5 SAI readying for FIB deployment with jungle training

5 SA Infantry Battalion is currently honing its jungle warfare skills ahead of deploying to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade (FIB).

The Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, headquartered unit has been at the SA Army’s jungle training base outside Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape since the beginning of April. When this section of training is completed the unit will move to the SANDF mobilisation unit in Bloemfontein for final mission readiness training and mobilisation before moving out to the eastern DRC in June. The deployment is a 12 month one and will be 5 SAI’s third to the central African country.

South Africa, through its national defence force must, in accordance with a UNCategory Archives: Archives, History, and Historiography

Teaching in the universities about the so-called McCarthy era has become an area most susceptible to politically correct and one-sided views of what the period was all about. One historian who strenuously objects to the accepted left-wing interpretation that prevails in the academy is Jennifer Delton, Chairman of the Department of History at Skidmore College.

In the March issue of The Journal of the Historical Society Delton writes:

However fiercely historians disagree about the merits of American Communism, they almost universally agree that the post-World War II Red scare signified a rightward turn in American politics. The consensus is that an exaggerated, irrational fear of communism, bolstered by a few spectacular spy cases, created an atmosphere of persecution and hysteria that was exploited and fanned


from the most quoted one from the recent past, Ellen Schrecker’s Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America. My favorite title is one written by the late Cedric Belfrage, The American Inquisition 1945-1960: A Profile of the “McCarthy Era.” In his book, Belfrage told the story of how he, an independent journalist who founded the fellow-traveling weekly The National Guardian, was hounded by the authorities and finally deported home to Britain. American concerns about Soviet espionage, he argued, were simply paranoia.

The problem with Belfrage’s account was that once the Venona files began to be released in 1995–the once top secret Soviet decrypts of communications between Moscow Center and its US agents—they revealed that Belfrage was a paid KGB operative, just as the anti-Communist liberal Sidney Hook had openlyof The New York Times claimed that a new group of scholars “would like to rewrite the historical verdict on Senator McCarthy and McCarthyism.” Fearing such a development, the newspaper warned that it had to be acknowledged that it was McCarthyism more than Soviet espionage or Communist infiltration that was “a lethal threat to American democracy.”

[T]the most famous and effective anticommunist measures were carried out not by conservatives, but by liberals seeking to uphold the New Deal. It was the liberal Truman administration that chased Communists out of government agencies and prosecuted Communist Party leaders under the Smith Act. It was liberal Hollywood executives who adopted the blacklist, effectively forcing Communists out of the movie business. The labor leaders who purged Communists from their unions were, similarly, liberals.


Most anticommunism—the anticommunism that mattered—was not hysterical and conservative, but, rather, a methodical and, in the end, successful attempt on the part of New Deal liberals to remove Communists from specific areas of American life, namely, the government, unions, universities and schools, and civil rights organizations. It is true that the FBI and the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) helped carry out these measures, but it is a mistake to assume that J. Edgar Hoover or HUAC could have had much power without the cooperation of liberals who wanted Communists identified and driven out of their organizations.

New evidence confirming the widespread existence of Soviet agents in
the U.S. government makes the Truman administration’s attempts to purge Communists from government agencies seem rational and appropriate—even too modest, given what weyear around this time I read articles and op-eds about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) that generally fall into two categories. On the one hand, you have leftists and revolutionaries who generally argue MLK was moving in an anti-capitalist direction before he was assassinated. The more extreme leftists claim this is precisely why he was assassinated. They also note if he was alive today, he would be siding with them in their various struggles whether environmental, economic or political. On the other hand, you have conservatives who contend that they are the rightful heirs to MLK’s legacy. They contend if King was alive today, he would take their side, especially in regards to “right to life” and other social issues.

I find most of these discussions to be


MLK. I suspect and hope he would be disappointed by their antics as well. And I recognize there are plenty of folks who continue King’s legacy in a positive and uplifting fashion.

Enjoy this brief clip of MLK responding to the criticisms leveled against him by Malcolm X:

The intellectual and political life of the United States over the past 60 years was affected in so many important and enduring ways by Irving Kristol that it is difficult to capture in words the extent of his powerful and positive influence. Irving, who died today at the age of 89, was the rarest of creatures—a thoroughgoing intellectual who was also a man of action. He was a maker of things, a builder of institutions, a harvester and disseminator and progenitor ofideas and the means whereby those ideas were made flesh…

The number of institutions with which he was affiliated, or started, or helped grow into major centers of learning and thinking is hard to count. There is this institution, COMMENTARY, where he began working after his release from the Army following the conclusion of the Second World War. There were two other magazines in the 1950s, the Reporter and Encounter, which he helped found and whose influence on civil discourse was profound and enduring, even legendary. There was the Public Interest, the quarterly he co-founded in 1965 with Daniel Bell and then ran with Nathan Glazer for more than 30 years, which was the wellspring of neoconservative thinking on domestic-policy issues. He helped bring a sleepy Washington think tank


called the American Enterprise Institute into the forefront. And he made Basic Books into a publishing powerhouse that was, for more than 20 years, at the red-hot center of every major debate in American life.

It was through his encouragement and lobbying efforts that several foundations began providing the kind of support to thinkers and academics on the Right that other foundations and most universities afforded thinkers and academics on the Left. Through his columns in the Wall Street Journal, he instructed American businessmen on the relation between what they did and the foundational ideas of capitalism as explicated by Adam Smith, and changed many of them from sideline players in the battle over the direction of the American economy into front-line advocates.

Just an example of Irving’s approach: Incalled the Institute for Educational Affairs. A few weeks later, he called me to report that a grant of $2,000 had been approved and, moreover, that he had used our little magazine as an example of what might be done on college campuses to encourage non-Leftist thinking among students. The board of the foundation found his pitch compelling, and it was decided that efforts should be made to encourage the creation of other publications like Counterpoint. From this seedling came a project that would, by the mid-1980s, lead to the creation of more than 50 college newspapers and magazines across the country engaged in a vital intellectual project to bring ideological diversity to campus life.

Now, if one were to measure by the nature of colleges today as opposed


to 30 years ago, one would have to say this venture did not effect much change. But what came out of it were dozens of young writers, thinkers, and entrepreneurs (like Peter Thiel, the co-creator of PayPal and one of the founding editors of the Stanford Review) who have enriched American life.

So it was with Irving the mentor. There are people throughout the United States, writers and editors and academics and thinkers and speechwriters and policymakers, who owe their careers and the shape of their lives to Irving and his direct efforts on their behalf—giving them counsel, writing them letters, finding them employment. He was a human job bank.

With the death of editor and scholar Irving Kristol, the conservative movement has lost another of its intellectual champions. Inan influential conservative icon.

Among other jobs, he was managing editor of Commentary magazine from 1947 to 1952, executive vice president of Basic Books for eight years and professor of social thought at New York University Graduate School of Business.

Irving Kristol was an inspiration to all of us. During the early days of the conservative movement, liberals controlled academia even more completely than they do today.

Yet Kristol reminded us that ideas were more important than ideology. He gave birth to an intellectual movement that proved conservative ideas work, and he helped make conservatives into what the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York called “the party of ideas.”

He was a truly great man, a great intellectual, and a great, patriotic servant to his country. He was also a


unique inspiration, to me personally, and to untold thousands of other young people for whom he provided a model of the intellectual life well-lived. He was a deep and fierce thinker, who nevertheless delivered his thoughts in the most amiable fashion, without animus or bile. He was curious and invited others to be curious, to engage in serious dialogue on the important issues of the day. He was also a creator of communities and institutions. He occupied a unique space between the world of the mind and the world of action. Networks of thinkers, policy-makers, and politicians revolved around him — and not because he thrust himself into their midst but because his mind and character attracted them to him. To go to work for him, as Ithe tissue of our culture are the true shapers of reality. As he explained in his greatest essay, “When Virtue Loses All Her Loveliness,” which closes Two Cheers for Capitalism, Adam Smith, for all his greatness as an economist and philosopher, did not see how crucial to the functioning of markets as he described them was the Presbyterian culture of the Scotland that bred him, with its emphasis on probity, thrift, enterprise, and truthfulness. Even in the economic world, material reality is only part of the story.

The Public Interest writers did not take issue with the ends of the Great Society so much as with the means, the “unintended consequences” of the Democrats’ good intentions. Welfare programs, they argued, were breeding a culture of dependency; affirmative action created


could change the world.”

