from a number of authoritarian governments, including Russia, and do not include lead names from the internet community.

Since 2012 Chehade has been CEO of ICANN, a Californian non-profit that oversees the internet's domain name system and next year will take over control of the critical IANA functions from the US government. In May, he announced his intention to leave the organization in March 2016 but has yet to find a full-time job.

Although deeply flawed, ICANN represents the international community's best efforts to design the internet's future evolution through a "multi-stakeholder" model that allows everyone an equal seat at the table.

In general, ICANN takes a very dim view of efforts to limit or censor the internet, so Chehade's decision to align himself with the Chinese government, which runs theworld's the most sophisticated censorship program, has come as a surprise and disappointment to many.

Deja vu

What's more, the "Wuzhen Initiative" almost exactly mirrors a previous Chehade effort – the "NetMundial Initiative" – which was met with widespread criticism and has effectively died from a lack of support due to his efforts to control it.

In November last year, Chehade announced the creation of the NetMundial Initiative alongside the World Economic Forum and the Brazilian government. It became the focus of immediate criticism.

The three organizers announced they had awarded themselves "permanent seats" on the "coordination council," and allocated a further two permanent seats to the internet community and the UN-led Internet Governance Forum. There would be another 20 members split up by geographic region and sector, they announced, which the


three organizers would select from applicants.

The outcry was immediate and within days, the Internet Society (ISOC), Internet Architecture Board (IAB), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and parts of civil society all publicly rejected the initiative.

The organizers pushed on regardless, making concessions in an effort to garner support, and at one point literally begging the business community to sign up to the initiative.

Despite those overtures being rejected, the organizers soldiered on, with Chehade at the head, opening up applications for the council and counting on individual's egos, since no organizations would agree to put their names to it.

The two other "permanent seats" stayed empty after the internet community refused to take them.

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In addition, in what now looks like foreshadowing, when there were literally no applicants to fill the Asianbusiness seat on the council, Chehade asked and then simply installed Jack Ma, who he had recently met while on business in Beijing.

The NetMundial Initiative's inaugural meeting was postponed twice and while its council members continued to work on its founding documents, the initiative was met with resounding apathy from the broader internet community. Just 30 people responded to a global call for feedback, and a third of those were openly critical.

Soon after Chehade announced his intention to leave ICANN, he publicly acknowledged that the NetMundial Initiative was unlikely to continue once he was not in a position to fund it with ICANN money and drive it as part of his job.

But then came the Chinese government, the World Internet Conference, and the "Wuzhen Initiative."

The conference is China's


transparent effort to shift the internet governance debate away from the currently dominant Western values of openness and freedom, and build a second power base that adopts a more restrictive perspective. The guests of honor at this second conference were the prime ministers of Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.

The official outline for the Wuzhen Initiative – designed by the High-Level Advisory Committee (HAC) that Chehade now co-chairs – appears harmless enough but contains what internet governance experts will immediately recognize as troubling efforts to legitimize online censorship.

The second point of five guiding principles is "Fostering cultural diversity in the cyberspace." The fourth is "Ensuring peace and security in cyberspace," and the last is "Improving the global Internet governance."

The document notes the "importance of respect for nations' sovereigntyAll eyes on Dr Bubbles in Laos.

From being a self-taught jester, the 33-year-old signed up for a week-long camp at the University of Wisconsin to study the art of being a caring clown. In 2005, he enrolled in a theatrical clowning workshop by physical comedy instructor, Avner Eisenberg, at Celebration Barn Theatre in Maine, France.

His antics have brought humour in the darkest of times, cheering up children affected by the 2004 tsunami up north, earthquake victims in Bam, Iran and bedridden patients in intensive care units.

But his toughest act yet was to bring cheer to 10-year-old Elisha Thovuud on his birthday last year in Tanjung Simpang Mengayau, Sabah.

“Elisha suffers from medullablastoma or brain cancer which took away his eyesight. For any clown, entertaining a visually impaired child is


and books for a village library in Kg Banggol Sembilan, Kuala Nerang, Kedah. We wrote letters to the Youth and Sports Ministry, as well as a few local publishers seeking sponsorships. The Ministry donated RM9,000 and we received boxes of books from publishers like Dewan Bahasa and Fajar Bakti. We even had money leftover, which we gave away to poor school children.”

After a 10-year lull during which he completed his undergraduate studies, served for two years as an English trainer to Laotian diplomats and senior government officials, and worked with the National Cancer Council (Makna), he set up a second library in Bait Al Amin orphanage in Bota, Perak.

Through his blog postings he raised RM2,000 for the library.

From there, the project took off, gaining momentum through word ofabhor slavery, violation of basic and human rights, and discrimination on the basis of features such as colour of skin, religion, ancestry, place of birth, etc. Humanitarianism drives people to save lives, alleviate suffering and promote human dignity in the middle of man-made or natural disasters. Humanitarianism is embraced by movements and people across the political spectrum. The informal ideology can be summed up by a quote from Albert Schweitzer: "Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose."


each demonic, gothic character and helped connect the brooding stars with the crowd.

Debuting as a heel, Bearer became so beloved that the crowd wouldn't boo him. He was so beloved that instead of him turning on Undertaker or Kane, the roles were switched. Bearer has famously been dropped off the side of buildings and left in freezers to die. He was buried in cement, but kept coming back.

The story of Paul Bearer's character is almost as winding and wacky as the legends he managed.

The Undertaker is an obvious choice. It wasn't a matter of if he would be inducted into the Hall of Fame, but when. There are some that would argue the Undertaker is the greatest of all time, considering the length of his career, the changesthat he's made, the matches he's had and the money he's drawn. He retains an undying fan base that stands by his side no matter which path his character has taken in his more than 20-year career.

According to the same report, Jake "The Snake" Roberts is also being considered for induction next year. The 1980s wrestling legend has long battled alcoholism and has taken steps in recent years to clean up his life. He's frequently stated he wishes to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. 2014 may be his year.


Danny Cipriani has been charged with drink-driving, police have said.

The Sale Sharks and England fly-half was unhurt in a collision between his Mercedes and a Toyota in the Chelsea area of London shortly after 5am on 1 June. The 28-year-old was given a breath test and taken to a west London police station before being released on bail.

Scotland Yard confirmed he was charged on Thursday and will appear at West London magistrates court on 10 December. There were no reports of any injuries following the crash involving Cipriani’s black Mercedes C63 and a silver Toyota Prius.

The day before the incident, he had played for England against the Barbarians at Twickenham.

Cipriani has won 14 international caps and was named in England’s provisional squad for this autumn’s Rugby World Cupbut was left out of the final 31 amid a reported disagreement with the attack coach Mike Catt. He started his career with London Wasps and returned to the English game with Sale in 2012 after a difficult spell with the Melbourne Rebels.


the Switch 5.39 million units.

Taking a look at the marketshare, the PlayStation 4 currently leads. The PlayStation 4 has a 63 percent market share, the Xbox One sits at 31 percent, and the Switch six percent.

PlayStation 4 Total Sales: 62,189,754

Xbox One Total Sales: 30,611,947

Switch Total Sales: 5,386,574

During the month of July 2017, the PS4 outsold the Switch by 188,963 units for the month and the Xbox One by 647,801 units. The Switch outsold the Xbox One by 379,596 units.

When you compare monthly sales to a year ago, the PlayStation 4 is up, while the Xbox One is down. The PlayStation 4 is up 293,540 units and the Xbox One is down 44,985 units.

Taking a look at the marketshare, the PlayStation 4 managed to achieve 48 percent. The Switchaccounted for 38 percent of the consoles sold, and the Xbox One 14 percent.

PlayStation 4 Monthly Sales: 916,006

Xbox One Monthly Sales: 268,205

Switch Monthly Sales: 727,043

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One launched in November 2013, while the Switch launched in March 2017.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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"Supermarkets must do more to end exploitation, pay all their workers a living wage, ensure women get a fair deal and be more transparent about where they source their products."

A separate Oxfam survey of more than 500 workers in the Philippines, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Peru and the US found three quarters of workers saying they were not paid enough to cover basic needs such as food and housing.

More than a third said they were not protected from injury or harm at work and were not able to take a toilet break or have a drink of water when they needed it.

An Oxfam spokesperson said abuses in supermarket supply chains were "endemic".

However, Peter Andrews, head of sustainability at the British Retail Consortium (BRC), said: "Supermarkets in the UK arespearheading actions aimed at improving the lives of the millions of people across the globe who contribute to the retail supply chain.

"Our members are working hard to address existing injustices and continue to collaborate internationally with NGOs [non-governmental organisations], business groups and government on this vital issue."

Meanwhile, Oxfam ranked supermarket giants on their sourcing policies, with all showing an improvement compared with last year.

Tesco, which was at the top of the pile, was given a score of 38%.

