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![]() They were being processed at the time of the strike.Įmal said 30-year-old Nasir, who was to have been married just days after the strike, had dreamed of going to America. government-allied firms and had applied for special immigrant visas granted to Afghans with such ties to the U.S. Their oldest brother, Zamarai, and a nephew Nasir Haideri - both of whom were killed in the strike - had worked for U.S. “If you have proof I say ‘go ahead kill me’ but show me the proof,” said Emal, whose 3-year old daughter Malika was among the dead. The roads that weave through the middle-class neighborhood pass homes hidden behind high walls and gates.įor the Ahmadis, the accusation that their family was involved with the Islamic State group is a devastating one. The compound in Kabul’s Khoja Boghra neighborhood was home to four Ahmadi brothers and their families - 25 people in all. had been watching the car for several hours and saw people loading explosives into the trunk. “How could the wall still be standing if this car had been full of explosives?”īut American officials, including some who watched the strike in real-time on video feeds, said the U.S. He also pointed to a shoddily constructed brick wall nearby the gutted car. “If the car was filled with explosives like the Americans say, why didn’t these cylinders explode,” asked Emal. He pointed to two undamaged gas cylinders tucked away in a corner of the courtyard. He contended that if there had been a bomb in the vehicle there would be far more damage to the courtyard and house. He said some family members, including children, were in the car when it was hit. Inside the courtyard of the family home, Emal, another Ahmadi brother, recently picked through the twisted ruins of the devastated hulk of the Toyota Corolla. ![]() no longer has on-the-ground intelligence. Is our blood so worthless, we don’t even get an explanation?” Ahmadi asked.Īnalysts warned that the risk of civilian casualties during drone strikes will only grow, now that the U.S. Previously, American officials have noted that subsequent explosions resulted from the destruction of the vehicle and may have caused additional casualties.īut an enraged Ahmadi family is demanding proof - and disputes that the car was carrying explosives. White House press secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged the reports of civilian casualties on Thursday and said they were being investigated. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday that at least one of those killed in the drone strike was an Islamic State “facilitator.” service members and 169 Afghans.Īrmy Gen. Three days before the drone strike, an IS suicide bomber had attacked a crowded gate at Kabul airport, killing 13 U.S. withdrawal and evacuation of thousands of people from Afghanistan. military officials said the drone strike hit an Islamic State target and weakened the extremist group’s ability to further disrupt the final phase of the U.S. drone strike killed 10 members of his family, six of them children, Ahmadi said. He says his mind “is not right” since that day. The last thing Ahmadi remembers was the sound of his brother’s car horn announcing his arrival and the squealing of the children. drone slammed into his family’s courtyard where just moments before there had been a noisy celebration to greet the family’s oldest brother. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said after the strike that officials had "very good intelligence" on the target, and "at least one of those people that were killed was an ISIS facilitator.KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - It felt like hell itself had opened up, said Ramal Ahmadi, who was watching cartoons with his nephew when a U.S. "We need to know what went wrong in the hours and minutes leading up to the strike to prevent similar tragedies in the future," Schiff said in a statement. Adam Schiff, D-Calif, suggested there would be a hearing on what he called "a mistake with horrific consequences." "We apologize, and we will endeavor to learn from this horrible mistake," he said. Ahmadi was just as innocent a victim as were the others tragically killed." Ahmadi and ISIS-Khorasan, that his activities on that day were completely harmless and not at all related to the imminent threat we believed we faced, and that Mr. ![]() The strike cell deliberately followed and observed this vehicle and its occupants for eight hours, while cross checking what they were seeing with all available intelligence to develop a reasonable certainty of the imminent threat that this vehicle posed to our forces," McKenzie said.ĭefense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement, "We now know that there was no connection between Mr. ![]() This time in the elevators of the city’s newly built skyscrapers.