Specifically, she reviewed the criteria *547 Batra established in his book for safely investing in corporate bonds in an economic downturn. These included purchasing highly rated, AAA if possible, noncallable bonds. During her second meeting with Kenton, Parks told Kenton that she was concerned about the economy and that pursuant to the criteria set forth in Batra's book, she wanted to purchase AAA, noncallable, long-term bonds. Parks testified that she relied on Kenton's expertise only to ensure that the bonds he selected met her criteria that they be highly rated, long-term, noncallable bonds. She testified that she relied on Batra's book to establish her selection criteria, not on any recommendation Kenton may otherwise have made.
Parks paid Batra a consulting fee. Parks and Kenton had a conference call withBatra, and after the conference call, Parks directed Kenton to purchase the bonds they had previously settled upon pursuant to Parks' established criteria, which Kenton did on October 8, 1991. Parks testified that at no time prior to purchasing the bonds did Kenton or anyone from Merrill Lynch inform her that some of the bonds Kenton purchased were callable.
Several of Parks' bonds were eventually called. Shortly after Parks received notice that the first bond was called, she contacted Kenton and he explained that the called bond just "slipped through the cracks." Parks testified that as a result of these bonds being called, she was required to pay the income tax on the capital gains from the sale of her Millard Manufacturing stock to the ESOP.
At the close of


where he worked for less than a year. His duties entailed attracting and offering clients investment products. He later worked for Piper Jaffray for 3 years until 1984, where he did the same type of work and received training as a financial advisor. Kenton testified that during his employment with these employers, he held a general securities license and that 10 to 20 percent of his work related to bonds. In order to obtain his general securities license, he was required to pass two examinations: a "series 7" or general securities representative examination, and the "blue sky" license examination, administered by the National Association of Security Dealers. See 48 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 6, § 008 (2001) (specifying qualifying examinations for agents of broker-dealers). Kenton testified that the"series 7" examination was a full-day, 250-question test, and that the "blue sky" examination was shorter and less intense than the "series 7" examination.
Upon leaving Piper Jaffray, Kenton accepted employment with Equitable Life Insurance as an investment product coordinator and assistant manager. He testified that at Equitable Life Insurance, he worked primarily with mutual funds and variable annuities. Four years later, in *548 1988, Kenton went to work for Prudential doing the same kind of work he had performed at Equitable Life Insurance.
In 1991, Kenton accepted employment at Merrill Lynch as a trainee in a 2-year program. Kenton testified that at the time he handled Parks' bond transactions in 1991, he was still a trainee at Merrill Lynch, and that he had no previous experience with ESOP rollovers.


As a trainee, Kenton assisted clients with their investments and received training regarding the same type of investment services he had provided with his previous employers.
Kenton testified that during his first meeting with Parks in September 1991, he did not tell Parks that he had experience with ESOP rollovers, but that he did tell Parks he had experience with retirement plan rollovers. After the meeting, Kenton contacted Merrill Lynch's tax advisory and fixed income departments for information. The fixed income department advised Kenton of Merrill Lynch's inventory of suitable bonds for ESOP rollovers. He testified that these bonds had a very long maturity and no call provisions.
Kenton's testimony generally controverted Parks' testimony that she directed him to purchase only noncallable bonds. At the conclusion of Merrill Lynch's evidence,the Tylle definition, we determined that they were not dispositive of the issue in Jorgensen.
The two "retirement planners" in Jorgensen were employees of a bank that was the custodian of plaintiff's individual retirement account (IRA). The employees allegedly rendered advice to plaintiff concerning the IRA that resulted in the disqualification of plaintiff's IRA by the Internal Revenue Service. One employee had held a securities dealer license, but relinquished it when he went to work at the bank. He had attended 2 years of college as well as seminars dealing with IRA's. However, he had only limited experience in the investment area prior to working at the bank. The other employee had attended a school of commerce for 1 year and had also attended seminars, but testified that the


President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on February 12, 2019. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images

President Donald Trump had a private meeting Monday with close advisors at the White House to discuss a wide range of topics, including the 2020 presidential election — and concerns about possibly facing former Vice President Joe Biden, CNBC has learned. At the meeting, the president seemed to indicate to some of his confidants that he is concerned about the prospect of facing Biden, according to one person who attended the gathering and declined to be named. In particular, Trump asked whether he should be concerned about Biden potentially capturing the Democratic nomination, according to people with direct knowledgeof the matter. Trump had reportedly expressed concern during the 2018 midterm campaign about potentially facing Biden, although the president has said publicly that he isn't worried. The advisors told Trump that they're not convinced Biden would appeal to the Democratic Party's left wing or make it through a primary. They also told the president they believe Biden's opponents will say he's out of touch with the base of his own party. Biden, who leads in several primary polls of Democratic voters, has said that he's in the "final stages" of deciding whether he will run for president. When asked why the president spoke about Biden, one of the people with knowledge of the gathering told CNBC that the former vice president "is the least crazy out of


when he chose him to be his vice president in 2008. A White House spokeswoman referred CNBC to the Trump campaign. Kayleigh McEnany, the Trump campaign's press secretary, did not return repeated requests for comment. Biden's spokesman declined to comment. The first contests of the primary are under a year away, while the first Democratic debates are slated for later this year. Early polls show Biden is the favorite among Democratic primary voters and may have an advantage over the president in a one-on-one election. In a 2018 POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, Biden led in a head-to-head matchup with Trump. Forty-four percent of voters said they would pick the former Delaware lawmaker, while Trump received support from 37 percent. The survey was of 1,993 registered voters from July 26With a machine tool such as a numerically controlled lathe or a machining center, a spindle is rotated to move a tool rest, a spindle head and the like in order to perform cutting work on a work piece. Thus, the temperature of the respective components of the machine tool will rise due to the heat generation in the motor or rotating portion and the heat generation caused by the contact of the tool and the work piece.
Even in the following morning after the operation of the machine tool is ended, there are cases where the heat generated in the previous day remains in the respective components of the machine tool. Consequently, thermal displacement caused by the temperature difference between the temperature in the room in which the


the finishing area. In addition to food waste and containers, there are the empty boxes from the finishers award of pint glasses.

Zero Waste Plan

We deployed four of our Zero Hero tents: one in the signup area, one in the finish area near the food table, one in front of the Starbucks at Main and Liberty, and one near the starting line. Plastic wrap from the finisher medals was bagged separately. Cups at the single aid station were collected and taken to the finish area.

Compostables were collected for Zero Waste Washtenaw, who took them to the City of Ann Arbor’s composting facility.

The City of Ann Arbor provided a recycling bin for standard items (cardboard, paper, glass, some plastics). The recyclables that could not go in the bin (plastic bags,is the first St. Louis Rams player to ever intercept two passes and return both for touchdowns. Jenkins is also the first rookie since 1960 to accomplish this feat. Jenkins and the Rams beat the Arizona Cardinals 31-17. This game puts Jenkins in the national spotlight […]


the extraordinary hamburger revelation, none of this is news. As Business Insider reported back in June:

A US-led raid on the compound housing the Islamic State's "chief financial officer" produced evidence that Turkish officials directly dealt with ranking ISIS members, Martin Chulov of the Guardian reported recently. The officer killed in the raid, Islamic State official Abu Sayyaf, was responsible for directing the terror army's oil and gas operations in Syria. The Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh) earns up to $10 million a month selling oil on black markets. Documents and flash drives seized during the Sayyaf raid reportedly revealed links "so clear" and "undeniable" between Turkey and ISIS "that they could end up having profound policy implications for the relationship between us and Ankara," senior Westernlocally,” said Canalys analyst Ishan Dutt.

Canalys estimates Xiaomi has 27% of the Indian market while Samsung is on 25%.

“Samsung’s loss comes from its inability to transform its low-cost product portfolio,” said Rushabh Doshi of Canalys.

The South Korean company has been unable to win over cost-conscious buyers, thereby losing market share in the sub-15,000 rupee ($235) segment to Xiaomi quarter after quarter, he said.

Samsung said in a statement that it led Indian smartphone sales in the September to November period, based on data by research firm GfK.


says that John's father alleged that the aide had pinched his son. John was throwing paper balls, allegedly hitting other children, and refused to go on timeout. When his aide tried to remove him from the class, John hit and kicked at him, the report says.

At the time of the third incident on November 1, his aide decided to press charges. Recently in a statement , the aide said that he only pressed the charges to "get [John's] mother to realize he needs additional help." He's indicated that he may drop the charges, claiming the lesson has been learned. But the trauma resulting from the arrest, charges or not, won't quickly fade. It is unclear why the 10-year-old was now being arrested, six months after the incident. HisJim Litke: Johnny Football's real life education is just beginning

By Jim Litke
Associated Press

Published: Sunday, Aug. 2 2015 5:13 p.m. MDT

Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel (2) walks away from an official after he received a personal foul penalty during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against Rice, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in College Station, Texas. (Eric Gay, Associated Press)

The real education of Johnny Football is just beginning. So he better enjoy all the clowning while he still can. He's about to learn there's no more wearying job in sports than being a marked man all the time.

For starters, you're always looking over your shoulder for the next guy trying to make his name. It's dispiriting, too, hearing nothing but boos on the road and knowing that even


the guys who are supposed to have your back think of you as a calculated risk.

A few athletes have done it well for a while. But you can count on one hand how many of those — Ty Cobb comes to mind — parlayed the role into a long and productive career.

At the moment, sure, it seems like nobody can stop Manziel.

The NCAA whiffed on its shot and Rice — Texas A&M's opening opponent — turned out to be overmatched. And this weekend's opponent, Sam Houston State, arrives straight from the tomato-can division.

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin directs his players during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game against Rice, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in College Station, Texas. (Eric Gay, Associated Press)

Neither A&M's chancellor, a fanboynamed John Sharp, nor it's coach, Kevin Sumlin, who got a big raise riding the Johnny Football wave last season, are inclined to change a thing about him. He brings in too much money. Judging by recent remarks from his father, Paul, even Manziel's parents have given up.

