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Tipus de convocatòria: Ordinària Data i hora: 29 / de maig / 2025 a les 20:00 Lloc: Saló de Plens Participació a distància: ASSUMPTES DE LA CONVOCATÒRIA A) PART RESOLUTIVA 1.Aprovació de l’acta de la sessió anterior. 2.-Expedient 42/2025. Aprovar definitivament el projecte d’obres “Projecte bàsic i executiu adequació espai AFA Escola Gaspar de Portolà”, de Balaguer.- 3.-Expedient 541/2025. Aprovació inicial de la Modificació de Crèdit núm. 2/2025 de la Paeria.- 4.-Expedient 663/2025.Aprovació inicial de la Modificació de Crèdit núm. 4/2025 de la Paeria.- 5.-Expedient 682/2025. Aprovació, si s’escau, Conveni Departament d’Interior – Paeria de Balaguer. Adhesió Xarxa RESCAT.- 6.-Expedient 503/2025. Aprovació, si s’escau, del Conveni de col·laboració entre la Universitat de Lleida (UdL) i la Paeria de Balaguer, per a l’ús de la biorefineria pilot situada al polígon industrial de Balaguer.- 7.Expedient 686/2025.Aprovació, si s’escau, dels dies Festius Locals per l’any 2026. 8.-Expedient 395/2025. Desafectació de l’ús i servei públic d’obres i serveis el vehicle Nissan Trade 3.0, amb matrícula B3843PJ.- 9.-Expedient 618/2020. Declaració d’especial interès o utilitat municipal obres pel desplaçament de les línies aèries 25 kv dobre circuit “BombesCastillonroy” i “AlbesaMenàrguens” a l’entorn del monestir de Santa Maria de les Franqueses.- 10.-Expedient 1147/2023. Verificar el Text refós amb les prescripcions de la Comissió Territorial d’Urbanisme de Lleida en data 29 de gener de 2025 de la “Modificació Codi Validació: 4K7ZHQSJQPWF4L7YHLPRMJMKR Verificació: https://balaguer.eadministracio.cat/ Document signat electrònicament des de la plataforma esPublico Gestiona | Pàgina 1 de 2 puntual Normes Subsidiàries de Planejament de Balaguer / Zona verda en l’àmbit del PE-1 i equipament en la UA-3 (El Molí)”.- 11.-Expedient 1113/2024. Verificar el Text refós de la “Modificació puntual de Normes Subsidiàries de Planejament de Balaguer a l’entorn del carrer Canigó”.- 12.-Expedient 109/2024. Aprovar inicialment la modificació del Pla estratègic de subvencions de la Paeria de Balaguer per al període 2024-2025.- 13.-Expedient 1204/2024. Aprovació inicial, si s’escau, del Pressupost de la Paeria de Balaguer i l’IMPIC per a l’any 2025.- 14.Assumptes d’urgència. B) ACTIVITAT DE CONTROL 15.Donar compte dels Decrets d’Alcaldia del núm. 514/2025 fins al núm. 656/2025. C) PRECS I PREGUNTES 16.Precs i preguntes.Descarregar àudio (207:14 min / 95 MB)

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Es juga aquest cap de setmana la darrera jornada de lliga a la 1ª i 3ª Catalana de futbol. La UE Sitges s'enfrontarà al Camarles (diumenge, 17:30 h) encara amb alguna petita opció de jugar la promoció d'ascens, però depèn dels resultats del Martorell i el Santfeliuenc. També aquest cap de setmana el Juvenil A de la Blanca pot pujar a Preferent si guanya el seu partit al camp de l'Igualada. I el sènior C del Bàsquet Sitges juga diumenge el primer partit de les fases com a campió del seu grup de la 3ª Territorial. L'entrada ESPORTS (la prèvia): la UE Sitges necessita gairebé un miracle per jugar la promoció. El Juvenil A de la Blanca pot ser aquest cap de setmana nou equip de Preferent ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

Es juga aquest cap de setmana la darrera jornada de lliga a la 1ª i 3ª Catalana de futbol. La UE Sitges s'enfrontarà al Camarles (diumenge, 17:30 h) encara amb alguna petita opció de jugar la promoció d'ascens, però depèn dels resultats del Martorell i el Santfeliuenc. També aquest cap de setmana el Juvenil A de la Blanca pot pujar a Preferent si guanya el seu partit al camp de l'Igualada. I el sènior C del Bàsquet Sitges juga diumenge el primer partit de les fases com a campió del seu grup de la 3ª Territorial. L'entrada ESPORTS (la prèvia): la UE Sitges necessita gairebé un miracle per jugar la promoció. El Juvenil A de la Blanca pot ser aquest cap de setmana nou equip de Preferent ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

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Beyond the city lies the non-city: agricultural fields, mountain dams, villages overtaken by tourism.Three episodes, three territories, three forms of urban transformation.Illegal recruitment, hydro extractivism, mega-events.Urbinary is the podcast that tells the story of urbanization where you least expect it.Produced by PhD candidates and researchers from Politecnico di Milano, with the support of DASTU and PoliRadio.

La jove esportista ha format part del combinat gironí en categoria U13 en una trobada de seleccions a Vilafranca del Penedès.

Un trip…tyque introspectif pour une exposition interactive un dialogue entre identités et territoires inspiré par la carte de communauté de Acquarica di Lecce (Sistema Ecomuseale della Puglia, 2010). À partir de cette carte utilisée pour la couverture de l'essai du géographe, urbaniste, Alberto Magnaghi qui réfléchit sur les liens profonds entre les communautés humaines, leurs […]

