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After the Myanmar military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government in February, 2021, journalists there braced for an inevitable crackdown. Many had lived through an earlier period of junta rule, when independent media were forced into exile and dozens of reporters jailed or even killed.
Sure enough, within weeks, the military began banning publications and arresting reporters, as it struggled to control a country exploding into a civil war that drags on 2½ years later.
Today, the junta only controls an estimated 50 per cent of Myanmar, mostly major population centres, while fighting ethnic militias and peoples’ defence forces allied with the parallel National Unity Government (NUG). In areas that the military holds, however, it has stepped up its crackdown on the media, searching for journalists feeding stories to exile outlets based in neighbouring Thailand.
“They’ve been picking them off one by one,” said Shawn Crispin, senior Southeast Asia representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). “The regime has decimated independent reporting inside the country.”
While many journalists remained in Myanmar after the coup, determined to try and hold the military to account and cover the growing conflict, Mr. Crispin said there have been increasing numbers fleeing to Thailand as the situation has become more and more dangerous.
According to CPJ and Reporters sans frontières (RSF), more than 60 journalists are currently imprisoned in Myanmar. This figure is likely an underestimation as many outlets do not report the jailing of their staff as they attempt to negotiate their release. Since the coup, Myanmar has plummeted to the bottom of RSF’s 2023 World Press Freedom Index, sitting at 173 out of 180, alongside countries such as Eritrea and Syria.
This month, Myanmar Now photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges including “spreading misinformation,” after he was arrested while reporting on the impact of Cyclone Mocha. His sentence is the longest any journalist has received since the 2021 coup, and “yet another indication that freedom of the press has been completely quashed under the military junta’s rule,” said Swe Win, editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now.
Myanmar Now is one of several larger independent media outlets continuing to cover the country from exile, along with The Irrawaddy news group and the Democratic Voice of Burma. Many smaller publications that sprang up during Myanmar’s brief period of openness have struggled to survive however, bled of funds and staff, and facing increasing difficulties.
Most exiled journalists are based in Thailand, as they were during the previous period of junta rule. But while Bangkok was supportive in the past, Mr. Crispin expressed concern that the current Thai government has remained close to military leaders in the capital of Naypyidaw, and may be willing to rein in independent Myanmar media.
“My understanding is that the junta regime is pressuring the Thais not to allow this,” he said. “You have to wonder how viable this model is going to be,” of being based in Thailand.
Since seizing power, the Myanmar junta has not shied away from jailing foreigners. In May, 2021, U.S. citizen Danny Fenster, who worked for the banned publication Frontier Myanmar, was detained as he was about to fly home and later sentenced to 11 years in prison. Mr. Fenster was released in November that year after negotiations led by the late Bill Richardson, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Four other foreign journalists have been detained and subsequently released since the coup: American Nathan Maung; Robert Bociaga of Poland; and Japanese reporters Toru Kubota and Yuki Kitazumi.
Mr. Kubota was freed in November as part of a mass prisoner amnesty for Myanmar’s national day, along with Australian academic Sean Turnell, a one-time adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and former British ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman.
The worsening situation has created “news black holes” in Myanmar, said Mr. Crispin. “It’s an intentional campaign to crush the media and scare the rest, and make sure there are very few cameras or witnesses to the crimes the regime is committing on a daily basis.”
Facing international sanctions, the junta has been seeking rehabilitation in recent months, moving Ms. Suu Kyi – who is said to be in poor health – to house arrest, and planning for elections designed to legitimize military rule. Voting was due to take place in August but was postponed to February next year after the government extended a state of emergency.
In a posted statement, Canada’s embassy to Myanmar said it was “deeply concerned” by this, adding the extension only prolongs “the regime’s illegitimate rule over Myanmar.” It said Ottawa “continues to unequivocally condemn the coup against the democratically elected government and supports the people and their democratic aspirations in the face of brutality and egregious international human rights and humanitarian law violations.”
ROME, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was arrested in January after spending 30 years on the run, has died, AFP reported on Monday, citing Italian media.
Messina Denaro, 61, was suffering from cancer at the time of his arrest. As his condition worsened in recent weeks he was transferred to a hospital from the maximum-security prison in central Italy where he was initially held.
He was convicted of numerous crimes, including for his role in planning the 1992 murders of anti-mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino – crimes that shocked Italy and sparked a crackdown on the Sicilian mob.
He was also held responsible for bombings in Rome, Florence and Milan in 1993 that killed 10 people, as well as helping organise the kidnapping of Giuseppe Di Matteo, 12, to try to dissuade the boy’s father from giving evidence against the mafia. The boy was held for two years, then murdered.
