Around Dodge City and in the territory on West, there's just one way to handle the killers in the spoilers. And that's with the U.S. Marshal and the smell of gun smoke. Look, starring William Conrad, the story of the violence that moved West with young America, the story of a man who moved with it, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. Ladies and gentlemen, later on tonight's program, you'll hear a special message from the Honorable Edward F. Arne, governor of the state of Kansas. But now we bring you the first act of gun smoke. Where is it going to be spring before we know it, Mr. Dillon? This weather won't hold, Chester. We always got a ripped snorter after a spell like this. I'm sure it don't look much like it today. I even heard a metal arc this morning. It's early for metal arcs, isn't it? Chester, that's what I'm telling you. Spring is downright staring us in the face. Well, the Texas Trail is kind of lively for this time of the afternoon. That'll be livelier if you're right about spring and those trail herds start rolling in. Well, that's who's here. And in the daytime, too. Well, howdy, Miss Kitty. Miss Kitty. Isn't it wonderful? And guess what, Matt, I heard a metal arc this morning. You and Chester. Huh? I've been telling Miss Kitty spring is just around the corner. Kitty? Yeah. How come there's such a crowd in here? Oh, you mean the boys at the bar? Well, it's some of the writers in the Cyclone Ranch. They're celebrating. Well, it seems to me they were celebrating Saturday night. They're making kind of a long weekend out of it. Jim Paulson said they all went back to the ranch Monday morning, but they got paid off. The ranch was sold. You mean old man Bartlett sold out? I hadn't heard anything about it. Well, that's what they said. The new owner had already taken over some stranger.  He brought his own writers with him. Well, what's this stranger's name, Kitty? Well, I don't know, Matt. It was there over there was Bartlett's foreman. Ask him. Yeah, I think I will. Excuse me. Old man Bartlett. Howdy, Marshall. Figured on throwing us in the roost gal. No, Ed, I wasn't planning on it. Um, do you happen to know where I can find old man Bartlett? Well, afraid you're out of luck. Him and his wife's left the country. Please, that's what the fellow that bought the ranch told us. You mean he didn't even stay around to pay you off? Nope. Made up his mind right suddenly, I reckon. I guess his fellow Jed Wade made him a mighty good offer. Jed Wade, huh? Now, Texas man more than likely. Ain't from around here, anyways. None of his cowboys, neither. Then you haven't seen old man Bartlett since you left the ranch and came into town Saturday morning, huh? Very hard to hear. And he didn't say anything last week about planning to sell? No, he didn't. Sure can't figure old man Bartlett selling out. Said he put half his life into that place and planned on living out the rest of it right there. Listen, let me ask you something. What do you figure about all this? I don't know, Marshall. Said that it ain't quite right somehow. You don't think there's something crooked about it, do you? Marshall, I don't know what to think. But it just ain't like Bartlett to run out this way. If there's anything I can do. Yeah, sure. Thanks, Ed. Marshall, I don't even have to look it up in the records. There's been no deed of sale on the Cyclone Ranch filed in this office. If there had, I'd know about it. Yeah, well, all right, thanks. That's all I wanted to know. Furthermore, there won't be one filed.  You take it from me. Yeah, that's what I figured. Mr. Dillon? Oh, come on in, Chester. Sorry to interrupt, Mr. Miffles. Oh, quite all right, sir. I believe our business is completed. Yeah, yeah. What'd you find out, Chester? I checked the depot and the stage line, Mr. Dillon, but nobody in town hasn't seen either one of them since last week. Mm-hmm. Well, all right, Chester, I guess we'd better write out to the ranch. I'm wasting no time slapping a brand on them either. Want to take a look at them? Uh, no. Let's write on up to the house. Figured, Mr. Dillon, working night and day to build up a good feeder ranch like this and then up and selling out, thought even thinking it over. Well, I can't figure it either, Chester. Better mount up and ride. Are you a Jed Wade? Name's Dallas. I'm the Raines Balls. Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal. Mr. Wade here? He's out in the barn. What do you want to see him about? Well, suppose I take that up with him, huh? And suppose you turn around and I tail it out of here. Whenever Jed's got business with the law, he'll come to you. Now, look, Mr.... Dad, you had not to talk to business that way. Jed, don't want strangers hanging around, Ms. Wade.  I guess I know better than you what my own son wants. I'm the only one that understands him. You come right on inside, gentlemen. Did you say that was the name? Yes, ma'am, that's right. This is my partner, Chester Proutford. How do, ma'am? How do? You fellas wait right there. I'll go get Jed. I think we'll accept the lady's invitation. After you, ma'am. Well, I thank you, Mr. Dillon. Just perk a body after they haven't called us in her own house. Especially when he lives so long from hand to mouth. I, uh, understand that you're new here, ma'am. Oh, yes. Yes, we were camped for three weeks down along the river. Nary a caller just living in a wagon. Oh, do receive it, gentlemen. Thank you. Ain't this a real pretty place now? Well, when Jed and Dallas rode back to camp Sunday morning and said they just bought a real bargain, I couldn't dream they met something like this. A body just can't figure why the owners would ever want to sell it and leave. Would you, gentlemen, care for some cold buttermilk? No, thank you, ma'am. You, uh, didn't meet the owners yourself then, huh? No, no. They already gone when I