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Lightning Tal Afar Battle Tests U.S. Soldiers' Agility
During the grinding battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group, U.S. advisers to the Iraqis often settled in at tactical bases near the front for several weeks, but the fast-moving fight for Tal Afar — one of the last ISIS bastions in Iraq before being liberated Thursday — put their agility to the test.
Less than 20 miles from Tal Afar, on the eighth day of the Iraqi-led offensive, a whirlwind spun a column of dust across a field, but the U.S. artillery firing line was still. A crew member from a Paladin self-propelled howitzer washed laundry in a bucket, teased by a peer who dumped water on his head.
Nothing would remain damp long in the baking heat, though, which was fortunate for Spc. Gary Bartnik. Sometime after he'd started the wash, the platoon was ordered to move out again, about two weeks after rolling in.
Coalition troops were being repositioned to support their partners better after Iraqi Security Forces swiftly routed ISIS militants from Tal Afar, located about 25 miles from the border with Syria, and pursued hundreds to a village to the northwest. Days later, in the middle of its second week, the battle would be declared over.
The Iraqi offensive, planned and launched less than two months after a punishing, nearly 270-day battle in Mosul, impressed some U.S. advisers. It may also have caught ISIS flat-footed, causing them to fold and run, said Col. Charlie Costanza, a coalition deputy commander in Irbil.
But even before the battle had started, preparations for it required soldiers to adapt on the fly. Lt. Col. John Hawbaker, a commander within the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team advising Iraqi forces, said he was planning to turn left when leading his unit's relocation from a tactical base south of Mosul, where it had supported federal police forces, but at the last minute he was told to turn right to support the Iraqi army's 16th division outside Tal Afar…
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René Faye est un coureur cycliste français, né le  à Champagnac-la-Rivière (Haute-Vienne) et mort le  au Port-Marly (Yvelines).

Palmarès
Jeux olympiques d'été
  Médaille de bronze en cyclisme sur piste en tandem  aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1948 à Londres avec Gaston Dron

Vainqueur du Grand Prix de Paris en 1947
2 du Grand Prix Cyclo-Sport de vitesse en 1947
3 du Grand Prix de Paris en 1948

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Naissance dans la Haute-Vienne
Naissance en décembre 1923
Décès au Port-Marly
Décès en janvier 1994
Décès à 70 ans
Coureur cycliste français
Coureur cycliste sur piste
Coureur cycliste aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1948
Médaillé de bronze olympique français

