[Emirates 24/7] Authorities say a North Carolina man has been charged with homicide and being a runaway from justice after authorities discovered a woman's body in the trunk of his car in western Virginia. "Honest! She's not with me! Somebody left her here!"
WAVY-TV in Portsmouth, Va., reported Sunday that Clifton Forge, Va. police took into custody 19-year-old Enrico Luciano Mascaro on Friday night after he returned to his parked 1996 Mustang. When police searched the trunk, they found the body of a woman. "Whoa! How did that get in there?"
"I dunno, Enrico. Why don't you tell us?"
Police in Kitty Hawk, N.C. had put out a nationwide alert for Mascaro and 18-year-old Danielle Dennis-Towne of Steiger, Ill., after finding a scene of the crime. WAVY-TV reported that police used cellular phone towers to track the Mustang. "Hello, Mom? Hey, don't tell nobody where I am, okay?"
Kitty Hawk Police Chief David R. Ward told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named early Monday that Mascaro has been charged with homicide there.
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So-o-o-o I'm a'guessin this Artic is NOT about the missing Casey Anthony.
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I'm from Clifton Forge (former railroad town up in the mountains about 30 miles from the West Va. border - haven't been back there in years), and I can assure you this is a nine-days' wonder in the area. There's not a lot of heavy crime up there.
I don't know when they last had a murder (and, like this one, it probably wasn't a home-grown one when they did).
I hope this hits "Forensic Files."
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[Emirates 24/7] A sorcerer has been placed in durance vile after he conned a woman into paying him Dh15,000 to rescue her marriage, Dubai Police said.
Lieutenant-Colonel Salah Juma Ba Osaiba, director of the Economic Crime Department, said an Arab woman filed a complaint that the man had deceived her and made her pay Dh15,000 to make her husband, who left her one week after their wedding, return to her.
The sorcerer asked for the money in installments and gave the woman some incense to burn. She realised that she had been conned when her health deteriorated after inhaling the incense. "When I grew the tendrils I knew I'd been gypped!"
The Economic Crime Department was informed and set up a team to catch the sorcerer red-handed.
The sorcerer was placed in durance vile in the Al Muraqqabat area within 24 hours of the complaint having been filed. He was charged with plotting to misappropriate other peoples' money using black magic. Within minutes he turned into a bat and fled the scene...
The police raided his residence and found three mobiles used for communication with victims.
Dubai Police also discovered that many parents turned to him to ask him to help their children succeed in school and for the healing of diseases.
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[Dawn] Wearing their finest tweeds, stroking their sideburns and filling the air with pipe smoke, competitors and spectators gathered for The Chap Olympiad, an annual celebration of the classic English gentleman.
Hundreds of "chaps" and "chapettes" descended on a leafy square in central London on Saturday for the sporting social occasion, where regular pastimes are overlooked in favour of smoking pipes, ordering butlers about and swilling cocktails.
The event is the annual summer bash of The Chap, a bi-monthly magazine celebrating the English gent, his eccentricity, courteous behaviour, impeccable dress and devotion to facial hair. In its 12th year, it now has 10,000 readers.
"It's a sports day for people who don't like sport," said organiser Gustav Temple, The Chap's editor.
"It's unfair that chaps who spend most of their time filling their pipes, pressing their trousers and mixing dry Martinis don't get a chance to compete," he told AFP.
The 10 events include the pipeathlon -- sauntering, bicycling and being carried by servants while smoking a pipe -- butler baiting, ironing board surfing and moustache wrestling.
In the swooning contest, chaps "have to induce the ladies to swoon through any means possible".
The fun concludes with shouting at foreigners in an attempt to purchase an item, and umbrella jousting, where two contestants, armed only with their brollies and briefcases, charge at one another on bicycles.
"The things that people love about Britain are the things that we stand for," said Temple.
"To be a chap is to take the mannerisms of an old-fashioned English gentleman, and take the bits that we like -- being eccentric, drinking cocktails before lunch, dressing exquisitely and being courteous to ladies... The rest, such as bloodsports and flogging manservants, we put that aside."
