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A Basic Guide to Cherokee Clothing
December 16, 2018 Steve JimisonArt Gallery Blog
The Cherokee people are a small community of people. They are very community-based. They still carry out their cultures down to generations. Some of the traditions include making baskets, using dyes. making dyes in a pot, making marbles, and of course, cooking their unique traditional dishes. Among the things that stood out for the Cherokee people is their clothing. The Cherokee people have a unique dress style and clothing. However, in this stitch fix review, it is clearly mentioned that one style has stood out throughout the years, the Cherokee ribbon shirt and the tear dress.
The tear originated from the era of Trails of Tears. During this time, the women were no longer allowed to own anything and most of their belongings and personal items were confiscated. They had no scissors to make clothes; instead, the materials were torn from larger pieces of fabric. The dress, therefore, got its name from that. It is pronounced in two different ways. Tear as in trails of tears and tear as in a torn fabric.
The dressed is styled using the calico print. It has an appliqué diamond patterns around the skirt and on the yoke located on top of the flounce. The design can be modified by the seamstress to make triangles, circles, or even a seven-sided star that is sacred to the Cherokee people.
The sleeves were ¾ length; this was to allow the woman to continue with her household duties such as grinding nuts without the sleeves getting in the way. The skirt was mid-calf; this was to ensure that it is decent but not long enough to gather dew or dirt. The top was button down; this was for ease while nursing and taking care of infants. Little girls’ dresses were fastened at the back; this was to allow them to play without worry of their clothes opening.
The tear dress is unique and valuable to the Cherokee people. The ribbon shirt for males has become very popular in several tribes. The ribbon shirt is made from calico fabric. It has ribbon designs at the front and at the back. The sleeves are ¾ length just like the tear dress for women. For the turban, it’s made from calico as well and is still worn by some men presently.
Today, these dresses have been modified according to preference. Dresses can be worn up to floor length and the sleeves up to full length. There is an exception for stomp dance shell shakers. Their dresses were calf length to allow room for the accessories and shell shackles.
The official garment for the women is the tear dress. It is worn on tribal occasions that are special and on weddings. Gospel singing groups for the Cherokee people also wear the tear dress for women and ribbon shirt for the men. Even the Cherokee national choir has the tear dress and the ribbon shirt.
There are tailors who make both the female and the male Cherokee clothing. Usually, the measurements are taken from each individual. There is no standard pattern per dress size if the tailor or personal stylist is experienced. These tailors are usually found locally as well. If you’re interested to get to know the culture of the Cherokee people more, you can visit museums and meet the local Cherokees for a more in-depth experience.
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CS Company secretary
A company secretary is a senior position in a private sector company or public sector organization
The role of the company secretary is now considered a senior position equal to a managerial position or above Company secretary are the company’s named representative on legal documents and it is there responsibility to ensure that the company and its directors operate within the law
Company secretary in all sectors have high level responsibilities including shareholders and trustee meetings, management of employee benefits, reports and circulars, risk management.
Company secretary are employed as chairs, chief executives and non-executive directors, as well as executives and company secretary.
Company secretary are the sixth highest paid employees in UK (survey in March 2010)
In India every listed company and other class of companies (i.e., non listed public companies with share capital of 50 million and private companies with share capital of 50 million) are required to have a qualified company secretary under section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013
About ICSI
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) is a statutory professional body in India with the objective of promoting, regulating and developing the profession of company secretaries in India. It is headquartered in New Delhi, has four regional offices at New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai and has 69 chapters around the country.
Stages to become a Company Secretaries
The students who would like to join the course after 10 +2 or equivalent has to undergo three stages to pursue the Company Secretaries Course i.e.
The students who would like to join the course after passing the graduation has to undergo two stages of the Company Secretaryship i.e.
Examination are held twice in a year in June and December
Cut off dates for admission to CS course
For Foundation Programme – 31st March for appearing in December Examination in the same year and 30th September for appearing for june Examination next year
For Executive Programme – 28th February for appearing in both modules in December Exams in the same year, 31st May for appearing in single module in December Examination in the same year, 31st August for appearing in both module in June Exam in the next year and 30th November for appearing in single module in June Examination in the next year’
Subjects for CS course.
Foundation Paper (4 papers) – Business Environment and Law
Business Management, Ethics and Entrepreneurship
Fundamentals of Accounting and Auditing
Executive Programme ( 8 papers )
Module 1 ( 4 papers ) – Jurisprudence, Interpretation and General laws
Setting up of Business Entities and Closure
Tax laws
Module 2 ( 4 papers) – Corporate and Management Accounting
Securities Laws and Capital Markets
Economic, Business and Commercial Laws
Financial and Strategic Management
Module 1 – Governance, Risk Management, Compliances and Ethics
Advanced Tax Laws
Drafting, Pleadings and Appearances
Module 2 – Secretarial Audit
Resolution of Corporate Disputes
Module 3 – Corporate Funding and Listings in Stock Exchanges
Multidisciplinary Case Studies
Paper 9 Electives 1 out of below 8 subjects ( the examination for this paper will be open book examination)
1) Banking law and practice
2) Insurance law and practice
3) Intellectual property rights – laws and practices
4) Forensic audit
5) Direct tax law and practice
6) Labour laws and practice
7) Valuations and business modeling
8) Insolvency – law and practice
Qualifying Marks
A candidate is declared to have passed the Foundation / Executive / Professional examination, if he/she secures at one sitting a minimum of 40% marks in each paper and 50% marks in the aggregate of all subjects.
Modified training program
The modified training structure shall be applicable to:-
(i) a student registered to the Executive Programme on or after 1st April 2014; and
(ii) a student registered to the Executive Programme on or before 31st March 2014, if (s)he opts for the modified training structure in lieu of the earlier structure.
The brief details of the earlier training structure and the modified training structure is as under:
Components of Training Earlier Training Structure Modified Training Structure
Computer Training Seventy hours Not Applicable
Student Induction Programme Seven days Not Applicable
Executive Development Programme Eight days Not Applicable
Long Terms Internship with specified entities Fifteen months (After passing Executive Programme) Three years on registration to Executive Programme; or
Two years after passing the Executive Programme; or
One year after passing the Professional Programme.
Professional Development Programme Twenty-five hours Not Applicable
Training with specialised agency Fifteen days Not Applicable
Management Skills Orientation Programme Fifteen days Fifteen days
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Big Bang Theory cements its place in history
May 2, 2019 May 2, 2019 adminEntertainment20 Comments on Big Bang Theory cements its place in history
The forged of The Big-Bang Theory ramped up their farewell celebrations by being immortalized in cement outside Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre. It’s the 1st time within the 92-year history of the tradition that any inductees are worthy during this approach exclusively for TV achievements.
The show can return to associate degree finish later this month when twelve years and 279 episodes.Jim Parsons, Johnny Reb Galecki and Kaley Cuoco were accessible (and knee) on Wed for the ceremony.They were joined by fellow stars Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and genus Melissa Rauch.
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Parsons, United Nations agency won Four Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe for his portrayal of the sensible nevertheless socially inept man of science Sheldon Cooper, represented showing within the long-running show as associate degree “unbelievable” expertise.
“This expertise wouldn’t have happened in the least with the other combination,” he said, within the direction of his co-stars.”The probability to memorialize it like this can be terribly fitting and extremely moving and it is the most incredibly excellent finish to the current expertise, therefore many thanks.”
Since 1st hit screens in 2007, the massive Bang Theory has become one in all the foremost prospering comedies in tv history – winning seven Emmy Awards.
It’s attracted over eighteen million U.S.A. viewers once a year since its sixth season ventilated in 2012 and reportedly averaged eighteen.6 million viewers per episode in its eleventh season, over the other show on U.S.A. tv.
The show centers around a bunch of awkward male scientists and their interactions with their new feminine neighbour. Cuoco, United Nations agency plays Penny, said: “This is that the greatest forged within the world, I feel therefore worthy to be over here and a part of this expertise. i’m fully humiliated.”
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Ansarullah
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Shiite
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Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
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ISIS Terrorist Group
A terrorist group that fights against Resistance Axis in Syria and Iraq. It was founded & armed by America and its allies covertly.
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
Wahhabism & Extremism
Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
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Islamic Awakening
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Bin Salman’s Reforms, Challenges with Wahhabi Apparatus
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How Wahhabism Serves Saudi Arabian Foreign Policy?
Alwaght- The young Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly has been leading a campaign of reforms inside the Arab kingdom since 2016. The starting point was the Saudi Vision 2030, unveiled in late April 2016 that aimed at cutting the nation’s reliance on oil and diversifying its sources of income.
A couple of months later, the 33-year-old King-in-waiting also introduced series of social reforms to the society, with women, youths, and religion being high on his agenda. In the past few months, Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) removed some hurdles in place for decades ahead of the women’s social participation. The young generation also found favor with the prince who eased the restrictions on the youths and made them find him a reformer.
There are, however, various analyses about the reformation campaign and its prospects. Some experts still argue that the social changes led by MbS are show moves meant to win the public's approval to ascend the throne even before death of his father King Salman bin Abdulaziz's. The arrangements have so far found favor with the young generations of the country, which has over 70 percent of its population below 30 years old.
However, bin Salman's religious amendment is of greater significance in comparison to the other so-called reforms. MbS repeatedly said that he intended to allow a moderate version of Islam dominate the nation. Commenting on the way of viewing the reforms by the home Islamists, bin Salman claimed that Islam is a compromising religion and that it will be in good terms with his measures.
Al Saud's degree of adherence to Islam
An exploration of the ruling family’s history makes it clear that it has never been committed to the Islamic instructions. The faith had mainly been used instrumentally to serve the interests of the ruling elites. Al Saud rulers have often, either through titles or rhetoric, boasted of being servers to Islam and implementers of the Islamic rulers, or sharia, but their behavior and policies across the Muslim world betray their hypocrisy. In the 1940s, for example, King Abdulaziz, founder of Saudi regime, negotiated with the Americans the foundation of the Israeli regime in the occupied Palestinian territories. He even was somehow for the foundation of a Jewish state. In next decades, the kingdom’s policies distanced from Islam. And now Riyadh is closer than any other time to Tel Aviv. The family’s hostility to the Muslim world dates back to the early 19th century, when Abdulaziz bin Muhammad, the ruler of the First Saudi State, invaded Iraq’s holy Shiite city of Karbala with his 12,000 Wahhabi soldiers, killing about 4,000 Shiite Muslims and ruining and looting the holy shrine of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad.
Nicolas Kristof, an American journalist, in 2016 in an article published by the New York Times shed light on the Saudi Arabian role in the spread of chaos and tarnishing the image of Islam across the world while the incumbent President Barack Obama was on a visit to the oil-rich kingdom.
“I’m glad that President Obama is visiting Saudi Arabia, for engagement usually works better than isolation. But let’s not let diplomatic niceties keep us from pointing to the insidious role that Saudi Arabia plays in sowing instability, and, for that matter, in tarnishing the image of Islam worldwide. The truth is that Saudi leaders do far more to damage Islam than Trump or Cruz can do, and we should be as ready to denounce their bigotry as Trump’s,” he said in his NYT article titled “Obama in Saudi Arabia, Exporter of Oil and Bigotry.
All these issues provide us with scales with which the Saudi rulers' degree of commitment to Islam can be put to test. So, in the present conditions, the young prince’s claims of returning to the genuine Islam via reforms should not be taken so seriously. But his measures in relation to the religion make some long-term consequences unavoidable.
During its political life, Al Saud has often witnessed periods of challenges hitting the political and religious apparatuses' relations, with the political apparatus always coming out as a winner. At the beginning of his state-building process, King Abdulaziz used the Wahhabi muftis and scholars. The company of Al ash-Sheikh, an effective family in charge of the religious apparatus, with the king was key to getting on board other Hijaz and Najd tribes. In fact, the King Abdulaziz owes much of his success in dominating the two major Arabian Peninsula regions to the assistance from the Wahhabism.
However, after the kingdom was fully established, in 1932, the Muslim Brotherhood revolted against ibn Saud. Abdulaziz also admitted that he cannot continue to rule the country with the teachings of the Wahhabism and accepted to show some flexibility and embrace many of the modern-era symbols, something that sparked a severe reaction of the Wahhabi clergy. But the ruler was the successful side of a fierce race of powerful Saudi poles. There are claims that Abdulaziz even had noses of 30 of the Wahhabi clerics cut off. This incident spawned a period of confrontation of the clergy and the political elites.
The encounter continued in the ensuing decades. In November 1979, Juhayman al-Otaibi, a Saudi religious extremist, attacked Mecca with 300 of his military assistants and seized the holy city’s holy mosque for 22 days. Only with the help of a French special force did the Al Saud leaders manage to put down the rebellion and restore Kaaba. Since then, the leader put some limits on civil liberties and instead offered the Wahhabi clergy greater powers in the state.
One of the drives behind Mecca rebellion was to fight the tracks of Western culture and traditions and replace them with Islamic values. Juhayman himself was a leader in the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood who played a major role in helping Abdulaziz making it to the rule. This very well lays bare the fact that whenever Al Saud intend to restrict the Wahhabi circles, it should expect challenges and even escalation of tensions.
However, it should be taken into consideration that today’s Wahhabism is very different from that of eight decades ago. Now, there is a state-dominated and softened version of Wahhabi apparatus. Additionally, the Wahhabi clergy know it well that any show of oppugnancy to the ruling structure could cost them dearly. Therefore, they appear to be inclined to embark on a compromising policy in dealing with the MbS-led reforms. But this, the analysts assert, does not mean that the Wahhabi clergy will officially recognize the king-in-waiting's amendment of the deeply established rules. Odds are that they will seek setting up obstacles ahead of the reformatory measures in the long run.
Still, from another perspective, bin Salman is pressing forward with his change of the social and cultural structures of the nation while the entrenched traditions are presenting the key barriers ahead of him. This means that the prince’s reforms campaign in the society will not go unchallenged, and he should come up with fronts opposing his measures in the long term.
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The property is located on Stafford Park 1, one of Telford's major industrial estates. Stafford Park lies off the A442 Queensway, the town's main north to south distributor road, which gives easy access to the M54 motorway at Junction 5 approximately one mile away. Telford Shopping Centre, which is well served by public transport and offers excellent shopping and service facilities, is only half a mile away.
Denby House enjoys a prominent position at the centre of Stafford Court. Nearby office occupiers include Virgin Balloon Flights, Royal Bank of Scotland and RSM Tenon Accountants, and the area is also home to high-tech businesses, professional firms including lawyers, accountants and surveyors, and motor dealerships.
The property comprises a modern, two-storey office building, which was was built around 1986 of steel frame construction with metal and glass clad elevations beneath a metal clad roof. There are two pedestrian access points.
The building was refurbished in 2003 and offers a modern flexible working environment in an excellent location. Each floor provides self-contained office accommodation with kitchen and WC facilities, being fitted out to a good specification with gas fired central heating, suspended ceilings and integral fluorescent lighting.
Outside, Denby House stands on a site of approximately 0.385 acres, including private car parking for 37 vehicles.
The first floor is currently available with demised car parking.
Denby House, Stafford Park 1
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First Floor 4,356 sq ft (404.67 sq m)
Total 4,356 sq ft (404.67 sq m)
We understand that mains water, drainage, electricity and gas are available or connected to the property. It should be noted that we have not tested these services and interested parties should make their own enquiries.
We understand the property has planning permission for uses within Class B1 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1987 (Use Class Order 2005).
The first floor accommodation is currently available to let based on a new FRI lease on terms to be agreed.
Telford & Wrekin Council, Addenbrooke House, Ironmasters Way, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4NT - Tel: 01952 380000.
The first floor accommodation has a Rateable Value of £24,000 in the 2017 assessment.
The property has been awarded an Energy Rating of B(47).
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County land eyed for affordable housing
Blaine employees could be given housing preference under such a plan
By TREVOR SCHUBERT
Rebekah Helzel
The executive director of the Ketchum-based nonprofit ARCH Community Housing Trust believes the best use of two separate parcels of land owned by Blaine County could be for the construction of affordable housing.
Speaking before the Blaine County Commission on Tuesday, ARCH founding director Rebekah Helzel said two separate county-owned parcels along Fourth Avenue in Hailey and adjacent to the Agave Place affordable housing project on the north end of Buttercup Road could have as many as six affordable homes built on them collectively.
Helzel said that under such a plan, the county could establish the standards dictating how affordable housing on the publicly owned land would be managed. Among those standards could be a preference system giving county employees first right of refusal on community housing units built there, she said.
"If not, we could go through the normal selection process," Helzel said.
She said the county could even partner with a nonprofit organization like Habitat for Humanity to get affordable housing built. Habitat for Humanity is an international organization that builds homes for low-income families and individuals.
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Helzel cited an ongoing partnership where ARCH recently purchased a single-family lot in Bellevue that will have a new home built on it by Habitat for Humanity.
"It's a great partnership," she said. "We're really excited."
Helzel said the county could enter into similar partnerships to provide affordable housing.
In general, the commissioners seemed interested in pursuing the idea.
"I would like to proceed on this," Blaine County Commissioner Sarah Michael said. "Affordable housing is my top priority, bar none."
ARCH is a community housing trust that works with local public and private entities to permanently preserve land for use as building sites for affordable housing for families and individuals in Blaine County. Those people who qualify can enter into long-term, 99-year leases with ARCH in which they lease the land their homes occupy.
In this way, potential homebuyers don't have to purchase land on a speculative open market.
"We take land out of the equation," Helzel said.
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Myanmar - Political Developments
Thread: Myanmar - Political Developments
2nd January 2014, 19:37 #1
A very welcome statement to start the year in Myanmar ...
Myanmar president backs constitutional amendment - January 2, 2014 1:18 pm
YANGON - Myanmar's leader on Thursday lent his support to reform of the country's junta-era constitution, indicating he would back changes to allow opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to become president.
Thein Sein, a former general who has won international praise for dramatic reforms since he became president in 2011, said lively debate about revising the charter showed increasing "political maturity".
"I believe that a healthy constitution must be amended from time to time to address the national, economic, and social needs of our society," he said in a speech published in the English-language New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
He said he supported amending provisions which exclude anyone whose spouse or children are overseas citizens from becoming president -- a clause widely believed to be targeted at Suu Kyi whose two sons are British.
"I would not want restrictions being imposed on the right of any citizen to become the leader of the country," Thein Sein said.
So Myanmar will become democratic, and Thailand will give up on it ??
Whats next.. Hun Sen willingly steps down ??
Steve@thaib, Fish and JimCA2 like this.
5th March 2014, 16:28 #3
Siabot56
With the election due by November 2015, I think the coming months will see the Myanmar Government increasingly tied up on political debate/manoeuvrings and less focused on fixing up the economy. Similarly, I'd expect foreign investors to increasingly use the pending election as a reason to delay making new investments so they can wait to see the outcome of the election. Some "headline" investments will continue (telecoms, hotels and maybe banks) but I think the number of new applications will slow.
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Ortho Regenerative looks to prevent surgery by turbocharging joint recovery process
January 24, 2018 Peter Murray
Innovation is oftentimes the result of people approaching a problem from an angle that others haven’t considered. That’s precisely what the team at Ortho Regenerative Technologies (CSE:ORTH) is doing as it tackles some of the world’s most common surgeries – tendon, meniscus and cartilage repairs in shoulders, knees and other joints.
Chief Executive Officer Brent Norton explains that the long-term result of removing damaged cartilage or meniscus is about the same as not having any procedure performed at all. Similarly, studies show that shoulder tendon repairs fail at an alarming rate. Missing its natural elasticity and shock absorber, a joint can deteriorate to the point that arthritis sets in, and if things get bad enough movement is very limited and full joint replacement often becomes necessary.
Ortho’s technology is all about leaving these soft tissues in place and treating them so they repair themselves.
“Long term, if we can treat injury versus treating the complications of the injury, that’s the better way,” says Norton. “The opportunity is to heal the soft tissues, and the result is that we no longer treat complications such as pain and arthritis, have people miss work and be inactive, nor have to bear the expense of introducing an artificial joint.”
Tendons, cartilage and meniscus are close to the last in line to receive blood supply in our bodies and are relatively avascular, meaning they have few blood vessels. The bottom line is that because blood gets little chance to bring revitalization to these body parts, they do not heal well and thus need assistance.
There are medicines that promote healing in tendons and meniscus but they have to remain in contact with them for a meaningful period of time. Not only do joints naturally involve internal motion, they also contain lubricants, which usher medicines away from the locations that need them.
Ortho’s solution is to apply what in industry parlance is called a scaffold to hold the medicine in place long enough for it to work. Essentially, it is a special compound made from a naturally occurring protein that a surgical team mixes with a patient’s blood to ensure efficient delivery.
The scaffold will remain in place for several weeks before naturally dissolving, but in the meantime it ensures the medicine is hard at work on the body part that needs to heal.
“Years ago, when we took pills we took them several times a day,” says Norton in drawing an analogy. “Then someone invented the sustained release formulation, which allowed you to take a pill only once or twice a day because it was sustained release. It is a similar principle.”
The technology was borne of studies conducted by two of the world’s most prominent researchers in soft tissue repair: PhDs Michael Buschmann and Caroline Hoeman. Their initial scaffold for joints had promise, but it took 30 or more minutes to prepare for use when the patient was in the operating room, a factor reducing efficiency and contributing to it being cost-prohibitive.
Norton is a medical doctor himself who practiced largely in the field of sports medicine. Early on, though, he knew that he wanted to mix actual practice with directing innovation to have the greatest impact. “I decided to do an MBA at Western University because I wanted to be a driver of technology rather than a clinician seeing one patient at a time,” he says.
Norton’s career path would lead him to be that driver in several corporate settings, including with Novadaq Technologies, a medical imaging solutions company acquired in 2017 by Stryker Corp.
“With Novadaq, at times I felt like I was the coach, and was a founding director,” says Norton. “I helped with strategy, building the shareholder base, the board, hiring a professional CEO, recruiting the investment banks to take it public, and ultimately helping to lay down the strategy to get third-party validation and revenues. We created multiple partnerships, got FDA approval and a TSX listing and then it went on to have a Nasdaq listing and was sold to Stryker for C$900 million.”
All of which, including the chance to return to his career starting point in Montreal, would seem to make Norton a good fit at Ortho. “When I took this role, I got messages from friends and colleagues saying ‘right back to your roots’. It is more than coincidental, it’s optimal,” he observes.
Ortho’s product performed well in pre-clinical studies and is now in the final stages of animal studies, with expectations that it will move to human trials in 2018.
Given that Ortho’s product is in the biologic category, the first step with human studies requires the company to prove that it is safe to use, something Norton expects the product to achieve with ease.
The second study in a biologic is the main study, or pivotal trial, which regulatory bodies use as the basis for their effectiveness assessment. The pivotal trial would likely begin within two years from now. After that the company would apply for FDA (US Federal Drug Administration) approval.
But that timeline hardly means investors will be left without milestones to cheer on in the near future. When asked, Norton lays out a pretty full slate.
“This is the first fully patented product of its type in the world and we have an evolving patent family for it,” Norton explains. “Over the next year we expect to see patents issued around much of the world for this product.”
“Key studies have also been accepted for publication in multiple scientific peer reviewed journals.” Norton says this means that some of the images and information on the product will take center stage in the related scientific community.
“In my experience, having five papers in the queue to be published is something I have never heard of,” he says. “In the next short while we will have multiple papers and studies published, and we can anticipate our approval to begin human studies, which typically drives a lot of corporate value.”
Norton emphasizes that it is up to the researchers to assess whether a product works, whereas management’s role at a biotech company is to minimize other risks and drive the strategy. He points to responsibilities such as making use of capable intellectual property firms, bringing in skilled accountants and hiring an experienced management team.
“In Ortho’s case, the risk profile of getting through to a pivotal trial is nominal,” Norton concludes. “You can never guarantee biology or the ultimate results, but our goal is to optimize the process in the most cost-effective manner to get through to an FDA approval in the next three to four years. We are managing the company to reduce the risk of everything else, so that the only thing we are betting on is the results.”
This story was originally published at www.proactiveinvestors.com on December 7, 2017 and featured in The CSE Quarterly.
Learn more about Ortho Regenerative Technologies Inc. at http://www.orthorti.com/ and on the CSE website at http://thecse.com/en/listings/life-sciences/ortho-regenerative-technologies-inc.
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By Allison Sherry
Rep. Cory Gardner, Sen. Mark Udall, Sen. Michael Bennet
U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner
WASHINGTON — While Senate and House leadership struggle to find agreement on a government funding resolution, Rep. Cory Gardner said over the weekend he is still amid conversations with fellow Republicans, and a few Democrats, to find a compromise.
In a plan Gardner hatched last week with five fellow House Republicans from the 2010 class, the federal government would be funded and reopened with an increase to the nation’s borrowing authority through 2014.
In exchange, lawmakers from the Democratic-controlled Senate and the GOP-controlled House would be compelled to enact entitlement and tax reform by the end of next year.
Gardner acknowledged the group needed some Democratic support to gain any traction and so he said the group has begun inviting Democrats in the room for talks.
Gardner declined to give the names of anyone he’s working with, but other news reports have identified Arkansas Rep. Tim Griffin and New York Rep. Tom Reed as members of the original House Republican group.
He said he has run the idea by GOP House Speaker John Boehner and Colorado’s two Democratic Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet. Both Udall and Bennet have long promoted bipartisan tax reform that included additional revenue for the federal government.
Gardner declined to say whether he supported additional revenue — or extra cash for the federal government — in tax reform. He says he doesn’t want to get ahead of the negotiations that would take place next year.
Gardner said he has the speaker’s support in the early talks.
“He made it clear that he wants these ideas to continue,” Gardner said. “He was particularly intrigued by this one.”
Gardner, R-Yuma, said short-term spending bills and increases to the nation’s borrowing authority are off-putting because it creates a climate of lurching from one crisis to the other.
“If we kick it out to Nov. 15 or Nov. 20, the parts and pieces are there to freeze up exactly like they did last time,” he said. “The object ought to be a framework that can break this repeat cycle.”
Categories: Budget, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, Washington Bureau
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DEFUND OBAMACARE! DEFUND OBAMACARE! DEFUND OBAMACARE!!
If you don’t Cory, you have lost my vote and financial support.
Comment by AyePatriot — October 14, 2013 @ 7:35 pm
Single-payer healthcare for all now! America is not so stupid as to continue paying twice what other nations that enjoy better healthcare do, but the Fascist Party is determined to perpetuate corporate exploitation of sick people.
Comment by Robert Chase — October 15, 2013 @ 11:38 am
Maybe Ted Cruz can get elected in southern Wyoming and you guys can form your own nation. Call it Nutjobia.
Comment by J. Osmann — October 16, 2013 @ 10:55 am
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Henri Matisse, Textile Artist: Costumes Designed for the Ballets Russes Production of Le Chant du Rossignol, 1919-1920
Title Henri Matisse, Textile Artist: Costumes Designed for the Ballets Russes Production of Le Chant du Rossignol, 1919-1920
Author Kuehl, Susanna Marie
Faculty Advisor(s) Nasstrom Evans, Heidi
Subject Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954
Ballet -- Costume
Ballets russes -- History
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Textile fabrics -- Chinese
Abstract In the summer of 1919, the founder of the Ballets Russes, Serge Diaghilev, and the composer Igor Stravinsky invited Matisse to design the ballet Le Chant du Rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale). Based on "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen from 1844, the plot revolves around a Chinese Emperor's love for the song of a nightingale that ultimately saves him from Death. Matisse created a cohesive suite of stage and costume designs that harmonized with Stravinsky's musical score, Léonide Massine's choreography, and the oriental atmosphere of the narrative. This thesis is the first scholarly project that uses a decorative arts perspective to reveal how textiles, as exemplified by these costumes, informed and shaped Matisse's artistic vision in Le Chant du Rossignol and other projects. By examining costume construction, design process, collaboration with production members, and the aesthetic results of these costumes, this thesis moves beyond descriptive analysis to a deeper understanding of the central role textiles played in Matisse's career, specifically in his unique interpretation of traditional Chinese textiles in Le Chant du Rossignol.
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Amoore
Re: Bar News
Quite an odd situation with Wow. This is the story as I understand it:
Pulse made an agreement to buy the business and began refurbishing, but soon discovered a minefield of problems with the site, both legally and physically. Therefore the landlords have repossessed it from the previous tenants before Pulse's deal completed, and the landlords are now drawing up a new lease for Pulse.
Pulse has taken on all the staff and found shifts for them at their other businesses, which means there's the unusual sight of the Wow drag queens on stage at Pulse on a Sunday instead, and I think some other nights have been folded into The Kings while everything's being sorted. All quite amusing considering they were once sworn rivals.
Bluegazza
Bar boss fined over 'loud music and singing' during early hours
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wale ... p_AppShare
Wow bar have announced on Facebook today that they are moving to the old Buffalo building.
Looking at the trendy area from High Street to St. Mary's Street there's still no sign of action for the so called "coming soon" Juniper Place (Formerly Seafood Shack). (This from 2018 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/ ... f-15455032)
I popped in to the bar next door (same owners) Old Havana to ask what the situation was and they said that the refurbishment had stalled and that Juniper Place was no longer scheduled to open this summer, but now October instead.
So, even if that October date is true, that's the Summer gin tippling outdoor business for 2019 lost. I'm sure the gin trend won't last for ever, there are already signs that it's starting to wane.
Meanwhile opposite, The Libertine has been closed during the daytime for the last few days (no idea if it's opening in the evening). I remember when this first opened and I enquired about drinking outside, they told me that they hadn't thought of that with the original licence application, so were hastily trying to get their licence amended. It looks like it took a year for them to succeed with that amendment so too late for Summer 2018, and now it looks like it's now not open to take advantage of Summer 2019.
What is it with businesses? It reminds me of that Baskin Robins ice cream franchise on Castle Street that closed for refurb during the Summer, and opened during the Winter. It didn't' survive the Winter, and during the subsequent Summer spent its time being refurbed into another ice cream outlet/café which opened during the following Winter, and then obviously didn't survive it. I guess the problem is that plans are always made "just in time" without enough contingency built in, and as we all know, these sort of things are never complete on time.
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Girl With a White Dog
BfK No. 206 - May 2014
This issue’s cover illustration is from Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Thanks to Piccadilly Press for their help with this May cover.
By clicking here you can view, print or download the fully artworked Digital Edition of BfK 206 May 2014 .
(Catnip Publishing Ltd)
208pp, 978-1846471810, RRP £6.99, Paperback
10-14 Middle/Secondary
Buy "Girl With A White Dog" on Amazon
‘We stared at each other, fairy tale magic unfolding around us,’ reports Year 9 narrator Jessie, some ten pages before her story ends, though we’re not talking Fairy Tale Happy Endings here. Mr Hunter, (‘the nearest thing to a handsome prince we have at school’ and Jessie loves his after-shave too) has been introducing the class to Unhappy Endings by way of the Grimms’ gory The Robber Bride. The novel began with an early draft of Jessie’s response to Mr H’s assignment: Write a Modern Fairy Tale. Nuanced and darker warnings characterise her final version which closes the narrative.
Things start manageably enough. Times are hard for the family financially, but Jessie has loving parents, though she misses her Dad who has been forced to leave the village to find work in France. She is very close to her Gran, as she had been to her cousin Fran, though things are a bit tense between them at the moment. She also has a close friend in campaigning Kate, whose disability – she is in a wheelchair – is perhaps one of the driving reasons for her energy. Kate is already winning national honours in her age group in the sitting volleyball squad.
Several events set the story in motion. Gran buys a puppy – a white German Shepherd - but soon afterwards she begins to make anxious, irrational comments which alarm her family. Jessie rather likes a lad at school called Ben who shares her love for animals. She also likes Yasmin, an Afghan refugee in her class. There are foreign fruit pickers in the village and clearly they are responsible – say some – for the brick which crashes through the window of Mr Gupta’s shop and for the ugly treatment of a young gardener with Down’s Syndrome. In school, alongside the fairy tale project, they’re doing the Nazis in History; this leads to the plot’s major catalyst, the arrival from the States of Ben’s grandmother who shares her experiences as a concentration camp survivor in a History lesson. She warns, It mustn’t happen again. To emphasise the point, the book’s cover asks, below the title, Is what happened then happening now?
Gran and her white puppy in the present day are, it turns out, closely linked to events in wartime Dachau and, dramatically, to Ben’s grandmother. The coincidences required to make this connection, it has to be said, might cause a Victorian novelist to hesitate; but maybe that’s where we must allow for that ‘fairy tale magic’. Anne Booth sets the brutal practices of the Nazis alongside contemporary prejudices towards immigrants, asylum seekers, the disabled, anyone weaker or less popular than yourself in school. Her Author’s Note confirms, “I was very aware that it is very difficult to stand up to bullies, especially when they are in power”.
There is an evangelical earnestness here which might not attract some readers. The cast of characters may seem to be too carefully chosen to point a moral; and the plot – especially its coincidences - contrived to serve the author’s didactic ends. The overt message may well be self-defeating for some, for shifts in adolescent thinking are usually best discovered obliquely. For other younger readers, the strongly felt, direct message may very well make its impact.
Geoff Fox
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Announcement :: International
3 Boston Actions vs. Occupations of Palestine & Iraq
by we interrupt this empire 16 Nov 2006
Three actions against the occupations of Palestine and Iraq this weekend.
1. Tell the Israeli Government:
STOP KILLING PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS!
12:30-1:30 pm
The Israeli Consulate, 20 Park Plaza, Boston (near Arlington T stop)
Jewish, Arab and other community members protest deadly Israeli assaults on Gaza. Please wear black!
Bostonians of conscience will send the consulate the message that representatives of the Israeli government are not welcome in our city as long as the Israeli government and army continue to murder Palestinians indiscriminately, hold Gaza under siege, build an Apartheid Wall through the West Bank, destroy the livelihood of millions of people, ignore UN resolutions and international law, and deny basic human rights to Palestinian people!
Using U.S. weapons paid for by our tax dollars, Israeli military forces have killed 77 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the past two weeks! On Wednesday, November 8, the Israeli military shelled five homes in the Al-Kafarnah neighborhood, leaving 18 civilians dead, including 7 children, 6
women and 11 members of the same family. Between 2000 and 2006, Israel has killed 2,300 Gazans, including 300 in the past 4 months.
Our U.S. tax dollars -- sent to Israel as "international aid"-- have provided much of the weaponry used to attack Palestinian civil society.
The Israeli consulate in Boston is one of 9 Israeli consulates in the country. This week, protests will be held at Israeli consulates around the nation and around the world, in response to an urgent call for assistance from Palestinian organizations and international solidarity groups.
Co-sponsored by the Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights and Boston Jews for Justice in the Middle East
2. Confront War Criminal General Abizaid, Commander of U.S. forces in Iraq
Tell him we're not having his "Long War"!
We want the U.S. out of Iraq and we want it now!
Harvard, 79 JFK St, Cambridge
This Friday, General John Abizaid, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East (including Iraq and Afghanistan) will be speaking at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University on "Challenges of the Long War." Please join us in protesting his speech to say Bring the troops home now! U.S. out of Iraq! All corporations and all military bases out!
On Tuesday, voters in dozens of Massachusetts towns voted overwhelmingly in favor of a referendum calling for immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Polls show that around the country, over 60 percent of Americans oppose the war. We are sick and tired of a war that has killed 655,000 Iraqis and over 2800 U.S. troops, while draining away over $2 billion a week.
Now, General Abizaid is coming to Harvard to try to justify the war in Iraq as part of the unending "war on terror," which he has given the name "The Long War." But the war in Iraq has done nothing to make the world safer, it has terrorized the world. The brutal U.S. occupation, symbolized by names like Fallujah and Abu Ghraib, has only given us death, despair, and anger.
"The Long War," a phrase that Donald Rumsfeld has used to frame the war on terror as "a generational conflict akin to the Cold War" that might last decades, is meant to provide a cover for increased military presence in the Middle East for generations to come.
It has been used to justify huge increases in military spending, with a record Pentagon budget of $513 billion for 2007, meaning less money for our schools and communities, as well as attacks on our civil liberties, legalization of torture, racism against Arabs and Muslims, and more.
Come confront Abizaid and tell him that we're not having his "Long War"!
Sponsored by Harvard Initiative for Peace & Justice, Alliance for Justice in the Middle East, and the Greater Boston Stop the Wars Coalition
3. STOP THE WAR AND THE WAR PROFITEERS
Assemble to Beats for Peace: Boston Common, 12:00 Noon
March Against the Profiteers: 1:30 PM
Indoor Rally: 3:30 P M
Encuentro Cinco, 33 Harrison Ave., Chinatown
With over 100 U.S. soldiers and thousands of Iraqis killed in October alone, it is plain to see that the U.S. occupation is intensifying the conflict in Iraq. On Saturday, November 18th the Greater Boston Stop the Wars Coalition is calling for an outpouring of opposition to this criminal war and to serve notice to the war makers that they are not getting off the hook after the elections. A march and indoor rally is being organized not just against the politicians who have maintained and deepened the occupation, but also against those who are enjoying huge profits from the occupation and the resulting death and devastation.
Bechtel, which gained notoriety during the "Big Dig", was awarded $680 million in contracts for Iraq. Raytheon, the fifth largest war contractor, has experienced record quarterly profits of $5.152 billion! Halliburton, the infamous brainchild of Dick Cheney, has been awarded an open contract in Iraq, with no limit to the time required, and no limit on money spent! How may more will die in this war for profits and domination? How many more billions will be poured into this endless quagmire? Join us in denouncing companies profiteering from the occupation as we march on their offices.
Sponsored by the Greater Boston Stop the Wars Coalition
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Palestine Conference Sunday at Northeastern
by g
(No verified email address) 16 Nov 2006
[There have been attempts to have this conference shut down, and
demonstrations are being planned to oppose and disrput the event. Come
show your support for a pro-Palestinian perspective!]
BEYOND APARTHEID IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE:
The Reality on the Ground & Lessons from South Africa
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19
(Registration from 12:30 PM)
Northeastern University Law School, Room 97
400-416 Huntington Avenue (Asa S. Knowles Center)
Downtown Boston (on the Green Line, “E” branch)
Hosted by the Northeastern University School of Law National Lawyers Guild
Chapter.
Co-sponsor: Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights (617) 491-2313
On July 9, 2005, the fi rst anniversary of the International Court of
Justice ruling on the illegality of Israel’s Wall, over 170 Palestinian
civil society organizations issued a Call for Boycott , Divestment and
Sanctions (BDS) to be directed against Israel until it complies with
international law and universal principles of human rights. This
will examine why Israel’s policies towards Palestinians are apartheid
policies. It will explore the role activists can play to respond to the
Palestinian call for BDS, and to help create the kind of pressure that
be needed to move the region “beyond apartheid.”
OMAR BARGHOUTI
Palestinian analyst, activist and author
FELICIA EAVES
Co-chair, Black Voices for Peace
LEILA FARSAKH
Assistant Professor of Political Science, UMass-Boston
ILAN PAPPE, Senior Lecturer of Political Science,
Haifa University; author, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
STEWART TING CHONG
Former staff member to Archbishop Tutu
Boston City Councilor
DAVID WILDMAN
United Methodist Church General Board of Global Ministries
Attorney and divestment activist -- AND MANY MORE!
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Home Archives 2015 Leaf Lore – Leaf Litter Helps Keep Soil Healthy
Leaf Lore – Leaf Litter Helps Keep Soil Healthy
The dark-eyed junco and other birds use leaf litter to hunt for prey to feed their broods in springtime, when insect populations are low and the need for food is high.
A whole host of creatures inhabit leaf litter, helping to keep the soil healthy and the cycle of life intact.
By Ruthanne Johnson
Illustrations by Patricia J. Wynne, www.patriciawynne.com
For those of us who grew up reading Dr. Seuss’ children’s stories, who can forget the lovable elephant Horton, with his gigantic, sonar-like ears that pick up faint peeps coming from a tiny speck of dust? Turns out there’s an entire planet filled with people perched precariously on that dust speck, and Horton takes it upon himself to protect it from destruction. “A person’s a person, no matter how small,” he proclaims.
Well, that scenario isn’t far from the truth—and it exists in your own yard.
Every year after the leaves, twigs and other natural debris fall to the ground, a rich community of animals springs to life—weird, prehistoric-looking creatures with names like water bears, sow bugs, springtails and harvestmen. Some, like earthworms and slugs, chow down on the leaf litter. Others, like spiders and pseudoscorpions (think tiny lobsters), chow down on each other. Still others use the leaf layers for warmth during the cold winter months, emerging in springtime to begin the life cycle again.
It’s a mind-blowing world filled with herbivores, predators, parasites, hyperparasites (parasites who feed on other parasites) and symbiosis, says Kefyn Catley, a professor of biology at Western Carolina University, “and it’s much more diverse than a coral reef.”
Not only does leaf litter create habitat for wildlife, it’s vital for our gardens and the overall environment.
Origins of Leaf Life
Caterpillars dine on foliage in the spring and summer and their nutrient-rich excrement mixes with leaf litter to provide habitats for countless critters.
The process begins as caterpillars and other insects dine on foliage in the spring and summer months. Their nutrient-rich excrement, called insect frass, drops to the ground, mixing with leaf litter and other natural debris in the fall. Moisture becomes trapped in the layers, creating the perfect habitat for worms, snails, centipedes, spiders, mites and a host of microscopic animals.
The invertebrates shred and eat the debris, making it easier for bacteria and fungi to decompose the matter into rich humus. Nutrients such as nitrogen, calcium and sulfur are recycled into the soil and eventually used as food by trees, shrubs and other plants. The cycle creates, in effect, nature’s home-made fertilizer.
New plants sprout from the enriched soil, which, depending on the ecosystem, can take hundreds to thousands of years to produce, says Denver-based ecologist Susan Sherrod with Biohabitats.
Without the leaves and animals breaking down the leaf litter, plants simply would not grow in the nutrient-poor soil. Fertilizer is an option, but chemical fertilizer is energy-intensive to produce and unsustainable, Sherrod says. “Supporting the soil community is the most sustainable activity a home-owner can do.”
Celebrate Diversity
“Reptiles, mammals and birds can all be members of a litter ecosystem,” Sherrod says. “Over a hundred species of beetles alone have been counted in the detritus of one Colorado ecosystem.”
“Spiders will spin a little cocoon and turn a leaf into a tunnel and molt in there,” Catley says. “And some moths, bees and butterflies will overwinter under the leaf litter.”
Bumblebee queens are known to hibernate under the warm, moist layers. In spring, after they awaken, they forage on the early blossoms of dandelions, pussytoes and wild strawberry. Back under the leaf litter, they form a mound of pollen and wax before laying their eggs. Then they build waxy pots and fill them with nectar and create pollen balls, often called beebread. The stored food allows sustenance for the queen while she broods on her eggs, and for her eyeless, legless larvae upon emergence.
Some butterfly and moth species also take advantage of fallen leaves, including the brown elfin and nais metalmark butterflies. Certain caterpillars, too, snuggle in rolled-up leaves. The pretty Colorado hairstreak butterfly lays eggs on gambel oak leaves in late summer, where the eggs overwinter on the fallen leaves until spring. The western banded skipper lays eggs on the ground near asters and thistles, while the Aphrodite fritillary lays them on the ground near violets. The fallen leaves provide protection for their eggs and caterpillars through winter.
Some insects even seek out pine needles. The pine white butterfly, for example, lays her eggs on the needles of ponderosa pine, Douglas fir and other conifers. Later, the larvae eat the needles.
Then there’s daddy longlegs, called harvestmen because they feed on both live and dead matter. Long-legged harvestmen live in the loose outer layers. Short-legged ones hide deeper in the leaves. Water bears are microscopic critters that feed on algae, bacteria, nematodes and organic detritus. Water bears need to maintain a film of water around their bodies at all times. Otherwise, they shrivel up and remain alive and motionless until they again have access to water.
But the most plentiful of them all are the mites and springtails—minuscule critters found in leaf litter all over the world. They occur in such numbers that it’s mind-boggling, Catley says. Several hundred thousand mites, for example, can exist in a square meter of soil. Mites and springtails are rock stars when it comes to breaking down detritus and turning it into nutrient-rich humus.
Mites and springtails feed mostly on bacteria and fungi growing on leaf litter, says Timothy Seasted, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado. “Think of scraping the icing off of an Oreo cookie. They like the filling.” Each time they do this, new bacteria and fungi grow and eat away at the surface of the debris, resulting in decay.
For those who let fallen leaves linger, the first creatures they’ll observe hanging around leaf piles are the birds in springtime. That’s because they feed their young a hodgepodge of insects rather than berries, seeds and nuts. The leaf litter provides a virtual buffet for avian parents during a time when insect populations are low and the need is high.
Birds such as robins, woodpeckers and a variety of sparrows hunt for food in the litter. It’s fun to watch different sparrows—spotted towhees, dark-eyed juncos, fox sparrows and chipping sparrows—pick through the leaves by scratching, hopping backward and then repeating the process until they discover a wiggly treat. Small birds and other animals, like mice, also use leaf litter for hiding places.
Though leaf litter may harbor garden pests, it also provides habitat for animals that keep pests under control. Damsel bugs, for example, overwinter as adults in the fallen leaves. They’re voracious predators of aphids, true bugs, spider mites and small caterpillars. “The biota that process leaf litter also inhabit the underlying soil,” Sherrod says, “keeping it aerated with their burrowing and tunneling activities, and mixing high-nutrient surface soils with deeper layers.” Leaf litter also serves as effective mulch that helps retain soil moisture, prevent erosion and keep weeds at bay.
Rather than raking all the leaves from your yard this fall, consider keeping some around for these critters. If you think it looks too messy, move the leaves beneath a tree or under some bushes. The layer should be about 4 to 8 inches deep to provide good cover for the shredders and decomposers. And don’t forget to keep some pine needles, too, which work great for suppressing weeds and lining walking paths.
A fun outdoor activity for kids, Seasted suggests, is to place a handful of leaf litter on a screen. Carefully place the screen over a pan of water so that no leaf litter accidentally falls into the water. Then shine a lamp on the litter. Critters will jump into the water, and it’s possible to see them floating on the surface.
Once you actually witness this microscopic life in nature’s “mess,” then perhaps Horton the elephant’s mission to save that tiny dust speck won’t seem so crazy after all.
Ruthanne Johnson
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Bristow and Airnorth Pursuing Successful Integration of Rotary and Fixed Wing Operations
Major step forward in providing integrated solutions to clients
Bristow Group took a major step toward becoming a leader in providing point-to-point transportation services with the acquisition of Airnorth, Australia's largest regional airline operating across Northern Australia and Australia's second oldest airline, second only to Qantas.
The acquisition of Airnorth takes Bristow Australia’s existing operations beyond rotary-wing to include direct fixed-wing services. “With Airnorth, we are positioned to provide ‘one journey’ passenger services, all booked and managed for our clients through Bristow Travel (Australia),” says Allan Blake, regional director, Asia Pacific. “We can better serve our oil and gas clients developing projects offshore Northwest Australia and have the ability to provide service to potential new client segments, such as business and leisure passengers traveling to regional and remote communities, as well as resource industry workers.” He adds that the company expects to gain access to key Southeast Asia markets.
In February, Bristow acquired an 85 percent interest in the fixed-wing carrier, which has a long history of profitable operations and growth as the dominant scheduled airline and contract charter operator in the region.
Seamless Connectivity
With a fleet of 13 aircraft, Airnorth operates more than 200 weekly flights – both scheduled and charter services – serving more than 20 destinations across four countries. This includes domestic ports across Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, and internationally to Timor-Leste, Indonesia and the Philippines. The company provides the bulk of flying to many remote oil and gas operations and indigenous communities, and is a Darwin/Northern Territory-based Qantas codeshare partner. Through its partnership with Qantas Airways, Airnorth offers seamless connectivity, including check-in and interline baggage facilities.
Seamless Transition
Airnorth has a reputation as an exceptional operator with an excellent safety culture and sustained profitability over time. Similar to Bristow’s Eastern Airways acquisition, Airnorth will retain its name and brand identity and will operate under the direction of Daniel Bowden, Airnorth’s CEO.
The integration of Airnorth into Bristow Group has proceeded smoothly, with 100 percent of the top priority integration goals being met and nearly two-thirds of all identified integration goals successfully completed within the first three months. Both Airnorth and Bristow management teams have worked closely together to ensure a seamless integration without missing a beat in their busy day-to-day operations. “This has been achieved during a period of significant growth for both businesses and is a testament to how well the two teams have come together,” says Blake. Supply chain synergies have already achieved more than US$1 million per annum in anticipated operational savings. The teams have identified more supplier cost-saving opportunities that are currently being worked upon to deliver bottom-line benefits to the Group. Planning is also well underway for Airnorth to provide cost-effective fixed-wing solutions for Bristow staff and freight traveling between remote bases in the North of Australia.
The teams have achieved another major step in client service: the commencement of Bristow’s helicopter operations from Truscott Airbase for a major client, in which Bristow and Airnorth together are delivering fully integrated passenger services. Bristow Travel (Australia) is handling both fixed-wing bookings and helicopter scheduling; Airnorth is handling terminal operations and fixed-wing services between Darwin and Truscott, and Bristow is operating the rotary-wing services from Truscott to the client’s pipe laying barge.
“Many of our global clients want a fully integrated passenger service, including travel services, as they seek to refocus on their core business,” says Blake. “This acquisition has allowed us to deliver a more costeffective transport solution with the potential to reduce client costs associated with travel, accommodation and passenger logistics.”
This article appeared in Bristow World Issue 2, 2015. View the full magazine here.
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ACK! ACK! Kyle Starks Kicks Off New “Mars Attacks!” Series
July 17, 2018 July 16, 2018 Comic Book Club0
Dynamite Entertainment and Topps are ready to protect the world from those crazy green aliens once again as writer Kyle Starks (Rick and Morty, Rock Candy Mountain) and artist Chris Schweizer (The Creeps, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) bring you the face melting experience of a lifetime with Mars Attacks! this October!
“Mars Attacks! is coming back to comic stands and I’m thrilled to be a part of it,” said writer Kyle Starks. “I’ll be bringing my two-time Eisner nominated trademark humor and action to this totally awesome and classic franchise.”
In Mars Attacks! #1, Spencer hasn’t finished a dang thing in his life. So when he goes to visit his dad to see if maybe he can borrow some money, the last thing on his mind is global survival. Now Spencer and his father are on the run, trying to avoid being spaceray’d by a bunch of destruction happy Martians, heck-bent on zapping them dead!
“It gets even better. We’ve got award-winning cartoonist Chris Schweizer for art duties and he’s going to hit a home run,” added Starks. “Schweizer and Starks go together with Mars Attacks! as well as death rays and flying saucers. This is going to bonkers hilarious, bombastically over-the-top fun.”
Cover B: Ruairí Coleman
Cover C: Eoin Marron
Cover D: Robert Hack
Cover E Subscription: Chris Schweizer
Cover: Ken Haeser Remark
“I’ve been waiting to see Dynamite’s take on Mars Attacks! for over a year and I’m so excited with what the creative team has done,” said Nick Barrucci, Dynamite CEO & Publisher. “I’ve been a fan ever since the 1962 trading cards and our series really reflects the tone of the original.”
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Kratom Anyone?
Kratom is a miracle cure for everything from opioid addiction to anxiety……..
Miracle treatment or dangerous drug? Indonesia cashes in on Kratom
Harry PEARL, with Aseanty Pahlevi in Pontianak
AFP•February 8, 2019
The sweltering backwaters of Indonesian Borneo have become the unlikely ground zero for the global production and export of kratom, a tree leaf hailed by some as a miracle cure for everything from opioid addiction to anxiety
The sweltering backwaters of Indonesian Borneo have become the unlikely ground zero for the global production and export of kratom, a tree leaf hailed by some as a miracle cure for everything from opioid addiction to anxiety (AFP Photo/Louis Anderson)
The sweltering backwaters of Indonesian Borneo have become the unlikely ground zero for the global production and export of Kratom, a tree leaf hailed by some as a miracle cure for everything from opioid addiction to anxiety.
Part of the coffee family, the leaf has been used for centuries in Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea for its pain-relieving and mildly stimulating effects but it is now sold in powder form and exported worldwide — alarming some health regulators who have raised concerns about safety.
Kratom stimulates the same brain receptors as morphine, although it produces much milder effects.
“I take Kratom and have had no problems. Every strain has its benefits – some help you relax, others can treat insomnia or treat drug addiction. Some help increase stamina,” grower Faisal Perdana told AFP.
Fellow farmer Gusti Prabu, who now exports 10 tonnes of the drug a month, agreed.
“Our ancestors used Kratom and there were no negative side effects. It can help eliminate drug addiction and help people detox,” he explained.
But its popularity is causing concern — the drug is unregulated, and has had little clinical testing to assess its safety or side effects.
Kratom is already banned for domestic consumption in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, though the former allows its export in unprocessed form.
Health authorities in the United States — now the drug’s top importer — have linked consumption of the plant and its derivatives to dozens of deaths, warning it could aggravate a deadly opioid epidemic gripping parts of the country.
Compounds found in Kratom are opioids, which expose users to the same risks of addiction and death as illicit opiates, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.
But for farmers in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan — the centre of production — demand for Kratom is such that they have moved away from traditional commodities such as rubber and palm oil to start growing the tree, turning it into a major cash crop.
And at the main post office in Pontianak, the key trading post for this part of Indonesian Borneo, it’s clear the health warnings have done little to dampen interest.
“Around 90 percent of our shipments from West Kalimantan province are Kratom that’s been sold to the United States,” post office head Zaenal Hamid said.
As many as five million Americans use the drug and that number is growing, according to the American Kratom Association.
Data from 2016 showed that the region was shipping some 400 tonnes abroad every month — worth about $130 million annually at current global prices of some $30 a kilogramme.
Most Kratom customers are reached through online platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Chinese e-marketplace Alibaba.
The trend for alternative medicine has been credited with increasing interest in Kratom from Europe and America, where it is usually consumed as a tea or in capsules.
– Opioid epidemic –
The US is struggling with an opioid epidemic, fueled by addiction to prescription painkillers as well as street drugs like heroin and synthetic versions such as fentanyl.
Kratom is legal in 43 states, but the FDA is pushing for greater restrictions and has already put an import alert on it, which means shipments entering the US can be confiscated.
In a statement, the organisation warned consumers not to use the drug and said it was “concerned that Kratom appears to have properties that expose users to the risks of addiction, abuse, and dependence.”
Scientists say that while Kratom may have positive attributes, very little research has been done into the drug.
“It has great potential as a remedy for pain and opioid addiction given its pharmacology and its potential accessibility,” Michael White, head of the department of pharmacy practice at the University of Connecticut, told AFP.
“It is promising and not proven,” he added.
Advocates insist it’s a safe alternative to prescription drugs and can actually help opioid addicts.
“Of the 44 deaths on record involving Kratom, they all involve poly-drug use,” said Ryan Leung, a spokesman from kratom lobby group Botanical Education Alliance (BEA).
“The FDA health warnings…(have) proven to be misguided by multiple experts,” he added.
For now, Indonesian producers are waiting to see how the regulatory battle in the US unfolds.
And while bad weather and a salmonella scare dented exports in 2017, provisional data showed Kratom shipments bounced back strongly last year.
Kratom farmer Prabu insisted: “The Kratom market has been very good over the past decade and it still has potential in the years ahead.”
He added: “People will see its usefulness, sooner or later.”
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Primary test could face new boycott
Author: Leroy Wright Апр 17, 2017,
Education secretary Justine Greening is set to respond to a consultation on school funding in the next few months - and the NUT expects some areas to end up with even less money. They ended Sunday's proceedings debating another more aggressive motion calling for a boycott of all "summative testing" in primary schools in 2017-18.
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "There are 1.8 million more children in good or outstanding schools than in 2010 and free schools are playing a vital role in creating those good school places". All of this while existing schools are facing an unprecedented budget crisis.
"These figures make clear that the free school, UTC and studio school programmes were ill-thought policies which, in many cases, resulted in an appalling waste of significant sums of money", he said.
The union's general secretary Kevin Courtney said ministers should apologise to teachers and parents for the £138.5m "thrown away" on these abandoned projects. He added the figure was likely to be much higher, with some data unavailable.
'At a time when head teachers across England and Wales are crying out for sufficient funds to run their schools, provide pupils with a broad and balanced curriculum and retain teachers and support staff, the Government is proposing to lavish scarce education funding on a policy which all the evidence confirms will undermine the high standards of education that comprehensive schools have been able to achieve in the decades since selective education was ended in most parts of the country.
Samantha Nicholson-Hickling, a teacher from Oldham, said she knew of a pupil who said she developed alopecia from the stress of sitting tests: "She's now 22 and has no hair, and attributes that to taking Sats at age 11".
"It is now time to drop these failed programmes and focus on what works".
Aleksander Lukic, who is a member of the NUT, was the sole voice at the union's annual conference this weekend to speak in favour of the Prime Minister's demand for more selective education.
But he added that he had come across others who did not share his support for the expansion of selective schools.
They will also vote to ballot members over a protest against all primary school tests for the 2017/18 school year. Local authorities have been banned from opening new schools that are not free or academies, according to Sky News.
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Officials are examining Abedi's trips to Libya as they piece together his allegiances and try to foil any new potential threats.
Armed police officers stand outside a residential property near to where a man was arrested in the Chorlton area of Manchester, Britain May 23, 2017.
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Rudd was asked by the BBC about the fact that information about Abedi, including his name, had come out of the United States before it was cleared by British authorities.
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He said Salman was planning to head from Saudi Arabia to Libya to spend the holy month of Ramadan with family. "This is not us".
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Equitable Public Space Fellowship 2016–
Empowering the next generation of design professionals
From left: Eve Klein, Luisa Santos, and Nyree Ramsey at the El-Space Forum. Photo: Sam Lahoz
The Design Trust Equitable Public Space Fellowship Program, established in 2016, supports the next generation of urban designers, architects, landscape architects, and planners in contributing to complex public space challenges in our global city.
As we surveyed the representation of minority groups in the design profession and the growing diversity of NYC’s neighborhoods, we recognized the need to reflect the people we serve.
