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Posted on 02 Sep 2017 @ 1:59pm by Ensign Quinn Mackie & Lieutenant Commander Arjin Djinx & Lieutenant T'Pai & Lieutenant JG Felix Langston & Lieutenant JG Jace Crystan & Ensign Elizabeth Bordeaux & Ensign Alora Nasek & Ensign Aidan Crehan & Master Warrant Officer Karyna Fordyce
The Finnean Crisis
Location: USS Black Hawk || Multipurpose Lab 2
Timeline: MD 6 || 0800 hours
Alpha shift had begun, and the Science and Operations teams, along with Lieutenant Langston, had gathered in Mutlipurpose Lab Two on Deck Seventeen. Their goal was simple, to sift through more than a decade of data from the Vasco da Gama in hopes of learning as much as they could about the massive stellar phenomenon. This would be no simple task.
Arjin looked around him at the faces surrounding them. They were given the task to sift through the data found on the da Gama. The first thing he wanted to know was what was on he Padd they had found in the Science lab where the body was found. So he turned towards Ensign Crehan who had taken it with him when they left he ship.
"Lieutenant Crehan. What info did you fond on the padd you brought from the da Gama?", he asked him
"Uh, that's Ensign, Commander. But thank you for your vote of confidence, sir," said Aidan. He picked up the PADD and accessed it. "It...it looks like it's mostly a to do list. Something that one of the scientists put together for examining the probe." He looked up. "Nothing more."
Ensign Nasek was nearby her face intent as she listened to Ensign Crehan's report but ultimately quietly disappointed with the results. If there had been anything odd in the list Crehan would have mentioned it. It may have been too much to hope for a smoking gun, would have been nice though. At least we're not lacking for information. She thought as she considered the size of the haystack they were faced with.
Lt. Felix Langston sat at one end of the table, face buried in his right palm while his left cycled through star charts and flight telemetry data on four neatly spread PADDs in front of him. He rubbed the bridge of his nose trying to make sense of the Vasco de Gama's probes. Unfortunately, the flight data was fragmented, deeming any sort of plotted course into the Zone an exercise in failure. He reached for his nearby cup of coffee without even looking up from the data and took a big swig.
Jace, still standing, looked at the long list of data they'd need to go through. There was a batch that was of interest to him. "I'll take the sensor logs pertaining to the area around the zone. If we can analyze how space around the phenomenon is moving, we may be able to get an idea of what's going on inside."
At the rear of the table, Bordeaux piped up. "Some of the subspace distortion readings from the de Gama probes could help with that. Of course, it would require filtering out distortions originating from outside the Zone. That'll take time. And intermittent readings might return faulty data."
Nasek pipped up as well, noticing that this is not the style of meeting wherein everyone waited to be called upon. "I would like to study the equipment see if there's a change between early records of the Nebula's effects on hardware and currently that might aid as well in tracking possible changes..." She glanced around curious what others thought.
"With ten years of probe telemetry to sort through, it will be like putting together a puzzle," said Aidan. "The to-do list on the PADD may not provide any direct information that we're looking for, but it is a small piece of the puzzle. It was the list of someone who, perhaps, had been sifting through this sea of data for time longer than us. So it might provide some starting points for us." He scanned the list once again. "For example, one of the points was to delegate the compiling of lifeform and planetary evidence. I shall start there with the lifeforms."
"If we all focus on one aspect it could go faster.", Arjin agreed. "I will start on the planetary evidence."
"I can help with correlating sensor readings with deflector and warp bubble outputs," Quinn offered. "Or take a look at previous attempts to enter the zone by others. See what might have gone wrong."
"I could compile or assist in compiling all attempts to enter and leaving the zone, circumstances of each, what exactly happened and correlate a comparison chart if that would help speed analyses." Alora offered to Ensign Quinn, considering ways she might assist the mission.
Quinn nodded to the Ensign. "According to what I've read in the last few days, there have been far more attempts to leave the zone, rather than enter."
"Multiple attempts by same craft?" She asked, tapping away on a PADD in her hands. Quickly compiling a partial list. "It seems to have spiked in the last bit, I hope the sensor readings can tell us why and hopefully what was different at the time to cause the Aketi to have survived exit." She said, tapping away.
Quinn gave the engineer a quizzical look. There was a reason that there were only two living beings from the other side. "How could there be multiple attempts by the same craft when every attempt is a failure, and every person on board is killed in a fashion only Freddy Kruger could love?"
"Sorry I mean it could have been Autopilot, errors with the navigational systems, subspace itself shifting around them. It could be any of a number of factors." She replied, confused by his reference to some guy named Freddy Kruger but going with the context she thought he was going for. She understood his point it was an odd thing for her to have said, "I apologize I haven't had a chance yet to fully review the condition of all related data so its possible craft could have destroyed or something happened to the point where another attempt would not have been possible." She looked at Quinn earnestly, "Has anyone been able to narrow the data indicating why the difference in entry verses exit numbers?" She asked not exactly sure where everyone stood on their projects, a newbie Engineering Ensign was not in ones chain of command.