Īs Queue-it CEO and co-founder Niels Henrik Sodemann explains in his video “ Breaking Down the Psychology of Queuing” building managers realized that the problem wasn’t the wait duration itself. The problem of waiting in line materialized again. ![]() It paid little attention to the actual psychology of making someone wait-that is, how people feel while waiting.įast forward to 1950s New York City. It was about optimization and mathematics. In the process, he founded the field of queuing theory.īut queuing theory was only about the efficiency of queues. ![]() Erlang tackled the problem of long wait times for telephones.Įrlang’s aim was to improve the efficiency of telephone queues to serve as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time. Queues were first taken seriously as a research subject in the early 20 th century, when Danish engineer A.K.
![]() The Extended School Year (ESY) Department provides educational and related services beyond the typical school year. Select schools will provide Extended School Year services from June 22 - July 18, 2023. Should you have any questions regarding the 2023 summer learning opportunities, please contact your child’s school. The Clark County School District will offer, free of charge, summer learning opportunities to accelerate the academic, social-emotional, and behavioral development of all students.Īll schools will again provide Summer Acceleration for students in Pre-Kindergarten-Grade 12 from May 30 - June 16, 2023. Parents or guardians who already have an Infinite Campus account will see an announcement through the Parent Portal and a link connecting them to the 2023-24 registration page. Families with currently enrolled students can complete registration using Parent Portal via Infinite Campus.įamilies new to CCSD may begin their registration process online via. Registration - 2023-2024 school yearĭon’t forget to register at or the 2023-2024 school year. Below are some resources for parents and students to help them make the most out of their summer. Summer is here and it offers plenty of time for our students to continue learning. Request a Substitute (SmartFind Express).Código de Conducta Estudiantil K-12 (PDF).Medical & Dental Insurance for Students.Family and Community Engagement Services (FACES).Plan de regreso seguro a las escuelas (PDF). ![]() Assessment, Accountability, Research & School Improvement.Curriculum and Professional Development Division.Assembly Bill 195 - English Language Learner Division. The body is made of metal, and won’t slip and slide around as much on stage. However, it’s substantially larger than the TinyTune, and feels much more like a ‘real’ pedal.Īt 3.4 x 7.3 x 2.4 inches (8.5 x 18.55 x 6 cm), and 10.2 ounces (300 g), it’s more of a traditional guitar pedal size. Hats off to whoever it was at Korg who came up with that name!Īt under $55, it’s still at the cheaper end of the tuner pedal market. ![]() Next on our list of the best guitar tuner pedals is the Korg Pitchblack Chromatic Tuner. You can watch a video review of the Kliq tuner below: If this is the case, the TinyTune might be the guitar tuner pedal you need.įor the price you can’t really go wrong, but we’d prefer something heavier with a battery option. If you’ve got a pedal board then it’s likely you’ll have a power adapter too. The Tiny Tune doesn’t take a battery, so you’ll need an adapter. ![]() A good idea, but those without a pedal board may wish to get something a little more substantial. We noticed that the manufacturer includes some tape for securing the tuner pedal to a pedal board. This is a relief for gig-goers who don’t enjoy being subjected to ugly ‘tuning twangs’.ĭespite being made of metal, the TinyTune’s size means that it’s easily knocked around on stage unless it’s secured. When the tuner is on, the Kliq automatically mutes the output. The TinyTune has a true bypass: the signal is completely unaffected while the tuner is off. The TunyTune’s small display is necessarily quite busy, but it’s bright and readable from a standing position. It’s also inexpensive, costing less than a decent guitar lead. At 3.7 x 1.2 x 1.5 in (9 x 3 x 4 cm) and 4.3 ounces (28.5 g), it’s small enough not just to fit in your gig bag, but also to get lost in there. The Kliq TinyTune is, quite literally, tiny. However, some do seem to rise above the others. Most look pretty much the same, and it wouldn’t surprise us if they’re all made in the same Chinese factory. There’s no shortage of cheap guitar tuner pedals out there. KLIQ TinyTune Guitar Tuner Pedal KLIQ TinyTune Guitar Tuner Pedal The TU3 is a great tuner pedal. Our choice of the best guitar tuner pedal 2016. The Korg Pitchblack is our choice for the best mid-price guitar tuner pedal (although it’s not much more than the Kliq).