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Career Opportunities as an Engineer
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Bhopal is the capital city of Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and forms an educational hub with numerous institutes and colleges. In this document, we are focusing explicitly on institutes and colleges of Bhopal who provide technical education to students. We have explicitly highlighted admission details of Top engineering colleges of Bhopal along with eligibility criteria, admission details, ranking criteria and career opportunities. Aspirants who are planning to enroll into leading engineering colleges of Bhopal can draw all relevant information here and can prepare for the entrance test accordingly.
There are plenty of engineering colleges in Bhopal. But each college has certain eligibility criteria to grant admission to students. Most of the engineering institutes consider JEE Main scores to provide a seat to the student. JEE Main is a national level exam in which students across the country appear to gain admission into leading technical institutes of the country.
In addition to the JEE Main, there are many engineering colleges in Bhopal that conduct exclusive entrance exam.
In order to appear in the entrance exam, a candidate must be at least 17 years of age and should have completed their 10+2 in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
Students who want to pursue modern day engineering branches then technical institutes at Bhopal can help you. Some of the most preferred and prospering engineering branches are Mechanical Engineering, Communication, Electronics, Information Technology and Computer Science. Leading institutes of Bhopal provides complete high quality education to students and ensure thorough understanding of the subjects. Some other prominently known branches of engineering are Manufacturing, Textile Technology, Environmental Engineering, Biomedical and Automation.
Bhopal Engineering Colleges listed low down here are rated on the basis of certain important criteria's. These standards comprise a range of things as in quality of education, faculties and professors, infrastructure of the college, safety of students, reputation, and placement cell of the colleges in last few years. These standards are set by education council of the state.
Engineering is an evergreen career. It is growing high in demand and offers a variety of job profiles to graduates. With increasing demand of engineering in almost every industry, the need of technical connoisseurs is also growing by leaps and bounds. Thus demand of engineering experts also tends to rise and so is the salary packets offered to them both at the national level and internationally. Engineers can choose any of the profiles as in- Software engineer, Mechanical engineer, Hardware Engineer, IT engineer and Marine engineer.
College Founded in Affiliation
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal 1960 Autonomous Institution
Oriental Institute of Science & Technology, Bhopal 1995 RGTU
Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, Bhopal 1994 RGTU
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal 2008 Autonomous Institution
Barkatullah University Institute of Technology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal 1997 Deemed University
Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal 1998 Affiliating University
Sagar Institute of Research and Technology, Bhopal 2003 RGTU
Radharaman Institute of Technology and Science, Bhopal 2003 RGTU
Technocrats Institute of Technology, Bhopal 1999 RGTU
NRI Institute of Information Science and Technology, Bhopal 2000 RGTU
SCOPE Engineering College, Bhopal 2005 RGTU
Bagula Mukhi College of Technology, Bhopal 2009 RGTU
Vedica Institute of Technology, Bhopal 2006 RGTU
Bansal Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal 2000 RGTU


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Jason Isbell & David Hood Join Drive-By Truckers At ShoalsFest
Watch David Hood add to "Everybody Needs Love" and Isbell join his old bandmates for "Heathens" and "The Day John Henry Died."
By Scott Bernstein Oct 4, 2021 • 9:06 am PDT
Drive-By Truckers welcomed former member Jason Isbell and frontman Patterson Hood's father, David Hood, during their set at ShoalsFest on Sunday. The Isbell-curated event was held at McFarland Park in Florence, Alabama on Saturday and Sunday.
The band opened their set with "Lookout Mountain" from 2004's The Dirty South and then turned to 2008's Brighter Than Creation's Dark for "A Ghost To Most." A pairing of "Tornadoes" and "Women Without Whiskey" was followed by David Hood's guest appearance. Patterson exclaimed, "This has been one of my favorite days of my entire life" and added, "today's been about the most perfect day I've ever had" before introducing his father. David Hood, a member of the legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section "The Swampers," played bass on a cover of Eddie Hinton's "Everybody Needs Love."
Drive-By Truckers went sans guests for "Marry Me." Then, Isbell emerged for "Heathens" and "The Day John Henry Died." Patterson Hood brought out Jason, who was a member of DBT from 2001 – 2007, after telling the crowd about his first meeting with Isbell. "I had just written this song and I played it for him," Hood recalled. "We had just met and he was this young kid. He was so fucking gifted and talented. I played him this song and he liked it. So at any rate I wanted him to come out and play it with us tonight," Patterson said regarding Decoration Day standout "Heathens." Keyboardist Scott Danborn also contributed to the tune.
Jason went on to lead his former band through "The Day John Henry Died," a song Isbell wrote for The Dirty South. Drive-By Truckers followed Isbell's guest appearance with "Where The Devil Don't Stay" and "Angels And Fuselage" to close their set.