"Well, we don't know what's going on in there." Bordeaux looked around the table. "I mean, if there's some sort of natural disaster or some other phenomena making life in the Zone difficult, maybe that's what's causing the spike in exit attempts."
Quinn shrugged, looking at the woman in science blue. "Hard to say. I guess we won't know until we get in there." If we get in there.
"Not going is is not an option I want to present to the Captain.", Arjin replied. "As for multiple entries by the same ships. Did the da Gamma detect any Chronitron particles?"
At the mention of chroniton particles, Aidan raised his head. He'd been looking into the species side of the research, which wouldn't have had much to do with chroniton particles. Unless there were some that were advanced enough to attempt something like that. But then, why? Why would the Commander ask about chroniton particles?
"Chroniton particles?" Quinn asked, looking up at the Trill Science Chief. "What do Chronitons have to do with anything?"
"I do not know if they have anything to do with it. But I do have encountered some info in the da Gama's records about multiple Black and White holes inside the Convergence. Hence my question."
"Interesting," muttered Quinn. "Perhaps this outer material acts something like a membrane, which interferes with the normal laws of physics. No wonder nothing has really come in or out."
"I know we can get in," Felix said, "it's just a matter of plotting an exact course to make sure we stay in one piece." He put a hand to his chin. "Just a thought, but did any of those ships make any transmissions upon entering the Zone? Maybe they were able to plot a course by contacting another party already in the Zone, in order to navigate all the spatial disturbances."
Quinn shook his head. "There isn't much in the records about communications. In fact, most of the probes they sent in kept telemetry with the Vasco da Gama. Most transmissions lasted only a few minutes."
Nasek kept quiet listening, some of it was beyond her area but she listened hard and continued to make notes and cross referencing ideas to what data she could reach on the PADD.
"These black hole and white hole singularities almost seem like one-way wormholes," Bordeaux said. "Matter is entering through the black holes, and exiting through the white holes. Like normal wormholes, but without the negative energy density usually associated with them." Bordeaux squinted her face in concentration, and added, "If that's true, we might could cross into the Zone through some sort of artificial singularity. Enter through a black hole on our side, and exit from a white hole within the Zone." She paused. "The only trouble then is generating one to get back out again, and we're not quite sure what's on the other side when we get there."
"How would you propose creating a black hole or some sort of other singularity?" asked Ensign Mackie, looking over to the black-haired woman. "That sort of technology isn't just sitting around anywhere."
"We do possess the capability of creating a micro artificial quantum singularity," Lieutenant T'Pai interjected. "However, it is not feasible at this time to create one which the Black Hawk could utilize. This is allowing the presupposition that a forced quantum singularity would create a temporary wormhole that would allow entrance into the Finnean Convergence Zone." T'Pai paused, steepling her fingers before adding, "I would be curious to see the reaction of Ensign Mackie's postulated 'membrane' to a bombardment of verteron particles in the region in which the Aketi vessel emerged. Assuming that it has not already been attempted."
"Would that not give us a glimpse of the exit only? That would give no indication on how to enter the Convergence. In case of this black hole/white hole passage, we would need to find the black hole inside the Convergence that leads out of it trough the only known succesfully used exit.", Arjin replied. "And who better than the Aketi to tell us that."
"If we wanted to enter we should look for the black holes. Then exlude any used in failed attempts. Maybe there might even be one with an entrance outside the membrane Ensign Mackie talked about. Trouble is that it is like finding that needle."
Ensign Mackie cleared his throat. "Black holes are not wormholes. Nor has there been anything that I've heard of that has entered a black hole and survived. Given that there's been no history, not to mention the power consumption required to create a black hole would be far more than what this ship could produce, I doubt the Captain, much less Starfleet, would approve of the idea."
Looking at the others in the room, Quinn continued. "Besides, even if we could find the other end, let's look at both the Bajoran and Barzan wormholes. The entry and exit parts for both are tens of thousands of lightyears apart. There's probably no real chance that we will find one of those points in our lifetime."
"I am inclined to agree with Ensign Mackie's assessment." T'Pai added. "To date, no 'one way wormhole' that a starship could traverse has been encountered. This does not preclude their existence, though I would say there is a low probability of the Black Hawk encountering one. Ensign Mackie's anecdotal argument aside, there is still a remote possibility that perhaps such a phenomenon exists in this vicinity, with the ingress and egress points being relatively close. Or perhaps there might be something akin to the subspace corridors encountered by Voyager in the Delta Quadrant."
"With respect, Commander," T'Pai continued, "I could only speculate what a bombardment of verteron particles at the point where the Aketi vessel exited would reveal. Perhaps nothing. Perhaps a weak point in the hypothetical 'membrane', that would reveal a point where the Black Hawk could enter and exit the Zone. Perhaps it would reveal an egress only point. Until the experiment is conducted, anything I could say would be pure speculation. That being said, I do not believe that we are in an either/or situation, where we may only explore one possibility. It should be possible to explore various avenues of inquiries concurrently."
