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Verbascum (/vɜrˈbæskəm/), common name mullein (sg. /ˈmʌlɨn/) (also known as velvet plant), is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae. They are native to Europe and Asia, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean.
Mullein or "mullein leaf" often refers to the leaves of Verbascum thapsus, the great or common mullein, which is frequently used in herbal medicine.Contents
They are biennial or perennial plants, rarely annuals or subshrubs, growing to 0.5 to 3 metres (1.6 to 9.8 ft) tall. The plants first form a dense rosette of leaves at ground level, subsequently sending up a tall flowering stem. Biennial plants form the rosette the first year and the stem the following season. The leaves are spirally arranged, often densely hairy, though glabrous (hairless) in some species. The flowers have five symmetrical petals; petal colours in different species include yellow (most common), orange, red-brown, purple, blue, or white. The fruit is a capsule containing numerous minute seeds.CultivationDark mullein (V. nigrum)
In gardening and landscaping, the mulleins are valued for their tall narrow stature and for flowering over a long period of time, even in dry soils. Many cultivars are available, of which ''Gainsborough'',''Letitia'' and ''Pink Domino'' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society''s Award of Garden Merit.
Since the year 2000, a number of new hybrid cultivars have come out that have increased flower size, shorter heights, and a tendency to be longer-lived plants. A number have new colors for this genus. Many mulleins are raised from seed, including both the short-lived perennial and biennial types.Other uses
The plant has a long history of use as a herbal remedy. Although this plant is a recent arrival to North America, Native Americans used the ground seeds of this plant as a paralytic fish poison due to their high levels of rotenone. Verbascum sp. flowers have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally (as tea) or externally (as ointment, tea, baths or compresses) for treatment of disorders of the respiratory tract, skin, veins, gastrointestinal tract, and the locomotor system.
Mullein is the active ingredient in many alternative smoking blends.
It is considered a first-rate drill for use in the hand drill method of friction fire lighting.Selected species
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
My Morning
Bummer. Still a bunch of small follicles, nothing really big yet.
After that, I went on over to get my blood drawn.
Let me start by saying that I don't like the lab they use. Today further validated my feelings. The woman drawing my blood whips out, what I swear, has to be the biggest needle they have. I have small veins... large needles and small veins do not mix. I didn't say anything though, and just tried to tough it out.
She missed the freakin vein, nicked it, or went right through it... I'm not sure, but this happens a lot when some jerk comes along and thinks they can use that big ass needle on my arm. So, I feel and hear the familiar "Pft, pft, pft, pft" pulsing noise, that tells me it's squirting, rather than shooting, into the tube. She's digging the damn needle around, in and out, and making me "straighten" my arm out more. Because she just can't get it to fill the tube up. And it. fucking. hurt.
Then she starts making comments about how people aren't getting enough water before they get their blood drawn that day, how I needed to get plenty of water the day before I came in there... Yeah, she did. She totally blamed me for her incompetence. I wanted to look that bitch in the face and tell her exactly why she was a dumbass, and smack her. I get plenty of water thank you, and umm... drinking more water won't make her dumb ass smarter. I mean, seriously!
I am very bitchy about the whole morning, can you tell?
I came home and went back to sleep... I thought maybe getting a few more Zz's would help with my mood... but no such luck. I'm still pissy.
I'm waiting to hear back from Dr. BlowsSunshine. After they get my blood work results on my estrogen, they'll tell me what to do about my dosing. It is very likely that I will have to up it.
Update: Estrogen was only 34... so I was told to up my dose to 150, and I go back on Monday for another ultrasound and more blood work.
5 comments:
- Celia said...
Not fun. I hope your poor arm does not look like someone beat the crap out of you.
- June 10, 2009 at 2:25 PM
- Kristin said...
Damn...I hate it when phlebotomists are that frakking clueless. Hope your arm doesn't turn black and blue.
- June 10, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Bluebird said...
Man, I'd let that happen *one* more time before she gets an earful! That sucks!
- June 10, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Oh, god I hate it when they DIG around. My RE had the worst phlebotomist ever on staff. I'm sorry about the painful blood draw. I hope you get a different person next time.
I had about the same response with injectables. I did 75 IU for 5 days, only a few smallish follicles, so they bumped me up to 112IU. Still not much change, so they bumped me up to 150IU for two nights, and BAM, I had 3 15's and a 23mm follie. I bet by Monday you'll have some nice juicy ones.
- June 10, 2009 at 9:48 PM
- WiseGuy said...
I could slap that nurse around....Getting shots are not a hobby! And getting them by brutes is even more pathetic...
- June 11, 2009 at 5:47 AM


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|Benjamin Fowler age 45+ was living in Oxford, Butler, Ohio in 1820
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It is probable that Benjamin was a descendant of Thomas Fowler and Susannah Ijams due to his migration patterns and proximity to other descendants and allied families. A Joseph Fowler transferred a military land warrant to Andrew Ellison in the Miami Valley of Ohio in 1815 (500 acres) and it is possible that Benjamin Fowler was related to this Joseph - possibly his brother. Joseph Fowler was in Fayette Co, PA in 1800 and Andrew Ellison was there in 1810. (about a dozen descendants of Thomas Fowler and Susannah Ijams were in Fayette Co, PA from 1790 to 1800). There was a younger Joseph Fowler living in Wayne Twp, Butler OH in 1820 age 26-45 who was probably the son or nephew of Benjamin. The older Joseph Fowler may have died before 1820 or he may have moved to Boone County, KY which is located next to Hamilton Co, Ohio and very near Butler Co. A Joseph Fowler age 45+ was in Burlington, Boone Co, KY in 1820 along with a Benjamin Fowler age 26-45 who may have been his son.
Benjamin was in Butler Co, Ohio by 1808 because his son James Fowler was married to Elizabeth Devore in that county in 1808. Benjamin named one of his sons Jeremiah, therefore making a possible connection to Jeremiah Fowler and Drucilla Isaac who were also in Madison, KY in 1800. Thomas Fowler and Susannah Ijams had a grandson Benjamin (son of William Fowler and Susannah Duvall) who died probably before 1790 in Anne Arundel, MD. Our Benjamin may have been his son who migrated to Kentucky to be with his uncle Jeremiah after his father's death.
