It seems as though the Wi-Fi doesn't stay connected after I lock the screen. When I turn it on from sleep, I look at the network icons and see that it's connected to 3G. After a second or two, it then connects to the Wi-Fi immediately. I thought it should be connected to the Wi-Fi at all times, even when sleep. This would save me a lot of battery life as I don't have great reception here. Does this happen to anyone else?


Council’s call for Parkdale Train Station heritage protection refused
Published on 16 September 2022
Kingston Council’s call for heritage protection for the historic Parkdale Train Station buildings has been refused by the Victorian Government’s Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
Kingston Mayor Steve Staikos said Council was deeply disappointed by the decision that leaves the important focal point of the Parkdale village unprotected.
“With the Level Crossing removal works imminent, Council had hoped to have a Heritage Overlay put in place to protect important historic buildings and irreplaceable trees at Parkdale Station,” Cr Staikos said.
An expert heritage assessment of Parkdale Train Station, which opened in 1919, found the station had heritage value because it is the last of the ‘Parkdale-style’ station buildings; design and planning of the original station is still evident; and contributing landscaping remains - including the Canary Island palms.
Council had applied to the Victorian Minister for Planning in April 2022 for permission to begin the process to add a Heritage Overlay to the Kingston Planning Scheme, but this process has been refused.
Cr Staikos said Council had developed enhanced plans for the Mentone-Parkdale Level Crossing Removal Project that would secure improved community spaces and retain key elements of Parkdale’s character including the heritage station buildings.
“Council’s plan was developed in partnership with the community and offered a solution that did not compromise the delivery of the Level Crossing Removal, or the building of the new station, but allowed the community to keep some if its important history.”
Melaleuca Ward Councillor Tim Cochrane said the community had shown strong support for preserving the heritage buildings and relocating them close to their current site.
“In a community survey on the project more than 60% supported Council’s request for the Victorian Government to preserve and relocate the heritage station buildings,” Cr Cochrane said.
“Our community is already deeply concerned about the impact that the Level Crossing Removal works will have on the village atmosphere of Parkdale. This decision is deeply troubling, and casts further doubt on whether Parkdale’s unique character will be taken into consideration during this major project,” Cr Cochrane said.
“The Level Crossing Removal Project has a responsibility to be aware and respond to local character, particularly in such a sensitive location as Parkdale.”


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The Problem with the "not caring" contingent is that many claim not to care UNTIL you try to be yourself. Then they care VERY MUCH. "I don't care if you're straight or gay or trans UNTIL YOU MAKE ME AWARE OF IT!" They're happy to ignore, but not to include. It may seem like a small distinction to a straight person, but to LGBTQ folks it can be everything.Okay, but speaking as a straight man within the straight community, most are becoming to accept the gay community. IMO, the way to win over the rest is not to be “in your face”. That doesn’t mean hide your sexualism, it just means slow down on the confrontation. It’s a new(er) thing to be open, and confrontation is not the way to win people over imo.
As a conservative straight man, I have stated my views. I’m sorry if you cannot accept them. I honestly think the gay community would be better received without the drama.
Very few care anymore. That in and of it
Also, as a Bi woman, I use Queer as a self identifier. I respect that it's a too triggering for some, but I like it as an umbrella term.

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Pasadena Prepares Potential Action Against Profane Public Commenters
By John Orona
During a meeting in which the Pasadena City Council promoted fundraising for civic and patriotic institutions, City Hall was grounds for its own messy civics exercise in how far free speech reaches after two speakers continually used profane and offensive language during public comment periods.
The two speakers, identified as Mr. Herman and William Goat on speaker cards, were also at last week’s City Council meeting, where they called Councilmember Steve Madison a “pencil neck” and referred to Councilmember Victor Gordo as “El Gordo,” Spanish for fat.
Mayor Terry Tornek opened this week’s public comment period by reading from a prepared statement on civility at council meetings.
“We have rules of decorum and expect that speakers will abide by them and ask that we all treat each other with respect and dignity,” Tornek read. “However, consistent with the First Amendment, we cannot require that speakers refrain from using words that others of us might find offensive,” Tornek said. “Please don’t hesitate to leave the room if you become offended.”
A public speaker in the audience did appear to get offended at one point, standing up, waving her arms and shaking her head at the council after Mr. Herman repeatedly used a homophobic slur to refer to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
The pair made comments on nearly every agenda item but their remarks during an adopted ordinance that would waive facility fees for organizations determined to be civic or patriotic prompted several councilmembers to seek remedy from the city attorney after they used the N-word, homophobic and racist slurs, and suggested the Klu Klux Klan would be welcome in Pasadena under the ordinance.
Madison, who began the meeting by affirming the sanctity of the council and said, “there is a line past which one cannot cross in this sacred chamber,” by the end of the night determined that “the problem is the record may not reflect that these guys are mentally unstable cretins.”
William Goat, a man with long white hair and a goat puppet on his hand, questioned whether city officials had the right to determine what constitutes a civic or patriotic organization without discrimination. The city was sued in a First Amendment case last year after the Pasadena Republican Club claimed its free speech was violated when the club’s event was cancelled, allegedly due to their religious views on same-sex marriage.
Gordo and other councilmembers asked City Attorney Michele Bagneris to look into what can be done about the two citizens’ decorum.
“We have individuals at our council meetings who are showing up and using words that I personally find offensive,” Gordo said. “Now the First Amendment is one thing — and it’s important and we should always defend it — but some of this language is intended to incite and I’d like to understand from the city attorney at what point the line has been crossed.”


