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THREE Australian officials including Angus Houston are visting the MH17 crash site for the first time today after Tony Abbott said 50 AFP officers were on stand-by to go to Ukraine.
Mr Abbott announced his plans for Australian police to secure the crash site after he had a private conversation with Russia's leader Valdimir Putin again.
The Prime Minister said he wanted them deployed to Ukraine "as quickly as possible" so investigators ould safely and thoroughly conduct their investigation of the site and find remains left there before they deteriorate any further.
This comes as MH17 victims' stolen credit cards and phones have also been used, "destroying" grieving families.
Air-crash investigators in the UK, which has taken possession of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft's two flight data recorders, are still focusing their efforts on whether or not the second "black box" contains any useful information. New concerns have been expressed that much of the evidence at the crash scene has been "tampered with", as more bodies are set to arrive in the Netherlands.
7.45pm (AEST): Australian investigators gain access
Three Australian officials including Angus Houston are visiting the MH17 crash site for the first time today. They will be escorted by unarmed observers.
An Australian investigator has arrived on the scene of the downed Malaysian Airlines plane to attempt to establish what occurred moments before MH17 crashed in the rebel held east Ukraine.
Already the team has had some success identifying distinctive shrapnel marks on the blackened fuselage of the aircraft, indicating it was hit by a missile as opposed to suffering some form of major flight malfunction.
Rubbish left at #MH17 crash scene. Right next to where emergency workers' tents were - everyone/thing has vanished pic.twitter.com/8CwDj1EpU9
One week after the crash, no guards, no cordon and no emergency workers or investigators at the scene #MH17pic.twitter.com/j4O75juwzy
6.33pm (AEST): 'We still think she's alive'
The distraught parents of MH17 victim Fatima Dyczynski say their daughter is still alive and have embarked on a desperate mission to Donetsk in the Ukraine to find her.
"We still think she is alive so today we fly to Donetsk and we find her,'' Dr Dyczynski said after arriving at Schiphol Airport, in Amsterdam, the scene of his daughter's last contact with them, wearing T-shirts emblazoned with their daughter's picture and the words 'Fatima We Love You'.
5.10pm (AEST): Australian Federal Police ready to go into Ukraine
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he has plans for Austalian Federal Police to go to the Ukraine to secure the crash site.
He said he had pre-deployed 50 AFP officers to London, where they're waiting to join an international team. When asked if they would be armed and what kind of powers they'd have, he said the government was still working on that detail with the Ukraine government.
Mr Abbott said he would seek a Memorandum of Understanding from Ukraine, to get a team of international police officers to secure the site.
He said the police were needed, to ensure the investigators could conduct their work safely.
"It's still clear, that nothing is happening without the approval of the armed rebels that most likely brought the plane down in the first place," he said.
"The site is controlled by armed men with a vested interest in the outcome of the investigation."
He also said retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston would be going to the site later today.
He described the sutation in Ukraine as "permissive", saying that Preisent Vladimir Putin has
"has been as good as his word" so far after he spoke to him by phone.
4pm (AEST): Victim identification experts have to focus on end result
Retired detective Charlie Bezzina explains the confronting process of identifying victims of the MH17 tragedy, but says that work is essential for grieving relatives. And he explains why DNA is the key.
3pm (AEST): Tony Abbott talks to Vladimir Putin again
From Simon Benson
Prime Minister TonyAbbott has spoken for a second time to Russian President Vladimir Putin as he considers sending a task force of police and troops into to secure the MH17 crash site.
News Corp Australia has learned that the Prime Minister spoke to Mr Putin overnight.
It is understood that Mr Abbott thanked Mr Putin for supporting the UN resolution but told him he would hold him to his word to help ensure safe and secure access to the area.
2.37pm (AEST): More bodies on their way
Dozens more bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are set to arrive in the Netherlands today, as the EU prepares to hit Russia with fresh sanctions.
Foreign ministers from the 28-nation bloc said they would meet in Brussels today to draw up a new list of Russian individuals and entities to be slapped with sanctions over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis.
The European Union agreed to speed up the imposition of wider sanctions and examine tougher measures after the Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down in strife-torn eastern Ukraine, allegedly by separatist rebels backed by neighbouring Russia.
2.20pm (AEST): MH17 tributes bathe airport in flowers
After the Dutch released white balloons to remember MH17 victims in Amsterdam, more flowers have been left at Schiphol Airport.
The entrance to Amsterdam's airport, this gave me goosebumps #MH17pic.twitter.com/5EonzNekRE
12.15pm (AEST): MH17 victim's credit cards 'being used in Ukraine'
The wife of MH17 victim Cameron Dalziel has been forced to cancel her dead husband's credit cards as withdrawals had been attempted from within Ukraine, CNN reports.
The South African born father of two was travelling on a British passport while travelling home to Malaysia after attending a conference in Amsterdam.
Shane Hattingh, the brother of Cameron's widow, told CNN "people are abusing it (his card) in the Ukraine."
"They have no respect for each other, look what they're doing. ... It's no surprise that they were treating the remains of people like that. It made me angry beyond words," Hattingh said.
He said his sister was now busily attempting to identify and cancel all his cards and other accounts that may have been recorded among his personal effects.
"What's ahead is my sister getting her two sons into schools, and getting their lives moving so that she can actually have the time to grieve, because right now she doesn't," he says.
There are unconfirmed reports of possessions from among MH17's scattered luggage — including smartphones and jewellery — being offered up for sale at public markets across Ukraine.
11.55am (AEST): MH17 Evidence 'tampered with'
The BBC reports United Kingdom government sources as stating evidence relating to the MH17 crash has been 'tampered with'.
Sources attributed to Whitehall say this includes bodies being moved and wreckage from other Ukrainian aircraft shot down in recent days being scattered among the Malaysia Airlines debris.
International monitors tell me at crash site that the wreckage of #MH17 has been "significantly altered." pic.twitter.com/T0vXvCwwHi
However, the flight data recorders — or "black boxes" — appeared to be intact.
The BBC states intercepted telephone calls indicated the pro-Russian rebels initially intended to hand the vital black box flight data recorders over to Moscow.
Only intense international pressure prevented this from happening.
11.25am (AEST): Justice 'a long time coming'
Justice for the families of victims of the MH17 disaster could be a long time coming, the head of the Anglican Church in Australia says.
Hundreds have gathered at Melbourne's St Paul's Cathedral for a multi-faith service to pay their respects to the 298 people who died in the Malaysia Airlines downing.
Archbishop Philip Freier, the Anglican primate, said those left behind deserved to know why their loved ones died.
``From what we know someone gave orders to destroy MH17. It cannot be true that no one knows what happened,'' Dr Freier told the congregation on Thursday.
Dr Freier said the families faced a frustrating wait to find out if the people who shot down the plane would face justice.
``What might not always be satisfied in this world, will certainly find its true measure in the judgment of God,'' he said.
Dr Freier said the bodies should be returned so families could grieve and say goodbye properly.
``May the precious gift of hope be stirred within each of us,'' he said.
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine read a poem by Dutch-American Henry Van Dyke, as candles were lit to commemorate those who died.
