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Word 2002, squares in corners of document
Hey all,
I reinstalled Office XP and now in word I have these half-squares in each corner of each page of a document. It's driving me nuts, I can't get rid of them. They were never there before. Searching on the net says I have to use Office Tools to remove installed Asian languages....
I don't have an 'Office Tools', nor do I have any Asian languages installed, unless they come already installed...
Edit: Nevermind! I do have the Tools, I guess I didn't look hard enough. I was expecting to find it among all the other Office entries, but it was much further down the list. Removing the Asian languages fixed it.
Feel free to delete. Thanks!
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Police: Woman fights off assailant with pan
LOWELL, Mass. — Authorities say a woman fended off a man trying to rape her at knifepoint in a Tewksbury hotel room by striking him several times on the head with a cooking pan.
Frank Harrison, with visible lumps on his head and cuts on his face, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges including armed assault to rape in connection with the alleged attack Sunday morning.
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'He just plays every game like it's his last. He gets in and does all the dirty work'
- Valentine Holmes on Dane Gagai
An emotional Dane Gagai created history on Wednesday night, winning the Wally Lewis Medal after a brilliant three games for the Queensland Maroons.
Awarded to the player of the series, Gagai became the first winger to win the award, breaking down in tears on stage as he accepted the honour.
It was well deserved, with Gagai clearly the best from either side for the series after running for a series-high 577m and scoring two tries across the three games.
In the dressing sheds after the match, Gagai said the award would be something he would always treasure.
"I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. I haven't really won anything like this before, especially at this level of football," Gagai said.
"To receive a player of the series award is definitely something that I'll never forget. It will be a memory I cherish for the rest of my life."
Before the series it was widely speculated that Gagai would start in the centres, with Corey Oates, Valentine Holmes or Darius Boyd tipped to fill the two wing positions.
But coach Kevin Walters decided to take a gamble, selecting Gagai on the right wing for Game I.
Despite the Maroons losing that match by 22 points, Gagai was a standout, putting in Queensland's best individual performance of the night as he cemented his position for the rest of the series.
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Walters came under some pressure to move Gagai to the centres following the demotion of Justin O'Neill and Oates, and a hand injury to Boyd, but he stuck to his guns and the decision paid huge dividends.
Instead Walters moved Michael Morgan to the centres, leaving Gagai on the wing where he was again faultless in Game III.
And his coach took notice.
Speaking after Queensland's victory, Walters said Gagai had found a home on the Maroons' right wing after an excellent three games.
"We were happy leave him where he was. He was playing great football," Walters said.
"He's one of those guys who can play in the centres, on the wing or at fullback. He would handle any of those positions really well.
"We just felt his performances since he's parked himself on that wing (were great).
'We're very happy we left him where he was'
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"We had some good options at centre with Michael Morgan and Cameron Munster so we're very happy we left him where he was again.
"He was outstanding (on Wednesday night)."
With Gagai on the Maroons' right wing, Valentine Holmes stands on Queensland's left.
A fellow flyer, Holmes had a day out in the decider, scoring three tries in a huge return.
But a humble Holmes was quick to turn his attention to Gagai's performances across the series, with the Cronulla Shark full of admiration for his fellow winger.
"He just plays every game like it's his last. He gets in and does all the dirty work. He takes the yardage carries from deep in his own half," Holmes said.
"He finished some awesome tries in Game I and Game II so he definitely deserved the award.
"You have to give full credit to him for putting together a great series. I couldn't think of anyone else who would deserve it more."
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Features and benefits of a concrete walkway:
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A concrete walkway is an inexpensive and durable addition to a home's landscape. This project requires thorough planning, simple tools, some elbow grease and a few days to complete. But the results can be well worth the effort.
Tools and Materials
- Chalk dust or spray paint
- Shovel
- Gravel
- 10-inch stakes
- Twine
- Tamping Tool
- Mixed concrete
- 1 foot x 4 inch x 4 inch-boards (for the forms)
- Screws
- Drill with a screw bit
- Rake
- 2×4-inch board (for smoothing the concrete)
- Concrete float
- Stiff Broom
- Plastic tarp
Step 1 – Plan the Walkway
Decide the position of the walkway and mark the ground with chalk dust or spray paint. Then pound the stakes in along the excavated path so that they are 2 inches above ground. Then string them together with twine between them as a guideline.
Step 2 – Dig Out the Walkway
Remove the turf and then dig down until you have reached a depth of 8 inches. Level the soil and remove any stones. Now lay a 4-inch layer of gravel. Pack the gravel down and be sure it is level.
Step 3 – Build the Concrete Forms
Use the lumber to build forms to pour the concrete into. Screw the boards into the stakes that you placed along the path earlier. If you have planned curves in your plan you may need some laminated wood that bends more easily to create the curves. Use a level to be sure that the forms are level. The stakes should be below the top of the forms.
Step 4 – Pour the Concrete
Pour the concrete into the forms. Once it is poured rake over the concrete to level it.
Step 5 – Smooth the Concrete
Take a board and run it over the concrete resting it on the forms to smooth and level the concrete. Once it is fairly level then go over it with a concrete float held at an angle to do the final smoothing.
Step 6 – Edge the Walkway
Leave the concrete to cure for a couple of hours. Then separate the forms from the concrete by using an edging trowel.
Step 7 – Score the Expansion Joints
Expansion joints should be scored into the concrete every 4 feet. Use a board to create a straight line run the trowel along it. These joints allow the concrete to expand and contract and reduce cracking.
Step 8 – Cure the Concrete
Texture the concrete by sweeping with a stiff broom leaving a light texture on the surface. A texture keeps the concrete from being too smooth and slippery. Then the concrete should be covered with plastic tarping for at least two days. Rushing this process can interfere with the setting and durability of the concrete.
Step 9 – Remove the Forms
Once the concrete is dry and cured take the covering off. Carefully remove the forms and stakes. Fill in any soil needed next to the walkway and pack it down.
