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Religious freedom deteriorates in Pakistan: Women, children particularly 'vulnerable'
WION Web Team New Delhi, Delhi, India Dec 16, 2019, 08.40 AM(IST)
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The UN commission has said that Christian and Hindu communities in Pakistan, especially women and girls are "particularly vulnerable" to violation of such rights.
In the latest report, the United Nations' commission on the status of women has said that religious freedom in Pakistan continues to "deteriorate" under the leadership of the present Imran Khan government.
The discriminatory legislation by the Imran-khan led government has empowered people with "extremist mindsets" to carry out attacks on religious minorities.
In its 47-page detailed report titled, 'Pakistan-religious freedom under attack', released in December, The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a commission of the united nations economic and social council, has expressed concern over the volatile human rights situation in Pakistan.
The report has outlined major issues like increasing "weaponisation and politicisation" of the blasphemy laws and the anti-Ahmadiyya legislation which are being used by Islamist groups not only to persecute religious minorities but also to gain political ground.
The commission in its report has cited several prominent examples to substantiate that minorities in the country are reduced to second class citizens.
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Based on the report, each year hundreds of women under the age of 18, are abducted and forced to convert and marry Muslim men. With little or no hopes for being returned to their families.
Following these observations, the CSW has asked the Pakistan government to take more effective steps to prevent sectarian violence and hold the perpetrators of religious attacks to account.
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Along with Wing Commander Varthaman, the IAF also recommended 12 fighter pilots of Mirage-2000 aircraft for the Vayu Sena Medal for successfully carrying out air strikes on Jaish-e-Mohammed headquarters in Pakistan's Balakot on February 26. Meanwhile, reports surfaced earlier in the day that Wg Cdr Varthaman is likely to resume duty and will fly fighter planes again. IAF Air Strikes in Pakistan: 'We Don't Count the Dead, Says Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa After BJP Chief Amit Shah Claims Over 250 JeM Terrorists Killed in Balakot.
According to reports, there are high chances of the IAF officer returning to a fighter cockpit soon but only after the final clearance by the Bengaluru-based Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM). However, The IAF transferred the officer out of the Srinagar airbase amid concerns over his security in Kashmir valley. The IAF officer has been posted to an important airbase in the Western sector. Lockheed Martin Busts Pakistan's Lie; American Aircraft Manufacturer Not to Sue India For Claiming IAF's MiG-21 Bison Shot Down PAF F-16 Fighter Jet.
Wg Cdr Varthaman was part of a team comprosing of six Mi-21 Bison pilots who took off from Srinagar, along with Su-30 MKIs, Mig-29s and Mirage-2000s from other air force stations in response to Pakistan's airspace violation on February 27. According to reports, the dogfight lasted for about 15 minutes, during which the IAF pilot managed to "lock on" to PAF's F-16 and then fired R-73 missile.
The PAF fighters dropped bombs at army formation camps in West of Rajouri in Sunderbani of Jammu and Kashmir. During the aerial combat, Wg Cdr Varthaman let loose the Vympel R-73 air-to-air missile at the Pakistan fighter jet, F-16, before he himself was hit. After ejecting from his MIg-21 Bison, his parachute drifted in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) where he was taken into custody by the Pakistani Army. Pakistan's F-16 Which Violated Indian Air Space Shot Down by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman with Mig-21 Bison; IAF Presents Cover of AMRAAM Missile As Evidence.
The IAF officer was released almost after 60 hours by Pakistan on March 1. After his return from Pakistan via the Attari-Wagah border late on Friday night, the IAF pilot underwent a series of medical tests at Army's Research and Referral (R&R) hospital in Delhi.
Indian Navy warships would be participating in Chinese international fleet review which is to be held at Qingdao on April 23. These two Naval ships are – the destroyer INS Kolkata and tanker INS Shakti. Chinese President Xi Jinping will review the warships. The Indian Naval ships will reach Qingdao on April 21.The international review fleet is being held as part of the celebrations of the 70th Anniversary of the People's Liberation Army's Navy. IAF's Tejas-MK1 Front Runner to Bag Aircraft Contract of Royal Malaysian Air Force; Pakistan's JF-17, South Korea's FA-50 Golden Eagle Also in Race.
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India's indigenously built Tejas light combat is competing against Pakistan's JF-17 and South Korea's FA-50 Golden Eagle to bag fighter jet contract of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), reported The Times of India. Last month, Tejas showcased its skills in the Langkawi International Maritime Aero Expo -2019 (LIMA-2019) in Malaysia. Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad and Defence Minister of the country Mohamad Sabu also interacted with team of the Indian Air Force (IAFP participating in the exercise. Aero India 2019: General Bipin Rawat Takes Sortie of LCA-Tejas; Watch Video.
The demo pilot of Tejas MK1 Group Captain Samrath Dhankar exuded confidence that Tejas fighter will be able to fulfill the requirements of the RMAF. "The RMAF (Royal Malaysian Air Force) officials appeared really happy as the aircraft far exceeded their expectations. Clearly, we are not selling a product here but a capability in itself," reported TOI quoting Grp Cpt Dinkar as saying. IAF's First Bi-Annual Commanders' Conference Begins Today at Vayu Bhawan; Nirmala Sitharaman Lauds Air Warriors For Displaying Highest Level of Professionalism.
