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In 1980, you had the shooting of Archbishop Romero in El Salvador. Eamon Casey was involved in Trocaire and I was invited to go to El Salvador.And then I went to Nicaragua and it was then I began my long association with the Sandinistas.That began a relation shop with Central America that would develop. Much later, I was part of an international delegation which met with Senator Ted Kennedy. It was Kennedy who put down the motion in congress which ended the formal US military intervention in Central America. WHEN I INTERVIEWED Michael D Higgins for Village magazine in 2011, some months before his presidential campaign started, it was very obvious that he saw a broad and expansive presidential role in representing Ireland overseas. The role would not be solely that of an economic envoy; he would see far beyond the confines of Europe if elected.During that interview, we spoke in depth about politics in Central America. Michael D outlined how he was originally motivated to get involved in solidarity work in the region: Civil warWhen Michael D last visited, El Salvador was in the grips of Civil War. That war pitted the El Salvadoran military, supported by the United States, against the FMLN, a left wing guerilla group. Fast-forward 30 years, and the FMLN, now a political party, is in government.Before the civil war, El Salvador had effectively been a dictatorship, with few avenues for democratic expression. Peasants, trade unions and social movements were repressed.The peace of today is a result of the 1992 peace accords which laid the basis for land reform, provided for democratic elections, and set up mechanisms to protect human rights.The violence of the civil war took 75,000 lives between 1979 and 1992. The violence of the civil war, has however, been replaced by gang violence.Entrenched gang violenceGangs such as MS-13 and Calle 18, which originated in the United States, have become entrenched in El Salvadoran society. They are deeply involved in crime networks, violence and feuding.Between 2009 and 2011, about 4,000 people were murdered each year by gang members. But after a church brokered peace deal, the number of murders has fallen: last year 2,195 were killed, according to national police figures.At the time of Michael D’s last visit, there would have been considerable interest in Ireland about El Salvador. Bishop Eamon Casey, then a hugely popular figure in Catholic Ireland, had visited El Salvador and publicised the human rights abuse there. The case of Archbishop Romero, gunned down while saying mass in San Salvador in 1980, was well known in Ireland as a result.Romero, who was once a conventional Catholic, was radicalised in office by the huge injustices faced by every day El Salvadorans and by the influence of liberation theology. Romero had appealed to soldiers not to carry out injustices against their fellow citizens and raised the plight of the oppressed internationally.Liberation theology grew in the aftermath of Vatican Two and aimed to align the church with the concerns of the poor and the oppressed. It was hugely influential in Latin America in the 1970s and ’80s, and inspired many activists to work against the US backed dictatorships in the region.‘America’s backyard’The power and influence of the Catholic Church in El Salvador has waned somewhat. The role of liberation theology in the church in has declined. Today the El Salvadoran church is often publicly embroiled in defending El Salvador’s abortion regime, which is one of the most restrictive in the world.El Salvador is very much defined by its relationship with others. The United States keeps a watchful eye on a region which some in the US see as “America’s backyard”.An estimated two million El Salvadorans live in the US. The right wing Arena Party has strong links with right wing figures in the United States congress. In the run up to last election, Arena threatened that a victory for the left would jeopardise the future for El Salvadoran citizens in the US.Next year, there will be a Presidential election. Salvador Sanchez Ceren, the FMLN candidate, is a more radial figure than the current President, Mauricio Funes, who although supported by the FMLN, is not a party member. If Sanchez Ceren is elected, El Salvador will likely move closer to other countries with left wing Governments in Latin America, with whom the FMLN has deep links.Michael D’s visit will be hugely well received and will hopefully improve links and solidarity between the people of Ireland and El Salvador.Paul Dillon is a political activist who spent three months working in El Salvador in 2010. He blogs at www.pauldillon.ie. You can follow him on twitter at @PaulDillon82 of find him on Facebook.
