Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered a review Friday into how the Justice Department and FBI respond to indications of potential violence after the bureau said it failed to act on a tip about the shooter in the Parkland, Florida , school massacre.
Guard Lexi Bando, in her second game back after sitting seven straight due to a leg injury, hit the game's most memorable shot to put UO ahead for good in double-overtime. Thursday he finally discarded it, and returning to his old look seemed to suit him. "This weekend, and specifically Oregon State first, will force us to go to new heights".
Kim Yo Jong was the first member of her family to travel to South Korea since Korean War hostilities ceased in 1953. Sputnik discussed this with Kim Hyun-wook, a professor at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy. "Moon is working hard to prevent that from happening", Rogin writes , and that Moon is entertaining Pyongyang's invitation to visit and is urging the North to talk to the United States.
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The opposition Democrats allege that Russian interference helped Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential elections . "We must unite as Americans to protect the integrity of our democracy and our elections ", Trump was quoted in the statement as saying.
He's praising the "incredible" work of doctors, nurses and first responders who helped victims after the shooting. He and his wife then headed to the Broward County sheriff's office, where they met with Florida Governor Rick Scott, Senator Marco Rubio, Sheriff Scott Israel and other law enforcement officers.
The High Court had on Monday reserved its orders for today. Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Abdul Quddhose said the Central Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the case, had not been able to prove that Chidambaram's trip overseas for a few days would scuttle their inquiry.
In the days following the attack, students who were caught in the crossfire at the school took politicians to task in the media and online. The startling admission came as the agency was already facing criticism for its treatment of a tip about a YouTube comment posted previous year.
The blasts happened shortly after another bomber killed four and injured 44 at a displaced persons camp in Dalori, 22 kilometres away on the same road to Maiduguri. According to him, three suicide bombers, comprising of two females and one male entered Konduga park along the road passing through the town where people do gather to relax and buy things in the night, at times watch videos/films.
The same day, a bullet grazed a 14-year-old boy in the parking lot of a New Orleans high school. "The gunman, a insane person, just walks into the school, breaks down the window of my child's door and starts shooting , shooting her, and killing her", Alhadeff said .
The project, set to deliver hydropower from Canada to customers in southern New England, was thrown into doubt after New Hampshire regulators rejected it this month. Eversource officials said Friday they appreciate the flexibility being offered by the Baker administration and the other utilities involved in the bidding process, National Grid and Unitil.
Senate confirmation hearing. When asked to comment on the indictment of Russian nationals and companies in the USA over alleged meddling in the 2016 United States election, the foreign minister answered:"You know, I have no reaction at all because one can publish anything he wants".
Asked about the indictment Mr Lavrov replied: "I have no response". Commenting on the Moscow-Brussels ties, Lavrov said that the European Union has failed to find a golden mean in relations with Russian Federation in the last decades, treating the country in the 1990s as an "apprentice" that should be taught in accordance with Western standards and values.
Twinkle Khanna's maiden production venture " PadMan " has been directed by R Balki of "Ki & Ka" fame and is based on the story of Arunachalam Muruganantham , a social activist from Tamil Nadu who invented the process of making a low-priced sanitary pad.
It was then that they were re-directed to Corley Avenue, where Bitting was arrested. Akron police responded to a shooting in Akron on Friday around 10:30 p.m. She said Darnell Bitting came out of the home with a rifle and fired one shot - striking the auto. The grandmother, who was in the passenger seat at the time, got into the driver's seat and drove the auto down the street.
People have reported furniture moving, lights flickering and objects falling. It said the tremor was 4.4 magnitude and originated 20km north of Swansea, in Wales, just after 2.30pm on Saturday. "We just felt the quake, felt like a huge lorry going passed and shaking the house!" 'It was a significant feeling that went on for about two seconds - I was moving from left to right suddenly despite being stood on the same spot.
I will bring the gun Feb, 16, 18. Our affiliate in south Florida , WPLG, cites a police report saying the girl was crying and upset when she was confronted by officers about the note. A day after the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a school just a town away reportedly dealt with another potential shooting incident.
In Kasur, protesters angered at what they perceived as authorities' inaction, smashed police cars and tried to burn down the police station; two people died in clashes. The horror of Zainab's killing in January was brought home for Pakistanis by a photo of her that went viral on social media, showing the smiling girl in her favourite bright pink coat, with a pink barrette holding back her hair.
The wounded soldiers were evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheva with burns and shrapnel injuries according Haaretz Israeli news paper. Another target stuck by the Air Force included a Hamas military compound in the Netzarim area which included weapons manufacturing sites.
Firefighters are battling a large blaze on Great Portland Street in the capital. "There are a number of gas cylinders involved in the blaze", London Fire Brigade said on Twitter. Witnesses shared footage of thick smoke and flames leaping up a scaffold structure surrounding a building on the road. No one was injured in the fire, Scotland Yard confirmed.
Continental Advisors Llc who had been investing in Credit Suisse Group for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $44.94 billion market cap company. Tarbox Family Office accumulated 145 shares. California State Teachers Retirement Systems accumulated 0.04% or 235,853 shares. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in Perrigo by 41.6% during the second quarter.
There has been much debate on the BJP's hand in bringing the two factions together, though the national party has denied it repeatedly. Panneerselvam's revelation comes nearly six months after both the warring factions of the AIADMK struck a merger deal under which Palaniswami was made the Chief Minister while Panneerselvam his deputy.
El senador Fernando Herrera, coordinador de la bancada blanquiazul, consideró que las declaraciones del líder del tricolor denigran la contienda electoral y reflejan la desesperación de ese partido frente a la competencia rumbo al 1 de julio.
Emergency services are still at the scene while around 150 passengers have been evacuated from the train. Detective Inspector Brett Walker from the British Transport Police described the crash as "extremely tragic" and urged witnesses to come forward.
After watching the film, it can be said that he has succeded to a large extent. The film itself is about Neeraj Pandey's favourite theme - disenchantment with the system and its subversion and unofficial missions which the government would disown the minute they are outed.
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa is the face of Pakistan at the 54th Munich Security Conference in Germany . The conflict in Syria, the refugee crisis, and the EU's role in the future topped the agenda at the 54th Munich Security Conference, which began on Friday.
Schmidt says they have reason to believe the missing auto is red, and based on investigation, may have major damage to its front and side, as well as a possible flat tire. Officers from the Port Credit detachment, forensic identification unit, highway safety division crime unit and traffic support are on scene assisting with the investigation.
Pope Francis renewed a commission on clergy sexual abuse on Saturday, confirming a U.S. cardinal as its head, as the Vatican promised to give victims a greater say in its work. It said plans were at an advanced stage to create a group made up of victims of sexual abuse known as the International Survivor Advisory Panel (ISAP) to offer consultation on "abuse prevention from the survivor's perspective".
If not for Visvanathan's actions, there may have been more victims. Her quick thinking was credited with saving their lives while 17 students and faculty members were killed. "Mrs. Viswanathan is a wonderful teacher who allowed me to expand my learning platform. She cares about students and often stays after school to help her students with review sessions", the student wrote, SBS.com reported.
According to Dar's lawyer, his papers were rejected without reason, and requested that the tribunal nullify the returning officer's rejection of Dar's nomination papers. According to Express News , Dar filed nomination papers for a general seat and a technocrat seat in the Senate. Dar, in London for medical treatment since October past year, is facing a corruption case in the accountability court for amassing assets beyond his known sources of income.
First St.: "Life at King's Cross", from the series, "Mark's Gospel: The Crown and the Cross", 8:30 a.m. traditional, 9:45 and 11:11 a.m. contemporary and 10:30 a.m. LA GRANDE - Zion Lutheran Church in La Grande will worship at 9:30 a.m. with Pastor Colleen Nelson. Oroville Church of the Nazarene: 2238 Monte Vista Ave.: 9 and 10:45 a.m.
Wall Street brokerages expect EnLink Midstream LLC (NYSE: ENLC ) to post $1.44 billion in sales for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks . The stock decreased 0.55% or $0.09 during the last trading session, reaching $16.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.85. Boston Limited Company reported 0.01% in Paychex, Inc.
While it's not legally binding (it would have only held weight if Damore kept his NLRB complaint), it shows a court might rule against him. Sophir concluded that Damore's memo contained both protected statements (like criticizing Google) and not protected statements (perpetuating stereotypes about women), and that Google ultimately fired Damore for things he said that were not protected under federal law.
But 876 of the 1406 votes cast were in favour of removing Bolton. Outgoing party chairman Paul Oakden said a new leadership election would happen within 90 days. He said he could "no longer represent the party" after the leader's removal. "The alternative is for the party to carry on down the path of self-destruction into irrelevance".
On Thursday, a prosecution statement said he had been ordered detained for two weeks pending completion of an investigation. The family said the Interior Ministry statement describing Abul Fotouh as a Brotherhood leader was "part of a policy of deception".
Terrorism . The threat of terrorist attacks "is pronounced", Coats said, including from the Islamic State , al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Iran-sponsored activities. Moscow continues to deny any interference. President Donald Trump has threatened to "totally destroy" the regime if necessary, sparking fears of an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula.
Addressing a large gathering at IG Park in Itanagar, Modi said that most of the key departments are based in the new secretariat. Beijing had also voiced strong objections to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, President Ram Nath Kovind, the Dalai Lama, and then US Ambassador to India Richard Verma's visits to Arunachal Pradesh over the past year.
Tripura is set to go to polls on February 18 and the results will be announced on March 3. But BJP's poll in-charge of Tripura Himanta Biswa Sarma countered such a claim. "Opposition parties always depend on the anti-incumbency sentiment of voters". Manik Sarkar , who is running for his fifth term as the chief minister, led the CPI (M)'s campaign addressing around 50 rallies in the state.
Blue Cross of Idaho has announced it will sell such plans, which Cameron would like to see on the market as soon as April. Keith argued in Health Affairs, however, that Azar didn't need a request from Idaho in order to step in. "Idaho's just saying, 'We're going to do this, '" said Wyden. The insurer said these plans feature lower premiums but come with fewer protections. They accomplish that by limiting coverage.
The new supercluster will help local companies emerge as global leaders in the application of advanced technologies, and will also assist our technology firms in building the next of many generations of Waterloo Region manufacturing. "Over 1000 business particpated", Bains told the crowd at the museum. Approximately 50 applications were submitted which were reduced to a shortlist of nine and the five successful applicants were formally announced in Ottawa on February 15.
Tickets go on-sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 23. For more details, see the band's website . But excitement surrounding the band's return has been somewhat blunted by a dispute between the three returning members and D'Arcy, who has accused them of excluding her from the comeback.
In one of the stranger sights you'll see at a basketball game, the cheerleader was escorted from his sideline position . Oftentimes, sports rivalries can get pretty intense. According to Rule 10, Article 8, of the official referee handbook, cheerleaders "shall not commit an unsportsmanlike act", such as "using musical instruments, amplified music or artificial noisemakers while the game is in progress, except timeouts and intermissions".
Without eye-catching long red hair, the reason for his nickname "Flying Tomato", 31-year-old White stepped on the Olympic venue for the fourth time since 2006, snatching two golds previously in Turin and Vancouver, while just nailing fourth four years ago in Sochi.
South Korea is ahead of the curve in implementing regulations on cryptocurrency trading; the country's authorities have created a corresponding body to oversee exchanges and are now considering options for taxation. Korea, which already prevents virtual currency trading by minors, foreigners and financial institutions, is studying a cryptocurrency tax and will beef up the security of digital assets, Hong said, citing the recent hack of an exchange in Japan.
The Toronto Professional Firefighters' Association's president says Filippidis seemed "confused" and "unable to give direct answers" when they asked what happened to him. At the airport, Filippidis was still wearing his ski coat, boots, and carrying his ski helmet . Calls to numerous barbershops near the Sacramento airport did not turn up the person who cut Filippidis's hair.
According to Business Insider , US officials confirmed the incident this week, saying the Air Force jet destroyed a Russian T-72 tank near Al Tabiyeh, Syria; killing three crew members. She again dismissed reports from earlier in the week that many Russian military or paramilitary forces had been killed as a result of the impact of the global coalition on government forces in Syria Zakharova called "classical disinformation".
Referring to the police complaint in Hyderabad against the films director, Omar Lulu, over the song Mani Manikya Malaraya poovi , Vijayan said intolerance from any quarter can not be accepted. "Manikyamalar" song is a regular item at Muslim houses, especially during weddings. The song, Vijayan said, depicts the love between Muhammed Nabi and Khadeeja Beevi and the marriage that followed.