Every year, Design Trust selects a promising emerging professional whose life and work experience would contribute significantly to the design expertise and design thinking in our work with community-based organizations and public agencies. We seek candidates from historically marginalized groups and underrepresented perspectives who are curious, driven, and passionate about NYC’s shared spaces and transforming the city’s landscape.
The Fellow joins the Design Trust team as a full-time paid staff member for an intensive one-year fellowship, and become a part of the Design Trust community, interact with project fellows, partners, and collaborators.
See our Fellowship Calls for further information: 2018, 2017, 2016.
The Design Trust Equitable Public Space Fellowship Program support is provided in part by Eve Klein and Robert Owens.
I felt that urban planning would actually be an interesting way to pursue [my interests] because it would be learning the structures, how to affect the structures that allow for people to come together.
Luisa Santos, 2017-2018 Equitable Public Space Fellow
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Robert Murphy “Bob” DoggartAge: 90 years1923–2013
Robert Murphy “Bob” Doggart
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Robert Murphy “Bob” Doggart, son of John Doggart and Private, was born on May 25, 1923 and died on May 26, 2013 in Newtownards, Down, Northern Ireland at the age of 90.
Robert Murphy “Bob” Doggart had 3 children.
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May 2009 Travel Zambia 17 CHIMFUNSHI LATEST Exciting news for Chimfunshi Wildlife Sanctuary and Chimpanzee Orphanage, reports Lesley Thomson. Thanks to the generosity of donors the centre now has a new offi ce, complete with satellite dish and solar panels. A new access road to the large chimpanzee enclosures is also being constructed for visitors, while African Impact has provided assistance with new accommodation for volunteers. Meanwhile Sandy, one of the orphans, moved to his new home in February. This chimp was nursed back to health after a serious crocodile attack but, severely traumatised, has since found it hard to share living quarters with the others. Now enough funds have been raised to complete the building of his new home. Four other chimps, whom he has befriended in the last year, will be joining him. Chimfunshi would like to thank all donors, including those who responded to the appeal in the last edition of Travel Zambia. Please keep it coming! Visitors are welcome at Chimfunshi. Entrance is ZK50,000 per adult, ZK25,000 per child and ZK10,000 per person for school groups. A visit includes a talk, a trip around the education centre and time with the chimpanzees. For further information contact Tony Raunch at Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust, PO Box 11190, Chingola, Zambia, or email chimfunshiwildlife@ iwayafrica. com Brendan Reisbeck, manager of Chongwe River House ( www. chongwe. com), must have been a good boy last year: Santa brought him the top prize on many a safari wish list - a real, live pangolin. This bizarre nocturnal animal is so elusive that many old bush-hands go a lifetime without ever seeing one. Imagine Brendan's surprise, therefore, when one of his staff knocked on his offi ce door on Christmas morning to report having found one in camp. " The next thing we knew," he recalls, " this huge pangolin was ambling around the offi ce and testing out the diamond mesh like a climbing frame." Brendan couldn't quite believe what he was seeing. " We stood there in amazement," he continues. " Eight years of working in the bush and this was my fi rst ever sighting. We truly were very lucky." Reisbeck released the pangolin outside, where he watched and photographed it for a while before it headed home. Better make sure he writes your Christmas list next year. Chongwe's Christmas pangolin The common pangolin ( Manis temminckii) rests in a burrow by day and ventures out at night to feed on ants and termites. It uses a strong sense of smell to locate anthills, powerful front claws to break in, and a long, sticky tongue to lap up its insect prey. Its pine cone- like scales are made of a keratinous material, like fi ngernails. When threatened it will roll into a protective ball, and can work these scales with a vicious cutting action to deter any predator that comes too close. This species is the most widespread of four found in tropical Africa, with another fi ve occurring in Asia. Despite their similar appearance and diet, pangolins ( order Pholidita) are completely unrelated to the armadillos ( order Cingulata) of South and Central America. WILDLIFE FOCUS: PANGOLIN Habitat Nkani Nkani BRENDAN REISBECK CHIMFUNSHI GETTY IMAGES
18 Travel Zambia May 2009 Launched in November 2007, the Royal Livingstone Express is the brainchild of Bushtracks' managing director Christopher Tett. But perhaps its real hero is Ben Costa, who has brought his considerable experience on the rails to restoring the 1920s British- built locomotive. Every day that the train runs - usually Thursday, Friday and Saturday - you'll fi nd him on board, carefully nurturing his iron charge as it gets up steam ready for a night out. When you tread the red carpet alongside the carriages, helping yourself to a cool drink as you board, it all feels very adult. Passing through a plush lounge car, gleaming with polished wood, you pass the bar and take your place on a small observation deck. More drinks arrive, with nibbles to match. It's when the train pulls slowly out of the station, however, that the excitement really mounts. Children race alongside as you pass through villages where families gather for the evening meal. Soon homesteads give way to fi elds, and then to Mosi oa Tunya National Park. The train may stop for game viewing if an elephant is spotted, but it is the iron horse that remains the star attraction. Just short of Simonga - a distance of some 15km - there's a fl urry of activity. With a slow hiss, the old locomotive shudders to a halt, is uncoupled from the coaches, then shunts off alone. Points are moved, cameras fl ash, and the loco is relocated to the back of the train, ready to push it the last few hundred metres. As darkness falls over the bush, passengers are ushered in twos and fours to tables set with cut glass that glitters under the soft lights. Classical music accompanies a fi ve- course meal, prepared on board by chefs from the Royal Livingstone Hotel. By the time dessert is served the train is on the move again, but this time the rocking of the rails seems to escape notice: the return to the 21st century is altogether a quieter, gentler affair. The Royal Livingstone Express runs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening ( subject to a minimum of six passengers). Reservations can be made through Bushtracks Africa; tel: + 260 ( 0) 213 3323232; www. royal-livingstone- express. com; tickets are US$ 150 per head. Tricia Hayne visited Zambia courtesy of Expert Africa: www. expertafrica. com The Zambezi Express owes much to renowned British artist, conservationist and locomotive lover David Shepherd ( see Travel Zambia 4). The Mulobezi line, along which the locomotive runs, was built in the 1920s to transport timber to Livingstone from the teak forests of Mulobezi. When the railway ceased operations in the early 1970s, Kenneth Kaunda, then President of Zambia, gave two of the locomotives to Shepherd, who had already painted a famous picture called Mulobezi Princess. Shepherd transported one loco to the UK, where he donated its passenger car to the National Railway Museum in York. The other he donated to Zambian National Heritage, where Bushtracks has since renovated it to full working order. Find out more about the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation and its work in Zambia at www. davidshepherd. org SHEPHERD OF THE RAILWAYS People People Vakacha Vakacha Habitat Habitat Nkani Nkani Culture Culture Romance lives - it's offi cial! Just make your way to Livingstone and hitch a ride on the Royal Livingstone Express, reports Tricia Hayne. OK, ' hitch' is pushing it, since the experience does not come cheap, but this could be the occasion to put the recession on hold and step back to an era when the whistle of a steam engine promised a journey to remember. DO THE LOCOMOTION TRICIA HAYNE X 2 DSWF
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. Here's a chance to check out some local talent that might be heard on any given night at a number of local venues here in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
..Check Curt's List listings for the following musicians and get out and catch them when you can !! Be sure to tell them where you heard them & purchase their current albums!
To Listen to the Following Music:
..Just begin playing the first track, or any within the collection, by clicking on the little square button with a small triangle pointing to the right, next to each song title, and the player will automatically play them through.
History can now add - "Blues Society of Tulsa 2011
Blues Challenge Band Winner" to Wanda Watson's
country-driveway-long list of awards & accomplishments...
She and the band will be representing Tulsa Blues & The Tulsa Blues Society at The most coveted of all Blues Chalenges in the World; The International Blues Challlenge (IBC) in Memphis, Tn - beginning January 2012.
From: "Strictly UnRestricted Bootleg Vol. II"- The Wanda Watson Band - Spring 2009
- "My favorite on the Strictly UnRestricted Bootleg Vol. II is probably 'Crazy Baby' ", Wanda Watson reveals,..."It's a Joan Osborn song that she wrote pretty much low key & acoustic... when we got hold of it, we turned it into a rock ballad because - at heart - I'm a rock 'n roller baby ! I actually started out my career in the early 80's in an all original rock n' roll band. Anyway, it just needed some umpf up in it - ya know ? - Anyway, it had huge reflections of my past, the way I felt when I was out there - in the problem - during the late 80's and early 90's, the sadness, the defeat, the wanting to give up and die feelings - that I could reflect on back then - and never forget to this day. I don't think anyone in the problem - that comes out on the other side of it - forgets that feeling of loneliness... even when you were never really alone. God was always there,I knew that, never questioned it, I just was full of reckless abandon at that time in my life, had a death wish and an agenda to get there in my own time instead of His time. The song is someone telling that person in despair to Hang On, Don't Give Up, Don't Turn Out the Light - You are LOVED and Needed !! It touches a lot of hearts and souls, which is what I'd like to believe I do when I sing. God gave me a gift to tell my stories with, so that's what I try to do, that's what I'll always do,
forever and ever - Amen". - w.w.
One of my favorite tracks from the most recent Jennifer Marriott Band Album - "You Should Be With Me" - 2011
Living In A Dream
From the award winning Album; "Staring Into The Sun" (2008) - Dustin Pittsley Band - Written by our very own Randy Crouch - Outsatanding !!
Look Out Now
From: "V4.0" - Sweatin' Bullets - 2013
Offered by Lead Guitarist Ron Harper:
"Hey curt. We're up & running on iTunes and Reverbnation. As far as my favorite song on the CD, that was really difficult so my conclusion would be 'Look Out Now'. The reason for my decision is this; Shortly after (Drummer) Mike Hanson joined the band, we started jammin on this groove at band practice and ended up writing what would be the first of many original songs. At that point I knew we had good chemistry with these 4 members. That first song was 'Look Out Now'."
From: "Foam" Mike McClure Band - 2008
Heard this awesome song last Thursday 12/15/11 on KMOD as The Red Dirt Rangers' John Cooper was on the
morning show promoting the Annual Red Dirt Christmas Show.
Out of This Town (Get Lost)
From The Full length live album recorded at The Colony - Tulsa, Oklahoma - (5/24/10) by Wink Burcham http://winkburcham.com
A Portion of Ric Barryman's "Voodoo Kitchen"
From: Tulsa's Brave Men - Fet: Ric Barryman on bass & vox...Plus click on link below to see/hear a Live Brave Men Video Performance:
Rikki Don't Lose That Number (Steely Dan cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YojixcMEPdE
From: Andrew Swift's ~ "Bitter Darwin"
For this & other Bitter Darwin compositions check out:
www.soundcloud.com/bitterdarwin
Broken Branches
Something New From: Matt Mason - w/ Chuck Blackwell,
Danny Timms, Ted Russell Kamp, Bruce Alford,
Jeffery Saenz, Romeo Rondeau, Aaron Lyons & John Hoff.
Check out more of Matt's music here:
http://www.reverbnation.com/musicofmattmason
Ride With Me
From: Joshua Yarbrough & The Five Dollar Sugar
Joshua Yarbrough - guitar, harmonica, vox
Timbo Kelly - guitar, keys
Dusty Robison - bass
Josh Eatmon - drums
Getting Through To Me
From: My Friends From Wichita - The Terry Quiett Band - 2011 Winner 2010 Blues Society of the Ozarks IBC Blues Challenge. Winner 2008 Wichita Blues Society IBC Blues Challenge. Check out his website & buy some of his amazing music - and if he asks...
tell him his Tulsa friend Curt Fillmore sent cha' ! I just love this album jacket !! One of the most clever covers I've ever seen.Well done Terry !! - c.f. (The Terry Quiett Band plays Tulsa from time to time throughout the year - sometimes at the Cimarron Bar...and also performs at assorted Music & Blues Festivals in the area. http://terryquiettband.com
Them Tulsa Boys
From: The Paul Benjaman Band - "The New Tulsa Sound Vol 2" - 2012
When I first heard this track, which leads off on the album, I didn't know who was performing it...with the name New Tulsa Sound I had to immediately check...as this song incredibly channels an Eric Clapton/JJ Cale vibe & sound from the 461 Ocean Blvd. era when Clapton's entire Rhythm section were 'Tulsa Boys' ...even the awesome guitar playing sounds like Slowhand himself was sittin' in !! ...So much so - I had to find out if it was actually written by either one of them...or Paul Benjaman. Very Nice ! This is one of the finest tracks on the album. I'd keep an eye & a set of ears on this Paul Benjaman...he's definitely got some Clapton in him !! - c.f.
All You Can Do
From The Self Titled Album (by) - Tom Skinner - 2012
When one thinks of the music capital of the United States - Stillwater, Oklahoma likely never comes to mind. But in the early '80's Stillwater was a hotbed of musical talent. Austin rocker Jimmy LaFave began his career there. Legendary songwriter Bob Childers did, too. Even mega-star Garth Brooks got started in Stillwater. But the voice that most embodies Oklahoma "red dirt" music would have to be Tom Skinner.
The musical story of Tom Skinner began up the road from Stillwater, in Bristow, Oklahoma. This is where Tom was raised and began singing, at an early age, in the church choir. He took up playing guitar while serving in the military inthe late 1970s. After the military, Tom returned home to settle into the life of a professional musician. During the early and mid 1980s Tom played throughout Oklahoma. He made a name for himself as a solo performer and as the leader of a hot country band, the 'Skinner Brothers Band' (a group that included Tom's younger brothers Mike and Craig). His instrumental abilities on both guitar and bass led to a stint in Sante Fe, a band that featured a then unknown Garth Brooks. Their talents took them to Nashville and propelled
Brooks to phenomenal success. Tom was less than thrilled with the 1980s Nashville scene and returned to Stillwater to head up a band called The Twanglers. The mid 1990s brought about a change in musical fortunes for Tom Skinner. During a two year stay in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tom's music came to the attention of a small record company. Although he had often been approached about recording, the pieces just never quite fit. This time they did. Skinner returned to Oklahoma in
early 1996 to record "Times Have Changed" for Binky Records. Released in 1997, "Times Have Changed"
is a stunning collection of thirteen original compositions by Tom and some of his Okie compadres. Early pressings of the disc include two additional acoustic tracks. One song from the disc, 'Maybe It's Love', was licensed for use in a film while another, 'Water Your Own Yard', was recorded (though not yet released) by southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd. A song from the CD, "Goin' Down the River Road", was later recorded by Cajun music star Waylon Tibodeaux.
Tom Skinner continues to be a force in the Oklahoma Red Dirt scene. Several of his songs were featured in the recent gospel CD "Dirt & Spirit" by The Great Divide and
Friends (check it out at www.thegreatdivide.com). It has often been said that Tom Skinner
is the greatest songwriter you have never heard of. Time will surely change this !
- Excerpts from Tom's Bio within his old label site: Binky Records
http://www.binkyrecords.com/index.php/tom-skinner
Every Wednesday you'll find Tom Skinner's Science Project over at one of Tulsa's most legendary bars The Colony / 2809 S. Harvard - once owned as a go-go bar by Tulsan Leon Russell. Stories still tell of the nights when a young Eric Clapton would frequent the bar with his friend George Harrison & they would sit in a corner & jam together. - c.f.
Tom has since passed but his memory & spirit will live on forever.
She's So Dangerous
From: Jim Sweney & Charles Tubberville - A 45 record they cut after the full Vinyl Album "Didn't I Blow Your Mind" - Year ? / Flip Side: "It Ain't Right" / What an outstanding recording !! This is exactly how they sounded back when I was front table at Tulsa's Extinct "Santa's Inland Bay" wayyyy back in the early 80's. - c.f.
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Monica left her abusive Dom a year ago. Now a new man in her life wants to show her how to love - and to submit - again. Can he do it? Or will Monica's past come back to haunt her?
Part 1 - PURSUED
Available on KU!
Released: August 6th, 2015
When Monica ran away from the Dom who mistreated her, she thought she would never be in a relationship again. Heartbroken and wounded, she now devotes her life to a business catering to the depraved elite.
Then Mr. Henry Warren walks into her world, offering her an escape from the pain that haunts the scars on her body. What he doesn't understand is that a woman like Monica knows what pain is all too well - and no longer knows the difference between a Dom who will take care of her... and one who will destroy her.
But she's falling for his pursuits. His charms. His handsome manners. His promises of kindness... with more than a hint of kink.
The only way Monica can heal is by submitting once again.
His domination is the cure.
Part 2 - CAUGHT
Released: August 23rd, 2015
Monica seems to have it all: a rewarding business, her health... and a new Dom in her life who treats her well and gives her everything she needs.
Except can Henry Warren, the billionaire with his own secrets, really give Monica everything she needs? Such as protection from her old past come to haunt her?
And love?
From hot, toe-curling dates to a shoulder to cry on, the Princess has to decide whether it's time to leave her castle... or hide from the Dragon another day.
Either way, she's Caught between two forces that won't let her go.
Part 3 - HEALED
Released: September 8th, 2015
What Monica discovers about Henry's family goes deeper than the designer pockets of her billionaire boyfriend.
The only way she and her Dom can free themselves from the past is by letting go of every last barrier between them. Monica wants truth and honesty. Henry wants every part of her.
They give it all. For honor, and for the security they both crave.
It's time for the region's most dedicated sub to make her grand, public debut, all in the name of love - and smiting the Dragon, with her Knight by her side.
Collection - HIS DOMINATION
Released: September 26th, 2015
The novelized version of the HIS DOMINATION, featuring Parts 1 - 3 in their entirety!
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U.K. Economy Contracts 0.2% in Q1
U.K. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by 0.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2012, driven by weakness in the construction sector and the production sector.
Output of the production industries decreased by 0.4 per cent in Q1 2012, following a decrease of 1.3 per cent in the previous quarter.
Construction sector output decreased by 3.0 per cent in Q1 2012, following a decrease of 0.2 per cent in the previous quarter.
Output of the service industries increased by 0.1 per cent in Q1 2012, following a decrease of 0.1 per cent in the previous quarter.
GDP in volume terms is flat in Q1 2012, when compared with Q1 2011.
TradingEconomics.com, UK Office for National Statistics
UK Q1 GDP Growth Confirmed at 0.5%
Britain's quarterly economic growth was confirmed at 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2019, above the previous three-month period's figure of 0.2 percent. Household expenditure, government consumption and investment contributed positively to GDP growth, while net trade contributed negatively.
UK GDP Growth Accelerates to 0.5% in Q1
The UK economy grew by 0.5 percent on quarter in the first three months of 2019, accelerating from a 0.2 percent expansion in the previous period and matching market expectations, a preliminary estimate showed. Private consumption, government spending and gross capital formation contributed positively, while net trade contributed negatively to GDP growth.
Britain's quarterly economic growth was confirmed at 0.2 percent in the three months to December 2018, below the previous three-month period's revised figure of 0.7 percent. Household consumption and government spending supported the expansion, while gross capital formation and net trade contributed negatively to GDP growth.
UK GDP Growth Slows to 0.2% in Q4
The UK economy grew by 0.2 percent on quarter in the three months to December 2018, easing from a 0.6 percent expansion in the previous period and matching market expectations, a preliminary estimate showed.
UK Q3 GDP Growth Confirmed at Near 2-Year High
Britain's quarterly economic growth was confirmed at 0.6 percent in the three months to September 2018, the strongest expansion since the last quarter of 2016 and compared to a 0.4 percent advance in the previous period. Household spending and exports were the main drivers of growth while business investment has fallen for three consecutive quarters, which has not been seen since the global financial crisis, in part due to Brexit-related economic and political uncertainty.
UK Economy Grows at Fastest Pace in Nearly 2 Years
The British economy grew by 0.6 percent on quarter in the three months to September 2018, following a 0.4 percent expansion in the previous period and matching market expectations, a preliminary estimate showed. It was the strongest growth rate since the last quarter of 2016 as household spending and exports rose firmly while business investment contracted at the fastest pace since early 2016 in part due to Brexit-related economic and political uncertainty.
The British economy grew by 0.4 percent on quarter in the three months to June 2018, unrevised from the first estimate and above the previous period's figure of 0.1 percent. Household consumption rose faster than initially thought while business investment unexpectedly contracted amid uncertainty around Brexit.
UK Economy Expands 0.4% in Q2
The British economy grew by 0.4 percent on quarter in the three months to June 2018, following a 0.2 percent expansion in the previous period and matching market expectations, a preliminary estimate showed. Household consumption rose further and fixed investment rebounded firmly, while net trade subtracted from growth.
UK Q1 GDP Growth Revised Higher to 0.2%
The British economy grew by 0.2 percent on quarter in the three months to March 2018, slightly above the second estimate of 0.1 percent and following a 0.4 percent expansion in the previous period.
UK GDP Growth Confirmed at 0.1% in Q1
The British economy expanded 0.1 percent on quarter in the first three months of 2018, in line with the preliminary estimate and well below 0.4 percent in the previous period. It is the lowest growth rate since a 0.1 percent contraction in Q4 2012, the second estimate showed.
UK Q1 GDP Growth Slows to Weakest in 5 Years
The British economy grew by 0.1 percent on quarter in the three months to March 2018, easing from a 0.4 percent expansion in the previous period and missing market expectations of 0.3 percent, a preliminary estimate showed. It was the weakest growth rate since a 0.1 percent contraction recorded in the fourth quarter of 2012.
The British economy grew by 0.4 percent on quarter in the three months to December of 2017, unrevised from the second estimate and following a 0.5 percent expansion in the previous period. Fixed investment increased firmly despite a slowdown in business investment, while net trade contributed negatively to growth.
UK Q4 GDP Growth Revised Down to 0.4%
The British economy grew by 0.4 percent on quarter in the three months to December of 2017, below the preliminary estimate of 0.5 percent and following an upwardly revised 0.5 percent expansion in the previous period. Production output rose less than initially thought. On the expenditure side, there was a slowdown in growth of household spending and business investment.
UK Q4 GDP Growth Beats Expectations
The British economy grew by 0.5 percent on quarter in the three months to December 2017, beating market expectations of 0.4 percent, the preliminary estimate showed. The expansion was mainly driven by services and manufacturing while construction contracted for the third quarter in a row.
The British economy advanced 0.4 percent on quarter in the three months to September of 2017, unrevised from the second estimate and following a 0.3 percent expansion in the previous period. Household consumption rose at stronger pace while fixed investment growth softened.
The British economy advanced 0.4 percent on quarter in the three months to September of 2017, unrevised from the preliminary estimate and following a 0.3 percent expansion in the previous period. Household consumption rose at stronger pace, with car purchases recovering somewhat from a low Q2, while business investment growth softened.
The British economy advanced 0.4 percent on quarter in the three months to September 2017, beating market expectations of 0.3 percent, the preliminary estimate showed. The expansion was mainly driven by services boosted by computer programming, motor trades and retail trade. Also, manufacturing returned to growth after a weak performance in the previous period while construction contracted for the second quarter in a row.
The UK economy expanded 0.3 percent on quarter in the three months to June of 2017, unrevised from the second estimate of GDP and following an upwardly revised 0.3 percent expansion in the previous period. Fixed investment was the main driver of growth while household expenditure rose at a slower pace. From the production side, the services industries were the only positive contributor to output GDP growth.
UK Q2 GDP Growth Rate Confirmed at 0.3%
The UK economy advanced 0.3 percent on quarter in the three months to June of 2017, unrevised from the preliminary estimate and following a 0.2 percent expansion in the previous period. There was relatively strong growth in government spending and investment, while household consumption rose at softer pace and business investment stalled.
UK Economy Grows 0.3% in Q2
The British economy advanced 0.3 percent on quarter in the three months to June 2017, in line with market expectations and following a 0.2 percent expansion in the previous period, a preliminary estimate showed. The growth was driven by services mainly boosted by retail trade and film production and distribution, while construction and manufacturing contracted.
UK Q1 GDP Growth Rate Weakest In 1 Year
The UK economy advanced 0.2 percent on quarter in the three months to March of 2017, unchanged from the previous estimate, and following a 0.7 percent expansion in the previous period. It was the weakest growth rate in one year, as household spending slowed while business investment rebounded. On the production side, growth was driven by output from the business services and finance, and construction industries, partially offset by declines in some consumer-focused industries.
The UK economy advanced 0.2 percent on quarter in the three months to March of 2017, below the preliminary estimate of 0.3 percent, mainly due to broad-based downward revisions within the services sector. On the expenditure side, household spending slowed while business investment rebounded.
UK Q1 GDP Growth Weaker Than Expected
The British economy advanced 0.3 percent on quarter in the three months to March 2017, easing from a 0.7 percent growth in the previous period and below market expectations of a 0.4 percent expansion, a preliminary estimate showed. It was the slowest rate of growth since the first quarter of 2016, as services output expanded at a slower pace.
The British economy advanced 0.7 percent on quarter in the three months to December of 2016, following a downwardly revised 0.5 percent expansion in the previous period and in line with a second estimate. Net trade and consumer spending boosted growth while business investment contracted.
UK Q4 GDP Growth Revised Up To 0.7%
The British economy advanced 0.7 percent on quarter in the three months to December of 2016, following a 0.6 percent expansion in the previous period and above the preliminary estimate of 0.6 percent, due to upward revisions within the manufacturing industries. On the expenditure side, exports rebounded sharply while household expenditure rose at a slower pace and business investment contracted.
UK GDP Growth Beats Expectations In Q4
The UK economy advanced 0.6 percent on quarter in the three months to December of 2016, the same pace as in the previous period and better than market expectations of a 0.5 percent expansion, preliminary estimates showed. Services industries were the main drivers of growth, with a strong contribution from retail sales and travel agency services. Meanwhile, construction recovered slightly and production industries showed no growth, as a sharp contraction in mining and oil production offset a rebound in manufacturing and utilities.
The British economy advanced 0.6 percent on quarter in the three months to September of 2016, the same as in the previous period and better than the second estimate of 0.5 percent expansion. Household expenditure continued to grow while fixed investment rose at a slower pace and net external demand contributed negatively. Compared with the same period of 2015, the economy advanced 2.2 percent following a downwardly revised 2 percent expansion in the precedent quarter and missing the second estimate of 2.3 percent gain.
The British economy advanced 0.5 percent on quarter in the three months to September of 2016, slowing from a 0.7 percent expansion in the previous period and in line with the preliminary estimate. Net external demand was the main driver of growth, while household expenditure and fixed investment rose at a slower pace.
UK GDP Growth Beats Expectations
The UK economy advanced 0.5 percent on quarter in the three months to September of 2016, slowing from a 0.7 percent expansion in the previous period but better than market expectations of 0.3 percent, preliminary estimates showed. It is the first GDP figure covering a full quarter following the EU referendum, suggesting growth continues to be broadly unaffected with a strong performance in the services industries offsetting falls in other industrial groups.
UK GDP Growth Revised Up to 0.7% in Q2
UK's gross domestic product expanded 0.7 percent quarter-on-quarter in the three months to June of 2016, revised up from 0.6 percent previously estimated and higher than a 0.4 percent gain in the previous period. It was the 14th consecutive quarter of expansion, as household spending and fixed investment were the main drivers of growth, final figures showed.
Consumer Spending Boosts UK GDP Growth in Q2
The British economy expanded 0.6 percent on quarter in the three months to June of 2016, higher than a 0.4 percent growth in the previous quarter and in line with the preliminary reading. Household spending boosted growth and investment rebounded, figures from the second estimate showed.
The UK’s economy advanced 0.6 percent on quarter in the three months to June of 2016, higher than a 0.4 percent expansion in the previous period and better than market expectations of 0.4 percent. Industrial production rebounded and posted the biggest gain since 1999, boosted by mining, quarrying and manufacturing while services growth slowed and construction shrank for the second quarter, preliminary estimates showed.
UK GDP Grows 0.4% in Q1 ahead of Brexit Vote
The UK’s economy expanded 0.4 percent on quarter in the first three months of 2016, in line with preliminary estimates and slowing from an upwardly revised 0.7 percent expansion in the last quarter of 2015. Consumer spending was the main driver of growth while business investment shrank more than expected and exports declined the most in six quarters, final figures showed.
UK GDP Growth Confirmed at 0.4% QoQ in Q1
The British economy expanded 0.4 percent on quarter in the first three months of 2016, slowing from a 0.6 percent growth in the previous period and matching preliminary estimates. Household spending continued to support growth while exports shrank and business investment contracted for the second straight quarter amid uncertain results for the EU Membership referendum.
The British economy expanded 0.4 percent on quarter in the first three months of 2016, slowing from a 0.6 percent growth in the previous period and in line with market expectations, preliminary figures showed. The services sector led the expansion industrial production, construction and agriculture shrank.
UK GDP Growth Revised Up
The British economy advanced 0.6 percent on quarter in the last three months of 2015, higher than a 0.5 percent estimate earlier released and compared to a 0.4 percent growth in the previous quarter. Consumer demand remained the main driver of growth and the negative impact from trade came lower than expected while the drag from business investment was larger.
Household Spending Drives UK GDP Growth in Q4
The British economy advanced 0.5 percent on quarter in the last three months of 2015, in line with the preliminary estimate. Growth was mainly driven by household spending while gross fixed capital formation and exports decreased, figures from ONS second estimate showed.
UK GDP Expands 0.5% in Q4
The British economy advanced 0.5 percent on quarter in the last three months of 2015, accelerating from a 0.4 percent growth in the previous period and in line with market expectations, preliminary estimates showed. Services contributed 0.52 percentage point to the expansion while industry subtracted 0.03 percentage point.
UK GDP Growth Revised Down to 0.4%
The UK economy advanced 0.4 percent on quarter in the three months to September of 2015, lower than preliminary estimates of a 0.5 percent gain and slowing from a downwardly revised 0.5 percent expansion in the previous period. Gross capital formation and public spending grew less than anticipated while the drag from net external trade was smaller than expected, final figures showed.
Net Trade Drags UK GDP Growth Down to 0.5%
The UK economy advanced 0.5 percent on quarter in the three months to September of 2015, slowing from a 0.7 percent expansion in the previous period and in line with the preliminary estimate. Gross capital formation rebounded while net external proved a drag of 1.5 percentage points on overall growth in the quarter, figures from the ONS second estimate showed.
UK GDP Growth Below Expectations
The British economy advanced 0.5 percent on quarter in the three months to September of 2015, slowing from a 0.7 percent expansion in the previous period, according to preliminary estimates. Figures came lower than expected, as construction declined the most in three years and manufacturing remained depressed.
UK GDP Growth Confirmed at 0.7%
The British economy expanded 0.7 percent on quarter in the three months to June of 2015, higher than a 0.4 percent increase in the previous period and in line with preliminary estimates. It is the tenth consecutive quarter of growth, driven by a surge in business investment and exports.
UK GDP Growth Accelerates in Q2
The British economy expanded 0.7 percent on quarter in the three months to June 2015, in line with market expectations and boosted by business services and finance and gas and oil production, preliminary estimates showed.
The British economy expanded 0.4 percent in the first three months of 2015, better than an initial estimate of 0.3 percent and boosted by household consumption and investment. Still, it is the lowest growth rate since the last quarter of 2013.
The British economy expanded 0.3 percent in the first three months of 2015 matching preliminary estimates but slowing from a 0.6 percent rise in the previous period. Second estimates released by the Office for National Statistics showed a drop in exports and higher imports weighted down on growth.
UK Q1 GDP Growth Disappoints
The British economy expanded a weaker-than-expected 0.3 percent on quarter in the first three months of 2015, hurt by a slowdown in business, financial services and manufacturing and decline in mining and construction.
The British economy advanced 0.6 percent on quarter in the last three months of 2014, higher than 0.5 percent estimate released last month and driven by rise in exports.
The British economy grew 0.5 percent in the last three months of 2014, slowing from a 0.7 percent rise in the previous period, second estimates released by the Office for National Statistics showed.
UK Economy Slows More than Expected
British GDP advanced 0.5 percent on quarter in the last three months of 2014, below market expectations and compared with a 0.7 percent expansion in the previous period. Preliminary estimates showed services were the main driver of growth while construction and mining shrank.
The British economy expanded 0.7 percent on quarter in the three months to September, in line with previous estimates but down from a revised 0.8 percent increase in the previous period. Household and government consumption were the main drivers of growth.
The British economy grew 0.7 percent in the three months to September, according to the second estimate released by the statistical office. Private consumption and government spending were the main drivers of expansion while business investment and exports shrank.
UK GDP Growth Slows in Q3
The UK economy expanded 0.7 percent on quarter in the three months to September, slowing from a 0.9 percent increase in the second quarter. Preliminary estimates showed services were the biggest contributor to the growth while mining and quarrying shrank for the second consecutive quarter and manufacturing posted the lowest gain in six quarters.
UK GDP Grows Stronger Than Expected
The UK economy expanded 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2014, up 0.1 percentage points from the second estimate, mainly due to changes in the GDP calculating methods. Figures for the first quarter were also revised to a 0.7 percent expansion, from a 0.8 percent increase previously reported.
UK economy expanded by 0.8 percent in Q2 2014, the second consecutive quarter-on-quarter increase of 0.8 percent, unrevised from the preliminary estimate published on July 25th.
The UK economy advanced 0.8 percent on quarter in the three months to June, the same growth rate recorded in the previous period, driven by the services sector. Preliminary estimates showed the economy is now 0.2 percent bigger than in the first quarter of 2008, its previous peak.
Investment Drives UK GDP Growth in Q1
The British economy expanded 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2014, according to final figures and unchanged from the previous estimates, driven by business investment. Year-on-year, the GDP advanced 3 percent, slightly down from a preliminary 3.1 percent estimate.
UK GDP Growth Unrevised at 0.8% in Q1
UK GDP advanced 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2014, unrevised from last month's preliminary estimate. While production, construction and services expanded on the quarter, agriculture shrank by 0.7 percent.
UK Economy Grows Below Expectations in Q1
UK’s GDP advanced 0.8 percent in the first three months of 2014, marking a fifth straight quarter of economic expansion. While manufacturing and services climbed 1.3 percent and 0.9 percent respectively, agriculture and mining were down.
UK economy advanced 0.7 percent quarter on quarter in the last three months of 2013, in line with previous estimates. Full-year GDP growth in 2013 was revised down to 1.7 percent from 1.8 percent recorded earlier.
UK's GDP rose 0.7 percent on a quarter-on-quarter basis in the last three months of 2013, matching initial estimates and recording its fourth consecutive quarter of growth. Compared with the same quarter of 2012, the GDP expanded 2.7 percent, revised down 0.1 percentage points from the previously estimated 2.8 percent increase.
UK GDP Growth Matches Expectations in Q4 2013
In the fourth quarter of 2013, UK's GDP grew 0.7 percent over the previous quarter, boosted by the services sector. Though matching market expectations, preliminary estimates showed the economy slowed in the last three months of 2013 from a 0.8 percent growth rate recorded in the previous two quarters.
UK Q3 Final GDP Growth at 0.8% QoQ
In the third quarter of 2013, the final reading for the UK quarter-on-quarter GDP growth was confirmed at 0.8 percent. Second quarter growth was revised up to 0.8 percent and the third quarter annual rate was also revised upwards, from 1.5 percent to 1.9 percent.
In Q3, United Kingdom GDP growth accelerated to 0.8 percent quarter-on-quarter, up from 0.7 percent in the previous three-month period and matching the initial estimate. While production in manufacturing, construction and services boosted the expansion, electricity and agriculture shrank.
In Q3, United Kingdom GDP growth accelerated to 0.8 percent quarter-on-quarter, up from 0.6 percent in the second quarter of 2013 and in line with expectations. Output increased in all main industrial groups and at its fastest pace in more than three years.
UK's gross domestic product increased by 0.7 percent between Q1 2013 and Q2 2013, unrevised from the previous estimate. The increase was broad based, with all three major industry groups, services, production and construction making positive contributions.
United Kingdom GDP Growth Revised Up to 0.7% in Q2
In Q2, UK's Gross Domestic Product grew by 0.7 percent, an upward revision of 0.1 percentage points from the previous estimate, and following growth of 0.3 percent in Q1 2013. The service sector continued to support growth, rising 0.6 percent and contributing 0.5 percentage points to GDP growth.
UK Economic Growth Accelerates in Q2
UK GDP grew by 0.6 percent in the second quarter from the previous three months, in line with expectations and double the 0.3 percent expansion in Q1. While services were the biggest contributor to the growth; agriculture, production and construction also expanded during the period.
UK Economy Expands 0.3% QoQ in Q1
In Q1 of 2013, UK gross domestic product increased 0.3 percent qoq, unrevised from the previous publication. GDP growth between Q4 2011 and Q1 2012 was revised from a fall of 0.1 percent to flat meaning Britain's economy did not suffer a double-dip recession as previously reported. GDP is estimated to be 3.9 percent lower than the pre-financial crisis peak in Q1 of 2008.
United Kingdom GDP Expands 0.3% QoQ in Q1
UK gross domestic product in volume terms was estimated to have increased by 0.3 percent between the fourth quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013, unrevised from the previous publication.
United Kingdom Economy Expands 0.3% Quarter-on-Quarter in Q1
United Kingdom GDP increased by 0.3 percent in Q1 2013 compared with Q4 2012. GDP was 0.4 percent higher in Q1 2013 than in Q3 2011 and therefore has been broadly flat over the last 18 months.
U.K. GDP Contracts 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in Q4
The U.K. economy contracted 0.3 percent quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter, unrevised from the previous estimate, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics showed.
UK GDP Contracts 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in Q4
United Kingdom GDP Growth Contracts 0.3% in Q4
GDP was estimated to have decreased by 0.3 percent in Q4 2012 compared with Q3 2012 and to have been flat in Q4 2012, when compared with Q4 2011. GDP is estimated to have been flat between 2011 and 2012.
U.K. GDP Growth Revised Down to 0.9 Percent In Q3
The UK economy grew by 0.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2012, following three consecutive quarters of negative growth. Despite being revised down by 0.1 percentage points from the previous estimate, the latest quarterly growth rate remains the strongest since the third quarter of 2007.
U.K. GDP Expands by 1 Percent in Q3
After three consecutive periods of falling gross domestic product (GDP), the UK's economy grew by 1 per cent during the third quarter of 2012.
UK GDP Revised Up in Q2
UK gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms decreased by 0.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2012, revised from the previously estimated 0.7 per cent decline.
U.K. GDP Contracts 0.7% in Q2
U.K. Gross Domestic Product decreased by 0.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2012. The most significant contribution to this fall came from the construction sector; there was, however, also weakness in both the production and services sectors.
UK GDP Contracts 0.3% in Q4
UK gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms decreased by 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2011, revised from a decline of 0.2 per cent previously estimated. For the year 2011, GDP in volume terms increased by 0.7 per cent.
UK GDP for the fourth quarter of 2011 dropped by 0.2%, a worse than expected figure that will heighten fears of a double-dip recession.
The UK economy bounced back between July and September with stronger than expected growth of 0.6% after it ground to a halt in the second quarter, the Office for National Statistics said on December 22.
UK Gross Domestic Product rose by 0.5 per cent in the third quarter of 2011, driven by strength in the Services sector and the Production sector. The Construction sector showed a small decline.
UK GDP Growth Revised Down to 0.1% in Q2
UK gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms increased by 0.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2011.
UK Growth Remains Stagnant in Q2
The chained volume measure of gross domestic product increased 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2011, following positive growth of 0.5 per cent in the previous quarter.
UK Economy Expands by 0.5% in Q1
United Kingdom GDP rose by 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2011, following a fall of 0.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010. GDP increased 1.8 per cent in 2011 Q1 compared with 2010 Q1.
UK Economy Contracts by 0.5% in Q4
UK GDP growth contracted by 0.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010, revised from a fall of 0.6 per cent previously published. GDP in the fourth quarter of 2010 is now 1.5 per cent higher than the fourth quarter of 2009.
UK Gross domestic product contracted by 0.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010, revised down from the previously estimated fall of 0.5 per cent. GDP in the fourth quarter of 2010 is now 1.5 per cent higher than the fourth quarter of 2009.
UK GDP Falls 0.5% in the Fourth Quarter
UK Gross Domestic Product decreased by 0.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared with an increase of 0.7 per cent in the previous quarter.
UK Third Quarter GDP Revised Down to 0.7%
UK gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms rose by 0.7 per cent compared with the previous quarter, revised down from the 0.8 per cent rise published in November. GDP in volume terms fell by 4.9 per cent during 2009, revised up from the 5.0 per cent fall previously published.
UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased 0.8% in the third quarter of 2010, according to the Office for National Statistics, compared with an increase of 1.2% in the previous quarter.
UK GDP Growth Revised Up to 1.2%
The UK economy grew slightly faster than initially thought in the second quarter, expanding by 1.2 per cent rather than the 1.1 per cent first estimated.
U.K. Economy Grows 1.1% in Q2
Britain's economy grew by 1.1 percent in the second quarter, the Office for National Statistics said, surprising markets that had expected more modest expansion.
UK Recovery Still Fragile
This week, UK GDP growth for the first quarter of 2010 was revised up to 0.3%. And although this number may look encouraging it is very unlikely that this year British economy will record any significant recovery.
UK Economy Grows More Than Estimated
The U.K. economy grew more than previously estimated in the first quarter as rebounding investment and the biggest jump in manufacturing for four years strengthened the recovery.
British Economy Grows Half as Much as Forecast
The U.K. economy grew half as much as forecast in the first quarter, underscoring the fragility of the recovery as Prime Minister Gordon Brown struggles to convince voters that his party deserves a fourth term.
U.K. GDP Grows at Faster-Than-Estimated Pace in Fourth Quarter
The U.K. economy emerged from recession in the fourth quarter at a faster pace than previously estimated, handing a boost for Prime Minister Gordon Brown with a general election weeks away.
U.K. Emerges From Recession at Faster Than Estimated Pace
Britain emerged from recession at a faster pace than previously estimated in the fourth quarter, providing a boost for Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he prepares for a general election within weeks.
British Economy is Recovering But is Not Out of the Woods
In the fourth quarter of 2009, the United Kingdom economy expanded 0.1% qoq, finally emerging from the longest and deepest recession since the mid-1940s. Yet, the recent wave of optimism may be way exaggerated since recent growth is mainly supported by fiscal and monetary stimulus.
British Economy Exits Recession
The U.K. economy crept back to growth in the fourth quarter of 2009, narrowly emerging from a deep recession that began in the second quarter of 2008.
U.K. GDP Revised Up to Show 0.2% Drop
The U.K. economy shrank less than previously estimated in the third quarter as a jump in construction and fixed investment brought the longest recession on record closer to ending.
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Furey
JOHN A. FUREY was born in Pennsylvania, according to most Census records, in June of 1851, although some indicate 1853. He married his wife Jennie around 1874, and a son, Walter was born soon afterwards. By 1879 he was working in Camden as a policeman, and living at 527 Jackson Street. The Census shows the Furey family still at 527 Jackson Street. John Furey was then working as a riveter. His son Walter was then five years of age. Soon after the Census was taken, John A. Furey went into the saloon business. He had already become involved in politics, serving as the Republican committeeman from the Eighth Ward in 1880 and as a tax collector. He later was elected as freeholder from the Eighth Ward, holding that post from from 1888 until 1890.
A well known man for a number of reasons, John Furey is listed in the Camden City Directories of1881-1882, 1882-1883 and
1883-1884 Camden City Directories as a saloonkeeper at 214 Federal Street. From 1884 through 1887 City Directories show him running a bar at the corner of South 2nd Street and Kaighn Avene.
After leaving Camden County's Board of Chosen Freeholders, John Furey was appointed to the Excise Commission, which oversaw bars and liquor licenses in Camden. In May he was made a member of City Council, replacing Isaac Ferris, who had resigned. This however created quite a stir as the City Solicitor serving at that time declared that John Furey could not hold two posts at the same time. The case went to the New Jersey Supreme Court which ruled against his holding both positions.
Sadly, son Walter Furey died around 1892. John Furey remained politically active through the 1890s. This building was still operating as Furey's Hall as late as 1914. He worked as a private detective until at least 1906, and with his wife conducted a drugstore. The 1892 Camden City Directory Lists "Furey's Hall at South 4th Street and Kaighn Avenue. He also became involved in real estate.
By 1892 John A. Furey and his family were then living at 1627 Fillmore Street in Camden's Eighth Ward. They remained at that address through 1899.The 1900 Census reveals the Furey's had moved to 1647 Broadway by the summer of that year.
When the census was taken in 1910 John A. Furey had retired. Mr. and Mrs. Furey were still living at 1647 Broadway. He later became active in another sort of business enterprise, as the 1914 Camden City Directory lists Furey's Hall on the northwest corner of South 4th Street and Kaighn Avenue. This building, still standing and in use in 2009, was for many years the home of Camden Bar and Restaurant Supply. Gene Robison, who grew up in the neighborhood and worked briefly in the building, noticed the small sign high up on the building saying "Furey's Hall", which has now been covered by stucco.
During America's involvement in World War I, John A. Furey served on the local Public Safety Council. However, his health had been failing for some time and he died on June 1, 1917. A man of considerable means, his will left an endowment for the establishment of a clinic hospital "for the worthy poor", it is not known to this writer if that was ever done.
Mrs. Jennie Furey was still living at 1647 Broadway, where she was operating a drugstore as late as January 5, 1920.
Philadelphia Inquirer - July 19, 1879
John A. Furey - Officer Watson
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 29, 1880
Richard F. Shannon - John A. Furey - Joseph C. Lee
Joseph C. Nichols - George M. Thrasher
Philadelphia Inquirer * February 2, 1883
Josiah Rawlings - John A. Furey - James Ayres - James Dudley
Claudius Bradshaw - James M. Cassady - John W. Donges
Josiah D. Rogers - Henry B. Wilson Sr. - Jonathan Burr
Edmund E. Reed - Christopher J. Mines Sr. - William P. Tatem
Jesse E. Hueston - E.E. Reed Jr. - George W. Gilbert - William S. Scull
William W. Bozarth - John Burr - Charles Wilson - Rudolph W. Birdsell
John W. Wartman - Samuel Hibbs - St. John's Episcopal Church
Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church
Camden Fire Insurance Association
Philadelphia Inquirer * March 14, 1888
Charles H. Helmbold - Dr. John D. Leckner - James Ware Jr. - John Furey - J. Wesley Sell
B.F. Archer
Philadelphia Inquirer - February 16, 1890
John Furey - Jacob Gnang - John Cherry
Lewis McDowell - John Evans
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 14, 1890
John Furey - J, Oscar Nichuals - Howard Carrow - Jacob Neutze- Dr. William S. Jones
Emil Mettler - Henry Sparrow - Dr. John W. Donges - John Cherry - Lewis McDowell
Samuel Mowery - Scheimer - Kendall - Hatton - Bowden - Cowperthwaite - Kellum - Cleary
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 28, 1890
John Leighton Wescott - Cooper B. Hatch
John Campbell - James M. Lane - Mahlon F. Ivins Sr. Dr. John D. Leckner - Eugene B. Roberts
Joseph Starr - Charles H. Sharp - John Furey
John A. Furey
James M. Lane
Frank Burdsall
Charles Helmbold
Edward E. Jefferis
Charles Lederman
George A. Frey
John Cherry
Philadelphia Inquirer - May 21, 1891
John A. Furey - Thaddeus P. Varney
Philadelphia Inquirer - June 19, 1891
John Furey - John Cherry - Lewis McDowell
James M. Lane - Robert F. Smith
John A. Furey - Arthur Bedell
Andrew Rabeau
Col. Daniel B. Murphy
Gen. William J. Sewell
Frank Ford Patterson Sr.
Frank Ford Patterson Jr.
John Fort - Daniel Carter
U.G. Styron - Wallace Armstrong
Joseph W. Cooper - C.C. Reeve
Frank S. Heister - Fred Newton
Frank L. Vinton - Howard Pine
Richard Evans
Judge Alfred Hugg
Judge Thomas McDowell
James S. Henry - William Sexton
John Smith Jr. - Charles Bosch
W.H. Fredericks
John A. Furey - J. Henri Hall - George E. Martin - William Fithian - Charles E. Toy
Robert T. Lee
Alexander Heith
George Thompson
David Rankin
Benjamin M. Braker
James O. Smith
Gabriel Hill
Charles Sattler
Benjamin E. Mellor
F. Morse Archer
Committee of One Hundred
Wildey Hall
Philadelphia Inquirer - April 27, 1898
John A. Furey - William James - South 5th Street
Edna Jackson
Camden Aerie No. 65
Turner Hall
South 5th Street
Philadelphia Inquirer * April 2, 1903
F. Joseph Rouh
William Schmid
George W. Jessup
John Furey
Charles M. Ferat
Philadelphia Inquirer * August 12, 1905
Philadelphia Inquirer - June 2, 1917
Broadway - Van Hook Street - Rev. Charles Bowden
Camden Courier-Post - February 6, 1933
When G.O.P. Battled G.O.P.
Typical Convention Rumpus Stirred 'Regular' and 'True' Republicans as Gibbs and Morgan Were Nominated for Sheriff in '81
(Another in a series of articles on
Camden affairs and personalities of yesteryear)
By BEN COURTER
Rival factions in the political conventions of long ago were more bitter toward one another than toward the common foe. So-called "rump" conventions were by no means exceptions. By "rump" was meant merely those who refused to play with the regulars and who set up the nominations, as did the Bull Moose on the national scale in the historic scrap of 1912 which resulted in the three-cornered battle of Wilson, Roosevelt and Taft, giving the Princeton professor the start that was to make him a world figure. Factions we still have, of course, and it is quite proper, since too much regularity often breeds party decay. But present-day political methods are certainly lacking in the spectacular rumpuses that stirred the rank and file in the period when delegates met and made their nominations.
In a recent article allusion was made to the Democratic convention of September 20, 1878, when Nathan T. Stratton, of Millville, was nominated for Congress by the Democrats in the midst of downright fisticuffs, when "liar" and "hypocrite" and worse was hurled about the hall.
Lest it may be assumed the party of Jefferson and Jackson only was given to such methods, it is fitting to give a picture on the other side of the political house. Dr. William H. Iszard's inexhaustible scrap book, loaned me by his son, former Assemblyman Iszard comes across with a copy of a tabloid political sheet, "The True Republican," which gives a recital of a battle royal in the G.O.P. ranks which will be of interest to some old-timers I know are still about.
Rival Conventions
That was the convention to nominate a sheriff called at Gloucester City Hall on Saturday, October 8, 1881, where we find the redoubtable Colonel James Matlack Scovel once more a moving factor, but this time in the ranks of the "regular Republicans" or at least so they called themselves as opposed to the "rump" set up by a rival group. Christopher J. Mines, long Fifth ward leader and later sheriff, apparently had been selected as temporary chairman with William A. Husted, who died last year well in his 70's, as secretary. But when that part of the delegation marched up to city hall, like the famed king's horses- they marched down again.
As a matter of fact, not much marching was done in the hall- for it was asserted by the "true Republicans" that when they essayed to enter the portals they found Colonel Scovel and Henry M. Jewett, father of Harry Jewett, a Camden newspaperman of the long ago and for years later Jersey editor of the Inquirer, in command. More, it was charged "people representing the worst elements of society" were on guard and presented a phalanx which even the huskies of the opposing force could not break. Mines was strong-armed by the minions of Scovel and Jewett and there was so much hooting and yelling and cussin' that the "true" part of the outfit walked out, all 29 of them, over to Moss' hall where they proceeded to carryon their convention to their own taste.
And all 29 of these valiant Republicans voted for Eli B. Morgan as their candidate for sheriff. You old timers will be interested in recalling these delegates who refused to kowtow to 'Colonel Jim.' In the Third ward there was James M. Lane, Charles S. Cotting and George Martin, in the Fourth, Husted, the Sixth, C. C. Smith, Thad Varney, Charles A. Sawyer: in the Seventh, Stephen Walters, Charles Lederman, William Simpson; in Gloucester, John W. Wright, David Anderson, Frank Mills, Robert Lafferty, Richard Allen, Jesse Daisey, Samuel Wood; in Haddon, Charles M. Macready, Elwood J. Haines in Delaware, William Brick, William Graff, Isaac Coles; in Merchantville, Matthias Homer, William Naylor, and in Center, James Davis, Garrett Patton and Gilbert Shaw.
Hot Statement
These "true Republicans" in a statement to the party rank and file, under the Algeresque title of "Now or Never," scathingly said: "It becomes the duty of every Republican voter of Camden county, who has the future interest of the party at heart, to administer a severe and lasting rebuke to all candidates who employ the element and encourage the means that were used in controlling the Sheriff's convention at City Hall, Gloucester City. It discounted anything within the memory of the oldest Democrat inhabitant. What with Col. Joseph Nichols urging the crowd to go elsewhere and nominate Gibbs, and the immaculate Billy Warner of the Fifth ward ordering them to burst the door in, coupled with the commanding voice of that great patriot and life-long Republican, James M. Scovel, alias Mountain Partridge, together with the curses and threats from John Furey, Jack Quigley, Pud Young, Bill Derr, "Tar Heel" Jim Hayes, the able city solicitor, and a gang of Philadelphia roughs, a beautiful spectacle was presented."
The "Gibbs" mentioned was Theodore B. Gibbs who long lived in the white mansion on the banks of Clementon lake and whose ancient grist mills ground the grain for farmers from miles around. None in the county was held in higher esteem and in later years most of the valiant 29 were among his closest friends, unnecessary proof the political animosities are, as a rule, not very enduring. Gibbs was nominated by the "regular" Convention which ousted the 29 and a mighty hot shrievalty campaign ended on November 10 with his ejection, in spite of the "now or never" demand of his opponents headed by Eli Morgan.
The latter was a real estate man, son of Randall Morgan, elected sheriff by a whisker over "Ham" Bitten in 1869, and brother of J. Willard Morgan, long a Republican chieftain. It was the elder Morgan who defeated Bitten, a rough and ready character nominated as a joke, by a narrow squeak.
In the shrievalty scrap of 1881, Gibbs received 5381 and Morgan, 1189. Angus Camerson, the Democratic candidate was given 4450 votes. Nor did the "true" nominees for coroner fare any better. Sam Bennett, William Thompson and Alexander Powell being defeated by 'Doc' John D. Leckner, Jacob Justice and William Duble.
But the "true" Republicans licked their wounds and most of them were ready to "yen their heads off" when Colonel Scovel in later campaigns made the welkin ring with his call from the rostrum to wallop the enemy. If you now come across any of the few actors of that period still in the flesh an allusion to that "spectacle" of half century ago will sure bring one big chuckle with the declaration "them was the days."
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Kaighn Avenue
Northwest Corner
341-347 was at one time
called Furey's Hall
Photo taken July 4, 1984
341-347 was at one time called Furey's Hall.
From1934 till into the 1990s it was the home of Camden Bar & Restaurant Supplies Inc.
Photo Taken July 1984
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Today's Tarot for Alessandra Ambrosio
The Fourfold Vision spread offers a progression of different ways of looking at an object, person, or situation. It is a powerful tool for gaining deeper insight into the specific subjects of other readings. The Lovecraft Tarot is a tribute to the gothic writings of the visionary H.P. Lovecraft. It is the deck of choice for explorers of the macabre, and for posing questions that should never be asked. If you would like your own copy of the Lovecraft Tarot, you can buy it now!
The card on the far right represents the object being viewed, be it an idea, relationship, or the self. Yig the Serpent God: A time of contentment and freedom from restraints. Creative inspiration. Achievement, success, and warmth. Light and love in personal or business matters. Happiness and faithfulness in a relationship.
The card second from the right represents the physical vision: how the object is seen at a base or mechanical level. King of Man (Keziah Mason), when reversed: The dark essence of water behaving as air, such as rain clouds in a gray sky: A pillar of maturity and patience, hiding a deep insecurity and an indecisive nature. One who secretly lusts for power, but lacks the courage, intellect, or work ethic necessary to take it. A charming seducer who appears innocent and understanding, but is in fact selfish and unfaithful.
The card in the middle represents the mental vision: the object personified and seen through a humanized perspective. Page of Tomes (The People of the Monolith): The essence of fire behaving as earth, such as wood or coal: The surprising appearance of a new passion. An adventurer who blazes through life, acting as a catalyst that others may harness. The intense enthusiasm and childlike imagination that fuels any new venture, needing only the application of mind and material to make it a success. Inner fire that can drive away fear and replace it with fury. Can represent a person of some timidity, but whose innate passion can be easily ignited. May indicate the birth of a child.
The card second from the left represents the emotional vision: how passions and values are creatively stimulated by the mental vision. Ten of Man (Wizard Edward Hutchinson): Fulfillment and joy in life and love. Feeling peace, tranquility, and contentment in friends and family. Taking delight in one's good fortune.
The card on the far left represents the fourfold or mystical vision: still viewing through the previous three, we now add a spiritual element, revealing unseen aspects of the object. Knight of Tomes (The Ponape Scriptures), when reversed: The dark essence of fire, such as a great conflagration: One filled with vitality and limitless appetite. A sexy and exciting person, obsessed with style and outward appearance, overconfident in their abilities, and foolhardy in their actions. A hot temper and domineering nature, coupled with a love of false drama and all things theatrical. Anxiety over remaining in one place or with one person for too long. The rapid approach, or more likely departure, of someone or something that ruptures your world. Often suggests travel as the result of discord, or cruel indifference.
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25-29 Upper Newmarket Street
In 1862 Scots Baronial was the 'style'
25 – 29 Upper Newmarket Street & 20 Vicar Street
March 28, 2017 By Julia Branch
This handsome Category B Listed building was originally designed and constructed for the National Bank of Scotland between 1862-3. It was designed by David MacGibbon, who was the Bank’s principal architect at the time and he designed a number of buildings for the bank in the Scots Baronial Style.
The building now requires extensive roof and masonry repairs. Works are underway to repair and renew slating and leadwork, repair and re-build masonry chimneys, renew areas of rotten timber and repair/replace rainwater goods.
As with many properties throughout Falkirk, urgent repairs are required to the rhone (gutters) and downpipes. Blockages in the pipes and gutters have caused water to overflow down the face of the building, which causes damp internally and damages the stonework. Vegetation has been growing from the building, which further traps debris and means that water cannot properly drain away.