Territorial expansion is typically understood as a centrally driven and often strategic activity. But Nicholas D. Anderson's new book, Inadvertent Expansion (Cornell University Press, 2025), shows that nearly a quarter of great power coercive territorial acquisitions since the nineteenth century have in fact been instances of what the author calls “inadvertent expansion.” A two-step process, inadvertent expansion first involves agents on the periphery of a state or empire acquiring territory without the authorization or knowledge of higher-ups. Leaders in the capital must then decide whether to accept or reject the already-acquired territory. Through cases ranging from those of the United States in Florida and Texas to Japan in Manchuria and Germany in East Africa, Anderson shows that inadvertent expansion is rooted in a principal-agent problem. When leaders in the capital fail to exert or have limited control over their agents on the periphery, unauthorized efforts to take territory are more likely to occur. Yet it is only when the geopolitical risks associated with keeping the acquired territory are perceived to be low that leaders are more likely to accept such expansion. Accentuating the influence of small, seemingly insignificant actors over the foreign policy behavior of powerful states, Inadvertent Expansion offers new insights into how the boundaries of states and empires came to be and captures timeless dynamics between state leaders and their peripheral agents. Our guest is Nicholas D. Anderson, an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Bienvenidos a La Diez Capital Radio! Están a punto de comenzar un nuevo episodio de nuestro Programa de Actualidad, donde la información, la formación y el entretenimiento se encuentran para ofrecerles lo mejor de las noticias y temas relevantes. Este programa, dirigido y presentado por Miguel Ángel González Suárez, es su ventana directa a los acontecimientos más importantes, así como a las historias que capturan la esencia de nuestro tiempo. A través de un enfoque dinámico y cercano, Miguel Ángel conecta con ustedes para proporcionar una experiencia informativa y envolvente. Desde análisis profundos hasta entrevistas exclusivas, cada emisión está diseñada para mantenerles al tanto, ofrecerles nuevos conocimientos y, por supuesto, entretenerles. Para más detalles sobre el programa, visiten nuestra web en www.ladiez.es. - Informativo de primera hora de la mañana, en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio. Recuperado el 99'16% de la demanda energética peninsular. Y en Canarias se sufrío ayer una caída de telecomunicaciones. La extensión y afectación es aún indeterminada. El apagón deja a miles de viajeros varados en las estaciones mientras el servicio se recupera paulatinamente. Hoy hace un año: Pedro Sánchez anuncia hoy si dimite o continúa como presidente del Gobierno. Y hoy hace un año: El Estado deja sin invertir la mitad de los fondos previstos para Canarias. La Administración central apenas gastó el año pasado 196 millones de euros de los casi 392 presupuestados para inversiones directas en el Archipiélago. Hoy se cumplen 1.158 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. 3 años y 53 días. Hoy es martes 29 de abril de 2025. Día Internacional de la Danza. En 1982, por iniciativa del Comité Internacional de Danza, fue proclamado por la UNESCO el 29 de abril como Día Internacional de la Danza. La fecha escogida corresponde al natalicio del bailarín y coreógrafo Jean-Georges Noverre. El objetivo del Día Internacional de la Danza es homenajear a la danza como una disciplina de arte universal y diversa, reuniendo a todos los que han elegido esta forma de expresión sin barreras culturales, políticas y éticas. 1729.- Felipe V da carácter de institución a los "mozos de Veciana", más conocidos en toda Cataluña por "Mozos de Escuadra". 1814.- Guerra de la Independencia: los franceses se retiran de Barcelona. 1875.- Portugal suprime la esclavitud en todas las provincias de ultramar. 1876.- El Parlamento británico concede a la reina Victoria de Inglaterra el título de Emperatriz de la India. 1900.- Botadura del "Extremadura", primer barco de guerra español tras la destrucción de la Escuadra en Cuba, en 1898. 1931.- El Gobierno provisional de la República española disuelve las Ordenes Militares. 1935.- Comienza la I Vuelta Ciclista a España. 1942.- Segunda Guerra Mundial: encuentro de Hitler y Mussolini en el palacio de Klessheim. Tal día como hoy 29 de abril de 1970, después de 12 meses de bombardeos por parte de los EE.UU, las tropas de Vietnam del Sur invaden Camboya y las tropas de EE.UU. le siguen 2 días después. La operación para invadir Camboya duró hasta finales de junio, cuando las tropas estadounidenses y de Vietnam del Sur se retiraron. 1988.- Mijail Gorbachov, presidente de la URSS, recibe en el Kremlim, por primera vez, al patriarca de la Iglesia Ortodoxa rusa, Pimen. 1997.- Entra en vigor el Convenio Internacional sobre Prohibición de Armas Químicas, ratificado por 105 de los 168 estados firmantes. 2008.- El ex ministro y ex portavoz del PP Eduardo Zaplana abandona la política y ficha por Telefónica. 2009.- La OMS eleva a grado 5 sobre 6 la pandemia de la gripe A. 2013.- El restaurante español Celler de Can Roca, reconocido como el mejor restaurante del mundo. Santoral para hoy, 29 de abril: santos Catalina de Siena, Pedro de Verona y Agapio. Se empieza a reestablecer la energía en España tras el apagón masivo: ¿Un ciberataque? El Gobierno asume la gestión del apagón en 8 comunidades. El paro sube en 193.700 personas hasta marzo, el mayor alza desde 2013, y se destruyen 92.500 empleos. La jueza de Badajoz procesa al hermano de Pedro Sánchez por prevaricación y tráfico de influencias. El Gobierno de Canarias mantiene activa la situación de alerta del Plan Territorial de Emergencia de Protección Civil de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias (PLATECA) para continuar realizando un seguimiento, en tiempo real, de las posibles incidencias en el suministro de los servicios básicos en el archipiélago tras el apagón que se ha registrado en España y llama a la población a que mantenga la calma y modere el uso de los teléfonos móviles para evitar saturar las redes. El apagón obliga a suspender la reunión sobre la reubicación de los menores migrantes desde Canarias y Ceuta. La reunión estaba prevista para las 16.00 horas en el Ministerio de Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática. La combinación de 22.200 activos más y una débil creación de empleo eleva la tasa de paro en Canarias al 13,5%. El Archipiélago corrige al alza en el primer trimestre de 2025 el buen registro de finales del año 2024, cuando el indicador fue del 11,9%; la tasa de paro sube 1,6 puntos relativos, según la EPA, con el cuarto puesto de las Islas en la clasificación por comunidades, 27.900 empleos netos más en 12 meses (+2,8%) y 14.000 desempleados menos en un año (-8%). El alcalde de La Laguna rechaza de manera “firme y contundente” ampliar el horario del aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte. Luis Yeray Gutiérrez se ha reunido con colectivos vecinales que se han quejado de las molestias que les ocasiona la instalación aeroportuaria y las consecuencias de una posible ampliación de su operativa. Un día como hoy en 1958 nació Michelle Pfeiffer, actriz y cantante estadounidense. - Sección de actualidad con mucho sentido de Humor inteligente en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital radio con el periodista socarrón y palmero, José Juan Pérez Capote, El Nº 1. - Sección en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital radio con el coordinador de la alianza de vecinos en Canarias, Abel Román. Analizamos el APAGON en España. - Sección en “El Remate” de La Diez Capital Radio: Tendencias de moda verano 2025. Hoy, en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio, hemos contado con la participación del especialista en moda y estilismos Francisco Mercado, quien nos ha adelantado las claves de la moda para este verano 2025. Durante la sección, Mercado ha destacado los colores que marcarán tendencia esta temporada: tonos vibrantes como el amarillo sol, el azul turquesa, el coral intenso y el verde lima serán los grandes protagonistas, junto a los neutros cálidos que aportarán equilibrio y sofisticación. Además, Francisco Mercado ha analizado las principales apuestas de las pasarelas internacionales, donde la frescura, la ligereza de los tejidos y la explosión cromática serán esenciales para un verano que apuesta por la vitalidad, la autenticidad y la comodidad. Una sección imprescindible para quienes quieren adelantarse a lo que se llevará en los próximos meses. -Entrevista en La Diez Capital Radio: Juan Ramsden. En La Diez Capital Radio hemos tenido el placer de entrevistar a Juan Ramsden, quien fue coordinador general de Binter hasta diciembre de 2022 y cuenta con una extensa trayectoria en el sector del transporte. Número uno de su promoción, Ramsden ha ocupado diversos cargos directivos en importantes navieras tanto a nivel nacional como internacional. Con un profundo conocimiento de las comunicaciones en Canarias desde 1994, ha estado al frente de algunas de las principales empresas de transporte de las Islas, primero en el ámbito marítimo y, desde noviembre de 2011, en Binter. Bajo su liderazgo, la aerolínea experimentó un notable crecimiento en número de empleados y destinos, consolidándose como una referencia internacional en la aviación regional. Binter ha sido reconocida en siete ocasiones por la Asociación de Aerolíneas Regionales Europeas durante su gestión. Una conversación imprescindible para entender la evolución y el futuro del transporte en Canarias. en La Diez Capital radio con Juan Ramsden que fue coordinador general de Binter hasta diciembre de 2022 y cuenta con una dilatada experiencia en el ámbito de los transportes. Número uno de su promoción, ocupó varios cargos directivos en navieras de ámbito nacional e internacional. Desde 1994 conoce de primera mano el funcionamiento de las comunicaciones en Canarias, donde dirige algunas de las principales empresas de transporte de las Islas, primero en el ámbito marítimo y, desde noviembre de 2011, en Binter. Desde su incorporación, la aerolínea experimentó un gran crecimiento, en número de empleados y destinos y se ha convertido en referencia internacional en la aviación regional, siendo premiada en siete ocasiones por la Asociación de Aerolíneas Regionales Europeas. - Entrevista en La Diez Capital Radio: Fran Feo, FEOFLIP. En La Diez Capital Radio hemos entrevistado a Fran Feo, conocido artísticamente como FEOFLIP, muralista y graduado en Bellas Artes por la Universidad de Barcelona. Durante la conversación, Fran nos ha contado su evolución artística, desde sus inicios en el mundo del grafiti hasta convertirse en uno de los muralistas más destacados de su generación. A través de su obra, FEOFLIP transforma espacios urbanos en auténticas galerías a cielo abierto, llevando el arte contemporáneo a la calle y apostando por un lenguaje visual vibrante y comprometido. Su trayectoria refleja una constante búsqueda de nuevos formatos y técnicas, siempre con el muralismo como medio de expresión principal. Una entrevista inspiradora sobre el poder del arte en el espacio público y el viaje creativo del grafiti al mural. - Ciberataque , fallo del sistema o maniobra de las élites? En este programa de Tiempos interesantes el maestro Figueroa analiza y expone las realidades de la última hora en España y sus implicaciones políticas y de seguridad nacional un episodio imperdible!

Informativo de primera hora de la mañana, en el programa El Remate de La Diez Capital Radio. Recuperado el 99'16% de la demanda energética peninsular. Y en Canarias se sufrío ayer una caída de telecomunicaciones. La extensión y afectación es aún indeterminada. El apagón deja a miles de viajeros varados en las estaciones mientras el servicio se recupera paulatinamente. Hoy hace un año: Pedro Sánchez anuncia hoy si dimite o continúa como presidente del Gobierno. Y hoy hace un año: El Estado deja sin invertir la mitad de los fondos previstos para Canarias. La Administración central apenas gastó el año pasado 196 millones de euros de los casi 392 presupuestados para inversiones directas en el Archipiélago. Hoy se cumplen 1.158 días del cruel ataque e invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. 3 años y 53 días. Hoy es martes 29 de abril de 2025. Día Internacional de la Danza. En 1982, por iniciativa del Comité Internacional de Danza, fue proclamado por la UNESCO el 29 de abril como Día Internacional de la Danza. La fecha escogida corresponde al natalicio del bailarín y coreógrafo Jean-Georges Noverre. El objetivo del Día Internacional de la Danza es homenajear a la danza como una disciplina de arte universal y diversa, reuniendo a todos los que han elegido esta forma de expresión sin barreras culturales, políticas y éticas. 1729.- Felipe V da carácter de institución a los "mozos de Veciana", más conocidos en toda Cataluña por "Mozos de Escuadra". 1814.- Guerra de la Independencia: los franceses se retiran de Barcelona. 1875.- Portugal suprime la esclavitud en todas las provincias de ultramar. 1876.- El Parlamento británico concede a la reina Victoria de Inglaterra el título de Emperatriz de la India. 1900.- Botadura del "Extremadura", primer barco de guerra español tras la destrucción de la Escuadra en Cuba, en 1898. 1931.- El Gobierno provisional de la República española disuelve las Ordenes Militares. 1935.- Comienza la I Vuelta Ciclista a España. 1942.- Segunda Guerra Mundial: encuentro de Hitler y Mussolini en el palacio de Klessheim. Tal día como hoy 29 de abril de 1970, después de 12 meses de bombardeos por parte de los EE.UU, las tropas de Vietnam del Sur invaden Camboya y las tropas de EE.UU. le siguen 2 días después. La operación para invadir Camboya duró hasta finales de junio, cuando las tropas estadounidenses y de Vietnam del Sur se retiraron. 1988.- Mijail Gorbachov, presidente de la URSS, recibe en el Kremlim, por primera vez, al patriarca de la Iglesia Ortodoxa rusa, Pimen. 1997.- Entra en vigor el Convenio Internacional sobre Prohibición de Armas Químicas, ratificado por 105 de los 168 estados firmantes. 2008.- El ex ministro y ex portavoz del PP Eduardo Zaplana abandona la política y ficha por Telefónica. 2009.- La OMS eleva a grado 5 sobre 6 la pandemia de la gripe A. 2013.- El restaurante español Celler de Can Roca, reconocido como el mejor restaurante del mundo. Santoral para hoy, 29 de abril: santos Catalina de Siena, Pedro de Verona y Agapio. Se empieza a reestablecer la energía en España tras el apagón masivo: ¿Un ciberataque? El Gobierno asume la gestión del apagón en 8 comunidades. El paro sube en 193.700 personas hasta marzo, el mayor alza desde 2013, y se destruyen 92.500 empleos. La jueza de Badajoz procesa al hermano de Pedro Sánchez por prevaricación y tráfico de influencias. El Gobierno de Canarias mantiene activa la situación de alerta del Plan Territorial de Emergencia de Protección Civil de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias (PLATECA) para continuar realizando un seguimiento, en tiempo real, de las posibles incidencias en el suministro de los servicios básicos en el archipiélago tras el apagón que se ha registrado en España y llama a la población a que mantenga la calma y modere el uso de los teléfonos móviles para evitar saturar las redes. El apagón obliga a suspender la reunión sobre la reubicación de los menores migrantes desde Canarias y Ceuta. La reunión estaba prevista para las 16.00 horas en el Ministerio de Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática. La combinación de 22.200 activos más y una débil creación de empleo eleva la tasa de paro en Canarias al 13,5%. El Archipiélago corrige al alza en el primer trimestre de 2025 el buen registro de finales del año 2024, cuando el indicador fue del 11,9%; la tasa de paro sube 1,6 puntos relativos, según la EPA, con el cuarto puesto de las Islas en la clasificación por comunidades, 27.900 empleos netos más en 12 meses (+2,8%) y 14.000 desempleados menos en un año (-8%). El alcalde de La Laguna rechaza de manera “firme y contundente” ampliar el horario del aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte. Luis Yeray Gutiérrez se ha reunido con colectivos vecinales que se han quejado de las molestias que les ocasiona la instalación aeroportuaria y las consecuencias de una posible ampliación de su operativa. Un día como hoy en 1958 nació Michelle Pfeiffer, actriz y cantante estadounidense.

