Who says Selena Gomez and Niall Horan are an item?
After reports that the two were making out at Jenna Dewan-Tatum's 35th birthday bash at Bootsy Bellows nightclub in Los Angeles on Friday, sources inside the party tell ET they may or may not have kissed.
One source at the soiree says, "I didn't see them kiss, but they were super close all night long."
However, another source tells ET, that the two definitely locked lips. "They tried their best to keep to themselves in their private booth behind the DJ table in the main room but that was not happening. Selena seemed super into it," the source adds.
Another eyewitness reveals to ET that the "Good For You" singer and One Direction heartthrob looked "flirty."
"He had his arm around her and was rubbing her back, and they were chatting close," the source said.
Smooch or no smooch, they did arrive and then leave through the back door of the West Hollywood hot spot together.
Considering Gomez, 23, recently admitted that she wants to date older men, it's a bit of a surprise that she was spotted with the 22-year-old Irish singer.
Whether they're dating or not remains to be said, but the two were definitely among the A-listers who had a ton of fun at the party, which was held for both Dewan-Tatum and her best frined, Emmanuelle Chriqui, by both of their husbands. The fête was especially fun for Dewan-Tatum's beau, Channing Tatum, who was unsurprisingly spotted dancing up a storm. "He really brought it back to his Step Up days," a source said.
A slew of hot Hollywood couples were also in attendance, including Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo, and Jessica Alba and Cash Warren, as well as singing celebs like Horan and Lea Michele.
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A few of them even took to social media to share snaps from inside the star-studded bash.
Scenes from our annual bday dance party craziness! We threw down!! Love you more than life @echriqui! Thank u to @bootsybellows @absolutelyx @brettgursky for a great night!! Thanks to @djreflex and @dj_bizzy for keeping us dancing all night!
Horan posted a group photo that included Gomez on Twitter with the caption, "LA squad," but later deleted it. His friend, Raquelle Stevens, however, also shared the adorable shot.
In more Gomez news, the former Disney actress graced the cover of InStyle UK's January issue. In the tell-all interview with the magazine, she opened up about her dating life, including her on-again, off-again relationship with Justin Bieber and rumors that she was romantically linked to Horan's bandmate, Zayn Malik.
"I hate it. It's hard," she said about getting back into the dating game. "I'm weirded out by the idea that a guy has Googled me before we meet, and that has happened."


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July 14, 2014 July 18, 2014 Thomas Büsch 0 Comments gaza strip, Léopold Lambert, mapping
French architect and editor of the research platform The Funambulist, Léopold Lambert, created various maps of Gaza to visualize the more structural aspects of the Palestinian struggle against the occupation. His maps are inspired by the idea that we should as well focus on the normal violence that unfolds itself on a daily basis upon what has been legitimately named the largest prison on earth (1.65 millions inhabitants). These maps are inted to articulate a structural and analytical approach to violence beside a need for articulating the emotional approach of it as we find it in photographs and/or videos that allow us to identify with situated bodies.
click on the map for a high-quality version of the map (5MB)
His recent map above – Infrastructural and Militarized Cartography of Gaza – attempts to show at the same level the militaristic and infrastructural aspects of Gaza. This representation strategy is used precisely to demonstrate that a drone attack and the closing of a power supply and/or an access to Gaza both constitute an act of war. Their difference is only in terms of degrees, not in terms of essence. The spectacular military destructions of houses and the lives that they host that currently occur are particular for their extreme, yet localized violence, while the infrastructural violence experienced in daily life (power outages, lack of water, unemployment, restriction of movement, etc.) are admittedly less extreme, yet affect the lives of most people in Gaza.
The infrastructural violence joins the militarized one in the case of the hospital. Many deaths during the bombings would be avoided if Gaza's hospitals were supplied in essential drugs (they currently miss 40% of them). The fact is that the deadly attack often finds a second wave in the absence of possible care in the hospitals. Inversely, the militarized violence joins the infrastructural one along the Green Line.
The two last types of areas characterized by the map are the camps that host more than 520,000 Palestinian refugees in dense urban fabric, and the former Israeli settlements. The latter were evacuated in 2005 by the Sharon administration, and destroyed by the Israeli army in order to leave no infrastructures beneficial to the Palestinians (some of them had been offered for sale to them at prohibitory prices). The location of these settlements are thus characterized by the tracks of their roads and theirs houses that will probably remain anchored in the ground for decades to come.
No words nor drawings can describe the situation of being attacked from the air without any means for escape: the Egyptian border has been operative on and off since the 2011 revolution and has been closed since November 2013. The only reason that we should keep writing and drawing the conditions of this violence is that the attacks on the Palestinian people (whether in East Jerusalem, in the West Bank, or in Gaza) are themselves organized around words and drawings through governmental policies and military strategies. There is therefore a need to expose them in order to critique them at a political and judiciary level.
See also the map War in the Manhattan Strip by Léopold Lambert comparing Manhattan, NYC with the military apparatuses on and around Gaza as well as the strike records of the day November 2012.
These maps and Léopold Lambert's concept of a line on a white page that splits two milieus from one another and organizes politically the bodies in space inspired us to start the debate of Tightrope Walking in relation to the tensions and violence escalating summer 2014 in Palestine.
Compilation from the research platform The Funambulist by Léopold Lambert
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Tightrope Walking refers to the funambulist Philippe Petit crossing illegally the space between the two towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. This act of walking on a line (funambulist means tightrope walker) is an act of subversion of the traditional role of the line/wall which normally splits two milieus from one another and organizes the bodies in space.
The outcaster, writer, thief and prostitute Jean Gene became as well a funambulist when he witnessed to the wreckage and slaughter in the Palestinian refugee camp of Chatila in 1982 reffering to it in his essay Four Hours in Chatila.
French architect Léopold Lambert as editor of The Funambulist online platform examines the inherent characteristics of architecture that systematically makes it a political weapon specifically in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.