īoss TU3 Chromatic Tuner Pedal Boss TU3 Guitar Tuner Pedal Korg Pitchblack Chromatic Tuner Korg Pitchblack Guitar Tuner Pedal ![]() One of the best mini guitar tuner pedals out there. KLIQ TinyTune Guitar Tuner Pedal KLIQ TinyTune Guitar Tuner Pedal Click the images to view reviews and prices at Amazon. For in-depth information, read the reviews further down the page. Quick results: here are our top 3 guitar tuner pedals. We compare pedals by leading brands and let you know which guitar tuner pedal we’d choose. On this page we set out to find the best guitar tuner pedal of 2016. ![]() Peace of MindĪ common refrain with used cars is that you might be pouring money into a faulty car that's undergone accidents and repairs. It's typical for used car lots to carry a variety of brands representing several model years, and it's not uncommon to find used cars that have been outfitted with various upgrades and accessories. But when you buy used, you have a much larger selection of models to choose from. That means you'll be choosing from just a small handful of cars, trucks, and SUVs. When shopping for a new car, you're limited to the manufacturer's fleet of current-year models. This means that not only do you save money on the sticker price when you drive off the lot, but you'll also save money throughout the year through lower insurance payments. Lower Insurance Ratesīecause of the lower value of the car, insurance rates are typically less on used cars than new ones. This means that there's the possibility of driving something fun, such as a BMW or Dodge Charger, which you may not be able to afford brand new. But that same budget can get you a higher-end vehicle from a used inventory that may only be a few years old. Your budget might allow you to purchase a lower-end new car. Used cars mean that more people can access reliable transportation, helping people get to work and school and live their lives. However, it's worth mentioning as one of the major benefits of buying a used car because not everybody can afford a new one. We don't have to tell you that used vehicles are cheaper than new ones. Looking for a pre-owned Dodge Charger or Dodge Challenger? Find out why so many drivers in the Oneonta, Alabama, area choose All American Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram for their used car purchases. You'll continue to save on the interest on the loan, the sales taxes and your monthly insurance premiums. A used vehicle is going to have a sticker price that's significantly less than the MSRP on the same model and trim level except brand-new. When you want to save a ton of money, buying used is one of the best ways to balance your budget for the entire year. However, you can also find SUVs from brands like Ford, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Subaru. For instance, you can find quite a few Jeep models, including the Wrangler, Compass, Renegade, Cherokee and Grand Cherokee. We offer several SUV options for Springville, AL shoppers to consider. This model also offers substantial towing capacity and plenty of horsepower for when you have to tow uphill. For instance, Cleveland, AL customers appreciate that they can often find a used F-150 in any of its three cab styles, including the Regular Cab, Super Cab and SuperCrew Cab. Used Ford F-150 TrucksĪs one of America's favorite trucks, the F-150 from Ford has a lot that you're going to love regardless of which model year you choose. You'll also appreciate that you can get it with either a quad cab or a crew cab. 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Used Vehicles at Our Dealership in Oneonta, AL "And they don't want the same thing for their kids. "First generation parents, for example, suffer a lot when they get here because they don't speak English or they don't speak English well," said Torres, whose book on Spanish language use in Chicago comes out next year. against other languages, especially Spanish and indigenous languages, languages that aren't considered prestigious, and the people who speak it," Torres said.ĭuring the first year of the pandemic, half of Latinos in the United States reported experiencing some form of discrimination and about 23% said they were criticized for speaking Spanish in public, according to Pew. The loss of Spanish is not due to an individual problem of Latinos not wanting to learn or maintain the language but rather the "really hostile context in the U.S. "On the other hand, Spanish can be exceptionally stigmatized in certain parts of the country, and linked, because of political discourses, to toxic identities, identities that are constructed as criminal."