Thank you Belize Electricity Limited for taking the time to accommodate our beautiful wildlife while providing us with our oh-so-needed power!
BEL teams today removed empty Osprey nests from transmission structures near the coastline in Bomba and San Pedro. The nests sometimes cause power interruptions. We placed deterrents on our structures and installed platforms for the birds to build their nests, away from the power system, to better manage reliability for customers and take care of wildlife in Belize.
The first ever blood drive held in Caye Caulker via The Belize Red Cross San Pedro Branch had a successful, huge turn out!
Thanks to everyone who came out and showed their support! Caye Caulker had its first blood drive in recent memory today. I'd be interested in knowing, from old timers, if there has ever been one here before. The Belize Red Cross - San Pedro and Belize Red Cross along with Belize Blood Services came out and set up at the Caye Caulker Health Center. Twenty one people donated blood and quite a few more volunteered but were unable to give for one reason or another. Ocean Academy kids also did a Dollar Drive and collected over $1,000 to support Red Cross blood collection and training. From overseas, Alan Clegg made a BZ $100 donation to help fund the drive. San Pedro averages 20 pints at their drives so Caye Caulker really turned up big for this!! Between the businesses that donated rooms and food, the people who threw change in our jars and the people who gave or tried to give blood, Caye Caulker seriously STEPPED UP today!
Ocean Academy students and instructor Deirdre are creating delicate, beautiful marbleized paper art pieces for sale to support education and buy more art supplies.
Ocean Academy volunteers Nomari, Lilian and Adaly observed the medical process and science of blood donations before starting their volunteer work collecting donations for the Red Cross and letting the community know about today's events.
Hey everyone we are asking for your assistance in helping us raise money to help Jamaal Crawford to go out of the country for medical treatment. We would really appreciate your help . You can donate to 650-02-2-267160 or 650-2-2-308940 Belize Bank."
The Food Bank loves potato donations!!
Belize Youth Movement delivered 300lbs of potato this morning. From PUP Belize Rural South! Thank you!! For the Donated at SanBar San Pedro Ambergris Caye.
A total of 30 persons from both Belize and Guatemala came together to review the Chiquibul Maya Mountains Bi-national Action Plan. We are extremely thankful to the OAS for their warm reception.
Join us at Captain Morgan's Retreat on Sunday, March 5th for an all you can eat, all you can drink beach bash! Price is $50 BZ / $24 / USD. There will also be local rum drinks & beers at CRAZY discounts. Live music by Dangriga's X band alongside DJ Patrick from 11AM-9PM. We hope to see you there!
The Government of Belize, through collaboration with its multi-lateral partners, is preparing to hand over new equipment to the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), as well as the Agriculture and Hydrology departments. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment and Sustainable Development will hand over 25 computer systems to the SIB on Wednesday, March 8, at the National Agriculture and Trade Show Grounds in Belmopan. This donation, valued at over $60,000 dollars, is in line with one of many actions outlined in the country's sustainable development framework. The computer donation is aimed at modernizing the SIB's information technology (IT) system in support of the of the National Statistical System (NSS), and in the implementation of the Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy (GSDS). "The contribution is being made through the Ministry's Capacity Building for Strategic Planning and Management of Natural Resources in Belize project (CD 2), financed the by Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)," GOB explained.
The Government of Belize met this week with UN Resident Coordinators from the Regional Steering Committee of the United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework (UN-MSDF) for their scheduled annual meeting. The coordinators met with key government officials to discuss the Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) to the Sustainable Development Goals and objectives of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Christian Salazar, Resident Coordinator of the UNDP asked representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to share the country's experience in ensuring policy coherence to the SDS. As a part of the meeting, Lawrence Sylvester, Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who deputized for Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs updated the meeting on the outcome of Belize's Inaugural Meeting of the UN Joint Steering Committee held in December 2016.
The National Meteorological Service is forecasting that a relatively moist northeasterly airflow will prevail. The 24-hour forecast is for sunny skies with some cloudy spells. A few isolated showers are expected this evening and some will develop over the South and Coast tonight and tomorrow. The wind will blow from the east to northeast at 10-20 knots. The sea state will be moderate.
BBN has received reliable reports that two dead bodies were found near mile 13 on the George Price Highway a short while ago. Details are still sketchy but a source told BBN that police are presently at the scene.
The Belize government is quietly establishing its presence at the Jalacte/Santa Cruz border crossing. Jalacte is a village on Belize's side of the border and Santa Cruz is on the Guatemalan side. Villagers have long been traversing the area freely, 'exporting' agricultural products to Guatemala and importing consumer goods into Belize. Recently, though, Belize set up an "agricultural outreach station" that is managed by the Belize Agriculture Health Authority (BAHA) with intent to support the export of agricultural goods, particularly cattle, into Guatemala.
Tiffanny Trump, the youngest daughter of US President, Donald Trump is vacationing in Belize. A reliable source told BBN that Trump was seen arriving at the Philip Goldson International Airport minutes ago and heading to an island, probably Cayo Espanto island resort. Two years ago, Ivanka Trump, the US President's eldest daughter vacationed in Belize at the Cayo Espanto resort, which is three miles off the coast of Ambergris Caye. At the time, Ivanka was pregnant and was accompanied by her husband Jared Kushner, who is currently a senior adviser in the Trump Administration.
Last month everyone had a chance to win a FREE TANDEM SKYDIVE with Sky Dive San Pedro on SanPedroScoop. A chance for for the ultimate view of Ambergris Caye, the ultimate "GUESS WHAT I DID ON MY VACATION TO BELIZE" experience. It was my very first raffle and my random raffle generator picked my winner. He or she had to be over 18, they had to weigh less than 250lbs, AND, my rule, it had to be his or her first time doing it. Rafflecopter chose…EMMERSON! A member of the San Pedro Fire Department. How cool is that? So I emailed Emmerson and he was excited – and mostly in a state disbelief – that he won. I stopped by the meet him later at the fire department – and while it wasn't his shift, all o fthe other fire men were jockeying to take his spot. With the help of the awesome team at SkyDive San Pedro, Emmerson was given a time slot the following Tuesday. OF COURSE I wanted to tag along. It is as close as I was ever going to get to jumping…I think…and so I wanted to glean as much as I possibly could.
A University of New Hampshire associate professor of anthropology has been awarded a fellowship to establish a public history museum in Belize. Eleanor Harrison-Buck will use the $50,000 Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship to create the museum focusing on the Kriol community. More than a third of the Belize population is part of the Kriol community, which is descended from enslaved Africans brought to the country by Europeans in the 18th and 19th centuries. Harrison-Buck, who has conducted research in Belize for more than 25 years, helped establish a temporary exhibit on Kriol culture last summer. But she says school curricula, museum exhibits and the tourism market tend to focus on the ancient Maya and colonial periods rather than Kriol culture.