According to Mark Zuckerberg, the world’s largest social network doesn’t have any intention of getting in on the mobile phone space with a so-called Facebook Phone, but that disclaimer doesn’t seem to prevent them from licensing out the brand and core tech to other companies to make their own Facebook-branded handsets. Sources are claiming that HTC will be launching two new Facebook smartphones at next month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The handsets will incorporate the social network’s color scheme and branding, and run a modified version of Android to support Facebook IM as well as push your Facebook news feed to the handset’s home screen.CityAM, which broke the story, says that Facebook team members Joe Hewitt and Matthew Papakipos are the primary Facebook liaisons for the project. As for the specs of the HTC Facebook phones themselves, it’s still unknown, although it does appear that at least one of them will be a physical QWERTY slider, allowing for easier text entry into — what else — the Facebook ecosystem.Of course, the big question is why anyone needs a Facebook phone when their official app is already available for free on every OS right down to dumbphones. That said, the Facebook brand is one of the most powerful ones in tech: maybe a Facebook phone doesn’t need to do anything too dramatic interface or tech wise to still be a run-away success.Read more at CityAMUpdate: Facebook’s denying any involvement with HTC in making Facebook phones, saying that the handset maker is just integrating publicly available APIs.
By Kebba AF TourayMr. Mai fatty, the Minister of the Interior on Friday 7th July 2017, told deputies at the National Assembly that, the Gambia Police Force is faced with lots of daunting challenges that require adequate and timely budget allocations, to combat the constraints.Mr. Fatty was responding to questions put to him by the country’s law makers, during the fifth sitting of the second ordinary session of The National Assembly in the 2017 Legislative year.‘‘We cannot effectively fight crimes or strengthen Internal Security if we continue to face logistical challenges,” Mr. Fatty said.Responding to the question put forward by the Hon. Member from Wuli East on the need to provide adequate transport for the Basse Police Station, the Minister said the Gambia Police Force is severely handicapped with transport, and made reference to the URR Police Command, where he said, has only two vehicles, one of which is already affected; that this requires them to seek assistance from Fatoto Police Station when urgent issues come up. He said this leads to a situation where half of the complaints lodged at the station are compromised because they do not have adequate vehicles to arrest suspects. He said in the 21st century, the Gambia cannot continue like this.‘‘To effectively secure society, there is the need to adequately equip the police,” he stressed.He said this must be solved with extensive consultations with all the departments of government and are emphatic that the budget comes out so that the Police will be provided with adequate transportation, to properly execute their functions across the country. He said his ministry intends to solve some of these problems through budgetary allocation, through engagement with multilateral and bilateral development partners and to encourage the culture of maintenance within the police force, to ensure that vehicles are properly handled and maintained. He called for attitudinal change towards the handling of public properties to ensure their sustainability.“What is of fundamental importance and urgent is for the police and other law enforcement agencies to be provided with adequate logistics. I challenge the Legislature to provide the necessary allocations so that this can be done,” he cited.On his part the Member for Jarra West, Hon. Kajali Fofana, asked the Hon. Minister of the Interior if his Ministry has plans to address the constraints of Mansa Konko Regional Police Headquaters, both in mobility and resources. Minister Fatty in his response said there is a new leadership at the Police, Prisons and Immigration, bringing in new ideas and thinking.“I will be embarking on a countrywide tour to visit and assess the conditions at all police stations and other security installations,” he stated.He said the effective and timely logistical support for equipment, personnel, health services, facilities and other needs are necessary to improve the work performance of the police, decrease attrition and causalities and improve morale. He said the Ministry is committed to enable conditions and provide facilities to improve the quality of accommodation, transparency of financial and procurement systems, which will also increase the quality of logistic and support services offered to the police.