One referee in last Saturday's game did his best, slapping Manziel with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the fourth quarter that even Sumlin couldn't ignore. The coach finally benched his star — after Manziel had delivered three touchdowns, and as many insults, at the expense of Rice's defenders — and then called it a "foolish penalty."

"No matter what the comments are, he's going to face that every week with people chirping. That's not OK," Sumlin added, "and obviously I addressed that


on the sideline after it happened."

Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel, center with towel, sways with teammates during the school song following an NCAA college football game against Rice, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in College Station, Texas. Manziel missed the first half due to a suspension. (Eric Gay, Associated Press)

Of course, that was also after Manziel had apparently mimicked signing an autograph after he got tackled and then pretended to count some cash after throwing a TD.

"If I'd seen that," Sumlin said about the "autograph" pantomime, "I'd have done something about it."

But like most coaches, Sumlin wasn't about to commit to anything until he had a chance to watch the film.

"And if that did happen," he added, "I will address that."

Sumlin better — and fast. Next up after Sam Houstonon A&M's dance card is defending national champion Alabama, and you can bet Nick Saban has watched film of the Aggies' opener more than once already.

The Crimson Tide are still fuming over last year's upset — at their place no less — and being reduced to bit actors on the stage where the whole Johnny Football drama caught fire.

Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel (2) walks off the field following an NCAA college football game against Rice, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in College Station, Texas. (Eric Gay, Associated Press)

And don't think that Saban is beyond teaching the kid a lesson about how exhausting it is to be cast as the villain nearly every time out. Saban could give anyone who asked chapter and verse on the subject. The insatiable work


around to play grown-up. The referees will be watching him more closely and the teams he'll face will have had plenty of time to look at exactly what made Johnny run and pass so effectively the first time around. His opponents, too, have plenty more buttons to push.

Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel (2) warms up for an NCAA college football game against Rice, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in College Station, Texas. Manziel has been suspended for the first half of the team's game for what the school said was an "inadvertent" violation of NCAA rules by signing autographs. (Eric Gay, Associated Press)

None of this seems to have sunk in with Manziel, no matter how many times those around him protest that it has. Sumlin recalled how just the nightbefore the Rice game, Manziel gave a speech in the locker room stressing "that everyone's individual actions affect the football team." Then he went and played as if Manziel meant everyone but him.

Talent is a wonderful thing, and Johnny Football has plenty. It's gotten him this far. But unless things change, he's on the front end of what will turn out to be a very short learning curve.


Lincoln Continental. The Lincoln was discovered on August 6, 1978 in Yuma County, Arizona near Quartzsite. In and around the vehicle were the bodies of John and Donnelda Lyons and their twenty-two-month-old son, Christopher. The body of a niece of the Lyonses, Theresa Tyson, was later found approximately one-fifth of a mile west of the Lincoln. All four had died from shotgun wounds.
*531 The Lyonses had left Yuma on the night of July 31, 1978 on a vacation in a late model Mazda. A vehicle matching this description was subsequently discovered in Coconino County, Arizona near Flagstaff.
On August 11, 1978, the appellant, together with the other Tisons and Greenawalt, ran through two roadblocks south of Casa Grande, Arizona in a Ford van. After exchanging gunfire with police officersat the roadblocks, the van turned off into the desert and stopped. Donald Tison was found in the driver's seat of the van. He had been shot in the head. Appellant, his brother Raymond, and Greenawalt were captured nearby in the desert. Gary Tison was found dead several days later further on into the desert.
This Court recently affirmed Greenawalt's convictions and sentences arising from the four murders near Quartzsite. State v. Greenawalt, 128 Ariz. 150, 624 P.2d 828 (1981). Today we affirm Ricky and Raymond Tison's convictions and sentences for these crimes in this opinion and in the companion opinion of State v. Raymond Curtis Tison, 129 Ariz. 546, 633 P.2d 355 (1981).
After his capture, appellant made statements describing the prison breakout and subsequent activities, including the four


murders. From these statements and other evidence introduced at trial, it was established that the breakout had been planned for some time. Appellant took an active part in the preparation, including obtaining guns and the Lincoln Continental. A gunsmith testified that appellant approached him about sawing off shotguns. The gunsmith also stated appellant, through his mother, purchased a .45 caliber Colt handgun from him. Two cartridges identified as having been fired from this gun were found near the murder scene.
Appellant in his statements explained that the Lincoln became disabled with a flat tire near Yuma. The Mazda was flagged down and all five men pulled guns on the Mazda's occupants, who were taken out of that car and placed in the Continental. Both cars were then taken downanother road and parked trunk to trunk. Articles were exchanged between cars, and money and weapons belonging to John Lyons were taken. The Continental was then moved a short distance further, where Gary Tison and Greenawalt shot the victims.
The five men drove off in the Mazda. Within hours, appellant purchased paint to use on the Mazda. A few days later, the repainted Mazda was abandoned in the woods near Flagstaff.
The appellant first contends that a plea agreement which he had entered into should be specifically enforced against the State because, he asserts, he was willing to abide by the terms of the agreement. The agreement provided that appellant would plead guilty to one count of murder in the first degree for a recommended sentence of 25 years to


record leads to the conclusion that during the occurrence of the events in question, especially after the escape from the state prison and after the appellant's implication in the murder of the Lyons family, press coverage was very extensive. While the hunt for the Tisons was in progress, appellant and his accomplices were the subject of numerous front page articles. However, the degree of press interest lessened after the discovery of the body of Gary Tison, the group's reputed leader. The record does not show that prior to the trials of Randy Greenawalt and appellant and his brother, Raymond, the press coverage rose to the level it occupied at the time the offenses occurred. But were it otherwise, the magnitude of the publicity will not alone result inhigh speed chase ensued for eight to ten miles, with gunfire coming from the rear of the van. At a second roadblock, the van was stopped after running off the highway. The officers saw several of the occupants fleeing into the desert, and upon searching the van found Donald Tison, who was unconscious with a gunshot wound in his head. Later, with the assistance of helicopters equipped with search lights and aerial flares, the officers located and arrested appellant, his brother Raymond Tison and Randy Greenawalt hiding a short distance from the van. After being stripped, searched, handcuffed and shackled, they were placed in the bed of a pickup truck while the officers continued their search for Gary Tison.
At 5:30 a.m., appellant was placed in a police vehicle


along with three officers (Harville, Solis and Martinez). At that time, appellant was nude except for a blanket which had been put over him. Appellant had blood spattered on his chest, apparently from the gunshot wound sustained by Donald Tison. Appellant was advised of his Miranda rights and asked about his physical condition. He responded that he was all right and did not need a doctor. During this time he was neither threatened nor intimidated in any manner. There was some evidence that a statement was made to the appellant that he would be taken back and shown his brother, Donald. Appellant was questioned for a period of approximately ten to fifteen minutes. The interview terminated when appellant failed to disclose the information which the officers were attemptingto obtain.
The second interview was conducted by Department of Public Safety Officers Salyer and Sanchez at approximately 7:00 a.m. The appellant was still nude, but in possession of the blanket. He was placed in the back seat of a vehicle in which the two officers sat in the front seat. Appellant was advised of his Miranda rights and "he just shrugged his shoulders" and began to talk. Officer Salyer's testimony at the trial indicates what transpired:
"A. Well, first I asked Ricky if he was okay, if he was hurt, if he needed any medical attention. He stated no. I offered him some coffee, something to eat. Again he refused.
Q. [sic]: My one concern was to ascertain if Gary Tison was in fact with the group and the location


changed to another vehicle, a pickup truck. Before leaving Flagstaff, they partially buried the Mazda and covered it with pine branches. Subsequently, they abandoned the pickup truck and obtained a van. When the appellant and the other members of the group were approached by law enforcement officers at the first roadblock near Casa Grande, they responded with gunfire and attempted to escape. A chase ensued with the occupants of the van shooting at the pursing law enforcement vehicles. Appellant, his brother Raymond and Randy Greenawalt were taken into custody after being discovered hiding in the desert. It can reasonably be concluded that such conduct evidences a consciousness of guilt of prior criminal activities. Appellant's attempt to characterize their flight as only a flight from the events taking placeto all of the victims except Theresa Tyson, and that no additional facts exist which set this first degree murder apart from the usual one. In the special verdict, the sentencing judge said:

*543 "This finding is based on the evidence that the victims' vehicle was stopped, they and the vehicle were moved from the highway into the desert, and some, if not all, of the victims were placed in the Lincoln automobile where at least Donnelda Lyons and Christopher Lyons were murdered. Clearly the fatal wounds of John Lyons and Theresa Tyson were inflicted in or near the Lincoln. The conclusion is inescapable that all the victims were moved from the highway under force and, considering the arsenal possessed by the defedants [sic] and the manner in which


the victims were killed, very probably at gun point. Necessarily John Lyons, Donnelda Lyons and Theresa Tyson had time to become and must have become apprehensive about their welfare and that of Christopher at first and ultimately about all their lives before the fatal shots were fired. The stress and fear each must have initially experienced had to have grown to immense, almost unimaginable proportions before they were murdered. And it is not unreasonable to conclude that one or more of the victims witnessed the murder of the others before his or her turn came, and that very likely, from where they were found, Theresa Tyson and John Lyons were those witnesses. The emotions certainly experienced by John Lyons, Donnelda Lyons and Theresa Tyson in those last minutesthat appellant along with his brothers planned the escape from the beginning and that he continued with his father and Greenawalt both before and after the murders, even though there were obvious opportunities to dissociate himself from them.
Appellant also argues as mitigating circumstances that numerous persons wrote letters on his behalf, pointing out his prior *545 non-violent character, and the fact that he did not actually commit the murders. However, we are not impressed. The evidence from beginning to end establishes the ruthless character of the participants in the offenses. Appellant planned the escape for months with his brothers. During that time they gathered together an arsenal of lethal weapons which were used against others during the prison breakout. Later the same weapons were used by appellant and


be said that their participation was relatively minor. By their own statements their participation up to the moment of the firing of the fatal shots was substantially the same as that of Randy Greenawalt and Gary Tison. At the moment of the firing their participation may not have equalled that of Randy Greenawalt and Gary Tison, but their standing and watching then [sic] while armed themselves cannot be characterized as relatively minor participation."
The record establishes that both Ricky and Raymond Tison were present when the homicides took place and that they occurred as part of and in the course of the escape and continuous attempt to prevent recapture. The deaths would not have occurred but for their assistance. That they did not specifically intend that the Lyonses andarrogance and avarice of the centralized, hierarchical corporate model. Not only do co-ops work economically, they also make people important again, offering real democratic participation and putting some "unity" back in "community."

