It is Malaysia's best private university in the 2019 QS World University Rankings.

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UCSI University can now call itself Malaysia's top private university as it has beaten its peers by breaching the top 500 of the 2019 QS World University Rankings.

It is ranked 481, placing it in the top 2% of all universities in the world.

This is the first time UCSI is featured in the QS World University Rankings.

UCSI University vice-chancellor and president Senior Prof Datuk Dr Khalid Yusoff said the latest milestone caps a memorable year for UCSI.

"This is a culmination of our university-wide push for excellence and performance with specific strategies.

"It shows we are moving in the right direction.

"We are building the strengths of the university.

Quality education is our priority and we want to be a standard bearer of thought leadership," he said.

QS research director Ben Sowter said UCSI University is a private and ambitious institution, which enjoys a good reputation among local and regional recruiters.

"It also boasts a good rank for faculty/student ratio and it is among the top 200 for proportion of international students," he said.

UCSI seems a university with the potential to grow and certainly one to watch, Sowter added.

The other private institutions in the rankings are Taylor's University at 601-650, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (701-750) and Multimedia University (801-1000).

Taylor's University vice-chancellor and president Prof Michael Driscoll said being listed in the world university rankings is their biggest achievement yet.

"This success, which is built on hard work and dedication of all our staff, will continue to be an inspiration to move on to bigger and better things.

"Our aim is to be one of Asia's top universities by 2022," he said.

Universiti Malaya (UM) has made it to the top 100, and is ranked in joint 87th place with Rice University in the United States.

UM moved up 27 places from 114th last year and has achieved its highest rank since the inception of the rankings in 2004.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia joins the world's Top 200 in 184th place while Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is ranked 202nd and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is at 207th.

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia is ranked 228th while Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Universiti Utara Malaysia, International Islamic University Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Mara are also included in the rankings (see table above for details).

Congratulating UM and the other universities in the rankings, Higher Education director-general Datin Dr Siti Hamisah Tapsir said this was consistent with UM's recent achievement when it was listed in the Top 10 Best Global Universities for Engineering by US News and World Report in 2017.

"This achievement reflects the culture of academic excellence in research, as well as teaching and learning," she said.

Sowter said Malaysia was among the most improved countries in this edition of the rankings.

The QS World University Rankings is an annual table of the top universities in the world.

This year, 1,233 institutions from 85 countries were considered, with 1,011 institutions ranked and 1,000 published.

It is based on four key pillars, namely research, teaching, employability and internationalisation.

UPM vice-chancellor Prof Datin Paduka Dr Aini Ideris said the university has constantly improved since 2013.

USM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Asma Ismail recognises the fact that their staff play a pivotal role in the betterment of the university.

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UCSI University is a comprehensive university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


The town contains significant examples of early architecture, including the Town Hall, built as a meetinghouse in 1787, the Congregational Church built in 1840, and the first Seventh-day Adventist Church built "circa" 1843.

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### Birthplace of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and Home of the Sabbath Trail

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In the township of Washington, about three miles from the village of Washington Center, stands a rural church building, a white wooden structure (for description, see Church Buildings), that is often referred to as "the first SDA church."

More precisely, it is the church in which originated the first group of Sabbatarian Adventists.

In 1844, apparently, in this church of the Christian Brethren, a traveling Methodist minister and a number of the lay members, who were already Adventists (Millerites), began to keep the seventh day and thus became, in that limited sense, Seventh-day Adventists.

In 1851 and on they were visited by the Whites and others.

In 1862 they became an organized SDA church, but only later acquired possession, and eventually ownership, of the church building.

The Washington, New Hampshire, church was not the first organized SDA church, nor was the building the first SDA house of worship; for by 1862 there were other SDA churches already fully organized, and as early as the autumn of 1855 there was an SDA church building in Buck's Brdge, New York, and one other built or under construction in Battle Creek, Michigan (Review and Herald, 61:60 footnote, Jan. 22, 1884; 78:765, Nov. 26, 1901).

However, the Washington church may be considered the birthplace of the first Sabbath keeping Adventist congregation.

James White described it as "the place where Sabbath keeping was first practiced among Adventists" (ibid., 31:104, Jan. 28, 1868).

Accounts are contradictory as to the number of the Sabbath keepers and the time when they began to observe the day, though the principal facts are clear.

For the differing views on these points, see A. W. Spalding, Origin and History of Seventh-day Adventists, volume 1, pages 397-400, on which are notes to pages 115-121.

These notes summarize the principal sources on the Washington church, apparently derived largely from the research of D. E. Kobinson.

See also L. E. Froom, Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, volume 4, pages 945-953.

#### From the Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, Volume 10, page 295, 1976.

#### Throughout their history SDA's have erected various types of church buildings.

The first church in which a group of Adventists became Sabbathkeepers, in 1844, was one erected in 1842 or 1843 by the Christian Brethren of Washington, New Hampshire.

(A group of 15 organized the SDA church there in 1862, but it was many years before the SDA's had full ownership of the building.)This

church is a simple rectangular frame building 30 by 40 feet, with clapboard exterior and a plain gable roof.

There are two separate entrance doors at the front, leading into a small vestibule, from which two more doors open into the church auditorium, and a narrow stairway leads up to a small balcony.

The interior walls are plastered, and there is a series of plain glass windows on two sides, one of which overlooks the church cemetery about 75 feet away.

#### The plaque below is set at the entrance to the Sabbath Trail and gives a brief history of the church.

#### In April, 1842, a group of citizens whose farms stretched over these hillsides banded together to form "The First Christian Society in Washington, New Hampshire."

Because the places where they worshiped were, as they expressed it, too "straight for them" they decided to "erect a small, neat and commodious house" to be "dedicated to the worship of God."

Plans called for a building "30 by 40 feet, one story high, the posts about 15 feet."

