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The stepmother of a nine-year-old girl who was found dead at her home in Richmond Hill has been charged with second degree murder, according to the NYPD.
Shamdai Arjun was originally being questioned as a “person of interest” after police responded to a 911 call at 95-50 112th St. on Friday at about 6 p.m. Police discovered Ashdeep Kaur unconscious and unresponsive in the first floor bathroom of the building. EMS responded and pronounced the young child dead at the scene.
According to police sources, the cause of death was strangulation.
Reach reporter Patrick Donachie by e-mail at pdona chie@ cnglo cal.com or by phone at (718) 260–4573.
Posted 5:22 pm, August 20, 2016
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Stepmother charged with Richmond Hill murder


The stepmother of a nine-year-old girl who was found dead at her home in Richmond Hill has been charged with second degree murder, according to the NYPD.


“Govt. carrying out an exercise on how to go about it and to which extent”
Acknowledging that there is a strong desire among people to get Special Category Status (SCS) for Andhra Pradesh and they also want benefits from the A.P. Reorganisation Act, State BJP president and Visakhapatnam MP K. Haribabu has said the Central Government is also favourably inclined to give the benefits of the Act and on the SCS issue.
“The Government is carrying out an exercise on how to go about doing it and to which extent, including on the special status. We should give sometime to the government,” Mr. Haribabu told The Hindu , reacting to the Tirupati speech of actor Pawan Kalyan on SCS.
“After the government acts and comes forward with what it is going to do we can further talk about,” he said.
Mr. Haribabu refused to comment on Mr. Pawan’s statement that he had waited for 33 months and was impatient and he was pressing for only what Prime Minister Modi promised during pre-election meetings.
He, however, reminded Mr. Pawan that the Union government was taking action on giving all the benefits. The Act gave a time of 10 years but the Government had already started doing things and cited the setting up of academic institutions. It was also carrying out an exercise on the SCS.
On Mr. Pawan criticising Union Ministers M. Venkaiah Naidu and Arun Jaitley or stating he would not meet the Prime Minister on the issue, Mr. Haribabu said: “Politics are dynamic and every political party has to address a dynamic situation and BJP is aware of it.”
On whether he saw any political motives to the actor chalking out a plan of action, the BJP leader said the Congress or YSRCP demanding it had a political motive. “But basically, we are not differing on the issues mentioned by him,” he said.

Give time to Centre on SCS and Act, says Haribabu


Acknowledging that there is a strong desire among people to get Special Category Status (SCS) for Andhra Pradesh and they also want benefits from the A.P. Reorganisation Act, State BJP president and V


Around 12,000 visitors made the relaunched Leicestershire County Show at the new Harborough Showground a major success.
Now delighted organisers are talking about expanding the one-day rural show, staged by Leicestershire Agricultural Society, into two days next year.
“Market Harborough has helped us really revive this show” said farmer and show chairman James Webb.
“I think after making our debut here this year, we wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.”
The big 85-acre showground was buzzing all day - until a thunderstorm at 3.30pm brought an abrupt end, an hour-and-a-half early.
Arena entertainment had included Royal Navy gun running demonstration teams, an historic coach and four demonstration, Leicester Tigers, vintage cars and tractors and the Fernie Hounds.
Ashling Toolan, Adam Jaeban, Rupert Harrison, Ben Whittaker, Janet Meek and Andrew Granger of Andrew Granger & Co get ready to meet visitors at the Leicestershire County Show. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER NNL-160829-102129005
John Calloway of the Royal Navy team, based in Portsmouth, said: “Events like this are always great to do.”
And coach and horses owner Bill Ginns, who lives in Skeffington, north of Market Harborough, and is one of fewer than a dozen coach owners left in the country, said he was keen to support a “local show”.
Traders were pleased too. ‘Raw milk’ dairy Stones of Keyham, north of Market Harborough, said there had been great interest in their unpasteurised milk.
Maureen Stone said: “It’s a superfood because it has more of the good bacteria in that pasteurisation takes out.”
Fun...Isla Rogers 6 and Felix Rogers 4 during the County Show at Market Harborough. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER NNL-160829-102142005
At Market Harborough-based FarrinHeight veggie and vegan foods, Kerry Height said business had been good.
“Going veggie or vegan is good for the planet, good for your health and good for animals” she added.
Farmers were also delighted. Prize-winning sheep farmer Richard Laban from Gilmorton said: “It looks a success. I think they have got the pricing right. £5 brings the crowds in.”
And winning cattle farmer Oliver Brewin, from Thorpe Langton, added: “I hope this new venue gives the County Show a new lease of life.”
Ruth and Robin Kernohan gained first and second prize with their Jacob Gelscoe flock. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER NNL-160829-102458005
Following this success, other rural events could be heading for Harborough.
Leicestershire Agricultural Society is in talks with groups who want to put on a vintage festival, a beer and pie festival and an equine sports event at the site.
Oliver Brevin of Thorpe Langton with his South Devon cow. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER NNL-160829-102510005
Many competitors took part in this years Leicestershire County Show. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER NNL-160829-102523005
Charles Sore-Brown 8 from Melton Mowbray leads a Highland calf during judging. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER NNL-160829-102536005
Oscar Sheppard 9 and Charlie Sheppard 14 with a vintage steam roller. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER NNL-160829-102707005
Youngsters meet the Fernie Hounds in the main arena. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER NNL-160829-102100005
Charlie Austin 23 months old meets the Fernie Hounds. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER NNL-160829-102220005

VIDEO AND PHOTOS: County Show success might attract more big events to Harborough


Around 12,000 visitors made the relaunched Leicestershire County Show at the new Harborough Showground a major success.


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Grandpa and me and the hardware store made three.
A hardware store trip with grandpa always started with a need for a gallon of paint or a certain sized screw and ended with a scoop or two of ice cream. I’d tag along knowing he would reward me with a cold treat if I was good. Good, meaning I didn’t knock over the glass jars that lined the shelves and I kept my lips zipped until old man Cross acknowledged me with a “Well, who do we have here?” like he’d never seen me before.
If his wife was running the counter, she’d offer me a homemade hard tack candy from the bowl by the metal cash register that looked like a safe deposit box with numbers on large levers. I’d stroll the dimly light aisles scanning the cobwebbed shelves, the musty smell of damp wood emanating from the floor where the ceiling was dripping onto it.
The thought of that dusty place with hand tools and motor parts makes my nose tingle with a sneeze … but, it also makes me want to run back through that slamming door and hug my grandpa’s neck and not because he bought me ice cream, but because he knew how to balance work with a little play. He knew we’d spend twice as long on a bench outside the ice cream shop as we’d spend inside that hardware store. He knew I didn’t relish accompanying him on such a chore, but that if he enticed me to go, he got to spend a splendid spot of time with me under the shade of a tree. Then grandpa, me and the tree made three.
We could’ve made three — made memories inside a superstore, too, but somehow a store that size seems to dwarf the people in my picture. Besides, franchises that offered conglomerations of items from lipstick to turnips didn’t exist when grandpa was alive. You wanted paint or tools, you went to the hardware store. Needed buttons or material to sew a dress, you went to the fabric shop. Gas was only sold at the gas station, hair was only cut at the beauty shop or the kitchen table and ice cream was scooped at the ice cream parlor or an occasional Sunday social.
Yes, it meant more buzzing around town, more stops to make, but the upside was when you asked for a yardstick, the clerk didn’t ask what you needed a stick in your yard for and why you couldn’t just break off a twig from your own tree. Employees not only knew the merchandise, they usually knew what you wanted when they saw you coming, just like your favorite waitress at the diner knew you were going to want your coffee with two creams, no sugar and poached eggs. Of course, there weren’t so many coffee choices that they needed to fill an entire wall with the options, either. It was black and you dumped in the cream or sugar as you liked.
Stores that specialize in specific items now are often called boutiques and the upcharge is such that you are tempted to shop the chain stores even if it takes you longer to navigate the mega-store and find someone who knows, not only what you are searching for, but which aisle it’s in.
I do like my sugar-free, decaf vanilla latte, but, hey, I’d gladly tinker back to a dusty day where bribes were cold and lazy trees provided shade — even if I only had bold or breakfast blend to choose from.
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By Michele Zirkle Marcum Contributing Columnist
Michele Zirkle Marcum is a native of Meigs County and an author. Her column appears each Tuesday.
Michele Zirkle Marcum is a native of Meigs County and an author. Her column appears each Tuesday.

