the first time in two years on Friday, December 20, 2013.

Photo: JOSHUA TRUJILLO, SEATTLEPI.COM

Lea Tsukimura, 2, checks out snow for the first time with her... Photo-5626297.76487 - seattlepi.com

Timothy Firth and Whitney Bashaw try to balance snowballs as they walk on East Olive Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood after measurable snow fell for the first time in two years in the city.

Timothy Firth and Whitney Bashaw try to balance snowballs as they walk on East Olive Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood after measurable snow fell for the first time in two years in the city.Asian

America

Europe

Africa

Mar 25, 2013

Whale watching tour in Australia became a major tourist destination since the pope is not the kind of animals are in the zoo so it is rather difficult to find a place to watch the world's largest mammals. Australia offers some wonderful places where people can see whales in season, usually during the winter, when the whales migrate from Antarctica to find a warmer place. Whale watching tour is available in the West and South Australia, and here are some of the best places to watch whales in Australia.

Whale watching tour in Australia:

Herver BayHerver Bay in Queensland is one of the best places to watch whales in Australia. There are 4 types of tours to see whales offered there are: whale-watching tour in the morning, the


afternoon, the tour package 3/4 Day meonton whales and whale watching on Fraser Island. All tours are available from early August to late October as the biggest opportunity to see whales at that time. A common type of whale seen in Herver Bay is a large humpback with giant fins like wings. Humpback whale is known as the fifth largest of all whale species. In addition to whale watching, visitors can enjoy other types of tourist attractions such as swimming at the water park, fishing in waters filled with various types of fish, and birds in the forest Herver Bay.

Gold CoastOn the Gold Coast, the visitors watched whales from a luxury liner headed by a professional captain put the ship in a very strategic position to see theTo the victim and her family—and many unsettled residents of Seymour—Hollin was not just at large, he had become a bogeyman. He could have been anywhere, lurking in the shadows, waiting to victimize another innocent child and terrorize the community anew. “The fact that he had vanished caused a lot of apprehension,” Prewitt recalled, “and a lot of additional stress on the victim and her family.”

In fact, Hollin was long gone. Eleven years before the assault, he had stolen the identity of a deceased 8-year-old boy who was the victim of a drunk-driving crash. Hollin secured a Social Security card using the boy’s name, Andrew David Hall. He used that new identity to obtain driver’s licenses in Indiana and Minnesota, and later a passport. Hollin lived in Minnesota


for several years, where he married, and then relocated to Oregon. He had apparently bragged about his ability to become someone else and disappear.

In 2001, Prewitt fulfilled a lifelong dream of becoming an FBI agent and was assigned to the Pittsburgh Division. In 2009, after Hollin had been on the run for nearly a decade, Prewitt transferred to the Indianapolis Division and began working out of the Bloomington Resident Agency. One of the first things he did was take a fresh look at the Charley Hollin case and contact the victim’s parents.

“After so much time had passed,” he said, “the parents and the victim had resigned themselves to Hollin not being caught. I told them I was going to do everything I could.”

AmyMarie Travis, the prosecutor for Jacksonits patents. Previous Microsoft partnerships with Linux vendors, including SUSE (formerly part of Novell), involved a patent covenant to deal with intellectual property issues. At the time of the Novell deal, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was very clear on his views about Linux patents; he noted that Microsoft's deal was only with Novell SUSE Linux, and others still have an issue with infringing on Microsoft's intellectual property.

In an FAQ posted by Red Hat, the company states, "Red Hat and Microsoft have agreed to a limited patent arrangement in connection with the commercial partnership for the benefit of mutual customers." As opposed to the Novell SUSE patent covenant, the Red Hat Microsoft partnership now provides for what Red Hat is referring to as a patent standstill in the


bias by ensuring the anonymity of the respondents. Fourth, the cross-sectional nature of the survey does not allow us to infer causality of the associations. Fifth, our results may not be generalizable to physicians in countries other than Japan because of differences in the context. The Japanese healthcare system has distinctive characteristics such as coverage of all citizens by universal health insurance system, a lack of a primary care system, few certified generalist physicians, and guaranteed access to specialist physicians without a referral. There is much less public discussion about physician-industry relationships both in the lay media and the medical literature as compared with the US or other relevant countries. There is currently no code of ethics promulgated by industry, professional societies, or the government of Japan concretelyroad leading out of Paradise when the fire started on Thursday morning, and it quickly became swamped with traffic. As wildfires in California become larger and more intense, our story raises the question of how many other towns in the state have a similar vulnerability.

Evacuation planning was not an oversight in Paradise. The mayor, Jody Jones, worked for years as a regional manager for the California Department of Transportation. Traffic management is her specialty. The town held evacuation drills.

Ms. Jones worries that no amount of planning could have prevented the panicked gridlock in Paradise.


A Man In Kabad Area In Possession Of 45 Bottles Of Foreign Liquor 250 Narcotic Pills

Category: Kuwait Local News

Securitymen apprehended a man in Kabad area in possession of 45 bottles of foreign aliquor 250 narcotic pills, and an unspecified sum. The arrest was made upon instructions from acting Jahra Traffic Director Lieutenant Colonel Aref Behbehani to intensify the checkpoints in Jahra area. Security sources said the suspect abandoned his vehicle at a checkpoint and tried to run away on his foot but the officers pursued and arrested him. He was referred with the contraband to concerned authorities.situations, a lot more than people know."

Muschamp suspended receiver Demarcus Robinson and defensive tackles Darious Cummings and Jay-nard Bostwick for last week's season opener against Idaho. But the game was called after the opening kickoff, which was delayed nearly three hours because of lightning and then eventually halted for good because of unsafe playing conditions.

Muschamp said Monday that Robinson, Cummings and Bostwick will play Saturday against Eastern Michigan. He could have kept their suspensions in place against Eastern Michigan or said they would be suspended against Idaho if the game had been rescheduled. He did neither.

"It's very frustrating for me as a coach, or any coach, to have someone being critical and you don't even have all the information," Muschamp said. "So at the end of the day,


Sam Whitelock will captain New Zealand in Cardiff on Saturday after Kieran Read was ruled out of the All Blacks’ final Test of the year against Wales. Read has hip and back pain but Rieko Ioane has made a remarkable recovery from a shoulder injury and will start on the left wing.

The loss of Read is a significant blow to a touring squad already lacking some key forwards and the head coach, Steve Hansen, has opted to install the experienced Whitelock as replacement captain rather than the fly-half Beauden Barrett who did the job against the Barbarians. Whitelock’s brother Luke also led the All Blacks against a France XV in Lyon last week and the duo will now become the first pair of brothers to captain New Zealandin the international arena amid the rise of the BRICS countries, according to a Russian Colonel General.

Germany, Europe’s most industrialized and populous country, famed for its technological achievements, is prohibited from acquiring its own nuclear weapons. It renounced the nuclear option in the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968.

However, it is among the nations with the dubious distinction of hosting US nuclear weapons, along with Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.

The removal of the US nuclear warheads from Germany is a long-term aim of the country’s government. However, the weapons remain in place.

Germany has 3,396 metric tons of gold: its vast reserves rank second worldwide. However, 45% of its gold, worth roughly $635 billion, is kept at the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Last year, Berlin announced that it


disproportionately in the long-term.

Speaking to Radio Sputnik about the report, WIFO economist Oliver Fritz noted that while EU politicians still hope that the sanctions will have some effect on Russian policy, pressure is building on them to change their policy, since the economic consequences are rapidly beginning to add up.

While the economist noted that he does not see the sanctions being lifted in the short term, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel successfully keeping other EU nations in line, Fritz noted that as losses mount, EU politicians may eventually decide to consider rethinking their decisions.

Last month, WIFO conducted research for Europe’s ‘Leading European Newspaper Alliance’, estimating up to €100 billion in losses if anti-Russian sanctions remain in place.

Since March 2014, the United States, European Union, and other Western countrieshave placed sanctions on Russia’s banking, defense and energy sectors over Moscow’s alleged role in the Ukrainian crisis. In August, Moscow imposed a year-long food embargo on the countries that had sanctioned it. Last month, the EU’s foreign ministers agreed to extend sanctions against Russia until January 31, 2016.

Fifty countries on Monday signed the articles of agreement for the new China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the first major global financial instrument independent from the Bretton Woods system.

Seven remaining countries out of the 57 that have applied to be founding members, Denmark, Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, Holland, South Africa and Thailand, are awaiting domestic approval.

“This will be a significant event. The constitution will lay a solid foundation for the establishment and operation of the AIIB,” said Chinese Finance Minister Lou


in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, state media reports said.

The Bank will base its headquarters in Beijing.

The Chinese Finance Ministry said the new lender will start operations by the end of 2015 under two preconditions: At least 10 prospective members ratify the agreement, and the initial subscribed capital is no less than 50 per cent of the authorized capital.

The AIIB will extend China’s financial reach and compete not only with the World Bank, but also with the Asian Development Bank, which is heavily dominated by Japan.

China and other emerging economies, including BRICS, have long protested against their limited voice at other multilateral development banks, including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Asian Development Bank (ADB).

China is grouped in the ‘Category II’ votingAIIB.

However, despite US pressures on its allies not to join the bank, Britain, France, Germany, Italy among others have signed on as founding members of the China-led Bank.

Meanwhile, New Zealand and Australia have already announced that they will invest $87.27 million and $718 million respectively as paid-in capital to the AIIB.

The new lender will finance infrastructure projects like the construction of roads, railways, and airports in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Iran, 49 states sign Asia bank charter

Iran on Monday joined 49 countries in signing up to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), bringing Asia’s largest financial lender a step closer to existence.

Finance and Economy Minister Ali Tayebnia put Iran’s signature to the bank’s articles of association at a ceremony in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, which capped six months


of intense negotiations.