The current construction works will ensure that the water management system of the building is fully operational and in good order.
Once the scaffold was in place, it was discovered that the skew putts (see definition below) on each dormer window had been secured in the past with an iron pin. This ferrous material (something that contains rust) has been expanding over time and causing the stone to fracture, meaning that the rusted pins must be removed and replaced with a stainless steel pin (which will not rust). The fractured stones will then be repaired or replaced.
Older buildings often contain ferrous materials as it was not recognised at that time that they could cause significant damage in the future. Rusting of metal can cause entire sections of building to lift; iron can expand up to 25 times its original volume and can shatter stone.
Removal of these iron fixings at 25 – 29 Upper Newmarket Street will help this building to survive into the future and reduce the risk of what could have been a hazardous situation.
Definition of skew putt : a stone at the foot of the slope of a masonry gable cut with a sloping surface and with a check to hold the coping stones.
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“The Joker” Tortures Applebee’s
Written by Chance Delacroix on February 11, 2013
A green wig, white face paint, and the same menacing grin Heath Ledger wore in “The Dark Knight”, was the look Aaron Chase, 24 decided to wear out dining out on Sunday. Aaron sat at the bar in an Applebee’s in Chautauqua County, drunk and without any money, and hassled people around him. When he refused to leave, he was arrested and booked for drunk and disorderly conduct. Earlier in the evening, Chase had been kicked out of a bar down the road from Applebee’s for making gun gestures at the bartender. Bar owner Tim Ruch said “People get a little uptight and nervous, you don’t see this everyday”. But Chase has shown up as the Joker to his establishment before, Ruch said. After being arrested and charged with trespassing and being issued an appearance ticket, Chase was taken to WCA Hospital for psychiatric evaluation.
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One woman tried a very exclusive perfume to help attract men—so exclusive, it can only be found in her own underpants.
Yup, that’s right: She rubbed her own vaginal fluids on her wrists in an effort to attract the opposite sex.
Author Rachel Khona set out to see if the scent of her secretions would have men flocking to her and detailed her experience in a recent Medium post. Khona wrote that she’s somewhat of a vagina experiment connoisseur, which made this latest escapade a natural fit for her.
The theory goes that pheromones in down-there scents play a role in attraction. Khona—setting off for “uncharted territory”—first “wore” only her vaginal juices and later added a touch of her favorite store-bought perfume.
But Christine Greves, MD, an ob-gyn with Orlando Health System in Florida, isn’t buying it. Pheromones have been largely studied as they affect visual and sexual attraction—but they haven’t been researched in vaginal fluid, she tells Health. “Overall, there isn’t much scientific backing on this. This is not something I would ever recommend.”
Turns out, Khona may not be recommending vagina perfume either. Aside from a few smiles and extra door holdings, she really didn’t have much to report. To her disappointment, men didn’t come running from the hills to get a whiff—and she doesn’t have plans to bottle her own scent anytime soon.
“If swarms of men had fallen at my feet, I would have felt differently,” Khona wrote. Instead, she came to the conclusion that the best way to attract men is to “get a life” and to “drink, dance, and be merry.”
It’s also not exactly sanitary, Dr. Greves points out. Vaginal fluids, like many bodily fluids, can contain germs—although there hasn’t been a scientific study on whether or not it’s possible to spread germs via vagina perfume. Still, she says, “I can’t say it’s horrible to do either. To each his own!” Or in this case, hers.
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The Paris Review Interviews: vol. 2 // final
introduction by Orhan Pamuk / edited by Philip Gourevitch // The Paris Review / Picador
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Author and The Paris Review editor Philip Gourevitch loved the yellow used on volume one and wanted us to continue the bright palette for this four volume series. I didn't want to go to red just yet and he suggested a "pool chalk" blue. This second volume will print with a fluorescent blue / PMS 801 background.
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Some comps that didn't go anywhere...
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Watching the World Change
by David Friend // Picador
Cover photograph by Patrick Witty
This cover was just selected by readerville.com as their Most Coveted Covers. Nice. Thank to Keith H. for bringing this to my attention and thank you Karen Templer for choosing Picador.
The attack on the World Trade Center was the most watched event in human history. And footage from that day came not only from TV news sources, but also from workers, tourist, and passersby, each of whose lives would change dramatically when confronted with the sights of the attacks. The author uncovers the stories behind those incredible images. The towers crumbling, people falling, fragments of the remaining structure, people frantically running from engulfing debris, firefighters raising the American flag over ground zero, and many more.
Finding the one representational image out of all of these was difficult and emotionally hard. But what they all have in common was that we all watched these images with shock and horror. I thought the cover image was the best choice for the book. Us.
Author David Friend posted his admiration of my cover design on his blog.
"For those who have resisted purchasing the hardcover because of the pricetag, now is your opportunity to obtain a light, portable copy, with a sleek new cover, designed by Henry Sene Yee, which has a bold, noir, mid-50s feel, reminiscent of film posters by Saul Bass. The graphic echo of the twin towers is evident on the spine, the title page, and even in the juxtaposition of the title and subtitle on the cover."
Saul Bass? Wow. Thanks David
Authors@Google presents David Friend // September 5, 2007
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On Friday morning we embarked on our longest Shinkansen journey yet, returning from Hiroshima to Tokyo. We continued eating some of the snacks already opened, and in addition sampled these dried beans from the Nishiki Market. The stall holder had warned us in hesitant English that these contained wasabi, which was fine by us, though we did entertain the possibility that it might be a lot more wasabi than our non-Japanese taste buds were accustomed to. Actually, they were delicious - no hotter than the wasabi peas we've sampled in Australia, less sweet and just as addictive.
It was mid-afternoon before we found our way back to Matt's house. He'd left us a note, suggesting we take ourselves and our camera to the nearby bridge. We did just that on our way out to an early dinner booking.
My suspicions were confirmed as we approached the bridge - the cherry blossoms were finally in full bloom!
From there we travelled on to our much anticipated 6pm dinner reservation at Bon. This restaurant is best visited after making a phone reservation in Japanese, and Matt had helpfully enlisted one of his more fluent friends to make arrangements for us during the week.
We knew from the outset that our meal at Bon was likely to be a memorable one. The English menu that we were provided later explains:
Fucha Ryori is a distinctive tradition within Shojin Ryori, the vegetarian cuisine of Zen Buddhist monks in China and Japan. About 300 years ago it was introduced to Japan by cooks who came from China with the monk Ingen, the founder of the Chinese style temple Manpukuji, at Uji near Kyoto. This was the first temple of the Obakushu Zen sect in Japan, and since its establishment the authentic tradition of Fucha has been handed down by devotees of the sect.
The two characters used to write "Fucha" mean "drinking tea together with all people", but the word is also used to mean a meal eaten in Chinese style (each dish is served from a single large bowl) which begins and ends with tea, aiming to create friendship and peace among those eating together.
At Bon we have tried to develop a style of Fucha Ryori which, while suggesting aspects of Zen the basis of this tradition, also provides for the tastes of the general public. In particular, we aim to provide the fine dishes from the best obtainable seasonal ingredients.
The name of our restaurant, Bon, means "Buddhist believer" and was chosen as a sign of our respect for the origins of Fucha as a way of Buddhist practise.
We were welcomed by two middle-aged ladies in kimonos and led to our own private room, which was laid with tatami mats. (Michael was greatly relieved to discover that, in spite of the traditional setting, the low table concealed a deeper floor space where he could stretch out his long and inflexible legs.) Here we were left alone for some time to contemplate the table settings before us:
Of course we hadn't a clue what the paper said and after a few minutes of settling in, wondered if we should inspect the items before us. Michael set the paper aside and opened the box underneath it, revealing what appeared to be our first course. Like so many bento boxes before it, it looked almost too pretty to eat, and without some signal from the staff I was reluctant to start. But more minutes passed and Michael decided to dig in. I offered a weak protest ("They haven't offered us tea yet, don't you think they'd have poured us tea first if we were meant to eat yet?") before following his lead and ultimately being caught by one of the staff as she returned to invite us to a tea ceremony. Damn.
As if I wasn't flustered enough, I clumsily put one of my slippered feet on the entry boards to the tea room and squeaked "Sumimasen!" when I was corrected. Once inside, Michael struggled to fold his legs under him and I worried that I'd sat in the wrong place. The lady performing the ceremony - the one staff member who spoke a little English - smiled, gestured and said simply "Relax". I wanted to, and her good grace in the face of our cluelessness certainly helped.
The tea ceremony was short, though quite formal and conducted largely in silence. Our hostess gestured discreetly when it was our turn to eat or drink and at the end offered a few words of explanation, before returning us to our dining space.
Here we were finally asked for a drinks order, and provided with the 12-course menu in English. The boxes in front of us, listed after the tea ceremony (whoops!), were clearly Shao Ping, the appetiser, and now we were allowed to eat them. The hostess pointed out the green garnishes that weren't edible before leaving to fetch our drinks. Yes, it was clear that we'd need this kind of hand-holding for the remainder of our visit.
She returned with these tiny cups of plum liqueur with ice, which we hadn't specifically ordered but were very pleased to try. Apparently it's made at the restaurant and, boy, it really put the supermarket-sourced plum liqueur of our second night in Tokyo in its place. This was something else, fragrant and sophisticated.
The second hostess (who didn't speak English) came to retrieve our boxes and instructed me to eat the black thingies on the end of the inedible green garnish before she would take it. She made it clear that we were to eat the greenery served with our Shan Tsu course - a carrot soup with small and very dense slices of smoked tofu on the side.
Next came Shun Kan, a 'decorative presentation of cooked vegetables'. What a stunner, huh? I don't think I've ever seen food presentation more intricate than this. The first hostess explained that ingredients and preparations are chosen seasonally, with the current menu celebrating cherry blossom season. It's certainly evident here (and keep an eye out for the cherry blossom motif in the other dishes too!).
I must admit that not all of the flavours appealed to me. The little ceramic pot at the back was full of a seaweedy soup, which Michael enjoyed but I didn't like at all. I wasn't fond of the texture of the pink jelly on the right of the plate either. But the tiny croquette, crumbed with crushed nuts was lovely and inside the rolled leaf in the centre was honest-to-goodness MOCHI! Possibly my best mochi experience yet.
The Un Pen, 'a rich, traditional 17th Century Chinese soup', was another textural challenge for me. The vegetables were nice, weakly salty, but the thickened broth didn't appeal so much. I convinced Michael to help finish mine off - I was sure that I'd be struggling to fit everything in tonight.
The next several dishes all seemed to be part of the On Sai phase of 'water cooked vegetables of the season'. First was this basket of sashimi-inspired vegetables, all of them bright, fresh and crisp. The two accompanying flavoured jellies were almost off-putting in their staggering resemblance to seafood.
These croquettes were stuffed with mushrooms, I think, and carried on the cherry blossom look. I've no idea how they posed that zucchini-ish vegetable like that.
More amazing cherry blossom vegetables, this time with edible foil and a shell that wasn't for eating.
Ma Fu turned out to be chilled sesame tofu very much like the one we tried at Okutan in Kyoto, its denseness countered with a wasabi garnish. This one was also set in a vinegar broth that made a cleansing finish.
Although this was not the tempura we were expecting, it fit into the fried theme. The main feature was some very tasty, handmade faux-fish made with yuba.
We needn't have been concerned, though, as we still got tempura! (This was the Yu Ji course.)
Impeccable presentation yet again, I think this one deserves two angles to appreciate. The net of noodles was terrific, if difficult to eat politely.
By this time I was very, very, full and almost despairing at the four further courses predicted on the menu. Mercifully three of them arrived in one sitting - So Ju (miso soup), En Sai (pickles) and Han Tsu (white rice). Though they were lovely (the pickles were quite special), I was spent and could do little more than pick at them listlessly. When our hostess returned I was baffled to hear her offering more rice. More?! I'd barely made it through a quarter of my first bowl.
Naturally I perked up at the prospect of dessert. (Though I can assure you it was a barely perceptible 'perk' - I really was incredibly full.) It arrived on a dauntingly large platter but was appropriately light.
Cherry blossom icecream - dairy free and not too rich, it reminded me of the cashew-based icecreams I've made at home (though I don't think it was actually nut-based).
Fresh fruit! The one thing I still welcome at the end of a large meal. The apple slice had been poached in something delicious.
Finally, fruit jelly. It had a firm set and I gave up, defeated, part-way through.
We declined our hostess' offer of further drinks and eased our way out. By this time it seemed almost natural to bow my thanks to the women. It had been an honour to be served such beautiful, beautiful food by such gracious people, even if we had paid (23000円 ~ $263 total) for it. It was a very special way to spend our last night in Japan.
Labels: Fancy-schmancy, Japan, Tokyo
Tresna 9:14 am, April 27, 2010
What a beautiful meal. I've really enjoyed reading about it and looking at your photos. Some of those dishes are just stunning!
Mandee 9:22 am, April 27, 2010
I have to agree, that is one of the most beautiful meals I've ever seen! I'm intrigued by the cherry blossom ice cream and the shots of the cherry blossom trees over the rive are gorgeous.
lisa 12:36 pm, April 27, 2010
OMG OMG OMG - so amazing. Look at that big ol' slab of sesame tofu, mmmmm, drooooool...
Anna 4:34 pm, April 27, 2010
What a meal!!!!!! Looks amazing!! My salivary glands kicked just looking at those pictures.
Those dried beans looked like dried broadbeans... if you're after some wasabi-flavoured ones back here in Australia let me know - I might be able to help you out.
penny aka jeroxie 8:47 pm, April 27, 2010
EVerything is so pretty. I will love to try the cherry blossom ice cream.
Hayley 9:19 pm, April 27, 2010
Oh my good goodness. I think like everyone else I'm just going to sit back and marvel at the amazing presentation. WOW!
Agnes 10:43 pm, April 28, 2010
Wow, that was stunning. What an amazingly beautiful meal!
Johanna GGG 10:53 pm, April 29, 2010
wow this meal was just amazing to read about - great armchair eating out for me and what a wonderful way to end your japanese visit - the cherry blossoms, the flavours and textures, the helpful staff and that tempura flower - I wish I could have been there to help you finish off the meal Cindy!
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Summary Sentence: From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.
Full Summary: Sea monsters, monarchs, ogres, and sorcerers: Salma Hayek and John C. Reilly star in this breathtaking Baroque fantasy from the visionary director of Gomorrah. Based on three spellbinding stories of magic and the macabre by 17th-century folklorist Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales unleashes a barrage of mind-bogglingly gorgeous and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the (mis)adventures of three kings: in the kingdom of Darkwood, the King (Reilly) and his Queen (Hayek) attempt to conceive a child through very unusual means; meanwhile, in Highhills, the none-too-bright monarch (Toby Jones) marries off his daughter to brutal ogre while developing a strange obsession with breeding a giant flea; and, the sex-obsessed crown of Strongcliff (Vincent Cassel) is in for a shock when the woman he falls in love with is not quite what she seems. Overflowing with surreal, dazzling surprises, this intoxicating cinematic spectacle is a delirious excursion into the dark heart of fairy tales. GTCN Movie Schedule Tale of Tales (2015)
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Sea monsters, monarchs, ogres, and sorcerers: Salma Hayek and John C. Reilly star in this breathtaking Baroque fantasy from the visionary director of Gomorrah. Based on three spellbinding stories of magic and the macabre by 17th-century folklorist Giambattista Basile, Tale of Tales unleashes a barrage of mind-bogglingly gorgeous and fantastical imagery as it brings to life the (mis)adventures of three kings: in the kingdom of Darkwood, the King (Reilly) and his Queen (Hayek) attempt to conceive a child through very unusual means; meanwhile, in Highhills, the none-too-bright monarch (Toby Jones) marries off his daughter to brutal ogre while developing a strange obsession with breeding a giant flea; and, the sex-obsessed crown of Strongcliff (Vincent Cassel) is in for a shock when the woman he falls in love with is not quite what she seems. Overflowing with surreal, dazzling surprises, this intoxicating cinematic spectacle is a delirious excursion into the dark heart of fairy tales.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Ricks has written a new book that I believe will be another best-seller: a dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell. From the publisher’s description of the book: “No one would have predicted that by the end of the 20th century they would be considered two of the most important people in British history for having the vision and courage to campaign tirelessly, in words and in deeds, against the totalitarian threat from both the left and the right.” Churchill and Orwell both believed that freedom was the important issue and that “a government that denied its people basic freedoms was a totalitarian menace and had to be resisted.”
Also from the publisher’s description: “In the end, Churchill and Orwell proved their age’s necessary men. The glorious climax of Churchill and Orwell is the work they both did in the decade of the 1940’s to triumph over freedom’s enemies. And though Churchill played the larger role in the defeat of Hitler and the Axis, Orwell’s reckoning with the menace of authoritarian rule in Animal Farm and 1984 would define the stakes of the Cold War for its 50-year course, and continues to give inspiration to fighters for freedom to this day. Taken together, in Thomas E. Ricks’s masterful hands, their lives are a beautiful testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it can take to stay true to it, through thick and thin.”
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HTC, a company which has been run out of India thanks to the onslaught of Chinese smartphone makers, is in the process of launching a new mid-range smartphone which has just been spotted on benchmarks.
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The HTC 2Q741, which is the model number spotted on Geekbench, shows single core and multicore scores of 897 and 4,385. It is shown to be powered by an Helio P35 processor under the hood. The Oppo A5s is also a device which is powered by the same chipset and has similar benchmark scores.
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The device is also shown to pack in 6 GB of RAM which is way more than the Oppo A5s, which leads us to believe that this is a mid-range device. Since HTC no longer sells in India, it would be foolish to expect any sales of the device in the country.
Last year in December, HTC president Darren Chen has promised to “reboot” sales in 2019 by focusing on high-end and mid-range segment devices. “Under this policy, the company will continue to extend its high-end U12+ lineup in 2019 so as to prolong the series’ product lifecycle”, Chen was quoted as saying.
While it is definitely great to hear of HTC pushing for higher sales next year, this approach with high-end and mid-range devices is not very different from what the company’s strategy has been in the last few years as well.
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The Yurok Tribe of California is trying to help a 45-foot-long gray whale that has been stuck in the Klamath River for four weeks back to the ocean.
But the whale won't budge even after her calf returned to the ocean. She's doing fine but the tribe, along with government and university scientists, are closely monitoring the situation.
"Things in our world don't happen without a reason, without a purpose,” Chairman Thomas O'Rourke told The Eureka Times-Standard. “The whales coming here, they carry a message, and they will stay here until the message is received, whatever that may be.”
The whale is currently in a part of the river that runs through the reservation. The tribe is making plans to adjust its commercial salmon fishery in case she tries to leave when lots of fishermen are around.
Scientists currently in wait-and-see mode; killer whale sounds, other ploys fail to drive gray whale to ocean (The Eureka Times-Standard 7/28)
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MEGADETH, HEAVY METAL Announce Graphic Novel, Album Release
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This year marks the 35th anniversary of MEGADETH, to which the band is set to release their ultimate greatest hits compilation, WARHEADS ON FOREHEADS, on March 22. To further celebrate this, MEGADETH has partnered with premiere comics publisher, HEAVY METAL, to create the ultimate fan experience with a 350-page anthology of comic stories inspired by all the songs on the album. The collaboration, titled DEATH BY DESIGN, features stories written and illustrated by top talent from comics, film, television and music and will be available worldwide at retailers everywhere on June 5, 2019.
The project, carefully curated by DAVE MUSTAINE and HEAVY METAL, is a powerful book that gives both insight and understanding into the universe of MEGADETH and its harrowed mascot, VIC RATTLEHEAD.
MEGADETH, working in close collaboration with HEAVY METAL, has collected an unprecedented pool of talent for MEGADETH: DEATH BY DESIGN – making it any comic book or MEGADETH fan’s dream. Brendan Small (creator of Metalocalypse) teams with Belen Ortega (Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) for Hangar 18. Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them) writes an apocalyptic tale insanely drawn by Andy Belanger (Southern Cross) for Rattlehead. An A-list talent pool rounds out the roster featuring Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash), Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night), Brian Wood (DMZ), Justin Jordan & John Bivens (Spread), Leah Moore & John Reppion (Judge Dredd), Joe Keatingue (Popgun), Christine Larsen (Holy Diver), Frazier Irving (Annihilator) and more than 50 other talented creators.
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Snake in the Wall
What drew my attention was the lizard dropping off the wall.
I was on the Camí del mar, a path that circles Montjuic castle and overlooks the sea, which on this misty, warm day merged seamlessly into the sky. People were walking, running or cycling. An old man sunning himself on a bench had brought along a goldfinch, which sang in its cage. The fig trees were still green, but their large leaves had stiffened and occasionally one came clattering down.
From a distance, the castle looks a warm sandy colour, but close up each of the stone bricks is unique, the faded red and yellow patterns sometimes erupting into psychedelic swirls. The quarries of Montjuic have yielded a lot of sandstone for the city’s buildings.
In places the stones have been crudely patched up with cement, but fortunately plenty of cracks and holes remain. There’s no shortage of nesting sites for House sparrows, or refuges for ants, woodlice and spiders. The south-facing slopes of Montjuic are a suntrap, and as the wall heats up, it begins to flicker with lizards.
Approaching the spot where the lizard had made a sudden dive, I noticed a Moorish gecko (Tarentola mauritanica, Salamanquesa común) clinging on near the entrance of a tiny cave. Another step and it withdrew inside.
But there was something far more dangerous than me only two stones away.
The snake, long and slim, lay apparently lifeless, draped on a narrow ledge. When you spot a snake, there’s a tingle of excitement and you hold your breath, almost with disbelief. It came to life and slid into a crevice, keeping watch from within. When I moved, it stretched out its head to keep track of my position.
I didn’t know it was a Montpellier snake ((Malpolon monspessulanus – culebra bastarda) till I got home and checked. The ones I’d seen before were adult, much larger and darker than this slender, well-camouflaged specimen. The unforgettable photograph on Iberianature left no doubt. I recognised the penetrating stare, tapering head and white stripes, like war-paint, below the eyes, although I don’t know if this young one was quite ready to tackle a sparrow yet.
There was a wall-full of prey there, but the Montjuic Montpellier snakes have a reputation for reaching a fiercesome size on a diet of rats.
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Criterion’s November slate includes Wilder, Welles & Byrne, plus Air Force One 4K, The Jerk pre-orders & more!
We’re kicking things off today with a trio of new Blu-ray reviews, including...
Tim’s look at Peter Medak’s The Changeling (1980), available in a new limited edition from Severin Films.
David’s thoughts on William Castle’s Strait-Jacket (1963) from Scream Factory.
And Dennis’ take on the 2004 remake of Walking Tall, starring Dwayne Johnson, from MVD Visual.
We’ve also posted the weekly update of the Release Dates & Artwork section, featuring all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, whenever you order literally anything from Amazon after clicking to them through one of our links (like this one), you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we really appreciate it. [Read on here...]
Talking Blu with The Digital Bits YouTube webcast
Dennis Seuling
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Air Force One 4K
The Jerk: 40th Anniversary Edition BD
The Changeling BD review
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A Story from Chikamatsu
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Bill’s on a WonderCon panel tomorrow, plus Speed Racer update, SpaceX launch today & more
First things first today... I’ll be at WonderCon in Anaheim, CA tomorrow afternoon to participate in an interesting panel discussion with friends. It’s at 5PM in Room 207 and it’s called Everyone’s a Critic: Being a Journalist in the Online Age. Here’s the panel description:
Bill Watters (Bleeding Cool), Mary Anne Butler (Aggressive Comix), Jeff Bond (Geek Monthly), Bill Hunt (The Digital Bits), Alexandra August (Comic Book Resources), and Thomas Parham (APU) discuss the expansion of journalism over the past decade, from the rise of citizen journalism to blogging to vloggers, podcasters, and online-only news sources. This panel of nationally known writers and hosts will talk about the roles new media play between their readers and the industries and communities they serve, varying levels of informality versus classic ideas of professionalism, show-specific outlets versus general news sites, moving from hobbyist to being a professional, and more. Friday March 31, 2017 – 5:00pm-6:00pm – Room 207
It’s an interesting topic and I think it’ll be a good discussion so I hope to see you there or elsewhere around the show! [Read on here…]
SpaceX launch today
WonderCon 2017 panel
Lionsgate sets John Wick: Chapter 2 for 6/13, plus new Kino Lorber, Twilight’s April slate & more
Before we get started today, my review of Warner’s Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them in 4K Ultra HD went live last night, so be sure to check that out if you’re interested. It’s pretty good. It’s no Harry Potter, but the film has its charms and has real potential.
Also, our own Russell Hammond has just posted the weekly update of the Release Dates & Artwork section, featuring all the latest Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD cover artwork and Amazon.com pre-order links. The section also now features the update to sort the titles by format, including by 4K Ultra HD. As always, anytime you order or pre-order literally anything at all through our Amazon links, you’re helping to support our work here at The Bits and we surely do appreciate it. [Read on here…]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 4K review
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Pretty Little Liars: The Seventh and Final Season
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La La Land official, plus Pink Panther Collection, new Kino titles & TONS of Shout/Scream BD art
In announcement news today, Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate have just officially announced the Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release of Damien Chazelle’s almost Best Picture La La Land on 4/24. The Digital HD release is due on 4/11. It looks like the disc will actually include a nice batch of extras, starting with an audio commentary by Chazelle and composer Justin Hurwitz. You’ll also get 11 behind-the-scenes featurettes (Another Day of Sun: They Closed Down a Freeway, La La Land’s Great Party, Ryan Gosling: Piano Student, Before Whiplash: Damien Chazelle’s Passion Project, La La Land’s Love Letter to Los Angeles, The Music of La La Land, John Legend’s Acting Debut, The Look of Love: Designing La La Land, Ryan and Emma: Third Time’s the Charm, Epilogue: The Romance of the Dream, and Damien & Justin Sing: The Demos) and a song selection option. You can see the official final cover artwork to the left and below. [Read on here…]
Kino Lorber Studio Classics
La La Land 4K
The Angry Red Planet
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Punching Henry
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Scream Factory
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An Honor To Be Nominated: Sunset Blvd.
If it can be difficult to remember who won the Academy Award for Best Picture, it’s downright mind-bending trying to remember everything else it was up against. In An Honor To Be Nominated, I’ll be taking a look back at some of the movies the Oscar didn’t go to and trying to determine if they were robbed, if the Academy got it right, or if they should ever have been nominated in the first place. [Read on here…]
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A bit of release news, plus Criterion's May slate should include Life Aquatic & Red River
Happy President’s Day, folks! Otherwise known as the day you may or may not be lucky enough to have off. Whatever your case may be, we’ve got a couple of good things for you today...
First up, Doogan’s Queue for this week is now live in Todd’s Gripe Soda section, running down the week’s Blu-ray and DVD releases. Don’t miss it!
Also today, our own Russell Hammond has posted the weekly Release Dates & Artwork update featuring all the latest Blu-ray and DVD cover art and Amazon.com pre-order links. As always, a portion of anything you order from Amazon after clicking through our links (on the right) goes to help support our work here at The Bits and we really do appreciate it. [Read on here…]
Release Dates & Artwork update
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Grudge Match
Eastbound & Down: Season Four
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Morning, folks! Hope you guys are all enjoying your holiday break. We’ve actually got some Blu-ray announcement news for you today...
First up, Twilight Time has announced the limited Blu-ray release of Zulu (1964), Khartoum (1966), Titus (1999) and Man in the Dark 3D (1953) – 3,000 copies each will be available. They’ve also revealed that less than 600 copies each remain of Enemy Mine (1985) and Stagecoach (1966). SRP for these BDs is $29.95 each. Head to Screen Archives Entertainment to get your copies. [Read on here…]
Man in the Dark 3D
Enemy Mine
Wadjda
The Harry Potter Hogwarts Collection
Kiss the Water
The White Queen: Season One
Inn of the Sixth Happiness
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Blog It, Video It, They Will Come - Snoopy House on TV
Monday, as I was stepping out to an appointment, I received a call from NBC News asking for DonovanBlatt.
I asked how I could help. She told me that they were doing a story on the Snoopy House being moved to the Costa Mesa City Hall and wanted to know if they could use videotape that I had done on Snoopy House a few years ago.
This was poor quality video on a little camera that also did video, but they wanted to show it as it had been before the Bank Foreclosed on Snoopy.
I of course said, "Yes" and on tv that night there was my video with a credit back to me. Too bad they didn't do the same on the video on their website, but still it proves that people will notice and pay attention.
I need to do more video, and this just reinforces that fact.
This is currently a big story because Snoopy has fallen victim to the economy. Last month, Wachovia/Wells Fargo foreclosed on Snoopy, and it has been in the news ever since.
For more about Snoopy House please see:
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Snoopy House
Peanuts House Eastside Costa Mesa
Peanuts House Christmas Display
The Bank Forecloses on Snoopy
Snoopy Moves to City Hall.
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Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor Sleet How Do You Like People to…
Before the time of email, text messages, internet, instant messaging, cell phone and even the telephone, most people received their messages via the postal service whose slogan was "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these… more
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INTRALOT Announces New Board of Directors For Its US Subsidiary
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Gaming Laboratories International (GLI®) Joins the Canadian Gaming Association
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Kentucky Lottery Sales Grow As Fiscal Year Ends
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky -- In todays meeting of the Kentucky Lottery Corporations board of directors, it was announced that sales continue to perform ahead of expectations in the final weeks of Fiscal Year 2019. Year-to-date sales through the end of May 2019 were $1.035 Billion, which is 8.1% ($77.7 million) ahead of the previous FY and 1.4% ($13.9 million) ahead of budget.............
Stop & Shop Donates CT Lottery Retailer Bonus from Sale of One-Million-Dollar Mega Millions Ticket to Milford-Based Food Pantry, The Storehouse Project
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Global Lottery Monitoring System Actively Contributes to the FIFA Womens World Cup France 2019 Integrity Taskforce
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Camelot Lottery Solutions Appoints David Kelly as New Chair
Camelot Lottery Solutions is pleased to announce that David Kelly has been appointed as the new Chair of its Board. David joined the Board in November 2014 and is an experienced operating executive and Board director, with strong digital and product development expertise..........
Education Lottery Issues Warning About Powerball Jackpot Scams
RALEIGH, NC -- The N.C. Education Lottery is issuing a scam warning to alert the public about fake email and social media from scammers claiming to be North Carolinas Powerball jackpot winner. In an email scam, the scammer poses as the jackpot winner and offers to make a $4 million donation to an organization. The scammer then asked for $500 as a minimum deposit in the banking account that would provide the donation to the group.
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Texas Lottery Will Make History In Fiscal Year 2019
AUSTIN, Texas -- Its an exciting time to Play the Games of Texas® , as the Texas Lottery continues to shatter sales records, and record contributions are expected again this year for Texas education and veterans. With 11 weeks left in fiscal year 2019, current sales are up 13% to-date over fiscal year 2018, thanks in large part to..........
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Copa América: Medellin Lottery Launch a Bifractional Ticket
MEDELLÍN, Colombia -- The Lottery of Medellín took out for the first time a bifraccional ticket, which will offer greater options to participate in its prize plan that is constituted for a total of $ 24,400,000,000. The raffle will play today and will be accompanied by the..........
2019 Asia Pacific Lottery Association Regional Conference to be held in Brisbane
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SWF and Svenska Spel's Joint Youth Initiative Against Match Fixing and Gambling Problems Continues
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EGBA Brings Case Against Payment Blockings In Norway
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ELSE and Loterie Romande win at the DBA Design Effectiveness Awards 2019
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ISS partners with innocent drinks for school gardening initiative
Services and catering provider, ISS, has partnered with innocent drinks to deliver Green Fingers - The Big Grow. The week-long gardening event aims to educate pupils about the benefits of homegrown food, sustainability and trying new foods.
For the past seven years, ISS has held Green Fingers in the spring to help teach pupils about the seed to plate journey by providing a different educational activity for pupils. The innocent Big Grow encourages children across the UK and Ireland to get growing their own vegetables.
Steve Kemp, sector director of ISS Education said: “This year I’m thrilled we are collaborating with innocent, and hope that together we can get more young people growing their own. Green Fingers – The Big Grow is a fantastic opportunity to teach young people about gardening and how different produce is grown. The taster dishes are a fun way to encourage pupils to try different fruits and vegetables which they may not have had before. I can’t wait to see schools and our teams getting involved in the event.”
This year every school who takes part in ‘Green Fingers - The Big Grow’ has the opportunity to win one of four gardening experience days with TV Gardener Chris Collins.
Each lunchtime during Green Fingers week pupils have the chance to win one of 2500 seed packs, provided by Innocent, which they can grow at home or in class. Pupils also have the opportunity to sample some of the produce they are learning about in the form of daily taster dishes provided by ISS’ kitchen teams, including Beetroot Yoghurt Dip and Butternut Squash Wedges. ISS hope this will encourage pupils to try different fruits and vegetables. Special stickers will be awarded to those who try the dishes and voting boards will be set up in dining rooms so pupils can provide their feedback.
Xander Fletcher, commercial manager at innocent added: “I’m personally very excited to work alongside ISS on the Green Fingers – The Big Grow collaboration. Not only will we be able to reach out to even more young kids about the benefits of homegrown produce, but we will also encourage them to include more fruit & veg in their diets.”
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A DELEGATION FROM UZBEKISTAN VISITS MGSU
A delegation from the Karakalpak State University visited MGSU on April 11, 2019. The programme of the visit comprised a meeting with Andrey Volkov, Acting Rector, and the execution of eight agreements covering the network-based implementation of “Construction” and “Architecture” educational programmes, including:
08.03.01 “Construction”, the “Industrial and civil engineering” specialization (a bachelor programme);
08.04.01 “Construction”, the “Industrial and civil engineering” specialization (a master programme);
08.04.01 “Construction”, the “Water supply and water discharge by cities and industrial enterprises” specialization (a master programme);
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08.03.01 “Construction”, the “Life-support systems in civil engineering” specialization (a bachelor programme).
The meeting between the top executives of the two universities was organized by the Department for Coordination of International Cooperation. At the meeting, the Karakalpak State University was represented by Akhmed Reymov, Rector, and Torebek Uzaqov, Dean of the Faculty of Civil engineering. MGSU was represented by Andrey Volkov, Acting Rector, Kirill Lushin, Director, Institute of Engineering and Ecological Construction and Mechanization, Tatiana Kuzmina, Deputy Director, Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Natalia Samotesova, Head of Department for Coordination of International Cooperation, and Kristina Ohotnikova, Head of Department of Development and Organization of International Cooperation.
The Karakalpak State University was founded in 1976 in Nukus. Akhmed Reymov, Rector, briefed the Russian colleagues about the university. Now this university has over 10 thousand students and almost 700 lecturers. The university has 10 faculties, including the technical faculty. It encompasses:
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· Department for the construction and installation of engineering networks;
· Department for architecture and urban planning.
The rector of the Karakalpak State University particularly emphasized the willingness to establish long-term cooperation with MGSU, to launch an exchange programme for lecturers and to implement joint research projects. After the execution of the agreements, the representatives of the Karakalpak State University made a tour of the premises of MGSU, visited its classrooms and laboratories, the library and the centres for research and education. The guests highly appreciated the material and technical facilities of the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering.
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Hegels "Wissenschaft der Logik" im Spannungsfeld der Kritik (review)
John W. Burbidge
BOOK REVIEWS 527 Rauch also begins the discussion of the relation of Marx to Hegel. But this topic properly belongs to Robert Nola, who provides a bird's-eye view of the evolution of the Hegelian Left. I found his analysis of the transition from Feuerbach to Marx both clear and convincing; and his use of the "Theses on Feuerbach" will enlighten all beginners. The Communist Manifesto marks the boundary of "German Idealism" here. Marx followed the active way out of Idealism. Schopenhauer took the contemplative route. Kathleen Higgins makes high claims for his influence. But her lucid summary of his "system" shows clearly how one-sided it was. The system itself teaches us why Russell's accusation of practical inconsistency was mistaken. But the system is simply Kant with freedom and responsibility eliminated. German Idealism perishes-just as Hamlet would perish without the Prince. Kierkegaard refused to make what he recognized as the rational sacrifice demanded by German Idealism; he would not give up the experienced encounter with a transcendent God. Judith Butler concentrates on his rejection of the Hegelian mediation , as seen in Fearand Tremblingand The Sicknessunto Death.This is by no means all of Kierkegaard, but it makes a very appropriate ending for the volume. As can be seen even from this rapid overview, the volume is a rather uneven performance. It is certainly not an adequate history of Northern European philosophy between 177o and 185o. But the students who discover it will usually find it helpful in the study of particular texts that their professors want them to read. H. S. HARRIS York University Bernd Burkhardt. Hegels "Wissenschaflder Logik" im Spannungsfeld der Kritik. Studien und Materialen zur Geschichte der Philosophie. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1993. Pp. xiv + 562. Paper, DM 128.oo. In a superb example of German scholarship, Burkhardt explores the criticisms made of Hegel's Science of Logic during his lifetime, together with Hegel's responses and those of his disciples. Schelling formulates the basic thrust of the critique, focusing on the beginning, the method and the transition from the logic to the philosophy of nature. Ten specific challenges can be identified in his polemics (though few of these were published during his lifetime). Christian Hermann Weisse adds another halfdozen , while Immannel Hermann Fichte (son of J. G. Fichte) and two anonymous writers contribute four more. Chrisdieb Julius Braniss, Jakob Friedrich Fries (Hegel's b~tenoire),Johann Friedrich Herbart, a jointly written work by Karl Ernst Schubarth and Karl Anton Carganicos, as well as one further short anonymous critique, are also subjected to careful analysis. Not only are we given the criticisms made of Hegel, but these are set within a careful exposition of their philosophical context. One learns to distinguish between the careful, disciplined discussions of a Schelling or (perhaps) a Schleiermacher (suggested as author of "Letters against Hegel's Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences") and the "nonphilosophical standpoint" of Schubarth and Carganicos or the sloppiness of another anonymous author. 528 JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY 33:3 JULY t995 In the first half of this work, then, we have a detailed historical exposition of a collection of works which have the common theme of Hegel as antagonist. But Burkhardt does not leave the matter there. For he is interested as much in systematic questions as historical ones. So he analyses the twenty challenges. For all of the differences among them, they share a common presupposition: that pure thought is abstract and can become concrete only by being applied to the intuited world of experiences. It is always subjective, as opposed to objective, possible rather than actual, form rather than content. One could say that Hegel's antagonists take all intellectual operations to be VorsteUungen,images in the mind, rather than Denken,the thinking of pure concepts. For them, the pure being of Hegel's beginning is not immediate but mediated; the method advances not on its own but because of a "positive more" that leads one impotent thought to the next; having abandoned all content, the logic cannot then, by its own decision, reintroduce it again. Hegel took note of many of these criticisms in the prefaces to the second (and...
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Magadheera
2009 by Rajamouli , watching for the third time for my wife
In the 1600's, Udaigarh kingdom is about to be attacked by the invading forces of Sher Khan. Udaigarh is loyally protected by Kaala Bhairava who belongs to a warrior clan in which men are so brave and will not die without killing at least 100 enemy men and mostly they die before 30 years fighting for their homeland. Young princess Mitrananda devi adores Kaala Bhairava, but Ranadeb Billa her cousin is dying to marry her. He forces a competition out for deciding who can marry the princess and inspite of his wickedness it is Kaala Bhairava who emerges winner and Billa has to leave Udaigarh. The King likes Bhairava but is sure that his daughter will be a widow sooner if she marries him and hence request Kaala Bhairava to forget his love, which he sadly accepts. A special prayer is to be offered at an auspicious moment in a sacred Shiva shrine, which itself has a fearsome location, in some part of Udaigarh. Kaala Bhairava escorts princess to the shrine, where she asks him to proclaim his love for her. At this moment Sher Khan's army arrives at the shrine. Billa had turned a traitor and had attacked the palace with Sher Khan, killing the king. Sher Khan had heard a lot about the bravery of Bhairava and challenges him to prove it. Kaala Bhairava single handedly faces about 100 warriors of Sher Khan and kills them all while Sher Khan can only just count the number of dead and towards the end he is in awe of the bravery of Bhairava and proclaims himself a slave to Bhairava as a mark of respect. But Billa interferes, as he was promised help to marry the princess, and fights with Bhairava and is killed, but manages to seriously wound the princess before his death. Mithrananda only wants to know if Bhairava loves him but dies before he speaks out. Bhairava jumps down from the peak after the princess. Four hundred years later Bhairava, princess, Billa and Sher Khan are back in human form as Harsha, Indu, Raghu veer and Solomon. Harsha, when he accidently touches the finger tip of Indu, has a kind of shock which makes him crave for her love. Raghu Veer and Indu are still cousins and Raghu veer desperately needs to marry her. Solomon is a fisherman who is ready to help Harsha in anyways to help him have his love. How Harsha manages to win the love of Indu, how he finally realises their past and how he manages to convey this to Indu and to unite finally, only after the death of Raghu Veer, makes the full movie.
There are many many things that I would like to talk about on this movie, but dont know where to start etc.
A kind of fairy tale story, which we would have loved to hear as a child for all the heroism and thrill it offered, or as a teenager for all the romance. But it has been beautifully penned into a modern day script which effortlessly shuttles us between the 1600's and 2000's. The movie starts in 1600's with the titles, comes back to the life of Harsha and gives us glimpses of his past as he is after Indu and with an accident, takes us back to the 1600's with the whole story and then again completes it in the 2000's. I liked a lot how this has been structured. The movie keeps its excellent pace through out and offers a lot of thrilling moments through out, which has all been beautifully shot. May it be the moment were Harsha recognises his Indu - the scene in which he follows her bus atop a horse, or the scene when Bhairava is saved by his horse , whatever there is a lot of heroism here which I am sure even a staunch feminist would enjoy. All those lighter moments between Harsha and Indu will really make us relax down. And the stunts have been excellent too.
Except for Enthiran, which was a later production and seems to have spend much more money, I havent seen any Indian movie doing this kind of an excellent job with special effects and computer graphics. The difference is we do not worry about the special effects or graphics at all while watching this movie. You are gripped into the story and all what you see are only just part of the story and unless you really care for all such things happening behind and away from camera you will not think about all this special effects at all. There is a particular camera movement, when the camera follows the horse racers entering the kingdom and camera just pans upwards, very fast, by the two towers, I cant describe it, thats simply brilliant. Great great imagination. Technically as well, on all aspects may it be Camera , editing, sound engineering, costumes and sets or whatever this movie is amazing.
Magadheera, for me, is a perfect entertainer. It has every thing we would wish for from an entertainer. A simple and nice story, good thrills, good music, charming actors and wonderful frames. Though it is pretty ordinary for some time in the beginning following Harsh, which I think was important for the box office results, it is wonderfully done. Had the director known that people would accept this movie even without that masala item, I am sure the director would not have compromised for those scenes and couple of other songs. Having said that all those songs are nice to listen to and well shot.
I have to say that Ram charan Teja and Kajal Agarwal has a beautiful charm and they have a movie for their lifetime. So is Rajamouli. This movie could be his hall mark.
Finally, at the end as the credits rolls there is a song which actually introduces all the people behind the camera. Well this is not quite new for Indian cinema now. But in Magadheera this is just very different that the song is picturised with only a few steps and in a very funny way. I cant explain it. I have watched this song alone for more than 20 times. Its really really good.
I was not an admirer of main stream Telugu movies, but Magadheera changed all that. I did watch a few more Telugu movies after my first Magadheera show.
If this movie was made by Hollywood with white actors, I am sure, the movie would have still looked the same but it would have gained universal acclaim. Unfortunately it is from an Indian regional language and its a pity that even many people in South India havent heard about this movie.
One of the best entertainers of all time from India.
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Landmark’s comeback is coming to fruition
It’s one of the region’s most challenging and inspiring planning opportunities – how can this iconic destination be re-positioned to again become a major business hub and tourist attraction? Journalist Roxanne McCarty-O’Kane meets with Jim Costello of the Big Pineapple Renewal to find out.
Roxanne McCarty-O'Kane
The long-awaited rejuvenation of the Big Pineapple site is set to be unlocked through a whole-of-site masterplan. The plan includes new land-use approvals that will see the iconic tourism destination freed for a new lease on life.
The large 169-hectare site is currently a mix of tourism and rural zones and the result of a three-year, million-dollar master planning process and extensive consultation has seen the development of a whole-of-site plan to ensure a sustainable future for one of the Sunshine Coast’s most famous destinations.
Big Pineapple Renewal project director Jim Costello says an application to introduce new uses across the site was made in August and he expects to hear the outcome in the coming months, following further community consultation.
The Big Pineapple was built by the Taylor family of Nambour in the early 1970s. At its peak in the late ’80s, it attracted 1.2 million visitors a year, making it the most popular tourism destination in Australia and cementing the pineapple as an iconic brand.
Mr Costello says there is still a lot of nostalgia linked with the 16-metre tall structure and the site’s history and his company has created a vision to lay the foundations for the attraction to again become a world-class destination.
“The point of difference will be to leverage the Big Pineapple’s strong brand and history to a focus on the combination of eco-tourism, agribusiness and supporting local producers, as well as providing entertainment opportunities, outdoor educational facilities and accommodation,” he says.
“The scale of the site is unique and we needed to work sympathetically with the existing topography and vegetation. Our vision will see only four per cent of that site with built form.”
The site is already home to the Wildlife HQ zoo and the Big Pineapple Music Festival. Early activation includes plans for boutique food and beverage offerings in the former Sunshine Plantation building as well as a weekly farmer’s market in the car park.
The latest addition, TreeTop Challenge, will soon be under construction in an area already zoned for tourism and will welcome adventure enthusiasts with 100 outdoor challenges in mature tree stands when it opens in early 2019. Mr Costello says the masterplan includes six complementary precincts.
The Big Pineapple will be the centrepiece for precinct one, which will be dedicated to food production and food-based tourism and include an interpretive centre, food market and food and beverage offerings, future hotel or resort, as well as the TreeTop Challenge.
Precinct two is in the northern-most section of the site. It will be dedicated to nature-based tourism including eco retreat cabins, a restaurant, a wellness spa centre and event space.
Precinct three is where the current carpark is on the southern side of Nambour Connection Road. This will become a food and tourism hub, an incubator for businesses as well as supporting medium-scale food production.
Boutique food tourism will again be supported with a major tenant and a wholesale fresh produce market with an agribusiness and tourism business centre.
Precinct four will include a 9.6-hectare travel centre dedicated to a Big 4-style holiday park with cabins, tent and RV facilities and amenities.
Precinct five, which already accommodates the Big Pineapple Music Festival, will remain a natural amphitheatre event space that can cater for up to 20,000 people.
Precinct six, which is untouched bushland to the south-west of the festival site, has potential to become another nature-based tourism area dedicated to outdoor education and school camp ground also equipped with camping and RV facilities and amenities.
The Sunshine Coast Food Agribusiness Network (FAN) – the peak body for local agribusiness – is already a tenant at the Big Pineapple, as is organic coconut yoghurt producer COYO.
COYO’s CEO, Andrew Eves-Brown, says his company could base themselves anywhere on the eastern seaboard, but they remain committed to growing their business in the region.
“The Big Pineapple’s vision for agribusiness, food-based tourism and other complementary uses is closely aligned with our values and we look forward to contributing to and benefitting from the re-emergence of the Big Pineapple.”
Mr Costello says COYO will occupy a new 2000 square metre building in the former macadamia nut processing facility on site.
He adds, “The Big Pineapple is a significant part of the identity of Sunshine Coast hinterland towns and we are committed to returning some grandeur and pride in one of our most famous tourism icons”.
To follow the progress of the Big Pineapple renewal, visit bigpineapplerenewal.com.
• Six precincts will be developed in the 169-hectare site
• It is projected to reach more than 600,000 visitors a year
• The project has a construction value of $116.2 million
• It’s expected to have an economic value of $80 million
• The project will generate 813 construction jobs and 890 operational jobs, with more than 100 jobs already created.
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Русский врач убийца: Видео
Семен Спокойный | June 22, 2016
CCTV camera catches moment when doctor kills man with one punch
UPDATE: The Russian doctor captured on video punching a patient who died has been officially fired from his job in Belgorod. The surgeon named as Ilya Zelendinov has been charged with manslaughter but is allegedly yet to be placed under arrest. Russian investigators say it’s a case of “involuntary manslaughter”, and Zeledinov could face up to two years in prison.
A video recoded in a Russian state hospital shows a conflict between a doctor and a patient which ends tragically.
According to Russian web site 360tv.ru the shocking video was recorded in the admission room of state hospital №2 of the Russian city of Belgorod on December 29.
In the video, the doctor comes into the room with a woman, who points at a patient. The doctor instantly drags the male patient from the examination table and asks him “Why did you touch the nurse?” before pushing him out into a separate room.
The patient returns but the doctor punches him in the head, sending the man falling backwards onto the floor. Then the doctor continues to scuffle with another man accompanying the patient.
Minutes later, one of the medics notices the patient lying motionless and “turning blue”. Attempts to revive him prove to be unsuccessful.
In a statement on January 9, Belgorod’s Investigative Committee confirmed the incident occurred on December 29, but gave no explanation for the delay in investigating the crime.
The statement said the doctor – identified as hospital surgeon Ilya Zelendinov – was suspected of causing death through negligence. He has not been taken into custody.
According to Russian media the doctor, who could face up to two years in jail, was involved in similar incidents in the past during which he used physical force.
State Duma Health Committee official Oleg Kulikov commented on the event: “Our doctors are in a distressing condition. Their salaries have become 15-20% lower, there is no hope for better, and there are only prospects of further cutbacks. There are no medicines. Such incidents occur more often than the media shows us.”
With reporting by RFE/RL
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Review: Stan & Ollie
January 11, 2019 January 11, 2019 Chris Gelderd 0 Comments 2019, Awards Season, Biopic, Drama, Film Review, John C Reilly, Jon S Baird, Movie Review, Review, Steve Coogan
This 2018 biographical comedy-drama, based on the lives of comedy double act Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, is directed by Jon S. Baird and stars Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Rufus Jones and Danny Huston.
Riding high in America following a decade of success in the 1920s and 30s as a comedy double act, Stan Laurel (Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (Reilly) soon find that not everything lasts forever. With audiences moving onto newer comedy and their professional relationship strained, sixteen years passes by.
Offered a tour of small venues across England in 1953, Laurel and Hardy find that while they still live for performing and physical comedy, times are changing. Their wives Lucille (Henderson) and Ida (Arianda) join them and see the strains put upon them.
Laurel isn’t willing to stop in pursuit of finding their second coming and writes more and more material, while Hardy struggles with his health despite loving his work. It all comes down to how much can their friendship take and how will they are received by new audiences in a new world…
Instantly evoking a British charm from the outset, written by Jeff Pope who had collaborated with lead actor Steve Coogan on 2013s ‘Philomena’, this tender, gentle biopic charts a crucial point in the three decades run of British born Laurel and American Hardy. It’s full of that playful buffoonery that comes across in a very British movie – things are restrained and not played for dumb laughs and silly slapstick as was the crux of Laurel & Hardy material, but instead it’s all natural humour in warmly humours situations and relationships.
Running at only 90mins, there isn’t much material to focus on as the meat of the subject takes place inside and around 1953 when our duo tour England to small, less-than-packed venues as they try to reclaim some of their waning popularity. Not because they are unfunny – far from it – but because, simply, they are getting older in a new world with fresh comedians on the rise such as Abbot & Costello and Norman Wisdom.
It does admittedly take a good 45mins for the pace to pick up after a fairly repetitive first half establishing their relationship, their comedy material and the dilemmas both face – Laurel hides a very big secret in order to save face, and Hardy battles health concerns and gambling addiction. When the story does pick up thanks to the introduction of their long-suffering but ever-loving wives (played with wonderful heart and power by Henderson and Arianda) and the subtle chipping away at a friendship all based on play acting and performing.
Where is the line drawn? When does pride and ego have to take a back seat?
Coogan leads this film as a very proud Stan Laurel, and hauntingly captures his physical comedy perfectly from the scratching head to the light-as-air dancing. He’s the man with all the material, but he shows a little darker side as he’s not going to settle for anything less from critics, audiences and even his partner.
Reilly has recently been seen in box-office bomb ‘Holmes & Watson’ opposite Will Ferrell. On the flip side to settle next act ‘Stan & Ollie’, he proves how much better a mature actor and comedian he is. He has outgrown the crude and crass nonsense comedy, and instead shows he can act with great heart and vigour with just as much humour in what he does with the right material to cater to his ability. He brings Hardy to life as much as Coogan does with Laurel, and their chemistry is evident from the start and this is all about the duo, nothing more.
Filmed authentically around England, there is nothing but British charm as the production excels with true to life locations, sets and props that really capture the era our duo performed in and the audience they performed to.
While the film does take it’s time and sags a little with little material to flesh out, it’s the final act where the spanner is well and truly thrown into it where our leads all shine and bring out the humanity and pathos to a pair who, on the surface, are lovable buffoons. They are so much more, and a touching finale proves that.
And just when you think they’re down, they follow the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ vibe of bouncing back against the odds and get their Live Aid moment to go out on a high with a perfectly executed finale on stage in Ireland that will not fail to raise a smile, just as Laurel and Hardy would have wanted.
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NAHL announces three stars of the week
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) today announced the Three Stars of the Week presented by Combat Hockey for the week ending September 18, 2011. The Three Stars of the Week is a weekly feature during the 2011-12 regular season that honors the top performing players each week of the regular season as nominated by their respective teams.
1st Star: Jeff McMinimy, forward, Fresno Monsters
McMinimy, 19, had an NAHL Showcase for the ages in his NAHL debut. McMinimy led all scorers with 11 points in just four games including seven goals and four assists, as the Fresno Monsters were one of just three teams to finish the Showcase with a perfect 4-0 record. On Day 1, McMinimy, who hails from Flower Mound, Texas, had two goals, including the game-winner and an assist in a 4-2 win over the Topeka RoadRunners. The next day, McMinimy duplicated the exact same line in a 4-1 win over the Austin Bruins. The 6’0/175 lbs. forward chipped in with an assist in Fresno’s 5-4 win over Coulee Region on Day 3. However, he saved his best game for last, as on Day 4 he registered a hat-trick and an assist in the Monsters 4-3 win over New Mexico. “We are proud and happy for Jeff and the entire Monsters team for having a great weekend and we look forward to a fun and rewarding season," said Monsters head coach Eric Ballard.
2nd Star: Tony Kujava, goaltender, Janesville Jets
Kujava, 19, was phenomenal in goal for the Janesville Jets, backstopping them to the 2011 NAHL Showcase title. Kujava played in all four Jets games and allowed only three goals in that span. Kujava, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, shutout the Wenatchee Wild on Day 1 of the Showcase, stopping all 19 shots. The next day, Kujava made 28 saves in a 2-1 win over the Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings. On Day 3, Kujava posted his second shutout of the Showcase, as he turned aside 27 shots in a 4-0 win over the Odessa Jackalopes. On the final day of the Showcase, he stopped 20 of 22 shots in a 4-2 win over then undefeated Kenai River to secure the Showcase title for Janesville. Kujava’s save percentage for the four games was 96.9% and his goals against average was a 0.75. “I thought Tony played very well. He has stayed patient and work his way into the starting role and his performance was a big reason behind our success at the Showcase,” said Jets head coach Dane Litke.
3rd Star: Chad McDonald, forward, Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings
McDonald, 18, had a rookie week to remember as he led the expansion Jr. K-Wings to a 2-2 record at the Showcase. McDonalds six goals was second to only to McMinimy’s seven, and for the week he would finish with eight points in four games. After being shutout in the opening game against Austin, McDonald picked up an assist in a close 2-1 loss against Janesville, the eventual Showcase Champions. However, McDonald’s breakout game would come on Day 3 against Dawson Creek as McDonald scored an NAHL-high five goals including three power play and one shorthanded and also add an assist, in an 8-2 win over the Rage. The next night, McDonald would contribute again with another goal in a 4-2 win over the Bismarck Bobcats. “Chad had a great week at the Showcase and competed at both ends of the ice,” said Marc Fakler, head coach for the Jr. K-Wings. “He made his teammates and linemates better and was a major reason for our success.”
Other players nominated were (alphabetical): Jordan Bancroft, F, Janesville Jets – Brian Christie, F, Topeka RoadRunners – Perry DArrisso, F, Corpus Christi IceRays – Evan Janssen, F, Alaska Avalanche – Joe Kalisz, F, St. Louis Bandits – Joe Kozlak, F, Amarillo Bulls – Nick Kulmanovsky, G, Alaska Avalanche – Kyle Laslo, G, Traverse City North Stars – Frederick Leisner, G, Aberdeen Wings – Gabe Levin, F, Fairbanks Ice Dogs – Max Milosek, G, Port Huron Fighting Falcons – Zach Nagelvoort, G, Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings – Robert Nichols, G, Wenatchee Wild – Donald Olivieri, D, Bismarck Bobcats – Jeffrey Pauluk, D, Fresno Monsters – Kody Polin, F, Port Huron Fighting Falcons – TJ Sarcona, F, Amarillo Bulls – Cory Ward, F, Aberdeen Wings – Ryan White, F, Topeka RoadRunners - Dan Zawacki, F, Bismarck Bobcats.
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Parastatal
NIGERIAN CHRISTIAN PILGRIM COMMISSION
(THE PRESIDENCY)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR THE AIRLIFT OF CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS TO AND FROM ISRAEL, ROME/GREECE FOR 2019 PILGRIMAGE OPERATION
The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) in compliance with its statutory functions, intends to carry out the Airlifting of Pilgrims under the 2019 Christian Pilgrimage Operations.
The NCPC therefore, invites interested and competent National/International Airlines /Air carriers with qualification and experience for the airlift for Expression of Interests (EOI) with the scope of services as follows:
To airlift the Christian Pilgrims using the approved aircraft, to and from Israel, Rome/Greece operating from designated airports in Nigeria;
The Airlift operations shall be carried out at the under-listed Airports;
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja;
Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State;
Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Rivers State;
Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, Enugu State;
Gombe International Airport, Gombe, Gombe State;
Yola International Airport, Yola, Adamawa State;
Akwa Ibom International Airport, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State;
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Kano State.