Sheik Moustapha Sarakibi said a Muslim prayer, Hojun Futen gave a Buddhist blessing, and Cantor Bruce Levin sang a Jewish lament.
Malaysian Consul-General Mohamed Rameez Bin Yahaya and Dutch Honorary Consul Hans Nieuwland lit candles to mark the many who died from their countries.
11.05am (AEST): Focus shifts to second black box
International investigators in Hampshire, United Kingdom, are now examining the second "black box" recovered from the MH17 crash site.
Overnight the unit said the first unit, the cockpit voice data recorder, had been damaged but that the data itself was intact.
The focus is now on the second unit, the aircraft telemetry recorder.
The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) said: "This will show whether this recorder also contains relevant information, in which case the data from both recorders will be combined."
The air speed, aircraft angle and engine settings data will help investigators determine if the pilots were aware a missile was headed towards their aircraft and attempted to evade.
10.25am (AEST): Prayers for the victims
Prayers have been said for those lost in the MH17 disaster as hundreds gathered in Melbourne to pay their respects.
A multi-faith service at St Paul's Cathedral has brought together religious leaders from across the city to lead the crowd in prayers for the victims and their families.
``Today we come together to commemorate those whose lives were lost, and to seek assurance and comfort,'' Reverend Andreas Loewe told the crowd.
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine read a poem by Henry Van Dyke, an American of Dutch descent, while candles were lit for those who died in the Malaysia Airlines disaster.
Catholic, Anglican, Muslim, Buddhist and Jewish leaders are among those taking part.
10.15am (AEST) Australian forensics expert to examine bodies
A forensics expert who helped identify Ned Kelly's body is part of an international team investigating the MH17 crash.
David Ranson is a forensic pathologist and deputy director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM).
The Melbourne scientist will join other forensic experts in the Netherlands at the Corporal Van Oudheusden Barracks in Hilversum.
Associate Professor Ranson will be accompanied by VIFM forensic dentists Jeremy Graham and Lyndall Smythe as well as technician Gemma Radford.
Australian and Dutch aircraft will take bodies from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to the Eindhoven airport in the Netherlands.
They will then be transported by road to the medical military base where the forensics team is based.
Professor Ranson was involved in the Ned Kelly project, which used a DNA sample from Kelly's sister, Ellen's great-grandson, to identify the body of the iconic bushranger.
The VIFM, described as a ``turbocharged CSI'', is recognised as one of the world's leading forensic medicine institutions.
The team has also been involved in the Bali bombings investigations, as well as the Black Saturday bushfires and the Asian tsunami disaster.
9.20am (AEST) Missile impact evidence mounts
Monitors from the European security body OSCE and Malaysian inspectors say they have found parts of the fuselage of downed Malaysia Airlines flight 17 with ``significant puncture marks''. "Some of the materials we saw and have photographed feature significant puncture marks to the fuselage, almost a piercing mark,'' said Michael Bociurkiw, spokesman for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's special mission to Ukraine, this morning.
These parts "were looked at by the Malaysians and I can say that these parts were of very great interest to them,'' he said, adding that the team had also spotted human remains still lying at the crash site.
Dozens of victims of the flight are still formally unaccounted for, as the first bodies in 40 wooden coffins arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday.
Out of the 298 people on the downed plane, 193 were Dutch.
Reporters near the crash site also saw what appeared to be part of the fuselage with puncture marks, resembling the damage left by shrapnel.
9.05am (AEST): British paper investigates 'missile launch site'
The Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom is reporting it has sent reporters to a field near the MH17 crash in order to determine if it was where the missile which brought down the passenger jet was fired.
"The patch of blasted wheat and wildflowers lies just a few miles from the Russian border, 12 miles from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines, and — as the Telegraph discovered — just a few hundred meters from concealed rebel positions ...
"While the Telegraph cannot vouch for the soundness of the analysis, a visit to the locations suggested found a remote area with clear views in the direction of MH17's flight path, a heavy rebel military presence, and multiple marks across fields and dirt roads that suggested tracked vehicles had been operating in the area.
"The area makes a very good match for a potential launch site."
9am (AEST): European anger grows
European anger at Russia's involvement in the months-long conflict in eastern Ukraine appears to be growing, with increasingly vocal outbursts by leading nations.
German officials have now indicated they'd run out of patience with the lack of progress by Russia in clearing the way for an investigation into the crash.
The German Foreign Office issued a statement saying: ``Now it's enough.'' And a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said last night that she is troubled by the lack of progress being made by Russia in the Ukrainian crisis.
The spokesman, Georg Streiter, said Merkel now believes that tougher sanctions are required. Russia is not adequately supporting the investigation of the crash, he said.
Evidence of terrorism: Russian soldier told in #SocialMediahttps://t.co/CEofDLK7Xj how he shelled #Ukraine all night pic.twitter.com/5l8nWQ1qcV
And Guenther Oettinger, the European Union energy commissioner and a career German politician, was quoted by European media criticising Russian inactivity and saying that Europe should consider pulling its technical assistance to Russia in developing its Arctic oil and gas fields.
``If they don't try for peace in the east of Ukraine,'' he told reporters, ``if they don't decisively try to do something to prevent escalation, then there is no reason for us to help promote the growth of their industry and develop new resources for gas and oil and therefore to put this equipment on the list of sanctions.''
German pressure on Russia is seen as pivotal in the effort to force a Russian response, as Germany has been seen to be hesitant to date because of deep business ties with Russia.
8.29am (AEST): Dutch want 'international coalition' to secure crash site
Dutch media reports their government is considering sending soldiers and police to help secure the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine.
The Volkskrant reports 'sources in the Netherlands' as saying the government wanted their forces to act as part of an international coalition formed by nations affected by the disaster.
The newspaper says opinions are now being sought from world leaders on the plan, which is said to be "in the early phases".
The Australian reports this morning that Mr Abbott has instructed military and civil agencies to look at options to protect the crash site.
NATO official: seeing evidence of 'movement of weapons into Ukraine from Russia since the downing of MH1... cause for concern' #voaalert
Around 100 Australian police, or military, might be deployed to the area in the Eastern Ukraine as part of an international mission.
The Australian has been told possible steps under consideration include sending a contingent from the AFP's International Deployment Group that could form part of an international force.
Australia's Foreign Minister Ms Julie Bishop has confirmed she will travel with the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Frans Timmermans on Thursday morning to Kiev, to discuss with the Ukrainian Government and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation Europe, the most effective way of securing the rebel-controlled region near Donetsk.
7.41am (AEST): MH17 victim's phones 'answered by others'
Dutch media is reporting that a number of relatives have tried calling the mobile phones of victims — and had it answered.
The Telegraaf reports 'several relatives' have reported 'eastern European sounding voices' answering the phones and expressing concerns that the devices had been looted from victims' bodies.
Dutch telephone authorities have so far refused to confirm the phones remain active 'out of privacy considerations'.
