Susan Stone, DNSc, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, president of Frontier Nursing University (FNU), was officially inducted as the new president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) at the organization's annual meeting on May 24th, 2018. ACNM is the professional association that represents certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMs) in the United States. With roots dating to 1929, ACNM is the oldest women's health care organization in the United States. The organization's elected leaders play an important role in guiding the midwifery profession.
Stone was inducted at the ACNM 63rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition, May 20-24, 2018, in Savannah, Georgia. Stone has been active in ACNM for nearly 25 years. She has also served for more than 10 years with the ACNM's collaborative partner, the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME), and as chair of ACME's Board of Commissioners for four years. As president, she will be responsible for working together with the organization's leadership on establishing and carrying out the goals and objectives of ACNM.
"To make the necessary changes, we need to not just be present, but leading in all venues where decisions are being made," said Stone. "We must be participating in legislative agenda and mortality/morbidity review committees, and planning and constructing the health care systems of the future. Midwives must be central in the decision making process. We are the experts at helping women become healthy and remain healthy. We are the teachers, the care providers, and the advocates who can change this picture. Together, with our present students and future graduates, we can make a difference.
Stone's initiatives will be supported by the leadership at ACNM, which also welcomed other newly inducted officers to its Board of Directors during the annual meeting.
Stone has worked in the field of reproductive health care for women for over 30 years. She is an early graduate of Frontier Nursing University's distance education nurse-midwifery program and practiced full scope midwifery care for several years. Believing that having more nurse-midwives would ultimately serve the goal of improved health care outcomes for women, she shifted her focus to the education of nurse-midwives. She has served as president of FNU for the last 17 years. During this time, the University has grown from 200 students to the current enrollment of more than 2,000 students. Stone continues in the role of FNU president with a goal of improving health care for families through increasing the number of well-prepared nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners.
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is the professional association that represents certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMs) in the United States. ACNM promotes excellence in midwifery education, clinical practice, and research. With roots dating to 1929, our members are primary care providers for women throughout the lifespan, with a special emphasis on pregnancy, childbirth, and gynecologic and reproductive health. ACNM provides research, administers and promotes continuing education programs, establishes clinical practice standards, and creates liaisons with state and federal agencies and members of Congress to increase the visibility and recognition of midwifery care. Learn more at acnm.org.
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(Reuters) - The Vatican has for the first time appeared on the State Department's list of money-laundering centers but the tiny city-state is not rated as a high-risk country.
The 2012 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report was made public on Wednesday and Washington's list of 190 countries classifies them in three categories: of primary concern, of concern and monitored.
The Vatican is in the second category, grouped with 67 other nations including Poland, Egypt, Ireland, Hungary and Chile.
It was added to the list because it was considered vulnerable to money-laundering and had recently established programs to prevent it, a State Department official said."To be considered a jurisdiction of concern merely indicates that there is a vulnerability to a financial system by money launderers. With the large volumes of international currency that goes through the Holy See, it is a system that makes it vulnerable as a potential money-laundering center," Susan Pittman of the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, told Reuters.


