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see you next year here at "listening post". >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city i'm richelle carey, here are the top stories - the frantic search for a missing passenger jet in south-east asia lost with 162 people on board. we look ahead to how afghanistan will cope out n.a.t.o. combat forces to support the fight against the taliban, and we look at one of the biggest stories of the year - the spread of the deadly ebola virus. and an explosive secret uncovered in a washington d.c.
neighbourhood. right now in south-east asia the search effort is resuming for yet another missing jetliner. airasia qz8501 took off from indonesia a little more than 24 hours ago. it encountered heavy weather about 40 minutes later. air traffic controllers were trying to divert it and that's when they lost contact. 162 people were on board the flight so far there has been no sign of them for the plane. veronica pedrosa as more. >> reporter: from the air and at sea an intense search for missing flight airasia qz8501. the airbus a320 was carrying 162 passengers and crew from the indonesian city of surabaya to singapore. 42 minutes after takeoff the aircraft lost communications with air traffic control.
>> i hope for a miracle, may god save them all. i should have been with them i cancelled two weeks ago as i had something to do. i have two friend on board with five family members. >> those with relatives on board have been demanding answers. >> the weather conditions were not good. we don't want to speculate. it may have been more. there was storm clouds and the pilot made a request to change the altitude. that is as far as we know. we don't want to speculate on the weather if it was a contributor. we don't know. let's find the aircraft and do the proper investigation. >> indonesia's disaster management area set up. offers of help from foreign countries poured in. there's little information. the plane lost contact. the area was cloudy.
airasia said the pilot requested to change course because of bad weather. this is where they were supposed to arrive. air transport authorities at changi airport say 47 next of kin approached them. they were provided with counsellors, and the indonesian embassy. singaporean authorities say they'll send two additional aircraft and a c130 they sent on sunday morning, as soon as that plane went missing. this is now become a massive international search operation. this is the first major incident for the low-cost carrier, whose parent company in malaysia has significance presence across south-east asia. it trails two other malaysian aviation tragedies this year - both involving the national carrier malaysia airlines. in march mh370 disappeared on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing, with 239 people on board. that plane was never found.
then in july mh17 from amsterdam to kuala lumpur was shot down over ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. airasia has never lost a plane before we will have more coverage of the disappearance of airasia flight qz8501 in 30 minutes. we'll bring you updates as it domes. n.a.t.o. ended its mission in afghanistan. a training and support mission began on january 1st. jennifer glasse is in kabul with more on what comes next. >> reporter: an end of an era and the beginning of a new one in afghanistan. n.a.t.o.'s force completes its 13-year mission. a much smaller force will take its place on january 1st. the i.s.e.f. commander says they work together to prevent the
afghan community from extreme: they have created an atmosphere that fostered progress. >> to help the people with internet. cellphones, number of female in scols, people in schools. >> reporter: he cautioned there are significant challenges ahead. >> reporter: afghanistan has been the longest war for the united states and n.a.t.o. and though this ceremony works, the end of n.a.t.o.'s combat mission, the fighting is not over. >> it is in the hands of the afghan security forces. it's been the worst year ever. more than 4,600 soldiers and police have been killed, and thousand wounded. casualties are high, because the afghan troops don't have nato support that they are used to. >> we are limited. we have a lot of challenges and the biggest challenge is the air force. i.s.i.l. intelligence.
we have enough. >> the n.a.t.o. withdrawal has allowed al qaeda to re-establishtraining bases in the province. insurgency is not beaten on the battle fooled. an insurgency can only be overcome by reconciliation, and that is the process that has clearly been laid out as the path and the future. >> any reconciliation seems a long way off, in addition to the security concerns the country relies on foreign aid, and there's no cabinet, three months after the new president took office. n.a.t.o. said the mission is a success. but afghans are concerned the gains of the past 13 years could be reversed president obama remarked on the end saying:
earlier my colleague spoke with the former u.s. ambassador n.a.t.o. and asked if the united states involvement in afghanistan had been a successful mission. >> if you look at the metrics of anything you would look at in afghanistan is better today than it was during the course of the past 13 years, and certainly than it was in 2001. whether it's kids in school, heath care power, the economy, cellphone coverage anything it's better off. the issue is when you reduce the international security forces according to our own timetable because we want to get out. it leaves a great deal of uncertainty whether the gaines can be maintained. >> when you see the taliban are extending their power in the region when more have been killed this year than in previous years there are
concerns that the afghan forces will be able to maintain security. when you see that opium production tripled since the u.s. toppled the taliban, can you talk about gains? >> you can. if you look at the way the society has developed and changed over the past 13, by any measure you would choose there has been gains in society and development. the problem is that i don't think those gains are sustainable and for reasons that you mentioned. taliban is determined, strong and will fight. they are filling their coffers with drug money. they, i think we'll find that the afghan security forces are not as capable without the international forces backing them, and the numbers left behind, it's better than nothing, and an attempt to avoid what happened in iraq with the complete withdrawal, but i'm concerned that it's not enough to help the afghans get through a difficult transition period. >> do you think it's possible to
find peace in afghanistan without actually sitting down with the insurgents without negotiating with the taliban? >> well i think that at some point you have to have a reconciliation in the country. you can't do that at a time when one of the parties, the taliban, is determined to use arms to overthrow the government and the constitution, re-establish power by force. if that's the goal with the taliban, which it clearly is clearly stated and executed that needs to be defeated first. >> that was former u.s. ambassador to n.a.t.o. kurt voelker talking with al jazeera. u.s.-led forces launched eight strikes in the town of kobane on sunday. smoke rose above the border town where kurdish fighters had been trying to drive away islamic state militants. they had been advancing with support from the kurdish fighters. they hit targets in iraq the towns of sinjar and mosul. with gains retaking towns and
heavy fighting in recent days. the army says it's clear that areas of fighters - the group has a large presence in the province. we have this report. >> reporter: these shia militia fighters are celebrating after taking over the iraqi towns. they are supporting the iraqi military's advance against fighters belonging to the islamic state of iraq and levant. dozens were killed and injured on both sides. the pro-government militia men are in control of both towns. >> translation: this is a town that used to be infested with snipers. we managed to retake it for the iraqi people. let all iraqis know we are ready to fight back. >> translation: this is in front of us praise to god we lib raid it. we are the victors. >> reporter: battles are continuing around the towns.
they are important because they are less than 100km from the northern i.s.i.l. stronghold the city of tikrit. the towns were controlled by i.s.i.l. and they launched attacks on the city. they are pushing i.s.i.l. out. security forces consider it a gain in a battle to retake other parts of the province. the u.s.-led coalition has carried out more than a dozen air strikes. the military launched the offensive backed by the militia, and under air cover provided by iraqi and international forces. fight continued their attacks. up north, the situation is tense, kurdish peshmerga forces advance into the mountains. fighting has intensified south-west of kirkuk. >> back in the area iraqi armed
forces managed to cut i.s.i.l. supply lines to the farm on the outskirts of the up to. they want to retake more areas north of samarra city. as the fighting continues, more become victims and more houses vacant. >> boko haram, which terrorized parts of nigeria is reaching across the border into niger. dominic kane filed this report. >> reporter: a small boat heads for a small village in niger, near the frontier of nigeria. people on board are anxious, because boko haram is active here. it's threat to destroy western education forced schools to close. in the one that is still open, the teachers are frightened. >> they kill teachers because they don't like the education they teach. it's hard to know what people they are. that's why i'm really scared. if the water was not here they would have taken us. until now, they have been stuck on the other side.