2.0 AIRCRAFT SPECIFICATION
2.1 All interested bidders are to submit technical documents for the proposed airlift operation. The aircraft must meet ICAO, NCAA and LATA safety requirements and are subject to pre-arrival inspection. The only specified aircraft types are as follows:
A. Aircraft Size:
Wide body; (ii) Glass cockpit; (iii) Minimum of 280 Seats per trip;
B. Aircraft types:
i)Airbus A330-300; (ii) A340-300; (iii) Boeing 747-400; (iv) B777-300
C. Interested companies shall submit any of the four (4) types as listed above in B (i-vi) for both main and black-up aircraft.
3.0 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Bidders should provide the following as responsive minimum requirement for the project;
Copy of current Air Transport License (ATL)/Air Operation Permit (AOP)/Air Operators Certificate (AOC) by Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority;
Copy of Air Travel Organizer’s License (ATOL) by Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA);
Verifiable written evidence of ownership or partnership agreement with the owners of aircraft;
Evidence of Company Registration with CAC or letter of exemption from Mr. President in compliance with section 54-59, CAMA (for Nigerian Partners);
Provision of Insurance which must meet the minimum third party (hull, passenger, baggage/cargo and third party) liability limit set by NCAA;
Evidence of installation of an aircraft tracer/transponder as confirmed by NCAA;
Tax Clearance Certificates for the last 3 years (2015, 2016 and 2017) expiring on 31stDecember, 2018 (for Nigerian Partners);
Annual Auditors Report for the last 3 years (2015, 2016 & 2017) with turnover of $150million USD in any part of the years;
Evidence of current Pension Compliance Certificate valid till 31stDecember, 2018;
Evidence of current Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31stDecember, 2018;
Evidence of current Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Compliance Certificate valid till 31stDecember, 2018;
Evidence of Registration on the National Database of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers by submission of Interim Registration Report (IRR) expiring on 30/6/2019 or valid Certificate issued by BPP;
Sworn Affidavit disclosing whether or not any officer of the relevant committees of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission or the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is a former or present Director, shareholder or has any pecuniary interest in the bidder and to confirm that all information presented in its bid are true and correct in all particulars;
Evidence of financial capability to execute the project by submission of Reference Letter from a reputable commercial bank in Nigeria, indicating willingness to provide credit facility for the execution of the project when needed;
Verifiable documentary evidence of at least one (1) similar job executed in the last five (5) years including Letter of Awards and Job Completion Certificates;
For Joint Venture, include Memorandum of Understanding (eligibility requirements is applicable to each JV partner);
All documents for submission must be transmitted with a Covering/Forwarding letter under the Company/Firm’s letter head paper bearing amongst others, the Registration Number (RC) as issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Contact Address, Telephone Number (preferably GSM No.), and e-mail address. The Letterhead Paper must bear the Names and Nationalities of the Directors of the Company at the bottom of the page, duly signed by the authorized officer of the firm.
4.0 SUBMISSION OF BID DOCUMENTS
4.1 Completed and fully packaged technical documents shall be submitted (Two sets of hard/soft copy) in sealed envelope and appropriately marked “Expression of Interest” at the top right hand corner and the company’s name indicated at the back of the envelope addressed as follows and dropped in the appropriate Tender Box.
The Secretary, Tenders’ Board,
Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission,
Plot 1348 Cadastral Zone A03,
Ahmadu Bello Way, Garki, Abuja.
4.2 The closing date for submission of the EOIs is 12:00 noon on Monday, 8thApril, 2019.
5.0 OPENING OF EOI DOCUMENTS
5.1 Expression of Interest (EOI) will be opened immediately after the deadline for submission at 12:00 noon on Monday, 8thApril, 2019, in the presence of all bidders or their representatives and representatives of professional bodies and Non-Governmental Organizations, at the
Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission,
Commission’s Conference Room,
Ahmadu Bellow Way, Garki 2, Abuja.
5.2 Only shortlisted firms at the EOI stage would be invited at a later date for collection of Request for Proposals.
5.3 All inquiries should be directed to:
Plot 1348 Cadastral Zone A03
Ahmadu Bello Way, Garki 2, Abuja.
6.0 DISCLAIMER AND CONCLUSION
6.1 This announcement is published for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer by the Commission to transact with any party for the project, nor does it constitute a commitment or obligation on the part of the Commission procure concession services.
6.2 The Commission will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by any interested party(ies) in connection with any response to this invitation and or the preparation or submission in response to an inquiry.
6.3 The Commission is not bound to shortlist any bidder and reserves the right to annul the selection process at any time without incurring any liabilities and assigning any reason thereof in accordance with Section 28 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
SOURCE: DAILY TRUST
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MAID MYRIAD Confirms New Northeastern US Tour Dates In Support Of Debut LP – Earsplit Compound
Akron, Ohio’s MAID MYRIAD continues to book new live performances supporting their engaging debut LP, With Haste On Its Breath, with a new string of Northeastern US tour dates this Winter. Between the 6th and 22nd of February, the trio will bounce through Ohio, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maryland and West Virginia with six new gigs confirmed at press time, and additional tour dates being scheduled for the weeks following the newly announced run, including tour dates based around the band’s upcoming SXSW performances to be announced shortly and more.
MAID MYRIAD Tour Dates:
2/06/2015 Buzzbin Shop – Canton, OH
2/07/2015 Backroom Studios – Rockaway, NJ w/ East Of The Wall, El Drugstore, Zevious [info]
2/13/2015 AS220 – Providence, RI
2/15/2015 Charm City Art Space – Baltimore, MD
2/20/2015 123 Pleasant Street – Morgantown, WV
2/22/2015 The Main Street Cafe – Clarksburg, WV
Additionally, MAID MYRIAD guitarist/vocalist Jeff Klemm will be filling the vocal position for Washington DC-based progressive metal outfit, Wings Denied, on their upcoming Progressive Winter Tour with Cryptodira, running through the eastern half of the country from January 11th through 23rd. View the full routing HERE.
With Haste On Its Breath was recorded in Akron, Ohio, and Keyport, New Jersey, produced and engineered by guitarist Jeff Klemm at Free Truman Productions, and mixed and mastered by Kevin Antreassian at Backroom Studios in Rockaway, New Jersey (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Adrenaline Mob, Foxy Shazam, etc.). The album’s hour-long lifespan has media outlets like Ohio.com adding the band to their best of 2014 lists, and has major webzines like MetalSucks issuing, “its massive, melodic, introspective, and tortured, like a wonderful dream that quickly metamorphasizes into the kind of nightmare that continues to rattle and haunt you even after you awaken, stuck to your psyche like gum to the bottom of a shoe…” The Akron Beacon Journal hailed, “MAID MYRIAD, which calls its music ‘kaleidoscope rock’ thankfully digs deeper and further back into the ’90s recalling the intricate, herky-jerky dynamics and start-stop riffs of bands such as Sunny Day Real Estate and At the Drive-In and heavier contemporary proggy bands such as Tool and The Mars Volta, minus the 10-minute songs.” American Aftermath boasts, “The band combines an array of influences, including progressive rock and 90’s post-hardcore/emo, into a dynamic and emotional display of alternative rock mastery… Jeff Klemm’s near angelic vocals are sure to be stuck in your head all day. In fact, we guarantee that.” The Cleveland Scene made MAID MYRIAD their Band Of The Week, stating, “…the songs stay true to ‘kaleidoscope rock,’ the term the band has used to describe its neo-progressive rock. Heavily textured songs such as ‘Camera Eye’ and ‘Dance by the Moonlight’ have elements of Mars Volta. But the group slows things down for the simmering ‘Be Careful What You Wish For’ and ‘Waiting for December,’ showing it can capably change gears.”
With Haste On Its Breath is out now in a six-panel digipak CD via Nefarious Industries — the home of a bunch of big, dumb noise — and via a “name your price” hookup RIGHT HERE.
Tours / Shows / Events American Aftermath, Maid Myriad, MetalSucks
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Sony Tablet P now available in India for Rs 36,990
The tablet has dual screens along with a customised interface
As reported by The Mobile Indian earlier, Sony has launched its second and the most anticipated Sony Tablet P in India. Sony was earlier expected to bring the device mid January itself.
The Sony tablet P is now available from Sony retail stores along with all major electronics outlets across the nation. The tablet is also available through a number of online retail store including Flipkart and Ebay India.
The Sony P tablet has a folding tablet design similar to that of a clamshell based phone, but is a bit bigger. The clamshell design has been added to make the device portable and much easier to carry than tablets based on conventional design. A much detailed first hand experience of the device can be found here.
Source: The Mobile Indian
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BSNL launches Aakash tablet's rival
BSNL has launched three tablets including two 7 inch resistive screen based tabs with Android 2.3 operating system while the third tablet comes with an 8 inch capacitive touchscreen.
Made by Noida based company - Pantel, the tablets will be sold with discounted data plans from BSNL. The three tablets are priced at Rs 3,250, Rs 10,999 and Rs 13,500.
The cheapest model is Panta Tpad IS 701r which is priced at Rs 3,250. Notably, Aakash is priced at just Rs 2500. However, Tpad has better specification than the Datawind's low cost tablet.
Panta Tpad is a WiFi only tablet with Android 2.3 operating system, it has a 1 GHz processor (ARM11 IMAP210) clubbed with 256 MB RAM. The tablet also offers HDMI port through which it can be connected to a TV. Its 7 inch resistive touch screen comes with 800x600 resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio.
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The tablet has a 3000 mAh battery and 2 GB internal memory which can be expanded through micro SD card. The tablet also has a VGA front facing camera for video calling. While Panta Tpad IS 701r has the BSNL branding, the other two tablets images do not have.
The second tablet is named 'Panta Tpad_ws704c'. It has the same specification as its cheapest cousin (701r) but offers added 3G connectivity which supports both CDMA/EVDO and GSM, inbuilt A-GPS, Accelerometer and Bluetooth. It also comes with a 2 megapixel rear camera and also has bigger 512 MB RAM for faster performance.
The costliest amongst the three is the Tpad WS802C which has an 8 inch capacitive screen. It comes with a faster 1.2 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM. The internal memory is also bigger at 4 GB. Rest of the features like GPS, camera and Bluetooth are same as the 704C.
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Has the battery run out on Aakash tablet?
Aakash, the "$35" computer launched last year in India as the world's cheapest tablet, has run into problems and companies will be invited to bid again to make the device after complaints of poor performance and hiccups rolling out a pilot model.
The government has hailed the Aakash tablet as an achievement of Indian frugal engineering that would end the digital divide in a country where only one in every 10 of its 1.2 billion people use the Internet.
Products such as Apple Inc's iPad are beyond the reach even of many in the fast-growing middle class. The locally assembled machine has a cost price of around $50 and was to be sold to students by the government for $35.
But only 10,000 units have been shipped since October. The relationship between the device's manufacturer, DataWind, and a government research institute soured amid complaints by test users that the processor was too slow, the battery life short and the resistive touch screen hard to use.
The government's Human Resource Development Ministry is due to launch a new tender in the next few weeks to seek partners to build the tablet - a process that could see DataWind dropped.
"It is not automatic that because you have done phase one you will do phase two," said a senior official at the ministry with direct knowledge of the project.
Datawind won a contract last year to make 100,000 units for the government and it was thought likely it would make the additional 1 million units called for in the second phase of production. But it had lost its first-mover advantage and would face renewed competition for the contract, the official said.
"The feeling is that sufficient interest has been generated to get better specifications at the same or a lower price," added the official, who declined to be named.
A small London-based company, DataWind developed the tablet with the Indian Institute of Technology. The company said the institute had changed the specifications late last year and now wanted a device that could meet U.S. military durability requirement for the same rock-bottom price.
"Among other things that requires the device to take 4 inches an hour of sustained rain," DataWind CEO Suneet Singh told Reuters.
"We objected to it and the project has been on hold since then, we are working with the ministry to get that resolved," Singh said after meeting with ministry officials in New Delhi on Tuesday.
India has a reputation for creating affordable products that are easy to use and sturdy enough to handle its rugged environment -- from Tata Motors' $2,000 Nano car to generic versions of pharmaceuticals.
But despite being a leader in software and IT services, India trails fellow BRIC nations Brazil, Russia and China in the drive to get the masses connected to the Internet and mobile phones, a report by risk analysis firm Maplecroft said last year.
The number of Internet users grew 15-fold between 2000 and 2010 in India, according to another report. Still, just 8 percent of Indians have access. That compares with nearly 40 percent in China.
The Aakash is aimed at university students for digital learning via a government platform that distributes electronic books and courses.
DataWind says it is receiving tens of thousands of orders daily for a commercial version of the tablet with a built-in GPRS modem that is due to be launched this month for 2,999 rupees.
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Valentines Day Dress Code - Feb 14, 2012
Red dress- Already in love!
Pink dress- Proposal just accepted!
Yellow dress- I am going to propose!
Blue dress- I am free now and any body can approach!
Green dress- I am waiting for you only!
White dress- Sorry dear, I am already booked!
Brown/Orange dress- Broken hearts!
Black dress- Proposal rejected!
Purple dress- Not interested, better luck next time
Valentines Day Dress Code 2012
Facebook looks to mobile devices for revenue
Facebook, the social network giant, is set to begin showing advertisements to users on mobile devices before its $5 billion initial public offering, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
Facebook has already discussed proposals with unidentified advertising agencies for displaying what it calls "featured stories" in the news feed seen by users on the site in an effort to tap a new source of revenue, the newspaper cited several people familiar with the plans as saying.
Facebook mobile device users are likely to see advertisements in March ahead of its initial public offering, which is expected in May, according to the FT.
2G auction should be among 2008 licencees: Uninor
Telecom firm Uninor, that lost all its 22 licences following the Supreme Court's verdict last week, Monday proposed that only those players who got licences in 2008 should be invited for auction.
The firm said it would decide to bid after reviewing various criteria, including the reserve price for spectrum. It also said the Norwegian government will speak to Indian officials on Uninor losing its licences.
"The auction needs to be among the new players involving parties who were in 2008," Sigve Brekke, managing director of Uninor and member of the Telenor Group executive management as head of the Telenor Asia operations, told reporters here.
"Last time it was very clear that the policy of the government was to increase competition, so the (then) incumbents were not invited. This time it needs to be in the same spirit, the incumbents should not be invited," he added.
On bidding for the spectrum, Brekke said: "That is way too early to say. First we need to see what their bidding criteria would be, what their reserve price would be. Intention is definitely to continue. In principle, we are definitely looking to bid in the auction."
"We are here to continue to fight and continue to win and not running away," he added.
Brekke said the company would fight for securing its investments and customers.
"If you ask me whether I am angry and upset, the answer is yes. I am angry and upset, because it's very clear that we are unfairly harmed. We are not to be blamed for something that happened in the past.
"We are trying to work on all the different tools we have, of course also working on legal options. It's possible to sit down and talk and we have started talks with both the government and the regulator," he added.
Brekke said the Norwegian prime minister has also written to his Indian counterpart. The information technology minister of Norway, who is in India for a week, will be meeting the government as well.
Brekke said the company's operations were in full swing but he was upset with rumours about closure of its services, allegedly circulated by competitors.
"The signs from competitors are unethical," Brekke said, adding that they will soon come out with new advertisements.
On the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) pre-consultation paper on 2G auction, Brekke said the company would submit its views by the end of this week.
Uninor, a joint venture between Norway's Telenor and India's Unitech, currently has close to 40 million customers in India.
Source: Indo Asian News Service
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Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that’s often difficult to diagnose accurately. Now in a new study researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found evidence that a simple eye exam and retinal imaging test may help improve that accuracy.
Using an inexpensive, non-invasive, eye-imaging technique, the Penn Medicine scientists found that patients with FTD showed thinning of the outer retina – the layers with the photoreceptors through which we see – compared to control subjects.
The retina is potentially affected by neurodegenerative disorders because it is a projection of the brain. Prior studies have suggested that patients with Alzheimer’s disease and ALS may also have thinning of the retina – although a different part of the retina. Thus, imaging the retina may help doctors confirm or rule out FTD.
‘Our finding of outer retina thinning in this carefully designed study suggests that specific brain pathologies may be mirrored by specific retinal abnormalities,’ explained study lead author, Benjamin J Kim, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Penn’s Scheie Eye Institute.
Neurodegenerative diseases in general are challenging to diagnose, and often are confirmed only by direct examination of brain tissue at autopsy. Now that science appears to be on the brink of developing effective treatments for these diseases, the need for better diagnostic methods is becoming acute.
‘As we enter an era of disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative disorders, it is essential for us to have tools that can identify the specific pathologies accumulating in the brain so that we can administer the appropriate treatments to patients who are likely to benefit,’ said study senior author, Murray Grossman, MD, a Professor of Neurology and Director of the Penn FTD Centre.
The study included 38 FTD patients enrolled consecutively as they visited the Penn FTD Center, and 44 control subjects who did not have any neurodegenerative disease. The FTD patients were carefully characterized with clinical exams, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers to exclude Alzheimer’s Disease, and genetic testing. The researchers then employed an eye-imaging technology called spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), which uses a safe light beam to image tissue with micron-level resolution. SD-OCT imaging is inexpensive, non-invasive, and quick.
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The Effects of Luck
In GURPS, the Luck advantage has a unique effect on the core mechanic: when you use Luck, you roll three times and take the best result (generally the lowest if you're making a Success Roll). What does this mean for the lucky character?
Well, it means that on average you have a +2.5 to your effective skill. That is, the average result on 3d6 is 10.5, while the average result on the lowest of 3 rolls of 3d6 is 7.99. But the averages don't tell the whole story because of the beauty of the bell curve.
The following graph shows the probability of rolling a given result or less on a normal Success Roll versus one with Luck.
You can see how much faster the Luck roll tops out compared to a normal roll. Basic Set considers a skill of 14 to be expert level. A normal roll will succeed against a Skill 14 90.74% of the time. With Luck, you'll hit that likelihood at between Skill 10 and Skill 11. Skill 16 on a normal roll is equivalent to Skill 12 with Luck. So in the range of many sta…
What If: Disney's Frozen Were a Dungeon World Adventure
The thought occurred to me that there's something about Disney's Frozen that reminds me of Dungeon World. I can almost hear the conversation during character creation:
Anna: "Our kingdom is like Medieval Scandinavia."
Kristoff: "I'm an orphan and I was raised by trolls, only they're more like little rock dwarves."
Anna: "I'm a princess, but my older sister is going to become queen after our parents died at sea."
Kristoff: "My only friend is a reindeer that grew up with me."
Anna: "My sister has magic ice powers. When I was little, she shot me and almost killed me. Our parents took me to the trolls, who wiped my memory of her magic." And so on.
Kristof is pretty clearly a Ranger, with Sven as his animal companion. Anna is harder, but in my mind she is a very bizarre kind of Paladin who just leaves all her equipment behind in her haste. Elsa, of course, is the Front.
The Winter of Queen Elsa (Front) After her powers a…
One Roll Engine Bundle of Holding
If you're not familiar with Bundle of Holding, shame on you. +Allen Varney has set up a wonderful way to get a huge list of amazing games into people's hands for just about whatever amount they can afford. On top, a portion of all proceeds goes to charities of the creators' choice.
The current Bundle involves one of my personal favorite rules systems: +Greg Stolze's One Roll Engine.
What is the One Roll Engine (or ORE, for the sake of keyboard)? At its heart, it's a dice engine that tries to unpack more information from a single roll than just "success/failure." In ORE, you roll some number of d10s, and you look for matching sets. So, if you roll 5d10 and get 2,4,6,6,9, you got a pair of 6s. That would be good, if not spectacular.
The fun comes in interpreting the result. That pair of 6s has two important features. Its Width is the number of dice in the set: 2. Its Height is the value of those dice: 6. Width generally indicated how quickly you accomplish …
Ritual: A Supernatural General Ability
One of the GUMSHOE project's I'm working on now and then is called Valley of the Dawn. It's a game of exploration by a stone-age tribe looking for new land to migrate into. They discover a mysterious valley, and a team of Seekers (the player characters) is sent in to see if it would be a good place to settle.
One of the Seekers is a Shaman with the ability to perform rituals and gain the favor of the many spirits of the land. This is a special General ability, and so far the description looks like this.
Ritual The lore of the People includes special rites for many activities, from washing to cooking to the dances before a great hunt. These rites appease the spirits that guide and protect your tribe. But you possess the ability to entreat those spirits to grant supernatural gifts.
With this ability, you can perform rituals that enhance your ability or someone else’s. This requires a safe space where you can draw symbols, burn offerings, and otherwise use the trappings of ma…
Fate Tokens on Kickstarter
Fate Tokens, from Campaign Coins, are metal tokens (basically custom alloy coins) designed to be used as fate points in your Fate roleplaying sessions. They are an officially licensed Fate product. The Kickstarter is at just shy of $11,000 at the time of writing, out of an initial goal of $5,000. And that's in Australian dollars, so ... I don't even know. Exchange rates or whatever.
Each set of 12 Fate Tokens includes four tokens with plus signs on the back, four with minus signs, and four with blank backs. That sounds a lot like four Fate dice. If you put a set of 12 Tokens in a bag and draw four out, these are the approximate probabilities for each possible result.
4: 0.2%
2: 10.5%
-1: 22.6%
-3: 3.2%
The odds are similar but not identical to rolling 4dF. You're even more likely to wind up in the middle of the curve by pulling 4 Fate Tokens. Here's a graph comparing the two mechanics.
Fittingly, drawing from a bag of Fate T…
Pulling Rank in International Super Teams
GURPS Supers for Third Edition introduced the setting of International Super Teams, in which the UN operates a paramilitary organization of super powered individuals responsible for maintaining world peace in the face of equally powerful foes. The setting got its own worldbook, expanding the history and details of the world and introducing more heroes and villains. When Fourth Edition came around, GURPS Infinite Worlds: I.S.T. brought the setting up to date in a free introductory PDF.
In the setting, I.S.T. is a very powerful organization with global reach and access to bleeding edge technology as well as members' super powers. As a global defense service, I.S.T. members must possess Military Rank. Following the guidelines in GURPS Social Engineering for varying Rank Costs, I.S.T. Rank costs 7 points per level. Active Duty supers must have at least I.S.T. Rank 4, worth 28 points.
GURPS Social Engineering: Pulling Rank introduces the idea of removing the Patron advantage and allowin…
Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone One-Shot
My Monday gaming group's regularly scheduled Pathfinder game was postponed due to player absence this week, but those of us who could make it still wanted to play something. I offered to run Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone, my *World game of epic Norse fantasy coming soon from Sand and Steam Productions.
The first step of the game is holdfast creation, in which the players generate the issues facing their community in the land of Midgard. The players came up with Shieldhaven, a riverside holdfast in the shadow of Dragon Peak (so named for the dragon that lived there in ancient times). An unnatural winter had settled over the land, freezing the river and threatening traffic along the waterway. Some people had grown desperate; a group of bandits had formed and begun raiding merchants from the Petruvian Empire. The Empire was threatening to cut off trade. And finally, a new dragon had settled on Dragon Peak and was snatching up cattle and messengers of the Horse Clan as they trave…
Ennies Voting Booth Open
As a follow up to last week's Ennie Nomination theme, the Ennies voting booth is now open. You have until July 30 to cast your ballot, and you are limited to one ballot per IP address.
Update: Hey! Why don't I actually put the link up there?
Adventure Hook: Columbia Returns
To commemorate the 45th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon, here is an adventure hook for Moon Dust Men, +Kenneth Hite's GUMSHOE campaign frame of government agents tasked with investigating and covering up alien activity on Earth.
Columbia Returns On 21 July, 1979, at 23:41 UTC, NASA ground stations receive a transmission from lunar orbit. The message is the voice of the crew of Apollo 11, broadcast on the same frequency used 10 years before. Whatever is sending the transmission does not respond. It simply sends a recording of our historic journey. NASA tracks the transmission for the next 60 hours as it grows closer to earth along Apollo's original trajectory.
Your Project Moon Dust team is currently sitting on the USS Kitty Hawk, which is circling 13°19′N 169°9′W, waiting to see what lands. Radar has picked up some kind of craft making the course corrections expected from the return of the the original Columbia in 1969. Intelligence suggests the Russians know …
Fate at the Ennies
We wrap up Ennies Nomination Week with Fate and its family of products, which did very well this year.
The Demolished Ones Not a nominee but an actual winner, The Demolished Ones by Fate Core assistant developer Brian Engard was named a Judges Spotlight product this year. This is a standalone Fate system game and adventure about memory, murder, and mystery.
Fate Dice The amazing Fate Dice product (specifically the Eldritch Dice version) is nominated for Best Aid/Accessory. The entire line of Fate Dice is a wonderful addition to any dice bag, available in eight packages each containing three styles of dice.
Fate Accelerated Edition The amazing Fate Accelerated Edition is nominated for Best Family Game, and deservedly so. This game condenses Fate Core down to 48 pages of awesome so anyone can get playing in minutes.
Strange Tales of the CenturyStrange Tales of the Century, Jess Nevin's look at three decades of world history through the pulp lens, is nominated for Best RPG Related…
Playing Lite: Historical Class Drama
Let's continue Ennies Nomination Week with the GURPS-related nominees.
Oh. Right. Well, let's do something else for GURPS Thursday then. How about another installment of Playing Lite?
For most, roleplaying games are a vehicle for fantastical adventures, and GURPS is a fine engine for those kinds of stories. But it could not hope to be a generic, universal system if it couldn't also handle the more personal tales of people feuding and falling in love.
The class drama is a time-honored genre about manners and the interactions between individuals at different levels of the social strata, typically a wealthy family and their retainers and servants. These days, such tales are often period pieces, set in an historical period near enough to be familiar but far enough away to makes us think we've grown past such concerns. The most popular recent example is Downton Abbey, with its soap operatic look at the Crawley family and their household staff in early 20th-Century rural…
*World at the Ennies
Ennies Nomination Week continues, but the slate is short on *World games this year. Let's keep this post simple, then.
tremulus The only game based on the Apocalypse World rules to be nominated this year is tremulus by Reality Blurs. I'm not very familiar with this game, which is billed as "a storytelling game of Lovecraftian horror." It claims to be "low to no prep" and to have drawn inspiration from Fiasco and Fate as well. The game is nominated for Best Game, Best Rules, Best Setting, Best Writing, and Product of the Year. I may have to check this one out.
Shout-Outs at the Ennies
I'm continuing Ennies Nominations Week here at One Yard Hex with a few shout-outs to an assortment of nominees.
The Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man A drug-hazed shout-out to +Arc Dream Publishing and author and artist +Dennis Detwiller for their nomination for Best Adventure. The Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man is a campaign for Call of Cthulhu that takes adventurers into the Dreamlands and may just have a connection to the classic Masks of Nyarlathotep as well. A Spark in Fate Core An international shout-out to +Jason Pitre on his nomination for Best Free Product. A Spark in Fate Core brings the collaborative world building concepts from his Spark RPG to the exceedingly popular Fate Core system. Did I mention it's free? Owl Hoot Trail A rootin' tootin' shout-out to +Kevin Kulp and +Clinton N. Dreisbach for their Wild West fantasy game Owl Hoot Trail being nominated for Best Writing. I'm a huge fan of this micro-d20 variant and it's take on gritty Western mas…
GUMSHOE at the Ennies
Nominees were announced today for the 2014 Ennie Awards, and a few GUMSHOE-related products are among them.
Eternal Lies Nominated for Best Adventure, Best Production Values, and Product of the Year, the Eternal Lies campaign by +Will Hindmarch and Jeff Tidball is a globe-spanning adventure for Trail of Cthulhu in the model of the classic Masks of Nyarlathotep. Investigators dig up a horror that was not fully laid to rest a decade before, one with truly apocalyptic potential. The authors themselves warn against posting spoilers on the Internet, so I shan't do so here. But I can say that this campaign will see play at my table if I ever put a Trail of Cthulhu group together.
Also nominated for Best RPG Related Product is the Complete Eternal Lies Suite, a 39-track, 70-minute music suite composed by James Semple to accompany the campaign.
Ken and Robin Talk About StuffKen and Robin Talk About Stuff, the excellent weekly podcast by GUMSHOE system poobah +Robin Laws and Trail of Cthul…
Wardens of Ouon at Gen Con
At Gen Con this year, I am running three sessions of Fate Acclerated Edition in a setting called Wardens of Ouon. (You can check out the events here, here, and here. At the time of this writing, they are sold out, but you are welcome to come with generic tickets if you're interested.)
In Wardens of Ouon, players take the roles of unicorns in the ancient and magical Forest of Ouon. These Wardens are responsible for keeping the peace between the spirits of the wood and the humans who live on or just inside its borders.
For the games at Gen Con, I'm trying out a few rules for FAE, some I've tried before and some that are brand new. The two rules below involve the Deck of Fate, which I'm using in place of Fate dice. I have two decks, one in red and one in blue. The players will use one deck while I use the other. Whenever a card is drawn with an eclipse symbol (that is, the -4, 0, and +4 cards), that deck is re-shuffled and starts fresh.
Court Bonus I've tried this rul…
GURPS Horror: The Madness Dossier
Oh, look. There's a new GURPS book for sale on Warehouse 23. And it's by the delightful +Kenneth Hite. What say we crack open the file and see what madness awaits.
The Madness Dossier started as a campaign frame in the back of GURPS Horror Third Edition (also by Hite). This release is expanded to 65 pages. Right from the start, we are treated to Hite's style in some of the most entertaining "Recommended Books" and "Publication History" sections I've seen in a GURPS book introduction.
What is this setting? In a nutshell, Madness Dossier is a horror setting in which ancient Sumerian gods (or their alien antecedents, posthuman pretenders, or memetic mimetics) once ruled over mankind through the power of language. Obedience to and fear of these Anunnakku (also called the "Red King") are programmed into our source code, wired into the linguistic and perceptual centers of the human brain.
Somehow, though, humans resisted, and in 535 AD, they tri…
Urban Shadows, a Pre-review
The Kickstarter for the Urban Shadows RPG concluded recently. Urban Shadows, by +Andrew Medeiros, is an urban fantasy game powered by the Apocalypse World engine. I jumped in at almost the last minute after the game was recommended by some highly trusted sources. I've finally had the chance to dig through the Kickstarter preview material, and I like what I see so far.
In Urban Shadows, you are an actor in the ongoing series of power plays and shifting alliances among the monsters and monster-adjacents of a modern city. You can play archetypes familiar to veterans of the World of Darkness such as the Vamp, the Wizard, or the Wolf. Or you can play the treasure-hoarding Dragon, the future-telling Oracle, and the half-demon Tainted. You can even play unpowered mortals in the know, like the science-leaning Expert or the fearless Hunter.
There are a number of balancing acts going on in play that I find interesting. You have politics in the form of reputation ratings with the four Factio…
Fullmetal Wizard: Building a D&D Basic Rules Character
With the release of the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Rules (I recommend downloading the printer-friendly version), it is possible to create characters in the new edition of D&D and play from level 1 to 20 absolutely free. I downloaded the PDF as soon as it was available and read through it immediately. It did its job as a marketing tool so well that as soon as I finished, I drove to my friendly local game store and purchased the Starter Set.
One thing that caught my eye reading through the Basic Rules was this box on page 79:
Casting in Armor Because of the mental focus and precise gestures required for spellcasting, you must be proficient with the armor you are wearing to cast a spell. You are otherwise too distracted and physically hampered by your armor for spellcasting. Yes, that means that a wizard who somehow gets training in armor can cast spells without difficulty. Well, I had to know just how far I could take this.
It turns out, the only way a 1st-level wizard can get arm…
Expanding Preparedness on Pelgranepress.com
A nice, brief article from +Robin Laws went up discussing expanding the use of the Preparedness ability in your GUMSHOE games. The page even includes commentary by +Kenneth Hite on integrating with a similar mechanic in Night's Black Agents.
Harry Potter and the Story of GUMSHOE, Part Four
There's not as much going on in the next few chapters from the point of view of our hypothetical campaign, so we're moving a bit faster in this post.
Chapter Eight: The Potions Master There's a lot of what GUMSHOE calls "pipe" clues in this chapter. These are clues that really only make sense much later in the scenario, but which give players a nice moment of sudden realization when they put everything together.
For example, the GM notes that Quirrell's ever-present turban has a funny smell and his classroom is filled with pungent garlic. The rumor is that he had a run-in with a vampire and is now terrified, but we'll learn later just what is really going on.
The big theme of this chapter is meeting Professor Snape and learning just how deeply he seems to hate Harry. We don't learn why (and won't for several books), but it is clear from the first Potions class that Snape has a direct and generous loathing of the boy.
There is a moment during Snape…
Much of the previous output on my Patreon campaign was in the form of PDF micro-supplements for Fate Core. Last August, I released one that detailed a system for psionic abilities built as "super-stunts." Here it is for your enjoyment.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6572013/psionicFC.pdf
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Playing Lite: Zombie Apocalypse
Playing Lite is a series presenting campaign frames that can be run using only GURPS Lite, available for free from Steve Jackson Games.
The survival horror scenario of ordinary people trying to escape a horde of shambling undead is very popular these days. You might be happy to know that GURPS Lite can handle it pretty well, with a few clarifications.
Zombies The first thing we need to establish is what kind of zombies to use. The classic, slow-moving eaters of flesh are the best in this case. Such a zombie might look like this:
Shambling ZombieST 11; DX 9; IQ 5; HT 10.
Dam 1d-1/1d+2; BL 24 lbs.; HP 11; Will 9; Per 11; FP -.
Speed 4.75; Move 4; Dodge 7.
Bite (Skill 12): 1d-2 cr damage.
Grapple (Skill 12): Anyone grappled by a zombie has -4 DX. To escape a zombie's grapple, you must win a Quick Contest of ST. Roll once no matter how many zombies are grappling you, but the zombies get +5 if more than one is grappling you.
Features: Zombies take half damage from firearms, unless the sho…
Doing It For Money
If you look at the header bar at the top of the page, you can see I've added a Patreon link. I've been using Patreon for about a year now; you may have seen some of my creations in previous posts. As an experiment, it's been mixed. I have some really great patrons that have been with me for a while. The Patreon system leaves something to desire technically.
Today, I made a transition from using the Patreon to support individual one-off PDFs to supporting this blog itself. The idea is that I'm doing this blog already, and I might as well get paid for it. In fact, while I try to post here most days, the money will be incentive to keep content flowing even more regularly.
So, it will work like this. Everything here on the blog is free. I will be posting every weekday, with a daily schedule you can see if you check out the Patreon page. You can also see the pattern if you've been watching the posts over the last week or two.
Once a week, I'll pick one of these blog…
Blindknight
This is a compendium class I made up for a recent Dungeon World campaign. The Blinding Choir are a collection of naturally invisible angels who serve the Unseeing, a stereotypical "chained god" type.
The Choir can remove sight with a touch. While the effect is allegedly temporary, the Wizard in the group didn't want to test the legend when the Fighter was struck blind. He splintered a powerful staff and used its magic to restore the Fighter's sight.
I offered the Fighter's player this class, but he didn't feel that it fit his character very well and didn't take it. As such, it hasn't been tested in play.
Blindknight When you suffer the touch of the Blinding Choir, when you level up, you may choose this move:
❏ Double Vision One of your eyes becomes milky white and can now only see the Hidden World. If you have both eyes open, the confusion of the overlapping visions overwhelms you, giving you -1 ongoing. Covering one eye relieves this penalty.
Dice Mechanic Noodling: Hilo d6s
I had an idea for a little RPG dice mechanic recently, so I plugged it into Anydice to see what it looks like. (If you are interested in games, dice, or probabilities and you haven't checked out Anydice, I highly recommend it.) You can take a look at the program here.
The idea is to roll two six-sided dice and total them. If a die rolls 1 or 6, it explodes. However, 1s explode negatively while 6s explode positively. That is, if the die comes up 6, add it, roll it again, and add the second result to your total. If the die comes up 1, add it, but then roll it again and subtract the second result. The dice only explode once, so you get a final total between -10 and 24, inclusive.
What does this give us? Well, the graph looks like this:
Weird, I know. It's a straight 2d6 pyramid in the middle, but with a bell curve on either side that tails off sharply at the extremes. The shape gives us some obvious zones of effect to work with, though.
The flat tails at either end are our obvious…
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Fizz 5: What We Learned from SU’s Georgetown Win, Why Boeheim is Cranky
Everything may not have gone as planned against Georgetown, but Syracuse’s 64-61 overtime victory still counts. And although he may not be in the mood to do so, Jim Boeheim still gets to celebrate his 880th win. He’s now all alone as the 3rd winningest coach in D1 history, and the owner of the most victories at one school.
Who better for Boeheim to reach those milestones against than the Hoyas? And when better to bring back our “Fizz 5” series than now? It’s the morning after a win over hated Georgetown and the debut of our new “My 5 Orange” t-shirts.
Here are five things to take away from SU’s defeat of its archrival.
The Orange is mentally tough.
Last year’s version of SU basketball had comparable talent to this year’s team. But when Syracuse faced adversity last season, the results weren’t pretty. See: the four-game losing streak to close out January. Also see: the season-ending Marquette loss. A classic example of a college hoops front-runner, the Orange fulfilled all of Doug Gottlieb’s hopes and dreams by comfortably blowing out inferior opponents, while failing to seal the deal in close games against the opponents that mattered most.
That’s why it’s been a pleasure to see this year’s team win several grind-it-out games against tough squads. Despite failing to score in the final four minutes of regulation, Syracuse somehow emerged victorious last night. That’s simultaneously a positive and a negative. More on the negative side later, but it’s encouraging to witness SU grab a W against all odds.
Defense is still the key.
By going ice cold offensively in the final 3:55, it meant the Orange had to rely on its defense to hold onto the game.
Fab Melo is a monster. He made opposing center Henry Sims, one of the most improved players in the conference, look downright awful. Sims shot 1-12 from the field, totaling only six points. Georgetown had its moments (freshman Otto Porter in particular was impressive), but overall the Orange kept the Hoyas’ offense contained. Georgetown scored just four points in the final 4:24 of regulation.
Good to know the defense will always be there for Boeheim even when the offense falters.
Kris Joseph can without a doubt be the “go-to guy.”
The senior forward usually collects his points quietly. Not so in his final crack at Georgetown in the Dome. As Boeheim acknowledged postgame, Joseph was the only player with a pulse on offense. And it wasn’t just the Montreal native’s career-high 29 points, or his 6-11 mark from distance. It was the way he grabbed hold of the contest. Joseph wanted the basketball at all times, and assertively carried his team to victory almost single-handedly.
Rebounding continues to be a problem.
You know it’s become an large scale issue when SportsCenter is all over it. ESPN tends to stick to the most surface-level content available. And sure enough, following a crazy night of college basketball, there was Scott Van Pelt grilling Gottlieb about Syracuse’s rebounding woes. Since SportsCenter was gracious enough to interrupt its wall-to-wall coverage of Blake Griffin alley-oops to provide a little rebounding analysis, we’ll give you some as well.
Georgetown hammered SU on the glass, winning the rebounding battle 52-35. That clearly infuriated Boeheim, and with good reason. The Orange doesn’t need to be the best rebounding team in the nation, but there’s no excuse for a performance on the boards like last night’s. Syracuse routinely wields the advantage in nearly every other facet of the game. It would be a shame to see its season cut short because of one glaring weakness.
Success hasn’t changed The Per’fesser.
In fact, it seems like it makes him even grumpier. Following the game, he emitted a clear sense of urgency to make sure his team knew it got away with playing like crap. And that it shouldn’t expect to get away with playing like crap.
“This is a disaster game as far as I’m concerned.”
Boeheim knows the Orange has Final Four potential. He also knows the lack of concentration and/or a sense of entitlement could lead to yet another premature NCAA Tournament exit for his squad.
“Right now, I don’t think we’re a good basketball team.”
Syracuse laying an egg down the stretch of a big game + Syracuse victory = Boeheim postgame fireworks. He’s desperately trying to keep the Orange grounded. His response was predictable when a reporter asked him about passing Dean Smith on the all-time wins list.
“I’m upset with this team right now and we’ll address all that stuff when I retire.”
The 880 wins are nice, but Boeheim’s priority is to retire with more than one national title. And if he thinks the best way to do that is to pretend his 880 victories don’t exist, then all the power to him.
Posted: Andrew Kanell
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D. Tree's Progressive Politics
"In every free and deliberating society, there must, from the nature of man, be opposite parties, and violent dissensions and discords; and one of these, for the most part, must prevail over the other for a longer or shorter time." - Thomas Jefferson
Mr. Rove's dirty little fingerprints
Where is Rove? Is he secretly pulling the strings behind McCain's campaign?
Close observers of John McCain's behavior might have noticed some changes in his demeanor recently: his outpouring of humor and his self-deprecating so what if I like Abba, I don't like all that popular music like Mr. Celebrity over there, manner.
Recall what Mr. Rove is good at: personality molding. Remember that he took a wealthy, Connecticut-born son of a former president and turned him into a "texas cowboy." Recall the debates in which we all thought John Kerry kicked George Bush's butt, and recall how georgie boy just shrugged and smirked his way thought the entire thing: almost belittling the process. The funny alpha male.
And now John McCain answers questions about the Iraq surplus, by changing the subject to his bad taste in music. Sound familiar?
They say Rove is "out the the country," - hiding from his subpoena? Why isn't that front-page news, BTW?
We know that Karl Rove admits he works "informally" for the McCain campaign. We are beginning to see the telltale signs of his hand at work: questioning Barack's patriotism, blind accusations about how "far left" liberals are out to destroy your way of life.
Yep, it seems like Karl Rove is back behind the scenes, coaching McCain on his demeanor, giving him some jokes... and telling him to indulge the vicious whisper campaigns by people like Jerome Corsi, and his new book, which CNN says "included several documented falshoods":
Asked by the Associated Press earlier Friday what he though of author Jerome Corsi's new book, "The Obama Nation," McCain said, "gotta keep your sense of humor."
Later on, McCain's campaign claimed the old man "didn't hear" the question, which makes me think "Then why did he answer, and what did he think he was talking about?"
Now, the McCain campaign says they have "no comment" on the book.
The symmetry to the Bush campaign is all too familiar, but I will give all that I am able to help Democrats open up a can of whoop-ass on Karle Rove, the RNC and John McCain.
Where oh where, are you Karl - come out, come out, wherever you are!
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The Palms in Downtown Rutland
111 Prospect Point Road Lake Bomoseen, VT
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Five generations in more than 85 years
Giuseppe and Giovannina Sabataso opened The Palms Restaurant in Downtown Rutland on Palm Sunday, 1933. Giuseppe — a cobbler by trade — often heard his customers remark about the delicious aroma of his lunch, which Giovannina faithfully delivered each day. Exclamations of “What smells so good!” and “Open a café!” prompted Giuseppe to abandon the cobbler’s awl, and don the chef’s apron beginning the eight decade tradition.
In 1949, The Palms had the honor of selling the first pizza in the state of Vermont. In the fall of 1948, Giuseppe and Giovannina’s son Primo traveled to Troy, N.Y., to learn the traditional Neapolitan pizza recipe, and perfect our famous square pie.
Giuseppe and Giovannina operated the restaurant until 1951 when they turned the business over to their sons Primo, Luigi, and Alfred. Alfred left the trade in 1954, leaving Luigi and Primo to operate the business with the help of their sister Mary Gallipo.
Luigi and his wife Dorothy Belfore took over in 1959 with their sons Joseph and John. The brothers ran the business with their wives until 1987 when John and his wife Jerri Ross took over ownership with their eldest son Jay, who had studied at the Culinary Institute of America.
The children have always played an important role in the restaurant having learned many of the recipes that have been passed down through the generations. John and Jerri’s other children and grandchildren have all been deeply involved in the business, and continue to uphold one of Rutland’s favorite traditions.
In 2014, Jay opened The Palms on Prospect Bay, adding a new chapter to the family story on the shores of Lake Bomoseen.
111 Prospect Point Road
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Who is That Man on the Whitman’s Sampler Box?
What could be sweeter on Valentine’s Day than a box of chocolates? We all know that every Whitman’s Sampler has an assortment of chocolates inside, but few may know much about the iconic man in the middle of every box. Who is this bearer of sweet treats? He’s the Whitman’s Messenger Boy.
Now owned by Russell Stover Candies, Whitman’s has been in business since 1842. Back then, it was a “confectionery and fruiterer” shop founded by Stephen F. Whitman. Their first storefront was based out of Philadelphia. Whitman, who hoped to compete with the finer French candy makers of the time, introduced the public to Choice Mixed Sugar Plums in 1854 and Whitman’s Instantaneous Chocolate in 1877 all while advertising the candies in newspapers and print magazines.
In 1912, the Whitman’s Sampler made its public debut. Each Sampler included a collection of their most popular chocolate with a candy index to tell consumers which piece was which. The Sampler was an instant hit and three years later, the Messenger Boy mascot was introduced as a symbol of the brand’s quality and excellence.
The Messenger Boy could be found inside the Sampler’s centerpiece as a piece of milk chocolate. He was also printed outside on the box packaging where he wore a blue cap, blue pants and shirt, and brown shoes. Tucked under his arm was a Whitman’s Sampler box.
While the character was designed to appear as though you had caught him mid-dash on his way to make a delivery, the icon also carried messages of thoughtfulness.
Whitman’s would continue to set the quality standard for the candy industry throughout the Great Depression. During World War II, Whitman’s sent six million pounds of chocolate to overseas servicemen with notes of comfort slipped inside from women on the Whitman’s production lines. Decades later, 6000 boxes of chocolate would be sent to the troops following the terrorist attack against the United States on September 11, 2001 with handwritten notes of encouragement slipped inside.
Now over 100 years old, the Sampler continues to be America’s most famous box of chocolates and a bestseller with a Sampler sold every 2.5 seconds. We like to think that’s thanks to the Messenger Boy, who can always be counted on to make a delightful Sampler delivery to your sweetheart or anyone with a sweet tooth — AKA all of us!
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Wall Street’s three major equity indexes closed out the trading day on Monday in positive territory, led by a rally in tech stocks that sent the Nasdaq to a record high. One key reason was the belief for a continuation of strong economic growth. Meanwhile, a decline in crude oil prices weighed on the energy sector.
Apple chalked up its highest closing price ever due to enthusiasm for its annual developer’s conference and Microsoft impressed with an acquisition, pushing the S&P 500 technology index to a record high, while Amazon led consumer stocks higher.
Better-than-expected jobs data for May was still key to the day’s optimism as traders turned their focus away from recent trade war fears.
The S&P 500’s technology sector chalked up a 0.8 percent gain. Due in no small part to Apple unveiling its latest operating system iOS 12. And after paring some gains in the afternoon, Apple’s shares ended the day with an 0.8 percent gain.
The consumer discretionary index was the greatest percentage gainer of the S&P’s 11 sectors, with a 1.1 percent gain, while the energy sector was its largest loser with a 0.9 percent drop, as oil prices fell on worries about growing U.S. production.
The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index underperformed the broader market with a 0.7 percent decline as shares of cancer-focused companies moved after presentations at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s meeting.
Nektar Therapeutics fell 41.8 percent and weighed on the index after mixed results from its experimental cancer drug with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo disappointed the Street.
Bristol-Myers Squibb ended 3.2 percent lower. Merck, however, gained about 2.4 percent after latest data showed its cancer drug Keytruda improved survival as a stand-alone treatment for a type of lung cancer.
Boeing rose 1.1 percent, giving the largest boost to the Dow, after the company indicated it would partner with French aerospace firm Safran SA to manufacturer and service aircraft parts.
Approximately 6.5 billion shares changed hands on the major domestic equity exchanges, as compared to the 6.6 billion share average over the past 20 sessions.
Factory Orders Drop
New factory orders fell more than expected in April, weighed down by declines in demand for transportation equipment and machinery, but the underlying trend continued to suggest strong momentum in the manufacturing sector.
Orders decreased 0.8 percent, the Commerce Department said on Monday. Data for March was revised up to show orders rising 1.7 percent instead of the previously reported 1.6 percent increase. Orders advanced 8.3 percent on a year-on-year basis in April.
The monthly decline in factory orders is likely to be temporary amid reports of strong manufacturing conditions in May. A survey by the Institute for Supply Management last week showed sentiment among manufacturers perking up in May amid a surge in new orders.
Manufacturers, however, complained about rising prices for raw materials, especially for steel. The Trump administration in March announced tariffs for steel and aluminum imports to protect domestic industries from what it says is unfair competition from foreign producers.
Prices are likely to rise even higher following Washington’s decision last week to extend the duties to steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union. Some manufacturers also said they could not find skilled workers.
Manufacturing, which accounts for about 12 percent of the nation’s economic activity, is being supported by strong domestic and global demand.
Orders for transportation equipment fell 6.0 percent, pulled down by a 28.9 percent plunge in the volatile orders for civilian aircraft. Transportation orders increased 6.9 percent in March. Orders for motor vehicles rose 1.0 percent in April.
Orders for machinery dropped 0.7 percent after tumbling 3.1 percent in March. That reflected a decline of 11.6 percent in orders for mining, oil field and gas field machinery. Orders for industrial machinery fell 10.0 percent.
However, orders for electrical equipment, appliances and components increased 1.8 percent. There were also increases in orders for fabricated metal products and primary metals.
Unfilled orders at manufacturers rose 0.5 percent in April. They have increased in five of the last six months. Manufacturing inventories increased a moderate 0.3 percent, which also bodes well for factory production.
The Commerce Department also confirmed that April orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, which are a measure of business spending plans, increased 1.0 percent as reported last month. Orders for these so-called core capital goods fell 1.0 percent in February.
Shipments of core capital goods, which are used to calculate business equipment spending in the gross domestic product report, rose 0.9 percent in April instead of the 0.8 percent gain reported last month.
Core capital goods shipments fell 0.7 percent in March and were up 8.4 percent year-on-year in April. Business spending on equipment is slowing after double-digit growth in the second half of 2017.
The moderation is occurring despite the $1.5 trillion tax cut package, which came into effect in January. The government slashed the corporate tax rate to 21 percent from 35 percent.
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There are strains of bacteria more aggressive and they are more indolent, which partly explains the occurrence of symptoms in only a few infected people.
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Therefore, it makes sense to request research H.pylori in people without specific complaints.
Therefore, many of the diagnoses of Helicobacter pylori are still made by endoscopy, biopsy and by urease test.
These actions cause inflammation of the stomach lining, leading to gastritis and in some cases, to the formation of peptic ulcers and even tumors. The non-invasive tests are eventually used more after treatment in order to confirm elimination of bacteria.
Therefore, treatment is not indicated against Helicobacter pylori to everyone who has the bacteria.
A fact that speaks against this form of transmission is that dentists do not have higher infection rates than other traders who deal constantly with saliva and bacterial plaque. Only patients with a family history of gastric cancer should worry about the presence of asymptomatic H. In these cases even if the patient does not present any symptoms, the research and treatment of the bacteria are indicated in order to eradicate it.
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1. About the concept of style. S. S. Scraper defines style as the highest kind of artistic unity. This is not the last level of unity: the unity of art style, human, stretches, as the sky above, the unity of the Divine. It outshines stylistic differences, making them irrelevant. Seediness light of divine love becomes the most important thing, eliminating any thought about eclecticism. In the Church can easily be connected to the tunes of the entire two thousand year history of the Church and of all Christian Orthodox peoples, often side by side in the same service. Where God is there is melting style.
The music of Christian civilization… the style Category is too small for her, and cannot embrace her uniqueness. “Style is the man” (Buffon). Musical style – the pronounced worldview. Christianity is more than a worldview: it has revealed an update of the world. “God became human so that man obrilsya” is not a worldview, and ontology. Expression of the new, unheard of Genesis, the updated state of the world and became the language of music is Christian civilization. But the language that seeks to cover the Millennium, stretches its borders and even further, to the very beginning of history. As in the case of verbal language, we can speak about language universals (harmony, pitch, meter, genre universal liturgical, magical and secular intonation, tools and techniques of playing them).
The musical language associated with epochal styles, updating them, their wider and seeks to embrace the whole experience of the story. The historic depth of the language is its richness. Without it, it degenerates into jargon along with the degeneration of man.
The power of the masterpieces of music relies on condensed them in the language experience of millennia. It is important to see in the analysis. Where, for example, the amazing effect of Mozart’s music? It is not only the experience of the previous Baroque style, rhetorical figures, rhetorical disposition, polyphony, etc.), but also the distant centuries of the Christian era. The spiritual joy that spilled in many works, – was would be possible without the incredibly flight passages, submersible roots in the art of Jubilate-the jubilation? A peculiar feeling of lightness – is it possible without etymon of secular music, which we saw in the antique cleavage of Sacile?
But the style, the pronounced attitude, not from bare existential force – otherwise it would be pure notion and pathetic fantasy. The lumen of the sky, remaining in-style – accessories from the tradition, which is the transmission of the height and beauty of the spiritual life of action calling for grace.
Because the musical style is not just the originality of the music of a certain historical period, national culture, composer. The style is the spiritual height and beauty of a custom. After all, distinguishable and manners. However, in the manner of the blue of the sky is obscured human, all too human, and even mundane beginning. Manner man-made, and sounds in the style of ontological secret note. The word “manner” (“manners”), introduced by Peter the great in 1701, the French origin means “sleight of hand”. Style is something different, higher: there entelechy – the essence which is hidden in his heart as infinite purpose and desire. It is this power of exaltation that attracts us, encourages the spirit and inspires the soul. Style-originality flame height the extraordinary life and heavenly beauty. Its something not of this world power of inspiring beauty, and we are called to seek in the analysis.
2. Style intonation. This force is represented in a landmark, national and individual style is not disembodied, but as rooted in the sounds. From the body style, you can separate out certain signs, stylistic features. However, the style is not the sum of crumbling will. The spirit of style, marvelous interweaving of energies of the world, as embodied in the holistic style of intonation.
All art intonational in nature. They embody the spirit of life: the art of high – spirit inspired life, low – life spirit vulgar, hateful. Intonation of art, the main specific property, the wholly absorbs energy, existing in the society and forming the atmosphere of life: the energy of faith or of unbelief and confusion, the Holy inspiration or indifference, spiritual bodrennost or cynicism, the great hope or belief sadness, love, or the hardening of the heart. In the soul of man with the energy of life raspolagayutsya – and give it one or another system, or spiritual antiduhovnogo.
How clear this specific power of art!
That’s the spirit of prophetic biblical poetry, embracing the Millennium:
“Why are the Nations in an uproar,
and the Nations imagine a vain thing?” (Psalm 2).
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(Evidence-based view VL. Khodasevich Mayakovsky breaks everywhere thirst for mayhem just weak and defenseless, whatever it is. I. A. Ilyin in the study of Politics and criminality” remarkably showed the process of Union of these spheres, and then the whole country was forced to think and speak in criminal language with inverted meanings. But why this desire disorder in a talented poet? According to Sviridov, “it was about the downfall of great values and hoisting the place its name. That’s what burned all the fuss is about. Consumed by an insatiable ambition, because of him and he shot himself.” Moreover, this film was very talented to the verse, witty, inventive and corrupt: and he knew that the corrupt, openly about it screamed. That’s the trick!”. But then the question arises about the nature of the General intonation Mayakovsky: intonation whether it is style that related with the sky, or manners, devoid of connection with the true being? Sviridov was leaning towards the latter. “The whole Mayakovsky (almost all 14 volumes!) – invented by the poet. Invented love, Revolution invented, invented pre-rhymes, invented by Himself, fake to the end, to the limit. Not only invented respiraba his wild anger”)
Here is the ceremonial order of the measured Hellenic speech (Hesiod, Works and days – VIII century B. C.):
The whole city often for husband single afflicted,
If that evil is the creation and conception bold nourishes.
Here’s a unique Pushkin intonation, sincere and endlessly riddled with clear celestial gravitation: Life myshy running. What disturbed me? (Verses composed at night during insomnia, 1841) .
3. Intonation epochal styles. The definition of Buffon: “Style is the man” and attributable to the landmark styles. And if a common theme of high art have transformed, then it is true for a landmark style.
The key to style Baroque intonation – authentic notion of affect. The doctrine of the affections, which developed from 1553 in Western homiletics (a branch of theology that studies the sermon) still kept a residual light of great knowledge about the mysteries of the human senses, completely lost now.
According to patristic anthropology, a person grows out of freedom of volition, which does not break God because without it is unthinkable theosis, to which he is called. Because the notion of arbitrariness must be attributed not only to attention (as in modern psychology), but to all the forces of the soul. Arbitrary and sublime sentiments.
Strange to hear that the natural man. “Lawless heart”, – he blindly believes his condition. Although in fact he cannot himself give birth to heavenly beauty of an all-encompassing divine love, but it transformed him, wondrous image will spill over into the soul in response to the free will, which is manifested in the fulfillment of the commandments. Because in the commandments – God meets man. “My doctrine is not Mine, but his who sent Me; who wants to do His will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or I speak of Myself” (Jn. 7:16-17). According to the word of St. Simeon the New theologian, “the great and avertically, a God-given commandment of love not spoken about natural love, and love spontaneous”!1
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Check out these webinars, Twitter chats, video hangouts, and other online events pertaining to STEM and STEM education happening in the next two weeks. Let us know in the comments below or on Twitter (@sciencenetlinks) about any events that we're missing!
Remember that for the month of October, Connected Educator Month has dozens of online events happening every day. See their event calendar for more.
