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Hitmen Take Out Haqqani Network Bigwig Nasiruddin Haqqani
A top member of the Haqqani network was assassinated near Islamabad, in what Taliban sources are calling the biggest blow yet to the notorious terror network.
Ron Moreau
Aamir Qureshi/Getty
In what senior Afghan Taliban leaders are calling the biggest blow ever to the lethal and notorious Haqqani network, a top scion of the organization’s ailing and elderly founder, Jalaluddin Haqqani, has been assassinated by gunmen near his home on the outskirts of Islamabad. Nasiruddin Haqqani, the network’s top fund raiser, organizer and liaison man with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI), will be hard if not impossible to replace, say multiple Taliban sources. Already the Haqqani’s have lost one activist son, Badruddin, to a U.S .drone strike in 2012. Just as crippling, Mullah Sangeen Zadran, a key commander in eastern Afghanistan, was killed in a drone attack this past September. But Nasiruddin’s death is the family’s most important loss so far.
Taliban sources tell The Daily Beast that Nasiruddin traveled to the oil-rich Gulf States every four months or so to raise funds to finance the well-armed and well—trained Haqqani militia. His efforts helped finance a spate of high-profile hits against Afghan government offices, five-star hotels, U.S. military bases in the family’s eastern Afghanistan strongholds, and Indian diplomatic missions in Kabul and in the east. Nasiruddin, whose mother is an Arab, deftly exploited his family’s wide-ranging contacts throughout the region and spoke fluent Arabic. For his efforts the U.S. placed him on the list of “global terrorists” in 2010.
He was also deeply involved in the organization’s military strategy “Nasir was the banker and the brains behind the Haqqani network,” says one senior Taliban source who declines to be quoted by name. He says that while the network’s elder son and top commander, Sirajuddin Haqqani, spends most of his time in the family’s stronghold in Miranshah in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal agency, Nasiruddin—when not in the Gulf—was traveling between the family’s tradition Afghan strongholds in Khost and Paktia province and Islamabad, dispersing money, taking the pulse of the insurgency and hobnobbing with key Pakistani security officials. What’s more, he was the Haqqani family’s representative on the insurgency’s ruling Quetta Shura.
Nasiruddin had no shortage of enemies who were eager to take him out, the Taliban sources say. One suspect is the Pakistani Taliban, who have been feuding with the Haqqanis. Hakimullah Mehsud, the Pakistan Taliban leader who was killed in a U.S. drone strike this month, resented Sirajuddin’s and Nasiruddin’s close relations with Pakistani intelligence, whom Hakimullah saw as his enemy. Several times, Hakimullah—who has recently been replaced by Mullah Fazlullah as the Pakistani Taliban’s commander—called both Sirajuddin and Nasiruddin “puppets of the Pakistani intelligence agencies” to their faces, according to the Taliban sources. “It was a highly organized hit in the midst of secure Islamabad,” the sources say. “The attackers knew what they were doing.” They add that Afghan intelligence agencies also hated Nasiruddin but that they wouldn’t dare try to carry out a hit on him in broad daylight deep inside Pakistan.
Nasiruddin and the Haqqanis also had plenty of enemies inside their Haqqani clan and Zadran tribe as a result of their ruthless treatment and killings of uncooperative tribal leaders and even villagers who got in their way. “There are many men even in their own tribe who would like to drink the blood of the father or the sons,” one senior Afghan Taliban source says. Even the Afghan Taliban, with whom the Haqqanis are linked, disliked Nasiruddin because he never shared or gave any accounting of the funds he had collected from Gulf sources and other contributors to the cause. Three years ag,o the Haqqanis also killed the brother of a wealthy Afghan businessman, Khalil Zadran, who had vowed to avenge his brother’s death.
Nasiruddin was a fixture around Islamabad, which makes a mockery of Pakistan’s denial that it shelters and cooperates with the Haqqanis. Nasiruddin owned three houses in and abound Islamabad. He was gunned down by one or two gunmen riding on a motorbike near one of his houses in the Islamabad suburb of Bhara Kahu. Ironically, he has been swiftly interned in the same cemetery where Hakimullah, his enemy, was recently buried.
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Target Acquired
The Pentagon May Finally Have a Plan to Keep America on Top
After years of strategic drift, the U.S. military may finally have a path to maintain its edge over countries like China. Will the defense-industrial bureaucrats stand in the way?
Bill Sweetman
Emil Lendof/The Daily Beast
Nowhere other than inside the Pentagon will you find more truth in Machiavelli’s warning about the hazards of change: “There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage… For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution and merely lukewarm defenders in those who gain by the new.”
Which was why my response to Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work’s arrival involved a reference to Raymond Chandler’s Big Willie Magoon, a vice cop who “thinks he’s tough.” The arrival of someone with genuine strategic and technical chops at the upper level of the Defense Department was such a good idea that a lot of people were guaranteed to respond with equal parts rage and terror.
Work’s co-thinkers have now run the pirate flag up the mast with the publication of a concise and hard-hitting report by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments that details what Work has called a Third Offset strategy for towing the Pentagon out of the strategic quicksand into which it is steadily sinking today.
My compressed version of the CSBA report is here, along with an explanation of the innocuously wonkish “Third Offset” name by which the new strategy is known. But to be even briefer, this is the gist of the strategy.
Widely available weapons—this is not all about China—are threatening the U.S. ability to project power and influence events worldwide. Those weapons include guided missiles, satellites, and drones that can track ships in mid-ocean, and long-range surface-to-air missiles.
Rather than wading into a symmetrical fight against those weapons, the Third Offset strategy exploits U.S. and allied core competencies—not just the things we do well, but areas where we can maintain our lead for a long time, and without adding to the defense bill. Think advanced unmanned vehicles, all-aspect, broadband stealth, and undersea warfare.
Third Offset calls for some new weapons, none of them miraculous, some of them a little more specialized than those that have been planned in the last decade or two.
As a strategy, it has the enormous merits of focus and consistency, which is why there are people and groups who are going to hate it and try to stop it from happening.
First among these will be the boot-centric warfare (BCW) crowd, whose admiration for the military theorist Carl von Clausewitz has blinded them to the fact that our world is not Clausewitz’s, where armies ruled and the war was won when the enemy’s capital was occupied. They will not be mollified by another new CSBA report that proposes an expanded Army role in providing offensive and defensive regional missile support. They will portray Third Offset as the intellectual stepchild of one of those nutty airpower cheerleaders, and not the kind of warfare performed by Real Warriors.
This is not completely inaccurate. Third Offset reflects the views of people inside and outside the Pentagon who see large-scale BCW, particularly in a counter-insurgent role against cultures that revere martyrdom, as akin to wrestling a pig: You both get covered in slime but the pig enjoys it.
Next will be the peace-hawks. No, Third Offset does not advocate war with China. It seeks to prevent war with China, or any other nation that wants to exploit anti-access and area denial to further its own interests at the expense of the global community. In the classic phrase of deterrence, we want all such actors to wake up each morning and think: Not today.
The fighter generals and the advocates for the biggest program in Pentagon history, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, will not be much happier. Lord knows I am not a Joint Strike Fighter fan, but I have yet to call it “semi-stealthy” as the CSBA report does. The report also suggests that the Navy’s F-35C might be usefully canceled. But the critique is deeper: In some scenarios, it matters little if the adversary’s fighters can’t defeat F-35s directly. Shoot down or drive off the tankers and the fighters never make it back.
Some naval aviators will be at best skeptical of the report’s embrace of carrier-based unmanned combat air systems. They should not be surprised: Work himself co-authored an early and influential study of Navy advanced drones at CSBA, identifying range as a critical factor in an anti-access/area-denial environment.
The Navy’s surface-combatant community and the U.S. shipbuilding enterprise will be clearing the decks for action. Third Offset strongly favors the submarine and implies that, as missile threats become more intense, the weapon tubes on surface warships will fill up with defensive interceptor missiles, leaving only a handful of weapons to fire at the enemy.
The CSBA report says little about the Marine Corps and never mentions the F-35B—the Corps’ version of the Joint Strike Fighter. However, it does mention all the short-range anti-access weapons, like guided rockets and mortars, weapons that Work (a retired Marine himself) talked about in his CSBA and Navy years as representing a very difficult challenge for amphibious warfare in general and the F-35B in particular.
Third Offset is not policy. Yet. But it’s an important and coherent starting point for a discussion that is long overdue.
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Passchendaele: A New History by Nick Lloyd review – hellish battle reassessed
A powerful account of ‘courage and ingenuity in the face of almost unimaginable horrors’
Thu 7 Dec 2017 06.00 EST Last modified on Thu 22 Feb 2018 09.20 EST
A stretcher-bearing party carrying a wounded soldier during the battle of Passchendaele. Photograph: John Warwick Brooke/Getty Images
Passchendaele has become a synonym for military failure as well as the myopia of the British top brass. Nick Lloyd’s book reassesses the conduct and impact of this hellish battle, which lasted from 31 July until 10 November 1917. By then more than half a million men had been killed or injured, many vanishing without trace in the thick mud. The British forces had advanced just five miles, ground that was lost again the following year. It was, says Lloyd, “the ultimate expression of meaningless, industrialised slaughter”. On just one day in August, more shells were fired than in the entire Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. But Lloyd argues that Field Marshal Haig’s much criticised offensive was very nearly successful and is one of the “lost victories” of the war. His powerful account of this appalling battle is meticulously researched using letters and diaries, including from German soldiers. “Their story is a remarkable one of courage and ingenuity in the face of almost unimaginable horrors,” writes Lloyd. It is a harrowing and important history.
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Gas supplies to rise and secret contracts to be scrapped under Coag reform plan
States agree to develop coal seam gas and make deals more transparent in an effort to increase competition and reduce prices
Michael Slezak and Paul Karp
Fri 19 Aug 2016 03.20 EDT Last modified on Tue 13 Mar 2018 12.36 EDT
A wheat field in Roma, Queensland, where the state’s coal seam gas industry could benefit from Coag plans to boost supplies. Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters
Gas supplies in Australia will be expanded and suppliers forced to publish previously secret prices under reforms agreed to by state and federal ministers at the Coag energy council meeting in Canberra.
All states except Victoria, which has a blanket ban on coal seam gas, agreed to focus on expanding onshore gas activities. The state government in Melbourne agreed to consider its position.
The federal environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, said after Friday’s meeting that the current practice of secret gas deals would be banned.
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“Going forward, we want new gas contracts to be transparent. That is a very significant change,” he said. “We’ll have a bulletin board that will publish the prices of the gas contracts that have been agreed.”
The comments follow an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report in April that found that industrial users received offers “at sharply higher prices and on strict take-it-or-leave-it terms”.
The details of how the new system would work will be the job of a gas market reform group, headed by Michael Vertigan, which will be required to find ways to increase both gas supply and suppliers.
“These are the most significant reforms to the domestic gas market in two decades,” Frydenberg said in a statement.
Frydenberg said the council also agreed to examine ways to “ensure consumers can confidently take advantage of new technologies such as battery storage through the introduction of appropriate consumer protections”.
The council “recognised the growing importance of gas as a transition fuel as we move to incorporate more renewables into the system”.
Olivia Kember from the Climate Institute described the meeting as a “missed opportunity”.
“In considering the impact of climate and clean energy developments on the electricity system, we need to think beyond the current 2030 emissions target to deliver a well-managed transition to zero emission electricity,” she said.
Managing the closure of the dirty power generators was also something the council should have dealt with, Kember said.
If energy ministers bow to gas industry they'll be deciding in the dark
“As we saw in South Australia, disorderly, unplanned closures can have bad consequences for the local community, energy users and the stability of the market as a whole,” she said.
Dylan McConnell from the Melbourne Energy Institute told Guardian Australia that the focus on gas seemed misplaced. “We actually have plenty of gas, it’s just all being exported,” he said.
“I am yet to be convinced that increased local supply will necessarily dramatic impact on prices, unless there is a gas reservation policy, which seems to be unpopular with just about everyone.”
He said the focus on gas as a “transition fuel” was also an outdated idea and not consistent with climate change targets.
“Gas may have a role in balancing variable renewables such as wind and solar PV – but will have to compete with storage including but not limited to pumped hydro, concentrating solar thermal and battery storage,” he said. “If it does have a balancing role, it will actually not produce much energy, operating in ‘peak’ mode, when required, but only for small periods of time. As such, the demand for gas to fire the turbine shouldn’t actually be very high.”
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Updated: MTA train strikes vehicle on tracks, killing 6 people
Published 3:32 pm EST, Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Firefighters work the scene of a collision between a Metro-North Railroad passenger train and two vehicles in Valhalla, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/The Journal-News, Frank Becerra, Jr.) NYC METRO OUT, TV OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES
Firefighters work the scene of a collision between a Metro-North Railroad passenger train and two vehicles in Valhalla, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/The Journal-News, Frank Becerra, Jr.) NYC METRO
VALHALLA, N.Y. — Transit officials say 15 people remain hospitalized after a commuter train smashed into an SUV stopped on the tracks at a crossing in suburban New York, killing five train riders and the car’s driver.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority didn’t immediately have a rundown of the hospitalized patients’ conditions Wednesday. It’s not immediately clear whether the Metro-North Railroad train’s engineer and conductor are among them. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino says a few injured people were treated and released from hospitals. The crowded train hit the SUV in Valhalla on Tuesday evening. Hundreds of passengers scrambled to escape the smoky wreck. Officials initially said the SUV was a Jeep Cherokee. But MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan said Wednesday authorities have since realized the vehicle was a Mercedes.
Here’s the original story
VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) — A crowded commuter train slammed into a sport utility vehicle on the tracks at a suburban New York crossing and burst into flames, killing six people, seriously injuring more than a dozen others and sending hundreds of passengers scrambling for safety, authorities said.
The collision involved a Metro-North Railroad train and a Jeep Cherokee on Tuesday evening in Valhalla, about 20 miles north of New York City. Authorities said the impact was so forceful the electrified third rail came up and pierced the train.
Killed were the SUV’s driver and five people aboard the train, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. He said the number train passengers killed in the accident dropped from six to five during an appearance Wednesday on “CBS This Morning.” He did not give a reason for the change in the number of passengers killed.
Cuomo also says that 15 people were injured, seven of them seriously.
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said the front part of the train was “completely charred and burned.”
“I am amazed anyone got off that train alive. ... It must have been pure panic, with the flames, the third rail and the smoke,” he said.
Authorities said the SUV’s driver had gotten out of her vehicle momentarily after the crossing’s safety gates came down around her. She then got back in and was trying to drive forward when she was hit, they said.
The northbound Metro-North Railroad train left Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan around 5:45 p.m. and struck the SUV about 45 minutes later.
It was unclear how fast the train was going, but the maximum would be 60 mph, a railroad official said.
The train shoved the SUV about 10 train car lengths. Smoke poured out of the scorched front rail car, its windows blackened.
“This is a truly ugly and brutal site,” said Cuomo, who called the crash the railroad’s most deadly.
Witnesses said they saw the flames shooting from where the crash occurred, in a wooded area near a cemetery.
Ryan Cottrell, assistant director at a nearby rock climbing gym, said he had been looking out a window because of an earlier, unrelated car accident and saw the train hit the car, pushing it along.
“The flames erupted pretty quickly,” he said.
Passengers described a bump and said they smelled gasoline from the vehicle.
Around 650 passengers likely were aboard the train, including Justin Kaback, commuting home to Danbury, Connecticut.
“I was trapped. You know there was people in front of me and behind me, and I was trapped in the middle of a car and it was getting very hot,” he told ABC News. “All the air was turned off so there was no circulation so it was definitely scary especially when people are walking by on the outside and they said, ‘The train’s on fire. There’s a fire.’”
Passenger Stacey Eisner, who was at the rear of the train, told NBC News that she felt the train “jerk” and then a conductor walked through the train explaining what had happened. She said her train car was evacuated about 10 minutes later using ladders to get people out.
The other rail passengers were moved to the rear of the train so they could get off. Buses picked them up and took them to other stations.
All railroad grade crossings have gate arms that are designed to lift automatically if they strike something like a car on the way down, railroad safety consultant Grady Cothen said. The arms are made of wood and are designed to be easily broken if a car trapped between them moves forward or backward, he said.
Officials didn’t comment on whether the gates were working properly.
Rick Hope said he was stopped directly behind the SUV and said he started to back up to give her room, but instead she pulled forward.
Hope told WNYW-TV the crossing signals were working properly, and the gate was down and bells were ringing. He said the gate lowered and struck the SUV, and the woman got out looking a bit confused.
He said the woman “kind of” wiggled the gate. He said the SUV was at the track line when she pulled forward.
The National Transportation Safety Board said a team was being sent to investigate.
Metro-North is the nation’s second-busiest commuter railroad, after the Long Island Rail Road. It was formed in 1983 and serves about 280,000 riders a day in New York and Connecticut. Service on its Harlem Line was suspended between Pleasantville and North White Plains after the crash.
Metro-North has been criticized severely for accidents over the last couple of years. Late last year, the NTSB issued rulings on five accidents that occurred in New York and Connecticut in 2013 and 2014, repeatedly finding fault with the railroad while also noting that conditions have improved.
Among the accidents was a Dec. 1, 2013, derailment that killed four people, the railroad’s first passenger fatalities, in the Bronx. The NTSB said the engineer had fallen asleep at the controls because he had a severe, undiagnosed case of sleep apnea.
Last March, the Federal Railroad Administration issued a stinging report on Metro-North, saying it let safety concerns slip while pushing to keep trains on time. Railroad executives pledged to make safety their top priority.
Associated Press writer Jim Fitzgerald contributed to this report.
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New Weapons Ban Applies Campuswide, Board Confirms
by Meredith Miller — February 22, 2019
Georgetown’s board of directors approved a campus weapons policy banning firearms on campus in a Feb. 14 meeting, with signage on the prohibition of weapons set to be posted on campus later this year.
The policy update — known as the Policy Prohibiting Firearms, Weapons and Explosives — clarifies that it is against university policy for students, faculty, employees or visitors to carry weapons of any kind on Georgetown’s campus, at university sponsored events or in vehicles owned by the university.
FILE PHOTO: MADELINE CHARBONNEAU/THE HOYA | The board of directors approved an updated weapons policy banning the use of weapons by all members of the Georgetown community Feb. 14.
Though the Code of Student Conduct currently forbids the carrying of weapons, the university has never previously had a policy on firearms applicable to all individuals on campus. The federal court ruling prompted the university to reconsider the clarity of its own policies, according to Hill.
The Senate unanimously passed the weapons policy proposal Nov. 28 and reviewed it Jan. 17. The signage on these policies was approved by a Nov. 1 meeting of the Old Georgetown Board, a council of architects appointed by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts that oversees design review of proposed projects within Washington, D.C. However, the signs regarding the weapons ban will not be posted until later this year, according to university spokesperson Matt Hill.
“We are posting signage in the coming weeks and months that reminds those entering campus about the provision of the law that prohibits firearms and weapons on private university property, including licensed concealed handguns,” Hill wrote in an email to The Hoya. “We’re finalizing the signage and will be posting them throughout campus later this year.”
The update comes in response to a July 2017 federal court decision that deemed unconstitutional a law limiting concealed carry permits. However, the D.C. Circuit Court upheld a provision of the law that prohibited firearms and weapons of any kind at colleges and universities.
“After the Federal Court ruling, Georgetown decided to clarify and consolidate its existing policies prohibiting firearms and weapons and codify it into one, university-wide policy,” Hill wrote.
The policy update is part of Georgetown’s commitment to community safety, according to the policy.
“Georgetown University is committed to maintaining a safe learning and working environment for all members of the Georgetown Community,” the policy reads.
The policy will be overseen by the Georgetown University Police Department. Violators will be subject to penalties including the confiscation of weapons, suspension, barring from campus and university activities, dismissal and termination. They may also be referred to local law enforcement.
While the policy applies to everyone on campus, there are exemptions for law enforcement and other approved cases, according to a Feb. 14 university news release.
“The policy exempts authorized law enforcement and military personnel and allows Georgetown’s Chief of Police to provide exemptions for firearms and weapons that will be used for academic, artistic or cultural purposes, after being rendered inert and inoperable,” the news release reads.
