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In one Commercial Garden in my town, Rain Making/Holding is inclusive when you want to rent the place. They charge an extra 20k, if rain touches the location your whole funds is given back to you.

Nice one, but will soon be misused.

hmmm na wa oo

reminds me of James Hardley Chase's Key West.

Are the Tyres Armoured also? Is the price negotiable.

A California university student who was left handcuffed in a federal holding cell for nearly 5 days without food or water has reached a $4.1 million settlement with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), his lawyers said on Tuesday.

Daniel Chong, who was rounded up along with eight other people in an April 21, 2012, drug raid at a San Diego area home, has said that he was forced to drink his own urine and nearly died after being placed in the cell and apparently forgotten.



After the ordeal, the 24-year-old student of the University of California, San Diego, spent five days in a San Diego hospital, three of them in intensive care. Last year, he filed a $20 million claim, a precursor to a lawsuit, against the DEA.



Today, his attorneys, Eugene Iredale and Julia Yoo, said they had settled that claim with the DEA for $4.1 million.



"To its credit, the government has responded by acknowledging responsibility, apologizing personally to Daniel and instituting changes in policies regarding safety checks for prisoners in temporary holding cells at DEA facilities," Iredale said. "What happened to Daniel Chong should never happen to any human being on the face of the planet."



A spokeswoman for the DEA said the agency was investigating the incident but referred calls regarding the settlement to the Department of Justice. A spokesman there could not immediately be reached for comment.



The DEA previously acknowledged that Chong had been accidentally left in a holding cell, and the head of the DEA's San Diego office said in a statement that he was "deeply troubled" by the incident.



Chong's lawyers have said that he was arrested at the home of friend during a raid by a drug enforcement task force investigating an ecstasy trafficking ring that included DEA agents, sheriff's deputies and San Diego police officers.



Iredale said that once authorities determined Chong was not part of the ring, a San Diego police officer put him in the 5-foot by 10-foot cell with his hands cuffed behind his back, telling him, "We'll come to get you in a minute."

Instead, Chong remained in the cell for four and a half days and by the time he was found he was suffering from severe dehydration, muscle deterioration, hallucinations, liver and kidney failure and extremely high levels of sodium, according to his attorneys. He lost 15 pounds during the ordeal.



The DEA said in a statement issued at the time that agents detained nine people including Chong during the raid and seized some 18,000 ecstasy pills, marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms and prescription medicines, firearms and ammunition.

Source: http://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/student-jailed-without-food-and-water-wins-41m-payout-from-us-government-29461013.html

Twenty-five members of the volunteer youth vigilance group, popularly called civilian Joint Task Force (JTF), were killed by Boko Haram at the weekend in Borno State in counter-insurgency operations against the Islamist sect.

About 1, 000 youths, mostly members of the civilian JTF, had mobilized on Friday afternoon in over 30 vehicles to smoke out insurgents believed to be hiding at Mainok, a small community along Maiduguri-Damaturu Road, about 58 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital.

The counter-insurgency operation, according to the youths, was informed by a tip-off from residents that many of the Boko Haram members who fled Maiduguri following persistent arrests and killings of the insurgents took refuge in Mainok, a serene community and its neighbouring villages.

However, the situation went awry shortly after the youths commenced the operation as a group that went into a nearby village around Mainok was attacked by the insurgents, killing over five of them.

Residents claimed they had ealier warned the youths against pursuing the Boko Haram into the bush, sensing danger because of the caliber of arms of the insurgents but the overzealous young men pushed on. “It is unfortunate we lost some of the civilian JTF. These guys have been doing well. They are patrotric Nigerians because they have come to our rescue when all hope was lost. Nobody will ever thought some boys can checkmate the madness going on. Government should encourage them, they deserve honour for their patriotism,” a resident, who did not want his name in print, said.

JTF spokesman, Lt-Col Sagir Musa, confirmed that the youths were on operation in Mainok last Friday, but said one was killed. “In the course of the operation, they were attacked by suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists which led to the killing of one youth vigilante and another one sustained injury. Both the deceased and the wounded are in a specialist hospital in Maiduguri metropolis,” Sagir said in a statement.

He said the military moved to the area at about 11pm on Friday on hearing the news, adding that troops were drafted to the area and its surrounding villages “with a view to apprehending the sect members.”

Also at Dawashe, near Baga in Kukawa Local Government, over 20 people were also killed. “A group of civilian JTF from Maiduguri stormed Dawashe in search of the insurgents when the suspected sect members came, armed and fired sporadic shots that killed over 20 innocent civilians while a dozen received serious gunshot injuries,” Media Coordinator of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Lt Haruna Mohammed Sani, said through an email message. He said the victims were receiving medical treatment provided by the MNJTF in the Headquarters Field Ambulance in Baga..


culled from SUN

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[quote author=i.meller]Still searching[/quote]Thanks for the texts. Still expecting more

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When the evening began, one observation dominated the conversation: “If President Barack Obama has another debate like the last one, the election’s over.”

When the evening ended, I was struck by a different thought: If Obama had performed this way at the first debate, the election would have been over.

In every debate, whatever the format, whatever the questions, there is one and only one way to identify the winner: Who commands the room? Who drives the narrative? Who is in charge? More often than not on Tuesday night, I think, Obama had the better of it.

From a substantive view, there was one argument that the president was seeking to make over and over: Don’t let Mitt Romney fool you; he’s a rich guy out to protect the interests of the well-off, not the middle-class.