In April, China accepted Iran as a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank being seen as a rival to the US-led World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Asian Development Bank.

With the signing which amounted to the creation of AIIB’s legal framework, China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said he was confident the bank could start functioning before the end of the year.

Seven more founding members would ink the articles after approval by their respective governments.

The bank will have a capital of $100 billion in the form of shares, each worth $100,000, distributed among the members. Beijing will be by far the largest shareholder at about 30%, followed by India at 8.4% and Russia at 6.5%.

China will also have 26% of the votesthe bank will have to be chosen from the Asian region for a maximum of two consecutive five-year terms.

The bank will be headquartered in Beijing and its lean structure will be overseen by an unpaid, non-resident board of directors which, architects say, would save it money and friction in decision-making.

Earlier this month, former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke rebuked US lawmakers for allowing China to found the new bank, which threatens to upend Washington’s domination over the world economic order.

He said lawmakers were to blame because they refused to agree 2010 reforms that would have given greater clout to China and other emerging powers in the International Monetary Fund.

Russia has censured the United States and its NATO allies for “violating” the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) by conducting nuclear planning


and missions.

“The so-called joint nuclear missions practiced by the United States and their NATO allies are a serious violation of the said treaty,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement released on Thursday.

The statement also called for the return of all US nuclear weapons to the country, a ban on nuclear warheads abroad and the dismantling of the technology that facilitates the use of nuclear weapons as well as abstaining from nuclear exercises.

Back in April, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Washington is breaching the NPT by deploying its nuclear weapons in Belgium, Italy, Turkey, Germany and the Netherlands.

Also in March, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich urged the US, as a NATO member, to withdraw its nuclear weapons from Europe, highlighting that their deployment on thePolitics (2011), sent to him by a friend.

Friedrich Bode, a retired Protestant minister and founding member of the Green Party, as well as Gerard Menuhin, son of the world famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin, will be there to defend the book.

Horst Mahler is Germany’s number one political prisoner. As a professional lawyer he encountered revisionist material when he was asked to defend a client over charges of “Holocaust Denial”. Although previously Mahler had identified himself on the radical left and had been a founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF), he was shocked by the treatment of revisionist research in German courts with regard to Holocaust laws. Having been indoctrinated with guilt over the Holocaust, he found it deeply liberating to discover that Jews had been expelled from


His analysis of the current state of affairs is based on Hegelian philosophy, readings of Christian and Jewish Scripture, and a thorough understanding of the legal situation of present day Germany.

He has now served five years of his twelve-year term. At 79 years of age, German law should now permit him to leave prison early. However, authorities do not seem to be willing to act in accordance with the law in this case, and have asked Mahler to withdraw his proposal.

This is a very rough summary of Mahler’s positions. When writing in German, Mahler articulates his views in a well-informed, sophisticated and precise language.

US President Barack Obama will urge G7 leaders to keep sanctions in place against Russia at the G7 summit in Germany, US officials said. Theat all,” said former Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, who spoke to RT in November.

Some EU nations are becoming wary of introducing further sanctions against Moscow. During a visit to Moscow in March by the Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, he stated: “[Russia and Cyprus] will cooperate without paying attention to who is reacting or who may have concerns,” according to CNA.

The current EU sanctions expire in June, after which time the bloc will hold a vote on prolonging them. However, a Russian politician, Leonid Kalashnikov, says he is confident that the bloc will not look to impose further measures against Moscow as it will not be in their interests.

“As far as new sanctions are concerned, now I am sure that Europe is very unlikely to impose them, because


today, openly flouting binding provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Article I of the treaty forbids signers from transferring nuclear weapons to other states, and Article II prohibits signers from receiving nuclear weapons from other states.

As the UN Review Conference of the NPT was finishing its month-long deliberations in New York last week, the US delegation distracted attention from its own violations using its standard Red Herring warnings about Iran and North Korea — the former without a single nuclear weapon, and the latter with 8-to-10 (according to those reliable weapons spotters at the CIA) but with no means of delivering them.

The NPT’s prohibitions and obligations were re-affirmed and clarified by the world’s highest judicial body in its July 1996 Advisory Opinion oncase of the five nuclear sharing partners, the US Air Force even trains Italian, German, Belgian, Turkish and Dutch pilots in the use of the B61s in their own warplanes — should the President ever order such a thing. Still, the US government regularly lectures other states about their international law violations, boundary pushing and destabilizing actions.

With so much a stake, it is intriguing that diplomats at the UN are too polite to confront US defiance of the NPT, even when the extension and enforcement of it is on the table. As Henry Thoreau said, “The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it.”

Reprieve | May 27, 2015

A German court has granted ‘immediate permission to appeal’ to a Yemeni man in his case


Faisal’s family in Yemen. For too long, the drone programme has been allowed to operate in the shadows – away from judicial and public scrutiny. Whilst we may have lost today, this hearing was an important step in the direction of greater transparency and accountability for the US and its allies in its illegal and immoral drone programme. We may not yet have achieved the end to Germany’s role in the illegal U.S. drone war in Yemen, but this simply means that we must redouble our efforts to support our clients in their attempts to end the death and suffering that drones bring in Yemen.”

Featured Video

From the Archives

By Joshua Blakeney | Press TV | August 31, 2013

In a recent tweet Stephen Walt, professor of International Relations at Harvardand co-author of the seminal text The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy wrote, “Note to advocates of military action in Syria: please tell us ur endgame: where does using force lead and who’s in charge if Assad goes?”

I would answer, that from the perspective of the Israeli-guided Western imperialists the answer would be: nobody. Israel and its de facto puppet regimes in Ottawa, London, Paris and Washington want Syria to be a dysfunctional, ungovernable failed state, rather than a sovereign Arab state led by an intelligent, anti-Zionist strongman.

It ought to be kept in mind that the post-WWII US military doctrine for the Middle East was the Eisenhower Doctrine which promoted the fomentation of stability in the region to facilitate the flow of oil to Americans. This was


Mr Sasaki’s Zen Buddhist community published a statement, admitting that the have ‘struggled with our teacher Joshu Sasaki Roshi’s sexual misconduct for a significant portion of his career in the United States’.

Originally from Japan, Mr Sasaki moved to the U.S. in 1962 where he set up the Rinzai-ji Zen Center in Los Angeles and the Mount Baldy Zen Center, in Mt Baldy, California.

As well as heading these facilities, he has also been teaching at Zen centers across the United States.

Accusations have been circulating since the early 70s and in 1997 members of the Mount Baldy Zen Center put forward a letter to the then 90-year-old Mr Sasaki, with no consequences.

It was not until a letter was published on the popular practitioners' website Sweeping Zen in October last yearinterviewed by the New York Times , said they were shunned or ignored when they brought up the abuse.

Nikki Stubbs, who spent three years studying under Mr Sasaki in the early 00s, said that when she spoke up about Mr Sasaki touching her breasts during private lessons and asking her to massage his penis, a monk told her 'sexualizing was teaching for particular women'.

His theory, she told the newspaper. was that ‘such physicality could check a woman’s overly strong ego’.

Another victim, who has been kept anonymous, studied under Mr Sasaki at Mount Baldy Zen Centre in the 90s. She said Mr Sasaki would justify groping her during ‘sanzen’, private meetings, by saying ‘True love is giving yourself to everything.’

Long-time fiend: Mr Sasaki set up the Zen centers in


similar cases where even doctors were relieved from duty.

When US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited last week, he made assurances his country would come to the Philippines’ defense in the event of an armed attack on our vessels and aircraft in the South China Sea.

President Duterte and visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad emphasized yesterday the importance of freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea in maintaining peace and progress in the region, which is grappling with territorial disputes as well as China’s muscle-flexing.A new study conducted by UCLA researchers found that African-Americans ranked lowest when it it came to getting vaccinated for the flu.

Appropriately titled “Persistent Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Flu Vaccination Coverage,” the study was published Friday in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers based the study on the California Health Interview Survey conducted between 2011 and 2012, Southern California radio station KPCC reports.

According to the report, about 1 in 3 adult Californians receive their yearly flu shot, but the rates of vaccination tend to vary when examined along racial and ethnic lines. For example, Korean and Vietnamese residents came out on top, boasting immunization rates between 47 and 49 percent. Whites, Chinese, Japanese and Latinos all settled around the range of 40 percent. The vaccination rate


employees.  The Plan's initial definition of credited service for employment included periods of BRAC employment prior to the Plan's effective date, although these periods were unfunded by either employer (BRAC) or employee contributions.  The Transportation-Communication Employees Union (TCEU) merged into BRAC effective as of 1969, and the American Railway & Airway Supervisors Association (ARASA) merged into BRAC effective as of 1980.1   The TCEU and ARASA employees became BRAC employees and Plan participants as the result of the mergers.

3
In the mergers BRAC interceded to have the Plan provide TCEU and ARASA employees with pension benefit protection.  This extension of coverage, of course, required agreements between BRAC and the Plan trustees and amendment of the Plan by its trustees.  The agreements allowed former TCEUemployees to participate in the Plan as of 1969 and former ARASA employees to participate in the Plan as of 1980.  Transferring employees received credit towards retirement for each year they had worked for their union in the past (past service credit) and for each year they would work for BRAC in the future (future service credit).  Because the transferring employees brought with them accumulated past service credit, the Plan obviously assumed financial obligations when it admitted these employees as participating members.

4
Prior to each of the mergers, the trustees sought to meet these additional financial obligations by complying with the recommendations of the Plan's actuary.  In 1968, the trustees asked the Plan's actuary to prepare an actuarial study to determine the basis upon which TCEU


researchers interviewed each member 12 days after the experiment ended. "We asked the participants to think about their time spent on the project as a 'story', to divide the story into chapters, give names to the chapters and briefly describe their content," the study authors write.