At first blush, the PowerPic resembles an ordinary 5×7-inch white picture frame. But of course it’s also a Qi charger, one that delivers up to 10 watts when you place your phone inside the frame. That’s pretty clever, though it seems weird to block a beloved photo. And the PowerPic is on the pricey side at $80 (though Amazon currently has it for $62.52). That doesn’t change the fact that I totally want one. Topelek Wireless Charging Alarm Clock See at Amazon $47 at Amazon A growing number of portable power banks have integrated Qi charging pads, meaning you can finally leave the cord at home when you travel. This particular mobile charger features an LED status display and three USB outputs for simultaneously charging other devices. It’s available in four snazzy colors. TaoTronics LED Desk Lamp with Fast Wireless Charger TaoTronics Topolek So it’s an end-table/nightstand with a Qi charger flush-mounted into the top and a Bluetooth speaker built into the table? And it’s portable for some reason?! I’m in! Currently priced at $220, but with a $25 on-page coupon, this stylish piece of furniture also has a pair of USB ports for plugging in non-Qi devices.I can’t fathom why this has a 6,600-mAh rechargeable battery (good for up to 7 hours of music playtime, according to the vendor, not including any phone charging you do), but I honestly don’t care. I love things that do other things. Zofine Wireless Charging Mouse Pad I love the convenience of Qi (“chee”) charging, which is now an option in most midrange and premium phones. Just lay it on a Qi pad or stand and presto: magic electricity transfer.Of course, that’s one more thing cluttering up your desk, nightstand or whatever. And they’re not the most attractive-looking things, either. Thankfully, wireless charging pads are starting to work their way into other products: desk lamps, Bluetooth speakers and so on. Here’s a look at some of the more in-Qi-nious places you’ll find them. $18 at Amazone Tags Have you found any other cool Qi-equipped products? A toaster oven, maybe, or a vacuum cleaner? Tell us about them in the comments!Originally published on April 10, 2019Update, April 23: Added PowerPic, fixed Kedron link.CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Note that CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of the products featured on this page. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Best laptops for college students: We’ve got an affordable laptop for every student. Best live TV streaming services: Ditch your cable company but keep the live channels and DVR. $34 at Amazon $220 at Amazon Kedron Censhi If you work at a desk, chances are you use a desk lamp — or could use one. This LED model features touch controls, five lighting modes, a USB port for charging other devices and, in its base, a 7.5-watt Qi charging pad. There’s currently a $3-off coupon you can clip on the product page, and the previous version of the lamp sold for around $32 — so the price of this should drop before long. Mouse pads are still a thing? They are when they double as Qi charging pads. If you’re going to keep your phone at arm’s length anyway, why not get a two-fer? This particular pad can deliver 10-watt charging to phones that support it, but you’ll have to BYO USB-C port. If your laptop has one, great, otherwise you’ll need an AC adapter. Kedron Portable Wireless Charger 24,000-mAh I-star Portable Smart Table with Bluetooth Speaker and Wireless Charging Comments $59 at Amazon Twelve South PowerPic Picture Frame Stand with Integrated Qi Charger Censhi Wireless Charger and Bluetooth Speaker The Cheapskate I-star Twelve South A growing number of alarm clocks offer built-in Qi charging pads, but I like this one for a couple reasons. First, it looks cool. Second, because the base of the clock is also the charger, it’s easier to fumble for in the dark. With brick-like clocks that integrate the pad into the top, you’re less likely to hit the sweet spot — and more likely to accidentally graze a control button. Share your voice 7 Zofine $34 at Amazon Remember speaker docks? Back in the early smartphone days, you’d plop your phone onto a charging cradle that was integrated into a speaker. Today, you can do the same thing, but without the physical connection: The speaker is Bluetooth, the charger Qi-powered. This particular speaker has an admirably sporty look, and it supports quick NFC pairing (if your phone does as well). It’s not portable, though, just in case you were hoping to take it outside. Mobile Accessories
