in the area, Newton said.
Officials could no confirm initial reports from the scene that the suspect was a Latino man in his 50s, of short stature, with short black hair and a black backpack.
Anyone with information can reach the Monrovia Police Department at 626-256-8000. Tips may also be submitted anonymously to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.
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Azusa man jailed following pursuit in stolen car
AZUSA >> A wanted Azusa man remained behind bars in lieu of more than half a million dollars bail on Wednesday after leading police on a pursuit in a stolen car earlier in the week, authorities said.
Ricardo Angel Guzman, 36, was booked on suspicion of possession of a stolen car, evading police, drug possession and driving on a suspended license following the chase, which took place just after 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Azusa police Lt. Michael Bertelsen said. He also had three outstanding arrest warrants.
The incident began when someone called police from a residential neighborhood in town to report seeing a suspicious vehicle, the lieutenant said.
"On arrival, (officers) attempted to contact two occupants of the vehicle," Bertelsen said. "The driver sped away. A pursuit followed."
The driver, later identified as Guzman, led officers on a chase through city streets for about 20 minutes, according to Bertelsen. A woman was riding in the car as a passenger.
Officers soon determined the car had recently been reported stolen in Ontario, he added.
At one point, the car ran into a dead end on Kirkwall Road. But the driver drove through the adjacent Valleydale Park, 5525 N. Lark Ellen Ave., and continued the pursuit, Bertelsen said. The car also briefly sped toward an officer as he was sitting in a patrol car blocking traffic.
The car ultimately came to a stop in the 300 block of South Louise Avenue, where the Guzman exited the car and ran, but was soon apprehended, according to the lieutenant. The female passenger was detained at the scene and treated for an existing medical condition, but was not arrested.
Guzman was booked into the Azusa Police Department's jail, where he was being held in lieu of $620,000 bail pending his initial court appearance, scheduled Thursday in West Covina branch of Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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You know, it's actually kind of hard to tell what the weather's doing these days. It was rainy and cold this morning, then by lunchtime we were eating outside on the porch in the bright sunshine. By that point it was warm enough for Harvey to be in shorts and short sleeves, but the rest of us were still wearing our long underwear. At one point Lijah was barefoot but wearing mittens; then he took them off and left them out in the garden, where they must now be blowing around in the wild wind that came up late afternoon. Hooray for spring!
Just like last year, February vacation week has seen a bizarre warm spell. Tuesday it was mild and springlike in the afternoon, and yesterday, all day, it was downright summery. While it's always strange when the climate behaves oddly, we couldn't help but enjoy the sudden break from winter. It's so lovely to have outside be as easy and accessible as inside! The kids spent hours running and playing, and we even had a picnic dinner, with steak and hot dogs cooked over the fire.
Of course, nothing can ever be perfect, and two small imperfections marred our complete enjoyment of the warmth. For one thing, the mud is crazy. I had to put a plank out to cover the swampy patch outside our side door—I was worried some of the smaller kids would sink entirely! I'm also concerned about grass ever growing again on our lawn; with the mud it wasn't quite ready for the level of use we wanted to put it to. And then there's the injuries. Half an hour after remarking how easy it is to go play outside in the warm, Harvey came in noting how easy it also is to get hurt! All the boys except Lijah got are pretty marked up around the legs.. things hurt more when you're wearing shorts! There are also bugs.
But never mind! Far from taking away from the joy of warm spring weather, those things are all part of the experience and we were happy to dive into them. And now, since it's still February, we're happy to enjoy the snowfall forecast for this afternoon.
Changing weather is hard—at least, when it comes to knowing what to wear to go outside. Switching gears as the seasons change is always tricky, and all the more so when we have summer days in February followed by near-blizzards in March. The boys pretty much gave up on winter gear the first time it got warm, and besides when it was actually snowing they barely wore their jackets all through the barely-double-digit middle of March. Lijah refused his coat entirely for the entire second half of the winter: when I convinced him to wear it to go out in the rain-snow mix on Friday it was the first time it's been off the hanger since early February (not counting all the times the boys knocked it down, of course).
The last couple of days have been warm enough that Harvey and Zion have been rocking shorts and t-shirts, at least by mid morning—the weather has caught up to their expectations. Still, it's that in-between time where they have trouble, for example, getting in the side door of the house: tucked against the north side it's still snowy far past any other part of the yard, and they're mostly not fans of snow on bare feet. Still, they'll do it, such is their commitment to feeling summery.
Me, I have the opposite problem. Once I start wearing my long underwear and wool cap in November or whenever, I have a hard time giving them up. It's been well established that I love the cold, but that doesn't mean I enjoy being cold—on the contrary, my enjoyment is predicated on being well-equipped to sit around outside without feeling any discomfort. So lots of layers. Now that it's spring it's probably time to pare down a bit, but as I say—it's hard. For one thing, our house is pretty chilly in the morning, and the inside of a pair of jeans isn't what I'd call cozy first thing! And then there's always the haunting notion that I might suffer a chill at any time: better safe than sorry.
It's not every year that the kids can have a snowball fight shirtless and with bare feet, but we witnessed it last week. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday—each day warmer than the last, melting a foot of snow down to almost nothing (rain Saturday night after a slightly cooler day finished it off). There was lots to enjoy: Leah got to run in shorts, Harvey took a long bike ride with a friend, the kids had the aforementioned snowball fight. We took a hike Friday and Harvey and Zion were in shorts and sandals (though we walked through enough snow that they maybe would have made a different footwear choice if they could do it again). But there's also the nagging sense that it shouldn't really be so warm in February, and that climate change is dooming us all. Kind of spoils the fun.
So, even though I probably have to abandon my plan of direct sowing arugula seeds in the garden this month (I was going to use row covers if it got cold again!), I was glad to see more seasonable weather make a return yesterday. Especially when we got home from church and I could put my hat on again—I forgot that you need to wear more clothes in the winter.
We marked the end of the crazy warm weather with a fire Saturday evening. The boys invited the neighbor kids over and we toasted marshmallows, then they played with fire for a while as the temperature dropped and a light rain started to fall. It was fun. We'll do it again... like, towards the end of April?
Yesterday morning everybody was up around 7:00 and we had our pancake breakfast done with before 8:00, leaving us with plenty of time for cleaning jobs before we went out to the bus stop. It's been a while since the morning has felt so spacious, but the winter's drawing on and that old sun is coming up earlier and earlier. Evenings have felt luxuriously late for a while now; yesterday the boys were out until 5:30 and it was still just dusky when they came in.
The only problem with thinking about spring now is that we've barely had a winter! It hasn't been below freezing for several days, and the boys have completely forgotten about dressing warmly when they go outside. It's nice that they can just head out the door; less so when it does cool down some and we have to listen to them complaining that they're chilly when there isn't anything we can do about it! There's a little cold in the forecast the next couple days, and maybe even some snow. I do hope we get some more: one day of sledding in a winter just isn't enough!
It snowed Sunday night. After we put the boys to bed Leah asked me about the forecast for the day to come; checking the forecast I saw that the "current conditions" said snow. And so it was! (I did check). Not the most romantic way to notice the first snow of the season, but we'll take it. I was sad the boys couldn't see it falling—but on the other hand the surprise only intensified their joy in the morning.
Zion and Lijah made some time to play in it before breakfast. Harvey, being older and more heavily burdened with responsibilities, had to make due with bringing a snowball in along with the eggs as he did his chores. (Don't worry, they all got to have fun in it when we went out to the bus stop—we still do that).
When the sun got going at 11:00 or so the snow melted right away, but not before marking our morning with delight. On the other hand, it was pretty cold in the house all day, which we might have to do something about... but that's a topic for another blog post.