Donetsk. Beautiful city of 1 million. Today, nearly empty, boarded up. Many preparing to leave. All fear war is near. pic.twitter.com/Tpnc3YSf6D
7.15am (AEST): Minute's silence marks return of bodies
From Charles Miranda in Donetsk
A minute's silence was held outside the Dutch embassy in Ukrainian capital Kiev today with 33 embassy staff, a visiting Dutch church group and dozens of locals marking their respects.
The embassy staff were visibly upset some crying as they held hands at the doors to their diplomatic post which has become a large shrine with dozens of bunches of flowers placed there over the past week.
Johan Vermij, from the Reform Church in the city of Ede, said 14 members of his congregation were already coming to Ukraine to visit some charitable projects they financially support.
Mr Vermij said it was sad they were now in the eastern European country for another reason.
The group thanked the people of Ukraine for their outpouring of grief for their fellow Dutch men and women killed in the downed jet.
6.38am (AEST): Julie Bishop flies to Kiev to secure bodies
From Jacquelin Magnay in Eindhoven
AUSTRALIA'S foreign minister Julie Bishop is to advance talks directly with the Ukrainian leadership about Australia's role to safeguard the crash site of MH17 and find missing bodies.
She is due to touchdown in the embattled country later today.
@AirForceHQ Thank you. pic.twitter.com/MkItts27Ws
The Australian revealed this morning that Mr Abbott is concerned that some of the victims might never be found unless urgent action was taken. He had instructed military and civil agencies to look at options to protect the crash site.
Around 100 Australian police, or military, might be deployed to the area in the Eastern Ukraine as part of an international mission.
The Australian has been told possible steps under consideration include sending a contingent from the AFP's International Deployment Group that could form part of an international force.
Ms Bishop is en route to Kiev late tonight with Dutch counterpart Frans Timmermans as concern escalates about the ability to repatriate all of the bodies of the 298 victims and to safeguard important evidence about the possible cause of the disaster.
An escalation in violence reinforces the unlikelihood air crash investigators will be able to move around freely the broad crash site in order to establish the cause of the crash and potentially find more bodies still not accounted for.
6.15am (AEST): Missiles bring down two more Ukrainian fighter jets
From Charles Miranda in Donetsk
Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets close to where the Malaysian airliner was brought down last week in eastern Ukraine.
The move comes as rebels further withdraw from outlining areas about their city stronghold of Donetsk and prepare for the siege of the city.
Crash site of one of 2 #Ukraine's Su-25 combat jets, downed by Russian terrorists on July 23. http://t.co/K1wfHUWEkWpic.twitter.com/VUXeo1WlRe
According to NATO, the pro-Moscow rebels are being backed by a large movement of Russian armaments across the border.
A spokesman for Ukraine's military operations confirmed the planes were shot down by ground to air missiles 45km south east of the MH17 site but said the offensive had forced the withdrawal of rebels from key posts.
In a further indication a massive ground offensive is likely in the vicinity of the crash site. The self-style Donetsk People's Government, run by the militia, ordered a ban on reporting in critical areas possibly including the site to ensure their troop movements are not revealed.
"In accordance with the order, journalists, cameramen and photographers during warfare prohibited conduct photo, video, audio, hold and being in a combat zone and the territory in the immediate proximity of military objectives," the separatists said in a statement.
Ghost-city Donetsk. pic.twitter.com/APmH31K0sz TT @AlekseyZmutskiy
Open hostilities resumed virtually the moment a train carrying up to 200 bodies of the doomed jet were moved by train to Kharkiv which is controlled by the government in Kiev. Yesterday the bodies were flown to the Netherlands where positive identifications will be made.
6am (AEST): Cockpit voice recorder "intact"
Dutch experts investigating the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine say data from the cockpit voice recorder is intact and has not been tampered with.
"The cockpit voice recorder was damaged but the memory module was intact. Furthermore no evidence or indications of manipulation of the cockpit voice recorder was found," the Dutch Safety Board (OVV) said, as the black boxes were being analysed in Britain.
"Tomorrow (Thursday) the team will start the examination of the Flight Data Recorder. This will show whether this recorder also contains relevant information, in which case the data from both recorders will be combined."
4.30am (AEST): Confusion surrounds missing bodies
Dutch investigators and Australia's special envoy have downplayed suggestions there could be up to 100 bodies still at the MH17 crash site or otherwise missing.
Esther Naber, spokeswoman for the Dutch forensic investigators, denied there were 100 bodies missing.
"During the identification process (in the Netherlands), it will gradually become clear how many people we can identify," Ms Naber told AAP.
"We feel confident that we have at least 200 bodies. But we don't know the exact amount because at this stage the (original) bags have not been opened."
Asked if it was possible there were indeed close to 300 bodies recovered, Ms Naber replied: "That's possible. We hope so because obviously we hope to identify everybody who was on the plane," she said.
Australia's special envoy in Ukraine, retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, says talking about body numbers is "premature" until the identification process is finished.
"Speculating on the numbers is not helpful," he told reporters at Kharkiv airport.
He also noted that Malaysian experts were at the crash site on Tuesday and at no time did they find any bodies or any body parts.
However, according to the European security body OSCE, human remains are still being found.
"There were human remains that had not been picked up," Ukraine mission spokesman Michael Bociurkiw said following a site visit.
Mr Houston acknowledged it was crucial to scour the 50 square-kilometre area to make sure no human remains are left behind.
Australia also wants to gather personal effects and every last piece of the wreckage.
"We will go into the site sometime in the near future," the envoy said.
"We need to do that obviously to recce the area and just see what some of the challenges are."
2.50am (AEST): Malaysia offers condolences
The Malaysian government has expressed condolences "to the Dutch people and all of the families who have been affected by this terrible tragedy", on the national day of mourning in the Netherlands.
"We join the international community in its determination to discover the truth not only out of respect for those who lost their lives and their grieving families and loved ones but because we must do everything we can to prevent an atrocity like this from happening again and to bring those responsible to justice," the statement, issued by the Minister of Transport Liow Tiong Lai, reads.
"We urge the search to continue for those who are still missing and pledge to exhaust all efforts to recover all human remains. The Malaysian Government and Malaysia Airlines will continue to dedicate all available resources towards that effort."
12.41am (AEST):
The first important step in Operation Bring Them Home was underway early this morning as the initial group of bodies from the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived safely — and with a carefully orchestrated dignified ceremony — into The Netherlands.
In stark contrast to the distressing treatment of the bodies so far, the Dutch handling of the ceremony was respectful, simple and poignant. Forty black hearses lined up in precision to take the victims an hour's drive away to the north of the country for identification after more than an hour of careful, and quiet removal of the simple wooden caskets from the two military aircraft that had brought the bodies from the Ukraine.
More than 1000 family members, and the Australian governor-general Sir Peter Cosgrove and foreign minister Julie Bishop were at Eindhoven airfield for the arrival when the planes landed last night at 11.50pm from the Ukraine.
A bugler played The Last Post before military personnel carefully began unloading the first of the 40 caskets and positioning them into hearses, which were slowly driven along the empty airfield past King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands and then past the relatives.
From there, a police motorcycle accompanied the convoy to Hilversum where the identification of the bodies will take place over the coming days.
