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Along with the Reno firm of Bradley, Drendel and Jeanny, Tim was instrumental in bringing a successful lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service for the mishandling of the Acorn Fire. Twenty six people lost their homes, and 6,000 acres were burned as a result of the devastating 1987 inferno. It was important to Tim to se...
Elected to the position of district attorney in 1995, Tim tried his best to make a difference in county government for the two years he was in office. He still had maintained his private practice, and has always worked at an intense pace, normally 6 to 7 days a week. Over the years, he also ran his own vineyard in Jack...
As he wraps up his litigation and courtroom cases that still are open, you will find Alpine's lumberjack lawyer out in the wild woods of Alpine or the deserts and back by-ways of Arizona more and more. It is yet another new chapter for Tim, one that he will live with the same passion and commitment that comes naturally...
Appropriately, Fehily rides Prabeni for Charlie Mann, the Lambourn trainer he joined when arriving from Cork in 1998.
He rode his first winner for Mann in November of that year — Ivy Boy at Plumpton.
Since then Fehily has ridden over 1,300 winners including two Champion Hurdles on Rock On Ruby (2012) and Buveur D’Air (2017), two King George VI Chases on Silviniaco Conti (2015 and 2016) and the Queen Mother Champion Chase on Special Tiara (2017).
Fehily said: ‘I am not sure if Prabeni has a winning chance, but it is nice I have a ride for Charlie.
‘Outofthisworld in the Mares’ Hurdle will go well. She has been a little disappointing in her last two starts but she is better than that.
An understated, sympathetic jockey, Fehily’s career got more successful as it went on.
Injuries disrupted him, including a triple leg fracture and a broken neck sustained last year.
But it was appendicitis in January, and the subsequent complications, which persuaded Fehily that now was the right time to retire.
The jockey, who had winning rides on two great Champion Chasers, Altior and Master Minded, added: ‘I broke my neck on the final day of last season at Punchestown. If I had been told then I had to stop, I would have been very upset because I wasn’t ready, but I am now. I feel it is the right time.
Belgium’s Flemish regional government sent a mock phishing email to about 20,000 of its employees to see how they would react.
The email purported to be a booking confirmation from Thalys for a trip from Brussels to Paris, including a stay in a fancy hotel. The cost—almost €20,000 (about US$22,000)—would be charged to the recipient’s credit card unless the person cancelled within three days, the email said. To cancel the trip, the email instru...
Rather than hand over such information, though, government employees started calling Thalys to complain, to the bewilderment of its staff: The government had neglected to inform Thalys of the drill and nobody in the company’s call center knew what was going on.
Frank Geets, the Flemish government’s administrator-general for facility management, said the government went a bit off the rails by not informing Thalys of the drill.
It certainly made me twitch!
It was a school in a predominantly poor Pacifica community who have been rather alienated and failed by our New Zealand education system. And based on the other painted games on the courtyard I would say this was parents mucking in and brightening up their local school. Those parents themselves would have had even less...
I woke up to this sunrise yesterday.
Since moved out of the burbs to this location I’ve actually turned into a morning person!
Nice, I see the resemblance. A quote from the shirt designer on Threadless: “Friendly spacemen agree life can get too serious in space sometimes with maintaining the rocket ship and other chores. That’s when he plays some beats and remembers to dance and have fun!” Maybe the artist was inspired by your UBB spaceman!
I remember the first time I saw basil seed drink more than 20 years ago and was pretty repulsed (I eventually had some, kinda sweet, not very “basil-y”), since then I’ve spent a lot of time in the local Asian markets so you’d think I’d be used to the weird foods (“peanut milk soup?”) but it seems there is always one mo...
I have yet to google (or just ask them) what this means, but for now I’m still enjoying the mystery.
Jeebus, my eyes! The spoiler tags are made for that.
I would so play the hell out of this!
Don’t worry, everyone: the goose game is good. So far, anyway.
In the top photo, what are the grid-like lines at the bottom? A fence?