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Mad Country Dance Night January 22, 2020, 7:30 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Adam Wakefield January 24, 2020, 7:30 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
The Wildflowers - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Tribute January 25, 2020, 7:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Decarlo - Tribute to Boston January 30, 2020, 8:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Travis LeDoytt February 1, 2020, 4:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
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Mothers Finest February 6, 2020, 7:15 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
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Shimmer - The Powerhouse Party Band February 9, 2020, 7:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Electric Avenue February 14, 2020, 7:30 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Head Games - A Tribute to Foreigner February 29, 2020, 10:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Tanya Tucker March 6, 2020, 7:00 pm Levon Helm's Studios
'84 - Van Halen Tribute March 7, 2020, 7:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Ray Howard Band - Earth, Wind and Fire Tribute March 13, 2020, 7:30 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Archers of Loaf March 13, 2020, 8:00 pm Colony - Woodstock
Welcome To Night Vale March 14, 2020, 7:00 pm Colony - Woodstock
Mock of Ages - Def Leppard Tribute March 14, 2020, 7:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
The Curtis Loew Project - Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute March 21, 2020, 7:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Rock the 90s - 90s Rock Tribute March 21, 2020, 10:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Murder By Death March 25, 2020, 8:00 pm Colony - Woodstock
Cash Unchained - Johnny Cash Tribute March 27, 2020, 7:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Caspian April 5, 2020, 8:00 pm Colony - Woodstock
Patrick Watson April 10, 2020, 8:00 pm Colony - Woodstock
Out of Control - A U2 Tribute April 11, 2020, 10:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Kurt Vile & Cate Le Bon April 13, 2020, 7:00 pm Levon Helm's Studios
No Quarter - Tribute to Led Zeppelin April 17, 2020, 10:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Rock Force - Tribute to the Iconic Rock of the 80s April 18, 2020, 10:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
Touchfire - Decades of Rock April 25, 2020, 7:00 pm Madlife Stage & Studios
M. Ward April 26, 2020, 7:00 pm Levon Helm's Studios
Robyn Hitchcock May 7, 2020, 8:00 pm Colony - Woodstock
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Die Burg Greifenstein ist die Ruine einer Spornburg im hessischen Aartal im Taunus. Sie liegt in unmittelbarer Nähe zur Ruine der Burg Hohenstein und ist mit dieser geschichtlich verwoben. Sie liegt auf der Gemarkung von Burg-Hohenstein, Gemeinde Hohenstein im Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis.

Lage und Beschreibung

Die Anlage liegt etwa 200 Meter nordwestlich der Burg Hohenstein, auf dem gleichen, hier steil abfallenden, bewaldeten Höhenrücken. Sie wird dabei von der Burg Hohenstein deutlich überragt. Nach Westen, Norden und Osten fällt der Berg steil ab, die Südseite wird durch die Burg Hohenstein eingenommen.

In den Abbildungen Merians von 1646 und Dilichs von 1605 wird sie mit einem Wohnturm, den Resten einer davon abhgehenden Mauer und Resten eines möglichen Turmes an der Spornseite dargestellt.
Die vorzufindenden Ruinenreste stützen diese Darstellung der Burg nicht. Feststellbar sind zwei aneinander stoßende Wohngebäude. In beiden Werken wird der Wohnturm mit West-Ost verlaufendem Satteldach nach Südwesten und im Torbereich nach Südosten mit je einer Tourelle in den Eckbereichen dargestellt.

Die Anlage war insgesamt in die vorhandene Felsstruktur integriert. Heute finden sich noch ausgeprägte Mauerreste, Treppen und bearbeiteter Fels. Das Gelände war wahrscheinlich weitläufig gesichert, Flügelmauern schlossen wahrscheinlich an die Burg Hohenstein an. Von den Wohntürmen, die zum Hohenstein hin an hoch aufragende Felsen grenzten, sind etwa zwei Meter hohe Mauerreste und Bearbeitungsspuren am Fels erhalten.

