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Another alleged non-paper proposes the conclusion of Kosovo-Serbia normalisation process by 2022
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Following the alleged non-paper on changes of the borders in the Balkans, which caused much controversy in the region, Kosovo daily Koha published another document on solving the Serbia-Kosovo dispute, which the daily claimed was a joint initiative of Germany and France, but which was denied by the two countries' Embassies to Kosovo. The alleged document is much more in line with the aim of a "comprehensive normalisation of relations" envisaged in the EU's General Framework for negotiations with Serbia.
According to Koha, the document says that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti will conduct talks to finalize the agreement to normalise relations and should complete the process by the end of February 2022, N1 reports. A meeting in Paris in June 2021 is also envisaged.
The document says that the European Union will continue to facilitate the process leading to a legally binding agreement to resolve all open questions and achieve progress on the path to Europe. Both sides would have to amend their constitutions to ensure the implementation of the agreement, with Serbia agreeing not to oppose Kosovo's request for membership in international organizations and both sides recognizing each other's sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence and exchanging Permanent Missions.
The two sides should also ensure the implementation of the Community of Serb Municipalities and reach an agreement on establishing the "Autonomous District of North Kosovo" as a separate administrative unit that would have regional legislative control on the economy, finances, infrastructure, culture, education, health care, social security, the judiciary, police, urban development and European cooperation in line with the constitution of Kosovo. The autonomous district would include the majority-Serb municipalities of Zvečan, Leposavić, Mitrovica North and Zubin Potok.
The proposed district would have a Governor representing the Government of Kosovo, an elected Assembly and an Executive Council that would be a joint organ of the Governments of Kosovo and Serbia, Autonomous District and the EU.
The document also calls for special status for the Serbian Orthodox Church allowing it to operate unobstructed, "as a self-governing part of Kosovo's political and constitutional system" headed by the Patriarch whose seat is in the Patriarchate of Peć.
German and French Embassies to Kosovo deny that their countries are the source
Koha wrote late on Monday that the document was a joint initiative by official Paris and Berlin but could not confirm its authenticity. Unnamed diplomats quoted by the daily allegedly confirmed that parts of the non-paper were in line with what the dialogue was expected to focus on, which was also underlined in a Tweet by Koha editor in chief Agon Bajrami.
However, German Ambassador to Kosovo Jörn Rohde denied later on Tuesday that the document is a German-French initative, calling the "so called German-French non paper" published by Koha Ditore "fake news".
He tweeted that a paper could exist but had nothing to do with either Berlin or Paris, adding Germany fully supported the Belgarde – Pristina dialogue on the normalisation of relations led by the European Union and Miroslav Lajčák, as German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass said in Pristina last week.
French Embassy in Kosovo also denied that France is involved.
The French Embassy in a statement posted on Twitter said that France and Germany are not source of the "non-paper" and the two countries support Kosovo-Serbia dialogue facilitated by the European Union, Gazeta Express reported.
"France and Germany are not the source of the so-called France-Germany non-paper published today in Koha Ditore. We fully support facilitation of the European Union, and welcome the efforts of the EU Special Representative on Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak," the French Embassy said in a statement.
Vučić: Recognition of Kosovo's independence unacceptable, I suspect one woman to be the author
President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić stated today that this non-paper has given him much more worries than the previous one, Radio Television of Vojvodina reported.
He said that everything will be analyzed – political motives and messages to both sides, and he notes that the paper was written by someone who was "fantastically knowledgeable and that there are (only) 50 people in the world who could do that".
"I know that, I know all those people, I suspect one person, a smart woman, everything that was written no one else could have composed or made", Vučić pointed out.
"Recognition of independence is unacceptable," he said, adding that the non-paper offers 90% of "less important things" to Serbia, but the most important one goes to Kosovo.
Washington: Speculation about changing borders fosters instability
Reacting to the first non-paper, attributed to the Prime Minister of Slovenia Janez Janša (which he denied), US State Department spokesman Ned Price said in Monday's statement that "recent unwarranted speculation about changing borders in the Balkans along ethnic lines risks fostering instability in the region and evokes memories of past tensions".
He did not elaborate and, unlike European Commission chief spokesman Eric Mamer and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, stopped short of saying explicitly that Washington found the idea unacceptable, Euractiv reports.
Instead, Price stressed that the US remains committed to supporting the six Western Balkans countries on their path toward European integration and membership in key European and Atlantic institutions and said the region's future "must be based on good governance, the rule of law, a multiethnic democracy and respect for human rights and basic freedoms".