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British glory guaranteed – as champion spectators
Murray's march to the final sets up an epic summer of sport but home success fails to boost participation, says Glenn Moore
There would seem something deranged about sitting in the pouring rain watching a sporting event whose participants' faces cannot be seen and which can be followed much more comprehensively, not to say comfortably, in your own home. But enough about Silverstone, where at least the drivers' cars at the BRitish Grand Prix can be seen by the naked eye. The Henman Hill phenomenon is odder still, thousands of people watching a giant TV screen showing an event which is tantalising near, but not actually visible. And paying for the privilege.
The £8 ground entry was, however, cheap at the price for the 3,500 packed on the Aorangi Terrace yesterday. This, they hoped, was to be one of those priceless once-in-a-lifetime "I was there" moments. You did not have to know your double-handed backhand from your topspin slice to enjoy the sense of occasion as Andy Murray aimed at one of most enduring quests of British sport.
So they had come in their macs and wellies, armed with picnic bags and umbrellas, Prosecco and cheese sarnies, to be part of it. They willed on the gauche Scotsman as he faced the master magician of the lawns as if by their very presence they could help him into history. The skies opened before, during and after the match and their cagoules were doused each time, but not their enthusiasm.
It was all to no avail. Murray lost, albeit bravely and gallantly, but those who have invested this Jubilympic year in Union Jack-themed hats, raincoats, umbrellas, flags and sunglasses will continue to get good value (except perhaps, from the sunglasses). Murray's defeat is just a stumble amid a marathon summer of British sport on these shores and beyond.
The day after Murray became the first Brit to reach the men's final since 1938 Bradley Wiggins became the first to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France since 2000, underlining his chances of becoming first cross-Channel winner of our neighbours' national obsession. His British-based team had already picked up stage success through Manxman world champion and Olympic favourite Mark Cavendish. Later on Saturday England's cricketers, already No 1 in the Test and T20 rankings, took a series-winning 3-0 lead in Durham against the ODI No 1s Australia.
Wiggins now heads for Paris, still in yellow, but next week the spotlight will divert to the Lancashire links. There Englishmen Luke Donald, Lee Westwood (groin injury permitting) and Justin Rose, all top-10 ranked, will seek to emulate last year's winner Darren Clarke and lift the Claret Jug thus becoming the first Open champion since Nick Faldo two decades ago. Should they fail, Clarke's compatriots, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell, may find glory on the 18th.
These events, big as they are, are just a warm-up for the global jamboree taking place at Stratford at the end of the month. Boosted by significant lottery funding over the last decade Team GB are targeting fourth place in the Olympic medal table, but could well edge above Russia to finish third behind only the United States and China, the best performance since 1908.
Add the England football team, which will rise to No 3 in the world next month – implausible, but they have lost once in 16 matches, the respectable performances of UK rugby XVs on their southern hemisphere tours, the revival in British boxing with belts held by Carl Froch, Nathan Cleverly, Amir Khan, and Ricky Burns, two Formula One champions in four years, and several world champions in lesser known disciplines such as taekwondo's Olympic exile Aaron Cook, the sporting landscape is in excellent shape.
There should also be much more to celebrate this decade. Britain hosts the world cups of rugby league (2013), rugby union (2015) and cricket (2019), plus the Commonwealth Games (2014) and athletics world championship (2017).
But the big question is whether all this activity and success will translate into a fitter nation, or merely spawn a generation of couch potatoes and pub-viewers? The natural response to watching Murray or Wiggins ought to be a desire to grab a tennis racket or get on a bike. Increasingly it means either changing channels to see what else we are winning or, at best, camping out in the rain to watch the event.
Recent Sport England surveys reveal the percentage of 16-25-year-olds playing sport has declined since the Olympics were awarded to London in 2005. No Olympic host has produced an increase in sports participation and with government investment in school sports being cut that seems unlikely to change. The Lawn Tennis Association expects courts to get busier in the wake of Murray's run to the Wimbledon final, and points to an 11 per cent rise in adults playing weekly over the last six months, but it has had £500,000 of Sport England funding cut for losing 10 per cent of its participants since 2006.
The British (and Irish) are one of the great sports-watching peoples. Thousands travel to watch the islands' football, cricket and rugby teams. Nowhere else can sustain four professional football divisions while Sky TV's success has been driven by its sports channels. Increasingly it seems we are a nation of great individual sportspeople, and a mass of eager sports-watchers, but not actually a sporty nation. We have enough passion, perseverance and fortitude to watch Andy Murray, even in the rain, but not enough to emulate him, even in the park.
Rule Britannia: Oh well, there's always...
England have led the Test rankings for almost a year and face No 2 side South Africa this summer. They also lead the T20 rankings, ahead of defending their world title later this year. England secured the one-day series against Australia with a game to spare after an eight-wicket victory on Saturday – their ninth one-day win in row. England's women are also the current holders of the World Cup
Players from the British Isles occupy the top three spots in the world rankings – England's Luke Donald and Lee Westwood sandwiching Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy.
Fellow Ulsterman Darren Clarke defends his Open title at Lytham St Annes next week.
Great Britain is expected to dominate proceedings again at the Olympics, after their success in Beijing, and Bradley Wiggins became only the fifth Briton to lead the Tour de France at the weekend.
Rebecca Adlington, Hannah Miley and Keri-Anne Payne are tipped to do well at the Olympics.
Ben Ainslie is likely to win a fourth gold in London.
James Willstrop and Nick Matthew top the world rankings.
England are, amazingly, set to move into third in the world rankings, while Chelsea won the Champions League.
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Panic Saturday: 13 million Britons spend £1.2bn – while 13 million others across the country live in poverty unable to afford food
BBC director Danny Cohen: Rising UK antisemitism makes me feel more uncomfortable than ever

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PREVIEW: Thailand central bank seen holding rate this year to keep financial stability
By Pornbaworn Jirapatwong
BANGKOK, NNA – Thailand’s central bank is likely to keep its key policy rate unchanged at its next meeting on Wednesday, and possibly for the rest of 2019, as the cost of easing outweighs the benefit amid rising household debt and slowing growth, economists said.
The Bank of Thailand will review its accommodative-to-neutral policy stance on June 26 after standing pat at the previous three meetings.
The bank conducted its first rate hike in seven years in December to keep excess borrowing from hurting the financial system, raising the repo rate to 1.75 percent from 1.5 percent. The move was also meant to create space for future easing if global demand slowed further.
Economic growth is below 3 percent and inflation is just above 1 percent, which would justify credit easing.
However, growing household debt, which stood at 12.8 trillion baht, or 78.6 percent of the country’s GDP, in the final quarter of 2018, will keep the central bank from cutting the benchmark rate for now, economists said.
“We expect the central bank to keep its benchmark policy rate steady for 2019, as an unstable financial system would weigh on sluggish growth,” according to a report by Kasikorn Research Center to be published this week.
Lowering interest rates could encourage more risky borrowing and search-for-yield behavior, it said.
Economists at both Bank of Ayudhya and TMB Analytics also forecast the Bank of Thailand would keep its benchmark rate steady throughout the year, citing concerns over credit quality from rising debt.
“The current policy rate is already low. Reducing it will only increase the risk in the financial market,” said a senior economist at Bank of Ayudhya. The 1.75 percent rate was just half a point above the record low in Thailand.
The central bank could tighten without causing a recession, should the risk of financial instability arise, but economists said tightening would be unlikely given that growth is slowing and inflation is tame.
“Intensified by global and domestic uncertainties, the weaker growth outlook and muted inflation will take hikes off the table for the next 12 months,” Bank of Ayudhya wrote in a research note published last month.
Thailand’s total non-performing consumer loans rose 9 percent from a year earlier to 126.4 billion baht ($4 billion) in the January-March quarter, the highest level in more than three years, according to central bank data.
Inflation has remained subdued and is likely to average at the lower end of the central bank's 1 to 4 percent target this year, said economists.
The consumer price index rose 0.92 percent in the first five months of 2019 from the same period last year, while core inflation, excluding volatile food and energy items, gained 0.60 percent.
Thailand’s export-led economy posted the weakest growth in more than four years in the first quarter of 2019, up 2.8 percent year on year, hurt by a drop in exports and business investment, prompting the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council to cut its annual GDP growth forecast from a range of 3.5 to 4.5 percent to a range of 3.3 to 3.8 percent.
In a similar move, the central bank revised down its economic growth forecast for 2019 from 4 percent to 3.8 percent in its quarterly report released in March. Most economists forecast the central bank will lower its outlook again at the June 26 meeting.
Exports accounted for 68.2 percent of Thailand’s GDP in 2017, according to data from the World Bank. In a sharp contrast, about 60 percent of growth in many industrialized economies comes from consumer spending.