A Tesco spokesperson said: "This is the second year in a row that Tesco has been assessed by Oxfam as doing most, of all major supermarkets globally, to ensure human rights are respected in food supply chains."

It said its tea was Rainforest Alliance certified and that it was "committed to improving


is currently a professor with the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2016, and did postdoctoral research in NUS until 2018. His research interests span information retrieval, data mining, and multi-media analytics. He has over 50 publications appeared in several top conferences such as SIGIR, WWW, and MM, and journals including TKDE, TOIS, and TMM. His work on recommender systems has received the Best Paper Award Honourable Mention in WWW 2018 and ACM SIGIR 2016. Moreover, he has served as the PC member for several top conferences including SIGIR, WWW, MM, KDD etc., and the regular reviewer for journals including KDE, TOIS, TMM, TNNLS etc.

[Jian Pei]{} is currently a Canada Research Chair(Tier 1) in Big Data Science, a Professor in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is one of the most cited authors in data mining, database systems, and information retrieval. Since 2000, he has published one textbook, two monographs and over 200 research papers in refereed journals and conferences, which have been cited by more than 77,000 in literature. He was the editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions of Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE) in 2013-2016, is currently a director of the Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery in Data (SIGKDD) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He is a Fellow of the ACM and of the IEEE.

[Xu Chen]{} is a PhD student in Tsinghua University. His research interests include machine learning, data


Christopher Hamilton

Colonel Christopher Hamilton (1810–1860) was an Anglo-Irish politician and Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in British Ceylon.

Christopher Hamilton was born c. 1810 in County Dublin, Ireland, the son of Maj-Gen Christopher Hamilton, who commanded the British Forces in County Dublin and his wife Sarah née Handcock, daughter of Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine. His father's family were traditionally Anglo-Irish and were well settled in the County Dublin area; his grandfather was Hans Hamilton.

After being educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he took up commission with the 1st The Royal Dragoons in Bombay but quickly impressed his superiors and was transferred to Ceylon, where he served under Edward Barnes, and eventually became Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces.

He left the army with the rankWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday denied pursuing a Trump Organization real estate project in Moscow, which his former lawyer Michael Cohen said they had continued until June 2016, during the presidential campaign.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs for travel to the G-20 summit in Argentina from the White House in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Cohen pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to Congress about the project, putting fresh pressure on the president.

At issue is a proposal to build a skyscraper bearing Trump’s name in Moscow. Cohen told both the Senate and House intelligence panels the real estate project had ended before the political primary season began, according to a court document.

Trump told reporters outside the White House he


and Moscow have denied any wrongdoing.

Despite the long relationship between the president and Cohen, Trump has sought to distance himself from his former lawyer, who pleaded guilty in August to campaign finance violations, tax evasion and bank fraud.

Cohen testified in August that Trump had directed him to commit a crime by arranging payments to silence two women before the 2016 election who said they had affairs with Trump. The president has denied having affairs with the women.Shattered Realms

Monsters of the Wastes

There are several types of monsters roaming the Shattered Realms.

Warriors of the Great War: Many creatures and war machines were made specifically to fight in the war. Some are altered humans or other sentient races, while others are weapons powered by an elemental or demonic engine. Many of these weapons still run free, some still trying to win the war, others looking only to inflict as much pain and suffereing as they can.

The Warped: The forces that destroyed the world are not gone. Huge Wyrdstorms still circle the world, mutating and killing all life in their path. Those that survive the touch of a Wyrdstorm are often driven completely insane.

Extraplanar Entities: Both sides in the war opened up gates to other planes of existance


to summon or compel allies to join them in battle. Many of these creatures are still trapped in the Shattered Realms.

Monsters: Before the war there were hundreds of dark and miserable creatures that were driven from the surface of the world and forced to hide in whatever holes they could. Now that the war has ended many of these evil creatures now thrive in a world without order. Vast hordes of Gnolls and great tribes of Ogres now rule vast areas of the Shattered Realms.Ed has taken a break from histraining to focus on what he feels is a more important and revolutionary type of cycling. He has fully committed his body and soul to the Fatbiking era and will continue to eat and train as much as he can until he stands on top of the box at the Fatbiking World Series.Ed is interested in hearing from the following companies in relation to sponsorship... McDonalds, Burger King, Carl's Jr, Wendys and KFC.@eivomedia @BGM2015


could add to the list. The following were the descriptors:

A beacon for the community – demonstrating people who are salt and light of the world

The Sacraments – the altar, the bread, the wine, liturgy and hymns

A refuge – shelter in the storm of change where like-minded people feel safe

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A nursing home – a place to which people turn to see out their days, or for respite in an atmosphere of love and care

A place of education – to learn about God, the Gospel and how toNORTHEAST GLENDALE — Never underestimate the motivating power of Gatorade on a hot summer day.

With each victory in a competition or heads-up play performed in a drill, the attendants of the second annual Falcons Summer Baseball Camp would rapidly scurry across Stengel Field to claim their liquid reward.

But it was far more than just the chance to win free sports drinks that lured a sizable group of youth ballplayers ages 7-12 to Stengel Field for the camp, which began on Monday and concluded Thursday.

The primary draw of Falcon clinics, which began as a winter program and last year branched out to include a longer summer session, remains the opportunity to learn the finer points of the game under the tutelage of veteran Crescenta Valley High baseball Coach Phil


pitch," camper Brooke Beer said shortly after finishing a modified game of pickle, in which four bases were arranged in a square with coaches attempting to throw out runners stranded between the bases. "It was fun."

Elsewhere on the field, a pitching machine arced upward, launched balls high into the air to simulate pop flys next to a group of older campers warming up with some short toss.

"We've moved all around the first two days, did some fundamentals," Torres said. "[Wednesday and Thursday] it's some competitions for some fun."

Guest speakers included former Falcons basketball Coach John Goffredo and current Cal State University of Northridge baseball Coach Matt Curtis, who made an appearance Thursday.

Ty Hill, 12, won a throwing game called 21 earlier Thursday to earn a free CSUN baseballhow the various teams designers have interpreted some of the new rules as well, Toyota and Williams in particular having come up with a design around the rear diffuser, which extracts air from beneath the car and helps improve downforce, which has raised a few eyebrows and had F1 insiders questioning its legality. However, the governing body, the FIA, has apparently declared the design legal so expect others to adapt theirs in a copycat fashion before the start of the season.

The other major unknown is how the teams have developed their new KERS designs and whether or not they will run with them at the start of the season. KERS stands for Kinetic Energy Recovery System and is a way of harnessing the energy generated from braking and


Donald Trump has insisted on his plan to leave his real-estate empire in the hands of his children, despite criticism that this would still leave him open to conflicts of interest.

Mr Trump had promised to hold a news conference this week to explain how he planned to make good on his promise to separate himself "in total" from his business.

But on Monday he postponed the meeting until January and took to Twitter instead:A prison where the inmates have to go and find jobs Published duration 4 February 2019

At Sanganer prison, in the Indian city of Jaipur, inmates get a roof over their head, but no money and no food. This means they must go to work and earn their living beyond the prison gates, writes Masuma Ahuja - as labourers, factory workers, drivers, even yoga teachers.

Ramchand drives a school bus. His wife, Sugna, works at a garment factory. On a recent hot afternoon, I drink a cup of tea with them in their one-room house, which has yellow walls and a corrugated metal roof, a fridge and a TV, a lunchbox hanging in the corner next to photos of gods and a stack of newspapers. From their door, you can


see cars zooming by on a nearby highway and beyond that, a skyline of modern high-rises.

This is how they tell their story: he was lonely, her family had left her. Their neighbours wanted to set them up and arrange their marriage, so she wouldn't be a woman living alone, so he would have someone to take care of him, cook for him and make him rotis. "I can make my own rotis," he says. He married her because he fell for her.

There's seemingly little out of the ordinary about their house, or their story. Except that Ramchand and Sugna are both convicted murderers and they live in prison.

Their house is in Sanganer Open Prison, in Jaipur, the capital city of India's western state of Rajasthan. This prison hasno bars or walls, no security guards at the gate, and prisoners are allowed - even encouraged - to go out into the city and work every day. This prison, which has been open since the 1950s, is home to 450 prisoners and is one of about 30 such institutions in the state of Rajasthan.

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I go to Sanganer with Smita Chakraburtty, the woman behind a campaign to make open prisons the norm across India. She has


distributed among 15 other states

But they still live a version of a normal life here: they buy motorcycles, smartphones, and televisions; they wear no prison uniform and live in small numbered houses. Each prisoner is allotted a government-provided house along one of Sanganer's narrow lanes. The rest is up to them. The prison doesn't provide them with any food, water or income.

image caption All prisoners must attend an evening roll call

So every day, most of them leave the prison grounds to earn a living: men convicted of murder work as security guards, factory workers and daily labourers. I even meet one inmate who's a yoga instructor and another who's a supervisor in a nearby school.

