In Hostility, Kagame Has Chosen Wrong Approach to Peace
By: Steve Mungereza
In a rather stunning but nonetheless unsurprising move, Rwanda President Paul Kagame has warned his fellow country men not to move to Uganda for any reason whatsoever. The move is the latest in a series of hostilities the southern border country has instituted towards her neighborly brother.
Many people of Rwanda rely heavily on Uganda for day to day supplies and even have relatives across the border. Uganda has played a big role in the history of Rwanda, hosting millions both during the 1950's and 1990's civil wars.
Many envoys from Uganda and abroad like DRC President have tried to end the cold war declared by Rwanda on Uganda to little avail.
Kagame deeply believes or wants people to believe that Uganda is hellbent on failing his regime. Uganda relies on market in Rwanda for it's exports. Why would it at the same time sabotage the same?
Rwanda also has a number of deep lying issues such as mistreatment of political opponents including one who recently died in a jail cell recently.
Rwanda has responded to her tainted human rights record by investing heavily in international events like the flopped CHOGM and just recently the Afro basketball sports competition. All which have been expensive ventures aimed at sports washing the regime but to little effect. Other like the Arsenal sponsorship have put a strain on the resources of one of the poorest countries in the world.
It is little wonder that many Rwandans have decided to flee in search of greener pastures across the border.
Kagame should therefore concentrate on the matters at home and not deflect his failings to other people. He should be in charge and take the welfare of his countrymen seriously.
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Thursday 16th January 2020, 00:05
Today, 16 January 2020, Edinburgh's only 50-metre pool, the Royal Commonwealth Pool, celebrates 50 years of 'serving' the city of Edinburgh. Edinburgh's Got Soul Choir will be kicking off the celebrations in full voice at 10 am, singing Happy Birthday, as Scottish diver, James Heatly, cuts a giant replica cake of the Commonwealth Pool, made by West Lothian Cake-tastic, with enough slices to feed 500 lucky customers. The candles will be blown out by 3-year-old Sophie Ramsay, youngest grand-daughter of Charlie Ramsay, 76 years, who was the first employee to be appointed at the pool in August 1969, where he worked latterly as the Lifeguard Training Manager until his retirement in 2006.
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London Bridge provides a road link between the City of London, by Monument, to Borough, south of the river.
There have been several bridges at this important crossing point and the current one was opened by the Queen in 1973. Construction on it began in the late 1960s and it was built directly alongside the previous bridge so that a crossing would remain open throughout the build.
Construction of the modern London Bridge alongside the previous bridge.
The previous London Bridge, which was known as the new London Bridge, was in use between 1831 and 1967. It was famously sold to the American Robert McCulloch and moved to Arizona in the USA. Legend has it that he believed he was buying Tower Bridge although this oft-repeated claim has been disputed.
That bridge had replaced the "Old London Bridge" which stood from early in the 13th century for over 600 years and was used for homes and shops as well as being a river crossing.
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Hero garda recalls moment she saved man drowning at night in River Nore, Co Kilkenny
'Even as a competent swimmer and as confident as I would be I got a shock going into the water over how cold it is'
Ciara Phelan
A heroic garda has told of her shock at the cold temperature of the water after she dived into a river to save a man from drowning at the weekend.
Garda Caroline O'Brien saved a young man's life during the early hours of Sunday morning after he was spotted in the River Nore in Kilkenny.
She said: "There was myself and two other guards on patrol, Jim McGuill and Aoife Doyle and Aoife spotted the young man who had gotten into the river.
"We were on duty going on Saturday night going into Sunday morning, it was about half past two.
"We went to the location but by the time we got there he had submerged into the water so it was a split decision, a very quick decision anyway as to what was going to happen.
"As it transpired I was the only swimmer there so it was down to me to go in.
Garda Caroline O'Brien (Image: KCLR 96FM)
Hero garda saves young man from drowning in the River Nore in Co Kilkenny
"The man was in great difficulty, he had submerged into the water."
The guard, who began training in Templemore in 2005 said despite being a competent swimmer, the freezing temperature of the water shocked her.
She said: "Garda Aoife Doyle and Jim McGuill were on the riverbank and they threw the lifebuoy in before I went it.
"I wouldn't say I was afraid at the time, I'm a competent swimmer and I've done water safety training all my life.
"By the time I got in, I was in a position to bring the lifebuoy along with me. He had gone out to the centre of the water at that stage.
"Somebody said to me it was 50 metres, I was shocked at the distance.
"I can tell you, the water is cold. And even as a competent swimmer and as confident as I would be I got a shock going into the water over how cold it is.
"It went with my breath. You wouldn't think with the temperatures we had last week it would be [cold]. The body can go into shock very quickly from the cold."
The brave garda brought the man in his 20s to safety and both of them were treated for mild hyperthermia at St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny. The garda was released a short time later.
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She told KCLR Live: "He [my husband] was very proud and everybody has been great in what they've said to me.
"The word hero has been thrown about, I don't see it like that I find it embarrassing.
"I think anybody in my position would have done the same thing."
The local garda said her skills in water safety came from a refresher course she did while training to be a guard and has recommended anyone that has the opportunity should complete a course.
She said: "I know people like to go for a swim this time of year but my advice would be in a split second water is one of the most dangerous things and situations can change very quickly.
"My advice to anybody is if you are in a position to do any sort of training, I'd highly recommend it. it doesn't have to be as part of my job, it could have been anybody down on the bank that night."
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Jay Chou Fans Claim Rare Social Media Victory Over Gen Z
The Taiwanese singer's mostly older supporters are reveling in their idol snagging the top spot on Weibo's 'super topics' list from 21-year-old mainland singer Cai Xukun.
Liang Chenyu
An epic generational clash waged on Chinese social media has come to a close, with the mostly older fans of 40-year-old singer Jay Chou declaring digital victory over the largely Gen Z followers of brash young vocalist Cai Xukun.
Early Sunday morning, a screenshot posted to Chou's official Weibo fan account showed the Taiwanese musician topping the platform's list of "super topics" — a type of Reddit-like community page. Cai, the 21-year-old mainland entertainer who formerly occupied the No. 1 spot, now trails in second place, with a lower tally of the abstruse "influencer power" that the site uses to determine the rankings.
"Beijing Time 00:30 on July 21, a record!" reads the text included alongside the screenshot in Sunday's post, referring to the exact time that Chou landed his highest-ever position in the rankings. "How strong is this No. 1?! We've achieved it."
The virtual rivalry between the two singers' camps began Tuesday, when a purported post by a user on Chinese social network Douban doubted the aging Chou's current star power. According to an overview of the affair written by Xiaosheng Bibi — a news-related public account on social app WeChat — the Douban user had openly questioned whether Chou truly had many fans at all.
"I've been seeing people saying that it's difficult to buy his tickets," reads a supposed screenshot of the now-deleted Douban post, referring to Chou. "But after I looked into it, I found that he couldn't even make it onto Weibo's super topic list."
In the days since the claim was first issued, it has ruffled the feathers of Chou's devoted followers. The singer has been a household name in the Chinese-speaking world since the release of his album "Jay" in 2000. Once described by a 2003 Time magazine article as Asia's hottest pop star, Chou has given fewer performances since his 2015 marriage.