#### In the Adventist movement of 1842 and 1843 the members of this "Christian Society" espoused the Advent hope.

Shortly thereafter, Rachel Oakes, a Seventh-day Baptist, moved to the community, worshiped with the Adventists, and distributed tracts on the importance of keeping the seventh day as the Sabbath.

The result was that on a Sunday morning in the autumn of 1844 William Farnsworth arose in the congregation and stated that he intended to observe the seventh day Sabbath.

His wife, his brother Cyrus, and about a dozen others joined him.

All were disfellowshiped for their stand.

#### In January, 1862, the Sabbathkeepers here in Washington, after meeting for years as a loosely knit company, organized into a Seventh-day Adventist Church, with William and Cyrus Farnsworth as charter members.

In the decade that followed, the majority of the Christian Society Group accepted the seventh day Sabbath, and as a consequence the church property passed to Seventh-day Adventist control.

#### This church is considered the birthplace of the first Sabbathkeeping Adventist Congregation.

Pioneer church leaders including Joseph Bates, James and Ellen White, and J.N. Andrews were occasional visitors here.

The worldwide work of Seventh-day Adventists has been enriched by the youth of this church who in dedicated service have filled positions as ministers, teachers, and publishing leaders.

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#### From the sign on Route 31, 0.3 miles south of the town center.

#### Birthplace of the Seventh Day Adventist Church

#### In April 1842, a group of citizens in this town banded together to form "the first Christian Society."

In the Adventist movement of 1842-43, they espoused the Advent hope.

In January 1862, these Washington Sabbath-keepers, after meeting for many years as a loosely knit group, organized as the first Seventh Day Adventist Church.

2.3 Miles on Millen Pond Road to the site of this building.

Gristmills ground grain. Sheep farms, producing wool and mutton, were an important business. In 1840, there were 200 farms. Tubbs Union Academy was founded in 1849, and although it did not last long, the school once enrolled over 100 students from New Hampshire and beyond. The first Seventh-day Adventist church was established in Washington in 1862. In 1886, the town produced 53 tons of maple sugar.
 The railroad era brought tourists, and hotels were built on the lakes and ponds; however, with 19th-century migration to the Midwest, the town's population dwindled. As of 1960, it contained only 162 inhabitants. Washington has grown since, as its scenic beauty attracts tourists and retirees.


FGCU received the 7th seed in the USC bracket of the NIT and was defeated by the second-seeded  Oklahoma State Cowboys in the first round of the tournament.

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# College basketball: FGCU men fall at Oklahoma State in NIT

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Florida Gulf Coast's Michael Gilmore (24) blocks the shot of Oklahoma State's Brandon Averette (0) during a first-round NIT tournament game Tuesday in Stillwater, Okla.

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STILLWATER, Okla. — On four straight offensive possessions late in the third quarter, Florida Gulf Coast players found clear paths to the basket.

A failed alley-oop was followed by a missed slam dunk.

Easy offense turned to empty offense, and the Eagles' attempt at a rally drowned in a sea of orange at Oklahoma State's Gallagher-Iba Arena.

FGCU's season came to an end with an 80-68 loss at Oklahoma State on Tuesday night in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.

"I'm proud of our guys for not folding, which they didn't do all year," coach Joe Dooley said.

"We put ourselves in bad situations and fought back, like they usually do.

"I thought we had a couple stretches where we played really well, and we also had some stretches where we really put ourselves in harm's way, and they took advantage of it."

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The Eagles (23-12) trailed 60-43 at the start of the fourth quarter and opened it with a 13-2 run.

Yet the third-quarter dry spell had left them in too deep a hole to climb out of.

Despite briefly cutting the Cowboys' lead to 62-56, FGCU's deficit quickly fell back to double-digits and hovered in that range the rest of the night.

The Eagles lost their ASUN tournament title game to Lipscomb at home, so they'll have to settle for the NIT.

(Video by Dana Caldwell/Naples Daily News)

In the Atlantic Sun tournament title game just over a week ago, the Eagles trailed by 32 in the second half and got within five before losing by 12, costing them an NCAA tournament bid.

Aside from a strong second quarter Tuesday night, the Eagles' offense struggled to find consistency.

"They were positioned to guard us to keep me and our perimeter players out of the lane," guard Brandon Goodwin said.

"And when we did get in the lane, they converged really hard on us.

They were rebounding and pushing the ball."

Apart from regular stars Goodwin and Zach Johnson, FGCU got little offensive production from the rest of the lineup.

Johnson finished with 23 points and Goodwin had 18 to end a year they earned all-conference honors in the ASUN.

Johnson was 7-of-19 from the floor and Goodwin was 7-of-20, with the rest of the team combining to go 9-of-21.

Goodwin raised his season total to 632 points, breaking his own FGCU single-season record from a year ago (629).

The NIT's experimental 3-point line, backed up 20 inches beyond the regular college line (one of a few rule alterations being tested in the NIT) didn't cause the Eagles much trouble.

They shot 37.0 percent from 3, slightly better than their season percentage of 36.3.

Oklahoma State put the game away with reliable free-throw shooting in the final minutes, going 16-of-21 at the line in the fourth quarter.

The Cowboys' Jeffrey Carroll had 18 points, leading four double-figure scorers.

An FGCU team that looked to be on its way to a third straight NCAA Tournament instead found itself in the NIT as a No. 7 seed following the upset loss to Lipscomb in the ASUN tournament final.

Dooley has been reported in connection with vacant coaching jobs at East Carolina and Missouri State, but said he likes where he's at with the Eagles.

We'll come back and try to be good again next year."

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Florida Gulf Coast's Michael Gilmore (24) blocks the shot of Oklahoma State's Brandon Averette (0) during an NCAA college basketball first-round NIT tournament game, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in Stillwater, Okla.