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HIGH school musical star Olesya Rulin has welcomed her first child with husband Joseph Noel Pauline.
The 36-year-old actress, who played Kelsi Nielsen in the iconic Disney Channel film series, has shared the exciting baby news with a sweet video.
Olesya had been keeping fans up to date on her pregnancy with baby bump photos for the past few months.
On Tuesday, she announced that the time had finally come and her little girl was here.
Along with an adorable video of the little one curled up and asleep, she wrote: “Thank you for choosing @joeypauline and me as your parents.
“You have an army from a family that has been waiting for you.
“Thank you for all the life lessons that have brought us to a place where we can welcome you with love in our hearts, peace in our minds and gratitude in our souls.”
She shared that her newborn daughter Ondine is named Michelle Pauline.
Drew Seeley, who provided most of the vocals for Zac Efron’s character Troy in the first film in the DCOM franchise, commented, “Yay!!!! So happy for you all. Congratulations!”
Olesya announced her pregnancy in March with a photo of herself in a white tank top pulled up and jeans opened to reveal her baby bump.
“COMING SOON 2022,” the Disney alum captioned the shot.
Olesya married her husband Joseph in 2021 and revealed the news with a sweet but simple Instagram post.
In December, she shared black and white photos of the couple, who were all smiling at their ceremony.
The caption simply included the date the two got married, “11/11/21.”
Olesya played Kelsi – the cap-wearing, piano-playing student and composer for East High’s musicals – in the popular Disney Channel film series High School Musical.
She played alongside fellow cast members Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman in the film series.
The first strip premiered in 2006, the second the following year, and High School Musical 3: Senior Year hit theaters in 2008.
From 2015-2016, Olesya Calista played Secor in the TV series Powers, while in her most recent television work she played Zasha Gagarin in NCIS: Los Angeles and Danielle Bloomfield in The Rookie.
When not on screen, Olesya has turned to writing and is the author of Hounds of Love, a collection of poems that “takes readers on a journey of raw love and, of course, heartache.”
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5963889/olesya-rulin-high-school-musical-baby-birth-husband/ High school musical star Olesya Rulin gives birth to her first child and reveals the baby’s gender and unique name

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Prepare to make the jump to light speed!
For those of you living under giant rocks, Disney had its annual D23 event over the weekend. This event is pretty much Comic Con but if you listen very closely you can hear people being asked if “they would like to build a snowman”, over and over and over again. D23 is a magical experience that I hope to enjoy someday, but until then I will have to settle for reading it online and regurgitating it here.
Major movie announcements flooded D23 with the highlights being: The Incredibles 2, Finding Dory, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men tell no Tales and of course the “it would be stupid-dumb if we didn’t do this” Frozen 2. Other highlights included photos from Star Wars: Rogue One, a Darth Vader themed PS4 and two full on themed Star Wars Disney Parks! So actually, D23 was exactly like Comic Con but with more Star Wars.
The proposed parks are said to be 14 acres with full-on Star Wars themed restaurants, shops and of course, rides. Even teasing a ride where you get to pilot the Millennium Falcon! This makes me very excited, to say the least.

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LINCOLN – Bill Gates announced that he will donate $50 million to help fund research to hopefully find a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
In Nebraska, a new website is giving caregivers the help they need to take care of people with Alzheimer’s.
According to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, 33,000 people in Nebraska have Alzheimer’s or a related dementia disease.
But that number is expected to grow, which is why Nebraska wants to provide help now, rather than later.
10/11’s Andy Vipond has the story.


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Four officials from the city of Dunlap stood in front of the Gaddy house Tuesday morning for eight minutes, waiting to be allowed in for an inspection
The refusal of Thomas and Carol Gaddy to yield to a judge’s order that they consent to a search brings them under the threat of jail under civil contempt in their cause in the county chancery court.
By David Tulis / Noogaradio 1240 AM 101.1 FM
City attorney Stephen Greer paced about with inspectors Earl Geary and Bill Dennis representing the city. Mr. Greer chatted with police chief Clint Huth who stood with the three men before the group departed at 1:10 p.m.
Nearby were three Gaddy supporters, including Ruth Ann Wilson of Dayton and a couple, Rodney and Jennifer Edmonds, of Dayton, all devout and patriotic Christians.
Mrs. Gaddy had appeared at Mr. Greer’s office that morning and she had said she would not open the gate to allow an inspection. But “we came down here to give them the benefit of the doubt,” Mr. Greer said.
This reporter arrived on the scene a minute after the city people. Two minutes later, the party indicated it was ready to shove off. I suggested, however, that the 15-minute rule might be observed to show grace and good faith, a real desire to meet with the other party. What if Mrs. Gaddy had been caught in traffic, I supposed, or had had a flat tire returning from Chattanooga?
I was only half right. The group stayed eight minutes at the chain link gate and its rollers before departing.
Not in wrong court, lawyer says
I asked Mr. Greer if the city is bound by the charter that says issues and disputes arising under the ordinance have to be heard in city court. In 2015 he filed city claims in Sequatchie County chancery court.
Mr. Greer said no such provision exists in the charter. Google Dunlap city charter and look up the official PDF, I said.
Mr. Greer said, however, that chancery has jurisdiction. This claim implies a loose rather than a strict reading of the charter, a permissive reading. Yes, chancery would have jurisdiction absent a state law giving direction to the contrary. But the charter is the state’s law for the city, and says “all” issues arising under ordinance are heard in city court, the existence of chancery notwithstanding.
The Gaddy house is called “a dangerous building” under ordinance No. 88.
After this statement, Mr. Greer refused further comment. “I try my cases in the court, and not on the radio, man, I told you that,” he said.
The officials were here for eight minutes but did not do anything to aggressively pursue their claims by use of wire cutters or other machinery. Mrs. Gaddy arrived two minutes after they had departed.
‘Hope it all gets resolved’
In an interview a few minutes prior to the visit, Mayor Dwain Land said he hopes the controversy will come to an end with nobody dissatisfied. “The chancellor had ordered an inspection for today at 1 p.m. and I just hope she complies and we can move on with this.” Asked what inspectors are looking for, “Just updates on what she had done to the house *** over a couple of years, yessir,” he said.
Is probable cause needed for a search, one based on a sworn criminal warrant? asks a reporter. He demurred, referring the question to the city attorney. What are inspectors looking for? “I don’t really get involved with the day-to-day operations” part of city government, he said. The best outcome? “Mainly that she would comply with the judge and the city code enforcers, yessir. *** I hope that it all gets resolved.”
The Chattanooga attorney John Wolfe says any demand of a state actor to enter onto private property must be premised on probable cause of a crime having been committed. The treatment of the Gaddys appears to violate equal protection rules under due process. “Why isn’t this person being treated just like everybody else? Why are they different? What justifies the government singularly intruding upon them?” he says.
“They should resist, they should go to court and fight it and try to get an injunction,“ he says.
Probable cause is averred under oath. There is no civil authority to conduct a search, he indicates. No city has administrative authority to conduct what is effectively a criminal search.
“I just think it’s overstepping boundaries by local government that we should all be concerned with,” said Mrs. Edmonds, a Dayton, Tenn., mother of six children. “It’s very scary that this can happen to someone, that they can be imprisoned indefinitely until they give in to tyranny.”
Mrs. Gaddy said that she caught police chief Huth and asked if the city intends to break through the gate to get onto the property. He said no, she said. He told her Mr. Greer and the inspectors were “just doing their due diligence” in making an appearance, even though they’d been notified in writing the Gaddys would not be there and do not give consent.
The Gaddys are acting without benefit of counsel, and have been working under disadvantage. An appellate court opinion entered Jan. 17 in Nashville says the Gattys prematurely filed a petition for stay of jail for contempt. “However, the Dec. 27th, 2016, order does not hold the appellants in contempt or enter punishment. The order merely states the appellants may be held in contempt if they fail to comply with the order.”