came over. Oh, you mustn't mind Dallas, Mr. Dillon. He's really a good boy at heart. Him and Jed just picked up a habit of talking mean like that sometimes, and seems like people just don't understand it. Mr. Dillon, Jed ain't got himself into some kind of trouble again, has he? Again, Mrs. Wade? Well, it's like I said, people just don't understand Jed lots of times. It ain't easy to bring up a boy alone, and a body don't always know what's the right way to do and what's not. But Jed's real good hearted down underneath. Won't you understand him like I do? Why, why, the way he even talks to me sometimes would make it difficult to hear his... Well, son, I... What'd I tell you about mouthin' off this stranger? But I was worried... Well, I might get in the kitchen. Well, all right, sir. It's gettin' old, and it's been a hard trip up here. Dallas told me you was here, Marshal. What can I do for you? What do you want? I'd like to see your bill of sale for this ranch, Mr. Wade. What for? Well, I'll tell you after I see it. Are you trying to accuse me of something? Not if you've got a bill of sale signed by old man Bartlett. Well... Satisfied now? Where did the Bartlett's go, Mr. Wade? They said they was leaving the country, and that's all I know about it. Yeah, you want to give me back my bill of sale now? Well, I'd like to take it into town and check the signature, if you don't mind. Hmm. Go ahead. He'll check. Well, then you've got nothing to worry about. Have you married, thing, Marshal? Now, I don't know what's on your mind, but you're balking up wrong treat. You ask me, Mr. Bill, and I'd say that Wade and his partner are ornary enough for anything. Just plumb, cuss it down right, sneak in mean. Ah, maybe so, Chester. But you can't jail a man for meanness, not as long as it only comes out in words. Ah, I suppose. There ought to be a law of some kind. Now, take like the way he talks to his mom. I don't see how she can put up with it. And she's his mother, Chester. Well, I know that, but there's no... Oh, hello, man! Oh, how ya, Doc? Just get ready to close up the office. How about feeding with me? Ah, later, maybe, Doc. I'd say, Doc, you still got that bill of sale on that horse you bought last fall from Oman Bartlett. Oh, sure, yes, Oman. Why? Well, I just want to check Bartlett's signature. Why, what do you got there? I know his signature pretty well. Let me take a look at that now, man. Oh, here. See what you think, huh? Eh... Oh, yes. That's Oman Bartlett's scroll all right, of course. Well, maybe I was wrong. It looks that way, Monsieur Dionne. But only about the bill of sale, Chester. We still don't know what happened to the Bartlett's. This time it is with great pride that Gunsmoke is able to bring you a specially recorded message by the Honorable Edward F. Arne, governor of the state of Kansas. Ladies and gentlemen, Governor Arne. It's a real pleasure for me on behalf of Kansans Everywhere to congratulate the CBS Radio Network, the writers, producers, directors, actors, and technicians on the splendid job you are doing with Gunsmoke. Here is real adult Western drama without the usual horse opera cliches portraying an era and community of Kansas that graphically marked the formative years of our great state. Let me point out, however, the Dodge City of today is a far cry from the Dodge City so vividly brought to life in Gunsmoke. From those early pioneer frontier days, Dodge City has developed into one of the fine cities of our state, industrially, agriculturally, and historically. The folks of Dodge City, and indeed all the people of this great sunflower state, thank you for a good job well done. Thank you, Governor Arne. And now the second act of Gunsmoke. Must be the feel of spring in the air. Get the man on the prod, make him feel good. Not me, Chester. Yes, sir, I've been noticing that. You haven't said one dozen words in the last hour. You don't do a man any good to stay down in the dumps that way.  Well, now we just made a mistake. That's all done up the wind up over nothing. Now we know it's old man Bartlett's signature, but I just can't help feeling that we haven't made a mistake. Well, maybe I ought to make one, man. Everybody ought to make a mistake once in a while. Keep them from getting old. Or else help them along. What's your trouble, Matt? Feeling that somebody's guilty of not being able to prove it. It's that cyclone ranch business, Miss Kitty. I know Bartlett didn't sell her. His signature is on that bill of sale, Mr. Dillon. Yeah, but a man can be made to sign something, Chester. Well, why don't you find Mr. Bartlett and ask him? Well, I'd settle for just finding him. I don't think I'd need to do any more asking. Do you mean that the way it sounds, Matt? Yeah. I know I'm jumping at conclusions, but out of the way things add up, it's the only answer that makes any sense. Well, I hope you're wrong, Matt. So do I, but I don't think I am. Anyway, there's not much you can do about it right now. Why don't you forget it for a while? How about a round of drinks, Matt? In honor of Spring. Spring, huh? You and Chester. Well, it is, Mr. Dillon. Yeah, even the coyotes feel it. Did you hear him just after dark tonight yapping down along the river bottom? Yeah, I heard him. Kitty, would you mind if we had that drink later? All right, but where are you going? Well, I just thought that Chester might take a little ride, that's all.  