Knuckle Junkies | St. Charles MMA, doing it for the dogs.
St. Charles MMA, doing it for the dogs.
While today we celebrate our two-legged loved ones, Mike Rogers is spending the whole month dedicated to our four-legged friends.
Rogers, the head coach and owner of St. Charles MMA, is taking donations all month for Phoenix Pack (formerly known as Mutts n Stuff).
"We are trying to get dog food or any other kind of donations to help them out," Rogers said. "Leashes, it doesn't matter."
Anyone who has spent time around St. Charles MMA is likely stumble upon Manny, Rogers' American pit bull terrier. Rogers has gotten two of his dogs from the organization, and has had nine-year-old Manny around for eight years.
Phoenix Pack is a non-profit, pit bull rescue organization located in the St. Louis area. Though it helps all breeds of dogs and cats, its primary mission is to identify temperamentally sound pit bulls in local shelters, relocate them to loving foster homes where they receive training, and ultimately place them in responsible forever homes. They also work to rebuild and preserve a positive public image for the American pit bull terrier and pit bull mixes by providing accurate educational materials and information.
Rogers, who trains some of toughest fighters in all of the Midwest, has always had a soft spot for canines.
"I feel bad for dogs," he said. "They're defenseless. They can't take care of themselves. They rely on people to take care of them and people are pretty (horrible) about taking care of them."
St. Charles MMA will be taking toys, blankets, beds, treats, food, and money donations through the month on February.
"These are good people taking care of great animals," Rogers said. "Hopefully people will start bringing stuff up. We have just a few bags and a few toys so far. They need everything."
St. Charles MMA is located at 4029 S. Cloverleaf, St. Peters, MO.


EMS provider Season Group is growing its sales team in North America as a result of new significant customer interest in its new Mexico facility.
About a year ago Season Group opened its site in Reynosa, Mexico – which was driven by a growing demand from its customers for a Mexican EMS source. The facility also offered the groups North American customers the ability to Right Shore their products – choosing from Season's facilities in USA (San Antonio), Mexico (Reynosa) and Asia (both China and Malaysia). The initial focus in Reynosa was to transfer a number of current programs (including PCBA, Final Assembly and Cable Assembly business) from China to Mexico. Now that these transfers are broadly complete, Season Group has expanded the Reynosa operation to take on new customers. This has led to the company recruiting two new sales directors to join its North American sales team. Commenting on the recruitment, Steve Wilks (VP – Global Sales) said "Increasingly, we are seeing customers seeking to source products in multiple regions – rejecting the "one size fits all" approach to selecting a manufacturing location. However, they are still seeking to benefit from working with a single, global EMS supplier and want help in finding the ideal solution for their business. Season Group's level of vertical integration, size and geographical presence also allows us to offer a unique solution to small and medium sized companies. I am confident that companies will value the advice that our sales team can provide – ensuring that our customers place the right products at the right manufacturing site." Carl Hung, President and CEO, added "The expansion of our sales team is a significant investment for Season Group but one that we feel we should make to ensure that our growth continues and that we have customers that are happy with the solutions that we provide. My aim is to develop relationships with customers so that they never feel the need to move to another EMS company once they come to us. Of course, this means providing the most competitive price, quality and service – and this requires us to fully understand their business needs in order to build the most cost-effective EMS solution in terms of cost, leadtime and support requirements. Our additions to the sales team, as well as our growing capability in Mexico and USA, will help to ensure that we continue to provide that support".