Webinar: Translation of Preclinical Drug–Drug Interaction and Metabolism Data into Risk Assessment of Clinical Toxicity by the New York Academy of Sciences, 8:30am-5pm ET
Webinar: Teach STEM Skills in Your Classroom Through eCYBERMISSION by the National Science Teachers Association, 6:30pm ET
Webinar: Fibrosis: Therapeutic Target or Inevitable Outcome? by the New York Academy of Sciences, 8:15am-5pm ET
Webinar: Transitioning Your Career from Academia to Industry by the American Geophysical Union, 3pm ET
Webinar: Rigor and Inquiry by Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 6:30pm ET
Webinar: NGSS Core Ideas: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions by the National Science Teachers Association, 6:30pm ET
Webinar: Human Body: Space Adaptations by the National Science Teachers Association, 7:30pm ET
Webinar: The 1:1 Connected Classroom by EdTech Teacher, 7pm ET
Webinar: Distance Rate Time Problems: Smart Skies by the National Science Teachers Association, 6:30pm ET
Video chat: Spinal cord injuries by AAAS, 3pm ET
Webinar: Clinical Trials of Dendritic Cell Therapies for Cancer: Biotech's Bumpy Road to the Market by the New York Academy of Sciences, 8am - 5pm ET
Webinar: The NSTA Learning Center: An Online Portal for Teacher Professional Learning by the National Science Teachers Association, 6:30pm ET
Webinar: Connected Administrators by EdTech Teacher, 7pm ET
Twitter chat: Going Mobile EdChat: Student Engagement by the Verizon Foundation's Thinkfinity Partners, 8pm ET (more information forthcoming)
Webinar: Pythagorean Theorem: Exploring Space Through Math—Lunar Rover by the National Science Teachers Association, 6:30pm ET
Webinar: The Science of Fear by AAAS, 3pm ET
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The weakness has also persuaded policy makers to allot more public funds for a ramped-up modernization program – still modest by regional standards – for the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The surest way to derail this modernization, which has been expanding gradually, is to taint AFP supply procurement with allegations of corruption.
This is the problem now faced by the military amid a controversy that has erupted over the acquisition of 21 UH-1 or Huey helicopters worth P1.2 billion from a joint venture of American and Canadian companies. The bidding committee of the Department of National Defense has been accused of favoring the suppliers and allowing the delivery of helicopters that are allegedly old and defective. DND officials have said the deal was aboveboard, but a panel has been created to investigate the accusations.
News reports said UH-1D helicopters were delivered instead of the more advanced UH-1H. Eight of the helicopters have been accepted by the Philippine Air Force, whose officials said the aircraft are working and operational.
Corruption scandals hounded the DND and AFP in the previous administration, with a star-ranked former comptroller being convicted and imprisoned for graft. A former military and defense chief killed himself over his mother’s grave amid accusations of wrongdoing.
The scandals led to reforms to cut red tape and make procurement procedures transparent in the DND and AFP. It is not clear if the reforms have been sustained. Budget procedures for the AFP were also overhauled to make the system transparent and prevent fund juggling.
If the latest allegations prove correct, either there has been backsliding in reforms, or more changes are needed in the way defense contracts are awarded and public funds are spent. The controversy over the helicopter deal must be cleared up quickly and credibly, before it sours enthusiasm for spending billions in public funds for military modernization.
http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2015/03/13/1433049/editorial-derailing-modernization
China lashes out at US 'pirate-style sense of insecurity'
From the Military Times (Mar 14): China lashes out at US 'pirate-style sense of insecurity'
China's state news agency accused the U.S. on Saturday of having a "pirate-style sense of insecurity" in response to recent comments from Washington expressing concern over Beijing's territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea.
The Xinhua News Agency took issue with remarks by U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Monday that Chinese land reclamation and construction work on disputed South China Sea islands were "fueling greater anxiety within the region about China's intentions."
Washington said it will continue to raise its concerns with China and urged all parties to avoid destabilizing activities.
"As we've said many times, we encourage all claimants to pursue peaceful and diplomatic approaches to maritime and territorial disputes in the South China Sea," Psaki told reporters at a daily briefing.
In its response, Xinhua labeled Psaki's comments "strikingly biased and by no means conducive to solving the disputes and bolstering peace and stability."
"The United States has once again violated its commitment to not holding (a) position or taking sides on the South China Sea issue, and its so-called concerns about China's 'threat' serve only to reveal its pirate-style sense of insecurity," said the commentary, signed by Xinhua reporter Zhang Ning
The language used exemplified the more caustic tone taken over recent months by the Communist Party controlled media in defending China's territorial claims and rejecting Western concepts of democracy and civil liberties. The commentary appeared only on Xinhua's English-language service directed at foreign audiences.
China says it has historical claims to a huge swath of the South Sea China that overlaps with the claims of several neighbors including Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and the Philippines, and constantly accuses the U.S. and its powerful navy of meddling in the dispute.
The U.S. says it takes no sides on the sovereignty issue, but has a national interest in ensuring the peaceful resolution of disputes and safety of navigation through the crucial shipping routes that crisscross the region.
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/03/14/china-lashes-out-at-us-pirate-style-sense-of-insecurity/24756799/
IMT-M10 To Continue Malaysia's Commitment In Monitoring, Observing Peace In Mindanao
From the Malyasian Digest (Mar 15): IMT-M10 To Continue Malaysia's Commitment In Monitoring, Observing Peace In Mindanao
The International Monitoring Team - Mindanao 10 (IMT-M10) arrived in Mindanao on Saturday to continue Malaysia's commitment in monitoring and observing the ceasefire between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
The team arrived at the Awang Airport here on a C130-owned Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) before being taken to the IMT-M headquarters located about five kilometres away.
A ceremony to hand over duties and roles was then held between IMT-M10 Head of Mission Maj Gen Datuk Sheikh Mokhsin Sheikh Hassan and IMT-M9 Head of Mission Maj Gen Datuk Abdul Samad Yaakub.
It was witnessed by Chairman of the Government of Philippines-Ad hoc Joint Action Group (GPH-AHJAG) Brig Gen Manokuto O.Orense, Head of Government of Philippines-Coordinating Committees for the Cessation of Hostilities (GPH-CCCH) Secretariat Major Carlos T.Dol Jr and MILF-CCCH chairman Rasid Tan Ladiasan.
In line with the IMT-M slogan of "Together We Make It Happen", Sheikh Mokhsin said he was optimistic and confident that his team was capable of carrying out the responsibilities entrusted to them with dedication and discipline.
"We will continue to tread the path of excellence of the previous team in ensuring that the peace process can be achieved in the near future," he told Bernama.
The IMT-M10 comprises 16 members, of whom 11 are from the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM), two from Royal Malaysian Police and three others are civil servants from the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Although the team would be the last group to be entrusted with the tasks after the final stage of the peace agreement was signed, Sheikh Mokhsin demanded full cooperation among team members in carrying out their duties, besides working closely with members of the international team from Indonesia, Brunei, Norway and Japan.
The IMT-M10 will be stationed in four areas, namely in Catabato City, Illigan City, Zamboanga and General Santos City, for a term of one year.
Meanwhile, Orense said the Malaysian team had been deemed by the local community as an important body that would help facilitate and ensure smooth running of the ongoing peace process.
"Without their help, the people don't know how to move forward as the bonding has existed for a long time.
"Therefore, we will continue to work with this team effectively to ensure the peace process could be achieved soon," Orense said.
His view was shared by Carlos who pointed out that the presence of the Malaysian team during the observation process was very strong, thus increased the level of security and peace at the affected areas.
"Their monitoring activity and assistance have somehow stabilized the peace process.
"The situation has improved and progressed very well," said Carlos who also praised Malaysia's commitment to the peace agreement.
Ladiasan, on the other hand, expressed hope that the team would stay during the transition as the community needed them to ensure that the peace and stability would remain after the finalisation of the peace agreement.
"People see the difference and feel the presence of the international monitoring team (IMT), especially from Malaysia, which led the team successfully.
"They see the IMT as a very important mechanism in monitoring good partnership with relevant parties involved with the agreement.
"Thanks to the partnership, the situation on the ground now is very stable and this helps build confidence among the people," he added.
The agreement is also expected to enact the Bangsamoro Basic Law which is being deliberated in Congress.
http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/545654-imt-m10-to-continue-malaysia-s-commitment-in-monitoring-observing-peace-in-mindanao.html
INTERVIEW-Philippine Muslim rebels warn trust in government eroded
From Reuters (Mar 14): INTERVIEW-Philippine Muslim rebels warn trust in government eroded
Moro (Islamic) Liberation Front (MILF) rebels stand guard near a Barrett sniper rifle along a road at Camp Darapanan rebel base in Maguindanao province, in the southern Philippines March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
CAMP DARAPANAN, Philippines, March 14 (Reuters) - The trust that the largest Muslim guerrilla group in the Philippines has in the government has been eroded by a clash in January in which 44 police commandos and 18 rebels were killed, a rebel leader told Reuters in an interview this week.
The violence has throw into doubt a peace process aimed at ending a 45-year conflict that has killed 120,000 people, displaced 2 million and stunted growth in the resource-rich south of the largely Christian Philippines.
Public outrage over the killing of the policemen and questions surrounding President Benigno Aqunio's handling of the issue have blow up into his biggest political crisis.
"Trust has been affected," Al Haj Ebrahim Murad, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrilla group, told Reuters in an interview at his base on Mindano island.
"We are studying to see if the approval of the police operation came from the highest level of government."
The Jan. 25 clash erupted when police tried to infiltrate into a rebel area to capture Zulkifli bin Hir, an al Qaeda-linked Malaysian bomb-maker with a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head.
The government said at the time the incident was a mistake and Aquino appealed for the peace process to remain on track but legislators working out an autonomy deal upon which peace hinges have stopped their work.
Police said in a report on Friday that Aquino had approved the mission. Aquino has said he was given wrong information and misled.
Murad did not say what the MILF will do if Aquino was found liable for the police mission but said it was a violation of the ceasefire.
A civil engineer by training, Murad said he met Aquino on Jan. 13 to raise concern about the delays to the autonomy law in Congress but he was not informed about the operation to get the militant.
"Based on our findings, it was not a mistaken encounter," he said, adding the police saw his group as an enemy.
"They attacked our community and our forces."
But he said the rebels were committed to the peace process and would work with a new government if the talks went beyond the end of Aquino's term, in June 2016.
"The president's political capital is dwindling and there's a possibility the (autonomy law) will not be passed on time," Murad said as uniformed guerrillas stood guard.
"The next president, whoever is elected next year, is bound to implement the peace agreement."
But he warned that the MILF would not accept watered down autonomy. Aquino and his allies in Congress hope the autonomy law will be passed by June.
http://www.trust.org/item/20150314044730-sghcp/?source=gep
Court clears 42 suspected MNLF members of rebellion, genocide
From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Mar 14): Court clears 42 suspected MNLF members of rebellion, genocide
A Pasig City court has cleared 42 out of the 272 suspected Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) members charged with rebellion and genocide in connection with the September 2013 siege here.
Commissioner Edilwasiff Baddiri of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) told the Inquirer the 42 cleared suspects will be released anytime on Saturday after the warden of the Security Intensive Care Area 2 at Camp Bagong Diwa received a copy of the March 13 order of Presiding Judge Maria Rowena Modesto San Pedro of the Regional Trial Court Branch 158 of Pasig City.
The court’s 12-page resolution said the 42 suspects had been cleared because “there is nothing that will connect them to the alleged rebellion that took place.”
“… [T]he mere act of running away from the battle zone cannot implicate them; there is no evidence showing any overt act of complicity to the crime of rebellion or to an armed public uprising; that paraffin tests conducted on them yielded negative results for gunpowder nitrates; to continue to hold them for trial despite absence of probable cause will simply be an injustice,” the resolution, a copy of which was obtained by the Inquirer, said.
Baddiri said the decision was “already final.”
“They could not be jailed again,” he said.
“We will work with other government agencies to ensure the reintegration and rehabilitation of the 42 detainees. They suffered for more than a year. Let us strive to provide them with care and protection,” Baddiri added without naming those who were ordered released.
Mayor Ma. Isabelle Salazar said she was not happy with the way things turned out in the prosecution of the suspected MNLF rebels.
“The local government unit’s legal team worked hard for our defense. We will pursue justice in memory of those who died and the sovereignty of Zamboanga City. At all cost justice must be sought,” Salazar said.
Lawyer Laisa Masuhud-Alamia, the executive secretary of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said the regional government would spend for the return of the released suspects to this city.http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/678860/court-clears-42-suspected-mnlf-members-of-rebellion-genocide
4th Football for Peace Festival: Not all wars are won with guns
From Rappler (Mar 13): 4th Football for Peace Festival: Not all wars are won with guns
The Philippine Marine Corps is set to hold their 4th Football For Peace Festival Cup on April 18
PLAYING TO WIN. During the second Football for Peace Festival, young football players from Palawan, demonstrated determination and enthusiasm during their warm-up drill. Rappler file photo
On April 18, the Philippine Marine Corps with the Football For Peace Movement in collaboration with Fleet-Marine Football Club, is set to hold the 4th Football For Peace Festival Cup at the Philippine Marine Corps Football Grounds, Marine Barracks Rudiardo Brown, Lawton Ave in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
More than 80 teams from within and outside of Metro Manila are expected to compete in the festival.
In 2011, the Philippine Marine Corps, initiated the Football for Peace program to bring kids from conflict areas to Manila. Aimed at promoting peace through sports and education, the program conducted simultaneous football clinics and programs in schools and areas near Marine detachment units in Sulu. (READ: #FootballForPeace: Indestructible balls for indestructible dreams)
In order to sustain this movement, the group also held Football for Peace Festival cups every April at the Philippine Marine Corps Football Grounds in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
The program has covered different conflict areas including Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga, Palawan, Sultan Kudarat, Cotabato, Basilan, and Misamis Oriental among others. The Philippine Army also joined the movement for peace. At present, there are over 1,500 kids and counting participating in the program.
Since 2011, the Philippine Marine Corps have had the following activities:
Three Football Peace Cups in Sulu
Four Peace One Day Cup held every September 21 and participated by 193 UN Member States
Football Clinic in place of the Peace Cup in Zamboanga (during the Zamboanga Seige)
Three Football For Peace Festival Cups in Manila
Through the program, an average of 200 children from different conflict areas in Visayas and Mindanao are brought to Manila for the annual festival. The Football for Peace festival aims to provide a normal and conflict-free environment to the children.
Rappler has been a campaign partner of the Football for Peace Movement since 2012.
Sharifamae H. Salip Jamuh, one of the program's many scholars, has recently graduated with a high school diploma from Western Mindanao State University in 2014. Made possible through the Football for Peace movement, she was able to enroll at the University of Santo Tomas where she is in her first year, taking up Physical Education. She is also a member of the UST Women’s Soccer Varsity Team.
[Football for Peace movement is open to all kinds of supports and pledges. Interested groups/individuals may help by providing sponsorship for the educational tour, their meals and snacks, or any kind/activity that would make the children's stay in Manila a memorable experience. You can host them on any date between the 14 of April 2015 - 21 April 2015. For more details, you may contact 1LT Rowena B Dalmacio PN(M), Office of the Civil Military Operations, MC7 at +63 (927)3997153]
Abu Sayyaf demands P10M for release of 2 teachers
From the Manila Bulletin (Mar 14): Abu Sayyaf demands P10M for release of 2 teachers
Two days after it freed a public school teacher, the Urban Terrorist Group of the Abu Sayyaf (UTG-ASG) has demanded a P10-million ransom for the safe release of two public elementary school teachers the bandit group kidnapped early this month in Talusan town in Sibugay province.
Zamboanga City Police Director Sr Supt Angelito Casimiro said the ransom demand was relayed to the families of the victims who were still hoping that the kidnappers will release their relatives them even without paying any bounty.
The ASG is holding captive public school teachers Reynadit Silvano, 34 and Russel Bagonoc, 22 in a forested area somewhere in Basilan province.
The two public school teachers were kidnapped last March 5 at around 8 a.m. by six members of the ASG while they were on their way to the Tuburan Elementary School in Barangay Moalboal, Talusan.
The kidnappers were later identified by the police as brothers Naim Sabdani, Mansul Sabdani, and Amadan Sabdani, residents of Barangay Moalboal, Talusan; Edimar Isnain and two other unidentified persons. They were reported to be members of the ASG-UTG.
Casimiro said the police here has already informed Sibugay province Governor Wilter Palma about the development and the P10-million ransom demand of the kidnappers.
Last Wednesday, the ASG release Allyn Muksan Abdurajak, 44, of the Jolo School of Fisheries, unharmed.
Abdurajak was abducted by two ASG gunmen operating in Barangay Kajatian, Indanan, Sulu at around 6:10 p.m. Tuesday. Marathon negotiations between her relatives and the kidnappers resulted her early release.
http://www.mb.com.ph/abu-sayyaf-demands-p10m-for-release-of-2-teachers/
Rights advocates hit ‘encampments’
From the Manila Standard Today (Mar 15): Rights advocates hit ‘encampments’
The International Solidarity Mission, a contingent of human rights advocates from European Union and Asia last week discovered military encampments in day care centers, multi-purpose centers and barangay halls in some areas of Agusan del Sur.
The mission disclosed its finding after a visit to Balit, San Luis, Agusan del Sur last March 9 and 10. The HR mission said in a statement that the military was using barangay halls, daycare centers and multi-purpose centers as camps.
Sister Mary Francis Anover, RSM, who is national coordinator of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, said the encamped military in barangay halls and other public facilities invited threat to the civilian community.
“In the guise of conducting census and consultations they are putting the lives of the civilians, especially the children in the community at risk,” Sister Anover said.
Bishop Raul Amorcillo, Bishop of Iglesia Filipinia Independiente (IFI) of the Diocese of Bukidnon said he observed during the mission that in the indigenous communities in Agusan del Sur, “martial law is present”.
The two religious leaders were among the “Balit Mission” contingent that visited and sleep with evacuees in Barangay balit, San Luis Agusan del Sur last March 9 and 10, 2015.
“There is indeed violation of the law as in Article 10, Section 22 of Republic Act 7610 states that public infrastructures such as schools, hospitals and rural health units shall not be utilized for military purposes such as command posts, barracks, detachments, and supply depots”, Karapatan Caraga secretary general Eliza Rose Pangilinan said in an interview.
Pangilinan, Alvin Ygot of the College Editors’ Guild of the Philippines (CEGP-Caraga) and Atel Hijos, Chairperson of Gabriela Caraga were among local progressive group leaders who accompanied the ISM Mission to Balit.
The “Balit Mission was initiated by various groups in Mindanao such as Kasalo, Kalumaran, Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), and the Northern Mindanao Religious and Bishops’ Ecumenical Forum.
It is part of the “Mindanao Bakwit Solidarity Mission” organized by the Mindanao-wide alliance of indigenous peoples, Kalumaran.
International human rights and lumad groups like International Alliance for Asian Indigenous People and IP People’s Pact in Asia were the international component of the Balit Mission who went to Balit, San Luis, Agusan del Sur last March 9 and March 10.
The contingent even sleep for a night March 9 , 2015 evening with more than 1,000 lumad evacuees mostly members of the Banwaon Tribes in evacuation centers in Balit, San Luis, Agusan del Sur.
Lumads from 14 tribal communities in San Luis, Agusan del Sur evacuated from their homes since January 23, 2015 as a result of skirmishes that were apparently sparked by the December 22, 2014 murder of barangay chairman Necasio Precioso Sr. of Balit, San Luis town perpetuated allegedly by the military.
Karapatan and the Rural Missionaries’ Association of the Philippines said Precioso’s family had been accused as a supporter of the New People’s Army (NPA) by the military.
According to the lumads in the area the slain barangay captain was a human rights defender since 1995.
The Banwaons in 14 communities in the hinterlands of San Luis municipality fled from their homes due to militarization guised as Community Organizing for Peace and Development. (COPD).
The Banwaon Tribal Datus’ tribal communities were united that the COPD is intended to pave the way for large mining companies to operate in the tribals’ ancestral domain.
Gabriela secretary general for Caraga Atel Hijos said the Balit Mission is to show solidarity and support to some Banwaon people who were displaced as a result of “militarization and paramilitarism” in their ancestral lands in San Luis, Agusan del Sur.
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2015/03/15/rights-advocates-hit-encampments-/
2 in MILF panel Malaysian citizens? Probe sought
From the Manila Standard Today (Mar 15): 2 in MILF panel Malaysian citizens? Probe sought
CONGRESS, which is now deliberating on the controversial Bangsamoro Basic Law, should look into allegations that Moro Islamic Liberation Front chairman Al-Haj Murad Ebrahim and MILF peace panel chairman Mohagher Iqbal are Malaysian citizens, lawmaker said on Saturday.
Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles
Davao City Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles asked the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on the BBL to look into the claim of former interior secretary Rafael Alunan that the two are Malaysian citizens before continuing with its deliberations on the pending measure.
Nograles made the appeal as the head of the Association of Generals and Flag Officers scored the MILF for its “arrogance” in not giving a copy of its probe into the Mamasapano incident to the government, but submitting it instead to the Malaysian government.
“According to former Secretary Rafael Alunan III, both Chairman Murad and Chairman Iqbal travel with Malaysian passports, and are in fact Malaysians. This is a very serious allegation and must be investigated immediately, even before we continue deliberations on the BBL,” Nograles said.
“I raise this concern because if it is true that we are writing the BBL Law for Malaysians then we in Congress will be criminally liable for acts of treason,” he added.
“We are all for peace but we should achieve peace in Mindanao without sacrificing our sovereignty as one nation and one people,” Nograles said.
“I call on our Ad Hoc Committee chairman Rep. Rufus Rodriguez to immediately call the officials of the Bureau of Immigration and subpoena all travel documents of Al Haj Murad Ebrahim and Mohaguer Iqbal to shed light on this matter and confirm whether or not these allegations are true,” he said.
Nograles made the appeal as retired general Ediberto Adan Jr., AGFO chairman and president, slammed the arrogance of the MILF in not giving a copy of its report to government but giving one to the Malaysian government.
“That is to me is not really a good move in connection with the peace process,” Adan said at the sidelines of the pre-graduation rites of the Philippine Military Academy at the Fort Del Pillar in Baguio City.
“While there is a third-party facilitator, the Malaysian government, to show good faith, to show that they recognize the authority of the Philippine government, they should submit their report to our government,” he added.
“There are certain protocols as the MILF claims that’s why they are submitting this to Malaysia but for purposes of building trust and if they are sincere in building that trust, then that should have coursed through the Philippine government,” Adan insisted.
Earlier, leaders of the MILF such as Jaafar Ghadzali and Mohagher Iqbal said they will submit their investigation report to Kuala Lumpur through the International Monitoring Team because of supposed protocols and if the government wants a copy, they should ask for one from Malaysia.
Adan said the MILF’s behavior will aggravate public uproar against the proposed BBL, especially since many of the BBL’s provisions have been deemed unconstitutional.
“The Association of Generals and Flag Officers does not believe that these provisions augur well for peace because it violates the fundamental law of the land,” Adan said.
“[The BBL] grants certain powers that diminishes the role of the commander-in-chief. It gives them an opportunity to maintain an armed force which is a violation of the Constitution, because the Constitution only provides for one Armed Forces of the Philippines,” he added.
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2015/03/15/2-in-milf-panel-malaysian-citizens-probe-sought/
MILF re-validating ‘loopholes’ in own Mamasapano report
From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Mar 14): MILF re-validating ‘loopholes’ in own Mamasapano report
Moro Islamic Liberation Front chief peace negotiator Mohagher Iqbal INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/RAFFY LERMA
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) own investigation on the Mamasapano debacle had wrapped up but it would be undergoing re-validation and revisions before it can be submitted to the International Monitoring Team (IMT), the rebel group’s chief negotiator said.
The Malaysian-led IMT monitors the implementation of the government and the MILF ceasefire agreement, as well as oversee the protection of civilians in conflict zones and their rehabilitation and development under the socio-economic component of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.
READ: Full report: The Mamasapano incident
Mohagher Iqbal told the Inquirer on Saturday that MILF chair Murad Ebrahim has directed the rebel group’s investigating team to re-validate and revise its findings because there were discrepancies in the individual output of its members.
He did not say what the discrepancies were but added that the MILF probe team had been sent back to Mamasapano for the conduct of verification and validation of data.
“He ordered our team to re-validate data. It won’t take long and it will be available by next week,” Iqbal said.
“Actually, the MILF probe was done but we found some loopholes so chairman Murad directed the probe team to return to Mamasapano and counter-check some facts,” Iqbal also said in a radio interview here.
He said the probe should have been completed earlier but it was stalled by the operations against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Mamasapano.
“Malapit na, malapit na,” Iqbal said, maintaining that the full report will be for the IMT alone. Those interested in what the report contains will be provided the executive summary only.
Revealing some of the initial findings, Iqbal said the probe team found out that only 17 MILF fighters were killed – not 18 as earlier reported – during the January 25 police commando operations against suspected international terrorist Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir and his Filipino aide Basit Usman.
Also the MILF probe team found out that only three civilians were killed on the day and not five as reported in the media, Iqbal said.
As this developed, Bayan Muna Representatives Neri Colmenares and Carlos Zarate said the Philippine National Police’s Board of Inquiry failed to pursue the command responsibility and liabilities of President Aquino in its investigation of the Mamasapano debacle.
“While, the BOI report contains facts that are already disclosed to the public, it fails to put the main burden of accountability on the most responsible for the operation who is Pres. Aquino himself,” Colmenares said.
He said the BOI report has deliberately understated Aquino’s direct responsibility when he “illegally” authorized Purisima to act as PNP chief during his suspension and allowing unlawful US involvement in the police operation.
“When Aquino broke the chain of command, he has taken direct and command responsibility over Gen. Napenas, SAF’s and AFP’s actions, inactions and failures,” Zarate said.
Zarate said the “the shortcomings of the BOI report all the more emboldens us to push for the immediate resumption of the Congress Mamasapano probe and we hope that we can hold even one hearing next week.”
Vencer Crisostomo, Anakbayan national chair, also agreed that Congress should resume the hearings to “stop the government’s yellow-washing of the truth on Mamasapano.”
READ: Walden Bello cuts ties with Palace over Mamasapano ‘cover-up’
“Congress should reopen the hearings and should not allow itself, led by Speaker Sonny Belmonte to be complicit to the yellow-washing and lies. The BOI is further proof that the Aquino government is engaged in a grand cover-up scheme. There is growing call from the public for truth, accountability and justice,” Crisostomo said.
Ninety-two lawmakers had so far signed a letter to House Speaker Sonny Belmonte, asking for the resumption of the hearings.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/678845/milf-re-validating-loopholes-in-own-mamasapanpo-report?PageSpeed=noscript
‘Military offensive turns Maguindanao into war zone’
From the Philippine Star (Mar 14): ‘Military offensive turns Maguindanao into war zone’
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Philippine Army File photo
The ongoing military operations against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have practically turned communities in Central Mindanao into a war zone, the People’s Council for National Unity, Reforms and Peace (PCNURP) said yesterday.
The PCNURP pointed out the communities are taking the brunt of the military offensive against the BIFF rebels blamed in the killing of 44 policemen in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Jan. 25.
PCNURP insisted that all-out war is never the solution to the conflict in Mindanao, as it would displace more people, especially in areas where the armed clashes take place.
PCNURP called for an immediate end to the government offensive that they said has displaced at least 73,000 people since it started on Feb. 25.
The PCNURP is seeking the truth behind the Mamasapano incident, demanding accountability and justice.
The PCNURP noted the allegations of the groups Suara Bangsamoro and KAWAGIB Moro Human Rights Alliance of indiscriminate firing and bombing by government troops.
They pointed out the all-out offensive is supposed to be launched for 10 days but the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) had requested a three-day extension, resulting in more evacuees.
The declaration of an all-out offensive against the BIFF came only a month after villagers in Mamasapano had to evacuate on fears of another firefight with government forces in the area following the Jan. 25 incident.
The group noted the military launched ground and aerial attacks on the towns of Salbo, Pagatin, Mamasapano and Shariff Aguak, on information where the BIFF are hiding.
The PCNURP explained the use of heavy artillery and air support has forced civilians to abandon their homes and evacuate to safer ground.
PCNURP is also calling on government to conduct more humanitarian assistance for those affected by the renewed clashes.
The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) also said the military offensive has displaced thousands of civilians.
“The all-out offensive is now resulting in the evacuation of thousands of the people in the affected areas,” MNLF spokesman Emmanuel Fontanilla said.
The military, on the other hand, has already cleared a portion of Maguindanao of any threats from the BIFF.
This came after government troops succeeded in capturing several camps of the BIFF in the town and outlying areas.
Occupants of the BIFF encampment in Barangay Tina in Shariff Saidona reportedly scampered to different directions as units of the Marines approached. http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/03/14/1433409/military-offensive-turns-maguindanao-war-zone
PMA to revise honor code after SC ruling on Cudia
From the Manila Standard Today (Mar 14): PMA to revise honor code after SC ruling on Cudia
A top official of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) said the recent decision of the Supreme Court (SC) upholding the dismissal of cadet first-class Alvin Jeff Cudia because of grave violation of the Academy’s age-old honor code has strengthened the institution’s standards for due process and academic freedom.
At the same time, the decision will pave the way for initial reforms of the code for the benefit of present and future batches of cadets who wish to become future military officers.
PMA Superintendent Lt. Gen. Oscar Lopez said part of the initial reforms in the Academy’s honor code for cadets is the appointment of cadet advisers to the cadets who are being heard by the honor committee for violations of the code to guide them in defending themselves before their fellow cadets.
“The SC decision has strengthened the existence of the Academy’s honor code and has contributed in enhancing the implementation of the code to the cadets who are future military leaders. We are elated that we were upheld for our minimum compliance to the doctrine of due process which has been an integral part of the code and the process of hearing the cases of violations of the cadets by the honor committee,” Lopez said.
He explained the appointment of members of the Academy’s honor committee and the way the honor committee conducts its hearings on erring cadets and the rendering of decisions are purely matters among the cadets which serves as a training ground for them to be self-reliant, trustworthy and independent-minded-leaders.
He said among the common violations of the cadets that are subjected to hearings of the honor committee are cheating, lying and stealing which the PMA strictly prohibits.
But Lopez said that most of those who are subjected to hearings by the honor committee opt to leave the Academy instead of undergoing the rigid process so as not to burden themselves.
The PMA official said the SC ruling on the celebrated Cudia case vindicated the members of the honor committee and even the Academy from suspicion of having committed grave abuses in the enforcement of their decision, which dismissed Cudia from the Academy with barely less than a month prior to last year’s graduation rites.
Lopez said the Academy is set to release Cudia’s academic documents with the annotation that he was separated.
He explained that Cudia’s academic documents has already been available since last year but with the annotations that he was on indefinite leave considering the cases that he filed with the different agencies and the courts contrary to allegations that the Academy withheld the documents.
“It’s time for the Academy to move on. It’s also time for Cudia to move on now that the High Court has rendered its decision and has made the issue part of jurisprudence,” Lopez said.
He said the Academy’s honor code serves as the guidepost for the cadets in their actions while inside the institution so that they will be trained and developed into responsible and dedicated military officers who do not lie, do not cheat and do not steal considering that they should always do the honourable thing.
Cudia was dismissed from the Academy for allegedly lying after he came in late for two minutes in a class because he was asked to do some work by his professor.
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2015/03/14/pma-to-revise-honor-code-after-sc-ruling-on-cudia/
Navy’s missile-capable assault crafts to be built in Philippines
From Ang Malaya (Mar 14): Navy’s missile-capable assault crafts to be built in Philippines
Three Multi-purpose Assault Craft or MPACs of Philippine Navy that will serve as platform for advanced weapon system (remote weapons system as well as missile launch system—Lot 2) will be built in Philippines in accordance to the approved technical specifications of the Navy. “It will be armed with stabilized weapon system with fire control complemented with a short to medium range missile system,” Navy Vice-commander Rear Admiral Caesar C. Taccad said.
The Department of National Defense allocated PhP270 million from the General Appropriations Act for the acquisition of these 3 brand-new MPACS. Single-stage open competitive bidding will open on April 6. Winning bidder, must be the manufacturer, should deliver goods in 365 days after receiving the Notice to Proceed.
The government will be procuring the missile launch system in a separate acquisition project. These MPACs should be capable of operating at sea state five with 2.5 to 4 metres of waves or rough sea condition without systems degradation.
Philippine Navy is now operating six MPACs. Three were built by Taiwan while the other three were built by Filipino shipbuilder Propmech Corporation in Subic Bay, Zambales.
http://www.angmalaya.net/nation/2015/03/14/9407-navys-missile-capable-assault-crafts-to-be-built-in-philippines
Army launches manhunt against fleeing NPAs in Samar
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 14): Army launches manhunt against fleeing NPAs in Samar
The Philippine Army launched a hot pursuit operation against communist insurgents who fled after a clash Friday afternoon on the outskirt of this remote town.
Lt. Col. Antonio Dulnuan, Jr. battalion commander of Army’s 87th infantry battalion (IB), said that a fire fight erupted between government troops and rebels around 2:30 p.m. in Hagbay village, San Jose De Buan town, some 122 kilometers north of Tacloban City.
“Government forces were conducting combat operations in the area when an undetermined number of lawless armed elements fired upon the pursuing troops. The troops resorted to fire back. No reported casualty from government forces and dispersed group of New People’s Army (NPA),” Dulnuan said.
The 87th IB asked their medical team to give immediate medical assistance should there be wounded NPA members seeking for medical assistance.
“We call on those rebels to come out, lay down their arms peacefully and be given proper medical attention. They are being assured that their human rights will be respected,” the army official said.
Government troops are in close coordination as well with the local government officials to ensure the security and safety of the residents in the area.
Dulnuan reminded soldiers to strictly follow the rule of law and respect for human rights while conducting follow-on operations in the area.(
Govt continues to help communities displaced by conflict in Central Mindanao
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 14): Govt continues to help communities displaced by conflict in Central Mindanao
The government will continue to provide assistance to communities displaced by recent military campaign in central Mindanao with the help of other organizations, a Palace official said.
People affected by the fighting asked the government to stop the military offensive against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters so they could back to their homes. They also asked for additional humanitarian assistance.
“Tutugon naman po tayo doon sa mga assistance na kailangan nila, hindi lang doon sa ‘pag provide ng pagkain sa mga kababayan nating nasa loob ng evacuation centers, at siyempre ang mga attendant services na rin diyan, katulad ng medical services at kung ano pang mga kailangan,” Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a radio interview Saturday.
There is ongoing counseling for people who are displaced by the conflict in coordination with the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the provincial disaster risk management council and municipal governments, Valte told dzRB Radyo ng Bayan.
The Department of Health is also conducting medical missions, and it also provides prepositioned supplies, hygiene kits and other essential medicines to affected communities.
Health officials are also doing blood sugar screening, and vaccination against pneumonia. They also conduct medical consultations in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), according to Valte.
Valte also reported that based on the record from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the number of displaced families staying in evacuations centers had gone down.
Most of the 56,000 displaced persons are staying in 44 evacuation centers, Valte said. Those who stay outside the evacuation centers are pegged at 8,500. The government continues to assist them as well, she said.
“Ang priority naman siyempre ng AFP diyan is ang safety ng mga civilians so talagang nagkakaroon ng displacement,” she noted.
“On the side of government, hinahabol na natin ang pagbibigay ng kalinga sa mga nadi-displace na mga pamilya doon.”
President Aquino to lead 110th PMA graduation rites
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 14): President Aquino to lead 110th PMA graduation rites
President Benigno S. Aquino III will lead on Sunday the 110th commencement exercises for the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Sinag Lahi Class of 2015 at Fort Gregorio del Pilar.
Joining the President in this event are Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Gregorio Pio Catapang, as well as other ranking military officials.
Malacañang this early has sent its well wishes to this year’s batch of graduates led by class valedictorian, Cadet First Class Arwi C. Martinez, who will soon join the ranks of the Philippine Army.
“We wish all the graduates luck and safety as they continue to bear the flag for us,” Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte told an interview over state-run Radyo ng Bayan, Saturday.
Valte also welcomed the news that a woman, Cadet Caroline Jhoy R. Nacional, once again made it to the Top 10 as the nation continues to observe the National Women’s Month.
President Aquino is scheduled to arrive here at 9:00 a.m. to first inaugurate the newly completed PMA Sports Complex at the Jurado Hall. He will then proceed to the Fajardo Grandstand to grace the estimated two-hour Commencement Program.
About 5,000 people are expected to attend the program, including members of the AFP Cadet Corps, former PMA Superintendents, PMA Command Personnel Officers, AFP Major Services and Area Commanders, PMA alumni, members of the Foreign Armed Forces Attaché, enlisted personnel and civilian employees, friends and relatives of the graduating class, local government officials and other guests.
President Aquino will also take part in the Merienda Cena for the PMA Sinag Lahi Class of 2015 at the Conference Hall of the Mansion in Leonard Wood Road before heading back to Manila.
MILF MAMASAPANO REPORT | AGFO: Why Malaysia? Not a good move
From InterAksyon (Mar 14): MILF MAMASAPANO REPORT | AGFO: Why Malaysia? Not a good move
Lt. Gen. Edilberto Adan (Ret.) being interviewed on the MILF's Masasapano investigation report. Photographed by Jaime Sinapit.
The chairman and president of the Association of Generals and Flag Officers (AGFO) on Saturday lambasted what he calls the arrogance manifested by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in not submitting or furnishing a copy of its own Mamasapano investigation report to the government.
The MILF leadership had said, instead, that it was submitting the document, instead, to the government of Malaysia, citing certain protocols pertaining to the Bangsamoro peace process.
Malaysia has been brokering the peace talks between the Aquino administration and MILF.
Earlier, leaders of the MILF, such as Jaafar Ghadzali and Mohagher Iqbal, said they would submit their investigation report to Kuala Lumpur through the International Monitoring Team (IMT).
They said that if the government wants a copy of their investigation report, then it should request one from Malaysia, being the facilitator of the peace talks.
"That, to me, is not really a good move in connection with the peace process," said Adan. "While there is a third party facilitator, the Malaysian government, the MILF, to show good faith and that they recognize the authority of the Philippine government, they should submit their report to our government."
Adan Jr. told Interaksyon.com in an interview at the sidelines during awarding ceremonies of the pre-graduation rites of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) "Sinaglahi" Class 2015 at the Fort Del Pillar in Baguio City that he was appalled by the MILF's show of arrogance.
The former spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and executive director of the Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) said that, the protocols cited by the MILF aside, "for purposes of building trust and if they are sincere in building that trust, then that report should have been coursed through the Philippine government."
Hundreds of MILF fighters joined forces with the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), in repulsing commandos from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) last January as they were withdrawing after neutralizing international terrorist Zukifli Abdhir (nom de guerre Marwan).
Marwan, a Malaysian national and terrorist of the regional Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) movement, which has links with Al Qaeda, was tracked to his hideout in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
The 12-hour firefight killed 44 SAF men, 18 MILF and 5 civilians, while 16 other SAF men and officers were seriously wounded.
This show of arrogance by the MILF, Adan said, will tend to aggravate public uproar against the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).
But, Adan said, the damage has been done by the MILF as the Filipino people, as a nation, has become enlightened about certain unconstitutional provisions in the BBL that are being scrutinized in Congress.
"Not in its present form," Adan said about the problematic provisions, "there are so many defects there, unconstitutional provisions."
"My organization, the Association of Generals and Flag Officers (AGFO), of which I am now the chairman and president, does not believe that these provisions augur well for peace. Because it violates the fundamental law of the land."
What is unbelievable, Adan said, is that the BBL is apparently not beholden to the commander-in-chief, the President.
The proposed law grants certain powers to the Bangsamoro "that diminishes the role of the commander-in-chief. It gives them the opportunity to maintaining an armed force, which is a violation of the Constitution, because the Constitution only provides for one Armed Forces of the Philippines. That's a violation of the authority of the President down to the Chief of Staff, which must never be compromised," Adan affirmed.
Furthermore, Adan said, the quest for justice for the massacred 44 Special Action Force (SAF) commandos cannot be completed without the arrest and detention of the perpetrators: "There is no closure of the Mamasapano carnage without giving justice to the victims. "There should be justice, of course. All the perpetrators should be held accountable; they should be surrendered by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as demanded by our senators and congressmen." Adan said that, if the perpetrators refuse to surrender and continue to be coddled, then long arm of the law will catch up with them: "The nation's security forces and law enforcement agencies must conduct law enforcement operations to arrest them, and, if they resist, neutralize them." The PNP and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have yet to file criminal charges against the perpetrators believed to be members of the MILF and some of them members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/106932/milf-mamasapano-report--agfo-why-malaysia-not-a-good-move
Bomb-making materials seized
From Tempo (Mar 14): Bomb-making materials seized
Government forces have recovered bomb-making materials as offensive operations against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao continue.
Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesman Brig. Gen. Joselito Kakilala said soldiers recovered the materials used in making improvised explosive device during clearing operations in Sitio Tatapan, Barangay Kitango, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao Thursday.
“While scouring the area, two platoons of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade recovered seven 60-mm mortar fuses, one plastic container of ammonium nitrate, and one roll of electrical wire,” Kakilala said.
Kakilala added that operating troops also recovered one ballistic helmet, gun powder, two magazines for an M-16 rifle, and a police uniform.
“Clearing operations are still on-going in the area,” said the AFP spokesman.
“The AFP, in coordination with the Philippine National Police, will continuously pursue the BIFF bandits who have scampered from our intensified law enforcement operations,” Kakilala added.
“We will also continue to take part in the on-going relief operations jointly conducted by ARMM Heart and local provincial and municipal governments in the area,” Kakilala said.
The AFP earlier said that that least 116 BIFF members, including three relatives of Filipino bomb expert Abdul Basit Usman and a suspected foreign terrorist, have been killed in the ongoing military offensive against lawless armed groups in Central Mindanao.
The military also said that government troops are closing in Usman, who is said to be moving around the SPMS (Shariff Aguak, Pagatin (Datu Saudi), Mamasapano, and Salibo (Shariff Aguak) in Maguindanao.
Kakilala denied reports that the wanted terrorist was able to slip out of the province amid the continuing military offensive.
“The operating troops of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 8 led by Lt. Col. Willy Manalang are closing in on the group of Usman and five foreign terrorists who are being coddled by BIFF leader Mohammad Ali Tambako,” said AFP spokesman.
“Accordingly nasa area pa si Usman, sa SPMS box and its periphery… malabo siya makalusot kasi madami tayong checkpoint,” he further stated.
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2015/03/14/bomb-making-materials-seized/
Third ‘high-value target’ also got away
From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Mar 14): Third ‘high-value target’ also got away
As the principal targets of the botched Special Action Force (SAF) operation in Mamasapano, Maguindanao province, on Jan. 25, Zulkifli bin Hir, alias “Marwan,” and Basit Usman have become household names. But there was a third target who got away and his name was never mentioned before.
The Philippine National Police board of inquiry report on the Mamasapano debacle released on Friday said the third “high-value target” of “Oplan Exodus” was Amin Baco.
Like Marwan, Baco is reportedly a Malaysian bomb expert and a member of the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) who is wanted for a string of bomb attacks in the region.
But unlike Marwan who was “killed on the spot,” Baco and Usman managed to escape from the SAF commandos who raided their riverside huts in Mamasapano early on Jan. 25.
Wanted by US, PH
Baco, who uses the alias Jihad, is wanted by the Philippine and US governments for various bombing and kidnapping cases.
He is reportedly one of the kidnappers of two Malaysian cousins Tun Wee Jie and Tun Wee Wei from Lahad Datu, Sabah, on Nov. 14, 2002.
He was also involved in the foiled kidnapping of Chinese trader Ting Ting Yeong in Iligan City on May 5, 2013, according to the board of inquiry report.
Baco is believed to have taken refuge with the al-Qaida-linked terrorist group Abu Sayyaf, training its members in explosives and helping them plot attacks.
Philippine intelligence officials say Baco stayed for years with Abu Sayyaf fighters in Jolo, but fled the area after a US-backed air strike targeting foreign militants killed several extremists in a mountain encampment in February 2012.
He was later monitored to have joined the Abu Sayyaf in nearby Basilan province and on the Zamboanga Peninsula, posing with armed Filipino militants in a picture taken with a cell phone that was later seized by government forces.
Marwan, the primary target of the SAF operation, was a Malaysian national and US-trained engineer who was believed to be a senior member of JI.
He was internationally and locally wanted on a string of bomb attacks, most notably the Bali bombings of Oct. 12, 2002, that killed 202 people and seriously injured 209 others.
He also used as aliases Ebs, Ibs, Musa, Ahmad and Nods while in hiding, the board of inquiry report said.
Basit Usman is the alias of Ahmad Batabol Usman, a Filipino bomb expert who now heads the Special Operations Group of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a breakaway group of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
He is involved in at least five bombings from April 2002 to January 2008 in General Santos City, Tacurong and Cotabato City, his “specific terrorism playgrounds,” according to the report.
His bomb attacks have killed 17 people and seriously injured 62 others, the report said.
The board said the three specialized in manufacturing and detonating improvised explosive devices by remote control such as ordinary cellular phones.
It said the bombs appeared to be crude since dilapidated and rusting mortar, artillery and recoilless rifle rounds were used as the main charge, but they were powerful enough to cause extensive injuries and great terror.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/678814/third-high-value-target-also-got-away
Philippine police seize marijuana worth $1.35 million
From Anadolu Agency (Mar 13): Philippine police seize marijuana worth $1.35 million
Crop destroyed after raids on five farms in northern Luzon
Authorities in the Philippines seized marijuana worth $1.35 million following raids on farms on the northern island of Luzon, local media reported on Friday.
Narcotic agents and police destroyed a haul, valued at 60 million pesos, found on five farms around Sugpon, Ilocos Sur province.
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Ch. Insp. Edgar Apalla told GMA News that 240,000 marijuana plants, 10,000 seedlings, 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of seeds and 100 kg of dried marijuana was discovered.
"It was a big destruction,” he said. “It is our operational thrust to destroy [marijuana] before it reaches the illegal drug market.”
Recent raids on marijuana farms have shown links to the Abu Sayyaf insurgent group in the south and the Communist New People's Army in the north. Both groups are alleged to partly fund their armed campaigns through drug dealing.
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/478010--philippine-police-seize-marijuana-worth-1-35-million
Kidnapped teacher freed
From Tempo (Mar 14): Kidnapped teacher freed
The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) released a government teacher after holding her for nine hours in the forested area of Indanan town in Sulu.
The provincial police office in Sulu reported that the ASG freed Allyn Muksan Abdurajak, 44, of the Jolo School of Fisheries, at about 3:30 a.m. last Wednesday.
Abdurajak was abducted by two ASG gunmen operating in Barangay Kajatian, Indanan, at around 6:10 p.m.,Tuesday. Police said Abdurajak was released after negotiations by her relatives with the kidnappers. The ASG used a tricycle as their getaway vehicle and fled towards Buansa area in Indanan town.
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2015/03/14/kidnapped-teacher-freed-2/
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Malaysia arrests immigration officer and six others with ISIS links
From the Straits Times (Mar 13): Malaysia arrests immigration officer and six others with ISIS links
Malaysia's Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division officers detaining one of the seven suspects. PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
An immigration officer was among seven Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suspects who were arrested in Sabah and at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) from last Wednesday to Sunday (March 8-12).
The woman officer is alleged to have arranged for militants to travel without valid documents to Sabah before heading to southern Philippines.
The other suspects include three Filipinos with permanent resident (PR) status.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the first arrest was made on a 27-year-old Filipino with PR status and an 18-year-old Filipino in Kota Kinabalu last Wednesday.
"The suspect with the PR status is believed to have secured funds for Malaysian fugitives Dr Mahmud Ahmad and Mohamad Joraimee Awang Raimee.
"The second suspect is an IS militant who has sworn allegiance to Abu Sayyaf senior leader Isnilon Hapilon," the IGP said in a statement on Monday (March 13).
The second series of arrests involved a 53-year-old ferry ticket seller and a labourer (both Filipinos with PR status) and the 31-year-old female immigration officer in Sandakan, Sabah, on Thursday.
"The two suspects with PR status are believed to have assisted in the transit of three Indonesian IS militants to southern Philippines through Sabah.
"The Immigration officer had arranged for the entry of people without valid travel documents, including IS militants from Indonesia and Malaysia, into Sabah before heading to southern Philippines," he said.
The sixth suspect - a 36-year-old Filipino man - was detained in Sandakan last Thursday.
The seventh suspect, a 36-year-old Malaysian man who was a former medical assistant at Jerantut hospital , was arrested at KLIA on Sunday.
The IGP said the suspect went to Turkey in October last year and was trying to enter Syria with the help of Indonesian militant Abu Fateh from Sulawesi, but was caught by Turkish authorities on Jan 16 along with other Indonesian militants, and deported.
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-arrests-immigration-officer-and-six-others-with-isis-links
Five Filipinos, two Malaysians arrested for suspected IS links
From the Malay Mail Online (Mar 13): Five Filipinos, two Malaysians arrested for suspected IS links
Malaysian police said today they had arrested seven people, including five Filipinos, for suspected links to the Islamic State militant group.
The South-east Asian nation has been on high alert since armed gunmen linked to the Islamic State launched multiple attacks in Jakarta, the capital of neighbouring Indonesia, in January 2016.
Muslim-majority Malaysia arrested more than 250 people between 2013 and 2016 over suspected militant activities linked to Islamic State.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement most of the arrests were made during an operation in Sabah, on Borneo island, earlier this month.
A Philippine suspect with permanent residency in Malaysia was detained on suspicion of raising funds and channelling them to Mahmud Ahmad and Mohamad Joraimee Awang Raimee, two Malaysians who had joined up with the Islamic State in the southern Philippines, Khalid said.
One Philippine man was planning to travel to Syria to join up with the Islamic State there, while another was found to have pledged allegiance to Isnilon Hapilon, the Philippines' most-wanted man and leader of the Abu Sayyaf militant group.
Last June, militants who claimed to be fighting for Islamic State said in a video they had chosen Hapilon to lead their South-east Asian faction.
Two other Philippine suspects, a man and a woman, were arrested for smuggling three Islamic State members from Malaysia and Indonesia to the southern Philippines through Sabah, Khalid said.
Police also arrested a Malaysian woman, who worked as an airport immigration official, on suspicion of helping individuals without valid travel documents, including Malaysian and Indonesian Islamic State followers, to enter and exit the Philippines through Sabah.
Meanwhile, a Malaysian man was arrested at Kuala Lumpur's main airport yesterday after being deported from Turkey, Khalid said.
The suspect had travelled to Istanbul in October with plans to enter Syria with the help of an Islamic State member from Sulawesi, Indonesia.
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/five-filipinos-two-malaysians-arrested-for-suspected-is-links
Malaysian police arrest 7 Islamic State suspects
From Channel News Asia (Mar 13): Malaysian police arrest 7 Islamic State suspects
Malaysian counter-terrorism police arrested seven Islamic State (IS) suspects comprising two Malaysians and five Filipinos in a sting operation conducted between Mar 8 and 12 in Sabah and Selangor states, according Malaysian Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar.
Two of the suspects are women.
In the first arrest, two Filipino suspects, aged 27 and 18, are believed to have been collecting funds for two Malaysian IS members, Mahmud Ahmad and Mohamad Joraimee Awang Raimee, who were based in southern Philippines since 2014, according to Khalid in a press release
Two other Filipino suspects, a man and one woman, were allegedly involved in smuggling Indonesian IS members into southern Philippines via Sabah state.
One female Malaysian suspect, an immigration officer, was also accused of smuggling IS militants, from Indonesia and Malaysia, into southern Philippines via Sabah.
Another Filipino suspect, who worked as a car mechanic in Sandakan, Sabah, was arrested for planning to go to Syria to join IS.
The last Malaysian suspect was deported back to Malaysia after he was arrested by Turkish authorities on Jan 16 for trying to enter Syria to join IS.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/malaysian-police-arrest-7-islamic-state-suspects/3590796.html
Malaysia arrests five Filipinos in connection with IS-linked terror activities
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 13): Malaysia arrests five Filipinos in connection with IS-linked terror activities
The Malaysian police said on Monday they have arrested seven suspects, including five Filipinos and one Malaysian immigration officer, in connection with the Islamic State (IS).
The first Filipino suspect, who has permanent residence in Malaysia, was found to have provided funds for Malaysian fugitives "Dr. Mahmud Ahmad" and Mohamad Joraimee Awang Raimee, who joined the IS in southern Philippines as recruiters for the terror group, said Khalid Abu Bakar, Inspector-General of the police in a statement.
Another two are believed to have assisted the transit of three Indonesian IS militants to southern Philippines via the Malaysian state of Sabah, said Khalid.
The police believed the arrested Malaysian immigration officer helped arrange the travel for several terror suspects to southern Philippines without valid documents.
The suspects were arrested in a series of counter-terrorism operations between Wednesday and Sunday in Sabah and Selangor, said Khalid.
It is not the first time the police uncovered links between Sabah and southern Philippines, where the Philippine government exert loose control over the Abu Sayyaf, a Jihadist rebel group.
The Malaysian police busted a four-member terror cell in Sabah in January, in which the police found the cell helped new recruits of IS-linked militant from Malaysia, Indonesia, ethnic Rohingya community in Bangladesh to transit via Sabah to Marawi city in Mindanao of the Philippines.
2 kids among 4 civilians killed in Basilan operations
From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Mar 12): 2 kids among 4 civilians killed in Basilan operations
Government soldiers in Mindanao (FILE PHOTO BY JEOFFREY MAITEM/INQUIRER MINDANAO)
Two children were killed in a joint police and military operation on Tapiantana Island in Tabuan Lasa town in Basilan on March 8.
This is contrary to the military’s claim that four bandits were killed in the clash.
Dr. Arlyn Jumao-as, executive director of the Save the Children from Armed Conflict in Basilan, said two children were among the four civilians who were killed in Tapiantana Island. Senior Supt. Nickson Muksan, Basilan police chief, confirmed to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the deaths of the two children.
Jumao-as identified the children as Nurmida Alha Abbi, 7, and Ashab Tawallah Abuhaip, 12.
Jumao-as said Abbi suffered bullet wounds in the head and died instantly, while Abuhaip died while being rushed to the hospital.
Also killed were village leader Billamin Hassan, 59, and fisherman Nuruddin Musaddul Muhlis, 24.
Capt. Jo-Ann Petinglay, spokesperson of Western Mindanao Command, earlier said four members of the Abu Sayyaf group, including a relative of top leader Isnilon Hapilon, were killed in an operation conducted by the Joint Task Force Basilan and the police.
Petinglay said “reports from the ground units” revealed that the government forces engaged the Abu Sayyaf bandits, led by Ustadz Mobin Kulin alias Mulawin in a 30-minute firefight.
Kulin was Hapilon’s cousin.,,“The encounter resulted in the death of Kulin and three of his members,” Petinglay said, adding that the bodies were recovered from the encounter site.
But Senior Supt. Nickson Muksan, Basilan police chief, earlier said initial reports showed that only one person — Hadji Billamin Hassan, a resident of Tung-Umos, Tabuan Lasa –-was killed.
Muksan said Kulin had a P600,000-reward on his head.
Hassan, on the other hand, was a wanted man facing arson charges.
Muksan later confirmed to the Philippine Daily Inquirer Inquirer the deaths of the two children. He said they were not immediately informed about the deaths of the children, saying the operation was conducted by the military and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-National Capital Region.
Muksan said they were still investigating the case.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/879942/2-kids-among-4-civilians-killed-in-basilan-operations-ngo-police
Suspected rebel slain, 5 guns recovered in Camarines Sur clash
From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Mar 12): Suspected rebel slain, 5 guns recovered in Camarines Sur clash
A suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed and five high-powered rifles were seized in a clash with Army soldiers in a hinterland village of Lagonoy town in Camarines Sur Sunday, an Army officer said.
The still unidentified slain rebel was among a group of NPA rebels who engaged a platoon of Army soldiers from the 83rd Infantry Battalion and the 9th Infantry Division in a fierce firefight at around 11 a.m. in Barangay (village) Pinamihagan, Capt. Joash Pramis, 9th ID spokesperson said.
Pramis, quoting a report from Lt. Col Eduardo Monjardin, commander of the 83rd IB, said villagers tipped off the Army on the presence of a group of NPA rebels extorting money from villagers.
A 10-minute firefight ensued that led to the death of a rebel while Army soldiers recovered a machine gun, three M16 rifles, an M14 rifle, a grenade and documents left by the fleeing NPA group, Prames said.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/879986/suspected-rebel-slain-5-guns-recovered-in-camarines-sur-clash
5 cops, 3 civilians hurt in accident as witness vs NPA goes berserk
From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Mar 12): 5 cops, 3 civilians hurt in accident as witness vs NPA goes berserk
Five policemen and three civilians were injured in a road accident in Pagbilao town in Quezon province on Saturday afternoon, police said Sunday.
Reports said a Toyota Hilux police patrol vehicle being driven by Police Officer 2 Khemar Barquiles was traveling along the Maharlika Highway in Barangay (village) Binahaan around 2 p.m. when civilian passenger Jose Yuson allegedly grabbed the steering wheel of the vehicle.
The police vehicle turned wayward and occupied the opposite lane and eventually sideswiped the incoming Toyota Fortuner being driven by Carlos Pastorpide.
Aside from Barquiles and Yuson, the other passengers of the police vehicle – Senior Insp. Reynaldo Dalumpienes, San Andres chief of police; Police Officers 1 Rodel Minchero, Fernando Postelos Jr. and Bien Care; and two civilians Yessa Banquiles and Florida Jumao, residents of Barangay Camflora in San Andres, Quezon — sustained injuries and were rushed at the MMG Hospital in Lucena City.
The police vehicle was headed to San Andres town to bring Yuson home to Barangay Camflora. Barangay Camflora was where four rebels were slain on Tuesday in a 30-minute clash between New People’s Army rebels and Army soldiers.
The soldiers arrested a suspected rebel, Christopher Redota after the firefight. The soldiers also found Jennifer Yuson, Jose Yuson’s daughter who sustained a bullet wound in her left arm. Jennifer is confined in a military hospital in Metro Manila while Redota and JoseYuson were brought to the police headquarters in Camp Nakar in Lucena City.
Senior Supt. Rhoderick Armamento, Quezon police provincial director, said Jose was earlier freed on Saturday morning to the barangay officials of Camflora.
“He (Jose) will serve as a witness against the NPA. But he is afraid. It seems his mind is disturbed,” Armamento said in a phone interview on Saturday.
