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Stroll Down Hollywood Boulevard…
A stroll down Hollywood Boulevard reveals movie history
by Mark Dawidziak
Plain Dealer Television Critic
LOS ANGELES — You can find the history of Hollywood in the decades worth of film gems available on DVD. You can find it between the covers of countless books written by cinema scholars.
Or you can find it by simply taking a stroll down Hollywood Boulevard. (Click on ‘Continue Reading’ for more)
Here, you will catch glimpses of Hollywood’s glittering past, symbolized by such grand movie palaces as Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the El Capitan and the Egyptian. Here, you will find the red-carpeted embodiment of Hollywood present at the Kodak Theatre, home of tonight’s 81st annual Academy Awards.
And somewhere along this boulevard of dreams, you may brush shoulders with the Dream Factory’s future — the next generation lured to Hollywood by visions of big-screen success and stardom.
But remember: It’s also here where ambition meets reality. So watch your step, or you might trip over those broken dreams, as well.
The lyric of an old song promises a broken heart for every light on Broadway. Multiply that by several thousand, and you’ve got Hollywood Boulevard.
Nathanael West brilliantly captured these extremes, the glamorous and the grotesque, in his 1939 Hollywood novel, “The Day of the Locust.” That mixture of desire and desperation he found in the era of “Gone With the Wind” and “The Wizard of Oz” still is the stuff Hollywood dreams are made of.
If you want the theme-park experience in Los Angeles, head to Universal Studios and Disneyland.
But if you’re looking for the film industry’s history, go to Hollywood Boulevard.
A mile-and-a-half walking tour will take you on a journey from 1917 to the present. You’ll pass four of the 10 sites that have played host to Oscar ceremonies. You’ll cover more than 90 years of Hollywood history, taking in stretches that are stately, outlandish, garish, dazzling, tawdry, ridiculous and tacky.
Count on 13 stops, each of them linking Tinseltown’s past and present. Almost all are open to the public, available to tour for the price of a movie ticket or a cocktail.
1. The Jim Henson Studios, 1416 N. La Brea Ave.
It’s not actually on Hollywood Boulevard, but it’s the ideal starting point. This block stands out for two reasons. First, the line of quaint buildings resembles a small English village. And second, perched over the front gate, there’s the statue of Kermit the Frog dressed as silent-screen genius Charlie Chaplin.
The Little Tramp built this lot as his home studio in 1917. Chaplin sold the studio in 1953, and it became Kling Studios, home to such TV series as “The Adventures of Superman” and “Perry Mason.” Red Skelton bought the studio in 1958. He sold it to CBS four years later. And in 1966, it became the headquarters for Herb Alpert’s A&M Records. The “We Are the World” video was filmed here in 1985. It became the Henson Studios in 2000.
This is the only stop on the tour that you can’t go inside, but the exterior view is definitely worth a look.
From here, standing in front of the Kermit statue and looking across La Brea, turn right and walk north four blocks to Hollywood Boulevard. Turn right and on your right, you’ll soon see:
2. The Roosevelt Hotel (also known as the Hollywood Roosevelt), 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
Opened in 1927, this was the site of the first Academy Awards ceremony. Financed by a group that included Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and MGM boss Louis B. Mayer, the grand hotel was a favorite with Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor. Celebrity ghosts who have not checked out include Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift .¤.¤. or so they say.
Glance across the street and a little to the right (or east) and you’ll see:
3. Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd.
You still can catch a movie here, but the real star attractions are those famous feet and signatures immortalized in concrete: Judy Garland, Jean Harlow, the Marx Brothers, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart, Roy Rogers and Trigger, Cleveland boys Bob Hope and Paul Newman, Humphrey Bogart, Jack Nicholson, Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Daniel Radcliffe. Opened in 1927, the theater was home to three consecutive Oscar bashes (1944-46).
This is also the starting point for the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, originally called the Santa Claus Lane Parade, which inspired Gene Autry to write “Here Comes Santa Claus” in 1946 after taking part in the fun.
Directly across the street you’ll see the imposing gray edifice of the structure built as the:
4. Hollywood Masonic Temple, 6840 Hollywood Blvd.
Built in 1921 and opened in 1923, the building now is the home of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” In its prime, the lodge boasted such members as W.C. Fields, Cecil B. DeMille, John Wayne, Roy Rogers, Oliver Hardy and Harold Lloyd. Hollywood legend has long held that there is a secret tunnel running under Hollywood Boulevard, linking the Temple with Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. For free Kimmel tickets, go to 1iota.com.
If spectacular architecture snares your interest, right next door is:
5. The El Capitan Theatre, 6838 Hollywood Blvd.
Opened in 1926, it is one of the most palatial of the old movie palaces. Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” had its world premiere here in 1941. It is now owned by Disney, which uses it as a main venue for the studio’s films.
Back across the street yet again for:
6. The Kodak Theatre, 6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Opened in November 2001, it has been the home of the Academy Awards since 2002.
Next door to the Kodak:
7. Hollywood and Highland Center, at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue.
It’s a modern hotel, shopping and restaurant complex connected to the Kodak, but here, too, the past and present collide. Two massive pillars with elephant statues and a vast archway are replicas of the Babylon set from D.W. Griffith’s 1916 silent masterpiece “Intolerance.”
In the next block, on the same side of the street, you’ll find:
8. The Hollywood Wax Museum, 6767 Hollywood Blvd.
Kitschy, no doubt, with its wax likenesses of everyone from Chaplin to Halle Berry. But having opened in 1965, it qualifies as a Hollywood landmark. Admission is $15.95 for ages 13-64; $13.95 for 65 and older; $6.95 for ages 6-12; free for children 5 and younger.
Back across the street you’ll see:
9. The Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Opened in 1922, this opulent theater claims a big slice of Hollywood history. It was the site of the very first Hollywood premiere: Douglas Fairbanks’ “Robin Hood.” The theater now is the home of the American Cinematheque.
A block up, on the other side of the street:
10. Musso & Frank Grill, 6667 Hollywood Blvd.
Another Hollywood legend has it that, in the Roaring ’20s, Chaplin, Fairbanks and Rudolph Valentino once raced down Hollywood Boulevard on horseback, the loser having to buy dinner at their favorite eatery, Musso & Frank. Opened in 1919, it’s Hollywood’s oldest restaurant. It’s a favorite dinner stop for the likes of Nicholas Cage, Martin Sheen, Tim Robbins and Johnny Depp. It was a favorite drinking stop for John Barrymore, Gary Cooper, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
Across the street:
11. Larry Edmunds Cinema and Theatre Bookshop, 6644 Hollywood Blvd.
In business for more than 60 years, this store is a jam-packed delight for the serious screen scholar, hard-core collector or casual fan of anything Hollywood.
A few more blocks east you come to the:
12. Intersection of Hollywood and Vine, aka “the heart of Hollywood.”
Ever wonder why this address came to symbolize Tinseltown? Well, a brick structure at that corner, the Taft Building (1680 N. Vine St.), was where most of the studios and many agents had offices. This made it a busy spot for actors looking for work. CBS broadcast programs from Hollywood and Vine during radio’s golden era, and, looking north on Vine, you’ll spot the famous Capitol Records Tower (hollywoodandvine.com).
Continue another block or so and you’ll reach the final stop on the walking tour:
13. The Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd.
Opened in 1930, it was the home of the Academy Awards for an 11-year stretch (1950-60). Bob Hope, who grew up in Cleveland, was a host for seven of them, including the first to be televised (on March 19, 1953). It’s still an active theater, where major musicals are staged.
This isn’t the literal end of the road. Hollywood Boulevard continues for several more blocks. But this is where you run out (or walk out) of Hollywood history, leaving the boulevard of dreams and heading toward the realties of downtown Los Angeles.
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2 Responses to “Stroll Down Hollywood Boulevard…”
Steve Goldstein says:
You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Blvd.~
Some that you recognize, some that you’ve hardly even heard of~
People who worked and struggled and suffered for fame~
Some who succeeded, some who suffered in vain~
But those who are successful, be always on your guard~
Success walks hand-in-hand with failure, along Hollywood Blvd.
(Celluloid Heroes, by Ray Davies)
Landman says:
What a great “Blog Tour” of the Blvd. I have walked down Hollywood Blvd many times, and every time is like the first, EXCITING! We look forward to our next visit to Hollywood to walk it again, and get that “First Time” feeling. Let’s hope it stays this way for ever!!!!!
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Rest In Peace, Michael Faith
We are sad to learn of the passing for the “Samoan Beast” Michael Faith. The former two time NWA Texas Champion was a driving for the NWA Southwest region. He will be missed.
Absolutely gutted to hear of the passing of Michael Faith. He is survived by his three daughters and son. His contributions to the NWA Southwest were long-standing. He was a former two time NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion. A former NWA Oklahoma Champion. He competed around the world including Japan (All Japan Pro Wrestling) and had a big influence in Texas.
Originally Recorded September 28th 2010
The Largeador was a bigger than life talent. He was 350 lbs, but did moves that seemed nearly impossible for a man of his stature to do. Trained by Tom Jones and Rocco Valentino, the 6’5 wrestler achieved international success in Japan, wrestling for the short-lived Big Van Vader promotion. Later he would join the All Japan Pro Wrestling roster (as a member of the Voodoo Murderers) in 2009, regularly teaming with Lance Hoyt.
In between tours, he would work with Ken Taylor’s NWA Southwest. He would become NWA Texas Champion by first defeating Kevin Northcutt for the title. He would be stripped of the title, only to win it back the following year by defeating his former tag team partner Chad Thomas. After 21 days he would lose the title to Charlie Haas.
Faith would get back into title contention by becoming the NWA Oklahoma Champion. when he would defeat Brad Michaels, Dane Griffin (who was champion) and the Modern Day Hero Kevin Douglas for the title on September 17th 2010. He would lose the title to a future NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Tim Storm on June 11th 2011.
Faith would still be active in the NWA in Texas even with new management, but he would also begin to work with River City Wrestling. He would become the RCW Heavyweight Champion defeating Hotstuff Hernandez and Steve McEnroe. He would go on to winning the title one more time. He was also a part of Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling, where he would compete as the “Samoan Beast” and would win their heavyweight title in 2014.
Faith would still continue to compete in the area, he was even a part of the Independent Wrestling Expo that took place back in August.
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Get Ready Singapore for Concert for PEACE AND HARMONY - Soul Strings
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Ustad Amzad Ali Khan is India`s pride, a sarod maestro,a music legend who represents the best of the great Indian musical heritage. He is a recipient of the UNESCO Award, Padma Vibhushan (Highest Indian civilian award), Unicef`s National Ambassadorship, The Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum and Hon`ry Doctorates from the Universities of York in 1997, England, Delhi University in 1998, Rabindra Bharati University in 2007, Kolkata and the Vishva Bharti (Deshikottam) in Shantiniketan in 2001.
Amaan Ali Bangash, is the eldest son and disciple of the Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan and grandson of Haafiz Ali Khan. He belongs to the seventh generation in an unbroken chain of the Senia Bangash School. He was initiated by his father into the fine art of Sarod playing and gave his first public performance at age eight.
Amaan�s musical style is marked by its precision in tunefulness, bold and resonant strokes, along with tradition and continuity of Indian Classical Music. Amaan�s performances have evoked creditable applause. Today, Amaan is considered one of the finest Sarod players in the world and has obtained a very special place for himself among music enthusiasts across continents.
Ayaan Ali Bangash is the younger son and disciple of the Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan, Ayaan stepped into the world of music and the Sarod, at a very early age, with confidence, clarity, consistency and technical mastery all of which he learnt at his father`s knees. Ayaan gave his solo debut when he was eight years old and has been performing concerts in India and abroad, since then. He has also assisted his illustrious father at concerts all over the world. Over the years today, Ayaan has carved out a special niche for himself in the world of music. His approach, vision and versatility make him an icon for the youth in the music industry. His contribution in making the Sarod a cross-over instrument in a variety of genres has projected him as an artist of high repute.
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Don Todd
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Omni-bust: Congress fails to secure border as President Trump risks heading into 2020 without any new concrete wall being built
Click here to tell Congress to build the wall now!
A year late, Congress has finally approved the President’s supplemental request to begin construction of the southern border wall at $1.6 billion.
The supplemental was requested in March 2017. It was supposed to be included in the May 2017 omnibus spending bill affecting spending levels for Oct. 1, 2016 through Sept. 30, 2017.
This would have paved the way for the full funding for the wall being included this year.
Unfortunately, it didn’t happen. Because Congress did not get started with the supplemental last year, the odds they were going to get to full funding for the wall for fiscal year 2018, that is, spending levels for Oct. 1, 2017 through Sept. 30, 2018, dropped markedly.
Now those who were warning of precisely this outcome have been vindicated.
This was a broken promise from the get-go. After the election, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were promising $12 billion to $15 billion for the wall.
On Jan. 27, 2017, Ryan told the American people that, “This is something, [the wall], we want to get on right away. And so we do believe this is urgent. We believe this is one of the most important promises the President made running for office. It’s a promise he’s going to keep and it’s a promise we’re going to help him keep.”
Ryan added, “We anticipate a supplemental coming from the administration on defense and the border” and “I’m hoping in the first quarter we can get this done. But again, it’s getting [Mick Mulvaney confirmed as Office of Management and Budget Director and] up and running so they can send us the supplemental.”
Mulvaney was confirmed on Feb. 16 and the supplemental request was proposed on March 14 by Mulvaney and then formally put in on March 16 by President Trump to Speaker Ryan. So far, so good.
Unfortunately for the President and his supporters, by March 30, Ryan had kicked the can down the road, telling CBS News, “The big chunk of money for the wall really is… next fiscal year’s appropriations because they literally can’t start construction even this quickly.” So, the wall, which Ryan had described as “urgent” was now being put off at least a year.
But then that was wrong, too. Instead, the spending bill Congress approved this week only includes the supplemental that was supposed to pass last year. The down payment includes bollard fencing and some levees and some secondary fencing, plus replacing some existing fencing. No concrete walls like the prototypes the President was surveying earlier this month.