The paper includes lots of direct quotes from the astronauts themselves. The crew members were from Russia, France, Italy, and China, so in the excerpts below, the English is a little choppy at times, and the speakers are not identified.

Here are some of the most enlightening takeaways from the interviews.

Chapter I: Adaptation

Mars500 crew portrait from their "return trip" from Mars. ESA The crew members describe the first two to four months of the isolation experiment as an adjustment period. There was a lotdevices and we even removed the bulb of some security lamps which were not needed. In the end only two lights remained: one in the kitchen and one near the bathroom. To understand our situation, you have to imagine an 'end of the world' scene. We were only 6 crew members lost in black modules with a thick silence around us. The friendly humming of the ventilation disappeared at the same time as the electricity. We could not even get more than 2 liters from the tap because the pressure given by the pumps inside the water system had fallen too. Our reaction was to stick together close to the only place which still had a light: the kitchen."

Special Occasions

Mars 500 crew celebrates Chinese New Year together. ESA

Birthdays


interrupted the daily routines. With each crew member sharing his own cultural holidays and traditions with the others, the enthusiasm could be infectious.

Mars Landing

Diego Urbina tumbles over during the Mars simulation. (This space suit is designed for spacewalks, so it's not as flexible for walking on a solid surface.) ESA

Getting to "Mars" was the most exciting point for the pseudo astronauts. The crew was divided in half — three crew members stayed in the habitat ("in orbit") to dock and undock the "lander" and to provide support to the ground team. The "Martian" crew spent 30 days isolated in a previously sealed "landing module", performing a virtual Mars landing, driving a virtual Mars rover, and going on three simulated spacewalks.

Although this was one of the most stressful timesnice things, I think..." "From the end of landing to the end of July, that's about four months, it was a very depressive period, because all the most exciting moments were over, the landing on Mars was over... It was hard, we had achieved the most important goal, it was harder, it was not relaxing... there were no more surprises left, no new activities, just those same experiments day by day, monitoring, checking of devices.... the job followed strict schedule ... It was difficult and depressing..."

Communication Is Critical

When you've spoken to nobody but the same five people for months on end, email and video messages from the outside world become a lot more important. The Mars500 crew became extremely distressed when they thought their communications were being disrupted.

Communication


because several people did not write me at the same time, people who normally kept in touch with me, fell silent; it was a coincidence, but it was the hardest."

While the crew's access to information from the outside world was outside of their control, having such diverse roommates helped a lot, because they could get new information from each other as they shared their cultural viewpoints and traditions.

"The differences in cultures acted as a facilitator and sometimes even the main reason for communication," the researchers note.

Mars is certainly not for the faint of heart. With NASA planning to send humans to the Red Planet in the 2030s, and private companies hoping to colonize even sooner, it's good to know what our astronauts will be getting themselves into. Theto a southern-route out-and-back,
because of a "controlled burn" by the park. It went-off without a hitch, due to the many wonderful volunteers and with
the help of the Marines and the Army.

We had a record turnout of 107 runners, with additional canine runners,
as well. Thanks to everyone who participated or volunteered.

Nathan Jones, a third grader from Gardner, KS had extensive surgery recently
after his optometrist discovered a large white mass that was later determined to be a brain tumor. Nathan is presently
experiencing paralysis on the right side of his body and his prognosis remains unknown. Nathan continues to make improvements
but it could be a very long and expensive process during his stay in the hospital. His father is taking an unpaid leave
from his job to be with Nathan but still


Therefore, some people are still confused on the timing of Wells Fargo Championship week.

Here is a breakdown of the calendar going forward for professional golf that involves the Wells Fargo Championship, the PGA Championship and both Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte and Eagle Point Golf Club in Wilmington:

May 2-8, 2016: This is the date for the 14th Wells Fargo Championship which will be played at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. This marks the return to our traditional date of the first full weekend in May and the week prior to THE PLAYERS Championship. Last year, due to a one-year date change only, the tournament was held on the third weekend of May and the week after THE PLAYERS Championship.

May 1-7, 2017: This is the date for the 15thWells Fargo Championship which will be held in Wilmington at Eagle Point Golf Club for one year only in an effort to prepare Quail Hollow Club to host the PGA Championship in August.

August, 2017: Quail Hollow Club and Charlotte will host the PGA Championship. Exact dates have not been announced at this time. Please Note: This event is managed by the PGA of America NOT the Wells Fargo Championship staff. It is also NOT a PGA TOUR event, like the Wells Fargo Championship.

April 30-May 6, 2018: The PGA TOUR and the Wells Fargo Championship return to Charlotte and Quail Hollow Club.

April 29-May 5, 2019: The 17th Wells Fargo Championship will be played at Quail Hollow Club. This marks the final year of the current contract between Wells Fargo,


The goal of this proposal is to evaluate the long-term effects of a universal preventive intervention for couples expecting a first child on parent adjustment, parenting, and child outcomes from six to eight years after birth. A key innovation of this transition-to-parenthood model, called Family Foundations (FF), is the focus on enhancing the coparenting relationship, based on evidence that coparenting is a causal influence on parent adjustment, parenting quality, and child outcomes (Feinberg, 2002, 2003; Minuchin, Rosman, & Baker, 1978). Given the positive results of FF to date in two trials, and the program's potential population reach, it is critically important to understand the potential of FF for enhancing child well-being over a longer period of time and across both family and school settings. Thus, we propose tofirst step in fulfilling a goal set by the City Council last December for Albuquerque to get 25% of its energy from solar. It currently gets around 3% of its energy from solar.

According to a recent report by Environment America, Albuquerque has the 9th-highest capacity of installed solar among American cities at 82 MW. However, as it is only a mid-sized city with only around 560,000 residents, it has the fifth-highest per capita portion of installed solar at 146 watts per resident.

In a press statement accompanying the announcement, the city stressed the job creation benefits of employing solar, estimating that New Mexico hosts 102 solar companies that employ around 2,900 individuals, with 1,000 new jobs in 2016 alone.

“Since the 1970s New Mexico has been a leader and innovator


the "National Program for Action to Raise Effectiveness of the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms in the Republic of Azerbaijan".

See also
Television in Azerbaijan

List of Azerbaijani-language television channels

References

Category:Radio in Azerbaijan
Category:Television in Azerbaijancorresponding to the wet season. We surveyed birds and vegetation in the vicinity of 130 sampling points located along five glacial valleys (see below for more details).

Habitat surveys
---------------

During each season, our field teams measured 19 habitat and landscape variables within 130 circulars plots with a 10-m radius (a 50-m radius for one variable), centered on each point and divided into four quadrants by the intersection of North--South and East--West axes at the plot center. We estimated the percentage of mosses, Puna grass, rocks and bare ground in each quadrant and later averaged for use in analysis. In addition, we measure the height and diameter at breast height (DBH) of the nearest tree (woody vegetation with individual main stems \> 10 cm DBH) within each quadrant and the tree was identified


High Performance

A little-known (except to purists) music space

Photo: Tony Luong

I

t may look from the outside like part of the Berklee College of Music (which it is), and it’s true that Café 939 is run by students and local music professionals who teach them about everything from booking, marketing, and sales to lighting and design. But the Red Room at this all-ages, little-known performance venue, named for its plush red walls and couches, showcases up-and-coming student artists who you can see before they’re famous, along with local musicians and occasional national acts performing rock, jazz, folk, and world music, bluegrass, hip hop, and electronica in an intimate 200-person space, right there on busy Boylston Street (where many people pass it by). The Red Room also hosts kids’ shows, open-miclent his voice to an ever-growing group of conservative policymakers who are calling for a national convention to add a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. During a speech Thursday to the Texas Public Policy Orientation in Austin, Jindal said he would urge the Louisiana…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — This week, Ohio became the 20th state to join the push for an unprecedented national convention to draw up a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But the debate still continues about both the wisdom of a federal balanced-budget amendment and the consequences that such a convention…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. John Kasich urged the General Assembly today to press for a convention to approve a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In a news release this morning, the governor expressed


hour at hand, a vast and un-numbered force came, they came to sweep and to ravage this candy and colored egg dotted land. The sheriff and deputies, the commissioner, and the parks director too, did look on in wonder as they mustered their courage, for there was one thing they surely knew -that when the great woman's call was heard by all, there was nothing at all they could do.

Then with laughter and giggles, and clever squiggles, the legions began their charge, and with two year-olds, five year-olds, and the unstoppable sevens, there was one thing certain for all. Everyone was dandy, because they got plenty of candy, and then said let's all go home to play. So that's my story in all its glory, I'm just gladof Securities Company was later changed to Christiana Securities Company, and it is presently known by that name.
On March 2, 1915, defendant contributed 1,880 out of a total of 11,750 shares of Securities Company stock deposited in the treasury of Securities Company by large stockholders of both Securities Company and Powder Company for the purpose of setting up a plan to encourage certain valuable employees, thought to be its coming managers, to remain with Powder Company. The directors of Securities Company met on March 19, 1915, and resolved to assign the 11,750 shares to the designated employees of Powder Company subject to a "trust agreement," which made the allocated shares the absolute property of each employee-beneficiary only in the event that he continued in the employ of Powder


Company for a period of one year from the date of the agreement. The shares allocated to any employee who left the Powder Company within that period were to revert to Securities Company and become its absolute property (unless the departure was caused by the employee's death, in which case the shares were to become the property of his legal representative).
Defendant's was a dual role, since  in addition to contributing 1,880 shares  he received 1,250 shares as one of the participating employees of Powder Company. On March 20, 1916, he was advised by letter that the conditions under the trust agreement had been met, and that the stock was his "sole and absolute property." However, he did not report the receipt of the 1,250 shares asto show the appreciation of its stockholders for the former services of the Universal employees  in whose efforts they no longer had any pecuniary interest. Here, Securities Company was a holding company of Powder Company stock; its financial success depended upon that of Powder Company. The plan was set up for the reason stated in the resolution of the directors: "* * * to recognize the past and encourage the future services of certain of the employees of said Powder Company." Again, the letter sent to defendant on March 20, 1916, stated that the shares were his outright property because he had complied with the trust agreement by remaining in the employ of Powder Company since March 19, 1915. Not until he had done this did the


since 1916, that the shares were received as gift. He is "quite content to be held now to the same position he took in" 1916. It is the government which attempts to assert a different position; it now for the first time presses the compensation-for-services construction of the 1916 transaction. Under these circumstances, as stated in the Countway decision, supra, defendant is "not estopped to prove what [his] statutory basis is on the theory asserted by the Commissioner."
Nor can I accept the Government's view that my present finding that the shares were received as compensation for services and were income taxable in 1916 renders *897 defendant's failure to report the receipt of the shares in 1916 a representation that they were without value. Again as stated by JudgeScientists have described a new species of poison dart frog after discovering it during a study to determine the impact of tourism on biodiversity in a tract of rainforest known as “The Lost World” in Guyana.