The only real rule, I'm told, is that prisoners must make roll call everyevening. Sanganer hardly seems like a prison, except at this moment. At sundown, representatives of the prison's elected governing body stand at the prison entrance. An inmate with a microphone begins taking attendance, calling out numbers from 1 to 450. Sometimes, he stops at a number and scolds a prisoner for leaving rubbish outside his or her house.

Everyone must be accounted for… or risk return to a closed prison.

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From prison Anwar Ibrahim is a more formidable opponent for Najib Razak than an Anwar Ibrahim in exile.The physical presence of Anwar in the country will give courage and encouragement to many Malaysians to continue their fight for his release and for what Pakatan Rakyat that he leads have all been fighting for - justice for all and decency in a government without corruption,without arrogance and certainly a government for the people, by the people and of the people. In prison Anwar Ibrahim will still be defiant, still be a thorn in Najib's side and will still be a tangible symbol of hope and defiance in a wasteland of corruption, arrogance and injustice that our nation has now become. Najib will not be able to ignore his presence.Minister and Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had reportedly announced the suspension of Na'imah and Wan Ilias "with immediate effect", saying both officials should be held responsible for tarnishing the image of the ministry and that of public examinations. "Dr Na'imah has to be responsible because the UPSR leaks have compromised the integrity of public examinations and the ministry," Muhyiddin was quoted as saying in a tweet by Bernama on the same day. On Sept 20, Education Ministry secretary-general Tan Sri Dr Madinah Mohamad clarified that Na'imah and Wan Ilias had only been reassigned and not suspended from duty, as “they are not being punished”. “They have not been suspended. They have been assigned other duties unrelated to the Examinations Board to enable the independent committee to


the next-of-kin,” he said.MH370 disappeared less than an hour after departing from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 last year. Most of with 239 people on board were Chinese nationals.The initial search and rescue operations covered the South China Sea, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Sea and the southern Indian Ocean, involving 65 aircraft and 95 vessels and experts from 25 countries.On April 28, 2014, the search and rescue phase transitioned to a underwater search and recovery phase led by the Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)."The underwater search is still ongoing at this time and the exercise is currently being performed by four vessels, namely the Go Phoenix, Fugro Discovery, Fugro Equator and Fugro Supporter. To date, the searchhas covered over 18,600 square kilometres," Azharuddin said today.

Meanwhile, family members of those aboard the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 have
cried foul for not being informed about a government press conference on
the matter until the last minute.

One of them, Lim Wee Hoon, said she was contacted by MAS at about 2.40pm
today and was told to tune into the live broadcast of the press
conference, which was scheduled for 3.30pm.

"They are expecting me to have a TV in front of me all the time," she chided before reporters attending the press conference.

Although it was a media event, at least seven next-of-kin of the MH370
victims came to the press conference venue and sat among members of the
media.

They said they heard talk about the press conference scheduled to be held since Tuesday night.

However,


the press conference was ultimately called off, with press
officer Jagjit Singh announcing that this was due to "unforeseen
circumstances". - mk/tmi

Two weeks ago, on 12th January 2015, the President of Persatuan Ummah Sejahtera Malaysia or PasMa, Phahrolrazi Mat Zawawi, led a delegations of 15 members to meet Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

The purpose of the meeting was to explore how PasMa can collaborate with DAP and PKR for the coming general election expected by 2018 at the latest. Also discussed was the possibility of PasMa becoming a political party to replace PAS in Pakatan Rakyat.

Is PasMa going to become PAS Baru? And does this mean PAS is on the verge of leaving Pakatan Rakyat or is going to get kicked out of Pakatan Rakyat?

The talk on the groundthe
necessary medical care and attention that was required and failure of
the police officers to stop other detainees from abusing the deceased in
the lock-up," Jagjit said.

"His behaviour does not give reasons for him to be physically abused by police officers and the inmates," the coroner added.

Karuna Nithi (above) was first remanded at Tampin district
police station in late May 2013 following an altercation with his wife
and further detained when his family could not raise his bail after he
was charged in court.

He wasfound dead in a lock-up at the Tampin district police headquarters on June 1, 2013.

Jagjit, who is a Sessions Court judge sitting as coroner, said the
deceased was a healthy adult male with no life-threatening diseases when
he entered the police lock-up.

“But he ended up dead three days later with 49


external injuries. A
custodial death with 49 external injuries should ring 'alarm bells' from
the word 'go',” said Jagjit in his judgment.

Kicked hard by cop

This is the second verdict
delivered by a coroner's court on police liability for the death of a
detainee. On Jan 16 in Kuala Lumpur, coroner Ahmad Bache had also ruled
that the police acted unlawfully in denying medical attention to
detainee P Chandran.

Police CCTV recordings from Karuna's lock-up showed him being assaulted by policemen and other detainees while in the cell.

Testimonies in court also revealed that he was transferred a total of
nine times from one cell to another and at one stage was even left in
the corridor of the police station.

Lawyer Eric Paulsen, who appeared for the family, had detailed the
assaults that Karuna suffered and submitted CCTV footage whichamong
others showed a policeman opening the door to Karuna's cell and kicking
him so hard that he stumbled backwards and fell to the floor.

Other footage showed the assaults the deceased suffered from his fellow inmates during which he was punched and kicked.

The pathologist's report from the Seremban general hospital listed the
deceased's list of injuries as bruises to the head, chest, abdomen,
shoulders, arms, and legs.

Pathologist in spotlight

Co-counsel Dr Dheeraj Bhar submitted that the evidence showed that
Karuna was ruthlessly beaten and that he died either due to skeletal
muscle tissue damage or agitation of the heart.

Earlier in court, the forensic pathologist who conducted the post-mortem
listed Karuna's death as caused by 'fatty change of the liver'.

Dheeraj, when contacted, said the coroner's decision today was a
landmark in that he agreed with counsel that the


to make Europe count on the global stage.

No more soft words. It’s going to be about soldiers, guns and aircraft carriers. Europe wants to be a hard-nosed hard power, not a softie.

Certainly, Europe is right to be worried — and to want to play hard ball. The world in 2015 is messy, chaotic and often violent, with no clear centre of power. In Europe, as Russia flexes its muscles over Ukraine, many decry the end of the post-World War security order.

In Asia, re-emerging nations are clamouring for recognition, jostling each other to gain the upper hand as regional and global leaders. Everywhere, international norms and institutions built in the last century are under stress, and seemingly unable to cope with the increasing demands and insecurity of the 21stShaikh Mohammed launches World Green Economy Organisation

Venture aims to promote cooperation between countries in the field of green economy

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday launched the World Green Economy Organisation, which will promote cooperation between countries in the field of green economy.

The launch came at the opening of the World Green Economy Summit (WGES) under the theme of ‘Driving Global Green Economy’, bringing together prominent officials such as Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment; Adnan Amin, director-general at the International Renewable Energy Agency; and Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.

“We have adopted a series of strategies and policies and begun implementing them, all


Indian Army paying last respects to the martyred jawans. (Courtesy: Twitter)

NEW DELHI: Blood samples collected by Indian investigators have confirmed that Pakistan army personnel killed the two Indian soldiers and mutilated their bodies in the Krishna Ghati sector along the Line of Control.

Foreign secretary S Jaishankar conveyed this to Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit, who was summoned to the external affairs ministry on Wednesday morning.

While briefing media, MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay said the foreign secretary conveyed India’s “outrage at the killing and the barbaric act of mutilation of the bodies of two Indian soldiers on May 1 by Pakistani army personnel.”

Questioned specifically by reporters, Baglay confirmed that India had evidence of the blood trail to nail Pakistan army's role.

Baglay said there was sufficient evidence to show that thekillings were conducted by the Pakistan army. Two sets of blood samples have been found, he said.

An MEA statement said, "It was significant that the attack was preceded by covering fire from Pakistani posts in Battal sector. Blood samples of the Indian soldiers that have been collected and the trail of blood on Roza Nala clearly shows that the killers returned across the Line of Control."

“Those who came from across the LOC did not come from Pakistan, but Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Its obvious they returned to where they came from. The trail of blood is of Pakistanis who came across, in this case personnel of the Pakistani army. This proved that the killers had come from across the LoC and had returned," MEA said, .

According to Baglay, India


is certain of two things, first that the infiltration took place in the Krishna Ghati sector, and second, that the perpetrators were Pakistan army personnel.

Basit, who was served a toughly-worded demarche by Jaishankar, predictably denied any involvement of the Pakistan army.

India has also demanded action against the Pakistani army soldiers and commander responsible for “this heinous act”.

Sources said the Pakistani action was a deliberate provocation and virtually invites Indian retaliation, which is now assured. It reinforces once again that no normalization of relations with Pakistan is possible in the near future.

In the backdrop of the recent protests in Srinagar and the valley, it also emphasizes Indian assertion that the trouble in Kashmir is primarily related to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism.