i really fear that they will come across at any time. >> reporter: only 20 students remain now from a register of more than 300. in the wider community, there is fear. >> we really are frightened of boko haram, because there are only a few hundred meters away from us. people are scared. we have the children at school someone might come to kill them. we don't agree with them but we are worried. >> the water is protecting the community from boko haram, it is helping the armed group to hide from the local army. the small islands, thick bush and reeds provide perfect camo flaj. some believe that boko haram is hiding hundreds of schoolgirls here. the population of bussel was more than 50,000. that promise explains why some
facilities are still open. the problem is most of the schools are close to the water. boko haram operatives are there. the school is relatively far from the water and we have the government close to us, that's why we are able to attend school and teach the students. this is the difference we have here. the threat from boko haram is growing, endangering the children like never before another police officer has been shot and killed in the line of duty. it happened yesterday in flagstaff arizona. investigator say officer tyler stuart was shot several times while responding to a domestic violence call. the gunman called itself. stuart was the 125th police officer to be killed in the line of duty this year. in a protest against police brutality, it is being held in the cities. about 125 people took part in a silent march through downtown st louis. the demonstration ended at the
gate way to the arch. they refused to let the marches in. they shut the monument down. [ chanting ] a larger much louder protest took place in los angeles on saturday. several thousand took to the streets to demand justice for michael brown. organizers of the millions march rally are planning another one. the spokesperson for the ferguson police department is on unpaid leave after calling a memorial to michael brown trash. friday morning someone drove a car over a collection of candles and flowers that marked the spot where the back teenager was kill. officer timothy bowl said no crime was reported in connection, referring to it as a pile of trash. when we come back... >> the health systems are weak. ..the toll and terror of
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a european ship is bringing supplies to an area bringing medical supplies and off-road vehicles and 800 tonnes of grape. it will make a -- grain, it will make seconds in sierra leone and liberia, it comes from the e.u. and member states. with the support of partners from u.n.i.c.e.f. and world food program. it took months. the the hospitals scrambled to protect the public. robert ray looks back at the spread of the virus in 2014. >> reporter: described as dreadful and m.e.r.s.less
ebola. a deadly disease with no cure that infected almost 20,000 people and killed nearly 8,000. >> this morning i'm declaring the current outbreak of ebola disease a public health emergency of international concern. >> reporter: in march of 2014 west africans in sierra leone, guinea, and liberia were put on high alert. >> protect yourself. listen to the workers. the message is real. go out and tell the message wherever you are. >> reporter: researchers believe the origin of this outbreak came from an infected fruit back which some in west africa consume. according to the world health organisation there is no specific treatment or vaccine, and fatality rates can be up to
90%. >> it varies from patient to patient. it disrupts the patient's immune system. as well as causing so much inflammation that the immune system breaks down. >> the world response was slow. as frustration grew calls for funding and medical staff increased. >> ebola is a disif disease to catch -- difficult disease to catch. >> president obama called the epidemic a global threat. >> it's challenging the health systems, they are week. because the outbreak is increasing. the quicker we surge in a response, the quicker we blunt the number of cases and the risk to other parts of the world, including the u.s. decreases. >> reporter: in early august 2nd american aid workers stricken with the virus were flown from west africa to the hospital. one of only four hospitals in
america, with a specialised quarantine unit. >> we had approximately 72 hours when we were notified that the patient would come to us and the patient's arrival at the hospital. both were covered and in the coming months two more aid workers were treated at emery. down the road at the hospital at the centers for disease control and prevention. the emergency area was on high alert. >> there are reports of citizens not going into hospital because they think it's unsafe. some feel they were lied to. how do you guys change that? >> so one of the real challenges is the health communication and health education component. whether it's a village elder or leader, someone that can deliver the message in a form that people will believe and accept it and act on recommendations. >> 42-year-old liberian thomas
eric duncan arrived in the united states to visit family and friends in dallas. he told officials at the airport that he had not had close contact with an ebola-infected perp. that was not true. five days after arriving in the u.s. duncan had a high fever and went to a dallas emergency room. he was released and given a prescription but not tested for ebola. two days later he returned to the hospital and tested positive, becoming the first perp to be diagnosed with ebola in the us. days later the hospital came under scrutiny. the city of dallas was an high alert, and two nurses that treat the liberian national was infected but the c.d.c. cautioned against the reaction. they realised the risk of ebola, because of the structure for full infection.
the c.b.c. tried to couple of public two dallas nurses recovered. hospitals began ebola training so no other health care workers would become infected. >> it's difficult, is it? >> you have to have a certain amount of balance and dexterity and patients. there's no rushing. there's no time or place to bring this up is there? >> no we are operating under the no errors mentality. >> with the number of cases going up in west africa aid workers were pleading for international support, infrastructure and continued education to stop the spread in sierra leone guinea and liberia. >> i think the greater risk is west africa spiralling out of control. that will pose the greatest risk to the world. >> the u.s. military send 3,000 service me to west africa who are building ebola wards and
facilities in heavily affected areas. the panic in the u.s. subsided and the medical community is learning. >> without modern science and teams like you had where would this disease be now, how far spread could it be? >> it's a great question it's difficult to speculate. the outbreaks happened and have grown. they have been stopped by nature over time. we think that there's something unique about the outbreak on where it occurred and the situation in which it occurred and that the health care systems and the ability to provide care had a significant impact and will hopefully continue to impact the outbreak when it's brought to a close. >> reporter: last week the c.d.c. called for an intensified effort on the ground saying more international help and aid is needed. the world health organization
agrees. president obama and congress are supplying over 5 billion in funding to fight constable ebola worldwide. vaccines are being tested in several trials. even though the epidemic is slowing, it's still too early to call it under control. >> and join us for a special look back at the other major stories of the year. our week ahead segment examines the political fight over president obama care. that is tonight 14 years ago the u.n. started an ambitious programme called the millennium development goal reducing maternal mortality. south africa has been slow to reach the goal. a new mobile phone app may mark a turning point by helping women get updates on their pregnancy via text message. we have this report. >> reporter: waiting in line at
the clinic when you are eight months pregnant is something many women dread. this woman uses the time to learn something new. information that potentially is life saving. using her mobile phone, she sends an s.m.s. to a designated number. in seconds she connects to an application called mum connect. it's a free government service where she can ask questions and receive valuable information on what to do at any stage of her pregnancy. >> it's like having a clinic next to you. it's great. many women can't go for check-ups because there's no transportation they are not doing well. there's no clinic in the area. if i'm worried about complications, i send an sm s. >> south africa made progress reducing deaths of women. many are dying. the department of health calls it a radical approach to try to save lives. >> to women living in remote
areas, especially those who are far from the clinic they feel that they have got a resource where they can just access information using a mobile technology just to talk to - talk through the phone. they access information which tells them what to do and when to go to the clinic if there's anyone in science, regarding pregnancy. women register to use mum collect. it's a national project aiming to register 1 million pregnant women, and this is the nerve center, where some of the data is received processed and sent back to mobile phone users. >> this is a bas oaka in every -- baz oaka in every woman's hand. it's empowering women with the information they need to have a healthy pregnancy and baby.
welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top staries. -- stories. as the sun rises, the search continues for airasia qz8501. >> there's no sign of the plane or any of the 162 people on board. n.a.t.o. ended a mission in afghanistan, 13 years after troops entered the country, officials held the ceremony to mark the end of the war. a training and support mission will begin on january 1st.
u.s.-led forces launched air strikes in the town of kobane on sunday. smoke above the border town of kobane, where the kurdish fighters have been trying to drive away islamic state militants another airliner has gone missing over the java sea. not much warning, and the search for qz8501 is getting under way. >> a great deal of waiting at the surabaya airport. we are looking into the next couple of hours when the authorities in jakarta will make the decision on where and how to relaunch the search and rescue operations in the coming hours. what has happened at the airport overnight, a crisis center has been set up for the family members. the vast majority on the a320 aircraft are here. family members and friends have been coming here seeking information. there's a crisis center inside
flight term tall 22. the flight was not big enough. they had to set up plastic chairs and a sent to house them. the information they are getting is scant in the hours since the aircraft went missing. they are hoping with a full day of light on monday they'll get the answers, but it will probably be more anxious waiting because the weather system that causes aircraft to deviate. pilots requested deviation is in the area. there's concern about where and how the rescue vessels on the sea as well as those in the air - how much search and rescue they'll do on monday. that will be decided in the coming hours. family members will want answers. that will come when we get daylight and they can get out on the sea. there'll be more anxious waiting because they'll be guarded with the information right now, no physical evidence of what happened.
>> incidents like these are rare, and statistically a safe mode of transportation. jacob ward explains, the air traffic control system in the u.s. is falling behind the times and in need of an overhaul. >> as your plane pushing back and is ready for takeoff it enters a sprawling and complex system. it's safe with 0.2 actions but the national air space is inefficient. >> it's a manual process, starting at the gate with a ramp controller. he or she will hand it off to a tower controller and will be handed off to another controller in the departure or arrival area and yet again be handed off to another en route controller and likely many en route controllers. >> since no central system coordinates the people the f.a.a. is working on one that will. the new system is the next generation air transportation
system, or next gen. n.a.s.a. has been commissioned to build tracking software. it will replace the radar based ground control with g.p.s. a technology capable of tracking planes. right now the system relies on humans to hand the planes to one another. these are limitations of the human mind. they can't plan far enough ahead. >> in the united states the most technologically sophisticated society, we use strips of paper to note the planes we are in. n.a.s.a. will replace it with a software based system that can issue recommendations to the ramp operations that decide when you leave the gate. they have to integrate that with what the air traffic control tower is doing, you have to add in the en route process and the arrival process, and you are looking at a complicated system to upraid. two important costs are the fuel
they are burning as they fly the aircraft and the money and time they are paying the crew to operate the aircraft. >> most planes have several pieces of necessary equipment, such as a.d.s. b, the g.p.s. system allowing next gen to do away with radar. we don't have the coordinating software. if next gen comes together by 2020 it will be impossible to lose track of a commercial flight in the united states jacob ward reporting. a complicated rescue operation is under way to reach passengers and crews stranded aboard a ferry. the vessel was on its way from greece to italy when fighting broke out. albanian officials launched tugboats to toe the ship to its closest port. 123 have been rescued out of 500 passengers and crew. darkness, rain and rough seas are making the operation difficult. the fire started on the lowest car day.
terrified passengers had to go up to the higher decks to escape the planes adding that the smoke and heat were intense. flooding in south-east asia where 200 people are displaced. in sri lanka 24 people have been killed eight others missing. hardest hit is the south-east of the island where dozens were killed. 118,000 have been forced to leave their home. five people have been killed as the flood levels rose to 6 or 8. there's fears that stranded communities could be forced to cope without food or medicine. they've been criticized for not declaring a state of emergency. >> tensions between russia and the european union appears to push moscow to closer economic
ties. >> the first restaurant set up in russia is getting a renovation. these days the chinese business woman commands an empire of seven eateries and several construction projects. now russia and china have good relations. in the last six months many people wanted to invest money in russia but they are being cautious. they are studying the market. there are many opportunities, and it's profitable to invest. this is one of the more successful members of a chinese community, that decided that it was a mace where money could be made. they haven't had to come far, just across the river is the chinese city of hay-hay. the mighty waterway formed a long stretch across the boarder. apart from a hiatus during the
soviet period the two nationalities have been mingling, trading and competing. as you might expect relations between the two huge land empires have not always been cordial. in 1900s, during the boxer rebellion, chinese forces shelled the area. in retaliation, the russians forced some 4,000 chinese residents into the river to drop. long-held fears an invasion for the moment seem nor myth than reality. the two cities are part of a special zone allowing temporary visa free travel. crossing the border for business is as easy as taking a hovercraft across the ice. as well as chinese, there are russians making a life in hay hay. >> translation: if you look at the every day staff renting an
apartment is cheaper. food costs less too. if you want opportunities, there's more here than in russia. china is fast-growing it dan give you anything you want. you need to know what you wished for. >> russia's geopolitically cosy alliance with china is the most recent phase of an old complex relationship. sometimes friends, sometimes rivals always looking for fresh opportunities, typical neighbours. the president of belarus fired his prime minister and other top cabinet officials. it's the biggest government reshuffle since 2010, hinged on a deteriorating economy. the president told his cabinet the economy poses a danger. the belarus economy is run along soviet union lines and is likely to suffer as a result of a currency crisis in russia, which is a main trading partner and
ally. poles from the presidential election shows candidates. croatia has one of the weakest economies in the european union with 20% unemployment and a 6-year recession. next on al jazeera america - for decades a deadly secret buried in the backyard of a washington d.c. neighbourhood. we'll take you to south america where more women are going into science than anywhere else in the world. 6-year recession.
