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Homework does not help primary school pupils get better grades, says a study.
Researchers struggled to find a link between how well the children do in national tests and the amount of extra tasks they are set.
It is thought that young pupils tire too quickly, do not have the skills to study effectively, and are too easily distracted.
This is in contrast to secondary school students, who perform better academically if they regularly do homework.
The findings by a team at Duke University, North Carolina, come from a review of 16 years of academic studies on homework.
They believe that the effectiveness of homework also depends on what, and how much, is set.
Many primary teachers set homework to try to improve time management and organisational skills, rather than grades.
Margaret Morrissey, of the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations, said she was not surprised by the results.
She said: "Children get extremely tired mentally and physically at school. Then they have to come home and do more work on top of that. It's counterproductive.
"While we're making six, seven and eight-year-olds do extra work, in some countries they wouldn't even have started formal schooling."
But David Fann, head of Sherwood and Broughton primaries in Preston, insists that homework does improve achievement.
He told the Times Educational Supplement: "Reading books at home, or doing half a dozen spellings, is an essential part of primary education.
"Without that process, a lot of children wouldn't have acquired confidence in their literacy and numeracy skills."
At present, the Government recommends that a Year Five pupil (ages nine and ten), should spend an hour a week on homework.
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Three Vandalia pitchers combined for a no-hitter in the Vandals' 6-0 home win against Brownstown/St. Elmo on Saturday morning.
Brownstown/St. Elmo outhit Pana, 8-7, and took advantage of three Panther errors to record a 10-7 win at Pana last Thursday.
Dalton Denton, Caleb Atwood, Wade Ireland and Jeffrey Kelly each had two RBIs for the Bombers, who improved to 2-6 on the season.
Bryton Pruett picked up the win, giving up seven hits and four runs while striking out three and walking two in 4 1/3 innings. Jeffrey Kelly struck out two in an inning of work to earn a save.
Two members of the local fastpitch softball team that won two national championships joined four other members of that team in the Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Marty Cloe and Brad Sturdy were inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining teammates Rich Well, Nick Casey, Alan Meinhart and Bob Nagel. The Freight is also in the Hall of Fame.
Cloe, from a family of fastpitch hurlers from Pana, appeared in 248 games with the Freight, compiling a record of 166-45. Also a designated hitter, he batted .313 for the local team.
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1997 – Vandalia Police Department dispatcher Christy Brown and Richard Winters of Greenville split a $16,000 reward for information they gave that helped police capture murderer Kelly McGinnis of Greenville.
Ruth Lape of Vandalia was celebrating her 90th birthday.
Marc Sikma of Vandalia moved on to the finals of the Country Companies' Three-Point Showdown.
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In the early years when the governor lived in Vandalia, our city was home to many men of importance.
For several years, school districts throughout the state have been fighting for a more-appropriate funding formula, one that benefits downstate schools as much as those more wealthier ones up north. Last week, 17 districts – including Vandalia's – took that fight to another level, filing a lawsuit.
The suit claims that while the state continues to set higher standards for the districts, it doesn't provide the necessary funding to meet those standards.
Ann Stock of Mother of Dolors Catholic Church spoke at the fourth Lenten Luncheon held by the Vandalia Ministerial Alliance, held at Mother of Dolors.
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Frank X. Altimari
Frank Xavier Altimari (September 4, 1928 – July 19, 1998) was a judge of several state and federal courts in New York State, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Born in Queens, New York, Altimari attended St. Francis College in Brooklyn. He received an L.B. from Brooklyn Law School in 1951.
He worked as a lawyer in private practice in Jamaica, New York from 1951 to 1965. During this period, he also was a law professor at St. Francis College from 1954 to 1963, and served on the school board in Westbury, New York from 1963 to 1965.
Altimari's judicial career began when he was elected to the Nassau County District Court in 1965. After serving on that court for four years, he was elected to the Nassau County Court for a term beginning in 1970 and then as a justice of the New York State Supreme Court (the trial court of New York), on which he served from 1974 to 1982. He also again taught at St. Francis College from 1972 to 1973.
On November 23, 1982, President Ronald Reagan nominated Altimari to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by Edward R. Neaher. Altimari was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1982, and received his commission the same day.
After Altimari served for three years on that court, Reagan elevated him to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Reagan nominated Altimari on October 23, 1985 to a seat on that court vacated by Ellsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland. Altimari was again confirmed by the Senate, on December 16, 1985, and received his commission the following day. Altimari served as an active judge of the Second Circuit for ten years, from 1985 to 1995. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1996 and died of brain cancer in 1998 in Old Westbury, New York.
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City Administrator Ed Henschel said the city's cemetery, Prairie Home Cemetery, has never had an independent study done on its operations.
That will soon change as the Waukesha Cemetery Commission will send out a Request for Proposal to retain a professional cemetery management consultant to conduct a study of its cemetery operations.
The cemetery, which is owned by the city, will pay for the study through an endowment fund, city administrator Ed Henschel said.
The study, Henschel said, will cost more than $13,000.
In an 8-6 vote, the council authorized the commission to send out RFPs at its meeting Tuesday night.
"I don't think you'll get any answers until you do an independent third-party analysis," Henschel said of the cemetery.
After a firm is found by the commission, which consists of two council members and citizens, the company will review the cemetery's operations, including investment accounts, operating costs, revenue sources and pricing practices, potential revenue sources, sales and other accounting practices.
Henschel said the commission wasn't obligated to get the council's approval but did so as a courtesy.
"It's always a political hot potato," Henschel said regarding the cemetery's financials.
It certainly has been over the last few years.
A couple years ago, Alderman Eric Payne made a referral that the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department oversee the cemetery. Nothing came of that request.
During the budget process last year, Henschel said in a memo to the Common Council that his goal is to have the cemetery self-sufficient by 2016.
"The goal of that (plan) is to somehow whittle it so the cemetery would not receive general fund support," City of Waukesha Finance Director Richard Abbott said last year.
