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Tidewater Staffing is seeking experienced Sheet Metal Mechanics!
- Weekly Pay
- Shift to be discussed
Job duties include but not limited to:
- Plan, lay-out, fabricate.
- Assemble, install and repair sheet metal parts.
- May work with fiberglass and plastic materials
- Operate various fabricating machines
Job requirements include:
- 7+ years experience in a shipyard/ship repair environment
- Able to obtain DBIDS credentials to work on Military bases
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Tidewater Staffing Offers:
- Weekly Pay
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Toddler Survives Fall From 3rd-Floor Window
Fire Officials: Car Breaks Child's Fall
A little boy is lucky to be alive after surviving a fall from a third-floor window at a Lynn home Saturday morning.
Fire officials said the 3-year-old broke through a window screen of his Chestnut Street bedroom and landed on top of a parked car in the driveway below.
Edwin Zayes was nearby when he heard the child fall.
I was talking to the next door neighbor and we just heard a bang, said Zayes. And it was the kid that fell from the third floor window and hit the top the trunk of the car. I just grabbed him and picked him up and tried to get his parents and called the ambulance.
The toddler was identified by his family as Mohammed Ibrahim.
My brother yelled for us and said the little boy fell out the window, said Mohammeds cousin, Hawa Adan. We just ran.
Mohammed was transported to Salem Hospital for treatment and was expected to be OK.
He was bleeding and everything, said Zayes. Hopefully hes fine.
Mohammeds family said the boy had facial and leg injuries.
His cheeks are hurt and his nose, said one unidentified family member.
Police are investigating the incident but said so far it appeared to be an accident.
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Rapeseed Wax – Reassuringly renewable.
Rape is widely produced in both the UK and in Europe, you would certainly recognise the bright yellow flowers in fields all around the country. Rapeseed wax comes from the oil that is harvested from the plant, it is completely sustainable, with no issues of intensive farming or GMO presence. This renewable material has been developed to produce high quality candle blends. Hardened from rapeseed oil, these 'greener' alternatives offer superb fragrance retention, scent throw and extended burn times. Their characteristics allow easy colour addition for both pigments and dyes.
Poth Hille are pleased to offer a unique range of Rapeseed waxes manufactured in the EU specifically for the candle industry. All our grades of Rapeseed Wax are exclusive to Poth Hille within the UK and not available through any other distributor. Our range consists of two container waxes and one pillar wax.
Poth Hille source these waxes from longstanding, reputable manufacturers within the EU, which ensures wax consistency, continuity of supply, reduced carbon footprint and competitive prices.
- Formulated from materials whose refining history is fully traceable.
- Free from any animal products or GMO markers.
- Does not contain residual solvents as per guidelines CPMP/ICH283/95.
- Has not been tested on animals by ourselves or on our behalf
Grades of Rapeseed Wax
Euro-Rapeseed Container Wax (PHC 3429)
A pure white 100% rapeseed wax. Blended entirely from various hydrogenated forms of rapeseed wax and that's all, nothing else; no paraffin, no stearine, no palm, no castor, no additives…..nothing! Euro-Rapeseed Wax has excellent glass adhesion characteristics and can be used as a standalone container wax or as a blend component. Euro-Rapeseed mixes well with other waxes, has excellent cold and hot scent throw and is very easy to work with.
Supplied in 25 kilo blocks and packed in cartons with poly liner.
Euro-Rapeseed Container Wax (PHC 3429) – General Information Sheet
Rapeseed Container Wax (PHC 9512)
A special formulated blend of hardened rapeseed oil with a small percentage of additive designed to produce a high quality container candle. This rapeseed wax is light in colour and provides excellent fragrance retention and scent throw qualities. Its composition is perfect for container candles and dyes/pigments can be added to colour the finished candle. 9512 is slightly harder than the Euro-Rapeseed wax.
This is available in slab form in 25kgs cartons.
Rapeseed Container Wax (PHC 9512) – General Information Sheet
Rapeseed Pillar Candle Wax (PHC 9562)
This Rapeseed Pillar wax will produce a porcelain like finish to your candle, having been carefully blended from partially and fully hydrogenated grades with a small percentage of additive to produce perfect pillar candles. It also possesses excellent fragrance retention and scent throw qualities is hard in nature and provides a shiny, glossy surface finish. Adjustments to its hardness can be made by the addition of either of our container waxes. Available in pellet form and light and creamy in colour.
This wax is pelleted and available in 25 kilo bags.
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A 25-year-old Santa Ana man suspected of hitting a woman with an SUV and dragging her approximately 40 yards was charged Thursday with attempted murder.
Arturo Sanchez is facing five felonies – including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, hit and run with injury and second-degree burglary – connected to a traffic collision in the 2500 block of South Yale Street on Monday.
About a week prior to the collision, Sanchez is suspected of stealing a purse from an employee of a family-run business in the neighborhood, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. Around 11:15 a.m. Monday, employees of the business spotted Sanchez in the same area, and believed they recognized him as the man who grabbed the purse, Bertagna said.
The woman whose purse had been stolen tried to use her own vehicle to block Sanchez from driving out of the area, Bertagna said, but he drove around her. The woman's sister tried to stop Sanchez by standing in front of his vehicle, but police say he struck her, dragged her about 40 yards, then reversed the vehicle in order to dislodge her.
Surveillance video released by police shows the woman standing in the roadway as the SUV approaches, moving slightly to her right to get in front of the oncoming vehicle, being hit by the front of the vehicle and being pushed up nearly to the hood before falling back down below the SUV.
The woman suffered multiple abrasions, Bertagna said, and remained hospitalized Thursday. She is expected to need skin grafts.
According to court records, Sanchez was previously convicted of several criminal charges, including theft and robbery.


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Get Moving this Spring with Cardio Hip Hop Classes
As the breezy days of spring pass us by, the idea of signing up for cardio class can sound exhausting. But this is why we are so grateful for Bootique's take on Zumba-style classes, a dance fitness class where we can ramp up our heart rates, sweat a ton and not even feel like we're doing work.
Dance fitness classes are a staple for spring workouts for San Diego women and a Dance Fitness Party with Bootique is the ultimate experience. The contagious energy of these Zumba-like classes will remind you why you love to exercise. Plus, the minutes fly right by and before you know it, you're ready for the beach!
San Diego Cardio Dance Fitness Classes
You've probably heard of Zumba – the Latin-inspired dance craze that's getting people fit all over the world. Our Dance Fitness classes are a lot like that – but we use more pop, hip-hip and high energy songs. These workouts are one of the best and most fun ways to burn calories. The fun music and easy-to-follow moves make it possible for anyone to feel like a rock star dancer. If you like San Diego Zumba classes but want something with a little more energy and more pop music, you'll love our Dance Fitness Party classes.
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Hello Wonderful Listeners.
Right off the bat, my day was stressful. Let's nip that in the bud right now. What do I mean, well, I'll need a large amount of your time to explain so let's get started, OK?
My day today was fun. It's supposed to be fun. I mean, I was going on vacation with my sisters, little sister's boyfriend, and my nephew. I was invited to go along for free! Everyone else who could pay, had to. The reason I got out of it was because my family knows that I have absolutely NO money to my name. So, this was considered a treat.
Well, we started off at 7:30 AM. We had our bags packed and while our schedule said to leave at 8 AM, we left at about 8:30 AM. We tend to be a little late on things so this was no surprise.
We headed out and our destination was South Padre, Texas! I had never been to South Padre before but I have experience North Padre. Well, South Padre is really beautiful but before I get to that, let me touch base on the road trip there.
Our trip started from my parents' house in San Antonio. Everyone, except my big sister, slept there so she just drove over in the morning to pick us all up. We left the house and we were all hungry and didn't have time to really cook breakfast so we stopped at McDonald's.
Now… How to put this politely? Our experience at the McDonald's we went to was quite dissatisfactory (utterly disgraceful!) and none of us were happy campers. See, we just wanted to pick up some breakfast food off of their menu. We ordered 3 Southern Chicken Biscuits, 1 Egg McMuffin and 1 Bacon, Egg, and Cheese McMuffin. Everyone ordered the same drink (apple juice) expect for my nephew who wanted orange juice; my big sister also ordered a coffee.
Well, the lady who took our order was slightly rude over the intercom. She took our order but was rushing us about it without actually saying hurry up. That was strike #1. Well, we pay for our food and then at the next window, they tell us that they will carry it out to us. That's fine. We get our food and, wouldn't you know it, they messed up our order.
However, let me break this down for you so you understand:
- They gave us all of our food, but the Egg McMuffin had cheese when we asked them to remove it.
- They forgot each and every single drink, except for the orange juice.
- They didn't give us straws for our drinks (which of course weren't there.)
- They haphazardly threw our food in the bag so half of it was out of the wrapper.
- We looked at the receipt and noticed that they added an additional cost to our drinks (which were mostly juices by the way) for our meals when normally the drinks are included in the price regardless of what drink you get.
Now, we were quick to notice this because we checked our food before we drove off. My parents taught me that lesson very early on in life. Well, both my sisters were livid (to put it lightly.) They went back inside of the establishment and ended up coming back with our order correct. Well…almost. Apparently they had no other juice besides orange juice so we couldn't get apple juice even if we wanted it.