The scientists named the frog Allobates amissibilis — in Latin, “that may be lost” — in recognition of its home, which was the set for British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 book, The Lost World. The frog was discovered near Turu Falls, a waterfall at the foot of the Iwokrama Mountains in Central Guyana.

According to the Senckenberg Nature Research Society, the intent of the study was to investigate populations of another frog, the Hoogmoeds harlequin frog (Atelopus hoogmoedi), to determine whether it might be impacted by planned ecotourism development in the region.


in the lateral horns. HP-labelled neurons in nucl. ILp are found at the level of segments T1-T8 with their maximal amount at the level of segments T1-T3. HP-positive neurons are detected in nucl. ILf beginning from the segment C8 up to the middle of T4, in nucl. IC-from the segment C8 up to T6, in nucl. ICpe-from the segment C8 up to T5, in the ventral horns-from the segment T1 up to T5. In rostocaudal direction from the segment C8 up to T8 the number of HP-positive neurons is decreasing, but the part of nucl. ILp neurons in the CCG efferentation, comparing to the neurons in other sympathetic structures of the spinal cord, is increasing.said Pickett, 63, in the little speech he made.

Pickett said later he feels ready to take “the next step” to live more independently, after maintaining his sobriety for two years, and taking courses, like fork lift operator training and occupational first aid.

“It’s helped me a great deal to get my head screwed on right,” he said about his stay at the contact centre.

Coun. Ken Popove, co-chair of the Chilliwack Healthier Community, called it an “exciting” day to see the opening of Butchart House, and brought congratulations and greetings from city council to those launching the new housing program.


08 Aug ICTP announces 2014 Dirac medalists

ICTP has awarded its 2014 Dirac Medal to Ashoke Sen (India), Andrew Strominger (USA) and Gabriele Veneziano (Italy), three physicists who have made crucial contributions to the origin, development and further understanding of string theory.

Ashoke Sen is a professor at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) in Allahabad, India, whose research on black holes and the symmetries of string theory have been highly influential in the field.

Andrew Strominger, a professor of physics at Harvard University, USA, has been a major figure in uncovering geometric solutions of string theory and has made important contributions to the understanding of black holes in quantum gravity.

Gabriele Veneziano, of CERN, Switzerland and Collège de France, France, published research in 1968 that marks the clear beginning of string theoryand has made numerous contributions to theoretical physics.

ICTP's Dirac Medal, first awarded in 1985, is given in honour of P.A.M. Dirac, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and a staunch friend of the Centre. It is awarded annually on Dirac's birthday, 8 August, to scientists who have made significant contributions to theoretical physics.


Thousands of migrants at overcrowded migrant camps on the island of Lesbos in Greece should return to Turkey, the Greek government agreed a day after a deadly fire broke out at the Moria migrant camp.

By the end of 2020, Athens wants 10,000 migrants to return to Turkey, in a bid to ease pressure on the overcrowded camps, the government said in a statement following the four-hour Cabinet meeting.

The move signals a significant change in policy, as conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis takes a more hard-line approach to the migrant situation in the country.

Moria refugee camp: A new kind of hell awaits A view from above Moria refugee camp has a capacity of 3,000. Currently, some 14,500 refugees are squeezed into the infamous refugee camp, Greece's largest reception andidentification center.

Moria refugee camp: A new kind of hell awaits Deep wounds A large majority of those who live in Moria have been deemed as vulnerable and are in need of immediate medical assistance. This girl from Gaza, who lives with her family in a tent in the olive grove outside Moria, was severely injured when an Israeli rocket hit her home.

Moria refugee camp: A new kind of hell awaits A false dawn? In August more than 2,800 people arrived in dinghies on the island of Lesbos. A boat carrying 40 people was brought into the port of Skala Sikamineas after it was intercepted by Frontex, the EU's border agency. Eight women and 18 children, including five unaccompanied minors, were on board along with 14 men, all from


kind of hell awaits A soothing hand Countless refugees need urgent medical attention. Doctors without Borders operate an emergency clinic opposite Moria for the most urgent cases, as the main camp currently only has one doctor and the hospital of Mytilene is overwhelmed and in some cases unwilling to treat refugees.

Moria refugee camp: A new kind of hell awaits Discarded dreams A "graveyard" of life jackets and boats on the island's north is a stark reminder of the last huge influx of refugees in 2015/16. Lesbos has been at the center of the refugee crisis for years as thousands of people have landed on its shores. Currently there are more than 11,000 refugees spread across the islands. That number is expected to rise sharply by the end ofthe year.

Moria refugee camp: A new kind of hell awaits Monotonous routine Waiting in line has become the main daily activity for those stuck in Moria limbo — even for children. Some wait for hours in order to receive food and water.

Moria refugee camp: A new kind of hell awaits From the frying pan into the fire A group of refugees prepares to board a ship which will take them to mainland Greece. After the sudden arrival of 600 people in one night, the Greek government decided to transfer 1,400 people to the mainland. Most were taken to the camp of Nea Kavala in a remote village in northern Greece. Author: Dimitris Tosidis (Moira refugee camp)

In a statement, the Athens government said the 10,000 would be an increase


from the "1,805 returned in the 4.5 years under the previous (left-wing) Syriza government."

Mitsotakis announced further measures such as more naval patrols in the Aegean, closing centers for migrants refused asylum, and plans to overhaul the asylum system, including building camps for those deemed "illegal" or who have been refused asylum.

Read more: Huge migrant influx scares off Greek island tourists

The meeting convened after a fire broke out at the Moria camp on Sunday, in which one woman died and 17 were injured. Moria is Europe's largest migrant camp, which has facilities for 3,000 people but houses around 13,000.

EU, not Turkey the answer to overcrowding

However, aid agencies argued that the solution should be EU-wide. Aid group Oxfam said that Sunday's fatal fire was a consequence of the EU's migration[The characteristic of the injuries inflicted by a 'Zelinka' speargun shot].
The available literature reports only rare cases of injuries inflicted by the speargun shots. The last publication of this sort of which we are aware dates back to 1960. This article describes an example from the expert practice concerning the accident involving a wound caused by the speargun shot to a member of an amateur fishing party. The authors examined the weapon of injury (a 'Zelinka' speargun), the harpoon, its head, and fragments of the skin with the traces of the punctured wound obtained from the corpse of the victim. The investigative experiment included the underwater shooting from different distances with the use of a pork carcass as the target. The results of the comparative studies gave evidence


of the possibility of formation of the wounds caused by exactly that harpoon, its head and cord which served as the weapons of the wound experienced by the victim. Moreover, the distance and the direction of the shot as well as a number of important concomitant circumstances of the accident were determined.At least 31 people killed after twin suicide blasts hit northeastern part of the country, according to a local official.

At least 31 people have been killed in a twin suicide bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a town in northeast Nigeria, according to local sources.

Two blasts ripped through the Damboa government area in Borno state on Saturday evening targeting people returning from celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Following the suicide bombings, the attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades into the crowds that had gathered at the scene of the blasts, driving the number of casualties higher.

“There were two suicide attacks and rocket-propelled grenade explosions in Damboa last night which killed 31 people and left several others injured,” Babakura Kola, from the Civilian Joint Task Force, a militia assisting the


They will be joined by clergy from Newtown and representatives from Families of Victims of Homicide, according to a spokesman for the legislature's Democratic majority.

Barton and Rodriguez-Torrent, 2008 graduates of Pomperaug High School, were bicycling cross-country last summer. The pair were among the crowd attending a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" Batman film when James Holmes, 24, allegedly burst into the theater and opened fire.

Twelve people were killed and nearly 60 others injured.

Barton was shot in the neck and chest and Rodriguez-Torrent's friend from Aurora suffered a head wound.

The gun violence working group is part of a broader legislative effort to examine Connecticut's firearms, school security and mental health policies following the pre-Christmas shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

NASA satellite photo showing California wildfires during October 2007 (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)

This story was published in June 2016.

As summer begins to simmer across the city, five long years into a record drought, the disaster-oracular fire headlines have begun: Region Ripe for Possibly Worst Wildfire Season in Southern California, NBC 4 warns from the local news; Could This Be California's Worst Wildfire Season? The Atlantic asks the nation.

The prophesies are not without premise. Although the actual city of Los Angeles escaped 2015 relatively unscathed, ember-wise, last year was a record fire season across the country. And there are a number of other factors stacked against us. The drought, as you well know, is primer to flame, as are hot temperatures, which are only expected to rise. The effects


our precariousness, and the potential for disasters of biblical proportions (see also: waiting for The Big One).