“He showed signs of trauma from the encounter. I suggested to the barangay officials to seek medical and psychological intervention for him,” Edgar de Luna, Commission on Human Rights-Region IV chief investigator, said.
Jose even attempted to escape from the custody of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group inside Camp Nakar early evening Friday, De Luna said.
He added Jose was not detained at the CIDG jail and could freely move around. “But he was immediately accosted by the guards at the gate for his suspicious demeanor,” he said.
“He really wants to go home. He was extremely worried about his wounded daughter and his three grandchildren,” he said.
According to the military, Jennifer’s three small children are under the custody of Department of Social Welfare and Development in Quezon province.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/879955/5-cops-3-civilians-hurt-in-accident-as-witness-vs-npa-goes-berserk
NPA recruitment in Negros Region down-Army official
From the Manila Times (Mar 12): NPA recruitment in Negros Region down-Army official
The division commander of the 3rd Infantry Spearhead Division of the Philippine Army believes that the recruitment of new members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the Negros Island Region (NIR) is “declining.”
“The decline of their recruitment activities is a result of the enlightenment of the people that war is not the solution to their grievances toward government,” Maj. Gen. Jon Aying said.
He pointed out that often the rebels resort to threatening the people “but they fail to convince them to join the armed struggle.”
Aying said there are only about 200 rebels based on Negros island “as many have already surrendered.”
“They are intensifying their recruitment activities to augment their dwindling forces,’ he added.
Aying expressed optimism that in 10 years, the island will be peaceful with insurgency weakening.
Earlier, Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Maranon Jr. offered P300,000 to communist rebels who will surrender to authorities.
http://www.manilatimes.net/npa-recruitment-negros-region-army-official/316847/
AFP: Normal operations to continue pending formal orders from Duterte
From GMA News (Mar 12): AFP: Normal operations to continue pending formal orders from Duterte
While peace negotiations between the Philippine government and rebel forces are back on the table, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday said normal operations will continue pending formal orders from President Rodrigo R. Duterte.
"We will anxiously await the official message of our panel and the instructions of our commander-in-chief. Pending this, all military operations will continue and remain at current state," AFP spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, said in a report on GMA's "24 Oras Weekend."
This comes after Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza said the fourth round of peace talks will resume in April, following backchannel talks with the National Democratic Front (NDF) panel.
"I am pleased to announce that the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army- National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF)... are now back on track again," he said.
According to AFP Chief of Staff General Eduardo Año, the military is ready to follow orders of the President. "You see, we are always prepared to follow the orders of our Commander-in-Chief," he said.
For his part, Labor Secretary Silvestre F. Bello III expressed hopes that both parties will be able to agree to sign a bilateral ceasefire agreement during negotiations. "Ibabalik na 'yung pag-uusap tungkol sa kapayapaan at pipilitin namin na magkakaroon na ng signed, bilateral ceasefire agreement," he said.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/602918/news/nation/afp-normal-operations-to-continue-pending-formal-orders-from-duterte
Farmers’ group to hold protest against former military chief
From the Gulf Times (Mar 12): Farmers’ group to hold protest against former military chief
Joseph Canlas (centre) of the militant group, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas will lead the protest rally today at the National Irrigation Administration central office in Quezon City.
Thousands of peasants and farmers from Central Luzon are set to block the retired Armed Forces of the Philippines chief, Lt Gen. Ricardo Visaya, from taking charge as head of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) today for his alleged role in the killing of their leaders from 2005 to 2007.
It was the time, they said over the weekend, when Visaya served as the alleged henchman of now detained Jovito Palparan, then the chief of the 7th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija.
The peasants, who will reportedly surround the NIA central office in Quezon City today, said Visaya has no moral authority to lead an agriculture-oriented agency because “he was instrumental in stopping the Central Luzon farmers in their pursuit of freedom to produce the food that the nation needed,” Joseph Canlas, Central Luzon chairman of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), said.
Visaya, with the consent of Palparan, according to Canlas, was the one to blame for the death of at least eight peasant leaders in the region, namely, Jhon Facunla Gado of Guimba, Nueva Ecija; Perla Torno Rodriguez of Mexico, Pampanga; Tirzo Cruz, a Hacienda Luisita worker; Ricardo Ramos, a farmer-leader in Hacienda Luisita; Federico de Leon, Bulacan co-ordinator of Anak Pawis; William Tadena, a parish priest in Pampanga and Bishop Alberto Ravento, a pastor of Iglesia Filipina Independiente; and Francisco “Tatang” Rivera, of Angeles City, Pampanga.
“Our members were accused of being sympathisers of the New People’s Army (NPA). But they were actually leaders of the poor masses, plain farmers, fighting for our rights as underpaid labourers to till the land and for justice for all their members,” he said.
Canlas also led a protest-rally recently at the Curva village gymnasium in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija during the celebration of International Women’s Day to protect its members’ rights including the women’s right against abusive and unscrupulous onion and palay rice traders who connive with local officials to put in place a price monopoly.
Interviewed by local media here last Wednesday, he alleged that Visaya was an “executioner” and said the KMP and Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon are set on staging a mass protest against the appointment of Visaya as NIA administrator.
Canals claimed that the former military chief was responsible for the abduction and torture of brothers Raymond and Reynaldo Manalo, the disappearance of University of the Philippines students Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan and the militarisation of urban poor communities during then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Oplan Bantay Laya.
He said Visaya is accused in the killing, torture, abduction and disappearance of farming activists in Mindanao, where he served as commander of the Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division.
This Army division was said to be responsible for the killing and forcible evacuation of farmers and lumad (indigenous peoples) from their communities in the Caraga and Northern Mindanao regions.
During the start of Oplan Bayanihan under the previous Aquino administration, the Philippine Army’s 69th Infantry Battalion, which Visaya personally trained, was deployed to Davao City where it allegedly unleashed terror on the civilian population.
http://www.gulf-times.com/story/537232/Farmers-group-to-hold-protest-against-former-milit
The soft-hand approach: Guns to play second fiddle in fight versus Mindanao terror groups
From the Business Mirror (Mar 12): The soft-hand approach: Guns to play second fiddle in fight versus Mindanao terror groups
A host of government and security officials, led by Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana, met and huddled with provincial officials of Sulu in the middle of this week, in an effort to gain the support of local executives in the military’s ongoing campaign to neutralize the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
In Photo: Lorenzana:“The government needs the help of all [in ending terrorism in Mindanao].”
There is a lingering doubt, however, as to whether the dialogue with the representatives of impoverished residents of Sulu directly affected by the conflict—and even with the other upcoming dialogues with other peace stakeholders—will serve as the long-sought antidote to resolve Mindanao’s terrorism problem.
For one, there are about 400 terrorists reportedly operating in Sulu and the adjoining provinces of Basilan and Tawi-Tawi. But for Lorenzana, directly engaging the people of Sulu and the residents of the other provinces, who have been bearing the brunt of the conflict, could be the better part of a holistic approach in ending Mindanao’s security problem.
In holding the dialogue, Lorenzana was laying down what could be the template—and the “missing link”—in the military’s overall strategy in carrying out its antiterrorism war under the bigger internal-security operations (ISO) campaign. He knows this, being a retired dyed-in-the-wool commander of the Army’s Special Operations Command, and having been born and raised in the war-torn province of North Cotabato.
Missing strategy
President Duterte, wearing a pilot’s jacket, gestures with Defense Chief Delfin N. Lorenzana (second from right) and Armed Forces Chief Ricardo R. Visaya (left) at the anniversary of the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing on September 13, 2016, at the Philippine Air Force headquarters in Pasay City.
For decades, the military has dealt squarely and heavily with national security threat groups, opting to use the strong-hand approach in dealing with them by utilizing and employing the combination of its air, land and sea power—its full might.
Yet, the Moro rebellion, the communist-inspired insurgency and the terrorism in the South have survived this strategy of the Armed Forces that is focused on heavy and continued operations, or what they called “all-out war”, under changing and succeeding administrations.
Even with the overwhelming might at its disposal, the military did not only struggle against these threats, but the players have even multiplied, where Mindanao now has its Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, the Maute Group, an aggrupation of ISIS-inspired group and, before that, Jemaah Islamiyah and al-Qaeda fanatics.
Still, the Armed Forces has failed to rethink or recast its strategy, as shown by its previous ISO plans—the Oplan Bantay Laya I and II and the IPSP Bayanihan, which are all unsuccessful—by failing to tap the power of the soft-hand approach, or its combination with heavy operations.
The soft-hand approach basically employs sociodevelopment projects or, in military practice, civil-military operations, where peace engagements are an integral part.
The Armed Forces has its Civil-Military Operations battalions that were formed a couple of years back, but their activities and engagements were not only limited, but were even considered as undercover military operations, rather than an honest-to-goodness development drive.
While the IPSP Bayanihan has made the first attempt toward the use of the soft-hand approach in the implementation of the ISO, as it was crafted as a “whole of nation approach”, it failed in the undertaking, as its implementation has solely rested on the Armed Forces.
The weakness of the IPSP Bayanihan is now what Lorenzana is perfecting by pushing for and initializing the peace engagements of the military, directly with those affected by the conflict on the ground, courting them as partners, while the government aims for development projects.
There were peace negotiations by the government, but these were in the national level and only involved top leaders of threat groups.
During the dialogue with local officials in Sulu, Lorenzana was joined by health and transportation officials from the national government for the softer side of the Duterte administration’s six-year internal security operations DSSP Kapayapaan.
During the same engagement, local chief executives accused of having been involved with the ASG have expressed their readiness to be investigated by the government for their supposed activities.
The dialogue in Sulu on Tuesday followed a summit held three days earlier with the descendants of sultanates and royal clans of Mindanao in Davao City, wherein influential Moro leaders came up with an agreement pledging their “unequivocal and categorical commitment” to the government’s peace initiatives.
The “Davao Declaration”, a product of the three-day “Mindanaw Sultanate Summit on Peace and Security”, was signed by the Moro leaders before Lorenzana in response to his impassionate plea for all Mindanaoans to help in the fight against violent extremism and terrorism in the region.
“The government needs the help of all,” the defense secretary said, adding that the summit was just the start of the military’s engagement with all peace stakeholders.
The influential traditional Moro leaders all agreed that the “struggle against violent extremism and terrorism should not solely be borne by the government but should involve the whole of nation, including the sultanate and traditional institutions and leadership in Mindanao.”
The three-day engagement was attended by around 500 participants, including from the Sultanate of Maguindanao and Sultans, Datus and Bais from the Zamboanga Peninsula, Davao region, Southern Mindanao, Iranun, Biwang, Bagoinged, Lanao, Buayan and Kabuntalan.
Other government agencies, such as the Department of the Interior and Local Government, the National Security Administration, National Anti-Poverty Commission, the military and the Philippine National Police, also attended the summit.
They tackled the plans of the government in bringing its services to the people of Mindanao, which, in turn, solicited inputs from the participants that could help the government in its campaign against terrorism.
Sociodevelopment projects
While the government knows that the impoverished and hungry people of Mindanao cannot be fed by mere words, or too much talk, it took years for the current administration to realize the urgency to address the factors that drive terrorism and violent extremism.
Prominent of these causes were the lack of basic social services, education and development projects.
While previous administrations knew these reasons, they did not move to plug the problem, or even if they did, the amount of projects that were carried out and implemented were wanting.
In the book The War on Terror, Two American Victims and Letters from Terrorists authored by this writer that is about to be published, veterans of the Mindanao conflict from the military admitted that the security problem in the south can never be addressed by the strong-hand approach.
The book, which covered the more than 10 years that the military has dealt with terrorism and extremism, and partly traced the growth and activities of the ASG, said heavy operations or the strong-hand approach have been tried, tested and implemented since the security problem in Mindanao came into being, and yet, the military is still dealing with a conflict, fighting an even bigger war.
“Instead, the government should build more roads, bridges, hospitals and health centers and send children to school, this is the best way to deal with the Mindanao problem, the soft-hand approach, said a former military commander interviewed for the book.
“This does not fall within the expertise of the military,” he added.
A Moro commander, when asked by a military commander why he had joined his secessionist group, exclaimed: “You know colonel, I did not go to school and so what is my option? Join the rebel group.”
“Because they were not in school, Moro children began by cleaning the guns of their elders until they become fighters themselves and this legacy is passed on the succeeding generations. The tale is not different from the stories of other children,” the retired military commander said.
During the summit in Davao, Lorenzana stressed that violent extremism leads to underdevelopment and poverty.
“Nakikita namin na ang violence dito sa Mindanao ay hindi kaya lang ng sundalo. Kailangan makialam tayo,” he said in the vernacular.
The defense secretary said it is the children who suffered the most in conflict-stricken areas, admitting that their exposure to a cycle of violence makes it easier for extremist groups to recruit them.
“So, what we are going to do is bring in development,” Lorenzana said.
Image Credits: Imparoimparo | Dreamstime.com, Wong Maye-E/AP, AP/Bullit Marquez
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/the-soft-hand-approach-guns-to-play-second-fiddle-in-fight-versus-mindanao-terror-groups/
NDF: Utrecht Joint Statement
Posted to the National Democratic Front Website (Mar 11): Utrecht Joint Statement
We, representatives from the GRP Negotiating Panel and the NDFP Negotiating Panel held informal talks on 10-11 March 2017, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, with the Royal Norwegian Government acting as host and Third Party Facilitator, and agreed as follows:
The Parties shall continue the formal peace talks and reiterate their reaffirmation of all bilateral agreements and statements made in the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations, including The Hague Joint Declaration, the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG), and the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).
The Parties agree to forge an interim bilateral ceasefire agreement which shall take effect after the terms of reference and other considerations shall have been settled. In forging the interim bilateral ceasefire agreement, the Parties shall take due consideration of the issues and concerns raised by each Party in relation to the previous 6-month (August 2016 to February 2017) unilateral ceasefire of the other Party. In the meantime, the Parties agree to reinstate their respective unilateral ceasefires which shall take effect before the scheduled fourth round of talks in April 2017 as soon as their respective forces shall have been informed.
In accordance with the reactivated JASIG and in order to ensure the continuous participation in the peace negotiations of the 19 NDFP consultants and staff who were released in August 2016, the GRP shall release a rearrested consultant, ensure the safety and liberty of all the consultants, as well as undertake the necessary measures including the extension or reinstatement of their bail, as the case may be, and other legal remedies to enable their free and unhindered movement.
The GRP reiterates its commitment in the Rome Joint Statement of January 25, 2017 with respect to the release of NDFP consultants and political prisoners listed by the NDFP. The GRP shall ensure the participation of the four (4) detained consultants in the fourth round of the peace talks and thereafter. The GRP shall exert best efforts to release them before the start of the said round. The GRP shall also work for the release of nineteen (19) political prisoners based on humanitarian or other grounds on or before the said round of talks.
The Parties have scheduled the deposit and safekeeping of the reconstituted list and pictures of JASIG holders of NDFP documents of identification on March 14, 2017, pursuant to the agreement on Additional Implementing Rules Pertaining to the Documents of Identification dated June 26, 1996.
The fourth round of the formal peace talks shall be held in the first week of April 2017 while the fifth round shall be held in June 2017.
Signed in Utrecht, The Netherlands, 11 March 2017.
Sec. Silvestre H. Bello III
Chairperson of the GRP Panel Fidel V. Agcaoili
Chairperson of the NDFP Panel
Hernani A. Braganza
Member, GRP Panel
Benito E. Tiamzon
Member, NDFP Panel
Sec. Jesus G. Dureza
GRP Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
Atty. Efren C. Moncupa Wilma Austria Tiamzon
Chairperson, NDFP RWG-EHDF
Franciso J. Lara, Jr.
Vicente P. Ladlad
NDFP Political Consultant
Elisabeth Slattum
Third Party Facilitator
For the Royal Norwegian Government
https://www.ndfp.org/utrecht-joint-statement/
China has no business going to Benham Rise – PH Defense Chief
From Update.Ph (Mar 12): China has no business going to Benham Rise – PH Defense Chief
National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that China has no business of going to Benham Rise as China invokes right to innocent passage and freedom of navigation. “As far as we are concerned, they have no business going there kasi kung innocent passage–alam mo naman ang innocent passage–from point A to point B, dirediretso lang iyan at constant and steaming speed,” the defense chief told media reporters during the graduation ceremony of Philippine Military Academy Salaknib Class of 2017 as quoted by GMA News Online.
“Ang nakita nating survey ship nila napakabagal eh tapos tumitigil sa isang lugar, nagtatagal doon ng ilang araw, lipat naman sa kabilang lugar so that is not innocent passage but we will accept the explanation of the Chinese,” Secretary Lorenzana said.
However, the Defense Chief said the government will trust what China says.
“Eh sabi nila innocent, mga innocent passage lang naman iyon at saka wala naman daw silang masamang tangkain doon. We will leave it at that. We will trust what they say. But at the same time we will keep patrolling our area and find out kung pumupunta pa rin sila doon,” he added.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang confirmed that Chinese vessels sailed in the said region, however, he denied conducting any other operations.
“Chinese vessels for marine research did sail across relevant waters to the northeast of Luzon, the Philippines last year, exercising navigation freedoms and the right to innocent passage only, without conducting any other activities or operations. The remarks by some individuals from the Philippines are not consistent with the facts,” Geng said during March 10 press conference.
He also said “according to international law including UNCLOS, a coastal state’s rights over the continental shelf do not affect the legal status of the superjacent waters or of the air space above those waters, nor do they affect foreign ships’ navigation freedom in the coastal state’s EEZ and on the high seas, or their innocent passage through the coastal state’s territorial sea as supported by international law.”
The Chinese spokesperson also said the award of UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf regarding Benham Rise “does not mean that the Philippines can take it as its own territory.” He said the Philippines can only “carry out exploration and development of natural resources in this region.”
http://www.update.ph/2017/03/china-has-no-business-going-to-benham-rise-ph-defense-chief/15681
PMA Salaknib Class of 2017 graduation rites
From Rappler (Mar 12): PMA Salaknib Class of 2017 graduation rites
A total of 167 cadets graduate this year, led by female valedictorian Rovi Mairel Martinez
It was a very special day for 167 cadets as they graduated from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) on Sunday, March 12.
Female cadet Rovi Mairel Martinez led the Salaknib Class of 2017, graduating as valedictorian of the country's premier military institution. (READ: PMA's woman topnotcher ran slowly, but took big strides)
President Rodrigo Duterte, Vice President Leni Robredo, and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana graced the commencement exercises. This was Duterte's first PMA graduation as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. (READ: Duterte to PMA grads: Stay true to your oath)
http://www.rappler.com/nation/163993-in-photos-pma-salaknib-class-2017-graduation
Pres. Duterte rells new PMA graduates to be vaguards of hope; catalyst of change
From the Philippine Information Agency (Mar 12): Pres. Duterte rells new PMA graduates to be vaguards of hope; catalyst of change
President Rodrigo Duterte urged the Philippine Military Academy Class “SALAKNIB” of 2017 to be vaguards of hope and catalyst of change.
The President who was the guest of honor and speaker in the PMA commencement exercises today at the Borromeo Field in Fort del Pilar here, also urged the graduates to stay true to their class name and defend the country with all their honor and might.
SALAKNIB stands for Sanggalang ay Lakas at Buhay Para sa Kalayaan Ng Inang Bayan. In Ilocano, salaknib means defend.
As the graduates move to their new journey as military officers, the President said there are challenges that will not only require intellectual and physical capabilities but sound moral and judgment as well.
“It is not only your enemies but the entire world that will test, tempt, corrupt and pressure you. But as long as your heart and mind remain in the right place whom you have pledge to serve, remember your roots and remember the people”, he told them.
He expressed hope that the values of learnings from the PMA be engrained in their hearts and guide them wherever life leads them.
“You have been trained and molded like all other cavaliers but your true self make the officer-soldier and leader in you”, the President added.
The President acknowledged the 167-strong Class of 2017 for making record as the first in PMA history to have 8 women in the Top 10 of the graduating class and for having the most number of female members (63). This breakthrough he said is a fitting tribute to mothers, daughters and sisters as the world celebrates Women’s Month.
The class is led by Rovi Mairel Valino Martinez of Cabanatuan City who received the Presidential Saber from the President.
Aside from Martinez, 43 other newly commissioned officers are joining the Philippine Navy, 33 to the Philippine Air Force and 90 to the Philippine Army.
Meanwhile, the President assured the Armed Forces of the Philippines that the government will provide proper equipment, weapons and firearms in to make them more effective in pursuing its mandate of assisting other law enforcement agencies in battling crimes illegal drugs and in undertaking relief efforts during disasters.
He also assured the support of government to all soldiers for their valor and unwavering courage in defending the country.
The President earlier in his speech expressed sympathy to the bereaved families of soldiers killed by the enemies and assured them that the sacrifices of their loved ones will not be in vain. He committed that the government will look after their needs.
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/21489308833/pres-duterte-rells-new-pma-graduates-to-be-vaguards-of-hope-catalyst-of-change-
Palace welcomes announcement of resumption of formal peace talks between GOP and CPP/NPA/NDF
From the Philippine Information Agency (Mar 13): Palace welcomes announcement of resumption of formal peace talks between GOP and CPP/NPA/NDF
Malacanang official said the Palace welcomes the announcement on the resumption of formal peace talks between the Philippine Government and the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army/National Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF).
In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said "The Palace welcomes the announcement of Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on the resumption of formal peace talks between the Philippine government and the Communist Party of the Philippines/ New People's Army / National Democratic Front ( CPP/NPA/ NDF)."
Abella added, "We remain hopeful that the leadership of the CPP/NPA/NDF can rein in its forces on the ground in reciprocating the efforts of the Duterte administration to move the peace process forward."
The Spokesperson said, "Peace-building, after all, is not the exclusive responsibility of the government. The burden is also shared by those who claim to speak for the underserved."
"The resumption of the Peace Talks is a welcome sign that both sides are in agreement about the common good of the Filipino people," the statement concluded.
The peace process between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) is back on track, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza announced Sunday from Utrecht, The Netherlands, where backchannel talks were held March 10 and 11.
“I am pleased to announce that the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Communist Party of the Philippines/ New People’s Army / National Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/ NDF) which broke down weeks ago, are now back on track again,” Dureza said in a five-paragraph statement he posted on his Facebook wall.
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1141489324420/palace-welcomes-announcement-of-resumption-of-formal-peace-talks-between-gop-and-cpp-npa-ndf
Gov't, Reds agree to resume peace talks
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): Gov't, Reds agree to resume peace talks
The government and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) have agreed to resume the stalled peace talks in April following a two-day backdoor channeling negotiations in Utrecht, Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza said on Sunday.
“I am pleased to announce that the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front ( CPP-NPA-NDF), which broke down weeks ago, are now back on track again,” Dureza said in a statement.
“At the same time, a unilateral ceasefire that was also earlier terminated is deemed restored and reinstated but will be made effective only as soon as the respective forces of both sides are duly informed but definitely before the next round of talks in April 2017,” he added.
Both the government and CPP-NPA-NDF terminated last month their unilateral ceasefires following accusations of insincerity and atrocities.
President Rodrigo Duterte lifted the ceasefire after the communist rebels launched a series of attack against soldiers in Mindanao--a move seen to pressure the government to release at least 400 political prisoners.
The CPP-NPA-NDF also terminated its own declaration of ceasefire on February 10.
Dureza said the restored unilateral ceasefire "is a prelude to an interim bilateral ceasefire that needs further meetings between the two sides to determine and agree on rules, necessary guidelines and mechanisms."
Dureza said the effectivity of the joint agreement on safety and immunity guarantees (JASIG) that was also ordered terminated by the President has been restored to enable the NDF consultants and their staff who were in jail or otherwise constrained, to physically surface and join in the peace work.
Dureza said the President is fully aware of the development of the informal talks.
“President Duterte himself closely monitored the efforts taken by the negotiators while in Utrecht in the Netherlands in bringing about an early breakthrough in the talks with the facilitation by the Royal Norwegian Government,” he said. The informal talks took place on March 10 to 11.
Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate, vice-chair of the House Special Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity, welcomed the breakthrough in the peace talks between the GRP and the communist rebels.
“This is a very welcome positive development and we hope this will further advance the concrete gains achieved in the last three rounds of talks, particularly in the socio-economic, political and constitutional reforms that aim to address the root causes of the five-decade old armed conflict in our country,” he said in a statement on Sunday.
Earlier, the House Committee on Peace, Reconciliation, Unity had approved House Resolution 769 for the formal resumption of the peace negotiations with at least 140 solons signing it.
“Indeed, our peoples' long quest for a just and lasting peace in our country should always be a compelling reason to forge ahead with the peace negotiations; it should trump any and all attempts by the saboteurs and militarists in the government to derail our peoples' aspirations,”Zarate added.
CHR-11 slams ambush of police officers in Davao Sur
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): CHR-11 slams ambush of police officers in Davao Sur
The Commission on Human Rights in the Davao region has condemned the ambush of police officers in Bansalan, Davao del Sur staged by the New People’s Army (NPA) last week that killed four cops and injured another.
In a press statement, CHR-11 also expressed sympathies to the families of the victims.
“We will continue to work with the authorities so that the full force of the law will be applied against the persons responsible for these human rights violations,” the CHR-11 said.
The agency added that it is currently conducting its own investigation and is continuously monitoring the development related to the incident.
President Rodrigo R. Duterte and Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa paid a visit to the families of the victims in Bansalan on Thursday.
The President also awarded the Medalya ng Kagalingan, a PNP merit medal, to the victims for their “acts of conspicuous courage and gallantry in action rendered to the PNP while responding in the report of shooting incident at Barangay Sibayan, Bansalan.”
“I’m sorry that this gory incident had to happen,” the President told reporters.
He also ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the PNP to go on with the military offensives.
“Go ahead, wage a war against them. Anything goes. I will allow the military and the police this time to use all available assets,” President Duterte stressed.
Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Cagas was also present during the President’s visit and condemned the killing of four police officers.
The provincial government and the local government unit of Bansalan also provided financial support to the families of the victims.
Meanwhile, the Regional Operations Command of the NPA in Southern Mindanao Region owned the ambush-slaying of four cops in Bansalan.
Rigoberto F. Sanchez, spokesperson of NPA-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command, admitted the responsibility of the communist rebels in the ambush in a press statement on Friday.
The ambush, Sanchez added, was carried out by the NPA’s Mt. Apo Sub-regional Operations Command.
NPA guerrilla slain, 5 firearms recovered in Camarines Sur clash
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): NPA guerrilla slain, 5 firearms recovered in Camarines Sur clash
A suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebel was killed in a clash with government troopers in a hinterland village in Lagonoy town in Camarines Sur around noontime Sunday, said a ranking official of the 9th Infantry Division.
Capt. Joash Prames, spokesperson of the 9th ID, said the slain rebel, who has yet to be identified, was among a group of communist rebels who engaged a platoon of soldiers from the 83rd Infantry Battalion in a fierce firefight around 12:11 p.m. in Barangay Pinamihagan, Lagonoy.
He said five high powered rifles that included a M-60 machine gun, 3 M-16 rifles and a M-14 rifle were seized during the encounter.
Prames, quoting a report from Lt. Col. Eduardo Monjardin, commander of the 83IB, said villagers had tipped off the Army camp on the presence of a group of NPA rebels.
“A 10--minute firefight ensued that led to the death of a rebel while Army soldiers also recovered improvised explosives, grenades, communist propaganda materials and personal belongings left by the fleeing NPA rebels,” Prames said.
He said it was the second firefight between government troops and the communist guerrillas in Camarines Sur this month.
“On March 7, three NPA rebels were killed in a clash between troops from the 83rd IB and 20 rebels in Barangay Tabgon in Goa town,” Prames said.
Recovered were three .45-caliber pistols and materials for making improvised explosive devices.
A member of the Civilian Armed Auxiliary (CAA) identified as Simon Bivira was wounded in the encounter and brought to Camp Elias Angeles Station Hospital inside the 9th ID headquarters in Pili, Camarines Sur for emergency treatment.
PRRD commits to reciprocate Filipino soldiers’ valiant sacrifices
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): PRRD commits to reciprocate Filipino soldiers’ valiant sacrifices
Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, on Sunday assured bereaved families of Filipino soldiers that the valiant sacrifices of their loved ones will not be in vain.
"To those who risked their lives and limbs to defend the country’s sovereignty and those who continue to offer their sweat and blood to fortify the pillars of a great nation, rest assured that this administration will give you and your families the services, benefits and entitlements that you rightfully deserve," the President said in his speech to the graduating Philippine Military Academy – Sanggalang ay Lakas at Buhay na Alay sa Kalayaan ng Inang Bayan (PMA-SALAKNIB) Class of 2017.
“Taos puso akong nakikiramay sa mga naiwan ng mga nasawi sa kamay ng kalaban” (I send my wholehearted condolences to the bereaved family of those who perished in the hands of the enemy), the government will make sure that your needs will be taken cared of,” he added. .
President Duterte thanked all Filipino soldiers for their loyalty to the Philippine Flag and assured them all necessary support and incentive for their valor and unwavering courage.
He said the soldiers will be provided with proper equipment and weapons to defend themselves even when they are off-duty.
Duterte said that in the next two or three years, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will have simulators, radar and other related mechanisms which will help the military to be more effective to pursue its mandate in assisting law enforcement agencies in battling crime and illegal drugs and in undertaking relief and rescue efforts during disasters and calamities.
“With the people’s continued support, we will have an AFP we can truly be proud of, an AFP that is at par with the rest of the world,” the President said.
Duterte advised the graduating class to be true to their oath of office and to pledge loyalty only to the Philippine flag and the Constitution.
“Never propagate or nurture loyalty to a fellow government worker like you because we are all on the same boat, we work for the Filipino people,” Duterte said.
Duterte acknowledged the graduating class of 167 for having 63 women, the highest number of graduating women in the history of the academy.
“This breakthrough is a fitting tribute to mothers, daughters and sisters in the observation of Women’s Month,” the President said.
Duterte hoped that the graduates will be true to their class name “SALAKNIB – Sanggalang ay Lakas at Buhay Para sa Kalayaan ng Inang Bayan”, and defend the motherland with all honor and life.
“Your training and education in the academy are just part and parcel of the kind of soldier that all of you will become, but your true self will make the officer, soldier and leader in you,” Duterte said.
“May the values imparted during your years in the academy be engraved in your hearts and guide you wherever your life leads you”, he added.
Duterte encouraged the graduates to proceed with their heads up high, knowing that the government and the Filipino people are with them in every step of the way.
“Powered by strong convictions and shielded with faith in the Filipino people, let us overcome the challenges that are ahead and usher in a great future for our nation,” the President said.
President Duterte tells PMA graduates to serve nation with utmost dedication
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): President Duterte tells PMA graduates to serve nation with utmost dedication
FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City -- President Rodrigo Duterte attended on Sunday the commencement exercises of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Salaknib Class of 2017 encouraging the newly-minted officers to serve the Filipino people with utmost dedication and remain true to their oath of defending the country.
"To the Salaknib Class of 2017, may you always stay true to your class name and defend the motherland with all your honor and might," the President said in his speech before the 167 fresh graduates who were commissioned second lieutenants and ensigns of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
"I have no doubt that you will do this because you are the cream of the crop. You belong to the batch who has successfully hurdled the rigors of the PMA from over 22,000 applicants," he added.
The President warned them of temptations and pressures that they might encounter in performing their duties.
When facing hurdles, Duterte advised the graduates to just remember their roots and the people whom they have pledged to serve and always put their hearts and minds in the right place.
"Be vanguards of hope; be catalysts of change," he stressed.
President Duterte also took the opportunity to thank all Filipino soldiers for their loyalty to the Philippine flag particularly those who have risked their lives to defend the country’s sovereignty as well as those who continue to work to build the nation.
"Rest assured that the government will reciprocate your valor and your unwavering courage by providing you with all the necessary support and incentives," he said.
"This administration will give you and your families the services, benefits and entitlements that you rightfully deserve," he added.
He said the government will provide the AFP with the proper equipment and weapons, particularly body armors, helmets and rifles as well as short firearms so soldiers could defend themselves even when off-duty.
Duterte also pledged to provide flight simulators, radars, support patrol and assault vehicles as well as new surveillance and fighter aircraft in the next two to three years to be used to guard the country's borders.
He said these initiatives are aimed to make AFP more effective in pursuing its mandate and improve capabilities of law enforcement agencies in battling crime and illegal drugs and in undertaking relief and rescue efforts during disasters and calamities.
"With our people’s continued support, we will have an AFP that we can truly be proud of -- an AFP that will be at par with the rest of the world," he noted.
The President also told the graduates to do their work with great pride, knowing that the government and the Filipino people are with them in every step of the way.
Powered by strong convictions and an unshakable faith in the Filipino, he encouraged them to overcome the challenges that lie ahead and usher in a great future for the nation.
At the same time, the President said the PMA has made history for having eight female cadets in the Top 10 of the academy's graduating class for the first time including class valedictorian Rovi Mairel Martinez.
"With the highest number of graduating women in PMA’s history, this breakthrough is a fitting tribute to our mothers, sisters [and] daughters as we celebrate Women’s Month," he said.
The President, meanwhile, pardoned all outstanding punishments of the Cadet Corps as part of the tradition when a batch graduates. The pardon will take effect today, Sunday.
Insurgency in parts of Central, Northern Luzon now manageable -- Army official
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): Insurgency in parts of Central, Northern Luzon now manageable -- Army official
The insurgency problem in portions of Central and Northern Luzon is now manageable following the conduct of counter-insurgency operations and the surrender of armed rebels over the past months.
Major General Angelito M. De Leon, commander of the Army’s 7th Infantry (Kaugnay) Division based in Fort Magsaysay, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija, said the New People's Army (NPA) has been crippled due to the series of operations by the division which covers 14 provinces in Regions 1, 2 and 3 and two towns in Mt. Province.
De Leon particularly cited Bataan province which has been declared insurgency-free last September.
"Parts of Central Luzon and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) that include two municipalities of Mountain Province although with NPA presence have been declared to be peaceful," he said.
In 2016 alone, he said that 24 NPA rebels and 47 members of the Marxista Leninista Partido ng Pilipinas/Rebolusyong Hukbong Bayan (MLPP/RHB) surrendered to authorities while two of the rebels were killed and one arrested in three major tactical encounters.
The government troops also recovered 29 firearms, he added.
De Leon said that they continuously convinced our brothers in the mountains to return to the mainstream of society.
He added that in Ilocos Sur, 10 communist rebels who returned to the folds of the law late last year received livelihood assistance from the comprehensive local integration program of the provincial government (CLIP).
Lt. Col. Eugenio C. Osias IV, commander of the 81st Infantry (Spartan) Battalion based in Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur, said that Gov. Ryan Singson extended PHP807,000 in financial aid to the rebel returnees.
Osias also said that only last Wednesday, a squad leader identified as Ka Yumu of the NPA’s Squad Uno surrendered to them.
“Ka Yumi” whose group operates in the tri-boundaries of Abra, Mountain Province and Ilocos Sur, turned over a calibre 30 Garand rifle.
Menwhile, Col. Milfredo Melegrito, commander of the 702nd Infantry Brigade, said that the growing number of surrenderers is a good indicator that the NPA has no more reason to rebel against the government since the latter provided much for their reintegration to the mainstream of society.
Lt. Col Louie DS. Villanueva, 56th Infantry “Tatag” Battalion, Philippine Army said that when he took over the command in this province only one incident related to insurgency was reported in the mountainous area in San Luis town.
The encounter happened in August last year between the “Tatag” army troopers and the NPA rebels that resulted to the recovery of two high- powered firearms, one AK47 and one M16 rifle.
The Tatag Battalion discovered an abandoned enemy encampment composed of nine bunkers, seven enemy posts, a lecture hall and kitchen.
The army seized numerous assorted ammunitions, NPA’s personal belongings, foodstuff and subversive documents.
In Aurora alone, there are 28 regular NPA rebels listed in the police and army. Of the 28 NPA guerrillas, five are amazon fighters.
In Nueva Ecija, there are 22 regular NPA fighters monitored by the authorities.
Gov't troopers seize arms, explosives in Batangas clash
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): Gov't troopers seize arms, explosives in Batangas clash
Government troopers thwarted anew New People’s Army (NPA) rebels during their intensified military operations and recovered two high-powered firearms (HFAs) and an improvised explosive device (IED) in a firefight at Toong, Tuy, Batangas, a military report said Sunday.
According to 1st Lieutenant Xy-Zon Meneses, chief, Public Affairs Office of the 2nd Infantry (Jungle Fighter) Division (2ID) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) stationed here, combined forces the 1st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (PA) and 730th Combat Group of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) neutralized the insurgents in combat operations which started on Friday.
Meneses said the troopers recovered an AK47 rifle, a Shotgun, and an improvised explosive device (IED) left by the fleeing rebels at the encounter site.
No casualties were reported on the military side but assessments over the weekend continued to determine rebel casualties, the report said.
He said that the military offensives happened three days after their recent encounter in Quezon province where four NPA rebels killed and seven high-powered firearms including two AK47 rifles, four M16 Armalite rifles and an M203 grenade launcher were recovered.
Major General Rhoderick Parayno, 2ID commander has declared to sustain combat operations to achieve peace and development in their area of responsibility.
"The enemies of the government shall expect massive combat operations as we are now more focused in protecting the people from any threat," stressed Parayno.
Parayno also warned terrorists to stop their extortion activities and stop burning equipment.
”We will come after them with all our might if they don't stop derailing development of communities," he challenged.
Formulation of Benham Rise protection strategy urged
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): Formulation of Benham Rise protection strategy urged
To prevent another Chinese incursion in the Benham Rise, a senator on Sunday called on the Executive Department to craft a comprehensive strategy aimed at protecting the 13-million-hectare underwater plateau.
Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto made the statement following reports that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has sent a note verbale to the Chinese Embassy to clarify the reported presence of a Chinese survey ship near Benham Rise.
The Department of National Defense (DND) also reported the Chinese survey ship was seen plying the waters of Benham Rise for around three months last year.
Chinese Embassy, however, denied that it intentionally sailed to Benham Rise and simply passed by international sea noting that they had the right of freedom of navigation.
Recto said that without a protection strategy, the Benham Rise may easily “fall prey” not only to poachers but foreign countries interested in exploring the plateau's marine and mineral resources.
"No ifs or buts. The government must have a 'Benham Rise Protection Strategy'. A comprehensive strategy - military, diplomatic, economic - in holding on to and developing Benham Rise," Recto said.
"We have practically lost the seas west and north of us. We cannot be encircled. The Eastern side of the country should be defended as well," he added.
He, however, said that he was not referring to just “one country.”
"I am not singling out China. But this goes out to all countries who might be tempted by the riches underneath the Benham Rise," Recto said.
The senator said the government should also focus its attention not only on Benham Rise, but other areas on the Pacific side of the country.
He noted that the Benham Rise is also believed to be a rich source of manganese and natural gas aside from its diverse marine life.
"The Pacific side has always been the unattended portion of our archipelago. There are many places there that are underdeveloped. It is time for us to pivot," he further said.
He stressed that the Philippine government should not be caught “unware.”
"We should not allow that area to be partitioned like a frontier homestead. Or cut up into blocks to be controlled and exploited by others," Recto said.
Recto also urged the Senate to should consider expediting a bill filed by Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara providing for the creation of a Benham Rise Development Authority - the lead agency that will be mandated to conduct scientific research and exploration in the plateau.
Under Angara’s measure, BRDA is meant to take the lead in formulating and implementing a development roadmap for Benham Rise, ensuring that it is aligned with the Philippine Development Plan.
On Saturday, neophyte Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian urged the government to take “immediate action” to defend exclusive sovereignty over the Benham Rise to ensure that its potential will be developed and utilized to benefit the Filipino people.
He said that the country is only beginning to discover the true potential of the Benham Rise to contribute to the Philippines’ ecological and economic prospects.
Benham Rise is a 13 million-hectare underwater landmass that is about 250 kilometers off the coastline of Aurora province.
It officially became part of the Philippines in 2012 when the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf ruled that the Benham Rise area was fell under its exclusive economic zone.
AFP always supportive of peace process
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): AFP always supportive of peace process
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is always strongly behind the government's various initiatives.
This was stressed by AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla on Sunday when sought for a comment after the Government of the Philippine negotiating panel and the National Democratic Front (NDF) agreed to a resumption of the peace talks in the Netherlands.
"The AFP has time and again expressed its unequivocal support to all peace initiatives undertaken by our government past and present. We also have a proven track record of being an able and reliable partner in all the peace talks undertaken by our country," he added.
Informal talks between the government and the NDF were held in Utrecht on March 10 and 11.
The meeting was hosted by third party and facilitator Royal Norwegian Government led by Elizabeth Stattum.
"We share the Commander-in-Chief's (President Rodrigo Duterte) aspiration to attain a just and lasting peace for our country and will do all we can to deliver on this for the benefit of all our citizens specially in conflict affected areas," Padilla stressed.
However, pending the official message and instruction from the Chief Executive, all military operations against New People's Army units will continue.
"We will anxiously await the official message of our panel and the instructions of our Commander-in-Chief. Pending this, all military operations will continue and remain at current state," the AFP spokesperson further said.
Duterte ordered the lifting of the unilateral ceasefire against the rebels last Feb. 4 in wake of the NPA's series of unprovoked attacks against government troops which resulted in the death of six and abduction of three others.
DND wants more night-capable attack helis, other equipment for Second Horizon
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 12): DND wants more night-capable attack helis, other equipment for Second Horizon
The Department of National Defense (DND) is looking at the possibility of including more night-capable attack helicopters, precision guided missiles, drones and fast boats in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program's Second Horizon.
DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that they are studying the possibility of including these platforms and weapons in the existing list of equipment which will be acquired in the Second Horizon.
"We are still studying this as (Second Horizon) has already existing list," he added.
The study gained further impetus when President Rodrigo Duterte earlier announced that he wants the AFP to have more night-capable attack helicopters and fast boats to expedite the elimination of threats from the Abu Sayyaf Group and other lawless elements in Mindanao.
The AFP Modernization Program is divided into three horizons, with the first lasting from 2013 to 2017, the second from 2018 to 2022 and third 2023 to 2028.
The Second Horizon calls for the acquisition of equipment more attuned to external defense missions and has a programmed funding of around PHP100 billion.
IN PHOTOS: PMA Class '17 Recognition Day and Dunking Ceremony
From Rappler (Mar 12): IN PHOTOS: PMA Class '17 Recognition Day and Dunking Ceremony
The class sets itself apart for having 8 women in the Top 10, including valedictorian Rovi Martinez
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – On the eve of graduation day, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana led a recognition ceremony Saturday morning, March 11, for Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Salaknib Class of 2017.
The class sets itself apart for having 8 women in the Top 10, including valedictorian Rovi Martinez.
The traditional dunking ceremony was held after the morning event. The graduating cadets were tickled, punched lightly, and thrown into the pool by underclassmen.
The dunking ceremony allows the underclassmen to symbolically "get even" for the physical tests that the graduating cadets subjected them to. The more underclassmen tickled a graduating a cadet, explained the alumni, the more appreciation they wanted to show for the training they received from the cadet.
The formal graduation ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 12. President Rodrigo Duterte will be the keynote speaker. Vice President Leni Robredo is also expected to attend.
Here are photos taken at Fort Del Pilar Saturday.
http://www.rappler.com/nation/163898-in-photos-pma-class-2017-recognition-day-dunking-ceremony
Duterte: PTV4 won't be used for propaganda, personal gain
From Rappler (Mar 12): Duterte: PTV4 won't be used for propaganda, personal gain
Even communists can use the state-run TV channel to discuss their agenda, says the President
President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the inauguration of PTV4 Cordillera Hub in baguio City on Saturday, March 11, 2017. Image from PTV4 screengrab
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said that state-run television channel PTV4 will not be used by him or other government officials for propaganda or personal gain.
"What I can assure you during my time is this: There will never be a time that I will use PTV4 or its allied services there for my personal [use]. Hindi ko na kailangan (I don't need it)," Duterte said after the inauguration of PTV4 Cordillera Hub in Baguio City.
The President added that he doesn't want government officials to think of PTV4 as a "cannon" to lambast political enemies or a propaganda tool to cover up wrongdoing. "That is the least of what we expect of this."
Duterte said, "I won't allow it to anybody. Maybe if you want to issue a statement in connection with what you do, especially if you're about to be criticized or being criticized or having been criticized, and you want to answer. Fair chance, the right to be heard."
The President also said that he is ready to grant government communications facilities like PTV4 the degree of freedom. "Bitawan namin kayo (We will let you go), and act just like a private [corporation]."
"And your template is BBC," said the President, referring to the public service broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation which enjoys editorial independence even if it is funded by fees that the UK government collects from citizens and corporations.
He emphasized that public funds are used to run PTV4. "The people just like to see what's happening in this planet. They want to hear their countrymen," Duterte said in a mix of English and Filipino.
He even invited members of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People's Army (NPA) to use PTV4 to discuss their agenda.
"The NPA? We'll give you the space. To the Cordillera guys [rebels], well, come down. No need really to fight," he said. "Use it [PTV4]. It's the people's money. And the people would gladly hear you."
In the same speech, he condemned the NPA's attack in Bansalan, Davao del Sur, where 4 policemen were killed.
http://www.rappler.com/nation/163909-duterte-ptv4-not-propaganda-tool
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Army to talk to ‘pro-NPA’ officials in Negros
From Politiko Visayas (Mar 11, 2019): Army to talk to ‘pro-NPA’ officials in Negros
Philippine Army officials in Negros island are scheduling dialogues with local officials in the area believed to be supporting the communist New People’s Army (NPA).
Col. Benedict Arevalo, commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade, did not name the officials but said there are about 30 of them.
“It’s not my objective to name names and ruin their reputation, especially now that it is election period,” Arevalo said.
He said the aim is to stop elected government officials from supporting the NPA and to preserve their reputation.
Earlier, Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon and Vice Governor Eugenio Lacson called on the Philippine Army to disclose the names of alleged NPA supporters.
But Arevalo said they consider the officials in the list as victims of the alleged extortion schemes of the NPA.
He said the local government officials allegedly gave financial and logistical supports to the NPA.
In return, they supposedly avail of the NPA’s services as private armed goons during and even before elections.
Earlier, Marañon said it is “not fair” to link officials to the NPA. Lacson suggested that the Army talk to government officials allegedly supporting the NPAs.
https://visayas.politics.com.ph/army-to-talk-to-pro-npa-officials-in-negros/
‘IPs most vulnerable to Red propaganda’
From the Manila Times (Mar 11, 2019): ‘IPs most vulnerable to Red propaganda’
BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte: The Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Mindanao is the sector most vulnerable to the propaganda of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), according to a top military official.
Lt. Gen. Felimon Santos Jr., commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom), said this in a statement sent to the media over the weekend.
Santos said the IPs were considered major stakeholders in the peace and development in eastern Mindanao, but they continue to be defenseless and exposed to the influence of the CPP and NPA. This was manifested, he added, in the large number or percentage of IPs in the ranks of NPA combatants.
“We shall continue to implement our peace and development program with culture and conflict sensitivity. We will be the bridge of the IPs in their development as a tribe, people and community,” Santos said.
In the same statement, EastMinCom spokesman Lt. Col. Ezra Balagtey said Santos represented Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana during the 17th founding anniversary celebration of the Sovereign Tribal Council for Peace and Development (STCPD) held in Butuan City on Friday, March 8.
STCPD is a conglomeration of 39 tribal groups and communities in Mindanao, Balagtey added.
https://www.manilatimes.net/ips-most-vulnerable-to-red-propaganda/523671/
NPA rebel slain, soldier wounded in Masbate 2-hour skirmish
From the Manila Bulletin (Mar 10, 2019): NPA rebel slain, soldier wounded in Masbate 2-hour skirmish
CAMP ELIAS ANGELES, Camarines Sur – A suspected New People’s Army (NPA) was killed while one soldier was wounded in a two-hour encounter in Barangay Gangao, Baleno town in Masbate province on Saturday morning.
Captain Joash Pramis, spokesperson of 9th Infantry Division (9ID) based in Pili, Camarines Sur told the Manila Bulletin that the firefight started around 9:40 a.m. and lasted about 12 noon that resulted in the killing of still unidentified suspected NPA rebel, wounding of 1 soldier and recovery of firearms, ammunitions, and explosives.
Pramis said that combined elements of 2nd Infantry Battalion and 1st Masbate Mobile Force Company were conducting combat operation in response to reports of NPA’s presence in Brgy. Gangao, when they encountered undetermined number of NPA rebels.
Chief Inspector Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office 5 (PRO-5) spokesperson said at least 30 NPAs led by certain Rolidel Tugbo y Salcedo, alyas Nonoy, Tugbo or Ka Bungkig of KP4-Masbate, Larangan 1 was encountered by troops of PNP and Philippine Army while conducting combat operations in line with 1st MPMFC Oplan 08/2019 “Sugod.”
https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/03/10/npa-rebel-slain-soldier-wounded-in-masbate-2-hour-skirmish/
Troopers seize IED, firearms in Agusan
From the Philippine Star (Mar 11, 2019): Troopers seize IED, firearms in Agusan
Army soldiers recovered an improvised explosive device (IED), firearms and other items following an encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte over the weekend.
Aside from the IED, among the items recovered were two rifles, a pistol, electrical wires, a grenade, ammunition, five phones, binoculars and personal belongings.
The encounter between the troopers and at least 10 guerrillas occurred in Barangay Lower Olave on Saturday, according to 1/Lt. Roel Magla-lang, civil military operations officer of the Army’s 23rd Infantry Battalion (IB).
Maglalang said the troopers were responding to a report about the presence of armed men in the area when they clashed with the rebels.
Lt. Col. Francisco Molina Jr., chief of the 23rd IB, attributed the recovery of the items to the cooperation between the residents and the military.
“Through the cooperation of the civilian stakeholders, we were able to save lives by thwarting the hostile plans of the rebels,” Molina said.
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2019/03/11/1900343/troopers-seize-ied-firearms-agusan
AFP verifying 10 Abu bandits killed in Patikul air strikes
From the Journal Online (Mar 10, 2019): AFP verifying 10 Abu bandits killed in Patikul air strikes
THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is verifying reports that at least 10 members of the Abu Sayyaf Group ( ASG) were killed in the aerial bombardment by the military against the terrorist group last Friday in Bgy. Kabuntakas, Patikul, Sulu.
“May mga report on casualties pero hindi pa confirmed. Wala pang body count. ‘Di namin ma-pinpoint pa, maraming nagsasabi may sampu, may siyam, wala pang confirmation,” Brig. General Divino Rey Pabayo, commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu ( JTFS), said.
Pabayo said they received an intelligence report that nine to ten bandits were killed but the bodies were yet to be retrieved by their comrades.
He said government forces are scouring the area to look for the casualties.
“Kasi masukal masyado, malaki ‘yung area, ongoing pa, ini-scour pa,” he said.
Government forces launched an aerial assault after receiving reports about the bandits spotted in the area.
The report said ASG sub-leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan was seen in the village when the aerial bombardment was conducted.
However, troops could not yet confirm if Sawadjaan was among the casualties.
Brother of ASG sub-leader hurt in clash
Meanwhile an ASG member on Saturday was killed while a brother of their sub-leader was wounded in an encounter with government forces in Talipao, Sulu.
Killed was Rakib Dasul while the injured was Jaber Susukan, a brother of ASG sub-leader Idang Susukan.
Dasul was involved in a series of kidnappings perpetrated by a group led by ASG sub-leader Apoh Mike.
Members of the 2nd Special Forces Batallion were patrolling the mountainous area of Talipao when they met the bandits at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday.
A firefight ensued which lasted for several minutes and resulted to the death of Dasul and the wounding of Susukan.
Recovered at the clash site were two M16 rifles, magazines and ammunition.
https://journal.com.ph/news/provincial/afp-verifying-10-abu-bandits-killed-patikul-air-strikes
DWDD: 10th Infantry Battalion "Whole of Nation Approach" Symposium
Posted to Katropa DWDD-CRS Virtual RTV (Mar 10): 10th Infantry Battalion "Whole of Nation Approach" Symposium
ATM: Just concluded "Whole of Nation Approach (WNA) through the Convergence Area for Peace and Development (CAPDev)" Symposium hosted by Headquarters 2nd Mechan...ized Infantry (MAGBALANTAY) Brigade at Ditucalan, Maria Christina, Iligan City with Dir. MYLAH FAYE AURORA B CARIÑO (CESO III) Regional Director NEDA X and BGEN FRANCO NEMESIO M GACAL AFP, Commander 4th Infantry Division PA as Guest Speakers.
https://www.facebook.com/steadyontenIB/photos/pcb.544172042771869/544171942771879/?type=3&theater
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WESTMINCOM: Army official: “Feel free to approach us for any security concern”
Posted to the Western Mindanao Command (WESTMINCOM) Website (Mar 10, 2019): Army official: “Feel free to approach us for any security concern”
Barangay officials and security forces convene in a security conference held at the Headquarters of the 4th Special Forces Battalion (Riverine) in Cabunbata, Isabela City, Basilan yesterday (March 9).
The conference was held to address the pressing issues about security following the shooting incident which transpired the other day.
Lieutenant Colonel Achilles A. Dela Cruz, the Commanding Officer of 4SFBN(R), addressed the security concerns of the barangay officials and stated his condemnation on the politically-motivated and other forms of atrocities.
“It’s our job to secure our community. Feel free to approach us for any security concern,” LtC Dela Cruz added.
The 4th Special Forces Battalion (Riverine) together with the 15th Special Forces Company and the PNP strictly implement checkpoints along strategic locations all over the city.
“All security forces work hand-in-hand to keep each and every citizen safe and secured,” said WestMinCom Chief Lieutenant General Arnel B. Dela Vega.
“We are your defenders, you can count on us,” he added.
http://www.westmincom.com/army-official-feel-free-to-approach-us-for-any-security-concern/
Sayyaf militant in Sabah raids slain in Sulu
From the Mindanao Examiner (Mar 10, 2019): Sayyaf militant in Sabah raids slain in Sulu
Filipino troops killed an Abu Sayyaf militant, whose notorious group was believed behind cross-border raids in Malaysia, officials said Sunday.
Officials said Rakib Dahsul was slain in fierce fighting that also wounded Jaber Susukan, brother of Abu Sayyaf leader Idang Susukan, in the hinterlands of Talipao town in Sulu province. There was no report of military casualties in the weekend clashes.
Soldiers managed to recover the body of Dahsul, a follower of militant commander Apoh Mike tagged by Malaysian authorities as behind the spate of ransom kidnappings in Sabah. Troops also retrieved two M16 automatic rifles as military campaign against the pro-ISIS group further intensifies as the Abu Sayyaf has threatened to execute three of its hostages – two Indonesians and a Malaysia fisherman – kidnapped at sea of Sabah in December.
Lt. Gen. Arnel dela Vega, the regional military commander, said the offensives against the terrorist group were meant to debilitate and inflict more casualties on the enemies. “While we are advancing on our campaign, we will sustain our offensives and employ more pressure on the terrorists,” he said.
Abu Sayyaf militants, whose group has pledged allegiance to ISIS, said they will kill the hostages if ransoms are not paid in exchange for their lives, Malaysian media reports said.
It said militants, who spoke in Bahasa Malaysia, released a video clip which showed the Indonesian hostages – believed to be Heri Ardiansyah, 19, and Hariadin, 45 – being guarded by gunmen. The Malaysian hostage, Jari Abdulla, 24, was not with the duo.
The captives, their eyes covered with black cloth and hands tied behind their back, made an emotional appeal for their government to save them. One militant even held a bolo on the neck of Hariadin as he spoke to the camera in forested area.
The video, reports said, surfaced several days after Abu Sayyaf gunmen phoned Jari’s wife, Nadin Junianti, saying that no Malaysian authorities or negotiators have contacted them to secure her husband’s release.
The gunmen said that her husband would face difficulties if there was no contact from Malaysia. They also asked her for telephone contacts of Malaysian journalists. Nadin has appealed to Malaysian authorities to help secure her husband’s release. She said it was second time the kidnap group had contacted her.
Conflicting reports on Abu Sayyaf ransom demands said the militant were asking between P10 million to P100 million. The militants are believed to be holding nearly a dozen captives, mostly foreigners. Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Omar Mammah has said that they were working with their Philippines counterparts to secure the hostages’ release.
Malaysian Premier Mahathir Mohamad was in the Philippines on Friday and met separately with Filipino leader Rodrigo Duterte and former rebel chieftain Murad Ebrahim, who is now the Chief Minister of the newly-created Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
It was unknown whether Mahathir discussed with Duterte and Ebrahim the continued Abu Sayyaf incursions and ransom kidnappings in Sabah or the impending execution of the hostages.
https://mindanaoexaminer.com/sayyaf-militant-in-sabah-raids-slain-in-sulu/
Misuari under Duterte’s wings
From the Mindanao Examiner (Mar 10, 2019): Misuari under Duterte’s wings
FORMER REBEL leader Nur Misuari, who is accused of rebellion by authorities for the September 2013 deadly attack on Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, is being protected from arrest by President Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte, who admitted being a good friend of Misuari, the chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), interceded to the police and military on behalf of the Libyan firebrand so he would be free to move around without any fear of being arrested.
Nur Misuari (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
He also admitted that he intervened to allow Misuari to travel abroad to attend two conferences of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Abu Dhabi and Morocco despite criminal charges against the MNLF leader.
“He came to see me to ask me to intercede in his behalf that he be given temporary pass to go out – kasi may kaso siya eh, ipi-preso siya dito – para maka-attend ng OIC,” Duterte said.
Misuari is also facing graft charges at the Sandigan Bayan over the alleged anomalous purchase of education materials when he was governor of the defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Misuari denied all criminal and graft accusations against him.
Duterte assured the public that Misuari would return after the conferences this month.
“So I told the military and the police, hayaan ninyo na at babalik ‘yan. He is not a fugitive, he is a revolutionary. And you know what? That guy will always come back. It would be an insult to his person if he is buried in another land. Babalik dito ‘yan, dito magpakamatay,” he said.
While Duterte is protecting Misuari, local government leaders and residents of Zamboanga are demanding justice for the deadly siege that left over 200,000 people without homes following weeks of street battles between security and MNLF forces that killed and wounded some 300 civilians.