The latest female star of Naked and Afraid has been forced to quit to seek medical help after a swarm of flies left her with a full-body rash. Anastasia Ashley, an internationally-recognized professional surfer, joined YouTube star Cory Williams to try to make it for 14 days in the middle of nowhere in Belize. However, Daily Mail Online can reveal the 30-year-old blonde has had to tap out of Discovery's show eight days early – and this photo shows why. The normally bronzed beauty was left with redness and itchy bumps head-to-toe. According to producers, she was attacked by sand flies, being bitten for 12 hours straight from 6pm to 6am on the sixth day.
Born in Belize in 1954, Dr. Jaime Awe grew up exploring the Mayan house mounds located behind his parent's home in San Ignacio in the Cayo District of western Belize. From the age of nine, Awe spent many summers digging for potsherds (ancient pottery fragments) and wondering what had happened to the people who had constructed the buildings beneath the mounds and who had used the pots and tools he found. After studying and then teaching abroad, Awe returned to Belize in 2000. Since then, his career has included major excavation and conservation projects with Belize's Institute of Archaeology. Awe is also an assistant professor in the department of anthropology at Northern Arizona University and director of the Belize Valley Archaeological Reconnaissance Project. Last summer, while excavating the remains of the Mayan city of Xunantunich, one of the top archaeological destinations in Belize, Awe and his team uncovered a royal tomb along with two hieroglyphic-engraved stone panels. While the tomb is a rare find, the discovery of the panels is even more exciting. They are the missing pieces of a ceremonial staircase, originally erected in the ancient city of Caracol, which tell the story of the Snake Dynasty and Lord K'an II of Caracol's military victory at Naranjo, Guatemala.
Santa Eleena Border again having problems with the fayuqeros., 2min. Elements of the Mexican army were caused by civilians in Ensign Lopez derived from the donnybrook registered on the border Mexico-Belize, Lieutenant Lopez, elements of the Mexican army who supported were caused by individuals, several of them with their faces covered.
La Ruta Maya 2017 Kickoff Footage, 5min. Great footage of the start of the LRM yesterday, and the music choice, The Final Countdown, by Europe, really fit perfectly. "The turn out was great! The support was great! These racers have will power and courage to take on a challenge this great. Congratulations to all the participants on the first day of the challenge. J'aerials will be right there to capture your moment of glory!"
New Year's Eve 2017 in Belize, 6min.
Deep sea fishing in Belize, 2min.
1000 Foot Falls in Belize, 2.5min. 1000 Foot Falls is an enormous untarnished waterfall deep in the Cayo District, Belize. This is the view of the falls from a distant observation deck. The falls are fall off the beaten path and rarely gets the amount of visitors as the Mayan archeological sites do. Most days it is difficult to view the falls due to the immense amount of humidity in the Belizean mountains in Pine Ridge Forest. What a rare site!
If you had 1 wish what would it be? We are The Village People of Belize!, 2.5min.
Zenaida Moya Show Episode 12, 2hr.


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Live At State With Tibor P. Nagy, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs
U.S Department of State
Special Briefing
Tibor P. Nagy, Jr.
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs
HOST: Hello, and welcome to LiveAtState, the State Department's interactive online press briefing platform. I'm delighted to welcome participants joining us today from across Africa and around the globe. I would like to send a special shout-out to the watch parties joining us from our embassies in the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Liberia, South Sudan, and Zambia.Today we'll be speaking with Ambassador Tibor Nagy, the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Ambassador Nagy is a career Foreign Service Officer and spent 32 years in government service, with over 20 years in assignments across Africa. In that time he's served as U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, U.S. Ambassador to Guinea, and Deputy Chief of Mission in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Togo. Ambassador Nagy is happy to take your questions today on U.S. Africa policy, including the Trump administration's new Africa strategy.
Before I turn it over to Ambassador Nagy for some brief opening remarks, I would like to make a few comments on procedures for questions. You can begin submitting and voting on questions now if you click on the "Questions" tab at the top of the event page. Please, feel free to leave questions in English, French, or Portuguese, and our moderators will translate as necessary. If you see that someone has asked a question you would also like us to answer, you can show your interest by voting for it at the top of the list. To up-vote a question, just click on the "Like" button to its right. We will try to answer as many questions as we can, but our time is limited, so show your support for the questions you would most like us to answer by voting them to the top. If you would like to receive a transcript of today's briefing and links to broadcast-quality audio and video files, please fill out the short survey by clicking on the "Polls" tab at the top of the event page. You can also submit questions and request transcripts by emailing [email protected]
With that, let's get started. Assistant Secretary Nagy, thank you for joining us today, and I'll turn it over to you for some opening remarks.
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Thank you very much, Matthew, and good afternoon, Africa. Bonjour tout le monde. It's a delight to be here. I will make my remarks very brief so that we can engage in a dialogue.
I've just returned from my second extended trip to Africa, and what I saw there, the discussions I've had, just reinforced for me that this administration's Africa policy is exactly the right one for the right time. It's actually what I've been waiting for, for a number of decades. I like it very much because it's focused, it's a laser, it's not a shotgun. It concentrates on certain priorities. I think it's the priorities that Africa and the African relationship with the United States very much needs right now. As I have said in so many speeches, one of the reasons I came back to this position was to try to help African youth, especially African youth find jobs, and I think that this policy will go a long way towards doing that. And like I said, I have greatly enjoyed visiting the continent again, engaging the leadership, engaging civil society, engaging especially the youth. And I am very eager to help implement this Africa policy and do everything we can to see the continent succeed.
So thank you very much, and I'm delighted to respond to any questions.
HOST: Fantastic. Well, let's get started. Our first question comes from journalist Juanita Williams, who asks: Brookings Institute analyst Landry Signe said that the Africa strategy reflects a better understanding of dynamics in Africa. How did these African developments – whether governmental, economic, or scientific – motivate the development of this new strategy?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Well, I think that a lot of thought went into this strategy. It is the second regional strategy that the administration has formally announced, so I think in a way that that shows the importance that the administration gives to Africa. And again, a lot of the factors that went into this, it's a coincidental of African needs, perceived United States strengths, exactly where we want to see the world evolving to, what we want to see happening in Africa. Again, I think the youth dimension is a considerable part of this because as everybody knows, Africa's population will double between now and 2050 and that means there'll be millions and millions and millions of young Africans looking for jobs. And either such a youth tsunami, as I call it, will be a tremendous force for dynamism and stability and prosperity, or if there are no opportunities then it could be a tremendous force for instability and highly negative factors.
So all of these went into the development of the strategy. There was – obviously, it's a whole-of-government approach. Everybody had a part in it and, as I said, it's a phenomenal coincidence of diplomacy, defense, development, priorities of Administrator Mark Green at USAID, and the administration writ large.