In one of the very first blockbuster visions of the city burning, Tod Hackett, the protagonist of Nathanael West's 1939 novel The Day of the Locust endlessly plans his imperfectible magnum opus, "The Burning of Los Angeles," a vast painted canvas depicting just that.

Los Angeles has burned countless times, in both fiction and fact, to say nothing of the Bad Religion song.

"It is a curious form of romantic self-aggrandizement, one familiar from untold numbers of novels, short stories, films and songs that has now spread to video games," according to New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis.

No other city, as Mike Davis wrote in Ecology of Fear "seems to excite such darkrapture." According the Davis, the destruction of the city has been a theme in at least 138 novels and films since 1909, most of which were created right here in the dream factory. We are more than a little obsessed with what Davis dubbed "the conflagrationist potential of Los Angeles."

Here is a supercut of Los Angeles being destroyed in different movies:

"We are fascinated by it, it's part of our history," Humphrey, a fifth-generation Californian said when asked for his thoughts on the fixation with our city in flames.

"We look at hazards differently here," he continued, explaining that when you hear about water rescues taking place in the mountains, you rarely hear about local residents getting trapped in the water. "It's always visitors," he said. "But here in L.A.,


Film Review: The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland (2006; Directed by Kevin Macdonald)

Kevin Macdonald’s The Last King of Scotland is technically accomplished, texturally interesting, and full of strong performances. It also builds up some suspense and dread in its last half, even if it can get slightly overheated in doing so. But, like so many Western narratives about Africa, it’s more of a staging ground for the anxieties of imperial cultures than it is an honest and straightforward examination of the African experience of colonialism and its aftermath.

Macdonald’s Uganda has a sunsoaked look and sweltering feel, its roads popping in sharp maroons against the verdant jungles and savannas. Shot by Anthony Dod Mantle (who won an Oscar for his similar cinematography in Slumdog Millionaire, aLeBron James just took his gigantic purple ball ... and went to Italy!

King James landed in Positano early Monday, hours after it was announced he would be joining the Los Angeles Lakers. He was seen boarding a yacht with his family, and is already holding a big purple exercise ball and wearing light-purple socks.

James and family have been jet setting around the world, as we reported they flew from Cleveland to Miami, then to Anguilla, landed in Van Nuys over the weekend to lock up the Lakers deal and now they are back in Europe.

He's definitely got 154 million reasons to enjoy this particular Summer vacation.


Westminster Presbyterian Church seeks a Praise Band Director to direct all music activity at its 9 a.m. contemporary worship service each Sunday. Skills include singing and playing an instrument. Candidate must have a vibrant faith along with experience singing, playing an instrument (preferably piano) and directing singers and musicians in worship. This is a part-time position, up to 10 hours a week. Salary commensurate with experience. Please send resume to Pastor Wes Nordman at pastor@wesminsac.org

Moller Grand Pipe Organ

July 6, 2012

Installed in one of the finest acoustics in Sacramento, the grand sanctuary pipe organ enhances a wide range of moods to worship services, weddings, memorials. The Moller also serves as a concert instrument for Music At Noon and community events. The current home of Westminster (completed in 1927 anda friend's sister, Ms. Patton. According to the record, the two met when the father went on a hunting trip to Oklahoma, which is where his friend, Tom, resided with his sister, Ms. Patton. After returning to Alabama, the father made numerous phone calls to that residence, some of which were as late as midnight or one o'clock in the morning. The father testified that the phone calls which were made to the residence in Oklahoma were intended for Tom, and that it was through one of these calls that the father learned of Ms. Patton's desire to pursue a possible job opening in the Selma area. Upon learning of this, the father gave the name of his landlord to Ms. Patton, and she later moved to Alabama


1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to cannulas of the type used to perform laparoscopic surgery and, more particularly, to structure for maintaining a cannula in operative position with respect to body tissue through which the cannula extends.
2. Background Art
In performing laparoscopic surgery, an incision is made in a patient to admit a cannula which serves as a conduit for the introduction of selected surgical instruments into a body cavity. During a surgical procedure, several cannulas may be directed into the patient at spaced locations to facilitate simultaneous use of a number of instruments. The body cavity in which the operation is performed is filled with a gas to expand the surrounding tissue to create a suitably sized operating space.
In designing laparoscopic equipment, there are several objectives.KEY STEPS

UNFCCC Workshop on the second review of the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 9

Athens, Greece
22-23 October 2008

Introduction and Overview

The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), at
its second session, decided that the second review of the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to its Article 9
shall take place at its fourth session in 2008. CMP 3 identified the scope and content of the
second review. In order to prepare this review, CMP 3 requested the secretariat to organize a
pre-sessional workshop to consider the relevance to the second review of progress achieved by the
AWG-KP in advancing its work programme. For the review, the CMP will also consider
recommendations made by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), at its twenty-eighth session,
in June 2008. The


Sullivan strategic plan

In reiterating some of the pressing goals that should be addressed by Sullivan County officials if possible, legislator Kitty Vetter said one of her priorities was expanding broadband internet throughout the county.

When asked about the county’s transportation needs, Edward McAndrew, commissioner of the Division of Public Works, noted, “We need to pave approximately 200 miles of county roads right now, out of 385 miles.”

Legislator Gene Benson, who was chairing the meeting of the Strategic Plan Subcommittee at the government center on September 3, said one of his goals would be the creation of an industrial park at the Sullivan County International Airport in Bethel. He said there are shovel-ready sites there now because of the recent addition of a municipal water supply.

But the conversation soon turnedlength of:The message was sent over a great distance

until after the end of:to adjourn over the holidays

throughout the duration of:over a long period of years

in reference to, concerning, or about:to quarrel over a matter

while engaged in or occupied with:to fall asleep over one's work

via; by means of:He told me over the phone

I heard it over the radio

As adverb

beyond the top or upper surface or edge of something:a roof that hangs over

so as to cover the surface, or affect the whole surface:The furniture was covered over with dust

through a region, area, etc

:He was known the world over

at some distance, as in a direction indicated:They live over by the hill

from side to side; across; to the other side:to sail over

across an intervening space:Toss the ball over, will you?

across or beyond


the edge or rim:The soup boiled over

The bathtub ran over

from beginning to end; throughout:to read a paper over; Think it over

from one person, party, etc

, to another:Hand the money over

He made the property over to his brother

on the other side, as of a sea, a river, or any space:over in Japan

so as to displace from an upright position:to knock over a glass of milk

so as to put in the reversed position:She turned the bottle over

The dog rolled over

once more; again:Do the work over

in repetition or succession:twenty times over

in excess or addition:to pay the full sum and something over

in excess of or beyond a certain amount:Five goes into seven once, with two over

throughout or beyond a period of time:to stay over till Monday

to one's residence, office, or the like:Whyawaiting a reply or acknowledgment

) Compare out (def )

As Idioms

all over, over the entire surface of; everywhere: material printed all over with a floral design

thoroughly; entirely

finished: The war was all over and the soldiers came home

all over with, ended; finished:It seemed miraculous that the feud was all over with

over again, in repetition; once more:The director had the choir sing one passage over again

over against

against (def )

over and above, in addition to; besides:a profit over and above what they had anticipated

over and over, several times; repeatedly:They played the same record over and over

over the hill

hill (def )

over there, Informal

(in the U

S

during and after World War I) in or to Europe:Many of the boys who went over there never came back

over with, finished or done:Let's get this thing over with,


night?

enough:He saved until he had the money for a new car

She didn't have the courage to leave

(used distributively, to note any one separately) for, to, or in each; a or an:at one dollar the pound

fireplace

As noun

the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth

any open structure, usually of masonry, for keeping a fire, as at a campsite

tv

As noun, plural TVs

television

mount

As verb (used with object)

to go up; climb; ascend:to mount stairs

to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc

)

to set or place at an elevation:to mount a house on stilts

to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding

to set or place (a person) on horseback

to organize, as an army

to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign

to raise or50-YEAR CLUB CONTINUES ITS HOMECOMING TRADITION

Following a tradition that began in 1950, alumni who graduated 50 years ago will come from across the country for a special reunion during Southern Utah Homecoming Week, Oct. 7-13.

This year, members of the Class of 1940 will be inducted into the 50-Year Club and will include both Cedar High School and Branch Agricultural College associate degree graduates because the campus served as both a secondary school and two-year college until 1941.For further information, contact Peg Thorley at 586-7777.


Rare close-cropped front Stbd view of Royal Navy Lynx HMA.8DAS XZ736 Cn 222 on the ground at Naval Air Station Nowra (YSNW) on 06Oct1986. The occasion was the RAN 75th Anniversary Airshow at HMAS ... (more)Two officers were injured while detaining a man with a knife at the Mall outside Buckingham Palace late Friday night, the Metropolitan Police said.

The two officers suffered injuries to their arms, Met police said. They did not go to the hospital.

The man has been arrested for suspicion of "grievous bodily harm" and assault on police, Met police said.

Get Breaking News Delivered to Your Inbox

Buckingham Palace is the home of Queen Elizabeth II. The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, are currently at their estate in Balmoral in Scotland, and no members of the royal family were in residence, Buckingham Palace said.

Met Police said early Saturday that the counter-terrorism unit is now investigating the incident.

Witness Kiana Williamson said she saw officers trying to wrestle a man out of a


car that had stopped near the palace. In less than a minute, "the man had been restrained and looked almost unconscious by the side of the road," she said.

Buckingham Palace, which is surrounded by tall gates, has seen past security breaches.

Last year a man convicted of murder climbed a wall and was detained on the palace grounds while the queen was at home.

In 1982 an intruder managed to sneak into the queen's private chambers while she was in bed. Elizabeth spent 10 minutes chatting with him before calling for help.