Do you suppose those coyotes really know it's Spring coming, Mr. Dillon? That could be. They're sure scattered all over the countryside. There seems to be more of them off there toward the river bottom, though. Yes, sir. We'd be right, Mr. Dillon. Wonder why. I don't know. It might be worthwhile taking a look. Yes, sir. It sounds to me like most of those coyotes are up around those river bluffs there by the pen. Mr. Dillon, I believe it does. Come on, Chester, let's ride over that way. They're on the other side of that willow thicket. I guess they heard you, Chester. I think most of them are over there at the foot of the bank. Let's take a look. The banks caved off there, Mr. Dillon. Yeah, I heard what the coyotes didn't do. I've been trying to dig something up, not bury it. I wish there was more moonlight. Yes, sir. Well, if you'd have told me what we were up to, I could have brought a lantern. I didn't know we were going to run into anything, Chester. Yes, sir. See if you can find a stick and let's scratch her on in this loose dirt, huh? All right, sir. Anybody. Time to tell me this morning that I'd be out here in the middle of the night digging in that dirt like a groundhog. I didn't even know on what the same hill I was in. What is it, Chester? You find something? Yes, sir. I sure have. Here, let me see. Mighty lucky hunch you had, Mr. Dillon. Well, now we know why nobody saw the Bartlett's leave town. They killed him. They killed both of them. Yeah. After they made him sign that bill of... hit the dirt, Chester. Came from the edge of the bank up there. Watch for the next flash. Is that you, Wade? Just took a left of that sumac, Mr. Dillon. Yeah, I saw it. You're under arrest for murder, Wade.  All right, Chester, let's open up on him. Careful, Chester. He may be faking it. One thing, Mr. Dillon. It's not Wade. It's Dallas. Then let's go find Wade. Looks like they're all in bed. It may be easier that way. Yes, sir. I wish there was some way of keeping his mother out of it. I don't see how it can be... Dallas? Oh, he's awake. I heard the shooting in her. It's not Dallas, ma'am. Why, it's the Marshal and Mr. Brockford. At this time of night. Well, this is quite a surprise. Yes, ma'am. I reckon so. Is Jed here? Well, I guess so. Maybe he's out in the barn or somewhere. What's wrong, Mr. Dillon? I sure do hope Jed ain't in some kind of trouble. I just want to talk to him this way.  And we'll see if we can find him. Well, all right, if you think best. You just go straight on back through the barn. I reckon you'll find him all right. Thank you, ma'am. It's not going to be easy. Yeah, I know. Keep yourself covered. Well, well, it sounds like you're working back there. Yeah.  Right on back, Dallas. Yes, Bob. He's got these here running irons finished. Dallas wants to be needing many running irons. Wait for anything else. He's dead. We found where you buried the Bartlett's. That's where that shooting was. You and Dallas. You're under arrest for murder, Wade. And if you make a move, you're going to end up the same way Dallas did. How could I do anything, Marshal? I've got no gun. I noticed it hanging on the wall there behind you. You leave it there. For sure. Now lay down that hammer and stick out your wrist. For sure. Anything you say? Smash the lantern, Mr. Dillon. Watch it, Chester. You'll have his gun now. Get back, Chester. Get back and talk the door. I can't see a thing at all this smoke. That haze is dry as potter. This burn's going to go up like a tinderbox. You haven't got a chance now. Come on out of there while you still can.   Come on out now. It's getting awful bad, Mr. Dillon. Back to the door, Chester. We're going to have to get out of here. What's that, Chester? Even for a man like Wade, that's not a good way to die, Mr. Dillon. I don't know what it is when you come right down to it, Chester. I'm sorry, ma'am, but I'm afraid there's no use. I'll call him in. It's too late to help me. In fact, sometimes I'll always note it. I'm sorry, Ms. Wade. She had done something real bad, didn't she, Mr. Dillon? Him and Dallas. That's why you come back here. Yes, ma'am. I'm afraid so. They killed the people who owned this ranch. They buried them down along the riverbank. Those boys done a lot of bad things, Mr. Dillon. But I don't hold with killing. I'm sorry it had to happen this way, ma'am. Mr. Dillon, I'd like to ask a favor. No, I certainly, ma'am. I come out here in a wedding to help back the house. Now that it's getting light, if you'd hitch up my team to it, I'd like to go back to town with you. Chester, yes, Mr. Dillon, I'll do it. I'll just take what I brought, Mr. Dillon. Nothing else. Just as you like, ma'am. It's all in the trunk. Funny thing. I never did unpack it. Gun smoke under the direction of Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshall. Tonight's story was specially written for gun smoke by Les Crutchfield, with music composed and conducted by Rex Corey. Featured in the cast were V.V. Janus, Harry Bartel, Lawrence Dobkin, Joe Cranston and Jerry Hausner. Polly Bear is Chester, Howard McNeer is Doc, and Georgia Ellis is Kitty. Gun smoke is heard by our troops overseas through the facilities of the Armed Forces Radio Service. Join us again next week as Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshall, fights to bring law and order out of the wild violence of the West in Gun Smoke. Theatre of Stars brings you Dana Andrews as the new England fisherman of the old school in a colorful, exciting drama of the Clippership Day, titled The Token. Here what happens when a determined young lady steals her sister's betrothal token and then sets out to steal the stalwart young fisherman as well. It's on Theatre of Stars tomorrow night on most of these same stations. A feature presentation of CBS Radio at the stars address. And you've heard of people stopping the show. Well, there's a show on CBS Radio every Sunday evening that stops the people. There's a show, of course. And when it comes on the air, practically everybody stops doing practically everything except laughing. So tomorrow night, just stop everything and listen to Jack Benny. He'll be on your favorite CBS radio station. George Wall speaking. And remember, Eve Arden as our Miss Brooks also teaches you how to laugh Sundays on the CBS Radio Network.


