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Stony-faced Melania Trump looks rather unimpressed with the food on offer at the Saudi Royal Palace as she joins Donald on foreign tour
The couple were pictured with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud as he offered them some local snacks at Murabba Palace in Riyadh
Tom Michael
Updated: 22 May 2017, 4:21
MELANIA Trump doesn’t look impressed with the food on offer at the Saudi Royal Palace as she joins her husband the US president on his first foreign tour.
The couple were pictured with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud as he offered them some local snacks at Murabba Palace in Riyadh.
Melania Trump doesn't look too impressed with the snacks in Saudi ArabiaCredit: Getty Images
The First Lady looked awkward after accepting the offer of refreshments from their hostsCredit: Getty Images
But while Donald Trump appeared to be showing an interest, the First Lady seemed to stare down her nose at the tray of titbits.
Melania is accompanying the president as he embarks on a tour of five foreign countries, beginning in Saudi Arabia.
He is today due to make a speech addressing the leaders of 50 Muslim-majority countries to cast the challenge of extremism as a "battle between good and evil".
It is understood he will urge Arab leaders to "drive out the terrorists from your places of worship," according to a draft of the speech obtained by The Associated Press.
The speech comes as part of a charm offensive targeting America’s Arab allies.
Trump has meetings scheduled with the leaders of several countries, including Egypt and Qatar, before linking up with regional body the Gulf Cooperation Council.
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The president began Sunday with a meeting with the king of Bahrain, telling him the two countries "have a wonderful relationship" and vowing to improve things further.
The two countries have had a long-term military alliance, though the US was critical of Bahrain's response to uprisings during the Arab Spring.
Trump's planned speech also refrains from mentioning democracy and human rights, instead focussing favour of the more limited goals of peace and stability.
King Salman walks with Donald and Melania during a welcome ceremonyCredit: EPA
The king welcomed the president to Murabba Palace in RiyadhCredit: EPA
Pictures of Trump and King Salman were projected onto the Ritz-Carlton, where Trump is staying in RiyadhCredit: Reuters
He is reportedly set to say: "We are not here to lecture – to tell other peoples how to live, what to do or who to be.
"We are here instead to offer partnership in building a better future for us all."
Trump may seem an unlikely messenger to deliver an olive branch to the Muslim world, after telling supporters during his election campaign: "I think Islam hates us."
And only a week after taking office, he signed an executive order to ban immigrants from seven countries Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen from entering the US.
Melania visited the American International School in Riyadh todayCredit: Getty Images
The First Lady played with kids during the visit to the school in the Saudi capitalCredit: Getty Images
Melania meets some local children at the American International School in RiyadhCredit: Getty Images
That ban was blocked by the courts and a second order, which dropped Iraq from the list, is tied up in court while the government appeals.
But the Saudi King Salman seems keen on developing a better relationship with the new US president than he held with Barack Obama.
The 81-year-old king, aided by a cane, walked along the red carpet to meet Trump at the airport yesterday – a courtesy he did not extend to Obama during his last visit.
Trump was awarded with the Collar of Abdulaziz al-Saud Medal by the kingCredit: AP:Associated Press
The medal is the highest civilian honour in Saudi ArabiaCredit: Getty Images
During a ceremony at the grand Saudi Royal Court, the king awarded Trump the Collar of Abdulaziz al-Saud, the country’s highest civilian honour.
He's the only American president to make Saudi Arabia or any Muslim-majority nation his first overseas visit.
He is set to travel to Israel on Monday, before making his way to the Vatican City, Belgium and Italy over the next week.
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'A STEP TOO FAR'
Gary Neville believes Jose Mourinho was wrong to make eight changes for Manchester United’s defeat to Arsenal
But United legend Neville was impressed by the way rookie Axel Tuanzebe handled Alexis Sanchez on full debut
Alec Shilton
GARY NEVILLE says Jose Mourinho went "a step too far" by making eight changes for the defeat to Arsenal.
And the Manchester United legend reckons his club will now miss out on a top-four spot.
Gary Neville believes United will now miss out on finishing in the top fourCredit: PA:Press Association
Mourinho rung the changes for the Emirates clash with the United boss believing that winning the Europa League represents his best chance of clinching a Champions League spot.
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Neville said on his Sky Sports podcast: “I think making eight changes here today was a step too far.
“They have been resilient over these last few months with obviously not losing a game in the Premier League.
Jose Mourinho made eight changes for the clash at The EmiratesCredit: Rex Features
Mourinho suffered his first-ever competitive defeat to rival Arsene WengerCredit: Getty Images
"But then when they’ve had chances to capitalise on teams dropping points, they’ve never been able to step up and get into that top gear or get close.
“Ultimately, Man Utd have been riding both horses full pelt for the last couple of months and you’ve always felt it would be one game too far and I think today, it felt a little bit like that.
“It is going to be far too much from them now. I always felt that they would fall short.
"But with Liverpool dropping points in these last few weeks, and I think the big one for United was dropping points against Swansea, those are the ones that kill you really and Mourinho knows that.
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“His team are short this season in terms of the Premier League and they have to focus everything on Thursday.
"I think they will be okay because of the fact it is a completely different competition."
One of the players Mourinho brought in was Axel Tuanzebe for his full debut.
And Neville was impressed with the way the 18-year-old academy star handled Gunners ace Alexis Sanchez.
Mourinho handed rookie defender Axel Tuanzebe his full debut at ArsenalCredit: Rex Features
Neville added: "I thought he was very good. I'm always nervous for any young player coming through.
"You've always got to look after any young kid, especially when he comes into a team.
"Today was tough, and you think that Tuanzebe was up against Alexis Sanchez, who is a world-class player, at a difficult stadium to play at.
"He was fantastic from the first to the 90th minute. He can be proud.
"He was United's big plus today. He stuck to his task and showed what a really good defender he is.
Tuanzebe impressed up against world-class Gunners forward Alexis SanchezCredit: Getty Images
"Before the game and from what I heard of him, he's like a rash, he sticks to you and gets his foot in. There were a couple of times where he was in tussles with Sanchez and he got the better of him.
"A lot of people said when Mourinho came to Man Utd that he didn't like bringing kids through, he doesn't like playing them but today he had four homegrown players on the pitch at the end of the game and that is very important.
"Obviously in the future, they have to win and start thinking about the Premier League but a really good start to his Premier League career for Tuanzebe. It was a good debut."
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Bihar’s toxic textile industry
The textile industry of Patwa Toli is polluting rivers and groundwater in the Indian state of Bihar, but businesses have failed to clean up their act claiming they provide essential jobs
Waste water from dyeing plants flowing into the shallow Falgu river [image by Alok Gupta]
Alok Gupta, February 28, 2017
The weavers of Patwa Toli in the Gaya district of Bihar manufacture two things in bulk: colourful textiles and engineers. While the former is their ancestral trade, the latter is apparently a product of recession.
From a distance Patwa Toli is a riot of colours. Threads of highly toxic red, green and yellow water seeps through the sandy banks slowly weaving itself into the clear waters of the Falgu River, a tributary of the Ganga.
Decades of effluents from dyeing, washing and pressing units have seeped deep into the groundwater of Patwa Toli and the Falgu River. The pollution has become so severe in the last two years that hand pumps in the village started dispensing multi-coloured water which gave off a strong stench, according to a report prepared by Sridhar Updhayay in June 2016, a medical officer of Gaya’s public health department. The report, which declared the groundwater of Patwa Toli “unfit for human consumption”, was sent to the civil surgeon (a senior doctor, not necessarily a surgeon, appointed by government in a district) for further action. The civil surgeon advised locals to stop drinking water from hand pumps and asked the district administration to bore deeper wells to access clean water. But the work hasn’t started yet.
The marginalised suffer the most
The severe pollution has affected the lives of many local people. Shehnaz Praveen, a housewife, confronts every government official visiting the locality to inspect the pollution that is forcing her to walk for an hour further to fetch drinking water. “I have to wake up an hour earlier to walk and bring one bucket of fresh water from a nearby locality. Even a glass of this hand pump water makes me and my children sick,” she says.
For Shehnaz Praveen, the polluted water is very difficult to avoid [image by Alok Gupta]
Those who cannot spend an extra hour to fetch fresh water often end up at the clinic of Md Shafeeq. The doctor refuses to answer questions about his medical qualifications, but his surgery is crowed with people since he only charges INR 20 per patient (USD 0.30). “Almost everyone in the locality is a victim of water pollution. A majority of people suffer from liver and kidney diseases,” he says.
Wealthy power loom owners avoid these health problems by using water purifiers or buying bottled water, Shafeeq claims. “The poor suffer the most here as they have to drink this severely contaminated water,” he says. Kaushalendra Narayan, district president of the Swabhiman party, a political party leading the protest against pollution, says that there are nearly 12,000 Muslims living in Pehani, the locality of Patwa Toli. They mostly live in poverty and are the major victims of underground water pollution.
“Hand pumps are the only source of potable water for these families. They do not have financial capacity to buy water or water purifiers,” Narayan claims. Groundwater pollution has not spared the mosque where tap water has turned yellow with a strong stench.
The Swabhiman party sent the medical report to Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) demanding they take action. S Chandrasekar, member secretary of the Board told thethirdpole.net that chemicals from the dyeing and bleaching units of Patwa Toli are extremely dangerous. “We fear that such unscientific disposal of effluent from dyeing unit might cause irreversible damage to Falgu River and also groundwater of Patwa Toli.”
He also adds, “Naturally present arsenic in the groundwater has further aggravated the groundwater pollution.”
Closure and unemployment
In response to intensifying protests and massive pollution, the BSPCB directed the Gaya district administration to immediately close all unregistered dyeing and polluting units on June 15 last year.
Shutting down dyeing plants has led to mass unemployment [image by Alok Gupta]
With barely 100 registered power looms in Patwatoli, around 12,000 units came to a standstill, leaving nearly 60,000 people out of work. “We have seen many threads of life including recession, struggle and prosperity but we have got through them. But this time, it’s difficult,” says Gopal Patwa, president of the Bihar Bunkar Kalyan Sangh, an association of weavers. He claims the district administration and pollution board are indulging in coercive measures instead of providing a real solution.
Power loom owners say the industry it is one of the major employment providers in an industry-starved Bihar. Finished textile products from Patwa Toli are sent all over the country with an annual turnover of more than INR 50 million (USD 750,000). Gopal Patwa says looms owners have been operating in the area for nearly five decades “and no one complained or asked us to treat our wastewater. One fine day, we are asked to close down but we’ve not been taught how to clean our wastewater,” he rues.
Chandrasekar accepts that closing the power loom units is not a practical solution. It caused panic among banks that have given huge loans to power loom owners. “Closing the looms will lead to starvation like situation for many families as they would lose their livelihoods.” Other textile hubs like Tirupur in Tamil Nadu resolved the pollution issue by investing money in zero discharge technology working through community and government partnerships.
Rather than adopt innovative measure to control pollution, the BSPCB, district administration and industry department, have resorted to an expensive and time consuming solution: to shift 12,000 units to a new industrial area. “We have recommended the district administration shift power looms, dyeing and pressing units to an industrial area and set up a water treatment plant,” he told thethirdpole.net. In the meantime the BSPCB and district administration reopened the power loom units on June 30 last year in the same area.
Patwa Toli is also known for having a high number of students graduating from Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs) – among the most prestigious educational institutions in India.
In 1990s when recession hit the handloom sector, children in Patwa Toli studied hard in the deafening noise of looms and poverty to crack the country’s toughest engineering exam- the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Exam (IIT-JEE).
There are now over 200 IIT graduates from Patwa Toli, but they, and scores of technocrats in the area, have also failed to resolve the pollution problem.
Keshar Prasad an engineer who graduated from IIT-Kharagpur in 2008 belongs to the family that has produced seven IIT graduates. Keshar is presently employed at Eco Lab in Pune. He argues that improving Patwa Toli’s drainage system to control the pollution would be cheaper than shifting the power looms.
Innovative ways could help save the jobs as well as treat the wastewater, but they have not been adopted [image by Alok Gupta]
“Both industrial and residential waste flows from the same drain. It would be easy to collect and recycle the dye wastewater if the industrial drainage had a separate outlet,” he says. Keshar’s solution would save millions of rupees.
Krishna Prasad, a graduate of Cochin University proposes a comprehensive pollution plan for Patwa Toli. “Let’s run looms on solar energy, plant trees and chemicals from dyes can be re-used,” he says.
Meanwhile, the power looms are back in business, further polluting the groundwater and Falgu River. Residents, after staging over a dozen protest including demonstrations, road blockades and sit-ins over the last eight months, have now turned to the courts for help. “We have hired an advocate to seek justice. We are also planning to approach the National Green Tribunal,” Narayan from the Swabhiman party says.
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Keshar Prasad | Tuesday February 28th, 2017 at 11:06 PM
Dear Alok,
I remember our discussion around 3 weeks back. What you quoted here is only one side of our discussion, let me put my discussion I had with you in perspective for information purpose to all readers.