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Students weigh in on schools of the future
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Students drove the conversation Tuesday night about what they want their new schools to look and feel like, in the third in a series of public workshops aimed at helping the city build facilities where youth feel safe and supported.
Suggestions ranged from providing the basics — clean, well-lit buildings with bathrooms that function — to the ideal: communal spaces where students can collaborate.
Sponsored by Mayor Jorge Elorza and a half-dozen youth groups, more than 100 students, parents and elected officials gathered at the Providence Career and Technical Academy (PCTA), a $90-million vocational school, to talk about the future of school facilities in Providence.
Elorza has promised to spend as much as $400 million to renovate the district's aging school buildings, which are plagued by leaking roofs, inadequate heat and poor air quality. In addition, many elementary schools lack playgrounds.
"We can only do this work if you are at the table," the mayor told the crowd.
Students shared what their schools should deliver, but don't. Their comments, stretching across an entire wall, included such thoughts as "More guidance counselors, fewer cops," and "No kids are born bad."
More natural light, flexible spaces and glass walls to write on. More art, dance and music. More actual life lessons.
"This is one of the first times they have listened to us," said Kimberly Dy, a member of the Providence Student Union, a youth group. "Even if it doesn't happen now, we can create a better learning environment for our younger brothers and sisters."
Providence has launched two school facilities studies in the past 12 years, but schools Supt. Christopher Maher said this is the first time that students have been at the heart of the conversation.
"I want you to think big," Maher said. "Too many schools look like jails. What kind of schools would make your siblings joyful? Look at this through the lens of equity."
One student suggested creating dedicated calm spaces where students can relax and meditate. Another urged the district to create gender-neutral bathrooms. A third said all high schools should offer the rich vocational programs that are available at PCTA.
A parent, Bela Teixeira, said it's time to "name our schools after local heroes."
In response to calls for open classroom spaces, Ann Durham, from the Providence After School Alliance, said, "It's incredible to have so much student voice. I wonder what it would be like for a teacher to teach in such a different environment."
Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner said that the state was committed to fixing the state's school buildings, too. A recent engineering study said it will cost more than $2 billion to bring all public schools up to snuff. Fifty thousand repairs are needed. Three-fourths of Rhode Island's high schools don't have real science labs.
"We are not going to get this right if you are not at the center," Magaziner said.


Buckingham Palace’s decision to quietly cut Prince Harry’s HRH title from his website profile page last week was a ‘petty’ and ‘trivial’ move, that avoids the ‘big changes’ that really need to be made.
That’s the view of the Daily Mail’s Diary Editor Richard Eden, who was speaking on our royal talk show Palace Confidential.‘They should be going much further,’ he tells the programme. ‘What actually matters is that he’s still in the line of succession. God forbid if something was to happen to the Royal Family, he would become our king. That should end, he should be removed from the line of succession and he is still one of those counsellors of state that can stand in for the king… why not remove him? It’s ridiculous to be doing petty things to the website – deal with the big things and make the big changes that matter.’
News also broke this week that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would be producing a screen version of Carley Fortune's novel The Meet Me At The Lake as part of their £80m deal with Netflix. The streaming giant bought the rights to the book for £3million.
Amid the PR blitz, the Mail on Sunday’s assistant editor Kate Mansey has sounded a warning that the Sussexes might not have many chances left to become the Hollywood players they’d hope to.‘It does feel like last chance saloon for that Netflix deal,’ she tells the show. ‘They’ve lost the Spotify deal and there are question marks over what their future is as media operators within Hollywood. I think everyone will be watching this and there’ll be a lot at stake with this project.’


