Brett Kavanaugh’s page in his high school yearbook offers a glimpse of the teenage years of the man who is now President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee: lots of football, plenty of drinking, parties at the beach. Among the reminiscences about sports and booze is a mysterious entry: “Renate Alumnius.”

The word “Renate” appears at least 14 times in Georgetown Preparatory School’s 1983 yearbook, on individuals’ pages and in a group photo of nine football players, including Kavanaugh, who were described as the “Renate Alumni.” It is a reference to Renate Schroeder, then a student at a nearby Catholic girls’ school.

Two of Kavanaugh’s classmates say the mentions of Renate were part of the football players’ unsubstantiated boasting about their conquests.

“They were very disrespectful, at least verbally, with Renate,” saidcomment.”

Alexandra Walsh, a lawyer for Kavanaugh, said in a statement: “Judge Kavanaugh was friends with Renate Dolphin in high school. He admired her very much then, and he admires her to this day.

“Judge Kavanaugh and Ms. Dolphin attended one high school event together and shared a brief kiss good night following that event,” the statement continued. “They had no other such encounter. The language from Judge Kavanaugh’s high school yearbook refers to the fact that he and Ms. Dolphin attended that one high school event together and nothing else.”

Dolphin said she had never kissed Kavanaugh. “I think Brett must have me confused with someone else, because I never kissed him,” she said through her lawyer.

In an interview on Fox News on Monday, Kavanaugh defended his high school behaviour


in general terms. “People might have had too many beers on occasion and people generally in high school — I think all of us have probably done things we look back on in high school and regret or cringe a bit,” he said.

A White House spokesman, Raj Shah, declined to comment beyond the statement from Kavanaugh’s lawyer.

Four of the men who were pictured with Kavanaugh in a photo captioned “Renate Alumni” said it was simply a reference to their dating or going to dances with Dolphin.

An elite Catholic boys’ high school founded in 1789, Georgetown Prep has many alumni who have gone into public service. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch of the Supreme Court is a graduate, as is Jerome H. Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve.

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Kavanaugh was one of 13 graduating seniors who referred to Dolphin in some way on their personal pages. Some gave themselves titles — DeLancey Davis, for example, listed himself as “chairman of the Bored” of the “Renate Club.” Another football player, Tom Kane, mentioned on his page “Renate’s Suicide Squad.”

The group photo, with Kavanaugh and eight fellow football players in pads and uniform, grinning, was captioned “Renate Alumni.” Mark Judge, the


London this week.

What next?

The Brexit deal is expected to complete its progress through the Commons and Lords by the middle of the month, and be ratified by the European parliament by the end of January. Trade talks proper are expected to begin in late February or early March.

During the transition period, the UK will remain in the bloc’s customs union and single market until the end of 2020, with an option to stay within those arrangements for a further two years.

Johnson has said he will not agree to such an extension, claiming there is ample time to negotiate a comprehensive deal covering all aspects of the current EU-UK relationship, from trade to internal security, transport and data-sharing.

The moment of truth will arrive on 1 July, by which timeDisney revives Orange Bird in Adventureland

Back when Walt Disney World was just one park in a big empty wilderness south of Orlando, there was a strange bird with a head shaped like an orange that bobbed about the Magic Kingdom.

The Orange Bird was actually a creation unique to the Florida theme park in conjunction with the Florida Citrus Growers' sponsorship of the original incarnation of the WDW-version of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, an attraction that existed in California's Disneyland.

Back in 1971 when the Magic Kingdom opened, it was called Tropical Serenade and featured animatronic birds and flowers doing their thing for more than 25 years before transforming into The Enchanted Tiki Room -- Under New Management with the voice talents of Iago from Alladin and Zazu from


The Lion King in 1999.

Fire damage to that attraction in Adventureland in January 2011 led the way to Disney refurbishing it to its current iteration, Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. The current version now shares the name and is similar to the original version from Disneyland with no sign of Iago or Zazu. And while the new version doesn't re-employ the Tropical Serenade title of the 1971 attraction, the throwback approach it was given fits nicely with the idea the Orange Bird would make a comeback as well.

The bird greeted families at Sunshine Tree Terrace, which also hocked citrus drinks and Orange Bird gifts. The Orange Bird was gone from Walt Disney World by 1981. Last year, Orange Bird merchandise made a comeback to the park and today,D23 representatives announced that the character would make its return to Adventureland.

Now more than 30 years later, the Orange Bird has returned to the signage for the terrace and also on "quirky drink cups." One bit of history that isn't returning, at least not yet, is the Orange Bird character who walked around the park. But the actual, original bird figurine itself will retake its perch at the terrace.

"This is the Orange Bird that guests could see at the Sunshine Tree Terrace back in the '70s and '80s," said Steven Vagnini, archivist for the Walt Disney Archives. "It represented one of the original characters of Walt Disney World when it originally opened so it's very exciting to see him back."


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The founder of Mali, Sundiata Keita, (c. 1217 – c. 1255) was also known by the name Sogolon Djata. Jata means “lion”, whereas Sogolon means “daughter of a buffalo”. His grandchild, Mansa Musa who later took the throne, became known as the Lion King because of hisRobert De Niro is calling on people to vote in light of the series of bombs mailed to targets of right-wing anger. In a statement released by his publicist on Friday, the actor says "There's something more powerful than bombs, and that's your vote. People must vote!"

A suspicious package containing what authorities described as a crude pipe bomb was discovered at De Niro's New York City office on Thursday. De Niro says he is thankful no one was hurt. He also thanked "the brave and resourceful security and law enforcement people for protecting us."

On Thursday, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio praised a security guard for his "quick-witted work" in notifying authorities about the package addressed to De Niro.

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College, the College of Staten Island and St. John's University also announced classes were canceled tomorrow. And in a message on its Web site, Staten Island Academy announced school was closed on Wednesday.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city decided early so parents could have time to make alternative plans.

"You might as well make it right now and give people more time to prepare," he said.

Bloomberg said officials also want to avoid exposing students to the possible blizzard-like conditions forecast for the afternoon. It is easier on families to close school for the day rather than let children leave early, he said.

The early timing of the decision to close school was in contrast to the 2009 snow day. Bloomberg's administration decided relatively late -- 5:39 a.m. -- to calldammed filthy transvestite!" "Hey!" "This is my place." "Go somewhere else immediately." ""Ribbit, ribbit"" "What?" ""The Toad Prince is a selfish prince."" ""Today, he's ordering the Whirligig Beetle and the Pond Skater..."" ""to do mean things again."" ""Ribbit, ribbit"" ""I'm very hungry!"" """Hurry and bring me my snacks, kidnap the bee's children!"" ""No matter how fast he was swimming,..."" ""the Whirligig Beetle couldn't reach the beehive above the water."" ""No matter how long his legs were,..."" ""the Pond Skater couldn't kidnap the bee's children."" ""Haven't you heard my orders?"" ""Bachan Keron!" "Bachan Keron!"" ""The Toad Prince destroyed the Whirligig Beetle's house."" "What's that story?" "How mean." "That's "The Toad Prince"." "Bachan Keron!" "Give it to me." "Please lend me that book, yes?" "I'll read the rest to you."


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Being in the military and having traveled around a bit myself, I can understand Dogbreath's perspective. I know several other deployed military personnel and they each have a Kindle because of the convenience. It just doesn't make sense to have physical books if you're going to the desert for six months to a year.
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Speaking from personal experience, the Kindle has revolutionized literacy and reading in the military in the past few years. Now when deployed, the same guys who 5 years ago would be rereading the same magazines (porn and cars, mostly) and handful of Tom Clancy paperbacks for 7 months now all have


game stores. The winners: pretty much everyone else.
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quote:What I would love to see is taking that general idea and applying it to ebook sales: Have an equivalent of the "hardcover" time period with a higher premium price on the ebook for a certain duration, and then later drop the price of the ebook to coincide with when the paperback is released (assuming there are physical editions of each!).

The video game industry has already gone through this cycle. The losers: physical game stores. The winners: pretty much everyone else.

Game Stop seems to be doing pretty well, at least in my area. A new one just opened less than 5 miles from another.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $44.76 million grant to finance the construction of a 20-megawatt (MW) on-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Afghanistan.

In an announcement, the ADB said the new facility would boost renewable energy generation and supply in the country, producing at least 43,000 megawatt hours of solar power. Photovoltaic refers to a way of directly converting light from the sun into electricity.

The plant will be located in Naghlu in the Surobi district of Kabul.

"The demand for power is rapidly growing across Afghanistan and economic development and income opportunities depend on sufficient energy supplies," Samuel Tumiwa, the ADB's country director for Afghanistan, said in a statement.

"The new on-grid solar power generation project, which is the largest of its kind in Afghanistan, will not onlyprovide access to a clean and reliable power supply, but also demonstrate the viability of future renewable energy investments through public-private partnerships," Tumiwa added.

The ADB said that Afghanistan's "renewable energy resource potential" was estimated to be more than 300,000 MW, with more than two-thirds of that potential supply coming from solar.