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Interhemispheric functional and structural disconnection in Alzheimer's disease: A combined resting-state fMRI and DTI study
Zhiqun Wang, Jianli Wang, Han Zhang, Robert Mchugh, Xiaoyu Sun, Kuncheng Li, Qing X. Yang
Department of Neurosurgery
Neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that patients with Alzheimer's disease presented disconnection syndrome. However, little is known about the alterations of interhemispheric functional interactions and underlying structural connectivity in the AD patients. In this study, we combined resting-state functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to investigate interhemispheric functional and structural connectivity in 16 AD, 16 mild cognitive impairment (MCI), as well as 16 cognitive normal healthy subjects (CN). The pattern of the resting state interhemispheric functional connectivity was measured with a voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) method. Decreased VMHC was observed in AD and MCI subjects in anterior brain regions including the prefrontal cortices and subcortical regions with a pattern of AD<MCI<CN. Increased VMHC was observed in MCI subjects in posterior brain regions with patterns of AD/CN < MCI (sensorimotor cortex) and AD < CN/MCI (occipital gyrus). DTI analysis showed the most significant difference among the three cohorts was the fractional anisotropy in the genu of corpus callosum, which was positively associated with the VMHC of prefrontal and subcortical regions. Across all the three cohorts, the diffusion parameters in the genu of corpus callosum and VMHC in the above brain regions had significant correlation with the cognitive performance. These results demonstrate that there are specific patterns of interhemispheric functional connectivity changes in the AD and MCI, which can be significantly correlated with the integrity changes in the midline white matter structures. These results suggest that VMHC can be used as a biomarker for the degeneration of the interhemispheric connectivity in AD.
Cognitive Dysfunction
Prefrontal Cortex
Wang, Z., Wang, J., Zhang, H., Mchugh, R., Sun, X., Li, K., & Yang, Q. X. (2015). Interhemispheric functional and structural disconnection in Alzheimer's disease: A combined resting-state fMRI and DTI study. PloS one, 10(5), [e0126310]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126310
Wang, Zhiqun ; Wang, Jianli ; Zhang, Han ; Mchugh, Robert ; Sun, Xiaoyu ; Li, Kuncheng ; Yang, Qing X. / Interhemispheric functional and structural disconnection in Alzheimer's disease : A combined resting-state fMRI and DTI study. In: PloS one. 2015 ; Vol. 10, No. 5.
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By: Amanda Smith, VP of Public Policy
As we approach the upcoming presidential election, the American public is seeking strong federal leadership to carry us through the pandemic and economic downturn. Energy infrastructure and climate change remain critical issues in light of their impacts on the environment and economy.
The Pew Research Center recently found that about two-thirds of Americans want the government to play a larger role in addressing climate change. Our existing energy infrastructure is out-of-date, unreliable and leans too heavily on polluting fossil fuels subject to foreign relations. U.S. voters are seeking energy policy that drives cleaner, more sustainable solutions, positively impacting the environment, strengthening our domestic energy security and contributing to economic growth.
While we can say without equivocation that sPower, our utility-scale energy partners and the renewable energy industry as a whole will thrive under any administration, a strong national energy policy would be a powerful tool in cohesively combatting climate change and jumpstarting the economy.
Advantages of a Federal Policy
Although we are confident we can outcompete utility fossil fuel pricing regardless of who occupies the White House, federal policies can be instrumental in creating demand and reducing inherent constraints and structural issues that make energy production difficult.
For example, Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) have proven successful at the state level. Twenty-nine states, Washington, D.C. and three territories have established an RPS, while eight states and one territory have set voluntary renewable energy goals. In the past two years, at least five states have increased their RPS requirements, and seven states and Washington, D.C. have targets of 50% or greater.
States have a good track record of meeting and exceeding their goals because an RPS requires that a percentage of utility electricity sold come from renewable resources. This fast-tracks renewable energy procurement, which stimulates the market and fosters more investment in technology and manufacturing—all of the underpinnings of a healthy market. It is a circular approach in which states signal the market to start producing, attracting more buyers and driving down prices to build the necessary infrastructure to keep the industry going.
While federal initiatives like the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and Production Tax Credit (PTC) have helped proliferate renewable energy by driving down costs, incremental step-downs and strict timelines have also caused unrealistic competition as stakeholders race to meet project deadlines. I believe that implementing a national RPS or carbon tax would be a more powerful mechanism to drive renewable energy deployment than tax credits. A plan to tax greenhouse gas emissions while mandating clean energy would dissuade use of fossil fuels and encourage greater renewable adoption. Such legislation at the federal level would be a starting point to foster broader alignment among states through a consistent and predictable long-term policy.
Biden's Climate Plan
As VP of Public Policy at sPower, I was excited to read Joe Biden's Climate Plan and found several aspects extremely promising:
A plan to enact a federal target for an emissions-free power sector by 2035
Positioning of clean power in relation to the economic and environmental health of the nation
A perspective in sync with our industry's in regard to renewables and storage being a simple, clean form of power
A focus on elevating environmental justice in the federal government
Learn more about Amanda's Story.
Though the plan lacks specificity, a federal target would serve as a goal post from which to develop requirements through regulatory agencies like the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure its fulfillment. Furthermore, discussing how the power sector relates to aspects such as jobs, the auto industry, transit, building, agriculture, housing and other elements—rather than looking at energy in a silo—ties everything into one positive reinforcing movement for rebuilding America. Biden sees clean energy as a way to reduce carbon in the atmosphere and aid in combating climate change, providing healthier communities for people to live and work yields economic benefits through low-cost energy and local tax income.
Regardless of who wins the election, I would like to see the Administration avoid various pitfalls such as imposing ineffective, aggressive tariffs or becoming embroiled in time-consuming lawsuits. For example, tariffs on imported solar cells and modules have led to the loss of more than 62,000 U.S. jobs and $19 billion in new private sector investment, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Given the limited years a president is in office, a more orderly approach to energy policy is critical.
Continue to Count on Clean Energy and sPower
Again, renewable energy will remain a viable option regardless of political administration. Renewable energy prices have fallen 70% over the last decade, predominantly due to technology advances and increased component availability. Renewable energy is also more environmentally and economically sustainable than fossil fuels. Wind and solar power does not rely on a global supply chain for fuel like oil, gas and coal do. These factors make utility-scale renewable energy prices competitive with all other forms of generation.