spring valley is a typical g washington d.c. neighbourhood - original bridge perfectly manicured gardens. what lurks behind is a past kept secret by the original owner and the army corp of engineers. lisa stark has the story. >> reporter: inside this gate the hunt is on for the remnants of deadly chemical weapons. >> we are standing right about here. >> reporter: standing in d.c.'s spring valley neighbourhood filled with homes, ambassador's residents and american university. back in 1917 part of the campus and farmland was leased by the army. 660 acres. here the military developed and
tested poison gas for world war i trench warfare. >> that history was forgotten until it was unearthed on the street. it was in 1993. they were building homes, and workers dug up what looked like rusted bombs. that was just the beginning. we found four disposal pits a major surface disposal area and we have found, you know pieces of munitions around the site. >> reporter: it turns out when the war ended the army closed up shot and simply buried all its materials. the clean-up led by the army corp of engineers has been under way for two decades, costing hundreds of millions of dollars. tom smith is a long-time resident representing the neighbourhood on a city advisory. >> there has been a lot of foot dragging because of the aggressive efforts of the community, that we are where we are today. >> reporter: today the work is
focused on what may have been ground zero. it's a driveway area to the property and this was the garage. the home on this property was demolished by the corp. after the site was linked to this 1918 photo, inscribed on the back: >> we have positive confirmation that there is mustard and suicide contamination in the soils. >> that is mustard gas, along with an arsenic based blistering agent. brenda barber is the project manager for the clean-up. >> if we koirnt debris it's -- encounter debris it's like an archeological dig. they use small brushes and they dig through the soil. >> it's done under a giant pressurised tent three storeys tall to help contain what is
found here. a break in the wood demand a look. we are told it is safe nothing is disturbed. before the dig teams come in... >> this is the suit. >> -- they cover themselves head to toe. inside the tent they are hooked up to oxygen for safety. when they unearth something an explosives team takes over. with safety measure neighbours worry about their own health some convinced the environment makes them sick. two studies found community health is good. tom smith says the studies should not stop there. >> other health conditions are of concern, including blood disorders, kidney diseases. they warrant further attention. >> reporter: was there further attention paid? >> no there's never been a comprehensive follow up study. >> it's been insisted that the
neighbourhood is safe. at the counter dig it's taking every precaution. air from the tent is going through a filtration system and if there's an accidental discharge... ..an alarm warns nearby residents to shelter in place. so far there has been no such emergency. the army estimates it has two years of work left to go. >> we can't guarantee that we are going to find everything. there'll be an ongoing engagement between the army and this community for a long time. >> what is your biggest concern right now? >> that the army will leave earlier than it should because of the limits of financial resources. the core says when it leaves it will be because the job is done. residents can only hope so
tesla is offering upgrades to the roadster model saying it will go a long way. once it is complete the car will go 400 miles on a single charge. the latest technology and improved wheel bearings are some of the changes, no word on how much it costs, but to buy a roadster is costs about $100,000. a growing number of women are attending college, but only 30% is going into science. one exception is latin america. fields of science and technology, achieving gender balance is not easy. in latin america, women are making tremendous trades. >> translation: nowadays 46% of scientists in latin america are women. this is a relatively high rate the highest in the world. >> reporter: bolivia has the highest concentration, making up 63% of the country's scientists.
in argentina, paraguay and uruguay, they make up 50%. that is higher than in the u.s. where women account for under a quarter of science workers. the science without borders programme is funding studies at home and abroad for more than 100,000 high school students. the physics professor says cultural stereotypes get in the way. it's important to get the message out to younger girls. >> when you think of a scientist, the image tends to be of men. women must not feel intimidate for being women or whatever discrimination comes their way. it is unjust and should not hold anyone back. >> argentinian's scientist won the award for women in science, for her research in clean energy. 60% of her team are women, planning to use her success to campaign for more women
scientists in leadership roles. >> i feel a great responsibility to try to promote things i am passionate about, and encourage people interegsespecially women to work in areas of technology. while the growth of women scientists are significant, it's not enough. the next step is creating executive level opportunities for women. >> reporter: researchers warn that the number of birds in north america could plummet over the next 50 years because of climate change. there's another threat taking a toll on birds - glass windows. tom ackerman reports that there may be a solution to that problem. >> just after dawn naturalist luke degroot is out catching birds, trapping them in mesh nets dozens at a time. they are identified banded and soon thereafter released. here in the woods of pennsylvania, the birds needn't
fear a worse killer. every year by one estimate 300 million to a billion die in north america by crashing into windows. >> the majority of the birds are migrating song bird that once they migrated and come out of the sky, have to find food frequently near the glass windows. the birds come to us using the flight tunnel. the american bird conserve city is used to lessen the threat. it's testing out new methods. >> with fly birds down this way to the end of the tunnel and record which way they go they tend to go towards the clear pane or towards the pane with the treatment on it. some are ultra-violet so they reflect the light and have a pattern on it. >> the bigger the new building the more reflected panes. this glass-enclosed sports stadium lies along one of the
biggest migration fly waves on the continent. local activists are fighting to change the design and reduce the threat. and the city of san francisco adopted standards. modest adjustments to homes predict many birds too. this these are some of the simplest and effective ways. window strips or hanging cords. there's no need to have transparent glass. you could have a very narrow horizontal strip which is an effective way of stopping birds. giving them a better prospect of survival. one year after three al jazeera journalists were imprisoned, a look at how that event and others affected the way the world gets it news. that is next.
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it's been a full year since al jazeera journalists were detained in gipt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed from given a 7 year sentence and badr an extra three. al jazeera relates the charges and demands they be released. as reported, the sentence to imprison is seen as an attack on press freedom. >> reporter: there are things an objective journalist takes personally. unjust prisonment of colleagues in egypt is a case in point. some argue that they are casualties in seismic change but no rational analysis discounts the fact they state in gaol for doing their jobs. these me are the first to acknowledge that they are among thousands around the globe who have fallen victim in an undeclared war to silence the messengers. >> as peter so ello quelently put it from his prison cell we
no longer report from the front line nowadays we are the front line. >> reporter: nowhere has it been more bloody than in syria, where at least 10 journalists were killed doing their jobs. the recent victim was al jazeera correspondent. as many as nine reporters were killed in iraq. [ gunfire ] >> at least 7 dead in ukraine, where a new conflict erupted. heightening the dangers is the knowledge that it's not just a case of damaging bullets. journalists have to be where others are not. in reporting what had become a routine bomb disposal programme during the war in gaza two lost their lives, along with the expert attempting to make safe an unexploded israeli bomb. there's no comfort for children whose father went to work and did not come back. [ explosion ] rmping >> reporter: in many zones of
conflict governments are involved gofs that appear to regard journalists as collateral damage in the pursuit of political ends. and the thousands of reporters who have been imprisoned around the world - they are testament to the fact that in many places suppression of the media is a matter of law, not mere chaps. -- chance. we have been troubled by some of the laws passed around the world, that seem to restrict the ability of journalists to pursue stories or write stories. >> yet there is regression and even those nations that guarantee and take pride in media freedoms not only is the whistleblower hunted but those that report on his or her words. >> i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. whereas four decades ago journalists were regarded as
heroes for bringing down a corrupt president, they are now in prison for refusing to reveal their sources. over the past year the rise of non-nation actors unelected groups that will use any means to secure an ideological or religious end and where they become chips to barter or be disposed of. the power of those seeking to shine light on event is undiminished. luke somers images of yemeni people glitter even after he has gone. in these photographs is a basic truth, no matter how brutal the nature of change. there'll always be those brave and honest enough to record it on monday al jazeera america presents an hour-long special difficult oated to our colleagues incarceration and the larger issue of freedom of the
press. joining us tomorrow now, before we leave you tonight, we wanted to take a moment to tell you about a remarkable woman the world lost last week. alexis mckenney was a talented make-up artist that worked here at al jazeera america and n.b.c. and worked for abc news fox news and other networks. she was killed in a car crash early christmas eve morning. alexis leaves behind her remarkable husbands ray, 4-year-old sophia and 16-year-old south koreana, her family was her world. she worked two jobs to send her daughter to one of the best schools, and not a day goes by when she didn't have a story about little miss sophia. because of alexis and feel in the blank with something great that happened. she helped find a job or smile, even if she was having a bad
day. one friend said she made you feel beautiful from the inside. two days before she passed away. alexis texted me a comfortable message she had lost her mother and i shared that my mother was grieving the loss of my grandmother. this is what alexis wrote. "rochelle, a big hug to your mum. we are blessed we had exceptional love of a mother in our lives." alexis was that exceptional wom yes we were pleased to have. we are better people for having known her. god bless and peace to ray, cena and sophia and all her family and friends.