New solar PV capacity increased by 50 percent in 2016, according to the International Energy Agency, with additions of solar PV rising faster than any other fuel.


In mid-December, it was revealed that famous musician/actor Ice Cube had tapped into his entrepreneurial spirit and created a summer basketball league.

Named BIG3, the league will feature three-on-three games consisting of retired NBA superstars. The likes of Kenyon Martin, Jason Williams and Jermaine O’Neal have already signed on, but the potential for even bigger names seems endless.

With that in mind, here are five former NBA legends whom we would love to see in the new league.

5. Kevin Garnett

Tim Duncan initially held this spot, but after giving it additional thought, the switch was made to Kevin Garnett.

Garnett announced his retirement earlier this year after 21 long years in the NBA. At 40 years old, he was the second-oldest player remaining in the league behind Andre Miller, but had stillin the league if he ever wanted to get his competitive juices going again.

It’d certainly be entertaining for the rest of us.

4. Yao Ming

Like many other stars or potential stars, including Greg Oden, who was also considered for this list, Yao Ming had his career cut short entirely too soon. He retired following the 2010-2011 season and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame earlier this year.

Injuries became a crippling issue for the 7-foot-6 international superstar. While his foot problems prevented him from continuing his NBA career, it doesn’t necessarily mean Yao’s playing days are over. At least not once BIG3 officially opens its doors.

Would Ming return to America to play in a three-on-three league? Would such a league even have space for a 36-year-old big man


Cube’s league. And it would certainly help to satisfy the fans who were upset they missed out on seeing Yao in his prime.

The one downside is Yao stays pretty busy as the owner of his former Chinese Basketball Association team, the Shanghai Sharks.

3. Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant finally stepped away from the game after a 20-year career with the Lakers. His final season included a farewell tour capped by a 60-point performance in his last game ever.

Though fans got a good last taste of the Mamba, you know there are many die-hards who can’t get enough of him.

Even after 20 seasons in the NBA, several players and coaches from across the league insist Bryant could still continue playing if he truly wanted to. And the game against the Jazzshows us that the one thing Bean will always be able to do is get buckets.

Kobe is progressing in his career after basketball and promised to attack the business world with the zeal he used in his playing career. He has launched a venture capital firm and is investing in and evaluating multiple businesses.

The Mamba still does some NBA analysis work here and there and has built one of the greatest athlete brands in the past few decades. His fans love him. He’s been known to pop up at local spots like The Drew League in LA here and there, so maybe he would do the same with the BIG3, if we're lucky.

2. Allen Iverson

Iverson hasn’t played professional basketball since he was with the Turkish Basketball League in


2011, but that’s the point of BIG3 anyway — to give some of these former greats another opportunity.

As recently as 2013, Iverson was fielding offers to play in the NBA D-League, but declined. Later that year, he officially retired from basketball and appeared content heading off into the sunset.

But Iverson has always loved the game. And while he may not be able to keep up with an NBA schedule at the age of 41, playing in a three-on-three league with other retired NBA superstars seems almost ideal for AI. In fact, of all the players on this list, Iverson may be best suited for the league’s structure.

As a quick, shifty and explosive guard, Iverson would provide BIG3 with some legitimate fireworks and an unparalleled attitude on the court.

1.Michael Jordan

MJ is the greatest of all-time. He is the GOAT to many. He is a man who has the competitive fire and skills necessary to even compete in the NBA on limited minutes despite being 53 years old.

Mostly focused on turning the Charlotte Hornets into a winner, MJ has long appeared to be superhuman. Video has shown him still giving buckets to his players. In fact, some believe he could still be a force in the league if he ever decided to un-retire and give it a legitimate shot.

“Mike’s still got it,” Chicago Bills swingman Jimmy Butler told ESPN last year. “I’m not going to say that he can get up and down right now, but the guy is the greatest to ever play the game. He


as the season went on.

"It's nice to have a guy that's still only 22 and has played in almost 300 games," Werenski said. "You feel really comfortable around (Jones) just because you're so close in age. Being a young guy and playing with someone like Seth who has been around the block, played six playoff games in Nashville, played in the World Cup, he's such a vet for such a young age. It's easy to interact with him and talk with him."

And for Jones, playing with Werenski was something he found motivating for his own play. Just 19 years old when the season started, the Michigan native was a pace setter for how the defense played.

"(Werenski) has been unbelievable for our team," Jones said. "The way Zach plays,the team plays for the most part. He deserves all the recognition he's been getting offensively and defensively. I've even been learning some things from him this year. His potential's through the roof."

And the two didn't just learn from one another, they developed a friendship that both believe helped grow their abilities together on the ice. And the proof was in what they each accomplished in their play.

Jones put up the highest point total of his NHL career (12-30-42) and was 19th overall among NHL defensemen in total points, 17th in goals by a defenseman and was named to the 2017 NHL All-Star roster. According to firstlinestats.com, among all Blue Jackets players who played in five or more games, he was fourth overall in Corsi for (58.7%) and


fifth in scoring chances for (52.9). So when Jones was on the ice, he was a huge piece of getting his team in a position to score.

While driving offense, Jones also improved his ability to limit shots by opponents. In Corsi against per 60, he improved from 62.63 (2015-16) to 52.43 last season. Jones was doing a better job at ensuring teams facing the Jackets got off fewer shot attempts.

And then there was Werenski.

The Calder Trophy finalist burst onto the NHL scene in a 78-game regular season that saw him put up 47 points and ink his name multiple times in Jackets' franchise record books.

"Where would we be without him?" assistant coach Brad Shaw said. "He's made key plays at key moments in games. His emergence and contributionLondon: Beleaguered CBI special director Rakesh Asthana got a reason to cheer as a UK court, while allowing extradition of Vijay Mallya, on Monday observed that the Indian official had not acted "corruptly" as alleged by the liquor baron's defence team.

Asthana, a 1984-batch Gujarat cadre officer, had headed the Special Investigation Team of the CBI after Mallya escaped from India in 2016 and keenly pursued his extradition from the United Kingdom.

He was benched by the government along with CBI Director Alok Verma last month after the investigative agency booked him for allegedly taking bribe in a case related to a Hyderabad-based businessman Sathish Sana, a matter challenged by him in the Delhi High Court. Both the officers have levelled allegations of corruption against each other and shielding Sana.

These


developments took place after the extradition order was reserved by the Westminster Magistrates' Court in September and were not brought before it.

However, the defence team of Mallya had produced its witness Professor Lawrence Saez who had made serious allegations about the character and professional integrity of Asthana. During cross questioning, Saez had agreed that he was no longer saying there were issues with Asthana but there were with the independence of the CBI, the Judge has noted.

On Monday, Westminster Magistrates' Court Chief Magistrate Judge Emma Arbuthnot in her order said Asthana was criticised by the defence in its attempt to persuade the court that the prosecution was corrupt and politically led. The judge said she found no evidence that the prosecution was corrupt or politically led.

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Congratulations to Lina Zeldovich on winning a silver award from the North American Travel Journalists Association for this article.

Wearing a chemical respirator, Vermont farmer Erik Andrus lay underneath his home-built sailboat painting layers of epoxy resin over a fresh fiberglass patch on the boat’s leaky bottom. The boat was perched atop a trailer centimeters above his face, offering him little space to maneuver. Another gooey fiberglass patch was stuck to one hand and glue dripped on his head. It was midsummer 2013 and Andrus was neglecting his rice crop, fixing the stubborn leaks instead. His Vermont Sail Freight Project—launched that spring and now months behind schedule—was in peril. But Andrus had a goal: to prove that he could economically deliver food to market by water and


of the water, and, in the summer heat, sweated under the hull, patching and polishing the fiberglass. He also added an outboard motor for backup. This meant that Ceres wouldn’t be 100 percent fossil fuel-free, but safety won over idealism. Repairs took days—causing a rescheduling with the New York City’s New Amsterdam Market where most of the produce was to be sold—but, in the end, the boat seemed seaworthy.

On October 3, Ceres hoisted its sails in Ferrisburgh, near Vergennes, and headed for its first port of call—Orwell, Vermont, 50 kilometers away, where it would pick up almost 11 tonnes of produce, grain, and maple syrup bound for New York City. On board was a crew of three: Andrus, Schwartz, and a college kid, Jordan Finkelstein. “The first nightthe coastline, these emissions can impact the air quality and health of coastal communities.”

The cost of fuel and tightening emission regulations near coastlines are pushing shipping companies to experiment with new technologies. For example, Beluga Shipping, a major product carrier, tried adding towing kites to their ships in 2008. The experiment reduced fuel consumption, but kites are unstable and can crash into the sea, says Michael Vahs, a captain and a professor of ship operation and navigation at Hochschule Emden-Leer University in Germany. B9 Shipping uses an experimental hybrid model with gas engines and electronically controlled sails but masts and sails get in the way of the cranes that unload ships in ports. The Maritime Department of Hochschule Emden-Leer University is developing the Flettner Rotor, a rig-less wind


the wide lake had few obstacles. The tension returned as the lake narrowed into the canals leading to the Hudson River and Schwartz had to maneuver the 12-meter-long barge through 15-meter-wide canals with the “puny twenty-horsepower motor.” He managed to get Ceres through all 12 locks without incident; the crew was jubilant. The teeny motor certainly helped on this first voyage, but they were sailing. Their first sales were made in the markets of Newburgh, Beacon, Nyack, and other riverbank towns in New York where locals welcomed the barge and eagerly bought the potatoes, carrots, squashes, and maple syrup.