You may want to consider stamping the concrete or adding coloring to make the walkway more distinctive. A carefully installed concrete walkway will last for years and provides a useful and attractive part of your landscape.
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Capone and Noreaga bring you another visual from The War Report 2. Goat likes the album. I'm not a big C.N.N. fan but the rhymes are witty beyond belief and never predictable. I appreciate that. Rappers need to incorporate that concept in their flows, or flows they have borrowed.
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In Getting Things Done (2001), David Allen introduces his famous productivity system, aimed at helping people work on multiple projects at once – and to do so with confidence, clear objectives and a sense of control.
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The Italian agent of Manchester City striker John Guidetti claims the Sweden international is attracting interest from Serie A outfit Fiorentina.
By Simone Bargellini
Last Updated: 28/06/12 2:57pm
The Italian agent of Manchester City striker John Guidetti claims the Sweden international is attracting interest from Serie A outfit Fiorentina.
The 20-year-old forward could find himself on the move this summer, with his path to the first team blocked at the Etihad Stadium.
City hold Guidetti in high regard, but there is no place for him at present in Roberto Mancini's plans.
As a result, the youngster has spent a lot of time out on loan in the last couple of years.
He may feel that the time is right to move on, and is reported to have already expressed an interest in moving to Italy.
Lazio have been mentioned as a possible destination, but Fiorentina could be tempted to make a move once the transfer window re-opens.
"There are a lot of conditions to meet before he can arrive in Italy," Roberto De Fanti told calciomercato.com.
"At City he is behind many top players and is rated at around seven to nine million euros.
"Fiorentina are a club that have shown an interest in his situation.
"Their sporting director (Daniele) Prade is a football expert at international level and knows Guidetti well."
Meanwhile, Valon Behrami has reiterated his desire to remain at Fiorentina for the foreseeable future.
The Switzerland international is once again being linked with a move to reigning Serie A champions Juventus, but he claims to have had no contact with any interested party and would be happy to pen a new contract in Florence.
He told Corriere dello Sport: "My contract? I have not yet received an offer from any club.
"My new agent needs to meet with my old agent, then we can talk about a new contract.
"No other club has made me an offer and I would have no problem staying in Florence even if a contract extension is not put in place."


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text: After hearing from a few foodies I know about the wonders of Eccolo, I was excited when a neighbor wanted to take me to dinner there to celebrate my birthday. Sad to say, I was thoroughly underwhelmed. Glad though that the tab was not mine. I had checked out their website prior to dining there and knew that the prices were more like NYC than Berkeley. Another reason to expect an exceptional dining experience. The restaurant has a relaxed, low-key elegant ambience which I enjoyed. The service was very good. The food, however, was unmemorable and a disappointment. I started with the chicken liver on toasts w/endive and frisee...okay, but nothing to write home about. My own chopped liver is far superior. There wasn't enough taste in theirs. Underseasoning seemed to be the theme of the meal. My main course was a veal chop w/a provencal tomato and, again, frisee, this time w/radicchio. The veal chop was rare, but tough and chewy. The provencal tomato was tasteless. And frisee was old at this point. Nothing was saved by a wonderful sauce. Although the ingredients were fresh, they were awash in tastelessness. My companion's lasagna, in a bechamel/pesto sauce, was similarly dull and flat. The restaurant was less than half full at 7 pm. It doesn't seem to me that people are knocking down the door to Eccolo, although my companion told me that the line was very long for brunch recently. He also told me he greased the palm of the hostess to get his party in ahead of the line. I was appalled. Am I totally naive? Sure, I've seen this in movies and on television, but I've never been with anyone who actually employed this technique for jumping a line. My friends concur that this is an immoral tactic. Curious to know what others think.


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Happy New Year!
One of my plans for the 2009 is to work on my creative side. I know it's in there somewhere…all I have to do it let it out! In an effort to support this, I've just joined Misty Mawn's Art Journal Challenge. I've worked in my art journal off and on, but I seem to be better at collecting journals than I am at filling them up!
In addition, I've also signed up for Leah's Creative Everyday Challenge. I think this is basically just a way to make sure that you are doing something…anything…creative. It can be as simple as trying a new spice or a little more complicated like painting a masterpiece.
I'm really excited about both of these and hope it will help me to continue in my creative endeavors.


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The Japanese scientists from Tohoku University declared that they could have discovered the missing factor in the Earth's core. The heart of our world is built up primarily of iron and nickel. The scientists imagine that a 3rd factor is present in the heart and it helps make up rather a big proportion of the core.
After intensive studies in which they recreated the conditions and the temperature present in the core, it appears that silicon could be the 3rd factor all people was searching for. The discovery presents for a better understanding of our world and an insight of its evolution.
The guide researcher Eiji Ohtani declared that silicon could make up an crucial section of the Earth's core – pretty much five p.c. Judging by the weight of the factor discovered, the silicon in the core is in all probability dissolved into the iron-nickel alloys.
The core of the Earth is considered to be a giant strong ball with the radius of one,200 km (745 miles). Because it can not be analyzed immediately, researchers examine the way in which seismic waves get to the surface area as a result of the 'ball'.
The ball is built up of three elements. Iron accounts for the major proportion of about eighty five p.c of its weight. The nickel is the upcoming 1, earning up ten p.c of the core. In purchase to establish the relaxation of five p.c, the scientists produced iron-nickel alloys and blended them with silicon. After that, they subjected these alloys to the higher temperatures and conditions discovered in the heart of the Earth and appeared at what took place.
This formation confirmed success equivalent to the seismic knowledge gathered for the research. Nevertheless, a lot more evidence is required in purchase to establish for confident the id of the 3rd factor. Some other contestants are in line for the position.