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SFist first caught wind of the reboot/sequel two years ago, and many locals spotted the shooting going on in Russian Hill and the Tenderloin in recent months. We now know that a new actor is playing Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, and that's the handsome Murray Bartlett of Looking fame — Datebook's Tony Bravo points out that this is the first time that an openly gay actor is playing the role, after two others played Mouse in the 1993 PBS miniseries and the subsequent follow-ups on Showtime.
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The new series picks up in the present day, as Mary Ann returns to San Francisco to celebrate Anna's 90th birthday. She reconnects with her friend Mouse, and brings along her adult daughter Shawna, played by Ellen Page. The group of stills provided by Netflix give us glimpses of new characters Claire Duncan (Zosia Mamet) and Jake, Anna's caregiver (played by nonbinary actor Garcia).
Actress Barbara Garrick also returns as Dede Wilsey stand-in DeDe Halcyon, and Paul Gross is returning as well in the role of Brian Hawkins.
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City will premiere its first episode on the opening night of the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 10. And there will be a Q&A afterward on the stage of the Castro Theater with showrunner, writer, and executive producer Lauren Morelli; director and executive producer Alan Poul (Six Feet Under); author and executive producer Armistead Maupin; and star and executive producer Laura Linney. Tickets for the event are "at rush," meaning there may be some tickets at the box office day-of.
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A great athlete in the making or, I should rather say, already.
Awesome, awesome, awesome! I am so happy for Bud and for you! Yes, flying, and freedom, too. How cool for Bud to excel from the get-go, and to enjoy a new activity from the get-go. May cool weather and continued snow making come your way this month. Keep us posted on SuperBud's progress.
Happy tears for you guys! What a great success.
I will have to remember to incorporate the "hard/easy day" dialoge with my son...it is so obvious and yet I hadn't thought of that specific phrase. I wonder if he will understand it yet.
Jennifer, you could try labeling days for him yourself for a while so that he can get a sense of what you're talking about - i.e., when he's struggling with something you can say "I think this was a hard day," and when things have been fun, fun, fun, you can say "I think this was an easy day." It might be easier for him to answer the question once he has a real sense of what kinds of things he's feeling when you label each kind of day. It worked for us - and it's great to have language to help me understand how he's feeling on the days when it's not as clear to me.
you guys manage to surround bud with the most supportive team of people - amazing!
i can only hope that we will find people, opportunities like that when our kiddo gets a little older.
Hooray, hooray!! That is the best news I've heard today! Skiing is a wonderful sport, and to find instructors like that, who are willing to read Bud, are heroes. What a triumph. Congratulations!
I feel so good after reading about Bud and his ski adventure. Go Bud!
Also, the instructors sound like just the right type to teach children.
It's probably not possible to find out more about this particular program without exposing more of your personal info than you'd like. But I am so very interested in learning more, because I would love to find a program like this to teach my own kids someday. Any clues you can drop without compromising yourself? If not, I totally understand!
And thank you for the absolutely wonderful post. You are giving Bud a huge gift.
Wow, Bud, the ski instructors, and you and your husband all deserve congratulations! Bud for being so brave, the instructors for their careful attention, and to you for giving Bud the opportunity to find something fun to do!
Sarah, if you e-mail me (momnos at gmail dot com) and let me know where you are, I might be able to locate a program within a reasonable distance. A Google search for "adaptive skiing" might do the same thing. And, serendipity being what it is, Terri Mauro just posted an article about adaptive skiing in Vermont this morning on about.com.
yipee! i am so proud of bud!
Made tears well in my eyes. Congratulations to everyone on a gold medal day.


My raw almonds are here!!!
But… but… couldn't you just pick up raw almonds at any store? – you say.
The above produced 38oz, but I had the other 6oz last night.
The smoothie was great, but definitely green in taste.
I put this in a plastic container, which in turn went into my lunch cooler bag with two cold packs. I swear I meant to take a picture of this set up, but I forgot.
And as to lunch… it was excellent!
Then I had two big handfuls of raw almonds.
After I I finished it, though, I regretted it – for about 1 second – since I realized that I've now had two meals today with chocolate in them. But then I thought, hey, who cares – I am eating raw!
But I will be good, and will skip cacao in my chia pudding tomorrow morning.


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Congressional appropriators recently gave the Transportation Department's chief information officer more formal authority over information technology expenditures — a sign that federal CIOs gradually are getting the responsibility they desire.
The conference report for DOT's fiscal 2001 appropriations act sends major IT procurements and other projects, such as common grants systems, to the DOT CIO for approval before moving forward. The language is consistent with IT capital-planning duties and other responsibilities provided to the CIO in the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996.
"I think it's a large step in the right direction for DOT and the federal government of backing up what was the intent of Clinger-Cohen with some real authority," said George Molaski, the department's CIO. Congress gave the Agriculture Department's CIO similar authority in 1999 to centralize IT spending and oversight for the agency's 30 subagencies.
"It did make a difference to have that authority," said Anne Reed, who was Agriculture CIO when the legislation was passed. She is now vice president for industry relations at Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s Global Government Industry Group.
Because the provision became law, the CIO earned support to crack down on Agriculture agencies that did not comply, Reed said. DOT's authority is stated in conference report language, so it acts as an advisory rather than a statute for the department and may not carry the same weight, she said.
"Nevertheless, you ignore your authorizing and appropriations committee at your own peril," Reed said.
Managing basic infrastructure and telecommunications gives the CIO more leverage to support enterprisewide proj--ects, Reed said. If separate administrations proposed five initiatives in the same area, the CIO could marry them into a single agency-wide solution. But the CIO does not have to look at every IT program, she said.
"You structure and manage your authority in ways that don't bring the whole organization to a standstill," Reed said. "The way to do that is a good capital planning process."
The DOT and Agriculture revisions are consistent with the responsibilities that CIOs seek and with what Clinger-Cohen envisioned, said Renny DiPentima, who was the deputy commissioner for systems at SSA until becoming president of SRA International Inc.'s government sector in 1995. Those duties include investment analysis and capital planning.
"This is most definitely a move in the right direction," DiPentima said.
For most agencies, however, if a CIO participates in the review process for any IT expenditure, he or she already has a lot of authority, DiPentima said. For instance, SRA helped the Department of Health and Human Services create the procedures for an investment review board with broad criteria for the programs the CIO will look at, he said.
"They didn't need legislation," he said. "If your secretary is willing to support you, then you don't need legislation."
DOT has been making strides in improving the coordination and oversight of its CIO office. It has chartered a departmentwide CIO Council for IT representatives from each of the 23 operating administrations and is expanding the size of the CIO office (see box).
The number of IT programs within DOT is officially about 450, Molaski said, but could range up to 1 million. Part of carrying out the new duties involves creating a reporting mechanism to help the CIO understand where each of the agencies are in their IT portfolios, he said.
"I will look at major and highly visible programs and those that are over budget and over schedule," Molaski said. Such programs include e-mail system upgrades and personnel information systems.
With better reporting of all IT programs, DOT may be able to consolidate operations, such as help desks, Molaski said. "I believe there will be more of this coming in the next administration because it's the only way to get IT under control," he said.