Responding to the popular outrage and calls for retaliation, Baglay refusedSearch cact.org.uk

Legends United | Five more from the 1990s confirmed

Five more Charlton legends, including several who were in the Back to The Valley squad, have confirmed they will be at The Valley on Sunday 17 September for the Legends United game.

The 25th Anniversary Committee are organising the event to celebrate the Club’s return to The Valley and the start of the community scheme that grew into Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT).

Legendary goalkeeper Bob Bolder works for CACT and helps deliver football courses for children and young people in Kent.

Mickey Bennett was with Charlton for two separate periods in the late 80s and early 90s. Mickey now works for the Professional Footballers' Association as Head of Player Welfare.

Three-time player of the year, John Humphrey, appeared for Charlton 267 times


in the 80s and then returned from Crystal Palace for one season in 1995-6.

Former Charlton Athletic women’s head coach Paul Mortimer will also be playing. Mortimer is now Professional Players Engagement Manager for Kick It Out, the body that leads on equality and inclusion in football.

John Bumstead, still a regular at The Valley, was another member of the squad when the Club moved back there 25 years ago.

Keith Peacock, Charlton legend and one of the managers for the Legends United game, commented on the players announced so far today:

“This is a group of real characters who were a major force not only on the field but also in the dressing room. John Humphrey and the irrepressible Bob Bolder are still keeping fans in good spirits with their presencehousehold spending in the near to medium term.

Housing blues
No economy can stage a meaningful comeback without housing’s participation. The latest housing numbers are sending out quite the opposite message.

In June, new-home sales were 330,000 units, the second lowest on record, while new Fannie and Freddie foreclosures increased sharply− up 21% in June from May.

With the expiration of first-time buyer credit, and 25% of the nation’s mortgages underwater, a further fall in home values and more delinquencies/defaults could significantly increase the risk of a double dip in the real estate sector, with the second half of 2010 being the most critical period.

Credit blues
The level of lending is an important factor in economic recovery as consumers and small business rely heavily on credit lines to fund major spending.

However, billions of


bhai, even though his film work has been almost as prolific. Because Randhawa worked a lot he must have had some amount of popularity during the 60s and I am guessing that, as an actor, he was considered reliable when a lead was required for a budget film, one where retakes needed to be kept to a minimum. He was certainly a handsome guy and a lot of fun to watch on the screen, and it is always a joy when he is paired up in a film with brother Dara. His leading lady in PANCH RATAN is Parveen Choudhary, a favorite of mine who I can find absolutely no information about. She played the lead in many B films, and second leads in several A films. Hopefullyresearch based upon a kind of vital energy he claimed to discover, and which he called the “Orgone.” All of this got Reich into a lot of trouble with the United States government and led to his imprisonment and early death.

But Reich was not simply a curiosity of the twentieth century. His life and work are full of lessons for the present, and cast light upon its prime challenge: the building of ecosocialism in response to the ecological crisis and the collapse of existing capitalism.

Needless to say, Reich was no conscious ecosocialist: the word did not exist in his day, nor for that matter, did a notion of ecological crisis as such. But no other major thinker of the twentieth century looked as deeply into the estrangement from


technology near the earth (this option is called solar radiation management).

On 20-22 June 2012, governments from around the world will gather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to commemorate 20 years of the “Earth Summit”, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) that first established a global agenda for “sustainable development”. During the 1992 summit, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CDB), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the Convention to Combat Desertification, were all adopted. The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was also established to ensure effective follow-up of the UNCED “Earth Summit.”

Twenty years later, governments should have reconvened to review their commitments and progress, but in reality the issue to debate will be the “green economy” led development, propagating the same capitalistscarcely any point in having one. Yet recent reports reveal that that the Harper government has virtually eliminated monitoring of the ozone layer over Canada. The government has shut down four of five very sophisticated monitoring stations leaving only a single station – at UBC in Vancouver – still gathering information about this critical aspect of our environment.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

The London Olympics risks being toxically tainted by its links to companies responsible for global pollution, environmentalists and human rights campaigners have warned.

Games organisers have rejected grave concerns over the involvement of Dow Chemicals and oil giant BP in the 2012 Olympics.

Amnesty International condemned the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision today to reject the India Olympic Association's call to terminate Dow Chemicals' sponsorship deal with the London Games.

Tuesday,


exchanges of views among socialists and ecology activists.

As always, your comments, suggestions and criticisms are more than welcome.

Wen Tiejun (wentj [at] ruc.edu.cn) is Dean of the School of Agronomics & Rural Development and Executive Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies for Sustainability, at Renmin University of China. Lau Kinchiis associate professor in the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Cheng Cunwang is assistant to Professor Wen.He Huili is associate professor of the Sociology Department, Humanities and Development College, at China Agriculture University.Qiu Jiansheng is assistant to Professor Wen. This article is sponsored by China National Social Science Foundation (07&ZD048) and the 3rd phase of 985 project at Renmin University of China, and revised from the authors’ presentation to the Crossroads International Conference at LingnanUniversity, Hong Kong, June 17–21, 2010.

The governments of almost all developing countries are facing the long-term twin problems of capital shortages and high fiscal debts, resulting from their attempts to modernize the state forms and economic and financial relations left by colonialism or copied from western political culture. Whether they claimed to be of the left or the right ideologically, they almost invariably undertook policies to attract foreign investment and encourage domestic private investors to join the global industrialization competition during the twentieth century.

When one looks across many countries, there is a general pattern that seems clear—the greater the reliance on agriculture as the main source of employment, the poorer they are. But such a causal relationship gives a false impression. Up to the present the heavy institutional


its multifunctional rural cultures of sustainable self-reliance—China would have been a land of perpetual hunger.

Friday, February 10, 2012

HAVANA, Feb 7, 2012 (IPS) - More than a decade ago, solar electricity changed the lives of several mountain communities in Cuba. Now this and other renewable power sources are emerging as the best options available to develop sustainable energy across the island.

"If the world's clean energy potential exceeds our consumption needs, why do we insist on using the polluting kind?" asked Luis Bérriz, head of the Cuban Society for the Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources and Respect for the Environment (CUBASOLAR), a non- governmental organisation that promotes the use of alternative and environmentally-friendly power sources.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is basking in the uncritical media reporting of hiswhich put a monetary price on carbon storage in forests.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Since 1959 Cuba has played a significant world role, quite a feat for a nation of 5 million—11 million now. Cubans have shown their values, commitment and solidarity in dealing with the aftermath of natural disasters around the world.

Suffering Pakistanis will long remember their Cuban doctors. The October 2005 Kashmir earthquake killed 75,000, injured 100,000 and left 3-plus million homeless. Even though Cuba’s medical aid team spoke no Urdu, doctors, nurses and technicians of the newly formed Henry Reeve International Team of Medical Specialists in Disasters & Epidemics (created after Hurricane Katrina) reached the stricken region within six days of the quake.


his office. This is the start of a long process and it needs to get started now because as a Member of Congress and as a member of the Judiciary Committee, it is my job.

While Cohen and others have suggested ideas for why Trump should be impeached, the articles are specific—and damning. Their substance is presented below.

Article I: Obstruction of Justice

Donald J. Trump, in violation of his constitutional oath and obligations, has engaged personally, and through his subordinates and agents, in a course of conduct designed to delay and impede an investigation and to conceal information sought by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the course of its investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 United States presidential election, including any possible collusion between Russia and Donald J.Trump.

National Security Adviser Michael Flynn misled Vice President Pence about his discussions with the Russian ambassador to the United States.

Donald J. Trump demanded FBI Director James Comey’s loyalty, and asked Comey to let Flynn go.

Donald J. Trump fired FBI Director James Comey while the FBI was investigating Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election, including possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

Donald J. Trump admitted in a television interview that he had the Russia investigation on his mind when he fired F.B.I. Director Comey.

Donald J. Trump told the Russian Foreign Minister and Russian Ambassador to the United States, “I just fired the head of the FBI. He was crazy, a real nut job.… I faced great pressure because of Russia. That’s taken off.”

Donald J. Trump personally dictated a misleading


statement for his son and former Trump campaign operative Donald Trump Jr. to use to explain Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian attorney who had invited Trump Jr. to meet in order to give him damaging information about Hillary Clinton as part of the Russian government’s efforts to help his father’s campaign.

Article II: Violation of Article I, Section 9 of the US Constitution—Foreign Emoluments

“No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office for Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” —Article I, Section 9

Donald J. Trump has accepted, without the consent of Congress, emoluments from foreign states.

DonaldJ. Trump refused to divest or place his assets into a blind trust.

Donald J. Trump refused to release his tax returns.

Donald J. Trump’s attorney has acknowledged his businesses receive funds from foreign governments.