In the last five years, we have seen utilities and municipalities turning to renewable energy purely based on cost. While corporate customers have long embraced renewables for a cleaner portfolio, more businesses are turning to clean energy as they see the cost competitiveness of what we are able to offer.
In Q1 2020, the U.S. solar market installed 3.6 GWdc of solar PV, the largest Q1 on record by more than 1 GW. During the first part of the year, solar accounted for 40% of all new electricity generating capacity added in the U.S. We are already at a tipping point, but federal policy would be incredibly helpful in aligning our industry across others, facilitating market innovation and moving us to a carbon-free, power-producing nation.


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Foreign workers confined on boats catch Hawaii's prized seafood
Published: Sep. 9, 2016 at 10:04 AM HST|Updated: Sep. 9, 2016 at 3:13 PM HST
In this May 13, 2016 photo, Dr. Craig Nakatsuka, left, distributes medication and fruit to undocumented foreign fishermen who work aboard American fishing boats in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
HONOLULU (AP) — Pier 17 doesn't even show up on most Honolulu maps. Cars whiz past it on their way to Waikiki's famous white sand beaches. Yet few locals, let alone passing tourists, are aware that just behind a guarded gate, another world exists: foreign fishermen confined to American boats for years at a time.
Hundreds of undocumented men are employed in this unique U.S. fishing fleet, due to a federal loophole that allows them to work but exempts them from most basic labor protections. Many come from impoverished Southeast Asian and Pacific nations to take the dangerous jobs, which can pay as little as 70 cents an hour.
With no legal standing on U.S. soil, the men are at the mercy of their American captains on American-flagged, American-owned vessels, catching prized swordfish and ahi tuna. Since they don't have visas, they are not allowed to set foot on shore. The entire system, which contradicts other state and federal laws, operates with the blessing of high-ranking U.S. lawmakers and officials, an Associated Press investigation found.
The fleet of around 140 boats docks about once every three weeks, occasionally at ports along the West Coast, including Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, but mainly at Piers 17 and 38 in Honolulu. Their catch ends up at restaurants and premium seafood counters across the country, from Whole Foods to Costco, and is touted by celebrity chefs such as Roy Yamaguchi and Masaharu Morimoto.
Americans buying Hawaiian seafood are almost certainly eating fish caught by one of these workers, who account for nearly all the fleet's crew.
A single yellowfin tuna can fetch more than $1,000, and vendors market the catch as "sustainable seafood produced by Hawaii's hard-working fishermen."
But workers such as Indonesian Syamsul Maarif aren't protected or compensated like locals. He was sent home to Indonesia after nearly dying when his boat sank 160 miles off Hawaii. He lost everything, and said it took four months to get his pay.
"We want the same standards as the other workers in America, but we are just small people working there based on the contract that we signed," he said. "We don't have any visa. We are illegal, so we cannot demand more."
Over six months, the AP obtained confidential contracts, reviewed dozens of business records and interviewed boat owners, brokers and more than 50 fishermen in Hawaii, Indonesia and San Francisco. The investigation found men living in squalor on some boats, forced to use buckets instead of toilets, suffering running sores from bed bugs and sometimes lacking sufficient food. It also revealed instances of human trafficking.
This report is part of the AP's ongoing global look at labor abuses in the fishing industry, stretching from Southeast Asia to America's own waters. Last year, the AP reported on fishermen locked in a cage and others buried under fake names on the remote Indonesian island village of Benjina . Their catch was traced to the United States, leading to more than 2,000 slaves being freed. But thousands more remain trapped worldwide in a murky industry where work takes place far from shore and often without oversight.
In Hawaii, federal contractors paid to monitor catches said they are troubled by what they've seen while living weeks at a time at sea with the men.
"You get that sort of feeling that it's like gaming the system," said Forest O'Neill, who coordinates the boat observers in Honolulu. "It's a shock. It becomes normal, but it's like, 'How is this even legal? How is this possible?' ... They are like floating prisons."
"THEY'RE TECHNICALLY NOT HERE"
Under the law, U.S. citizens must make up 75 percent of the crew on most commercial fishing vessels in America. But influential lawmakers, including the late Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye, pushed for a loophole to support one of the state's biggest industries. It exempted commercial fishing boat owners from federal rules enforced almost everywhere else.
Thus about 700 foreign workers in Hawaii, who catch $110 million worth of seafood annually, lack certain labor rights most Americans take for granted. They have little legal recourse in these areas, and are detained on boats where U.S. Customs and Border Protection requires captains to hold the men's passports. That potentially goes against federal human trafficking laws saying bosses who possess workers' identification documents can face up to five years in prison.
U.S. Attorney Florence Nakakuni, the chief federal law enforcement official in Hawaii, said it's all above board.
"People say ... they're like captives," she said. "But they don't have visas, so they can't leave their boat, really."
Federal laws and rules don't mention the Hawaiian fleet by name. However, when specific details are combined, it's clear the language in the loophole applies to these boats.
"It has the fig leaf of legality," said Cornell University law professor Stephen Yale-Loehr, who, like other leading immigration experts contacted by AP, was unfamiliar with Hawaii's arrangement. "This is inconsistent with the general notion in American values, if not law, that workers should be paid a fair wage and not be mistreated."
Hawaii's fishing industry is otherwise one of the most tightly regulated for catch limits and sustainability, attracting companies that pride themselves on being ocean-friendly. Supermarkets, restaurants and chefs selling the seafood condemned labor abuse.
