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Evenings with the Experts series highlights various contributors to the investigative process

By Lauri Topete on June 26, 2017

RIVERSIDE, California (www.ucr.edu) Each summer, investigators and other public safety specialists join forces with UCR Extensions science, law, and humanities department to share their expertise and experience in various topics within the CSI (crime scene investigation) field, and its free to the public.

UCR Extensions Evenings with the Experts series focuses on various CSI topics of interest.

This summers Evenings with the Experts lineup features a lecture in interpreting blood spatter patterns at a crime scene, a live demonstration of a search-and-rescue dog in action, a glimpse into wildlife forensics, and a discussion on how lasers can be used to reconstruct an accident or assist in an investigation. All lectures are interactive, and attendees are encouraged to mingle with and ask questions of the experts.

The lectures are presented at the UCR Extension Center, 1200 University Ave., Riverside, on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. June 28 through July 19.

Registration for each lecture is required as space is limited. Register online.

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UCR Today: UCR Extension Offers Free Lectures in CSI Topics - UCR Today (press release)

The Googleplex is the corporate headquarters complex of Google, located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, Calif.(Photo: Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY)

Alphabet-owned Google could face a fine of more than $1 billion from the European Union for allegedly restricting competition through its massive search service.

The EU could hand down the $1.2 billion fine as early as Tuesday for favoring its own comparison shopping service in search results,according to The Wall Street Journal.

Along with the fine, the EU will ask Google to give rival shopping services equal treatment in search results, says the report.

"We continue to engage constructively with the European Commission and we believe strongly that our innovations in online shopping have been good for shoppers, retailers and competition," said Google in a statement.

A spokesperson for the EU declined comment.

The dispute is among several the EU has generated against Google over potential antitrust practices. In 2016, the EU accused Google of requiring phone makers to install its search engine and web browser on mobile devices, as well as pay carriers or phone makers to make Google search the default option.

Shares of Google parent Alphabet were down nearly 1%.

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June 26th, 2017 by Joshua S Hill

All heads of the European Union, from EU Member States through to the EU Presidents of the Council and Commission, last week reaffirmed their strong commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, and their desire to swiftly and fully implement the goals therein.

At a European Council meeting held on the 22nd and 23rd of June, European Union leaders vowed to continue leading the fight against climate changeand reaffirming the importance of the Paris Climate Agreement as the cornerstone of the fight. The EU leaders also made it clear that the Paris Climate Agreement cannot be renegotiated a not-so-subtle shot across the bow of the United States Trump Administration, which, during the Presidents speech announcing that he would withdraw the country from the Agreement, promised that he would try to renegotiate the deal so it was fairer to the United States, showing once again that Donald Trump hasnt a clue how international policy and treaties actually work.

The European Union made several strong commitments to back up their affirmation of the Paris Climate Agreement, including reaffirming their commitment to fulfilling international climate finance goals, and stepping up cooperation with international partners most notably, those countries which are deemed most vulnerable to climate change. The European Union also committed to continuing work with non-state actors.

The European Council strongly reaffirms the commitment of the EU and its Member States to swiftly and fully implement theParis Agreement, to contribute to the fulfilment of the climate finance goals, and to continue to lead in the fight against climatechange. The Agreement remains a cornerstone of global efforts to effectively tackle climate change, and cannot be renegotiated.

Following the United States woeful and ignorant decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement, countless organizations, non-state actors, and countries from around the world have condemned the move, while simultaneously committing to the tenants of the Agreement. While the move unsurprisingly drew harsh criticism from many countries around the world, what was surprising or, if not surprising, at least heartening was the widespread condemnation of President Trumps decision from within his own country (which we covered extensively here and here).

Backing up on their own condemnation, California Governor Jerry Brown found himself in China, ready to make planned commitments with the Chinese government and various states to further cooperation and their commitment to fighting climate change. Upon his return home, Governor Brown then followed that up with signing a commitment to fight climate change in cooperation with Germany.

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Joshua S Hill I'm a Christian, a nerd, a geek, and I believe that we're pretty quickly directing planet-Earth into hell in a handbasket! I also write for Fantasy Book Review (.co.uk), and can be found writing articles for a variety of other sites. Check me out at about.me for more.

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European Union Leaders Reaffirm Strong Commitment To Paris Climate Agreement - CleanTechnica

LONDON (AP) British Prime Minister Theresa May tried Monday to reassure European Union citizens living in Britain that their lives and those of their family will not be disrupted when Britain leaves the EU in 2019.

She told Parliament that steps will be taken to make sure the split with the EU is handled with care with regard to the estimated 3 million EU citizens living inside Britain. She said Britain wants them to stay after Brexit.

No families will be split up, she said, adding that family dependants who move to Britain to join an EU citizen living here would be able to apply for settled status after five years.

