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The session identifies good practices in compiling, analysing and disseminating data from administrative sources that is relevant for international migration; addresses the strengths and weaknesses of using administrative sources for migration data; and provides guidance for compiling, analysing and disseminating data ... |
The session discusses experiences and identify good practices in using surveys to assess the status and identify the needs of migrants and their families, to elucidate migratory patterns and flows, and to maximize the contribution of migration to national development. This section also addresses opportunities and chall... |
The session will investigate the potential benefits for migration data-gathering offered by the integration of migration data from different sources, and the use of non-traditional data sources for migration, as well as identifying necessary capacity, and issues around the gathering of such data and their consolidation... |
The session presents an overview of the international migration stock and net migration estimates as produced by the UN Population Division as well as a detailed example of the methodology used by the US Census Bureau to estimate the international migration of both native and foreign-born. A group exercise will follow ... |
The session outlines migration-related SDG indicators that aims to understand the data needs to formulate evidence-based migration policies. Information will be provided on how to collect data for those indicators, based on the draft UN Technical report on measuring migration-related SDG indicators and from methods dev... |
The session works with participants to understand the necessity of regional cooperation on migration data, especially with regards to migration data from countries of destination, in line with the Marrakech Compact on Migration. |
SpaceX could take its prototype Mars-colonizing spaceship out for a spin very soon. |
The flight-test version of SpaceX's Starship vehicle could be ready to take its first short "hopping" excursion in a matter of weeks, company founder and CEO Elon Musk said over the weekend. |
Musk also tweeted an illustration of the test vehicle, showing a three-finned ship that looks a lot like the rocket the comic-book character Tintin used in the 1954 adventure "Explorers on the Moon." |
"Starship test vehicle under assembly will look similar to this illustration when finished. Operational Starships would obv have windows, etc.," Musk tweeted. |
The first crewed Red Planet mission for the rocket and 100-passenger Starship could come as early as the mid-2020s if development and testing go well, Musk has said. |
This work is taking place at both SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, and the company's test site in South Texas, near the border city of Brownsville. Indeed, the hopper flights will take off from this latter facility. |
Hoppers are a standard part of SpaceX rocket development. For example, the company flew Grasshopper test vehicles in 2012 and 2013, to gain the expertise needed to land and re-fly Falcon 9 first stages. The highest Grasshopper flight reached a maximum altitude of about 2,500 feet (750 meters). |
A new letter doubts people wanting a bus system would ride it. I used to ride our buses and liked it. I stopped when time between pickups got longer, stops fewer. Our bus system lacks routes and too much time between schedules. As a senior HR manager, I know folks doing the jobs know “where the bodies are buried,” get ... |
SEVILLA have completed the signing of Juventus striker Fernando Llorente. |
The Spain international has been linked with Arsenal and Manchester United but he sealed a return to La Liga after passing a medical this morning. |
“Sevilla FC have signed Fernando Llorente as a free agent, having reached an agreement to terminate his Juventus contract,” Sevilla announced on their website. |
“The Spanish international striker is tied to Sevilla for the next three seasons, with a buyout clause of €20m. |
The names of the new members of the Board of Overseers and new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) were announced during the HAA’s annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement day. |
Susan L. Carney ’73, J.D. ’77, Hamden, Connecticut. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. |
Christopher B. Field ’75, Stanford, California. Director, department of global ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science; Melvin and Joan Lane chair in interdisciplinary environmental studies, Stanford University. |
Deanna Lee ’84, New York City. Chief communications and digital strategies officer, Carnegie Corporation of New York. |
