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MotoGP Sachsenring: Marc Marquez secures sensational 11th victory in Germany
Published: 20 June 2021 Updated: 20 June 2021
Marc Marquez is back at the top of MotoGP
The comeback is complete. Marc Marquez returned to the top step of the MotoGP podium with a sensational victory at his beloved Sachsenring.
The Repsol Honda rider stormed up to second at the start of the race and quickly forced his way by Aleix Espargaro to take the lead. As the white flags waved and some drops of rain began to fall, Marquez pulled the pin and opened a two second advantage.
Moto2: Remy Gardner secures his third consecutive win of 2021
Miguel Oliveira gave it everything in order to try and close Marquez down but after managing his tyres, Marquez was able to pull away again in the closing laps. The gap never dropped below 0.9s.
It's Marquez's 11th consecutive victory at the German circuit and Honda's first since his success at the 2019 Valencia Grand Prix - 581 days ago. He becomes just the second rider ever to take eight consecutive premier class wins in the same circuit, one behind the great Giacomo Agostini, who holds the record with nine at Imatra.
Mentally, today's result will be fantastic for Marquez's and HRC's confidence moving forward. Their worst run since rejoining the premier class in 1982 is over.
Oliveira crossed the line in second to take his third consecutive podium in 2021, whilst championship leader Fabio Quartararo completed the podium for Monster Energy Yamaha. The Frenchman now holds a 22-point advantage in the championship standings.
Brad Binder ensured that both Red Bull KTM riders finished inside the top four. It's the South African's best result of the season so far, and his second top five result in three races. Francesco Bagnaia stormed through the field in the second half of the race to take fifth ahead of teammate Jack Miller.
Aleix Espargaro dropped to seventh in the closing stages after leading early on, whilst Johann Zarco, Joan Mir, and Pol Espargaro completed the top 10 in Germany. Alex Rins and Jorge Martin were 11th and 12th respectively, ahead of Takaaki Nakagami and Valentino Rossi.
Elsewhere, it was a nightmare day for Maverick Vinales and Franco Morbidelli. The latter fell to the back of the field on the opening lap and limped home in 18th, whilst Vinales, who started 21st, was unable to make any real progress and came home in 19th.
Danilo Petrucci and Alex Marquez came together at turn one on the fifth lap of the race. The duo were arguing with one another in the gravel afterwards, however no further action was taken by race direction. On the following lap Lorenzo Savadori's race came to an end at turn 10.
MotoGP Sachsenring: Johann Zarco secures his first pole of 2021
First published: 19 June 2021 by Josh Close
Johann Zarco clinched his first pole position of the 2021 season in dramatic fashion at the Sachsenring.
The Pramac Racing Ducati rider knocked championship leader Fabio Quartararo off of top spot with a 1:20.236, moments before losing the front at high-speed heading into turn four. The Frenchman looks to be a little winded but was able to walk away unaided from his Ducati.
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It's Zarco's first MotoGP pole since the Czech Grand Prix at Brno last season, and his performance also ends Quartararo's run of five consecutive pole positions. It's Zarco's sixth MotoGP pole position and he's achieved this accolade with three different teams - Tech3 Yamaha, Avintia Ducati and now Pramac Racing Ducati. Zarco also put his KTM RC16 on the front row at Brno in 2019.
Quartararo remained in second place (+0.011s) after being unable to beat his main title rival. Quartararo won't be too worried though given the consistent race pace he showed earlier in the day.
The French duo will be joined on the front row by Aleix Espargaro. It's the Spaniard first front-row with Aprilia, and his first overall since the Dutch TT at Assen in 2015. It further showcases the ever-improving performance of the RS-GP in the hands of Espargaro.
Jack Miller had to settle for fourth spot after running in too deep at the final corner on his last flying lap. The Aussie has been unbeatable through the first sector of the lap but continues to lose crucial time through sector three.
The Aussie will be joined on the second row by Marc Marquez and Miguel Oliveira. It's Marquez's best qualifying result since his return from injury. Rookie Jorge Martin was seventh, whilst Pol Espargaro, Takaaki Nakagami and Francesco Bagnaia completed the top 10. Nakagami crashed at turn one in the closing seconds of the session.
The start of Q1 was delayed due to a power outage in pit-lane. Some teams, including Repsol Honda, were left without any electricity for a little while. Brad Binder failed to make it out of that Q1 session, missing out on a spot in Q2 by only 0.036s.