Response to the university’s policy from anti-gun violence groups on campus has been positive. Chris Stauffer (SFS ’22), co-chair of Georgetown’s chapter of March For Our Lives, expressed support for the administration’s concern for student safety.
“March for Our Lives supports the administration’s efforts to ban weapons on campus,” Stauffer wrote in an email to The Hoya. “This is a place of learning and we are glad to see the university take the necessary steps to make the campus safer for all.”
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Incoming Wood River High School junior Eli English zip lines while on a trip to Costa Rica. Fourteen students participated in the trip May 28 through June 2. Trips are offered every two years and are open to any student who has completed a Spanish class.
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Wood River High School students interact with a group of elementary students while touring a school in Costa Rica.
Wood River High School students play basketball with a group of elementary students while touring a school in Costa Rica. A total of 14 students participated in the trip May 28 through June 2.
Cauy Gideon, a recent Wood River High School graduate, and Trey Zessin, an incoming Wood River High School senior, play a game of soccer elementary students during a tour of a school in Costa Rica. A total of 14 students participated in the trip May 28 through June 2.
Wood River High School students tour a strawberry farm during their trip to Costa Rica. A total of 14 students participated in the trip May 28 through June 2.
Wood River students experience Costa Rica during recent trip
By Austin Koeller
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WOOD RIVER — Wood River High School Spanish students experienced the life and culture of Costa Rica during a recent trip.
Fourteen students in a variety of grade levels traveled to the country May 28 and stayed through June 2.
Spanish teacher Deb Rohrich, the trip’s sponsor, said the trip is offered every two years and is open to any Wood River High School student who has taken a Spanish class. She added they had to pay for the trip themselves, but the school hosted a number of fundraisers to help students pay the trip expenses.
Incoming junior Austin Buettner said he wanted to participate in the Costa Rica trip because it provided him with what may be his one of his few opportunities to travel outside the United States. Incoming junior Sage Gideon said she was intrigued by the idea of getting to go to the beach and see the ocean while on the trip.
During the trip, the students were able to participate in activities such as zip lining and seeing the ocean. They were also able to visit a coffee plantation, and a dairy and strawberry farm. Rohrich said students also went to an ox cart factory.
“We went to the ox cart factory where they made carts that actually get pulled by an ox,” she said. “Now, they are mostly decorative and they sell them for that purpose.”
Incoming junior Boston Boucher said she and her peers toured a Costa Rican school where they interacted with school students who did not know English.
“We were able to test our Spanish a little bit,” she said. “It was kind of difficult because of the language barrier. We used a lot of hand movements and stuff.”
Rohrich said the students toured the school and saw what the schools facilities and daily classroom schedule is like. Buettner said the tour opened his eyes to just how different the school is compared to those in the United States and how different the schedules are.
“It was very hot in the school,” he said. “It was different blocks, too, so it wasn’t like this where you can walk to a different room in the same hallway. You had to go outside.”
After touring the school, Rohrich said, the high-schoolers were able to participate in a PE class where the girls played basketball and the boys played soccer.
A number of the students said their favorite thing about the Costa Rica trip was visiting the school.
“I was surprised the students enjoyed that,” Rohrich said. “I thought it was interesting, but I didn’t think it would have the impact on them that it did.”
The students said they were intrigued with how different the stores looked in Costa Rica, compared to those in the United States.
“I was really proud of the students because they did not come to me to get help a lot,” Rohrich said. “They just made their way through the stores and if they wanted to buy something, they figured out how to communicate with people.”
She added this is the best way for students to enhance their understanding of the Spanish language. The students said they feel their Spanish skills have been improved as a result of the Costa Rica trip.
“I figured out that I can make a basic conversation,’ Gideon said. “I don’t think it is necessarily improved, but I can get my point across.”
Rohrich said Wood river High School plans to offer another trip to Costa Rica in 2021. She said the plan is to have the trip every two years.
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Match of The Day commentator notes ahead of Southampton v Newcastle and killer facts
Ahead of the game on Saturday, Match of The Day commentator Simon Brotherton has been analysing the Southampton v Newcastle game.
What a day for Newcastle United to play their bogey team.
In their last 24 league visits to Southampton, Newcastle have won only once.
Whilst for Southampton, their 15 Premier League victories over Newcastle United is their most against any club.
However, the (hopefully) more pertinent Southampton stats are the ones that show the Saints winning only one home PL match in the past 11 months.
Mark Hughes’ side have also not scored a goal in their last four PL matches.
MOTD commentator sums up what many neutrals will be thinking: ‘This is not the most attractive match of the weekend on paper.’
Last Saturday night, Newcastle’s 1-0 home defeat to Brighton was the second last game on Match of The Day.
The game that kept them off the final spot? Southampton’s goalless draw at Bournemouth.
When two poor desperate teams meet, anything could happen. Well, apart from a high quality football match.
This definitely feels like a game where whoever has the most character should come out on top.
Newcastle haven’t possibly experienced the greatest run of luck and arguably are worth a few more points that they have at the minute, though not many more.
These two clubs look all but certain to be amongst the half dozen or so that look set to decide the bottom six spaces – the three that stay up and…the three that don’t.
There are continual debates about whether matches like this one are/aren’t ‘must win’ games despite being so early in the season.
That comes down to purely your opinion but what is for sure, this is a great opportunity for Newcastle to kick their season off against a poor team.
These opportunities need to start to be taken as soon as possible.
A win by any means is all that is important today BUT obviously it would be a cherry on the top if NUFC feature first on MOTD because of a fine attacking victory that promises so much better in the weeks and months ahead…
Match of The Day commentator’s notes:
Simon Brotherton:
“This is not the most attractive match of the weekend on paper, but no less important for that.
“Both will see this as an opportunity to collect much-needed points.
“Rock bottom Newcastle haven’t won a game yet, while Southampton just can’t seem to find the back of the net.
“They cancelled out Bournemouth last week but haven’t scored in four league matches, a run going back to the middle of September.
“Newcastle slumped to the bottom of the table following last week’s 1-0 defeat by Brighton at St James’ Park.
“They became only the fourth side in Premier League history to lose their first five home games of a season and the other 3 were relegated.”
Killer Facts:
Southampton’s only defeat in their previous 24 home league matches against Newcastle came in September 2004 (W16, D7).
Southampton have won 15 Premier League games versus Newcastle, more than against any other opponent.
Southampton have only managed 45 goals in their past 53 league matches – and scored just once before half-time this season.
Southampton could equal their top-flight record of five home games without a win from the beginning of a season, set in 2001.
They have won only three and lost nine of 17 league games under Mark Hughes. His 0.82 points-per-game ratio is the second worst in Southampton’s Premier League history, behind Steve Wigley’s 0.69.
Hughes has won just one of his 13 Premier League meetings with Rafael Benitez (D6, L6), losing both games against Newcastle last season when he was manager of Stoke City.
Newcastle have set their worst record after nine games of a top-flight campaign, with two goalless draws and seven defeats. They failed to win any of their opening 10 fixtures in 1898-99 but earned four points from draws.
Newcastle are the first team since 1930 to have played the first nine games of a top-flight season without a victory or score draw.
Nine of the previous 14 teams to have gone winless in their opening nine games of a Premier League season were relegated.
Newcastle attempted 27 shots in last weekend’s 1-0 defeat against Brighton – their most in a Premier League game without scoring since February 2014.
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How Art Therapy Is Being Used to Help Syrian Children in Lebanon
Ninety-five thousand Syrian children in Lebanon have been traumatized by the conflict—can painting help them?
By John KnefelTwitter
(John Knefel)
BARJA, LEBANON–Anita Toutikian stands alone in a bare-bones classroom, huddled over a table covered in art supplies. She carefully arranges paint bottles and brushes, and sets out a sleeve of plastic cups for pallets.
In a few minutes, 22 students, five of whom are Syrian refugees, will burst into this room for a two-hour art therapy session. Toutikian, a working artist and a clinical psychologist, is there to help alleviate tensions between the refugees and their Lebanese classmates. According to the UN, at least 1.3 million Syrians refugees are currently living in Lebanon, which has led to a crisis-level strain on resources that impacts virtually every facet of society – and education is no different. This is the second time Toutikian has come to the Barja Technical School, a secondary school in this costal town 30 minutes south of Beirut. The first time the students all drew a figure – a firefighter, to be specific – individually. But today the students will be painting in groups.
Barja Technical School is one of the hundreds of schools in Lebanon that are struggling to accommodate the nationwide surge of Syrian children into the Lebanese school system, which the UN has called “under served prior to the Syria crisis.” As a result, Syrian children all over Lebanon are facing a crippling lack of access to education. A recent UN report found that only 22 percent of school-age children are receiving a formal education. “The Syrian influx has increased the demand on the limited public school places by almost 134 per cent,” according to the report.
Anita Toutikian leading a class. (John Knefel)
“There’s an education crisis,” in Lebanon, says Amnesty International’s Lama Fakih. And that current crisis could result in a heightened susceptibility to recruitment to violent groups. “When you talk about a person’s ability to care for himself and his family and have a fulfilling life, obviously the opportunities are very limited without an elementary education,” adds Fakih.
Even those who are enrolled in school face significant barriers. Lebanese classes are often taught in either French or English, which most Syrians don’t speak. That’s an issue at the school in Barja. “This is one of the challenges, but teachers who teach languages are helping with this, are working with Syrians,” says Haifa Abu Hader, who works for the school. “It’s not easy. They’re very brave,” he says, referring to the harassment Syrians often encounter in schools across Lebanon. Prejudice against Syrian children and even some teachers is a growing concern for the U.N. Refugee Agency. “Syrian girls and boys face blatant discrimination, bullying and violence,” the agency noted in a recent report. “Violence against boys can be serious—in Mount Lebanon a 13-year-old was hospitalized after being beaten up outside his school.”
At Barja Techincal School, many of the refugee students initially fled Syria to the northern Lebanese city Arsal. Regular cross-border fighting between the Lebanese army and jihadi groups, including ISIS, then pushed those families deeper into Lebanon. Between the trauma of the war and the continuing struggles that come from a precarious living situation, many students aren’t receiving the support they need. The U.N. estimates that there are 95,000 Syrian children in Lebanon who have been traumatized by the conflict, which has diminished their learning abilities. “There is a lot of pressure on Syrian children in schools,” says Chantal Chedid, prevention coordinator at Skoun, a Lebanese NGO that works with adult drug users as well as young people through their early intervention program. Though Skoun – who organized the session I’m observing – doesn’t see some of the worst manifestations of trauma, school administrators say many of the Syrian students struggle with a variety of issues related to fleeing the war. “We see dropouts of Syrians, many are feeling sad, or depressed,” says Chedid. She adds that other common symptoms are “insomnia, [and] trouble concentrating.” An estimated 20 percent of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon dropout of school.
After the 22 students file in, Chedid breaks them into three groups of seven or eight, and each group crowds around a canvas roughly three feet by four feet. For the next hour, the students paint brightly colored landscapes full of sailboats, cars, and trees. “We are not teaching art here, and we are not doing full therapy. It is a psychosocial support with art, therapeutic art, we can say, because we are not addressing the problem of each child,” says Toutikian. “We are offering them the opportunity to express themselves freely, without judgment, without evaluation of their work.”
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“In this work, we are not exploring the trauma,” she adds. “We are working in a group setting, and in a group setting it is not easy to address individual traumatic experience. We are giving them the opportunity to release the trauma.” One can’t help but wonder what some of the young adults who have fled the war might paint given a darker palette, but that answer isn’t for today. “When they’re happy, they all become children,” says Toutikian.
Observing the group, which is assembled from several different classes, there’s no question they are enjoying themselves. How well does it work to combat bullying? “Usually when someone from outside the school comes to the school, the students are commenting, ridiculing them, etc,” says Hader, the school employee, through a translator. “We didn’t see this today.”
“We are offering them the opportunity to express themselves freely, without judgment, without evaluation of their work, says Toutikian. (John Knefel)
I take out my camera to take close ups of the paintings, which initially doesn’t elicit much of a response. “It’s good, right?” says one girl. But when I take out my phone to snap a few more, the kids immediately strike poses. “Selfie!” yells one of the boys. Many of the students speak English very well, but even those who don’t know the word “selfie.” I pose with several of the students for a shot, not realizing that I’ve now opened the door for a new distraction – a picture with a native English-speaking interloper – that virtually every one of their classmates finds irresistible. By the end of the hour I’ve snapped over a dozen selfies with a rotating cast of characters, and, inexplicably, signed the tops of several students’ outstretched hands.
One of the students, who I’ll give the pseudonym Ali because he’s a minor, is excited to practice his English on me. “My favorite subject is electricity,” he says, and explains that he works at his father’s shop repairing washing machines. Does he like painting? “I like it, but this is kid stuff for my friend,” he jokes, bopping a boy lightly on the back of the head.
As the students file out, and return to their regular schedule, several complain and plead for Toutikian not to leave. After a few more requests for selfies all but a few students have cleared the room. One boy extends his hand to me, like many of the others, excited to practice his English. “I love you,” he says, as we shake hands goodbye. Then adds: “Nice to meet you,” and walks out the door.
John KnefelTwitterJohn Knefel is an independent journalist covering national security and civil liberties. He is also the co-host of Radio Dispatch, a daily political podcast.
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Calls grow for watchdog to publish report on rogue RBS business group
By Jane Cassidy
RBS has admitted wrongdoing
THE SNP has joined the clamour for the financial watchdog to publish a leaked report on a controversial unit once run by Royal Bank of Scotland which has admitted wrongdoing over its handling of small business customers.
The bank’s Global Restructuring Group (GRG) operated between 2005 and 2013, with the purpose of turning around small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which were in financial distress.
However, former customers have claimed the GRG destroyed their businesses and hundreds of them have legal actions pending against Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
A leaked report for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that struggling firms who were placed in the GRG had only a slim chance of emerging from it.
MPs on the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) said the 361-page document should be published in full, but FCA chief executive Andrew Bailey said such reports were “not intended for public view”, as individuals had not had the opportunity to “see or comment on adverse comments” about them.
He added: “However, I recognise that the public interest justifies greater disclosure of material.
“It is therefore our intention to publish a detailed summary of the ... report.”
Alison Thewliss, the SNP’s spokesperson on the Treasury and cities, yesterday joined the calls for publication.
She said: “We support the calls to publish the report. The SNP led a debate on the need to create a financial dispute resolution platform ... and we will continue to campaign for this.”
“Ten years on from the global financial crisis, we must ensure that our economy is resilient and sustainable.
“Regrettably, we witnessed a steady corrosion of regulation that was brought in to create good practice.
“As we approach a period of long-term economic uncertainty due to Brexit, we must ensure that regulation continues to promote safe and trusted banking.”
TSC chair Nicky Morgan said the committee had been overwhelmed by messages from former customers whose firms were “destroyed” by the GRG.
She said: “The committee recognises such reports are not intended for publication, and should in normal circumstances remain confidential. But the report is now in the hands of an unknown number of third parties.
“If closure is ever to be brought to this long-running issue, parliament and the public need the account ordered by the regulator.
“And so we consider that the public interest in publication in this specific case is overwhelming.”
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking added the FCA may have overlooked the full scale of the damage the unit caused.
Lawrence Tomlinson, author of a 2013 report into the GRG, said yesterday he was shocked by the FCA’s decision not to publish.
“How can the FCA justify that publishing the full report into the mistreatment of thousands of UK businesses by RBS’ Global Restructuring Group is not in the public interest?” he said.
“I wonder whether we would be awaiting publication if the report cleared RBS’ name?”
In his reply to Morgan, the FCA boss was adamant that the full report would not be published. Bailey repeated that some of the GRG’s activities were outside the FCA’s remit, but said it was close to reaching a decision about whether a formal investigation was necessary.
“The allegations against GRG gave us concerns as to whether RBS had treated customers appropriately, in particular those in financial difficulties,” he wrote. “If substantiated, such concerns could also indicate wider issues in relation to governance and culture within RBS.”
The report had formed the basis for the FCA’s work “to determine whether a formal investigation should be undertaken against either the firm or individuals involved in GRG”.
Bailey said: “I believe that we are near to reaching a conclusion on whether a formal investigation is called for.”
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Crime-fighting systems could be clunkier after Brexit, says Met chief
Met Commissioner Cressida Dick. Picture: MET POLICE
Britain's most senior police officer has warned that international crime fighting systems will be "clunkier, clumsier and more expensive" after Brexit if investigators are left with reduced access to information.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick told a committee hearing at London's City Hall that forces in the UK are "big users of a lot of the instruments and we are big contributors to Europol", and that they use European Arrest Warrants "a huge amount".
Security has become a key negotiating point between the UK government and Europe Union leaders, with Theresa May warning them last week that unless there is flexibility over the approach to Brexit their citizens could be less safe.
The prime minister used a summit in Brussels to put pressure on leaders to change the course of the negotiations or risk jeopardising co-operation which has helped tackle terrorism in the bloc.
Today, appearing at a Mayor's Office for Police and Crime committee hearing, Ms Dick stressed that political negotiations were "nothing to do with" police officers.
But questioned about the effects of Brexit, she warned: "It is likely that if we are unable to access the same things in the same way that we do now that it will be, to coin a phrase, clunkier, clumsier and more expensive. Any replacement system.
"It's important for us, we believe, in keeping London safe, to be able to have these accesses."
The European Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said that the UK will not be able to use European arrest warrants after Brexit, because of its refusal to accept free movement of people, the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice or the application of the charter of fundamental rights.
Mrs May has urged EU leaders to allow UK involvement in systems such as networks to share DNA profiles and to issue "real time" alerts for wanted criminals, warning that the fight against terrorism would otherwise be undermined.
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Shortfall in carers after Brexit could force women to quit work, report warns
PUBLISHED: 13:40 06 August 2018 | UPDATED: 15:26 06 August 2018
Women could quit work to look after elderly relatives, according to the report
Care workers must be prioritised under new migration rules to stop a post-Brexit shortfall in provision that would leave women quitting work to look after elderly relatives, according to a leaked government report.
In the "worst case scenario" where EU migrants were stopped from coming to the UK, there would be a shortage of 6,000 doctors, 12,000 nurses and 28,000 care staff within five years.
Staffing problems would pose a "wider risk to labour market participation" as families were left to fill the gap in care provision, and the issue would "especially" hit women", the Department of Health and Social Care report seen by The Telegraph said.
Labour accused the government of making the crisis in social care worse with its "chaotic approach" to Brexit.
The report, a submission to the independent Migration Advisory Committee, says migration will need to "continue to play a vital role" in meeting future demand in health and care.
"It is vitally important that any approach to migration prioritises the health and care sector," the document, which was drawn up under former health secretary Jeremy Hunt, states.
Around 7% of all adult social care staff are EU migrants, equivalent to 90,000 workers, according to the report.
"The risks to EEA workforce supply need to be considered in the context of continued rising demand across the health and care system," it adds.
"Considering rising life expectancy, population structural changes as well as increases in the number of people living with one or more long-term conditions, there are significant demand implications for the health and social care workforce.
"Unless we ensure such demand is met, there is a wider risk to labour market participation more generally, especially when considering increasing social care needs. If we fail to meet social care needs adequately we are likely to see a decrease in labour market participation levels, especially among women, as greater numbers undertake informal care."
Barbara Keeley, shadow social care minister, said: "The government has totally failed to address the crisis in social care putting an increasing burden on family carers and meaning many carers have to give up work because the support they need just isn't there.
"And now the government's chaotic approach to Brexit is making the workforce crisis in social care even worse.
"Ministers should immediately make clear that health and care staff are welcome here to care for our sick and our elderly after Britain leaves the European Union."
Asked about the report, Theresa May's official spokesman said: "Once we leave the EU, we will put in place a new immigration system and we will ensure that immigration system best serves the country's needs."
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: "We recognise the invaluable contribution of the social care workers and we are confident of reaching a deal with the EU which benefits our health and care workforce.
"Our white paper sets out our ambition to introduce a system which mutually recognises qualifications across borders to ensure dedicated EU staff can continue to work in the UK uninterrupted."
