Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Fergal Keane: "Two young activists have concreted themselves in"

Bailiffs have arrived at the UK's largest illegal traveller site at Dale Farm in Essex and urged campaigners to stop obstructing the eviction process.

About 20 men in blue jackets marked "Enforcement Officer" then moved away from the site.

A spokesman for the bailiffs said he was concerned a structure erected by the campaigners had the potential to "put people's lives in danger".

As many as 400 people have been living on the 51 unauthorised caravan plots.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Councillor Tony Ball: "I would much rather we reached a peaceful solution"

Meanwhile in London, 72-year-old traveller Mary Flynn, who suffers breathing problems, lost her last ditch appeal court bidand not have the interests of the travellers at heart," he said.

"I have also been told that these protesters on the site now outnumber the travellers."

He added: "The overwhelming number of callers to the council support our action and approach."

The cleared site would also be left so that it could not be re-entered, he said.

Essex Police said their presence at Dale Farm was intended to keep the peace and ensure anyone breaking the law was dealt with but no arrests had been made so far.

'Elderly and sick'

Supporters inside the site said they wanted Basildon Council to provide 62 plots to temporarily house those made homeless while planning permission was sought for other sites.

Image caption Travellers and campaigners have been protesting from a platform at the site

The council said


it had so far received 56 homelessness applications.

The Liberal Democrat chairman of the All Party Parliamentary group for Gypsy Roma travellers, Andrew George, said he had hoped the dispute could be resolved through negotiation.

But he said he was also aware the traveller issue was a national one as there were not enough legal sites for them to go to.

Travellers inside Dale Farm reacted angrily to claims that only activists remain inside the perimeter.

Resident Kathleen McCarthy said: "The elderly and sick are here and we will stay. That bluff won't work with us."

At the High Court on Monday afternoon Mrs Flynn's appeal was rejected by Lord Justice Pill.

Her counsel, Stephen Cottle, said she was "too frail" to be evicted, and "dispossessing" her of her land would be "disproportionate" underhuman rights laws.

But Lord Justice Pill dismissed Mrs Flynn's application for permission to appeal against a High Court judge's refusal last month to grant a temporary injunction to halt or delay the evictions.

'To be avoided'

Jan Jarab, the European representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said he had made an offer to the British government to help with negotiations, citing his experience in similar situations elsewhere in Europe.

Mr Jarab was "informally told that wouldn't happen", he said.

"Obviously the forced eviction of hundreds of people including women and children is something to be avoided if there are alternatives," he said.

BBC correspondent Fergal Keane, who is inside the illegal part of the site, said: "There is now about an equal split between travellers and supporters. The travellers


are certainly grateful for the support of the activists."

It is thought many of the residents have moved to the legal area which is not subject to the eviction order.

Dale Farm is a former scrapyard that was bought by several traveller families who moved on to the site a decade ago.

Within a year other families had bought patches of land and moved their caravans there but it has been the council's case that this part of the site is greenbelt land.

These moves were brought to the attention of local council planners who applied for the people to be moved which sparked a long legal battle at the same time as more travellers arrived to make their homes on the site.

Travellers upgraded their homes by replacing caravans with chalets andSite Mobile Navigation

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Ezekiel J. Emanuel is an oncologist and former White House adviser who will be a professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania beginning in September. He will be contributing regularly to Op-Ed.

RIGHT now cancer care is being rationed in the United States.

Probably to their great disappointment, President Obama’s critics cannot blame this rationing on death panels or health care reform. Rather, it is caused by a severe shortage of important cancer drugs.

Of the 34 generic cancer drugs on the market, as of this month, 14 were in short supply. They include drugs that are the mainstay of treatment regimens used to cure leukemia, lymphoma and testicular cancer. As Dr. Michael Link, the president of the American Society of Clinical


A Swiss pacifist group says an 86-year old woman was detained Tuesday after she spray-painted "Money for Weapons Kills" in German on a wall at Switzerland's national bank, as part of a campaign to strip state financing for arms vendors.

Youniss Mussa, political secretary of "The Group for an Army-free Switzerland," said Louise Schneider was released unharmed after the incident in Bern during a demonstration to launch a petition against state involvement in arms dealings.

If the campaign succeeds to garner at least 100,000 signatures over 18 months, Switzerland would hold a referendum on banning state pension funds and the Swiss National Bank from investing in publicly-traded defense contractors selling arms abroad.

The group says such entities have holdings of 4-12 billion Swiss francs ($4-12 billion) in those companies.Pietermaritzburg - A man was killed when he was hit by a vehicle on the N3 near New England Road in Pietermaritzburg in the early hours of Saturday morning, paramedics said.

At about 1am, paramedics from ER24 arrived on the scene where they found the pedestrian with fatal injuries, ER24 spokesman Werner Vermaak said.

There was nothing that paramedics could do for him and he was declared dead on the scene. The local authorities attended the scene and would investigate, he said.

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With awards season in full swing and the Oscar nominations released earlier this week, the Arts can offer a good form of escapism away from the psychodrama that is the current state of UK politics. Yet the creative industries are at the very heart of why leaving the EU is such a bad prospect for the UK.

Britain is a leading force in Europe across sectors such as advertising, games development, music, film and fashion. The creative industries are estimated to be worth over £100bn to the UK economy, and growing at nearly twice the rate of the economy since 2010. They provide over 3.5 million jobs in the UK, which is a staggering one in 11 jobs across the country and one in eight businesses. The creative andmaking British businesses successful.”

The Creative Industries Foundation (CIF) highlighted that 96% of its membership was concerned about the restriction of ‘free movement of talent’ post-Brexit. Many in the AVMS sector collaborate with other creatives and organisations across EU member states.

As Prime Minister, David Cameron proclaimed: “Given that Britain has a leading role in music, film, television and the creative industries, completing the digital market is as important to us as completing the single market in cars is to Germany. It is absolutely vital to us.” And yet another Conservative government red line is for the UK to be outside of the DSM. The European Commission values a fully functioning DSM at €500bn – worth an additional €415bn to the EU economy. But the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement fails to


on frictional force, the frictional force is evaluated as an average of forces applied to the overall substrate surface, and there is no way to detect non-uniformity of the polishing in various locations on the substrate surface. In the technique for detecting an end point based on light reflectance, only a very small area is spotted with light and detected, and it is difficult to detect overall result of polishing on a wide area.Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000) believed that the key to cartooning was to take out the extraneous details and leave in only what’s necessary. For 50 years, from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000, Schulz wrote and illustratedPeanuts, the single most popular and influential comic strip in the world. In all, 17,897 strips were published, making it “arguably the longest story ever told by one human being,” according to Robert Thompson, professor of popular culture at Syracuse University. For Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, renowned designer Chip Kidd was granted unprecedented access to the extraordinary archives of the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, California. Reproducing the best of the Peanuts newspaper strip,all shot from the original art


Lions and tigers and fairs ...

NORWICH – The carnival rides laid still and wet as the last of the morning dew began to fade. In the distance the roar of some great beast called “Tractor” rang out as it competed for dominance with others of its species. A few lone figures stirred in the corners of the scenery preparing for the days events. It was 10 a.m. and I was at the fair.Pens Hope to Even Series vs. Sens This Afternoon

The Ottawa Senators started fast and never looked back in their series opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins. A similar performance in Game 2 would go a long way toward erasing some negative history.

Ottawa looks to win the first two games of a playoff series for the first time in franchise history Saturday as its Eastern Conference quarterfinal series continues at Scotiabank Place.

This is the 10th straight season the Senators have qualified for the playoffs, but they have advanced as far as the conference finals only once, losing to New Jersey in seven games in 2002-03.

Part of Ottawa's problem has been its inability to seize control of a series. The Senators have never held a 2-0 lead in a playoff series,


helped limit Crosby to three shots on goal.

"They did a really good job tonight," Senators coach Bryan Murray said of his top defensive pairing. "This is the way they've played all year. They've been solid throughout."

Also held in check was left wing Evgeni Malkin, a leading contender for the Calder Trophy as the league's top rookie. Malkin managed only an assist on Sergei Gonchar's third-period power-play goal that drew Pittsburgh within 6-2.

Crosby, who had a goal and three assists in four regular-season games against Ottawa, felt his team was too passive at the start.

"Instead of going out there and trying to set the tone ourselves, I think we tried go out there and feel things out," Crosby said. "When you do that, you get caught watching sometimes andunfortunately they were able to get a lead on us."

Pittsburgh's Marc-Andre Fleury, one of 13 Penguins making their playoff debuts, stopped 30 of 36 shots before he was replaced by Jocelyn Thibault midway through the third period with his team trailing 6-1.

Fleury is 2-5-0 with an ugly 5.07 goals-against average in eight career games against Ottawa.

"He gave up six goals but I'm glad the first game, his first playoff game in the NHL, is behind him," Penguins coach Michel Therrien said. "It's big for those kids. We're a team that's got a lot of attention all year long, first of all because of Sidney Crosby. Now the playoffs are another level."

Considering the way the Senators finished the regular season, it wasn't surprising to see them play so well


Fire destroys mobile home in Randolph

Fire destroys mobile home in Randolph

CLIMAX — A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a single-wide mobile home in northeastern Randolph County Thursday afternoon.

Two adults were home at the time, but neither was injured, according to Chief Gary McGee of the Climax Fire Department.