Small circles and behind-the-scenes maneuverings suited him. He never sought celebrity; in fact, he was puzzled by writers who craved it. Described by the economics writer Jude Wanniski as the “hidden hand” of the conservative movement, he avoided television and other media spotlights; he was happier consulting with a congressman like Jack Kemp about the new notion of supply-side economics and then watching with satisfaction as Mr. Kemp converted President Ronald Reagan to the theory. Mr. Kristol was a man of ideas who believed in the power of ideas, an intellectual whose fiercest battles were waged against other intellectuals.

A major theme of The Public Interest under Mr. Kristol’s leadership was the limits of social policy; he and his colleagues were skeptical about the extent tophilosophy that had lost touch with ordinary people.

[I realize it is a few days after Labor Day but here is a program on the 75th anniversary of the SF General Strike from Michael Krasny’s Forum: Podcast is here. The image is from sfgeneralstrike.org]

The San Francisco General Strike
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco General Strike. The strike changed the face of organized labor in the Bay Area and throughout the United States, and had enormous impact on San Francisco city politics and culture. On this Labor Day, we present a pre-recorded broadcast assessing the legacy of the San Francisco General Strike.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

Dick Meister, freelance writer, columnist and co-author of a history of farm labor titled “A Long Time Coming”

Harvey Schwartz, curator of the ILWU


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This paper reports finding from a study carried out in a remote rural area of Bangladesh during December 2000. Nineteen key informants were interviewed for collecting data on domestic violence against women. Each key informant provided information about 10 closest neighbouring ever-married women covering a total of 190 women. The questionnaire included information about frequency of physical violence, verbal abuse, and other relevant information, including background characteristics of the women and their husbands. 50.5% of the women were reported to be battered by their husbands and 2.1% by other family members. Beating by the husband was negatively related with age of husband: the odds of beating among women with husbands aged less thanSenior US diplomats driven to dissent, resign under President Trump A new form of dissent has emerged: retirement.

 -- The No. 2 official at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing has resigned his post over President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, ABC News has confirmed, making him the latest senior diplomat to express dissent or retire unexpectedly under the Trump administration.

David Rank was the charge d'affaires in Beijing, leading the embassy while Trump's pick, former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who was confirmed last month, prepares for his post. He told colleagues and staff that he could not continue to serve, including his responsibility to formally notify China of the withdrawal.

A State Department official confirmed Rank's departure but wouldn't comment on the circumstances.

"Mr. Rank made a


personal decision. We appreciate his years of dedicated service to the State Department," the official told ABC News.

The news of Rank's resignation follows a dust-up over some tweets from the charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in London. Lewis Lukens is the top U.S. diplomat in the U.K. because the Trump administration has not yet nominated an ambassador. On Sunday, he tweeted his support for London Mayor Sadiq Khan and his condolences after the terror attack there.

That's standard procedure in the aftermath of an attack but it stood in sharp contrast to Trump's bashing Khan for his response to the attack. The disparity drew accolades and jeers from opponents and supporters of the president, respectively.

But State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert defended Lukens’s tweets at her first press briefingto Trump's original travel ban executive order. That cable was signed by over 1,000 employees around the globe.

In the past couple of months, a new form of dissent has emerged, too: retirement. A handful of senior diplomats with years of experience have retired, even as many top roles at the State Department remain unfilled by the Trump administration.

Among those is the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East, acting assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern affairs and former ambassador to Iraq Stu Jones, who is leaving with his decades of experience in Middle Eastern policy at a time when the challenges to the region and the confusion about America's agenda are both great.

Jones went viral last week for his lengthy, thoughtful pause during a State Department briefing,


quiet for nearly 20 seconds as he contemplated a question of why the U.S. criticizes Iran about democracy, but not Saudi Arabia.

Jones joins other career folks like Dan Fried, the longest-serving diplomat who retired at the end of February and delivered a firm rebuke of Trump's "America First" policy in a retirement speech, his words republished across the internet.

"For those of you remaining in government service, I say this: Serve your nation and this administration as you serve all administrations: with loyalty, dedication and courage," he said. "And as you serve, you will, as I did, always remember your oath to the Constitution."The League of Ireland looks set for a significant boost amid reports that a consortium led by David Beckham is on the verge of taking over Longford Town FC.

The League of Ireland looks set for a significant boost amid reports that a consortium led by David Beckham is on the verge of taking over Longford Town FC.

The 38-year-old former Manchester United midfielder retired last year and is currently at an advanced stage in his efforts to secure a Miami-based franchise in America’s MLS. It is understood he wants to turn his attention to developing a team in a ‘minor European league’ once this goal is achieved.

“David is passionate about football at all levels, and he would revel in the opportunity to take a club like Longford Town right


of Business Administration degree at the University of California, Berkeley in 1971.

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He has held key positions in the bank Manufacturers Hanover Trust in London and New York. From 1981 to 1995, he was CEO of the shipping company North Ltd Venture in London. He has also been a consultant for the British Ministry of Defence and the British Export Credits Guarantee Department.

Paus co-founded Questerre Energy Corporation, an oil and gas exploration company listed on Toronto Stock Exchange and Oslo Stock Exchange, and has been the company's chairman and largest shareholder. He became a member of the board of directors in 2000 and was chairman from 2006 to 2015.

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Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an important health problem worldwide. Several studies have shown that a positive family history is a strong risk factor. We studied the prevalence of AD among 23,583 Austrian school children and examined the association between the prevalence of AD in children and their parents' education at two points in time. As part of the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood programme, two cross-sectional studies were conducted in Upper Austria (Federal State of Austria) between the years 1995-97 (Phase I) and 2001-03 (Phase III). All pupils of pre-school classes and of first and second grade of all elementary schools in seven districts


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investigators on Sunday sifted through blast remnants, examined video and scoured the scene of an explosion that wounded 29 people in Manhattan, attempting to establish if there were any links to international terrorism.

The explosion on a commercial and residential street in New York City’s Chelsea district on Saturday night sent a deafening roar and a powerful shock wave through several blocks, wounding people with shrapnel and flying glass. All 29 victims were released from the hospital, officials said on Sunday.

Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for any witnesses to provide tips and promised a security presence that would be “bigger than ever” for the United Nations General Assembly bringing together world leaders in Manhattan for six days starting on Tuesday.

With so little known about theendured the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 and devastating Superstorm Sandy in 2012 said they were generally unperturbed.

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A sweep of the neighborhood following the blast turned up another device four blocks away consisting of a pressure cooker with wires attached to it and connected to a cell phone.

Pressure cooker bombs were used in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 260.

The New Jersey explosion came from a pipe bomb, officials said. A U.S. official familiar with information circulating inside the government said the motive remained unknown and insufficient evidence had been gathered to link the two New York bombs. There was no evidence to connect them to the New Jersey blast, said the source, who spoke on condition


divides the pulse outputted by the PLL circuit at a division ratio that is preset by the CPU, an up/down counter to which the output of the divider is inputted and which sets a predetermined value that is preset at the timing of the phase reference signal from the PLL circuit, repeats the up and down count between two predetermined values that are set separately from the former predetermined value thus set, and outputs a carrier wave, a comparator that compares the carrier wave and signal wave and, depending on the size of the carrier wave and signal wave, outputs a switching signal that controls the ON/OFF of the switching element of the output converter, the PWM circuit comprising a first register that temporarily holds the division ratioof the divider that is set by the CPU, and a second register to which the temporarily held division ratio is inputted with the timing of the phase reference signal from the PLL circuit and which holds the division ratio and causes the divider to reflect the division ratio. In this PWM circuit, the duty ratio of the drive signal supplied to the load is changed in accordance with the ON/OFF of the switching signal.