For Schwartz, however, the journey through the locks was the calm before the storm. Ceres was now approaching New York Harbor. From the George Washington Bridge to 79th Street, SchwartzHey Nonny, Nonny.
'Shall I compare thee to a week alongside in Mare Harbour ?' 'It
is the East Cove, and January has no sun !' 'Tomorrow and tomorrow,
creeps on this petty cargo work !!!' Okay, so it's not quite Shakespeare,
but the dramatics continue apace on board RRS Ernest Shackleton, this
week. In the First Act, we arrived back at the Falkland Islands, and discharged
two of our cast - or should I say 'two in casts' !! After the brief intermission
the story continued with a complex plot of cargo discharge and then loading,
followed by the epilogue of relaxation and recreation. Time for a 'play'. So
with this foreword from the narrator, let the play begin ... BREAK A LEG !

LEGLESS IN THE FALKLANDS

Michelle puts her legs up for a little relaxationAndy reclines


after a hard day at the office !.Click on images to enlarge

The Hospital Ship Ernest Shackletonbounced around at sea on
Sunday 14 January still feeling the aftermath of the South Georgia depression
(low pressure system) that troubled us for the most of the last week. The
barometer peaked around the middle of afternoon, but luckily, the 'roller
coaster' rise and fall of the Southern Ocean pressure system eased in the
evening to allow a much more comfortable passage into Monday morning. Monday was
also spent at sea but the weather was kinder and the seas calmer, although the
wind was still Force 6 (30 mph) from the westnor'west. As a result of an attempt
to ease the vessel's motion in the 'heavy weather' experience on the passage
from South Georgia, we did not make the anticipated arrivalin the Falkland
Islands on Monday evening, but arrived instead at 08.30 hours on Tuesday. As
messages had been sent ahead arranging for an Ambulance, a real one (with
wheels) was there to meet our invalids as we arrived alongside.

By 09.00 Wendy and her team of stretcher bearers had negotiated both
Michelle and Andy ashore to the Ambulance which took them away for further care
and attention at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Stanley. Subsequent
reports from the hospital informed us that Andy would have to wait a further
week before a flight was available to take him home, and Michelle was given
medical attention before her flight back to the United States on Saturday 20
January. We end this saga with a wish that their onward travel will be smoother,
and send them both our best


obtain bunkers, other than by road tanker (which would have taken
forever and interfered with cargo work). Thus at 1300 hours the vessel slipped
her moorings and proceeded out to Mare Harbour to do a refuelling operation from
the Single Point Mooring (SPM) with the aid of Seabulk Condor. Seabulk
Condor retrieved the hoses floating by the SPM and passed them up to the
bunkering station on the deck of RRS Ernest Shackleton and then 503
cubic metres of diesel oil were transferred. As this operation had not been
previously attempted between ourselves and
Seabulk Condor it was quite slow and hence it was late in the evening
before the operation was successfully concluded . As twilight turned to
darkness, Shackleton made her way back alongside the Main Jetty ready to resume
cargo operations in the morning.

(Left) Seabulk Condorher to write a
precis of her adventures ready for next week !).

EXIT, Stage Right !

We sailed into Mare Harbour with seven FIDs onboard. Today we are
down to 21 crew only, and even our resident dentist has 'flown the coop' in
pursuit of a mid-season break. The first two to disembark were Michelle and Andy
on the Tuesday Morning. Trish, John, Mike and Gary were the next off. They
departed on Wednesday in time for the UK flight to the UK. This left only
Professor Jo Arendt, and Jo waited around for her Lan Chile flight over to South
America. Jo was to join her husband there for a two-week jolly around the
continent before flying homeward to England. Cheerful farewells ensued as she
departed on Saturday afternoon, but the bulk of the 'Goodbyes' had been


continent to pay us a visit and
has agreed to stay onboard RRS Ernest Shackleton for another visit down
to Halley. (He says he likes Halley best !). He would like everyone at home to
know that he is well (apart from a slight sniffle) and is looking forward to
some more adventures to add to his list. He was just waiting there with his
little suitcase when we sailed into Mare Harbour on Tuesday and acted as if he
had not a care in the world. Little did he know how much concern he was giving
the crew of the ship, who had not known where on earth he was these last weeks ?
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Tigh-na-acha – the cottage in the field

Tigh-na-Acha – the cottage in the field – is a detached self-catering cottage located on the Island of Mull, Scotland. The cottage comfortably sleeps up to 6 people in 2 twin bedrooms and 1 double. The cottage is modern having being built in 1978 and is situated in Tobermory, up the hill from the Western Isles hotel. Tigh-na-Acha and the surrounding area has great views over Calve Island, down the Sound of Mull, over the surrounding hills and south towards the island of Mulls central mountain range, Aros Park (Now National Trust land) and into the colourful, busy harbour.

Tigh-na-Acha is just a short stroll from the much photographed harbour where you willThe following condensed transit updates are from the MARC Transportation Committee July meeting:

SmartMoves – Two phases underway: urban corridors (with a bi-state application for a TIGER stimulus grant) and commuter corridors; consultants have been selected for each. Phase 1 deadline of Sept. 12th and the second phase has no deadline at this time.

Transportation Outlook 2040 – Project solicitation for the long-range transportation plan is in progress. A high speed rail section will be added.

Unified Government Transit – UG Transit does not have funds to make it through the rest of the year (service cuts may occur in October); next year will also be difficult for funding.

KCATA – Service cuts implemented June 28; additional cuts may be needed.

Johnson County Transit – First phase of the Metcalf/Shawnee Mission Parkway BRT


federal tank car standards should be raised to ensure crude oil and other flammable liquids are moving in the safest car possible based on the product they are moving. The industry also wants the existing crude oil fleet upgraded through retrofits, or older cars to be phased out as quickly as possible."

The rail industry has also stepped up its efforts to communicate and coordinate with communities and first responders, and railroads are dedicating tremendous resources to prevent and prepare for emergency situations all along their lines, Hamberger noted.

"Railroads are working with state and local emergency response officials to ensure those who need to know what is moving through their area are informed and trained to respond to an emergency situation," he said.

"The industry has also taken the leada region rocked by turmoil.

"Minister Ya'alon and I agreed that the United States will make available to Israel a set of advanced new military capabilities ... including anti-radiation missiles and advanced radars for fighter jets, KC135 refueling aircraft, and most significantly the V-22 Osprey, which the United States has not released to any other nation."

Ya'alon told reporters at the start of the press conference that the arms sale clearly indicated the Washington's support of and commitment to Israel.

"The United States and Israel are contenting with the challenges in this tough neighborhood of ours, first and foremost Iran," Ya'alon said. "Our countries' commitments to one another is being expressed in the American support for Israeli security. We see this commitment in the Iron Dome, which has saved lives, and


we see this commitment also in the presidential approval of deal, including now, with the V-22.

The Israeli defense minister also asked his American counterpart to send his condolences to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

At the news conference with Ya'alon, Hagel was asked whether he believes it would be advisable for Israel to attack Iran on its own.

"That calculation has to be made by" Israel, he replied after noting, "Israel is a sovereign nation; every sovereign nation has a right to defend itself."

Hagel did not mention a concern that U.S. officials have voiced in the past, namely, that an Israeli strike would run the risk of igniting a wider war that could draw in the United States.

Ya'alon was asked about reports that the Syrian government has usedchemical weapons in its struggle against rebel forces.

He did not specifically say whether Israel believes such weapons have been used, but he said that Syria must not cross the "red line" of allowing any chemical weapons to fall into the hands of what Ya'alon called "rogue elements."

He said that "red line" has not yet been crossed.

Hagel kicked off a week-long, five-country regional visit Sunday, a trip which expected to focused on Iran, the Syrian civil war and weapons sales to America's allies Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Hagel is using his first visit to Israel as Pentagon chief to underscore his view that Israel must decide for itself whether and when to use military force against Iran. He told reporters on his flight from Washington that


in part to preserve Israel's military superiority in light of weapons contracts with other countries in the region.

The U.S. Defense Department has called Hagel's visit a continuation of contacts following President Barack Obama's trip here last month. The Iranian nuclear issue will be front and center in Hagel's defense-related meetings, along with the changing situation in Syria. On Monday, an honor guard will be on hand at Tel Aviv's Kirya army base to honor Hagel.