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The missile has a Ring Laser Gyroscope (RLG) based guidance, control and navigation system. It also has a MEMS-based Inertial Navigation System (INS) along with the GPS system. It is the sixth development flight trial with objective to prove the repeatability of boost phase, cruise phase using way point navigation at very low altitudes. The first trial of the missile was conducted on March 12, 2013, from the ITR, Chandipur. As the missile diverted from its trajectory, it was destroyed midway. Meanwhile, the second successful trial was conducted on October 17, 2014. The fifth test of the missile took place on November 7, 2017.
India on April 15 will celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). Arjan Singh was born in Lyallpur (Faisalabad, now in Pakistan). The decorated officer entered the RAF College Cranwell in 1938 and was commissioned as a pilot officer in December 1939.
As a Squadron Leader, Arjan Singh led the squadron against the Japanese during the Arakan Campaign. flying close support during the crucial Imphal Campaign and later assisting the advance of the allied forces to Rangoon, Burma. For his role in successfully leading the squadron in combat, Arjan Singh received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1944. IAF's First Bi-Annual Commanders' Conference Begins Today at Vayu Bhawan; Nirmala Sitharaman Lauds Air Warriors For Displaying Highest Level of Professionalism.
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Recently, INS Kadmatt which participated in the 15th edition of Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA-19) in Malaysia on March 25 is an indigenous stealth anti-submarine warfare corvette. It was commissioned into the Navy in January 2016 and had a 90 per cent indigenous design, undertaken by the Directorate of Naval Design. Indian Navy to Get MH-60 'Romeo' Seahawk Helicopters Soon; US Approves USD 2.6 Billion Deal.
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The Army Commanders' Conference is being held in New Delhi from April 8 to April 13. It is an apex level biannual event, which formulates important policy decisions. Army Commanders' Conference is an important event in planning and execution process of Indian Army. To ensure due diligence, decisions are taken through collegiate system comprising Army Commanders and Senior Officers. Indian Air Force Quashes Pakistan's Claim of Not Using F-16 Fighter Jet Against India, Releases Radar Images of February 27 Aerial Combat.
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Yesterday, in the Indian Army Commanders Conference, the decision was taken that amid the increasing tensions with Pakistan, troops readiness would remain as they are at the movement. The During the conference, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said, "Indian Army is committed to peaceful security environment. We shall holistically address emerging threats, challenges & ensure no room for terror. Readiness, tri-services synergy, mil diplomacy, joint exercise have created capacity & environment" Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa also attended that conference.
Indian Naval officer Lieutenant Rahul Dalal saved a life by rescuing a drowning man at Kerala's Vypin beach on April 5. Lt. Rahul is a navigating officer in INS Sutlej. According to the Indian Navy, at about 4:10 pm on April 5 the officer noticed a person struggling in water, was unable to swim and trying to shout for help. After which Lt. Dalal responded immediately and went to the rescue of the drowning man. Indian Army Rescues 2,500 Tourists Stuck in Snowfall Near India-China Border in Sikkim's Nathu La.
It took him only a few minutes to reach the victim but almost 20 to 25 minutes to bring him back to the shore as the under-current was strong. After bringing the victim back to the shore, the naval officer administered Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation, whereupon the victim was revived. Naik Buta Singh Martyred While Serving at 2nd Highest Post in Sikkim, Air India Staff, Passengers Stand Up to Honour Indian Army Soldier, Watch Video.
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The victim has been identified as Dileep Kumar from Aurangabad. According to reports, came to the channel to bathe, and accidentally drowned in front of the crowd.


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10.—(1) This paragraph applies where—
(a)for any purpose connected with the carrying on of the activities which he is authorised by his licence to carry on, it is necessary or expedient for a licence holder to install and keep installed an electric line on, under or over any land; and
(b)the owner or occupier of the land, having been given a notice under sub-paragraph (3),—
(i)has failed to give the wayleave before the end of that period; or
(ii)has given the wayleave subject to terms and conditions to which the licence holder objects;
and in this paragraph as it so applies "the necessary wayleave" means consent for the licence holder to install and keep installed the electric line on, under or over the land and to have access to the land for the purpose of inspecting, maintaining, adjusting, repairing or altering the electric line.
(2) This paragraph also applies where—
(a)for any purpose connected with the carrying on of the activities which he is authorised by his licence to carry on, it is necessary or expedient for a licence holder to keep an electric line installed on, under or over any land; and
(b)the owner or occupier of the land has given notice to the licence holder under paragraph 12(2) requiring him to remove the electric line;
and in this paragraph as it so applies "the necessary wayleave" means consent for the licence holder to keep the electric line installed on, under or over the land and to have access to the land for the purpose of inspecting, maintaining, adjusting, repairing or altering the electric line.
(3) The notice referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) shall—
(a)state the licence holder's intention to install an electric line;
(b)give a description of the nature of the line and of the position and manner in which it is intended to be installed; and
(c)require the owner or occupier of the land to give the necessary wayleave within a period (not being less than 21 days) specified in the notice.
(4) Subject to sub-paragraphs (5) to (7), the Department may, on the application of the licence holder, grant the necessary wayleave subject to such terms and conditions as the Department thinks fit; and a necessary wayleave so granted shall, unless previously terminated in accordance with a term contained in the wayleave, continue in force for such period as may be specified in the wayleave.
(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (6), the Department shall not grant a wayleave under sub-paragraph (4) in any case where—
(a)the land is covered by a dwelling, or will be so covered on the assumption that any planning permission which is in force is acted on; and
(b)the line is to be installed on or over the land.