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US Army reserves soldiers with the 327th engineer company out of Onalaska, Wisconsin and 492nd engineer company from Mankato, Minnesota came to Fort McCoy to qualify with their M4s under the new qualification standards. The soldiers started off the electronic skills trainer, then moved outside to zero their weapons, then moved over to the qualification range. With the new standards for qualification, the soldiers fired from the standing unsupported, prone unsupported, prone supported and standing supported positions. This new qualification standard is designed to be more combat related and mimics the movement someone is likely to make during a firefight. As opposed to just prone supported, prone unsupported and kneeling, soldiers need to keep track of their enemy mission while engaging targets as well as moving behind concealed positions. Reporting from Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, I'm Sergeant Bill Washburn.


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Hey curl friends, I'm Bianca Renee and you're watching Bianca Renee today and today I've got more Curly hair products if you watched my video last week, then you already know what we're about to talk about today So bravo to you for coming back like you said you would if that is you leave me a comment down below Just so I know who actually came back I'm happy to say that curl Smith is sponsoring yet another video because they just have so many products To share with you guys and I've got two more for you this week including the in-shower style fixer What is that sounds confusing? 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It smells just like the rest of the line So it's just a continuation of the line that they already had now when I applied my deep conditioner I used it straight out of the shower and I split my hair into two sections now Usually I detangle with my conditioner in the shower, but because I wanted to check the slip of this deep conditioner I purposely did not detangle my hair in the shower so I get to tangle right now for you guys on camera and I'm Pleasantly surprised not really surprised because a curl Smith has been on a roll But I was able to detangle with ease as you can see after detangling I realized that I probably used too much because this was very easy to detangle with and very creamy So actually just use the remainder on my right side and apply it to my left because a little does go a long way So although you may know that curl Smith is on the little bit of pricier side when it comes to hair products Just know that a little does go a long way So you are getting your money's worth after I was done detangling my hair I put it up and away in a clip and then I put on a shower cap and I let it sit for a good 30 minutes It is recommended on the bottle to let it sit for at least 10 to 15 minutes before rinsing it out But if you want that deep moisture, you leave it on for 30 now I know what you're thinking well You just told me to buy the other curl Smith mask which one do I need so let me break down the differences between these two The hydro cream soothing mass that I reviewed last week if you haven't seen it I'll link that video below in the description box But this mask is really focusing on the health of your scalp as well as giving your hair moisture because it has hyaluronic acid But this is a little bit more of a lighter weight than the double cream So this really works on all hair types, especially if your hair is thin or fine or even straight This is the one you probably should go for but if you have high porosity hair really thick curls Very very intensely dry or a tighter curl pattern Then curl Smith recommends you go with the double cream deep quencher Fortunately, my hair likes both of them So I'm probably going to be going back and forth between the days where I need my scalp to get a little bit more attention Versus just the very dry baby winter months where the lengths of my hair need moisture I'll probably go back and forth because they both work great Both of these masks are the same amount of product eight fluid ounces But the double cream deep quencher is twenty eight dollars where the hydro cream soothing mask is twenty nine So for a dollar more or less choose accordingly the other curl Smith the product that I'm really excited for is The in-shower style fixer. You might read that me like what do you mean in shower?  So this is their styling gel for curly and wavy hair Stronghold high definition and tie frizz and I'm happy to say that I've used this gel all week long This is my day for hair and like look at this definition Still shiny. I'm getting that volume Very very pleased with this job. If you guys know me, you know, I love a stronghold I don't even live in an area where I'm finding humidity You would think I did the way I love hold but I just really need a little bit of that slight crunch To get me through the week if I start off just really soft and Fluffy it'll look good for day one, but I'm gonna be frizzy by like day three So my personal choice is stronger the better and you could see right here. It says extreme hold level 10 So aside from refreshing I have used this straight out the shower two different times One being literally in the shower after I shampooed condition I just applied it straight to my hair in the shower and then the second time I applied it just stepping out the shower But still applying it on soaking wet hair. It was a little interesting for me to be applying it on soaking wet hair I usually like to get a microfiber towel and dampen it just a little bit because my hair takes forever to dry But I wanted to follow instructions so that's exactly what I did and I'm happy to say that I did see great results and Surprisingly it did dry Pretty fast. I think my hair dry within like an hour or so, which is a major accomplishment Especially with these winter days coming You don't want to go to school or work and then just be dripping wet for eight hours like You will get sick. So the reason why they want you to apply this on soaking wet hair So yeah, you could lock in that moisture straight from the shower water is what a curls best friend So we want to trap it in the curls. So you apply it says a dime size I'm not really a dime size type of girl So I probably applied too much once again, but I like to split my hair into two sections rub it together in my hands Smooth it down my hair using the praying hands method and then you scrunch it back up to get that definition The hand-picked ingredients in this gel is rose of Jericho raw aloe vera organic apricot black pepper oil wild sunflower and organic avocado Isn't it nice to hear ingredients of like fruits and vegetables and like common words we know That should bring you peace of mind. So after my hair is about 85% dry and my hair is formed a little bit of that cast This is when I know it's safe to start diffusing because I'm probably not gonna get that much frizz So I'm flipping my hair from side to side Upside down and diffusing to get more volume I've always noticed that I get better results from diffusing when I use a gel because I have that cast Protecting my curls and then the more I diffuse it softens that cast making my curls nice and soft and bouncy Yet defined with no frizz. What's my hair was completely dry and full of volume. Voila Look at these results and this is day one