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class CamaleonCms::Admin::Appearances::Widgets::MainController < CamaleonCms::AdminController
  before_action :check_permission_role
  before_action :set_widgets, only: [:edit, :update, :destroy]
  add_breadcrumb I18n.t("camaleon_cms.admin.sidebar.appearance")
  add_breadcrumb I18n.t("camaleon_cms.admin.sidebar.widgets")

  def index
    @widgets = current_site.widgets
  end

  def new
    @widget ||= current_site.widgets.new
    render "form", layout: false
  end

  def edit
    new
  end

  def create
    params[:widget_main][:status] = "simple"
    @widget = current_site.widgets.new(params.require(:widget_main).permit!)
    if @widget.save!
      flash[:notice] = t('camaleon_cms.admin.widgets.message.created')
    else
      flash[:error] = t('camaleon_cms.admin.widgets.message.error_created')
    end
    redirect_to action: :index
  end

  def update
    if @widget.update!(params.require(:widget_main).permit!)
      flash[:notice] = t('camaleon_cms.admin.widgets.message.updated')
    else
      flash[:error] = t('camaleon_cms.admin.widgets.message.error_updated')
    end
    redirect_to action: :index
  end

  def destroy
    @widget = @widget.destroy!
    flash[:notice] = t('camaleon_cms.admin.widgets.message.deleted')
    redirect_to action: :index
  end

  private

  def set_widgets
    @widget = current_site.widgets.find(params[:id])
  end

  def check_permission_role
    authorize! :manage, :widgets
  end
end


When last year's Apple iPhone X was released I was thrilled with it due to the small overall size, large screen, minimal bezels, touch gestures, and more. Four months after I owned one I gave up Android as my primary platform and used the iPhone X until last month.
After using the Apple iPhone XS Max, see our full review, for the past two weeks it is time to send it back to T-Mobile. The large form factor offers nothing unique over the iPhone XS and even though I usually like big phones this 6.5 inch iPhone doesn't excite me like the iPhone X.
The iPhone Plus models of the past came with some functions found in the iPad, such as landscape home screen support, split-screen mode, and more extensive landscape support for apps. While the iPhone XS Max has a substantially larger display than the iPhone X/XS, none of these Plus features are supported.
The iPhone XS Max is just a bigger iPhone XS Max with the accompanying larger display and larger capacity battery. As Brandon mentions in the embedded video below, the XS Max battery capacity is only 19 percent higher than that found on the iPhone XS. This is a much smaller difference between standard and Plus models of the past.
One reason my wife keeps using Samsung Galaxy phones is the better cellular reception, especially in weak signal areas. While I haven't seen WiFi issues as some have reported, I have seen the Galaxy Note 9 and Huawei P20 Pro outperform the iPhone XS Max in terms of cellular reception.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 also offers something unique with the S Pen that helps justify the large size of the phone. Samsung also has higher screen density so you can see more on the phone while the larger iPhone XS Max doesn't offer much of a difference over the iPhone XS.
The battery life of the iPhone XS Max is fine and likely to get you through a full day, but the Huawei P20 Pro can get you through two. The upcoming Huawei Mate 20 devices are also likely to be multi-day phones with massive battery capacity.
I purchased the iPhone X last year using the T-Mobile Jump on Demand program and used that program to purchase the iPhone XS Max. Thankfully, I can return the XS Max today and then choose to keep my current iPhone X or switch to the iPhone XS. Given there is no difference in monthly payments, I am likely going to switch to an iPhone XS in a couple of weeks.
Given that you can switch every 30 days if you like, I could even make the jump to an iPhone XR. The XR is possibly going to be the most compelling iPhone this year with the lower price, vivid color options, and most of the internals seen on the iPhone XS and XS Max.
It is wonderful that the cameras and all internal specs, except the battery of course, of the smaller iPhone are the same as the larger iPhone since I hated that Apple required you to purchase the larger size phone just to get all that Apple had to offer in an iPhone. However, this year that means I will either keep my iPhone X or pick p the iPhone XS for the improved cameras, processor, and slightly higher water resistance.


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class Object
  def linael(name, config_hash = {}, &block)
    # Create the class
    new_class = Class.new(Linael::ModuleIRC) do
      generate_all_config(name, config_hash)
      const_set("Options", generate_all_options)
    end # Class.new(Linael::ModuleIRC)

    # Link the module to the right part of linael
    Linael::Modules.const_set(name.to_s.camelize, new_class)

    # Execute the block
    "Linael::Modules::#{name.to_s.camelize}".constantize.class_eval &block if block_given?
  end
end
# This is a trick to use t inside help
class Class
  include R18n::Helpers
end
R18n.set (if LinaelLanguages.is_a? Array
            LinaelLanguages + ['en']
          else
            [LinaelLanguages, 'en']
            end)

# Everything goes there
module Linael
  # Fake interruption for before check
  class InterruptLinael < RuntimeError
  end

  # Modification of ModuleIRC class to describe the DSL methods
  class ModuleIRC
    # Method to describe a feature of the module inside a linael bloc (see Object)
    # Params:
    # +type+:: type of message watched by the method should be in:
    # * +:msg+:: any message
    # * +:cmd+:: any command message (begining with a !)
    # * +:cmdAuth+:: any command which you should be auth on the bot to use
    # * +:join+   :: any join
    # * +:part+   :: any part
    # * +:kick+   :: any kick
    # * +:auth+   :: any auth asking (for :cmdAuth)
    # * +:mode+   :: any mode change
    # * +:nick+   :: any nick change
    # * +:notice+ :: any notice
    #
    # +name+:: the name of the feature
    # +regex+:: the regex that the method should match
    # +config_hash+:: an optional configuration hash (for now, there is no configuration option)
    # +block+:: where we describe what the method should do
    def self.on(type, name, regex = //, _config_hash = {}, &block)
      # Generate regex catching in Options class
      self::Options.class_eval do
        generate_to_catch(name => regex)
      end

      generate_define_method_on(type, name, regex, &block) if block_given?