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Backgrounder on the Case of Kheda Kungaeva
Trial of Yuri Budanov Set for February 28
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The events of March 27
The aftermath and initial investigation
The charges against Budanov and lack of a rape prosecution
On March 27, 2000, Kheda Kungaeva, an eighteen-year-old woman, was taken from her home in Chechnya, beaten, raped, and murdered. (1) On February 28, 2001, the Rostov District Military Court will try Col. Yuri Budanov for Kungaeva's murder. It is the first and only case in which Russian authorities promptly and publicly acknowledged a crime, perpetrated by Russian federal forces against civilians in Chechnya, that constitutes a gross violation of international humanitarian and human rights law. (2)
The military has portrayed Budanov's behavior as an exceptional example of wanton criminality by a serviceman. (3) However, the abduction, beating, rape, and murder of Kungaeva reflect a pattern of violations perpetrated by federal forces that has been exhaustively documented by Human Rights Watch and other nongovernmental organizations. (4)
A diligent prosecution of Budanov would be the first step toward justice for Kungaeva, but should not on its own be interpreted as a sign that Russia is committed to a meaningful accountability process for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law by its forces in Chechnya. Russian authorities have concealed and obstructed the prosecution of its forces for such violations; acknowledgement, investigation, and prosecution of such crimes against civilians have been alarmingly few, and many were conducted in bad faith. (5) A resolution adopted in April 2000 by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights called for Russia, among other things, to establish a national commission of inquiry to investigate such crimes, but Russia has not fulfilled the resolution's requirements. (6)
A forensic medical report, a copy of which was obtained by Human Rights Watch, cited a military procurator's report that on March 27 at 1:00 a.m., Budanov took Kheda Kungaeva, a civilian, from her home in Tangi-Chu and brought her to a military encampment. The forensic examiner concluded that Kungaeva was beaten, anally and vaginally penetrated by a hard object, and strangled at about 3:00 a.m. (7) The report cited marks on her neck, the condition of her blood vessels, the tone of her skin, and the condition of her lungs. It found that other injuries such as bruising found on her face, her neck, her right eye, and her left breast were inflicted by a blow with a "blunt, hard object of limited surface," which occurred approximately one hour before her death.
Russian military authorities first publicly accused Budanov of raping and murdering Kungaeva, and subsequently indicted him only on charges of murder, kidnapping, and abuse of office. Although forensic evidence strongly suggests that Kungaeva was raped, no one is known to have been charged with her rape.
Human Rights Watch welcomes the initiative to prosecute the murder of Kheda Kungaeva, but remains concerned that authorities are ignoring evidence of rape.
We call on the procuracy to conduct prompt, thorough, and impartial investigations of all crimes committed by federal forces against civilians in Chechnya, including crimes of sexual violence, arbitrary detention, torture, and extrajudicial executions. We also call on the procuracy and the court to ensure that Budanov is afforded a fair trial.
Human Rights Watch has followed the Kungaeva case since we documented her alleged rape and murder. (8) This memorandum describes the events surrounding her death and the investigation, and analyzes the charges brought against Budanov. It is based on interviews with Kungaeva's immediate family, the family's lawyer, one other witness, the armed forces' forensic medical examiner's report, and other documents relevant to the case.
On the night of March 26-27, 2000 (9) at about 1:00 a.m., the commander of division 13206 Col. Y.D. Budanov arrived in the village of Tangi-Chu in the Urus-Martan district of the Chechen Republic on APC no. 391 together with servicemen Sergeant Grigoriev, Sergeant Li-En-Shou, and Private Yegorov. On the orders of Colonel Budanov, his subordinates forcibly took citizen K.V. Kungaeva from house no.7 on Zarechni Lane and drove her to the division's encampment on the APC. Around 3:00 a.m. on March 27, 2000 Y.D. Budanov strangled K.V. Kungaeva in trailer 131 [reportedly Budanov's quarters (10)]. On the orders of Colonel Budanov, Private Yegorov, Sgt. Li-En-Shou and Sgt. Grigoriev took the body of K.V. Kungaeva and buried her in a forested area near the encampment. Around 10:00 a.m. on March 28, 2000, Kungaeva's body was exhumed. (11)
Vissa Kungaev, Kheda Kungaeva's father, provided further detail of the events to Human Rights Watch. He said that between midnight and 1:00 a.m. on March 27, 2000, a loud noise woke the Kungaev family. An armored personnel carrier (APC) drove up to their house on the outskirts of the village of Tangi-Chu, carrying three Russian soldiers, and their commander, Colonel Budanov. Kungaev warned his five children and went to his brother's nearby home to seek help. (12)
According to the Kungaev family, armed soldiers entered the Kungaev house. Budanov stood in the corridor while two soldiers entered the bedroom and others guarded the house. First they brought Kungaev's younger daughter, Khava, out of the room, but when she screamed, Budanov reportedly said, "Let her go, take that one." The soldiers then brought out the eldest daughter, Kheda, took her outside, and drove her away in the APC. Vissa Kungaev then returned to his house, only to be told by his children that Kheda Kungaeva had been taken by the soldiers. Kungaev's brother, a neighbor, said the APC bore the number 391. (13) Many have reported that Budanov was drunk at the time.
Later on March 27, a group of villagers obtained permission from local Russian forces to travel to Urus-Martan, seven kilometers away, to search for Kungaeva. They believed she might have been taken to one of two detention facilities run by federal forces in that town. Two witnesses told Human Rights Watch that a federal commander in Urus-Martan told the villagers that Kungaeva had been raped by drunken men and was dead. (14)
According to Kungaev, Budanov's tank regiment had been encamped just outside Tangi-Chu since February 2000, and Budanov himself had a notorious reputation among villagers. About ten days before the rape and murder of Kungaeva, Budanov reportedly arbitrarily searched and looted several homes in Tangi Chu, and on March 25 he reportedly looted and threatened to torch several other homes. (15)
The military responded immediately to Kungaeva's rape and murder, promptly taking Budanov into custody, and assisting the Kungaev family; they also condemned Budanov at the highest levels, without awaiting the outcome of a court proceeding. Federal soldiers returned Kungaeva's body to her family on the evening of March 28, 2000. Maj.-Gen. Alexander Verbitskii told villagers that Budanov had raped and then strangled Kungaeva, and promised that justice would be severe and swift. (16)
Top Russian military officials in the Chechnya war attended Kungaeva's funeral on March 29, including Col.-Gen.Valery Baranov, acting commander of the United Group of Forces in Chechnya at the time, Maj.-Gen. Valery Gerasimov, acting commander of the Western Group of Forces, and his deputy, Major-General Verbitskii. Vissa Kungaev said that the generals were very helpful, paid for the funeral, asked for his forgiveness, and expressed sympathy. (17)
Budanov was arrested on March 29. According to press reports, Budanov claimed that Kungaeva was a sniper, and that he had gone into a rage while questioning her. He reportedly admitting killing her, but denied the rape charges. (18)
On March 29, 2000, Anatolii Kvashnin, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, appeared on national television to announce to President Putin and the nation the arrest of Budanov in the grisly case. Kvashnin accused Budanov of "humiliating" and murdering Kungaeva, and denounced the colonel's behavior as "barbarous" and "disgraceful." (19)
Vissa Kungaev told Human Rights Watch that initially, the investigation seemed satisfactory. He reported meeting with investigators in Tangi-Chu and in Urus-Martan, and reported that investigators also questioned family members and villagers. Kungaev's lawyer said that the investigation established that no members of the Kungaev family were snipers or fighters. (20) However, after six months had passed, Kungaev worried that the investigation had stalled, and sent petitions to the federal military procuracy, the general procuracy, and the Duma, expressing concern about the apparent halt to the investigation and urging that it continue. In October 2000, Kungaev learned that the charges against Budanov did not include rape, and became especially concerned about the investigation at that point.
When he spoke with Human Rights Watch in early February 2001, after authorities had closed the investigation, Kungaev expressed shock and regret that Budanov had not been charged with rape. "They took away the most important charge," he said. (21)
Kungaev's reaction to the failure to prosecute the rape of his daughter may reflect the view common in Chechnya that rape ruins the "honor" not only of the victim but of her extended family. For this reason, families take extreme measures to guard women against rape, and rape is considered by some a crime worse than murder. (22)
Budanov was charged with three crimes: kidnapping resulting in death, abuse of office accompanied by violence with serious consequences, and murder of an abductee. No charges have been brought expressly for the beating and torture Kungaeva endured prior to her death. (23)
Initially, the case of Kheda Kungaeva appeared unique--not in the brutality endured by a Chechen civilian at the hands of federal forces, which was all too familiar--but because top military officials publicly acknowledged and promptly investigated the crime. However, the failure to bring charges of rape, despite the presence of conclusive forensic evidence of anal and vaginal penetration just before her death, raises a concern that authorities are not prosecuting the case fully. (24)
Budanov claimed that he detained Kungaeva on suspicion of being a sniper, and that he killed her during interrogation. The investigation, however, reportedly found that no member of the Kungaev family had in any way been suspected of involvement in criminal activity. (25) Budanov used his official position and a military vehicle to remove Kungaeva from her home, and detained Kungaeva at a military installation. He is charged with exceeding (prevysheniye) his official position with violence resulting in serious consequences, which is punishable by three to ten years of imprisonment (article 286.3 of the criminal code). (26) Budanov, if found guilty of kidnapping resulting in serious consequences or accidental death, would face five to fifteen years imprisonment. (27)
Budanov has also been charged with premeditated murder of an abductee, the most severe charge he faces. If convicted of murder of an abductee, Budanov could face a sentence from at least eight years to life imprisonment, or the death penalty. (28) If convicted of intentional homicide, he would face a sentence of six to fifteen years' imprisonment. (29) A finding that Budanov committed the murder in a state of extreme distress, as provided for under article 107, would make the crime punishable by up to three years of imprisonment, but the sentence would be covered by the May 2000 amnesty. (30)
Three of Budanov's subordinates, Sergeant Li-En-Shou, Sergeant Grigoriev, and Private Yegorev, were charged with concealing a serious crime. (31) According to a press report, one of these men was also charged with desecration of a corpse. (32) While it is unclear what specific criminal act triggered this charge, Human Rights Watch is concerned that it was brought in an attempt to portray the sexual assault as an act that occurred after her death, in order to avoid bringing rape charges. Charges against all three were simultaneously brought and dropped under the May 26, 2000 amnesty law.