President Barack Obama's recently expanded protections in Hawaii created the world's largest marine preserve but didn't address working conditions. Honolulu's fleet gets only about 10 percent of its catch from the entire restricted area.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard routinely inspect the Hawaiian boats. At times, fishermen complain they're not getting paid and officers say they tell owners to honor the contracts. But neither agency has any authority over actual wages.
"This is a unique situation," said Coast Guard vessel examiner Charles Medlicott. "But it is legal."
Here's how it works: When boat owners need crew, they pay brokers abroad or in Honolulu to bring the men from overseas — mostly from Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and the tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati. It can take weeks to coordinate, sign contracts, buy airline tickets and arrange travel documents for each fisherman.
Workers typically sign two- or three-year renewable contracts, and some extend repeatedly, staying up to a decade on boats with five to six men each.
"For one crew, one person, it's about $10,000," said Honolulu-based agent Hernan Santiago, who works on commission. He also wires money home to the fishermen's families, gets them phone cards and assists in times of crisis. "I'm playing the middle man."
Regional Customs director Brian Humphrey said his agency could issue the workers temporary permits allowing them to enter the U.S., similar to those sometimes used by cruise ships employees. But he added that option would be "administratively cumbersome." And so these crew members aren't even allowed to land at the airport in Honolulu.
"There really is no purpose for them to come to the U.S. or for them to have a visa because they really don't have any intention of setting foot on shore," Humphrey said.
As a result, the men are first put on planes at home, and then hopscotched from country to country across thousands of miles. A typical route could go from Indonesia to Australia to Fiji to Western Samoa to American Samoa. Some pass through Amsterdam. Others end up in Mexico or Panama. They're then picked up by American captains for the 10- to 20-day sail to Honolulu.
Some fishermen have even been made to leap into the sea. In one video shown to AP, men swam from one boat to another through tossing waves, clutching their belongings in plastic bags.
It used to be easier. Before Sept. 11, the men came on planes. But the terror attacks spurred a national crackdown on foreigners entering the country. As an unintended consequence, the workers now reach U.S. docks with minimal government vetting, creating greater security risks.
"We've been stuck in this hellhole," said Jim Cook, a longtime leader in the commercial fishery who co-owns several vessels, a supply store and a seafood restaurant at Pier 38. "It's a very complicated system that doesn't work well for anybody, not the boat owner, not Customs and Border Protection. And the potential for mischief is far greater."
The fishermen are paid as little as $350 a month, far below U.S. minimum wage, but still more than they can make back home in countries where people live on less than a dollar a day. Many workers also get small bonuses, lifting their monthly pay to $500 or $600. A lucky few get a percentage of the catch, making it possible to triple their wages. They're willing to give up their freedom of movement for these jobs because of the salary.
For many boat owners, the fishermen are a bargain: Bait and ice can cost more than crew salaries. Some of the foreign workers in Hawaii earn less than $5,000 for a full year. By contrast, the average pay for an American deckhand nationwide last year was $28,000, sometimes for jobs that last just a few months, according to government statistics. Experienced American crew members working in Alaska can make up to $80,000 a year.
Owner Quan Do, who brings his workers from Vietnam, said profits depend on the catch. It costs $35,000 just to head out to sea. If the fish are biting, he can double his money.
"Fishing, it's a gamble," he said, loading groceries onto the Lady Jackie docked at Pier 17. "If you're lucky, you win. If you're not, you lose."
The former refugee is one of many Vietnamese-Americans who sailed from the Gulf of Mexico to Hawaii's rich Pacific waters in the 1980s, tripling the state's commercial fleet. A decade later, owners found themselves short on local crew and turned to overseas workers as a solution.
In the Gulf, foreign laborers also are fishing on oyster, shrimp and menhaden vessels. But unlike in Hawaii, they're allowed on shore, and some get paid $14 an hour for eight-hour shifts. In addition, boat owners must file for costly permits certifying no U.S. citizens are available to work.
Over the years, environmental and labor advocates in Honolulu have complained that in a state with high unemployment, the foreign workers take away U.S. jobs. However, few in Hawaii are lining up for the grueling work, weeks at sea and low pay.
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, acknowledges the fishermen's liberties are limited and has unsuccessfully proposed an amendment that would allow them to fly into the country. It's a move that would fix a widely accepted paradox. Currently, even though the men never legally enter the United States, the government provides a transit visa that lets them exit through Honolulu's airport.
AP reporters watched as two fishermen from Kiribati prepared to fly out. They weren't allowed to touch their passports, which were handed to a contracted driver in a black SUV. They would not be paid until arriving home.
Bill Paupe said he's alerted at the Kiribati Consulate in Honolulu every time a worker leaves, but he's otherwise not involved: "They're technically not here."
"WHERE DID THIS FISH COME FROM?"
The fishermen are not just cheap, they're skilled. Many from traditional Indonesian fishing villages, like Pemalang on the central coast of Java, start going to sea as young boys with their fathers. It's a place where the glittering ocean serves as a backdrop, and laughing children set off firecrackers on a path too narrow for cars. Money sent here from fishermen around the world pays for the brightly painted cement houses and new motorbikes parked outside.
But for some, the jobs are a disappointment.
Speaking from a boat docked in Honolulu just before heading back to sea, a 23-year-old Indonesian deckhand said his $450 monthly salary wasn't worth it. The AP is not identifying any of the men still working because of concerns about potential retribution from their captains or agents.
"I was jealous of my neighbors who returned from Hawaii ... they were able to have a nice house and a prosperous family. So I decided to get a fishing job here," he said. "It turns out that the salary I got is not much better than my job in my homeland. How can I have a house when I'm back home? It's just my silly dream."