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London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Religious Extremism, Brexit and Donald Trump
Sadiq Khan, 45, was declared the new mayor of London in the early hours of Saturday, becoming the most powerful Muslim politician in Europe. A Transport Minister in the Labour government of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Khan came under severe attack during the campaign from his Conservative opponent, Zac Goldsmith, for sharing platforms with extremists during his earlier career as a human-rights lawyer.
Fresh from his victory, Khan sat down with TIME on Sunday in his new office in City Hall, a bulbous glass building overlooking Tower Bridge. In these excerpts from the conversation, Khan claims he is the "antidote" to extremism, reveals that the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency might force him to meet U.S. mayors before the end of the year, and explains why he's campaigning to keep the U.K. in the European Union ahead of June's In/Out referendum.
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The 2015 Nissan Armada has become one of the oldest vehicles in a segment filled with newer, more efficient, higher-tech alternatives.
The Nissan Armada is one of the oldest big SUVs left on the market, now that the GM trucks have all been redesigned. That doesn't make the Armada any less tow-ready, though, nor does it make it any more fuel-efficient. It's also one of the last remaining true full-size SUVs – its a dressed-up, truck-based chassis with a roomy interior, clad in masculine, imposing sheetmetal.
That aging machismo still differentiates the Armada from its domestic competitors–there's just something big, brawny and handsome about its angular exterior and raised rear cabin. And, while some of the interior bits have started to feel a little chintzy over time, the Armada remains a well-organized, easy to use vehicle–even despite its size.
Nissan's "Endurance" V-8 still takes up every nook and cranny in the engine bay, and though it sounds richly powerful and unabashedly an American-at-heart, its 317 horsepower is now down against the competition. The rumbly 5.6-liter eight kicks out strong acceleration off the line--Nissan claims 0-60 mph times of about seven seconds--thanks to a five-speed automatic that's a gear behind some other utes. The combination pairs up with either rear- or four-wheel drive. Passing ability is impressive, and the Armada 4WD tows up to 9,000 pounds.
It has strong brakes, but the Armada's handling and its in-town maneuverability are not its strong points. Quick changes in direction will make you well aware of its mammoth size and heft. Ride quality in the Armada is firm but smooth, soaking up most bumps, but it isn't the most refined experience.
It's quite the climb to get into the Armada, but once you've mounted the seats, you'll find a cabin that is as spacious as the exterior is expansive.The first two rows are quite comfortable, with lots of headroom resulting from the bowed roofline. Ordering second-row captain's chairs cuts down the overall seating capacity by one, from eight to seven. The third-row seat doesn't have quite enough room for adults, and the tall floor makes it a scramble, getting in and out. It also makes loading cargo into the rear more difficult than it could be. There's not much cargo space behind the third-row seat, either, so you'll be leaving it folded down if you use the Armada regularly for family errands.
The Armada shows its age with interior materials. Nissan has dressed up the interior a bit better in recent years, but there are still too many dull plastic trim pieces inside. In multiple test vehicles over the years our editors have noted a fair amount of wind noise, and engine noise in these vehicles is cranked up to an almost ever-present level. While the V-8 sounds good, it can get wear on you on long mountain passes, or when towing.
Three different Armada trim levels are offered: SV, SL, and Platinum. Each can be had with rear-wheel drive or four-wheel drive. The Armada has a limited list of options, compared to the Tahoe and Expedition. At the top of the line, the Platinum gets heated front seats, a heated steering wheel, a moonroof, power rear liftgate, DVD entertainment, and a nav system with real-time traffic capability and hard-drive space for music storage.


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Aeras invited Dr. Granger Sutton, Professor of Informatics and Prokaryotic Informatics Coordinator at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), to speak about sequencing Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTMs) and how a better understanding of NTM genomes can contribute to TB vaccine development.
On September 3, 2015, Aeras hosted the 2015 Fall meeting of the Biomarkers and Correlates Working Group (BCWG) in Rockville, Maryland. Tuberculosis (TB) experts from around the world attended to discuss and make recommendations for the TB vaccine community regarding studies needed to better define biomarkers or correlates for risk of TB infection or disease, protection induced by vaccination, and endpoints for clinical trials.
A recent media symposium in South Africa, organized by Aeras, IAVI, AVAC, HVTN and CAPRISA, provided training and cleared up misconceptions about clinical trials for local journalists.
Professor Helen McShane is the lead author on a study funded in part by Aeras that was published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine in February. Dr. McShane sat down with Aeras to discuss how what was learned from this study and how it helps advance the field of TB vaccine research.


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POSCO donated 400 million won (Australian $500,000) to the Red Cross of Australia through its Australian corporation POSCO Australia on Jan. 7. The relief money will be used for Australian forest fire relief.
"We want to help Australian people restore the disaster and share the pain with them," POSCO Chairman Choi Jung-woo said. "We hope that wildfires in Australia, a major source of raw materials and investment with POSCO, will be extinguished as soon as possible."
POSCO, the chairman of the Korean side of the Korea-Australia Economic Cooperation Committee, has played a pivotal role in private exchanges between the two countries since 2002.
It is also the largest buyer of raw materials worth 5 trillion won a year from Australia and a direct investor in raw materials such as iron ore, coal and lithium. Since taking office in 2018, Choi has served as chairman of the Korea-Australia Economic Cooperation Committee.
The massive forest fire, which began in October last year in New South Wales, Australia, is spreading throughout the state due to unusually high temperatures and strong winds during the summer, adding to the damage, with the worst-hit New South Wales and Victoria being declared as the "states of emergency" on Jan. 3
So far, at least 24 people have been killed in the wildfire, and the extent of the damage is getting worse, with the affected area exceeding 6 million hectares, about 100 times the area of Seoul, and 2,000 houses being destroyed in the fire.