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Sanusi Charges Flying Eagles, Falconets To Go For Gold
MikeThePunditAugust 18, 2019
The General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi has challenged the U20 boys' and girls' National Teams to go for gold medals in the football events of the ongoing 12th All-Africa Games in Rabat, Morocco.
Paul Aigbogun's wards were forced to a 1-1 draw by their counterparts from Burkina Faso in their opening match of the men's football event on Friday, while Chris Danjuma's Falconets took no prisoners, hammering South Africa's Basetsana 3-0 in their first match on Saturday.
"I have confidence in the two teams that are in Morocco for the football events and I know they will do the country proud. The Falconets have shown their teeth right from the beginning while the Flying Eagles have to rejig their strategy.
"From available records, Nigeria has not won gold medal in the men's football event since 1973 that we hosted the 2nd All-Africa Games in Lagos. It is a very long time and the Flying Eagles have to do make their best efforts to win this this year," said Sanusi.
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The Senior National Team, known then as Green Eagles, defeated their Guinean counterparts 2-0 in the final of the football event of the 2nd All-Africa Games in 1973. But Nigeria lost the final and gold medal to Algeria in Algiers in 1978 and to Cameroon in 2003 when the country hosted the 8th edition in Abuja.
This year's edition is being contested by U20 teams, in both men and women categories.
Following their draw with Burkina Faso, the Flying Eagles must take a cue from the Falconets when they take on their counterparts from South Africa in their second match of the tournament on Tuesday. Their last match of the group phase is against host nation Morocco on Friday.
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For the Falconets, the three points and three goals from the win over South Africa will be a big boost when they take on Cameroon on Wednesday, 21st August before rounding off their group phase campaign against Zambia on Saturday, 24th August.
Host nation Morocco, Equatorial Guinea, Mali and Algeria are in Group A.
Nigeria won the gold medal of the women's football event on home soil in 2003 and repeated the feat in Algiers four years later, but failed to qualify for the 2011 Games in Maputo and only finished in fourth place in Brazzaville, Congo four years ago.
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Q: Topology of the tangent bundle Let $M$ be a smooth manifold, and let $\pi:TM\to M$ be its tangent bundle. We define the topology of $TM$ by declaring a subset $V$ of $TM$ to be open if and only if $\psi_\phi(V\cap\pi^{-1}(U))$ is open for each chart $(U,\phi)$ for $M$, where $\psi_\phi:\pi^{-1}(U)\to\phi(U)\times\mathbb{R}^n$ is the bijection sending $v_p\in T_pM$ (with $p\in U$) to $(\phi(p),\lambda^1,\ldots,\lambda^n)$, where the $\lambda^i$ are the coefficients of $v_p$ w.r.t to the coordinate basis $\left\{\frac{\partial}{\partial x_1}(p),\ldots,\frac{\partial}{\partial x_n}(p)\right\}$.
My teacher wrote as a comment that this topology would make the zero section become open, which is not the case, so that this was not correct. I had phrased what I state above in a somewhat ambiguous way and I think that that is why he wrote this, so I want to clarify this: this topology is the right one right? And it does not make the zero section open, since if we let $U_1$ be an open subset of $M$ and $\sigma:M\to TM$ the zero section, then for any chart $(U,\phi)$ for $M$ we have that $\psi_\phi(\sigma(U_1)\cap\pi^{-1}(U))=\phi(U_1\cap U)\times\{0\}$ which is not open in $\mathbb{R}^n\times\mathbb{R}^n$, right?

A: You are correct that the image of a section $M \rightarrow TM$ is not open. One reason: since the section is a (smooth) immersion, the rank of the differential is no greater than the dimension of the domain, and here we have $\dim M < \dim TM$. Since the rank of the differential is less than that of the codomain, the image of the section must have dimension less than the codomain, and hence the image cannot be open (an open set must have dimension everywhere equal to the surrounding space).


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Zeus is selected as Trophy Bearer at IEM Katowice 2020
It's an IEM tradition for a legendary player to lift the Trophy upon the podium; it signals the start of an incredible competition, one that only ends when the Champions raise it again in absolute victory.
This year it will be Zeus, ex Na'Vi Captain and two-time IEM winner, undertaking the role. Having led an incredible career over the span of a whopping 17 years, we wanted to get to know this Counter-Strike veteran before IEM Katowice later this month!
Zeus announced the decision to end his career as a professional player back in September last year. He has won many prestigious tournaments, including the Intel Extreme Masters championships in 2010 and 2011, throughout his career. A few days earlier, the 32-year-old Ukrainian announced that there is a possibility of his return to the professional stage.
IEM Katowice 2020 will take place from February 24 to March 1 at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. Sixteen teams will fight for the $500,000 prize fund.
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Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt (1774–1843) was an English journalist and walker, and wife of the essayist William Hazlitt.

Early life and relationships
She was born in 1774, the only daughter of John Stoddart, lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Her only sibling was John Stoddart, who later became Editor of The Times.