Territorial expansion is typically understood as a centrally driven and often strategic activity. But Nicholas D. Anderson's new book, Inadvertent Expansion (Cornell University Press, 2025), shows that nearly a quarter of great power coercive territorial acquisitions since the nineteenth century have in fact been instances of what the author calls “inadvertent expansion.” A two-step process, inadvertent expansion first involves agents on the periphery of a state or empire acquiring territory without the authorization or knowledge of higher-ups. Leaders in the capital must then decide whether to accept or reject the already-acquired territory. Through cases ranging from those of the United States in Florida and Texas to Japan in Manchuria and Germany in East Africa, Anderson shows that inadvertent expansion is rooted in a principal-agent problem. When leaders in the capital fail to exert or have limited control over their agents on the periphery, unauthorized efforts to take territory are more likely to occur. Yet it is only when the geopolitical risks associated with keeping the acquired territory are perceived to be low that leaders are more likely to accept such expansion. Accentuating the influence of small, seemingly insignificant actors over the foreign policy behavior of powerful states, Inadvertent Expansion offers new insights into how the boundaries of states and empires came to be and captures timeless dynamics between state leaders and their peripheral agents. Our guest is Nicholas D. Anderson, an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Territorial expansion is typically understood as a centrally driven and often strategic activity. But Nicholas D. Anderson's new book, Inadvertent Expansion (Cornell University Press, 2025), shows that nearly a quarter of great power coercive territorial acquisitions since the nineteenth century have in fact been instances of what the author calls “inadvertent expansion.” A two-step process, inadvertent expansion first involves agents on the periphery of a state or empire acquiring territory without the authorization or knowledge of higher-ups. Leaders in the capital must then decide whether to accept or reject the already-acquired territory. Through cases ranging from those of the United States in Florida and Texas to Japan in Manchuria and Germany in East Africa, Anderson shows that inadvertent expansion is rooted in a principal-agent problem. When leaders in the capital fail to exert or have limited control over their agents on the periphery, unauthorized efforts to take territory are more likely to occur. Yet it is only when the geopolitical risks associated with keeping the acquired territory are perceived to be low that leaders are more likely to accept such expansion. Accentuating the influence of small, seemingly insignificant actors over the foreign policy behavior of powerful states, Inadvertent Expansion offers new insights into how the boundaries of states and empires came to be and captures timeless dynamics between state leaders and their peripheral agents. Our guest is Nicholas D. Anderson, an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at The George Washington University. Our host is Eleonora Mattiacci, an Associate Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She is the author of "Volatile States in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2023). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

Send us a textIn this month's episode, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts take a "deep dive" into a scarce and unusual award for the First World War made only to Territorial soldiers 1914-1919.  They investigate the origins and exacting criteria for this WW1 campaign service medal, common misconceptions and the many anomalies caused by it, along with the character of the men and women who were awarded it.  A fascinating insight into policy of deploying Territorial troops to garrison the British Empire and the willingness of part time soldiers and nurses from Herefordshire - and across the country - to sign up to serve overseas, which they were under no obligation to do under Territorial Force Regulations until May 1916.  One of the illustrations they use is their shared ancestor, Charles Percy Taylor from Ledbury.Paul and Andy discuss research possibilities for the military and family historian alike of this attractive and enigmatic award, by far the scarcest of all First World War service medals.  And how First World War service medals can still be claimed today, over a century later in certain circumstances.For more information about the Operation Blackout - last mission of WW2 - at Hereford Town Hall on 17th May 2025 at 6.30pm, click here:https://herefordshirelightinfantrymuseum.com/events/op-blackout-presentation/Support the showIf you like what you hear, don't forget to like and subscribe to help us reach a wider audience. Visit our website - Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum; follow us on Facebook Herefordshire Regimental Museum | Facebook or visit our Youtube channel Herefordshire Regimental Museum - YouTube.Support the Museum? Become a Patreon supporter or a Become a FriendTheme Tune - The Lincolnshire Poacher, performed by the outstanding Haverhill Silver Band. This podcast generously supported by the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.

Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comConquest is back baby! Eastern Europe, Taiwan, Greenland, Canada? It's all on the table—and maybe up for grabs. Here to help us sort through this new age of empire building is University of Chicago political scientist Michael Albertus.As always, climate changeWhither Canada?The coming Canadian century“Territorial ambitions sometimes bite back”The biggest caveats ever uttered on the show“An empire eats”The stories nations tell themselves“Getting more America”Picking the winners and losersA little optimism at the endHow land confers powerThose Were The DaysThe false promise of abundanceThe Coming Age of Territorial ExpansionLand Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of SocietiesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Raquel Alonso, delegada territorial de la Junta de Castilla y León, nos habla de los temas de actualidad.

Se espera que se continúe con ejecución de la inversión asignada. 

El combinat ha confiat en ells després de les bones actuacions que estan fent aquesta temporada en categoria infantil.

A las 9 de la mañana comienza en el Congreso de los Diputados el pleno en el que se va a debatir y convalidar el decreto sobre la reforma de la Ley de Extranjería, con ese motivo, hablamos con Ángel Víctor Torres, Ministro de Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática

One of the most remote islands on the planet…    “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”  - Matthew 4:9 (NKJV)

Trump has been rattling sabers and threatening to expand the territorial claims of the United States. Canada and Greenland have been the most discussed targets of this potential expansion. Are these proposals serious?  If these proposals are serious, are they desirable or defensible?

El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores español y la cantante Rozalén han sido entrevistados en el programa La Cafetera de Radiocable.com. José Manuel

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CutTheClutter: 25 March crackdown, mythical victories & territorial losses—how Pakistan Army has self-destructed

Rincón de la Victoria celebrará la Feria de la Artesanía el próximo 4 de abril con motivo de Los Días Europeos de la Artesanía. La plaza Al-Ándalus acogerá distintos stands “con artesanos de ámbito comarcal que darán a conocer sus creaciones desde ceramistas, tejedores, cuero, entre otros. Será una jornada de puertas abiertas con talleres, demostraciones en directo, actividades, en las que los artistas compartirán su proceso de elaboración con el público”, explica la edil del Área, Lola Ramos (PP). El alcalde de Rincón de la Victoria, Francisco Salado (PP), ha indicado que, “se trata de una excelente oportunidad para que los artesanos de la comarca promocionen sus productos y artesanía en general, acercando de primera mano los secretos del oficio dentro de la esfera de la creación artesanal de enorme tradición, riqueza y singularidad”. El encuentro de acceso gratuito comenzará a las 10:00 horas y se desarrollará durante toda la jornada hasta las 20:00 horas. La edil ha invitado a participar a artesanos, artistas, asociaciones, o colectivos que deseen mostrar su oficio de artesano. Para ello deberán inscribirse en la página web: https://www.diasdelaartesania.es Desde el lunes 31 de marzo hasta el domingo 6 de abril se celebran Los Días Europeos de La Artesanía 2025 de forma simultánea en distintas ciudades de España y Europa. Esta iniciativa está promovida por la Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI), a través de su área de promoción de la artesanía, Fundesarte, junto a Oficio y Arte (Organización de los Artesanos de España), la Delegación Territorial de la Consejería de Empleo, Empresa y Trabajo Autónomo y el Área de Comercio de Rincón de la Victoria.

Con Antonio Casado, Joaquín Manso, Ainhoa Martínez, Casimiro García Abadillo y Rubén Amón comentamos la actualidad política. Comenzamos hablando sobre la próxima comparecencia del presidente del Gobierno para informar sobre el escenario geopolítico desde la llegada de Trump a la Casa Blanca y las conclusiones del último Consejo Europeo. Continuamos hablando de la reunión de delegaciones de Ucrania y de Estados Unidos en Riad para abordar el fin de la guerra. Seguimos abordando los problemas que han supuesto para España las lluvias, haciendo un llamado a llevar a cabo el plan nacional de agua. Además, hoy comienza la comisión de investigación sobre la gestión de la DANA. Terminamos hablando del ministro de Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática, Ángel Víctor Torres, que ayer anunció que comenzaría a tratarse contra el cáncer.