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Reps’ Minority Leadership: PDP suspends Elumelu, 6 others
Prince Uche Secondus, PDP National Chairman
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended Chief Ndudi Elumelu and six other members of House of Representatives for one month over the minority leadership tussle in the lower chamber.
The other suspended members are Wole Oke, Lynda Ikpeazu, Anayo Edwin, Gideon Gwadi, Toby Okechukwu and Adekoya Abdul-Majid.
The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, announced this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja.
He said that the members were suspended over issues related to indiscipline, insubordination and disobedience of party directives.
Ologbondiyan said that the party had also referred the matter to its National Disciplinary Committee.
He said that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party took the resolutions after reviewing issues surrounding the minority leadership of the Green Chamber.
He explained that the party noted the roles played by the seven members which resulted in the Speaker, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, reading another list for minority leadership of the House other than the one it submitted to him.
“After preliminary examination by the NWC, it was evident that the roles played by the mentioned members, bordered on indiscipline, insubordination and disobedience of party directives.
“These acts are contrary to Section 58 (1)(b)(c)(f)(h) of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017), which provides that:
“Subject to the provision of this Constitution, the Party shall have power to discipline any member who says or does anything likely to bring the party into disrepute, hatred or contempt.
“Member who disobeys or neglects to carry out lawful directives of the party or any organ or officer of the party.
“Engages in anti-party activities, or engages in any conduct likely to cause disaffection among members of the party or is likely to disrupt the peaceful, lawful and efficient conduct of the business of the party.
“Consequent upon this, the above-mentioned members of our party are hereby suspended for one month and this matter is hereby referred to the National Disciplinary Committee of our party, in keeping with Section 57(3) of PDP Constitution.”
Earlier, the National Chairman of the party, Mr Uche Secondus, had shortly after the NWC meeting, told newsmen that the party was insisting on its nomination list earlier forwarded to the Speaker of the House.
He added that the party remained united behind Kingsley Chinda, who was nominated for the minority leadership position in the lower chamber.
“On the issue of the minority leadership of the House of Representatives, we want to reiterate that the party and the BoT are united.
“In consultation with members of PDP and other minority parties, Chinda is our minority leader and all the other positions as we have communicated to the Speaker House of Representatives.
“You are also aware that it was with the same process that we communicated to the Senate and it has done a fine job. The Senate has announced our leadership as sent without rancour.
“It is surprising that the Speaker had to generate his own list. This is against parliamentary rules or what is tenable at the parliament,” the chairman said.
He called on PDP supporters to remain resolute, committed and loyal to the party, reaffirming that the party was one, united and working hard to recover its mandate at the courts.
In his remarks, Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party, Sen. Jubril Walid, said that the Board and NWC were working together and would continue to work together.
Walid said that the nomination list of the NWC would be resubmitted to the Speaker.
“Like I told you yesterday, it is not a fight between the NWC and the BoT.
“In that respect, we have all discussed this morning and we will inform all our members of the decision taken.
“So, we have to be very careful not to do anything that will tamper with our case at the tribunals. We have to be one; we have to be united and that is what is before us,” Walid said.
The PDP had on Thursday summoned the suspended members to appear before the NWC at a crucial meeting at 10 a.m. at its national headquarters in Abuja.
But, the members defied the order and stayed away.
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How to achieve such aspirational thinking will differ depending on the country or region, the university itself and its leadership team. After all, we each face our own challenges in higher education today that require targeted solutions within a specific political, social and economic context.
But, in my opinion, what unites us today in higher education is the need to strengthen “soulware”. Whereas, broadly speaking, universities possess labs and equipment (hardware) and research and teaching (software), what about soulware?
By soulware, I mean a commitment to concentrate our hearts and souls to embrace international standards and procedures in all of our educational endeavours. In practice, this means making the best use of the hardware and software at our disposal, spearheading innovation and entrepreneurship, maintaining autonomy and academic freedom, and combining teaching and research in the classroom.
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CityU’s proximity to, and close ties with, mainland China, as well as its international partnerships and outlook, mean we are ideally positioned to provide a dynamic learning and research environment for students and faculty from all over the world. Our ties with global institutions grow year by year, and the number of non-local students selecting our programmes is making strong progress, too.
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Don't worry about alliance, Devendra Fadnavis tells BJP workers ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019
Updated Jul 15, 2018 | 00:32 IST | PTI
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers should remain keen on preparing for the Assembly Elections without worrying about the fate of the alliance with the Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said on Saturday while addressing a party gathering at Sant Dnyaneshwar Sanskritik Bhavan. The Maharashtra CM asserted that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a long-term vision.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a long-term vision, Devendra Fadnavis said | Photo Credit: IANS
Amravati: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said BJP workers should prepare for Assembly elections without worrying about the fate of the alliance with the Shiv Sena. "Don't worry about alliance. Be hopeful. Modi-ji (prime minister Narendra Modi) and I will sort out that issue and let you know," he said. "We want to take along all our friends," Fadnavis said, without referring to the Sena, which has announced time and again that it would have no alliance with the BJP in 2019.
Fadnavis was addressing a gathering of BJP workers at Sant Dnyaneshwar Sanskritik Bhavan this evening. State BJP president Raosaheb Danve was also present at the meeting. While most other parties are run by "dynasties", the BJP is run by workers who are driven by its ideology, the chief minister said. Accusing the opposition parties of ignoring farmers when in power, he said be it the decision of loan waiver or giving minimum support price as per the recommendation of the Swaminathan committee, the BJP has done better than Congress-led governments in the state and the Centre.
Prime minister Modi has a long-term vision, he said. "Whenever a government comes to power, it thinks only of its five-year tenure. But that is not the case with Modi. His vision goes beyond that and his policies are long-term," Fadnavis said. He also pooh-poohed the attempt of opposition parties to come together to defeat the BJP, saying it would make no difference.
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KL Rahul finally watches Padmaavat, here's what he has to say about Ranveer Singh's acting
Updated Feb 04, 2018 | 10:10 IST | Times Now Digital
Rahul, who himself is one of the most prolific players with the bat in the current Indian team, admitted in his tweet that he was particularly impressed with the performance of Ranveer Singh, who played the role of Sultan Alauddin Khilji.
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Latest Bollywood movie Padmaavat has arguably been one of the most controversial films in the last decade. The movie has had to go multiple cuts and even a change of name before being released on January 25th. Although the movie has had mixed reactions from public and critics, Indian cricketer KL Rahul, who was recently released from India's squad for the South Africa tour after the conclusion of the Test series, recently watched the movie and gave his verdict on Twitter.
Rahul, who himself is one of the most prolific players with the bat in the current Indian team, admitted in his tweet that he was particularly impressed with the performance of Ranveer Singh, who played the role of Sultan Alauddin Khilji. “Mind Blown by @RanveerOfficial’s acting as #AllaudinKhilji. Stellar Performance, Huge Fan,” tweeted Rahul.
Just watched #Padmaavat.
Mind Blown by @RanveerOfficial’s acting as #AllaudinKhilji. Stellar Performance, Huge Fan.
— K L Rahul (@klrahul11) February 2, 2018
Ranveer Singh, who himself has witnessed the struggles of the film, said that Padmaavat is a film that the whole India will be proud of. He plays the role of Alauddin Khilji in the period drama opposite Deepika Padukone, who plays Queen Padmavati. Thanking the praise coming his way, and had said he was overwhelmed by the movie.
Despite several controversies, Padmaavat Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali recently admitted that he never felt like giving up the cause despite several hurdles. The sets of "Padmaavat" were vandalised twice and nationwide protests from Rajput groups, who said the film distorted history and defamed their queen Padmini, resulted in a delay in release.
Bhansali, who has called the film his career's most "anxious release", says he faced hurdles right from the beginning and had three other stories that could have made it to the screens but 'Padmaavat' was always special.
“I had so many reasons (to give up), may be even before the problem started... the casting was not falling in place. There were so many reasons I should have got up and said, 'we will talk about this film some other time, let's leave it for now', but I didn't,” Bhansali said.
“I went on and achieved what I wanted to and that's what filmmakers need to understand -- that sometimes circumstances are not favourable to you, but you should keep fighting,” he added in an interview with PTI.
Team India, meanwhile, prepare for the second ODI of the series after winning the first one rather comfortably, thanks to Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane's stupendous performance.
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KL Rahul finally watches Padmaavat, here's what he has to say about Ranveer Singh's acting Description: Rahul, who himself is one of the most prolific players with the bat in the current Indian team, admitted in his tweet that he was particularly impressed with the performance of Ranveer Singh, who played the role of Sultan Alauddin Khilji. Times Now
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2030 Strategy Growth Accelerated by ADNOC
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC is accelerating the accomplishment of the goals set up according to the 2030 strategy by using the capital in smarter way. Minister of State and ADNOC Group CEO, Dr. Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber said this at Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. At the Global Financial Markets Forum, Dr. Al Jaber said smarter strategies are being looked for by ADNOC which will accelerate the growth of the financial markets. To this he added managing the capital and assets to proactive the financial market is another challenge for ADNOC.
Dr. Al Jaber said the engagement between the financial markets and ADNOC will set a new example of strategic partnership model. ADNOC will further continue to appreciate its East-West partners. But the main approach of ADNOC will be based on relationships that are strategic and those which deliver growth in smart capital, opportunities and market access.
A $3 billion bond has been issued by ADNOC which is being supported by Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline. By a domestic and international ambitious investment strategy ADNOC is aimed to become a leading player in the global downstream investment according to its next 5 years plan, said Dr. Al Jaber. New investment and opportunities would open up to investors due to ADNOC’s downstream expansion. Thus ADNOC is inviting the new financial community of investors to be a part of their growth journey.
Dr. Al Jaber said in the investment strategy there is going to be a mix of debt investment and equity opportunities as well as fixed income, brownfield and greenfield projects and project and structured finance. He confirmed that ADNOC is in to collaborate with various other potential partners who will offer newest technology, skill and expertise and help in the growth of the company and expansion strategy.
ADNOC’s CEO said that the company is taking steps to improve the economy of UAE and its structure. The main aim of the company will be to create job opportunities, expand the involvement of the domestic sector and also improve the competitiveness of the private sector.
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Walker buzzing as Tottenham prepare for exciting times ahead
by Sarad Shrestha 2016-01-04 07:13:22.000000
Kyle Walker believes that the current Tottenham Hotspur side are capable of achieving great things.
Spurs have been one of the most consistent teams in the Premier League so far and on current form, many believe that the North London side are dark horses to claim the title.
Right-back Walker has been one of the integral components to Tottenham's success so far and the England defender has now gone on to state that the current Spurs side under Mauricio Pochettino is the most exciting team he has ever played for.
In the wake of Sunday's 1-1 draw with Everton, Walker said: "It's a difficult one, but I think it's probably the best team spirit that I have [experienced], with people gelling, knowing where people are going to run.
"The gaffer and his philosophy is unbelievable but obviously I played with [Gareth] Bale, [Luka] Modric, Azza [Aaron Lennon] was here in his prime and [Emmanuel] Adebayor in his prime.
"I played with some good players but this team is an exciting team and a pleasure to be a part of."
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Joe Satriani: chickenfoot on course for the main menu
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According to bassist Michael Anthony, work has resumed on the debut album from his new collaboration with Sammy Hagar, guitar legend Joe Satriani and drummer Chad Smith. "Chad and I just got back this week from recording in the San Francisco area, and I am pleased to say that the basic tracks are finished and smokin'!!" he wrote in a new online posting. "Right now Joe is sprinkling some guitar magic on everything, and next week Sam will be doing vocals. Then I'll be back up there to slather some backround vocals on everything. I can't wait for all of you to check it out!! Look out 2009!!!!"
Hagar recently told Billboard.com about CHICKENFOOT, "We got in the studio and recorded eight demos in two days. The chemistry is everything in a band. The band changes one guy, sometimes the whole damn thing changes — look what happened when I joined VAN HALEN. But with this band, the chemistry is awesome. It's the best chemistry I've ever experienced, better than the MONTROSE chemistry, better than the VAN HALEN chemistry. We've got nine songs recorded, we're going back in December to get a couple more songs and will hopefully have a February/March release."
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'Crazy Rich Asians' No. 1 in North America for 3rd weekend
Cast members Henry Golding (L) and Constance Wu attend the premiere of "Crazy Rich Asians" in Los Angeles on July 7. Their movie is No. 1 at the North American box office for a third weekend. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Cast member Michelle Yeoh attends the premiere of "Crazy Rich Asians" in Los Angeles on July 7. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
"Crazy Rich Asians" collaborators Awkwafina, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Constance Wu, Sonoya Mizuno and director Jon M. Chu arrive for the CinemaCon 2018 Warner Bros. studio presentation in Las Vegas on April 24. Photo by James Atoa/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians is the No. 1 movie in North America for a third weekend, earning an additional $22.3 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.
Starring Constance Wu and Henry Golding, the movie has a total domestic box office take, thus far, of about $111 million.
Coming in at No. 2 this week is The Meg with $10.5 million, followed by Mission: Impossible -- Fallout at No. 3 with $7 million, Operation Finale at No. 4 with $6 million and Searching at No. 5 with $5.7 million.
Rounding out the top tier are Disney's Christopher Robin at No. 6 with $5 million, Alpha at No. 7 with $4.5 million, The Happytime Murders at No. 8 with $4.4 million, BlacKkKlansman at No. 9 with $4.1 million and Mile 22 at No. 10 with $3.6 million.
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West Point student Kyle Lemke to compete in national Microsoft Excel competition
Sean CW Korsgaard
West Point High School sophomore Kyle Lemke has earned an opportunity to travel to Orlando, Florida, to participate in the Microsoft Office Specialist Excel 2013 competition in June.
West Point High School sophomore Kyle Lemke has earned an opportunity to travel to Orlando, Florida, to participate in the Microsoft Office Specialist Excel 2013 competition in June. (Sean CW Korsgaard)
Sean CW KorsgaardStaff writer
For most students, knowing your way around Microsoft Office can help make writing papers for class easier. For West Point High School student Kyle Lemke, knowing the software has earned him a trip to Orlando in June.
Lemke, a West Point sophomore, will represent Virginia at the Certiport 2019 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship at the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista in Orlando, Florida, June 17-19. Lemke received the honor after earning the highest certification score in the state for Microsoft Office Excel 2013.
A self-described math nerd who enjoys gaming and RPGs outside of school, Lemke said he’s been working with computers longer than he’s been attending school.
“I’ve been using computers since I was maybe 4 or 5, but I hadn’t started using Office or Excel until a couple of years ago,” Lemke said. “I like how there are different formulas and navigation shortcuts that make Excel easier to operate the more you know about the program.”
Lemke learned about Excel through one of the computer education courses offered at West Point High School, which offers students various computer certifications from Certiport.
According to Chris Milby, who teaches business and IT at West Point and has instructed Kyle in several computer courses during the past two school years, Kyle scored 942 out of 1,000 on his Microsoft Office Specialist Test.
“Kyle was in my introductory computer class last year, and his interest and ability for working with computers was immediately evident,” said Milby. “His scores were exceptional, but we were still absolutely stunned when we heard that he’d qualified for the national competition.”
Every year, Microsoft and Certiport host a competition for students across the country who take certification exams, with the top scoring student from each state competing for the top prize of $3,000. Lemke earned the top score in Virginia, making him the first student from West Point invited to the Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship.
Lemke, for his part, is quick to give credit for his results to his teachers.
“I learned a lot in class from Mr. Milby, he’s a very thorough instructor. We took a lot of tests throughout the school year and I didn’t even need to study before the certification,” Lemke said. “I’m glad to be doing this for my school and my state, and I hope I make everyone proud.”
Milby said that it’s been gratifying as a teacher to watch Kyle succeed, but also to see that the lessons about computers taught to students in his classroom are having an impact.
“A few years back, computer courses may have been looked at as a curiosity, but as technology moves forward they’ve rapidly become as fundamental to modern education as reading or arithmetic,” Milby said. “We live in a digital world now, and we need to prepare our students for that world as best as we can.”
That’s something David Daniel, director of Innovation and Technology Integration for West Point Public Schools, agrees with Milby on completely. Daniel says this is the latest indicator that the shift toward career and technical education in West Point has had a positive impact on students.
“Education is changing, not just here or in Virginia, but everywhere, and giving students real-world skills is critical to helping them in the future,” Daniel said. “One of the main things I’ve done here is work to transition the school from being focused on test scores to one where we look at real-world skills and student successes, and Kyle’s successes are a part of that, and one we’d like to see more of from our students.”
As for Lemke, while he’s excited to be competing in Orlando in June, he’s more focused on deciding just what he will do after graduation. As a sophomore, he still has time to decide. He admits he’s flexible about options from college to trade school, and says that wherever the future takes him, he hopes he can keep working with computers.
“I do enjoy working with computers and would like to keep learning about them and working with them in the future,” Lemke said. “The good thing about computers is that the more you learn about them, the more they can do for you.”
Lemke’s family has set up a Go Fund Me page at bit.ly/2GpOysK to help pay for his trip to Orlando.
Sean CW Korsgaard can be reached at 757-968-1529, by email sean.korsgaard@vagazette.com, and on Twitter @SCWKorsgaard.
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Home ENTERTAINMENT Facebook orders new TV comedy series starring Elizabeth Olsen
Facebook orders new TV comedy series starring Elizabeth Olsen
Leovic Arceta
Cast member Elizabeth Olsen poses at the premiere of "Avengers: Age of Ultron" at Dolby theatre in Hollywood, California April 13, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Facebook has reinforced its desire to venture into the world of television, as it has ordered a new half-hour female-driven drama-comedy series starring Elizabeth Olsen.
The social media company has ordered 10 episodes of the straight-to-series dramedy, which was formerly titled “Widow.” Aside from starring, Olsen will also serve as the executive producer of the series, while Lizzy Weiss will be the showrunner.
Kit Steinkellner, who previously worked on “Z: The Beginning Of Everything,’ is the series creator and will also serve as the lead writer. James Ponsoldt, who is known for his work on the highly acclaimed Netflix series “Master of None,” will also be involved in the new series as a director and executive producer on a number of episodes.
Very little is known about the upcoming series except a vague description made by Olsen, who said the show is “dark, funny, and complicated.”
“I couldn’t be prouder of the group we have brought together for this show,” said Olsen. “Kit’s story has been near and dear to me for years and I can’t wait to share our dark, funny, and complicated show with the world.”
Facebook’s video streaming platform, Watch, was launched back in October, but has not made much of an impact compared to competitors like Hulu or Netflix. However, it looks like the company is slowly but surely making moves to change that, as it has already began picking up new shows with fairly big names attached to them.
Last year, the company announced a new drama series set titled “Five Points.” The upcoming series will be set in Chicago and will star Kerry Washington.
Earlier this year, Facebook also announced a coming-of-age fairy tale show from movie production studio Blumhouse, which was behind hit films like “Get Out,” “Split,” and “Happy Death Day.”
Facebook’s moves come following a number of straight-to-series orders made by Apple, which is also beginning its foray into original programming. The technology giant has previously announced an upcoming morning show drama featuring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
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Immigrants must improve English in two-and-a-half years or face deportation
Immigrants will have to demonstrate how they have improved their English after two-and-a-half years or face being deported, David Cameron has said.
The Prime Minister admitted that the crackdown could see families being broken up.
the changes would apply from October this year to immigrants who arrive in the UK on a spousal visa.
Mr Cameron also said that he felt Muslim women should remove the full face veil when going to schools or courts where there is an official uniform policy.
Currently, immigrant women who come to the UK on a five-year spousal visa have to demonstrate that they can speak basic English.
Under the new plans, Mr Cameron said he would “toughen” up the rules to force them to demonstrate that their English language skills has improved after two-and-a-half years or face deportation.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “When people come under a spousal visa, after two and a half years they should be improving their English and we will be testing that – and that is important.”
Mr Cameron said he was not “blaming people who can’t speak English”, but he was singling out Muslim men who kept women confined at home without a male relative.