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Vecna Robotics names new VP of autonomy
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Denis Lussault, Vecna Robotics
Vecna Robotics, a materials handling automation provider, has appointed Denis Lussault as vice-president of autonomy.
In this new role, Lussault will be responsible for overseeing the company's autonomy division.
Lussault brings nearly 20 years of engineering and management experience to Vecna Robotics, with an understanding of managing country-wide operations, bringing new products to market and delivering on strategic growth initiatives.
He has served in leadership roles for several companies, including Balyo, Atlantic Technologies and Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi.
Lussault holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers and a Master of Business Administration from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Most recently, Lussault served as vice-president of Americas at Balyo where he previously managed European operations.
"I'm honoured to join the growing team, and I look forward to bringing a full suite of autonomous robots and orchestration software to market that helps distributors and manufacturers ensure resiliency in the supply chain," says Lussault.
Vecna Robotics' autonomous mobile robots (AMR) help distribution, warehouse and manufacturing organizations automate their bulk materials handling and logistics operations.
"This has been a historic year for us, and adding a proven leader like Denis to our team only builds on that momentum," says Daniel Theobald, founder and CEO, Vecna Robotics.
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And then they came for the BB guns: Over 2000 surrendered in amnesty (VIDEO)
With a deadline looming in Scotland to register airguns and obtain a license to keep them, some owners are turning them in at police stations across the land.
The new Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act is set to come into effect at the end of the year and officials are urging anyone who currently has one in their possession to make plans to get a license for £79.50 (about $115) following an investigation and background check to allow them to register the dreaded devices that have been the weapon of choice in fatal cat shootings in the Isles.
Of course, some 87 percent of those who responded to the proposed legislation in 2013 felt it was "not needed or is not likely to be effective," but that did not stop lawmakers seeking to save lives.
For those who don't want the hassle of maintaining a regular license and listing their favorite BB gun with the Crown, the police have an Air Weapon Surrender Scheme set to run through June 12 where one may pop by and turn their death-dealing pellet rifle or pistol in at any one of 72 handy police stations.
The Daily Record reports that the campaign, which began last week, has resulted in some 2,301 air weapons turned in so far, though it is estimated there could be 500,000 airguns in the region.
"I would encourage anybody with an air weapon to stay on the right side of the law by handing them in during the surrender process or, if they wish to keep them, making sure they apply from 1 July 2016 for the right to own an air weapon," said Justice Secretary Michael Matheson.
The penalty for being caught with an unregistered air weapon in Scotland after the end of the year will be up to two years in prison.
Don't worry about Airsoft guns though, their use is already controlled by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 which required all with a muzzle energy above 2.5 joules (or 1.3 for fully automatic guns) to be registered.
Somewhere in New York someone is pointing to Scotland right now and yelling, "SEE!" into the night.
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Recommended: Ivan Valentini – "Light and Darkness"
There's a compelling folk-jazz expressionism on the 2008 release Light and Darkness that, had it been left alone, would have made for a seriously enchanting album. But saxophonist Ivan Valentini couldn't leave well enough alone, and by guiding his quintet to perpetually deconstruct each of these tunes, he created something far more fascinating. With Alberto Capelli and Paolo Botti adding guitars, banjo and cello to the mix, the music retains a rustic charm and often provides a jolt of electricity, to boot. Melodies are warped and re-shaped with an odd geometry, as if inspired by Salvador Dalí. The cadence of each piece is often quite conversational and brisk. The developmental arc of each piece rarely ends up in a place that its beginning might have foreseen.
"Be Bop" flirts with a classic sound, but it's more inference by rhythm section than it is embracing an approach; That the tune eventually shifts into a healthy folk-jazz form of expression only accentuates this impression. Sometimes Valentini's quintet lives at one extreme for the duration of an entire song. The title-track "Light and Darkness" sits in bop territory, whereas "Gatta Ci Cova" is firmly situated in avant-garde territory. And then there's the evocative "Linda's Mood," a rare bit of contemplation on a track that is typically bursting with life. But the album's normalcy is embodied by opening track "Sottane Emiliane" and the way it utilizes the unexpected as one would a craftsman's tool.
This album was recently uploaded to Valentini's Bandcamp page, which is how is got onto my radar nearly ten years after its release. I'm happy for the opportunity to get this seriously intriguing, extremely enjoyable recording onto your radars now, too.
Your album personnel: Ivan Valentini (soprano & alto saxophones), Enrico Lazzarini (double bass), Alberto Capelli (electric & acoustic guitars), Andrea Burani (drums) and Paolo Botti (viola, banjo).
Light and Darkness by Ivan Valentini
This Self-Produced album was released in 2008.
Listen to more of the album at the artist's Bandcamp page.
Music from Modena, Italy.
Available at: Bandcamp | Amazon | eMusic
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First, the good warm heatstroke prevention work: To heat the house top, rounded top watering, curtain installation at the air inlet to increase the amount of ventilation, etc., at the same time improve the environment green and create a good ecological environment.
Second, adjusting diet structure: an appropriate increase in dietary protein content, reduced energy levels. Try feeding full price of grain feed, improve feed palatability, increased feed intake.
Third, to provide adequate clean water.
Fourth, reduce stocking density: stocking density should be reduced by 10% than normal to reduce Sherwin promote cooling.
Fifth, to reduce heat stress: should be added the right amount of vitamin C, baking soda and other anti-stress drugs in broiler feed or drinking water, reduce the impact of heat stress.
Sixth, the prevention of disease: Summer chicken decreased resistance to disease, are likely to cause various diseases, often with chicken disinfectant spray, ground scrub sink, strengthen litter management. At the same time, environmental sanitation, timely killing Mosquitocide reduce the spread of the disease.


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from portality import models
from portality import constants
from portality.bll import exceptions
from doajtest.helpers import DoajTestCase
from portality.events.consumers.application_editor_completed_notify import ApplicationEditorCompletedNotify
from doajtest.fixtures import ApplicationFixtureFactory
import time

class TestApplicationEditorCompletedNotify(DoajTestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        super(TestApplicationEditorCompletedNotify, self).setUp()

    def tearDown(self):
        super(TestApplicationEditorCompletedNotify, self).tearDown()

    def test_consumes(self):
        event = models.Event(constants.EVENT_APPLICATION_STATUS, context={"application": ApplicationFixtureFactory.make_application_source(), "old_status": "in progress", "new_status": "completed"})
        assert ApplicationEditorCompletedNotify.consumes(event)

        event = models.Event(constants.EVENT_APPLICATION_STATUS,
                             context={"application": ApplicationFixtureFactory.make_application_source(), "old_status": "completed", "new_status": "completed"})
        assert not ApplicationEditorCompletedNotify.consumes(event)

        event = models.Event("test:event", context={"application": ApplicationFixtureFactory.make_application_source()})
        assert not ApplicationEditorCompletedNotify.consumes(event)

        event = models.Event(constants.EVENT_APPLICATION_STATUS)
        assert not ApplicationEditorCompletedNotify.consumes(event)

    def test_consume_success(self):
        self._make_and_push_test_context("/")

        source = ApplicationFixtureFactory.make_application_source()
        app = models.Application(**source)
        app.save()

        acc = models.Account()
        acc.set_id("ed")
        acc.set_email("test@example.com")
        acc.save()

        eg = models.EditorGroup()
        eg.set_name(app.editor_group)
        eg.set_editor(acc.id)
        eg.save(blocking=True)

        event = models.Event(constants.EVENT_APPLICATION_STATUS, context={"application": app, "old_status": "in progress", "new_status": "completed"})
        ApplicationEditorCompletedNotify.consume(event)

        time.sleep(1)
        ns = models.Notification.all()
        assert len(ns) == 1

        n = ns[0]
        assert n.who == "ed"
        assert n.created_by == ApplicationEditorCompletedNotify.ID
        assert n.classification == constants.NOTIFICATION_CLASSIFICATION_STATUS_CHANGE
        assert n.long is not None
        assert n.short is not None
        assert n.action is not None
        assert not n.is_seen()

    def test_consume_fail(self):
        event = models.Event(constants.EVENT_APPLICATION_ASSED_ASSIGNED, context={"application": {'stuff': 'nonsense'}})
        with self.assertRaises(exceptions.NoSuchObjectException):
            ApplicationEditorCompletedNotify.consume(event)