"We also want to help the region toward economic growth, all the while protecting its infrastructure and industries from China's wrong-doing practices," he said, adding that Washington continues "to support the opening of EU accession negotiations" with Albania and North Macedonia in June.
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Oblique aerial centred on the remains of the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the WNW.
Oblique aerial view centred on the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the N.
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the NNE.
General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the accommodation camp, taken from the WNW.
Oblique aerial view of Port Glasgow High Mathernock Battery centred on the remains of an anti-aircraft battery, taken from the N.
Oblique aerial view centred on the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the SE.
Oblique aerial view centred on the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the SSW.
Oblique aerial centred on the remains of the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the NE.
Oblique aerial centred on the remains of the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the ENE.
Oblique aerial centred on the remains of the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the ESE.
Oblique aerial view centred on the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the SW.
Oblique aerial view centred on the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the S.
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the N.
Oblique aerial centred on the remains of the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the NW.
General oblique aerial view centred on the anti-aircraft battery with the remains of the accommodation camp adjacent, taken from the S.
Oblique aerial view centred on the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the NE.
Oblique aerial view centred on the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the NW.
General oblique aerial view centred on the anti-aircraft battery with the remains of the accommodation camp adjacent, taken from the SSW.
Oblique aerial view centred on the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the SSE.
Oblique aerial centred on the remains of the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the W.
Oblique aerial centred on the remains of the anti-aircraft battery, taken from the E.
Oblique aerial view of the remains of High Mathernock anti aircraft battery and accommodation camp, looking to the ESE.
This anti-aircraft battery is situated immediately to the W of Mathernock Bridge. The battery consists of four brick built gun emplacements and a command post. The command post where the instruments were has been demolished. The remainder of this battery is in fair condition, the gun emplacements are used as cattle pens by the farmer. There are many hut bases to the SE of the site on the other side of the track.
Information from Mr J Guy, August 1996.
This World War II heavy anti aircaft battery is situated on the W side of High Mathernock Farm. The four gun-emplacements and the partly demolished command post are still extant. The hut bases of the accommodation camp survive in a field on the other side of the track (NS37SW 53.01).
Records show that the battery was armed with 4 3.7-inch guns.
J Guy 2001; NMRS MS 810/11, Part 2, 160-1; Vol.2 (appendix), 15.
This heavy anti-aircraft battery is situated on the crest of a NW-facing scarp in improved pasture immediately SW of the Gryfe Water and about 350m WSW of High Mathernock Farm. It comprises four gun emplacements, a command post, the foundations of twenty-four buildings associated with the camp, together with a sewage works. This was one of at least forty-seven heavy anti-aircraft emplacements that were installed to protect the industries in the centre of Glasgow and along the banks of the River Clyde during raids by the Luftwaffe.
The battery is approached from the public road to the SE by a grass-grown track for about 125m before this turns sharply NNE to pass between the gun emplacement and the command post. All the gun-pits are planned around the circumference of a circle with a radius of 35m pivoted on a NE to SW axis.
The four gun-pits (NS 32193 71034, NS 32201 71008, NS 32187 70984, NS 32160 70978) can be separated into two pairs, one on the NE arc of the circle and one on the SSE. All (save for a minor modification to that on the SE) are of the same design and each is protected by the remains of an earthen bund, although the external walls retain some rare traces of an external cement render. They are irregular dodecahedrons on plan and measure 14m in diameter within brick blast walls 0.5m thick and 1.7m high. Single gateways measuring 3.6m wide face towards the command post. However, the gateway in the E gun-pit has been damaged, while that in the SSW gun-pit has been deliberately enlarged. In each gun-pit, five ammunition lockers measuring 1.85m by 1.65m and 1.9m deep within brick walls 0.5m thick, are built against the inner side of the blast wall. They are symmetrically arranged with one positioned opposite the entrance. Each has a flat concrete roof, a raised concrete floor and one open side; but three of the lockers in the SE gun-pit have lost their back walls. Two more diametrically opposed ammunition lockers, measuring 1.85m by 1.6m and 1.85m deep within brick walls 0.5m-0.65m thick, open on to the centre of the gun-pit. Behind these is a crew shelter, situated outside the main line of the blast wall, to which access is had by a short flight of steps from the gun-pit. They are rectangular on plan and measure 4.75m by 2.3m transversely within brick walls 0.48m thick and 2.2m high. A circular perforation in their flat concrete roofs may have been provided for the chimney of a stove, but their original turf capping is only preserved on the roofs of the pair in the SE gun-pit. Both shelters in the E gun-pit have lost their rear walls, while the more southerly has a bricked-up entrance. The concrete hard standings are largely grass-grown except