Looks like part of the roofs to me.
Somewhere there’s a craftsperson crying “You haven’t left enough space for the motto! How am I supposed to get the last word in”.
Answer of course: I’ve met your wife, what makes you think you could get the last word in now?
A plumber’s helper with a poop emoji, for those people who need a running start at life.
Olson lost his sight eight years ago due to retinal cancer. He’s been blind since age 12, but has been a lifelong Trojans fan. He joined the team with a scholarship for disabled athletes.
Nearly 1,500 people have been killed in chemical weapons attacks in Syria during the five-year civil war, according to a report that highlights the uninhibited ferocity of the conflict.
The attacks amount to a strategic policy to displace civilians in opposition-controlled territory, the report by the Syrian-American Medical Society (Sams) concludes.
The vast majority of the documented attacks and the ensuing civilian casualties were perpetrated by the government of Bashar al-Assad, it says.
“In response to chemical attacks in Syria, the international community sends us more antidotes,” Mohammed Tennari, a doctor in the rebel-held province of Idlib, is quoted as saying in the report. “This means that the world knows that chemical weapons will be used against us again and again.
“What we need most is not antidotes – what we need is protection, and to prevent another family from slowly suffocating together after being gassed in their home,” he added.
The report documents 161 chemical attacks in Syria, details of which were gathered from doctors operating on the ground in the areas that bore the brunt of chemical warfare, and which led to the deaths of 1,491 people and 14,581 injuries due to exposure to chemicals. More than a third of the attacks used chlorine gas, ...
A further 133 reported attacks could not be fully verified by the organisation, which works with about 100 health facilities in Syria.
The report’s release came as peace talks in Geneva brokered by the US and Russia begin almost five years to the day since protests against Assad erupted in the city of Deraa. The conflict has since led to the killing of almost 500,000 people by some accounts, and displaced half of the country’s population.
The most devastating chemical attack was carried out by the Assad government in August 2013 in the besieged Eastern Ghouta, a sprawling agricultural hinterland near Damascus. The attack used sarin gas and may have killed more than 1,000 civilians.
That incident prompted the brokering of a deal by major powers that dismantled much of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles, but attacks using chlorine have since continued in the country. Moreover, Islamic State has also deployed chlorine and mustard agent in attacks on opposition and anti-Isis fighters.
Last year witnessed the greatest use of chemical agents in the war, with 69 documented attacks, despite the dismantling of much of Syria’s stockpile, as the use of nerve agents such as sarin all but ceased, only to be replaced with widespread attacks using so-called “barrel bombs” laced with chlorine.
Elisa Boyso, owner of La Michoacana, 135 North Main St., will open a second establishment early next month at 19 East Berkshire Drive.
Residents soon will have another place to buy their elotes, mangonada and refrescos.
Elisa Boyso, owner of La Michoacana, 135 N. Main St., will open a second establishment in Crystal Lake early next month at 19 E. Berkshire Drive. The new spot, La Mega Premium La Michoacana, will serve more than just frozen desserts and spicy snacks.
Boyso said homemade tortillas, tacos, burritos and tortas will be offered.
“We’re very excited,” she said.
La Michoacana celebrated its fourth anniversary Thursday.
Boyso said she believes people are willing to experiment with Mexican desserts and prefer her all-natural frozen products over competitors.
The parlor is named after Michoacán, the Mexican state that Boyso said started the tradition of blending fruit pieces, pure sugar and cream together.
Among her more than 40 ice cream, sorbet and ice pop flavors are coconut, watermelon, tequila, caramel, cappuccino, cheesecake, bubblegum, papaya, cookies and cream and rum raisin.
One of Boyso’s most popular products is mangonadas. The bright orange and red frozen treat is made of mango sorbet and topped with lime juice, chamoy sauce and chili powder if requested. A tamarind-dipped straw can be added for tartness.
Elotes is a popular savory snack consisting of steamed corn, mayonnaise, butter, cotija cheese, lime and chili powder. Refrescos are Mexican sodas.