It was the second time that MNLF forces raided Zamboanga. In November 2001, Misuari’s loyal forces also attacked Zamboanga and left dozens of civilians dead and wounded. Heavily-armed MNLF gunmen also took hostage over 100 civilians, including women and children, and used them as shield and pawn so they can escape to Basilan and Sulu provinces.
In 2016, Mayor Beng Climaco banned all MNLF rallies in Zamboanga City following attempts by Misuari’s group to hold a peace caravan. “I am giving you a categorical no, you must not disturb Zamboanga anymore. If you want to come up with your rally, make it in your area, Zamboanga will not welcome a rally by MNLF, not at this time because you still have to be accountable with the killings and devastations we are suffering from,” Climaco said.
“The destruction wrought by the 2013 siege continues to linger, as internally displaced persons – both Muslims, Christians and Lumads, most of whom are those who eluded the conflicts in Sulu and Basilan – have suffered the brunt of the MNLF attack in Zamboanga,” Climaco said.
In Sulu, security forces failed to arrest Misuari following a massive show of force by the MNLF and Abu Sayyaf rebels who attended the plenum called by the ageing leader in Indanan town to discuss the Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union and summit by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in that year.
The plenum forced the military to declare a red alert status in Sulu for fear the MNLF and Abu Sayyaf may launch a surprise attacks on government targets.
Misuari signed a peace deal with Manila in September 1996 ending decades of bloody war. After the peace agreement was signed, Misuari became the governor of the Muslim autonomous region. But despite the peace accord, there was a widespread disillusionment with the weak autonomy they were granted.
Under the peace agreement, Manila would have to provide a mini-Marshal Plan to spur economic development in Muslim areas in the south and livelihood and housing assistance to tens of thousands of former rebels to uplift their poor living standards.
Misuari’s loyal forces and former MNLF rebels who joined the Philippine Army following the peace accord, attacked a key military base in Sulu’s Jolo town and civilian targets in Zamboanga in an effort to stop the government from calling an election in the autonomous region where Misuari wanted to be a perpetual governor.
Misuari then escaped by boat to Malaysia, where he had been arrested and deported to the Philippines and was eventually pardoned and released by then President Gloria Arroyo in exchange for MNLF support to her election bid as well as her allies in the Senate and Congress in 2004. He also ran thrice for governor in Sulu even while under detention, but lost miserably.
https://mindanaoexaminer.com/misuari-under-dutertes-wings/
United Mothers of Marawi one in fight vs violent extremism
From the Philippine Information Agency (Mar 10, 2019): United Mothers of Marawi one in fight vs violent extremism
MARAWI CITY -- To further enhance the role of mothers in preventing and countering violent extremism (PCVE) as well as in influencing good deeds among young Maranaos, the Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG) conducted a two-day workshop for the United Mothers of Marawi Initiatives (UMMI) Core Group, injecting family-based approaches in the development of age-appropriate, culture-sensitive and family-based modules on PCVE.
Participants shared ideas on leveling-off, and review of the organizational purpose and other agreements of UMMI. (Photo by Jazz Cuaresma/IAG)
The workshop, which was held last March 3 and 4, sought to establish a family-based framework anchored on the specific narratives, aspiration, and the cultural-religious ideals of the Maranao community as its core principles.
According to the mother-participants, there is a need to craft a women-led module on PCVE that will introduce a deeper understanding and appreciation among the young on the roles of mothers in recognizing their vulnerability to being recruited by violent extremist groups in Marawi City and its neighboring communities.
"Masaya kami na may ganitong workshop para sa aming mga nanay. Lahat kami na nandito concern sa community namin especially what happened to Marawi, yung experience ng Marawi Seige. It is a moving lesson para sa amin to do our best to contribute whatever we can, to help rebuild our homeland," said Aquisah Barazar, one of the participants during workshop.
[We are glad to have this kind of workshop for the mothers. We're all concerned about our community especially on what had happened to Marawi and our experiences during the Marawi siege. It is a moving lesson for us to do our best to contribute whatever we can, to help rebuild our homeland.]
Also, the workshop sought to deepen a shared understanding of the responsibilities of the family in Maranao communities in supporting the development of children to shield them from wrong ideologies.
Prof. Rey Danilo Lacson, Program Manager, Enhancing Political Dialogue for Inclusive Peace (EnPolD) gives opening remarks during the workshop. (Photo by Jazz Cuaresma/IAG)
Furthermore, in order to create a youth-responsive strategy in countering violent extremism, IAG is implementing Enpold Bangsamoro Politics for Peace Phase 2 project, in partnership with the Bangsamoro Women Services Center (BWSC), Institute for Bangsamoro Studies (IBS), Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID), Organization of Teduray and Lambangian Conference and Zamboanga Basilan Integrated Alliance, Inc. (ZABIDA), and supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australia.
The project includes a consensus building for developing a module on family-based approaches on PCVE in support of Marawi recovery and rehabilitation.
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1019515
Reds also source funds from Fil-Ams in US, Canada: ex-rebels
From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 10, 2019): Reds also source funds from Fil-Ams in US, Canada: ex-rebels
As a group of ex-rebels welcomed the move of European leaders to look into the information presented by the Philippine government on the reported funding of EU-member countries for activities of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), it said the communist group also receive funds from Filipino-American communities in the US and Canada.
“Pinapahayag namin ang pagsuporta sa inisyatibang ilantad ang gawain ng CPP-NPA-NDF para magpasok ng pondo para sa digmaan bayan (We are expressing support to the initiative to expose the CPP-NPA-NDF acquisition of funds for the people’s war),” the Kilusan at Alyansa ng mga Dating Rebelde (KADRE) said in a statement dated March 6.
KADRE, a group of more than 300 former members of the CPP and its armed wing New Peoples Army (NPA) nationwide, issued the statement following reports that a Philippine delegation showed European leaders documents indicating that communist front organizations receive funds from the Belgian government and some European countries in the guise of marginalized and pro-poor programs.
The group said it was common for CPP-NPA, and National Democratic Front (NDF) to use legitimate advocacies such as human rights, climate change, education reform, among others, to convince progressive nations to grant them financial aid.
“Eksperto ang international unit ng Partido na gumamit ng campaign advocacy groups particular sa larangan ng human rights, climate change advocacy, environmental issues, educational reform agenda dahil dito galante at nakatutok ang mga mauunlad na bansa sa aspeto ng pagtulong sa mga developing countries (The international unit of the party are experts when it comes to using campaign advocacy groups particularly in the field of human rights, climate change, environmental issues, educational reform because progressive nations are generous to developing countries),” said Ka Apo, a leader of KADRE.
Other fund donors
He said aside from EU-member states, some Filipino-American communities are also funding the CPP.
“Hindi lang Europa ang kanilang ginagatasan, nandyan din ang pang- gagatas nila sa mga ‘Fil-Am Communities’ sa Estados Unidos at Canada. Ang lagi na lang sinasabi yung pondo ay gagamitin sa ‘Campaign Info Drive on Climate Change Resiliency (It’s not only Europe spending for them, there is also the Fil-Am communities in the US and Canada. They keep saying that the funds will be used for a ‘Campaign Info Drive on Climate Change Resiliency),” he added.
Ka Apo said questionable handling of the international unit of the CPP-NPA prompted him to leave the group.
As one of the original founders of Migrante International, he said CPP sent him abroad as an overseas Filipino worker to form the alliance of progressive organizations composed of overseas Filipinos and their families.
A Philippine delegation engaged with officials of the European Union (EU), European Parliament, and European Commission (EC) in Brussels, Belgium in February to request the latter to stop the flow of funds to the CPP-NPA.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) revealed that the Belgian government has already released its first tranche of more than 621,000 Euros (PHP36,663,840) out of the 15-million Euro (PHP885,600,000) grant to some seven non-government organizations for the 2017-2021 program. This year, some 1.3 million Euros (PHP76,752,000) are expected to be released.
Brig. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., AFP Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil Military Operations, confirmed that communist terrorist groups hide behind legitimate organizations.
Parlade added that the information about the EU and Belgian government funding organizations affiliated with the CPP-NPA came from EU and the Belgian government themselves.
The CPP-NPA was earlier declared a terrorist organization by the US and EU.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1064140
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Riggtech – Build it -Rig it -Sail it
'Peter Brigg’s Hitchhiker'
It’s impossible to talk about Riggtech without first looking at its founder, Phill Bate. He’s a natural born rigger.
As Phill, himself explains, 'I’ve been at it since I was a kid. Dad and I built boats, rigged them and then sailed them. I was always sailing, but it was at this time that I got very interested in the rigging. It was a great grounding for understanding loads, how to bolt fittings down and not taking any risks. It gives you a thorough approach to it, rather than just a guess.'
Phill Bate 01 - Riggtech_.
Not surprisingly, Phill did a boat building apprenticeship with Halvorson and Gowland who built Ballyhoo, Patrice, Apollo and a string of other, very successful racing boats. The wide and varied nature of the experience that Riggtech can bring to any marine or architectural project, for that matter, is born out of the various craft he sailed or built and a deep understanding for the loads and structural issues inherent in them.
'I had started out sailing Manly Juniors, Flying 11s, Cherubs, and Lasers. I did ten years in Lasers and sailed near the very top of that. There were also Etchells, 5.5’s and J24’s. You know, all those kinds of boats. Along the way there was a win in the Etchells State Championships, some podium finishes at the Nationals and then I did the Admiral’s Cup on Hitchhiker', Phill added.
Interestingly, Phill was the leading shipwright for the building of Hitchhiker in Brookvale, as a contractor for Ken Beashel. He then went on to work for Ken for some four years and then did the Admiral’s Cup, as well as a lot of trips overseas with 5.5s, Etchells and Lasers.
'I signed up with Alan Bond in ’84, to try to defend the America’s Cup and spent three years with the campaign in Perth. I was doing boat maintenance and rigging. You get a lot of guys who have come from many different areas, so you’re supporting the whole thing in the maintenance department.'
After Perth, the campaign went up to Japan and taught the Japanese how to sail the 12Metres and also got to do the World Championships in Sardinia, as part of it. 'I did a lot of match racing when I was with Bondy, like Congressional Cup and Liberty Cup, which used to be in New York. I don’t think they run that anymore, but we did the Liberty Cup in ’84. It’s just always been boats, pretty much', Phill commented.
It all led to the rigging side of it, and the business was started in 1989 as Phill Bate Yacht Works. 'In 2000, we changed it to Riggtech Pty Ltd, because of the shipwright background and then when the rigging started to go so well, we decided that rigging was the way forward and we should have a name that reflects just that.
Riggtech mast installation at Hamilton Island Yacht Club 2009
The added bonus was that it got my name out of the title, which is perfect, as we are a fair bit larger than just me', Phill happily pointed out. Originally, they were based at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club on Sydney’s delightful Pittwater and from there we expanded into some factories at Mona Vale.
Riggtech chainplate on the mast at Hamilton Island Yacht Club
'Beyond yacht rigging, we’ve always done architectural rigging too, so this location allows those customers to access us more easily. We’ve now got a full machine shop and fabrication facility here and a 30metre flexible spray booth, which allows us to do the painting and full refurbishing of masts, in a controlled environment. We are opening our specialist retail store in a few month’s time with a much larger rigging facility too', Phill explained.
At Mona Vale Riggtech specialist shop, wont be a full-blown chandlery, as a specialist rig shop and so it is mostly rigging related items that you’ll find in the shop. What they want to achieve is the fact that their business is built on knowledge and experience and unlike some typical chandlery, you won’t get some 16-year-old telling you what you need on your boat.
We’ve got a lifetime’s knowledge within the company and all of the sailing and background that we all have goes into that. If someone wants a particular fitting or a system, then we can advise them on what’s best and get talked through the scenario rather than merely provide a guess', Phil was quick to point out.
Riggtech - mast with all control lines in place - ready to be fitted
Befitting a 20+year veteran of the industry, the company’s list of distribution agencies has also grown over time.
Holmatro Winch
Phil points out, 'We are exclusive Australian sales and service agents for Holmatro yacht rigging hydraulics and winches. Holmatro started out with the famous Jaws of Life and a range of mainly hydraulic safety equipment for pulling people out of cars.
That’s where their main market is and they sell it all around the world to rescue departments. It was natural for Holmatro to expand into yacht rigging. With a background like theirs, you’d expect them to have a comprehensive range of emergency rigging cutters, and they do. There are also boom vangs, mast jacks, hydraulic control systems and integral hydraulic backstay adjusters, which you bolt straight onto your back stay chain plate. These are the typical handle and thumb screw variety for pumping and easing. However, these Holmatro ones have two speeds, so you won’t find yourself nearly halfway up the first beat by the time the back stay is on', Phill proudly mentioned.
'Holmatro have also recently introduced the Holmatro aluminium and bronze yacht winches, which are a very high quality product.
‘We’ve also got Reckmann Furlers. You know, we’ve had quite a bit of experience with furlers over the years, because we’re always repairing them and we stock Reckmann, because they are well ahead of the game. Reckmann are a really nice furler and they will last for a long time. Not the cheapest necessarily, but certainly fantastic. The manual ones have a terrific bearing system and we use them a lot on boats we are preparing. We see their hydraulic/electric and under-deck fitting versions on Superyachts that come to Australia, as well.'
Another brand that Riggtech stand by are Echomax radar reflectors, which are regarded as the best performing of their size in the world. 'They are highly acclaimed by commercial and military authorities and pleasure vessels alike. They are also built to outperform the stringent specifications of SOLAS accreditation and they’ve just introduced this active one, so it can be reflected to the masthead and has a cable that goes down to an alarm. If there’s something within the area of the yacht, it will respond and go off with an alarm to warn people', Phil explained.
'I really like Tylaska snap shackles and deck hardware, because they pursue a different product mission to others in this field. Instead of looking for ways to cut costs, its shackles are aimed to be the best possible product made - based on physics and not economics. Using processes normally reserved for spacecraft and critical aerospace parts, Tylaska create ultra strong components for applications where failure is not an option. You see overall we tend to stick with the good stuff because it usually comes back on you so we try not to let our levels of quality go down for the sake of that kind of thing', Phill highlighted.
'Ropes and cordage is another exciting area where there lots of things happening right now. We’re working with Future Fibres. The soft attachments, like looping everything on, have changed in rigging recently. It’s like going back to tall ship technology, in a way. Everyone’s using lashings, rather than shackles to attach stuff to the deck. It’s mostly for weight and yes, there is a bit more maintenance that goes along with it. For instance there was a 50 footer here that we were getting ready for the Sydney to Coffs Harbour race.
'They have got a vang tackle system now and instead of using blocks, they’re using low friction rings. These are just like a machined ring that is anodised and you pass the cascade tackles through the rings. You splice half on one way and half of the other part through the centre, instead of blocks. There’s certainly a weight saving and they’re probably more durable too. All that kind of technology is what’s happening at the moment. The overall aim is to remove the blocks and then running Spectra or Dyneema through. Dyneema is really very good with avoiding the hassles of abrasion. If you get the right size rings, you can just cast the spectra through the ring, instead of a heaf and there are no working parts', said Phill.
Cordage has certainly come a long way with all the different fibres out there and you can tailor a running rigging package to the requirements of the boat, the sailors and the budget. It is the different covers on the cordage that has allowed such diversity of application to be possible. Phill explains.
'It’s all becoming simpler. Where you used to have an outhaul on the top of a boom, with a car and track and all that working gear, these days you just have loops of spectra webbing around the boom attaching to the clew of the sail. That attaches the clew to boom and then you just attach your outhaul to the sail, as well and there’s your outhaul, with no moving parts to worry about. It’s all about knowing the fibres and what they can and cannot handle.'
By way of reference, Phill takes us all the way back to 1987 and the America’s Cup. 'Kevlar was the ant’s pants at that time, however it was very unreliable because it has characteristics of steel, so it fatigues quite easily. When we were sailing against Kookaburra, we used to say in some races that we would have three windward beats in the race, probably 40 tacks per beat and we would use one set of jib sheets per beat. We’d change them on the next downwind leg, because it was unreliable and we couldn’t with any confidence say that we wouldn’t break at least one on the next beat. Given that the races were so close, we’d be bow to bow all the way and we just couldn’t afford to have unreliable jib sheets.
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Riggtech always have interesting projects around. Whether it’s a complete mast and furling boom package for a ketch, refurbishment and conversion to furling boom of a large cruising boat or total mast, rigging and running rigging package for new-to-market range of boats, like the latest Buizen yachts. They also did 68 running packages for the popular Sydney 38s and all of the Sydney 32s. There was also all the running rigging for the Transpac winner, Pegasus and involvement with Bumblebee 5 before they went on to win the Sydney-Hobart race.
'I’ve always maintained that we’ve got to have a high level of quality with this, because it’s a risk aversion business. Anything you do badly will come back to you. We’re about doing it once, and doing it right. I know we’re not the cheapest, but anyone who commits to Riggtech really gets some value out of us and they go away with a finished job that won’t need anything. We only want to see them back if they’ve got a new project or a new problem', Phil added as a way of stating company policy. So if you are building it, currently rigging it and no matter where and how you intend to sail it, perhaps a quick chat with the team at Riggtech will make the whole process a more enjoyable experience. In the end it will be experience that makes the difference, so see www.riggtech.com.au
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Watch: Fight! First play involving DeAndre Hopkins in Niners-Texans practice leads to scuffle
The San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans are playing a preseason game at NRG Stadium on Saturday, and are holding joint practices at the Texans' facility Wednesday and Thursday. Houston Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins and San Francisco 49ers corner Jimmie Ward got into a fight at practice on Wednesday.
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After the Chiefs' first-team offense failed to score on two possessions in the first preseason game, coach Andy Reid said, “Too many mistakes with this game, but that's what the preseason is for.” Apparently, the Chiefs coach wants to see more out of them this week. Patrick Mahomes and the starting offensive unit will play
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11 monthes ago | By USA Today
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers took a while to get used to his abbreviated preseason workload
Joey Bosa to sit again, Philip Rivers to play for Los Angeles Chargers
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Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa remained away from practice and will sit out the team's second preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks.
Philip Rivers to play in second preseason game
Playing time for star quarterbacks in preseason games maybe shouldn't be news, but because the preseason has been so devalued around the league, here we are. According to Jack Wang of the Los Angeles Daily News, Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers will play Saturday against the Seahawks. The 36-year-old Rivers didn't play in the preseason opener,
Deshaun Watson set for another brief appearance in second preseason game
Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson played five snaps in the team's first preseason game of the summer and it doesn't look like he'll be around much longer when they play the 49ers on Saturday. According to head coach Bill O'Brien, the reason why there's no need to extend Watson's stay in the lineup is because he's
Minnesota steakhouse played hilarious prank on umpire Joe West
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Longtime umpire Joe West moved into second place all-time on Wednesday among MLB umpires when he worked his 5,164th game, and the city that hosted him when he reached the milestone had a fantastic way of celebrating it.West dined at Manny's Steakhouse in Minneapolis earlier this week, and the restaurant had a custom menu made for him. It was all braille. Like any longtime MLB ump, West has drawn plenty of criticism over bad calls in the past. That's all part of the job, and he almost certainly got a laugh out of the prank Manny's played on him.
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Asking the Big Questions: Why Philosophy Matters
Precollege philosophy is thriving in at Souhegan High School in Amherst, NH, and in nearby schools. Watch students and teachers talk about what they love when they do philosophy together.
It’s Time To Teach Philosophy
Philosophy deserves a place in the curriculum – for many reasons.
Second Graders Learning Philosophy
Watch this video or listen to this podcast of second graders discusssing the basics of philosophy with Mount Holyoke College’s Dr. Wartenberg
School Teaches Students How to Argue
Art McFarland: WABC New York Eyewitness News; January 4, 2010
Read the article or watch the video
Most schools do what they can to prevent arguing and fighting. But at the Columbia Secondary School, the arguing involved is for a class in philosophy.
In Middle School, Philosophy Is Part of the Lunch Menu
Nelson Hernandez: Washington Post; January 4, 2010
During lunchtime at Kenmoor Middle School in Landover, MD, the youngsters sitting in a small circle were tackling the really deep questions: Ethics. Fairness. How to split dessert.
Columbia Teachers’ College Philosophy Outreach Program
Columbia Arts & Humanities Gazette; October 8, 2009
These two articles explore a new cooperative philosophy outreach program at Columbia University and Teachers College.
Philosophy Returns to Mount Greylock
Meghan Foley: The North Adams Transcript; October 8, 2009
A philosophy course taught at Mount Greylock High School in North Adams, MA, was made possible by a grant from the Squire Family Foundation.
Philosophy Students Explore ‘Big Questions’
Mary Ann Zehr: Education Week; August 2009
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The Education Week article highlights both the SFF-sponsored national pre-college philosophy teachers network, and philosophy curriculum at the Center for Talented Youth (Johns Hopkins University).
Loyola Blakefield Wins Baltimore High School Ethics Bowl
Lionel Foster: greatkidsupclose.org; May 2009 Read the article
80 students from 10 Baltimore City and Baltimore County high schools competed in the 2nd Annual Baltimore High School Ethics Bowl hosted by the Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics at the University of Baltimore.
New Jersey high schoolers solve the dilemma of the runaway train
Sergio Bichao: MyCentralJersey.com; May 28, 2009
Students at Woodbridge’s Colonia High School try to find ethical solutions in day-long program
Philosophy encourages high school students to think outside the box
Merle English: Newsday; April 16, 2009
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More and more high schools are offering philosophy courses and clubs, with a special focus on ethics
Philosophy Program Inspires Middle Schoolers
Sara Hoover: University of Memphis News; December 2008 http://www.memphis.edu/releases/dec08/philosophy.htm Middle-school students are participating in a new philosophy discussion program at the University of Memphis.
Frog, Toad & the Big Questions: Grant to help foster philosophical education for kids
Bob Flaherty: Daily Hampshire Gazette; June 11, 2008.
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In this profile of Dr. Thomas E. Wartenberg of Mount Holyoke College, learn about the SFF grant to support his work on philosophy for children.
A Natural Bent for Deep Thought
Bob Flaherty: Daily Hampshire Gazette; June 11, 2008
This are article explores current innovations in ethics education for youths in Massachusetts.
Teaching Philosophy to High School Students: Indiana University’s Summer Philosophy Institute
Stephen Hicks and Monica Holland: Teaching Philosophy, 12:2, 1989
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The Summer Philosophy Institute of Colorado: Building Bridges
Robert Figueroa and Sara Goering: Teaching Philosophy, 20:2, 1997
An Interview with Roberta Israeloff and Jana Mohr Lone: About PLATO
Michael F. Shaughnessy: Education News; March 9, 2011
The Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) a national support and resource network, brings together those who teach philosophy at the pre-college level.
Fifth Period: Life and Death Decision-making
Jordan Lite: Miller McCune; April 4, 2010
High school students across the country debate bioethics in their science classrooms.
Imagine Magazine
The Center for Talented Youth; April 2010 Johns Hopkins University
Read the magazine online
SFF grantee The Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University has published the latest issue of Imagine Magazine. The new issue is entirely devoted to philosophy with pre-college students. Find out how to start a philosophy club, why ethics matters, and more. Single issues are for sale through JHU Press: (800) 548-1784 or online at www.press.jhu.edu
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Can We Teach Ethics?
by Howard B. Radest (Praeger, 1989)
TED Conference about Philosophy for Kids
Watch University of Washington’s Professor Sara Goering speaks at TED Conference about Philosophy for Kids: Sparking a Love of Learning.
University of Memphis Philosophical Horizons
Watch pre-college philosophy in action at the University of Memphis Philosophical Horizons program.
What’s an Ethics Bowl?
An Ethics Bowl is a collaborative yet competitive event, more nuanced than debate, in which teams are presented with a series of wide-ranging ethical dilemmas and are asked to analyze them; they are then judged on the basis of their analyses. An exciting tournament, it is also a way for students to gain valuable insight into ethical and philosophical issues. This video shows students from Bethpage High School participating in an ethics bowl.
Columbia Secondary School on WABC New York Eyewitness News
Art McFarland of WABC New York’s Eyewitness News reports on the new philosophy program at Columbia Secondary School (January 4, 2010).
Bethpage High School Philosophy Club
Watch their video on global warming
http://www.bethpage.ws/bhs/wway/ Bethpage High School was named the “Most Philosophical School in America” in 2006. The students in the Philosophy Club begin with the premise: “it isn’t the question that is important; it is the journey that the question takes that makes the difference. That is where the real learning happens and the liveliest discussions occur.”
The Value of Philosophy Education
Ethics — by the Numbers: Survey of Ethics Education in Schools
Bongsoon Zubay: Independent School, Fall, 2007. Single copies of the magazine can be purchased at the National Association of Independent Schools website: www.nais.org/go/bookstore.
Philosophy Program Benefits Teachers and Students
John C. Tucker: Columbia Record; November 9, 2009
Learn Philosophy: The classic discipline can help with contemporary dilemmas and modern careers
Diane Cole: U. S. News & World Report; December 18, 2008
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/50-ways-to-improve-your-life/2008/12/18/learn-philosophy.html
The importance of logic and ethics skills is getting national attention. Squire grantee Dr. Thomas Wartenberg is featured in this article in U.S. News & World Report
Just think: it’s important
Laura Parker: The Sydney Morning Herald; August 25, 2008 Link to full article on www.smh.com.au
Why is philosophy as a subject such a fizzer in schools?
In a New Generation of College Students, Many Opt for the Life Examined.
Winnie Hu: The New York Times; April 6, 2008.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/education/06philosophy.html
Once scoffed at as a luxury major, philosophy is being embraced by a new generation of college students who are drawing lessons from the age-old discipline as they try to make sense of their world.
More seek philosophy degrees as a basis for kicking off other careers
Monte Whaley: The Denver Post; November 21, 2011
Philosophy majors are not just contemplating the meaning of life – they are also launching careers in law, medicine, business and high technology.
Philosophy Valued At One Community College
Margot Adler: NPR All Things Considered; January 4, 2011
As state universities cut back on humanities programs in order to deal with budget shortfalls, LaGuardia Community College in Queens, NY, is going in the opposite direction. At LaGuardia, philosophy is king.
Imagine Magazine: Read online
SFF grantee The Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University has published the latest issue of Imagine Magazine. The new issue is entirely devoted to philosophy with pre-college students. Find out how to start a philosophy club, why ethics matters, and more. Single issues are for sale through JHU Press: (800) 548-1784 or online at www.press.jhu.edu (individual issues are listed below the subscription options).
The Thinker, by Jonathan Mahler: The New York Times; September 19, 2008
www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/magazine/21jolley-t.html
How did Auburn University become a hotbed of philosophical talent? Read this essay from the Sunday Magazine’s College Issue.
A review of Experiments in Ethics by Princeton’s Kwame Appiah
Paul Bloom: The New York Times; February 3, 2008.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/books/review/Bloom-t.html
Imagine that you are standing next to a railway track and you see a runaway trolley… Today, the quandry of moral dilemmas is no longer the purview solely of the philosopher.
How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer (Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt, 2009)
Excerpt provided by www.delanceyplace.orgRead the article
Are we free to act or are our actions pre-determined? Philosophers are still trying to ask the right questions
A review of Kwame Anthony Appiah’s The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen
Jonathan Haidt: The New York Times Book Review; October 24, 2010
In his latest book, Princeton philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah asks: Morally, who are we? And how do we change? Read an excerpt from Appiah’s book (NYT October 22, 2010).
Philosophy on the Radio
Paulette Tobin: Humanities Magazine; May/June 2010
At North Dakota’s Institute for Philosophy in Public Life, philosophical discussions are part of the daily conversation.
Digging Out Roots of Cheating in High School
Maura Casey: The New York Times; October 12, 2008
www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/opinion/13mon4.html
Surveys show that cheating in school has soared since researchers first measured the phenomenon in the 1960s.
White-collar ex-con: Jail looms for mortgage execs
Mike Celizic: TODAYShow.com; October 8, 2008
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27081173/from/ET/
Walter Pavlo, a former MCI manager who served time in a federal prison for concealing business improprieties now lectures on ethics.
Decades Later, Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch?
Benedict Carey: The New York Times; July 1 , 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/health/research/01mind.html
Stanley Milgram’s Shock Experiments Still Provide Insight.
Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior
Nicholas Wade: The New York Times; March 20, 2007.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/science/20moral.html
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Personal opinion, but this season of Saturday Night Live has been among the worst on record. People say that every year, but I can usually find something to enjoy. It wasn’t until this past weekend that I saw a skit that I really liked. In a parody of the old Schoolhouse Rock songs, SNL nailed Obama with a humorous look at his flaunting of the Constitution. After the “bill” sang its usual song about the legislative process, the “executive order” showed up and explained its process in a much simpler way: “I pretty much just happen.”
I didn’t love the skit just because of its target; it was one of the few genuinely funny moments in a season that has made me wonder if there’s a writer’s strike I never heard about. The rest of the show, featuring host Cameron Diaz, was typically awful, but at least they had the one skit. Apparently, though, not everyone found that opening skit funny. Proving that they can’t take a joke, the left has been quick to denounce SNL’s rare jab at the president.
The Washington Post decided that it was too much to ask that Obama be mocked by liberal entertainers once in a while. No, that can never happen. They decided to run a laborious article dissecting the skit for inaccuracies. Funny, I don’t remember them running any such articles on any of Will Ferrell’s Bush skits. I don’t remember any factual rebukes to Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin parodies. But here WaPo is, telling us that Obama didn’t sign an executive order, he took executive action. Okay…
SNL wasn’t the only media outlet to face criticism for mocking the president’s actions. The Indianapolis Star was forced to apologize for a cartoon depicting a family sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner. The father says, “Thanks to the president’s immigration order, we’ll be having guests this Thanksgiving.” Behind him, several Hispanics are seen climbing in through the window. This was of course denounced as racist, with a ridiculous amount of controversy surrounding the cartoonist’s decision to give one of the immigrants a mustache.
A mustache.
In an era where the Daily Show can excoriate Republicans up to and beyond the point of slander, apparently even a little light teasing is too much for the left to take. Could it be that they aren’t confident enough in their own philosophies to laugh at themselves? Wouldn’t be surprising, considering the questionable legal and moral status of their most cherished aims. We can’t have mainstream outlets exposing the truth; how will our tower of lies stand?
The left in America knows all-too-well the power of comedy. Why do you think they hate Rush Limbaugh with such passion? It’s because he was one of the first conservatives to realize that you could address some of the country’s most pressing issues and maintain an air of entertainment throughout the program. His success is exactly what liberals dread: conservatives with a sense of humor. As long as they have a stranglehold on comedy and entertainment, they can brainwash the country into accepting their message. When the faithful stop toeing the line, they have to smack them back into place.
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Home / Business / 50 Cent Ends Partnership with EFFEN Vodka
50 Cent Ends Partnership with EFFEN Vodka
By Amanda Rey on July 18, 2017
50 Cent and Effen Vodka have reportedly ended their partnership. The rapper turned businessman, who dropped the #EFFEN hashtag in every social media post since the partnership was first announced, has reportedly officially severed ties with the liquor company.
According to Power 105.1’s daily “Rumor Report” on the Breakfast Club, 50 did not only sell his minority stake in the company but also ended his contract as a lead spokesman. The Queens native, and the executive producer behind Showtime’s hit show Power, reportedly received a $60 million buyout from the company he’s been partnered with since 2014. During the report, DJ Envy stated that the deal with the Holland-based company took place a month ago.
In the wake of the news, the “Many Men” rapper took to Instagram to share photos of the vodka’s cameo in the latest episode of Power – 50 also shared a few words about the reported deal. “I got the bag,” 50 wrote. “EFFEN Vodka can you say 60M’s… since they like counting my money DO THE MATH lol.”
I got the bag , EFFEN Vodka Can you say 60M’s since they like counting my money DO THE MATH. Lol
A post shared by 50 Cent (@50cent) on Jul 17, 2017 at 3:12pm PDT
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Home Science & Tech QUANTUM spins delight at exhibit premiere
QUANTUM spins delight at exhibit premiere
Leanna Walsh
Photo by Theresa Shim
The quantum revolution is here and on Thursday, Oct. 13. a select group of local dignitaries and media were welcomed as the first to view a new exhibition all about it.
The premier of QUANTUM: The Exhibition welcomed local politicians MPP Daiene Vernile, MP Bardish Chagger, and Mayor of Waterloo Dave Jaworsky, who wore timely Oktoberfest lederhosen. The exhibit was created as part of the celebrations for Canada’s 150th anniversary. After its premiere in Kitchener, the displays will tour all over Canada with the goal of educating and demonstrating the wonders of quantum science.
The crowd was welcomed with video greetings from UW President Feridun Hamdullahpur, world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. All three emphasized the importance of quantum research.
Trudeau expressed his pride in Canadian scientific research, saying, “Today, the ‘quantum revolution’ is upon us and Canadian researchers are helping lead the way. QUANTUM: The Exhibition celebrates Canadian scientists and what we have accomplished so far. A quantum future is coming, Canada is a big part of it and as you may know, I’m really excited about it!”
Hawking, who once helped direct exhibition contributor International Quantum Centre (IQC), told the audience, “The exhibition you are about to experience demonstrates how the scientists and their research advances the understanding of science and discovery.”
Hamdullahpur congratulated the IQC, located on UW campus, for it’s tireless effort in advancing quantum research and education.
“We believe IQC at the University of Waterloo is a leading example of how a modern, progressive university can take the lead for Canada in strategic frontier disciplines and industries,” Hamdullahpur said. “Thank you to all IQC students, whose fascination and experience with quantum science is changing the world around us.”
Right from the start, QUANTUM: The Exhibition welcomed visitors of any level of experience, with informative but inviting displays and interative features. The stories of scientists like Einstein, Schrodinger, Dirac, and Planck were scattered throughout the exhibit to help tell the story of quantum theory’s past.
Guests lingered around exhibits featuring games that demonstrated quantum theories and applications. People lined up to play Quantum Cats, created by UW Games Institute students. Reminiscent of Angry Birds and inspired by Schrodinger’s cat, players must choose between three superpositions for a cat in order to knock down boxes to win the game.
Another game from the Games Institute was The Binary Challenge, a switch-based puzzle game that uses boolean terms to help turn on a giant lightbulb.
The Quantum Cryptography display was surrounded by a crowd of visitors eager to learn about the infallibility of quantum protection and the future possibilities of large-scale information teleportation. The exhibit demonstrated how information can be converted into quantum components called qubits and that these components can be physically moved. In fact, a group from Canada was the first to transport information over 100 km this way.
QUANTUM: The Exhibition aims to inspire the next generation of scientists and innovators, but it brings all ages and backgrounds into learning and understanding what quantum technology will mean for Canada and the world. The quantum revolution has begun, and all Canadians are invited.
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Rescue Me, "Drink": Shame on me
I'm on vacation this week, but I got a chance to watch the last two "Rescue Me" episodes of the season before I left the office. And all I can say is that I'm astounded - but I shouldn't be - that they managed to throw away so much of the goodwill they generated at the beginning of the season. We started off with a return to 9/11, and we ended it with women literally fighting over Tommy, and then with another weak cliffhanger. Sigh...
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well since we all know there will be another season, i dont think the cliff hanger is that bad lol
I think Sheila didn't deserve that treatment. And given the things she's done, that's saying something.
It is what it is. Just 19 more episodes.
I've defended Rescue Me this season, but this episode sucked. Every part was so unbelievable. I'm a Tommy and Sheila fan, but Sheila was such a dumbass in this episode that I don't feel much sympathy for her. And, not much of a cliffhanger since I heard that the show will be coming back for another season (or two). I wonder who uses a cell phone to call 911.
Until 45 minutes in, I forgot there were other firefighters on this show. Oh yeah, Lou and Damian got that one scene with Tommy.
And I can't help but think Tommy getting shot is another way to glorify this god of a man, surviving two bullets and surrounded by people that look up to him. Unless they actually kill him, which I think I'd like simply as a way to end the love pyramid.
Stell said...
I always enjoy watching Janet & Sheila fight over Tommy and tonights fight scene was classic. This Ep also had two of the show's BEST lines; Sheila telling Janet, "sit down or I'll kick you in the vagina!" & Kelly describing Sheila as, "Joe Pesci with tits." All in all I thought it was a fantastic season finale. I don't believe Tommy will die. This is just a cliffhanger to keep us biting our nails until the season returns. I'm sure when season 6 begins more than likely Tommy will be in a coma for the first few eps and Jimmy will be at his side but he won't die.....not yet anyway. Great season finale tonight!
I don't know how anyone can be biting their nails. Tommy is the lead character on the show. Does anyone actually think he'll die? There wouldn't be a show then.
I also can't believe that of all the great storylines this season they chose to focus the finale on the worst one--the idiotic fight over Tommy. I'm actually embarrassed for the actresses who have to act this material.
12:13 AM, September 02, 2009
Maybe Tommy will die but remain on the show in some kind of purgatory.
3:01 AM, September 02, 2009
Craig Ranapia said...
I'm actually embarrassed for the actresses who have to act this material.
I was embarrassed for Andrea Roth and Callie Thorne all the way back in season three. That seriously twisted rape plotline just brought me to the conclusion that Rescue Me is made by a pack of clueless, misogynistic jag-offs. If the folks behind Rescue Me really think women enjoy being raped, and having your victim 'force herself' on you is any kind of 'getting even', I'll respect their First Amendment right to share with anyone who cares to watch. But that's where my respect ends.
Alan, you speak to Tolan and Leary on a regular basis. You should call them out on last nights episode. The last 10 minutes were excellent. You know Tommy won't die, but Lenny Clarke as Uncle Teddy gave his best performance of the series as you literally watched him suffer a nervous breakdown to the point that he would shoot his own nephew in cold blood.
That said there's no excuse for the whole Janet-Sheila cat-fight. This is supposed to be a top-echelon dramedy, not Melrose Place or Dynasty. Cat-fights among women don't belong on this show. You should pass that on next time you have dinner with Leary or Tolan.
Teddy shot Tommy? Tommy's having a will-he-or-won't-he-survive cliffhanger? Sheila and Janet had a physical fight over Tommy?
Man, I am SO glad I stopped watching a month or so ago.
The cat-fight was a low for this show. Callie Thorne and Andrea Roth are better actors that deserve quality material. This never ending saga of fighting over Tommy is past it's expiration date. Sheila action's did not elicit sympathy from me.
I hope that it's true that Maura Tierney can come back for some final episodes towards the end.
Lenny Clarke did an excellent job in the last ten minutes or so of showing his mental facade falling to pieces. I wasn't surprised that Tommy was shot and we were left with hanging. Leary had alluded that something "big" would occur to set up the final two seasons. Will he survive? I've heard Leary voice that he would like to be killed off. What would he come back as a ghost? Hanging with Jimmy? I suspect that Tommy will survive.
However, what was a bit unbelievable that there were a group of firefighter's at the bar and not one could disarm Teddy? Really?
Unfortunately, the season finale was like the season, mediocre.
This season had some great episodes but it did not make up for all of the filler. A tight 12,13, or 14 episodes would have made the show tighter imho. Also, Sean cancer's storyline was not handled well, the French writer storyline had no conclusion, Franco's belief's regarding 9/11 conspiracy theories were not well-rounded, etc.
Can you feel my disappointment?
I love this show and will stick with the final 19 episodes but my hope is that we can back to some basics that made this show so great.
The problem with the Tommy/Janet relationship at this point, aside from the fact that Janet is an irredeemable harpy whom Roth seems incapable of finding any warmth or sympathy in, is that Janet is smart enough to STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM TOMMY. Logically, after the rape she should have only been communicating with him through attorney. Really, the sex with Tommy can't be that good.
I've always enjoyed Sheila's complete and total insanity, but I thought last night was over the top and out of character even for her. The one thing I've always believed about Sheila is that she's a good mom who loves her kid. Having her take another mother's grief - even a mother who dared to look twice at Tommy - and throw her dead kid in her face? All to "win" Tommy? As Janet said, that's low even for Sheila. It was beyond low. I was so disgusted by that, I actually enjoyed Tommy scaring the hell out of her.
And I think it couldn't have been more clear last night that Kelly's a real woman, a real adult, whereas Janet and Sheila are a couple of cartoon characters. If Tommy *does* ever change or grow at all by the time the series ends, there's no way he can do it with either of those two. There were a lot of anvils last night that made it feel like they were setting it up for Kelly to be "the one" at the end of it all.
TrooperMSU said...
JanieJones made the point that it was a bit unbelievable that a group of fire fighters could not disarm Teddy. But I find it wholly credible. These guys have shown great courage in fighting fires. But fighting fires is really the only thing that these guys understand. We’ve repeatedly seen that they don’t understand relationships including amongst themselves. We’ve seen repeatedly that they act cowardly outside of fighting a fire. It’s really no surprise that none of them would lift a finger in this situation. The only guy that challenged Teddy was the former priest Mick.
I also have a different take on Sheila and Janet. I agree that the cat fight was probably not the best way to tell their story. But I think that their rivalry has gone beyond simply a fight over Tommy. I think that they are competing against each other in general and have been for decades going back to when the two couples were on breaks and Janet slept with Jimmy. That’s what this confrontation is all about. It’s not important that they get Tommy. What’s important is beating the other. This is evidenced by the fact that neither of them were bothered that Tommy was seeing Kelly. The reason they visited Kelly was to put Tommy in his place and exert control. What really bothered each of them was that they might lose the contest between themselves. If Tommy picks Kelly over them, then neither of them wins their war amongst the two of them. This displays not Tommy’s irresistible sexual magnetism but rather his ability to reduce those who love him to their absolute lowest. This was also displayed when he turned the intervention 180 degrees into a collective reentry into drinking by those who love him most – his family. Because he can’t or won’t deal with his demons, he has to drag those around him into his depraved world. He didn’t put the bottle in his family’s hands, but he is the leader of the family. They all look up to him and look to Tommy for leadership. But Tommy rejects their love and need to be led. He thinks that by getting them to be depraved like him, they’ll either reject him and leave him alone or they’ll live like he does and that is something he knows how to deal with.
I think that Tommy actually wants to change even though he is unable to treat his family with respect. He wants to be a better person but he can’t get past his family history to do so. Therefore he turns to an outsider; a newcomer into his life. Someone who is basically a stranger. This was displayed by his comforting Kelly rather than trying to sleep with her. True, he backslid when he talked about the moment and about Kelly losing the baby with Lou. But it was not his intention to hurt Kelly by discussing it with Lou. He was trying to understand the moment. A telling line was Tommy telling Sheila that she had taken something that belongs to him and squeezed all the hope and breath and the promise out of it. Tommy is now resigned that he won’t change because he isn’t strong enough to overcome his circumstances or his own failings and weaknesses.
For those that are dismayed that the other fire fighters are not featured enough: this show is about Tommy Gavin. It’s never been about the entire house. ALL of the other characters are in place in order to illuminate something about Tommy’s character. Where the show has lost direction is when it features other characters in prominent story lines. Sean’s cancer story could have been more powerful if it somehow involved Tommy and gave us insight into his character. We got a little taste of that could be when Tommy got involved with the cancer kids. We saw that Tommy is capable of being selfless.
Lou’s relationship/marriage to Candy showed us that Tommy is genuinely concerned about Lou but he can’t talk to Lou about it in a mature manner. Tommy can’t relate to Lou. Lou is very in touch with himself, evidenced by his poetry, and Tommy is not in touch with himself. So when it comes to serious matters Tommy can’t give Lou mature advice. This frustrates Lou. I think Lou is frustrated in general that he doesn’t know anybody that he can talk to on an intellectual level. He relieves this by his biting comments sprinkled throughout the series. These comments are funny but they are sometimes extremely mean; especially when directed at Tommy. Lou is looks up to and is envious of Tommy and at the same time he holds Tommy in contempt. Tommy is everything Lou wants to be and everything Lou hates about himself. But at the same time, Lou is the same for Tommy. All of this manifested in their fight at the house.
Does anybody remember how stale and boring Mike’s band story line was? It’s because it was extraneous and had nothing to do with the theme of the show. Same thing with Franco’s boxing career.
Franco’s 9/11 conspiracy beliefs is fertile ground for exploration. But the show has only given this cursory treatment in order to throw a bone to Daniel Sunjata who holds these same beliefs. I’ve got to believe that there is ample room for interesting storytelling here; especially with Tommy.
As I’ve said before, the season was too long and I agree with other posters that much of this season came across as filler. The focus needs to be back on Tommy and how he deals with the aftermath of 9/11. That’s the soul of the show and that is why we got involved as an audience in the first place. Maybe the show is avoiding talking specifically about the consequences of 9/11 for Tommy because we as a country have gotten away from that as well. But does Tommy represent the common FDNY firefighter or does he represent America as a whole? I don’t think he can be both.
"Man, I am SO glad I stopped watching a month or so ago."
Man, I am SO glad I stopped watching a season or so ago.
I have loved the Irish fire fighter/ 9/11, show since it first started. But the other characters have been lost in the last 2 seasons and this triangle with Sheila needs to end. It has become a little over the top. they need to get a little more real and back to basics to keep the fans and get new ones.
What happened with Lou's wife anyways? One minute they're happily married and the next he steals all of her money because he finds out she's a fraud? They had so many extra episodes this season to explain it, instead of throwing it out of nowhere.
"Does anybody remember how stale and boring Mike’s band story line was? It’s because it was extraneous and had nothing to do with the theme of the show."
Theme? It was a shameless plug for Mike's real band Apache Stone. Almost every episode it was:
"What's the name of your band Mike? Comanche Balls?"
"No it's Apache Stone."
"Apache Stone?"
"Yes. Apache Stone."
The latter half of this season was nothing more than an narcissistic trip for the cast. Mike gets to plug his band. Shawn gets to plug his new CD with irrelevant cabaret fantasies. Leary gets his usual sack time with every female on cast.
And VW get some nice free advertising thanks to Shawn saying Routan every time he wasn't singing.
Dan Coyle:
But every damn woman in this show is either a castrating shrew or a needy bunny-boiler.
Craig: Well, I do think that Sheila is sympathetic, though I'm chalking that up more and more to the fact that I find Thorne to be extremely attractive. I think she really loves Tommy, and wants him for reals, but is totally incapable of doing it in the right way or standing up to him. It says something that even after she fucked with Kelly that way, I saw that mascara running down her face and said, "fuck you Tommy".
But do I think in general the show has massive issues with women? You betcha maletcha. The women are usually the injured parties, but they never seem to fucking learn. Of course they don't, they're women!
It also must be said, Leary is still married to his wife of 20 years and she strikes me as a funny, upbeat person in interviews. I don't know what that means, but it means something.
Can anyone tell me what the early season storyline involving Teddy and Tommy's sister at the veterans hospital was supposed to be about? I was waiting to see if it went anywhere, and just watched the finale - it never did.
DeeTV said...
Ridiculous episode tonight. It was hard to watch. I'm not sure when this show jumped the shark, but if it hadn't already jumped, then tonight would have been it.
So many of the storylines are so unbelievable. I wouldn't mind them being unbelievable if they were good, but this episode really stunk.
Sheila is so unlikeable. I know she has mental issues, i.e., bi-polar, but really she is despictable. Bringing up Kelly's baby to hurt Kelly, who never did anything to her, was horrible.
And Janet, geeze, make-up your ming already. Serving divorce papers and then teaming up with Sheila in the same day. She also always puts her interests before her children's interests. What a totally selfish, obnoxious person.
I don't think I like or care about any of the main characters anymore.
Tonight's probably it for me. I wanted to see how the season wrapped up but I don't think I'll be able to stand another season of it.
The last 10 minutes were excellent. You know Tommy won't die, but Lenny Clarke as Uncle Teddy gave his best performance of the series as you literally watched him suffer a nervous breakdown to the point that he would shoot his own nephew in cold blood.
That was the best part of the last two episodes (well, that, and Tommy trying to comfort Kelly instead of trying to bang her).
I'll be back to watch the last season just to see how it ends, but man, this crap between Janet & Sheila has got to stop.
I also agree that the Lou/Candy storyline wrapped too quickly, but I understood it when Lou said he realized he wasn't completely over his anger. I'm more surprised that they didn't at least have he & Tommy talk about it. After all the warnings Tommy gave Lou about Candy, you'd think they at least high-five each other.
Mike F said...
Booooo! Hiss! Booooo!
Used to love this show, but its become a parady of itself...still funny in parts...but most of the show has lost any semblence of dramatic integrity
renton said...
And in an additional effu to the audience, they're selling the DVDs of the season, which ran in one big uninterrupted chunk, as two separate sets.
matty said...
this show is an abusive partner. listen to everyone equivocating. "Well, it's still funny, sort of..." or "the 9/11 stuff is great." really, the whole show just basically sucks now. it sucked all season long. and like most abuse victims, we just don't leave. we think we deserved it. the exception in this case being that by choosing to watch the show, we're basically asking for it. which, come to think of it, is another thing a lot of victims think.
also, the match-flicking revenge scene was just over the line for so many reasons.
I'm a bit confused by comments by within the show and by viewers that Tommy led everyone back into drinking. Wasn't it his Uncle Teddy who started drinking again first after Tommy's father's funeral, while watching a DVD of photos & videos of Tommy's dad? Didn't he & Ellie show up drunk at the firehouse and tell him that? Then he went to Mick for the DVD?
Plus, in AlAnon (for families of alcoholics) a big tenet is that you can't control other people, they make their own choices. Which is why I'm having trouble with the Tommy "led" them storyline. He may have enabled them, but I don't think he "led" them.
As for Maura Tierney, first of all, hope she is in good health. I remember I was about to give up on ER altogether when she started being featured prominently on it. And I was just about to give up on Rescue Me. I watched 'til the end with ER because of her and I fear I'm going to do the same with this.
Kelly & Maggie, along with Colleen, are 3 of the more interesting female characters, but Maggie & Colleen don't get a lot to do.
My favorite lines were the aforementioned Joe Pesci line and Lou's response after Katy has informed him and Tommy that she's locked the babysitter in the basement and that she gave the baby some Benadryl, "you must be proud."
It was a so-so season finale. I thought it was interesting that we saw the 3 close ups of Janet, Sheila & Tommy, all of whom have spiraled out of control and done much damage to their families. I agree it wasn't much of a cliff hanger as we know he's going to live.
This isn't based on spoiler sites, just my own speculation, but I'm guessing Tommy lives either because Teddy turns the gun on himself, allowing the guys to get help for Tommy or one of them disarms Teddy. If the latter, I hope they don't kill the hero off. Especially if it's Black Sean. His character has become much more interesting this season and I think his scenes with Tommy have really helped Tommy realize the havoc wrought on the kids by his and Janet's insanity. Plus, I think it showed a vulnerable side of both.
We just watched the season finale last night. It was a perfect encapsulation on the whole season -- really great stuff (Teddy at the end), and really dumb stuff (cat fight...seriously?).
That scene with Tommy throwing the matches on Sheila...holy crap...I was cringing.
Maura Tierney was amazing. I hope she's OK IRL and I hope she returns to the show. The Joe Pesci line could have only been delivered by a terrific actress like her.
Personally, I love the banter among the firemen. And I also would rather see more ofthe show devoted to conversations/relationships among the firemen...that is when the show is at it's best.
And those of you who think the Sheila character is totally unbelievable...unfortunately, I know people like her, who would stoop to her level just to win/get what they want. It's sick and sad.
The problem with her character is that the writers don't know if she should be completely crazy, or just a little neurotic. She keeps fluctuating...like having the lucid self awareness to understand why she chose Jimmy all those years ago. THAT'S a normal person with some issues. But then trying to set Tommy on fire (more than once by the way...)? That's just over the top nuts.
And what ever happened to the documentary Frenchie was working on?
Dan Coyle said:
It probably says that, in life, Leary is a happily married man who doesn't take Tommy Gavin home from the set. I'm in no position to pass judgement on Denis Leary the private citizen, husband and father. I just shake my head in sorrow at the show Leary is the co-creator, executive producer, writer and star of.
While the episode did sport some clever moments, and Lenny Clarke's performance was fantastic, the uncle shooting the nephew cliffhanger is weak, and, for that matter has been done before. Hopefully, Tommy doesn't spend half of the next season in a weak dream sequence as his alter-ego Kevin Finnerty.
I saw the episode a little differently and felt the last 10 minutes were not only powerful but were an illumination of what felt like the core of the season to me.
Teddy didn't just shoot Tommy. He's also holding pretty much the entire male cast hostage. He's shot Tommy and by sheer dint of his insanity and murderous determination, he's made all the rest of them collude with him in watching Tommy die.
I found it totally credible that they weren't able to disarm him. He demonstrated he's a crack shot and he's armed and dangerously cold and determined. He feels he has nothing to lose. They might be able to ultimately disarm him because of numbers, but not without the first person or two risking death. Talk about the horns of a dilemma.
They are being held hostage by one person's insanity and they'll have to search their souls to figure out at what point the bough breaks. At some point self-preservation has to kick in and someone will risk all to escape being made party to cold-blooded murder, not to mention the danger of being held hostage by a murderous madman.
To me, that was the real cliffhanger. Who's going to break that? Who's going to die? Tommy might not, but someone certainly might. Who? How?
And, it's the dilemma they all face in lesser ways and in their own turns, all the time. These characters, not just Tommy, but all of them, get caught and sucked into the insanity of various people at various times, and their insanity holds others hostage as well.
I don't see Tommy as a god of a man, who's being fought over by two women because he's so desirable. I see him as a black hole of destruction that two equally self-destructive people not only can't escape, but have come to equate with emotional survival. Dark, twisted needs and bonds can be so much deeper than healthy ones, and these are dark indeed. It's not emotional fulfillment and gratification, it's some kind of desperate, twisted survival grip.
For that reason, I didn't hate the cat-fight the way others here seemed to. I thought it was over the top, but I thought the way Sheila and Janet teetered between crazed hatred of one another and united attack against a perceived enemy and back again, illustrated the grip of the insanity their both desperate to hang on to -- that they won't risk letting go of.
So, I liked it. I pretty much liked the whole season. Maybe I'm just not discerning enough, but it rolled over me and I liked pretty much all of it in its own sometimes abstract way. I enjoyed Sean's musical reveries - there weren't too many of them and they were a fun glimpse of the odd pleasure of theatrical musicality; I liked seeing Lou get over on Candy though I wish it had been better laid out, I enjoyed Franco's gender confusions, I didn't even mind Mike's band. What was that name again?
My favorite part of the season though, was the introduction of Maura Tierny. She's great. Loved her scene with Sheila and Janet and loved the "and that little one? She's Joe Pesci with tits" line. She has so much presence.
And lastly, I'm not sure what it says about me, but I didn't find the match throwing scene particularly upsetting ... I guess because she had shoes on and seemed to be pretty deft and stamping them out. I don't know what it was, but somehow it didn't really strike home. I felt worse for her that her son had to find her like that.
Anyway, my two cents.
Purple Shawn said...
Wow....I visited a couple Rescue Me blogs tonight for this crap?? None of you even sound like fans, yet you're all watching the show...except the guy that comes on to write "Glad I stopped watching a month or so ago" and his brain buddy "Glad I stopped watching a season or so ago"....
Has everybody forgotten all the sh*t that has gone down this season??? Its been an insane ride, and just like life, some storylines fall by the wayside..let the writers write and try to relax and enjoy the show, if not, watch something else.
This is not a show to overly scrutinize, maybe all of YOU GUYS need to start drinking again??
Just when the writers pull out some smart material....the fans dont get it. SHEILA AND JANET WERE SUPPOSED TO LOOK COMEDIC!!!!! Geezus, dont you see?? That was the point, to vicariously show you though Kelly's eyes how twisted up those two are as well as OVERPLAY their roles so as to finally beat them down enough to make some SERIOUS changes to them next season.
Im not going to waste my time explaining all the other brilliance that has been lost on its overly critical viewers, but that is one example.
And to all those who said it wasnt a cliffhanger.....I was Googling to find out if they had bootlegs of season 6, I dont follow when the shows are filmed and how all that works but I was really hoping!! Of course its a cliffhanger, our Lead, whether we lov to hate him or hate to love him is laying on the bar floor bleeding to death from 2 shot wounds...it doesnt matter if we can "guess" whats going to happen!!!
And for the Heros out there, these are fire fighters, not cops or martial arts experts, you make 'disarming' a man sound easy...they can be as brave as they want but unless youve actually tried to disarm somebody you have no idea just how difficult it actually is...all he has to do is squeeze the trigger once and that would-be disarmer is down, then the next, and the next..etc., etc.
Uncle Teddy gone psycho in the bar, shooting his cousin.....if you think thats lame..YOURE LAME!!
To the poster before me..THANK YOU.
I didnt see you post before writing mine...there is even more going on in that bar room...MISSED by these wannabe critics...its a beautiful scenario, richly laid out. And thn you have the drama going on behind the scenes with what Tommy has just done to Sheila and Janet.
Personally, I felt the match throwing scene was easonable...Tommy knew she would be able to put them out...it was for effect...and he KNEW Damian would have to reach between his mother's tits to undo her predicament...quite the payback for opening his mouth all the time..poetic justice since he seems stuck suckling at her tits anyhow.....He never seems to get the point of how much damage his run and tell mama attitude does, he's supposed to be a man, in the firehouse...and Tommy is his Godfather...a little respect, anyone?
There is so much brilliance being missed by the amateur critics that its sad. Yes the writing has its flaws but you look past it and think a little and you will be amazed to find what you thought was a mistake was actually brilliant.
And yes, I mean Teddy's NEPHEW, not cousin.
I assumed Needles took Tommy's cell phone while he was kneeling down and trying to stop the bleeding. Just speculation, but I thought Needles will be able to text the police or something and get help.
Nice drive-by, Mr. Tolan.
toonsterwu said...
I gotta agree with Alan. The start of the season was SOO good. I missed a few episodes, come back following the rest of the year, and everything fell apart it seemed. Look, I get that they are trying to follow the "redemption of Tommy Gavin" arc, and I even like the Tommy Gavin character somewhat. But it's such a yuckfest. The end of the boxing thing? Just awful. The bar? The band? Awful, awful ways to end decent story arcs.