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Sheffield Wednesday have completed their first capture of the summer by signing experienced winger George Boyd on a free transfer.
George Boyd became the Owls' first recruit of the summer, penning his contract with the club on Monday.
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With the exception of one massive siege from the Ilkhanate Mongol Era, the rest are from either World War 1 or World War 2.
Caliph Al-Musta'sim is imprisoned following the 1258 Siege of Baghdad, an event is that claimed to have taken more than 2 million lives.
10. Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944 (1.12 million casualties)
The Siege of Leningrad marks one of the darkest periods of World War II, as German and Finnish armed forces sieged the city of Leningrad in the Soviet Union, leading to 1.12 million casualties over a period of around 872 days. The siege began on September 8, 1941 and continued until January 27, 1944. Though Leningrad put up its own defenses in retaliation to the approaching German and Finnish forces, by November of 194 the city had been almost completely encircled by the enemy troops. Vital supplies to the city were cut off, and the inhabitants suffered terribly, with 650,000 Leningraders dying in 1942 alone. Starvation, disease, and shelling activities by the enemy forces were all partially responsible for the massive death tolls seen during the Siege of Leningrad. Only sparse supplies that were obtained across Lake Ladoga kept the city's surviving population alive (even if barely) during this period. In 1943, Soviet troops managed to rupture the German encirclement, allowing more supplies to reach the city. Finally, in January of 1944, the Soviet Army drove out the Germans and pushed them westward, ending the siege of the city.
9. The Somme, 1916 (1.12 million casualties)
The Somme Offensive, or the Battle of the Somme, was an epic World War I battle fought in Somme, France, by the British and French forces against those of the Germans. It occurred between July 1st, 1916 and November 18th, 1916. The battle claimed the lives of nearly 1.12 million civilians and military men. The first day of the Somme battle was one of the worst days in the history of the British Army, as around 57,470 British soldiers lost their lives. This day also marked the defeat for the German Second Army, who were driven out of their positions by the French Sixth Army. The battle was known for its focus on air power and, towards the end, the Allied forces managed to penetrate 6 miles into German-occupied territories.
8. Stalingrad, 1942-1943 (1.25 million casualties)
The Battle of Stalingrad marked a significant turning point in World War II, as the German forces suffered a massive attack and defeat in Russia. The battle ensued when Hitler ordered his troops, who were advancing towards the Caucasus, to move back and attack the Russian city of Stalingrad. Probably his extreme hatred for the Russian dictator Joseph Stalin triggered his decision to attack the city. The Russian forces were also not ready to give up and, as the city was named after Stalin, the battle turned into an egotistic one between the two nations' respective leaders. The consequences were deadly, as the rival forces fought fiercely, often engaging in hand to hand combat as they tried to capture and recapture individual streets. The battle ended with a severe defeat suffered by the German troops, who were then forced into a full retreat from the area. 1.25 million precious lives were lost in the Battle of Stalingrad.
7. Ichi-Go, 1944 (1.3 million casualties)
The Operation Ichi-Go, which resulted in almost 1.3 million casualties, was launched by the Japanese forces on April 19, 1944. The objectives of this operation were to take control of the railroad between Beiping and Hong Kong, as well as of the Allied airfields in southern China, from where US forces were launching the planes that were bombing the Japanese homeland and its shipping ports. The other objective was the destruction of food supplies and crops in order to worsen the already bad food crisis in China. The success of the Japanese forces at the end of the operation was, however, marginal, as the US forces still remained able to bomb Japan from Saipan and other Pacific bases.
6. Taking of Berlin, 1945 (1.3 million casualties)
This was the culmination in the final series of events leading to the downfall of Hitler and the Nazi Germans. It began on April 16, 1945, when 20 army troop regiments, 8,500 aircrafts, and 6,300 tanks were unleashed by the Russian dictator Josef Stalin. They were sent with the ultimate goal of crushing the defending German forces and capturing Berlin. Though the already depleted German forces put up stiff resistance, they were no match for the determined Russian forces who had surrounded the city of Berlin by April 24th. Street-to-street and house-by-house battles brewed up, resulting in a massive bloodbath that claimed almost 1.3 million lives by the time all was said and done. Finally, the Russian troops emerged victorious, and the 'Fuhrer', knowing his last days were near, married his long time ,mistress in his underground bunker after which time both ended their lives by committing suicide. The Russians' arrival and taking of Berlin before the Americans could arrive would have a huge geopolitical impact in the US-USSR Cold War in the decades to follow.
5. Operation Barbarossa, 1941 (1.4 million casualties)
One of the largest military operations in the history of mankind, the Operation Barbarossa was launched by Hitler on June 22, 1941 against the Soviet Union. Over 3 million Axis troops and 3,500 tanks were directed into the Soviet Union, with the aim to capture the Baltic states and Leningrad in the North and Moscow in the center, as well as the economic resources of the Soviet Union that lay to the southern extents of the campaign. Germany's major victory over France had encouraged the Axis Forces to plan the Barbarossa operation. Though the strong German forces were able to subdue the unprepared Soviet troops at the beginning, leading to heavy losses in terms of Russian life, territory, and fighting supplies, the Soviets were not ready to give up. Thus, towards the end of Operation Barbarossa, the German forces were met with heavy retaliation from the Soviet troops, this time leading to heavy losses on the German side of the front lines. Nearly 1.4 million fatal casualties occurred during this death-dealing operation.
4. German Spring offensive, 1918 (1.55 milion casualties)
During the final parts of World War I, the Germans launched a series of attacks, referred to as the Spring Offensive, on the Western Front, starting on March 21st, 1918. There were four German offensive spearheads participating in this operation. 'Michael' was the most significant offensive of the four, and was intended to outflank the British troops that defended the Somme, while the other offensives were meant to divert the Allied forces away from the primary target of the Somme. However, retaliation by a powerful Allied army, the inability to move German supplies and reinforcements, and heavy casualties on the German side, led to the retreat of the German troops by late April of 1918. Around 1.55 million lives were lost in this battle.
3. Dnieper, 1943 (1.58 million casualties)
In 1943, the Battle of the Dnieper, one of the largest of all World War II operations, was launched, involving as many as 4,000,000 troops on both sides, and stretching across 1,400 kilometers of the Eastern Front. During this war, the Red Army managed to recover the eastern bank of the Dnieper River from the German forces (pictured crossing the Dnieper above). The fatal casualties of the battle were as high as 1.58 million, proving this to be one of the costliest battles during World War II
2. Brusilov, 1916 (1.6 million casualties)
The Brusilov Offensive, which took place between June and August of 1916, was a major success for the Russians, who had until then mostly suffered large defeats at the hands of the German forces and their Central Power allies. When, in February of 1916, the French city of Verdun was sieged by the German forces, other Allied forces joined hands to divert the Germans towards other areas, allowing Verdun to recover. While the British set up their own offensive along the Somme River, the Russians proved extremely quick in action, and attacked the German forces at Lake Narocz. However, the Russians were highly unsuccessful in this attempt, which resulted in mass slaughtering of the Russian troops by the German forces. A subsequent offensive was planned near Vilna and, while this was put into action, General Alexei Brusilov, an experienced cavalryman and an efficient commander of the Southwestern Army, attempted to convince his superiors to let his forces launch an attack on the Germans. His wish was granted, and thusly Brusilov led his offensive attacks on the Austro-Hungarian 4th Army, defeating them completely. The attack was so severe with about 1.6 million casualties, that the German forces were forced to withdraw their own plans for future attacks, and instead had to rush to help their newly made Central Powers ally, the Austro-Hungarians. Finally, with Russian resources beginning to run out, the Brusilov Offensive came to a close on September 20th, 1916. When it was all said and done, it became the costliest battle in terms of human lives in modern history.
1. Mongol Sacking of Baghdad, 1258 (~2 million casualties)
Though the previous nine deadly battles all belonged to the World War I and World War II eras, the most treacherous recorded battle in the history of the world in terms of death tolls was waged a much longer time back. It occurred in 1258, when the Mongol forces sacked the city of Baghdad. The event took place during a short period between January 29 and February 10, 1258, but was violent enough to result in around 2 million casualties, military and civilian alike. The Siege of Baghdad was carried out by Hulagu Khan, the brother of Khagan (emperor) Möngke Khan. The initial orders dispatched from Möngke Khan were not directed at overthrowing the Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad, but rather to convince the then-Caliph Al-Musta'sim to quietly surrender to the Mongol forces. However, the Caliph refused to do so, leading to the siege of the city, and the subsequent complete ransacking of Baghdad by the conquering Mongols. The blood-bathed city was forced to surrender to the destructive Mongols within only 12 days of the initial Mongol attacks. This battle also brought an inglorious end to the Islamic Golden Age and its many impressive cultural, scientific, and architectural achievements.
What Was the Deadliest Battle in Human History?
The deadliest battle in the history of the recorded world occur in 1258 when Mongol forces attacked the city of Baghdad. It is estimated to have resulted in around 2 million casualties between January 29 and February 10, 1258.
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Based on Tracy Letts' Pulitzer® Prize- and Tony® Award-winning play of the same name, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY is a dark, hilarious, and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in and the dysfunctional woman who raised them. Directed by John Wells (THE COMPANY MEN), the film features an all-star cast led by Golden Globe®-Nominees Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, including Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Sam Shepard, and Misty Upham.
Critics Consensus: The sheer amount of acting going on in August: Osage County threatens to overwhelm, but when the actors involved are as talented as Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, it's difficult to complain.
Affecting but exhausting dysfunctional-family drama.
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HOUSTON (AP) – Houston's Justin Verlander and Miami's Sandy Alcantara were unanimously selected for the Cy Young Award.
It is the second time that winners in both leagues have been unanimous since the award began in 1956, following Detroit's Denny McLain in the American League and St. Louis' Bob Gibson in the National League in 1968.
The 39-year-old Verlander, who also won the AL Award in 2019 after winning both MVP and Cy Young in 2011, is the 11th player to win it three times. Also in 2011 he won unanimously.
Verlander led the majors with a 1.75 ERA — the lowest of his 17-year career — after missing almost all of the previous two seasons while recovering from Tommy John's surgery. He is the fourth AL pitcher with two unanimous wins after Roger Clemens (1986, 1998), Pedro Martinez (1999, 2000) and Johan Santana (2004, 2006).
Verander led the Astros to the best record in the AL, and while the postseason doesn't count for the award, he clinched his first World Series win of his career in Game 5, as Houston beat Philadelphia in six games.
Alcantara had a 2.28 ERA while he was the major league-best with 228 2/3 innings and six competitive games. It's the first Cy Young for the 27-year-old from the Dominican Republic, who becomes the first Marlins player to receive this honor.
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The 32-year-old is enjoying the best season of his major league career, going 15-5, 2.57 ERA for the Dodgers with 111 wins and a field selection that includes one of the best changes in the majors.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has dismissed NFL kicker Josh Lambo's lawsuit against the Jacksonville Jaguars, in which Lambo sought wages and damages for emotional distress caused by former head coach Urban Meyer.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – The Australian government confirmed on Thursday that Novak Djokovic had been granted a visa to attend the Australian Open in January a year after his deportation over his stance against the COVID-19 vaccination.
The 21-time Grand Slam singles champion had his visa revoked on January 14 on grounds of public interest and lost an appeal against deportation in the Supreme Court. The 35-year-old from Serbia is set to compete at the Australian Open, which takes place in Melbourne from January 16-29.
Djokovic is playing at the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy this week and said he was briefed on the Australian government's decision on Tuesday.
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Since Thursday 1st November 2018, some cannabis-based products have been available for prescription in the United Kingdom (UK). Some people with fibromyalgia have said that they use cannabis-based products to help with pain relief, but at Fibromyalgia Action UK, we would like to know a little more about people's thoughts and experiences on this important topic.
Fibromyalgia Action UK, a charity of which I am a trustee of, has been invited to comment on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)'s draft scope guidelines on 'Cannabis-based products for medicinal use', which have been released for consultation. As a registered stakeholder, Fibromyalgia Action UK, along with a variety of other organisations in the UK, have an opportunity to be able to provide feedback prior to the guidelines being developed. As research liaison at the charity, I felt it was vital that we open up this feedback opportunity to a wider group of people with fibromyalgia, in the form of an online survey.
In addition to providing feedback to NICE, this is also a good opportunity to better understand people's experiences specifically related to the use of cannabis-based products for helping to manage fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia Action UK will use responses to: i) Share feedback on the draft scope guidelines published by NICE; and ii) Publish findings from this survey about experiences of using cannabis-based products among people with fibromyalgia, which may include direct quotes.
The survey can be accessed by clicking this link. This survey is completely anonymous as well.