Enjoying the conviviality in London's Bedford Square, chaps, cads and bounders lugged battered suitcases around, took tea and scones, doffed hats, wiped monocles, wound up gramophones, popped champagne corks and filled the air with clouds of sweet-smelling smoke.
Meanwhile chapettes were shown the way by the Vintage Mafia, a group of ladies who were by their own admission "exceptionally well-dressed, but not always well-behaved."
The occasional torrential downpours did not dampen the spirits of those armed with a stiff upper lip.
Temple, 46, reckons Britain started losing its way with rock and roll, when youth culture, obsessed with being trendy, separated from the rest of society.
However, be believes all is not lost. Anyone can become a chap, starting with a wardrobe overhaul, shedding all garments made from denim or plastic.
"Once you've got the clothes, your mannerisms will change. You are not likely to get into a pub fight or end up at a football match," Temple said.
"You will find yourself drawn away from lager and crisps towards dry Martinis and a pipe... With a pipe, you feel like you should be putting the world to rights, speaking in clipped 1940s tones and pointing at things of relevance."
"Any man holding a pipe -- you feel like a chap."
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The 10 events include the pipeathlon -- ... smoking a pipe ... and moustache wrestling.
Pipe smoking and moustache wrestling? Sounds like they had a gay old time.
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Bertie: I say, Reginald old chap. Have you heard about Carstairs?
Reginald: No Bertie, what about Carstairs?
Bertie: He's dead you know!
Reginald: Good God, man! What happened?
Bertie: He was killed while having sex with an elephant!
Reginald: Was it a male elephant, or a female elephant?
Bertie: Why, it was a female elephant of course! Carstairs wasn't gay you know.
Reginald: Quite.
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Bertie: Have you the time?
Reginald: Yes!
Bertie: It's wonderful isn't it!
Reginald: Yes!
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Reginald: "Tallyho!"
Bertie: "Tally is a very friendly girl, but you really shouldn't talk about her like that."
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I've never been beaten either one-on-one or en masse in medieval tournaments, + paintball - DUNNO HOW IT'LL BE WID WILY CHAPPY "UMBRELLA WARFARE"???
For some mysterious reason, I'm getting a sudden inkling to play Soccer + then eat Fish Fillet-n-Fries after.
[Dawn] Egypt's antiquities minister, whose trademark Indiana Jones hat made him one the country's best known figures around the world, was fired Sunday after months of pressure from critics who attacked his credibility and accused him of having been too close to the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
Zahi Hawass, long chided as publicity loving and short on scientific knowledge, lost his job along with about a dozen other ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle meant to ease pressure from protesters seeking to purge remnants of Mubarak's regime.
"He was the Mubarak of antiquities," said Nora Shalaby, an activist and archaeologist. "He acted as if he owned Egypt's antiquities, and not that they belonged to the people of Egypt."
Despite the criticism, he was credited with helping boost interest in archaeology in Egypt and tourism, a pillar of the country's economy.
But after Mubarak's ouster on Feb. 11 in a popular uprising, pressure began to build for him to step down.
Hawass was among a list of Cabinet ministers protesters wanted to see gone because they were associated with the former regime.
And archaeology students and professors blasted him for what they saw as his lack of serious research.
Shalaby said Hawass didn't tolerate criticism. She said most his finds were about self-promotion, with many "rediscoveries" in search of the limelight.
Hawass prided himself in being the "keeper and guardian" of Egypt's heritage. He told an Egyptian lifestyle magazine, Enigma, in 2009 that George Lucas, the maker of the "Indiana Jones" films, had come to visit him in Egypt "to meet the real Indiana Jones."
Hawass, 64, started out as an inspector of antiquities in 1969 and rose to become one of the most recognizable names in Egyptology. He became the general director of antiquities at the Giza plateau in the late 1980s, before being named Egypt's top archaeologist in 2002.
In one of Mubarak's final official acts as president, Hawass' position was elevated to that of a Cabinet minister. After Mubarak's ouster, Hawass submitted his resignation but he was reinstated before finally being removed Sunday.
His name has been associated with most new archaeological digs in Egypt, with grand discoveries such as the excavation of the Valley of the Golden Mummies in Bahariya Oasis in 1999 and the discovery of the mummy of Egypt's Queen Hatshepsut almost a decade later.