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Alkaline Water — Cleansing Features
Aside from helping eliminate gout and having antioxidant properties,, alkaline water can also help cleanse internal organs, especially the colon. This kind of water can easily eliminate fecal materials which can then decrease the risk of getting constipation and other unhealthy issues.
Note: An unhealthy colon can eventually become poisonous if not cleansed regularly and in some cases, it can be deadly to the individual.
How to cleanse using alkaline water? Drink on a daily basis. It helps keep the body cleansed and in good health. In return, the body is less susceptible to stomach viruses, flu, colds and other illnesses.
Alkaline Water — Physical Appearance Benefits
Alkaline water can also be used for the improvement of one’s physical appearance. It can help keep skin rejuvenated and keeps it hydrated throughout the day. It also helps replace tissues and contributes to the elasticity and overall health of the skin.
In addition, it also helps detoxify the skin making it even softer. Alkaline water also aids in weight loss by breaking down fats from food, not to mention it’s a natural appetite suppressant.
Alkaline Water — Sprains, Arthritis, and Dehydration
Other benefits of drinking alkaline water include the lubrication of muscles and joints. Properly lubricated muscles and joints help stop injuries and is essentially a big help for those people who are prone to sprains (athlete’s in particular) or people who may suffer from arthritis (particularly in the elderly).
In addition, alkaline water can keep you hydrated throughout the entire day. This helps prevent heat strokes and other health issues regarding the sun’s heat. Lastly, it helps cleanse organs for a better functionality.
Drink regularly and experience all of these benefits.
Other features of alkaline water is that it can lubricate the muscles and joints to help prevent injuries. This helps those who are prone to sprains or who may suffer from arthritis. Also, dehydration can harm organs such as the heart, causing them to work even harder. Alkaline water can help clean the organs so they don’t have to work as much nor will they expend too much energy to maintain function.
Alkaline Water — Gout
Gout is a disease in which defective metabolism of uric acid can trigger arthritis, especially in the smaller bones of the feet, and the deposition of chalkstones. In addition, gout can also cause high acidity inside the body, leading to the person experiencing acute pain.
How can one get rid of the pain gout can bring? Just consume leafy green veggies, replace regular drinking water with the alkaline water, and avoid processed foods, dairy products and meat.
Generally, gout is a symptom of high acidity in the body. A lot of leafy greens and less meat/dairy/processed food should do the trick. Plus, a lot of alkalized water is also a good way to help deal with gout. It’s also a good time for you to do a juice cleanse!
Alkaline Water — Antioxidant
Free radicals are atoms or groups of them with an odd (unpaired) number of electrons and can be created when oxygen interacts with certain molecules. Once formed, these highly reactive chemicals can start a chain reaction inside the body. The danger comes from the damage they can do when they react with important cellular components (e.g. the DNA). To prevent that damage, antioxidants must be ingested. In addition, free radicals can cause premature aging, diseases and other conditions.
Antioxidants are molecules which can safely interact with these free radicals and terminate the chain reaction before vital molecules inside the body are damaged. Alkaline water has antioxidants (in liquid form for faster absorption) properties that can counter these free radicals. Moreover, alkaline water can help fight the development of certain types of cancers. Just drink it regularly.

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BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2006--SafeNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFNT), setting the standard for information security, today announced the launch of www.HSPD-12.org, a Web site developed by the members of the HSPD-12 Interoperability Consortium to provide government agencies and systems integrators with information on available solutions necessary to comply with White House-issued Homeland Security Directive (HSPD) 12. The directive mandates that all Federal employees and contractors need to use a smart card as identification badges for physical access and logical access to IT resources.
Hosted and maintained by SafeNet, the Web site was built by the industry-leading vendors that comprise the HSPD-12 Interoperability Consortium. It features vendor solutions, white papers, helpful links to partner Web sites and product announcements on the technologies required for mandate compliance. The site will also include Consortium news, sponsored events and will allow customers to submit questions to specific Consortium members.
"This Web site provides clear, concise and relevant information to government agencies and systems integrators," said Chris Fedde, senior vice president and general manager, SafeNet Enterprise Security Division. "As the compliance deadline draws closer, we are pleased to be partnering with the other HSPD-12 Interoperability Consortium members to offer a solution to meet this critical security need."
Formed in June 2006, The HSPD-12 Interoperability Consortium is a partnering of industry-leading vendors committed to providing an interoperable solution to government agencies and system integrators which address the challenges and opportunities of complying with HSPD-12.
The participating "Founding Member" companies and their HSPD-12 compliant component are:
-- SafeNet, Inc. - smart card, authentication and encryption solutions
-- Consul Risk Management, Inc. - security audit and compliance
-- CoreStreet, Ltd. - Provider of certificate validation infrastructure and application software
-- Entrust - Certificate Authority, Shared Service Provider, and Encryption solutions
-- Forum Systems, Inc. - secured systems architecture
-- Precise Biometrics, Inc. - biometric solutions
-- Probaris Technologies - secured business process solutions
-- Intercede - smart card management
-- Omnikey - smart card readers
SafeNet's HSPD-12 Solution and Beyond
Building on its heritage in encryption technology, SafeNet provides technologies that protect and manage data-at-rest, data-in-motion and user identities. Working together, these technologies provide assurance of a secured environment. SafeNet's integrated product line enables customers to utilize technology already in place while leveraging their investment for the future. SafeNet's solutions combine core identity security components with data protection, access control and network communication capabilities.
Borderless Security Smart Card 400
Identity management and data protection require that you know who is accessing your facilities and systems. SafeNet's smart cards achieve this by containing personal authentication digital certificates for each user. Validated for FIPS 201 and FIPS 140-2 with Level 3-validated security, our smart cards are supported by hundreds of applications and contain optional match-on-card biometric authentication support for three-factor authentication.
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Car crash kills 14 in southern Egypt
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ASSIUT, Egypt—An Egyptian security official says a speeding truck collided with a minibus on a highway in the country’s south, killing 14 people and injuring 13 others.
The official says the accident took place on Monday morning on the Assiut desert road, 320 kilometers (200 miles) south of Cairo.
He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
Egypt has been hit in recent months by a series of deadly accidents that have sparked criticism of President Mohammed Morsi for not moving quickly to remedy the negligence and corruption that plagued government institutions under his predecessor, ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.
Last week, a train derailment killed 19 in Cairo and a building collapse killed 26 in the port city of Alexandria.
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Overstock.com Inc., the "close-out" retailer of brand-name merchandise, is migrating from an Oracle 9i database to Oracle 10g and shifting its reporting from operational systems to a data warehouse.