Bryan Terry, APFullscreenOklahoma State's Mitchell Solomon (41) celebrates with teammate Tavarius Shine (5) in front of Florida Gulf Coast's Dinero Mercurius (31), Michael Gilmore (24) and Antravious Simmons (32) during an NCAA college basketball first-round NIT tournament game, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in Stillwater, Okla.

Bryan Terry, APFullscreenFlorida Gulf Coast's RaySean Scott Jr. (13) fouls Oklahoma State's Jeffrey Carroll (30) during an NCAA college basketball first-round NIT tournament game, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in Stillwater, Okla.

Bryan Terry, APFullscreenOklahoma State's Kendall Smith (1) goes to the basket as Florida Gulf Coast's Michael Gilmore (24) defends in an NCAA college basketball first-round NIT tournament game, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in Stillwater, Okla.

Bryan Terry, APFullscreenOklahoma State's Kendall Smith (1) looks to pass as Florida Gulf Coast's Brandon Goodwin (0) defends during an NCAA college basketball first-round NIT tournament game, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in Stillwater, Okla.

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Rebounds_Florida Gulf Coast 31 (Gilmore 7), Oklahoma St. 44 (Solomon 9).

Assists_Florida Gulf Coast 11 (Goodwin 5), Oklahoma St. 12 (Smith 4).

Total Fouls_Florida Gulf Coast 32, Oklahoma St. 14.

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2017–18 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season

Conference play began on January 2018 and concluded on February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball.
 Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The Atlantic Sun Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game to win the tournament championship. As a result, Lipscomb received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. FCGU earned an invite to the NIT.
 Lipscomb received the 15th seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament and was defeated by the second-seeded  North Carolina Tar Heels in the first round.


First announced at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, the films are scheduled to go into production in late 2017.

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Watch our newest film – "The Detroit Promise Path" – directed by by award-winning filmmaker and What Works Media Project Executive Director Mikaela Beardsley.

First announced at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, the What Works Media Project is a partnership between Results for America; the Sorenson Impact Center; Soledad O'Brien and Starfish Media Group; Mikaela Beardsley and Solutions Media; and Impact Partners.

The authentic, character-driven documentary shorts are profiling results-driven programs that are improving lives, highlighting leaders who are driving positive social change, and demystifying the use of data and evidence to improve decision-making and achieve better outcomes.

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The project's Advisory Board includes Diana Barrett, President of The Fledgling Fund; Bonnie Benjamin Phariss, Media, Strategy and Social Impact Consultant; David Bornstein, New York Times Columnist and Co-Founder of Solutions Journalism Network; Ann Derry, founder, New York Times video; Michael Gerson, The Washington Post Columnist and former senior policy advisor to the George W. Bush administration; Kevin Madden, political commentator and former Senior Advisor to Mitt Romney; Susan Margolin, Co-Founder of New Video Group; Katherine Rosqueta, Executive Director of The Center for High Impact Philanthropy; and Cary Woods, film producer.

Through partnerships with distributors, high-profile screenings, community events, professional gatherings, educational distribution, and digital placement across a broad array of platforms, the What Works Media Project turns these human stories into powerful narratives that drive policy impact.

Our goal is to spread ideas that help fulfill America's promise — that every citizen has an equal opportunity to reach his or her full potential.

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This film explores the Detroit Promise Path, an evidence-based approach that aims to build on the potential of College Promise programs by offering comprehensive coaching, monthly financial supports and other services to help students stay enrolled and succeed.

This What Works Media Project documentary by award-winning filmmakers Kristi Jacobson and Mikaela Beardsley follows the lives of three young people as they prepare for a rapidly changing jobs market, and highlights the promise of evidence-based workforce development programs to help them succeed.

At at time when millions of American jobs are at risk due to automation and globalization, the film asks: Could our nation's leaders meet this challenge by investing in proven models that help connect workers to the jobs of today and tomorrow?

Nationwide, roughly 80 percent of community college students will not graduate within three years.

Low income students working to get ahead often struggle as they work to balance school, work and family.

Yet New York City's ASAP model found a way to double community college graduation rates, and other colleges across the country are now looking to replicate it.

WWMP Executive Producer Soledad O'Brien takes a look at CUNY ASAP's data-driven approach and how it's making a difference in the lives of thousands of students.

To learn more about the results of the CUNY ASAP model, click here.

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Beardsley originated the Half the Sky movement, a multi-year global media project aimed at improving opportunity for women and girls in the developing world, based on the critically acclaimed nonfiction book, by Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. This included a four-hour documentary in 2012 that Beardsley executive produced, which PBS aired in two parts on consecutive nights. The documentary featured celebrity advocates America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union, and Olivia Wilde traveling to developing countries. In November of that year, Beardsley served as the keynote speaker at the first annual Global Solutions Forum at Vail Mountain School, discussing the project. For "Half the Sky", Beardlsey developed a partnership with USAID, that linked the Ford Foundation, IKEA Foundation, Intel and numerous other corporate partners, including Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Nike, and the Rockefeller Foundation, raising five million dollars for direct programs.
 In 2015, Beardley received her second Emmy nomination, this time for Outstanding Historical Programming, for producing "Makers: Women Who Make America".
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For a history of the California Advanced Services Fund, including relevant legislation and Commission decisions, please visit CASF Program Background and History

The CASF is funded by a surcharge rate on revenues collected by telecommunications carriers from end-users for intrastate telecommunications services.

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# Cameron chairs Cobra meeting after overnight standoff in Calais

French police block more people trying to get into Channel tunnel, while MoD officials reportedly consider opening up land to ease M20 congestion

First published on Fri 31 Jul 2015 01.13 EDT

Refugees plead to cross Channel through Eurotunnel at Calais.