He said: “This is happening in our country and it is not acceptable. We should be very proud or our values, our liberalism, our tolerance.
“We are one of the most successful multi-ethnic, multi-faith democracies in the world. Where there is segregation it is holding people, it is not in tune with British values and it needs to go.”
Source@ The Telegraph
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Learning a moral code from the movies
Working within the studio system
Michael Chapman Film-maker
71. Rising Sun 57 04:41
72. The Fugitive: Harrison Ford and Andrew Davis 1 119 02:46
73. The Fugitive: Lighting and crashing the train 179 04:59
74. 'Primal Fear': Shooting in the same location as 'The Fugitive' 81 01:26
75. Six Days Seven Nights 47 02:23
76. The working hours and first time directors 99 02:57
77. Suspect Zero: Operating is so much fun! 46 01:27
78. Working within the studio system 76 04:50
79. Learning a moral code from the movies 93 01:59
80. Movies: Then and now 104 02:49
It is not after all making movies under the Nazi occupation of France, or anything. Or making movies under the most severe Stalinist situations where, if you make a mistake, they'll send you to the Gulag. It isn't... it isn't... that way. It is to a certain extent, yes, in that for instance when Gordy [Gordon Willis] did [The] Godfather it was a big studio movie and they couldn't... they just were going to shoot him. If they could've gotten across the continent and shot him they would've, because it was too dark and you couldn't see their eyes, and this and that, and yes, he was a... but, you know, Gordy was a great artist. And he fought, and... and now, of course, everybody considers that... that's how lighting should be. I don't remember... those are situations that don't come up very often. And not every movie needs or deserves that, you know. Many movies are... for instance, musicals. I mean, Gordy in a musical, they did an American version of that... you know, the guy who wrote The Singing Detective? What's the one before that? Pennies from Heaven. What? Pennies from Heaven. Pennies from Heaven. You know. Yes, well... now the original British television version of Pennies of Heaven is... it's just breathtaking; it's so wonderful! And Bob Hoskins is just... and, unfortunately, the one that Gordy did with Steve Martin is, sort of, overblown and sits there, and it just doesn't work. The difference between water colors and oils, or something. The original British one is just... you just gasp, it's so wonderful, because it flows and it's simple and it's light, and the big studio system and the lighting and everything kind of overpowered that, that's true.
And there comes times when the studio application is not right for even a musical. It'd be nice to do a kind of... it would be nice to do an almost documentary musical. I always wanted to shoot... I always tried to convince Marty [Martin Scorsese] to do Mahogany. God, I would love to do Mahogany. And do it in a... oh, in some just sort of sleazy wonderful waterfront area somewhere. And I can't get anybody to; I don't know why. I do know why really, but I can never get anybody to do it. I think it would be wonderful. And there's a pretty good... there's... I think there's even a pretty decent translation of Mahogany into English, so that it could be done in English, but I never have been able to get anybody to do it. I'd love to do that and I certainly wouldn't do it as a big studio musical. I'd do it as a... almost a documentary, you know, and it would be... God it would be wonderful! And shoot it somewhere in... I don't quite know where, but, I mean, a place with dumps and, you know, sleazy bars and, oh God, it would be heavenly! So if you know anybody who wants to do Mahogany, again, I'm available. I'll do it cheap. I won't... I promise I won't sing.
But, no, I don't have... doing studio movies is a perfect example of that... of what I was talking about before: of doing your... doing your work and concentrating on your work and concentrating on whatever the limitations are and letting the surprises happen, and letting the bits of unconscious magic come out when they come out, and where they come out. And if I were to sit down and go through my... sort of, whatever you want to call it... studio movies, I could point out to you various places where that happened. And not just me, but all sorts of people, and sometimes just plain studio movies, and the most obvious example is... is musicals... turn out to be wonderful, within... utterly within the confines of the studio system; after all those were the great days of movies... was the studio system. That's when movies were the great art form of the 20th Century. That's when they were the church of the 20th Century, before television and before the rise of Protestantism. When it was just one big church, and they were... you know, they were wonderful then, and they made no pretence of being anything but... but that... that studio system. And it was... it was an art form. It was... it was also, by the way, an industrial procedure. An extraordinary industrial procedure. It was much more rational than it is now. They shot everything looking this way one day, and... everything. And then they... and then the night crew would come around and lift walls up there, and you'd put the cameras and turn around, and then they'd shoot everything this way. And it was all done like a factory. It was done incredibly rationally, and that's how they ground out all those movies, you know, per week. Because, theatres all over America and all over the world, in those... when I was a kid, it was all double bills. I mean, there were two movies every... every time you went you saw two movies.
Michael Chapman, an American cinematographer, has had a huge influence on contemporary film-making, working on an impressive array of classic films including 'Taxi Driver', 'Raging Bull', 'The Lost Boys' and 'The Fugitive'.
Title: Working within the studio system
Listeners: Glen Ade Brown
British Director of Photography and Camera Operator Glen Ade Brown settled in Los Angeles 10 years ago.
He has been working on features, commercials and reality TV. He played an instrumental role in the award-winning ABC Family series "Switched" and is also a recipient of the Telly and the Cine Golden Eagle awards for Best Cinematography. He was recently signed by the Judy Marks Agency and is now listed in her commercial roster.
Tags: The Godfather, The Singing Detective, Pennies from Heaven, Mahogany, Gordon Willis, Bob Hoskins, Steve Martin, Martin Scorsese
Date story recorded: May 2004
Date story went live: 29 September 2010
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York River Study Bill Passes in U.S. House
Paul Dest
The Friends of the York River received some excellent news last week: The Wild and Scenic Study Bill written and sponsored by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree was unanimously passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 5.
The bill calls for a multi-year study of the York River, done in conjunction with community input, that would determine if the river is eligible for designation as a Wild and Scenic Partnership River by the National Park Service. The bill still needs to pass in the Senate before it can become law.
In her press release announcing the bill's passage, Pingree said: "The York River is an economic and ecological asset to the area and this legislation could help protect and preserve it."
Since the spring of 2009, the Wells Reserve has been part of the Friends of the York River, a group that has been exploring whether the "Wild and Scenic" program is an appropriate fit for the river and the communities — York, Eliot, and Kittery — through which it flows.
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Abortion, Conscience Protection, Healthcare
A Health Care Challenge to Commonweal and Timothy Jost
July 16, 2010June 20, 2019By Helen Alvaré
Recent events suggest that Commonweal and Timothy Jost need to reassess their arguments about health care and abortion
With so much water already under the bridge, it seems a risky move to wade into the debate between Commonweal (and its apparent legal advisor, Professor Timothy Jost) and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) at this stage of the debate over the contents of the health care reform law (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or PPACA). On the other hand, it might be the perfect time to step back and survey the prolific exchange. Commonweal’s editors just don’t seem to trust the USCCB’s legal or policy analyses of the PPACA insofar as freedom of conscience or abortion are concerned.
Conversely, Commonweal has extended every benefit of the doubt to the opinions of one professor, Timothy Jost, who not only has no record of cooperation with Catholic moral and policy interests along the consistent ethic of life, but seems to regard Catholic contributions to moral reasoning about law with animosity, comparing Catholic influence to the establishment of an Iranian theocracy. Furthermore, Jost seems to be a strident partisan across the board, a condition best (and hilariously) exemplified in his May 17 editorial for Politico, wherein Jost wrote how “unimaginable” it would be for American voters to want Republicans back in government when, under the Democrats, the “economy has come roaring back.”
Meanwhile, The USCCB’s uniquely nonpartisan voice—even in the midst of some of the nastiest inter-party exchanges in recent history—successfully held together advocacy against killing the unborn with advocacy for expanding health care insurance to all Americans. Yet Commonweal, it seems, would not be satisfied with anything less than a full-throated blessing of whatever the House majority decided to offer pro-life Americans while in the throes of desperate, last-minute negotiations.
Commonweal’s reliance on Jost became more and more troubling as Jost persistently failed to address the arguments contained within the USCCB’s legal analysis and Commonweal failed to hold Jost to account. Instead, Commonweal and Jost have continued to suggest that the USCCB reacted to the PPACA in an alarmist fashion. Yet the law does identifiably weaken protections against federal involvement in abortion, and weaken federal protection for freedom of conscience. Given both the continuing high number of abortions in the U.S. today, and the way in which rights of conscience are increasingly characterized as the enemy of women’s rights (most notably in a 2008 letter from then-Senator Obama to the Secretary of Health and Human Services), why shouldn’t the USCCB protest against problematic portions of the PPACA?
This law will affect every American, every health plan and every health care entity from sea to sea. It will, as Commonweal surely knows, reframe the health care landscape for generations to come. With regard to the importance of the specific dispute about whether abortions might be funded in Community Health Centers (CHCs), for example, a recent article on CHCs in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that 5% of Americans currently rely on CHCs for their health care, a figure that could balloon to 40 million people under the new law. Abortion-rights groups are also aggressively promoting a combination of accounting gimmicks and community activism in order to get CHCs to offer elective abortions. The USCCB’s lawyers and policy analysts are responding proportionally to the size of the threats to conscience and to respect for vulnerable human life.
We must keep in mind that the Senate refused to incorporate existing law—namely the Hyde amendment’s protections against abortion funding and the Weldon amendment’s protections of conscience—into the PPACA. On Dec. 8, 2009, an amendment that would enforce Hyde limits on the PPACA was tabled (in a 45-to-54 vote), and the Senate adopted the “Nelson-Boxer language” instead. Regarding Weldon conscience protection language, Senator Reid decided not to include it in the bill he drafted behind closed doors in late November and December. Rather, different language about abortion funding and conscience was adopted, language accepted by Senators and interest groups robustly supportive of legal abortion. This is not meaningless. Rather, a logical observer would conclude that this series of events renders it highly unlikely that the final language of the PPACA—as Jost and Commonweal claim—does in fact does include protections either similar to or as strong as Hyde- and Weldon- type protections.
Indeed, the naïve hopes of Commonweal and Professor Jost were almost immediately disappointed. During the week of July 12, the state insurance commissioner for Pennsylvania announced that the federal government will be providing 160 million taxpayer dollars to help pay for medical services in the new high-risk insurance program established by §1101 of the PPACA—including virtually unlimited abortion services. The Department of Health and Human Services has already issued a statement denying this, but they have offered no documentation as to why Pennsylvania’s published proposal does not mean what it says. The only sure solution for this morass, and for similar problems likely to arise in the other 49 states, is to amend PPACA with a clear statutory ban incorporating the Hyde amendment policy. Neither Commonweal nor Jost has explained why they don’t simply endorse this clear solution instead of straining to argue—with growing implausibility—that doing nothing achieves the same thing.
We must also remember that executive orders can’t change legislation; they can only enforce and implement what’s already there. Yet this order repeatedly claimed to describe PPACA’s effects. Section one of the order claims that the “Act maintains current Hyde amendment funding restrictions.” Section two says that the Act “specifically prohibits the use of tax credits and cost-sharing reduction payments to pay for abortion services … and … imposes strict payment and accounting requirements.” Section three tells us that the “Act establishes a new Community Health Center (CHC) Fund within HHS” and claims that the “Hyde language shall apply to the authorization and appropriations of funds for Community Health Centers.” Again, considering the nature of executive orders, it appears that this one “doth describe too much.” A closer look indicates that indeed it does misstate what is in PPACA, as will be noted below.
I do not mean to claim here that the matter of all of PPACA’s effects regarding federal funding for abortion and freedom of conscience is an open-and-shut case. In order to “read” PPACA, one has to perform a fair amount of legal research. For example, one has to inquire how judges have interpreted laws containing similar, open-ended mandates (e.g. “preventive care,” “health services related to gynecology”). Jost does not engage in this inquiry, he simply writes these concerns off as “irrelevant.” In order to determine whether the limitations of the Hyde and Weldon amendments apply to the PPACA, one must not only scrutinize the PPACA language on its face, one must also look at the Hyde and Weldon amendments in their original settings. But Jost shirks this legal task as well.
The USCCB’s publicly available memoranda regularly demonstrated the appropriate amount of legal analysis and a healthy dose of “legal modesty” even after deploying facially compelling legal arguments. In its formal “Legal Analysis” (March 25, 2010) it uses language like “courts are highly likely to conclude,” that certain regulations are “highly likely to be found unenforceable,” and that the President’s Executive Order “would almost certainly be struck down as exceeding [his] authority.” Jost’s analysis, however, not only fails to respond to the USCCB’s major points, but also tends toward the unequivocal: In an NPR interview, after a question about whether Hyde-style protections were absent from various sections of the PPACA, he responded: “Well, that’s just simply not true.” He further called the USCCB’s reading of the PPACA the product of an “unwarranted belief that [members of Congress] are proceeding in bad faith,” and called Congressman John Boehner’s statements about PPACA allowing federal funding of abortions the “biggest…lie” told at the health summit.
Jost’s personal website lists 63 media appearances and 15 essays on the subject of health care reform. Yet, despite the volume, and his attempts in several essays to speak directly to the USCCB’s arguments, he never directly answers the following questions:
First, how does Jost get around the plain language of Hyde amendment—that its limits apply only to monies appropriated under “this Act” (the Labor/HHS Appropriations Act) or to monies put in a trust fund funded by “this Act”—and insist rather that the money appropriated by a different act, the PPACA, is also governed by Hyde? The PPACA specifically appropriates its own money (section 10503) for Community Health Centers. Both the PPACA and the President’s executive order state that a “new” fund is being both created and funded by the PPACA (which new fund is not a trust fund funded by the Labor/HHS Appropriations Act). Jost ignores the plain language of the executive order and simply asserts without proof that the funds appropriated for CHCs are “not segregated funds.”
Second, how can Jost state that 1970’s HHS regulations restricting the funding of abortions, which regulations derive their authority from (and explicitly reference) the Hyde statutory language, are also authoritative with respect to the new CHC fund created by the PPACA? He is overlooking basic administrative law. The USCCB simply has the better of the argument on the possibility that the PPACA money appropriated to CHCs—who are legally mandated to provide “health services related to … obstetrics or gynecology,” (see 42 U.S. C 254b)—will, without attached Hyde protections, be steered toward elective abortions.
Third, as a backup argument regarding CHCs, Jost raises the President’s executive order. But the law on separation of powers holds that such orders may not override specific statutory directives. Will Jost ever engage the law on this matter?
Fourth, because he fails to credit basic legal principles on separation of powers and administrative law, Jost also fails to engage the USCCB’s argument that federal court decisions interpreting broadly-worded federal health care mandates have required abortion funding when no specific limits were attached to the mandates. He states in his May 24 Commonweal piece that these cases “have no relevance,” because there are abortion-limiting federal regulations and an executive order in place. But as I have noted above, the regulation does not likely apply and the executive order is powerless in the face of a contrary statute.
Fifth, Jost can never bring himself to acknowledge that a new line has been crossed by the PPACA’s allowing federal subsidies to flow to health plans covering abortions. True, certain kinds of federal monies cannot pay for an abortion directly, and individual plan subscribers will pay separate premiums for abortion procedures (§1303(b)(2)), but a line has been crossed nevertheless. Pre-PPACA, the federal government would not help plans including abortion to exist and to stay in business. Post-PPACA, it will. This is not a moral line that bothers Jost or Commonweal. But to insist it should bother no one is both arrogant and naïve. It represents an incremental move toward the normalization of abortion as a “medical service.” In a country where abortion is all too frequent, it is yet another step in the wrong direction.
Sixth, regarding conscience protection, Jost never directly addresses the PPACA’s failure to protect against government discrimination based on an unwillingness to participate in abortion. The Senate’s failure to include it—by refusing to incorporate Weldon-type language—does not mean nothing; less protective language leaves religious health care providers, at the very least, in an uncertain position about their futures. Jost’s claim that §1303(c)(2) of the law suffices to prevent such government discrimination makes no sense. That section provides that the PPACA is not intended to overturn conscience protections in other federal laws. It does not apply to this new law. Nor can the President’s executive order pretend to make it so.
Overall, Commonweal and Jost succumbed—naively in my opinion—to their own and to Congressional leadership’s ardent desire to believe that everything will be just fine once the PPACA goes fully into effect. More might be offered regarding the oversights and misinterpretations found in Jost’s analyses. Enough has been said, however, to conclude at least this: the USCCB’s conclusion that the PPACA fell morally short remains measurably more convincing than Commonweal’s and Jost’s conclusion that the bishops were too scrupulous and alarmist in their reading of the PPACA.
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Manchester calls for budget flights
By Tony Dawe
October 17 2002, 1:00am, The Times
BUSINESSES are calling on low-cost airlines to start offering flights to Europe from Manchester airport — the largest flight hub in the country without a no-frills service.
Travel account managers attending a seminar at the Business Travel Show in Manchester last week said it was about time that a carrier stepped forward to fill the low-cost void. At the moment Liverpool is the nearest airport with a budget service, but most local business travellers are unwilling to make the journey.
Linda Gaffrey, account manager at Trident International, said: “About 90 per cent of the business people in the Manchester area live south of the city, within easy reach of the airport, and it would be almost impossible to persuade them to travel anywhere else.”
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Lord Macdonald: suspects are ‘treated with contempt’
Frances Gibb, Legal Editor
December 21 2017, 12:01am, The Times
Lord Ken Macdonald said that the promotion of victims’ rights over defendants’ protections had come home to roostWadham College
A former director of public prosecutions has blamed a “victim culture” for police failures to reveal evidence.
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven, QC, said that the promotion of victims’ rights over defendants’ protections had come home to roost in the past few years. This had led to a “hostile attitude to suspects that borders on contempt for them and their rights,” he said, adding: “Failure to disclose evidence is a symptom of this contempt.”
Lord Macdonald, who was director of public prosecutions from 2003 to 2008, said that the cases of Isaac Itiary, 25, and Liam Allan, 22, were two examples of failures of public policy. Charges against Mr Itiary of rape and sexual activity with a child were dropped after messages from his accuser…
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Freda eBook Reader receives a new update in the Microsoft Store
akshay Waghray
Image Credit: Microsoft.com
Freda, an eBook Reader has released a new update for its Windows 10 app today. The update is available to download in the Microsoft Store. The latest update improves the user experience for selecting text along with adding a new section for regularly used settings.
Freda, which is a free program for reading electronic books, provides users with access to more than 50,000 public domains for free of cost and supports reading DRM free eBooks in EPUB, FB2, HTML and TXT formats. The eBook also supports text to speech reading and integration with OneDrive and DropBox and more.
The update also comes with its share of Bug fixes and performance improvements to the application. The company has also launched its app for Android users making it easy for users on both Android and Windows to sync between the platforms.
The latest update to the Freda eBook Reader app is available for download and you can get it by updating the app by clicking on the below Microsoft Store link.
Download Freda eBook Reader app for Windows 10
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Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. v. Croitoru Daniel
The Complainant is Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. of Torino, Italy, represented by Perani Pozzi Tavella, Italy.
The Respondent is Croitoru Daniel of Brasov, Romania.
2. The Domain Names and Registra
The disputed domain names <linkimprese-sanpaoloimi.com> and <linksimprese-sanpaoloimi.com> are registered with NetEarth One Inc. d/b/a NetEarth.
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the “Center”) on May 30, 2012. On May 30, 2012, the Center transmitted by email to NetEarth One Inc. d/b/a NetEarth a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain names. On May 30, 2012, NetEarth One Inc. d/b/a NetEarth transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details.
The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Policy” or “UDRP”), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Rules”), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Supplemental Rules”).
In accordance with the Rules, paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a), the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on June 27, 2012. In accordance with the Rules, paragraph 5(a), the due date for Response was July 17, 2012. The Respondent did not submit any response. Accordingly, the Center notified the Respondent’s default on July 24, 2012.
The Center appointed Alvaro Loureiro Oliveira as the sole panelist in this matter on August 6, 2012. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. The Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with the Rules, paragraph 7.
The Complainant is an Italian banking group, which resulted from the merger between Banca Intesa S.p.A. and Sanpaolo IMI S.p.A., two of the top Italian banks. The merger is effective as of January 2007. The Complainant is one of the leading banking corporations in Europe, being present not only in Italy but in 29 different countries.