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.

Cooperatives Over Corporations

We're being told by today's High Priests of Conventional Wisdom that everyone and everything in our economic cosmos necessarily revolves around one dazzling star: the corporation.

This heavenly institution, the HPCW explain, has such financial and political mass that it is the optimal force


pile of money to work on job creation.

The Powers That Be keep us tethered to this unjust system of plutocratic rule only by constantly ballyhooing it as a divine perpetual wealth machine that showers manna on America. Any tampering with the hierarchical control of the finely tuned machinery of trickle-down corporate capitalism, they warn, will cause a collapse and crush American prosperity.

Ha! Prosperity for whom? The corporate order itself has come crashing down on the prosperity of America's workaday majority -- and the people are no longer fooled about the system's "divinity." From the Wisconsin rebellion to the outing of the Koch brothers' efforts to impose their plutocratic regime on us, from the Occupy movement to the spreading grassroots campaign to get corporate cash out of our elections,The strength of the movement, however, is in the limitless number of local cooperatives flowering all across the country. From Union Cab of Madison to KOOP Radio in Austin, from Evergreen Cooperatives in Cleveland to Circle Pines Center in Michigan, citizen co-ops are highly prized for their unique personalities, human scale, democratic values and community focus.

Cooperatives are a big, structural reform that ordinary Americans can implement right where they live, giving small groups a pragmatic and effective way to push back against the arrogance and avarice of the centralized, hierarchical corporate model. Not only do co-ops work economically, they also make people important again, offering real democratic participation and putting some "unity" back in "community."

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, Swim Against The


Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
(CLCS)
Outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the
baselines:
Submissions to the Commission:
Submission by the Republic of Kenya

On 6 May
2009, the Republic of Kenya submitted to the Commission on the Limits of
the Continental Shelf, in accordance with Article 76, paragraph 8, of the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, information on the limits of the
continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the
breadth of the territorial sea is measured.

It is noted that the Convention
entered into force for
Kenya on 16 November 1994.

In accordance with the Rules of
Procedure of the Commission, a communication is being circulated to all Member
States of the United Nations, as well as States Parties to the Convention, in
order to make public theexecutive summary of the submission, including
all charts and coordinates contained in that summary.

The consideration of the submission
made by Kenya will be included in the provisional agenda of the twenty-fourth
session of the Commission to be held in New York from 10 August to 11 September
2009.

Upon completion of the consideration
of the submission, the Commission will make recommendations pursuant to Article
76 of the Convention.

Note:
The designations employed in the submissions, including description of the
areas, are as contained in the communications from submitting States or in the
executive summaries. Their listing on this web site and the presentation of
material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of
the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any
country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the
delimitation


Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an increase in the intensity of 'snap readiness combat checks' for military forces on his 'western enclave' of Kaliningrad - which is only 200 miles from the Swedish coast - prompting the Stockholm government to reintroduce conscription.

The 6,000 square mile area south of Lithuania is Putin's only port in the Baltic which remains ice free around the year.

Last year, Putin deployed his feared SA-21 Growler anti-aircraft missile system to the enclave - covering his naval base.

Sweden has reintroduced conscription as a result of the massive increase in Russian military activity around the Baltic region, including the major deployment the SA-21 Growler anti-aircraft missile which can shoot down jets at a range of 250 miles

The Growler, pictured, is one of the most advancedair defence missile systems in the world and is being deployed widely across Russia's western border providing cover for troops from western air attack. It can even shoot down incoming missiles

Sweden has reintroduced military conscription over conflict fears in Eastern Europe as Vladimir Putin continues to prepare Russia for war

Sweden has announced the reintroduction of conscription as a result of the increased Russian aggression in the Baltic region

The young conscripts will join the army at 18 and spend approximately 11 months with the service

Now, the system is operational and can protect his ships, troops and ballistic missiles from air attack.

Sweden has reintroduced military conscription over conflict fears in Eastern Europe as Vladimir Putin continues to prepare Russia for war.

The Nordic country's government approved plans to bring the system


back amid difficulties filling the ranks on a voluntary basis.

Sweden mothballed compulsory military service in 2010, but military activity in the Baltic region has increased since, in the wake of Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.

The Scandinavian nation is concerned over Russia's military build-up around the Baltic - including the massive increase in military activity in Kaliningrad.

Putin's military build-up in the region is being carried out under the umbrella of his Growler missile system - which he calls the S-400 Triumf.

The Nordic country's government ruled today on bringing the system back amid difficulties filling the ranks on a voluntary basis (file picture)

Russian troops have been increasing the frequency and intensity of its readiness drills, prompting fear in the west

Putin even ordered a Russian flotilla through the English Channellast October for a brief deployment to the Mediterranean

Putin has also sent his strategic bomber fleet on missions, testing UK and NATO response times to the sorties

Last month, Putin ordered a massive readiness exercise to prepare the area for air attack.

Roman Martov of the Baltic Fleet's air defence arm told the Tass news agency: 'Under the drills' plan, the fleet's radar reconnaissance has practiced detecting a notional enemy's air attack in the designated area of responsibility and aiming the S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile system to destroy the targets detected. The combat crews of the Pantsyr-S1 anti-aircraft missile/gun system provided cover for the S-400 complexes.'

Putin has deployed his Growlers from an area covering his Northern fleet, down along Russia's western border and into the Crimea.

He also has Growlers based


in Syria, covering much of the Mediterranean - including RAF Akrotiri.

NATO is deploying troops to Estonia as a response to the increasingly hostile actions of the Russians.

More than 1,000 troops from Britain, France and Denmark will arrive this month.

Putin even ordered a Russian flotilla through the English Channel last October for a brief deployment to the Mediterranean

Russian troops have been increasing the frequency and intensity of its readiness drills, prompting fear in the west

NATO has also deployed reinforcements to Poland on its eastern flank.

In September, non-NATO-member Sweden stationed permanent troops on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland. Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist described the move as sending a signal after Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and its 'increasing pressure' on the neighboring Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Therehave also been reports of airspace violations by Russia's military aircraft in the Baltics and a military buildup in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which sits across the Baltic Sea from Sweden.

Under the plan approved Thursday, at least 4,000 18-year-olds could be called up each year.

Enrolment should be made possible from July 1, and basic military training with compulsory service from January 1.

Swedes will still be able to volunteer for military service.

Sweden expects eventually that 13,000 young people will be called upon and 4,000 will be enrolled.

Conscription was introduced in Sweden in 1901, but had gradually winded down and was formally canceled 109 years later. During the Cold War era, nearly 85 per cent of Swedish men were drafted into the army due to the nearby threat of


the Soviet Union. The average term of service was around 11 months.

In 2015, Sweden's military expenditure dropped to 1.1 percent of its gross domestic product, down from 2.5 percent in 1991 as the Cold War came to an end, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Sweden also said it was going to increase military spending by 15 per cent because of the Russian threat.

The Scandinavian nation is concerned over Russia's military build-up around the Baltic - including the massive increase in military activity in Kaliningrad.

Putin's military build-up in the region is being carried out under the umbrella of his Growler missile system - which he calls the S-400 Triumf.

Sweden has announced the reintroduction of conscription as a result of the increased Russian aggression in the Baltic region

Sweden,which is not a NATO member, is upgrading its military, with a sharp hike in spending (file picture of Swedish jets)

Last month, Putin ordered a massive readiness exercise to prepare the area for air attack.

Roman Martov of the Baltic Fleet's air defence arm told the Tass news agency: 'Under the drills' plan, the fleet's radar reconnaissance has practiced detecting a notional enemy's air attack in the designated area of responsibility and aiming the S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile system to destroy the targets detected. The combat crews of the Pantsyr-S1 anti-aircraft missile/gun system provided cover for the S-400 complexes.'

Putin has deployed his Growlers from an area covering his Northern fleet, down along Russia's western border and into the Crimea.

He also has Growlers based in Syria, covering much of the


Ellie felt an old memory trying to surface, but she pushed it away. She fumbled for the receiver.

"Hello?" It sounded like her throat was stuffed with cotton.

"At your best, you were a sorry excuse for a wife."

Ellie shot up fully awake, her heart racing. She heard the yelp from Skipper. She had shoved him off the bed. She forced her voice to be calm. "Jake, you can't call me at three a.m."

"I can call you whenever the hell I want. You are my wife."

Now Ellie's brain cells were alive and firing. She sensed the undercurrent of alcohol in Jake's voice. After eight years of marriage, she knew his nuances and moods perhaps better than he did himself. And the three sentences so far indicated Jake was drunk andher. He put a finger to his throat and glanced at his watch. "You have the best coffee in town hands down. That's why I can't seem to stay away."

"Oh, thanks," Ellie said. She didn't know what else to say and started berating herself for being so lame. He had just given her two nice compliments. What did she say now? She suddenly wished for better social skills. Her few friends always gave her grief that they didn't think she could hold a rock's attention with her off-putting demeanor.