As Mr. Gopal Patwa has already said that this home based business (let us refrain from calling it an industry as it is not one in true sense) has grown over 5 decades. There has been slow growth in the business which started with providing sustenance to people living in Patwatoli and nearby areas. Residents thus over time started to earn enough to send their children to school and later to college. Yes this home based business brought prosperity to few to manage family affairs but still many families are struggling to meet their ends due to burden of loan.
Regarding the pollution issue, I discussed with you that this business started as home based business and people definitely would not have resources to separate liquid waste from domestic and business related discharge. Currently if people want to separate the discharge it would need huge investment. Having individual ETP in each home is not a practical situation. Collecting discharge from all homes and passing through CETP would need investment in crores. It would need help of state government, municipal corporation and other stakeholders to solve the problem as the investment required is substantially high. Yes as per my understanding this is cheaper solution than shifting whole industry at a different location because there as well CETP would be required to meet PCB norms. Textile industry in other parts of country is also suffering from cost pressure which is not a secret.
If we go by your number which is 50 million worth of finished products supplied annually all over country, it comes to turnover of INR 500,000/family considering 100 family owned business in Patwatoli which you know that there are more families associated with this business as you have visited the locality yourself. If you calculate profit per family it will give you indication of helplessness of family residing in the locality. It would need help of state government, municipal corporation and other stakeholders to solve the problem as the investment required is substantially high.
Relying on analysis of a medical practitioner who himself is not ready to discuss his medical qualification and still performing surgery at INR 20 per patient does not seem convincing to me. Should his surgery clinic not be closed as he is risking life of people as per government norms?
Also would request you to go through below link where in Tirupur textile owners adopted CETP plant to treat waste water but are struggling to cover loan interest due to very high investment.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/garments-/-textiles/tirupurs-textile-industry-struggling-to-stay-afloat/articleshow/50606811.cms
Sonia | Thursday March 9th, 2017 at 11:09 PM
Water pollution is a dangerous form of pollution. poor people have to depend on ground water for their daily needs as they can’t afford filtered water. State government must step in and provide immediate relief to these poor people by providing them clean drinking water.
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I started feeling sad after seeing this pic and hoping that people will prevent that in the future by taking corrective measure towards any kind of pollution
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February is Black History Month, also known as National African-American History Month, an annual celebration of the role of African-Americans in our country’s history. And . . . The Walking Classroom has plenty of podcasts to support your study of this timely topic! In fact, with about a dozen podcasts from which to pick, this topic warrants not just one, but two blog posts!
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Thanks to The Walking Classroom, you and your students can meet many figures prominent in not only Black History, but in American History as well! Learn all about Benjamin Banneker, a skilled mathematician, mechanical genius, and self-taught surveyor. Banneker laid out the plans for our nation’s capital (5-#28, Complete-#153).
Or explore key moments in the life of Barack Obama (4-#12, Complete-#125), the first African-American president. The podcast about our nation’s 44th president addresses his struggles, as well as his successes. It reminds students that with courage and a strong work ethic, one can overcome many obstacles.
Your students will definitely enjoy learning about these two inspiring men who made their mark (literally and figuratively) on Washington, DC!
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And it’s not just in our nation’s capital that history is made! While he did spend some time in Washington, DC, as an advisor to several presidents, Booker T. Washington (4-#87, Complete-#111), also earned acclaim for his work in education.
A leader in the African-American community, Washington found himself hired to open a new school for black students in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1881. When he arrived as the sole teacher, the school didn’t have any buildings or supplies. In fact, Washington had to teach class in a church! From these humble beginnings, he led the Tuskegee Institute to become a major university.
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The CH-53's Dark Present But Bright Future On This The Chopper's 53rd Birthday
The type has gone through a turbulent patch in recent years but a new super powerful variant could revitalize its legacy for decades to come.
By Tyler Rogoway October 14, 2017
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The massive Sikorsky CH-53 turns 53 today. It's pretty amazing to think that the "Stallion" took its first flight on October 14th, 1964 and the type is now entering its third major iteration in the form of the immensely powerful CH-53K King Stallion. As they say, the only thing that can replace a CH-53 is a better CH-53! This is something Israel seems to have recently learned in a very hands-on fashion.
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First flight of the YCH-53A on October 14th, 1964.
Our friends at Flightglobal.com report that the Israeli Air Force has halted its evaluation of the MV-22 Osprey—which was supposed to be prelude to an initial order of a half dozen of the tilt-rotor transports to begin replacing the IAF's aging CH-53Ds, stating:
"The Israeli air force has frozen its evaluation of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, with a senior defense source indicating that the tilt-rotor is unable to perform some missions currently conducted using its Sikorsky CH-53 transport helicopters."
This is a testament to the half century old Sikorsky design, and although MV-22 is a remarkable aircraft for certain missions, such as combat search and rescue and long-range infiltration, even the twin-engined Sea Stallions, commonly referred to as "Deltas," remain superior in other respects.
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Roughly two dozen CH-53Ds serve with the Israeli Defense Forces in the critical long-range/high capacity vertical lift role, with a special focus on nighttime and special operations missions. Around 2010 they were upgraded to Yasur 2025 configuration allowing them to serve reliably into the next decade.
The last decade hasn't been so kind for the Pentagon's triple-engined H-53E variants. To put it frankly, the fleet has been ridden hard and put away wet. Neglect on a systemic level first hit the relatively small MH-53E Sea Dragon minesweeping community, with deadly crashes resulting in major operational changes.
Not long after scrutiny fell upon the Navy's Sea Dragon fleet we learned that the CH-53E community that the USMC depends so dearly on for heavy vertical lift support was also in shambles.
I detailed how miserable of a state the CH-53E fleet and its community were in February of 2016, writing in part:
"The confidential independent study ordered by the Marine Corps found a litany of issues, including the fact that force size has dropped to just 146 Super Stallions—50 less than what is needed. If the U.S. were to go to war, even in a limited fashion, nearly every airframe would have to deploy. This leaves nothing for stateside training, contingency operations or war reserve.
Making matters worse, major parts shortages and years of deferred maintenance plague the fleet. Most astonishingly, this has led to a readiness of just 23 percent. This is less than one third of the Pentagon’s general readiness target of 75 percent for its military aircraft.
With a readiness rate of just 23 percent and just 146 CH-53Es in inventory, only 33 aircraft are actually available at any given time."
The CH-53E fleet has been "sand blasted" over the last 16 years of perpetual warfare in the Middle East.
At the time, CH-53E pilots returning from combat deployments were getting only 30 flight hours over six months. Spare parts availability was dismal and the Marines had all but forgotten to invest in the critical capabilities the Super Stallions provide, instead prioritizing buying $65M Ospreys and $125M F-35Bs instead:
"The CH-53E fleet has been at war for the last decade and a half. The Army realized just how brutal a toll prolonged fighting in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan took on its air assets that they budgeted $1.2 million for “resetting” each of its helicopters when they returned from combat overseas. The Marines, on the other hand, budgeted less than a tenth of this amount, setting aside just $100,000 per helicopter to get them refreshed.
Now the Marines are paying for this stinginess and lack of foresight in an embarrassing and crushing way when it comes to combat readiness...
The way the Marines aim to fix the problem is to spend about half of the $650 million set aside this year (roughly equivalent to two and a quarter F-35Bs or five MV-22 Ospreys) to reset the Marines ailing air arm on resetting the CH-53E fleet. The goal is to get the entire Super Stallion fleet back in order and its crews back to mission ready status by 2019. Additionally, two H-53Es that were in storage are being brought back to life by Erickson Incorporated and will be inserted into the fleet in the coming months."
Making things worse, the loss of two Super Stallions during a night training mission near Oahu on January 22nd 2016 turned up some appalling realities of squadron life in a CH-53E unit, including the lack of training many of its aviators were receiving. Low aircraft availability was clearly a contributing factor to the tragedy.
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Since all this came to light, NAVAIR's three year effort to reset the CH-53E fleet, during which 16 airframes are undergoing a deep overhaul at any given time, and other investments in training and spare parts has garnered major improvements in readiness for the CH-53E fleet. But just last week a CH-53E caught fire while flying over Okinawa, forcing it to make an emergency landing. The helicopter was totally destroyed and the incident has since been classified as a Class A mishap ($2M in damage or loss of life/permanent disability), leading to a 96 hour stand-down of Super Stallion operations out of Okinawa.
All that's left of the CH-53E that landed while on fire in Okinawa on October 12th, 2017.
The incident is under investigation but it is yet another reminder of the fact that the CH-53E force, including rehabbed airframes, is aging rapidly. Although the helicopter still features incredible maneuverability as well as high-speed, heavy lifting, and high-hovering capabilities, those can only be put to use when the aircraft is actually in mission ready condition. But thankfully there is a replacement on the horizon—one far more mighty than even the Super Stallion it will replace.
CH-53K King Stallion during testing.
Enter the CH-53K King Stallion. I have profiled Sikorsky's next iteration of the H-53 in the past, and to suffice it to say, it is one exciting although terribly expensive flying machine. But the capabilities it provides are absolutely essential to the USMC's mission.
With a combined 22,500hp surging through its three turbines—roughly 50 percent more power than its predecessor—the aircraft's top speed will near 200kts and it will have a maximum gross takeoff weight of a whopping 85,000lbs. It also sports 15 percent more internal volume and a host of other improvements, many of which are aimed at making the aircraft far more reliable and less maintenance intensive than the notoriously finicky Super Stallion. It will also be much more adaptable to future technologies.
The King Stallion had seen its fair share of delays, but it is now deep in testing with four test and development aircraft being put through their paces. Just last August the Navy awarded Sikorsky a $304M contract for the first two CH-53K destined for active service. The aircraft will be delivered in 2020, at which time production will hit 24 airframes per year and the CH-53E can finally begin being retired.
German CH-53G deploying infantry during a NATO training exercise.
The CH-53K is also attracting interest from overseas air arms which could result in sales beyond the 200 the USMC plans on purchasing. Israel very well may end up procuring it instead or even in addition to MV-22s, especially in light of the recent news mentioned at the start of this article. Germany is also interested in the type to replace their CH-53Gs—which are upgraded versions of the CH-53D. Japan, which has flown a version of the MH-53E Sea Dragon could also be a future customer. Other air forces, many of which fly the H-47 Chinook, could also be potential purchasers of the King Stallion once it matures into an operational state.
Regardless of its most recent woes, the CH-53 remains an amazing helicopter that has taken part in some of the most well known military air operations in modern history— both good and bad. With the King Stallion on the way it is likely the type's legacy will continue for many decades to come, with the possibility of one day celebrating the Stallion's 75th, or even 100th birthday a real possibility.
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We may have finally discovered who likely owns the helicopter, but who is using it and exactly for what remains a mystery.
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THE BOKO HARAM JOKE WOULD SOON CATCH UP WITH US ALL
A lot of lies can be hidden in the truth.
Thousands have died in the violence in Nigeria's northeast between Boko Haram insurgents and the security forces, with no end in sight to the bloodletting.
Bombings and shootings by the Salafist group after five years of insurrection, is now being capped with the group holding towns, in the state of Borno, Yobe and parts of Adamawa; a fortnight ago, leader Abubaker Shekau announced a self-declared caliphate.
Before I go further in my admonition and intervention on this matter, let me share this two fables…It may need a second reading to decipher, but bare with me and let us reason in the next few paragraphs.
A father decided to take his son abroad to learn English because it has proven to be impossible in Nigeria. He took him to a language school in UK and demanded that the school should have him stay with a host family (An English family).
After 6 months, the father decided to pay his son a surprise visit. He called the school, got the host family's address and dropped there without notice.
When he rang the doorbell, an English lady in her 40′s answered the door.
ENGLISH LADY: Hello, how may I help you?
FATHER: Hello, I am Adamu's father. I'm here to see my son.
ENGLISH LADY: Hi, I'm his host mother. I will get him for you.
The host mother turned and shouted, “Adamu, ka zo ga Babanka ya zo!”
Moral: Boko Haram is changing us, I am not an advocate of bashing the Nigerian Army or Nigerian security personnel, however I am not oblivious of the fact that for a complexity of many intertwined dynamics, the army is failing, and may continue to fail not because it wants to fail but because it is set out to fail.
Do many Nigerians and I want the army to fail, my honest opinion: No is the answer, but beyond rallying behind the army verbally Boko Haram is teaching the English host to speak Hausa rather that the other way round.
For example we have a 7th Division that exist only on paper with all its constituent units chopped out of other Divisions creating half strength divisions.
The latest information at my disposal is that Nigerian troops had as of Saturday last week, raided the hideout of Boko Haram in Kawuri, Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. Killed some 50 terrorists in the raid, but the source of the information was a Defence Headquarters tweet.
The question is why is too difficult for the Nigeria Army to embed Nigerian Journalists alongside, is it so difficult, sadly to date all the experts and negoitiators on our conflicts have to be a Dr. Davis and co, and if it is my humble self, no one believes.
Why can we not get those eyewitness reports, all these 'We have captured Gwoza—Shekau' and 'No, it is a lie—Army Spokesman' back and forth, who does it benefit.