There are six common products that treat ear mites in cats. The medications can be prescribed by your veterinarian, but you'll also find many non-prescription medications. Always use over-the-counter products with care. Don't treat for ear mites without first having your veterinarian ensure ear mites are the root of your cat's ear troubles.
Pyrethrin is the common insecticide found in OTC medications to treat ear mites in cats. You should treat all the pets in your household to prevent the ear mites moving to another host.
Acarexx is a prescription parasiticide containing ivermectin available from veterinarians. The water-based medication is safe for kittens four weeks or older. Simply squirt the capsule contents into each ear, you don't need to clean the ears first. Adult ear mites are killed instantly. You may need to repeat the dosage in seven days to kill off newly hatched ear mites.
Frontline is a prescription medication containing fipronil and S-methoprene. Fipronil works to kill fleas and ticks currently on your pet, while the S-methoprene impairs reproduction. The topical medication is used for flea and tick prevention, but studies find it is also effective in killing ear mites and preventing them from laying eggs.
MilbeMite otic solution comes in tubes that you squeeze into your cats ears. The solution contains milbemycin oxime that impairs nervous system function killing off adult ear mites. Because it works best on mites that are seven to thirty days old, you should repeat the treatment a week after the first dose. You need a prescription for MilbeMite Otic Solution.
Otomite Plus ear drops use pyrethrin to impair nervous system function of adult ear mites. Use the drops after using an ear cleansing product and wiping the outer ear and base of ear to remove any ear mite residue. Purchase Otomite Plus in many pet stores and some veterinarians also have them available. Squeeze the recommended amount of drops into each ear and rub the base to ensure the liquid goes to the inner ear. Retreat in seven days.
Revolution is not specifically designed to kill and prevent ear mites in cats. However, the parasiticide within Revolution impairs the parasites nervous system killing it and stopping the egg-laying cycle. For that reason, it has proven effective in controlling ear mites. The medication is squirted onto the skin between the cat's shoulder blades and soaks into the pores offering complete protection from the listed parasites.
Sentry's ear mite parasiticide drops are found in many pet stores. The active ingredient is pyrethrin, a liquid extracted from chrysanthemums, that work by destroying the nervous system of parasites.
EarMite Free drops are used twice daily until the ear mites are gone, usually couple weeks. They should not be used on kittens under the age of three months. Sentry ear mite Free drops also contain aloe to help soothe the itching caused by ear mite infestations.


My understanding of the term 'Jonah day' appears at the beginning of this blogget.
After a short night of sleep, broken by recurrent nightmares of waking late and the persistent impression that my left eye had swollen shut, I woke to find that I had, in fact, managed to disable my alarm and I had, in fact, woken late. I stared at my phone for a few precious minutes, trying to make the numbers mean something else. Then, left eye not swollen shut, but definitely swollen (I've managed to get a mosquito bite on my eye socket), I ran to the shower, and wondered if, since I wasn't sure of the existence of shampoo, water, feet or light, I would be safe to drive soon.
Panicked hurry and a cup of yogurt fix all ills, and soon I was driving to work, encountering horrendous traffic, NPR reports cheerfully saying that every highway was backed up and no one knew why, and phone calls from my superiors asking me to pick up extra caramel at a neighbor store.
By the time the work day was over, I was excited, truly excited, by the prospect of heading home and napping for hours. bump bump bump, whispered the Poky Puppy. BUMPBUMPBUMPBUMP, it reiterated as I neared the freeway onramp. It occured to me that in the vast miasmatic parking lot of the morning commute, I had taken the rightmost lane, not my usual second from the right. I know the potholes of the second lane quite well, but the first lane…it had gotten me at least once. Could anything have been jarred at those crawling speeds? Would I have noticed this rhythmic vibration at all on the abysmal pavement and genuinely ridged concrete?
I chickened out of the freeway and drove to Ryan's palatial workplace, where he frowned, nodded, and insisted on using his new gadget rather than the powers of the indoor intertron to find me the nearest mechanic.
Right glad am I that I did not compete with these Californian speed demons in their pothole derby with that lurking! The mechanic put my spare on and inflated it, and confessed when pressed that he did have a friend at a nearby tire shop. He refused payment, though I shall have the last laugh when I bring him a frosty beverage one of these days.
After the shortest tire store visit ever (and, of course, a not entirely tiny bill), I drove off homewards. I thought it was homewards. I was so proud, because I was navigating…here in the Silicon Valley!...entirely by feel. The arterial I sought hung ahead on its overpass like a particularly ugly necklace, and I was so pleased with myself. From my first mention of the car problem to Ryan to the moment I drove on four sound tires was less than two hours, and despite the sick yellow tension in the gathering thunderheads, life was falling back into order. I would get home, try to stop the mosquito bite from claiming my eye, and catch some shut-eye. I stared at the red light, an amazingly long red light, then looked around me in incredulous anger as a dump truck rolled softly into my car.
What a day. And the storm hasn't even started.
Are you okay? Is the car okay? Will the dump-co pay for a new car?
Whiplash! Quick, get a neck collar!
I hope you are okay and the car can be repaired without too much fuss.
Eep! Sorry, didn't mean to alarm you and then stay silent. Car is slightly damaged, but not in a way that impairs its usefulness at all. I am undamaged.


Summer is coming to an end and we've been everywhere! So many adventures to be had, with school out. It has been so hot here lately and we were able to go to the beach. I had to figure out which carrier would help, with the family running around near the water. I was able to try out the Beachfront Baby wrap, which would keep us cool and keep me hands-free while my eldest played in the water.
Beachfront Baby was founded by a mother of 4 — who understands needing to keep your hands free to be able to do everything that needs to be done. Their water wraps are made in the USA by WAHMs (work-at-home moms). I got to try out their new Everyday Wrap, which is made of Repreve. It is super lightweight, so airy and quick to dry once it is wet. It's strong enough to use on land and thin enough to use in the water.
I fell in love with the Gray and couldn't wait to use it! We frequent splash pads, pools and the beach during the summer. The Everyday Wrap holds up to 35 lb, so it was able to hold Tot quite easily. He still wants nap time, so that was quite helpful. We took it to the beach and he was not wanting his feet to touch the sand. So up he went!
The Everyday Wrap comes in two sizes: one size and x-long. One size fits those who wear size S-L shirts and the x-long fits those who wear XL-2XL shirts. We went with the x-long size, because I love long tails and just in case daddy wanted to wear.
It was so convenient to be able to have Tot up and be able to play around in the water with Birdie. She loved that I was able to play while Tot took his nap.
Beachfront Baby also has slings for sale if you prefer ring slings to the wrap. The Everyday Sling uses the same material as the Everyday Wrap. They are a bit stretchy, so pre-tie the wrap or arrange the sling tightly to you and slide baby in.