How grandpa balanced a paint can, ice cream cone


Editor’s Note: Listen to the podcast of this column.
Grandpa and me and the hardware store made three.
A hardware store trip with grandpa always started with a need for a gallon of paint or a certain sized screw and ended with a scoop or two of ice cream. I’d tag along knowing he would reward me with a cold treat if I was good. Good, meaning I didn’t knock over the glass jars that lined the shelves and I kept my lips zipped until old man Cross acknowledged me with a “Well, who do we have here?” like he’d never seen me before.
If his wife was running the counter, she’d offer me a homemade hard tack candy from the bowl by the metal cash register that looked like a safe deposit box with numbers on large levers. I’d stroll the dimly light aisles scanning the cobwebbed shelves, the musty smell of damp wood emanating from the floor where the ceiling was dripping onto it.
The thought of that dusty place with hand tools and motor parts makes my nose tingle with a sneeze … but, it also makes me want to run back through that slamming door and hug my grandpa’s neck and not because he bought me ice cream, but because he knew how to balance work with a little play. He knew we’d spend twice as long on a bench outside the ice cream shop as we’d spend inside that hardware store. He knew I didn’t relish accompanying him on such a chore, but that if he enticed me to go, he got to spend a splendid spot of time with me under the shade of a tree. Then grandpa, me and the tree made three.
We could’ve made three — made memories inside a superstore, too, but somehow a store that size seems to dwarf the people in my picture. Besides, franchises that offered conglomerations of items from lipstick to turnips didn’t exist when grandpa was alive. You wanted paint or tools, you went to the hardware store. Needed buttons or material to sew a dress, you went to the fabric shop. Gas was only sold at the gas station, hair was only cut at the beauty shop or the kitchen table and ice cream was scooped at the ice cream parlor or an occasional Sunday social.
Yes, it meant more buzzing around town, more stops to make, but the upside was when you asked for a yardstick, the clerk didn’t ask what you needed a stick in your yard for and why you couldn’t just break off a twig from your own tree. Employees not only knew the merchandise, they usually knew what you wanted when they saw you coming, just like your favorite waitress at the diner knew you were going to want your coffee with two creams, no sugar and poached eggs. Of course, there weren’t so many coffee choices that they needed to fill an entire wall with the options, either. It was black and you dumped in the cream or sugar as you liked.
Stores that specialize in specific items now are often called boutiques and the upcharge is such that you are tempted to shop the chain stores even if it takes you longer to navigate the mega-store and find someone who knows, not only what you are searching for, but which aisle it’s in.
I do like my sugar-free, decaf vanilla latte, but, hey, I’d gladly tinker back to a dusty day where bribes were cold and lazy trees provided shade — even if I only had bold or breakfast blend to choose from.
http://mydailysentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_Marcum-Zirkle-Michelle-4.jpg
By Michele Zirkle Marcum Contributing Columnist
Michele Zirkle Marcum is a native of Meigs County and an author. Her column appears each Tuesday.
Michele Zirkle Marcum is a native of Meigs County and an author. Her column appears each Tuesday.


Confident Nishikori has good feeling about another Open run
By Larry Fine
NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Kei Nishikori is brimming with confidence heading into the U.S. Open starting on Monday, despite acknowledging the presence of a flock of title contenders at Flushing Meadows.
Nishikori, who surged into prominence with his run to the U.S. Open final two years ago, said he is a better player now and buoyed by his strong showing at the Rio Olympics where he defeated 14-times slam winner Rafa Nadal to claim the bronze.
"I think I'm little more patient and playing much better than last year, two years ago. You know, I'm really excited for next week," the 26-year-old Japanese told reporters at Flushing Meadows.
"I feel a lot of special feeling here in the U.S. Open, a good memory from two years ago."
One year after he became the first Asian to reach a men's grand slam final, Nishikori in 2015 suffered a stunning first-round, five-set loss to 41st-ranked Benoit Paire of France.
Nishikori took the U.S. National Tennis Center by storm in 2014, beating Canada's Milos Raonic and third seed Stan Wawrinka in successive five-set struggles before ousting Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
He fell short of lifting the winner's trophy, however, as he fell to big-serving Croat Marin Cilic in the final.
Nishikori has enjoyed a fine hardcourt season, highlighted by a trip to the Toronto final and his appearance on the podium at the Rio Games to collect a bronze medal after a three-set win against 14-times slam winner Nadal.
"I had a great experience," he said. "Olympic games, it's something special, and especially the last match against Rafa I played good tennis.
"He almost came back, but played a great match. I had a lot of confidence from that match."
While Nishikori feels good about his game, he knows other prominent players are also hitting top form for the year's last grand slam championship, starting with top seed Djokovic and Wimbledon and Olympic winner Andy Murray, the second seed.
"I think those two guys are doing really well. I think Andy has a lot of chance to beat Novak," said sixth-seeded Nishikori.
"But I think a couple young guys, Raonic and Cilic, is back on track again. I think it's going to be a tough tournament."
Finishing runner-up to Murray in Rio was 2009 U.S. Open winner Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, who is returning to top form after a long struggle with a wrist injury.
"I think he's the most dangerous unseeded player. He has great chance to win in grand slam," Nishikori said about del Potro, a wild card entry to the tournament.
Nishikori's first opponent will be unseeded Benjamin Becker of Germany.
"He has great serve, aggressive player. It's not going to be easy, but I hope I can have great preparation these few days and ready," said the Japanese.


By Larry Fine NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Kei Nishikori is brimming with confidence heading into the U.S. Open starting on Monday, despite acknowledging the...


Confident Nishikori has good feeling about another Open run


‘If players don’t want to be at the club, we don’t want them’, that’s the strong message from Horsham manager Dominic Di Paola.
Captain Joe Shelley has played for Southern Combination League side Pagham twice over the weekend after dual-signing earlier in the season and Di Paola is presuming he has left the Hornets, but has not heard for certain from the midfielder.
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Summer signing Charlie Pitcher has opted to leave the club for division-lower Shoreham for who he played for on Bank Holiday Monday.
While Di Paola admitted he was disappointed with both potential losses, he has made it perfectly clear that players that are not fully committed are not welcome at the club.
The manager said: “It’s a great club, why wouldn’t you want to be here and be a part of it? But it’s up to the players.
“Charlie Pitcher has gone and I think Joe has gone. He hasn’t actually told me he has gone properly, but obviously he has played for Pagham all weekend.
“They have been after him for weeks and weeks, offering more and more money that we can’t compete with.
“I am disappointed, but if they don’t want to be here, then we don’t want them. We don’t want anyone here that isn’t up for being here or anyone that has their head turned or is thinking about another club.
“They put that on the pitch. We want people that will dig in for each other and be a team and that is what we had in the past. We never had players last year looking around.
“If people don’t want to fight for a place then we don’t need them. I’d rather have 12 or 13 players that want to be here.
“We will go with what we have got and if we bring in more players it’ll be ones that want to be here and if they don’t to, we will get rid of them, it’s not a problem.”
A Darren Boswell brace and Terry Dodd goal helped Horsham notch their first win of the season this afternoon.
They comfortable overcame a ten-man Lewes side 3-0 to build on their first Ryman League South Division point on Saturday.
On Boswell’s man of the match display, Di Paola said: “Why he hasn’t played higher earlier I will never know. He has been our most consistent player in the first five games for me.
“Hopefully, this is the season he can kick on because he is some talent. He can go either side, can pass, has a great shot and delivery, he is quick and can defend.
“He has the bit between his teeth, but it was a team performance today. The back four were excellent, the goalkeeper was solid and midfield were great. Liam (MacDevitt) was good and brings us something a bit different.
“I am pleased with the result. It’s only one win, but I am very pleased with it.”
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FILE - In this July 1992 file photo, Hillary Clinton's father Hugh watches as her mother Dorothy Rodham adjusts her daughter's clothing in a New York Hotel room during the Democratic National Convention. Hillary Clinton has landed on very personal argument against Donald Trump's checkered business past: her dad. As the Democratic presidential nominee seeks to undercut Trump's economic record and promote her plans for small businesses, she is invoking memories of her late father's Chicago drapery business. Recalling Hugh Rodham hard at work making and printing curtains for hotels and office buildings, Clinton argues that he would have been "stiffed" in a deal with the celebrity businessman. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Hillary Clinton has landed on a very personal counterpunch to what she says is Donald Trump's checkered business past: her dad.
As the Democratic presidential nominee works to undercut Trump's economic record and promote her plans for small businesses, she is invoking memories of her late father's Chicago drapery business. Recalling Hugh Rodham hard at work making and printing curtains for hotels and office buildings, Clinton argues that he would have been "stiffed" in a deal with the celebrity businessman.
"He expected to be paid when he showed up," Clinton said recently during an event in Warren, Michigan. "He did the work. He paid for the supplies and the labor he often hired to help him on big jobs. I can't imagine what would have happened to my father and his business if he had gotten a contract from Trump."
Clinton hopes to remind voters that despite her years in public life that have left her a multimillionaire, she comes from a middle-class background and understands the life of a small-business owner. She also wants to contrast her biography with that of Trump, who was raised by a successful real estate developer and has drawn criticism for his treatment of small businesses during his career.
Trump has promoted his business record as a key qualification for the White House. But Trump casinos failed on several occasions. When the Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey went bankrupt in the early 1990s, some contractors who worked on the property went under because Trump's company didn't pay what they were owed, according to interviews with The Associated Press.
In a statement to the AP, Clinton said her father's business gave her "a sense of responsibility," adding that she was "living proof that a successful small business is at the core of the basic bargain in America, that if you work hard and do your part, you can make your own dreams and those of your children a reality."
Clinton has been pitching her plans to support small businesses and to make it easier to start a company. On a conference call with small-business owners last week, she proposed a new tax deduction for small businesses and offered federal incentives to encourage state and local governments to streamline regulations.
While Clinton has spoken of her father throughout the campaign, the recent recollections have been more detailed and intimate. Clinton tends to speak sparingly about her family while campaigning and when she does, it is typically to make a broader point. She has referenced her grandfather's work in a factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and her mother's troubled childhood. Clinton has also spoken of her granddaughter as an example of the future generation she is fighting for.
Mo Elleithee, who worked for Clinton's 2008 presidential bid, said that reminiscing about her family's business could put Clinton "in a different light" with voters. Elleithee, now executive director of the Institute of Politics and Public Service at Georgetown University, noted that "she's never done a very good job of talking about herself."
A Scranton native, Clinton's father moved to Chicago after graduating from college. There he worked as a traveling salesman before enlisting in the Navy during World War II, Clinton writes in "Living History." When he returned from the war, he set up a drapery fabric business in Chicago, called Rodrik Fabrics, and later started a print plant on the city's north side.
Rodham largely worked alone, but Clinton writes that she and her brothers helped when they were old enough. The business did well enough for Rodham to buy a house in the leafy suburb of Park Ridge, where he and wife, Dorothy, raised Clinton and her two brothers.
By all accounts, Rodham was a stern man, but he is also credited with instilling his daughter's powerful work ethic and encouraging her ambition. Clinton's childhood friend Betsy Ebeling said Rodham "could be gruff but he could be very loving."
"Her dad was one that, as Hillary likes to say, he was a chief petty officer, both in the Navy and at home," Ebeling said. "He'd sit at the dinner table and he'd throw out these conversation things and wait for us to go: 'No way.' We really did learn to debate at his feet."
Of course, parental anecdotes may not win over all of those on the fence about Clinton, who has struggled with historically high unfavorability ratings. Still, Republican Rick Tyler, who served as an adviser to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's presidential bid, said Clinton's family-focused hit on Trump was effective.
"She's got a message that's relatable," Tyler said. "There's literally no one on our side who has been able to articulate a counter message. And Donald Trump embodies Hillary Clinton's message that the rich get rich off the backs of the poor."
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Clinton invokes father's memory to hit Trump on business


WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Hillary Clinton has landed on a very personal counterpunch to what she says is Donald Trump's checkered business past: her dad.