I know my sisters very well and I'm sure they probably asked politely the first time for them to correct their order. But they told me they ended up going off on the employees because they all had attitude. By going off, they probably cussed them all out and demanded to see a manager. In fact, the manager did come by and I don't know what happened between them but apparently the manager wasn't too nice either. But, we got our stuff. We had to settle for soft drinks instead of juice.
After that annoying setback, we get back on the road. For the next 4 hours, I was trapped in a single position, hardly able to move. (Well, we did stop at a gas station to fill up on gas but nothing more.)
Anyway, we all ended up jamming out to multiple hits from our collective music collections. We jammed out to Blues, R&B, Pop, Hip-Hop, Rap, Latin, and the infamous "White Girl Jams."
(In case you're wondering, "White Girl Jams" is a term lots of young females in my family use to refer to music made by female Caucasian singers. In this way, I believe they just want to point out that they are aware that listening to that type of music doesn't fit with any stereotype of what Black women "should" be listening to. But they still love the music.)
Honestly it was a fun time. I even got quite animated, I won't even lie. Granted, I couldn't really move but still, I managed to do a few dance moves. Half the time, if I wasn't signing my lungs out, I was dancing and if I wasn't dancing, I was thinking about whatever. I did drift off into deep thinking space a few times but I honestly couldn't stop jamming out to the tunes.
See, my sisters are very good at keeping the hype going on a road trip. After all, this isn't the first time we've been to the Padre area. Actually, last time we went to the Padre area, it was North Padre, with this same group minus Lance (my little sister's boyfriend.) That trip was just as fun, and probably more fun than this one (so far.)
Well, I did manage to begin feeling tired at some point in the car. My family dog, Sasha, ended up in my lap for the last half of the trip there. (Oh yeah, we brought our dog along too! She never been outside of San Antonio! 😀 ) She was so cute but seeing her so lacking in energy, I just couldn't help but realize how old she is. I mean, she's 14 in human years. She's old guys.
Well, we still managed to look good in a few photos together.
By the time I was just about to fall asleep, we made it into the Padre area!
I woke right back up and didn't need to rest it felt. I actually took a picture of the traffic on the way from North to South Padre. It was kind of awful to be honest but we made it.


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Forum Hires New Director of Leadership Programs
The Alaska Humanities Forum is proud to announce that George Martinez has been hired as its new Director of Leadership Programs. In this role, Martinez will be the lead for Leadership Anchorage and he will oversee leadership programming across the organization.
Martinez comes to the Forum from the Municipality of Anchorage where he has spent the past four years as Special Assistant to Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, focusing on economic development, youth development, education, and diversity.
As a member of the Welcoming Anchorage executive committee, Martinez has worked with Leadership Anchorage cohorts for several years as a liaison for community impact projects that partner participants with local organizations to tackle real, immediate needs within the Anchorage community.
"We are excited to have George join the Alaska Humanities Forum team," says Forum President and CEO Kameron Perez-Verdia. "His focus on designing experiences that bring people together to engage in learning, sharing, cultivating, and activating will be a tremendous asset to the work we do in strengthening communities across Alaska."
Leadership Anchorage is one of the Forum's flagship programs, entering its 23rd year this fall. The 8-month long program brings together a diverse, cross-sector cohort each year for experiential learning designed to guide participants in developing the skills, knowledge, perspective, and networks needed to be effective and compassionate leaders for our city, and our state.
We are currently seeking applicants for LA23. The public is invited to an Open House for Leadership Anchorage at the Alaska Humanities Forum's offices on Monday, August 26 from 5:30 to 7:00PM to meet Martinez and to speak with program alumni and staff; applications are open through September 6, 2019.
More information at akhf.org/leadership-anchorage.


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@sanjupm: Thank you thank you. It was a lot of fun aside from the really messed up crap the university pulled on us (We went to China for a project!) Good luck with your MA though I'm sure you
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@joblessjim: It's ok we can all watch the basilpocalypse together. @antisenpai: Gotta look to the past mistakes to improve them in the future.
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@animus: Might as well redirect the last few members to BZL, although its interface is just as bad as BM.
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@antisenpai: Was it really a good thing though. BasilMarket has got to be the most toxic community I've ever been in on top of having incredibly bad rule enforcement and a hard headed owner who
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@beefly: I can have a life and be nostalgic :(
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@sunshine443: I was never dead, always lurking ;). Though they shut down the Evan Achievement Thread so I kind of lost interest. @ecarina: So new classes on top of the god knows how many new classes.
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@sanjupm: Forgot I ever even posted Pokemon videos. Mostly did that for the people who attended those tournaments. Ended up deleting that YouTube channel. A little sad because some of the videos I sav
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y'all posting about the site dying so I wanted to throw in a thread before everyone's gone to say hi. To keep it maple related: Did I miss anything interesting in the game? (Haven't pl
Petition to close BasilMarket
Where in the world would I go to relive my glory days
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@zeff: I stop by every now and then for nostalgia's sake. I'll always watch over the Evan community ever after they forget about me completely.
The Evan Achievement Thread
@xvi3tx: happy birthday :3c
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@sammi: It's a talent. @xvi3tx: OMG IM SO PROUD! I wish I had been there aaaaaah. Congratulations you did great. I'm so happy and proud for you.
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@sammi: man I know that feel. In the end I wrote my 8000 word dissertation in 12 hours. @xvi3tx: AAAHHH I MISS YOU TOO HOW IS MY CHILD DOING
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I come back to BasilMarket after like a year and this is the first thing I have to see
Biggest nexon screw ups of all time
I was talking about this with someone just the other day and it reminded me of a video I once did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duVBLrizTVk Tbh Maplestory was the most fun when things went wrong.
The Evan Achievement Thread
@xvi3tx: THATS OK AS LONG AS YOU LET ME KNOW
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@xvi3tx: LEVEL 248 MOM IS PROUD. Do let me know when you near 250 so that I can come to celebrate :>!
The Evan Achievement Thread
Started playing a Kinesis a little. Cubed my Evan´s staff with the cubes from leveling it up and got it to unique with 20% boss damage and I think % m.atk. Can´t remember. Good enough. Don´t kn
Kinesis achievement thread
Had a bit of a disaster Horntail run. Got dispelled 5 times in a row and randomly got killed while at full HP (The 1hp thing didn't happen either but w/e). Lost my 2X coupon to it. Also disconnected
What do i do?
Ctrl + R. Auto refresher. Don't let your dreams be memes
Excuse you.
MY YouTube Channel
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I don't know this person nor do I particularly care, but consider the following: Doxxing is a crime.
KMST Evan changes Pt.2
@hopelessworld: Cheers bro. Gives me some time to figure out where the hell the download button is on the KMS website. EDIT: Overall I'm liking this all. I really just miss Illusion a little. The &
KMST Evan changes Pt.2
Has it been released to KMS outside the testing servers yet? I'm thinking of giving it a shot but I can't be arsed to download KMS.
Evan changes
@juarmo No need to sound so edgy half of this community isn't nice you're not exactly the poster child of unkind Evans.
Guides are back!
I have a very hard time with not assuming the worst after having not been helped with 90% of the issues that I brought forward in tickets regarding guides. The following guides of mine should just
R.I.P Evan 2010-2015
Quickly looked through it and I'm still pretty excited. Pros Finally an improved teleport Toggle magic guard Definitely a lot more varriation Cons Hyper is still crap No more growths? Removal of sk
Guides are back!
So now everyone (Or a select few, either way I don't agree) can edit MY guide as they please, I need to get approved before I can even submit edits myself, I need to start adjusting all the tofu tags
Evan changes
@aapjestan2: The change is nice but yeah, it would be a shame if the class became too different. I would be pretty bummed out if they took away the more used skills that we've had since the creation
Evan changes
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Maplestory on a mac
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Haikyuu season 2
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Seoul: Won ends lower, stocks recover on foreign buying
[SEOUL] The South Korean won fell against the greenback on Thursday after the government said it is closing watching the currency's movements, raising fears of intervention by the authorities.
The won was quoted at 1,092.6 to the US dollar at the conclusion of onshore trade, down 0.2 per cent compared to Thursday's close of 1,090.0.
The won has appreciated more than 7 per cent against the dollar so far this year, putting more pressure on exporters who are struggling with weak global demand.
South Korean shares reversed later in the session and the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi) closed up 0.1 per cent at 2,063.45 points.
Offshore investors turned to buyers and purchased a net 186.1 billion won (S$230.77 million) worth of Kospi shares, marking their fifth straight day of stock-buying.
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Play-off Semifinal Leg One: Middlesbrough vs. Aston Villa
Here we are. Forty-six games played, 46 games out the window. There's only two that count, now. Villa's aspirations, kindled by Dr. Tony Xia's ambitions, will either be within reach or cruelly denied by the time we crawl into bed Tuesday night. And how we feel tonight may well be all we need to know.


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Happiness is the Way
Author(s): Wayne W. Dyer
Dr Wayne Dyer was affectionately known as 'the father of motivation' by his fans. This is the first new book from this beloved spiritual teacher since he passed into spirit, and draws on his audio lectures from the 90s and 00s. This is a chance for his long-time fans to rediscover some of his inspirational talks and for his younger followers to read his classic teachings.