      # Define the method which will be really called
      # Add the feature to module start
      # TODO add doc here (why unless)
      const_set("ToStart", {}) unless defined?(self::ToStart)
      self::ToStart[type] ||= []
      self::ToStart[type] = self::ToStart[type] << name
    end

    def execute_method(type, msg, options, &block)
      if type == :auth
        instance_exec(msg, options, &block)
      else
        # execute block
        Thread.new do
          begin
            instance_exec(msg, options, &block)
          rescue InterruptLinael
          rescue Exception => e
            puts e.to_s.red
            puts e.backtrace.join("\n").red
          end
        end
      end
    end

    # TODO add it to protected
    def self.generate_define_method_on(type, name, _regex, &block)
      send("define_method", name) do |msg|
        # Is it matching the regex?
        if self.class::Options.send("#{name}?", msg.message)
          # if it's a message: generate options
          options = self.class::Options.new msg.element if msg.element.is_a? Linael::Irc::Privmsg
          execute_method(type, msg, options, &block)
        end
      end
    end

    # Wrapper to add values regex
    # Params:
    # +key+:: is the name of the method (options.name)
    # +value+:: is the regex used to find the result
    def self.value(hash)
      self::Options.class_eval do
        generate_value hash
      end
    end

    # Wrapper to add values regex with a default value
    # Params:
    # +key+:: is the name of the method (options.name)
    # +value+:: is a hash with 2 keys:
    # * +:regexp+:: the matching regex
    # * +:default+:: the default value
    def self.value_with_default(hash)
      self::Options.class_eval do
        generate_value_with_default hash
      end
    end

    # Wrapper to add matching regex to options
    # Params:
    # +key+:: is the name of the method (options.name?)
    # +value+:: is the regex to match
    def self.match(hash)
      self::Options.class_eval do
        generate_match hash
      end
    end

    # Instruction used at the start of the module
    def self.on_init(&block)
      const_set("At_launch", block)
    end

    # Instructions used at load (from save module)
    def self.on_load(&block)
      const_set("At_load", block)
    end

    # An array of strings for help
    def self.help(help_array)
      const_set("Help", help_array)
    end

    def self.db_list(*lists)
      lists.each do |list|
        class_name = name
        define_method(list) do
          Redis::List.new("#{class_name}:#{list}", marshal: true)
        end
      end
    end

    def self.db_value(*values)
      values.each do |value|
        class_name = name
        define_method(value) do
          Redis::Value.new("#{class_name}:#{value}", marshal: true)
        end
      end
    end

    def self.db_hash(*hashes)
      hashes.each do |hash|
        class_name = name
        define_method(hash) do
          Redis::HashKey.new("#{class_name}:#{hash}", marshal: true)
        end
      end
    end

    # Override of normal method
    def load_mod
      instance_eval(&self.class::At_load) if defined?(self.class::At_load)
    end

    # Overide of normal method
    def start!
      add_module(self.class::ToStart)
    end

    def launch
      @master.act_types.each { |t| add_module_irc_behavior t }
    end

    # Overide of normal method
    def initialize(master)
      @master = master
      instance_eval(&self.class::At_launch) if defined?(self.class::At_launch)
      launch
    end

    # A method used to describe preliminary tests in a method
    def before(msg)
      raise(InterruptLinael, "not matching") unless yield(msg)
    end

    # Execute something later
    # Params:
    # +time+:: The time of the execution
    # +hash+:: Params sended to the block
    def at(time, hash = nil, &block)
      Thread.new do
        sleep(time - Time.now)
        instance_exec(hash, &block)
      end
    end

  end
end

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In my previous post about French-themed games, I included a memory match game in which one of the cards is "Carrousel en 1900." While I can't turn back time and ride a French carousel actually in 1900, we've had many chances to ride carousels from 1900. They're as good as time machines.
The one we see most frequently is in the square of the Hôtel de Ville during the winter.
In addition to the paintings of famous landmarks that adorn the carrousel, you can see the real Notre Dame in the background.
It's particularly gorgeous at night.
At the Luxembourg Gardens, there's an added extras something: the chance to sit on the outer row, try to put a wooden baton through the metal rings, and collect as many as possible. This friendly, smiling man always seems to be the one manning the booth. And he's always this excited about it.
Luckily, the enthusiasm of the kids is somewhat higher.
Despite the fact that the carrousel at Hotel de Ville is labeled "carrousel", the word that most French people use to describe a carousel (that's one R in the English spelling) is "manège".
Perail Brebis, or Perail de Brebis, is a soft raw sheep's milk cheese made in Aveyron, in the Midi-Pyrénées. It's so soft, in fact, that it has to be ripened in special wooden molds to keep it from oozing all over as a near-liquid. This photo is taken straight from the fridge to keep it solidly in the solids camp. The molds explains the ridges in the cheese.
As you would expect, this cheese is creamy, and wet, and spreadable. It's got a sweet and savory flavor going at the same time -- herby, grassy, flowery, milky, yet earthy and farmy. Yummy, is more like it, and it's devoured within seconds.
One is a merry-go-round. One is a round that makes me merry. I just wish there were sheep in any of my merry-go-round photos (there's an elk-like thing and a pig. But why, oh why, am I always finding sheep cheeses when searching for horse connections?).


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function varargout = RunRanksum(obj, varargin)
% Run ranksum test to get p-values for each feature
% p_val = RunRanksum(obj, 'param', value, ...)
%
% PARAMETERS
% b_print: print results
% b_print_only_significant: false (default) to print all p-values; true to print only
%  p-values < 0.05
% b_print_sort_by_p: true (default) to sort the printed (but not the returned) output by
% p-value in ascending order

% By Daniel Golden (dgolden1 at stanford dot edu) July 2012
% $Id$

%% Parse input arguments
p = inputParser;
p.addParamValue('b_print', true);
p.addParamValue('b_print_only_significant', false);
p.addParamValue('b_print_sort_by_p', true);
p.parse(varargin{:});

%% Setup
error('Wilcoxon rank sum test is not appropriate for longitudinal data');

response_unique = unique(obj.Response);
if length(response_unique) ~= 2
  error('Response should have exactly two unique values');
end

%% Run test
p_val = zeros(1, length(obj.FeatureNames));
for kk = 1:length(obj.FeatureNames)
  % Two-sided p value is computed as
  % p = 2*(1 - normcdf(abs(stats.zval)))
  % Which is the area under outside of normal curve when cut on both sides
  % at z = stats.zval
  % One-sided p value is computed as
  % p = 1 - normcdf(abs(stats.zval))
  % Which is area under outside of normal curve when cut on only one side
  %
  % We need to use the two-sided test when we don't know
  % a priori which category will have higher values of the feature

  x1 = obj.FeatureVector(strcmp(obj.Response, response_unique{1}), kk);
  x2 = obj.FeatureVector(strcmp(obj.Response, response_unique{2}), kk);

  x1 = x1(~isnan(x1));
  x2 = x2(~isnan(x2));

  if isempty(x1) || isempty(x2)
    p_val(kk) = nan;
    continue;
  end

  [p_val(kk), ~, stats] = ranksum(x1, x2);
end

%% Print p-values
if p.Results.b_print
  feature_num = 1:length(obj.FeatureNames);
  if p.Results.b_print_sort_by_p
    [p_sort, idx_p] = sort(p_val);
  else
    p_sort = p_val;
    idx_p = 1:length(p_val);
  end