that in the SSW gun-pit. This is closed off by a galvanised metal field gate, as it remains in occasional use as a pen. Its hard standing is slightly domed to facilitate drainage, while the holdfast has a circular arrangement of ten metal fittings measuring 2.4m in diameter, broached only on the NNW by a cable duct running to its centre. The enlargement of the original gateway has led to the loss of an ammunition locker on the E, although what appears to be the latter's detached roof is situated on the ground close-by. By contrast, the locker on the SSW and the crew shelter on the SE have been refitted with metal doors to allow them to be used for storage. Temporary metal steps placed against the exterior of the N locker provides access to a railed area on the roof of the NW crew shelter, which is designed as a stand for sports shooting. The minor modification to the design of the SE gun-pit (referred to above) takes the form of a small brick-built cubby hole with a flat concrete roof, which is attached to the rear of the NE crew shelter and was accessible only through the bund. Its entrance is 0.85m wide and it measures 2m deep.
The command post (NS 32172 71010), which is largely brick-built and generally denuded of its earthen bund, is situated WNW of the track serving each of the gun-pits. It is rectangular on plan and measures 20m from NNE to SSW by 7.9m transversely over brick walls 0.48m thick and 2.3m high. However, the concrete terrace on the ESE that supported the platforms for the height finder, the spotting telescope and the predictor has been completely demolished, although its original level is marked by an offset in the brick wall immediately behind where it stood. The porch, with its flat concrete roof and whitewashed walls and ceiling, remains intact; but the steps that once led down from the back of the terrace to the control rooms have been completely removed - possibly to facilitate access from the present ground level. The main block and the wings to the NNE and SSW are protected by a flat, reinforced cast concrete roof that retains its bitumen weatherproofing. Large fragments of this also cling to the building's external WNW wall, but it is evident here and from damage at the NE corner of the NNE wing that this has been interleaved between an inner and an outer skin of brickwork. The main block, the interior of which has also been whitewashed throughout, contains two compartments – the plotting room and the space occupied by the retransmission unit; while the wings each contain two further compartments for use as offices or stores. The plotting room, which measures 9.1m from NNE to SSW by 3.15m transversely and 2.15m high, is lit by two windows that formerly looked out on to the terrace. Its concrete floor is crossed by a narrow cable duct from WNW to ESE, while the WNW wall is pierced just below the roofline by three crude apertures for ventilators. A doorway leads SSW into the room for the retransmission unit, which is lit by a single window in the WNW wall; while at the opposite end of the plotting room another door provides access to the offices in the NNE wing. The first compartment is also lit by a window in the WNW wall, while another in the party wall provides a view back into the map room. A row of ventilators are situated just below the ceiling, while a short flight of steps to a hatch in the second compartment originally provided access to the terrace. The layout of the SSW wing is similar, but there is no window in the party wall between the plotting room and the retransmission unit's compartment. In addition, the steps leading up to the hatch are missing in the second compartment.
There is one isolated rectangular concrete building platform (NS 32289 70933), measuring 11m from NW to SE by 4.5m transversely, located in the same field as the gun battery, but it is situated about 125m SE and 25m WSW of Mathernock Bridge. In addition, a pile a pile of concrete beams (NS 32270 70911) possibly deriving from buildings in the camp lies 25m SW.
What remains of the camp is situated in rough pasture SE of the public road leading from High Mathernock to Clachers. At least twenty-five rectangular concrete building platforms overlying brick plinths are visible (NS 32300 70898, NS 32295 70892, NS 32306 70883, NS 32301 70842, NS 32285 70854, NS 32280 70841, NS 32270 70853, NS 32268 70822, NS 32268 70880, NS 32258 70833, NS 32253 70845, NS 32246 70852, NS 32241 70858, NS 32240 70847, NS 32230 70849, NS 32225 70845, NS 32217 70832, NS 32224 70831, NS 32213 70816, NS 32221 70814, NS 32209 70799, NS 32217 70798, NS 32205 70782, NS 32201 70765, NS 32209 70763). Their footprints vary from 4m by 3m transversely to 16m by 5m transversely, but at least fifteen on the higher ground to the SSW, measuring 11m by 5m transversely, are possibly accommodation blocks. Many are approached by flights of steps at one gable end or have extensions for a boiler, while several retain low dais marking the position of stoves. By contrast, the platforms of the service blocks to their NE are largely terraced into the SE facing slope, standing up to 1m high on one side.
The sewage works of the camp are situated about 50m below and SE of the service blocks, where a narrow brick-built aqueduct once conveyed waste water into a septic tank located 5m S of the Gryfe Water. The latter is rectangular on plan and measures 5.7m from E to W by 2.6m transversely, over brick walls 0.23m thick and up to 2.35m high. It has been strengthened with a plinth around its footings and there are traces of a cement render, but its E end has been partly demolished. Two inspection covers in its flat concrete roof provide access via a series of iron rungs to the whitewashed interior. A whitewashed aqueduct runs from its E end to an unroofed, rectangular settling tank about 4m SE. This measures 5.85 m from NW to SE by 2.8m transversely over brick walls 0.23mm thick and up to 1.7m high. There are traces of a cement render, its footing has been strengthened with a plinth and it contains 12 square brick-built compartments.