The residence, which was next door to 3458 Greeson Country Road, was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene of the 1:40 p.m. fire, McGee said. The fire was under control in about 10 minutes, with volunteers from Julian Fire Department assisting firefighters from the two Climax stations in extinguishing the fire.

The Randolph County Fire Marshal’s Office was called to determine the cause of the fire and the American Red Cross was on the scene assisting the family.

McGeeBenedict Cumberbatch, just back from his winter holiday in the Caribbean, was pumped Saturday afternoon on his way to the Palm Springs Festival awards gala, where he and the cast of "The Imitation Game" accepted the ensemble award.

"I've just had a first coffee since my holiday," he told Speakeasy by phone during the drive from L.A. "I don't know if you ever decaffed for awhile, because when you have it again, it's pretty strong. It's a very, very strong drug we drink in the morning."

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[The confidential enquiries into maternal deaths, 1996-2006 in France: what consequences for the obstetrical care?].
The national confidential enquiry into maternal deaths (ENCMM) and its committee (CNEMM) have the target to study all maternal deaths occurring in France, in order to expertise the care provided. The current report covers the 1996--year of the ENCMM establishment--to 2006 years. After being informed of the potential maternal deaths by the Epidemiological center on medical causes of deaths (CépiDC), and agreement from the medical doctors concerned, two assessors (one anesthetist and one obstetrician) gather the medical or obstetrical information near the team involved in the care of the women, by the mean of a detailed and specific questionnaire. The completely anonymous files are expertised by the CNEMM. Maternal mortality rates have been calculatedby periods, the distribution of the obstetrical causes and the characteristics of the dead women were calculated too. The substandard care and the avoidability of deaths were estimated by subgroup. Since 1996 to 2006, 729 maternal deaths were included of which 553 were expertised. The majority of maternal deaths were due to direct obstetrical causes (73%) mainly haemorrhages (22%), amniotic fluid embolism (12%), complications of hypertension (10 %), and venous thrombo-embolism (around 10 % each). Half of maternal deaths were considered preventable by the CNEMM, particularly haemorrhage and sepsis. The factors of avoidability are delay to treat (31%) inadapted therapeutics (28%), even professional default (20%) no diagnosis (15%) or reluctant patient (7%). Seven deaths are discussed in a specific section including a detailed description of, and recommendations on


pills were prescribed by Dr. Jones and manufactured by Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation. Mrs. Gilbert took these contraceptive pills for some six years when she was advised by Dr. Jones in June, 1970 that she had high blood pressure. In Mrs. Gilbert's deposition, she states that she purchased birth control pills in containers containing a three-month supply, and that she purchased two containers at a time. She further stated it was necessary to see Dr. Jones every six months to get a prescription for these contraceptive pills. On March 12, 1971, she saw Dr. Jones for the last time for this particular condition.
After seeing Dr. Jones on March 12, 1971, she also went to see Dr. Hal Bennett on that same day and was told by him that herblood pressure was 230/130 and that it was "severely high". Dr. Bennett suggested that she see a doctor of internal medicine and she then consulted Dr. Eugene Spiotta who admitted her to the hospital on March 17, 1971 for high blood pressure.
On March 29, 1971, Mrs. Gilbert was apprised by Dr. Spiotta of the causal relationship between her high blood pressure and the contraceptive pills, and she was advised to and did discontinue use of the contraceptive pills at that time.
On March 21, 1972, the complaint was filed in Circuit Court by Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert against both defendants alleging that the injury to Mrs. Gilbert was "severely high blood pressure with resulting heart damage".
The trial judge ruled that the causes of action of the plaintiffs were barred


that "insofar as products liability cases are concerned, the cause of action for injury to the person shall accrue on the date of the personal injury not the date of the sale of a product and in said products cases no person shall be deprived of his right to maintain his cause of action until one (1) year from the date of his injury and under no circumstances shall his cause of action be barred before he sustains an injury".
The most recent case bearing on the question of the statute of limitations in malpractice suits is an opinion by the Supreme Court of Tennessee on December 9, 1974 written by Justice Henry in the case of Teeters v. Currey, 518 S.W.2d 512, with a concurring opinion by JusticeThe FBI raided a Turkish-run charter school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana yesterday. No information has been given to the public except that there is no threat to public safety. The school is part of the network of Fethullah Gulen, a powerful Turkish Islamist residing in Pennsylvania.

The search took place at Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School, which had been under investigation since 2011 due to evidence of violations at another Gulen school in the state. Both Gulen-linked schools are part of the Pelican Educational Foundation.

The other school is the Abramson Science and Technology Center. Its charter was revoked by the state after an investigation found multiple disturbing incidents, including sexual abuses including an accusation of rape.

“We cannot afford to have a charter school operator in Louisiana that is


influential Muslim in the U.S. and the 11th most influential Muslim in the world. He fled to the U.S. in 1998 after the Turkish government charged him with trying to overthrow its secularism.

He has erected a parallel state in Turkey and was instrumental in enabling the Islamist takeover of the country. Gulen has since had a falling out with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan. Leaked documents show Erdogan’s government planned to act against Gulen’s network in Turkey.

Glen resides in a 28-acre compound in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania and has a reported net worth of $25 billion. He set up his first charter school in the U.S. in 1999 and now has 135 of them, making it the largest charter school network in the country.

Sharon Higgins, a researcher whoclosely follows the Gulen network, wrote a thoroughly referenced article about the network in the Washington Post in March 2012. The article states that “the United States is the only country where the Gulen Movement has been able to establish schools which are fully funded with public money.”

Philly.com spoke with Ruth Hocker, the former president of the parents’ group at the Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania Charter School in State College because of her experience with a Gulen school. Hocker’s statements substantiate the accusations of discrimination in staffing.

Hocker said that she learned that unqualified Turkish teachers were replacing the well-qualified American teachers that were originally hired. When questioned, the Gulen school officials claimed that the Turks were more qualified even though some of them weren’t even fluent in


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Joan dropped her keys in the bowl and noticed Sherlock standing in front of a new set of photos and information pinned to the wall. "New case?" she asked.

"Mmmm. Chief Petty Officer Miguel Hernandez disappeared during 'Fleet Week'. The Navy has declared him AWOL; his family believes there may have been foul play, and has reported him as a missing person."

Joan stepped up for a first look at the information. In the center was a photo of gorgeous Latino in his late twenties, dressed in Navy whites. "Wow. He's stunning. I had a girlfriend who celebrated Fleet Week like it was a national holiday – she would've stalked this guy across the city to buy him a drink."

"She would have been disappointed," Sherlock said. "Miguel 'came out'after the repeal of the DADT regulations. His mother believes Miguel may have been targeted because of his sexuality. She fears that even if the officers in charge of the investigation were open to the idea, Miguel's friends might not volunteer information to them."

"Does she have any reason, besides the fact he's gay?"

"Miguel had filed a harassment complaint and request for reassignment based on incidents on a previous ship. Apparently his current commanding officer and ship-mates are supportive, but his former ship was docked nearby during Fleet Week. Miguel returned to his ship early on Wednesday night, complaining to his bunk-mates he'd 'run into some assholes'. He left his ship Thursday afternoon, and has not been seen since."

"Was there an open investigation?" Joan asked. "That could provide a


United States at Eagle Pass, Texas, as an immigrant on November 10, 1962. He has been a resident alien since that time. He has a wife, a citizen of Mexico who presently is in the United States pursuant to a local border crossing card that was valid for seventy-two hours. Her right to remain in the United States was extended by the Board to October 15, 1967. Four children, one of which is deceased, were born in the United States and at the time of the proceedings below, lived with both parents in San Antonio, Texas. The petitioner was employed by Texaloy Foundry, at least at the time the hearing was held by the Special Inquiry Officer. The petitioner's father and mother, legally resident aliens, also are inthe United States. They accompanied him when he entered this country in 1962.

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According to the Board, "apart from assisting the aliens to enter illegally, respondent has apparently had a good record in the United States."

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The special inquiry officer, in ruling upon the petitioner's request for maximum relief, stated:

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Respondent is not eligible for suspension of deportation under section 244 (a) of the Act. He has no United States citizen or lawful resident spouse or child in this country, and in view of the nature of the offense, the benefits of Section 244(e) of the Act are not appropriate and will be denied.

The Board on review commented:

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We are not aware of any administrative relief which would enable respondent to remain in the United States legally for permanent residence. He is


not eligible for suspension of deportation (sec. 244(a) of the Act) if for no other reason than he does not have the seven years' presence required for such relief and has not shown that he is exempt from this requirement by reason of service in the armed forces of the United States. He is not eligible for adjustment of status (sec. 245(a) of the Act) because he is a native of a country of the Western Hemisphere. He is not eligible for creation of a record of lawful admission (sec. 249 of the Act) because he entered after June 30, 1948. He is ineligible to receive a visa since he is an alien who encouraged another alien to enter the United States in violation of law (sec. 212(a)Act, as amended in 1965, the Attorney General may, in his discretion, permit a record of lawful admission for permanent residence to be made by an alien, "if no such record is otherwise available and such alien shall satisfy the Attorney General that he is not inadmissible under section 1182(a) of this title insofar as it relates to criminals, procurers and other immoral persons, subversives, violators of the narcotics laws or smugglers of aliens, and he establishes that he — (a) entered the United States prior to June 30, 1948 * * *." 8 U.S.C. § 1259. The Board correctly ruled that Jesus Dominguez Cortez is not eligible for creation of a record of lawful admission because he entered the United States after June 30, 1948. A second


Then, in the 17th century, as shunga was coming into its own, Ihara Saikaku wrote a series of rollicking tales with such titles as Five Women Who Loved Love and The Great Mirror of Male Love, the last about passionate love between older and younger samurai. This was the period of the floating world of pleasure quarters populated by courtesans, the main subject matter of shunga and woodblock prints. The greatest was the Yoshiwara in Edo, now Tokyo. There a man could enjoy a night of fine food, music, dancing and witty conversation, and possibly sex, though he might have to spend a fortune and wait months before the courtesan agreed. The girls were highly educated and spent their time painting, writing poems and practising the incense ceremony.authors contributed to helpful discussions, read and approved the final manuscript.