(6) Sub-paragraph (5) shall not apply to any land in respect of which a wayleave has been given before the coming into operation of that sub-paragraph.
(7) Before granting a necessary wayleave, the Department shall afford—
(a)the occupier of the land; and
(b)where the occupier is not also the owner of the land, the owner,
an opportunity of being heard by a person appointed by the Department.
(8) A necessary wayleave granted under this paragraph shall bind any person who is at any time the owner or occupier of the land.
(9) Where in pursuance of a necessary wayleave granted under this paragraph a licence holder has erected on any land supports for an electric line, he shall be deemed to have an estate in that land for the purposes of section 40 of the [1969 c. 35 (N.I.)] Mineral Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.
(10) In this paragraph "dwelling" means a building or part of a building occupied, or (if not occupied) last occupied or intended to be occupied, as a private dwelling and includes any garden, yard, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to or usually enjoyed with that building or part.


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Film Review: Sorry to Bother You
This movie was an absolute delight. I had heard some good things but missed its initial release, so when I made the effort to see a one-night screening at the Rio, in spite of wanting to stay home and watch the new Black Mirror, I was very surprised and elated to discover one of the most original movies of the year. Sorry to Bother You made me laugh, made me think and made me go "WTF?" with its truly unpredictable plot twists. I loved it and I think it is one of the best movies of 2018.
The movie opens with Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) interviewing for a telemarketing job at Regalview, part of a huge multifaceted corporation run almost as a personality cult by Steve Lift (Armie Hammer in hilarious form). The job sucks and there is discontent between workers and management with a move to unionize led by Squeeze (Steven Yeun), but when Cassius starts using his "white voice" (dubbed by David Cross) to connect to clients he rises through the ranks leaving his friends behind when he becomes a star "powercaller". But Reglaview has a dark side which is only revealed as Cassius climbs higher and it only gets darker and funnier and flat-out weirder as the film approaches its conclusion.
The first thing I loved about this movie was its tone. It is very relatable with a fine supporting cast of rich and diverse characters, and it definitely plays to a mature audience with grown-up sensibilities. It's not an overt crowd-pleaser (although the large audience I saw it with did sound very amused throughout). I also really loved how it's one of those kinds of science-fiction movies that creeps up on you. There is already a heightened sense of silliness in a lot of what we see, but the real world is also very silly when looked at in certain ways and it's only the gradual accumulation of details that clues you into the fact that this is not the real world. That is, until a crazy plot twist late in the movie that is pure sci-fi but works because of all the subtle groundwork laid in.
There are some rough edges to the movie (the film's lack of budget is very apparent in one sequence involving a riot) but that is part of its charm. It's a scrappy underdog of a movie, about working class heroes and featuring a fairly socially progressive point of view (the union subplot being a perfect example). That's the kind of real community justice you don't see in most movies, probably because most movies tend to reinforce the status quo instead of challenging it. The film has many little touches that tip you off to its subversive nature which had me grinning when I wasn't outright laughing, and that is the most important thing of all – the film avoids being preachy by making you laugh.
Boots Riley deserves special mention for his writing and directing, the movie is full of wildly inventive visual ideas that match the story perfectly, and the cast is terrific. Lakeith Stanfield is immensely sympathetic, keeping you on his side even when he's selling out, and Tessa Thompson is wonderful as Cassius' performance artist girlfriend Detroit. Terry Crews has only a couple of scenes as Cassius' uncle Sergio but he's always a gem. I really enjoyed the mostly non-white casting because I love seeing other faces and voices on screen. The movie is incisive in its comments about race and one sequence in particular had many in the audience at the screening I attended squirming with discomfort, myself included. I love it when a movie can make me squirm and laugh and think.
Sorry to Bother You is very high up on my list of best films of 2018. I thought it was highly creative and original with many genuine surprises, but also that it was smart and funny – very, very funny. I was smiling almost from start to finish and for a long time after it was over. I really can't say enough good things about it, I thought it was truly unique and special. I loved it.
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BlockFi Could Be Acquired by FTX.US for Only $15M: Report
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BlockFi may be sold to FTX.US for as little as $15 million, claims a new report.
The $240 million figure originally announced by both parties is contingent on BlockFi securing regulatory clearance from the Securities and Exchange Commission and pushing its client assets to $10 billion.
BlockFi CEO Zac Prince had previously categorically denied reports that the company could be sold for $25 million.
A new report indicates that the floor price for FTX.US' acquisition deal with BlockFi lies at $15 million, a price tag that may rise depending on performance.
From $4.8 Billion to $15 Million
New details are emerging about BlockFi's acquisition deal.
Under certain circumstances, leading crypto exchange FTX.US could reportedly buy BlockFi for as little as $15 million instead of the $240 million originally publicized.
Upon announcement of the acquisition deal, BlockFi CEO Zac Prince tweeted that the $240 million figure was contingent on "performance triggers." According to a new report, these triggers include the company winning regulatory clearance from the Securities and Exchange Commission for its yield product, BlockFi Yield, by December 31, which would unlock $25 million from FTX.US.
Additionally, should BlockFi's client assets reach at least $10 billion by October 2023, FTX.US would pay an extra $100 million. Finally, FTX.US has reportedly committed to pay an amount equal to 25% of BlockFi's annual operating income to a maximum of $100 million.
Should BlockFi fail to meet any of these requirements, the company may end up being acquired by FTX.US for a floor price of $15 million. However, it would still have the option of buying back FTX.US's acquisition option before October 2023 for "two to three times" the capital initially put down by the exchange for the deal.