2 NASA Space 4:55 Comments An artist’s impression of the asteroid slamming into the Greenland ice sheet Carl Toft Asteroids are all around us, but we shouldn’t be losing sleep over the big buggers. A small space rock was spotted just before slamming into the atmosphere last weekend, and over 20,000 near-earth asteroids have been cataloged, but new research from NASA finds impacts that could do serious damage aren’t very frequent. Perhaps the last time an asteroid large enough to inflict serious hurt on a limited part of the Earth’s surface (we’re not talking about an extinction-level space rock like the one that ended the dinosaurs) came knocking was in 1908.In June of that year, the so-called Tunguska Event impacted an unpopulated part of Siberia and was witnessed by only a handful of people, but it flattened 500,000 acres of forest, scorched the Earth and knocked people out of their chairs 40 miles away (64 km). It’s easy and terrifying to imagine what the result might have been had chance dictated the impact occurred over a major metropolitan area instead. Asteroids all around Share your voice “A lot of uncertainty remains about how large asteroids break up in the atmosphere and how much damage they could cause on the ground,” said NASA researcher and co-author Lorien Wheeler. “However, recent advancements in computational models, along with analyses of the Chelyabinsk and other meteor events, are helping to improve our understanding of these factors so that we can better evaluate potential asteroid threats in the future.”The technology to warn us of such a threat is light years beyond where it was in 1908, but even if another Tunguska isn’t on the other horizon. There’s still work to be done. After all, that 2013 asteroid over Russia was the most powerful in decades, and it came darting at us from behind the sun with no warning at all. 
“Tunguska is the largest cosmic impact witnessed by modern humans,” David Morrison, a planetary science researcher at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, said in a release. “It also is characteristic of the sort of impact we are likely to have to protect against in the future.”But when researchers revisited the Tunguska Event with the help of computer models and tooked into account the latest data on the population of asteroids in our neighborhood, they found that such major impacts are exceedingly rare.The results, published in the journal Icarus, find that such a powerful impact should only be expected roughly every thousand years or longer rather than once every century or so, as was previously thought.While this is certainly good news for all earthly life forms, the threat of an asteroid impact is still very real and worth preparing for, as the 2013 bolide explosion over Russia reminded us. Sci-Tech NASA wants to save the Earth from asteroids (with a giant… Tags NASA telescopes spot asteroid moments before it collides with Earth NASA head: Expect a major asteroid strike in your lifetime Scientists find chunk of surprise asteroid that hit Earth Now playing: Watch this:
Map of SylhetIn two separate incidents, three workers were killed while extracting stones from a quarry in Lampapani area of Jaflong and Companiganj upazila of Sylhet on Tuesday, reports news agency UNB.The deceased were identified as Nazimuddin, 25, son of Nur Mia of Daubari village of Gowainghat upazila, Usman Ali, 30, son of Joynal Abedin of Jamkandi village of the same upazila and Ekhlach, 30.The victims Nizamuddin and Usman sustained injuries from the pipe of a ‘bomb machine’, as dredging machines used in stone quarries are known, while collecting stones from the quarry round 4:00pm, said Delwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Gowainghat police station.On information, police rushed to the quarry and took the victim to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital where the doctor declared them dead, the OC added.On the other hand, Ekhlach was killed as the mud of the stone quarry collapsed on him while they were extracting stones at Shah Arefin Quarry around 7pm, said Campaniganj police station officer-in-charge Shariful Islam Khan.