Skipper was looking up at her expectantly. Everyone loved Skipper so that seemed as good a place as any to start. "This is Skipper. I bring him here most mornings for his walk. I don't think I've seen you here


obviously witty; exactly the type of man who wouldn't give her the time of day under normal circumstances. Not that she would have noticed or known what to do with that kind of guy anyway. But now she didn't know how to respond. Was this an invitation for a date? Was he just being nice, or was it something more? And if it was, what should she say? She had to slow down and think about this.

"Well, I don't know, David. I'm usually pretty busy at work," she said slowly.

"Aren't you the boss?" he asked. There was an amused glint in his eyes.

"I have to set a good example for my employees," she retorted.

"I don't think they'd mind," he said.

Ellie cringed inside because she knew he was right.thought he was going too far. But David didn't like to be bullied, especially by someone he had only just met.

"The ramblings of an old man," Randall laughed. "Feel free to ignore me. The energies of youth are beyond my grasp now." He looked at Linda and smiled. "Other things are much more important to me these days."

David shook his head. He should have expected Randall's deflection. The intensity of the emotions the short conversation raised within him surprised him. He could tell that the time for questions had passed, and as the negative energy welled inside him he realized that he felt...yucky. It was exactly the feeling the group had been trying to explain to him.

"Is everyone enjoying their supper?" Linda asked, looking away from Randall. Her


is being polite, David. He knows that I hate to speak ill of the dead. Even if it is just a silly rumor," Linda said quietly.

"C'mon now, you told us everything else," Melanie pushed.

Linda turned her head just a bit and looked up at Randall, who shrugged his shoulders. David was almost more fascinated watching the interplay between Randall, Linda, and Joe than he was in hearing the rest of the story.

"Some say," Linda paused as if to make sure she had their full attention, "that Joseph and Lillian ran away to escape the debt collectors, which is probably what happened. But the more morbid say that Joseph killed Lillian and went off hoping to find a wife who could give him children, because a friend of thebeen hard to keep folks living here, it seemed, at least until Linda moved in." Joe finally looked at the group. David thought he looked angry.

"Linda and Lloyd," Melanie corrected.

"Of course. I never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Jordan myself," Joe said. Finally his wife tugged on his sleeve.

"I think it's time to go, Joe," she said. David thought it may have been the first time she had spoken all night.

Joe nodded, and then the group slowly dispersed.

David fell in beside Ellie as she walked to her car. "That was certainly an odd evening," he said, pushing his hands into his jacket pockets to keep them warm. "Not my idea of an ideal first date either."

Ellie smiled at him but looked distracted. She kept looking back up


her in the back of her mind. Linda's abrupt departure left her in an awkward situation. She wasn't looking forward to finding the right person as temporary help that she would essentially be forced to let go once Linda returned. She thought she was finally starting to catch Jeffrey's drift.

"Randall asked you to come and work for me, didn't he? So that Linda wouldn't have to worry about losing her job," Ellie finished for him. Randall's taking care of things quite neatly, she thought.

"That's right," Jeffrey said in agreement. "I don't mind. I'm happy to help and having a job, even temporarily, will be a nice change for me. Plus I think the wife is pleased as punch to get me out of the house for a while,"Moore impression. Then he stood tapping his foot impatiently at the door as she climbed the steps onto the patio. She looked up and down the length of it, taking in the empty dark windows.

"Seems so different from the other night," she remarked.

"No one's home this time," Kevin said, stating the obvious. Ellie kicked his shin and he cried out. "Hey, that's not nice!"

"Get over it," Ellie said under her breath. She was suddenly in no mood for company, although Kevin's presence was still comforting at some level. She was sure that was because she was about to enter someone else's house, and would have to start evaluating how to make it feel like her own for the time being. She had to admit, though, that living inside


such a beautiful place, if even for a short time, made her feel almost like royalty.

Kevin sulked and looked out at the lake as she fumbled for the right key. She tried two of them before finding the one that answered the call with a small click. She swung the heavy French doors open and stepped inside, flipping the light switch next to the door. Kevin was right on her heels. She stopped suddenly and Kevin ran into her back.

"Hey, what's up?' he asked.

Ellie looked down at Skipper, who had also followed them in. "I think I may leave Skipper out on the patio while we do a first pass around the house. Keep him out of trouble. I'd also hate for him to have an accident."

Kevin shruggednow?' Kevin pleaded like a little kid.

"Yes," Ellie finally agreed. She removed her gloves and was surprised at how cool the air was. "They must have turned the furnace down before they left. It's pretty chilly in here."

"I'm sure the heating bills for this place are monstrous," Kevin commented, looking around and then up at the chandelier hanging above them. Ellie remembered she had been entranced with it the night of the party.

Ellie saw a thermostat on a wall to the right of the staircase and walked over to inspect it. "Fifty degrees, no wonder," she said softly. "How far do you think I should turn this up?" she asked Kevin.

"No idea," he said, looking over her shoulder. "Maybe you could set it at like sixty-eight degrees, and


at the other staircase. "I think we should go all the way up and then come back down."

"Why?" Ellie asked.

Kevin shrugged. "Why not?"

Since Ellie had no response, Kevin took it for agreement and started up the stairs, which were on his side. Ellie crossed back over the landing and followed. At the top of the stairs they passed a small door and then turned, and Ellie gasped. They were facing a large span of windows at the front of the house, and the view of the lake at this height was stunning.

"Whoa, that is some view," Kevin said after a moment. "I think we should check out the door on the right."

"Why there?" Ellie dragged her glance away from the lake and looked questioningly at him.

"Because that's thethat drama the other night," Kevin said.

"Have you ever heard Randall mention having children?" Ellie asked.

Kevin rolled his eyes in response. "Could you imagine having Randall for a father? Gross."

"This just seems too fancy for a guest room. This room feels like it has a purpose; like it belonged to someone."

Kevin shrugged his shoulders. "As of today it belongs to you."

Ellie wasn't sure why, but his comment gave her an unsettled feeling in her stomach. "Let's go look at the rest of the place," she said.

She led Kevin out of the room and closed the door behind her, feeling relieved. They crossed the hallway and stood in front of the opaque French doors across from her room.

"Okay, here goes," Ellie said, and she swung the doors open. The


it's a big empty cavern, does it?"

"This is all so weird, Kevin," Ellie finally said. "Why isn't there any furniture in here? Do you think Linda uses a different room down on the second level? This whole situation is getting stranger and stranger. You don't think anything happened in here, do you, Kevin?"

Kevin sighed and rolled his eyes again. "Oh well, so it's an empty room. Big deal. Maybe Linda moved downstairs after Lloyd passed away because she didn't want to be reminded of him or something. I'm sure there are a million different explanations, Ellie, none of which are the slightest bit strange."

"You're right, Kevin." Ellie felt embarrassed now. "I'm jumping to stupid conclusions. I just remember Melanie making the silly comment that maybe Randall did somethingCHAPTER FIFTEEN

Ellie got back to her apartment and dropped her jacket and the house keys in the usual spot. She picked up the phone receiver and heard the tone indicating she had a message. She punched in her code. An electronic voice told her that she actually had two messages. Ellie couldn't remember the last time she had that many messages in one day. She hit the button to play the first one.

"Umm, hi, Ellie, it's David." His deep voice sounded uncertain in a totally flirtatious sort of way. "I was just giving you a call to see how you've been. I've been swamped at the hospital. In fact, I'm just on break right now. I'm working late, but I'll try to stop by the coffee shop on


on the floor. Ellie's stomach tightened as she sat down across from him. She needed to control the situation and get Jake out of there before he caused a scene. She could see that he was seething just under the surface.

"Who is that guy?" he asked. He tilted his head in David's direction. "You seemed pretty cozy with him."

"He's a regular here, Jake," she said slowly. She couldn't let him get distracted by David. "What's this all about? I'm here now. Why have you been harassing me?"

"I wouldn't call a few phone calls harassment. Really, Ellie, you always over-exaggerate. So you dating him or something?" Jake continued to push.

"If I was that would be none of your business," Ellie said. She moved to try to catch Jake's eyes,reached over and put his hand on top of hers. "I hope I don't scare you by saying this, but I feel like we were meant to find each other. It's totally crazy, but this feels right."

Ellie was touched by his words. She felt like she was being swept off her feet, just like a girl in one of her romance novels. The fact that David was so comfortable sharing how he felt made him even more attractive to her. Jake had always shut her out.

"You aren't scaring me, David. I don't think you could with how fantastic you've been toward me. But I admit that I don't know a lot about you. We always talk about me. Tell me something about yourself. I want to know everything


and we didn't have any close family. So I was pretty much an orphan. I grew up in foster care here in Minneapolis." Ellie sighed.

"That must have been really tough," David said. "You've really made something of yourself, owning your own business and all."

Ellie heard admiration in his voice. "Nah. It was something that sounded fun and I've always wanted to work for myself. That's all. I've made plenty of bad decisions. One of them, of course, you met up close and personal today."

Ellie was starting to feel the wine. She didn't drink very often, and it seemed that it was going straight to her head. She looked at the glass, and David reached over to refill it even though she tried to wave him off.

"We all makeabout that," Ellie replied. "Then Emma got really sick all of a sudden. She was throwing up blood and it was like all hell broke loose. And then I woke up."

"I don't think dreams are supposed to make sense," David said. He reached out and stroked her hair. "You've had a rough day. It doesn't surprise me that your dreams were a little crazy. Sounds like your subconscious incorporated a little bit of the Bradford story in there, plus you said that in Jake's dream you were lost in a dark place too."

"Maybe." Ellie was surprised that she hadn't connected her dream to the Bradford story. It made sense, and Ellie started to feel a little foolish. "It was amazing how real it all felt."

She sat up suddenly


me calm down," she said.

Kevin and Jeffrey exchanged a meaningful look and Kevin crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows. "Um hum," he said with a knowing grin.