Stoddart was part of a circle which included Romantic writers such as William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey and William Godwin. Stoddart was a good friend of Mary Lamb, sister of Charles Lamb.

Prior to marriage, Stoddart lived with her brother in Malta whilst he was Advocate of the Crown and of the Admiralty for Malta.

Marriage and divorce
On 12 May 1808, Stoddart married William Hazlitt, English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. They met through the Lambs. Shortly before the wedding, John Stoddart established a trust into which he began paying £100 per year, for the benefit of Hazlitt and his wife—this was a very generous gesture, but Hazlitt detested being supported by his brother-in-law, whose political beliefs he despised. This union was not a love match, and incompatibilities would later drive the couple apart; yet, for a while, it seemed to work well enough, and their initial behaviour was both playful and affectionate. Miss Stoddart, an unconventional woman, accepted Hazlitt and tolerated his eccentricities just as he, with his own somewhat offbeat individualism, accepted her. The couple had three sons over the next few years. Only one of their children, William, born in 1811, survived infancy. (He in turn fathered William Carew Hazlitt.)

Between their wedding and 1812, the Hazlitts lived in a small estate at Winterslow near Salisbury, which had been inherited by and belonged to Stoddart Hazlitt. In 1812 they moved to 19 York Street, Westminster, a house that previously belonged to Milton.

In 1819, following increasing difficulties in their marriage related to finances, adultery and lack of love, Stoddart Hazlitt and her husband effectively separated and stopped living together, though they remained on speaking terms.

In April 1822, Stoddart Hazlitt travelled to Edinburgh from London. She and her husband sought a divorce; this would be achieved more easily in Scotland, where Scottish law would more easily grant divorce in the case of adultery. Whilst in Edinburgh, it was arranged that Stoddart Hazlitt would 'catch' her husband in the act of adultery. The divorce was finalised on 17 July 1822.

Walking tours
Whilst in Scotland, Stoddart Hazlitt undertook a number of walking tours in the Southern Highlands. Between 13 and 20 May 1822, she walked 170 miles from Stirling back to Edinburgh, travelling through sights such as the Falls of Leny, Loch Katrine, Loch Lomond, the Falls of Clyde and New Lanark.

On 31 May, she undertook another tour, this time from the Forth through to Perth, Dunkeld, Crieff and then Stirling, this time walking 112 miles in 5 days.

The journals of Stoddart Hazlitt's tours were published as Journal of My Trip to Scotland in the Le Gallienne edition of William Hazlitt's Liber Amoris in 1893.

Death and legacy
Following her divorce, little more is known of her life. Stoddart Hazlitt traveled around France and England and remained relatively close with Hazlitt, keeping his surname until her death. Stoddart Hazlitt died in 1843. Her grave has yet to be located.

Though the journal of her walking tours is perhaps the most extensive account of her life, most of Stoddart Hazlitt's legacy has been dictated by Hazlitt's accounts of his ex-wife, which often portray her as cold and selfish. With notable exceptions, Stoddart Hazlitt's Journal of My Trip to Scotland has also been frequently dismissed and was last printed in 1959. In 2021, The Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt Project was established to facilitate "the study and celebration of the life, writing, and travels of Sarah Stoddart Hazlitt." On the 200th anniversary of Journal of my Trip to Scotland in the spring and summer of 2022, this project also created a daily newsletter that emailed subscribers entries from Stoddart Hazlitt's journal exactly 200 years after they were written.