One of Dr Wayne Dyer's favourite quotes was: 'When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change'. In this collection of his most classic teachings, published for the first time in writing, readers will find a novel solution for any problem they may encounter at this time. As Wayne liked to say: 'There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way'.
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text: It is with a heavy heart that we say our final goodbye to one of our most beloved colleague and dear friend Gary Miller. Chicago-native Gary Miller worked a multitude of jobs from the music industry, to working with City politicians, to devoting the later part of his years to Lawndale News. Miller's enthusiasm for work, passion for music and city festivals, and unmatched story-telling gift will be tremendously missed for years to come. Miller devoted much of his time and effort to building community relations across the city, shaping impressionable youth with his extensive knowledge in business, arts, sports, and theatre, and received accolades for his unyielding endeavors in promoting community news. From all of us here at Lawndale News, we will forever cherish the memories we created with you. We will miss your bellowing laughter. We will miss your inquisitive nature. Most of all we will miss your larger-than-life presence for you will always be a part of our family. From the depths of our heart, we sadly say goodbye and we hope you are in peace Gary John Miller.


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5 December 2018
Earlier this week I launched my latest podcast episode with billionaire bookmaker Fred Done.
The businessman has grown an empire of more than 16 businesses but is most famous as the Betfred boss. But – behind the billionaire status – chatting to the Salford-born businessman, it is abundantly clear how much of a family man he is.
Last night I spoke at an event with Fred to launch The Running Bee Foundation. The charity has been created in memory of Fred's wife Mo, who passed away in July.
It's hard not to be moved by the story. This time last year Mo was running as usual with Fred. Just a few weeks later, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour. A few short months after the diagnosis, she had passed away.
Mo was a keen runner, tackling marathons across the world with Fred. During her treatment, Chris Bird of Sports Tours International, one of Fred and Mo's friends, bought a 'Bee in the City' in her name. The Bee was designed with runners painted across it – a combination of Mo's passion for running and for Sports Tours' races. This then sparked the idea for the Foundation in her memory, led by Sports Tours International.
Just like Mo
At UKFast, we've sponsored Sports Tours' Manchester and Salford 10k runs for several years now. Hearing that they are now to become part of the foundation, with all profits going to local charities, is absolute music to my ears. There is so much that we can do right on our doorstep. Now, all profits from these 10k runs go back into the communities where the events are held to promote health and wellbeing. It's designed to help smaller initiatives and charities that often get lost in the mix.
At last night's launch event they revealed the Running Bee Foundation's new mascot. It's a bee with pink lipstick, bright blue eyes and big eyelashes – 'just like Mo'. Chris described how he wanted to 'influence something really positive in Mo's name'. What a wonderful motivation – to help boost young peoples' health and wellbeing, while commemorating an important woman in their lives.
The Foundation launch and the podcast are reminders to me of how important it is – alongside the business acumen and focus – to support each other, to be a family in work, at home and in the broader community.
Listen in to the full podcast to hear Fred's story and the journey so far.


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Team Jenny & Melissa have done it again! Yesterday I had my second weigh in at Jenny Craig and I lost a whopping 5.2 pounds!! I was experiencing a magnitude of anxiety leading up to the moment that both of my feet made it onto the scale which made it painfully clear just how much anxiety I have about the role of food in my life. I have been doing a lot of rethinking and reformulating over the past two weeks and have been trying to remember that we need food to live….we don't live for food.
I have come to grips this past week with the fact that food is always going to be everywhere and it's always going to be my responsiblity to have the power and control over what I eat and what I don't eat. Many people have approached me this week (who know I am on the JC diet) asking me how I think I will manage over the course of the Easter weekend and I feel that I can respond with 100% certainty that I know I'll do just fine. The honest to goodness truth is that I'm not a super chocolate fan and would chose something salty over something sweet any day so this is why I feel pretty confident as the holiday approaches.
This week I was able to resist the tempatation to cheat on my diet several times but here are some of the highlights…..
1. Last weekend my brother, his friend and her son came over and everyone in the house but myself had McDonalds. It was hard to sit there while they were all eating it but at the end of the day as I reflected back I felt super proud of myself for being able to say no to McFatty's.
2. My co-worker brought in a giant bag of cadbury mini eggs (mmm) and even though he was offering to share I resisted the urge to say YES and instead chugged back a ton of water and enjoyed my Jenny Craig popcorn.
3. On Wednesday the youth at my work were having a special pizza dinner and since I was there I could have easily had a slice or two but instead I opted to head on home and have my regularly scheduled Jenny Craig meal.
4. It has been almost a week since I last tasted diet coke – this has to be the BIGGEST accomplishment of the week and one that I consider a huge personal victory.
5. On Thursday night after my weigh in Mike and I were going out shopping for Easter presents and we easily could have stopped and picked up something to eat but instead we ate something at home before we left.
My goal this week is to continue with the Jenny Craig plan as it is laid out before me, drink lots of water, avoid the Easter treats that will fill my house, stay away from diet coke and to go on a walk with the family on Sunday and Tuesday night.
Wish me luck!!


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Beltway, I-95 Crashes Clog Midday Traffic
Tractor-Trailer Overturns On Beltway; Cars Crash On I-95
A jackknifed tractor-trailer on the Outer Loop of the Baltimore Beltway clogged up midday traffic Friday, as did a crash on Interstate 95.
The Beltway crash happened sometime before noon on Friday just past the Charles Street exit on the top side of the Beltway.
Sky Team 11 Capt. Roy Taylor said the crash took up at least two lanes of the highway, and vehicles were seen only getting by on the shoulder.
Crews worked to clean up a fuel spill caused by the crash, and all lanes of the highway were eventually reopened by 2 p.m.
There's no word yet on if the driver was injured or what caused the crash.
I-95 Crash Backs Up Highway For Miles
Meanwhile, another midday crash was reported shortly after noon on northbound Interstate 95 just past White Marsh Boulevard.
Maryland State Police told 11 News that a car overturned at some point. Sky Team 11 video shows that another car was somehow involved in the crash.
Police said a female driver in one of the vehicles was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview in unknown condition. No other injuries were reported.
Police said the crash also involved a tractor-trailer.
During the investigation, three northbound lanes of the highway were closed and one southbound lane was closed, and traffic was backed up on I-95 for miles in both directions.
All of the lanes were reopened by 2 p.m.
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Which Musical Artists Do Fans of Each NFL Team Like on Facebook?
Facebook teamed up with Billboard to study fans of National Football League teams and which musical artists they are most likely to like on the social network.
Facebook teamed up with Billboard to study fans of National Football League teams and which musical artists they are most likely to like on the social network.
In compiling Gridiron Grooves: Favorite Artists for Facebook Fans of Every NFL Team, Facebook said it identified the band or musician liked by a higher proportion of each NFL team when compared with football fans on Facebook as a whole.
Here are the results of the initial installment of Gridiron Grooves:
AFC East
- Buffalo Bills: The Beatles
- Miami Dolphins: Black Eyed Peas
- New England Patriots: Akon
- New York Jets: 50 Cent
AFC North
- Baltimore Ravens: Wiz Khalifa
- Cincinnati Bengals: Waka Flocka Flame
- Cleveland Browns: Machine Gun Kelly
- Pittsburgh Steelers: Usher
AFC South
- Houston Texans: George Strait
- Indianapolis Colts: Nickelback
- Jacksonville Jaguars: T-Pain
- Tennessee Titans: Jason Aldean
AFC West
- Denver Broncos: Maroon 5
- Kansas City Chiefs: Tech N9ne
- Oakland Raiders: Snoop Dogg
- San Diego Chargers: Bob Marley
NFC East
NFC North
- Chicago Bears: Michael Jackson
- Detroit Lions: Kid Rock
- Green Bay Packers: LMFAO
- Minnesota Vikings: AC/DC
NFC South
- Atlanta Falcons: T.I.
- Carolina Panthers: Ludacris
- New Orleans Saints: Lil Wayne
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Metallica
NFC West
- Arizona Cardinals: Pitbull
- San Francisco 49ers: E-40
- Seattle Seahawks: Macklemore
- St. Louis Rams: Nelly
Readers: Any surprises?


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No matter what question I ask, the answers all point in one horrifying direction. I have no idea who I am.
-- Sia (Chapter 1 paragraph 7)
Importance: This is the moment Sia realizes that she's lost her memory, the event that prompts the rest of the action in the story.
But somehow, the spirit of gathering here at the end of a day, knowing no one will spit or urinate on me and that I'm relatively safe and among equals, feels oddly comforting. For me and many other homeless, the bridge has become home.
-- Sia (Chapter 6 paragraph 1)
Importance: Sia has been on the streets for several days at this point, and she has fallen into a semblance of a routine. Later, Sia revisits the bridge in her search for Carol and she's amazed at how frightened she is. The bridge takes on a totally different feel once Sia is no longer part of the homeless culture.