hair I usually hate my hair on day one because it really is the flattest of the week But I was able to get some great volume even on day one the stronghold gel is a fluid ounces It's twenty seven dollars available on the curl Smith website and at Ulta in stores and online So I'll make sure to put a link for this for you guys to check it out in the description box below Now I know what you're thinking Bianca, how many curl Smith products do I need to buy? Well, let me break it down for you If you are familiar with the hold me softly style balm when their original line This is a great product if you want soft hold. They also have the curl defining styling souffle This is a nice souffle for a medium hold, but now with the in-shower style fixer This one is going to give you that extreme hold So by according to what you like your hair to do so comment below now because I'm curious How do you prefer your curls? Do you like a soft hold a medium hold or a strong hold? I'm gonna tell you right now. If you live in a humid area Don't even don't even look at these okay You need this strong hold gel or you will be frizzy by the end of the hour Probably now if your hair is really dry and you know that an extreme hold gel is just gonna make it drier I would suggest pairing it with the curls conditioning oil and cream This is kind of like they're leaving that it makes your hair really soft and moisturized So use this first and then apply the gel on top and that should create a nice little combo for you But obviously the more you deep condition the less you have to worry about dryness So what do we think this is my day for curls and I'm rocking the middle part I'm trying to grow out my hair. You know, I'm gonna see what these little scalp Growing rice water concoctions do for me But I'm very happy with the look of my hair the volume able to get it today for I'm probably not gonna wash it for another Two three days because I can I have been able to refresh with this Just make sure you're applying it to wet hair once again Otherwise, I'll leave your hands pretty sticky if you just apply it to dry hair So apply some more water apply a little bit more and you can refresh you All week long Now what I'm about to say is a very big deal because as some of you may know I have probably 1,000 products in my curly hair collection here at home But I am gonna put the end shower style fixer stronghold gel in my top five gels of all time Congratulations If you enjoyed this video, make sure to give me a thumbs up and subscribe I post new videos every week and you get to see me daily if you follow me on Instagram at Ms. Bianca Renee make sure you hit that subscribe button and the bell so you're notified as soon as I post a new video I'll see you guys next time. 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Good afternoon and I'm pleased to welcome all of you who have tuned in today for this very interesting webinar in the Institute. I just want to give a little bit of housekeeping to you. You'll be able to join in the discussion using the questions and answers button on the zoom function and that should be coming up on your screen and please feel free to send in your questions during the presentation. If they, if you think of a question you want to ask, and if you could give your name and your affiliation or your organization that you're representing and when Mr. Hammer and has finished his presentation, then we will go through to the question. We're delighted today to be joined by Ladislav Hammer and who is president of your adjust the EU agency for criminal justice, and he has very kindly taken time to talk to us today. And just briefly because sometimes people are a little there's so many institutes in institutions in the EU just briefly to tell you that you're adjust EU agency for criminal justice cooperation it's based in the Hague, and it brings together national judicial authorities who work closely to fight serious cross border organized crime. All the EU members are entitled to send somebody to your adjust, but also 50 non EU countries have also sent liaison officers liaison prosecutors actually to work with your adjust. And so it is a very widely based organization. I mean when you look at what history shows us that lasting peace can't come and survive without justice and reconciliation, and that justice and reconciliation cannot come without a collective effort that drives them and offering an inside view today Ladislav on judicial cooperation in response to armed conflict. Ladislav Hammer and will discuss the shape and form in which prosecutors and judges work together across borders in fact, as recently as the 22nd of Ladislav met with the President Mr can of the International Criminal Court to discuss what my cooperation about what has happened in Ukraine. Just to briefly tell you that Mr hammering has been president of your adjust since November 2017, having been reelected for a second term in November 20 and I always think that's a very good sign of confidence in a person. He's a prosecutor and over 20 with 20 years experience, particularly in cases involving economic crime corruption and asset recovery, very much part of the language now justice systems, following his legal studies at the Faculty of University in Bratislava. Some of you may have visited there. He joined the general prosecution office in Bratislava in 2003. And then he was seconded to work in your adjust in 2007 so you can see from that ladies and gentlemen, that we have a very experienced person here today as president of your adjust. And I now I'm going to hand over the floor to Ladislav Hammer and thank you. Thank you so much, Nora. I'm really delighted to hear all those nice words of welcome and good afternoon from the heck, ladies and gentlemen. I'm very grateful to the Institute of the International and European Affairs for this invitation, and for its hospitality, even if only online today. I know that the Institute has a very rich tradition of organizing these seminars. So it's a pleasure and honor to contribute to this series. I believe these these lectures also add to the widely recognized European standing of the Institute, and I learned that David O. Sullivan will join you as the new director general, which is something I believe will further bolster the Institute's European DNA. When I received this invitation, my idea was to discuss the past 20 years of European judicial cooperation and what the way forward may look like. After all, 2022 is the year in which your just and the European iris warrant mark the 20th anniversary, but then reality caught up, or more precisely, history caught up when war reached the European continent again on the 24th of February, and on that day, the world woke up to a new reality. The armed conflict in Ukraine is, of course, a tragedy of unimaginable proportions. It's a crisis with many different dimensions from politics to economics from the safety of supply chains and possibly also to the future of the European Union as we know it. But this conflict has a judicial dimension as well, which led me to decide to dedicate this lecture to how prosecutors contribute to delivering justice in the shadow of armed conflicts. It has been five weeks since the start of the Russian invasion, and partly due to the geographical proximity of Ukraine, European prosecutors were very quick to take action. On 24th of February, the competent authorities of Ukraine