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1774 births
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Home Politics ANCSA association endorses Tara Sweeney for Congress
ANCSA association endorses Tara Sweeney for Congress
Alaska's Native corporations are getting behind one of the 48 candidates for Congress in Alaska's election that will replace the late Congressman Don Young. The ANCSA Association board of directors has voted to endorse Tara Sweeney for Alaska's lone congressional seat.
"The decision recognizes the historic opportunity before Alaskans to elect the state's first Alaska Native and female congressperson," the board said in a statement. "It is rare for ARA to support a political candidate but a candidate as experienced and qualified as Tara Katuk Sweeney is also rare," said ARA President Kiln Reitmeier. "As our nation's first Alaska Native Assistant Secretary of Indian Tara fought tirelessly from our nation's capital in Washington D.C. to help create jobs and economic opportunity for all Alaskans, including those in rural communities."
Sweeney is former co-chair of Alaska Federation of Natives and was Vice President for external affairs for Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, a Native corporation created by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Board members include Sophie Minich of CIRI, Gail Schubert of Bering Straits Native Corporation, Sauna Hegna of Koniag, Anthony Mallott of Sealaska, Skoey Vergan of Aleut Native Corporation, Michelle Anderson of Ahtna, Rex Rock, Sr. of ASRC, Jason Metrokin of Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Andrew Guy of Calista, and Sheri Buretta of Chugach.
Sweeney is one of dozens who will be on the June 11 special election primary ballot, part of the process of picking the temporary member of Congress, who will be elected in the special general election in August and who would serve until January. Almost simultaneously, an election for the permanent seat will be taking place, starting Aug. 16 with a primary and ending in November with the general election.
Ironically, it was Congressman Nick Begich who pushed ANCSA through in Congress when he served as Alaska's lone representative in 1971. The bill extinguished Alaska Native aboriginal claims, and was signed by President Nixon that year, ushering the way for Native corporations and the development of Alaska's oil on the North Slope. His grandson, Nick Begich III, is now running for Congress.
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Kayak April 11, 2022 At 4:25 pm
Is this a way for a pseudo nonprofit to be able to endorse a candidate? Just asking.
Jefferson April 11, 2022 At 5:36 pm
And that is exactly why any right-thinking person should NOT vote for Tara Sweeney!
Steve P Peterson April 11, 2022 At 6:42 pm
A Murkowski clone.
Jefferson April 12, 2022 At 7:13 am
Frank Rast April 12, 2022 At 7:43 am
Bravo to Senator Murkowski's work on the Infrastructure Bill which will have an outsized benefit to Alaska. Tara would be a great replacement to Don Young.
And there chimes in radical leftist extremist Frank, with his usual inversion of reality, common sense, logic and truth.
The Waltons April 13, 2022 At 1:24 pm
What a surprise! Frank, I didn't realize that you lived next to "The Jeffersons." What kind of people are they?
Tookalook Family April 11, 2022 At 11:19 pm
We are voting for Nick Begich 3.
kubota2 April 12, 2022 At 5:27 am
One would think it could be an easy choice given all the choices. But I don't like the family that is running the Begich campaign, and you can tell he is a fake on the gun issue by the way he holds that shotgun in the ad (just like the Democrat who shot a bear in the race against Sullivan two years ago). Palin is probably best on the Second Amendment. Coghill may actually be the only honest person in the race (!) but then there was SB 91. Dunleavy voted for SB 91 by the way. If I had to vote today I guess I would vote for Palin and not tell anyone. Palin is probably the most similar to Boebert, of CO, and I very much believe Boebert is the best person in the entire Congress.
The Heavenly Vixens--Boebert, Greene, and Palin! April 12, 2022 At 11:11 am
You're on to something, bud: "The Heavenly Vixens–Boebert, Greene, and Palin!" Those looking for a little something steamy would be able to find it on the nightly news. "The 'people's house'–risqué and decadent!" brought to you by C-SPAN!
Jen April 12, 2022 At 10:10 am
She been an effective leader within the bubble world of native peoples, unfortunately outside this native crowd no one knows her. This is a statewide race. Cause you know! Natives do not hold the state population at 40%, young native ambitious aspiring leaders can't afford isolating themselves to the native world, when it no longer has the population representation. Ak Indian health workers done an excellent job declining and maintaining ak native population and declining like the blacks at 14% using conceptives and abortion.
I thought Alaskan Natives were US citizens just like everyone else. My grandparents taught me that we are as much Americans as anybody. But young Native people have been trained to believe that they hold higher class of rights and entitlements in Alaska. Therefore, I will not vote for Tara Sweeney. She would only promote a racial bias in our state.
Kayak April 13, 2022 At 5:29 am
Yes, we all now see that. We have the haves and the have-nots based upon who the federal government thinks is Native.
The Masked Avenger April 13, 2022 At 5:08 am
I guess they gotta, but seems like a waste of time and money. She and they would be more effective throwing their support to a candidate who had a chance of winning
Shelia April 13, 2022 At 9:55 pm
Um – The update mentioned one Scott Kendall, Walker's right hand man (or at least he was) and the author of the new voting law. OK, I am now seriously asking what this person has to do with the candidacy of Sweeney. With all of his shenanigans of the past, I now have to suspect the worst. Please, Suzanne, more info on how this boll weevil is doing burrowing into her campaign.
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Alex L. "Sonny" Sixkiller (born September 6, 1951) is a former American football player and sports commentator. He is currently a senior manager for business development for Huskies Sports Properties, the rights-holder for University of Washington Athletics.

Early years
Sonny Sixkiller, a member of the Cherokee Nation, was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. A year later, he moved with his family to Ashland, Oregon where his father worked in a lumber mill. He attended Ashland High School and was a good student and a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball.

In football, Sixkiller was an All-Southern Oregon Conference selection and a second team all-state selection. He was a back-up at quarterback as a sophomore to senior Gene Willis, who later played at Washington. In basketball, he was an all-conference selection. In baseball, he was a pitcher and an all-conference selection. Sixkiller graduated in 1969 and had hoped to stay in-state and play for Oregon State in Corvallis, but head coach Dee Andros declined to offer him a scholarship, wary of his short stature (, ).

University of Washington
On the advice of Willis, head coach Jim Owens recruited Sixkiller and offered him a scholarship to the University of Washington in Seattle. Due to his name, he was given uniform number 6. Sixkiller became the starting quarterback for the Huskies as a sophomore in 1970, and led the Huskies to a  record, a vast improvement over the  record in 1969. He completed 186 passes for 2,303 yards and 15 touchdowns in what many called the Year of The Quarterback.

Sixkiller missed four games as a senior in 1972 finished his college career with 385 completions for 5,496 yards and 35 touchdowns, and held fifteen school records. The Huskies posted consecutive  records in 1971 and 1972. The Pac-8 Conference allowed only one team to play in the postseason, the Rose Bowl, until the 1975 season.

Professional football
Unselected in the 1973 NFL Draft, Sixkiller had tryouts with the Los Angeles Rams in 1973, and with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League in 1974. He signed with the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League in September 1974, and played with The Hawaiians in 1975, Sixkiller and several other players quit the troubled team late in the season after the players were asked to take a 20% pay cut; the entire league collapsed a week later. He tried out with the San Diego Chargers in 1976.