The military procuracy declined to answer Human Rights Watch's questions regarding the absence of rape charges in the Kungaeva case, citing the need for confidentiality in the proceedings. (33) It is therefore unclear whether the procuracy is denying that she was raped, or whether it is claiming that prosecutors have not identified a suspect in the rape.
However, the forensic examination of Kungaeva's body, which took place on March 28 in the village of Tangi-Chu, provides strong evidence that she was brutally sexually penetrated just prior to her murder. The forensic physician, a captain in the Russian military medical service, found three tears in her hymen and one in the mucus membrane of her rectum, and the report concludes that she was penetrated anally and vaginally by a blunt object, perhaps an erect penis, approximately one hour before her death:
On the body of K.V. Kungaeva these injuries were found: tears in the hymen and in the mucus membrane of the rectum, caused by insertion of a hard blunt object or objects into the rectum and into the vaginal passage, which is supported by the anatomical characteristics of the injuries specified. It cannot be ruled out that the object was an erect penis. � The tears occurred not long before death (about one hour), which is indicated by the presence of blood flow in the tear of the mucus membrane of the rectum and hymen, blood flow into the mucus membrane in the area of the tears and the absence of signs of healing. In living people injuries such as these do not cause disruption of health or the loss of general well being and are not considered a threat to health. (34)
It is unclear whether the forensic physician or any subsequent examiner collected, analyzed, or preserved other forensic evidence such as semen, fingerprints, hairs, clothing fibers, or other evidence that would have helped identify the perpetrator(s) of the rape.
Kungaeva had just turned eighteen on March 22, 2000. Her given name was Elza, but she was called Kheda. Human Rights Watch interview with Vissa Kungaev, November 16, 2000, Karabulak, Ingushetia.
Major Russian newspapers covered the case. For instance, see: "Colonel Budanov Arrested," Izvestia, March 31, 2000; Alan Kachmazov, "Budanov Hidden in a Known Location," Izvestia, April 8, 2000; March 31, 2000; Viktor Barantsev, "Colonel Budanov to Testify," Komsomolskaya Pravda, March 31, 2000; Andrei Korbut, "Crime Covered up for Three Days," Nezavisimaya Gazeta, March 31, 2000; Vakhtir Akhmedkhanov, "A Dishonor to the Uniform," Obshchaia Gazeta, April 6, 2000; "Colonel Budanov Faces Trial," Kommersant, February 7, 2001; Yulia Kalinina, "Murdered and Buried," Moskovskii Komsomolets, Match 31, 2000.
For example, General Anatolii Kvashnin, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, roundly condemned Budanov, while praising the armed forces' conduct in Chechnya. See ITAR-TASS (Moscow) "Tank regiment commander murdered a Chechnya Resident, he has been arrested, a criminal investigation has been launched, Anatolii Kvashnin informed Vladimir Putin," March 29, 2000. Gen. Kvashnin said, "The United Group of Forces' personnel is performing its constitutional duty in an honest manner, soldiers and officers do not spare their own lives, but at the same time the tank commander, as a matter of fact, turned into a bandit; scoundrels like him should be weeded out from [the army]."
For documentation on summary executions, see "Field Update on Chechnya," January 22, 2001; "February 5: A Day of Slaughter in Novye Aldi," A Human Rights Watch Report, vol. 12 no. 9, June 2000; "No Happiness Remains: Civilian Killings, Pillage, and Rape in Alkhan-Yurt, Chechnya," A Human Rights Watch Report, vol. 12 no. 5; "Civilian Killings in Staropromyslovski District of Grozny," A Human Rights Watch Report, vol. 12 no. 2; Memorial, "Human Rights Situation in the Republic of Chechnya, fall 2000," address given by Oleg Orlov at the Meeting of the Committee for Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe in Paris, December 2000, http://www.memo.ru/hr/hotpoints/northkavkaz.htm (February 1, 2001); Medecins du Monde, "Le Desespoir des civils tchetchenes," November 2000; Maura Reynolds, "War Has No Rules for Russian Forces Battling Chechen Rebels," Los Angeles Times, September 17, 2000. For documentation on arbitrary arrest and torture and inhuman treatment, see Human Rights Watch, see "Welcome to Hell: Arbitrary detention, torture, and extortion in Chechnya," A Human Rights Watch Report, October 2000; Human Rights Watch "Field Update on Chechnya." Vladimir Kalamanov, the special representative for protecting human rights and civil liberties in Chechnya reported 357 complaints of arbitrary detention in its December 2000 report. "Report on the Activity of the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Guaranteeing Rights and Freedoms of Men and Citizens in the Chechen Republic for the Year 2000," Moscow, December 2000, p. 8. According to this report, none of the thirty-five current criminal investigations against Russian soldiers are for arbitrary detention.
5. Human Rights Watch, "Memorandum on Domestic Prosecutions for Violations of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Chechnya," February 9, 2001.
United Nations Commission on Human Rights resolution, "Situation in the Republic of Chechnya of the Russian Federation," E/CN.4/RES/2000/58, April 25, 2000; Human Rights Watch, "Memorandum on Accountability for Humanitarian Law Violations in Chechnya, October 20, 2000.
Report number 22, Forensic Medical Expertise. Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Forensic Lab 124, Rostov-on-Don. April 30, 2000, hereinafter "Forensic medical report." The forensic physician was V. Lianenko.
See Human Rights Watch press release, "More Evidence of Rape by Russian Forces in Chechnya," March 30, 2000.
Russia held its presidential election on March 26, and Vladimir Putin was elected.
Anatolii Yurkin, "Russian Commander Questioned in Rape, Murder Case," ITAR-TASS, March 30, 2000.
Forensic Medical Report, p.1.
Human Rights Watch interview with Vissa Kungaev, November 16, 2000, Karabulak, Ingushetia.
Human Rights Watch interview with "B.D.," March 29, 2000, Karabulak, Ingushetia. Also see Human Rights Watch press release, "More Evidence of Rape by Russian Forces in Chechnya."
Human Rights Watch interviews, "A.B." and "B.D.," March 29, 2000, Karabulak, Ingushetia.
This incident was reported in a complaint filed on May 5, 2000 by the head of the Tangi-Chu village administration to the military procuracy.
Human Rights Watch interview, Vissa Kungaev, November 16, 2000.
David Filipov, "Chechnya Murder Case Tests Russian Justice," Boston Globe, September 19, 2000; Vasilii Kingadze, "Vesti" news program, Russian Television and Radio, March 31, 2000; "Colonel Budanov Faces Trial," Kommersant, February 7, 2001.
ITAR-TASS, "Tank regiment commander murdered a Chechnya Resident."
Irina Dementieva, "The Budanov Case is Sent to Court," Obshchaia Gazeta, February 14, 2001.
Human Rights Watch telephone interview with Vissa Kungaev, February 8, 2001.
For documentation of rapes perpetrated by federal forces, see Human Rights Watch, "No Happiness Remains: Civilian killings, pillage and rape in Alkhan-Yurt, Chechnya"; Human Rights Watch, "Rape Allegations Surface in Chechnya," press release, January 20, 2000; Human Rights Watch, "More Allegations of Rape by Russian Forces in Chechnya," press release, March 30, 2000.
Such abuse may have been dealt with in the charge of exceeding one's official position through violence. This is the charge usually brought against Russian law enforcement agents prosecuted for torture. See Human Rights Watch, "Confessions at Any Cost: Police Torture in Russia," A Human Rights Watch Report, November 1999.
24. Under article 3 of Russia's criminal procedure code, the procuracy is obliged to institute criminal proceedings. Article 3 reads: "Obligation to institute a criminal case and investigate crime: The court, procurator, investigator and organ of investigation are obliged within their jurisdiction to institute a criminal case in every instance of the discovery of signs of a crime, to take all measures stipulated by law to determine the events of the crime, the individuals guilty of committing the crime, and their punishment."
See Irena Dement'eva, "The Budanov Case Has Been Sent to Court," Obshchaia Gazeta, February 14, 2001.
Article 286.3 of the Russian criminal code reads: "Exceeding official powers. �3) Such acts, stipulated in the first and second sections, if committed: a) with the use of violence; b) with the use of weapons or special methods; c) with infliction of severe consequences is punishable by three to ten years imprisonment with up to three years suspension from holding official posts." Article 285 covers abuse (zloupotreblenie) of office.
Budanov is charged with article 126, section 3. Article 126 of the Russian criminal code reads: "Kidnapping. 1. Kidnapping is punishable by four to eight years' imprisonment. 2. Kidnapping, committed: a) by a group of people through previous agreement; b) more than once; c) with the use of lethal or dangerous force; d) with the use of weapons or objects used as weapons; e) in relation to a minor; f) in relation to a pregnant woman; g) in relation to two or more people; h) out of mercenary motives, is punishable by five to ten years imprisonment. 3. Acts, stipulated in the first two sections, if carried out by an organized group or resulting in the death or severe injury of the captive due to carelessness, are punishable by five to fifteen years imprisonment." Notably, the procuracy did not charge Budanov with unlawful detention resulting in serious consequences (article 301.3), which carries a sentence of three to eight years of imprisonment.
Under a 1999 Constitutional Court ruling, judges may not impose a death sentence until trial by jury was available throughout the Russian Federation. However, the criminal code has not been amended to remove death as a sentence for article 105.2.c.
Budanov is charged under article 105.2(c). Article 105 of the Russian criminal code reads: "Murder. 1. Murder, that is premeditated causing of death to another person, is punishable by six to fifteen years of imprisonment. 2. Murder: [�]c) of a person known to be in a helpless condition, or a person kidnapped or a hostage;[�]is punishable by eight to twenty years imprisonment or the death penalty or lifetime imprisonment."
Article 107 of the Russian criminal code reads: "Murder, committed in a state of distress. 1. Murder, committed in a condition of sudden mental disturbance, caused by violence, insult, severe indignity or any wrongful or amoral acts, or by an extended psychotraumatic situation, arisen in connection with systematic wrongful or amoral behavior of the victim is punishable by up to three years deprivation of freedom or imprisonment." "On the Declaration of amnesty in connection with the 55th anniversary of victory in the great patriotic war 1941-1945," No. 398-III GD. Adopted by the State Duma on May 26, 2000. The full text was published in Rossiskaya Gazeta, May 30, 2000, p. 4. The amnesty provided for the release of all prisoners in the Russian Federation serving sentences of three years or less (approximately 120,000 prisoners) and also amnestied those under investigation or indictment for crimes committed before May 26, 2000 that carry a maximum sentence of three years or less. The law was intended primarily to relieve overcrowding in Russia's prison system. Human Rights Watch takes no position on the amnesty, but is concerned that combined with the poor quality of investigations, the amnesty may serve to undermine accountability for violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed by federal forces in Chechnya.
Under article 316 of the Russian criminal code, the maximum sentence for concealing a serious crime is two years imprisonment.
Article 244 of the Russian criminal code, carrying a maximum sentence of three years.
Human Rights Watch, telephone conversations with Andrei Klemanov, head of investigation for the North Caucasus military procuracy; Dep. Col. Latif Gadzhimetov, chief of the North Caucasus military procuracy public relations department; and assistant to Sergei Loginov, head clerk for the North Caucasus Military Court, on February 14, 2001.
Forensic medical report, p. 7.