The use of credit cards has increased dramatically over the past few years. Not only are transient guests using cards to pay for guestrooms and incidentals, but also group and event planners are now paying their master bills for conventions and banquets with a credit card. Ease of payment, affinity program points, and the dwindling use of checks are frequently cited as reasons for this trend.
The increase in credit card use has both positive and negative ramifications for the lodging industry. Credit card commission payments are on the rise, but the risk of collection of accounts receivable has declined. And, following the nationwide EMV liability shift last year, the issue of credit card fraud liability has entered the conversation as well.
To provide some context to the recent increase in discussions about credit cards we are sharing some information about chip-enabled credit cards, credit card commissions, and the rise in the use of credit cards as a form of payment.
On Oct. 1, 2015, there was a shift in liability for those who accept credit cards as a form of payment. U.S. credit card companies are now issuing chip-enabled credit cards, also known as EMV cards. EMV stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa, which were the first three companies to create the standard for the chip system. Since then, all the other major credit card companies have followed suit.
Prior to Oct. 1, credit card companies took responsibility for "card-present" fraudulent transactions; that is, transactions that were done face to face. After Oct. 1, whichever party has not invested in EMV technology will now have the liability of a card-present fraud transaction. Given the proliferation of credit card use in hotels, this can amount to a significant cost.
Merchants need to replace their payment terminals, which can be a costly expenditure depending on the type of terminals selected and quantity of terminals needed. Some merchants who have already changed their terminals are offering the option of "chip and signature," whereby they allow the customer to insert the chip card and allow a signature as opposed to a pin. However, this does not provide the full fraud security benefit that "chip and PIN" offers. Even though the date has passed, the acceptance of chip and PIN or chip and signature only addresses one form of fraud—card-present transactions. It does not address card-not-present (internet) transactions nor fraud as a result of a data breach, which can partially be mitigated by tokenization and point-to-point encryption of credit card numbers.
To estimate how often credit cards are used at U.S. hotels, CBRE Hotels Americas Research (formerly PKF-HR) analyzed the credit card commissions and total revenue line items reported on the operating statements of U.S. hotels during the period 2007 through 2014. This data comes from our annual Trends in the Hotel Industry survey. Additional assumptions were made using information from the following sources: Credit card discount rates were estimated from a survey of hotel financial executives; lodging and sales tax estimates were made based on information from public sources; and gratuity assumptions were derived from our general industry knowledge and revenue mix data taken from our Trends survey database.
Credit card commission payments measured as a percent of total revenue increased each year from 2007 (2.01 percent of total revenue) to 2014 (2.22 percent). Concurrently, total revenue for the properties in the Trends sample grew by 5.9 percent. The combination of the two metrics implies a strong 17 percent increase in credit commission payments during the same period.
To gauge the use of credit cards by hotel guests, we applied the credit card commission data to the discount rate, tax, and gratuity assumptions cited previously in this article. Based on this analysis, CBRE Hotels Americas Research estimates that 83.4 percent of total hotel revenue was paid for with credit cards in 2014. This is greater than the 77.8 percent ratio estimated for 2007.
According to the 10th edition of the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry, provision for doubtful accounts is used to track changes made to provide for the probable loss on accounts and notes receivable. Each month, hotel managers estimate the portion of their property's receivables that they do not believe will be collectible.
The provision for doubtful accounts peaked at 0.11 percent of total revenue during the depths of the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009. This ratio bottomed-out in 2011 at 0.02 percent. It can be assumed that conservative credit controls put in place during the recession helped to lower bad debts. Since then we have seen a slight uptick in the provision for doubtful accounts as a percent of revenue; however, the 0.07 percent mark posted in 2014 is still lower than the pre-recession 2007 figure of 0.11 percent. We attribute the decline over the seven-year period to the increased use of credit cards, which gives some degree of greater assurance of collection.
While increased use of credit cards has made collection easier, the cost of commissions and potential cost of fraud are on the rise. For these reasons, it is not surprising that credit cards have been a topic of concern and conversation among hotel controllers and directors of finance.


Roy Delgado was raised in New Mexico by a single Mom who taught him the importance of hard work and helping others. He is the oldest of 6 children. Roy joined the Military (US Army) and served his country for 21 years. He is the proud father of 1 son, 4 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
As a young man with a family, he moved to Northern California where he worked in the oil industry for Union Oil. That job brought him to Arizona where he eventually met and married his wife Suzie.
Roy's first experience with politics was in the late 1970's when he became involved with Labor Leader and Farm Worker Advocate Cesar Chavez's fight to improve the treatment of farm workers.
The Delgado's moved to El Mirage in 1997. They were looking for property with acreage in order to have their horse on site. Shortly after settling in, Roy was approached about serving his community by running for El Mirage City Council. Roy was selected to serve as El Mirage's Mayor for a short time. He has had the pleasure to sit on the El Mirage City Council for 16 years. Roy has served on several civic boards/committees, including the CDAC committee, which has brought in millions of Federal dollars for City improvements.


A common widespread practice nowadays is to say good morning or good evening, rather then to say the Islamic greeting.
The greeting that has been reported is As-Salaamu Alaykum or As-Salaamu Alayk. After beginning with this, you may continue to give any other kind of greeting, such as good morning or good evening. These greetings come after the legislated greeting. As for preceding the legislated greeting with such statements, this is wrong.


Following a period of assessment by QMS International, Medisort are proud to announce the award of the prestigious ISO 9001 : 2008 & ISO 14001 : 2000 certification.
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// Copyright (c) CodesInChaos
// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using log4net;
using PacketDotNet;
using PacketDotNet.Utils;
using SharpPcap;
using SharpPcap.WinPcap;

namespace NetworkSniffer
{
    // Only works when WinPcap is installed
    public class IpSnifferWinPcap : IpSniffer
    {
        private static readonly ILog Logger = LogManager.GetLogger
            (MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);

        private readonly string _filter;
        private WinPcapDeviceList _devices;
        private volatile uint _droppedPackets;
        private volatile uint _interfaceDroppedPackets;

        public IpSnifferWinPcap(string filter)
        {
            _filter = filter;
        }

        public IEnumerable<string> Status()
        {
            return _devices.Select(device =>
                $"Device {device.LinkType} {(device.Opened ? "Open" : "Closed")} {device.LastError}\r\n{device}");
        }

        public int? BufferSize { get; set; } = 1 << 24;

        protected override void SetEnabled(bool value)
        {
            if (value)
                Start();
            else
                Finish();
        }

        private static bool IsInteresting(WinPcapDevice device)
        {
            return true;
        }

        private void Start()
        {
            Debug.Assert(_devices == null);
            _devices = WinPcapDeviceList.New();
            var interestingDevices = _devices.Where(IsInteresting);
            foreach (var device in interestingDevices)
            {
                device.OnPacketArrival += device_OnPacketArrival;
                device.Open(DeviceMode.Normal, 1000);
                device.Filter = _filter;
                if (BufferSize != null)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        device.KernelBufferSize = (uint) BufferSize.Value;
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
                        Logger.Warn($"Failed to set KernelBufferSize to {BufferSize.Value} on {device.Name}. {e.Message}");
                    }
                }
                device.StartCapture();
            }
        }

        private void Finish()
        {
            Debug.Assert(_devices != null);
            foreach (var device in _devices.Where(device => device.Opened))
            {
                device.StopCapture();
                device.Close();
            }
            _devices = null;
        }

        public event Action<string> Warning;

        protected virtual void OnWarning(string obj)
        {
            Action<string> handler = Warning;
            if (handler != null) handler(obj);
        }

        void device_OnPacketArrival(object sender, CaptureEventArgs e)
        {
            IPv4Packet ipPacket;
            if (e.Packet.LinkLayerType != LinkLayers.Null)
            {
                var linkPacket = Packet.ParsePacket(e.Packet.LinkLayerType, e.Packet.Data);
                ipPacket = linkPacket.PayloadPacket as IPv4Packet;
            }
            else
            {
                ipPacket = new IPv4Packet(new ByteArraySegment(e.Packet.Data, 4, e.Packet.Data.Length - 4));
            }
            if (ipPacket == null)
                return;

            var ipData = ipPacket.BytesHighPerformance;
            var ipData2 = new ArraySegment<byte>(ipData.Bytes, ipData.Offset, ipData.Length);

            OnPacketReceived(ipData2);

            var device = (WinPcapDevice)sender;
            if (device.Statistics.DroppedPackets != _droppedPackets || device.Statistics.InterfaceDroppedPackets != _interfaceDroppedPackets)
            {
                _droppedPackets = device.Statistics.DroppedPackets;
                _interfaceDroppedPackets = device.Statistics.InterfaceDroppedPackets;
                OnWarning(string.Format("DroppedPackets {0}, InterfaceDroppedPackets {1}", device.Statistics.DroppedPackets, device.Statistics.InterfaceDroppedPackets));
            }
        }
    }
}