Benjamin has not been located in the 1790 Federal census, however, the widow of the elder Benjamin - Hammutal Stinchcomb Fowler - was in Anne Arundel, MD in 1790. There was one male over 16, one male under 16 and 2 females in her household. It is possible that the male over 16 was Benjamin, the male under 16 was James and one of the females was the wife of Benjamin. Hammutal may have died before 1800 since she is not found after 1790 in census records. Other references to a Benjamin Fowler have been found in the Maryland Archives but it is not possible to determine which Benjamin Fowler they were referring to - there were several Benjamin Fowlers in Anne Arundel and Prince Georges, MD.
Benjamin was living close to other descendants of Thomas Fowler and Susannah Ijams in Ohio. His probable first cousin, John D. Fowler was living in Eagle Twp, Brown Co, Ohio in 1820. Brown County is located slightly east, but very close to Butler County. In 1820 John D. Fowler's son, Joshua D. Fowler, was living in Liberty Twp, Butler County, Ohio. Benjamin's grandson, James C. Fowler, was born in Brown Co, Ohio. Other possible descendants of Thomas Fowler and Susannah Ijams were living in Darke County, Ohio which is slightly north of Butler County. These include Daniel and Hezekiah Fowler, the possible nephews of Benjamin, who were living in Darke County 1820 to 1850.
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Also to be released is Ray Flett's e-book, "Saving Retirement and Other Adventures," about the crash of his retirement fund and subsequent move to Ecuador. Not to be missed.


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Russ Blewett's letter to the editor posted in last week's Star was a gross misrepresentation. The meeting he accused Anthony Riley, a Hesperia Unified School District Board of Trustee member, of missing was scheduled with less than 24 hours notice, and Mr. Riley had long since notified the Board that he would not be available on that time and date. Further, Mr. Riley does not chronically miss school board meetings ... he was late once due to his job at the county. Mr. Riley is now a candidate for the 59th Assembly District.
Mr. Blewett, who was the mayor of Baldwin Park before moving to Hesperia, is an avid supporter of his friend Chris Lancaster. Lancaster, who was recalled from the City of Covina's city council for raising taxes and levying fees, moved to La Verne to run for the 59th Assembly District which includes Hesperia and Apple Valley.
Lancaster is running as a Republican but is a RINO (Republican In Name Only) having only contributed financially to Democratic Party campaigns.
Electing Lancaster to the 59th District would mean that Hesperia and Apple Valley would have no representation in the State Assembly. Blewett and Lancaster, in my opinion, are both carpetbaggers attempting to subvert the High Desert's electoral prerogative.


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Damages from external causes such as accident, abuse, misuse, and theft is the financial responsibility of the parent or guardian. It is *highly recommended* the parents or guardians requesting a device for their student purchase a digital device insurance policy (more information on the school website). If you would like to request a digital device for your student complete the application below.
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Updated special rules for the World Orienteering Championships published
Posted on | March 5, 2015 | Category: News
The rules for qualification and starting order for the WOC long and middle distances races have been updated and are published in the Rules section for Foot Orienteering on the IOF homepage.
The most significant change is that starting order will no longer only be determined by World Rankings but will also take into consideration previous WOC performance. Also, any changes in the ordering of start groups, which can be determined by the WOC Senior Event Adviser, must be published at the latest in Bulletin 3 approximately 2 months prior to the competitions.
Senior Event Adviser for WOC Jørn Sundby notes in a comment that for WOC 2015 in Scotland the decision has been made that there will be no changes to the ordering of start groups.|| Print page ||


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I must be on a sweet tooth roll. This is something I stitched this years ago. I am not quite sure but I think it was a Little House Needleworks chart. I had the vision to make it into a box of candy.
Before I started to assemble it, I decided to backstitch the pink border as well as each chocolate piece. I got the mat board cut, I then wrapped it with fabric for both the inner and outer box and then stitched the box pieces together. I cut layers and layers and more layers of batting and laced the stitched piece over the batting with a mat board base.
All that was left to do was to put it in place with some acid-free double-sided table. Not my best finishing job but from the top of the bridge it is ok.But more important, one less unfinished finish in my completed projects baskets.
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Super fun halloween costume, snapchat filters!
You will need:
felt, paper or fabric
glue gun & glue sticks
Step 1:
First make your templates for the desired filter
Take a piece of paper and fold it in half then draw out the shape of your filter.
Do this for all needed templates
Step 2:
Cut the template on felt or fabric.
Next cut a piece of wire that can cover the whole tongue and shape the wire evenly over the tongue.
I added the wire for structure
Step 3:
Glue down the wire on the felt then glue the other half on top.
Glue the barbecue stick onto the tongue.
Thats it for the tongue.
Step 4:
Cut the ear templates on felt. The pink felt is for the inner ear and the brown felt for the outer ear.
Glue the inner ear on the outer ear then place a piece of wire on the felt and glue down the other half on top.
Step 5:
Bend down a quater of the ear and at the bottom.
Lastly attach the ear on the headband with your glue gun.


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Andy Weir is an author most famous for his book The Martian and his short story The Egg. He is also the author of the Ready Player One fanfic Lacero. This fanfic epilogue has been confirmed as canon by Ernest Cline and is included in newer editions of the book.
There is a huge coincidence between Andy Weir and Ernest Clein in the fact that Andy Weir has written the story The Egg and the book Artemis, which are both seemingly references to Ready Player One.


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Course blog for American University PERF-570, Fall 2014
Sharonna Karni Cohen has taken her dream and made it into reality, literally. She's created a startup that allows users to describe their dreams in detail, and then connect with an artist who will conceptualize it into real artwork. The user can review profiles of the artists work and select the style and person they think will suit their concept the best. Read about it here.
Though located in Isreal, she plans to expand the company globally, as it's mostly web-based. And she's already seen a lot of success. Users contract with the artist, and the artist keeps 80-90% of the earnings. If the user purchases an additional product of the art (say, pillowcase or phone case) then Dreame, the company, keeps a higher percentage.
First, this is a great link to our discussion Monday regarding contracts. Contracts here are between the user and artist, and the artist and Dreame, the company. This way, the rights to the artistic product are maintained properly for those who have created/purchased them.
Secondly, what a unique idea and that links a universal concept with an artistic premise. Because it's so personal, constituents are likely to remember the service and share it. I hope it continues to do so well!