Wrapping up loose ends and moving forward.Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.Love is like a crossbow quiver. You only have so many bolts to shoot before it runs outThere was a long pause. Pamela took another long breath then an impish grin came to her lips."With your luck you'll get those, then end up in the Artic," she scoffed."Not the Antarctic? I've got a soft spot in my dreams for penguins.""Nope. You get to be chased by polar bears," she nudged me. I nudged her back playfully. She gave me a Charlie horse."Ow!" I yipped. The two SD chicks from the front of the plane looked back our way. I didn't care about their misconceptions. My muscles needed some self-massages."I was pretty scared," I whispered to Pamela."Good for you. You were also pretty lucky and I'm sure pretty pissed with your 'Albanian' attackers," she replied quietly. "I missed you too."I liked the way she read my mind about that. I would have liked it some more if I hadn't glanced to my other side, then fallen straight to sleep.{1 pm, Monday, August 25th ~ 14 Days to go}On Tuesday night, Aya got one of her wishes fulfilled ~ sorta. I slept in Caitlyn Ruger's bed and I wasn't alone. The Sandman had dropped a Scottish sand trap sized load of sand on me and there was more than enough spillover to flatten little Aya too. Because I lived among Amazons, Caitlyn woke me up at 5:45 in the A M and only so much lollygagging was allowed.Aya got to sleep for fifteen whole minutes more than I did. She hugged me and kissed my cheek (which amused her three Fatal Squirt compatriots to no end) while I stuffed away my breakfast. Desiree showed up to take me to work minutes later. While Aya showed off her battle scar to the pre-caste Amazons and her Aunt D. (they had not been awake when we showed up the previous evening), I was chided for being late for weapons practice.Yes. Life and death battle successes meant nothing to the Amazons. If you had a spare moment you had better be training, or working out your mind and/or body. We had no 'weekends', though we did get an quarter day off in celebration for the religious festivals based on the sacred days of the various matron Goddesses. A full day off didn't happen.7:00 AM saw me with the intern group, just as if nothing had happened to change our relationship over the past two months. Oh, we were different. They teased me about my sunburn and wanted to see my latest scars. I couldn't work with Buffy anymore, since I was her spiritual leader. Due to my 'high risk' status, Desiree was the only other Amazon Katrina trusted me with, so I got to get beaten at her hands for the last three days of the week.To be fair, I teased Desiree incessantly. I made her smile when she thought I was doubled over in pain on multiple occasions. Beyond that seven-to-five schedule, I exercised after work until six and then managed to bike home in a manner that avoided the paparazzi.I was easy to track outside of the building by the members of the press (who thought I was still somehow newsworthy) and despite my persistent desire to not talk to any of them. Felix had 'vanished', so I was the only man left. What had happened to him? Katrina allowed me to take a glance. He was at an Epona Wyoming freehold training for the Great Hunt and reveling in his 'lone man in a household of twenty-two single women' status.Unlike the three other members of our 'first class', Felix got to choose his re-location location and communicated with me daily because he wanted us to create a battle plan for the upcoming Hunt. It was official; it was going to be a two man vs. thirty Amazons affair and there was no rule that we couldn't work together though only two Amazons could win by capturing us and holding onto us until sunset on Sunday, September 14th.No one except Krasimira, the Keeper of Records, knew what terrain we would be hunted on so we could expect anything from swamps to mountain ranges. The Amazons were in the same boat. Already the House heads had volunteered one member for the Hunt. The ancestors would be consulted for the half who would actually participate. Krasimira had also added her own twists.House Ishara couldn't compete because technically, I was already their participant. With 52 houses halved, that equaled 26. The final four? Runners. If a runner won, the Keeper would consult the ancestors to see which house they would automatically be inducted into. Eight runners were nominated by the department heads and four of those would be chosen by the Augurs as well.In a normal organization it would have been thought that Krasimira was abusing her station since there was no High Priestess to oppose her decisions. Not in the Amazons. No. She consulted the Augurs and the Augurs worked the will of the Ancestors and that was that. No Augur would lie about the sacred communications imparted to them. That was inconceivable sacrilege.What that did mean was that at sunset on Thursday, September 11th, Felix and I would be inserted with a knife, map and clothing into the hunting zone. When the sun rose on Friday morning, the thirty Amazons would be put into the zone. No Amazon could attack another unless they, or their targets, 'possessed' a man. They could team up but only two could win. It was promising to be a great 'get to know your buddies at work' moment for all of us,What was Felix getting out of this besides his freedom? (His freedom was no longer in danger. House Epona would protect him.) No, for Felix, if he survived free until the sun set on Sunday, he would become a Runner. If he lost, he would have to spend another year as an intern. This convinced me that Felix was totally dedicated to avoiding capture. I was good with that.Meanwhile for me, it was Brooke Wednesday night, Oneida on Thursday and Timothy and Odette going clubbing with me on Friday night. Saturday was my first House Ishara group activity. We gathered in the early morning at Doebridge, me with a hangover and Buffy giving me crap at every opportunity. Fortunately the rest of my 'sisters' treated me with a great deal more reverence.Now they all knew about my Summer Camp role, Romania and my kidnapping. Even in their 'man-hating' ideology, I was the exception to the rule ~ I was reliable, dedicated, smart, lethal and worthy of their trust and respect. On the council front, Buffy hinted to me that there was a way around the deadlock for who would be foisted onto the Regency Triumvirate, but she refused to tell me what it was. That was a cause for concern.Sunday, I worked with JIKIT, did some Amazon diplomatic stuff and discovered Desiree was my new bodyguard. Katrina thought a full SD team would be cumbersome and my best bet was to remain unconventional and mobile. I agreed because it allowed me to play the field a little more. Speaking of playing the field,This bright Monday afternoon, I was standing in a hangar at Stewart International Airport waiting on my fiancée, Hana Sulkanen. She had flown from Tibet to London with the Dali Lama. That exalted individual had passed on the mantle of national leadership to the Tibetan Constitutional Committee and left the country with the stern decision that the country would move forward toward democracy and not backwards toward theocracy.Now he was playing the role of goodwill ambassador, encouraging the Tibetan Diaspora to spend a few months to a year back in their homeland to help rebuild and teach. He also was rallying support for Tibetan recognition and financial support. Already the UN had voted to send a small international group to establish border security against both the Khanate and the PRC.With the PRC treaty-obliged by the ceasefire to not oppose Tibetan freedom, the UN acted rapidly. The UN Tibet Force(UNTFOR) combat elements consisted of the UK (+ Gurkha), Chilean, French (+ French Foreign Legion), Germany, India, Italy, Romania, Spanish and Thailand each sending one battalion each. Algeria, Denmark, Chile, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Canada, Cameroon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Brazil agreed to make smaller contributions. The USAF would supply a serious level of logistics support for the mission.The UN also created the UN Tibetan Training Force (UNTTFOR) which provided a structure for giving access by Tibetan forces to German, Italian, Chilean and Romanian bases to train to E U standards over a five month period. The Khanate provided gobs of captured Chinese hardware to the creation of a tiny Tibetan Armed Forces, easing worries about adequately equipping the troops once they were trained.The Dali Lama was simultaneously arriving at JFK to public fanfare in order to thank the UN personally on behalf of the nation he loved. Hana was able to finally shed the limelight and was coming into a secure National Guard facility to finally take a step back to a 'normal' lifestyle. The last bit of oddity: the hangars used by the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 of the Marine Corps Reserve was courtesy of JIKIT. No press was allowed, or expected.It was an odd grouping of us. Jormo Sulkanen (Hana's father), his chauffeur and Hana's daughter  Annela were in one car. Hana was traveling with Libra and Ms. Meacham, so they would need the limo he came in. My appearance was a simple moment for us to touch base in person, as opposed to over the internet, or mobile phone. The third group waiting was Sten Phillip M nnik (her ex-husband) and two unnamed associates.Sten was being a total jerk, which may have been due to me calling him Philip when we first met. Philip wasn't 'ethnic' enough for him, so he never used it. Because he hated it, Brennan (Hana's deceased step-brother) had used it constantly. I had overheard it and thus screwed up our first meeting. But Sten's current blistering hatred had two positive side effects: Jormo came over and stood by me, a suggestion of solidarity I hadn't expected, and since we were standing next to each other, we finally began the dialog that we needed if Hana was going to be family to both of us.We chatted about the thing that mattered most ~ Hana. He asked me if I had really hired a team of assassins to protect her, so I told him a little bit about the Ghost Tigers. He talked about how proud she was to be bringing peace to a suffering planet and I agreed that she looked spectacular doing so.Some things remained the same; I had set in motion the death of his youngest son who had paraded a raped lady in front of me. A bunch of other dilettantes had perished as well. Balancing that was the joy I brought to the child closest to his heart, his adopted daughter Hana. I also had proved to be my own brand of eccentric knight in tarnished armor. I meant well, and in Jormo's book that meant something.He also told me he would strangle me with my own intestines if I broke her heart. I looked him straight in the face and asked him how he felt about open marriages. He hit me. To be fair, I let him hit me. He didn't try to do me serious harm."Don't be an asshole," he grumbled."I'm not sure I know how?" I shrugged. I got another hard stare."She loves you," he said with surprising tenderness."I would rather face that typhoon again than break her heart. The thought of that scares me because I've never been all that good at romance," I confessed."That wasn't what I expected you to say," he harrumphed. "I recall those two ladies I first saw you with. Libra Chalmers and,""Brooke Lee," I said."Yes, her. Are you staying loyal?""She has never asked more than she thinks my current level of maturity can hope to achieve." He looked at me. "I'm discrete and mindful of her sensitivities.""You aren't trying to befriend me," he noted."I don't feel it is right to expect you to like me. I think we both know I'm supposed to be nice to you and you aren't going punch me again. I believe Hana would see thru any deception on our part."I paused. "I wouldn't mind us getting along. I'll try not to piss you off because that would be rude to you and cruel to her," I continued. "I'll never ask you to forgive me and I'll never feel like what I did was inherently unjustified. I am sorry that I caused you pain because I think you are a hard, courageous man, and she loves you.""That's her plane," he stated."Thank God," I muttered. And thank you Ishara. I was starting to blather. We remained thankfully silent until the plane had pulled into the hangar and the people started to deplane. The first out was a young woman with dark blonde hair and hunters glasses.No one else appeared until she had reached the bottom of the stairs and continued to look about for a moment. Hana came next, smiling at me, then her eyes were following Jormo as he moved to the car to retrieve little  Annela. Libra followed with Ms. Meacham on her heels. Libra still wasn't used to playing the second fiddle/personal assistant. A short Mongolian fireplug of a man was the last passenger down the stairs. He looked like, a wolverine with his feral, primordial energy and general hostility.I imagined the girl was his apprentice and he was the prime assassin. That was how the Ghost Tigers operated. They were doing me a deep personal favor by putting aside their normal role as hunters to take up body-guarding duties. According to Addison, they had also managed to get their fair share of killing people of various persuasions. Not only had the Seven Pillars tried to take her out more than once, Chinese Intelligence and some criminal cartels had taken an active interest in her too.The young woman scanned from me to Desiree, then to Sten. She had a good eye for threat assessment. Jormo was partially concealed, but would rather die than put Hana at risk. I was the ally of the 9 Clans, and she probably thought she could take me in a quick-draw contest. Desiree? She left Desiree for her mentor to worry about."Ms. Sulkanen?" Sten's closer minion walked her way. The bodyguards got in the way instinctively. The man reached into his coat and nearly died. The women did a palm strike to his windpipe then grabbed his tie, yanking him to the hard concrete floor of the hangar.(Russian) "He has a piece of paper," she stated in a detached manner"Sten, what is the meaning of this?" Hana worried. I moved toward the woman.(Russian) "I am Cáel Nyilas. Let me help."She did more than that. She retreated from the downed man and put her body between Hana and Sten.I was schooled enough now to realize that was the deception. I hadn't seen the older man draw a gun but I knew he now had one out. It was down by his side and he was using his body to shield it from view."Are these the kind of people you want around our daughter," Sten asked haughtily. I had an inkling suspicion. I wasn't alone.Desiree pushed past me and attended to the downed man. She had him standing, patted him on the back and frisked all inside ten seconds."He's a process server," she commented to the group."What he is here to do is serve you with papers, Hana," Sten grew angrier. "You are an unfit mother and have developed an unsafe environment for her to grow up in.""What?" Hana growled. "You don't like the fact that I've finally moved on and found someone new. You don't care a damn thing about our daughter.""We will let a judge decide that. Right now I have an order of detention for  Annela," he grinned wickedly."Ms. Sulkanen," the second of Sten's minions step forward more cautiously, "the Family Court in the State of New York has,"I laughed."Oh," Desiree looked my way then shared a sliver of a smile with me."There is nothing laughable, I assure you," the lawyer snapped."Really, what's your name?" I asked."Mr. Dornier, not that,""Where are we?""What does that matter?" then, "New York State.""Incorrect Dornier. You are on a Marine Corps base, dumbass. Look around you," I smirked."So? What does that mean?" Sten harangued us."This is federal property," I explained as I strode toward his car."Hey, what are you doing, I'm talking to you," Sten pursued me."Excuse me," I grinned. I flipped out my Amazon Honor Blade and slashed one of his tires."What?""Go for it," Hana simmered. "Touch Cáel and he will defend himself.""He has a knife," he countered. He didn't touch me. A second tire began to deflate. "That's assault with a deadly weapon.""It would be if he turned to face you, or anyone else," Desiree had her 'bored ~ don't press me' voice. "Right now he's being a vandal." She put her hand on the process server's shoulder and shoved him back toward Sten and Dornier. "You should know your jurisdictions, asshole," she told him."Hana, I will drive back with Cáel," Libra announced loudly. That was a cue for Hana to shoot me an apologetic look, which was odd, considering that even knowing me was putting her child custody at risk. It took me a second to realize what a bastard Sten could be. I also doubted he had three spare tires. I left one untouched as I headed for my car."Hana, I'll catch up with you after you talk with your lawyers," I called out. It was infuriating for me that this was her reception home. Sten had better be thanking his lucky stars we weren't alone or I would have pummeled his ass, and given him the nuclear wedgy of all times, jackalope."Let's go home," Libra tapped my arm. Desiree was watching Jormo's limo speed away. She didn't dawdle. The Marines would want their hangar back ASAP. We'd let them decide if they wanted to help Sten, or not. Desiree tossed me the keys. That was her way of telling me I need to blow of some steam, and not by getting frolic-ee with Libra on the hour long commute home.{11 pm, Monday, August 25th ~ 14 Days to go}{Late that night with Hana}"So, who was the guy who gave you this?" I looked over at Hana while running my hand over the silk scarf some lama in Lhasa had given her to give to me ~ a 'Thank You' gift for the liberation of his homeland and the aid package heading his peoples' way."I never got his name, but my translator said he had traveled for three days straight to be there for the celebration," she smiled warmly.I picked up my second gift and began to play with it. The object was a fascinating toy, all the more so because it was more than a child's plaything. It was a simple prayer wheel. I put the handle between my two palms and rubbed them back and forth, causing the two balls to beat against the drum heads."I think you find that thing more interesting than you do me," Hana pouted."Oh no you don't," I pounced on her. With one hand I tickled her while I placed my Tibetan gift aside. I didn't want us rolling over on it as we frolicked naked on her queen-sized bed. "You were a happy little camper ten minutes ago and you certainly drove your vigor home with this grand Lothario.""Eek!" she playfully tried to bat my hand aside. She began giggling hysterically.Even when I pulled away so that she could breathe, she kept snickering."What?" I worried. I had been ramping us up for a second round of sex. Round one had been 'comfort' sex, helping her compartmentalize her feelings for that bastard of an ex-husband and the threat he posed to her custodianship of her daughter,  Annela.Those were emotions she'd deal with later. Fretting about them tonight, her first night back in the States, was counter-productive. She knew that, which was why she'd accepted my dinner invitation. We had now been seen in public together for the first time since she became famous; afterwards we had traveled back to her place. How serious was I about cheering her up? I'd brought a spare suit, biking clothes and my bike. I was planning to spend the night and make my way to work my usual way come sunrise."I," she gasped, "asked Libra how you "compared" in her experience, which seems to be extensive, as a lover on the way over. And after several, very long, I must say, seconds of introspection, she told me you were indescribable and incomparable. I've been trying to put my thoughts together since Rome and, why are you scowling?""That was rude of you two," I now play-pouted. "I like to think I'm 'thunderous', though 'stunning' will do in a pinch."Hana helpfully pinched me. "Ow!" I squalled. And back to tickling I went. I quickly showed her my 'sheet-fu' was superior to hers, which meant I tangled her up in her sheets before she realized she was helpless before me. Or so I bragged. Hana played helpless well."Oh please, Mr. World-Conquering Wombat," she pleaded. Wombat?"Wombat?" I questioned her. "How have I become an irascible furry marsupial?""Well Honey, you need a shave," she teased me. "You are a little furry.""Romantically that is called a five o'clock shadow," I protested."It scratches my thighs," she murmured.I had a remedy for that. Sliding down to her hip, I turned my palms toward me, interlaced my fingers and positioned my thumbs pointing up. My chin rested on my fingers and the thumbs covered the sides, so when I stuck my tongue into the three-sided void created, my hands, but none of my scruffiness, touched her intimate flesh. Once I had this technique in place, I rolled over her thigh and got to work."I find," she gasped, "that you have the answer to that conundrum down pat. It makes me, ah, think I'm not your, ah, first girl." My dedication to my erotic task (and the carnal reward that waited) kept me from responding. Besides, my upper lip was busy rolling back and forth over her clitoris. There I let the bristles of my oncoming moustache teasingly tickle her. I was pleased when the pleasure I caused quieted her and she settled down to running her fingers across my crown as she ramped herself up toward a climax. 'Not my first girl' indeed.Forty-five minutes later, I was coming back to her room from the kitchen with a glass of tomato juice for her and rice wine for me (she was out of beer). I heard a noise from  Annela's room, so I deviated to make sure she was okay. I was in boxers, not totally naked.  Annela was out like a light, caught up in some sort of childish dream. By the cherubic grin on her face, she was having a good one.She was another delicate female issue in my life. I had made her existence harder by just being me. Hana let me know that nothing 'bad' had better happen to her ex-husband, Sten. I couldn't beat him up, threaten him, or sic any of my Amazons on him. Stupidly, I had asked if using the CIA was okay. She'd banned all of JIKIT intervening as well, negating the use of the best pest removal people on the planet, the 9 Clans."You are going to have to get used to children making sounds while they sleep," Hana surprised me. "You'll learn to tell the dreams from the nightmare.""In spades, I'm going to have to learn that in spades," I nodded.