"Hey," Ellie said, blushing. "It wasn't like that."

Kevin rolled his eyes. "Oh, sweetie, it never is. Well, I'm glad to hear you are all right and that big goon didn't have a chance to do anything stupid."

"It was so odd," Ellie said, filling them in on what Jake had said. "Jake admitting to having a bad dream was shock enough. He's always wanted everyone to believe that he's some macho hunk who isn't afraid of anything." Kevin snorted. "But to be so persistent about it; that's not like Jake. And then last night I fell asleep after dinner and had atoo and he laughed awkwardly.

"Okay. If you say you are okay, then I'm going to trust you. Thanks for hearing me out. Maybe that's all I needed to be able to stop having these crazy dreams, you know?"

Ellie nodded. "I hope so too."

"I'd probably better get back," Jake said, looking at his watch. "Jenny is going to start worrying. She doesn't know what is going on with me, and I think she's starting to worry that I'm messing around on her."

"I hope that you find happiness too, Jake. I really do," Ellie said.

"I wish that for you too, Ellie," he said with a soft smile. Ellie saw a tenderness that hadn't existed in Jake's eyes before. She wondered if it was the divorce, or this new relationship that


out as the police officer approached, and she felt a sense of dread in her stomach.

"Mrs. Coulter?" the police officer said.

"Actually it's Ms. these days. But yes, I'm Ellie Coulter," she said, trying to calm the butterflies in her stomach.

"Jake Coulter your husband?" the officer asked, ignoring her "Ms." comment entirely.

"Ex-husband, yes," she said. The feeling of dread was threatening to overwhelm her now.

"Your ex-husband was in a car accident about an hour ago, Ms. Coulter. He's in critical condition. It was quite a serious accident. I think you may want to head over to the hospital." The officer's tone was devoid of emotion. His aura was green with shade of blue. No distress there. He had obviously delivered news like this many times.

Ellie felt like she hadknow that I can. I'll call Eric in a minute. I know he won't mind," Kevin said.

Ellie finally focused on him. "Thanks, Kevin. That would be nice." She couldn't even think straight. She just kept thinking about Jake's premonition of his death.

After delivering the horrifying details of Jake's accident, David had taken charge. He referred Jenny to a doctor, just to make sure that the shock of hearing that her fiance was dead wasn't sending any kind of shock into her system that would affect her pregnancy. Then he had called Kevin at the shop and asked him to come and get Ellie.

"She shouldn't be left alone," she had heard him tell Kevin as they were getting into the car.

She knew that Kevin had no idea what to


"Just in case you weren't clear of the option I chose, it was you."

Ellie tried to hide her excitement that he had called her his girlfriend, but she was also worried. "Are you getting enough sleep?" Fresh memories of Jake's accident plagued her mind.

David sat up, sensing her thoughts. "Don't worry about me. I'm used to pulling these kinds of shifts. I can function pretty well on not that much sleep."

Kevin made a grand entrance into the room. "Did you miss me?"

Ellie and David couldn't help but laugh. "We did," Ellie said.

"Good." Kevin flopped himself down on the sofa across from Ellie and David, picking up his glass of wine again. "So what's up, doc?" he asked David.

"How long have you been waiting to say that?" David askedway.

A few minutes later Kevin returned carrying two pillows and two folded-up blankets. "Found these in the hallway closet upstairs," he said. "It was stocked like a hotel."

Ellie got up and helped Kevin make up the two couches, and then lay down as Kevin threw a few more pieces of wood into the fire. "That'll burn for a little bit longer anyway," he said. Then he lay down too, facing her. They talked quietly.

"Thanks, Kevin. You've been a real friend to me today," she said.

"You don't need to thank me, Ellie," he said. "I know you'd do the same for me. I am really sorry about everything that happened with Jake."

"Thanks," she said softly. "I'm going to try to sleep now."

Kevin nodded and then rolled over.

Ellie lay facing


a tinge of anger that she had never been shown that kind of empathy, even when all of the awful things came out about what Jake had been doing behind her back.

As if he sensed her distress, David moved his arm behind her and she was able to slide closer to him. She had moved on, and she needed to focus on her future. Finally it was over, and she and David slipped out the door while everyone gathered up front around Kathryn and Jenny.

"There, now you can say that you did the right thing." David squeezed her shoulders as they walked out the front door into the cool November air.

"I guess so," Ellie said. "Now I just have to work on moving forward and putting this allit," she said flatly.

"Here's my card." Mr. Thomassen pulled a business card from his left-hand drawer. "Think about it over the weekend. If that is still your decision on Monday, then give me a call and I will draw up the paperwork."

Ellie stood and took the card. She shook her head again. "Fine," she finally said. "You'll hear from me on Monday."

Mr. Thomassen nodded and then shuffled some more papers around, revealing a phone. He picked up the receiver and dialed.

"Darlene," he grunted, "bring in my messages, will you?"

Ellie realized her appointment was over. She walked toward the door as it opened to reveal the wizened old woman, who nodded in her direction before dismissing her as well. Glancing at her watch, she realized that Kathryn and Jenny


that she had found in the pantry. "Hope this helps," she said as she handed it to David.

"Thanks," he said.

He opened the box and pulled out some antiseptic. With a piece of gauze, he started cleaning the wound on Jenny's head. Jenny, still unconscious, started thrashing. Ellie was alarmed.

"I'm calling the ambulance now," she said. She opened her cell phone and looked at it in surprise. "Damn, I think I let the battery die."

David pulled his out of his pocket and frowned. "Mine's dead too."

Jenny's groan drew their attention. David placed his hands on her stomach and gently prodded. He smiled suddenly.

"That was a strong kick. I think the baby is fine," he said to Ellie.

She closed her eyes with relief. "Thank God. Let me go look forand the grip felt like a vise of steel. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way. Which do you prefer?" she asked. The sweetness had returned to her tone, but David knew it was nothing but velvet covering ice.

"I just want to know where Ellie is," he pleaded. "I don't want any trouble."

"You'll see Ellie again in due time. You have other matters to attend to right now," she replied. She pulled on his wrist and he was jerked forward.

"I'm coming," he said.

"Good. That's good," Linda said.

David needed time to gather his thoughts and try to figure out what had happened to Ellie, but for the moment he knew he had to play their game. He nodded and followed Linda across the hall. As


and she saw David standing in the middle of the room. He looked tired, but his face lit up when he saw her. Linda's odd words flew right out of her mind.

"Ellie!"

"David!"

He met her in two strides as she rushed toward him. Then she was in his arms and he crushed her against him.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

Ellie nodded, but could see more unspoken questions in his eyes. She wondered why he looked so frightened.

"What's the matter, David?" She reached up and stroked his cheek.

"Don't you remember, Ellie? Linda and Randall have been holding us hostage. You disappeared when we were both locked up in that closet," he said. His eyes anxiously searched hers.

The nagging feeling was in the back of her head again. "Linda was right here,use for your riches or grand schemes of wanting to live forever."

"Everyone wants what I have," Linda said, shaking her head. "Everyone wants to live forever."

"This isn't living, Lillian," Ellie said. "In the end, you don't have the upper hand either. You are nothing but a slave to the darkness of this place."

"That's not true," Linda cried out and tried to rush at her again. Ellie put up her hands and Linda was propelled backward. She felt a rush of cool air that brought goose bumps to her arms, and she saw a dark figure step beside her. The Third had arrived. And Ellie knew now that this was the creature of evil who found her when Jake tried to shield her with the safety spell and who


she had finished telling him what had happened in those few moments before the Third banished Joseph and Lillian back to the depths of hell. Ellie explained all of the images of the future that the house had shown her, and how his parents had died. It sounded too fantastic to be real.

"You don't know that was the truth, you know," David finally said. He didn't look at her.

"We were kidnapped by soul-sucking ghost monsters, David," she argued. "I had a pretty good idea of what was going to happen even if the Third hadn't shown me what happened to Emma and Henry."

"So you made a deal with the devil," he said. "A deal for both of us."

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drew attention now.

A third video to surface comes from a local hotel in Kalamazoo. That's where Patrick went on the night of December 5, just hours before police found her car in that ditch.

At a little past 7:30 p.m., Patrick, dressed all in black, showed up at a Radisson hotel not far from the hospital where she worked.

She spent around 10 minutes talking with employees at the reception desk but ultimately left.

There's no audio on the video, and it's not clear why Patrick failed to book a room.

But at 7:48 p.m., she strode across the hotel's tiled floors, out the door and onto a hotel shuttle bus.

Those images provide the last known picture of Patrick.

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Patrick's disappearance has, from the beginning, drawn shock from many corners.

Her familyPrabhat Singh

Raipur (22 March 16/Press Statement): The Chhattisgarh PUCL expresses its deep grief at the killing of a 55 year old woman Muchaki Hidme, resident of Village Gorkha, due to an IED blast on 18th March 2016. The incident took place on a ‘kuchha’ track, which is often used by the security forces during their patrolling in the region, near Kottacheru village under Bhejji police station limits, as Sukma Superintendent of Police D Shrawan informed the PTI. A day earlier an 8 year old girl child Muchaki Anita, resident of Kanhaiguda village under Bhejji police station, also lost her life to an IED blast. Similarly two labourers were killed on 6th March at around 9:30 am at Amdai Ghati (valley) under Chhote Dongar police station limits. Superintendent of


earlier on 26th November 2013, the Chhattisgarh PUCL had written to the NHRC for directions to restrain the practice of using civilians for demining operations or as “police sahyogi” in land mined areas when one villager had been killed and two others grievously injured.