Meaning, not only is the wall part of the wall still not fully funded, it’s not even been begun. To be fair, the supplemental request last year was always going to be that fencing. It was thought that the wall portion would be passed this year. That was Congress’ failure.
It was not for a lack of opportunities. Both the supplemental and the fully funded wall could have been included in the September 2017 continuing resolution. Didn’t happen.
Or they have been included in the December 2017 continuing resolution. Didn’t happen.
See a pattern? Because Congress waited a year to approve the President’s initial down payment on the wall, the American people are still waiting for the “big chunk of money for the wall” Ryan promised a year ago.
Now, there are one, maybe two vehicles left to get the wall funded before the 2018 midterm Congressional elections. The fiscal year ends Sept. 30. So the full funding for the wall could be done there. But it doesn’t seem likely.
Where is the urgency Ryan spoke of? Are Republicans trying to lose the midterms?
Most likely, Congress will just pass a continuing resolution that would put funding into the lame duck period after the election but prior to the swearing in of the next Congress. Assuming Republicans lose the midterms, what will the Democrats’ incentive be to allow funding for the wall then?
Meaning it’s do or die in September, which literally could be President Trump’s last chance to get the wall done. Why? Because come Jan. 2019, he might not be dealing with a Speaker Ryan, but instead, a House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and perhaps even a Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, both of whom are emphatically opposed to any southern border wall.
Optimists might say that Republicans could still get it all done in 2019, because they might not lose either house of Congress this year. Maybe. Unfortunately, the omnibus spending bill also failed to defund sanctuary cities. It did not expand funding for interior enforcement. It passed an expansion of the FBI’s criminal background database but did nothing to advance reciprocity and concealed carry. And it spends so much money it is possible we’ll see a $1 trillion budget deficit this year.
In addressing illegal immigration, protecting gun rights and the $20 trillion national debt, issues Republican voters deeply care about, the record in this Congress is less than stellar. This could make it difficult for Republicans to turn out their voters for the 2018 midterms, which are already tough enough for incumbent parties.
Now, Republicans are less likely to keep the House and Senate in November, making it far less likely that the wall will be ever fully funded. The GOP should be running scared right now. It’s their majorities that are at stake.
Trump could have avoided this by vetoing the bill. Earlier this morning, the President had issued a veto threat of the omnibus bill via Twitter, “I am considering a VETO of the Omnibus Spending Bill based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats (not even mentioned in Bill) and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded.” But in the end, Trump signed the bill, citing the need to fund the military first as overriding all other concerns.
What does all this mean? Headed into 2020, Trump could be coming back to voters empty-handed on his signature campaign promise of the southern border wall. There is still time to get it done by September, but in reality, the President has a rapidly diminishing window of opportunity to get the wall built. It may be now or never.
Updated to reflect President Trump signing the bill.
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Planned Parenthood and Tuskegee—No Difference
By Judie Brown on May 21, 2015 Contraception & Abortion, Featured
In 1932 an experiment was begun using taxpayer funding. It involved a group of 600 impoverished black men, most of whom had the sexually transmitted disease syphilis, all of whom became human guinea pigs used at taxpayer expense for reasons that are both atrocious and inhumane. To this day, these experiments remain a black mark on the history of our government.
Fast forward to 2015.
Imagine reading a headline in your local newspaper today that stated that, if the Tuskegee experiments were being run by Planned Parenthood, Congress would increase their funding! Would you be outraged? Of course you would! But, given the history, this idea is not that far-fetched.
Let’s examine the facts. Planned Parenthood’s foundress, Margaret Sanger, actively supported the practice of eugenics. The record is well documented. In one exposé on this subject, Tanya Green wrote about Sanger’s “Negro Project,” telling the reader:
The aim of the program was to restrict—many believe exterminate—the black population. Under the pretense of “better health” and “family planning,” Sanger cleverly implemented her plan. What’s more shocking is Sanger’s beguilement of black America’s créme de la créme—those prominent, well-educated and well-to-do—into executing her scheme. Some within the black elite saw birth control as a means to attain economic empowerment, elevate the race, and garner the respect of whites.
This is a vital part of Planned Parenthood’s history. Though denied, the truth continues to be exposed and the underlying philosophy continues to be perpetrated on minorities. You can see the documentation for yourself on our video entitled Margaret Sanger: Planned Parenthood’s Racist Founder.
By the same token, when the Tuskegee experiment began in 1932, nobody understood what was happening and nobody knew that taxpayers were funding the grave injustices perpetrated during those experiments. It wasn’t until 40 years later that the whole story was finally exposed.
Of the 600 men involved in the Tuskegee experiments, 399 had syphilis. Not a single patient was properly informed or asked to consent. Nor were those with syphilis told that there was treatment available for their condition. They were told the study was about “bad blood,” which was a blatant falsehood.
Anyone with eyes to see can immediately understand that there are undeniable philosophical similarities between what the researchers in Tuskegee did and how Sanger and her successors view minorities—not to mention all those who compose their patient base. In each case, the equality of the human person is denied.
Today Planned Parenthood uses the same sort of tactic on our young people that was employed at Tuskegee. Yet Planned Parenthood’s tactics are far more devious. Even though these kids are not herded into a particular government facility to participate in a test, the results are similar.
Much like the Tuskegee research subjects, today’s young people who are unfortunate enough to visit a Planned Parenthood facility do not receive adequate information about the birth control pill prior to ingesting it. They are not informed that the pill can kill a preborn child. They are not warned that the pill can harm them physically, emotionally, and even—depending on their medical history—result in their death.
Just as the black men in the Tuskegee experiments were deceived and experimented upon, our teens are human guinea pigs who are being deceived by an organization that receives more than a third of its funding from the federal government.
Planned Parenthood does not provide informed consent to its patients. Nor does it deal in facts about sexually transmitted diseases, birth control, or abortion. And yet the American taxpayer pays.
There is no difference between the victims of the Tuskegee experiments and the victims of the Planned Parenthood’s business. In both cases innocent people die because proper, honest information is not provided.
The federal government took more than 60 years to apologize for the role it played in the unfortunate Tuskegee experiments. We demand that the federal government apologize now for funding Planned Parenthood and cease in its funding immediately. There is absolutely no reason why another Tuskegee—in the form of Planned Parenthood programs—should continue a single minute more.
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A deadlierTuskegee, 600 deaths, occurs about every two hours in America today. For another 600 black babies to be killed here, based on the focus on killing minority babies and gthe inordinate number of balck babies killed, it takes about six hours, daily, every day of the week, except Sunday, the Lord’s Day. Guy McClung, San Antonio
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Indeed, when I saw this article, the philosophical differences jumped out, but you laudably addressed them, very well written and persuasive logic.
Not only is birth control possibly fatal to a developing fetus; or baby in our dialect, when initiated at the wrong time, i.e. during a pregnancy; but it can be dangerous to the patient taking it. My wife and I saw this firsthand many years ago with medication she was on, with blood pressure skyrocketing, and concerns of clots.
Religious and philosophical differences aside (I’m Catholic, I’m mentioning this in the broader context of other readers), medications and procedures should be thoroughly explained, and the availability of these things, and possible side effects or outcomes, should be thoroughly explained to the patent.
Although not fully informing the patient of possible outcomes is not limited to planned parenthood; as my thyroid removal not long ago can attest, it was explained to me that bleeding and infection is possible from the surgery, but so is death possible from any surgery, though not likely in most, was nevertheless a fact that was not even mentioned; planned parenthood is not, in my estimation, being sufficiently forthcoming with warnings and cautions. In this regard, Tuskegee experiments, one of a variety of blots on the soul of America, was a worthwhile comparison.
P.S. My screen name is a character in a movie, I am not an M.D. or P.hD, though I wish with application of studious learning when younger, I was 😉
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Eastern Christian College was established in the year 1993. It is located at Padumpukhuri, Dimapur district, Nagaland. Situated near the national highway-29, it is easily accessible for the students from far and near places. The college has approximately 1,000 students. It is co-educational college affiliated to Nagaland University. The college received recognition from the University Grants Commission (UGC) under 2(f) and 12(b) on 28th November, 2006. In the early years, the college was set up on a leased land in four rooms of katcha bamboo wall with CGI roofing in Naga style in the bye lanes of Padumpukhuri. On 12th April, 1996 it was shifted to its own PRESENT CAMPUS by the side of the national highway-29 and many more buildings have been added since then. The most remarkable of them, being the college auditorium. In 1993, the college started functioning as a fully affiliated college under N.E.H.U and in 1995 under Nagaland University. Gradually, in 1997-98 the Nagaland University granted affiliation for B.A (general) and B.A (Honours) in Political Science and English for a period of three years (1997-2000). Subsequently, in the year 2009-2010, Nagaland University granted provisional affiliation in sociology (general and honour), introduction of Bachelor of Commerce course, and permission for opening B.A (General) evening session. The college has introduce Honours Course in Accountancy in the year 2017.
The following numbers indicate the yearly progression and fluctuation of students over the years. The college started initially with only 47 students and rose to 200+ during early 2000’s. Currently, the college boasts of more than 1000 figure. In the first 10 years the strength of the teaching faculty varied between 6 to 14, which gradually rose to 15 to 18 by early 2000’s. Presently, the college has the faculty strength of 30 nos.
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Plans for Internet blacklist in Russia may lead to censorship, warns OSCE media freedom representative
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today that Russia's plans to set up a new national registry of websites containing allegedly harmful Internet content could restrict Internet freedom.
The State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, on 6 July passed in a first reading amendments to the adopted Federal Law “On the Protection of Children from Information Detrimental to their Health and Development.” The changes envisage blacklisting websites that contain allegedly harmful content such as pornography or drugs ads or that pro-mote suicide or extremist ideas, and introducing additional restrictive measures without court orders or due judicial process.
“Any attempt to ban vaguely defined Internet content in a non-transparent manner will almost certainly lead to over-blocking and possibly censorship, thus hindering the free flow of information,” Mijatović wrote in a letter to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and State Duma Chairman Sergey Naryshkin.
The draft amendments stipulate that if the owner of a website fails to remove banned content within 24 hours after its being included in the registry, the hosting provider will be obliged to block the entire website. As a result this might lead to the blocking of content outside the scope of the law.
The draft provisions hold Internet Service Providers liable by obliging them to remove content upon notification by a federal agency to be appointed by the government. In addition to courts, which already have the authority to ban extremist and other types of content that violate Russian legislation, the agency will have the right to add items to the blacklist. The Justice Ministry is already running a blacklist of extremist materials banned by courts, which comprises websites and offline publications, as well as musical recordings and leaflets. This list currently has 1,279 entries.
“It is worrying that the draft amendments ignore due process by excluding courts of law from defining harmful content and from issuing take-down or blocking orders. It is further not clear under which criteria content will be defined as harmful to children and thus blacklisted,” Mijatović said.
Noting that there were other ways of protecting children from certain online content, Mijatović said that she agreed with Russia’s Presidential Council for the Advancement of Civil Society and Human Rights that the proposed law would not be an effective tool for rooting out illegal content. In her letter, she also referred to President Vladimir Putin's 27 June address to the Federation Council (upper house of Parliament), in which he said that measures aiming at protecting minors from harmful content should not be conducive to restricting Internet freedom.
The Representative urged the authorities to suspend the bill and put it out for public discussion with the participation of experts on the issue. She offered her Office’s assistance in providing a legal review of the law.
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Loyola Jazz Camp
This year's jazz camp is tentatively scheduled for june 7-10, 2021
June 7-10, 2021
4 Full Days of Combos • Improvisation • Theory • Ear Training • Appreciation • Faculty Performances• Individual Lessons• Master Classes
Non-beginners who have completed the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grades, and play brass, woodwind or string instruments, piano, bass, guitar, or drum set.
Tuition without Room & Board
Tuition with Room & Board
$570.00 (Double occupancy)
Must be a minimum of 13 years of age to stay in the dorm.
Bring your own linens
Food service will begin Monday morning (6/8), and end with supper Thursday (6/11).
Commuters with cash or credit may purchase lunches in the Danna Center.
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CLASSES: Monday - Thursday, June 7-10, 2021 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
CLOSING CONCERT: 7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 10, 2021 in Nunemaker Auditorum
Sample Daily Schedule with Optional Evening Activities (chaperoned)
7:30 Breakfast
9:00 Theory/Improv. Sections
10:30 Faculty Performance
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Master Classes
2:30 Faculty Presentation
3:30 Combos
5:00 Dinner
6:30 Supervised jam sessions, viewing of video tape of artists, listening, practice, Rec Plex activities
11:00 DORM
In an effort to achieve a balanced instrumentation for the camp, we will limit the number of each instrument accepted. Applications with deposits will be taken in order of receipt until each limit is reached. Those we are unable to accommodate will be returned promptly. Pay your deposit early to insure placement! You can apply online OR through the mail.
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Mail to: Gordon Towell, Loyola University, Box 8, New Orleans, LA 70118
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Gordon Towell - Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Loyola.
Wess Anderson - Instructor of Saxophone at Loyola.
Tony Dagradi - Professor of Saxophone at Loyola, he co-leads the band Astral Project, which has made many CDs including VooDooBop and Elevado on Compass. Tony has a B.M. from Loyola and a M.F.A. from Tulane University. He has also worked with Bobby McFerrin and Dr. John.
Matt Lemmler - Piano instructor at Loyola, is an accomplished jazz pianist, composer and arranger. An in-demand freelance musician, he earned a BM from Loyola University and a Master’s from Manhattan School of Music in NYC. His latest CD is entitled Ubuntu.
John Mahoney - Emeritus Professor of Music at Loyola and trombonist.
Wayne Maureau - Instructor of Drums at Loyola, one of the most “in demand” drummers in town, covering a wide variety of gigs from Jazz and Blues, to Latin, R&B, and Rock. He graduated from Louisiana State University and studied further at Drummers Collective in New York City.
