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During the rest of the war the 29th Division clawed its way into western Germany. The men missed Hitler's Ardennes offensive, but by keeping up pressure on their own sector of the line freed other units to counterattack and defeat the Germans' last threat. In the spring the Blue and Grey finally broke through, capturing a number of cities and thousands of prisoners. Munchen-Gladbach fell to the division on 1 March 1945 which then found itself supporting other American forces mopping up resistance in Germany's industrial heartland, the Ruhr "Pocket." This operation involved little combat as everyone realized that the war was about to end. On 24 April the 116th became the first unit in the 29th Infantry Division to reach the Elbe River where the Americans halted to await their Russian allies advancing from the east. The first Soviet unit (5th Guards Cavalry Division) reached the 29th's sector on 2 May. The following day Brig. Gen. Sands, Division Artillery commander, crossed the river to greet them. Wars End With Germany's surrender the men of the Blue and Grey moved west again to assume occupation duties in the region around the ancient city of Bremen and its port, Bremerhaven, where they remained until it was time to ship home. The first, departing on Christmas day 1945, included the divisional band, the 116th Infantry and the 111th Field Artillery aboard the S.S. LeJeune and John Schueitzer. The Division was demobilizied and inactivated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, on 17th January 1946.

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TomT Tue, 05/31/2016 - 6:31am Game of Thrones – The Recent Saudi Coup 9/11 families lawsuit al-Hayat Catherine Shakdam Ibn Saud King Fahd King Faisal King Khaled King Saud Mohammad bin Nayef Mohammad bin Salman Prince Ahmed Prince Alwaleed prince bandar Prince Khaled Prince Miteb Prince Muqrin Prince Saud Prince Sultan Prince Turki Robert Baer Saudi Coup Sudairi Turki al-Faisal Ulema The coup in Saudi Arabia becomes timely with the current renewed media attention about the 28 Pages. There is no doubt that a transition is taking place in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s internal struggles for power have been likened to HBO’s “Game of Thrones”. Unlike Western royal families, the Saudi Monarchy has not had a clearly defined order of succession. Within recent years, an ongoing Saudi coup is starting to take shape. Many internal elements are involved. Factions and vested interests exist not only among the Royal Family, but within the culture, religion, finance, corporations, demographics and their values, fiefdoms, clans, age groups, etc. Also, in the context of the World’s stage where nations and corporations struggle to survive or dominate, there is an additional complex global array of events and scenarios often veiled by the many factors involved. These influences can range from local wars and turmoil, to foreign relations, to the international financial system, to oil, to covert operations and more. (Note: The word “clan”, such as the “Sudairi clan”, is used in the video. “Clan” refers to each of the 22 or 24 wives of the founder of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud. Ibn Saud died in 1953. The Kings of Saudi Arabia have been a son from one of the different wives or “clans” of Ibn Saud.) King Salman’s palace coup and the Saudi royal politics – (15 minutes)(May 2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqb0D_KSfg wildbill Thu, 11/26/2015 - 1:21pm The First Transparent and Unbiased Computer Modeling of WTC 7 Today I’m thrilled to officially announce AE911Truth’s most important project in our nine-year existence: a two-year computer modeling study of World Trade Center Building 7’s destruction. WTC 7 Evaluation is a two-year study by Dr. J Leroy Hulsey, Chair of UAF's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and two Ph.D. research assistants. It is being crowd-funded through the nonprofit organization Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth. Before you read any further, I invite you to watch our short WTC 7 Evaluation Video on WTC7Evaluation.org and meet Dr. Leroy Hulsey, the principal investigator of this study. Visit: www.WTC7Evaluation.org wildbill's blog carbon Sat, 03/21/2015 - 2:54pm Canada's "Anti-terrorism" Bill C-51: University of Saskatchewan Presentation haper profunc There is an urgent need to respond to Prime Minister Harper's rushed "anti-terrorism" legislation as it will strip the liberties of countless Canadians. The following presentation by A. Zuberi, Director of the award-winning documentary 9/11 in the Academic Community , addresses this important issue confronting Canadians at the University of Saskatchewan. Saying No to Bill C-51: Questioning the State as the Provider of Security Presentation Summary: carbon's blog Orangutan. Mon, 12/16/2013 - 2:32pm Terrorism: It Could Be Anyone Now Posted on December 16, 2013 by Kevin Ryan This weekend I ran across a random copy of The Wall Street Journal and decided to see what passes for mainstream news these days. Reading it reminded me of the striking amount of terrorism propaganda being foisted upon the U.S. public. The numerous terrorism-related stories in that weekend edition of The Journal painted a confused and contradictory picture that reflects a difficulty in keeping the American public focused on terrorist threats and increasingly suspicious of their fellow citizens. The weekend edition included five major stories about terrorism, including a shooting at a Colorado high school, the release of video from a hospital massacre in Yemen, and a review of how the Sandy Hook victims’ families are coping. In the most prominent spot, at the top left of the front page, readers found an alert for a major expose covering the Boston bombers. The fifth story was about the arrest of a Wichita man for plotting to blow up aircraft with a homemade bomb at the airport. The new, Wichita story provides a good example of the challenges facing the FBI and corporate media in ongoing efforts to stoke the public fear. The suspect, like others in the last few years, had no previous history of terrorist activity and the FBI did everything for him. Terry Lee Loewen was an avionics specialist at a private company working at the Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita. Allegedly, he tried to drive his car, loaded with explosives that the FBI had helped him make, onto the tarmac to cause “maximum carnage and death.” This man, whom neighbors called quiet and “normal” was supposedly working for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Adam Coate Mon, 01/28/2013 - 9:30pm NYPD Muslim Spying Lawsuit Moves Forward illegal spying Adam Coate's blog Adam Coate Sun, 01/27/2013 - 2:42am Businessman gets 35-year prison sentence for his role in Mumbai terrorist attacks in 2008 pakistan isi Adam Coate Sat, 01/26/2013 - 12:50am Clinton Terror Testimony Forgets '93 Bombing "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave senators a thoughtful argument this morning in favor of helping French troops in their mission to help stabilize the government in Mali, arguing that the United States has to act in advance to protect the American homeland. But she forgot two important event in making her case. "People say to me all the time, well, AQIM hasn't attacked the United States. Well, before 9/11, 2011, we hadn't been attacked on our homeland since, I guess, the War of 1812 and Pearl Harbor. So you can't say, well, because they haven't done something, they're not going to do it," she said. "This is not only a terrorist syndicate; it is a criminal enterprise." That's not entirely accurate. The World Trade Center in Clinton's adopted home state of New York was bombed in 1993 when her husband was president of the United States. In addition, although it was homegrown terrorism, most people would agree that the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing was also terrorism on the homeland". http://abcnews.go.com/m/blogEntry?id=18292769 Abby Fri, 11/02/2012 - 1:05pm Staged Terror, Fukushima Crime Syndicate, Conspiracy Reality breaking the set underwear bomber On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to NYU professor and author of 'Fooled Again', Mark Crispin Miller about voting fraud, 911 and how the term 'Conspiracy Theory' shuts down objective debates. Abby then speaks with Kurt Haskell, Congressional Candidate for Michigan's 7th District, about his experience on the flight with the Christmas day Underwear Bomber that completely contradicts the government's narrative. BTS wraps up the show with a look at the intertwined relationship between the Japanese Yakuza crime syndicate and the nuclear energy industry in Japan. LIKE Breaking the Set @ http://fb.me/BreakingTheSet FOLLOW Abby Martin @ http://twitter.com/AbbyMartin Abby's blog David Slesinger Fri, 10/19/2012 - 10:24am Battles Over Government Secrecy Dominate 9/11 Hearings 9/11 Hearings Classified Evidence Government Secrecy Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Military commissions http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daphne-eviatar/battles-over-government-s_b_1974460.html?view=print&comm_ref=false This is the print preview: Back to normal view » The definition and use of classified information, and the public's right to hear it, is proving to be one of the most important issues arising in pre-trial hearings in this historic September 11th terrorism prosecution. With only two of the defendants actually in the courtroom on Wednesday (the others elected not to come), lawyers from the government, defense, ACLU and 14 media organizations over the last two days have argued vehemently over whether the government is properly classifying information -- particularly the memories and experiences of the defendants, who were subjected to the CIA's classified "enhanced interrogation" program. Even if it is deemed classified, argue the ACLU and news organizations, it still has to meet a strict First Amendment standard for the court to lawfully prevent the public from hearing it. The First Amendment only allows the closing of a courtroom, argued ACLU lawyer Hina Shamsi and media lawyer David Schulz, if it will "cause grave harm to national security." "The government fails utterly to explain how it has a legitimate interest, let alone a compelling one, in suppressing information about a CIA coercive interrogation and detention program that was illegal and has been banned by the president," the ACLU says in its brief to the court. The issue is important, both for the public's right to know what its government did and for the legitimacy of this historic trial. As Schulz told the court yesterday: "Nothing is likely to shape the public perception of the fairness of these proceedings more significantly than the way the court handles this request for a protective order." The current proposed order, he said, "covers things that quite clearly can't credibly constitute a threat to our national security." David Slesinger's blog Abby Sat, 10/06/2012 - 12:47pm Free Thinking Soldiers Now Terrorists? Brandon Raub Abby Martin on Breaking the Set: US Army deems free thinking soldiers who post on social media potential "terrorists" who might kill their co-workers. Abby Thu, 09/27/2012 - 7:44pm Breaking the Set: Anthrax Attacks Inside Job fearmongering On the second half of this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin looks back at the anthrax attacks in the United States 11 years later, destroys the government narrative about the attacks and takes a closer analysis of the subject with an interview with Media Roots Journalist, Robbie Martin. David Slesinger Fri, 07/20/2012 - 8:19am Teens who lost loved ones to terror unite at Mass. camp project-common-bond september-11 tuesdays-children us-news http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/19/12829367-teens-who-lost-loved-ones-to-terror-unite-at-mass-camp Charles Krupa / AP Habiba Abubakar of Nigeria, right, talks with psychologist and faculty member Yaron Prywes while attending the "Common Bond" summer camp in Newbury, Mass., on July 18, 2012. Teens from across the world who lost loved ones due to terrorism gathered for the 10 day camp to share their feelings, insights and a chance to be the world's next generation of international peacemakers. Abubakar lost her father during the Jos religious riots in 2010. Teens from across the world who lost loved ones due to terrorism have gathered at a Massachusetts boarding school for a 10 day summer camp to share their feelings and reach out to peers who have suffered similar losses, The Associated Press reports. Project Common Bond, which is now in its fifth year, is part of the New York-based nonprofit Tuesday's Children, which helps families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Children on 9/11, Marines 10 years later Abby Tue, 05/29/2012 - 1:06pm The 9/11 Propaganda Archive: How Scared Should You Be? MEDIA ROOTS — A pair of internet archivists who call themselves 'Neuro Linguistic Programming' have uploaded Part Two of US corporate media print publications from the immediate days and weeks following 9/11. The duo plans to post multiple full issues of Time and Newsweek as well as other timely magazines that are filled with blatant fearmongering and propaganda about terrorism. Following 9/11, news media accelerated at an amazing rate, and most companies soon adopted internet versions of their paper or magazines. Before this was commonplace, many interesting pieces of information printed about that day most likely were never reprinted again–due to false information or just abandonment by the propagandists. As we know, many government narratives and unfounded claims about 9/11 were re-printed without any journalistic investigation. Abby Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:02pm Abby Martin and Sibel Edmonds on RT TV Sibel Edmonds The Obama administration has the worst track record when it comes to prosecuting whistleblowers. Obama once claimed he'd work hard to have a transparent government, but many have faced retaliation for revealing controversial government information. Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator and government whistleblower, waited 340 days for FBI clearance of her memoir but finally released it on her own, without any redactions or approval. It indicts high treason and intentional deception in the highest levels of government. Edmonds, founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, joins Abby Martin in the RT studio to discuss. twitter.com/abbymartin Media Roots Radio – FBI Staged Terror Plots, Bin Laden Death Victory Lap fake plots ploy MEDIA ROOTS – Abby and Robbie Martin discuss FBI entrapment: how every "foiled" terror plot has either been facilitated or completely orchestrated by the US government, the gross misuse of taxpayer funds and the morality of entrapment methods; the anniversary of Bin Laden's death: the multiple reports of his death prior to the final report, the continuous alternations of the original narrative and government propaganda surrounding the death, Obama's victory lap at Bagram and corporate media cheerleading about the killing; cyber terrorism and CISPA; the hope for humanity's future: the need to shift our consciousness outside of the current paradigm, reinstate the enormous power that we all have to take charge of our minds and instill a better, more enlightened future.

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Home » Blogs » Charles Gaba's blog » UPDATE: Monthly ACA Exchange Effectuation, 2013-2017 UPDATE: Monthly ACA Exchange Effectuation, 2013-2017 A couple of days ago, Trump's CMS division of the HHS Dept. released a Q1 2017 ACA exchange effectuation report. This should have been of mild interest to data geeks like me but not especially controversial...except that, as I noted at the time, they played fast & loose with which enrollment/payment data they did and didn't include. As a result, the report made it look like post-open enrollment attrition was dramatically worse in the first quarter of 2017 than it was in previous years. Instead, when you match up the data to match prior years, it looks like the retention rate as of March is actually pretty much exactly the same, or potentially even slightly better. However, this does raise the question of just what sort of retention/attrition rate is (or should be) normal in the individual market. I've therefore cobbled together the hard data I have for month-to-month effectuation data from CMS, along with my own estimates based on enrollment and payment trends, to come up with the following chart that compares monthly effectuation in exchange policies across all 4 years: 2014, 2015, 2016, and the first two months (not three!) of 2017. The numbers are below, followed by the graph: Here's what the CMS report tried to make it look like: In 2014, effectuations didn't ramp up and peak until around May, because of the 6-month official enrollment period and the fact that the massive technical problems at launch in October 2013 caused OE1 enrollment to be massively back-loaded, requiring an extra 2-week "overtime" period to be tacked onto the end. As a result, OE1 didn't officially end until April 15. Since enrollees who sign up in the first half of the month aren't actually effectuated until the first day of the following month, that meant a huge jump in effectuations starting May 1st (around 6.7 million). They actually continued to rise slightly through August...followed by a gradual net attrition throughout the year, ending with around 6.3 million still enrolled as of the end of December, for a monthly average of around 5.5 million people vs. the 8.0 million who had actually selected policies during open enrollment...a ratio of 68%. In 2015, the massive technical improvements, shorter open enrollment period and the fact that over 6 million people were already enrolled in exchange policies and thus could easily be renewed (either actively or passively) meant that effectuated enrollment ramped up much more quickly. OE2 ended on 2/15 (plus a 1-week "overtime" period), hitting 10.2 million in March, rising slightly more in April and then gradually dropping off to around 8.8 million on 12/31/15. 2015 averaged roughly 9.4 million monthly enrollees vs. the 11.7 million who selected plans during open enrollment...a far better ratio of 80%. In 2016, the start and end dates of the open enrollment period were moved back by 2 weeks each, but it was otherwise pretty close to 2015, and both the enrollment and monthly effectuation/attrition pattern followed pretty closely as well: Peaking at 10.8 million in March (although last year's CMS report claimed it was 11.1 million?), then a gradual monthly fade-out to 9.1 million. Monthly average: 10.0 million, or 79% of the OE3 selections, pretty much in line with 2015. For 2017, of course, we only have 2 months of data so far...but it appears to be starting out slightly better than last year even though the total number of QHP selections was half a million lower. I may have to adjust this as further data/clarification comes in from CMS in the future, but my guess is that when all the March effectuation data is added in, it'll peak at roughly 10.9 million for March, then slide down throughout the year, ending at roughly 9.2 million in December. The monthly average will likely be something like 10.1 million people. Of course, you can argue about how bad ending the year with 28% fewer people than officially signed up is anyway, but the point is that 2017's rates don't appear to be starting off any worse than the prior years, and may even be slightly better. UPDATE: Well I'll be damned. PolitiFact decided to follow up themselves on this, including contacting CMS directly for clarification, and guess what? In 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services looked at who made payments through the end of February. That is a full month shorter than the year before and out of step with the March 1 start date for many policies. (Some news reports said the figure was as of March 15, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service looked at payments made only through the end of February.) We asked why the federal agency changed its reporting timeline and did not get an answer. In other words, my suspicions were accurate...as is my graph above: That 10.3 million figure refers to how many were effectuated as of February, not March.