Residents also are enjoying the “huge trend that [La Michoacana] started” of mixing Flamin’ Hot Cheetos or Takis tortilla chips with nacho cheese, Boyso said.
“It tones down how hot they are, but they’re so delicious,” Boyso said.
Those hoping for another tea party upset after Eric Cantor’s stunning loss earlier this month were disappointed on Tuesday night. In primaries across the country, establishment Republicans beat back challengers who accused them of being insufficiently conservative: In Colorado, the controversial Tom Tancredo lost the g...
Cochran, who would have been the first senator unseated in this cycle, lost to State Senator Chris McDaniel by less than 1 percent in the June 3 primary, but since neither won a majority they had to hold a runoff election. Late on Tuesday night, the race was called for Cochran. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, C...
Rather than conceding, McDaniel delivered a fiery speech in which he questioned the election results, saying, “Before this race ends we have to be absolutely certain that the Republican primary was won by Republican voters.” That definitely wasn’t the case, but that’s totally legal in Mississippi. The state does not re...
“This is not the party of Reagan, but we’re not done fighting, and when we’re done it will be,” McDaniel added, though it’s unclear what his next move will be. Politico reports that the Senate Conservatives Fund’s Ken Cuccinelli hung up on one of its reporters when asked if they would challenge the result in court.
In New York, State Senator Adriano Espaillat has more reason to keep fighting, though his chances don’t look good. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Representative Charlie Rangel is in the lead with 47.4 percent to Espaillat’s 43.6 percent. When the pair faced off in 2012, Espaillat refused to concede for three ...
As Rangel was speaking, Espaillat addressed supporters at his own campaign headquarters. “We have reviewed the results as they have continued to come in and we feel this race is too close to call,” Espaillat said. “We think it is prudent to wait for the final results before we make any announcement.” He added that they...
Four firefighters in survival suits swam and chopped their way through the frozen surface of Whitmans Pond to rescue a man who had fallen through the ice while crossing the pond to his home.
Dubois was treated at South Shore Hospital. He said through a friend that he was fine.
The police and fire departments received many phone calls starting at 2:04 a.m. that a man was yelling for help on the pond. Three fire trucks responded, and when Dubois was located about 100 yards offshore, Lt. Tom McGrath and Firefighters Tom Bellew, Jim Shea and Anthony Diauto suited up in survival outfits and began...
When they were about 65 yards out, the ice broke and they went into the water.
They were able to swim and chop their way through the ice another 40 yards to reach Dubois and bring him to shore.
Dubois lives on Lake Shore Drive. A neighbor, Michael Hersey, 18, said he heard Dubois yelling for help, ran to the pond and started walking toward the direction of the shouts, taking a buoy with him.
The firefighters reached Dubois a few minutes later. Paul Matsos, 26, who had followed Hersey out on the ice, also fell through but was able to pull himself out, Hersey said.
Tose warned people to stay off frozen ponds, even if they look solid.
�The ice is not safe, no matter how thick it is � especially when we are having these periods of freezing followed by warm weather, which weakens the ice,� he said.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salaam Fayad on Saturday voiced pessimism about the upcoming general elections. "I know of no Israeli politician willing to offer a reasonable solution to the conflict," he told reporters in Ramallah. "They're all interested in a partial solution, to improve the appearance of the oc...
Alexis St. Martin (on bed) in the midst of an experiment with Dr. William Beaumont while his wife and child look on.
History has always been a passion of mine.
But, as you might have guessed, I've always saved the bulk of my passion for weird history. The history that gets left out of the school textbooks. The history you stumble across in a strange, out-of-print biography. The history mainstream society often suppresses or purposefully erases.
I like the historical heroes who buck convention or defy neat categories. Take my own family legacy: On my mum's family tree is a particularly noteworthy branch belonging to Alexis Bidagan St. Martin.