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Rydges Bankstown Sydney hotel offers warm, contemporary, refreshing and welcoming accommodation, closely located to the business centres of Bankstown, Liverpool, Chullora, Milperra and Parramatta and the myriad sporting facilities in the area.
Due to the close proximity to Bankstown Airport, and only 30 to 45 minutes from Sydney Airport, their hotel is idea for business and leisure travellers. Guests will also appreciate a range of amenities, with 24 hour room service, 24 hour reception, and ample free parking. Relax by their outdoor pool and sunny terrace, or indulge in a treat at their modern restaurant and bar.
Their hotel is also equipped with four meetings spaces, boasting natural light, free Wifi and state-of-the-art audio visual. Catering up to 150 guests, Rydges Bankstown welcomes meetings, training, conferences, seminars, weddings, receptions and social events.
Their dedicated and professional event planners can assist in organising every detail, from catering menus to decorations, to fit all needs and budgets. They have an intimate knowledge of the local area and are experts in making your event a memorable occasion.
Spacious hotel rooms which are beautifully appointed featuring a queen sized bed and large picture window. All rooms feature a Rydges Dream Bed, Tea and Coffee making facilities as well as 48 inch HD LCD LED Television, Individually Controlled Air-Conditioning and Free Wifi.
Modern, beautifully appointed hotel room featuring two beds and a large picture window. All rooms feature a Rydges Dream Bed, Tea and Coffee making facilities as well as 48 inch HD LCD LED Television, Individually Controlled Air-Conditioning and Free Wifi.
Designed with contemporary furniture these spacious rooms have a tranquil mood with views over the pool terrace. All rooms feature a Rydges Dream Bed, Tea and Coffee making facilities as well as 48 inch HD LCD LED Television, Individually Controlled Air-Conditioning and Free Wifi.
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Latina Lista: News from the Latinx perspective > Media > Videos > Intrn'l Video: Documentary about Juarez mental asylum provides a surprise happy ending for one patient
Intrn'l Video: Documentary about Juarez mental asylum provides a surprise happy ending for one patient
LatinaLista — The more I filmed, the less I understood and the more curious I became.
It's with those words that filmmaker Mark Aitken describes his journey into one of the most bizarre places on the planet — the Vision & Action mental asylum on the outskirts of Juarez, Mexico. The place is bizarre not because of the patients who call this dusty corner of Juarez home but because it's the patients who run it.
It was that very twist that intrigued Aitken enough to hop a plane and leave the comfort of his London home to travel to one of the most violent cities in the world to film a documentary titled "Dead when I got here – Asylum from the madness," about a people so affected by trauma that their behaviors, their relationships with one another and how they see themselves are shaped by life experiences that are uniquely their own.
In the process of filming, Aitken meets the 'manager' of the asylum, Josué, whose life story is as fascinating as it is sad. Josue lived in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant until he was arrested for murder, sentenced to San Quentin, deported to Juarez and dumped, 'nearly dead,' on the steps of the asylum. It was during the filming that Josué confessed to Aitken that not even the mental asylum could steal his one last dream — a dream that Aitken was able to help come true because of the film and has become a happy ending, of sorts, to a story that spotlights a group of people whom society would rather forget but can't ignore.
The trailer for the film is powerful and Aitken has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to finish the post-production work in time for a release sometime in 2013.
asylum, Juarez, mental health, patients
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O Rio Bistra Mare é um rio da Romênia afluente do Rio Bistra, localizado no distrito de Neamţ.

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NAHUNTA — A Brantley County man was found guilty Wednesday of battery, family violence and possession of marijuana and was sentenced to 23 months in prison.
Michael Alan Buchanan, 60, was also found not guilty of two counts of aggravated assault by the jury, which deliberated for about an hour to get a verdict.
The jury was selected Monday and the trial started Tuesday. The jury was handed the case Wednesday.
Buchanan had been indicted by a Brantley County grand jury on July 31, 2017 following the attack two months earlier in May.
The indictment noted that Buchanan assaulted a woman with a knife, holding the knife to her throat. Count two charged him with using a handgun, putting the gun to her head and pulling the trigger (the bullet failed to strike the woman). In the indictment, jurors declared also that Buchanan struck her in the face, causing bruising around her eyes.
Buchanan was facing a possible sentence of 20 years had he been found guilty on all counts.
The woman was not seriously injured in the attack. She and Buchanan lived under the same roof, although they were not married.
Buchanan has been held without bond since his arrest in May 2017.
Assistant District Attorney Adam Craft prosecuted the case for the state and Judge Jeffrey Kight presided over the case and handed down the sentencing.
Attorneys John Thigpen Sr. and Alex Brown represented the defendant.


I recently had a short staycation at my home turf in Los Angeles. While the change of pace and setting was awesome, I had trouble finding my center and inner peace throughout the adventures. I had lots of fun, but my mind was constantly running a mile a minute. Even when "peacefully" hiking, or enthusiastically driving through the streets, or taking in the beautiful sights, I struggled internally. Looking at the photos, I could see that there was something wrong.
Why? What happened to me? Did I fake death? Or did fate play me?
Actually, there is no excuse, and no use in blaming other factors. Whenever we face obstacles (especially the ones that we create for ourselves), over and/or under the surface, it's all on ourselves. Being imperfect, there are times when we want to go wild and have fun; and at other times, we just want to hide in our blankets and chill (or sob) on our own. And that's completely okay. It's all a part of being… human.
Truth is, because I've been thinking so much, I already know the answers to my questions. But today, I choose to own up to myself and go through this by treading forward.


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The Secret Sharer
The Captain
Story Summary
About The Secret Sharer""
Leggatt
The Skipper of the Sephora
The Second Mate
The Chief Mate
Joseph Conrad Biography
The Secret Sharer" as Allegory"
Full Glossary for The Secret Sharer""
Practice Projects
Character Analysis The Captain
Appointed to the command of his ship only a fortnight before the story begins, the Captain is a young and inexperienced, sincere yet uninspiring commander who eventually learns to call upon his previously hidden reserves of strength and cunning. In the beginning of the story, his authority is undermined slightly by his sneering second mate. He offers to take the anchor-watch himself to learn about the ship and feel less alienated. Early in the story, he states, "My position was that of the only stranger on board," and, more significantly, "I was somewhat of a stranger to myself." His feeling out-of-place on the ship mirrors his feelings of inadequacy concerning his new command.
After he meets Leggatt, however, the Caption begins behaving in ways that surprise both himself and his crew. He becomes more daring (constantly maneuvering Leggatt to prevent his discovery), more cunning (lying to the Sephora's Skipper about being hard-of-hearing), and more courageous (steering the ship close enough to Koh-ring so that Leggatt can swim to safety). He begins commanding his men in a direct and unapologetic way, and eventually wins their respect by keeping his composure during the episode at Koh-ring. This change in the Captain is what drives the story forward until its end, when he feels "the perfect communion of a seaman with his first command."
Previous Part 2
Next Leggatt
The Captain helps Leggatt avoid detection by the Sephora's Skipper by
Having Leggatt pose as one of his crew
Hiding Leggatt in a barrel
Pretending to be hard-of-hearing
Refusing to allow the Skipper on board


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Q: Source not found Exception while setting layoutparameters Hi I'm new to android world. I'm working on an application that supports arabic and english languages.So I made my design for english language in the xml and through the code when the user wants to work with arabic language I change the gravity of my widgets to match the arabic right-to-left look.
Now I have 2 questions:-
1-Will I have to implement virtual arabic keyboard?
2-I have a list that shows a forum's threads  to start from right-to-left.To make this list I have 2 xmls one for the list and the other for the list's row. When the user's language is arabic I make ALIGN_PARENT_RIGHT for each widget in my xmls. It works for the list xml but when I try to make this for the list's row It throws source not found exception.
Could help me?
    //threads row
//lastPost
tvThread=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.txtLastPost);