Dubbed by the Italian press as “the last Godfather”, Messina Denaro is not believed to have given any information to the police after he was seized outside a private health clinic in the Sicilian capital, Palermo, on Jan. 16.
According to medical records leaked to the Italian media, he underwent surgery for colon cancer in 2020 and 2022 under a false name. A doctor at the Palermo clinic told La Repubblica newspaper that Messina Denaro’s health had worsened significantly in the months leading up to his capture.
Reporting by Crispian Balmer and Kanjyik Ghosh; Editing by Kim Coghill and Gerry Doyle
United States President Joe Biden has informed his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that Washington will provide Kyiv with ATACMS long-range missiles, US broadcaster NBC News has reported.
Ukraine has repeatedly asked the Biden administration for the long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to help hit supply lines, airbases and rail networks deep behind Russia’s front lines in occupied regions of Ukraine.
But the White House has not announced a decision to provide Ukraine with the ATACMS system and the missiles were not publicly discussed when Zelenskyy visited Washington, DC on Thursday for talks with Biden, even as the US announced a new $325m military aid package for Kyiv.
The White House and the Pentagon declined to comment on the NBC report on Friday.
The Pentagon also declined to say whether any promise of ATACMS was given to Zelenskyy during his meetings on Thursday at the Department of Defense, saying: “In regards to ATACMS, we have nothing to announce.”
A date for delivery of the ATACMS was not revealed, according to NBC.
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned earlier this month that the supply of longer-range missiles to Kyiv would cross a “red line” and the US would be viewed as “a party to the conflict” in Ukraine if it did provide such weapons.
Zelenskyy did not answer directly when asked about the NBC reports on ATACMS, but he noted that the US was the biggest single supplier of weaponry to Ukraine.
“We are discussing all the different types of weapons – long-range weapons and artillery, artillery shells with the calibre of 155mm, then air defence systems,” Zelenskyy said, speaking through an interpreter.
“We have a comprehensive discussion and [we] work with the United States at different levels,” he said.
The Washington Post also reported that the US plans to provide Ukraine with a version of the ATACMS that will be armed with cluster bomblets rather than a single warhead, citing several unnamed sources familiar with the deliberations, and that can fly up to 306km (190 miles).
ATACMS is designed for “deep attack of enemy second-echelon forces”, a US Army website states, and could be used to attack command and control centres, air defences and logistics sites well behind the front line.
For Lachlan Murdoch, this moment has been a long time coming. Assuming, of course, that his moment has actually arrived.
On Thursday, his father Rupert Murdoch announced that in November he’ll step down as the head of his two media companies: News Corp. and Fox Corp. Lachlan will become the chair of News Corp. while remaining chief executive and chair at Fox Corp., the parent of Fox News Channel.
The changes make Rupert’s eldest son the undisputed leader of the media empire his father built over decades. There’s no real sign that his siblings and former rivals James and Elisabeth contested him for the top job; James in particular has distanced himself from the company and his father’s politics for several years. But Rupert, now 92, has long had a penchant for building up his oldest children only to later undermine them — and sometimes to set them against one another — often flipping the table without notice.
Given Rupert Murdoch’s advanced age, this might be his last power move. But there’s a reason the HBO drama “Succession” was often interpreted as a thinly disguised and dark satire of his family business. In Murdoch World, as in the fictional world of the Roy family, seemingly sure things can go sideways in an instant, particularly when unexpected opportunities arise.
Lachlan Murdoch has lived that first hand. Born in London, he grew up in New York City and attended Princeton, where he focused not on business, but philosophy. His bachelor’s thesis, titled “A Study of Freedom and Morality in Kant’s Practical Philosophy,” addressed those weighty topics alongside passages of Hindu scripture. The thesis closed on a line from the Bhagavad Gita referencing “the infinite spirit” and “the pure calm of infinity,” according to a 2019 article in The Intercept.
Béatrice Longuenesse, Lachlan’s thesis advisor at Princeton, confirmed the accuracy of that report via email.
After graduation, though, Lachlan plunged headlong into his father’s business, moving to Australia to work for the Murdoch newspapers that were once the core of News Corp.’s business. Many assumed he was being groomed for higher things at News Corp., and they were not wrong. Within just a few years, Lachlan was deputy CEO of the News Corp. holding company for its Australian properties; shortly thereafter, he took an executive position at News Corp. itself and was soon running the company’s television stations and print publishing operations.
Lachlan’s ascent came to an abrupt halt in 2005, when he resigned from News Corp. with no public explanation. According to Paddy Manning, an Australian journalist who last year published a biography of Lachlan Murdoch, the core problem involved two relatively minor issues on which Lachlan disagreed with Roger Ailes, who then ran Fox News.
