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This proposal would accomplished exactly that. It helps to know that Jones has already been in Boston's crosshairs once this winter Even without Jones, the Bucs would still have Paul Skenes, Mitch Keller and Bubba Chandler, Braxton Ashcraft and Thomas Harrington standing by in their system. That's a lot of pitching! What the Pirates have less of is impact bats, which has been a theme for a better part of the last decade. Casas has enormous potential in this regard, as his 222 games at the MLB level have yielded a .830 OPS and 42 home runs. Hamilton is a lesser offensive player, but he was one of the best baserunners in MLB last year. At the very least, he'd be another option for a thin middle infield depth chart. Do the Yankees actually want Arráez? ESPN's Jeff Passan says yes adding that the Yankees have discussed the three-time batting champ with San Diego But according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post Arráez would fit well as a table-setter ahead of Aaron Judge Him slotting at second would also allow the Yankees to keep Jazz Chisholm Jr where he played sensational defense in 2024 The Stroman element here is as simple as the Yankees wanting him gone. As Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported the team is actively shopping the two-time All-Star That's a bit steep for a one-note player whom the Padres don't really need. Especially, that is, with a dip below the $241 million luxury tax threshold just about $3 million away Stroman's average annual value is $18.5 million so the Padres would need the Yankees to kick in cash San Diego would be within its rights to demand that Stroman also come with a more promising pitcher Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesDylan CeaseTrade Proposal: Toronto Blue Jays get RHP Dylan Cease; San Diego Padres get RHP Yariel Rodríguez what if it's the Blue Jays who score a star from the Padres This isn't really based on anything, but Toronto is clearly open to adding a No. 1 starter. Otherwise, the club would not have been willing to offer Corbin Burnes more money than it has ever given to a single player With the Blue Jays now left to consider Plan Bs This trade would get the Padres under the luxury tax threshold, as Rodríguez's $6.4 million AAV is less than half the $13.7 million that Cease is projected to make going from Cease to Rodríguez would be a downgrade But Rodríguez is at least a usable pitcher and the downgrade would be easier to swallow if the Padres win the Rōki Sasaki sweepstakes For his part, Tiedemann would be an upside play for San Diego. Injuries have crushed his stock, but he's still only 22 and should return from Tommy John surgery later this year Alika Jenner/Getty ImagesLuis CastilloTrade Proposal: Baltimore Orioles get RHP Luis Castillo; Seattle Mariners get 1B Ryan Mountcastle There's nothing out of left field about this one as Jon Morosi of MLB Network has reported that the Orioles and Mariners have been talking about Castillo: This scans with a recent report from Rosenthal that has the Orioles still in on pitching after adding Charlie Morton and Tomoyuki Sugano Rosenthal's report claims that the Orioles are not inclined to move any of their prized youngsters but Mountcastle's name was not on the list as he could be quickly replaced by top prospect Coby Mayo The Mariners would shed $63.5 million in commitments to Castillo in this deal which could prove helpful if they aspire to spend any money in free agency but Mountcastle would at least equip them with a solid stick at first base Jason Miller/Getty ImagesPablo López Trade Proposal: Atlanta Braves get RHP Pablo López C Christian Vázquez; Minnesota Twins get C Drake Baldwin (Braves' No The Braves have not been connected to López but it's past time they added a starter According to Passan though the writing on the wall is basically the same Matt Dirksen/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesLuis Robert Jr.Trade Proposal: New York Mets get CF Luis Robert Jr.; Chicago White Sox get INF Ronny Mauricio (Mets' No Perhaps they are after handing a small chunk of Steve Cohen's fortune over to Juan Soto there's still the Pete Alonso-sized hole in the lineup plus a less-than-obscure deficiency in center field the Mets are perhaps the most obvious suitor for Robert Even with injuries being a consistent theme throughout his career Robert still boasts a .790 OPS and 162-game averages of 31 homers and 24 steals It suffices to say he has substantially more upside than Jose Siri who profiles as more of a fourth outfielder There's an argument that the White Sox's best play is to hold Robert and hope that he regains value after a down year in 2024 For the moment, Rosenthal reported in December that the White Sox would want a "meaningful piece" if they moved Robert who is signed through 2025 with club options for 2026 and 2027 Mauricio would be a gamble in this regard, as he's coming off a year lost to a torn ACL Yet he's still only 23 and he was formerly a top-100 prospect who had big years in the minors in 2022 and 2023 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page When convoys of Russian military vehicles entered the village of Dymer it was the second day of the full-scale invasion 2022 - information appeared in the media that the Russians appointed their own head of the village hung a tri-colored flag and organized a celebration with fireworks RT channel aired a propaganda report on Russian military