PVI procedure. Medtronic Achieve 15 mm or 20 mm mapping catheter was used for mapping of the pulmonary veins. When LA was passed following transseptal puncture, administration of heparin boluses was initiated and activated clotting time was maintained between 300-350 s. When the balloon closed the gap of the pulmonary vein completely in LA, cryothermal energy was delivered. Each pulmonary vein was ablated for at least 2 cycles as each cycle was adjusted to last averagely 240 s. The ablation procedure was initiated at left upper pulmonary vein and continued by left lower, right upper and right lower pulmonary veins. During ablation, pulmonary veins and their action potentials were displayed and also disapperance patterns of the pulmonary veins were recorded. The success of the procedure was defined as completely disapperance of theTrending Now

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Women Who Care holding membership drive

The Elk County charitable organization “Women Who Care” (WWC) is holding a membership drive. Women Who Care was established in 2009 with nine charter members who had the idea of establishing a philanthropic giving circle. Charter member Paula Fritz Eddy describes the organization as a “giving circle that was established to provide a vehicle for nonprofit organizations to apply for funds to strengthen the quality of life for families in our local community.” “The organization is a project of the Elk County Community Foundation, who provides administrative support for the group,” said Eddy, who also serves as the executive director of the foundation. “To date, the group has given $27,000 to local charities since its inception in just two granting


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The invention relates to a clip used to create a concertina shaped barrier by connecting adjacent loops of a coil of helical barbed tape.
Helical barbed tape is widely employed as an elongated antipersonnel barrier that may be staked to the ground to define a perimeter, installed at the base of a fence, or mounted on the top of a fence, a wall or a rooftop. The typical helical barbed tape comprises an elongated helically formed central support from which spaced apart clusters of barbs extend. Each cluster of barbs typically comprises a total of four barbs, with a first pair of barbs extending from a root on the radially inner side of the central support and a second pair of barbs extending from a second root on thelocated on the radially outer edge of the fold is affected by tensile stress caused by the stretching of the radially outer portion of the tape during the edge bending process, whereas the areas along either side of the fold are affected by compressive stress caused by the buckling of the radially inner portion of the tape during the edge bending process.
The concentrations of stress that arise proximate to the fold may promote the formation of microscopic cracks and fissures in the material. The propagation of such a crack or fissure, which can be caused by constant exposure to high winds, windswept sand, heavy rains, or below freezing temperatures, would most likely result in a failure of the material over extended periods of time, thereby compromising the security


The American Burn Association is dedicated to improving the lives of everyone affected by burn injury.

ABA members include burn care physicians, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, psychologists, nutritionists, rehabilitation experts, and research personnel. Firefighters, attorneys, administrators, prevention educators, and burn patients also comprise the ABA membership. Membership is open to health care professionals and others with a demonstrated interest/accomplishment in the field of burns.Montenegro Police Arrests Suspected Shooters of Journalist

Montenegrin police said they have arrested nine people in connection with an attack on Vijesti newspaper journalist Olivera Lakic, who was shot in the leg in front of her apartment in May 2018.

Olivera Lakic. Photo: Boris Pejovic/EPA

Montenegrin police said on Tuesday that they have arrested nine members of a criminal organisation who are suspected of shooting Olivera Lakic in 2018 and of killing another person in an unrelated case.

Podgorica police chief Milovan Pavicevic said that one suspect, who he identified only by the initials F.B., accompanied by some of the members of his group, followed Lakic on May 8, 2018, from the office of Vijesti daily newspaper to her apartment.

“He waited for her to leave the vehicle and head towards the building


entrance, then approached her and caused serious bodily injury to her right leg with a pistol,” Pavicevic told media.

A day after Lakic was shot, hundreds of journalists and NGO activists protested in front of the Montenegrin government building in Podgorica.

The attack was condemned by the EU delegation and US embassy in Podgorica, the Council of Europe and the OSCE.

The 2018 incident was not the first time Lakic was attacked. In 2012, a man in a black tracksuit struck her, also in front of the building where she lives.

The 2012 attack followed a series of threats she received after she wrote a series of articles about the Tara cigarette factory and the Montenegrin Tobacco Company the previous year.Thousands of civilians flee homes after deadly rebel attacks

SULTAN KUDARAT – Thousands of civilians remain in different evacuation areas in southern Philippines following recent attacks by separatist rebels on military posts.

Many civilians were afraid of returning homes for fear that rebels would launch another attacks on the military or villagers in Sultan Kudarat province as well as in nearby Maguindanao, one of five provinces under the restive Muslim autonomous region.

About a dozen people had been killed in attacks launched by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who are fighting for the establishment of a strict Islamic state in southern Philippines.

The rebels also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and have attracted a number of sympathizers and recruits, although the army continues to downplay the


capability of the BIFF to launch a major assault.

The army had the BIFF on the run following a massive campaign last year, but the rebels managed to regroup and recruit more members and armed them with automatic weapons bought from illegal gun dealers.

There were suggestions from various groups to open peace talks with the BIFF, whose members were mostly former guerrillas of the larger Moro Islamic Liberation Front which signed a peace deal with Manila in 2014.

But many BIFF members were also radicalized with links to Malaysian and Indonesian jihadists being coddled by rogue MILF commanders in the troubled region.

Villagers fleeing Sultan Kudarat province climb on board a truck in the town of Esperanza as thousands of civilians from nearby province of Maguindanao abandon their houses and seekTaylor Strategy Partners Set to Open Office in Kansas City in June 2011

...COLUMBUS Ohio May 10 2011 /- Taylor Strategy Partners ...TSP was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Columbus OH with addi... This opening is a natural progression for TSP because Kansas City has...According to the Kansas City Economic Development Corporation local i...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylor Strategy Partners (TSP), who enable clients in the life science industry to identify and retain the best human capital for their organizations, is pleased to announce the expansion of its operations to Kansas City, KS.

TSP was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH with additional offices in New York, NY and Chicago, IL. Todd Radloff, TSP Vice President and Managing Director, will be taking


the lead of the Kansas City office.

"This opening is a natural progression for TSP because Kansas City has a large life science industry base and we look forward to building a closer relationship with the businesses in the area," said Mickey Shimp, President of TSP.

According to the Kansas City Economic Development Corporation, local industry strengths include animal health, comparative medicine, clinical research, healthcare, and pharmaceutical development. Opportunities are plentiful for life sciences companies, as well as for businesses providing supplies, equipment, and services to this growing sector.

"Opening this office will give TSP the chance to offer our clients a much wider range of services and capabilities," said Shimp. "This is a very exciting time for the Kansas City area. Over the past decade, the Kansas City region hason May 27. Still to come later this month is the Canadian squad, which could take further players away from Seattle and New Orleans.

Below we take a team-by-team look at who will be hit the most by call-ups, and who might step in to fill the gap. It may well alter post-season predictions given the impact on the current league leaders.

AUSTIN ELITE

Heading into the season there was some concern whether the team would be competitive but some late roster additions gave them a much-needed boost in confidence and they secured their first win against NOLA last weekend. Austin have three games games during the release period, two at home.

June 1 – vs Utah Warriors

June 8 – vs Seattle Seawolves

Jun 17 – @ San Diego Legion

Peter Malcolm has already


they certainly will be, not just in personnel but also in the schedule. They are they only team with games on all four weeks of the release period and three of those are against teams favored to reach the Semis.

June 3 – @ New Orleans Gold

June 8 – vs Houston SaberCats

June 16 – vs Seattle Seawolves

June 23 – @ San Diego Legion

With the Eagles training camp and June 9 match taking place in Denver, there is a chance players not selected for the test are released to play in the game against Houston. It would be prudent for Glendale to anticipate that not being the case with all six of their Eagles in contention for spots in the match day 23.

NAME POS COUNTRY ALTERNATIVE Dylan Fawsitt HO USAroles with the Eagles. Jake Christmann deputised for the injured Davies on the weekend and there are two new scrumhalf additions to the squad in Kevin Lynch, who debuted off the bench against Utah, and former Lindenwood starter Mickey Bateman.

Filling in at flyhalf should be either youngster Mika Kruse or former Eagles international Ata Malifa, with the other starting in the midfield. An alternative could be Max de Achaval moving to flyhalf with Seth Halliman shifting to fullback, particularly if one of John Ryberg or Dustin Croy returns to injury in the coming weeks.

HOUSTON SABERCATS

The Cats came up desperately short against San Diego but look a much better side now than they did in their disappointing season opener. They have three games during the window and will be


three games during the window, the first two at home.

June 3 – vs Glendale Raptors

June 9 – vs San Diego Legion

June 16 – @ Utah Warriors

Team management would have quietly breathed a sigh of relief with no Gold players included on the 30-man Eagles roster. The loss of Sebastián Kalm, Holden Yungert, or JP Eloff would have been devastating to a team already using midfielder Moni Tonga’uiha as a makeshift flanker and Tim Maupin temporarily sidelined. They aren’t completely out of the woods yet with a couple Canadians still in the shop window.