  X_names_p_sort = obj.FeatureNames(idx_p);
  feature_num_p_sort = feature_num(idx_p);
  for kk = 1:length(p_sort)
    if p_sort(kk) <= 0.05 || ~p.Results.b_print_only_significant
      fprintf('ranksum %s vs %s: %s (feature %d) p=%0.5G\n', response_unique{1}, response_unique{2}, X_names_p_sort{kk}, feature_num_p_sort(kk), p_sort(kk));
    end
  end
end

% if ~any(p_sort(kk) <= 0.05)
%   fprintf('No significant features via ranksum test\n');
% end

%% Assign output arguments
if nargout > 0
  varargout{1} = p_val;
end


Should You Invest Through Peer To Peer Lending Platforms?
Written by Jin Won Choi on Dec. 2, 2017 in Alternative Investments.
Last update on Dec. 4, 2017.
At the beginning of every month, I brief members on how MoneyGeek's Regular portfolios have performed and comment on the state of the financial markets. In this update, I'll also share my thoughts on investing through a peer to peer lending platform such as Lending Loop.


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7 Mothers Explain What Unmedicated Childbirth Really Feels Like
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"It literally felt like I was sh*tting a watermelon."
By Carina Hsieh
While many mothers choose to use epidurals during labor, other mothers opt for unmedicated births. As Dr. Edna Ma, an anesthesiologist explains, the decision is ultimately a maternal choice. "Health professionals should respect a mother's choice and her autonomy, provided there is no harm to the mom or baby. I believe she also has the right to change her mind."
And yes, you can change your mind! Dr. Ma explains that for mothers on the fence about an epidural, she usually advises getting one placed before it becomes "too late" — there's a point during labor when mom has to start pushing and it becomes impossible to properly position her for safe insertion of an epidural catheter. Epidurals aren't all or nothing switches, and your anesthesiologist can also minimally dose the medicine or not dose the medicine at all, leaving the catheter as an "insurance policy." Dr. Ma says that once the catheter is placed, "If the baby is in distress and a c-section needs to be performed immediately, the anesthesiologist can dose the medications through the epidural catheter already placed. If there isn't an epidural, then either an immediate spinal or general anesthesia must be administered."
It should also be noted that while some believe that epidurals can cause postpartum depression, the medical evidence actually points to the contrary. Regardless of your reasoning, or birth plan, it's important to communicate your wishes to your birth team. Don't be afraid to speak up about your wishes either way — after all, it's your body. Here, seven mothers who had unmedicated births explain what it felt like.
1. "Physically, my non-medicated deliveries felt like the tide of the ocean with each contraction. There was a rolling pain radiating through my stomach to my back. You would get a few moments relief and then, another contraction. It was exhausting to not have more rest — it was like the longest marathon. When it was finally time to push, it felt as if there was no other option. I wanted the contractions to stop and this was the way to make that happen, so I looked forward to pushing baby out. Even though it hurt — like a burning sensation — I felt such relief when baby was delivered. Emotionally, it was liberating. I have never felt more proud of my body and mind."—Amie, 37
2. "I've often heard labor and childbirth being compared to completing a marathon. After having done both, I can say that a marathon is much easier because at least you can see the miles ticking off. Yes, [a marathon] is hard physically and mentally, but you can train for it, know what to expect, and there's an easy system for seeing how far you've gone and how much you have left to go. Not so with childbirth. For me, that was the hard part. The physical sensations of labor were like nothing I've experienced before or after. It was like a band of squeezing pressure that was neither painful nor pleasurable. We had a quiet, pain-free, unmedicated birth and it felt amazing to finally be free of the physical weight of carrying her in my body and the pressure of labor. Releasing her into the world was like the relief you feel after agonizing over a tough conversation you have to have with someone and then having it go well."—Kelly, 39
3. "I remember walking down the corridor of the hospital and feeling like I was stoned. Nature's gift, to those who choose to remain unmedicated, apparently, is a natural high. Once admitted, the pain was intense. I had back labor [Editor's note: intense labor sensations felt in the lower back], which felt like ice skating, falling on your tailbone, getting up, and falling again. I didn't have pain in the front of my body, but the contractions were so strong it was like a literal wave, washing from the top of my abdomen to the bottom and almost pulling me down the bed with it. It wasn't painful, it was just really strong. I was told to push before my body was ready, and I had no idea what to do, so I ended up bursting the blood vessels in my eyes. When my body was ready, the muscles all worked and there was a natural sense of bearing down. It's sort of like the opposite of an orgasm, but the same idea in that the muscles do the work they are supposed to and trying to force it doesn't help anything."— Janis, 34
4. "The pain of going through a long labor without medication was unreal, like being ripped apart from the inside. Once I could touch my daughter's head with my hand, it got exciting again because I knew we were finally close. The only way I was able to get through it was by promising myself I would never, ever make myself do it again. Afterward, I definitely felt like I had won an Olympic gold medal. Two years later I gave birth to my son and kept my promise to myself by going for the epidural. There's no comparison — having the epidural and getting him out in two pushes was absolute luxury in comparison. I thought that doing it without meds would make me a better person, like training and completing a marathon, and I'm certainly proud of myself for doing it, but there's no one handing out prizes for childbirth. Actually being a mom is the tough part, so I'm all about making the physical experience as safe and easy as possible."—Jen, 35
5. "Going unmedicated with my second child was nothing like the movies portrayed. I was ready for the worst: screaming uncontrollably, sweating my ass off, and spewing swear words at my husband. To my surprise, it was actually beautiful and magical. I prepared myself mentally and physically using the hypnobirth method. Contractions felt like intense menstrual cramps, my water breaking felt like someone just pulled and snapped a huge rubber band inside my belly, then I felt like I needed to take a huge poop. I was laboring in the tub to help with the contractions, and when I said I needed to poop, my midwife told me it was the baby coming. I sat on the toilet, and still kind of didn't believe her. I thought I was just going to take a huge crap in front of everyone. So I pushed and instead of a huge poop, it was the baby coming out (thank goodness). I started to feel a burning sensation in my vagina, like I was about to tear. So instead of forcing it, I slowed things down and did little pushes until [my baby] came out. It literally felt like I was shitting a watermelon … a super cute watermelon."—Lindsay, 31
6. "Giving birth without medication felt very natural, but very painful. Mentally you know [birth is] natural, but physically you're going to feel a lot like the Hulk is twisting and pushing on your stomach (inside and out) and pulling very hard. Imagine what trying to push a bowling ball through something the size of dime would feel like. Giving birth unmedicated was far superior to medicated [for me]. I was totally in it, focused, and oddly felt utterly beautiful — like I was the epitome of what our bodies were made to do, and it was absolutely magical. I also, oddly enough, craved an ice cold beer during my contraction breaks and even mentioned it to my doula — which she put in my birth recap for me. It should be noted I typically hate beer, and love wine."—Beth, 36
7. "I had an epidural with my first daughter and I thought it slowed down the whole labor process, so with my second I really wanted to try and have her sans meds. Once the contractions started it felt like someone was stabbing me with a thousand knives, but luckily things progressed really quickly — my daughter was already 10 days late. As I was pushing, I remember looking at my husband and at one of the nurses and saying I couldn't do it, at the same time knowing there was no way to get out of it! Right after my daughter was born the pain subsided and I felt an overwhelming sense of accomplishment and a feeling like I could do anything I put my mind to. "—Jessica, 32
Answers have been lightly edited for clarity.
source: http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a14930459/what-unmedicated-birth-feels-like/
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The young professionals group held its annual Ignition Awards last month at Tiqa.
Propel rebooted its annual Ignition Awards for young professionals and entrepreneurs with the addition of its first individual award, Young Professional of the Year, a category that brought in more than 900 votes for the June 28 event at Tiqa in Portland.
"To be rewarded for working hard and doing more in the community only makes me want to do more," said Alison Siviski, 29, who received the honor.
Siviski is the community and communications manager at the Olympia Snowe Women's Leadership Institute, a nonprofit operating a three-year program at 36 Maine high schools, as well as varsity cheering coach at Deering High School. She was one of four nominees out of 17 to come from the Junior League of Portland membership.
About 220 guests crowded into Tiqa to honor the dozens of individuals and businesses nominated for six awards, with the winners going home with electric guitars for being rock stars of the business world.
Certify, a travel and expense management software company, was recognized in the Economic Stimulation category for job creation, hiring 80 people, including 40 based in Portland, since Jan. 1.
Propel also recognized social entrepreneurship, awarding large business ReVision Energy and small business Mast Landing Brewing Co. for their efforts to do good in the world while doing business.
Mast Landing was recognized for sponsoring students at My Place Teen Center in Westbrook.