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www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/17657-tech-session-takes-a-look-at-oshas-current-activities
Tech Session takes a look at OSHA's 'current activities'
Houston — When OSHA revised its rules for reporting severe injuries in 2014, agency officials were not sure what to expect, Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA's Directorate of Enforcement Programs, said Monday during the "OSHA Current Activities Update" Technical Session at the 2018 National Safety Council Congress & Expo.
"There were some estimates that it could be up to 100,000 reports (annually), and that's just federal OSHA," Kapust said. "We do about 32,000 inspections a year. Can we do 100,000 inspections? No, we just don't have the resources."
What followed were new procedures for handling incidents to help both compliance and enforcement efforts, Kapust said.
"We created this new animal called a Rapid Response Investigation" for addressing incidents that involve amputations and hospitalizations, Kapust said. "This was our opportunity to engage with that employer about what they might need in order to better prevent these type of injuries from happening in the future."
The RRI process directs employers to provide information on how they can avoid these injuries in a collaborative, problem-solving approach.
Kapust said approximately 10,000 incidents are being reported each year. Over the past four years, the highest number of incidents was 11,442 in 2017, including 8,063 hospitalizations. So far this year, 4,932 hospitalizations and 1,557 amputations have been reported.
Throughout the process, the percentage of RRIs has risen for both hospitalizations (69 percent in 2015) and amputations (41 percent). Thus far this year, 75 percent of hospitalizations have been handled via an RRI rather than an inspection; 55 percent of amputations were investigated via RRIs as opposed to an inspection.
"We are continually looking at this for better ways to refine this program and better target our resources," Kapust said.
Since the release of OSHA's first whistleblower protection statute – Section 11(c) – in 1970, the total number of statutes has grown to 22 and cover numerous industries.
Last year, more than 9,000 complaints were received, according to Anthony Rosa, deputy director of OSHA's Directorate of Whistleblower Protection Programs. To handle the influx, the agency is meeting with stakeholders and partner federal agencies, as well as publishing various materials, to expand outreach and understanding of the statutes.
Additionally, two training courses have been expanded to better explain whistleblower reporting procedures to avoid a focus on specific statutes.
"It doesn't matter which statute it is, the process is the same," Rosa said. "Whether it's a worker in a trench or a banker on Wall Street, the process is the same. We have overhauled the training to create five specific core courses that are specific to the process of how to do an investigation."
OSHA also is developing an auditing tool to examine the quality of its investigations nationally, with the goal to ensure whistleblower programs are operating as efficiently as possible, Rosa said.
Crane operator certification, trenching safety
A final rule on crane operator requirements will be published by Nov. 10, said Doug Kalinowski, director of OSHA's Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs.
"Initially, the final rule required that operators be certified by both capacity and type of crane," he said. "That's likely to be changed to just type of crane."
In related news, Kalinowski said OSHA has become increasingly concerned with the number of trench-related fatalities. According to the agency, 23 construction workers were killed in trench collapses in 2016, surpassing the combined total from 2014 and 2015.
In response, OSHA has launched an Agency Priority Goal in an effort to reverse that trend, using numerous publications and resources to reinforce the Slope It. Shore it. Shield It. approach to trench protective systems.
Kalinowski added that the agency continues to enhance its website, which had 20 million visits last year. He estimated that two-thirds of all the traffic was related to enforcement. Additionally, Kalinowski said that nearly 25,000 calls to OSHA's 800 number and 18,000 email requests were received last year.


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WebDriver Plus
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[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/tomchristie/webdriverplus.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/tomchristie/webdriverplus)

The most simple and powerful way to use Selenium with Python
------------------------------------------------------------

WebDriver Plus is an extension to the Python bindings for Selenium WebDriver,
which gives you a more concise and expressive API.

It helps you to quickly write readable, robust tests.

What's so great about WebDriver Plus?

* Browser instances that support pooling and automatic quit on exit.
* A concise API for finding elements, and a wide range of selectors.
* JQuery-style traversal and filtering for locating elements without using
  complex xpath expressions.
* Perform actions on elements without having to use ActionChains.
* Element highlighting makes working from the Python console a joy.

**Note**: If you're interested in helping maintain WebDriver Plus in the long term please get in touch.  Most of the author's open source time is currently devoted to working on [Django REST framework][django-rest-framework].

Getting started
---------------

Install `webdriverplus` using `pip`.

    pip install webdriverplus

Now fire up your Python console...

    >>> from webdriverplus import WebDriver
    >>> browser = WebDriver().get('http://www.google.com')

Ok, let's do a search.

    >>> browser.find(name='q').send_keys('selenium\n')

Now let's get the headings for all the search results.

    >>> browser.find(id='search').find('h3')
    WebElementSet(

<a href="http://seleniumhq.org/" class="l" onmousedown="retur...

<a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=sel...

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium" class="l" onm...

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium_%28software%29...

<a href="http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/selenium" class="l"...

<a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/...

<a href="http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/selenium-050" class...

<a href="http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=95&tname...

<a href="http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Selenium.htm" class=...

<a href="/search?q=selenium&hl=en&biw=940&bih=938...

<a href="http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/selenium-000325.h...
    )

Notice that WebDriver Plus has highlighted the selected elements for you, which
is super helpful for when you're writing tests and trying to make sure you're
selecting the correct elements:

![image](https://raw.github.com/tomchristie/webdriverplus/master/docs/screenshot.png)

Next steps
----------

When you're ready to get going, head over to the
[full documentation](http://webdriver-plus.readthedocs.org/).

If you want to help contribute to the project, please read the
[contribution notes](http://webdriver-plus.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/contributing.html).