Don Vappie - Guitar instructor at Loyola - Born in New Orleans, Don leads and tours with the Creole Jazz Serenaders. He has appeared as a guest performer with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and is an accomplished guitarist, bassist, banjoist and vocalist.
Nick Volz - Professor of Classical and Jazz Trumpet, received his B.M. in Music Education from Loyola University, his M.M. from Southeastern LA University, and his PhD in Brass Pedagogy from Indiana University. Born in New Orleans, Dr. Volz performs with a wide variety of groups.
Ed Wise - Bass instructor at Loyola University
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If you have any questions or need further information call 504-865-2164 or e-mail Gordon Towell at gltowell@loyno.edu
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Chekhov: Three Stories (Russian Texts)
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The three types of societies serve three different groups of beneficiaries. Co-operatives are for member benefit, community benefit societies are for community benefit, and charitable community benefit societies are for public benefit. There are important yet subtle distinctions between member, community and public benefit. The concept of public benefit is central to charitable law, and focuses exclusively on charitable objects, whereas community benefit is neither necessarily, nor exclusively, charitable. Member benefit in a co-operative society is shaped by co-operative values and principles, which distinguishes it from the private benefit of company shareholders.
All three types of society have their pros and cons. Co-operatives have the scope to distribute profits to members in the form of a dividend based on the level of their transactions with the co-operative, which can incentivise member loyalty and strengthen the business model. Community benefit societies with a statutory asset lock may provide greater reassurance to public funders and grant-giving bodies, while still affording such societies the freedom to engage in a wide range of business activities and are not restricted to pursuing charitable objects. Charitable community benefit societies enjoy all the tax benefits that apply to charities, but are restricted to exclusively charitable purposes.
Co-operatives might have greater appeal to members who are attracted by the benefits of mutuality and community; community benefit societies might be more appealing to members who put wider community benefit before their mutual interests. Only co-operative societies have the scope to distribute surpluses to members in the form of a dividend on members’ transactions. The option to pay dividends is a prudent way of managing the finances of a society, and for encouraging member loyalty.
All three types of society can have an asset lock, a defining feature of community shares according to CSU policy. A charitable community benefit society must have a statutory asset lock, defined by charity law, whereas a community benefit society can choose between a statutory asset lock and a voluntary asset lock. A co-operative society can choose to adopt a voluntary asset lock, although there is no requirement to do so, and the FCA does register co-operative societies without this feature.
Choosing between a co-operative society or community benefit society structure is important because, while it is possible to convert a co-operative into a community benefit society, it is not possible to convert a community benefit society into a co-operative, or for a charitable community benefit society to simple cease being a charity.
In the UK, a co-operative can take any legal form, as long as its governing document enshrines the co-operative values and principles laid out in the ICA Statement of Identity, Values and Principles. Many community benefit societies embrace co-operative values and principles and are co-operative members of Co-operatives UK.
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Poliziotteschi
(Redirected from Poliziottesco)
"Euro crime" redirects here. For supranational criminal law of the EU, see European crimes.
Poliziotteschi (Italian pronunciation: [polittsjotˈteski]; plural of poliziottesco) constitute a subgenre of crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s.[1] They are also known as polizieschi all'italiana, Euro-crime, Italo-crime, spaghetti crime films, or simply Italian crime films. Influenced by both 1970s French crime films and gritty 1960s and 1970s American cop films and vigilante films,[2] poliziotteschi films were made amidst an atmosphere of socio-political turmoil in Italy and increasing Italian crime rates. The films generally featured graphic and brutal violence, organized crime, car chases, vigilantism, heists, gunfights, and corruption up to the highest levels. The protagonists were generally tough working class loners, willing to act outside a corrupt or overly bureaucratic system.[3]
New Hollywood, film noir, exploitation film
1 Etymology of the noun
2.1 Directors include
2.2 Actors include
3 Selected films
Etymology of the nounEdit
In Italian, poliziesco is the grammatically correct Italian adjective (resulting from the fusion of the noun polizia "police" and the desinence -esco "related to", akin to the English "-esque") for police-related dramas, ranging from Ed McBain's police procedural novels to forensic science investigations. Poliziesco is used generally to indicate every detective fiction production where police forces (Italian or foreign) are the main protagonists.
Instead the term poliziottesco, a fusion of the words poliziotto ("policeman") and the same -esco desinence, has prevailed (over the more syntactically-correct Poliziesco all'Italiana) to indicate 1970s-era Italian-produced "tough cop" and crime movies. The prevalence of Poliziottesco over Poliziesco all'Italiana closely follows the success of the term Spaghetti Western over Western all'Italiana, being shorter and more vivid – though in both instances the term that has come to be used more frequently by English-speaking fans of the genre (poliziotteschi, Spaghetti Westerns) was originally used pejoratively by critics, to denigrate the films themselves and their makers.
Although the subgenre has its roots in Italian heist films of the late 1960s, such as Bandits in Milan (Banditi a Milano, 1968) by Carlo Lizzani, it was also strongly influenced by such rough-edged American police thrillers of the late 1960s and early 1970s as Bullitt, Dirty Harry, The French Connection, Magnum Force, and Serpico; the 1970s wave of American vigilante films, including 1974's Death Wish; the increase of cynicism and violence in French crime films; the resurgence of mob films in the wake of The Godfather; French and American noir and neo-noir films; and the rise of exploitation films in the late 1960s and 1970s. More generally, the genre was also heavily influenced by real-life crime and unrest in 1970s Italy during the period known as the anni di piombo (political violence, kidnappings, assassinations, bank robberies, political militant terrorism, impending oil crisis, political corruption, organized crime-related violence, and recession).[4]
Just as American police films, American crime thrillers, and American vigilante films of the time focused on the crime waves and urban decline in the United States of the 1960s and 1970s, poliziotteschi were set in the context of, or directly addressed, the sociopolitical tumult and violence of Italy's anni di piombo, or the "Years of Lead", a period of widespread social unrest, political upheaval, labor unrest, rising crime, political violence, and political terrorism from the 1960s to 1980s. During this period, paramilitary and militant political terrorist groups, both on the far left (e.g. the Red Brigades) and far right (e.g. the neo-fascist Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari) engaged in kidnappings, assassinations, and bombings (such as the Piazza Fontana bombing and 1980 Bologna train station bombing). At the same time, there was a period of especially violent conflict and disorder within the Sicilian Mafia, kicked off with the "First Mafia War" of the 1960s and culminating in the "Second Mafia War" of the early 1980s. Italian organized crime groups such as the Sicilian Mafia, the Camorra, and especially the Roman Banda della Magliana were actively involved in both criminal and political activities during this time, carrying out bombings and kidnappings, making deals with corrupt politicians, and forming strong ties to extreme far right groups and neo-fascist terrorist organizations. Accordingly, poliziotteschi films such as Execution Squad (1972) often featured political extremists and paramilitary or terrorist groups alongside or in addition to the more commonly featured apolitical mafiosi and gangster criminal elements found in Italian crime films.[3][5][6][7][8]
Due in part to the genre's often ostensibly negative portrayal of political activists and militants, especially leftist militants, and its seeming endorsement of vigilantism and "tough-on-crime" or "law and order" stances, some poliziotteschi films (such as 1976's The Big Racket) were criticized by then-contemporaneous critics and accused of exploiting conservative fears of rising crime and political upheaval while containing reactionary, pro-violence, or even quasi-Fascist ideological elements in their overarching message. These critiques were similar to those leveled at the 1970s American "vigilante films" of the same period, such as 1974's Death Wish, films by which the poliziotteschi genre were considerably influenced.[3][5][7][9][10]
In retrospect, despite contemporaneous claims in the 1970s of overly conservative or reactionary themes within the genre, film historians such as Louis Bayman and Peter Bondarella contend that, in fact, poliziotteschi films generally presented a more multi-faceted, complex outlook on the political turmoil and crime waves of the time, as well as violence in general, with Bayman and author Roberto Curti in particular arguing that the genre generally used political conflicts and violence for largely apolitical tension-building and cathartic or emotional purposes rather than to promote any particular political agendas.[3][11] Curti notes that the genre's protagonists often simultaneously displayed both right-wing and left-wing views, and protagonists were often working class while villains were often wealthy right-wing conservatives.[3] The film Caliber 9 (1972), for instance, features protagonists of both right-wing and leftist ideologies and offers differing views on the causes of crime and the true antagonists of law-abiding Italian society, while Execution Squad reveals the actual antagonists of the film to be right-wing reactionary, "tough-on-crime" ex-police officers and vigilantes rather than the initially suspected leftist militants.[5][7] Rather than explicitly supporting violence or vigilantism, the genre just as often displayed a morally ambiguous or aloof position on these themes, or even presented vigilantism and violence as a no-win situation. Though poliziotteschi films have been viewed by some critics as condemning a "liberal" or "weak" judiciary system as ineffectual in its treatment of criminals, the genre also suggests a more general distrust of authority, whether left-wing or right-wing, by portraying right-wing law enforcement, politicians and businessmen as hopelessly corrupt and manipulative.[3][5] According to Bondarella, the "classic" poliziotteschi film reveals "almost universal suspicion of the very social institutions charged with protecting Italian society from criminal violence."[7]
With directors such as Fernando Di Leo and Umberto Lenzi and actors such as Maurizio Merli and Tomas Milian, poliziotteschi films became popular in the mid-1970s after the decline of Spaghetti Westerns and Eurospy genres. The subgenre lost its mainstream popularity in the late 1970s as Italian erotic comedy and horror films started topping the Italian box office.
Although based around crime and detective work, poliziotteschi should not be confused with the other popular Italian crime genre of the 1970s, the giallo, which, to English-speaking and non-Italian audiences, refers to a genre of violent Italian murder-mystery thriller-horror films. Directors and stars often moved between both forms, and some films could be considered under either banner, such as Massimo Dallamano's What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974).
The poliziottesco subgenre gradually declined in popularity during the late 1970s. Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti, who was unhappy with what he deemed the genre's "fascistic" undertones, credits himself for "destroying it from the inside", by making it evolve into self-parody. By the end of the decade, the most successful films associated with the genre were crime-comedy pictures, which gradually evolved towards pure comedy.[12]
Directors includeEdit
Mario Bianchi
Alfonso Brescia
Bruno Corbucci
Damiano Damiani
Alberto De Martino
Mario Caiano
Romolo Girolami
Stelvio Massi
Giuliano Montaldo
Sergio Sollima
Actors includeEdit
Mario Adorf
Helmut Berger
Luciano Catenacci
Adolfo Celi
Giovanni Cianfriglia
George Eastman
Angelo Infanti
Leonard Mann
Luc Merenda
Maurizio Merli
Mario Merola
Gastone Moschin
Fernando Rey
Antonio Sabàto Sr.
Woody Strode
Fabio Testi
Massimo Vanni
Gian Maria Volonté
Fred Williamson
Selected filmsEdit
Banditi a Milano (1968)
Un detective (1969)
Città violenta (1970)
Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970)
La polizia ringrazia (1972)
Milano calibro 9 (1972)
La mala ordina (1972)
Tony Arzenta (1973)
La polizia incrimina la legge assolve (1973)
The Violent Professionals (1973)
Revolver (1973)
La polizia sta a guardare (1973)
Il Boss (1973)
Piedone lo sbirro (1973)
Milano rovente (1973)
Squadra volante (1974)
Il cittadino si ribella (1974)
Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare (1974)
La polizia chiede aiuto (1974)
Fatevi vivi, la polizia non interverrà (1974)
Milano: il clan dei calabresi (1974)
Il poliziotto è marcio (1974)
L'uomo della strada fa giustizia (1975)
Mark il poliziotto (1975)
Mark il poliziotto spara per primo (1975)
La città gioca d'azzardo (1975)
La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori (1975)
Il giustiziere sfida la città (1975)
Roma violenta (1975)
Napoli violenta (1976)
Italia a mano armata (1976)
l Padroni della città (1976)
Squadra antiscippo (1976)
Paura in città (1976)
The Big Racket (Il grande racket, 1976)
Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore (1976)
Roma a mano armata (1976)
Il trucido e lo sbirro (1976)
Quelli della Calibro 38 (1976)
Il cinico, l'infame, il violento (1977)
Napoli spara! (1977)
La via della droga (1977)
La malavita attacca... la polizia risponde! (1977)
Napoli si ribella (1977)
Torino violenta (1977)
La belva col mitra (1977)
Un poliziotto scomodo (1978)
La banda del gobbo (1978)
Il commissario di ferro (1978)
Diamanti sporchi di sangue (1978)
Da Corleone a Brooklyn (1979)
Sbirro, la tua legge è lenta... la mia no! (1979)
Poliziotto, solitudine e rabbia (1980)
Luca il contrabbandiere (1980)
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^ The Best Cop Movies You’ve Never Heard Of: ‘Poliziotteschi’ Films Get Their Due|IndieWire
^ Violent Italy: A Poliziotteschi Primer|Birth.Movies.Death.
^ a b c d e f Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 9781476612089.
^ a b c d Bayman, Louis; Rigoletto, Sergio (Jan 17, 2013). Popular Italian Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137305657. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
^ Aulenti, Lino (2011). Storia del cinema italiano. Libreria universitaria. ISBN 9788862921084.
^ a b c d Bondanella, Peter (2009). A History of Italian Cinema. A&C Black. pp. 454–479. ISBN 9781441160690.
^ Bayman, Louis (2001). Directory of World Cinema: Italy. Intellect Book. ISBN 9781841504001.
^ Canby, Vincent (1974-08-04). "Screen: 'Death Wish' Exploits Fear Irresponsibly; 'Death Wish' Exploits Our Fear". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
^ Canby, Vincent (1974-07-25). "Screen: 'Death Wish' Hunts Muggers:The Cast Story of Gunman Takes Dim View of City". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
^ Uva, Christian; Picchi, Michele (2006). Destra e sinistra nel cinema italiano: film e immaginario politico dagli anni '60 al nuovo millennio. Edizioni Interculturali S.r.l. ISBN 9788888375663.