The Common Council also took $33,000 out of the cemetery's budget last year — $18,000 in advertising and $15,000 for consulting.
Alderman Andy Reiland said maintaining the goal of having the cemetery self-sufficient is what the council should be focused on.
"We've made some great strides in getting the cemetery self-sufficient," Reiland said. "I think it's important for us to get some outside input that (will) get us that final push so that the cemetery is self-sufficient and not pulling tax dollars out of our operating budget."
The cemetery received $112,000 in 2014 from the city.
Alderwoman Joan Francoeur said she was in favor of having an outside company come in because the city will get information from people "who don't have a personal agenda."
Alderman Aaron Perry, however, said he felt the city was going about the process "backwards" and that it's "embarrassing" that the city hasn't seen the cemetery's plan.
After longtime cemetery manager Dave Brenner retired earlier this summer, Alderwoman Kathleen Cummings made a referral to have a task force be created with a goal of researching and developing an action plan for the cemetery.
Included in that was to look at finding alternative solutions to lifting the city's ordinance on selling headstones.
Cummings, however, has since withdrawn that request after there were concerns from members of the Common Council.
At the end of Tuesday's meeting, Alderman Cory Payne made a referral to Mayor Shawn Reilly to have a forum where cemetery professionals, members of the Common Council, the Cemetery Commission and other city staff could discuss the cemetery as a whole.
In other cemetery news, the Common Council approved a cemetery-sponsored pet walk fundraiser that will be used as an alternate source of revenue.
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This past Monday, I attended a meeting where Mark Hewett, the head of the Parks and Rec Board here in Sedalia, detailed the Board's dream for building a Community Center. I have often wondered why Sedalia doesn't have a Community Center; Warrensburg has a very nice one, and Warrensburg is much smaller than Sedalia.
Mark showed us an architect's rendering of the proposed building, showing the areas set aside for an indoor walking track, basic weight lifting and fitness machines, such as treadmills and elliptical trainers, a large kitchen and eating area, meeting rooms, basketball courts, rooms where artsy-crafty people will attend classes and make beautiful things, and rooms where I will attend yoga classes and kids – and adults – will attend dance classes of varying types. There's even an indoor playground for little tykes. This building will offer a lot to our community.
The plans propose that the Center be built on the readily accessible Jennie Jaynes stadium location, placing it near Liberty Park, Convention Hall, the pool, the baseball field, and the tennis courts. All these recreational areas will continue to be used even after the Community Center is built. It will be quite a complex. I was thrilled to see lots of parking space, because right now, when I'm running almost late to yoga, I have to park on the other side of the building and drag my mat much farther.
The reason the Community Center is still on paper instead of being constructed is that we, the people, haven't voted on it, and so far, it is not proposed to be on the ballot. The vote will be whether to add a 1/8-cent sales tax to fund the Center. The tax is not a City property tax; instead, everyone will share the cost. Everyone who buys anything in Sedalia will contribute to the Center's being built and maintained.
That means that we will pay, but so will people from out of town who attend the State Fair or other events at the Fairgrounds, or people who ride on the Katy Trail and spend the night and buy breakfast and dinner. People who attend classes at SFCC and buy books and supplies, and people who are just passing through on the way to the Lake or somewhere else and stop to buy weekend supplies or a Dairy Queen will contribute to the cost of the Community Center. The tax will be spread around.
Of course, not everyone is in favor of building a Community Center. Mark told our group that some people believe the cost is too much, and some people believe that we have enough fitness centers already in town. Some people think it is too big, and some people think it is not big enough. Some people think the center should include an indoor pool; some people don't want an indoor pool.
Mark explained that the weight lifting area is not nearly as extensive as that offered by the area's fitness centers. Because Convention Hall is currently crowded and often runs out of room for activities, the Board believes that we need a large Community Center. And as for the pool, well, that is still on the drawing board. The Parks and Rec Board hopes that an indoor pool will be part of the Center's future, and the rendering shows a construction "Phase II" that includes a pool.
But the only way to find out what the community really thinks is for us to vote on it. Remember how many times we voted on constructing a new high school? Every time the people voted against building a new school, the School Board revamped the plans according to what they believed the people had asked for. Eventually, we voted to build a new high school, and it is beautiful!
I think it's time to vote on the Community Center. The Board is holding two public meetings so that we can all get involved — one Monday, Oct. 24, and then Wednesday, Nov. 9. I think I will go. Hope to see you there.
Deborah Mitchell is a a local attorney and a Municipal Court Judge.


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He originally chose Butler over offers from many schools including San Diego State, Utah, New Mexico, Akron, Bradley, Western Kentucky, and Duquesne. Also he had interest from Notre Dame, Stanford, Virginia, and Boston College.
Harrison-Docks came to Butler from Okemos, Michigan. Before that he spent some time in Louisville, Kentucky. As a freshman at Louisville Trinity High School, he was teammates with current RedHawk Josh Sewell.
Harrison-Docks (5'11"/174) compares his style of play to retired Memphis Grizzlie Jason Williams. He explained, "I am more of a point guard who likes to play fast. I can score, pass, and break defenders down. I am very quick."
The weekend of the James Madison game, he took a visit to Miami. He came away impressed with both Miami and head coach John Cooper. "I liked it a lot," he said. "The campus is nice. Coach Cooper and his staff showed me what Miami has to offer. They showed that I would be a valuable option and can come in and play right away." He then added, "I had a great time and want to thank everybody there for the hospitality."
Harrison-Docks said he prefers to play Miami's style of full court defense. Specifically, he likes "the up and down style of play and pressing. It is what I am looking for. I like the way Miami did it."
When asked the criteria of what he is looking for in a school, he responded:
"I want offensive freedom and a coach that trusts his point guards. I think Coach Cooper does that."
Besides the RedHawks, the list of schools recruiting him includes UNC-Greensboro, Western Michigan, Western Kentucky, Michigan State, and Virginia Tech. All have offered except MSU and VT. He would like to visit all of the schools and does not have any leader at this point. He will decide on a school by Christmas.
