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OPEC+ agrees to increase output by 500,000 barrels a day in Jan
By IANS | Bharat Defence Kavach | Publish Date: 12/4/2020 12:32:00 PM
Vienna: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries have decided to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January 2021.
In light of the current oil market fundamentals and the outlook for 2021, OPEC+ agreed, beginning in January 2021, to adjust production by 500,000 bpd, according to a statement released after the 12th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting on Thursday.It means the group would move to output curbs by 7.2 million bpd early next year, compared with current cuts of 7.7 million bpd, reports Xinhua news agency.
The oil group also agreed to hold monthly ministerial meetings, starting January 2021, to decide on further production adjustments for the following month, with monthly adjustments being no more than 500,000 million bpd.The meeting decided to extend the compensation period until the end of March 2021, to ensure full compensation from all participating countries that overproduced in previous months, the statement added.
OPEC and its allies, an oil group known as OPEC+ led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, agreed in April to slash output by 9.7 million bpd for May and June as the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged demand, and decided in June to extend the first phase of oil output cuts until the end of July. Entering the second phase, the cuts are reduced 7.7 million bpd starting August until the end of the year.
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Modern «Ivanov»
My dear readers! I’d like to share my impressions about a visit to the Theatre of Nations. I was able to attend the first night of «Ivanov», a new play.
It’s worth mentioning that 129 years ago this first play, written by Chekhov, was set on stage in the very same building.
A scene from the play «Ivanov»
The action on stage, the duration of which initially was five hours, was reduced to three hours. Besides, the play got some modern flare. It was especially interesting to watch the new interpretation.
I had a feeling that all those things really happened to people who live next to us. I hope that exactly this feature will attract young generation to the theatre.
Evgeniy Mironov and Liza Boyarskaya
One more time I was convinced that Mironov is as excellent as always. Victor Verzhbitskiy was one of the most authentic in the play. I think that a new life awaits this dramatic and mysterious play. And we still have a lot to learn from Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov.
Waiting for the play to begin
Program of the play
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BERIN IP AGENCY PARTICIPATED ON THE 83rd COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT INSTITUTE
The delegation of the Agency for Intellectual Property "Berin" in composition of: prof. Prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov, MA Maria Koseska and B.Sc. Eng. Liljana Filipova (Associate Member) participated in the work of the 83rd Council of the European Patent Institute (EPI) that took place in Warsaw (Poland) on November 17-19th, 2017.
During the work of the Council the new members of the appropriate committees of the EPI were elected for the period 2017-2020. The representatives of the IP Agency Berin were elected in three EPI Committees: Maria Kjoseska in the Committee for Professional Enforcement, Bogoljub Ilievski in the Committee for European Patent Practice and Vanco Damjansky in the Committee for Disciplinary Procedure. The Macedonian European patent attorneys have representatives in three Committees: Litigation, Education and By-Law.
In addition to the Council was held a seminar on "Patent infringement litigation in EU jurisdictions and the UPC Perspective".The two-day work and friendship with the other 160 colleagues, representing 12,500 patent attorneys from the countries that had ratified the European Patent Convention, provided a real opportunity for exchange of experiences and ideas for the further development of the European Patent Institute and the cooperation of the attorneys within their competencies, both with colleagues, and with their business partners.
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Daren Tang Assumes Functions as WIPO Director General
Prior to his appointment as WIPO Director General, Mr. Tang served as Chief Executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). Between 1997 and 2012, before joining IPOS, Mr. Tang held different legal positions within the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore. Mr. Tang also presided as Chair of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) from May 2017 until his appointment as Director General.
WIPO's member states on May 8, 2020, appointed Mr. Tang by consensus as the Organization's next Director General, following his nomination by the WIPO Coordination Committee in March 2020.
Following his appointment, Mr. Tang laid out his priorities and vision for the Organization going forward, saying that work will be channeled along three themes: inclusiveness, balance, and future-orientation.
Mr. Tang is the fifth Director General of WIPO, following Mr. Gurry of Australia (2008-2020), Mr. Kamil Idris of Sudan (1997-2008), Mr. Arpad Bogsch of the United States (1973-1997) and Mr. Georg Bodenhausen of the Netherlands (1970-1973).
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BOGOGJUB ILIEVSKI FROM BERIN – VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT INSTITUTE IN MUNICH!
At the 88th Assembly of the Council of the European Patent Institute, organized by professional representatives before the European Patent Office in Munich, held today, June 29, 2020 (online), a new leadership of the Institute was elected, in which on one of the two vice presidential posts was elected the Macedonian and European patent attorney, Mr. Bogoljub Ilievski, director of the Patent Department at the Berin Intellectual Property Agency in Skopje, MK.
The European Patent Institute has about 12,000 European patents attorneys from 38 countries (all EU members, plus Turkey, North Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, and San Marino). This election is a great recognition for Bogoljub personally, for the Berin Agency and for all Macedonian patent representatives.
At today's meeting, which was also attended by Prof. Dr. Gjorgji Filipov, founder of Berin IP Agency, one another term in the Disciplinary Commission of the European Patent Institute for the Macedonian and European Patent Representative, Vanco Damjanski, Chief Executive Officer of Berlin was confirmed. Thanks a lot to all colleagues who suported the election!
Congratulations to Bobby and Vane!
Congratulations to all Macedonian Patent Attorneys!
EPO published Inventors's handbook section at their website
"The purpose of this Inventors' Handbook is to provide you with basic guidance on all the key stages of turning an invention into a commercial product. Or perhaps we should say the key stages of turning an idea into an enterprise, if we are to widen our definition of 'invention' to include novel processes, business methods, social interactions etc. Though invention has traditionally been associated with manufactured products, it is now better understood that new wealth has always been created primarily from new knowledge, or novel uses of existing knowledge.
Although this guide is published by the European Patent Office, its content goes well beyond issues of intellectual property (IP). While IP is undoubtedly essential to the successful exploitation of new ideas, it is only one of several important aspects of innovation."
From the introduction given in the handbook.
For complete content please visit: epo.org
Stay inspired in the upcomming #2020
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KJOSESKA AND ILIEVSKI FROM BERIN ON THE 87TH COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT INSTITUTE
The EPI Council, 87th in a row, was held on November 22 and 23, 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal. About 150 representatives from a total of 12,500 European Patent Attorneys participated, including Marija Kjoseska Ilievska, Head of TM and ID department in BERIN LTD and Bogoljub Ilievski, Head of patent department in BERIN LTD as one of the four delegates from MK.
The seminar under the name “Forum shopping and European patent infringement litigation in a UPC environment, preceded by the work of the Council. The Chairman and Vice-Presidents of EPI, the Secretary General, the Internal Auditors, the Finance Committee, the treasury secretary and other committees were submitted and adopted reports. Furthermore, lively discussion about new proposed budget plan for 2020 as well about new proposed IP Commercialization committee within epi followed.
The said new committee will look into the issues considering IP Valuation and Monetarization, Portfolio optimization, Assignment of IP rights as well Licensing matters. Still, the main event in this Council was presentation given by the EPO president Mr Antonio Campinos concerning EPO strategic plan 2023.
Mr. Campinos additionally was open to discuss and answer the questions from epi delegates mostly dedicated to status of the new measures concerning improving of the quality management system in the EPO.
The debates continued at the participants' dinner, followed by folklore songs and dance performances from Portugal, Berin's representatives did not miss the opportunity to solidify old friendships and business ties and to open up new ones.
PATENT * is a set of exclusive rights granted by the state to the patent owner (inventor or holder) for a specified period in exchange for regulated disclosure of certain details of the invention that may be a device, process, method or composition which is new, possessing innovative contribution and usable or industrially applicable.
BERIN LTD. offers services in the field of protection of patents in the following segments:
Search in the patent bases.
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Annuities: Maintenance of patents.
TCM: Procedures for issuing a supplementary certificate for extension of validity of patents.
Licenses: Preparation and registration of license agreements for the use of patents.
Estimates: Value evaluation of Patents and inventions.
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* PATENT The term derives from the Latin word patere which means "to be open" (to be presented to the public) and the term letters patent, which originally marked the posh decree that gives exclusive rights to a certain person or business.
TRADEMARK is a right of industrial property, which refers to a distinctive sign used by a person, organization or legal entities for marking on their products and/or services to consumers, and to distinguish their products from those of other entities.
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Search in the national and international databases;
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Monitoring on the market and official publications;
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Cancellations;
Procedures to changes in the registers (transmission contracts, change of name and address);
Licenses: Preparation and registration of license agreements for the use of trademarks.
[Judicial protection and enforcement]
Litigation;
Mediation process for resolving disputes;
Requests for customs measures;
Inspection insights, insight and measures.
[Other Services]
Estimates: value evaluation of trademarks
* A trademark usually is consisted of a name, word, phrase, graphic logo, symbol, device, picture, or a combination thereof. Sign ® is used to denote characters that are registered with the Trademark Law, it is equivalent to the TM symbol used for the territory of North America.
Copyright is a term that covers the rights relating to creation, use and use of the copyrighted works and specific expressions of ideas/information.
Copyright work is intellectual work of a person or group of persons in the field of literature, science, arts and other areas of work, regardless of the type, manner and form of expression.
BERIN is a copyright agency that offers to the customers the following services:
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BERIN through its network of representatives, authorized to represent before all administrative and judicial authorities, provides reliable and professional representation to its customers at all stages of realization and protection of the rights of intellectual property. By continuously monitoring on all legislative changes and practice in cooperation with our customers we provide the optimum outcome of any initiated proceedings.
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* The representatives of BERIN have been involved in the hearings before the court of the European Patent Office (EPO), representing and defending patent specifications from different fields and on behalf of important companies from the region and beyond.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN is a right of industrial property, which refers to a specific appearance or shape of a body, picture, drawing, contours, composition of colors, texture or combination of them in a way that meets the requirements of novelty and individual character compared to those ones previously familiar to the public. Industrial design is a right that is intended to give the products that are aimed for a certain visual, aesthetic, ergonomic, practical purpose or quality to distinguish them from the rest of the products on the market.
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Search, in the domestic and international databases;
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Berin® Intellectual Property Agency is an internationally active company founded in 1992. The company started on a modest scale, providing services primarily for the national market, and over time developed into a leading full-service IP Provider in the Republic of Macedonia and one of the bigest in the region of Southeast Europe.
Berin® IP Agency has its own network of representatives and/or partner offices in: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, EUIPO (EU Intellectual Property Office), EPO (European Patent Office), EAPO (Euro-Asian Patent Office), Germany, Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine.
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Berin® IP Agency Ltd offers full range of IPR protection to clients from all over the world and is specialized in preparing and filing patent, industrial designs and trademarks applications, copyright and neighbouring's rights protection as well as in the field of technology and know-how transfer, franchising and licensing. The longstanding connections with intellectual property law firms around the globe allow Berin to serve clients creatively and cost-effectively. Many of Berin's attorneys are qualified to practice in several areas and before domestic and international IP offices, including the EPO, EUIPO, EAPO, above mentioned national IP Offices and specialized organizations and offices, including World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which is administrating Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) as well as Madrid Agreement and Protocol for Trademarks and Haag Agreement for Industrial designs.
Berin's employees are experts of various profiles, engineers from different fields as well as attorneys and IP agents. All of them are well-respected local and international IP experts supported by a team of experienced and multilingual paralegal and administrative staff as well as subject matter experts (SMEs) from different fields such as: mechanical engineering, electrical & electronical, software and computers, chemical and pharmaceuticals, enviromental and civil and architectural engineering as well as jurists and lawyers. Constantly, Berin's team is praised for consistently providing quick, reliable and easily comprehensible service to its clients.
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Berin® Ltd. today is a symbol of loyal, sustainable and price-wise very competitive IP Partner, performing high quality services in the interest of our international customers. Berin is well known as a regional firm that serves a diverse mix of clients, from individuals to world's leading corporations, most of which work directly with us. The majority of Berin clients require its services at a regional level, from a few to over 30 countries. In addition to this, Berin Ltd. has built a reputation of a European IP firm that successfully handles patent, trademark and design filings and related issues before the national ofiices as well as before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), European Patent Office (EPO) and Eauroasian Patent Office (EAPO) under very competitive expenditures.
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1992 : Founding
Georgi Filipov decided to initiate proceedings to establish a company
1993 : Registration
Decision on establishment of enterprise for marketing, research and development BERIN LTD Skopje
1993 : Patents
Filing of the first application for granting patent rights
1994 : Partnership
Liljana Markovska Filipova joined the company as co-owner
1994 : First Industrial Design and Trademark Applications:
Submission of the first application for recognition Industrial Design and Trademark registration
1995 : First PCT Application
Submission of the first international patent of inventor from Republic of Macedonia under the PCT (Treaty Extending Patents)
1996 : Promotion of Inventions
Participation on the International Fair for Inventions and conquering the Grand Prix Eureka 1999
1997 : International Trademarks
First application filed under the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
2001 : International Protection of Industrial Designs
First application before the WIPO under The Hague arrangement for registration of industrial designs
2004 : Representation before the EPO
Start of representation before the European Patent Office
2005 : Representation before the OHIM
Start of representation before the OHIM
2010 : Certification
Implemented and certified system for quality management ISO 9001: 2008
2012 : International Fairs
First solo participation on the International Fair of Intellectual Property in Munich- Visit of deputy director of EPO Mr. Željko Topić at the stand of Berin
2014 : Expansion
Founding of Berin International GmbH in Vienna, Austria
2015 : Software
Introduction of (Paperless) completely electronic administration of procedures
2016 : First Macedonian Patent to EPO
First Macedonian Patent recognised in European Patent Organisation
2017 : 25th Anniversary
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Computational simulation is an integral part of the BioBrick design process. However, given that realistic systems often involve multiple BioBricks, and that each BioBrick may contain multiple functional components (Knight, 2003), constructing simulatable models of biological systems can be a daunting task.