BlockFi is a "CeFi" crypto lending platform, meaning a company that takes advantage of the yield opportunities found on decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols for its customers. The firm, valued at $4.8 billion in July 2021, was engulfed in a severe liquidity crisis alongside Celsius, Voyager, Babel Finance, and CoinFLEX following the brutal downturn of the crypto market this year. In June, Zac Prince categorically denied reports from CNBC that FTX would acquire BlockFi for $25 million.
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CPT Marks 25 Years: Peacemaker Congress
CPT's 25th anniversary Peacemaker Congress launched us into the next quarter century with renewed vision for the challenges ahead. Video recordings of fiery Bible studies and reflections by Shanta Premawardhana, Sylvia Morrison, Ched Myers and Elaine Enns along with riveting keynote addresses by Elce Redmond, Angélica Castellanos, and Mohamed Salah are posted (or will be in the coming weeks) at www.cpt.org/2011videos. The following article by CPT supporter Susan Miller is edited and used with the author's permission.
About 160 people gathered 13-16 October at Reba Place Church to celebrate Christian Peacemaker Teams' 25 years of nonviolent peacemaking and to focus on "Re-imagining Partnerships for Peacemaking."
The 11th Peacemaker Congress brought together participants from across North America, as well as Iraq, Colombia, Palestine, the Philippines and the Netherlands.
For plenary speaker Mohamed Salah, a Kurdish Muslim who has served as a driver, translator, teacher, cook, adviser and partner of the CPT Iraq team, the event marked a number of "firsts:" first time outside his country, first airplane ride and first time to speak in front of a large group. He opened his address by greeting his family in Kurdish via the video streaming technology that expanded the number of participants in the Congress to include anyone listening online.
In areas where Islam is the predominant faith, CPTers and Muslim partners have developed ever-deepening working relationships. Salah and Fathiyeh Gainey, a Palestinian who is the first Muslim to serve long term on the CPT Palestine team, urged CPT to advance beyond token inclusion and to increase team members' understanding of the religions, cultures and languages of the people with whom they will serve.
"I really appreciate the young people I see here," Salah said. "They will be the leaders in the next 25 years. I hope to bring an airplane full of people here for the next 25-year anniversary!"
Sylvia Morrison, CPT's Undoing Racism coordinator, gave the opening reflection on "Honoring Story." She said, "It makes a difference how you tell the story" [of nonviolent peacemaking] and encouraged listeners to "include yourself in the story."
Congress participants listened to and told their stories in plenary sessions, workshops, and while walking together in pairs through the neighborhood in a candlelight peace vigil. Plenary speaker Elce Redmond told how he drew on his CPT delegation experience – accompanying school children in Palestine to protect them from Israeli settler violence – to create the Austin Peaceforce in a Chicago neighborhood where armed police sometimes fear getting out of their cars to intervene in fighting.
The youth and adults in the Peaceforce are trained to de-escalate and prevent violence among their peers. Redmond has also organized to help families facing severe financial hardships — an underlying reason children and adults lash out in verbal and physical abuse.
Angélica Castellanos spoke about the invasion of multinational corporations in her native Colombia, which has led to the internal displacement of millions, and of how she has organized to help peasants remain on their own land. She said without the international accompaniment of CPT and similar organizations, social organizers could not do their work. "Without [them] we would get killed."
Ched Myers and Elaine Enns facilitated three workshops in which long-term CPT members told stories of CPT's beginnings, work with Indigenous Justice in the Americas, the Iraq Hostage Crisis and "how CPT has changed me."
Cliff Kindy served in Gaza, Iraq and Congo. He told how he miraculously escaped death when he stepped between the guns of Israeli soldiers and their intended victims in Gaza. "God doesn't need us to be perfect," he said, "just available."
Enns and Myers also preached at the joint worship service Sunday morning with the Reba Place congregation. They told the story of Moses' demand to see God's face and God's provision for him to stand in the cleft of the rock, giving Moses a glimpse of God's glory [Exodus 33:12-23].
"Moses it seems was not your typical activist," they said. "It was not enough to have the right cause, or the right tactics or even the right theology… In order to go into the heart of darkness, Moses knew he had to immerse himself in the Light."
"Empire dims our senses, dulls our imaginations, socializes us to accept the way things are," they continued. "Only a vision of possibility can animate risk [so] don't even think about going into those war zones without a profound and palpable sense of the presence of the God of peace."
Book traversal links for CPT Marks 25 Years: Peacemaker Congress
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A lady is lucky to be alive following a gas explosion which occurred at her residence yesterday. According to Blessing Nkoyo Emmanuel from Eket, Akwa Ibom but resides in Kano state, she was about to turn off the gas in her home before it exploded and set her on fire.
She revealed that her clothes and hair were on fire before she narrowly escaped from the kitchen.
Immediately she escaped from the kitchen, the ceiling and some parts of the house were destroyed as she came out with a little injury from the incident.
The excited lady took to Facebook to thank God for her miraculous survival.


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That's what everybody is looking for and we've been fortunate to find guys that have been able to execute at a level that's put them in a much better position from a market standpoint. The Giants made Gausman a top priority in free agency last winter when they gave him a one-year, $9 million deal based on the potential he demonstrated pitching out of the bullpen for the Cincinnati Reds in 2020.