Clinton hits Trump by recalling her father's business
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Hillary Clinton has landed on a very personal counterpunch to what she says is Donald Trump's checkered business past: her dad.
As the Democratic presidential nominee works to undercut Trump's economic record and promote her plans for small businesses, she is invoking memories of her late father's Chicago drapery business. Recalling Hugh Rodham hard at work making and printing curtains for hotels and office buildings, Clinton argues that he would have been "stiffed" in a deal with the celebrity businessman.
"He expected to be paid when he showed up," Clinton said recently during an event in Warren, Michigan. "He did the work. He paid for the supplies and the labor he often hired to help him on big jobs. I can't imagine what would have happened to my father and his business if he had gotten a contract from Trump."
FILE - In this July 1992 file photo, Hillary Clinton's father Hugh watches as her mother Dorothy Rodham adjusts her daughter's clothing in a New York Hotel room during the Democratic National Convention. Hillary Clinton has landed on very personal argument against Donald Trump's checkered business past: her dad. As the Democratic presidential nominee seeks to undercut Trump's economic record and promote her plans for small businesses, she is invoking memories of her late father's Chicago drapery business. Recalling Hugh Rodham hard at work making and printing curtains for hotels and office buildings, Clinton argues that he would have been "stiffed" in a deal with the celebrity businessman. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)
Clinton hopes to remind voters that despite her years in public life that have left her a multimillionaire, she comes from a middle-class background and understands the life of a small-business owner. She also wants to contrast her biography with that of Trump, who was raised by a successful real estate developer and has drawn criticism for his treatment of small businesses during his career.
Trump has promoted his business record as a key qualification for the White House. But Trump casinos failed on several occasions. When the Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey went bankrupt in the early 1990s, some contractors who worked on the property went under because Trump's company didn't pay what they were owed, according to interviews with The Associated Press.
In a statement to the AP, Clinton said her father's business gave her "a sense of responsibility," adding that she was "living proof that a successful small business is at the core of the basic bargain in America, that if you work hard and do your part, you can make your own dreams and those of your children a reality."
Clinton has been pitching her plans to support small businesses and to make it easier to start a company. On a conference call with small-business owners last week, she proposed a new tax deduction for small businesses and offered federal incentives to encourage state and local governments to streamline regulations.
While Clinton has spoken of her father throughout the campaign, the recent recollections have been more detailed and intimate. Clinton tends to speak sparingly about her family while campaigning and when she does, it is typically to make a broader point. She has referenced her grandfather's work in a factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and her mother's troubled childhood. Clinton has also spoken of her granddaughter as an example of the future generation she is fighting for.
Mo Elleithee, who worked for Clinton's 2008 presidential bid, said that reminiscing about her family's business could put Clinton "in a different light" with voters. Elleithee, now executive director of the Institute of Politics and Public Service at Georgetown University, noted that "she's never done a very good job of talking about herself."
A Scranton native, Clinton's father moved to Chicago after graduating from college. There he worked as a traveling salesman before enlisting in the Navy during World War II, Clinton writes in "Living History." When he returned from the war, he set up a drapery fabric business in Chicago, called Rodrik Fabrics, and later started a print plant on the city's north side.
Rodham largely worked alone, but Clinton writes that she and her brothers helped when they were old enough. The business did well enough for Rodham to buy a house in the leafy suburb of Park Ridge, where he and wife, Dorothy, raised Clinton and her two brothers.
By all accounts, Rodham was a stern man, but he is also credited with instilling his daughter's powerful work ethic and encouraging her ambition. Clinton's childhood friend Betsy Ebeling said Rodham "could be gruff, but he could be very loving."
"Her dad was one that, as Hillary likes to say, he was a chief petty officer, both in the Navy and at home," Ebeling said. "He'd sit at the dinner table and he'd throw out these conversation things and wait for us to go: 'No way.' We really did learn to debate at his feet."
Of course, parental anecdotes may not win over all of those on the fence about Clinton, who has struggled with historically poor favorability ratings. Still, Republican Rick Tyler, who served as an adviser to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's presidential bid, said Clinton's family-focused hit on Trump was effective.
"She's got a message that's relatable," Tyler said. "There's literally no one on our side who has been able to articulate a counter message. And Donald Trump embodies Hillary Clinton's message that the rich get rich off the backs of the poor."
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WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Hillary Clinton has landed on a very personal counterpunch to what she says is Donald Trump's checkered business past: her dad. As the D...


Clinton hits Trump by recalling her father's business


At least 34 Libyan fighters were killed and more than 180 wounded yesterday as they closed in on the last Islamic State militant holdouts in the coastal city of Sirte, according to field hospitals.
Forces aligned with Libya’s UN-backed government, supported since August 1st by US air strikes, have pushed militants back into a small residential area in central Sirte in a three-month-old campaign. Heavy fighting resumed yesterday after a one-week lull.
The Libyan brigades, mostly from the city of Misrata, say they are close to victory in Sirte, but they have struggled to defend themselves against suicide bombings, sniper fire and landmines.
Several brigades stationed close to Sirte’s seafront advanced several hundred metres eastwards through Sirte’s neighbourhood Number One, while other fighters overran Islamic State positions in street-to-street fighting to the south.
Fighters used tanks, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns to try to blast through Isis sniper positions.
The Misrata-led brigades said there had been five attempted car bombings on Sunday in a “desperate attempt to disrupt the advance”, though at least one of the bombs had been destroyed before it could reach its target.
The front lines in Sirte were quieter earlier this week as government-led forces said they were giving time to the wives and children of Islamic State fighters to leave the battle zone.
Almost all the city’s estimated 80,000 residents left after Islamic State took full control of the city last year, turning it into its regional stronghold and expanding its presence along about 250 km (155 miles) of coastline.
The United States has carried out dozens of air strikes against Islamic State positions and vehicles in Sirte. This week the U.S. Africa Command said Marine AH-1W SuperCobra helicopters were being used in the operation, alongside jets and drones.
Libyan commanders say some Islamic State militants probably escaped around the start of the campaign to recapture Sirte in May, and their forces have been trying to secure the desert to the south and west of Sirte.

At least 28 soldiers killed in Libya battle against Islamic State


More than 180 wounded as Libyan forces close in on Isis militantss in city of Sirte


Notre Dame Titans at Southern Tornadoes
Last meeting between the teams: August 29, 2015. Southern won 21-18 in Portsmouth.
Current head-to-head streak: Southern has won 4 straight.
Five things to note:
1. The Titans were shutout in their last trip to Roger Lee Adams Memorial Field, falling to SHS by a 27-0 count on August 29, 2014.
2. Southern has won three consecutive season openers. Prior to that winning streak starting in 2013, the Tornadoes had begun the year with a loss in six straight seasons. Southern is 4-16 in its last 20 season openers.
3. The Tornadoes have won at least one non-conference game in each of the last three seasons. Since the expansion of the TVC Hocking in 2010, SHS is 4-8 in regular season non-league play.
4. Notre Dame last defeated the Tornadoes on September 19, 2004. The Titans won that game by a 34-0 final in Portsmouth.
5. Southern has 34 players on its 2016 roster, including 23 returnees from last year’s team.
Meigs Marauders at Gallia Academy Blue Devils
Last meeting between the teams: August 28, 2015. Meigs won 26-12 in Rocksprings
Current head-to-head streak: Meigs has won 1 straight
Five things to note:
1. Prior to last season GAHS had won 8 straight over the Marauders from 1998-2005
2. GAHS currently holds a 24-10 advantage in the series all-time.
3. This is the 19th time GAHS and MHS have opened the year against each other. The Blue Devils have won 17 of the 19 season openers between the rivals.
4. Meigs hasn’t been victorious in the Old French City since October 28, 1977. Meigs won that game by a 7-6 count.
5. Meigs roster features 55 players including 33 varsity returnees, while Gallia Academy has 42 players with 23 returning from last season.
Eastern Eagles at River Valley Raiders
Last meeting between the teams: September 11, 2015. River Valley won 57-0 in Tuppers Plains.
Current head-to-head streak: River Valley has won 2 straight.
Five things to note:
1. Eastern’s last trip to Bidwell was September 12, 2014. RVHS defeated the visiting Eagles by a 14-6 count in that game.
2. The last time EHS defeated the Raiders was September 18, 2009, by a 41-6 count in Cheshire.
3. The Eagles have not started the season with a win since 2004, when they topped visiting South Gallia by a 41-6 mark. EHS is 6-14 in its last 20 season openers.
4. River Valley has started both of the last two seasons with a win. RVHS is 11-9 in season openers in the past 20 years.
5. River Valley features 47 players on the 2016 roster including 22 returnees. Eastern has 35 players on this year’s team, including 24 that were on last year’s squad.
South Gallia at East Tartans
Last meeting between the teams: August 28, 2015. East won 28-27 in Sciotoville.
Current head-to-head streak: East has won 1 straight.
Five things to note:
1. This game was originally scheduled to be played in Mercerville, but the location was changed due to reseeding the field and the time needed for the natural grass surface to reestablish itself.
2. East holds a 7-5 all-time record against the Rebels, and has a 277-238 scoring advantage.
3. The Rebels last won in Sciotoville on August 30, 2013, by a 18-13 count. SGHS is 4-2 all-time in six visits to Sciotoville.
4. South Gallia is just 6-14 in varsity season openers all-time. SGHS played just three varsity contests its’ first season, meaning this will be the 20th full season of varsity Rebels football.
5. Since joining the TVC Hocking in 2010, SGHS has only had one season (2010) without a non-league victory. The Rebels are 6-6 in non-league regular season play since joining the TVC Hocking.
Southern’s Crenson Rogers runs into the endzone during the first half of the Tornadoes’ 21-18 victory at Notre Dame, on August 29, 2015. http://mydailysentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_8.26-SHS-Rogers.jpg Southern’s Crenson Rogers runs into the endzone during the first half of the Tornadoes’ 21-18 victory at Notre Dame, on August 29, 2015. Alex Hawley/OVP Sports
Marauders, Eagles open 2016 on the road