Geschichte
Unbekannt ist, wann die Burg entstanden ist. Sicher ist, dass sie ein katzenelnbogisches Lehen war und von Ministerialien bewohnt wurde. Im Lehensverzeichnis Graf Eberhards von Katzenelnbogen von 1386 wird die Überlassung der Burg an seinen Dienstmann Heinrich Breder als Mannlehen genannt.
Erwähnung findet sie als Griffinstein under Hoenstein im Jahr 1448.
Für den Beginn des 15. Jahrhunderts sind weitere Lehensbestätigungen erhalten. Letztmals urkundlich direkt erwähnt wird sie einer Lehensurkunde vom 15. März 1585, in der der erste Landgraf Wilhelm IV. von Hessen-Kassel das Burglehen an vier Ministeriale der Knebel von Katzenelnbogen erneut vergibt, wie dies bereits unter zwei seiner Vorgänger, darunter unter seinem Vater Philipp I. der Landgrafschaft Hessen, geschehen war.

Vermutet wird, dass die Anlage spätestens bei der Belagerung der Burg Hohenstein 1639/40 zerstört wurde. Durch den örtlichen Heimatverein wurden Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts Sondierungsgrabungen an der Anlage vorgenommen.

Denkmalschutz
Der Bereich der Ruine ist ein Bodendenkmal nach dem Hessischen Denkmalschutzgesetz. Nachforschungen und gezieltes Sammeln von Funden sind genehmigungspflichtig, Zufallsfunde an die Denkmalbehörden zu melden.

Literatur
 Wilhelm Lotz: Die Baudenkmäler im Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden. Wiesbaden 1880, Reprint Walluf 1973, S. 612.
 Hans-Jürgen Hessel: Burghaus Greifenstein bei Hohenstein In: Greifensteinbriefe, Jahrgang 4. Nr. 9, 1989.