The Complainant owns, among others, registrations for trademarks SANPAOLO, LINKS SANPAOLO, INTESA SANPAOLO IMI, SANPAOLO IMI, in Italy and in the European Union (community trademark). Further to the merger mentioned above, the Complainant uses as its main mark LINKS INTESA SANPAOLO.
Besides these marks, the Complainant owns and uses several domain names, such as <linksanpaolo.it>, <linksanpaoloimprese.it> and <linksimpresesanpaolo.com>.
Proof of these registrations was duly presented.
The Complainant contends that the disputed domain names <linkimprese-sanpaoloimi.com> and <linksimprese-sanpaoloimi.com> reproduce its trademark SANPAOLO IMI, with the addition of the words “links” and “imprese” (Italian for “companies”). The disputed domain names, in addition, are virtually identical to some of the domain names owned by the Complainant, such as <linksanpaoloimprese.it> and <linksimpresesanpaolo.com>,.
The Complainant claims not to have any relationship with the Respondent, nor has given the Respondent permission to use its mark or to register a domain name incorporating this mark.
The Complainant also states that the disputed domain names do not correspond to the Respondent’s name or at least to part of it, and that the Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain names.
Lastly, the Complainant alleges that the Respondent has no right to, and is not making a legitimate use of the disputed domain names.
The Policy, in paragraph 4(a), states that three elements must be present and duly proven by a complainant to obtain relief. These elements are:
(iii) the disputed domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
Regarding the first of the elements, the Panel finds that the Complainant presented competent proof demonstrating its rights in the marks SANPAOLO, LINKS SANPAOLO, INTESA SANPAOLO IMI and SANPAOLO IMI, which are duly registered in the countries where the Complainant does business and consequently used regularly in those countries.
Further, the Panel finds that the disputed domain names <linkimprese-sanpaoloimi.com> and <linksimprese-sanpaoloimi.com> are indeed imitations of the Complainant’s marks (with only the inclusion of the generic word “imprese”) and could certainly be considered confusingly similar.
Hence, the Panel finds that the Complainant has established the first element in this dispute.
The Panel finds that the marks SANPAOLO, LINKS SANPAOLO, INTESA SANPAOLO IMI and SANPAOLO IMI are undoubtedly linked to the Complainant, since they are not only registered in its name in the European Community, but also are used to identify the Complainant’s business, being part of the Complainant’s domain names.
The Panel finds that the Complainant has made out a prima facie case that the Respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain names. Further, the Respondent has not rebutted the Complainant’s contentions.
The Complainant, in the Panel’s view, has provided enough evidence of the renown of its marks. Hence, the Panel considers it unlikely that the Respondent would be unaware of the marks and their direct relation to the Complainant. In addition, the Panel has not found any indication that the Respondent is commonly known by the disputed domain names or is using the disputed domain names for any fair or noncommercial use.
Thus, the Panel finds that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain names and the Complainant has established the second element of the Policy.
The Panel finds that the Respondent registered the disputed domain names with the purpose of taking advantage of the renown of the Complainant’s marks.
The inactivity of the disputed domain names cannot be considered as a relieving factor in the present case. On the contrary, this fact can be seen as evidence of bad faith of the Respondent in obtaining and using the disputed domain names, considering that the Complainant and its marks are widely known and the Respondent has provided no evidence whatsoever of any actual or contemplated good faith use by it of the disputed domain names. See Telstra Corporation Limited v. Nuclear Marshmallows, WIPO Case No. D2000-0003. Furthermore, by registering the disputed domain names containing the Complainant’s trademarks, the Respondent harms the Complainant’s activity, as it diverts potential clients to an inactive website.
The Panel finds that the circumstances, as described above, shows that the Respondent registered and has been using the disputed domain names in bad faith. The Panel, hence, finds the Complainant has established the third element of the Policy.
For the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the disputed domain names <linkimprese-sanpaoloimi.com> and <linksimprese-sanpaoloimi.com> be transferred to the Complainant.
Alvaro Loureiro Oliveira
Dated: August 20, 2012
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Regulations under the PCT
Rule 9412
Access to Files
94.1 Access to the File Held by the International Bureau
(a) At the request of the applicant or any person authorized by the applicant, the International Bureau shall furnish, subject to reimbursement of the cost of the service, copies of any document contained in its file.
(b) The International Bureau shall, at the request of any person but not before the international publication of the international application and subject to Article 38 and paragraphs (d) to (g), furnish copies of any document contained in its file. The furnishing of copies may be subject to reimbursement of the cost of the service.
(c)13 The International Bureau shall, if so requested by an elected Office, furnish copies of the international preliminary examination report under paragraph (b) on behalf of that Office. The International Bureau shall promptly publish details of any such request in the Gazette.14
(d) The International Bureau shall not provide access to any information contained in its file which has been omitted from publication under Rule 48.2(l) and to any document contained in its file relating to a request under that Rule.
(e) Upon a reasoned request by the applicant, the International Bureau shall not provide access to any information contained in its file and to any document contained in its file relating to such a request, if it finds that:
(i) this information does not obviously serve the purpose of informing the public about the international application;
(ii) public access to such information would clearly prejudice the personal or economic interests of any person; and
(iii) there is no prevailing public interest to have access to that information.
Rule 26.4 shall apply mutatis mutandis as to the manner in which the applicant shall present the information which is the subject of a request made under this paragraph.
(f) Where the International Bureau has omitted information from public access in accordance with paragraphs (d) or (e), and that information is also contained in the file of the international application held by the receiving Office, the International Searching Authority, the Authority specified for supplementary search or the International Preliminary Examining Authority, the International Bureau shall promptly notify that Office and Authority accordingly.
(g) The International Bureau shall not provide access to any document contained in its file which was prepared solely for internal use by the International Bureau.
94.1bis Access to the File Held by the Receiving Office
(a) At the request of the applicant or any person authorized by the applicant, the receiving Office may provide access to any document contained in its file. The furnishing of copies of documents may be subject to reimbursement of the cost of the service.
(b) The receiving Office may, at the request of any person, but not before the international publication of the international application and subject to paragraph (c), provide access to any document contained in its file. The furnishing of copies of documents may be subject to reimbursement of the cost of the service.
(c) The receiving Office shall not provide access under paragraph (b) to any information in respect of which it has been notified by the International Bureau that the information has been omitted from publication in accordance with Rule 48.2(l) or from public access in accordance with Rule 94.1(d) or (e).
94.1ter Access to the File Held by the International Searching Authority
(a) At the request of the applicant or any person authorized by the applicant, the International Searching Authority may provide access to any document contained in its file. The furnishing of copies of documents may be subject to reimbursement of the cost of the service.
(b) The International Searching Authority may, at the request of any person, but not before the international publication of the international application and subject to paragraph (c), provide access to any document contained in its file. The furnishing of copies of documents may be subject to reimbursement of the cost of the service.
(c) The International Searching Authority shall not provide access under paragraph (b) to any information in respect of which it has been notified by the International Bureau that the information has been omitted from publication in accordance with Rule 48.2(l) or from public access in accordance with Rule 94.1(d) or (e).
(d) Paragraphs (a) to (c) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Authority specified for supplementary search
94.2 Access to the File Held by the International Preliminary Examining Authority
(a) At the request of the applicant or any person authorized by the applicant, the International Preliminary Examining Authority shall provide access to any document contained in its file. The furnishing of copies of documents may be subject to reimbursement of the cost of the service.
(b) At the request of any elected Office, but not before the establishment of the international preliminary examination report and subject to paragraph (c), the International Preliminary Examining Authority shall provide access to any document contained in its file. The furnishing of copies of documents may be subject to reimbursement of the cost of the service.
(c) The International Preliminary Examining Authority shall not provide access under paragraph (b) to any information in respect of which it has been notified by the International Bureau that the information has been omitted from publication in accordance with Rule 48.2(l) or from public access in accordance with Rule 94.1(d) or (e).
94.2bis Access to the File Held by the Designated Office
If the national law applicable by any designated Office allows access by third parties to the file of a national application, that Office may allow access to any documents relating to the international application, contained in its file, to the same extent as provided by the national law for access to the file of a national application, but not before the earliest of the dates specified in Article 30(2)(a). The furnishing of copies of documents may be subject to reimbursement of the cost of the service.
94.3 Access to the File Held by the Elected Office
If the national law applicable by any elected Office allows access by third parties to the file of a national application, that Office may allow access to any documents relating to the international application, including any document relating to the international preliminary examination, contained in its file, to the same extent as provided by the national law for access to the file of a national application, but not before the earliest of the dates specified in Article 30(2)(a). The furnishing of copies of documents may be subject to reimbursement of the cost of the service.
12. Editor’s Note: Rule 94 as in force from July 1, 1998, applies only in respect of international applications filed on or after that date. Rule 94 as in force until June 30, 1998, continues to apply after that date in respect of international applications filed until that date. The text of Rule 94 as in force until June 30, 1998, is reproduced below:
“Rule 94
Furnishing of Copies by the International Bureau and
the International Preliminary Examining Authority
94.1 Obligation to Furnish
At the request of the applicant or any person authorized by the applicant, the International Bureau and the International Preliminary Examining Authority shall furnish, subject to reimbursement of the cost of the service, copies of any document contained in the file of the applicant’s international application or purported international application.”
13. Editor’s Note: Rule 94.1(c) as in force from January 1, 2004, applies to international applications filed on or after that date. Rule 94.1(c) also applies to the furnishing on or after January 1, 2004, of copies of the international preliminary examination report in respect of any international application, whether the international filing date of the application is before, on or after January 1, 2004.
14. Editor’s Note: Information concerning which elected Offices have requested the International Bureau to furnish copies of international preliminary examination reports on their behalf is also published on the WIPO website at: www.wipo.int/pct/en/texts/access_iper.html.
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Runyon rolls back into town
By Dan Fanning | February 16, 2017 at 3:44 AM EST - Updated August 12 at 5:25 PM
CONWAY, S.C. (WMBF) - Folks in the Grand Strand have heard the name Marisa Runyon before. Marisa starred at Carolina Forest High School before heading to The University of Alabama to play for the Tide. In her senior season, she couldn't think of anywhere better to begin the season than back home in Conway.
"I absolutely love it. Thank you to Coach Murphy for starting my senior season off here. It's been a blessing and fun four years so far," said Marisa.
Runyon was made aware last year she would be playing at Coastal Carolina this past weekend. Having seen here play plenty of times in Alabama. Her mom Jennifer was glad she only had to drive 10 minutes instead of 10 hours to see her play.
"After four years of traveling to Tuscaloosa, its definitely nice being home. She has a lot of family in town," Jennifer Runyon said.
Marisa's mom and dad weren't the only family members in town to see the third baseman back at the beach.
"A lot of our family is from up state New York even though we live here. So they don't always get to Tuscaloosa to see her play," Marisa's mom Jennifer said.
Marisa and the Crimson Tide got off to a good start in Conway. Leaving town with a five and zero record on the year.
"It's a momentum builder. We've got a big weekend coming up, so we're going to go back and get prepared for that," Marisa said.
With it being her senior season. What would the former Panther like to accomplish in her last year on the collegiate diamond?
"As a senior class, it's the first time we could make history. We could be the first senior class to go to the World Series in all four years. So that's our goal," said Runyon.
Dan Fanning
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Empowering Women in the Maritime Community Feature
Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, WMU President
Since being founded in 1983 under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the World Maritime University (WMU) has been committed to the advancement of women. To further the efforts to achieve the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and in honour of the IMO World Maritime Day theme for 2019, "Empowering Women in the Maritime Community," WMU will feature meritorious persons throughout 2019 and present their perspectives on gender equality in the maritime sector. We begin close to home with our own President, Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry.
Dr Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry
WMU is committed to advancing the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). What is the connection between the SDGs and the advancement of women in the maritime and ocean industries?
The 2030 United Nations Development Goals (UNSDGs), in particular Goals 4, 5 and 8, are related to the advancement of women in the maritime and ocean professions, and thus to the 2019 World Maritime Day Theme, Empowering Women in the Maritime Community. These goals, among others, have been integrated into the strategic directions of the World Maritime University. UNSDG Goal 4 aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Goal 5 seeks to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Goal 8 focuses on decent work and economic growth.
The kind of education and training that supports the maritime and ocean industries can be broadly divided into two categories – vocational or technical training that seeks to enable individuals acquire specific practical and often directly relevant on-the-job training and skills; and general-level education – often associated with the award of degrees – which allows for a generalist approach to developing critical thinking skills, questioning the status quo and leadership for development. While these elements are of utmost importance to achieving the UNSDGs, WMU’s contribution lies mostly in the latter realm where we enable maritime leaders through our post-graduate education to create tangible impact in ocean and maritime affairs.
The Empowering Women in the Maritime Community theme is intended to drive change and enable the advancement of women. It provides an incredible opportunity to move from promise to action, from lofty goals to concrete outcomes and effective implementation of Goal 5. Governments, industry, academia and civil society all have a role to play in this respect.
You served as Director of the International Labour Standards Department of the International Labour Office (ILO) and were responsible for developing the ILO Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 and remained responsible for it until joining WMU in 2015. What does employment for women look like in the maritime industry today?
When IMO made an estimation of women seafarers in 1992, 1 or 2 percent of the total seafaring population were women, including those who work in service sections on board ships, such as hotel and catering personnel. In 2003, in my previous career at the ILO, under my responsibility, a study on Women Seafarers was commissioned and published. It estimated then that the percentage of women in maritime was between 1 and 2 per cent of the total seafaring population. Women seafarers on cargo vessels were even less, 0.12 per cent. According to the 2015 BIMCO/ICS manpower report, the percentage of women seafarers was still only 1 per cent. This reflects that women’s participation in seafaring jobs continues to be as low as it was 25 years ago.
According to WMU’s publication, “Maritime Women: Global Leadership”, published in 2015, WMU estimated that women now represent between 3 and 30 per cent in various maritime organizations. This includes the merchant marine, the cruise sector and the onshore maritime cluster. According to the publication, what has been hindering progress in achieving greater gender equality in the maritime sector is the long misplaced perception that women are not suitable for working on board ships due to the nature of seafaring.
At WMU, we are making rapid progress in pursuing gender equality in the maritime and ocean industries. We hope that this will be a motivating factor for women to look at maritime and oceans opportunities in their broadest perspectives. Of course, we cannot merely compare one organisation with the whole world of the maritime labour force. However, I must emphasize that it is WMU’s mission to help promote change in the maritime industry and we are sparing no effort in contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 5: “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. We are actually encouraged by the report of the McKinsey Global Institute, which estimates that in their “full-potential” scenario, if women participate in the economy at the same level as men, they would add up to $28 trillion, or 26 per cent, to annual global GDP by 2025 compared with a business-as-usual scenario.
What is the World Maritime University doing to increase gender equality in the maritime and ocean sectors?
Education promotes equality and empowers women. It seeks to ensure the full and effective participation and equal opportunities at all levels of decision-making whether in political, economic, academic, business or public life. In line with Goal 5 on gender equality, the IMO’s Medium Term Plan has an objective to improve women’s access to maritime training. WMU is keenly focused on increasing women’s participation in access to educational opportunities in the maritime sector, including at the postgraduate level, to enable their full participation in the maritime and ocean industries.
WMU has proven that it is possible to make changes in a short period of time. Until the late 1990s, female students made up less than 5 per cent of the Malmö intake. A recruitment strategy with strong support from fellowship donors has resulted in the proportion of female students rising to roughly a third of the annual intake in Malmö, and last year our MSc in International Transport and Logistics (ITL) class in Shanghai achieved gender parity with 50 per cent female students. During my tenure at WMU, we had a record number of 48 women enrolled in our Malmö-based MSc programme, reaching 37 per cent for the 2016-2017 student intake. Since the establishment of WMU in 1983, out of the total of 4,919 graduates, 1,029 have been women, i.e., 20 per cent.
Women are enrolled across all of our MSc in Maritime Affairs specializations that include Maritime Education & Training; Maritime Energy Management; Maritime Law & Policy; Maritime Safety & Environmental Administration; Ocean Sustainability, Governance and Management; Port Management; and Shipping Management & Logistics. In addition to the strong enrollment of women in our MSc programme in Shanghai, several women are also enrolled in our Maritime Safety and Environmental Management programme in Dalian, China. Many women are also enrolled in our distance learning programmes on Marine Energy; Marine Insurance; International Maritime Law; Executive Maritime Management; and Maritime Safety and Security; as well as the LLM by distance learning in International Maritime Law. These distance learning programmes enable those who are not able to join the academic programme in Malmö to progress in their desire for a quality maritime education at an affordable cost and with the flexibility distance learning provides.
Priority therefore needs to be given in the use of resources to identify measures that can further promote career opportunities and improved working and living conditions for women seafarers, including health and wellbeing at work. Much still remains to be done to level the playing field for women in maritime, particularly in shipping. Maritime education and training has an important role to play in this regard, and there is much work to be done regarding the perceptions of what is appropriate work for women.
From 4 to 5 April 2019, WMU will host its Third International Women’s Conference on the theme “Empowering Women in the Maritime Community”. The event is already gaining significant attention and interest from the community of traditional stakeholders and beyond. With an incredible line-up of prominent speakers, the conference will bring together Governments, industry - including the maritime, port, ocean and fishing sectors - international organizations, academia, research institutes, NGOs, indigenous communities, media and WMU/IMLI alumni. It will be an important catalyst for assessing the current situation for women in the maritime and oceans industries and making concrete recommendations regarding actions needed for impact and positive change. The outcomes will be compiled and published in a Conference Report that will inform decision-making at the highest levels.
You are the first female President of WMU, as well as the first from a developing country. What has your personal journey been as your career evolved with a maritime focus?
In 1984, I obtained a Ph.D. and my thesis was on Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Sea. I was seen to be doing research on a difficult and esoteric topic at the time. With hindsight, I was not. In my long career at the ILO, I used my maritime passion to improve the life of seafarers, fishers and port workers. I can say today that the result was, among many others, the adoption by the ILO of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006), the Seafarers Identity Documents’ Convention (Revised, 2003), The Work in Fishing Convention (2008), and the Code of Practice on Occupational Safety and Health in Ports (2005).
These instruments significantly improve the status of seafarers and port workers, and the conditions of their working environment. The MLC, 2006 was not however the effort of a single person. It was no doubt a huge responsibility to coordinate and negotiate with all stakeholders, including governments, shipowners and seafarers’ organizations. While each group had their own interest to pursue, it was important that it was a win-win for all. One of the best-kept secrets is that the MLC, 2006 is the most gender sensitive International Convention of over 100 pages that you can find outside of instruments specifically dedicated to gender equality and non-discrimination. And of this, I am very proud. It was a bold initiative. We should never be afraid of pushing boundaries for a better world.
After over 29 years of advancing labour rights around the world, I left the ILO. I took my passion for the sea, for maritime and those who work in this very wide-ranging industry, and in 2015 I joined the World Maritime University. I took up the challenge as the first woman President of the World Maritime University and now devote my energies to maritime education, research, training and capacity building.
What do you see as the key in promoting gender equality in the maritime and ocean sectors?
Education is the most powerful motor to deliver change and to change gender stereotypes. At WMU, we are well equipped to help promote gender equality in maritime and ocean industries and encourage young women to go to sea, to opt for a rewarding maritime career whether on board ship or ashore and to ensure that our national maritime schools attract new generations of women and enable them to take advantage of a maritime career. The maritime and ocean industries offer careers for seafarers and others engaged in the broader maritime sector, including in maritime education and training, working as marine insurers, ship brokers and integrated shipping services providers, maritime economics and finance professionals, including banking, providers of intelligence for global shipping and trade, classification societies, recruitment and placement agencies, medical doctors and other maritime health specialists, shipbuilding, ship recycling, ports and logistics, coastal and spatial planning to name a few. The oceans focus opens tremendous opportunities for women, with many women marine scientists and women fishers leading the way. There are today, boundless opportunities for women within the maritime and ocean industries, which need to be seized.