I think this is a great way to get artists directly connected with potential buyers, as well as to give the artist a large cut of the profits. I love that it's based off of dreams so it can be anything. Who knows, maybe the art will even inspire other artists and the dream will take on a whole new life.
But I think the truly innovative thing about this is just how personal it is. Dreams reveal so much about our subconscious mind and giving someone permission to take a peak inside that world and create art from it is really interesting. I wonder if this type if thing could be incorporated into art therapy, or counseling.


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Time for another Chuwi tablet, Chuwi Hi10 Pro tablet. In the last post, I featured the Chuwi Hi10 Plus tablet along with a coupon code to get it for a discounted price. Chuwi Hi10 Pro has almost similar specs of Hi10 Plus, both have Intel Cherry Z8350 chipset though this …Read More »
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Hello Everyone!
What have I done this week? Not much cause I got sick again! :(
The right side of my throat swelled and it REALLY hurts. Everytime i swallow it aches, even my right ear hurts when I swallow. NOT FUN!
Anyways, right now I have my lunch break and I'm starving!! I know I could just eat but it just hurts to damn much. My friend has a 2h break so she went home. Which means that I'm now all alone. Sometimes I kind of like being alone but not today. I feel kind of needy today *sighs*
What do you do when you're feeling sick? ONLINE SHOPPING OF COURSE! ;)
I ordered some clothing from BooHoo, I love their clothes I always find something I like. I also ordered a new cleanser, well actually the same cleanser I hade before but I really like it! You can find the cleanser by clicking here! It makes your skin really soft! Let me know if you want a review of it!
Also, an update on the weather! The snow is gone, I repeat, The snow is gone! Unfortunately it will probably come back.
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The Biology students were given the opportunity to participate in Notre Dame's 19th Annual Fungus Fair this past week. Students were asked to find a specimen from the Kingdom Fungi, identify their specimen using provided resources and present their findings to the class. This is one of my favorite projects of the year for a couple reasons…number one being I am a fungus fanatic!
Here are a couple specimens students brought in:
We also had Dr. Hegarty as an impromptu guest lecturer! While researching her specimen, one student found that if her mushroom's cap was exposed to Potassium Hydroxide, it should turn a yellowish color. I knew just who to ask to test this hypothesis in front of the class.
Dr. Hegarty used a couple different solutions and we were able to get a slight reaction on part of the cap. It's always a good day when Biology and Chemistry join forces!
Take a moment today to notice the
Fungus Among Us!


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The construction industry is a consistently dangerous industry for workers, and the construction industry is one of the most dangerous in North Carolina. Throughout the state, thousands of construction workers are injured on job sites each year. A number of different types of serious injuries can be suffered by construction workers, including serious head and back injuries.
Common construction accident types include falls and equipment-related injuries. In addition to suffering work-site related injuries, construction workers may also suffer injuries in a car or other motor vehicle accident related to a construction project they are working on. Different types of construction workers may also suffer harm, including carpenters, roofers, tilers and others.
Injured construction workers have a number of different options to consider for help. Workers' compensation is available to assist with medical costs and lost earnings. Furthermore, other types of benefits may also be available in certain situations. Workers also have options to appeal a workers' compensation or other claim that has been denied.
While workers' compensation laws prevent an employee from separately seeking compensation from their employer for the harm they have suffered in a work accident, they may be able to seek compensation from third parties liable for the harm. When the negligence of a property owner, product manufacturer, subcontractor or other party has caused a construction worker to suffer injury or harm on a construction site, the third party may be liable for the construction worker's damages.
At Ganley and Ramer, we know that there are a number of different types of construction accidents that construction workers may be involved in. The website for our Asheville-based firm contains helpful information about the variety of options that are also available to construction workers to ensure that they are fully compensated when harmed while on the job.


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Squad news
09 Dec 2017
The club announced on Friday the exit of Alejandro Arribas to Mexican club Pumas. Deportivo will collect 1.5 million with the defender signing a 2 1/2-year contract with his new club.
Alejandro Arribas is the first exit of Deportivo during the winter market. The club announced on Friday that an agreement with Mexican club Pumas has reached, the player is only pending to complete the medicals. The report from Mexico is that Deportivo will collect 1.5 million with the defender signing a 2 1/2-year contract with his new club.
Arribas arrived to Depor for the season 2015/16; it was a zero-cost transfer from Sevilla CF. The Madrilenian immediately earned a spot at the starting squad alongside Sidnei. In his first season at Depor, he completed 31 league appearances scoring twice and seen one red card.
But after a solid first season at Depor, Arribas suddenly lost his weight at the team. Gaizka Garitano arrived with Albentosa as his reference for the centre of the defense and therefore Arribas was suddenly the third centre-back at the team, reason why he begun the liga season as a substitute.
And the in injuries, suspensions and constant errors in defence ended balancing his presence at the lineups. With the arrival of Pepe Mel, Arribas became the second choice behind Sidnei, though by the end of the season the whole defense had a flat performance, as example his big error that cost a goal in the home meeting with RCD Espanyol (May 7).


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The title game was last Monday, but it's never too early to talk about next season.
The 2017-18 season is in the books, Villanova is a champion yet again, and it's time for the offseason to begin. Players are starting to declare for the NBA draft with and without official representation, and it is going to take another two months to figure out exactly which players will return to college next season (the deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft this year is May 30).
Still, it's fun to take a look at what next year's elite squads might look like, and that's exactly what we are going to do here. These five teams (like most years) are going to be among the nation's elite next season and could very well be the AP's preseason top five when the poll comes out in the fall.
1. Villanova
Definitely Gone: Mikal Bridges
Almost Certainly Gone: Jalen Brunson
Possibly Gone: Omari Spellman, Donte DiVincenzo
Definitely Returning: Eric Paschall, Phil Booth, Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree, Collin Gillespie
New Recruits: Jahvon Quinerly (Composite No. 25), Cole Swider (No. 39), Brandon Slater (No. 47)
Villanova is definitely losing its best player, will almost certainly lose its leader (and AP National Player of the Year), and could also lose the big man that makes its three-point barrage of an offense so devastating. And none of that matters. Championship-game-hero DiVincenzo may test the draft waters – it only stands to reason that he would at least get some feedback after his 31-point performance – but he will almost definitely return next season. If and when he does, he'll be playing alongside Booth and Paschall, both of whom were key components of this year's title run.