Behind him, rookie pairing Luca Marini and Enea Bastianini qualified in 14th and 15th respectively, ahead of Valentino Rossi on the Petronas Yamaha. Reigning champion Joan Mir's qualifying woes continued in 17th spot. It's Mir's worst grid position of the season, and the second time in four races he's qualified outside of the top 10.
Alex Rins, who had to go through Q1, and Alex Marquez rounded out the Q2 qualifiers this afternoon.
Franco Morbidelli will start 18th after crashing at the final corner whilst on his fastest lap of the session. The Italian was on course for a spot inside the top two prior to his fall.
Danilo Petrucci qualified 19th ahead of Tech3 KTM teammate Iker Lecouna, who fell at turn one in the closing stages of the session. Behind them, Maverick Vinales endured a nightmare session in 21st - his worst-ever MotoGP qualifying performance. Vinales' problems started in FP3 when, whilst holding a Q2 qualifying spot, he crashed at turn one with a few minutes remaining. Vinales consequently lost his spot in Q2 and was visibly frustrated throughout FP4 as well.
Lorenzo Savadori completes the MotoGP grid after suffering a fast crash at turn 12. Tomorrow's MotoGP race is due to begin at 13:00 (UK).
MotoGP Sachsenring: Miguel Oliveira ends the opening day on top
Miguel Oliveira continued his positive form on Friday by topping the combined standings after the opening two practice sessions at the Sachsenring.
The Red Bull KTM rider, winner of the Spanish Grand Prix, posted a best lap-time of 1:20.690, which was an impressive 0.220s faster than 2021's one-lap master Fabio Quartararo. The Frenchman is targeting a sixth consecutive pole position this weekend.
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Quartararo bounced back from a big crash during this morning's FP1 session. The Frenchman went down at the bottom of the hill, heading into turn 12. Quartararo looked to be in some discomfort as he got back to his feet, after giving his right shoulder a real whack - thankfully it looks like no serious damage was caused.
Maverick Vinales completed the top three on the second factory Yamaha M1, pipping Alex Rins by only 0.054s. Pol Espargaro was the leading Honda in fifth spot, despite suffering two crashes throughout the day. The Repsol Honda rider fell at turn three during FP1, before hitting the deck at the same corner in FP2.
Takaaki Nakagami was sixth overall ahead of Aleix Espargaro and Johann Zarco, whilst Jack Miller and Franco Morbidelli completed the top 10. All six manufacturers were represented inside the top 10, with only 0.538s separating Oliveira and Morbidelli.
Danilo Petrucci leaped up to 11th in the closing stages, whilst Marc Marquez ended the opening day in 12th. Marquez, who has won his last 10 races at the Sachsenring, topped FP1 this morning and gave the paddock a reminder of what he's capable of at this circuit. The left-handed circuit, including 10 left turns, will favour Marquez's injured arm/shoulder this weekend.
Elsewhere, rookie Jorge Martin ended his first day at the German circuit as a MotoGP rider in 14th spot, recovering from a crash at turn 12 in FP1. Fellow Sachsenring newcomer Brad Binder was 15th ahead of reigning champion Joan Mir.
Luca Marini had an eventful day in 18th spot. The Italian fell at the final corner early in FP2, before suffering a fast fall at turn seven in the closing seconds of the session.
Valentino Rossi's disappointing year continued in 21st spot. The nine-time world champion crashed at the first corner in FP2 and looked rejected as he walked away from his M1. Rumours are continuing to spread that Rossi will announce his retirement from MotoGP in the coming weeks.
VR46 Academy member Francesco Bagnaia finished day one at the bottom of the timesheets and has plenty of work to do on Saturday morning if he's to avoid Q1.
Saturday's FP3 session is due to begin at 08:55 (UK), followed by FP4 at 12:30 and then Q1 at 13:10. Q2 will follow at 13:35.
By Josh Close
Sports Reporter and fan of all things motorsport.
Marc Marquez is back at the top of MotoGP Johann Zarco secured his first pole for Pramac Racing Ducati Miguel Oliveira is the man to beat in Germany heading into Saturday MotoGP Sachsenring: Combined Friday Times MotoGP Sachsenring: Qualifying Results MotoGP Sachsenring: Race Result


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The Important Role of Community Navigators in Refugee Health
RefugePoint's team of 13 Community Navigators support health education and provide information to about 10,000 refugees and locals per year.
Who knows the needs of a community best? The people who live and work in that community. RefugePoint's team of Community Navigators (CNs), now comprised of 13 team members (April 2019), are refugees who live and work in the many various areas of Nairobi, and who have been engaged and trained by RefugePoint to provide valuable information about health and wellness to their respective communities. CNs represent the many diverse refugee and host nationalities living in and around Nairobi. Trained on topics including community-based protection, vulnerability assessment, health, wellness, psychosocial support, business training, child protection, and livelihoods, CNs are an essential part of the RefugePoint team.