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# Video) # Davido # Funke Akindele # kezzyb # Lord Of Ajasa # Buhari 501 Xclusive The Soul of Entertainment Inside Naija 501 Xclusive Show Artiste Profiles Album/EP Chopstix f. Yung L – “Sample” Jhybo – “Cardi B” Lord Of Ajasa – “Legendary” ft. Bolaji Soft x Wizkid – “Money (Remix)” Jimoh X Yubskie- Yanga Recover your Lose KEZZY B- NNEKA KEZZY B- IFEOMA $9.6billion Judgment Debt: How Former CJN Helped P&ID To Defeat Nigeria 501xclusive 4 months ago NNPC Towers It did not matter that he was providing an expert legal opinion against his country whose judiciary he once headed. It did not matter that Nigeria stood to lose the case on account of his testimony, neither did it matter that offering such service to a foreign company was illegal. All that mattered, it seems, was money. PREMIUM TIMES can today confirm that a key legal argument the British firm, P&ID Limited, used in securing the humongous arbitral award of $9.6 billion (N3.2 trillion) against Nigeria was provided by former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Alfa Belgore. Acting as a legal consultant, Mr Belgore, head of the Supreme Court between 2006 and 2008, painstakingly analysed Nigeria’s laws, exploited its shortcomings and cited case laws for the benefit of the firm. In August 2019, the UK’s Business & Property Courts granted P&ID’s request to enforce a 2013 award against Nigeria by a three-member arbitration tribunal. The tribunal relied on the Arbitration Act 1996 (England and Wales) and the Nigerian Arbitration and Conciliation Act 2004. The amount standing against Nigeria is about 20 per cent of the country’s foreign reserves, and if executed, the consequences will be unpleasant for every Nigerian, Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed said. Lawyers say the case presented a clear conflict of interest, and more importantly, that Mr Belgore violated the constitution by choosing to offer his service to a P&ID. Section 5 of the Fifth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution prohibits former presidents, vice presidents, Chief Justice of Nigeria, governors and deputy governors from working for foreign companies or enterprises. Mr Belgore’s legal advice to P&ID Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) accuses the Nigerian government of breaching a 2010 gas contract agreement. Based on that allegation, the UK tribunal accepted Mr Belgore’s opinion with two members of the tribunal – Lord Hoffman and Sir Anthony Evans – ruling that the British Virgin Island firm is entitled to $6.6billion in damages plus interest until the amount is paid. A third member – Nigeria’s Bayo Ojo – gave a dissenting opinion, saying P&ID should be paid not more than $250million. PREMIUM TIMES has obtained full details of the advice provided by Mr Belgore to rubbish the Nigerian government’s defence in the suit. In the written legal advice offered to P&ID, Mr Belgore, who is still a member of the National Council of State, a key advisory body to Nigerian presidents, specifically admitted that he was working for a foreign company. “I have been instructed on behalf of Process and Industrial Developments Limited (“P&ID”), a company incorporated in the territory of the Virgins Island (“BVI”), to prepare a statement addressed to the Arbitral tribunal in answer to the questions put to me by P&ID in connection with this arbitration,” he wrote. Justice Alfa Belgore: By working for P&ID, the former CJN violated the constitution He further explained that he was providing the legal opinion for the benefit of P&ID’s solicitors, Harcus Sinclair LLP, which had provided him with the preliminary objections, the Memorandum of Understanding between P&ID and the government, and a copy of the gas supply and processing agreement between P&ID and the government. He explained that he considered several legal texts, statutes and case reports as well as evidence to prepare the report which he admitted will be used in arbitration against Nigeria. “This report has been prepared solely for the use of this arbitration,” he said. “I understand that the report will be made available to the Arbitral Tribunal, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and their respective legal advisers and other witnesses or experts.” After affirming that he was competent to give the legal advice in the case as well as stand as an expert witness, he explained that two questions were posed to him: “Whether or not the Ministry lacked legal and/or contractual capacity to validly enter into the GSPA as alleged, and whether or not the GSPA is void as a result.” “Whether or not the claimant failed to comply with the provision of section 54 of the Companies and Allied Matter Act, Cap C20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 (“CAMA”), as alleged and if so whether the GSPA is void and /or affected by illegality, as a result.” He then presented extensive legal arguments to puncture the defence by Nigerian government lawyers. Summarising his response to the first question Mr Belgore said, “In my opinion, the Ministry entered into the GSPA as an organ of Government. As such the GSPA is binding on the Government and the Ministry is correctly named as a defendant in its capacity as an organ of Government.” On the second questions, he said, “In my opinion there was no breach of section 54 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act because: (i) a separate Nigeria corporation was set up on 21 July 2006, in compliance with section 54; (ii) in an event, P&ID was not “carrying on business” by entering into the GSPA; and (iii) even of the execution of the GSPA had constituted “carrying on business” within the meaning of section 54, the Ministry has waived its right to rely upon section 54 and/or is estopped from so relying.” Even after he stepped down as chief justice, Mr Belgore remained a powerful figure within the Nigerian government. He is a member of the National Council of State, an organ of the Nigerian Government that advises the executive on policymaking. He is also the chairperson of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage, Nigerian National Honours Award Committee and Central Working Group of Nigeria Vision 20:20.20. Some commentators wonder why a man who remained so deeply connected with the Nigerian government would provide help for an adversary of the same administration. A constitution violation — Lawyers react Lawyers who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES said Mr Belgore was in clear violation of the Constitution for working for P&ID and should be prosecuted in accordance with the law. “The Constitution does not define what employment means, I have gone back to the Interpretation Act, the Interpretation Act is also quiet. But my sense is this: it is a simple straightforward interpretation,” Abdul Mahmud, an Abuja-based lawyer, told PREMIUM TIMES. “They are prohibited from service and employment from foreign companies. I think by virtue of Section 5(1) of the fifth schedule of the Constitution, he is barred. He is prohibited from doing any work for foreign companies or enterprises, P&ID is not a Nigerian company, is not registered in Nigeria. So, it is a foreign enterprise.” He said the matter transcends the morality of a former chief judicial officer of the country working against the interest of the country. But rather a legal and Constitutional matter and should be treated as such. “If you look at Subsection 2 of Section 5, it specifically mentions the office of the President, Vice President, Chief Justice of Nigeria, Governor and Deputy Governor of a state. But the operative section is Section 1. Section 1 says retired public officers who have held officers to which this paragraph applies. And Section 2 explicitly states the offices which include the Chief Justice of Nigeria is in breach of section 5(1&2) of the Fifth Schedule Part 1 of the Constitution.” He said Mr Belgore should be made to face trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal as specified by law. “So, he can be hauled to the Code of Conduct Tribunal. It is a breach. And only the Code of Conduct Tribunal has exclusive jurisdiction over matters devolving around Code of Conduct. It is no longer a moral question; it is a Constitutional and legal question.” He, however, said with the widespread impunity in the country he was not hopeful that the law would be allowed to take its course. “It is very strange,” Mr Mahmud continued. “We operate in a country where people infract on the law and there are no consequences. It is a practice that we see everywhere today in our country because public institutions responsible for protecting the health of our Constitution are not performing their roles. I won’t be surprised if Belgore is taken to the Code of Conduct tribunal people will throw up all sorts of shenanigans, be ethnic, be it, class, etc. That is our country.” Ezenwa Nwagwu, a lawyer, and the Chairman, Partners for Electoral Reform (PER), said Mr Belgore’s PI& action reflected the character of the Nigerian political elites. “What you are dealing with is the character of the Nigerian ruling elites. They expect patriotism from other people but in every way, they are driven by greed,” he told PREMIUM TIMES on the telephone. He said despite Mr Belgore being in clear violation of the Constitution he may not be made to face the consequences of his action. “In clear violation of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers, will there be any sanction? Will those who have the responsibility to deal with the issue deal with it? They will still waive it the way they waive every other thing. “But basically, in line with what you have read, there is no argument to whether he has violated or breached the Code of Conduct by rendering service to a foreign company after holding office as the highest judicial officer of the land. There is something not sitting well about that,” he said. Mr Belgore could not be reached to comment for this story. When this reporter dialled his known telephone line, a man who identified himself as a staff of the former CJN said his boss could not be reached for comment. When asked if the reporter should send questions via SMS, the staff member requested to know what the question was about. When told, he said there was no need to send text messages to Mr Belgore about the matter. Mr Belgore holds Nigeria’s second-highest award, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). In 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him the Chairman of the Committee on National Honours Award. As a former CJN, he is a member of the Nigerian Council of State, which is chaired by the incumbent president, is made up of past Presidents and Head of States of the country, former CJN, President of the Senate, Speaker of House of Representatives and all governors of the 36 states of the country, the minister of Justice and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. By working for PI& , the former CJN violated the Constitution) Posted in Inside Naija, NewsTagged #$9.6billion Judgment Debt: How Former CJN Helped P&ID To Defeat Nigeria 501xclusive President Buhari Leaves For Burkina Faso For ECOWAS Counterterrorism Summit Sat Sep 14 , 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari departs Abuja today to attend a one-day ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Extraordinary Summit on Counter-Terrorism, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. His vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo will head to Zimbabwe to participate in the state funeral for the late former President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. 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Veteran actor Tele Samad dies Saturday, 06 Apr, 2019, 03:31 Hesk Report- 06 April 2019 : Veteran actor Tele Samad, who entertained his fans for four decades with his unique style of comedy, has died at Square Hospital in Dhaka. He breathed his last at around 11:30am on Saturday at the age of 74, confirmed hospital authorities. Tele Samad had been suffering from old-age complications for the past few years. He had a bypass surgery in the USA in 2017. Samad returned to Bangladesh in September the same year after recovery. He was hospitalized twice in October and November. On October 20 last year he had an emergency surgery on his left toe. Tele Samad was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital in Dhaka on December 21 last year. Earlier, he was at the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of Square Hospital. However, the hemoglobin count in his blood had fallen, and as a result he was transferred to a cabin in the BSMMU. A fan-favorite actor and lovable comedian, Abdus Samad was born in Munshiganj in January 8 of 1945. He adopted the name Tele Samad as his movie career began to take off. His debut movie was “Kar Bou,” directed by Nazrul Islam and released in 1973. Samad studied at the fine arts department of Dhaka University, and had a talent for music. He was the music director of the movie 'Mona Pagla.' Tele Samad’s fame skyrocketed after his movie 'Nayanmoni' was released.” His most memorable movie is “Paye Cholar Poth,” and his was a playback singer in more than 50 Bangladeshi flicks. Tele Samad’s final acting performance was the movie Zero Degree, directed by Animesh Aich.

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Harford DistrictFinanceJames West Endowment Orphaned at age six and afflicted with tuberculosis, James E. West never had much of a childhood. West had to fight for permission to attend school outside of his orphanage—and only if he did his extensive orphanage chores before and after school. Nonetheless, he finished high school in two years, graduating with honors in 1895. By 1901, he’d worked his way through law school and was practicing law in Washington, D.C. Given those circumstances, it was not surprising West gravitated toward children’s issues. When a young boy stole his car, he declined to press charges, offering instead to represent the boy in court (he got him off on a technicality). This incident led West to lobby successfully for the creation of a juvenile court. He also worked for the Washington Playground Association and the YMCA and prompted President Theodore Roosevelt to convene a White House Conference on Dependent Children in 1909. Given his background, West became a natural choice to serve as the first Chief Scout Executive. He agreed to take the job for up to six months and stayed on for 32 years. How to Become a James West Fellow A gift to a local council, designated by the donor to the council endowment fund, qualifies for membership as a James E. West fellow. The gift must be in addition to— and not replace or diminish—the donor’s annual Friends of Scouting support. A minimum gift of $1000 in cash or marketable securities qualifies for the Bronze level membership. Donors may make cumulative gifts to reach Silver, Gold, and Diamond member levels. For example, 5 years of giving at the Bronze level would qualify for Silver level membership. Many individuals and corporations make these gifts either on behalf of someone else—such as in honor of an Eagle Scout, Silver Beaver recipient, a retirement, a special accomplishment, or anniversary—or in memory of a special individual. $1000+ Silver $5,000+ Gold $10,000+ Diamond The donor fills out the James E. West Fellowship Application and returns it to the Baltimore Area Council. C/O Jeff Lewis 701 Wyman Park Drive Click Here for the James West Application