WMU’s mission is to be the world centre of excellence in postgraduate maritime and oceans education, training and research, while building global capacity and promoting sustainable development. We recognise that women are the key to helping empower the maritime industry, closing existing skills gaps, enhancing revenue and ensuring that the maritime and ocean industries remain sustainable for generations to come.
From my experience of coordinating and engaging different stakeholders, if we work together, we can achieve the impossible. We can today make a change for tomorrow. Everyone has a role to play to make change possible and sustainable. We must choose to be bold and make this change a reality, together! How many times did I dare to make “bold” decisions in my life? It is not easy to make a change, because some form of sacrifice often accompanies change. We all have various responsibilities at work and with family. But, I was not afraid of making a change. Because, without change, our younger generation will pay the price and the same challenges will remain.
As we focus on the future, let us remember all those who blazed the trails for us. We now have the task to do the same for the generations to come. Together we will contribute to the sustainable development of the maritime sector, one that is gender sensitive and that provides equal opportunities for both women and men. Gender equality for a better and more prosperous future for all.
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The Indian Daughter-in-law Is Not A Robot But A Flesh And Blood Human Being
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It is tough being an Indian daughter-in-law. Can we so-called ‘cultured’ people accept her as an individual and spare a thought for her comfort?
Reel life is poles apart from the real life. Otherwise a daily show on television presenting a robot as a perfect bahu (daughter-in-law), would not have generated so much laughter.
Well it is a light-hearted comedy, where a robotic daughter-in-law is trying to please her mother-in-law, despite mummiji’s ( mother-in-law’s) displeasure for her, as her son has gone in for, so called love marriage.
But reality is different, in real life things are not as funny as the show and that is the harsh reality of life. Our society has preference for the male child, as he will be the caretaker of parents in the ‘sunset’ years, where sons are also seen as investments of old age. Though things have changed drastically now, as even daughters are getting the equal rights and share in the property as sons, which is good. But things are only limited till rights, they are still not given the responsibility of taking care of the parents, as they do not want to burden the daughters.
The onus of taking care of the parents is still on the sons and daughters-in-law. It is here, the disparity sets in. Daughters-in-law are still considered as outsiders, who will be given a whole set of responsibilities without rights. They are no match to the daughters of the house, despite being well-educated and working.
‘Blood is thicker than water’, this phrase is true when there is a comparison drawn between a daughter and a daughter-in-law. But when it comes to sons-in-law, the hereditary and genetics takes a back seat, as they are treated as demi-gods and VIPs (very important persons) like the political culture prevalent in our country.
Daamad ji and Jijaji are still unchallengeable, as they rule the roost, giving the fathers-in-law frequent threats as a patriarchal head, whose throne starts dwindling on son-in-law’s arrival, but still are respected and admired. Whereas the daughters-in-law are shown their position, which is at the lowest level of the hierarchy.
Though society is fast changing, the status of bahus in our society still needs to be upgraded.
We have achieved tremendous success in terms of equality, when it comes to sons and daughters, but the area regarding the daughters-in-law still remains neglected. Why do we forget that ‘Saas bhi kabhi bahu thi?’ Does the mother-in-law derives sadistic pleasure by ill-treating her daughter-in-law and wants her to suffer the same way as she did decades back with the notion of ‘Hamare zamane mein toh aisa hota tha!’? Is it a kind of catharsis for the mums-in-law?
We may be a progressive society, but when dealing with daughters-in-law we are still backward. Please let us not use the words such as being ‘conservative’ or ‘cultured’ for this, because a girl half your age, can be expected to behave maturely and take the family responsibilities, but on the other hand debarred from expressing herself freely.
Have we as a society given it a sincere thought, that it is the girl who leaves her family behind and joins the new family. But the arrival of the girl at the in-laws place is seen as a favour being done to her, as if she was discarded by her parents. The word ‘kanyadaan’ has become a misnomer, where parents of the girl donate her. As a daughter she was pampered by her parents, treated like a princess and they further expect her live life Queen size, but in vain, because soon she faces the bitter truth of life, as she was born to serve.
As a newly wed, a girl enters the threshold of the new house with so many dreams. But dreams are dreams, Alas! they remain unfulfilled. With lots of apprehensions and hopes she puts the imprints of her hands on the walls of her new home without realizing that, she will be apprehended and soon will be convicted without any crime, would be judged every now and then, and dream of the new house becoming her real home, will remain a distant dream.
Ever heard of the lines “A son is a son, till he gets his wife, but a daughter is daughter, through out their lives”? Well, it might sometimes be true, but have we ever made an effort to see our daughters-in-law as just ‘daughters’?
We feel happy when our sons-in-law treat our daughters well, take them for outings, pamper them, but when it comes to the sons spending on their wives, we taunt them for being hen-pecked husbands, caution them to be less extravagant.
Our society is a huge paradox. We believe in saving the girl child, educating them, curbing female infanticide, but we forget to treat others’ daughters well, who become our daughters-in-law.
We treat them as ‘outcasts’ and tag them as ‘outsiders’, where acceptance is a myth as we conduct secret chamber discussions and talk in Chinese-whispers, making them busy with house-hold chores.
Isn’t it tough being an Indian daughter-in-law? As they are constantly gasping for a breather, as they are criticized every now and then, with a noose tied around the neck of being a daughter of someone else. They are seen as an investment, bonded labourers and slaves. They visit their parents’ place, as if, leave is granted to them or a convict gets out on parole, and so the bird is out of the cage for a few days.
Whereas a daughter and son-in-law can visit them every now and then, insecurities creep in, the moment their own son and daughter-in-law visit his in-laws and so a deadline is set-in, to return at the earliest. A daughter enjoy freedom and liberty at her parents place, but an Indian daughter-in-law’s legitimate concern for her parents, is seen as a sin.
The societal norms are such that when a man marries he gets the right over a girl, but the girl in turn gets the responsibilities of the whole family, at least she is expected to do so.
Do some mothers-in-law doubt their own upbringing and faith in their sons? Once their sons get married the mothers in turn become overly possessive about them, despite being well educated and living in a broad-minded society. Why are bahus always termed as family-breakers, monitored and supervised all the time?
Why does a person appearing to be well-educated and modern before the wedding, acting as a second mother, change drastically into an authoritarian mother-in-law post-wedding?
Why has a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law relationship become a butt of all jokes?
Why do we see our daughter-in-laws as mere commodities, who should only serve us.
Why do we see our daughter-in-laws as the vamps, who will dilute our sons’ love towards us?
Is she just brought in to satisfy the physical needs of your sons and produce progeny as a child producing machine?
Well the fact of the matter is that, the Indian daughter-in-law is not a robot but a human being made of flesh and blood with emotions, expectations and aspirations.
Treat them well and as equals, and nothing less.
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Which Countries Have A Coastline On The Caribbean Sea?
Many countries have a coastline on the Caribbean Sea.
Coastline along the Caribbean Sea at Cabo de la Vela in La Guajira, Colombia.
One of the constituent seas of the Atlantic Ocean is the Caribbean Sea, a sea found in the northwestern section of the Atlantic. Covering an area of over 1.06 million square miles, the sea is among the largest in the world. The region in which the sea is found, the Caribbean, gets its name from the sea. A total of 11 countries have coastlines on the sea, including Jamaica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. Of these countries, only Jamaica is surrounded by the sea and therefore is the only country with the Caribbean coastline defining the whole country.
Countries with Coastlines on the Caribbean Sea
A Latin American nation which has a coastline on the Caribbean Sea is Panama. The country has two coastlines, the Caribbean coast and the Pacific coast. Unlike the Pacific coast which is largely developed, most sections of the Caribbean coast still have their natural beauty in pristine condition. More than 1,000 miles of the coastline is made up of pristine beaches which are among the best beaches not only in the country but the entire region. The presence of the white-sand beaches on the Caribbean Coast makes the coastline a prime tourist attraction with thousands of tourists visiting the coast to sample the beautiful beaches.
The coastline features one of the country’s largest cities, Colón, which is a hub for trade and commerce in Panama. Maritime commerce is another economic activity which takes place along the Caribbean coastline of the country due to the presence of the Panama Canal whose northern mouth is located on the Caribbean coast. The Port of Colon which is situated on the Caribbean coast is another critical driver of Panama’s maritime trade. Real estate is more attractive on Panama’s Caribbean coast compared to the Pacific coast due partly to favorable prices as well as the proximity to some of the world’s best beaches. The coastline is important in the nation’s history as it was where the Spaniards first settled while they colonized the island.
Trinidad and Tobago are bound to the west by the Caribbean Sea, and so has a long coastline on the waterbody. Among the major cities which are situated along the coastline include Port of Spain, the island’s second-largest city. The city which is also the island nation’s capital city is the center of trade and commerce of Trinidad and Tobago and its skyscrapers house many governmental offices. Other important cities found along the Caribbean coast are Point Fortin, San Fernando, Point Lisas, and Pointe-a-Pierre. The village of Toco is situated at the periphery where the Caribbean coast meets the North Atlantic coast. The fishing village is a top tourist site in the country due to the pristine beach that sits on the Caribbean coast.
One problem that the island nation’s Caribbean coast is currently facing is the coastal erosion which has seen vast sections of the coast washed away by the currents of the Caribbean Sea. The erosion has been detrimental to the infrastructural projects along the coast such as roads which are the sole connection to the remote fishing villages found along the coast. The coastal erosion has placed the durability of the roads in jeopardy making them impassible on some sections. The erosion also has detrimental ecological effects as it puts to a great risk the nesting sites of leatherback turtles whose existence is already threatened by other human activities.
While other countries have coastlines on other water bodies, Jamaica which is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea only has the whole of its coastline defined by the Caribbean. With an area covering 4,213 square miles, the island nation is only exceeded in size by Hispaniola and Cuba in the Greater Antilles. All of the country’s 14 parishes are found along the Caribbean coast. Many of Jamaica’s major cities are found along the Caribbean coast including the nation’s largest city Kingston. Other major cities found on the coastline include Ocho Rios, Montego Bay, Portmore, and Old Harbour. As a result, a significant portion of the island’s population resides along the coastline.
Some of the economic activities along the coastline include fishing and maritime commerce. The primary economic driver along Jamaica’s Caribbean coastline is tourism due to the presence of picturesque beaches found along the coastline. Like many other coastlines in the Caribbean, Jamaica’s coast is struggling with the coastal erosion being a serious threat to its existence. Coastal erosion is thought to be triggered by rising sea levels which are in turn caused by global warming. One beach where the effects of coastal erosions are most profound is Hellshire Beach which has been retreating at a rapid rate. The disappearance of large sections of the beach has hampered the commercial and recreational activities which take place on the beach.
Colombia has a long coastline along the Caribbean Sea as it bound to the north by the sea. The country also has a Pacific coastline as it bound by the ocean to the south. The two coastlines are similar but have numerous differences that set them apart. One, Colombia’s Caribbean coast is more developed with higher penetration of infrastructural projects compared to the Pacific coast. Being more developed, the Caribbean coast is better placed to receive and entertain tourists due to the readily available facilities found on the coast.
In contrast, the Pacific coast is the ideal choice for tourists who prefer the raw, unaltered coast. Another difference can be seen in the type of marine life found on the two coastlines. The Pacific coast is home to humpback whales while coral is found on the Caribbean coast.
Human Activity on the Caribbean Coast
The coastlines around the Caribbean Sea feature numerous major cities which are home to a large number of people. Examples of these cities include Kingston and Portmore (Jamaica); Colon (Panama); and Port of Spain and Point Fortin (Trinidad and Tobago). The presence of these cities makes maritime trade a key economic activity along the Caribbean coast. Due to the tropical climate experienced in the region, the coastline features tropical beaches which make the coastlines top tourist destinations attracting millions of visitors each year.
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The winner of last month’s $435.3 million Powerball jackpot has come forward to claim their money. As well as being the first jackpot win of 2017, it is also the largest prize ever to have been won in Indiana, and the seventh biggest in the history of Powerball, but the winner has decided to remain anonymous.
The numbers drawn on Wednesday 22nd February were 10, 13, 28, 52 and 61, with Powerball 2. The winning ticket was sold at a convenience store in Lafayette, about 60 miles away from Indianapolis, and the lucky player has now got in touch with Hoosier Lottery officials.
Rather than accept the full jackpot amount, spread out over 30 annual instalments, the ticket holder has decided to take the cash option. Hoosier Lottery director Sarah Taylor confirmed at a press conference on Monday that the lump-sum payment worked out at $189.1 million, after federal and state taxes were withheld.
Indiana is one of the few states which allows big winners to keep their identities private, so the money is being paid to a limited liability corporation set up on behalf of the player. All that has been revealed about the winner is that he is a Purdue University graduate who works at a Lafayette manufacturing facility.
He bought five Powerball tickets for draw on 22nd February, and was stunned to discover he had won. A representative of his LLC reportedly told WTTV: “He tried calling his brother later that morning, but he didn’t answer. He then called his dad, who joked, ‘I thought you were calling to say that you won the lottery?’ to which the winner replied, ‘Maybe I did!’”
The Powerball jackpot has started to grow again since the player from Indiana struck lucky, and a rollover on Saturday pushed the top prize up to $123 million for Wednesday night’s draw.
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Lack of communication leads to mistrust of hospitals
Coshocton residents are feeling anxious, vulnerable and powerless. They feel as if they are losing their hospital, wh...
Lack of communication leads to mistrust of hospitals Coshocton residents are feeling anxious, vulnerable and powerless. They feel as if they are losing their hospital, wh... Check out this story on zanesvilletimesrecorder.com: http://ohne.ws/1jtSd8s
By the Editorial Board Published 12:00 a.m. ET May 10, 2014 | Updated 12:08 a.m. ET May 11, 2014
Coshocton residents are feeling anxious, vulnerable and powerless. They feel as if they are losing their hospital, which has undergone many changes in recent years. Some have of been unpleasant; others have been downright painful.
These changes were brought on by uncontrollable factors, such as the economy and federal mandates. The fact is change was necessary if the hospital was going to stay open. However, it was the way in which these changes were communicated that stunned community members and, ultimately, undermined their trust in the hospital. All of it could have been avoided had Coshocton and Genesis HealthCare System, which has a seat at the management table, openly talked about the challenges and options.
Let’s go back to 2011, which was a devastating year for Coshocton Hospital. Its charity care came with a price tag of $4.6 million, bad debt from patients who could have paid their bills but did not totaled $2.26 million, and Medicaid write-offs were $59.3 million. The hospital entered confidential talks with Genesis and, by mid-2012, the two signed a five-year agreement to work together for the betterment of Coshocton Hospital. A portion of the agreement that was made public noted items such as that the CEO and chief financial officer of Coshocton Hospital would become Genesis employees; Genesis CEO Matt Perry would join the board of directors for Coshocton; Genesis administrative personnel also would work for Coshocton Hospital; and Genesis would co-sign for a $5 million line of credit for Coshocton.
It looked like Genesis’ goodwill would help Coshocton Hospital secure a more financially stable future. In the first quarter of 2013, Coshocton saw a profit of $56,000 — the first quarterly profit in six years. Coshocton Hospital expanded its services and programs, hired physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners. Still, there was confusion within the community about the agreement and who actually was running the hospital even after the two hospitals staged an open meeting to talk with Coshocton residents. Unfortunately, that was the end of their communication, but not to the changes that startled the community.
In February, the CEO resigned suddenly and another officer was dismissed. Hospital officials made that announcement at a news conference, but offered no explanation to the community. The appointed interim CEO, Lorri Wildi, is a Genesis employee.
In March, 25 employees were laid off and an additional 22 positions were left vacant in what the hospital called an ongoing restructuring process. The information was made public through a news release, but hospital officials refused to say whether the positions were full- or part-time jobs or how many people the hospital employed.
Then, on Wednesday, another news release stated the hospital would close its obstetrical unit June 27 — after The Tribune made inquiries earlier that day. Now community members are outraged, and rightfully so. The hospitals should have conducted more open meetings with community members to fully explain their financial challenges, as well as discuss possible resolutions.
Coshocton and Genesis have a responsibility to effectively communicate with residents and patients. It’s essential to providing good health care, and the manner in which they communicate information is equally important. Patients who understand their health care providers are more likely to trust them.
Rural communities such as Coshocton and Zanesville need their hospitals. And, to be frank, these hospitals need community members to use their facilities to sustain them. To be successful, the hospitals need to have open and clear communication with the community. That is greatly lacking here.
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Ohio woman offers kidney to classmate she hadn’t seen in 28 years
COSHOCTON – Billy Moody and Vicki Regan Clark hadn’t seen each other in 28 years, but now they are forever a part of...
Ohio woman offers kidney to classmate she hadn’t seen in 28 years COSHOCTON – Billy Moody and Vicki Regan Clark hadn’t seen each other in 28 years, but now they are forever a part of... Check out this story on zanesvilletimesrecorder.com: http://ohne.ws/1n81wtM
Leonard Hayhurst Published 2:07 p.m. ET May 17, 2014
Vicki Clark and Bill Moody are former classmates at Coshocton High School that hadn’t seen each other for 28 years until Clark volunteered to give Moody a kidney. (Photo: Leonard Hayhurst/Tribune )Buy Photo
COSHOCTON – Billy Moody and Vicki Regan Clark hadn’t seen each other in 28 years, but now they are forever a part of each other.
The former classmates at Coshocton High School ran track together but drifted apart through the years. About a year ago, Clark’s sister said Moody had kidney disease and needed a transplant. With little hesitation, Clark offered to donate a kidney. She was surprised when Moody was hesitant.
“I put her off for a couple weeks. I kept saying no,” he said. “A lot of people will tell you they want to, but then they’ll back out on you, which is completely understandable. It’s a big, life-changing thing, but she was really persistent about it.”
For Clark, no wasn’t an option. Her mother-in-law and father-in-law had kidney failure leading up to their deaths, and her cousin had died of kidney failure. She unsuccessfully tried to donate a kidney to her mother-in-law.
“With all that on my heart and my mind, I had been thinking about what I could do to make a difference for someone,” Clark said. “I’m not the kind of person to put myself out there and withdraw. I’m there for the whole run of the race.”
Moody said he was stunned by Clark’s generosity and continues to be astounded by the giving nature of the Coshocton community. A benefit to help Moody pay medical fees not covered by insurance will be May 30 at the Coshocton Moose Lodge.
It will feature a concert by Route 83 and Minus One, which features Moody on lead guitar. He missed only one gig with the group and was back on stage two weeks after the transplant surgery.
Moody was on the kidney donation list for 988 days and had undergone dialysis for four years. Last August, the pair found out they were compatible for the transplant surgery, which took place April 4. Both are doing well now, though Moody had a mild post-surgery complication.
Clark said she is thrilled to see the color back in Moody’s cheeks and the life in his eyes.
The night before the surgery at Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University, they were told the surgery had been moved from 11 a.m. to 7 a.m. Moody was jumping up and down with excitement; on the other side of the ward, Clark was having a meltdown.
“I don’t know why it was so different, but after 15 minutes, I pulled myself together and said: ‘That’s what I’m here for,’ ” Clark said.
“I just wanted to get it over with,” Moody said. “I was scared to death, but I was tickled to death too.”
Nurses were amazed Clark was up walking the halls the evening of the transplant. She wanted to go to Moody’s room and see how he was doing. Hardly a day goes by now they don’t have contact.
Every now and again, the pair will think about how they are linked and how a part of Clark is now a part of Moody. Just the other day, Clark called Moody just to say, “Do you realize I gave you a kidney?”
“It does hit you,” Moody said. “You’re sitting around and it’s just ‘Wow, I’ve got a kidney from someone else in me and everything is working and everything is starting to come back.’”
For Clark, it’s an honor to know she has improved the quality of life for someone else. She’d do it again if she could and encourages anyone who might be on the fence of being a donor or recipient to do research and take the plunge.
“It’s a life-altering decision, and there could be some risks to it,” she said. “But it’s an incredible journey.”
llhayhur@coshoctontribune.com
Twitter: @llhayhurst
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Benefit for Billy Moody to help pay expenses after kidney transplant surgery
When: 4 p.m. May 30, with music to start at 9 p.m.
