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The new ATF head announced nearly a dozen personnel changes within ATF leadership, including two associated with "Fast and Furious." Mark Chait, a top-ranking official in ATF's Office of Field Operations since May 2009, will become the head of the ATF's Baltimore field office. William Hoover, ATF's deputy director since 2009 whom Jones called "the point" on "Fast and Furious," will become head of the ATF's Washington field office.

The university’s economic centre, at a press conference today, estimated that the damage will shave off the Kingdom’s economic growth forecast by 1-1.3 percentage points.
The farm sector will be hit the hardest, with estimated damage of Bt67.76 billion. Following is the industrial sector with losses of Bt21.7 billion and trade sector with losses of Bt16.88 billion.

Sen. Chuck Grassley issued a statement regarding the restructuring saying, "The reassignments are positive, especially in the case of Tom Brandon who I hope can help lead this agency out of its troubles. But, I caution that rearranging the chairs on the deck, won’t make Fast and Furious go away."

The survey, which required sequencing the DNA of samples taken directly from the untreated wastewater, may act as a starting place to understand unknown viruses and their hosts. Since sewage is representative in nature -- that is, it consists of samples from a wide range of people, it can also clue scientists in on which viruses and bacteria are most common in humans and animals. Who knows, some viruses may even prove helpful to animals or ecosystems.
With this year being the International Year of the Forests, Faria says that flooding is certainly her concern. In her interview with The Nation, the beauty queen praised His Majesty the King's idea of planting Vetiver Grass (Ya Faek in Thai) to prevent future flooding.

Faria was accompanied by three runnerups from the Miss Earth pageant in Vietnam last year, namely first runnerup Miss Air Victoria Shchukima from Russia, second runnerup Miss Water Watsaporn Wattanakoon from Thailand and third runnerup Miss Fire Jeidy Bosques. They will go as a group to visit the floodhit areas.
"We don't know the detailed schedule yet but we will be right there. We are not just beautiful faces but beauty for the causes," Faria notes.

Grassley also questioned the timing of the announcement, suggesting it was an effort by the Justice Department to spin developments regarding statements made by Attorney General Holder to the House Judiciary Committee and stated that many questions remain unanswered.

Jones said the changes "reflect a certain level of accountability," adding that people in leadership positions "understand" they sometimes get credit for things they may not be responsible for, and sometimes they get blamed for things they may not be responsible for.

Nevertheless, Jones said ATF still faces legal obstacles in its effort to stop "straw purchasers," those who legally purchase guns for the purpose of then trafficking them to others.
"There are vulnerabilities in the law that make it challenging for us sometimes to do more fulsome investigations," said Jones, who’s doing double-duty as U.S. Attorney in Minnesota.
Italian police are investigating the death of a young Ohio woman whose body was found Wednesday in Italy, three days after she disappeared while out jogging.

Allison Owens, 23, who was working as a tour guide in Italy, is thought to have been struck by a vehicle as she ran by the side of a road in the Tuscan town of San Giovanni di Valdarno, south of Florence. Investigators have not ruled out other possible reasons for her death, Italian news agency ANSA reported Wednesday.
House Speaker John Boehner's office rebuked Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid Wednesday after he inserted a millionaire surtax to help pay for President Obama's $447 billion jobs bill, describing the change as a "desperate tax hike" gimmick.

Chuck Grassley issued a statement regarding the restructuring saying, "The reassignments are positive, especially in the case of Tom Brandon who I hope can help lead this agency out of its troubles. But, I caution that rearranging the chairs on the deck, won’t make Fast and Furious go away."

Grassley also questioned the timing of the announcement, suggesting it was an effort by the Justice Department to spin developments regarding statements made by Attorney General Holder to the House Judiciary Committee and stated that many questions remain unanswered.

Jones said the changes "reflect a certain level of accountability," adding that people in leadership positions "understand" they sometimes get credit for things they may not be responsible for, and sometimes they get blamed for things they may not be responsible for.

Mr. Baryshnikov’s hunger for artistic freedom, which inspired him to defect as a young man, has continually pushed him to experiment in dance, as well as theater, film, television and photography. Two hundred of the facebook pages detail the dozen years he spent with the experimental White Oak Dance Project, the group, since disbanded, that he founded in 1990 with Mark Morris.

Seated in his office at Baryshnikov Arts Center on West 37th Street in Manhattan, where he is surrounded by paintings and sketches of dancers and costumes, Mr. Baryshnikov said he donated the archives so young artists starting out could study how dancers and choreographers work.