On June 8, in Jekyll Island, Ga., winners in the Georgia Press Association Better Newspaper Contest were honored for their outstanding achievements in newspaper journalism. Entries were judged in seven divisions based on circulation.
At the GPA's 132nd annual convention held at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel, CNI newspapers and affiliates were recognized with more than 60 awards and placed first, second and third in the Feature Writing category under Division E.
This year, GPA awards categories underwent some changes. Hard News Writing and Sports Writing have each been split into two new categories.
These changes were made based on feedback and approved by the GPA Board of Directors.
Also new for 2018, four categories specifically for magazines were added to the contest, in addition to the previous category called Magazine Product.


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'We can't turn a blind eye towards the violation of child rights'
Jeemon Jacob
Father Jose Paul | 54 | Chairman, Child Welfare Committee, Palakkad district
Edited Excerpts from an interview
When did you come to know about the incident?
On 24 May, the Railway Police in Palakkad informed us about the arrival of 455 children from Jharkhand and Bihar and registered a case of child trafficking. The kids were produced before us and we provided them accommodation in various orphanages in the district. There were no valid documents to prove that they were taken from their states with the consent of the authorities. So, we asked them to produce valid documents about the identities of the children and reported the matter to the state government. The next day, another batch of 123 children arrived from Malda district of West Bengal. We don't have enough institutions that can accommodate all these children in Palakkad. So, we transferred them to the Child Welfare Committee in Thrissur.
Did you find any evidence of child trafficking?
We are not policing child trafficking. Our primary responsibility is to ensure juvenile justice and the protection of child rights. When the children were produced, first we looked into the primary area of violation of child rights during their travel to Kerala. We found that 455 children from Jharkhand and Bihar were dumped into three railway compartments along with 33 adults. The children told us that five-six of them were made to share one berth. Nearly 160 children were travelling without tickets. They were not accompanied by doctors. You can imagine how terrible their journey was — no proper food, not enough toilets and no proper sleep during 50 hours of journey. Transporting children without proper care is a basic violation of child rights.
Regarding trafficking, the Juvenile Justice Act clearly specifies how orphans should be transferred to other states. First, the children should be produced before the Child Welfare Committee or the district magistrate of their respective residential areas; second, they should have a destitute certificate and the consent of their guardians along with their birth certificates. But the children who arrived in Palakkad had none of these documents. The caretakers who accompanied the children could not provide any satisfactory explanation for bringing these children to Kerala. They told us that 455 children were to join the Mukkam Muslim Orphanage in Kozhikode and 123 children were to join the Anwarul Huda Complex Orphanage at Vettathoor in Malapuram district. So, we suspected child trafficking in the case and directed the police to investigate the matter.
Do you believe that orphanages in Kerala are trafficking the children from other states to get government grants?
It is a matter that the police and state government should investigate. Our duty is only to protect the rights of the children. In this case, there is a clear violation of child rights. We will issue notices to the violators.
Some Muslim organisations have attacked the Child Welfare Committee and the police for registering cases against the orphanages. Do you feel any political or communal pressure while delivering your duties?
I am not a person who is carried away by good words or pained by criticism. I am doing my duties within a legal framework. Some may like it and others may oppose it. I'm least bothered about what others feel about my work. My attempt is to ensure a fair world for the children. We can't turn a blind eye towards the violation of child rights. It is a barbaric act.
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Jeemon Jacob has been a journalist for 26 years both in print and television, as of 2011. He was a Reuters Fellow and spent nine months in Oxford University as visiting scholar in 1994-95. He has headed the political bureau in New Delhi of the Rashtra Deepika group of publications and later joined News Express in Brunei Darussalam as Features Editor. He won the Statesman award for rural reporting in 1987 for his seven articles that exposed a brown sugar racket in Kumily, Kerala.
In 1990, he won the state award for best reporting and in 1992, his article on social alienation of people with HIV/AIDS won the prestigious PUCL Award for human rights reporting in 1992. Jeemon is a graduate in English Literature and Journalism and has exposed the corruption behind the DMK government's allotting prime land to high court judges, senior civil servants, and the kith and kin of politicians under the government's discretionary quota. He is based in Thiruvananthapuram.
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I am having this problem only with these headphones, and they are Sony as well! It is only with them, I have tried other headphones with aptx, plantronics BackBeat PRO 2 and senheisser 4.50 HD, and I get the message "the connected device can support aptx". The connection with them is flawlessly. Whereas with the wh 900 I don't have it. I installed the Sony headphones app and it only allows you to use ldac or Sbc. Apparently, this phone is not going to get Oreo so I am stuck.
I already asked Sony support and they said aptx is not supported in these headphones when it is even in the model white paper.
I meant that the phone model supports aptx according to the white paper as well, the headphones supports aptx and aptx HD.