    //here it throws the exception
params = (RelativeLayout.LayoutParams)tvThread.getLayoutParams();
params.setMargins(20, 0, 0, 0);

A: If your TextView is contained within some other Layout Element, and not a direct child of your RelativeLayout (likely) you shouldn't cast it's params as relativelayout.  Cast it as whatever it's container layout is, or just use generic LayoutParams.  Should work fine as
// params defined somewhere previously as something like LayoutParams params;
params = tvThread.getLayoutParams();
params.setMargins(20, 0, 0, 0);

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WASHINGTON – As part of a 33-year effort to protect sensitive lands and improve water quality and wildlife habitat on private lands, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will resume accepting applications for the voluntary Conservation Reserve Program.
Eligible farmers, ranchers and private landowners can sign up at their local Farm Service Agency office through Aug. 17.
FSA stopped accepting applications last fall for the CRP continuous signup (excluding applications for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program and CRP grasslands). This pause allowed USDA to review available acres and avoid exceeding the 24 million-acre CRP cap set by the 2014 Farm Bill. New limited practice availability and short sign up period helps ensure that landowners with the most sensitive acreage will enroll in the program and avoid unintended competition with new and beginning farmers seeking leases. CRP enrollment currently is about 22.7 million acres.
For this year's signup, limited priority practices are available for continuous enrollment. They include grassed waterways, filter strips, riparian buffers, wetland restoration and others. FSA will use updated soil rental rates to make annual rental payments, reflecting current values. It will not offer incentive payments as part of the new signup. USDA will not open a general signup this year, however, a one-year extension will be offered to existing CRP participants with expiring CRP contracts of 14 years or less. Producers eligible for an extension will receive a letter with more information.
In return for enrolling land in CRP, USDA, through FSA on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation, provides participants with annual rental payments and cost-share assistance. Landowners enter into contracts that last between 10 and 15 years. CRP pays producers who remove sensitive lands from production and plant certain grasses, shrubs and trees that improve water quality, prevent soil erosion and increase wildlife habitat.
Producers wanting to apply for the CRP continuous signup or CRP grasslands should contact their USDA service center. To locate a local FSA office, visit https://www.farmers.gov. More information on CRP can be found atwww.fsa.usda.gov/crp.