[django-rest-framework]: http://django-rest-framework.org/


Home > Blog > Pilates & Fitness > Why should runners do yoga?
Yoga and running. Two totally different disciplines. What could they ever have in common. More than you'd think!
Yoga will help lengthen tight muscles and will also help to strengthen the core, feet and ankles while improving your posture.It also helps you breath more efficiently and can help you overcome some of the mental challenges that runners undoubtedly face.
Specific muscle groups tend to be over worked while you run due to the repetitive nature of a runners movement. Muscles like the hamstrings, hip flexors and calves can be affected. Also the stabilising muscles of the outer hip and thigh, including the often iliotibial (IT) band. Yoga helps lengthens these tight muscles. It can help speed up recovery and improve your range of motion.
All runners will have hit the dreaded "wall" at some stage. This is the place where you are having some serious internal arguments with yourself about whether you should keep going or just give up, stop and have a cry. Yoga can help you develop mind tricks that will keep you focused, positive and present. You won't just climb the walk you'll run through it!
Instructions: Start on hands and knees. Place your palms a handprint's distance in front of your shoulders. Tuck your toes under and lift knees off floor. Pull your hips up and back away from your hands. Keep knees bent and focus on lengthening your torso — press down into your hands, pull up on your arms — then shift yo ur weight onto your legs. Without losing that sense of direction or length in your torso, begin to lift thighs up as you reach your heels back and down, which will straighten your knees. Engage your quads by pulling your kneecaps up. Hold for five to 10 breaths. Lightly lower both knees back to floor.
Instructions: Sitting on floor, bend your knees and touch soles of your feet together. Start by placing your hands behind you for support, lengthening your spine up toward ceiling. If your knees are hi gh off floor, or if you feel like your tailbone is being pulled underneath you, try sitting on a folded blanket. Think about spreading your inner thighs open toward inner knees, and imagine drawing outer knees toward outer hips. Place your hands on your ankles and hinge forward over your feet. Hold for five to 10 breaths. Come back up to sitting and use your hands to close your knees together.
Benefits: Bound Angle is great for opening the inner thighs.
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According to the Israeli occupation, a "Natural Reserve" means uprooting hundreds of olive trees, indigenous to the area and the whole of Palestine.
Illegal Israeli settler-colonialists have gotten used to impunity. This time they attacked Bilal, a father of four, while he was working the land. Attacked him AGAIN.
The Village of Bruqin has always been quiet and peaceful – but the Israeli occupation is working hard to make sure it doesn't remain so. IWPS report from the ground.
"The ravens will not leave until you have a smile in your eyes": IWPS update on Deir Istiya and neighbouring villages.
Land being stolen from Palestinian farmers for the expansion of the illegal settler colony of Bruchin.
The farmer suspects that the donkey somehow managed to release itself from the rope and the stone it had been tied to in the field, and wondered off; he then saw a man from Revava take it inside the settlement.
The events of the past week are part of a continuous campaign by the Israeli military to harass and intimidate the people of Kufr Qaddum into passively accepting the human rights violations the Israeli occupation, military and the illegal settlers inflict upon them.


Whether by accident or on purpose, doping is against the rules of the sport. Use the links below to ensure you are working within the laws for aquatic sports.
The WADA Prohibited List is amended annually but is subject to change from time to time. The list describes each prohibited class of substance with examples. The prohibited list comes into effect on 1 January every year and can be found at www.wada.ama.org. If you would like to know more about the Prohibited List Categories, please contact the British Swimming Anti-Doping Manager.
Athletes, like all others, may have illnesses or conditions that require them to take particular medications. If the medication an athlete is required to take to treat an illness or condition happens to fall under the Prohibited List, a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) may give that athlete the authorization to take the needed medicine.
The British Swimming aim, working in partnership with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD), is to ensure that sport is protected from the threat of doping, and that athletes have the consistent right to compete against other clean athletes. Anti-doping, like sport, is governed by rules. From 1st January 2015 a revised World Anti-Doping Code (2015 Code) comes into effect and in turn revised British Swimming Anti-Doping Rules will come in to effect.
Extreme caution is recommended regarding supplement use.
The National Registered Testing Pool is managed by UKAD and the International Registered Testing Pool is managed by FINA. British Swimming notifies athletes of their inclusion in FINA's testing pool.
British Swimming work with closely UKAD to ensure the legacy of clean ASA and British Swimming athletes, within the future generations. These athletes will require prevention and protection from doping and education plays a key role in achieving this.
To contact the British Swimming Anti-Doping Compliance Manager Rachel Burrows, please e-mail [email protected] or telephone her on 07824 618863.


Speak Schmeak: How many goofs are in your presentation?
I met with a client recently who will be speaking at a prestigious conference in his industry. When we started working together, I discovered that we have a similar approach to audience engagement.
He likes to make sure he has incorporated a couple of moments of humor into his presentations to shake up the audience and get them re-focused. He calls them "wake up" moments, or "goofs."
As he shared each "goof" with me, I couldn't help thinking how so many speakers are obsessed with "professionalism" or being "taken seriously." At the expense of audience engagement, I might add.
My client wants to make a particular point by Photoshopping his head onto a supermodel's body ("you can't just look at parts; you have to look at the big picture"). At another point in the presentation, he might hand out "nerd" glasses and a gold crown.
His ideas are fun and inspiring, and will certainly help make his points in a presentation that -- by the way -- is technical and could be rather boring in the wrong hands.
We're thinking about how to take a couple of illustrative stories about his students and make them cliffhangers. We're talking about using graphs as an opening quiz for the audience to get into the topic.
What "goofs" can you add to your next presentation to make your message more entertaining, more persuasive, more understandable and ultimately, more memorable? Please share in the comments!
I really like your post about How many goofs are in your presentation?
You make your points in an effective manner. You are so right about dressing appropriately and the one that most of us are probably guilty of- looking at the screen. Making long distance calls using Skype or alternatives like Phone Power is easy and people sometimes forget that there are things we can do to make the experience even more pleasant.


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Trump just made a permanent move to not be seen golfing at Mar-a-Lago anymore (WATCH)
By Brian Tyler Cohen
Immediately after Trump was caught golfing – yet again – by CNN cameras despite promising he would get "back to work," Trump pulled a shameless move to assure that he would not get caught again.
Tinnitus? when the Ringing Won't Stop, Do This (It's Genius)
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Where cameras were once positioned outside of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, there are now newly planted trees (watch below).
"Yet today, CNN news cameras did not get any video of President Trump playing golf. And here's why: where CNN cameras were once positioned, trees appear," CNN host Ana Cabrera explained. "Yes, new trees are being planted there."
The stunt comes on the heels of Trump's Christmas tweet ensuring that he would begin working again the next day, only to instead golf for a staggering six days straight.
I hope everyone is having a great Christmas, then tomorrow it's back to work in order to Make America Great Again (which is happening faster than anyone anticipated)!
CNN captured video footage of the President through trees at his golf course, but were surprised to find a large white truck blocking the same filming spot the next day.
Trump on the golf course today, captured by CNN cameras https://t.co/hctg9sO23e
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 26, 2017
Yesterday & 2 other times during POTUS' Winter vacation,CNN cameras captured Trump golfing, from public sidewalk. Today, not possible pic.twitter.com/EIfmWCj5kD
— Noah Gray (@NoahGrayCNN) December 27, 2017
Trump can try to hide his incessant golfing, but he isn't fooling anyone. If the Democratic wave is anything like it's being predicted, however, he will have plenty of time to hit the links when the new Congress moves forward with impeachment and relieves him of a job he has no business holding.
Follow Brian Tyler Cohen on Facebook and Twitter.
Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen is a political writer, actor, and comedy sketch director. He graduated from Lehigh University with a dual degree in English and Business. He currently lives in Los Angeles.