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Tilehurst End Preview - Middlesbrough (H)
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So who we playing? Middlesbrough at the Madejski Stadium in a 3pm Saturday kick-off
Are they any good? Boro are finally finding their feet again at this level and have started the season in fine fashion, sitting second in the table.
Any former Royals? Nope
Our last meeting? Reading ran out 5-2 winners at the Madejski Stadium back in March with Ian Harte and Shane Long scoring twice and Hal Robson-Kanu also on the scoresheet.
It's been a while since I've written a match preview but hopefully this is the start of a return to our regular preview slot.
The fortunes of both Reading and Middlesbrough are examples of just how much football can change in a short space of time. Just over five years ago, Reading had romped to the Championship title with 106 points while Middlesbrough were playing in a UEFA Cup Final. Within three years both sides had been relegated back to the Championship, Both teams then flirted with relegation into the third tier and both saw managers sacked within the first few months of a season.
Today and both sides are looking to try and get back into the Premier League but it's the club in the North East that looks more primed to do so, after an impressive start in Tony Mowbray's first full season in charge at the BT Cellnet... sorry Riverside Stadium, with Boro now in second place. That second placed position has been built on an excellent away record that has seen Mowbray's side win all four of their away league games this season, keeping three clean sheets along the way. Their attack has been led by Dutchman Marvin Emnes who already has five Championship goals to his name, as well as a Carling Cup hat-trick. Barry Robson and Scott McDonald have also impressed, two of the survivors of Gordon Strachan's reign at in the North East and players that are finally living up to their billing when they moved South.
Reading meanwhile have finally managed to grind out some results to settle into midtable, with seven points out of a possible nine in their last three. Tuesday's dramatic win at Bristol City was welcome but for 70 minutes Reading weren't good enough and hopefully we'll see a more consistent 90 minutes from the team, rather then leaving it late again. Though it might not seem an advantage, It might help that we're playing an in form side as it will take a bit of pressure off a group who have had to play 'underdog' after 'underdog' in the last three weeks.
Historically Middlesbrough have the edge when the two sides have met, with Boro winning seven of the twenty league meetings, winning most recently at the Madejski Stadium in 2009 when Leroy Lita inspired them to a 2-0 win over Brendan Rodger's Reading side.
If you ask Reading fans for memories of this fixture their minds are more likely to drift to last year's 5-2 win, a League Cup quater-final in 1998 that ended in a contraversial win for a Boro side that contained Paul Merson and Paul Gascoigne or most fondly, memories of our first ever game in the Premier League.
Injury wise the Royals will be waiting on news of Jimmy Kebe who has missed the last two games but otherwise Brian McDermott will have a full squad to chose from.
Predication wise I'm going to go for a 1-1 draw with Reading snatching another late point.
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More than $12 million is up for grabs to improve University of Maine System nursing facilities and program capacities. The proposed expansion to the University of Maine System's nursing programs will primarily occur at regional campuses, and not at the flagship campus in Orono.
Director of the UMaine School of Nursing Dr. Mary Walker explained that the nursing program is already at capacity in terms of resources and enrollment. This year, the program received 1,308 qualified applications to fill 115 available seats, according to Walker. She said 2017 saw an increase in enrollment capacity, from around 85 available spots in the program in previous years to 111.
"[The School of Nursing] eliminated the one year post-BSN work requirement and the GRE as requirements for admission to the Master of Science in Nursing program … our applications to and enrollment in the graduate program, particularly the Family Nurse Practitioner program, are robust to say the least," Walker said.
The UMaine nursing program has expanded enrollment by 35 percent in the last two years. However finite resources, classroom space, time constraints of full-time working faculty members and "restrictions on clinical placements," restrict the ability of the program to expand according to Walker.
Walker said that while ballot Question 4 is specifically aimed at the regional campuses of the University of Maine System, UMaine won't be entirely unaffected if the measure is approved by Maine voters.
"To my knowledge, the University of Maine School of Nursing was mentioned in one specific area — outreach to the Machias campus as a result of its incorporation last year into the University of Maine proper," Walker said. "The School of Nursing will, obviously, receive some support for those outreach programmatic efforts, but support for the University of Maine School of Nursing was neither enumerated nor specified in the Bond rollout."
In addition to UMaine Machias, Fort Kent and Augusta, the University of Southern Maine would receive a huge amount of institutional support should the bond measure pass, prompting an anticipated 20 percent increase in "pre-licensure" program enrollment, according to a news release from the University of Maine System.
According to a USM news release, "funding from Question 4 will be used to double the space and capacity of the School of Nursing's nursing simulation lab, a critical component of nursing education as it allows students to practice their skills — along with their peers and professors — in a setting that won't cause harm to live patients.
Efforts to expand nursing enrollment are part of a five-year University of Maine System plan to fill a nursing workforce gap. In an Oct. 24 update, the Maine Nursing Action Coalition predicted that the state would need an additional 2,700 nurses by 2025.
Walker said that most of the responsibility to keep nurses in Maine after graduation falls to employers and not university administration. Despite the lack of programs or incentives to stay in Maine after graduating, more than 80 percent of UMaine nursing graduates go on to work in the state — at least initially.
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Ep 140: The Patterson-Gimlin Film Part 2
Above Image: Roger Patterson comparing his foot against a plaster casting he took at the Bluff Creek, CA site
"Whether we like it or not he is here with us on this planet, today, in the 20th century. A creature of enormous historical significance. A ghost from a long-dead day that should whet the imagination of the young at heart, the adventurer and the eternal individualist."