And the foregoing above is one of the many reasons, why a Steven Davis dimension has been added to the mix, and it has further reinforced my belief that this nation needs a knowledge based revolution, a body polity shake up. Or else if we keep towing this line and continue this Boko Haram joke, sooner or later ala Libya, trouble looms, there will be guerilla warfare everywhere. A big arms market and profitable humanitarian crisis field.
Indeed, it is safe to say, Allah forbid, it is convenient to limit the disaster to a section of the nation but it would consume us all
It is sad when persons with supposed education or masquerading as intellectuals pour conspiracies into public space, my friend SFD captures it when he says, 'the Lugardian experiment in divide and rule has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.'
Meanwhile, even as many Nigerians take information from the Department of State Services, DSS, with a pinch of salt, the Department has denied being the source of the information credited to Australian Boko Haram hostage negotiator, Dr. Steven Davis, describing him as 'a self-styled and self-appointed negotiator.'
Deputy Director, DSS Public Relations, Marilyn Ogar, nevertheless said the body was investigating Davis claims and has invited former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff to answer some questions bordering on the fresh allegations linking him with the sponsorship of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
I do not think Nigerians understand what sponsorship of Boko Haram means, the kind of resources being put into it, and for a sizable population to believe the rabble rousing of some Central Bank of Nigeria staff story, only further takes conspiracy theories to another level.
I am not going to hold brief for past Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika as a financier of the deadly Boko Haram.
And even though, the department said it couldn't be true that the immediate past army chief was a financier and it would be wicked of anyone to link him with the sect, I take the department's words with a pinch of salt.
However I would add my second fable and round up this intervention.
Joe decides to take his boss Phil to play 9 holes on their lunch. While both men are playing excellent, two women in front of them often hold them up moving at a very slow pace.
Joe offers to talk to the women and see if they can speed it up a bit. He gets about half of the way there stops and jogs back.
His boss asks what the problem is. “Well one of those women is my wife and the other my mistress,” complained Joe.
Phil just shook his head at Joe and started toward the women determined to finish his round of golf. Preparing to ask the ladies to speed up their game, he too stopped short and turned around.
Joe asked, “What's wrong?” It's a small, small world Joe, and you're fired”
As controversy rages over the allegations against Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd) by Dr. Steven Davis, on Boko Haram sponsorship, the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) in Borno state disclosed that it would send nothing less than 50 lawyers to the International Criminal Court–the joke is on us.
Fact is that the Yusufiyya goons called Boko Haram have taken over Gulak, killed several persons and a certain Ahmed Gulak, and clown is contesting to be governor of a state his hometown has ceased to be part.
It's three weeks now, the Police training school, Gwoza is still under Boko' occupation, and several policeman still missing. The army keeps reassuring us, Maiduguri residents are not at peace, politicians are playing politics and doing a crankum crankom of who did it, and could I not mention the Chibok girls, I am sure I would be talking as we approach 200 days of their abduction.
And while we continue to dance around all sorts of conspiracies and do the deafening musical chairs of blame games, the Boko Haram dudes are having not only a ball, but also a dangerous joke on us all, need I remind us all that when in a hole, you do not dig—will we conquer, only time will tell!
Yours In High Regards
Written by Prince Charles Dickson.
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October 21, 2014 | Feature Article
NIGERIAN TV PROGRAMMES...AN APPRAISAL AND MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS
By Tosin Akindele
Programme ....Nkan Mbe, created by Kolawole Olawuyi....now deceased. Tends to adduce a spiritual connotation to all life events.
Station ....Lagos Television, LTV, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
Date ......19th of October, 2014.....a Sunday.
Starring ....Mama Nurse.
Theme .....Spiritual attack....
A Brief Account......
Mama Nurse, a middle-aged lady deserted her first husband after 25 years of marriage. The union produced 4 children. She then remarried to a polygamous man....agreeing to be his 4th wife. She claims that her pant was pinched by one of the senior wives....as "confirmed" by a "Babalawo", a traditional diviner. Her photos were also "pinched" but "returned" 4 months later.....so the story goes.
She admits that she did 4 abortions as requested by her new spouse during their courtship days....but is unable to conceive again....now that she craves a child for her new man.....for her menses has ceased! Her menses has stopped for 3 years.
An account by her stepson....sired by the accused...reveals that she is an alcoholic. Mama Nurse projects the image of a typical auxiliary nurse.... Her mien....posture....body language....impulsiveness....sheer ignorance....
An Analysis.
If Mama Nurse went into her first marriage even at age 20 and stayed put for 25 years, that puts her current age at about 45 years. If her menses has ceased for 3 years, then amenorrhoea started at age 42. Differential: menopause even if early....alcoholism a potent culprit in the causation of ovarian failure and shutdown. Recall her love of alcohol!
Her uterus (womb) risked being traumatised during the numerous criminal abortions she underwent....especially if carried out by her peers.....quacks....a plausibility! Cervical stenosis, outright cervical blockade, uterine synechiae are all possibilities here....singularly or in combination! And she was definitely prone to infection from the abortions, thus the possibility of tubal blockade....causing infertility.
Summary of differential diagnoses.
So the differential diagnoses range from Early Menopause through Ovarian Shutdown to Cervical Stenosis/ Blockade and Intra-Uterine Adhessions. Alcoholism and Pelvic Infections complete the picture. Stress is a remote possibility.
My Counsel.
Mama Nurse should book an appointment to see a doctor, especially a gynaecologist....who after obtaining her history and performing a clinical exam, would order lab tests (a hormone profile, an hvs for mcs), an hsg, a pelvis uss and counsel her against guzzling alcohol....or even recommend rehab! Less stress for the doctor to probe if she is merely menopausal! Appropriate treatment would then be instituted. That is the way of medicine....so long as it is not infiltrated by chalatans and rogues!
Mama Nurse is a prototype Nigerian auxiliary nurse. These are the crops of individuals one commonly finds doubling as Traditional Birth Attendants, TBAs. They conduct most deliveries....a tragedy! Our govt ratifies their blunders by according them recognition in our legal statutes! No less admonition must be directed at the producers of Nigerian movies and TV programmes who by their wierd adherence to superstitious themes concretize such beliefs in the citizenry!
Post Script.
Same programme also featured another lady supine on the ground. Her distended (swollen) abdomen was ascribed to an 8-year long pregnancy! Yet the fact that she is amenorrhoeic does not make it any strange spiritually-tied pregnancy. Time and wisdom had indicated that such cases are due to Uterine fibroids or Ovarian cysts....or both! Consulting with a doctor should unravel the mystery!
Dr Tosin Akindele is a Lagos-based Medical Practitioner, a former Secretary of AGPMPN Ikorodu zone, a former Secretary of the Quackery Committee of AGPMPN Lagos State Branch, founder of Analytical Minds, a good health advocate and social critic.
Disclaimer: "The views/contents expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of Tosin Akindele and do not necessarily reflect those of The Nigerian Voice. The Nigerian Voice will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in this article."
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November 12, 2014 | Africa
First ‘Africa Data Challenge' calls for data projects with practical, human impact in Africa
By Planet Earth Institute (PEI)
LONDON, United-Kingdom, November 12, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ --
• The Planet Earth Institute NGO will host first ever 'Africa Data Challenge' as part of the second #ScienceAfrica UnConference on November 18th
• During the 'Africa Data Challenge' innovators will pitch ideas for data-driven projects that achieve practical, human impact in Africa
• Judges include African Development Bank, Elsevier and Intel
The Planet Earth Institute (PEI) (http://www.planetearthinstitute.org.uk), an international NGO that works for the scientific independence of Africa, will host the first-ever 'Africa Data Challenge', as part of their #ScienceAfrica UnConference, held at Impact HUB, Westminster on November 18. The 'Africa Data Challenge' is a groundbreaking competition that invites parties to pitch their ideas for projects that harness data for real, human impact in Africa.
Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/planet-earth.png
Photo 1: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1542 (Dr Álvaro Sobrinho, Chairman of the Planet Earth Institute (PEI)
Photo 2: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/index.php?level=picture&id=1543 (Africa topology graphic)
While the 'data revolution' is a major theme in conversations on technology and business, there's little discussion on how it can enhance Africa's scientific development in a practical way. The 'Africa Data Challenge' invites innovators from around the world to pitch their ideas for projects that can help translate and transmit the power of data to those on the continent. Projects are unlimited in scope and focus, but must be designed to have a practical, human application in the next 12 months. Contestants will present their project live in front of a panel that includes Beejaye Kokil, Head of the Economic & Social Statistics Division, African Development Bank, David Tempest, Head of Director of Access Relations, Elsevier, Richard Pilling, Director, Director of Professional Services & Analytics (EMEA and APAC), Intel and Mariéme Jamme, entrepreneur and CEO of SpotOne Global. The successful innovators will be rewarded with a cash prize of £7,000 and receive PEI's support to roll out their project.
The 'Africa Data Challenge' forms part of the PEI's second #ScienceAfrica UnConference, which is hosted by Rt Hon Lord Boateng and run in partnership with UN Economic Commission for Africa, the World Bank and the European Commission.
The UnConference brings together over 120 people passionate about and working in science, development and Africa for an interactive day of workshops and discussions.
Participants come from diverse sectors, including international policy makers, academics, students as well as the general public. The UnConference will also be live streamed on the PEI website and people are encouraged to use the #ScienceAfrica hashtag on Twitter to engage in a robust discussion about science, technology and innovation in Africa.
Dr Álvaro Sobrinho, Chairman of the Planet Earth Institute, said:
“Data holds a huge amount of promise for scientific development in Africa, and for many different business sectors too, but we haven't yet fully explored how it can be used at a local level to improve lives. As an NGO we are always looking for practical ways to support science and technology, and this Africa Data Challenge will help do just that – developing and incubating new ideas with real impact.
I'm looking forward to supporting the winning project over the next year, and to rolling out the competition across Africa. Working with our partners around the world, we are deeply committed to supporting innovations in this way, and strengthening the growing movement for scientific investment and development in Africa”.
Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the Planet Earth Institute (PEI).
Interviews or further information
For further information on the Africa Data Challenge and #ScienceAfrica UnConference or for interview requests with those involved please contact:
James Knight on [email protected] or +447725209507.
Sarah Hambly on [email protected] or +447879739405
Notes to Eds
• The Planet Earth Institute (PEI) (http://www.planetearthinstitute.org.uk) is an international NGO and charity working for the scientific independence of Africa. While other emerging regions have invested heavily in science and technology, Africa is falling behind in the race for scientific development.
• All of our work is built around the three pathways we believe will help lead Africa to scientific independence: Higher Education, Technological Innovation and Policy and Advocacy. In other words, we want to support and strengthen higher education institutions, help incubate and seed-fund technologies able to drive scientific advancement and campaign for a science-led development agenda for Africa.
• The PEI is headquartered in London, UK with a core executive team, and with regional project offices in Luanda, Angola and Kigali, Rwanda.
Working for the scientific independence of Africa
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March 6, 2018 | General News
Nigeria Presidential Air Fleet signs MoU with Arik
An indigenous airline, Arik Air, and Nigeria’s Presidential Air Fleet (PAF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on capacity building, to assist in imparting proficiency and line training for PAF’s pilots.
The airline in a statement signed by its Media Consultant, Simon Tumba, on Sunday in Lagos disclosed that the agreement was signed by the Commander of PAF, Hassan Abubakar and the airline in Lagos.
According to the terms of the agreement, Arik Air will provide pilots for the PAF rated on the aircraft Line Training and hour building to maintain proficiency on the aircraft.
It also includes undertaking regular commercial flight under supervision, as per the standards approved for the airline.
Arik Air’s Chief Executive Officer, Roy Ilegbodu, explained that the agreement would go a long way in bridging the gap in the fleet Pilots’ training and proficiency.
Ilegbodu further said that both parties could always work together to achieve their goals.
He said Arik Air, which had in the past assisted PAF in the proficiency training of its pilots, was a safety conscious airline and this must have informed the decision by the top hierarchy of the fleet to enter into this agreement.
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Quick way to stretch your legs near Central Washington University.
Manastash Ridge is a popular hike in Ellensburg, Washington, attracting many locals and students of Central Washington University. While attending school, I climbed the Ridge a handful of times, always with struggle. After making my resolution of 40 hikes in 2015, I decided to tackle this hike for #22 with a couple of my college roommates. Let's just say my stamina has done a 180 because this hike is challenging and you feel so accomplished after signing your name in the book at the top!
To get here: After reaching Ellensburg, take exit 109 on I-90 to get to Canyon Road. Travel north for 1/2 mile and take a left on Umptanum Road. Follow Umptanum for 1.5 miles and take a right on Manastash Road. Follow Manastash for about 3.5 miles to the intersection with Cove Road and take a left, where you will see parking. From there walk 1/4 mile up the road, past the gate and up to the footbridge across the drainage canal. From there the Westburg trail is to the left, and the Boy Scout trail is to the right.
***The Ray Westburg trail, named in honor of the late wrestling coach at Ellensburg High School, is the more popular trail and the one I recommend. This hike starts steep and stays that way for 2 miles on exposed desert terrain all the way to the top of the ridge at memorial point, gaining about 2000 ft. There are three steep sections for the first 1.5 miles. The last 1/2 mile to the memorial point is steep, but the worst of the climbing is behind.