delivering tons of humanitarian aid to the residents of Dymer The video was discussed on social media and publicized in the Facebook group “Dymer community - from choices to elections.” The video shows long lines of people receiving humanitarian aid from soldiers with machine guns The Ukrainian military and law enforcement entered the village They started asking people questions and found out the names of those who allegedly collaborated with the occupiers Two such men were identified: Oleksandr Kharchenko although witnesses constantly referred to both of them when describing the circumstances of the occupation Kharchenko’s case was heard by the Solomianskyi District Court and Melnyk’s by the Vyshhorodskyi District Court of Kyiv oblast Kharchenko had lived in Dymer for a long time with his parents but failed to get elected and was never again involved in any public or political activity.  for the first week and a half of Russian occupation was delivering humanitarian aid despite heavy shelling One man told the court that he unloaded a minibus with medications that were sent by Pidkurgannyi the office of the Village Council’s head was allegedly taken over by Kharchenko who said that it was necessary to restore order “One of my friends said that Sasha had become the head of the village Sasha was sitting in the office in the head’s chair and he wrote it down to let the Russians know so they would fix it that a school would be opened,” local resident Svitlana told the court Kharchenko explains that people would gather at the village council to find out news and gossip Russian soldiers would bring a field kitchen there every day and distribute meals and fuel to the locals and other concerned residents would often come Those were people who needed to sort something out such as people whose septic tanks were clogged or people who needed to organize garbage collection or report someone’s disappearance “Who exactly did I give instructions to? How could I possibly have given any instructions if there were employees of the village council who were in direct contact with Pidkurgannyi Just because I was distributing humanitarian aid I somehow got considered the head of the village council,” Kharchenko argued It was Kharchenko who was filmed by the Russians in their propaganda video I commented on what was happening at that moment on the square - Russian humanitarian aid was being distributed A fellow came over with a camera and said: ‘Can you comment?’ So that’s what I did - Did you enjoy living in occupation alongside the Russian military you made this comment: ‘Don’t be afraid It was said: ‘Do not stay in basements Russian soldiers are not aggressive towards the civilian population Local residents confirm that they saw Kharchenko during the distributions I saw with my own eyes that he [Kharchenko] was distributing Komsomolskaya Pravda newspapers in that location - He was appointed to replace the head of the village The RT video does show Kharchenko standing in the street holding a pile of newspapers The prosecutor brought to the court a bag containing 60 copies of Krasnaya Zvezda and 90 copies of Komsomolskaya Pravda they were found in the office of the village head but Kharchenko claims that he did not put them there It is still uncertain as to how Kharchenko got to the leadership position a forcible meeting of residents was held to distribute humanitarian aid and Kharchenko introduced himself as the new head of the village representing the occupation authorities But no direct witnesses to this meeting were brought to the trial People claimed that they were aware of everything through rumors: “The Russian military appointed Kharchenko as the head of Dymer There were talks about it in the village” Some viewed Kharchenko as a self-proclaimed leader Andriy Sologub is the director of the Lytvynivka Lyceum he was the leader of the Vyshhorod Rapid Response Unit of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society The Ukrainian Red Cross is non-political and helps everyone The organization does not cooperate with the military But the occupiers were constantly pressuring the Red Cross to cooperate trying to convince the organization to distribute Russian humanitarian aid Sologub learned that Dymer had a new head and the next day he came to meet the “new mayor.” when I entered the office of the Dymer village council Melnyk and Klion [a Russian military man] were there It seemed like Kharchenko was the owner of the office the real owners of the place were entirely different Later we found out that they were members of the 83rd Air Assault Brigade which is stationed in the city of Ussuriysk in the chair of the head of the territorial community There was a huge map of Dymer in front of him Melnyk had a notebook and was writing down Kharchenko said that he was the person responsible for utilities Melnyk said he was in charge of electricity asked me where he could find employees of DTEK [Donbas Fuel and Energy Corporation] or RES [regional maintenance service] to fix the power grid” the chief accountant of the village council who was still living in Dymer in March 2022 I heard from the villagers that a new authority was going to be elected and it would be Oleksandr Kharchenko When I entered the village council building he [Kharchenko] was in the head’s office He was repeating: ‘There’s work to be done there’s work to be done’,” she recounted but at the time of the full-scale invasion he lived with his wife in a rented house in the village of