CNs participate in public health campaigns run by the local Sub-County Government as part of RefugePoint's partnership with the local health authority. These campaigns include immunization drives, public information campaigns and public medical response. The CNs also support health education and provide information to approximately 10,000 refugees and locals per year. They play a key role in the identification of RefugePoint clients.
CNs deliver basic health information on sanitation, reproductive health, and immunizations for children below the age of 5. They refer cases to local clinics (or the RefugePoint clinic), and make referrals for other services, such as where to go for registration with the government, and provide interpretation at government clinics as necessary. They also play a major role in filling medical prescriptions at the RefugePoint clinic clients who cannot afford medication at local clinics and hospitals.
While they are not legal advocates, CNs do provide referrals and information to new arrivals, and assist refugees to find resources regarding their questions about their rights and legal status. They refer refugees to community-based structures as well as to partner organizations who offer a range of services to refugees. Such partners include UNHCR, Danish Refugee Council (DRC), HIAS, RefuSHE, International Rescue Committee (IRC), and Kituo Cha Sheria or the Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK), among others. CNs can also provide interpretation services at these agencies to support refugees to access particular services. As most CNs are refugees themselves, they are well-placed to help refugees navigate services.
While working with the urban refugee population in 2011, RefugePoint found that refugees were having trouble accessing health services at government facilities. Among the problems cited by patients were language barriers and lack of access to quality care due to socio-cultural differences that influence medical practices (particularly among Somalis). CNs are able to engage, in their own language, with the community about sensitive health issues that intersect with cultural practices (such as family planning). The primary goal of CNs is to improve the general health and well-being of the refugee and host population in Nairobi, and since the Community Navigator program began in 2012, CNs have had a significant positive impact on the health and well-being of our clients.

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A great number of clinical studies have now been conducted into the effectiveness of reflexology as a treatment. Here are summaries of just a few.
Further research studies can be seen under Articles.
"Using Reflexology to Relieve Chronic Constipation" (from the Danish Journal of Nursing, 24, June '92)
This was a Pilot Study: 20 women, 30-60 years of age, defecation interval two days or more, suffered from constipation from 5-54 years with an average of 24.6 years. Treatment procedure: per person: 15 free treatments (2 per week for 4 weeks, minimum 2 days between each treatment, and then one treatment each week for 7 weeks)
Frequency of defecation-average 4.1 days 1.8 days
Painful defecation 40% Nil
Normal stool consistency Nil 50%
Reduction in use of laxatives 55%
Other health problems were reported by 95% of the women and 80% said that these health problems had changed for the better.
"Headache/Migraine – Has Reflexology an Effect?" by Leila Eriksen
Study: 220 patients over a maximum of 6 months (average 10 treatments each) and again 3 months after treatments ended, with patients filling out diaries. The majority of the 220 patients were 25-54 years; 33% had previously experienced alternative treatment with success; 63% had headaches for more than 9 years, 71% for more than 6 years.
At final treatment: 23% were cured, 55% were helped which equals a positive effect on 78% (25% from the tension headache group were cured and 20% from migraine group). At the time of follow-up only 23% of the migraine patients had no effect. Also at the follow up:41% obtained a better life quality, 53% felt physically better, 50% psychologically better.
Premenstrual Symptoms
Randomized Controlled Study of Premenstrual Symptoms Treated with Ear, Hand and Foot Reflexology by Terry Oleson, PhD and William Flocco "Obstetrics & Gynecology"
To determine whether reflexology therapy – the application of manual pressure to reflex points on the ears, hands, and feet that somatotopically correspond to specific areas of the body – can significantly reduce premenstrual symptoms compared to placebo treatment.
Thirty five women who complained of previous distress with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) were randomly assigned to be treated by ear, hand, and foot reflexology or to receive placebo reflexology. All subjects completed a daily diary, which monitored 38 premenstrual symptoms on a four-point scale. Somatic and psychological indicators of premenstrual distress were recorded each day for 2 months before treatment, for 2 months during reflexology and for 2 months afterwards. The reflexology sessions for both groups were provided by a trained reflexology therapist once a week for 8 weeks, and lasted 30 minutes each.
Analysis of variance for repeated measures demonstrated a significantly greater decrease in premenstrual symptoms for the women given true reflexology treatment than for the women in the placebo group.
These clinical findings support the use of ear, hand and foot reflexology for the treatment of PMS (Obstet Gynecol 1993; 82:906-11).