Genetic circuits can be designed either manually, using CAD tools (e.g. Chandran, Bergmann & Sauro, 2009), or automatically (Rodrigo, Carrera & Jaramillo, 2007). To support these approaches several researchers have proposed methods for the bottom-up assembly of BioBricks (Marchisio & Stelling, 2008, Cooling et al., 2010). To achieve this task these tools require access to a library of models for individual parts, and enough additional information about these parts to allow the user to quickly identify valid combinations which allow the software to combine model fragments into larger models.
Genetic circuits can be designed either manually, using CAD tools (e.g. Chandran, Bergmann & Sauro, 2009), or automatically (Rodrigo, Carrera & Jaramillo, 2007). To support these approaches several researchers have proposed methods for the bottom-up assembly of BioBricks (Marchisio & Stelling, 2008, Cooling ''et al''., 2010). To achieve this task these tools require access to a library of models for individual parts, and enough additional information about these parts to allow the user to quickly identify valid combinations which allow the software to combine model fragments into larger models.
Here we describe a RESTful service API for querying and fetching parts, model fragments for these parts, and combinatorial information about these parts, to support both automated and human-directed construction of complex models.
BBF RFC 66: A RESTful API for Supporting Automated BioBrick Model Assembly
Steyn, J. S.; Boyd, R. M; Essa, Y.; Hall, P.; Koh, A.; Sheth, H.; Tsu, D; Woodhouse, S; Hallinan, J.; Wipat, A.; Pocock, M. R.
1 Purpose
2 Relation to other BBF RFCs
3 Copyright Notice
5 Terminology and Typography
6 Data Model
6.1 Data model types
6.1.1 Assembly:
6.1.2 Part:
6.1.3 Variable:
6.2 Data model well-formedness constraints
7 Data Rendering
8 Component Assembly
10 Authors' Contact Information
Constructing simulatable models for BioBricks by hand is a complex and time-consuming task. The time taken could be reduced by using Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools to aid in designing models, but these tools need to be augmented with domain-specific knowledge. Here we propose a standard for a RESTful (Richardson, 2007) API which facilitates the discovery and publication of models of functional biological units. This API is designed to produce parts models which can be automatically combined into complete, simulatable models of entire systems.
Relation to other BBF RFCs
BBF RFC 66 does not update or replace any earlier BBF RFC.
Copyright (C) The BioBricks Foundation (2010). All Rights Reserved.
Computational simulation is an integral part of the BioBrick design process. However, given that realistic systems often involve multiple BioBricks, and that each BioBrick may contain multiple functional components (Knight, 2003), constructing simulatable models of biological systems can be a daunting task. Genetic circuits can be designed either manually, using CAD tools (e.g. Chandran, Bergmann & Sauro, 2009), or automatically (Rodrigo, Carrera & Jaramillo, 2007). To support these approaches several researchers have proposed methods for the bottom-up assembly of BioBricks (Marchisio & Stelling, 2008, Cooling et al., 2010). To achieve this task these tools require access to a library of models for individual parts, and enough additional information about these parts to allow the user to quickly identify valid combinations which allow the software to combine model fragments into larger models. Here we describe a RESTful service API for querying and fetching parts, model fragments for these parts, and combinatorial information about these parts, to support both automated and human-directed construction of complex models.
Terminology and Typography
Text appearing in fixed-width font denote parts of the RESTful API, such as data-types and operations. Text appearing in italic font indicate names and identifiers. The words ‘part’, ‘device’ and ‘system’ in standard font have the usual BioBrick meaning.
The data model is hierarchical (Fig. 1). At the top level, an assembly bundles parts, connections and other assemblies together, producing re-usable, simulatable systems. Parts represent biological primitives and their associated models, including any publicly visible variables. Connections join parts together via their variables.
Figure 1. Data model class diagram
Data model types
There are four data types in the data model. Their structure is described in this section.
A device or system that can be independently simulated
An Assembly has the following attributes:
name: The assembly name.
description: An optional human-readable description of the assembly.
subAssembly: Zero or more assemblies of which this assembly is composed.
hasParts: The parts assembled by this assembly. Individual Parts may be assembled into any number of assemblies.
hasConnections: The connections that wire parts together. For example, the POPs output of a promoter may be wired to the POPs input of a coding sequence.
An encapsulation of a quantified entity
A Part consists of:
name: The part name.
description: An optional human-readable description of the part.
type: The biological type of the part, such as Promoter, CDS, RBS. This SHOULD come from an appropriate controlled vocabulary.
model: A MathML block describing the relationships between the variables of this part.
hasVariables: The variables exposed.
An exposed quantity
A Variable has:
name: No two variables within the same part may share the same name. However, variables from different parts may have the same name.
units: The physical units of the variable. Defaults to dimensionless.
isIn: A flag to indicate if this is an input variable for the part. Defaults to false
isOut: A flag to indicate if this is an output variable for the part. Defaults to false
Connection: A binding of an out-variable from one component to an in-variable of another component
in: the in-variable to connect
out: the out-variable to connect
Data model well-formedness constraints
For data to be well-formed, it must both conform to the data model described above, and additionally adhere to the following constraints:
assembly.name (scope): each name uniquely identifies a single assembly. Assemblies MUST NOT share names. These MAY be re-used between entities of different types, for example between an assembly.name and a part.name.
part.name (scope): each name uniquely identifies a single part. Parts MUST NOT share names. These MAY be re-used between entities of different types, for example between a part.name and a variable.name.
part.hasVariables and part.model (scope): Every name of every variable of a part MUST appear in the model of that part.
Variable.name (scope): Every name of every variable of a part MUST be unique within that part. Variables of different parts MAY (and in some circumstances MUST) use the same name.
connection.in and connection.out (flags): These MUST refer to variables with the isIn and isOut flag set to true, respectively.
connection.in and connection.out (scope): These MUST refer to variables that are within parts that are within the assembly holding the connection.
Data Rendering
Individual implementers are free to chose from one of several renderings of the data model. These include XML and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). To keep per-fetch costs low, this specification states what data MUST be present in a particular rendering. In particular, it states what MUST be directly embedded in-line as a value, and what MUST be included by reference to a name.
name string value
description string value
subAssembly List of assembly reference ${subAssembly.name}
hasPart List of part reference ${hasParts.name}
hasConnections List of connection value
type string(cv) value
model MathML value
hasVariables List of variable value
in variable reference ${in.name}
out variable reference ${out.name}
units string(cv) value
isIn boolean value
isOut boolean value
Component Assembly
A CAD client is responsible for allowing the user to combine parts and assemblies to build a model of the system of interest. This is achieved by binding all unbound variables. A variable is unbound if it is not referred to by any connection. To ensure that the model can be simulated, the CAD program will need to bind each unbound in-variable to either an unbound out-variable, or to a constant value. For example, if an assembly modeling the Lac operon exposes in-variables named lac_repressor and inactivated_lac_repressor, these variables must be bound either to out-variables giving the levels of these molecules, or to suitable constant values.
REST is based around resources, identified by URLs. Given, for example, a base URL called BASE, the following resources MUST be provided by any implementation of this API: BASE/parts/ representing all parts; BASE/parts/${name} for each part; BASE/assemblies/ representing all assemblies; and BASE/assemblies/${name} for each assembly. For example, a server located at 'http://myuni.ac.uk/modelrepository' which published an assembly BA_K302012, would be exposed as: 'http://myuni.ac.uk/modelrepository/assemblies/BA_K302012'.
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Jannetta S. Steyn: jannetta.steyn@ncl.ac.uk
Rachel May Boyd: rachel.boyd@ncl.ac.uk
Younus Essa: younus.essa@ncl.ac.uk
Phil Hall: phillip.hall@ncl.ac.uk
Alan Koh: s.c.a.koh@ncl.ac.uk
Harsh Sheth: harsh.sheth@ncl.ac.uk
Deena Tsu: deena.tsu@ncl.ac.uk
Steven Woodhouse: steven.woodhouse@ncl.ac.uk
Anil Wipat: anil.wipat@ncl.ac.uk
Jennifer Hallinan: j.s.hallinan@ncl.ac.uk
Matthew Pocock: matthew.pocock@ncl.ac.uk
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Page 3, 11th November 1988 — NEWS ANALYSIS
Organisations: Francisan Centre for Environmental Studies in Rome, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican's Secretariat
People: John Paul, Capuchin Fr Bernard Przewozny, Promoting Christian Unity, Fr John Mutiso Mbinda, Carlos Chagas, Churchmen, John Thavis
Locations: Chernobyl, Rome, Vatican City
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Keywords: Geography, Europe, Political Geography, Christianity In Europe, Enclaves, Vatican City, Pope John Paul Ii, Pontifical Academy Of Sciences, Pope John Paul I, Pope, Environmentalism, Environment
John Paul gets bitten by 'green' bug
The Pope is turning increasingly to environmental issues as a meeting of mission workers in Rome last week demonstrated. John Thavis reports
IN THE 100-acre Vatican City, a quiet enclave on a Roman hill, environmental issues might sometimes appear remote. There are no smokestacks on the skyline, clean water still arrives from papally restored aquaducts and the lush Vatican garden can seem like paradise regained.
But today's ecological crisis has knocked at the Vatican's door, too. Last summer a female traffic officer keeled over in the square beneath Pope John Paul II's window, a victim of carbon monoxide and other tour bus fumes. She had to be hospitalised.
The giant statues above St Peter's, like many in Rome, are being corroded by chemicalladen rain water. Even the Vatican's medieval walls needed "first aid" last year to repair damage caused in part by chemical pollution.
For the Vatican, however, environmental concern goes well beyond its borders. The point
being raised these days — by church scholars, missionaries and the Pope — is that care of the earth may be one of the most serious moral issues of our age.
Dr Carlos Chagas, recently retired president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, told the Pope bluntly in an address at the end of October: "The destruction of the environment is the result of a progressive and obstinate action, nearly invisible in the beginning, driven by greed, economic power and ignorance."
"You alone, with your voice, can stop ecological disaster, and the academy is at your service," Chagas said.
The academy's report last year on disappearing species — some 35,000 are facing extinction by the year 2000 — raked an alarm in the scientific community. Five years ago, the academy issued early warnings about the depletion of the ozone layer and the global build-up of carbon dioxide, as well as the
environmental disaster that would follow nuclear war.
The Pope has taken up the issue with notable vigour. His latest encyclical, Sollicitudo Rel Socialis was immediately hailed as an ecological breakthrough for its tough language on the environment. In it, the Pope insisted that the dominion granted humankind over the natural world has biological and moral limits that cannot be violated in the name of development.
In other declarations, the Pope's language has been even sharper. Earlier this year, he told farmworkers that economic exploitation of resources was threatening to turn the earth into an "abandoned desert." He told a
group of scientists last autumn that he was concerned about the "uncontrolled discharges" of waste products into the earth's atmosphere, land and seas. Part of this "irreversible damage," he added, was caused by economic practices "aimed only at profit."
Those who know the Pope say that as a hiker and outdoors enthusiast, he has a keen awareness about damage to the environment. It is a growing issue among Churchmen in his native Poland, where widespread industrial pollution has threatened whole regions and is eroding, among other things, the facade of the Pope's former cathedral in Krakow.
Although he has spoken about general causes, the Pope has been cautious about assigning blame for specific damage — whether for disasters like Chernobyl or for long-term problems like deforestation. Among Vatican agencies, too, there is hesitation about making sweeping pronouncements on ecology because it often involves the complicated interaction of First and Third World economies, population migration and international regulation.
Several ecology-minded churchmen in Rome have high hopes for a papal document on green issues in the near future.
"Actually, if he'd put all his previous statements under one cover, it would make a beautiful document," said Capuchin Fr Bernard Przewozny.
Fr Przewozny is the mover behind the Francisan Centre for Environmental Studies in Rome, a new institute expected to open this autumn. He hopes within two years to obtain Vatican approval for the programme and have it raised to the level of a pontifical academic institute.
"Deforestation, chemical pollution, uncontrolled urbanisation — these are going to be major issues in the coming decades, and the Church needs people qualified to speak on them," he said.
An ecological movement is also developing among missionaries. Last week, about 100 mission workers gathered in Rome to discuss approaches to the environmental problems they encounter daily — ranging from multinational corporations that eschew safety norms to the lack of firewood in Third World countries. Partly because of urbanisation, the missionaries have seen many local cultures lose their connection to the land in a single generation. Several of them wanted environmental studies to be included as part of a missionary's training program.
Kenyan Fr John Mutiso Mbinda, an official of the Vatican's Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, spoke at the meeting and called missionaries "firsthand witnesses" to environmental abuse. As one example, he cited the extensive sale in Africa of fertilisers that are banned in Western countries.
Governments often view the church and its missionaries as environmentally guilty, as the original bearers of a Western development mentality, he noted. "Now is the time to convince them we are prepared to look at the issues again", he said.