Donald J. Trump owns 77 percent of Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, owns the Trump Tower in New York City, and owns the Trump World Tower in New York City. Foreign payments received by Trump owned businesses, so far, include: An event estimated to cost $40,000–$60,000 held by the Embassy of Kuwait at the Trump International Hotel. $270,000 in payments from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for rooms, catering, and parking as part of a lobbying effort at the Trump International Hotel. $30,000 from groups promoting Turkish American relations as part of a convention at


the Trump International Hotel. Rents from tenants at Trump Tower owned by foreign states, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority.

Article III: Violation of Article II, Section 1 of the US Constitution—Domestic Emoluments

“The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.” —Article II, Section 1

Donald J. Trump has accepted emoluments from the United States other than this presidential salary.

Donald J. Trump refused to divest or place his assets into a blind trust.

Donald J. Trump refused to release his tax returns.

Donaldcriminal contempt of court.

Article V: Undermining Freedom of the Press

Donald J. Trump, in violation of his constitutional oath and obligations, has engaged in a pattern of conduct designed to undermine the freedom of the press guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, including:

Repeatedly calling press organizations “fake news.”

Circulating a video of himself violently wrestling a man covered by the CNN logo.

Personally attacking members of the press including a tweet saying that then–Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her whatever,” and a tweet saying that MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski “was badly bleeding from a face-lift.”

As Espaillat explains,

Donald Trump is a threat to our national security and to our justice, and once and for all, we are taking a stand to formally call


or more intervention operations on the wellhead installation. The toolstring is usually brought into proximity of the wellhead installation using a remote operated vehicle (ROV) remotely operated from a support vessel also located at the surface. The ROV is usually tethered to the support vessel and an operator residing on the support vessel is able to navigate or otherwise manipulate the general position of the ROV in the open water.
In typical operation, the ROV is brought to the surface and is attached to the toolstring in order to transport the toolstring from the surface and to the wellhead installation. Some ROVs use a light source in order to see the toolstring. In this regard, the toolstring is typically painted black which improves light reflection in the subsea environment.system, has opposing power cables strung about both cams in respective take-up and payout tracks, and a bowstring strung in respective bowstring tracks in both cams. The upper and lower cams in this system usually are mirrored and identical in size and shape, so that the cams self-correct for timing and synchronization, and automatically equalize for imbalances in the bow.
Regardless of the type of cam system, they all work somewhat similarly. For example, when an archer draws the bow from an undrawn state to a drawn state, the bowstring rotates the cams rearward, and the force and energy applied by the archer to draw the bow is transferred to the limbs, typically bending the limbs so that they effectively store energy in their bent or flexed configuration. When


the archer releases the bowstring, the energy stored in the limbs assists in rotating the cams and propelling the bowstring to its original position in an undrawn state.
In many conventional cam systems, as mentioned above, the power cables are held by a cable guard, laterally outward from the centerline of the bow and bowstring (when viewed from the rear of the bow), so as to keep the power cable out of the way of the bowstring and any nocked arrow. With the cables so laterally maintained, they exert a lateral force on the upper and lower cams. In turn, this pulls the tips of the respective limbs laterally as well, toward whatever side of the bow the cable guard is on. As a result, the limbs exert athis school was the short film Passasjeren ("The Passenger"). He  made another short film at the same school with the title Ikaros.

Sakaris Stórá was the daily leader of the Faroese film workshop Klippfisk from August 2009 until March 2010. The autumn and winter of 2012 he worked as a teacher on Føroya Fólkaháskúli.

His short film Summarnátt ("Summer Night," which he wrote and directed and wrote in 2012) has been shown in the Faroe Islands, in Odense, Hollywood and at the Nordic Film Festival in Lübeck.

In September 2013 Stórá's short film Vetrarmorgun ("Winter Morning"), had its first showing on the local library in the village of Sandur on the island of Sandoy. A few days later the film was shown in the Nordic House in Tórshavn and at


I first became interested in Ham Radio when I was 14 and an active SWL in High School. I was lucky to be in a school that offered Electronics as an alternative to an un-needed subject and fortunately had WA1FCE, my uncle Charlie, (1916-1992), for an Elmer who gave me my Novice exam at 15 years old. I also flew a Cessna 150 solo at what was then T.F. Green Airport at age 15 where I was taking weekly flying lessons. That gave me both my Student Pilot Licence and Novice Ham Licence before my drivers licence. At 16 years old I took a day out of school, drove up to the FCC in the old Customs House in Boston, Ma. and passed my General (WB1CGJ) in frontTuskegee Airmen honored with the Congressional Gold Medal

The Tuskegee Airmen were called racist and hurtful names as they became the nations first African-American military pilots during World War II. Thursday, they were called heroes. About 300 airmen, widows and relatives sat proudly in the Capitol Rotunda as the Tuskegee Airmen received the Congressional Gold Medal the nations highest civilian honor and a heartfelt salute from their commander in chief.

WASHINGTON—The Tuskegee Airmen were called racist and hurtful names as they became the nation's first African-American military pilots during World War II.

Thursday, they were called heroes.

About 300 airmen, widows and relatives sat proudly in the Capitol Rotunda as the Tuskegee Airmen received the Congressional Gold Medal—the nation's highest civilian honor—and a heartfelt salute from their commander in chief.

The award is


recognition of the airmen's role in fighting two wars: one against America's enemies abroad and another against the evils of ignorance and racial intolerance at home.

"The Tuskegee Airmen helped win a war and you helped change our nation," President Bush said. "And the medal that we confer today means that we're doing a small part to ensure that your story will be told and honored for generations to come."

But Bush said the award wasn't enough for to atone for the "unforgivable indignities" and the unreturned salutes the airmen endured from white servicemen. The president stood ramrod straight, put his hand to his head and told them:

"On behalf of the office I hold and a country that honors you, I salute you for the service to the United Statesbe treated fairly."

The Army Air Corps began training African-Americans to become pilots at Alabama's Tuskegee University in 1941 under orders of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Army officials were skeptical of the skills of African-Americans, largely basing their assumptions on a 1925 military study that concluded that African-Americans lacked the courage and technical aptitude to be counted on in combat.

Nearly 1,000 African-Americans earned their pilot's wings in the Tuskegee program between 1942 and 1946. They flew more than 15,000 sorties over North Africa and Europe during World War II, destroyed more than 250 enemy aircraft on the ground and 150 in the air and were so proficient at protecting American and Allied bomber planes that squadrons requested that the pilots escort for them.

Though their exploits were well chronicled by


the African-American press at the time, the Tuskegee Airmen's contributions weren't widely known. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., pushed legislation through the House of Representatives and Senate to give the airmen the medal.

The airmen were greeted as heroes as they arrived at the Capitol for the ceremony. Tourists applauded and stopped the fliers, who were sporting red or blue jackets, to pose for pictures with them.

"It's wonderful, and I do mean wonderful," said Clayo Rice, an 83-year-old airman from Wilmington, Del. "I have nothing sarcastic to say about the time, how long this took or anything."

Few of the airmen were able to parlay their wartime flying into postwar work because commercial airlines wouldn't hire African-Americans for the cockpit. Several African-American airline pilots attended thewas an orphan on his own." "When he came to the States, he applied for and was granted asylum." "Which means a 14-year-old boy had reason to fear for his life if he was sent home." "It was after the civil war." "The kid did all right." "Five years later, he was granted U.S. citizenship." "Never went back to Sierra Leone?" "Well, Sweets was saying that he was doing everything he could to go forward, not back." "Model citizen." "Worked steadily." "I'd hate to think that his past caught up with him in some way." "Why you say it like that?" "He had a lot of temporary part-time jobs, but one source of income remained steady the whole time." "Something to do with Sierra Leone?" "Yeah, he was


New gTLD monthly review

In the first of our monthly reviews of the new gTLD developments, our Director of Commercial Operations, Stuart Fuller takes a look at some brands that have started to adopt some of the TLDs for their business.

July was one of the quietest months in terms of new launches since the programme started in October 2013. Just seven open gTLDs launched in the month including dotSki, dotTickets and dotLawyer. In addition we saw the very popular dotNews launch into General Availability along with dotGold, dotTeam and dotSite.

With some of the older gTLDs now going through their first renewal cycle there has also been a number of changes at the top of the most registered list too – most notably dotBerlin which has slipped down to 12thgranted probation under the date of his original conviction, September 10, 1975, but this Court chose not to grant petitioner that right.  Petitioner is further correct in that the original sentence imposed on September 17, 1975, did, in fact, sentence the defendant to life imprisonment in the custody of the director of the Department of Corrections, with credit for time served, but without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.  However, his sentence was corrected on October 6, 1975, in the presence of petitioner and his retained attorney, Mr. Frank Kenner.  The sentence imposed by this Court on October 6, 1975, after setting aside the previous sentence, was that the defendant be sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor, in the custody of the


judge did not mention the amended sentence imposed on October 6, 1975.  Every later filed a motion in the sentencing court for a transcript of the July 15, 1980 resentencing hearing, asserting once again that the court had not exercised its statutory discretion in resentencing.  This motion was denied;  remedial writs sought in the Louisiana Supreme Court were also denied.