The wildflowers are so pretty and I've never seen Central Washington so green in all my years of attending school! The view from the top includes all of the Kittitas valley, including the towns of Ellensburg and Kittitas, as well as peaks beyond.
The second route is known as the Boy Scout trail, in honor of a determined group of scouts who built it as an easier alternative to the steep Westburg trail. It is about 1/2 mile longer but gains elevation more gradually. It also spends much of its time in the trees. The Boy Scout trail meets up with the Westburg trail 1/2 mile before the summit, and they become the same trail.
What I didn't know but have heard from acquaintances is that the trail can continue on the forest road when you reach the top of the ridge. Follow that for a couple miles and you can get a view of Rainier.
Coming down, I would be careful. The terrain can be loose in spots making it easy to slip. I like running down and just have to take it at a slower pace (maybe take the Boy Scout trail?!).
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24 Ιανουαρίου 2014, 09:35 Ενημερώθηκε: 24 Ιανουαρίου 2014, 09:35
The tragic shipwreck at Farmakonisi, where 12 people including 9 children perished, is not a typical case of unfortunate refugees who drowned in their search for a better future. Since the Greek Coast Guard is involved, we must do everything to shed light on the circumstances that lead to the sinking, just like the UN’s High Commission on Refugees demands.
Irrespective of how burdensome illegal immigration may be in our country, it is our responsibility and duty, as a civilized country, to ensure the basic human right of survival before we consider what to do with them. We cannot allow the sort of unimaginable human sacrifices that are taking place in the Mediterranean, especially in the area around Lampedusa, to occur in our own seas.
Κορωνοϊός – έρευνα : Οι παράγοντες-«κλειδιά» για να επιστρέψουμε στην κανονικότητα
It is a tragedy for our culture and the Europe that wants to be an example of humane treatment, to let people who are suffering and trying to find a way out, to literally die helpless, whether it is because the traffickers want a hefty fee to save them or no country is determined to bear the brunt.
Unregulated immigration is a major problem for our country, especially under today’s circumstances. We cannot, however, let helpless people drown in our effort to restrict entry to our country. In the past year and a half, over 130 immigrants have perished in the Aegean in search of so-called safer living conditions.
We must seek out help and support from the UN, Amnesty International and especially the European Union on the one hand to improve the response in search and rescue operations where human lives are at risk and on the other to ensure basic living conditions for as long as they remain in our country and their fate is decided.
It is a matter of culture, respect of human rights and our moral obligation to not allow any “Lampedusa” phenomena in our seas.
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The owners of The Mint, 4652 Scotts Valley Dr., were not able to come to a new agreement with their landlord and may soon close the popular Scotts Valley eatery.
By Andy Boswell/Press Banner
Ed and Kelly Glatter still have each other to hold on to, even as their restaurant, The Mint, may soon have to close.
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Last call for The Mint
By David Leland
Barring a miracle, The Mint, a popular restaurant and boutique in Scotts Valley for the past decade, will soon be a thing of the past.
After negotiating a new lease through the summer months with Lutz Network & Power Group LLC, talks fell through and The Mint had to vacate the space, according to Ed Gladder, who owns the eatery with wife Kelly.
“The bottom line is property management is not interested (in having a restaurant here,)” Gladder said. “That sealed the deal. It’s time for us to move out of here.”
The final day serving meals will be Nov. 18. From then until Dec. 1, when the lease is up, Gladder will sell The Mint’s furniture and equipment.
Although he doesn’t have high hopes, Gladder said he is open to keeping the restaurant around for locals.
“If someone comes up with a place for us to move, I’ll consider it,” Gladder said, adding that he is not aware of any vacant restaurant spaces in Scotts Valley.
One of the principal obstacles facing The Mint during lease negotiations was the lack of parking. Over the years the types of businesses renting in the two-story building have changed and require more parking spaces.
Originally, Gladder was in talks with his landlord to construct a building in the vacant lot next door and reopen The Mint. However, Gladder said that after examination, that option also lacked sufficient parking.
If no restaurant opportunities arise, Gladder said he will likely make a transition to back to the wine industry, where he worked before opening the popular eatery. His wife, while experiencing health challenges, may pursue a job as a baker.
As the days toward closing wind down, Gladder said he has begun telling customers what to expect.
“We’ve experienced tears to rage,” Gladder said, speaking of customers’ reactions. “People are very upset that we are leaving.”
It’s a bittersweet ending for Gladder.
“I haven’t had a day off in years,” he said. “But it’s been great getting to be a part of the community.”
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Serious Concerns About TUSD’s "Strategic Plan" Consultants
Posted By David Safier on Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 5:30 PM
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TUSD hired a group of five consultants to help it develop a five-year strategic plan. The hiring process has earned the district two days of bad press in the Star (here and here) and put a cloud over Superintendent H.T. Sanchez's head. And rightly so. There are questions that need to be answered. Whether the cloud results in a light sprinkle or a thunderstorm remains to be seen.
I only know what I’ve read about possible conflicts of interest in the Star, so I’m not going to weigh in on that issue. But I do want to look at some problems with the consultants themselves — two in particular, Cathy Mincberg and Terry Abbott. Their backgrounds are inextricably linked to the fortunes of Rod Paige. He was the superintendent of the Houston School District who went on to be George W. Bush's Secretary of Education. During Paige's tenure in Houston, the district used deceptive practices to inflate student scores on high stakes tests. Before the problems were widely publicized, the press was marveling at the “Houston miracle.” When Paige moved to D.C. with Bush, he was instrumental in creating and promoting No Child Left Behind, based in large part on the bogus Houston model.
The two consultants are also linked to some of the heavily funded groups that form a major part of the middle-right-to-a-little-left contingent of the conservative “education reform” movement.
Education consultants bring their own agenda to the table, which often has more influence on their conclusions than the feedback they receive from the district and the community. These two consultants who promoted the failed educational policies of Rod Paige and the Bush administration (along with a third Texas educational heavy hitter on the team, Mike Moses) should not be the people advising TUSD about its future.
Whether or not there were improprieties in the hiring of the consultants, it was a botched job. TUSD should find a way to cancel the consulting contracts, then cancel the February 25 meeting with the community, after which it can restart the search for consultants using greater transparency and deeper research into the people being hired.
Here’s a look at the two most troubling members of the consulting team, Cathy Mincberg and Terry Abbott.
Cathy Mincberg, the President and CEO for the Center for Reform of School Systems, heads the consultant list. According to a 2001 article in the Houston Press written during the early days of the Bush adminstration,
Cathy is a former HISD board president who, like past trustee and then-superintendent Paige, utilized a revolving door to move from an unpaid board position to her $150,000-a-year district job.
In 2004, the New York Times reported,
Ms. Mincberg helped engineer Dr. Paige's rise to superintendent in 1994 while she was on the board and before she became a paid administrator.
Mincberg's Rod Paige connection is definitely troubling. The Paige connection with the next consultant, Terry Abbott, is even closer. He joined Paige as the Houston District’s press secretary in 1997. When Paige went to Washington with Bush in 2001, Abbott followed and became Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Education. He wrote,
“I was there to help Secretary Paige help the President get No Child Left Behind ready for approval by the Congress.”
By November, 2001, Abbott was Deputy Commissioner for Communications at the U.S. Social Security Administration.
There’s an abundance of articles about Mincberg and Abbott with too much information for me to include all of it. Here are a few points worth noting.
• When Mincberg was chief business officer for the Houston School District, she received Superbowl tickets from Hewlett-Packard and failed to record a trip to a technology forum paid for by HP.
• Mincberg was part of KC Distance Learning and spoke to the Gates Foundation about online learning as a disruptive (that means positive) innovation.
• The Center for Reform of School Systems (CRSS) is partly funded by the Eli Broad Foundation, which supports the conservative "education reform" agenda. CRSS conducts administrator training for the foundation. (Abbott did work for the Broad Foundation as well.)
• When Mincberg was looking at the Las Vegas Superintendent job, she gave a speech that "extolled the benefits of using a business model to operate an education system. [She] explained how the outsourcing of school food services saved millions in taxpayer dollars in the Houston Independent School District, according to people who attended the meeting."
• Mincberg spoke at the Tucson Metro Chamber's Outlook event in March, 2013. According to an article about the event, Mincberg "is a big proponent of privatizing every aspect of public education possible and actually did so in Houston, where food service and transportation were privatized. Both steps resulted in heightened efficiencies, lower costs and opportunities to move money saved in those areas to better teacher-student interaction.
"She downplayed the role of poverty and ethnic differences as reasons for student underperformance. To support her position she commented on a number of public school districts around the country that have successfully narrowed or eliminated student performance differences based on household income and ethnicity." One slide in her PowerPoint presentation stated, "Instead of doing what works, we hear many people say, 'They're poor, they come to school without breakfast," and so on. In the corner of the slide is the word "Excuses."
• As Houston Schools' spokesman, Abbott was described as "a junk-yard dog. He will stand in front of people who are shooting bullets at you." His way of dealing with the press was to feed it positive information about the district and complain about the media when it wrote anything negative. According to the Houston Press, "Abbott developed a reputation for taking hair-splitting and parsing to new heights when it came to responding to reporters."
• The Houston Press called Abbott "the masterful public relations guru for Rod Paige." It continued, "Many sources credited Abbott with presenting educators and news media around the country with such a wonderfully buffed up image of Paige that he was easily propelled not only into the top education spot but to top honors in awards given by educators."
These consultants are mired in the George Bush, No Child Left Behind past. They're not the people who should be leading the discussion about TUSD's future. The strategic planning process should be stopped and restructured before it causes the district serious damage.
(Hat tip to commenter Mike for bringing this issue and some of these sources to my attention.)
Tags: TUSD , H.T. Sanchez , Cathy Mincberg , Terry Abbott , Houston Schools , Rod Paige , George W. Bush , Center for Reform of School Systems , Eli Broad Foundation , Gates Foundation
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B.C. Premier John Horgan listens during a postelection news conference in Vancouver on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. Horgan says the election promise to provide COVID-19 recovery benefit dollars to British Columbia families and individuals will be the focus of Monday’s return to the legislature for a brief session. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Horgan says COVID-19 relief promise top priority of short B.C. legislature session
NDP landed a decisive victory in the Oct. 24 provincial election, securing 57 of the legislature’s 87 seats
Premier John Horgan says his newly re-elected government will focus on ensuring families and individuals start receiving COVID-19 recovery benefits when the legislature resumes for a shortened session on Monday.
Horgan said he expects the session, the first since his New Democrats were re-elected with a majority mandate, to sit for just two weeks before adjourning for the holidays.
During that time, politicians are expected to pass legislation that would grant the government the authority to fulfil a campaign promise and begin delivering pandemic relief funds.
The proposed legislation earmarks one-time, tax-free payments of $1,000 for eligible families and $500 for qualifying individuals.
The brief legislative session is set to begin with a Monday throne speech mapping out the government’s priorities.
But Horgan says getting financial aid into the hands of the province’s residents must be his administration’s most pressing goal.
“The priority is getting the supply bill passed so we can flow dollars to families and individuals,” Horgan said at a recent news conference. “We don’t have any anticipated additional legislation.”
Horgan said the money would ideally reach residents before Christmas, but acknowledged such a timeline may be overly ambitious.
The relief funds, he said, will help both the province’s residents and the regional economy as B.C. grapples with the effects of the global pandemic.
“It’s putting dollars into peoples pockets so they can continue to get through the most challenging time British Columbians have ever known,” Horgan said. “We believe it’s good economics. We campaigned on it.”
The NDP landed a decisive victory in the Oct. 24 provincial election, securing 57 of the legislature’s 87 seats.
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The Opposition Liberals, who lost considerable ground during the election and saw Andrew Wilkinson step down as leader after the party’s poor showing, are questioning the need to reconvene the legislature to pass a single bill. The move, they said, comes as the province faces a record budget deficit.
“I think British Columbians would expect that if we are going to open the legislature, bring MLAs from across the province with limited numbers, and with COVID-19 protocols that there should be a substantive agenda,” said interim Liberal Leader Shirley Bond.
B.C. politicians participated in a hybrid, summer session before the election that saw just 20 members attend debates and question periods at the legislature while others participated remotely.
The government should use the new session to provide an update of the province’s finances, Bond said.
Last September, the government’s first quarterly report forecast a deficit of about $13 billion, but there has been no word on the timing of the next financial report, she said.
“Instead, what we got was the finance minister musing about whether or not she might actually push her budget presentation off until later in the year,” said Bond.
B.C. budgets have traditionally been tabled on the third Tuesday of February. But the legislature changed a law last summer to allow a budget to be tabled later when there is a fall election.
Bond said the Liberals plan to hold the NDP to their election promises to cap the fees food delivery companies charge to restaurants for takeout orders and they may also introduce their own private members bills.
Horgan said the NDP will nominate Burnaby New Democrat Raj Chouhan to serve as the Speaker of the legislature.
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If you're old enought to remember the Ladybird book version of Rapunzel, its beautiful illustrations spring to mind the moment you clap eyes on the 65 feet Outchester Ducket.