That’s why he referenced not just Romney’s tax plan, but Romney’s taxes, the fact that the Republican presidential nominee paid a lower rate on his millions than ordinary working-class folks do on theirs, the fact that Romney has invested heavily in China. And when Romney went at Obama with almost the exact same argument he used so devastatingly against Newt Gingrich—“have you checked your pension?”—Obama came back with, “I haven’t looked at my pension; it’s not as big as yours. (For super-wonks it harked back to a 1982 debate between Mario Cuomo and the super-wealthy Lew Lehrman, when Cuomo reached over, grabbed Lehrman’s hand, and said, “Nice watch, Lou!”)

As a tactical matter, Obama executed one of the toughest of maneuvers: the counterpunch. When Romney attacked Obama for hindering the use of coal, the President recalled an appearance of Romney as governor of Massachusetts, where he vowed to shut down a coal-fired power plant. (The fact that Romney was probably right about the danger will be the subject of earnest substantive post-debate analyses that have no place here!)

And in talking about an area where the Obama administration has clear vulnerabilities—the attack on the American consulate in Libya—Obama summoned the inherent high ground of the presidency to condemn the “politicization” of the attack.

To be clear: There was nothing particularly off about Romney. He had several strong moments, most especially contrasting what Obama said he would do in 2008 with what in fact had happened over the past four years. This was, and is, the single most powerful argument against returning Obama to the White House, and Romney deployed it effectively.

It’s just that Obama found what he could not find in Denver—a coherent thread to make the case that he understands the middle-class in a way Romney does not. For those Democratic partisans wondering where “the 47 percent” argument was, Obama was saving it for the close which—because of a pre-debate coin flip—Romney could not answer. In this sense, it was like Reagan’s famous “are you better off?” question from 1980.

In a larger sense, however, Obama’s success is unlikely to have anything like the impact of that 1980 debate, nor will it likely alter the terrain of the campaign as the first debate of 2012 did. Had the Obama of this debate showed up two weeks ago, he might well have ended Romney’s effort to present himself as a credible alternative to the president.

That opportunity vanished that night. While it’s clear that Obama’s performance will revive the enthusiasm of his supporters, it seems unlikely that it will cause those impressed by Romney to reconsider. Like they say in show business, timing is everything.

culled from Yahoo News

Just a rumor I heard now. Can some1 pls confirm?

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@OP

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culled from wikipedia

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Dearest Aunty Ngo,

How are you? My problem is very simple. I used to belong to a witches’ society but now I’ve been delivered, praise be to God, but my former witch colleagues still want me back.

Things have not been easy for me since I left my witches’ society. I am finding it more difficult to meet nice men who would look after me etc. My rent is also due and till now no man has offered to pay it.

For all these reasons the temptation to go back to being a witch is very strong.

Please advise me on what you will do if you were in my shoes becasue i'm having two minds.

Cindy

Culled from Wazobiareports : http://www.wazobiareport.com/agony-aunt/I-was-once-a-witch

What do you guys think?

A secret squadron of Australian SAS soldiers has been operating at large in Africa, performing work normally done by spies, in an unannounced and possibly dangerous expansion of Australia’s foreign military engagement.
The deployment of the SAS’s 4 Squadron – the existence of which has never been publicly confirmed – has put the special forces unit at the outer reaches of Australian and international law.
The Age has confirmed that troopers from the squadron have mounted dozens of secret operations over the past year in African nations including Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Kenya.
They have been out of uniform and not accompanied by Australian Secret Intelligence Service officers with whom undercover SAS forces are conventionally deployed.
It is believed the missions have involved gathering intelligence on terrorism and scoping rescue strategies for Australian civilians trapped by kidnapping or civil war.
But the operations have raised serious concerns within the Australian military and intelligence community because they involve countries where Australia is not at war.
There are also concerns within the SAS that the troopers do not have adequate legal protection or contingency plans if they are captured. ‘’They have all the espionage skills but without [ASIS’s] legal cover,’’ said one government source.
In a comment relayed to government officials, one soldier said: ‘’What happens if we get caught?’’
Australian National University professor Hugh White, a former deputy secretary of Defence, said: ‘’Such an operation deprives the soldier of a whole lot of protections, including their legal status and, in a sense, their identity as a soldier. I think governments should think extremely carefully before they ask soldiers to do that.’’
Despite the dangers, then foreign minister Kevin Rudd last year asked for troopers from 4 Squadron to be used in Libya during that country’s conflict. His plan was thwarted by opposition from Defence Minister Stephen Smith and chief of the Defence Force General David Hurley.
Both Mr Smith and General Hurley declined to be interviewed about this story.
SAS 4 Squadron is based at Swan Island, near Queenscliff, a high-security defence facility that has doubled in size over the past decade, in part to accommodate the new squadron.
The squadron was formally raised in 2005 by the Howard government, but The Age has learnt that its new intelligence-focused role was authorised in late 2010 or early last year by Mr Smith.
The SAS is also at the forefront of gender reform in the Australian military, with six female soldiers being trained in the United States for their work with 4 Squadron.
Collecting intelligence overseas without using violence is the main function of ASIS, which was created in 1952 but not officially acknowledged until 1977.
Since the mid-1980s, ASIS officers have been refused permission to carry weapons or use violence, but in 2004 the Howard government amended legislation to allow them to have weapons for self-defence and to participate in violent operations provided the officers themselves do not use force.
It was around that time that the creation of the fourth SAS squadron was authorised, with its soldiers expected to be an elite version of bodyguards and scouts for ASIS intelligence officers.
The African operations by 4 Squadron initially centred on possible rescue scenarios for endangered Australian citizens, such as freelance journalist Nigel Brennan, who was held by Somali rebels.


Source: http://www.ipaidabribenaija.com/index.php/latest-news/item/953-australian-soldiers-searches-for-terrorists-in-nigeria

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