Although she'd been quiet so far, Karyna felt the need to speak up. "There's nothing to lose by trying," she said timidly. Her experiences on the Cochrane, including her capture and interrogation, had nearly pushed her to leave Starfleet. But the opportunity to join both Captain Geisler and Commander Teixeira, without whom she would have certainly died at the hands of the Selamat, was too attractive to pass up. So now, here she was. Astrometrics Officer on the new Century-class Black Hawk. And, again, in the middle of a volatile situation. She had joined Starfleet for scientific pursuits, but, recently, she had constantly found herself on the front lines of conflict.
"What I mean," the Master Warrant Officer continued, "is that Lieutenant T'Pai has a point. We don't 'know' until we know. And, as scientists, we all understand that experimentation and observation is how we establish what we know."
"These are good points" Ensign Nasek said, indicating the last two speakers. She had continued to listen quietly making her notes. In the brief lull, she chose her words with care, looking at the more experienced officers around her, "Is it felt we have enough to identify priorities and design project work groups?" That is usually how it worked in her past assignments with large efforts but she wasn't entirely sure how it worked here, this being her first big interdepartmental project. Her tone was questioning but not trying to rush things along.
Karyna wanted to offer her assistance to the Vulcan Chief Engineer. But until Commander Djinx gave the order, there was no plan to act on.
"Indeed. In addition to shifting this info, we should conduct experiences of our own. It is only by doing so that we will be able to eliminate what will not work. Let's see what a verteron bombardment will tell us. But I also want a sweep for chronitron particles."
Ensign Mackie nodded, standing and gathering his things. Without being near the Zone, there wasn't too much else to do. Hopefully, the situation at Finnea would be resolved soon, allowing them to go take a look for themselves. In the meantime, he had several other duties to perform.
Aidan had been listening to everything that was being said about the Zone and entering it. But when someone brought up those that had successfully traversed it, he made some notes. The PADD he was using had all of the available information about those beings and the Selubasari. They intrigued him and wished to know more about them. And however the team decided to enter the Zone, they would need to know more about what they all could possibly find inside. The El-Aurian took the PADD he was using and nodded towards the Commander.
"I am at your disposal then, Commander," T'Pai responded, rising to her feet. "I shall begin making preparations for those observational and experimental requirements that fall within Engineering's jurisdiction."
Still unsure of how she could be of the most use, Fordyce finally offered her help. "Let me know how I can help," she said, directing her words as much to the Vulcan engineer as the Trill science chief.
Arjin nodded at the Vulcan and then turned towards the Astrometrics officer. "You can help me with calculating the most efficient way to conduct our experiments," he said. "Making a grid roster of the area to minimize our efforts and optimize our outcome. The captain expects answers sooner than later."


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UNI: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, who was the centre of international attention following the racial controversy on UK's 'celebrity Big Brother' reality show, is eyeing a Hollywood stint by signing a British team comprising leading UK publicist and lawyers to handle her career abroad.
UK's leading publicist and media professional Max Clifford of Max Clifford Associates has been signed as her UK publicist while Carter-Ruck, the biggest law firm in Britain which handles celebrities, will look after Shilpa's UK assignments, Dale Bhagwagar, publicist and spokesman of the actress told UNI here yesterday.
''Max Clifford is the most remarkable, enterprising and admirable publicist Shilpa could have had in UK. Shilpa has already made a mark for herself on the international scene and she has now got a dream team to work on her career overseas,'' he said.
Farhat Hussain of Cine Entertainment Promoters, a top celebrity show organizer of Indian origin, will be her UK agent, while Tasleem Begani will be her manager, he informed.
Mr Hussain will be responsible for getting Hollywood movies as he has brought top Hollywood shows in Britain in the last two decades.
''From now on, Shilpa has a whole new world to look forward to. Mike will publicise her in the UK and US media,'' he added.
Dale said offers have started pouring in for the actress even when she reached the finals of the reality show. Her mother, Sunanda, is in London and she has signed the British team on behalf of Shilpa to promote her career overseas.
Shilpa, who started her carrer in 1993 with Baazigar, is awaiting the release of her latest movies Metro directed by Anurag Basu and Apne directed by Anil Sharma in the first half of 2007.
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Tender Is The Night centres on the Divers, Dick & Nicole. At the start of the novel they are a relatively recently married young couple holidaying in Europe (unlike any of his other novels, almost none of Tender Is The Night occurs in America). They are the centre of a social circle there, including our initial POV character, Rosemary, a young actress. One of the differences between Tender Is The Night and most other Fitzgerald novels is that the perspective from which we get the story changes regularly - mostly it's from Dick's, but other views are also given to fill in both story and character details. After the initial section, following the Divers and their friends, lovers and other acquaintances, we jump back in time to the beginning of their relationship, before moving to later (around five years after the first section) as their marriage falls apart.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Book review: Tender Is The Night
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- Charmaine26 September, 2011 11:26
It sounds like you really wanted to like it Joel, but just didn't. I know the feeling. I find it hard to read anything by any of the 'greats' without expectation. Perhaps it's time to read something by someone you know nothing about? (Or by someone you feel absolutely free to mock...where is that Meyer woman when you need her? ;) )ReplyDelete
That's actually a good summary, Char: I wanted to like it, but something held me back. Fitzgerald was such a talented writer, but (in my opinion), 'Tender Is The Night' just didn't quite get there.ReplyDelete
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West End Village News Autumn 2006
With kind
permission from Angela Stockbridge
West End Summer Show
The August Bank holiday
weekend brought the annual West End Show to the green. We competed well with Hampton Court and
Sandown Variety Club Race Day and the show was well supported by large
crowds all afternoon.