From Israel, the defense secretary will travel to Amman to discuss the implications of Syria's civil war on Jordan, before proceeding on to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. In the UAE Hagel is expected to move to finalize the sale of 25 F-16 fighter planes. The deal is set to includethe coin features Queen Elizabeth II. The back also shows that it is 1 oz. and worth One Dollar.The other side of the Certificate of Authenticity has information about the coin and about Scooby-Doo the series.They packaged the coin really well. The coin itself was in a black box with The Perth Mint in the bottom left corner. That black box was in a full color box that features Scooby and the gang.The front of the box has the whole gang and the Scooby-Doo logo.The sides of the box have the design we've seen on a lot of the newly released Scooby merchandise. I like this design, it adds a little flair to the packaging and makes it a little more fun.The back of the box has the


The prosecutor said Hall used the card at Kmart twice on one day to make purchases totalling $164,and used her Flybuys card each time.

She was caught on CCTV and later arrested by police.

Earlier in May, Hall tried to take two chocolate bars from an IGA store but was challenged by a staff member.

Hall then punched the worker in the face.

She was detained by security guards at the store but kicked out and smashed a glass door.

During a burglary with a co-accused at a Shoalwater home, Hall stole a Louis Vuitton handbag and wallet worth $3000, two portable speakers and a portable charger.

The pair jumped the fence to leave but were confronted by an off-duty policeman.

He said he was an off-duty officer giving his ID number.

The pair yelled abuseand got aggressive with him when he grabbed them by the wrists.

They got away and hopped into a car parked nearby.

The officer followed them and reached in and grabbed the keys from the ignition.

Hall kicked out striking the officer to his upper chest near his neck.

The community corrections officer said Hall’s offending had breached a community based order of 18 months that was due to expire on July 8, 2018.

She had also failed to complete community service work or report because ‘she could not be bothered’.

The order was from threats Hall had made to kill her mother.

Hall’s lawyer said the facts were accepted.

He said the 22-year-old mother of two’s methamphetamine use had led to the offending.

He said Hall had gained “incredible insight” during her month in prison and


are white fluffy cloud cushions strewn about. This is a dream-like space, perfect for play and child-friendly in the extreme. The bed as book is a neat allusion to the pleasures of reading, and symbolic of our relationship to the library books that we borrow, how they leave public spaces and enter our private, domestic settings.

The wooziness inspired by the presence of the bed is tempered by the thrum of activity on the other side of the gallery, a ‘low-fi, self-publishing station’ where visitors can clatter at a typewriter and take part in conversation. The station is a table big enough for a group to meet, ideal for collective activities. In the run-up to the exhibition Beale has collaborated with Peckham Library on a series of creative writingPrague, 17 February 1999 (RFE/RL) -- Turkey's arrest of rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has sparked a global wave of violent protests by militant Kurds who hope to press Western governments to intervene on his behalf.

With what seemed like extraordinary coordination, thousands of Kurdish protestors seized consulates, held rallies and battled police yesterday in Paris, Moscow, London, Frankfurt, Milan, Bern, and a dozen other cities across Europe. The protests also reached to Montreal, Vancouver, Sydney, Vladivostok, and Yerevan.

They continued today, and three Kurds were killed after Israeli security guards opened fire as the Kurds stormed the Israeli consulate in Berlin. The Kurds were apparently responding to reports -- denied by Israel -- that Israeli intelligence aided Turkey in apprehending Ocalan.

Yesterday, demonstrators seized hostages at Greek missions in the Netherlands


and Switzerland before releasing them after several hours. Three protestors set themselves alight in Europe and dozens more threatened mass suicide as police fought to evict them.

The protests specifically targeted Greek and Kenyan missions because Ocalan was arrested in Nairobi after leaving the Greek embassy, where he had been in hiding for 12 days. Details of why Ocalan left the embassy and how he was subsequently captured by Turkish agents remain unclear, but many of the protestors accuse both Athens and Nairobi of complicity.

William Hale -- an expert on Turkish and Kurdish affairs at London University's School of Oriental Studies -- says the worldwide scope of the protests is a measure both of the number of supporters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Kurdish diaspora andand Turkish troops has claimed an estimated 30,000 lives.

It is unknown how many active sympathizers the PKK commands within the Kurdish diaspora in Europe, which also includes Kurds from Iraq, Syria and Iran. The PKK -- which was founded in 1978 -- turned to armed struggle in 1984. Originally, it sought independence for Turkish Kurds. In recent years, it has said it aims for an autonomous Kurdish state or a federation with Turkey.

Hale predicts that Europe will see more street protests in the months ahead as Turkey puts Ocalan on trial on charges of being a traitor and terrorist. Both charges are punishable by death. Hale -- speaking from Istanbul -- told RFE/RL:

"What I think [Ocalan's supporters] are going to try to do is persuade Western opinion that


political parties in several European countries -- particularly Italy -- though many European governments and the United States consider it a terrorist organization.

The drive to more strongly involve Europe seemed to become a major part of the PKK's policy when Syria evicted Ocalan from his traditional headquarters there under Turkish pressure. The eviction began a long odyssey by Ocalan across Europe in search of political asylum, taking him to Russia, Italy and -- according to recent news reports -- the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and eastern Germany.

Ocalan's capture by Turkey has dashed PKK hopes that Ocalan can himself play a role in lobbying Western countries to find a political solution to the Kurdish question. Hale says that leaves the PKK at a turning point in its relations with Europe:

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Ilkay Gundogan's shot found the net via the post to give Germany victory

Defeat by Germany leaves Scotland scrambling for points from their last two qualifiers to reach the play-offs for Euro 2016.

Thomas Muller's shot deflected past David Marshall to put Germany ahead.

Mats Hummels scored an own goal after Manuel Neuer could only palm Shaun Maloney's free-kick off the defender.

Germany went in front again as Muller headed in and, although James McArthur fired Scotland level, Ilkay Gundogan slotted home the visitors' winner.

How Scotland can still qualify

Scotland, following Republic of Ireland's win over Georgia on Monday, need to take at least four points from their last two games and hope the Irish lose twice if they are to snatch third place.

Martin O'Neill's Ireland end


their resolve was not sufficient to keep Germany dominating possession and sealing the win.

Germans' masterful movement

Germany remain a little suspect in defence but they can afford to be with the quality they possess going forward.

Gundogan finished well to give Germany all three points

Their full-backs Jonas Hector and Liverpool's Emre Can provided width, central midfielders Toni Kroos and Manchester United's Bastian Schweinsteiger kept the ball moving constantly, while the front four - Muller, Gundogan, Mesut Ozil and Mario Gotze - passed and moved until their opponents were tied up in knots.

Their sharpness and slickness kept the Scottish defence permanently on its toes and, but for a handful of good stops from Marshall, the damage might have been greater.

Man of the match - Thomas Muller

Thomas Muller was once again theprincipal thorn in Scotland's side, drifting in off the right to score twice, just as he did in Dortmund a year ago.

Muller took his tally of goals against Scotland in the campaign to four

His ability to be in the right place at the right time is the mark of his genius.

Although his first goal took a fortuitous nick off Russell Martin, Muller was lurking to head his second in off the post after Marshall had made a save to deny Can, with Charlie Mulgrew only able to hack clear after the ball had crossed the line.

And Muller turned creator for the winner, returning a crisp pass for Gundogan to fire in off the post.


Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Campaign

In 1953, Girl Scouts of the USA saved a national treasure from demolition by purchasing the Wayne-Gordon House in Savannah, Georgia, the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouting in the United States. Now designated as a National Historic Landmark, the Birthplace is the most visited house museum in the state of Georgia, and functions as a museum and educational center for all Girl Scouts and the public.

To fund several critical restoration projects, GSUSA launched a fundraising initiative, the Campaign to Restore the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, to guarantee the maintenance of this irreplaceable element of Savannah, Georgia, and Girl Scout history. Funding from the Birthplace Campaign allowed renovation work to be done on the staircase, elevator, and other areas.

Girl Scouts ofthe USA sincerely thanks those partners who gave their support through generous donations securing the future of this national treasure. The history and heritage of the Girl Scout Movement starts in Savannah at the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, where the past is now preserved to inspire today's children and adults. See below for a tour of the renovation.

Birthplace Tour

Gallery Opening

The Family Parlor, as viewed from the Formal Parlor. The children used the pocket doors between the parlors as a curtain for dramatic entertainment.

Birthplace Tour

Parlor

The Formal Parlor where the Gordon family entertained guests.

Birthplace Tour

Dining Room

The Gordon family was known for lively conversations at mealtime.

Birthplace Tour

Dining Room Detail

Plate painted by Juliette Gordon Low.

Birthplace Tour

Sewing Room

Although Juliette "Daisy" Gordon was not a good seamstress, she loved to design clothing.

Birthplace Tour

Library Detail

This


table with books is in the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace library, which was used as an office and family-gathering room.

Birthplace Tour

Northeast Bedroom

Shows the design of a stylish 19th-century bedroom. The bed belonged to Juliette Low's grandmother.MORE WINNING!

Americans trust the Trump White House over the liberal media to tell the truth.

…And a majority of Americans say the national media is out of touch with the American people.