People protest in front of the government headquartersx against the government’s contentious corruption decree in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: AFPRomania’s premier announced Saturday a dramatic climbdown on legislation that had been seen as a retreat on corruption, after the biggest protests since dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was toppled and executed in 1989.Demonstrators vowed to keep up the pressure on the government, however, after five days of protests culminating in an estimated 330,000 people taking to the streets nationwide on Saturday.Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said in a televised statement that the government would meet on Sunday to repeal an emergency decree that could have seen some corrupt officials escape prosecution.“I do not want to divide Romania,” Grindeanu said at government headquarters in central Bucharest, sparking celebrations among the estimated 120,000 people protesting outside for a fifth evening in a row.Raluca, a demonstrator in her 30s, said she was delighted but that the leftwing government, which has been in office for barely a month, was still not to be trusted.“People are going to remain very vigilant with this government,” she told AFP.The decree, passed Tuesday and due to enter into force on February 10, was to make abuse of power a crime only punishable by jail if the sums involved exceeded 200,000 lei (44,000 euros, $47,500).The government also wants in a separate decree to be reviewed by parliament next week to free some 2,500 people from prison serving sentences of less than five years.Grindeanu, from the left-wing Social Democrats (PSD), had said that the measures were to bring penal law into line with the constitution and reduce overcrowding in prisons.Critics had said that the real aim was to let off some of the several thousand officials and politicians ensnared in a major anti-corruption drive in recent years, many of them from the PSD.Earlier this week Brussels, which had previously praised Romania for its efforts, warned against “backtracking”.Washington also said it was “deeply concerned” about “accountability” for corruption crimes.‘We want justice’But most worried of all were ordinary Romanians, who poured onto the streets in numbers not seen since people power toppled Ceausescu and consigned the communist system to history in 1989.Saturday saw a noisy march in Bucharest by tens of thousands of people, holding banners, waving flags and blowing whistles and vuvuzela horns, to the parliament building where they formed a human chain.Other protests took place in other cities around the country like Timisoara, cradle of the 1989 revolution, and in Cluj and Sibiu.On Friday night there were between 200,000 and 250,000 people demonstrating around the country, and on Wednesday as many as 300,000 according to estimates by Romanian media.“It’s about the future of our children, for our kids. We want justice to be made,” said Georgiana Dragoi, a housewife taking part in a protest of families with children on Saturday morning.Civil servant Alexander, 30, pushing his baby in a pram in the Bucharest demo, said that he regularly experiences graft in his daily life.Corruption “is all around us, small things that make our lives much more difficult,” he told AFP. “I work in the system and for a person inside it is terrifying.”‘Only words’Despite the celebrations at the government’s climbdown, Bucharest still echoed with the sounds of horns late into the night, as Romanians said they wanted to make sure the government lived up to its word.“There is no substance here, there are only words. We have to see this put in practice,” said businesswoman Aura Oprea.And unemployed demonstrator Abraham Mohammed, while saying he was “very happy that we solved this”, said the country still has a long way to go to root out corruption.“There are so many thieves in this country. They want to steal our future. They want to steal our future, our kids’ future, everyone’s future and that is very bad,” he told AFP.