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos: 31230073 and 31172316), the Open Funds of the State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Grant No. SKLVEB2013KFKT005), and a Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD) in the year of 2014. The authors thank Prof. Eskild Petersen at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, for his kind assistance in the preparation of our manuscript. The authors thank Dr. Sarah Smith at the Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, University of Texas, for her kind assistance in improving the English language of this manuscript.


been watching another horror-comedy called Get Out, because he saw a brilliant film “that sticks closely to genre convention even as its ribbing of white liberals hardens into a social point.”

Selma was another film with a 99 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes whose perfect score was spoiled by a critic from a conservative publication, this time Nigel Andrews of the Financial Times. Andrews, unlike every other reviewer, panned Selma as “a dead-as-a-plank re-enactment of a pietised ‘then’: a 50-year-old battle of ideals between Good Guys (MLK, LBJ in civil rights reform mode) and Bad Guys (Governor Wallace, keeping the Alabama hate fires burning) that seems exactly that: 50 years.”

Unsurprisingly, National Review’s White similarly hated the film (though he loved that jingoistic homage to endless war American Sniper). Whiteand laid charges in the deleted documents gas plants scandal that resulted in the conviction of the chief of staff to former Liberal premier Dalton McGuinty.

Read more: Toronto police unit commander Ron Taverner to head OPP

Taverner, 72, joined the Toronto police in 1967 and is currently superintendent to three suburban divisions in the city’s west end, an area the Ford family has called home for decades.

As unit commander of 23 Division, Taverner forged a relationship with Ford’s late brother, Rob Ford, while Rob was a city councillor. He has attended Ford family barbecues and informal breakfast meetings with the brothers. In 2016, he accompanied Doug Ford and Toronto police Chief Mark Saunders on a private plane to Chicago to take in a Blackhawks game, part of a prize


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Warren Steward Smith, 94, of Haskell, passed from this life on Sunday, September 23. He was born April 2, 1918 at Haskell to the late Henry Steward and Maude Belle Cornett Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of Mt. Harmony Missionary Baptist Church and a beloved member and life-long resident of the Haskell community. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, who loved spending time with his family and friends. Warren will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Doris Annette Smith, son, Warren Dale Smith, grandson, Robert David Newton, sisters, Ruby Smith, Jewell Smith and Marie Phillips.
He is survived by his daughters, Joyce Newton and husband Bob of Riverdale, Ga.,the leadership of Vladimir Putin. The enormous spending, dwarfing the sums spent to stage other Winter Olympic Games, has been justified as necessary to stage the most spectacular Olympics ever as well as to transform a sleepy and rundown Soviet summer resort into a world-class year-round tourist destination. Putting up journalists covering the games in dirty, poorly furnished and incomplete housing surely must be a PR disaster that deeply worries Moscow.

To think this way is to completely misunderstand governance po-Russki. From the Kremlin's perspective, the XXII Winter Olympics are already an immense success.

The largest and most expensive sporting events in history all have taken place in kleptocracies, particularly in post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine. Why are kleptocratic governments so eager to host huge sports events, especially ones that require


the early signs are not reassuring.

But Sochi will never turn out to have been a good investment in developing Russia's tourism potential, and the billions stolen from the Russian people will never be recovered. But then again, for the perpetrators of this heist, none of these were ever serious considerations.

There is one risk for the Kremlin. The Russian populace has been encouraged to expect gold medals for Team Russia, especially in all-important men's hockey. A majority of Russians believe that Russia will be one of the top three countries in the gold medal tally. But the bookmakers are calling for Norway, the United States, Germany and Canada to finish ahead of Russia. And Canada is a narrow favorite for the gold in men's hockey. If Russia finishes behindFriday, February 23, 2007

An object lesson for the Democrats

Here's what happens when you pander to the hard left to get yourself in power:

ROME -- Romano Prodi couldn't live with them and couldn't live without them. The far-left fringe of his fragile coalition, they are the parties that noisily opposed the premier's U.S.-friendly policies on keeping Italian troops in Afghanistan and expanding U.S. bases in Italy.

Those tensions forced Prodi to resign Wednesday after he lost a key foreign policy vote in the Senate - and threaten to usher in a new era of turmoil in Italian politics.

Prodi needed the leftists to edge out Silvio Berlusconi in elections in May 2006. But they have paralyzed his ability to govern.

From the start, Prodi's government was fraught with friction, as it struggled


to meet European Union demands to cut Italy's budget deficit and increase productivity while seeking to please its electorate by maintaining Italy's generous welfare state.

But foreign policy proved to be its downfall.

Prodi and D'Alema's efforts to raise Italy's profile in NATO and the EU while weaning the government away from Berlusconi's cozy relationship with Bush were not enough to please the more radical wing of the center-left alliance.

"I believe Italy is today the only country in the West where nearly 10 percent of the voters believe in an anti-American platform," said political analyst Stefano Folli. [Ed.--Signore Folli should come visit. He might be suprised at how many American voters believe in an anti-American platform.] "This explains the aversion to foreign policy, which is an aversion to the alliancewith the United States."

For example, Lidia Menapace, a member of the Senate's Defense Commission, says U.S. and NATO bases are an "infringement of Italian territory" and that after the fall of the Berlin Wall NATO should simply "dissolve itself."

While Prodi has tried to play a major role as a peacekeeper in Lebanon, his ally, Communist Party leader Oliviero Diliberto, returned from a visit to Lebanon and Syria and said Hezbollah was a "victim of stereotyping."

Pictured on his party's Web site wearing a Palestinian scarf, Diliberto assailed Israeli criticism of his visit as "offensive."

Another communist leader, Marco Ferrando, defended banners held up during a recent protest that called for the release of a group of Italians arrested on terrorism charges as Red Brigades suspects.

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"Let's hope that after this trauma,


the poor. There are constitutions with lords and commoners in separate chambers, each with well-defined powers. Sitaraman calls these “class warfare constitutions,” and argues that the founding fathers of the United States found another way, a republic of equals. The middle classes, who according to David Hume were obsessed neither with pleasure-seeking, as were the rich, nor with meeting basic necessities, as were the poor, and were thus amenable to reason, could be a firm basis for a republic run in the public interest. There is some sketchy evidence that income and wealth inequality was indeed low in the 18th century, but the crucial point is that early America was an agrarian society of cultivators with an open frontier. No one needed to be poor when land wasabout industrialization were realized, and by the late 19th century, in the Gilded Age, income inequality had reached levels comparable to those we see today. In perhaps the most original part of his book, Sitaraman, an associate professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School, highlights the achievements of the Progressive movement, one of whose aims was taming inequality, and which successfully modified the Constitution. There were four constitutional amendments in seven years — the direct election of senators, the franchise for women, the prohibition of alcohol and the income tax. To which I would add another reform, the establishment of the Federal Reserve, which provided a mechanism for handling financial crises without the need for the government to be bailed out by rich bankers, as well as the


Government awards scholarship to 100 students in Denkyira Obuasi

Accra, Oct 3, GNA – The Scholarship Secretariat has awarded full scholarship to one hundred continuing Senior High School students of New Obuasi, formerly Denkyira Obuasi in the Central Region.

The scholarship scheme is in line with measures by government in collaboration with stakeholders to aid in the restoration of the town, which gained notoriety on May 29, 2017 for the lynching of Major Maxwell Mahama, an army officer who was on duty there.

The scholarship followed a request from the leadership of the town about a month ago to rekindle education in the town after students and parents fled the metropolis following the gruesome murder of Major Mahama.

Mr Kingsley Agyemang, the Registrar of the Secretariat made the disclosure when a delegationof Elders of New Obuasi paid a courtesy call on him at his office in Accra, led by Dr Lawrence Tetteh, President of the UK based Worldwide Miracle Outreach.

He said the scholarship under the Secretariat’s “Hardship Scholarship” would cater for second and third year students who are indigenes of the town (both day and boarding) to complete their courses up to the tertiary level.

He said this will ensure that the future of the children was secured and not jeopardized by the acts of others.

Okyeame Kwabena Asare, the Chief Linguist of New Obuasi in a response thanked government for its support to rebuild the town.

Dr Tetteh announced that he would be holding a crusade in the town dubbed: “Denkyira-Obuasi Restoration Crusade”, scheduled for October 11 to October 13, 2017


at the Denkyira-Obuasi Town Park.