But the singer's fans refused to take such an affront — even one issued by a random Douban user — in stride. Instead, many hoped to defy the Douban post by boosting Chou's place on Weibo's ranking of super topics, a feat that can be accomplished with enough posts and other activity on the platform. This goal, in turn, soon put the top-ranked Cai Xukun in their crosshairs.
The unlikely success of the campaign has inspired rejoicing among Chou's fans, with prominent public figures who support the Taiwanese musician declaring their satisfaction at overtaking the young upstart Cai.
"I joined the craze with a bunch of middle-aged and older people to help Jay Chou top the list," wrote Yue Shenshan, a well-known Beijing-based lawyer, in a Weibo post Sunday morning. Born in 1978, Yue poked fun at himself for being a member of an older generation warring against the teenagers and young adults that comprise the majority of Cai's fan base. But at the same time, he justified his participation in the online battle, which he says demonstrates the staying power of his beloved singer.
"As an old person, I needed to prove to the young generation that it's not because Jay Chou has no influence, nor because his fans are not passionate," Yue wrote, referencing common-sense explanations that might explain Chou's absence from Weibo's top rankings. "It's just they don't care about (social media) traffic."
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Junior League of Pelham services Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Service Fair
By Stella Winter, staff reporter
Pelham-On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Junior League of Pelham held their first event honoring Dr. King by having 16 of Pelham's productive organizations at the Pelham Art Center. The organizations at the service fair included The Danny Fund, Project Community (the Color Run organization), The Heart of Pelham and The Pelham Civic Association.These organizations told people how they have helped Pelham and how others can help as well. That's why this event happened. It was an opportunity for people to find their own place in these community projects.
"Over the past few years there had been some people asking in our community Facebook group what local volunteer opportunities there were and what people could do for the day," Amy Rios wrote. "The Junior League of Pelham wanted to do something in honor of Martin Luther King Day and were leaving it up to us to determine what it would be."
Stacy Gatto, the JLP Provisional Class Co-Chair added on to what Amy Rios said by saying, "It's been observed, that in our community, many people have been actively searching for ways to participate in this day of service. It seemed that the major barrier is often just not knowing where to start and how to become involved. Our fair hosted 16 local non-profit organizations. These organizations all came prepared with specific volunteer opportunities that individuals and families could sign up for. These opportunities will take place over the course of 2018.
At the fair, the organizations not only told people about their organizations, but they also encouraged children to follow their big dreams, even while they are kids. In the back rooms of the art center, the kids and volunteers that came to the event, connected over a table of arts and crafts.As you can see, these progressive organizations are very inspirational. You can see why the Junior League chose these organizations to come to the Art Center; they are perfect for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Stella Winter, Staff Reporter
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Fred Savage To Direct Martin Lawrence's CBS Pilot
By Kelly West published 6 March 12
"...You want someone to phone it in, you get Kirk Cameron. You want someone to be a savage you get Fred... Savage"... Or so said Fred Savage when he played himself in an episode of Happy Endings. From the sound of it, Martin Lawrence's CBS comedy pilot wants to be a savage. Or it wants one to direct it, anyway.
The Hollywood Reporter posted the news, stating that Savage has been tapped to help the Martin Lawrence comedy pilot for CBS. The multi-camera comedy stars Lawrence as a widower and father of two teens, who loses his job and decides to go to the police academy to become a cop (at 46 years old).
While Savage is well known as an actor, having played memorable roles in The Wonder Years, and films like The Princess Bride and Little Monsters, he has plenty of directing experience under his belt, particularly in recent years. His credits within the last year include episodes of 2 Broke Girls, Whitney, Happy Endings, and How to Be a Gentleman. And now it looks like he'll be steering the ship for the pilot, which could be Martin Lawrence's return to television if it ends up going to series.
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Saturday: If the National Enquirer was around in Galileo's day, it may have featured the headline: "Saturn has love handles; Opis leaves him for a much thinner Mars". When Galileo first observed Saturn through a telescope, he reported objects that looked like bulges on either side of Saturn's midsection. He was actually seeing Saturn's rings through less than ideal optics. Go to http://astronomy2009.nasa.gov/observe_mar.htm. for more information about Saturn. Go to two and a half fists held upright and at arm's length above the southeast horizon at 10 p.m. to see Saturn.
Sunday: Tonight's full moon is in the constellation Leo the lion. Because February is typically snowy month, some Native American tribes in the northeastern United States called the full moon in February the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes referred to how the harsh winter conditions affected their food gathering ability by calling the February full moon the Full Hunger Moon.
Monday: Saturn is one fist to the upper left of the Moon at 10 p.m.
Tuesday: It's getting dark. The last remnant of twilight has disappeared. Suddenly, you notice a large softly radiant pyramid of light in the western sky. The base of this ghostly triangle is along the west horizon and the peak stretches two or three fists above the horizon. It is not really a ghost. It is an effect called the zodiacal light. This light comes from sunlight reflecting off dust grains in our solar system. The effect is the most visible when the band of constellations called the zodiac makes a steep angle with the horizon. You need a clear dark sky with no haze or light pollution to see the zodiacal light. At its brightest, the zodiacal light rivals the light of the central Milky Way. Look for this light after twilight in the middle evening for the next few weeks.
Wednesday: How many stars can you see in the constellation Orion? From tonight through March 16, you can help answer that question. The organization called GLOBE at Night is looking for people all over the world to count how many stars they can see in the constellation Orion. Participants use star charts found at http://www.globeatnight.org/ to observe Orion and compare what they see to the charts. After making the observations, participants can go to the website and add their findings to those of thousands of other observers. The main goal of GLOBE at Night is to research the pattern of light pollution across the globe. A secondary goal is to increase interest in observing and awareness of the night sky. You can find Orion four fists above the southwest horizon at 9 p.m. In Orion, you'll see four of the 30 brightest stars in the night sky: Rigel, Betelgeuse, Bellatrix, and Alnilam.
Thursday: Tonight, the Central Washington University Astronomy Club will be putting on three planetarium shows at the Mary Grupe Center on the CWU campus. During the 45 minute shows, starting at 7, 8, and 9 p.m., the astronomy club will provide an overview of what's up in the sky as well as share constellation myths from a number of cultures. The Grupe Center is on coordinate G-12 on the CWU map at www.cwu.edu/newmap.html.
Friday: Mars is six and a half fists above due south at 9:30 p.m.
Saturday: In this, the 200 anniversary of the year of his birth, let's remember Abraham Lincoln: 16th president, person on the penny, and astronomer. Astronomer? Well, maybe not an astronomer, but someone who used observational evidence from the sky to solve a problem. In 1858, Lincoln defended Duff Armstrong, a family friend who was accused of murder. The prosecution thought they had a strong case because their primary witnesses claimed to have observed the killing by the light of the nearly full moon. Let's listen in on the trial courtesy of the 1939 film, Young Mr. Lincoln.
Lincoln: How'd you see so well?
Witness: I told you it was Moon bright, Mr. Lincoln.
Lincoln: Moon bright.
Witness: Yes.
(Dramatic pause as Lincoln reaches for something)
Lincoln: Look at this. Go on, look at it. It's the Farmer's Almanack. You see what it says about the Moon/ That the Moon… set at 10:21, 40 minutes before the killing took place. So you see it couldn't have been Moon bright, could it?