That will be the term used for EU citizens who meet the five-year rule. May says they will be entitled to full U.K. health and pension benefits.

After the U.K. has left the European Union, EU citizens with settled status will be able to bring family members from overseas on the same terms as British nationals, she said.

She said her plans mean that no one from the EU who is now in Britain lawfully will be made to leave when Brexit happens.

The prime minister said this offer will be dependent on British citizens in the 27 other EU countries receiving the same treatment from those countries.

Our offer will give those 3 million EU citizens in the U.K. certainty about the future of their lives and a reciprocal agreement will provide the same certainty for the more than 1 million citizens living in the European Union, she said.

May was elaborating on proposals made last week during a summit of EU leaders. She said she wants to resolve the issue early in the two-year Brexit negotiations to ease anxiety for EU citizens living in Britain.

EU officials had said the proposals were a reasonable first step but fell short of expectations.

After Mondays announcement, the EUs chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, tweeted that there was still more ambition, clarity and guarantees needed.

Many details have not yet been worked out and further negotiations are expected.

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Theresa May details post-Brexit plans for EU citizens in UK - The Seattle Times

WASHINGTON In Afghanistan's turbulent Helmand province, U.S. Marines are rekindling old relationships and identifying weaknesses in the Afghan forces that the Trump administration hopes to address with a new strategy and the targeted infusion of several thousand American forces. Returning to Afghanistan's south after five years, Marine Brig. Gen. Roger Turner already knows where he could use some additional U.S. troops. And while he agrees that the fight against the Taliban in Helmand is at a difficult stalemate, he said he is seeing improvements in the local forces as his Marines settle into their roles advising the Afghan National Army's 215th Corps. Turner's report on the fight in Helmand will be part of a broader assessment that Gen. Joseph Dunford wlll collect this week from his senior military commanders in Afghanistan. Dunford landed in Kabul Monday with a mission to pull together the final elements of a military strategy that will include sending nearly 4,000 more U.S. troops into the country. He will be meeting with Afghan officials as well as U.S. and coalition military leaders and troops. The expected deployment of more Americans will be specifically molded to bolster the Afghan forces in critical areas so they can eventually take greater control over the security of their own nation. The Taliban have slowly resurged, following the decision to end the combat role of U.S. and international forces at the end of 2014. The NATO coalition switched to a support and advisory role, while the U.S. has also focused on counterterrorism missions. Recognizing the continued Taliban threat and the growing Islamic State presence in the county, the Obama administration slowed its plan to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the end of last year. There are now about 8,400 there. But commanders have complained that the sharp drawdown hurt their ability to adequately train and advise the Afghans while also increasing the counterterror fight. As a result, the Trump administration is completing a new military, diplomatic and economic strategy for the war, and is poised to send the additional U.S. troops, likely bolstered by some added international forces. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will be in Brussels later this week and is expected to talk with allies about their ongoing support for the war. While Turner said he has already seen improvements in the Afghan's 215th Corps, he said adding more advisers would allow him to pinpoint problems at the lower command levels, including more brigades. "The level and number of advisers you have really gives you the ability to view the chain on all the functional areas. The more areas you can see -- you can have a greater impact on the overall capability of the force," he told the Associated Press in an interview from Helmand Province. "If we had more capacity in the force we would be able to address more problems, faster." He said that although the Afghan forces have improved their ability to fight, they still need help at some of the key underpinnings of a combat force, such as getting spare parts to troops with broken equipment. The seemingly simple task of efficiently ordering and receiving parts -- something American forces do routinely -- requires a working supply chain from the warehouse to the unit on the battlefield. And Turner said that's an issue that could be improved with additional advisers. Other improvements, he said, include increasing the size of Afghanistan's special operations forces and building the capacity and capabilities of its nascent air force. The Afghan ground forces in Helmand, he said, have been able to launch offensive operations against the Taliban, including a recent battle in Marjah. "I don't think last year they could have taken the fight to Marjah like they just did," he said. "They're in a much better position that they were a year ago." But they are facing a resilient Taliban, whose fighters are newly financed, now that the poppy harvest is over. "Once they draw their finances, they start operations," said Turner. "What we've seen so far since the end of May, when they made that transition, is a steady grind of activity across a number of places in the province." What has helped a lot, Turner said, is his Marines' ability to renew old relationships with Afghan tribal elders, provincial ministers and military commanders they worked with six or seven years ago. Battalion officers they knew then are now commanders; many government leaders are still in place.

"We obviously have a long commitment here in Helmand. It's been good for the Marines to come back here," he said. "This is a really meaningful mission. I think people realize that we don't want to get into a situation where the kinds of pre-9/11 conditions exist again."

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Dunford arrives in Afghanistan as Marines work to rekindle relations in Helmand - Military Times