The entries to the show
classes were above average, but slightly down on the record numbers of the
previous year, perhaps due to the hot July and water shortages.
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end of the show. Some enthusiastic bidding organised by Ian Richardson from
Garsons, enabled over £120 to be raised for charity.
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musicians and they contributed to a very high standard.
The dog show as well supported
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In April 2011, four months after Shariar Jabbari opened two accounts with Wells Fargo, bank employees used his personal information to open two more accounts without his knowledge or consent, transferring $100 to each of them from one of his legitimate accounts. A few months later, five more accounts were fraudulently created in his name. As we now know, under pressure to meet sales quotas and generate fees for the bank, Wells Fargo employees created upwards of 2 million fraudulent accounts over the course of several years. Last September, the bank was fined $100 million by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and earlier this year it agreed to a $110 million settlement to resolve several class-action lawsuits against it.
But back in 2015 when Mr. Jabbari tried to sue Wells Fargo, the bank argued that the case should be dismissed because of a clause in its contracts requiring all disputes against it to be dealt with in private arbitration. These "forced arbitration" clauses, which are intended to prevent consumers from enforcing their rights and keep corporate wrongdoing secret, are increasingly showing up in contracts for everything from telephone service to nursing homes. Wells Fargo started adding them to its contracts in 2012, after Mr. Jabbari opened his accounts and the unauthorized accounts were created – and just as news of the fraud was beginning to emerge. Nonetheless, a California court ruled that Mr. Jabbari's claim and those of other victims who had banded together to sue the bank had to go to arbitration instead. The consumers appealed, and the bank settled with them on the very day that the CFPB announced its enforcement action.
These weren't the only consumers who were blocked from suing Wells Fargo. Consumer Attorneys of California provides other examples and background information about how the bank used forced arbitration to try to avoid being held accountable for its illegal actions.
Businesses that put forced arbitration in their contracts claim that it's for consumers' benefit. As a study that the CFPB conducted about the use of arbitration in disputes involving financial products and services showed, however, few consumers choose to go to arbitration, especially when the amounts in dispute are relatively low, and in the vast majority of cases the arbitrators find in favor of the companies. This isn't surprising given the fact that the companies often set the terms of arbitration and choose the arbitrators. Furthermore, companies that make repeated use of these services essentially support them, tipping the scales even further to their advantage. And because the decisions usually aren't made public, companies can use arbitration to conceal systemic problems such as those at Wells Fargo. Another important point is that lawsuits often succeed in changing corporate behavior, which protects other consumers from being similarly harmed in the future. Arbitration doesn't do that.
California lawmakers are considering a bill, SB 33, which would help to restore consumers' rights. If passed, any provision in a contract between a consumer and a financial institution that waives the consumer's ability to sue or complain to a government agency about fraud or identity theft would only be valid if the consumer knowingly and voluntarily agreed to it, in writing. Crucially, the consumer could not be required to agree to this in order to get the product or service.
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Saigon On Returning To 'Entourage', Tru-Life & Making Hip-Hop Gospel [Pg. 3]
How do you think jail might've affected Wayne?
That kid is an anomaly, man. He's a super-talent, so I think he's gonna adjust very well. The only thing I know from experience in jail is it changes your outlook on life, and I'm just hoping he don't come out with a bunch of songs about "I'm a changed man," because we don't wanna hear that shit. We want you to go back to being the rapper eater. [Laughs]
He was actually locked up with another rapper, your friend Tru-Life. When's the last time you spoke with Tru?
I haven't spoke to Tru in a few weeks. I'm waiting on his call now, but the last time we spoke, his case was looking good. Right now, he's in good spirits, he just misses his kids a lot. Other than that, he's strong. If everything works out for him, he should be home any day now.
Do you guys trade verses over the phone?
Oh, naw. I haven't heard none of his new stuff yet. [Laughs] It's funny because when I was locked up, I used to call him and we'd rap on the phone for hours. So the next time I catch him, he's definitely gon' have to spit something.
True. As for yourself, do you think you'd ever return to Entourage?
They called me and asked if I would be interested in coming back. I don't know what that could turn into, but I was like, 'Hell yeah, I'd be interested in coming back.' I think Eminem should come back as a reoccurring role. He'd be dope, 'cause as great of an artist Eminem is, he still has this mystique about him. So, I'd like to see his humorous side in his everyday personality. This is a guy who dressed up with wigs and all that!
Would you try some unexpected acting roles?
Yeah, man. I just don't want it to be a hood role every single time. I wanna play a doctor or something, you know. See if I can pull that off. My dream role is to be a superhero like Hancock. On the EP, I just did a Mario Bros. song over, and I just shot a video like the old school Mario Bros. game. It's called "Get Busy." I do a little acting in the video. I'm talking about Mario in the song, but Mario is like a real person, and his girl gets kidnapped and he comes to get me to help to get his girl back.