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Archäologischer Fundplatz im Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Erbaut im 14. Jahrhundert
Bauwerk in Hohenstein (Untertaunus)
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A lawyer from Queensland's Coomera has died after she was stabbed and shot by her estranged husband in the early hours of Sunday morning.The 34-year-old, who is not believed to have a criminal record, was found with multiple stab wounds at her home in Coomeria, about
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Rep. Genrich will run for Green Bay mayor
Rep. Eric Genrich will run for Green Bay mayor in the 2019 election
Rep. Genrich will run for Green Bay mayor Rep. Eric Genrich will run for Green Bay mayor in the 2019 election Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: http://gbpg.net/2p7SpSt
Jonathan Anderson, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 9:54 a.m. CT March 12, 2018 | Updated 11:24 a.m. CT March 15, 2018
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GREEN BAY – Rep. Eric Genrich, D-Green Bay, became the first candidate to formally announce a bid to become the city's mayor in 2019.
Mayor Jim Schmitt revealed this past fall that he would not seek re-election, although he said he would consider entering the race if he wasn't happy with the candidates. Schmitt has been the city's mayor since 2003.
In a statement announcing his candidacy, Genrich said on Monday that the race "will not be about one person or a collection of candidates."
"Instead this effort must be about the people of Green Bay — people in every corner of the city and from all walks of life," he said.
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Genrich said in an interview that his campaign will focus on restoring civility at City Hall, improving streets and other infrastructure, and continuing momentum the city has achieved in recent years, such as progress on downtown development and Bay Beach upgrades.
He said he identified those priorities based on an internet survey that garnered more than 130 responses.
Genrich also said he will not run for re-election to a fourth term in the state Assembly, meaning his time in Madison will end in January.
"I make that decision with mixed emotions, recognizing how much work remains to be done," he said. "But I also never intended to make a lifelong career of legislative service. At the end of my term, I will have served the people of Green Bay for six years in the Legislature, which has been the honor of my professional life."
The election for that seat, Assembly District 90, will be in November and prospective candidates can begin circulating nomination papers April 15.
Brown County Supervisor Patrick Buckley said last week he's "90 percent certain" he'll run for the office. Buckley, who chairs the county's Public Safety Committee, is a retired Green Bay police officer who now runs a business that franchises several dozen Subway restaurants in northeastern Wisconsin.
Supervisor Patrick Evans also said he's still exploring a bid for mayor.
Green Bay Alderman Tom De Wane, who unsuccessfully ran against Schmitt in 2015, said he is not presently planning to enter the race but is monitoring it to see who else runs.
The mayoral election will be held in April 2019. A primary election would be held in February if more three or more candidates seek the position.
Reporter Doug Schneider contributed to this report.
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The Disney Afternoon is a source of great nostalgia for many people. The wide cast of now mostly forgotten Disney characters remain a staple in the childhood of millions. At the time, the video game market was booming and Nintendo was front and center. Disney wanted to capitalize and many games based on the Disney Afternoon were published by Capcom. Disney and Nintendo were a match made in heaven.
These games became instant classics for both their quality and their difficulty. But after the Nintendo Entertainment System was replaced by the Super Nintendo, and the Disney Afternoon block faded, these games were lost. The most popular of the Disney Afternoon games was Ducktales, and in 2013 it was remastered on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC, and mobile devices. The game was well received on all platforms but it sold well on one platform specifically, and that was the Wii U. Nintendo's history with these games is apparent and that is why it was shocking to hear Capcom's decision on the new nostalgic throwback they had in development.
On March 15, 2017, Capcom announced that it was working with Digital Eclipse (the same company who made the Megaman Legacy Collection that was released on Nintendo 3DS) to make a collection of games based on the Disney Afternoon. The Disney Afternoon Collection features 6 games, all of which originated on the NES, and it would release on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. The game would be skipping Nintendo consoles despite the popularity of Nintendo's new console, the Nintendo Switch. Fans have already begun to respond to this. The various trailers of the game and Twitter posts are flooded with comments asking to have this game on the Nintendo Switch. Digital Eclipse responded to the fan out cry and said that it was up to Capcom.
So Capcom, can you release the Disney Afternoon Collection on the Nintendo Switch?
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U.S. Challenges China At WTO Over 'Discriminatory' Taxation Of Imported Aircraft
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday (Dec. 8) requested consultations with China at the World Trade Organization over allegedly discriminatory value-added tax (VAT) measures affecting regional jets and other smaller aircraft that have been in effect in various iterations since 2000.
Inside U.S. Trade | December 8, 2015
The measures at issue subject imported foreign aircraft weighing 25 metric tons or less to a 17 percent VAT but exempt Chinese-made aircraft in that class from the tax, according to U.S. trade officials. The U.S. over the past three years has exported roughly half a billion dollars worth of trade in these smaller aircraft, one official said.
The measures do not affect the large civil aircraft sold by Boeing, and also do not directly apply to aerospace parts manufacturers. But officials drove home the argument that parts makers would be indirectly affected by lost sales of aircraft to China, which is trying to promote its own "national champion," the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China or COMAC.
The consultation request, submitted to China on Tuesday morning in Geneva, charges that the measures violate several articles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that prohibit discriminatory taxation policies and require WTO members to accord imported products treatment no less favorable than that accorded to domestic products. Specifically, it references GATT Articles III:2 and III:4.
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Woman arrested after allegedly pointing gun at vehicle on I-15 with 2 children inside
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ST. GEORGE — A Davis County woman was charged with aggravated assault after allegedly pointing a gun at a driver who was traveling north on Interstate 15 with her husband and two children Sunday afternoon.
The arrest stems from an incident reported Sunday shortly after 12:30 p.m. when Utah Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to northbound Interstate 15 south of Cedar City on an incident involving a suspect who was reportedly pointing a gun at a Jaguar, according to charging documents filed with the court.
The 911 caller reported that a woman driving a white Subaru refused to allow the Jaguar to merge into the next lane, and then drove alongside the vehicle and looked directly at her as the suspect "pointed the gun at her," the trooper recounted in the report.
The same account was also provided by one of two children traveling north with their parents in the Jaguar at the time the incident reportedly took place.
A trooper spotted the Subaru heading north along the interstate near mile marker 56, and after following the vehicle for 3 miles, the trooper conducted a traffic stop near mile marker 59. The trooper spoke to the driver, who admitted to being involved in an incident with a Jaguar but denied pointing a gun at the car.
The driver was later identified as 26-year-old Estrella Bradley, of Sunset, a small community located approximately 25 miles north of Salt Lake City in Davis County.
Estrella Bradley, 26, of Sunset, Utah, booking photo taken in Washington County, Utah, Nov. 22, 2020 | Booking photo courtesy of the Washington County Sheriff's Office, St. George News
During a search of the vehicle, officers found a 9 mm handgun in the center console of the car with a loaded magazine but no bullet in the chamber. A second magazine was located in the pocket of the driver's side door.
"The gun was readily accessible to the driver," the trooper stated in the affidavit.
Inside of the passenger compartment troopers also recovered marijuana, Adderall pills in a pill bottle with an illegible label and drug paraphernalia.
Several witnesses, including one of the reporting party's children, provided officers with an accurate description of the gun that later matched the firearm found in the Subaru that was later recovered by police.
The suspect was transported to the Highway Patrol office and interviewed by an agent with the State Bureau of Investigations. Shortly thereafter, Bradley was transported to the Washington County Correctional facility and booked on one third-degree felony count of aggravated assault, along with one misdemeanor count each of possession of a controlled substance and paraphernalia.
Bradley was released Sunday evening and charges were filed the following day. The suspect is scheduled to make an initial appearance in 5th District Court Jan. 15, 2021.
Cody Blowers was raised in South San Francisco, California. A 2013 graduate of Colorado Technical University, Cody earned her bachelor's degree in criminal justice with a minor in paralegal studies. Through the course of her academic studies she discovered that writing is her true passion, and she is committed to providing credible, integrated news coverage. Cody joined St. George News in 2015, and when she's not busy chasing the news, she can generally be found chasing her young granddaughter, Kali.
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R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) performs at a recent Bootie L.A., with resident DJ ShyBoy, right.; Credit: Tony Scotino
At Bootie L.A., Mashup Culture Is Alive and Well Every Saturday Night
Michael Cooper July 8, 2017
It was exactly 12 years ago, in July 2005, that mashup party Bootie L.A. opened at the Echo. It was the beginning of the mashup craze, when Girl Talk's pop-music collages were just starting to catch on and even wedding DJs were likely to have "Livin' on a Prayer" mixed with a TLC song in their bag of tricks. Mashups have since faded in popularity — or at least they get less media attention — but Bootie L.A. is still going strong.
Bootie L.A. is the brainchild of DJs Deidre Roberts, aka Mysterious D, and Adrian Roberts, aka Adrian A. The two are 50/50 business partners and also were married for 14 years before divorcing a few years ago. "Around 2002, we started DJing. Our music tastes were always very eclectic, and our DJ sets reflected that, exploring a wide variety of genres over the course of an evening," Adrian A explains. Around the same time, thanks to advances in music production software, mashups were just beginning to emerge. "We fell in love with mashup culture immediately, as it embodied the cross-genre, era-spanning sensibilities we were spinning anyway," she says. In the U.K. these new mashups were called bootlegs, which is how the Bootie parties got their name.
The first Bootie party was held in San Francisco in 2003, but it wasn't long before Adrian A and Mysterious D thought about expanding to other cities. "We loved what we were doing so much in San Francisco, we had a hunger to bring it to more places — almost like mashup evangelists, if you will," Mysterious D says. "We made the seven-hour drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles every month, and slept on couches."
While Bootie SF and L.A. may be sisters, they definitely aren't identical twins. "Bootie L.A. is the wilder little sister to Bootie SF, the sister that goes to all the best parties in ridiculous outfits with an attitude of non-pretension and an [aim] for full-throttle fun," Mysterious D says.
Bootie co-founder Deidre Roberts aka Mysterious D; Credit: IHateFlash.net
Since its opening in 2005, Bootie L.A. has been hosted by numerous venues, from the Echo to the Regent to its current location at Los Globos in Silver Lake, where it's been held every Saturday night since January. Despite the change in locations, one aspect has remained the same: the eclectic crowd. "We always like to say that the crowd is as mashed up as the music," says Adrian A. "Pop music is a great leveler. One stupid song can unite a room. But we also go to great lengths to show how everyone is welcome. It's definitely not like a typical Hollywood party. It's very unpretentious and 'come-as-you-are.' We encourage people to let their hair down, let their freak flag fly, dance their asses off and sing unapologetically at the top of their lungs."
While Adrian A mentions pop music, she doesn't only mean top 40. As Mysterious D explains, pop music comes in "all sorts of flavors," from hip-hop to rock, and Bootie L.A. definitely mashes up music from every era and genre, not just current chart hits. "A typical night will feature songs people know and love from the past 40 years, sometimes even more, along with current hits in all genres and eras of music," she says.
Adrian A and Mysterious D, as well as any of their resident DJs such as ShyBoy, often play their own mashups; they work on their pop concoctions well ahead of time. "Just as most music producers and big-name DJs of any music genre don't show up to a gig to create the tracks in their sets live, true mashup DJs don't either," Adrian A explains. "These tracks are meticulously crafted and produced, just like any other piece of music, and then played at the club and mixed like any DJ mixes tracks in a set."
Bootie co-founder Adrian Roberts aka DJ Adrian A; Credit: Tony Scotino
Bootie L.A. is perhaps one of the city's most inclusive parties. Just as the night doesn't stick to any one music genre, there's no one type of attendee, either. On a recent "Pop Candy" night (they choose a theme every week, such as artist tribute nights, "Generation X vs. Millennials" or "Aprilween: Halloween in April"), the diversity on the dance floor was an awesome sight to see. Straight couples danced next to gay couples; friends of all different races danced together; people with all different body types let loose and just danced their, well, booties off.