Mr Affail Monney, the President of the Ghana Journalists Association who was part of the delegation called on the media fraternity to sharpen its focus on the new horizon that has emerged in the town.                                 I. Background

       Several Allen police officers responded to a 2:30 a.m. 911 call. When they arrived at the

scene, they found MD sitting in distress on a residential lawn. She had duct tape wrapped

around her head, covering her mouth and pushing her nose up. Her hands and feet were bound

with tape. She was crying and hysterical. She said that while she was in a home across the

street, a man known as “Ace” (later identified as Guerra) assaulted her with a wrench and a

frying pan, and that he had knocked out


a jury. MD testified that (i) she worked as a prostitute; (ii) Guerra

was her pimp; (iii) before the assault, Guerra had taken her to a motel in Tyler to work for a few

days; (iv) her last client robbed her of the money she made; and (v) she was afraid to tell that to

Guerra when he picked her up.

       When Guerra figured out that MD lost the money, he left all of her belongings in the

motel, took away her cell phones, and drove her back to Dallas. When they stopped at a gas

station along the way, Guerra hit her in the face several times.

                                               –2–
       Guerra, his one year old daughter, and MD later went to a barbecue at one of his

relative’s house. Although Guerra told MD to stay in the car, his mother invited her inside.

When Guerra, his daughter, and MD left the barbeque, they went to Guerra’s house in Allen.

       After he put his daughter to bed, Guerra went to the car to retrieve his laptop. MD said

something that angered him, and he slapped her face. When they were back inside, Guerra told

MD to get on her knees.


    Guerra took a roll of duct tape and taped MD’s mouth and nose, wrapping it around her

entire head. He also taped her hands and legs together. She testified that she could not move her

hands or feet, could not remove the tape, and was “pretty much confined.” Guerra then hit her

face with his hand. He went on to hit and kick her repeatedly, telling her that she was “going to

learn” and “shouldn’t play with his money.” Guerra cursed MD and called her names. He kneed

her in the mouth, knocking out a tooth, and then started hitting her in the face and head with a

skillet. MD’s mouth and face were bleeding, and she had a hard time breathing around the tape.

      Guerra told MD that he was going to rape her with a knife, retrieved a serrated steak

knife from the kitchen, and cut her shorts off her body. MD believed Guerra would rape and kill

her.

       Guerra then said he was “going to put his name on [her] legs so that [she] will always

remember him” and began carving his nickname “Ace” into both of her legs.

       Guerra dragged MD into the garage by her feet, hitting her head against the ground. He

took a wrench or metal bar and pressed it against her throat, pushing down until she could not

breathe and started to black out. MD thought she had to stay conscious or she would die.


    Guerra seemed concerned when he heard a sound outside, so he told MD to be quiet and

dragged her back into the house where he continued the beating, hitting her with the skillet and

kicking her. MD thought the beating lasted for “a few hours.”

                                              –3–
          When he decided to go to bed, Guerra wheeled MD into his bedroom in an office chair.

He put her on the floor beside his bed, putWhen no one answered, she tried a house across the street. The

residents heard her and called 911.

          MD was later treated at the hospital for lacerations and contusions. She had a broken

nose, a missing tooth, and bruises on her face and hands. Her eyes turned black, as did the

bruises on her hands. It took “a couple of weeks” for the bruises and pain to fade. Eighteen

months later at trial, MD still had scars on her thighs where Guerra carved his nickname.

          DNA tests matched MD to the blood on the towel, the knife, the skillet, the shorts found

in the bathroom, and blood stains throughout the house, and Guerra could not


responded at the scene, testified about the

decision to enter the home without a warrant.

       The officers testified that they responded to a 911 call to a residence in Allen at

approximately 2:30 in the morning. When they arrived, they saw MD in a distressed condition

sitting on the front lawn of a residence. Her clothes were disheveled, she was not wearing any

pants, and she had black tape covering most of her face and on her hands. She was crying and

hysterical and it appeared that she had been assaulted. She had cuts to her legs that appeared to

be from a sharp object and her nose was red and swollen.            Photographs showing MD’s

appearance when thenot know if there was

anyone else in the home who might need help. Because they were concerned about a child’s

safety, they decided to go to the house and knock on the door. When they knocked, the door was

ajar and opened on its own. Officer Dodson thought it unusual that the door was unlocked and

unsecured that early in the morning.        When nobody answered after they announced their

presence, the officers entered the house.

       The officers located the child asleep in bed with Guerra. Guerra was surprised and

initially resisted the officers efforts to handcuff him. One of the officers took charge of the child.

As the officers handcuffed Guerra, Officer Dodson saw Guerra try to kick a bloody towel


explained:

     2
        The indictment charged the offense three different ways, asserting that Guerra abducted MD: (i) with the intent to terrorize her, restricting
her movements by confining her, holding her in a place she was not likely to be found, and threatened deadly force; (ii) with the intent to inflict
bodily injury, restricted her movements by confining her, held her in a place she was not likely to be found, and threatened to use deadly force;
and (iii) confined her, held her in a place she was not likely to be found, threatened to use deadly force, and used or exhibited a deadly weapon.

                was unable to get the tape off and get out of the house on her own. When

Guerra went to bed, he placed MD on the floor beside him, which the jury could reasonably infer

was to prevent her from escaping.      MD was restrained because she was confined and Guerra

moved her from one place to another.

       The evidence is also sufficient to establish that Guerra abducted MD by using or

threatening deadly force or by secreting her in a place she could not be found. Guerra argues

that MD could not have been abducted because she entered his home voluntarily. But the

evidence shows that Guerra took steps to prevent her from leaving the house once she was there.

As previously discussed, Guerra


restrained her and used a deadly weapon that could and did

inflict serious bodily injury. In addition to the injuries caused by the knife and the skillet, Guerra

threatened to rape MD with the knife.      He taped her mouth, presumably so no one could hear

her. When Guerra was choking MD in the garage and thought he heard a noise outside, he told

her to be quiet and dragged her back into the living room. From these facts, the jury could

reasonably infer that Guerra intended to secrete MD where she could not be found.

                                      Panel Member 16

        The State said panel member 16 was struck because he had a DWI that was less than two

years old and was prosecuted in Collin County. The Court found this to be a race-neutral reason

for the strike.

        Defense counsel responded that the crime for which the panel member had been

convicted was not one of moral turpitude and “other people that had contacts, Caucasian people,

I believe, that had contacts with the DA’s office that were not struck.” The record shows that

three other panelists had criminal charges. One of these panelists was dismissed by agreement.

The State said that the other two panelists who were not struck had charges that


      –15–
bail was too high in that case. The prosecutor further stated that she would have struck the

psychologist who was on the panel, but she was a challenge for cause. She also struck a

Caucasian woman because she was an attorney.

       Guerra argues that the State struck panel member 47 “because of her allegedly liberal

profession, a college professor,” and that the strike “showed disparate treatment, as other highly

educated non-minorities were not struck.” We disagree.

       The State’s stated reason for the challenge shows that panel member 47 was not struck

because she was highly educated. Instead, the State struck her because of her profession and the

subject-matter she taught. When the prosecutor explained her reasonsInstead, the defendant simply possessed the

gun when he also possessed the body armor. Id.

       Here, the record demonstrates that Guerra did not simply possess a skillet and a knife at

the time of the kidnapping. He actively used the knife and the skillet to facilitate committing the

kidnapping and to terrorize MD. After taping MD so she could not scream or move, Guerra

dragged her around the house, beat her with the skillet, said he was going to rape her with the

knife, and carved his name into her legs with the knife while telling her he was going to teach her

a lesson about stealing from him. The trial court thus did not err in making a deadly weapon

finding. We thus resolve Guerra’s fifth issue against


their information to be stored and used in the hospital database. Study approval was obtained from independent ethics committees at Cancer Center of Sun Yat-Sen University. The study was undertaken in accordance with the ethical standards of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.

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The medical records of 1000 patients with pathologically-confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma between January 1996 and December 2006 were retrospectively analyzed. They all received D2 resection carried out by experienced surgeons in the Cancer Center of Sun Yat-Sen University following the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA) guidelines \[[@B11]\]. Both the proximal and distal margins are negative and at least 3 cm away from the tumor. Besides, the surgeon dissected the station D2 lymph nodes. There is no macroscopic or microscopic residual tumor. The total number of dissected lymphIn today's episode of Lions of Liberty, Marc welcomes 2016 Libertarian VP candidate Judd Weiss back to the show to discuss his experiences with the Gary Johnson campaign and the Libertarian Party in the 2016 Election cycle.

In the show, you'll hear:

Judd explains his history as a supporter and friend of Gary Johnson, and why he chose to support and run with John McAfee in 2016.

Judd details some of the strange behavior he began to notice from some individuals who he would later learn were under the employ of the Gary Johnson campaign.

Judd breaks down some of the spending of the Gary Johnson campaign, and ponders why such a disproportionate amount of campagn money went to Johnson's campaign manager, Ron Nielson.

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Researchers tackle collapsing bridges with new technology

An international group of researchers propose a new technology that could divert vibrations away from load-bearing elements of bridges to avoid catastrophic collapses.

In this month’s issue of Physics World, an international group of researchers propose a new technology that could divert vibrations away from load-bearing elements of bridges to avoid catastrophic collapses.

Michele Brun, Alexander Movchan, Ian Jones and Ross McPhedran describe a "wave bypass" technique that has many similarities to those being used by researchers looking to create Harry Potter-style invisibility cloaks, which exploit man-made materials known as metamaterials to bend light around objects.