The latter is necessary because Overstock's business has been growing by 100% a year and its operational systems were staggering under their combined customer transaction and reporting loads, says Shawn Schwegman, senior VP of technology. With 14 million to 18 million hits a month, Overstock's Web site handles an information and transaction load equivalent to Sears' or J.C. Penney's Web sites, he says. The demands on its transactional systems were becoming so heavy that Overstock found itself "turning off one reporting function after another" to keep customer response times satisfactory. But Schwegman acknowledges that was a dead-end path. "Basically, you're dead in the water if you can't report on operations," he says. What's more, each time Schwegman turned off a reporting function, "I had the most irate users you've ever seen," he says. With no overnight window in which to shut down operations and move data, the 24-by-7 online merchandiser had to decide how best to make its migration to Oracle 10g and implement a new reporting system without affecting operations. That means Overstock needed a high-volume data-management tool to migrate data into Oracle 10g and then load selected data into the new NCR Corp. Teradata data warehouse, Schwegman says. Overstock evaluated data-migration toolsets from GoldenGate Software, Quest Software, and DataMirror. All three offer solid, real-time data migration, Schwegman says, but it selected GoldenGate's transactional data-management tools for their ability to read Oracle database log files and extract the needed data from those files rather than going into the database itself. "Most ETL [extract, transform, and load] tools add 10% to 15% performance overhead to the production environment. Because GoldenGate can read the Oracle log files, its overhead is less than 4%," Schwegman says. Overstock uses 10 Oracle database clusters, with the largest consisting of four eight-way servers. That cluster alone represents a $1 million technology investment, including the cost of the application software running on it. Reducing performance overhead by 10% saves Overstock $100,000, Schwegman says. Likewise, his total relational database investment is over $5 million. To save 10% of that promises even more significant savings. Overstock purchased the GoldenGate data-management tools two months ago. In the first phase of its project, it has been migrating from Oracle 9i to 10g, with GoldenGate handling the data transfers without any database down time. The online retailer also has been building a Teradata data warehouse with Business Objects SA reporting software replacing the 30,000 lines of custom reporting code previously used by Overstock managers and analysts. The company started to assemble the data warehouse in April, a project that normally takes up to six months or more, but Schwegman expects to finish the work in less time. The system now has 25 early users, "executives and a set of data hounds, power users," Schwegman says. In another month, the total will be 250 users, Schwegman says. When the data warehouse is finished, GoldenGate will continue moving data from the operational Oracle systems into the data warehouse "in near real time to provide reporting and analysis for our environment," Schwegman says. Needing real-time analysis for customer-relationship management was one reason Overstock created its own in-house reporting system after it was founded in 1999. Now, as a maturing online retailer--Schwegman says Overstock is the No. 6 or 7 retail Web site in terms of the number of its unique visitors--Overstock must move away from homegrown systems to systems that march in step with its growth rather than impede it.
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Fans of ABC’s The View have found a change amid the COVID-19 scramble that they are enjoying.
Several of the hosts of the popular daytime show have broadcast from home in an effort to maintain social distancing, and former host, Sara Haines, has come in to fill in some of the gaps.
According to [Cheat Sheet[(https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-view-fans-are-hoping-sara-haines-stays-on-the-show-for-good.html/) has subbed for Goldberg, Behar, and McCain, all of whom have stayed away from the studio for different reasons concerning their higher risk factors.
After Hanes first appearance, her fans began to ask that the former host stay on indefinitely.
“Can we please re-hire Sara?” one follower wrote on Instagram. “❤❤❤ that Sarah is back. Make her stay‼” another posted.
“I have been loving having Sarah back on the view! I’ve missed her! ❤❤,” another follower commented.
“Haines was a panelist on the ABC daytime talk show from 2016 to 2018,” Cheat Sheet reported. “Leaving to head up Strahan & Sara before third co-host Keke Palmer joined the team, Haines announced her departure from The View letting her followers know the parting left her with mixed emotions.”
“Ahhhhhhhh!! Not even sure I can find the words to adequately express how excited I am to sit next to @michaelstrahan as we embark on this new journey at @GMA #GMADay…it is (and has been) a dream of mine for a LONG time,” Haines wrote on Instagram in July 2018.
“It’s bittersweet though as I leave @theviewabc, a place I have called home for the past couple years. A huge thank you to all the viewers and fans who have followed me along the way. I LOVE my View family, but don’t worry, my brand new view is literally down the street.”
Co-host of ABC’s The View Meghan McCain, announced just days ago that she and husband Ben Domenech, were expected their first child.
“I consulted with my doctors and they advised me that for the safety of our baby and myself, I should be extra vigilant about limiting the amount of people we come in contact with. Starting immediately, I’ll be joining the millions of Americans who are self-isolating as a precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As a result, I will be appearing on ‘The View’ from home via satellite,” the ABC host said.
McCain also thanked those who work at her network for allowing her to stay out of harm’s way during this crucial time.
McCain, along with hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg have all started broadcasting remotely, as the other two hosts are in an age category that puts them at higher risk for infection and harsher symptoms.
“I’m fortunate that my employer, ABC, has allowed me and my co-hosts to work remotely. I am indebted to our producers and crew,” the new mom went on.
“I also want to acknowledge the heroes – the doctors, nurses, grocery and pharmacy workers, journalists, police officers, firemen and military – who are on the front lines of this fight.”


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Everything To Do With The Sex Show Part Deux……
Meow lovers!! So here’s part Deux of my Toronto trip!!
The Everything to do with success show was purfect and it looks like I’m headed to Montreal for another show!!! I’m in New Jersey tonight and excited about seeing my friends and fanatics here so more Sexxxy piccys are coming!! Until then, enjoy these lovers!!
Myself doing The Naked News in Toronto
Me and Charmane Star
Photo artist was named paint orgy
Party shot!! Myself with Taylor Stevens and my girlfriend Doreen :))
Club Muzick in Toronto with Taylor Stevens !! Fun night with the girls!!
This beautiful girl painted and gifted me with an acrylic on canvas of ME!!! She’s called Photo Orgy and I am so honored!!!! XoxoT
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Tyra Banks couldn't be more overjoyed about her new baby boy, York Banks Asla, as it has been her "dream" to be a mother for a very long time, a source close to Tyra revealed to ET on Thursday.
The 42-year-old supermodel surprised fans when she announced she welcomed her first child, via surrogate, on Wednesday, and now we know the reason for the former America's Next Top Model host's secrecy.
"The reason she kept it so private is because the heartbreak has been so intense with many false starts and failed attempts, that she didn’t want to say anything until the baby actually arrived," the source said. "She kept the secret from even her closest friends until yesterday, and reached out to a small circle right before she announced to the world."
WATCH: Surprise! Tyra Banks Welcomes 'Miracle' Baby Boy Via Surrogate, Thanks 'Angel' Who Carried Him
And according to our source, Tyra isn't likely stopping at one child -- she definitely wants more.
The beauty entrepreneur has been open about her fertility struggles and "traumatic" experience undergoing IVF treatments in the past. Our source told us that Tyra's been trying for a year and a half to get pregnant.
"Implanted embryos weren't working for her to carry," the source said. "She has been harvesting eggs for the last 18 months to make this dream a reality."
York is the genetic son of Tyra and her boyfriend, Norwegian photographer Erik Asla, the source shared. While York is Tyra's first child, she's already been enjoying being a stepmother figure to Erik's two daughters for the past two years, our source added.
"She is great with kids and always wanted to be a mother," the source said.
Obviously, we have to admire Tyra's ability to maintain such a big secret! Tyra even played it cool over the weekend when she went to see Jennifer Lopez's "All I Have" show in Las Vegas, making no mention of her big baby news.