#DEVELOPING– Suspect in custody after school shooting in Italy, TX https://t.co/SckNBGWKew— Cynthia Izaguirre (@wfaaizzy) January 22, 2018 Just spoke with parent whose daughter was in the cafeteria when Italy High School shooting happened. She tells me her daughter heard four or five shots before running. Calls it the most terrifying phone call see ever got. pic.twitter.com/1DTJ5W4t8Q— Larry Collins (@LarryNBC5) January 22, 2018___9:15 a.m.Sheriff’s officials say there’s been a shooting at a high school in a small town south of Dallas and a suspect is in custody.The Ellis County sheriff’s office said on Twitter that the “shooter is in custody” after the shooting early Monday at the school in Italy (IT-lee), some 45 miles (70 kilometers) south of Dallas.No injuries have been confirmed in the shooting.The sheriff’s office says students have been moved from the school and an investigation is ongoing.A sheriff’s office dispatcher, Debra Murray, said the shooting took place at Italy High School. Murray declined to release additional details.A message left with the school district was not immediately returned.___Police in Italy, Texas responded to a shooting at the town’s high school on Monday morning, according to the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office.The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office also said they had a person in custody after the incident, but no information on victims or injuries was immediately available, according to the Austin-American StatesmanThe ECSO also said that students were being moved as they continued their investigation. Next press conference is at 1. It will be held at Central Baptist Family Life Church 117 S. Ward Street in Italy.— ECSO (@ECSOTX) January 22, 2018 pic.twitter.com/UkT6X6eHDQ— ECSO (@ECSOTX) January 22, 2018 Officials in Italy, TX (Ellis County) providing update on school shooting at 10:30Watch live:https://t.co/Pa2aE6ssYh pic.twitter.com/HCF3BC5zOs— Maria Guerrero (@Maria_NBC5) January 22, 2018 – / 5THE LATEST on a shooting at a Texas high school (all times local):A 16-year-old boy accused of shooting a classmate at a Texas high school on Monday had a history of aggressive actions at school, a fellow student said.The injured student, a 15-year-old girl, was airlifted to a hospital in Dallas following the shooting inside the cafeteria at Italy High School, which is in the small town of Italy about 40 miles south of Dallas. The boy fled after being confronted by a school district official but was later arrested.Cassie Shook, a 17-year-old junior at the school, told The Associated Press that she was driving up to the building when she saw “the doors fly open and everyone screaming and running out of the building.” She said she was angry when she learned who the suspect was because she’d complained about the boy at least twice to school officials, including to a vice principal.“This could have been avoidable,” she said. “There were so many signs.”__Semi automatic 380 caliber handgun recovered after Italy HS cafeteria shooting. 16yo boy confronted by staff, left, was caught on campus. Latest 👇🏽 15-Year-Old Girl Injured in School Shooting: Deputieshttps://t.co/euU7meeUlf pic.twitter.com/qcz2jLhFAv— Maria Guerrero (@Maria_NBC5) January 22, 2018A fellow student says the suspect in a shooting at a central Texas high school has been violent at school in the past.Cassie Shook tells The Associated Press that she was just arriving at Italy High School when the shooting happened Monday morning. The 17-year-old says she saw the cafeteria doors fly open and a rush of students running out.Shook says she had complained about the suspect at least twice before to school officials, including a vice principal. She says the first time was after he allegedly made a “hit list” in eighth grade and her name was on it.Then last year, she says the boy got angry during a class and threw a pair of scissors at a girl. She says he also threw a computer against a wall. Shook says police came to talk to the class. She says the boy was removed from the school but eventually was allowed back.Police have not named the 16-year-old suspect.School officials say they cannot comment on disciplinary actions involving students.___2:45 p.m.Officials say a 16-year-old suspect in a Texas high school shooting “engaged the victim” and fired several shots from a handgun before being confronted by a school district staffer and fleeing.Ellis County Sheriff Chuck Edge didn’t say how many times the 15-year-old victim was shot Monday at Italy High School. Authorities have said the girl was airlifted to a Dallas hospital.Edge says both students attended the school in the tiny town of Italy, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Dallas.Edge says the male suspect fired a semi-automatic .380 handgun. The teen fled the cafeteria after the confrontation with a staffer but was arrested by law enforcement on school grounds.Edge says a possible motive is unclear. He also says he doesn’t yet know what charges the suspect might face.Italy Independent School District Superintendent Lee Joffre says that school will be held Tuesday and grief counselors would be on campus.