He was also a staple on the Discovery Channel, which accompanied him on the find of Hatshepsut's mummy. He started his own reality show on the History Channel called "Chasing the Mummies." The channel introduces him as "the man behind the mummies."
Hawass has long campaigned to bring home ancient artifacts spirited out of the country during colonial times. He said since he became top archaeologist, he managed to recover 5,000 artifacts.
In January, just before anti-government protests erupted, he formally requested the return of the 3,300-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti that has been in a Berlin museum for decades.
Hawass also had a fashion line, including his hat, for which he organized a photo-shoot in the Egyptian Museum, something that drew the ire of many archeologists.
"He was a personality created by the media," said Abdel-Halim Abdel-Nour, the president of the Association of Egyptian Archeologists.
He said many campaigned for Hawass's removal, including on Facebook and in Tahrir Square, the center of Egypt's protests.
Just before news of his departure, Hawass was heckled near his office Sunday as he left on foot. Protesters tried to block his way, until he jumped into a taxi to get away from the melee, the taxi driver, Mohammed Abdu, said.
Hawass was replaced by Abdel-Fattah el-Banna, an associate professor in restoration. He was frequently present in Tahrir Square during the protests.
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But he was visible, which is often useful and necessary. The media, being what they are, love visible.
Someone visible was needed in Afghanistan before the Buddhas were blown to smithereens. And I have a creeping sense of dread for the thousands of years of history sitting helpless in yet another pious Islamic Republic.
Xinhua -- July 18 -- Police gunned down several rioters who attacked a police station and killed four people in Hotan city of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Monday noon, sources with the Ministry of Public Security said. Rioters broke into the police station shortly after 12 p.m.. They assaulted the police, took hostages and set fire to the station, according to the ministry. A member of the armed police, a security personnel and two hostages were killed during the ordeal, the ministry said, adding that another security personnel was severely injured.
Must have been like this:
SYDNEY: An Australian convert to Islam was pinned down and lashed 40 times for drinking alcohol by a group of Muslim men who broke into his home to punish him for breaking sharia law, a court heard Tuesday.
The man, 31, was allegedly restrained and whipped with a cord in his Sydney house Sunday morning by four men who forced their way in after he went out for drinks with friends.
One of the four, Tolga Cifci, 20 appeared in court on charges of aggravated break and entered committing a serious indictable offence. Prosecutor George Lolis said Cifci saw the man's drinking as "something against Islam" and justified his actions with a "particular usage of religious law". He showed "complete and utter disregard for the laws of this particular state", Lolis said.
Cifci was bailed on condition he not leave home without his parents, obey a night-time curfew, surrender his passport and steer clear of the alleged victim. He will return to court in September. No other charges had yet been laid over the incident but police said investigations were continuing.
End hundreds of marriages
Business disputes and neighborhood fights
Seek government funds to fund schools,
Special school uniforms for Muslim girls,
Money to fund halal/kosher meat, outlets,
Punishment for violation of Islamic law.
So long as there is not an erosion of our Constitution, freedoms, and legal system in the name of Islam, Im good with people practicing their religion. Our government seems to give the Muslims a pass but they did not have any qualms about clamping down on (read burning out) the Branch Davidians. So why are some religions O.K. with the Federal government while others not?
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Sharia restrictions for non-Muslims in the West have been an issue at least since the Rushdie fatwa.
Presently the OIC (including liberated Afghanistan, liberated Iraq, NATO ally Turkey) is making official demands to criminalize criticism of Islam in the West according to Sharia.
Unfortunately our leadership is willing to appease, and big Western cultural institutions are already in voluntary compliance.
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#4 It's the Sydney in Australia, JohnQC. Can I offer you another cup of coffee? ;-)
I'll take another cup of coffee thanks.
Yup Sydney, Australia now but the U.S. tomorrow.
T.W. we are dealing with creeping Sharia Law here also as you know. Several states have proposed legislation to limit Sharia Law. Three states have passed anti-Sharia laws since 2010 and now 18 others are discussing similar bills. ...Newt Gingrich is suggesting there should be a federal law banning Sharia altogether.