It was the battle of the conservationists. In the red corner English Heritage proudly prepared its frontlines ready for the onslaught of the mighty National Trust limbering up in the purple corner.
So who would win this mighty fight? My two little soldiers , Ruaridh (9) and Flora (6) weighed up their options and after due consideration (as they tucked into an afternoon tea of scones and clotted cream), they declared it a draw.
English Heritage's majestic Homesteads Fort
They will no doubt make good politicians in the future, but for now they were concentrating on letting their young minds absorb as much culture and information as their mother (that’s me!) could persuade them to as we enjoyed a trip to see the historical gems on offer in the North East.
As parents we often find it hard to entertain the children during the long summer holidays, but these days there is so much to see and do, you just have to jump on board and have some fun.
And English Heritage and the National Trust have embraced this philosophy and these days their once stuffy (well that’s what we thought as children!) properties are now child friendly and laid out in such a way that the whole family really can have a good time together.
The North East of England has its fair share of places to visit and with such lovely rolling countryside and a short drive from Lancashire, it’s the perfect place to spend a few days exploring.
The National Trust's Wallington. Photo by John Millar
Ruaridh and Flora had enjoyed a taste of English Heritage’s Hadrian’s Wall trail last year and enjoyed it so much, they wanted to go back for more.
This time we headed for Homesteads Roman Fort, perched high on the hills above Haydon Bridge. The fort was built in Roman times as a blueprint for similar forts around the world so that everything would be set out in the same way at each site to make it easier for soldiers when they were sent around the world.
Homesteads is a fine example of a fort and after a short walk up the hill you find yourself in the visitor centre where an exhibition is dedicated to the fort and the items found over the years. Felix the soldier provides information for the youngsters on the same interpretation boards as the adults read. And its fascinating stuff, with Ruaridh and Flora’s minds in overdrive as they looked at the artefacts, such as tools and jewellery left by the soldiers and discovered by archaeologists over the years.
Outside you can look round the remains of the fort which sits proudly infront of Hadrian’s Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage site. We had great fun pretending we were standing in the soldiers’ barracks, commander’s living quarters and looking at the hospital and granaries.
From here we took a short hop to Birdoswald, neighbouring Cumbria’s Roman fort and also where the longest section of Hadrian’s Wall can be seen (or walked if you can persuade the children!).
A product of 1,800 years of occupation, this fort is different in that it stands just infront of a mock medieval farmhouse built in 1858. With stunning landscape surrounding it, it really is a lovely spot to visit.
After all that history, we were in need of some fun by the seaside (but with a spot of culture thrown in too) and so we headed to Tynemouth, a great wee spot with old-fashioned entertainment on offer. After a bracing walk on the beach we headed for the imposing priory and castle which dominates the town.
It was once the most fortified place in England and dates back 2,000 years. Its well spread out, so we all got to stretch our limbs as we headed back in history and took in all the fascinating parts from the beautiful and tranquil 13th century chapel to the restored gun battery and cannons. And some fantastic views of the North Sea to boot.
As with all the English Heritage sites over the summer, there are some great activities on offer from clash of the knights contests to kite flying.
And working just as hard as English Heritage to bring our history to life are the people working for The National Trust.
The North East has some great examples of this work and we headed for two of them. Our first stop was Seaton Delaval Hall at Seaton Sluice in Northumberland. This wonderful property was designed by architect Sir John Vanbrugh and home to the party loving Delaval family. It is of Georgian style, but with a mischievious past.
The Delaval’s were known for their high spirited and flamboyant lifestyle and everyone wanted to go to their parties. They loved to play pranks, some guests woke up to find their furniture stuck to the ceiling!
The hall has survived a fire and houses some lovely rooms and furniture for you to look round and the gardens are amazing, literally with a box hedge maze for the children to enjoy as you take in the gorgeous scents of the flowers.
From here we headed for our final stop of our adventure, Wallington, once home to the Trevelyan family.
Just outside Morpeth, this 13,000 acre estate is a joy to visit. Gifted to the National Trust by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, a controversial socialist MP, it is a wonderful place.
Another unconventional family, the Trevelyan’s home boasts huge pre-Raphaelite paintings telling the history of Northumberland and beautiful furniture and treasured collections in the rooms.
The house has a remarkable collection of dolls houses and some fabulous old children’s games to have a go at. Outside is a landscape of lawns, lakes, woodlands, parklands and farmland and a magical walled garden where you can relax and let your mind re-live all those adventures you have just enjoyed – long may English Heritage and The National Trust reign!
Fact file:
We are lucky in the Northern part of Great Britain to have so many national treasures on our doorstep. Throughout the summer both English Heritage and The National Trust have special events on to keep all the family entertained as you learn about the nation’s history.
For more information, log onto www.english-heritage.org.uk and www.nationaltrust.org.uk


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(CNN) If it's been a while since you went to college, or you tend to avoid Internet shouting matches, you may have missed the latest debate roiling higher education in recent years.
Like freshman orientation, the debate is back for the new academic year, courtesy of a University of Chicago letter to incoming students.
First reported in Intellectual Takeout , the letter affirms a "commitment to freedom of inquiry and expression" where "members of the community are encouraged to speak, write, listen, challenge and learn, without freedom of censorship."
To that end, the letter says, the school does not support "'so-called' trigger warnings" or "condone the creation of intellectual safe spaces," two polarizing concepts taking foot in some schools nationwide. Nor does the school cancel invited guests "because their topics might prove controversial."
All three are tied up in debate over whether schools are bending to the demands of overly sensitive students at the cost of academic freedom and the exchange of ideas.
If this is new to you, let's take a step back.
What are trigger warnings?
Back in the spring of the Internet, trigger warnings were used on blog posts to warn survivors of traumatic experiences, such as sexual violence, crime, or torture, of content that might upset or "trigger" them.
"We provide trigger warnings because they give survivors of various stripes the option to assess whether they're in a state of mind to deal with triggering material before they stumble across it," writer Melissa McEwan wrote in 2010.
"We provide trigger warnings because we understand what they actually are."
Since then, the concept has meandered far from its intent as a warning to trauma survivors. The broader public caught on to the practice, ridiculing the notion that people would ever want to be shielded from disturbing ideas.
Meanwhile, some professors and universities began to embrace trigger warnings in course syllabi and readings as a service to students. The scope expanded to racism, classism, sexism and other instances of privilege and oppression.
"With appropriate warnings in place, vulnerable students may be able to employ effective anxiety management techniques, by meditating or taking prescribed medication," Cornell University assistant professor Kate Manne wrote in " Why I Use Trigger Warnings ."
As one of those articles declared, "Something strange is happening at America's colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense."
And, safe spaces?
Safe spaces emerged from a similar intention dating back to the post-Civil Rights era, when racial minorities, women and gays and lesbians became larger presences on college campuses.
Many remain today as refuges for like-minded people, where they don't have to explain or defend their politics, beliefs or practices.
As Northwestern President Morton Schapiro wrote in 2015 , "We all deserve safe spaces."
He offered an example of black students declining a request from white students to sit with them at lunch in the interest of "engaging in the kind of uncomfortable learning the college encourages."
"Those black students had every right to enjoy their lunches in peace. There are plenty of times and places to engage in uncomfortable learning, but that wasn't one of them. The white students, while well-meaning, didn't have the right to unilaterally decide when uncomfortable learning would take place," he wrote.
He offered another example from a Jewish student who spent time at Northwestern's Hillel house.
"I'm an economist, not a sociologist or psychologist, but those experts tell me that students don't fully embrace uncomfortable learning unless they are themselves comfortable. Safe spaces provide that comfort. The irony, it seems, is that the best hope we have of creating an inclusive community is to first create spaces where members of each group feel safe."
To others, safe spaces are "the live-action version" of the trigger warning, with its own negative implications. Stories of new safe spaces popping up in response to controversial speakers on campus fuel the narrative of the squeamish millennial.
"Safe spaces are an expression of the conviction, increasingly prevalent among college students, that their schools should keep them from being 'bombarded' by discomfiting or distressing viewpoints," Judith Shulevitz wrote in the New York Times
"But the notion that ticklish conversations must be scrubbed clean of controversy has a way of leaking out and spreading. Once you designate some spaces as safe, you imply that the rest are unsafe. It follows that they should be made safer."
To what end?
Evidence suggests that in the interim, the overall climate may be having a chilling effect.
In a Gallup survey published in March , a slight majority of U.S. college students said campus climate prevents some people from saying what they believe because others might find it offensive.
Some stand-up comedians have said they avoid college campuses , fearing that satire won't go over in a "PC" environment.
Some schools have canceled speakers, from Condoleezza Rice to George Will to Michelle Malkin, under pressure from faculty or students.
Recent incidents at the University of Chicago suggest that balance is hard to strike, even at a school that takes prides in its dedication to free speech. This is the university that honored former Secretary of State Robert McNamara in 1979 for his "contributions to international understanding" despite protests and objections ; where literary lion Saul Bellow worked for a number of years after declaring "Tolstoy is the Tolstoy of the Zulus."
It's also the same school that suspended and expelled dozens of students in the 1960s for staging sit-ins. This year, the university came under fire after the student president claimed he was threatened with expulsion for taking part in a sit-in; ultimately, he was allowed to graduate.
The University of Chicago said the letter accompanied a book that each student received, "Academic Freedom and the Modern University: The Experience of the University of Chicago." Sentiments in the letter echoed the school's Report of the Committee on Freedom of Expression, which was issued last year and includes an oft-repeated quote from former President Hanna Holborn Gray:
"Education should not be intended to make people comfortable, it is meant to make them think. Universities should be expected to provide the conditions within which hard thought, and therefore strong disagreement, independent judgment, and the questioning of stubborn assumptions, can flourish in an environment of the greatest freedom."