“The real point was that Lachlan felt Rupert had backed his executives over his son,” Manning said in an interview. “So Lachlan felt, ‘If I’m not going to be supported, then what’s the point?’” Manning did not have direct access to Lachlan for his book “The Successor,” but said he spoke in depth with the people closest to his subject.
Lachlan returned to Australia, where he has often described feeling most at home, and founded an investment group that purchased a string of local radio stations among other properties.
While he was away, News Corp. entered choppy waters. The U.K. phone-hacking scandal, in which tabloid journalists at the News of the World and other Murdoch-owned publications had found a way to listen to voicemails of the British royal family, journalistic competitors and even a missing schoolgirl, had seriously damaged the company. The fracas led to resignations of several News Corp. officials, criminal charges against some, and the closure of News of the World as its finances went south.
Manning said that the damage the scandal inflicted on News Corp. — and on both Lachlan Murdoch’s father and his brother James, chief executive of News’ British newspaper group at the time — helped pull Lachlan back to the company.
“He was watching the family tear itself apart over the phone-hacking scandal,” Manning said. Lachlan was “instrumental in trying to circle the wagons and turn the guns outwards, and stop Rupert from sacking James.”
While it took more convincing, Lachlan eventually returned to the company in 2014 as co-chairman of News Corp. alongside James.
Not long afterward, Ailes was forced out of his job at Fox News following numerous credible allegations of sexual harassment.
Lachlan Murdoch has drawn criticism from media watchdogs for what many called Fox News’ increasingly conspiratorial and misinformation-promoting broadcasts. The network hit a nadir following the 2020 election when voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News for $1.6 billion, alleging that Fox knowingly promoted false conspiracy theories about the security of its voting machines.
In certain respects, though, Lachlan Murdoch’s behavior suggests some ambivalence about his role at News Corp. In 2021 he moved back to Sidney and has been mixing commuting and remote work from Australia ever since. “I think there’s a legitimate question about whether you can continue to do that and for how long” while running companies based in the U.S., Manning said.


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Psy Fi aka Miles Ross is on a nationwide rampage throwing events, playing major events and making psychedelic bass music. Whether you’ve been to his weekly party in Eureka CA, Whomp Whomp Wednesdays, cruised the burning man playa stirring up trouble and rocking dance floors or rocking out at a club in Austin TX for SXSW, if you were in attendance chances are you’ve remembered it and are highly anticipating the next event.
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Notre Dame Martinizes Canyon in Three Games
By the third game of Canyon High’s match against Notre Dame in the first round of the Southern Section Division II volleyball playoffs, the Cowboys knew what to expect of outside hitter Kathryn Martin but were powerless to stop her.
Martin had eight of her 14 kills in the final game as Notre Dame defeated the Cowboys, 15-2, 15-9, 16-14, Thursday night at Notre Dame.
The Knights will play Notre Dame Academy in the second round at a site to be determined.
Martin was Notre Dame’s most consistent hitter in the first two games, and when the Knights fell behind, 12-10, in the final game, setter Hilda Osmanian passed almost exclusively to Martin.
She responded with four kills to lead the comeback in Notre Dame’s first playoff appearance since 1991.
“We’ve had different players step up all season, other people besides Kathryn,” Notre Dame Coach Shaney Fink said. “But she played well all night.”
Notre Dame (14-3) came out with a solid defensive scheme and took advantage of Canyon’s miscues to forge a 9-1 lead.
As the Cowboys (12-3) warmed up, Notre Dame kept up the defensive intensity. Six players finished with at least three blocks. Briana Hadfield, Annie Renaud and Martin each had four blocks.

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Officials Give Widely Varying Estimates on Cost of Space Force
Defense One reports that senior Pentagon officials remain widely apart on what the Space Force will cost to set up.
Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Thursday told reporters at the Pentagon that it would cost “single digit, not a double-digit” billions of dollars. “It might be lower than $5” billion, he said.
About two hours later, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson defended her service’s far higher estimate. In September, she estimated that standing up a Space Force and a new combatant command for space warfare would cost about $13 billion over five years. (Shanahan did not specify the timeframe for his $5 billion estimate on Thursday.)
“Our cost estimate that we gave to a lot of people in the Pentagon in September was the cost of a fully-fledged, stand-alone department and also a unified combatant command,” she said at the Defense One Summit. “Whatever is put forward needs to implement the president’s proposal,” she said.
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There will continue to be wildly different estimates, because there are wildly different motivations behind the estimates. The Air Force still wants to sink the idea of a separate Service. They want the budget they have had for Space Command to continue to be under the Air Staff’s control. To do this, they want the new Service to pay for everything brand new from day one right down to brand new HQ facilities, and to have no more control over present AF rice bowls than Space Command does today, which is essentially zero. Spend a lot, and do little more than the Air Staff approves of today.