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By The Arty Dans
Director Yoon Eun-gyeong
Starring Park Ji-young, Lee Ju-won, Lee Se-young, Park So-yi
Alternative Names 호텔 레이크
This is my second last hope for Asian horror movies in 2020. Third last if you count Chinese film The Perilous Internet Ring.
Currently streaming now on Shudder, this Korean film has all the hallmarks of the classic hotel haunting movies like The Shining and Psycho, just with a very modern Korean flavour.
While it definitely can’t be compared to those two juggernauts, is this movie good enough to stand on it’s own and be crowned the best Asian horror movie of 2020?
What's this Movie About?
A young woman, twenty-something year old Yoo-mi, takes custody of her step sister, Ji-yoo, from an orphanage.
Realising she isn’t fiscally and emotionally mature enough to look after her, and also holding some deep resentment towards her, she decides to take Ji-yoo to Hotel Lake, a seasonal resort run by their late mother’s friend and ex-employer. This woman is referred to as “aunty”.
Aunty convinces Yoo-mi to stay a few days to reminisce about her time growing up in the hotel. Due to the fact it’s the off-season, the only other person in the hotel is one of the cleaners, an alcoholic woman with a sordid past.
There is a room that Yoo-mi has forbidden Ji-yoo from entering, the room where their mother committed suicide. However, children being children, Ji-yoo ignores this advice and she starts to report she is seeing a woman around the hotel.
At the same time, Yoo-mi starts to notice some creepy things are also occurring, and after Ji-yoo goes missing and she is presumed to be responsible, the truth about Hotel Lake is revealed.
Is it Worth Watching?
If you were to stop the movie at the 70 minute mark and ask my opinion, my answer would be an unequivocal yes. The problem is, the movie continues for another 30 minutes after that point, and that’s where the shift in tone happens that turned around my opinion of the film.
Within the first hour we get a lot of creepy moments. Shadows in the background that move, or mysterious visions that appear, like the face in the darkness under the stairs of the cellar.
There’s also the ramblings of the drunkard cleaner and the one-eyed schoolboy medium that really add to the tension and mystery of the movie.
But, if you’ve ever seen Chinese horror films, it’s almost like a completely different writer was involved in the final third of the movie, and decided that instead of continuing on the great work that had already been done, they were going to ensure this movie could be released in China, completely forgetting they were a Korean film.
The worst part is that this movie wasn’t even released in China, so what a waste that ended up feeling like.
What are Some of the Memorable Moments?
Hotels can make a great setting for horror films, especially if they are empty. It’s part of what made The Shining a great film, and while this film is no The Shining, the layout of the hotel, its décor and the history that we slowly learn about it, make it a great setting for this film. Actually, it would have made a great setting for any horror film, it’s just a shame it ended up in this film.
It’s also great that, for once, the little girl isn’t some kind of ghost character, as such is the norm for Asian horror films.
What's Not So Hot?
Without giving away any spoilers, it’s the shift that you don’t see coming that lets down the film.
After the scene involving the schoolboy in the basement of the hotel, I thought we were heading for a very exciting ending full of proper supernatural themes.
But someone decided that would be too exciting, and thus we ended up with the end we got.
Another thing I really didn’t like, although I realise its part of the background of the character, is the way the little girl was treated, especially by Yoo-mi. She’s quite an adorable character, and the way she is treated, and her reaction is kind of heartbreaking. Maybe a kudos should go to young actress Park So-yi who plays as Ji-yoo and the terrific job she did.
Overall Impressions
Well, its definitely not an awesome horror movie, but considering what’s been on offer this year, this is probably the second best of the lot after Impetigore.
The first 70 odd minutes of the movie certainly make it worth watching, but just be prepared to be very disappointed by the ending. Very disappointed.
My recommendation is: Your Choice
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October 19, 2014, Asif was senior to Omar Rasman but didn’t manage directly
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May 1, 2012, David managed Asif directly
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Size: S: M: L: Chest: 73cm: 77cm: 80cm: Waist: 68cm: 72cm: 76cm: Hips: 88cm: 90cm: 93cm The 2nd Expedition (1493–1496), which Christopher Columbus headed already in the rank of admiral and vice-king of the newly discovered lands, consisted of 17 vessels with a crew of over 1.5 thousand people. Shop Discover America. Try our new digital puzzles. Adopt an Officer Fellow American! Discover the marvelous Galapagos Archipielago a “Living Laboratory of Evolution” and enjoy the unique fauna of the islands, and great activities in a spectacular setting. All the latest breaking UK and world news with in-depth comment and analysis, pictures and videos from MailOnline and the Daily Mail. Choose a cruising experience among a wide variety of boats or if you prefer design your own Island Hopping Expedition. A new discovery has revealed that the Vikings may have travelled hundreds of miles further into North America than previously thought. The Heineken voice is witty, intelligent and speaks in a refreshing tone. Plaza Del Totem GND Poster. March 12-29, 1494 Columbus, in search of gold, made an aggressive campaign into Haiti, and crossed the Cordillera-Central ridge. $24. On July 31, 1498, he discovered the island of Trinidad, entered the Gulf of Paria from the south, discovered the mouth of the western arm of the Orinoco delta and the Paria peninsula, initiating the discovery of South America. The exhibit will open on Oct. 8 … Posters; Reset. Green New Deal Poster Pack. Learn about the latest recommendations on attractions, places to eat, shop and much more. The digital efforts include banners, free trip contest, social media and even a free song download, all welcoming foreigners to see unique sides of America. Our experienced travel specialists will take great pride to curate you an individually tailored itinerary designed to your own interests, time and budget. We ship some items ship separately to speed up arrival time. $24. VisitTheUSA is the USA official guide for traveling the United States of America. Discover America project launches campaign. open We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website, by analysing information to enhance and customise content. Breathe3L Mask: Living Out Loud. The Public Garden GND Poster. The discovery of America is one of the most argued and controversial issues discussed today by historians and different groups of interest. During the U.S. Embassy’s Discover America campaign, the St. Regis Abu Dhabi Hotel will showcase some of its historic and unique rituals. There are reasonable grounds to believe that the continent was named after the English patron of arts Richard Amerike from Bristol, who financed the second transatlantic expedition of John Cabot in 1497, and Vespucci took for himself the nickname of the continent already called. Use left/right arrows to navigate the slideshow or swipe left/right if using a mobile device Book now while these fares are available! Discover it all in Northern Ireland. Keep America Great. Here are just some of these hypothetical contacts: in 371 BC er – Phoenicians You can’t watch a Twilight Zone episode or a sci-fi movie without hearing a mention of Area 51... You can’t get any weirder than Carhenge, a replica of England’s Stonehenge made entirely out of old, painted cars... Stretching along the California-Nevada border, Death Valley National Park is famous for its otherworldly landscape... Florida is home to many kitschy attractions and one-of-a-kind wonders that have beckoned tourists for decades. On November 3, 1493, Columbus discovered the islands of Dominic and Guadeloupe, turning to the North-West – about 20 more Minor Antilles, including Antigua and the Virgin Islands, and on November 19th – the island of Puerto Rico and approached the northern coast of Haiti. 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The discovery of America is an event as a result of which for the inhabitants of the Old World (Europe) a new part of the world became known – America, consisting of two continents. It's where 80% of travelers research their destinations. In the Bristol calendar for that year we read: “… on the day of St.. John the Baptist [June 24] found the land of America by merchants from Bristol, who arrived on a ship from Bristol with the name “Matthew” (“metik”) “. Stream North America FREE with Your TV Subscription! America Collection - USA American Flag Hats TShirts Gifts; Trump 2020 Election & Campaign Gifts - Fun & New; All Items; Home › Trump 2020 Election & Campaign Gifts - Fun & New Trump 2020 Election & Campaign Gifts - Fun & New. Design Corps: Thomas Bickley. in the 6th century – holy Brendan (Irish monk) The celebration featured a gathering of employees, members of the winning 1995 American Camel Trophy U.S. team and a number of new and classic Land Rover vehicles on display, including an original 1987 North American Spec (NAS) Range Rover Classic from the first year Range Rover was sold in America. The exhibit will be located in Art Hall, near the current temporary exhibit on women’s suffrage. Regional Antique show listings from Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa … Choose from Biden pins, Democratic Party pins, and issue-oriented campaign pins, all Made In America. Within an hour of Salt Lake City you’ll find 10 first-class resorts that make this region a true winter sports paradise. Monitor your performance on Discover. Please click to see all Friday Flyday advantages. Campaigns. Columbus made three further voyages to the New World, exploring the Lesser Antilles in 1493, Trinidad and the northern coast of South America in 1498, and the eastern coast of Central America in 1502. All rights reserved. In optimum viewing conditions, the Milky Way galaxy shines so bright as to cast your shadow on the ground. So, sit back, relax and let us help you discover the USA & … 2020 Campaign Bling - from a Blue POV. $24. The adventure never stops, regardless of the weather. You will be placed at the top of these playlists to begin, and gradually move down as the campaign progresses. Not One More Vet is an online veterinary support group. Mronge-1 is drilled by the drillship Discoverer Americas, and the site is located 20 kilometres north of the Zafarani discovery, and at 2,500-metre water depth. By clicking "Accept" you agree to allow cookies to be placed. $20 Designed By Rachel Bickley. Discovery and expansion ran through their blood, as Leif went on to travel much farther: to America. Oct 27, 2019 07:00 PM 09:00 PM Jumeirah at Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi Purple 2020 Campaign Poster. Discover our one-of-a-kind loyalty programme. A Savvy Halloween Menu. This report shows impressions, clicks, and CTR for any of your content that has appeared in on Discover in the last 16 … Most villages at the time had a gathering place in the center of town. Discovery Park of America has announced a pop-up exhibit of presidential campaign buttons that opens Oct. 8, and will be on display at the museum and heritage park though the end of the year. If you have content on Discover, you can monitor your performance using the Performance Report for Discover. The park’s wild, isolated location, 386 kilometers north of Anchorage, Alaska, makes it a fine stargazing spot. Sort by Trump 2020 gifts and games for election 2020. 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Many people think that Columbus deserves the praise for the discovery of America while, others believe that he deserves no credit because when he landed on the Island there were already natural inhabitants there who had been living there for centuries. The One Month Campaign guarantees placement for one song into 4-6 user-curated playlists on Spotify for 30 full days. Home / NOMV Campaign. There were no results for your above query. Breakfast With Tori. Blue 2020 Campaign Poster. Discover America (Brand USA) digital campaign. in the 5th century – Hui Shen (a Taiwanese Buddhist monk who traveled to the country of Fusan in the 5th century, identified by different versions with Japan or America) Discover America (Brand USA) is the first ever integrated campaign to promote US tourism to international markets. Choose one of the two images below to customize your journey and match you with content that interests you. Pelham Bay Park GND … The first expedition of Christopher Columbus (1492–1493) consisting of 91 people aboard the ships “ Santa Maria ”, “ Pinta ”, “ Nina ” left the Polos de la Frontera on August 3, 1492, turned from the Canary Islands West (September 9) crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the subtropical zone and reached the island of San Salvador in the Bahamas archipelago, where Christopher Columbus landed on October 12, 1492 (the official discovery of America). Christopher Columbus made four expeditions to the New World, which equipped the Spanish Catholic kings in the hope of opening a shorter western route to trade with India. On the night of December 25, the flagship “Santa Maria” sat on the reef, but people escaped. CAMPAIGN 4 AMERICA is advancing the values and principles of our Founding Fathers by accepting public speaking engagements, appearing on national TV and radio networks, and by producing educational material, commentaries, and videos that advocate the strengthening of our Constitutional Rights, Liberty, and Freedom. L’Ans-o-Meadows has remnants of a Viking settlement on the continent. Its main purpose is to recreate a Midnight Supper as a nod to Caroline Astor, the mother of John Jacob Astor IV, the founder of the St. Regis. As a result of the English colonization of the XII — XVIII centuries and repressive anti-Catholic laws of the indigenous Irish... Of course, The Maid of Orléans is one of the most remarkable figures in history: of any kind, of any gender, of any age. Kickstarter exists to help bring creative projects to life. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up. Find out more about how we use, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge, 4 Seasons of Adventure in Yosemite National Park, California, 5 Places to Experience Native American Culture, 5 Weirdly Cool Places to Visit in the USA, 6 Places to be Outside in the USA This Winter, Incredible U.S. What’s more, every customer will be eligible to … The discovery of the Americas has for centuries been credited to the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, but ancient markings carved into rocks around the US could require history to … There’s no better time to visit the island of Moloka'i, Hawai'i, than now. $20 Designed By Rachel Bickley. MOST ITEMS SHIP IN 24-48 Hours via 1st Class US Postal Mail. Love a challenge? Explore your curated feed below or shuffle for more suggestions. UNION CITY, TN — The Discovery Park of America has announced a pop-up exhibit of presidential campaign buttons. The New York Times Discovers China . Campaign clothing brand. In these times of social distancing, we have provided a new way for Democratic groups and other organizations to raise funds. A 40-kilometer drive and ferry ride northwest of St. Petersburg, Florida, Caladesi Island is known for its tranquility. Stream North America FREE with Your TV Subscription! Stay Updates about golf in Tenerife, Golf Las Américas near Playa de las Américas including golf with hotel. Dairy Export Council USDEC organized a series of cheese samplings and in-store promotions in four countries: Oman, UAE (Dubai and Abu Dhabi), Qatar and Kuwait in October 2019 in conjunction with the broader Discover America campaign to build U.S.