įor many Latinos, it takes "an extraordinary effort" to preserve their Spanish, said Lourdes Torres, a professor in DePaul University's Department of Latin American and Latino Studies in Chicago. "On the one hand, Spanish can, depending on the region, hang on longer than other languages," Carter said. ![]() Spanish, however, may be retained longer than other languages in areas of the country like Florida's Miami-Dade County, where there's a large percentage of Spanish speakers, or Texas, where the language has a historical presence, Carter said. The share drops to 24% among third or higher generation Latinos. According to a 2017 report by Pew, about half of second-generation Latinos are bilingual. In the United States, immigrant languages that aren't English are usually lost after three generations. Language abilities tend to diminish across generations. born," said Phillip Carter, a professor of linguistics at Florida International University. "We're talking about the share of Latinx people in the United States who speak Spanish the share is decreasing because the language is being lost among the U.S. ![]() In 20, virtually all Hispanic population growth came from births, according to Pew. The drop in the share of Latinos speaking Spanish at home is because the growth of the Latino population has been driven by births as immigration from Latin America has slowed. Among U.S.-born Latinos, the share has decreased from 66% to 55%. ![]() But many factors, including English dominance and language discrimination, make maintaining Spanish difficult for many Latino families in the United States.Įven though the number of Latinos who speak Spanish at home has been growing, the share has declined-from 78% in 2000 to 68% in 2021, according to the Pew Research Center. Many U.S.-born Latinos like Gore face the pressure and expectation to speak fluent Spanish. "She kind of had this basically, like, perfect Spanish and I was far enough behind that it was kind of that feeling of like shame that, if I wasn't able to do it perfectly, I shouldn't do it at all," said Gore, a 20-year-old college student in Chicago. Her family in Peru didn't expect her to speak the language, and when she did, it was "a big deal-it was just not the kind of attention that I wanted." And she compared her level of fluency to her older sister's Spanish. But early on in life, Gore lost her fluency in Spanish. ![]() McCoy and Xavier use a prototype Cerebro to locate mutants and recruit several of them to train to stop Shaw. Lehnsherr joins Xavier and Raven at the CIA facility, where they meet Hank McCoy, another mutant that Xavier accidentally outs. Lehnsherr attacks Shaw, and when Shaw escapes in his submarine Lehnsherr tries to stop him, but Xavier stops him so that he does not drown. After convincing them that mutants exist they are to be taken to a covert facility, but first Xavier tracks down Shaw. MacTaggart seeks Xavier's advice on mutation, and takes Xavier and Raven to the CIA to convince the chief that Shaw is a threat. Shaw meets with Colonel Hendry on his yacht, and refuses to give Hendry his money, at which point Hendry pulls out a grenade and threatens to pull the pin, but Shaw takes the grenade and pulls the pin himself, and absorbs the blast (at which point we now learn that Shaw is a mutant, and absorbs energy, which also keeps him young), then taps Hendry, expelling the grenade's energy into the Colonel, blowing him up. After Shaw threatens Hendry, Azazel disappears with the officer moments later he is in the War Room, advocating that U.S. Army Colonel Hendry into the Hellfire Club, where she sees Shaw, Emma Frost, Riptide and Azazel. Simultaneously in Las Vegas, Nevada, CIA agent Moira MacTaggart follows U.S. Meanwhile, in England, Oxford University graduate Xavier is publishing his thesis on mutation his foster sister Raven, a waitress, lives with him. In a tavern there patronized by former German soldiers, Lehnsherr kills three men as he learns that Shaw has a yacht in Florida. In Switzerland in the movie's present-day of 1962, Lehnsherr forces a banker (by ripping out one of the metal fillings in his mouth) to trace a bar of Nazi gold to Shaw's address in Argentina. Overjoyed to meet someone else "different" like him, he says she can come live with his family. Xavier accuses his "mother" of being an impostor, and asks what it has done with his real mother, as she would not make him a sandwich or hot chocolate, at which point, Mystique shifts back to her normal, blue-skinned form. In his rage, Lehnsherr's out-of-control magnetic power kills the two guards and destroys two rooms, to Shaw's delight.