The DoD, meanwhile, wants a phased in Service that starts with SDA, and gradually takes over all present AF space activities, and their budgets, and gets some of the bases the AF has wanted to close for decades as their new HQ facilities, with minimal new equipment overhead. They will immediately begin with the new supporting procurement policies that make so many in Congress so nervous. After all, when a Space Development Agency insists on developing something in 12 months, instead of 12 years, the chances for Congress members to “suggest” subcontractors to prime contractors will shrink steeply.
Yes, “customary graft” would probably have to be added to the Endangered Species List. The smarter dinosaurs are probably – correctly – more concerned that this newfangled high-Mach-number procurement thing could escape the USSF and spread to the older parts of the DoD establishment.
Heather is closer to being correct
Certainly her Staff has more people in place who will try to make that so. Their careers depend on it.
I am not on her staff and I agree with her. there is no demonstrated need for a “space force”, it goes against the entire notion of “joint” commands and is in all respect like Trumps wall or his deployment of troops on the border…a make work for the dull project
It is not about Joint Commands, which are Combat Commands. It is about long-term sustainment of MilSpace capability that can survive conflict while still contributing its “force multiplier” effects to US armed strength. The Air Force *will*not* build that sustainable capability for MilSpace, as they have demonstrated for decades.
Any military must both fight in conflict(Joint Commands) and recruit, live, train and equip themselves in peacetime. That is why we have a separate establishment for a Navy and an Army, etc. Their Staffs must focus on spending for their recruiting, living, training, and equipping in peacetime. Since the AF Air Staff *will*not* do that for MilSpace, there should be a separate Service, with a separate Space Staff to do that job.
Your tribalism in regards Trump is not of interest.
you are making statements that are basically in error
“That is why we have a separate establishment for a Navy and an Army, etc.”
Nope we have an Army, Navy, USMC, AF, Coast Guard because each has demonstrated an offensive capability which is unique to their specific expertise…not because they are “force multipliers”
there is no evidence that the USAF has failed to maintain adequate space capabilities to accomplish its (and the other services) offensive capabilities that need space assets.
name me a single example of sustained capability that is lacking
calling Trump a headline grabber and little else is factual you chose to ignore that, that is your problem but that is in reality the centerpiece of his “situation”
“Nope we have an Army, Navy, USMC, AF, Coast Guard because each
has demonstrated an offensive capability which is unique to their
specific expertise…not because they are “force multipliers””
You again managed to ignore my point. The reason we have a separate establishment for each of these Services is because they must “recruit, live, train and equip themselves in peacetime.” Your statement is equivalent to denying that MilSpace makes makes a large contribution to conflict on here Earth. That has been demonstrated as a supremely foolish attitude over the last 30 years. To say “if you ain’t a shootin’, then you ain’t a fightin'” is as foolish as the ancient Greek poets that sneered at archers, because they did not close with the enemy, shoulder to shoulder with the armored hoplites.
MilSpace has made its contribution, so far, in a *permissive* environment, where no one tries to disable MilSpace assets. With the stand up of the PLA “Strategic Support Force” and the “Space Troops of the Russian Aerospace Force”, tasked specifically with space war, the permissive environment is ending. US MilSpace actions must then change to reflect a potentially hostile environment in Space for our MilSpace assets and their capabilities.
Since it has been demonstrated that the USAF Air Staff *will*not* pay sufficient peacetime attention to building MilSpace assets for conflict that extends into Space, then we must form a separate Service, with its own Space Staff, that *will* do so.
“name me a single example of sustained capability that is lacking”
The capabilities of US MilSpace are expressed through a few dozen operational assets that are thoroughly vulnerable to being disabled by several means. Disable 3 dozen of these assets in a few hours, and the US Navy will be very hard-pressed to survive, much less win, in the Western Pacific. This has been pointed out by PLA officers in the open literature since 2003, and they have had different ASAT systems under test since 2007. For the last 12 months those “Space Troops of the Russian Aerospace Force” have been testing sats that can closely “stalk” other nation’s satellites, by doing just that.
This can be countered, for a while, by 2 means that continue to go unfunded through the Air Staff. First, by dispersing the US MilSpace capabilities throughout a far larger number of assets, between 1 and 2 orders of magnitude more mass-produced assets, on the scale of StarLink. Second, by bringing to service a “responsive launch” capability that can bring the average replacement time for a disabled asset down from 3+ years to 72 hours.
This combination will be effective until opponents advance their own logistical capabilities, at which time we will have to move our assets farther from Earth, and build further logistical supporting lines to keep them operating even when a “responsive launch” capability can be interdicted. The Air Staff not only has been unwilling to do these things, they have, since 2003 requested “reprogramming” of funds from Space Command regularly, to help keep over 50% of their fighter squadrons combat ready, instead of going to Congress for more money.