-UAE business ties. These pins measure 2.2" in diameter. Frida's Fiesta Azul/Blue Mask. In each and every destination, you will find information, advice, and experiences from locals. $24. The Museum of Discovery and Science has received a $1 million grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation in support of the $20 million "Building New Pathways to Discovery" capital campaign. Turning then to the North, June 25, 1503 crashed near the island of Jamaica; help from Santo Domingo came only a year later. October 14-24, Christopher Columbus visited a number of other Bah… Enjoy! Discover our one-of-a-kind loyalty programme. Columbus aboard the ship “Nina” on January 4-16, 1493 completed the survey of the northern coast of Haiti and returned to Castile on March 15. It’s more than a membership, it’s your window to your world. Subscribe to receive updates, access to exclusive deals, and more. Just in time to provide cover for Biden in the final stretch of the presidential campaign. 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Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. January is actually the best time to visit Scottsdale, Arizona. October 14-24, Christopher Columbus visited a number of other Bahamas, and on October 28-December 5, he discovered and explored a portion of the northeast coast of Cuba. In May 1497, Cabot reached the shores of Labrador, becoming the first officially registered European to set foot on the North American continent. Shop DISCOVER AMERICA. Discover America (Brand USA) is the first ever integrated campaign to promote US tourism to international markets. By Callum Hoare PUBLISHED: 00:09, Sun, Sep 20, 2020 Sort by. You can be a citizen scientist! Discover here all the information you need for your American holidays. Joe Biden & Kamala Harris WIN!!! Aspen/Snowmass in beautiful Colorado is one of the most iconic ski destinations in North America. There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America in .3 meters of water. Collection created in partnership with NOMV (Not One More Vet). Enjoy advantageous fares with discounts of up to 15% on flights departing from the USA. It's well … Discover the world with Flyday fares . Christopher Columbus returned to Castile on November 7, 1504. Spots to Stop and See the Stars, Death Valley's Racetrack, California-Nevada, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado: World-Class Skiing and Much More. The first expedition of Christopher Columbus (1492–1493) consisting of 91 people aboard the ships “ Santa Maria ”, “ Pinta ”, “ Nina ” left the Polos de la Frontera on August 3, 1492, turned from the Canary Islands West (September 9) crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the subtropical zone and reached the island of San Salvador in the Bahamas archipelago, where Christopher Columbus landed on October 12, 1492 (the official discovery of America). is all about minimalist jewelry with attitude. The name America was firmly rooted by the end of the 1500s, Crawford said. DISCOVERY Loyalty Open in the DISCOVERY Loyalty App. Having obtained permission to continue the search for the western route to India, Columbus, with 4 ships, reached Martinique on June 15, 1502, on July 30, Honduran Bay and opened the Caribbean shores of Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama from August 1, 1502 to May 1, to Urab. 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The above line by famous Irish novelist, Oscar Wilde makes an important point about discovery of America. It has grown into an international group of veterinary professionals who come together on Facebook to laugh, cry and lend a supportive ear with their colleagues. $24. It’s now cheaper than ever before to get your NJPW merchandise shipped directly to your door with our shipping discounts! The 3rd Expedition (1498-1500) consisted of 6 ships, 3 of which Christopher Columbus himself led across the Atlantic Ocean at about 10 ° north latitude. in the XII century – Madog ap Owain Gwynedd (Welsh prince, according to legend, visited America in 1170) The internet is the most used source for planning travel. ENSURE A GOOD FIT: This hat was specifically desig Yellow 2020 Campaign Poster . As part of a three-phase Discover America campaign, which is slated to soft launch in November, Google will be working with Brand USA on an interactive Discover America map … Discover Vintage America: Your source for Antiques, Collectibles, Unique Home Decor and Historic Tourism. Sheets & Giggles - Exclusive 3L Donation Colors. September 20, 2006 by Ted McKenna WASHINGTON: Several top travel industry executives have launched a multi-million dollar new campaign to encourage more people overseas to visit the US, arguing that more foreign visitors not only are good for US businesses, but also foster better international relations. Filter by. We’re holding hands together, banded with courage, love, and American Pride. Discover America - USA Travel Guide, Bellevue, WA. Returning to Cape Cruz on May 15, Columbus walked along the southern coast of Cuba to 84 ° west longitude, found the Jardines de la Reina archipelago, the Zapata peninsula and the island of Pinos. In 1507, the cartographer M. Waldzemüller proposed that the open lands be called America in honor of New World researcher Amerigo Vespucci – this is considered the moment from which America was recognized as an independent continent. Home; Shop Collection; Campaigns; Press; Size Chart; INFO. 907 likes. Hart Plaza GND Poster. open We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website, by analysing information to enhance and customise content. Return to Paradise. Ever wondered what peasants did for entertainment in the Middle Ages? The American Revolutionary War lasted through the period of the Siege of Yorktown — its last major campaign — in the early autumn of 1781, with peace being achieved in 1783. The claims about discoveries hold less significance in today’s world where, even scientific theories of Darwin are being challenged. by David Catron. 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In 1495, Christopher Columbus continued the conquest of Haiti; March 10, 1496 left the island and on June 11 he returned to Castile. Subscribe. Adopt an Officer is on a mission to bring joy to all of the brave officers in our country, The United States of America. Our jewelry are made especially for you to feel confident and timeless. Ken Lewis, the Chairman and CEO of Bank Watch Full Episodes, Get Behind the Scenes, Meet the Cast, and much more. The digital efforts include banners, free trip contest, social media and even a free song download, all welcoming foreigners to see unique sides of America. Pride 2020 Campaign Poster. there are versions according to which at least from the thirteenth century America was known to the Knights Templar Click for details. in 1331 – Abubakar II (Sultan of Mali ) Union made in USA 18 x 12 This is a single poster with a unique print on each side. In 1500, Christopher Columbus was allegedly arrested and sent to Castile, where he was released. 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Hamas hails UN call to free children jailed by Israel
Palestinian resistance group Hamas has welcomed a call by UN officials for the release of Palestinian children held in Israeli prions amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“We appeal to international human rights groups and health organizations to pile pressure on the [Israeli] occupation to release prisoners held in occupation jails,” Hamas spokesman Abdelatif al-Qanou said in a statement on Saturday.
He held the Israeli authorities “fully responsible for the lives and safety of Palestinian prisoners”.
On Monday, a group of UN officials called for the release of Palestinian children held in Israeli prisons in light of COVID-19 virus.
“The rights of children to protection, safety and wellbeing must be upheld at all times. In normal times, the arrest or detention of a child should be a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time,” read a statement signed by Jamie McGoldrick, coordinator of UN’s humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians, UNICEF special representative Genevieve Boutin and James Heenan, head of the UN Human Rights Office in the West Bank.
“During a pandemic, States should pay increased attention to children’s protection needs and children’s rights, and the best interests of children should be a primary consideration in all actions taken by Governments.”
Israel is holding around 5,000 Palestinians, including 180 children and 700 patients.
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TMN Encore to Rebrand as Starz in 2019
Thread: TMN Encore to Rebrand as Starz in 2019
LOSat
Bell Media has signed a deal with Lionsgate to bring Starz to Canada. TMN Encore will be rebranded.
http://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/bel...arz-to-canada/
CDN Viewer
WOW, I didn't see this one coming!?
This explains why Counterpart, the new Starz series, will be airing on TMN and not Super Channel. Also, I think this deal will spell the end of Super Channel, seeing as how they currently air most of Starz original series. It appears as though their agreement with Starz ends next year which is why Bell will not be re-branding TMN Encore until 2019.
Interesting tidbit I noticed in the press release:
Bell Media has signed a multi-year content deal with Starz, the No. 2-ranked premium paid U.S. television platform.
I thought Showtime was #2 (after HBO) but according to the stats Starz IS the #2 premium service. HBO is first with 49 million subs, followed by Starz with 29 million and Showtime is third with 27 million. I find it quite surprising that Starz is available in more homes then Showtime, considering that Showtime produces more original content then Starz?!
ottawasnowdog
So Bell has HBO/Showtime and now Starz I guess the good news for Canadians is we will get all the shows but the bad news is one company owning all 3 in Canada.
InMontreal
Originally Posted by ottawasnowdog
Bell convinced the CRTC to replace TMN's licence from "half of Canada" to national, then succeeded in convincing Corus to shutdown Movie Central & Encore Ave on March 1st, 2016. For its latest licence renewal, Bell asked the CRTC for TMN + "Mpix" to merge into 1 single licence... Dunno if it's been approved yet or not, but some service providers like Videotron offers TMN Encore in their Pick 10-20-30 packages at no additional charge due to its low cost for a PayTV licence (same as DHX's Family), so I guess TMN Encore becoming Starz in "early 2019" instead of in 2-3 months means Starz will be part of the main TMN package and there are some administrative details to fix first. Oh, and expect a monthly price increase too !
We had a good run: 2006 to 2020. Thanks for the informations and debates.
mtlguy
SuperChannel won't have an issue with that much. They are already using others source of programming, Epix, Audience Network, etc and internationnal shows from the UK for example. They already only had a few Starz series.
By the way this should go into Premium channels, but anyway, since TMN Encore has 2 channels, maybe they will keep one as Encore?
Originally Posted by mtlguy
since TMN Encore has 2 channels, maybe they will keep one as Encore?
But since TMN4 = TMN1 but 2 hours later, same for HBO2, it's likely TMNE2 will be converted into a time-shifting Starz.
Last edited by InMontreal; 02-17-2018 at 05:15 PM.
lostjon
I figure with two channels, that will probably mean Eastern and Western feeds for STARZ - in the same manner that they already have it arranged with HBO Canada.
You’d think by now that this was already being done with Showtime. Perhaps TMN will use one of their three current multiplex channels to do this in the near future. But for now, Bell Media is using CraveTV for premiering Showtime originals.
Having said that, TMN Encore’s original mandate has been running classic movies. But now, there are other players in that genre such as Hollywood Suite with its four commercial-free channels (each one devoted to a decade from the 1970s to the 2000s), AMC and Rewind just to name a few. Bell Media figured that they could capitalize on the popular brands in the premium market for which they already have bragging rights (HBO, Showtime, Cinemax) while looking to expand their portfolio with another popular brand in STARZ, likely attributed to the financial problems with Super Channel and the rights to their programming due up for renewal.
Last edited by lostjon; 01-23-2018 at 09:38 PM.
bigoranget
Honestly, I have no interest in TMN, HBO or Starz via traditional linear cable TV packages. I'm not paying $20+ a month for TMN on top of a regular cable package. This deal would have been great 10 years ago but I doubt it will move the needle with TMN subscriptions in the right direction. I suppose it's a leg up for CraveTV but CraveTV's interface is sub par compared to other established streaming services. Over-the-air TV, Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime and Game Centre Live is good enough for me.
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STARZ Launches in Canada March 1 # # # Crave Exceeds 2.3 Million Subscribers
TORONTO (February 7, 2019) – Bell Media and STARZ announced today the launch of a new STARZ channel and streaming service in Canada beginning Friday, March 1. STARZ, the United States’ second most-watched pay television service, delivers immersive, premium content, including critical favourites VIDA and COUNTERPART, and the hit drama SWEETBITTER. The announcement comes as Crave confirms its subscriber base has grown to 2.3 million.
Rest of the article : https://www.bellmedia.ca/pr/press/st...anada-march-1/
"The following week, STARZ becomes available directly to all Canadians with access to the internet as an add-on to Crave for an additional $5.99/month."
^^^^ Crave already costs 20$ since CraveTV merged with The Movie Network last november, and now they want 6$ more for Starz content? What the Bhell ?!?!
I like Sweetbitter, but Starz and other major channel content is too easy to get for free from the pirate streaming/downloading sites (and I've still never used torrents), so I have no need for Starz or even Crave, and instead always look for content or channels that are not easily obtained via free VOD streaming or free download (and then I often subscribe to those channels, as part of a package, for a few months at a time).
I also still pay for the Rogers Starter package (my OTA isn't as reliable as it used to be), but I think I'm going to dump it this month. I like the superior HD quality, but the online channel/content quality is usually close enough.
And now that the American online streaming services have online cloud DVR capability without the need of a USA set-top box (at least for now), I don't mind paying for US channels/content, even though I can still stream most of them live for free (if I'm home when the content airs, or is available as free VOD).
However, as American prices rise (and the exchange rate remains terrible), and some channels are removed entirely from my favourite services (due to contract squabbles) or soon moved to premium set-top box IPTV American systems (that I'll have no access to as a Canadian), I know I'll eventually cancel everything and go back to the days of mostly just trying to watch the stuff that I already have, but haven't had time to watch, or want to watch again.
Warning: I'm not playing with a full deck.
Well for now I think that Starz, if you have Encore with any providers now, is not going to change price. Unless they haven't announced it yet, but that $6 is for those buying it as a stand alone or directly with Crave I think.
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Truncated memory
Published on Monday, 17 August 2015 14:11
Written by Juan L. Mercado
Is a short memory a major flaw in Vice President Jejomar Binay’s P200-million damage suit against the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Ombudsman, plus 11 other officials?
“Charges to scare is the defense of the corrupt,” snapped Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano in response to the suit. Based on testimony at the hearings of the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee, Binay “stole from the people of Makati while he was city mayor.”
Binay should perhaps also hit the recall button to 1999, when a number of Filipino journalists were locked in bitter conflict with a cocky, often soused, President Joseph Ejercito Estrada.