Morning Consult reported:

As political journalists prepare to gather at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday to celebrate their work, a new Morning Consult poll is likely to make many of them cringe.

In the new poll, roughly half (51 percent) of Americans said the national political media “is out of touch with everyday Americans,” compared with 28 percent who said it “understand the issues everyday Americans are facing.”

President Donald Trump, a frequent public antagonist of the press and the first president in 36 years to skip the confab, is also slightly more trusted than the national


Former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley says Fernando Alonso is "not disruptive at all" after being left surprised by his departure from Ferrari.

Alonso's exit has yet to be made official from the team but former Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo confirmed the news on Wednesday. Smedley - now head of vehicle performance at Williams - was race engineer to Felipe Massa while he was Alonso's Ferrari team-mate from 2010-2013 and says the Spaniard is not a difficult driver to work with.

"No, no, he's not disruptive at all," Smedley said. "I think he's pretty coherent in his views and he knows what he wants, but most people who are very good at their job do and I think that's a strength as well. He doesn't waver from what heOne fateful night in the year 2000—long before the world would begin paying serious attention to his ideas—Matt Bowden met Kristi Kennedy in an Auckland, New Zealand, strip club. He was a 29-year- old raver and sometime rock musician who wore big leather boots and stovepipe pants. She was a Penthouse Pet who was wearing nothing. For both of them, it was love at first sight.

“It was one of those moments where time just stopped,” Kristi recalls. “I was dancing up on stage. This light shined down upon this man as he was walking into the room. He was looking at me with this big Cheshire grin and this bright green shirt and this blond ruffled hair.” Bowden was similarly smitten, and the two quickly became a couple.


taken by the same ravers who liked to dance all night on meth.

Matt Bowden with his wife, Kristi. (Photo: Dana Lee)

Bowden was devastated by these events, and he could see his own life spinning out of control, too. Unique among his friends, however, Bowden thought he might know a way out of the downward spiral.

For a time in the late 1990s, Bowden had worked in the “herbal highs” business—developing and selling products similar to Red Bull, as well as some containing ephedrine, the active ingredient in the now banned performance-enhancing stimulant ephedra. In part to look for new products, and in part out of a personal fascination with drugs, Bowden had trained informally with a neuropharmacologist. And while perusing the scientific literature, he had come upon a drugstarted to show up worldwide in online marketplaces, at head shops, even in gas stations—and, finally, on the radar of the world’s drug control agencies.

In 2005, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction established an early-warning system to track the appearance of new drugs on the continent. In its first years, the number of new psychoactive substances in Europe held fairly steady, hovering around 10 per annum. But in 2009 the figures began a steady ascent: from 24 new substances reported that year to 41 in 2010, 49 in 2011, 74 in 2012, and 81 in 2013.

Worldwide, more than 350 new substances are now marketed as alternatives to marijuana, amphetamines, and other drugs, branded with names like bath salts, Spice, K2, and Blaze, according to the


United Nation’s drug control agency. In the United States, by 2012, over 11 percent of high school seniors were reporting that they had tried at least one of these new psychoactive substances, usually a synthetic cannabinoid designed to substitute for pot. That made synthetic marijuana the second most popular class of drugs among American teens, after marijuana itself.

Drug control has always been a Sisyphean task. The use of mind-altering substances and techniques is regarded by anthropologists as a “human universal”—a cultural practice as basic to societies in every region and every period in history as trade, religion, and folklore. And after more than a trillion dollars spent, the American war on drugs has not put much of a dent in the trafficking and consumption of the substances oursubstances occurred only through contact with other cultures. These new drugs were often banned in moral panics that associated their use with foreigners or racial minorities—as opium, cocaine, and marijuana were here in America—and not because they were rationally or scientifically compared against the favored substances of the dominant group. Our current drug control regime—with its track record of racially imbalanced incarceration and monumental expense—is, in large part, a legacy of this process. New Zealand is the first country to try something different.

As a result, the eyes of the drug control establishment are fixed on a small island nation best known as the backdrop for the Hobbit movies. Which is even more surprising when you consider how the country came to its unprecedented position, and the person who


countries, New Zealand had embraced the principle of harm reduction, which accepts that some drug use will always occur and aims to minimize the damage associated with it, rather than focusing solely on cutting off supply. In this case, Bowden argued, the best way to cut harm, and drive down demand for dangerous products, was to come up with safer drugs that could be clearly, credibly marketed as such.

New Zealand is a small country of 4.5 million people with a small government occasionally capable of surprising level-headedness. When the Ministry of Health responded to the uproar by ordering an expert committee to study BZP, one member of the team was Dr. Doug Sellman, a former director of New Zealand’s National Addiction Centre at the University of Otago inhad long had some competitors who copied his success with BZP-based products. But now that the government had given its implicit blessing, the floodgates opened. In the absence of regulations, entrepreneurs would buy a kilogram or two of pure BZP from chemists in China or India, cut it, and distribute it in bags. Some sold BZP in extremely high doses. Users began taking the drug to extend alcohol binges.

By 2006, 40 percent of New Zealand men between the ages of 18 and 24 reported having used party pills at least once in the past year, and one in a hundred party pill users reported having visited an emergency room as a result of their drug use, often with symptoms like seizures, shaking, and confusion. The retail market was


his long hair and took to wearing suits—he drew his primary income from the group, serving as a full-time official spokesman for the legal highs industry, arguing for regulation and reform.

He has been surprisingly effective. For all his manifest oddness, Bowden is disarmingly intelligent. (He was something of a prodigy as a youth, entering university at age 16 to study music, math, and computer science.) And over the years, he has gradually acquired a reputation as a smart, responsible businessman. Donald Hannah, a regulatory expert in New Zealand, regards most sellers of legal highs as “very clearly bordering on the dark side of society.” He sees Bowden, however, as one of the few manufacturers “who want to do it properly.”

Banning a whole possible universe of drugs is, itto the push for regulation.

As it became clear that the new legal highs market was dwarfing the old market for BZP, the coalition in favor of regulation grew. Bowden hired Chen Palmer—a law firm headed by a former prime minister—to serve as a lobbying arm. Together, they helped draft the language of what would become the Psychoactive Substances Act of 2013.

As public demands for action heated up, Bowden’s more politically mainstream allies made the case that regulation was the only way to keep the drugs out of the hands of kids and protect consumers. Proponents of the proposed law presented it not as a call for legalization, but as a kind of crackdown—a measure that would make the industry responsible for proving that its products were safe. “We


numbers.)

On its face, the sharp drop-off in retail outlets might have seemed like a win for the forces of regulation. Police, for one, said the market was much easier to keep tabs on. But the optics of the situation were terrible. Users concentrated near the few stores that remained, and so too did the TV cameras. Suddenly the legal highs business was more visible than ever. Video images of young, unhealthy people lining up outside legal highs shops “created the public impression of it being this huge problem,” Dunne says.

Matt Bowden. (Photo: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)

As it happened, 2014 was a national election year in New Zealand, which was another bad break for the Psychoactive Substances Act. Journalists and politicians called the policy a disaster. Incumbent politicians claimed thatGlobal Commission on Drug Policy, which includes the former presidents of Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Poland, Portugal, and Switzerland. Uruguay has fully legalized cannabis, and Jamaica is back to planning for decriminalization.

In the meantime, new psychoactive substances continue to be invented, and continue to do harm—building pressure on governments to come up with a response that actually works. CNN reported recently on the deaths of two American teenagers who had taken a new synthetic substitute for LSD, one far more deadly than the original, in 2012. And according to a 2014 U.S. government report, the number of American emergency room visits linked to synthetic cannabis-like drugs more than doubled between 2010 and 2011, from just over 11,000 to almost 29,000.

If nothing else, the next country that tries to


. It was earlier launched in 2011, 2012, 2014 (twice) and 2015. All the missions were successful.

PSLV C37 launched by ISRO

PSLV, the third generation launch vehicle in India, has many success stories in its bag. This time, it broke records. The PSLV C37 carried a total of 104 satellites from seven countries and was successful in its mission. It was launched on February 15, 2017 from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The maximum number of satellite- 37 launched before this was by Russia’s Dnepr in 2014. The launch mission took 29 minutes in all. With its success, it bagged the world record for launching the largest number of satellites.

INS Viraat decommissioned

Referred as ‘mother’ in the West, INS Viraat was the world’s oldest aircraft carrier. It holds the Guinness world recordfor the same. In March 2017, Indian Navy decommissioned it at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. The centaur-class carrier served in the navy for 30 years. The motto of INS Viraat is “Jalamev Yasya Balmev Tasya” (one who controls the sea is all powerful). Before being officially decommissioned in March this year, it sailed for the last time from Mumbai to Kochi in the year 2016.

PSLV C38’s launch

After the launch of PSLV C37, PSLV C38 followed. It was the 40th mission of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and deployed 31 satellites in space. It carried India’s mapping satellite Cartosat 2E.30 other satellites were also included in the same mission. These satellites were not only from India but also from Japan, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Austria, Italy, etc. Among all


the foreign satellites, there was one Indian satellite called NIUSAT that was produced by 200 students from the Noorul Islam University.