Lincoln used the known information about Moon rise and set times for August 29, 1858 as evidence in a trial. You may confirm Lincoln's findings on the Moon set time by going to http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.php, the US Naval Observatory website, and filling out Form A. For more information about Lincoln's "almanac trial", go to http://media.skyandtelescope.com/documents/Almanac_Trial.pdf.
Sunday: Tonight's first quarter moon is in the constellation Taurus. The open star cluster called The Pleiades is about a half a fist held upright and at arm's length to the right of the Moon at 7 p.m.
Monday: Avast ye matey. Swab the poop deck. Pirates love astronomy. In fact, the term "poop" in poop deck comes from the French word for stern (poupe) which comes for the Latin word Puppis. Puppis is a constellation that represents the raised stern deck of Argo Navis, the ship used by Jason and the Argonauts in Greek mythology. Argo Nevis was an ancient constellation that is now divided between the constellations Puppis, Vela and Carina. The top of Puppis is about a fist and a half to the left of the bright star Sirius in the south-southwest sky at 10 p.m. Zeta Puppis, the hottest, and thus the bluest, naked eye star in the sky at 40,000 degrees Celsius is near the uppermost point in Puppis.
Tuesday: Saturn is about three fists above the southeast horizon at 11 p.m.
Wednesday: Time to do a little word association quiz. I'll type a word and you say the first thing that comes to mind. Ice. Did you say "cold"? Okay. Sun. Many of you said "bright". Finally, galaxy. Hum, I bet you said "spiral". Although there are many types of galaxies, most people's image of a galaxy is a spiral galaxy. Many astronomers wonder how such stately, orderly-looking collections of stars could have survived the chaotic, collision-filled early universe. Two competing teams of astronomers have developed computer models to try and solve this puzzle. But, you don't need a computer to enjoy our own spiral, galaxy, the Milky Way. At 7 p.m., the Milky Way rises from the southeast sky, passes straight over head and disappears in the northwest sky.
Thursday: Mars is about a half a fist to the upper left of the Moon at 7 p.m.
Friday: Sirius, the brightest star in the nighttime sky, is two and a half fists above the south horizon at 9 p.m.
Saturday: According to Greek mythology, the beautiful princess Andromeda was chained to a rock next to the ocean. Cetus the sea monster was about to devour her in order to punish her family. It seemed that all was lost. But, along came the great warrior Perseus, fresh off his defeat of the evil Gorgon, Medusa. The only similarity between Andromeda and Medusa was that Andromeda caused people to stand still and stares at her beauty while Medusa turned people to stone because of her ugliness. (And, you thought you looked bad in the morning.) Even though Perseus' standing as the son of King Zeus and the slayer of Medusa was probably enough to win Andromeda under normal circumstances, Andromeda's impending death-by-sea-monster was not a normal circumstance. So, Perseus drove his sword into the sea monsters neck and killed it. In a little known addendum to the story, Perseus carved "Percy (heart symbol) Andi" in the rock, thus originating the use of the heart symbol as a substitute for the word "love".
You can find these lovers in the sky this Valentine's Day. Just remember it is rude stare – and you never know when you might turn to stone. First, find the Great Square of Pegasus at 7 p.m. between one and a half and three and a half fists held upright and at arm's length above the west horizon. The lowest star in Andromeda is the top star in the square. This represents Andromeda's head. Perseus is at her feet, nearly straight overhead. Mirphak, the brightest star in Perseus is about eight fists above the west horizon. Perseus' body is represented by the line of stars to the left and right of Mirphak.
Sunday: Give your sweetheart a ring for Valentine's Day. No, no, no. Don't break the bank. Show your sweetheart Saturn, the ringed planet. It is nearly three fists above the southeast horizon at 11:30 p.m.
Monday: Catch a glimpse of a Moon sliver this evening. The Moon will resemble a thin bowl pointing away from the Sun one fist above the southwest horizon at 6:30 p.m. You may notice that the entire Moon appears to be dimly lit. The bright crescent portion is sunlight that has bounced (reflected) off the Moon. The dim light of the rest of the Moon comes from sunlight which has bounced off the Earth and then off the Moon before reaching your eye back on Earth. This light is called earthshine.
Tuesday: The calendar may say February, but the late night sky is starting to say "summer triangle". Vega, the brightest star in the summer triangle rises at 10:30 p.m. By midnight, it is a little less than one fist above the northeast horizon. The Summer Triangle is a set of three stars that is visible high throughout most of the night in the summer sky.
Wednesday: Vesta, the second most massive asteroid in the main asteroid belt, is at opposition tonight. This means Vesta is at its brightest and closest point to the Earth in this orbital cycle. Even thought Vesta is the brightest asteroid, you'll still need binoculars to see it. First find Regulus, the brightest star in Leo and the bottom of the backwards question mark that represents Leo's head. It is five fists above the southeast horizon at 10:30 p.m. Algieba, the second brightest star in the region, is about a fist to the upper left of Leo. Put Algieba in the middle of your binocular field of view. Vesta will be a little to the right of the middle. Look to this portion of the sky for the next few nights. Vesta will be the point of light than moves from night to night. For more information about finding Vesta, go to http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/80433142.html.
Thursday: "Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday dear Pluto. Happy Birthday to you." Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto, the solar system object formerly known as a planet, on this day in 1930.
Friday: Mars is six fists above the southeast horizon at 9 p.m.
The Ellensburg sky for the week of 2/6/10
Saturday: Are you scared of snakes? Then don't look due east at 6:30 p.m. The pentagon-shaped head of Hydra the water snack is about one fist held upright and at arm's length above the east horizon. And, this is no ordinary water snake. It is the largest constellation in the sky, more than twice the size of Orion. Hydra's tail does not rise until after midnight.
Sunday: In 1985, the rock group Night Ranger released a song called "Goodbye". The lyrics from the song may typify our emotions for Jupiter this week as it gets lost in the glare of the setting Sun: "All this could be just a dream so it seems, I was never much good at goodbye." Say goodbye to Jupiter, a half a fist above the west-southwest horizon at 6 p.m.
Monday: Mars is four fists above the east horizon at 8 p.m. Less than half a fist to the lower right of Mars is the Beehive Cluster, an open star cluster of about 50 stars, all about 570 light years from Earth. The Beehive Cluster is a great object to look at through binoculars because it is big, taking up as much space in the sky as nine full moons.
Tuesday: Hydra is not the only long, squiggly constellation in the sky. Draco the dragon wraps around the cup of the little dipper. The head of the dragon is one fist above due north at 7:30 p.m. Eltanin, the brightest star in the constellation, is at one corner of the trapezoid-shaped head of Draco. Eridanus the river starts next to Rigel, the bright star in the lower right corner of Orion, and meanders down below the south horizon. Rigel is three and a half fists above due south at 7:30 p.m. That means at 7:30 tonight, there are long, squiggly constellations in the lower northern, southern and eastern sky.
Wednesday: The forehead of a lion is about to get smacked by an asteroid. Vesta, the brightest asteroid is moving through the night sky toward the bright star Algieba, located in the head of Leo the lion. First find Regulus, the brightest star in Leo and the bottom of the backwards question mark that represents Leo's head. It is five fists above the southeast horizon at 11 p.m. Algieba is about a fist to the upper left of Leo, the second brightest star in the region. Put Algieba near the top of your binocular field of view. Vesta will be near the middle. Look to this portion of the sky for the next few nights. Vesta will be the point of light than moves from night to night. For more information about finding Vesta, go to http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/80433142.html.