NAME POS COUNTRY ALTERNATIVE Hubert Buydens PR Canada Derrek van Klein Eric Howard HO Canada Cam Falcon

With Kingsley Jones unlikely to name his final squad until after the second domestic ‘trial’ match against the Ontario Arrows,NOLA will play the waiting game for now but as things stand they could yet be completely in the clear. Both Hubert Buydens and Eric Howard were left out of Canada’s Americas Rugby Championship plans and appear to be on the outside looking in. If both were selected the Gold would need to bring in a new front row player with only Alec Janotka outside of their usual match day squad.

The second row continues to be a problem spot but it looks as though Nikola Bursic will stay with the team throughout the season. He has opted out of the South American Championship and Chile do not currently have any matches scheduled during the June window.

SAN DIEGO LEGION

The Legion had a rough opening to their campaign against Seattle


but have got their high-powered offense up and running and now look serious contenders moving forward. They have received a favorable draw in terms of the June window with two home matches, one against a weakened Glendale side directly ahead of the Semi Finals

June 9 – @ New Orleans Gold

June 17 – vs Austin Elite

June 23 – vs Glendale Raptors

Losing a number of players was always on the menu for the Legion with so many high profile Eagles internationals on the squad. They had the most called for the June matches with seven in all named though it could have been more with Anthony Salaber in top form but left out for now.

NAME POS COUNTRY ALTERNATIVE Siaosi Mahoni LO USA Lance Lamprecht Tony Lamborn FL USA Mungo MasonShalom Suniula should move into scrumhalf, with cover up in the air. Mat Turner could be an emergency option or perhaps Isaiah Chinen from Saracens.

UTAH WARRIORS

Last but not least, the Warriors are the only team yet to get a win but will fancy their chances at home against Austin this weekend. They have three games during the June window, all crucial if they hope to earn a spot in the Semi Finals.

June 1 – @ Austin Elite

June 16 – vs New Orleans Gold

June 23 – vs Houston SaberCats

Losing two key players to the Eagles will be a blow but the team has at least been spared in the front row where the loss of Angus MacLellan would have been near-catastrophic. MacLellan is unlucky to by omitted and is


DALLAS -- The Dallas Mavericks have waived Chinanu Onuaku as expected four days after acquiring the center in a trade with Houston.

The 6-foot-10 Onuaku was a second-round pick by the Rockets in 2016 and played sparingly over two seasons. The Mavericks traded the rights to forward Maarty Leunen to the Rockets in the deal.

Onuaku averaged 3.0 points and 2.3 rebounds in six games with Houston.

The Mavericks also signed free agent guard/forward Ryan Broekhoff. The 6-7 Broekhoff spent the past five seasons playing professionally in Turkey and Russia.United States, although Ottawa insists on receiving assurances that people will not face the death penalty if they are sent back to face the American justice system.

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Conservative MP Peter Kent said the Liberals are all over the map in terms of Canada's relationship with China, as Ottawa enters into talks on free trade, justice issues and cybersecurity with Beijing.

"I think there is a disagreement in the Liberal caucus on this," Mr. Kent said in an interview.

Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada's secretary-general, said Mr. Dion is a clear opponent of the death penalty and setting clear benchmarks for the talks.

"There have been differing views and different understandings expressed by different members of the government," Mr. Neve said. "I have no doubt that Mr. Dion's take on


media on Saturday, Mr. Trudeau's principal secretary, Gerald Butts, said the visit of Mr. Li was the culmination of six months of work, aimed at resetting the China-Canada relationship on a "much stronger, stable footing."

"Lots of tricky water to navigate in the future, but a great start," Mr. Butts wrote.

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With a report from Michelle Zilio1 of 6 New Ensigns toss their cadet covers into air upon graduation from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Jessica Hill/AP) 2 of 6 Cadets turn to thank their families in the audience at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Jessica Hill/AP) 3 of 6 Vice President Mike Pence stands as the national anthem is played at commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Jessica Hill/AP) 4 of 6 Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Jessica Hill/AP) 5 of 6 Vice President


Mike Pence, right, shakes hands with Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, USCA, at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Jessica Hill/AP) 6 of 6 Vice President Mike Pence is saluted as he arrives to speak at the commencement for the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (Jessica Hill/AP)

Pence said Venezuela is a “tragic case in point” of a place where political corruption, porous borders and economic instability are thriving, undermining the rule of law. As he arrived at the academy, Pence issued a tweet about Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s expulsion of the top American diplomat in the country. The vice president promised in the tweet that “this provocation will be metand vice present typically each address the graduating class at one of the federal service academies on a rotating basis.

About a dozen protesters held signs outside the academy gates that called for better protection of the poor and greater tolerance of the LGBT community. It was a far smaller showing than last year, when Trump made his first appearance at a service academy.

There are 209 members of the 2018 graduating class, who earned degrees in engineering, naval architecture, operations research, marine and environmental sciences, management and government. Sixty-one percent are men and 39 percent are female. Sixty-seven percent of the class is white. Eight of the graduates hail from Connecticut.


ByDeb Riechmann, Associated PressJune 16, 2016

CIA Director John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2016, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the Islamic State. Brennan said that the Islamic State remains "formidable" and "resilient," is training and attempting to deploy operatives for further attacks on the West and will rely more on guerrilla-style tactics to compensate for its territorial losses in the Middle East.

Washington — The U.S. battle against the Islamic State has not yet curbed the group's global reach and as pressure mounts on the extremists in Iraq and Syria, they are expected to plot more attacks on the West and incite violence by lone wolves, CIA Director John Brennan told Congress on Thursday.

In a rare open hearing, Brennan gave the Senateintelligence committee an update on the threat from Islamic extremists and shared his views on a myriad of other topics, including encryption, Russia and Syria.

Brennan said IS has worked to build an apparatus to direct and inspire attacks against its foreign enemies, as in the recent attacks in Paris and Brussels — ones the CIA believes were directed by the top IS leaders.

"Furthermore, as we have seen in Orlando, San Bernardino and elsewhere, ISIL is attempting to inspire attacks by sympathizers who have no direct links to the group."

Brennan said the CIA has not been able to uncover any direct link between the Orlando shooter and a foreign terrorist organization.

He said the U.S.-led coalition has killed IS leaders, forced the group to surrender large swaths of territory in


Iraq and Syria and that fewer fighters are traveling to Syria and others have defected.

While the group's ability to raise money has been thwarted, it still generates at least tens of millions of dollars every month, mostly from taxation and sales of crude oil on black markets in Syria and Iraq.

"Unfortunately, despite all our progress against ISIL on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group's terrorism capability and global reach," he said.

He said IS is slowly cultivating its branches into an interconnected global network and that the number of IS fighters now far exceeds what al-Qaida had at its peak.

The CIA estimates there are 18,000 to 22,000 IS fighters in Syria and Iraq — down from about 33,000 last year. Thebranch in Libya, with between 5,000 and 8,000 fighters, is the most advanced and most dangerous, but IS is trying to increase its influence in Africa, Brennan said.

He said Boko Haram is now the IS branch in West Africa and has several thousand fighters. Brennan described the IS branch in the Sinai as the most active and capable terrorist group in Egypt, attacking Egyptian military and government targets as well as foreigners and tourists, such as in the downing of a Russian passenger jet last October.

The Yemen branch, with several hundred fighters, has been riven with factionalism. And the Afghanistan-Pakistan branch, also with hundreds of fighters, has struggled to maintain its cohesion, in part because of competition with the Taliban, he said.

The issue of encryption arose several times


and tech communities to work on the issue.

Brennan also expressed his views on other issues:

RUSSIA

Brennan said Russian military forces have bolstered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and are carrying out attacks against the U.S.-backed forces trying to unseat him. He said Assad is in a stronger position now than he was in June 2015 and that the agreed cessation of violence is "holding by a thread."

TORTURE

Brennan said individuals within the CIA have been held accountable for problems in the agency's former detention and interrogation program set up after Sept. 11. He said he could elaborate in a classified setting.

TWITTER

Brennan confirmed a May report in The Wall Street Journal that the data mining company, Dataminr Inc., had ended its contract with the CIA.