DRDO developed250 KW high power batteries

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation developed 250 KWs silver oxide zinc batteries for the heavy weight torpedo Varunsatra. Varunsatra is the first indigenous heavy weight electric torpedo. The batteries required to support the same needed to be upgraded from the standard 100KW to 250 KW. To meet the requirements, DRDO developed its own primary and secondary batteries with large amount of silver.

Mangalyan completes 4 years

Initially designed for only six months, Mangalyan went on to complete its fourth year in space this year. Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was launched by ISRO in November 2013 from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Although it costed almost atenth of NASA’s Mars mission Maven, it surpassed its expectations. Mangalayan remains as one of the most prestigious achievements of all time, as India became the first country in the world to have successfully reached Mars in a single attempt. In June 2017, Mangalyan successfully completed 388 orbits around the red planet.

Mi-8 helicopters faded out

MI-8 helicopters, commissioned in the Indian Air Force in 1972, were considered the backbone of the helicoper operations. In December 2017, the helicopter fleet was phased out and the ceremony was held at Bengaluru’s Air Force Station at Yelanhanka. The MI-8 helicopters were a part of missions like Operation Meghdoot in Siachen Glacier and Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka. The fleet had advanced capabilities in its time. It had the capabilities to function in


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Accommodation at BSMS

As of 2013, BSMS students have the choice of staying in halls, either at Stanmer Court at the University of Sussex or Paddock Fields at the University of Brighton Falmer Campus, or going private. This change is due to changes in term dates at the University of Sussex. The two university campuses are next to each other, separated by the railway line. Teaching takes place on both campuses, with clinical teaching at the Brighton site 1 day a week and lectures on the Sussex site 4 days a week.

All new medics who choose BSMS as their firm choice, and meet the conditions of their offer are guaranteed accommodation at Falmer, providing they meet the housing application deadline.

University of Sussex Accommodation

General Information

The University of Sussex offers aUniversity of Brighton has space of 1,900 people to live in halls each year and has halls of residence and spread over Brighton and Eastbourne, however as of 2013 medics are restricted to Paddock fields and can go catered or self catered. Priority accommodation at Brighton University will be allocated to first time undergraduates who have firmly accepted an offer.

Falmer

The Falmer campus is one of the main campuses of the University of Brighton and is based just outside the outskirts of Brighton 8 minutes away from the city centre by train. There are two halls of residences located here, Paddock Fields for medics and undergrads,and Great Wilkins for postgrads and mature students. Facilities include the student's union bar, the Falmer Library and the new University of Brighton Sports


security forces.

In November, Saleh signed an agreement in Saudi Arabia, according to which he pledged to resign after next year's elections. In return, he was promised immunity from prosecution for crimes such as the killing of protesters during his rule.

But going forward, there are several issues for the US in Yemen.

Firstly, there is the ongoing fight against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Penninsula (AQAP), which the US calls a great threat to American security. It was in Yemen that accused al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki became the first US citizen to be killed in a CIA drone strike.

Another issue is the Yemeni government's ongoing struggle against the Houthi fighters in the north. Both, Saleh and the Saudi government accuse Iran of supporting the Houthis - a charge denied by thefighters as well as Tehran.

"The motivation is to distance Saleh from political developments in Yemen, to allow them to proceed in a more positive direction, and to get through this critical period between now and the elections. And the argument is if you get Saleh into the United States, that will facilitate that transition."

- Edmond Hull, a former US ambassador to Yemen

And as elsewhere in the region, the question that remains for Washington is: Will a truly democratic government give the US permission to continue its covert war against its perceived enemies, most notably its campaign of drone strikes in Yemen?

Although Saleh was injured in a rocket attack in June and he is still recovering from his wounds, he denied that was the reason for wanting to travel


to the US.

So if Saleh travels to the US, would it be seen as White House support for a despot with blood on his hands? And what is the future of US policy in Yemen?

Inside Story Americas discusses with guests: Abdullah Al-Saidi, Yemen's former ambassador to the United Nations and a senior fellow at the International Peace Institute; Edmond Hull, a former US ambassador to Yemen and author of a book on al-Qaeda in Yemen; and Andrew Exum, a Middle East analyst and blogger and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

"I will go to the United States. Not for treatment, because I'm fine, but to get away from attention, cameras, and allow the unity government to prepare properly for elections. I want toWhat It’s Like To Be In Bangkok After the Death of HM The King Bhumibol Adulyadej

The hustle and bustle of Bangkok remain, but the once-colorful city has become a greyscale place where all are mourning the passing of their beloved king, His Majesty The King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

At 88 years old, he was the longest reigning constitutional monarch in history. During much of his 70-year reign, he worked hard at improving the quality of life for thai people. He went where no other monarch of Thailand had ever gone, to the countryside and to the southern provinces, touching all corners of the country that was under his rule.

“There seemed no end to the good works in which King Bhumibol was involved,” reports The Telegraph. “They ranged from lettuce farms


and cottage industries such as silk or cotton weaving to dams, schools, clinics and even rain generation plants. The King himself led development programmes in the poorest parts of the country and funded many of them from his own private funds. Successful projects would be passed on to the government for further development.”

King Bhumipol also had a registered patent for the Chai Pattana Aerator Model RX 2, which is used to treat polluted water in Thailand. The King also chose to not live an extravagant lifestyle, and even used his own wealth to fund community projects.

Because the King was so dedicated to his people, the mourning of his death is genuine throughout the country. Out on the streets, most people are wearing black, some are wearing white orBrain drain and poverty hamper eastern Europe's Covid-19 response

Romanian military personnel set up a mobile hospital in the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania. Romania’s doctors and nurses have started speaking out against shortcomings in the fight against the new coronavirus. Photograph: Getty

Two airliners that landed at a virus-becalmed Vienna airport this week exposed the gulf between how rich and poor parts of Europe are able to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.

The planes arrived from the Bulgarian capital Sofia and the western Romanian city of Timisoara, and they carried a total of 231 health workers from those countries who will help care for elderly people in Lower Austria.

The regional authority chartered the planes to ensure that virus-related border closures in central Europe did not lead to shortages of health staff,


3,183 confirmed cases of the virus have occurred in the northern Suceava county, where about 200 of those infected are medical workers. The country of 19 million has registered 122 deaths from Covid-19.

Suceava’s main emergency hospital was closed for disinfection and its manager sacked for allegedly mishandling the outbreak. His replacement resigned after less than a week, however, leading the government to put a military doctor in charge of the facility, where at least 30 patients have died from the virus.

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis assured staff at the hospital this week that protective equipment and other supplies were on the way, and he called on the government to tap EU funds to pay a €500 monthly bonus to every medic treating Covid-19 patients.

Dozens of doctors and nurses haveMatewan Massacre

In January 1920, the United Mine Workers of America launched a major campaign to organize the non-union coalfields of southern West Virginia. Along the West Virginia-Kentucky line, some 3,000 miners responded by joining the union and, under coal company policies forbidding employment of union miners, were discharged from their jobs. Hundreds also were forced to vacate their company-owned homes, and many who refused were forcibly evicted by hated Baldwin-Felts detectives.

On May 19, 1920, 13 Baldwin-Felts detectives, including Al and Lee Felts, brothers of one of the agency founders, arrived in the Mingo County town of Matewan on the Tug Fork to evict striking miners and their families from company houses. The detectives, under an intermittent drizzle, forced several families, including women and children, from their homes at


gunpoint and dumped their belongings out on the road. Word of the evictions enraged area miners, who began arming themselves.

Matewan’s police chief, Sid Hatfield, 27, a strike supporter, tried to stop the evictions as being unauthorized by law. At 4:00 p.m., as the detectives prepared to leave, Hatfield, accompanied by Matewan Mayor Cable C. Testerman and a host of angry miners, confronted Al Felts near the Matewan railroad station and tried to arrest him. Felts, in turn, tried to arrest Hatfield. As the men argued, shooting started.

Hatfield admitted he fired but said Al Felts shot first. A number of the miners and several detectives joined in. When it ended a minute or two later, ten people—seven Baldwin-Felts detectives (including both Felts brothers), two miners, and Mayor Testerman—had beenfatally shot.

Hatfield and 17 strikers were tried for murder in early 1921 and were all acquitted; such was the hatred of the detective agency. The Matewan Massacre is often cited as the opening of the West Virginia Mine War of 1920–21, which escalated into an armed conflict involving thousands after Hatfield’s murder at Welch later in 1921.

e-WV presents West Virginia Public Broadcasting on the Matewan Massacre


State University, United States

[^2]: Reviewed by: Sheila Lorenzo De La Peña, Florida State Hospital, United States; Amy Bucciarelli, University of Florida, United States

[^3]: This article was submitted to Clinical and Health Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
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Images of Right Sectors Azov Battalion –

Please see previous Clarity of Signal posts to learn more about Igor Kolomoisky who is also the President of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine. In 2010 he was appointed as the President of the European Council of Jewish Communities.