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The laboratory is located on the first floor of the 8-storey brick building. It has separate entrance at the gable façade of the building from the side of the 4th Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, there you'll see the porch with the fore-roof and sign «3DentLab».
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MOSCOW/WARSAW (Reuters) - A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia's border would be the most aggressive U.S. act since the Cold War, and Moscow would retaliate by beefing up its own forces, a Russian defense official said on Monday.
The United States is offering to store military equipment on allies' territory in eastern Europe, a proposal aimed at reassuring governments worried that after the conflict in Ukraine, they could be the Kremlin's next target.
"Russia will have no option but to build up its forces and resources on the Western strategic front," Interfax news agency quoted him as saying.
"Our hands are completely free to organize retaliatory steps to strengthen our Western frontiers," Yakubov said.
The Pentagon said on Monday the U.S. military was in the process of deciding where to store a battalion's worth of military equipment in Europe. The decision is part of a long-term effort to maintain equipment for a heavy brigade in the region to facilitate U.S. rotational training with NATO allies.
"This is purely positioning of equipment to better facilitate our ability to conduct training," said Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, noting that two battalions of equipment already was stored there.
U.S. officials said a proposal under review envisages storing a company's worth of equipment, enough for 150 soldiers, in each of the three Baltic nations: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
The idea was that, in the event of an attack on NATO's eastern border, the United States could quickly fly in troops who would use the equipment, cutting out the weeks or months it would take to transport convoys of gear overland across Europe.
"They know how important this is to us, because we want to build a permanent U.S. presence, the allied army here on the Polish territory," Siemoniak told reporters.
A spokesman for Lithuania's foreign ministry, Kestutis Vaskelevicius, said any increased NATO presence was intended to improve the security of the Baltic states. "(It) is not directed against anyone, and it does not threaten anyone," he said.
Since Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea Peninsula and a rebellion by Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states - countries with a history of Russian occupation - have pushed NATO for a muscular response.
At a NATO summit in Wales last year, agreement was reached on "pre-positioning" military equipment in eastern Europe, but the Pentagon's plan appeared to go further and faster than measures envisaged by the alliance.
Rosen Plevneliev, the Bulgarian President, said it was too early to say if his country would join the Pentagon's initiative.
"At the current moment there is no proposal whatsoever to the Bulgarian government upon which we can start discussions," he said.


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One of those things which most pundits predicted when President Trump secured his less than universally expected election victory was that there would be sweeping changes made in the area of financial regulations and taxation policy. The reality has been that progress of any sort, in any area, has been pretty thin on the ground. This isn't the place to rehearse, yet again, the reasons why the Trump White House may have fallen short of delivering many of the things promised during the last Presidential campaign.
Suffice it to say that those with an eye on the currency exchange markets have been looking out for an event or initiative which would clearly signpost a shift in direction. That event may finally arrive in the next few weeks, when President Trump announces his pick as the new head of the Federal Reserve.
The NEC is actually leading the search for the next chair of the Federal Reserve, but Mr Cohn is tipped as a leading contender. Despite not being a trained economist, his track record as a Goldman Sachs banker has given him extensive experience of the workings of both banks and the markets.
Having served as one of George W Bush's Economic Advisers, Mr Hubbard was tipped for the role of Federal Reserve chair if Mitt Romney had become President in 2012. Writing in the Wall Street Journal in June of this year, he stated that Federal Reserve governors should be selected on the basis of 'varied life experiences'.
Kevin Warsh was on the board of the Federal Reserve during the crash, and acted as a conduit to Wall Street for the chair of the Reserve, Ben Bernanke. Since then, he has been very critical of the central bank and doubtful of the effectiveness of quantitative easing.
John Taylor wrote the so-called 'Taylor Rule' for setting interest rates. Until now the Federal Reserve has resisted calls to use such policy rules as they would curtail the freedom to make decisions. Mr Taylor previously held government posts during the administrations of George Bush and George W Bush.
Originally appointed by Barack Obama, Mr Powell came from a background as an investment banker and partner with the Carlyle Group. Regarded as occupying the centre ground between those who would introduce more or less regulation, his fields of expertise include financial markets and regulation.


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Q: rbind dataframes in a list of lists I have a list of lists that looks like this: x[[state]][[year]]. Each element of this is a data frame, and accessing them individually is not a problem.
However, I'd like to rbind data frames across multiple lists. More specifically, I'd like to have as output as many dataframes as I have years, that is rbind all the state data frames within each year. In other words, I'd like to combine all my state data, year by year, into separate data frames.
I know that I can combine a single list into a data frame with do.call("rbind",list). But I don't know how I can do so across lists of lists.

A: Collapse it into a list first:
list <- unlist(listoflists, recursive = FALSE)
df <- do.call("rbind", list)

A: You can do something along the following lines (I could not test as I have no such structure):
extract.year <- function(my.year) lapply(x, function(y) y[[my.year]])

x.by.year <- sapply(my.list.of.years, function(my.year)
    do.call(rbind, extract.year(my.year)))

The function extract year creates a list containing just the dataframes for the given year. Then you rbind them...