Borders Group, the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain, said it has canceled an upcoming bankruptcy auction and will close its doors for good.
The company said in a statement Monday that it was unable to find a buyer willing to keep the company in operation and will sell itself to a group of liquidators led by Hilco Merchant Resources.
Borders' roughly 400 remaining stores will close, and nearly 11,000 jobs will be lost, according to the company. An outdated business model. I love books and bookstores, but find it harder and harder to get to one. Much easier to order online or get a kindle. It is like the passing of the sailing ships to the steam ones, the end of a glorious era.
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Wonder if the smaller bookstores will see a revival now that the giants are dying, or if Amazon and the internet has effectively killed most of them. I still enjoy browsing for books I've never heard of. Amazon is not the best place for that kind of purchase.
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The warehouse bestseller stores were effective at taking out small indy booksellers, because they could get better deals or lock them out from publishers entirely. They were not "nice" businesses, and most of what they sold was pop crap, so I am not particularly sad to see them go.
However, even though Amazon sells many books directly, it sells many more indirectly, from small book dealers around the country. So they also support these small guys.
For rare & valuable, Abebooks has a niche in that if you search for a book with them, they will keep at it. I got a hit for a rare paperback six months or more after I requested it.
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Never could find a 1982 JanesFighting Ships at Borders or Barnes and Nobel. So, meh.
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like my local B&N, but I get tired of walking past the Obama hagiographies. I generally (read 80%) buy my books on Amazon via Fred's link so he gets his beak wet. I have authors I like and whenever they offer something new, I get a pre-offer price. Works for me
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[An Nahar] The price of gold surged on Monday above $1,600 per ounce for the first time in history, as investors bought the safe-haven metal amid deepening debt worries in the eurozone and the United States.
Gold jumped as high as $1,600.10 an ounce in early morning trading on the London Bullion Market, as the precious metal extended its recent record-breaking surge which began on Friday.
"Gold hit another milestone ... at $1,600 as investors lose confidence in the ability of politicians to get to grip with the debt problems weighing down on sentiment," said CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson. "More advances look likely while this lack of confidence prevails as investors plough capital into the asset."
The precious metal is regarded by most investors as a safe-haven in times of global economic turmoil.
This week, eurozone countries will seek to settle their debt crisis at an emergency summit to try and stop Greece toppling into default and dragging bigger euro economies into deeper trouble. EU president Herman Van Rompuy has said the summit in Brussels on July 21 would focus on both the financial stability of the eurozone and future financing of the Greek program.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Alamo, Davey was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results... U.S. politicians are wrangling over a deficit reduction plan which would allow President Barack B.O. Obama to avert a potentially catastrophic debt default in return for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts.
"Gold took out $1,600 early this morning," added Spread Co analyst Ian O'Sullivan. "Investors are now adding real fears of a U.S. default to go along with their European sovereign worries."
Markets slid last week as the eurozone debt crisis, which has already sunk Greece, Ireland and Portugal, showed signs of spreading to Italia and Spain.
Before the weekend, the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... announced late on Friday that only eight of 91 European banks had failed so-called "stress tests" which were designed to assess their ability to withstand a worst-case economic scenario.
A ninth bank, Germany's Helaba, said it had failed according to the EBA's standards but passed on its own calculation.
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Whats the outcome of the USG investigation into Russia's allegations that the US no longer has any gold in FORT KNOX - I know for a fact that JAMES BOND 007 = SEAN CONNERY STOPPED GOLDFINGER COLD FROM RADIATING THE SAME back in the day!?
Can it be - did trusty James lie to Amer movie audiences + stole all the gold bars for himself???
(KUNA) -- La Belle France is optimistic that European leaders can agree the composition of a second bailout package for the ailing Greek economy on Thursday at a summit meeting of the 16 "Eurogroup" leaders.
Greece, which is close to default on its debt repayments, is believed to need at least Euros 100 billion (USD 155 billion) in fresh financing only months after receiving a similar package from European lenders.
French Budget Minister and Government Spokesperson Valerie Pecresse played down here differences between key European powers La Belle France and Germany over the package.
Germany wants a large role for private lenders in the new Greek package, while La Belle France prefers public sources for loans.