Associated Press earlier caused confusion when they posted an online update that could be interpreted as reporting an aircraft carrying the bodies had crashed, before clarifying that the plan had landed safely.
BREAKING: Dutch military plane carrying bodies from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash lands in Eindhoven.
CLARIFIES: Dutch military plane carrying Malaysia Airlines bodies lands in Eindhoven.
TWO Ukrainian military fighter jets have been shot down in the east, according to the country's Defense Ministry.
The Sukhoi-25 fighters were shot down 1:30pm local time on Wednesday (7:30pm AEST) over an area called Savur Mogila.
Defence Ministry spokesman Oleksiy Dmitrashkovsky says the planes may have been carrying up to two crew members each.
The Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte has discussed Australia being part of a peacekeeping force to send troops to East Ukraine as part of a multinational effort to secure the crash site of MH17.
Prime Minister Rutte told the Ukrainian prime minister of the country's options in a telephone call Wednesday night. His remarks have been released by Ukrainian officials in Kiev and reported in Dutch media but the Dutch government has refused to comment.
According to the Dutch media reports their government is "seriously considering'' sending soldiers or police, along with forces from other countries involved in the air disaster on July 17 to preserve the remainder of plane and its belongings. They say Rutte has spoken to Australian prime minister Tony Abbott and others about the plan.
The governments are frustrated that the plane and passenger belongings continue to be interfered with, compromising the investigation into the cause of the disaster.
A pro-Russian militiaman has said his forces shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, according to a report in an Italian newspaper.
The Independent reports that when the disaster happened the rebel was told by his superiors that they had hit a Ukrainian military craft. "'We hit a plane from Kiev,' our commanders told us. "We thought we'd be fighting Ukrainian pilots landing in parachutes but instead we came across the corpses of civilians, the remains of bodies, along with suitcases and bags," he told Corriere della Sera newspaper.
The paramilitary was from the Oplot fighting unit. He was speaking at the Torez railway station where the bodies were being kept in five refrigerated wagons.
The militiaman would not reveal his name or rank, but the newspaper's website published his photograph with the story.
"Our pain is intense and restless. We live in a hell beyond hell."
That's the message of Perth parents Anthony Maslin and Rin Norris, who lost their three children, as well as Mrs Norris's father, Anthony Norris, when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky last Thursday.
In their first public statement since returning to WA on Sunday, the heartbroken parents said no one deserves the pain they are suffering, "not even the people who shot our whole family out of the sky".
The statement, printed here, was released through the Department of Foreign Affairs today.
Wooden coffins were brought out on the tarmac of a Ukrainian airport as the first plane carrying corpses recovered from the crash site of Malaysian flight MH17 readied to leave for the Netherlands.
Australia's special envoy to Ukraine, retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston farewelled the first of the bodies of MH17 victims.
"We stand together, united and determined to give those who are lost the respect and dignity they deserve as they make their journeys back to their homelands and their loved ones," Mr Houston said at the ceremony.
He thanked the Ukraine people and government for their help. Mr Houston stood with Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and a representative of the Dutch government to observe a moment's silence for the dead before the aircraft carrying their remains departed.
Mr Groysman said the flight was shot down by "shoulder-fired missiles of the Russian army".
"(The passengers) were dreaming about their holiday destinations but the flight was downed," he said.
"Those people who are guilty of this terrorist act will be punished." Australia's ambassador to Ukraine Jean Dunn and the London defence attaché Colonel Peter Steel also attended the ramp ceremony, along with officials from the Netherlands and Malaysia. The coffins of fewer than 20 victims were loaded one by one onto a Dutch C-130 and an Australian C-17 by the surrounding guardsmen. The bodies are being taken direct to Eindhoven airport in the Netherlands, where they'll be officially received by the Dutch king and queen, and Australia's representative, Sir Peter Cosgrove.

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I would like to add a rating for online version of a board game. In this game there are many game rooms each normally having 3-4 people.
So I expect that player's rating adjustments (RA) should depends on
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- Person gets rating increase if he plays more games and more frequently
- If a person leaves a game room (disconnect) before the game ends he should get punished with a high rating decrease
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Developing an ELO like point system for a multiplayer gaming site
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Customers of German furniture company Ostermann won't need to spend time browsing store shelves anymore. An indoor navigation solution developed by Italian company Reply as part of the Street Smart Retail initiative of EIT Digital, will make sure they find the items they are looking for with ease.
Ostermann, the largest furnishing company in Germany, has provided its sales chain Trends with a new digital innovation, aimed at bridging the gap between online and physical shopping experiences.
The Digital Retail Suite developed by Reply, adopted by Ostermann under the "Hi Engage" brand, allows shoppers visiting their stores to easily identify the products they have been previously browsing on the shop's website. Using their smartphones and the Trends app, they will be guided to their furniture of choice thanks to beacon devices spread across the store.
"Reply is fully committed to EIT Digital's development of disruptive innovations for the retail value chain in Europe. In the role of leading the Smart Retail initiative, our company has been leveraging state-of-the-art technology to improve its services to customers like Trends, and EIT Digital was the key organisation in supporting the research and development towards market success," Reply's partner Luigi Cicchese says.
Hi Engage can actually do much more than just helping customers find their way through the stores: it is a contextual marketing solution that enables brands and companies to open a new, direct and personal channel of communication with their customers. The technology can send text, audio and video messages in multiple languages as well as managing barcodes and QR codes.
Any company using the Hi Engage solution can carry customers throughout the whole shopping experience: from the initial stimulus to the in-store experience where consumers are in the right place, at the right time to receive tailored communications. In Ostermann's case they have integrated the AWS (Amazon Web Services) back-end architecture used to communicate with the mobile application with the pre-existent Trends e-commerce system.
"The Street Smart Retail initiative has created solutions to serve a "blended retail" proposition, providing the customers with in-store and on-line services with product information, discounts and delivery options. For the retailer and sales staff, it brings in more data about consumers, which can be used to improve performance at both the store and retail chain levels," Petri Liuha, who leads the Digital Industry Action Line says.
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The EIT Digital high impact initiative Street Smart Retail has engaged more than 50 researchers and business experts over the period 2014-2017, delivering a number of products and services in a portfolio named the Digital Retail Suite.
The aim of Street Smart Retail has been to support the competitive advantage of Large Retails, Chains, Brands, Malls, and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the new retail landscape, enabling them to leverage opportunities coming from Omni-channel retailing including new products, services and the creation of new jobs. The core technology integrates the most advanced solutions on consumer behaviour analytics, customer, relationship management and middleware layer for objects controlling.


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Head Coach Mick D'Arcy of the Central Connecticut women's soccer team has added six Blue Devils to his 2014 roster. The newcomers will join the Blue Devil squad that earned an NEC Tournament berth last season, posting an overall conference record of 5-3 and finishing the regular season tied for second in the NEC.
CCSU will welcome Nicole Forte, Kacie O'Neill, Alex Zampini, Brianna Scaldaferri, Cori Scales and Nicole Liotta for the fall 2014 season.