Joining that trio will be this year's key reserves: Cosby-Roundtree and Gillespie. A traditional big, Cosby-Roundtree will add a new element to Villanova next season. The option to put out a more traditional lineup will give the Wildcats' offense a curveball to throw at opposing defenses. An offense where all five players can reliably hit threes is dangerous, but it's even more dangerous when the opponent has to account and prepare for a true big man that can bully you down on the low block. Gillespie will see his shot total increase, and he's already proven himself a solid deep threat, shooting 39.4 percent from beyond the arc on 71 shots this season.
Add on top of that a top-notch recruiting class and you have the makings of a team that can place yet another national championship trophy to its mantle. Quinerly can take over for Brunson as a point guard who can control the tempo, shoot off the dribble, and set up his teammates; Swider is a long, knock-down shooter who can either begin to replace Spellman or complement him; and Slater is Bridges-like. If Spellman does decide to return? Dear lord will this team be nearly impossible to beat.
2. Duke
Definitely Gone: Grayson Allen, Marvin Bagley III, Trevon Duval, Gary Trent Jr.
Almost Certainly Gone: Wendell Carter
Definitely Returning: Marques Bolden, Alex O'Connell, Javin DeLaurier, Jack White, Jordan Goldwire
New Recruits: R.J. Barrett (No. 1), Cam Reddish (No. 2), Zion Williamson (No. 3), Tre Jones (No. 9)
Once again, Duke will probably be the most talented team on paper next season. Although Allen, Bagley, Carter, and Duval are leaving (and Trent might join them), the Blue Devils replace them with arguably the greatest recruiting class of all-time. Barrett, Reddish, and Williamson are the top-three composite recruits in the incoming class, marking the first time the top-three recruits will all head to the same school. Heading to Durham with them is top-10 recruit and No. 1 point guard Tre Jones, younger brother of former-Dukie and national champion Tyus Jones.
Those four together on the floor will be a lethal combination, at least offensively. Jones is an elite facilitator and can create his own shot when necessary; Williamson is an athletic monster most famous for his dunking abilities; Barrett will likely be the purest and most talented scorer in all of college basketball next year; and Reddish isn't far behind Barrett and Williamson in terms of scoring and athleticism. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski will work in Bolden and DeLaurier for some true size inside, and O'Connell for some outside shooting, but the main four players of this team are clearly the freshmen.
The wild card is Trent. Although he will definitely at least declare for the draft, most boards currently have him as mid-second-rounder, and if he isn't satisfied with that and/or doesn't hear inside information that he'll be selected near the first round, he could return to Duke to improve his draft stock for 2019.
If he does return, the Blue Devils will become extra elite. Trent not only adds his ability to drain threes at an absurd clip, he also adds a level of experience this version of Duke lacks. He would be the only returning Blue Devil that averaged more than 12.9 minutes per game in 2017-18. The Duke defense might be a question mark again next year, but the Blue Devils will still possess an elite offense. They will be a title contender yet again on talent alone, and if Trent returns, watch out.
3. Kansas
Definitely Gone: Devonte' Graham, Svi Mykhailiuk, Malik Newman, Lagerald Vick
Possibly Gone: Udoka Azubuike
Definitely Returning: Silvio De Sousa, Mitch Lightfoot, Marcus Garrett
New Recruits: Dedric Lawson (Transfer, Memphis), K.J. Lawson (Transfer, Memphis), Charlie Moore (Transfer, Cal), Quentin Grimes (No. 11), Devon Dotson (No. 19), David McCormack (No. 34)
Four of Kansas's top-five scorers are gone – two to the scourge of graduation, two to the allure of making millions of dollars – but the Jayhawks arguably reloaded better than any other team in the nation. Yes, possibly even better than Duke. With three top transfers and three top-35 recruits coming in, Kansas has one of the best overall incoming classes in the country.
The Lawson brothers were two of the most sought-after transfers on the market last year and both are heading to the Jayhawks. Dedric Lawson – a 6-foot-9 power forward – is the more prolific of the two. During his 2016-17 campaign at Memphis, he averaged 19.2 points, 9.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 2.1 blocks per game. His younger brother K.J.– a 6-foot-8 wing – averaged 12.3 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game that same season.
Add onto that point guard Charlie Moore and three recruits with the talent to contribute immediately and you have the makings of a team that might have some growing pains from having not played together yet, but with a ton of talent.
Udoka Azubuike is the key man that could return or could decide to join his teammates in the NBA draft pool. More than likely he will anchor the interior in Lawrence next season. Hopefully he'll be able to solve his conditioning and foul woes so that the seven-footer can play more than 23.6 minutes per game during his junior season. Freshman David McCormack will work in with him, but Azubuike must be the driving force inside.
Other than Azubuike, no returning player averaged more than 19.2 minutes per game during the 2017-18 season. This is going to be a brand spanking new team for head coach Bill Self, but it has plenty of talent and plenty of collegiate experience, albeit not experience at the Kansas level. The Jayhawks will make a solid run at a 15th straight Big 12 championship and another Final Four appearance. Hell, maybe Self even walks away with a second title.
4. Gonzaga
Definitely Gone: Johnathan Williams, Silas Melson
Definitely Returning: Rui Hachimura, Killian Tillie, Josh Perkins, Zach Norvell Jr., Corey Kispert
New Recruits: Brandon Clarke (Transfer, San Jose State), Filip Petrusev (No. 67)
Gonzaga had the 10th-most efficient team in the country this season, something that seemed to be overlooked because of how dominant the previous Gonzaga team was. But this year's Bulldogs were extremely strong, and next season they will return four of their top of scorers and only two players from their regular rotation. That makes for a dangerous 2018-19 Gonzaga team.
The Zags lose the imposing Johnathan Williams, a 6-foot-9 forward who was powerful in the paint and strong off the dribble, but return both Rui Hachimura and Killian Tillie, who are both probably better overall basketball players.