Now to fully understand the scale of the Azov battalions military operations in Ukraine, I present the following videos from their own Azov Media You Tube channels posted in June 2015 showing the vehicles and equipment that have been supplied to them by complicit western governments.

The following link features over 20 videos which provide a pragmatic/realistic view of the fascist make-up and characteristics of the Ukrainian military battalions that the EU, US, Canada and Australia have been supporting, financing and weaponizing since


the start of the Ukrainian coup/conflict in 2014.

Excerpt:
Last June, Congress passed a resolution intended to block American military funding for Ukraine from being used to provide training or weaponry for the Azov Battalion. Congress is reported to have recently repealed its ban on a Ukrainian militia accused of being neo-Nazi, opening the way for American military assistance.

Last June, Congress passed a resolution intended to block American military funding for Ukraine from being used to provide training or weaponry for the Azov Battalion, an independent unit that had been integrated into the former Soviet Republic’s national guard and was taking part in operations against Russian- backed rebels. Called a “neo-Nazi paramilitary militia” by Congressmen John Conyers Jr. and Ted Yoho, who cosponsored the bipartisan amendment, the battalion has beena source of controversy since its inception.

With the neo-Nazi Wolfsangel symbol on its unit flash – which resembles a black swastika on a yellow background – and founders drawn from the ranks of the paramilitary national socialist group called “Patriot of Ukraine,” the group would have been a fringe phenomenon in any Western nation, but with its army unequipped to face the separatist threat in the east, Kiev actually integrated Azov into its military forces.

According to a report in The Nation, the Pentagon lobbied the House Defense Appropriations Committee to remove the Conyers-Yoho amendment from the 2016 defense budget, claiming it was unnecessary as such funding was already prohibited under another law.

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Additional link from The Nation showing US financing of Ukrainian fascist military units:

Now, considering that Newsweek


decided to glorify Nazi sniper Mikael Skillt, let me show you what an an Azov battalion sniper hiding in the woods near Slavyansk did to a 30 year old school teacher Irina Boevets who was simply standing on her balcony in May 2014 waiting for her husband to come home. SHE WAS USED BY AN AZOV SNIPER …….FOR TARGET PRACTICE…..shot in the head and killed for no known reason whatsoever.

A 30-year-old civilian woman died after being shot in the head by sniper fire while standing on her balcony in Slavyansk. RT’s Paula Slier visited shocked relatives of the victim, who say a Ukrainian army sniper is responsible, though they don’t know why. Slier arrived to the small Slavyansk apartment just hours after Irina was murdered, a large poolof blood still marking the floor of the balcony. A hospital nurse earlier confirmed that the woman died of a gunshot wound to her head.

The apartment, located on the sixth floor of a small block of flats, appeared to be away from the recent fighting in Slavyansk, and no barricades or checkpoints could be seen anywhere near the area.

Irina, who was head of a department at a technical college in Slavyansk, never took part in any protests or fighting. However, when standing on her balcony and waiting for her husband to come home from a nearby garage, the woman was targeted by an unidentified sniper. Neighbors said they heard a popping sound coming from the trees opposite her window.

Slier spoke to the family of the victim, still in


they were taken to SBU premises and officially charged. OHCHR has consistently observed that the SBU fails to inquire into the condition of detainees and the circumstances of their capture. This pattern of conduct suggests that SBU investigators may either be involved in certain cases of arbitrary detention, or fail to act to prosecute perpetrators.

59. A resident of Mariupol was detained by three servicemen of the ‘Azov’ battalion on 28 January 2015 for supporting the ‘Donetsk people’s republic’. He was taken to the basement of Athletic School No. 61 in Mariupol, where he was held until 6 February 2015. He was continuously interrogated and tortured. He complained about being handcuffed to a metal rod and left hanging on it, he was reportedly tortured with electricity, gas mask andsubjected to waterboarding and he was also beaten in his genitals. As a result he confessed about sharing information with the armed groups about the locations of the Government checkpoints. Only on 7 February, he was taken to the Mariupol SBU, where he was officially detained.

60. Allegations of torture and ill-treatment are rarely investigated. There are few prospects for accountability for abuses perpetrated by members of law enforcement agencies. In some cases, attempts by victims of torture to complain to judges in the course of a hearing have been met with inaction and callousness, with judges frequently ignoring or dismissing complaints, revealing the judiciary’s lack of impartiality.

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This is the You Tube channel of terrorist and al- Nusra Front information disseminator Bilal Abdul Kareem who promotes the leader of


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The following articles proving such were all published by Dutch media outlets in late January 2016. This story was completely ignored by western media and did not even have an English article available on Google during the time it came out. I located them by scanning through Dutch media articles at the time and using Google translate.

From Google translate. A Minimum of Four Radar Systems Should Have Images of MH17 Disaster
By Michael van der Galien January 22, 2016

Professor and radar expert Piet van Genderen, TU Delft, says that at least four radars should have picked up the images of flight MH17 being downed.

That is a remarkable statement because it proves the government has no radar images and also has not been able to get their hands on them.the true nature of the Kiev regime and its fascist battalions that took power in Ukraine on February 20th, 2014, and thus, also reveals that they were quite capable of killing innocent civilians and falsely portraying events in order to fit their barbaric Ukrainian takeover agenda. Like a mirror from the past, the Kiev regimes false flags in Odessa and Mariupol carry ghostly echoes of the German Reichstag Fire and other atrocities carried out by the Nazis during the time of World War II. Thus, they should be considered as the primary suspects in the shootdown of flight MH-17.

I hope my highlighting this important video series will help wake people up to the strong likelihood that it was actually fascist troops operating under the control of the coup


imposed Kiev regime that shot down Malaysian Airlines flight MH-17 on July 17th, 2014, as a false flag to be used as a reason to implement western sanctions against Russia. The innocent deceased from the war, and the family members of the victims aboard flight MH-17, still deserve justice. Due to the coverups by the corrupt western media and government entities, true justice for the victims, those affected by the crime, and the world as a whole, is yet to be served.

For reference:

False statement by US Senator John McCain (31 second mark): US Senator John McCain states on CNN that Ukrainians do not possess BUK missile capability.

August 27, 2014 Corbett Report Presentation on MH-17 evidence from the time of the shootdown –

The following post features over 20 videosof the United States of America (399,650 ₴) and by George Soros International Renaissance Foundation (247,860).[13] By June 2014 Hromadske TV had received another 558,842₴ from the Government of Canada, 394,181₴ from the Fritt Ord Foundation, 287,898₴ from the Embassy of the United States, Kiev, 207,402₴ from an auction organized by ‘Dukat’ (the Auction House) and 1,875,180₴ from individual contributors.[15]

GEORGE SOROS – FATHER OF PRO-UKROP PROPAGANDA
The Soros Foundation is behind the “Ukrainian Crisis Media Center” and NGO- International Renaissance Foundation (IRF).

George Soros on March 31, 2014: “Agreement on the strategic communications issue—providing professional PR assistance to Ukrainian government would be very useful. Gave an overview of the Crisis Media Center set up by IRF and the need for Yatseniuk to do more interviews with them that address directly


around to mentioning the fact that their ‘reporter’ Simon Ostrovsky was riding around daily with Azov battalion members who had Nazi symbols on their clothing and helmets. He made no mention of the fact that they were firing on the homes of innocent people in the breakaway regions of Donbass. Thanks to Vice News flashy, state-of-the-art editing and filming techniques, they were made to look like regular friendly guys who are simply looking out for their fellow citizens well being.

The StormCloudsGathering You Tube channel reported the truth about the fascist, pro-nazi battalions and the origins of the conflict back in March 2014.

Proof that the Azov battalion receives funding from the Untied States:

Excerpt:
Last June, Congress passed a resolution intended to block American military funding for Ukraine from being usedto provide training or weaponry for the Azov Battalion. Congress is reported to have recently repealed its ban on a Ukrainian militia accused of being neo-Nazi, opening the way for American military assistance.

Last June, Congress passed a resolution intended to block American military funding for Ukraine from being used to provide training or weaponry for the Azov Battalion, an independent unit that had been integrated into the former Soviet Republic’s national guard and was taking part in operations against Russian- backed rebels. Called a “neo-Nazi paramilitary militia” by Congressmen John Conyers Jr. and Ted Yoho, who cosponsored the bipartisan amendment, the battalion has been a source of controversy since its inception.

With the neo-Nazi Wolfsangel symbol on its unit flash – which resembles a black swastika on a yellow


background – and founders drawn from the ranks of the paramilitary national socialist group called “Patriot of Ukraine,” the group would have been a fringe phenomenon in any Western nation, but with its army unequipped to face the separatist threat in the east, Kiev actually integrated Azov into its military forces.