{4 pm, Tuesday, August 26th ~ 13 Days to go}My schedule had remained steady. I had firearms practice at 6 am every morning, was in Katrina's office by 7 and working my cue by 7:15. According to my regular morning briefings, I continued to be a menace to the foundations of freedom, civilization and the terrestrial biosphere. It was wonderful to stand there side by side with my fellow New Hires.At lunch, around 11 o'clock, I had a brief get together with the other members of the Amazon diplomatic corps since I was still Chief Diplomat of the Host ~ we were a small unit. Daphne, who now worked with JIKIT, would give me a brief briefing on what the 'office' was up to in my name. I gladly kept my distance from their regularly scheduled mayhem. The truce in China didn't stop the Secret War from raging on and on.My three o'clock knife training with Pamela was slowly evolving into a greater study of human fighting philosophy and anatomy. I still studied the techniques of a larger single bladed hunting knife as well as the hilt-less, double bladed Amazon Honor Blade. Pamela promised me she'd start teaching me how to do the 'long-distance' and 'short'/snap throw for the blades. She made it look so easy.Pamela also began educating me on the basics and basis of the Amazon personal hand-to-hand fighting style. The eight points of emphasis in Amazon combat were: the finger, fist, elbow, shoulder, foot, heel, knee and hip. It encouraged channeling both your energies and the energy of your opponents by using fluid blows and throws. It also worked well with the close-in knife fighting Pamela was teaching me. Working with her once more did her as much good as me. We had come to feed off one another's moods, which was a good thing.Tuesday, walking to the elevator at the end of the session, the door opened to reveal Rachel talking to an SD chick I barely knew, Meridian."Oh, it is great to see you, Rachel," I enthusiastically stated. Her hesitation as she replied worried me."It is great to see you too, Cael Wakko Ishara," she responded softly, compassionately."Ladies, can you spare Rachel and I some private time," I asked Meridian and Pamela."Come on," Pamela addressed the SD Amazon, "we have tons of nothing to talk about.""As you wish, Ishara," Meridian answered. She looked to Rachel. She stepped off the elevator as Pamela stepped on. Away they went."I heard you were back in New York," I told her."I heard you were off of JIKIT for the time being.""I was running on fumes psychologically and my body wasn't too much better. Javiera gave me a week off. I go back Thursday.""That was the right move, Cáel," she said. "You've been stuck sweating both the small stuff and being caught up in the big picture. That is a humongous burden to bear for someone with your training and background.""I know, I'm not ready for where my life has taken me.""No one is, Cáel. You have training that has let you get this far when most of us would be lost. You carry that weight, plus you've had to work the physical side of the equation. I get to focus on you. You've had to focus on all of us."Rachel was being both honest and kind. I felt a sudden renewed kinship with my primary guardian."Thanks for that, Rachel, can I tell you a secret? Something you can't tell another soul. Something I've never told another living person?" I could tell Rachel. I couldn't tell Katrina because she was so close to Hayden. Pamela, Pamela had already prepared herself for a miserable afterlife and wouldn't have connected with my pain for another.Since she was my 'sister' in Ishara, I couldn't really confide in Buffy, but only an Amazon would understand my thoughts on the matter. It had to be Rachel."I cannot betray the Host, but you know that. What is it you wish to share?""Hayden lived life as an Anahit, yet lives forever in the Halls of the Isharans." Since that was now well known, Rachel knew that couldn't be the secret."When I was trying to induct her, Dot Ishara refused her entry. I thought she was challenging me and I was right.""I recall that she wouldn't accept Hayden, even though her death was righteous in the name of the Host. Has no one ever asked you what changed Ishara's mind? Not Buffy, or Helena?""Neither one ever asked. I think it was because they sensed I didn't want to talk about it, nor insult them by not opening up. Ishara refused Hayden because of me. I was refusing to accept my place in the Host. I kept playing, pretending, I was not really one of you. I kept thinking I could divorce myself from the evil we did because I was special.""But you weren't special in the way I think you are using the word," she nodded. "You were chosen by the Ancestors to be one of us, man, or not.""Yeah. I stupidly put my life on the line because I wanted to be the 'good guy'. I've always wanted to be the 'good guy', even when I hurt people. I'd tell the girl it was my fault, yet I excused that behavior by thinking that I hadn't meant to hurt anyone, so I was okay. I have never blamed myself for any of the shit I caused.""That has always been a rather annoying quality of yours," she noted."When I was on the roof of Havenstone, daring Ishara with my life on the line, that's when I felt it. I owed and owned my Amazon heritage in that moment. I finally blamed myself for something, for not accepting sacrifices were being made for me and I was dishonoring every one of you by denying their purpose.""You are Ishara," Rachel stated firmly. That was her entire argument."I had to believe that. I had to believe I was nothing more than one Amazon in a long line of Amazons dating back to that first night of betrayal. I had to realize I was one of many, not someone special, with special rules. I wasn't getting to be the good guy, or even the bad guy. I was just, an Amazon. One more Ishara among the hundreds that stood in my place.""And it took that moment for you to realize what most Amazons know from the age of five," Rachel stroked my cheek. "It is easy for us to forget your bravery comes from a place that is uniquely you and you didn't grow up around the fires with tales of our mothers, grandmothers and all those who have come before. We see our honor is gold and sing the songs in the First Tongue. We live as Amazons.""I wanted you to know because," I faltered at the last memory."Charlotte. You want to make peace with me about Charlotte," she touched my cheek yet again. "Cáel, I told her mother and daughter about how she died. They want to meet Vincent when he is feeling better. They want to talk to you. They worry about you not understanding that Charlotte lives and will live on until the Sun dies and the stars burn out.""Charlotte was in the Warband that killed Ajax the Unconquered, Cáel. She fell on that ridge, looking down on Ishara's triumph over Ajax and her spirit took the news of that victory to the next life. She is a welcome exemplar to House Ska i. She will be remembered in the lists of the Security Detail, our Warrior Elite. Charlotte was my friend and I didn't wish her to die, but war is what we do. And she buried her enemies and saved our lives."Ska i was a j tunn and the Nordic goddess associated with bow-hunting, skiing, winter, and mountains. I had known her house. The SD didn't talk about their families much because of their devotion to the craft of war, so I had never known her mother was still alive, or that she had a daughter."She did much more than die, Cáel. She killed men so that when you finished with Ajax, none of them, left on that field, could avenge him," she added."I hadn't looked at it that way," I confessed. "I'd like to meet her family. You said she has a daughter. I didn't know.""You didn't need the distraction. We all knew you would have only done incredibly stupid things trying to keep us alive. If it helps, she is five and cried freely, deeply and long. Her mother is fifty-two and runs a freehold in Saskatchewan. She'll be around for a long time, trust me."Charlotte's mother had to be one tough D O B (daughter of a bitch) to see sixty. I did know she was the second of five daughters, with the middle one being in the Ska i House Guard."I am doing something for, well, for me, but for Charlotte too. Sakuniyas is leading seventeen House Isharans and two ladies from MI-6 in West Africa.""I'd heard about that," she smiled. "Charlotte's Fist." Four (the core of any war band) was a sacred number to the Amazons, as was five (the number of digits) so twenty was a classic warrior unit. It was also the number of the original houses. Normally these groups were referred to by their leader's name, but I wanted the Condotteiri to know they'd killed the wrong Amazon and Sakuniyas agreed to the naming convention.The Condos had sent Ajax to Hungary and Romania to kill me. Charlotte had died stopping them, but this was not a matter of revenge. This honored her and was a request for her to watch over those who sought inspiration from her when they went into battle. West-Central Africa was one of the three Amazon Homeland (Eastern Europe and Southern India being the other two) and was where the war was heating up.JIKIT (Joint International Khanate Interim Taskforce) became involved when the Condos and Coils of the Serpent (one of the 9 Assassin Clans) began killing local civilian and military leaders. The Condos did it to spread chaos for them to use as a smoke screen behind which they could hide the large numbers of mercenaries in the area hunting down the Amazons. The Coils attacked any official that was on the Condo's payroll.As the body count began to rise, the US and UK began having 'normal' covert agencies investigate the killings, yet they remained blind to the reasons behind the actions. It wasn't until a whole Condo 'training camp' ended up being extinguished that they realized there was a third player in the game (as opposed to the governments and the rogue mercenaries).The Coils of the Serpent were one step ahead of the intelligence agencies. And that allowed the Amazons to hunt down the Condos. We in JIKIT had estimated it was roughly 15,000 Condotteiri foot soldiers (consisting of mercs, local paramilitaries and the occasional regular army commander) versus the roughly 3000 Amazons and 1000 members of the 9 Clans. The Golden Mare was asking for Havenstone and the Freeholds in North and South America to raise up 'fists' to join the struggle in Africa. In Belize they would be trained for two months to ten weeks in jungle warfare before heading over."Are your people going to be ready?" Rachel inquired."We have done well in Japan," I replied. "The former 'Runners' actually do better moving through urbanized society than their Old School Amazon sisters.""I heard they are more prone to taking orders from the Ninja," she looked me in the eyes."I told them to. This is the Ninja's war and we serve them best by doing what we do best ~ taking the fight to the Seven Pillars when they expose themselves," I clarified. "And you got me off talking about Charlotte," I realized a second later."A long period of mourning is not our way, Cáel," she confided. "You were our friend, but you were our mission first and foremost. That hasn't changed.""Are you going to," I began to say 'remain my bodyguard'."Yes. I have a dozen House Guard members expressing a desire to join the Security Detail and be our new electronics expert. Eight of those I'm giving serious consideration to.""The other four?" I asked."Three are too young and are too interested in you for my taste. One is too old and a rather odd individual.""I like odd.""I will reconsider her then," she allowed."Are you saying that to make me happy?""No," Rachel grinned. "I admire your instincts. Do you know how soon you will be needing us?""I'm going to stay in town until the Great Hunt. After my stupendous victory, I'll see if I can get to Brazil, so mid-September.""It will take longer to integrate a member ~ the last week of November," she bargained. I really wasn't in the mood to argue. I was too much the boy who was glad to see his primary guardian standing before him. Pamela was by far the most loving and lethal one of the pack. Rachel was my rock. She kept me alive and I helped give her something to live for, even if it was a flawed 'me'."And Wakko, you don't need to give me a piece of your soul to replace Charlotte. What is hers is hers and what is ours is ours. I'll always miss her and I'm okay with that. She was a good friend and a proud compatriot and I loved her. I never had any sisters of the flesh. Mona, Tiger Lily and Charlotte have been the only real family I've had. I will find another sister and I can now accept that.""Is it alright if I still miss her?" I pondered."Of course, Ishara. Will you still be capable of taking my orders when required?""Yes. If I started ignoring your advice, I wouldn't have been worthy of leading someone like Charlotte into battle. I can honor her by letting you do your job.""Thank you. I still worry about you trying to save everyone, but now I'll worry a little less," she confessed."I still plan to do crazy stuff, hey, do you have a daughter?""No.""Want one?""I'm in the final drawing of lots for the Great Hunt," she smiled once more."You could just ask.""My way is more fun. This way I'll be sure you'll obey," she let her eyes sparkle with a mirthful fire."Don't think I'll go easy on you. I plan to win," I pledged."Of course not. Why would you change now?""I'd rather you bust my balls than mock me?" I pouted. "Instead of spending a moving moment, you are cheering me up.""It is my job to look after you, even now," she stroked my neck affectionately."Especially now," I added as I hit the elevator button."Let's catch up with the others. I need to tell Meridian that she's back in the running.""Oh, that is fortunate," I grinned. "Oh, we'll start our mission to Brazil on Thursday, February 12th.""Is there a significance of that date?"I laughed. I put an arm around her shoulder as the doors opened. There were two others Havenstone ladies onboard."Carnival in Rio de Janeiro!" I exulted. "Half a million tourists a day. Two million Brazilians. Everyone wears a mask. What's not to love?""You are so fortunate you waited until you had witnesses around," Rachel groused."Desiree says it's bad for my prestige to be beaten in public," I chortled. "I'm glad you agree.""Maybe we can spar on the mats today when you get off work?""Oh, I'd like to see that," one of the other Amazons remarked. "Weapons or hand-to-hand?""I'll let him use a weapon. I'll use my hands. I want him to think he has a chance," Rachel declared. My arm was still around her shoulder, so I knew she wasn't really pissed."Didn't you kill Ajax?" the other one noted."He tripped over his shoelaces and impaled himself on his own sword," I sighed dramatically.Since the two women looked at one another, then to Rachel, I knew I'd told the lie well."Cáel had an ally shoot a grenade overhead, Ajax died in the confusion, so whatever blow killed him is irrelevant. Cáel beat Ajax with his mind before a single blow was landed. He made his foe fight his battle and that was how Wakko Ishara won," Rachel responded."Like an Amazon," the first one nodded."With balls," I added."An Amazon with balls? I guess you are, but I don't think the testes mattered in that you beat our foe in a matter your ancestors can be proud of," the second one said."Well said," Rachel nodded."Thank you," I shook her hand. "I'm Cáel Wakko Ishara aka Nyilas.""Oh, I'm Wynona of Allatu," she answered. She shook my hand, I ran a finger over her pulse and got her to blush slightly. Allatu was the Goddess of the Underworld in Canaanite mythology and one of the First Houses."Behave," Rachel whispered."Not likely," I whispered back."Did I say something wrong?" Wynona worried."No. Rachel is my moral guardian. So, do you want to go fishing, I mean swimming tomorrow after work, say 5:15?" I inquired."Sure," her smile broadened. "I excel in the water.""Good, maybe you can teach me a thing or two," I answered. The door opened at the lobby and there stood Desiree."Here," Rachel shoved me out the door. "Take him before he fishes himself into more trouble.""I understand," Desiree grumbled. "Come on fisherman. Financial Investigations is working late tonight and we need to pick up Italian food for twenty-two.""Lead and I shall follow," I proclaimed."Why do you call him the 'Fisherman'," Wynona asked Rachel."Fish, barrel, I'll explain it to you on the way to the garage," Rachel sighed. The doors shut and off we all went.{7:10 pm, Wednesday, August 27th ~ 12 Days to go}"Will you still be having dinner with us once you return back to JIKIT?" Europa asked as Lorraine passed me some Cajun rice."Every Monday and Wednesday night and on Fridays early," I grinned."We are going to be spending some time in Doebridge over the Labor Day weekend," Europa griped. "Do you want to come with us and save Aya from retelling her ordeal to yet another band of pre-Amazons?""Aya, do you want me to run interference for you?" I asked."No," she smiled. "I want you to train for the Great Hunt. Aunt Katrina says Elsa is virtually a guarantee to be one of the thirty.""Ugh," I groaned. "That's the cherry on the top of a rather bizarre day.""Was today bad?" Loraine asked."Let me see, for starters I got to use a variety of weird weapons for firearms practice. I had a feeling I was part of a round-robin, the way they rotated their assistance to me. In the elevator, I was with Brielle and her buddy when we had a security drill. The elevator cut off, but the air handler went into overdrive, dropping the temperature. After a quick democratic vote, I lost my shirt to an impromptu fire to stay warm, alive," I chuckled. "Then we cuddled together for warmth. I was about to lose my undershirt and pants when the alert ended.""Security alerts last less than fifteen minutes," Caitlyn noted. "I doubt you were in any danger of freezing to death.""Brielle was under the impression security alerts could last hours, despite my questionable knowledge otherwise from the handbook I'd read. Since she had the seniority, I thought she knew better.""So now you are shirtless," Europe smirked."I had a spare shirt stashed in Katrina's office, but I was required to change during the meeting because we were running late. Oh, and yesterday I forgot to feed some genetically superior white rats at one of our labs. Apparently they gnawed through their cages, broke out and now are in the Manhattan underworld, plotting a rodent rebellion," I related."Oh, that was my idea," Loraine perked up."Do you sit around the table with Katrina thinking up this kind of crap!" I protested."Occasionally," Caitlyn admitted. "Most of those are pure Katrina though.""Glad to know my misery is a family bonding experience.""You should be glad to know we care about you," Europa beamed."Yeah, I'll remember that and once you are casted I'm going to absolutely abuse my authority in some serious payback," I faux-glared at her."I promise you we will make it fun," Aya pledged."You would betray your own sisters?" Caitlyn questioned."Sisters are sisters, Mother, but boon companions are for life," Aya countered."That's cool, Mom," Europa snorted. "We'll always be taller than Aya, and faster.""Only more proof she'll be smarter," Caitlyn shook her head. "So Cáel what happened next?""What makes you think the rest of my day wasn't mundane and boring?""According to Katrina, you are the best stress reliever at Havenstone since they put in the Jacuzzis. With it being open season on you today, I figured your day was one misadventure after another," Caitlyn smiled warmly."Fine, I had to go to Financial Investigations to discuss my expense account in Europe.""That doesn't sound all that exciting," Loraine said."We were in the pool swimming in the classic Amazon style, I swear, sometime I think I should go to work wearing nothing but a trench coat and a smile," I grouched."Did you make any babies?" Aya chirped."No, I can't have that kind of fun with any employees for another twelve more days. Anyway, they were quite cross with me not using their services and let me know for an hour and, thirty-six minutes. After that I had to get a reference physical.""You are as healthy as a horse," Europa neighed."Funny Epona," I sniffed indignantly. "You are a load of laughs, filly. After I had been turned into a prune they made me undress again. There was some nonsense about all the combat I had been in had made me shorter and given me muscle constriction.""That is a good one," Aya nodded. "I'm glad they were being as creative as you are, Atta.""Who is to say that I'm not being the creative one here?" I winked at her."Were your muscles 'constricted'?" Loraine snickered. Europa gave her a thumbs up for joining on the fun."Nope, all my reflexes are in working order and I can still salute on demand," I smiled. "Which was good because after that, I worked through lunch with Acquisitions discussing Khanate plans for Siberia." There was a pause."What was so horrid about that?" Loraine inquired, as if I had been tortured up until that point."We had to do the whole three hour routine on the practice mats. I was pinned grappled and I had something that was strangely reminiscent of a titty-snuggle. I mean, all that skin-tight clothing, close contact and sweaty bodies was murder on my concentration," I confessed."We aren't going to be investing in Siberia, are we?" Aya winked at me."I don't know. I spent three hours saying "I don't know" and "I haven't a clue.""You are good at that," Europa jibed. I flicked a pea at her, bouncing it off her chin. She was getting ready for a spaghetti & meatball counterattack when Caitlyn's cough brought her up short."He is the Head of House Ishara. He can act that way. You are Epona and we are better behaved."Europa stuck her tongue at me, I returned the gesture and this time Caitlyn's cough was aimed at me. She followed that up by rubbing her foot along my shin. I smiled at her, then caught Aya smiling at the both of us. Then I recalled Aya had set the table, damn it."I'll get us dessert," Aya beamed happiness my way. I was thinking about dessert alright, damn that girl.{Rhada Revisited}"I'm home gang," I exhaled. "Ready to go out?" and was promptly shot with a Nerf gun. "What did I do this time?"Timothy and Odette were getting off the sofa. Odette was taking aim while Timothy left his single-shot where he'd been sitting."We are going out. You are not," Timothy grinned. "You have company in the bedroom.""Man, I was looking forward to," then Odette shot me in the stomach with her six shot nerf repeater."You have company," Odette emphasized the 'company' part. To me this implied someone who I couldn't seduce with a few words, maybe get busy for half an hour then go out partying. That could only mean,I opened my door and there lay Rhada, completely naked, hogtied and bound. She had even been gagged. Her look of hate and loathing turned to, something else; part fear and part heartsick yearning. Could Timothy and Odette, really just Timothy, I loved Odette but she had the combat skills of a Tribble. Could Timothy defeat Rhada so thoroughly that she could be so bound?Not likely. I'd been neglecting her, What with being kidnapped, running off to Europe and generally doing my job, I'd neglected her well-defined physique, olive skin and athletic curves. I'd been a fool for letting her waste away while I'd been 'not' earning a paycheck. Hell, I was working too much. I'd played around in college and still managed to graduate with good grades, and it wasn't like I had been hired for my brains."Oh, I've been missing this," I relished her helplessness while rubbing my palms together."Mumph," Rhada protested. It was hard for her to move her body. Her legs were bound above the knee to her shins while her ankles were lashed together and then to the top of her thighs.Her elbows and wrists were tied behind her back, wrists to wrist. The ropes securing her arms crisscrossed above and below her breasts and looped around her neck. She looked tightly secured. A bit too secured. I couldn't see how to un-hog-tie her."Don't you dare go anywhere," I warned Rhada then backed out of the room hurriedly."I suggested the ass plug!" Odette smiled as I turned around. I'd missed that given the shapeliness of her buttock,"I color-coded the ends of the ropes for you. Pull the yellow, then green and then pink and she'll come undone just fine. I put some ointment by the bedside for after. It will help numb the burn and promotes healing without scarring," Timothy patted me on the shoulder. "Now that you've b