Everytime I see Callie Thorne, I expect to see her play a sexed up "Milf" (and she basically did that in her Royal Pains episode). It's such a shame, because she's a very good actress. I've sort of lost interest in Andrea Roth's character. Actually, Maura Tierney's character was interesting, and it's a shame they couldn't bring her back. Too bad Diane Farr didn't stick around on this show.
The Lenny Clarke stuff was real good in the finale, though. Whatever happened to Franco's daughter? They could explore that a bit more.
Here's hoping that, as they wind down the last 2 years (or 2 half seasons), that they bring back the emotional resonance that has been missing from the show to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11. There's so much that could be explored, and they've sort of tried, but never been able to finish it. Seems like they lose focus easily.
Oh, it's a shame that Garrity's character wasn't given something more to build on, other than cheap jokes, after a very intriguing storyline to start the year.
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Home » News » Reports on Projects - Directed by Helen Weinstein » BBC World War One Debate
BBC Landmark History Debate: Was Britain Right to Go to War in 1914?
Helen Weinstein Chaired this Online debate on BBC on Friday 28th February - which started at 8pm, continued during the BBC2 programme that was transmited from 9pm until 10.30pm and for the debate with Niall Ferguson following on BBC Radio5 Live between 10.30pm and 11.30pm, as the debate followed the issues afterwards - with Niall Ferguson available via a bbc interactive blog - Twitter users could send in questions and comments via @BBCww1 and tweet using the hashtag #WW1 - we welcomed all serious input into the debate about #WW1 and more generally about how we navigate the past, especially traumatic pasts, with contested ethical dimensions...
Here are links to resources we have put together to help those who wanted to participate in the debate, with a focus on the work of Ferguson and Hastings, and their clashing views:
A debate scheduled for 8pm on Friday 28th February. Send us your comments or follow @BBCWW1 and tweet using the hashtag #WW1
Storify of WW1 debate on Twitter
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STORIFY OF THE WW1 DEBATE LED BY HELEN WEINSTEIN FOR THE BBC
Interactivity Analysis from WW1 debate
REPORT BY PATRICK LOCKEY WORKING WITH HELEN WEINSTEIN TO ANALYZE THE SOCIAL MEDIA DISCUSSIONS USING THE WORLD WAR ONE HASHTAGS FROM THE DEBATE:
http://humabirdproject.org/examples/2014/03/03/world-war-one-hashtags-and-television-2/
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BBC Blog for WW1 debate
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Fabulous gets fabulous at B.O.T.Y.
by shang_jeff
in Arts & Entertainment
After five grueling hours at Luwan Gymnasium last Saturday — in front of a rather docile crowd of 500 (including crews and groupies) — Hong Kong-based dance collective Fabulous emerged as the crew of crews in Chinese hip-hop dance for 2005. After an intense, 20-minute “battle” with Zhengzhou (郑州) crew Return of the Dance Kings (舞王回一 or wu wang hui yi), Fabulous was given the opportunity to embark on their dream journey — a trip to the hip hop mecca of Braunschweig, Germany, to participate in the international Battle of the Year on October 22nd.
If moxie, gumption or home-town favoritism had been selection criteria, Shanghai-based crew Dust Breaker would have been a shoe-in for Braunschweig, but after all was said and done, the top four Chinese crews for the 2005 B.O.T.Y. shook out like this:
“Return of the Dance Kings” 舞王回一
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Different Feel
Highlights of the evening included the conspicuously unrehearsed rapport between the event’s two hilarious M.C.s, and performances by the panel of judges, including American b-boy extraordinaire Kujo and German crew Flying Steps.
Related: Photos on Flickr, BOTY coverage on Sina.com (in Chinese)
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Photos courtesy of Liana Chang.
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Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume ISC 62
Album Date: 2008
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Stormtalk
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Favorable Pattern for Storm Chasing Setups coming April 1-7
Wednesday, 31 March Update
4/2/10 (Friday): The setup still looks like a convective mess over Texas and Oklahoma, with mainly a hail and damaging wind threat. But with some luck, a clear slot and good daytime heating, some supercells may be possible across central/north Texas. Although it’s not a good setup, generally speaking.
4/5/10 (Monday): Finally, I see a light at the end of the tunnel. Models show the last shortwave in this pattern ejecting into the Plains early next week. According to the GFS (operational and ensemble), a deep surface low will form over the central high plains on Monday with a strong 850mb jet out of the south. This looks very interesting. It has the potential to be a classic setup for supercells, some tornadic, firing off the dryline from Texas to Nebraska. We’ll see how the models work out the details in terms of timing, but this day has my attention.
4/6/10 (Tuesday): How quickly the shortwave ejects eastward will determine if this day holds potential for severe storms across the Plains. We’ll see…
Beyond 4/7/10: With the MJO weakening and the El Nino pattern taking hold again, the favorable pattern for chase setups across the Plains will end. We will have to rely on climo for chase setups as we move into mid April, but the synoptic pattern looks less than ideal.
Monday, 29 March Update:
4/2/2010: Looks messy across Texas/Oklahoma
Friday, April 2 is not looking very impressive to say the least. Models continue to show mostly southerly 850mb and 500 mb winds across Texas and Oklahoma. This will cause storms that do manage to form off the dryline Friday afternoon to move parallel to it, which is not conducive for isolated supercells or tornadoes. Before any of that, however, we have to deal with the first big issue — low level cloud cover and drizzle.
Intense warm air advection will be in place early Friday morning as a result of a 50 knot 850mb southerly jet. This will help transport low level moisture over very wet Texas soil. That will cause a thick low level cloud deck to form accompanied likely by drizzle which may linger into the afternoon. For the first half of the day, instability will be quite low, causing much of Texas and Oklahoma to be covered in clouds and drizzle.
As the intense upper trough ejects into western/central Texas Friday afternoon, it will cause all kinds of convective bands to develop. Some will develop well ahead of the dryline across central/northern Texas from warm air advection, and some may develop along the dryline, extending into central Texas and Oklahoma in the evening.
But even in the absence of solar radiation, modest CAPE will develop. Based on the latest models, deep layer shear will be mostly supportive of linear storms moving rapidly to the north. Should a clear slot develop in the afternoon across central or western north Texas, it would allow for much greater instability to form, and increase the potential for severe storms.
Overall the setup looks like a big mess right now. But given the 50 knot 850mb southerly jet, a 70 knot 500mb jet max, and the ‘hope’ for a clear slot in the afternoon, this setup shouldn’t be completely ignored. In order for this setup to be more than just a big convective mess, the wind shear needs to improve (more southwesterly 500mb winds or more backed 850mb winds) and the low level cloud deck needs to find a way to mix out by midday so more instability can develop.
Next potential setup April 6/7?
Models are showing another intense shortwave ejecting into the Plains next Tue/Wed (April 6/7). There is no need to discuss the details now, but that is the next ‘setup’ to keep your eyes on across the southern Plains. After that it appears the MJO may fade again. If so the El Nino pattern will become the main driver and, unfortunately, bring back a less than ideal pattern for severe storm setups across the Plains as we head into mid April.
Saturday, 27 March Update
Friday, April 2 continues to look interesting for potential severe storms. But nothing about the setup looks great yet. According to both the European and GFS operational models, west Texas to western north Texas would be the area for severe storms/supercells to occur Friday afternoon. The setup would feature a thick, low level cloud deck and drizzle for the first half of the day. But, a pronounced dryline mixing east across west Texas would provide an opportunity for the cloud cover to erode. Thus, enough instability may develop late in the afternoon across west Texas ahead of the dryline to support severe storms. Although, how quickly the low level clouds erodes (if at all) is a major concern.
According to the GFS, another major concern will be storm motion. Given the deep layer shear profile suggested by the GFS, storms would form off the dryline and move quickly to the north-northeast. This motion would promote storms moving nearly parallel to the dryline and is not very conducive for sustained sueprcells and tornadoes. However, the early stages of the storm’s life would provide some tornado potential given a strong southeasterly 850 mb jet.
There is still plenty of time for the details to change as the models continue to get a better handle on this system. But, Friday remains something to keep an eye on across Texas.
Thursday, 25 March Update
Next Friday through Sunday (April 2 – 4) continues to look interesting. Friday the 2nd looks the most interesting right now, considering it will probably be the first day when enough quality low level moisture will be in place across western north Texas, the Texas panhandle, and parts of western Oklahoma to support severe storms. Also, the ensembles show a deep trough approaching the southern plains that day. So depending on how quickly that trough ejects eastward and how quickly moisture can return, Friday may end up being the first decent chase day of a series of chase days.
I do expect low level cloud cover issues along with drizzle/light rain across Texas next Friday. This is because sea surface temperatures in the Gulf remain quite cool (2 to 3 degrees below normal, actually). After two or three days of moisture advection from the warm Caribbean, across the very cool Gulf waters and over the very wet Texas soil, a thick low level cloud deck along with drizzle will develop across the southern plains. But the approaching strong upper trough should allow for a pronounced dryline to develop, which would be the area to look for severe storms. Hopefully enough dry air will mix near the dryline to erode most of the cloud cover by late in the afternoon.
00z March 25 GFS Ensemble 500mb Height Anomalies valid Friday, April 2
Tuesday, 23 March Update
The ensembles/longer range models are coming into good agreement with the MJO, GWO and other global signals. For that reason it’s becoming evident that there will be chase setups during the first week of April across the Plains. In fact, based on the ensembles, April 2-4 is becoming very interesting concerning severe storm potential. But how quickly quality moisture can return north remains the biggest concern. Based on what I am seeing, there should be at least one good setup with quality low level moisture available across the southern Plains in the April 2-4 period. However, the entire first week of April will feature a weather pattern favorable for severe storm setups.
I’ve been following the progression of the MJO over the last week or so. Based on satellite trends and consistent MJO model forecasts it’s becoming more clear that the increasing convection across the Indian Ocean into the Indonesia region (Maritime Continent) is the MJO moving east. Furthermore, based on the latest Ensemble forecasts across North America for the next 15 days, it’s becoming evident the MJO will play a key role in the weather pattern as we head into early April. This is significant since, as of late, El Nino and the Arctic Oscillation have been the more significant factors.
As the MJO reaches phase 4 (Indonesia region) in late March/very early April, deep troughs should slam into the west coast of the U.S. There should be at least a five day period with a mean trough centered over the southwestern U.S. and a mean ridge over the East. Furthermore, the GWO is in sync with the MJO at this time, responding to low Global Atmospheric Angular Momentum. This will enhance the deep troughing over the southwestern U.S. and help to provide a bit of ridging over the Southeastern U.S. –although the center of the ridge will be over the Great Lakes/Northeast. For several days this eastern ridge will hopefully provide time for low level moisture from the Gulf to return northward into the southern Plains.
With all that being said, the synoptic scale weather pattern will become much more favorable for severe storm/chase setups across the southern to central Plains April 1 – 7. The one key negative factor continues to be a source for quality low level moisture in the Gulf of Mexico. For this reason, Texas and Oklahoma may again be the hot spots, but we’ll see how the Gulf recovers and how quickly moisture can return. Soil moisture values remain very high over Texas, so that’s a good thing.
Below is the latest UKMET MJO model forecast. It brings the MJO into phase 4 by March 25, but it’s unclear exactly how quickly the atmospheric response will impact the U.S.
UKMET MJO model forecast initialized 21 March
Below is the 12z March 21 GFS Ensemble forecast for April 1. Notice how it shows a deep trough over the southwestern U.S. ejecting east into the Plains on April 1. This type of pattern should continue for several more days into April, providing potential chase setups across the Plains. That is, assuming enough quality low level moisture can come into play over Texas and Oklahoma.
12z 21 March GFS Ensemble 500 mb height anomalies valid April 1
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Say Media to run A+E Networks sites
The media company will manage editorial, sales and technology for Bio.com and LifetimeMoms.com, and add video pre-roll to its inventory for the first time.
By Michael Kolberg
Say Media has entered a partnership with A+E Networks that will see the media company manage operations for Bio.com and LifetimeMoms.com. The sites will migrate to Say Media’s proprietary publishing platform Tempest and Say Media will assume responsibility for editorial, sales, technology, publicity and marketing for both properties.
A+E Networks will continue to produce and provide video to Bio.com. Last December, the broadcaster announced it would re-brand the Bio channel as FYI.
Laura Grimm, editor in chief, Bio.com, and Melissa Kagan, editor in chief, LifetimeMoms.com, will both remain in their positions and report to Joyce Bautista Ferrari, executive editorial director, Say Media. Both sites target women with a focus on moms. Bio.com reaches 12 million unique viewers globally, according to the most recent comScore numbers, while LifetimeMoms.com reaches about 2 million globally.
Paul Cassar, VP international, Say Media Canada, says the company, which also owns and operates publications like xoJane, ReadWrite and Fashionista, will create a more streamlined experience for users and publishers by updating the site design and CMS. The partnership will also give Say Media video pre-roll inventory to sell for the first time, he says.
“It gives us a property to anchor video campaigns around,” he says. “A+E and Lifetime have an abundance of that inventory so we’ll be able to integrate that with what we currently go to market with as part of a package.”
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A&E Networks, Bio.com, LifetimeMoms.com, Say Media
Doc/Fest reveals 64 project teams for MeetMarket
Vice confirms A&E channel launch
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U.S. nets threaten to bypass traditional TV distribution in Canada
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What's New Table of Contents
New Products in SAS 9.1, 9.1.2, and 9.1.3: SAS Intelligence Platform
SAS creates and delivers enterprise intelligence through the SAS Intelligence Platform. This cohesive platform is based on an architecture that fully integrates SAS technologies in data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL); data storage; business intelligence; and analytic intelligence. These capabilities provide the end-to-end infrastructure that is necessary for exploring, analyzing, optimizing, reporting, and understanding your data.
The following SAS Intelligence Platform products are new in SAS 9.1, 9.1.2, and 9.1.3:
SAS Information Map Studio
SAS Web Report Studio
SAS Data Integration Studio
SAS Management Console
SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office
SAS Personal Login Manager
For documentation about how to install and administer the SAS 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform, see http://support.sas.com/913administration. These documents are also available from SAS 9.1.3 OnlineDoc on the Web at http://support.sas.com/onlinedoc/913/docMainpage.jsp.
SAS Information Map Studio is an application that enables you to create and manage SAS Information Maps—business metadata about your physical data. SAS Information Map Studio provides a graphical user interface that enables you, the information architect, to create and view information maps.
Information maps are user-friendly metadata definitions of physical data sources that enable your business users to query a data warehouse in order to meet specific business needs. Information maps enable business users to easily access enterprise-wide data by providing the following benefits:
Users are shielded from the complexities of the physical data.
Data storage is transparent to the users, regardless of whether the data is relational or multidimensional or whether the data is in a SAS data set or in a third-party database system.
Business formulas and calculations are predefined, which makes them usable on a consistent basis.
Users can easily query data for answers to business questions without having to know query languages.
For more information about the current release, see What's New in SAS Information Map Studio 3.1.
SAS Web Report Studio is a Web-based application that enables you to create, view, and organize reports. You can use SAS Web Report Studio for the following tasks:
Creating reports
Beginning with a simple and intuitive view of your data provided by SAS Information Maps (created in SAS Information Map Studio), you can create reports based on either relational or multidimensional data sources.
You can use the Report Wizard to quickly create simple reports or the Edit Report view to create sophisticated reports that have multiple data sources, each of which can be filtered. These reports can include various combinations of list tables, crosstabulation tables, and graphs. Using the Edit Report view, you can adjust the style to globally change colors and fonts.
You can also insert stored processes that take the results from a block of SAS code and embed those results directly into a report.
Viewing and working with reports
While viewing reports by using a thin client (a Web browser), you can filter, sort, and rank the data that is shown in list tables, crosstabulation tables, and graphs. With multidimensional data, you can drill down on data in crosstabulation tables and graphs and drill through to the underlying detail.
Organizing reports
Reports can be shared with others or kept private. You can create folders and sub-folders for organizing your reports. Information consumers can use keywords to find the reports that they need.
Printing and exporting reports
You can preview reports in PDF and print the report, or save and e-mail it later. You have control over many printing options, including page orientation, page range, and size of the tables and graphs. You can also export data as a spreadsheet.
For more information about the current release, see What's New in SAS Web Report Studio 3.1.
SAS Data Integration Studio (formerly named SAS ETL Studio) is a visual design tool that enables you to consolidate and manage enterprise data from a variety of source systems, applications, and technologies. This software enables you to create process flows that accomplish the following tasks:
extract, transform, and load (ETL) data for use in data warehouses and data marts
cleanse, migrate, synchronize, replicate, and promote data for applications and business services
SAS Data Integration Studio enables you to integrate information from any platform that is accessible to SAS and from any format that is accessible to SAS.
The SAS Data Integration Studio: User's Guide is available at support.sas.com.
For more information about the current release, see What's New in SAS Data Integration Studio 3.4.
SAS Management Console is a Java application that provides a single point of control for managing resources that are used throughout the SAS Intelligence Platform. Rather than using a separate administrative interface for each application in your computing environment, you can use the single interface in SAS Management Console to perform the administrative tasks that are required in order to create and maintain an integrated environment across multiple platforms. For more information about SAS Management Console, see What's New in SAS Management Console 9.1.2 and 9.1.3.
The SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office is an integral part of a complete end-to-end business intelligence solution. The SAS add-in is a Component Object Model (COM) add-in that extends Microsoft Office by enabling you to harness the power of SAS analytics, access relational data sources directly from Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, and create reports within Microsoft Office. You can use the SAS add-in for the following tasks:
Running analyses
Dynamically execute stored processes and SAS tasks.
Search for stored processes by name, date, or keyword.
Analyze SAS or Excel data by using SAS tasks.
Working with results from your stored processes and SAS tasks
Embed the results in your documents and spreadsheets.
Refresh the existing content to display the most updated results.
Send the results from Microsoft Excel to Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint.
Create reports that include the results, and apply custom styles to the reports.
Working with data
Access and view SAS data sources or any data source that is available from your SAS server. There is no size limit on the SAS data sources that you can open.
Filter your data by using an intuitive user interface or an advanced SQL editor.
Sort your data by an unlimited number of variables.
Refresh your data sets to incorporate any changes that were made to a data source that is saved on a server.
For more information about the current release, see What's New in the SAS Add-In 2.1 for Microsoft Office.
SAS Personal Login Manager is an application that enables you to manage the metadata that describes your user accounts. In a SAS Metadata Server, the user ID and password for each user account can be stored as a login. Each login should correspond to a user account that has been established for you in the operating system (or with an alternative authentication provider such as Microsoft Active Directory Server or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Server). You can use the SAS Personal Login Manager to add, update, and remove your logins. For example, after you change the password for your operating system user account, you can use the SAS Personal Login Manager to update that password in the SAS Metadata Server. This enables you to keep the logins that you own in the metadata synchronized with your user accounts. For more information, see the Help for the SAS Personal Login Manager.
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Please Let Me Wonder
Written by: Brian Wilson/Mike Love
Recording date: 7 January 1965
Master Number: #53271
Lead Vocal by: Brian and Mike
Originally appeared on: Today
Subsequently appeared on: Spirit of America, Good Vibrations (box set)
The first of five successive high-quality ballads on side 2 of "Today"- revolutionary for 1965 pop music
A sensitive lyric and a pretty tune make this essential listening.
Noises:
0:15-0:16, 1:04-1:05, 1:08-1:11, 1:22 Static
2:26 Carl says "I love you" ,it is intentional, but some don't like it
Single:
Capitol 5372
B-side with: "Do You Wanna Dance"
Released on: February 15 1965
Charted on: March 6 1965
Reached: 52
Live at the Roxy version
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New found hope EDITORIAL 12/30/2009
New found hope
The nation is facing 2010 with a sense of hope that seems to have been lost for almost a decade based on surveys and more significantly, a kind of electricity everybody feels radiating in the air.
The nation became victim of the grandest of all deception in 2001 when, exploiting a manipulated sense of an immoral government, conspirators led by the self-righteous lot of businessmen, civil socialites and the Church hierarchy backed by the military, grabbed power from popularly-elected President Joseph Estrada.
Hope was replaced by a sense of resignation as Gloria, who was supposed to be the self-righteous conspirators’ anointed, turned out to be their evil creation that exceeded all the nation’s worst fears of a politician unfit to don the mantle of power.
For close to nine years, the nation .... MORE
Publish Post
An Estrada surge on eve of campaign
Another annus horribilis
No action
Disasters waiting to happen
Just one wish
The year that was
An Estrada surge on eve of campaign PIPELINE Antonio Gatmaitan 12/30/2009
Antonio Gatmaitan
At about the time when things were winding down, Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations, the two respected and widely accepted pollsters published assessments of the 2010 presidential elections, two days apart, a fortnight ago.
Electoral track record..... MORE
Another annus horribilis ZOOMING IN Rudy Romero 12/30/2009
n an exquisite display of her knowledge of Latin, Queen Elizabeth II, in her annual New Year message to the British people, spoke of 1997 as an annus horribilis for the United Kingdom. That was the year in which Princess Diana, the estranged wife of the Prince of Wales, met her tragic death on an August night in a Parisian tunnel. .... MORE
No action MR. EXPOSE Amb. Ernesto Maceda 12/30/2009
The ambush of a convoy of vehicles containing 52 passengers in Dingras, Ilocos Norte, killing councilor candidate Joen Canete, a barangay chairman and wounding seven others, including Provincial Board Member Robert Castro, confirms the presence of private armies in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and Abra who are politically connected..... MORE
An Estrada surge on eve of campaign PIPELINE Anto...
Another annus horribilis ZOOMING IN Rudy Romero ...
No action MR. EXPOSE Amb. Ernesto Maceda 12/30/2...
Disasters waiting to happen C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S J...
Just one wish HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 12/30/2009
The year that was SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 12/3...
France’s Lobster Scandal Leaves a Very Bad Taste - Attitudes in France are hardening on wealth, whether you’re a civil servant overdoing the expenses or a billionaire offering to pay for Notre Dame.
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All women\'s run EDITORIAL 03/15/2011
All women\'s run
For his release of the partial Senate blue ribbon committee report finding Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez guilty of non-feasance and betrayal of public trust over the plea bargain agreement the prosecutors forged with the former military comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, its chairman Sen. Teofisto “TG” Guingona and those who signed without any reservations are getting a lot of flack, mainly for misleading the public by making it appear that the partial report had been approved by the majority in the blue ribbon committee, when the opposite was true, along with the public perception that not only are they lackeys of Noynoy Aquino, but that they have prejudged the impeachment case of the Ombudsman, who is fast earning public sympathy due to the obvious denial of due process and her demonization by the Noynoy allies.
Several senators have pointed out that it was unwise of Guingona to have included the Ombudsman in the plea bargain agreement in the committee report on account of the impeachment that will reach trial stage at the Senate..... MORE
Wrong focus FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/15/2011
Wrong focus
Some two weeks ago, Justice Chief Leila de Lima titillated the media with her claim that she and her agencies have had a “breakthrough” in the Vizconde massacre case probe she is currently conducting, but gave no details.
Shortly after, it was announced that she had asked Hubert Webb to provide her probe team with his original stamped passport, adding that which was presented to the court was merely a photocopy.
She added that this would prove whether indeed Webb was in the US as he said he was, when the murder had occurred.
Asked whether this was the “breakthrough” she was talking about earlier, De Lima refused to say, although it has been noted that she is no longer talking about “breakthroughs” in the case..... MORE
Chinese farmers go online to sell produce focus 03/15/2011
Chinese farmers go online to sell produce
BEIJING — For years, Wang Yulan and her husband drove their three-wheeled vehicle to an outdoor market near Beijing to sell broccoli, peppers, eggplants and tomatoes grown on their small plot of land.
Now, thanks to the web, they don’t even have to leave their living room.
Two years ago the couple bought a computer and joined a growing number of Chinese farmers selling their produce online, giving them access to customers around the country and boosting their meager income.
“A broad market is opened once you get on the computer,” Wang, 55, told AFP as she logged on to agricultural trading Web site aptc.cn with the help of her niece..... MORE
Pray NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 03/15/2011
Tragedy brings out the worst and the best in people. Our not-so distant memories of Typhoon “Ondoy” support the statement to be fact.
How truly awful now in the aftermath of the twin quakes that hit Japan, to have despicable opportunists set to make money out of the misery of others; termite-like publicity-seekers out of the woodwork believing that good or bad, publicity is still publicity; and idiots-and-a-half pushing to have their share of the limelight.
In the US, CNBC anchor Larry Kudlow on the business segment of his show was perhaps trying to be witty, when he compared the global stock market doing better than Japan: “The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that.” Viewers were outraged, and he apologized, explaining he was really only “talking about markets, I flubbed the line. Sincere apology.”
A supposedly popular American rap star — I’d never heard of the guy, 50 Cent, I mean, how can that be the name of a person — made offensive tweets about the earthquake and the tsunami and is being lambasted for it. He dismissed the tsunami threat to the US West Coast with “Wave will hit 8 a.m. them crazy white boys try to go surfing.” (sic) And followed it up with “Look this is very serious people I had to evacuate my hoes (the slang word, I am told, for whores) from LA, Hawaii and Japan. I had to do it. Lol” (sic). Reacting to intense criticism, the rapper’s feeble alibi was “Some of my tweets are ignorant I do it for shock value. Hate it or love it. I’m cool either way.”.... MORE
Another Singapore? AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 03/15/2011
Another Singapore?
Sen. Bongbong Marcos’ claim that the Philippines, had his father remained in office, would have become another Singapore has attracted criticism. Some, unfortunately, has not been particularly well-informed.
One commentary (I forget now whether it was an editorial or a column) claimed that before Ferdinand Marcos was elected to the presidency the exchange rate was P2 to the dollar and the foreign debt problem was practically non-existent. Not true. That was the rate before Diosdado Macapagal took over the presidency in January 1962, and his administration immediately devalued the peso to P3.90 to the dollar. At the same time, foreign currency controls were lifted. Why? Because the International Monetary Fund had attached these conditions to its approval of a $300 million loan — the first for the Philippines.
These actions by the Macapagal government, under IMF dictation, had far-reaching consequences..... MORE
Russia taps geekpower for growth focus 03/15/2011
Russia taps geekpower for growth
MOSCOW — US-Russia trade has yet to live up to the reset in political ties but US firms believe Russia’s human resources can soon do for high-tech engineering what India did to the IT sector two decades ago.
Vice President Joe Biden this week lamented on a visit to Moscow that annual trade between the two countries was equivalent to just a few days of commerce with neighbors Canada and Mexico.
But executives at some of North America’s biggest companies are grasping onto a vision of a 24-hour production cycle in which Russian engineers zip their drafts to board room executives in Europe and the United States.
The US aerospace and defense behemoth Boeing now has a $27 billion plan in place to purchase Russian parts and R&D services — with much of the focus placed on the latter..... MORE
M.8.9. VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 03/15/2011
M.8.9.
On the occasion of the magnitude 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan and left the country ravaged, had people killed and has its economy devastated, it is expected that there are certain individuals who will speak and engage in a good amount of prophecies of doom.
There will be some characters who might even wear curious clothing with proper face looks, and predict the fearful events of the days ahead — infallibly predicting the when and how of the end of the world. And this is certainly not the first time that such public scenarios come to fore. Philippine history is the witness to this periodic curious if forced, the necessity and practicality of the Church in the matter — as squarely premised in the Sacred Scriptures according to the clear and plain teaching of Christ Himself:
One: As the world has a beginning, it also has an end. In other words, the end of the world is a certainly. And therewith go the end of nature and the environment, the final curtain fall for humanity included. The end of the world is a certitude — with or without harmful biotechnology ventures, with or without climate change and other assault at nature..... MORE
Guingona pre-judgment assailed by peers By Angie M. Rosales 03/15/2011
Guingona pre-judgment assailed by peers
The move of Sen. Teofisto “TG” Guingona recommending that his blue ribbon committee enjoin the House of Representatives to impeach Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, already implies that he has prejudged her guilt.
No less than Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile underscored the implication of the decision of Guingona, who until yesterday, remained defiant in the face of the Senate chief’s call for the blue ribbon committee chairman to remove the “impeach call” contained in the partial panel report on its inquiry into the plea bargain agreement that the Ombudsman’s prosecutors sealed with former military comptroller, Maj. Gen. (ret.) Carlos Garcia.
“I do not know how he will be able to explain this position. He does not have to hear the evidence anymore if he has made up his mind,” the Senate chief pointed out.
Enrile, who over the weekend, expressed strong reservations over the panel’s recommendations, called on Guingona to consider removing the issue on impeachment as it could jeopardize the standing of the upper chamber since there is an impeachment complaint anticipated to be transmitted to the Senate, which is mandated by the Constitution to constitute itself as an impeachment court that will hear the case against Gutierrez..... MORE
SC: Transfer of ethics probe to whole Senate vs Villar valid By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/15/2011
SC: Transfer of ethics probe to whole Senate vs Villar valid
A ruling by the Supreme Court (SC) has decided that the transfer of the investigation of the complaint against erstwhile presidential candidate Sen. Manny Villar in the controversial C-5 Road Extension Project from the Senate’s ethics committee to the committee of the whole does not violate his right to due process.
In an en banc decision by Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, the SC voting 13-0 said the referral of the complaint can take effect upon publication of the Rules of the Senate committee of the Whole. The decision partially grants the petition filed by Villar and his allies composed of then Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Senators Joker Arroyo, Francis Pangilinan, Pia Cayetano and Alan Peter Cayetano.
The SC ruled that the referral of the investigation of Villar to the Senate committee of the whole was a valid extraordinary remedy under the circumstances and said the adoption by the Senate committee of the whole of the Rules of the Ethics Committee does not violate Villar’s right to due process..... MORE
RP toes US line: Boost Spratlys pact By Michaela P. del Callar 03/15/2011
RP toes US line: Boost Spratlys pact
Days after the Chinese Navy reportedly harassed a Philippine vessel searching for oil at a disputed territory in the South China Sea, acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed that a legally-binding code of conduct for claimants must be finalized to ensure peace and stability in the region.
Clinton phoned Del Rosario last Sunday to congratulate him on his new appointment and to discuss key bilateral and regional issues, among which is the dispute in the South China Sea territories.
In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said both foreign secretaries “underscored the need to ensure maritime security in the Asia-Pacific and agreed that a way forward is the conclusion of a binding regional code of conduct in the South China Sea.”
Washington has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China to forge a stronger
code of conduct and even offered its assistance on the negotiations for the crafting of the new document..... MORE
Rift with De Lima’s classmate led to Ampatuan case removal — Fadullon 03/15/2011
.Rift with De Lima’s classmate led to Ampatuan case removal — Fadullon
A classmate of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima who had misgivings about how state prosecutors are handling the Maguindanao massacre case prevailed over the Justice chief to replace the entire prosecution panel.
The pannel led by Assistant State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon yesterday said they could not accept De Lima’s claim that they lacked the expected passion in prosecuting the case as the reason for the Justice secretary’s decision to replace them.
“It’s okay if the secretary replaced us, that is her prerogative. But I can’t help myself and my members from feeling bad when she said we lacked the zeal, enthusiasm, dynamism and aggressiveness because we knew how much effort we put into this case,” he told reporters.
Fadullon admitted that the decision of De Lima came as a surprise since they were neither consulted nor informed about it.... MORE
Japan episode seals fate of plan to go nuke 03/15/2011
Japan episode seals fate of plan to go nuke
The leading proponent of introducing nuclear energy to the country reversed his stand yesterday in the wake of a potential nuclear disaster in quake-hit Japan.
Former Pangasinan Rep. Mark Cojuangco said there was a need to rethink assumptions that nuclear power was safe following two explosions in three days at Japan’s Fukushima plant.
“In the light of Fukushima, I would like to say that now is the opportune time, the right time, for the whole world’s nuclear power industry to be in a period of introspection,” Cojuangco said in a statement. “Meaning, they should examine events like Fukushima and see if all the assumptions of safety of nuclear power are still valid, and if adjustments are to be made, what they should do.”
Last year, while he was a member of parliament, Cojuangco lobbied heavily for the reactivation of a mothballed nuclear energy plant as a means to address the Philippines’ perennial power outages..... MORE
New failure hits Japan nuke plant after blast 03/15/2011
New failure hits Japan nuke plant after blast
TOKYO — An explosion rocked a building housing a nuclear reactor at a quake-damaged Japanese power plant yesterday, the second such blast in two days, and the cooling system failed at a third reactor.
The new troubles at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, 250 kilometers north of Tokyo, stalled Japan’s efforts to secure the facility after Friday’s massive earthquake and devastating tsunami.
Officials said the container surrounding the plant’s number-three reactor was not breached in the blast — which left 11 people injured — and there was no major rise in radiation levels.
The nuclear safety agency ruled out the possibility of a Chernobyl-style accident at the plant, according to national strategy minister Koichiro Genba..... MORE
Mother, son, helper murdered in Laguna By Efren B. Chavez 03/15/2011
Mother, son, helper murdered in Laguna
By Efren B. Chavez 03/15/2011
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna — A mother, her son, and househelper were killed in her home in San Pablo City, Laguna, police report said yesterday.
Zanaida Fronda, 74, a widow of a member of the US Navy, her son Julius 51, also a former US Navy, and househelp identified only as Laleng from Pitugo Quezon, were found dead in Fronda’s house in Barangay 2-C, San Pablo City around 5 p.m. last Sunday.
The victims’ bodies bore slits in the necks and wounds in the heads.
City police chief Supt. Leo Luna said Zenaida’s brother-in-law Ceferino Abril, who also live nearby, felt strange that none of the victims went out from their house the whole day last Sunday. Abril sought help from village watchmen to check the whereabouts of Frondas..... MORE
Religious leaders unite to strengthen peace 03/15/2011
Religious leaders unite to strengthen peace
Religious leaders from different faiths convened to discuss peace building initiatives to strengthen Muslim-Christian relationship in Lanao del Norte province.
They are members of the Interfaith Council, composed of bishops, pastors, priests, nuns, imams, provincial government leaders and non-government organizations (NGOs), whose aim is to develop better understanding of the two major religions Muslims and Christians and to promote unity and peace among their followers.
Lanao del Norte Vice Gov. Irma Umpa-Ali, a staunch peace advocate in the province, urging the Muslims and Christians to resolve conflicts or differences in a peaceful and diplomatic ways instead of using power or weapons of mass destructions..... MORE
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Big mistake
Noynoy Aquino is placing the Philippines in great peril by forging a peace accord with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, and obviously on their terms and conditions, which are, among others, the creation of a Moro substate with awesome state powers and an expanded territory while granting the rebels a national identity of BangsaMoro nation, said to be composed of not just Muslims, but Lumads and Christians who reside in the substate.
Christians and Lumads, neither of whom are Muslims, are to be known as BangsaMoro nationals under the rule of the MILF even in Christian settlements, such as Zamboanga Sibugay?
The MILF claims that secession is out of the picture as its people will remain Filipinos, but demands a substate with state powers, including having a BangsaMoro police force under its control and command, and expects a peace accord to be finalized in two years time.
Noynoy is apparently swallowing this MILF line, as already he is talking about the grant of greater autonomy for the MILF through a plebiscite, as though such a move would finally bring peace to Mindanao, assuming the high court will rule such an accord as constitutional..... MORE
More than meets the eye FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 08/11/2011
There is more than meets the eye about the meeting between Noynoy and China’s foreign minister, accompanied by the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines in Malacañang.
The Chinese officials were Ambassador Liu Jianchao and Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin, who went to the Palace to deliver a message from Chinese Premier Hu Jintao.
Prior to the meeting, Noynoy told reporters he would be meeting with the Chinese officials who are handing him a letter from the Chinese premier.
“They (Chinese officials) asked for the meeting. I understand there’s a message from Premier Hu Jintao. They did not tell me exactly what the message was. So, I’ll be meeting them around two o’clock,” Noynoy said prior to the meeting..... MORE
Syria to snub international pressure — for now ANALYSIS 08/11/2011
Syria to snub international pressure — for now
BEIRUT — Though its days are seen as numbered, Syria’s regime is likely to press on with its ferocious crackdown on dissent, despite fellow Arab states and allies joining international condemnation, analysts say.
That was underscored when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under growing pressure from abroad, stood his ground on Tuesday and said he would pursue a relentless war against the “terrorist groups” he says are behind the unrest.
“We will not waver in our pursuit of terrorist groups,” Assad told visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
Rami Khouri, head of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, said “the regime has been fiercely resistant to international pressure and the moves by the Saudis, the Gulf.... MORE
Selling out the Philippines INSIDE CONGRESS Charlie Manalo 08/11/2011
Selling out the Philippines
INSIDE CONGRESS
Charlie Manalo
Contrary to claims by militant fisherfolk group, Pamalakaya, that President Noynoy Aquino has no concrete plans to shield the country from another round of global recession and that he appears just as if he is waiting for the grand massacre of the Philippine economy as global markets collapsed due to the first ever US credit rating downgrade and falling European economies presided by festering debt woes, Noy indeed is making the necessary contingency plan. That is to prepare the Philippine economy for the “grand massacre” by selling the Philippines via amendments to the economic provisions.
The other day, a staunch ally of Aquino, presented the administration’s grand design to sell the Philippines by opening up vital industries and natural resources to foreign investors and that include the education and media industry.
With global economists warning that the US economy is heading back into recession which could be more painful compared to the December 2007 recession, Aquino is virtually inviting investors from that part of the world to invade our country and dump to the trash bins local capitalists.
And that is not without basis as Pamalakaya, quoting international wires, claimed that the world stocks racked up more losses on Monday based on rising worries about a double-dip global recession, deep-rooted jitters over the current downgrading of US credit rating and the growing debt problems across Europe..... MORE
Asia faces tougher battle in new world slowdown focus 08/11/2011
Asia faces tougher battle in new world slowdown
SINGAPORE — Asian economies still scarred by the 2008 world recession are likely to have a harder time grappling with a new round of turmoil than they did three years ago, regional analysts said.
Fears of a new global meltdown are growing after the United States received a credit downgrade for the first time and markets tumbled on expectations that Italy and Spain could join other European countries in seeking a bailout.
“Back in 2008, rotten debt in the banks was the problem,” Singapore’s DBS Bank said in reference to global financial rescue measures that helped bring economic growth back on track.
“Governments took the debt off the banks — and spent a lot of money propping up economies — and now they themselves are in trouble. That’s why the situation may be worse than before: there’s no one left to turn to.”.... MORE
Sick and sickening VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 08/11/2011
Sick and sickening
An image of Jesus Christ with an attached wooden replica of a male genital protruding directly over His face. The genital is draped with a Holy Rosary, hanging by the base and the tip of the replica. Is this art?
A Crucifix and Cross draped with a pink stretched condom. Is this art?
To a Crucifix is attached a red male organ. Is this art?
“Yes, oh yes!” So says in substance a group of so-called “artists” exhibiting the above consummate sacrilege! So essentially implies nothing less than the “Pontifical” and “Royal” University of “Santo Tomas” indulging the group whose products they are and who engage in the big blasphemy! So basically claims the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is displaying the radical vulgarity instead at nurturing and promoting Filipino positive cultural values as defined by its Mission Statement..... MORE
Noy-MILF secret deal: Reframing MoA-AD By Mario J. Mallari 08/11/2011
UMBRA KATO, MURAD’S REBELS CLASH, LEAVE 8 DEAD
Noy-MILF secret deal: Reframing MoA-AD
There was a secret deal forged between President Aquino and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chieftain Al Haj Murad during the secret meeting held in Tokyo last Thursday, after all.
MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal made a freudian slip yesterday when he let out that the agreement reached between the two parties was for the MILF to “reframe” the discredited Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2008.
Part of the deal involving the “reframed MoA-AD,” which Iqbal hinted to which Aquino during the secret meeting did not object, is that provinces under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and adjacent
areas of North Cotabato, Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Sultan Kudarat and the municipalities of Balabac and Batarasa in Palawan province, will be placed under the control of the Bangsamoro state which will be sharing powers with the national government..... MORE
FM is a hero fit for burial in Libingan ng mga Bayani—Imelda By Gerry Baldo and Mario J. Mallari 08/11/2011
FM is a hero fit for burial in Libingan ng mga Bayani—Imelda
By Gerry Baldo and Mario J. Mallari 08/11/2011
Former First Lady and incumbent Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos yesterday said former President Ferdinand Marcos is a hero who deserves to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Mrs. Marcos, reacting to news reports that her family had agreed to bury the former President in Ilocos Norte, said she and Vice President Jejomar Binay have not agreed on the burial site of the former President.
She said she and Binay, who went to Ilocos Norte a few days back, had talked about housing programs and not about the burial of the former President.
Vice President Binay yesterday maintained there is nothing definite about the controversial burial of the late President, stressing that his job on the issue is purely recommendatory and that Malacañang has the final say on the matter..... MORE
2 missing in sea crash; oil slick unleashed 08/11/2011
2 missing in sea crash; oil slick unleashed
Two cargo vessels have collided off the coast of the southern Philippines, leaving two persons missing and unleashing a small oil slick, the Coast Guard said yesterday.
Two crew members of a locally-registered bulk carrier are missing after it was in collision late Tuesday with the Monrovia-registered container vessel HS Puccini off the southernmost tip of the southern island of Mindanao, it said.
The much-larger Puccini rescued 16 crew from the smaller vessel while the another five swam to shore and safety, a coastguard statement said.
The Puccini is sailing to the nearby port of General Santos as scheduled with the rescued crew members, it said, while the exact status of the other vessel was not specified..... MORE
Gov’t has no moral ground to question NDF’s sincerity on peace talks — CPP By Mario J. Mallari 08/11/2011
Gov’t has no moral ground to question NDF’s sincerity on peace talks — CPP
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) scored President Aquino for questioning the sincerity of its political arm, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), in the ongoing peace negotiations.
“The Philippine government does not have the moral high ground to question the sincerity of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in the peace talks,” the CPP said.
“How can Aquino question the sincerity of the NDFP when it has been his government that has failed to show good faith in peace talks after carrying out the arrest earlier this year of at least two key NDFP peace consultants and failing to fulfill its obligations to effect the release of at least 17 peace talks consultants of the NDFP,” CPP pointed out.
The CPP-NDFP is clamoring for the release of the consultants, including New People’s Army (NPA) leader Tirso “Ka Bart” Alcantara and CPP Central Committee member Alan Jazmines..... MORE
Noy won’t sack CCP board over ‘Kulo’ row By Virgilio J. Bugaoisan 08/11/2011
Noy won’t sack CCP board over ‘Kulo’ row
By Virgilio J. Bugaoisan 08/11/2011
Despite their bad artistic taste, President Aquino is not firing the members of the board of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).
At a press briefing yesterday, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said that President Aquino is not inclined to heed growing clamor for the purging of the CCP board which allowed the “Kulo” exhibit and even publicly defending it, without due regard to religious sensitivities.
“There is no action on our part, in the Palace, to do that,” Lacierda said when asked if the President would sack the CCP board, or ask for their resignation, for their oversight in allowing the exhibit of so-called art pieces which practically desecrated the image of Jesus Christ.
Lacierda said that it is already enough that the CCP management has decided to finally close down the exhibit although the reason for doing so is about safety issues and not about impropriety of the “Kulo” exhibit. The CCP board even appeared remorseless and maintained that these so-called artworks were part of an artist’s freedom of expression..... MORE
DoE chief warns oil firms: Roll back prices or face raps By Gerry Baldo 08/11/2011
DoE chief warns oil firms: Roll back prices or face raps
The Department of Energy (DoE) yesterday warned oil companies they could be sued if they do not roll back their prices by at least P2 per liter.
Secretary Jose Almendras, who was at the House of Representatives to defend the DoE’s P8.8-billion budget, said the roll back should be implemented between now and Monday next week.
“We are expecting a P2 rollback on their oil products until Monday. If not, we will ask them to explain and the Department of Justice will take over for investigation for possible action,” Almendras said yesterday in answer to Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño’s query on whether the people could expect a price rollback given the huge drop in the world market price.
Oil prices dropped from $120 last month to only $77 this month..... MORE
DoH hit for allowing hospital to engage in ‘pawnshop operations’ 08/11/2011
DoH hit for allowing hospital to engage in ‘pawnshop operations’
Lawmakers yesterday lambasted the Department of Health (DoH) for allowing the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) to collect personal items from their patients in exchange for discharge slips.
According to Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño, the practice at the PCMC has been going on since 2009 as shown by a memorandum number 45 issued by PCMC Director Dr. Julius Lecciones.
Casino said he will file a resolution to investigate the hospital and the DoH for allowing such practice even as he showed Health Secretary Enrique Ona copies of the memorandum circulars issued by Lecciones during yesterday budget hearing on the DoH. Lecciones is an appointee of former President Arroyo.
“This practice of public hospitals engaging in pawnshop operations is very deplorable and we expect Secretary Ona to immediately stop this. He should know what is happening in government hospitals and the desperate practices they engage in just to shore up their budgets. One way to stop this is to restore the budgets of our public hospitals as contained in their original proposals. This means raising the DoH budget by at least P20 billion,” Casiño said..... MORE
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Debasing the CJ post
Written by Herman Tiu Laurel
From the noisy media circus atmospherics the past two weeks surrounding the scramble of Cabinet-member wannabes and outsiders for the Judiciary’s top post, to the buzz on whether or not these nominees’ Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) interviews should be televised, down to the paparazzi fervor with which these prospective candidates are being introduced to the public, all efforts in finding a replacement for ousted Chief Justice (CJ) Renato Corona ultimately bring up one question: Isn’t this a debasement, a trivialization, of what in the past was considered a rarefied post, along with the essential attributes of detachment and transcendence that the candidates — not just for the Supreme Court (SC) but for the Judiciary as a whole — are supposed to possess?
Thus, it was with a sense of disbelief that I witnessed the likes of the country’s chief tax collector showing off her wares in a cable news interview and of law deans and professors parading themselves to catch media attention, like in a burlesque show. It really is a sad spectacle; and sadder still when you think of how low it speaks of the ruling powers’ regard for the Judiciary.
One CJ qualification raised by Malacañang spokesman Edwin Lacierda, in obvious support of 51-year-old Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Chief Kim Henares, was on the matter of age. He told Palace reporters that since “age is not a factor,” a CJ candidate does not have to be old. What did he mean by that?
First of all, being 40 is not necessarily “young” to the younger set. Despite that, 50 can now be the “new 40” and 60 the “new 50.” Moreover, someone who is 60 can even conceivably be 40 in many respects since it is now widely believed that the mind determines the age. Therefore, someone at age 51 who is crabby, myopic, tyrannical and oppressive can really be an 81-year-old Mubarak in mental state. Got that, Lacierda?
Well, perhaps to buttress his argument, Lacierda also cited the case of US Federal Supreme Court CJ John Roberts, who, upon assuming his post at age 50, serves as an example of a young person appointed to the zenith of the Judiciary. What he failed to note, however, was whether or not this young appointee indeed had a sterling record of public service to begin with.
Objections were already raised about Roberts’ pro-right, anti-abortion leanings that allegedly triggered some violence by extremist groups prior to his appointment. Then, in his five years at the helm, a number of major, yet unsettling, changes came about under his leadership, which led retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to lament, among other things, Roberts’ reversal of her major contribution to US jurisprudence of imposing spending limits on political campaigns.
So besides the 40-year-old age requirement for Philippine CJs, should there be any room for petty ageism? Moreover, given the importance of the CJ’s position, have we ever had any in-depth, ideological, or jurisprudential discussion on issues relating to the CJ’s appointment?
Sadly, it has always been the case of the Chief Executive and his spokesmen, the Legislature, and the media being at the forefront of providing leading, albeit shallow and mediocre, questions in whatever discussions, with politicians, media, relatives, friends of JBC members, or law fraternities holding sway on a personal or parochial basis.
Such a debased (or debasing) process of naming, vetting and appointing the next CJ clearly creates worse conditions for any nominee, as he will no longer be unaffected; will likely feel obliged to respond to private and public parties to which he may feel indebted; or will fear chastisement if he displeases one or the other source of support for his appointment.
We must therefore take a second look at the serendipitous findings of lawyers Alan Paguia and Homobono Adaza in reviewing Article VIII Section 9 on the Judiciary: That there is no constitutional basis for the nomination by the JBC and the President’s appointment of the CJ.
Given the fundamental principles upon which our nation’s democratic system is supposedly founded (namely, the separation-of-powers, checks-and-balances, the independence of the Judiciary) and taking heed of the caveat from an old adage that says “Absolute power corrupts absolutely,” we must end the practice of appointing a CJ from outside the SC once and for all in order to enhance the high court’s independence and detachment and for it to focus purely on the interpretation and execution of the Constitution and all its laws.
It is for this reason that Paguia, Adaza, Jojo Borja, myself, and several others will be filing a petition before the SC this Thursday on the issue.
Our thanks thus go to citizens Ric Palompon of Manila, Editha of Batangas, Bonifacio from the South, Romeo Lopez, Olive of Bulacan, Mrs. Villanueva of Mandaluyong, Mrs. Borja of Iligan, and Glen of QC for sending in donations for the filing fee and photocopying. To the few donors who have not sent in their names, we wish to thank them as well. Because of your generosity, I believe we will have enough by the date of filing. Mabuhay to all the conscientious and pro-active citizens who are continuing to support our cause!
(Tune in to 1098AM, dwAD, Sulo ng Pilipino/Radyo OpinYon, Monday-Wednesday-Friday, 5 to 6 p.m.; watch Destiny Cable GNN’s HTL edition of Talk News TV, Saturdays, 8:15 to 9 p.m., with replay at 11:15 p.m.; visit http://newkatipunero.blogspot.com for our articles plus TV and radio archives).
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‘US anti-terrorism policy violates human rights’ – Jimmy Carter
Former US president Jimmy Carter has criticized America’s actions against terrorism, saying that drones attacks and targeted assassination of suspicious people are undermining America’s “role as the global champion of human rights.”
In his critical article "A Cruel and Unusual Record" published in the New York Times, Jimmy Carter said that with all the revolutions sweeping around the world, America should “make the world safer.” Instead, however, “America’s violation of international human rights abets our enemies and alienates our friends,” he argues.
US’s government counterterrorism policies, Carter says, are now clearly violating at least 10 of the 30 articles written in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/carter-article-us-drones-677/
Turkey's downed jet: NATO action in disguise?
Turkey is pushing NATO to regard Syria's recent downing of a Turkish jet as an attack on the alliance. NATO is gathering to discuss the incident, while some see parallels with the events that preceded NATO’s campaign in Libya.
Turkey insists that its unarmed RF-4E reconnaissance jet was shot down in international airspace on Friday while testing a domestic radar system. The country’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc also said Monday that Syrian forces had opened ground fire on a search and rescue plane shortly after the first jet was downed.
Turkey has also requested that NATO hold a meeting under Article 4 of the alliance's treaty, which allows a NATO member to request a consultation if it feels a threat to its territorial integrity or security. The meeting is due to take place on Tuesday. The alliance will consider classifying the Friday incident as an armed attack under Article 5, which states that an attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against all NATO members..... MORE
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547,000 victims
Written by Jonathan de la Cruz
To learned obser-vers, it is not so much the news that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has shifted $1 biliion of its $77 billion reserves from bonds or other financial instruments lodged with its accredited fund managers to an interest bearing account called the “firewall fund” administered by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that is the problem. That shift, not a lending, is not really as gross and threatening as some sectors would like the public to believe. It is in fact a prudent and, yes, a beneficial move as part of our commitment to the stability of global financial markets. Rather, it is the report that the BSP has presided over the collapse of 41 banks in the last 18 months alone putting the monies of 547,000 depositors in extreme jeopardy, which has raised alarm bells in these parts.
Coming as it did with the 49th anniversary of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) and the celebration of “Depositor Protection Week,” this piece of bad news has really sent shudders down the spine of millions of depositors whose hard-earned monies may just be lost in a jiffy resulting from what some observers have described as a disturbing trend of laxity in the BSP’s examination and supervisory functions as well as the inchoate if not conflicting rules and issuances made by it and its twin banking regulatory agency, the PDIC.
The unprecedented bank closures of more than two banks per month has prompted LPGMA party-list Rep. Arnel Ty to push a congressional inquiry on the reasons behind these closures and their impact on the communities and sectors they serve and the economy as a whole..... MORE
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Small lady at LTO strikes again
Written by Jacinto ‘Jing’ Paras
The BS Aquino administration seems so fond of small ladies, whether fictitious or real. One such small lady was mentioned during the impeachment trial where a congressman alleged that some documents were handed to him by a small lady.
Another is a mysterious small lady who left some documents at the gate of another congressman in his Loyola Heights home. Now another small lady that figured out in a very high profile controversy is the small lady of the Land Transportation Office (LTO), and mind you, this small lady is not fictitious, she is for real and she’s got big plans but most have gained notoriety in our current day to day life. She’s none other than the best friend and shooting buddy of his Excellency BS Aquino, Ms. Virginia Torres.
Charlie Manalo of the Tribune called her, the most controversial official. If we recall, Ms Torres got involved in illegall and forcible takeover the facilities of Stradcom, a company owned by Mr. Cesar Quiambao. Torres tried to help the Sumbilla group, a group claiming ownership of Stradcom to forcibly open the offices of Quiambao’s Stradcom and entered its premises aided by LTO security forces. For this notorious act, Department of Justice (DoJ) Secretary Leila de Lima recommended the filing of both administrative and criminal cases and dismissal of Torres from government service..... MORE
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One dead as Chinese ship sinks RP boat near shoal
Written by Mario J. Mallari
FISHING CRAFT’S CAPTAIN SAYS ATTACK INTENTIONAL
The first physical encounter between Chinese and Philippine vessels amid a tense naval standoff over conflicting territorial claims of both countries happened last June 18, or a day after President Aquino ordered the pullout of Philippine ships from the disputed Scarborough Shoal, in an incident where a Chinese vessel rammed a local fishing boat near the shoal, killing one and leaving four others missing.
Office of Civil Defense chief Benito Ramos described the ramming as accidental but Posio Balmores, captain of the motorized fishing boat AXL John, said their seacraft was intentionally bumped.
Ramos, nevertheless, admitted that the suspected Chinese vessel did not stop to help the Filipino fishermen as seafaring protocol calls, raising suspicion that the incident was not accidental.
“It (foreign vessel) did not (stop) that’s why we are doubtful if it was accidental then they should have helped them (Filipino fishermen). They were recovered two days after by fellow Filipino fishermen,” Ramos said..... MORE
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Carpio accuser produces witness to SC cover-up in Urban Bank case
Written by Benjamin B. Pulta
A lawyer, who was disbarred after accusing Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio of improprieties in handling a case involving the now defunct Urban Bank, has produced a key witness to back up his claim that there had been a cover-up.
The witness, former SC stenographer Fe Malou Castelo, who took notes of important proceedings in the high court for nine years lashed out at justices of the tribunal who, according to
her, erred in ordering the disbarment of the lawyer on “inadequate and insufficient” grounds.
In an affidavit dated May 25, 2012, Castelo, who was SC stenographer from 1997 to 2006, also backed claims by Magdaleno Peña that there was a “cover-up” in the complaints he filed against some justices and that the documents he submitted pertaining to an allegedly forged resolution issued in November 2002 by then First Division member Associate Justice Antonio Carpio were authentic.
“Throughout my tenure as a stenographer with the SC, I have never experienced an instance wherein any justice or division, or the en banc for that matter, changed the actions taken and agreed upon during the deliberations, without having the particular case called again,” Castelo said..... MORE
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POEA blacklists 2 US recruitment firms
Written by Mina Diaz
Two US-based employment agencies were blacklisted by the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) for deceiving 24 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were promised jobs in hotels in Florida but were forced to work as farmers in Mississippi.
The POEA cancelled the recruitment license of US Opportunities and Royal Hospitality Services and the ZDrive Inc., both US-based employment services companies, for their failure to provide Filipino workers the jobs specified in their contracts.
POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac also ordered the exclusion of two US-based companies from participating in the government’s overseas employment program for contractual violation under the POEA Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and Employment of Land-based Overseas Workers..... MORE
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RP ranked 6th by WB in gender equality
President Aquino appears bent on naming more women to key positions in the Executive Department or the Judiciary where a selection process for the position of Chief Justice is in progress.
At a radio press briefing, deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte said the Aquino administration remained committed to the promotion of equality between men and women even as the Palace aide welcomed results of a World Bank (WB) study showing the Philippines ranking sixth out of 129 countries in gender equality..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/nation/item/692-rp-ranked-6th-by-wb-in-gender-equality
Alcala urges Finance chief to discipline Customs boss
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala is calling on Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima to ask Customs Commissioner Rufino Biazon to make good on measures needed to curb smuggling of imported meats that erode the local industries of pork, poultry and other agricultural crops.
In a letter to Purisima dated June 13, Alcala followed up on the series of letter-requests he had made since April 10, asking among other things that the Bureau of Customs (BoC) provide the Department of Agriculture quarantine personnel with the Inward Foreign Manifest (IFM) “unfiltered on a real time basis.”
Alcala also asked Purisima on the status of BoC’s implementation on reference prices that he wanted imposed on imports starting May 11, 2012..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/metro-section/item/677-alcala-urges-finance-chief-to-discipline-customs-boss
Pasig PNP plan to release reporter’s assailant foiled
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Plans of the Pasig City police to release “at cost” an arrested suspect believed to be one of the three assailants behind the slay try on The Daily Tribune reporter Fernan Angeles last March, was foiled when the journalist himself showed up at the Pasig PNP station to verify a text message saying the local drug ring’s designated hitman had just been picked up.
Angeles, who sustained permanent physical disabilities resulting from an ambush that saw him peppered with six bullets, assailed the anti-drug operatives of the Pasig PNP.
Angeles, who has resumed covering Malacañang Palace for The Tribune, recounted having seen how the Pasig PNP’s anti-drug operatives even accorded privilege to the suspect, one alias Junior Praning, who was allowed to use the mobile phone of an anti-drug police officer so he could contact anybody who could “bail him out instantly.”.... MORE
URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/metro-section/item/676-pasig-pnp-plan-to-release-reporter%E2%80%99s-assailant-foiled
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