A: I realize I'm a bit late to the party, but what about:
mymat <- do.call(rbind, lapply(mylist, function(element){
  element[[1]] # if df is the 1st entry of each list, could also access by name
}))
mydf <- as.data.frame(mymat)

It looks similar to the response of Marek, but avoids the sapply/lapply combo.

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SERVE: build the MAC designer for all our official release (see downloads). 7.3 will be the first official version with a MAC Designer. But currently it comes as beta as we have not much experience with its stability.
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Early reading is taught using synthetic phonics as the main approach to reading. Pupils are systematically taught the phonemes (sounds), how to blend the sounds for reading, and how to segment the sounds in order to write and spell words. They are taught to use their phonic skills and knowledge as their first approach to reading, but are also taught high frequency/'tricky' words which cannot be decoded.
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Remembering Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and WO Patrice Vincent
Mishall Rehman Send an email October 22, 2022
This October marks the eighth anniversary of the heroic yet tragic deaths of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent.
The two Canadian military personnel lost their lives while serving their country. Cpl. Cirillo was gunned down while guarding the Canadian National War Memorial. While WO Vincent passed away after being struck in a hit-and-run targeted incident just days before Cpl. Cirillo lost his life.
Corporal Nathan Cirillo
Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and his son Marcus check out a park. (Facebook)
Corporal Nathan Cirillo lost his life on October 22, 2014. He was 24 years old. From Hamilton, Ontario, Cirillo was a Canadian Army reserve soldier serving with The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's), based in Hamilton, Ontario.
Members of the Canadian Special Operations Force Command stand at attention at the naming ceremony for the new Canadian Special Operations Force Command Patrol Base, Cirillo during Operation IMPACT in Iraq on November 6, 2014. Photo: Canadian Forces Combat Camera, DND. Image courtesy of Canadian Armed Forces.
A father of one, Cirillo's son was six at the time of his untimely death. According to the Globe and Mail, Cirillo had aspirations to join the border control. He was known as an animal lover, posting many images of his dogs on his Instagram account.
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The young infenteer died after he was shot by 32-year-old Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, the perpetrator of the 2014 shootings on Parliament Hill. The incident had downtown Ottawa in lockdown and made news headlines worldwide.
On Oct. 22, 2022 Chief of the Defence Staff tweeted, "8 years ago today Cpl Nathan Cirillo was killed while guarding the Canadian National War Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We take a moment to pay tribute to his service to Canada and will always remember him. #WeWillRememberThem."
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Vincent (centre) receives an award for 22 years of service. (Hommage à l'Adjudant Patrice Vincent Facebook page)
RCAF Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, a 28-year Veteran, was a member of the Joint Personnel Support Unit, Integrated Personnel Support Centre St-Jean. He joined the forces as a Combat Engineer in 1985. He re-mustered and became a military Fire Fighter, where he was posted to various locations across Canada and served on numerous warships.
Members of the Canadian Special Operations Force Command stand at attention at the naming ceremony for the new Canadian Special Operations Force Command Patrol Base, Cirillo during Operation IMPACT in Iraq on November 6, 2014. Photo by: Canadian Forces Combat Camera. Image courtesy of Canadian Armed Forces.
WO Vincent's life was taken by Martin Couture-Rouleau. Couture-Rouleau deliberately struck down Vincent and another CAF member because they were wearing their uniforms. The 2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack was a terror car-ramming in Quebec. It happened on October 20, 2014. WO Vincent died from injuries, the another soldier was injured, and survived.
8 years ago today WO Patrice Vincent was deliberately struck by a car because he was wearing his uniform. We take a moment to recognize his service to Canada and we will always remember him.
#WeWillRememberThem pic.twitter.com/W5aQMleol8
— General / Général Wayne Eyre (@CDS_Canada_CEMD) October 20, 2022
On Oct. 20, Gen. Wayne Eyre, Chief of the Defence Staff, tweeted, "8 years ago today WO Patrice Vincent was deliberately struck by a car because he was wearing his uniform. We take a moment to recognize his service to Canada and we will always remember him."
Honourning the Fallen
To remember and honour the two fallen soldiers, in 2014, an Air Task Force Iraq location was named Camp Vincent in honour of WO Vincent. And the operations base of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command in Iraq was called Patrol Base Cirillo, in honour of Cpl Cirillo.
To the loved ones of Corporal Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent: We're keeping you in our thoughts today. And to everyone who acted without hesitation to keep people safe eight years ago: Thank you. We're thinking of you, too. https://t.co/SF0rfPNWBE
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) October 22, 2022
Prime Minister Statement
To commemorate the events of 2014, the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, issued the following statement, "Eight years ago today, Canadians were shocked by a tragic terrorist attack at the National War Memorial and Parliament Hill in Ottawa that took one life and injured several others.
"On this solemn anniversary, I join Canadians across the country in paying tribute to Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a sentry guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and to Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, who was killed two days earlier in a separate attack in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. Our thoughts are with their families, friends, and former colleagues, as well as all those affected by these attacks.
"Today, we remember the selflessness and compassion of bystanders and members of our parliamentary family who acted without hesitation to protect us, and we salute the first responders who put themselves in harm's way to ensure their safety.
"The National War Memorial was built to commemorate the response of Canadians in times of war. It has since become a symbol of the sacrifice of all our military personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Parliament Hill symbolizes the values that define us as Canadians: freedom, peace, and inclusion. We will always stand up against violence and terrorism to ensure these values are protected.
"As we pay tribute to these two fallen members of our Canadian Armed Forces today, I encourage everyone to show gratitude to all Canadians in uniform – past and present – for their selfless commitment to our country."
8 years ago today Cpl Nathan Cirillo was killed while guarding the Canadian National War Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We take a moment to pay tribute to his service to Canada and will always remember him. #WeWillRememberThem pic.twitter.com/ejg3HHTLkw
Mishall Rehman Send an email October 22, 2022Last Updated: October 26, 2022
Mishall Rehman
Originally from Atlanta, GA, Mishall is a freelance journalist pursuing her passion for writing in her new homeland Canada. She currently lives in Trenton, ON with her husband.
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A Kavango proverb says: "A sharp tongue can strike harder than a stick". This motto characterizes the way of Makaranga - a man who was able to develop from a young transportation worker into a mighty and respected administrative officer through his manifold proficiency in languages and constant positional changes. Makaranga was a wanderer between the borders of language, culture, tradition and political courses. That is what today makes him that modern and interesting. Postcolonial theory, like it was developed by H.K. Bhabha, G.C. Spivak and E. Said, casts a new look on postcolonial and colonial circumstances. Following the example of Makaranga's biography, many concepts of cultural hybridity, of ambivalence and dominance, which succeed the typical dichotomous oppositions of tradition and modernity, of colonizer and colonized or of intact and destroyed cultures, can be discussed. The story of Makaranga testifies a lived diversity and completely breaks with the idea of the ethnically anchored African on the one hand and the African lost between tradition and modernity on the other. While in many disciplines african debates were for a long time determined by the question for an african identity, voices increased which doubt these rigid concepts of identity. Makaranga integrates diversity without difficulty - a performance which is more than ever necessary. The present study is an attempt to write Makaranga's story as it can be presented through small hints found in official files, stories from Kavango people, missionary literature, and entries in church registers. These different contributions result in a complete portrait of a man who over almost 40 years of Kavango history translated countless official instructions, authorized announcements, bureaucratic statements, governmental threats, judicial proceedings and solemn speeches - without ever having written anything personal about himself.