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Features & tech Enrico Gasparotto diary May 21: A second rest day May 19: Overcoming obstacles May 11: A bad day May 10: Off to a good start Markus Eichler diary June 4: I made it! May 31: Mountains can be good! May 30: The suite life May 25: Hangin' in there May 22: Cakes, crashes and broken radios May 20: A break from tradition May 19: Down to six May 17 : Struggling in Adam Hansen diary May 27: In the break May 27: Taking it easy May 20: Catching up Contador gives Giro Spanish flavour As good as pink for the professor The real King of the Mountains Lone wolf holds off a wave of Giro hopefuls Voigt wins on instinct Cold comfort: Hampsten's day on the Gavia Greipel goes big Rest Day #2 wrap-up Dolphin strong on Giro mountain ITT Contador: Confidence rising with mountains Sella and Bosisio benefit in stage to Pampeago Mark Cavendish: The late birthday celebration Levi Leipheimer: The first Giro Franco Pellizotti: Leader for a year Alessandro Bertolini cranks clear Bruseghin: The one-year anniversary Wegelius: In support of his team Di Luca: Aiming to limit time trial losses Pinotti: Hoping for a good Giro Classifications demystified Riccardo Riccò: The Cobra strikes Riders arrive in Palermo The favourites Alberto Contador's Astana Trek Madone 6.9 Andy Hampsten's Hampsten Cycles Strada Bianca Ti Travelissimo Ricc�'s custom-painted Scott Production-ready Dura-Ace 7900 Scott's Plasma2 TT frame Dauphin� Lib�r� Photo ©: Sirotti An interview with Andy Hampsten, May 29, 2008 It was the greatest victory of his career, but what Andy Hampsten had to endure on the Passo Gavia in order to secure the 1988 Giro d'Italia, no man would envy. As the racers in this year's Giro prepare to tackle this beast of a climb, Procycling's Jason Sumner asked the USA's only winner of the Corsa Rosa to re-live that day. Andy Hampsten suffered on the Gavia but was rewarded with victory in Italy's biggest race Photo �: Darcy Kiefel You know those cheesy motivational posters that picture extreme situations captioned by inspirational slogans such as "Perseverance", "Teamwork" or "Integrity"? Well, there ought to be such a poster from stage 14 of the 1988 Giro d'Italia that reads simply "Guts". If you follow cycling with even a casual eye, you've probably already seen the perfect image for the poster. It's a slightly blurred photo of Andy Hampsten nearing the top of Italy's famous Passo Gavia. His head and shoulders are covered in snow, his legs bare and pinkish, revealing the effects of the bitter chill. Cars sit just off Hampsten's back wheel, and it's not hard to imagine the American coming to his senses, tossing aside his bike, and jumping into one of those cars. Of course that's not what happened. Instead, the waif-like climber from the American-based 7-Eleven team ploughed on, cresting the top of the 2621m summit, then surviving the bone-chilling 25km descent on the other side. This truly heroic effort was good enough for second place on the stage behind Dutchman Erik Breukink, and it pushed Hampsten to the top of the overall standings, a position he never relinquished on his way to becoming the first non-European (and still the only American) to win the Italian grand tour. Andy Hampsten, the 1988 Giro winner Photo ©: Jason Sumner Born: April 7, 1962, in Columbus, Ohio Residences: Tuscany, Italy and Boulder, Colorado CV: One of America's greatest pure climbers, Hampsten was dubbed "Le Petit Lapin" ("The Little Rabbit") for his ability to bound away on climbs. His career highlights include two overall wins at the Tour of Switzerland (1986, 1987) and victory at the 1988 Giro d'Italia. Hampsten also scored a pair of fourth-place finishes at the Tour de France, in 1986 and again in 1992, and won the Alpe d'Huez stage in '92. Hampsten retired in 1997 and today co-owns Hampsten Cycles with his brother, Steve, and runs a bike touring company in Italy. Hampsten spent much of his youth honing his craft on the streets of Grand Forks, North Dakota, and in 1992 the city honoured its famous cycling son, dedicating a 40-mile stretch of road and bike paths to him. This year, the Gavia is back in the race route, serving as the opening salvo on stage 20 � a brutal, 224km run that also includes ascents of the Mortirolo and to Aprica. No doubt this will be a hard day and may also decide the race, but it's unlikely that the 2008 edition will inflict the pain Mother Nature unleashed on the peloton 20 years ago. Only those who were there truly know the extent of the suffering, and few know it better than Hampsten. In March, Procycling sat down with the man in the famous photo. Hampsten is now a 45-year-old father of one who prefers snowboarding to bike riding on wintry days. But when the weather is good, his lean, fit frame is a dead giveaway that he still gets out on the bike two or three times a week. Hampsten splits time between the comfortable confines of his log-cabin house in Boulder, Colorado, and Italy's Tuscan countryside, which is base of operations for his Cinghiale Cycling Tours company. Indeed, ever since the Ohio native made his European racing debut at the 1985 Giro, Italy has occupied a precious place in his heart. That race is where we begin, as the legendary Andy Hampsten gives us a privileged peek inside one of cycling's most select clubs: The Men Who Survived That Day On The Gavia. Procycling: Obviously the 1988 Giro d'Italia is where you gained your greatest fame, but from a personal point of view, wasn't the 1985 race at least equally significant? Andy Hampsten: For sure. Winning stage 20 there will always be one of my favourite race-winning moments. It was the point in my career when I realised I could actually do this. Procycling: So set it up for us. Your 7-Eleven team-mate, Ron Kiefel, had already won a stage, and then it was your turn... AH: Yeah, you can't downplay what Kiefel did. His win kicked down the door for all of us. He rode away from the peloton and showed everyone on the team that we were capable of doing what we were there to do. Then, on stage 20, the team really worked to set me up. We rode part of the stage in the morning, made a plan, and then in the race I attacked right on the curve where [team director] Mike Neel wanted me to. It was a short stage, maybe 70-80km of flat and then about an 18km climb. It wasn't a very hard climb, but the steepest part, 8-10 per cent maybe, was at the very beginning. The general classification battle was between [Bernard] Hinault, [Francesco] Moser and [Greg] LeMond, but they were all watching each other, so it made tactical sense for me to go early. I was right near the front on Bob Roll's wheel. I said, "Hey, Bob, behind you." He moved aside and I slipped through like a watermelon seed being pinched by two fingers. I got away clean and just kept wailing it all the way to the finish. "You're going to win the Giro, and you're going to win it on the Gavia." -Gianni Motta, the 1966 Giro champion, presaged Hampsten's victory. Procycling: This was obviously a huge personal achievement, but the pair of Giro stage wins for 7-Eleven also had larger implications. AH: Absolutely. For me it was one of the defining moments in US cycling. Here was this first-of-its-kind team of Americans, and they were doing well in this big European race. LeMond [then a member of French team La Vie Claire] was really excited about it. He was telling [team-mate] Hinault all about us. Then he'd roll up to us and say, "Hey, Andy, I just told Bernie you guys are really good, so you have to win a stage." He told me I should race in Europe more, and that if I did well [in the '85 Giro], he'd lobby for me with La Vie Claire. He did, and that's where I went the next year. Before that I'd been on a one-month contract with 7-Eleven to race the Giro, but otherwise I was basically still an amateur, so really that was my big break. A year later, as a member of the famous La Vie Claire powerhouse, Hampsten won the Tour of Switzerland, and then took the best young rider's jersey at the Tour de France, finishing fourth behind team-mates LeMond and Hinault. In 1987 he rejoined the 7-Eleven team, and then returned to the Giro in 1988. Procycling: You had some great things happen after the 1985 Giro. Then in '88 you were back there, sitting well up overall coming into the Gavia stage. What happened next? AH: I was second going into that day and I'd already won a stage a few days before. But everyone in the race knew that the Gavia stage was going to be most important, no matter what. I remember Gianni Motta, the 1966 winner, coming up to me before the race. He said to me, "You're going to win the Giro, and you're going to win it on the Gavia." I was like, "That's really nice of you to say so," but he was like, "No, I'm serious." At that point the time gaps weren't that big. We knew some of the guys up there had had a nice run, but that they weren't going to be a threat, that they'd be gone by the first real day in the mountains. But [Swiss rider Urs] Zimmerman was pretty close to me on time, and we were both behind the race leader [Italian Franco] Chioccioli. Those were the people we were watching the closest. Sizing up the 2008 Giro Hampsten sizes up the Giro The 1988 winner Gives us his take on how this year's Giro d'italia will play out. "For me it marks a time of year when I think, "Wow, it's Giro time, it's time to play," says Hampsten. "It's definitely one of my favourite times of year." Hampsten has only been back to the race a handful of times over the years. He prefers riding his bike over watching others race, but America's lone Giro champ does keep tabs on the event and figures this year's event will serve up plenty of exciting action. "The Italians like showing off," he explains. "They are really clever with their courses. There are always lots of mountains, so the race is usually suspenseful with lots of lead changes. I think part of it is that they try to outdo the Spanish. If the Vuelta tries something different, the Italians have to top it." Given a chance to examine this year's Giro route, Hampsten quickly focuses on stage 20, a punishing 224km ride from Rovetta to Tirano, which includes ascents of the Gavia, Mortirolo and Aprica. "Because the Gavia comes first, I think the GC contenders will just cruise over it," he guesses. "But the Mortirolo will definitely shake things up. It's like a bad driveway that never stops. I mean, it's so steep it even hurts to descend." The other obvious focal point is the stage 16 time trial from San Vigilio to Plan de Corones, which has gradients in excess of 20 per cent. "That's going to be brutal," says Hampsten of the 13.8km stage that's the second of three individual time trials in this year's Giro. "I've never been up it, but based on what I've heard, I don't envy those guys at all." Procycling: But the real story was the Gavia. Not a lot of people knew what to expect, did they? AH: Everyone knew it was going to be a hard climb, but no one � racers or directors � really knew how hard. It wasn't very long, but it was really hard. Because of the weather they shortened the stage, so we started down in the valley where it was already sleeting and bucketing rain. Then, really early in the climb, we turned off the main road and it became a four or five per cent gradient until you got about a quarter of the way up. That's where the road gets really steep, as it turns to dirt and drops to one lane. It's a pretty dramatic change. Procycling: What was the mood in the bunch at that point? Weren't some riders trying to call a temporary truce? AH: Everyone was freaked out. I mean, I'd already been shivering uncontrollably on one of the earlier descents. There was no sunshine � it was nothing but rain and snow all day long. And yeah, some guys were saying, "Don't attack." The conditions were terrible. The riders really wanted to go slow and not race, but that wasn't happening. I could see that everyone else was terrified, so I just said to myself, "I'm going to do it. I'll save five per cent for the descent and go for it." I attacked right at the base because I could see that a lot of people were worried. Procycling: So you reeled in most of an earlier break and went over the top in a blizzard along with Breukink. AH: Yeah, I went over the top with Breukink and it was snowing for about the first 12km of this winding 25km descent. And that's where our team made the real difference. Other teams just weren't prepared; the first guy over the top, Johan Van Der Velde, got so cold he stopped halfway down the descent and ended up finishing 40 minutes back. 7-Eleven were the only team that had adequate warm clothing. We had a guy waiting at the top with a musette bag full of warm clothes for every rider. The team had gone shopping at ski stores before the stage and got wool hats and Gore-Tex ski gloves or diving gloves. They bought every useful item you could think of. They wanted the riders to know that they would have everything possible to help them out on the descent. They were also giving me hot tea the whole day. Team-mates were bringing stuff to me all the time. We had a really solid plan in place. The famous pink jersey Procycling: How is it that your team had so much more foresight than the others? AH: It was down to Mike Neel. Prior to that day, cars didn't have rain bags � the bag of warm, wet weather gear for riders that sits in the team car in case of the unexpected. That was a 7-Eleven innovation. Mike also gave us a great pep talk. He sat us down and told us this was our day. He said that it was snowing up there, but that the race was still going to happen, that they were ploughing the snow off the road, so it was going to be OK. Procycling: So you got over the top. What was going on at that point? AH: On the way up I put on a really long-necked warmer and a wool hat. I kept my neoprene gloves on the whole time because I figured that if my fingers went numb, I'd never get them back. At the top I struggled into a plastic jacket, and that's when Breukink caught me. On the descent I just had one gear because thing were starting to freeze, so I feathered the brakes all the way down and stayed in the 53x14. The descent was a maddening number of turns and hairpins. I remember thinking, "Never look down, never look down." When I did look down at my legs once, they were bright red and I had a sheet of ice on the front of my knees and shins. I was like, "Man, I am way colder than I realise." Finally we hit this little village and it went from dirt to pavement and from snow to sleet. At that point I was just trying to get to the hotel and hoping it was past the finish line. If it wasn't, I might have stopped anyway and quit the race. Procycling: You didn't stop, and in fact rode into the race lead. What was going through your head at the finish line in Bormio? AH: I just wanted to get warm. I was really concerned for my health. I've never been in a place like that. Psychologically, no one can explain how tough it was � 25km of descending in freezing snow and sleet. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. Everyone who crossed the finish line that day had to dig incredibly deep to get there. When I talk to the other riders today, it's never, "So and so did this," or, "Yeah, Breukink won." It's, "Wow, you were on the Gavia in '88." Procycling: After the Gavia stage there was still plenty of racing left. How did you protect your lead? AH: The next day was a shortened stage because we were supposed to ride over the Stelvio, but that was closed because of the snow. But it was still a mountain-top finish where I managed to get time on Breukink who, at that point, was the only guy still close to me. There was also an uphill time trial, which I won, taking more time out of Breukink. And another mountain stage, where I let Zimmerman go in a break. I had a few team-mates with me and Breukink was with me too, but he wouldn't work, so I had to let Zimmerman go and he got about eight minutes up the road at one point. But there were four hours of racing left and we eventually took about 4-30 back. Procycling: You ended up beating Breukink by 1'43", with Zimmerman in third. What kind of reaction did you get from the Italian cycling fans? AH: I think they were pretty into it. It was kind of a down period for their riders so I wasn't going head to head with any of their big stars. And I really made an effort to speak Italian in the interviews, which I think really helped. But mostly, the thing with the Italians is that they love people who love to race bikes, and I certainly fit that bill. His Giro days are over, but Andy Hampsten is far from finished with Italy. Hampsten runs a bike touring company these days "It's the nicest place I've ever ridden a bike," Andy Hampsten says of his second home, Italy. "It's not that people recognise me, it's just that they respect cyclists. If I pull into a caf�, soaking wet after hours on the bike, the old guys in the corner are like, �Where did you come from? Why did you take the hilly road?' As a country, they're really into bikes." For that reason, Hampsten has split most of the last two decades between his winter home in Boulder, Colorado, and a farmhouse in the Tuscan countryside. Tuscany is also base of operations for Cinghiale Cycling Tours, Hampsten's bike touring company. Each year he runs five week-long trips � usually two in the spring and three in the autumn. Besides regaling clients with tales from his racing days, Hampsten says his main role is showing people the Italian way of life. "I teach people about the four-course lunch," he explains. "So many of my clients are used to grabbing a sandwich on the go, but when you're in Italy, you don't do that. It's great watching the Type A personalities. It's usually about the second or third day when they say, �Wow, I get it. I will have wine with my lunch.' Watching people slow down and enjoy each other is really fun. "Eating and socialising is so important in Italy. Italians love to go home for a three-hour lunch. I mean, they work an eight-hour day, but they're just working to make enough money to have a house and feed the family. They'd much rather hang out with each other and have fun instead of burying themselves for 20 years and retiring early." Hampsten has run tours all over Italy, but his favourite riding is in Tuscany, which he says has the perfect combination of weather, roads and scenery. "It has less rain in the winter, it's got no real traffic, and Pisa airport is just an hour away," he says. "It doesn't have any huge climbs like the Dolomites or the Alps, but there are lots of intermediate hills. It's the middle-of-nowhere boonies next to an amazing coastline. I could never be bored riding a bike there. The roads are so twisty and turny that they seem designed for bikes. It's not a hard job leading bike tours in Italy." Images by Darcy Kiefel Andy Hampsten suffered on the Gavia but for a pink jersey it was worth to get really cold. Images by Jason Sumner/Procycling These days Hampsten splits his time between Italy and Colorado. The famous pink jersey which Hampsten took on that day on the Gavia. Hampsten runs a bike touring company these days , which allows him to spend plenty of time relaxing in Italy. Andy Hampsten, the 1988 Giro winner has always been at home in the mountains. For more great in-depth features and interviews, subscribe to Procycling. Other Cyclingnews features

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#1697: Barbara Hand Clow Barbara Hand Clow is an astrologer and, with Gerry Clow, founder of Bear & Company, a publishing company that merged with Inner Traditions (founded by one Ehud Sperling) in 2000 to form, unsurprisingly, Inner Traditions – Bear & Company. ITB&C publishes primarily New Age religious fundamentalism, pseudoscience (including astrology), stuff on sacred sexuality and various forms of quackery, and they are responsible for giving us books by e.g. José Argüelles, Ervin Laszlo, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Otto Rahn, Margaret Starbird and Zecharia Sitchin. Hand Clow herself is the kind of person who says things like this: “We are integrating the evolutionary critical leap of our species triggered by the completion of the Mayan Calendar-2011/2012-as we awaken in the Universe. We feel great excitement as our bodies quicken and our hearts open because we are being flooded with advanced spiritual knowledge. Our solar system is moving into the Photon Band, a realm of pure Pleiadian light. Many of you may feel over-energized, ungrounded, and disoriented now because this cosmic convergence has never happened before. We are in the midst of an evolutionary critical leap that inspires us to heal our bodies, transmute our emotional blocks, clarify our minds, and commune with our souls.” (That’s the welcoming message from her website Journeys Through Nine Dimensions), which has apparently not been updated in a while). Apparently the years just behind us are very exciting, since “[d]uring 2012-2015, Uranus will square Pluto seven times, and these tense squares will reignite the issues that came up during the chaotic 1960s,” and Hand Clow has issued several books, cds and dvds to help us cope, such as “Alchemy of Nine Dimensions: The Nine Dimensions of Consciousness and the 2011/2012 Prophecies” (coauthored with her partner Gerry). You know what prophecies she is talking about, don’t you? Oh, yes, you do: It’s the Mayan Calendar, which Hand Clow covered in some detail in works like “The Mayan Code” (2007), “Awakening the Planetary Mind: Beyond the Trauma of the Past to a New Era of Creativity” (2012) and “Rainbow Bridge Between the Inner and Outer Planets” (1987) (you gotta love that title). We conjecture that the Clows were not particularly disappointed by the lackluster performances of their predictions, however – this is religion, not science, and it is accompanied by a remarkable ability to fail to recognize that the hypotheses put forth have actually been falsified (compare young earth creationism). In addition to astrology, Hand Clow writes about past lives, healing, new-paradigm (i.e. pseudo-)archeology, and evolution (no, not evolution). Diagnosis: Coping with reality is just so damn hard, and we all sometimes recognize the temptation to take solace in elaborate fantasy worlds. The New Age fluff promoted by the Clows is really not that different from extreme religious fundamentalism (complete with prophecies and science denial), just replacing fire and brimstone with pastel rainbows and candy floss. Posted by G.D. at 3:37 AM 1 comment: #1696: Michael Hammond Gun Owners of America, Larry Pratt’s group, is probably one of the most delusional and deranged organizations in the US at present. GOA is a rightwing group whose guiding idea seems to be that the NRA are liberal weaklings, and they have made a mark by promoting conspiracy theories that would make even Alex Jones blush (ok, that’s hyperbole; Jones and GOA see level on quite a number of things). Mike Hammond is one of their spokespersons and has, as such, been given the opportunity to explain for instance how GOA opposes a comprehensive immigration reform since a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants would lead to an increase in “anti-gun voters.” Just think about it for a second. In an interview with Jim Schneider on Crosstalk radio Hammond shared his theory that universal background check legislation might well lead to government-led “extermination” and “genocide”, not unlike what happened in Nazi Germany (the Nazis’ confiscation and ban of firearms was the main reason they were able to carry out their genocide, according to Hammond, an idea that is as silly as it sounds but has become remarkably popular). He also, helpfully, explained how (well, asserted that) gun control advocates “bear some responsibility” for the Sandy Hook shooting and that liberals have become “paranoic” and “racist against people who hold traditional American values.” At least Hammond is a stellar example of the workings of the conspiracy theorist mind: In 2013 GOA was pushing the (silly) conspiracy theory that the Obama administration was using the Environmental Protection Agency to institute backdoor gun control, as exemplified by a Missouri lead smelter that in reality shut down rather than complying with clean air regulations (a demand issued during the Bush administration) but which the GOA claimed was in reality forced shut by the guv’mint to suppress the supply of lead used for manufacturing bullets. The conspiracy was so silly that even the NRA (and major bullet manufacturers) were compelled to issue statements to the effect that there really was no cause for concern. Like any good conspiracy theorist, Hammond took those statements to not only fail to undermine the conspiracy theory but to confirm it. Diagnosis: This is really whale.to-level idiocy, but the GOA has had surprising (or not) success in promoting it. Which tells you something that ought to scare you just a bit (but which in these presidential election candidate times was probably abundantly clear to you already). #1695: Mac Hammond Mac Hammond is a prosperity gospel preacher who preaches that God wants you to be rich, and that your duty to give extends only to giving to the church (in fact, giving to the poor might be a sin); and if you are poor, it’s because you just don’t believe hard enough: “What happens when you’ve tithed and contributed to the capital campaign and you haven’t been prospered with anything other than a stack of unpaid bills? The doctrine holds that you haven’t believed sincerely enough. And if you already possess all the tools for prosperity, then you can believe the failure’s all yours, too.” That is, if you give to the church and get rich, that is proof that God wanted things that way and Hammond’s theological lunacy is correct. If you give to the church and remain poor, that is proof that you can only blame yourself. He is also an ardent supporter of Michele Bachmann – so much so that his church has had some run-ins with the IRS. He’s also so obviously a huckster and a con man that it may be hard to justify including him in an Encyclopedia of loons, but we really couldn’t not include him either (honorable mention to his glossolaliating wife Lynn as well). Diagnosis: Ok, so perhaps not really a loon, but like any clever pyramid-scheme initiator he is at least a serious threat to human progress and prosperity. The devil would have been pleased with the efforts and works of Mac Hammond. Posted by G.D. at 3:49 AM No comments: #1694: Lamont Hamilton, Sidney Friedman, Judy Hevenly & Vicki Monroe Oh, the psychics. Every year, many of them issue great predictions for the year to come, and – apart from the usual vague and ambiguous ones – each year they seem to do somewhat poorer than chance, presumably because the career options selects for poor reasoning and thinking skills. There’s a fine rundown on various psychic predictions for 2013 here. Entirely unsurprisingly, the psychics in question appear to be completely unfazed by the dismal performance of their predictions – to the extent that one sometimes get the feeling that they know that they are frauds and really don’t care as long as their bullshit continues to bring in support and sympathy from the gullible or desperate. Lamont Hamilton, for instance, promotes himself as a “recognized and respected intuitive spiritual counselor, writer, speaker and educator” and “internationally known as a top Clairvoyant for his predictions.” For 2013 those included things like “[a] global U.N. tax will be enacted this year to help fund disaster relief and poverty,” which may at least tell you a bit about his target audience; and “[a] mind-to-mind telepathic telecommunication device will be developed for the mentally ill to help people communicate better,” which tells you a bit about his general (lack of) grasp of reality; “[a] truce is seen in the Middle East before late summer after one or more spiritual leaders emerge in the region to bring stability to several countries now in conflict,” which demonstrates beyond any doubt that Hamilton is a complete idiot; and “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Gingrich [sic] steps down from the Supreme Court after an illness,” which sort of affirms everything. He tried again with “[a] discovery that diseases can be transmitted or transferred by pure thought from one location to another will be found” for 2014, just to emphasize that psychic abilities is not the only hilariously silly bullshit he subscribes to. Sidney Friedman, on the other hand, “claims a documented predictions accuracy of 71%, and a near 100% success rate with his Oscar predictions, missing only twice.” You can read the details yourself, but at least his failed prediction that “[a] new, odd, unexpected source of fuel for cars, trucks and/or machinery is announced” does undeniably suggest that he’s a sucker. Meanwhile, Judy Hevenly claims that her “clientele includes royalty, former presidents, Hollywood movie stars, and heads of state,” and one can only suspect that her description of her clientele is as accurate as her predictions (she, too, tried the “[a]n unexpected vacancy on the Supreme Court moves a conservative court to a liberal one” one; a reasonable guess, but ultimately pretty good evidence that her psychic abilities are shoddy). For 2014 she predicted that “Pope Francis to appoint the first woman cardinal to the Vatican,” which suggests that she doesn’t really know how these things work, and that “Scotland breaks away from United Kingdom and becomes independent.” Vicki Monroe, a “psychic medium and spiritual messenger” who has “touched the lives of countless people across the globe,” tried “Congress will deal with gun control: Automatic weapons and high-powered rifles, semi-automatics that belong in war zones will be removed, and only used in situations where they are absolutely necessary,” and look: When you try this kind of guess you sort of demonstrate that it is not only your psychic abilities that are wanting. Monroe did, however, land a job on the absolutely despicable TV show Cell Block Psychic, where she would talk with convicted murderers to put them in touch with the “spirits” of their victims, to the pretty reasonable protests from grieving families. Diagnosis: Not only are they con artists; they are apparently also pretty hopelessly ignorant about how the world works – it wouldn’t be hard to come up with better predictions than theirs – and that tells you plenty of non-flattering things about those who listen to them. #1693: Annie Hamilton Annie Hamilton is, or at least used to be, the official blogger of the Tea Party Patriots. Imagine that. At least Hamilton is extremely patriotic. She is, in fact, so patriotic that she completely rejects the Constitution in her zeal to protect everything America stands for. She argues for instance (with lots of CAPS LOCK TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN HEAR HER) that Muslims shouldn’t be allowed to gather or for instance go to amusement parks. Of course, she doesn’t really think that the First Amendment even applies to Muslims, since, according to her Islam is not a religion: “First, Islam is NOT a religion, it is an ideology – the religious portion only encompasses 11 % (the qur’an) the rest is the Sira and Hadith and the closest parallel to Islam is the Ku Klux Klan.” The she proceeds to manage to claim that Muslims “cannot ever respect our constitution because it’s in direct violation with Sharia.” Well, funny how these things work, Annie. Diagnosis: So, ok: we don’t know much else about her beyond that screed, which made its rounds on the Internet a few years back. Still: It’s quite enough insanity for decades. #1694: Lamont Hamilton, Sidney Friedman, Judy Heve... #1692: Dominic Halsmer #1691: Steven Halpern #1690: Robert Hall #1689: Ralph Hall #1688: Stephen Che Halbrook #1687: Matthew Hagee #1686: Richard Gunther #1685: Colin Gunn #1684: Jane Guiltinan