In July 1999, the Manila Times changed hands amid charges that Estrada had engineered the sale because of the paper’s critical coverage of his administration.
A month earlier, Estrada sued the paper for P101 million. The “sore point” stemmed from a report alleging corruption in a public works contract.
The Times apologized, the suit was dropped. But according to sources, Estrada threatened to retaliate against the holdings of the Gokongweis, the family that owned the paper.
The Gokongweis folded. They sold the Times to a housing magnate with zero newspaper experience. The paper’s former editor, Malou Mangahas, accused “a group of persons closely identified with President Estrada [of seeking] … to tame a critical press, through the back door.”
By Dec. 30, 1999, the entire senior editorial staff of the Times had either quit or been fired. The new publisher was once a senior information official in Ferdinand Marcos’ martial law government.
At about the same time, the Estrada administration also organized an advertising boycott against the country’s largest newspaper, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, which has long exposed government scandals and irregularities.
In July 1999, virtually all Filipino movie producers canceled their ad placements in the paper following a meeting with the then president. “Sources present” at the meeting asserted that Estrada had offered, as a quid pro quo, tax breaks to the movie industry.
A number of government corporations and pro-Estrada businesses also yanked their ads, including the Philippine National Bank, Social Security System, and Land Bank of the Philippines. So did the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and Smart Communications.
Movie producers, whose ads were an important segment of the paper’s revenue base, said they withdrew their placements from the Inquirer as “a gesture of sympathy” for President Estrada.
The ad pullout began on July 10, two days after a group of producers met with Estrada and requested tax breaks for their industry. Estrada’s spokesman later announced that the tax breaks had been approved.
In a July 21 letter to Estrada, the Committee to Protect Journalists pointed out that the mere appearance of government interference in the media could have a profoundly chilling effect. The organization urged Estrada to call for an end to the advertising boycott of the Inquirer and disavow any support for such harassment campaigns.
“This is a blatant case of intimidation,” Inquirer publisher Isagani Yambot, since deceased, wrote then. “[The President is saying] stop publishing negative stories about me [and my administration].”
Some advertisers had tiptoed back by December 1999, but the key movie ads had not reappeared at year’s end. Opposition leaders accused Estrada of attacking press freedom, and individual journalists were alarmed by the events.
Did most competing newspaper choose not to protest the Estrada administration’s actions? Why were local press organizations silent, leading critics to lament a lack of professional solidarity?
“Instead of Marcos-style tactics to control the press, more sophisticated methods of influencing media reportage were used,” said journalist Sheila Coronel of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, who is now dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
“Instead of the strong arm of the state, market mechanisms are being employed to put the squeeze on critical reportage…” said Coronel. “But whether done directly through the state or through market mechanisms, these tactics undermine the independence of the media. They tamp down on the diversity of voices offered to the public.”
That was then. Now comes VP Binay and his damage suit. “We are at a loss why the Vice President has singled out the Philippine Daily Inquirer,” the paper said in a statement. His own complaint mentions some defendants as getting “maximum media mileage” from other media outfits.
That’s truncated memory. Inquirer.net
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Obama's Pastor and the Traditional Religious Left
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By Mark D. Tooley
FrontPageMagazine.com | 3/20/2008
Apologists for Obama pastor Jeremiah Wright have tried to portray him as a traditional voice for the black church in America . ‚ But the Chicago minister, who belongs to the nearly all white United Church of Christ (UCC) denomination, is far more recognizably the voice of the traditional white Religious Left than he is for the historically more conservative black church.
Wright’s calls for America ’s damnation and his suggestion that our country deserved 9-11 are fairly traditional fare within the Religious Left, especially among the mostly white elites of his 1.1 million member denomination. ‚ His liberal stance on homosexuality, which is conventional within the UCC, is also anathema to historically black churches. ‚ Wright’s searing critiques of American foreign policy are far more common to the nearly all white Mainline Protestant denominations, of which the UCC is the furthest left, than to the historically black denominations. ‚ Not surprisingly, the UCC’s officers have rushed to defend Rev. Wright.
"Many of us would prefer to avoid the stark and startling language Pastor Wright used in these clips," acknowledged UCC President John Thomas in a special March 17 statement. ‚ "But what was his real crime? ‚ He is condemned for using a mild " ˜obscenity’ in reference to the United States . ‚ This week we mark the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq , a war conceived in deception and prosecuted in foolish arrogance. ‚ Nearly four thousand cherished Americans have been killed, countless more wounded, and tens of thousands of Iraqis slaughtered. ‚ Where is the real obscenity here?"
According to Thomas, "Pastor Wright's judgment may be starker and more sweeping than many of us are prepared to accept. ‚ But is the soul of our nation served any better by the polite prayers and gentle admonitions that have gone without a real hearing for these five years while the dying and destruction continues?" ‚ In typical fashion for UCC officials, Thomas rambled on about the supposedly widening "gap between the obscenely wealthy and the obscenely poor," neighbors "relegated to minimal health care," and "bailouts" for "unscrupulous lenders." ‚ ‚ Thomas wondered: ‚ "Is Pastor Wright to be ridiculed and condemned for refusing to play the court prophet, blessing land and sovereign while pledging allegiance to our preoccupation with wealth and our fascination with weapons?"
Evidently not content with his one statement, Thomas also issued another salvo against Wright’s critics through a March 14 UCC news release. ‚ "Trinity United Church of Christ is a great gift to our wider church family and to its own community in Chicago ," Thomas gushed. "At a time when it is being subjected to caricature and attack in the media, it is critical that all of us express our gratitude and support to this remarkable congregation, to Jeremiah A. Wright for his leadership over 36 years, and to Pastor Otis Moss III, as he assumes leadership at Trinity."
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Diferenças no perfil de saúde entre beneficiários e não-beneficiários do programa Bolsa Família em uma população de baixa renda
Jeremy A. Labrecque, Jay S. Kaufman
Os autores investigaram a relação entre pertencimento a uma família beneficiária do programa Bolsa Família (BF) e características de saúde, e se tais relações são heterogêneas, comparando os 26 estados e Distrito Federal, Brasil. De acordo como dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde de 2013, 18% dos domicílios brasileiros participavam do BF. Entre as famílias com renda per capita abaixo de R$ 500,00, havia diferenças entre diversas características de saúde, comparando pessoas de famílias beneficiárias e não beneficiárias do BF. Por exemplo, pessoas de famílias matriculadas no BF mostraram menor probabilidade de ter cobertura médica, mas maior probabilidade de haverem consultado um médico nos últimos 12 meses, além de maior probabilidade de serem fumantes e menor probabilidade de serem fisicamente ativas. Consumiam quase uma porção a menos de frutas e verduras por semana, mas tinham menor probabilidade de substituir refeições com lanches. Apresentavam pior percepção da própria saúde, mas não mostravam diferenças importantes no relato de doenças. Houve uma heterogeneidade moderada nas características de saúde em relação a algumas variáveis. Por exemplo, a cobertura de saúde mostrou um valor de I2 de 40,7%, enquanto a diferença de cobertura entre famílias com e sem BF variou entre 0,09 e -0,03. Houve diferenças qualitativas entre estados em relação a algumas doenças, tais como hipercolesterolemia, asma e artrite. Este estudo foi o primeiro a definir o perfil de saúde de pessoas em famílias beneficiárias do BF. Também é o primeiro a encontrar uma heterogeneidade geográfica na relação entre o programa e variáveis de saúde. Os resultados sugerem que o efeito de um programa de renda mínima pode variar de acordo com a população na qual é implementado.
Política de Saúde; Características da População; Programas Governamentais
In 2004, Brazil implemented a conditional cash transfer program (CCT) called Bolsa Família (BF; Brazilian Income Transfer Program). The program has grown to be the biggest in the world, paying over USD 9 billion to 14 million households in 2016 alone (Brazilian Comptroller General of the Union. http://www.portaltransparencia.gov.br, accessed on 14/Jan/2017). Most studies of BF have understandably focused on child health because the conditions of the program are targeted toward them. Little research has been conducted on adults. One study found that people receiving BF had a higher TB cure rate than those not receiving BF 1. An ecological study found that increased coverage by BF was associated with a decrease in leprosy detection rates 2. Another study examined the nutritional status in adults receiving BF but did not have a control group 3. To our knowledge, no other study has either investigated the effect of BF in adults or described how people receiving BF differ from non-BF recipients.
While the relationship between CCTs and child health has been well-studied, results have been inconsistent 4. Some results suggest a reduction in growth/nutritional status 5, some no difference 6 and some suggest an increase in growth/nutritional status 7. One possible explanation is that all these studies are estimating the same quantity but obtain different results due to the methods used and random variation. Though the methods employed and chance variation certainly influence all results, another explanation is that there is important geographic heterogeneity in the causal effect or association of BF with child growth. Therefore, studies in different settings are estimating different quantities. Effect heterogeneity could also partially explain the wide range of results found in a recent meta-analysis of the effect of different CCT programs on child growth in a number of different countries 4.
Brazil is well-suited for the investigation of geographic heterogeneity because its 27 states have stark differences in socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. For example, the state with the highest per capita gross domestic product 8 has a value higher than many European countries including Portugal and the Czech Republic, but the state with the lowest per capita gross domestic product is closer to Guatemala or Nigeria (World Bank. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, accessed on 24/Feb/2017). Brazil is not only economically but also racially diverse. In the northern region, about 80% of the population identify themself as black or mixed, while in the southern region, 80% identify themself as white (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - IBGE. http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/estatistica/populacao/condicaodevida/indicadoresminimos/sinteseindicsociais2016/default_tab_xls.shtm, accessed on 16/Dec/2016). Brazil's three other regions fall somewhere in between.
The following description of BF is drawn from the law that established the BF 9 and the Brazilian Federal Savings Bank website (http://www.caixa.gov.br/programas-sociais/bolsa-familia/Paginas/default.aspx, accessed on 14/Jan/2017). In 2013, all households with a household per capita income (HPCI) below BRL 70 were eligible to receive a monthly BRL 70 payment, the unconditional component of BF. Households with children under 18 years with a HPCI below BRL 140 were also available for an additional payment as longs as the child met specific conditions. For every child under 16 years (to a maximum of five children) who attended yearly health check-ups, adhered to the vaccine schedule and maintained a school attendance of 85% or above, a monthly payment of BRL 32 was made. For every child of either 16 or 17 years (to a maximum of two children) who maintained a school attendance of 85% or above, a monthly payment of BRL 38 was made. For families who, after adding all BF payments to their income, still had a HPCI below BRL 70, a complementary payment was made to bring their HPCI up to BRL 70.
This manuscript has two main objectives. The first is to determine whether Brazilians receiving BF have a different health profile than Brazilians not receiving BF. This will provide policy makers more knowledge about the health status of BF recipients as well as provide knowledge about potential confounders for future researchers. The second objective is to see whether, given the socioeconomic and demographic heterogeneity seen across Brazil's 27 states, there is corresponding geographic heterogeneity in the association between BF and health indicators across states. Evidence of this type of heterogeneity would suggest that research on BF in one part of Brazil may not be transportable to another part or that transportability would require conditioning on some ecological or compositional covariates. Furthermore, heterogeneity within Brazil would make it more difficult to use evidence on the effectiveness of a conditional cash transfer in one country to justify its implementation in another country.
We used data from the 2013 Brazilian National Health Survey (PNS, acronym in Portuguese). It was a household-based, national survey that interviewed 205,546 people in 64,348 households and included an extended interview with 60,202 people 10. The purpose of the survey was to get an overall picture of the multiple facets of Brazilians' health, health-service use and medical care. It was conducted between August 2013 and February 2014 by trained fieldworkers. It was composed of 21 modules covering household and community characteristics, general health and socioeconomic characteristics of household members and more specific modules such as exposure to accidents and women's health. The first two modules describe the household, the next nine modules are applied to every household member, and the last nine more specific health modules are applied to one household member above 18 years selected at random.
The sample was drawn from the Master Sample of the IBGE' Integrated System of Household Surveys which is a sampling strategy used to ensure national representativeness 10. The sampling is conducted at three levels. At the first level, census sectors are selected through proportional probability by random sampling. Within each selected sector, a random sample of households is chosen. At this stage, all household members complete the nine modules asked of all household members. The last stage selected one household member at random to complete the extended survey.
BF definition
Though the survey specifically asked about household income received from BF, when the data were made public, this value was combined with the values from questions on “interest from savings accounts and other financial investments, dividends, social programs, unemployment insurance, secured insurance or other income?”. This created the difficulty of disentangling the values received from BF and from other sources in this combined variable. Firstly, we assumed that among poor Brazilians, very few would have payments from financial dividends. Secondly, the minimum monthly payout from unemployment insurance is the minimum wage (BRL 678), therefore we eliminated any values from the combined variable that were equal to or over that value. We downloaded a database of all the payments made by BF in July 2013 and found that 99.5% of the payments made were under BRL 500. We retained only values in the combined variable that matched payment amounts from the BF database and compared the resulting distribution to the distribution found in the BF databases. Lastly, we eliminated all payments of BRL 300 made in the PNS data to avoid misclassification with another cash transfer program, Garantia-Safra (GS; Crop-Guarantee), that paid farmers who lost crops to drought. We preferred to remove payments of this value because in the BF data from the national database BRL 300 payments accounted for 0.003% of all BF payments while GS made up 5% of all cash transfer payments by the Federal Government.