^ Christian Uva, Michele Picchi, Destra e sinistra nel cinema italiano. film e immaginario politico dagli anni '60 al nuovo millennio, Edizioni interculturali, 2006, p. 90
^ The Best Poliziotteschi Movies of All Time - Flickchart
Further readingEdit
Roberto Curti, Italia odia: il cinema poliziesco italiano. Lindau, 2006, ISBN 978-8871805863.
Daniele Magni, Silvio Giobbio, Ancora più... Cinici infami e violenti – Guida ai film polizieschi italiani degli anni '70, Bloodbuster Edizioni, 2010, ISBN 978-8890208744.
Poliziotteschi – The Final Take at Allmovie
Pollanet Squad – Poliziotteschi data base (in Italian)
RDB Article (in Portuguese)
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Comparative analysis of experimental data
Freckleton, R.P. orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-864X and Rees, M. orcid.org/0000-0001-8513-9906 (2019) Comparative analysis of experimental data. Methods in ecology and evolution. ISSN 2041-210X
1.We consider the problem of how to analyse data from experiments conducted on multiple species. This seems to have been largely overlooked in the literature, and we highlight that the use of species as experimental units creates issues for both the design and analysis of experiments.
2.We distinguish fully randomized experiments in which all treatments are applied to all species from those experiments in which the factor of interest varies at the species level, i.e. treatments are not randomly allocated to species. In this latter case, the distribution of the experimental factor across species may be random, phylogenetically structured, or species may be chosen in order to phylogenetically balance the sample (e.g. through sister‐species comparisons).
3.We show using simulations that the design of the experiment in terms of the phylogenetic distribution of the treatment can affect power and Type I error, and that commonly used approaches (Linear Mixed Models and ANOVAs) may have poor statistical properties (high Type I errors) when both the predictors and response data show strong phylogenetic signal.
4.We highlight that the true phylogenetic generalized least squares model yield has good statistical properties but show that in some cases the true variance structure may be difficult to identify empirically. Moreover many current comparative tools do not allow such analyses to be easily applied, and we highlight some of those that do.
Freckleton, R.P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8338-864X
Rees, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8513-9906
© 2019 British Ecological Society. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13164
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Clinical Trial to Investigate Nitric Oxide Treatment of COVID-19
THURSDAY, April 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are enrolling patients in an international clinical trial to find out if inhaled nitric oxide benefits those with COVID-19 who have severely damaged lungs.
Right now, there are no approved treatments for the illness caused by the new coronavirus. A severe form of lung failure called acute respiratory distress syndrome is the leading cause of death in COVID-19.
When lungs are failing, air is received by some parts of them but not others. Nitric oxide is a gas that improves blood flow in areas of the lungs that are getting air, increasing the amount of oxygen in the blood stream.
Nitric oxide also reduces the workload of the right side of the heart, which is under extreme stress during lung failure.
Along with being used to treat failing lungs, nitric oxide has been found to have antiviral properties against coronaviruses. That was shown during the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak, which was caused by a coronavirus similar to the one that causes COVID-19.
Any COVID-19 patient in UAB's intensive care unit who is using a ventilator to breathe may qualify for the study.
"This trial will allow the sickest COVID-19 patients at UAB access to a rescue therapy that may have antiviral benefits in addition to improving the status of lungs," Dr. Vibhu Parcha said in a university news release. He's a research fellow in the Division of Cardiovascular Disease.
"In humans, nitric oxide is generated within the blood vessels and regulates blood pressure, and prevents the formation of clots and also destroys potential toxins," said Dr. Pankaj Arora, an assistant professor of cardiovascular disease. His team plans to study the cardiovascular effects of high-dose inhaled nitric oxide as part of the primary clinical trial.
SOURCE: University of Alabama at Birmingham, news release, April 7, 2020
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Engineering and its career both are not so easy as it looks like. Choosing a course is also difficult given the number of programs and fields to explore in engineering. There are several branches of Engineering and finding the best out of one needs to be dependent on a couple of factors that are important before you take the plunge.
Most of us today live a very lavish lifestyle and want to have the best of everything. Is it that easy? It is if you're raking in the big bucks. This happens to be one of the factors in choosing an engineering specialization. Some fields in engineering pay heavy and that is one of the reasons students choose to enter that field.
So the two most important factors in determining the best career in engineering are,
Let's get started with the best careers in engineering that keep both these aspects in mind and are the most popular courses as of now. The best careers in engineering that we have listed below also happen to be a few of the highest paying engineering jobs in India. Engineering jobs usually pay well. Of course, the ones in demand will be the ones that provide a higher pay package. Petroleum Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering are the ones with the highest pay package in India as of now.
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Australian Minister of Tourism: International travel may open in 2021
International travel may resume as early as June and plans to resume overseas flights to Australia in mid-2021.
According to Australia.com.cn, as the epidemic in Australia improves, the federal and state governments have begun to consider opening up outbound travel and allowing more temporary visa holders to return to Australia.
Australian Tourism Minister: Outbound tourism may be opened in 2021, reiterating the priority policy for Australians
According to the "Daily Telegraph" report on the 22nd, Australia's Federal Minister of Tourism Birmingham said that Australia may open international travel in 2021. However, the Federal Government still stated that it will not consider allowing international students to enter Australia until Australian citizens stranded overseas return to Australia.
Birmingham said Australia will re-examine the issue of international border blockades before waiting for further information on the success of vaccines and how they will be produced and promoted. He said: "I hope we can see success in vaccines and their effectiveness." Birmingham said that he also expects international travel to resume in 2021, but he also warned that this is unlikely to be achieved in the beginning of 2021. . He said: "I think the first half of 2021 will still be challenging."
In addition, Ninth News reported on the 23rd that Qantas CEO Joyce also revealed that international travel may resume as early as June and plans to resume overseas flights to Australia in mid-2021. Joyce said that their plan is to start and operate a "large amount" of international business in the next fiscal year. However, these plans also need to depend on the availability of vaccines.
New Victoria has big moves in both states
"The Times" reported on the 22nd that Victoria Governor Andrew reiterated that Victoria will restart the hotel isolation plan on December 7 and will give priority to Australians returning from overseas. At the same time Andrew also said that his government will "do everything it can" to resume enrollment of international students in early 2021. He said: "I think the answer is yes. We will definitely pick up international students, but the specific number, when will we start picking up, whether we can catch up with the semester resumption time and other details, we need to discuss more."
"Sydney Morning Herald" reported on the 22nd that NSW Governor Barry Jacqueline recently stated that he hopes to use one-third of the state’s hotel quarantine population to pick up international students and skilled immigrants back to Australia, and plans to start implementation as early as six weeks. This move will reduce the number of overseas Australians returning home through NSW. She said: "New South Wales wants to see measures to boost our economy, not just returning Australians. We hope to start acting as soon as possible, but it obviously depends on whether the federal government allows us to do so."
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Millions Of U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Going Right Into The Pockets Of Corrupt Government Officials In Afghanistan
October 12, 2012 July 7, 2010 by Michael Snyder
Whatever you think of the war in Afghanistan, there is no denying that the recent reports of rampant financial corruption going on even at the highest levels of Afghanistan’s government are extremely troubling. The United States has spent billions upon billions of dollars to help Afghanistan set up a “democracy”, but now there is news that corrupt government officials have been shipping billions and billions of dollars out of the country and have been buying luxury villas in Dubai. Apparently many Afghan officials have decided to achieve “the American Dream” the same way that many U.S. politicians have achieved it – by lying, cheating and stealing. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that over three billion dollars in cash has been flown out of Kabul International Airport in recent years. Considering the fact that this is far more than the Afghan government collects in tax and customs revenue annually, it is obvious that there is a huge, huge, huge problem with corruption in Afghanistan. Much of the cash being shipped out of the country is from the drug trade, but the narcotics money does not account for all of it. Investigators allege that a significant portion of this money that is being shipped out of the country is actually aid money that comes directly from U.S. taxpayers.
One U.S. official who is investigating corruption and Taliban financing recently gave his bleak assessment of what is going on….
“A lot of this looks like our tax dollars being stolen. And opium, of course.”
The truth is that rampant, in-your-face corruption is going on in a country that we are currently occupying militarily and that we are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to supposedly try to bring democracy to.
Afghan officials aren’t even trying to hide it. As Der Spiegel described recently, this corruption is going on right out in the open….
Brigadier General Mohammed Asif Jabarkhel sits with folded arms in his office, just a few steps away from the security checkpoint at Kabul International Airport. “Of course I know what’s going on here,” the 59-year-old head of the airport’s customs police grumbles from beneath his thick moustache as a fan whirs in the background. “But, in this country, who’s allowed to speak the truth?”
Jabarkhel is referring to the huge amounts of money regularly being secreted out of Afghanistan by plane in boxes and suitcases. According to some estimates, since 2007, at least $3 billion (€2.4 billion) in cash has left the country in this way. The preferred destination for these funds is Dubai, the tax haven in the Persian Gulf.
You know, there is just one major airport in the capital of Afghanistan. How hard would it be for the U.S. military to get a handle on what is going on at that one airport?
What in the world are we accomplishing anyway? Are we there to keep corrupt Afghan officials safe enough so that they can smuggle billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars out of the country and buy luxury villas in Dubai?
While the corrupt Afghan government officials live the high life, U.S. soldiers are paying the price. In fact, the violence in that nation is rapidly getting worse. It was recently reported that a majority of all combat-related U.S. casualties in the nine-year-long war in Afghanistan have occurred since Barack Obama was inaugurated about a year and a half ago.
So now there have been more U.S. casualties in Afghanistan under Obama than there were under George W. Bush.
Isn’t that wonderful?
But now Obama even wants to send U.S. civilians to Afghanistan. During a recent speech in Racine, Wisconsin, Obama called for sending a “civilian expeditionary force” to Afghanistan and Iraq to help “overburdened” U.S. military forces build infrastructure.
And yet Obama denies that we are engaged in “nation building”.
Considering the fact that U.S. cities such as Detroit now look like bombed-out war zones, shouldn’t we be devoting our resources to building up our own infrastructure?
No, we have to send billions to Afghanistan instead so that corrupt government officials can steal it and ship it out of the country. The previously referenced article in Der Spiegel summed up the situation this way….
It is clear that much more money is making its way out of Afghanistan through Kabul’s airport than is being officially declared and logged. For example, important politicians and businesspeople can often board planes from the airport’s special VIP area without being searched. And if customs officials do conduct a search and find a suitcase stuffed with millions of dollars in cash, people with powerful connections often step in to make sure that the luggage makes it out of the country with its owner — no questions asked. “A couple phone calls are made,” General Jabarkhel says with frustration in his voice, “and the person can carry on.”
Meanwhile, the United States continues to spend mind-boggling amounts of money to keep Afghanistan safe and secure.
According to a report from the Pentagon to the U.S. House of Representatives, it costs the United States $1 million per year for each U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.
In addition, it has come out that the U.S. military spends about $400 per gallon of gasoline in Afghanistan.
Why is it so expensive?
Well, Afghanistan is a landlocked nation. In order to get gasoline to U.S. forces operating in remote regions, it often has to be sent by helicopter. But sending gasoline by helicopter is incredibly inefficient.
So needless to say, the U.S. military is burning up massive amounts of money in Afghanistan.
But that is nothing when compared to the sacrifices that the dead and wounded U.S. soldiers have made.
So how is the Afghanistan government repaying us?
They are taking our aid money and buying expensive villas in Dubai with it as Der Spiegel recently detailed….
A number of Afghan businesspeople have purchased expensive villas in Dubai, once only attractive as a golfer’s paradise. These include a brother and a cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, one of Karzai’s former vice presidents and the brother of Mohammad Qasim Fahim, one of the country’s two current vice presidents. Asking prices for the stylish, Roman-style houses built along the beaches of the man-made island Palm Jumeirah, for example, start at $2 million. Until just a few years ago, many of their current inhabitants were far from wealthy.
As the Washington Post has discovered, these properties are often only registered under the names of the individuals issuing the loans, such as Sherkhan Farnood, the founder and chairman of Kabul Bank, Afghanistan’s largest private bank, who was also a key supporter of President Karzai during his 2009 re-election campaign. Like many of his clients, Farnood now spends the majority of his time in Dubai. And among the 16 shareholders in his bank are Mahmoud Karzai, the president’s business-minded older brother, and Haseen Fahim, the brother of Afghan Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim.
Are you angry yet?
Perhaps we should let these corrupt Afghan officials pick up arms and start defending their own country against the Taliban.
Perhaps then they would not have so much time to be running around buying luxury villas in Dubai.
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Rare US dual aircraft carrier drills in South China Sea 'a show' for allies
Chen Zhuo
The guided-missile frigate Hengyang (Hull 568) and the guided-missile destroyer Wuhan (Hull 169) attached to a destroyer flotilla with the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command steam alongside with each other during a maritime maneuver operation in waters of the South China Sea on June 18, 2020. (eng.chinnmil.com.cn/Photo by Li Wei)
At a time when relations between China and the US are further deteriorating over a series of topics including trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the US has deployed two aircraft carriers and other warships to the South China Sea for its largest-scale exercises in the region in years, which also coincided with Chinese military drills taking place in the same area and time frame.
The two US aircraft carrier battle groups are nothing more than paper tigers on China's doorsteps, as the region is fully within the grasp of People's Liberation Army (PLA) with specially made weapons that can destroy aircraft carrier, and US drills are a mere show to make up for its loss of face regarding epidemic control, and indicated it knows it has lost its Hong Kong card following China's national security legislation, forcing it to shift focus to the South China Sea and Taiwan to contain China, analysts said on Sunday.
The PLA is conducting intensive drills and has recently tested a new naval missile in the Bohai Sea, and is ready to defend against aggression, reports said.
The USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz aircraft carriers are holding large-scale exercises in the South China Sea together with four other warships starting Saturday, CNN reported on Saturday.
Since the South China Sea arbitration in 2016, the US has not conducted joint operations featuring two carriers near the South China Sea. According to Zhengzhijian, a WeChat public account run by Beijing Youth Daily, the last time two US carriers conducted exercises in the South China Sea was in 2014.
Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times on Sunday that the US move aimed at enhancing its military presence in the West Pacific, is designed to show off that its hegemony in the region is unshakable, and boost confidence for its regional allies.
Beijing-based naval expert Li Jie told the Global Times that the US is pushing its aircraft carriers onto the frontlines to show its military power remains the strongest in the world despite having been hit hard by the COVID-19 epidemic. It was once left with no aircraft carrier to use in the Asia Pacific region for more than two months.
The US is also attempting to deter PLA movements in the South China Sea and on the Taiwan question, Song said.
The US has been playing its Hong Kong card to contain China's development for the past years, but after the national security law for Hong Kong came into effect on Tuesday, it's well aware that it has lost this card, so the US has shifted its focus to the South China Sea and Taiwan, in which military might plays an important role, analysts said.
The guided-missile frigate Hengyang (Hull 568) attached to a destroyer flotilla with the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command fires chaff rounds from the decoy launching system to deploy electromagnetic smoke during a maritime live-fire training exercise in waters of the South China Sea on June 18, 2020. (eng.chinnmil.com.cn/Photo by Li Wei)
Chinese drills and missile tests
Not only are US exercises with two aircraft carriers in the South China Sea rare, it's also rare that China is also holding drills in the South China Sea in the same time frame.
According to a notice released by China's Maritime Safety Administration, the Chinese drills, also in the South China Sea, near the Xisha Islands, run from Wednesday to Sunday.
In separate operations, the PLA has been conducting intensive drills in the South China Sea, East China Sea, and Yellow Sea recently, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Saturday. Advanced warships including Type 052D guided missile destroyers and Type 054A guided missile frigates were involved.
In the Bohai Sea, the PLA Navy recently test launched an undisclosed new type of missile, CCTV reported on Saturday. The report did not elaborate on the missile's purpose, but footage suggests it can be launched from a warship.
Three US aircraft carriers have been conducting exercises in the Philippine Sea just outside the South China Sea since June, which has stirred up regional tensions, Chinese military observers said, noting that Chinese drills are regularly scheduled exercises aimed at safeguarding China's territorial integrity and sovereignty and do not target any other country.
The South China Sea is fully within the grasp of the PLA, and any US aircraft carrier movement in the region is closely watched and taken aim at by the PLA, which has a wide range of anti-aircraft carrier weapons like the DF-21D and DF-26, which are both regarded as "aircraft carrier killer" missiles, analysts noted.
Song said that it's unrealistic for the US to wage a war against China with just two aircraft carriers in the South China Sea, and it's very unlikely the two sides could accidentally spark a conflict due to the drills.
The US drills are just a show performed for its West Pacific allies and Taiwan secessionists, and the Chinese drills are meant to bolster the PLA's combat capabilities, Song said, noting that the PLA can conduct surveillance missions on US drills, and expel US surveillance attempts using proper measures.
In response to a Pentagon statement on Thursday that accused Chinese drills in the Xisha Islands of being "counter-productive to efforts at easing tensions and maintaining stability," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a regular press conference on Friday that the Xisha Islands are indisputably part of China's inherent territory.
China's military exercises in the seas off Xisha Islands are within our sovereignty and beyond reproach, Zhao said, noting that the fundamental cause of instability in the South China Sea is due to large-scale military activities and flexing of muscles by some non-regional country that lies tens of thousands of miles away.
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The Archaeology of a Medieval Revolution?
Welcome to the webpage for a new research project on the archaeology of medieval warhorses that has been funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. While the website is still at an early stage of development — do watch out for new content as it builds — we hope that our page provides you with an initial snapshot of the work we have planned and that it gives some flavour of why we are so excited by it.
Over the next three years, our team of archaeologists and historians will be conducting the first ever integrated and systematic study of that most characteristic beast of the Middle Ages — the warhorse. As well as being a famed weapon of war, the medieval horse was an unmistakable symbol of elite social status closely bound up with the development of knighthood, chivalry and aristocratic culture. Crucially, in developing a new archaeological approach to the subject, our project hopes to add something different and distinctive to our understanding of horses but also, by extension, to speak to some of these other intriguing and much-debated topics.
Our work will be wide-ranging: team members will be re-examining the physical remains of horses in the form of bones as well as the material culture associated with them, including horse apparel and armour, and mapping the landscapes in which horses were bred and trained. As such, we hope that our work will be engaging and interesting for a really wide range of people: not just medieval and military historians, zooarchaeologists (specialists in animal bones) and those interested in the historic landscape, but also people with a passion for all things horsey! We will be working closely with our collaborating institutions, the Royal Armouries and the Portable Antiquities Scheme, to develop events and activities that seize on the depth of public interest in equine culture and showcase our work more broadly.
One of the fascinating things about starting on an ambitious research journey of this sort is knowing that as well as making new discoveries on these various different fronts, other new possibilities and will reveal themselves as the work progresses. A project of this scope is also bound to have unanticipated spin-offs that we look forward to seizing upon and sharing. We hope that you look forward to following our journey on this website, via our Twitter feed (@AHRC_Warhorse), or — a little further down the line — through the events, publications and displays that our project will create.
The Project Team
This entry was posted in Blog on 4th February 2019 by Oliver Creighton.
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Helene Benkert on Straight from the Horse’s Mouth: The Sources for Investigating Medieval and Tudor Horses
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Liberia and Friends journal
The rants and concerns of a proud Liberian.
Happy Independence day Mama Liberia.....
Happy birthday Liberia, and happy independence day to all my fellow Liberians and friends of Liberia all around the Globe, as we all gather to celebrate the anniversary of our homeland independence this July 26, let us not forget who we are or where we came from, let us remind ourselves that though we may be of many tribes, we are still one people with one common destiny. May God always continue to shower his many blessings on the peoples of Liberia.
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Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Liberia is now the nation reporting the highest number of new Ebola cases...........
It seems that the people of Liberia just cannot get a break, after almost two decades of devastating civil war, we all thought we have turn the darkest corner of our Country's history and that the country was once again on the path to reclaim its former glory and rejoin the community of nations, but out of nowhere we got thrown another curve ball, this time in the form of the deadly Ebola virus.
Of all the Countries battling the deadly outbreak, Liberia is now the nation reporting the highest number of new cases in the region, it has become the epicenter of the whole Ebola fight.
And because Liberia is the Country suffering the most it is important that our people understand how Important it is to take this deadly disease seriously.Its been reported that some communities believe the outbreak is a lie, and that health care workers have been sent to kill them. In multiple locations around the Country, health care workers spraying chlorine – a cheap and effective counter to the spread of the disease - were attacked.
I found a wonderful article on Australia's ABC.net.au news site that really explain what Ebola is.....
There are five strains of Ebola: Zaire, Sudan, Tai Forest, Bundibugyo and Reston. The Zaire strain, which is involved in the latest outbreak, is the most lethal with a fatality rate of up to 90 per cent. Humans can catch the virus from animals through close contact with infected animals' blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids. The virus is thought to reside within the region's fruit bat population. The bushmeat trade (the catching and eating of wild animals, including primates such as gorillas and chimpanzees), is thought to play a role in outbreaks of the disease. While cooking infected meat kills the virus, handling of the meat beforehand can cause infection.
Once in the human population, the virus continues spreading through direct contact with blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids. The World Health Organisation has specifically noted traditional healing and burial practices in rural regions as a factor in the spread of the disease.
Please my fellow Liberians,if you suspect someone you know is sick or is showing symptoms of the virus, it is very important that you not only take every precaution to protect yourself but you should also immediately notify the authorities. Remember your chances of survival is high if you are treated early.
Posted by Emmanuel at 11:05 PM 7 comments:
President Sirleaf ordered third county under Ebola quarantine ......
The Liberian army has put a third County under quarantine to check the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced Monday.
"Lofa county in the north has been quarantined by the army," Sirleaf said after similar measures were taken in the counties of Bomie and Grand Cape Mount.
"So from now on, no one will be allowed to go to Lofa, no one will come out of there," Sirleaf said in a message to the nation broadcast over the radio.
"We want to protect areas that have not been yet affected," according to the president.
"We have given instructions to the army and we will try our best so that food will be provided to the county constantly, especially when we know that Lofa is one of (the) biggest counties."
In an effort to contain an epidemic that has cost nearly 1,000 lives throughout west Africa, the Liberian government earlier quarantined Bomie and Grand Cape Mount.
It cut off access with military roadblocks and restrictions on travel.
The quarantine has meant that traders have been unable to travel to buy food and farmers cannot harvest their crop, which has in turn caused shortages and sent prices soaring, raising fears people could go hungry.
Posted by Emmanuel at 9:35 AM 3 comments:
Government of Liberia Launches National Action Plan against Ebola.........
A picture taken on July 24, 2014 shows staff of the Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse putting on protective gear in the ELWA hospital in the Liberian capital Monrovia. (credit: ZOOM DOSSO/AFP/Getty Images)
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has launched the National Action Plan presented to the National Task Force on Ebola by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in partnership with the World Health Organization.
As an initial contribution to the National Action Plan, the Government of Liberia has provided US$5 million to begin the immediate implementation of the plan.
According to an Executive Mansion release, President Sirleaf made the statement when she addressed the Nation in the Foyer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with additional measures aimed at containing the spread and caring for the afflicted with the goal of “No New Cases.”
Among the stringent measures, the Liberian leader announced that though she was expected to have attended the ensuing U.S. - Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D. C., U.S.A. next week, the Vice President instead will lead the delegation that will include a few cabinet ministers whose presence are absolutely necessary.
She also announced that henceforth, Government travels will be seriously restricted and limited to only those that are determined to be absolutely necessary and critical.
The Liberian leader also directed that all non-essential staff, to be determined by the Minister or Head of Agency are to be placed on a 30-day compulsory leave and that Friday, August 1, is declared a non-working day and is to be used for the disinfection and chlorination of all public facilities.
“All borders that are to remain opened are to be directly supervised and controlled by the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization whose duties it shall be, working with the assigned health authorities, to ensure strict adherence to announced preventive measures including preliminary testing for fever,” President Sirleaf directed.
Other measures without exceptions are that “all schools are ordered closed pending further directive from the Ministry of Education.
“All markets at border areas including Foya, Bo Waterside, and Ganta are hereby ordered closed until further notice.
“As previously directed, video clubs and entertainment centers must have improved sanitation including facilities for the washing of hands prior to entering and exiting as well as to restrict opening hours, and the number of individuals permitted to enter those facilities,” she emphasized, adding that “all citizens are seriously advised to avoid public amusement and entertainment centers.”
The Liberian President warned that any increase in prices of sanitation commodities used in the fight against Ebola Viral Disease will be treated as an offense against the people of Liberia. As such, she has directed the Ministry of Commerce to enforce this order and that all such commodities including chlorine, soap, sanitizers, fliers and buckets are to be imported duty free.
She also indicated that several communities are being considered to be quarantined based upon recommendations from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and other relevant authorities. “When these measures are instituted, only health care workers will be permitted to move in and out of those areas. Food and other medical support will be provided to those communities and affected individuals,” the Liberian leader said.
“The Ministry of Health and relevant agencies are also to consider the cremation of all victims of the deadly Ebola virus. This measure is intended to avoid tampering with the dead and contaminating water sources,” she also directed.
She announced that the security forces, under the directive of the Ministers of Justice and National Defense, are again ordered to enforce all of these measures announced by the National Task Force on Ebola.
President Sirleaf reiterated that the Ebola Viral Disease has over-tasked the country’s public health facilities and capabilities as the nature of the virus and its rapid spread throughout Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, attacking, as it has, the way of life of the people of the Mano River Union Basin have posed national, regional and international threats to public health and safety of the gravest proportions. “This is unprecedented,” she emphasized, referring to the World Health Organization which has upgraded the outbreak to Grade 3 Emergency, the highest in its response category.
President Sirleaf acknowledged that this is not only a Liberia problem, and cannot be seen as a problem of the Mano River sub-region; but an international problem with which all must engage in the fight.
She expressed Government’s gratitude to the Medecins Sans Frontiers, and their partner, the Samaritan Purse who, at great personal risks, has continued to assist in the difficult fight against the epidemic. She also thanked the Center for Disease Control and the National Institute of Health of the United States for the much needed technical support.
President Sirleaf again reminded Liberians that Ebola is real, it’s contagious and it kills. “All of us must all take extra measures announced by the Ministry of Health to keep ourselves safe. The government will do its part. But you must do yours,” she urged, adding, “Denying that the disease exists is not doing your part to keep yourself and your loved ones safe.
Hiding sick persons is not doing your part to keep yourself and your loved ones safe. Ignoring the signs and not reporting it to the health care authorities are not the ways by which we keep ourselves safe,” she said.
The President reminded all Liberians that the sooner all Liberians unite in fighting this disease, as I know
she knows they can, where each of us will play our part, the sooner we will overcome this disease and return ourselves to how we have always lived.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has launched the National Action Plan presented to the National Task Force on Ebola by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in partnership with the World Health Organization, though by no means exhaustive.
President Sirleaf again reminded Liberians that Ebola is real, it’s contagious and it kills. “All of us must all take extra measures announced by the Ministry of Health to keep ourselves safe. The government will do its part. But you must do yours,” she urged, adding, “Denying that the disease exists is not doing your part to keep yourself and your loved ones safe. Hiding sick persons is not doing your part to keep yourself and your loved ones safe. Ignoring the signs and not reporting it to the health care authorities are not the ways by which we keep ourselves safe,” she said.
She reminded all Liberians that the sooner all Liberians unite in fighting this disease, as I know she knows they can, where each of us will play our part, the sooner we will overcome this disease and return ourselves to how we have always lived.