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St. William, Archbishop of York, Confessor
HE was son of Earl Herbert, and Emma, sister to King Stephen. He learned from his infancy that true greatness consists only in humility and virtue; and renounced the world in his youth, employing his riches to purchase unfading treasures in heaven by works of mercy to the poor, and giving himself wholly to the study and practice of religion. Being promoted to holy orders, he was elected treasurer in the metropolitical church of York, under the learned and good Archbishop Thurstan. When that prelate, after having held his dignity twenty years, retired among the Cluniac monks at Pontefract, to prepare himself for his death, which happened the year following, St. William was chosen archbishop by the majority of the chapter, and consecrated at Winchester in September, 1144, according to Le Neve’s Fasti. 1 But Osbert, the archdeacon, a turbulent man, procured Henry Murdach, a Cistercian monk of the abbey of Fountains, who was also a man of great learning and a zealous preacher, to be preferred at Rome, whither William went to demand his pall, and to plead the cause of his constituents rather than his own. Being deprived by Pope Eugenius III. in 1147, he, who had always looked upon this dignity with trembling, appeared much greater in the manner in which he bore this repulse than he could have done in the highest honours. Being returned into England, he went privately to Winchester, to his uncle Henry, bishop of that see, by whom he was honourably entertained. He led at Winchester a penitential life in silence, solitude, and prayer, in a retired house belonging to the bishop, bewailing the frailties of his past life with many tears, for seven years. The Archbishop Henry then dying in 1153, and Anastasius IV. having succeeded Eugenius III. in the see of Rome, St. William, to satisfy the importunity of others, by whom he was again elected, undertook a second journey to Rome, and received the pallium from his holiness. 2 The saint on his return was met on the road by Robert de Gaunt, dean, and Osbert, archdeacon of the church of York, who insolently forbade him to enter that city or diocess. He received the affront with an engaging meekness, but pursued his journey. He was received with incredible joy by his people. The great numbers who assembled on that occasion to see and welcome him, broke down the wooden bridge over the river Ouse, in the middle of the city of York, and a great many persons fell into the river. The saint seeing this terrible accident, made the sign of the cross over the river, and addressed himself to God with many tears. All the world ascribed to his sanctity and prayers the miraculous preservation of the whole multitude, especially of the children, who all escaped out of the waters without hurt. 3 St. William showed no enmity, and sought no revenge against his most inveterate enemies, who had prepossessed Eugenius III. against him by the blackest calumnies, and by every unwarrantable means had obstructed his good designs. He formed many great projects for the good of his diocess, and the salvation of souls; but within a few weeks after his installation was seized with a fever, of which he died on the third day of his sickness, on the 8th of June, 1154, 4 He was buried in his cathedral; and canonized by Pope Nicholas III. about the year 1280. At the same time his body was taken up by Archbishop William Wickwane, and his relics put into a very rich shrine, and deposited in the nave of the same metropolitan church in 1284. The feast of his translation was kept on the 7th of January. 5 King Edward I. and his whole court assisted at this ceremony, during which many miracles are attested to have been wrought. A table containing a list of thirty-six miracles with a copy of an indulgence of one hundred and forty days to all who should devoutly visit his tomb, is still to be seen in the vestry, but no longer legible, as Mr. Drake mentions. 6 The shrine with its rich plate and jewels was plundered at the Reformation; but the saint’s bones were deposited in a box within a coffin, and buried in the nave, under a large spotted marble stone. Mr. Drake had the curiosity to see the ground opened, and found them with their box and coffin in 1732. He laid them again in the same place with a mark. 7 See Nicholas Trivet in his Annals of Six Kings of England, ad an 1146. Stubbs, Act. Pontif. Ebor. in S. Willelmo, Capgrave’s Legend, Gulielm. Neubrig. De Rebus Anglicis sui temporis, Brompton, Gervasius Monachus inter 10 Scriptor. Angliæ, and Drake, in his curious History and Antiquities of York. Also Papebroke’s remarks, Jun. t. 2. p. 136.
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Interview with Chuck Lavine, NYS Legislator
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, New York State Assemblyman Charles “Chuck” Lavine discusses the relationship between government and the media with Nancy Oley of the Long Island Media Task Force. Focusing on Long Island, he describes sources for development of legislation and constituent messaging, the successes and failures of local media, the pluses and minuses of social media, fake news, bias in content and coverage, missed stories, net neutrality, protection of journalists, and the case of Julian Assange. Assemblyman Lavine sponsored a resolution commemorating May 3, 2019, as World Press Freedom Day in New York State.
Interview with Meg Norris, Editor of Garden City News
Meg Norris took over editorship of Garden City News more than twenty years ago from her father.
In 2018, she wrote editorials critical of the Garden City Village Board for its management of St. Paul’s School, a Garden City landmark. The Village Board then withdrew its public notices from Garden City News, in apparent retaliation, in January 2019. The incident was reported in the New York Times in early February, 2019.
We interviewed Meg in June of 2019, to delve more deeply into the story. We learned that there was much more to it than had appeared in the Times, and that the more serious issue of openness, required by law in New York, had been raised.
We’ll be presenting the interview in two parts; part 1 is below. This story continues to unfold, even now.


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President Nana Akufo-Addo has approved the deployment of military personnel to clamp down on illegal mining activities in some parts of the country under a special operation termed “operation vanguard.”
This will be another major step in the fight against the illegal activity that has devastated most of Ghana’s land and water resources.
A deputy Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah revealed the plan in a tweet on Sunday.
He said, “at 09:00hours July 31, the fight against irresponsible mining goes a notch higher with the deployment of troops to enforce the law.” kon-tweet
Many have expressed the belief that the involvement of the military in stopping illegal mining popularly known as galamsey, will achieve more results.
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, in an earlier interview, said that government intends to sustain its fight against illegal mining by using the military to ensure that the culprits do not return to the site when the reclamation program begins.
He said the government intends to use this approach for at least a year. The deployment, according to the Ministry is to provide protection for both life and property, against illegal miners and their activities.


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Asif detained on drug charges
PCB confirm Asif opium charge
Fast bowler Mohammad Asif was detained at Dubai airport this year for possessing opium, the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) three-man inquiry committee said on Tuesday.
Nov 18 2008
Asif returns home after case dropped
Drug tests conducted during the investigations were negative
Jun 20 2008
UAE to deport Mohammad Asif
Dubai Public prosecutors dropped drug possession charges against the fast bowler
Jun 19 2008
Asif's case to be heard on June 22
A top Dubai legal officer will begin an inquiry into the drug case next week
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Asif's fate left to Pakistan embassy
Nadeem Akram, the PCB official handling the Mohammad Asif case, is set to return to Pakistan from Dubai.
Jun 11 2008
Asif's case handed to Dubai attorney general
An official inquiry into the drugs case against Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif in Dubai is over, with the findings handed over to the attorney general, a Pakistani cricket official said Sunday.
Jun 08 2008
Coach Lawson worried over Asif's comeback
Pakistan cricket coach Geoff Lawson has said that the detention of Mohammad Asif in Dubai for the alleged possession of an illegal substance would disrupt the paceman's progress.
Jun 06 2008
Asif appears before prosecutor
Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif appeared before a Dubai prosecutor Thursday on charges of possessing an illegal substance and will remain in detention until at least Sunday, an official said.
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Asif likely to be deported
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Why Make a Collection?Did you know ….?...that you can create your own customized collections of speciespages, images, videos, maps (the list goes on!) on theEncyclopedia of Life?…that you can use these collections to:• Create customized Field Guides from information on theEncyclopedia of Life to use online or print to take out in thefield?• Create a fun species Memory Game or Bingo game?• Create an observational checklist with help from our partneriNaturalist.org?Home
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Just before Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh flew for Delhi on Thursday, he posed for a photo at the helipad in Chandigarh with his former Pradesh Congress Committee colleague MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira and two rebel AAP MLAs.
The move comes in the middle of a peace-making meeting convened by the party high command. Congress sources say Captain Amarinder Singh has thrown a challenge at the high command that is exploring a change of guard in Punjab as one of the options to quell infighting.
"It is more than a mere show of strength as Captain Amarinder Singh will not take it lying down. He has signalled that he may split the party and float his own regional outfit," said a senior Congress leader requesting anonymity.
The photo op and show of strength
On Thursday, ahead of his scheduled meeting in Delhi with the three-member committee formed by the Congress high command to make peace between the warring factions in its Punjab unit, Captain Amarinder Singh posed for a photograph with rebel AAP MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira and two other MLAs.
Khaira, once a Congressman, had left the party to join AAP ahead of the 2017 assembly polls. He later quit AAP along with six MLAs to float his own outfit called the Punjab Ekta Party.
Sources say, Khaira's re-entry into the Congress was pending a green signal from the AICC for over a fortnight and Captain Amarinder Singh used the opportunity to send out a clear signal to the party high command.
Sources in the Congress have told India Today TV that the three-member committee, which began taking feedback from party MLAs on Monday, has changed track.
The MLAs who turned up on Tuesday were asked about a possible scenario in case there is a change of guard in the state.
The committee also sought names of a possible leader who has the stature to replace Captain Amarinder Singh.
"The turn of events since Tuesday suggest that this is more than just a meeting to address grievances of the complaining MLAs," said the Congress source.
Captain Amarinder Singh's move on Thursday to rope in opposition MLAs is being seen as a countermeasure to send out a signal to the high command that a change of guard in Punjab could have serious implications.
Captain's preparations for 2022
Meanwhile, faced with a challenge from his bête noir Navjot Singh Sidhu, who is considered close to both Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Captain Amarinder Singh has already started his preparations for the 2022 assembly polls by projecting himself as the chief ministerial candidate.
His Facebook campaign page 'Punjab da captain' launched recently has its logo with his picture and slogan 'Captain for 2022', enough to suggest his goal for the upcoming assembly polls in the state early next year.
Sources have told India Today TV that Captain Amarinder Singh has sought time for a meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi ahead of his scheduled meeting with the three-member committee on Friday.