HOST: Our next question comes to us from Cameroon, Agence Cameroun Presse. They ask: The President of Cameroon has just ordered the release of 289 people detained in the context of the anglophone crisis. What does the United States think of this effort to resolve the conflict in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: The release of those folks I think was a positive step. I think that there needs to be much, much more done. The crisis did not erupt overnight. It has been a long time in making. It's a long-term historical crisis that goes back decades. It goes back to the union of the two parts of Cameroon. It goes back to the fact that the anglophone population of Cameroon have felt like second-class citizens for a long time. The immediate crisis goes back to 2016 where a lot of the anglophone teachers and lawyers were protesting because they felt like that they were being francophiled. What Cameroon needs more than anything is a genuine dialogue between all concerned so that the space which unfortunately has been filled by some of the radical elements can be given back to more of the moderate voices. Cameroon has a 1996 constitution in place, which has some very positive elements for decentralization. It would be wonderful if that – parts of that constitution could be implemented. And again, I believe that what's needed is genuine dialogue. But the release of these people who had been charged with misdemeanors was a positive step.
HOST: Another question on Cameroon and the anglophone crisis, again, from Agence Cameroun Presse. They ask: What does the U.S. think of the General Conference of the Anglophones that has been called by the – by Cardinal Christian Tumi in Cameroon?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Again, that would be one mechanism to promote dialogue. We would encourage the Government of Cameroon to actually promote dialogue instead of standing in the way of it. Who knows which dialogue or what format would succeed in taking the nation forward? But this is an extremely serious problem for Cameroon. I believe in November the number of fatalities were the highest so far in the crisis. October was the second highest, September was the third highest. So the trends are extremely negative, and dialogue, urgent dialogue, is desperately needed, whatever form it takes.
HOST: Staying on Cameroon, since that's the theme that we're on – (laughter) – a lot of questions coming in from Cameroon, which is great. Again, Agence Presse Cameroun asks: The Senate recently took a resolution against the Government of Cameroon, asking for the liberation of Sisiku Ayuk Tabe. Why are we seeing interest in this crisis from U.S. senators?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Well, because there's tremendous interest within all branches of the U.S. Government towards this crisis. The United States is greatly concerned with what's going on in Cameroon. I mean, we consider Cameroon a long-term friend, we consider it essential for the stability in that region of Africa. As we all know, Cameroon has tremendous potential. It has phenomenal natural resources, it has a highly educated, industrious, entrepreneurial population. It could easily rocket forward in progress and prosperity and stability. So because of that, the United States is greatly concerned with events there. And the frustrating thing is a lot of this was needless. As I said, we all know the history, we all know where this is coming from, and the anglophone population of Cameroon would very much like to be considered as first-class citizens. And there is a sense that they feel like – and they have felt a long time – like they're second-class citizens. It is up to dialogue and true dialogue to move this process forward.
HOST: Question coming in from our watch party in Ethiopia. This question is: Is the new strategy focusing on real partnership and mutual benefit with Africa, or is it a – more a response to increased activities by the Chinese and Russian governments on the continent?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: It is part of both, because it is indeed focusing on partnership, on opportunities, on the realization that Africa represents tremendous opportunities for direct investment. It – as I mentioned, it also represents the youth wave, because I think the world has to take cognizance of the tremendous youth population increase that's going on. And as the strategy lays clear, there is global competition. Now there's great power competition in the world, and the United States is very interested in forming partnerships with Africa because we consider our African relationships to be extremely valuable and important to the United States, and we believe it's to the benefit of both sides, very much so.
HOST: Another question on Chinese activities specifically in Africa, this one again from journalist Juanita Williams, who asks: In September Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged $60 billion U.S. dollars in aid and loans to Africa with, quote, "no political conditions attached." Is the U.S. prepared to meet or exceed this level of financial commitment via the Africa strategy?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Right. Well, it's not a tit for tat like in a poker game where put chips on the table. Number one, I would argue with the Chinese contention that there are no political conditions attached, because just the fact that you run up a country's debt into the billions and billions of dollars in itself creates certain political conditions on how that debt can be repaid, or do the Chinese come in and seize the electric power company when the debt cannot be repaid. So that's one factor.
On the other factor, I am so delighted with the passage of the new BUILD Act because that now gives the Overseas Private Investment Corporation $60 billion to be used towards leveraging African investments starting next year with the creation of the Foreign Development Investment Corporation.
So as I have said in many of my remarks in Africa, for years, of course, when there was a knock on the door for outside investment and the African countries opened the door and only China was standing there, of course I can't blame the African countries for doing business with China. My job is to make sure that next time there's a knock on the door there's also U.S. investors standing there. I will do my best to push U.S. investors to Africa, but at the same time, when I go on the continent, engage with African leaders, I ask them to do their part in doing the pull for U.S. investors by implementing a environment which is fair to all investors so that U.S. investors feel like they have an equal shot at the many wonderful opportunities which exist on the continent.
HOST: Another question on the theme of aid to the continent. This one from journalist Saeed Ibrahim. He says: The U.S. has announced almost a billion dollars in aid to Somalia despite rampant corruption and deteriorating security. In contrast, Somaliland has been peaceful and democratic for 27 years. Why hasn't the U.S. engaged Somaliland in a more meaningful way?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Yeah, the Somaliland question comes up constantly when I speak or when I do these programs. Here's the thing: Somaliland does have a legal argument it makes. Of course, that has to be treated in the appropriate fora. And, the United States normally when it comes to recognizing states in Africa will consult with the African Union, and the integrity of the state of Somalia is an important precept for the African Union. So the United States of America is dealing with the government in Mogadishu. We are doing our best to strengthen that government, both in its economic development, but also in the security environment.
So for the time being U.S. policy is to deal with Mogadishu, to work with the government in Mogadishu to strengthen that part of the Horn of Africa.
HOST: Question now on the topic of counterterrorism, applicable I think to many places on the continent. Question comes from – again, from Agence Cameroun Presse, and they ask: Which topics can, according to you, can be put on the table to convince terrorists to give up their weapons and return to their better selves?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Well, that is a phenomenal question. It's an extremely complex question, and we can talk about that for days, but I'll give it my best shot to do it as quickly as possible.
Terrorism, as we know, has many causes. Full stop. And I'm not going to go into all of those. But in combatting terrorism there's several different elements, as, say, we're seeing in the Sahel right now. Of course there are the radicalized terrorists who are committing all types of mayhem, and the immediate goal is to return peace and stability and get rid of the terrorists. That's the immediate goal. And we do that with our engagement with partner governments, international cooperation, the United Nations peacekeeping missions, then joint task forces – for example, the G5 Sahel. That's to confront the terrorist threat directly. But then equally important, when the terrorists are gone that space has to be filled up by government services, because if the government does not come back in with schools, with security, with police, with infrastructure, with economic opportunities, what will happen is sooner or later another group of terrorists will show up to fill up the vacuum, and in some respects they will end up being worse than the group that was there before. Unfortunately we have seen this in Somalia over the last several decades.