Again, your interest in Trump is irrelevant. The vast majority of impact a US Space Force will have in the future will happen *after* January 2025, by which time Trump will fading into retirement.
the point(s) you are trying to make is absurd
first The reason we have a separate establishment for each of these Services
is because they must “recruit, live, train and equip themselves in
no matter how many times you say it,, its not accurate. At “best” to make that statement accurate after “peacetime” you need to add “in the offensive and defensive roles which are useful in term of war”
and then you cannot name a single “role” that your spaceforce would be useful in
“Disable 3 dozen of these assets in a few hours, and the US Navy will be
very hard-pressed to survive, much less win, in the Western Pacific”
and if Hitler could have bombed the US he might have won the war. the problem is that “disabling 3 dozen” of these assets is beyond the capability of any country right now, including the US. The Chinese and Russians (and us) have a limited asat capability but to disable what 36 or so satellites in a few hours, and us not retaliate likewise (which we could) is unlikely
“. First, by dispersing the US MilSpace capabilities throughout a far
larger number of assets, between 1 and 2 orders of magnitude more
mass-produced assets, on the scale of StarLink. “
only in the world of people who think Elon is on the verge of Gas and go or lowering cost to orbit by amounts where Star link is affordable…is this a problem. USAF doctrine is moving toward force distribution as well as to make sure that assured access to space on a rapid level is possible. the US is moving far far faster than any other country in the world
“”reprogramming” of funds from Space Command regularly, to help keep over
50% of their fighter squadrons combat ready, instead of going to
Congress for more money.
there is no more money, in fact less is coming
You have constantly put up false statements as reasons for doing something, that is already in large measure “in work”
the good news is that with a Dem Congress the space farce, oh sorry Force is dead.
and that is a good thing when you have something real let me know
until then you are in Trump land
” At “best” to make that statement accurate after “peacetime” you need
to add “in the offensive and defensive roles which are useful in term of
and then you cannot name a single “role” that your spaceforce would be useful in”
Do you mean you are ignorant of the recon, navigation and communications roles MilSpace has always had? Do you expect US Forces to operate anywhere near as competently without them? Oh, of course. Since that lack has not *yet* produced more body bags, you are uninterested.
This policy discussion is over Robert. You are too fascinated by the politics, and too willing to believe things won’t change, and change fast.
Do you mean you are ignorant of the recon, navigation and communications roles MilSpace has always had?|
those are not offensive roles
Space Force is dead for two years…move on

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If you want to see more of the surrounding area, you might plan a visit to SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium and Circular Quay. You might also stop by Overseas Passenger Terminal, located 1.2 mi from White Bay Cruise Terminal, or Sydney Town Hall which is 1.4 mi away.

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‘Transported’ by OLSEN artist Stephen Bird (alongside Rodger Law) open next week at The Scottish Gallery.
Transported features work from Roger Law and Stephen Bird; spanning three continents and bringing together two very different visions of the world. All the work has been shipped from both China and Australia to be showcased in Edinburgh together for the first time.
TRANSPORTED | Roger Law & Stephen Bird
30 November – 23 December 2016
Private View Tuesday 29 November 6:30 – 8:30pm
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Experts search for cold-tolerant salvinia weevils
BATON ROUGE – Unusually cold temperatures in north Louisiana parishes are expected to have killed 90 percent of the salvinia weevils used to combat the invasive aquatic plant giant salvinia, which is clogging waterways across Louisiana, according to LSU AgCenter weed scientist Dearl Sanders.
That has Sanders and fellow scientists Seth Johnson and Stephen Micinski, along with experts from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, searching for weevils that can survive the winter in north Louisiana as they do in the southern parishes.
“We know that all of the weevils that are in the United States came into this country through the quarantine system in Mission, Texas, and they probably were selected out for heat-tolerant weevils,” Sanders said.
That has worked well for the giant salvinia control efforts in southern Louisiana, said LSU AgCenter entomologist Seth Johnson. But in northern Louisiana, cold tolerance is needed.
“In south Louisiana, the salvinia weevil is what you might call a ‘silver bullet,’” Johnson said. “The giant salvinia plant isn’t totally gone, but its presence seems to be just enough to support the weevils that are controlling it.”
Johnson said his main role in the current project that began in January is to search for weevils that are more adapted to the northern part of the state.
The weevils reproduce rapidly, which is great for this project, he said.
“We’ve used the one nursery site in southern Louisiana for the distribution of weevils all over the state,” Johnson said. “So we’ll probably need to establish a nursery in north Louisiana and follow the same model.”