Sanjay H. Patel ’83, A.M. ’83, London. Managing partner and head of international private equity, Apollo Management International LLP. |
Gwill York ’79, M.B.A. ’84, Cambridge. Managing director and co-founder, Lighthouse Capital Partners. |
Richard R. Buery Jr. ’92, New York City. President and CEO, The Children’s Aid Society. |
Patrick S. Chung ’96, J.D.-M.B.A. ’04, Menlo Park, California. Partner, New Enterprise Associates. |
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz ’83, A.M. ’83, Los Angeles. Professor and cardiologist, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; author. |
Julie Gage Palmer ’84, Chicago. Lecturer in law, University of Chicago Law School. |
Argelia M. Rodriguez, M.B.A. ’84, Washington, D.C. President and CEO, District of Columbia College Access Program. |
Published: March 19, 2019 at 10:49 a.m. |
Updated: March 20, 2019 at 12:08 p.m. |
Forget how the dominoes fell in free agency -- where do the teams stand now? |
The initial wave of the open signing period started before it officially started, then hit a crescendo at the end of Day 1 on Wednesday. By Friday, Ryan Tannehill getting traded drew a collective yawn. When the free agency frenzy starts with such a bang, subsequent transactions inevitably get reduced to a thud. The min... |
In that flurry of early trades and signings were a few social-media busters, like OBJ relocating to CLE and Le'Veon taking his mixtape to NYC. But don't sleep on the smaller, less-covered transactions. We didn't. |
A week after the marketplace maelstrom, now is as good a time as any to reorder the whole lot. Below you will find your team's significant moves covered, or exposed. Reveal your take to me: @HarrisonNFL is the place. |
NOTE: Team movement below reflects changes from the post-Super Bowl LIII Power Rankings. |
Draft watch is already on after a (sorta) relatively quiet free-agent period for the Patriots. New England did engineer a trade for DE Michael Bennett, though most of the action consisted of watching various ingredients of the latest Lombardi-winning concoction walk out the door. The departures of OT Trent Brown, DT Ma... |
Side note: I was surprised the Pats made no play for Cole Beasley. Wait, they did? He picked the Bills?! |
The Saints are clearly already circling 2019 as THE season. Drew Brees will be ready, as will the bulk of a roster that pushed the team to the doorstep of Super Bowl LIII. The primary issue regarding free agency was what to do with -- and what to pay -- veteran running back Mark Ingram, who ended up heading to Baltimor... |
DT Ndamukong Suh and RB C.J. Anderson might have their feet out the door as free agents, but the most important offseason question was answered: Would 37-year-old -- and four-time Pro Bowler -- Andrew Whitworth call it a day? No. The veteran left tackle will lace 'em up for one more go at the Super Bowl. How much runni... |
Feel like the best respite for the Chargers following the horrific ending to the 2018 campaign would have been to head south to Cabo Wabo and guzzle tequila with Sammy Hagar. The Patriots gave the Bolts the boot in an Eddie Van Halen you-can't-be-in-my-band-and-we-are-gonna-erase-all-memory-of-your-residence-here kind ... |
So, general manager Chris Ballard has kept pretty quiet in terms of adding talent thus far, and that's OK. Hope the Colts' encore to their fun 2018 campaign is not a 7-9 flop. Or worse, like the stuff they used to show on Encore. (Does that channel even exist anymore?) Indy has done its part to keep the personnel consi... |
The Chiefs own a championship-caliber offense thanks mostly to their MVP quarterback. The question is, how is Kansas City going to get to the other guys' quarterback? Alex Okafor aside, with Justin Houston departed and Dee Ford traded, pass rush must be coach Andy Reid's No. 1 concern. Not to mention the potential patc... |
It seemed GM Howie Roseman wanted seven first-round picks and a third-rounder for Nick Foles this offseason. Then Foles voided his option, and all of the trade chatter became moot. While all that speculation was going on, the front office got busy, re-signing DE Brandon Graham and signing DT Malik Jackson ... and sudde... |
The rumor mill had company -- about 50,000 fantasy teams tried to trade Jordan Howard, too. GM Ryan Pace further tried to address the running game by signing ex-Seahawk Mike Davis, who enjoyed his moments in the sun (rain) in Seattle. He also brought on Cordarrelle Patterson. Who knows if Matt Nagy will employ Patterso... |
The only thing in greater abundance than the talent up and down the Browns' roster is the pressure mounting on Freddie Kitchens. Forget about the normal burden facing rookie head coaches -- Kitchens might be shouldering heavier expectations than any front man in pro football. Consider: Cleveland went 5-3 under interim ... |