Where: Coshocton Moose Lodge
FYI: The event will include a cake auction, a silent auction, a standard auction, a 50-50 drawing, raffles, food, and performances by Route 83 and Minus One.
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Brazil model accusing Neymar of rape speaks to police again
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A Brazilian model who has accused soccer star Neymar of raping her in a Paris hotel testified a second time to police in Sao Paulo on Tuesday, and her lawyer said he may request a face-to-face encounter between the two.
Najila Trindade testified earlier this month to Sao Paulo police and on Tuesday continued her deposition with a new lawyer, the fourth to represent her since she filed charges against Neymar on May 31.
The attorney, Cosme Araujo, said they "want to find the truth" about what happened in May in Paris. Speaking of his client's emotional state, he said Trindade "doesn't stop crying."
Neymar denies the accusation. He testified to police last week.
The Brazilian model spent more than seven hours in the Sao Paulo police station and left in a truck surrounded by journalists. She did not speak to the media.
Her lawyer told reporters that if necessary he might ask for a face-to-face encounter between Neymar and his client.
"I even said that I will 'innovate" and - if necessary - I will request a confrontation (between them) because what the Brazilian people want to know, and what the world wants to know, is what happened between four walls," he said.
The AP doesn't name alleged sexual assault victims unless they make their identities public, which Trindade did in interviews with Brazilian television.
Neymar is also being investigated for publishing images of his accuser on social media without her authorization.
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Installation ceremony celebrates Nemitz as WVSOM’s seventh president
A huge celebration took place on the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine’s (WVSOM) campus during the installation ceremony of James W. Nemitz, Ph.D., the school’s seventh president.
The installation, which took place Sept. 28, is an official recognition of the school’s change in presidents and marks a new beginning for the institution. The formal ceremony included words of support from the WVSOM Board of Governors’ Chairman Charles Davis, D.O., and Alumni Association President Robert Olexo, D.O. Music was provided by the Greenbrier Valley Chorale and the Greenbrier Academy for Girls.
“It’s been an honor for me to take part in this selection process and see its completion with Dr. Nemitz as the seventh president,” Davis said. “The office of president and the word ‘honor’ just feel right in the same sentence. It’s an honor to hold a position of power, leadership and responsibility. I have no doubt that Dr. Nemitz will keep the honor and integrity of this great institution.”
Nemitz said he is humbled and filled with gratitude to serve as WVSOM’s next president. He thanked his parents for being such an integral part of shaping his values and ultimately passion for the school.
“There’s something special about people who are good parents, who raise their kids and let them go and become what they’re supposed to be. My parents did that. They gave me my work ethic and gave me my values,” Nemitz said during the formal installation.
The ceremony also focused on celebrating three main themes that included “honoring our heritage, living our mission and engaging our future.” WVSOM was founded on modest beginnings, but has risen to national prominence due to the dedicated hard work of many. The new president reiterated the importance of the past while also looking toward the future.
Nemitz explained the “Living our mission” initiative that encourages students, faculty, staff and alumni to immerse themselves in community service projects and share the work they are doing throughout the local area and state.
“We are a public institution and we are here to serve this great state and take care of the citizens of West Virginia. We have to live our mission every day. Many of our alumni are going back to their communities and serving others. We should be taking care of our neighbors, communities and recognizing the diversity and differences of opinion. We need to celebrate those differences and care for our communities,” he said.
“Living our mission” bandanas were given to all guests in order to highlight the sense of service among the WVSOM community.
“These are a symbol of what I’m going to challenge you with — to go out there and do something for somebody else,” Nemitz said. “I want to inaugurate a year of community service. So go out there and do something for your community.”
The informal celebration that followed included music by the Ramp Supper Band and RiverJam Band, dancing and West Virginia-focused dinner menu that paid homage to Mrs. Gwen Clingman, owner of the former Clingman’s restaurant in downtown Lewisburg. The early business of WVSOM was often conducted in her restaurant, and she is credited by many for providing nourishment of the body and soul to many students and their families over the years. WVSOM continues Mrs. Clingman’s legacy through the Gwen Clingman Scholarship award for a graduating student who has demonstrated a commitment to serve people and classmates unselfishly and humbly through community service.
Born and raised in New York City, Nemitz considers himself a West Virginian. He has strong family ties to the Greenbrier Valley, where he has resided for more than 30 years. He previously served for eight years as WVSOM’s vice president for administration and external relations, where he was integrally involved in accreditation, governmental relations, strategic planning and policymaking.
Nemitz is a tenured professor of anatomy and served as the associate dean for preclinical education, overseeing the program from 2004 to 2010. Prior to that, he was the gross anatomy course coordinator, director of the Office of Rural Recruitment and Retention, faculty representative to the WVSOM Board of Advisors and Board of Governors, and chaired the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s Advisory Council of Faculty. Nemitz has received numerous awards throughout his career, including West Virginia Professor of the Year (1999), the American Osteopathic Foundation’s Educator of the Year (2002) and the George W. Northup, D.O. Distinguished Service Award for Excellence in Osteopathic Education (2005).
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First summer signing unveiled!
Former Middlesbrough midfielder signs one-year deal.
Gareth Ainsworth has made his first move into the transfer market this summer, bringing attacking midfielder Alex Pattison to the club on a one-year deal.
The 21-year-old arrives at Adams Park from Championship club Middlesbrough, who he joined at the age of nine and went on to feature regularly in their under-18 and under-23 teams.
Alex benefitted from loan spells at York City and most recently Yeovil Town, where he played 29 times in League 2 last season before leaving Boro at the expiration of his contract.
Wanderers manager Ainsworth has acknowledged the key part played by Chairboys fans in securing Pattison’s signature, following a fantastic response to the 500 Club which seeks to raise funds for the playing budget.
Ainsworth said: “We weren’t expecting to be able to make permanent signings this summer, but the fans have got right behind us yet again when we needed them and contributed a significant amount of money which has enabled us to bring a player of Alex’s calibre to the club.
“Dobbo (assistant manager Richard Dobson) and I pay a lot of attention to the under-23 leagues and Alex is a player who’s stood out for us for some time. He had a good year in senior football with Yeovil last season and we believe he’s got all the attributes to go on and become a key player for us and potentially return to a higher level in his career.
“I’d like to say a massive thank you again to everyone who’s contributed to the 500 Club and I’m sure all those fans will be looking forward to seeing Alex in action, because he’s a very talented player and a great lad who will settle quickly into the culture we’ve got here.”
Alex completed a medical at the club’s medical partner BMI The Chiltern Hospital on Monday and joined the squad for the first time on Tuesday morning. He’s been assigned squad number 8 for the 2019/20 season.
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Jay Z and Weinstein Company Are Making a Trayvon Martin Film and Documentary Series
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About two months after premiering his documentary series focusing on the tragic ordeal of Kalief Browder (Time: The Kalief Browder Story), Jay Z has secured the rights to produce a film and documentary series based on the story of Trayvon Martin.
According to Variety, Jay and the Weinstein Company just won a "heated bidding war" over the rights to two books about Martin, who was shot and killed several years ago by a then-28-year-old man named George Zimmerman, who was a member of his community's neighborhood watch. In the aftermath of the shooting, Zimmerman claimed that he only used lethal force because he had to, saying Martin had started a physical altercation that left him with no choice. About a year-and-a-half later, Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder, a decision that sparked outrage throughout the U.S.
The books are titled Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It and Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin. The first was written by Lisa Bloom, and it serves as a recap of the time she spent covering the Zimmerman trial for NBC. She also takes the time to examine some of the decisions the team responsible for prosecuting Zimmerman made during the trial, notably their presumption that they were engaged in a "winnable case."
The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin was written by Martin's parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, and focuses on Martin's childhood and the aftermath of his untimely death.
Variety reports Hov and The Weinstein Company plan to make a six-part documentary series and a feature narrative film. The deal is a part of Jay's contract he signed with the Weinstein Company back in September. Fox Searchlight, Universal on behalf of Will Packer, and Ted Field were also looking to produce material based on the two books.
Jay and the Weinstein Company's Harvey Weinstein and David Glasser met with Martin's parents on Oscar weekend to discuss the deal they closed just last week. Variety reports Martin's parents "were most concerned with seeing their son’s life and legacy honored."
There's no word on when we can expect to see these projects released.
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Place:Clayton (near Bradford), West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Name Clayton (near Bradford)
Alt names Clayton source: from redirect
Bradford-Dale source: Family History Library Catalog
Type Village, Urban district, Suburb
Coordinates 53.782°N 1.8134°W
Located in West Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974)
Also located in Yorkshire, England
West Yorkshire, England (1974 - )
See also Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England city of which it was a part 1930- 1974
Bradford (metropolitan borough), West Yorkshire, England metropolitan borough of which it has been a part since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
NOTE: Clayton (near Bradford) should not be confused with the small parish of Clayton with Frickley which is now located within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire.
the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Clayton, or Clayton Village, is a civil parish in the City of Bradford metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, situated 3 miles to the west of Bradford city centre. It is listed in the Domesday Book, meaning it dates back to at least the 11th century and was privately owned from 1160 to 1866. It was noted for its clay. More recently, Clayton was a key location in the British and international wool trade, being the home of the British Wool Marketing Board headquarters. The old building was demolished and converted into housing in the late 1990s. The village re-acquired civil parish status with a parish council in 2004.
The main street of the village – Clayton Lane – which runs alongside the park, includes several traditional pubs, a popular crawl route for many residents. Starting at the top of the lane is the Fleece, moving down past the Royal Hotel to the Albion and the Black Bull – the oldest pub in the area. Other pubs include the Fiddlers Three, however, the Quarry Arms has now shut down. There are also several shops, churches and a nearby golf club and reservoir at Clayton Heights (now designated as a Country Park) with views of the city of Bradford and the village of Thornton across the valley.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Clayton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
"CLAYTON, a township and a chapelry in Bradford parish, [West Riding of] Yorkshire. The township lies 3½ miles W by S of Bradford; contains the villages of Clayton-Heights and Queens-Head; and has a post office under Bradford, Yorkshire. Acres: 1,610. Real property: £9,145; of which £825 are in mines, and £965 in quarries. Population: 5,655. Houses: 1,172. The woollen manufacture is extensively carried on. The chapelry does not include all the township; and was constituted in 1858. Population: 3,228. Houses, 674. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £55. Patron, the Vicar of Bradford. The church was built in 1851, and is in the decorated English style; and there are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and a national school."
Historically, Clayton was in the ecclesiastical parish of Bradford in the Morley Division of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley. Clayton was incorporated into Bradford in 1930. Between 1894 and 1930 it had been an urban district.
GENUKI on Clayton. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Bradford provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
A Vision of Britain through Time on Clayton.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to four maps of the West Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all expand to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.
Ordnance Survey West Riding 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts) for the whole of the West Riding.
Ordnance Survey West Riding South 1900. The rural and urban districts, not long after their introduction. (the southern part of Bradford, the southern part of Leeds, the southern part of Tadcaster Rural District, the southern part of Selby, Goole Rural District, and all the divisions of Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield)
Ordnance Survey West Riding North 1900 The rural and urban districts, not long after their introduction. (rural districts of Sedbergh, Settle, Skipton, Pateley Bridge, Ripon, Knaresborough, Great Ouseburn, Clitheroe, Wharfedale, Wetherby, York, Bishopthorpe, Keighley, the northern part of Bradford, the northern part of Leeds, the northern part of Hunslet Urban District, the northern part of Tadcaster Rural District, the northern part of Selby Rural District)
Ordnance Survey West Riding 1944. The urban and rural districts of the whole of the West Riding after the revisions of 1935.
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NY may scrap its income tax for a payroll tax
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, said New York may consider dropping its state income tax in favor of a payroll tax as a response to the new federal tax law. Joseph Spector, Albany Bureau
Author: Joseph Spector, Gannett Albany
Published: 4:38 PM EST January 4, 2018
Updated: 4:38 PM EST January 4, 2018
ALBANY -- New York may end its income tax and instead expand its payroll tax as a way to outmaneuver the new federal law that limits deductions for state and local taxes.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday during his State of the State address that he is exploring how to make the complicated switch, joining other high-tax states in considering how to protect residents' tax deductions and state revenue.
California and New Jersey leaders have also discussed similar steps, such as programs to allow people to pay charitable contributions to their state governments -- rather than pay income taxes.
"It's a question of our competitiveness long term and preserving the strength of New York state and New York's state economy," Cuomo said, "at a time when we have federal government that is giving other states a structural competitive advantage against us."
Cuomo also said New York will sue the federal government to fight the tax law, and he vowed to lead a national effort to get the law repealed.
READ: Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State: NY to sue over federal tax law
Responding to Washington
Business groups and Republicans have criticized Cuomo's positions, saying New York should find way to lower taxes rather than look to fiscal gimmicks.
"Overhauling our tax code should include a thorough examination of our existing unsustainable spending, not imposing a potentially complicated payroll tax on employers," said Mike Durant, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business.
Cuomo, who is seeking re-election in November and is a potential presidential candidate in 2020, is expected to provide more details about his plans in his proposed state budget later this month.
The ideas are aimed at combating the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductionsput into the federal tax plan approved by Congress and President Donald Trump last month.
It hurts high-tax states' wealthy residents who easily exceed the cap. The average deduction in California, New York, and New Jersey were each over $17,000 in 2015, according to the Government Finance Officers Association.
Since some residents won't be able to deduct their full state taxes when they itemize their income taxes, a move toward a broader payroll tax could be a way to protect income, supporters say.
Income taxes would end, but employers would then essentially collect the same in payroll tax from employees. Employers and employees would be taxed more, advocates say, but it would still allow for the full deductibility of taxes.
And most importantly for states, it could allow them to maintain their level of tax revenue and avoid residents leaving for lower-tax states.
It would also, to the delight of Democrats in high-tax states, limit how much the federal government would collect in new tax revenue to fund its $1.7 trillion tax cut.
"If the income tax is reduced by the same amount as the payroll tax, the state gets the same amount of money, the worker ends up in the same place and the Republicans don't get to screw the blue states," Dean Baker, an economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a left-leaning think tank in Washington D.C., wrote Dec. 20.
Cuomo also noted the charitable contribution option.
Some states, like California, are considering a way to set up a charitable organization so residents can donate to the state to pay for programs and services in lieu of paying income taxes -- thus allowing the contributions to be deductable.
In California, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León has had a bill to create a California Excellence Fund to "allow a credit equal to the amount contributed by the taxpayer" to the state.
Exploring ways to usurp the federal tax plan should be considered as a way to protect taxpayers and the state coffers, Democrats and progressive groups in New York said.
"It's really complicated, as the governor said, but I think it's a requirement now for us to look at ways to work within the construct the federal government has set up and really try to shield every day New Yorkers from the harmful impacts," Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, D-Irondequoit, Monroe County, said.
Democrats in the state Legislature have pushed for higher taxes on the wealthy, but that plan faces an increasingly uphill battle because of the federal tax overhaul.
Cuomo, instead, suggested he might look at other ways to protect state tax dollars, noting he may want to end a so-called carried interest loophole that benefits Wall Street.
"It is complicated, it is difficult, but it is clear that we must protect New York taxpayers from this assault," Cuomo said.
Still, there are plenty of unanswered questions, including the legality of the ideas and how the federal government would respond.
Also, New York has a progressive income-tax system where higher income residents pay more in taxes. A switch to a payroll tax would complicate it, said E.J. McMahon, founder of the fiscally conservative Empire Center, an Albany based think tank.
Any plan would need to assure lower and middle-income New Yorkers aren't hurt, said Ron Deutsch, executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute, a labor-backed group in Albany.
"Looking at the swap between payroll and income taxes is interesting." Deutsch said. "But it is potentially fraught with some pitfalls that would need to be addressed. We would need to make sure it is fair and equitable."
Still, Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, Columbia County, said Cuomo should look to his own state budget before knocking Washington. Faso voted against the tax bill, but has been critical of state spending.
"Changing to a payroll tax system would be extremely complicated and will likely be met with resistance from taxpayers and businesses alike," Faso said in a statement.
"The solution is to lower the cost of government in New York and make our state a place where businesses can create jobs so our people don't have to flee.”
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JAY BROWN, KEVIN DALE BRIDGES, SARAH MUMFORD Appearing Mon May 21st 2018 at 7pm
KEVIN DALE BRIDGES
Americana singer-songwriter Kevin Dale Bridges hails from the North Carolina county that produced bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs and country music Hall of Famer Don Gibson.
He was selected to be a featured songwriter and performer at the 2016 Don Gibson Songwriting Symposium for his song, Carolina Sing-Along.
Kevin weaves the rural working class cotton mill, Bible belt region of his upbringing into the imagery of his writing, creating songs of love, death and all that happens in between.
Work on a full length album begins this summer. In the meantime, Kevin has released an album his demo recordings on BandCamp.com called Demos from the Fallout Shelter, allowing listeners access to the songs at various stages of production.
SARAH MUMFORD
Sarah Mumford has over 15 years of classical piano training from local teacher, organist, and composer Randall Hartsell, Keiko Sekino from East Carolina University, and Paul Nitsch from Queens University. Sarah obtained her degree in Music Therapy from Queens University in May of 2016. As part of her schooling, she has achieved proficiency in piano, voice, and guitar, and has also gathered experience with improvisation and songwriting. Per the requirements of her degree, Sarah went on to complete a 7 month internship with CarePartners’ Hospice in Asheville, NC, where she worked with patients and their families at the end of life.
Over the past 15 years, Sarah has achieved various honors and awards. She participated in the Federation Festival for 10 years before heading off to college, and received superior ratings every year. Music Quarters has become a member of the National Federation of Music Clubs so Sarah will be able to coach her students on the preparation of participating and competing in these festivals. She has also participated in the National Piano Playing Auditions for 5 years, becoming a district and state member. In addition, three of her very own compositions received superior ratings in the International Piano Composition Contest.
Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show affirms that Jay Brown is “the most authentic songster to come out of the Carolina High Country since a man named Doc Watson”.
A singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he has hundreds of classic songs in his repertoire as well as a hundred-odd originals. He performs with Boone-based roots band The Lazybirds, Indian-flavored world music group Shantavaani and early-jazz cats Swing Guitars. In 2007 he founded The Jay Brown One-Man-Band, in which the sole member handles vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion and piano.
The busy musician can be found gigging in clubs and pubs around Asheville and Western North Carolina, but has performed and studied in locales around the world, including New Orleans, California, India, Ghana, and Peru.
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WATCH: MICHAEL JACOBS ON SIGNING A NEW CONTRACT WITH WIGAN ATHLETIC
MICHAEL JACOBS: Winger pens two-year contract extension
Fans' favourite Michael Jacobs has today signed a new two-year deal with Latics which will keep him at the club until 2020.
Latics forward Michael Jacobs delighted to extend stay at the DW Stadium for two more years.
WATCH: Michael Jacobs on signing his new Wigan Athletic contract.
Jacobs now set for stay at the DW Stadium until the summer of 2020.
Jacobs: "I’m delighted because it’s something I’ve wanted to get done for quite a while now."
We caught up with Michael Jacobs after he signed his new Latics contract this morning.
Watch his full interview with iFollow Latics FREE above.
Jacobs on extending his stay with the club
I’m delighted because it’s something I’ve wanted to get done for quite a while now. I spoke to the club to see what we could sort once the transfer window shut, and it’s now just great to have finally agreed everything with the chairman and the manager. I really enjoy playing my football for this club so I’m happy to extend my stay for another couple of years.
Jacobs on settling in the area
I didn’t really know the area before I moved here but I’m settled now and it always helps when you’re enjoying your football too. We’ve got an opportunity this season to put right the disappointment of last year and get back up into the Championship. Getting promoted from League One during my first season here was one of the highlights of my career, so if we can do that again this year but then push on from there it’d be ideal.
Jacobs on the season so far
It’s been enjoyable so far this season and the squad we’ve got is so strong. We’ve set our stall out from the start and have picked up some great results. It’s important now that we’re top of the league that we try and stay there for as long as we can.
Jacobs on nearing 100 Latics appearances
It’s always a great achievement to get to a 100 games at any club, and I saw Max Power do it recently so it’ll be nice when I get there too. Hopefully when I get to that stage I’ll be able to get a few more under my belt and start to build a nice little tally up.