All variables except weight, height and body mass index (BMI) were obtained via questionnaire. Trained field employees that worked in the IBGE, administered the questionnaires and recorded the responses on a personal digital assistant 11. Nutritional questions regarding numbers of servings per week were measured by asking the respondents how many times a week they ate a specific food item and how often each day they ate it. An electronic scale was used to measure weight and a portable stadiometer was used to measure height. Education was classified as low for people with 9 years of school or less, medium for people with more than 9 years but less than or equal to 12 years of schooling and high for people with a higher degree to be consistent with the Brazilian education system 12.
The main statistics of interest were differences in health and health behaviors between households receiving BF and households not receiving BF as well as the heterogeneity between states in these measures. For the purposes of this analysis, only people who answered the extended survey were used because most variables of interest were only assessed in the extended interview. We estimated the prevalence of BF in every state to compare to the values reported by the government. In the main analysis the sample was restricted to households with a HPCI below BRL 500. Prevailing differences were estimated for binary outcomes and simple differences for count or continuous outcomes both crude and adjusted for basic demographic variables (sex, household per capita income, number of people living in the household, age, race, education and whether the household was in an urban or rural area). For binary outcomes, we estimated logistic regression models and subsequently calculated the difference in marginal predicted probabilities when setting those that received BF and those that did not receive BF, both in the entire country and in each state, where the covariates were set to their observed values. Rather than using these estimated differences, we chose to use empirical Bayes to shrink the estimates toward the grand mean. This introduces bias into the estimates but reduces the overall mean square error 13. For the count and continuous outcomes we repeated this procedure but with Poisson and linear regression, respectively. The degree of heterogeneity in the associations between the Brazilian states was quantified using Cochran's Q 14 and I-squared statistics 15. In order to incorporate the complex sampling design used for the PNS and to get the appropriate standard errors, we used the survey package in R. All data analyses were performed in R (http://www.r-project.org). The code for running the entire analysis (including downloading the data) can be found at https://github.com/jerbreck/BF_hetereogeneity.
The data were publicly available and therefore their use did not require ethics approval.
The PNS survey visited 81,357 households and found 11,363 (14%) to be unoccupied 11. Among occupied households, 64,348 (92%) agreed to the short questionnaire applied to all household members. After selection of a household member for the long questionnaire, 4,146 (6%) declined to answer the long questionnaire. The percentage of those that declined varied by state from 1% to 18%. Among occupied households, the response rate for the long questionnaire was 86%.
The distribution of the payments received from social programs was very similar to the distribution of payments made by BF Figure 1. The three largest spikes in the histograms are at the same locations and have very similar relative magnitudes. Also, the tail of the distributions above BRL 150 are similar. A few notable differences between the distributions can be found between BRL 75-100 and BRL 175-200. The differences may be due to the rounding of payment amounts.
Figure 1 Histogram of distribution of the Brazilian Income Transfer Program (Bolsa Família - BF) payments as reported by respondents in the Brazilian National Health Survey (1a) and according to the Brazilian Transparency Portal (1b).
Table 1 shows the proportion of people receiving BF in different demographic and socioeconomic groups in households with a monthly per capita income below BRL 500. White Brazilians are nearly half as likely to live in a BF household as black or mixed race people. Around 40% of people between 18 and 30 years of age live in BF households but BF participation decreases strongly after 50 years likely because of a lack of children in the household and because Brazil offers a pension to all elderly who live in a household earning under one-quarter of the minimum monthly wage per capita. HPCI is also highly related to receiving BF although households with a reported HPCI below BRL 100 were less likely to receive BF than households between BRL 100-300. This demonstrates that either households are not reporting the same income to the PNS than they did to the Brazilian Ministry of Social Development or they are staying on BF even after their HPCI improves. BF participation increases monotonically with the number of people in the household. BF participation in rural areas is nearly the double of the participation in urban areas. Those with less than a high school degree were 8% more likely to be BF participants than those with a high school degree or higher.
Table 1 Unadjusted distribution of the Brazilian Income Transfer Program (Bolsa Família - BF) among demographic variables in the 2013 Brazilian National Health Survey (PNS).
According to data from the Brazilian Ministry of Social Development, 23% of households in Brazil participated in BF in 2016 (http://aplicacoes.mds.gov.br/sagi/RIv3/geral/index.php?relatorio=153&file=entrada, accessed on 02/Feb/2016). According to estimates derived from the 2013 PNS data, the participation rate was 18%. These differences may be due to the changing BF participation rates from 2013 to 2016.
Overall, the associations between living in a BF household and the health indicators investigated here tend to show they have poorer health indicators and behaviors Table 2. In terms of medical services use, people living in households that receive BF were less likely to be hospitalized or to have seen a doctor in the previous year. However, when adjusted for basic demographic and socioeconomic variables, residents of BF households were more likely to have seen a doctor in the previous year. They were also less likely to have any type of private health insurance and more likely to have had contact with a community health worker. People from BF households were approximately a half-centimeter shorter and had an equal or higher BMI than people from non-BF households. People from BF households also had riskier health behaviors being slightly more likely to smoke and less likely to exercise compared to non-recipients of BF. Nutritionally, people from BF households ate one less serving of fruits and vegetables per week but were also less likely to report substituting junk food for a meal. With regard to health problems, no large differences emerged between people from BF and non-BF households with the exception of self-rated health where they were 4% less likely to say their health was good or very good.
Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted differences (95%CI) between households receiving the Brazilian Income Transfer Program (Bolsa Família - BF) and those not receiving BF across a range of health indicators.
Next, we examined the heterogeneity in associations between states. Brazil has 27 states that differ markedly in their economic situation, demographics and medical systems. These differences can be seen in the heterogeneity between states in health indicators Table 3. The association between being from a BF household and both private health insurance and having visited a community health worked both has an I-squared value above 40% indicating that between state variation accounted for over 40% of the overall variance. This can be seen in the difference between the state with the lowest difference and high difference in Table 3. For example, being from a BF household was not related to whether someone had had contact with a community health worker in Sergipe; in Acre however, people from BF households were 13% more likely to have had contact with a community health worker. Only small differences were seen between states with regard to hospitalization and having visited a doctor in the previous 12 months. Differences in both height and weight showed moderate heterogeneity across states as well ranged from large negative differences to positive differences. Very little heterogeneity existed between states when considering health behaviors. Exercise had the highest I-squared value; however, in absolute terms, the difference between the lowest and highest state was only 3%. Nutrition also did not show much heterogeneity. Of interest, although not many differences were observed by BF status for health problems when all the data was pooled, there was moderate to large amounts of heterogeneity by state. The most important heterogeneity was found for high cholesterol, in which the variability between states was 63% of the total variability. This heterogeneity can be seen in the difference between Mato Grosso, where people from BF households were 10% more likely to have been diagnosed with high cholesterol, and Pernambuco, where people from BF households were 3% more likely to be diagnosed with high cholesterol. Strong heterogeneity such as this was found for diabetes, asthma, arthritis, mental illness, cancer and having any type of handicap. Although the differences reported between the lowest and highest difference states for mental illness and cancer seem small, the small risk differences still exhibit moderate heterogeneity.
Table 3 Heterogeneity in health characteristics between states (Cochran's Q and I2) and highest and lowest differences between people living in Brazilian Income Transfer Program (Bolsa Família - BF) and non-BF households.
Lastly, we inspected the state-by-state differences in four variables with high I-squared values to assess whether these were similar between states Figure 2. There did not appear to be a strong overall pattern demonstrating that the four selected variables showed similar patterns between states. In all states, private health insurance was lower among people receiving BF. In two states, Amazonas and São Paulo, the differences between people from BF households and non-BF households were negative for all variables. There were no states where the pattern of differences between BF households and non-BF households went in different directions across variables. Also of note, we saw no geographical pattern in the data. That is, there was no apparent similarity within states that were close geographically.
Figure 2 Difference between households receiving and those not receiving payments from the Brazilian Income Transfer Program (Bolsa Família - BF) in four variables that demonstrated moderate to large heterogeneity between states.
We found that the association between BF status and many health indicators did not indicate that people receiving BF, or living in households that receive BF, had universally worse health indicators. People with BF had much lower rates of health insurance but were simultaneously more likely to have visited a doctor in the previous 12 months, suggesting that this lack of coverage was not preventing them from accessing health services. The increased frequency with which people with BF visit the doctor could indicate that they have more health problems than non-BF people but when examining health problems, despite people with BF reporting worse self-rated health, they do not report higher rates of any important health problem. In fact, they report lower rates for most conditions.
We also observed moderate to large heterogeneity across Brazilian states in health services use, anthropometrics and health problems. This heterogeneity is seen both in the I-squared statistics and in the magnitude of the difference when comparing states at the extremes of the distributions. For a number of health problems such as diabetes, high cholesterol, asthma, arthritis and having a handicap, there was a qualitative difference between some states; meaning that in some states the BF recipients had higher rates of these health problems and lower rates in other states. This may be because different types of people are either targeted for receiving BF or different types of people are self-selected to receive BF.
This study was the first to examine general health characteristics in terms of medical services use, anthropometrics, health behaviors, nutrition and health problems of people who live in the households that receive BF. This information will benefit policy makers by showing which aspects of their health lack the most among families who receive BF. This study is also the only one that describes whether the relationships between receiving BF and health differ from state to state. This has many important consequences. Firstly, knowledge of which states are doing particularly poorly on certain indicators can be used to target BF households with certain additional programs. Many Brazilian states already have programs that offer BF recipients additional cash transfers or programs. These programs could incorporate state-level knowledge of health issues among BF recipients that need to be addressed. For instance, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, BF households had a higher BMI and ate one less serving of fruits and vegetables per week. The state has its own cash transfer program that targets poor families, including BF recipients, whose HPCI still falls under half a minimum wage per capita even after receiving money from BF. The state may consider targeting these groups with nutritional education as well as additional cash transfer. Another example is the state of Goiás whose BF recipients were 1.8% more likely to smoke and 3.4% less likely to do exercise. Similar to the previous example, the state could consider additional programs that target health behaviors of BF recipients.
A second important consequence of the heterogeneity between states is that it lends support to the idea that the effects of a cash transfer are sensitive to the setting in which they are implemented. Although only associations were estimated in this study, not causal effects, we demonstrate that there are important differences in the health indicators of people who receive cash transfer within one country. Given that many important health characteristics of participating households, health services use and health problems in particular, differ from state to state, causal effects of the same policy may also differ from the state to state. This has important policy implications as this type of heterogeneity makes it difficult to apply the results from one population to another population.
The most important limitation of our study was the misclassification of BF participation. Although BF status as well as money received from BF was included as a separate question in the survey, when the data were released by the IBGE, this variable was combined with other variables regarding the money received from financial dividends, other social programs and other income sources. While some amount of misclassification is inevitable, we took careful steps to eliminate as much misclassification as possible and to verify that the resulting distribution of payments from the combined variable resembled the distribution observed from the actual BF data. Any misclassification that occurred was most likely misclassification with other cash transfer programs. At the federal level, only two other cash transfers exist. We eliminated one, GS program, by removing BRL 300 payments. The second is a program to prevent child labor and makes up less than 0.1% of all cash transfer payments in Brazil and therefore is unlikely to influence the results (http://downloads.ibge.gov.br/downloads_estatisticas.htm, accessed on 09/Jan/2017). Some states offer their own cash transfer programs either as a complement to BF or as a target to other disadvantaged groups not covered by BF. In our study, people receiving money from these programs would have been classified as BF as well. Because most of these programs share a lot of similarities with BF, classifying people receiving these benefits as having received BF is unlikely to have an appreciable impact on the results. Alternatively, this group could simply be considered as “exposed to a cash transfer”.
In conclusion, we observed heterogeneity between Brazilian states indicating important differences in use of health services, anthropometrics and illnesses among households that earn less than BRL 500 per month. The possibility of heterogeneous effects of social programs should therefore be taken into consideration in future research.
We would like to thank Dr. Djalma Pessoa and Anthony Damico for the creation of the R package, which greatly facilitated the analysis of PNS data. We also thank the Canadian Institutes for Health Research through the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship, for the financial support.
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Pain Killers (Like Tylenol) Also Numb Emotions
You know that Tylenol can take the edge off physical pain. But did you know that it may also dull your emotions? Intriguing research from Ohio State University suggests that acetaminophen-containing drugs like Tylenol may reduce the intensity of emotions.
Acetaminophen is a popular painkiller, with billions of doses sold annually. In any given week, about one-quarter of American adults (23 percent) take it to relieve all kinds of pain – everything from post-surgical discomfort to menstrual cramps. You may even have taken acetaminophen without realizing it. The FDA reports that over 600 medications include it as an active ingredient, including nonprescription remedies like Nyquil, Theraflu and Midol and prescription drugs like Vicodin, Ultracet and Percocet.
The Research Study
The Ohio State researchers, doctoral student Geoffrey Durso, graduate student Andrew Luttell and professor Baldwin Way, recruited 82 college students and asked half of them to take 1,000 mg of acetaminophen. After waiting an hour, they viewed photographs designed to elicit negative or positive emotional reactions, for example, starving children or playful kittens. Researchers then asked participants to rate the pictures along a continuum ranging from negative to positive and to indicate the strength of their own emotional response to the images.
The results were surprising. People who took acetaminophen rated the pleasant images as 20 percent less positive than people who had taken a placebo and rated the unpleasant images as 10 percent less negative. They also judged the pictures to be less powerful overall. The participants were unaware that the medicine had diminished the intensity of their feelings.