Dude, Russell Wilson, Doug Baldwin, K.J. Wright and Bobby Wagner are the survivors from those Super Bowl teams. It's so crazy how, with so much player movement these days, rosters morph over three years or so. The turnover was seen coming far in advance, as the Seahawks weren't going to employ Wilson on a cheap rookie ... |
All of the Earl Thomas talk clouded out David Irving's Blair Witch-esque Instagram video, even though the latter served as Irving's apparent retirement from football. Down one pass rusher already with the Randy Gregory suspension, and now down two with Irving also suspended, you know which position the Cowboys are eyei... |
Forgive Texans fans if they want to fast-forward to January to see if their team will ever make it out of the early rounds of the playoffs. Winning nine, 10 or even 11 games just isn't that much fun if, after sitting through the draft, minicamp updates, training camp "diaries," preseason matchups that cost full price t... |
Part of me wishes the Vikes -- and not the Redskins -- would have acquired Case Keenum and made Kirk Cousins compete. Skol. Cousins was far from the only issue in Minnesota in 2018; in fact, he was part of this team's strength in September and October. Midseason was when team and QB hit a lull, with an intermittently u... |
The biggest news of the Titans' offseason is that, no, Andrew Luck is not out for the year again. There's that, and the organization's apparent robbery of the state of Florida. Tennessee acquired former Dolphins starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill via trade and signed the best pass rusher Miami has owned (or rented) si... |
Can't wait to see Lamar Jackson operating at quarterback with a full offseason as the starter under his belt -- I want this just a smidge more than I want to engage in the debate about Joe Flacco being a Hall of Famer because he won a Super Bowl, which is sure to come down the pike soon. Make no mistake, the Ravens wer... |
The Falcons miss former offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian like you miss living with your mother-in-law. Fans in Atlanta want the offensive fireworks of 2016 back. GM Thomas Dimitroff wanted (and got) Grady Jarrett back, even if he had to use the franchise tag -- the Falcons' top free agency priority was to make sur... |
It's no fun writing about the Packers during free agency anymore. Because with the famously FA-averse Ted Thompson no longer GM, I actually have to update this blurb with a signing or two. Never had to worry about that prior to the beginning of current GM Brian Gutekunst's reign last year. Green Bay stayed busy this pa... |
Dumpst_r fir_. "Pat, I would like to buy a vowel ..." Welp. Did you hear the Steelers re-signed Ramon Foster? And added Steven Nelson, late of getting toasted in Kansas City on the reg? Get excited. Perhaps Pittsburgh will be fine sans the players who shall not be named. RB James Conner is legit. And you know Ben Roeth... |
Watching "The Return of the King" the other day, I realized how closely Matt Patricia resembles a young Peter Jackson. Appropriate, because the Lions have needed to CGI a consistent run game for the last decade now. That doesn't mean they sat on their hands during free agency -- in fact, they added a reliable pair of t... |
The 49ers should consider wrapping newly signed RB Tevin Coleman in cellophane until September. Maybe they could hang him up on the wall in the package like those Starting Lineup figurines. (I still have a Roger Craig Starting Lineup figure, in the package.) We saw what happened to San Francisco's prized free-agent ski... |
If, in the spring of 2016, someone had said the organization was gonna dump Blake Bortles for Nick Foles, Jags fans would've thought that person was a straw short of a Capri Sun. Bortles had just tossed dozens of touchdown passes to the Allen Bros., while Foles was coming off a season in St. Louis in which he'd tossed ... |
This just in: The Raiders have 50 other players. While the world revolves around whether or not a certain player has a blonde mustache, here are a few -- frosted -- tips as to how Oakland/Las Vegas can get back to the postseason. First, draft two pass rushers. Sure, the Raiders had one elite dude in Khalil Mack at this... |
From the Department of Things That Could Depress You About Your Life: Jets QB Sam Darnold is still only 21. The kid has already accomplished much at such a young age. My high point by the time I was 21 was making payments on a 1989 Mitsubishi Mighty Max. (Put a "system" in it, though, with an Alpine removable deck, too... |
New York still has plenty of boxes to check in the draft, though. Oddly -- but appropriately -- enough, "Hulk" was on HBO while I was writing Gang Green's blurb. I'm not talking about the Sulking Ed Norton version, but the Eric Bana vehicle from 2003. This was back when Bana was on a run. He went on to star in "Troy" i... |