A palace spokeswoman said the palace did not comment on security issues.while, he was unmotivated and depressed. But soon, he found he could still serve a purpose by serving his country. That's how he ended up at The Star in Frisco.

The Cowboys recently hosted the second annual Military Combine. It's just like the NFL Combine with a 40-yard dash, standing long jump, and more. It started as a way to say thank you to veterans. Every participant is an active duty service member.

This was a qualifying round, but the winner of next month's finals will announce one of the Cowboys' draft picks in this year's NFL Draft.

"Football was the biggest thing in my life for a long time," Walker said. "For me to go what I went through and to have this opportunity, it means the world."


WASHINGTON (March 29, 2016)—The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.

BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is being awarded a $75,320,272 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for up to 1,075,200 man-hours of technical and engineering services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's Combat Integration and Identification Systems Division, as well as the governments of Japan and Australia. Services to be provided include system integration, installation testing and evaluation, in-service engineering, logistics, repair and validation, training, laboratory maintenance, quality assurance, and technical management. Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Maryland (80 percent); and various ship/shore locations within the U.S. and outside of the U.S. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in Aprilpatients studied from 1963 to March 2011, 44 dual malignancies in association with DTC were detected, showing a prevalence rate of 0.5%. The most common site of second primary malignancy was the head and neck (H&N) in men and the breast in women. Of the 44 dual malignancies, 18 were synchronous in nature and 26 were metachronous. In the metachronous group, thyroid carcinoma was the first primary malignancy in only 5/26 patients, whereas the remaining 21 patients had thyroid carcinoma as the second primary malignancy. In 5/26 patients in whom carcinoma of the thyroid was the first primary malignancy, the second primary malignancy was breast carcinoma in two cases, renal cell carcinoma in one case, colorectal carcinoma in one case and metastatic NET of unknown primary in one


to shield the little one he held from the dust settling down from the ceiling of the tunnel.

"You'd rather they caught the children along with us, Ddwyer, came the impatient, husky contralto voice, clearly a distraught female. She bore the other small bundle of child which was mercifully not as restless as the first.

"My lord, lady, we haven't the time," an anxious vassal pleaded, wringing his hands delicately. The daintiness was, of course, a sham and they all knew it.

The last figure, a hulking shadow, spoke up in a rumbling bass. "Show some backbone, Sajay," he growled in disapproval.

Gwanal placed a gentle hand on the Bear's forearm. "This isn't the time, Godfren." It was a mild rebuke, but a rebuke all the same.

"My apologies, lady," Godfren apologized perfunctorily.He'd never much cared for the reedy-voiced seneschal, Sajay. in fact, the Blooded of the serpent collectively made his teeth itch and his friend's seneschal was no exception.

Ddwyer raised his hand sharply. "They'll be here before long. It's time." Indeed, the sound of tromping feet was resounding quite loudly overhead in the tunnel. It was only a matter of time before they found the tunnel entrance.

Gwanal looked sympathetically at Sajay. "I'm sorry we have to do it this way."

Sajay dipped his head in understanding. "Think nothing of it, my lady. If I am to hold the lands until the children are grown, I must appear to have resisted. I regret that I cannot-" His words were cut short by an abrupt fist to the chin, courtesy of Godfren.

Ddwyer


and Gawanal gaped at him. "It had to look believable," he explained virtuously. That had been far more satisfying than Godfren would ever admit.

To forestall their protests, Godfren held out his arms. "If I am to get the children to safety, I must leave now," he stated quietly.

Gwanal choked back a sob and kissed the child in her arms once more before handing her bundle over to the large man. ddwyer went the taciturn route, simply passing the second babe over and giving Godfren a light thump on the shoulder.

"I've never seen a better spymaster," Ddwyer stated, swalling the slight lump in his throat.

Godfren grinned boyishly. "Who would ever suspect me?" he asked rhetorically. The answer was, of course, 'nobody' or 'everyone', depending on which ven you asked.

Thethree nobles looked at one another for a few quiet moments before Godfren jerked his head in an abrupt nod. "I'll take care of them as if they were my own. I promise." With that, he began to pad down the tunnel with surprising speed away from the impending commotion and toward the exit from the lands.

The two ven that had just given up their children watched their friend run until the darkness swalled him. Then they turned to one another and clasped hands.

"We could still flee with them," Ddwyer offered, seeing the regret and conflict in Gwanal's eyes. "Godfren would shelter us."

She shook her head in abrupt decisiveness, suddenly an emotional rock. "No. It's done. They would still be in danger of letting slip taht we yet


a hidden alcove, cunningly deesigned to let them view the tunnel and everyone in it with a comfortable degree of secrecy.

The two Blooded watched, barely daring to breathe as the faceless lumps of flesh began to change. The flesh that was now rippling, almost bubbling. The stubs of appendages became arms and legs. The heads took on definition, faces forming and hair growing. As they finished changing, the features of Ddwyer and Gwanal settled into place on the Tulpa; sorcerous copies of the two hiding ven.

Nearly exact replicas of them, with one prominient difference. Gwanal's doppleganger appeared to be very very pregnant. Her original nodded in satisfaction from her hiding place.

The duplicates got to their feet, confused about just how they came to be on the floor ofthe tunnel below the keep. The Ddwyer-Tulpa found a cudgel laying next to the unconcious Sajay as if trying to puzzle out what had befallen the poor fellow.

From the end of the tunnel that led to the keep, a voice cried out, "There they are!" A long line of ven came rushing down the hallway, all wearing the black and silver cloaks of the senate with red cloak clasps shaped like daggers. The Tulpa doubles started in alarm and set themselves in place for a last stand.

The real Ddwyer and Gwanal turned away, not particularly caring to be spectators at their own ersatz 'deaths'. Leaving the tunnel behind, they walked with clasped hands through their hidden passageway until they could just barely hear the Senate investigators questioning Sajay.

They


entered a chamber lit only by two flickering candles. Gwanal touched a set of ruins carved into one of the doors after dabbling her fingers in the blood still wet on her arm. Ddwyer did the same as he entered beside her through the second of the double doors. Once they had both entered the chamber, the doors began to close of their own accord, impossibly silent given their stone construction.

At the far end of the room stood a dias wide enough for two ven to rest side by side, (if the ven in question weren't shy). On what appeared to be an altar for holding offerings sat two goblets, each with faint wisps of smoke or steam rising from the contents.

Gwanal and Ddwyer stood hand in handof triumph when she saw her response hit home as Ddwyer's shoulders slumped in defeat.

She responded as she always did, by hugging his arm and peering up at him through lowered lashes. "I'm sorry," she murmured, sounding so very remorseful.

"A likely story," Ddwyer huffed, though he still turned his head to presss a kiss to her temple.

Forgiven again, Gwanal thought affectionately. She remained where she was for a few moments more, cuddling Ddwyer's arm as he rested his cheek atop her head. But the moment couldn't last forever.

Gwanal lifted her head and touched Ddwyer's chest with her fingertips. "It's time," she murmured.

He nodded soberly and they both stepped forward to the altar. As one they each picked up one of the steaming goblets and turned to face one


antoher. With the same sad smile they gently touched the goblets together, the metallic ring echoing strangely in the sealed chamber. They each downed their portions in a single gulp and placed the empty goblets back on the altar.

Ddwyer made a gallant flourish of a gesture with one hand exteded Gwanal. She courtsied prettily and accepted his help in stepping up onto the dias. Once she'd reached the top step, Gwanal turned to sit on the stone slab, sliding away from the steps to make room for Ddwyer while reclining on her side. Ddwyer waited until she was settled before he joined her, mirroring her posture.

Gwanal raised her hand to touch his cheek as Ddwyer curled his arm around her waist. Their eyes beginning to drift shut aspart of the mysterious malady called colony collapse disorder  with technology for planting corn coated ...

Thanks to investigations by scientists-turned-detectives with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other agencies, potato growers in the western United States and abroad now know the identities of ...

A new study recently published in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) shows that from 2003 to 2008, the use of insecticide active ingredients was reduced by about 90% in University of Florida housing buildings after ...


OPINION

                                I. Factual and Procedural History

       On March 6, 2018, the Mayor of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County,
Tennessee resigned. On that same date, the Metropolitan Clerk notified the Davidson
County Administrator of Elections of the vacancy in the Office of Mayor. On March 9,
2018, the Davidson County Election Commission (the “Commission”) met, in part, for
the purpose of setting a date for an election to fill the vacancy in the Office of Mayor.
The Commission heard a brief presentation by legal counsel for the Commission,
discussed the matter, heard public comment, including comment by counselthe
        unexpired term in the office of mayor and in the office of district council
        member whenever such vacancy shall exist more than twelve (12) months
        prior to the date of the next general metropolitan election. The special
        election shall be ordered by the county commissioners of elections and they
        shall give notice thereof as provided by Tennessee Code Annotated section
        2-14-105. When a vacancy exists in the office of vice mayor or in the
        office of councilmember-at-large, said


office shall remain vacant until the
        next general election at which time such vacancy shall be filled; however,
        in no event shall a special election be held to fill such vacancy. If in such
        special election to fill a vacancy for the unexpired term of the office of
        mayor or district council member, or in the general election at which time a
        vacancy in the office of vice mayor or councilmember-at-large, no
        candidate shall receive a majority of all the votes cast for such office, a
and District Councilmen. As noted, section 15.01
provides that the Mayor, Vice Mayor, Councilmen-at-Large, and District Councilmen are
elected in a particular type of municipal general election, referred to as a “general
metropolitan election.” The general metropolitan election for these enumerated offices is
held every fourth odd-numbered year beginning in 1971.