Instead, she Instagrammed a pic of herself and her mother trying on wigs on Sunday, writing, "When mother and daughter trade their hair..."
WATCH: Tyra Banks Reveals Her Fertility Struggles and 'Traumatic' Experience With IVF
On Thursday, sources close to Tyra's former show FABLife -- which was canceled last week -- told ET that nobody had any idea that she was expecting a new addition to her family.
"We're all talking about it now but we can't figure out how it was kept a secret," one source said of the baby news.
"Tyra is a private person," another source said. "She never talked about her personal life when she was there. She came in, did her s**t and left."
Watch the video below for more on Tyra's "miracle baby boy."

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1. Device Model: HS105(US)
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This Earth Day poster features a magical play of light and color on a hilltop at sunset. It had been raining all day. The sky began to clear just as the sun was setting. The foreground begins with a hint of green, then a layer of golden weeds, and then a field of ripening corn ending in a hedgerow of trees. Distant hills in the mist can be seen beyond the field. The partly cloudy sky creates a glorious pattern of pink, gold, yellow, orange, mauve, blue and white. This is such a lovely planet. The text reads: Respect the Earth. It can be customized or removed.
This infant creeper just says it all. Be a Planet Pleaser! Grunge wordplay logo with planet recycle graphic. If you do what you can for the environment, show your green credentials with this great design. Perhaps also an excellent gift for anyone who holds the fate of the earth dear to their heart.
Exquisite photography from Deb's Digs! A close-up, detail photo of a freshly opened Hosta leaf back-lit by the spring sunshine. Inside, says simply, "Happy Earth Day!" which is a changeable template.
Here's a gorgeous tote bag with a beautiful blooming tree decorated with colorful flowers in a tapestry style. Perfect for Earth Day, Spring or just anytime.
This magnet tells us to live everyday like it's Earth Day - keep the land green.
What a great tote bag! I don't do plastic, with great illustration of a pretty woman in profile. It's chic and cool to carry totes these days, and it's great for the environment! So many styles of tote bags to choose from! You can create exactly the tote you want, from the huge selection of styles and colors available. Add text or more images, too, to make it personal. Tote bags make great gifts, they're attractive, and they help save the environment!
Green Leaves by Bebops
Sometimes I think Earth Day is the most important holiday of all. If we don't give our planet the love she deserves, everything else will sooner or later go down the drain. We need daily reminders of the fragile beauty we all depend on. So I decided to run this blog to share Earth Day items I have created in my online store , Bebop's Place, using my original photographs and designs.
I am also constantly amazed at the wonderful products available from the rest of the Zazzle community and plan to showcase some of the best! I am hoping others will see this blog and will be moved to purchase some of these lovely items in support of our fragile planet.


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The city's adult softball league season 2 will begin June 6th with both a co-ed league and a men's league. The deadline for team registration is May 23rd. Team registration forms should be returned to the Planning and Development office at 101 N. Powell Parkway. The registration fee is $350 per team. For more information about the Adult Softball Leagues click the link below.

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Designed For All ScaleHobby Heli Platforms
WOOKONG-H DJI’ first stabilization system built for scale/hobby helicopter enthusiasts, which works on all kinds of scale/hobby helicopters: aircraft with Bi-blade or Tri-blade, with or without flybar, with all kinds of swash-plates and rotor heads, electronic or gasoline or turbine helicopter engines. All types of scale or hobby helicopters can be installed with WOOKONG quickly and easily.
Compact Size & Light Weight
WOOKONG-H components weigh around 140g combined, which can be almost ignored from the payload. The size of the main controller is 51mm X 35mm X 15mm, IMU module is 41mm X 31mm X 28mm, and the GPS module has a diameter of 50mm and a height of 9mm, LED module is 25mm X 25mm X 7mm. The whole WOOKONG-H package is smaller than a standard package cigarette box. WOOKONG-H can even be installed on size 450 helicopter.
The installation of WOOKONG-H is much similar to Ace One. The innovative built-in damping system allows the helicopter to be installed without additional frames and dampers. The system helps customers to minimize size, reduce weight and give simplified installation that can be applied on different helicopter models. Customers also have more options for physical installation.
Multiple Flight Control Mode Intelligent Switching
WOOKONG-H offers three types of control modes: GPS Atti. Mode, Atti. Mode, Manual Mode (excluding GPS Cruise Mode of Ace One). Customers can switch between the three modes to adjust different flight environments even in the specially weak GPS environment such as: Building clearance, valley clearance, bridge bottom or mountain cave. WOOKONG-H also can also adjust automatically in the flight environment. For example when aircrafts come through the bridge bottom with GPS intermittence, WOOKONG-H system switches between GPS mode and Atti. Mode automatically to ensure safety and security of flight.
GPS Attitude Mode
In GPS Atti. Mode, it is not only can keep aircraft attitude stable and also lock the aircraft position accurately.GPS Atti. Mode has the same performance with GPS Atti. Mode. Stick center position for 0˚ attitude, its endpoint for 45˚which is a fixed limit. GPS Atti. Mode can be used in promptly and with a big flight movement. It will bring to you a new and excellent flight experience.
Atti. Mode is suitable for when no GPS or weak GPS signal is achieved. WooKong-H can control attitude stabilization and lock flight altitude accurately; Stick center position for 0˚ attitude, its endpoint for 45˚which is a fixed limit. Atti. Mode also can be used promptly and with a big flight movement.
Manual Mode is mechanical driving directly. With Flybarless support, autopilot will not stabilise the aircraft. Manual Mode is suitable for the experienced pilot.
Accurate Position & Altitude Hold
Autopilot system offers longitude & latitude locking and high accuracy hovering. Even in a windy environment, aircraft can hover in a small scale area. Accuracy: horizontal≤2 meters. Altitude≤1 meters.
High Accuracy & Driving Handfeel
With the help of WooKong-H, controlling aircraft feels like driving a car, as simple and intuitive strong control of the flight itself has become an easy and precise operation; The pilot can focus more attention in other areas, such as controlling the camera angle, without tension in the driving.
Semi-auto Take-off & Landing
In【GPS Atti. Mode】or【Atti. Mode】, requiring only a push of the throttle (collective pitch) stick gently to take-off helicopter, the autopilot system will be in charge of the cyclic pitch/roll stabilization.
Enhanced Failsafe Auto-Hovering
Enhanced failsafe is the feature to ensure that the helicopter will hover automatically if it loses the RC signal. This feature will protect your expensive payloads and equipment.
Built-in Tail Gyro/Flybarless Support
The tail gyro and FBL have become standard features of WooKong-H. No more extra work installing additional tail gyros and FBL electronic parts. The helicopter’s electronic system has been greatly simplified. Therefore different electrical parts can be connected much more easily. One central piece calculates all of the flying configurations.
Build-in Engine Govenor
The engine speed lock and governor are also standard features for WooKong-H. The built-in engine governor simplifies the parameter settings, and increases the compatibility of the system. All you need is to connect an extra standard sensor to use.
Data Import & Export
All the setting data can be saved as files that export from WooKong-H system . Alternatively import the file to current main controller to avoid reboot calibration.
Core Firmware Online Upgrade
The professional DJI R&D team continuously provide the latest control algorithms and features/modules. You don’t have to mail the unit back or find service centres to upgrade anymore. All the upgrades can be done online. All you have to do is click!