It's perhaps this welcoming, inclusive vibe, more than anything else, that has kept Bootie L.A. going strong all these years, with packed crowds dancing to mashups like (to choose some examples from Pop Candy night) Lady Gaga's "Perfect Illusion" mixed with Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach" or Britney Spears' "Till The World Ends" with No Doubt's "Just a Girl." Says Mysterious D, "Because Bootie is using all genres, styles and eras of music, there is no one kind of audience, by the very nature of what we do. We think that makes for a much more fun, diverse party, where the only prerequisite is an open mind to something different that could go from shocking to mind-blowing."
Another fun aspect of Bootie L.A. is its go-go dancers, part of a troupe called R.A.I.D., which stands for Random Acts of Irreverent Dance. "They don't look like your typical Hollywood go-go dancers. They wear kooky costumes, and the troupe is radically inclusive, with dancers of all shapes and sizes and genders," explains Adrian A, who is non-binary, and only the 13th person in the United States to be legally recognized as such. "That vibe rubs off on the crowd as well. [I] wish every city's Bootie party had its own crazy dance crew like L.A.'s R.A.I.D. … That's something special and unique to Bootie L.A."
R.A.I.D.'s Ramie Becker in action; Credit: Tony Scotino
R.A.I.D. was first created by an early fan and friend, Ramie Becker, and often recruits regular Bootie L.A. partygoers to join if they're interested. "It's about inclusivity," says Marko Tomic, who is currently the co-manager of R.A.I.D. and has been in the troupe for more than two years. "We have members from every walk of life, every body type. There's always been this sensibility that we come from the Island of Misfit Toys but we turn that randomness into power and live our truth unabashed for all to see. I believe that's why people celebrate us, because seeing that in us helps them see it in themselves."
It's clear that after 12 years of mashup parties, Bootie L.A. has become a staple in Los Angeles nightlife. So what do Mysterious D and Adrian A have to say to those who think that mashups were a fad that peaked five or six years ago? "The great thing about mashups is they're not really a fad. Are remixes a fad? See, mashups aren't really a musical genre, they're a production technique. So as pop music mutates and changes, so do mashups," Adrian A contends. "The key to Bootie's longevity has been that as a club concept, we've never been tied down to a specific music style or genre. As long as there are two (or more) songs put together to create a new singular creative song production, we can play it. Those are our only rules. So we can play the hottest current hits but also be a throwback party at the same time."
Adrian A adds that every time there's a lull in the mashup scene, a new wave of producers comes along with fresh material. "There's a steady stream of people getting into it and trying their hand at it. The software tools are easy to learn — it's the music songcraft and understanding the factors that make a truly good mashup that can be a bit harder," she says.
A R.A.I.D. dancer beckons Bootie L.A. fans to the dark side.; Credit: Tony Scotino
So where does the party go from here? "I've always said I would love to have a Bootie Mashup station on SiriusXM or a Bootie tent at a big music festival — just another avenue to showcase the amazingly creative mashups that producers are still making," Adrian A says. Mysterious D echoes her partner's sentiments but adds that she would like to take it even farther, perhaps creating an entire "Bootie Mashup festival bringing all things remix and mashup together in a brand new kind of festival experience."
Adrian A and Mysterious D seem to be on their way to achieving these goals, as they currently organize Bootie parties all over the country and around the world, from L.A. and San Francisco to New York and Seattle to London, Berlin and Rio de Janeiro.
While they love all their parties, they definitely have a soft spot for Bootie L.A. "Shhhh, don't tell San Francisco … but Bootie L.A. is our favorite of all our Bootie parties! That's why both of us try to come here to DJ at it every chance we get," says Mysterious D. Adrian A definitely feels the same. "Bootie L.A. is the place to come for full-on, let loose, nonpretentious, ridiculous fun, showcasing the best mashups in the world."
Bootie L.A. goes down every Saturday night at Los Globos, including a special Comic-Con pre-party tonight and a 12-year anniversary party on July 15. $10 cover, 21 and over. More info at bootiemashup.com.
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Altared Egos!
We've spent the last eight weeks curating a special Bank Holiday line-up for independent radio station Altar Ego. We've never been asked to do anything like this before, and we reckon we've put together a wonderful assortment of mis-shapes, bringing together the amateur and professional alike; comedy, poetry, dance, murk, bangers, electronics, soundtracks, futureshock, interviews and guest-curations. Whatever occurs this weekend we know it'll be dive and lie wrecked, to borrow from Radioactive Man!
Why ask us? Well, you might know that years ago me and Leigh ran a pirate radio station in Birmingham, where as well as organising schedules, advertising and doing the general day-to-day stuff with assorted colleagues, we played as Perry + Mole. We even played some gigs, and stuffing a record bag with tunes late on a Saturday night after a week's work was a weekly task, with me packing a folio of work to do at the same time, while waiting for our turn on the wheels of steel. I was often to be found inking on the floor to the sound of the drum'n'bass, trip-hop, breakbeat or whatever else was being played at the time, in assorted cold empty studios with non-stop tea and, usually, a bag of chips somewhere along the line from a legendary Erdington chippy.
There's a lot of romance and myth surrounding pirate radio, but it was hard work and a proper commitment - like having another part-time job. Here are some shots betraying the true brutality of pirate radio. We were called 'Real' after all (when we stopped being called Mix).
Hand-calligraphing the Shout Outs:
Playing records and trying to be invisible (and wearing my Grandpa's cardy):
The Set-up:
A diabolical attitude to authority was essential:
Possibly the worst studio we ever had - with the nicest guest we ever had, Monkichi, now head of A&R at XL Records:
And the breathtaking 4am view from the studio. All-city, always beautiful. (Those tower blocks aren't there any more.)
Even being under 30 couldn't stop the 3ams taking their toll:
This weekend I get the chance to relive the pleasure and pain of playing one record after another without it sounding horrendous, as I'm getting my headphones back on and playing a couple of sets on Altar Ego Radio, an independent radio station. I'm no DJ, but I do love my chunes, and cannot work, think or exist without music - whether it's Squarepusher's tear-inducing bassdrama, the exquisite pain of some of Venetian Snares' most magnificent ear-grating or a humble Human League classic. In other racks you'll find my Paul Simon records, my Led Zeppelin, Peter Gabriel, Barbara Streisand, and the masses of electronics.
That's not to say I'm playing all that. I don't actually know what exactly I'll be playing yet - but I know I'm likely to leave records everywhere and put them all back in the wrong white sleeves - a bad habit I never did break! The station's mission statement, after all, says 'We are raw, live, honest, irreverent and temporary.'
Tune in - you can do it on your actual radio at the 89.6fm frequency, or online on your phone, computer or iPad etc. - altaregoradio.tumblr.com/listenlive
And just for gigglz, here is me and Leigh DJing at the Custard Factory in Brum, playing just before DJ Food burned the place to the ground with a Godzillan drum'n'bass set of biblical proportions. How excited do I look?
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AIDS Vaccine Basics
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Understanding the Genetic Variation of HIV
What are the implications of the genetic diversity of HIV for AIDS vaccine development?
Over the past century, scientists have assembled an impressive arsenal of vaccines to combat germs. Such vaccines have helped eradicate deadly scourges like smallpox and also shield millions of people each year from contracting the flu.
Influenza A and B viruses, which are responsible for seasonal flu epidemics, are constantly changing and evolving as they circulate throughout the population. This is a survival mechanism for viruses. Like many vaccines, those against influenza work by inducing antibodies—Y-shaped proteins that bind to viruses and prevent them from infecting human cells—against the virus that can effectively neutralize it (see VAX July 2008 Special Issue, Understanding the Immune System and AIDS Vaccine Strategies. An accumulation of changes or mutations at the site on the virus where these antibodies bind results in the formation of new strains of the virus that can effectively evade these antibodies, and therefore continue circulating within the population.
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But compared to HIV, influenza's mutation rate is remarkably slow. The genetic variation of HIV in a single infected individual is about the same as the yearly genetic variation of influenza within the entire human population. Of all human viruses, only the hepatitis C virus mutates more rapidly than HIV.
The incredible genetic variation of HIV occurs because the virus reproduces or replicates so rapidly once inside a human. In a single HIV-infected person, between one billion and 10 billion HIV particles are produced every day. HIV makes several mistakes as a result of this rapid-fire replication rate. These mistakes are like a typing error—hitting the wrong key and therefore changing the spelling of a word. HIV's mistakes result in changes in its genetic sequence (see VAX July 2006 Primer on Understanding HIV Clades). Each change in the genetic sequence of the virus results in a unique version of the virus in an HIV-infected person, which in turn contributes to the extreme genetic variation of HIV globally. This variation could represent a significant challenge to AIDS vaccine researchers.
Sequencing technologies
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In recent years, researchers have also begun employing advanced genetic sequencing methods to mine areas of vulnerability in HIV's genome. One area of vulnerability are the sections of the virus that don't vary much between different clades, so-called constant regions. These areas are important targets for vaccine researchers who are trying to develop vaccine candidates that would provide broad protection against the majority of HIV variants in circulation. Another area of vulnerability is the specific location on the virus where antibodies bind. Knowing the genetic sequence of the virus at the point where the antibody binds can help researchers identify the best immunogens—harmless pieces of HIV that are inserted into vaccine candidates in the hope of inducing an immune response against the virus. Researchers are also honing in on mutations that occur very early in the course of HIV infection.
Learning from trials
It is still unclear to what extent the genetic variation of HIV will matter in the context of AIDS vaccine development. Some AIDS vaccine candidates have included HIV immunogens from several clades to try to induce broad protection against several different clades of HIV, while others have included immunogens from a single HIV clade.
Researchers typically test AIDS vaccine candidates in geographical areas where the predominantly circulating clade of HIV matches the clade of the immunogens in the vaccine candidate. For example, the recently conducted STEP trial of Merck's MRKAd5 vaccine candidate, which contained clade B HIV immunogens, was conducted in countries where the predominant virus in circulation was HIV clade B. However, in a companion trial to the STEP study, known as Phambili, researchers were testing this MRKAd5 candidate with clade B HIV immunogens in South Africa, where clade C HIV is predominantly circulating. Immunizations in this trial were stopped ahead of schedule after results from the STEP trial showed that the candidate did not provide any protection against HIV infection.
To determine if genetic variation played a role in MRKAd5's inability to protect, researchers are carefully studying samples from the volunteers in the STEP trial who became HIV infected through natural exposure to the virus despite receiving MRKAd5. By analyzing the genetic sequence of HIV that infected these individuals, researchers can determine how different it was genetically from the immunogens that were included in MRKAd5. If the genetic sequence of the infecting virus and the immunogens are vastly different, researchers may determine that this played a role in the failure of the vaccine candidate to protect against HIV infection.
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Hitsats refugee camp in Ethiopia's Tigray region used to be home to thousands of Eritrean refugees. Natalia Paszkiewicz/Handout via REUTERS
Dual Agenda – In Ethiopia's civil war, Eritrea's army exacted deadly vengeance on old foes
A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT
When Eritrea sent troops into the Tigray region, the secretive nation seized a double opportunity: It detained thousands of Eritrean refugees as it battled Ethiopia's former rulers. Spearheading the bloody campaign: a colonel nicknamed 'Son of Bread'
By AYENAT MERSIE, GIULIA PARAVICINI and KATHARINE HOURELD
Filed Nov. 1, 2021, 11 a.m. GMT
Over two decades, Eritreans poured across the border into Ethiopia, fleeing forced military service, torture, and prison in one of Africa's most repressive states. By last November, around 20,000 of them were living at two refugee camps here in Ethiopia's Tigray province, finding haven in their more prosperous neighbour.That month, rebellion broke out in Tigray, pitting the region's rulers against Ethiopia's central government. The Eritrean military sent in tanks and troops to aid its ally, Ethiopian leader Abiy Ahmed – and to settle old scores.Within days, truckloads of soldiers from the 35th Division of the Eritrean Army arrived at the two refugee camps, Hitsats and Shimelba. The soldiers had lists of names.In Hitsats, where undulating hills wrapped around the camp's white tents and corrugated iron shacks, soldiers called refugee leaders to a meeting. The 20 or more who complied were detained, said more than a dozen witnesses, one demonstrating how the men's elbows were pinioned behind their backs. They were held for two days at a church building in the camp, then loaded onto trucks by Eritrean soldiers and driven away, the witnesses said. Reuters has confirmed the names of 17 of the men. Their families haven't heard from them since.
Refugees in Hitsats built small windowless homes. Some set up small restaurants or kept animals. Natalia Paszkiewicz/Handout via REUTERS
Similar scenes played out in Shimelba, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Eritrean border. "They were looking for members of the opposition. They had a list," said a Shimelba refugee leader.
The Eritrean soldiers detained around 40 people there, some of them women, said the refugee leader. Like most others interviewed for this article, he spoke on the condition that his name be withheld to protect his family in Eritrea and for his own safety in Ethiopia.