## Kent social services struggling to cope with children seeking asylum

David Cameron is to chair a meeting of Britain's emergency Cobra committee on the migrant crisis at Calais after another night during which police in France blocked people from reaching the Channel tunnel.

About 3,000 people from countries including Syria and Eritrea are camping out in the northern French port of Calais and trying to cross into Britain illegally by climbing on board lorries and trains.

France has bolstered its police presence.

The tunnel was temporarily closed on Friday morning while officials carried out an inspection after more migrants attempted to enter overnight at the entrance in Coquelles.

In a tweet at about 8am Eurotunnel said: "Due to a tunnel inspection there will be disruption to our timetable.

Just after 9am it said the inspection was complete and that a full service would resume, but there was an hour-long wait for trains.

Minutes later it said a track inspection was still going ahead and that train services were sharing a single line.

Two migrants were photographed in the early hours of Friday morning clinging to the top of a lorry as it left the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone.

French police attempted to form a ring of steel around the tunnel on Thursday night, prompting an evening of scuffles and standoffs with migrants attempting to breach the terminal in Calais.

Up to a hundred migrants attempted to overrun police lines at a petrol station near the Eurostar terminal but were held back by baton-wielding gendarmes and riot vans.

Eurotunnel temporarily closed its French platform for "security reasons" following the incident, causing disruption to trains to and from the UK, but the addition of 150 police officers appeared to prevent any major rail disruption.

Cameron, returning to the UK after a four-day tour of south-east Asia, will head to Westminster to chair the high-level meeting on Friday morning.

It is understood he will ask ministers and officials to see whether more can be done to address the situation at the port and the Channel tunnel railhead at Coquelles.

Speaking on BBC's Today programme on Friday morning, Keith Vaz, chair of the home affairs select committee, said the migrant situation at Calais could only be resolved by a face-to-face meeting between David Cameron and the French president, François Hollande.

He also called on French authorities to deport migrants found to have arrived illegally in Calais, "rather than do what they have done which is to release them back into the countryside".

The Cobra meeting comes after the prime minister blamed the chaos at Calais on a "swarm" of migrants crossing the Mediterranean and travelling through Europe.

Cameron's comments earned him criticism from the acting Labour leader, Harriet Harman, who said he should "remember he is talking about people, not insects".

The Refugee Council, a British charity that works with asylum seekers, said it was "awful, dehumanising language from a world leader".

Britain's defence ministry is understood to be in the early stages of developing plans to help ease traffic congestion in Kent as the crisis shows no sign of abating.

An MoD source said the measures could involve using land owned by the department to free up space on the M20 motorway.

The Daily Telegraph said MoD land around Folkestone could be used as a temporary lorry park.

The source said a decision on the plans would be "taken in due course", adding they were led by the civilian authorities rather than military.

The government has resisted mounting calls for the army to be deployed to help deal directly with the migrant crisis.

The situation in Calais has disrupted the cross-Channel haulage industry, with long queues at border control points in England and France.

A second standoff began later on Thursday evening when police stopped and searched a Syrian man on suspicion of carrying a sharp object to cut fences.

A crowd of about 50 migrants, mostly from east African countries, swelled in front of a line of around 20 police officers wearing high-visibility jackets as the man was separated from the group and questioned.

During the standoff, the man's friend, Adam, 27, from Syria, told the officers: "We are just trying to cross for a safe place.

We have a war in our countries and we need a safe place."

Later, Adam said he was one of about 50 migrants in Calais who had fled Syria since Islamic State militants overran large swaths of the country.

"The English government has to accept the people who has a war in his country ... but if he doesn't have a war then leave him here.

We [Syrians] have a big war," he said, sitting with his hood up and his back to the police line.

When the standoff ended after 30 minutes, a French police officer told the migrants: "Here is your friend.

One of the older men in the Syrian group, Ibrahim Hussein, 45, was taken to a local hospital suffering from impaired vision after falling into a hole while fleeing police on Wednesday night.

Hussein could not speak English but his friend, a Syrian man who gave his name as William Ali, demanded to know why Britain no longer accepted migrants fleeing war.

"You can send this message to David Cameron," he said.

"There is just 40 person who want to go – not a thousand, not 2,000, not a million.

In Kurdistan there is 1 million Syrians.

The night of simmering tension was in contrast to the scenes on Tuesday night when a Sudanese man died as hundreds of migrants made 1,500 attempts to storm the Channel tunnel, prompting crisis meetings of the French and British governments.

The deputy mayor of Calais, Philippe Mignonet, reacted angrily to Cameron's remarks that there was "a swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean, seeking a better life, wanting to come to Britain".

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Describing the prime minister's comment as the "typical words of ignorance", Mignonet said it was time for Cameron to attend a meeting in the French port town to see the situation and speak to migrants himself.

"It is proof that David Cameron doesn't know anything about the situation – the only wish he has is to protect his border," he told 5News.

There are fears that the UK's already under-pressure social services will be pushed to breaking point as the number of asylum seekers increases.

Paul Carter, leader of Kent county council, has met officials from the Home Office to highlight the impact of hundreds of minors arriving unaccompanied at the port of Dover.

Nine people have been killed attempting to cross the Channel in the last month, according to Eurotunnel.

Some illegal immigrants travel around Europe in trucks and trains without being detected.


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# ISIS captures anti-tank missiles from Syrian Army in Palmyra counter-offensive (video + pictures)

ISIS conducted a powerful counter-offensive on the eastern Homs axis between the Palmyra Silos and Talilah crossroad on Tuesday, seizing several outposts from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) according to Amaq Agency.

In addition to the territorial advance, jihadist contingents captured a batch of guided missiles which were used the following morning.

The ISIS-linked outlet claimed 11 soldiers were killed in the process.