Looking forward to that. How do you want the Greatest Story Never Told to change rap?
I want it to be something where somebody could play it for they sons, they mother, they grandmother, you know. I don't what it to be limited to hip-hop heads; that's why I got gospel-sounding songs. I got something for everybody. I just want people to know there's something for everybody on that record. You cannot put it in a box.


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Lesson 10: Excite your work
No matter how many leaves we take from our college or office, ultimately we need to accept the truth of life that we need to work to earn our bread and butter. We need to work to earn our livelihood, we need to work to accomplish our dreams. Ultimately majority of our life is spent only on working because life is just the other name or work and vice versa. As we are aware that we need to work throughout our life, it's mandatory for us to make our work exciting. No one can come and make your work exciting. You've to innovate different ways of exciting your work all by yourself to enjoy doing it day and night.
Lesson 11: Every new skill matters
There is no other option but accepting the fact that there are a billion talents and skills existing in this world today. Every skill has its advantages. So no skill is small, no skill is big as long as you know as to when to use it and where to use it. No opportunity comes to us with a pre-invitation. We must be prepared to meet any opportunity whenever it strikes to achieve success. Developing new skills goes into the category of preparation. A new skill which you're interested in may or may not be useful currently in your work but there's no harm in developing it today because it might be of help tomorrow or sometime later. Hence I claim that every new skill matters.
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I have to say that even I found his refusal to move strange.
That just makes it an even more compelling point: when, or more accurately, why, should the government be able to take a person's property and give it to another individual, or, in this case, a company?
Obviously, there needs to be some sort of balance. If a 1000 kilometer highway has to stop because someone refuses to sell the property that the road passes through, should the government have the power to confiscate it? What if the company just wants it? Is profit a factor, or do the rights of an individual not have a dollar sign attached?


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The path to the throne is broken – only the broken may walk it.
To reach the throne requires that a man journey. Even a path paved with good intentions can lead to hell, and my intentions were never good.
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RICHLAND — The Somerset Eagles soared out of the gates Friday night against the Richland Rams, but the young Eagles were unable to sustain that momentum in the second half.
The Rams' offense had just enough fire power to outscore the visiting Eagles 49-36.
Like the loss to Greater Johnstown a week ago, the two halves could not have been more different for Somerset.
The Eagles (2-4) scored on four consecutive possessions to start the game.
On the opening drive, sophomore quarterback Tanner Stull led the Eagles on a 14-play, 60-yard drive capped by a 7-yard touchdown pass from Stull to Devin Miller. Somerset chewed up nearly 9 minutes of clock, overcame three penalties, and converted on three third downs and two fourth downs on their way to the score. The Eagles led 7-0 after a Braiden Leazier extra-point kick.
Stull threw for two touchdowns in the game and added 200 yards from scrimmage to lead the Eagles in defeat.
"I'm really proud of our team the last two weeks," Somerset coach Bob Landis said. "We've played our hearts out against two of the best teams in our conference. We just need to get over the hump and learn to put teams away."
The Eagles' good fortunes continued, for the moment, on the ensuing kickoff when Josh Darr pounced on a fumble by the Rams' Luke Rozich. Just five plays later, the Eagles scored again on an 11-yard touchdown run by Matt Boyer. After a blocked extra point, the Eagles led 13-0 at the end of the first quarter and the Rams' high-powered offense had yet to touch the field.
That soon changed as the Rams (5-1) answered with a 6-play, 53-yard drive that took just two minutes. The drive ended with a 9-yard touchdown pass on fourth down from Richland's Matt Shaffer to Zach Hanley. Bobby Colvin, who went 7 of 7 in point after attempts, made it 13-7.
"Somerset played hard and I think they're getting better each week," Rams coach Brandon Bailey said. "And they played some keep away."
Somerset responded to Richland's quick strike with another long march. The Eagles put the Rams on their heels again with a 13-play, 61-yard scoring drive. Somerset led 21-7 after Stull hooked up with Zach Baker for a 20-yard touchdown pass and completed the two-point conversion to Eddie Buck.
The possession didn't just give the Eagles a 14-point lead; it also drove the Rams' sideline into frenzy. Officials flagged Richland's John Rizzo for a 15-yard horse-collar tackle when he body-slammed Stull for a sack on fourth and eight. The ref's call sent an enraged Bailey running across the field as he berated the official. Bailey was initially flagged for his actions, but the officials later decided not to penalize him.
"Things happen in football, and there were a variety of reasons (for my reaction), but we pressed on," Bailey said.
The Rams did just that when Shaffer connected with Flick on a 35-yard bomb, setting up a 10-yard touchdown run by Rozich. The four-play drive took about a minute.
The Eagles and Rams traded scores once more before the end of the half, with a 20-yard run by Boyer and a 4-yard touchdown run by Rizzo.
Somerset led 28-21 at halftime after possessing the ball for 18 minutes to just six for Richland. Despite the difference in time of possession, the Eagles and Rams were nearly even in yards from scrimmage with 205 and 192, respectively.
Unfortunately for the youthful Eagles, they were unable to match the Rams in the second half. Richland scored twice in the third quarter on a Rizzo touchdown run and a 51-yard scamper by Rozich.