- See more at: http://www.emansion.gov.lr/2press.php?news_id=3045&related=7&pg=sp#sthash.em3ejAQa.dpuf
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Liberia to send Troops to Mali.................
Armed Forces of Liberia soldiers stand in formation at Edward Kesselly Military Barracks.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has disclosed that the Government of Liberia will contribute troops to the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA).
Making the disclosure at the Roberts International Airport in Liberia, President Johnson-Sirleaf told reporters Saturday, January 19 2012 that Liberia has pledged a platoon that will be integrated into one of the AFISMA peacekeeping battalions in Mali. President Sirleaf said that Liberia's decision to pledge a well-trained and well equipped military platoon to Mali is based on the fact of African solidarity to the people of West African, and to also show appreciation to Mali and its people who helped Liberia during our country's conflict or years of civil war.
President Sirleaf said West African countries have pledged their support fully to France for launching operations in Mali, within the framework of respect for the sovereignty of Mali and that is the International legality to halt the advance of the terrorist and extremist groups. This will be the first time since the 60s that Liberian military personnel will be send for peace keeping duties.
Liberia has ‘turned the corner’ towards lasting peace says President Sirleaf....
President Sirleaf addressing the U.N General Assembly.
Ten years after the end of Liberia’s brutal civil war, the country has made tremendous progress on the path to lasting peace and stability, President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, told the United Nations General Assembly today, while adding that serious challenges remain.
“As Liberia moves toward its tenth year of sustained peace, we can state with conviction that our country has turned the corner,” President Sirleaf said in her address to the Assembly’s high-level General Debate, which began at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
“Liberia is no longer a place of conflict, war and deprivation. We are no longer the country our citizens fled, our international partners pitied and our neighbors feared,” she added. President Sirleaf thanked the UN for being “a very committed and effective partner” with Liberia as it emerged from conflict and embarked on the path to peace, security and development. “We owe the Organization much gratitude for preserving an enabling environment for peacebuilding and state-building.”
The UN has maintained a peacekeeping force in Liberia since 2003 to bolster a ceasefire agreement ending a decade of war that killed nearly 150,000 people, mostly civilians. The mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia includes helping to restore the rule of law and democratic processes, as well as facilitating humanitarian assistance.
President Sirleaf must take the incident in the Ivory Coast seriously.......
Over the weekend we learned of the deadly attack that took the lives of several United Nations peacekeepers and Ivorian Military personal in the Ivory Coast. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attack "in the strongest possible terms," saying he was "saddened and outraged" about the deaths of the peacekeepers, all from Niger. He urged the government of Ivory Coast to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice. Meanwhile hundreds of villagers were fleeing the area near the Liberian border, and U.N. officials said others may have been killed or injured. Authorities have been unable to confirm any additional casualties because of the remoteness of the area near the Liberian border.
This is a serious situation along the border of the two countries, and the governments of the two countries especially Liberia, must do everything to bring the situation under control. We the many concern Liberians at home and abroad urged President sirleaf to not take this lightly, as it has the potential to not only destabilize the entire region, but to drag Liberia back into instability.
Some Liberian government minsters were denying Liberia's involvement in the incident. But whether they came out of Liberia, or whether they are based in the Ivory Coast, doesn’t matter. What matters is that there was an incident in Ivory Coast close to our own border that concerns everybody. If our neighbor's house is on fire we should make it our duty to help put out the fire who knows ours could be next. Both countries need to concertedly work together to more effectively weed out this cancer from their common borders, and once and for all send out a message that the days of savages and barbarians using our country to attack another is over. Finally if any Liberians are found to be involved in the incident over the weekend, if caught they should be put to death immediately, we do not want these barbaric people in our Country, enough is enough.
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GOD, Country, Family, service before self.............
Liberian Music
Liberia in Pictures
Liberia In the 60s
The Lone Star forever
The national song
When freedom raised her glowing form on Montserrado's verdant height, She set within the doom of night, 'midst low ring stars and thunderstorms the star of liberty - and seizing from the waking morn, its burnished shield of golden flame she lifted in her proud name and raise a people long forlorn to noble destiny The Lone Star forever! The Lone Star forever! O long may it float over land and over sea. Desert it, no never! Uphold it, forever! O shout for the Lone Star banner, All hail.
Liberian Drama
signs of progress
The new army
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia.
Brooklyn center, Minnesota, United States
originally from Paynesville city, the republic of Liberia,a small country on the west coast of Africa,I now live in Minneapolis, Minnesota the United states of America. Ever Mindful of the many negative information about my country due largely in part to the almost two decades of civil war, i have created this blog as a means to share with all well meaning people and friends of Liberia, the many positive aspect of my country. GOD, Country and family first,is my motto, every other thing is secondary.
Emmanuel M Liu
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North or nowhere
Arron's Blog
My African journey
Rob's blog
Move to Monrovia
Marit Woods's Blog
Liberian Perspectives
dave and babs' blog
I Rep LIB
Pointy toe
Shelby;s blog
karen's blog
scarlett lion
U.S Embassy in Monrovia
Liberian Embassy in the U.S
Johnetherton'blog
Executive Mansion
journey without maps
John mark's blog
saharanvibe blog
Liberia's history
Liberia sea breeze
Liberian observer
Liberia stories
TLC africa
Meet Liberia's own Gregory Artus Frank.......
Lovers of African Movies have seen him in a number of African blockbuster film like who loves me and Chelsea, but few know that this ...
Armed Forces of Liberia soldiers stand in formation at Edward Kesselly Military Barracks. Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf h...
Liberia:A brief history, and the Declaration of Independence.
Liberia, which means "land of the free," was founded by free African-Americans and freed slaves from the United States in 1820. An...
President Sirleaf addressing the U.N General Assembly. Ten years after the end of Liberia’s brutal civil war, the country has made tre...
Actor Director Dermot Mulroney will direct a film based on George Weah....
Actor Director Dermot Mulroney will direct a film based on the life of Liberian football player George Weah. The actor - who recently compl...
Senator Taylor needs to shut up................................
The senior Senator from Bong County, and wife of former President Charles Taylor, Jewel Howard Taylor, said she is drawing , up an impeach...
Former NPFL fighter alleges Taylor ordered atrocities in both Sierra Leone and Liberia.....
A former rebel from Liberia described the atrocities that he and and other fighters carried out under the command of Charles Taylor, at the ...
April 12 1980 a day that will forever remain in infamy..........
In the early morning of April 12 1980, a group of junior officers from the Armed forces of Liberia, led my Master Sergeant Samuel K. Doe, en...
What i think about Frontpage Africa, and their boycott of the Liberian President.......
President Sirleaf Once a very big fan of the popular Liberian news website Frontpage Africa, i now find myself looking more and more to a...
Relaxed Focus
"We become what we think about." -
Moved 2 Monrovia
Building of the Month: The proposed Henry Hoff Commercial Plaza, Carey Street - Given the aviation kick I've been on this week I had been hoping to get a chance to photograph a new building out at the airport for July's Building of t...
Dave and Babs
Bad Dog - Really? How bad could a doggie be that wears a tiara?
- *Sunday, June 5**Important message to all readers* My blog *'Liberian Perspectives'* has been moved to: http://blog.liberiapastandpresent.org and the prese...
Journey With Maps - Since the dawn of time, man has looked on the world and wondered: When is the appropriate time to conclude a blog about Liberia? Today, I am proud to anno...
Above all else, the Liberian people!
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The top storylines to watch in the NBA's stretch run
2yTim Bontemps
NBA primed for stretch run (2:13)
Brian Windhorst breaks down what should be a very exciting playoff push following the All-Star break. (2:13)
Tim BontempsESPN
After a three-day hiatus, the NBA will return Thursday for a frenetic sprint to the finish of the league's regular season. Over the next seven weeks, there will be a variety of storylines to follow that will tell the story of not only how this season will play out but also what will happen this postseason and beyond.
Here is a list of the six biggest stories to follow when the ball goes up again:
The race to the top of the East
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After the Golden State Warriors, arguably the four best teams all reside in the Eastern Conference: the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers.
That should make the final two rounds of the East playoffs as compelling as they've been in decades, assuming, of course, that the Indiana Pacers can't hang on to the third seed and force two of these teams to face off in the first round. The next several weeks will also be a fight among all four of those teams to secure home-court advantage in the playoffs.
Milwaukee holds the inside track for the top spot -- and with it, home-court advantage throughout the East playoffs -- as it leads Toronto by two games in the loss column. Because the Bucks won the season series and thus the head-to-head tiebreaker, it is functionally a three-loss lead. Given that the Bucks and Raptors have the fourth- and second-easiest remaining schedules, it's hard to see the Celtics or Sixers (tied for fourth place, 5.5 games behind Toronto) catching either of them.
The final stretch will begin with the Bucks hosting the Celtics on Thursday in what could be the preview of a second-round playoff series. Including that meeting, there are five games remaining to be played between some combination of these teams. The others: Celtics at Raptors on Feb. 26, Celtics at Sixers on March 20, and two between the Bucks and Sixers -- in Milwaukee on March 17 and in Philadelphia on April 4.
All of them will be on national television, and each will be scrutinized for clues to tell us about what lies ahead in what will assuredly be a vicious fight to escape the East this spring.
Will the Lakers make the playoffs?
When LeBron James chose to migrate to the Western Conference last summer by signing with the Los Angeles Lakers, it was universally understood that he would see his NBA Finals streak end at eight straight trips. Few people, though, considered the possibility that another streak -- 13 straight playoff appearances -- would come to an end, too.
Everyone is considering it now.
With 25 games remaining, the Lakers are 28-29, sit in 10th place in the Western Conference standings and are three games behind their Staples Center co-tenants, the Los Angeles Clippers, for the West's eighth and final playoff spot.
To say the Lakers have their work cut out for them is an understatement. They have the fourth-toughest remaining schedule in the NBA, according to ESPN Stats & Information projections (the Clippers' schedule, by comparison, ranks 19th), with 16 of those final 25 games coming against playoff teams.
If the Lakers want to make the playoffs, they will almost certainly have to make up those three games on the Clippers -- and then some -- before the calendar flips to April. Once it does, the Lakers have a brutal final five games: at Oklahoma City, home against Golden State and the Clippers (on the second half of a back-to-back) and home against Utah and Portland.
If the Lakers have to make up ground by then, their chances of doing so would seem remote.
It will be all but essential for the Lakers to sweep their eight remaining games against teams currently in the bottom eight in the NBA (including three against the potentially Anthony Davis-less Pelicans). Considering that the Lakers have already lost three games to the lowly Knicks, Cavaliers and Hawks -- and if they had won, they'd be tied for eighth in the West today -- they can't afford to lose any more.
Who will get to stay away from the Warriors?
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Whether the Lakers can squeak into the playoffs won't be the only thing worth watching out West. So, too, will be the maneuvering to avoid Golden State for as long as possible.
Because the NBA doesn't re-seed its playoffs, being second, third, sixth or seventh -- on the opposite side of the bracket from the likely top-seeded Warriors -- is vastly more appealing than being on the same side as Golden State.
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Oklahoma City, which currently sits in third place in the West, has a three-game lead over the Portland Trail Blazers and leads the Houston Rockets by four but faces the toughest remaining schedule of any NBA team, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Meanwhile, the Jazz and Spurs are tied for sixth -- and sit one game behind the fifth-place Rockets and one ahead of the eighth-place Clippers.
All of this will make for appointment viewing on a nightly basis out West in the final 25 games of the season, as a six-game spread from the Trail Blazers in fourth to the Lakers in 10th means the standings will fluctuate virtually every day.
With an opportunity to be on a side of the bracket led by the team going for a three-peat or one led by a team (Denver) that hasn't made the playoffs in five years, those fluctuations will have massive implications.
The ridiculous MVP race
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Last season, James Harden was seen as a virtual lock to win the league's MVP award by season's end after he led Houston to the NBA's best record. This season, though, there should be a robust debate over who will be crowned this time around.
Harden will once again be in the conversation. He's currently in the midst of a scoring streak -- 31 straight games with 30 or more points -- that only Wilt Chamberlain has matched (which, given how absurd Chamberlain's career numbers are, is about as good as no one having done it before). The fact that Harden has resurrected the Rockets after an awful start with Chris Paul spending much of that stretch injured will also help his case.
Then there's Giannis Antetokounmpo, who has been the face of a remarkable burst onto the scene by the Bucks. Milwaukee currently has the NBA's best record. Antetokounmpo is putting up absurd numbers (27.2 points, 12.7 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks) and doesn't have another big-name star playing alongside him, though Khris Middleton did make his first All-Star Game this season. Houston travels to Milwaukee on March 26 for a nationally televised game that could play a role in determining the winner if either guy has a huge game on such a big stage.
Over the past few weeks, Paul George has forced himself into the conversation with an incredible stretch of play. George might be the favorite to win the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Award, and the Thunder are a staggering 22 points per 100 possessions better when he's on the court than when he sits -- easily the best mark in the league.
This debate is destined to be the kind that is both endlessly entertaining and frustrating. All three players have compelling cases and, depending on one's perspective, can be reasonably argued to finish in any order.
That debate will rage for the next seven weeks -- and likely the two months afterward until the NBA's awards show in late June.
What will happen with Anthony Davis?
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Ever since agent Rich Paul made Davis' trade request public on Jan. 28, the Pelicans have been in a frenzy.
They spent the following 10 days dealing with constant reporting about their franchise cornerstone potentially being dealt, only for him to not go anywhere. Then, after not trading him, the Pelicans agreed to allow Davis to return to the team, leading to an awkward dance that has seen his minutes vary and fluctuate and has created more awkwardness in New Orleans.
That culminated Thursday, when Davis left the arena before New Orleans had finished its win over Oklahoma City to get an MRI on his shoulder. The next day, the Pelicans parted ways with general manager Dell Demps, and Danny Ferry was named his interim replacement. Then Davis gave an extraordinary media conference at All-Star Weekend on Saturday in which he declared that his intention is to continue playing the remainder of the season (in addition to everything he said about potential future destinations).