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They have very keen hearing and use a form of sonar to pick up on food and obstacles, helping to guide them through darkness. Trapping and removal of a bat in Texas can be tricky and should never be attempted if the bat was found in a room where people were sleeping. Read more about the bat guano cleanup process here. While at your property, Surfside Beach bat control will identify the entry points bats are using to access your home and make recommendations to exclude them permanently. Good luck, and be smart about getting rid of bats in the attic! Nuisance bats suspected of having rabies should always be left for professionals to remove.
HOW DO I GET RID OF BATS FROM AN ATTIC? Bat removal is not a simple task. In a nutshell, you have to find out how they are flying in and out, install a special one-way device (there are several different types, for different scenarios) over the exit area, and let them fly out, but not fly back in. There is no effective bat repellent for example that can do the job easily. The proper way to get rid of them is to exclude the colony – seal off 100% of possible secondary entry points on the home and remove all of the bats from the building safely. Can I lure the bats out of my attic with a bat house? How do I build a bat house? It is often very challenging, and it must be done just the right way. An amateur attempt, by someone with no experience, or worse, a pest control company that uses bat poison, could result in disaster – dead, rotting bats, and bats swarming throughout the walls and the home. Why? Because it's so much easier to spot all the gaps and crack at night while focusing a high-beam headlamp on the building.
Brown or grey streaks can be left near soffits, the roof and chimneys and are prime indicators of a bat colony. Bats are very sensitive to air currents, and the cool air which enters an attic after sunset is what triggers the bats to exit the structure and feed each night. How do I clean up the bat guano in my attic? You can't relocate bats, because they will migrate hundreds of miles back to their roost. One of the most common diseases you have to worry about with bats is histoplasmosis as well as rabies. Exact exclusion costs are impossible to quote without a thorough inspection of the structure. Burning bats will flood your living room. However, I think it's very nice to build bat houses, and I have instructions on how to build one, if you read more about bat house here. They are simply opportunists. Read more about the bat guano cleanup process here. What is the bat maternity season? Why can't I remove the bats in the summer?
If Bats Are So Good For The Environment Why Not Leave Them There? Once you have spent the time confirming bats are in your home you'll want to look for ways they are getting in. Once you have all the bats safely out of your attic you can seal off this last point of entry permanently and start the clean-up work. The males roost alone in solitary areas, such as trees. This is the final step in the exclusion process. Read more about how to catch bats inside the house here. We do not use any type of traps, as bats can die from stress while in traps and relocation efforts are not successful. Though they are not blind, their eyesight is very limited especially since they are creatures of the night. Prior to this, the adults return each morning and feed the young. When they can they will choose hollow trees, caves and similar areas for shelters. They end up flying around in your living room.
They have to discover and adopt it on their own, and some bat houses lay dormant for many years. What if I have bats living under Spanish Barrel Tiles on my roof? Under no circumstances should you consider fumigating or poisoning to remove bats from your home. They only give birth to one baby and this usually takes place in late spring. Bat houses are not a solution for a bat problem in a structure. In addition, access can be hard. Above are some photos I've taken at various bat jobs. Bats aren't like rodents. Good luck, and be smart about getting rid of bats in the attic! I have found scratch marks from bats (in the dust) inside furnace and air conditioning ductwork in a home and also an apartment complex, and both sites had experienced bats "appearing" from the register vents in mid-winter. Once you have all the bats safely out of your attic you can seal off this last point of entry permanently and start the clean-up work.