Hachimura is a tantalizing future NBA draft pick. He doesn't shoot well from distance, but the 6-foot-8 Japan native is incredibly skilled down low. He has an array of shots to use with his back to the basket and he can even face up and hit the mid-range jumper, which forces defenders to play him honestly down low. He is also a freak of an athlete with a huge ceiling, meaning what we've seen from him so far (11.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game in just 20.7 minutes per game) could only just be scratching the surface. Tillie can play inside, but is more of a prototypical stretch-four. The frenchman hit 47.9 percent of his threes last season. His ability to stretch the defense allows for guards to penetrate and Hachimura to work inside less harassed than he should be.
Alongside the big men, Josh Perkins and Zach Norvell Jr. return to continue their roles as the Bulldogs' top scoring guards. Perkins will have to play more on the ball with Silas Melson's exit, but he proved himself more than capable of playing the point this season, averaging 5.3 assists per game.
Once again, Gonzaga is loaded with returning talent, solid players waiting in the wings for an increased role (see: Kispert, Corey) and new players that redshirted last season (see: Ayayi, Joel and Clarke, Brandon). Don't think that 2016-17 was an aberration. Gonzaga will be a legitimate threat to win a national title next season.
5. Kentucky
Definitely Gone: Kevin Knox, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Almost Certainly Gone: Hamidou Diallo
Possibly Gone: Jarred Vanderbilt, PJ Washington
Definitely Returning: Wenyen Gabriel, Quade Green, Nick Richards, Sacha Killeya-Jones
New Recruits: E.J. Montgomery (No. 12), Keldon Johnson (No. 13), Immanuel Quickley (No. 15), Tyler Herro (No. 32)
For the umpteenth time, Kentucky is bringing in a strong recruiting class. Cool. What makes this team so intriguing heading into next season is how many players could return from this past season's team. Kevin Knox and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander have declared and signed with agents, but everyone else from a team that won the SEC tournament and reached the Sweet Sixteen could return next season.
To be honest, Hamidou Diallo heading to the NBA would probably be addition by subtraction. He never really gelled with the team, had more turnovers than assists, and shot only 33.8 percent from deep. Everybody else, though, would make great additions to the squad if they returned.
Due to injury, Jarred Vanderbilt never really reached his full potential last season, but he showed plenty of flashes that if he were healthy for a full season, he could make a run at being one of the best big men in the country next season. Wenyen Gabriel will be back for his junior season to provide some front court depth and the ability to stretch the half court. PJ Washington declared but did not hire an agent. If he returned, Kentucky would then have three returning contributors in the front court along with freshman E.J. Montgomery. That's the kind of combined experience and talent Kentucky hasn't had since their 2014-15 run. I'm not saying the Wildcats will go undefeated until the Final Four, but it bodes well.
Quade Green will bring experience to the back court alongside freshmen Immanuel Quickley. The backcourt might also include 2019 top-10 recruit Ashton Hagans if Cal can convince him to sign and reclassify (reportedly a possibility). Then there's Keldon Johnson and Tyler Herro, two wings who could adeptly take over the Kevin Knox role. I know I'm going out on a limb by saying this, but if this team finds a way to gel together, it will be dangerous.
Honorable Mentions: North Carolina, Auburn, Virginia, Nevada
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Las Vegas Girl: A Gripping, Suspenseful Crime Novel
- Las Vegas Girl: A Gripping, Suspenseful Crime Novel
- Author
- : Leslie Wolfe
- Publisher
- : Italics Publishing
- Pages
- : 214
- Category
- : Fiction : Drama
Detectives Laura Baxter and Jack Holt are members of the elite: Las Vegas Metro PD, one of the toughest and most respected law enforcement agencies in the United States. In the middle of a city with two million residents and 43 million annual visitors, they're hunting for a killer.
The crime: audacious
In a glamorous Las Vegas hotel, in front of hundreds of witnesses and under the lenses of countless video surveillance cameras, a young girl is brutally murdered. What promises to be a quick and easy investigation soon becomes a nightmare. The most recorded crime in Vegas is missing one key protagonist, the killer.
The forensics: stupefying
A crime-scene fingerprint unleashes dozens of unsettling questions instead of providing answers. Was this a murder for hire? In the politically-charged case, the scenario seems plausible; the victim's secret life could've been the obstacle in an ambitious politician's path. As the investigation unspools the well-concealed secrets surrounding the girl's life, Baxter and Holt attract the attention of someone desperate to keep history's terrible secrets buried.
The truth: shocking
A testimony from beyond the grave turns into a death warrant for the two unrelenting detectives. While they expose a connection with the victim's distant past that could hold the key to catching her killer, they must learn to rely on each other to survive.
Two mavericks make an intriguing team. Baxter and Holt trust each other with their lives, only not with their darkest secrets.
Fans of James Patterson, David Baldacci, Karin Slaughter, and Robert Dugoni will be engrossed in this unputdownable police procedural that will keep you reading until the break of dawn.
What Readers Say About Leslie Wolfe
-- "Leslie Wolfe has the talent that is comparable to the likes of a Tom Clancy or a Michael Crichton, or even James Patterson." - Dennis Waller
-- "Wolfe keeps readers turning the pages..." - Kirkus Reviews
-- "Leslie Wolfe knows how to blend advanced technological data with powerfully written human behavior responses and the result is a novel that few will want to put down once the story begins." -- Grady Harp
-- "Verdict: A phenomenal novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I highly recommend it!" -- KWNY Publicity
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-- "Characters you really can bond with and want to read more about. Too real and plausible not to keep you reading far too long after bed time!"
-- "Now this was a real smoker, really kept it moving, very well written. Guess I better find out if my wife is talking to me."
-- "Leslie Wolfe just gets better and better."
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-- "An impressive amount of suspense throughout."
-- "As soon as I picked it up, I couldn't put it down! Full of suspense and keeps you at the edge of your seat. I loved it!"
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Indian-American actor and comedian Aziz Ansari sent fans to a tizzy after a picture of him wandering in the streets of Kerala surfaced on their Instagram feeds.
On Monday night, he posted a photograph of himself dressed in a simple white shirt, standing on a nondescript street in Trivandrum.
His Indian fans, who loved him as Tom Haverford in Parks and Recreation and are now addicted to his character Dev Shah in the hit Netflix series Master of None, lost it over when they saw this picture. Soon they kicked off the guessing game, trying to figure where exactly he could be found and what was the reason behind his 'secret' vacation.
o boy, @azizansari has been broadcasting his trip to India on social media and my soul is feeling many things.