St. Martin was a French-Canadian trapper who had the bad luck of getting shot in the stomach in 1822 at the age of 20. The wound never fully healed, leaving a permanent hole that an Army doctor — Dr. William Beaumont — studied extensively. By lowering food into St. Martin's stomach, Beaumont proved that the organ conta...
Yep. That's my family's claim to fame. We have a medical marvel of an ancestor who has his own Wikipedia page, is mentioned in Mary Roach's book "Gulp" and paved the way for medical science. All because he survived a bullet to the gut. St. Martin also lived to 78, married a woman from the Cree Nation and had a slew of ...
4. "OPERATION MINCEMEAT" by Ben McIntyre. This wild tale of the Allied plot to fool the Nazis into changing military positioning at a critical point in World War II features "an unlikely cast of characters: a family of undertakers, a forensic pathologist, a gold prospector, an inventor, a submarine captain, a transvest...
But the pivotal heroes are Ewen Montagu — the British naval officer/lawyer who concocted the scheme — and a dead man. By dressing up a corpse in a British uniform and outfitting him with fake papers, Montagu and his men tricked Hitler into making a fatal move that turned the tide of the war. It's the sort of stuff you'...
3. "DR. MÜTTER'S MARVELS" by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz. Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter was more than "the P.T. Barnum of the surgery room." In the early 1800s, he pioneered the use of anesthesia and championed compassion-based treatment. One of the world's first plastic surgeons, Mütter went out of his way to treat those whom m...
Named one of NPR's best books of 2014, "Dr. Mütter's Marvels" is a biography, an unflinching look at society's treatment of "the Other" and an ultimately uplifting story of how far medicine and empathy have come in the last 200 years.
Garcia is one of the most colorful and unsung heroes of WWII — the double-agent created 27 fictional spies to bamboozle the Nazis and was never discovered, earning the Iron Cross from Hitler himself and a Member of the Order of British Empire from King George VI. Then, rather than continuing his work during the Cold Wa...
1. "SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER" by Timothy Egan. The Annie Leibovitz of his time, charismatic photographer Edward Curtis abandoned his thriving career in 1900 at the age of 32 to achieve his Great Idea: To capture on film American Indians before their culture disappeared. Amassing over 40,000 photographs and 10...
Recipient of the National Book Award and penned by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, "Short Nights" is richly researched, often heartbreaking and studded with Curtis' photos. More than a biography or piece of narrative nonfiction, it's a lament for an entire race and a portrait of a civil rights champion.
Patrick Bevin plans to start the final stage of the Tour Down Under after he showed remarkable courage to retain the race lead.
The New Zealander crashed near the end of Saturday's stage five and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
He has bruised ribs, a bruised hip and multiple contusions.
The CCC Team rider will also have to undergo a concussion test on Sunday morning ahead of stage six at Willunga.
"I'm pretty banged up right now, but I really hope that I will be able to line up tomorrow," he said.
"Fortunately, nothing is broken so we will see how I pull up in the morning."
The New Zealander turned himself inside out to not lose any time after he was caught in the pileup 10km from the finish.
Paced by fellow CCC Team riders, Bevin desperately chased down the peloton and rejoined the bunch within 3km of the finish.
But he was in agony after dismounting his bike and was holding his right side.
"He's a brave and gutsy guy - he went down hard," TV commentator Stuart O'Grady said of Bevin.
In a statement, CCC Team thanked the Australian Mitchelton-Scott team for briefly making the peloton slow the pace as Bevin tried to rejoin the race.
Bevin leads Mitchelton-Scott's South African rider Daryl Impey by seven seconds.
"A classy show of respect for Bevin's leader's jersey from Mitchelton-Scott saw the peloton slow down for the next 5km and with the help of his teammates, Bevin pushed through the pain and was able to rejoin the bunch," the team said.
Before the crash, stage five had been a solid day for Bevin and Impey.
They had shared the spoils in the two intermediate sprints, with Impey beating Bevin in the first and the result reversed in the second.

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