LSU AgCenter researcher Stephen Micinski, who works at the Red River Research Station in Bossier Parish, said he has found some weevils that survived the winter in Shreveport’s Cross Lake, and some also have been found in Texas.
The LSU AgCenter has been involved in the giant salvinia eradication program since the weed was found at Toledo Bend in 1999. Since this invasive species was first identified, Sanders and a team of experts have been looking for ways to control it.
LSU AgCenter Associate Vice Chancellor Rogers Leonard said Louisiana is fortunate to have a team of scientists with expertise to evaluate and recommend a range of management strategies.
“Collaborative research and outreach efforts from several agencies will be necessary to reduce the impact of this invasive species in Louisiana’s waterways,” Leonard said. “The weevil is just one example of a sustainable and environmentally friendly control measure. We are hopeful that as Louisiana scientists are provided more opportunities to expand research, the current system of using the weevil can be improved.”
The initial estimate of the infestation was about 400 acres in 1999, but the number quickly escalated to more than 70,000 acres in 20 Louisiana lakes by 2010.
By 2009, scientists with the LSU AgCenter and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries were combining their efforts in an attempt to control giant salvinia with the salvinia weevil.
LDWF Secretary Robert Barham said controlling giant salvinia in south Louisiana has been successful, but the results in northern Louisiana have him concerned.
“Not only is giant salvinia endangering the ecology of our lakes, it’s also threatening the economies of lakeside communities that depend on fishing, boating and tourism,” Barham said.
It is important to find ways to introduce cold-tolerant weevils into the waterbodies of northern Louisiana, he said.
“It is our hope that focusing weevil research and development in this direction will provide an effective, efficient giant salvinia control measure for all lakes in north Louisiana,” explained Barham. “We also want to encourage concerned anglers and other resource users to assist in our control efforts by inspecting and cleaning their boats, trailers, Jet Ski intakes and other equipment of all aquatic vegetation before leaving an infected area.”
Sanders said giant salvinia is native to Brazil and had spread to many areas of the world in the 1950s and 1960s.
“The weed came here as part of the water garden trade,” Sanders said. Once people realized the weed was taking over their ponds, some pulled it up and threw it in ditches, and it ended up in the waterways.


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Book Oxford Reading Tree Word Sparks: Level 6: Mildred's New Job / Steven Butler ; illustrated by Felicity Sheldon.
Publication year: 2020
Edition: 1 edition.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 0198496125 9780198496120 :
Oxford University Press. Mildred, the ball, doesn't like being a dog's toy and tries to find a new job, but things don't turn out as she expects. Using the world's largest known database of writing for and by children, our experts have defined 300 ambitious words to help children succeed at school. We've combined these with fully-decodable books that help you match your phonics teaching and practice, while inspiring and engaging your young readers. Specially developed to enhance children's vocabulary alongside their decoding skills, these books are perfect for sharing.
Series title: Oxford Reading Tree Word Sparks
24 pages ; 22 cm

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Posted by Franz von Habsburg on Monday, July 4, 2011,
Obituary of Otto Habsburg (1912-2011)
Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, son of the last Austrian Emperor Karl and his wife, Empress Zita, passed away on July 4, 2011.
We sadly announce the passing of a great European: Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, born 1912 in Reichenau, Lower Austria, died 4 July 2011. Otto Habsburg-Lothringen was a Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1999 and a President of the International Pan-Europe Movement for more than 30 years.
Posted by Franz von Habsburg on Friday, May 13, 2011,
Archduchess Regina von Habsburg, who died on February 3 aged 85, was the wife of Dr Otto von Habsburg – formerly Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and latterly a highly respected member of the European parliament; had history taken a different turn, she would have been Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary.
Christened Regina Helene Elisabeth Margarete, she was born in Würzburg, Germany, on January 6 1925, the youngest of four daughters of Prince Georg, the titular Duke Georg II...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Charlie Gerow, a longtime conservative activist, said he will run for governor of Pennsylvania, formally joining the field of candidates vying for the Republican Party’s nomination next year.
Gerow, 66, runs a communications and marketing firm in Harrisburg, is vice chairman of the American Conservative Union and is a rank-and-file state party committee member. He is also known to Sunday morning television audiences in central Pennsylvania for appearing for more than two decades on “Face the State,” a public affairs show on the local CBS affiliate.READ MORE: Lou Barletta To Enter Pennsylvania’s GOP Stakes For Governor
Gerow said he will formally announce his campaign on Thursday at a volunteer firehouse in Cumberland County.
Gerow has appeared on the GOP’s event circuit in recent months, speaking to audiences as a potential candidate. This would be Gerow’s first statewide campaign after running unsuccessfully for Congress and the state Legislature in the past.
The governor’s office is open in 2023 since Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, is term-limited.