Led by Movchan, who is at the University of Liverpool, the researchers propose making "lightweight changes" to existing bridges by bolting on special lightweight structures at period intervals tothe underside of the main "deck" of the bridge. These structures would consist of concentrated cubic blocks, or resonators, linked to each other, and the bridge, by a series of bars.

The resonators, appearing under the bridge like a set of hanging baskets, could be fine-tuned to the specific vibrations that make a bridge susceptible to collapsing, meaning the vibrations get redirected into the resonators and make the bridge safer.

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge is perhaps the most famous example of a bridge that collapsed in response to external forces. In 1940 strong rhythmic cross-winds resonated with the bridge's natural frequency, causing it to bend and twist until it collapsed.

Although 21st-century structures are much more robust, the researchers' proposals have been inspired by events on the Volga Bridge two years


ago.

The 7.1 km bridge, which crosses the river Volga in Russia, was forced to shut in May 2011 – less than a year after opening – when a long-wavelength resonance vibration caused sections of the bridge to bend. A similar problem struck the Millennium Bridge in London when it first opened in 2000.

"Even though the Volga and Millennium bridges were designed using industry-standard packages, the fact that problems arose shows that it is all too easy with large and complicated structures to overlook vibrations that may cause structural problems under practical conditions," the researchers write.

The concept of a wave bypass is also found widely in nature, specifically in certain moths and butterflies, which have remarkable nanostructures that create diffracting mirrors. The mirrors funnel light of a desired colourCzech Grant Agency. The authors would like to thank the Agency for their generous support under Grant P201/12/G028.

[^2]: This work was also supported by the Simons Foundation grant 346300 and the Polish Government MNiSW 2015–2019 matching fund. It was completed whilst the authors were visiting the Banach Centre at IMPAN in Warsaw for the Simons Semester ‘Symmetry and Geometric Stuctures.’


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Lawmakers in Georgia have proposed a bill that would allow defendants to have their DUI arrests expunged from their records after five years of good behavior.

The proposal, not surprisingly, has garnered plenty of criticism in the state, particularly from the local chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, according to a report from WSB TV.

Barry Martin, the executive director of Georgia’s chapter of MADD, says he was surprised that anyone would even propose such a bill, as it could reduce the deterrent effect offered by harsher DUI sentencing.

Supporters of the bill, however, argue that it will give people who were convicted of drunk driving a second chance, and that it will reward people who learn to drive responsibly after theirno substantial question of law and no prejudicial error. For these
reasons, a memorandum decision is appropriate under Rule 21 of the Revised Rules of Appellate
Procedure.

        Petitioner worked as a State Trooper for twelve years, including as an undercover officer.
During his employment, the West Virginia State Police received a tip that petitioner was using
and cultivating marijuana. The State Police initiated an internal investigation regarding these
allegations. On October 11, 2007, petitioner appeared at the State Police detachment as
instructed for the collection of a hair sample. However, he left the detachment and returned with
his State Police equipment, placed it in the hallway, and respondents contend that petitioner
orally resigned to his first line supervisor. He then wrote his resignation letter which was sent via
facsimile to


                                1

        Petitioner filed a complaint and petition for writ of mandamus on July 25, 2008, seeking
an order from the circuit court requiring the West Virginia State Police to permit him to file a
grievance contesting his discharge. The relief requested includes reinstatement as a trooper, back
pay, attorney’s fees and costs, a jury trial, and general relief. A trial was held between February
14, 2011, and February 23, 2011. At the conclusion of the trial, the jury found for respondents on
all issues. On May 20, 2011, petitioner filed a motion for newphone service. While there have been attempts by the United States' telecom regulator, the FCC, to regulate the costs of inmate telephone services, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that its policy violated the Telecommunications Act, which forbids the FCC from regulating intrastate communications.

Operation
In order to use an inmate telephone service, inmates must register and provide a list of names and numbers for the people they intend to communicate with. Call limitations vary depending on the prison's house rule, but calls are typically limited to 15 minutes each, and inmates must wait thirty minutes before being allowed to make another call. Calls are recorded and monitored by the prison's staff.  Phone credits are typically accessed via an inmate account card. Since 2001, the Federal


In the early hours of Presidents Day 2018, the New York nightclub Circle closed its doors for good. If you’re an Asian American of a certain age who has partied in NYC, you’ve undoubtedly at least heard of the venue — “Like a midtown bonfire for the ‘Korean and Turnt,’” as hip-hop radio personality Minya “Miss Info” Oh describes it. For 10 years, Circle was the go-to club for Asians in the city, with its main demographic gradually expanding from Koreans to Korean Americans and (just barely) beyond.

Circle’s decadelong run as the epicenter of Korean nightlife in New York coincided with the rise of outside interest in Korean entertainment and culture. When it opened 10 years ago, Korean cuisine was essentially limited to a single Manhattan block andthat:
69% supported a general referendum to decide on the plan; 26% thought that approval in the Knesset would be enough.
If a referendum were to be held, 58% would vote for the disengagement plan, while 29% would vote against it.

Polls on support for the plan have consistently shown support for the plan in the 50–60% range, and opposition in the 30–40% range. A June 9, 2005, Dahaf Institute/Yedioth Ahronoth poll showed support for the plan at 53%, and opposition at 38%. A June 17, telephone poll published in Maariv showed 54% of Israel's Jews supporting the plan. A poll carried out by the Midgam polling company, on June 29 found support at 48% and opposition at 41%, but a Dahaf Institute/Yedioth Ahronot poll of the same day found support


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That the Grenfell Tower disaster was a profound human tragedy is beyond dispute. Likewise, by general consent, the response of the non-emergency authorities was far from acceptable. A remote and out-of-touch local council which suppressed opposition by disregarding it or actively mocking the attempt of representatives to challenge decisions. An inability to fully grasp the enormity of the problem and slapping away offers of help was mirrored by a central Government slow to react and seemingly incapable of displaying any understanding for the plight of homeless and bereaved citizens.

Now that a period of reflection is setting in, many officials are still in denial, repeating the mantra that we need to wait for a full inquiry before we know the cause of the blaze. Within


dinner and chores and bedtime routines. The French won the battle, barely, by Close Assaulting a lone German infantry platoon in the town and eliminating them on the last turn.

Youngest RMN Boy was slightly dejected as he thought he was going to last through the turn and win. I pointed out to him he did better than the historical situation.

“Really?”

“Yes, Rommel only made it to the woods,” I said as I pointed to the map.

“Rommel? I did better than Rommel!?”

I read to him the entire scenario description, including the title (“Rommel at the Argonne”) and the historical result.

It was really awesome to see him connect to history. Making those connections is a major reason I played wargames for the past 40 years. Seeing him make those same connectionsassures me he will continue playing for the next 40.

As the stench and horror of World War I trench warfare increase, both sides seek the breakthrough weapon; immense barrages, air power, flamethrowers, even poison gas. All are tried and found wanting. At last the most awesome machine of all is made ready – the Landship!

Landships! Tactical Weapons Innovations 1914-1918 covers the Great War at its lowest level. The 420 playing pieces represent infantry platoons and cavalry squadrons, or a single tank or gun. Each turn is around 5 minutes and a hex on the eight geomorphic map sections is about 100 meters.

Easy to play rules with over 20 scenarios get you started right away. Trace the story of combat during the war; from the simple slaughters of 1914


for comparing tanks. When the game was finished, the lessons learned had little to do with which tank was better and everything to do with the role of morale in combat.

The Youngest RMN Boy is getting into the machines of war. After diving deep into the aircraft of World War II and battleships of World War I he has turned his attention to armored vehicles of World War II. Last week, I introduced Panzerfrom GMT Games to the boys. This week he hounded me for a bigger, better battle.

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Youngest RMN Boy recently purchased a copy of Osprey Publishing’s M26/M46 Pershing Tank 1943-53at a used book store. He read with fascination the accounts of battle between Pershings and German tanks at the end of World War II. Afterplaying Panzerhe wanted to see for himself how the match-up could of gone. I created a home brew scenario where a German Elite platoon of 4x Tiger II tanks, supported by a Jadgtiger tank destroyer, had a meeting engagement with a US Veteran platoon of 5x M26 Pershing supported by a platoon of 3x M36 Jackson tank destroyers with a single ‘Easy 8’ Sherman. Although the Germans were outnumbered almost 2:1, their better morale and training actually gave them a slight edge in scenario points.

In order to expedite the game, I once again played as umpire. Youngest RMN took the Germans while Middle RMN led the Americans. Both boys are still learning tactics, so I was not surprised they both split their forces on set up. Once the


and mobility (both in terms of raw speed as well as turret slew rates).

Tiger IIs in France (courtesy tanks-encyclopedia.com)

The battle actually devolved into two separate skirmishes. In the north, two Tiger II faced off against the 5x Pershings. In the south, two Tiger II and the Jagdtiger took on the 3x M36 and Easy 8.

First blood was drawn in the north where the Tiger II’s firing at ranges between 1600-2000m “brewed up” two M26’s. Even using better ammunition, the M26s were impotent against the German armor protection.

Another game mechanic in Panzer where morale/experience is represented is Bail Out. When tanks are hit, even with a non-penetrating/non-damaging shot, the crew must roll for Bail Out. In the case of a non-prentrating/no-damage AP hit, the crew will Bail Out onhappy to say the updated Second Edition is a fine game too.