If the men are unhappy, some are allowed to skip out on their contracts, but the ticket home can cost up to two months' salary. They also may have to pay back recruiters' fees, ending up trapped by debt.
In one particularly bad situation, a Kiribati fisherman's ledger obtained by AP shows deductions from his pay including $1,300 for airfare, $1,800 to pay for his replacement and $2,100 for breaking a captain's computer. After more than three years of work, at $350 a month, he should have accumulated close to $13,000, but he ended up with about half of that.
The U.S. government defines forced labor and debt bondage, often involving migrant workers, as modern-day slavery. Every year, the U.S. blacklists countries that have the worst human trafficking records.
"Most of the fish caught and sold in Hawaii is done by the use of exploiting migrant workers in what looks to be a human trafficking scheme legitimized by our own laws," said Kathryn Xian, who runs the nonprofit Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery.
Authorities are aware Hawaii's fishermen are vulnerable to exploitation. Signs posted at Pier 17 in six languages offer a hotline to help those who have been trafficked.
That's what happened to Abdul Fatah and Sorihin, who arrived from Indonesia seven years ago and were put on the Sea Queen II.
First, a fishing line nearly ripped Sorihin's finger off, and his captain set it straight with a chopstick. Then a winch cable snapped, badly bruising the fisherman's shoulder. That time, he said, he was allowed a two-hour rest.
"I knew if I stayed on that boat I was going to die," said Sorihin, who uses one name.
His friend Fatah, who was kicked awake before dawn for work, was just as scared. He was thrown against a rail and nearly tossed overboard by a wave.
So early one morning when their captain was gone, the two men broke into the skipper's quarters, grabbed their passports and made a run for it while docked in San Francisco.
Eventually, federal officials issued each of them a special visa designated for victims of human trafficking. They remain too terrified to go near the dock at Fisherman's Wharf, where the Sea Queen II still unloads just steps away from clanging cable cars and thousands of tourists. The captain did not respond to messages left by the AP.
Sorihin has advice for American seafood lovers: "Ask, where did this fish come from? Is it the kind of fish that you got from someone in slavery?"
Not all fishing boats have harsh conditions, and some crew members said they enjoy the camaraderie. All said the experience ultimately comes down to each captain.
However, on some vessels, cultural and language barriers, coupled with exhaustion, can exacerbate tensions. Entire crews, at times, have quit. And the days can be grueling. One boat's schedule looked like this: Work from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., break two hours for lunch and rest. Work from 5 p.m. until 6 a.m., eat and sleep again. Start a new shift at 8 a.m.
"It's very hard work," said a Filipino fisherman who's supporting a teenage daughter and a son studying engineering in college. "When the children finish school, I'm done with this."
Crews typically spend three weeks at sea before coming into the harbor for a few days to sell their catch, restock food, repair damaged gear and fuel up. Most of the Hawaii-based fleet stays at Piers 17 and 38 in Honolulu, but some boats chase swordfish all the way to the West Coast, landing in ports including San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.
American fishermen can also work exhausting 20-hour days, cramming into small bunks for respite. But when they reach shore, they go home to a bed, a hot shower and a meal. In contrast, Hawaii's fishermen are sometimes even short on food. And unlike their American counterparts, they are dependent on their captain to bring them everything from socks and underwear to rice and meat.
"Mistreatment of workers and failure to provide for basic safety and hygiene is unacceptable. And, regardless of workplace exemptions, is illegal," said Gavin Gibbons, spokesman for the National Fisheries Institute, which represents about 75 percent of the U.S. seafood industry.
In rare cases, boat owners can request passes from federal authorities to take the fishermen ashore for things such as medical care. Though the men are not technically allowed to leave their vessels, security guards turn a blind eye when they go onto the docks, but no farther, to see friends. One afternoon at Pier 17 in Hawaii, the foreign crews visited from boat to boat — Vietnamese cooked a shared meal, Filipinos passed around a phone, Indonesians smoked cigarettes.
One fisherman, sheltering on a boat with his buddies during a rainstorm, said the short down time they get while docked is a welcome break from the nonstop hustle at sea.
"Sometimes you don't even have time to drink water," he said.
At the piers, some vessels are tidy, neatly packed with coiled ropes, scrubbed rails and clean decks. Others have piles of garbage, rusting tanks and rotting carpets. On some boats, crews defecate in buckets or plastic bags, or even hang over the side of the ship to do their business.
"It's unhealthy, quite frankly, for people to have to be kept on the boat," said Kitty Simonds, executive director of the Honolulu-based Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council. "Maybe there needs to be legislation. I mean, who's going to take that on?"
Even in the best conditions, lives are at risk.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health lists commercial fishing as among the most dangerous jobs in the country. In the past 10 years, five fishermen in the Hawaii fleet have died when boats sank or burned, the agency said, and at least four other workers were never found after falling overboard. Two men's quests for better lives ended with their deaths after they were stabbed at the dock in knife fights.
Some fishermen spoke to the AP of injuries or bore scars.
After one worker began coughing up blood at sea, the Hawaii Department of Health said it was contacted by his captain, who brought him in. Doctors diagnosed the man with a rare case of active tuberculosis, isolating him for months and calling everyone on the boat in for chest X-rays and testing.
It is up to boat owners to provide care to their crews. Some fishermen said their bosses were responsive, quickly arranging medical treatment. Others complained they received inadequate care or none at all.
Dr. Craig Nakatsuka visits Pier 38 with a church outreach project that holds services twice a week, a rare opportunity for fellowship. He spoke at dusk on the dock, wearing a white coat and stethoscope.