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592 F. 2d 1054 - Campbell v. W Gerrans I X
592 F2d 1054 Campbell v. W Gerrans I X
592 F.2d 1054
Charles P. CAMPBELL, Jr., and Elizabeth M. Burke Campbell,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
Arthur W. GERRANS, Edward Dennis, and Doe I, through X,
Defendants-Appellees.
Ninth Circuit.
Larry Lockshin of McCray & Roberts, Anthony G. White (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.
Rene A. Chouteau (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Before CHOY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and KERR*, District Judge.
KERR, District Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of dismissal issued under Rule 37, Fed.R.Civ.P. The order was entered after failure of plaintiffs to answer certain interrogatories. Plaintiffs pled the Fifth Amendment in response to the interrogatories. The plaintiffs' original complaint sought damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
The facts are not involved and can be summarized as follows:
In May of 1972, plaintiff Charles Campbell pled guilty, pursuant to negotiations, to one count of a violation of Section 11500 of the California Health and Safety Code, possession of heroin. He then was sentenced to one year in the county jail and placed on probation for three years. In July 1972, plaintiff negotiated another plea of guilty to a further violation of the same penal statute and received a concurrent sentence. On December 26, 1972, Campbell was released from jail. As a condition of his probation, he agreed to submit to warrantless searches of his person, premises, or auto.
The other plaintiff in this case is Elizabeth Campbell. She and Charles are legally married, but both stated they are separated and have maintained separate residences since May 1972. They have an infant son who is in the custody of the mother. Charles would periodically visit the son at his wife's apartment.
On November 27, 1973, Charles was on a visit to Elizabeth's apartment. On his way into her apartment he alleged he was tackled by defendant Officer Gerrans who was accompanied by Officer Dennis. Both men are members of the San Francisco Police Department. They had staked out Elizabeth's apartment based on a tip that Campbell was dealing in heroin. Both Campbells assert they were "assaulted" by police during their search. The police searched Elizabeth's apartment, her purse and her car. They also searched Charles' automobile and pockets. They seized 1,682 balloons, a large package of lactose, a funnel, a strainer, spoons, prophylactics; also, a savings passbook showing a balance of $1,811.08, a safe deposit key and a pistol found in the kitchen.
On November 29, 1973, Officers Gerrans and Dennis obtained a search warrant allowing them to search the safe deposit box. They seized the $2,240.00 found inside the box. In February 1974, Charles Campbell pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Plaintiffs brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, based on the "unjustified assault of their persons, the unjustified and unauthorized seizure of personal property and invasion of privacy." They also accused the officers of misrepresenting facts in their application for the search warrant. The Campbells sought damages in the approximate total of $364,504.89.
In April of 1974, interrogatories consisting of 34 questions were propounded to plaintiffs. Plaintiffs invoked the Fifth Amendment on questions 27, 28, and 31-34. Questions 27 and 28 were later stipulated to and answered. The trial court ordered plaintiffs to answer questions 31-34 or have their case dismissed. The questions propounded were:
31. In regard to the approximately 1,682 balloons, large package of lactose, the funnel, strainer, spoons and prophylactics seized by officers of the San Francisco Police Department on November 27, 1973, at 4302 Fulton Street, Apt. 2, please state as to each item:
a) Who the owner was of said item on July 9, 1973;
b) Date of purchase of said item;
c) Party from whom item was purchased;
d) Use to which item was to be put by the owner thereof.
32. Within the two year period preceding July 9, 1973, have you made a sale of heroin? If so, please state:
a) Date of sale;
b) Name and address of person to whom sale was made;
c) The quantity sold.
33. In regard to the $2,240 seized by members of the San Francisco Police Department from safe deposit box # 2111, Wells Fargo Bank, Civic Center Branch, on November 29, 1973, please state:
a) The owner of said funds;
b) Date(s) said funds were acquired;
c) Person from whom said funds were acquired;
d) Whether said funds acquired by gift or by exchange of consideration;
e) Nature of consideration, if appropriate.
34. In regard to the $2,165 in currency, bank book showing a $2,044.63 balance in account # 342477, Bayview Federal, 24th and Mission, and check book $1,811.08 in account # 02624-02067, Bank of America, NT&SA, Haight and Clayton, please state for each amount:
In response, plaintiffs pled the Fifth Amendment. The trial court ordered plaintiffs to answer the interrogatories or face dismissal. When this order was not complied with, the trial judge dismissed plaintiffs' action under the provision of Rule 37, Fed.R.Civ.P. The district court found:
Plaintiffs are not entitled to invoke the privilege provided by the Fifth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution to justify their refusal to answer said interrogatories. Lyons v. Johnson, 415 F.2d 540 (9th Cir. 1969).
The issue before us is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in dismissing the complaint following plaintiffs' assertion of their Fifth Amendment privilege with respect to the four questions in the discovery stage of their civil rights action.
Rule 26 provides that discovery may only be had of matter "not privileged, which is relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending action." What is privileged is defined by the Federal Rules of Evidence; these rules include the privilege against self-incrimination. See, Hickman v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495, 507-508, 67 S.Ct. 385, 392, 91 L.Ed. 451 (1947). The court said:We agree, of course, that the deposition discovery rules are to be accorded a broad and liberal treatment . . . To that end, either party may compel the other to disgorge whatever facts he has in his possession . . . But discovery, like all matters of procedure, has ultimate and necessary boundaries . . . And as Rule 26(b) provides, further limitations come into existence when the inquiry touches upon the irrelevant or encroaches upon the recognized domains of privilege.
As early as 1924, the Supreme Court recognized that the Fifth Amendment applied to civil as well as criminal cases. Justice Brandeis wrote:
The privilege is not ordinarily dependent upon the nature of the proceeding in which the testimony is sought or is to be used. It applies alike to civil and criminal proceedings, wherever the answer might tend to subject to criminal responsibility him who gives it. McCarthy v. Arndstein, 266 U.S. 34, 40, 45 S.Ct. 16, 17, 69 L.Ed. 158 (1924).
The principle of Fifth Amendment protection has been construed to permit the privilege to be asserted "in any proceeding, civil or criminal, administrative or judicial, investigatory or adjudicatory." Kastigar v. United States, 406 U.S. 441, 444, 92 S.Ct. 1653, 1656, 32 L.Ed.2d 212 (1972). See, United States v. Kordel, 397 U.S. 1, 90 S.Ct. 763, 25 L.Ed.2d 1 (1970).
In accordance with this view of the Supreme Court, lower courts have repeatedly held that the privilege against self-incrimination justified a person in refusing to respond to interrogatories. United States v. Of 47 Bottles, 26 F.R.D. 4 (D.C.N.J.1960), aff'd, 264 F.2d 666 (3d Cir. 1959); Hope v. Burns, 6 F.R.D. 556 (D.C.Ky.1947); Bowles v. Trowbridge, 60 F.Supp. 48 (D.C.Cal.1945); Zonver v. Superior Court, 270 Cal.App.2d 613, 76 Cal.Rptr. 10 (1969); United States v. Fishman, 15 F.R.D. 151 (D.C.N.Y.1953).
Along with the above cases, there is scattered authority for the view that imposition of sanctions is proper upon a party who asserts the Fifth Amendment in a civil suit. Securities & Exch. Com'n v. American Beryllium & Oil Corp., 303 F.Supp. 912, 921 (N.Y.1969); Franklin v. Franklin, 365 Mo. 442, 283 S.W.2d 483 (1955); and the case relied on by the trial court, Lyons v. Johnson, supra. A careful reading of these cases reveals distinguishing facts or an erroneous view of the law. 8 Wright & Miller Federal Practice and Procedure § 2018.
In Lyons v. Johnson, supra, the plaintiff in a § 1983 suit refused to answer any interrogatories. The court described her attitude as one of "unyielding refusal" and stated that it did not believe that the Fifth Amendment could properly be pled to all the questions, some of which were merely for background information.
The facts of the present case are clearly distinguishable. Here, 30 of 34 interrogatories were answered. The remaining 4 interrogatories were of a highly questionable nature and appear on their face to raise Fifth Amendment problems.
The error that has been made in some of the cases in this line of authority is to view all pleading of the Fifth Amendment in the discovery stage as improper. The above analysis of Supreme Court cases has shown that this overbroad reading of the law is incorrect. Clearly there are cases where the refusal to answer is one which the discovery rules permit under the privileged matter exception. See, Buzard v. Griffin, 89 Ariz. 42, 358 P.2d 155 (1960). Just as clearly, there are cases like Lyons where the refusal to answer is improper and subject to Rule 37 sanctions.
Imposing the harshest of the Rule 37 sanctions on a proper exercise of Fifth Amendment rights is not in accord with Supreme Court decisions. The Court has made clear that the privilege protects the right of a person to remain silent unless he chooses to speak in the unfettered exercise of his own will, and that he is to suffer no penalty for his silence. See, Spevack v. Klein, 385 U.S. 511, 515, 87 S.Ct. 625, 628, 17 L.Ed.2d 574 (1967), which states: "In this context 'penalty' is not restricted to fine or imprisonment. It means, as we said in Griffin v. California, 380 U.S. 609, 85 S.Ct. 1229, 14 L.Ed.2d 106 (1965), the imposition of any sanction which makes assertion of the Fifth Amendment privilege 'costly'."; and Malloy v. Hogan, 378 U.S. 1, 84 S.Ct. 1489, 12 L.Ed.2d 653 (1964).
It is obvious that dismissal of an action is costly and therefore would not survive the Griffin test. Certainly, Rule 37 provides that, if a party to an action fails to answer questions after being ordered to do so by the court, this would constitute grounds for dismissal. But a court's power to dismiss is not without limits. Rule 37 provides that a court may "make such orders in regard to the failure as are just." The case of Gill v. Stolow, 240 F.2d 669, 670 (2d Cir. 1957), further describes this limitation as follows:
. . . In final analysis, a court has the responsibility to do justice between man and man; and general principles cannot justify denial of a party's fair day in court except upon a serious showing of willful default.
See, also, Trans World Airlines v. Hughes, 332 F.2d 602, 614 (2d Cir. 1964) where the court held:
. . . The sanction of judgment by default for failure to comply with discovery orders is the most severe sanction which the court may apply, and its use must be tempered by careful exercise of judicial discretion to assure that its imposition is merited. However, where one party has acted in willful and deliberate disregard of reasonable and necessary court orders and efficient administration of justice, the application of even so stringent a sanction is fully justified and should not be disturbed. . . .
In light of the Supreme Court decisions on the Fifth Amendment privilege, a plea based on this privilege in the discovery stage of a civil case cannot automatically be characterized as "willful default" resulting in dismissal.
As a recent Supreme Court decision indicates, our holding in this case would not forbid the drawing of an adverse inference at trial. See, Baxter v. Palmigiano, 425 U.S. 308, 318, 96 S.Ct. 1551, 1558, 47 L.Ed.2d 810 (1976), holding:
. . . (T)he Amendment "does not preclude the inference where the privilege is claimed by a party to a civil cause." . . .
This court finds that the trial court committed an abuse of discretion in dismissing this case due to the Fifth Amendment plea entered by plaintiffs in response to interrogatories.
The case is remanded with instructions to reinstate on the docket.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
Senior U.S. District Judge for the District of Wyoming, sitting by designation