We played the Basic Game version of Scenario 2 The Village: Poland, late 1944. The RMN Boys took the Soviets and entered from the river edge of the map. I was the Germans and entered behind a small series of hills on an adjacent edge.

Given the two Boys, the Soviet force was divided between them. Little RMN took his part of the force (which included three T-34/85 and a SU-85 and SU-100 tank destroyer) and immediately turned to fight the advancing Germans. Meanwhile, the rest of the Soviet force (seven T-34/85’s) dashed for the village. The Germans were able to top the hills and shoot down at the exposed medium tanks and tank destroyers, eliminating all six


tanks for a loss of a single Panzer IVH destroyed and a Panther damaged.

The other Soviet force buried themselves in the village but the relentless German drive eventually evicted them. A few more Germans tanks were lost, but the rest of the Soviet force was destroyed.

The Soviets hold the village for now, but 4x Panthers backed up by a StuG IIIG will make short work of them soon….

The Basic Game in Panzer focuses on the Sequence of Play and utilizes a simplified damage resolution system. Most importantly, armor has only two factors, frontal (forward hemisphere) and rear (back hemisphere). In this simple matchup, the frontal armor of the Panther was impervious to all the Soviets guns beyond a range of 4 hexes (400 meters). The Youngest RMN BoyWATCH: From President Obama mic drops to Jimmy Fallon head rubs, the greatest political GIFs of 2016

From left, a guy who lived in the White House for eight years and two people who might get to visit on occasion (Jacquelyn Martin/Andrew Harnik/Darron Cummings/AP)

They're the GIFs that keep on giving.

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Enjoy reliving the never-ending nightmare of news with some of the most awkward and entertaining GIFs to come out of the Pandora's dumpster we called 2016.

Drop it like it's Barack

While Larry Wilmore was received as warmly at the White House Correspondents' Dinner as he was replacing Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central, the night belonged to President


Obama. After delivering crushing remarks aimed at his political peers, the potent POTUS would utter two simple yet epic words: "Obama out." With that he would perform a mic drop more precise than any drone strike.

No pleasure Cruz

As video of this incredible incident was released in December 2015, this GIF at least warrants an honorable mention.

Innocuously labeled "Cruz TX Footage," the internet would unearth 15 hours of footage featuring Ted Cruz and his family, filmed for the purposes of cutting together political ads for a presidential campaign that saw the Texas senator endorse a man who insulted his wife and implied his dad helped kill JFK.

While we would learn much about the Cruz family dynamic, the most important takeaway was that when it comes to his aunt, TedCruz is more than happy to perform a filibuster-length backrub on his dad's sister.

Fallon in love with Trump's hair

Not one to bow to those forces that would suggest not hosting a man who openly mocked a disabled reporter, America's favorite laugh fountain Jimmy Fallon invited then presidential candidate Donald Trump to be his guest on "The Tonight Show."

Following up questions ostensibly submitted by a middle school newspaper's editorial board ("Do you still want to do this?"), Jay Leno's heir would give the Donald's fried onion-like locks a good natured-rub.

You're fireworked

Unprepared for the explosion of light and sound as much as her campaign was for Russian hackers, the former secretary of state displayed a childlike response to the colorful display that stood in stark contrast to her Benghazi hearing


demeanor.

Bernie blues

Not everyone present for Hillary Clinton officially receiving the Democratic Party's nomination for president was overjoyed.

Looking chinward

Completing his descent from Republican Party savior to alleged McDonald's errand boy, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's expression as he stood behind Donald Trump following his endorsementof Kanye West's good friend was seized upon as being hostage-like.

However, the Garden State's pseudo-manager would say he was just "listening."

It had to be Joe

Abbot and Costello. Poehler and Fey. Biden and Obama.

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This White House wisecracking comedy duo put on yet another stunning show as President Obama addressed the news that Donald Trump had won the Electoral College.

Biden, well known for his expressiveness behind Obama's back even during State of the Union addresses, couldn't hold back when his compadre-in-chief made a joke about his trackMatt Vadum, Frontpage Mag, September 19, 2017

St. Louis was rocked Monday by a third consecutive night of riots organized and carried out by Black Lives Matter after a white cop was acquitted Friday of first-degree murder in the death of a notorious black criminal.

At time of writing, ABC News was reporting that “more than 160 people have now been now arrested, as police have been aggressively arresting more people to curb property destruction and police assaults.”

The virulently racist Black Lives Matter movement, which, along with its Antifa allies should be designated a terrorist organization, has long welcomed the deaths of blacks at the hands of law enforcement, treatment their passing as a profit center and recruitment opportunity. Supporters of the movement riot on cue nowadays to advance the


cause, and loot stores, advancing social justice with each new flat-screen television they liberate from their oppressors. Strangely missing from the movement’s mission statement are its commitment to ramping up anti-police hysteria, and boosting minority resentment of white Americans whom they blame for more or less all problems in their personal lives and in the country.

The “mostly peaceful” protesters, as the mainstream media consistently describes left-wing rioters, took to the streets of the Missouri city Friday after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, 36, a white man, was found not guilty of first-degree murder in the Dec. 20, 2011, shooting death of drug dealer Anthony Lamar Smith, 24, a black man, after a high-speed chase and crash. Stockley said he fired on Smith repeatedly in self-defense. Atwith first-degree murder at a time when prosecutors were being pressured by the U.S. Department of Justice, then controlled by Democrats, to put the hurt on cops. The Democratic Party, through the DNC, has officially endorsed Black Lives Matter, whose members demand the murder of police officers and who claim police death squads wander the fruited plain in search of black victims.

President Barack Hussein Obama and both of his attorneys general, Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch, were perfectly content to sacrifice cops like Stockley on the altar of left-wing identity politics. They wanted payback not justice, which helps to explain why the Obama administration did not enforce civil rights laws when white Americans were the alleged victims.

The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, a black preacher, said angry black activists


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The Leavers: A Novel, by Lisa Ko
(Algonquin Books, 9781616206888, $25.95)
“Deming Guo’s first six years of life were spent with his immigrant mother in New York, then China with a grandfather he’s never met, and America again. After his mother disappears from her job at a nail salon, Deming is adopted by two professors and dropped into what feels like an alien, all-white suburb upstate. This pattern of early upheaval sets Deming — nowof World War II, independence, and then civil war. What distinguishes this book from others is its frank look at who and what survives under such perilous conditions. Especially for readers unfamiliar with Burma, like me, Miss Burma is a chronicle of loss and love in a country too long neglected by the world.” —Michael Triebwasser, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, DC

Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, by Nathaniel Philbrick (Penguin Books, 9780143110194, $18)
Recommended in hardcover by Susan Thurin, Bookends on Main, Menomonie, WI


In the midst of funeral planning for Firefighter Cody Mooney, Local members, family and friends gathered at the SMFR Fallen Firefighters Memorial this morning in remembrance of Lieutenant Eric Sondeen's Line of Duty Death. After being diagnosed with job related cancer, Lt. Sondeen passed away peacefully at home on March 4, 2015 and was honored today.Agriculture and FoodDevelopmentEconomicsEducationEmploymentEnergyEnvironmentFinance and InvestmentGovernanceIndustry and ServicesNuclear EnergyScience and TechnologySocial Issues/Migration/HealthTaxationTradeTransportUrban, Rural and Regional Development

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Health at a Glance 2015

OECD Indicators

This new edition of Health at a Glance presents the most recent comparable data on the performance of health systems in OECD countries. Where possible, it also reports data for partner countries (Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation and South Africa). Compared with the previous edition, this new edition includes a new set of dashboards of health indicators to summarise in a clear and user-friendly way the relative strengths and weaknesses of OECD countries on different key indicators of health and health system performance, and also a special focus on the pharmaceutical sector.


Mark Millar, the guy who co-wrote the comics and executive produces the movies, responded on his blog, praising Carrey's work in the film and pointing out that he was such a huge fan of the first Kick-Ass, he sang about it during an on-stage appearance with Conan O'Brien.

"As you may know, Jim is a passionate advocate of gun-control and I respect both his politics and his opinion, but I'm baffled by this sudden announcement as nothing seen in this picture wasn't in the screenplay eighteen months ago. Yes, the body-count is very high, but a movie called Kick-Ass 2 really has to do what it says on the tin," Millar writes. "A sequel to the picture that gave us HIT-GIRL was always going to have some blood ondynasty government office inspection department, the opinion department.

In 1550, King Myungjong was tension was Yun Won-hyung's take of government power and Lee Lyang was promoted rapidly under the auspices of King Myungjongs.  But he was promoted to second level bureaucrat after only two years.  But, he was illegally accumulate wealth.  In 1563 he was ousted from Joseon Dynasty's governments.

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Squash at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's singles

The Squash at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi. Singles play took place from 4 October.

Nick Matthew defeated James Willstrop 11–6, 11–7, 11–7 in 66 minutes to win the gold medal.

Medalists

Seeds

  Nick Matthew (Champion)
  James Willstrop (Final)
  Peter Barker   (Semifinals)
  Daryl Selby  (Quarterfinals)
  David Palmer (Quarterfinals)
  Mohd Azlan Iskandar  (Semifinals)
  Cameron Pilley  (Quarterfinals)
  Stewart Boswell (Quarterfinals)
  Ong Beng Hee (Third round)
  Aamir Atlas Khan (Third round)
  Saurav Ghosal (Third round)
  Shahier Razik (First round, withdrew due to injury)
  Farhan Mehboob (Third round)
  Ryan Cuskelly (Third round)
  Martin Knight (Second round)
  CampbellHighbush cranberries have a distinct scent: tangy, pungent, sour. It's what gives Alaska's autumn woodlands their unique end-of-summer aroma.