Although he can begin practicing as soon has his finals are over, he will have to sit out one year per NCAA rules. After transferring, he plans on majoring in "pre-dental" and will take chemistry and biology classes.
Off the court, he loves to read. "Reading is very important and is a reflection of other people's thought," Harrison-Docks said. "I read autobiographies of successful people." Those include Cornell West, Dennis Rodman, Michael Jordan, President Obama, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X.
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on wednesday i purchased a sports bra which i was measured for at a well known sports store who focus on running. I then went on 12.5 mile run yesterday wearing it. After the run i jumped in shower and that was when pain hit, the bra has left to blisters. Do i take bra back, see if it just adjusting to my body shape or what. Iv took photos of them but now burst and look like burns .
Crickey. That sounds awfully painful. I'd take it back and see what they say - that sounds like it's been rubbing and not properly fitted.
For the burn/blister - pop some sudocream on it and it'll heal a gem.
It is painfull and dont help that my son wants hugs all the time and keeps knocking it.
Take it back, I have never been able to get a sports bra that doesn't rub/cut me despite being fitted in various different shops. I have resigned myself to the fact that it's going to happen and have scars as a result on my back. They fitted you so they know that it's the right size (hopefully) and they need to know as if there is a design flaw then this can help other women.
take it back, you shouldn't have to use vaseline with a bra. Although I have done with varying success.
I wouldnt try it with Vaseline as it can 'colour' the bra and then they'll refuse to take it back as 'damaged goods'. Unless you have it in writing - avoid it.
For me - that sounds like you're not properly fitted and they're giving you excuses. How is the 'bounce'?


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Chapter 5: Zeal
Gaurang hated this forest. He'd been raised to fear them, but now that he was lost inside, he'd come to realize just how abominable the Dawnless Woods really were.
They'd claimed one of his soldiers within an hour of entering. Their unit lost another four to another of the forest's monsters when they broke camp. The north's finest scholars claimed the Dawnless curse was making their drought worse, and even the untouchables understood that there would be no war in the east if Midway had never disappeared into this endless night.
There seemed no end to the reasons for hating the Dawnless Woods.
As he and his remaining troops sprinted along the proselytes' trail, he reckoned there was only one thing he hated more than these woods: the girl. Gaurang had never met her, but he did know she was the worst kind of traitor.
No deed could be more glorious than dying for the greater good. Yet this whelp had refused to do so. The Destroyer would weep, if he knew. He was always bound to be the most misunderstood of the three faces of God, but a member of the clergy should know better. If God demands your death, you die smiling for the honor.
If Gaurang had any say in the matter, the Destroyer would never know of her shame. The deity's attention was focused on the war in the east, and that's where it belonged.
Gaurang might not be a true proselyte, but as a soldier, he admired his warlord. If giving the campaign a religious flavor made the war easier to swallow, Gaurang was happy to participate. Whether as a heathen or a simple traitor, he'd see the girl die.
His thoughts were interrupted by a shift in the trail. The unit began to drift left, cutting the corner off the girl's path. Gaurang couldn't guess what inspired her to change direction, but he hoped this was a sign that they were getting closer. They'd been sprinting for less than a day, but the darkness and silence made it seem so much longer. If even his disciplined mind was beginning to wonder how long it could last, then his subordinates were surely in danger of going mad.
What would they do if the trail ended inside the woods? The mission was more important than their lives, they all understood that. Still, if the girl died, there was no need for them to do the same. Their Breaths could tell glean information from the atmosphere, but unless a miraculous shift of wind brought them some unmistakable trace of the outside world, none of them knew how to ask the air to point them towards sunlight.
They could follow their own trail back to where they entered, but Gaurang refused to consider that option. They'd survived the trek once, but one good roll of the dice did nothing to help the next one.
His eyes suddenly burned, and the world became white. Gaurang skidded to a stop and shielded his face. No amount of blinking seemed to help his eyes come back into focus, but he grinned in spite of the shock. Gaurang couldn't guess how she'd managed it, but the girl had led them out.
He heard his comrades emerge in rapid succession. There were a few collisions as some soldiers stopped too abruptly for the one behind them, but the sense of relief was still palpable.
Even as his soldiers began to break their long silence with mutual congratulations, Gaurang's own relief waned. He'd been so lost in his own thoughts that he hadn't noticed the traces of smoke in the wind.
Seven funeral pyres were smoldering in an evenly-spaced semicircle. Northern customs demanded that the dead be burned, and while these fires hadn't been made in the proper manner, this couldn't be a coincidence. The proselytes had died, and their killers had done their best to respect their funeral customs.
It wasn't enough. This couldn't be forgiven.
"Who could have done this?" Gaurang didn't bother seeing which of his subordinates was asking. "The monsters wouldn't respect our dead like this, but it would take a monster to kill seven proselytes…"
"Don't be a moron," Gaurang interrupted. "Take a Breath and know for yourself. They're close. She is close."
He heard several of his soldiers obey; the rest had probably not needed his prompting. A large group was camped nearby, and the girl's trail lead into that collection of smoke, leather, and sweat.
Now that he was outside the woods, he didn't understand how it took so long to notice the camp was there. It had probably been the anchor the girl used to navigate out of the darkness.
"She's defected!" One of the men postulated. "She sent word ahead, and the west met her here and ambushed our brethren as they left the woods!"
It wasn't a bad theory, but Gaurang wondered. There'd been a fight here, that much was certain. Still, would the proselytes die without taking a single enemy with them? There wasn't enough blood, was no sign of any enemy casualties. Even exhausted, even while temporarily blinded by the sun, the proselytes should have had some warning that an army was waiting for them. Gaurang didn't know of any way to hide that many people from a Breather; not at this distance.
Perhaps the west was more formidable than they thought. Perhaps the girl had defected, and they'd sent some of their own artists to counter the north's Breathers. There were applications of all seven elements that could compensate for a Breather's strengths.