He said he sees problems in the men ranging from high blood pressure to skin infections caused by the lack of gloves or improper gear. He's concerned about the possibility of scurvy from a shortage of fruits and vegetables.
It's like a "third-world overseas medical mission support in your backyard," he said.
NOT SO LOCAL
At Honolulu's Pier 38, the tired fishermen dock at the end of another trip. Some venture as far as 50 feet to a nearby public restroom, but they are careful not to stray much farther. They know they can be sent home if caught off their ships.
Just steps away at Uncle's Fish Market & Grill, crowds dine on $20-plus plates of sashimi and ahi poke bowls, a Hawaiian staple.
The fish is unloaded early every morning at the pier and sold at the only public auction of its kind in the U.S. The sought-after seafood, famous for its taste and quality, commands prices that make the fishery the country's fifth largest.
About 80 percent stays in Hawaii, ending up at hotels, restaurants and supermarkets, said John Kaneko, program manager for the Hawaii Seafood Council. The rest is exported, often flown fresh in airtight cool boxes to the country's finest eateries, from Los Angeles and San Francisco to New York.
For instance, some of Roy's 25 restaurants in eight states source seafood here. AP interviewed buyers getting fish for Whole Foods in Los Angeles, Stavis Seafood and John Nagle seafood in Boston, LaRocca Seafood in San Francisco and other popular fish markets. Delivery drivers in Honolulu were headed for a local Sam's Club, military bases and hotels, including the Hyatt, along with supermarkets.
When asked about the workers in Honolulu, Costco said it was investigating. Wal-Mart, which owns Sam's Club, declined to comment.
Charlie Nagle, whose family has been in the seafood industry for 130 years, said his buyers "do not and will never knowingly source from vessels that mistreat their crew." Richard Stavis of Stavis Seafood said Thursday that his company is not currently selling fish from Hawaii.
Whole Foods spokeswoman McKinzey Crossland said only 1 percent of their seafood comes from Hawaii, and they had been assured boat crews are well paid with bonuses and health insurance. She added that the company is also looking into the issue.
During the auction at 5 a.m., John Hernandez of John's Fresh Fish picked over rows of seafood, paying about $840 for a 100-pound bigeye tuna. It was due at New York's New Fulton Fish Market by 11 a.m. the next day. An industry veteran, Hernandez said he knows exactly who's working on the boats.
"The owners are a bunch of leeches making money off these crew," he said.
Trucks loaded down with seafood from the sale fan out all over the island. At that point, the connection between the workers and their catch is lost.
"The fishermen aren't Hawaiian?" asked Michael Pollan, a bestselling author on food and agriculture who advocates for workers' rights. He likened the foreign fishermen's "second-class" status in the U.S. to that of farmworkers in years past working without labor protections.
"Food produced for us in conditions approaching slavery is certainly not morally sustainable," he said.
Across the island in an upscale neighborhood where Obama regularly vacations, an array of fish is displayed in a refrigerated case at Whole Foods, with yellowfin tuna selling for $23.99 a pound. Labels in front of each cut say: "Local matters. Fresh. Product of USA (Hawaii)/Processed in USA."
A store worker, eager to answer questions, smiles and says it's all caught in Hawaiian waters by local fishermen and brought to the store every morning from the auction at Pier 38.
He proudly adds: It's the best you can buy.
Associated Press writer Niniek Karmini contributed to this report from Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Funding From Softbank Corp. Gives Company Firepower to Take On Google and Apple Around the Globe
By Kunur Patel. Published on September 15, 2011.
InMobi Founder-CEO Naveen Tewari
Mobile ad network InMobi has secured $200 million in funding from Japanese holding company Softbank Corp. this week.
For mobile, that 's a boatload of money.
But considering who it's up against -- increasingly dominant mobile players such as Google and Apple, not to mention established independents such as Jumptap and Millennial Media -- this 4-year-old Indian company will need it.
"Our belief is this is not winner take all, but winner take most," said InMobi founder and CEO Naveen Tewari. "There will be a handful of players. We want to be one of those handful." So what does Mr. Tewari have planned for this major influx of cash? He'll make further acquisitions beyond just mobile display ad networks and open new offices in new markets.
InMobi only launched in the U.S. last summer, with seasoned ad exec Anne Frisbie in place to helm North America.
Global mobile ad spending is expected to hit $20.6 billion by 2015, up from only $1.6 billion last year, according to Gartner. Asia-Pacific and Japan is the region expected to lead 2015 spending, accounting for one-third of the total.
While it launched as a mobile ad network, it has since begun to expand its services beyond just banners. In August, InMobi acquired mobile rich-media builder Sprout, a San Francisco-based company, and has also launched a new mobile payments product called SmartPay. Google, too, is making major moves into mobile payments with Google Wallet and is already testing the service with tony marketers such as Coca-Cola.
So far, InMobi says it can serve ads on 340 million mobile phones in 165 countries. The company employs 350 people in offices across 15 countries and its strongest markets include Western Europe and Japan. Founded in 2007, the company has $15 million in previous funding from investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures. Mr. Tewari declined to disclose annual revenue.
InMobi will receive the new funding in two installments: $100 million this month, with the rest dropping in April.
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Lists movies by Western genre
Carry on Cowboy - 1966
Comedy, Western
Gerald Thomas, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a "sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids - revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise...
The Man from Laramie - 1955
Anthony Mann, James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell
A stranger defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.
Oklahoma! - 1956
Romance, Western, Musical
Fred Zinnemann, Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with an evil ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.