Rozich led the Rams with 151 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Rizzo scored three touchdowns and rushed for 69 yards.
The Eagles failed to score in the third quarter and the Rams would extend their lead to 49-28 midway through the fourth. Somerset scored again on a Nick Darr touchdown run in the fourth, but it was too late for an Eagles comeback.
"We've played two great first halves (the past two weeks)," Landis said, speaking also of the lost to Johnstown. "We just need to correct a few things and keep playing hard and we can be a very good football team."


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AKC GCH/ASCA Ch. Cuttingacres Rockabilly Roadtrip To Affinity
Trip goes 4Th place in Open Blue at
2014 USASA Nationals with
Jamie Orr!
AKC Group Winner!
New AKC Champion
15 months old ASCA BOB win
(Please escuse his nakedness!!)
5 point ASCA major under AKC judge Teddy McDowell! New Champion At 10 months old!
5 point ASCA major under Senior Breeder Judge
Kristina Churchill first time in the breed ring at 6 months and 2 days old!
5 point ASCA major under AKC judge Dr. Rory Friedow
BOBP under AKC judge Jan Sigler.
BOBP under Senior Breeder Judge Kym Base.
Trip came to us from Cuttingacre Aussies. He has outstanding movement, clean coming and going, beautiful side gait, plus isn't too shabby to look at. He has an amazing temperment and garnered two 5 point ASCA majors his first weekend out and finished his ASCA championship his second weekend out with another 5 point major at 10 months of age. He finished his AKC championship very quickly with Jamie Orr and earned a herding group one from the classes. He is a foundation dog for us here at Affinity and we are every thankful for the moment we called him ours.
7 weeks old and already a show dog!
Trip's Dam
Cuttingacre's Bosalita Bosal


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On Wednesday, the justices will hear oral arguments in King v. Burwell. They will consider whether to take health care away from millions of Americans. They will consider whether to cast much of the health care sector into chaos, potentially destabilizing the individual insurance market in many states. They will consider whether to undercut a program that provides health care to children, potentially leaving 5 million of these children uninsured. And they will consider whether thousands of wives get to hold their husbands again and whether thousands of fathers get to kiss their daughters again. By one estimate, nearly 10,000 Americans will die every year if the justices vote against Obamacare in King.
King, in the words of the New York Times' Linda Greenhouse, enlists the Supreme Court "into the front lines of a partisan war." It rests on the notion that six words of a nearly 1,000 page law can be read out of context to destroy one of the law's central functions. And, yet, the King plaintiffs could prevail. The biggest predictor of how a judge will vote in an Obamacare case has been the judge's political party, and five of the nine justices are Republicans.
Based on our analysis of the law, the justices' past statements, and their ability to resist partisan pressure in the past, here is a breakdown of how each justice is likely to vote, ranked from the most likely to uphold the law to the most likely to take health care away from millions:
Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan
As recently as last week, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg penned an opinion joined by Chief Justice John Roberts plus all of her fellow liberal justices except for one, which rejected the idea that a few words of a law may be read out of context by judges attempting to divine those words' meaning. "Whether a statutory term is unambiguous," Ginsburg wrote, "does not turn solely on dictionary definitions of its component words." Rather, a court must look to "the specific context in which that language is used, and the broader context of the statute as a whole.'" Though Justice Elena Kagan was the sole Democratic appointee not to join Ginsburg's opinion, she nevertheless snuck a pointed statement into her dissent that rejects the King plaintiffs' acontextual method of reading the law. "I agree with the plurality (really, who does not?) that context matters in interpreting statutes," Kagan wrote, adding that "[w]e do not 'construe the meaning of statutory terms in a vacuum.' Rather, we interpret particular words 'in their context and with a view to their place in the overall statutory scheme.'"
It would simply be extraordinary if the Court's Democrats, two of whom were appointed by President Obama, voted to gut Obamacare based on the proposition that the words of a law can be read outside of their context. There is an off chance, however, that one or more of the Court's more liberal members could embrace the plaintiffs' reading of Obamacare if that helps them build a majority around a different legal theory that will also save the law.
The plaintiffs argue that states that set up their own health exchange where individuals can buy subsidized health insurance — rather than permitting the federal government to do so for them — are the only states where residents may receive their share of hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of tax credits enabling them to afford insurance. Even if the plaintiffs are correct that the law should be read this way, however, several amicus briefs make a strong argument that imposing such a condition upon the states violates states rights and would therefore be unconstitutional.
In NFIB v. Sebelius, the last lawsuit seeking to destroy Obamacare, Justices Stephen Breyer and Kagan joined the Court's Republicans in making the law's Medicaid expansion optional. Though those of us who were not a party to the Court's private communications can only speculate as to whether Breyer and Kagan did so out of a sincere belief or because they agreed to lend their name to this controversial decision in order to help convince Chief Justice John Roberts to save the remainder of the law, it is worth noting that Kagan, in particular, seemed very unlikely to label the original Medicaid expansion unconstitutional during oral arguments. So, while it is unlikely that any of the Court's Democrats will actually vote to strike down a major part of Obamacare in King, it is possible that one or more of them will throw a bone to conservatives if that helps convince one of the Court's Republicans to save the law.