Other studies prompt that oxygen must be the 3rd factor in the core of the Earth. If this ended up the situation, the covering stratum bordering the core would have been depraved of it. If silicon ended up the 3rd factor, it would indicate that the covering atmosphere was prosperous in oxygen.
These studies would supply an insight into the conditions that prevailed at the time of the Earth's formation and would also make up a better understanding of the physics of the Earth.
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The Northwest Arctic Borough's largest private employer and source of revenue is suing the borough over a recent hike in taxes. Teck Alaska, the operator of Red Dog Mine, filed the legal complaint last Friday, noting the tax increase could put jobs and economic activity in the region at risk.
Red Dog is the world's second largest producer of zinc, situated 80 miles north of Kotzebue and 50 miles inland from the Chukchi Sea.
Teck has been the mine's operator since it opened in 1989, and Wayne Hall, the mine's Manager of Community and Public Relations, said it's been profitable, not just for the mine but for the borough as well.
"It's truly an Alaskan success story," Hall explained. "The mine has created enormous benefit for the region, including hundreds of millions in funding for schools and other services, as well over 700 well-paying jobs."
The hundreds of millions that have helped fund schools and other services for the borough have come from what's called a Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILT agreement. Teck has negotiated a PILT agreement with the Northwest Arctic Borough for the past 25 years.
"However, this year," Hall explained, "the borough has abandoned that collaborative process and instead levied what's referred to as a severance tax, which effectively triples Red Dog's annual tax payments."
The last time a new PILT was negotiated was five years ago, when the borough doubled it, resulting in an average annual payment from Teck of $11.5 million. The new severance tax could nearly triple that, putting Teck on the line for an estimated $30-40 million each year. Hall said that could put the mine and the borough in jeopardy.
"The fact is this tax increase will make Red Dog less competitive and create uncertainty around the longevity of the mine," Hall warned, "potentially affecting the jobs and the economic opportunity it creates."
According to the mine's website, Red Dog has historically provided the Northwest Arctic Borough with up to 80 percent of its revenue. It also directly employs over 600 people onsite, with an annual payroll of $75 million.
Along with direct impacts, Hall also warned that the tax hike could have a ripple effect in the region.
Hall used the example of the air carrier services that bring in employees from all eleven communities in the region, on at least three flights each week.
Those air carrier services, along with other mine-related services, create more than 100 additional jobs for the region. So with so much at stake for the both the mine and the borough, why the sudden surge in taxes imposed by the borough?
"We don't know," Hall said, "and we actually asked why, and they refused to tell us."
Calls to the Northwest Arctic Borough mayor's office were not returned as of Monday afternoon, though the borough's regional corporation was willing to comment.
NANA owns the land the mine operates on, and many of its shareholders work at Red Dog. Liz Cravalho is NANA's director of community and government affairs, and she says what they're most concerned about are their shareholders, including their jobs, their dividends, and future exploration in the region.
Cravalho says NANA is working to bring both parties to the table to renegotiate a payment agreement, something Hall would like to see as well.
"We've really initiated this legal complaint very reluctantly," Hall explained. He said it wasn't something Teck wanted to do.
"Unfortunately, by refusing to engage in good faith negotiations to achieve a reasonable payment agreement, the borough has left us with few options," Hall said, "and our goal of this action is to get the borough to come to the table and work with us to negotiate a new and reasonable payment agreement."
Through the legal complaint, Teck is seeking an injunction of the severance tax and meeting with the Northwest Arctic Borough.
This article originally appeared on KNOM Radio Mission, a Nome-based radio station sharing stories from around Western Alaska. It is republished here with permission.?


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Selling is a real business, whether it is done online or offline. But why do many fail in their online physical products business? Simply put, they do not understand or follow the right strategy.
You can read my earlier post here
To succeed, you must learn to set up a workable, automated, easy-to-follow system that is capable of bringing in immediate cash as well as monthly commission with minimal set-up effort.
What Should Be Looked For in A Perfect System
This system must be able to achieve the following objectives, quickly and without stress:
- Get you a website (blog) that tells potential customers about your products, why they should buy from you, testimonials from users, how to buy and get the products shipped to their addresses, etc. This website serves as your spokesperson.
- Drive real people to your website to see your offer or what you sell. This is called traffic generation. Let me explain this part well because it's key to your business success.
If you have the most beautiful products to market, and people don't know about it, how much do you think you'll make? No dime comes in.
It is exactly as Steuart Handerson Britt puts it clearly:
Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does
But imagine a system that brings just 100,000 unique visitors to your website every month. Let's say that just 2% of these visitor buy your products. (This percent is the least I expect you to get though). How many sales will amount to?
Simple Arithmetic says 2/100*100,000=2000 sales.
If you make a profit of just N5,000 per product (which is small, because some of my products make me 15k profits each), how much will that amount to?
Simple Arithmetic says: 2,000*N5000=N1,000,000.
Don't let this blow your mind, because it is happening. This is not a cooked-up story. This is a reality. In fact, let me shock you more. This is different from the commission the company pays every month. That is the meat itself.
Get me right please. I am not guaranteeing anyone who joins of becoming an instant millionaire. This is not a any Ponzi scheme. But if you are dedicated to work and are determined, this can be the easiest thing ever.
And this can repeat itself months after months. In fact, there is huge potential for more sales with your super-targeted traffic.
Always remember that quality traffic is the root of any successful online venture. More on traffic later.
- An Online Payment System.
The world is now a global village. I should be able to sit in my room, order for a product from anywhere in the world, pay with my card, and have it delivered to my address.
For your online physical products business to be fully functional, you must work with a company that allows you order for products online without having to visit the bank or warehouse in person. That's the truth.
- A System that Captures Your Website's Visitors and Help Follow-up on them
Have you heard the expression "The money is in the list" before? This simply means that you can make money when you build a list of your prospective customers. Let me explain this:
A person may like your offer after reading about it on your website or blog, but doesn't have the cash at that moment. What do you do? Forget about him? Never. He is a potential customer.