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Creating conductive yarn for functional fabric
Monday, 04 November, 2019
Researchers from Drexel University have developed a way to coat cellulose yarn with flakes of a conductive, two-dimensional material, to imbue it with the conductivity and durability it needs to be knitted into functional fabrics. Their work has been published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.
Most attempts to turn textiles into wearable technology use stiff metallic fibres that alter the texture and physical behaviour of the fabric. Other attempts to make conductive textiles using silver nanoparticles, graphene and other carbon materials raise environmental concerns and come up short on performance requirements. Furthermore, the coating methods that are successfully able to apply enough material to a textile substrate to make it highly conductive also tend to make the yarns and fabrics too brittle to withstand normal wear and tear.
"Some of the biggest challenges in our field are developing innovative functional yarns at scale that are robust enough to be integrated into the textile manufacturing process and withstand washing," said Professor Genevieve Dion, Director of Drexel's Center for Functional Fabrics.
"We believe that demonstrating the manufacturability of any new conductive yarn during experimental stages is crucial. High electrical conductivity and electrochemical performance are important, but so are conductive yarns that can be produced by a simple and scalable process with suitable mechanical properties for textile integration. All must be taken into consideration for the successful development of the next-generation devices that can be worn like everyday garments."
Prof Dion, a pioneer in the field of wearable technology, teamed up with Professor Yury Gogotsi, a leading researcher in the area of two-dimensional conductive materials, to approach the challenge of making a conductive yarn that would hold up to knitting, wearing and washing. Prof Gogotsi's group was part of the Drexel team that discovered highly conductive two-dimensional materials known as MXenes in 2011, and have been exploring their properties and applications for them ever since. His group has since shown that it can synthesise MXenes that mix with water to create inks and spray coatings without any additives or surfactants — a revelation that made them a natural candidate for making conductive yarn that could be used in functional fabrics.
"Researchers have explored adding graphene and carbon nanotube coatings to yarn; our group has also looked at a number of carbon coatings in the past," Prof Gogotsi said. "But achieving the level of conductivity that we demonstrate with MXenes has not been possible until now. It is approaching the conductivity of silver nanowire-coated yarns, but the use of silver in the textile industry is severely limited due to its dissolution and harmful effect on the environment. Moreover, MXenes could be used to add electrical energy storage capability, sensing, electromagnetic interference shielding and many other useful properties to textiles."
In its basic form, titanium carbide MXene looks like a black powder. But it is actually composed of flakes that are just a few atoms thick, which can be produced at various sizes. Larger flakes mean more surface area and greater conductivity, so the team found that it was possible to boost the performance of the yarn by infiltrating the individual fibres with smaller flakes and then coating the yarn itself with a layer of larger-flake MXene.
The team created the conductive yarns from three common, cellulose-based yarns: cotton, bamboo and linen. They applied the MXene material via dip-coating, which is a standard dying method, before testing them by knitting full fabrics on an industrial knitting machine. Each type of yarn was knitted into three different fabric swatches using three different stitch patterns — single jersey, half-gauge and interlock — to ensure that they are durable enough to hold up in any textile from a tight-knit jumper to a loose-knit scarf.
"The ability to knit MXene-coated cellulose-based yarns with different stitch patterns allowed us to control the fabric properties, such as porosity and thickness for various applications," the researchers wrote.
To put the new threads to the test in a technological application, the team knitted some touch-sensitive textiles. Not only did the MXene-based conductive yarns hold up against the wear and tear of the industrial knitting machines, but the fabrics produced survived a battery of tests to prove its durability. Tugging, twisting, bending and washing did not diminish the touch-sensing abilities of the yarn, the team reported — even after dozens of trips through the spin cycle.
The researchers suggest that the ultimate advantage of using MXene-coated conductive yarns to produce these special textiles is that all of the functionality can be seamlessly integrated into the textiles. So instead of having to add an external battery to power the wearable device, or wirelessly connect it to your smartphone, these energy storage devices and antennas would be made of fabric as well — an integration that, though literally seamed, is a much smoother way to incorporate the technology.
"Electrically conducting yarns are quintessential for wearable applications because they can be engineered to perform specific functions in a wide array of technologies," the team wrote.
Using conductive yarns also means that a wider variety of technological customisation and innovations are possible via the knitting process. For example, the study authors suggested, "the performance of the knitted pressure sensor can be further improved in the future by changing the yarn type, stitch pattern, active material loading and the dielectric layer to result in higher capacitance changes".
Prof Dion's team at the Center for Functional Fabrics is already putting this development to the test in a number of projects, including a collaboration with textile manufacturer Apex Mills — a leading producer of material for car seats and interiors. Prof Gogotsi suggests the next step for this work will be tuning the coating process to add just the right amount of conductive MXene material to the yarn for specific uses.
"With this MXene yarn, so many applications are possible," Prof Gogotsi said. "You can think about making car seats with it so the car knows the size and weight of the passenger to optimise safety settings. Textile pressure sensors could be in sports apparel to monitor performance, or woven into carpets to help connected houses discern how many people are home. Your imagination is the limit."
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Here, the green waveform is the input waveform(V1) and the blue waveform is the potential drop across Vc1 and Vc2.
To me it seems like a peak detector getting clamped, but then the first half cycle and the second half cycle messes that up. Can this circuit be described as some basic electronic circuit?