Odds the Democratic appointees — Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan — will vote to uphold Obamacare: over 99 percent.
Chief Justice John Roberts
Roberts proved fickle in the first Supreme Court case seeking to kill the Affordable Care Act. Although Roberts initially voted to strike down the law's individual mandate, he later flipped his vote to uphold the bulk of the law, breaking with his fellow Republicans in the process. CBS News's Jan Crawford, a veteran Supreme Court reporter who is well-connected on the Republican side of the Court, later suggested that Roberts may have flipped his vote because he is "sensitive to how the court is perceived by the public." Though Crawford caveats her reporting by noting that "[i]t is not known why Roberts changed his view on the mandate and decided to uphold the law," she notes that "countless news articles in May warning of damage to the court" may have influenced the chief justice's thinking.
Should Roberts turn around and gut Obamacare in King, he would only confirm many people's fears that the Supreme Court has become the judicial wing of the Republican Party. As the Washington Post's Robert Barnes wrote on Friday, King presents Roberts with a dilemma: "Can Roberts's portrayal of the Supreme Court as above politics survive another round with the most partisan issue of the decade?"
Given the weak legal arguments advanced by the plaintiffs, and the minimal likelihood that any of the Court's Democrats would join a decision gutting the law, numerous commentators have concluded that the answer to this question is "no" if the justices decide to strike down the tax credits. As Washington & Lee law professor Tim Jost said in a Center for American Progress-produced video, "a 5-to-4 decision invalidating the premium tax credits would seriously call into question the legitimacy of the Court." He added that such a decision would "pretty transparently" happen "for political reasons."
Competing against Roberts' desire to preserve the legitimacy of his Court is the fact that he remains a conservative Republican, and he's hardly been shy about advancing a very conservative agenda in areas such as voting rights and campaign finance. The chief's conservative instincts were on full display in his initial vote on Obamacare three years ago. He overcame those instincts that time, but it is far from clear that he will be able to do so again.
Odds Chief Justice Roberts votes to uphold Obamacare: 50 percent.
Justice Anthony Kennedy
In describing Kennedy's reaction to Roberts' vote in NFIB, one source told Jan Crawford that Kennedy was "relentless" in trying to bring Roberts back in line with his fellow Republicans. Four of the Court's Republicans signed a dissent calling for the entirety of the Affordable Care Act to be repealed, and Kennedy read that opinion from the bench on the same day that Roberts read the majority opinion saving most of the law (reading a dissent from the bench is one method that members of the Court use to convey extraordinary displeasure with a decision). Given Kennedy's anger that the Court did not repeal the law three years ago, he is now an unlikely vote in its favor.
That said, there are two mitigating factors that could sway Justice Kennedy. The first is the argument that the King plaintiffs' reading of the law violates states rights. Kennedy is a strong advocate for federalism; he believes that states' rights "protect[] the liberty of the individual from arbitrary power." If he can set aside his disdain for Obamacare in King, he could potentially score a major victory for a cause that he has long championed.
The other factor is that Kennedy has, at times, been willing to break from the Court's conservatives when he believes that the welfare of children is at stake. As an amicus brief explains, the King plaintiffs' argument does not simply threaten people insured through the exchanges, it also threatens the health care of as many as 5 million children insured through the CHIP program. That risk to children's health may give Kennedy pause.
Nevertheless, Kennedy remains an unlikely vote to uphold the law in this case. His previous actions in NFIB are likely to be repeated.
Odds Justice Kennedy votes to uphold Obamacare: 15 percent.
Justice Antonin Scalia
If this were an ordinary case, Scalia's vote to uphold the tax credits would be all but certain. Just five months before the Court agreed to hear King, Justice Scalia wrote in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA about "the fundamental canon of statutory construction that the words of a statute must be read in their context and with a view to their place in the overall statutory scheme." A book that Scalia co-authored in 2012 explains that "no interpretive fault is more common than the failure to follow the whole-text canon, which calls on the judicial interpreter to consider the entire text, in view of its structure and of the physical and logical relation of its many parts." For Scalia to look at Obamacare and conclude that six words may be read out of context from the law as a whole would be an extraordinary departure from the conservative justice's previously stated views.
Nevertheless, we've seen this movie before. Scalia's own opinion in Gonzales v. Raich provided a road map for a decision upholding the Affordable Care Act in NFIB, but Scalia decided not to follow it. He voted instead to repeal the entire law.
It is possible that Scalia will feel more of a compulsion in King than he did in NFIB to follow his own previous decisions. But we wouldn't bet on it.
Odds Justice Scalia votes to uphold Obamacare: less than 10 percent.
Justice Clarence Thomas
Like Scalia, Thomas has also expressed the view that the words of a law must not be read out of context. Rather, according to Thomas, courts should look to "the language itself, the specific context in which that language is used, and the broader context of the statute as a whole." Thomas, however, is well to Scalia's right on many issues, and he has not gone as far out on a limb as Scalia has by authoring a book that is incompatible with the plaintiffs' arguments in King. It is not impossible that Thomas would vote to uphold the tax credits, but it is exceedingly unlikely.