The 2008 Super Bowl featured a funny and memorable commercial, the Tide Talking Stain ad. The spot depicts a hapless job seeker who arrives at an interview with a large stain on his shirt. As he responds to the interviewer's questions, his answers are drowned out by the "talking" stain and the interviewer is unable to pay attention to what the man is saying.
At best, poorly chosen interview clothes can be a distraction, much like the talking stain. At worst, inappropriate attire and accessories can make you appear unprofessional and poorly qualified for your desired position. Job interviews are opportunities to showcase your interpersonal skills, creative thinking, communication skills, experience and wisdom. Select your interview outfit carefully to project a positive, professional demeanor.
Prior to your interview, determine the company's dress code (when in doubt, call the main phone number and ask the operator/receptionist). Plan to dress at that level or slightly above. It is far better to be slightly overdressed than to be underdressed. The objective is to present yourself in a way that shows respect for the people with whom you are interviewing.
In certain industries, such as banking and finance, formal business attire is still the norm: suits and neckties for men, pantsuits or skirt suits and hosiery for women, etc. However, many Silicon Valley startups and other companies in the San Francisco Bay Area are more relaxed in their dress codes.
Business casual is loosely defined. For men, a business casual outfit might consist of a collared shirt, khakis or slacks, and dress shoes. For women, a simple blouse with a modest skirt or slacks could suffice. Both men and women can benefit greatly from a blue, gray or black blazer which immediately dresses up any outfit.
The following items are considered too casual for a business formal environment, especially for interview purposes: jeans, T-shirts, sneakers, flip flops, and non-religious headwear of any kind.
When interviewing at Menlo Partners client companies, we recommend that candidates remove all visible piercings with the exception of women's earrings worn in the earlobes. It is also helpful to select clothes that will cover up noticeable tattoos.
What if I'm Clearly Overdressed?
In the event that you arrive early to an interview and notice that everyone is dressed much more casually than you are, here are some suggestions.
-Leave your jacket in the car.
-(For men) remove your necktie and/or roll up your sleeves.
-(For women) bring a second pair of shoes. Casual flats can be worn in place of formal interview shoes to look more relaxed.
Need More Tips and Advice?
The staffing experts at Menlo Partners offer a range of services to qualified job seekers, including coaching to help you prepare for interviews.


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Daily Reading – June 21, 2018
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Numbers 2 (ESV)
Arrangement of the Camp
2 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 "The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side. 3 Those to camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab, 4 his company as listed being 74,600. 5 Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the chief of the people of Issachar being Nethanel the son of Zuar, 6 his company as listed being 54,400. 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun, the chief of the people of Zebulun being Eliab the son of Helon, 8 his company as listed being 57,400. 9 All those listed of the camp of Judah, by their companies, were 186,400. They shall set out first on the march.
10 "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur, 11 his company as listed being 46,500. 12 And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the chief of the people of Simeon being Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, 13 his company as listed being 59,300. 14 Then the tribe of Gad, the chief of the people of Gad being Eliasaph the son of Reuel, 15 his company as listed being 45,650. 16 All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. They shall set out second.
17 "Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they camp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.
18 "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud, 19 his company as listed being 40,500. 20 And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the chief of the people of Manasseh being Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, 21 his company as listed being 32,200. 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin, the chief of the people of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni, 23 his company as listed being 35,400. 24 All those listed of the camp of Ephraim, by their companies, were 108,100. They shall set out third on the march.
25 "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies, the chief of the people of Dan being Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, 26 his company as listed being 62,700. 27 And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the chief of the people of Asher being Pagiel the son of Ochran, 28 his company as listed being 41,500. 29 Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan, 30 his company as listed being 53,400. 31 All those listed of the camp of Dan were 157,600. They shall set out last, standard by standard."
32 These are the people of Israel as listed by their fathers' houses. All those listed in the camps by their companies were 603,550. 33 But the Levites were not listed among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.
34 Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers' house. 1
1 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016.
Psalm 141 (ESV)
Give Ear to My Voice
141 A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me!
Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
2 Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,
and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!
3 Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
keep watch over the door of my lips!
4 Do not let my heart incline to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with men who work iniquity,
and let me not eat of their delicacies!
5 Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
6 When their judges are thrown over the cliff,
then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8 But my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord;
in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!
9 Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me
and from the snares of evildoers!
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by safely. 1
2 Corinthians 4:1–18 (ESV)
The Light of the Gospel
4 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. 2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Treasure in Jars of Clay
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So death is at work in us, but life in you.
13 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 1
It is not a matter of the origin of the Old Testament Scripture and its parts but of the value and the significance which it still has for the Christian. That the Old Testament, too, in its totality, in the opinion of Luther, was the Word of God needs no further proof. Yet, let this at least be quoted from his Introduction to the Old Testament: "I beg and faithfully warn every pious Christian not to stumble at the simplicity of the language and the stories that will often meet him there. He should not doubt that, however simple they may seem, there are the very words, works, judgments, and deeds of the high Majesty, power, and wisdom of God; for this is Scripture, and it makes the wisdom of God that He, lays before you in such simple and foolish (Matt. 11:25). Therefore let your own thoughts and feelings go and think of the Scriptures as the loftiest and noblest of holy things, as the richest of mines, which can never be worked out, so that you may find the wisdom of God that He lays before you in such simple and foolish guise, in order that He may quench all pride. Here you will find the swaddling clothes and the manger in which Christ lies, and to which the angel points the shepherds. Simple and little are the swaddling clothes, but dear is the treasure, Christ, that lies in them." (28–29)


Goodhue Wrestling will kick off its season with the HS PAC (Parent-Athlete-Coach) Meeting and Elementary Registration Nights on Wednesday, November 12th.
The Elementary Registration Night information and registration sheet can be found at the link below for you to print off, or you can complete the sheet that evening at school.
There will be a Nutrition Seminar for anyone interested – particularly for HS parents and wrestlers – that would like some basic information and straight-talk for supporting their nutritional needs as an athlete. Topics will cover high frequency questions and concerns such as basic nutrition concepts, what to eat, when to eat (training timing, # of meals, etc.), how to eat for weight management, and how to eat for weight gain. Other topics mentioned will be hydration and supplementation FAQ's. Please consider attending if you are interested in hearing some thoughts on how to support your athlete's nutritional profile as an athlete and lifter for maximal growth and recovery. I will be having a guest speaker to help facilitate some of these topics.
At 7:30, we will begin the HS PAC meeting to revisit yearly topics and reminders, as well as share new aspects of the program and season ahead.