       Section 15.03 of the Charter, in turn, provides for elections to fill vacancies in the
offices of Mayor, Vice Mayor, Councilmen-at-Large, and District Councilmen. This
section draws a clear and critical distinction between elections to fill vacancies in the
offices of Mayor and District Councilmen, on the one hand, and vacancies in the offices
of Vice Mayor and Councilmen-at-Large, on the other hand. Vacancies in the offices of
Mayor and District Councilmen are to be filled by special metropolitan election
“whenever


to elections involving the offices of Mayor, Vice Mayor, District
Councilmen, and Councilmen-at-Large. Indeed, with the exception of Article 15, the
Charter utilizes the phrase “general metropolitan election” in only one other instance,
                                            -8-
Article 18, section 18.06. That section addresses the election of District Councilmen
following re-districting. The election of District Councilmen falls under Article 15 of the
Charter, so the use of the phrase “general metropolitan election” in section 18.06 is
entirely consistent with the limited use of the phrase in Article 15 of the Charter. In
contrast, other electedthis section of the Charter, “general metropolitan election” means and is limited to the
particular general election at which the Mayor, Vice Mayor, Councilmen-at-Large, and
District Councilmen are elected in August of each fourth odd-numbered year, beginning
in 1971, as called for in section 15.01 of the Charter.9 The next “general metropolitan
election” is the August 2019 election. Because the date of that election is more than
twelve months from the date of the mayoral vacancy, section 15.03 of the Charter
requires that a special election be set in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated
section 2-14-102. Under the facts of this case, the interplay between this statute and
section 15.03 of the Charter does not authorize the Commission to set the election to fill
the mayoral vacancy on the date of the August 2, 2018 general election.


of section 15.03 of the Charter also is consistent
with the public policy regarding the nature of elections for the Office of Mayor. As
expressed in a 2011 resolution of the Metropolitan Council, it was the intent of the
founders of the Metropolitan Government, and remains the intent of the Council, that the
Office of Mayor be non-partisan and that the election for this office not be held in
conjunction with partisan elections. Metropolitan Council Resolution No. RS2011-1607
(Approved April 21, 2011). As the Council expressed in its resolution, having the
election for this office coincide with partisan elections “would negatively impact the

       10
            Because we have concluded that the language is unambiguous, a review of the relevant
legislativeThe present invention relates to a transportation means used for transporting or carrying luggage and more particularly pertains to a luggage trolley people use in their daily life, work, business trips and travels.
Luggage trolleys are very common transportation means. As luggage trolleys are relatively large in size and occupy a larger space, they bring great inconvenience to people who are going on a trip. To reduce the space occupied during storage, luggage trolleys are usually collapsible and foldable. A conventional luggage trolley mainly comprises a baseboard used for receiving luggage articles and a pull handle used for pushing and pulling the trolley body. The baseboard of the luggage trolley is disposed with a wheel on each of the two sides thereof, and a supporting leg at the underside


Tulsa Mourns Man Who 'Never Met A Stranger' Bobby Clark, 54, was one of three people killed in Friday's shootings in Tulsa, Okla. Friends and family say Clark, a resident of the city's Northgate neighborhood, was a well-liked musician who enjoyed sharing his music with others

A makeshift memorial pays tribute to Bobby Clark, one of the victims of a shooting spree that left three people dead and terrorized Tulsa's African-American community.
Sue Ogrocki/AP
hide caption

toggle caption

Sue Ogrocki/AP

Three people were killed in last week's shootings in Tulsa, Okla.: Dannaer Fields, 49; William Allen, 31; and Bobby Clark, 54. Two others were wounded in the shootings. All of them were shot — apparently at random — in the predominantly black neighborhood of Northgate in northern Tulsa.

It was Bobby Clark's brother, Donny, whofirst found him after the fatal shooting.

"I came through there and I realized it was my brother laying in the street," Clark says. "They shot him under the armpit, and I think it hit his heart."

Bobby Clark died sprawled on Tulsa's 63rd Street, under a streetlight just a few doors from the Northgate house where he lived with his brother.

His family believes Bobby was simply standing on the corner waiting for Donny to return when he was shot by assailants in a white pickup, who then sped away.

Police say Jake England and Alvin Watts, who both lived a few miles away in the town of Turley, have confessed to the shootings. They say the likely motive was revenge: England was reportedly angry that, two years earlier, a black


man killed his father in a completely unrelated incident.

'If He Met You Once, He'd Remember You'

Those who knew Bobby Clark, an unemployed musician, say he's the least likely person to have been killed by violence.

Tanya Clardy, Clark's sister-in-law, sits in the kitchen of her north Tulsa home, receiving visitors and answering one call after the next.

In his family's only photo of him, Bobby Clark plays guitar at the homeless shelter he frequented. Clark often played for shelter patrons and staff.
Courtesy of the Clark family
hide caption

toggle caption

Courtesy of the Clark family

In his family's only photo of him, Bobby Clark plays guitar at the homeless shelter he frequented. Clark often played for shelter patrons and staff.

Courtesy of the Clark family

Bobby Clark had been on disability almost his entire life. Hewas schizophrenic and took medication for the illness.

But he was best known for playing bass guitar in gospel bands in churches throughout north Tulsa — the largely African-American side of town.

"Bobby was a real nice guy. Everybody loved him, everybody knew he played music," Clardy says. "Everybody knew him — he never met a stranger. If he met you once, he'd remember you."

Clark was often in and out of public housing. He received his mail, and often grabbed a meal, at the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless downtown.

Sandra Lewis, the center's executive director, says Clark came to the center each Tuesday to pick up his disability check. He would bring his guitar, she says, and strum for the people sitting in the center's large day room.

Lewis says


dismantling of the press frame including for example, the supporting columns, beams and the like. Additionally, after replacement of the components in the assembly, additional time and effort was required to realign and readjust the press.
With regard to the operation of fixed frame presses of the present type, it has been discovered that the installed press ram often interfered with the loading and unloading of excessively long or extremely warped workpieces. This operational problem resulted from the fact that in prior fixed frame type presses, the ram was restrained within the confines of the support columns and its placement therein often interfered with the loading and unloading of such workpieces. Thus, it was a continuing and unresolved problem to facilitate the loading and unloading of such long orIraq crisis: Sunni rebels 'ready to turn on Islamic State' By Jim Muir

BBC News, Irbil Published duration 29 August 2014

image copyright Reuters image caption Sunni militants initially co-operated with IS in an uprising against the Iraqi government

Stifled by the Islamic State (IS) militants in their own areas, Iraqi Sunni rebels who took up arms against the Shia-dominated government of Nouri Maliki are signalling for the first time that they are ready to turn against IS if Sunni rights are enshrined in a reformed political order in Baghdad.

The rebels, including tribal militants and former army personnel organised in military councils throughout the Sunni areas, see American and international guarantees as crucial to any such deal.

"We don't want guns from the Americans, we want a real political solution, which the


US should impose on those people it installed in the Green Zone," said Abu Muhammad al-Zubaai, referring to the Iraqi political leaders who took over after the US-led occupation in 2003.

"The IS problem would end. If they guarantee us this solution, we'll guarantee to get rid of IS," said Mr al-Zubaai, a tribal leader from Anbar province speaking on behalf of the rebels, using a nom de guerre.

The tribal and military rebels, who had been fighting government forces since January, played a role in the spectacular advances scored after IS - in its previous guise as Isis - erupted into Iraq from Syria in June and captured the second city, Mosul, among other mainly Sunni areas.

But since then, the Sunni groups have been suppressed, with IS ordering themarmed forces in a caretaker capacity until the new government is formed, towns like Falluja and many other Sunni areas have been bombed daily, with heavy casualties among civilians.

image copyright AFP image caption IS does not tolerate any dissent in the areas under its control

Caught between two fires, the position of the Sunni rebels has changed sharply since the IS operation began in June.

In the early phases, they hoped a joint effort would carry the Sunni insurgency into the heart of Baghdad, ousting Prime Minister Maliki and overturning the current constitution and political order.

At that stage, they said, they would have turned on the IS militants and driven them out, as they did with al-Qaeda in Iraq in 2007.

But they feel bitterly deceived by that earlier process, and


betrayed by Mr Maliki, who failed to carry out commitments given to the Sunnis and gradually drove them into a position of outright revolt after the bloody suppression of peaceful protest demonstrations from 2012.

That is why they are seeking international guarantees for a new power-sharing deal. They do not trust the Shia, and fear that under Mr Maliki's nominated successor Haidar al-Abadi, who comes from the same party, things may not change.

"Appointing someone from the same Dawa party to succeed Maliki is like appointing a Baathist to replace Saddam Hussein," said Mr al-Zubaai.

Fear of isolation

The tribal and military rebels are proposing a national reconciliation conference under international auspices, with all factions invited except for IS and also the Shia militias, which they regard as equally bad as, orthe Galaxy lose some defensive bite? Actually, I'm not sure they do. Gerrard may not be box to box, but he still makes tackles, averaging nearly 3 a game. He is also not the type to not track back at all. Kljestan is also a two way player, and while his strength is more in the attack, he still manages over two tackles a game. With Juninho as a backstop, the only midfielder who won't be winning the ball on a consistent basis is Ishizaki. Furthermore, perhaps the Galaxy's best ball winner, Baggio Husidic, will be available for spot starts and subs, in select situations where more defense is needed.

Part of the reason that "Tiki-Taco" was so successful, was that it was built around the team's main chance


Rana's trial losing steam. Will he be acquitted?

Rana's trial losing steam. Will he be acquitted?

The verdict in the trial of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, co-accused in the Mumbai terror attacks with David Coleman Headley, is likely to come in earlier than expected as the Chicago businessman is unlikely to testify at his own trial. Rana's attorney Patrick Blegen said his client's defence team was still making a final decision, but that it was unlikely Rana would take the stand.

The case proceeded quickly after Headley, a Pakistani-American, wrapped up his testimony after five days of questioning by the prosecution and defence lawyers in the trial of his childhood friend and another 26/11 co-accused Rana in a Chicago court.