Thursday: If you have a small telescope, or even a good pair of binoculars with a tripod, you can improve on Galileo's initial discovery of Saturn. And, if Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Museum of History and Science in Florence, is correct, Galileo's poor eyesight may have influenced his initial judgment of the ringed planet. Galileo thought that Saturn had an inflated side and not spherical. British and Italian scientists want to exhume Galileo's body to test his DNA to determine the extent of his vision problems. Find Saturn using your good eyes nearly two fists above the east-southeast at 10 p.m.
Friday: Saturn is a little more than one fist above the east horizon at 10 p.m.
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Stock market news: December 5, 2019
Emily McCormick
Yahoo Finance December 5, 2019
Stocks ended a choppy session higher Thursday as investors considered mixed commentary around U.S.-China trade prospects.
Here's where markets settled Thursday at the end of regular trading:
S&P 500 (^GSPC): +0.15%, or 4.68 points
Dow (^DJI): +0.1%, or 28.01 points
Nasdaq (^IXIC): +0.05%, or 4.03 points
10-year Treasury yield (^TNX): +2.1 bps to 1.802%
Gold (GC=F): +0.07% to $1,481.20 per ounce
On Thursday, President Donald Trump said trade negotiations with China were "moving along well," according to Bloomberg. This compounded with positive remarks on Wednesday, when Trump told reporters from a NATO meeting in London that discussions were "going very well" with China, according to Reuters.
Beijing, for its part, corroborated the more upbeat sentiment, with Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng saying at a regular weekly briefing Thursday that Chinese negotiators remained in "close contact" with their U.S. counterparts. Gao reiterated, however, that a phase one trade deal should include some reduction in tariffs, according to Bloomberg.
Negotiators have 10 days before additional tariffs on about $156 billion worth of Chinese goods are set to take effect, as previously announced by the Trump administration. Earlier this week, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross suggested the administration would go ahead with these further levies in absence of an agreement with Beijing by Dec. 15.
Separately, oil prices added to Wednesday's gains as members of OPEC and allied nations (OPEC+) met to discuss their plans for output next year. Members of the cartel, who are set to meet in Vienna, Austria on Thursday and Friday, are expected to agree to deeper production cuts for next year from their current level of reduction of 1.2 million barrels per day, which expires at the end of March. Thursday morning, Bloomberg reported that the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee of OPEC was recommending a reduction of 500,000 barrels per day.
The oil minister of Iraq had said earlier this week that he and other nations would support a cut to production for next year of around 400,000 barrels a day. Brent crude oil prices, the global benchmark, rose to more than $63 a barrel, while domestic crude was unchanged at $58.43 a barrel from Wednesday at settlement.
Over the past two years, OPEC+ has steadily pared back output in order to offset rising production in non-allied nations like Brazil, Norway, and the U.S., where shale oil output has boomed.
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EARNINGS: Tiffany sales sink in home market, Slack tops expectations
Slack (WORK), the newly public workplace messaging software company, delivered stronger than expected third-quarter results. However, its outlook for billings – which reflects its software sales to new customers, renewals and added sales from existing customers – disappointed the Street.
The company's third-quarter loss per share was 2 cents on revenue of $168.7 million, better than the 16 cent loss per share on revenue of $156.2 million expected, according to Bloomberg data. Slack ended the quarter with more than 105,000 customers, up by 30% over last year.
For the full year, Slack expects to see billings of between $745 million and $760 million, with the midpoint of this range coming below the $754.3 million expected. But Slack also raised full-year sales guidance to as much as $623 million, up by $13 million on the high end of its previous range. It expects an adjusted loss per share in the fourth quarter of as much as 7 cents, in-line with expectations.
Tiffany (TIF) posted disappointing third-quarter results as North American sales weakened further for the jeweler. The company recently announced it was set to be acquired by French luxury retail giant LVMH (MC.PA).
Third-quarter earnings per share were 65 cents on net sales of $1.01 billion, below the 85 cents a share on sales of $1.03 billion expected. Comparable same-store sales in the Americas sank 4% during the quarter, or worse than the decline of just 0.9% expected. Tiffany attributed this mostly to lower spending by foreign tourists, as well as some softness in local customer spending.
Asia remained a strong geographic segment for the company, however, with Asia Pacific comp sales rising 1%, and sales in Japan jumping 14%, versus a 3.8% gain expected. Comp sales in Europe also unexpectedly rose 4%, where a decline of 0.7% was expected.
Dollar General (DG) raised its full-year earnings guidance and posted accelerating sales growth and shrugged off some of the tariff concerns that plagued peer discount retailer Dollar Tree in its most recent quarter.
Dollar General's net sales totaled $6.99 billion, rising 9% over last year and beating expectations for $6.92 billion. Third-quarter earnings per share were $1.42, or 4 cents above expectations. The company raised its full-year adjusted earnings guidance to as much as $6.65 a share, versus a previous outlook for as much as $6.60 a share.
ECONOMY: Jobless claims unexpectedly decline to lowest level since April
New unemployment claims fell by 10,000 to 203,000 for the week ended November 30, the Department of Labor said Thursday, in a strong final report on the U.S. labor market ahead of the "official" monthly November jobs report Friday.
Thursday's print marked the lowest number of new jobless claims since mid-April. Consensus economist had expected initial jobless claims to rise to 215,000 for the week, according to Bloomberg data.
Continuing unemployment claims, however, rose more than expected to 1.693 million for the week ended November 23. Consensus economist had expected this to come in at 1.66 million, from an upwardly revised 1.642 million the week prior.
The U.S. trade deficit shrank to the narrowest level since May 2018 in October as trade with China slumped further, the Commerce Department said Thursday. The overall trade deficit came in at $47.2 billion for the month, versus the $48.5 billion expected. September's trade deficit was revised slightly to $51.1 billion from $51.5 billion reported previously.
October's decline in the deficit was driven by a 1.7% drop in imports, eclipsing a slight 0.2% decline in exports. Consumer goods imports were the main contributor to the drop, and merchandise imports from China fell 4.8% over the previous month to $35.3 billion. Exports to China sank 17%. The overall U.S. trade deficit with China declined to a seven-month low of $27.8 billion, seasonally adjusted.
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Long-Term Symptoms of COVID-19: One-Year Follow-Up Study
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic started in late 2019, causing a huge global disease burden [1]. Belonging to the family of coronaviridae, severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been identified as the culprit behind this pandemic, causing significant morbidity and mortality [2]. The acute presentation of COVID-19 ranges from asymptomatic infection to mild flu-like symptoms from which most patients recover successfully; however, it can cause pneumonia leading to sepsis with life-threatening outcomes, particularly in the elderly population. [3].