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University of Chicago's letter to incoming students revives debate over trigger warnings and safe spaces in colleges.


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DUFFIELD, VA - Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick, 81, Duffield, VA, passed away, Sunday, August 28, 2016. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at the Gate City Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with the Rev. Ron Adams and Pastor Brian Harget officiating. The Pleasant View Independent Baptist singers will provide the music. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., on Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Lane Cemetery in the Copper Creek Community. Family will serve as pallbearers. Family and friends are requested to meet at the cemetery for the graveside service. An online guest register is available for the Fitzpatrick family at www.gatecityfunerals.com. Gate City Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick


DUFFIELD, VA - Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick, 81, Duffield, VA, passed away, Sunday, August 28, 2016. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at the Gate City


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The High Court of Bombay at Goa has taken suo motu cognizance of two reports published in ‘The Navhind Times.’ The reports were related to traffic woes on Porvorim road and the state-run protective home at Merces.
The High Court has registered suo motu petitions considering the reports ‘Inmates living in unhygienic conditions at protective home’ and ‘No end in traffic woes as bridge works continue’ published in ‘The Navhind Times’ edition dated August 30.
A division bench of the High Court of Bombay at Goa comprising Justice F M Reis and Justice Nutan Sardessai has taken cognizance of the reports and issued notices to the respondents, which include the state of Goa.
‘The Navhind Times’ had reported that in the absence of a water purifier, the inmates of the protective home are not even provided with boiled water to drink thereby leaving them prone to water-borne diseases. Shorting of clothes is forcing the inmates rescued from sex trade to wear the same underwear for several days in a row, causing a health and hygiene concern. The authority of the protective home issues each inmate only two pairs of underwear, which means they must be worn on multiple days without washing. On admission, women are provided with two sets of undergarments or every two months, if the need arises. Moreover, as per the rule laid down under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, personal clothes worn by the inmates on admission are not allowed to be used by them and are stored in a locker to be returned back to the inmates on their discharge.
The living condition of victims at the protective home based in Merces and run by the department of women and child development has become neglectful and unhealthy due to improper
ventilation.
‘The Navhind Times’ had also reported that traffic congestion has been the order of the day along the national highway in Porvorim owing to the ongoing cable-stayed bridge works for quite some time now.
Rash driving has exacerbated the problem with many freak accidents occurring daily. As many as five freak mishaps were reported during peak morning hours on Monday. Luckily nobody was injured in the accidents.

HC takes cognizance of 2 NT reports, registers petitions


2016-08-30 03:00
DAMAGE CONTROL: Mega Financial chairman Shiu is to meet with authorities in New York, Chicago, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, where the bank has branches
By Ted Chen / Staff reporter
An investigation into Mega International Commercial Bank’s （兆豐銀行） contravention of money laundering regulations escalated yesterday, as prosecutors and regulators grilled a former minister of finance and the bank’s former chairman.
Prosecutors questioned former minister of finance Chang Sheng-ford （張盛和） as part of the probe into the violation of money laundering rules by Mega Bank’s New York branch that resulted in a US$180 million fine on the state-run bank.
Chang said that he was not aware of any regulatory infractions by Mega Bank, the main subsidiary of Mega Financial Holding Co （兆豐金控）, during his term as minister of finance, because the state-run company did not report the incident to the ministry.
The ministry is a major shareholder in Mega Financial and other state-run financial institutions.
Regarding media reports suggesting that he had met with former Mega Bank chairman Mckinney Tsai （蔡友才） and two accountants on Aug. 22, three days after Mega Financial received the fine, Chang said that the appointments were made prior to the incident.
Media reports said Chang and Tsai had met with accountants to help them prepare for questioning by authorities.
Chang said the meeting was intended to celebrate Tsai’s appointment as chairman of an investment unit controlled by Ruentex Group （潤泰集團） chairman Samuel Yin （尹衍樑） to carry out a hostile takeover of CTBC Financial Holding （中信金控）.
Prosecutors also questioned Tsai for the second time as a suspect.
The questioning came after the Financial Supervisory Commission on Sunday questioned Tsai for seven-and-a-half hours to gain a better understanding of the incident.
The commission has summoned 27 persons of interest for questioning, including Mega Financial managers, since Friday last week.
Tsai declined to comment after leaving the prosecutors’ office last night.
The nation’s top financial regulator said it would have a complete report of its findings by the end of next month.
Although Tsai tendered his resignation from Mega Financial in March, the commission could classify his departure as a termination, allowing authorities to punish Tsai and bar him from holding positions in a banking or financial institution for the next five years, the commission said.
In related news, Deputy Minister of Finance Su Jain-rong （蘇建榮） yesterday confirmed that Mega Financial chairman Shiu Kuang-si （徐光曦） has left for the US to check on the operations of the company’s branches there.
Su’s statement came in the wake of media reports that Shiu and a delegation were on their way to the US to meet with financial authorities in New York, Chicago, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, where Mega Bank has branches.
According to the reports, it was Shiu’s second trip to the US in two weeks to deal with the fallout of the scandal.
Mega Bank was the first Taiwanese bank to receive a penalty for flouting money laundering regulations in the US.
Shiu, who was appointed chairman of Mega Financial earlier this month, is traveling to the US to gain firsthand information about the bank’s overseas business, Su said.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES

《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Prosecutors question former minister of finance, Mega Bank’s ex-chairman


DAMAGE CONTROL: Mega Financial chairman Shiu is to meet with authorities in New York, Chicago, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles, where the bank has branchesBy Ted Chen / Staff reporter


NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin said Monday that she is separating from her husband, Anthony Weiner, after the former congressman was accused in yet another sexting scandal.
“After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband,” she said in a statement issued by Clinton’s presidential campaign. “Anthony and I remain devoted to doing what is best for our son, who is the light of our life. During this difficult time, I ask for respect for our privacy.”
The New York Post published photos late Sunday that it said Weiner had sent last year to a woman, whom it identified only as a “40-something divorcee” who lives “out West” and is a supporter of Donald Trump.
The photos included several shots of Weiner bare-chested and two close-ups of his bulging underwear. In one of the pictures, Weiner is in bed with his toddler son while he is texting the woman, according to the Post.
Weiner told the Post that he and the woman “have been friends for some time.”
“She has asked me not to comment except to say that our conversations were private, often included pictures of her nieces and nephews and my son and were always appropriate,” he told the newspaper.
Weiner didn’t return a phone call, text or email from The Associated Press. Weiner deleted his Twitter account Monday.
The Post didn’t say how it had obtained the photographs and messages.
Weiner, a Democrat from New York City, quit Congress in 2011 after it discovered that he was sending women sexually explicit messages. Weiner ran for mayor of New York in 2013, but that bid collapsed after it was reported that he was continuing to sext women.
Since then, Weiner has remained in the public eye, commenting on politics on a local cable news show. A documentary offering a cringe-inducing inside view of his mayoral campaign and its unraveling played in theaters earlier this year and is set to air on Showtime this fall.