Although no-one knows the tower's original use, it was latterly used as a dovecot, the Northumbrian vernacular for which is 'ducket', hence its name. It has taken an epic eight years to turn this 18th century Grade 2 listed ruin into a holiday residence, providing luxurious self-catering accommodation for two. Behind the loving restoration are owners John and Heather Sutherland, who have brought it into the 21st century, installing state-of-the-art Wi-Fi and ground-source heating.
As far as quirky holidays go, this tower near Waren Mill, Northumberland, is hard to beat. It is set in its own grounds on the edge of an open field and enjoys stunning views over the rolling countryside towards the Cheviots. If you crave holiday boltholes where you can lock out the world and relax look no further. It's very hard to contain your excitement when you find what's behind the handcrafted oak front door. Well, it's another door, but once you're through the inner and outer doors, you find yourself in the entrance hall. The stone walls, three feet thick, have been left exposed, and there is a spacious bathroom just off.
Beyond, you discover a cheerful yellow room with framed floral botanical drawings. A detail that amused us was the great white fluffy bathrobes hanging on the back of the door, marked for the Duke and Duchess of the Ducket. Let's be honest, we all have delusions of grandeur. The entrance hall provides ample space to hang up coats and leave shoes beside the door. The Sutherlands have cleverly used every inch of space, creating a series of circular rooms over five storeys, linked by a beautiful bespoke curved staircase. Up the first flight of stairs you find yourself in the bedroom, as dictated by planning requirements (so you can jump out the window in an emergency). Nooks and crannies are utilised for cupboard and wardrobe space, hidden behind sumptuous floral fabrics. Comfort is the name of the game in this room and our favourite features were the sheepskin rugs on either side of the king-size bed.
The second floor features a kitchen which would not be out of place in one of the glossy interiors magazines dotted around the Ducket. It is well equipped - a fridge, freezer, cooker and dishwasher have all been shoehorned into a compact space, but there is still room for a small dining area. Aquamarine glass tiles and the cleverly moulded worktop fitted into the curved wall set the colour palette, while details such as the Cath Kidston mugs make it feel chic.
The sitting room on the third floor looks towards the rolling countryside on one side, and out towards the coast and Holy Island's Lindisfarne Castle on the other. The raspberry fabrics and model ship and chandelier are wonderful decor touches. Original art is found throughout the tower, my favourite piece being a small shield in the living room showing St George slaying a dragon. I feel sure this would have Rapunzel's seal of approval. Furniture was made to fit as the room is compact - a great excuse to cosy up with your other half in front of the fire.
Finally, a tiny library room sits at the very top of the tower, commanding amazing views underneath the wooden criss-cross beams. It's the ideal perch for a couple of lovebirds. You feel secure inside your tower as the wind howls outside. The structure has solidity and strength - it has stood proud as a landmark for a long time.
You don't feel at all trapped or locked away from civilisation, unable to escape. But it is delightful to bolt yourselves in at night and gaze over this amazing countryside. The fairytale kingdom of Northumberland, where big landscape meets even bigger skies, has enduring appeal.
To book The Ducket contact www.rosscottages.co.uk
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Almost enough to make me shift my whole itinerary...what a place to stay!
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April 3 (UPI) -- The Backstreet Boys have tapped Brian Littrell's son to open for them on tour.
Baylee Littrell, 16, confirmed in an Instagram post Wednesday he will join the boy band on its upcoming DNA tour.
"I'm so excited to announce I'm joining @BackstreetBoys on the road for the #DNAWorldTour North American leg!" he wrote.
Baylee also shared his excitement in an interview with People published Wednesday.
"Since I was 6 years old, my dream has always been to go on tour," he told the magazine. "I wanted to do what my dad did."
Baylee is an aspiring country music singer who released the single "Don't Knock It" in November. He will release his debut studio album over the summer.
"We've been developing this for the past year and my parents have been with me every step of the way," the teenager said, referencing Littrell and mom Leighanne.
"Fans can expect something very personal," he teased. "This is everything I grew up on -- everything is relatable. That's what we wanted."
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Comedian Eddie Izzard plans to fix U.K. Labour Party’s anti-Semitism problem
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The accusations of anti-Semitism that continue to rock Britain’s Labour Party are beyond a joke, but stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard believes he can help tackle the problem.
Izzard joined Labour’s ruling body on Sunday, and wasted no time in facing up to the crisis gripping the left-wing party.
Writing in British tabloid The Mirror, he stated, “This is a very important time for the Labour Party and we must stamp out completely the stain of anti-Semitism from a minority of members. It has no place in our Party, in our country, or in our world.
“I have campaigned against racism and hate my whole life, and will continue to do so wherever it rears its ugly head,” he continued. Izzard, 56, added that his party “must make amends and repair the damage with the Jewish community as Jeremy Corbyn has promised to do.”
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CD REVIEW: Gaetano Donizetti — ROBERTO DEVEREUX (Ş. Pop, M. Devia, S. Ganassi, M. Kim, A. Fantoni, C. Ottino, M. Armanino, L. Purpura; Dynamic CDS7755.02)
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 – 1848): Roberto Devereux—Ştefan Pop (Roberto Devereux, conte di Essex), Mariella Devia (Elisabetta I, regina d’Inghiterra), Sonia Ganassi (Sara, duchessa di Nottingham), Mansoo Kim (Il duca di Nottingham), Alessandro Fantoni (Lord Cecil), Claudio Ottino (Sir Gualtiero Raleigh), Matteo Armanino (Un paggio), Loris Purpura (Un familiare di Nottingham); Coro ed Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice; Francesco Lanzillotta, conductor [Recorded ‘live’ in performance at Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova, Italy, on 20 and 24 March 2016; Dynamic CDS7755.02; 2 CDs, 130:51; Available from Naxos Direct, Amazon (USA), and major music retailers]
One of the most-discussed operatic events in America in recent years was Opera Orchestra of New York’s 2014 concert performance of Gaetano Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux. OONY’s relationship with the third of the operas that comprise the so-called ‘Tudor Trilogy,’ a designation not conceived by Donizetti [his seldom-performed Elisabetta al castelo di Kenilworth expands the trilogy to a tetralogy—L’annello dei Tudori?], began with a 1991 performance featuring Martile Rowland, Fernando de la Mora, and Stella Zambalis, enriching the long drought between the score’s first outings in New York, the still-revered 1965 American Opera Society concert performance with Montserrat Caballé as Elisabetta and the New York City Opera production mounted for Beverly Sills, and NYCO’s revival with Lauren Flanigan and the opera’s Metropolitan Opera première in 2016 with Sondra Radvanovsky. More so than the opera’s relative rarity in the international repertory, a neglect that has recently abated to some extent, what made OONY’s 2014 performance a genuine event was the participation of Italian soprano Mariella Devia. Despite having been heard at The Metropolitan Opera as Konstanze and Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Così fan tutte, Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, and Gilda and Nannetta in Verdi’s Rigoletto and Falstaff in a career with the company sporadically spanning fifteen years, Devia has been an exasperatingly infrequent visitor to North America, a scarcity mirrored by the soprano’s unaccountably sparse commercial discography. Now, bel canto lovers are simultaneously treated to two recordings of Roberto Devereux featuring Devia, a filmed souvenir of an acclaimed Madrid production with Gregory Kunde in the title rôle and the present aural and visual mementos of two March 2016 performances in Genoa’s Teatro Carlo Felice. Dynamic’s engineers clearly appreciated the significance of this project, producing one of the label’s finest releases. Neither stage noises nor audience disruptions come between the listener and the thrilling performance of Roberto Devereux that plays out on these discs. Its strong cast notwithstanding, this release is undeniably an instance of unabashed diva worship. In this opera in which the Earl of Essex claims the title but it is Elisabetta who ultimately sears her name into the listener’s psyche, is that not as it should be?
Under the baton of conductor Francesco Lanzillotta, the Teatro Carlo Felice choral and orchestral forces acquit themselves professionally and idiomatically. The opera’s programmatic Sinfonia, popularized in concert repertory by its quoting of ‘God Save the Queen,’ is buoyantly played by the orchestra and confidently paced by the conductor. With its extended melodic lines and quicksilver rhythms, Roberto Devereux is an opera that—in good performances, at least—sounds easier than it is for all of the musicians in the pit. Even so, very few of the inevitable mistakes that give live performances their unique frisson intrude in this recording. The balance between stage and pit achieved by Lanzillotta is commendable, and Dynamic’s flattering acoustics permit appreciation of the cleverness of Donizetti’s orchestrations. After laudable work in Act One, the choral singing in ‘L’ore trascorrono’ at the start of Act Two is disappointingly ragged in both tone and ensemble, though the hushed final chord is managed well. Granting the principals relative interpretive license, Lanzillotta maintains tighter control of the performance than many conductors who approach bel canto repertory with greater rigidity. Roberto Devereux is a momentous destination along the route from the quintessential bel canto of Bellini to the dramatic Romanticism of Verdi, but Lanzillotta is careful to avoid letting lyricism or bombast dominate this performance. The dominant force in this recording is Donizetti. Here, too, is this not as it should be?
Represented by the appealing singing of Matteo Armanino as the page and Loris Purpura as Nottingham's servant, care was taken in the casting of supporting rôles. Relative to their historical importance in the political milieux of Elizabethan England, Sir Walter Raleigh and Lord Cecil were marginalized by Donizetti and his librettist, Salvadore Cammarano, serving their sovereign in Roberto Devereux more as scene setters than as ambitious courtiers. Claudio Ottino voices Gualtiero’s lines robustly, and Alessandro Fantoni makes the most of every note that Donizetti allotted to Cecil. Bad singing in any of these rôles is not an insurmountable disaster, but far more enjoyable is the Roberto Devereux that, like this one, needs to make no apologies for the performances of its secondary players.
The Duca di Nottingham of South Korean baritone Mansoo Kim is an unsubtle but not unfeeling man in possession of a voice of good quality. Occasionally recalling the bel canto singing of Renato Bruson, Kim’s performance fuses unimpeachable musicality with well-honed dramatic instincts. In Act One, Kim gives ably-sung, dramatically urgent accounts of ‘Forse in quel cor sensible’ and ‘Qui ribelle ognum ti chiama,’ his upper register focused and projected impressively. As the Duca pleads in Act Two for the queen to spare Roberto’s life, Kim duets with Devia’s Elisabetta excitingly, his lines in ‘Non venni mai si mesto’ delivered with conviction, and the baritone sings commandingly in the trio with Elisabetta and Roberto, ‘Ecco l'indegno.’ Reading the fateful letter that his wife receives from Roberto in Act Three, Kim partners Ganassi’s Sara powerfully in ‘Non sai che un nume vindice.’ The knots that bound the characters’ allegiances loosed by the revelation that Sara, compelled by the queen’s prerogative to marry Nottingham, is the unnamed rival for Roberto’s love, Nottingham exacts vengeance with cataclysmic results. Kim’s final utterances are as crushing as the blows of the axe that claim Roberto’s head. Kim’s vocalism is sometimes short on bel canto elegance, but he brings the conflict-hardened duke to life with style and bravado.
Italian mezzo-soprano Sonia Ganassi has devoted much of her career to service to the bel canto muse, and her portrayal of Sara, the reluctant Duchess of Nottingham, in this performance of Roberto Devereux provides ample evidence of why, even after she has expanded her repertoire to include heavier rôles, she continues to be in demand for bel canto performances. Making her entrance in Act One recounting the tale of fair Rosamund, mistress of Henry II and the eponymous heroine of Donizetti’s 1834 opera Rosmonda d’Inghilterra, Ganassi sounds marginally unsteady, her top notes effortful and off-pitch. She settles the voice for a flawed but refined traversal of the melodious romanza ‘All’afflitto è dolce il pianto.’ Sara brings the curtain down on Act One with the pulse-quickening duet with Roberto, ‘Dacchè tornasti, ahi misera.’ Here, Ganassi takes charge like the consummate mistress of bel canto that she is, producing centered, impactful tones and hurling out notes above the stave with complete control and spot-on intonation. The Act Three duet with Nottingham, ‘Non sai che un nume vindice,’ inspires the mezzo-soprano to her finest singing of the performance. Her every note in the opera’s final act draws its impetus from the text, and her Sara is ultimately as much a tragic heroine as Elisabetta. In this setting, Ganassi is a seconda donna upon whose music a prima donna voice is lavished.
Singing the title rôle with bright, secure tone, Romanian tenor Ştefan Pop furnishes this recording with what many performances of Roberto Devereux lack: a Roberto worthy of his top billing. The gravity of the earl’s predicament in Act One never weighs down Pop’s vocalism, but he meaningfully conveys the inner anguish that afflicts Roberto. Denying his illicit love for the now-married Sara when confronted by the queen, whose advisors press her to grant the royal assent to Roberto’s death warrant, Pop voices ‘Nascondi, frena i palpiti’ vividly, endeavoring to maintain a proper bel canto line even when plumbing the depths of the character’s emotions. Benefiting from his partnership with the experienced Ganassi, he fearlessly scales the vocal and expressive heights of the duet with Sara, ‘Dacchè tornasti, ahi misera,’ ending Act One with a pyrotechnical display of electrically-charged singing and unison top notes. In the Act Two trio with Elisabetta and Nottingham, ‘Ecco l’indegno,’ Pop fires cannonades of heated responses to Devia’s and Kim’s impassioned discourse. Imprisoned and awaiting execution, Roberto’s beautifully-written scene in Act Three is tastefully handled by the young tenor. His breath control in the aria ‘Come uno spirto angelico’ is admirable, and the integration of his upper and lower registers also earns praise. Pop manages the difficult cabaletta ‘Bagnato il sen di lagrime’ better than any other Roberto on disc: concentrating on phrasing rather than individual notes, he reveals the integrity of music that can seem banal. Among Donizetti’s rôles for tenor, Roberto is one of the most difficult to cast. With Pop, this production got it right.