"Get some rest, everyone." Gaurang squinted towards the sun. Just after midday, he reckoned. "In six hours, we'll begin preparations. We strike after sundown."
Some soldiers collapsed where they stood, too exhausted to bother with their packs. Others approached the dying fires to pay their respects. Gaurang's brightest came to him; they'd refuse to rest until they had the beginnings of a plan.
"They aren't military, captain." Visheta wasted no time.
"What makes you say that?" Gaurang hoped she'd thought this through.
"Some of them are warriors, certainly," Visheta glanced at the nearest pyre. "But there are elders and children among them. It isn't a military camp, it's more like a village."
Gaurang knew it must be true; Visheta was talented at deciphering the winds' tidings.
"Nomads, probably." Old Bodhi thought he knew everything. "The west is not known for its cohesion."
"You're telling me a group of savages killed seven Breathers?" Gaurang let his impatience leak into his voice. If they were going to share their theories, he wanted them to be certain. "Would those with the Destroyer's blessing fall without bringing a single enemy with them?"
"Yes." Visheta didn't hesitate. Gaurang knew she was hawkish, but this still surprised him. "Their camp is too close to the Dawnless Woods by most sane standards. If they do this regularly, they must have warriors capable of protecting the weak from those monsters."
"The proselytes would have been even more exhausted than we are," Bodhi observed. "As formidable as the proselytes are, even these primitives might best them in that condition. Particularly if they brought superior numbers."
"So if they're not military, we won't be marching to certain death," Gaurang interpreted. He had been prepared to do so. "This is fortunate."
His advisors glanced at each other before Bodhi replied. "Perhaps not, but we shouldn't underestimate them. Seven proselytes died to a small force. We suspect unusual circumstances, but that should still be cause for caution."
"As if I could forget!" Gaurang snapped. The pragmatic part of him was struggling to control his desire for vengeance; he was tempted to change their objective and slaughter everyone in that camp. "We're Breathers, the Destroyer's scouts and assassins. Our role has always been to walk the line between careful and bold."
"Then you agree." Bodhi ignored his superior's anger. "We should take the proper time and scout…"
"No." Gaurang nodded into the wind. "This may be the usual current. It would explain how the girl managed to leave the woods. But if we take too long and the wind shifts, she'll know we're coming. If we take that chance, we're forced to resume the chase."
If the girl fled, it also meant Gaurang couldn't afford to waste time exacting his revenge on these people. That would almost be as bad as failing the mission.
"The line between careful and bold is nice and thick here, captain." Both men looked to Visheta as she spoke. "These circumstances are ideal."
"You have a plan?" Gaurang prompted.
"The usual, only simpler." Visheta pointed in the direction of their enemy. "Some of us engage their warriors. Kill a few while surprise is on our side. That will make their comrades good and mad, mad enough to only focus on the enemy they can see. As Breathers, there's no risk of being overrun before we can retreat; once the decoys have pulled their fighters away, a few of us surround and terminate the target."
"And if she's smart enough to stay with the warriors as they chase the decoy?" Bodhi asked.
"They don't know our numbers." Visheta smiled mischievously. "The decoy can be small enough that we can make a third division."
"One that collects hostages," Gaurang realized what Visheta was suggesting. "We force the warriors to choose between their family and the girl."
"Civilized people hide their weak behind walls." Visheta gave the captain a knowing nod. "They may be strong, but this is proof they're primitive."
Gaurang felt Visheta's wicked smile creeping across his own lips. She was right, this was good. "Think we can convince Nabhi to be in the division that targets the girl?"
"Not a chance." Bodhi shook his head. "He'll insist on being a decoy. If we refuse, he won't participate."
Gaurang sneered. "The only thing more infuriating than his insubordinance is the fact he's good enough to get away with it."
Visheta shrugged. "At least we know he'll succeed in whatever role he accepts."
"True enough," Gaurang's mood was lightening. "Visheta, Bodhi; once again your service is exemplary. Consider how we'll make the divisions as you rest."
"As you command," they said in unison, saluting with a fist over their hearts. As they walked away, Gaurang caught hints of the fatigue they were hiding.
He sighed, unshouldering his pack and plopping into a weary sit. He'd stretched his own limits in this mission, so most of his comrades were probably at wits' end. The Destroyer would make it up to them. After this mission, they'd all be candidates for proselyte.
As he lay his head into a softer portion of his pack, he considered an earlier thought: no deed could be more glorious than dying for the greater good. That death would be even more glorious if it was preceded by a whole lot of killing for the greater good.
1.) Didja follow everything okay? Who these people are, the fact that they're after Svara, how they're tracking her, and their plan to assassinate her: was it all clear?
2.) Were the names too exotic? The north has a Hindi vibe to its culture, so all the names are Indian. Should I try harder to find ones that feel more natural to an English-speaker?
A.) I'm not sure it's necessary, but I like the idea of a reader anticipating where the three parties will collide. In this chapter, I'm kinda hoping the reader remembers that Miracle is planning to ensure that nobody lives to tell about that time they chased a girl through the Dawnless Woods. As you listened to Gaurang and his unit making their plans, was Miracle still there in the back of your mind?
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Brightening hopes of peace in the northeast early next year, Ulfa general secretary Anup Chetia is likely to return to India over the next few months along with 30 to 40 middle rung leaders of the outfit to join the nascent peace process expected to be set in motion with Ulfa chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa's release.
"Many of them have started preparations to return to join the peace process… Chetia will also come back at an opportune time," a senior government official said in Delhi pon Friday.
In Guwahati, chief minister Tarun Gogoi promised them safe passage to come home during the harvest festival, Magh Bihu.
"The majority of Ulfa (United Liberation Front of Asom) cadres are in favour of peace talks. But some are still hiding ... I hope they will accept our offer and come back home," said Gogoi. With the anti-talks faction of another insurgent group, NDFB, also promising to cease hostilities, Ulfa is the only major group there to stay away from talks.