The Chhattisgarh PUCL also expresses its concern that an outspoken journalist Shri Prabhat Singh, who was reporting for the Patrika as well as ETV, was suddenly picked up from his shop at 6 pm on 21st March 2016. He has informed a friend on 22nd March that he was taken to Parpa Police station in Jagdalpur, beaten up all night and was not even given food. He also expressed apprehension that since the Baarsoor Police Inspector and an Additional SP are present in Parapa policethe police in arresting an extremely well respected citizen and doctor committed to treating workers and peasants of Chhattisgarh for the past three decades – Dr Saibal Jana, Chief Medical Officer of the Shaheed Hospital , Dalli Rajhara – in a 24 year old case connected with the Rail Roko Satyagraha of Bhilai workers on 1st July 1992. Dr Jana and his ambulance and staff of the Shaheed Hospital had been on the dharna site to treat ailing workers and their families in the preceding 35 days, and he has been falsely implicated in a criminal case. Chhattisgarh PUCL demands that he be granted unconditional interim bail on personal bond and the false case against him be quashed.


on Saturday, "Eighty percent of our offense was behind Jeff. On defense we put Jeff on one side and all our other good players on the other side, because teams ran away from Jeff." However, Gartrell could not sell Southeastern Conference schools on Saturday's abilities; in the same interview, he said that coaches at Georgia and Tennessee considered Saturday too short to play in the conference. He received a scholarship offer from the University of North Carolina partly because of Gartrell's friendship with UNC's then-defensive coordinator Carl Torbush.

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Saturday received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a four-year letterman for coach Mack Brown's North Carolina Tar Heels football team from 1994 to 1997. As a junior in 1996I told President Obama that I would serve for two years but that family considerations would be front and center after that,” said Ambassador Roemer. The Ambassador noted that he has two sons who will be leaving for college in the next 14 months and he would like his parents and in-laws to be able to spend more time with his children. He also stated that he had accomplished all of the strategic objectives set forth two years ago.

Ambassador Roemer said: “For me and for my entire family, the past two years have been a time of incredible experiences, warm friendships, and meaningful partnerships. The U.S.-India relationship — what my friend President Obama calls the defining partnership of the 21st century – has progressed to the global stage.


I am very proud to have led the team responsible for deepening and broadening the strategic partnership of this critical bilateral relationship, which is one of the cornerstones of our foreign policy.

The U.S. India relationship is on a positive historic trajectory towards a global partnership that is changing the way our two nations create economic opportunity for our citizens, educating the leaders of tomorrow, and ensuring safe and secure communities. The horizons of our relationship truly know no limits.

The relationship has been further strengthened by the landmark 2009 visit and White House dinner honoring PM Singh to the history making trip by President Obama to India in 2010. President Obama committed America’s support to India for a permanent UN Security Council seat and removed nine Indian companies fromthe Central Intelligence Agency, will be nominated as Secretary of Defense to succeed Secretary Gates.

Second, he will announce his intention to nominate General Dave Petraeus as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Third, he’ll announce his intention to nominate Ryan Crocker as the United States next ambassador to Afghanistan.

And fourth, he’ll announce his intention to nominate General John Allen, currently the Deputy Commander for CENTCOM, as General Petraeus’ successor as commander for ISAF and commander for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

On Ambassador Eikenberry moving on, and nothing to do with President Karzai:

“Karl Eikenberry, ambassador to Kabul, his appointment or tour was coming to an end after two years this spring, and we needed to make a change there.”

On this new team:

“And if you work through this — and


Intelligence Agency.”

Ambassador Crocker offered the position on March 30:

I think it is important to point out, though, in response to your question and underscore Ambassador Crocker’s experience on civilian and military political affairs, where he is really, as you know, really one of our most experienced diplomats in that area. Ryan has 37 years in the foreign service — I’m looking at the list here — five ambassadorships: Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, Lebanon. In Iraq, as you know, he worked very closely with General Petraeus; was instrumental in reconciliation efforts, which is an important priority for the United States in the next period of time here in Afghanistan.

Another important fact which I should have mentioned at the outset — I’ll give you two other facts here, Peter, onwho resigned in February was allowed to stay for three months. Ambassador Huntsman’s resignation was reported by NYT in late January with April 30 as its effectivity date. Excerpts from the Times of Malta:

Outgoing US Ambassador Douglas Kmiec has been asked to leave his post in Malta two-and-a-half months earlier than he had planned, and will therefore miss the July opening of the new embassy.

Prof. Kmiec resigned last week after being chastised by the US State Department for focusing too much energy on his religious beliefs. In a letter, he invited President Barack Obama to visit Malta and reaffirm his credentials, hinting that his resignation should not be accepted.

However, the State Department said his resignation had been accepted and asked him to leave on May 31 rather than


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The character actress Mildred Natwick had a long, distinguished career on Broadway, where she was a fixture for more than four and a half decades, as well as on television and film. Yet despite the near-diva status she ultimately achieved, she usually appeared only in secondary roles, with some notable exceptions. One was her starring role in the musical 70, Girls, 70, for which she earned a Tony® nomination. Another was her part as one of two sisters – her costar was Broadway legend Helen Hayes – in the short-lived television mystery series “The Snoop Sisters.”

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1905, Natwick studied at Bryn Mawr and Bennett College, majoring in drama. In the mid-1920s she joined the University Players in Cape Cod, an informal group of


college students and graduates who included such future greats as Joshua Logan, Henry Fonda, and Jimmy Stewart.

Natwick got her start on Broadway in 1932, playing Mrs. Noble in Frank McGrath’s play Carry Nation, about the famous temperance crusader. Also in the cast was her University Players colleague Joshua Logan, with whom she would collaborate again on several occasions. Throughout the rest of the 1930s, Natwick would appear every year in at least one Broadway play, including Maxwell Anderson’s The Star-Wagon (1937), starring Lillian Gish and Burgess Meredith; E. B. Ginty’s Missouri Legend (1938), with José Ferrer and Karl Malden; and her first Broadway musical, Stars in Your Eyes (1939), playing alongside Jimmy Durante and Ethel Merman, with staging by Joshua Logan.

Her career as a film actress began in1940, when she played Freda in The Long Voyage Home, John Ford’s film adaptation of several plays by Eugene O’Neill; John Wayne got top billing. Her other films from the 1940s include The Enchanted Cottage, Yolanda and the Thief (with Fred Astaire), Aldous Huxley’s murder mystery A Woman’s Vengeance (with Charles Boyer, Jessica Tandy, and Sir Cedric Hardwicke), The Kissing Bandit (starring Frank Sinatra), and another team-up between John Ford and John Wayne, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.

In the early 1940s Natwick continued as a regular presence on the Great White Way, portraying the eccentric medium Madame Arcati in the original Broadway production of Noël Coward’s delicious farce Blithe Spirit, which played for 657 performances. In 1942 she played alongside Raymond Massey and Burgess Meredith in a revival


of Shaw’s Candida and appeared again in that play in 1946, with Marlon Brando and Cedrick Hardwicke. Also in 1946 she played in Synge’s classic The Playboy of the Western World.

She continued to act on Broadway and appear in movies throughout the 1950s, with plenty of television work thrown in for good measure. On the boards her credits include The Grass Harp, The Waltz of the Toreadors (Tony® nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play), The Day the Money Stopped, and The Firstborn. In 1963, she created the part of Mrs. Banks in Neil Simon’s hit romantic comedy Barefoot on the Park, a part she reprised in the 1967 film adaptation, starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. Natwick came away with an Oscar® nomination for Best Actressin a Supporting Role.

Her biggest role in musical theater came in 1971, when she starred as Ida Dodd in 70, Girls, 70, a musical by Kander and Ebb about a group of oldsters who steal so they can make enough money to buy their retirement hotel. Also in the cast was veteran stage actor Hans Conried. Natwick earned a Tony® nomination for Best Actress in a Musical, and Columbia issued an original cast recording.

Other film credits include The Trouble with Harry, The Court Jester, Daisy Miller, and Dangerous Liaisons.


This view of the twilight sky and Martian horizon taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover includes Earth as the brightest point of light in the night sky. Earth is a little left of center in the image, and our moon is just below Earth.

This frame from an animation from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the rover drilling into rock target 'Cumberland.' The drilling was performed during the 279th Martian day, or sol, of the Curiosity's work on Mars (May 19, 2013).

This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the patch of rock cleaned by the first use of the rover's Dust Removal Tool (DRT). The tool is a motorized, wire-bristle brush on the turret at the end of the rover's arm.

The twobodies in this portion of an evening-sky view by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity are Earth and Earth's moon. The rover's Mast Camera (Mastcam) imaged them in the twilight sky of Curiosity's 529th Martian day, or sol (Jan. 31, 2014).

This view of the two moons of Mars comes from a set of images taken by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity as the larger moon, Phobos, passed in front of the smaller one, Deimos, from Curiosity's perspective, on Aug. 1, 2013.

This image from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity provides a comparison for how big the moons of Mars appear to be, as seen from the surface of Mars, in relation to the size that Earth's moon appears to be when seen from the surface of Earth.

This mosaic of nine images taken at


Martian outcrop called 'Cooperstown,' a possible site for contact inspection with tools on the robotic arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.

The rock-studded terrain NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has traversed since October 2013 appears to have accelerated the pace of wear and tear on the rover's wheels. Future drives may be charted to cross smoother ground where available.

Since landing on Mars in August 2012, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has fired the laser on its Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument more than 100,000 times at rock and soil targets up to about 23 feet (7 meters) away.

The rock 'Ithaca' is shown here with a rougher lower texture and smoother texture on top, and appears to be a piece of the local sedimentary bedrock protruding from the surrounding soil in GaleIncidentally, the play about Jagr is not the only recent "hockey-related" Czech art. A few years ago, there was a modern hockey opera "Nagano" played in the Czech National Theater (sort of an equivalent of New York Metropolitan Opera) - and it was quite successful. Here are a few excerpts:

Part 1: Hasek beats a Canadian:

Part 2: A Canadian beats a puck:

Part 3: Hasek stops Lindros during the shootout against Canadians:

Part 4: Hasek beats a bunch of Russians and then Svoboda scores the GWG in the finals against Russia - probably the funniest!