It is apparent from the first familiar strains of ‘God Save the Queen’ in the Sinfonia that, no matter whose name is on the score’s cover, Elisabetta is the opera’s protagonist. The Sinfonia invokes Providential blessing, but Devia is a queen who needs no divine intervention. Returning to this daunting rôle on her home turf, sixty miles from her native city of Chiusavecchia, and less than a month before celebrating her sixty-eighth birthday, Devia is an astonishingly assured presence at the center of the drama. The voice is drier, harder-edged, and less pliant than in years past, but the voice’s basic timbre has ever been a potent cocktail with a splash of tart limoncello. In this performance, Devia takes more time in executing fiorature than she might have done a decade ago, but she and Lanzillotta never allow momentum to be adversely affected. Still, like Sutherland in the seasons just before her retirement, Devia’s agility remains incredible. In Elisabetta’s Act One cavatina, ‘L’amor suo mi fe’ beata,’ it is immediately obvious that Devia is in excellent voice, and she utilizes her still-miraculous technique to accomplish feat after feat of superb singing. She spins the cavatina’s melodic lines like vocal silk, the thread of sound never in danger of breaking. In the Act Two duet with Nottingham, ‘Non venni mai si mesto,’ the soprano’s vocalism is at once wondrously steely and hauntingly ethereal, and Devia leaves no doubt in the trio with Nottingham and Roberto, ‘Ecco l’indegno,’ that Elisabetta is wounded to the core of her soul. Discovering too late that Sara is her rival and that even she, the most powerful woman on earth, is powerless to save Roberto from the death that she sanctioned, Elisabetta’s scene at the close of Act Three contains the opera’s most visceral music. Devia voices the poignant aria ‘Vivi ingrato, a lei d’accanto’ with intense emotional involvement, imparting the extent to which the aging queen’s happiness is dependent upon the crumbling relationships that have sustained her in the lonely years of her virginal reign. Vocally and histrionically, she remains the reigning monarch of this music. The maestoso cabaletta ‘Quel sangue versato al cielo s’innalza’ is the outward culmination of Elisabetta’s inner turmoil and one of the true peaks of dramatic bel canto. After a first statement of the cabaletta’s theme that is wracked with pain, Devia’s voice takes on an air of serenity in the repeat, the crown already lifted from her mind if not from her head. This phenomenal music needs no interpolated high notes in order to make an indelible impression, but the easy, defiant top D with which Devia concludes her performance is the ecstatic cry of a woman reclaiming her freedom. This is, after all, the heir of Henry VIII, the diminutive figure with the soaring spirit who proudly declared herself to be to the marrow of her bones the issue of her legendary sire. History relays that Henry VIII was an uncommonly accomplished singer: in that regard, Devia’s Elisabetta is indeed very much her father’s daughter.
The collector in search of good-quality recordings of Devia in her best rôles has before him difficult sleuthing. Fortunately, enthusiasts with technological ingenuity like that of Australia-based Celestial Audio have made in-house and broadcast recordings of some of Devia’s most memorable performances available to her admirers. [Celestial Audio’s newest Devia release, catalogue number CA1888, preserves an excellent 2006 La Scala-in-Tokyo performance of Verdi’s La traviata in which Devia’s Violetta was paired with Giuseppe Filianoti’s handsome, handsomely-sung Alfredo.] This Dynamic recording of Teatro Carlo Felice’s production of Roberto Devereux gratifyingly fills a lamentable gap in the documentation of one of the most remarkable careers in opera. Better late than never, it is tempting to say; but in this case, in some ways better now than ever.
La regina del bel canto: Soprano Mariella Devia as Elisabetta I in Teatro Carlo Felice’s March 2016 production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux
[Photo by Marcello Orselli, © by Teatro Carlo Felice]
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Mordehaï Vanunu could emigrate to Norway
The Norwegian government had granted the Israeli atomist technician, Mordehaï Vanunu, the right to be reunited with his family in Norway.
Mordehaï Vanunu, an Israeli citizen who had converted to Christianity, revealed to the Sunday Times in 1986, secrets relating to the reactor at Dimona and his country’s military nuclear programme. Shimon Peres then ordered for him to be kidnapped in Rome and transferred to Israel where he was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment.
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Sylvan Ebanks-Blake joins the Old Gold Club
Championship winning former Wolves striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake is this week’s special guest on the club’s official Old Gold Club podcast.
Ebanks-Blake, who joined Wolves from Plymouth Arygle in 2008, will be the 24th inductee to be interviewed about his time at the club by regular podcast hosts Mikey Burrows and his ex-Molineux strike-partner Chris Iwelumo.
The Cambridge-born goal scorer will discuss his six-and-a-half-year stint in gold and black when he features on the Old Gold Club, sponsored by Wolverhampton Building Supplies.
The episode will be broadcast during a half hour Facebook and YouTube video this evening at 6pm, before an extended podcast is released on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all other podcast apps.
Ebanks-Blake, who also earned his one and only international caps for England under-21s while he was a Wolves player, scored 64 times in 193 games for Wolves, earning the Championship golden boot in his first year at the club.
The former Wanderers number nine received the award for the second year running as his goals fired Wolves to the Championship title in 2008/09 as the team secured promotion to the Premier League.
Ebanks-Blake’s episode of the Old Gold Club will be broadcast on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter from 6pm this evening, while the full podcast will be available on all the regular channels afterwards.
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Local family-run funeral home humbled to be escorting Rep. John Lewis on his journey home
Family handling funeral arrangements for John Lewis call it an honor to be apart of it
Updated: July 29, 2020 - 6:06 AM
WASHINGTON D.C — It’s not every day when a funeral director is asked to escort someone they were close to, through a full week of honors in three different locations.
Willie Watkins, his brothers Darrell and Sylvania and his 23-year old daughter Ferris told Channel 2′s Dave Huddleston in Washington D.C that caring for Congressman John Lewis this week is humbling, especially since the family knew him personally.
Willie Watkins says he grew up in the funeral business. In 1982, he opened his eponymous funeral home in Atlanta’s historic West End community. Now, honoring life and celebrating entry to the promised land is a family business.
“This is a ministry. Our family, we take it and with God’s strength. And God gives us the will to do what we need to do.” Watkins told Huddleston. “This is something we love doing. I brought them in as a family to build a family business again, it’s a labor of love.”
The Watkins family’s “Labor of Love” became very personal last week when the families of Reverend C.T. Vivian and Congressman Lewis asked them to handle the ceremonies honoring both men.
Once the finished with Vivian’s “Last Mile” through the Sweet Auburn district along with his “Home-going”, they traveled to Alabama to being honoring Lewis.
“When you think about a black water fountain and a white water fountain. When you think about all these gentlemen and women, as well, have done and you want to give them the most humblest and dignified service as possible,” Darrell Watkins said.
Darrell said they honored Lewis’ fight for voting rights by bringing him across the Edmond Pettus bridge one last time. He says he was humbled to drive the horse drawn “Caisson” carrying Lewis and made a point to stand before crossing the bridge.
“He stood up for me. He took a blow for me and my sons and my daughters, my nieces, my nephews, so it was to honor not just him but all those great Civil Rights people and what they’ve done,” Darrell Watkins said.
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The family helped with other details, like rose petals to symbolize the blood of protesters, which included Lewis, beaten during the Bloody Sunday march in 1965.
“And when we crossed over, my brother Willie said we’re going to take flowers, a single rose to signify he crossed over not only Edmond Pettus bridge but he crossed over into God’s heavenly bridge,” Darrell Watkins said.
“We had connections with them, these are people I called Uncle Joe and Uncle John” Ferris Watkins said. “I was there with him a week before he passed. It was just an honor to be a part of it.”
Willie’s daughter, 23-year old Ferris, traveled in the hearse carrying Lewis on his procession through the streets of Washington D.C. Monday.
Past the Lincoln Memorial where Lewis spoke to hundreds of thousands at the March on Washington and through crowds at Black Lives Matter Plaza, where the next generation continues the fight for equality.
“This was definitely an experience and one that I will cherish and remember for a lifetime,” Ferris Watkins said.
Sylvania Watkins says the moment lawmakers circled Lewis’ flag draped casket in the Capitol Rotunda, he knew it was another curated moment for Lewis, who was a man of the people.
“I think it’s just a level of class for Congressman John Lewis. I believe everyone was looking there in awe,” Sylvania Watkins said.
The family is aware their work is still unfinished. They’re escorting Lewis back to Atlanta where we are sure to see many more moments meant to honor a hero and inspiration to many in mourning.
“I think about this thing that our mom would tell us, if a task has once begun never leave it until it’s done. Whether the label, big or small do it well or not at all. So we’re going to do this well for Congressman John Lewis,” Sylvania Watkins said.
Hundreds stop by John Lewis casket at U.S Capitol on final day
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Mourning Crisis (The Funeral Fakers Book 6)
Author: Ridder Aspenson
Nothing will bring your acting career to a crashing halt like literally crashing through the stage floor. But that’s exactly what happened to Mayme Buckley. Now she just wishes she could turn back time. Unfortunately, doing so means moving back home with her 90stastic parents and taking whatever bit part the town of Asheville is willing to throw her way. Hopefully without any injuries this time!
First up, the role of Professional Mourner, and this time her leading man is a dead guy. Despite a performance worthy of a Tony, Mayme’s captive audience have…. questions. Like how could the cantankerous supervisor of the town’s moving company land a hot fiancee like Mayme while he was alive?
Bailey And The Bad Boy (Scandalous Series Book 1)
Author: Linda, R.
It’s the last day of school, and everyone is excited for the big summer leading up to our senior year. I was too…until my heart was ripped out of my chest.
As if getting dumped wasn’t bad enough, I’m forced to endure the humiliation of witnessing my ex-boyfriend flaunt his new girl—who also happens to be my now ex-best friend—all over town. Double whammy.
Now I’m the pathetic ex-girlfriend left gutted, heartbroken, and nose deep in a bucket of ice cream. I’m doomed to spend the summer sulking over a guy who thought I was predictable and bad in bed.
Author: Atwood, Margaret
Psychological Literary Fiction
Cat’s Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an artist, and a woman—but above all she must seek release form her haunting memories. Disturbing, humorous, and compassionate—and a finalist for the Booker Prize.
Plum Island (John Corey Book 1)
Author: DeMille, Nelson
Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey convalesces in the Long Island township of Southold, home to farmers, fishermen — and at least one killer. Tom and Judy Gordon, a young, attractive couple Corey knows, have been found on their patio, each with a bullet in the head. The local police chief, Sylvester Maxwell, wants Corey’s big-city expertise, but Maxwell gets more than he bargained for.
John Corey doesn’t like mysteries, which is why he likes to solve them. His investigations lead him into the lore, legends, and ancient secrets of northern Long Island — more deadly and more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. During his journey of discovery, he meets two remarkable women, Detective Beth Penrose and Mayflower descendant Emma Whitestone, both of whom change his life irrevocably.
I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs
Author: Marciuliano, Francesco
Pet Humor
A New York Times bestseller? Oh, you know the dogs weren’t going to let the cats get away with that! This canine companion to I Could Pee on This, the beloved volume of poems by cats, I Could Chew on This will have dog lovers laughing out loud. Doggie laureates not only chew on quite a lot of things, they also reveal their creativity, their hidden motives, and their eternal (and sometimes misguided) effervescence through such musings as “I Dropped a Ball,” “I Lose My Mind When You Leave the House,” and “Can You Smell That?”
Collage: Contemporary Artists Hunt and Gather, Cut and Paste, Mash Up and Transform
Author: Krysa, Danielle
Collage has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity during the twenty-first century, resulting in an explosion of creativity. This showcase of cutting-edge contemporary art from across the globe features galleries of collage by 30 practitioners, from the surreal landscapes of Beth Hoeckel to Fabien Souche’s humorous appropriations of pop culture. Each artist has also created a new piece especially for this book—all using the same original image, but with results as wildly diverse as the medium of collage itself. This collection is visual inspiration for art lovers and an appreciation of the transformation of old into new.
The Herbal Kitchen: Cooking with Fragrance and Flavor
Author: Traunfeld, Jerry
Gardening & Horticulture Herbs
Until recently, the fresh herbs available in supermarkets were limited to parsley and maybe dill. Today, thyme, rosemary, basil, cilantro, mint, and sage are among the many fresh herbs as close as the produce section or the farmer’s market. Not to mention marjoram, lovage, tarragon, lavender, shiso, and so many others.