Relatives and friends share their grief as bodies of 730 victims of infamous Anfal campaign are reburied.
Chem Chemal, Iraq - In the framed photo Bahar Mohammad holds, her brother Salam is eternally young - smiling against a photo studio backdrop of the Kurdish region's waterfalls, a cartoon bluebird painted in the trees.
Like tens of thousands of other young Kurdish men, his fate was to be shot and buried in the sand - to be unearthed 24 years later from a mass grave in the desert of southern Iraq and brought home.
"I feel as if he's among these bodies," said Bahar, as she attended a recent ceremony to rebury 730 bodies brought back from Diwaniya province. But like all the other relatives here, she can't be certain which is his body. A surviving witness from the Qadirqaram district where most of the victims were taken says he saw Salam killed.
"The Kurdish adviser to the regime told him he should surrender and nothing would happen to him," she says. Instead they loaded more than 90 men onto military vehicles and she never saw her younger brother again. Bahar is 57 years old now, but like almost all the survivors, the pain is as fresh as it was two decades ago.
Forensic experts have extracted DNA from the bones of the victims and blood samples from relatives. But matching them is a massive effort, one neither the Kurdish nor Iraqi government has the resources to do.
And the effort to exhume more of the almost 300 mass graves the Kurdish government believes exists is mired in post-war rivalries and ethnic tension.
The unearthed bodies were brought to a new monument in Chem Chemal for victims of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's Anfal campaign during the war with Iran.
Estimates of the numbers of Iraqi Kurds killed range from 50,000 from international human rights groups, to the Kurds' own figure of 182,000. Iraqi security forces destroyed thousands of Kurdish villages and displaced more than a million people.
At a recent ceremony in Suleymaniah, relatives of the missing filled in to sit in the hot sun. The sobs of old women in black contained decades of grief. Behind them, elegant young women in sequined abayas and the red and white sashes of the Barzani clan dabbed their eyes.
In the summer of 1983, Iraqi forces rounded up thousands of Barzanis, took them south and shot them in retribution for tribal leaders' alignment with Iran.
The Anfal campaign that followed was named after a Koranic verse regarding the spoils of war. It also encompassed other minority groups in the north of Iraq, including Assyrian Christians, Yazidis, Shabak, and Sabaeen, but the vast majority of the victims were Kurds. Human Rights Watch estimates that 50,000 to 100,000 Kurds were murdered by Iraqi forces.
Ahmad Ali Hammed was 16 years old and in jail when his mother, two sisters and two brothers where taken away. He wanders among the rows of flag-covered coffins, wearing a long shirt on which he has written their names and ages. His youngest brother was eight years old.
"I'm the only one who survived in my family," Hammed says. He believes the Iraqi government doesn't want the bodies to be recovered because it will be an international reminder of what the Kurds have suffered.
"These crimes are committed by someone, and we believe they must be punished to discourage others." "
Another young woman, among a line of relatives held back by riot police as the coffins were being driven past, sobbed as she held a framed photo of the father she never knew. She was one year old when he was taken away.
Kurdish authorities are trying to get wider international recognition that the mass killings constituted genocide. Embroiled in a fight with federal government in Baghdad over land and resources, they are also sending the message that they will never be as powerless again.
"Today there are political factions in Iraq making every effort to maintain the impact of Arabisation, Anfal, and massacres. That is why we have to be very vigilant," Nechervan Barzani, the Kurdish prime minister, told those attending the ceremony.
Kurdish authorities say they know of almost 300 other mass graves. Excavating them, though, requires approval from the federal government's ministry of human rights. In addition to returning the bodies to their loved ones, they want to bring former regime officials involved in the massacres to justice.
Saddam Hussein was convicted and hung in an unrelated case before being sentenced to death for the Anfal campaign. His cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, who supervised much of the killing, was convicted of genocide and executed.
"These crimes are committed by someone, and we believe they must be punished to discourage others," said Sabah Ahmed Mohammad, the Minister of Martyrs and Anfal Affairs in the regional Kurdish government. "In other places in the world they found people even after 60 years and brought them to justice."
In addition to former regime officials, among the most controversial cases are Kurdish collaborators with Iraqi security forces whom survivors say are known but have not been arrested.
The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) is working with the Iraqi and Kurdish governments on a pilot project that would identify some of the recovered bodies. But properly exhuming the graves, matching DNA samples with living relatives, and creating a co-ordination centre could take years.
"It's an incredibly complicated and incredibly expensive system," says Jonathan McCaskill, Iraq director for the non-governmental organisation. He says the ICMP has taken a small number of the DNA samples from the 730 bodies recovered recently for testing in Sarejevo. "It will give Iraq a chance to evaluate whether this is something they want to do in the long term."
The Iraqi ministry of human rights estimates that 500,000 Iraqis are buried in mass graves, from the 1980s up to the victims of Iraq's sectarian violence just two years ago. Mass graves near Halabja, where the Saddam regime used chemical weapons against the Kurds, are still contaminated.
In the absence of witnesses, many of the families will likely never know what happened to their loved ones or where they are buried. The bodies unearthed from the Mahari desert were placed in temporary graves at Chem Chemal, each flag-draped coffin bearing a number as it was lowered into the ground.
The victims will be released to their families if DNA testing confirms any of their identities, but there are many more bodies believed to be still buried in the same location.
"The thing about Mahari, it's a vast area and there are lots of mass graves located in that area," said McCaskill.


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My Intentional Meal: Discovering Ancient Seeds with Indigenous Chef Elena Terry
My connection to the land beneath me felt even more complete
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Courtesy of Travel Wisconsin and Megan Zabel Holmes
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When I first stepped foot onto the grounds of The Barn at Mirror Lake, a rustic ranch in the grassy farmlands of Wisconsin, I joked about the cows we spotted grazing on the pasture. "Is this lunch?"
The question might seem off-putting to some. But a part of that discomfort stems from our lack of connection to our food sources and an understanding of healthy food webs. In 2017, a survey showed that 7 percent of participants thought chocolate milk came from brown cows, and 48 percent didn't know how chocolate milk was made. While this survey's results are humorous, they're also a good indicator of how little understanding and connection most of us have to our food sourcing.
That lack of connection doesn't exist for most indigenous groups worldwide, and certainly not for Chef Elena Terry of Ho-Chunk Nation, who was cooking a meal for me on the ranch that day. An indigenous activist who has dedicated her life to preserving ancestral seeds and indigenous ways of cooking, Terry has also used her platform to educate those around her regarding ancestral foods. As I awaited the meal being prepared, I was more than just excited for a delicious treat—I was anticipating the opportunity to look at my meal in a whole new way.
As the meal began, Terry introduced each dish, speaking of her journey connecting with her ancestral roots and her tribe's way of preparing food.
"Being able to help provide those [ceremonial] meals, you naturally learn about these traditional ways of cooking and preparation, and that goes a lot further than technique," she said. "When we cook in spaces like that, we do it with intention and prayer and this connection to our ancestors and our culture. There's so much more deep meaning in preparing food in that way, and hope that you're nourishing someone receiving that meal."
There was a sacredness in how she spoke of the ingredients and the processes required to create each dish. It immediately put me in a much more intentional mindset even as I took my first bite.
That day, the first course of my meal was a sage-smoked turkey with sweet potato salad and cranberries with maple vinaigrette. The ingredients were all locally sourced from within Wisconsin, and it was the cranberries that stood out to me. With the state producing more than half of the country's cranberries, I was eager to try the fruit that the Badger State took so much pride in. To taste those local cranberries in a dish crafted by a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation made my connection to the land beneath me feel even more complete.
My second course was wild rice traditionally harvested and hand-parched, paired with fresh berries. I've had plenty of rice in my life, but when Terry explained the harvesting process, I savored every kernel. The wild rice I was eating only grew in certain areas, I was told, and the man who harvests it takes a canoe out with his grandsons every year. To collect it, he gently taps the grains into his canoe.
Just the mere sourcing of my rice required so much intention. I began to wonder where my rice back home came from. Who had harvested it? What did that process look like? I cherished the food on my plate while considering how little I knew about the food I consumed daily.
The third course was a sweet blue cornbread from the Ute mountains. Terry chose this dish to honor the sweetness of life and the connections that we have with each other and Earth. She spoke of the food and Earth with a tender love that I had never seen so vividly.
"With the indigenous foods, those connections are now so much deeper because it doesn't just connect you to the person or the moment that you had, but to all the people that helped provide for that meal," said Terry. "And in that, it's also in all the people that share the knowledge on how to care for our foods, that knowledge is preserved. All of that is going into the meal. How could you not be affected with gratitude when you share something like that?"
I began to wonder where my rice back home came from. Who had harvested it? What did that process look like?
Chef Terry showed me another level of intentionality when it comes to food. Not only did she know where every ingredient came from, but she also knew who harvested the ingredients. The gratitude that she exemplified—not just toward those who brought the food to her but to the ingredients themselves—was something I won't forget.
As I finished my meal, I recognized my time with Chef Terry as part of a larger unlearning for me in terms of my relationship to food, ethics, sustainability, and even my own culture. Instead of eliminating whole food groups, I've come to understand that it's more important to operate out of gratitude for the finite resources we have access to. Our relationship to food and Earth isn't simply to view it as a resource to be used but a symbiotic relationship that nourishes and nurtures us.
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