Reduction of Symptoms
Symptom True Reflexology Placebo Reflexology
Easily Irritated 63% 43%
Nervous or Anxious 36% 24%
Depressed or Sad 66% 24%
Forgetful or Confused 76% 25%
Critical of Self & Others 68% 36%
Headache 77% 22%
Backache 48% 26%
Constipation 60% 25%
Tired or Fatigued 27% 8%
Difficulty Falling Asleep 33% 0%
From the Division of Behavioural Medicine, California Graduate Institute, Los Angeles; and the American Academy of Reflexology, Burbank, California. This study was funded by private contributions to the California Graduate Institute and the American Academy of Reflexology.
Expectant Mothers Helped by Reflexology
Pregnant women given 10 foot reflexology sessions from 20 weeks into their pregnancies to term experienced a better labor time than textbook figures. The average for those receiving reflexology work was: first stage, 5 hours; second stage, 16 minutes; and third stage, 7 minutes. This compared to textbook figures of 16 to 24 hours' first stage, and, 1 to 2 hour's second stage. In addition, 89.0% of the women experienced a normal delivery. (1) One study found that women who received 4 or more sessions experienced less analgesia use and more forceps deliveries. In comparison to the control group who received no reflexology treatment, they showed no difference in onset of labour and duration of labour. (2) Questions have been raised about validity of this study: "The findings should not be taken as particularly significant clinical value since some of the women received only one session of reflexology at 39 weeks."
(https://www.expectancy.co.uk/docs/expectancyreview.pdf)
Reflexology during labor
Research demonstrated that reflexology given to women during labor showed a 90% effective rate as a pain killer during delivery. (3); Another study showed an effective analgesia rate of 94.4%. (4)
Women in the foot reflexology group of one study experienced an average birth process of 2.48 + 1.48 hours versus the control group (intravenous drip of 10% glucose plus a vitamin C injection) with an average birth process of 3.32 + 1.19 hours (4)
Reflexology was applied in two 30 minutes sessions to women diagnosed with primary inertia during labor during a research study. Assessment of dilatation of the cervix showed that 70% of them made progress when treated with reflexology. In the control group, 38% of women offered extra supportive midwifery care made progress. Under usual care, they would have been offered unpleasant and painful oxytocin augmentation to aid in labor. (5)
Research showed that, among women given reflexology work during labor, 11 of the 14 experiencing retention of the placenta after giving birth avoided an operation to correct the situation. (3)
Lactation in new mothers
Research showed that new mothers who received reflexology work initiated lactation in 43.47 hours (+12.39 hours) and in comparison to the control group average of 66.97 hours (+28.16 hours). At 72 hours satisfactory lactation was documented in 98% of the foot reflexology group and 67% of the control group. Reflexology work helped avoid use of drugs in lactation that may be harmful to the baby. (6)
In a controlled study of postpartum women experiencing anxiety and depression, six hours of reflexology work demonstrated a significant difference for foot reflexology with traditional Chinese medicine foot bath group when compared to control groups. (7)
In another study, postpartum women given six hours of foot reflexology work with traditional Chinese medicine foot bath showed a significant difference in: appetite; lactation; anxiety and depression scores when compared to the control group. (158)*+
Research showed that post partum women recovering from Cesarean section showed a significantly shorter first voiding time when receiving foot reflexology or machine (electric foot roller) foot reflexology as compared to the control group. (9)
Post partum women recovering from Cesarean section showed a significant difference in time to first defecation when receiving reflexology for three days as compared to the control group. (10)
(1) Dr. Gowri Motha and Dr. Jane McGrath, "The Effects of Reflexology on Labour Outcome," Forest Gate, London,
England, Nursing Times, Oct. 11, 1989
(2) McNeill JA, Alderdice FA, McMurray F., "A retrospective cohort study exploring the relationship between antenatal
reflexology and intranatal outcomes," Complementary Therapeutic Clinical Practice 2006; 12: 11925.
(Queen's University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Belfast, Ireland) (PMID: 16648089)
(3) Sorrig, Kirsten, "Easier Births Using Reflexology," Danish Reflexologists Association, Research Committee Report,
Feb., 1995
(4) Zhang Changlong, "The application of foot reflexology in relieving labor pains," China Reflexology, Centre du
Documentation du Groupes d'Etudes et de Recherches en Acupuncture, Registre des essais comaratifs randomises en
acupuncture publies en 2000-2001, March 1 2001
(5) Clausen J, Møller E. En randomiseret undersøgelse af zoneterapi ved inerti og retentio placentae
(A randomised (blinded, controlled) trial of reflexology in inertia). Ã…rhus Kommunehospital Afd Y8, 1992.