Your system should be able to capture his details, such as name, email, and sometimes, phone number.
Do you know why? You will need to continually send him educating follow-up messages about your offer. In the process, is built, he sees you as an authority in your field, and eventually buys from you.
Are you thinking this is hard? There is a software that makes things very easy for you. And anyone can use it. More on this later.
- A reliable delivery system
Granted, people now believe in online things and pay online. But the fact remains that some are still skeptical and will NEVER pay a dime before receiving their products.
Do you blame them? This is Nigeria for you. But that should not close up your online physical products business. Your system should be able to accommodate this set of customers.
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Over the last three years, The Living Method of Spiritual Awakening has helped many hundreds of people around the world come to recognize and accept their true nature. It can do the same for you. You can awaken from the dream of separation into the truth of unity and you can do it NOW.
In the tradition of the his best-selling title, The Book of Undoing, Fred Davis shares all the newest, most effective secrets of The Living Method's amazing Awakening Sessions, as they are conducted today. The author's own clarity, skills, and toolbox have all grown enormously as a result of the countless sessions held since 2013, and he shares the fruit of that clarity and experience here.
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This has to be the most direct route to peace of mind and the return of all that which was thought lost. This is the key to the door of God's lost and found department!
Fantastic and insightful to say the very least.. I'm still grasping my head around the concept in this book but I am AWAKE!
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Wow. I don't even know where to start except to say if you've been on the path, endlessly searching for any small glimpse of enlightenment, this IS the book to end your seeking. It's astounding. Great job , Fred!
The narrator also did a fine job with a very difficult script. This couldn't have been easy but it was beautifully done.
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This book was made for the audio format. Listen to Yourself attempt to shake You awake with this book. Have fun!
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Fred really takes you on a journey to show you who you are not and who you really are or at least the presence that you are. He simplifies the concept of oneness, and makes you realize it's been there this whole time but your own persona or in this book "Alex" has been looking for more. I highly recommend this book to any seeker, and I look forward to listening to Fred's other books on the topics of life and awakening.
P.s. He advises it in the book, but I suggest you devote a day to this book, paying attention to its pointers and experiences and digesting it all in the moment. Good luck to you all in your journey.
After all these years, I finally see...and NOW understand why! too close bcoz all along, I was IT!..
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Amazing book. Thank you for this wonderful experience. I'm trying to write more but everything that comes to mind doesn't feel right. The only thing I would say is try it and let us know your thoughts.
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Loved the way this unfolded. Wish I had met Fred years ago. probably would have saved years of pain and striving. Oh well! This book contains many unique and key perspectives that are sure to help anyone wake up. It's easy to follow and truly worth anyone's time and attention who is willing and ready.
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I don't usually write reviews, but since the content of this book clearly has the potential to be so powerful, I felt compelled to write something regarding the narration. For me, the narrator (and her interpretation/presentation) was incredibly distracting - it seems that she is not spiritually connected to the message she is attempting to convey, and thus it comes across as "missing it" - they are just words/characters that she's trying to read well and act-out - but they don't feel in alignment. Of course, I have no way of knowing this for sure (and I apologize if I'm incorrect), but that was my experience when listening. The content itself is powerful, however. You may want to consider reading the actual book instead of listening, so the distraction of the narrator does not pull you away from the actual message as it did me. I've since bought the hard copy.
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The guidance into awakening is great! The downside was the melodramatic voice that is trying to present fredness 's material. And why two female voices? Bypass the melodrama and mispronunciation of gangaji and papaji, ramana maharshi etcetera. I can't understand how Fred approved the presentation. However, overlook it...overlook it and enter the opening into your true nature. Thank you Fred
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Very innovative presentation for the conditioned mind to come out of the illusion. The voice works but needs more awareness. Overall a very good audiobook and it is effective.
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one of these will be my next pistol, any owners with good or bad exp.?
Never held a Stinger but the CQB Compact is saweeeet.
Don't listen to Hokie he doesn't even own a 1911
Yeah, what do I know? Not much.
CQB Compact, everyone knows the more word that are in the model name make the gun better.
Love the Wilsons but some of the model names are too long IMO.
CQB Light-Rail Lightweight Professional
CQB Light-Rail Lightweight Compact
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Too long.
I still vote CQB
They are long, but its not like they put them on the gun.
CQB hands down! We have one with the stainless upgrade for sale right now. And yes Im still taking the CQB minus the sales plug
LOL sadly enough ours doesnt have the 2 1/2 inch lettering.
Daily CCW or just because?
For carry/competition; Stinger. For Range/showing off; CQB.
I've had both; still have the Stingers...
Pretty much sums it up IMO, but you gotta' shoot the Stinger in, as LB's are as tight as they say.
What did you not like about the WC?
<-----Has a Wilson. Has desperately wanted a Stinger for a very long time.
When the time comes for me to get a Baer it is going to be a Stinger.
I vote Wilson, and I LOVE my LB TRS. Wilson just makes a better gun.
How so?
It's not that I did not like the Wilson; in fact, it was my favorite CCO style until I got the Stinger. I just like the way the Stinger feels and shoots. It's purely a subjective determination on my part, but the Baers feel more substantial. How's that for a scientific analysis?
Either will serve you well. The Stinger will save you a few hun.
BTW - I still have a CQB-E. Had to keep a token Wilson around to keep the Baers company...
Don't get me wrong, as I like Baer's and love my TRS. But Wilson's are more refined. As for accuracy, I realize that Baer has a 3" @ 50 yard guarantee. But Wilson has a 1" @ 25 yard guarantee, which equals 2 " @ 50 yards. The fit and finish of a Baerv is NOT what a fit and finish of a Wilson is. Period. I know you're are LB fan, as am I, but as an owner of both and a shooter of several, I believe that in this case, you get what you pay for. Wilson's cost a little more, but they're a little better.
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are teaming up once again - this time, playing siblings who decide to throw one last party before their family sells their home.