A brand new video also released by Amaq Agency shows ISIS damaging a SAA tank with a anti-tank missile near the Talilah reserve:

Pictures of the ISIS booty of war east of Palmyra:

Meanwhile, the SAA is gaining ground in northern and southern Palmyra, systematically targeting weak points in the Islamic State's defensive lines.

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The offensive.:Highway secured Homs-Palmyra; Fighting in the Shumriyah Mountains.

On 30 April, the SAA backed by the NDF, captured six villages and two hilltops in northeastern Homs. The advance helped them in securing the Palmyra-Homs highway, the main supply line to Palmyra.


After leaving NYU in 2009 Koplewicz started the Child Mind Institute.

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Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, is the founding president and Medical Director of the Child Mind Institute.

One of the nation's leading child and adolescent psychiatrists, he is known as an innovator in the field, a strong advocate for child mental health and a master clinician.

The mission of the Child Mind Institute, founded in 2009 by Dr. Koplewicz, Brooke Garber Neidich and Debra Perelman, is to:

Offer best-in-class evidence-based clinical careEngage the global scientific community in visionary research to discover more effective treatmentsEducate and empower parents by providing trustworthy information and resourcesUse passionate advocacy to remove the stigma associated with psychiatric disorders

Dr. Koplewicz continues to guide the Institute towards accomplishing this mission.

He has been repeatedly recognized in America's Top Doctors, Best Doctors in America and New York Magazine's "Best Doctors in New York," and was named one of WebMD's 2014 Health Heroes for his advocacy on behalf of children with psychiatric or learning disorders.

He has been the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology since 1997.

Executive Director, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI)Vice Dean and Senior Vice President, NYU Langone Medical CenterChairman, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU School of MedicineArnold and Debbie Simon Professor of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryFounding director, NYU Child Study CenterMember, working group organized by the U.S. Assistant Surgeon General and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address the effects of terrorism on children's mental healthChief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Long Island Jewish Medical CenterMember, National Board of Medical ExaminersCommissioner, New York State Commission on Youth, Crime and Violence and Reform of the Juvenile Justice System

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After graduating from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Koplewicz completed a pediatric internship at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center. He studied general psychiatry at Cornell University and completed a two-year research fellowship through the National Institute of Mental Health." In 1997 he helped found and served as the first director of the NYU Child Study Center (CSC), a position he held until he left NYU in October 2009. He received a severance package in excess of $1.2 million. Koplewicz served as the chairman of the board of a medical devices company called Delcath from 2007 to 2011. While Koplewicz worked at NYU Langone, he also served as the director of the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, a psychiatric facility run by the state of New York. In 2011 Koplewicz was dismissed from this role following a dispute with Jeffrey A. Sachs, the newly installed advisor on health care issues to the Governor.
 In 2007, an advertising campaign for the Child Study Center raised objections over its use of simulated ransom notes, seemingly addressed to parents of autistic children. The campaign was abandoned.


In February 2014, Vivian and Beal joined the pair to continue work on their second album, with Carlson stating that it would be more synth and loop based than their debut album.

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Cooper featured as a co-headliner with Deep Purple and Edgar Winter for several tour dates from August to early September 2017.

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# DEEP PURPLE, ALICE COOPER, THE EDGAR WINTER BAND To Join Forces For North American Tour

Music history will be made when DEEP PURPLE and ALICE COOPER, joined by special guest THE EDGAR WINTER BAND, visit 19 cities across America this summer on an epic rock tour.

Produced by Live Nation, the tour will also serve as the "Long Goodbye" tour for DEEP PURPLE, and begins Saturday, August 12 in Las Vegas, with stops in Los Angeles, Boston, including Cooper's hometown of Detroit, and more.

Tickets go on sale Friday, February 3 at LiveNation.com and on the Live Nation app.

American Express card members can take advantage of a special pre-sale opportunity beginning on Wednesday, February 1 at 12:00 p.m. local time.

On Thursday, February 2 at 10:00 a.m. local time, there will also be pre-sales via LiveNation.com, the Live Nation app and on Facebook.

DEEP PURPLE's studio album, "InFinite", is set for release April 7 via earMUSIC.

Produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin, (PINK FLOYD, ALICE COOPER, KISS), "InFinite" features 10 new tracks recorded with no musical boundaries in the spirit of the '70s.

The metal pioneers have released five studio albums since 1996, augmented by an abundance of solo work and special projects from members Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Steve Morse and Don Airey.

Fans will be thrilled as they cover decades of favorites for this run.

Alice Cooper brings his own brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new.

Known as the architect of shock-rock, Cooper has rattled the cages and undermined the authority of generations of guardians of the status quo.

Alice's catalog of hits and anthems, including "I'm Eighteen", "No More Mr Nice Guy", "School's Out", "Elected", "Poison", and others, are featured in his live show, along with a mix of newer songs and fan-favorite album cuts.

Alice's touring band features the three-guitar attack of Nita Strauss, Tommy Henriksen and Ryan Roxie, backed by longtime bassist Chuck Garric and drummer Glen Sobel.

Edgar Winter has been celebrated across the globe since his 1970 solo debut, "Entrance".

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His music is always evolving and he is a master at stretching his skill and imagination to produce amazing results.

He continues to thrill audiences with his live performances, always remaining on the cutting edge of music and style.

Edgar is now at the very top of his game, and his future looks even brighter than his past.

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 Cooper was the subject of "Super Duper Alice Cooper", a biographical documentary film by Canadian directors Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen and Reginald Harkema. The film won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015. In October, Cooper released the live album and video "Raise the Dead: Live from Wacken", which was recorded at Germany's Wacken heavy metal festival the previous year.
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Paton stepped down as CEO of Digital First in June 2015, and was succeeded by longtime MediaNews executive Steve Rossi.