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Every then petitioned for federal habeas relief, asserting that the sentencing court failed to consider discretionary alternatives when sentencing him in 1975 and again when resentencing him in 1980, thus violating his right to due process.  The district court denied relief, holding that even if the sentencing judge was not aware in 1975 that he had discretion to place Every on probation, he clearly wasin public

No big deal: 'I just help out a Friend if he guilty let him pay for it thru the courts,' said Love on her restaurant's Yelp page

Kelly appeared in a Chicago courtroom on Monday where his lawyer formally entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

The singer, who wore an orange prison jumpsuit in court, identified himself to the judge at the start of the hearing, but did not speak again during the proceedings.

Once the hearing was over, Kelly returned to D. O. C. Division 8 RTU, with the singer still unable to cover his $1 million bond.

Hours later he was free, thanks to Love.

Kelly's lawyer, Steven Greenberg, responded to the charges with a statement over the weekend, saying:


2009 and January 31, 2010, and the victim was under the age of 17.

In that case there was 'contact between Robert Kelly's penis and J.P's sex organ,' 'mouth' and 'the transmission of semen by Robert Kelly.'

Foxx had made a very public plea for accusers to come forward last month, and there could be more charges to come.

Away he goes: Kelly was seen getting into a black, unmarked van (pictured) as he left the prison facility on Friday

Pick up: Moments after being released from jail, the vehicle pulled over and stopped. A woman is then seen stepping inside the van

Grub: Kelly stopped off at McDonald's for dinner after picking up the mystery woman on the street

Kelly's indictment came one day after the Cook County State's Attorney's Office announced thatJussie Smollett had been indicted by a grand jury on a single charge of disorderly conduct for falsifying a police report.

The speed with which Smollett was indicted had led some to question why the State's Attorney's Office seemed to be taking their time with Kelly but rushing through the Smollett case.

Illinois is just one of the states where there is an open investigation into Kelly.

Lawyers for the Southern District of New York have also been meeting with alleged victims as well as agents from the IRS and FBI while the Department of Homeland Security has also opened up a probe.

This all comes in the wake of the Lifetime series Surviving R Kelly.

The six-part docuseries ended on a devastating note, with the parents of one of the young women


Taking back politics in Latin America – and beyond

Latin America (OpenDemocracy) – We are living in a period of cultural revolution agitated by the omnipresence of ICTs, where social practices run into systems of government designed and created in the 19th century.

A few months ago, the Argentine President Mauricio Macri said that “politics is about getting out of the office and addressing needs.” Brazil’s unpopular president, Michel Temer, has defined politics as “a religious act” which drives society to “fundamental values.” Enrique Peña Nieto has confessed that his passion for politics dates from when he was very young and read in a newspaper that “the Government of the State of Mexico was handing out tractors to farmers”.

Those who preside over the Latin American countries with the highest GDPcivil servants that occupies state structures is the reproduction of power with little or no regard for legitimacy.

In and out of the region, these are queer times for politics – times of extraordinary events. Many of us who dream of a participatory, inclusive future, in which human rights are duly respected, feel that we have lost the narrative. And losing the narrative means losing our history as well. Queer times, times of extraordinary events: the right time to narrate current events putting them in the context of the history of human struggles.

Politics is the set of actions that are carried out to solve uncertainty. The big mission for politics driven by the perspective of the common good and sustainable development is to make a new social contract plausible,


Tuesday, September 01, 2009

To the Devil's Cave

The first time I heard the story in the previous post was from Lizbeth's brother Yamil, sitting eating breakfast in the Valle del Fuego in Cabanaconde and plugging him for contacts who could tell me more "ghost stories of the sierra".

Yamil has something of a fascination with things supernatural and was an enthusiatic informant. Among his tales of phantom figures and strange energies, he outlined the odd case of Señor Mendoza. "Why don't you look for the schoolteacher Rogelio Falcon", he advised me. "It was his father-in-law that disappeared"

Later that day I went looking for Rogelio. Yamil had told me that his house was close to a comedor half a block from the plaza, but when I asked in that place, theydirected me to a street across the other side of the plaza. While I was poking around there, nervous about intruding on someone's private property, a an elderly señora appeared and I asked her about Rogelio.

"That young man there can take you to him, that one going into the shop", she said, pointing way back across the plaza to a figure that with my much younger eyes I could only just make out.

I wandered across and hailed the guy whom the señora had indicated. Lucio was another teacher at the local secondary school, who was originally from the Tacna region. He nodded in recognition when I explained that I was interested in the disappearance of Señor Mendoza. His understanding of the story was similar to Yamil's, although he


there was no electricity and they took fright in the dark". He didn't really think the devil had lured his father-in-law into the wilderness, either, although he swore that the figure of the devil was clearly marked on the hillside above where they had found the señor. "When we went up there in the morning and found him, the devil was there, plain as day", he assured me.

I was intrigued by the whole story. "Why don't we go up there", suggested Rogelio, as if reading my thoughts. We agreed that we would take a trip up to the devil's cave on Friday, after I had come back from my trek down to the oasis at the bottom of the canyon. I enlisted Yamil to go along as well.Yamil was eager, but nervous. He insisted that if we went, we should aim to arrive at 3 o'clock sharp in the afternoon. This was the holiest time of the day -- the hour Christ died -- and would counteract any malignant powers that might be present.

Friday came around, and to my mortification I had drifted so far into "Peruvian time" that I missed my rendezvous with Rogelio at the school, but I eventually tracked him down. We went to pick up Yamil, who was a little jumpy. He showed me a handful of coca leaves that he was carrying in his pocket as a source of good energy. Then he reached into his other pocket and pulled something out. "Here, Simon, take this", he said. He handed


said he was going to go back. He pointed out a trail that ran along the hillside across the other side of a stream, explaining that it was an interesting walk that went near an Incan archeological site; he was going to head that way, and if we took that route now we would just make it back to the village before nightfall.

We said goodbye to Rogelio and he started back. "I think he was afraid", said Yamil. Or maybe he had just got sick of playing the tourist guide and wanted to get home.

As we started off towards the cave, Yamil produced a battered packet of tobacco from his pocket. "You know how to roll these?", he asked. "Sure", I said looking a little bemused. "Well, canat carnival hanging from the rock, and in the centre of the opening, a large gob of a waxy substance -- llama fat. In front of the cave was a broad flat stone that looked like it might have been artifically smoothed. From what I've learnt later, this probably served as the mesa or table of the curandero who performed the pago. Around a bend in the rock to the left, was a little pile of animal bones, which from later information I'm guessing were rabbit bones.

Up the rock face to the right was another cave-like opening, narrower and deeper. We scrambled up there, but didn't find anything of particular interest.

Yamil wandered back and forth, scrutinising his surroundings like a professional mystic. "On this side, there's nothing evil",


Moving day for Homeless Hospitality Center

From left, Cody Pfeiffer, Ryan King, Aldred Jess and Arthur McCauley, sailors from the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, help move bunk beds Tuesday into the new Homeless Hospitality Center shelter on State Pier Road in New London. Visit www.theday.com to see a video on the new center.Sean D. Elliot/The DayBuy Photo

New London - Mark Irish was the first to check into the new 50-bed Homeless Hospitality Center on State Pier Road Tuesday night. He chose a bed in the corner of the dormitory-style room, next to a window.

Not so he can open the window on the third floor of the former church or because he wanted more light, he said. He just didn't want to be in a bed in the centerof the room.

"It's near an outlet," said Irish, who said he liked the smell of the new wood and paint in the renovated space.

Earlier Tuesday, a dozen volunteers from the Naval Submarine Base in Groton hauled mattresses, beds and shelves out of St. James Episcopal Church, where the shelter has been housed for the past seven years, and moved the furniture less than half a mile to the new shelter at the former Sts. Peter & Paul Polish Church.

Starting at about 6 p.m., workers began driving guests, six at a time, from St. James to the new shelter.

"It's going. Slow going," said Cathy Zall, executive director, as she sat at a desk at the entrance to the three-story facility. Facing a video monitor with various images of the


handful were brand-new and were sitting at tables in the day room waiting to be processed.

The shelter has a no-freeze policy, meaning no one is turned away on cold nights.

Melissa Roy, one of the regulars, works for LV Computer Solutions in New London. She was on the women's side of the sleeping room, putting clean sheets on her top bunk, plugging in her cellphone charger and pushing a bag of belongings under the bed.

Every few minutes, she had to step out of the way as other guests passed by, hauling backpacks, pillows and plastic bags filled with bed linens.

"It's chaos," Roy said.

"First, they said we were moving in the morning. Then they said we're moving tonight," she said, losing her train of thought and apologizing as she struggledday center is on the main floor and the basement houses a 10-bed medical respite center.