— preethi anbalagan (@inessnce) December 22, 2015
The one time I travel to India in years and you're here @azizansari in the exact same area! I didn't know you are from Kerala🇮🇳 #Snap
— Rohan George (@RohanSGeorge) December 22, 2015
Stop what you're doing. @azizansari is in India and is instagraming everything.
— Anant Naik (@AnantNaik) December 21, 2015
going to india hopefully i can meet bae aka aziz ansari
— mariam zaidi (@mariamzaidiii) December 21, 2015
While most fans are hoping that he's scouring locations for a shoot or looking for inspiration for the second season of Master of None, Ansari himself seems to be pitching for the anchoring job at this local body building competition. Just imagine, what a riot it would be if he actually got to host this contest?
While Twitter gets busy investigating the reason for his visit, Ansari is busy appreciating a good cup of chai, and a great chai-maker.
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The orientation was held on Friday, February 25th. Same as before it was organized by the OISS office and became the first event of Spring semester. The main purpose of this event was to introduce HUFS, its system and all related procedures to international freshmen, transferred and exchange students. This was the first event where newly founded Global Student Association (GSA) took active participation.
It was a great opportunity for GSA to participate in this event and get an insight of the organization of large scale event like that and preparation process. Additionally, as GSA was a newly founded organization at that moment, orientation became one of the first important steps in GSA team building.
Before orientation started GSA members were responsible for students' guidance, their registration and distribution of booklets, snacks and important applications, such as bank account and course registration applications.
The first part of the orientation was dedicated to academic system at HUFS: credits, grading systems, e-class, requirements etc. Then students were introduced the activities that they can enjoy at school. For instance, various school clubs, social events, festivals, field trips etc. In addition, as the orientation was targeting international students, during orientation were introduced organizations that provide support to international students, such as the OISS office, ISO and GSA.
Another feature of this event was the introduction of yellow Kakao IDs to students. It is well known, that Kakao Talk is the most frequently used communication tool in South Korea. So in order to make the communication between students and school efficient, school decided to create Yellow Kakao IDs where students could address all their concerns, ask questions and simply be updated about everything that is going in the school.
After the orientation was over, all international students had a campus tour. GSA and ISO members were responsible for performing campus tour. The main purpose of it was to introduce all buildings and facilities that are available on the campus, so students can use them without any problem.
After the campus tour regular international students had another orientation where they were provided detailed information relevant to regular students only. This orientation was run by the OISS office and GSA. As the main purpose of GSA is to support regular international students, GSA was given another opportunity to introduce the organization, its goals, GSA members and activities the organization is going to be involved in. The orientation session was concluded with dinner, where students had an opportunity to ask more questions, meet their seniors, socialize and get to know one another.
After official part was over, with the support of the OISS office all students were invited to local bars (Jerry's, May Queen and JJ). It was another opportunity for them to get to know each other and spend great time together.


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A South Dakota lawmaker who backed the state's statute mandating remote retailers collect sales tax will testify before a House Judiciary subcommittee on a federal bill restricting states' taxing authority over out-of-state sellers.
The Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold a July 25 hearing on Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner's (R-Wis.) No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017 (H.R. 2887). Introduced June 12, the bill would prohibit states from:
Peters sponsored the state's "economic nexus" statute, S.B. 106 (codified as S.D. Codified Laws Chapter 10-64), which requires remote retailers with annual in-state sales exceeding $100,000 or 200 separate transactions to collect and remit sales tax. The state's Sixth Judicial Circuit Court found the law unconstitutional under Quill, and the matter is now before South Dakota's Supreme Court.
Other witnesses who will testify before the House subcommittee are:
"American businesses large and small are suffocating under an ever increasing mountain of regulations," Rep. Robert Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee chairman, said in the release. "One particular problem is the issue of states aggressively imposing regulatory burdens on out-of-state businesses that cannot easily fight back. The principle goal of the No Regulation Without Representation Act is to keep regulation in check by ensuring accountability between regulator and regulated."
"I look forward to hearing from our expert panel of witnesses on the impact extraterritorial state regulations are having on American businesses and how to address this problem legislatively in order to preserve state sovereignty and increase economic growth," said Goodlatte, who is co-sponsor on Sensenbrenner's bill.
Some have welcomed the hearing as a long-overdue step in addressing the cross-border taxation debate—but others have protested the narrow scope of the hearing, which isn't expected to discuss other remote sales tax proposals. Many have singled out Goodlatte as the primary roadblock for competing e-commerce proposals that widen the reach of states' taxing authority.
A hearing hasn't been scheduled on a competing House measure, the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017 (H.R. 2193), which would allow states to mandate out-of-state sellers and online vendors collect tax on in-state sales. The RTPA was introduced in late April, alongside the introduction of the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2017 (S. 976) in the Senate, which would also expand states' taxing authority over remote retailers.
During a July 21 panel at New York University's Summer Institute on Intermediate Taxation, a state tax administrator voiced concerns over Sensenbrenner's legislation.
"The No Regulation Without Representation proposal is not good nor sensible legislation," said Kevin Sullivan, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services. "It makes no good sense to say that corporations would be burdened by taxing consumers. It's an absurdity."
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These days my sleep is a gossamer veil, so fine that a spider walking across the floor will wake me. Deep sleep is dangerous sleep. This morning it was not a spider nor an earthquake, but an owl. Small, white and very loud. It's now 5.10am but thanks to the gufo I've been awake since 4.00am.
I am cold and have drastically misjudged the wood situation here – there's very little left – and I must wait till first light to dig about in the precarious woodpile, down the drive, to find lumber short enough to fit in my little stove. Last week a friend came over with his chain saw and spent two hours chopping bite-sized pieces of wood for me but I've managed to use them all up. A while back I found an old-fashioned looking axe in one of the outhouses and had vainly tried chopping wood myself but it was hopeless. I could barely lift the axe off the ground.
It's just called 'the red house'. A house I passed a thousand times before this happened
I feel sad and leaden this morning. It comes and goes a bit. I am so lucky to be staying here and not in a Red Cross Camp or one of the hostels or hotels. I should not complain. Every morning when I get up, the first thing I do is go out and look across to Sarnano.
The view in the morning that I have of my house and my town
I have to see, with my own eyes, that my little town is still there. I can see my kitchen windows.