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Over the past two nights, the Bruins have not looked like a playoff caliber team and it showed again in a 1-0 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers last night at the TD Banknorth Garden. After an embarrassing 10-2 loss on Monday night to the Capitals in which the Bruins had trouble stopping goals, last night their major issue was scoring them.
That was thanks to Panthers goaltender Craig Anderson who had another stellar performance in net stopping all 40 shots he saw for his second consecutive shutout victory. On Sunday, Anderson set an NHL record for saves in a shutout victory with 53 saves against the Islanders in another 1-0 win. The back-to-back shutout efforts combined for a total of 93 saves which is the most in two games since the 1989 season.
"These last two games have just been terrific," Anderson said on yahoo.com. "As much as you want to say it's just one guy, it's been everybody. The little things you might not notice, I recognize, the coaches recognize, and the other guys recognize what guys are doing. We're making sure were getting the pucks out, we're making big blocks, we're making sure the puck doesn't get to the net, and a lot of the time I am seeing the shots, which is a credit to the guys in front of me."
As of now the Bruins are still in the 6th playoff spot in the Eastern Conference but are tied with the Rangers and have the Flyers nipping at their heels only 3 pts back. With only 16 regular season games left on the schedule, every game becomes an important one, especially those against in division opponents.
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The Syrian National Council has asked the United Nations and Arab League to intervene in the country due to the recent deaths of 250 Syrians.
The Council, which opposes President Bashar al-Assad, has asked the U.N. and Arab League for help in securing three major cities: Zawiyah Mountain, Idlib, and homs. According to reports, the council wants the U.N. to force Syrian troops to withdraw from these cities, essentially making them "safe zones."
The deaths are described by the council as a "massacre" and have occurred in a 48-hour period, marking a significant increase in violence.
The protests began in March and have claimed the lives of over 5,000.
On Monday, the U.N. voted 133-11 to condemn human rights violations committed by Assad's regime. The vote came as news broke that Syria had agreed to sign a peace treaty proposed by the Arab League.
Under the peace treaty's guidelines, Syria will allow Arab League monitors into the country to supervise the cessation of violence, withdrawal of troops and the release of political prisoners. They are due to arrive in Syria on Thursday, Dec. 21.
Analysts and world leaders fear that Syrian forces will react to the monitors with hostility and not fulfill their end of the treaty. Ian Lustick told the Voice of America, "So I actually would be very surprised, frankly, if those hundreds of observers were allowed to enter Syria."
A report issued by Human Rights Watch included the stories of 63 Syrian military defectors who were given orders to stop the protests "by all means." It was reported, however, that security forces killed over 70 defectors as they tried to flee on Tuesday.
The Syrian Revolution began in March with the capture of 13-year-old Hamza al-Khateeb. He went missing during a protest and his body was returned to his family one month later. There was evidence of horrific abuse and torture at the hands of Syrian forces. Since then, Khateeb has been viewed as a martyr and catalyst for change.


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Scathing remarks by Coalition MP Kelly O'Dwyer on the Foreign Investment Review Board's (FIRB) handling of overseas property buyers could portend major changes to the regulatory environment that make realtors the target of punitive measures.
O'Dwyer, who is currently chairing a federal inquiry into the affordability of Australian housing and foreign ownership levels, told 2GB Money News that the FIRB had been "asleep at the wheel" on the issue of foreign property investment which is not in compliance with regulations, pointing out that not a single prosecution had been made since 2006.
According to O'Dwyer, FIRB had failed to properly regulate investment in domestic property by overseas buyers, despite the existence of clear regulations on the issue.
"The FIRB haven't been properly doing the job they were supposed to do in terms of the compliance and enforcement regime," said O'Dwyer.
The FIRB has stated before the committee that only eight of its staff members were responsible for reviewing thousands of purchases of residential property by foreign investors.
The committee that O'Dwyer currently chairs is set to provide a report and recommendations to Treasurer Joe Hockey in October. O'Dwyer said the committee would investigate increases the strength and scope of penalties for foreign investors who breach regulations, and that punitive measures for wrongdoers should actually "hurt."
O'Dwyer said the $85,000 fine currently in place for those who breach regulations is barely a slap on the wrist for super-affluent overseas investors, and that it is viewed by many as little more than the "cost of doing business."
Measures currently being investigated by the committee include a civil penalty regime that would apply to those who breach the law, and fines applied on a sliding scale based on the price of the property.
In addition to heightened punishments for foreign investors, O'Dwyer also mooted the possibility of applying penalties to realtors and other related professionals as well.
"At the moment the only penalty is on the purchaser, but we need to catch estate agents, lawyers and accountants involved in trying to contravene the foreign investment laws," she said.
O'Dwyer's revelation of the proposed change to foreign investment follows ANZ Australia chief executive Philip Chronican's assertion that Asian investors are not at fault for Australia's surging housing prices, and that limitations on the supply side are the true culprit.


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Thanks to a variety of sports with the mass appeal of a John Madden pilates workout video and NBC's continued dedication to tape delayed coverage, the 2010 Winter Olympics have become an afterthought in the minds of people who live in places both boring and cold enough to care about them. It's going to take something truly special to spice up the 21st Olympiad and make us take notice. Perhaps something in a D-Cup with tight abs and presumed athletic ability?
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10. Claudia Toth, Curling (Austria)
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Like most female athletes not associated with the WNBA or the North Dakota State "girls" wrestling team, when Toth isn't honing her athletic craft or collecting 11th place participation ribbons, she enjoys balancing celebrity boyfriends, turning down offers to appear in German Playboy, and giving curling their first legitimate sex icon since Russ Howard retired his bonspiel banana hammock in the late 1980s after Wayne Middaugh accused him of picking up Sean Avery's sloppy seconds during the Canadian Brier.