started a criminal investigation for, and I now quote, intentional acts committed to change the boundaries of the territory of the state border of Ukraine, which led to the death of people and other serious consequences. Only four days later, on 28th of February, Poland was the first to launch an investigation for the crime of aggression based on its own criminal code. A few days later, the Lithuanian prosecutor general's office followed and started a pretrial investigation for three crimes, which were, and again I quote from the decision, the crime of aggression, treatment of persons prohibited under international law and prohibited military attack. As things stand now, eight EU countries have opened criminal cases in relation to alleged war crimes in Ukraine, including the three Baltic countries, Germany, France, Slovakia, Poland and Sweden. In addition, and after referrals, it received from 41 countries, the prosecutor's office of the International Criminal Court, two has opened an investigation into crimes falling within the jurisdiction of the ICC, starting from 21st November 2013 onwards, which could then theoretically include events in the Donbass War in 2014. And it's good to see things move forward, as some of you probably know, only Friday last week, Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine signed an agreement to establish a joint investigation team. If you hear from me further, this means joint investigation team to look into alleged core international crimes in Ukraine and to start collecting evidence. In fact, the fact that one month since the conflict started, eight EU countries, two non-EU countries and one international organization have initiated their investigations into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed on the territory of Ukraine, is already, in my opinion, a remarkable achievement. As we say, a journey of tons of miles begins with one step, and while we are still very far from convictions, we have to recognize that opening criminal investigations by prosecutors is the famous first step on a long journey towards convictions. We have to also acknowledge that unlike in some armed conflicts in the past, today, individual states appear not as hesitant to exercise the universal criminal jurisdiction. For those not so familiar with the concept, let me explain that universal jurisdiction, in its purest form, it's a criminal jurisdiction based solely on the nature of the crime. Without regard to where the crime was committed, the nationality of the perpetrator, the nationality of the victim, or any other connection to the state exercising its jurisdiction. And it's extremely useful to have this, but a legitimate question pops up nevertheless, why would countries exercise their universal criminal jurisdiction when the ICC already announced the start of an investigation? In that respect, it's important to keep in mind that according to the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court in 1998, it's the duty of every state party to exercise its criminal jurisdiction over those responsible for international crimes. The Rome Statute also emphasizes that the International Criminal Court shall be complementary to national criminal jurisdictions. Or put it in simple words, it's the obligation primary of states to make sure that international court crimes don't go unpunished and the jurisdiction of the ICC is only secondary. It should only come in when states fail to prosecute those responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. In fact, that a state initiated an investigation in poor international crimes is however not an obstacle for the ICC to launch its own investigation. I would say that on the contrary, it's a guarantee or an extra layer if you will to see that those responsible for such horrendous crimes will be prosecuted. The ladies and gentlemen, although the principle of universal jurisdiction dates back to 1948, the principle has so far been applied by individual states rather sporadically or to be fair even inconsistently. From a pure legal perspective, however, this should not come as a surprise. Core international crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes are by nature very complex, expensive, resource demanding and the outcome of the investigations is often very uncertain. There are often also more practical problems related for instance to evidence gathering, which can be difficult as investigative authorities are sometimes prohibited from working in the states where crimes were committed. Or even worse, often gathering evidence from a conflict zone or a battlefield can even pose a threat to the life of prosecutors and investigators. Adding up all these challenges with procedural obstacles, language barriers, costly witness protection programs, it's unfortunately no surprise that prosecutors and investigators simply think twice when applying the universal jurisdiction. And still organizations such as Trial International and NGO Fighting Impunity for International Co-Crimes in 2020 reported 30 ongoing trials in 18 countries for 76 war crime charges, 81 crimes against humanity, 40 tortures and 18 crimes of genocide. This is a clear sign, ladies and gentlemen, that the prosecutors and war crimes specialist in particular do not look the other way. On the contrary, prosecution services in many countries open investigations and are ready to take up the challenges. As a European, I'm very proud that the most national investigations into core international crimes were opened by EU member states, with France and Germany having a leading role here. To illustrate this better, let me share with you a recent French-German case to prove my words. Earlier this year in January, we have seen a very good example of what universal jurisdiction is capable of. Some of you perhaps remember the Koblenz judgment when a regional court in Koblenz in Germany sentenced a former Syrian high-ranking official to life imprisonment for his involvement in crimes against humanity. It was a case in which two former Syrian officials were arrested while in Germany in 2019. The highest ranking official of both, who was the head of an investigation section in the Syrian intelligence service, was held directly responsible for the death of 27 members of the opposition to the regime in 2011 and 2012. This begs the question of how this could be done, how did the prosecutors obtain the evidence they needed? Who were their international partners? Before answering these questions, let me say that this case is interesting from at least two reasons. First, because it was the result of an intense cooperation between German and French investigators who joined forces in what we call a joint investigation team supported by Eurojust. With Eurojust support, this JIT was provided by long-term analytical assistance and by organizing regular coordination meetings with the participants to exchange and prepare evidence. On a second reason, and the second reason is because of the evidence itself. How did it reach the investigators? Who collected and stored it? In this case, the body of evidence mainly came from what we call the Caesar files, which is a database or a collection of some 26,000 pictures of and documents on the torture of victims in mass detention centers organized by the Syrian regime. These pictures were smuggled outside Syria and then obtained by what is called the Caesar files group based in