___Authorities don’t know if a 16-year-old Texas boy arrested in a high school shooting knows the 15-year-old girl who was airlifted to a hospital after the attack.Sgt. Joe Fitzgerald of the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office says he doesn’t know how many students were in the Italy High School cafeteria when the shooting happened there Monday morning.Fitzgerald and school district superintendent Lee Joffre said at a news conference that they don’t know the relationship between the boy and girl. Neither knows the girl’s condition.Joffre says the 16-year-old boy left the building immediately after opening fire. He would not say whether the boy has had disciplinary issues at the school.Joffre says the district is working to reunite parents with their children. Parents are frustrated and emotional because they can’t get to their kids who are in lockdown inside the school. Parents say the school is small and a good portion of the students witnessed the shooting. My heart breaks for these families and these children. pic.twitter.com/EOT02a4WGR— Hannah VanHuss Davis (@hannahdinhd) January 22, 2018_____Sgt. Joe Fitzgerald of the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office says the female student was airlifted to a hospital in Dallas following the shooting early Monday in the small town of Italy (IT-lee), 45 miles (70 kilometers) south of Dallas.He said he had no information on her condition.The sheriff’s office says students have been moved from the school and an investigation is ongoing.A sheriff’s office dispatcher, Debra Murray, said the shooting took place at Italy High School.A message left with the school district was not immediately returned.LIVE: Aerial view of Italy High School in Texas, where a shooting suspect is in custody https://t.co/mv6Qs8VZ91 https://t.co/bhU6a8IkG8— CBS Austin (@cbsaustin) January 22, 2018 Watch here ⬇️ https://t.co/PzEJqUir28— Larry Collins (@LarryNBC5) January 22, 2018______#BREAKING: Sheriff’s official say a 15-year-old girl was hurt, airlifted to a hospital after a high school shooting near Dallas. @ECSOTX says the suspected shooter, a male student, is in police custody.— Rochelle Metzger (@RochelleFox46) January 22, 2018 ITALY HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING UPDATE-16-year-old shooter, in custody-15-year-old victim, air lifted to hospital-students evacuated, calling attendance and then will be dismissedhttps://t.co/e0RGTPahcs pic.twitter.com/wL4YPCy6jD— Campus Life Security (@CampusSecur) January 22, 2018 Just arrived at Italy High School after school shooting this morning. Working to get more info. More: https://t.co/fWyQWgVBzx pic.twitter.com/4K5iBLZtRI— Larry Collins (@LarryNBC5) January 22, 2018 Parents being reunited with their children adter shooting at Italy High School. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/r7yOeETnSq— ScottGordonNBC5 (@ScottGordonNBC5) January 22, 2018___Ellis County Sheriff’s Office said a 15-year-old female student has been airlifted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas with unknown injuries after being shot at a high school in the Ellis County town of Italy.A 16-year-old male student is in custody, said the Ellis County. Officials confirmed in a press conference that the suspect was a student at the school, and he left the school building immediately after firing shots in the cafeteria. Parents will be able to reunite with their children in the cafeteria of Stafford Elementary School, Italy ISD superintendent Lee Joffre said. LIVE NOW: Officials provide update on school shooting that wounded 15-year-old girl https://t.co/6XcY5VI3zK pic.twitter.com/EnRp4zKWBj— NBC DFW (@NBCDFW) January 22, 2018 Sheriff’s Office has a suspect in custody after a reported school shooting in Italy, TX that injured one person. pic.twitter.com/WyRLzehdwt— Arielle Clay (@ArielleABC3340) January 22, 2018 Share
Not far from Tel Aviv a drone flies low over a gritty landscape of warehouses and broken pavement. It slowly approaches its home — a refrigerator-sized box inside a mesh fence, and hovers, preparing to dock. It descends like some giant bug, whining all the way, and disappears into its base where it will be cleaned, recharged and sent back out into the air. This drone is doing the nearly impossible: it’s flying and landing autonomously and can fly again and again without human intervention — and it’s doing it all inside a self-contained unit that is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time.The company that makes the drone, Airobotics, invited us into their headquarters to see their products in action. In this video we talk with the company about how the drones work, how their clients use the drones for mapping and surveillance in hard-to-reach parts of the world and the future of drone autonomy. It’s a fascinating look into technology that will soon be appearing in jungles, deserts and war zones near you.