-- Duke (Chapter 10 paragraph 34)
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Volume 490, Number 1, October IV 2008
|353 - 356
|The Sun
|Published online
|11 September 2008
The MHD coupling between coronal dynamics and photospheric motions
Observatoire de Paris, LUTH, CNRS, 92195 Meudon, France e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
2 Observatoire de Paris, LESIA, CNRS, 92195 Meudon, France e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Accepted: 20 August 2008
Context. Whether it be the heating problem or the destabilization of coronal structures, use is often made of the so-called "line-tying" boundary conditions, which amounts to imposing the photospheric velocity at the photosphere as a boundary condition for coronal dynamics. Directly coupling the low beta coronal evolution to prescribed photospheric motions of the magnetic footpoints allows strong magnetic energy accumulation in the corona. But this amounts to ignoring possible feedback from the coronal loops on photospheric motions, a neglect that is commonly justified by the strong density contrast between the photosphere and the corona. On the other hand, the energy injected into the corona comes from the photosphere, so in principle the coronal loop might act as a conduit communicating photospheric dynamics from one region to another.
Aims. Our objective is to test the degree of validity of this line-tying approximation by considering the role of the dense photosphere explicitly.
Methods. We consider here a 1.5D MHD model of a magnetic loop including a strongly stratified solar-like atmosphere and consider free (instead of prescribed/line-tied) boundary conditions applied deep in the photosphere, so as to quantify the coupling between the photosphere and corona as determined by stratification. We give an initial kick to one of the footpoints in the form of an upwardly propagating Alfvénic perturbation rising from the lower boundary, and then allow waves to freely escape the numerical domain from the boundaries, seated deep in the photosphere.
Results. We find that the response of the loop differs in many aspects from what is predicted by the line-tied condition. a) The magnetic energy density available in the corona is limited to a value equal to the kinetic energy density in the photospheric motion. b) The initial velocity shear between the opposite loop footpoints vanishes after a time proportional to the loop length. The shear between the coronal boundaries on opposite sides of the loop is quasi-uniform and is relaxed slowly by Alfvén waves propagating downwards through the high-β photospheric layers. This process is insensitive to details of the thermal structure. c) Coronal loops are thus shown to exert a strong feedback on the photospheric dynamics, intermediate between friction and diffusion, instead of no reaction at all.
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On Life & Career with Goop's Elise Loehnen
Today, we're interviewing the interviewer. Elise Loehnen is the chief content officer of Goop and the formidable host of the Goop podcast—our current commute favorite. With a resume that includes a humble stint as editor-at-large and deputy editor of Lucky Magazine, not to mention frequent appearances as a television spokesperson, it's hard not to be a little in awe. With a warm affability and undeniable wit, she tells us what makes for a good radio guest and talks feminism and ambition in the workplace.
- RIp & Tan: Growing up in Montana, did you ever see yourself raising your family in Los Angeles?
- Elise Loehnen: No, not really. I didn't have any conceptions about where I would live, except that I would obviously go to Harvard Law School. I think I saw it on a sweatshirt and it seemed like a good idea. I will say, though, that when I was living in New York and would come to Los Angeles for work, it seemed like a much easier life. I love the suburban parts of Los Angeles, like going to Costco and Container Store on the weekends—that resonates with my childhood.
- RIp & Tan: What makes a good leader?
- Elise Loehnen: I think about this a lot, particularly because I don't really enjoy the nuts and bolts of managing. I decided early on in the days of leading a team that I would just model my expectations hard—and look to hire people who can be autonomous within those expectations. I believe that once people understand what "done" looks like—to quote Brene Brown—then they appreciate being able to get there in whatever way best coordinates with their personality and work style. But if you're not willing to roll up your sleeves with everyone else, you can't really call yourself a leader—I don't care how much experience you might have, or the dues you might have paid early in your career.
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- Rip & Tan: Throughout your career, how has mentorship helped you learn and grow?
- Elise Loehnen: My mentors always had incredibly high standards for me—I don't think I was ever coddled, particularly when I was at Conde Nast. I wouldn't say that I was driven by fear and anxiety, but I was certainly driven by a desire to prove that they could trust me with a fair amount of responsibility because I would always deliver. Growing up in media, I was also surrounded by many brilliant and strong women who showed me how to be tough but fair.
- Rip & Tan: How does a podcast come together?
- Elise Loehnen: We try to schedule a mix of doctors, experts, professors, therapists, healers…really anyone we'd love to sit next to at a dinner party. To quote podcast guest, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, my approach is to prepare like hell so I can wing it. If someone has written a book, I read it; if they've given a TED Talk, I watch it. I might jot down a few notes or quotes, but I otherwise go into the interviews without questions, so it can truly be a conversation and we can go where it takes us. It's always surprising to me when guests tell me that I'm one of the few interviewers who takes the time to truly prep—I feel like if I'm asking readers to give up their morning commute, it's my job to take full advantage of the opportunity. It feels like the only respectful thing to do!
- Rip & Tan: Do you have a favorite episode of the goop podcast?
- Elise Loehnen: I was probably most starstruck by Bryan Stevenson, the author of Just Mercy and the director/founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. It's kind of like picking a favorite child though. I loved my conversations with Dr. Will Siu, Dr. Gabor Maté, Dr. Zach Bush, Joe Dispenza, Lynne Twist, Valerie Jarrett…
- Rip & Tan: Has office culture transformed in any significant way since you started your career in media? Has your relationship to the workplace changed at all?
- Elise Loehnen: The entire world has shifted from the top down paradigm to a very different model that's rooted in transparency and accountability and data, where everyone has a seat at the table. I grew up in old-school media, an industry where there were very few ways to measure how effectively you were connecting with your audience—really, the only metric was newsstand sales, which were attached to the cover star or model. Obviously, there was ad revenue attached to magazines, but that was also often born on the backs of very gifted sellers with deep relationships in the market. In some ways, it was amazing, because you could ship the magazine to the printers and never have to wonder if people liked, or didn't like, your work. But there was a flip side, because it was also very arbitrary. Magazines were traditionally very, very hierarchical without a lot of movement or opportunity within the ranks. It's very different now. These days, you can see, almost instantly whether you're creating resonance and action—this is happening across industries, not just media, and it means that it's easy to spot stars at every level of the company. There's just a lot more accountability, which is great for everyone, because your work can speak for itself on many different levels.
- Rip & Tan: To what do you attribute your biggest periods of self-discovery and growth?
- Elise Loehnen: I had a fair amount of misery in my early days, when my job was not yet a career, and certainly not a calling. In those early days when you have little power and not a lot of flexibility because you're living paycheck to paycheck, it can be very hard to figure out what you want to do because it doesn't feel like you have a whole lot of choice. Absent a security net of savings, or name recognition, or long experience, you don't really know where to leap or why you would. I spent a lot of time just waiting to be seen, kind of assuming that someone would spot my talent and pluck me from my misery. I think I grew up in a generation of "scouting"—it was primarily in terms of modeling and acting, but you would hear these stories of girls getting spotted on flights or in the mall and told that they were special. It was the era of talent searches. I think that fully infiltrated the culture where there was this "just wait and you'll be found" mentality for women. It took me a long time to shake that off, to realize that I needed to be an advocate for myself and to, more importantly, put my shoulder into it and create momentum. It seems like doors that wouldn't move before would fly open once I got the flywheel going.
- Rip & Tan: What are you reading right now? What are you currently obsessed with?
- Elise Loehnen: I'm reading every book that Gabor Maté has ever written from Scattered Minds (on ADHD), to Hold On To Your Kids (about adult attachment vs. peer attachment), and When the Body Says No (on autoimmunity). His book on addiction, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, is incredible.
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Apologies for the condescension, but honestly: when even the American public (more than two-thirds of whom support this research) achieves a consensus on an issue, it can't be too hard to resolve. So the more interesting question isn't who's in the right, but what is the curious minority myopia that has produced a debate at all?
Earlier this week, we saw much grandstanding from both queasy, refuse-to-get-their-hands-dirty countries such as Austria, which would flat-out ban the use of EU funds for this research, and others - not only Britain but, impressively, Catholic Portugal - which would forge ahead with EU financing. For once, the compromise agreement - to allow individual states to determine whether they will use EU science funds for stem-cell research - seems eminently sensible.
Alas, it's impossible to characterise as "sensible" Bush's putting the kibosh on a bill to provide federal funds for embryonic stem-cell research last week, conspicuously the first veto of his presidency. Making the announcement, Bush surrounded himself bathetically with babies, all the results of "adopted" embryos otherwise marked for disposal. Yet nothing about the pursuit of this research precludes individual couples continuing to bid for abandoned embryos from fertility treatments, the vast majority of which will still end up in the bin. Indeed, after an ill-judged White House assertion that Bush considers destroying human embryos as tantamount to "murder", stem-cell research supporters accurately observed that in that event fertility clinics should be prosecuted for homicide. Hauling clinics into court for discarding a few clumps of cells would be OTT even for the Bush administration, which subsequently back-pedalled in embarrassment.
Exercising his only veto to date in defence of biological material undetectable to the naked eye, this president went to war in Iraq with nary a thought for the consequences, pursuing a fool's errand that has cost tens of thousands of lives. Mind, we're talking about the lives of whole, big people, the kind that talk and walk around, with families and fast friends, with senses of humour and gifts for writing poetry. Not tiny clusters of cells, which will never trot into the room when you call should you scream yourself blue in the face.