When I left Ethiopia in 2002 there was a nasty terrorist group in Somalia called al-Ittihad. Then they were replaced by the Islamic Courts and now by al-Shabaab. So that's a prime example of how not to do it.
Now I think all concerned – the international community and especially the host governments, because at the end of the day the critical role is played by the host government – understands what needs to be done, and we are doing our best to make this happen.
HOST: Next question from Nick Turse of The Intercept, combining this counterterrorism with the theme of China again. He says: National Security Advisor Bolton seemed to suggest that near-peer competitors like China were an equal threat to U.S. interests in Africa, the same as violent extremist organizations. Is this an accurate interpretation? Does China pose the same level of threat to U.S. interests in Africa as ISIS or al-Qaida?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: It's two totally different types of threats. I mean, al-Qaida, the groups in the Sahel, they kill, they kidnap, they blow people up. The Chinese threat is much more strategic, it's longer term, it involves global systems, global political systems, global economic systems, the rules of global transactions, the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, what is the true motivation behind that. So they're two totally different types of threats, but I would posit equally serious, especially going into the long term.
HOST: Another question on similar themes from a journalist at our watch party in Ethiopia. It says: President Trump's National Security Advisor recently said, quote, "It is either Russia and China or the United States, but not both." Is that not violating the autonomy of African countries to pursue their own style of relationships with the rest of the world?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Well, here's the truth: All states have sovereignty, and sovereign states can decide in their sovereignty who they want to be friends with, who they want to have relations with. This is true for the states in Africa. It's true of course for China and Russia, and it's equally true for the United States of America. So we can decide, given our own interests, where we want to prioritize our development assistance, where we want to prioritize our relationships. That is how the global system has worked basically since the nation-states have emerged after the Renaissance, and I think for the foreseeable future that's how the global system will work.
HOST: Another question along the same themes of sovereignty, I guess. This one from journalist Solomon Habtom who says: There is a concern that the new Trump administration Africa initiative will compromise American values to defend its interests in Africa by supporting dictatorships and totalitarian governments. How do you plan to ensure issues of human rights, liberty, and democracy will not be ignored?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: I truly appreciate that question, because in my remarks since the rollout of the strategy, there is a point that I have stressed to various audiences, that just because the words "human rights," "good governance," others that go along with that, "women's rights" and others are not contained in the strategy does not mean at all that those are not high priorities for the United States of America. Promoting human rights, promoting good governance, promoting opening political space, promoting supporting civil society, religious organizations – that is so fundamental to America's foreign policy that I compare that to breathing. It does not say in the policy that will continue to breathe oxygen, but we are doing that.
So I just – I really want to highlight that, that promoting those values go with being the United States of America. They are part of our diplomacy, they are part of our development, and they're also part of just our cultural and social engagement with the world at large. So please be assured that that is an integral part of our policy, no matter what administration and no matter where in the world.
HOST: A more specific question on the theme of human rights, coming from freelance journalist David Chewe, who says: There has been a steady decline of media freedom in many African countries of late.
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Yes.
HOST: Yeah. So he says: Sadly, many Western governments, including the U.S., don't appear to be bothered by this development. What role, if any, are you playing to help reverse this trend?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: We are extremely bothered, and, as the questioner said, we do note with alarm that in a number of African countries, as the political space is being squeezed closed, one of the first victims of that are media freedoms. I would like to make a distinction. Just because we don't issue a statement every single day based on some negative effect having to do with, say, media freedoms or other freedoms, does not mean that we are not constantly engaged on that issue in our discussions with host governments, with civil society, with the way we look at our development assistance, and when we discuss with governments what we are going to do and not do with our development assistance.
So please believe me, the governments are getting the message that we care greatly about media freedom. We care greatly when journalists are arrested, imprisoned, and harassed.
HOST: A question from one of our watch parties, this one in the Central African Republic, curious about the new strategy. And the journalist says: The Trump administration in other respects seems to advocate for America to focus more inward. How can you explain that in the context – how can you explain the new Africa policy in respect to that context?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Well, I don't think it's accurate to say that we're focused more inward because we're a – number one, we're a global power. We are globally engaged. We're one of the few countries in the world that has to be everywhere, every when. And this Africa policy goes absolutely along with that because, number one, America's economy very much depends on global engagement. Our companies are global companies. And now, given the strong economic growth in the United States over the last several years, one thing that I have heard from America's businesses – and I meet with them on a regular basis – is that we have literally billions and billions and billions of dollars that we are looking to use for foreign direct investments. They are looking for good places to put the money, and I would venture that American investments tend to bring many jobs, they bring technology, they bring clean environmental behavior.
So African states and African populations appreciate what American business brings. But they are only going to invest in those places where they feel like they have fairness in contracts; that if there is a dispute, that the dispute resolution will not automatically be favorable to the nephew of the head of state, for example, but that both sides will have a fair shot, and that there's transparency, there's minimal corruption.
So that is what we are really, really looking for for our business community. So believe me, the United States of America is very, very globally focused and globally engaged, as is American business.
HOST: We have just a few minutes left, so I would like to take the opportunity to remind those who are watching, if there are any remaining questions that you see that you would really like us to get to in the time we have left, please remember to vote for those that you would like to support.
Meantime, I'm going to throw you another question from one of our watch parties, this from a journalist watching at our embassy in South Sudan, who asks: How optimistic are you about the recent peace deal? And are you concerned about other parties who didn't sign the peace deal – for example, NAS?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Yes, that's also a great question. When the peace deal was signed, quite frankly, the international community was somewhat dubious about it going forward. But here's the truth: It is the only peace deal in effect right now, so everybody is doing their best to try to make it succeed. We are constantly engaged with the internal parties, with all of the outside interested parties, because everybody – everybody – wants to see peace and prosperity come to South Sudan. I remember I was so ecstatically excited when South Sudan became the newest nation on the face of the Earth, and everybody was overjoyed. And then equally the joy turned to tragedy as violence erupted as some of the people who should have been leading the country forward instead turned towards violence, manipulation, kleptocracy.
So the world is really just pulling for this process going forward, and we will all do everything possible that we can to make it succeed both on positive reinforcement but also, quite frankly, applying sanctions to those people who are blocking the agreement as we saw last Friday when we announced a new sanction against a number of individuals.
HOST: Question from Marlène Panara from Le Point Afrique. What can you tell us about American financial support for the African Free Trade Zone?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Yeah, I'm not sure about financial support for the African Free Trade Zone, but I just returned – one of my recent stops was in Ethiopia, where we had the high-level engagement with the African Union to discuss the whole range of issues and topics of interest between us. And the United States is one of a very few countries that actually maintains an accredited ambassador to the African Union.