Will Davis play for the Pelicans again this season? If so, how much will he play and for how much longer? Some around the league think he has played his last game now that the All-Star Game is in the rearview mirror. But whether he has or not, the only certainty in New Orleans moving forward is that this situation will stop being weird only when Davis is sent packing -- presumably sometime this summer.
The chase for picks
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While there will be plenty of focus on the various playoff races in both conferences, there will be just as much jockeying for position at the other end of the standings. The combination of the NBA's new odds for its draft lottery and various pick protections will make for plenty of other things for people to pay attention to.
We'll start at the bottom of the lottery, where the Suns, Knicks, Cavaliers and Bulls are all jockeying to take advantage of the NBA's new lottery odds. The rule changes put in place for this season have the worst three teams in the league sharing even 14 percent chances of securing the No. 1 overall pick, the first of now four picks that are selected by the lottery process. The Knicks and Suns currently are tied with 11 wins, the Cavaliers have 12, and the Bulls have 14. There are several more meetings among them all, too, including the Cavaliers hosting the Suns on Thursday. Phoenix hosting New York on March 6 could also be a pivotal game.
Meanwhile, there are two teams in the middle of the lottery -- the Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks -- that will be spending the next few weeks positioning themselves to either keep or give up their picks this season, depending where they wind up. Memphis will send its pick to Boston if it is outside the top eight, as part of a trade for Jeff Green five years ago, and Dallas will give its pick to Atlanta if it is outside the top five, as part of the Trae Young-Luka Doncic swap during last year's draft.
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The Grizzlies sit in sixth place in the lottery standings with 23 wins, are 5-20 in their past 25 games and sold off pieces at the trade deadline -- most notably franchise icon Marc Gasol. But Memphis is only one win behind the Washington Wizards in seventh and three behind the Mavericks and Pelicans, who are tied for eighth. If Memphis could surpass them all, the Grizzlies would be able to send their pick this year -- so long as they don't jump up in the lottery themselves.
Given that Memphis is starting a rebuild, it would be in the Grizzlies' interest to attempt to move a weaker pick this year, given that it becomes top-six protected next season and unprotected in 2021.
Dallas, on the other hand, would love to keep its first-round pick. Leaping into the top five and getting one more young talent to pair with Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis would be huge for the Mavericks, who traded away two more future first-rounders (and 2017 first-round pick Dennis Smith Jr.) to the Knicks earlier this month in the Porzingis deal.
Every team the Mavericks can let past them over the next few weeks will increase their odds of doing so and, rather than giving the Hawks a mid-lottery pick this season, could mean sending them one outside of it in 2020 if Dallas can make the playoffs behind Doncic and Porzingis.
Then there are the Clippers, who will send their pick to the Celtics if they make the playoffs. Although the Clippers weakened themselves by trading away Tobias Harris at the deadline, they went on to add two solid contributors in Garrett Temple and JaMychal Green and should be in the mix right down to the season's end.
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The Warneton sector
As with our previous E-news, we have been following in the footsteps of our boys during their campaign on the Western Front, 100 years ago.
Between July 18th and August 31st 1917 the NZ Division was stationed in the Warneton (Waasten) sector, on the southern border of Belgium. The sector stretched from Hyde Park Corner (Ploegsteert) over a wide expanse of torn fields sloping gradually down to the villages of La Basse-Ville and Warneton, on the banks of the River Lys. After bitter fighting on the 27th and 31st July the village of La Basse-Ville was finally captured by the 2nd Wellington Battalion. The new line was consolidated with great difficulty and for the next 3 weeks the men holding the line suffered severely from the enemy fire and the wet and the mud. There were 1,008 New Zealand lives lost.
John Gray writes in his book: ‘From the Uttermost ends of the Earth’: “The post-Messines period was costly to the NZ Division. Although they were only a series of minor operations rather than a full-scale battle, the Division had 3,843 total casualties in the month of August alone. Let us ponder on this figure. It represents about 25% of the strength of the Division – 1 casualty for every 4 men”.
All the NZ boys had been relieved from the frontline by August 31st and were then stationed behind the lines in the Lumbres area (west of St Omer) until the September 25th 1917, resting and preparing for the October battles around Passchendaele. The month’s rest had worked wonders and throughout there was a feeling of delight at the prospect of once more making an attempt to break the enemy lines.
Nga Pua Mahara – New Zealand Memorial & Garden
We are proud to announce that construction of our Memorial & Garden at the Passchendaele Museum in Zonnebeke is now complete. However due to the dry summer, the planting has been delayed until September. We are also proud to say that our M&G is the only non-Government installation from all the countries represented and all involved have done an outstanding job!
The official opening will take place at 3pm on October 12th, 2017….the setting is quite perfect in a Rhododendron grove amongst the trees. However that also means that space is ‘rather limited’, so our members are advised to arrive early as it has been estimated that there will be 300 – 500 New Zealanders at Passchendaele this year for the commemorations!
The New Zealand Memorial & Garden – Nga Pua Mahara (Petals of Remembrance) has been created in remembrance of the more than 5,000 New Zealanders who were killed or mortally wounded in Flanders, Belgium. Most still lie in the surrounding Flanders Fields, others made it over the border of France only to die in a Field Dressing Station or hospital and are thus buried in French soil.
The bucket of freshly dug soil taken from the site of the new Belgian Memorial site at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington has also been incorporated into the Garden as the 5,000 soldiers that still lie in Flanders Fields can never return to home soil, therefore the soil has been taken to Flanders. “Provide me with a handful of soil from my homeland so I may feel the warmth of my ancestors and weep”.
A last-minute added feature at the Memorial & Garden are birds made in metal. These are the New Zealand Tui, Piwakawaka (fantail) and Kereru plus the Belgian (European) Lark often heard singing high above the battlefield during a lull in fighting. Also a Morepork (Ruru) will be included as a guardian or kaitiaki.
As many New Zealanders are unable to make the journey themselves to Belgium we are also creating a documentary to tell the story of the Memorial & Garden, thus keeping very much alive the memory and history of what went on in Belgium for generations to come. As well as being broadcast nationally in libraries, museums and schools, the documentary will be available to the general public free of charge from the Society’s website, the WW100 website and other official sites.
Young People to Passchendaele tour
The Honourable Nikki Kaye MP(Minister of Education) and Hon Maggie Barry MP (Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage) recently announced the winners of the Battle of Passchendaele competition.
The Passchendaele Society is proud to be the initiators of this project to send Young People to Passchendaele. The project involves sending ten youths on a 10-day tour to Europe. The winners will depart on 7th October 2017 to attend the various national commemorations in Belgium. These youngsters will have a starring role during the opening our M&G (see above story).
The competition was intended to help raise awareness of the Battle of Passchendaele, and the entrants were asked to develop a curriculum resource using digital technologies to be used for Year 7 to 10 students in the future. We are thrilled that this project has achieved the Passchendaele Society’s goals of raising awareness to our Younger Generations. See for yourselves the outstanding websites created by the winners:
St Margaret’s College, Christchurch http://www.discoverpasschendaele.com/ by Alexandra Lay
The judges were impressed with the digital map that navigated users through this website. It provided a coordinated story of the Battle of Passchendaele with provocative questions, a brilliant German photo album and some great quotes providing a New Zealand context. It had excellent interactive tasks for the students to complete.
St Paul’s Collegiate, Hamilton https://bloodandmud.org/ by Dylan Woodhouse, Tony Wu, Lucy Tustin and Conor Horrigan The students created a website which had interactive activities and strong links to the curriculum. The judges were impressed by the use of social media, community engagement and provocative questions. They applauded the website’s ability to address diversity, connect the past with present and encourage students in Years 7 to 10 to engage and do their own research. It had the standout “wow factor”.
Rotorua Girls’ High School, Rotorua http://themissed.000webhostapp.com/ by Alyssa Mae Pineda, Kayla Kautai, Mairaatea Mohi, Atawhai Ngatai and Keighley Jones The students created a scrolling menu of pages on their website that detailed different aspects of the battle, a quiz to test learning and material in Te Reo Maori. The website impressed the judges because it enables students to think critically about the Battle of Passchendaele.
Here in Auckland we are, of course, holding our own annual commemoration on 12th October at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. However as it is the 100th anniversary it will be a much larger event. The ceremony will be indoors in the Hall of Memories, starting at 11.00am, however attendees should be seated by 10.30am. Sir Don McKinnon and Major General Tim Gall have been confirmed as the guest speakers this year.
Prior to the commemoration there will be a short service at the Field of Remembrance in front of the Cenotaph. Time and details to be confirmed. The Fields of Remembrance Trust (FoRT) will install 2,412 named crosses in front of the museum on 5th October with a brief establishment ceremony and blessing and there will be a disestablishing ceremony on 20th October.
After our 11.00am commemoration, all attendees are invited for complimentary light refreshments served in the Events Centre upstairs at the Museum (12.15pm until 1.15pm). Special thanks are hereby conveyed to Auckland Council for providing this for all attendees to enjoy and for their wonderful support in recognising the importance to our citizens of the First World War and the importance of Passchendaele in that context.
Later that evening a Centenary Commemoration Formal Dinner at the Northern Club, Auckland will be hosted by the Auckland Officers’ Club and the Passchendaele Society. This dinner will be run along the lines of a Formal Mess Dinner. Passchendaele Society Members are most welcome to attend. Details such as timings & cost will be provided closer to the event, Major General Tim Gall is confirmed as the guest speaker.
Auckland’s 3/6 Battalion 1RNZIR will be holding a Charter Parade, marching from Auckland Domain to the Museum, on 16th September at 3.00pm. This is to commemorate the original march of the Auckland Regiment as part of the Main Body in 1914 departing for WW1.
The Passchendaele Symposium Remembering Passchendaele will take place on 3rd October 2017 at the Auckland War Memorial Museum 6-8.30pm. Dr David Littlewood from Massey University will be the MC for the event, with Steven Loveridge and Charlotte Deschamps as guest speakers. More information is available http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/whats-on/war-memorial/remembering-passchendaele-symposium
Mates on the Field is being jointly organised by the Auckland RSA, Eden Park Stadium, Fields of Remembrance Trust and supported by the Passchendaele Society and the NZ Defence Force on 4th October 2017. A commemorative day of activities is planned at Eden Park to coincide with the 100th anniversary death of Dave Gallaher in the Battle of Broodseinde and those that died alongside him on this day 100 years ago. The ‘World’s largest Poppy’ will be painted on Eden Park to commemorate the New Zealand lives lost in the Battle of Broodseinde. Each of the 492 soldiers will be remembered with a white cross on the field acknowledging their sacrifice in Flanders fields. In addition, their names will scroll through on Eden Park’s LED screens at the east and west end of the stadium as a mark of respect. The day will commence at 6am with a long blow of a First World War whistle, timed for the original pre-dawn Zero Hour when New Zealand soldiers went “over the bags”. The public will be invited to attend throughout the day and pay their respects. This day of remembrance will be brought to a conclusion with the playing of The Last Post ‘at the going down of the sun’ (Sunset is timed for 7:27 pm) to be played from the balcony of the Auckland RSA box at Eden Park. Also, 1,000 limited edition badges will be produced for the event and sold for $20 each with all funds raised being donated to the Fields of Remembrance Trust. Collectors will be present throughout the day and free tours of Eden Park will be conducted. Details are still being finalised and we will let you know about any developments. For your information there were 13 former All Blacks killed in WW1, with four deaths in Messines and one at Passchendaele, plus several more Maori All Blacks.
There will also be a national Sunset Ceremony at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington on 12th October. Dunedin Council is organizing several official events on 12th October. Details from both cities will be advised when more information comes to hand.
It is also pleasing to learn that many smaller communities are also planning events to commemorate their local boys who died at Passchendaele. For example Kaiapoi RSA is intending to hold a service at Kaiapoi on 12th October at 9:00am.
Christchurch Memorial RSA is planning to hold a commemorative parade and service with wreath laying at the Bridge of Remembrance on 12th October. They will also be placing 3,200 Fields of Remembrance crosses in the Park of Remembrance on the bank of the Avon adjacent to the Bridge of Remembrance from 1st October until 30th November to cover the period of Passchendaele, the sinking of HMS Marquette and Armistice Day 2017.
The 7WnHB Regimental Association is organising commemorations in Lower Hutt on 13th & 14th October. Members have already received information about this on a previous email but in case you have missed it please contact Campbell Sutherland on acsutherland@xtra.co.nz
For those lucky enough to be going to Belgium, please visit this webpage for detailed information on what is planned in the Ypres area in October 2017: https://sway.com/37IEVSI6G7EX4yDz On 4th October at 2pm there will be a New Zealand Remembrance ceremony at Nine Elms British Cemetery in Poperinghe in tribute to All Black Captain Sergeant Dave Gallaher. Afterwards, everyone will make their way to the commemoration at the New Zealand Memorial at ‘s Gravenstafel at 4pm. ‘s Gravenstafel is a crossroad marking the successfully achieved objective for the New Zealanders on 4th October 1917 in our push for the Passchendaele Ridge.
On 6th October there will be a concert by at 7.00pm at the Memorial Museum Passchendaele in Zonnebeke. They will also play at Dave Gallaher’s graveside on the 4th, and at the Menin Gate the same evening.