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Digital First Media said Thursday that the company — the operator of The Denver Post and 13 other newspapers in Colorado — has determined that a "sale of the company as previously speculated is not in the best interest of shareholders at this time."

DFM in September hired investment adviser UBS Securities to review alternatives, including selling the entire company, selling regional clusters or doing nothing.

"We continue to have discussions concerning selected assets and we are looking at potential acquisition opportunities.

Our performance is driving our digital future and increased profitability, and our essentially debt-free structure has given us a lot of options, which we will continue to explore," DFM CEO John Paton and chief operating officer Steve Rossi said in a joint statement sent to employees.

The memo also said Paton will leave DFM on June 30, the end of the fiscal year, at which time Rossi will assume leadership of the company.

Rossi will remain president and chief operating officer, reporting to the executive chairman of the board.

Digital First Media was formed in December 2013 with the merger of Denver-based MediaNews Group and the former Journal Register Co.

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On September 7, 2011, John Paton – the CEO of Journal Register Company – was appointed CEO of MediaNews Group, replacing Singleton, who stayed on as the "Post"'s publisher and CEO of MediaNews until his retirement in 2013. He remains non-executive chairman of the organization. With the move, the "Post" also entered into an agreement with the newly created Digital First Media, led by Paton, that would provide management services and lead the execution of the company's business strategy in conjunction with Journal Register.


Launched in Dubai in 2013 by Chris Thomas and Sam Quawasmi, Eureeca serves as an alternative financing option to more traditional financing sources such as banks and venture capital firms.

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By offering cash-strapped entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their ideas directly to the general public, crowdsourcing is fast emerging as a major source of funding for Jordanian startups.

These are lean times for many entrepreneurs on the hunt for investment.

Banks are still wary of lending, venture capitalists are increasingly hard to come by, and stricter capital rules and regulatory scrutiny abounds.

But all this has allowed crowdfunding to quickly become a major new source of finance for creative projects around the world, including right here in Jordan.

Beginning as an online collection of financing through friends and family in the United States in 2008, communities have been pooling donations to fund members with creative ideas, only for this to increasingly take the form of equity investments or debt targeting entrepreneurs.

Around $5.1 billion in transactions occurred globally in 2013, according to a crowdfunding report by Massolution, a research and advisory firm specializing in the sector, marking a 100 percent increase on the previous year.

According to a recent report from the Tabb research group, the value of the global crowdfunding market is set to increase by 200 percent to $17 billion 2015, with the number of crowdfunding organizations rising by 88 percent to more than 1,000.

Through platforms such as Kickstarter, crowdfunding has given a leg up to a huge variety of companies, including the virtual reality goggle maker, Oculus VR, which was bought by Facebook for $2 billion.

As seven new crowdfunding platforms launched in the MENA region in 2012, and four in 2011, the Middle East is slowly becoming a new stronghold for the equity crowdfunding model, with Jordanian entrepreneurs taking the lead in leveraging the power of the Internet-based platforms and social media to market their ideas.

Joanne Kubba, head of Strategy Partnerships & Outreach at Eureeca, a Dubai-based crowdfunding platform that launched in 2013, told Venture the new capital raising model had filled a gap in the region.

"We filled a funding void by providing businesses with visibility, as there are hundreds of thousands of businesses out there in our region, from online to offline, that need funding to grow and scale, and by putting a structure in place for investors to look at their business," Kubba said.

Allowing early-stage companies to attract financing from the crowd over the Internet, Eureeca is the first global crowd investing platform to enable businesses to raise money from its 5,000 or so subscribers worldwide.

"All other crowd investment platforms would only allow citizens in their countries to raise money for their country's investors.

We, on the other hand, allow businesses to raise money globally," Kubba said.

She added that companies on Eureeca have mostly received money from investors outside their home countries.

"The reality is that businesses need a mechanism to enable them to raise money outside their own state's boundaries," she said.

So far, four Jordanian companies have signed up to Eureeca in the hope of raising money from the crowd, in exchange for equity.

After presenting a business plan, financial forecasts, proof of incorporation, and a video explaining their project, businesses can only rake in the money pledged if they reach their target goal within the three-month fundraising effort, with Eureeca taking in 7.25 percent of the money pledged.

Otherwise the money returns to the investors and no percentage is taken in by Eureeca.

All of the Jordanian businesses reached their funding target.

Jobedu, the clothing and design company best known for their pop culture t-shirts, actually exceeded their target of $100,000 in just four days of launching their plea for funds, offering equity at 5.35 percent.

"We are currently in the overfunding phase, aiming to close at $300,000 in total," Jobedu Chief Marketing Officer, Michael Makdah, told Venture.

We thought it would have taken at least one month and a half to reach the goal," Jobedu CEO, Tamer al Masri, said.

With most of the investors from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, and only a few from Jordan, Jobedu registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to enable investors worldwide to become shareholders.

"The Jordanian company has become a subsidiary to the BVI's company, as the legal framework in Jordan only allows foreign investors to be partners in a local company if they hold 50 percent of the company's ownership interest or have invested in the business more than JD50,000," al Masri, explained.

"The whole legal ecosystem should shift in the country to allow more opportunity for this fundraising model.

We are missing out on an opportunity in Jordan."

He noted that Jobedu, whose evaluation pre-fundraising was $2 million, will use the money raised for the expansion of its product line and to bolster distribution throughout the region.

A lack of institutional investors has led some to believe that the crowdsourcing market lacks a much-needed element of professionalism that can help guide a young company towards profitability.

Some have also warned that companies using peer-to-peer funding platforms might not turn out to be winners, posing a threat to online investors who lack the expertise and financial smarts of venture capitalists.

Kubba downplayed both these fears, saying that investing—whether on or offline—comes with inherent risks attached.

"Investing in growing businesses requires due diligence and checks on what you are comfortable investing in," she said.