Gogoi's offer came a day after Rajkhowa got bail from a Guwahati court. He is expected to be released on Saturday; his bail bonds in six terror cases were submitted to the court on Friday.
Many of Ulfa leaders including 'deputy commander-in-chief' Raju Baruah and general secretary Chitraban Hazarika have already got bail.
Delhi expects the first round of formal peace talks with the Ulfa leadership to begin before the Assembly elections in April. "The substantive talks will be held with the new political leadership in the state after the elections," a top government source said, pointing that the CM would firm up the dialogue calendar.
Chetia — arrested by Dhaka in 1997 and under detention on completion of his jail term — is expected to play an important role in the peace negotiations, particularly in countering Ulfa's military chief Paresh Baruah.
Baruah is against the peace talks and sent an email rejecting the safe passage offer soon after it was made.
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"Ellie is seventeen, yet she's never had a boyfriend!" said Imogen, speaking as softly as her naturally loud voice would allow her. It was close to 4am in the morning and she had school in a couple of hours, but this was a topic of such importance that she couldn't let it go. After hours of laying wide awake in her bed, she had snatched up her phone and called up her friend Jennifer.
Jenny yawned involuntarily. She had been dreaming of running through a golden field, her hands stretched out, brushing against the barley. There had been no one else with her, yet she did not feel lonely. The warmth of the summer air and blue skies above comforted her, along with the distant bird song. Then the sound of the birds turned into her ring tone and the humming of a nearby bumble bee became her phone vibrating against her pillow.
"I'm sorry, Jen. Am I boring you? Have you got something else you'd rather be doing?" Imogen's tone as prickly as the static on the line. Sleeping, thought Jenny, stretching out in her bed. She opened her mouth to apologise, but Imogen cut her off, surprisingly saying sorry herself.
"You know what I'm like when I can't sleep," she said. "And I feel like an awful friend ringing you at this ung-dly hour, but I'm really worried about Ellie."
Worried. What she really meant was guilty. Both girls knew this, but Jenny did not correct her. Instead she recalled yesterday's events in the canteen.
Ellie had stormed up to the table where they were all sat, her cheeks flushed and strands of her brown hair hanging out of her limp ponytail. She slammed her tray on the table and sat down with a heavy thud on the chair directly opposite Imogen.
Imogen hadn't noticed Ellie's icy glare fixed on her as she was too focused on finding a way of describing just how sexy her boyfriend Ethan looked in his new, tightly fitted jeans to Gretchen, who was sat beside her. She wasn't exactly the most observant person as she had also failed to notice that behind her thick framed glasses, Gretchen's hazel eyes had long since glazed over. Instead of listening to Imogen's rambling, which never seemed to stop, she was going through the equations she needed to know for next week's maths test.
It was only when an alarmed expression suddenly appeared on Gretchen's freckled face that Imogen paused long enough to glance over at Ellie, who was seething.
"Are you okay, Ellz? It looks like something has really ticked you off?" There was genuine concern in Imogen's voice, which only made Ellie angrier.
"I cannot believe you bailed on my piano recital just so you could spend time with your boyfriend. You promised you would go!" Her fingers were clenched tightly around her knife and fork. Imogen looked down at them, briefly wondering if her friend was furious enough to stab her with them, but quickly pushed the thought away.
Surely Ellie was not that annoyed about her not turning up to one in what seemed like a hundred recitals this year. She would eventually forgive her. She looked into her friend's eyes and caught the chill of their frosty blue. Maybe she'll forget about it in a few decades time, Imogen hoped.
Nevertheless she still felt that she needed to defend herself.
"I'm really sorry, more than I can ever say, but you know I haven't seen Ethan in, like, forever!" He had been on trip to the North of England for a couple of weeks as part of his Geography degree and she had missed him dreadfully. For a whole fortnight, her friends had been subjected to emotional rants where she compared her short separation from Ethan to historical star-crossed lovers such as Romeo and Juliet, or Jack and Rose on the Titanic.
"You could have seen him the day after," said Ellie, releasing her grip on her cutlery so that they landed hard on the table's surface with a clatter. She grabbed a handful of chips and began to shovel them into her mouth. She hoped that their greasy deliciousness would console her better than her friend could.
Imogen made little effort to conceal her disgust, Jenny politely averted her eyes and Gretchen stared at her with a kind of curiosity.
"What you looking at, Pigtails?" Ellie eventually said, through a mouthful of food. She threw a chip at Gretchen that hit her square in the face.
"They're not pigtails, they're plaits," replied a disgruntled Gretchen, who had taken off her glasses to clean away the grease that was smeared across the lens.
"You really should learn some table manners," said Imogen. She had already forgotten the earlier spat between her and Ellie, but the latter certainly hadn't.
"And you should learn to keep your promises," retorted Ellie through gritted teeth.
Imogen raised her hands in a defensive gesture. "I texted you to let you know I wouldn't be able to make it."
"Yeah, five minutes before I was set to start."
"Better than no text at all."
That did it. Ellie snatched up the bottle of water she had bought with her meal, quickly unscrewed it and tipped the contents over Imogen's head.


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Laced with 19 tracks in total, the follow up to this Summer's Money, Hoes & Flows tape with PnB Rock features guest appearances from the homie Monty, Bricc Baby, Trouble, 21 Savage, and many more. It's being led by the previously heard singles "Better" & "Late Night Jawn" which both dropped earlier this week.
Stream/download the tape now, and keep your eyes peeled for details on his highly anticipated sophomore album to surface soon as well.
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The 2014 vintage developed in such a way as to allow us to try something new here at Calcareous; whole cluster fermentation. About 30% of the harvest was added to the fermentation tanks still on the stem and mixed in with destemmed fruit. The addition of the uncrushed fruit still on the stem added beautiful spice, tannin structure, and slowed the fermentation. With the yeast having to ferment from within the unbroken skin of the grape, the lack of abundant oxygen promoted a gradual fermentation, allowing a long 26 days on skin to extract a maximum amount of skin components without being heavy handed. The lots were gently pressed and aged in 35% new French oak and 65% neutral French Oak for 14 months. This whole process produced a Pinot Noir of amazing density and a full flavored profile.