The arrival of the Eritrean troops marked the beginning of a months-long ordeal for thousands of Eritrean refugees – first hunted by the Eritrean military, then attacked by Tigrayan fighters who accused the refugees of conspiring with the enemy.
Reuters spoke to more than 60 refugees. These interviews revealed the role of the Eritrean Army division and commander who led the campaign to force the refugees back to Eritrea. Eritrean soldiers then destroyed the camps.
The refugees told of a systematic military operation: At a border town, Eritrean soldiers set up a COVID-19 quarantine centre, staffed by Eritrean doctors; soldiers then bussed thousands of refugees into Eritrea. Some went at gunpoint; others said they went voluntarily, swapping the perils of Tigray for the uncertainties of their homeland. The refugees also told for the first time how, once in Eritrea, some of their number were jailed or forced into military service.
When war broke out in Tigray last year between Ethiopia's central government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, Eritrean refugees were caught in the fighting. Above, Eritrean refugees protest in Addis Ababa in July against attacks on refugees in the Hitsats and Shimelba camps. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
"(The Eritrean soldiers) were looking for members of the opposition. They had a list."
An Eritrean refugee leader at Shimelba camp
A former top-ranking Eritrean military officer, now in exile, told Reuters he has seen Eritrean government documents that show more than 9,000 refugees returned to Eritrea. Reuters was unable to obtain these documents. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told Reuters in a statement its teams have interviewed several hundred refugees who say they escaped after a forced return to Eritrea. The agency estimates 7,600 refugees are still missing. Some have likely moved to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, UNHCR said.
The refugees interviewed by Reuters spoke of killings, gang rapes and looting both by Eritrean soldiers and Tigrayan fighters. Some incidents in late 2020 and early 2021 are documented in a recent report by Human Rights Watch. Refugees told Reuters attacks by Tigrayans have continued, including lynchings in June in the northern town of Shire.
Debretsion Gebremichael is the leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the political party that controls most of Tigray. The TPLF is locked in a battle with the Ethiopian government which has designated the TPLF a terrorist organization. Picture taken July 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
Eritrea has denied that refugees were forcibly returned. It has also rejected accusations that its forces killed Tigrayan civilians and forced some into sexual slavery, as first revealed by Reuters. In August, the United States imposed sanctions on the chief of staff of the Eritrean military, Filipos Woldeyohannes, saying forces he commands committed atrocities, including massacres and sexual assaults. Eritrea dismissed the charges at the time as "utterly baseless."
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy has said he has assurances from Eritrea that it will hold to account any soldiers found guilty of abuses. His spokeswoman, Billene Seyoum, did not respond to Reuters questions about whether any Eritrean soldiers had been charged. Eritrea's government and military did not respond to detailed questions for this article.
Debretsion Gebremichael, the head of the party that controls most of Tigray, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), said his organization had no knowledge of attacks by Tigrayan fighters on Eritrean refugees. Tigrayan soldiers were ordered not to enter the refugee camps, he told Reuters. TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda said it was possible there were "vigilante groups acting in the heat of the moment." Getachew did not respond to questions about whether the TPLF was investigating alleged crimes.
The refugees' plight shows how Tigray has become the crucible of a power struggle between Ethiopia's government and the TPLF, a guerilla movement-turned-political party that once dominated the country. The civil war has drawn in the authoritarian government of neighbouring Eritrea. Led by President Isaias Afwerki, Eritrea views the TPLF as its arch enemy and Tigray as a haven for refugee dissidents. For the first five months of the conflict, Eritrea denied its soldiers were inside Tigray. The Eritrean army continues to operate in northern Ethiopia, according to witnesses.
Ethiopia – home to 109 million people – is Africa's second-most-populous nation and has been a key Western ally in an unstable region. For years it was Africa's fastest-growing economy, and when Abiy took power as prime minister in 2018, he was hailed as a democratic reformer.
But the country is now in crisis. The war in Tigray has cost thousands of lives, triggered a famine and displaced more than 2 million people. Tiny Eritrea, a land of just 3.5 million people, plays an outsized role in the chaos.
Old enemies
Enmity between Eritrea and the TPLF runs deep. The TPLF dominated Ethiopia's government for nearly three decades and fought a border war with Eritrea in 1998-2000. Abiy made peace with Eritrea months after becoming prime minister. The deal earned him the Nobel Peace Prize – and, in Eritrean President Isaias, a powerful ally against the TPLF.
Hitsats and Shimelba were two of four camps for Eritrean refugees in Tigray. Poor but peaceful, they were run by Ethiopia's Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) and UNHCR. Some residents built tiny, windowless huts from stones or wattle and daub. Others set up small restaurants or kept animals to earn a few pennies.
Since agreeing a peace accord in 2018, Eritrea and Ethiopia have become allies. Above, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki (right) and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attend a ceremony to mark the reopening of the Eritrean Embassy in Addis Ababa in July, 2018. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
UNHCR says Eritrea generated the world's third-largest number of refugees per capita in 2020, behind Syria and South Sudan. About 15% of its people – more than 520,000 – have fled. Around 150,000 of these refugees have made their way to Ethiopia; 96,000 lived in Tigray. Eritrea insists those who have left are economic migrants.
Many of the Eritrean refugees in Hitsats and Shimelba recounted brutal treatment in their homeland. With no free media and no elections, Eritrea has been described by some Western media and think tanks as "the North Korea of Africa." Men and unmarried women over the age of 18 are conscripted into indefinite military or government service. Some told Reuters they had been forced into it years earlier. One refugee, a grey-haired military deserter who retains a soldier's posture, told Reuters his family left Eritrea after soldiers came to his home and smashed his 14-year-old son in the face, demanding to know the father's whereabouts. The boy still has a scar. Medical scans, seen by Reuters, show a skull fracture.
"The government will forgive you"
Soldiers from the 35th Division of the Eritrean Army reached Hitsats on Nov. 19, according to refugees at the camp and people living in the vicinity. The camps lay in an area where the Ethiopian Army had no presence at the time, local residents said.
The soldiers were led by an officer who introduced himself as Wedi Kecha, said two refugees, who previously served under him in the Eritrean Army and knew him by sight. Two campaigners for the rights of Eritrean refugees – British-based Elsa Chyrum and an activist in the United States – told Reuters that refugees they spoke to also identified Wedi Kecha as the commander. The former top-ranking Eritrean military officer confirmed to Reuters that Wedi Kecha leads the 35th Division.
Wedi Kecha didn't respond to questions sent by Reuters via the Eritrean military. The Eritrean Army didn't comment about Wedi Kecha's role.
The soldiers gathered the refugees outside a church hall in the camp on Nov. 21. "Wedi Kecha introduced himself as the commander of the 35th Division," said one of the refugees present, who served under Wedi Kecha in the Eritrean Army in the 1990s and spent two years stationed at the same base as him within the last decade. Wedi Kecha, this refugee said, "means 'Son of Bread.' It's a nickname he has had since childhood."
Wedi Kecha's real name, according to this refugee and the former top-ranking Eritrean military officer, is Colonel Berhane Tesfamariam. Wedi Kecha fought in Eritrea's war of independence from Ethiopia, which ended in 1991, the former top officer said. He is believed to be in his 60s. According to the refugee, Wedi Kecha was an excellent footballer in his younger days and used to play as a midfielder for a team that competed at a national level.
Wedi Kecha told the crowd that his soldiers had come to protect the refugees. He invited the refugees to return to Eritrea, telling them, "the government will forgive you."
Soldiers from the 35th Division also came to Shimelba, according to refugees there. At a meeting on a football pitch at the camp on Nov. 18, leaders were addressed by an officer – described by one refugee as elderly, tall and strong, and identified by another as Wedi Kecha. The officer told the refugees that the soldiers were there to protect them. It was safe to return to Eritrea, he said, but if the refugees chose to stay, no one would help them.
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Agenda and draft minutes
Licensing Sub-Committee - Monday, 28 March 2022 10.00 a.m.
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Venue: District Council Chamber, South Lakeland House, Kendal. View directions
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LS/43
Election of Chairman
To elect a Chairman for the meeting.
RESOLVED – That Councillor Helen Ladhams be elected Chairman for the meeting.
Apologies and Reconstitution of Membership
To receive apologies for absence, if any, and to report any arising changes to membership.
There were no apologies and there were no changes in the membership of the Sub-Committee and, therefore, no reconstitution was necessary.
To receive declarations by Members of interests in respect of items on this Agenda.
Members are reminded that, in accordance with the revised Code of Conduct, they are required to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests or other registrable interests which have not already been declared in the Council's Register of Interests. (It is a criminal offence not to declare a disclosable pecuniary interest either in the Register or at the meeting.)
Members may, however, also decide, in the interests of clarity and transparency, to declare at this point in the meeting, any such disclosable pecuniary interests which they have already declared in the Register, as well as any other registrable or other interests.
If a Member requires advice on any item involving a possible declaration of interest which could affect his/her ability to speak and/or vote, he/she is advised to contact the Monitoring Officer at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
RESOLVED – That it be noted that no declarations of interest were raised.
Local Government Act 1972 - Excluded Items
To consider whether the items, if any, in Part II of the Agenda should be considered in the presence of the press and public.
RESOLVED – That it be noted that there are no excluded items on the agenda.
The Chairman will make introductions and read out the procedure for the meeting.
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Premises Licence Application PDF 602 KB
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To determine an application for a new premises licence for Unit 6, St Martins Parade, Bowness On Windermere, LA23 3GQ.
Appendix A , item LS/48 PDF 6 MB
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The Licensing Specialist presented the report regarding an application that had been made to South Lakeland Licensing Authority under section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 for a new premises licence at Unit 6, St Martin's Parade, Bowness-on-Windermere, LA23 3GQ. Members were asked to examine the application and take into account the 16 representations that had been received by the Licensing Authority.
The application had been received and validated on 4 February 2002 and the Applicant's name was William Whitaker. The application had sought to apply for the following licensable activities:
(1) Supply of Alcohol between the hours of 12:00 to 00:30 Monday to Sunday, on & off the premises;
(2) Hours Open to the Public between the hours of midday to 01:00 Monday to Sunday; and
(3) Non-standard timings include an additional hour each Saturday and Sunday of every Bank Holiday weekend, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
The Licensing Specialist clarified to Members that as part of the original application the Applicant had applied for the provision of recorded music between the hours of 12:00 to 01:00, Monday to Sunday, indoors only. However, this part of the application had subsequently been withdrawn by the Applicant during the consultation process. Therefore, this provision did not form part of the premises licence application to be considered before Members
The Applicant had proposed a number of voluntary conditions that formed part of the application that had the intention to promote the four licensing objectives.
The Licensing Specialist went on to confirm that a 28 day consultation had taken place. The last date for representations to be submitted to the Licensing Authority was Friday, 4 March 2022. The Responsible Authorities had been served with copies of the Application Form, Premises Plan and the Designated Premises Supervisor Consent form. The sixteen representations that had been made in response to the consultation had been mainly concerned by the possible effect the application would have on the two licensing objectives - 'Prevention of Public nuisance' and 'Prevention of crime and disorder'.
The Applicant, William Whitaker, began by addressing the members of the public present, he reiterated that the application had been altered from the original proposal. He stressed the aim was for the establishment to be an upmarket wine and cheese bar and that music would not be played loudly in the early hours of the morning. Any music played would be done so at a reasonably low volume as to allow members of staff the ability to explain the origins of the wines. The application was for the premises to be a quiet, cosy bar that would attract wine enthusiasts. The Applicant reassured Members that there would not be people dancing, nor spilling out onto the street causing noise pollution and litter. The Applicant confirmed that he had consulted with the Council's Environmental Health Officers to mitigate the impact of the proposed premises licence application on nearby residents.
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Q: Python: The resulting array of type string does not match I want to make a program to group words consisting of the same characters in an array, but the results don't match when using the Python programming language
Example problem: Suppose I have 3 arrays of type string as follows:
oe1 = ["abc", "def"];
oe2 = ["asd", "cab", "fed", "eqw"];
oe3 = ["qwe", "efd", "bca"];