Speaking on "LCI" television, Pecresse said "La Belle France is in favour of private sector participation," but is anxious this should not create instability in markets.
"Since the beginning, La Belle France has been at the forefront of getting stability in the Eurozone and saving Greece," she said.
She indicated that German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany. She was educated in East Germany when is was still run by commies, but in 1989 got involved with the growing democracy movement when the Berlin Wall fell. Merkel is sometimes referred to by Germans as Mom... has demonstrated that she wants "something concrete" from Thursday's summit and La Belle France "wants to wrap up the second bail out" at the meeting.
Pecresse expressed confidence that a solution to the Greek problem would be found, given Europe's ability to solve its earlier problems with Greece, Ireland and Portugal. The Budget Minister also spoke in favour of regulating financial rating agencies, which have been accused of being overly-pessimistic on the Greek and other situations.
Pecresse urged "new rules" for rating agencies "which accentuate the perceptions of risks." The European currency has been battered by the fall-out from the Greek crisis and last week fell below the USD 1.40 level for the first time in several months, before recovering slightly.
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Bailout the Euro, it's all nothing more than a ponzi scheme and shell game. The same people who brought us the housing crisis and their political goons. Dot Com Bust, Housing Bust, Currency and Gold Bust next.
(KUNA) -- Michel Barnier, EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, presented Monday proposals to promote access to a basic payment account for European consumers.
He told a presser that access to a bank account has become a pre-condition for participating fully in the economic and social life of a modern society and the use of cash is rapidly decreasing. Barnier noted that around 30 million consumers over the age of 18 in the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... do not have a bank account. If you don't have a bank account then the government actually has to track you down to take your money from you. Neither can the bank make a profit from you with monthly fees whether you spend anything or not.
He said the proposals aim to boost the ability for all European citizens to have a basic bank account, and secondly the ability for all bank customers to really clearly understand where they stand when it comes to bank fees and charges seen on their bank.
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In Germany, at least, anyone can open a savings account at the post office, without needing to go to a bank. This appears to me a bid to get more money into banks, to bolster their balance sheets. But admittedly I don't understand financial things, so perhaps it's something else.
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Once you accept the premise of positive rights, their ranks will become legion, grom. As populous as the whims of the activist class can breed them, really. The main reason, really, why libertarian ideologues emphasize negative rights ("things that can't be done to you") vs. positive rights ("things that must be done for you").
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A lot of banks are becoming very nervous, because their business model has been transcended by other financial service companies. Why keep your money in a virtually non-interest bearing account at a bank?
Banks only function today because of financial exchange inertia. That is, individuals and corporations are only dealing with banks because they have always dealt with banks.
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Tha Amish never complain about banks, interest rates, gIvernment debt, stock market and they are doing just fine. Maybe they
should get 50 million with no accounts.
Peolple also use their smart phone as a payment vehicle.
[Dawn] As Pakistain Mohammedan League-Nawaz (PML-N) politician Anjum Aqeel Khan was sent on one day transit remand on Sunday, a judicial probe into his escape two days back held coppers responsible for "severe negligence".
The inquiry report, seen by Dawn , also recommended a departmental probe to ascertain if the police officials helped his lordship escape from their custody outside the Shalimar cop shoppe on Friday.
On Sunday night, the jugged MNA was also taken to Pakistain Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) for a medical checkup. Earlier in the day his lawyer had said his lordship was a heart patient.
The report said "severe administrative lapses" were found on the part of "concerned police officials" after they placed in durance vile the MNA in a land fraud case registered last year. He is also involved in a land scam in the National Police Foundation (NPF) housing scheme in sector E-11. The area falls in the constituency of Anjum Aqeel.
Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Amer Ali Ahmed, who had carried out the judicial probe, refused to comment on the report.
As the MNA was brought to the Shalimar cop shoppe on Friday, his supporters surrounded the vehicle. Amid firing in the air and scuffles between the coppers and the MNA`s supporters, he was taken away.
The inquiry report said there was no proper planning by the police that how the accused politician would be shifted to the cop shoppe after his arrest.
The MP was brought to the cop shoppe in a single car as there were no armed police commandos or Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), usually present in such high profile cases.