In addition, persistent and prolonged symptoms, termed as long COVID, have been reported in several patients who recovered from the acute phase at different intervals. According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the definition of long COVID is the presence of signs and symptoms that develop during or after an infection consistent with COVID-19, continuing for more than 12 weeks, and are not explained by an alternate diagnosis [2]. These include weakness, myalgias, sleep disturbances, shortness of breath, loss of taste and smell, headaches, physical and psychological disturbances, and cognitive impairment [4,5]. Moreover, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been reported to decrease in 51-62% of COVID-19 survivors after three to six months [6]. Raised titers of antibodies against SARS, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), and avian influenza A virus (H7N9) have been observed to be present for 12 months [7]. However, there has been largely unclear data regarding the full range of long-term sequelae of COVID-19 patients.
The symptoms may decrease in frequency over months after recovering from the acute phase of COVID-19 but due to the alarmingly increased number of COVID-19 patients, its long-term outcomes are now an increasing concern and hold huge importance in managing and preventing poor hence affecting the quality of life and survival outcomes.
From July 2020 to December 2021, long-term research was conducted in the COVID-19 unit of a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. After receiving informed consent, 2000 patients who had recovered from COVID-19 and had been discharged were included in the study. Consecutive convenient non-probability sampling was employed as the sampling approach. The ethical review board gave its permission before the subjects were enrolled. Their symptoms were recorded in a self-structured questionnaire at the time of discharge. Participants were told that they will be approached again after a year to inquire about their symptoms.
At follow-up after 12 months, participants were called on the given phone number and inquired about their symptoms. For those who did not receive the call, a minimum of three times were tried to reach out to them. A total of 511 participants were lost to follow-up. Only participants who completed follow-up were included in the final analysis.
Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) v. 22.0 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, New York, United States). Frequency and percentage were calculated for categorical data. Mean and standard deviation were calculated for numerical data. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
A total of 1489 participants completed the study. The mean age of participants was 43 ± 10 years and the mean length of hospital stay was 4.1 ± 1.1 days. The final analysis included 801 (53.8%) males and 688 (46.2%) females. The inflammatory markers at discharge are mentioned in Table 1.
Characteristics at the time of discharge Frequency (%)/Mean ± SD (n= 1498)
Age (in years) 43 ± 10
Male 801 (53.8%)
Female 688 (46.2%)
Length of hospital stay (days) 4.1 ± 1.1
ESR at discharge (mm/h) 11.2 ± 3.9
CRP at discharge (mg/L) 11.1 ± 2.7
LDH at discharge (IU) 317.2 ± 89.2
1: Characteristics at the time of discharge
CRP: c-reactive protein; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; mg/L: milligrams per liter; mm/h: millimeters per hour; SD: standard deviation.
At the time of discharge, the most common symptom was fatigue (26.93%), followed by dyspnea (20.34%), muscle pain (8.86%), and headache (7.52%). Other symptoms at the time of discharge are mentioned in Table two.
Symptoms Frequency (n= 1489)
fatigue 401 (26.93%)
Dyspnea 303 (20.34%)
muscle pain 132 (8.86%)
Headache 112 (7.52%)
insomnia 110 (7.38%)
Anosmia 29 (1.94%)
Ageusia 28 (1.88%)
altered vision 20 (1.34%)
dizziness 19 (1.27%)
Confusion 18 (1.20%)
2: Frequency of symptoms at the time of discharge
The most common symptom on follow-up was fatigue (6.78%), followed by dyspnea (4.56%). Among the neurological symptoms, headache was most common (1.34%), followed by insomnia (1.14%). Other symptoms at the time of discharge are mentioned in Table 3.
fatigue 101 (6.78%)
Dyspnea 68 (4.56%)
muscle pain 27 (1.81%)
Headache 20 (1.34%)
insomnia 17 (1.14%)
3: Frequency of symptoms at follow-up
The rapidly rising number of reported cases with persistent COVID-19 symptoms after the remission of original infection brings about huge attention to a term called "Post-COVID Syndrome (PCS)". A cohort study observed that severely ill patients during hospital stay had an increased risk of lung diffusion impairment, radiographic abnormality, and muscle or limb pain than those with less severity of symptoms. [8]. PCS can range from mild symptoms like insomnia, general myalgia, fatigue, and dry skin to severe neurological, cardiopulmonary, and musculoskeletal disorders, including stroke, heart failure, myalgic encephalomyelitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome [9,10].
Our study reported the rates of acute and long-term symptoms consistent with COVID-19 after a thorough analysis during the discharge of previously confirmed COVID patients and then after a year of follow-up. According to our study, fatigue (26.93% vs. 6.78%), dyspnea (20.34% vs. 4.56%), and muscle pain (8.86% vs. 1.81%) were noticed to be among the most common symptoms present on the discharge day as well as on one-year follow-up in COVID-19 patients recovered. Headache has also been found to be a frequent complaint among sufferers that goes along for a more extended period of time, ie 7.52% on discharge and 1.34% after a year. A study reported dyspnea and fatigue to be the most common acute symptoms that are often associated with joint or chest pain [11]. In addition to these general symptoms, the involvement of major organs like the heart, lung, and brain, causing myocardial inflammation, myocarditis, cardiac arrhythmias, interstitial thickening and fibrosis, headache, vertigo, encephalitis, seizures, major mood swings, and brain fog [12,13]have been reported with cases of end-organ damage [14].
Another online survey conducted by the British Medical Association among healthcare professionals reported that a third of doctors claimed that they have seen and treated patients with symptoms they believe to be the long-term effect of COVID-19, including muscle fatigue, anosmia, and concentration difficulties [15]. However, arthralgia and diarrhea persisted in more than 40% of PCS patients [16]. In a meta-analysis, 15 studies stated fatigue as a common symptom of long COVID, with a pooled analysis indicating fatigue and dyspnea to be reported by 38% and 32% of the people, respectively. [17]. Up to 59% of patients showed persistent chest computed tomography abnormalities at a mean of 3.8 months follow-up [17].
The involvement of neuropsychiatric sequelae by viral pathogens has always been a highlight when discussing long-term complications and persisting symptoms in COVID-19 recovered patients. [13]. Ample shreds of evidence with neurological deficits and cognitive decline have been reported in a large population after overcoming the primary COVID infection that can affect the overall well-being and can seriously threaten cognitive health and mental function. [18]. Most of the previous literature, to date, has defined headache, vertigo, and chemosensory dysfunction like anosmia and ageusia to be the most common long-term neurological symptoms to persist after COVID-19 infection [13]. This strongly supported the results of our studies that show the headache to persist in about 1.34%, anosmia in 0.8%, and ageusia in 0.53% on post-COVID follow-up.
Besides clinical symptoms, studies have also brought some light to emotional and behavioral concerns and general distress that comes with the social distancing, isolation, and COVID-related stigma that puts the patient at great risk of depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, and other psychological disturbances , including suicidal behavior [19,20].
According to a study, 87% of the COVID patients recovered, and persistence of at least one to two symptoms was observed in 32% of the patients while the rest demonstrated three to four symptoms after two months of recovery [21]. Commonly observed symptoms were fatigue (53%), low HRQoL (44.1%), dyspnea (43%), and arthralgia (27%) [21]. Other long-term serious consequences are dysregulated sleep-wake cycle, cognitive impairment, profound unremitting anergia, and chronic relapses of exhaustion together termed "post-exertional malaise" [22,23]. Any such persisting symptom after recovery from SARS-CoV-2 should be seriously considered and treated as they may reflect severe post-COVID syndrome [24]. Of the severely ill patients, 59.4% showed symptoms that persisted for more than 30 days, whereas it was 14.3% in patients with mild to asymptomatic infection [25]. This strongly suggested the correlation between the severity of the infection and the development of long-term complications.