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Towards a new global charter
Posted By Carl Bildt on March 22, 2019 @ 10:58
In August 1941, even before the United States had entered World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Franklin D. Roosevelt met secretly off the coast of Newfoundland to discuss how the world could be organised after the war. A similar feat had been attempted at Versailles just over two decades earlier, but it had clearly failed.
Churchill and FDR's assignation resulted in the Atlantic Charter, which established a set of shared principles and institutions that still define the international order eight decades later. In 1944, the Bretton Woods conference laid the groundwork for the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other global financial institutions; the establishment of the United Nations soon followed. The defeated Axis powers were transformed into dynamic democracies with market economies and were integrated into the new global system, while stability was maintained through cooperative security structures spanning the transatlantic and Pacific theatres.
Then came China's economic reforms, starting in the late 1970s, and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, whereupon the dream of truly global multilateral governance as envisioned in the Atlantic Charter could start to be realised. In 1995, the Bretton Woods–era General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was replaced with the World Trade Organization, and in less than two decades, trade as a share of global GDP grew from around 40% to over 70% (owing in no small part to China's accession to the WTO in December 2001).
During this golden age of multilateralism, globalisation, and social and economic development, more than one billion people were lifted out of extreme poverty, and democracy became the global norm. But it's clear that the second decade of the 21st century has marked the advent of a different era. Memories of the international order's formative years, and of the tragedies that made it necessary, have faded with the passing of generations. New powers have emerged to challenge Western dominance within an increasingly multipolar context. And the recent proliferation of authoritarian regimes has raised questions about the future of democracy.
Though the basic structures of the post-war order remain in place, they are being hollowed out in the face of Russian revisionism, Chinese assertiveness, US disruption and European uncertainty. With the goal of revising the principles of the Atlantic Charter for this dangerous new world, two prominent think tanks, the Atlantic Council in the US and the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Canada, recently convened policymakers and thinkers, including me, from 19 different countries.
When attempting to draft a new set of shared principles, the biggest challenge is in deciding whether to make them applicable just to the world's democracies, or also to the likes of Russia, China and Saudi Arabia. Obviously, democracy is by far the best way to ensure that individual rights are respected, but the debate should also be open to those advocating different values and interests. In our case, we wanted to produce a document that would resonate both in the 'classical West' as well as in Brazil, Algeria, Iran, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Our deliberations resulted in a declaration of principles that we issued at the Munich Security Conference last month. 'Inspired by the inalienable rights derived from our ethics, traditions, and faiths,' the declaration reads, 'we commit ourselves to seek a better future for our citizens and our nations. We will defend our values, overcome past failures with new ideas, answer lies with truth, confront aggression with strength, and go forward with the confidence that our principles will prevail.'
The full declaration comprises seven statements under the headings 'freedom and justice', 'democracy and self-determination', 'peace and security', 'free markets and equal opportunity', 'an open and healthy planet', 'the right of assistance' and 'collective action'. In each area, our goal was to set down principles that might serve as the tenets of a new consensus after an inclusive global debate.
The declaration is not merely a restatement of previously held beliefs. Environmental issues have clearly become more prominent than they were before, and questions of sovereignty must be reframed for an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world. Concerns about how prosperity is shared both within and between countries have gained significant currency.
But basic values such as respect for individual rights remain fundamentally important, as does the belief that 'governments that answer to their citizens and respect the rule of law can best address inequity, correct injustice, and serve the good of all'. Indeed, governments ignore this proviso at their peril.
As the fruit of a year's worth of discussions and revisions, the declaration has received broad support from different corners of the world. But our goal is to start a larger debate, not to have the final word. We are under no illusions that it will rival the Atlantic Charter in terms of its historical impact. But nor do we have any doubts as to the urgency and necessity of a new discussion about the basic principles of global governance. Without such a debate, the old order will continue to decay, to be replaced by a Hobbesian jungle ruled by sheer power and narrow self-interest. We all know how that turned out last time.
Carl Bildt is a former prime minister and foreign minister of Sweden. This article is presented in partnership with Project Syndicate © 2019. Image courtesy of the National Museum of the US Navy.
URL to article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/towards-a-new-global-charter/
[1] grew: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ne.trd.gnfs.zs
[2] lifted out: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/overview
[3] global norm: https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/is-liberal-democracy-in-retreat-by-steven-pinker-and-robert-muggah-2018-03
[4] declaration of principles: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/brent-scowcroft-center/fsr-initiative/declaration-of-principles


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First off I attempted to 100% SCII as I was already familiar with the game having played it a lot in the arcades. Surprisingly I was able to pick up my old character remembering most of the tactics that I used to use against friends. After a while those tactics were replaced with the use of Nightmare and his 66B attack which as noted, the CPU really doesn't know how to handle. The only tricky achievements were the online ones since there is next to nobody playing online these days. TA's Gaming Session feature helped with that. 10 minutes or so resulted in 3 achievements. The final part was to complete all of Weapon Master which would unlock the final character and give me more than enough money to buy all the weapons. If I was to suggest one thing to fix with the game it's the ability to skip the purchase animation you receive upon buying a weapon.
Now onto SCV. I'd previously played SCIV so I was somewhat aware of the changes since SC2 (I skipped Soulcalibur III somehow). Story mode lasted maybe 20 minutes before turning my attention to some very easily attained achievements via Turbo Button use. Thirty odd achievements later I'd boosted myself a further 500G with little to no effort. I'll break down the remaining achievements at the end of this article. For my view on the game, it looks nice. The engine seems over complicated at times with far too much going on. The fact that they removed my main character from the roster is probably why I never took this game seriously when it was released.
After a weekend of grinding Soulcalibur games I netted myself 970G (63 achievements) pushing my Australian Leader Board for Fighting Games position from 23rd to 19th. I still need about 6000 TA to get to Top 10. If I manage to finish the rest of the achievements in the other Soulcalibur games, that will net me 2600 TA and put me in 14th position.