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fWotD Episode 2871: Territorial Force Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia’s finest articles.The featured article for Saturday, 15 March 2025 is Territorial Force.The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription. The new organisation consolidated the 19th-century Volunteer Force and yeomanry into a unified auxiliary, commanded by the War Office and administered by local county territorial associations. The Territorial Force was designed to reinforce the regular army in expeditionary operations abroad, but because of political opposition it was assigned to home defence. Members were liable for service anywhere in the UK and could not be compelled to serve overseas. In the first two months of the First World War, territorials volunteered for foreign service in significant numbers, allowing territorial units to be deployed abroad. They saw their first action on the Western Front during the initial German offensive of 1914, and the force filled the gap between the near destruction of the regular army that year and the arrival of the New Army in 1915. Territorial units were deployed to Gallipoli in 1915 and, following the failure of that campaign, provided the bulk of the British contribution to allied forces in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. By the war's end, the Territorial Force had fielded twenty-three infantry divisions and two mounted divisions on foreign soil. It was demobilised after the war and reconstituted in 1921 as the Territorial Army.The force experienced problems throughout its existence. On establishment, fewer than 40 per cent of the men in the previous auxiliary institutions transferred into it, and it was consistently under strength until the outbreak of the First World War. It was not considered to be an effective military force by the regular army and was denigrated by the proponents of conscription. Lord Kitchener chose to concentrate the Territorial Force on home defence and raise the New Army to reinforce the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France, a decision which disappointed the territorials. The need to replace heavy losses suffered by the BEF before the New Army was ready forced Kitchener to deploy territorial units overseas, compromising the force's ability to defend the homeland. To replace foreign-service units, the Territorial Force was doubled in size by creating a second line which mirrored the organisation of the original, first-line units. Second-line units assumed responsibility for home defence and provided replacement drafts to the first line. The second line competed with the New Army for limited resources and was poorly equipped and armed. The provision of replacements to the first line compromised the second line's home defence capabilities until a third line was raised to take over responsibility for territorial recruitment and training. The second line's duties were further complicated by the expectation, later confirmed, that it too would be deployed overseas.Territorial units were initially deployed overseas to free up regular units from non-combat duties. On the Western Front, individual battalions were attached to regular army formations and sent into action, and the territorials were credited with playing a key role in stopping the German offensive. The first complete territorial division to be deployed to a combat zone arrived in France in March 1915. Territorial divisions began participating in offensive operations on the Western Front from June 1915 and at Gallipoli later that year. Because of the way it was constituted and recruited, the Territorial Force possessed an identity that was distinct from the regular army and the New Army. This became increasingly diluted as heavy casualties were replaced with conscripted recruits following the introduction of compulsory service in early 1916. The Territorial Force was further eroded as a separate institution when county territorial associations were relieved of most of their administrative responsibilities. By the war's end, there was little to distinguish between regular, territorial and New Army formations.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:11 UTC on Saturday, 15 March 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Territorial Force on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Aditi.