While Toth herself is regarded as the Tony Romo of the curling world (mediocre ability and willing to go slumming with Jessica Simpson after enough alcohol), she has become one of the sport's top ambassadors. In 2005, Toth posed nude in a "Women of Curling Calendar" to help raise money for the sport and give teenage boys throughout Eastern Europe something to pleasure themselves to between Baywatch reruns and Jesper Parnevik highlights.
9. Lindsey Vonn, Downhill Skiing (U.S.A)
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In order to prepare for the 2010 Olympic Games, Vonn used the patented "pose in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue half-naked" technique (not to be confused with the Mark Sanchez "pose as a Baywatch lifeguard in GQ" strategy that eventually backfired). With her caboose proudly directed toward the heavens that clearly sculpted it, Vonn assumed the position and smiled for the cameras that eventually placed her in the iconic publication.
Think "being hot" is a poor training technique? Think again! Despite suffering a serious shin injury before the Olympics, Vonn won a gold medal in her first event of the Games and is the favorite to win several more before the closing ceremonies.
8. Allison Baver, Short Track Speed Skating (U.S.A.)
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Sure, Allison Baver has yet to win a medal in any of the three Olympic Games she's participated in, but much like a fat kid struggling to climb a rope in gym class or the 2009 Kansas City Royals – she's trying really hard. As a strict student of the Alex Rodriguez training regimen, Baver adheres to a steady diet of hard work, provocative modeling shoots, and refusal to give up (unless things get difficult).
7. Chemmy Alcott, Alpine Skiing (Great Britain)
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Outside of flexible drinking laws and a complete abandonment of oral hygiene norms, perhaps the best thing going on in jolly old England these days is alpine skier Chemmy Alcott and her award-winning ass (assuming you count "Olympian that my one-armed neighbor wants to nail in his windowless van" as a legitimate award.) Alcott is a five-time senior British skiing champion and three time Olympian also looking for her first Olympic medal in the 2010 games. Let's hope the I.O.C. eliminated the aesthetic pity category that has presumably helped Alcott's competitors in previous competition.
6. Noelle Pikus-Pace, Skeleton (U.S.A.)
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After spending the 2007-2008 season on the injured reserve with a mild case of "pregnancy," Pikus-Pace has recovered nicely and is primed for a great showing in a fictional-sounding event called "Skeleton." Pikus-Pace has already announced that the Vancouver Games will likely be her last, as she is ready to focus on other pursuits like "staying hot during middle age" and "questioning why the Oakland Raiders signed their kicker to a $16 million contract extension."
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5. Gretchen Bleiler, Snowboarding (U.S.A)
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After being dubbed "too attractive" to continue living in her hometown of Toledo, Ohio, Gretchen Bleiler moved west to Colorado where she began a professional snowboarding career that would eventually earn her a 2009 Teen Choice Award nomination for "Best Other Action Sports Athlete – Female."
Bleiler is the reigning Olympic silver medalist and an accomplished X-Games competitor who, according to her impressively extensive Wikipedia page, has been a special guest panelist during "What Teens Want Week," served as the editor of a graphic novel, and helps fight crime with the help of a possibly homosexual bird-named sidekick and elderly butler. Bleiler is also an outspoken advocate against global warming, which seems like a slight conflict of interest, given her job is dependant on cold weather and snow.
4. Julia Mancuso, Some Sort of Skiing (U.S.A.)
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As the only American born athlete to serve as both an Olympic gold medalist and part-time lingerie model, Julia Mancuso is not just another spandex jockey hoping to parlay an impressive skiing performance into a Flavor of Love cameo, but she also serves as a welcomed contradiction to bitter feminists everywhere who claim that ugly women are just as likely to succeed as the beautiful ones.
Ever the pioneer, Mancusso has spent her life trying to make women's sports less ugly by launching a campaign to help an "ongoing effort to showcase exceptional women ski athletes who are also attractive and inspiring." The perfectly sculpted athlete (who was probably mean to fat people in high school) added that "underwear is my calling." Because anybody can win gold medals, but it takes some serious talent to pose half naked for a Victoria's Secret catalogue.
3. Anni Friesinger, Speed Skating (Germany)
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If the question "Which speed skating gold medalist has posed in German pornography?" ever comes up during family trivia night, remember the name "Anni Friesinger." This 33-year-old bombshell nicknamed "Super Sexy Anni" (the Germans are more efficient than they are clever) spread her world class legs for Stern Magazine and has appeared half naked in several other Mensa-quality publications with shiny pictures and editorial content usually reserved for the back of cereal boxes.
2. Kiira Korpi, Figure Skate (Finland)
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According to the inter-web, Finland is famous for baked goods, cell phones, and exceptional social benefits. What it doesn't say (besides how to locate this adorable little country on a map) is how a nation regarded as the red-headed stepchild of Scandinavia has produced one of the single hottest athletes to compete at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. As a barely legal addition to the women's figure skating program, Korpi is a breath of beautiful air in a sport that has recently lost a bit of its feminine luster.
(Let's avoid the obvious "bonus points for flexibility" comment.)
1. Tanith Belbin, Ice Dancing (U.S.A)
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Outside of an entertainingly high amount of post-routine crying and a collection of fuchsia spandex that would make Prince stand up in his six-inch rhinestone heels to apathetically applaud, there's very few aspects of Olympic Ice Dancing that make it more entertaining than an episode of Who Wants to Make Love to Drew Carey Behind An Ohio Convenience Store? (Which is a shockingly high-rated program amongst South American prison inmates.) It's slow, dull, and features a disgusting amount of Celine Dion love ballads. Much like professional bowling or any Renée Zellweger movie, there's virtually no reason to ever watch. That is, of course, except for Tanith Belbin.
The 25-year-old ice princess won a silver medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics (losing to someone less attractive/deserving) and will try to finally achieve her lifelong dream later this week - which is either winning a gold medal or giving teenage boys with parental Internet restrictions a healthy alternative.