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"Margaret Kerr would have been appalled"
Only one in ten women in Scotland exceed the recommended amount of exercise per week
Only one in ten women in Scotland exceed the recommended amount of exercise per week.
Tuesday, 17th October 2017, 5:32 pm
A survey conducted by Damart and Heart Research UK has found that only 10 per cent of 4,139 women over the age of 18 exceed the recommended 150 minutes of exercise a week.
This is despite 31 per cent of women being able to identify the correct time period recommended by health experts.
While seven per cent of women said they exercised between 121-150 minutes a week, it was found that 22 per cent said that they exercised less than 30 minutes during a seven-day period.
The survey was created as part of the Loving Hearts campaign, which aims to raise awareness of heart disease among women.
Currently, eight out of 10 coronary heart disease cases are preventable and risks can be reduced by the avoidance of smoking, unhealthy eating, and a lack of daily exercise.
Interestingly, the survey found that there were variations in exercise attitudes and habits between geographical locations.
When asked what the recommended weekly amount of moderate physical activity was in minutes, only 25 per cent of women in Wales could offer the correct answer.
However, 35 per cent of women in the South East gave the correct answer of 150 minutes.
They were followed by women the East Midlands (33 per cent), the South West (33 per cent), Scotland (32 per cent), Yorkshire and the Humber (31 per cent).
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The Volkswagen EA489 Basistransporter is a small front-wheel drive platform truck with a front-mounted Volkswagen air-cooled engine. Created by Volkswagen AG, it is about the size of a modern-day Volkswagen Polo and is perhaps one of the rarest Volkswagens in the world because it was never sold in a developed market.