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This article contains observations from the US Army Combined Arms Center School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) Advanced Military Studies Program (AMSP) students. They are effectively opinions on Ukraine war experiences obtained from analysing open source material.
Russia, citing claims that many disagree with, recognised two separatist states in the Donbas region of Ukraine on 21 February 2022. Three days later, Russia invaded Ukraine with plans to take over the country.
In the timeframe of the observations, insights and lessons in this article – covering the period 21 March to 5 April 2022 – the following occurred:
- Russian forces destroy a new laboratory at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
- Ukrainian forces push back Russian forces from the frontlines east of Kyiv.
- An explosion occurs on the Russian Navy’s Saratov, an Alligator-class landing ship. Ukrainian forces claim to have hit the ship with a ballistic missile.
- Russia claims the city of Izium is under its control.
- US President Biden delivers a speech in Warsaw, pledging continued support to Ukraine.
- Russia continues missile and air strikes across Ukraine.
- Heavy fighting continues in Mariupol.
- Russian forces de-escalate around Kyiv and Chernihiv, for a planned regrouping of forces, to focus on the Donbas region.
- Corpses are found in Bucha, with allegations of war crimes. Russia accuses Ukraine of orchestrating a false flag in Bucha, calling it a staged performance.
Learning from others
It is a smart army that learns from the operational experiences of others. This is certainly the case for the Australian Army when learning from the US and UK forces in the Middle East. Some also learned lessons from the USSR’s experience in Afghanistan and Russia’s experience in Chechnya. Lessons from these and other campaigns can be found online or in many publications.
The US Army Combined Arms Center had SAMS AMSP students, as part of a Ukraine-Russia case study, review and analyse open-source material. This article provides some observations, insights and lessons they have drafted as a part of their study early in the Russian invasion. Please note that the information they provide is based on their opinions and is not necessarily reflective of the US Army position.
SAMS AMSP student Ukraine case studies
Observation: Russians employing: Spetsnatz, conventional forces, separatists, foreign fighters and mercenaries.
Ukrainians employing: special forces, conventional forces, territorial forces, civilian volunteers and foreign legion.
Insight: Large-scale combat operations between states are not exclusively conventional but are inherently hybrid.
Historically true: French resistance in WWII, Lawrence’s tribes in Palestine, Spanish Tercios vs Napoleon all during “conventional” wars.
Current US DOTMLPF-P largely ignores this phenomenon; no doctrine/little training.
Lesson: US Army must expect to confront hybrid combinations of forces in future large-scale combat operations.
Add hybrid to doctrine, not just as threat, but as partners; both the what and the how to defeat or leverage if partners.
Add significant hybrid forces to all Combat Training Center and div/corps warfighters.
SOF/SFAB doctrine, training and operational implications for developing and partnering with hybrid friendly forces.
Information component of drone warfare
Observation: Viral Ukrainian drone videos foster a pro-Ukraine international narrative.
Russia continues to elevate its counter-UAV program, raising drones of all types to the same level of reporting importance as tanks and multiple-launch rocket systems when it comes to battle damage assessment (BDA). Headlines include “Russian Air Defence Systems down 4 Ukrainian Drones,” with a current advertised BDA of over 300 drones destroyed.
Ukraine has employed drones ranging from the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB-2 that gained notoriety in the Nagorno-Karabakh war and can fire precision munitions, down to locally made inexpensive quad-copters capable of only dropping small 3–4-pound bombs or simply providing reconnaissance.
Insight: While the tactical successes of armed drones are limited compared to recent conflicts, the associated information campaign has had strategic implications, including garnering international attention and forcing Russia to publicly address the “drone problem”.
The proliferation of varying drone types limits a nation’s ability to track systems on the battlefield, leading to inflated BDAs, unprotected/exposed units, and the potential to exhaust exquisite counter munitions on systems of limited value but high quantity.
If drones are treated as expendable/consumable substitutes for exquisite platforms like aircraft, cheaper models can be used in bulk and employed with an aggressive strategy that accepts high attrition levels.
Lessons: Maintain an inventory balance of cheap and expendable drones that can offset the potential attrition rates of the Western exquisite systems, forcing the enemy to expend valuable counter munitions.
The IO campaign associated with strikes may prove just as or more valuable than the strike itself. Division staffs should train on exploiting the “strike narrative” at Warfighter exercises and operation orders should clearly articulate release/declassification authority for strike feed.
Sumy – elastic defence
Observation: Ukraine identified and exploited the Russian weakness in logistical sustainment and protection of its lines of communication, while maximising Ukrainian strengths and capabilities with mobile light infantry teams working outside the defensive strongpoints.
Ukrainians form strongpoints in deliberate defence in a non-contiguous front with small, mobile forces roaming the open areas conducting raids on Russian lines of communication and spoiling attacks against convoys.
Insight: Ukrainian resistance near Sumy from 21-29 March 2022 reflects adaptation of German “hedgehog” or “elastic defence” from the Second World War.
These attacks disintegrate Russian attempts at logistically massing troops for deliberate movement and manoeuvre to sustain the encirclement of Ukrainian strongpoints, resulting in limited Russian operational reach, interrupted tempo, and demoralisation of the Russian forces.
Strongpoints alone are vulnerable to Russian preferred tactics of exploitation of gaps in lines and encirclement of isolated forces and disruption of rear area operations. The mobile light infantry forces are critical to this aspect of the elastic defence.
The elastic defence is an ideal economy of force defensive methodology when increased frontage is assigned with limited manpower for overlapping strongpoints.
Lessons: Flexibility, coordination, and synchronisation are required between defensive strongpoints and mobile light infantry.
The Combat Training Centre’s (CTC’s) opposing forces should continue to learn and refine lessons on the application of small, light infantry forces against an attacking armoured force to train Armoured Brigade Combat Teams (ABCTs) and Stryker Brigade Combat Teams (SBCTs) against elastic defence, while the rotational units should practise employing the mobile infantry formations in the defence.
Light infantry formations should train using the elastic defence at CTCs focusing on light, mobile infantry force activities outside of the deliberate defensive positions.
Current force organisation for ABCTs lack the number of infantry dismounts to organically conduct elastic defence to the degree effectively demonstrated in Ukraine. A study to review the current modified table of organisation and equipment (MTOE) of ABCTs for methods to increase infantry dismounts in US armoured formations is worthwhile for the implementation.
Increasing the combat centre rotation's balancing light/heavy formations also provides a measure to maximise realistic training of elastic defence in the manner demonstrated by Ukraine.