On both the left and right, a certain sanctimonious social subsection chronically indulges the moral equivalent of penny-wise, pound-foolish. This over-scrupulous ethical bean-counting of the little stuff, and utter profligacy in relation to the large, contributes a shrill note in debates about a host of other matters: assisted suicide for the terminally ill; abortion; questions such as whether we should keep babies alive at any cost even if they're in agony and doomed to die; and cases such as Terri Schiavo's, which roiled the entire US for months over the fate of a woman who was, as an autopsy subsequently established, brain dead.
Yet these dainty moral purists are rarely anguished about going to war, or even about capital punishment. They're not likely to get worked up about an entire continent of big people who live on less than £1 a day. Typically, hyper-purists don't give a frig about the practical consequences of their fastidiousness. They aren't in the least concerned about dashing the hopes of diabetes patients, forcing the terminally ill to suffer one more hateful day, or making already overstressed healthcare systems finance their personal self-righteousness at the sacrifice of caring for people who can actually get better.
This variety of moral purism has nothing to do with concern for others. It is a vanity. It is not about principle, but about appearing principled. It's about look-at-me-I'm-so-virtuous - a preening, self-congratulatory contingent to which Bush was pandering last week. And, of course, it's also about bossing us other, less worthy moral scruff around.
Philip Roth's American Pastoral portrays an ostentatiously lofty girl named Merry - a mischievous appellation, since she sure ain't a lot of fun. Merry is so obsessed with doing no harm to a single living creature, no matter how microscopic, that she won't eat, won't wash, won't even walk on the ground. Novelistically, Merry is a brilliant creation, albeit functionally insane, and one of the most supremely irritating characters I have encountered in fiction. And she stinks. Metaphorically, the holier-than-thou crowd always does.
Monday's announcement that this year Transport for London is set to spend even more than 2005's £11.5m on advertising stirred an ongoing rage. Whenever I see those costly television adverts promoting cycling in the capital, with cheery, healthy young people in helmets bouncing off their mountain bikes and looking refreshed, I cannot stay seated from fury.
I object on the basis of false advertising. Realistically, those young people should be bouncing off the Tarmac. If mayor Livingstone must run promotions for cycling, he should be broadcasting images of cyclists being cut off at speed by left-turning vehicles that haven't signalled; sent sailing from opened car-doors; verbally abused by drivers who have just violated the cyclist's right-of-way (since there's none so indignant as the one in the wrong); quite reasonably cautioned or ticketed for running a light, but by police who never, ever ticket drivers who plough pedallers off the road unless the cyclist ends up dead; and veering around cars parked - often legally - in the rare bike lane that goes anywhere, only to be flattened by a truck.
That, friends, is cycling in London. So if Transport for London is intent on squandering its scarce resources on adverts, instead of using them to make cycling safe, it might replace its slogan "Get on your bike!" with "Write a will."
· Catherine Bennett returns next week
· This week Lionel read TC Boyle's Talk Talk: "After Drop City, I'm on the Boyle boil! Riveting novel about it-could-be-you ID theft. I'm a joyfully grovelling, sycophantic fan." Lionel watched back-to-back news reports on Hizbullah "since with hundreds of cable channels in the US, naturally there's nothing on."


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January 28, 2019
Tribal PMF Vehicle Destroyed by an IED in Tikrit (DD Jan 27)
Leader of the world's Yazidis dies at 86. [..]
Ambassador Silliman honored on his last day in Iraq. [..]
Anti-American rhetoric continues in Baghdad. [..]
Daesh IED, other attacks in Shirqat kill at least 8 police personnel, wound at least 16. [..]
Saudi report says Turkey has 20 military bases in northern Dahuk, Erbil. [..]
1 killed, at least 10 wounded as Kurdish protestors storm Turkish military camp in Dahuk. [..]
Der Spiegel report says Russian, Iranian troops clashed with each other in Hama. [..]
Large Shammar tribe working with US on major cross-border security role. [..]
Youth gang attacks Daesh families at Al-Hawl IDP camp; 1 killed. [..]
Daesh members becoming good customers for motorcycle dealers. [..]
Daesh mass grave with 11 Syrian soldiers found near Tabaqa. [..]
Human Rights Watch slams Tahrir Al-Sham torture, other abuses in Idlib. [..]
SDF advancing on Daesh's last few square kilometers in Albu Kamal. [..]
Daesh resistance reported collapsing I Albu Kamal; 288 killed in 3 days. [..]
Other countries
Afghanistan: Khalilzad reports progress in his negotiations with Taliban. [..]
President Ghani urges Taliban to start talks with Afghan government. [..]
Philippines: Daesh attack on Catholic cathedral kills at least 20 in Mindanao. [..]
In Memoriam
Mir Tahseen Bek, the leader of the world's Yazidis, passed away in a hospital in Hanover, Germany. He was 86. [Hawar]
On Monday, the Iraq Press Agency reported that the Iraqi Public Prosecutor's Office referred the Director of Residences of the Ministry of Interior for investigation over allegations of administrative and financial corruption and helping terrorists to infiltrate the border with Syria. [IraqPress]
Anti-Daesh campaign
Baghdadia reported on Monday that Jazeera Operations Command is mobilizing its forces by the Anbar border with Syria to prevent Daesh members from infiltrating Iraq. [Baghdadia]
A Coalition statement on Saturday said that between January 13 and 21, the Coalition and "partner forces" had destroyed over 1,400 IEDs in Iraq. [InherentResolve]
On Monday, Arab Network published a story wherein a humanitarian who had worked with people who have escaped Daesh since 2014 shares their stories. She said they have experienced horrible abuses, including rape, torture, and witnessing murder and infanticide. [Baghdadia] [Arab]
The Central Criminal Court in Al-Rusafa sentenced 2 Daesh operatives to life imprisonment. 1 of them confessed to being a member of Daesh's "police." [Sumaria]
Foreign policy
On Monday, the office of Prime Minister Adel Abd Ul-Mahdi expressed its appreciation for US Ambassador Douglas Silliman's work in Iraq on the occasion of the end of his term. Abd Ul-Mahdi received Silliman, as well as Special Envoy James Jeffery and Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Peek, for the occasion. [Sumaria]
The White House had previously announced Silliman's imminent departure in November 2018; he is to be replaced by current Ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller. [Kurdistan24]
Also see stories under Kurdistan regarding anti-Turkish protests in Dahuk.
Anti-American campaign
The head of Asa'ib Ahl Al-Haq (AAH), Qais Al-Khazali, says that he expects a vote by the CoR to expel US forces from Iraq in the next few months, saying that if such forces would not comply, they would be expelled by force. The AP quoted him as saying that there was no reason for their presence following Daesh's defeat in the country. He says a small team of advisors and trainers may stay, if so decided by a special committee. [Rudaw]
Former CoR MP Mishan Al-Jubouri says that US drones bombed Iraqi PMF positions in more than 1 location in the country, including Nukhaib and Thirthar in Anbar, causing casualties. He says that the Iraqi government is keeping silent about the attack, adding that the Prime Minister cancelled orders to the PMF to enter Syrian territory. [Arabi21]
Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, says the presence of US forces is necessary to help Iraqi forces, in the interests of the country, as long as the Daesh threat is still present. He praised the ongoing cooperation with Baghdad, and expressed his support to Prime Minister Adel Abd Ul-Mahdi. [Mada]
Northeast (Adhamiya, etc.)
A security source said that a person wanted on terrorism charges was arrested on Monday in Adhamiya. [Sumaria]
Southwest (Rasheed, etc.)
On Monday, Baghdad Ops Command announced that it arrested 3 people, 1 of whom was a terrorist, in Saidiya. [Ghad]
Qasim Musleh, Anbar Ops Commander for the PMF, says that his forces are ready to cross the Iraq-Syria border and clear the border areas of Daesh presence, and end Daesh's attempts to use the border to cross into Iraq. [Qasioun]
A security source in Anbar says that 3 policemen were arrested for their involvement in the robbery of 100 tons of railway iron in the Kilo 5 area of Ramadi. The 3 were planning to sell the iron in local markets when they were arrested. [BasNews]
Daesh said it killed three intelligence operatives, including two officers, and stole their vehicle on Friday in an ambush west of Ramadi city. [A3maq] [ICDNJan27]
Daesh said it captured and then murdered a National Security Service "spy" on Friday, west of Ramadi city. [ICDNJan26] On Monday, Daesh published photos of the murder. [ICDNJan28]
The Haditha District Council says that Daesh killed 2 men from the District as they were collecting mushrooms in the western desert. A third man was kidnapped. [Sumaria]
Daesh said it severely wounded an Iraqi Army Intelligence member with a sticky IED on Friday in his shop in Al-Mualimeen neighborhood, in Hit city. [ICDNJan26]
Security and medical sources say 2 policemen were killed and 8 wounded in an explosion that targeted a bus transporting police to work near Shirqat on Sunday. When on-duty policemen responded to the initial explosion and headed to the location, another bomb went off, killing 2 more policemen and wounding another 3. [Mada]
The Iraqi Media Center said on Sunday that 4 people were killed and 10 others wounded in 2 IED explosions, one at the Shirqat Intersection and one in Masihili village. The center said some of the victims were security personnel. [KUNA]
Daesh said on Sunday it killed two policemen and destroyed their vehicle with an IED in the Masihili area, in Shirqat. [ICDNJan27]
A DaeshDaily source said that 4 Salahuddin Police media correspondents were killed and 6 others wounded when an IED exploded on their civilian vehicle near the Hawi Kan'ous area. The source said when ambulances arrived, another IED exploded, killing 1 civilian and severely wounding others.