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Eurovision: 'The presentation has changed, but sing a good song and you're always in with a chance'
Both the UK and Ireland have rediscovered their Eurovision hunger. Amid an eclectic mix of music and thinly-veiled nationalism, the winning formula is simple in this much loved contest.
It's got the lot. History, drama, rivalry, conspiracy, politics - and even a sprinkling of entertainment.
That could almost be a plug for Stormont Today, but, no, I'm talking about the Eurovision Song Contest, a true highlight of my year and a contribution to world culture as significant as the Pyramids, the Rosetta Stone and the Book of Kells combined.
Let me be absolutely clear about this - I am a confirmed Eurovision junkie, addicted to the plinkety-plonkiness and boom-boom-banginess since I was a wean.
I'll even go further. I reckon that my passion for the Irish language stems from my love of Eurovision all those years ago, when I was entranced by songs in French and German and other tongues I could not understand.
I realised at a very young age that English was not the only language out there.
This is a big year for Eurovision, as the competition celebrates its 60th birthday in Vienna, home of cross-dressing Conchita Wurst, who won in 2014 with the power ballad Rise Like a Phoenix.
Some may have regarded that as a breakthrough moment for LGBT rights, but in reality Eurovision has been breaking down barriers since its inception. Conchita's success was pre-dated by Israeli drag-queen Dana International in 1998.
The contest was born in the post-war optimism of a Europe determined that none of its constituent nations should ever again be the cause of conflict.
It was this new European ideal, combined with the power of music, that brought together former enemies under the banner of song.
And what an idea. Six decades on, it's still going strong, bringing pleasure to millions every May with an eclectic mix of music and often thinly-veiled nationalism.
The presentation of the contest has changed, with the current emphasis on spectacular venues and ever-more outrageous stage furniture. But in the end, the principle is the same - sing a good song and you're in with a chance.
And that's something we've been very good at over the years in both the UK and Ireland. Who could forget Dana's All Kinds of Everything? Ireland's two-time victor Johnny Logan's What's Another Year, not to mention that most unexpected of all winners, The Rock and Roll Kids by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan in 1994.
All in all, Ireland has won seven times, two more than the UK, which was a slow-starter, winning for the first time in 1967 with Sandie Shaw and Puppet on a String, co-written by our own Phil Coulter.
Lulu, now of Time Bomb age-defying creme fame, followed in 1969 with the memorable Boom Bang-a-Bang.
Lulu's entry summed up that forever-cheerful melange of rhythm and bounciness that led serious types to decry the contest as a meaningless confection of up-tempo silliness, punctuated by unnecessary key changes.
Well, slap it up ye's. I love it. And the more key changes the better.
And then there was that seminal Eurovision image - the famous Bucks Fizz (below) skirt-removal routine during Making Your Mind Up. A delicious moment of early-1980s kitsch that got the decade off to an upbeat and colourful start.
But the UK and Ireland became such frequent winners that it started to become embarrassing. As the contest became ever-more expensive to stage, there was a near-phobia about winning, particularly on the part of Irish host broadcaster RTE, for fear of having to go cap in hand to Leinster House to seek an indecent increase in the licence fee.
That's why the Harrington/McGettigan success took so many by surprise. It was a quiet little song in an age of brashness that had no "right" to win. Yet The Rock and Roll Kids captured perfectly the zeitgeist in 1994 - and probably cost RTE a fortune that had not been factored into the projected annual accounts.
Ireland last won in 1996, with Eimear Quinn's The Voice and the UK's last victor was Katrina and the Waves with Love Shine a Light in 1997. The UK, on several occasions, has enjoyed the indignity of "null points" and Ireland has been decidedly lacklustre.
There may be particular reasons for this. While it might be tempting to think that Ireland maintained the "lose at all costs" policy by entering the vile Dustin the Turkey in 2008, there is a competing theory that the pointy-haired Jedward (in 2011 and 2012) were going to be part of a long-term strategy to retake Eurovision - not by storming the beaches, but by grinding down a long-suffering Euro voting public into submission.
The UK, after years of tuneless and pointless entries (remember Scooch?), got serious again about Eurovision in 2012, with respected crooner and part-time national treasure Englebert Humperdinck. In spite of his ridiculous name, this was a serious re-entry into the Euro fray. Except it didn't work. He finished second from last.
Yet both countries seem to have rediscovered the Euro hunger and more recent entries have discarded the hangdog "don't vote for us" mentality that endured through the Noughties.
They're taking it seriously again. As indeed are those "sophisticates" who loved to pooh-pooh Eurovision as entertainment of the last resort. The thing is that Europe has never stopped taking it seriously. We - perhaps deliberately - took our eyes off the (glitter) ball.
As I said earlier, it all comes down to a good song. And that's how it's always been. Fashions may have changed, but a decent tune and a voice to carry it are what's needed.
Lena, for example, won the contest in 2010 for Germany with Satellite - proving that a pleasant-looking girl in a little black dress could win over voters with a delightfully simple song.
Conspiring against the "good song" trope, however, is the underlying political landscape, in which countries vote for nations that share their values. This has been especially visible since the admission of former Eastern Bloc nations, some of whom retain their Warsaw Pact ties on the scoreboard.
It's worth noting that, before they became Eurovision nations, the Warsaw Pact countries had their own version, the Sopot International Song Competition, held in that lovely seaside town between Gdansk and Gydinia in Poland.
Since their Euro ascension, the Eastern European voting bloc has been a major factor in determining winners. Russia gives its biggest points to its biggest "friends" and vice versa. At one time, Russia could have expected "douze points" from Ukraine - today, given the enmity between the two, that's highly unlikely.
The same goes for Georgia and other small nations which have felt the breath of the Russian bear. So politics, alas, is a factor in Euro-voting.
It's nice to note that the once-fractious relationship between Ireland and the UK (often reflected in voting patterns) has long since gone and both countries are happy to vote on each other's entries on musical merit.