A: The first half-cycle charges C1 so Vc1 goes positive while C2 is still uncharged.
The second half-cycle charges C2 so that Vc2 goes negative. Since Vc1 is still positive the difference between the two is doubled.
The circuit is called "a voltage doubler".

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Figure 1. A more usual way of drawing the circuit may look more familiar.

A: This is basically a "voltage doubler" circuit.  There are many variations of this but as you can see, that's basically what you get across Vc1 to Vc2.  It's 2X V1's peak.

A: It is called a voltage multiplier, or more specifically a voltage doubler.

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The surname "Coote" is taken from the historical General Sir Eyre Coote, who was disgraced in a flogging scandal in 1815: in "Miss Coote's Confession" the general is stated to be Rosa Coote's grandfather.  The character is probably based on the real-life Theresa Berkley who ran a brothel in Soho in the 1830s.

The character reappears in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. She is Headmistress of the Correctional Academy for Wayward Gentlewomen, where the League discover Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man, impregnating her students (who believe he is the Holy Spirit), including Rebecca Randall (from Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) and Pollyanna Whittier (from Pollyanna and Pollyanna Grows Up).

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Sharing CERN's expertise in big data with the biomedical community
On 6-7 June, CERN hosted a first-of-its-kind workshop on big data in medicine. The event marked the conclusion of a two-year pilot investigation into how CERN-developed technologies and techniques related to computing and big data could potentially be used to address challenges faced in biomedicine. The main goal of the workshop was to establish the terms for broader collaboration with the medical and healthcare research communities in future.
CERN and the high-energy physics community have pioneered the use of large-scale, distributed, data-driven research models. Over recent years, other scientific fields have begun to collect and process ever more data, meaning that they now face similar challenges in terms of data infrastructures, computing technologies, and software applications.
In 2017, CERN adopted a specific knowledge-transfer strategy for the benefit of medical applications. This strategy focuses on maximising the impact of CERN's engagement through sharing knowledge and ideas with the medical and healthcare communities, in order to identify the most relevant applications for these user communities.
"Applications of CERN technologies and know-how in the medical domain have the highest potential for impact on society", says Manuela Cirilli, leader of the Medical Applications section within CERN's Knowledge Transfer group. "CERN will continue to support the knowledge-transfer process from particle physics to medical research and the medical technology industry, in order to boost healthcare innovation and provide solutions to present and future health challenges."
CERN's strategy covers applications related to the three major technology pillars of high-energy physics: particle accelerators, detectors, and computing.
The workshop brought together leaders from a variety of fields related to the application of big-data technologies and techniques in biomedicine. The World Health Organization and the European Commission were both represented at the event, as well as a number of leading universities. Participants discussed topics such as personalised medicine, in silico trials, digital health ecosystems, blockchain, and more. Several talks centred on data, addressing various aspects related to its handling — including data privacy, compatibility, and preservation. Many discussions also focused on emerging technologies, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). The ethics of these technologies — particularly when used in a biomedical context — were also discussed at length.
"Through the workshop, we tried to separate the hype from the reality when it comes to big-data technologies and AI for personalised medicine," says Manjit Dosanjh, CERN's Senior Advisor for Medical Applications and co-organiser of the event. "It was also an important first step towards understanding what we really need to do to turn the promise of these technologies into reality."
On the second day of the event, participants took part in an in-depth discussion, which will serve as the basis for a white paper to be published later this year. This document will set out the main societal and economic challenges in medical research and healthcare systems that emerged from the discussion, describe how collaborative platforms and big-data technologies can help addressing such challenges, and provide recommendations on how such multi-disciplinary efforts could be organised.
During these in-depth discussions, it became clear that the participants from the biomedical community were not only keen on learning about technologies developed at CERN, but were also eager to understand more about the intricacies of CERN's model for collaboration across countries and research communities, as well as how technological innovation and adoption is driven within our community.
"It was very interesting to see the interaction from experts of different fields folding out in front of our eyes during these two days," says Alberto Di Meglio, head of CERN openlab and co-organiser of the event. "It proves that CERN can provide the ground for 'outside-the-box' discussions and can help stimulate new ways of thinking."
"Dialogue of this kind between diverse research communities is always beneficial," continues Di Meglio. "As well as sharing the expertise we have built up with various big-data technologies, we are also able to learn a lot from our interaction with research communities now facing similar challenges".
The workshop also marked the end of Philippe Lambin's two-year tenure as chair of the CERN Medical Applications Advisory Committee. "CERN is an inspiring place, that leads all of us to dream," says Lambin, who leads 'The D-Lab' at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. "In pursuing its mission to unravel the secrets of the universe, CERN has developed a range of technologies that are of great interest to the medical community." He continues: "CERN is always careful to avoid competing with or duplicating the work of existing organisations, but there is nevertheless significant value in bringing together leading experts from a number of fields in a cross-domain workshop like this."
To find out more about the workshop, please visit the event page, where you can access the presentations given.