Weiner’s wife is leaving him amid a new sexting scandal


Kaliyakkavilai police in Kanniyakumari district have registered case against three revenue department officials, including two Deputy Tahsildars, for allegedly attacking the staff from the court on Friday. When a team of staff from the court went to attach the properties at Vilavancode taluk office, based on a court order after the official machinery failed to disburse the compensation for the land acquired for Vallavilai- Marthandamthurai Road expansion in 1972, a minor altercation broke out between both sides.
As it led to a scuffle later, six persons, including a land loser, Ignatius Loyola, two Deputy Tashsildars and a revenue staff, were injured.
Based on the complaint from Vilavancode Tahsildar, the police registered case against Ignatius Loyola and two others.
Meanwhile, a court employee, Dharmaraj, filed a complaint with the police, in which he accused Regional Deputy Tahsildar Murugan, Deputy Tahsildar John and Junior Assistant Ashok Singh of attacking the court staff and preventing them from discharging their duty.
Based on the complaint, the police registered case against the three officials on Saturday night.
The incident happened when the court staff went to attach the properties at Vilavancode taluk office

Attack on court staff: Case against 2 officials


Kaliyakkavilai police in Kanniyakumari district have registered case against three revenue department officials, including two Deputy Tahsildars, for allegedly attacking the staff from the court on Fr


1/13 Theo Walcott Arsenal’s infuriating wideman-cum-striker was left out of Roy Hodgson’s Euro 2016 squad with good reason after so much under-achievement. That said, his pace might have provided an out-ball as the team struggled for creativity in France. But Theo is so erratic. He missed a penalty then scored within 68 seconds against Liverpool in Arsenal’s first game when he started on the right. But then he frustrated the travelling fans yet again in the dull goalless draw against Leicester. Allardyce might think he can get the best out of him – then again he might think he’s had enough chances already. Arsenal FC via Getty Images
2/13 John Terry Big Sam has quite sensibly floated the idea of luring Terry back to international football. It is believed the 35-year-old will resist any overtures to concentrate on his Chelsea career after being granted a one-year deal earlier in the summer. He’d love to win another 12 months too so you can see the thinking. But oh how desperately England have missed Terry’s defensive strength and anticipation and his big character. Euro 2016 might have been a different story if he had been around and Russia hadn’t claimed their damaging late equaliser. Would be a great influence on John Stones, too. AFP/Getty Images
3/13 Wayne Rooney That cross for Zlatan Ibrahimovich’s opening headed goal against Southampton for Manchester United at Old Trafford was an early season reminder of Rooney’s class. Allardyce hasn’t yet announced whether he will retain the England captaincy but his praise for Rooney has been effusive since he took on the England job. Without doubt, he remains England’s most intelligent footballer as well as the nation’s most successful goalscorer. And he will surely benefit now from coming under Jose Mourinho’s wing. OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
4/13 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain A serious knee injury last February and another setback in May ended all hope of Oxlade-Chamberlain making it to the Euros. He probabaly wouldn’t have made it, anyway. Like his club-mate Walcott, injuries and inconsistency remain the key themes of his career. Came on as a sub to score Arsenal’s second in the 4-3 home defeat by Liverpool and was then taken off after 78 minutes at Leicester – an indication perhaps that he still needs match sharpness after his long lay-off. Not one this time for Big Sam unless he does something sensational at Watford. David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images
5/13 Andros Townsend He has been feeling his way in gently to his new surroundings at Crystal Palace but has yet to make a major impact as his new side have lost both their Premier League matches. But he has long-range goals within him and he has delivered at times for England. Worth more of a punt out wide for Allardyce than north London rival Walcott. AFP/Getty Images
6/13 Jermain Defoe He is 33 now but you wonder if he will ever stop scoring goals. Sunderland have recognised how his livewire talent endures by this summer awarding him a new contract that takes him up until 2019. Allardyce will recognise that ability, of course. Defoe scored 15 league goals as Big Sam kept the Wearsiders up last season, including the winner against Chelsea in May which hoisted them out of the bottom three. Scored at Manchester City this season so yet again, his ratio so far is one in two. If Allardyce wants insurance on the bench in case things get tricky in any qualifying ties, Defoe is the man. Getty Images
7/13 Mark Noble The West Ham midfielder says he learned a lot about the skills of captaincy by studying his former team-mate, Kevin Nolan – who of course, is has been one of Big Sam’s stalwart servants. Allardyce will know all about Noble’s consistency, strength of spirit and tenacity, anyway after his four years in charge at Upton Park when Noble cemented his place as one of the club’s greatest crowd favourites. Some think his game lacks the sparkle required for international football. What? That is not England’s concern just now. The basics are, however. Allardyce wants to get rid of England’s culture of under-achievement and such a recognisably responsible player as Noble can help make that happen. A new face in the squad would help declare the new era, too. Michael Regan/Getty Images
8/13 Danny Drinkwater A new five-year deal at Leicester has ended Tottenham’s interest. But both those facts prove Drinkwater’s standing in the game after he won three caps under Roy Hodgson. As it turned out, it was Drinkwater’s good fortune not to be tarnished by the debacle in France after he missed out on the squad for the Euros. Allardyce will love his consistency and will also appreciate the fact that he is settled and happy enough in his club career to have signed his new deal. England have been under-achievers. Drinkwater was among the Premier League’s greatest over-achievers. That is the mentality Big Sam is looking for. David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images
9/13 John Stones After his £47 million to Manchester City from Everton, commentators have already noted that 22-year-old Stones appears to have grown in stature and confidence under Pep Guardiola. This is exactly what England require in central defence after the problems which have undone them at the past two tournaments. Now he will benefit from playing in the Champions League group stages, too, which will surely impress Allardyce. England need a commanding new figure at the back and the time to start moulding Stones into that role has arrived. Getty Images
10/13 Jamie Vardy He has yet to get off the mark in Leicester’s Premier League defence, But he scored a goal from his own text book in the defeat by Manchester United in the Community Sield match at Wembley. The jury is still out on whether he is a 'real' international-type goalscorer, but he scored in the All-British clash against Wales at the Euros – and against Slovakia and Iceland the service was so poor its unfair to judge him on those games. Allardyce will like his tough-mindedness, his sharp predatory intincts and his pace. It would cause a huge stir if he was discarded from the new boss’s first squad. And he won’t be. Getty Images
11/13 Joe Hart/Fraser Forster/Jack Butland England duty will be a welcome break from trouble and strife for Joe Hart after he discovered so abruptly that he has no future at Manchester City under Pep Guardiola. Allardyce has made it plain he will stand by him, which is the correct act. If the manager wants the team to be stronger, he must show this kind of strength himself. It will be a concern if Hart is sidelined for a long period. But conversely, a move might freshen him up after he came under fire at the Euros. Meanwhile, Fraser Forster is assured of game time at Southampton while Stoke' s Jack Butland is yet to play this season after hurting an ankle in pre-season only five months after suffering a similar injury which kept him out of the Euros. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
12/13 Harry Kane Harry Kane has yet to get off the mark this season but such a start has proven no problem for him previously. In a Spurs shirt, his spirit seems undimmed and Allardyce will surely see him as one if the good soldiers of his group. If he can get some service to him while on England duty then Kane is highly capable if putting the Euros behind him. AFP/Getty Images

England squad announcement: The Premier League players out to impress Sam Allardyce


Sam Allardyce names his first England squad on Sunday ahead of the World Cup qualifying tie in Slovakia on September 4. Ahead of his announcement, Allardyce Allardyce confirmed goalkeeper Joe Hart will feature. The 61-year-old said: "He will be in the squad, definitely. But what about those on the fringes of the squad?


AKRON, Ohio | Dean Green supports Donald Trump partly because of the GOP presidential nominee’s tough, deport-them-all stance on illegal immigration. But the 57-year-old Republican paused as he complained about U.S. immigration policy and acknowledged that deporting all 11 million people in the U.S. illegally would separate families.
“I don’t want to break up families,” Green said.
It has been 30 years since the country embarked on an immigration overhaul, and the ambivalence of voters like Green is one reason why. Polls often show that majorities favor letting people illegally in the U.S. stay and also back tougher laws to deport them.
“The electorate is conflicted and that’s a fundamental problem,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster. “This is such an emotional issue that reason and facts have very little to do with how people stand.”
Trump is now either caught up in, or trying to exploit, that contradiction as he considers “softening” his controversial immigration stance. He won the GOP primaries on the strength of an aggressive immigration policy, calling for the immediate deportation of the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. illegally and construction of a Mexican border wall. But as he trails in the polls and struggles to overcome record lows with minority voters, he has sounded a softer tone.
“To take a person who’s been here 15 or 20 years and throw them and their family out, it’s so tough,” Trump told a Fox News town hall, quoting what some “really strong” supporters had said to him. He even polled the audience on whether to allow some people in the country illegally to stay, a key part of President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s agendas.
Todd Schulte, president of FWD.us, which advocates for an immigration overhaul that would let people in the country illegally remain here while increasing border security, said that Trump’s words mean little until he commits to a real policy change. But just the fact that the candidate has to utter them is telling, he said.
“Opposition is not just toxic with Latinos and Asians and African-Americans, but with white voters,” Schulte said.
A Pew survey released Thursday found 24 percent of the public favoring toughening border security first and 29 percent letting people stay in the country. Forty-five percent called for both. Trump’s proposed wall is opposed by 61 percent of the country but backed by 78 percent of his supporters.
Views of immigrants have shifted over time, but remain conflicted, said Mark Lopez of Pew. In the early 1990s, two-thirds of Americans surveyed by Pew characterized immigrants as a burden on society, but now nearly two-thirds see them as a benefit. Lopez noted that happened as large numbers of immigrants settled in the U.S. and had children. However, a Pew survey last year found 50 percent of Americans believe immigrants make the economy worse compared to 28 percent who believe they make it better. (The survey did find majorities think immigrants improve food and music.)
Immigration has created complications for both parties. During the Democratic primary, as she courted groups that favor a softer stance on immigration, Clinton had to disavow her prior opposition to providing driver’s licenses for people here illegally and also her support for deporting Central American children who flooded the border in 2014.
But the Democrat’s contradictions are dwarfed by those in the GOP. During the GOP primary Trump slammed rivals like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio Gov. John Kasich for backing “amnesty” — letting people here illegally remain. But in exit polls in 20 primary states, 53 percent of Republican voters supported letting those immigrants stay, even as Trump won the primaries.
Ayres recalled a focus group in the Deep South during which conservative voters complained about illegal immigrants. One man said he wanted them to pay taxes, work and learn English. Ayres told the man that was precisely the bipartisan proposal that had passed the Senate in 2013 and was being held up in the Republican-controlled House. “But that’s amnesty,” the man responded. “I don’t support that.”
“That’s when I turned around and cracked my head against the wall,” Ayres said.
Roy Beck, president of Numbers USA, which pushes for less immigration, sees Trump’s shift through that prism. “Trump is much more like an average American than he is like a politician,” said Beck, whose group still downgraded Trump in its voter guide this week. “He’s thinking about these things, people are talking to him and he’s reflecting that.”
Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, which also advocates for less immigration, doesn’t think the Republican nominee should be cut any slack. Trump has changed his position on many issues, but immigration is the one that launched his candidacy, he said.
“Without the immigration issue, the words ‘President Trump’ would still be a ‘Simpsons’ joke,’ ” Krikorian said.
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GALLIPOLIS — Officials with the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities said Friday they are eliminating 32 full-time positions from the Gallipolis Developmental Center.
The positions, officials said, are part of a plan to streamline the workforce with the number of clients the Gallipolis facility services. At the present, officials said the workforce in Gallipolis doesn’t match with the number of people who live at the facility. Although 32 full-time positions will be eliminated by the first week of December, the state plans to turn 18 of those positions into part-time opportunities.
The Gallipolis Daily Tribune has interviewed state officials and will have more on this story later today. Stay tuned to www.mydailytribune.com for more.
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BREAKING: 32 FT jobs eliminated at Gallipolis Developmental Center


Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson walks onto the field during the afternoon practice on the second day of the Minnesota Vikings training camp at Minnesota State University in Mankato on Saturday, July 30, 2016. (Pioneer Press: John Autey)
Kneeling on the sidelines with Minnesota Vikings running back Matt Asiata quarterback Teddy Bridgewater lets lose a yawn as he watches the second team in scrimmages in the afternoon practice on the third day of the Minnesota Vikings training camp at Minnesota State University in Mankato on Sunday, July 31, 2016. (Pioneer Press: John Autey)
MINNEAPOLIS—Adrian Peterson hasn't run the ball in a preseason game since 2011. And that won't be changing this year.
The Vikings running back said Thursday he won't play in either of the final two exhibition games, and next will take the field for the Sept. 11 regular-season opener at Tennessee.
Peterson said in May he was "itching" to get preseason carries. But he said he ended up changing his mind.
"I just really thought about it and didn't feel like it was the best thing in my interest, knowing that I can be ready for the first week against Tennessee, like I've done a thousand times in the past (when not playing in the preseason),'' Peterson said. "That's pretty much what it came down to.''
Peterson said the final decision was his. Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said last week that if Peterson wanted to play, he would be receptive.
"It was my decision," Peterson said. "If I would have said, 'Hey, I want to play,' I'm sure he would have open to it."
The Vikings close exhibition play with games at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday against San Diego and Thursday against Los Angeles. Peterson didn't deny some fans will be disappointed not seeing him when the new building opens for football.
"I can definitely understand that, but we'll have that opportunity Sunday night against Green Bay, so I'm looking forward to it," Peterson said of the first regular-season game Sept. 18 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
The 10-year veteran hasn't had an exhibition carry since he suffered a serious knee injury in December 2011. He played briefly in a 2013 game at San Francisco but didn't touch the ball.
There has been a big difference with how Peterson has looked in regular season openers after carrying the ball in the preseason compared to when he didn't.
In five openers after getting exhibition work, Peterson has averaged 114.2 yards per game and 5.8 yards per carry. In four openers after he didn't, Peterson has averaged just 70.8 yards per game with a 4.3 average.
Peterson said in May he was hopeful of playing in the preseason to "get the legs moving and get the pads'' on. He ended up weighing the pros and cons, with the latter obviously involving possible injury.
"There's always some good you can get from it. ... Getting that first layer of contact out of the way and some reads at full speed,'' Peterson said. "There's some good and some bad. I just decided to wait until the games count.''
Peterson did note that he sat out the 2012 preseason and ended up rushing for 2,097 yards, second-most in NFL history.
Perhaps some preseason reps could have benefited Peterson in running out of the shotgun. Peterson has had struggles with that formation but claimed he is improving.
"I'm liking it more,'' Peterson said. "I was always against running out of the shotgun, but now I've switched and tweaked the way I'm approaching it. ... I'm getting good at it.''
Peterson said the improvement has been a result of practice reps and watching film, and then correcting mistakes.
"His style is to get the ball and go fast, and sometimes in the gun, you have to be a little bit more patient,'' Zimmer said. "You have to be a little bit more rounded. You've got to get your shoulders square to the line of scrimmage. ... He's better behind the quarterback than he is in the gun, I would guess, but he has been working hard at it.''
Not playing in the preseason also delays Peterson getting comfortable in a game behind a retooled offensive line. The Vikings added free agents Alex Boone and Andre Smith, moves Peterson has liked.
"As far as the mind-set, (the line is) a little more aggressive with the attitude,'' Peterson said. "The biggest thing for me that I've noticed, they just play with a little bit more of a sense of urgency, more energy.''

Upon further review, Peterson decides not to play in preseason


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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump linked illegal immigration and employment Saturday, pledging to start deporting offenders as soon as he is sworn in should he become the White House’s next occupant.
Trump all the while courted the black vote, claiming that the shooting of basketball star Dwyane Wade’s cousin will make African Americans support him, but the move instead triggered a firestorm of criticism.
“On Day One, I am going to begin swiftly removing criminal illegal immigrants from this country – including removing the hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal immigrants that have been released into US communities under the Obama-Clinton administration,” Trump told supporters in Des Moines, Iowa.
Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state during President Barack Obama’s first term in office. The next president will be sworn in on January 20.
“I am going to build a great border wall, institute nationwide e-verify, stop illegal immigrants from accessing welfare and entitlements and develop an exit-entry tracking system to ensure those who overstay their visas are quickly removed,” Trump warned.
The billionaire real estate magnate and former reality TV host — in a white baseball cap — said that “If we don’t enforce visa expiration dates, then we have an open border. It’s as simple as that.”
“A vote for Trump is a vote to have a nation of laws, a vote for Clinton is a vote for open borders,” he stressed.
Details of Trump’s immigration policies remain scant. He rallied much of his primary support with a controversial hardline tone against illegal immigrants and his plan to build a wall on the Mexican border.
Some of his advisors are now reportedly urging him to tone down his signature policy priority.
Chasing the black vote
Trump also made appeals to black voters, promising to help African Americans find jobs.
“Every time an African American citizen, or any citizen, loses their job to an illegal immigrant, the rights of that American citizen have been totally violated,” he argued.
Hours before, Trump had tweeted: “Dwayne Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago,” initially misspelling the basketball player’s first name before correcting it later. “Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!”
He was referring to the shooting death on Friday of Nykea Aldridge during an exchange of gunfire between two men as she pushed a baby stroller in Chicago.
Trump’s comments unleashed a torrent of criticism spearheaded by actor Don Cheadle, who has starred in such films as “Hotel Rwanda” (2004), denouncing the bombastic billionaire for trying to score political points on the back of a murder.
“He doesn’t give a fkk. More red meat to his alt-right troglodytes,” Cheadle wrote on Twitter, referring to an ultra-conservative movement largely seen as white supremacist and anti-Semitic.
“You don’t get to cherry pick. All the architects on left and right have failed that city. But Drumpf ain’t the ansr.”
Cheadle lambasted the 2016 presidential election for being “like a Shakespearean farce except it could end in a mushroom cloud.”
Several hours after firing off his first tweet on Wade, Trump offered a more somber and contrite message: “My condolences to Dwyane Wade and his family, on the loss of Nykea Aldridge. They are in my thoughts and prayers.”
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WASHINGTON: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump linked illegal immigration and employment Saturday, pledging to start deporting offenders as soon as he is sworn in should he become the White House’s next occupant. Trump all the while courted the black vote, claiming that the shooting of basketball star Dwyane Wade’s cousin will make African Americans support him, but the move instead triggered a firestorm of criticism.
“On Day One, I am going to begin swiftly removing criminal illegal immigrants from this country – including removing the hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal immigrants that have been released into US communities under the Obama-Clinton administration,” Trump told supporters in Des Moines, Iowa. Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state during President Barack Obama’s first term in office. The next president will be sworn in on January 20.
“I am going to build a great border wall, institute nationwide e-verify, stop illegal immigrants from accessing welfare and entitlements and develop an exit-entry tracking system to ensure those who overstay their visas are quickly removed,” Trump warned. The billionaire real estate magnate and former reality TV host-in a white baseball cap-said that “If we don’t enforce visa expiration dates, then we have an open border. It’s as simple as that.” “A vote for Trump is a vote to have a nation of laws, a vote for Clinton is a vote for open borders,” he stressed. Details of Trump’s immigration policies remain scant. He rallied much of his primary support with a controversial hardline tone against illegal immigrants and his plan to build a wall on the Mexican border. Some of his advisors are now reportedly urging him to tone down his signature policy priority.
Chasing the black vote
Trump also made appeals to black voters, promising to help African Americans find jobs. “Every time an African American citizen, or any citizen, loses their job to an illegal immigrant, the rights of that American citizen have been totally violated,” he argued. Hours before, Trump had tweeted: “Dwayne Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago,” initially misspelling the basketball player’s first name before correcting it later. “Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!”
He was referring to the shooting death on Friday of Nykea Aldridge during an exchange of gunfire between two men as she pushed a baby stroller in Chicago. Trump’s comments unleashed a torrent of criticism spearheaded by actor Don Cheadle, who has starred in such films as “Hotel Rwanda” (2004), denouncing the bombastic billionaire for trying to score political points on the back of a murder.
“He doesn’t give a fkk. More red meat to his alt-right troglodytes,” Cheadle wrote on Twitter, referring to an ultra-conservative movement largely seen as white supremacist and anti-Semitic.”You don’t get to cherry pick. All the architects on left and right have failed that city. But Drumpf ain’t the ansr.” Cheadle lambasted the 2016 presidential election for being “like a Shakespearean farce except it could end in a mushroom cloud.” Several hours after firing off his first tweet on Wade, Trump offered a more somber and contrite message: “My condolences to Dwyane Wade and his family, on the loss of Nykea Aldridge. They are in my thoughts and prayers.” -AFP