Sixkiller was also a cast member in the 1974 film The Longest Yard. He is currently an executive for sports marketing firm IMG College, serving his alma mater, the University of Washington.

See also
 Washington Huskies football statistical leaders

References

External links
Just Sports Stats
WFL stats
College stats

Profile of Sixkiller from the Mail Tribune (September 17, 2004)

Sports Press Northwest – Wayback Machine: Sixkiller becomes an icon
Boys' Life – October 1971

1951 births
Living people
People from Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Cherokee Nation sportspeople
American football quarterbacks
Philadelphia Bell players
The Hawaiians players
Washington Huskies football players
Sportspeople from Ashland, Oregon
Players of American football from Oklahoma
20th-century Native Americans
Native American sportspeople
21st-century Native Americans


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March 2 to April 6
Images shown on the site are just a small sample of works available by the artists.
Creative Destruction No. 2, 2016
Ceaseless No. 1, 2016
Return to Oblivion No. 1, 2016
Return to Oblivion No. 10, 2015
The gallery is thrilled to present the first solo exhibition by newest gallery artist, Doug Fogelson.
Doug Fogelson's newest body of work addresses issues of climate change and human impact on the planet. Fogelson first sets out to record, in the style of a traditional landscape photographer, pictures of the natural world. These initial images are lush, almost extravagant, and in many of them time and space are expanded over multiple exposures to heighten a sense of the materiality of his subject matter. Fogelson then moves to a studio practice and uses common industrial chemicals, some of the same substances that have caused harm to the planet, to melt the emulsion on the film's surface. These chemicals successively affect the yellow, magenta and cyan layers of his film, which ultimately form new salt crystals and other patterns as the film dries. The altered emulsion retains an index of the original subject matter, but the result is a molecularly reconfigured, artistically reinterpreted version of the world. These synthesized film pieces are then scanned and output as high resolution pigment prints – another comment on the mash-up of the old world, as analog technique, and the new, as digital processes.
The resulting series, Creative Destruction, is a visual representation of Fogelson's desire to bring light to the issues at hand and make sense of the changing world around us all. Arrested in-between loss and gain, creation and destruction, this work reflects a pivotal moment with regard to our long-term impact on the planet.
Currently based in Chicago, Doug Fogelson's photographic works are included in notable public and private collections such as The J. Paul Getty Center, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, The Cleveland Clinic, Palm Springs Art Museum, and Elmhurst Art Museum. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums since 2004, including The Chicago Cultural Center, Walker Art Center, Linda Warren Projects, Royale Projects, The Arts Club of Chicago, Delta Institute, and the Museum Belvedere, Netherlands.
He has been recognized by publications including Art News, Photo District News, Art Forum, and AfterImage, and has had work included in Harpers, Orion, and New York: A Photographer's City (Rizzoli, 2011). Additionally, Doug Fogelson founded Front Forty Press, an award-winning independent fine art publishing company, has taught at the Photography Department of his alma mater, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and he is on the Board of Directors for Filter Photo Festival.