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And the beet goes on: Broom's Barn, Dragons and longevity
Apologies to the late Sonny Bono for that title. My first main visit of the week was to Broom's Barn, between Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds. Although it now carries out a much broader portfolio of activities, and is part of Rothamsted Research, it is embedded (like the British Sugar factory at Wissington (PDF), about which I blogged before), in the sugar beet-growing areas of East Anglia. The sugar beet portfolio focussed on molecular breeding for yield improvement and disease resistance (especially to leaf viruses and to Rhizomania), where a reference beet genome sequence will be invaluable, while other foci included agronomy, drought tolerance and non-invasive methods for plant phenotyping. Although average UK yields of sugar beet are 60-70t/ha, some growers are achieving over 100 t/ha. A two-fold variance of agricultural yields is not atypical, and suggests that there is indeed considerable room for improvement, not least in terms of sugar content (which is still under 20% w/v).
Much of the income of Broom's Barn comes from an agricultural levy, which means that the investment of public money from BBSRC enjoys considerable leverage. The clear benefit to the user base was also evident from the many users and stakeholders who attended the Open Day in the afternoon.
A clear recognition is that sugar beet has the potential to contribute importantly to the production of substrate for industrial biotechnology, as well as its use in processed foods – not least because the latter has a quota while the former does not.
"Dragon's Den" is a somewhat theatrical TV series in which inventors (sensu lato) pitch business ideas to a Panel of five wealthy individuals – the Dragons – who are potential investors (with their own real money). Clearly many scientific ideas have the potential to translate into products and businesses, and I served as a 'Dragon' on a Panel judging four possible businesses emanating from Imperial College's Institute for Chemical Biology and from the RASOR consortium. Up for grabs was an early stage £20,000 investment (not my own money; it came from Imperial Innovations…). The event was thoroughly professionally organised, including specially recorded video footage from Evan Davis (the full edited video will be online anon), and the young teams presented their ideas with flair and aplomb. After a lengthy discussion, the Panel awarded the top prize to a team developing a low-cost, portable HPLC.
Large Facilities (defined as costing over £25M) are a significant part of our landscape, where the Research and Development Group (JPG) of RCUK acted as the 'Dragons' for a prioritisation Panel. As so-called 'champion' of this group I served as one of four observers. The results of this and related processes will inform important decisions later in the year.
Although extreme longevity of vegetative forms is rarely an issue for agricultural crops (in contrast to the need for long-term preservation of seeds and seed banks), it holds a huge if unsurprising level of interest for humans! The average lifespan in developed countries such as the UK is continuing to increase by 5h in 24 (leading to suggestions that more than half of the babies born today will be centenarians). Since genes to not evolve on anything like this timescale, it is clear that most of this increase is due to lifestyle or at most gene-environment interactions. However, it is also clear that the variance (as opposed to the average) of lifespan might well have a significant genetic component, especially for folk lucky enough to make it to beyond their mid-eighties!) and although it may be anticipated that many genes might contribute it is obviously of interest to begin to understand which they are. A recent online paper provides some guidance, where a panel of some 150 human genes is said to be able to predict 77% of living individuals who will become centenarians. The good news is that with scientific understanding (noting gender differences) and informed lifestyle management, the healthspan can also increase with the lifespan.
- Christensen, K., McGue, M., Petersen, I., Jeune, B. & Vaupel, J. W. (2008). Exceptional longevity does not result in excessive levels of disability. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105, 13274-9. Free full text
- Christensen, K., Doblhammer, G., Rau, R. & Vaupel, J. W. (2009). Ageing populations: the challenges ahead. Lancet 374, 1196-208
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While the Browns wait for Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel to have the good grace to lose a playoff game, a lot of movement is taking place within the ranks of assistant coaches. Here are some of the coming and goings as they might effect the Browns in the coming weeks:
Vultures Circle Current Browns Coaches
- Interim head coach Terry Robiskie has been mentioned as a possible
candidate for a number of different offensive coordiator jobs, although there
are no reports that he has accepted interviews. Among the possibilities:
Minnesota Vikings (according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press), New Orleans Saints (various sources), and more. There are offensive
coordinator openings in Tennessee, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Current
Saints coordinator Mike McCarthy is interviewing around.
- The biggest name on the list so far is defensive coordinator Dave Campo,
who has been reported by the Jacksonville Times-Union as heading for a
defensive coaching position with the Jaguars. (Thanks for confusion420 and
P.Crim for the tips which appeared
on the tipline
- Offensive line coach Larry Zierlein is also getting a look-see from at least one NFL team.
Browns Assistants Flee the Scene
- Linebackers coach George Edwards has gone to the Miami Dolphins, where he
gets a promotion to defensive coordinator. Edwards was the subject of furious
recruiting by both the Dolphins and their favorite coaching victim this year,
LSU. (An article on this jump is linked in
rather sparse newswire)
- Asst. offensive line coach Mike Sullivan took a job last week as the offensive line coach of the Western Michigan Mustangs.
Assistants Rumored to Be Interested in Cleveland Jobs
- The Chicago Sun-Times quotes "league sources" as saying that former
Bengals defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier would be in line for a similar
job in Cleveland if Romeo Crennel is named head coach. That sound you might
hear is audible groaning from
the forums. Frazier was run out of Cincinnati in recent days after
previously coaching the Eagles defensive backs.
- Former Cowboys assistant George Warhop turned down the offensive line
coaching position at Florida State because he's interested in pursuing NFL
jobs, with Cleveland prominently mentioned (according to the Tallahassee
Offensive Coordinators on the Move
- The Dolphins have jumped on the top available offensive coordinator, Scott Linehan of the Vikings, bringing him to Miami with a three-year contract.
Linehan could not get the security he wanted from the Vikings, where head
coach Mike Tice has been put on a one-year deathwatch by owner Red McCombs.