History
It was built between 1976 and 1978, with only 2,600 units produced in completely knocked down kits in Hanover, Germany; and 3,600 units were produced in Puebla, Mexico, between 1977 and 1979 for the Mexican market where it was known as the Hormiga. The car was developed to compete with recent very basic utility vehicles developed by Ford and GM specifically for sale in East Asia, with the intent of opening new markets there and in Africa.

In Finland a truck called the Teijo, closely related to the EA-489, was built by the Wihuri Group from 1975 until 1976. About 200 were made, with some sent to Africa as foreign aid.

It was evaluated for production in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey and Mexico.  It was built and sold in Turkey as the EA489, in the Philippines as the Trakbayan ("Country Truck" in Filipino), in Indonesia as the Mitra ("Partner"), and in Mexico as the Hormiga ("Ant" in Spanish).

The Indonesian Mitra, built by P.T. Garuda Mataram Motor Company in Jakarta, featured the cowl of a Volkswagen Type 2 (T2b). A number of bodystyles, ranging from a naked cowl to an ambulance, were available. The Mitra's T2b body featured a front-mounted grille, and the pickup variations featured a bed more distinctly separated than the beds of its T2 cousins. A  top speed was promised.

In the Philippines, the Trakbayan was built by DMG Inc. It had variations like the low-side and high-side pickups, van, and jeepney.

Specifications
 Chassis: simple ladder frame
 Engine configuration: air-cooled flat four-cylinder 'boxer', overhead valve (OHV) with pushrods
 Engine displacement:
 Motive DIN power:  at 4,000 revolutions per minute,
 Powertrain layout: front-mounted engine (under the cab), front-wheel drive
 Suspension
 Front – independent, longitudinal torsion bars and wishbones
 Rear – rigid unpowered solid axle with leaf springs
 Roadwheels: 4.5J × 14-inch
 Maximum speed:
 Payload:

Italics indicate Mexican-specified Hormiga

References

Basistransporter
Cars powered by boxer engines
Kit vehicles
Commercial vehicles
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The first reference to the Spartans at war is in the Iliad, where they participate among the other Greek contingents. Like the rest of the Mycenaean armies, it was composed largely of infantry, equipped with short spears, swords, and Dyplon. This was an age of heroic warfare with simple tactics, often little more than a general charge and a great deal of killingit was common for entire armies to be chased down and killed after a rout. The basic tactic of battle was 'free for all'. In the tradition of "heroic" warfare as portrayed by Homer, the bow was looked down on as unmanly, but the spear also used in long range was a great killing weapon for the Spartans. We are proud to offer you this, our Spartan spear.


The next Ministry Team Leader Meeting is Sunday, April 28, following the worship service. This will be a potluck lunch. For more information, contact the church office at 402-762-3824 or office@ccchristian.org.
Adult and Youth (Junior & Senior High) Bible Classes on Sunday morning are a place where students and adults can learn about God's truth and grow spiritually.
Help the congregation worship and experience God in meaningful ways through the means of sound, lighting and visuals.
Helps families in need with utilities, rent, food, gas, etc. along with any other physical needs. Christmas Home Mission is one of our main focuses during the year (fruit baskets, food baskets and gas).
Maintain provide improvements to the church building and grounds.
A Sunday evening student ministry for Junior High (6th-8th Grades) and Senior High (9th-12th Grade) students. It provides a safe, fun and encouraging environment for students to learn about God's truth.
A safe and fun environment for children to come and experience God's love with different events throughout the year.
Creates accents and themes to help make our facility warm, attractive and inviting.
Provide food and a community building atmosphere for fellowship meals at the church, and set up for these meals and clean up afterwards.
Providing gifts and encouragement to those in need, such as those in the hospital, confined to home, loss of a loved one, etc.
Exits to make everyone coming to church on Sunday mornings feel welcome. We fill any needs our guests have, arrange communion servers, and make Sunday mornings in general run smoothly.
A Sunday morning program for children from Kindergarten to 4th Grade during the sermon. It provides age-appropriate lessons and activities for the children to learn about God's truth.
Books, DVDs, CDs and other materials to supplement your knowledge and walk with Christ.
Providing meals and food for those in need during difficult and transitional times.
Bringing men to a closer walk with God with Bible Studies and service.
Desires to reach the lost and expand the congregation's Kingdom mindset through missions and outreach involvement. The team allocates funds and develops ongoing partnerships with global and local mission partners.
A safe place for infants 6 weeks-2 years to go during Bible Class and Sunday Morning Service.
Minister to those who are generally confined to home or a nursing facility by providing worship, communion, light teaching, and prayer on a monthly or as needed basis.
Children Bible Classes for children from birth through 5th Grade. It provides a safe and fun place for children to learn God's truth through age-appropriate lessons and activities.
Provide a safe and secure environment within the church building and on the church grounds for staff, members, and guests to gather, worship and serve.
A Sunday morning program for children ages 2-5 during the worship. It provides age-appropriate lessons and activities for the children to learn about God's truth.
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Help the congregation worship and experience God in meaningful ways, primarily through music.