WASHINGTON: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump linked illegal immigration and employment Saturday, pledging to start deporting offenders as soon as he is sworn in should he become the White House’s next occupant.
Trump all the while courted the black vote, claiming that the shooting of basketball star Dwyane Wade’s cousin will make African Americans support him, but the move instead triggered a firestorm of criticism.
“On Day One, I am going to begin swiftly removing criminal illegal immigrants from this country — including removing the hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal immigrants that have been released into US communities under the Obama-Clinton administration,” Trump told supporters in Des Moines, Iowa.
Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state during President Barack Obama’s first term in office. The next president will be sworn in on January 20.
“I am going to build a great border wall, institute nationwide e-verify, stop illegal immigrants from accessing welfare and entitlements and develop an exit-entry tracking system to ensure those who overstay their visas are quickly removed,” Trump warned.
The billionaire real estate magnate and former reality TV host — in a white baseball cap — said that “If we don’t enforce visa expiration dates, then we have an open border. It’s as simple as that.”
“A vote for Trump is a vote to have a nation of laws, a vote for Clinton is a vote for open borders,” he stressed.
Details of Trump’s immigration policies remain scant. He rallied much of his primary support with a controversial hard-line tone against illegal immigrants and his plan to build a wall on the Mexican border.
Some of his advisers are now reportedly urging him to tone down his signature policy priority.
Appeal to black voters
Trump also made appeals to black voters, promising to help African Americans find jobs.
“Every time an African American citizen, or any citizen, loses their job to an illegal immigrant, the rights of that American citizen have been totally violated,” he argued.
Hours before, Trump had tweeted: “Dwayne Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago,” initially misspelling the basketball player’s first name before correcting it later. “Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!“
He was referring to the shooting death on Friday of Nykea Aldridge during an exchange of gunfire between two men as she pushed a baby stroller in Chicago.
Trump’s comments unleashed a torrent of criticism spearheaded by actor Don Cheadle, who has starred in such films as “Hotel Rwanda” (2004), denouncing the bombastic billionaire for trying to score political points on the back of a murder.
“He doesn’t give a fkk. More red meat to his alt-right troglodytes,” Cheadle wrote on Twitter, referring to an ultra-conservative movement largely seen as white supremacist and anti-Semitic.
“You don’t get to cherry pick. All the architects on left and right have failed that city. But Drumpf ain’t the ansr.”
Cheadle lambasted the 2016 presidential election for being “like a Shakespearean farce except it could end in a mushroom cloud.”
Several hours after firing off his first tweet on Wade, Trump offered a more somber and contrite message: “My condolences to Dwyane Wade and his family, on the loss of Nykea Aldridge. They are in my thoughts and prayers.”

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WASHINGTON: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump linked illegal immigration and employment Saturday, pledging to start deporting offenders as soon as he is sworn in should he become the White House’s next occupant.Trump all the while courted the black vote, claiming that the shooting of basketball star Dwyane Wade’s cousin will make African Americans support him, but the move instead triggered a firestorm of criticism.


Dear Editor,
EVERY minister should realise that moral responsibility is a correlation of the oath of office. This is especially important as the country deals with the question of the “Norton Fiasco” concerning the “bond deal”.In no uncertain terms, Dr. Norton, losing his moral compass, betrayed himself, his sense of right and wrong, his office, our president, our nation, and the Guyanese people.
Many have clamoured for his censure, but one should also ask whether Norton’s humiliation is apt punishment for his transgression.
Does Norton need a second chance? If he is remorseful because he is trying to escape censure, then he should be censured. If he is remorseful because he truly acknowledges the truth of his inappropriate misstep, then he has the potential to be one of the most loyal and dedicated servants of our country.
I cannot pass judgment on Dr. Norton; only he knows his heart. He has to decide on his own to whom he needs to confess, and whether he can honour his oath to serve Guyana honestly and faithfully.
And as we focus on Dr. Norton, we should not forget the photograph of Mr. Harmon cruising above the clouds in a private jet. It might be prudent for all ministers to have that photograph in their sights, physically or mentally. Let them look and analyze the positioning and smiles of the people who were in control in that setting. That photograph has much to tell: sunglasses in a climate-controlled jet, a faceless and nameless woman at one’s shoulder.
Yes, I am calling attention to what Norton and Harmon have done, and what they could have become if their actions had not been revealed. If each has the wisdom to recognise the gravity of his actions and each has the strength to refrain from a recurrence of those actions, then each would have been reformed. If the foregoing is missing, what will these men become?
We can look, as an example, at the former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, who was once full of commendable potential. President Jagdeo was my hero when he signed the agreement with Norway to protect Guyana’s forest, but somewhere along the line he was accused of becoming a different being. I do not know the truth in those accusations, but I have read that because his marriage was not registered, his wife was not entitled to a pension. Thus the witnesses to his marriage, the photographs of his wedding, his living with his wife, his wife being presented as the First Lady of Guyana, did not mean anything to him.
Women symbolise our country; if we mistreat our women we mistreat our country. If we honour our women we honour our country. Any minister of Government who yields to self-serving temptation should realise that they are embracing their conceit and it would lead them to a place of no return.
I can continue, but let me end with this admonition: We do not need race-oriented opposition parties in Guyana; we need inclusive political parties that recognise and acknowledge the different philosophy of each other’s political party; and strive together for equity, justice and prosperity for all Guyanese. These parties should ensure that neither political party nor any of its members transgress the boundaries of office.
Regards,
STANLEY NIAMATALI

Does Dr. Norton deserve a second chance?


The White House says President Barack Obama will expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating the world’s largest marine protected area.
Obama’s proclamation will quadruple in size a monument originally created by President George W. Bush in 2006. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument will contain some 582,578 square miles, more than twice the size of Texas.
Obama will travel to the monument next week to mark the designation and cite the need to protect public lands and waters from climate change.
The designation bans commercial fishing and any new mining, as is the case within the existing monument. Recreational fishing will be allowed through a permit, as will be scientific research and the removal of fish and other resources for Native Hawaiian cultural practices. Some fishing groups have voiced concerns about what an expansion of the marine national monument would mean for their industry.
Sean Martin, the president of the Hawaii Longline Association, said he was “disappointed” by Hawaii Gov. David Ige’s decision to support expanding the monument. He said the monument’s expansion would be based on political and not scientific reasons.
Hawaii’s longline fishing fleet supplies a large portion of the fresh tuna and other fish consumed in Hawaii. Martin has previously estimated the fleet catches about 2 million pounds of fish annually from the proposed expansion area.
The White House is describing the expansion as helping to protect more than 7,000 species and improving the resiliency of an ecosystem dealing with ocean acidification and warming. A fact sheet previewing the announcement states that the expanded area is considered a sacred place for Native Hawaiians.
Shipwrecks and downed aircraft from the Battle of Midway in World War II dot the expansion area. The battle marked a major shift in the war. Obama will travel to the Midway Atoll to discuss the expansion.
With the announcement, Obama will have created or expanded 26 national monuments. The administration said Obama has protected more acreage through national monument designations than any other president.
The White House said the expansion is a response to a proposal from Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz and prominent Native Hawaiian leaders. The federal government will also give Hawaii’s Department of Natural Resources and Office of Hawaiian Affairs a greater role in managing the monument, an arrangement requested by Schatz and Hawaii Gov. David Ige.

Obama to create world's largest marine reserve


The White House says President Barack Obama will expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating the world's largest marine protected area. Ob


WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says that President Barack Obama will expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating the world’s largest marine protected area.
Obama’s proclamation will quadruple in size a monument originally created by President George W. Bush in 2006. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument will contain some 582,578 square miles, more than twice the size of Texas.
Obama will travel to the monument next week to mark the designation and cite the need to protect public lands and waters from climate change.
The designation bans commercial fishing and any new mining, as is the case within the existing monument. Recreational fishing will be allowed through a permit, as will be scientific research and the removal of fish and other resources for Native Hawaiian cultural practices. Some fishing groups have voiced concerns about what an expansion of the marine national monument would mean for their industry.
Sean Martin, the president of the Hawaii Longline Association, said he was “disappointed” by Hawaii Gov. David Ige’s decision to support expanding the monument. He said the monument’s expansion would be based on political and not scientific reasons.
Hawaii’s longline fishing fleet supplies a large portion of the fresh tuna and other fish consumed in Hawaii. Martin has previously estimated the fleet catches about 2 million pounds of fish annually from the proposed expansion area.
The White House is describing the expansion as helping to protect more than 7,000 species and improving the resiliency of an ecosystem dealing with ocean acidification and warming. A fact sheet previewing the announcement states that the expanded area is considered a sacred place for Native Hawaiians.
Shipwrecks and downed aircraft from the Battle of Midway in World War II dot the expansion area. The battle marked a major shift in the war. Obama will travel to the Midway Atoll to discuss the expansion.
With the announcement, Obama will have created or expanded 26 national monuments. The administration said Obama has protected more acreage through national monument designations than any other president.
The White House said the expansion is a response to a proposal from Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz and prominent Native Hawaiian leaders. The federal government will also give Hawaii’s Department of Natural Resources and Office of Hawaiian Affairs a greater role in managing the monument, an arrangement requested by Schatz and Gov. David Ige.

Obama plans to create world’s largest marine protected area