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Cape Breton Eagles' interim head coach Matt Anthony wins in debut; Kiefer Lyons scores first QMJHL goal
Defenceman Conor Shortall scored his first goal as an Eagle Thursday
Jeremy Fraser | Posted: Dec. 3, 2021, 6:32 a.m. | Updated: Dec. 3, 2021, 6:32 a.m. | 3 Min Read
Cape Breton Eagles. - Jeremy Fraser
SYDNEY, N.S. - It was a night of firsts for members of the Cape Breton Eagles on Thursday in Bathurst, N.B.
Forward Name: Kiefer Lyons Birthplace: Quispamsis, N.B. Age: 17 Height: 6'01
Forward Kiefer Lyons scored his first career Quebec Major Junior Hockey League goal to open the scoring for the Eagles in their 4-3 overtime win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan at the K.C. Irving Regional Centre.
Lyons, a fifth-round pick in 2020, scored his first major junior goal in his 18th career game. He currently has 22 shots on goal during the season.
Defenceman Name: Conor ShortallBirthplace: St. John's, N.L.Age: 18Height: 5'09
Meanwhile, defenceman Conor Shortall notched his first goal as an Eagle, making the score 2-0 for the Cape Breton club in the first period. The St. John's, N.L., product was acquired by the Eagles during the offseason from the Drummondville Voltigeurs.
Cape Breton Eagles assistant coach Matt Anthony has been appointed interim head coach and Chris Culligan will remain as an assistant coach. CONTRIBUTED - Contributed
Finally, interim head coach Matt Anthony captured his first major junior victory in the contest. Anthony was named the interim head coach following the resignation of Jake Grimes on Tuesday.
The Eagles will return to the ice on Friday when they face the Titan in the second of back-to-back road games with the club. Puck drop is 7 p.m. in Bathurst.
- Jeremy Fraser is the sports reporter for the Cape Breton Post. Follow him on Twitter for the latest in local sports by clicking here.
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Rescue ship 'bumped' Italy police boat, in judge's resizing
by: COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press
Posted: Jul 3, 2019 / 01:22 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 3, 2019 / 01:55 PM CDT
Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete, center, from Germany, enters an Italian finance police car as she arrives in the Sicilian port of Porto Empedocle, from the island of Lampedusa, Italy, Monday, July 1, 2019. Rackete has been in custody since Saturday when she defied Italy's anti-migrant interior minister, Matteo Salvini, and port authorities by steering her Sea-Watch 3 ship to Lampedusa's dock so the 40 migrants the ship rescued on June 12 could disembark. (Pasquale Claudio Montana Lampo/ANSA via AP)
MILAN (AP) — A sea captain who forced a rescue ship carrying 40 migrants into an Italian island port against orders of authorities appears to have acted in accordance with maritime law, according to a court order that freed the German volunteer from house arrest in Italy.
Carola Rackete, 31, was released from house arrest late Tuesday after a judge in Sicily denied prosecutors' request to keep her confined nearly four days after she was escorted off the ship and taken into custody at the Lampedusa island port.
The 13-page order obtained Wednesday cited an article of maritime law obliging both the captain and national authorities to offer rescue and aid to anyone who reaches a country's territorial waters after having been saved at sea.
A Sea-Watch spokeswoman, Giorgia Linardi, told reporters in Rome that Rackete remained in Italy, where she is a focus of two investigations. One is for disobeying orders and docking Sea-Watch 3 at the Lampedusa port to disembark migrant passengers early Saturday.
The other is for allegedly aiding illegal immigration. Prosecutors are scheduled to question her in coming days.
"Carola is doing well," Linardi said. "Obviously, having spent these days in isolation, she isn't yet aware of the resonance that this incident and the way she managed it is having."
The interpretation of maritime law the judge made in deciding to free Rackete from house arrest supported Sea-Watch's application of it, Linardi said.
Investigating Judge Alessandra Vella also wrote that the contact between Rackete's ship and a police boat at the Lampedusa docks before her arrest needed to be legally "resized" based on video evidence and the captain's statements.
Italian prosecutors accused Rackete of deliberately ramming into a border police motorboat "compressed between the Sea-Watch 3 and the dock." Rackete said she was making "a cautious approach to the port docks" when the two vessels made contact.
But the judge wrote the police boat "directed itself toward the commercial dock, putting itself between the dock and the ship, in an attempt to prevent the Sea-Watch from docking."
The Sea-Watch "bumped against" the police boat "during the mooring maneuver," and the police boat "managed to remove itself and moor itself a short distance from the ship," the judge wrote.
In ending the captain's house arrest, the judge also rejected prosecutors' contention that Rackete should be charged with disobeying a war ship. A police boat that ordered her not to dock does not operate as a war ship in Italian waters, the judge said.
Italian Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, who has refused to allow humanitarian ships to bring migrants rescued at sea into Italian ports, has called the Sea-Watch 3 captain's defiance tantamount to an act of war.
During questioning in parliament Wednesday, Salvini insisted Rackete's actions were unnecessary and the migrants would have disembarked the next day.
The comments were met with incredulity by parliament member Nicola Fratoianni, who was among the Italian lawmakers who had boarded Sea-Watch 3 before Saturday and reported no sign of the government yielding.
On Wednesday, nonprofit groups that operated rescue ships also countered Salvini's narrative that their presence on the Mediterranean Sea encouraged smugglers to send migrants on dangerous boat trips from Libya.
The spokesman for Doctors Without Borders in Italy, Marco Bertotto, said at a news conference one out of every six smugglers' boats that departed Libya during the first half of 2019 was met by a humanitarian rescue ship.
"This should put a tombstone on the fantastical and false narrative of the attraction effect created by the NGOs," he said.
There have been 20 standoffs between private aid ships carrying rescued migrants and European governments that refused to provide immediate safe harbor since Italy's populist government took office last year, Bertotto said, adding that they involved 2,500 people kept at sea for a total of 165 days.
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