Prosecutors called seven witnesses on Wednesday, including five Federal Bureau of Investigation agentswho verified email and phone communication between Rana, Headley, and "Major Iqbal," believed to be an Inter-Services Intelligence officer. Rana was communicating through e-mails with Major Iqbal of ISI (low-level officer), it was noted in court.

An email sent from a Chaudhery Khan, another name for Major Iqbal from chaudherykhan@yahoo.com, in which he gave his mobile number for future contacts was shown in court by prosecutor Sarah Streicker. Another e-mail from tahawwur@yahoo.com in which Rana booked Headley's flight on December 8, 2008, from New York to Chicago with a stop at Atlanta.

Decision on Rana likely by Wednesday

United States District Court Judge Harry D Leinenweber said the case proceeded quickly partly because both the government and defence had no problems with the stipulation. A stipulation is an agreement between opposing


Immigration.

Streicker also pulled up Rana's wife Samraz's phone records in which the latter had received calls from a Dave, nickname for Headley, and Balaji another name for Major Iqbal displaying the same cell number above. FBI special agent David Maze on Wednesday testified that the phone records had been verified.

'No evidence of Headley scouting Danish newspaper office'

Another email from Rana from immigration@ameritech.net addresed to an employee of Jyllands Posten, Lissobette Bus Anderson, in which Headley asked her details about advertising for First World Immigration and its future clients.

The e-mail had Rana's IP address that matched with another e-mail showing his business accounts and also through the Yahoo account management tool that shows Rana's birthday and matches with the IP address of Pan American Physical Services, a company whoseCivilians trying to flee the besieged Isis-held enclave in west Mosul are being shot dead by Isis and Iraqi army snipers as they try to cross the Tigris River, says an eyewitness trapped inside the city with his family.

In an exclusive interview with The Independent, Jasim, a 33-year old Iraqi Sunni living in west Mosul near the 5th Bridge, said: “I want to rescue my mother and take her to the eastern part, but it is dangerous. Three people were killed in our neighbourhood trying to cross the river to the eastern side. They were shot dead by the snipers.”

Jasim explained that “Daesh (Isis) have snipers who cover the river bank between the 5th and 6th bridges".

"The problem is that even at night things are not that easy,"


he said. "The Iraqi army, the federal police and counter-terror forces shoot anyone coming from the western side as there is curfew at night and they believe anyone coming from the western side must be a Daesh fighter.” As a result, civilians are being killed by both Iraqi army mortars and Isis snipers when they try to escape. On several occasion in the past, the Iraqi security forces have announced that they have killed Isis infiltrators seeking to cross the Tigris from the west and these may have been civilians trying to escape.

Speaking about civilian casualties inside his neighbourhood, Jasim says that “dozens of civilians are killed every day, including children. Yesterday, two children were killed by a mortar shell of the Iraqi Army coming from the easternpart.” He says that Iraqi government media claims that they have "smart artillery" is quite untrue. This is confirmed privately by senior Iraqi officers, one saying that many of the civilian casualties are not being caused by air strikes, but by “Tuz” Russian-made rockets mounted on the back of vehicles, which have no guidance systems.

In a grim demonstration of the danger from air attack facing anybody living in west Mosul, Jasim was himself injured in a drone attack hours after he spoke to The Independent. He has been removed to hospital but the extent of his injuries are not known.

Jasim gives one of the few accounts from inside the closely besieged western part of Mosul still held by Isis, describing the increasingly desperate living conditions of at least


300,000 people trying to survive there. The interview was conducted by mobile phone late at night from inside the west part of Mosul, though Isis has in the past shot or hanged people using mobiles whom it suspects of spying on them. Though the signal was weak, messages can be passed to east Mosul, captured by government forces after three months of heavy fighting that finished in January.

Referring to the growing shortage of food, Jasim says that “people in our neighbourhood are searching in the garbage to find something that can be eaten to take it to their children.” There have been no vegetables or fruit available for over a month. He and his family have a little flour and rice stored, but they want to keep itoffensive Show all 40 1 /40 In pictures: Mosul offensive In pictures: Mosul offensive A doctor carries an Iraqi newborn baby at a hospital in Mosul, Iraq July 18, 2017. Reuters In pictures: Mosul offensive Iraqi girls play at a yard of a school in Mosul, Iraq July 18, 2017alal Reuters In pictures: Mosul offensive A woman on crutches who is a relative of men accused of being Islamic State militants is seen at a camp in Bartella, east of Mosul, Iraq July 15, 2017. Picture taken July 15, 2017. Reuters In pictures: Mosul offensive A displaced girl, who fled from home carries a doll at Hamam al-Alil camp south of Mosul, Iraq July 13, 2017. Reuters In pictures: Mosul offensive Iraqi federal police members and civilians celebrate


in the Old City of Mosul on 9 July 2017 after the government's announcement of the "liberation" of the embattled city. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said he was in "liberated" Mosul to congratulate "the heroic fighters and the Iraqi people on the achievement of the major victory" AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive A picture taken on 9 July 2017, shows a general view of the destruction in Mosul's Old City. Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul from jihadists, a US general said Saturday, as celebrations broke out among police forces in the city. AFP In pictures: Mosul offensive Members of the Iraqi federal police raise the victory gesture as they ride on a humvee while advancingthrough the Old City of Mosul on 28 June 2017, as the offensive continues to retake the last district held by Islamic State (IS) group fighters. AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive Smoke billows as Iraqi forces advance through the Old City of Mosul on 26 June 2017, during the ongoing offensive to retake the last district held by the Islamic State (IS) group. AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive An Iraqi man wearing the green scarf of the Shi'ite faith kisses an Iraqi Army soldier on safely reaching the Iraqi forces position as Iraqi civilians flee the Old City of west Mosul where heavy fighting continues on 23 June 2017. Iraqi forces continue to encounter stiff resistance with improvised explosive devices, car bombs, heavy mortar fire and


snipers hampering their advance. Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive A picture taken from the inside of an Iraqi forces armoured vehicle shows residents walking through a damaged street as troops advance towards Mosul's Old City on 18 June 2017, during the ongoing offensive to retake the last district still held by the Islamic State (IS) group. Military commanders told AFP the assault had begun at dawn after overnight air strikes by the US-led coalition backing Iraqi forces. They said the jihadists were putting up fierce resistance. AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive Iraqi Army soldiers advance in a destroyed street after an Iraqi forces airstrike targeted an Islamic State sniper position 17 June 2017 in al-Shifa, the last district of west Mosul under Islamic State control. ISsnipers, as well as car and suicide bomb attacks continue to hinder the Iraqi forces efforts to retake the final district. A series of airstrikes by Iraqi helicopter gunships attempted to hit multiple Islamic State sniper positions in al-Shifa. Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive An Iraqi soldier frisks a displaced Iraqi man at a temporary camp in the compound of the closed Nineveh International Hotel in Mosul on 16 June 2017 which was recovered by Iraqi troops from Islamic State group fighters earlier in the year. A screening centre set up in the compound's fairgrounds sees a constant stream of Iraqis fleeing the battle for Mosul, awaiting their turn to be checked by the Iraqi forces who are searching for suspected Islamic State (IS) group members. The


small fairground lies at the end of a pontoon bridge across the Tigris recently opened to civilians that is the only physical link between the two banks of the river. AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive Iraqis staying at the al-Khazir camp swim in a river near the camp for internally displaced people, located between Arbil and Mosul on 11 June 2017. AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive Iraqi government forces drive on a road leading to Tal Afar on 9 June 2017, during ongoing battles to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive An Iraqi policeman carries a poster bearing an image of Mosul's iconic leaning minaret, known as the "Hadba" (Hunchback), on 22 June 2017. AFP/Getty Images Inpictures: Mosul offensive Iraqis stand in line to receive food aid in western Mosul's Zanjili neighbourhood on 7 June 2017, during ongoing battles as Iraqi forces try to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. Living conditions in Mosul have again deteriorated since the start of the Iraqi government's offensive on the city in October in which they retook a large part of the west of the city. AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive Displaced Iraqis carry lightbulbs and sacks as they evacuate from western Mosul's Zanjili neighbourhood as government forces advance in the area during their ongoing battle against Islamic State (IS) group fighters on 13 May 2017 AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive A member of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) flashes the victory


gesture as he patrols in western Mosul's al-Islah al-Zaraye neighbourhood on 13 May 2017 AFP/Getty Images In pictures: Mosul offensive Iraqi army soldiers from the 9th armoured division on a truck flash the sign of victory as they drive back from Mosul to the town of Qaraqosh (also known as Hamdaniya) Getty In pictures: Mosul offensive Members of Iraqi forces flash the sign of victory on their vehicle as they advance towards Hammam al-Alil area south of Mosul Getty In pictures: Mosul offensive A member of Iraqi security forces gestures in Hammam al-Alil, south of Mosul, Iraq Reuters In pictures: Mosul offensive Iraqi children, one flashing the sign of victory, greet Iraqi army's soldiers from the 9th armoured division in the area of Ali Rash, adjacent to theeastern Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul Getty In pictures: Mosul offensive Peshmerga forces look at a tunnel used by Islamic State militants near the town of Bashiqa, east of Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq Reuters In pictures: Mosul offensive An Iraqi soldier takes a photograph with his phone as his comrade stands next to a detained man, whom the Iraqi army soldiers accused of being an Islamic State fighter, who was fleeing with his family in the Intisar disrict of eastern Mosul, Iraq Reuters In pictures: Mosul offensive Iranian Kurdish female members of the Freedom Party of Kurdistan (PAK) hold a position in an area near the town of Bashiqa, some 25 kilometres north east of Mosul Getty In pictures: Mosul offensive