Note: The order of the array or the elements doesn't matter, the important thing is that they are grouped.
Output example:
[abc, cab, bca]
[asd]
[def, fed, efd]
[eqw, qwe]

But I try to use coding like this the results are not appropriate:
oe1 = ["abc", "def"];
oe2 = ["asd", "cab", "fed", "eqw"];
oe3 = ["qwe", "efd", "bca"];

anagram_list = []
for word_1 in oe1:
  for word_2 in oe2:
      for word_3 in oe3:
        if word_1 != word_2 != word_3 and (sorted(word_1)==sorted(word_2)==sorted(word_3)):
            anagram_list.append(word_1 + word_2 + word_3)
print(anagram_list)

my output is like this:
['abccabbca', 'deffedefd']

How do I make it match the example output above?

A: First off, let's combine those lists and sort them using a lambda that converts each string to a list of characters, then sorts that.
>>> sorted(oe1 + oe2 + oe3, key=lambda s: sorted(list(s)))
['abc', 'cab', 'bca', 'asd', 'def', 'fed', 'efd', 'eqw', 'qwe']

Then using itertools.groupby to group them based on the same lambda.
>>> k = lambda s: sorted(list(s))
>>> [list(v) for _, v in groupby(sorted(oe1 + oe2 + oe3, key=k), key=k)]
[['abc', 'cab', 'bca'], ['asd'], ['def', 'fed', 'efd'], ['eqw', 'qwe']]

This can be simplified a bit further by not first converting to a list and just sorting each string.
>>> sorted(oe1 + oe2 + oe3, key=sorted)
['abc', 'cab', 'bca', 'asd', 'def', 'fed', 'efd', 'eqw', 'qwe']
>>> [list(v) for _, v in groupby(sorted(oe1 + oe2 + oe3, key=sorted), key=sorted)]
[['abc', 'cab', 'bca'], ['asd'], ['def', 'fed', 'efd'], ['eqw', 'qwe']]

A: To be easier, let merge them all together. Also, use condition with set() to check whether 2 text are using the same set of characters.
However, my solution doesn't require any sort(). But I added it because I want the output to be the same as your desired output.
oe = oe1 + oe2 + oe3
oe.sort() # optional, no need for sorting
oe_group = []
for i in range(len(oe)):
    if i == 0:
        oe_group.append([oe[i]])
    else:
        for j in range(len(oe_group)):
            if set(oe[i]) == set(oe_group[j][0]):
                oe_group[j].append(oe[i])
                break
            if j == len(oe_group) - 1:
                oe_group.append([oe[i]])

output
[['abc', 'bca', 'cab'], ['asd'], ['def', 'efd', 'fed'], ['eqw', 'qwe']]

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Yibin SuiMiYaCai ( Sui Mi Ya Cai, also known as Pickle Mustard Green) is one of the most popular of pickled and preserved cabbages in China and is used as an important ingredient in many dishes such as Hai Shao Bai, Dan Dan noodles, and dry-braised fish. It has crunchy texture and adds strong taste to stir fries, braised and to soup with enhanced flavor. Yacai is a perfect ingredient as a seasoning and also used in stuffing and served as a cold appetizer. One bag is enough for 8 or 10 servings of Dan Dan noodle, once you start you cannot stop eating until you finish.


Our team builds the Enterprise Data Warehouse that supports much of OHSU's analysis based reporting. Bruce is the Data Administrator who supports these enterprise databases. Our database needs are different from those of usual computer systems. Usually databases are tuned to find and return a single or small set of records, e.g., an employee's address, a patient's last visit date. Our demand is for processing hundreds of thousands of records to return a summary analysis, e.g., average hospital patient length of stay. When we experienced a degradation of response time following a required application upgrade, Bruce independently started researching the configuration settings and came to us with a proposal to change several of the startup settings and add the ability for the database to parallelize more queries. Bruce's changes allow us to use more processing power and let the system auto adjust the number of queries running parallel based on what the system sees as available. Implementation in production was flawless and had reduced the run time from 9 hours of processing to 1 hour. OHSU has had some notable successes with Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence reporting and Bruce is the unsung hero behind many of these efforts.