– Roger Patterson, from his book, "Do Abominable Snowmen of America Really Exist?"
What if you had spent years searching for something elusive, something you believe existed that most didn't, and then one day you finally happened to capture it on film? What would be your immediate next steps if you wanted to present it to the world? In the days before instant media uploads to the internet, where would you take the film and who would you show it to first if you wanted to be taken seriously? Roger Patterson had thought he and Bob Gimlin had captured irrefutable proof of Bigfoot, next to bringing the beast itself out of the woods. Little could he realize that every action and claim going forward from that moment of filming would be analyzed and criticized for the rest of his life, in addition to his integrity. Whether out to prove authenticity or a perpetrate a hoax, in either case, the reaction to the film was predictable. From the few scientists who bothered to look, to the curious public, some believed, some scoffed, some didn't know what to think. What we know now from Patterson and Gimlin's story, is that indirect evidence is not enough for most, you need to produce a body, but even then there are those who will refuse to believe. What we also know is that for Patterson, and in turn Gimlin, providing this film as evidence turned out to be much more trouble than a benefit and much more than they bargained for. Realizing what these men went through, if you were to one-day capture extraordinary evidence, would you think twice about sharing it?
Researchers have re-located the site where Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin had their encounter with "Patty" the Sasquatch, on the banks of Bluff Creek around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, October 20, 1967. Bluff Creek is a tributary of the Klamath River, about 25 logging-road miles northwest of the town of Orleans, in Del Norte County California. GPS coordinates provided by BIGFOOT'S bLOG website.
A high definition scan of the iconic "Frame 352" provided by researcher and author Bill Munns. Technically, it's frame #354 as Munns found two additional frames in the clip during his research.
Roger Patterson shown with two plaster castings he took of "Patty's" footprints at the Bluff Creek encounter site.
Roger Patterson comparing his foot size with that of the plaster castings he took of Patty.
Bob Gimlin around the time of the encounter.
Scan #0195 by Bill Munns of trackway footage from John Green's archives. "This was the first time this footprint footage was ever scanned at 4K resolution, every frame known to exist. The four reference images … are among the sharpest frames for each footprint. The footage was scanned end to front, which is why scan numbers are highest first, lowest last."
Trackway scan #0137 by Bill Munns
"Best Bigfoot footage yet? Patterson-Gimlin 4K Neural Remaster" by Bigfoot Al
"Bigfoot Investigators Hope DNA Test Will Confirm Existence Of Two Man-Beasts" with Jeffrey Gonzales
The William Roe story by Daniel Perez on Cryptomundo.com
"Patterson Gimlin Bigfoot film 1967, the best stabilization of all 5 parts of the film" on YouTube
The Wikipedia page on the Patterson-Gimlin film
Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film – Bill Munns' Analysis on YouTube
Bill Munns' Patterson-Gimlin Film website
Search for Bigfoot stories on HowToHunt.com's YouTube channel
Jeff Hilling's Patterson-Gimlin film website
The 1963 Laird Meadow castings made by Patterson on Cliff Barackman's website
M. K. Davis' "The Davis Report" website on the PGF film analysis
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M. K. Davis analyzes "Frame 352" on YouTube
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The following are scans of frames, composites and charts from Reels 1 and 2 of Roger Patterson's footage, put together by Bill Munns, which can be found on his website here: http://www.themunnsreport.com/tmr_v2_design_005.htm All images copyrighted, for research purposes only.
A composite of #1 and #2 Panorama Composites, pieced together by Bill Munns
PGF Reel One Panorama #1
PGF Reel One Panoramas 3, 4 and 5
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Composite scans of Jim McClarin walking Patty's estimated path. Film copyright 1968 from John Green's original footage, scans by Bill Munns, January 31, 2009. For research only.
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Episode 140: The Patterson-Gimlin Film Part 2. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel; Sound Design by Ryan McCullough; Tess Pfeifle, Producer and Lead Researcher; Research Support from the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a.k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2019 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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New Mexico eyed for major nuclear waste storage facility
Critics say virtual meetings bypassed rural communities and raise concerns about the company behind the proposal.
Sammy Feldblum and Tovah Strong Feb. 5, 2021
Leona Morgan, coordinator of the Nuclear Issues Study Group, speaks at an anti-nuclear weapons demonstration across the street from the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, in Albuquerque, on January 22.
Michael Benanav / Searchlight New Mexico
This story was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico and is republished here by permission.
For most New Mexico businesses, the arrival of COVID-19 wreaked havoc, caused shutdowns or threatened doom. But for one enterprise — potentially one of the world's largest nuclear waste sites — the pandemic offered an unusual opportunity.
A long-planned nuclear waste storage facility in the southeastern New Mexico desert was rushed through the approval process during the pandemic, according to New Mexico's congressional delegation, environmentalists and other opponents.
Typically, project foes would have been able to voice their disapproval at Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearings around the state. The coronavirus brought an end to such public gatherings, however, so New Mexico lawmakers asked the NRC to pause the hearings.
Instead, the agency switched to online meetings — and shut out dissenters in the process.
"There is a large population of individuals living in New Mexico without internet or phone access" — and the virtual hearings required both, said environmental activist Leona Morgan of the Nuclear Issues Study Group. A Diné woman who protests what she calls nuclear colonialism, Morgan said that many people couldn't join the meetings because they didn't have robust broadband connections, a common problem in tribal areas and remote parts of New Mexico.