The former rectory, which includes a room where the few remaining members of the Polish National Church attend services on Sundays, has offices, meeting rooms and a kitchen. Programs that help the homeless with medical and mental health issues and with finding permanent housing will be located there. There is also a laundry room.

"It may be a little tight, but it's comfortable," said Charles Boyd Jr., director of operations. "Everyone's feeling good about it already."

For Larry Seckley, a cook whose goal is to get a full-time job, make back child support payments and eventually find a permanent place to live, the new shelter is an improvement.

"It's clean," he said, quickly adding that the


old shelter in the community room at St. James wasn't dirty. But the new shelter has a place for the homeless to spend time during the day and staff in place to help with job applications, he said.

"And they treat me fairly and they treat me with respect," he said.

The overnight shelter at St. James is now closed, as is the day center at 19 Jay St. All services will be housed at the new facility. There is also a van that will transport guests from the shelter to meal centers and to medical appointments.care they deserve," said Nadeam Elshami, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

While House Democrats are not promising to immediately pass what the Senate did – making it more likely that some doctors will be paid at the lower rate for some period of time, they also predict that whatever final bill is sent to the President will be retroactive.

Meanwhile, doctors unanimously expressed outrage at the Medicare payment cuts.

"Congress has broken its promise to America's seniors and military families," Cecil B. Wilson, president of the American Medical Association, said in a statement Thursday. "Continued short-term actions are creating severe instability that harms seniors as physicians make decisions to protect their practices from Medicare's volatility. Continuing down this path just slaps a Band-Aid on a problem that needs urgent


the measure as a "good example of bipartisanship" and "something both sides can feel good about," but doctors say they are unfairly caught in the middle of political wrangling between parties. Many blame both Republicans and Democrats for inaction.

"A lot of promises were made when Republicans controlled the three legislative branches, and nothing was done. Now with the Democrats the SGR is still an issue but they found the money for health care 'reform,'" said Randy Wexler, assistant professor of clinical family medicine at The Ohio State University. "Physicians feel that the only ones left without a chair when the music stopped was us."

While applauding the vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, today acknowledged the delays in the Senate and the frustration caused by them.

"Sometimes the Senatea police raid in Brussels; she was later killed in Bergen-Belsen.  His father was arrested and held in Buchenwald, Auschwitz, and Dachau, but survived to reunite with Spiegel and his mother in Warendorf after the war. Spiegel described these events in his book At home again? (Wieder zu Hause?).

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In 1958, he began practical training as a journalist with the Allgemeine Jüdische Wochenzeitung, now the Judische Allgemeine, in Düsseldorf.  He was also active as an editor at this newspaper until 1965, when he became editor of the Jewish Press Service and assistant to the secretary-general of the Zentralrat der Juden. During the 1960s he worked for various other newspapers as well.

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that Jenks was dating actress  Brittany Snow.

On his podcast, What Really Happened?, produced by Dwayne Johnson, Andrew revealed he "battles chronic depression everyday", adding in an interview with Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen that he prefers to call it Dysthymia. He said that while at MTV he was embarrassed by the disorder and had turned down an offer to speak at the 2013 National Conference on Mental Health at the White House. Andrew said it was one of his biggest regrets of his career.

Andrew is considered an example of a high-functioning person with a diagnosis of Major depressive disorder.

During a 2008 interview, an interviewer asked about his reported IQ of 155, in the top .1%, but he declined to answer.

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White supremacist propaganda posted in several New Jersey towns

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Show Caption Hide Caption Curbing Hunger 2018 During June and July, Somerset County residents are asked to help those in need by taking part in the 24th annual Curbing Hunger food donation drive.

Fliers proclaiming "Our Generation" "Our Future" and "Our Last Chance" and featuring a simple logo of a teal triangle with three lines that join the middle have been found in Bridgewater, Somerville, Morristown, and surrounding areas.

The logo is a symbol for the white nationalist group, Identity Evropa, which focuses on the preservation of "white American culture" and promoting white European identity.

The white supremacist group Identity Evropa has been spreading their messages in communities across Northern and Central Jersey over the last week, targetingand members of other minority groups since the election of Donald Trump as president.

The Washington-based civil rights organization has also repeatedly expressed concern about Islamophobic and white supremacist Trump administration policies and appointments.

This past April, CAIR-NJ condemned the racist vandalism of a campaign poster with a Nazi swastika in South Plainfield.

CAIR has also noted an increasing unity between white supremacy groups such as Identity Evropa and anti-Muslim organizations like ACT for America. Members of the group attended a series of rallies hosted by ACT for America, where an Identity Evropa banner called for an “End to Islamic Immigration.”

The Somerset County Democratic Committee also issued a statement Wednesday evening about the flyers found in the county.

" Although the flyer does not mention the President, it is his incendiary, divisive,


next previous 21 of 21 | Hadash-Ta'al leader Ayman Odeh votes in Haifa. Credit: Rami Chelouche 1 of 21 | Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud party leader kisses his wife Sara in from of his supporters after polls for Israel's general elections closed in Tel Aviv, April 10, 2019. Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP 2 of 21 | Israeli Likud Party campaign material and posters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strown on the floor following election night at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, April 10, 2019. Credit: Jack Guez/AFP

UPDATE: Netanyahu has clear path to form next government

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to carry on to a fifth term in office and beat rival Benny Gantz in Israel's election, the latest results indicated early Wednesday morning.

Likud andfail to enter the Knesset.

4:10 A.M. With most votes counted, Netanyahu's Likud maintains lead

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party gets 37 out of 120 Knesset seats, according to partial results in Israel's general election. With 79 percent of the votes counted, Benny Gantz's Kahol Lavan is only slightly behind with 36 seats.

Ultra-Orthodox parties Shas and United Torah Judaism, both likely to back Netanyahu as next prime minister, have eight and seven seats, respectively.

Right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu, led by former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, as well as left-wing Labor, both have six seats.

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu, Meretz, the Union of Right-Wing Parties and Arab-majority Hadash-Ta'al all have five seats.

Moshe Feiglin's Zehut, Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked's Hayamin Hehadash, Orly Levi-Abekasis' Gesher and United Arab List-Balad all fail to enter


the Knesset.

Open gallery view Average of Israeli election exit polls (Ch. 11, Ch. 12 and Ch. 13)

Netanyahu's party placed 1,200 hidden cameras in Arab polling sites.

3:30 A.M. Results begin to emerge, 64 percent of the votes have been counted

Results of Israel's election began to emerge, with 64 percent of the votes counted. According to the votes counted thus fur, Netanyahu's Likud is in the lead with 38 Knesset seats, while Gantz's Kahol Lavan comes in second with 35 Knesset seats.

Religious party Shas is standing to gain eight seats, while United Torah Judaism receives seven. Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu gets six seats, as well as Labor Party, while Kulanu, Union of the Right-Wing Parties, Meretz and Hadash-Ta'al all receive five seats.

Moshe Feiglin's Zehut, Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked's Hayaminprime minister for four more years."

Another Likud minister, Gilad Erdan, tweeted that "according to the preliminary results, the national camp has won and the right-wing bloc will be able to form the next government." He added a Likud-led government "represents the will of the majority of the public, and not a large party that made Labor crash," referring to Gantz's Kahol Lavan.

11:25 P.M. Kahlon won't commit to backing Netanyahu as prime minister

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon told Kulanu supporters that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called him after exit polls, predicting him four to five Knesset seats. "We've agreed to meet after final results are published and not a minute sooner."

Kahlon also thanked his supporters, gathered in Tel Aviv, and vowed to "join a government that will continue serving the


path to premiership for either ■ Follow Haaretz's live updates as drama unfolds

TV channels have released their exit polls.

Channel 12 News has the center-left and right-wing blocs with 60 seats each – a tie. The channel's exit polls also have Kahol Lavan with 37 seats to Likud's 33.

Channel 13 has the right-wing bloc with 66 seats to the center-left's 54, and Kahol Lavan and Likud with 36 seats each.

The Kan public broadcaster has the right-wing bloc with 64 seats and the center-left with 56, and Kahol Lavan with 37 seats to Likud's 36.

The fates of several smaller parties appear to be up in the air, although all three channels have Zehut failing to meet the electoral threshold. In Kan's exit polls, Gesher, United Arab List-Balad, Zehut and Hayaminstations around the country. In Ariel, a complaints were submitted by two voters who arrived at the polls to find that somebody had already voted in their name. Two similar complaints were submitted - one in the Jerusalem area and one in the center of the country - by voters who encountered a similar situation."

The statement said that the police have deployed thousands of officers, volunteers and border officers to polling stations around the country. "We are working together with the Election Council to preserve public order and prevent any injury to the integrity of the election or the secrecy of the vote."

7:25 P.M. Naftali Bennet pleads to voters to save his party

Education Minister and Hayamin Hehadash co-chair Naftali Bennett appeals to right-wing voters to resuscitate his party


filmed assisting a man lying in the road after being knocked off his motorcycle in an accident.