A Million Ways to Die in the West - 2014
Seth MacFarlane, Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
Breakheart Pass - 1975
Mystery, Western
Tom Gries, Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, Jill Ireland
Train with medical supplies and small U.S. Army unit is heading through Rocky mountains towards plagued Fort Humboldt. Among its passengers are territory governor, priest, doctor and U.S. ...
Frontera - 2014
Drama, Western
Michael Berry, Ed Harris, Michael Peña, Eva Longoria, Amy Madigan
A former Arizona sheriff's wife is killed while riding on their ranch property. It would appear a Mexican man illegally crossing into the US is at fault. As the former and the current sheriff search for answers, lives are changed forever.
September Dawn - 2007
Drama, Western, History
Christopher Cain, Terence Stamp, Trent Ford, Krisinda Cain, Shaun Johnston
A love story set during a tense encounter between a wagon train of settlers and a renegade Mormon group.
Ride in the Whirlwind - 1968
Monte Hellman, Cameron Mitchell, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, Katherine Squire
Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.
The Salvation - 2014
Kristian Levring, Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Cantona
In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Sam Whiskey - 1969
Arnold Laven, Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson, Clint Walker, Ossie Davis
Sam Whiskey is an all-round talent, but when the attractive widow Laura offers him a job, he hesitates: he shall salvage gold bars, which Laura's dead husband stole recently, from a sunken ...


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Former lower house speaker joins opposition
John Bercow, longtime chairman of the House of Commons, has left the Tories in favor of the Labor Party. Tories are reactionary, sometimes xenophobic populists, he claims.
John Bercow was Member of Parliament for the Tories for twelve years before becoming Speaker of the House of Commons. Here it is during a tennis match in London on Sunday. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP / NTB
Last updated 20 June 2021
The charismatic and controversial John Bercow was a speaker in the House of Commons for ten years and towards the end became a headache for Brexit supporters in the ruling Conservative party.
In the fall of 2019, he presided over the Prime Minister's Q&A Time for the last time, and this weekend the 58-year-old announced that he had joined the UK Labor Party.
– I am motivated by support for equality, social justice and internationalism. It's a Labor brand, says Bercow Security.
Minister of Justice strikes back
He further accused the Tories under Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being "reactionary, populist, nationalist and sometimes even xenophobic".
– The conclusion I came to is that this government should be replaced. The reality is that Labor is the only tool that can achieve this goal. There is no other credible alternative, Bercow said.
On Sunday, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland rejected the party's description of the party as xenophobic. Bercow's decision to give up political neutrality "actually had the effect of weakening his voice in politics," Buckland said.
After the Brexit referendum, John Bercow was accused of rehearsing the legislation needed to complete the withdrawal. Photo: Frank Augstein / AP / NTB
To the left
Bercow was a member of parliament for the Tories for twelve years before he was elected to a party neutral position as speaker. To Sky News he said he did not rejoin the Conservatives after stepping down as speaker.
Bercow is a strong critic of Johnson, who led the fight for EU withdrawal long before he became prime minister. After Johnson took over as party leader, a number of pro-EU politicians have resigned from the Conservatives.
Bercow began his political career in the 1980s under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, but over the years he has moved to the left.
In 2017, he caused outrage among some on the right when he said US President Donald Trump should not be allowed to speak in Parliament.
After the majority or Brexit referendum, he was accused of rehearsing the bill needed to make a withdrawal. He gained heroic status among many of his opponents to Brexit.
During his career, Bercow has also been accused of intimidating employees, a charge he himself denies.
When the Brexit debate reached its peak in Parliament in 2019, Bercow announced that he would step down on October 31, the same day the UK would leave the European Union. Brexit is postponed, but Bercow is not sitting overtime.
Then he obeyed BBC says its characteristic "Message!" in Parliament nearly 14,000 times.
Bercow himself claimed that he was neutral during the debate, but after his resignation he called the referendum a historic mistake.
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Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Brendan Smith TD has called on the EU and the United States to reject comments made by the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu where he stated there would be no Palestinian State while he remained in power. The comments made prior to Mr Netanyahu's election victory will further undermine any progress in finding a lasting peace settlement in the Middle East. Fianna Fáil has already called on the Government to fully recognise the State of Palestine.
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"The Israeli government themselves have shown why there is such an urgent need to create a Palestinian state through their outrageous policy of withholding Palestinian taxes and further expanding illegal settlements on Palestinian territory. The abandonment of the Two State Solution by Israel has resulted in many parliaments calling for unilateral recognition of the State of Palestine.


1. See above. Worked on a lot of those last night for a Colony post tomorrow. Not quite done yet.
2. Check out some of Zelda's photos of our healing reunion. I love candids but she's also the mistress of the self-portrait.
3. As someone who was once absolutely terrified by a housecat in my tiny studio apartment I'm both inclined to believe this story and a little shocked that they sent the cat to the pound.
4. Chookooloonks is doing a really neat thing for kids who will be in hospitals over the holidays. If you're in the crafty/picturey mood you might enjoy participating.
5. I've been reading a lot of Jennifer Crusie novels lately. They're light both mentally and physically which I've needed. The more I read, though, the more impressed I am with the way she sticks to the formula but manages somehow to give her characters more depth than the average stereotype.
6. This lovely woman, Kathleen Cavalaro, just did a giveaway at The Colony. I approached her for it because I'd heard about her work through her husband who is a high school classmate of mine. I am currently coveting these two rings. Aren't they all kinds of shiny pretty?
7. Jim over at Sweet Juniper (and in Detroit) wrote about a side of Big Box stores that I hadn't even considered. This is why Robin Williams had his students stand on desks. A new view is critical.