Furthermore, crowdfunding services can offer a vital financial lifeline to businesses that might not be the right size or operating in the right sector for a venture capitalist to show interest.

"People seem to think that a sophisticated investor is only an 'accredited investor' with either $200,000 in annual salary or $1 million in net worth," Kubba said.

This applied in the case of Abjjad, a Amman-based social network for readers, writers, and bloggers that also provides a directory for all books suppliers in the Arab region, with 38,000 registered members and more than 450,000 page views per month.

Abjjad CEO Eman Hylooz, told Venture that after knocking on the doors of hundreds of investors without success, she saw Eureeca as a last resort.

It unexpectedly worked out, harnessing about $162,000 and exceeding an initial target of $120,000, from 44 investors.

"Social network business models have not really entered the investors' mentality yet," Hylooz said.

"When we went to investors and told them we have not generated revenue so far, they just stopped listening.

They do not want to go there, it is too risky."

Around 20 percent of the amount raised came from users of the Abjjad website, as the investment threshold was set relatively low at $100.

An average investor on a crowdfunding platform usually pledges around $5,000.

"Only eight were 'real investors' keen on buying into startups, the rest were simply people who believed in our idea," Hylooz said.

Documents and engagement for a business take place online and in public view in crowdfunding, helping to create a measure of transparency that can be absent when seeking funding behind closed doors.

Investment is prompted by a wider sense of community that the entrepreneur and business have with their clients, customers, friends, and acquaintances –all of whom might choose to invest due to a connection with the brand or the entrepreneur.

This sense of community helped Foodlve, the Amman-based social discovery platform for food lovers, raise $140,000 through Eureeca.

"I decided to use crowdfunding to finance my business as I believe in the power of the crowd…

each offer, even the smallest one, can contribute to growing the business," Foodlve CEO, Nadia Shomali, said.

She expects her website, which has around one million readers and buyers, to generate $150,000 in revenue this year by taking percentages on each purchase on the website.

Crowdfunding sites, on which backers are rewarded with gifts like magazines, CDs, books, or early access to the products they support, rather than a share in a company, are gaining ground in the region.

Vida Rizq, CEO of Aflamnah, the first crowdfunding platform of this sort in the Middle East, said she decided to launch the platform in 2012 to encourage people with ideas to self-fund them and to show off some of the region's talents.

The Dubai and London-based platform has so far hosted 70 projects, raising over $300,000 and taking 6 percent of the money raised on each project.

"The important thing is that the concept of crowdfunding is becoming more accepted and understood in the region.

So the more award winning directors and great projects are crowdfunded on Aflamnah, the more the word spreads about Aflamnah and crowdfunding," Rizq said.

"We are working within an infrastructure and a network that still have a long way to go to mature, and I think that when it happens, there is no stopping crowdfunding as a serious means of promoting and funding ideas," she added.

Much effort is put into educating investors on the possibilities of the new global investing model and how it works, as well as showing that it is a viable means of funding.

"Not only is crowd investment a new model globally, it is a completely new one regionally.

Educating businesses on how they can use the power of the crowd to make an educated investment decision online is a tremendous challenge," Kubba said.

"Crowdfunding and crowd investment has hit the region, we see that this is coming faster.

We work on a new form of funding that we think is going to become the mainstream form of funding, therefore this is only the start, there is much more that can happen."

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It began filming in Jerusalem, but then moved production to Dubrovnik, Pula, Split and Trogir, Croatia and later to Albuquerque, New Mexico, due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.

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# 'Dig' Moves Production Out of Israel Due to Violence

USA Network's action thriller "Dig" has officially moved production out of Israel due to the continuing violence in the region, Variety has confirmed.

"Given the current situation and after careful consideration, we are relocating the production of 'Dig' partly to Albuquerque and are continuing to explore other locations," said Universal Cable Productions in a statement.

The move follows Middle Eastern drama "Tyrant's" relocation from Tel Aviv to Istanbul last week.

Both "Dig" and "Tyrant" hail from "Homeland" producer Gideon Raff, a native of Israel.

"I was born and raised in Jerusalem… our hearts go out to everyone in Israel and Gaza right now and hopefully it'll be resolved very soon," Raff told reporters at USA's Television Critics Assn. press tour panel for "Dig" on July 14.

Militants in Gaza have targeted Israeli cities with missiles over the past two weeks, and Israel has fired back with aerial assaults.

Last week, the Jerusalem Film Festival chose to postpone its opening night events, and Neil Young canceled a concert in Tel Aviv due to security concerns.

"Dig" was in the midst of a pre-scheduled hiatus after lensing the pilot in Jerusalem, but that break has now been extended to allow for alternative filming locations to be found.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and Keshet Media Group reportedly campaigned hard to bring production of "Dig" to Jerusalem, creating a 22 million shekel ($6.2 million) production grant to help incentivize the producers.

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# USA's 'Dig' Moves From Israel to Albuquerque Amid Gaza Strip Conflict

The miniseries, which filmed its pilot episode in Israel, moves all the way back to the U.S. just a week after violence prompted FX's "Tyrant" to exit for Turkey.

Amid escalating rocket attacks for over two weeks towards Israel, filming of USA Network's upcoming Dig is relocating to New Mexico.

The six-episode event series from Tim Kring and Gideon Raff already shot their Jerusalem plot-centered pilot in the Holy Land and were scheduled to resume filming last week following a hiatus.

However, security tensions that saw the Israeli Defense Forces launch Operation Protective Edge on July 8 stalled production, which is now headed stateside.

"Given the current situation and after careful consideration, we are relocating the production of Dig partly to Albuquerque and are continuing to explore other locations," reads a statement from Universal Cable Productions, "Our experience filming in Israel was very positive and we are grateful to have had the opportunity to capture such an authentic landscape that will be threaded throughout the series."