Some associate it with decay because it comes at a time of falling leaves, when arboreal green gives way to browns, yellows, oranges and reds. But in fact the sharp fragrance means the berries are plump and ripe and ready for eating.

Late last month a frost turned the berries at the Alaska Botanical Garden sweet. A few days later, a dozen or so berry-hunters from Southcentral Foundation's Elder Program arrived to harvest the bounty. The first thing they noticed was the fragrance.

"Mmm! It smells so good!" said Louise Britton, originally from Pilot Station on the Yukon River.

"I could smell them from the parking lot," said Helen McNeil, a Tlingit who


came prepared with four buckets, gallon Ziplocs, some lemon water "and two things of coffee."

McNeil pointed out that she didn't plan to fill all the buckets herself. "It's just that sometimes people show up without a bucket, so I always bring spares."

Using a cord over her neck to hold one bucket chest-high in front of her, she went to work with two hands, pulling the juicy, red fruit from the shrubs.

Robin Dublin, executive director of ABG, said the elders' berry-picking idea came about as a way to "tell the Alaska Native story."

She noted the Anchorage Heritage Garden, a recent addition to ABG, reflects the kind of food-and-flower garden one might have seen in the early years of the city.

"It's very western," she said. "But the word 'heritage' meanslate and the wasps were eating on them, ravenous."

Wasps are only one of the perils at the garden. Right now a big piece of the long Nature Trail leading to Campbell Creek is closed due to concerns about bears. "We planted a bear buffet at Lile's Garden," Dublin said. "Raspberries, currants, apples, pear trees."

Visitors can pick up a "bear-aware shaker" at the gate. The plastic container rattle keeps bruins from being surprised when a human comes down the trail, with luck preventing an unpleasant encounter.

But no bears or wasps were to be seen on the sunny, cool-enough-for-gloves day when the pickers showed up. They fanned out, chatting and laughing, often exploring in pairs. Britton and Jennie Zaukar, from Sleetmute on the Upper Kuskokwim, kept an eye out for


integrated implants, generated satellite and aircraft components are reality - new worlds are opening up - without tools, fast and extremely economical. Together with its partners, the consortium sets AGENT3D in the coming years to jump to: the additive additive manufacturing process designed to "key technology" in order to achieve a real competitive advantage for companies in the future.

The task groups “School & Economy” in the district of Central Saxony promote the dialogue between teachers and students with the regional economy. In the regions Döbeln, Freiberg and Mittweida, the task groups' work is characterised by focussing on the keys aspects. Thus, regional offers of the occupational and university studies orientation reach the protagonists both directly and at an early stage. In addition, the main focus is on gettingyou treat your creative spirit as a high value professional asset, which it is, not some excuse for lost focus and reliability" says Dan who is rather fond of writing in third-person.

He really brings the speed on Rollerblades ( In-line skating ) and has taken an introductory Parkour lesson, but otherwise has no true extreme sport to brag about here.

At one time he did actually drive a van.

A Minnesota native with some experience abroad, Dan currently lives in St Louis Park, with wife and two daughters. "Babies are scary," according to Dan, again in third-person, "but, once they become real people, it's sort of cool."


Last updated on .From the section European Football

Colin Kazim-Richards has also played in Turkey, France and Greece

Feyenoord have suspended striker Colin Kazim-Richards for two weeks for threatening a journalist.

The 29-year-old was unhappy with a report in Algemeen Dagblad newspaper questioning his attitude, and confronted the reporter when he arrived at a pre-match news conference.

Kazim-Richards was then dropped from the squad for Sunday's game with PSV.

He has now been banned from training or playing until 1 February, when the club will re-evaluate the situation.

The London-born Turkey international started his career at Bury and also played for Brighton, Sheffield United and Blackburn.

He has only scored once in 11 Eredivisie appearances this season after making his loan move from Bursaspor permanent.TOMORROW JERUSALEM (5)

Lawfare as a Means of Defining Military Doctrine in the 21st Century, IDF as an example to the CDF in the Wake of the ITFY in the Hague

By dr. Peter Anthony Ercegovac

& Marinko Tomašić

Doctrinal Military Autonomy as a Pillar of Statehood

The importance here is recognizing that the IDF, within its doctrine, was always able to act relatively autonomous of the democratic political structures. The success of 1973 came from the revitilisation of the IDF’s doctrine post 1967 with an ever more reliance on the doctrine of aggressive defence. What the period from 1964[1]– with the clashes with Syria over water supplies- through to the Six Day War of 1967 had taught the IDF was the political dovish path to peace through diplomacy and the engagement of


superpower allies without taking into account IDF intel was what nearly led to the collapse of the state in a time of unexpected war (Gluska, 2007).

The Govt of Unity, which included Likud, did not see the signs as the atmosphere created by well intentioned politicians placed too much emphasis on the strength of Israeli democracy whilst neglecting the fact that her neighbours were not so democratically oriented. Whilst the Govt of Prime Min Eshkol was singing praises of its diplomatic solutions President Sadat of Egypt by May 1967 had moved his forces into the Sinai. If it were not for the adopting in 1966 by the IDF, in a hawkish move by the IDF Chief of Staff General Yitzhak Rabin contrary to the political will of the Govt,of a preparation for preemptive strikes against Syria and Jordan one would question whether Israel would have survived the initial onslaught of the 1967 campaign. In fact Segev (2007, p. 155) notes that the difference between Eshkol and Rabin lay in what could be described as generational issues. The IDF was filled with younger cadres who had been raised with the IDF, and saw is not merely as a responsive military entity but one that was designed doctrinally to take the initiative prior to it being necessary to go on the defence.

This younger cadre was in many ways responsible for the major doctrinal shift of the IDF that was correspondent to a shift in international affairs with the decline of the Soviet Union by the late 1980s and


the subsequent rise of the First Intifada in 1987. Peace through land return was becoming a possibility in attempting to gain peace with the Palestinians. None of this could be achieved without IDF involvement. Moreover, since the Govt was reliant upon the Intelligence and Planning Divisions of the IDF for intel by the 1990s the IDF was placed within all echelons of the Israeli state. Even when by 1996 Prime Min Netanyahu attempted to rectify this the reality of the nature of the conflict in the West Bank and Gaza would lead to such moves petering out.

The beginning of the Second Intifada, the al-Aqsa intifada, and the failure of the 2000 Camp David Talks would see the environment made available for the IDF to claim more space inpart of Hezbollah». The problem lay in the not only the diversive nature of the opponent, but also the fact the overuse of technological language within the command systems led to a misunderstanding at best, and misinterprating of orders at worst. Suddenly, a generation within the military emerged that was totally professional in its outlook but lacking an understanding of what their role was to be within a new evolving national polity.

For all the advantages of having a highly techonologically educated military elite what was not foreseen was that an overemphasis on technology also led to a neglect of the ideological reason for the existance of the IDF. NCW can blind many of its adherence, especially if they are of the mindset to be fascinated by technology per


according to a critic of warfare without morality Roni Bart (June 2009, p.19 ), a new era in direct conflict resolution when the IDF moved not to pressure population groups out before attacking. Much of this came due to the failures of the 2006 campaign in Southern Lebanon and a much needed review of how an army in a period of non combat should prepare for upcoming conflict as a means of deterrence in the wake of the Winograd Commission. It was now up to Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi to lead a cultural change that would redefine the doctrinal role of the IDF within Israeli society through the implementation of a new five-year plan called Teffen 2012 (Matthews, 2009, p.42). More importantly, on the initiative of the Ministrythe Israeli example, there developed a moral duality whereby many generations of Israeli soldiers were brought up in the belief that their army was the most moral in modernity. In the main this was built around the story of Major Hanan Samson’s death at the hand of terrorists in the Jordan Valley in 1969 whilst protecting the life of a mother nursing her baby as a symbol of national defence in times of war being built solely around the concept of any war fought in the name of national security being a just and moral one. For Croatia a similar scenario would be the development of the cult of the Croatian War of Independence. This is not the creation of a legend through the feeding of myths rather


as ensuring that the opposing side and international media is aware that their a ceasefires declared in order to allow for the provision of humanitarian aid to occur.

Increasing transparency- controlling the access of international observers to investigate military actions.

Advance-preemptive public relations- which would allow a combination of political PR officials to be part of operational planning details, and for international PR to be primed well before the event is to occur. Even to the extent of local liaison facilities being established between the IDF and local groups in Palestine and Lebanon.

In fact Operations Cast Lead also points to another development of great importance to the CDF. As Elkus and Burke (2010, pp. 14-15) point out many non-Israeli, including American, military analysts felt the operation was a strategic failure.a politicisation of the military as well as the militarisation of society. As Ron Tira (2010, p.39) points out the IDF simply follows the line of von Clausewitz whereby war is an extention of the political will of the nation. This is an extension of a trend that Tira (2010, p.52) has noted whereby in the USA, Israel and the West the military has attempted to place their doctrine and methodology into the political realm as war itself is merely policy of state, a last course of action when diplomatic compromise cannot be achieved.