So the – here's the bottom line: The United States of America strongly supports the African Union's planned continent-wide free trade agreement, and we wish it a speedy and prompt adaptation. At the same time, the United States is also very interested in pursuing a free trade agreement bilaterally with an interested African country that we can use as a model going forward. Currently, the United States of America only has one free trade agreement with Africa. That's with Morocco. It has worked very well, but we are eager to implement one with a Sub-Saharan country as well. There are a number of potential candidates, and we'll continue those discussions. But at the same time, we strongly support the African Union in their efforts to bring forth the continent-wide free trade agreement, because as we all know, the real units of Africa, the ones that work best, are the regions and the sub-regions, like ECOWAS and IGAD, SADC, and others.
HOST: Finally, I think one more general question, a good one to wrap up on, this from Power FM in Lusaka. They would like to know: Whose interest is America promoting with this new strategy for Africa?
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Everybody's. Absolutely everybody's. That – this is the type of strategy – like I said, I have been involved with Africa for over 40 years. This is the type of strategy I wish had come along decades ago, because I think we and Africa both could have prospered much, much more from it. In that period of time, there has been a lot of money spent – maybe not all of it productively. But I think going forward, I am so encouraged. I am the eternal Afro-optimist. I really want to see that Africa of prosperity, stability, with young Africans having the same kind of quality jobs that young Americans, young Europeans, and young Chinese have. I truly pray for that.
HOST: Well, I think we're nearly out of time. I wanted to give you the chance to wrap up with any closing remarks that you might have.
AMBASSADOR NAGY: Thank you very much for your participation. I look forward to doing more of these. I look forward to getting on the road again soon. My next trip will be to Southern Africa, and then the one after that will be to Central Africa. My goal, God willing, is that I can visit the entire continent, all regions, before my first year is up as assistant secretary. It is wonderful to be back in Africa.
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LEGACY FLEET SERIES
LEGACY FLEET SERIES BOOK 1
The year is 2650
75 years ago, an alien fleet attacked Earth.
Without warning. Without mercy.
We were not prepared.
Hundreds of millions perished. Dozens of cities burned.
We nearly lost everything.
Then, the aliens abruptly left.
We rebuilt. We armed ourselves. We swore: never again.
But the aliens never came back.
With overwhelming force the aliens have returned, striking deep into our territory, sending Earth into a panic. Our new technology is useless. Our new ships burn like straw. All our careful preparations are wasted.
Now, only one man, one crew, and the oldest starship in the fleet stand between the Earth and certain destruction:
ISS CONSTITUTION
We repelled the Swarm, for now.
But they won't stop: they're inhuman. They have no inhibitions. No conscience.
And no mercy.
But from the crucible of battle has risen an unlikely hero. Captain Timothy Granger, at the helm of another time-tested battleship, will take the fight to the enemy. He'll discover their secrets. Find their homeworld. Destroy it before they destroy ours.
He will save us all. He must.
Or we'll die.
United Earth burns.
The Swarm runs rampant across our space. We mourn the loss of thousands of ships and millions of fallen comrades. Billions of fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers–all gone, all dead. It is time we end this, for our moment has come.
But victory never comes without sacrifice. Heroes are not taught nor trained, but forged in blood and ashes. Our grandchildrens' history books will tell our story, and glorify the heroes and legends.
The Swarm will be conquered; we will prevail.
At any price.
We hoped, desperately, that they came in peace.
We were wrong.
Thirty years after the Second Swarm War devastated Earth and its colonies, a powerful, mysterious alien ship has invaded our space. Entire planets are ravaged, whole moons shattered. Any starship sent against it never comes home.
But Admiral Proctor, a war hero from our last brush with annihilation, is called out of retirement to take the reins of humanity's newest starship. The ISS Independence and her crew, with Admiral Proctor at the helm, will stand as Earth's last defense. Somehow, against all odds, they will save us, even when our enemy is not just an unstoppable alien ship, but a ghost from humanity's past bent on its utter destruction.
And if they fail, we fall.
For good.
The fog of war clouds everything. Enemies lurk in the shadows, within the very fleet sworn to protect United Earth. Conspiracies and murder abound, and in the background…. The stalled alien invasion lurks.
The Golgothic ship has burrowed deep into the core of Saturn's moon Titan, whose mass slowly but inexorably increases. The Dolmasi, once allies of United Earth in the Second Swarm War, now attack us, unhinged and without reason. And all the while, Admiral Shelby Proctor works to answer the most urgent questions of all: what was a piece of the old ISS Victory doing inside the Golgothic ship? And was it Captain Tim Granger's voice that whispered from the doomed ship, "Shelby, they're coming?"
And … are they the Swarm? If they are, God help us all.
War.
It rages across United Earth space, claiming millions of lives. The Swarm have returned, larger, more fierce, and more technologically advanced than ever before.
The voice from Saturn's moon Titan claiming to be Tim Granger is warning humanity that this time, the Swarm may be unstoppable.
Admiral Shelby Proctor, on the run for the suspected murder of the United Earth President, knows that humanity's only hope may be a hero that's been dead for thirty years, and travels to the center of Titan to find him in Earth's darkest hour.
The fleets are assembled, all the races united against the overwhelming enemy from another universe. And now all they need a legendary hero to lead them to victory.
EARTH DAWNING SERIES
MERCURY'S BANE
EARTH DAWNING BOOK 1
They're all gone. We remember them like yesterday: pieces of our stolen heritage. Things like NASA. Football. Parades and pies. Good things, comfortable things. We remember a time when we were alone in the universe, safe and oblivious.
But it's all gone now.
We called them the Telestines, and in the face of their ruthless invasion we were powerless. By 2040, all the world's governments and militaries had fallen, and the remnants of humanity exiled to the solar system. We looked down on our blue planet, so close to our birthplace, so close to our home. But the miles may as well have been lightyears.
Our anger smoldered in the darkness of space. On Mars. On Ganymede. In the dank crowded filth of the asteroids. We swore: we will take our planet back.
And today, it begins. Our fleet is ready. Our soldiers determined.
Earth will be ours again.
JUPITER'S SWORD
We barely won the battle at Mercury's shipyards, but the war is just beginning.
The Telestines, in control of Earth, now pursue us from planet to planet, moon to moon, leaving terrible destruction in their wake. And now, the unthinkable: a new alien weapon with the power to destroy a whole world. Thousands die on Jupiter's moon Io when a bomb detonates, sending apocalyptic storms of debris that threaten millions of people on Ganymede and Callisto.
But that isn't the worst of it. The bomb was detonated by a human. A drone.
And there are thousands of them scattered across the solar system, anonymous, undetectable, and waiting for orders from their Telestine masters.
Our war becomes a race against time: find the bombs, find the drones, find our true enemy, all while under siege from within and without.
Before we all perish.
NEPTUNE'S WAR
Humanity is on the brink. And, as always, the greatest threat comes from within….