Germany, which is a voluntary and non-profit organization. They stored these files and linked them up with metadata or on, for instance, times, locations, torture methods, and at times witness statements. What then happened is that a representative of the Caesar files group provided prosecutors in Germany with a set of high resolution images and matching metadata, which formed a strong basis for the prosecutors to work on. What we see is that information was successfully translated into admissible evidence before court, and this is no small feat since courts and judges, for, of course, good reason, consider the chain of custody of evidence in order to address the reliability and validity of evidence. So in the interest of impunity, I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to those who pushed all the work that led to the Koblet's judgment. It was the first time, word-while, that a high-ranking Syrian official was convicted for crimes against humanity, and we can only hope that it will leave a lasting mark on international criminal justice. So I hope that, with this, I was able to shed a bit more light on the principle of universal jurisdiction and demonstrate that it can be a very powerful weapon in the hands of prosecutors, of course, if used wisely. But let me now guide you back to the armed conflict in Ukraine. From the very outset, let me say that our judicial response is very different from anything we have seen before. In the past, it was sometimes difficult to find a state which was ready to allocate financial and human resources to start war crime investigations. Today, the problem is exactly different. We may actually have more actors involved than we can manage. We have states, international organizations, European agencies such as Eurojust, Europol, Frontex, EU agency for asylum or fundamental rights agency. Different networks of practitioners are involved like the genocide network hosted by Eurojust, civil societies, NGOs and private sector. And in addition, there is a number of working groups, task forces that operate at national, regional and international level, covering very different angles of the armed conflict. So on the upside, it's clear that we are united in our ambition to get justice done. But we also need to be coordinated. Indeed, coordination of all these efforts at the national EU and United Nations level is simply essential. Additionally, centralizing or at least harmonizing information flows in a decentralized EU environment will be another critical success factor here. And this is where the ladies and gentlemen, I wish to mention Eurojust, the agency of EU for criminal justice cooperation, which I have the honor to represent. With the 20 years experience we have, Eurojust is uniquely placed to play a central role in the coordination efforts, connecting the dots between different initiatives. And this is what the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on 4th March called us to do. A very specific tool, an example of effective operational coordination, is something what I mentioned earlier. It's the joint investigation team. Working through a joint investigation team brings many advantages, such as letters of request between states are no longer needed. A joint investigation team saves time and efforts of police officers, investigators and judicial authorities involved. The evidence that is gathered is available to all JIT members immediately. Information sharing happens quick and easy. As I mentioned, police and judicial authorities are involved in the same time, together with Eurojust and Europol. And with Eurojust, we provide different types of support to joint investigation teams. We provide legal expertise to the team. We can offer trainings to investigators on topics such as interviewing refugees and witnesses. We also provide all the financial and logistical support to joint investigation team by offering meeting venues, interpretation, translation of evidence, all sorts of IT equipment and covering for travel costs. Working on international cases of this scale will always be very expensive. And let us be very, very honest. The vast majority of prosecution services in the EU, but I dare to say even beyond, simply do not have enough financial and technical means to work with their partners effectively. So this is also where Eurojust come into play, so that a lack of resources won't be an obstacle on the road towards justice. And this is what we also want to do in the case of Ukraine. Up until today, the Ukrainian prosecution service documented more than 3,000 events that in their view constitute crimes of aggression and war crimes. This will require an investigation and resources of huge proportions. Where to start with this? Let us first think of evidence. While the majority of critical evidence is on the Ukrainian territory, many victims and witnesses have fled the country and offered their statements abroad. On top of that, there are photographs, videos, satellite images, intersections, social media posts or even military intelligence information, which can also be located outside of Ukraine. So international judicial cooperation has probably never been more important than it's today. And this, ladies and gentlemen, leads me to say a few words also on the International Criminal Court, the ICC. As you perhaps have seen, the ICC prosecutor, Mr Karim Kan, has earlier expressed his intention to join the joint investigation team into alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Legally speaking, this is a rather uncharted territory, if I may say so, but I believe there is a solid legal basis, nevertheless, for including the ICC in the work of the joint investigation team. Article 93 of the Rome Statute lists the investigative measures that the ICC is empowered to request from the states. This is about taking evidence, including testimonies, questioning of persons under investigation, etc., etc. And while it's true that setting up a joint investigation team is not explicitly listed there, Article 93 of the Rome Statute stipulates that the state parties will comply with a request from the ICC in relation to any other type of assistance, which is not prohibited by the law of the requested state, with a view to facilitating the investigation and prosecution of crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC. So, without going to more detail, our analysis simply shows that the ICC can indeed request the member states joined in the joint investigation team to join their team. And considering the patchwork of initiatives, I believe this could be very useful to ensure full coordination between EUs and ICC's efforts, avoiding duplication and making optimal use of each other's expertise. But this is not very dense. From the wide range of actors I mentioned before, let me also briefly focus on civil society organizations and NGOs, as they have been playing a crucial role in armed conflicts, also in the identification, collection and storage of evidence. I think it's fair to say that they have become increasingly professional in the work they often do, and we should be very grateful and thankful to them. At the same time, however, they face a number of recurring challenges, which can be hard to address, such as ensuring safe storage of evidence physically or digitally, and seeing after a secure chain of custody of all the information they receive. And when it comes to evidence, this