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Is the GOP Field That Bad? A gang of governors could surprise the pundits—but they’ve got their own vulnerabilities. Updated Apr. 24, 2017 3:35PM ET / Published May. 26, 2011 11:28AM ET You may have been hearing—say, in a few million places—what a sad and weak field the Republicans have mustered for 2012.And it’s not just left-wing media types. Even National Review Editor Rich Lowry says: “It is slowly dawning on the Republican mind that the party’s choice may effectively come down to Mitt Romney or Tim Pawlenty. This prospect produces a range of emotions running from disappointment to panic.”But what if they’re all wrong? What if the MSM is clueless? What if the GOP contingent is stronger than it looks?The Weekly Standard’s Jay Cost makes the case for the current crop of 2012ers. He makes two key points:“Crossover appeal. Huntsman, Pawlenty, and Romney all won statewide elections by performing better than the party normally does in each state.“Records as governors. All three of these candidates earned a national reputation as governors, which will give them all an opportunity to point to their executive records in contrast to President Obama's.”Both true. Except that they’re not really running on their gubernatorial records. Romney, most obviously, is spending much of his campaign trying to explain away his Massachusetts health plan. Nor is he advertising his pro-choice stance as governor, which he has since abandoned. Huntsman, in his brief time on the trail, hasn’t talked much about Utah. Pawlenty does campaign as the guy who held the line on taxes and spending in blue-state Minnesota—but is often pressed on having raise cigarette taxes (which he calls a fee) and leaving his successor a deficit of nearly $5 billion.Another key point by Cost:“No ‘gotcha votes.’ There's a second advantage that comes from not having been in Congress. When you're in the House or the Senate, you end up having to vote on pretty much every divisive issue that the country deals with. Many of these votes are irrelevant -- having to do with the legislative process or being for/against bills that have literally no chance of becoming law.”That’s true, but there is an alternative playbook for use against governors. I know this because George Bush 41 used it against both Michael Dukakis and Bill Clinton. A determined oppo team vacuums up every bad thing that ever happened in the state—tax increases, low test scores, pollution, corruption, a murderer’s furlough—and hangs it around the former governor’s neck. Here’s the tag line of a 1992 Bush ad that pictured a lone buzzard against a bleak landscape: “Now Bill Clinton wants to do for America what he has done for Arkansas. America can't afford that risk.”It’s true that governors make better presidential candidates, which is why four of the five men to make it to the White House before Obama had previously served in Atlanta, Sacramento, Little Rock and Austin. But it hardly promises a free ride.

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- Replacing Divots - http://blogs.app.com/golf - Golf Season Recap Posted By Steve Edelson On September 2, 2010 @ 10:47 am In Uncategorized | Comments Disabled It seems like only yesterday that the snows from the worst winter anyone could remember had melted, and golfers were finally able to get back onto area courses. Since then, the local links have been taxed by some record-setting heat, and local players have once again made an impact on the competitive scene. And while the season is winding down, it’s far from over. Farmingdale’s Sherry Herman will defend her title at the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur in October at Fiddlesticks Country Club in Fort Myers, Fla. And the New Jersey PGA Championship is still to be contested, with Player of the Year honors hanging in the balance. But the bulk of the competitive schedule has been completed, and there are more than a few highlights or the locals. At the top of that list is Brian Gaffney’s victory at the New Jersey State Golf Association Open Championship, with the Monmouth Beach resident emerging from a three-hole playoff against Bobby Gage to end a string of close calls in the event. Gaffney, the head pro at Rumson Country Club, had lost in a playoff 12 years earlier, in addition to finishing second in 2009. He currently holds a solid 417-point advantage in the Player of the Year standings. When looking for the best performance of the summer, you need go no farther than Colts Neck’s Eric LeFante lapping the field at the NJSGA Public Links Championship at Charleston Springs in Millstone. His 14-under-par 130 was the lowest 36-hole total ever in an NJSGA event, as he successfully defending his title with rounds of 66-64 over the 6,628-yard South course. To put that in perspective, second-place finisher David Pierce, who had won the NJSGA Mid-Amateur in May and finished third at the NJSGA Amateur, was 11 shots in arrears. It was the high school golfers who kicked off the season in April, and dominate players emerged on both the boys and girls side. Rumson Fair-Haven junior Charlie Edler captured both the Monmouth County and Shore Conference crowns, while finishing tied for sixth at the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions. But it’s Edler’s out-of-state performances that have drawn a lot of attention. On Memorial Day weekend he captured the IJGT’s Bridgestone Tournament of Champions at the Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Fla., firing a 67 in the final round. And last month he finished second at the AJGA’s Apawamis Junior in Rye, N.Y. Among the girls, Red Bank Catholic freshman Taylor Totland produced dominating performances at both the Monmouth County and Shore Conference events, leading the Caseys to the county team title. Farmingdale’s Kenny Bontz provided the most inspiring story of the year. Playing with a prosthetic left leg, Bontz, who won a pair of club championships in 2009, qualified for the NJSGA Mid-Amateur Championship, and then won his first-round match before being eliminated. He is believed to be the first above-the-knee amputee to qualify for an able-bodied state championship of that kind in the country. Morganville’s Marc Grinberg was the area’s most consistent amateur competitor on the men’s side. He lost in the final of the NJSGA Mid-Amateur, and made the cut at both the state Amateur and Open. He also finished in the top-10 at the New York City Amateur. Stephen Ellis from Toms River Country Club was the low area finisher at the NJSGA Amateur, finishing tied for seventh, with Ryan McCormick in 10th place. McCormick was in the top-10 at the MET Open with nine holes to play at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. on a course he’ll be playing many times over the next four years as he begins his freshman year at St. John’s. But he fell back over the final nine, ending up tied for 25th. At the recent North & South Women’s Amateur, Herman, who was the defending champion, finished tied for seventh at the Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort. Earlier this summer she captured the Garden State Women’s Golf Association’s Stroke Play and Round Robin titles. She reached the final of the New Jersey Women’s Amateur, where she lost to 14-year-old Kuriko Tsukiyama. Middletown’s Sue DeKalb got her season off to a rousing start when she captured the Metropolitan Women’s Golf Association Match Play Championship, defeating Cheryl Brayman on the first extra hole at Woodway Country Club. She still holds a slim lead in the WMGA Player of the Year race. Among area professionals, Rumson’s Bill Britton, the director of teaching at Trump National – Colts Neck qualified for the U.S. Senior Open, after winning the Senior PGA Professional National Championship, a title he’ll defend in October in La Quinta, Calif. Middletown’s Mark McCormick won the state PGA’s Charity Clambake, and made a run at the N.J., Open, which he won in 2008. He got through local qualifying for the U.S. Open only to fall short on the final nine holes of the 36-hole sectional at Canoe Brook in Summit. Article printed from Replacing Divots: http://blogs.app.com/golf URL to article: http://blogs.app.com/golf/2010/09/02/golf-season-recap/ Copyright © 2009 Replacing Divots. All rights reserved.

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What the Grassroots Are All About July 27, 2010 By mac-dalessandro 1 Comment Our strong grassroots momentum has gained attention across the district. Additionally, national organizations are taking notice of our campaign. In addition to being a top finisher in Democracy for America’s Grassroots All-Stars contest, MoveOn.org is paying attention to our race. MoveOn.org’s Director of Political Advocacy and Communications, Ilyse Hogue, recently sat down with Amy Goodman on an episode of Democracy Now! and highlighted my primary against incumbent Stephen Lynch: Amy Goodman (52:33): Ilyse Hogue, what about other primaries that are taking place? Ilyse Hogue (52:37): Well, I think Bill Halter was the precursor. What we saw was him embodying a very strong feeling that our members have, and we think is sweeping across the country, which is he was taking on Wall Street. But Blanche Lincoln was also showing a friendliness towards the HMO’s during the health care fight. And, what we’re seeing is the base – our members – saying, ‘Enough with Democrats who think that they’re more accountable to corporate powers in this country than they are to us. So we’re seeing that same thing play out with Stephen Lynch and Mac D’Alessandro in Massachusetts-09. That primary is September 14th. What’s interesting about that is that that is largely believed to be a safe Democratic seat, so the primary is actually the election. And Stephen Lynch, who is the incumbent, voted against the health care bill even though, at the end of the day, most of the Democratic base thought it would provide some relief. He did not do it as a champion for the public option. He was not there for the public option fight. Mac D’Alessandro has come in and he’s said, ‘You know what? If we really want this democracy to be owned by the people and work for the people, we’ve got to do things. We’ve got to overturn Citizens United. We’ve got to actually get public financing. We’ve got to get lobbyists out of D.C.’ And, I think that most Americans are looking for action on specific legislation like financial regulations, but they’re also looking for people who are going to challenge the system because the system is not working for most Americans. I am running against an entrenched incumbent who has a million dollar warchest lined with contributions from big corporations and special interests. But, if there’s one thing I’ve heard over and over again from voters as I’ve gone door to door across the district, it’s that the voters want someone who stands up to big corporations, not someone who is funded by them. That’s why I need your continued support. Like Ilyse Hogue said, this is a blue district, so we have an opportunity to focus on electing the best Democrat we can. With your help, we will. Mac D’Alessandro on the web: Mac D’Alessandro for Congress 2010 official campaign website Mac D’Alessandro for Congress 2010 Facebook page Mac D’Alessandro for Congress 2010 Twitter feed Mac D’Alessandro for Congress 2010 ActBlue page Please share widely! Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9th-district, bill-halter, blanche-lincoln, democracy-for-america, democratic-primary, dfa, grassroots, ilyse-hogue, ma-09, mac-dalessandro, moveon, moveon.org, netroots, progressive, stephen-lynch, u.s.-house-of-representatives Whoever thought we would have the opportunity to elect a better Democrat in MA-09? Thank you for working hard for all of us. I’ll be putting in my time to help you help us. You Must Be Logged In To Vote00You Must Be Logged In To Vote

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Our therapy will provide individuals and families with clarity, openness and honesty through the profound life experiences and choices they are facing. Do you have unresolved issues and emotions regarding your origins? Your child’s origins? Your role in helping others build their family? We’ll meet you wherever you are on your journey. We can help. The Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA) is a credentialed organization dedicated to the competent and ethical practice of adoption and assisted reproduction law. It advocates for laws and policies to protect the best interests of children, the legal status of families formed through adoption and assisted reproduction, and the rights of all interested parties. Choosing between an open and closed adoption depends entirely on the adoptive family's preferences. It's strongly advised that couples that do not entirely support an open adoption should not engage in one. However, it's more rare to find an agency or attorney that is completely comfortable with a closed adoption and will not suggest a semi-open adoption to a birth mother. Father Of The Baby - ArticlesHow to Tell the Father About an Unplanned PregnancyHow Do I Tell the Birth Father About My Adoption Plan?Supportive Birth Fathers, Married Couples Choosing AdoptionUnsupportive, Uninterested or Unknown Birth FathersNew Relationships and Unplanned PregnancyWhat Are My Responsibilities as the Father?Unplanned Pregnancy and Marriage: Navigating this Challenging Surprise We’re honored to offer our services to women and couples throughout the United States. If you live in Oregon or Washington and would like to meet in person we have offices in Portland and Eugene, Oregon and Seattle, Washington or we’ll come to you. We can also meet via Skype. (OA&FS can place children in adoption up to the age of three and one-half.) "I'm absolutely in LOVE with Kitty (formerly Kaleigh). I know her name isn't original at all but I just started calling her that until I could think of a name and it just stuck - it's so her! I've attached two photos - she's seriously the most beautiful kitty in the world! She loves to steal tennis balls and bones from her dog sister - she thinks she's a dog! She enjoys going for walks and car rides, snuggling with mom, bird watching, drinking from the sink, playing with her pipe cleaners and getting into mom's makeup in the mornings. I couldn't 'imagine life without her. She's the absolute best!" Historically, the four primary reasons for married couples to obtain a child via closed adoption have been (in no particular order) infertility, asexuality, having concern for a child's welfare (i.e. would not likely be adopted by others), and to ensure the sex of the child (a family with five girls and no boys, for example). In 1917, Minnesota was the first U.S. state to pass an adoption confidentiality and sealed records law.[1] Within the next few decades, most United States states and Canadian provinces had a similar law. Usually, the reason for sealing records and carrying out closed adoptions is said to be to "protect" the adoptee and adoptive parents from disruption by the natural parents and in turn, to allow natural parents to make a new life. The cost for a confidential intermediary and related court fees can be around $500, but varies by state and agency. For persons who cannot afford the fees, there is usually assistance available from the tax-payer supported state department or the non-profit agency, and anyone can request from them how-to request this help. Most agencies charge a fixed fee which includes everything, and only in the most extreme and unusual circumstances ask for additional funds. If the adoptee is unable to locate (or would prefer to use a third person) to find his or her birth father, often the same confidential intermediary can be used for an additional fee. Even if you are not sure whether an open adoption is right for you, most birth and adoptive parents find that speaking and meeting with one another before making a commitment, helps them to decide whether to move forward with an adoption plan. Meeting in person allows the birth and adoptive parents to get to know one another and often provides the birth parent(s) with the confidence of knowing that they have selected the best family for their child. Many birth parents who have ongoing contact with the adoptive family find that receiving information about the child, and knowing that the child is thriving, helps to ease their feelings of loss. Children who are in direct communication with their birth family may come to understand that their birth parent didn’t abandon them but made the decision to place them for adoption out of love for them. Many adopted children also benefit from having a direct connection with another person with whom they have a shared biology. The benefit for adopted persons to obtain updated medical information from genetically related family members is also undeniable. While some adoptive parents fear that an open adoption will confuse their child, ongoing research has not born out that concern. These are just some of the possible scenarios that fall under an open adoption. For older children and teen adoptees, their adoptions are almost always open because they already have spent a good deal of their life with their birth parents. Therefore, they most likely will have some sort of identifying information about their birth parents or other members of their family, such as their siblings who might have been placed separately. Pregnancy Options by Month - ArticlesUnplanned Pregnancy in the First MonthTwo Months Pregnant and Don’t Want the BabyThree Months Pregnant - What Are My Options?Unplanned Pregnancy Options When You're Four Months Pregnant Can I Give My Baby Up for Adoption at 5 Months Pregnant?Six Months Pregnant and Don’t What Baby — What Can I Do?Can I Put My Baby Up for Adoption If I'm Seven Months Pregnant?8 Months Pregnant and Don't Want the Baby - What Can I Do?Nine Months Pregnant and Don't Want the Baby The placement of older children can take two widely divergent paths. Generally speaking when a child has bonded to a birth parent then a need for an adoptive placement arises, it is usually critical for that child's emotional welfare to maintain ties with the birth parent. Sometimes a parent raised a child, but a problem has arisen, and parenting is no longer possible, and there are no family members able to take over the parenting role, so adoption is the best option.[23] Most US states and Canadian provinces have independent non-profit organizations that help adoptees and their birth parents initiate a search, and offers other adoption-related support. There are also independent and state funded reunion registries that facilitate reuniting family members. The International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR) is the oldest and largest.[7] The Salvation Army also provides information in helping those who were born or gave birth in its maternity hospitals or homes (see the external links below). This is a change from previous decades, when nothing was ever released without a rarely given or sought court order. Conversely, if they want a confidential adoption, they should not feel unduly pressured into agreeing to an open adoption. Adopters who agree to an open adoption against their wishes may later find it difficult to fulfill their side of the agreement (for example, sending the birthmother letters and photos). This is terribly unfair to both the birthmother and the child. Agreeing to an open adoption when they don't want one is also unfair to the adopters themselves. Because there are many benefits of having openness in adoption, we must continue to educate others about the gifts often involved in open adoption. Open adoption helps minimize the child’s loss of relationships. Openness helps a child celebrate his connections with all the important people in his life who love him. We also believe that when children are able to resolve their losses with truth rather than fantasy, they grow to be more authentically who they are and who they were always meant to be. Even when that truth is painful or difficult, children have taught us that they would rather live with the truth than with the mysterious unknown — for what children imagine is so often worse than even the darkest of truths. Grotevant, however, sounded a note of caution to those who portray it as a panacea. The children of open adoption do not have higher self-esteem than those in closed adoptions, he observed. For children in each group, self-esteem is about the same, his research found. He stressed that more research is needed to assess the impact of open adoption on adolescents. (The research he did with McRoy studies children up to age 12.) Open adoption is a form of adoption in which the biological and adoptive families have access to varying degrees of each other's personal information and have an option of contact. While open adoption is a relatively new phenomenon in the west, it has been a traditional practice in many Asian societies, especially in South Asia, for many centuries. In Hindu society, for example, it is relatively common for a childless couple to adopt the second or later son of the husband's brother when the childless couple has limited hope of producing their own child.