Earlier in the week local Israeli media outlets reported speculations that filming is already planned to commence in Malta, yet NBCU says production is still looking into other locations and has made no further decisions.

Last week it was announced that the remaining episodes of FX's new Middle East drama Tyrant have relocated to Turkey for similar reasons.

Unlike the Howard Gordon-run show, also created by Raff, Dig's location is far more essential, as it centers around Jerusalem.

"We wanted to and chose to shoot in Jerusalem because of all the history there," said the Jerusalem born and raised Raff during the July 14 TCA panel promoting Dig, adding that the holy city "is a key element in our show.

Our hearts go out to everyone in Israel and in Gaza for what is happening there right now, and hopefully it will be resolved very soon."

Dig stars Jason Isaacs and Anne Heche and is set to premiere later in the year.

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The college began moving into the new White City campus in 2016, with the launching of the Innovation Hub

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# Imperial launches its new hub for innovation at White City

The I-HUB, Imperial's new translation and innovation hub, launched this week at the White City Campus.

Providing more than 185,000 square foot of new laboratory, incubator, accelerator and office space, the facility will enable the co-location of start-ups, entrepreneurs, and major corporations alongside Imperial's academic community.

A core aim of the 13-storey building will be to support the commercialisation and translation of research and innovation for the benefit of society.

Welcoming representatives from industry, partners and Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council to Wednesday's launch, Imperial's Vice President (Innovation), Professor David Gann, said:

"We are delighted to be opening this new landmark hub for innovation, incubation and collaboration, reaffirming London's position at the forefront in applying leading-edge science.

Businesses in the I-HUB will be focused on taking fantastic research ideas out into the market where they can have a direct positive impact for society.

This is another chapter in Imperial College's mission to apply the results of our world-class work in science, engineering, medicine and business, creating economic growth, high-value jobs and benefits for society."

The development of the I-HUB, and the interconnected Molecular Sciences Research Hub, was supported by the award of £35 million from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) through the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund.

The I-HUB is operated by Imperial College ThinkSpace, which provides high quality laboratory and office workspaces to companies at every stage of their growth, co-locating them with Imperial College London.

Imperial College ThinkSpace Chief Executive, Dr Eulian Roberts, said: "The opening of the I-HUB is a significant milestone in the development of the White City Campus.

It will help businesses, both new and established, to reach new heights as they benefit from co-location with Imperial College London's leading academics and the wider London research community."

The building is the second to open at Imperial's White City Campus - a research and innovation centre that is in its initial stages of development.

At the 25-acre site, researchers, businesses and higher education partners will co-

locate to create value from ideas on a global scale.

Cllr Stephen Cowan speaking at the launch

Working as a long-term partner and neighbour in the local community is core to Imperial's vision for the Campus.

Speaking at yesterday's launch, the leader of Hammersmith and Fulham Borough Council, Stephen Cowan, said: "The I-HUB is a hugely exciting addition to White City, providing a massive boost for business and scientific research.

It is also testament to the Council's commitment to partner with the best and brightest institutions in the world, making Hammersmith & Fulham a fantastic place to learn, work, create and invest."

Cllr Cowan added: "It will pitch the brightest Imperial College London brains alongside cutting-edge businesses, support start-ups and help foster Hammersmith & Fulham as London's hub for innovation.

Imperial College London is a great partner for us to have in White City.

It performs an important role in supporting the local community and getting them excited about what's going on in their neighbourhood."

The launch was followed by a two day Global Challenge Showcase at the I-HUB, with guests from industry and partner organisations invited to find out more about Imperial research and the new facility.

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The battalion was stationed in Old Town in 1847, and they built wells and a courthouse on the site.

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Re-enacting the Mormon Battalion's march in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park in January 2017.(Courtesy Mormon Battalion Historic Site)

When the Mormon Battalion marched into San Diego on Jan. 29, 1847, residents were not overjoyed.

"People were afraid of them," said Michael Hemingway, director of the Mormon Battalion Historic Site in Old Town.

And they had been told by others that these were religious zealots, terrible people."

Members of the battalion won over locals, though, by digging wells, building a courthouse and making other improvements to Old Town.

This 171-year-old story will be recalled Saturday in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park.

A 10 a.m. parade around the park's plaza by re-enactors will be followed by a short program.

Period activities, from a Dutch oven cook-off to a children's crafts workshop, will continue through 3 p.m.

At the nearby Mormon Battalion Historic Site, 2510 Juan St., free tours will be offered from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The battalion's 2,000-mile journey to San Diego is one of the longest marches in U.S. history.

During the Mexican-American War, 500 Midwesterners were asked to reinforce the U.S. Amy of the West in California.

In July 1846, 496 men, 36 women and 43 children — virtually all members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — departed Council Bluffs, Iowa.

During the six-month trek west, sickness and accidents caused the deaths of 27.

That winter, most of the women and children took shelter in Pueblo, Colo.

Lt. Philip St. George Cooke led the rest, 335 men and four women, to San Diego.

"By the time they got out here, the fighting was done," said Hemingway, who is a church elder.

"They were here more to secure the territory."

Without their original mission, historian Iris Engstrand wrote in "San Diego: California's Cornerstone," they found jobs in Old Town: "They made a whitewash and used it to brighten up the houses.

They also built a bakery, fiored bricks, build log pumps, dug wells, did blacksmithing, and repaired carts."

Many Battalion members would return to family in Iowa, and some joined Brigham Young's trek to the Great Salt Lake.

But, Hemingway said, the departing Mormons were fondly remembered in Old Town.

"The people wanted them to stay," he said.

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The Mormon Battalion Historic Site is a historic site in Old Town, San Diego, California, in honor of the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served in the United States Army's Mormon Battalion during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848.