Hey, stay upbeat. Remember, Carolina ended last season on a winning "streak." This group will be different come training camp, although whether it's for the better or not is certainly up for debate. Gone are a ton of vets, including the Kalil brothers, Captain Munnerlyn, future Hall of Famer Julius Peppers, Devin Funch... |
No, I didn't buy all the AB midnight trade tweets, either. Think of the poor old Bills fan who was watching infomercials for the Elvis comeback edition plate and decided on a whim to hop on the internet in the wee hours. Buffalo instead obtained speedster John Brown, which, after the AB flirtation, might feel a bit lik... |
Buffalo didn't stop there, signing a ton of players, paying good coin for a gold-star slot player in Cole Beasley. Don't let his numbers in a run-based offense led by an oft-inaccurate quarterback fool you. (Although that's kinda the same offense the Bills are firing up right now.) C Mitch Morse was a smart addition. F... |
If you want expressionless football at its zenith, Broncos fans, you got it. That's OK. They'll take it over another Case Keenum-led three-point outburst. Joe Flacco will need to be cool given that Denver's offensive line has changed personnel once again, losing center Matt Paradis and guard Billy Turner while adding J... |
It appears kicking nets are now safe on the Giants' sideline. The Giants traded their best player in OBJ, but while Twitter was quick to anoint the team a disappointment, and the team deserves to drop in these rankings, don't ignore the quality players the organization acquired last week. Golden Tate, Jabrill Peppers, ... |
While it would be easy to make fun of Bruce Arians for intimating that Jameis Winston can be an All-Pro, keep in mind he did make Drew Stanton look effective during his time with the Cardinals. Arians is taking over a squad that is down a few major pieces, with DeSean Jackson, Kwon Alexander, and the oft-underrated Ada... |
Side note: This ranking could very well be too low for Tampa Bay, but there are too many unknowns with the club right now. |
No AB. No Flacco. No sh*^#y Browns. No Marvin Lewis. I feel like I don't even know you anymore, AFC North. So where do the Bengals fit in this division makeover? Last place. Probably. But that doesn't necessarily mean they're a bad team. Cincy will see plenty of its offensive talent return in a healthy Andy Dalton, A.J... |
Case Keenum!! Colt McCoy!! It's Redskins Training Camp Live!!! Yes, Keenum has been added to an offensive blend that will once again include the aging-but-still-productive Adrian Peterson. Yet, the coup for Washington thus far this offseason was landing Landon Collins. After the team released D.J. Swearinger before the... |
Remember when you got your first car, and you daydreamed about what your first ride was gonna be? Your buddy went to South Padre for spring break in his 5.0. Becky next door had an orange Jeep Wrangler with the top down all summer. And then you got your Aunt Petunia's '89 Topaz, maroon on maroon, which you've seen at v... |
They're still last. The Cardinals did make some nifty moves in free agency, though. The most interesting of which was the signing of one Terrell Suggs, he of Arizona roots -- and the NFL's active sack leader now that Julius Peppers has retired. Jordan Hicks will be another nice addition to the defense. Kevin White migh... |
What is the media supposed to do if a case of huge public importance and interest is under trial, or considered by a judge or a bench, or is sub judice so to say? |
Being responsible: Media on the move. |
The verdict by the highest court in the country is out. A fair comment on the judgment is now warranted and is being extensively made. It is perhaps also fair to look at the role of the media during the Panama case hearings, not because it is unique in any manner but because it is too close for an apt analysis and may ... |
The Panama Papers was indeed a consequence of a sustained journalistic effort, conducted by the reporters at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) spread over the world. As the ICIJ exposed the offshore companies of about 140 politicians in more than 50 countries, including the family of our ... |
Amid the allegations of corruption levelled on a daily basis in full media glare and an uncertain political situation after a failed attempt at consensus TORs for a judicial commission, the Supreme Court decided to step in. It entertained the petitions lying before it for early hearing, a bench was constituted and henc... |
For an ordinary person, the case was fought by all sides in the subsequent months as much on the media as inside the courtroom. The loud moral calls for accountability and the legalities of the case got strangely mixed in the ‘breaking news’ staple fed to the television-viewing public. The statements of the lawyers and... |