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One Trip, Multiple Stories: A Travel Writer's Rail Journey in West Coast USA For the journey detailed below, I paid for my airfares and received on-the-ground assistance from local tourism authorities and hotels. Full disclosures are included with each linked article and blog post. This is, remarkably, my 500th post at Aerohaveno. I started the blog way back in 2008, during the golden age of blogs, when social media outlets such as Facebook were new and yet to be adopted by the masses. In that era, a blog was the prime means for an individual to put their views online, whether on a topic of expertise or simply as personal reflection. Now we have the noise and colour of social media, and perhaps wonder if things are better. In any case, for post number 500 I'd like to repeat what I did for post 400 - draw back the curtain on how travel writing works, at least for a freelancer like me. In post 400 I looked at a trip I undertook around the world. This time I'll focus on the west coast of the USA. In October 2015 I flew into Los Angeles, then caught Amtrak trains up the west coast with visits to San Francisco, Portland and Seattle along the way. I've chosen this 2015 trip because the period elapsed since then has been long enough for almost everything I wrote about it to be published. Below I'll outline how each activity led to a specific piece of writing - with a link to the published article or blog post. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin. Activity: Fly Qantas from Melbourne to Los Angeles. Resulting story: A review of Qantas' Premium Economy class for Fairfax Media's Traveller website in Australia. Blog Post: Catching public transport from LAX to Downtown LA. Activity: Check out the renovated and reopened Clifton's Cafeteria in LA's Downtown. Resulting story: A short item about Clifton's in a round-up of 2015 travel finds for Fairfax Media's Traveller website and print section in Australia. Second resulting story: An article about Downtown LA highlights for roundtheworldflights.com [story not currently online]. Tuesday 13 October to Wednesday 14 October 2015 Activity: Take the guided studio tours at Warner Brothers, Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures. Resulting story: An article about LA movie studio tours for Lonely Planet's website. Activity: Visit new Australian-owned café, Paramount Coffee Project. Resulting story: An article about Aussie-owned food and coffee outlets in LA, for Fairfax Media's Good Food website in Australia. Activity: Explore new contemporary art gallery, The Broad, in LA's Bunker Hill. Resulting story: A short item about The Broad in a round-up of 2015 travel finds for Fairfax Media's Traveller website and print section in Australia. Blog Post: My visit to The Broad. Activity: Visit the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City. Resulting story: An article listing six quirky attractions of LA, including the Museum of Jurassic Technology, for Lonely Planet's website. Second resulting story: Commissioned for an Australian media outlet, but yet to be published. Activity: Catch the Coast Starlight sleeper train north from LA to Oakland (for San Francisco); then later onward to Portland and Seattle. Resulting story: An article about the entire rail trip for the magazine Get Up & Go in Australia. Second resulting story: An article about the sleeper train experience for Fairfax Media's Traveller website and print section in Australia. Activity: Join the eccentric Emperor Norton's Fantastic San Francisco Time Machine tour. Resulting story: An article about the tour's highlights for Fairfax Media's Traveller website in Australia. Blog Post: Review of the long-running musical revue Beach Blanket Babylon. Activity: Attend the North Beach Underground tour of San Francisco, focusing on the Beat Generation. Resulting story: A 'Postcard from San Francisco' article for the Spectrum (culture) section of The Age newspaper in Melbourne. Blog Post: Profile of six memorable tours of San Francisco. Blog Post: San Francisco's retro public transport. Thursday 22 October to Sunday 25 October 2015 Activity: Visit Voodoo Doughnuts, Stark's Vacuum Cleaner Museum, Powell's City of Books and other offbeat attractions in Portland, Oregon. Resulting story: A list of 'Ten attractions keeping Portland weird' for Fairfax Media's Traveller website in Australia. Blog Post: Memorable street art of Portland. Activity: Join a food walking tour of North Mississippi Avenue, Portland. Resulting story: An article about highlights of the tour, for Fairfax Media's Good Food website in Australia. Blog Post: A visit to Stark's Vacuum Cleaner Museum, Portland. Blog Post: A tour of Portland's coffee culture. Activity: Take a coffee walking tour of Seattle, Washington. Resulting story: An article about the city's coffee highlights for Fairfax Media's Traveller website in Australia. Blog Post: Visiting Seattle's Living Computer Museum. Activity: Travel to Snoqualmie and North Bend, to visit locations from the TV series Twin Peaks. Resulting story: A 'Postcard from Twin Peaks' article for the Spectrum (culture) section of The Age newspaper in Melbourne. Second resulting story: An article about Twin Peaks locations for Lonely Planet's website. Blog Post: My visit to Twin Peaks locations. Blog Post: Taking a tour of Underground Seattle. Activity: Fly from Seattle to Los Angeles via Alaska Airlines. Resulting story: A review of Alaska Airlines' domestic Economy class for Fairfax Media's Traveller website in Australia. Activity: Fly Qantas from Los Angeles to Melbourne. Resulting story: A review of facilities at LAX for roundtheworldflights.com [story not currently online]. Blog Post: Review of the new Qantas International Business Lounge. And that's that! I arrived back home on Wednesday 4 November, courtesy of the International Dateline. Writing output, financial income By my count, the trip produced a total of 18 paid articles for outside publications (with a 19th yet to be published and paid for), and 12 posts on this blog. I calculate the paid articles earned a total of $8850.72 (all figures here are in Australian dollars) for both words and photos, before adding any applicable sales tax. About another $500 should come in from the final article. And there was additional research undertaken on the trip which I may yet write about, as well as revisiting its attractions in new ways. The blog posts don't earn any direct income, but drive traffic to Aerohaveno and thus contribute to the occasional small payments I receive from the Google Ads running on my blog. I had significant expenses on this journey, especially since I was paying my own airfares on this occasion. Including airfares, I estimate my total expenses on this trip at $3028.26, which leaves a profit of $5822.46 (plus $500 from the unpublished article, and possible income from future stories derived from the same research material). Some trips have a greater return on outlay, others less so. Quite aside from the profit, however, this west coast USA trek turned out to be one of my favourite journeys ever, and I was very glad I'd taken it. It's not easy to make a living from travel writing; but if you can derive a published story per day from a particular trip, you're off to a decent start. After this epic post, it's time for a break! Aerohaveno will be taking a break over the holiday season, and will be back with you in early January. Have a great New Year! Labels: air travel, airport, California, culture, drink, food, history, Los Angeles, North America, North Bend, Oregon, Portland, rail travel, San Francisco, Seattle, Snoqualmie, train travel, transport, USA, Washington 2017: My Year in Travel I was hosted on the trips mentioned below by the relevant local tourism authorities. Everyone else in the media publishes 'year in review' round-ups at this time of the year, so I'm jumping on the bandwagon. Here are personal highlights from my travels over the past twelve months... 1. Admiring the Asian-European 'fusion architecture' of Macau. I didn't know much about this former Portuguese territory before visiting it in February, but I quickly learned its European connection had lasted much longer than that of Hong Kong. The Portuguese were in Macau for over four centuries, from 1557 to 1999; by comparison, Hong Kong was under British rule for just over 150 years. As a result, there's quite a mix of Asian and European influences in Macau's architecture, with striking contrasts. The best example I saw was a former covered marketplace in Taipa Village (pictured above), which has Greek pillars and a Chinese roof. For more, read my blog post about about my favourite place in Macau. 2. Riding the narrow trams of Hong Kong. I enjoyed lots about Hong Kong on my first visit there - the food, its cultural attractions, the busy urban streets. One thing that stood out was the city's tram system, which runs along the north side of Hong Kong Island. I love trams, and these ones are particularly atmospheric. In addition to being double-decker, they're rather narrow, lending them a charmingly improbable fairytale look. It can be hard to get a seat on them sometimes, but they're hands-down more fun than catching the MTR underground railway. 3. Visiting Ballarat on a White Night. Having missed Melbourne's annual White Night arts event while I was in Hong Kong, I took the chance to attend the first regional staging of it in Ballarat. It was loads of fun, being out until 4am on busy streets full of happy locals ogling illuminations which drew on the city's rich gold rush and Aboriginal history. I wrote about the experience here. 4. Discovering First Nations culture in Vancouver. I was impressed by Vancouver's Museum of Anthropology when I visited the Canadian city in July. It houses a wonderful collection of Indigenous art from the past two centuries, with an impressive new gallery in which modern-day First Nations artists comment on the cultural underpinnings of the art of their forebears. Read my post about the museum here. 5. Cruising the Alaska Marine Highway. Not all Alaskan cruises are on huge luxury cruise ships. Embarking at Prince Rupert, Canada, I took the MV Matanuska to the Alaskan state capital Juneau, then on to former gold rush town Skagway. These car ferries (with cabins) are used by locals as much as visitors, providing a great way to see the beautiful scenery on the Inside Passage while not being tied to a cruise itinerary. I wrote about cruising the Alaska Marine Highway in this article for Lonely Planet. 6. Taking the train to Yukon. There had to be a train in this list, right? You know how much I like rail travel. And a ride along the White Pass & Yukon Route railway is spectacular, with the narrow-gauge train chugging up from the Alaskan coast at Skagway through the mountains across the Canadian border to Carcross, Yukon. It's a brilliant journey, with magnificent scenery. 7. Meeting a crocodile on the Sunshine Coast. While attending the annual Australian Society of Travel Writers conference in Queensland in August, I was able to explore the late Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo. It's a lovely place to visit, with plenty of interesting animals, but the highlight for me was the arena show in which a couple of staff members (and a foolhardy white bird) hung around very close to a big saltwater crocodile - see my video clip above. You can read more about my Australia Zoo visit here. 8. Walking Hadrian's Wall in the UK. I like a bit of walking, but I'm not one for multi-day treks. So when I learned about the hop-on, hop-off bus which serves key points along what was once the Roman Empire's border wall, I realised it'd be possible to do a shorter hike between bus stops. So Narrelle and I spend over two hours strolling west of the former Roman fort at Housesteads - then transferred to the bus and headed off for lunch. Walking the undulating trail next to Hadrian's Wall was harder than I'd expected, but I'm glad we did it. Not only was it good to get out of my urban comfort zone, I felt I'd become closer to the inhabitants of the Roman era, otherwise so distant in time. I wrote about our Hadrian's Wall visit for the Globe & Mail newspaper in Canada; read it here. So... how was your year in travel? Labels: Alaska, architecture, Australia, Britain, Canada, culture, England, history, Hong Kong, Macau, nature, Queensland, rail travel, technology, transport, UK, USA, Vancouver, Victoria, Yukon Vancouver Eating On this trip I was hosted by Destination Canada (destinationcanada.com), Destination British Columbia (HelloBC.com) and Tourism Vancouver (tourismvancouver.com). On my recent visit to Vancouver, Canada, I had the opportunity to eat at some great restaurants. Here are three I liked - add them to the list for your next Van visit: 1. The Acorn. On my first day in Vancouver, I joined a mural tour in the Mount Pleasant district, then walked along Main Street to this excellent vegetarian restaurant (recommended by Vancouverite colleague Nikki Bayley). It's a great place, with a friendly, relaxed atmosphere and an informal decor - on the hot sunny evening I visited, the windows were open to catch the breeze, so there was a sense of being connected with the street life outside. Of the dishes, I particularly enjoyed the beer battered halloumi with zucchini and potato pancake, smashed peas, mint yogurt, and lemon balm. It looked - as intended - like a clever vego tribute to fish and chips: Find it at: 3995 Main St, Vancouver. theacornrestaurant.ca 2. Harvest Community Foods. Two nights later I was ready to leave on The Canadian sleeper train to Jasper, part of a long rail and ferry journey up to Alaska and Yukon. It made sense to eat near Pacific Union Station, so this simple eatery on the edge of Chinatown was ideal. Harvest focuses on healthy, sustainable produce, just what I needed. When travelling, it's easy to make poor food choices, but everything here looked great... ... so I went for a tofu dish, with a nut-based side salad, and a glass of home-made grape and green tea kombucha: Find it at: 243 Union St, Vancouver. harvestunion.ca 3. Maenam. When I returned from Yukon to Vancouver a few weeks later, I had dinner at this impressive Thai restaurant in Kitsilano. Dish after dish came out, as I shared a vegetarian version of the "chef's menu" selection. Sadly I was too overwhelmed by the excellent food to make detailed notes, so I'm merely going to share some photos with you. Trust me - it was all delicious. Find it at: 1938 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver. maenam.ca Have fun eating your own path through Vancouver's great dining scene. Bon appetit! Labels: British Columbia, Canada, drink, food, North America, Vancouver, vegetarian Vanished Melbourne (Part 2) In my Melbourne Historical app (sadly no more), I had a category called "Vanished". This listed several memorable Melbourne buildings which tragically had been demolished. Last post I shared three of them with you; here are three more... St Patrick's Hall at right. Photo courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. 4. St Patrick's Hall Lost birthplace of the Victorian Parliament Opened in 1849, St Patrick's Hall served a number of handy purposes in its early years: as a meeting place for the Irish society which had built it, as a school, and as the venue for an exhibition of industry and agriculture long before the Royal Exhibition Building was built. In 1851, however, it took on a much more prestigious role as the first home of the Victorian Parliament. Or more precisely, the home of the Legislative Council, the partly-elected chamber which later became the upper house of a more democratic legislature. After hosting a grand ball to mark the formal separation of Victoria from the territory of New South Wales, the building was extensively renovated for its new purpose. In November 1851, the politicians moved in. They wouldn't be there for long. In 1856 a new Parliament House was built on Spring Street to serve the two houses which had just been returned at Victoria's first fully democratic election. The Legislative Council moved out to join the new Legislative Assembly in its new home. With a handy sum of rent money jingling in their pockets, the St Patrick's Society modernised the hall by adding a new three-storey facade which brought it up to the line of the street. Over the next century the hall slowly fell into disuse, as other venues arose to serve the citizens' needs. St Patrick's Hall was demolished in 1957. There are two reminders of the hall still present today. One is St Patrick's Alley off Little Bourke Street, which ran alongside the building. The other is the former Speaker's Chair, which now stands within Queen's Hall in Parliament House. Nowadays the site of St Patrick's Hall is occupied by the offices of the Law Institute of Victoria, a fitting tribute to the vanished building which once held Victoria's first lawmakers. Visit the site: 470 Bourke St, Melbourne. Photo courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. 5. Stewart Dawson's Corner Once a popular meeting place, now forgotten From the late 19th century to 1928, the northwest corner of the intersection of Collins and Swanston Streets was known as Stewart Dawson's Corner. Dawson was a successful British jeweller and watchmaker who emigrated to Australia in 1886. He soon built up successful branches of his business in Australia and New Zealand, with Stewart Dawson's Building housing his Melbourne emporium. The footpath in front of the building became a prime place for people to meet (perhaps because of the proximity of the Melbourne Town Hall clock across the street), second only to "under the clocks" at Flinders Street Station. As many young men loitered here, this spot was also teasingly known as Puppy Dog Corner. For decades, everyone in Melbourne knew where Stewart Dawson's corner was. Then in 1932 Stewart Dawson's Building was demolished to make way for the impressive Depression-busting Manchester Unity Building. Stewart Dawson's Corner is long forgotten in Melbourne. However, if you'd like to stand on a live and kicking Stewart Dawson's Corner, you can do so at the intersection of Lambton Quay and Willis Street in Wellington, New Zealand. Sadly, the 116-year-old branch of Stewart Dawson's at that location moved out of its long-term home in late 2016. Visit the site: Corner of Collins & Swanston Sts, Melbourne. 6. Theatre Royal A demolished theatre, once a byword for scandal Melbourne's Theatre Royal opened in 1855 with Richard Sheridan's comic play The School for Scandal. This may have been an omen - before long the theatre gained an unsavoury reputation for vice, especially prostitution, and respectable folk avoided it like the plague. The most famous act to appear here in its early years was Lola Montez, the infamous courtesan who'd once been the mistress of the King of Bavaria. Lola arrived in Melbourne in 1855 to find the city still humming from the discovery of gold a few years before. Taking to the Theatre Royal stage, she performed her notorious 'Spider Dance'. This faux Spanish folk dance involved her energetically searching her skirts for an invisible spider, then stamping it to death. The response of local newspaper critics ranged from hostile to lukewarm. The Argus described it as “utterly subversive of all ideas of public morality”; while The Age was initially impressed, until a second reviewer decided the dance was “simply ridiculous”. After the theatre burned down in 1872, it was swiftly rebuilt. Leaving its dubious reputation behind, the Theatre Royal became a popular venue for plays and musicals over the next 60 years. The Theatre Royal was demolished in 1933, to be replaced by a department store. Its address is now the site of the Target Centre shopping arcade. Although Melbourne's Theatre Royal is no more, you can still visit a 19th century Theatre Royal in Hobart, and another in Castlemaine in country Victoria. Labels: accommodation, architecture, Australia, culture, Melbourne, Victoria In my Melbourne Historical app (now sadly no more), I had a category called "Vanished". This listed several memorable Melbourne buildings which had tragically been demolished. I'd like to share them with you; here are the first three... 1. Cole's Book Arcade A famous book emporium whose story is now concluded One of Melbourne's best-remembered vanished buildings, Cole's Book Arcade was a prominent part of the city's life from 1883 to 1929. Strong-willed proprietor Edward Cole, a firm believer in the educational and transformative powers of books, built a vast book emporium which eventually stretched between Bourke and Collins Streets. As part of this expansion, Cole paved and roofed Howey Place, a previously dingy alley off Little Collins Street. Cole's sprawling shop beneath its skylit glass roof sold more than books, trading in confectionery and a vast array of household ornaments. It also contained diversions such as stuffed animals, funny mirrors and a changing parade of exhibitions. Sadly, this unique emporium closed in 1929, and the building was demolished soon after. Nowadays the Bourke Street Mall site is the home to upmarket department store David Jones, while Howey Place is lined by fashion boutiques. However, you can still see EW Cole's ornamental roof over Howey Place today. Photo courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. 2. Federal Coffee Palace A teetotal hotel which eventually turned to drink Like the extant Hotel Windsor in its early years, the Federal Coffee Palace was an alcohol-free hotel whose owners believed in the temperance cause. It opened in 1888, neatly timed for the influx of visitors attending the great Centennial Exhibition of that year at the Royal Exhibition Building. Unfortunately, its owners' high-minded ideals were unable to compete with the proximity of various pubs, and in 1897 the hotel gained a liquor licence and became the Federal Palace Hotel, then later the Federal Hotel. The Federal Coffee Palace was decorated in a flamboyant jumble of styles which outdid even the usual Victorian-era excesses. An arcaded foyer with a glass roof soared four storeys in height, and the grand staircase was decorated in red and white marble. Outside, its lofty domed tower was a prominent landmark in those low-rise days. Unfortunately, the Federal didn't survive the advent of sophisticated modern hotels serving the jetsetters of the post-World War II era. It was demolished in 1973. The beautiful hotel was succeeded by a bland concrete office tower, which is now giving way to a new 47-storey apartment building. If you want to drink an espresso in memory of the grand edifice of temperance which once stood here, head a few blocks east to the cafe beneath the Elizabeth Street colonnade of the GPO Building. Its name? Federal Coffee Palace. Visit the site: 555 Collins St, Melbourne. 3. Fish Market A monumental market that met its maker Whenever Melburnians bemoan the destruction of the city's grand buildings of the past, an example that always gets a mention is the Fish Market. This 200 metre long building stretched along Flinders Street, its rear curving along the railway viaduct behind the site. Opened in 1892 upon the closure of the previous fish market next to Flinders Street Station, the market stored and sold fish, poultry, rabbits and other game. Despite this mundane function, it was an elaborate expression of civic pride, with a central clock tower, an impressive arched entry, and conical towers dotted along its length. In the late 1950s, the market's functions were relocated to a large new site on Footscray Road, West Melbourne. The Fish Market building was demolished in 1959. Nowadays the site is occupied by the Northbank Place commercial and residential development, completed in 2009. There's something piscine in its curving walls and steel ribs, a tribute perhaps to its memorable predecessor. Visit the site: 545 Flinders St, Melbourne. Next post: three more demolished Melbourne gems, including a scandalous theatre and the Victorian Parliament's forgotten first home... Labels: accommodation, architecture, Australia, culture, drink, food, Melbourne, Victoria Łódź, Poland: From Industrial Revolution to Movies I visited Poland courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. Last year I revisited one of Poland's most overlooked cities, Łódź (pronounced 'woodge'). In the centre of the country, Poland's third-largest city was the epicentre of the Industrial Revolution in what was then a province of the Russian Empire. As a result, it has a lot of interesting industrial architecture, from repurposed factory complexes to tycoons' luxurious former homes. It's more noted nowadays as the hub of the Polish film industry. Because Warsaw was in ruins at the end of the Second World War, movie-makers regrouped here after the conflict. Cinematic highlights for visitors include the Cinematography Museum housed within a former mansion; the National Film School where Roman Polański once studied; and the animation museum of Se-ma-for Studios. Here's a quick tour... 1. Start your visit with the Cinematography Museum. There are two attractions here: the extensive collection of movie memorabilia, from early stereoscopic film viewers to sets and props from recent productions; and the beautiful mansion it's housed in, once the home of a Łódź textile king. 2. From the museum it's a short walk to the National Film School, spread across a number of buildings. It doesn't hold regular tours, but it's possible to pre-book one in English. This is the place where greats such as Polański, Kieślowski and Wajda got their start, and there are plaques to these ex-students on a set of stairs where they sat between classes. 3. Next stop is Se-ma-for Studios, one of Poland's top animation creators. Its Animation Museum has a great range of puppets which have been used over the decades in Polish animated movies, including recent international co-productions. It's fun to look through the changing designs, even if you're not familiar with the productions. 4. A great place to end is Lodz's main street, ul Piotrowska. Here in the footpath is the Walk of Fame, embedded Hollywood-style stars with the names of famous Polish film-makers in them. Because Piotrowska is full of good restaurants and bars, it's a good spot to finish your visit over an excellent Polish beer. It's worth staying over, but it's also possible to visit Łódź as a day trip by train from Warsaw (though it'd be a long and busy day). You can find out more about the city and its attractions at the official Łódź tourism website. Labels: architecture, Central Europe, culture, Europe, history, Lodz, Łódź, Mazovia, Poland Help! Beatles Tour of Hamburg (With Ukulele) On this trip I was hosted by the German National Tourist Office. "There's nowhere in the world they played more than Hamburg," says Stefanie Hempel as we stand in the German city's Beatles-Platz. "Here the foundation stone was laid for their career." She's right. Hamburg was where the Beatles got their start, playing a huge number of gigs - Hempel estimates it as 300 concerts over two years. Her tribute to their German residency is a specialist tour of the St Pauli neighbourhood around the Reeperbahn, the spine of Hamburg's famous red-light and entertainment district. She punctuates stops at the sites of Beatles venues past and present, by playing Beatles songs - on her ukulele. It may be a far cry from the Beatles' guitars or even George Harrison's sitar, but it seems to work. The compact instrument allows Hempel to belt out a tune, vocals included, with little preparation. Then we're off along St Pauli's dingy daytime streets to the next stop. At Beatles-Platz itself, she sings In My Life. Then at the former Top Ten Club (see photo top right), she rocks a version of sea shanty My Bonnie, which the early Beatles performed with Tony Sheridan. In a back street courtyard, we locate the doorway which John Lennon leaned against for the cover of his 1975 Rock 'n' Roll album... ... then we pause by the site of the former Bambi Kino, a cinema where the Beatles were boarded within a shabby storeroom between gigs: One of the nearby places they performed at was the Indra, where they first used the Beatles name and initially acted as the backing band for a stripper (Hempel performs the Chuck Berry number Rock and Roll Music here): Next is the Kaiserkeller, perhaps the Hamburg venue most linked with The Beatles in popular memory. It's still rocking: And finally, we stand behind the site of the long-vanished Star Club, to admire this plaque listing the impressive array of talented artists who took the stage during its short life: This is where Stefanie goes out with a bang, belting out I Saw Her Standing There. I join in the "Ooooh" bit in the chorus, of course. All you need is love, right? Find out more and make bookings at Hempel's Beatles Tour website. Labels: architecture, Central Europe, culture, Europe, Germany, Hamburg, history One Trip, Multiple Stories: A Travel Writer's Rail... Łódź, Poland: From Industrial Revolution to Movies...