A mixed review of the play came in from a group privileged critics who got a sneak preview. Most agreed that while the play was entertaining, the actor playing Jagr seemed like he was "dying alive" on


Burnett 4–1, Mark Davis 4–2 and Gary Wilson 4–2 (opened the match with a 104 break) to reach the quarter-finals of the first ranking he had appeared at. He took a 2–1 lead over Kyren Wilson, but would go on to lose 4–2.
He also lost in the quarter-finals of the non-ranking Six-red World Championship 7–4 to Stuart Bingham. At the Northern Ireland Open, Akani eliminated Cao Yupeng 4–1 and Mark Davis 4–3 and was knocked out in the third round 4–2 by Wilson. He qualified for the German Masters by seeing off Graeme Dott and Jack Lisowski, but was thrashed 5–0 by Zhao Xintong in the first round. He stood one win away from playing in the World Championship after defeating Mei Xiwen 10–5 and Joe Perry 10–9,Project Management Institute, which is precisely the experienced leadership team we are building at the NNSA as we modernize our enterprise.”

As the ORP Manager, Smith will initially focus on achieving the current ORP near-term goals of resolving remaining technical issues associated with the High-Level Waste and Pretreatment facilities at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP); completing construction of the WTP Low Activity Waste, Analytical Laboratory, and Balance of Facilities; establishing a new baseline for the WTP project; and continuing to safely retrieve and manage the radioactive waste stored in the aging underground tanks at the Hanford Site in eastern Washington State.

“Kevin has nearly 20 years of experience leading major organizations throughout his distinguished career in the Air Force and with the Department of Energy,” said Dave Huizenga,


Senior Advisor for EM. “He is well-suited for leading a diverse organization with a challenging mission.”

Smith began his Department of Energy career in EM as the Assistant Manager for the Nuclear Materials Stabilization Project at Savannah River in 2004.

The moves will become effective Dec. 30. Juan Griego, currently Deputy Manager of LASO, will serve as the Acting LASO Manager upon Smith’s departure.

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Hanford Site in Southeastern Washington State is home to 56 million gallons of chemical and radioactive waste, which are the result of more than 3 decades of plutonium production.

The removal, treatment, and disposal of this waste is one of the largest and most complex environmental remediation projects in the nation. In 1998, the United States Congress enacted legislation to form theEUGENE, Ore. -- An Oregon coffee shop barista says he shot and killed an armed robber when the man briefly looked away while holding him at gunpoint, according to a newly released court document.

The Dutch Bros. barista told Eugene police he feared for his life in the Nov. 24 holdup, the document says. The barista said he pulled a Glock .40-caliber handgun from his waistband and fired several shots at the robber, who returned gunfire with at least two shots, The Register-Guard reported.

Sirus Combs collapsed and died in the coffee stand's doorway while clutching a wad of stolen cash in one hand and a pistol in the other, Eugene police Detective Dan Braziel wrote in the probable-cause affidavit filed after investigators arrested Combs' alleged accomplice Jan. 14.

After the


barista allowed Combs to take cash from the till, Combs ordered him to turn around, the affidavit said. The worker "thought Combs was having him turn around so he could execute him," Braziel wrote.

As the barista turned, he noticed Combs looking down -- which gave the Dutch Bros. employee the opportunity to draw his gun, the affidavit states.

He "realized this was his one chance to survive," Braziel wrote.

After shooting Combs, the barista said he encountered a second robber, who raised a handgun toward him, Braziel said.

The barista fired twice toward the accomplice, who returned fire and then ran away, the affidavit states.

Braziel filed the document in Lane County Circuit Court to support criminal charges against Brandon Lee Plunk, 27, the man accused of accompanying Combs, also 27, tothe coffee stand and exchanging gunfire with the barista before fleeing.

Plunk was being held at the Lane County Jail on charges that include attempted aggravated murder and robbery.

Plunk denied involvement when Braziel interviewed him following his arrest, the affidavit states.

The document details how, nearly two months after the robbery, police managed to track down Plunk at his Eugene home.

Braziel wrote that he obtained key information in the case from a Lane County Jail inmate who helped police contact a witness to the crime.

The Register-Guard did not identify the Dutch Bros. employee because he is a crime victim. Police previously said he is in his 20s.


but when it did happen, Ty became, in less than three years, the richest man in the history of the American toy industry.

Related: The Most Dangerous Toys for Kids

TFT: Did Warner fail to appreciate that bubbles always come to an end?

ZB: No, not at all. One of the things that got him into a little bit of trouble with retailers was that, when Beanie Babies were the hottest thing and retailers were clamoring to order as many as they possibly could, Ty’s sales reps started demanding orders for the company’s much less popular lines as a condition of receiving large shipments of Beanie Babies. Ty had seen a lot of companies become too dependent on one product — he was really well-versed in the rise and fall ofPatricio Marquez, 100 shares from Raul Sotomayor, and 100 shares from Manual Cahero, Jr. Rubio also purchased 50 shares from Fidela Salas, 100 shares from Jose and Maria Flores, and 50 shares from Angela Garcia.
After acquiring these shares, Rubio was majority shareholder, property manager, and in sole control of the corporate checkbooks in his capacity as corporate treasurer.
Rubio testified that he did not inform the other shareholders that he was purchasing the shares prior to or at the time of purchase. Rubio testified that he divulged the purchases at the July 1, 1980, board of directors' meeting. Rubio alleged that respondent Juan Briano was also present at the July 1, 1980 board of directors' meeting. Briano denied that notice of the share purchase was given at the meeting.


He claimed that the defendants altered the minutes of the meeting. At trial, there was testimony that the defendants had in fact altered the minutes after the meetings, and had added and omitted items to the English translation of the minutes.
In 1981 or thereafter, Rubio told respondents that the shares were "frozen." According to respondents, Rubio stated that additional shares could not be purchased. There was evidence that the shares were "frozen" since approximately 1981.
Respondents testified that they did not know Rubio purchased additional shares until late 1989 or early 1990. The corporation's secretary confirmed that he did not notify the shareholders of Rubio's purchases of additional shares of stock.
Rubio served as the corporation's property manager. He was paid 8 percent of the rents collected. One of Rubio'stasks was to lease an apartment owned by the corporation. Rubio would then be compensated by an 8 percent commission on the apartment rental.
Rubio rented the apartment from the corporation at a lower rent, and subleased it at a higher rent. He made a monthly profit of $300 from September 1990 to January 1991. Rubio profited in the amount of $250 per month from February 1990 to June 1994. He also collected an 8 percent commission for renting the apartment to himself.
*1172 At a November 9, 1990 board of directors' meeting, Rubio, Martin Gonzales, and Rudy Maldonado voted to award themselves a retroactive payment of fees for acting as secretary, treasurer, and president of the board of directors. The amount paid to Rubio for his services as treasurer


end of the school year.
It was decided by the Sixth Form Committee to hold a non-uniform day as well, to raise money for a very good cause. Sixth Formers chos...

Meadow High School Prom - July 2017

On Thursday 13 July 2017 at 7pm, we held our Annual Prom for Year 11, 12, 13 and 14.
This year the theme was space and aliens. Darth Vader kindly offered to be Valet and open car doors for our arriving VIPs (Very Important Pupils).
Guests stepped out of...

Letter from the Chair of Governors

To: Parents, Staff and Students at Meadow High School
We are coming to the end of another busy and successful year and I hope you have been able to attend some of the many events which have taken place. I was honoured totwenty Sixth Form pupils and Sixth Form taff took part in a Charity Cricket Match to raise money for Cancer Research. The staff were fielding whilst the pupils took turns batting in pairs. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon, as did the rest of the Sixth Form pupils...

Sports Day - Thursday 22 June 2017

Sports Day 2017 on Thursday 22 June was highly successful with over 150 parents and family members joining us in cheering the students on.
Pupils and staff were divided into houses - RED, BLUE, YELLOW & GREEN.
The afternoon was kicked off with a brilliant dance performance from the D...

Kids Day Out - Thorpe Park - June 2017

On 14 June 75 pupils from Meadow High School went to Thorpe Park. The Rotary Club of Yiewsley and West


Binky's Story: There once was a little girl whose grandmother nick named her Binky. Every Saturday morning Binky's mother and her little brother John would pack up the weekly laundry and ride their biked to the neighborhood laundromat. Once they arrived, Binky and her little brother and john were allowed to pick two donuts at Dottie's Donuts next to the laundromat. Binky's brother always chose the biggest cream filled donuts he could see and Binky always choose two chocolate sprinkle, the year was 1966.

Binky's donuts started on Valentines day in 2015 in the Gaspereau Valley Nova Scotia. You can get a Binky's chocolate glaze rainbow party sprinkle donut wherever Binky's donuts are sold!Laying Ghosts to rest

I interviewed Dr. MAX PEMBERTON on Friday, the last person to talk to me before I started my two week break. He is incredible.

Tall, blonde, blue eyed, clever, committed and funny. His book WHERE DOES IT HURT, has been snaffled by the old git but I fully intend to wrestle it back.

Max and I spent over two hours in Fiori coffee bar, chatting over cappuccino and my prerequisite cream cheese bagel before I dashed back to the flat. Washed my face and jumped in the car to meet B for our second Hackney Kebab of the week.
We were meeting Annie, B's Godmother, to give her sunflowers, secateurs, and hugs for her birthday. She had gone to see Jim in the play so B and I


there it was the end of GHOSTS . Jim and I set off in convoy.