This happened day in and day out; the proceedings of the court and the media seemed to be engaged in one continuous argument. |
Of course, there were references to erstwhile television interviews of the family under trial which became the ‘facts’ of the case as anomalies were pointed out and presented before the court. But the goings on in the court, the ‘scandal’ itself, remained the electronic media’s favourite story and it appeared that ever... |
Ideally, there should be a truthful reporting of the case both on electronic and print media, while a comment on the merits or details ought to be left till the judgment appears. |
Incidentally, the print media did not find the Panama case any less tempting and kept editorialising it in one way or the other. And this includes some well-reputed English language papers. |
Apart from some ill-informed and unnecessary editorials, lawyers wrote op-eds on one aspect of the case or the other. One wonders if those who considered sub judice as an antiquated idea have had second thoughts after looking at how this case was conducted as well as the judgment. Another lawyer, having listed sub judi... |
So what is the media supposed to do if a case of huge public importance and interest is under trial, or considered by a judge or a bench, or is sub judice so to say? |
Ideally, there should be a truthful reporting of the case both on electronic and print media — and the courts can work out a mechanism that nothing happens to the contrary; a direction to Pemra to this effect maybe — while a comment on the merits or details ought to be left till the judgment appears. |
As said earlier, this apparent media-judiciary nexus is nothing new and owes its origins especially to Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry’s court after his restoration. And that restoration as a consequence of the Lawyers’ Movement itself is owed in no small measure to the media. |
As the judgment is being slit wide open for discussion, beginning with quotes from Mario Puzo and Balzac, some people think it resonates with the literate tv-watching public. The court judgments are supposed to employ principles of law to the facts of the case and interpret the relevant laws. The populist tone of judgm... |
In what some are calling the next evolution in gaming, a new education-specific video game is winning awards and helping students develop a critical skill…expression through writing. |
Though playing a video game to learn how to write may seem like an oxymoron, already educators and students are saying the game is helping improve grammar, teach the fundamentals of composition, and inspiring creative expression. |
Not only is the game being lauded as innovative for its focus on the humanities, it’s also being praised for its graphics, which focus on classic literary environments. |
The game, titled Elegy for a Dead World and developed by Dejobaan Games in conjunction with Popcannibal, features players exploring and writing about the past civilizations of lost planets whose designs are inspired by the works of British Romantic era poets. |
Garnering much attention from educators during its development, Dejobaan Games raised $72,000 in a successful October 2014 Kickstarter campaign. Far surpassing their initial goal of $48,000, the extra support enabled Dejobaan to donate 1,000 keys to over 40 institutions in 9 countries. |
As the game nears the final phases of its development, it has already been lauded by critics for its strong emphasis on storytelling and for allowing players to take an active role in the creation of the worlds they explore. Elegy for a Dead World has been listed by numerous gaming websites as one of the most anticipat... |
Dejobaan Games is still offering 25 free downloads to any accredited institutions interested in using the game in their schools. They are also working with educators in K-12, ESL, and university programs in order to craft unique lesson plans based around the game. |
ARSENAL not signing a defender so far in the transfer window is a surprise - but the arrival of Denis Suarez is exciting for their supporters. |
That is the opinion of Sky Sports pundit and former Wolves goalkeeper Matt Murray. |
Barcelona confirmed on Wednesday Suarez had completed a loan move to Arsenal for the rest of the season. |
The Gunners have been linked with a host of other players including Inter Milan winger Ivan Perisic and Dalian Yifang star Yannick Carrasco. |
Carrasco appears more likely to join before Thursday’s 11pm deadline than Perisic, with Inter not keen on a loan deal for Perisic. |
Murray says Perisic would be just the type of player Arsenal need. |
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