Odd Justice Thomas votes to uphold Obamacare: less than 5 percent.
Justice Samuel Alito
Justice Alito is the most partisan member of the Court's conservative bloc. Among other things, he is the only one of the Court's Republicans who has never broken with the four other Republican members of the Court to vote with its four Democrats. He frequently uses his questions during oral arguments to bore holes in the position supported by liberals. Alito is the last justice who will cross over to uphold part of President Obama's chief legislative accomplishment.
Odds Justice Alito votes to uphold Obamacare: he is more likely to be struck by lightning while committing in-person voter fraud.


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A stunner from the Baltic Way:
A family wears clothes of three colours: red, blue and green, with a separate identical laundry bin for each colour. At the beginning of the first week, all the bins are empty. Each week, the family generates 10kg of laundry (the proportion of each colour might vary week to week). The laundry is sorted by colour and placed in the bins. Next, the heaviest bin (only one if there are several) is emptied and its contents washed.
What is the minimum requirement (in kg) of each bin?


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- Bolivia Guide
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- Guide for Tourists around Bolivia
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The magical country of Bolivia has rural villages and traditional communities in some of the remotest parts of the Andes. The mighty Incas, and their predecessors, were great road builders. There are therefore many stone paths linking these otherwise seemingly inaccessible areas. Winding through valleys and hugging hillsides, these routes offer fantastic trekking opportunities.
You can visit far-flung communities, many of whom still live like their ancestors did in the past. Catch glimpses of a world that time forgot, free from the modern binds of most of today's civilisations. You will also be able to gaze out upon dramatic landscapes, wild and craggy mountains, desolate barren lands, thick lush cloud forests and virgin glaciers. As most parts of Bolivia sit significantly higher than sea level, acclimatisation in the country is essential before starting, and whilst doing, any trek.
Altitude refers to the distance from sea level. Altitude sickness occurs in some people when they are at high altitudes. There are no specific factors that correlate to the likelihood of altitude sickness. Higher fitness levels do not necessarily reduce the risks of altitude sickness.
Altitude sickness occurs because of less oxygen entering the bloodstream at higher altitudes. Additionally, fluid can leak into the lungs and brain; this can cause serious problems and even death. It is vital therefore to properly acclimatise before going to higher altitudes.
This means that you should spend some time at a particular altitude to allow your body to adequately adjust before pushing on. Do not try and go too high too soon. If you feel ill from the effects of altitude sickness, go lower. There are measures that can be taken, such as keeping well hydrated and taking preventative medicines.
Good quality trekking gear can be obtained in La Paz. You will want your own well-worn in walking boots and thick socks, as well as appropriate clothing. Bear in mind that temperatures can alter quite drastically. A basic first aid kit should always be carried. Walking sticks are invaluable, and on some routes essential. Sleeping bags should be suitable for temperatures down to minus 10 degrees, as a minimum. High quality UV preventive sunglasses are recommended. High factor sun cream should be carried, as well as energy sweets and adequate water supplies. Ice picks and specialist equipment will be needed for some treks.
Choro Trek
The spectacular Choro Trek in Bolivia is often referred to as one of the best hikes in the world. Simultaneously challenging and fulfilling, this trek will take your breath away. Starting in La Cumbre, there are three main popular routes; to Coroico, to Chairo and to Yolosa. It takes in glacier-carved valleys, cloud forests, high passes, soaring mountains, subtropical forests, old Inca pathways, and an astounding array of flora and fauna.
It is easy to access from the capital of La Paz and is also easy to do independently. With parts of the trail following ancient Inca trade routes, you really can walk in the footsteps of one of the world's mighty civilisations. Altitude sickness is unlikely on this trek, because of the high start point followed by descending trails. The high start point also means that temperatures can dip dramatically, especially at night. The best time of year to do this trek is between May and September when the weather is drier. Allow a minimum of four days to complete the trek.
Many visitors to Boliva dream of conquering Sajamba Mountain. High altitudes and extremely adverse cold and windy weather can make this particularly treacherous. You will need a guide to attempt this climb. It will take around four days to complete this trek. Despite not being a technical climb, trekking in the lower areas instead is perhaps advisable for all but regular climbers and trekkers. There have been reports of attacks and thefts in the area though, so solo travel is strongly discouraged.
Cordillera Real
This trek should be completed with experienced guides and will usually take around six days. It is best trekked between May and September. Elements are similar to on the Choro Trek; spectacular views of different landscapes. It is a lot more challenging, however, and parts can be very tricky and demanding.
Condoriri Trek
Accessible from La Paz, this is a fairly demanding trek that will require a guide to complete. Steep trails give way to breath-taking views.
Another recommended climb is Huayna Potosi. Other treks include Laguna Glacier and the Trans Apolobamba Trek, where you will need a guide, and Takesi, which is possible to do independently. For guided treks there is a great choice of competitively priced agencies in La Paz who will help you with all your trekking needs.
Whether you choose to do one of the independent treks or take a guided trek, you will be guaranteed some of the best experiences that the world offers.