Lutizh Kharchenko says Melnyk worked at a construction site and had a team of repairmen but Melnyk and his wife deliberately went to the occupied territory they went to pick up his mother-in-law from the village of Ivankiv stopped in Dymer and settled in the premises of the Dymer Utility Plant They claimed that it was dangerous to travel Melnyk became Kharchenko’s deputy head and combined this with the position of manager of the utility plant Melnyk says that he simply moved into an empty building of the communal utility services with the permission of a friend and started helping people when people were coming to get humanitarian aid noticed a stranger wearing gray summer sneakers It was Melnyk arriving on a bicycle and asking the security guard at the church where he could buy shoes where the occupiers were distributing food and said that it was necessary to help people and then he led the woman to the chief Russian She then learned that Melnyk had been in business before “He was very angry with the authorities And he just wanted to climb a little bit more,” Tsapok recalls saying that a missile hit his store in Lutizh Melnyk and Kharchenko do not deny that they have known each other for a long time I’ve probably known him for 10 years Now I don’t remember what the circumstances were maybe we went to the movies...” Melnyk said in court did not testify in the court hearings against Kharchenko and Melnyk Neither prosecutors nor defence lawyers called him as a witness.  were officially located on the premises of the Vyshhorod military administration repeatedly said that Kharchenko was essentially fulfilling the duties from which the legitimate village head had voluntarily withdrawn The defence lawyer referred to the provisions of the Geneva Convention stating that the occupation authorities must provide the inhabitants of the occupied territory with food and medicine the Geneva Convention stipulates a certain degree of cooperation between local authorities and the occupiers The defendants tried to prove that they did not belong to the occupation authorities but simply made arrangements with the Russians to help local civilians with the Red Cross although they were not members of the organization The investigation did not establish the salaries Kharchenko and Melnyk received while performing functions under occupation There are no official documents signed by the accused in the case files Lawyer Pavlo Khaytov believes that Melnyk was engaged in volunteering to the occupied territory he was rewarded with an indictment and detention. “People might think that he is the deputy head of the Dymer village council or the director of a utility plant If a person distributes food and the katsaps [pejorative for Russians] don’t shoot him for it there is only one answer - he is working for them,” Khaytov says Melnyk claims that having a Red Cross armband he was able to bring more than 100 people to the unoccupied territory But there are no lists or photos to prove it no one came to court to confirm these claims The fact that we started distributing humanitarian aid alongside Russian soldiers was an offer we could not refuse they would bomb our houses and create conditions that would make it very difficult to survive I don’t consider myself guilty,” Kharchenko said in his final words before the judges left for the deliberation room Melnyk said in his final speech that he believed his stay behind bars was a matter of time and hoped for a change in the law The court dismissed the defendants arguments the witnesses’ testimonies showed that Kharchenko distributed Russian humanitarian aid on behalf of the invaders also distributed humanitarian aid at the beginning of the occupation Kharchenko was sentenced to 9 years in prison with confiscation of property the lawyer told Melnyk that they would see each other during the appeal last summer Kharchenko filed a request to be exchanged and sent to Russia This report is part of our coverage of war crimes justice produced in partnership with Ukrainian journalists. A first version of this article was published on the "Sudovyi Reporter" website Feb 16, 2021 | Society The Catholic church in Poland has been accused of failing to take decisive action against an accused paedophile priest for 25 years after first being made aware of the allegations broadcast in a new television report on Monday are the latest revelations regarding the church’s alleged failure to properly investigate child sex abuse by clergy the institution has been accused of deliberately covering cases up and protecting perpetrators The priest at the centre of the latest case was last week dismissed by the church from his role as director of a church medical institute after suffering from a longstanding illness Polish cardinal and former papal secretary accused of ignoring sex abuse private broadcaster TVN aired a report entitled “The Church’s Longest Proceedings” It traced how the Catholic hierarchy had known about allegations against Dymer since the mid-1990s but failed to take conclusive action against him “This is one of those stories that very well shows the problem of the church,” Paweł Gużyński He explained that often priests cannot speak up against superiors with “every voice of criticism interpreted as an attack on the church” The report outlined how Dymer had become a respected figure in local church circles and was the founder of a Catholic secondary school in the city of Szczecin claims that Dymer was sexually abusing minors had