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CSUF Faculty Experts Discuss California Propositions (California State University, Fullerton)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
Californians considered 17 statewide ballot measures Tuesday which included legalization of recreational pot, the death penalty, background checks for ammunition buyers and increasing the tax on cigarettes ... Proposition 66 speeds up the death penalty process (the failed Proposition 62 would have repealed the death penalty) ... death penalty system....

(Research Paper) The Power of Unconventional Monetary Policy in a Liquidity Trap (Bank of Japan)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
In this study, we examine what unconventional monetary policy measures are effective in escaping from a liquidity trap ... We show that adverse effects of income uncertainty deteriorate in the liquidity trap, which crucially undermines the transmission mechanism of unconventional monetary policy through an increase in precautionary savings....

It was physical and mental torture: Rajkummar Rao

Edit DNA India 11 Nov 2016
Rajkummar Rao on playing a trauma survivor in Trapped. Dedicated method actor Rajkummar Rao has been starving himself to play a trauma survivor in Vikramaditya Motwane’s Trapped, a film that Motwane quietly completed while working on his vigilante film Bhavesh Joshi with Harshvardhan Kapoor. Rajkummar’s film directed by Motwane has only one character, who is trapped in a building....

Fate of currency seized by ACB hangs in balance

Edit The Hindu 11 Nov 2016
In the past several years, the ACB had seized crores of rupees after catching government employees red-handed in trap cases. Officials are not sure of the exact amount seized in all the trap cases registered so far but estimate it could be several crores of rupees ... But they are not sure what will happen to the money seized in trap cases....

Big notes seized in raids to remain at police stations

Edit The Times of India 11 Nov 2016
The state ACB seizes cash during traps laid to nab corrupt officials ... "However, the cash seized during the traps is an issue. For now, the old currency notes remain at the police stations in whose jurisdiction the traps are executed," he said ... The state ACB has executed 157 traps since January this year and the bribe amount ranges from Rs 300 to Rs 5 lakh....

The homes left behind by ISIS

Edit CNN 11 Nov 2016
(CNN)Where there is danger, where there is death, there is also responsibility. For Magnus Wennman, it is that responsibility and drive to tell a story that has catapulted him from war zone to war zone and conflict to conflict ... Photographer Magnus Wennman ... Read More ... He was guided past hundreds of booby traps and improvised explosive devices to homes that had housed ISIS fighters and a huge collection of bomb-making equipment ... ....

3-year-old girl 'assumed' drowned in a drain

Edit Deccan Herald 11 Nov 2016
Police also suspect the victim to be kidnapped. A three-year-old girl drowned in an open drain in south east Delhi’s Sriniwaspuri on Thursday. Police are also looking at the possibility of the child having been kidnapped ... A five-year-old boy alerted the neighbours saying he saw the girl falling in the drain ... She couldn’t swim ... Locals said that the drain, which is 9-foot deep, has become a death trap since the last 10 years ... ....

Crews Rescue Bald Eagles Trapped in Florida Storm Drain

Edit NBC News 11 Nov 2016
Rescue efforts were underway Thursday to rescue two eagles that became trapped in a storm drain in central Florida.The eagles were reported trapped in a drain in Orange County near Goldenrod Road and... Photo Credit. Orange County Fire Rescue ... ....

New phase in Scottish red squirrel relocation project

Edit BBC News 11 Nov 2016
Seventy red squirrels are to be trapped and then relocated to woodland in the north west Highlands as part of a scheme to boost numbers of the animals ... Small numbers of the animals are moved from where they are trapped so as to avoid harming the survival of "donor populations" ... The new phase of the project will involve animals trapped on land owned by Forestry Enterprise Scotland and others in Moray and near Inverness....

Biodiversity parks inspire

Edit The Times of India 11 Nov 2016
NEW DELHI ... The Hero TOI Green Drive will create multicanopied woodlands, which are more effi cient in trapping dust and sequestering carbon dioxide ... We will try to add different layers during the green campaign, right from ground vegetation to the top canopy levels that can trap dust and capture carbon dioxide." ... "In addition, the vegetation is more diverse, with broad shaped leaves that naturally act as dust traps," said Shah ... RELATED....

Cops seek bribe only in 100 note rupee, held

Edit The Times of India 11 Nov 2016
KOLHAPUR. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes aimed at curbing corruption is being hailed by many ... "After confirming the complaint, we laid a trap accordingly ... Later, we arrested Sawant from the Hupari police station as he was the one who had demanded the bribe," said an ACB official involved in laying the trap ... RELATED ... Recommended By Colombia ....

House seeks conversation on death penalty (Congress of the Philippines)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Nov 2016
House seeks conversation on death penalty ... The subcommittee on judicial reforms, which is under the committee on justice, moved to invite the officials and representatives of government offices, religious and civil society groups during the initial deliberation of seven bills seeking to re-impose the death penalty ... He also cited the Constitution and jurisprudence relative to the deliberation on the death penalty proposals....

Survive sci-fi gauntlets in auto-running platformer RunGunJumpGun

Edit Pocket Gamer 11 Nov 2016
RunGunJumpGun's title is pretty blunt, and tells you exactly what you do in this new fast-paced platformer. Running headlong through spike, saw, and trap-filled levels, you use your laser gun to blast off the ground or blast away at hazards. Across 120 levels, your helmeted hero charges over spikes, past saws, and around projectiles, tapping the left side of the screen to ascend and the right side to fire back ... ....
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