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Italian jobs summit fails to impress
By Henriette Jacobsen | EURACTIV.it
Students protest against the government, and banks. Milan, March 2012. [Shutterstock]
The EU summit on jobs and growth, organised by Italy's Matteo Renzi, took place in Milan yesterday (8 October), without any concrete measures being taken to deliver jobs and combat youth unemployment. EURACTIV Italy reports.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, Council President Herman Van Rompuy, Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Parliament President Martin Schulz, attended the conference to discuss the EU's efforts to create jobs and growth, and problems in the labor market, particularly youth unemployment.
"I think we have a big problem in Europe, (with) youth unemployment, but we are changing things with our structural reforms," Merkel said at the closing press conference. "The EU has already allocated €9 billion into a fund initiative, and the Commission has set up a platform to distribute the money. All young people can use this network. It's important to invest, but we also need to know where. We know that the digital sector will become important," Merkel continued.
Meanwhile, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi tried to bring up a discussion of budget flexibility for some member states, that are going to exceed the EU's fiscal rules on budget deficits in the years to come. This was not officially on the summit's agenda. Renzi said that Italy aims to limit its budget deficit to below 3% to gain credibility, though he believes the rules were designed for Europe's situation ten years ago, "in another world". The prime minister even mentioned that back then Germany surpassed the 3% budget deficit.
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Student march. Torino, February 2013. [Joel Schalit]
However, according to Hollande, there wasn't much discussion about the budget among EU leaders. "Today, we didn't talk about the budget. There are meetings already planned for the end of October and in December. We will use the allowed tools for flexibility," the French president said.
?Summit fails to impress
In Brussels, Greens' co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Philippe Lamberts slammed the Milan meeting.
"The only employment this summit has created is for EU diplomats, journalists and hoteliers in Milan. It is purely a public relations exercise aimed at enhancing Italian prime minister Renzi's image as someone fighting against unemployment," they said in a statement.
"EU leaders already decided earlier this year on a European Youth Guarantee Scheme, amounting to €6 billion, to tackle youth unemployment, but nothing has happened since. Instead of trying to raise their media profile, EU leaders should come up with actual concrete proposals to combat unemployment, and not only youth unemployment," the Green MEPs continued.
According to Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency, 24.8 million adults, equal to 10.2% of the EU's labour force, were unemployed in the 28 member union during the month of July. Greece and Spain have the highest unemployment rates at 27.2% and 24.5% respectively. The youth unemployment rate also continues to be very high in those to countries, currently estimated at 60%.
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Employment Commissioner László Andor also critisised the high-level conference. Andor wrote on the social media twitter that he was surprised that the European Youth Forum, a youth organisation, wasn't invited to Milan.?
"Continued involvement of youth organisations in the Youth Guarantee delivery is key," the Commissioner tweeted.
Eurochambres' honorary president Christoph Leitl commented on the summit:
"Enhancing the quality and quantity of work-based learning across the EU is crucial to tackling youth unemployment and crucial to our ability to grow, innovate and prosper in a global economy. This is why a flagship initiative on apprenticeships must be a key element of the revised Europe 2020 Strategy."
BusinessEurope's President Emma Marcegaglia spoke at the meeting:
"European competitiveness is the best friend of employment, not its enemy. Our main social problem, unemployment, is not due to a deficit of social policy, but to a lack of global competitiveness."
Between 2007 and 2013, youth unemployment reached record highs across Europe, dramatically increasing from 15.7% to 23.4%, according to Eurostat. EU heads of state and government agreed in February 2013 to launch a €6 billion Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) to get more young people into work. Later at a summit in June, the amount was increased to €9 billion.
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Worldwide, as many as one billion went hungry in 2009. The future challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly stark as its populations continue to grow and current methods of agricultural production fail to meet needs. By mid-Century, the United Nations projects the population of Sub-Saharan Africa to increase by 120 percent, by another 1.2 billion people.
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These 14 people went missing in Cornwall over the past month and here's the latest update on their whereabouts
Fortunately most have been found safe and well
In just four weeks there has been at least 14 searches for missing people in and with links to Cornwall.
Below is a list of the searches we know about and how they have been resolved.
Fortunately most have been found safe and well.
In most, if not all, cases Devon and Cornwall Police has heaped praise on the public for their assistance in the searches.
Family of teen who is believed to have taken his own life in Newquay raises more than £12.5k in just one week
Hannah Barnes, 14
Teenage girl Hannah Barnes went missing from Newquay
Police in Newquay asked for help in locating a teenage girl who has gone missing from the seaside town.
Officials from Devon and Cornwall Police said there were growing worries for the safety of Hannah Barnes, who disappeared in the Newquay area on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 15.
Fortunately she was later FOUND safe and well.
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Michael Birrell, 46
Michael Birrell
Officers were concerned for the safety of Michael Birrell, 46, who lives in the Exeter area, after his family reported him missing.
He was thought to be in the Padstow area, luckily his family confirmed officers tracked him down near Wadebridge at around 9pm on Sunday, November 12.
Police confirmed he was FOUND after he made his way back home and returned safely to his family in the early hours the next day.
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Thomas Mugford, 24
Thomas Mugford
After several sightings reported in the Redruth area, and further police searches, Thomas Mugford was located at the Rising Sun pub and restaurant in St Mawes.
Staff there had recognised him from press reports of the search for him over the past week. They confirmed his identity by asking the 24-year-old from Camborne for ID to prove he was old enough to drink.
He was identified at 9pm on November 4 and they then called Devon and Cornwall Police to say he was FOUND.
Officers arrived at 10.30pm and returned him to Bodmin Hospital, from where he was reported missing on October 28. He was being treated there for mental health issues, including schizophrenia.
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Jessie McLean, 20
Jessie McLean
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Devon and Cornwall Police thanked the public for assistance.
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Man in his 30s found eventually at Kennall Vale
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At the start of November police revealed how they spent two hours searching woods for a missing man in his 30s.
Several police cars and the police helicopter were involved in the search in woodland at Kennall Vale, Ponsanooth, near Penryn.
Police were concerned for the man' welfare and he was FOUND later and taken to the Longreach mental health unit in Redruth.
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Stephen Grenfell, 29
Stephen Grenfell
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Michael Edwards, 32
A missing man from Hampshire who was believed to be in the Penzance area was FOUND outside of Cornwall.
Michael Edwards, 32, was last seen at 8.30am on Saturday, October 21, in Picket Twenty Way in Andover.
However police believed the 32-year-old travelled to the Penzance area.
A large-scale search was launched near Guildford Road in Hayle on Monday (October 24) after Michael's car was found near Higher Trenhayle Solar Farm.
A tweet from Devon and Cornwall Police on Tuesday October 24 said: "Michael Edwards who was missing from Andover, thought to be in Penzance, has now been located in Hampshire. Thanks for all of your help."
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Michael John Cole, 43, and his two sons aged seven and eight
On Friday, October 20, Devon and Cornwall Police shared a missing person appeal for information on the whereabouts of a man from Berkshire and his two sons.
It is understood that they have since been found. The Eastern Daily Press and Get Reading reported that all three were FOUND by Thames Valley Police
Initially sharing the appeal on behalf of Thames Valley Police, the force said Michael John Cole, aged 43, and his two boys, Michael Lee Cole, aged eight, Harry Cole, aged seven, were reported missing to police on Monday, October 2.
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Mark Stacey, 40
Mark Stacey
Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Mr Stacey, 40, was last seen late this morning (October 18) when he left his home in Torpoint in a distressed state, he was riding his red and black Honda Foreman quad bike which has a dog cage on the back.
"Mark is described as white, 40-years-old with short blond hair and blue eyes. He has a tattoo on his right hand. He was wearing blue work trousers and a blue jumper and wearing yellow/orange boots."
He has since been FOUND safe and well, with police thanking the public for the assistance.
Michael Moore, 47
Michael Moore, 47, was last seen by his family on the morning of Tuesday, October 17, when he left his home in the Ayelstone Road area of Leicester in his green Ford Mondeo estate car.
Leicester Police revealed Mr Moore has friends in the Devon and Cornwall area and it was possible he could have travelled.
Fortunately Michael was FOUND safe and well the next evening, in Leicester.
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Sean Gower, 36
Sean Gower
A criminal with one eye and a missing finger is reportedly still being hunted by police in Cornwall and Devon - after the initial appeal was shared on Tuesday, October 17.
Sean Gower is wanted by Avon and Somerset Constabulary after he failed to comply with conditions put in place after his release from prison.
Gower, 36, was previously convicted of a wounding offence and is now being sought across Devon and Cornwall too.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary still has an outstanding wanted appeal for him on its website.
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Terence Dengler, 67
Terence Dengler (Image: Devon and Cornwall Police)
The public was urged to help find a missing 67-year-old man from Truro.
He had not been seen since he left home on October 12.
Fortunately on October 16 police confirmed that Terence had been FOUND safe in the Exmouth area.
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Kathryn Lockley-Brown, 28
Kathryn Lockley-Brown (Image: Devon and Cornwall Police)
On Saturday, October 14, Kathryn, who has links to Camborne, Redruth and Falmouth, was FOUND safe and well after going missing on Tuesday, October 3.
The 28-year-old also went missing in August and was found several days later.