Dialing the phone number on her screen, Naomi felt a surge of excitement as her mind raced with possibilities. Looks of wonder from her family, compliments from co-workers; actually enjoying the thought of passing in front of a mirror, and best of all, her health would improve and she could finally spend time outdoors with her two kids. She had been morbidly obese for nearly four years – ever since the birth of her second child – and dozens of failed diets later had left her frustrated and depressed. Recently she had considered bariatric surgery but did not have insurance coverage or the funds to cover the cost – that is, until a friend mentioned "medical tourism" and gave her the name of an overseas hospital.
While this scenario may make you chuckle, it is no laughing matter for frustrated patients seeking medical care abroad, or for the many hospitals losing patients, revenue – and their reputation – due to a lack of training and awareness about international patient needs.
Studies have shown that, for a patient, the effectiveness of the interaction with the health providers and coordinators—the experience—is equally important as the accuracy of the diagnosis, treatment and procedure.
Think about that for a moment. What kind of experience have you created for your international patients?
Is your staff culturally competent?
Who's picking patients up at the airport?
What type of accommodations are you recommending?
Are your staff pre-loading patients with the right information?
Are they looking after the needs of the companion?
Do your doctors and nurses understand the particular needs and expectations of international patients?
Are their language barriers across any of the patient touch points?
Are you obtaining feedback and acting on it?
Any one of these details can have a huge impact on the patient experience. Great patient experiences don't just happen out of the blue! They are the result of planning, training, and putting a structure in place that allows them to thrive. Too many hospitals these days are talking the talk but not walking the walk. "Yes, we want to attract international patients." "Of course we have a medical tourism program." But when you ask what steps they are taking to increase their international patient flow it's hard to get a straight answer.
Happy patients breed new patients, new patients breed newer patients and so on, increasing brand awareness, building your reputation and ultimately growing your bottom line.
According to a 2012 survey by Echo Research, three out of four consumers say they have spent more with an organization because of a history of positive customer service experiences.
More importantly, the survey showed that on average, consumers tell 15 people about their good experiences and nearly half of consumers tell someone about their good customer service experiences all of the time.
You may be thinking: Sure, that's what surveys always say, but in the real world these stats rarely translate into real-life patients. Consider this: If you can bring in just four additional international patients a month during the year you can generate approximately $336,000 USD* (assuming $7,000 avg. per procedure) in additional revenue. With the addition of word of mouth advertising and effective marketing you can increase your revenue exponentially. At 50 patients a month you can increase your hospital's revenue to approximately 4.2 million per year.
Let me also give you a real world example of the power of word of mouth advertising (one of many).
Unfortunately, the opposite is also true. The same Echo Research survey revealed that, on average, 24 consumers tell others about their bad experiences and 56 percent of consumers talk to people about them all the time.
According to these statistics, if just one international patient (or prospective patient) a month is having a poor experience, then there are at least 288 people a year who are hearing negative things about your hospital. In the real world, though, some of these people will post negative experiences on blogs or other social media and a percentage of them will tell others and so on. This can exponentially increase negative exposure to thousands of people – some of them are potential patients who will not choose you for their healthcare needs simply because twelve patients had a poor experience at your hospital.
Say you are losing just three patients a month due to bad patient experiences. At the end of the year you will have left approximately $250,000 USD (assuming $7,000 revenue per patient) on the table. Multiply this by five years and you get a real idea of the potential revenue you are losing.
If there is one thing I have learned over the years, it's that patients (particularly overseas patients) do not connect emotionally with your ultra-modern facilities, cutting-edge technology or the fact that one of your doctors has performed 2,000 flawless hip surgeries. These are important elements no doubt, but in the end they're gravy. The real reason they'll choose your hospital (in the vast majority of cases) is because they like and trust the person or persons with whom they are communicating with on a daily basis. In my experience this is typically the patient coordinator (a.k.a. case manager) or the primary physician.
Don't underestimate the impact your staff has on the success of your international program, both positive and negative.
Doctors, nurses and frontline staff should also be aware of their unique roles in improving the patient experience. Management must possess the knowledge to implement a care path specifically designed for international patients.
An empathetic patient coordinator, doctor or nurse that understands a patient's cultural background, listens, connects emotionally, and knows what to say and how to say it, is worth his or her weight in gold. Put them in a hospital system with appropriate protocols and services for international patient care and you have all the ingredients for a successful international program.
Bill Cook is a Medical Tourism Training Instructor – International Patient Services Certification Program for the Medical Tourism Association. He is an internationally recognized expert on medical tourism and international patient services, having built one of Latin America's most successful international patient programs by focusing front and center on providing an outstanding international patient experience.
He has coauthored four books: "Developing an International Patient Center," "The Medical Tourism Facilitator," "The Las Vegas Health and Wellness Guide" and "The Jordan Health and Wellness Guide" together with Renee Marie Stephano, president of the Medical Tourism Association.


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Q: function for switching frames in python, selenium I'm looking for a function that makes it easier to switch between two frames. Right now, every time I need to switch between frames, I'm doing this by the following code:
driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("frame[name='nav']"))

driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_css_selector("frame[name='content']"))

My goal is to get a function that takes an argument just to change nav or content since the rest is basically the same.
What I've already tried is:
def frame_switch(content_or_nav):
x = str(frame[name=str(content_or_nav)] #"frame[name='content_or_nav']"
driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_css_selector(x))

But it gives me an error
 x = str(frame[name=str(content_or_nav)]
                  ^

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

A: The way this is written, it's trying to parse CSS code as Python code.  You don't want that.
This function is suitable:
def frame_switch(css_selector):
  driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_css_selector(css_selector))

If you are just trying to switch to the frame based on the name attribute, then you can use this:
def frame_switch(name):
  driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_name(name))

To switch back to the main window, you can use
driver.switch_to.default_content()


Nafion membranes for hydrogen cells could be improved with new information on their interaction with water. Ellis Davies reports.
A research team from Russia, in collaboration with the Australian National University in Canberra, have described the growth of polymer fibres from a Nafion membrane on interaction with water, for the first time. The membranes are used in hydrogen fuel cells to separate the anode and cathode, and decrease in efficiency as they swell from interaction with water. This issue could now be tackled using the new information.
Nafion is both a strongly hydrophobic and strongly hydrophilic polyelectrolyte tetrafluoroethylene with terminal sulphonic groups, and is therefore an amphiphilic. It is a type of ion-exchange membrane, which has selective ion permeability. In Nafion's case, the hydrated protons move almost unhindered through the membrane to the cathode, where they are reduced with the release of gaseous hydrogen. The effectiveness of this process is controlled by the proton conductivity of the membrane itself.
The foundation of the study began with the Professor Jerry Pollack's theory on the exclusion zone. He showed that near a Nafion surface, a region of several hundred micrometres is formed in water, from which colloidal microspheres are pushed out to create an empty space. From this, the team hypothesised that this zone is a special colloidal system, and that there is something that fills it. In this case, polymer fibres.
In a hydrogen cell, a large volume of water sits close to the membrane surface, causing cylindrical micelles to form due to the Nafion's amphiphilicity and because of the concentration of sulphonic groups at the Nafion/water interface. The resulting micelles look like extended fibres. Researchers believe that these fibres eventually grow towards the bulk of water, into the exclusion zone, similar to the unraveling of a coil of string.
A Nafion membrane is particularly sensitive to deuterium – an isotope of hydrogen – content in water, the researchers found. This is most pronounced in water with 100 and 1,000 parts per million of deuterium. An alteration in this content could therefore improve the efficiency of hydrogen cells.
To investigate, the team developed a non-destructive testing technique for studying the area where the membrane came closest to the water based on photoluminescence spectroscopy, which can detect near-surface structures. 'In addition, we conducted experiments with a common Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer, which showed the presence of a correlation with the data from the first method,' said Bunkin. Using this device, the team was able to detect the polymer fibres growing into the water.
Bunkin believes the results will improve the performance properties of the membranes, specifically their proton conductivity in hydrogen fuel cells, causing increased energy efficiency. 'Note that the sort of curious phenomena we observed in our study is encountered in many fields of science. The classic case is bubble-bubble interactions in salty water – this is utterly inexplicable and highly ion specific. The venerable fields of physical, colloid, surface and polymer chemistry and electrochemistry, on which our classical intuition depends, are badly flawed, if not plain wrong, and missing hidden variables like effects of dissolved gas in water, which are huge and often ignored. Understanding phenomena like the exclusion zone will allow progress in many fields,' he said.