The New York-based company, which monitors information streaming[Professional military training of women a social-hygienic study].
The author discusses the process of training of women at a military higher institution. The main group consisted of 110 women, future military doctors. The control group were 87 men studying at a parallel course. In general women study better, the motivation of study and the time course of formation of sociopsychological relations are different in men and women, the two groups differ by the level and time course of the physiological potential of the organism, disease incidence is higher in women and the morbidity structure among them is peculiar, and shifts in the immune status are more expressed in women; moreover, the "price" of adaptation of women to novel conditions of professional training is higher. Improvement of military professional training


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No longer confined to the Convention Center, Comic-Con now permeates San Diego during its run, with immersive experiences in the Gaslamp, hush-hush film screenings, and celebrity sightings. Everyone seems to be getting into the spirit, from the San Diego Symphony to local fave Searsucker to the San Diego Law Library. There’s even at least one Batman-themed burlesque show across town. Not to mention the late night after-parties, where bleary-eyed enthusiasts schvitzing through their masks and costumes will dance the night away.

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The New York Times reports: Cody Wilson, whose push to post blueprints of 3D-printed guns online has made him a key figure in the national gun control debate, was charged on Wednesday with sexually assaulting a child in Texas. Mr. Wilson, 30, is accused of having sex with a girl under 17 at a hotel in Austin on Aug. 15 …

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The author gives a brief historical overview of the administrative structures that have progressively been set up for management of governmental humanitarian action. He stresses that governmental humanitarian programs are no longer limited to a strictly administrative functions but now include a new altruistic interface involving consultation with non-governmental organizations. However he also underlines that governmental humanitarian action is still carried out not only as an act of human assistance but also as an act of foreign policy. He ends with a presentation of the recently created Humanitarian Action Commission (HAC) at the French Foreign Office.Major Japanese exchange Coincheck has announced the suspension of a number of services today, including all withdrawals.

The exchange posted on its website early this morning (UTC) that is had stopped most cryptocurrency buying and selling, and halted withdrawals of all cryptocurrencies and Japanese yen (JPY).

While it’s not clear at the moment what might have caused the issue, the suspension started when the exchange announced around 13:00 JST (04:00 UTC) that it had restricted deposits, trading and withdrawal of XEM, the token running on the NEM blockchain.

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Taiwan's parliamentary speaker scored another victory in the battle for his job Monday after the high court upheld a ruling against his party's decision to expel him over claims of influence-peddling.

Earlier this month, the Taipei district court granted Wang Jin-pyng's request for a provisional injunction against the Kuomintang (KMT) party, allowing him to hold his party membership and therefore continue as speaker.

The party, led by President Ma Ying-jeou, appealed the ruling, but the appeal was thrown out by the high court on Monday.

According to KMT legislator Lo Shu-lei (羅淑蕾), a dozen or so KMT legislators, including Huang Chao-shun (黃昭順), Liao Cheng-ching (廖正井), Lu Hsueh-chang (呂學樟), Hsieh Kuo-liang (謝國樑), Sun Ta-chien (孫大千) and Chen Ken-te (陳根德), decided to write a letter to President Ma after agathering held last week to discuss the political situation. “During the gathering, we discussed the recent political turmoil caused by the feud between President Ma and Speaker Wang. A couple of days ago, a taxi driver committed suicide. In a letter he left behind, he wrote that he was disappointed with the government for failing to revive the economy and constantly engaging in political infighting. The death of the taxi driver shocked society. During the gathering, the attendees asked me to take the lead to write a letter to President Ma recommending that the KMT withdraw its interlocutory appeal against Wang in order to put an end to the political infighting so that he could concentrate on reviving the economy.”

[Presidential spokesman] Lee stated that President Ma Ying-jeou’s insistence


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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Ma, accompanied by Minister of the Interior Lee Hong-yuan (李鴻源), Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan Chen Wei-jen (陳威仁) and Minister of the Education Chiang Wei-ning (蔣偉寧), paid his respects to the Chinese philosopher by burning incense and watching a bayi (八佾) dance.

The dance, a ritual traditionally acted out to pay respect to emperors, was performed by 64 students.

The temple also opened the Lingxing Gate, its main entrance which is usually closed during the ceremony, and arranged for the president to enter the temple via the route traditionally taken by emperors.

Addressing the ceremony after the two-hour ritual, Ma cited the Analects toand scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!

Earlier in the day Legislator Ker Chien-ming, a caucus whip of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), told the press he had received notice from the court that the wiretapping of his phones had been discontinued, following his acquittal in a breach of trust case.

The notice listed several numbers that had been under surveillance, including his cell phone number and the Legislative Yuan's switchboard number 0972630235, Ker said.

"Even the parliament was being monitored," Ker said at a press conference at the Legislative Yuan, which was also attended by DPP legislators Wu Ping-jui and Kuan Bi-ling.

The SID "has never eavesdropped on the switchboard of the Legislative Yuan," Yang said several times. He said 0972630235 is the number of a cell


phone used by an individual.

However, Tsai Wei-min, head of the Legislative Yuan's General Affairs Department, told the press the same day that the number has been used by the Legislative Yuan since August 2006 as part of a cost saving system.

Readers may recall that Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng had been publicly accused by the President of influence peddling by calling the Minister of Justice and having him tell the prosecutors not to appeal a not guilty verdict against Ker. The DPP politicians also said that the SID had been monitoring the prosecutor in the Ker case, which the SID admitted. They admitted that they monitored her 12 year old daughter, accidentally, since she was using her mom's phone (SCMP). They then switched to the husband's phone which Linshift of factories and investment to China; and governance by the KMT. The trend is clear, as Commercial Times observed in another hard hitting editorial:

According to government statistics, the disposable annual income of people aged below 30 averaged only NT$366,000 (US$12,388) in 2012, lower than NT$380,000 in 1999.

In 2012, the starting monthly salaries for bachelor's degree holders averaged NT$26,000, down from NT$28,000 in 1999. The average starting salary of master's degree holders was NT$31,000, up only slightly from 13 years ago, when the average salary was NT$30,000.

There is an obvious trend in which wealth is concentrated in the hands of the older generations.

In 2010, 75 percent of residential properties in Taiwan were owned by people aged 45 or older, with homeowners younger than 35 accounting for only 8


the highest level,” abuse of the office of president and violation of the separation of powers fundamental to a democracy. Ma then acted in his capacity as KMT chairman to have Wang’s party membership suspended and remove him as a legislator-at-large.

This confusion of Ma’s two roles as president and party chairman looks like a return to the old party-state practices of the KMT.

Third, contempt of the legislature. By using an internal KMT party process to remove its speaker, Ma has seriously violated the rights of the legislature. The speaker of the legislature is elected by its members. The legislature oversees the president. Now Ma has used his power as party chairman to become the overseer of the legislature. This has serious implications for KMT proportional vote legislators whomust worry about a party chairman who can remove them so easily.

A vast crisis, now in suspension while the Court rules on it. All of it triggered by Ma's own actions, which he did not have to take.
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Economist's round up of the MaWangMess: except for the ridiculous remark about reunification, the write up is great improvement over the hilarious Ma the Bumbler bumblement. But the Economist, strangely, continues to support Ma, who seeks to deliver Taiwan into the orbit of a Communist one-party state, rather than the DPP, which supports an independent capitalist democracy. Well, maybe not so strange, considering the Economist's real values....

Dapu: Miaoli County Chief confronted by protesters. The police parted the crowd for him and let him in to pay his respects to Mr.


Chang. However, when protest leaders stopped by the home to visit the body, the police would not let them in.

The BBC has an article on Taiwan's problems with innovation. Its identification of Taiwan's mom-n-pop management as an obstacle is spot on, but sadly it sees "innovation" solely in terms of a narrow slice of electronics firms. Taiwan's textile, machine tool, bike, sporting goods, and other industries, the lifeblood of the island's industrial heartland in central Taiwan, are ignored in this piece, as they are in so many others. Also, BBC's longtime institutional pro-China stance is especially irksome in this context -- one reason Taiwan firms moved to China was to avoid the kind of upgrading of tech and innovation and management BBC (correctly) advocates here and instead prolonglaw.

The whole post is excellent, don't miss it.

J Michael relates the sad tale of the death of one of the Dapu 4 whose homes were bulldozed while the protesters were away: In Memorium: Mr. Chang Sen-wen:

I first met Chang Sen-wen (張森文) in front of the Executive Yuan on July 3. It was an excruciatingly hot day. He was in a blue shirt, wearing a straw hat, underneath a tent that had temporarily been erected in front of the EY. Next to him, his wife, Peng Hsiu-chun (彭秀春), was giving interviews to reporters, making her case, as she had done dozens of times over the past three years, against the efforts by the Miaoli County Government to demolish their home and the small pharmacy they operated to widen an


when asked by committee members why he was insisting that Wang must go.