A rogue element within the military has stolen half the Exile Fleet and taken it to Neptune to protect the rich and powerful, drawing critical resources away from Admiral Walker on the front lines.
The leader of the alien Telestines has recovered ancient devastating technologies to finally exterminate the human race.
And a fanatical Telestine death cult is out for blood–both Human and their own. For them, all must die for all to ascend.
THE PAX HUMANA SAGA SERIES
THE TERRAN GAMBIT
EPISODE #1: THE PAX HUMANA SAGA
Lieutenant Jacob Mercer likes fast motorcycles, faster women, and screamin' space fighters. As a reckless fighter jock in the Resistance fleet battling the Corsican Empire, he lives solely for the thrill of taking out as many Imperial bogeys as he can.
A rebel victory is looming on the horizon when the Imperials abruptly change tactics and, in a devastating show of force, incinerate the city of Dallas with a thermonuclear blast – killing millions – and delivering a merciless example of what happens to upstart worlds in the Pax Humana.
But the Resistance will not be cowed so easily. In retaliation the rebel leadership devises a daring plan to strike at the Empire's heart in a final, desperate bid for freedom, a plan that will put Jake Mercer in the captain's chair of the most advanced warship in the galaxy.
To succeed, all Jake has to do is face down a psychopathic Imperial Admiral bent on utterly destroying the Resistance and even Earth itself..
CHAINS OF DESTINY
Captain Jacob Mercer and the USS Phoenix barely escape with their lives from the Imperial ambush at Liberty Station over Earth, and soon find themselves orbiting the frontier world of Destiny, a desolate desert planet infested with pirate gangs. With critically unstable engines, Jake is forced to seek raw material for badly needed repairs before the ruthless Admiral Trajan tracks them down.
A MYSTERY DEEPENS…
As they negotiate with the pirates, Jake and his landing team are betrayed and captured by slavers while the Phoenix, under the command of the steely Commander Megan Po, faces off yet again with Admiral Trajan in orbit around Destiny. While toiling in the uranium mine Jake discovers that Trajan's and the Emperor's plans may go far beyond simply subjugating a rebellious Earth.
AND SACRIFICES MUST BE MADE.
But with the Captain stranded on the dusty planet below, Commander Po leads the Phoenix in one more deadly showdown with Admiral Trajan, and comes face to face with her most dreaded nightmare: sending people in her charge to die.
Captain Jake Mercer and the crew of the Phoenix finally escape from Admiral Trajan's relentless pursuit, hoping for some much needed rest and supplies. But while in the Oberon system the 51st brigade decides to make its move against Captain Mercer in revenge for the murder of one of its soldiers. Jake must enlist the help of a local paramilitary organization to not only regain his ship, but also to fight off the Vikorhov Federation, one of Admiral Trajan's surrogates in the sector.
And all the while Ben's mind is slowly re-written by the picobots, making him not only a danger to his enemies, but to his closest friends.


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Cruz calls Trump 'pathological liar,' 'narcissist;' Trump says Cruz is 'unhinged,' 'desperate'
Posted 7:24 pm, May 3, 2016, by CNN Wire
Ted Cruz on Tuesday unloaded on Donald Trump, accusing him during a news conference of being a "pathological liar," "utterly amoral," "a narcissist at a level I don't think this country's ever seen" and "a serial philanderer."
"He is proud of being a serial philanderer ... he describes his own battles with venereal diseases as his own personal Vietnam," Cruz said, citing a decades-old Trump appearance on "The Howard Stern Show."
The Texas senator's dramatic and deeply personal attack on Trump comes as polls indicate Trump is poised to claim victory in Cruz's must-win state of Indiana and follow accusations the front-runner made about Cruz's father.
The epic takedown of his opponent on an all-important voting day was extraordinary even by the standards of the 2016 campaign -- and quickly drew a scathing response from Trump.
"This man is a pathological liar, he doesn't know the difference between truth and lies ... in a pattern that is straight out of a psychology text book, he accuses everyone of lying," Cruz said as Indiana voters headed to cast their ballots.
"Whatever lie he's telling, at that minute he believes it ... the man is utterly amoral," Cruz told reporters. "Donald is a bully ... bullies don't come from strength they come from weakness."
Trump trashes Cruz's dad
Earlier Tuesday, Trump had criticized Rafael Cruz, calling him "disgraceful" after he urged evangelical voters in Indiana to reject his son's rival.
Trump also referenced a report from the tabloid National Enquirer -- without naming the publication -- which alleged that it had identified Rafael Cruz in a photo with Lee Harvey Oswald months prior to the JFK assassination. CNN has not independently confirmed that report -- and there is no evidence that it is true.
"And (Ted Cruz's) father, you know, was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's, you know, being shot. I mean the whole thing is ridiculous," Trump said in an interview on "Fox and Friends." "I mean what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald, shortly before the death? Before the shooting? It's horrible."
The remark led to swift criticism from some establishment Republican figures.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a fierce opponent of Trump, tweeted, "Any doubt left Trump is completely unhinged? His assertion Ted Cruz's father was associated with Lee Harvey Oswald should remove ALL doubt."
And Mark Salter, a top aide to 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, tweeted that he'd back Hillary Clinton over Trump.
"The GOP is going to nominate for President a guy who reads the National Enquirer and thinks it's on the level. I'm with her," Salter said.
'A very angry man'
Trump responded with a statement Tuesday afternoon calling Cruz "unhinged" and "desperate" as his losses to Trump have mounted.
"Today's ridiculous outburst only proves what I have been saying for a long time, that Ted Cruz does not have the temperament to be president of the United States," Trump said.
He followed up early Tuesday evening by tweeting, "Wow, Lyin' Ted Cruz really went wacko today. Made all sorts of crazy charges. Can't function under pressure - not very presidential. Sad!"
Trump's senior campaign adviser Barry Bennett downplayed Cruz's emotional outburst as a response to Trump and called it evidence of Cruz's failing campaign headed into primary night.
"We're watching his campaign implode, we're watching his reputation be torn to shreds ... he's a very angry man right now," Bennett told CNN's Kate Bolduan on "At This Hour," calling it a "truly sad display."
Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., also tweeted the move was "desperate" and called it childish.
"That was an impressive meltdown... Desperate but impressive. Reminded me of my 3 year old coming off a sugar high," he wrote.
Not the first time
It's not the first time the two candidates have come to verbal blows over a spat involving Cruz's family members.
Trump and Cruz exchanged accusations about each other inappropriately going after the candidates' wives in March, when Trump retweeted an unflattering picture of Heidi Cruz next to a flattering picture of his model wife, Melania. Trump also ambiguously threatened to "spill the beans" on Heidi.
Cruz responded angrily, calling Trump a "sniveling coward" and telling him to "leave Heidi the hell alone."