been known to bishops in Szczecin as early as 1995 A number of Dymer’s alleged victims spoke to TVN including one who said the priest had forced him to engage in oral sex "Najdłuższy proces kościoła". Reportaż @SebastWasilewsk w poniedziałek o 20.30, a już teraz w TVN24 GO!https://t.co/1pDPYR9qEU pic.twitter.com/IX3dKBzlad — Czarno na białym TVN24 (@tvn24CnB) February 13, 2021 a church tribunal convicted the priest of sexually harassing his pupils But the judgement remained secret (even from the priest’s victims) until it was revealed by Catholic magazine Więź in November last year Dymer reportedly appealed against the ruling and no final judgement had been issued to date Appeal proceedings were only officially called in December 2017 by the Archdiocese of Gdańsk Dymer continued to be employed as the director of the John Paul II Medical Institute in Szczecin for 11 years until he was dismissed by Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga last week after his archdiocese learnt of accusations against Dymer it still appointed him to oversee its network of schools Dymer did not faced prosecution in Poland’s secular justice system because his alleged crimes were beyond the statute of limitations Polish bishop let priest accused of sex abuse keep teaching children – Vatican orders investigation sexual predator who abused boys in a systemic way,” Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus a left-wing MP who has campaigned for tougher action against clerical sex abuse She accused the church of “doing almost nothing” to hold Dymer to account admitted to the Polish Press Agency in a statement that the “unprecedented length of the church procedures” and “lack of proper treatment of people harmed” had “no justification” He said he had met with two of Dymer’s victims in June 2019 and offered support the Catholic Information Agency (KAI) announced that Dymer had died at the age of 59 after struggling with illness The news was later confirmed by the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Catholic church in Poland promotes helpline for victims of clerical sex abuse The Polish Catholic church has in recent years come under fire for its alleged failures in dealing with sex abuse by clergy. 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Russian troops have advanced far into Ukraine and are closing in on the capital. Kim Sengupta talks to those trying to repel the invaders I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Standing beside his Kozak armoured car in a convoy parked in a rolling field Sergeant Taras spoke of the long and fierce fight his men had faced and the hard and violent road that still lay ahead “There were many, many of them, a lot of Russians, they were really trying to push through. I think they felt that if they went past us, they would have a good run to Kyiv,” he said before adding with a quick grin “but we stopped them” The sergeant was a member of Ukraine’s Air Assault Force which had been sent to Dymer and Ivankiv, on the Teteriv River, to defend the capital from Russian troops who have broken through the border from Belarus. The two towns, 25 and 36 miles respectively from Kyiv, are in a strategic location the Russians wanted to control and use for an assault south. “The enemy’s plan was to break through with tank columns from the side of Ivankiv and Chernikov to Kyiv,” said Anton Gerashchenko, a senior adviser with the Interior Ministry. Facing the threat, the Ukrainian forces decided to blow up the bridge across the Teteriv, stopping most of the Russian unit from crossing the river. “I think that has definitely slowed them up, we have gained some time,” said Sergeant Taras. “Our side fought well, we faced a lot of firepower, everyone did their best. We have some young guys and they didn’t fail us.” The 34 year old NCO (non-commissioned officer) did not want his family name made public. Some of his relations live in Slovyansk in the Donbas, a city which may fall under the control of the Russians and their separatist allies in the east in the current conflict. Tiredness was etched across the sergeant’s face; there was a cut on his forehead, his right hand was covered by a bloodstained and grimy bandage. He was heading back to Kyiv and then to the airborne headquarters in Zhytomyr to arrange resupplies. “We prepared for this invasion, but even then some people did not think that Putin would do something like this, against Ukraine. I have family in the Donbas, had family in Donetsk before they moved, we are linked in so many ways,” he shook his head. “We stopped them for a while, but this is not going to end soon, they’ll want to keep coming, we need to keep fighting them.” New battles were taking place elsewhere even as the sergeant was talking. Mr Gerashchenko, while praising the military on the Teteriv River defence, also acknowledged the grim reality of what is unfolding. “The hardest day will be today,” he warned, with Russian troops massing around the capital. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Russian Special Forces were already inside Kyiv to carry out sabotage and assassinations. There was shooting this afternoon near a complex of government buildings in the city centre; no details have yet emerged about what lay behind the eruption of gunfire. Salvoes of missiles and artillery rounds came into Kyiv from the early hours of the morning, continuing to rise in volume, with very few breaks between the sound of sirens. A warplane, believed to be a Su-24, was shot down over Kyiv. The Russians and Ukrainians each claimed the downed plane belonged to the other – a legacy of a common past in the Soviet military. Moscow insisted that it was targeting Ukrainian government, military and security apparatus, not civilians. But two residential buildings were hit, setting them on fire. Eight people were injured in a strike in Pozniake, a densely populated district in the north of the city. One resident, 68-year-old Nicolai Rudenko, standing in rubble asked: “Where is the military they were trying to hit here? Only people live here, there is no rocket factory, no army place, so why did they fire rocket into here.” The UK armed forces minister James Heappey said in London that 57 civilians have been killed so far in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. This was more than the number of 25 fatalities produced by the UN rights council. The prospect of mass casualties was raised by the Ukrainian government with the claim that radiation levels emanating from Chernobyl were continuing to increase. Helicopters, meanwhile, landed Russian troops at Obolonskyi airfield north of the capital followed by the appearance of tanks. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence called on the people there to “inform us of troops movements”, and also to form resistance groups and fight with “Molotov cocktails and neutralise the enemy”. Mr Zelensky had changed the law to allow citizens to arm themselves, and there was a marked increase in sale of guns until shops shut after the Russian invasion. Pictures emerged of scores of volunteers arming themselves. Citizen volunteer groups have been drilling at weekends in preparation of a war for months, sometimes with wooden rifles. Igor Derkach, a 29-year-old mechanic, bought himself a second-hand Soviet made Makarov pistol last week, after “sensing that something may happen”. He has sent his family to Liviv in the west of the country, but decided to stay in Kyiv himself. “I have trained with the citizen volunteers, but the government has so far only called up the army reserves. But as the situation changes, this will be expanded,” he said. “I bought the Makarov for personal protection, but I also know where to get assault rifles if necessary very quickly. “I saw the message about the Molotov cocktail; they are easy enough to make. We will know soon if the Russians will come into Kyiv. Even if they don’t come in immediately, they have agents inside who will try to act.” Later in the day, Interior Ministry adviser Vadym Denysenko announced that 18,000 machine guns "have been handed out in Kyiv to all volunteers, all those who want to defend our capital with weapons in their arms”. I cannot believe something like that can take place in Kyiv, in a city with so many people, there will be many deaths if that happens Russian military vehicles continued to pass through the neighbourhood. Photographs emerged of a flattened civilian car, run over by an armoured carrier, the elderly driver was pulled out, unharmed amazingly. There were prolonged clashes for control of an airport at Hostomel, four miles north-west of the city which has a long runway that can be used to bring in troops for an assault on Kyiv. President Zelensky also shot video of himself on a phone, surrounded by ministers, from central Kyiv, to disprove reports that he had fled the capital. Western officials said that Ukrainian military forces were continuing to offer “strong resistance” to Russian soldiers attempting to seize cities on the second day of the invasion. They said they were increasingly confident that the Russian mission is falling behind on its timetable for the invasion, with Putin’s forces still confined largely to rural areas while Ukraine concentrates its troops in urban areas in order to mount a determined defence against the expected assault. But there are concerns that if they find themselves frustrated in their efforts to swiftly overwhelm the cities, invading force commanders may resort to indiscriminate use of artillery or “thermobaric” high-temperature weapons with the potential for mass civilian casualties. The Russians took the airport on Thursday; the Ukrainians said they had retaken it. But the Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson, Major General Igor Konashenkov, claimed that Russian airborne troops used 200 helicopters to land in Hostomel and killed over 200 members of Ukrainian Special Forces. The battle for Kyiv, if and when it takes place, is likely to be a bloody and brutal affair. Sergeant Taras took part in the battle for Avdiivka, one of the deadliest clashes in the 2014 war. “I cannot believe something like that can take place in Kyiv, in a city with so many people, there will be many deaths if that happens,” he said. “That will be very sad, but we cannot let them take our capital, we have no choice but to defend ourselves.” Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Ukrainian soldiers take up position in downtown Kyiv on Friday Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Polish Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga who has faced allegations that he ignored abuse cases in Poland Neither the Apostolic Nunciature of Poland, which announced the resignation on Feb nor the Holy See Press Office provided a reason for Dzięga’s resignation who has led the Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamien since 2009 the age at which canon law requires a bishop to submit his resignation to the pope Dzięga published a two-page resignation letter on Feb 24 in which he apologized to his “brother priests,” saying: “If my weaknesses including incomplete understanding of specific circumstances and sometimes even my ordinary human fatigue The archbishop said he was resigning due to “a radical weakening of my condition,” adding that in the fall “it became obvious to me” that it was time to step down who became bishop of the Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg in February 2023 has been appointed apostolic administrator of the Szczecin-Kamien Archdiocese located in the northwest corner of the country which established a new norms for handling sexual abuse cases In 2021 the Polish television network TVN24 aired a documentary alleging that Dzięga knew about abuse allegations against Father Andrzej Dymer as early as 1995 but took no action Dymer was convicted by a Church tribunal in 2008 of sexually abusing minors Dymer appealed but died in 2021 before the appeal was adjudicated Matthew Santucci has recently started in EWTN's Vatican bureau He grew up in Connecticut and has been living in Rome since 2020 in International Relations from Luiss Guido Carli A 2011 report from the National Employment Law Project estimates that 65 million Americans - almost one in four - have an arrest record that would show up on a criminal background check presents a significant challenge for people looking for a job during a tight labor market Ninety-two percent of employers surveyed in 2012 say they run a criminal background check on prospective new hires making it very likely that past history will be a significant barrier to employment Studies show that an arrest record cuts your chance of a callback for a job by 50 percent Target announced that it would stop asking applicants about criminal background The move comes after Target's home state of Minnesota passed "ban the box" legislation Target is the nation's second largest retailer behind Wal-Mart Duval County schools Superintendent Nikolai Vitti announced that he plans to change the district's hiring guidelines to allow applicants with a felony that happened more than 10 years ago or with two misdemeanors older than five years The proposed policy is causing a stir among parents Should there be an expiration date on past mistakes Don Dymer says that companies don't really have a choice Dymer is a former Scotland Yard inspector and the owner of Single Source Services a background screening and security firm he founded in 1995 He performs background screening and investigations for companies of all sizes and spoke to me about the 2012 changes to federal hiring policy guidelines that are leading to the "Ban the Box" initiatives adopted in 10 states so far The EEOC determined that asking about arrests and convictions has a disparate impact on minorities in the workplace since more minorities are arrested and more are convicted after arrest than whites The Justice Department has estimated that a third of black men and nearly a fifth of Latino men born in 2001 will go to prison in their lifetime A 2008 Center for Economic Policy and Research study calculated that the population of people with felony convictions lowered the official employment rate among all men by as much as 1.7 percentage points Dymer says that while an arrest record is useful information to an employer making a hiring decision based on it is not a good idea "even a felony conviction should be considered only if it has a direct impact on the employee's job duties." Dymer believes that serious felonies (violent or sexual crimes for example) should prevent someone from being hired; "you'd be putting your employees and customers at risk." But considering crimes committed years ago (with no recurrence) or crimes that don't relate to the job duties simply shuts people out of the economy they are more likely to revert to criminal activity and every case should be considered individually," says Dymer "If you have a strong HR policy about relevant offenses in place it doesn't hurt to let someone present their qualifications for the job the VGCSA has been a model of environmental stewardship for the Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam recently recognized the state’s golf industry for its years of work to ensure the protection of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The governor’s most recent report on the Chesapeake Bay watershed states: “DCR (Department of Conservation and Recreation) would like to acknowledge the initiative taken by members of the golf turf industry to meet the highest environmental protection standards DCR also recognizes the supporting efforts of Virginia Tech the Virginia Golf Course Superintendents Association Virginia Agribusiness Council and the national Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Success was made possible by all parties involved demonstrating their commitment to protect the environment through sound nutrient management practices.” The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and the third largest in the world The Chesapeake Bay watershed covers about 64,000 square miles and encompasses parts of six states (Delaware Virginia and West Virginia) and Washington The Chesapeake Bay supports more than 3,600 species of plant and animal life and produces more than 500 million pounds of seafood harvest each year that preserving the health of this ecosystem is a high priority both for the sake of the environment and for the 18 million people