"Though it is a painful decision, it should still be made," Ma said at a news conference.

.........

[Wang]The veteran politician enjoys broad support in the legislature and throughout southern Taiwan.

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Although he had no direct evidence of the alleged irregularity, Ma denounced Wang on Sunday for what he described as the "most serious infringement of Taiwan's judicial independence" and the "most shameful day in the development of Taiwan's democracy".

The way Ma dealt with the case without due process of law and his subjective conclusion has seen Wang gain overwhelming support and sympathy from the public and news media.

It's hard to imagine how Ma could not have known that attacking one of the most well-liked politicians on the island,whom many Taiwanese identify with, would make him even more disliked than he already is. Is the Presidential office really that out of touch? WSJ adds:

Mr. Tseng is among a list of officials that have fallen from grace since Mr. Ma was elected president in 2008. Last month, Taiwan was forced to name its second new defense minister in a week, following the resignation of newly installed ministry head Andrew Yang after he admitted plagiarism. Mr. Ma also lost his finance minister two weeks into his second term last year and watched his cabinet secretary get hauled away in handcuffs in December amid allegations of bribery.

Then there are the local news reports....

In addition to the withdrawal of referendum legislation for the 4th nuclear plant, the DPP also withdrew


from the Ma-Su debate on the cross-strait service agreement.

The fierce debate in yesterday’s CEDC meeting lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. However, in the end, all 11 committee members present were overwhelmingly in favor of revoking Wang’s party membership. Two other members were absent.

Yesterday afternoon, the KMT immediately sent the certification that Wang Jin-pyng had lost his party membership to the Central Election Commission, confirming that Wang had lost his qualification as a KMT legislator-at-large elected on the party list.

The KMT Party Charter stipulates, “An appeal of a party member shall not affect the validity of a decision handed down by the Central Evaluation and Discipline Committee.” In other words, if Wang wanted to keep his party membership, he had to petition a court of justice to grantidentify with Wang as a southerner and a Taiwanese, this attack is going to have a powerful ethnic resonance -- just another victimization of the Taiwanese by the KMT. Heads will nod all over Taiwan.

Wang now faces a range of choices for revenge. With mayoral and local elections in 2014 and presidential elections in 2016, Wang could run with the DPP. Or run as an independent and hand Taipei or Taichung to the DPP. The problem is that a year from now he will be old news -- look at Soong's laughable runs for mayor in Taipei and for President. Three years from now, in the 2016 Presidential election, Wang will be ancient history, and ancient as well, at 75.

I think Wang will also see 2014 and 2016


no KMT opponent in his district, or run as the KMT candidate himself. In the end, all the fantasies I am hearing about Wang going down in flames splitting the Blue vote and handing some important position to the DPP are just that, fantasies. Soong's sad fate has already made it clear that the voters aren't going to go along with that....
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East-West Institute with "new thinking" on arms sales. Here's the new thinking: "It proposes that the United States cap its annual arms deliveries (as opposed to announced sales) at a level that complies with the key stipulation of the U.S.-China Joint Communique of August 17, 1982, adjusted for inflation. It also calls on China to remove one of its five short-range missile brigades aimed at Taiwancheck out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Well...Ma Ying-jeou's hysterical attack on Legislator Wang Jin-pyng, with its condemnation of Wang as guilty of crimes he has not even been charged with, has blown up into an enormous political scandal with huge potential to damage the KMT and Ma Ying-jeou, all of it completely unnecessary, had Ma simply said nothing. It's also made it obvious that from the beginning this whole case was about getting Wang. Tseng's resignation was just the collateral damage.

Wang had been in Malaysia attending his daughter's wedding when the news "broke" that the SID had tapes of him allegedly telling a DPP legislator that


he had arranged for the prosecutors to forego an appeal in a not guilty verdict. The reason I use "broke" is because it looks like Wang took off and then as soon as he was out the door, the SID convened a press conference with the sensational claims about Wang and Ker and Justice Minister Tseng. What a coincidence, eh?

Well, Wang has returned. FocusTaiwan reports that he is going to fight tooth and nail....

Wang also accused the Special Investigation Division of violating the law and the Constitution by eavesdropping on the speaker of the Legislature and releasing a transcript of the wiretapped conversations.

Flanked by supporters and fellow legislators at the airport, Wang delivered his first response to allegations that he lobbied the minister and the prosecutor in Juneon behalf of a fellow lawmaker who was the defendant in a breach-of-trust trial.

Wang (here) also criticized the prosecutors for holding the press conference when he was out of the country (at his daughter's wedding, something sure to attract people's sympathy), saying that the Legislature must be respected and it is unacceptable for a small number of unscrupulous prosecutors to behave in such a manner.

Welcome to a certain Asian city-state? Despite the tidal wave of criticism from all quarters (more on that in a moment) the Presidential Office doubled down on its hacks on Wang Jin-pyng....

A day after President Ma Ying-jeou was accused of shaming Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng in an influence peddling case, a presidential aide said Wednesday that it was Wang who showed no respect to


the total control of the KMT. Ma as Chairman of the KMT has referred the matter to the disciplinary committee. If its internal disciplinary committee finds against him, he will be stripped of position and power (including, someone reminded me, his position as head of the Taiwan Democracy Foundation). Wang's case goes before the KMT disciplinary committee tomorrow, Wednesday.

Honorary KMT Chairman for Life Lien Chan, the twice-failed Presidential candidate and KMT heavyweight supreme, criticized Ma for conducting the campaign against Wang. "It is inappropriate to criticize Wang Jin-pyng that way." Recall that in 2005 when Wang ran against Ma, Lien backed Wang. The crisis -- stoked entirely by Ma's relentless assault on Wang and referral of the case to the KMT's disciplinary committee -- is falling out alongthe most shameful day for the development of Taiwan's democracy and rule of law! If this is not seriously dealt with, Taiwan will sink into an infinite abyss.

It's hard not to laugh at Ma saying things like this about Taiwan democracy. Essentially, the primary talent of politicians is strenuously denying that salt is salty one day and then indignantly affirming that it is the next. In that respect Ma is greatly skilled.

The case offered another comical moment when the prosecutor in the Ker case, Lin Hsiou-tao, said that she had never said the words attributed to her, it was all the SID's doing, and she would never lie, because she is a Christian. LOL. On the serious side, she specifically said that her superior, Chen Shou-huang, who is


Post tale from last year says local residents had organized a "self-help association" which made trouble for the local restaurants (here). Many of us had suspected the attack on the famed and beloved food and shopping mecca was orchestrated by land developers in cahoots with local government. Note again the pious yet selective application of the law which has become a common feature of so many of these cases.

According to a city ordinance, restaurants are not allowed within a radius of 8 meters from residential buildings.

“There are probably more than 10,000 restaurants located within a radius of 8 meters from residential buildings in the city,” a restaurateur, who spoke on condition of anonymity, complained.

The city could be going after thousands upon thousands of restaurants in Taipei, but itchose these in the market. The area is on prime land for development, near two major universities and key metro stops. The government's cooperation with the "self-help association" was pointed out by the redoubtable Oz in a post last year, in which he noted that the ShiDa Night Market signs had been removed from metro stops in the area. That post has plenty more information, including the fact that the markets there generate US$400 million in revenues each year....

The move also seems to be a part of the "upgrading" that has swept away so many of Taipei's traditional markets and landmarks._______________________[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to


other Taiwan blogs and forums!

Monday, September 02, 2013

One of the many ways state subsidies shape Taiwan is the island's low prices for electricity, in the news at the end of August.... (China Post):

Economics Minister Chang Chia-juch yesterday said Taiwan has the highest average electricity consumption per person in Asia and electricity prices are among the cheapest in the world.

Household electricity prices are the second lowest in the world, while industrial electricity is the second cheapest in Asia and fourth in the world, Chang said.

Such a price structure is hindering the government's efforts to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, but at the same time encouraging waste, he said during a radio interview, as he defended the economics ministry's decision to raise electricity prices in October.