- Jets coordinator Paul Hackett surprised few by resigning yesterday, and
was replaced within hours by Mike Heimerdinger, the well-regarded offensive
coordinator of the Titans.
- As mentioned above, current Saints offensive coordinator Mike McCarthy is
interviewing around and looking at his options with other clubs.
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The behavior of male bison during the rut was studied, to test the prediction that reproductive effort should increase with age. Because bull bison do not show parental care, the major component of reproductive effort is competition with other bulls to obtain copulations with estrous females. Data were collected on activity budgets during the pre-rut and rut seasons, on interactions with other bulls, and on proximity to tended females during the rut. Participation in the rut started at ages 5–6. Older bulls showed greater percent time active and less percent time eating than younger bulls. The older bulls also had higher counts of dominance and fight-related interactions and lower counts for behavior associated with submission than did the younger bulls. Risk taken seemed to increase with age since bulls aged 6 to 12 participated more frequently in dangerous activities associated with fighting. Within the 6 to 12 year old group, activity patterns changed little with age. However, from the interaction information, peak ages of 8 to 11 years appeared. For the activities: back up, chase, clash, head nod, jump away, move away, run away, run toward, push heads, dominant, and risk, 11 and 12 year olds more closely resembled younger bulls. This suggests a reproductive effort curve that is flat at zero until about age 6, increases to age 8, flattens out again to around age 10, and then decreases somewhat. Reproductive effort in male bison thus generally conforms with life-history theory predictions.


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Rodney Adams, South Florida (6-1, 190): Adams opened his career at Toledo, catching three passes in eight games as a true freshman, before returning to his native Florida. He caught 23 passes for 323 yards and two touchdowns as a sophomore, 45 passes for 822 yards and nine touchdowns as a junior and 67 passes for 822 yards and five touchdowns as a senior. As a senior, he had an 84-yard touchdown vs. Florida State and 92-yard touchdown run vs. Memphis. As a junior, he returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. That gave him a four-year total of 137 receptions, 1,982 yards (14.5 average) and 16 touchdowns. He was second-team all-conference as a sophomore and junior and ranks second in school history in catches, yards and touchdowns. The coaching staff liked his speed and resiliency.
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Quincy Adeboyejo, Ole Miss (6-3, 192): Adeboyejo provided consistent production over his final three seasons, with 26 catches as a sophomore, 38 as a junior and 35 as a senior. His four-year total was 106 catches for 1,454 yards (13.7 average) and 11 touchdowns. His biggest year was his junior year, when he turned those catches into 604 yards (15.9 average) and seven touchdowns. While he didn't earn any playing honors he was a member of the all-SEC academic team.
He worked on getting more physical before his senior season as he moved from the slot to the outside. He made some impressive catches during his career. But here's one that got away.
Victor Bolden Jr., Oregon State (5-9, 172): Bolden did a little of everything for the Beavers. Catch the ball? 167 catches for 1,849 yards (11.1 average) and seven touchdowns for his career, including 72 receptions as a sophomore and 46 grabs for 542 yards (11.8) and two scores as a senior. Run the ball? He carried the ball 95 times for 727 yards (7.7 average) and three touchdowns, including 28 carries for 329 yards (11.8) and two scores as a senior. Return the ball? On kickoffs, he averaged 22.4 yards for his career and 23.8 as a senior with a total of three touchdowns; on punts, he averaged 9.8 yards on 19 career runbacks, with a 78-yard touchdown as a junior. Added together, Bolden had 5,182 yards and 14 touchdowns. "He's like the Energizer Bunny, just running everywhere," said cornerback Treston Decoud. "He's fast. He's quick. He's a vet ... I don't know nobody that really works harder than him. Hats off to that guy. He's a hell of a player."
That work ethic comes from growing up in a family full of track stars. That speed showed up early in his life as he tried to escape a ferocious dog. Well, it was a dog, anyway. "I've never seen a kid run that fast," said Bolden's mother, Zelda. It was the funniest thing ever. It was adorable. It wasn't even a big dog ... That's when we discovered, 'Hmmm, this kid is kind of fast.'"
Kendrick Bourne, Eastern Washington (6-2, 197): After catching only seven passes as a freshman, Bourne piled up a four-year total of 211 receptions for 3,130 yards (14.8 average) and seven touchdowns. That includes a senior year of 79 receptions for 1,201 yards (14.8 average) and 27 touchdowns that earned him second-teal all-Big Sky. Bourne struggled with grades while growing up in Portland. His life changed when his parents sent him to a charter school, the Milwaukie Academy of Art.
Noah Brown, Ohio State (6-2, 222): Redshirt sophomore. Brown missed all of the 2015 season with a broken leg suffered in fall camp. He returned and caught 32 passes for 402 yards (12.6 average) and seven touchdowns to earn second-team all-Big Ten. And with 33 career receptions, it was off to the NFL. "It just made me appreciate the game that much more with every chance I got onto the field," Brown said of the injury. "Luckily, it wasn't long-term, but I saw how football can be taken away from you. That just gave me more of a passion for the game, the drive to get back to where I was at and to cherish every moment."
This catch against Oklahoma — one of four touchdowns in the game — was certainly a moment to cherish. "Allison Brown recounted her son's four touchdowns this way," reads Pete Thamel's story in Sports Illustrated. "The first catch made her excited. The second one put her in shock. She got so excited talking about the third touchdown that she forgot to mention her reaction on the fourth. By the end of the night, she had 300 texts, some from people whom she hadn't heard from in two decades. 'I almost started to cry,' she says. 'And my oldest son, Kenny Little, was with me and he said, 'Mom, don't you dare cry!'" Said Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer: "Sometimes good things happen good people." ...
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K.D. Cannon, Baylor (5-11, 180): Junior. Cannon racked up 195 receptions for 3,113 yards (16.0 average) and 27 touchdowns in three seasons, ranking third in school history for catches, yards and touchdowns. He was all-Big 12 all three seasons, including first-team honors as a freshman and junior. In 2016, he caught 87 passes for 1,215 yards (14.0), including 14 catches for 226 yards in the bowl game vs. Boise State. He caught a pass in all 38 career games and joined 2016 first-round pick as the only Baylor players with a pair of 1,000-yard receiving seasons.