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Places to Visit - Ashton under Lyne This page lists places of interest in and around Ashton under Lyne. Click the links to find out more. Portland Basin Museum The former canal warehouse now hosts a re-creation of life in earlier times as well as exhibitions reflecting the industrial history of Tameside. Find out more about this fascinating museum. Museum of the Manchesters This museum is housed within Ashton Town Hall and is devoted to the Manchester Regiment, which had been based in Ashton's Ladysmith Barracks. Find out more about this regimental museum. St Michael's Parish Church With a history going back to before the Domesday Book, parts of the present church are 600 years old. The church boasts fine stained glass windows. Find out more about Ashton's historic Parish Church. Park Bridge Once a bustling industrial valley, the iron works, coal mines and railway viaduct have gone and the area around Park Bridge is now a tranquil backwater with an interesting Visitor Centre. Find out more about this unusual area of industrial relics. Ashton's Canals Ashton is a hub of the area's canals, with three canals radiating out to Manchester, Yorkshire and Derbyshire. Find out more about the town's historic canals. Situated in the Central Library building in Old Street, the Art Gallery hosts visiting collections changing every month or so. In the same building is the Local Studies Library and Archives Centre. Stamford Park A splendid park between Ashton and Stalybridge. It includes a boating lake, paddling pool, large play area and animals. Find out more about this extensive public park. Daisy Nook Country Park The remains of the canals of the Medlock Valley provide water features in this oasis of nature between Ashton and Oldham. Find out more... Hartshead Pike The most prominent landmark in the area, Hartshead Pike is a favourite destination for walkers and offers views over several counties. Find out more about this ancient location. Ashton Market Ashton has had a market for over 700 years. Today's indoor and outdoor markets are a popular feature of the town for residents and visitors. Find out more about the town's markets. Mossley Industrial Heritage Centre A small Heritage Centre situated at the rear of Longlands Mill, Queen Street, Mossley. Looks at life of local wool and cotton workers and the development of the town. Find out more about this small but unusual resource. (external link)

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C100 Committee member Robert Thurman explains the Dalai Lama's retirement Yesterday it was announced that the Dalai Lama was retiring, more specifically, stepping down as Tibet's political leader. We talked to Robert Thurman, president of the Tibet House here in New York, about what this really means. This is a unique situation and Thurman tells us to keep in mind there is a difference between "succession" of a political leadership role moving from a spiritual leader to an elected leader, and "succession" of a reincarnating lama by dying and being found again after subsequent rebirth in another family. I was wondering if you could explain what this retirement means for the Tibetan people. It makes them very anxious, though they are aware that he wants them to take responsibility for the democratic exercise of their citizen's duties. He is only giving up political decision making—he is still there in a moral leadership role, and in spiritual role. Who will now succeed him? The government in exile has a constitution that vests authority in elected representatives. An elected prime minister will take ultimate responsibility for political decisions, in consultation with cabinet and assembly. And is this the first time a Buddhist leader has stepped down? He was a unique case of a Buddhist spiritual leader also being a head of state, since the founding of the Dalai Lama government in 1642. So there is no spiritual leader succeeding him, since the Tibetans have created a secular democratic state in exile, to be imported back into Tibet when the time comes. I read that China maintained that it was not for the Dalai Lama to decide about his own successor, including any possible abolition of the institution. This has to do with the reincarnation of the spiritual teacher line of enlightened Dalai Lamas. Dalai Lama's 1 through 4 had no political power, were merely reincarnate lamas who served as heads of monastic universities and spiritual teachers. The Chinese communists, who do not believe in reincarnation, insisted that they would recognize reincarnations. They began this with the Panchen Lama, who was recognized by the Dalai Lama in the 90s, after which the PRC government abducted and imprisoned him and his family, and then they appointed the child of a party official as the Panchen Lama. Almost none of the Tibetans respect that appointed Lama and he is clearly just a puppet of the state. Is it possible he will not be able to retire? It is possible that in the future, after the 14th Dalai Lama passes and the Fifteenth is found in exile or by the proper Tibetan religious authorities, that the Tibetan people will make an effort to ask him to sertve as the ceremonial head of state, though it is doubtful the reincarnation will agree, as he will remember (or learn about) his previous incarnation's determination to develop Tibetan democracy and a secular Tibetan government. In sum, this announcement by the Dalai Lama is not new news, in that he has made the statement about retiring from politics and the Tibetans' need for democratic decision making, often in recent years, beginning in the 60s. What is perhaps new is the formality of this statement at the time of the election of the new Prime Minister. By Jen Carlson (Gothamist.com) March 11, 2011 Contact the author of this article or email tips@gothamist.com with further questions, comments or tips.

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photo-eye Book Reviews: Figures and Fictions Figures and Fictions, Edited by Tamar Garb. Published by Contrasto, 2010. Figures and Fictions Reviewed by Colin Pantall Tamar Garb, ed. Figures and Fictions Edited by Tamar Garb. Steidl, 2011. Hardbound. 256 pp., 280 color and black & white illustrations, 9-1/2x12-1/2". The history of South Africa does not make for easy reading. Race, religion, class, sexuality and gender collide in ways that are not always clear-cut. Visually, this has resulted in a photographic over-reach, an evolutionary fast-tracking where photographers have gone beneath the surface to come up with pictures that make sense in a political landscape where the historical image does not always match the contemporary reality. In Figures and Fictions, Tamar Garb puts together a group of contemporary photographers who have gone beyond the obvious to create work that is provocative, dynamic and beautiful. In her excellent essay on the origins of contemporary South African photography, Garb traces modern documentary practice to the 1950s, when Drum Magazine created a platform for black photographers to provide images that reflected the complexity of South African life and so move beyond "the romantic idealizations and delimiting essentialisms that had been so dominant beforehand." In the 1970s and 80s documentary photography was given a hardened political edge by the polarized political atmosphere of the apartheid era. But the edge was too hard and photography became a one-dimensional tool for promoting the struggle against the brutality and inequities of the apartheid state. This served well for propaganda purposes but was limited in other respects, a sentiment best expressed by Santu Mofokeng's rueful comment that 'black skin and blood make a beautiful contrast." Figures and Fictions, by Tamar Garb. Published by Steidl, 2011. This disillusionment with 'struggle photography' is one of the reasons that South African photography became so rich, complex and layered. Mofokeng began incorporating family life, private experience and hidden views into his practice, while photographers such as David Goldblatt sought to highlight the political realities of everyday life in a more nuanced manner. This visual ferocity and intentional ambiguity with which photographers state their case is what makes Figures and Fictions such a rewarding book. Sabelo Mbalengi examines 'male intimacy and eroticism,' Pieter Hugo cuts across class, race, gender and historical identity in his portraits while Zwelethu Mthethwa's pictures of the Shembe community visualizes layers of history condensed into sartorial form. Jodi Bieber examines the body and Nontsikelelo Veleko captures street fashion South African style. The mystery of South Africa is how such a small country can produce such a large number of internationally recognized photographers. Figures and Fictions explains why this has happened, placing contemporary South African practice (especially documentary practice) in a political and historical context and also helping us expand our understanding of what photography can be and how it can get under the skin of those who view it.—Colin Pantall Colin Pantall is a UK-based writer, photographer and teacher - he is currently a visiting lecturer in Documentary Photography at the University of Wales. His work has been exhibited in London, Amsterdam, Manchester and Rome and his Sofa Portraits will be published as a handmade book early next year. Further thoughts of Colin Pantall can be found on his blog, which was listed as one of Wired.com’s favourites earlier this year. Labels: Book Reviews, Books, Colin Pantall

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Oozing Forever - Game of the Day Oozing Forever, the latest physics-based platforming action game by developer PixelAnte (Towering Forever, Hunted Forever), puts you in the shoes of Mr. Ooze, a strange, spiky little creature surrounded in a cloud of green goop. You’ll need to help the little protagonist escape from the wreckage of a secret science facility, where something has gone terribly wrong. (The slightly foul-mouthed) Mr. Ooze is controlled solely via the mouse. He’ll follow your cursor, which he’s sort of attached to by some rubber-bandy physics. Left-clicking will make him to jump. It sounds simple enough until you consider that the ooze surrounding the main character is integral to his propulsion power. More of the green glop can be collected by rolling over pockets of it that emanate from cracks in the ground. The more sludge that surrounds Mr. Ooze, the higher he’ll jump, and the more damage he’ll do when colliding with enemies. Enemies will slowly destroy Mr. Ooze’s protective layer of toxic waste, and intense light (and the beams of security droids) will slowly burn it away. Your success will largely depend upon your ability to master the squishy controls. Momentum will be your greatest friend, but may also be your worst enemy. The game is of decent length, and includes 16 different levels to complete. You may occasionally run into some performance issues on the default graphical settings, but you can adjust these to improve performance from the options menu. At the end of the day, it reminds me of a mash-up of the games Hunted Forever and Gen. While it may not be quite as excellent as either of those titles, Oozing Forever is still a very fun game that’s worth some of your time.

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Sustainability: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Martin Ashcroft reports on a first-of-its-kind economic study detailing the benefits of Everglades restoration, including a rise in job creation, real estate values and water quality. Sustainability has been seen as a “good thing” for some time. Many have questioned, however, whether the price is worth paying. In the case of the Everglades, at least, what’s good for the environment is proving also to be good for the economy. In October this year, the Everglades Foundation released the results of a comprehensive analysis of the financial return on investment generated by the restoration of the Everglades ecosystem. The study, Measuring the Economic Benefits of America’s Everglades Restoration: An Economic Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Affiliated with the World’s Largest Ecosystem, was conducted by Mather Economics, and predicts that restoration of the Everglades will produce an increase in economic benefits of approximately $46.5 billion, which could range up to $123.9 billion, based on an investment of only $11.5 billion. "It is clear that Everglades restoration not only produces ecological benefits, but also generates a robust economic boost to our economy. For every dollar spent on Everglades restoration, we are getting four dollars back in the form of higher home values, increased tourism and stronger fishing, boating and tourism industries," said Kirk Fordham, CEO, Everglades Foundation. "When we invest in protecting and restoring the Everglades, we are also revving up a powerful job creation engine. Aside from the good paying jobs in construction, engineering and the sciences that come with restoration projects, we are boosting employment in a wide range of industries." More than seven million people live in the Everglades watershed and depend on its natural systems for their livelihood. Florida’s agriculture, boating, tourism, real estate, recreational and commercial fishing industries all depend on a healthy Everglades ecosystem, which supports tens of thousands of jobs and contributes billions to the economy. Unfortunately, the Everglades ecosystem is not in the best of health, due in part to the space program—odd as that might sound. A major cause of the decline of the Everglades is that the rocket engines made by Aerojet Corporation were too large to be trucked to Cape Canaveral by highway, so in the 1960s, a 20-mile long canal was cut across southern Miami-Dade County so that barges could ferry the massive engines north. The C-111 canal, locally known as the Aerojet canal, also served as a major flood control device. The jet engine manufacturer is long gone, but the canal remains, diverting fresh water that once flowed west and shuttling water east into the Barnes Sound area of Florida Bay. "The canal is sucking what little fresh water there is in the southern Everglades right out," says Dr. Tom Van Lent, senior scientist, Everglades Foundation. The mis-directed fresh water upsets the balanced salinity of Taylor Slough, devastating the delicate sea grass beds that are nurseries for young fish, shrimp and sponges and reducing the number of wading birds. Scientists say that 75 percent of the water that once flowed through Taylor Slough to Florida Bay is now sent into the C-111. "If you don't fix the problems created by the C-111, you don't fix Florida Bay. It's that simple," says Dr. Van Lent. The first stage of the restoration project is to build a series of retention ponds to hold storm water rather than allowing it to flow to the sound. Two new pumps will push the water west into the Taylor Slough. From there, the water will flow naturally into Everglades National Park and, eventually, Florida Bay. A seepage barrier will be constructed along the canal. Levels in the southernmost canals will be raised by barely an inch a year for several years so the impact can be examined. The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan will involve the combination of many individual projects over the next few years to restore the Everglades to its natural state. Everglades CERP, if enacted as planned, will restore Everglades sheet flow. Restored sheet flow will provide additional fresh surface water and groundwater, meaning that water available for municipal and private use will be less saline, requiring less electricity to become usable and potable. A restored Everglades would therefore reduce the cost of desalinating increasingly brackish groundwater. It is benefits like this that the Mather Economics study sets out to calculate. To do so, it divides the restoration project into six distinct categories, with a catch-all seventh. · Groundwater purification and aquifer recharge · Real estate · Park visitation · Open space · Wildlife habitat and hunting · Water quality, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration Wherever estimates needed to be made, Mather took a conservative approach, using the best available data and economic methods. This explains its cautious estimate of a $46.5 billion increase in economic welfare, and its potential value of up to $123 billion. Assuming a total project cost of $11.5 billion, the return on investment at its most conservative level is still over $4 for every dollar invested. The report estimates that groundwater purification will contribute at least $13 billion, and that real estate values will benefit by at least $16 billion. Wildlife habitat and hunting stands to benefit by $12.5 billion and fishing (commercial and recreational) by $2.5 billion. Fishing is big business in the Everglades. To calculate the benefits of restoration, Mather used data on commercial catch per species for each of the relevant South Florida counties for the years 1986 through 2008. Earlier data was considered unreliable. Assuming that restoration would enhance commercial fish catch, because of increased sheet flow, Mather estimated the change by comparing current levels to peak levels in the late 1980s. Its conservative estimate is that a restored Everglades will provide 75 percent of the difference between current catch levels and catches in 1989, the first year in which there are reliable data. Water also plays an important role in the determination of residential real estate values. Lakeside or seaside properties sell at a premium compared to properties located away from water. A home on a clear stream trades at a premium to a similar home on a polluted stream. Economists have developed techniques to quantify the incremental value of environmental attributes like this, and studies consistently show that water quality is something that people are willing to pay for. The magnitude of this effect is generally in the 0.5 percent to 7.0 percent range. The Mather study takes the lowest figure as its projection. The report also concludes that Everglades restoration will have an incremental impact on employment, creating almost 450,000 additional jobs over 50 years, with residential construction and real estate services providing over half of those opportunities. Over 80,000 jobs are expected to be created in wildlife habitat and hunting, and over 40,000 in fishing. Tourism, including lodging, restaurants, transportation, retail and entertainment stands to gain almost 50,000 new jobs. The US Army Corps of Engineers also estimates there will be over 22,000 new short- to mid-term jobs created as a result of actual restoration projects. But Mather is careful to point out that job creation is not an extra benefit, but merely another way of looking at the same benefits. “Most academic economists would prefer to discuss the sales of the output of the firms rather than the jobs used in production,” the report says, “but for some reason or another, policy makers, pundits and politicians seem to prefer the jobs numbers approach. For sure, jobs are easier to calculate and perhaps easier for lay people to appreciate. Our point here is to respond to that latter audience, but it would be a big mistake for anyone to interpret our discussion here as additive. The jobs are not in addition to the calculated benefits. They are an alternative way of visualizing the impact of Everglades restoration.” The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan is an ambitious project, to say the least. Equally impressive is the extent to which its social and economic benefits can be quantified. It makes one wonder how many smaller scale sustainability projects could be undertaken by industry, to the benefit of us all, if we let the accountants loose. Measuring the Economic Benefits of America’s Everglades Restoration: An Economic Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Affiliated with the World’s Largest Ecosystem, is available in its entirety at www.evergladesfoundation.org in the "Reports and Surveys" section of the website. PetroPerú’s Talara Refinery: Showing that expansion can be sustainable The Talara Oil Refinery, located in a desert district a little over 1,000km from Lima, is Peru’s second largest oil refinery. Joseph Philips