Juan de Dios del Pino, delegado territorial de la AEMET, anuncia cuatro borrascas más tras la de Konrad

En entrevista para MVS Noticias con Manuel López San Martín, Luciana Wainer, colaboradora de MVS Noticias, habló sobre que la Fiscalía de la CDMX investiga al diputado de Morena, Fernando Zárate por violencia familiar e intento de violación. Durante su colaboración, Wainer explicó que este caso salió a la luz tras las manifestaciones del pasado 8 de marzo, Día Internacional de la Mujer, donde una pancarta señaló públicamente al diputado, por lo que tras una amplia investigación se pudo confirmar la existencia de dos carpetas de investigación abiertas en contra Zárate, además de una denuncia más presentada por él en contra de su expareja. Lo que se sabe de la denuncia contra Fernando Zárate Nidia presentó la primera denuncia el 6 de noviembre de 2023 por violencia familiar, según consta en documentos de la Fiscalía de Investigación Territorial de Álvaro Obregón. De acuerdo con un dictamen emitido el 12 de junio de 2024, se concluyó que las afectaciones sufridas eran compatibles con víctimas de violencia familiar. Y una segunda carpeta de investigación fue abierta posteriormente por delitos sexuales. Sin embargo, esta última fue desestimada en julio de 2024, lo que llevó a Nidia a presentar una inconformidad alegando irregularidades en el proceso y filtraciones de información hacia el acusado. En contraparte, el diputado Fernando Zárate denunció a Nidia dos días después de su primera denuncia, argumentando abuso de confianza por presuntamente quedarse con dinero destinado a materiales de campaña. Derecho a réplica y acusaciones cruzadas Luciana Wainer señala que aunque se contactó al diputado Fernando Zárate para obtener su versión de los hechos, este se negó a dar una entrevista. Su equipo aseguró que las acusaciones eran falsas y que, además, Nidia y su familia habían irrumpido en su casa de campaña, amenazándolo y agrediendo a dos colaboradoras. Sin duda, la La falta de respuesta directa por parte del diputado ha generado cuestionamientos y resalta la necesidad de que las autoridades realicen una investigación exhaustiva para garantizar justicia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sobre su libro “Democracia Muerta” y el estado de las democracias en América Latina, Iván Valenzuela y Angélica Bulnes conversaron con Juan Pablo Luna, cientista político y profesor de la Escuela de Gobierno UC, en una nueva edición del Rat Pack de Mesa Central.