Every single village and town in this region is old. Medieval old. Sarnano celebrated its 750th birthday last year. My house was built in 1267. These places are priceless and are living centers of commerce, hospitality, art and all the other things that make a life worth living. All have suffered tremendous damage. Some more than others, but all bad.
All the Centri Storici, the historic centers, around here are classified as a zona rossa. No one can go in or out because they are dangerous. Weakened buildings, where a sneeze would finish them off.
No way to walk past my greengrocer's shop and under the Arco Brunforte to go to my house
Piles of rubble (for which read 'piles of houses') lie at every turn, though thankfully not here in my town. Hugely important churches and other civic buildings are ruined everywhere you look, around the region.
Weirdly, Sarnano is the only town for miles and miles that is what they call in piedi, meaning it's on its feet, it still stands. I'll tell you about why that is later on but right now I wanted to show you Gualdo, where I was with Iolanda on that Sunday at the opening of the little wooden school.
As I was leaving the inaugural festivities at the school I noticed that all the police, the various vigili, the fire brigade and the Army were busy scoffing down food that parents had brought to the celebration. Snapshots were being taken,
wine consumed and for a moment they forgot about the tremors and focused on the sterling work they'd just completed.
For once, they had all – at the same time – relaxed, taken their eye off the ball: no-one was guarding the various ways into the Centro Storico. It's all cordoned off with the depressing red and white flapping tape (which 'howls' when the winds catch it in a certain way) and metal barricades.
That morning there were no handsome men in uniforms with shiny sidearms in leather holsters being vigilant: they were standing around smoking. It was my chance. My only chance.
So I clambered over the railings and started scuttling around the back streets of beautiful Gualdo. I knew it was potentially dangerous but I wanted to come away with some pictures so I could show people what an earthquake can do, up close and personal. I just kept saying, as I turned one narrow corner after another, 'My god, my god'. It looked like a wrecking ball had rolled into town and smashed it to pieces. No street is wider than about 8 feet so it was hard to get the sense of scale – but here are a couple of shots.
Frankly one picture looks exactly the next – just what used to be houses now filling the alleys, streets and ways with mounds of rubble.
I felt quite sick by the time I decided to weave my way over the piles of walls,furniture and clothing and get back to the car.
I started driving the 20 minutes back home, through the glorious winding, wooded roads and I came across this house.
I'd like to say it is a rare sight. But I can't.
It seems somehow indecent. Obscene almost.
What happened here? That I could scramble up mounds of rock and stone that were once someone's home to stare, uninvited and gawping, into their bedroom? Their private spaces? The beautiful countryside reflected in this family's bedroom mirror suddenly looked rather twisted to me.
I think I'll write two or three more of these installments before I catch up with the 'now'. I want to fill in the gaps for you, of the last few weeks, and then we can move on together, in 'real time', as it were.
. . . .
It is now 5 o'clock in the evening. I am very glad I did not press the 'Publish' button this morning (I knew how exhausted I was and wanted to check for typos later on).
At 12.30 this afternoon I thought I had finally chanced my arm once too many times and was going to die.
Five minutes away from Sarnano is a little 10th century abbey in a hamlet called Piobbico. I knew the abbey had been horribly damaged over the last few weeks, each new tremor taking away a little more of the building.
Steve has always loved this place and I decided to see if I could actually get inside and take some pictures before it disappeared from the face of the earth altogether.
The sun was shining, the snow on the mountain tops looked like sifted icing sugar and all was peaceful. So, I let my guard down, just like the soldiers in Gualdo had done. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I went inside and was aghast. It seemed somehow 'devoid'. All wrong. I took a few photographs, very much on 'the hoof'.
You could not make it up: the title of the hymn on this open page is "Oh come God, Save Us"
And then it happened.
A magnitude 4.0 hit. The epicenter was 19 kms away, as the crow flies. Earthquakes do not follow the road system.
And there it was again, that deafening – yet spectral – sound of the earth moving below me and the masonry of the church swaying madly above me. I screamed for the dog (who will not leave my side) and was thrown to the ground in the middle of the church. I could hear the falling masonry all around. I recall nothing else. I was totally unhurt.
This is the last image the camera recorded, as I fell …
… and this is what I saw when I stood up.
The worst of it had been ahead of me, where I had stood not a minute earlier
I did not believe I could get out before it all collapsed on top of me but I scrambled up and made it out. I sat down outside – it never occurred to me to try and run away – and got my breathing back under control. Rapid shallow breaths left me tingling. My legs were a little wobbly but I got back to the car and as I sat in the seat a great plume of white dust came off me, like a giant powder-puff. My hair was gray from the plaster and detritus that had landed on me.
I came home and was surprised at how normal I felt. Then I was suddenly very tired, started shaking and lay down. I woke up about half an hour ago. To write this. I don't feel very normal now. I feel very anxious. My rib-cage feels two sizes too small, my heartbeat is erratic and I am very tense. All over again. The quake this afternoon hit the 're-play' button in my head and that terrible Wednesday night, the 26th of October, came flooding back as if it were only yesterday.
A lot can happen in twelve hours. That owl? He seems a lifetime ago.


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The Democratic Party organization said Monday that it raised more than $100 million in 2017, a record total for a non-election year.
With $9.5 million in December receipts, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee brought its total for the year to $105.4 million. In 2015, the last comparable year, the DCCC raised $68.2 million.
The DCCC's fundraising outstripped its Republican counterpart each month from May through December, ending the year ahead by about $20 million. The National Republican Congressional Committee raised $85 million for the year, according to figures shared with the Washington Examiner earlier this month.
However, the NRCC maintains a significant advantage in cash on hand, with $43.6 million in its coffers at year's end vs. $38.9 million for the DCCC.
There are other indications that Republican candidates will not lack for resources: The party's largest super PAC devoted to House races, the Congressional Leadership Fund, said this month that it raised $26 million in 2017 and had $15 million cash on hand. The leading Democratic House super PAC, House Majority PAC, has not yet reported its year-end fundraising totals but had raised $3.2 million as of July.
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FOX News Channel launched 20 years ago: A brief history of FOX News, from newsreel team to cable's No. 1 news network
June 5, 1989, BEIJING – Around the world, the image of a man staring down tanks in China's Tiananmen Square became etched in our collective memory. The live CNN broadcast was a journalism milestone. Like any competitive newsman, Rupert Murdoch marveled at the accomplishment but must have been rankled by his rival's success in breaking the story.