3:52 P.M. Likud claims Kahol Lavan is calling on Palestinians living in Israel to urge relatives to vote for Gantz-Lapid

Likud claims that Kahol Lavan is distributing Arabic-language calling on Palestinians living in Israel to encourage their relatives with voting rights to vote for it.

3:40 P.M. Temporary injunction issued against Hayamin Hehadash at Bennett's request

Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer issues a temporary injunction at the request of Hayamin Hehadash co-chair Naftali Bennett. Bennett claims the Union of Right-Wing Parties is distributing a video on social media from his days as the chairman of Habayit Hayehudi taken during the 2015 election, in which he is seen calling on the public to vote for Habayitshe says.

10:36 A.M. Hayamin Hehadash MK files complaint against Union of Right-Wing Parties

MK Moti Yogev from the Hayamin Hehadash party headed by Naftali Bennet and Ayelet Shaked, files a complaint against the Union of Right-Wing Parties for distributing false propaganda. According to the complaint, a video of Naftali Bennett from his days as the chairman of Habayit Hayehudi has been broadcasted since this morning. In the video Bennett is seen calling on Israel's citizens to vote for Habayit Hayehudi, alongside an audio recording of Shaked backing him.

10:15 A.M. The Union of Right-Wing Parties leader says party will lead entire state

MK Bezalel Smotrich votes in the Jewish settlement of Kdumim in the West Bank. "The Union of Right-Wing Parties has already chosen to lead a long time ago, and


democracy," Odeh says.

Voter turnout in the Arab community for the election will be one of the factors affecting the representation of the Arab parties and the map of the blocs. United Arab List-Balad and the Hadash-Ta’al slate have been encouraging voters all night and morning to go out and vote.

In Sakhnin, one of the main Arab cities in the north, 30 polling stations are spread out over eight locations. Former mayor Mazen Ghanaim is running on the United Arab List-Balad slate for the Knesset and is in the sixth spot. Outgoing MK Masud Ganaim of the United Arab List also lives in Sakhnin.

A disturbance breaks out at a polling station in the Algadir School in the eastern neighborhood of the city after right-wing activists were caught with hiddenthe hearing.

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Sepak Takraw USA will host a grand opening ceremony on Saturday for new playing courts at the Duluth and Case Recreation Center.

The dedication will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the center, 1020 Duluth St., and feature dance performances, an opening reception and a demonstration.

In February 2017, the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee gave St. Paul Parks and Recreation $100,000 toward four sepak takraw courts, including two outside Duluth and Case and two at Marydale Park off Maryland Avenue and Dale Street.

The event is hosted by Sepak Takraw of USA, Inc., St. Paul Parks Conservancy and St. Paul Parks and Recreation.


Girl targeted with hate speech before Portland stabbing rampage asks for privacy Friday's attack left two people dead and one seriously injured.

 -- A young woman who was targeted with suspected hate speech in Oregon on Friday before her attacker allegedly went on a deadly stabbing rampage asked for privacy and time to heal from the traumatic event.

Destinee Mangum, 16, and a 17-year-old friend who was wearing a hijab were riding a light-rail train in Portland, Oregon, on Friday evening when Joseph Christian, 35, allegedly began to yell racial and religious slurs at them.

Christian allegedly killed two people and seriously injured another after they tried to intervene.

“The best thing that you guys can help out with is just give me and my family time to process everything,” Mangumkilled Sharma

* Man pleads not guilty to manslaughter of Sharma

* One fatal punch delivered at party, court told

The details of what happened the night Sharma died are still a mystery to Iongi and his family.

Sharma had been at a house party on Haughey Ave, Mt Roskill, in the early hours of August 19 last year.

There were reports of rowdiness and fighting and when police arrived around 3am, they found Sharma lying in the driveway in a critical condition.

"I knew he was going to a party that night," Iongi said "but I thought he meant clubbing not a house party, Reg was a very private person, so even though I was his partner there was a lot I didn't know about him."

Carlos Pula, 23, was charged with manslaughter less


what happened will eventually slip up but I don't want to have to wait until my son is an adult to find out, he's almost one now and I need answers for him soon."

The resemblance between Sharma and his son, who Iongi calls "lil Reg" after his dad, is uncanny and the memories of Sharma often come flooding back when Iongi looks at their son.

"He looks so much like his dad, he calls out for him sometimes and it's heartbreaking."

CATRIN OWEN/STUFF Reginald Sharma died at a 21st birthday party.

The morning after the house party Iongi was with her children when she noticed she'd missed multiple calls and texts from Sharma's sister.

"She said it was about Reg and I just started freaking out, I called her and she toldam.

"Reg was a good person, he took on kids that weren't his and raised them as his own, he was a man with a heart of gold and always put others first. He would often go without to give others what they needed and my kids called him dad, he was so good with them."

CATRIN OWEN/STUFF The street where Sharma died was described as "relatively quiet" by a neighbour.

Iongi said while the support from everyone around her, including her new partner had been amazing, she still wanted to know who was responsible for Sharma's death.

"I want the person who did it, or anyone who knows what happened, to come forward and not think about themselves, but think about the family they've affected.

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the Canadian people following the horrendous tragedy in Toronto that claimed so many innocent lives. Our hearts are with the grieving families in Canada.

Your visit, Mr. President, comes at a critical time for our alliance. Along with our British friends, the United States and France recently took decisive action in response to the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons. I want to personally thank President Macron, the French military, and the French people, for their steadfast partnership. They were absolutely incredible. Thank you very much, Mr. President. Thank you.

The long friendship between the United States and France began 241 years ago this month, when a 19-year-old Frenchman named Lafayette set sail to join America’s fight for independence. He quickly won the trust of George Washington, fought bravely inthe battle, and helped secure the aid of France for the American cause. Decades later, President Andrew Jackson wrote that the memory of Lafayette “will be second only to that of Washington in the hearts of the American people.”

The beautiful friendship between the United States and France, forged in revolution, has changed the course of history.

Exactly 100 years ago this spring, Americans fought side-by-side with the gallant French in World War I.

A generation later, in the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of young Americans and Free French sacrificed together to save civilization in its hour of greatest need.

Sixty-thousand American service members rest for eternity beneath the peaceful fields and hills of the French countryside. And in the soil of Virginia and Georgia, French patriots whose names are


and with pride. And let the United States and France stand forever in solidarity for the noble cause of liberty and peace.

Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you, Mr. President.

PRESIDENT MACRON: (As interpreted.) Mr. President, dear Donald Trump, dear Melania, dear Brigitte, mesdames et messieurs, dear distinguished guests: Thank you for your warm welcome and for honoring France and the Franco-American friendship with his state visit, the first of your presidency, which bears witness to the strength of the centuries-old bond that unites our two countries.

But first of all, please allow me to join your condolences addressed by the French people to the Canadian people, and to express our deepest sympathy to President Bush and his family. It is in this sad moment, as well, and in theseIt brings about hopes that overcome all determinisms and prescribed destinies. It is said that France has renewed with the optimism it sometimes envied the United States. France shares with your country an ideal of freedom and peace.

Over the last centuries, we have weaved our histories through our common struggle where each time, together, we have fought the Western world and aspired to universality.

Through our revolutions, from the very beginning, yesterday evening, we were at Mt. Vernon at the residency of the first President of the United States, George Washington, on whose tomb I wished to pay tribute together with you.

Inside the mansion we saw the key to the Bastille Prison, which was sent to him by Lafayette as a symbol of this unbreakable bond.

Then through our struggles


is calling us. It is urging our peoples to find the fortitude that has guided us in the most difficult of times. France and, with it, Europe and the United States, have an appointment with history. We have but one duty, Mr. President, dear friend, to be at that appointment.

So thank you, Mr. President, and thanks to the First Lady for your invitation and for giving us this opportunity to work together towards that goal, and for giving us an opportunity to express, once again, our friendship.

Long live the United States. Love live France. Thank you. (Applause.)

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9:48 A.M. EDTDawn of the Croods S1 Ep1 – A Gran Day Out

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The Government's evidence revealed that the defendant possessed with intent to distribute and did distribute the substance of lysergic acid diethylamide or one of its chemical derivatives. The Court is of the opinion that the variance is at most a highly technical one known only to those sophisticated in the ways of chemistry. It would approach the absurd to suggest that Parkison had no notice of the charges against him because the substance was lysergic acid diethylamide tartrate rather than lysergic acid diethylamide. The Court therefore finds little merit in defendant's contention that he was deprived of the right to notice of the charges against him.
Moreover, the Court is not convinced that there is a variance in the first place. Defendant's variance argumentof the sale and that the residence was across the street from a junior high school. The Government's first witness also made reference to the proximity of the junior high school. At the conclusion of the Government's opening statement, defendant moved for a mistrial or, in lieu thereof, in limine to exclude all reference to the matters stated above.
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