8. Something truly frightening is happening to Melissa of Suburban Bliss. Please spare her a good thought when you have a chance.
9. I love what NaBloPoMo teaches me about blogging. When I put some sort of posting pressure on myslef I get into a pre-posting mode (as I write this it's not yet Tuesday!) because I live under a constant fear of forgetting to post. If I stop remembering even for a second I might forget! I was tense Monday because I didn't have anything in the chute over here. I had a vague idea of something I could throw together about the dog and my vacuum cleaner and how life is different now. Then that poem just appeared in my life and it was clear it was the right thing to post. Open yourself and the content will appear.
10. Is anyone else having any thoughts at all about Christmas gifts yet? I'm feeling the pressure yet not having any grand ideas.
I'm happy to say that I only have two more presents to buy for Christmas and even have a few presents wrapped already. Before you hate me, this is VERY abnormal for me but I was determined not to have the usual manic dash right before Christmas to get everything done.
Well, I may be sending nothing but boxes of love for Christmas. It's all about the money in this house. Will probably do some stuff for the boys. I really want Wonderboy to have a pair of Toms...but he probably won't like them.
Jennifer Crusie has been a favorite of mine for years. She is GOOD. and needs to write MORE!
I'm always impressed by the way you pre-write-post. My brain just doesnt work like that....would that it did.
I LOVE Jennifer Crusie and completely agree with Zelda - she needs to write MORE!
My thought about Christmas gift basically consists of "oh yeah...Christmas. Gotta think about that one of these days." I gave up on grand ideas years ago...although I still aim higher than the "I need socks but Christmas is coming" that rules my BFF's gifty thinking.
4. Awesome. Think I'll give that a try. I know some little monster puppets that love having their pictures taken.
6. Totally cute rings. I approve of the covet.
10. You know those scarves that I crochet that you never wear? What color do you not want to wear this year?
I have no idea what I am buying for anybody this year. I had a thought for Punkin but now, not so much. Ugh.
Z, I'll take one box of love, please. Hold the box. Don't need to pay shipping on that.
Violet, I've been "one of these days"ing it. I've got a spreadsheet where my info goes from year to year but I haven't been able to even bear opening it yet.
Auntie, I think I'm going to just go with the Big Box of Love idea. Hope everyone understands.


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Busy-bee businesswoman sees sweet success
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JOHANNESBURG – Success is proving sweet for a young entrepreneur who has not allowed challenges to stand on her way to reaching new heights with her business venture.
Beekeeper Mokgadi Mabela, 32, founded Native Nosi in 2015 as means to venture into entrepreneurship, while unwittingly transforming the honey and beekeeping industries in the process.
She notes that she has been selling honey long before 2015, the year she formally registered the honey production business. Nosi means honey bee is Sotho.
Mabela, who holds an international relations degree from the University of Pretoria, says she was inspired by her father Peter to start the business.
"My father is a full-time beekeeper, so we have always had honey at home. I started selling it to my friends and they liked it," says Mabela, who lives in Pretoria.
She says the word of mouth spread far and wide and people started getting their honey from her.
When they saw that the demand was growing, Peter suggested that she gets her own beehives as he also had clients he was selling to.
The agreement was that Peter would be her mentor and teach her everything she needed to know about bees, managing the beehives, how to extract honey and other technical and farming aspects of the business.
Businesswoman Mokgadi Mabela is founder of honey making business Native Nosi in Pretoria.
Mabela, however, is frank about the challenges she has gone through, with capital being one of them and breaking into a sector that is not popular being another.
"Being a woman in beekeeping business is not easy, most of the stuff you learn as you go. Not a lot of people do what I do. They get excited to hear and see what I do, and they want to continue supporting me."
She says South Africa currently consumes more honey than it's producing. "As as a result a lot of honey is imported into the country to make for the shortfall," she says.
"The bad side is that these cheap imports are not always the best honey, and retailers are buying cheaper imported honey as it makes business sense to them to buy the cheaper option."
Another challenge that Mabela has to contend with is that the beekeeping industry is white male dominated.
"It's poorly represented in terms of colour and gender. It's bad. The white people are in charge and they are monopolising the industry," she laments.
However, the married mother of two says she is in the industry to do what she does and not to really change its demographics.
"I got here by default, I needed more honey and I ended up doing what I'm doing. I'm doing what I do in my little corner. I didn't come to be a game changer, I'm here to make honey."
Mabela, who won the Woolworths Farming Award in Cape Town in February, says being recognised and honoured has helped boost her morale.
"It reinforces your drive to continue doing what you are doing."
Native Nosi has forged relationships with crop farmers in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Gauteng, where their beehives are located.
"We don't have a farm, currently we can't afford one. It's very expensive to get a farm," she says.
Mabela says beekeeping is not about getting any land one could get their hands on, but about getting land that is strategically placed, with good vegetation, and well taken care of, which costs about R2 million.
"We have forged relationships with different crop farmers who have the kind of land that we need. They know that when you have bees in your area they will provide pollination for them," she says.
"They understand the value of having bees in their farms, so they are open to us having our beehives in their farms."
Mabela speaks boldly, saying she represents a very large group of people who are not in the industry, adding: "We definitely want to grow so that we can show other females that it's a doable thing."
She also wants to create more employment, preserve more bees as they are an endangered species, and also help to preserve the country's food security.
Native Nosi supplies Lil' Kitchen in Dainfern, Pure Cafe, and Pure Living, both in Pretoria. But Mabela says most of her clients buy honey from her online store: www.nativenosi.co.za.
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