The National Enquirer -- which endorsed Trump -- has also run recent stories making various allegations about the billionaire businessman and about his rival that have not been confirmed by CNN or other publications.
The Cruz campaign responded to Trump by calling him "detached from reality."
"His false, cheap, meaningless comments every day indicate his desperation to get attention and willingness to say anything to do so," said Catherine Frazier, Cruz's campaign spokeswoman in a statement. "We are campaigning on jobs freedom and security while Trump campaigns on false tabloid garbage. And the media is willfully enabling him to cheapen the value of our democratic process."
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TV Review: Doctor Who "Asylum of the Daleks" – Series 7 Premiere
by Sherry Lipp
WARNING – SPOILERS BELOW
The season premiere of Doctor Who features Daleks, Daleks, and more Daleks. None of that should be a surprise considering the episode is titled "Asylum of the Daleks." No matter what The Doctor does, his old foe simply won't leave him alone. The twist this time is the Daleks need his help. As The Doctor (Matt Smith, in his third season) himself states at one point, "This is new." "Asylum of the Daleks" offers quite a few surprises and twists to what we know about the Daleks. It was a fun episode, but I felt a little like something was missing. That something was the TARDIS, which was pretty much out of commission for the entire episode. So despite missing the TARDIS, I liked the episode. Lots of surprises and an unexpected new character (more on that later) combined with a new dynamic between Rory (Arthur Darvill) and Amy (Karen Gillan).
During Amy's photo shoot, we see that Amy and Rory are signing divorce papers. It was hard not to feel disappointed, considering everything they had been through. I also liked that The Doctor's companion was in love with someone besides The Doctor. Knowing that something strange might be going on, I figured their split might not be permanent. Just as we are processing all this, a Dalek antenna pops out of the forehead of Amy's assistant. Amy, The Doctor, and Rory are whisked to a Dalek parliament where they're told they must help disable a force field so they can destroy a Dalek asylum, which occupies an entire planet. They don't want to do it, but they basically have no choice. Without further ado they are transported to the asylum planet.
The Daleks have been busy perfecting their Dalek/human hybrid work, developing technology that can automatically turn a human into a Dalek via a "nano-cloud." The Doctor, Amy, and Rory are protected by a glowing wrist-band. The nano-cloud affects any living matter, so we get to see some freaky zombie-Daleks that were converted from people who were killed when their spaceship crashed on the planet. It seems there was one survivor on that spaceship, Oswin Oswald (Jenna-Louise Coleman). Oswin is holed up underground where she has been fighting off the Daleks for a year, while listening to opera and making souffles. Coleman is set to play The Doctor's companion later this season, so it will be interesting to see how she is introduced and if The Doctor does anything to change her fate.
Oswin is a genius who is able to stay one step ahead of Daleks, easily hacking into their computer systems. She guides The Doctor, Rory, and Amy through the asylum via intercom. The Doctor is intrigued by her survival, wondering how she could've acquired the ingredients for her souffles. While I suspected there was something not quite right about Oswin, I wasn't expecting her ultimate predicament. A fully functional human mind imprisoned in a Dalek body – a botched conversion. Oswin still believed herself to human, so much so that she had invented a new reality for herself. It was a tragic ending even The Doctor himself could do nothing about.
What I liked best about "Asylum of the Daleks" was all the interaction between The Doctor and Oswin. It's good foreshadowing of their future relationship. I'm really curious to see how their relationship will form later. The appearance of Coleman was cleverly kept under wraps by the show, making for a nice surprise. I thought Amy and Rory wrapped up their problems a little too quickly. Even with Amy's explanation about "letting him go," I thought Rory would have been a little miffed that she couldn't have been honest with him instead of booting him out of the house. That aside, I would rather see them together. I like the teamwork between them and The Doctor. Overall, this was a good start to the season. Next week look out for "dinosaurs on a spaceship" and what looks like a lot of other crazy happenings.
Sherry Lipp
Sherry is a writer/blogger specializing in entertainment and food writing. You can find her gluten and grain-free food articles at scdforlife.com.
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Which councils spend the most on home adaptations?
AccessEquipmentInnovationIntelligenceStudies by Sarah Clarke	on July 4, 2019
Councils in the north of England spend the most on making accessibility adaptations to people's homes while authorities in the south tend to spend much less.
That's according to a freedom of information request (full list below), which has revealed Leeds City Council to be the authority which spends the most on Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) and issues the second highest amount of the grants.
DFGs are provided by councils to individuals so they can make changes to their homes and install ramps, stairlifts and adaptable bathrooms.
Information uncovered by interior design firm A Wood Idea reveals that council funding through DFGs is at a 10-year high. In October Philip Hammond announced that an additional £55m would be pumped into the DFGs in England in 2018-19.
Data from 73 councils in England shows that the collective spend through DFGs has grown by over 25%, rising from £75,000,000 in 2009/10 to over £100,000,000 in 2018/19, as an increasing number of people use the grants to fund essential accessibility adaptations to their homes.
Of the councils who responded to the requests, Leeds City Council was found to spend the most on funding the grants, averaging £6,508,716 annually between 2009/10 and 2018/19. Manchester City Council followed in second place with an average spend of £4,654,900.
Wokingham Council had the lowest DFG annual spend on average at £397,948, based on data supplied between 2014/15 and 2018/19. Slough Borough Council took second place with an average spend of £489,476, followed by Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead's £534,564.
Council DFG Spend
Most DFGs Issued
1. East Riding of Yorkshire Council – 1,587
2. Leeds City Council – 917
3. Manchester City Council – 815
4. Wirral Council – 390
5. Sheffield City Council – 368
Fewest DFGs Issued
1. Sutton Council – 44
2. Merton Council – 61
3. Slough Borough Council – 62
4. London Borough of Redbridge – 74
5. Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead – 75
Highest DFG Spend on Average
1. Leeds City Council – £6,508,716
2. Manchester City Council – £4,654,900
3. Kirklees Council – £2,547,621
4. Wiltshire Council – £2,274,000
5. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council – £2,153,352
Lowest DFG Spend on Average
1. Wokingham Council – £397,948
2. Slough Borough Council – £489,476
3. Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead – £534,564
4. Sutton Council – £601,991
5. London Borough of Lambeth – £609,355
Waltham Forest Council's spend increased the most across the 10 financial years, jumping from £978,113 in 2009/10 to £2,052,908 in 2018/19. This shows a 109% increase, which correlates with the growth in the number of DFG applications the council received — up from 78 in 2009/10 to 372 in 2018/19.
In contrast, Hull County Council's DFG spend had reduced by 42% between 2009/10 and 2018/19, dropping from £2,180,000 in to £1,247,000. However, the number of grants approved had roughly halved.
Overall, councils in the North West had the highest total spend over the ten financial years at £21,428,543, averaging at £1,648,349 per year.