NICOLE FORTE - Mineola, NY - Defense
Forte comes to CCSU from Mineola, NY. The defender has been a member of the EMSC Sparks since 2006 where she has contributed greatly to the team's many successes. At Mineola High School, Forte was a three-year varsity member and was a two-time all county honoree. She was named All-Conference as a sophomore in 2011 and was also named Conference Player of the Year as a junior.
"Nicole is a first rate defender who can play anywhere across the backline. A star at Mineola High School in Long Island she has also earned a reputation in the ECNL as a defender who not only defends well but also builds her offense from the back." - Head Coach Mick D'Arcy
KACIE O'NIELL - Stratford, CT - Forward
O'Neill hails from Stratford, CT. The forward attended Bunnell High School where she was named to the All-Conference First Team as a junior and as a senior. A Senior Bowl participant, O'Neill is also a three-time All-Academic First Team honoree.
"Kacie is an exciting forward. She has shown in the ECNL that she has the speed and the ability to beat defenders and is also a proven goalscorer. As a captain at Bunnell High School she also demonstrated her ability to lead." - Head Coach Mick D'Arcy
ALEX ZAMPINI - Portland, CT - Midfield
A Portland, CT native, Zampini is a three-year All-SCC selection. The midfielder was named All-Area New Haven Register and Hartford Current Honorable Mention in 2013, as well as a 2013 Senior Bowl selection. Zampini has also been selected for the ECNL Player Development Program.
"Alex is a creative center midfield player who has a habit of showing up in the box and scoring goals. She can beat defenders off the dribble or with a pass. She has played in numerous positions at Mercy High School and was recently selected for the prestigious ECNL Player Development Program." - Head Coach Mick D'Arcy
BRIANNA SCALDAFERRI - Plainview, NY - Defense
Scaldaferri comes to CCSU from Plainview, NY. A member of the ECNL, Scaldaferri also played at Bethpage High School. She was named All-Class as a sophomore and is a two-time All-County honoree.
"Bri is one of the most exciting defenders to watch play in the ECNL. Comfortable as a center back she also likes to attack on the flanks. Bri is a natural leader and positive communicator organizing her defense. Next month she will join Alex Zampini at the ECNL Player Development Program." - Head Coach Mick D'Arcy
CORI SCALES - Milford, CT - Defense
Scales hails from Milford, CT and captained her St. Joseph High School squad. A four-year varsity starter, Scales was named to the FCIAC First Team and helped lead her team to two-consecutive conference championships and the 2013 Class LL State Championship title. She was selected for the Yankee United WPSL team and is also a four-year Honor Roll recipient.
"Cori is a tough central defender who won a high school state championship this year at St Joseph's High School and excelled with Yankee United in the NPL. She is very strong in one on one challenges and a solid leader in the back line." - Head Coach Mick D'Arcy
NICOLE LIOTTA - Merrick, NY - Goalkeeper
Liotta comes to CCSU from Merrick, NY where she is a three-year varsity letter winner at John F. Kennedy High School. Liotta also plays for the East Meadow ECNL soccer team.
"Nicole is a tremendous shot stopper and is also a teammate of Nicole Forte at East Meadow ECNL. She also enjoyed a stellar career at Kennedy High School. She is quick off her line and strong in one v one challenges." - Head Coach Mick D'Arcy
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Since we launched The New Atlantis, questions about human enhancement, artificial intelligence, and the future of humanity have been a core part of our work. And no one has written more intelligently and perceptively about the moral and political aspects of these questions than Charles T. Rubin, who first addressed them in the inaugural issue of TNA and who is one of our colleagues here on Futurisms.
So we are delighted to have just published Charlie's new book about transhumanism, Eclipse of Man: Human Extinction and the Meaning of Progress.
We'll have much more to say about the book in the days and weeks ahead, but for now, you can read the dust-jacket text and the book's blurbs at EclipseOfMan.net and, even better, you can buy it today from Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
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Apple on Thursday unveiled two-step authentication for Apple and iCloud IDs. As first reported by 9to5 Mac, you can now add the extra level of security to your accounts by heading to Apple's website.
Two-factor authentication requires that you not only know your password to log in to a service; you also need access to something else that's linked to you. Many times, this is a cell phone; that's precisely how Google's two-step authentication works.
Apple's approach requires that you have an iOS device or cell phone handy. To configure two-factor authentication, start by clicking the Manage button on Apple's account management website. Then, after logging in, click on Password and Security. Be quick! Apple logs you out after just a minute or two.
You may then need to answer your security questions to prove that you're really you. Then click the Get Started button under the Two-Step Verification section, and click through several screens of information. Apple stresses that it won't be able to reset your password for you if you enable two-step authentication, and that you'll always need at least two of the following three things: your password, your recovery key, and a compatible device.
Apple further requires that you change your password before enabling two-step authentication, should it decide that your existing password isn't secure enough.
Once you've gotten this far, you may need to wait. Apple requires that you wait three days before you can finish enabling the two-step process--if you were forced to change your password earlier in the process.
If you don't get the big time-out sign, you simply follow the remaining steps that Apple's site presents to confirm your cell phone number.
From then on, when you attempt to log in using your Apple ID, a unique numeric code will be sent to your devices; you'll in turn need to enter that code to complete the login process.
The recovery key Apple provides is a one-time use mechanism to log in to your account if you somehow lose all your associated iOS devices. Apple recommends that you print the recovery code and store it in one or more safe places. (Once you use it, you can get a new one.)
The advantage of two-step authentication is that it's far more secure than a simple password alone, as former Macworld staffer and now Wired senior writer Mat Honan can attest: It makes it considerably more complicated for a malicious user to break into your accounts, since they'll need possession of your device to complete the log in process.
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Left hails 'progressive' speech
Liberals cheered President Barack Obama's invocations of gay rights and promise to tackle climate change in his second inaugural address — finding the address surprisingly progressive — while conservatives rolled their eyes at the president's basic view of government.
I believe this is the most 'progressive' speech Obama has ever given
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Message: A-bout ...LEFT!
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Most heartening to the left were the president's two references to gay rights and a vow to try to slow climate change. Obama became the first president ever to use the word "gay" in a inaugural address, and any movement on climate change has seemingly taken a back seat to fiscal battles, immigration reform and gun control at the beginning of the president's second term.
So glad to hear the explicit, strong call for action on climate change — and it fits with O's broad theme of collective action.
— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) January 21, 2013
That was the first time a gay bar got name checked during a presidential inauguration, right? Can I get a fact check? #inauguration2013
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) January 21, 2013
But a few allegations of hypocrisy were tossed the president's way.
"A decade of war is now ending." Applause. (Drone strike earlier today in Yemen.)
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) January 21, 2013
And Gawker's John Cook noted the president didn't listen to his own calls for civility.
"we must not treat name-calling as reasoned debate" sounds like someone has romnesia
— John Cook (@johnjcook) January 21, 2013
Conservative Twitterati were predictably nonplussed by the speech.
"Let me translate the Inaugural: 'The Era of Big Government is Back,'" wrote Brad Dayspring, a former aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor who now works for a conservative super PAC.
Let me translate the Inaugural: "The Era of Big Government is Back."