Provincial or territorial attestation letter (PAL/TAL), released by on 05 March 2025 Good day ladies and gentlemen, this is IRC news, I am Joy Stephen, a certified Canadian Immigration practitioner, and I bring to you this Federal News Bulletin from CIC news release. This recording originates from the Polinsys studios in Cambridge, Ontario. | On January 22, 2024, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that the department would set an intake cap on international student permit applications. The study permit cap is established in the Ministerial Instructions (MIs) with respect to the processing of certain applications for a study permit made by a foreign national as a member of the student class. The MIs specify: the maximum number of study permit applications that IRCC may accept for processing certain categories of study permit applications that are excluded from the MI requirements the fact that these can be amended in accordance with any subsequent MIs As per the corresponding MIs, the allocation periods and study permit cap are: Allocation period - 2024 Start date and time - January 22, 2024, at 8:30 AM EST End date and time - January 21, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST Maximum number of study permit applications - 606,250 Allocation period - 2025 Start date and time - January 22, 2025, at 12:00 AM EST End date and time - December 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST Maximum number of study permit applications - 550,162 | You can always access past news from the Canadian Federal Government by visiting this link: https://myar.me/tag/fed/. Furthermore, if you are interested in gaining comprehensive insights into the Provincial Express Entry Federal pool Canadian Permanent Residence Program or other Canadian Federal or Provincial Immigration programs, or if you require guidance after your selection, we cordially invite you to connect with us through https://myar.me/c. We highly recommend participating in our complimentary Zoom resource meetings, which take place every Thursday. We kindly request you to carefully review the available resources. Should any questions arise, our team of Canadian Authorized Representatives is readily available to address your concerns during the weekly AR's Q&A session held on Fridays. You can find the details for both of these meetings at https://myar.me/zoom. Our dedicated team is committed to providing you with professional assistance throughout the immigration process. Additionally, IRCNews offers valuable insights on selecting a qualified representative to advocate on your behalf with the Canadian Federal or Provincial governments, which can be accessed at

Dr. Michael Albertus, professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and author of the book Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies, as well as the recent Foreign Affairs article The Coming Age of Territorial Expansion, joins the pod to discuss the history of land power, land owernship, territorial ambitions and their larger implications on global politics and socio-economic disparity. As Donald Trump advocates for claims on territories like Greenland, Canada, and parts of Panama, we question the ramifications of such rhetoric on international relations and American democracy.We trace the colonial roots that continue to influence income inequality and social mobility across America, and encourage listeners to ponder the potential crises triggered by climate change-induced migrations that may force us to reconsider land ethics. Furthermore, Dr. Albertus discusses how our current understanding of land ownership and public policy may need re-evaluation to promote equity and shared resources, engaging directly with the delicate balance between private land investment and collective societal benefit. By examining this concept of land power, and these contemporary issues facing America with age-old conflicts over land, power, and resources, Dr. Albertus urges us to think critically about the paths we pursue to safeguard our democracy against the backdrop of shifting global realities. -------------------------Follow Deep Dive:BlueskyYouTube Email: deepdivewithshawn@gmail.com Music: Majestic Earth - Joystock

Woodpeckers are busy establishing breeding territories by drumming on resonant surfaces, while Bald Eagles and squirrels work on their nests in advance of baby season. Staff phenologist John Latimer reports for the week of March 4, 2025.

Our borders are changing.Russia wants Ukraine, China wants Taiwan, Israel wants Palestine, and Trump wants Greenland. We are in the beginning of an age of territorial expansion, as nations seek to shore up more resources, wealth and power by acquiring land. I'm joined by Michael Albertus, a Professor in Political Science at the University of Chicago, to discuss the history of land as an asset, and what a return to colonial and imperial policies of invasion will look like over the coming years.We also discuss local and national resistance around the world, delving into the universality of our desire to protect what we call home from extraction and exploitation. Mike reveals the land restitution policies in South Africa and I discuss my recent work with communities in Colombia who are holding off multinational mining companies from tearing up their land. To learn more, get a copy of Mike's latest book, Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn't, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies.Planet: Critical is 100% independent and community-powered. If you value it, and have the means, become a paid subscriber today. Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

Dieter Brandau comenta las respuestas del ministro de Política Territorial al portavoz del PP sobre los mensajes y reuniones con Víctor de Aldama.

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Mariia Mezentseva, Ukrainian MP discusses reaction in Kyiv to potential peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.

"PREVIEW: UKRAINE-RUSSIA: Colleague Anatol Lieven observes that Russian territorial advances and significant Ukrainian losses will influence upcoming negotiations. More tonight." 1919 Ukraine

China & the Hill is a weekly newsletter covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of this week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the U.S.-China Podcast. China & the Hill is published by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries. This episode includes a soundbite from Secretary of State Marco Rubio via The Megyn Kelly Show, January 2024.

Santiago González comenta los problemas con la sintaxis de Sánchez y Ángel Víctor Torres en su último mítin. El ministro de Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática, Ángel Víctor Torres, ha sido reelegido como secretario general de los socialistas canarios. Su renovación en el cargo se produce en una semana marcada por las acusaciones en su contra en el marco del caso Koldo, donde ha sido señalado por el empresario Víctor de Aldama como supuesto receptor de una solicitud de 50.000 euros en comisiones. Además, han salido a la luz mensajes comprometedores con Koldo García Izaguirre, exasesor del exministro Ábalos. Aunque el caso por el que se encuentra señalado directamente el ministro Torres gira en torno al negocio de las mascarillas durante la pandemia –tiempo en el que el dirigente socialista ejercía como presidente de Canarias—, este ha sido vinculado ahora a la trama de los hidrocarburos, por la cual fue encarcelado Víctor de Aldama y que consistía en un fraude continuado al Estado mediante la venta de carburantes previo cobro del IVA sin pagar este al Estado.Ángel Víctor Torres, salpicado: negoció con Aldama traer combustible de Venezuela, República Dominicana, Rusia y GeorgiaMiguel Ángel Pérez Según las declaraciones de Carmen Pano, una empresaria detenida por su vinculación con la trama, Torres, en su etapa como presidente de Canarias, habría mantenido reuniones con Aldama y otros implicados para facilitar la adquisición de un depósito fiscal en Tenerife. Aunque la operación no se materializó por razones económicas, los implicados habrían encontrado alternativas como la creación de una subcuenta denominada Canary Islands Fuel Company, que sería utilizada para operar en el sector de los hidrocarburos.Los mensajes del caso Koldo vinculan a Illa y al ministro Torres también con los contratos de tests de la tramaCarlos Cuesta La declaración de Pano también revela que Aldama organizó un viaje en avión privado a Tenerife para reunirse con Torres y otros socios, supuestamente con el objetivo de cerrar acuerdos relacionados con la importación de carburantes desde Venezuela y Georgia, algunos de los cuales podrían tener origen ruso. Este episodio se suma a las acusaciones de envío de fondos a través de contratos y cuentas vinculadas a terceros países, incluyendo Portugal y China. Según la empresaria, ciertas operaciones financieras habrían sido respaldadas por documentos falsificados. La reelección de Torres ha generado incomodidad en algunos sectores políticos y sociales, dado que las acusaciones en su contra no dejan de aumentar. Su implicación en una trama de tal envergadura pone en entredicho su posición al frente del PSOE canario, a pesar del respaldo de la dirección del partido.

In this episode, our guest (an AP U.S. History teacher) and our host (an AP Government teacher) delve into the worthy American most likely missing from your U.S. history or government class. Orestes Brownson was a nineteenth-century political thinker who wrote about the American project through his unique lens as a post-Civil War American-Catholic. He was well known in his time but is often only featured in the footnotes for the Election of 1840, the Transcendental Movement, and the Emancipation Proclamation. Brownson's essays, though, belong in the classroom. They seek to answer with optimism and insightful reflection: what is this country all about? For what did our sons die in this great Civil War? Chapters: 4:20 Why read Brownson? 10:11 A religious and political wanderer 14:01 Arrives at the Catholic Church 17:00 Magnus opus: The American Republic 21:57 “Territorial democracy” 27:44 History as human experience 28:51 Territorial democracy and American Union 32:31 Missteps of democracy 36:54 Brownson's vision: “Freedom of each with advantage to the other” 37:41 Yet history repeats itself 41:47 America's role in the story of history 44:55 “Unwritten constitution” 49:36 The task of the modern teacher 54:24 One's development of ideas over time Links: The American Republic by Orestes Brownson “Democratic Principle” by Orestes Brownson Orestes Brownson Symposium hosted by the American Family Project “Catholic Lives: Orestes Brownson, the American Newman” on Controversies in Church History Featured opportunities: On Faith and Beauty in Churches talk by Joe Cardenas at The Heights School (February 1, 2025) Series for Heights Fathers: Accompanying Our Sons as They Grow in Understanding of Human Sexuality at The Heights School (Thursdays in February 2025) Parents' Conference: Freedom and Addiction at The Heights School (April 12, 2025) link coming soon Teaching Men's Conference at The Heights School (October 2025) link coming soon Also on the Forum: ChatGPT Holds These Truths to Be Self-Evident by Mark Grannis The Importance of Ugly History by Mark Grannis Keeping the Story in History by Mark Grannis Seeing History: On Using Images in the History Classroom by Kyle Blackmer Patriotism and Piety: Honoring Founders and Fathers featuring Matthew Mehan

Friday Focus provides listeners with a focused, half-hour masterclass on the big issues, events and trends driving the news and current events. The show features Janice Gross Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and bestselling author, in conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, Chair and moderator of the Munk Debates. The following is a sample of the Munk Debates’ weekly current affairs podcast, Friday Focus. Rudyard and Janice dissect Donald Trump's comments about territorial expansion in Greenland, the Panama Canal, and even Canada. Is this part of an America First agenda? And how should Canada respond to an incoming U.S. President that does not take well to smaller countries standing up for themselves? In the second half of the show Rudyard and Janice turn to the big news out of Ottawa this week: Justin Trudeau is stepping down as Prime Minister in March and proroguing Parliament until the party chooses a new leader. Who gets to vote in this contest? And why is Justin Trudeau sticking around during this process instead of stepping aside for an interim leader who is better equipped to take on the incoming Trump administration? To access full-length editions of the Friday Focus podcast consider becoming a donor to the Munk Debates for as little as $25 annually, or $.50 per episode. Canadian donors receive a charitable tax receipt. This podcast is a project of the Munk Debates, a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to fostering civil and substantive public dialogue. More information at www.munkdebates.com.

DML and Denny discuss Trump's escalating rhetoric on acquiring Greenland and Canada to become part of the U.S., as well as regaining control of the Panama Canal. They also discuss DeSantis' planned nomination to fill Rubio's senate seat, and the raging wind fires in California.