According to a report in The Nation, the Pentagon lobbied the House Defense Appropriations Committee to remove the Conyers-Yoho amendment from the 2016 defense budget, claiming it was unnecessary as such funding was already prohibited under another law.

end excerpt

Additional links showing US financing of Ukrainian fascist military units:

The video below shows the US, EU, Canadian and George Soros financed Hromadske TV promoting and giving air time to Bogdan Butkevych who is a fascist propaganda disseminator for the Rightof gaining a global chess piece for their elite globalist masters who run NATO.

Sadly, the Telegraph Uk did cover this nefarious and shameful subject in 2014, yet they failed to continue to report truthfully on events in Ukraine after that time. Link here:

As Ukraine’s armed forces tighten the noose around pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, the western-backed government in Kiev is throwing militia groups – some openly neo-Nazi – into the front of the battle.
The Azov battalion has the most chilling reputation of all. Last week, it came to the fore as it mounted a bold attack on the rebel redoubt of Donetsk, striking deep into the suburbs of a city under siege.

But Kiev’s use of volunteer paramilitaries to stamp out the Russian-backed Donetsk and


peace by launching a military operation on one of the most revered anniversaries in the Russian-speaking half of the country, the commemoration of victory over Nazi Germany. The military action is accompanied by stridently aggressive rhetoric from politicians in Kiev who are crowing about the numbers of “terrorists” killed and threatening further lethal punishment. There are two conflicting narratives. The Kiev administration’s version is that a mob had taken over the central police station, with the primary aim of getting hold of its extensive armoury, and then opened fire on government troops, killing some policemen in the process.

Residents, as well as protesters, insist this is a lie. The police, they maintain, had shown great sympathy towards them, and the Ukrainian military, with a band of armed fellow travellers,automatic weapons attacked the police headquarters. About 20 terrorists were destroyed and four taken prisoner. To those who come with weapons and who shoot… To them there can be only one answer from the Ukrainian state – annihilation.”

Mr Avakov also stresses the involvement of several branches of security in the mission, including special forces, National Guard and the army. This is seen as an attempt to assuage criticism in Kiev and western Ukraine of the “anti-terrorist offensive”. But Mariupol has also become the arena for a number of shadowy bunches of gunmen. Two days ago, a unit in black combat uniform carried out unprovoked assaults on protesters outside another police station. There have been contradictory accounts about who they were from Kiev authorities – National Guard, special forces,


Ministry of Interior police. One theory is that they were mercenaries bankrolled by Igor Kolomoisky, an oligarch and Ukrainian nationalist, who had previously offered a bounty for the capture of Russian “agents”.

Link to ITV UK report showing the fascist battalions taking over the city of Mariupol on May 9th, 2014 –

Like a scene from Nazi Germany – Rare video shows fascist troops taking over the city of Mariupol in May 2014.

The entire anti-Russian narrative about Ukraine has been a well-orchestrated, massive lie. There never was a Russian invasion. It never occurred. Instead, there was a genocide of the ethnic Russian Ukrainian population in Donbass carried out by the fascist military forces of the Kiev regime that is financed by the US, EU and western powers. That is thegreatest enemy of the State.”

Joseph Goebbels, German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.

The massacre at Kiev’s Maidan was a major turning point in the Ukrainian crisis in which the BBC played a key role on reporting of events. This post will examine the BBC video reports of reporter Gabriel Gatehouse as he covered the Maidan sniper massacre and it will demonstrate that the videos his team filmed clearly show that Gatehouse’s own on camera acceptance of an undercover British forensic investigative team version of events fails to match his own personal experience of being shot at by a sniper in the Hotel Ukraine, a sniper, who incidentally, was not included in the ‘official’ investigation final report conducted by the post coup


Kiev based government of Ukraine.

At the time of the Maidan Massacre on February 20, 2014, the Hotel Ukraine was occupied and controlled by opposition forces including the Right Sector neo-nazi groups led by Andriy Parubiy that were the frontline foot soldiers being used as a battering ram against the Yankovich led government.

In the following video filmed on February 20th, 2014, we see Gabriel Gatehouse and his BBC team clearly shot at from the Hotel Ukraine at the 2:35 mark. The BBC report verifies snipers were in the Hotel Ukraine behind protesters. Gatehouse even goes so far as to identify the room the shooters are located in, stating ” from one of the upper windows of the hotel a shot rang out…….up there, yes….our hotel…..upper window 5th row frombehind it over there (points at government side) they were shooting directly down this road in the direction of the hotel where we were staying (camera then pans towards the Hotel Ukraine) and the square beyond”. Gatehouse makes no mention whatsoever of the sniper that shot at his crew in the previous BBC videos taken on February 20th, 2014. The rest of the video features interviews with members of the groups who took over the city and a short BBC expose’ on deposed Ukrainian President Victor Yankovich’s estate.

The following BBC video was released a full year later on February 12, 2015 and finally features Gabriel Gatehouse revealing there were snipers shooting from other buildings than the ones the anonymous British forensic team cited. The BBC video makes no


Hotel Ukraine was that morning largely under the control of government forces, but the conservatory building several hundred meters away was firmly in the hands of protesters.” Later in the BBC video, a new narrative is introduced about a sniper in the conservatory building. The statement that the Hotel Ukraine was under government control is obviously inaccurate due to the fact that Gabriel Gatehouse had already previously identified a green helmeted protester in the window that he pointed out in this video and previous videos. He also had stated previously that the Hotel Ukraine was occupied by protestors as a makeshift medical facility. Yet, strangely, in this fourth video he refers to it as a building under the control of government forces. Then he interviews Andriy Parubiy againlook more deeply into this terrible tragedy that has now led to the New Cold War between the United States and Russia.

The best place to start is here:

The “Snipers’ Massacre” on the Maidan in Ukraine
by Ivan Katchanovski, Ph.D. School of Political Studies University of Ottawa

September 2014 German TV investigation disproves the West’s claim that Yanukovych was responsible for killing of dozens of Ukrainian protestors. (English Subs)

Linked below is the most shocking video showing the sniper killings up close (Graphic Warning). This particular group of victims appear to have all been shot from behind by the snipers in the Hotel Ukraine, the evidence proving such (trees with bullets lodged in them showing azimuth of fire) were removed not long after the massacre. The fact that these victims were all


sent forth from the Hotel Ukraine with no firearms of their own is also cause for suspicion on the actions of Andriy Paruiby and his Right Sector soldiers who were occupying the Hotel Ukraine.

No proper investigation has ever been conducted by the Kiev regime that performed a coup utilizing neo-nazi battalions and took control of the Ukrainian government in February 2014. For those looking for more regarding the US instigated New Cold War with Russia please see my CoS posts on Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Grand Chessboard and implementation of the war in Ukraine.

These are the current videos coming out of the war zone where American investigative journalist Patrick Lancaster is located and has been reporting on the killing of Donbass civilians by the Ukrainian army who have been relentlesslyschool was evacuated..

Breaking News: Woman killed by artillery fire in Donetsk (ENG SUBS)
Published on Jan 31, 2017
BREAKING NEWS Str. Nedelina, Donetsk 45 woman, Lyudmila Tretyakova, born in 1947, At 12:30 PM she died in her bed when numerous shrapnel impacts from Ukraine shelling her home.

4th civilians in 3 days has been killed by Ukraine shelling in the Donetsk area
Published on Feb 1, 2017
For the 3 rd day in a row civilians have been killed by Ukraine artillery fire in the Donetsk area,( Makeevka), 4 in 3 days. Today 39 year old Serkova Valentine Ivanovna has lost her life when a shell hit the coal shed that she was retrieving coal to heat her house from. After the impact she was almost completely buried in coal.

Proof Ukraine forces fired


reports which strangely neglect to ever conclude that the Ukrainian army is the entity that fired on the civilian homes where people were killed. This has been going on for the past 2 years and 7 months. The OSCE is complicit in the coverup of the warcrimes.

More civilians affected over the last few months. Once again there was no reporting of these warcrimes in any western media.

Pregnant mother of 3 home destroyed by artillery (Eng Subs)
Published on Dec 1, 2016
Anna mother of 3 home was destroyed by artillery in the front line town of Zaitsevo

Patrick’s You Tube channel features dozens of videos of civilian homes hit by Ukrainian army shelling….

German Media Suspects Kiev of Deliberately Fueling Conflict in Donbass
February 1, 2017

Berlin authorities suspect that Poroshenko bears responsibility forhas averaged just 15 minutes and 5.5 points over 23 games with New York this season.

12/23/2013 6:26:00 PM

Description: According to Ian Begley of ESPN New York, Knicks forward Metta World Peace (knee) says he plans to undergo a PRP blood spinning procedure to improve his knee on Jan. 6.

Insight: World Peace said he's had his knee drained "maybe five" times since training camp. He hasn't been playing enough to be a fantasy option anyway, but his absence may open the door for Tim Hardaway Jr. to help owners.

12/23/2013 12:42:00 PM

Description: New York forward Metta World Peace participated in the team's morning shootaround but he isn't expected to play Monday versus the Magic. SOURCE: Steve Popper, The Record

Insight: World Peace sat out Saturday's game with a knee ailment. He