— Brad Dayspring (@BDayspring) January 21, 2013
The right was particularly angered by Obama's attempts to argue that government can help protect freedoms.
"Preserving individual freedom requires collective action? What?" Reason contributor Garrett Quinn wrote.
Preserving individual freedom requires collective action? What?
— Garrett Quinn (@GarrettQuinn) January 21, 2013
National Review editor and POLITICO columnist Rich Lowry had a similar complaint: "so the declaration of ind has no meaning unless we pass cap and trade?"
so the declaration of ind has no meaning unless we pass cap and trade?
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) January 21, 2013
There was at least one part of the speech Republicans could like: the beginning. "You can't go wrong citing the Declaration of Independence…" former George W. Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer wrote.


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Social scientists have long argued documentary films are powerful tools for social change.
But a University of Iowa (UI) sociologist and his co-researchers are the first to use the Internet and social media to systematically show how a documentary film reshaped public perception and ultimately led to municipal bans on hydraulic fracking.
Do police treat religious-based protest events differently than secular ones? Drawing on data from more than 15,000 protest events in the United States (1960 to 1995) and using quantitative methods, we find that law enforcement agents were less likely to show up at protests when general religious actors, actions, or organizations were present. Rather than reflecting privileged legitimacy, we find that this protective effect is explained by religious protesters' use of less threatening tactics at events.
Recent scholarship highlights the importance of public discourse for the mobilization and impact of social movements, but it neglects how cultural products may shift discourse and thereby influence mobilization and political outcomes. This study investigates how activism against hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") utilized cultural artifacts to influence public perceptions and effect change. A systematic analysis of Internet search data, social media postings, and newspaper articles allows us to identify how the documentary Gasland reshaped public discourse.
The article discusses alternative wedding ceremonies staged in urban spaces as a statement of protest among immigrant couples that cannot marry in rabbinical courts, because they are not recognized as Jews. These public weddings are organized and sponsored by the Fishka association of young Israeli adults of Russian origin.
To comply with ideals of multiculturalism and diversity, postsecondary institutions incorporate Latino students into distinct campus cultures. These cultures influence how students interact with one another, the university community at large, and communities outside of campus, ultimately shaping how students inhabit Latino politics. Drawing on data from 20 months of ethnographic fieldwork with six student organizations and 60 in-depth interviews, I compare Latino student organizations in a liberal arts college, a research university, and a regional public university.
American Indians experience forms of domination and resist them through a wide range of decolonizing processes that are commonly overlooked, misidentified, or minimally analyzed by American sociology. This inattention reflects the naturalizing use of minoritizing frameworks regarding tribal members and ethnic rather than political conceptions of American Indian nationhood, membership, and identity.
I critique Glenn's article on settler colonialism and Bonilla-Silva's article on critical race analysis from Indigenous perspectives, including racial genocide and world-systems analysis, to cover five centuries of global systemic racism during the conquest of the Americas, by Spanish and English colonizers and United States imperialism. I also propose macro-structural, comparative-historical analysis of racism including the destruction, resistance, and revitalization of Native Nations and American Indians.
This article uses archival research to explore important differences in the discursive and institutional positioning of Mexican American and African American men during World War II. Through the focal point of the riots that erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities in the summer of 1943, I examine the ways in which black and Mexican "rioters" were imagined in official and popular discourses. Though both groups of youth were often constructed as deviant and subversive, there were also divergences in the ways in which their supposed racial difference was discursively configured.
This conversation explores emerging debates concerning teaching to and about marginalized populations often left out of "representative" data sets. Based on our experiences studying, teaching, and belonging to some of these unrepresented populations, we outline some strategies sociologists may use to transform the limitations of data sets traditionally labeled as representative into tools for delivering core sociological concepts.
It is well documented that interaction between diverse students encourages positive learning outcomes. Given this, we examine how to enhance the quantity and quality of student diversity in university classrooms. Drawing on sociological theory linking life experiences with ways of knowing, we investigate how to increase classroom diversity by considering when, where, and how courses are scheduled and delivered.


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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
During the last months I and Alberto worked in several projects using Analysis Services Tabular and we had to face real world issues, such as complex queries, large data volume, frequent data updates and so on. Sometime we faced the challenge of comparing Tabular performance with SQL Server. It seemed a non-sense, because even if the same core xVelocity technology is implemented in both products (SQL Server 2012 uses ColumnStore indexes, whereas Analysis Services 2012 uses VertiPaq), we initially assumed that the better optimization for the in-memory engine used by Analysis Services would have been always better than SQL Server.
However, we discovered several important things:
As you can see, these considerations are not always obvious and you might be tempted to make other assumptions based on these information. Well, don't do that. Before anything else, read the whitepaper VertiPaq vs ColumnStore Comparison written by Alberto Ferrari. Then, measure your workload. Finally, make some conclusion. But don't make too many assumptions. You might be wrong, as we did at the beginning of this journey.
what are your thoughts on sql 2014 oltp column store vs ssas tabular
In terms of performance, we'll have to run many tests again in order to update the whitepaper, but we'll do that only after RTM. In terms of features, you cannot really compare two products - Analysis Services add a metadata layer that you don't have in SQL. The goal of the whitepaper is just to compare performance.
This is a slightly out of context question for this particular topic ,but couldn't find one related to this.
I am working on a tabular model ,when i set the DirectQueryMode as "on" in my model properties.And then try to import tables from the data source ,i get the following error.
DirectQuery error: All tables used when querying in DirectQuery Mode must be from a single relational Data Source.
I am using the same data source ,still i seem to be getting this error. Any idea as to what i might be missing out??Is there a chance this could be due to partitions in my data source???
This is strange - consider that with DirectQuery only SQL Server is supported and only one partition per table (in Tabular) can be marked as DirectQuery partition.


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WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
House Bill 2360
By Delegates Ellington and Summers
[Introduced February 13,
2017; referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §9-2-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to exempting certain contracts from the bidding process.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §9-2-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§9-2-6. Powers of secretary.
Within limits of state appropriations and federal grants and subject to provisions of state and federal laws and regulations, the secretary, in addition to all other powers, duties and responsibilities granted and assigned to that office in this chapter and elsewhere by law, is authorized to:
(1) Promulgate, amend, revise and rescind department rules respecting the organization and government of the department and the execution and administration of those powers, duties and responsibilities granted and assigned by this chapter and elsewhere by law to the department and the secretary.
(2) Promulgate, amend, revise and rescind department rules and regulations respecting qualifications for receiving the different classes of welfare assistance consistent with or permitted by federal laws, rules and policies, but not inconsistent with state law: Provided, That rules and policies respecting qualifications shall permit the expenditure of state funds to pay for care rendered in any birthing center licensed under the provisions of article two-e, chapter sixteen of this code by a licensed nurse midwife or midwife as this occupation is defined in section one, article fifteen, chapter thirty of this code and which care is within the scope of duties for such licensed nurse midwife or midwife as permitted by the provisions of section seven of said article.
(3) Obtain by purchase or lease grounds, buildings, office or other space, equipment, facilities and services as may be necessary for the execution and administration of those powers, duties and responsibilities granted and assigned by this chapter and elsewhere by law to the department and the secretary.