(Nastavit će se…)

[1] In fact, according to Gabriel Sheffer (2008, p. 12) whilst citing Tom Segev the IDF already had a plan to occupy the West Bank along with East Jerusalem in 1963, though it


All About Vietnam

Social Headlines December 10

A lorry carrying coal killed one person and seriously injured another yesterday morning after plunging 30m and striking a cabin in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

An initial investigation showed that the lorry lost control while driving between two coal companies in Dong Vong and Vietmindo in Uong Bi City and Hoanh Bo District.

Last weekend, three traffic accidents killed two and injured three people in the northern province of Hung Yen.

Of those, the most serious case happened on Saturday morning when a vehicle struck and killed a paralysed man and his daughter as she was pushing her father’s wheelchair across a street in Kim Dong District.

Cooking hazard

A fire occurred at around 3.30pm yesterday in a two-storey temporary makeshift in the An Hung areaof Ha Dong District. Five workers have been rushed to hospital suffering smoke inhalation. The fire was extinguished an one hour later.

The area – home to about 100 workers – was destroyed.

Local workers have blamed the fire on an electrical leakage that occured while cooking.

Quang Ninh bans poison alcohol

The People’s Committee in the northern province of Quang Ninh yesterday spoke with local health departments and authorities to prevent residents from drinking poisoned alcohol made from sticky rice.

The move came after six people died and 15 were hospitalised throughout the province last week after drinking the alcohol, which was reported to come from the same batch produced on October 12 by the Ha Noi 29 Import Export JSC. Sample testing by local authorities showed that the methanol content in


of Seafood Exporters and Producers’ (VASEP) Crab Council with support from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Viet Nam), have initiated a Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP) for blue swimming crabs in the province.

The project aims to obtain the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for the crabs that are cultivated in the province.

“All over the world, WWF has programmes to support sustainable development for fisheries with MSC certification. With the certification, local fishers will remain a seafood source and expand exports to EU, the U.S and Japan,” said Nguyen Thi Dieu Thuy, WWF Viet Nam’s co-ordinator for its seafood exploitation programme.

The decision to proceed towards MSC was taken in 2010 and the project began implementation from November 2012,

WWF-US and WWF Viet Nam have provided technical and financial support forMekong Delta province of Tien Giang caught them red-handed soaking durians in unregistered Chinese-made ripening chemicals.

Local police also detained many kinds of unregistered chemicals in the surprise inspections at the facility.

The arrest came after days of investigation into two fruit storage facilities, said police.

They were detained after being caught applying unregistered ripening chemicals on durians, and working in Vietnam without a license at the two facilities under Thai Lan Co and Sang Huong Co, said the local police agency.

They said they entered Vietnam more than a month ago for travel purposes and stayed at the two facilities, being hired by some unknown Chinese bosses to collect quality durians for export to China and Indonesia.

Before the local police launched the surprise inspections, Tuoi Trereporters had launched their own investigations


Thai workers may be fined VND10-20 million ($470-940) each, while the owners of the two facilities will get some administrative sanctions.

Khong Minh Sang, owner of Sang Huong Co, told the police that his company buy durians to export to a Chinese firm named Quoc Chinh Co.

After the durians are transported to Quoc Chinh Co via Tan Thanh border gate in the northern province of Lang Son, the money will be transferred to Thai Lan Co’s bank account, without any contracts.

The Chinese partners also chose five Thai employees for the fruit picking job, and paid all the expenses, he said.

Mr. Sang argued that after the Thai people arrived, he planned to declare this with local authorities, but as he received no instructions, he only realized he had violated thelaw after the police’s inspection.

Mr. Sang also admitted that the Chinese chemicals brought in by the Thai workers were used for ripening the fruit at will and lengthening the preservation.

Tran Thi Thu Thanh , deputy director of Thai Lan Co , said the local durians are bought to be exported to Indonesia.

In six months, the firm shipped four containers to Indonesia with around 400-850 cartons weighing 18 to 18.5 kilograms each. The three Thai employees are hired to select quality durians for export, she added.

Dr. Nguyen Van Hoa – vice chairman of Southern Fruit Institute, said the use of chemicals for ripening is allowed, but such chemicals must be approved by authorities and be listed clearly in the label. Therefore, the act of bringing chemicals of unknown origin


of impact of the recent global economic and financial crisis.

By 2015, along with the establishment of the Asean Economic Community, the bloc will also be part of a larger market encompassing East Asia, including 10 Asean countries and Japan, Korea, China, India, Australia and New Zealand with the population of 3.3 billion and accounting for one-third of the world’s GDP.

HCM City removes nearly 10,500 slums

Since 2006, HCMC has relocated 10,461 households living along canals, equivalent to 70% of the plan of relocating 15,000 slums, heard a meeting of the city government on Wednesday.

The progress of relocation, site clearance and resettlement of projects under the slum relocation program has fallen behind schedule as it is not easy to attract investors due to low profitability and the tight budget.

In aless than 10 cubic meters each day.

Man dies after antibiotic injection in Quang Ngai Province

The Department of Health in Quang Ngai Province on December 7 questioned the Health Center in Ba To District about the circumstances that led to the death of Ho Xuan Khoat after an antibiotic injection administered at the General Clinic in Ba Vi Commune.

Dang Thi Phuong, Director of the Health Center in Ba To District, said the clinic’s medical workers had performed the correct procedures of the injection administered on 49-year-old Ho Xuan Khoat. However, his cause of death is being identified due to anaphylactic shock.

In a meeting with the Department of Health, Nurse Le Van Hanh, who administered the antibiotic shot to Ho Xuan Khoat, said he was hospitalized at 8am on December


6 and after doctors examined him and prescribed the drug, Hanh injected him with Ceftazideme in the vein and asked him to stay in the hospital; however, Khoat left the clinic of his own accord.

At 8.30pm on the same day, Khoat’s relative brought him to the clinic as he suffered from some strange symptoms. Medical workers at the clinic gave emergency treatment but he died 30 minutes later.

Nguyen Tan Duc, Head of the Department of Health in Quang Ngai Province, said an individual has to explain in a written form when a patient is released from the clinic to return to his home. The Health Center must issue harsh penalties on those responsible.

Education expert urges a renovation in education

Many Vietnamese students remain passive in their studies and hesitantpoints on several dyke sections to minimise any possible damage caused by flooding.

Quan also asked the HCM City Department of Finance to ensure capital for the project to build five tide-control culvert systems – Thu Duc, Ong Dau, Duc Nho, Go Dua and Rach Da so that their construction can be completed in the first quarter of 2014.

Rising tide that pushed river water levels to 1.68 metres last Wednesday, caused a breach on a 15m section of the embankment along Cau Lan Canal in Ward 8 of Hiep Binh Chanh Ward in Thu Duc District.

It flooded the homes of hundreds of families in the area, with the floor of many houses under one metre of water.

Private health clinics flout regulations

Operating without licenses and employing doctors without professional practice


permissions are among violations committed at private clinics in Ha Noi, reported the municipal Health Department.

The department’s just concluded inspections, which began on November 5, discovered violations at nine out of 28 private clinics in the city.

The clinics were also found to have infringed on health service advertisements and price regulations.

Inspectors fined three clinics more than VND100 million (US$5,000). Fines for the remaining clinics will be decided later this week, according to the department.

The inspections were made following scandals which stirred public concern. A doctor from Ha Noi-based Bach Mai hospital allegedly threw the body of a woman into a river after she died at his clinic following a cosmetic surgery operation in late October this year.

Two weeks ago, a 16-month-old baby died after receiving injections for pneumoniathe participation of the public.

Citizens should take part in supervising operations of private clinics by checking their operating licenses and informing authorities when discovering any violations at private clinics, he said.

Under recent notices issued by the department, unlicensed private clinics will be shut down beginning next year.

Coercive land seizure delays road project

The construction of a VND4 trillion (US$192.3 million) road connecting Ha Nam and Nam Dinh provinces is lagging behind schedule, as four households refuse to hand over their land.

The four-lane route was planned to open for traffic by the end of this year and was expected to be the main trading gateway between the two provinces and other provinces in the Hong (Red) River Delta, reducing traffic congestion.

The project, which got approval from the Government in 2007,


aimed to connect Phu Ly and My Loc districts in the two northern provinces.

The proposed road is almost 21 kilometers in length, of which 16 kilometers runs through Ha Nam Province and the remaining 4.7 kilometers goes through the neighboring province of Nam Dinh.

However, four households in northern Nam Dinh Province have not yet agreed with the compensation amount proposed by the project’s contractor.

Tran Tat Nguyen, Deputy Chairman of My Loc District’s People’s Committee, said that four households in My Thuan Commune had not handed over their land due to disagreements over compensation and the price of resettlement land.

Two claimed they were entitled to one more resettlement portion than they were offered.

The committee has revoked 34.6ha of land from 551 households in the district for the project andof supplementary foods, VFA deputy director Nguyen Thanh Phong said that cooperation and close supervision between different agencies, including health, agriculture, industry and trade and advertisement issuing offices, was needed.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien added that the ministry is to issue a circular on supplementary foods, which would have clear regulations on using supplementary foods in prescriptions and advertisements.

In the long term, the ministry is to have regulations about supplementary foods in place, which is based upon ASEAN’s decree, she said.

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More than 2,000 young crabs and crabs in their productive period were released on November 5 into the sea in Ham Ninh commune, in the island district of Phu Quoc in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang. The ceremony was part of the Blue