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Situated near the bay, this luxury hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Church of St. Martin, Portofino Marina, and Paraggi Beach …More

Lido Hotel has a wonderful location. Walking distance to everywhere. Very helpful staff, very clean facility. Breakfast buffet was delicious. Our view from the room was excellent. We had a terrace overlooking the beach. Wonderful public beach in front and also there isa beach club next to it if you prefer a little comfort. Great local restaurants. We will definitely go again.One of the best hotels we stayed during our trip from Cannes to Santa Margharitha, Italy.

A Traveller

Located in Santa Margherita Ligure, this beachfront hotel is in the city center and within a 10-minute walk of Santa …More

Great location with really helpful and friendly staff. The room was amazing and the location quiet. Great sightseeing close by and awesome Restaurants within walking distance.
Local shops and local residents that make you feel welcome even with the language difference.

Traveller from Queensland. Australia

These hotel accommodations are located throughout the area in Santa Margherita Ligure.More

The hotel was located directly across the street from one of Genoa's train stations and in the middle of everything.


Deep-Sea Phylogeographic Structure Shaped by Paleoenvironmental Changes and Ongoing Ocean Currents Around the Sea of Japan in a Crangonid Shrimp, Argis lar.
The deep-sea crangonid shrimp, Argis lar, is a highly abundant species from the northern Pacific Ocean. We investigated its phylogeographic and demographic structure across the species' extensive range, using mitochondrial DNA sequence variation to evaluate the impact of deep-sea paleoenvironmental dynamics in the Sea of Japan on population histories. The haplotype network detected three distinct lineages with allopatric isolation, which roughly corresponded to the Sea of Japan (Lineage A), the northwestern Pacific off the Japanese Archipelago (Lineage B), and the Bering Sea/Gulf of Alaska (Lineage C). Lineage A showed relatively low haplotype and nucleotide diversity, a significantly negative value of Tajima's D, and a star-shaped network, suggestingthat anoxic bottom-water in the Sea of Japan over the last glacial period may have brought about a reduction in the Sea of Japan population. Furthermore, unexpectedly, the distributions of Lineage A and B were closely related to the pathways of the two ocean currents, especially along the Sanriku Coast. This result indicated that A. lar could disperse across shallow straits through the ocean current, despite their deep-sea adult habitat. Bayesian inference of divergence time revealed that A. lar separated into three lineages approximately 1 million years before present (BP) in the Pleistocene, and then had been influenced by deep-sea paleoenvironmental change in the Sea of Japan during the last glacial period, followed by a more recent larval dispersal with the ocean current since ca. 6 kilo years


Juventus have stepped into the race to sign Carlos Tevez, according to Corinthians, who have seen their offer to buy him rejected.

Italians offer £45million for Man City striker say Corinthians

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Juventus have stepped into the race to sign Carlos Tevez and made a £45million bid for the Argentine, according to Corinthians, who have seen their own offer to buy him rejected. Tevez has made it clear all summer that he wants to leave Manchester City due to family reasons, as his children are currently based back home in Argentina. A move to continental Europe always seemed the only possibility for him until his former club Corinthians stepped in with an offer worth £35million at the beginning of this week. Juventus had been looking to make a move for SergioThe hydroponic system has since been dismantled by the drug squad, and the plants – which were largely unharmed thanks to firefighters’ quick work – have been seized

A housefire this weekend in a suburban home in northwest Sydney, Australia, has exposed a sophisticated indoor cannabis grow after neighbours who smelled smoke called emergency services.

Firefighters responded to blaze around 18:15 on Saturday, and quickly discovered a cannabis crop in each of the five bedrooms, totalling over 100 plants, once they had contained the fire.

Upon searching the premises to check for potentially injured residents, they discovered an elaborate hydroponic setup.

Fire and Rescue NSW transferred custody of the Percy Street site to Bankstown police approximately two hours after responding to the call.

From the outside it looked like any other house fire


2010 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2010 were held on November 2, 2010 to determine who would represent California's various congressional districts in the United States House of Representatives. In the 112th Congress, California has 53 seats in the House, apportioned accordingly after the 2000 United States Census. Representatives were elected to two-year terms; those elected serve in the 112th Congress from January 3, 2011 to January 3, 2013.

According to CQ Politics, the districts considered the most competitive are the 3rd and 11th, with the 44th, 45th, and 47th as less than safe as well.
The Cook Report includes the 18th and 20th.

Two districts elected new Representatives that year. Republican George Radanovich of the 19th district was succeededAmi Bera's father, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of election fraud affecting the 2010 and 2012 elections, and was convicted of illegally funneling $250,000 to Bera's campaigns between 2010 and 2012.
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District 4
 (map) has been represented by Republican Tom McClintock of Roseville since January 3, 2009.
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District 5
 (map) has been represented by Democrat Doris Matsui of Sacramento since March 8, 2005.
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District 6
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represented by Republican David Dreier of San Dimas since January 3, 2003, when he was redistricted from the 28th district.
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District 27
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District 28
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Oregon Mall Shooter Quit His Job, Seemed ‘Numb’ Before Attack

Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office(PORTLAND, Ore.) — In the days before he stole a semiautomatic weapon and stormed into an Oregon shopping mall, killing two people in a shooting spree, Jacob Roberts quit his job, sold his belongings and began to seem “numb” to those closest to him.

Roberts’ ex-girlfriend, Hannah Patricia Sansburn, 20, told ABC News on Wednesday that the man who donned a hockey mask and opened fire on Christmas shoppers was typically happy and liked to joke around, but abruptly changed in the week before the shooting.

Roberts unleashed a murderous volley of gunfire on the second floor of the Clackamas Town Center on Tuesday while wearing the mask and black clothing, and carrying an AR-15 semiautomatic weapon andsaid that Roberts’ biological mother had died when he was very young.

“She has no understanding or explanation for her son’s behavior…It’s so out of his character,” the friend said.

Officials from the Oregon City School District, where Roberts graduated from Oregon City High School, were also surprised at the news.

“This news is very shocking to those who knew Jacob while at OCHS. He was known as a soft spoken and polite young man who was often eager to be helpful. The motive for such a horrific act is likely to remain a mystery to us all,” the district said in a statement.

Roberts had attended the school for only his senior year. He spent three years at Milwaukie High School, where officials described him as an “average student with average


grades.”

He had no disciplinary record at the school, but chose to transfer for his senior year to Oregon City High School, according to Joe Krumm, an administrator at the North Clackamas School District. Krumm did not know why he transferred, and said that in all, Roberts did not stand out in memory for anything in particular.Monday, 23 December 2013

Last week I attended the 35th annual TAG conference, held over three days in Bournemouth University. I was presenting a research poster (below) which introduces my PhD research and outlines my ongoing practice-based enquiry.

The poster focused on the theoretical concerns that aerial photography and computer generated imagery raise, such as the danger of dehumanisation and detachment from the lived experience of built heritage. Examples of my visual work included high and low aerial photography as well as a still from my animated CGI film "Jarlshof".

The visualisation session, entitled "Seeing, Thinking, Doing: Visualisation as knowledge Creation", featured some fantastic experimental projects including a talk by Mhairi Maxwell on the "Creative Spirit" exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. Art-practice and Archaeological collaborations were also discussed during


example "Aereality" by William Fox, 2009 and "Aerial Perception" by Margaret Dreikausen, 1985) and I would certainly follow the idea that the experiences closely relate. It's an intriguing and attractive idea for my area of interest because it lends a prehistory to the relatively short history of aerial photography.

Top: Aerial photograph of figures at the summit of East Lomond hillfort, Fife.
Bottom left: Glen Clova Glen is a popular area for hillwalkers.
Bottom right: Normans Law hillfort with Tay estuary and Dundee behind.

The large image above shows a family enjoying the panoramic views from the summit of East Lomond hill. From here you can see most of Fife as well as into Angus, Perthshire and Lothian. They are standing at a circular plinth which points out the orientation of landmarksin April this year. These deep-cut tracks (above) zigzag up and over over mountain passes and form a labyrinth of paths, both old and new, which join low land and mountain areas. In Cumbria the evidence of mountain exploration goes back thousands of years.