(4) Sign and execute in the name of the state by the State Department of Health and Human Resources any contract or agreement with the federal government or its agencies, other states, political subdivisions of this state, corporations, associations, partnerships or individuals: Provided, That the provisions of article three, chapter five-a are followed.
(5) Sign and execute a
contract to implement professional health care,
managed care, actuarial
and health care-related monitoring, quality review/utilization, claims
processing and independent professional consultant contracts for the Medicaid
program. Provided, That the provisions of article three, chapter five-a
are followed: Provided, however, That a contract awarded under the
agency purchasing process from April 1, 2009, to January 2, 2013, remains in
full force and effect and the secretary retains sole authority to review,
approve and issue changes to contracts issued under the former purchasing
process, and is responsible for challenges, disputes, protests and legal
actions related to such contracts. The provisions of article three, chapter
five-a do not apply to managed care.
(6) Establish such special funds as may be required by the federal Social Security Act, as amended, or by any other Act or Acts of Congress, in order for this state to take full advantage of the benefits and provisions thereof relating to the federal-state assistance and federal assistance programs administered by the department and to make payments into and disbursements out of any such special fund or funds in accordance with the requirements of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, or any other Act or Acts of Congress, and in accordance with applicable state law and the objects and purposes of this chapter. In addition, the State Department of Health and Human Resources, through the secretary, is hereby authorized to accept any and all gifts or grants, whether in money, land, services or materials, which gift or gifts, if in the form of moneys, shall be placed in a separate fund and expended solely for the purpose of public assistance programs. No part of this special fund shall revert to the General Revenue Funds of this state. No expenses incurred pursuant to this special fund shall be a charge against the General Funds of this state.
(7) Establish within the department an Office of Inspector General for the purpose of conducting and supervising investigations and for the purpose of providing quality control for the programs of the department. The Office of Inspector General shall be headed by the Inspector General who shall report directly to the secretary. Neither the secretary nor any employee of the department may prevent, inhibit or prohibit the Inspector General or his or her employees from initiating, carrying out or completing any investigation, quality control review or other activity oversight of public integrity by the Office of the Inspector General. The secretary shall place within the Office of Inspector General any function he or she deems necessary. Qualification, compensation and personnel practice relating to the employees of the Office of the Inspector General, including that of the position of Inspector General, shall be governed by the classified service provisions of article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code and rules promulgated thereunder. The Inspector General shall supervise all personnel of the Office of Inspector General.
(8) Provide at department expense a program of continuing professional, technical and specialized instruction for the personnel of the department.
(9) Pay from available funds all or part of the reasonable expenses incurred by a person newly employed by the department in moving his household furniture, effects and immediate family from his or her place of residence in this state to his or her place of employment in this state; and to pay from available funds all or part of the reasonable expenses incurred by a department employee in moving his or her household furniture, effects and immediate family as a result of a reassignment of the employee which is considered desirable, advantageous to and in the best interests of the state, but no part of the moving expenses of any one such employee shall be paid more frequently than once in twelve months or for any movement other than from one place of employment in this state to another place of employment in this state.
(10) Establish a program to provide reimbursement to employees of the department whose items of personal property, as defined by the department by policy, are damaged during the course of employment or other work-related activity as a result of aggressive behavior by a client or patient receiving services from the department: Provided, That such reimbursement is limited to a maximum amount of $250 per claim.
(11) Establish and maintain such institutions as are necessary for the temporary care, maintenance and training of children and other persons.
(12) Prepare and submit state plans which will meet the requirements of federal laws, rules governing federal-state assistance and federal assistance and which are not inconsistent with state law.
(13) Organize within the department a Board of Review, consisting of a chairman appointed by the secretary and as many assistants or employees of the department as may be determined by the secretary and as may be required by federal laws and rules respecting state assistance, federal-state assistance and federal assistance, such Board of Review to have such powers of a review nature and such additional powers as may be granted to it by the secretary and as may be required by federal laws and rules respecting federal-state assistance and federal assistance.
(14) Provide by rules review and appeal procedures within the Department of Health and Human Resources as may be required by applicable federal laws and rules respecting state assistance, federal-state assistance and federal assistance and as will provide applicants for, and recipients of all, classes of welfare assistance an opportunity to be heard by the Board of Review, a member thereof or individuals designated by the board, upon claims involving denial, reduction, closure, delay or other action or inaction pertaining to public assistance.
(15) Provide by rules, consistent with requirements of applicable federal laws and rules, application forms and application procedures for the various classes of public assistance.
(16) Provide locations for making applications for the various classes of public assistance.
(17) Provide a citizen or group of citizens an opportunity to file objections and to be heard upon objections to the grant of any class of public assistance.
(18) Delegate to the personnel of the department all powers and duties vested in the secretary, except the power and authority to sign contracts and agreements.
(19) Make such reports in such form and containing such information as may be required by applicable federal laws and rules respecting federal-state assistance and federal assistance.
(20) Invoke any legal, equitable or special remedies for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt managed care contracts from the bidding process.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.


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Israel Operates Inside Sudan, Israeli Official Says
Israel Operates Inside Sudan, Israeli Official Says
An Israeli intelligence official for the first time confirmed that the Israeli military operates in Sudan, just days after the government in Khartoum accused Israel of bombing an arms factory outside the capital.
Officially, Israel has refused to comment on the accusations leveled by the Sudanese government. Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Belal Osman, showcasing video and eyewitness reports, said Israel sent four warplanes to strike an arms factory on the outskirts of Khartoum before dawn Wednesday, killing two people and wounding several others.
Osman said it wasn't the first Israeli attack on Sudanese territory: In 2009, an arms convoy traveling through eastern Sudan was hit in an airstrike; in 2011, a missile struck a car near the city of Port Sudan, killing two men. One of those men was a senior official and chief arms procurer for Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that controls the Gaza Strip.
Israel officials never publicly confirm nor deny their country's involvement in overseas operations. But speaking anonymously to NPR, an Israeli intelligence officer says that Israel does -– most definitely –- operate in Sudan.
He said Sudan has long been a playground for militants, adding it would be important for Israel to send the message that militants can't use Sudan as a way station for their arms and training camps.
The intelligence officer wouldn't allow NPR to quote him by name, as he was breaking military protocol by speaking about the attacks.
Efraim Inbar, director of the Begin-Sadat Center, an Israeli think tank, says the reported Israeli actions seem plausible.
"It is very possible that Israel has taken defensive measures against sending weapons to terrorists," he said.
Hamas, Inbar says, has long had a base of operations in Sudan.
"Hamas is not new to Sudan," he said. "The Sudan regime has close links to radical Islamist groups."
To explain how weapons make their way from Africa to the Middle East, the intelligence officer took out a map of the region and drew a route for NPR with his finger.
The route starts on Sudan's east coast, traveling north by boat on the Red Sea to the Sinai peninsula, a notoriously lawless region where weapons smugglers operate freely outside the control of the Egyptian government. The northwesternmost tip of Sinai is where the peninsula meets the Gaza Strip. Officially, Egypt controls the border crossing with Gaza, but underneath the border, hundreds of of tunnels are used to smuggle goods -– and occasionally weapons -– to Gaza.