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MANGALURU: The Mangaluru City Police have established the identity of a passenger/ suspect, who was travelling in an autorickshaw with a cooker bomb that exploded near Nagori on Saturday.
Mohammed Shariq, 24, from Thirthahalli is currently being treated at a private hospital after a low-intensity blast was reported in a moving autorickshaw leaving him and the driver injured. With his relatives arriving in the city on Monday and based on his mobile phone that the police seized, the police have confirmed his identity.
ADGP (Law and Order) Alok Kumar told reporters here on Monday that “The acts have been influenced and inspired by terrorist organizations that have a global presence. The accused has three cases booked against him at Mangaluru North police station, Mangaluru East police station and Shivamogga Rural Police Station.”
The cases include pro-terror graffiti cases booked against him in Mangaluru East Police Station and Mangaluru North Police station on November 27 and 28, 2020, in which he was arrested and released on bail. He was the prime accused in a case booked at the Shivamogga Rural police Station booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 on September 19. As soon as the case was registered, he went underground and shifted to Mysuru where stayed in a rented house. On November 19, he left Mysuru, and travelled via Hunsur, Madikeri, Puttur, BC Road. He alighted from the bus on the outskirts of Mangaluru and then sat in an autorickshaw to travel to Pumpwell.
The Mysuru police conducted a raid at the house he was staying on rent and seized sulphur, phosphorous, nut and bolts, circuits, multifunction delay timer, grinder mixer, 150 matchboxes, battery, mechanical timer, Aadhar card, aluminium file, sim card, toy gun which looked like AK47, and chemicals used to prepare explosives. Once the accused recovers, he will be taken into custody for further interrogation, Kumar said.
From the investigation conducted so far, and after examining the spot where the explosion took place as well as collecting data related to the case, the accused will be booked under the UAPA Act as well as impersonation and forging of Aadhaar card details. The Mangaluru City police team is conducting searches across the state and outside with the support of Shivamogga police and Mysuru City police teams along with the teams from the central agencies.
So far the police have conducted searches at seven places across the State, including four places in Shivamogga, two places in Mysuru and one place in Mangaluru and have detained four persons, for questioning, including one from Ooty. Five teams, including two operational teams, an interrogation team, investigation, digital forensic and CDR analysis teams have been formed. During the search operations, they seized digital evidence, and electronic devices, and are verifying the bank accounts of various individuals, explained ADGP.
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By Anna Von Reitz
What do you imagine “USA” is? It’s a commercial corporation. It’s styled in such a way as you cannot possibly mistake it for anything else, even if it does not explicitly say “Incorporated”. And in this case, it is a British Crown Corporation. Sylvia C. James is a Municipal citizen bringing a complaint against the British Territorial USA, Inc.
Think of it like nesting dolls. The States surround the District of Columbia and the Municipality of Washington, DC exists as a separate independent city-state surrounded by the District of Columbia.
Both these foreign governments, Territorial and Municipal, exist within the District of Columbia’s borders, so both are referred to as “District Governments” —- District Assembly 4 is populated by U.S. Territorial Citizens, while Municipal District Assembly 18 is populated by Municipal citizens of the United States — both being foreign populations and non-domestic with respect to us, Americans.
Our State Assemblies are distinct from District Assemblies and are populated by people addressing soil jurisdiction issues for their Counties and People known as State Citizens, who address international business decisions for each State of the Union.
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As you can now see, these governments are nested one inside the other, yet each has its own unique form and character and citizenry and structure and responsibilities.
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Still . . .
Special thanks to one of the best KC photos for sharing a glimpse of the work in progress.
Take a peek via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Woodswether Road on the West Side of City Market leads down to my vantage point. My last update was May 9th. A Bridge So Far Below is what the new Buck O'Neil Bridge will look like. Finished in 2024. These shots are all looking north. Looking South. Above and below, North.
Developing . . .


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After the news of Super Junior leading the musical as its director, lots of Kpop fans have been surrounded by excitement when the announcement of the main cast members was revealed.
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ASTRO Sanha will breathe life to the character of Abraham. Sanha’s character is a positive boy who breathes warmth into the team. While SF9 main dancer Taeyang will be playing the role of Juan, Golden Child Y will be playing the role of Luke, and Joo Chan will be Mark.
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Now that the main characters of the musical are revealed and with the lead of Eunhyuk, Altar Boyz is now expected to start its first ticketing on November 26, 2021.
Reservations for the December 18 and 21 performances will be available at the first ticketing while reservations for December 22 and 24 will be released at a later date.
Musical fans can witness Altar Boyz at the KBS Arena starting on December 18 until December 24, while international fans who won’t be able to watch physically can see the musical online through the global platform Meta Theater, which specializes in such performances and musicals.


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The filling would work equally well in little vol-au-vent, but stuffing the caps really emphasizes the mushroom flavour, and makes them more fun to eat. The balance of flavours was spot on here, the mushrooms were front and centre, with the prosciutto and Parmesan acting as capable supporting players. This recipe is a mycophobe’s worst nightmare, but a good trick to have up your sleeve if you’re asked to bring a little something to the party.

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Organic Field-Effect Transistors (OFETs) were originally developed to produce extremely low-cost, large-area electronics aimed at producing printable and flexible electronic devices.
Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science say improvements are now in the offing that will allow for the manufacture of transistors which can be used to make highly flexible and paper-thin computer screens and displays.
These photoactive organic field-effect transistors incorporate organic semi-conductors, can amplify weak electronic signals, and then either emit or receive light. And since their appearance on the scene in 2003, researchers say that enormous steps forward have been made in the development of one variant: light-emitting organic field-effect transistors (LE-OFETs).
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And here’s where the technology gets truly interesting. Light-receiving organic field-effect transistors will break new ground for photonic and electronic devices and result in the creation of flexible displays where all the various device components (light-emitting elements, switching parts and the substrates) – are made of plastic materials.
For the most part, plastic materials mean “3D printable” materials.
As those materials have already been created and are expected to appear on the market in the near term, LE-OFETs are thought to be completely compatible with existing and popular electronic technologies.
The Japanese researchers say the performance of devices which incorporate both light-emitting and light-receiving transistors is currently hampered by a number of issues, and that collaborative effort among organic chemists and device physicists will be required to resolve those stumbling blocks.
While the team say it may take ten years before all-plastic and highly flexible computing devices appear on the market, the technology is already attracting interest from a wide range of interested parties.
Yutaka Wakayama of the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) worked in conjunction with Ryoma Hayakawa and Hoon-Seok Seo on the research.
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"Psych" has a treat for you airing Wednesday night (May 29) during the season finale -- the first promo for the musical event. But get an advanced look here first at Zap2it.
There aren't too many details given away during the teaser trailer, but we did spot a dance number on the pier, complete with Gus being hoisted on the shoulders of some dancers, plus a fun tableau of Shawn, Juliet and Lassiter on a staircase somewhere. Exciting!
"Psych" Season 7 is just about wrapped up, but the musical will tide us over this winter until Season 8 premieres -- which will feature the returns of Cary Elwes and Kristy Swanson, plus an episode remake. The musical premieres December 2013.


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