Morgan counts herself among the lucky: She managed to join one of the virtual webinars in August. "There's no reason to rush through this process except to line the pockets of for-profit companies and their shareholders," she told the NRC.
The process in question involves Holtec International, the proposed builder and operator of the Consolidated Interim Storage Facility, a site between Hobbs and Carlsbad that could soon be licensed to store 8,680 metric tons of highly radioactive uranium from some 80 nuclear reactor sites around the country. Holtec, a company that has come under scrutiny for safety violations and other issues, could potentially be allowed to expand the site by nearly 20 fold.
Touted by backers as a local economic boon, the project would transform New Mexico into America's radioactive waste "destination," as Holtec describes it. The proposal has met considerable opposition, particularly given its location within the oil-rich Permian Basin.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has categorically denounced the Holtec project and all other proposals to store nuclear waste in the area. "Allowing the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste at sites near the largest producing oilfield in the world will compromise the safety of the region," Abbott wrote in a September letter to former President Trump.
Democratic Congresswoman Deb Haaland, the Secretary of the Interior nominee, opposes the Holtec plan for health, safety and economic reasons. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, more than a dozen state legislators and the Democrats in New Mexico's congressional delegation are against it. The Navajo Nation, the All Pueblo Council of Governors and numerous local governments — representing nearly half the population of New Mexico — also object, citing potential risks to families, communities, agriculture, industry and the environment, now and forever. Some of the waste can remain radioactive for more than 1 million years.
If the NRC grants an operating license to Holtec, New Mexico will become a permanent nuclear dumping ground, opponents say.
"We are talking about storing over 120,000 metric tons of nuclear waste in an extremely active oil field without a clear picture of the potential hazards."
"We are talking about storing over 120,000 metric tons of nuclear waste in an extremely active oil field without a clear picture of the potential hazards," project foe Stephanie Garcia Richard, New Mexico's land commissioner, stated in a letter to Holtec. Garcia Richard noted the potential for radioactive contamination at the storage site and along the highways and rail lines carrying spent fuel rods from 35 states. "There is no guarantee that high-level nuclear waste can be safely transported to and through New Mexico," she wrote.
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Tom Udall, for their part, decried the switch to online hearings and asked for a pause in the licensing process. "There is no compelling public interest reason to justify this rush to replace meetings with virtual webinars," they told the NRC in an August 18 letter.
On September 15, after the last virtual hearing was concluded, the agency officially responded to the senators, declining their request.
On Sept. 22, when the public comment period on the NRC's draft environmental impact statement closed, the commission recommended green-lighting the Holtec facility.
Radioactive tons
New Jersey-based Holtec plans to build the New Mexico storage site on 1,040 acres of scrubland located halfway between Carlsbad and Hobbs. The two cities, along with Eddy and Lea counties, partnered with Holtec to build the project. All four municipalities would receive a share of Holtec's revenues for storing the country's dangerous detritus.
If Holtec wins its NRC license — which could happen as soon as this summer — the company would be allowed to store 500 canisters at the site, buried some 30 feet underground. As many as 10,000 canisters could eventually be added during a series of expansions. Holtec and its supporters say the site would be state-of-the-art, safe and secure.
"Because of the real estate and the seismic location, it is the best geologic site and the best environmental site in the country for the interim storage of these spent fuel rods," Hobbs Mayor Sam Cobb told Searchlight New Mexico.
"We see no reason to rush a decision that affects generations of New Mexicans during a pandemic on behalf of an international, for-profit corporation."
The facility is intended as a temporary storage place, supporters add. In 40 years, the United States will presumably have built a permanent nuclear waste repository, and the spent fuel in New Mexico will be shipped to its new home. If a permanent spot hasn't been found, however, Holtec has the option of tripling the lifespan of the New Mexico site.
To date, no permanent solution has been discovered – and opponents believe it never will be. They say the spent fuel would likely remain in New Mexico forever.
In a statement to Searchlight, Senators Udall and Heinrich echoed the concerns, noting that there are "no plans of ever removing" the waste. "We see no reason," they said, "to rush a decision that affects generations of New Mexicans during a pandemic on behalf of an international, for-profit corporation."
Leona Morgan, coordinator of the Nuclear Issues Study Group, at an anti-nuclear weapons demonstration across the street from the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, in Albuquerque, on January 22.
Burying it
Why is New Mexico in this position in the first place? The answer, in two words, is Yucca Mountain.
In 1982, more than two decades after the opening of the first U.S. nuclear power station, nuclear power plants across the country needed increasing amounts of storage space for the thousands of metric tons of waste they were producing — a problem the federal government acknowledged it did not know how to manage. That year, Congress passed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA), obligating the Department of Energy to build a permanent repository for spent fuel, financed by utility customers. The proposed facility would store waste for a minimum of 10,000 years. The federal government set a 1998 deadline to complete the project.
The Reagan administration eventually settled on three potential locations: Hanford, Washington; Deaf Smith County, Texas; and Yucca Mountain, Nevada, a site important to the Western Shoshone Nation, Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone, Timbisha Shoshone Tribe and others. "There was supposed to be one in the West and one in the East to avoid picking on one state," former NRC historian J. Samuel Walker said. But Yucca Mountain soon became the sole focus.
Then the 1998 deadline came and went, and nuclear power companies began suing the government for breach of contract. Without a permanent repository, the utilities have been forced to spend large sums to store nuclear fuel near their plants, which means they lose money with each passing year. To date, the federal government has paid about $8 billion to settle the claims.