Down Kingsland High Road with all the kebab shops lit up and people spilling out onto the pavement from all the trendy of bars, through Shoreditch where even more people spilled out over even more pavements from even trendier bars, round to Tower bridge, down the embankment and over Southwark Bridge, all little and green. Right to the IMAX, down past Waterloo Station, round to the new Plaza Hotel which looks like a Las Vegas bordello, past St. Thomas' Hospital and over Lambeth Bridge, along the embankment back over Battersea Bridge and into the car park. Now 11.45. I needed jim to help me with his birthday breakfast bags, up in the lift and“The working class has organized to save the working class”

A Hurricane Harvey diary: Part 2

By Charles Abelard

4 September 2017

This is the second installment of my diary of Hurricane Harvey . I began these notes in the evening of Tuesday, August 29, 2017, after the hurricane moved off to the east and Houston skies began to clear. This installment covers August 31 through September 1.

* A little about me.

In case the reader is wondering who speaks, I lived in Houston for 39 years, from 1976 to 2015. Between jobs, including at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, and living arrangements, I moved around the city quite a bit. I lived in the Galleria area, just outside Loop 610, the Interstate Highway loop that goes around the city (now the innermost of


three such loops!), Briar Forest, the Fondren Southwest area, about a mile south of the notorious Braes Bayou, and the enclave city of West University. I now live 45 miles northwest of Houston.

I sold my house in 2015 and I'm glad I did. I don't know if that house flooded again this time, but I suspect it probably did. I would have had a fit watching that water come up and into the house once again! But in some places, notably Meyerland, the same houses have flooded three or four times in twenty years.

In all that time, water was a nearly inescapable hazard. Hurricanes, tropical storms, and just heavy, heavy rains, both in Houston and upriver from Houston, seemed like they were itching to pounce. For 39 years,I never got used to seeing the same spots flood over and over again. While living in Fondren Southwest, we never got flooded, but we saw Braes Bayou out of its banks once and close to overflowing several times. In West University, Braes got out of its banks again, and that time our house did flood out. It was only a matter of a few inches of water, but it disrupted our lives for the better part of a year, waiting on insurance payments and dickering with contractors.

* The storm has moved on. So has the media.

In the first installment I mentioned that I was watching local television coverage all throughout the hurricane. As the storm came towards, into, and over Texas, the coverage grew to 24 hours


a day. After all, the storm itself was a 24-hour-a-day event. After what seemed an eternity, but was only four days, the storm moved off to the east, hitting Beaumont and Port Arthur pretty hard with heavy rainfall, and then heading approximately up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. As the storm was downgraded over land and its rotating center began to lose its organization and come apart, the Houston area saw some nice sunshine and cool breezes, and the storm soon was no longer 24-hour news. Stories still occur, of course, now that the recovery phase has begun.

But for those who lost family members, homes, or livelihoods in the storm, the situation has not moved on very much. Many are living in temporary, makeshift, or just plain unsanitarythe Gulf Coast would cost billions of dollars. To pay for it might require postponing the nonstop bombing of poor, helpless little countries (that happen to be sitting on "our" oil) for a few years.

* Heartbreaking stories.

As this is a diary and not a news report, I will just recount the anguish that I, and surely millions of others, felt on hearing the sad stories that were coming out.

One such story concerned a woman who worked at the Omni Hotel. That's a fancy hotel on Woodway Avenue just outside of Loop 610. The hotel has three elevators, one of which was inaccessible in the basement due to the floodwaters. The woman, who worked at the hotel, was reported missing. A search was conducted of the hotel and grounds


(to the extent that it was possible to search under the conditions of an ongoing tropical storm), and she did not turn up at home. The search had included two elevators. Fears grew that perhaps the woman had gotten trapped in the third.

Another terrible story was that an entire family of six had been trying to escape by driving somewhere safe in their van. They were caught by the water. They—all six—drowned. The exact circumstances are not clear to me. I am not sure if they were swept away by rushing water, or if perhaps they drove into a flooded ditch they couldn't see.

* Timely intervention from a certain quarter in West Texas.

Harvey's impact seems to have been ameliorated a bit by a dry West Texas air mass,which got pulled into the vortex and quenched at least some of the rain that would otherwise have fallen. It was most interesting to watch this process, which modern science makes visible for the first time in human history. Two sets of spatial/temporal data were collected and superimposed on a map of Texas. One set was the usual radar images of the falling water of the storm, playing out over time. The other set was the atmospheric water vapor content (i. e. the humidity) as measured by satellite.

The water vapor map, like the rainfall, was color-coded. At the low end of the humidity scale the map of the air mass was colored a light shade of tan, almost the color of sand. This was dry air from west


can only imagine that he was intending to join in some rescue team or other.

An interesting group calling themselves the "Cajun Navy" arrived from Louisiana to run a bunch of rescue boats—flat-bottomed, shallow-water boats for the most part, including airboats (the kind with the airplane propeller in the back). They were described as a kind of "renegade" group that does not take orders from anyone but themselves, but in a matter of hours they were patrolling all over the worst-flooded areas of Houston, plucking people and pets out of harm's way. Now I don't know much about this group's history (or their politics), but it's clear that the working class, if nobody else, has learned mighty lessons from their life experiences, and is capable of miracles of action.Russia announced on Friday that it has taken control of an airfield in war-torn northern Syria that US troops abandoned earlier this week.

Moscow (dpa) – Russia announced on Friday that it has taken control of an airfield in war-torn northern Syria that US troops abandoned earlier this week.

Russian military police are guarding the airfield, near the town of Kobane on the Turkish border, a senior official said in comments carried by state news agency TASS.

“De-miners are currently checking the facility for explosive devices. We don’t know what traps and surprises the former owners of the base could have left behind,” the unnamed official was quoted as saying.

The United States had used the airfield to support opposition forces in Syria’s civil war, the Russian side said. Russia is the


the VA, as well.

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Imagine the effect on the poor Vietnamese :(

My Grandfather was killed by the stuff too. He had a condition that wasn't one
of the conditions that the VA established as linked to it. I've found some
other cases online of other service members that had what he had. The other
game the VA plays is they'll dispute you were ever even exposed to it in the
first place.

~~~
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> Imagine the effect on the poor Vietnamese :(

I do, very frequently, in fact. I have many friends who are Vietnamese today
(I live in Orange County, CA), and they have many stories about extended
family in Vietnam and elsewhere about birth defects and such. My wife's mother
is Vietnam-born Chinese. She came to the US as a refugee. They have family
that was exposed asLevel Control Menggunakan Software Wonderware Intouch, Teknik Elektro, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, 2013 [9] Wahyu, Fahmi, Desain Kontrol Autopilot menggunakan GPS pada Kapal, Jurusan Teknik Elektronika, PENS-ITS, Surabaya, 2011. [10] Putra, Agfianto Eko, Belajar Mikrokontroler Teori & Aplikasi, Gava Media Yogyakarta, 2006. Authors Budi Setiyono, born in Purbalingga on May 21, 1970, completing his undergraduate and master's degrees in the Electrical Engineering Department of Gadjah Mada University in the field of Electronic Signal Processing. Become a lecturer in Electrical Engineering Department Diponegoro University since 2000. The field of science is a technique of automatic control with specialization in modeling and intelligent Control Muarif Fandhi A, born on August 2th 1968 in Semarang, Central Java. Graduated in from Elementary School Pedurungan Tengah, SMP 9 Junior High School , SMA


2 and bachelor in Diponegoro University, Semarang, majoring in Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, majoring Instrumentation and Control Engineering in 2016. International Journal of Engineering and Information Systems(IJEAIS) ISSN: 2000-000X Vol. 2 Issue 11, November – 2018, Pages: 1-9 www.ijeais.org 9 Sumardi, born on November 11th 1968 in Sukoharjo, Central Java. Graduated as a bachelor in Diponegoro University, Semarang, majoring in Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, in 1994. Got a master degree in 1998, majoring Instrumentation and Control Engineering Physics Program, Institute of Bandung Technology. Has followed some trainings including PLC training organized by OMRON as PLC producers and digital signal processing training organized by Institute of Bandung Technology. Has done some researches such as "Perancangan Sistem Kontrol Suspensi semi-aktif menggunakan Fuzzy Logik Control pada Model Kendaraan Seperempat","Pengembangan Sistem Peringatan Dini Banjir berbasis SMS dan Web Studi Kasus Sungai Garang Semarang", and also has cooperated in the installation of flood early warning instrument with PT Jasa Tirta, BBWS Southeast Sulawesi, etc. Current busyness is as a lecturer and researcher at Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia Aris Triwiyatno, recieved the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Surabaya, Indonesia, in 1998, and the M.T. and doctoral degrees in the same college in 2005 and 2011. He has been a lecturer at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia since 2000. His research interests are on the fuzzy systems including fuzzy control systems and fuzzy neural image processing, and robotics.


he added.

Indeed, the five Ks of the Sikhs, of which unshorn hair (and the turban that goes with it) is one, were also laid down by the Guru to meet the requirements of an ascetic army of defenders of the faith. But what was revolutionary or deemed necessary centuries ago may not be relevant to our lives today. To literally interpret and strictly enforce injunctions given in particular circumstances will inevitably lead to conflict and dissent.

The western world faced this problem in the 15th century with the Reformation. The papacy resisted this 'apostasy', which led to a schism in the church. But the Reformation gave those who differed an alternative while still subscribing to Christ's teachings and divinity. It strengthened Christianity in the long run because those whoAt least 40 anti-government protesters have been killed in Iraq over a 24-hour period, government officials told The Associated Press late Thursday, as violence in Baghdad and the south of the country threatened to spiral out of control.

Security and medical officials say five protesters were killed and 32 wounded late Thursday when security forces fired live rounds to repel them from setting fire to a mosque in the central city of Najaf. Protesters had torched the Iranian consulate in that city the previous night.

Another 35 protesters have been killed by security forces in separate demonstrations in Nasiriyah and Baghdad since Wednesday evening. In all, at least 350 people have died since protesters first took to the streets on Oct. 1 to protest government corruption.

The attack on the Najaf