However, councils in Yorkshire & The Humber are spending the most on DFGs on average, at £2,391,541 per year. Councils in the South East have the lowest average spend per year at £905,125, followed by Greater London with an average spend of £1,066,755.
DFGs approved by Sutton Council had the highest value, averaging at £13,751. At the other end of the scale, Milton Keynes Council spends the lowest amount on average, equalling £3,766 per grant.
Hollie-Anne Brooks, a journalist and a campaigner for disability rights, said that although she has not personally applied for a DFG, she knows the positive impact they can have on people's lives.
"Small changes matter a great deal and something that may seem minor can have such an enriching impact on the life of a disabled person – both from an accessibility point of view but also in terms of their mental health.
"Though it's great that the money is available when people need to access it, one of the major problems we currently have with the grant is awareness. Although it's positive to see that spending across councils on DFG's generally seems to be increasing, it's critical that the people who need it most are aware that these life-changing grants are available to them."
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MOSCOW – A wild bear has wandered through a shopping mall in Russia's Far East before being shot and killed by police. No injuries were reported.
Local TV channel MestoproTV released a video Wednesday that showed the bear smashing a window and roaming around the mall. It then ran to a nearby playground in the city of Khabarovsk close to the Chinese border.
On exit, the bear pushed open the store's doors and barreled down the street. The video showed camouflaged law enforcement officer pursue the animal and shoot it dead on the playground.
The Investigative Committee, Russia's main state investigative agency, has launched a probe into the legitimacy of police action.
The television report said the bear was between 2 and 3 years old, making it a teenager in bear years.


In a recent case, we conducted research to identify all the parties that historically owned and/or operated on a former industrial site that spanned multiple city blocks. The client requested this service to determine the existence of PRPs that may have contributed to the metals and semivolatile organic compounds (SVOC) contamination of the soil and groundwater, and may therefore bear liability for state-mandated clean-up efforts.
We began our research efforts by broadening our knowledge of the area of interest through a review of city directories and Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Sanborn Maps, which were created for fire insurance liability purposes and date back to 1866, track the changing landscape and property uses of approximately 12,000 American cities and towns. Meanwhile, historical city directories often contain street listings and business sections that identify the goods a company manufactured as well as their street address. Combined, these two resources enabled us to begin tracing the evolution of our client's property.
Despite their level of detail, Sanborn Maps are not comprehensive sources of information, as they were typically only published once every five to ten years, and not all land owners allowed access to their property. Similarly, city directories cannot be relied upon as sources of complete accuracy.
It is therefore critical for us to utilize additional resources to further understand the history of any property we conduct research on. These resources often come from collections available at the state and local level. We determine which city offices and local repositories to visit on a project-by-project basis, taking into account factors such as the location of a site, the type of contamination present, and the time period of interest. Before embarking on a research trip, we conduct remote internet and phone inquiries to pinpoint the location of relevant material.
For this project, the county clerk's collection of land deeds proved to be our most informative local source. As our client requested a comprehensive history of all the companies who had owned or operated on the property, our search encompassed deeds from the late 1800s, the point in which the area of interest began industrializing. Our review of the property deeds allowed us to track the site's conversion from residential to industrial, and identify the dozen or so entities that subsequently owned, leased, or operated on the site throughout the first half of the 20th century.
In addition, within federal repositories in the Washington, D.C. area, we gained access to local histories, newspapers, databases and periodicals that contained company annual reports, industrial histories, product advertisements, and corporate succession information. At the National Records and Archives Administration (NARA) at College Park, we collected documentation of wartime contracts between on-site companies and the government. As the area of interest is near a railroad, we also collected Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) railroad maps that identify property lines and owners adjacent to the rail line. As anticipated, materials from these Washington, D.C. area repositories provided us with valuable details regarding the activities of the historical owners and operators.
While each of these sources individually contain important information about a polluted industrial site's history, multiple sources and various types of documentation must be used to piece together a complete picture. TRG team members are experts in identifying repositories that hold such records of interest as well as in collecting and analyzing relevant historical documentation for law firms in pursuit of site reconstruction efforts. To learn more about our research services related to environmental litigation, please refer to our research services page or contact us.


What you can find in the new tutorial videos?
In this first video, you can find a way how to set up IP address in your computer step by step. Firstly, open "network settings ", and click to "change adapter settings ", and find Ethernet – properties. After that, you have to find "internet protocol version 4 (TCP / IPv4)", and open properties.
NOTE: Make sure that your IP address is not the same as your main controller's IP address.
In the first seconds of the video, you can see how your workspace looks. From the very beginning, you can´t see anybody, who's glowing… Let´s change it!
Click on the "Strip settings". Find there all RGB analog settings. Now you need to check out main signal sender. You can see that our main sender has IP ending with number 17. However, all settings are set up in our LSS for 20.
As a matter of fact, now you know your IP address, so you can delete that IP ending with number 17 (in your computer will be a different IP number!) and change IP settings in LSS to the one, which was found in your computer (in our case number 17).
Click on the "X", and red button "all disconnected" should change to "all connected".
In this video, you can find how to create simple or more complicated shows straightaway!
Please, check carefully in your workspace a dancer with number five. (Number five is there, because on the backside of dancer is our receiver, where is set number 5).
How we can do this simple programming?
Click on the "add strip scene". Now you can see a new effect, which appears on the right side. Click on the "pencil". Afterwards, select the number 5 and choose any color you like. Your color will be there, just click on the "+". We recommend changing a name of the scene for easier use in the future.
If you follow all these steps, you are already capable of creating simple scenes.
However, we have also another option for you. If you would like to create more complicated scenes, please, click on the "create video scene".
Click on the "+" and select – "Color effect". On the display immediately appears first scene, which is in options. Click on the "edit palette" and move your mouse to the beginning of the scene "I". After that pick any color you like. You can even select the second color. In our software, it's also possible to move your scene horizontally or vertically. Nonetheless, you are able to move a color effect to one dancer or as many dancers as you like. There is also an option to simply copy the effect. Everything happens in real time!
Did you read everything? Download and try our LSS software for free!
Do these videos help you? Please, write us some comments about what else you would like to see there.


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Figure 1: Cables, software disc, etc
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1. divize
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2. divize
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3. divize
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Mistrovství světa v ledním hokeji žen
Lední hokej v roce 2007
Turnaje v ledním hokeji v Kanadě
Sport ve Winnipegu
Sport v Selkirku
Lední hokej v Japonsku
Sportovní události v Japonsku
Sport v Nikkó
Lední hokej v Severní Koreji
Sportovní události v Severní Koreji
Sport v Pchjongjangu
Turnaje v ledním hokeji ve Spojeném království
Sportovní události ve Spojeném království
Lední hokej v Anglii
Sport v Sheffieldu
Lední hokej v Rumunsku
Sportovní události v Rumunsku
Sport v Miercureji Ciuci

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