Our study was underpowered to identify the factors and other underlying comorbidities that can have a direct correlation with the development of long-term complications in COVID-19 recovered patients. Though, we do identify the most common symptoms present on the discharge day, and their persistence rate after a year. The symptoms were self-assessed rather than focused on measured via any validated scale. This stratification elucidates "short term" and "long term" COVID-19 symptoms. Despite our strengthful population-level survey, our study limits our potentiality to anticipate the association of long-term complications with the severity of the infection.
As our experience with this virus continues to grow, our understanding of both short-term and long-term complications of infection with SARS-CoV-2 is growing continuously. By thoroughly assessing the patient's condition, symptoms present on the discharge day of COVID recovered patients and then following them after a year gives us the information about the persisting symptoms. Knowing all the previous data and literature, we strongly emphasize discussing and exploring further knowledge on the post-infection syndrome, with an aim to bring healthcare professionals' attention to the importance of handling COVID patients, their counseling, warning for alarming signs, and a long-term follow-up with necessary investigations and treatment. In order to achieve that, healthcare planning, resource allocation, and the role of a multidisciplinary team of professionals are vital; post-COVID-19 rehabilitation programs and centers should be set up and easily accessible in different areas where COVID was widely spread. In this manner, patients will be closely monitored and provided with necessary measures to combat the after-effects.
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p2pdma in Linux kernel 4.20-rc1 is here!
Written by Stephen Bates
On Sunday November 4th 2018 Linus Torvalds released the first candidate for the 4.20 Linux kernel and it includes the upstream version of the Eideticom Peer-to-Peer DMA (p2pdma) framework! This framework is an important part of the evolution of PCIe and NVM Express Computational Storage as it will allow NVMe and other PCIe devices to move data between themselves without having to DMA via CPU memory.
What is a P2P DMA?
In Figure 1 we illustrate the difference between a legacy DMA copy between two PCIe devices and a P2PDMA copy.
Figure 1: A legacy DMA vs a P2PDMA. The P2PDMA avoids the CPU's memory subsystem and can avoid the CPU entirely when PCIe switches are used.
p2pdma transfers bypass CPU memory and instead uses PCIe memory provided by one (or more) of the PCIe devices in the system (e.g., NVMe Controller Memory Buffer (CMB) or PCIe BAR). A P2P capable Root Complex or PCIe switch is needed (note the AMD EPYC processors have very good p2pdma capability). This p2pdma path has not been enabled in Operating Systems (OSes) until now.
P2pdma offers the following advantages over the legacy path:
DMA traffic avoids the CPU's memory subsystem which leaves that memory bandwidth available for applications.
In systems with many PCIe devices the CPU memory subsystem can become the performance bottleneck. p2pdma avoids this problem.
With good system design p2pdma performance can be scaled linearly as more devices are added with no risks of bottlenecks occuring.
In most systems the latency of the DMA is improved.
Why do NVM Express and p2pdma play well together?
NVM Express SSDs are PCIe End Points (EPs) with a very well defined interface to the host CPU. NVMe EPs have the capability to support a new optional feature called Controller Memory Buffer (CMB) and this can be used as the PCIe memory for p2pdma. In the upstream kernel any NVMe SSD with a CMB that has Read Data Support (RDS) and Write Data Support (WDS) capability will register that memory against the p2pdma framework and can be used by other PCIe EPs for DMAs.
Our Eideticom NVMe NoLoad™ has a large and high performance CMB which we therefore leverage in p2pdma to move data into and out of our acceleration namespaces
Digging deeper into the p2pdma API
I could write a section going through the API for p2pdma but instead I can refer you to the excellent article by Marta Rybczyńska on lwn.net that covers this topic.
p2pdma currently works well on Intel and AMD CPU platforms and with additional patches we can get it up on ARM64 [1] and RISC-V [2]. We also have a simple p2p copy application which we use a lot for debug and performance testing [3] and fio also has support for using p2pdma memory via the iomap flag [4]. We also added support for NVMe models with CMBs a while back to the upstream QEMU [5].
[1] https://github.com/sbates130272/linux-p2pmem/commits/pci-p2p-v5-plus-ioremap
[2] https://github.com/sbates130272/linux-p2pmem/tree/riscv-p2p-sifive
[3] https://github.com/sbates130272/p2pmem-test
[4] https://github.com/axboe/fio/blob/master/HOWTO [see iomap mapshared option]
[5] https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/b2b2b67a0057407e19cfa3fdd9002db21ced8b01
In some ways, getting the p2pdma framework upstream is just the beginning. Right now only one driver acts as a p2pmem donator (the NVMe driver) and one one driver acts as a consumer and orchestrator (the nvmet driver for RDMA based NVMe over Fabrics).
We have already been approached by several developers interested in getting their PCIe devices added to the framework (e.g. GPGPU and FPGA companies). It is possible p2pdma can be the basis for a legitimate upstream version of GPUDirect for example, which has failed to be accepted for several reasons over the years.
Currently p2pdma is only consumable in-kernel. An out-of-tree patch exists to expose p2pmem to userspace but we need to decide on a upstreamable approach for user-space soon.
Using p2pdma to enable NVMe device to device copies (i.e. Xcopy) has already been discussed at several Linux events and could be a prime candidate for another orchestration driver for p2pdma.
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Dr. Usman W. Chohan is an international economist and academic who was one of the founding Directors of CASS, serving as Director of Economic Affairs & National Development. He is among the Top 10 Business Authors (out of 12,000 authors) on the Social Science Research Network, which is the largest open repository of knowledge in the world. He has authored four books in the past four years: (1) Public Value & Budgeting: International Perspectives, (2) Reimagining Public Managers: Delivering Public Value, (3) Public Value and the Digital Economy, (4) Pandemics and Public Value Management. In the academic realm, his research has been cited widely, as for example in the World Trade Organization, the European Parliament, the National Bureau of Economic Research, IEEE, and the OECD, among many others, and Dr. Chohan has testified before various authorities based on his technical expertise. He is also the President of the International Association of Hyperpolyglots (HYPIA), whose membership consists of the speakers of six or more languages worldwide. Dr. Chohan's forthcoming fifth book is titled Activist Retail Investors and the Future of Financial Markets (co-edited), while his forthcoming sixth book is titled Public Value and the Post-Pandemic Society.
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My employee has a mental health issue – what do I do?
Earlier this month The West Australian reported "the Federal Government has boosted youth mental health funding by $110 million to extend the life of a series of programs across the country." At a time when our governments are under increased financial scrutiny, why are they choosing to increase spending on mental health and why should you, as an employer, be taking note?
As an employer you have a duty of care to protect the health and wellbeing of your workers and despite the fact that four million Australians suffer from a mental illness every year, a Minster Ellison survey found that 60% of organisations do not have policies or procedures in place to identify key risk factors and 74% do not have a formal policy or procedure for managing mental health issues in their workplace. When we consider that 56% of survey particifpants reported a year-to-year increase in the number of cases involving mental health, the lack of active workplace strategies indicate that appropriate management of these issues is an area many businesses struggle with.