Implications of captured Russian equipment (tactical)
Observations: Ukrainian forces, recognising Russian logistical problems and potential battlefield opportunities, began capturing/using Russian equipment instead of just destroying it.
Kyiv-area junkyard solely focused on repairing Russian equipment for Ukrainian use.
Insights: Forces with a numerical disadvantage may prioritise capture over destruction.
There are advantages to owning/using the same equipment as your adversary.
Lessons: Prioritise and train capturing enemy equipment at home station training and combat training centres.
Incorporate battlefield seizure into the risk calculus of exceeding operational reach and culminating.
Message local security as a much more strategic risk than being caught unprepared and embarrassed.
Operational counterattack by fire
Observation: Russian withdrawal enabled Ukrainian pursuit, such as in Bucha and Irpin.
Russian forces then attacked Ukrainian forces with long range artillery, rocket, and missile strikes.
Insight: Counterattacks by fire are considered to be a tactical operation.
It appears that the Russian military has incorporated counterattack by fire into their operational (campaign) approach.
Russians are employing long-range reconnaissance patrols in lieu of combat forces for counterattack.
Lessons: US observers of the war should examine the operational approach of counterattack by fire.
From a doctrinal perspective, US and NATO should prepare to counter such an approach.
This means that during a pursuit (in which the northern forces of the Ukraine are currently engaged) it is necessary to protect the pursuing forces with counter-rocket and counter-air capabilities. This ensures that the momentum of the pursuit can be maintained, and that forces are not lost unnecessarily.
Logistics package (LOGPAC) protection
Observation: Tactical Ukrainian forces created operational level impacts by disrupting/destroying Russian LOGPACs with anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and drones.
Russian LOGPAC protection capability is limited to conscription forces and crew-served weapons ill-equipped to combat small team elements armed with ATGMs or loiter munitions.
Insight: In the US Army – other than armoured HMWWVs, crew-served weapons, and ring mounts – protection assets are not MTOE in sustainment formations, increasing the risk of operational culmination because of adversarial small teams armed with ATGMs, loiter munitions, and drones.
During the Vietnam War, the 8th Transportation Corps helped prevent LOGPAC ambushes by arming general cargo trucks with additional firepower and assigning combat troops operators.
Loiter munitions, drones, and ATGMs present modern risks for American LOGPACs and require the Army to codify its protection capability in sustainment formations.
Lessons: Protection vehicles, dedicating ISR capability, and operators trained to defeat small teams armed with ATGMs, loiter munitions, and drones must be organic to Sustainment Brigades, BSBs, and FSCs.
UAS organic to sustainment formations are required to identify threats (especially Level II) to LOGPACs.
Leveraging partner nation protection capabilities in LOGPACs can help prevent capability gaps during the DOTMLPF process.
Ethics and morality
Observation: Potential war crimes in Ukraine have sparked an international narrative about what is acceptable conduct in a modern urban war.
Recent events in Bucha highlight what combatants and non-combatants may be exposed to in an urban conflict. President Zelensky noted to the United Nations: “They killed entire families, adults and children, and they tried to burn the bodies … They cut off limbs, slashed their throats, women raped and killed in front of their children. Their tongues were pulled out only because the aggressor did not hear what they wanted to hear from them.”
In addition to the legal aspect of war crimes, these incidents raise issues concerning ethics and morality.
Russian atrocities are perceived as both the actions of individuals and more holistically as units, making it a potential systemic approach to the Russian operation. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken notes that atrocities are not a “random act of a rogue unit,” but a “deliberate campaign to kill, to torture, to rape, to commit atrocities”.
Insight: The systemic use of morally and ethically unacceptable behaviour in Russian operations stands out against generally isolated events of previous conflicts in the modern era. Additionally, these previous and isolated events were uniformly punished and condemned.
The lack of Russian accountability at the highest levels suggests that these actions are not only condoned but likely an aspect of the Russian way of war.
The way the atrocities are sensationalised exposes all parties to the graphic details, potentially weaponizing them and fuelling a need for vengeance. Importantly, this can dehumanise combatants and lead to “revenge” war crimes on Russian prisoners.
While potentially isolated in nature, the accusations of Ukrainian soldiers mistreating Russian prisoners of war fit this “revenge” narrative.
Lessons: At echelon, military service members and Defence Department civilians must be prepared to confront and overcome individual unethical acts as well as operate against an adversary who takes a more systemic approach to violations. This type of training cannot be relegated to a “check-the-block” event or 350-1 training but must instead be integrated into all activities from training to professional military education.
For dealing with isolated incidents, this includes case study analysis of historical events and scenario-driven events at training centres that put small units in ambiguous situations (detainee operations, insider threat of partner nation, non-combatant non-lethal escalation, etc.) to allow experimental learning and potentially entice “easy” answers to complex problems that make the training audience question the ethical nature of their decisions. This challenge forces leaders to assess their subordinates’ actions and potentially prepare to de-escalate the situation before crossing a particular threshold.
At the more systemic level, this training can focus on Army values, the law of war, and professional development in ethics and morality. This training must address two critical aspects of this broader problem:
- The role of the adviser. US service members may find themselves deployed with partners who may act in a morally ambiguous manner. Alternatively, like in the Ukraine conflict, a partner who is the victim of atrocities may be tempted to conduct revenge actions or simply operate in a similar “tit-for-tat” way. US advisers must understand how to coach and mentor these forces on the impact of their conduct and the importance of operating morally/ethically. If that fails, they must have a best practice for raising their concerns to their chain of command without fear of compromising the mission.
- The unlawful/immoral order. The excuse of “just following orders” is unacceptable and not valid. However, in a hierarchical system like the military, the ability and willingness to challenge a superior’s order is a complicated matter. This takes training and education, but the military must foster the moral courage of its junior leaders to, at a minimum, question the morality of a decision with the potential to say “no, that order is immoral”.
This article provides a snapshot of some observations, insights and lessons that were derived by the US Army Combined Arms Center SAMS AMSP students, as part of a Ukraine-Russia case study, using open-source material from late March to early April 2022. They provide an interesting perception of some lessons being learned in combat and illustrate how it is beneficial to maintain knowledge of current affairs and to develop an awareness of what this may mean from a tactical point of view.