Daesh said on Sunday it killed four policemen and destroyed their vehicle with an IED in the Sakaniya village area. [A3maq]
A DaeshDaily source said that a civilian was killed and another severely wounded on Sunday when a Daesh leftover IED exploded near Al-Shabali village. The source said the desert around the village still has hundreds of IEDs.
A DaeshDaily source said that a tribal PMF fighter was killed and 3 others wounded on Sunday when a roadside IED destroyed their pickup truck in Tikrit city.
Daesh said it killed or wounded IFP personnel and damaged their armored personnel carrier with an IED on Friday on the road between Tikrit and Kirkuk. [ICDNJan26]
Southern Salahuddin (Balad)
A DaeshDaily source said that a group of Daesh terrorists kidnapped 3 PMF fighters at a fake checkpoint near Yathrib on Saturday afternoon. The source said the bodies of 2 of the fighters were found later, having been tortured and shot, in the desert near Samarra.
Daesh said it killed two PMF soldiers and wounded others on Sunday in an attack near the Mazari' area, in Yathrib. [ICDNJan28]
Baquba/Southeast Diyala
A DaeshDaily source said that a group of Daesh terrorists in pickup vehicles carrying PMF flags blew up the house of a Sunni tribal leader in Al-Sa'adoun village, in Buhriz subdistrict, on Saturday. The source said the tribal leader is well-known for his support of the PMFs.
Daesh said its snipers killed a policeman on Saturday in Al-Nawa'eer village, in Buhriz subdistrict. [A3maq]
Daesh said it wounded two policemen with an IED on Thursday in Abu Qarma village, in the Al-Waqf area. [A3maq]
Northern Diyala (Khanaqin, Khalis north)
The Security Media Center announced on Monday that Diyala Operations Command found a depot containing 3 IEDs and 4 mortar shells in Al-Khalis. [Ghad]
A security source in Diyala says that security personnel arrested a female Daesh member in Al-Khalis. [Sumaria]
Daesh said it wounded five Asayish and IFP members on Saturday when it targeted a joint military position with sniper rifles in the Malik Shah area west of Khanaqin city. [ICDNJan27]
A military source said on Monday that the 61st Brigade, from the special forces, arrived in Kirkuk, replacing the Counter-Terrorism Service. [Sumaria]
In Kirkuk, a suspect who had been arrested on armed robbery charges escaped Rahim Awa police station in Kirkuk city. Following this, the director of the police station, 3 other officers, and 19 policemen were arrested on orders of the Inspector-General. [Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. The IG's action could have been based on incompetence, but given the number of Daesh members who have escaped through bribes, he is more likely to have suspected corruption.
Hawija (Riyadh)
Daesh published on Sunday a photo of the terrorist who conducted the Wednesday vehicle bomb suicide attack in Riyadh. [ICDNJan27] On Wednesday we reported that a security forces member was killed when a suicide terrorist attacked a checkpoint near Riyadh's entrance with a vehicle bomb. [Rudaw]
Southwest (Daquq, Taza)
A DaeshDaily source said that on Friday, IFP units raided a Daesh hideout in the Daquq area and freed the mukhtar of a Hawija village who had been kidnapped two months ago. The source said the IFP also captured 5 Daesh terrorists, including a Syrian commander, and confiscated weapons and ammunition.
This added to our story on Friday that IFP units had killed 3 Daesh terrorists and freed a captured mukhtar southwest of Daquq. A Daesh field commander nicknamed "Abu Maria" was killed in the raid, and large quantities of weapons and explosives were captured. [IraqPress]
Daesh said on Sunday it killed captured and then killed a tribal PMF member and a National Security Service "spy" near Bashir village in Taza. [A3maq] [ICDNJan27]
A DaeshDaily source said on Monday that the temporary bridges that link Mosul to Badoush, Tal Afar to Sinjar, and Hammam Al-Alil to Mosul are out of service because of the heavy rains. The source said the bridges were not made properly.
Nineveh Plain (Hamdaniya, Tel Keif)
The PMF media office announced on Monday that PMF units had found 2 depots in Batnaya, Tel Keif that contained various weapons, including "Hellfire" missiles. [Buratha]
A DaeshDaily source said that on Sunday, Ninewa Protection Units defused 23 Daesh leftover IEDs in the Hamdaniya area.
Mosul city
A DaeshDaily source said that on Sunday, the Ministry of Oil reopened the largest fuel station in the Majmou'a Thaqafiya area in east Mosul. The source said the station had been bombed by Coalition planes when it was used by Daesh as a hisbah ("Islamic Police") office.
Daesh said it killed two Iraqi Army members on Friday when it set off an IED targeting their military position in Al-Falah neighborhood in east Mosul. [ICDNJan27]
The Security Media Center said on Sunday that the Ninewa Police Command arrested 6 Daesh operatives in west Mosul. [PressIraq]
The Ministry of the Interior (MoI) then announced on Monday that intelligence units arrested a Daesh operative in west Mosul. [Sumaria]
Ninewa Ops Command continues to clear the old city of Mosul of war detritus such as rockets, equipment, and explosives. [MoD Website]
Mosul District
South (Hammam Al-Alil/Shura)
A DaeshDaily source said that a man and his wife were murdered on Saturday near their house by a group of Daesh terrorists in Al-Naddas village, in Shura subdistrict near Ayn Al-Jahash. The source said the terrorists killed the victims publicly, execution style, and then stole sheep before fleeing towards the desert. The terrorists were in a pickup truck carrying PMF flags.
The source said that later on, the body of one of the terrorists who participated in the attack was found on the road nearby. A resident told the source that the dead man was a nephew of the victims and that he was shot by the terrorists in a dispute just after they left the village.
The source said that on Monday, Iraqi Army units from the 20th Division arrested 12 suspects in the village.
A DaeshDaily source said a civilian and his daughter were shot and killed on Sunday in their house in Ghuzail village in Hammam Al-Alil, by a group of 4 Daesh terrorists, who fled the area after the attack. The source sent us photos of the victims.
Western Ninewa
Tal Afar
The PMF media office announced that the 53rd PMF Brigade, demining units, removed "many" IEDs across Tal Afar. [PressIraq]
A DaeshDaily source said that on Sunday, PMF units shot and killed 2 Daesh terrorists who were planting IEDs between Abu Mariya village and nearby Tal Afar city.
A DaeshDaily source said that PMF units found an explosives and ammunition cache in a house in Tal Afar city. The source said the abandoned house belonged to a local Daesh member.
A DaeshDaily source said that on Sunday, 44 Yazidi families returned from the Hassan Sham IDP camp to their houses in Hardan, a Yazidi village 19 miles east of Sinjar city.
The Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat says that Turkey has 20 military bases in Iraq, the largest of which is an airfield in Bamarni, in the Amedi District of northern Dahuk. The bases are distributed throughout northern Erbil and Dahuk. [Sumaria]
Local residents and Kurdish officials said that protestors "stormed" a Turkish military camp in Shiladzi, northeastern Dahuk, on Saturday, and that 1 protestor was killed and at least 10 others were wounded when Turkish soldiers shot at them. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry criticized the Turkish soldiers for opening fire and said that it would summon the Turkish ambassador. Turkey said that the attack had been carried out by PKK members who had "disguised themselves among civilians" in order to foment discord between the Turkish soldiers and local residents. The KRG condemned the attack on the camp, blaming it on "saboteurs," and said it had sent forces to the area. [Reuters] [Mada]
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Turkish Ambassador to Baghdad on the issue of the Dahuk protests, asking him to inform his country to stop acting unilaterally. [Hawar]
Rudaw wrote that the attack on the base had begun as protests against recent Turkish airstrikes that had killed several civilians in the area. Al-Mada wrote that 1 such recent airstrike had killed 4 civilians. Rudaw also claimed that 2 people had been killed and 15 injured in the attack on the military base. [Rudaw] [Mada]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) wrote that the Asayish had forcibly shut down the independent channel NRT's Dahuk offices on Sunday, detaining journalists and cameramen and confiscating broadcasting equipment. The CPJ said that the Asayish had held the detained journalists and cameramen for 5 hours and barred entry to NRT's offices. This followed NRT's coverage of the protest at the Turkish military base in Shiladzi on Saturday, and the Saturday evening arrest of an NRT team that was reporting on injured protestors from outside the Dahuk Emergency Hospital. [CPJ] [NRT]
Foreign policy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that Daesh's presence is about to come to an end in Syria, paving the way for other terrorist groups to emerge. He added that shortly Turkey will clear the east of the Euphrates from Daesh stragglers and the YPG. He says he's coordinating with Russia regarding next steps. He also says that Kurdish forces allowed Daesh safe exit from Raqqa last week. [ElDorar]
DaeshDaily comment. Ah yes, Erdogan will be the savior of eastern Syria. It seems that he can't say anything that isn't self-serving, and the truth is always whatever he says it is, however implausible.