The report questioned the coppers`s failure in thwarting the supporters` bid to snatch away the MNA from their custody. It also asked how the supporters made coppers `helpless`.
It said the choice of cop shoppe to detain the MNA was wrong, adding that Shalimar cop shoppe falls not only in the MNA`s constituency but also located very close to his house. The report said the MNA should have been taken to any other cop shoppe far away from the reach of his supporters.
According to the report, police had already started the paperwork but haven't done much else against the "concerned Station House Officer and the Superintendent of Police" before the deputy commissioner was tasked to conduct judicial inquiry into the incident.
Kashif Qayyum, a civil court judge, sent the MNA on a daylong transit remand as he will be tried in the Anti-Terrorism Court. The ATC will decide for how many days the MNA will be handed over to police on further remand. He will be presented before the ATC on Monday.
Charges against Mr Aqeel include attempt of murder, terrorism and interference in the affairs of state.
Outside the court, a lawyer of the politician told news hounds his client was a heart patient and a wrong case has been made against him. He sought medical checkup of the placed in durance vile MNA.
Meanwhile, ...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... ten close relatives of Anjum Aqeel, including his brother-in-law Shaheen Akbar, were sent on a five-day for helping the MP escape from police custody. At 21 supporters were sent to Adiala Jail on judicial remand.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Bani Amin had initiated departmental inquiry against 12 coppers.
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[Dawn] Health authorities and the political administration in Khyber Agency have decided to acquire the assistance of local peace committees in the conflict affected areas of Bara to vaccinate maximum number of children against the crippling disease of polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... during the two three-day vaccination drives, starting today (Monday) and July 26, respectively.
The decision was made at a meeting held at Khyber House with additional political agent Sayed Ahmad Jan in the chair. Agency Surgeon Dr Abdul Qadoos, WHO representative Dr Sarfraz and other health and administrative officials attended the meeting.
The meeting took serious stock of over 100,000 Bara children under the age of five deprived of polio vaccine during the last twenty moths due to military operation in most parts of Bara.
It was decided to take the local peace committees and influential elders into confidence in order to reach to maximum number of left-out children during the coming three-day campaigns to be held from July 18 and July 26, respectively.
Dr Qadoos said at least 565 health teams had been constituted to vaccinate children during the two phases of the campaign.
He said the objective of two successive campaigns with short interval was to enhance and strengthen the immune system of children against polio.
"Our intention is to focus on conflict affected areas of Bazaar-Zakhakhel, Brag, Karamna, Alacha, Bar Qanbarkhel and Shalobar localities during these two campaigns", said Dr Qadoos.
He said they still faced difficulties reaching to areas surrounding Mastak in Tirah valley due to insecurity and fighting between two rival groups.
He, however, expressed his satisfaction over the recently concluded three- day campaign in Landi Kotal and Jamrud and said out of over 90,000 children in these two tehsils, almost 90 per cent had been vaccinated.
Dr Qadoos regretted that they were still faced with problem of refusal on part of some parents in Jamrud and Landi Kotal and said he along with the local political administration would go hard against such elements. "One refusal case puts nearly three thousand children under five years of age at risk of contracting the polio virus", he cautioned and said they had decided to take action against the refusing parents.
WHO representative, Dr Sarfraz, said they had succeeded in penetrating deep into some localities of Tirah with assistance of local peace committees and wanted to replicate the same tactic in some parts of Bara.
He said the WHO had provided them with solar freezers to keep the polio vaccine at the desired temperature even in far-flung areas like Tirah and Shalman.
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(KUNA) -- A historic tripartite pact was signed Monday among the Government of India, Government of eastern most state of West Bengal, and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), granting autonomy for the three hilly districts - Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong.
The signing of the agreement is seen as a major step towards resolving the issue of creation of Gorkhaland as a separate state, a demand made by the GJM for past many years. The area comprising of the three districts - Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong - lies in the hilly terrains West Bengal known mainly for tea gardens. The agreement will create an elected autonomous body - the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) - to administer the three hilly districts.
The signing ceremony was held at the foothills of Darjeeling in the presence of the country's Home Minister P. Chidambaram, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and GJM chief Bimal Gurung.