is what is so critical. This is the admissibility of the evidence before court. Will a judge accept the evidence? Can he be reasonably sure of its legality and reliability? This is what it will boil down to in the end. The situation in Ukraine is also different from, for example, Syria, in the sense that we have both Ukraine and EU member states actively investigating and collecting evidence themselves. Against this background, I believe that the contribution of civil society organizations and NGOs would be most effective when they focus on the identification of victims and witnesses. The judicial response to the Ukrainian conflict is different from another point of view as well. It's not focusing on war crimes solely, however, there is another dimension related to seizing and freezing the assets of Russian and Belarusian individuals and entities that they are on the EU sanction list. So this might be a particular challenge for the judicial authorities in the EU member states, as EU sanctions do not have and cannot have punitive effect. They are only meant as temporary means to change actions and behavior. Therefore, frozen assets subject to EU sanctions do not automatically constitute a legal title for confiscation of property. That will be perhaps an entirely different story altogether. Dear chair, dear ladies and gentlemen, with all they said, and I'm mindful also of the time, I think it's time for me to draw some general conclusions. One thing I often think of is saying you all know too well, namely that justice not only must be done, it must also be seen to be done. And more even than on a national scale, international criminal justice cooperation comes with a special set of challenges and opportunities. Now, looking back, I see a huge progress in the right direction. Over the last 15 years, there has been a constantly growing number of cases in which the principle of universal jurisdiction was activated. Despite many challenges and obstacles, and despite many frustrations victims have to suffer, we do witness results. And now with the war in Ukraine, we see that European prosecutors are willing to go the extra mile and engage in pioneering work to test new concepts and models before national courts. I also want to point out that fighting impunity sits high on the EU political agenda. And I realize that this year's 23rd of May, which is the EU Day Against Impunity for Genocide Crimes Against Humanity in War Crimes, will have, for many of us, a completely new dimension. But ladies and gentlemen, I finally observe unity in the EU community. The EU is united in addressing injustice, a blatant violation of the international public order, and the international humanitarian law by means that, in my opinion, fit the 21st century and other European values through means of rule of law. You may remember the few lines which you, Chair, mentioned in the beginning. They were also in the invitation to today's lecture that justice and reconciliation cannot come without a collective effort. Looking forward and realizing that we are united in our efforts to fight impunity, I feel a shimmer of hope. This war is uniting us, in our humanity, in our commitment to justice. So thank you so much for your kind attention. Thank you again for the invitation, and I would be happy to hear from you in response. But let me first pass the floor back to you, Nora. Thank you so much.


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This is the worst I've ever seen it. I've been here for ten years. Most people have never seen this much of an impact on the harvest. There's a lot of touch points that everybody uses daily that we're all gonna suffer. There's not enough water in the Mississippi River and the toes aren't able to get through the river right now and so they're not able to get the empty barges to all the export facilities in the state. The impacts from the low water from the Mississippi River are really starting to take an impact statewide. We've been in the harvest for several weeks in South Arkansas, but as the harvest moves north it becomes more and more of a limiting factor. If we can't get some water up north, some rain, farmers won't have anywhere to go and they don't have many options. So they'll have to leave it in the field which could lose yield or they have to find somewhere to go and potentially leave them on a barge for a long periods of time can deter the quality. Well with the harvest about 40% complete, you still have 60% left in the field and we have an estimated production in Arkansas this year of approximately 160 million bushels. So there are a lot of soybeans out there that are needing to find a home. We've had toes come through the river at Pendleton pushing two or three boats at a time or two or three barges at a time and usually they got 12-15. Several weeks ago when harvest started we had premiums for September delivery because of the export program was very strong. There were a lot of basis bids at 50 cents over the Chicago price. Currently a lot of the river locations are a dollar under the Chicago price to a dollar 25 under the Chicago price. So it's had a huge impact on on the basis and then this week it's starting to also have a negative impact on the Chicago market as well. So all in all the state of Arkansas is probably close to 40% harvested. I would say down south it's a little more. We were able to start early and get the crop in in a timely fashion and that let us start early with harvest. By doing that we were able to get everything harvested that was green that needed to be hauled off before we personally started having problems with the river. Some people had didn't get that opportunity maybe larger maybe they weren't diversified like we are where we have gotten to be able to take up some acres. Therefore some people have had to have either have a contract or leave their crops sit in the field or if they can find some storage that they can rent from somebody if they fill their own up then they're able to do that. Not everybody's had that luxury. There's some really long lines at some export terminals you know when the barges didn't show up on time a lot of delays. The other thing that that's done is for the folks that either didn't have a contract and are getting delivered or had a little bit of overage and needed to get that contract taken care of where they might have been getting a even or a positive basis earlier in the year that basis has turned very much negative. As we progress it's going to get tougher and tougher and the harvest is moving into into North Arkansas a little bit more so storage everywhere is going to be a huge issue. The thing about water here that river being as close as it is we get some aquifer refilling that we may not get this year and that could be a problem and we already had a dry fall the last major the last significant rainfall we had was well over a year ago. Fertilizer coming up the river going up the river to other states it's going to be an issue how is it going to get there if there's no water. We're from the farming perspective so obviously we're concerned with the green but with the Mississippi River shut down there's a lot of things that aren't going to make it where they got to go even like the stuff that gets shipped from overseas coming to the Gulf to go up the Mississippi you're not going to get that stuff whether it be food or you know just everyday items that people need.