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Pushing paper Contemporary drawing from 1970 to now
Isabel Seligman
Artwork: c. 100 illustrations
Size: 8.7 in x 9.9 in x 0.5 in
Published: November 12th, 2019
This remarkable exploration of drawing as a medium in resurgence unites a global range of contemporary artists.
Subverting its former role as a primarily preparatory medium, drawing is enjoying a resurgence among contemporary artists and students. Pushing paper examines why drawing has not only endured, but continues to thrive as an artistic expression.
56 works, produced between the 1970s and the present day, are used to explore the vital and fundamental nature of drawing. Themes such as place and space, and power and protest, offer new lenses through which to view these major artists.
Supported by the Bridget Riley Art Foundation, this book explores the work of the world's most important contemporary artists, including Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Richard Deacon, Tracey Emin, David Hockney, Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Cornelia Parker, Sol LeWitt, Grayson Perry, Bridget Riley, Imran Qureshi, and Rachel Whiteread, as well as exciting works by new and emerging artists, such as Hamid Sulaiman and Rachel Duckhouse.
Sure to appeal to admirers of drawing, and to artists and students alike, Pushing paper provides an arresting analysis of the status of drawing in the world of contemporary art.
Isabel Seligman is the Bridget Riley Art Foundation Exhibition Curator at the British Museum. Previous publications include Lines of thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to now and "Minimalism and conceptualism from the 1970s" in The American Dream: pop to the present, both published by Thames & Hudson in collaboration with the British Museum.
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Zee Ain Heritage Village in Al-Baha Region
Criteria: (iv)(v)
Permanent Delegation of Saudi Arabia to UNESCO
Al-Mikhwat Province, Al-Baha Region
Coordinates: N 2205656.85 E 755681.17
It is among the most important traditional villages in Al-Baha region, and it was built on a mountain top featuring a unique urban heritage organization and environmental configuration and its picturesque view towards the surrounding farms that includes 312 houses, and one mosque. The houses were built from polished stones, with multiple floors from two to four floors that are similar in terms of planning, dating back to the end of the 10thcentury AH/8th century CE. The village is further characterized by the presence of a permanent water source and defensive fortification surrounded by mountains on three sides.
Zee Ain is an archaeological village located in Tehamat Zahran about 20 kilometers from Al-Makhwat province and 24 kilometers from the Al-Baha, it was developed in the 10th century AH/8th century CE making it more than 400 years old. The village was built on the summit of a White Mountain famous for the cultivation of banana, lemon, pepper, basil and Kadi, and handicrafts. The village has many two to four floors houses and a small mosque and many forts used to defend and survey the village
Its Name:
The village was named after a water spring continuously flowing from the nearby mountains to several reservoirs and each particular pond has its own name. There is a local legend that talks about a man lost his cane in one of the valleys, and to retrieve it he tracked it until he reached the village, he gathered its inhabitants and retrieved his cane after digging the spring.
Village Design:
The village has 49 dwellings, 9 of which are composed of one floor, 19 from two floors, 11 from three floors and 10 from four floors. The village was constructed using load bearing walls system "Medamik" and the thickness of the walls are between 0.7 to almost 0.9 meters, structures are roofed using Sider wood. The big rooms are roofed using columns known as "Al-zafer", and above the Sedir wood there is a kind of stones known as "Salat" and the stones are covered with mud. The lower floors are used for reception and living, the upper floors for sleeping, and some of the buildings still exist since the establishment of the village and some are partially run-down and some are completely demolished.
The Village History:
The village witnessed many tribal battles before the Kingdom's unification by King Abdul Aziz. The most important of these battles suffered by the region is when the tribes of Zahran and Ghamd met with the Turkish army lead by Muhammad Ali Pasha that ended with the defeat of the Turks; their burial place is known as "the Turks graves".
The village of Zee Ain is a huge archaeological treasure than no one know its value, but those with long experience in the field of tourism, the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities rehabilitate a small portion of it but still needs lots of efforts, to benefit from this village and magnificent landscapes with a serious action to accelerate tourism using SCTA capabilities or experience to develop such wonderful places and important site to become the backbone of local economy and national income.
Criterion (v): The Traditional Village of Zee Ain in Al-Baha is an outstanding example of a deliberately preserved traditional settlement, representative of a culture that has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. This village, which developed mainly during the 10th century AH/8th century CE, not only represents the architectural subgroup within the Assir Region but also bears witness, for the Kingdom as a whole, to the traditional forms of rural life which were generally abolished by the agricultural revolution in the 20th century.
Criterion (iv): The Traditional Village of Zee Ain in Al-Baha is an outstanding examples of traditional human settlements that are perfectly adapted to their environment and their social and economic raison d'être.
Integrity: The property includes the most important elements and components of the village and the surrounding landscape: the deliberately preserved traditional settlement, the farm lands belonging to it, the wider landscape and the natural environment with all its character-shaping elements. The traditional settlement and its landscape environment, shaped by land-use, together with its fortification that organize and orient the landscape's panorama, form a harmonious and intact entity in its visual appearance.
Authenticity: The Traditional Village of Zee Ain in Al-Baha, developed mainly in 10th century AH/8th century CE, was organized in a homogenous way, preserving heritage elements and traditions that characterize it. The preservation of the traditional techniques of The Traditional Village of Zee Ain in Al-Baha architecture, the local use of materials and forms, as well as the historical, village structure have been maintained. The Banana plantation, orchards and gardens have been preserved; the ecological balance has been maintained even in the forestry environment, taking special care to respect historical authenticity. Thus, The Traditional Village of Zee Ain in Al-Baha is not a museum village devoid of any traditional activity, but a living community whose conservation includes farming.
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages feature the Diaolou, multi-storeyed defensive village houses in Kaiping, which display a complex and flamboyant fusion of Chinese and Western structural and decorative forms. They reflect the significant role of émigré Kaiping people in the development of several countries in South Asia, Australasia and North America, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There are four groups of Diaolou and twenty of the most symbolic ones are inscribed on the List. These buildings take three forms: communal towers built by several families and used as temporary refuge, residential towers built by individual rich families and used as fortified residences, and watch towers. Built of stone, pise, brick or concrete, these buildings represent a complex and confident fusion between Chinese and Western architectural styles. Retaining a harmonious relationship with the surrounding landscape, the Diaolou testify to the final flowering of local building traditions that started in the Ming period in response to local banditry.
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Perched on a rocky islet in the midst of vast sandbanks, exposed to powerful tides between Normandy and Brittany stand the 'Wonder of the West', a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey dedicated to the archangel St Michael, and the village that grew up in the shadow of its great walls. Built between the 11th and 16th centuries, the abbey is a technical and artistic tour de force, having had to adapt to the problems posed by this unique natural site.
Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings Hollokö is an outstanding example of a deliberately preserved traditional settlement. This village, which developed mainly during the 17th and 18th centuries, is a living example of rural life before the agricultural revolution of the 20th century.
The Trulli of Alberobello
The trulli, limestone dwellings found in the southern region of Puglia, are remarkable examples of drywall (mortar-less) construction, a prehistoric building technique still in use in this region. The trulli are made of roughly worked limestone boulders collected from neighboring fields. Characteristically, they feature pyramidal, domed or conical roofs built up of corbelled limestone slabs.
The Amalfi coast is an area of great physical beauty and natural diversity. It has been intensively settled by human communities since the early Middle Ages. There are a number of towns such as Amalfi and Ravello with architectural and artistic works of great significance. The rural areas show the versatility of the inhabitants in adapting their use of the land to the diverse nature of the terrain, which ranges from terraced vineyards and orchards on the lower slopes to wide upland pastures.
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages with their Gassho-style houses subsisted on the cultivation of mulberry trees and the rearing of silkworms. The large houses with their steeply pitched thatched roofs are the only examples of their kind in Japan. Despite economic upheavals, the villages of Ogimachi, Ainokura and Suganuma are outstanding examples of a traditional way of life perfectly adapted to the environment and people's social and economic circumstances.
The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
The small island of Pátmos in the Dodecanese is reputed to be where St John the Theologian wrote both his Gospel and the Apocalypse. A monastery dedicated to the 'beloved disciple' was founded there in the late 10th century and it has been a place of pilgrimage and Greek Orthodox learning ever since. The fine monastic complex dominates the island. The old settlement of Chorá, associated with it, contains many religious and secular buildings.
Historic Centre of Oporto
The city of Oporto, built along the hillsides overlooking the mouth of the Douro river, is an outstanding urban landscape with a 2,000-year history. Its continuous growth, linked to the sea (the Romans gave it the name Portus, or port), can be seen in the many and varied monuments, from the cathedral with its Romanesque choir, to the neoclassical Stock Exchange and the typically Portuguese Manueline-style Church of Santa Clara.