who live the VGCSA began working with Virginia’s Department of Conservation and Recreation to ensure that at least 99% of the 326 golf courses in the commonwealth obtained a nutrient management plan or were contracted with a certified planner by 2017 that accounts for more than 28,000 acres of land under nutrient management and it helps Virginia meet its water quality goals The VGCSA took the lead in getting the state organized to commit to 100% compliance of certified nutrient management plans by all golf courses the VGCSA found a bill sponsor to develop and get across the finish line legislation to codify its commitment to water quality protection and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to secure general funds in the state budget to help golf courses offset the costs of certified nutrient management plans — an annual allocation of $100,000 the VGCSA remained vigilant when it came to meeting its 2017 compliance goal Virginia serves as a model for other states that may be confronted with water quality challenges superintendent at Keswick Golf Club near Charlottesville helped spearhead the decades-long effort and offers the following lessons: who was the recipient of GCSAA’s President’s Award for Environmental Stewardship in 2016 reminds us that our global population is growing and that competition for natural resources will continue to be a challenge Let’s make sure golf is being transparent and demonstrating that we are using our natural resources to the best of our ability When you face scrutiny for natural resource use how are you going to be able to clarify what it is you do “Get off the page,” advises McDonough we have clearly laid out here what we are doing and why I believe we are the best natural resource user around.” Chase Rogan is the GCSAA field staff representative for the 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It was located in Krasnodar He even managed to find the new number through social media the young wife would have already left for Krasnodar who disappeared at the same time as her husband was released from the Russian prison where they were both held She begged him: "Does he still have his arms Only one thing matters: that he's alive." The neighbor was silent One could see that his captivity had left him broken the young wife thinks of calling that number She cannot stop thinking about the "other one," who now uses her husband's phone in Krasnodar "Who in her right mind would ask her husband: if you go to Ukraine bring me a prisoner's cell phone?" She remembered her family photos on the phone You have 85.68% of this article left to read Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil Vous pouvez lire Le Monde sur un seul appareil à la fois Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil Vous ne pouvez lire Le Monde que sur un seul appareil à la fois (ordinateur En cliquant sur « Continuer à lire ici » et en vous assurant que vous êtes la seule personne à consulter Le Monde avec ce compte Que se passera-t-il si vous continuez à lire ici Ce dernier restera connecté avec ce compte Vous pouvez vous connecter avec votre compte sur autant d’appareils que vous le souhaitez mais en les utilisant à des moments différents Nous vous conseillons de modifier votre mot de passe Votre abonnement n’autorise pas la lecture de cet article merci de contacter notre service commercial Tuesday World Subscribers only Trump-Carney meeting: Canada seeks reconciliation 'Road Map' is a software program developed by a Ukrainian official that shows a detailed database listing 230,000 Russian soldiers By Rémy Ourdan (Kyiv used as a torture chamber by the Russian army during the battle around Kyiv in February-March 2022 ADRIEN VAUTIER / LE PICTORIUM FOR LE MONDE Ukrainian investigators are working patiently and methodically in their determination to expose the scale of Russian war crimes to the world With an overwhelming caseload of 100,000 open files and 40,000 recorded crime scenes ranging from execution torture and rape to bicycle theft – Ukrainian law prohibits exclusion of any crime however minor – police services in Kyiv are categorizing the different crimes committed either as on Moscow's orders or as certain units advanced through localities "proving genocide" is the central modus operandi In cooperation with the Prosecutor General's Office and the secret services two police colonels are in charge of the wide-ranging investigations the chief investigator for the national police heads the investigation and reports to the interior ministry Colonel Oleksandr Shapovalov and Colonel Khrystyna Podyriako head the department charged with documenting the crimes and the department charged with investigating them You have 80.44% of this article left to read Головна Сторінка » English stories » The Ultimate Betrayal: Russian Commanders of Ukrainian Descent Fighting Their Own Families Among the leadership of the Russian army are servicemen with Ukrainian roots Slidstvo.Info has found three Russian generals from Ukraine and learned about their families The findings were presented in a Slidstvo.Info report Lieutenant General Volodymyr Mashevskyi was born in Dymer which in February 2022 came under Russian occupation According to Ukrainian law enforcement officials at the beginning of the full-scale invasion ordered Russian troops to “break through” the state border of Ukraine and storm the towns and villages of Kyiv Oblast the Russians seized the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant the plant’s staff and the military guarding the facility were taken prisoner the north of Kyiv Oblast was captured: his native Dymer and previously organized the protection of Rosatom facilities state-owned enterprises working for the Russian military-industrial complex the closest Russian airport to the Ukrainian border These were the years of the most active hostilities in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts when allegedly only “militias” fought on the side of the so-called “LPR” and “DPR” After the start of the full-scale invasion Mashevskyi began to occupy not only his native lands but also to be responsible for the seizure of Ukraine’s nuclear facilities Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Kaliningrad The two discussed the safety of the Zaporizhzhya NPP occupied by Russian troops Roman also travels a lot: during the full-scale invasion alone It is thanks to his son that the older Mashevskyi has not only portrait photos from Russian barracks but also photos from a photo walk in the town of Dombai in the North Caucasus Colonel Ihor Svarkovskyi is another serviceman He heads the Coastal Troops Department of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Svarkovskyi’s area of responsibility includes the offensive in the south of Ukraine and the constant attacks on Odesa Svarkovskyi flew between Rostov-on-Don and Simferopol he was in charge of the Victory Day parade in Simferopol on the occupied peninsula he received an income of 2 million rubles ($27,655) from the Black Sea Fleet Administration soldiers of the 126th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces brutally murdered a man in the temporarily occupied Kherson Oblast “The suspects severely beat a 64-year-old man in the yard. The victim tried to escape by hiding in a house. However, the attackers followed him and shot him with automatic weapons,” the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office said in the indictment But it is not only war crimes and the occupation of Crimea that link Svarkovskyi to Ukraine The colonel himself was born in Poltava Oblast where he graduated from high school in Pyriatyn Then he studied at the Sumy Artillery School and later moved to Russia He pursued a military career there and married a Ukrainian woman She lives in occupied Crimea and appears to support the annexation of the peninsula The Svarkovskyis have a lot of photos on social media Svarkovskyi’s daughter studied in Kyiv at the Kyiv University of Trade and Economics until 2016 she posted a patriotic yellow and blue picture in support of Ukraine she posted a photo with her mother in Kyiv and later moved to Germany The fact that his own children live in Ukraine did not stop another Russian army general Klymenko has already fought in Chechnya and Georgia. According to OSINT experts he was a member of the Black Sea Fleet Marines after which he served in the 40th Separate Marine Brigade in Kamchatka he declared 1.5 million rubles ($20,741) in income where Klymenko’s military unit was based have created an emergency situation at the plant and are blackmailing the world with another nuclear disaster In 2023, Putin promoted Klymenko to the rank of general for his military services Klymenko has an ex-wife and two minor children It is very telling that Russian traitorous generals born in Ukraine later returned to their native lands with a war Sometimes even to kill their own relatives and friends Even the fact that their children live in Ukraine does not stop Russian generals READ ALSO: HCJ Finds no Violations in Actions of Judge Who Doubled the Speed Limit, Hit a Police Officer and Fled The Scene Slidstvo.Info agency traced the path of the 27-year-old Viktoria uncovering the conditions of her detention in .. who for the first time shared her experience of imprisonment and what is .. The Command of the Ground Forces told Slidstvo.Info that Oscar was captured in Luhansk Oblast and has been .. as Moscow pressed on with its advance on the pro-Western country for a second day Russian forces reached the outskirts of Kyiv on Friday with the government saying the city was hit by "horrific rocket strikes" in the early hours "Airborne assault troops of the Ukrainian armed forces are fighting in the areas of the settlements of Dymer and Invankiv," Kyiv's army said on its Facebook page Dymer is around 45 kilometres (28 miles) north of Kyiv while Ivankiv is about 60 kilometres northwest of the Ukrainian capital The military said it had stopped advancing Russian forces at the Teteriv River a tributary of the Dnieper River that flows through Kyiv adding that a bridge over it was destroyed The army also said it had retaken the Gostomel airfield with reports that it had been captured by Russian forces the day before AFP was not able to immediately verify this Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that Moscow's forces were also targeting civilian areas and praised his countrymen for their "heroism" "They say that civilian objects are not a target for them they do not distinguish between areas in which they operate," Zelensky said in a video Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation against Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday confirming widespread fears Moscow was planning to invade its western neighbour Such comments are punishable under cyber laws The opinions expressed here are the personal opinions of readers and not that of Mathrubhumi Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.