Jerry shows you how to incorporate these fresh herbs into your everyday home meals. So whether preparing a workday supper for the family, a special dinner for two or four, or a feast for a table of guests, using fresh herbs in your cooking will result in fresh and vibrant food.
Shaken: Drinking with James Bond and Ian Fleming, the Official Cocktail Book
Author: Fleming, Ian
Liquor, Spirits & Mixed Drinks
Readers can explore James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s writing on the pleasures of drinking and mix themselves fifty delicious cocktails from recipes inspired by his books and developed by award-winning London bar, Swift.
Both Bond and Fleming were partial to a stiff drink. In both fiction and real life, cocktails were an important and well-chosen accompaniment to adventure and daring and often relaxing. Fleming made the Martini famous with Bond’s ritual of always ordering it “shaken, not stirred”. But in every James Bond book a wide selection of strong, sophisticated and carefully crafted drinks are essential details to the story.
Author: Alexander, Victoria
Feel the pea through this bed and win the heart of the man you’ll wed.
A true American princess, Cecily White stood to inherit her father’s business empire. And with the twentieth century right around the corner, the independent beauty had no intention of marrying some foreign nobleman seeking her money. Then, on a trip to England, Cece fell under the spell of a dashing peer who had more to recommend him than the length of his title and the size of his countinghouse. But Cece wouldn’t surrender her heart to the virile Earl of Graystone until he proved that the only treasure he wanted was her love.
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It has been said that documentaries serve as a powerful platform that brings important topics to the table – sparking discussion, and sometimes, even social movements. Consequently, seeing these experiences through the dedicated work of filmmakers helps put ourselves in the shoes of complete strangers. In other words, offering the viewer real people and real life situations that Hollywood fiction simply cannot provide.
Now in its 26th year, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is Toronto’s second-largest film event (behind TIFF), which runs from April 26th to May 5th. Featuring a staggering 234 films from around the world, this year’s lineup ranges in styles from expository, observational, and performative, all across a mere 10 days.
Push (dir. Fredrik Gertten, Sweden) is arguably the flagship film in this regard. Skilfully assembled by director Gertten and editor Erik Bafving, the wide reaching work makes its thesis statement clear from the get-go: Affordable housing is a basic human right. Examples from Toronto to London to Barcelona expertly critique the global housing crisis with a surprising dose of humour amidst the grim realities it presents.
With its frank and depressing material, Gertten balances stories of eviction with that of its subject Leilani Farha, a United Nation special rapporteur on adequate housing. Through her, the film talks with respected social and political thinkers, shedding light on the global epidemic that’s only getting worse. Accessible and engaging, Push is certain to inspire lively conversations with those who see it.
Elsewhere, Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies (dir. Larry Weinstein, Canada) considers the present day landscape of “fake news” and “alternative facts” and investigates them by looking back at notable historical moments. Spanning ancient cave handprints to the Twitter account of the 45th president, Propaganda truly excels when it simply sits down with key artists and their provocative creations.
Interviews from Jim Fitzpatrick (creator of the famous Che Guevara poster) to Sabo, a politically conservative street artist in Los Angeles, give the viewer glimpses of how powerful images are, more often than not, made from the confines of a singular vision.
Equally absorbing, albeit altogether different, is the much talked-about Killing Patient Zero (dir. Laurie Lynd, Canada). Detailing the origins of the AIDS epidemic with the compelling story of Quebec flight attendant Gaetan Dugas- the man falsely implicated with starting it all – the film poses insight and compassion for its subject.
Fusing an array of 40 interviews with Dugas’ friends, as well as prominent journalists, Killing of Patient Zero shows how Dugas’ name became identified with the virus through an unfortunate typo – misconstruing the letter “O” for the number 0. Determined to correct this long standing misconception, director Lynd paints him as a hero of sorts. Through his full co-operation with investigators before his death at age 31, Dugas’ information of past partners ultimately helped prove that AIDS was indeed a sexually transmitted disease, before it was determined otherwise.
Indeed, if there is a through line guiding the selections at Hot Docs for 2019, it is certainly the idea of documentary filmmaking as a curious, daring, and fearless artform that does not shy away from all points of view.
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Kate-Lois Elliott enjoys Ben Nevis in style at Inverlochy Castle, Fort William, Scotland
Posted by Kate-Lois Elliott on November 16, 2020
The credentials
Inverlochy is a 19th century castle in the middle of a group of mountains, surrounded by the luscious green of evergreen trees and the sparkling blue from a nearby loch. It’s a well known place for hunting and outdoor activities, as well as being close to Ben Nevis, where there are plenty of walks and routes to take for every kind of adventurer.
Inverlochy castle is built just a short drive from Fort William, which is otherwise known as the gateway to the highlands. If you’re going to travel there, I’d recommend driving up through Glencoe, a long and winding road in the midst of breathtaking mountains as far as you can see. Leave plenty of time to stop and stare and, of course, bring a rain mac.
The castle itself has a grand front room, with a roaring fire place and high ceilings built for light, and at the back a room for afternoon tea, which is much lighter and spacious in its feel, with pink and yellow coloured victorian furnishings. There are also vast grounds for walking and exploring, and a grand patio with seating out back, where you can walk from to reach the loch. From this view alone I could have sworn I was visiting the Von Trapp’s home in Saltsburg.
The castle has seventeen rooms and suits, which from every window you will not be left without an awe inspiring view. They also have a private gate lodge and extra accommodation for events.
The room we were in was cosy and spacious, with blue tartan furnishings and a bath and shower. The interiors fitted the castle style well, and I especially liked the classical music that softly played through the speakers as we entered. The TV blew my mind, it was a mirror with a gold frame that it looked antique, but with the switch of a button it transformed effortlessly into a full movie screen, which was very swish.
We arrived a bit early and took tea in the drawing room, where the tea pots were decorated with an assortment of delicious short breads and fun kitsch Scottish hats.
Their website says this of their Michelin star menu: ‘Dining at ‘Albert and Michel Roux Jr at Inverlochy Castle’ is a culinary experience to savour, with the legendary father and son taking the helm of the kitchen and offering the finest dishes using local produce.’
They have a selection of dining rooms, with elaborate furnishings that were given to the castle as gifts from the King of Norway. The public spaces too were all full of grandeur, with roaring open fires and trinkets from all over the world.
We took pre-dinner drinks in the drawing room, by far my favourite room in the castle followed closely by the billiards room, which was filled with information about hunting and the castle. The public spaces are unapologetically opulent, and the warm colours of the decor, coupled with the fire, fit perfectly with a cold winter’s night.
We were given canopes to start, with a particularly delicious cheese piece. Alongside the tasting menu they had daily specials, and we were allowed to peruse the menu on our phones in accordance with their carefully thought out Covid safety procedures. Everything in the castle was fumigated before any guests arrived, which made us feel very safe.
We then entered the dining room to a beautiful view of the sun setting. I was a fan of their blue wine glasses and the yellow flowers that topped each table.
Firstly we were given a sashimi amuse bouche, which was fresh and punchy. We were then served a sour dough Langostine, which was delicious; the roe jelly and mussels adding the right touches of flavour variation. We also had a rabbit cannelloni, which was hearty and filling.
The next dish was a light heritage tomato course, with tangy flavours that were balanced out by the creamy ricotta. It was mouthwatering, and I was stunned at how much flavour lingered on my tongue!
My guest ordered the special for mains, which was pulled pork and scallops, deliciously sauced and perfectly cooked. I didn’t order this as I was put off by the black pudding that came with the pork, thinking it might have been overbearing, but when I tried it, I realised couldn’t have been wrong. It was just the right touch, nestled in between the pork and sweetened by balls of apple and a sweet sauce. I chose the monk fish, with a glorious burnt aubergine puree on a bed of barley. Everything about this dish was divine, with wonderfully seasoned roast cauliflower to top.
By this point in a tasting menu I’m usually out for the count, but the courses were perfectly spaced and sized, even the cheese course was just the right touch – soft Isle of Mull cheddar with compressed pear – I would have been happy with another helping of this for desert.
We then had the chocolate mouse with coffee ice cream, which was beautifully presented, with gold wisps and a tower of hazelnut and chocolate cream. I had a Katy Rogers creme fraiche parfait, with was balanced out with fruit and a tart raspberry sorbet on a bed of oats, which really brought the dish together.
Breakfast provide some very warm pastries, and we were offered a selection of special teas from the Teastar collection, as well as coffee and fresh juice. To start, my guest had the brûlée porridge, with cream and a whisky aftertaste and I went for the yogurt with homemade granola and compote. My guest then had the fresh salmon and scrambled eggs, which was delicate and creamy dish and not coupled with any extra bread, which I doubt you would want after a bowl of porridge and multiple pastries. I had a beautifully presented dish of American style pancakes, which were light and fluffy and teamed with strawberries, maple syrup and crispy bacon.
This really was a perfect meal, and I still dream of the cheese dish.
The grounds have a rural feel to them. We walked along the Victoria walk, which led is into the woods, which are rich in wildlife with a fairytale feel. We went off track and ended up by some castle graves and a mausoleum that dated back to the 1800s.
You can go boating on the lake, though the boat wasn’t in the best condition as it was missing the ore bracket and the pier was broken, so we decided to give it a miss. Had we been feeling more adventurous we would have ventured out into the stunning waters for sure. The tennis court and walled garden were not currently in use, which is understandable given that lockdown had only ended a couple of months previously. We walked around for a couple of hours at least, but I would have loved to have spent a summers day in the ‘before time’ enjoying the endlessly intriguing little walkways and activites.
You’re really there for the country walks and maybe some mountaineering and outdoor sports if you’re feeling more adventurous. Inverlochy has options for every taste, with wildlife and walking tours, fishing, hunting, clay pigeon shooting, golf, white water rafting and even skiing. For children (or me, a millennial) there is also the option for horse riding or a trip on the train that starred as the Hogwarts express.
The crowd who were staying in the hotel was old money, and many were from London, but there was also a much younger crowd visiting for tea when we arrived. This castle is at the base of Ben Nevis and a landmark in itself, so it has a pull for all ages but is more affordable for the younger crowds as a brief pitstop. I am told that the crowd pre-pandemic were often tourists from abroad looking for that quintessential Scottish experience, which explains the excessive tartan.
The Michelin star restaurant, the breathtaking views and the peace and quiet are all reasons to stick around.
The worst thing
Rooms here start in the 300s, and if I’d paid that much for ours I’d have hoped to get a bit more from it, but I suspect that’s more a matter of personal taste than anything. If you’re prepared to pay more for your room, then there are some stunning options, but we didn’t plan to spend that much time in ours, being in the middle of such natural beauty…
Room rates range from £320 to £760, dependent on season. Rates are not applicable to Christmas and New Year Festive Period and any special events.
They now offer 48h free of charge cancellation for our Best Available Flexible Rates booked for stays before 31st March 2021.
There is no charge for children up to the age of 7 years in foldaway beds, however any meals taken will be charged pro-rata. Extra bed (8 years and over) £85.
Dinner is priced at £95 for a 5 course tasting menu. The dress code for gentlemen for dinner is a jacket.
https://inverlochycastlehotel.com/ Telephone: 01397 702177 Email: info@inverlochy.co.uk
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‘The system collapsed’: Family’s COVID suicide pain
The heartbroken family of a young woman who suicided in June have spoken out about the mental health system.
by Georgia Clark
3rd Dec 2020 5:57 PM
The heartbroken family of a talented but "tormented" young woman believe she was getting her life together until coronavirus struck and the system built to protect her collapsed with devastating consequences.
Ashfield resident Grace Spencer took her own life in June after a 10-year battle with depression.
Lynne Spencer and her daughter Amy, 20, lost Grace in June after the system designed to protect her collapsed during COVID. Picture: Justin Lloyd
Lynne Spencer says her 25-year-old daughter was an intelligent, kind but "tormented" soul who was working as a waitress and visual marketer and living the life she always wanted when the pandemic hit.
"When the lockdown happened, her group counselling sessions ended … the system collapsed because nobody knew what to do. Then 12 days before she committed suicide she had an appointment with her psychologist and they felt she was getting better," Lynne said.
"Things started to get back to normal, her work started again, she was making friends. Things were on the up, restrictions were easing.
"She had cleaned her flat and put all her things in order, hung pictures on the wall. It looked perfect but the pressure of going back to life was difficult for her."
Grace (third from left) has been remembered as an “intelligent, kind” girl. Picture: Justin Lloyd
Grace had been "in a bad way" and tormented by suicidal thoughts for months but her mum wasn't told until after her death because of confidentiality.
Under psychologists' professional obligations, all material disclosed in sessions is private unless the client's safety is in jeopardy or the counsellor believes serious harm may occur.
"I wish someone had been able to say something," Lynne said.
"I understand at that point she was an adult but when someone is really at risk, people should be told. They knew she didn't have a lot of support."
Grace Spencer. Picture: Supplied by family
She believes the cancellation of her daughter's planned trip to America and lack of support during the pandemic played a big role in her taking her life.
"Grace was a victim of COVID as much as a person with breathing difficulties in ICU.