To succeed him, Democrats are coalescing around Pennsylvania’s second-term Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who has said he expects to run for governor, but has yet to formally announce his candidacy.
On the Republican side, already declared is Lou Barletta, the former four-term congressman who was the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 before he lost to Democrat Bob Casey.
Other Republicans who have said they are interested in running include U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, Bill McSwain, a former chief federal prosecutor in Philadelphia, and state Sens. Dan Laughlin, Scott Martin and Doug Mastriano.
Several others are declared candidates: Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale, Pittsburgh lawyer Jason Richey and Dr. Nche Zama, a cardiothoracic surgeon.
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Lexus makes a posh compact SUV but forgets to make it drive well.
C-HR handles well and looks quirky, but hybrid and infotainment systems let the package down
The Subaru XV can manage more than many of its competitors off-road, but it's let down by its engine and gearbox
Go ahead if you like the look of it. If you don't, endless rivals are about as good


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African Risk Capacity (ARC) Chairperson, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina at the High-Level Panel during the Bank’s 53rd Annual Meetings underway in Busan, Korea, on Wednesday
L-R: Managing Director/CEO, GEOPLAX, Engr. Wole Ogunsanya; General Manager, Corporate Business, Sterling Bank, Gboyega Adegun; Chief Executive Officer, Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, Ranti Omole; Managing Director, Sterling Bank, Yemi Adeola and Executive Director, Corporate and Investment Sterling Bank, Kayode Lawal, during the 2017 PETAN oil industry dinner and award held at Oriental Hotel, Lagos…recently […]
During The Launching Of Big Brother Naija- Season 3, Which Heritage Bank Is One Of The Lead Sponsors, At Weekend In Lagos.
L-R: John Ugbe, Managing Director, Multichoice Nigeria; Segun Ogunleye, Senior Brands Manager, Pepsi; Fela Ibidapo, Group Head, Corporate Communications, Heritage Bank and Martin Mabutho, General Manager, Marketing & Sales, Multichoice Nigeria, during the launching of Big Brother Naija- Season 3, which Heritage Bank is one of the lead sponsors, at weekend in Lagos. Spread the […]
At The Flag-Off The Lagos & South West Directorate Digital Banking Campaign Held At The Bank’s Head Office In Lagos On Monday
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2012 in memoriam: who we'll miss the most from 2012 are those cherished celebrities and beloved famous people who passed away during the year 2012. These actors, musicians, politicians, athletes, historical figures and other notable people each were taken from this world during the year but will be remembered fondly.Sadly, some of the most tragic 2012 celebr...
List of celebrities charged with homicide, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. It may surprise you to learn that several celebrities have been charged with varying degrees of homicide. Famous actors, actresses, musicians, and athletes have all been charged with homicide. Some of these celebs were acquitted, some pled guilty to a lesser charge, and others ...
Johnny Lewis Dead: 'Sons of Anarchy' Actor Suspected of Murder: Did Synthetic Drug Make Him Crazy?
Mind Party with Johnny Lewis
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(COURTESY OF SLOGGER) Najaf, Jun 10, (VOI)- Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr visited, on Sunday night, top Shiite cleric ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in his office in Najaf and both discussed the latest security and political developments in Iraq, a source from Sistani’s office said.
“Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr visited, today at 9:30 pm, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and both leaders discussed the political and security situation in the country,” the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source gave no further details. Sadr’s visit to Sistani today is the first since the young Shiite cleric Sadr resurfaced two weeks ago.
Earlier on Sunday, the Shiite cleric Sadr called in a statement upon Turkey to solve all problems with Iraq peacefully. “Though Iraqi cities and territories are seen by many as lacking sovereignty because of the occupation, this should not be taken as a pretext to attack and shell cities and villages inside Iraq,” Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
Reminded of the Turkish stand on the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Sadr said “one day, we were pleased to hear that Turkey rejected the attack and occupation of Iraq. We were even more pleased when Turkey demanded a timetable for the pullout of the occupation from Iraq.” Sadr described Turkey’s stand on not backing up attacks on Iraq as a move to support the Iraqi people and not the former regime.
The Shiite cleric, who rejected the shellings, called on the Turkish nation to stop sedition between the two Muslim nations. “The Kurdish people are an indivisible part of the Iraqi population and it is our duty to defend them. Turks are also our friends whose sovereignty, security and territories should be respected,” Sadr said in the statement.
Sadr expressed readiness to settle problems peacefully, among all sides, for the good of both nations. On Saturday, local residents said Turkish artillery had shelled the border villages of Dishish and Bidohi inside the Iraqi territories.
Accordingly, Iraq’s foreign ministry summoned the Turkish envoy to Baghdad and gave him a letter protesting the shelling.