“This means that using Tylenol or similar products might have broader consequences than previously thought,”Durso said. “Rather than just being a pain reliever, acetaminophen can be seen as an all-purpose emotion reliever.”
The group of researchers wondered if the drug was reducing reactivity to other stimuli, so they repeated the study, adding a new twist. This time, in addition to asking about the evocative pictures, they also asked participants to evaluate the intensity of color in the images. The subjects had no trouble with that task, and their assessments matched those of people who had taken the placebo instead of acetaminophen. It was only their response to the emotional material that differed.
The researchers concluded, “These findings suggest that acetaminophen has a general blunting effect on individuals’ evaluative and emotional processing, irrespective of negative or positive valence.”
The Connection Between Physical Pain and Emotion
People often describe negative emotions as painful. We may speak of a “painful” breakup or an “aching” heart or say that someone has “hurt” our feelings. Similarly, we may portray positive feelings as though they have physical effects. For instance, we may say that love gives us a “high” reminiscent of an addictive drug.
There may be a biological basis for these common figures of speech. Deep in the brain, shrouded beneath the squiggly tissue of the outer cortex, sits the insula. The insula acts something like a switchboard, taking input about basic body sensations (for example, smelling a rotten odor) translating it into a complex emotional reaction (in this case, disgust and aversion) and then generating output that returns to the body as a physical response (maybe nausea).
If the insula is damaged, there can be a variety of far-reaching effects. Insular damage has the potential to suddenly cure a lifelong smoking addiction, but it could just as easily remove the ability to appreciate emotional aspects of music.
All this is relevant to the acetaminophen study because scientists already knew that acetaminophen acts on the insula. Unlike some other painkillers that appear to work on the specific site of discomfort – whichever part of the body is sending painful signals to the insula – acetaminophen instead targets the insula directly. So when you take acetaminophen, you still sense pain, but your mind interprets it as less distressing. On the flip side, the study found that acetaminophen had the same dampening impact on positive sensations. You experience them, but they feel less pleasurable and less powerful.
Baldwin Way has since done additional acetaminophen research, and his findings align with the previous study. Not only does the drug appear to blunt emotions, it also seems to hamper empathy. Participants on acetaminophen did a worse job of imagining how others might feel, guessing that others’ emotions would be less intense than they were.
For now, physicians caution against using medications like Tylenol for emotional pain. Acetaminophen can be toxic to the liver if taken above the specified dosage.
Of course, the recent findings have implications for future research. Do all painkillers lessen our emotional sensitivity, or is the effect limited to acetaminophen alone? For example, do ibuprofen users demonstrate the same emotional flattening?
And it also raises a question for consumers: Would you be willing to take a painkiller if it also killed pleasure?
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Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory Releasing in November 2020, Gameplay and Platforms
November 10, 2020 by Aanchal
Initially scheduled to be released in October this year, the upcoming rhythm action game is in a fit state to be released on November 11, 2020, in Japan and on November 13, 2020, globally. It will be made available for the platforms, including Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Set after the Re Mind downloadable content framework of Kingdom Hearts III, Melody of Memory is going to be the fourteenth installment in the overall franchise of Kingdom Hearts.
The creator of the series, Tetsuya Nomura, had hinted at the game’s existence earlier this year in January 2020, and by June, the confirmation was also given. The game’s release was delayed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, which impacted the voice actor’s recordings. Developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit I and indieszero Corp., the game has been produced by Ichirou Hazama, with Tetsuya Nomura and Masanobu Suzui serving as the directors.
Melody of Memory Promotional Picture
The game is going to have more than 20 characters from the series, which are playable, with four major party groupings. The first group, which is the ‘Classic’ Party, includes Donald Duck, Sora, and Goofy; while the second group known as the ‘Days’ party, will have Axel, Roxas, and Xion under it; the third group which is the ‘DDD’ party includes Riku with two Dream Eaters; while Aqua, Terra, and Ventus will be a part of the fourth group titled the ‘BBS’ party. King Mickey will be serving as a fourth party member for assisting, responsible for healing, and adding rhythm points when the ‘King’s Call’ item is activated. Other playable characters from Disney include Aladdin, Mulan, Beast, Peter Pan, Hercules, Ariel, Simba, and Stitch. Pixar and Disney’s characters will be included in the guest members’ list in their particular themed worlds, putting forward symbols and sounds into the gameplay.
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory Gameplay
The upcoming game does not feature any new tracks; instead, it consists of all the pre-existing tracks, which are over 140, from the franchise and the Disney worlds. However, the game does feature new title and end credit tracks from the composer of the series, Yoko Shimomura.
The game features the Beginner Standard of the series, and Proud difficulties, with each stage having three play options— the first of which is Basic. The second option is One Button, which can eliminate button complexity and lets the party members auto-attack; the last option is the Performer, which puts on extra opponents and button sequences. Each stage consists of different tasks to complete, which grant materials to unseal new items and songs. When each level is cleared, the cinematic scene player and new music gets unlocked.
Illustrated by series director Tetsuya Nomura, we're proud to present the brand-new key art for #KingdomHearts Melody of Memory, coming to #NintendoSwitch, #PS4 and #Xbox One on November 13, 2020!
How many of the scenes behind Kairi do you recognize?
— KINGDOM HEARTS (@KINGDOMHEARTS) August 26, 2020
The most important single-player mode is titled ‘World Tour,’ which is basically the ‘story campaign’ of Melody of Memory. The multiplayer modes of the game feature— Double Play co-op mode, which allows the players to compete locally, playing as Sora and Riku together, in order to grab the highest collective score; COM versus, which lets the players play against the computer bots to win with high ranks, received three out of five times; and Versus mode, where the competitor will battle online against each other, or against local multiplayer (which is supported only by Nintendo Switch), to get higher rank in a best two out of three.
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The Growth of English Industry and Commerce
By Cunningham, W.
Title: The Growth of English Industry and Commerce
Author: Cunningham, W.
Subject: Political science., Economics and literature, Economic & political studies series
Collections: Economics Publications Collection
Publisher: Archive for the History of Economic Thought
Cunningham, W. (n.d.). The Growth of English Industry and Commerce. Retrieved from http://hawaiilibrary.net/
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CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. 3 . A basis of comparison. An accurate survey of England iu given in Domesday Book. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Industrial contrasts. The comparison of Domesday with modern England brings out contrasts in the relative importance of different industries and different districts. . . . . . . 1 3. Contrasts in conditions of life. It also shows contrasts in the character of town and country life. . . . . . . 2 4. Contrasts in social structure. Domesday puts before us great diffe~ ences in the social structure in legard to Capital, to Labour, and to Land. Additional difficulties in study are presented by the changes in the conno- tation of terus. . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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CAPE ARGUS | NEWSBy Mwangi Githathu | published Nov 9, 2020 The lack of a civil society representative on the National Nuclear Regulator’s board is ‘contributing to ongoing weak governance at the nuclear reactor’. Picture: Henk Kruger/African News Agency (ANA) Cape Town - Concerns by the Koeberg Alert Alliance and the Southern African Faith Communities’ Institute (Safcei) about the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE) failure to appoint a representative of civil society to the National Nuclear Regulator’s (NNR) board have been dismissed by the government. The two lobby groups said in a statement that the lack of civil society representation on the board “is contributing to the ongoing weak governance at the NNR, whose role is to monitor and ensure regulations are followed for safety procedures and the prevention of nuclear accidents, resulting in poor oversight and a lack of transparency at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant”. Koeberg Alert Alliance’s Peter Becker said: “According to the NNR Act of 1999, one member of the board should be a representative from civil society. However, when the Cabinet announced a new NNR board on August 5 2020, no such representative was included. Since the beginning of September, I have repeatedly emailed the NNR and the DMRE asking about the process of filling the vacancy, but have not received any answers as yet.” Safcei’s executive director, Francesca de Gasparis, said: “It is entirely unacceptable that there is no civil society representative on the board of the NNR. “Affected communities such as people living near Vaalputs – a radioactive waste dump in the Northern Cape – have the right to have a representative on the board who will represent their community and their interests for a safe and healthy environment. It is not right that the minister has not appointed a representative as stipulated in the NNR Act.” Mariette Liefferink, who served on the NNR Board from 2009 to 2012, said: “Without an informed member of civil society on the board of the NNR to represent affected communities, their rights to human dignity, equality and an environment that is not harmful to health and well-being will continue to be violated.” In response to the concerns, department spokesperson Thandiwe Maimane said: “The process aimed at securing the appointment of the representatives of organised business and civil society is currently under way. “Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has initiated a comprehensive consultative process with the National Economic Development and Labour Council and the South African National Civic Organisation aimed at identifying suitable candidates to be considered for the appointment. “Upon conclusion of this process, the identified individuals will be considered by the Cabinet prior to their appointment being effective, and their identities being made public.” Maimane dismissed claims about the constitutionality of the board as it stands, and said: “The NNR Board is legally constituted.” Original article here.
ENCA'S INTERVIEW WITH THE FSE ON "MOST RADIOACTIVE CITY ON EARTH /RADIOACTIVE JOBURG
Watch the interview with eNCA's Thulasizwe Simelane here.
Desperately seeking justice
Ill workers and families want the nuclear body to own up~ published in Canvas Life by Sheree Bega
Locks hold key to uranium exposure
AS UMESH Bhana was snipping customers' hair this week, he had a novel proposal for them: would they be willing to donate 4cm locks to be analysed for traces of uranium?
Hare wys dalk uraangevaar
Die antwoord op uraanbesmetting in die Wonderfonteinspruit en Soweto lê moontlik opgesluit in mense se hare.
Feedback in pictures
The Federation for a Sustainable Environment co-hosted the recent Nuclearisation of Africa Conference. The event brought together experts and interested parties on matters relating to nuclear energy, waste and mining of radio-active material.
Podcast: Mycle Schneider and Andreas Nidecker
Prof. Nidecker of Radiology, University of Basel, Switzerland. Past president and board member of PSR / IPPNW Switzerland is interviewed along with independent international consultant on energy and nuclear policy releases, Co-author of yearly world Nuclear Industry Status Report, Mycle Schneider. In this podcast they highlight topics and insights from the Symposium, "Nuclearisation of Africa".
Symposium highlights harmful effects of uranium mining
Federation For a Sustainable Environment « Nuclearisation of Africa » Symposium 19. Nov 2015 There is a clear global downtrend in the civil use of nuclear power, as documented by the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report and as discussed at the international Symposium on « Nuclearisation of Africa » concluded on the 19th of November in Johannesburg.
“Nuclear waste ‘dangerous for millennia, even millions of years, cannot be shut off”.
Sheree Bega, a multi award winning journalist, of Saturday Star, South Africa’s leading weekend paper, wrote an excellent article titled “Nuclear waste ‘dangerous for millennia, even millions of years, cannot be shut off”. The article was published yesterday in the Saturday Star.
International Nuclearisation of Africa Symposium
The world has become sober to the unimaginable power of uranium after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and recently, Fukushima.A new set of serious health problems, collectively known as Gulf War Syndrome, and epidemiological data from the Wismut cohort have become available to researchers.
Nuclearisation of Africa
Uranium mining can have detrimental effects on the health of the miners and their families. An interdisciplinary team of doctors and scientists will report on this and on efforts of the nuclear industry to promote the civilian use of nuclear power in Africa at a Symposium in Johannesburg, South Africa from 16th to 19th November 2015.
NNR responds; FSE asks for more
On 25 June 2014 the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) had a quarterly meeting with several Non-Governmental Organisations to discuss matters of concern. During this meeting, a presentation was made by Ms M Liefferink, Chief Executive Officer of the Federation for a Sustainable Environment (FSE). Ms Liefferink requested response from the NNR on a number of concerns previously raised. These were documented and the NNR provided a written response.
Contaminating livelihoods
Hundreds of thousands use Wonderfonteinspruit catchment area tainted by mining waste
One man's home is another man's uranium dump
With nowhere else to live, many seek refuge in the radiation wastelands in Gauteng, unaware of the deadly dangers the abandoned mining areas present.
Can we trust our nuclear watchdog
The immediate case of the disaster at Fukushima may have been a natural once, but the official report to Japan's parliament says the ultimate culprit was a weak regulation - a lesson South Africa cannot afford to ignore.
Women's toxic secret to beauty found in the earth
FACIAL TREATMENT: Patience Mjadu, 44 inside her shack in Tudor Shaft informal settlement, with her face smeared with toxic soil from mining waste mixed with skin lotion and water. Mjadu believes the soil helps with her pimples and protects her face from the sun.
Mine dumps - "toxic threat"
Despite intensive and extensive investigations undertaken and reports issued by several government departments several years ago into the health hazards associated with a toxic environment in the Johannesburg region, the situation persists with little to no remedial action taken to date.
Acid sludge poses a serious risk to Gauteng
Soweto, Johannesburg - Thousands of people face evacuation from greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province - the economic heartland of South Africa - due to toxic sludge from abandoned gold mines laced with high radiation levels.
Residents use radioactive mud as an acne cure
Experts warn old mine dumps could cause birth defects and brain disorders Patience Mjadu can't bear the pimples that dot her face. So, like other women in her impoverished informal settlement, she has resorted to a novel but potentially dangerous form of treatment involving toxic and radioactive mining waste.
