McMullen shaped U S policy in Eritrea Sri Lanka and Myanmar
McMullen served as a political officer shaping U S policy and human rights advocacy across Sri Lanka Eritrea and Myanmar. He described a 50 000 grant to train mongooses to detect heroin in containers and recalled meetings with Mandela Aung San Suu Kyi Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton. He later became ambassador in residence teaching regional studies and stressed building bridges over walls.
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Iowa pipeline case lingers as court actions continue
Polk County District Judge Jeffrey Farrell ruled against the plain tiffs in a consolidated case decided in February. The Iowa Supreme Court denied Dakota Access to dismiss the case and a ruling is expected later this year or early 2018. Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition leader Jonas Magram said the group will keep up protests and flotillas along the Des Moines River. Outside Iowa, Sioux tribes pursue federal court action in Washington, D.C. to halt the pipeline.
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Rain Makes Grain in Iowa Drought Years Revisited
The author reflects on drought years 1988 1989 and 2012 noting that sunny spells and timely watering spurred rapid crop growth. He recalls 2016 as a banner year of rains before demand, and describes mowing lawns every five days and record low river levels from the Wapsipinicon, expecting rain to restore a steady inch per week this summer.
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