In 2010, political maneuvering took Yucca Mountain off the table. The project has been in limbo ever since, along with the lingering spent fuel.
"There really is no fixed date on a repository," said Rod McCullum of the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry trade group. In the absence of a permanent storage place, the conversation has turned to interim storage sites that could save companies money until a final destination is established.
Enter Holtec. The company was formed in the 1980s to design spent-fuel storage technology for nuclear plants. By the early 2000s, Holtec had secured contracts to provide specialized dry storage casks for a never-built interim facility on the Skull Valley Goshute reservation in Utah and the Tennessee Valley Authority's Sequoyah Nuclear and Browns Ferry Nuclear plants. By 2018, Holtec operated branches in seven countries, including Ukraine and Spain.
In 2019, Holtec began acquiring decommissioned nuclear power plants. (Such plants can bring large profits, including whatever decommissioning funds are left over after they've been cleaned up.) Holtec purchased New Jersey's Oyster Creek Generating Station; Massachusetts' Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station; New York's Indian Point Energy Center; and Michigan's Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, as well as spent fuel from the former Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant.
But the company's record was not without concern. Holtec has received an estimated nine violation notices since 2001 for failing to follow NRC quality assurance procedures, including rules meant to ensure that the company's storage casks — the kind it would be using in New Mexico — consistently met safety standards.
The most recent violation occurred in 2018 when Holtec modified its casks without notifying the NRC, as mandated. The change was only discovered when workers preparing to load a cask at San Onofre Generating Station in California noticed a four-inch pin, meant to hold the fuel basket, loose at the bottom of the cask — an obvious manufacturing flaw. When asked for comment on the incidents, a Holtec spokesman told Searchlight that the company is an industry leader in quality assurance.
Holtec has run into other problems as well. An investigation conducted in 2010 by the Tennessee Valley Authority into suspected overbilling revealed that the company had bribed a TVA employee in order to secure a contract. In 2007, the employee pleaded guilty to concealing more than $54,000 received from Holtec. In the wake of the investigation, the TVA ordered the company to pay a $2 million fine, open its operations to outside monitors and face a largely symbolic 60-day ban from doing federal business — the first debarment in TVA history.
In 2014, Holtec failed to mention that debarment on tax credit application forms. The misrepresentation initially went unnoticed, allowing the company to receive $260 million in tax credits from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), a story first reported by ProPublica and WNYC.
In 2019, the NJEDA announced it would investigate Holtec's use of tax credits, prompting the company to sue the agency for withholding money. (The NJEDA declined to answer questions about the investigation's status, saying it did not comment on matters related to pending litigation.)
Holtec's use of offshore banking has also come under scrutiny. According to leaked records called the Paradise Papers, Holtec has operated at least one shell corporation in Bermuda between 2005 and 2007. The records, which were obtained by the German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, listed Krishna P. Singh II as an officer: He is the son of Holtec CEO Krishna P. Singh. Several of the CEO's other family members were also listed as officers, as was Niraj Chaudhary, director of the executive committee for Holtec Asia. An additional offshore company in Bermuda that operated during the same time period, Southampton Technologies Ltd., included nearly identical officers and was listed at the same address.
Holtec did not respond to questions from Searchlight about why the accounts were used and whether the company still keeps bank accounts in tax havens. The leaked records don't reveal this information, either. But tax havens like Bermuda can allow companies to avoid paying taxes.
"There's nothing inherently nefarious about [the accounts]," said Jack Blum, a national authority on international tax evasion and money laundering whose anti-corruption work contributed to the establishment of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. However, Blum told Searchlight, Holtec "is a closely held company that has a history of being controlled by its founders, and wherever it goes, it wants to keep its finances as secret as it can and its taxes as low as it can."
In general, Blum said: "Companies that are dealing in nuclear materials are in a world where there's very little transparency."
"Companies that are dealing in nuclear materials are in a world where there's very little transparency."
Holtec did not respond to questions from Searchlight about why the accounts were used and whether the company still keeps bank accounts in tax havens.
Hot commodity
In 2017, Holtec submitted its proposal to the NRC to bring nuclear waste to New Mexico. Supporters included local municipalities, which said the facility would create more than 100 jobs. Supporters today also note that the NRC has issued a draft environmental impact statement that concludes the risks to the environment and to local communities is minimal.
The need for a protective facility is vast, supporters say. Radioactive waste from commercial reactors contains deadly byproducts like plutonium-239, with a half-life of 24,000 years, or iodine-129, with a half-life of 16 million years. The U.S. commercial nuclear power industry currently produces over four million pounds of spent nuclear fuel each year. More than 183 million pounds of spent fuel — roughly the weight of 600 blue whales — languish at nuclear power plants around the country. The waste is stored in deep pools of water or in concrete and metal casks. All of it is in need of a new home.
From the nuclear industry's early days, the federal government has known it would have to deal with high-level waste. "But their assumption all along, and what they proclaimed all along throughout the late 40s, 50s and 60s, was that that's an issue which is down the road," said Walker, the NRC historian.
Today, the road might lead to New Mexico.
A former Albuquerque resident, Sammy Feldblum is currently studying geography at UCLA. His writing examines environmental issues in the southern and southwestern United States.
Tovah Strong is pursuing a BFA in writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
This article was reported in collaboration with the Institute of American Indian Arts' journalism program.
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