The remains of a Neolithic axe industry are situated high amongst Langdale Pikes (above) where I was experty guided by archaeologist Aaron Watson. Here greenstone was hewn from difficult to reach outcrops and shaped into rough cuts before being transported down the mountain. The stone from this particular seam is of exceptional quality and Langdale axes are found distributed broadly across Britain and Ireland. Good quality stone is available elsewhere however and yet the Neolithic craftspeople chose to work up here in the mountains, despite


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the company acquired new premises. The City Council in Braunschweig did not really want a noisy factory operating within a residential area and pressured the company to move its factory elsewhere. Accordingly, on 10 January 1923 the company purchased a 60,000 m² (15 acre) plot of land on Salzdahlumer Straße, which at that time lay just beyond the city limits. Hyperinflation had devalued the currency so much that the land purchase cost practically nothing. Once the new factory had been built, much was expected of the new camera. However, Paul Franke proposed a temporary suspension of further development work because of the catastrophic economic situation. Heidecke concurred, believing that better times lay ahead.

Rolleiflex

The first prototype of the new camera, named the Rolleiflex, was finally completed in 1927;the primary lens while a mask (which did not magnify the image) was placed over the focusing screen. In addition, Zeiss offered two double lens converters which attached to the viewfinder filter bayonet and the primary lens bayonet. The 5-element Mutar tele-converter magnified 1.5×, weighed 327 g and could render an image accurately in the viewfinder up to a distance of 4m from the object. The 4-element Mutar wide-angle converter magnified 0.7×, weighed 437 g and could render an object accurately from a distance of 1 meter. In all cases, for the best image quality, closing down the aperture two stops was recommended. This explains why conversion lenses of this type were only regarded as a makeshift solution in comparison to fully interchangeable lenses.

In response to the challenge from Mamiya, Rollei


erroneous instructions were given, and (5) the verdict was the result of prejudicial argument.
About 4:00 a.m. on Monday, June 16, 1958, Horst was driving a bakery truck north on State Street in Chicago. He was on his way downtown to make deliveries for the bakery which employed him. The weather was clear, traffic was sparse, and he was travelling approximately 27 miles per hour. He had the green light as he crossed 39th Street, but halfway through the intersection his truck was struck on the left side by an auto travelling east on 39th which had ignored the red light. The collision turned the truck on its side and pushed it onto the sidewalk on the northeast corner. Horst was knocked unconscious as the truck turned over.
He wastaken to a nearby hospital where first aid was administered to him. He was removed to another hospital where he was examined by his family physician and was then sent home where he spent the remainder of the week. He returned to work the following Monday, taking along his ten-year-old son to assist him with deliveries. On the same day an extremely itchy rash broke out on his legs. The condition spread and in August he was admitted to a hospital where he spent four days. He was away from work an additional two weeks at this time. By October, the rash and the swelling which accompanied it had reached such magnitude that he was forced to discontinue working. His legs and feet were so swollen that he


was unable to get his shoes on. He did not return to work until March of the following year.
*74 Between the time of the accident and December 1958 Horst visited his family doctor on approximately 33 occasions. He was also treated by a dermatologist who testified that the plaintiff's skin condition  diagnosed as erythema multiforme  could only have been caused by the accident. The plaintiff's medical expenses amounted to approximately $400 and at the time of the accident his net salary was $120 per week. All of his medical problems had abated by the time of trial.
The identity of the driver of the automobile was never ascertained. When the police arrived the driver had disappeared and ownership of the auto was traced through its license toMorand Brothers.
The defendant admitted owning the auto but denied operating it at the time of the accident. Donald Romano, Morand's general manager, testified that the car was one of five which belonged to the corporation and that it had been assigned to him for business and personal use. He denied driving the auto the morning of June 16th and said that he had no notion as to the driver's identity. He explained that two weeks before June 16th the auto had been damaged in another accident; that at his request his brother-in-law, Victor Taglia, had taken the car to a friend named Richard Edwards, who was a used car dealer; that Edwards turned the auto over to someone else to be repaired, and that the next time he


saw it was after June 16th. He said that this was the only time a car owned by Morand Brothers had been repaired through Edwards; that this was done after he had made out a report of the accident for Morand's insurance company; that the agent of the insurance company gave him permission to have the car repaired by Edwards; that he chose Edwards because of the high quality of his repair work and his cheaper price, and that he thought he would thus save money for the insurance company.
Taglia testified that he received the auto from Romano, turned it over to Edwards who operated a used car lot *75 and repaired automobiles, and that he did not see it again until after the 16th of June.
In rebuttal,prior accident, but was unable to produce it at the trial. He then said that he did not remember whether or not a record was kept. His testimony that he reported this accident to Morand's insurance company and that he spoke to its agent about repairing the auto was contradicted. He also said that the color of the auto which was involved in the prior accident was a two-tone blue. A police officer testified that the auto which ran into Horst was green. Romano also testified that he asked Edwards who was going to repair the auto; at a depositon he stated that he had not asked Edwards about the repairman. Although Edwards had died before the trial, no one who may have been associated with him or


Wallace so the least said about that film the better). The figure is from Ebob Miniatures and is part of their Rebellion range. The detail on the model is excellent, especially the lions on the caparison.

Ebob make several interesting miniatures for this period including a number of options for William Wallace. In the same range is a 'Wallace of Ellerslie' figure which is based on the main character in the film Braveheart and is therefore only really suitable for a fantasy figure but there is also a set of figures, mounted and dismounted, called 'Sir William Wallace (Guardian of Scotland)' which are far better historically and aesthetically. The dismounted figure reminded me of a full size model of Wallace in Stirling (?), its been many years since Iwar but also life in general. How many times do we read names on a memorial for a few seconds, that we have no personal connection with, then quickly forget? I alone spent over 30 minutes simply observing the ice figure I placed down and the square was still crowded a hour after the installation started. There was something strangely moving about watching a small ice sculpture slowly melt in the sunshine and within a short time disappear without a trace. It seems to reflect the fragility of life that is so cruelly exposed during times of war, just as it is today as it was one hundred years ago.

Congratulations to Birmingham & Azevedo for creating a moving and memorable event that marks such a tragic episode in


Rykneld Secondary Modern School

Rykneld Secondary Modern School was a secondary modern school for boys on St Albans Road Derby.  It merged with Bemrose School in 1975, and admitted girls, becoming a comprehensive school.  The single-storey brick building had a prominent clock tower, and was set in grounds that included tennis courts and football field at the rear. After-school activities included gardening and bee-keeping. The site and buildings, which had remained empty for some time and become vandalised, were sold for £1 in 1996 and the buildings demolished to make way for a new infants school.  Attendees at the original Rykneld school had failed the 11-plus examination then in operation, and would leave without GCE or other qualifications, unless they passed the 13-plus examination entitling themmanaged as a "special management" division. While he was in the unit talking to another prisoner, Wimberly became concerned that Bozeman was walking behind him. Wimberly explained that "it's important to keep prisoners in your visual sight lines where you can see them ... in order to minimize the opportunity for someone to attack or hurt you."
When he was told not to stand behind Wimberly, Bozeman appeared to become angry. *630 According to the officer, Bozeman came up to him and said, "I'll kick your ass in here pussy nigger." Several times Wimberly told the inmate to return to his cell, but he refused, stating "Put me there." Wimberly secured the assistance of two back-up deputies and touched Bozeman lightly on the arm saying, "Let's go to your


room." Bozeman suddenly struck the deputy on the side of his head and started swinging wildly, while Wimberly tried to block the blows. The other deputies jumped in and everyone went down to the floor until the inmate was restrained.
After Wimberly described the fight, the prosecutor returned to the earlier reference to the unit as "special management" and asked Wimberly to define the term. The court sustained a defense objection to relevancy, but indicated at sidebar that, depending on the cross-examination, the issue could become relevant.
On cross-examination, the only question pertaining to this subject was the following:
Defense counsel: And you're saying that you were extra apprehensive just from the moment you walked in there?
A: Yes.
On redirect examination, over objection, Wimberly was allowed to explain that he was "extrasensitive" upon entering the special management unit because it housed the "worse behaved inmates in the Broward County jail system," men who were "maladjusted" and "violent," who were placed there because "they [had] exhibited the propensity for violent behavior towards other inmates and staff. They are there for escape risk."
During the defense case, Bozeman and another witness characterized Wimberly as the aggressor who went to get the two deputies to help him before initiating the fight. Bozeman said he was afraid and acted in self-defense. Between them, Bozeman and his witness had 10 felony convictions.
During his closing argument, the prosecutor used the description of the type of inmates housed in the special management unit to argue that Bozeman must have been the aggressor.
Ask yourself who would be the