Cable news was itself shaping a narrative in progress. Media was changing culture. And News Corp wanted to be a leader in this latest revolution.
FOX News Channel (FNC) ultimately launched in 1996, but its namesake originated nearly 80 years earlier. On Oct. 4, 1919, the first FOX News was a newsreel team established by Winfield Sheehan, general manager of the early Fox Film Corporation, with "director-in-chief" Don Hancock overseeing some 1,008 dispersed cameramen by 1922. Their mission statement promised "honesty, impartiality, enterprise and entertainment."
By the early 1960s, network news anchors became nightly fixtures in American homes. Ted Turner's 24-hour Cable News Network (CNN) launched in 1980. News Corp brought Europe its first 24-hour news channel, Sky News, on Feb. 5, 1989.
FOX News was designed to be an anti-elitist disruption to a perceived bias in U.S. television. Time's John Moody came on as senior news executive and Bill Shine oversaw "opinion hosts" like Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity.
The triumph of FOX News lies in how often it has driven the national narrative. In 2002, FNC surpassed CNN as the cable news leader; it has ranked No. 1 in total viewership for 14 consecutive years. With an annual profit exceeding $1 billion, FNC – more than any other cable news network – has figured out how to wield the instrument of television.
The network celebrates its 20th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2016. The moment coincides with an unprecedented inflection point brought on by the presidential election and primary season, during which FOX News made history with the highest-rated non-sports cable telecast of all time.
"FOX News came from a point of view of we can do this better," said 21st Century Fox Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch. "We can make news more interesting. We can tell stories better. We can tell them with more energy and more color. That's really how FOX News started. Not because a group of analysts in a secret room somewhere found a niche in the market."
In July 2016, Rupert Murdoch took the helm at FOX News and elevated longtime executives Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy to co-presidents of the network, and promoted Suzanne Scott to executive vice president of programming and development.
"While this has been a time of great transition," Rupert said, "there has never been a greater opportunity for FOX News and FOX Business to better serve and expand their audiences."


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♦ In a scene out of a "True Crime" story from the 30's: "I was a Fugitive from the Chain Gang", a trio of Florida fugitives escaped from Wakulla County Jail in Crawfordsville, Florida. Casey Brandon Martina, 25, Donald James Cotterman, 44, and Joel Teraill Cooper, 43, all fled through the Wakulla County Jail's law library ceiling and jumped from the roof to the ground.
Wakulla County Jail, Crawfordsville, Florida:
This past Monday the Rowan County Sheriff's Office received a tip that one of the fugitives Casey Brandon Martina was hiding out in a trailer at 140 Austin Street in Rockwell. At 1 a.m. Monday Sheriff's deputies set up a perimeter around home before Martina surrendered and was taken into custody. Under a secured $260,000 bond, he is now in the Rowan County Detention Center.
Casey Brandon Martina:
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140 Austin Street, Rockwell, N.C.:
Location 140 Austin Street, Rockwell, N.C.:
A Jeep Cherokee, stolen in Virginia, was found at the Austin Street home. Now the other two jailbreak suspects Cotterman and Cooper are the focus of a manhunt by Sheriff's Office detectives and Wakulla County Sheriff's Office investigators.
Prior to Martina's arrest, detectives determined that a 2007 Pacifica Sedona RV was stolen from the Peeler Road area. All three fugitives are alleged to be involved in the theft. Evidence also suggests that the three Florida fugitives were involved in several property crimes in Virginia, Georgia, and Rowan County.
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Cotterman and Cooper may be involved in firearms thefts. Both suspects were said to be together in Rowan County. Prior to Martina's arrest, the two remaining fugitives were last together with Martina in Statesville. Cotterman and Cooper may be traveling West out of North Carolina
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Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Donald James Cotterman and Joel Teraill Cooper is requested to call Rowan County Sheriff's Office detectives at 704-216-8686, or Rowan Communications at 704-216-8500. If you fear retribution, want to remain anonymous and possibly collect a reward of up to $1,000, information can be submitted 24/7 via the web: http://tips.salisburyrowancrimestoppers.org/or by calling the Salisbury-Rowan Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5245.


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|The History of the Dominion of Canada (1897)
of the portals of the St. Lawrence, and it was deemed unwise to proceed so late in the season against Quebec.
British Repulse at Ticonderoga.—Meanwhile Abercrombie had attempted, with an army of fifteen thousand, to carry out the second part of Pitt's plan—the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point and (if the conditions should then favor the project) an advance on Montreal. Wolfe describes Abercrombie as "a heavy man." The militia thought him wanting in decision of character and nicknamed him Mrs. Nabby Cromby (Nabby being the New England abbreviation for Abigail). It is said that Pitt intended that Lord Howe, Abercrombie's second in command, should be the real head of the expedition. Unfortunately this able officer was killed in an accidental encounter with a scouting party shortly after the British forces had landed at the foot of Lake George. Montcalm himself was at Ticonderoga with a force of nearly four thousand men, entrenched behind a strong barricade some distance in front of the fort. Before the barricade the trees had been cut down and their branches left lying with sharp ends sticking out-ward. Abercrombie might have brought up his artillery and battered the barricade to pieces. Instead, he ordered his men to carry the position by assault. This they bravely tried to do over the fallen timber, but, after gallant efforts repeated at intervals during all the afternoon of a hot July day, they had to abandon the attempt. The British loss was heavy, that of the French trifling. Something like a panic seized Abercrombie's army, and soon it was in full retreat southward up Lake George. Montcalm made no attempt to follow, contenting himself with sending out small war parties to cut off stragglers from Fort William Henry.
Bradstreet Destroys Fort Frontenac. — In August, Colonel Bradstreet performed a notable exploit. With about three thousand men he crossed from the mouth of the Oswego and surprised Fort Frontenac. The garrison of 110 men surrendered themselves as prisoners of war without resistance, and a great quantity of stores destined for the western posts was captured. The fort was destroyed, the ships with which the French had hitherto held control of Lake Ontario were burned, and, without the loss of a man, Bradstreet recrossed the lake.
The French Lose Fort Duquesne.—The loss of the stores for the western posts seriously weakened Fort Duquesne. Over
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