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> of those throwbacks who uses a phone to do voice communications primarily.
Voice? My Pocket PC phone can also do voice?
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How Kenya brought the Al-Shabaab cancer home
Saturday, April 11, 2015 — updated on July 03, 2020
Al-Shabaab fighters gather in Elasha Biyaha, in the Afgoei Corridor, after a demonstration to support the merger of Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda network on February 13, 2012. AFP FILE PHOTO
In a cable dated October 2, 2010, Djibouti's Foreign Affairs Minister Mahmoud Ali Yousouf also told US Ambassador William Bellamy that the recruitment could only have a negative impact on Kenya's security.
The withdrawal of the Ethiopians in 2009 had greatly strengthened the Shabaab, which strongly expanded its field of operations to the region near the Kenyan border.
At first, the Kenyan government told the US officials that it aimed to train a group of 36 Somali nationals who would then be returned to Somalia to train a bigger, more professional force with the guidance of retired Kenyan military officers.
Details of how Kenya inserted itself into the messy theatre of Somalia through the training of young ethnic Kenyan Somalis against the advice of allies such as the US are revealed in great detail in leaked American embassy cables reviewed by the Sunday Nation.
Kenya had grown increasingly alarmed by the chaos in the neighbouring country from 2009 after Al-Shabaab rallied hundreds of fighters from around the world to fight the "Christian invaders" following the December 2006 invasion of Somalia by Ethiopia.
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Al-Shabaab smuggled goods into Kenya from the port of Kismayu, which it controlled and which was its main source of revenue. More worryingly, it started recruiting Kenyans of Somali origin especially from Isiolo, Nairobi, Mombasa and the larger North Eastern Province into its ranks. Kenya decided to act.
Cables released by the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, indicate that the Kenyan government started sharing with its international security partners its intentions to directly intervene in Somalia from around September 2009.
In a cable dated September 4, 2009, which was filed by US ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger, Kenyan military officials asked for help from the US.
"Somali and Kenyan officials are working in concert to support a locally-driven effort in Lower Juba and Gedo to expel Al-Shabaab. Somali President Sheikh Sharif and the Kenyan government have asked us to support the plan with weapons, medical supplies, communications and intelligence," he wrote.
The person most likely to have sold to Kenya the idea for the operation in Somalia is Ras Kamboni warlord Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, a former member of the Shabaab who defected in protest at its brutal methods, and had been engaged against Al-Shabaab for long.
As early as 2009, Madobe had been urging another Ras Kamboni warlord, Ibrahim Shukri, to close ranks with him and flush out the Shabaab militants.
Madobe, the governor of Kismayu during the reign of the Islamic Courts Union, a group of clerics who tried to impose order in Somalia after years of chaos, was well known to Kenyan security officials. He fled towards Kenya when ICU fell and was wounded and captured by Ethiopians but released later.
Now back in Kismayu, he proposed to Shukri the idea of forming a Jubaland government and started seeking the support of the US, Kenya and Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.
WikiLeaks cable indicates that the Americans first learned from Mabobe of Kenya's intention to join hands with the federal government and the Ras Kamboni Brigade to flush out the Islamists in early 2009.
However, in subsequent plans, the government opted to secretly train a force of 4,000 Somali nationals to be sent to Somalia to battle Al-Shabaab. There would be no Kenyan boots on Somali soil, the Kenyan delegation told their US counterparts. However, the government hid its true intentions.
In 2009, contrary to statements that it was training Somali police, the government began secretly training about 4,000 youth, to fight the Shabaab forces.
Again, contrary to statements that these youth were Somali nationals, it turned out that all of them were Kenyan nationals of Somali ethnicity mainly from Mandera and Garissa.
About 2,000 recruits from Mandera were sent to training camps in Archers Post in Isiolo while those from Garissa were sent to Manyani, Tsavo West National Park.
"Kenyan recruits are reportedly being lured with promises of jobs, money, and an association with either the UN or Amisom (the African Union Mission in Somalia)," wrote Mr Ranneberger to his bosses in February 2010.
Most Kenyan MPs from North Eastern were enraged when they learned of the secret recruitment drive after families reported that their sons had disappeared from home. The parliamentary committee on security, at that time led by Mr Adan Keynan, strongly opposed the secret recruitment drive, saying it was not in Kenya's national interests.
His concerns were echoed by the current Garissa Town MP Adan Duale.
"Duale said if true, Government of Kenya support for the recruitment effort would bring Somali's war into Kenya and directly undermine his message to Garissa youth to 'stay out of Somalia— this is not your fight,'" reads a cable filed by Mr Ranneberger.
"Extremists would quickly turn such an intervention into an excuse for undermining Kenya's internal security," he told Mr Bellamy.
Mr Ranneberger, like the MPs, worried about what would happen when the youth returned to Kenya with military skills but no jobs as promised by the government.
His conclusion of the situation was prophetic: "If they do in fact make up the majority of the fighting force, their tenacity and loyalty will be questionable, especially if the Government of Kenya is unable to follow through on its promises," he wrote.
A retired director of military intelligence, who requested to speak off the record since he still does consultancy work for the government, said: "These young men became quickly disappointed when the promises that were made to them did not come through. Instead of fighting, they quickly dissolved into their clans with their weapons."
The fate of these highly trained youths is unknown because the government can no longer track them and security officials speculate that some of them are behind attacks in Kenya.
KENYA CONTINUE LOBBYING
Nonetheless, despite these local and international concerns over Kenya's intentions, the government stepped up its lobbying to directly intervene in Somalia.
On the sidelines of an Intergovernmental Authority on Development meeting in December in 2009 in Djibouti, Kenya's Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetang'ula tried, with little luck, to win over Karl Wycoff, a senior US official.
"Wetang'ula predicted success for the initiative. Al-Shabaab was weak, he insisted, recalling that Ethiopian troops had marched into Mogadishu in December 2006 'like a hot knife through butter,'" reads a cable of the meeting filed by Ambassador James Swan of the US State Department.
This was just one of the many spirited fights that the Kenyan government put up in its attempt to gain wider legitimacy for the operation it had conceived.
Apart from Wetang'ula, others who lobbied hard were Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defence Minister Yusuf Haji and Internal Security Minister George Saitoti.
Others were former Chief of General Staff Jeremiah Kianga and Director of Military Intelligence Philip Kameru, now in charge of the National Intelligence Service.
In a cable describing a January 26, 2010 meeting with Assistant Secretary of Defence Alexander Vershbow, Mr Odinga "stated that should the TFG fall, Al-Shabaab would fill the void" and said "instability in Somalia is causing instability in Kenya" and urged America's help.