All Kiwis will be welcome in Zonnebeke for the special Council meeting in the afternoon of 11th October. It will be a good place to meet other people coming from the different parts of New Zealand and elsewhere. Everyone will then go to the Menin Gate Ceremony, this will be a New Zealand focused ceremony. You are advised to be there by 7.30pm latest. For more information please contact the Passchendaele Memorial Museum in Zonnebeke: www.passchendaele.be/en
The New Zealand Embassy in Belgium is coordinating the 12th October 2017 events and this is what we know so far. The 11.00am ceremony at Tyne Cot Cemetary is intended primarily for New Zealanders and will not be ticketed. However, security will be tight so arriving early is advised. It will not be possible to self-drive to Tyne Cot. You will be required to park at “Parking C” of the Bellewaerde Amusement Park on Frezenbergstraat. Buses will run from Parking C to the entrance of Tyne Cot cemetery. Before getting on buses you will be required to go through security screening, so please arrive well in advance – they recommend you arrive at Parking C before 9.30am. For details including access, shuttle buses, etc. see: www.ww100.govt.nz/passchendaele
Following the service, the shuttle buses will return to Parking C via the Memorial Museum Passchendaele so that you can attend the opening of the New Zealand Memorial & Garden at 3pm. See above for more details. Afterwards, everyone will then be shuttled to Polygon Wood for the Wood of Peace project. The aim is to have a tree planted for every serviceman buried at Polygon Wood and Buttes New British Cemeteries. You need to register online by 31st August at http://passchendaele2017.org/en/evenementen/plantdag-vredesbos/
The day will conclude at 7.15pm with a sunset ceremony at the Buttes New British Cemetery in Polygon Wood to commemorate the New Zealand soldiers who were killed in the vicinity of Polygon Wood and Polderhoek Chateau between September 1917 and May 1918. There are 388 names mentioned on the New Zealand Memorial to the Missing who have no known grave. The cemetery also has 95 New Zealand graves of known soldiers, plus there are also many more scattered around nearby cemeteries in Belgium and France for those that made it as far as Casualty Clearing Stations or hospitals.
A Tri-Service NZ Defence Force Band, including Navy vocalist Rebecca Nelson will be in Flanders for the main centennial period.
On October 14th at 7pm you can be part of an event called Silent City meets Living City at the Tyne Cot Cemetery in Passchendaele. There will be a moment of silence and reflection to commemorate the many victims of the Battle of Passchendaele, participants will then illuminate the gravestones and the names on the Tyne Cot Memorial to bring a proper tribute during a serene sound and light show with music, evocation and personal stories. With nearly 12,000 graves and 35,000 names of soldiers with no known grave, CWGC Tyne Cot Cemetery is the largest Commonwealth cemetery in the world. Have a look at the promotional movie. If you want to be part of this unique and powerful ceremony you need to register on www.passchendaele2017.org
Wearing of medals by family members
Next-of-kin and other relatives of deceased servicemen and women wearing their relative’s medals has become common at commemoration services since the 1990s. The wearing of deceased relatives’ medals is appropriate on specific occasions and under certain circumstances. Conventions for wearing a relative’s medals include:
People should only wear one set of medals and they should be directly related to their family, for example, should have belonged to a brother or sister, father or mother, grandfather or grandmother; or those of a relative whose medals you have inherited. Note: It is very common for military personnel who died in the First World War to have no children. Thus family members who have inherited medals can wear these medals at Commemorations or give permission for another member of the deceased’s family to wear these medals.
In all cases these are worn on the right chest (former servicemen and women wear their own medals on the left chest)
Only service medals and decorations mounted on a medal bar (full-size or miniature) can be worn by a relative. It is perfectly acceptable for people to wear miniature medals mounted on a medal bar as the weight is far easier to handle.
Royal Honours insignia such as neck badges, sashes, sash badges, or breast stars cannot be worn by anyone other than the original recipient. The same rule applies to any Unit and Personal Commendations that the deceased wore on their right chest.
The occasions on which wearing of relatives medals is permitted are confined to Anzac Day (25 April) and Remembrance Day (11 November). In addition, it may be appropriate for next-of-kin and other relatives to wear relative’s medals on an occasion where either the relative’s service or the unit in which they served is being commemorated, e.g. the Battle of Passchendaele Commemoration.
The Passchendaele Society has joined with the New Zealand Branch of The International Military Music Society (IMMS) in staging a Grand Massed Bands Concert entitled Passchendaele Remembered, at the Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna on Sunday 15th October 2017 at 2.30pm, featuring the RNZ Navy Band, the RNZ Artillery Band, the RNZ Air Force Base Auckland Band, the Auckland Police Pipe Band, and the NZ Police Auckland Choir. Tickets are $28 for adults or $24 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at: www.ticketmaster.co.nz; Tel: 0800 111999; or buy directly at their Box office.
The exhibition The Belgians Have Not Forgotten has now moved to the Air Force Museum,
45 Harvard Ave, Wigram, Christchurch (August/September). The following link has more information about the exhibition – there are also some other very good links to all manner of useful information about other events in Belgium throughout the whole of 2017 on this website: http://www.passchendaele.be/en/Configuratie/Calender/2017/The_Belgians_have_not_forgotten
Toitu Otago Settlers’ Museum is hosting the final leg of the Belgians Have Not Forgotten exhibition in October & November (timed to coincide with the centenary) and will have Freddy Declerck from Belgium come to speak at its opening. His lecture is part of a four-lecture series over October, with two Belgian experts (Freddy and Charlotte Descamps) and two New Zealand experts (Professor Tom Brooking and Sean Brosnahan) to discuss Passchendaele from different perspectives. Toitu is also staging a complementary exhibition The Women’s War: patriotism, service and dissent in their temporary exhibition gallery. You may also be interested to view their documentary Journey of the Otagos, which includes a specific episode on Passchendaele called The Darkest Days https://youtu.be/3X6xX6_AgNE
The Third Battle of Ypres officially started July 31st 1917, the battle later became known as the Battle of Passchendaele. The UK coordinated a large commemoration at Tyne Cot Cemetery and in Ypres on July 31st 2017, followed by a 3-hour live show. Both events were broadcast live on the BBC, this is the link to the Tyne Cot commemoration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzI62I0fomQ and this is the link to the Menin Gate ceremony and the show that followed on the Market Square of Ypres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voWrPJSM8Io
New Zealand’s relationship with Belgium was forged not only on the battlefield, but through efforts here at home. Here in New Zealand, socks were knitted, clothing donated and fundraisers held. By the end of the war, New Zealanders had raised around £805,000 for the Belgian Relief Fund – that’s around $100 million today! WW100 is remembering the compassion New Zealanders showed towards Belgium and its refugees during the First World War. You can learn more by clicking on the compassion video on this page: http://ww100.govt.nz/compassion
The New Zealand Herald recently featured the following blog in its Travel section: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=11901797
The Passchendaele 2017 event is being held 4-5-6 November 2017 in Flanders. Please visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/1826648810957458/ or email passchendaele2017@gmail.com to know more if you happen to be in the area at the time.
The Passchendaele Society is facing huge financial pressures in trying to respond to and be represented at all the centennial commemorations of the Battle of Passchendaele. If you are one of the handful of members who have not yet paid your membership subscription of $20 this year, please forward as soon as possible……every little bit helps, thanks. Our Give-a-little page is where you can donate if you so wish, here is the link https://givealittle.co.nz/org/passchsoc1 Or another great way to donate is to become a Paid Life Member.
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Welcome to the NORENSE-website
At this website, you will find information about NORENSE, its aims and visions, guidelines for applying for funding, as well as reports and publications from supported research projects.
NORENSE stands for Nordic Research Network for Steiner Education. It was founded in 2007 by three Nordic higher educational institutions; Rudolf Steiner University College in Norway, Waldorf University College in Sweden, and Snellman College in Finland.
NORENSE is a Nordic collaboration with the aim of promoting and supporting research on Steiner Waldorf education, and contributing to the knowledge base and legitimacy of the Nordic Steiner Waldorf higher educational institutions. Today's schools and educational practices are more and more informed by research. Very little research has until now been directed towards Steiner Waldorf education, and there is a strong need for all kinds of educational research; investigating, evaluating, deepening and communicating the various aspects of Steiner Waldorf education.
NORENSE are supporting individual and group research projects, as well as PhD and master students. This includes writing of articles based on completed research projects. In addition, NORENSE hosts a yearly seminar open to the public where supported projects and other relevant research topics are presented. Research projects funded by NORENSE are expected to be published in peer-reviewed journals, and in a popularised form in the Nordic Waldorf education magazines. An important principle for NORENSE is to ensure that supported research is disseminated to educational practitioners as well as to the research community.
NORENSE receives its funding resources mainly from the Waldorf school and kindergarten federations in the Nordic countries. Representatives from the Nordic higher educational institutions and from the federations are members of the NORENSE Council, who decides on the yearly funding. In addition, three representatives from public universities are members of the Council. NORENSE is managed by Rudolf Steiner University College in Norway. Henrik Holm and Caroline Bratt share the NORENSE leadership.
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As a recognised alternative to the public educational systems in the Nordic countries, Steiner Waldorf education needs to be supported by research in manifold ways. Research can aid and initiate developments and provide new knowledge on all levels from kindergartens, schools and social therapeutic institutions to higher education. NORENSE aims at supporting qualified research that in its turn will provide insights and impulses for development to the different aspects of Steiner Waldorf education. The higher educational institutions are key factors here since they both disseminate relevant research to future and current practitioners, and also conduct research as part of their institutional policy and responsibility.
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Treasurer extends instant asset write-off
Rebecca Gredley
Businesses will be able to access the $150,000 instant asset write-off scheme until the end of the year, in a bid to help them rebound after coronavirus.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the extension will cost $300 million and is expected to help about 3.5 million businesses.
“(They) will be able to go and purchase equipment or machinery, tools, up to a value of $150,000 – as many times as they want – and then write it off,” he told reporters just outside of Canberra.
“We’ve been through some difficult times but the nation has made great progress.
“We’ve flattened the curve and people are getting back to work, and we want businesses to get back to doing what they do best – growing, innovating and hiring people across the economy.”
Labor supports the move but is waiting to see the underpinning legislation, which will be introduced to federal parliament this week.
“While measures to help reverse the collapse in business investment are desperately needed, the Morrison government has poorly timed and badly implemented this policy from day one,” shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers said.
“Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg failed to act when business investment was crashing in the months before the fires and the virus, and then announced this policy just before shutting down large parts of the economy.”
The expanded instant asset write-off took effect in March and applies to businesses with annual turnovers of up to $500 million, up from $50 million.
Assets can be new or second hand, and must be used or installed by December 31.
Businesses can benefit from the instant asset write-off multiple times.
Figures released by the Parliamentary Budget Office on Tuesday shows that in April the deficit was $40 billion compared to an expected $7.6 billion.
Net debt at the end of April was about $441 billion, which is $49 billion more than the most recent forecast for the end of the financial year.
Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy says the economic hit because of coronavirus will be smaller than initially expected because the health outlook has improved.
“However, this will still be the single biggest economic shock Australia has faced in living memory,” he told a Senate inquiry.
Mr Frydenberg last week confirmed Australia is in a recession, after the economy shrank 0.3 per cent in the March quarter ahead of a much larger fall expected in the current June quarter.
The pandemic could see government debt blow out by $620 billion by the end of the decade, the PBO has found.
Mr Frydenberg will provide a budget update on July 23.
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Keeping ‘rain from the drain’ helping to clean Niagara River
by Joseph KisselAugust 6, 2016
When rain overwhelms Buffalo’s 120-year-old sanitary sewer system, we all lose.
That’s because anything that’s flushed down the toilet ends up in the Niagara River by way of the Buffalo River and about 70 overflow points there, said Jill Jedlicka, executive director of the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper organization.
Pat Barczys leads a kayaking tour along the Buffalo River.
A 19-year plan is underway at the Buffalo Sewer Authority to replace the thousands of miles of pipe that combine human waste and and stormwater runoff. When there’s too much rain, it all goes back in the river the way it came in … raw.
Pharmaceuticals and other pieces of debris can enter the waterways as well, Jedlicka said.
Because of the complexity of replacing the pipes and the danger of introducing new problems, there’s an immediate focus on keeping “rain from the drain,” she said.
The goal is to keep as much storm water from entering the system.
“When the water percolates in the ground, it’s taking away a stressor,” she said.
“Urban runoff is probably the biggest source of pollution to our waterways,” said Joy Kuebler, a landscape architect who’s worked on many “green” projects throughout Western New York.
Part of Kuebler’s design mission is to find ways to slow that rain runoff from entering waterways and the sewer system.
That also helps filter out some pollutants.
Other approaches include “green roofs” that incorporate soil and plants that help collect and retain water instead of sending it straight to the drain.
Other more conventional approaches include rain barrels and planting “rain gardens” that emphasize water retention.
“It’s all site based,” said Jedlicka, who also reported that the Buffalo Niagara’s drinking water supply is still safe.
While algae blooms on the western side of Lake Erie have been increasing during the past decade, the eastern end has been spared due to the much greater depth of the lake here.
“They’ve already had algae blooms and they don’t usually see them until July or August,” Jedlicka said.
The western basin of the lake is only 8 to 10 feet deep, allowing sun to penetrate the surface and help create the cyanobacteria or what is also known as blue-green algae.
Not only is it disgusting but it’s a potentially toxic stew to humans and wildlife.
The western end of the basin, in comparison, ranges from 20 to 60 feet deep.
So luckily, we don’t experience as much E. coli and salmonella in our waters here.
Unfortunately, Jedlicka said there’s still heavy metals in fish tissue.
“The 1960s and 70s were rock bottom for the river after the heyday of industry here, leaving unmaintained sites that continue to leach into the waterways,” she said.
“It’s going to be a long road to recovery.”
The Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper organization is a nonprofit formed in 1989 after the NYS Department of Conservation completed their first Buffalo River Remedial Action Plan. Later that year, citizens joined forces to form “Friends of the Buffalo River.”
In 2000, the scope was expanded to include the Niagara River, and in 2005 the name was changed to reflect its membership of the Waterkeeper Alliance, which endeavors to “strengthen and grow a global network of grassroots leaders protecting everyone’s right to clean water.”
That organization started in 1966, when commercial and recreational fishermen united to save the Hudson River from industrial pollution in eastern New York state.
Buffalo, city news, city news, Niagara Falls, Regional News
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