Jacobs on Will Grigg signing his new deal
It was great to see Will sign his contract extension a few weeks ago because he’s the talisman of the club if you like. When you’ve got players like him staying at the club it does make you want to commit your future too because its players like that you want to be playing with.
Jacobs on Blackpool away
When we played at Blackpool a couple of seasons ago the atmosphere was brilliant, so I’m expecting another good turnout on Saturday. The fans back us wherever we go and they seem to really enjoy the away days in League One.
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Food Behind Bars: In Conversation with Lucy Vincent
'Good food in a prison is important because it alone can do something to improve morale and thus make troubles and riots less likely' - William Whitelaw 1989
The provision of food in prisons has always been a thorny issue. The line between sustenance; the fuel we need to exist contrasts sharply against the food we eat for enjoyment. Life on the inside removes any consideration of choice or autonomy, something that over the past two years the campaigner and journalist Lucy Vincent, Founder of the nationwide campaign Food Behind Bars, has become all too aware of.
After stumbling across the subject of prison food in an official report by HM Inspectorate of Prison, titled Life In Prison: Food, Lucy was moved to create Food Behind Bars to reform the way Britain feeds its inmates. Speaking to those on the inside exposed her to the bleak reality of what food in prison is really like. Reduced budgets, little or no concern for dietary requirements and sub-standard food was a common occurrence and brought to light the psychological and societal impact of the current standards.
Beyond the simple act of eating, food plays a key role in our physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. Humans are accustomed to the social interaction that goes hand in hand with sitting around the table with others. Our choice and control over the food we consume is also a reflection of our personal identities.
For those serving prison sentences, mealtimes are often a focal point of the day, which is why Lucy is so passionate about ensuring that not only are standards of prison food improved but that meals are nutritious and healthy, given the strong links between a balanced diet and mental wellbeing.
We had the pleasure of speaking with Lucy about why she was moved to create Food Behind Bars, the issues that matter to her as a journalist and why food continues to be a divisive issue often determined by opportunity, education and class.
Why was the main inspiration behind establishing Food Behind Bars?
It all started with an official report that was released by HM Inspectorate of Prisons in 2016. I stumbled across it by chance after spotting it in the news. It assessed food standards across public prisons in the UK. The report essentially addressed the question of whether the food served in prisons was nutritionally adequate and, if not, was poor diet contributing to some of the daily issues that affect prison life?
I read the whole thing cover to cover. The report concluded that there was a potential link between diet and behaviour and an improvement in food could leave to an improvement in the way prisons operated. I thought the least I could do was start talking about this issue and come to my own conclusion. Quite soon after I wrote a feature on what women ate in UK prisons and after it was published, it was actually my friends who told me to launch a campaign. Like most decisions in my life I put very little thought into it and instead just got on with it, and that was how Food Behind Bars started.
What was it about the subject matter that spoke to you as a journalist? Why this cause in particular?
If I’m honest, the subject touched upon two topics I’ve always been passionate about - one being food and the other being marginalized groups in society. It brought the two issues together in a way that chimed with my own personal belief that food has the power to change lives, or, if neglected, could further impact the lives of these already vulnerable individuals.
The journalist in me also relished the fact that no one was talking about this subject. There was literally a smattering of information on the internet - much of it from the US - and very few personal accounts that weren’t sensationalized. I felt there was an opportunity to expose some true stories, highlight an important subject and reinforce the idea that food isn’t purely fuel - this is something that can impact our behaviour, our mental health, our relationships and our quality of life, for better or for worse.
Design by Jack Bedford
You have spoken a great deal about the impact that food can have on individuals and on society, what are some of your earliest memories of food and what has been the impact of these formative experiences?
I’d say it wasn’t so much my earliest memories of food that have had the biggest impact on my relationship with food today, but there was definitely a significant turning point in my childhood that changed my attitude towards the way I ate. My parents split up when I was 13 and budget suddenly started to play a huge part in what was in the fridge. I helped ease the pressure that my mum was facing by offering to make dinner most nights and this is where I really learnt to cook. I’d obsessively watch episodes of Come Dine With Me, study Jamie Oliver’s every move and sit and do the online Tesco shop with her every week.
On the one hand, there was something so liberating about being giving free reign in the kitchen every night. I remember lots of disaster dishes during that period. On the other hand, money was a major issue so I had to be super restrictive. Our favourite dish at this time was tomato soup pasta bake - pasta in a sauce of Heinz tomato soup and tuna with cheese on top, baked in the oven. So delicious. I still make it today. Learning to eat a healthy, balanced diet on a shoestring and knowing how to cook was possibly the best lesson I learnt and one that remains ingrained in me.
What are some of your worst food experiences from the time you have spent researching in prisons?
The first individual I ever spoke to about prison food was a woman called Sophie and her story really stuck with me. She put on a considerable amount of weight during her time in prison, simply due to the carb-heavy diet, lack of fresh fruit and veg, lots of time spent in her cell, minimal exercise and supplementing her diet with sugary convenience food so she didn’t go hungry.
This is a pretty standard picture of prison diet. Gaining around 3 stone left her self esteem at a low point, despite already having a low opinion of herself for being in prison in the first place and being separated from her children. She was convinced that the food she was eating was not just having a physical effect, but impacting her mental health too. She’d work in the prison garden growing vegetables, only for them to be sent out to a local restaurant to be used instead.
This might seem like small thing, but in an intense environment like prison everything is magnified. The first thing she did when she was released was head to the supermarket to make herself up a chicken salad to eat on the train home. It shouldn’t be the case that people are left to rebuild their health (both mental and physical) after release - surely rehabilitation is about doing the opposite?
Do you think enough has changed in the prison system as far as access to healthy meals and prisoner wellbeing is concerned?
I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface! It’s a monumental task and one that could take a lifetime to change. I feel as though we are edging closer to a complete rethink as to how prisons are run in the UK, and this comes from the fact they're in such crisis right now. I’m hopeful for future prison reform in this country and I’m also hopeful that prisoner wellbeing will be central to it.
Are there any moments during your researching of prison food that have stood out, or that you have affected you?
Helping serve lunch in one of the first prisons I visited. I was in the kitchen as the team showed me how they get 1500 meals served during the lunchtime period. Coming down to one of the wings to help out, I could see just how important mealtimes were, regardless of the quality of the food. Food is one of the very few things in life that naturally brings people together, and in an environment where the hours stretch ahead of you, the simple prospect of lunch is an integral part of the day. One individual in prison explained this to me by saying that even though they knew the chips served every Friday would be soggy and disappointing, everyone still got excited at the prospect of ‘chips on Friday’. It made me realise what an impact could be made if more focus was placed on food in prison.
In your line of work what challenges have you faced and have you been able to overcome them?
Two words: time and money. Up until a couple of months I was working full time and I’m still doing four days a week. I have to work to support myself but if I don’t make the time to put the work into Food Behind Bars it’ll never progress in the way I want it to. It’s a constant juggling act. Going down to four days a week has been a massive turning point for me. Fridays are now Food Behind Bars days and hustling to secure that day in the week has made me determined to make the most of it!
On a personal level, why is good nutrition important to you? Where does this stem from?
It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly where it stems from, although I know that my love of cooking comes from being a greedy person in general and enjoying eating so much, ha! I cook to eat and I don’t believe in punishing myself through food. It’s there to be enjoyed and I can safely say I enjoy every mouthful of whatever it is I’ve spent my Sunday afternoon labouring over. Saying that, our health is the single most important thing in life and diet is one way we can take charge of it. We are so educated these days about the potential risks of a poor diet that I really believe there’s no excuse not to place it at utmost importance.
Unfortunately there’s still a huge class divide when it comes to nutrition and this boils down to education and opportunity. This is really visible in prison where the majority of individuals come from poor backgrounds and simply haven’t been equipped with the skills, information or opportunity to learn how to eat well. If it’s never played a part in their lives before, why should it now? This is something I’m determined to change and I actually see prison as an amazing opportunity to impact people’s eating habits in a way that will leave a legacy after release.
As a journalist, what other causes and projects do you feel passionate about, or would like to learn more about?
Social issues in general probably get me the most fired up, especially those highlighting an injustice of some sort. Poverty, housing, gentrification - I’ve lived in Hackney for 5 years and those issues all feel particularly (and literally) close to home for me. I’ve probably got quite a naive view of how society should run (ha), but I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing.
I was brought up liberal and non-judgmental and will remain that way. Other issues I care about include (but are not exclusive to): the price of flat whites, the price of train travel, posh pubs, pubs closing down, high-cut bikinis, Old Street tube station…I could go on.
How important is social media for translating, furthering your message? Do you see any drawbacks with these mediums for young woman?
Although I definitely wouldn’t say I’m anti-social media, I do have a conflicting relationship with it and I hate the unrealistic expectations it sets. Sometimes when I’m having a slow period with Food Behind Bars, it’s just not useful seeing other people seemingly ‘smashing it’ or ‘hustling’ or ‘girl bossing’. Likewise, I’ve had people come up to me congratulating me on all of my successes with the campaign and it makes me feel uncomfortable, especially if it’s during one of those said slow periods. I think we all know social media can elevate our stature, and this can be a blessing or a curse.
Nevertheless, I’m generally pretty at peace with social media and I can’t deny it’s been incredibly useful for Food Behind Bars. Most of my press appearances and features have all come through a social platform of some sort, and it’s been integral to getting in touch with ex-offenders, families of offenders and other important people. I’ve even attended prison visits through connecting with a prison governor on Twitter. I still forgot to update my Instagram often enough though…
What one thing would you like Food Behind Bars to be known for or to accomplish in the long term?
I’d like it to be know for highlighting the importance of food in prison and for taking steps to improve it. Mostly, I’d like it to be known for having a lasting impact on the individuals in prison.
Talk to us about Noshtalgia, your Instagram page dedicated to the food and recipes of yesteryear, what motivated you create this?
Noshtalgia is a total side project and one that indulges my love for dodgy 1970’s cookery. When I first started going out with my boyfriend, we became mildly obsessed with trawling North London charity shops on the lookout for vintage recipe books.
The weirder the book, the better. We ended up with a bulging collection of books that included pink rabbit-shaped mousses, Spam salads, stuffed boiled eggs and lots of Ainsley Harriott in Hawaiian shirts. Our friends are trying to get us to host a Noshtalgia-themed dinner party. Watch this space.
Can you describe yourself in three words?
Always Having Lols.
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2.2 What is valuation? (feat. Pavan Sukhdev)
Ecosystem Services: a Method for Sustainable Development
Ecosystem services are a way of thinking about – and evaluating – the goods and services provided by nature that contribute to the well-being of humans. This MOOC will cover scientific (technical), economic, and socio-political dimensions of the concept through a mix of theory, case-studies, interviews with specialists and a serious-game. By the end of this course, our aim is to enable you to: • define the concept of ecosystem services, its principles and limitations • understand the key services associated with any ressource (e.g., fresh water) through readings and case-studies • appreciate the advantages and potential risks of monetising ecosystem services • appreciate the social dimensions (power issues, cultural biases) embedded within any method • integrate tactical advice on mainstreaming this approach into policy and standard government practices • Optional: learn how to map ecosystem services with GIS tools The session that runs May 29th- July 10th will be actively monitored by the instructors, and learners will have the opportunity to ask questions. This course was developed by instructors from the University of Geneva with the help of numerous researchers and input from the Geneva Water Hub and the Natural Capital Project. The course was financed by the University of Geneva, the Global Programme Water Initiatives of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), and the Luc Hoffmann Institute. This MOOC is supported by the Geneva Water Hub and the University of Geneva along with the MOOC in « Water Resources Management and Policy » (www.coursera.org/learn/water-management) and the one in « International Water Law » (www.coursera.org/learn/droit-eau). We look forward to you joining us!
I found this course very exciting and informative!! I learned a great deal about valuing ecosystem services and its complex challenges. I will highly suggest this course to fellow learners!
Amazing course. I learnt important concepts that definitely are going to help me to improve my academic skills. Not only the content but also teachers make this course enjoyable.
Module 2: Valuation of Ecosystem Services
Here you learn about what is valuation, the difference between a price and a value, and various ways to derive a monetary estimate for different ecosystem services. You will also learn about world views that differ radically from the anglo-saxon model with respect to concepts such as "nature" and "biodiversity".
2.1 Introduction to module 21:52
2.2 What is valuation? (feat. Pavan Sukhdev)11:19
2.3 What is monetization? (feat. Pavan Sukhdev)10:10
2.4 The importance of discount rates (feat. Pavan Sukhdev)11:31
Martin Schlaepfer
Anthony Lehmann
Juliet Jane Fall
What's valuation?
So what do you value?
Yeah, you value your friends, your family.
You value a beautiful sunny day like this in Geneva.
You value other things about nature.
Of course you value your house, your car.
You value a number of things.
It's a human institution.
And of late, we found that the need to value nature and its services,
what we call ecosystem services, has become quite an interesting new area
to be explored by policy makers, by businesses, and by NGOs.
That's the kind of valuation we're talking about, which is also a self-reflection.
Because looking at the value of what nature provides to us, mostly which is
free, is also a way for us to understand how we distance ourselves from nature.
And how we need to reconnect,
perhaps using the means of valuation as a formal mechanism.
Before we get into the valuation, we must understand the purpose of valuation.
In other words, the why of valuation.
And when we do that,
we also realize that actually the purpose of valuation determines the valuation.
For example, let us say you're in India, and you're looking at the flow of
nutrients and fresh water, from the Nepal mountains into the state of Bihar.
Yeah, that's a valuable service, but at the same time, there's also soil erosion
there and there are occasional floods, and that destroys value.
And you are, for example, trying to negotiate between two countries,
a payment for ecosystem services agreement.
Well, if you were in India, you would say all we see is damage from floods.
If you were Nepal, we'd say all we provide is nutrients and fresh water.
And actually, you would come to different values if you were negotiating,
compared to what both countries might come to if we were merely
adjusting national accounts for ecosystem services.
So depending on the purpose, whether it's national accounting adjustments or whether
it's domestic agreements for paying for ecosystem services, or whether it's
cross-border agreements, you might come up with different valuation approaches.
Valuation also has serious ethical implications.
This is not only about the complexity of nature because
we hardly understand the processes of nature.
When we do, we don't necessarily identify and understand the functions,
the things that nature does, and how those functions deliver value to us,
ecosystem services, or indeed, how they should be valued.
There is many layers of uncertainty and risk when we value.
But perhaps another dimension of that risk and uncertainty
is understanding the local context, the society context, the community context.
Who should value?
We said that valuation is a human institution, but
who should value is the question, should it be the government?
Should it be the local communities?
Should it be an independent third party?
These are ethical issues.
It's very difficult to push upon a local community
a way of valuation that doesn't belong to it, especially when it,
the community, is the one who literally lives in that natural area.
And finally, and perhaps most fundamentally,
the whole idea that we can engage valuation as we have defined it,
itself is an ethical issue because it presumes a certain way of thinking.
It presumes a kind of Judeo-Christian approach to nature which is that we
are distinct from nature, we are the agent of valuation, whoever we may be.
And we can apply certain principles and norms and methods and signs and
come to an answer.
Well, others might argue with that.
A local community might say, who are you to presume so much?
Who are you to disconnect us from the nature which is part of our home, and
of which we are part of existence?
That kind of valuation is intuitive.
It doesn't require a Cartesian approach.
So, taking the idea that you can value, itself,
creates a certain risk that you may assume in a long-term basis.
That somehow or the other, you can make and determine these choices,
which may be, may not be appropriate for a different community or,
indeed, may turn out to be dangerous for society.
So in summary, valuation is a human institution, who values matters.
You need to define the purpose of valuation.
In other words, you must know why to value.
You need to recognize risk and
uncertainties because that is about the ethics of valuation.
You need to identify the further risk and
uncertainty, which is the ethical choice of the discount rate.
And finally, you need to recognize that, in engaging the process of valuation,
you are already making a kind of ethical trade-off.
Because you are accepting a Cartesian Judeo-Christian approach, which may or may
not be appropriate for another community at another time in another place.
The project, The Economics for Ecosystems and Biodiversity,
pull together a lot of knowledge on the issue of valuation.
How to use it, when to use it, and what were the implications for policymakers,
businesses, and citizens.
Here's how TEEB views valuation, which is really in three tiers,
recognizing value, demonstrating value, and capturing value.
You can recognize value, merely by being a human being.
There's no need for economics.
For instance,
tribal communities would recognize the value of the forest in which they reside.
They would probably associate a spiritual value as well,
because they see their ancestors as living there.
Last century, several areas were declared as protected areas in the US and in
the UK, places like Yosemite National Park in the US or the Oxford Arms in the UK.
And that was done on the basis that it was for posterity.
It was part of the culture to preserve what we could see for
future generations, no economics to be considered.
It was just recognizing value and enshrining it in legislation.
Demonstrating value, however, does require some economic calculus.
It does require some reference to the knowledge of economics.
And finally when we say capturing value,
that's about transferring a payment from one party to the other.
Someone pays, someone receives.
So these are all forms of value and valuation.
And if we notice, each of these forms of valuation will have typical responses.
For instance, when you are recognizing value,
the typical responses would be potentially a change in regional plan,
such as what was done by Baoxing county in China, when they decided that certain areas of
the county were rich in ecosystem services as measured by the InVEST software.
And they decided to reserve those for the purpose of
providing ecosystem services and use other areas for development purposes.
You can also recognize value when you have a change in legislation,
such as the Philippines.
After the 1998 bleaching event for coral reefs, decided to reserve
around the Tubbataha Coral Reef, an area which became the no-go zone.
Which after a few years, was found to have developed
an increase in coral cover as a result of protecting it from intrusion.
And was found to have increased the supply of fish almost fourfold
compared to other regional areas.
These were all ways of legislating, and
in fact will happen as a result of that, further legislation
increased the protected area through a buffer zone around it.
You can also demonstrate value.
And an example of that would be the value of a protected area, such as happened
in the case of the city of Kampala and its neighboring swamp, the Nakivubo swamp.
Which was servicing,
effectively, the city of Kampala as a natural sewage treatment plant
because of the natural disintegration of human waste that went into that.
And economists had calculated that if the city proceeded with its plans of
converting that into agricultural and residential areas, then that would be
at a huge cost of more than a couple of million dollars per annum.
That the city would have had to pay to create
an alternative sewage treatment plant.
Well, that's an example of valuing one service of the protected area, and
then making a change in legislation because as a result of this evaluation,
the swamp was, in fact, turned into a conservation zone.
An example of certification is such as took place in Japan,
where rice that was grown in a conservation area called White Stork Rice
because it was helping conserve the area where the White Stork,
which was locally extinct in Toyoka City, had been reintroduced.
As a result of this conservation practice of higher biodiversity
rice growing, the farmers were able to realize a higher value for their rice.
The support of the certification agency was vital,
because that helped the rice sell at a higher price.
And of course, in addition to the certification, there was also a payment
for ecosystem service that had been introduced by the local authority.
Which rewarded the farmers for the practice of converting
their normal rice culture into a more organic rice culture,
which allowed the feed of the white storks to take hold.
So these are different ways in which valuation elicits typical responses.
And you will notice, and in fact, I haven't yet discussed a market response.
And that's indeed true, because markets are really one form of response,
which are quite rare in the world of ecosystems and biodiversity.
Fundamentally, this is because most of ecosystems and
most of biodiversity are in the realm of public goods.
These are public goods and services which nature provides to all of humanity for
free typically.
And it’s quite difficult to suggest that the first thing one should jump to,
to solve the problems of ecosystem degradation and
biodiversity loss is actually a market solution.
You will see that out of the 120 odd solutions, for instance,
that are listed in the various TEEB report, hardly a handful,
less than ten, have anything to do with markets.
On the other hand, the solutions that have been demonstrated show that valuation and
the use of economic argument, demonstration, and capture, in fact,
is quite a useful way of achieving what we want.
The purpose of valuation, ultimately, is about conserving ecosystems and
protecting biodiversity.
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