Posted by Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Share Travelweek Group TORONTO — Belmond La Samanna is ready for its comeback on Saint-Martin.The resort was one of many in Saint-Martin and St. Maarten that took a hit from Hurricane Irma last fall. Now Belmond La Samanna’s owners says the resort will re-open Dec. 10.The Belmond’s 83 rooms and public spaces, which have been given a refresh by a UK-based interior design firm with pastel blues, greens, pinks, and peaches, inspired by the natural tones of the Caribbean Sea, adding an air of ‘pastel-chic’ to the décor.Contributing to St Martin’s reputation as the Caribbean’s culinary capital, Belmond La Samanna will also reopen its beachfront French restaurant Trellis. The on-site La Cave Wine Cellar is the largest private wine cellar in the Caribbean and guests can take advantage of wine pairing experiences curated by the Head Chef.Meanwhile the resort’s new look Beach Bar “is a glamorous nightspot by the water’s edge for champagne or a cosmopolitan cocktail as the sun goes down.”More news: Marriott Int’l announces 5 new all-inclusive resorts in D.R. & MexicoThere’s also Baie Longue beach and water sports and excursions including water-skiing, kayaking, sailing, paddle boarding, snorkeling, and scuba diving off nearby reefs.Sister property Belmond Cap Juluca on Anguilla opens Nov. 17. A five-night stay (three nights at Belmond La Samanna and two nights at Belmond Cap Juluca) for two during low season, subject to availability, starts from US$3,500, including transfers and a $200 credit per resort, excluding taxes and resort fees.Belmond La Samanna, St Martin prices start from $545 for a Deluxe Ocean View Room. The resort is a short private car transfer from Princess Juliana International Airport that serves direct daily flights from Canada, the U.S., France and Netherlands.
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The area around Vasilikos is an explosion waiting to happen, head of the House Environment committee Adamos Adamou said on Friday after a meeting at the Vasilikos cement factory.Speaking after a visit to the area where 4,500 tons of used tyres are set to be moved to from Dhali and Latourou following a government decision earlier this week, Adamou said the area “could explode any minute because of all the things that are there and need to be fixed.”For instance, the area needs to be deforested, there needs to be better monitoring and safekeeping and a committee needs to be set up to oversee coordination efforts for spatial planning, he added.A delegation from the House environment committee, labour office staffers, the environmental commissioner, community leaders and the fire chief had met at the Vasilikos cement factory and then took a bus to see where the used tyres will be stored.Commenting on a new fire station set to be up and running by January 2019, for which works will begin in January next year, Adamou said it was too long to wait and with the industrial developments in the area, there should be proportional safety and security measures in place both for locals and environmental concerns “that at this point are far from being implemented.”Head of the fire services Marcos Trangolas said the tyres would be kept at a licenced location to the north side of the Nicosia – Limassol highway.Commenting on safety concerns, he told reporters “I was at the meeting that took place at the Presidential palace where the decision was taken. I agreed to it because I know the area, I visited it, it is a big area and there is no chance a fire can move outwards.“There are water installations that can obliterate a fire within the first few minutes and prevent it from spreading.”Additionally, the tyres would be compartmentalized to reduce the risk of fires spreading, Trangolas said.Adamou stressed he was supportive of the move to transport the tyres as long as they were kept in licensed spots that would be spread out to reduce risks and kept under conditions of monitoring and safety.It is the responsibility of the environmental department to licence other spots, he said.The last fire at Vasilikos broke out at a place with which there was no licence and currently police are investigating the matter, Adamou added.Kalavasos Community leader Lefteris Fokas said they had expressed concerns several times “but unfortunately we have not been heard out. We want all these reassurances from authorities to be given to us in writing.”This is the condition the communities have put forward in order to get on board with the decision to move the tyres to Vasilikos, he said. You May LikeFigLeaf Beta AppHow to Become Fully Anonymous Online in Less Than 3 Minutes? Better safe than sorryFigLeaf Beta AppUndoYahoo SearchResearch Compact SUVs. New SUVs May Make You Want To Trade Yours In Today – See For Yourself!Yahoo SearchUndoCity BeautyDo This To Fix Sagging Jowls Without SurgeryCity BeautyUndo Pensioner dies after crash on Paphos-Polis roadUndoTurkish Cypriot actions in Varosha ‘a clear violation’ of UN resolutions, Nicosia saysUndoRemand for pair in alleged property fraud (Updated)Undoby Taboolaby Taboola