"She had saved both financially and her annual leave for a trip to New York … All the concrete things she was looking forward to in her future were gone."
This was not the first time support systems failed Grace. Lynne remembers her shock when her daughter was suspended from elite private all-girls school Wenona for four days in 2009 after she told the counsellor about her suicidal thoughts.
"They told us she would be excluded from school until we got a letter saying she was not going to commit suicide," Lynne said.
"It was one of the worst things they could do. In the end they allowed her back a few days later but that's because health authorities told me that letter did not exist."
Grace Spencer (top centre) with her family.
Wenona's current principal Briony Scott, who was not in charge when Grace was there, said she has "never known a child to be suspended for mental health concerns" but the school has learnt more about youth mental health over the past decade.
The Spencers are speaking out as part of The Daily and Sunday Telegraph's We Can Talk campaign, calling for more school counsellors and for all teachers to be trained in mental health first aid.
The next-of-kin of those who have taken their life also need more support, she says, after she struggled to gain access to the pictures on her daughter's phone, which is being held by NSW Police until the Coroner hands down a report.
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CTC Global: Leveraging ACCC® Conductor Technology to Build a Modern Grid
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“In the last decade, our business was largely focused on state transmission utilities. Going forward, we expect to expand our focus to include distribution utilities, private grid operators and other commercial entities. Fundamentally, India remains a very important market for CTC Global.” – Mr. Hitesh Mundhada
Wire & Cable India interviewed Mr. Hitesh Mundhada, Vice President at CTC Global, wherein he talks about how the ACCC® Conductor is helping India build a robust power grid and a strong economy.
Mr. Hitesh Mundhada,
Vice President, CTC Global
Wire & Cable India: Since its commercial introduction in 2005, CTC has shipped well over 100,000 km of ACCC® Conductors to over 800 project sites in 60 countries, which is a commendable accomplishment. Could you please define the factors playing a significant role in the company’s consistent growth?
Hitesh Mundhada: Initially, CTC Global developed the ACCC® Conductor to increase the capacity of existing corridors to alleviate grid congestion — primarily through reconductoring. Over the years, more than 250 major utilities have discovered that the ACCC® Conductor offers other benefits that also serve to improve reliability and resilience — even on new lines. While it takes time to earn the confidence of each utility, once they understand the technology, they generally begin to apply it more and more. We currently have 59 installations underway and more than 80 additional projects with scheduled start dates in the next few months. The ACCC® Conductor’s improved efficiency has also captured the attention of multilateral banks that are funding ACCC® projects not only to deliver more power to support economic development but also as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As you may know, the ACCC® Conductor is capable of reducing line losses by 25 to 40% or more. Reduced losses serve to reduce fuel consumption and associated GHG emissions. Our 36 authorized manufacturing partners are also playing an important role in the growing adoption of ACCC® Conductor.
WCI: In March this year, CTC Global launched the ACCC InfoCore™ System as a key advancement in conductor technology and with the aim of testing of ACCC® Conductors. What has been the progress in this regard in terms of its commercial deployment in different utilities around the world?
HM: Following the commercialization of the ACCC® ULS Conductor which increased the conductor’s core strength from 310 to 375 ksi, and the introduction of ACCC® AZR Conductor, which uses an aluminum-zirconium alloy to increase resistance to extreme wind and ice loads, CTC developed, tested, and commercialized the ACCC InfoCore™ System. The ACCC InfoCore™ System uses optical fibre and other technologies that can be used to detect damage to the composite core caused by equipment failure or installation mishap. While the use of the InfoCore System is not mandatory for every project, it can help ensure that the installation was completed successfully. This is an important step forward and is also serving as a foundation for more technical advancements to help build a more robust, reliable, and resilient grid — at virtually no cost to our utility customers or the general public. The first full-scale commercial deployment of the ACCC InfoCore™ System was completed for Elia, on the upgrade of a 150 kV line near Mons, Belgium to serve an important new data center.
The first full-scale commercial deployment of the ACCC InfoCore™ System was completed for Elia, on the upgrade of a 150 kV line near Mons, Belgium to serve an important new data center.
WCI: How do you view your prospects in the Indian market and the overview of the Indian transmission and power distribution grid network? What are your plans for expansion with regard to newer projects in different regions in the country?
HM: We are very pleased that the ACCC® Conductor has been selected by 20 state transmission utilities in India for upgradation of their transmission network ranging from 66 to 220 kV. In the last decade with the support of our authorized manufacturing partners, ACCC® Conductor deployments have expanded to 23 states of India through over 150 projects.
According to the data released by the Ministry of Power, India’s per capita consumption of electricity is 1181 kWh (as of 2018-19) which is barely one-third of the global average. India needs to increase its per capita energy consumption to increase its per capita GDP. We expect this to drive huge investments in T&D infrastructure across India which in turn would unlock upgrade/uprate opportunities for CTC Global, our manufacturing partners and our Utility customers.
In the last decade, our business was largely focused on state transmission utilities. Going forward, we expect to expand our focus to include distribution utilities, private grid operators and other commercial entities. Fundamentally, India remains a very important market for CTC Global.
ACCC® Installation on a 400kV line underway at Bangladesh
WCI: Delhi Transco Limited operates more than 860 circuit kilometers, out of which 214 circuit kilometers have been upgraded to ACCC® Conductors, and as per a recent announcement, one-third of overhead transmission grid of DTL is already using ACCC® Conductor. Please share your outlook on Delhi Transco Limited?
HM: In 2014, India’s capital city experienced several major power outages. As a result, the strengthening of intrastate transmission and distribution systems was given the highest priority by the Central and Delhi governments. The ambitious plans for system improvement for stable and reliable supply for Delhi included the upgradation of 220 kV lines with HTLS conductors. Since then, DTL upgraded 214 circuit kilometers of their 220 kV lines with ACCC® Conductor thereby improving the capacity, efficiency, and reliability of their network. Their most recent ACCC® Conductor upgrade was the 220 kV Gopalpur- Mandola line. Today, more than 30% of DTL’s overhead EHV network is operating with ACCC® Conductor.
DTL’s timely intervention to upgrade its network with efficient conductors is nothing short of an awesome achievement. This is inspiring transmission utilities around the globe to build more robust, resilient, and efficient transmission networks to help meet the energy requirements of bustling cities like Delhi.
WCI: While the ACCC® Conductor is deployed to increase the capacity and reduce thermal sag on highly congested transmission lines, it is also capable to help meet emission reduction initiatives of different transmission and distribution utilities. Please elaborate on this assertion and the ways through which you leverage the line loss reductions, reliability, and enhance efficiency?
HM: CTC Global replaced the structural steel core strands in conventional ACSR overhead conductors with a hybrid carbon-fibre core which is ~50 percent stronger and 70 percent lighter than steel. The lighter weight structural core allows the incorporation of approximately 28 percent more conductive aluminum without a weight or diameter penalty (using compact trapezoidal-shaped strands). This not only helps in increasing capacity but also serves to decrease electrical resistance and associated line losses. Reduced line losses not only reduce operating costs, fuel consumption, and associated emissions; it also frees-up generation capacity that is otherwise wasted. The ACCC® Composite Core also exhibits a coefficient of thermal expansion about ten times less than steel which serves to mitigate thermal sag.
The ACCC® Conductor’s improved efficiency was independently verified by SCS Global Services, a third-party lab that focuses on environmental issues. With T&D line losses in India well over 20%, these aspects offer huge advantages. The ACCC® conductor is easy to install, ideally suited for industrial, agricultural, and other corrosive environments and can handle very long spans due to its greater strength, and resistance to vibration and cyclic load fatigue.
We are very pleased that the ACCC® Conductor has been selected by 20 state transmission utilities in India for upgradation of their transmission network ranging from 66 to 220 kV.
WCI: Rapid industrialization and urbanization have resulted in increased power demand, putting additional pressure on power transmission networks. Why do you think upgrading/uprating the existing infrastructure should be preferred? What are the challenges and the benefits of reconductoring to upgrade the transmission lines?
HM: Upgrading/uprating transmission lines offer several important advantages. While reconductoring an existing line with ACCC® Conductor, for instance, can double the capacity of existing corridors, and, in many instances, avoid the need to build new corridors, it can also save a tremendous amount of time and money replacing or rebuilding existing structures.
The ACCC® Conductor’s ability to reduce line losses under any load condition also serves, as mentioned previously, to reduce fuel consumption and associated emissions while freeing-up generation capacity that is otherwise wasted. Additionally, did you know that typical thermal power plants use anywhere from 10,000 to 60,000 gallons of clean water per Megawatt Hour generated as they convert water to steam to run their turbine generators? It’s true. Reducing line losses also saves a huge amount of clean/filtered water.
Perhaps the most important aspect of increasing the capacity of existing (or new) transmission and distribution lines is the social benefit. We use electricity to pump water to grow crops, to light our homes and businesses; to power our cities and industry – which in turn creates jobs. In this modern age – in a global economy, without access to affordable and reliable electricity, we cannot build a healthy economy or compete on an international level. This is a key issue and CTC Global is very happy to offer part of the solution.
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WCI: What is the presence of the company in the EHV Transmission Lines across the world?
HM: Approximately one-third of all ACCC® Conductor deployed has been on projects in the 345 kV or higher range. CTC Global currently serves over 250 utilities in 60 countries, many of which operate EHV and UHV transmission lines. Some examples include a 386 circuit kilometer 345 kV reconductor project undertaken by American Electric Power in the US. This reconductoring project, which got completed while the line remained energized – served to double line capacity and reduced line losses by 300,000 MWh per year. This has also reduced CO2 emissions by ~200,000 metric tons per year – the equivalent of removing 34,000 cars from the road. It also saved more than 3.6 billion gallons of water per year, which is a very substantial advantage in a very arid region. Several other similar projects have been completed throughout Europe, Indonesia, and Bangladesh, to name a few. Specifically, the ACCC® Conductor was selected for the 500 kV Suralaya-Balaraja Line in Indonesia; the 400kV Patuakhali (Payra) – Gopalganj Transmission Line in Bangladesh; and as the critical ground line from the DC neutral busbar at the Guqiuan 1100 kV DC/AC Converter Station on the world’s longest (3,300 kilometers) Direct Current Zhundong – Huainan transmission line in China.
WCI: What are your growth plans for the coming years?
HM: CTC Global will continue to serve its customers as they work to build a more robust and efficient transmission and distribution system. We will continue to communicate with potential new customers and help educate young engineers and linemen. We will also continue to advance conductor technology that we believe will ultimately displace 100-year-old ACSR conductors.
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The installation is done with the support of Russia, informed the militia in the Kurds-the-high-castle. The troop movements to be coordinated with the militias in the city. The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had announced the expulsion of the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG from Manbij, the Offensive after the announcement of the withdrawal of American troops from Syria, but moved and says his approach in the country with his colleagues in Washington and Moscow to vote.
“The battle will begin soon,” said the spokesman of the National army, Jussef Hamud. The National army is a rebel group that is supported by Turkey. “What we can observe now at the Front, is the reinforcement of all forces to full readiness for the battle,” said Hamud.
Turkish foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said, according to the newspaper “Hurriyet” on Tuesday, Turkish troops would as soon as possible crossing the Euphrates river in an easterly direction. The area to the East of the Euphrates was so far as the Kurdish area of influence under the approval of the Americans. According to Cavusoglus America and Turkey have agreed that the YPG needs to withdraw completely from the town of Manbij, to the West of the Euphrates.
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Ohio coronavirus update: 4,450 confirmed cases, 142 deaths; National Guard to assist at Elkton prison
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Published: 1:37 PM EDT April 6, 2020
Updated: 6:24 PM EDT April 6, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio — After a rare off day on Sunday, Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, and Dr. Amy Acton held a briefing on Monday with the latest on the state's battle with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ohio Department of Health reports that there are now 4,450 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state. 142 people have died and another 1,214 have been hospitalized.
On Monday, Gov. DeWine announced that he will call out members of the Ohio National Guard to assist in helping stop the spread of COVID-19 at the federal prison in Elkton. Three inmates died last week.
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Ohio State Parks remain open, but the director can take action to enforce the orders that have been issued.
Ohio’s stay-at-home order still allows for essential businesses, such as grocery stores and pharmacies, to remain open. Citizens are permitted to leave their residencies for the following reasons:
DeWine also announced that six facilities in Ohio will be used as off-site medical facilities to help deal with the anticipated surge of coronavirus cases.
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Laurent Baheux was attracted to journalism and editing at first, rapidly discovering a passion for wildlife photography. He has always been fascinated by Africa. From 2002, during a visit to Tanzania, he began personal work on the wild fauna. From then on, he chose black and white, with its play of shadows, to immortalise rare and ephemeral natural scenes, constantly seeking to sublimate the animals, to capture the magnificence of their attitudes and the emotion of their gaze. His artistic career in black and white reached a turning point when he was nominated for the international Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 2007 in the “Creative Vision of Nature” category. Through a stylised aesthetic approach that stands out from traditional photography, Laurent Baheux magnifies the nature and wildlife he encounters, whether it be tigers, lions, giraffes, elephants, or migrating birds. ... Vedi di più Vedere di meno
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