The cable further states: "Both Minister Haji and Minister Saitoti raised concerns about the increasing presence of foreign fighters in Somalia. General Kianga believes that Somalia is becoming a sanctuary for foreign terrorists. They believe that Al-Shabaab is working closely with Al-Qaeda and others to increase foreign fighters in the region. They stated that if Al-Shabaab is not contained, Kenya will have a very serious situation to deal with."
The US stridently refused to be drawn into the plans, with one of its security officials telling the Kenyan officials "although you have our understanding, you do not have our support."
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In mid October 2011, Kenyan troops rolled into southern Somalia to battle Al-Shabaab militants, with the aim of establishing their long-desired buffer zone.
The Kenyan operation was largely successful, culminating in the capture of the Port of Kismayo, thus choking off Al-Shabaab's main source of revenue and entry point for foreign fighters.
However Al-Shabaab vowed revenge for the invasion, which it characterised as a war between Muslims and Christian invaders— the same words it had used against Ethiopian forces in 2006.
The words of former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson in 2010 to a high powered Kenyan delegation were exceptionally prophetic.
On that day, January 10, 2010, on the sidelines of African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Mr Carson, tactfully declined a request to support Kenyan invasion of Somalia by asking a number of hard questions.
Some of his main worries were that the mission could turn out to be more complicated and expensive than the Kenyans had forecast. He queried whether the government had a plan should the Kenyan troops be defeated and whether the government was ready for the domestic repercussions of the mission.
True to its word, the militant group has stepped up its attacks in Kenya than ever before. It has got more vicious than ever before— as shown by the Westgate, Mpekeoni, Mandera and Garissa attacks.
In the wake of the repeated attacks, President Kenyatta has reiterated that KDF will remain in Somalia until its fledgling government "stabilises."
In many ways, this stance has closed off any meaningful debate on Kenya's presence in Somalia.
The government often accuses anyone holding a different opinion of "talking the language of terrorists," whenever the suggestion of withdrawing troops is mooted but the debate will only intensify in the wake of the latest, brutal killing of 148 young Kenyans.
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Laura de Force Gordon
American lawyer, editor, and reformer
Alternative Title: Laura de Force
Laura de Force Gordon, née Laura de Force, (born Aug. 17, 1838, North East, Pa., U.S.—died April 5, 1907, Lodi, Calif.), American lawyer, editor, and reformer, one of the first women in the American West to speak and campaign for women's rights, who also pioneered in professions normally reserved for men.
Laura de Force attended local schools in her hometown. In 1862 she married Charles H. Gordon (later divorced). They lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the American Civil War and traveled west to Nevada in 1867. In 1870 they settled in Mokelumne (later Lodi), California.
Laura Gordon had for some years given occasional public lectures, and the trip west by wagon shortly became one of her topics. In February 1868 she delivered in San Francisco a call for equal rights for women, one of the first such public appeals to be made in the West. She lectured on woman suffrage throughout the region and in 1870 contributed materially to the founding of the California Woman Suffrage Society, serving as president in 1877 and again from 1884 to 1894. In 1871 she was nominated for the state Senate by her local Independence Party.
In 1873 Gordon became editor of the woman's department of the Narrow Gauge, a semiweekly paper published in Stockton, California. Later, in September 1873, she began publishing and editing the Stockton Weekly Leader. Her editorial ability—and the novelty of having a woman editor—made the paper an immediate success, and in May 1874 it became a daily. The following year she moved the paper to Sacramento, where it appeared as the Weekly Leader; she sold it a year later. From 1875 to 1878 she edited the Oakland Daily Democrat. In 1877 she published The Great Geysers of California and How to Reach Them.
While covering the 1877–78 session of the state legislature for her paper and for the Sacramento Bee, Gordon lobbied effectively on behalf of a bill drafted by Clara S. Foltz that would admit women to the practice of law in California. Later in 1878 she applied for admission to the Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, but she and Foltz, who also had applied, were denied admission, whereupon they instituted a suit against the school. They argued their case jointly in district court and in the fall of 1879 before the state Supreme Court and won. Gordon had meanwhile been reading law privately, and in December 1879 she and Foltz were the second and third women admitted to the California bar. Gordon practiced in San Francisco for five years and then moved to Stockton. She won an impressive reputation at the bar, notably—and remarkably—as a criminal lawyer; a number of her successful defenses in murder cases were widely discussed. In February 1885 she was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Clara Shortridge Foltz, lawyer and reformer who, after helping open the California bar to women, became a pioneering force for women in the profession and a major influence in reforming the state's…
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Home ವಾರ್ತೆಗಳು India Spend about Rs. 2 lakhs on a Christian and Rs. 5 lakhs on a Muslim conversion, says a letter of DJS
Spend about Rs. 2 lakhs on a Christian and Rs. 5 lakhs on a Muslim conversion, says a letter of DJS
Lucknow : In a letter issued by a RSS regional pracharak of western UP, Rajeshwar Singh, on the letterhead of Dharma Jagaran Samiti, an RSS offshoot it was directed to the workers to spend about Rs. 2 lakhs on Christians and Rs. 5 lakhs on Muslim issues," and that money needs to be collected from people to be able to hold such programmes.
In a letter to probable donors, it was claimed claimed that nearly 40,000 people were converted to Hinduism during last year alone, and out of them, nearly 2,000 were Muslims.
A copy of the letter sent by Rajeshwar Singh, regional chief of Dharma Jagaran Samiti, Western UP, based in Madhav Bhavan, Jaipur House, Agra makes this claim.
The letter further said "Last year there were paravartan (homecoming) programmes in 20 districts, in which 40,000 people returned to the fold of Hinduism, and out of them, there were 2,000 Muslims. In 2014, our target is higher. We have to hold more than 50 such events and bring nearly one lakh Christians and Muslims to our fold", writes Rajeshwar Singh.
"As you know, much money is spent on such programmes, and we have to collect money from (Hindu) samaj, and the samaj willingly donates. Now, since more people will do the homecoming at more places, more money will be needed for such programmes…..I would therefore request you to contribute to these programmes.
"We expect you to foot the bill for at least one such event and contribute towards the upkeep of one full-time workers.
"It costs Rs 2 lakhs annually to support one worker who works on Christians, and Rs 5 lakhs annually to support one worker who works on Muslims. We need such donations in the least", writes Singh.
The Dharma Jagaram Samiti, Western UP, names Dr Manveer Singh as district convenor for Aligarh, Abhiram Goel and Ajay Jalesaria as co-convenors, Brajesh Kantak as metropolitan convenor, and Kashinath Bansal as Treasurer.
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