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Launch of the UCL Electrochemical Innovation Lab
Electrochemical technology underpins many energy generation and environmentally friendly processes that can reduce CO2 emissions and improve global standards of living. It is also an area of significant commercial importance; for example, the Carbon Trust estimates that the UK market for polymer fuel cells could be worth up to $19bn by 2050.
With universities having a key role to play in helping the UK retain and improve its economic competitiveness in this area, the UCL Electrochemical Innovation Lab (EIL) was officially launched on 16 June 2011 at an event attended by over 150 academics and industry representatives.
The EIL seeks to accelerate the commercialisation of electrochemical technologies arising from UCL's world-class knowledge base in electrochemistry. It is a collaboration between UCL's Centre for CO2 Technology (led by Professor Stef Simons and Dr Dan Brett), UCL Business PLC (UCLB) and a range of individuals with significant expertise in commercialising electrochemical technologies, such as Dr David Hodgson (CEO, Vallontia) and Nick Milligan (CEO, South West Electrolysers).
The EIL has been created to:
= Provide a recognisable conduit for industry and entrepreneurial individuals to connect with UCL's broad expertise in electrochemical technologies.
= Develop collaboration mechanisms that incentivise organisations to feed their experience of commercialisation and productisation of electrochemical technologies into the UCL knowledge base.
= Seek to technically and commercially de-risk opportunities emerging from the UCL knowledge base at an early stage.
= Promote new forms of engagement between industry and academia (e.g. flexible mechanisms for accessing space, expertise and facilities).
Dr Tim Fishlock, Business Manager at UCLB and member of the EIL management team, said: 'The EIL is about creating the right environment to connect with industry to accelerate the commercialisation of UCL's world-class electrochemical research. The recent "spin-in" of CMR Fuel Cells to the EIL is evidence of the flexible and innovative approach we're taking.'
For further information please contact Dr Tim Fishlock, Business Manager at UCLB on 0207679 9000


Once upon a time landscape architects concerned themselves mostly with parks and gardens that bore little relation to their context. That all changed when Frederick Law Olmsted designed New York's Central Park in the mid- 1800s. The task professional landscape architects take on nowadays is that of designing spaces that guarantee a high degree of social, cultural and environmental well-being for people living in densely inhabited areas of the cities; they adopt an inclusive approach to help them achieve the right balance between economic, environmental and aesthetic requirements. 30:30 Landscape Architecture sets out to describe how a landscape architect thinks and works. The author, Meaghan Kombol, asked 30 internationally acclaimed architects not only to introduce themselves through photographs, sketches and drawings of their completed designs and works in progress, but also to single out a promising young landscape architect who displays a particularly innovative approach to his work. The result is a collection of 60 architectural studies and even more designs to view and find out more about.


Recently my mum gave me Sleek's Garden of Eden eyeshadow palette as a gift, and with already owning a couple Sleek palettes and loving them, I was really excited to try this one out!
The palette features 12 spring/summer colours that really do fit the Garden of Eden name. There are both mattes and shimmers, spring greens, pinks, golds, and earthy browns/purples and look perfect for some play around and I really can't wait to try them!
The 4 matte shades are (from top to bottom): Tree of Life, Forbidden, Flora and Adam's Apple. These are highly pigmented as with most of Sleek's products, however I found a couple of them to be a bit chalky. Still really nice though!
The remaining eyeshadows are shimmers and they are (from the top): Fig, Gates of Eden, Eve's Kiss, Paradise on Earth, Evergreen and Fauna. These are all really pigmented and almost creamy. The quality in these are amazing and so beautiful!
I think this palette would be great for everyone of all eye colours as there are so many colours to use and co-ordinate. The colours are also perfect for Spring and Summer and at £7.99 for 12 shades, you really can't get much better!
The only problem I have is opening the palette. For some reason I always find opening the I-Divine Sleek palettes quite hard! I have broken two so far. Does anyone else have this problem?
That being said, I recommend this palette to everyone looking for a fresh new Spring/Summer palette.
im an expert in breaking them too but i so love the pigmentation of the sleek palettes and this one looks like a great color sheme!
In terms of opening Sleek palettes – I haven't broken any of the cases yet, but I have broken quite a few nails in the past.