Also see above under Kurdistan
Political developments
Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, says that the next round of Astana talks between Russia, Turkey, and Iran will be held mid- February. Lavrov also noted the "reality" of the presence of terrorism in Idlib. [Hawar]
Der Spiegel reported that there had been a "bloody encounter" between Russian and Iranian forces, using heavy weapons, on January 19. It says the clashes took place in the Ghab area of Hama, and was over the division of areas of influence. Tanks and mortars were reportedly used. [BasNews]
Foreign policy
United States
The Turkish daily Yeni Safak says that 600 US soldiers arrived at Kharab Ashiq and Sarrin airports, east of the Euphrates, to help secure US forces' withdrawal from Syria. [ElDorar]
However, the SOHR says that there are 700 US soldiers who entered Syria, and that their mission is not aimed at securing US withdrawal, as announced, but rather to arrest top Daesh leaders, including Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, if he is still alive. The fate and location of Daesh fighters held by the Americans is unknown. [SyriaHR]
The Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Al-Safadi, says his country's forces will not take over the Al-Tanaf base after the withdrawal of US forces, as it is located outside Jordan. Al-Safadi says that Jordan will protect its borders but will not cross them, and is hoping to reach a tripartite agreement on the base position. [ElDorar]
Bloomberg says that the recent withdrawal decision by President Trump would open the door to more violence in Syria, such as what is happening between Iran and Israel, which may lead to an open war. Additionally, as Tahrir Al-Sham now controls Idlib, that is a pretext for Syria and Russia to attack the area. It says that even Daesh made a slight comeback through its attacks on the US forces. [Hawar] [Bloomberg]
Shallal Kado, a Kurdish politician from the anti-PYD National Kurdish Council, says that the US will not allow the PYD to hand over territories to the Syrian government. He says that the US withdrawal does not mean handing over areas of influence to Russians and Iranians. [ElDorar]
Anti-Daesh campaign
The Russian refugee center says that 1,809 Syrian refuges returned to their home areas from Lebanon and Jordan. 1,113 returned from Lebanon, including 125 women and 213 children, and 696 from Jordan, including 209 women and 355 children. [ZamanAlWasl]
On Monday, CNN published an article about the female Kurdish fighters in the YPJ (the women's counterpart to the YPG) and the YJA Star. The article says that many women join the YPJ or YJA Star as teens and do so with or without parental approval. The photographer says that many Kurdish women fighters say they are fighting "patriarchy" in addition to enemy combatants. [CNN]
A land mine explosion targeting a tractor on the Jinderes road in Afrin killed 2 people, according to Kurdish media sources. [Hawar] [SyriaHR]
Hamidi Daham Al-Jerba, Sheikh of the Shammar tribe in Syria, returned to Hasaka following a visit to Iraq. Sources say the Sheikh discussed forming a Syrian tribal PMF to protect the Iraq-Syria border in cooperation with the Iraqi part of the tribe and its military commanders. The US has reportedly allowed Shammar tribesmen to deploy along the borders since last August, at which time it raised their monthly payments from SL40,000 to SL75,000. [ZamanAlWasl]
A DaeshDaily source said that a woman was killed on Sunday when a group of young men set fire to 11 tents occupied by Daesh families in the Al-Hawl IDP camp. The source sent us a video of the fire.
A DaeshDaily source said that Daesh terrorists, who are hiding in the desert, are paying high prices to buy motorcycles in the Hasaka area.
DaeshDaily comment. This should be seen in the context of the rash of recent Daesh attacks conducted by motorcycle terrorists.
Daesh said it shot and killed an SDF member on Sunday in Um Hujaira village, in the Al-Hawl area. [ICDNJan28]
Daesh said on Monday it shot and killed three SDF members near Makhroum village, on Abyad Road, southwest of Hasaka city. [A3maq] [ICDNJan28-Telegram]
Raqqa city & district
Daesh said on Saturday it shot and killed an SDF member near Al-Jazra intersection, in Raqqa city. [A3maq]
West Raqqa (Tabaqa, etc.)
Kurdish internal security revised down the level of curfew from "total" to "partial" in Tabaqa; the curfew was imposed following tribal riots against the SDF. It says that this is not targeting any tribal group, but only "rioters and saboteurs." [EnabBaladi]
The Russian news agency Sputnik says a mass grave was found, containing the bodies of 11 Syrian soldiers, in Jab Al-Ghoul, south of Tabaqa. [Qasioun]
Central and West
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) is carrying out torture and other oppressive measures against opposing militias and citizen activists in their areas of control. HTS is in control of virtually all of Idlib. HRW noted the arrest of 11 peaceful activists from Idlib, saying that they were arbitrarily arrested and that 6 of them were tortured during their interrogation. [Rudaw] [HRW]
Syrian Army soldiers used heavy artillery to thwart terrorist attempts to breach the truce zone north of Hama. It shelled positions of the Al-Izza Brigades, which tried to approach Syrian Army positions, killing several of them in the process. [SyriaNow]
The Syrian Army bombardment of the Al-Zakah, Morek, and Al-Arba'in villages, north of Hama, killed a child and wounded a woman. All these villages are within the so-called "demilitarized" areas. [ElDorar]
Explosions were reported in Jableh, Latakia, resulting from the Russian air defenses intercepting flying objects (i.e., drones) targeting the Russian Khmeimim Airbase in the area. [Qasioun]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
Deir Ez-Zor District
Daesh said on Saturday it killed three SDF members and damaged their vehicle in an ambush on the road between Al-Suwar and Deir Ez-Zor. [A3maq]
Daesh said it shot and killed an SDF member on Thursday in Al-Jasmi village, Al-Suwar subdistrict. [ICDNJan26]
Mayadin District
Daesh said it killed an SDF member and wounded another on Friday when it targeted their military position in Al-Tayyana village, in Dhiban subdistrict, with an RPG rocket. [ICDNJan26]
Daesh said on Sunday it killed two SDF members when it targeted their truck with machine guns in Al-Hawayej village, in Dhiban subdistrict. [ICDNJan27]
Daesh said on Sunday it shot and killed an SDF "intelligence spy" in Al-Jardhi village, in Dhiban subdistrict. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh has nothing going in Mayadin anymore, and even these stories are suspect, but its media warriors can never concede defeat, so the "victorious" Mayadin stories continue day by day, even as Daesh has apparently lost all of its territory in Mayadin and is even trying to recover it.
Albu Kamal District
The SDF is still advancing against the last Daesh-held area, estimated at 6 square km. The SDF says Daesh is using hundreds of civilians as human shields to halt the advance. [EnabBaladi]
Local sources also say the SDF is advancing in Marashidah, the last Albu Kamal location held by Daesh. [Qasioun]
TV channel France24 broadcast exclusive footage of fighting between the SDF and Daesh in Marashidah, also saying that that the remaining Daesh fighters chose to fight to the death, and are using women as suicide attackers. It showed a non-Syrian woman that fought fiercely before getting killed. [ZamanAlWasl]
The SDF says it thwarted 2 Daesh attacks with vehicle bombs on SDF forces in Al-Baghouz and Marashidah. [Hawar]
Sources told the SOHR that Daesh has almost collapsed and is no longer able to fight back, being highly dependent on mines and vehicle bombs. The SOHR reported heavy military transport movement to and from the front lines in eastern Deir Ez-Zor. It also noted the flight of 950 people, including 200 Daesh fighters, from the last areas held by Daesh. [SyriaHR]
Rudaw reported that US military vehicles drove through Al-Baghouz on Saturday. However, the SDF media center says Daesh attacked the SDF early Monday morning. An SDF commander told Agence France Presse on Monday that Daesh controls 4 square kilometers stretching from Al-Baghouz to the Iraq-Syria border. In the past 3 days, 20 SDF fighters have been killed. 288 Daesh fighters have also been killed in the past 3 days. [Rudaw] [Rudaw]
SDF commanders said that Daesh suicide bombings around Al-Baghouz, including by women suicide bombers, were continuing in the wake of the SDF capturing the town. 1 commander said that 5 women blew themselves up in or around Al-Baghouz on Saturday, killing 1 SDF fighter and wounding 3 others. The SOHR said that later on Saturday, 4 other suicide bombers killed 11 SDF fighters and that 19 Daesh fighters were killed by Coalition airstrikes. [AFP] [Rudaw]
Kurdish media sources say that SDF units found Daesh depots of weapons and ammunition, as well as medicine, in Mar'ashli village. [Hawar]
Airstrikes and casualties
The Coalition issued a statement on Saturday saying that it was "safeguard[ing]" civilians while Coalition "partner forces" (i.e., the SDF) were pursuing Daesh. The statement said that the Coalition "continue[d] to make the safety of civilians in the area a top priority."
In the same statement, the Coalition also said that its airstrikes between January 13 and 21 in Syria had "removed" more than 200 Daesh fighters from the battlefield. [InherentResolve]
A DaeshDaily source said that on Sunday, Coalition planes killed Yousef Saleh Al-Ali, aka "Abu Hamza," and Abu Mohammed Al-Britani, and destroyed their pickup vehicle in an airstrike near Al-Baghouz. The source said that Al-Ali was a senior Daesh official in the Deir Ez-Zor area.