Heather Warner Principal of Perth based HR consultancy WCA Solutions commented: "Whilst it is relatively straightforward to provide protocols and appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to ensure the physical safety of your workers, many employers are finding it much harder it to ensure the mental health and well-being of their workers."
Here we provide the four key questions you need to ask, and answer, to better promote positive mental health practices in your business.
1. How can I support my staff and mitigate against mental health issues?
Creating a framework for internal mechanisms to identify and discuss mental health concerns is a good pre-emptive strategy. It supports positive discussion, and encourages people to raise concerns before they escalate. This could involve measures such as promoting flexible work practices, and improved screening at the recruitment stage with a view to ensuring alignment of role requirements with candidate capability.
Identifying factors in the workplace which may contribute to mental health issues is also recommended. Some high risk aspects to be mindful of are, increased stress and/or fatigue, which was identified as the biggest risk factor by 66% of participants, followed by workplace change or job security at 31%. So, ensuring you have appropriate staffing levels in place as well as introducing necessary workplace change with measured and sound change management practices will mitigate these risks.
2. Are my managers capable of dealing with a mental health issue in the workplace?:
Ensuring that your mangers are properly trained in how to deal with employee issues can promote an environment where staff feel more comfortable coming forward. More importantly the business will benefit from improved interactions with staff in general and where mental health is concerned.
Training modules, personal stories, and management strategies that may assist in this area have been developed by Beyond Blue and are available through Heads Up (headsup.org.au)
3. What can I do when a staff member is experiencing mental health issues?
Upon discovering a staff member is dealing with a mental health issue, deciding what to do is often difficult and you may be unsure of the best course of action to assist and support that person while also ensuring that business objectives continue to be achieved.
Having a framework and procedures in place is important as it provides a guide on how to respond to mental health issues in the workplace, however each instance should be treated on a case-by-case basis, to ensure that staff experiencing these issues are treated as individuals, and that the best possible outcome is achieved. Heather Warner shared some personal insight…
"… a staff member was experiencing severe mental health issues, providing more flexible work hours as well as access to some psychiatric assistance, eventuated in a beneficial solution for everyone. However, in some cases ultimately the employee may no longer be "fit" for the role and it may be more beneficial for the mental health of the employee to move to a different role or out of the business."
4. What are the benefits of improving my business's mental health framework?
A PWC study found that mental health issues have a substantial economic impact on Australian workplaces, approximately $11 billion per year. This comprises $4.7 billion in absenteeism, $6.1 billion in presenteeism (reduced productivity when at work) and $146 million in compensation claims. (PWC, "Creating a mentally healthy workplace, return on investment analysis", March 2014.)
A 2014 study carried out by Beyond Blue and PwC showed that for every dollar spent on successfully implementing an appropriate mental health action there is on average $2.30 in benefits in terms of reducing in absenteeism, increased productivity and reduction in workers compensation claims (Minster Ellison).
Whilst businesses need to remain profitable and efficient, most managers and business owners want to provide a supportive, flexible and enjoyable workplace for their staff. Given the prevalence of mental health issues within workplaces and across the wider community and the associated costs, it clearly makes good business sense to develop appropriate awareness of mental health within your business and underpin this with sound policy and procedures, ensuring managers are adequately trained to have the necessary conversations and manage mental health situations when they arise.


6.5mm Mannlicher Schoenauer
The 6,5x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer cartridge is a civil version of an old military round. Greece decided in 1903 to use this rimless version of the rimmed 6,5x53R Mannlicher round, used since 1892 with the armies of Netherlands and Romania. The round was used in a bolt-action rifle, constructed by Ritter von Mannlicher, called "Mod. 1903".
The civil version of this rifle was the "Mannlicher-Schoenauer GK", which was produced until the 1970s by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG in Austria. The Mannlicher Schoenauer GK and the famous Mannlicher-Schoenauer GK carbine with it's 46 cm (18") barrel, often used by hunters in the Alpen mountains in southern Germany (Bavaria) and Austria, were the only civil rifles chambered for the 6,5x54 M.-Sch.
The small but effective round was used by the european hunters even for big game like the european red deer. Karamojo Bell used a 6,5x54 carbine for brain shots on hundrets of elephants.
The traditional bullet for the 6,5 is the 10,3g (160 gr.) round nose soft point. Effective range is approx 160 m with this bullet. All 6,5mm/.264" bullets could be used.
Factory ammunition is still produced by Hirtenberger of Austria.
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"We all stand to gain": accompanying Indigenous Peoples and local communities towards secure tenure
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In mid-2020, as the coronavirus pandemic sent societies and economies all over the globe into lockdown, urban informal labourers found themselves suddenly jobless, and unable to feed their families. As the fragility of the world order was shockingly exposed, Indonesian partners did the unexpected: they loaded trucks and pick-ups with surplus harvests from their tenured territories, and sent them towards organised labour networks in the big cities, to support those who had been left with nothing.
Similarly in India, when the factories closed without warning, millions were welcomed back and cared for in their villages. Throughout the world, Indigenous Peoples and local communities cared for each other where states failed, with everything from healthcare and protective equipment, to information, food and shelter.
Such solidarity is nothing new: as communities, through their stewardship of each other and of the natural world, their protection of forests on which the health of our planet depends, and their courage as land defenders against illegal incursions and habitat destruction, Indigenous Peoples and local communities have already been tested.
Sadly, up to now, this is not valued, nor adequately financed. In the last decade, according to research by Indufor, a leading forest consulting firm, tenure rights and forest management projects have received just 1% of all funding for climate mitigation and adaptation: that's a paltry US$260 million per year.
The Rights and Resources Initiative estimates that US$8 billion could scale up tenure rights across 24 tropical countries. In the last decade, financing for strengthening land tenure has totalled a mere 3% of this figure.
Where funding does exist, and despite years of credible work defending forests, these funds rarely go directly to indigenous and local organisations. This needed to change: a dedicated financial mechanism was requiredto help structure larger and direct funding supporting strengthened land rights and governance initiatives carried out by indigenous and local organisations. This also prepares these organisations for engaging with thewider community of donors, partners, investors.
"I hope 2021 can be a turning point, with more donors, NGOs and governments committing to sustained financing, respectful and regenerative partnerships with indigenous and local organisations working to strengthen land rights."
- Nonette Royo, Executive Director, the Tenure Facility
The Tenure Facility is designed to break new ground. Over 80% of our funding goes to indigenous and local organisations to support their visions and amplify their expertise. This has been done side by side with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. We are building trust-based and equitable relationships with our partners. They are shaping policies and designing projects that are appropriate to them, and their worldview. In just five years, our partners have achieved the titling of over 3.5 million hectares of land and forests, advanced collective tenure security over more than 11 million hectares of land and forest and strengthened protection over 2.4 million hectares of forest categorised as a reserve for Indigenous Peoples living in voluntary isolation or initial contact, benefiting approximately 4 million people.
As we all look forward towards an expected post-pandemic economic recovery, this sense of solidarity will be tested once again. Amidst what is likely to be fierce competition for funding and attention, how can humanity "build forward" better, to create a more just and sustainable world, where rights are respected, and nature valued? How can we all face the huge challenges posed by climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, injustice and marginalisation with new zeal, open-mindedness and humility?