Like many Israeli officials, the intelligence officer refused to answer questions about international law and whether Israel routinely violates the sovereignty of a foreign state to carry out its military operations.
But he said whatever the Israeli military may or may not do is shared with Israel's friends in the West.


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The 2008 Farm Bill amended the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act (CFAA) by requiring States to complete a statewide assessment of forest resource conditions and a long-term statewide forest resource strategy.
The new requirements are intended to ensure that Federal and State programs are targeting shared management priorities and achieving meaningful outcomes. For the State to be eligible to receive CFAA funding, State Assessments and Strategies must be completed by June 2010 and updated every 5 years thereafter.
The District of Columbia Assessment of Urban Forest Resources and Strategy is submitted to the Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry Program for the Government of the District of Columbia by the Urban Forestry Administration in the District Department of Transportation.
To provides urban forest information regarding the background conditions and trends that are present in the District.
Program at a Glance
Program Title: DC Assessment of Urban Forest Resources and Strategy
Agency: District Department of Transportation
Office: Urban Forestry Division (UFD)
Type: Administrative
Phone: (202) 671-5133


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Microsoft to Add Multitasking, Internet Explorer 9 to Windows Phone Later this Year
Microsoft announced on Monday plans to fill in some of the key gaps from the initial Windows Phone 7 release with two updates due out this year.
The more interesting of the updates is the second one–a major release–due later this year. In a Mobile World Congress keynote, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer plans to demo only a couple of features of the release, including improved multitasking, simultaneous game play with an Xbox as well as the addition of the company's Internet Explorer 9 browser.
An earlier update, now due out by March, brings the long-awaited copy-and-paste features to the operating system as well as some performance tweaks and support for CDMA networks.
Windows Phone unit President Andy Lees told Mobilized that the new release later this year should answer critics who worried that Microsoft wouldn't be able to innovate fast enough to catch up or leapfrog over features available on rivals such as iPhone and Android.
"Part of what we are doing is sharing technology across the company," Lees said in an interview. In other examples, Microsoft is showing a demo of how a user on the phone might play a game throwing balls at someone playing with an Xbox or Kinect. Microsoft also plans to allow sharing of Office documents directly between phones, Windows PCs and the cloud-based Windows Live service.
Moving the full IE9 browser over to the phone will allow for hardware acceleration and other features that had not been possible on phones in the past, Lees said. For battery and other reasons, Lees said that the new release won't support Adobe's Flash, but Lees said it is not a religious issue for him, and that the company may add such support down the road.
"We're not allergic to Flash," Lees said. "It's not in this update, but we're not making some particular statement that it will never be there."
Microsoft also plans to announce that it will integrate Twitter into the People hub in much the same way that the initial release brings in Facebook updates.
The update later this year will be the one adopted by Nokia in its first Windows Phone, Lees said. Nokia announced last week, of course, that it plans to make Windows Phone its primary smartphone operating system going forward.
As for early reaction to the Nokia move, Lees said the response has been positive, both from mobile operators as well as from phone makers, even those that now find themselves with a new competitor.
Lees said that basically all of the companies that make Windows Phone devices also make phones for Android and have plenty of competition there as well. Lees said that, if anything, Nokia's move could spur some device makers that were on the fence about supporting Windows Phone 7.
"We have had other [phone makers] approach us who were talking to us and have now increased their, should I say, level of focus," Lees said.
As for Nokia CEO Stephen Elop's comments that the amount of money flowing to Nokia from Microsoft is measured in billions rather than in millions, Lees said that one must consider that the deal includes partnerships around search and services as well as the amount of marketing and other support being directly provided by Microsoft.
"We're not talking about specifics," Lees said. "But it's a sizeable opportunity."
Update: 4:00 pm Barcelona time: I finally made it in after being stuck in a massive crowd (see image). Ballmer's keynote is slated to begin shortly and I'll add live updates shortly.
4:06 pm: Ballmer has taken the stage, talking about rapid pace of change in industry and for Microsoft.
Talks about first update, the copy and paste one, which will come in first two weeks of March.
4:09 pm: Ballmer said most of smartphone competition the same–a "sea of icons" that lead to applications that lead to actions. Windows Phone is easier and simpler, he said. "With Windows Phone it's easier to see information at a glance," Ballmer said.
4:12 pm: On to new stuff, in the "near future in 2011, we will bring multitasking to Windows Phones" Ballmer said.
Ballmer is talking IE9. "We need to give people the full Web on their phone, like we do on the PC," Ballmer said. (Wouldn't that also include Flash, Mobilized wonders?)
4:15 pm: Apps are great, Ballmer said, but not enough. "It's often too hard to find what you want when you want it," he said. That, he said, is why Windows Phone also has task-specific hubs like People, Pictures, Office, Music and Video.
4:16 pm: Interesting note, Ballmer has again touted 93 percent customer satisfaction number, but no new sales figure.
4:19 pm: Windows Phone exec Joe Belfiore comes onstage to demo the new features coming to Windows Phone later this year.
4:26 pm: Both updates will be available for all Windows Phone 7 owners, Belfiore said.
4:30 pm: Belfiore showing an IE9 demo highlighting its hardware acceleration feature. In the demo, Belfiore shows IE9 for Windows Phone allowing 50 fish to rapidly swim around in an aquarium demo. He then shows the same demo on an iPhone 4 with the fish barely swimming.
4:32 pm: A few demoes fail. Streaming video doesn't work because of connection issues. "This is preliminary not final code," Belfiore said. "We'll get all these kinks worked out."
On to multitasking…
4:36 pm: Press-and-hold back button lets users access the new multitasking and see tiles for recently run apps.
Also shows Slacker playing with other tasks. Until now, only Microsoft's own Zune could play in the background, not third-party apps.
4:39 pm: Last demo is the Xbox one showing Kinect game being played with the phone. Shows a "tech preview" of Windows Phone being used as a companion in Kinect's dodgeball/breakout game.
4:42 pm: Ballmer back and talking about the ecosystems and Microsoft's interaction with device makers and mobile operators as well as growth in the number of mobile apps for Windows Phone 7.
"We're off to a strong start," he said. "We know we've got a lot of work to do."
Ballmer said the company knows it needs both scale and variety.
4:44 pm: Now he's talking Microsoft-Nokia deal.
4:47 pm: Ballmer invites out Nokia CEO Stephen Elop,
Elop calls the deal "a natural partnership," in which Nokia will bring the global reach and scale that Microsoft needs, while giving Nokia a needed in back to the North American market, where it has struggled badly.
Elop repeats now well-worn point that Microsoft-Nokia will offer mobile operators a third viable choice to iPhone and Android.
4:51 pm: Ballmer makes the same point Lees made in our interview, arguing that the Nokia deal will even help other Windows Phone device makers by giving the ecosystem a needed level of scale.
"Today, customers are falling in love with Windows phones," Ballmer said, adding that the company is investing to further popularize the phone, including new features.