Speed is the name of Cannon's game, which allowed him to surprise himself by making an immediate impact. "I've honestly never seen anybody like him," former quarterback Bryce Petty said. "KD has got an extra gear that not a lot of people have. We've heard all of the stories about him coming in. But once you get a chance to watch him play, it's just crazy. He's got a whole other game speed than what he practices at, which is kind of ridiculous." Cannon also wanted to run on the track team. What did then-coach Art Briles say? "He just told me to kick ass. Nothing else."
Jehu Chesson, Michigan (6-2, 203): Chesson had a career-best season of 50 receptions for 764 yards (15.3 average) and nine touchdowns as junior, when he was voted team MVP. That made him one of the top senior receivers entering the season. However, he slipped back to 35 catches for 500 yards (14.3) and two touchdowns as a senior to give him a four-year total of 114 receptions, 1,639 yards (14.4) and 12 scores. He also carried 20 times for 218 yards and three scores during his final two years.
Chesson was born in Liberia. From there, it was to the Ivory Coast and, at age 5, St. Louis as an escape the war-torn country "I think that's one of the reasons that I kind of have a chip on my shoulder," Chesson said, "because coming to a country with nothing and then establishing your family and setting your kids up to be successful — I mean, God first, but ... a lot of things that my dad did and sacrificed for his family, he's one of the greatest role models in my life. It means a lot that someone would be that selfless."
Chesson "runs like a deer," one of his teammates said. And, indeed, Chesson was a state sprint champion. "I'm very proud of my country. I'm very proud to be Liberian," Chesson said. "It's not something I talk about all the time. I grew up in St. Louis. I consider St. Louis home, but I do know that I was born in Liberia, and I'm proud to be Liberian."
Stacy Coley, Miami, Fla. (6-1, 193): Coley was an impact player throughout his four seasons, which included 31 starts. He finished his career with 166 receptions for 2,218 yards (13.4 average) and 20 touchdowns. That includes career-best figures of 63 receptions for 754 yards (12.0) and nine touchdowns as a senior. He returned punts and kickoffs for his first two seasons, averaging 24.3 yards and one touchdown on kickoffs and 13.0 yards and one touchdown on punts. Coley earned all-ACC honors three times and ranks as one of the top receivers in school history.
Without football, who knows how his life would have turned out. His high school coach, former Hurricanes running back Donnell Bennett, called Coley a "knucklehead." One day, he was called into the principal's office and, as Coley puts it, the "craziest thing" happened. "I got a whooping. That was a real life-changer."
Amara Darboh, Michigan (6-2, 215): After not catching a pass as a freshman and missing the 2013 season with a foot injury, Darboh's career flourished. He caught 151 passes for 2,062 yards (13.7 average) and 14 touchdowns the next three seasons. That includes back-to-back all-conference seasons of 58 catches, 727 yards and five touchdowns as a junior and 57 catches for 862 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior.
Darboh was born in Sierra Leone. His parents, Solimon and Kadita, died in a civil war when he was 2. He lived with relatives in the capital city of Freetown amid the violence, eventually seeking refuge in Gambia and then Senegal before coming to the United States when he was 7. Fourteen years later, on Sept. 24, 2015, he became an American citizen in a U.S. District courtroom in Detroit. "Being a citizen and being part of a great country is hard to put into words. I guess I'm very fortunate. I know where I am from and I'll never forget my past. But to be a citizen is awesome; it means a lot to me."
A Christian group sponsored the remainder of Darboh's family, and they landed in Des Moines, Iowa. "I'd have to repeat words over and over and over for my teachers, so they would understand me," Darboh said in 2012. "It was frustrating. You think you're saying it right, but other people are like, 'Where are you from?'" When he was 8, he played Little League baseball. He became friends with one of the boys, and that boy's father, Dan Schaefer, became the leading male role model in Darboh's life.
Corey Davis, Western Michigan (6-3, 213): The numbers are ridiculous. Davis caught 67 passes for 941 yards and six touchdowns. As a freshman. And that was his "worst" season. Davis caught 78 passes for 1,408 yards and 15 touchdowns as a sophomore, 90 passes for 1,436 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior and 97 passes for 1,500 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior to become the school's first consensus All-American. That's a four-year total of 331 receptions for 5,278 yards (15.9 average) and 52 touchdowns. For his career, he averaged 106.4 yards per game. The 5,278 yards is an NCAA record.
Davis is the second-youngest of seven children; one of his brothers is Tutus Davis, who spent 2015 on the Jets' practice squad but quit the game in August. There was poverty, sleepless nights and isolation. "It's ridiculous," Davis said. "I don't understand how I got through that. It was definitely hard. I don't blame anyone. It helped make me who I am today, playing Division I football for a great coach and a great program." In youth football, Davis would hitch a ride home from his coach, Dan Graham. Graham is now Davis' legal guardian.
Robert Davis, Georgia State (6-3, 225): Davis caught 67 passes for 968 yards as a senior. His five touchdowns averaged 43.8 yards. Against Wisconsin, he caught eight passes for 93 yards and one touchdown. He finished his career with 222 receptions for 3,391 yards — both school records — with 17 touchdowns. He averaged 15.3 yards per catch and caught at least one pass in each of his 49 career games. Only T.Y. Hilton finished with more yards than Davis in Sun Belt Conference history, and Davis is the school's only three-time all-Sun Belt selection. Not bad for a player who had no other scholarship offers.
"Honestly, I've been blessed to be in this situation at Georgia State, coming from the high school situation I came from," said Davis, who played in a run-oriented offense at Northside-Warner Robins (Ga.) High School. "I've seen myself come a long way. I feel like I have a long way to go, but I'm proud of what I've seen myself be able to accomplish as well as the program in its short history."
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