Radioactive spillages condemn farmland
In the wasteland that is Johan Kondos’s farm, a lush green field brings hope.“This is what a farm is supposed to look like,” he says, gesturing proudly to his prized lucerne crop, seemingly untainted by the surrounding mining pollution.This lone field, and a few beloved cattle, is all Kondos has left of his farm in Hartbeesfontein in the North West.
South Africa - 'not managing' impact of uranium mining
The government’s failure to address mining hazards is placing the lives of its poorest people at risk from large-scale toxic and radiological pollution, according to a new report.
The battle over uranium: Just how bad is it?
One of the most abundant heavy metals in the earth's crust, uranium is a known radiological element and toxin. It is also a major by-product of gold mining, historically one of South Africa's greatest economic undertakings. The country additionally began mining specifically for uranium in 1949, primarily for export to the United States and other nuclear-intensive countries throughout the Cold War. As the conflict between East and West subsided, uranium mining waned, with the gold output from the Witwatersrand reef also declining. Today, hundreds of thousands of tons of uranium by-product sit in mine dumps scattered across the country, with 100 000 tons of the heavy metal in Gauteng's Western Basin and Far Western Basin alone, according to Frank Winde of the North-West University at Potchefstroom.
Actions required by the Nuclear Regulator
The FSE has presented a proposal of recommended actions by the National Nuclear Regulator to deal with health risks and environmental hazards in the Witwatersrand Goldfields.
The Critical Question
What does it mean for us and our environment, if more and more countries produce energy from nuclear power plants?
Advanced Biochemical and Biophysical aspects of Uranium Contamination
Uranium has been considered both a radiological and also a heavy metal poison, following calcium in its distribution within the body, i.e. building up in bone, and with the principle target for toxicity being the lung and the kidney. Recently, it has been shown that uranium also targets the brain.
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Queens of Silence
The Enormity of Conformity
It's None of My Business
Victim Blaming
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Passive bystanders in the world of sex, drugs, and rock and roll
The "bystander effect"
Pluralistic ignorance
Evaluation apprehension
"Just world" fallacy
Ask a roomful of people whether they would act to prevent a sexual assault and nearly all of them will raise their hands.
Yet both real life examples and social psychological experiments show that when we witness a wrongful act with other bystanders most of us, in fact, do nothing. This isn't because we are bad people, but is due, rather, to a variety of factors that are often collectively referred to as the "bystander effect."
Some of these factors are external and situation specific. But most are hard-wired instincts that can turn even the most well-intentioned of us into passive bystanders when we most want to--and think we ought to--act.
In this talk, Jackie explains the psychology of bystander inaction and shows how we can overcome these instincts to become active bystanders. Just as importantly, she explains why people engage--even unconsciously--in victim blaming and what we can do to stop it.
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57 seniors named to school’s Cum Laude chapter, four seniors recognized for world language achievements
By Chronicle Staff on June 4, 2020 In Brief, News, News Archives
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the school canceled the annual induction ceremony, which celebrates the academic achievements of outstanding members of the senior class. 57 seniors who are ranked in the top 20 percent of their class were named to the school’s chapter of the National Cum Laude Society, based on their grades from their […]
Media-ting Justice
By Chronicle Staff on June 3, 2020 Opinion
Breonna Taylor: a black EMT who was shot fatally after policemen investigating a narcotics case confused her apartment with someone else’s. Ahmaud Arbery: an unarmed black man who was lynched by two white people solely for jogging in their neighborhood. George Floyd: an innocent, handcuffed black man who was choked to death by four police […]
Book Buy Back will take place online
By Chronicle Staff on May 19, 2020 Homepage News, News
Book Buy Back will be held online for the 2019-2020 school year due to the coronavirus pandemic. For more information, visit the Book Buy Back website.
Sports bring our city together
By Chronicle Staff on March 3, 2020 Opinion
There is no doubt that Los Angeles prides itself on its sports teams. From the college level to the professional level, sports are an integral part of Angeleno culture. With friendly rivalries—between the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins, Lakers and Clippers and Dodgers and Angels—our city is filled with passion for athletics and team pride. […]
Entertainment or Entrancement?
By Chronicle Staff on January 29, 2020 Opinion
In the midst of awards season, it’s easy to find ourselves enthralled by luxurious designer dresses, velvet red carpets and captivating performances. Celebrities open envelopes to announce the winners of various award categories, with millions of people worldwide nestled on their couches, eager to hear the results. Oftentimes, we’re familiar with the nominees—the films, actors […]
Climbing the steps toward unity
By Chronicle Staff on December 11, 2019 Opinion
Haven’t we come a long way? Today, on the threshold of 2020, society enjoys more access to technology, traditionally underrepresented groups have made progress in both government and general society, and the economy rests comfortably on top of historically-low unemployment rates and a strong stock market. By the metrics, this past decade has been one […]
Giving thanks to our capeless heroes
By Chronicle Staff on November 18, 2019 Opinion
Gratitude and thankfulness are central themes of the fall season—Veterans Day just passed, and Thanksgiving is quickly approaching. During this time, it is commonplace to thank veterans for their service and to express our appreciation to close family and friends, but the current pessimistic state of affairs has made these actions all the more important […]
Letter to the editors: Response to Mapping Representation
By George R. Grube on November 15, 2019 Opinion
Dearest Editors— Am wishing you all well and would like—in my capacity as a most reliable reader of your precious publication—to forward this message which concerns itself with the article titled Mapping Representation. Peradventure more than one side was considered on the question of mandating Ethnic Studies curricula in Californian public schools (and, by cultural […]
Together through the college process
By Chronicle Staff on October 3, 2019 Opinion
With the end of first quarter approaching in early November, school is officially back in full swing. As the community settles into its normal routine, students’ workloads pile up higher and higher. Every year, seniors are forced to quickly adjust to courses and classmates as the endless wave of assessments and homework assignments flood their […]
Prioritizing important issues
By Chronicle Staff on August 29, 2019 Opinion
We live in a time when fewer and fewer people wake up Sunday morning to rolled-up newspapers, still damp from their sprinklers and delicately folded up on their driveways. Seemingly, technology brings the entire world to our fingertips with Apple News alerts pinging our phones regularly and trivial Daily Mail stories appearing on Snapchat. Though […]
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– an internet tribute
Daily Mail and Daily Mirror articles
Matt Monro news posts
New section with newspaper articles
We have added a new section with newspaper articles from The Daily Mail and The Daily Mirror courtesy of Alex.
Matt’s From Russia With Love album in Billboard
Advert for the Matt Monro album ‘From Russia with Love’ in Billboard dated May 2, 1964, as posted on the Facebook James Bond Music group.
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1964/Billboard%201964-05-02.pdf
29 Febrary 2020
Matt Monro: ‘Stranger In Paradise – The Lost New York Sessions’ together with a new Best Of on 2CD and digital will be released by Capitol/Ume on March 13, 2020.
More here ….
Musical Genes – Matt Monro Jr
Repeat of programme with Matt’s son – bbc radio 4 extra:
Last on Wed 18 Sep 2019
Series 1 Episode 3 of 4 (BBC website)
Tom Morton meets the professional musician son of legendary singer Matt Monro.
Series searching for the true story behind some of our best loved musicians.
Producer: Deirdre Waldie
First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in October 2008.
One More Time – documentary about 60s and 70s session players
One More Time is a work in progress documentary which tells the story of the musicians who worked on studio sessions during the sixties and seventies. Several former members of The JB7 have taken part.
Project director Alan Boyd would very much appreciate it if you would check out the website at
https://www.onemoretimedocumentary.com/
and also visit, like, and share the facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/onemoretimedocumentary
https://jukeboxjury.uk/
We have started a new website https://jukeboxjury.uk/
Juke Box Jury was one of the BBC’s flagship programmes, which introduced viewers to Saturday evening viewing during the sixties. The hope was that having started watching JBJ, viewers would enjoy it and continue to watch the BBC programmes that followed, such as Dixon of Dock Green, The Billy Cotton Band Show, Perry Mason, etc., for the rest of the evening.
Since the BBC carelessly wiped all but two episodes, our long-term aim is for this developing website to be able to include the relevant details of all 400-plus programmes. This will feature not only the panellists and the records on which they voted, but also the identity of every mystery guest. A slightly less easy goal is to indicate a hit or a miss decision for each record played and discussed.
Clearly, especially to begin with, certain detail will be missing so we welcome contributions from everybody who might be able to help, from those who took part in the shows, or were in the audience, but also from those who watched, avidly.
Matt Monro in Manila poster added
We have added a Manila concert poster that we received courtesy of K.B. on the submissions page and concerts page
Book “Hit and Miss: The Story of The John Barry Seven” available
Our book “Hit and Miss: The Story of The John Barry Seven” is now available!
(plus add postage for your region)
For postage and packing please add:
UK = £2.95 (2nd class mail)
Europe = £10.90
Rest of World (Excluding Australia) = £16.30
Let us know if you aren’t able to do this and we’ll work out another way
The book’s cover price is £30
anybody ordering direct from us will receive a 25% discount
reducing the cost to £22.50.
Further discount if you want two or more copies – ask for details
We have a limited number of signed copies – let us know if you want one of these
Alternatively, send us an email message
and we will be in touch!
Thoroughly and painstakingly researched over a number of years, it will feature contributions from several ex-members of the band and from friends and relatives of John Barry.
Comprising of over 350 pages, it will also be packed with an array of rare photos of the band, and the singers they often supported, as well as some unique images of memorabilia and documentation from that era; some never previously published, many more seldom seen.
It will be of great assistance to the authors if you would indicate an interest in purchasing a copy of the book *now*, without obligation. We will then be able to notify you as soon as the book is available with details of cost and how to order and pay.
Just send us an email message and we will be in touch in due course. Visit our dedicated web page here!
Obviously your personal details will be kept secure and not shared with anybody else.
Matt Monro Jr. retirement tour underway
Matt Monro Jr. retirement tour – “goodbye to dad” gets underway.
Here is a long interview straddling news bulletin – 45 minutes approx, starting 14 minutes into show.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06kjr2l
submitted by Sebastian Melmoth.
Terry Parsons (Matt Monro) & Ned Sparks – Nine Dragons Club, Kowloon – 1952
My husband Alan and I are great fans of Matt’s. Alan’s uncle Neddy Sparkes and Matt were best of friends when Neddy (Robert Sparkes) and Matt, then Terry Parsons was in the Royal Tank Regiment in Hong Kong together. Neddy was in the in the Royal Artillery.
Both sang in the NAFFI and and both eventually were stopped from taking part in singing competitions. Matt in the BBC documentary The Man With The Golden Voice says “I was banned from competing because I always won, they said it was because my best friend was master of ceremonies, so it was probably true”, jokingly. “Trouble was when I was MC Neddy won”. The reason he won and this comes from Neddy was he was the best.
Any way we have some pictures of Matt and Neddy in Hong Kong together.
Jo Sparkes
The London Playlist
Every week BBC Radio London’s Robert Elms asks his listeners to pick their top London tunes.
Matt has been added too:
On Days Like These
Listeners are invited to submit their choices. We don’t know whether the list is finite or perhaps it will go on for ever?
We have received three new images of Matt, courtesy of Anthony Middleton who supplied them.
They are now on the Photos page.
Article added: “Hard luck, Matt!”
Article added: “Hard luck, Matt!” to the Articles page. Matt injured his right foot in December 1961.
Hard luck, Matt!
Articles added to site
While scanning for a new website called
http://www.ohboy.org.uk/thank-your-lucky-stars
I ran into several articles about Matt. We have posted them on our Articles page, at the bottom, for your convenience.
Matt Monro Jnr on new tour – link to newspaper review
“It’s lovely and for me, the highlight is when I’m singing with my dad again.” Matt Monroe Jnr tells us about his new tour
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Football coach ends contract with crisis-hit V. League club – VnExpress International
By Lam Thoa  December 16, 2020 | 08:10 am GMT+7
Coach Phan Thanh Hung (L) has left Than Quang Ninh after his requests that the club recruit more players and pay pending wages were not met by the club. Photo by VnExpress/Lam Thoa.
Coach Phan Thanh Hung has decided to leave the Than Quang Ninh club with one year left in his contract and take a break from coaching.
“I just got a contract release agreement with Quang Ninh. I love the club as well as the fans but this job is no longer suitable for me. So I decided to quit. For now, I will return home and stop coaching for a while,” Hung said Tuesday.
Quang Ninh’s main sponsor, the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group, pulled out suddenly earlier this year, plunging the club into a financial crisis. It has not paid players’ salaries and bonuses for five months, pushing key players to quit and move to other clubs.
At the moment, Quang Ninh’s first squad has just 12 players left, three of them injured.
Coach Hung had already given notice about quitting and said he’d wait 30 days for Quang Ninh’s response before finalizing his next move.
Last week, the Quang Ninh People’s Committee and club chairman Pham Thanh Hung had sorted out the financial solution for the club and invited the 60-year-old coach back.
In a Monday meeting, the coach requested the club to recruit more players and pay pending wages to the players so that they can focus on the new season. However, the club refused to do this, prompting Hung’s decision to end his contract.
Coach Hung is highly rated for his skills in developing young players and building an offensive playing style for the team during his spell at Hanoi FC before moving to Quang Ninh in 2016.
Under his management, Quang Ninh became a force to reckon with, always finishing in the top four and winning a National Cup. Last season, the club finished fourth.
The 2021 football season will begin January 9 with the Super Cup match between Hanoi FC and Viettel FC. The V. League 1 2021 will start a week later.
Football coach ends contract with crisis-hit V. League club - VnExpress International
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