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Who Was Don Ameche?? August 28, 2013Written by Joe Morella and Frank Segers Who indeed? One of the leading actors of the 1930s and 1940s who never stopped working in films, on radio, television and on the Broadway stage, then made a comeback in the 1980s and won a Oscar. That’s who. In addition for having a career than spanned 60 years Don Ameche is also known for having one of the longest marriages of any Hollywood star. He and his wife Honore Prendergast were married in 1932, and for the ensuing 54 years until her death. And they raised six children. Ameche was a family man. (Should we add that he was a Roman Catholic?) But he was also a soothingly competent actor and one of 20th Century Fox boss Darryl F. Zanuck’s favorites — because he was sooo reliable. He was in scores of hit films. His best known are probably 1939’s The Story of Alexander Graham Bell and 1943’s Heaven Can Wait (his personal favorite). Joe especially likes him in 1939’s Midnight, the Billy Wilder-Charles Brackett romp with Claudette Colbert and 1941’s That Night in Rio. In that one he plays two roles, the love interest opposite both Carmen Miranda AND Alice Faye. A brief digression about Ameche and the Graham Bell movie. Seems that back in the 1930’s, Zanuck and Frank Nugent enjoyed a highly competitive relationship. Nugent was then chief movie reviewer of The New York Times, “probably the first and last critic Zanuck paid serious attention to,” wrote the mogul’s biographer, Mel Gussow. It seems that Nugent would take frequent and witty potshots at late 1930’s Fox pictures (cracks about “moss-covered” scripts, etc.). Nonetheless, Nugent praised Graham Bell when it came out largely because — it starred Ameche and NOT Tyrone Power, a special Zanuck favorite. Wrote Gussow: Incensed at a slam of an actor who wasn’t even in the picture, both Fox and (New York’s) Roxy Theater cancelled all advertising in the ‘Times’ for almost a year. Most people today remember Ameche because of his films as an older gentlemen. His movie career was revived by 1983’s Trading Places then 1985’s Cocoon (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), and its 1988 sequel, Cocoon, The Return That’s a topless Don (left) with Hume Cronyn and Wilfred Brimley, his Cocoon and Cocoon The Return costars. (No question that Ameche looks better dressed.) That’s him (below) with his Oscar, looking uncomfortable standing next to someone by the name of Cher. Finally, our pal Peter Besas, former Madrid correspondent of Variety, alerts us to the fact that Ameche was a genuinely good guy offscreen — and a good interview. Peter, who over the course of his career interviewed many stars, often in San Sebastian, writes with these impressions: Perhaps the most pleasant (interviewee) was James Mason. The most unpleasant Robert Shaw. The most stupid, Lee Van Cleef. The most self-conceited Tony Curtis, when he already was getting old, over lunch, so I couldn’t escape. One of the most charming, when he was already very old, was Don Ameche at the San Sebastian Film Festival. (Dominic Felix Ameche died in 1993, felled by prostate cancer, in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 85.) Uncategorized Alexander Graham Bell, Carmen Miranda, Cher, Don Ameche, Lubitsch Touch, Oscar Winners TYRONE POWER Quiz — The Answers Part I. ‘Yellow Sky’ — A Noir Western I’ve always liked Don Ameche, and would like to mention that he had a pleasant baritone singing voice and, among other successes as a “vocalist” introduced the lovely Irving Berlin ballad “Now It Can Be Told” in 1938’s ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND. He also starred on Broadway in Cole Porter’s SILK STOCKINGS in the role played in the 1957 film version by Fred Astaire. As an indication of Ameche’s great success in THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, take note of a line in 1941’s BALL OF FIRE in which nightclub singer (and gangster’s moll) Barbara Stanwyck tries to stop professor Gary Cooper from evicting her from the house where he and the other professors reside, by proving to him how much Cooper needs her to complete his study of contemporary American slang. Stanwyck asks Cooper something like, “For instance would you know what it means when someone says: “Get him for me on the ‘Ameche’?” Cooper looks puzzled and Stanwyck says, “You know, the telephone, ’cause he invented it.” When Cooper starts to correct her, Stanwyck interrupts and says: “You know, in the movie!” Interesting trivia: In the 1943 Broadway production ONE TOUCH OF VENUS, which provided Hollywood reject Mary Martin with her first smash hit as a Broadway star, one of the Kurt Weil/Ogden Nash songs, “Wooden” Wedding,” has Kenny Baker’s humble barber imagining married life in suburbia with Martin’s earthbound goddess. As he imagines the simple pleasures they’ll enjoy as a couple, one of them is “a double feature with Don Ameche.” With a long and happy marriage and family life, his late in life Oscar win and a successful career that encompassed many venues of entertainment over a long life, Ameche was one “nice guy” who apparently, finished “first.”

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Burnside Cemetery Irishtown Township Clinton County, Illinois SE1/4 NE1/4 Sec 33 T3N R2W Click for Photo Gallery Article by Dorothy Falk as of 1999 A family cemetery sits within the Eldon Hazlet State Park, north of Carlyle, near Carlyle Lake. It is located about a quarter of a mile south of the Cherokee hiking trail entrance, up a winding grass path. It is on a hill overlooking a field of wildflowers and the spot where the Burnside's house used to be long ago. There is a wooden fence around the cemetery. There are only 17 individuals known to be buried here, two others assumed to be buried here and probably others unmarked. Nine are from the BURNSIDE family, three from the HOOD family, three from the FOREST family, one from the ALLEN family and one from the LEDBETTER family. Although little is known about the relationship of these families, we do know that the Burnsides, Hoods and Forests were all originally from Ireland, they were all farmers, and census records indicate that they may have been neighbors. We assume that Ledbetters were also friends of the Burnside family. Inscriptions and Comments 1 ALLEN, Benjamin 1830 22 Apr 1852 Was the grandson of the elder John Burnside, and son of Jane Burnside. Died at the age of 21 years, 7 months and 13 days. This data was on the bottom part of a broken stone. Same marker, top portion, stone fragment says Died in April, Age 48 years, 11 months. This could be the grave for Jane BURNSIDE ALLEN. 1 ALLEN, Jane BURNSIDE Apr Same marker as ALLEN, Benjamin, top portion, stone fragment says Died in April, Age 48 years, 11 months.This could be the grave for Jane BURNSIDE ALLEN. 5 BURNSIDE, Eliza 8 Jan 1799 1 Apr 1832 Second wife of James Burnside, Jr. was born in Ireland. She emigrated with her husband to Irishtown, Clinton County, Illinois in 1817. She and James, Jr. had six children: John, Samuel, Sarah, Robert, Thomas, and William G. Eliza died at the age of 33 years, 2 months and 23 days, 20 years before her husband died. 4 BURNSIDE, James, Jr. 1793 9 Feb 1851 Was the first man to make settlement here in the spring of 1817. He was born in Northern Ireland and came to this country in 1816, and first stopped in Indiana. He came to this country a single man, and married Elizabeth in Indiana. He remained there a year, then they came to the northern part of Clinton County, Illinois in what is now called Irishtown Township. The life and death of Elizabeth is unknown but from the union, six children were born. James worked in agriculture, as listed in the census records, we have records of James, Jr. purchasing 160 acres of land at the price of $2 an acre in Section 28 on 25 Sep 1817. This was his original purchase of land from the State of Illinois. James is buried on the top of the mound in the cemetery next to his second wife Eliza. He died at the age of 59. 2 BURNSIDE, John 6 Jun 1829 3 Aug 1861 Son of John and Catherine Burnside. John married Martha C. Prathen and from this union, one child was born 3 BURNSIDE, John 1791 11 Dec 1851 Son of James Burnside, Sr., and brother of James Burnside, Jr. He and his family came to this area a year after his brother in 1819 and appear in the 1820 Bond County and Federal census. John married Catherine and from this union, eight children were born. He was appointed trustee for the school system for township 3, range 2. John worked in agriculture and took over James 9 BURNSIDE, John 26 Jan 1818 21 Jan 1861 Eldest son of James, Jr. and Eliza, died at the age of 42 years, 11 months, 25. The only glimpse into the life of John is through the epitaph carved into his tombstone which reads: "His face was fair, his person pleasing, his temper amiable, his heart kind. He delighted in relieving the wants of his fellow creatures. To the poor he was a benefactor, to the rich an example. To the prosperous, an ornament. He loved to do good and thanked his Creator for being permitted to do so. When death took him from the bosom of his family, he could but transport him to a just God." 8 BURNSIDE, Robert G. 6 Jan 1829 24 Aug 1846 Twin son of James, Jr. and Eliza, died shortly after his twin brother, Thomas, at the age of 17 years, 7 months and 18 days. He was thought to have died from diptheria (a respiratory virus) and/or consumption. 6 BURNSIDE, Sarah 1 Nov 1822 17 Jan 1842 The only daughter of James, Jr. and Eliza, died at the age of 19 years, 2 months and 16 days. She was thought to have died from diptheria (a respiratory virus) and/or consumption. 7 BURNSIDE, Thomas H 6 Jan 1829 5 May 1846 Twin son of James, Jr. and Eliza, died at the age of 17 years, 3 months and 29 days. He was thought to have died from diptheria (a respiratory virus) and/or consumption. 13 FOREST, David 1839 10 Nov 1855 Son of J. & E., died at the age of 16 years, 8 months and 5 days. Nothing else is known about David. 13 FOREST, Elizabeth 1837 9 May 1945 Believed to be the daughter of James and Elizabeth Forest, died at the age of 8 years, 3 months and 9 days. Nothing else is known about Elizabeth. 13 FOREST, James abt 1810 23 Feb 1868 Born in Ireland. The first record of them here is the 1860 census which indicates that they arrived in this area between 1850 and 1860. The census spells their name Forrest, but we assume they are the same family. We also assume that David, Elizabeth and Robert are children of James and Elizabeth, they all died before the 1860 census as James and Elizabeth are shown alone in the census. James, David, Elizabeth (daughter) and Robert 13 FOREST, Robert 1845 9 Jan 1856 Believed to be the son of James and Elizabeth Forest. Died at the age of 11 years, 3 months and 11 days. Nothing else is known about Robert. 12 HOOD, James B. 26 Jan 1830 22 Oct 1860 Oldest son of Thomas and Elizabeth, died at the age of 30. Little is known about James. 10 HOOD, John T. 15 Dec 1833 18 Sep 1860 Son of Thomas and Elizabeth. John died at the age of 26. Marriage records showed that John married Sarah Barker 2 Dec 1858. 11 HOOD, Thomas 1792 1 Jan 1857 His wife was listed as born in Ireland, so we can assume he was, too. He married Elizabeth, and they and their two sons arrived here before 1830 as indicated by census records. Those records indicated that Thomas was a farmer. He died at the age of 65. The 1860 census was the first census that indicated where the people were born, but Thomas had died before that census. He is buried next to his two sons, John and James. His stone says "In memory of". 14 LEDBETTER, Marion 17 Mar 1860 21 Oct 1860 Son of Henry and Mary Elizabeth, died within a year of his birth. In an 1860 census, Marion is listed as being five months old. Cause of death is unknown. There is a poem about leaving his Father, Mother and little sister. MCNEILL, Elizabeth Burnside Sister of James, Sr., lived on a river bank in London, Derry County, Ireland. In the spring of 1823, Elizabeth and three of her children came to America by way of sailboat. She was run out of Ireland, because she was a protestant, by Mary, Queen of Scots. After a hazardous three week trip crossing the Atlantic, they landed at Quebec, Canada. They came down the Ohio River in a yawl (a two-mastered sailing vessel), and landed in Shawneetown, Illinois. They came an overland route to Irishtown Township, Clinton County, Illinois in 1823. Elizabeth is believed to be buried in the Burnside cemetery but her marker no longer appears where it once was long ago. Clinton County ILGenWeb Home > Clinton County Cemetery Index > Irishtown Township Cemetery Index > Burnside Cemetery Irishtown Township The ILGenWeb Project. All Rights Reserved. All materials contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged in researching their family origins. Any commercial use, without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited. Database table cem_list modified: 18 Jan 2020 Cemetery ID: 92 Page modified: 13 Feb 2018