Chidambaram and Mamata Banerjee promised full backing of the Centre and West Bengal Government to the GTA, which will, henceforth, have 45 elected and five nominated members to carry out the administration work. It will get a special financial package from the Centre over three years for the overall development of the region.
The GTA will have full control over tourism, agriculture and public health. It can also appoint lower-grade employees. Besides, it will have full control over the school and college teachers' appointments.
Meanwhile, ...back at the mall, Clarissa spent the day shopping for new underwear. Tonight was going to be a special occasion... a 48-hour shutdown was observed by some groups opposed to the agreement. They alleged that the agreement was an attempt to die down the demand for a separate state Gorkhaland. As a result of the shutdown, both private and government vehicles kept off the roads and market places wore a deserted look in districts like Siliguri and Jalpaiguri.
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If it works peacefully it might act as a roadmap for Kashmir. If India could get Kashmir to become independent without losing face in the process and without it going to Pakistan they might get International support and cut off a major source of tension in the region.
Heck, for that matter they could do the same with Punjab and watch the Pakistani's fight desperately to keep their section of Punjab from leaving Pakistan and joining the new state.
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Does anybody actually give a shit about Kashmir except Pakistan, aside from how Indian possession of most of Kashmir cheeses off the Pakistanis? The only reason anyone else has an interest in the region is the potential for war in the Pakistani grudge. The Pakistanis hate that they don't own Kashmir themselves, letting the Kashmiris run themselves in an autonomous administrative entity won't make the Pakistanis *happy*. And really, the transnational progressives are kind of distracted by other issues (read "Palestine").
Posted by: Mitch H. ||
07/19/2011 13:47 Comments ||
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Jammu and Kashmir state is far more autonomous than this newly created Gurkha district.
Posted by: john frum ||
07/19/2011 18:57 Comments ||
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For example, no law passed by the Indian parliament applies in Jammu and Kashmir unless it is also passed by the state legislature.
J+K has representation in the Indian Federal parliament but that parliament may not levy taxes in J+K.
No non-Kashmiri Indian citizen may own land in Jammu and Kashmir.
Posted by: john frum ||
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A friend of mine married a girl from Kashmir. The most beautiful place in the world for a honeymoon, he said.
And thank you, john. You are always full of information.
Given that the K in Pakistan stands for Kashmir, I don't see that they could ever give up their claim. They got the first half when the locals on the other side of the border came charging through upon independence, back when the country was still sane. The mighty Pakistani army followed them in, they didn't lead the way.
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When I was in India I heard more than once a about how Kashimr was the high ground and was needed defensively. At the ranges of modern combat I never really bought that angle. Perhaps there is high ground in Kashmir that makes parts of the province more valuable than others defensively but its too far from India to make a difference.
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Similar article: Turning garbage into gas
Appropriately tweaked, the destruction of organic materials (including paper and plastics) by plasma torches produces a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen called syngas. That, in turn, can be burned to generate electricity (or fuel).
Does that not take more energy than it generates, EP?
Posted by: Barbara ||
07/19/2011 16:19 Comments ||
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This technology has been coming along slowly but steadily.
A company plans to begin a demo plant near Palm Beach late this year. If it works right, it will take about 60 tons/day of waste, generate about 20 MW and reduce the waste to about 3 tons each day, of which more than half would be commercially sold.
Unfortunately, we are probably at least 5 years away from having a 'winner' technology-wise.
Still, it would be a great thing.
Posted by: Lord Garth ||
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Damn, maybe I can recoup my lost investment in the turkey guts to good sweet ethel with some cash in this group.
Posted by: S ||
07/19/2011 19:13 Comments ||
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Yes, thermal depolymerization.
Different song, same dance.
Posted by: My two cents ||
07/19/2011 19:54 Comments ||
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Barbara, I don't know, but I suspect there is little nor no energy gain. The inputs and outs are money in the form of garbage disposal fees and cheap coal (electricity). The output is expensive liquid fuel. So as long as it makes money, the energy balance is immaterial.
#9
With this tech, we can finally move one step closer to interstellar generation ships when we'll finally be able to "throw them into the mass converter."
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