I hope 2021 can be a turning point, with more donors, NGOs and governments committing to sustained financing, respectful and regenerative partnerships with indigenous and local organisations working to strengthen land rights.
There is real urgency: without their rights to land, territory and resources, Indigenous Peoples and local communities could literally lose ground, and with it their ability to shape and model the future on territories that are integral to their own culture's existence as well as all humanity's survival. The loss of these lands inevitably tips communities into poverty and dependence, dries up generations of traditional knowledge, and with it, vital forestlands and natural habitats, which are crucial to meeting international environmental commitments to limit global warming.
We can avoid this. I remain hopeful that far better times lie ahead, and I am sure we can get there faster if we work together with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. They are the environmental guardians and the rightsholders of their ancestral lands. By accompanying them, we all stand to gain.
Nonette joined the Tenure Facility as an Executive Director in October 2017. She is a lawyer, and a specialist for Indigenous Peoples, natural resources and land rights in South East Asia, with over 25 years experience.
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Does the Va. GOP really believe the governor supports infanticide? 'You saw the tape.'
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The executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia, John Findlay, crashed a press conference held by Gov. Ralph Northam on abortion legislation last year (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)
Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted he never thought he "would see the day America had government officials who openly support legal infanticide."
President Donald Trump weighed in from the Oval Office. "Do you remember when I said Hillary Clinton was willing to rip the baby out of the womb? That's what it is, that's what they're doing, it's terrible."
A headline from The Federalist, capturing the zeitgeist of coverage that's dominated conservative media outlets, reported "Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Just Called For Legalizing Murder of Newborn Babies."
But it's easy to toss bombs from a distance. Is that really what Republican leaders in the Capitol, who lit the match that set off the firestorm, believe Northam, a pediatrician, was saying when he offered a clumsy explanation Wednesday of how a nonviable or severely deformed fetus might be handled at the end of a pregnancy?
Yes, said Republican House Speaker Kirk Cox, who has known Northam for years and stood with him last month ringing bells for the Salvation Army in front of a Sam's Club.
"Words have meaning," he said during a Thursday morning press conference. "You saw the tape. I mean, he was very clear in what he said and I think that was very disturbing.
'My bill would allow that'
Thursday was day three of a maelstrom debate that began when Republicans shared a video of Del. Kathy Tran, D-Fairfax, defending a bill that would reduce the number of doctors required to approve a late-term abortion from three to one, among a host of other provisions easing abortion restrictions.
The reaction had less to do with the content of the bill — it's been filed before with no controversy — and everything to do with Tran's response to an extreme hypothetical presented by House Majority Leader Todd Gilbert, who asked her if it would allow an abortion while a woman was in labor.
She first explained the decision would be made by the woman and doctor. Pressed again by Gilbert, she said: "My bill would allow that, yes."
Tran said in a statement she was caught off guard by the tenor of the questions because the legislation had been presented before. "I wish I was quicker on my feet and I regrettably misspoke," she said.
Northam was drawn in Wednesday morning when he was asked about the controversy during a radio appearance. He said he thinks at least two doctors should approve a late-term abortion. But first, he drew on his medical background to describe what might transpire in cases in which a fetus has severe deformities or is otherwise non-viable.
"The infant would be delivered," he said. "The infant would be kept comfortable, the infant would be resuscitated, if that's what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother."
Video of the exchange has been viewed more than four million times on Twitter and the story has rocketed around conservative media, including a segment on Fox & Friends on Thursday morning with Gilbert under the chyron "VA PROPOSES LAW ALLOWING ABORTION AT 40 WEEKS."
Republican House Majority Leader Todd Gilbert appeared on Fox and Friends on Thursday morning.
Republicans eager for election-year debate
Cox and his colleagues in the House are seizing on the comments as a winning issue in an election year where they're defending a one-seat majority. While Northam and Tran say their remarks are being willfully misinterpreted, Cox and other Republicans are framing them as rare moments of honesty that shows what Democrats will do if they win control of the House later this year.
"I mean, the comments from Del. Tran, it's basically an abortion almost to the time of birth," Cox said. "I think that's what the agenda is. I think the true agenda came out this year a little bit early for them, and that's a good thing, because we need to have this debate."
Pressed once again as to whether Republicans "sincerely" believe Northam is in favor of infanticide, House leaders doubled down. "The fact that any physician, any Godfearing human being, would do anything other than try to breath life into that child is abhorrent to many of us," Gilbert said.
A reporter cut in: "But do you think Gov. Northam would watch a baby die? Is that what you're saying?"
"The speaker has answered your question," Gilbert said.
'Desperation can be ugly'
At his own press conference later in the day, Northam stood with Attorney General Mark Herring and House Minority Leader Eileen Filler-Corn. He said he doesn't regret his comments and that if Republicans want to make this an election year fight, Democrats will win.
"The new political strategy of the Republican Party is to score points any way they can," he said. "There is a stark choice, and Virginians time and again have chosen to support women and their reproductive health. These tactics from Virginia Republicans will not change that."
Filler-Corn invoked Republicans' much-lampooned transvaginal ultrasound legislation from 2012 and a proposal to require women who suffer miscarriages to report it to police. "These are just some of the legislative proposals that we've seen in the General Assembly over the last decade," she said.
The strongest words came from Herring, who has already announced he intends to run for governor.
"Desperation can be ugly," he said. "And what we've seen from Republicans over the last few days has been desperate, and it has been ugly."
He said Cox "has taken his caucus completely off the deep end, accusing Gov. Northam of infanticide, which would be laughable if it wasn't such a grotesque and abhorrent claim. He has dedicated his entire life to the welfare of children."
Gov. Ralph Northam, backed by Democratic members of the House of Delegates and Attorney General Mark Herring, held a press conference Thursday to respond after Republicans accused him of advocating for infanticide. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)
Actual policy governing late-term abortions is lost in furor
The nuance of the underlying policy debate has been almost wholly lost amid the outrage over the graphic descriptions of a hypothetical woman seeking an abortion moments before birth — a scenario physicians say is totally detached from reality.
Abortions at any point during the third-trimester are rare, and the Virginia Department of Health says there have been no confirmed late-term abortions in in Virginia in the past three years, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Under current law, women are allowed to seek abortions after the second trimester only if three physicians conclude "the continuation of the pregnancy is likely to result in the death of the woman or substantially and irremediably impair the mental of physical health of the woman."
Tran's legislation reduces the number of physicians required to approve the procedure to one and eliminates the words "substantially and irremediably."
Pro-choice advocates say the restrictions are politically motivated and women's doctors should be permitted to perform abortions for any valid medical reason. Likewise, they say the requirement that three doctors sign off an abortion is medically unnecessary government interference in women's healthcare decisions.
Republicans said removing the language "substantially and irremediably" would "allow for many procedures that would meet the new, lower, meaningless standard."
Cox and Gilbert both refused to say whether they support the current laws governing third-trimester abortions or believe they should be tightened.
Northam, meanwhile, declined to opine again Thursday on whether he supports the bill, saying it's already been tabled for the year.
"I think all of us would agree that we are always willing to look at legislation, make improvements, have a discussion … but these comments that have been made, these questions have been asked have been nothing more than political points."
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