A DaeshDaily source said that on Sunday, Coalition planes killed Bashar Al-Mijbil, aka "Abu Dhar Al-Suri," a senior Daesh hisbah official, and his driver and destroyed their vehicle in an airstrike near Al-Baghouz. The source said the terrorist had left Syria and joined AQI in 2009, then joined Al-Nusra in 2013, before joining Daesh in Raqqa a year later. He was responsible for issuing orders to kill hundreds of civilians in the Deir Ez-Zor area.
Qasioun reported that a Coalition missile attack on Al-Baghouz killed 42 people, including 13 civilians. The casualties were said to include 7 Daesh fighters and 6 Iraqi nationals. [Qasioun]
DaeshDaily comment. Always keep in mind that Qasioun reports are anti-Coalition, entirely focused on civilian casualties, and typically exaggerated.
IDPs and civilians
Around 2,000 civilians, including women and children, arrived in SDF-held areas on Monday after fleeing Daesh-held areas. The SDF says that it arrested several Daesh fighters attempting to blend in with civilian IDPs who left their homes in eastern Deir Ez-Zor. [Qasioun] [Hawar]
The YPG says it arrested 3 Daesh members on Sunday who attempted to flee into Turkey. [Rudaw]
Rudaw reported on Monday that civilians fleeing from Al-Baghouz and Al-Susah are stopped and interrogated at a police checkpoint manned by SDF officers. The interrogators look civilians over for "clues" indicating that they belonged to Daesh, such as a calloused trigger finger, hesitation in responding to questions, or marks on the shoulder from carrying a cartridge pouch. [Rudaw]
No reports
Neighboring countries
The UN Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, arrived in Sana'a, where he was received in the airport by top Foreign Ministry officials. His meetings will discuss the Stockholm agreement and the continuation of the ongoing truce. [Rudaw]
Daesh published on Sunday a photo of one of its terrorists, saying he was killed in Al-Baidha. [ICDNJan27]
North Africa
Daesh said on Sunday it killed an Egyptian Army soldier with an IED in the Muhajara area, in Rafah city. [A3maq]
Daesh said on Sunday it damaged an Egyptian Army bulldozer with an IED near Arish Airport. [ICDNJan27]
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said on Monday that refugees should not currently be returned to Libya, as the security and stability there were below acceptable levels. This came during a press conference with Fayez Al-Sarraj, Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord, who is on an official visit to Austria. Van der Bellen said that reports from the UNHCR and other international bodies indicated that the situation in Libyan refugee camps made it imperative that refugees not be returned there. [Anadolu]
The non-governmental data analysis organization Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) issued its 2018 annual report, in which it noted that state forces were more violent actors worldwide than non-state actors, and responsible for the most direct civilian deaths. It said that the most violent conflicts in 2018 were in Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and Iraq, and that of these, the war in Afghanistan was the most lethal, while Syria was the place in which civilians had the highest risk of being killed. It also noted that "The Philippines is a war zone in disguise," saying that more civilians had been killed in the Philippines in 2018 than in Iraq, and that the Philippines had "similar levels of civilian fatalities" to Afghanistan. [ACLED] [ACLED]
Daesh said on Sunday it shot and killed a policeman in Ba'ad Market, in Mogadishu. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh is relentless about killing policemen in Somalia. As elsewhere, their strategy is to weaken public confidence by killing security personnel, but one Daesh story after another in Somalia is about killing cops in markets. As we have mentioned before, this is all about extorsion.
Boko Haram fighters attacked 2 military bases in Borno State, in the towns of Pulka and Logomani. Military sources told the AFP on Sunday that 6 soldiers were injured in Logomani, but that both attacks were fought off. [DefensePost]
Daesh said it killed 30 Nigerian soldiers on Saturday in an attack on a military position in "Lomani" village, in Borno State. [A3maq] [ICDNJan27] However, responding directly to this claim, a Nigerian Army spokesman said that there had been an attack on Logomani village in Borno State, but that only 8 soldiers were injured, and that the attackers were driven off. [ChannelNewsAsia]
On Sunday, 4 farmers were killed in an attack attributed to Boko Haram in Molai village, 5 km (3 miles) from Maiduguri, Borno State. [VanguardNGR]
The Borno State government said on Sunday that it would enlist "local hunters" and "vigilance groups" to help in its counter-terrorism operations. [VanguardNGR]
The US and the Taliban agreed in principle to a draft framework guaranteeing that Afghan territory would not be used by terrorist groups, which could lead to a deal in which the US withdraws fully from Afghanistan, according to Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Representative. He was speaking to the New York Times in Kabul. He described the discussions held with Taliban as fruitful, saying that Afghan land will stop being a base for terrorist groups. [Hawar] [NYT]
Acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said on Monday that the progress on peace talks between the US and the Taliban was "encouraging." However, he declined to comment on the potential withdrawal of half of the US' 14,000 troops from Afghanistan, which President Trump had previously said that he wanted. [Anadolu]
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that any peace talks in Afghanistan should be accompanied by a cease-fire. He described the ongoing US-Taliban talks as fruitful. [Anadolu]
Current President Ashraf Ghani gave a televised speech on Monday in which he urged the Taliban to start direct negotiations with the Afghan government. [Khaama]
In an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ghani also said that over 45,000 Afghan troops or security personnel had been killed since he became president in 2014, compared to "less than 72" international casualties. [Khaama]
A magnetic bomb attached to a vehicle used by a demining NGO killed a university student in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, on Saturday, according to a government spokesman. [Pajhwok]
Daesh said on Sunday it damaged an Afghan Army mine detector vehicle with a sticky IED in the Shaheen Bagh area, in Jalalabad. [ICDNJan27]
Daesh said it killed an Afghan Army member and wounded three others on Sunday when it targeted their vehicle with an IED in the Adel Khel area, in Nangarhar. [ICDNJan28]
Daesh said on Sunday it killed a guard and destroyed a Sufi shrine in the Ismael Khel area, in Khost Province. [ICDNJan27]
On Monday, Daesh published a photo of one of its terrorists, who it says was killed in the Afghanistan-Pakistan area. [ICDNJan28]
On Monday, Daesh also published a photo of one of its media members, killed in the Afghanistan-Pakistan area. [ICDNJan28]
The Russian Minister of Internal Affairs says that unidentified helicopters carried Daesh fighters from Pakistan to the Tajikistan border, posing a security threat to Russia. He says that special attention will be paid to this problem. [SyriaNow]
On Sunday, 2 suspected IEDs detonated inside a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Mindanao region, southern Philippines, killing at least 20 people and wounding at least 81. The casualties were reported to include 5 soldiers killed, and 14 soldiers and 2 police wounded. Daesh claimed responsibility for the bombing later on Sunday. [KTRK] [CNN]
Daesh said on Sunday it killed 40 people, including 7 security personnel, and wounded 80 others when two of its suicide terrorists attacked a church in Jolo city, in Mindanao. It said that one of the terrorists blew himself up near the church entrance, and the other in the church's parking lot. [ICDNJan27] [A3maq]
The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Yousef Al-Othaimeen, expressed his "deep indignation" at the attack later Sunday, and said that the OIC rejects all forms of violence, extremism, and terrorism. [AP]
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Strathfield Council Celebrates Children's Week 2018
For immediate release
24 October 2018
Children's Week celebrates the right of children to enjoy childhood, and demonstrate their talents, skills and abilities.
This year's Children's Week theme decided by the UNCRC is "Children's views and opinions are respected. They have the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child and the right to be heard."
With this in mind, Strathfield Council joined forces with local primary school children to hear their thoughts on taking care of the environment, a topic which will affect their generation greatly.
Children were given the opportunity to voice their opinion on two areas of the topic; 'what can we do to help', and 'plastics – why are they bad?'
The results were phenomenal with children speaking eloquently on issues which directly affect them, in a tone easy for their peers to understand.
Winner, Maria Ambanavos from Meriden Junior School, gave a thought-provoking speech creatively designed around the idea that plastic is a chameleon, what is obviously a plastic bag to us, may look like a jellyfish to a turtle.
Two other winners were selected from Santa Sabina Primary School and Retaval Preparatory School. Each winner will present their speech at a school assembly during Children's Week.
Council is proud to have assisted our youngest residents to have their opinions heard and respected.
Attached image: Winner Maria Ambanavos from Meriden Junior School with her family and teacher.
All winners and runner-ups, and their speeches:
Meriden Junior
Winner: Maria Ambanavos
Second Place: Ella Coady
Santa Sabina
Winner: Matilda Stephens
Second Place: Charlotte So
Retaval Prepratory
Winner: Isabella Assaf
Second Place: Trinity Boulattouf
For media enquiries, please contact:
Naomi Searle
Strathfield Council
9748 9992 or 0437 669 207


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First Look: Sunshine and Espresso as Europe Reopens
Whether it's German tourists basking in Spain's sunshine or Parisians renewing their love affair with their city, Monday's border openings offered Europeans a taste of pre-coronavirus life.
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