Īround this same time, in Westchester County, New York, a young Charles Xavier meets a young, shape-shifting girl named Raven in his family's mansion, disguised as his mother, who is looking through the fridge for food. When Lehnsherr cannot, despite his best efforts, Shaw shoots and kills Lehnsherr's mother in front of him. While making a friendly chat, he places a metal coin on a desk, he orders Lehnsherr to use his magnetism power to move it. Scientist Sebastian Shaw, who has observed this through a window, calls Lehnsherr up to see him. ![]() The child's desperate mind remarkably bends a metal gate until a guard knocks Lehnsherr unconscious (the same footage that's in the first X-Men movie). At a German concentration camp in occupied Poland during 1944, young Erik Lehnsherr is separated from his parents by Nazi guards. In the process of saving humanity, however, Charles and Erik clash, setting the stage for Professor X to lead the X-Men in the fight for good as Magneto and the Brotherhood spread chaos and destruction on a global scale. Meanwhile, the malevolent Sebastian Shaw plots to plunge the world into war with the help of villainous mutants Riptide, Azazel, and Emma Frost. Before long, Charles and Erik have assembled a crack team that includes Mystique, Banshee, Beast, Angel, Havok, and Darwin. Realizing they could use their unique powers to avert a global thermonuclear war during the Bay of Pigs crisis, the two powerful mutants launch an intense recruitment campaign with the support of Dr. As the Doomsday Clock ticks faster toward midnight, the time comes to take action. Set in the era before Professor Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr became mortal enemies as Professor X and Magneto, respectively, director Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class follows the two former allies as they lead a powerful team of mutants on a mission to save the planet from nuclear annihilation.Ĭharles and Erik were just young men when it began to appear as if the world was careening toward destruction. ![]() I don’t believe companies are doing this to give their athletes an unfair advantage – after all, they are in the business of selling footwear (not withholding it). This technically complies with the ‘widely available’ rule but is obviously severely limiting. Many companies have made versions of the new spikes ‘available’ online – in a size 15 men’s. However, for a lot of Olympic hopefuls, they need every little advantage possible to find themselves on a start line at the Games, and WA rules aren’t making these shoes any easier to access for early-season competition. ![]() Lack of accessīeyond limiting stack heights, the new WA rules also mandated that shoes had to be widely available to all runners in order to be used in Olympic competition. The average spike at the time had a stack height of about 5 mm and was developed based on the principle that lighter is faster and less is more. While that remains a far cry from the 40 mm limit on the roads, 25 mm is much higher than track runners were accustomed to. In the fall of 2020, World Athletics announced new rules that declared a limit of 25 mm in stack height on the track. (Spikes always had plastic plates, and now some have carbon plates.) This changed was first seen on the road, and resulted in new regulations when it comes to in-competition footwear. In recent years, the thinking around shoe technology has shifted, and brands are now creating ‘super shoes’ that include more foam and a stronger plate. Gudaf Tsegay, 1,500m indoor world record – Adidas Avanti (not a super spike) Nike Zoom Victory 3 2016: Distance spikes that Canadian Melissa Bishop wore in Rio The new rules Sifan Hassan, one-hour world record – Nike Dragonfly ![]() Letesenbet Giday, 5,000m world record – Nike Dragonfly Wore the NB version that everyone has been tearing it up in. Ran 2 seconds faster than expected for a time-trial tonight. OK, I'm a believer in the new spike tech. With similar technology, these spikes are doing for track what the Nike Vaporfly 4% did for road running – they’re leading fans, pundits, and professional athletes to question whether the shoes are hindering or helping the sport, and whether this emerging technology should be better regulated. Nike has a sprint (Air Zoom Viperfly), mid (Air Zoom Victory) and long-distance (Dragonfly) version of these spikes, and runners sponsored by several other companies, like New Balance, are wearing prototypes. For some of these records, the runners wore what are being referred to as super spikes – spikes with added foam, and in some cases, an embedded carbon-fibre plate, similar to the plates now found in many marathon shoes. Beyond those, track has also seen countless area, national and age-group records fall – in seemingly more frequent succession than recent years. In the past 12 months, despite minimal conventional competition opportunities, seven track world records have fallen. |
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