We all have our happy Eurovision memories and our best-ever songs, to the extent that there's a temptation to think that the competition is not like it used to be. (A bit like our summers, which, we all believe, used to be so much hotter and sunnier - given our fears over global warming, I can never really work that one out!)
I don't agree. I think that Eurovision now is as good as it ever was. There's no forgetting Bucks Fizz and there's no forgetting Abba's Waterloo, but Alexander Rybak's Fairytale (for Norway in 2009) was just as memorable, as was Lordi's Hard Rock Hallelujah for Finland in 2006. And Conchita's Rise Like a Phoenix last year was a recent classic.
My one regret about Eurovision now is that most countries have chosen English as the language of song.
I've nothing against English, but there were occasions in Euro history when entries had to be sung in the national language.
This may have created difficulties in countries where more than one language is spoken (such as Switzerland and Belgium), but these could be easily resolved by a rota system.
And wasn't it all those wonderful songs which put me on the road to appreciating that language - every language - is precious and something to be cherished.
As we might say in Irish: "Eurovision abu!" ("Eurovision forever!")
Now, bring on those wonderful key changes.
Ten of the best Euro offerings
10. La, La, La (Massiel, Spain, 1968) - I said I love foreign languages, but this one was a bit controversial because of the tension between Spanish and Catalan in the Franco era. Nevertheless, great tune, well-delivered.
9. Ein Bißchen Frieden (Nicole, Germany, 1982) - A lovely, gentle song which means "A Little Peace". A girl, a guitar - and a great song. A message of hope during still-dangerous times in Europe.
8. Hard Rock Hallelujah (Lordi, Finland, 2006) - Ground-breaking stuff, as the rubber-masked Finnish metallers shocked Europe with a piece of anthemic rock. Lead singer's platform shoes were as brutal as the chord-changes.
7. Satellite (Lena, Germany, 2010) - Nice girl, little black dress and a remarkably simple song. A pleasant return to old-fashioned Euro values where the song carried the day (or night).
6. Viva Cantando (Salome, Spain, 1969) - Winner in a four-way tie (Lulu was there too with Boom Bang-a-Bang): Eurovision was spoiled for choice. A strange song in many ways, as it vivaciously combined the music of Spain with a taste of the Caribbean.
5. Diva (Dana International, Israel, 1998) - New horizons for Eurovision as the Israeli cross-dresser took the title, years before Conchita Wurst. Novelty factor aside, an exquisite song with a brilliant refrain.
4. Non ho L'eta (Gigliola Cinquetti, Italy, 1964) - Nervous teenager, big stage and a voice to melt the coldest heart. Her vulnerability as such a young contestant belied Gigliola's brilliance as a singer with this sumptuous yet fragile ballad.
3. Only Teardrops (Emelle de Forest, Denmark, 2013) - All a wee bit Norn Iron, with a tin-whistle intro and some great side-drumming. And not a bad song either. She could get a trad gig - or a wee turn on the Twelfth.
2. Ik Ben Verliefd (Sieneke, Holland, 2010) - Old-style Eurovison. Bouncy, cheesier than a Gouda factory. More key-changes than you could shake a locksmith at.
1. Pump Pump (Fredi and the Friends, Finland, 1976) - Not sure why, but Finnish music is my Eurovision favourite. This didn't come anywhere near winning, but the incongruity of the massive, mustachioed Fredi and his slender co-singers captures perfectly the spirit of Eurovision.
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Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch the house for the absent owner won't be able to watch the house due to a new job in another part of the country. This provides for a pretty nifty arrangement for Eddie and Lou...until the relatives of the house owner drop by to visit. Eddie quickly adopts the guise of the person supposedly housesitting for the owner, and the shenanigans start from there.
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A 21 year old Tanzanian understudy has held up a police protest blaming a mob for stripping her and compelling her to stroll without her top in the city in Bengaluru on the night of January 31.
The claimed incident occurred taking after a street accident prior in the day, when an auto driven by a Sudanese restorative understudy hit a local occupant, 35-year-old Sabeen Taj, who passed on in the accident, while her spouse Sanuallah maintained wounds.
By lady's grumbling, a mob accumulated that night and set ablaze the Sudanese understudy's auto, and in addition an auto in which the Tanzanian understudy was voyaging. While the Tanzanian understudy had not made affirmations of being stripped by the mob in the statement recorded on Sunday, she did as such on Wednesday, when police summoned her taking after media reports of the claimed incident. She affirmed in her announcement that her top was removed by the mob, police said.
Responding to the despicable incident, External Affairs Minister Sushma said that she has asked Karnataka Chief Minister S Siddaramaiah to take stringent action against the guilty.
Swaraj said that Siddaramaiah had educated her that a criminal case has been enrolled and four accused arrested. Local police said they had arrested the Sudanese understudy, 20-year-old Mohammed Ahad, regarding the accident and six others for torching the two autos of the African understudies.
The incident occurred at Ganapathinagar in north Bengaluru, where various African understudies live and learn at local colleges.
Taking after the incident, the Tanzanian lady, an understudy of Acharya College in Soladevanahalli, educated an association of African understudies that she was stripped and compelled to walk half-exposed in public by the mob. She endeavored to board a transport, yet passengers pushed her away. Later, she attempted to contract an auto-rickshaw however the driver won't. She additionally claimed that a police constable present at the scene remained a quiet spectator.
Bosco Kaweesi, a lawful counselor to the All African Students Union (AASU), said the Tanzanian lady was not linked at all to the street accident including the Sudanese understudy.
Kaweesi said he called and educated the police auditor at Soladevanahalli police station about the incident on Sunday night, yet was requested that contact the control room.
A gathering of understudies who went to grumble at the police station about the claimed stripping was requested that by officers produce the understudy included in the deadly accident, despite the fact that the Sudanese national was at that point in their custody, Kaweesi asserted.