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Ancestry adds UK, Military Indexes, 1920-1971 Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has added a new dataset, the UK, Military Indexes, 1920-1971 collection. It can be accessed at http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61448. The collection is described as follows: About UK, Military Indexes, 1920-1971 Within These Records These lists comprise the names and service numbers of those who were discharged from the armed forces after 1920 and born before 1901. Details given for over 300,000 individuals found within this collection may include (where available): Initial and Surname Their Service Ministry of Defence Reference Number The source for the collection is very vaguely described as "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0", but appears to be from the National Archives in England. For details on my genealogy guide books, including A Beginner's Guide to British and Irish Genealogy, A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923, Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition), Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. Labels: Ancestry, archives, military, TNA Forthcoming talks at PRONI in Belfast Some forthcoming events at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (www.nidirect.gov.uk/proni): At a Glance....Coming up at PRONI Glentoran and the community of East Belfast – the ties that bind - PRONI is pleased to host an event in PRONI Lecture Theatre, on the afternoon of Friday 5 May 2017, 2pm to 4pm, examining the history of Glentoran Football Club and its role at the heart of a developing and changing community Speakers and themes Sam Robinson, author of “There’s a Green Sward Called the Oval – the Life and Times of a Football stadium”: “The story of the Oval and of its people is one perseverance, foresight, tragedy, murder, political intrigue, community spirit, civil unrest, war and peace, highs and lows and success against the odds.” The second speaker will be Alan Carr, lecturer, trade unionist and Glentoran fan – ‘Standing upon the shoulders of Giants – the rise of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in Belfast’: “The rise of Glentoran, as a progressive, non-sectarian club, coincided with the rise of the labour and trade union movement, with thousands of workers concentrated in East Belfast in heavy industry, the Shipyards, Ropeworks, Gallagher’s and the Short’s Aircraft factory.” Booking for this event is Free via Eventbrite Connecting people and place: exploring your Ulster roots; 13 May 2017 The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in conjunction with the Ulster Historic Foundation, the Federation of Local Studies and the North of Ireland Family History Society are delighted to welcome you to a day of family history to be held at PRONI on 13 May 2017, 10.00 am until 4.00 pm. The event is sponsored by the Big Lottery Fund. More and more people would like to know how to trace their ancestors or to learn more about the history of their community. The study of history for personal research is a hugely enjoyable, rewarding, sociable and life-enhancing pastime. This event is aimed at anyone interested in finding out more about their ancestors or the local area where they live. It is free of charge and open to everyone irrespective of skills or experience – novice and more experienced researchers alike are welcome. The Keynote Speaker will be Joe Mahon of UTV’s Lesser Spotted Fame. Morning programme (10.00 am–12.45 pm) · Keynote speaker - Joe Mahon: People and place · Gillian Hunt: An introduction to family history research · Janet Hancock: Getting started online at PRONI · Break · Roddy Hegarty: Making connections with local and family history: a case study · John Dooher: The local press in Strabane in WW1, shared narratives and diverging priorities Lunch and guided tours of PRONI (12.45 pm-1.45 pm) Afternoon programme (1.45 pm–4.00 pm) · Rosemary Murphy: Glenelly My Home: A Facebook project in local and family history · Brian Mitchell: Sources for family history in North West Ulster · Facilitator: Fintan Mullan · Valerie Adams: Church records [TBC] · Dr Brian Lambkin: Migration records · Dr William Roulston: Landed estate records · Ann Robinson: The resources of the North of Ireland Family History Society Admission is FREE, however booking is essential as spaces are limited. Register for this event at Eventbrite To coincide with the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, PRONI is delighted to host the following event organised by the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies (Founded 1936) - BECKETT LECTURE - ‘From Antichrist to ARCIC: Protestant attitudes to Catholicism, 1517-2017’ - Prof Alan Ford (University of Nottingham), Thursday, 25 May 2017 6:30pm Prof Alan Ford is an Emeritus Professor of Theology at the University of Nottingham and a leading expert on Irish history in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with a particular interest in religious identity. Messines Memorial exhibition, 30 May to 9 June To mark the centenary of the Battle of Messines - of special interest in Ireland due to the fact that in the course of this battle the 16th (Irish) division fought side by side with the 36th (Ulster) division - PRONI is delighted to display an art installation entitled ‘Assembly - Memorial Chairs’ by Derbyshire Artist, Val Carman. This exhibition will be on display during PRONI's normal opening hours from Tuesday 30 May 1.00 pm until Friday 9 June 2017 at 1.00 pm. Assembly - Memorial Chairs The five memorial chairs are from Passendaele St Audomarus Church and will be accompanied by a beautifully constructed register of c.173,000 names of those from the UK and Ireland who lost their lives during the First World War in Belgium. Each of the five chairs represents the casualties of one year of the war, 1914-18 (which is shown in small lead numbers on each of the chairs). The accompanying book includes names printed on the left hand side of the book, leaving blank pages on the right hand side for visitors to write their own testimony or personal story. Any story or local reference about WW1 can be added to the book, and this special social history will then become part of the exhibits at In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres Belgium, when it returns there in 2018. Photocopies of images and letters are also welcome. This exhibition is travelling the UK and Ireland until 2018 and this will be the only opportunity to view it in Northern Ireland. We would encourage any groups interested in the First World War, particularly local schools and community organisations to contact us in advance to arrange a visit of the installation and an accompanying tour of PRONI. This display has been organised in conjunction with the In Flanders Fields Museum. The Island of Ireland and the Great War in Flanders by Piet Chielens, Thursday, 1 June at 7pm To mark the centenary of the Battle of Messines, PRONI are delighted to welcome Piet Chielens, the Coordinator of the In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres, Belgium on Thursday 1 June 2016 at 7.00 pm. PRONI is hosting this event in conjunction with the Government of Flanders. The In Flanders' Fields Museum is a museum in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the study of the First World War. The battle of Messines was particularly significant in the history of Ireland due to the contribution of both the 16th (Irish) and 36th (Ulster) Divisions. Piet’s presentation will reference all the Irish regiments over the period 1914-18, as reflected in Ireland’s Memorial Records. Piet has been co-director of the award winning In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres since 1996, where he is director of exhibitions and public programming. From 1992 to 2007 he was also artistic director of Peace Concerts Passchendaele. He has published and collaborated on numerous publications for both institutes (CD’s, guide books, catalogues, articles). Battle of Messines lunchtime lecture series, 2 June – 7 June, 12:30-1:30pm To mark the display of Val Carmen’s installation ‘Assembly’ PRONI, in conjunction with the Antrim and Down Branch of the Western Front Association, is hosting a series of lunch time talks on various aspect of the First World War. All talks take place at 12.30 pm in PRONI. Friday 2 June Dr Tom Thorpe - The British Army in 1917: how serious were the morale problems? Monday 5 June Dr Stephen Sandford – Ireland in 1917 Wednesday 7 June Mr Nicholas Perry - The Limits of Partnership: The Irish Divisions in Flanders in 1917 Admission is FREE, however booking is advised. Register for this event at Eventbrite Wrens of HMS Caroline – Exhibition Launch and Film Screening, 12 June 2pm PRONI is delighted to launch HMS Caroline’s travelling exhibition examining women’s experiences of serving on the ship on Monday 12 June 2.00 pm. 2017 is the centenary year of the formation of the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS). This exhibition highlights the women's experience of serving on the ship, firstly as part of the WRNS during the Second World War and later as part of the Women’s Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (WRNVR). The exhibition launch will include the first public screening of the ‘Wrens of HMS Caroline’ film which was produced by HMS Caroline and students from Northern Regional College earlier this year. Admission is FREE, however numbers are limited so advanced booking is required. Register for this event at Eventbrite Wrens object handling session, 26 June, 2-3pm This event is being held in conjunction with the Wrens of HMS Caroline exhibition as part of the WRNS centenary in PRONI on Monday 26 June 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm. Journey through the history of the Wrens by taking a closer look at items from a WRNS kit bag, along with pieces from the HMS Caroline collection. Hear about the history of the Caroline WRNS and the role of women since 1917. Take a look at photos and uniforms and try your hand at the Wrens Aptitude Test. NICS Live Challenge event at PRONI, Healthy Mind and Body, 20 April, 7-8.30 pm PRONI is pleased to welcome Healthy Mind and Body as part of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Live Team Challenge event in aid of Aware NI on 20th April 2017 from 7pm to 8-30pm Guest speakers, including Lynda Bryans, will be speaking about personal experiences with depression. Admission is free but voluntarily donations are welcome on the night, with all proceeds going to Aware NI https://www.aware-ni.org/. The evening concludes with announcement of the results of Online Auction and Donation Prize Draws. This event is organised as part of NICS (Northern Ireland Civil Service) Live Team Challenge, developed in conjunction with Business in the Community, which has volunteers from across the NI Civil Service working with charities during a six week period every year. Western Front Association 2017 program The Western Front Association is hosting a series of meetings and lectures at 6.30 pm on evenings throughout 2017. Meetings are open to the public and everyone is welcome. Details are on the PRONI Website at https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/western-front-association-2017-program Antrim and Down Western Front Lecture Series – Gerard O’Meara - Lorrha (Tipperary) people in the Great War, 11 May 2017, 6.30pm, PRONI Lecture Theatre The most northerly parish in Tipperary, Lorrha has long been known for its ancient and medieval monastic settlements. However, it also has a significant military history as recounted in the recent acclaimed study by Gerard O’Meara, Lorrha People and the Great War (Offaly Historical & Archaeological Society, 2016). Though perceived as a strong republican parish during the War of Independence (1919-1921), many people from Lorrha also served during the Great War, whether with Irish or British regiments, or Commonwealth (usually Australian) or American forces. They fought in all theatres of war and in the infantry, cavalry and artillery and earned a number of awards for valour, notably the Victoria Cross won by Martin O’Meara of Lissernane. This talk will examine the social and family backgrounds to the men from Lorrha fighting in the Great War. Gerard will bring along copies of the book for signature and sale. Antrim and Down Western Front Lecture Series, 20 April – ‘Ireland's contribution to winning the war at sea 1914-18 - RN, RNAS, USN, USNAS - Queenstown, Larne, Buncrana, Berehaven, Killybegs, Kingstown’ by Guy Warner, PRONI Lecture Theatre, 6.30pm Dedicated and prolific NI researcher and author, Guy Warner, has in recent years turned his attention to the fascinating developments in air surveillance and protection that took place at various naval and air bases around the coast of Ireland during the First World War. The threat of the German submarine fleet to merchant and passenger vessels making their way across the Atlantic was the primary reason for setting up these bases. Sophisticated dirigible airships and then fixed-wing aircraft monitored the sea for signs of submarine activity. American air personnel lent a hand from 1917 and remained some years after the war. These ports and bases eventually became contested sites after the partition of Ireland in 1922 and the background to the so-called ‘Treaty Ports’ is an enthralling story. (With thanks to the PRONI Express) Labels: archives, Ireland, Northern Ireland, PRONI, talks Ancestry makes Commonwealth collections free over Easter Free access to several collections on Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) for Easter: ACCESS MILLIONS MORE RECORDS Get closer to your overseas family right now Your Free Access to millions of extra Commonwealth records starts now. Our four-day Easter Free Access* is sure to lead to new discoveries. So don’t delay, get searching our extensive collections and reveal your relatives overseas. *Access to the records in the featured collections will start on 14 April and be free until 17 April, 2017 at 23:59 BST. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view the records in the featured collections using an Ancestry.co.uk Worldwide paid membership. To see a full list of the records in the featured collections please visit http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/group/commonwealth_records. Labels: Ancestry, empire, freebies, UK Writing Your Family History course From genealogist Gill Blanchard: I will be repeating Module One of my E-Course in Writing Your Family History in May 2017 and would be grateful if you could include the details in your blog. This is a practical writing course that guides participants through the process of bringing their ancestors to life in an entertaining manner. It will enable students to choose the most suitable format, decide what to include (and exclude) and how to find and integrate relevant background context. The course consists of two ten week modules, although module one can be taken as a stand alone unit. Lessons are delivered electronically. Students receive individually tailored in-depth feedback; have regular live discussions with the tutor and each other and access to an online learning hub. Module One starts 13 May 2017 10 Weeks. £125 Expanding a Family History Biography Bringing your Family History to Life – Building Background Material Developing a Family History Further Introduction to Publishing, Layout and Production Contact me for more information on gill@writingyourfamilyhistory.co.uk Or see the website at: www.writingyourfamilyhistory.co.uk (With thanks to Gill) Labels: courses Free nurses records on Forces War Records From Forces War Records (www.forces-war-records.co.uk): FREE WW1 & WW2 NURSES RECORDS May 12th marks International Nurses Day, and Forces War Records, the specialist military genealogy website is releasing their new WW1 & WW2 Nurses collection - FREE to search and view for the entire weekend*. (*Offer expires 23:59 14th May 2017) These records include civilian nurses who worked during WW2, as well as those who worked as nurses in WW1, and will provide important details such as registration number, married and maiden names, permanent address, date and place of registration, training hospital and dates of qualification. Free access to this new collection will be provided on 12th via this link: https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/lp-nurses-records (With thanks to Jennifer Holmes) Labels: First World War, Forces War Records, medical, military, nursing, Second World War, WW1, WW2 TheGenealogist adds India collection and English parish records TheGenealogist launches millions of new Parish records as well as their New British in India Collection TheGenealogist has just announced three important releases to coincide with the Who Do You Think You Are? Live show covering Britain and British India. Over 2.5 Million people in the latest release of Parish records! Augmenting the substantial Parish Records that are already av ailable on TheGenealogist comes the release of more than 2.5 million people for two major counties: Hampshire Parish Records (Bishop’s Transcripts) (886,616 individuals) This brings our total number of records to 3,199,820 with coverage of Baptisms: 2,379,836 (1538 to 1940) Marriages: 495,034 (1538 to 1940) Burials: 324,950 (1538 to 1940) Durham Parish Records (1,697,206 individuals) These will be a boon to Family Historians looking for key events in the lives of their ancestors. The British in India Collection The TV series ‘Indian Summers’ starring Julie Walters created in many a fascination with India under British rule. This new record set reveals information about those ancestors that lived in the subcontinent, their lifestyle and the communities that they lived in. Millions of British people went out to India in the past and so many family historians will have an ancestor that made the journey. For some, India would turn out to be their last resting place and among their ranks were merchants, soldiers, sailors, civil servants, missionaries and their families. * Parish Records of British in India* Headstone Records of British Cemeteries in India * British War Memorials in India * East India Registers * Indian Army and Civil Service Lists * Image Archive - British in India The release of The British in India Collection on TheGenealogist now allows family historians to search for ancestors who went out to British India in a very broad-ranging set of resources ranging from the early 1800s up to the 1920s. Labels: England, India, parishes, TheGenealogist Ancestry makes Commonwealth collections free over ... TheGenealogist adds India collection and English p...

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Tiny Television – Mission Statement (Magnolia Records) By CMP on December 30, 2009 in Album Reviews Some artists sneak up on you from out of the haze of a purple dusk, tap you on the shoulder and hand you a precious box. Tiny Television’s Mission Statement (Magnolia Records, 2009) is that box, a bejeweled wonder full of interesting compartments holding secret, shiny surprises that reveal themselves with each new opening. From the outset, frontman Jeremy D’Antonio’s sparse and desolate first track, “Murder Ballad,” lets you know where he and the band are coming from on their full-length debut, released earlier this month. The dobro is practically desert-sunbleached and raw, with a fading drum/heartbeat at song’s end. There are some absolutely wonderful moments to follow. “Carolina,” the album’s second track, would have been the obvious choice for an opener, with its catchy melody and near-Neil-Diamondesque title — but that would be too easy. Tiny Television, if anything, seems to do the unexpected, and they pull it off masterfully. They seem at once old and new, and there is not a single cliche on the entire album. The true test of a great album is in repeated listenings. I played this nearly every day for two weeks and never tired of it, and even discovered lyrical and instrumental nuances I hadn’t heard before. It’s an album of continuous discoveries — the multi-compartmental box remains a fitting metaphor. “C.R.E.A.M.” is a perfect example: D’Antonio weaves extremely deft poetic images about being endlessly connected to someone else. He sings, “Sit back sugar, let your hair down, honey, I took care of the cream. I sold my guitar at an interstate bar just to buy you a ring.” Cream becomes an acronym (listen to the song and discover for yourself; it took me days to figure it out) as well as the sweet addition to life’s cup of tea. The chugging skiffle-beat of “Hallelujah” is like a train in the night heading home, taking the singer to where he really belongs, while “Be With Me” is a deceptively simple shuffle, D’Antonio’s deep baritone “sailing around the key of C” all the while proclaiming he’s no sailor. He has a gift for original turn of phrase, his self-proclaimed “six string artillery” and it’s a joy to hear. “16th & Valencia” begins with a soft Spanish guitar and then quickly jumps to an uptempo tune of feverish delirium, a song worthy of Dylan himself. Probably my favorite is “Rose Colored Sunsets,” a haunting tale of temptation backed by keyboardist James Han’s swirling yet grounded Hammond B3 organ and Fender Rhodes, featured prominently on the album. My only regret is that this song is too short. “How Long” melds the synthetic (heartbreaking synthesizer) with the organic (pedal steel guitar) as well as vocals from the wonderful and talented Jess DiNicola, primary backup singer for the album. Additionally, Pam Aranoff provides sultry vocals on “Carolina,” “Be With Me,” “C.R.E.A.M.” and “Murder Ballad.” All of D’Antonio’s ten original songs are rendered beautifully by the other members of Tiny Televison, including Dave Zirbel (pedal steel, dobro, electric guitar), Jonathan Rackstang (bass, double bass), and Joshua Trinidad (flugelhorn, trumpet). They posses a relaxed maturity, a quiet poise found only in musicians at the top of their game and at the height of their powers. The result is a steady and exciting work that never falters. The only misstep I noticed was on the final track, “Intro to This Movie,” which is beautifully rendered and haunting, but contains an unnecessary and rather intrusive backward masked guitar laid over D’Antonio’s piano and guitar. The song would be gorgeous enough without it. In my opinion, Mission Statement comes in under the wire as one of the best albums of 2009. Check for upcoming tour dates and sample the entire album on the band’s website, TinyTele. Country Music Pride: best little country music hotspot View all posts by CMP → album, catchy melody, dobro, fitting metaphor, Magnolia, murder ballad, purple dusk, song, television mission, Tiny Phil Vassar: I did it my way Buddy and Julie Miller – “Written In Chalk”

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Home » TOP STORY » International partners calls on Somali political stakeholders to prepare for the elections International partners calls on Somali political stakeholders to prepare for the elections Somali girl celebrates Somalia’s independence day in Mogadishu on July 1. Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) – Somalia’s international partners* reaffirm the importance of timely and effective preparations of the 2020/21 federal elections. At the Somalia Partnership Forum on 2 October, the Federal Government committed to enact the Electoral law and the amended Political Parties Law by December 2019. The Government further pledged to include at least 30 per cent minimum quota for the representation of women in parliament in line with commitments made before the previous electoral cycle; to establish security arrangements to allow as wide a participation of the Somali voting population as possible; and to conclude the electoral processes on the basis of credible, peaceful, “one person, one vote” free and fair elections by the end of 2020/early 2021. These undertakings are based on long-standing pledges by a wide range of Somali leaders to hold a direct, ‘one person, one vote’ elections in 2020/21. The partners ( African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Italy, Kenya, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United Nations and United States) urge the fulfilment of these commitments. In recent days, international partners have held consultations with the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC), the Speaker of the House of the People and the Speaker of the Upper House of the Federal Parliament, the Somali Federal Police Commissioner in his capacity as Chairman of the Electoral Security Task Force and Prime Minister Hassan Khaire. The partners took stock of progress and commended these Somali authorities for the election-related tasks accomplished to date. In line with the commitments made by the Federal Government and other Somali stakeholders, the partners urge that the future election model should: Respect the Constitution; Ensure that the federal elections are held on time in late 2020/early 2021, without extension of the terms of the Executive or Parliament; Ensure fair representation of all Somali communities; Afford the Somali people the opportunity to directly elect their representatives through “one person, one vote”; Include a role for political parties in the elections; Guarantee a minimum of 30 per cent representation for women in the Federal Parliament; Enable the broadest possible participation including of internally displaced persons; Enjoy wide support among all Somali stakeholders; Be capable of being implemented effectively and securely and of attracting sufficient funding through application of these principles; Result in peaceful election of leaders who have broad legitimacy, and Respect the mandate of the National Independent Electoral Commission. The partners call on the House of the People and the Upper House of the Federal Parliament to complete the adoption of the Electoral Bill and the revised Political Parties Law by the end of 2019. They also call on all stakeholders and institutions in Somalia to set aside their differences and engage in constructive dialogue. Somalia’s international partners remain dedicated to support the advancement of Somalia’s commitment to good governance. The partners will continue to provide support to the electoral process and stand ready to offer technical expertise to the relevant Somali authorities as they devise a credible and implementable electoral model. Recommended For You. Somalia and the European Union sign a protocol of the EUCAP Somalia The agreement was signed between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad, and the Ambassador For more news and stories, join us on Facebook,Twitter , or contact us through our Email: diplomatso@diplomat.so, diplomatsonews@gmail.com

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