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Series- Pointe Hope Series Book # 1
Publication Date- August 31, 2013
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Mylie Mier’s life is overshadowed by tragedy and heartbreak.
She refuses to settle for Mr. Right Now and is holding out for her happily ever after. Then she meets Damien James.
Arriving in Pointe Hope was the pinnacle of Damien James’ success.
He finally had everything he worked so hard for and life is going as planned–until he catches a predator attempting to defile a helpless victim. Mylie enters his life with the all the subtleness of a freight train.
Their connection is instantaneous but Damien is jaded and refuses to acknowledge his attraction. Though mesmerized, Mylie quickly realizes that her savior is a pretentious jerk. They fight their obvious connection, and Damien inadvertently pushes Mylie right into the arms of a sociopath.
Will Mylie live to see her happily ever after or will Damien’s callousness force her to be destined to a life that is wrecked?
I enjoyed reading Wrecked….I read a majority of it in one night – I was that hooked. The story was twisted and unique which made it very interesting. Mylie is a college student studying to become a law professor and waiting for Mr. Right. Damien is a law professor who believes he can’t love after being hurt by his last girlfriend. Mylie lives in her grandparents house with her younger brother and has for the last seventeen years after seeing their parents die in a car accident. Damien saves Mylie from being raped and then makes one stupid comment or does something stupid and ends up pushing her into the arms of a psychopath. They both admit to themselves that the love the other but can’t admit it to each other….although EVERYONE sees it! Can Damien save Mylie from the psychopath in time? Will they ever admit to one another that they love the other one??
The only thing I did not like about this book was that there were times when I couldn’t figure out who was talking because there were too many characters involved and no “so and so said….” or “….said so and so” . Other than that I really enjoyed this book (after getting past the normal ARC editing mistakes LOL) One of the main reasons I enjoyed this book was because of the fact that it was so twisted and not your typical romance! For a debut novel H.P. Landry did an amazing job!
***ARC received in exchange for honest review***
About the Author:
H.P. Landry is the author of the Pointe Hope Series: the gripping New Adult Romance series that allows you to experience tragedy and heartbreak as it follows the small town and their troubling lives in finding love.
H.P. Landry on her off time is the Family Director of her own version of a chaotic Brady-like family with her two children, and her partner’s two children. She began writing at a very young age that turned into obsession as an adult. The creative writer has been inspired by family and friends to write her compelling stories.
I was Broken- Marcus Foster
Love Will Take you- Angus & Julia Stone
Dark Paradise- Lana Del Rey
Turning Tables- Adele
Cosmic Love- Florence and the Machine
Alone Again- Alyssa Reid
You and Me- Lifehouse
Make you feel my love- Adele
Safe & Sound- Taylor Swift
Don’t want you back… (Eamon)
Too Close- Alex Clare
Stop and Stare- One republic
I never said I love you- Michael Schulte
When you say nothing at all- Ronan Keating
Don’t you remember- Adele
Every rose has a thorn- Poison

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Annual Civil War Trust Conference
Our 2012 Annual Conference was a success!
Thank you to all who attended our 2012 Civil War Trust Annual Conference at some of America's great Civil War battlefields in Richmond.
Our Seven Days' Battle Resources
Additional Civil War Sites of InterestFor those of you extending your stay in Richmond here are some options you may wish to consider:
The White House and Museum of the Confederacy
They are graciously opening their doors for free to any conference attendees, just show your nametag and they’ll be happy to provide you a ticket! They also have a newly opened museum out at Appomattox. Their website is: www.moc.org.
For those of you that won’t have extra time to visit the museum and won’t be on one of the tours that stop there, we are offering a shuttle to the museum on Thursday, June 7. The shuttle will depart the Omni at 9:30 am and at 11:00 am. Each shuttle will accommodate 25 people. Please see the Civil War Trust registration table for additional information.
Stuart’s Ride Commemoration Event
For all ages. It’s the 150th anniversary of Stuart’s Ride around McClellan’s Federal Army! Experience the meeting between Generals Lee and Stuart that led up to the Seven Days Battles. Enjoy living history, a re-creation of the meeting, and take part in a question and answer time with Lee and Stuart interpreters. Period music, children’s activities, Civil War re-enactors, and tours also provided.
Sun, June 10, noon-4 p.m.
Dabbs House Museum: Free.
Additional places of interest:
Richmond National Battlefield Park: www.nps.gov/rich
American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar: www.tredegar.org
Richmond Convention and Visitor Bureau: www.visitrichmondva.com
Hollywood Cemetery: www.hollywoodcemetery.org
Virginia Historical Society: www.vahistorical.org
Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier: www.pamplinpark.org
Petersburg National Battlefield: www.nps.gov/pete