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Arn Anderson dealing with "The Four Horsemen" trademark issues
By Watch Wrestling Online On Nov 13, 2020
Back in October, it was revealed that Arn Anderson was trying to get the rights to the name of a legendary faction that he was part of.
The legendary pro wrestler applied to trademark The Four Horsemen with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) under his real name of Marty Lunde on September 27th.
Ric Flair, Anderson, Ole Anderson, and Tully Blanchard were the original members of the group. Alongside manager JJ Dillion, they became a top faction in Jim Crockett Promotions and later WCW.
Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Anderson is dealing with issues while trying to get the rights to the trademark due to Notre Dame University.
It turns out that there was a group of players known as the Four Horsemen on Coach Knute Rockne's 1924 team. By doing a quick Google search, Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden made up the football faction.
For those who may not know, the name comes from Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Both Anderson and Blanchard are in AEW as Anderson is serving as the head coach of Cody Rhodes while Blanchard manages Shawn Spears. Regarding the other two members, Flair is in WWE and Ole is retired from the pro wrestling business.
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Q: Setting up a test copy of a website I'm my own developer for my little discussion forum and commerce website.  So far so good.
Now I want to create a complete/exact copy of my production site so I can do development work without putting the production site at risk.  I registered a domain www.dev-foosite.com that I hope can become the copy of my site www.foosite.com
Here's the snag.  I have a VPS hosting account which works great so far -- but I can't use the cpanel backup from the main site, as a restore to the dev site.  My hosting company says that there is a username conflict and even if we change the username, then the mySQL databases will need to be renamed.
So before I get wrapped around the axle on this, how should I proceed?  I'd rather not have to purchase another separate hosting account but if that's the only answer I guess I will.

A: Go to phpmyadmin and export the database. In cpanel, go and make a new database. Then in phpmyadmin. Import the database.
Now, download all of the files into a folder from the forum using an FTP client like Filezilla
Then upload the previously downloaded files to the dev site
Edit config.php with the new database and password and change the server settings in admin control panel in phpbb to your new webiste url.

A: I think this website will help you out: http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/phpbb-forum/local-server-setup-xampp-t4965.html
It basically runs you through downloading and installing XAMPP so you can download your remote site so you can work on it locally. When you're ready to go live, just publish the changes.


The Bank of North Dakota: A Solution to Municipal Financing After Divestment?
First it was Seattle, which voted to divest city accounts from Wells Fargo early last year. Then Davis, California, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and other cities followed, citing a range of reasons, including a recent fees scandal and the bank's support of energy infrastructure development projects, such as the Dakota Access Pipeline. After voting for divestment, city councils are left with a knotty problem: where to put the city's accounts? To begin, few banks are large enough to handle the size of the deposits most cities need to make, and many of those that are have also invested in fossil fuel development. As a result, more and more city councils have been floating the idea of a municipal bank, a project that would likely be modeled after the Bank of North Dakota.
Considered by many to be America's only "socialist" bank, the Bank of North Dakota was founded in 1919 by an act of the state legislature. At the time, a party called the Non-Partisan League that united labor organizers and farmers had captured the governor's office and the state House. Organized by A.C. Townley, a former member of the socialist party, the Non-Partisan League was created specifically to support the social and economic position of the farmer, as opposed to banks in places like Minneapolis and Chicago, which had raised interest rates on farm loans to as high as 12 percent.
Members of the Non-Partisan League believed that the creation of a publicly-owned bank and grain mill would protect them from price gouging. When it opened, on July 28, 1919, the Bank of North Dakota held about $2 million in capital. Its holdings have grown, but its primary deposit base remains the state of North Dakota itself.
Throughout its history, the bank has been focused on the well being of the state. During the 1940s, for example, it sold back farmland that had been foreclosed on during the Great Depression, often to the same families. In 1961, Governor William Guy took office with the belief that the bank should function as an engine for economic development. As a result, he began the process of partnering with other commercial lending groups to extend its loan outreach.
As part of this program, the Bank of North Dakota also offered the first federally-insured student loan in the United States in 1967.
Today, the Bank of North Dakota functions primarily as a "banker's bank," offering loans in partnership with other financial institutions. This allows the Bank of North Dakota to expand the lending potential of smaller credit institutions in the state. The Institute for Self-Reliance, a group supporting environmentally and socially sound community development, says that North Dakota has one of the strongest networks of community banks in the country.
"By helping to sustain a large number of local banks and credit unions, BND has strengthened North Dakota's economy, enabled small businesses and farms grow, and spurred job creation in the state," the Institute writes.
The only service it sells directly to consumers is student loans, which comprise about a third of its loan portfolio. In part, this reflects a conscious decision on the part of regulators not to allow the state bank to become a competitor with local lending institutions, but rather to serve in a support role. As a result, much of the Bank of North Dakota's loan portfolio is comprised of loans that originated in other banks or credit unions, but for which the state bank provided a portion of the funds.
Even so, the Bank of North Dakota operates on a scale much smaller than most of the cities would need. In 2016, the bank set a new record high for its profits, which reached a lofty $136.2 million, up roughly four percent from the year before. When the bank turns a profit, a portion revenues are returned to the general fund, in this case to help the state to handle a budget shortfall.
As cities explore divestment, North Dakota's example has been brought up more and more. Its utility may rest on an understanding of how the goals of the projects relate. While places like San Francisco and Seattle are concerned about support for fossil fuels and want control of the loans their deposits are used to fund, North Dakotans were worried about interest rates and created a bank to promote lending. So far, cities rushing into divestment have few clear plans for what to do after making such a drastic move.