(6) Siu-lan, Li, "Galactagogue Effect of Foot Reflexology in 217 Parturient Women (milk secretion / lactation in new mothers),"
(19)96 Beijing International Reflexology Conference (Report), China Preventive Medical Association and the Chinese Society
of Reflexology, Beijing, 1996 p. 14
(7) Peng Guizhi, Qiu snow-sheung, Meng Li-fang, Zhou Ying, Wei Dan He, "Post-natal care and intervention on anxiety,
depression impact study," China's Health (medical research) 2007 14
(8) Peng Guizhi, Liao Tao, Meng Li-fang, Wang Yuan-, Wei Jihong, Qiu snow-sheung, Wei Dan He, Zhou Ying, "Study
for the effect of recovery for puerperium women treated Chinese native medicine foot bath combined with full foot
bottom massage," Nurse Education magazine, 2007 23
(9) Zhongcuifang, Huang Lihong, HE Miao East, Zhou, Wen-Cheng Peng Pai, Hsiao-Hui Lee, Bao Jinlian, paragraph
Fortunately, Wen-Jie Li, "Foot Massage on postpartum urinary system rehabilitation research," Maternal and Child
Health Care of China, 2003, No. 09
(10) "Foot after cesarean section on the recovery of gastrointestinal function; the Influence of Foot Soaking and
Massage on the Recovery of Digestive System after Cesarean," Contemporary nurses (Academic Edition) Today Nurse
2004, Section 01
"Vision Deficits" Reflex Area Work Linked to Visions Centers of the Brain
In an fMRI study by Hong Kong researchers, reflexology technique stimulation of the eye reflex area activated a region of the brain matching acu-point stimulation of stroke patients with vision defects but not the visual part of the brain. The researchers worked under the hypothesis that the corresponding (visual) cortex would be activated.
Researchers applied reflexology technique to the eye reflex area of the left foot at bases of second and third toes of the left foot of ten healthy volunteers. They found that the visual cerebral cortex was not activated. Areas activated included: left frontal lobe (strongest activation), cerebellum, left insula, and temporal lobe. Reflex area stimulation was consistent with results from an fMRI study of acupuncture. When the eye acu-point was stimulated in stroke patients with vision deficits areas of the brain areas activated were the frontal lobe and insula. Another fMRI study of acupuncture showed that stimulation of the eye acu-point of healthy individuals activated the visual cortex.
Speculation about this result for reflexology work begins with the observation that the locations of the eye and ear reflex areas are anomalies among reflex areas. The foot and reflexology charts technique reflect the body, except for these two areas. Their location at the bases of the toes reflects a direct reflection of the tops of the shoulders reflex area. Reflexologists achieve results for eye-related problems when working this area. Strictly speaking, however, an eye reflex area exists in the toes themselves, matching other reflex areas as a direct reflection of the body. Charts by Anne Lett, British, reflexology educator and author, (Reflex Zone Therapy for Health Professionals, p. 143) show an eye reflex area on the tops of the second and third toes just below the nail. She also shows a visual cortex reflex area on the sole of the foot in the second and third toes at the distal joint. These match the eye reflex areas and visual centers of Hanne Marquardt (Reflexotherapy of the Feet, p.p. 44-45) If the fMRI study were conducted testing these areas would the visual cortex by activated?
The fMRI study showed activation of areas of the brain with reflexology work: Left frontal lobe (strongest activation) (movement planning, polysensory, premotor area, language related movement (writing)); Cerebellum (conducts impulses to cerebral cortex; posture, balance, and coordination of movements); Left insula (pain, emotion, homeostasis); Temporal lobe (bilateral superior gyrus, Brodmann's Area 22) (sensory pathways, memory, auditory or language functions).
The strongest activation following reflexology technique application to the eye reflex area of the left foot was in the left frontal lobe. Researchers state that, "This area may be related to the cross-modal transfer of the massage [reflexology) stimuli and the visual information as a part of the polysensory areas." Other sources include functions of the frontal lobe as: "Body's orientation in space" and "fine movements and strength of the arms, hands and fingers." (https://www.neuroskills.com/tbi/bfrontal.shtml)
Activation of the cerebellum occurred during two fMRI studies, reflexology work applied to the inner corner of the big toe and the eye reflex area. We have speculated about the role of the big toe in walking and the role of the cerebellum in coordinating such activities. We now an unusual response resulted from technique applied to the eye and ear reflex areas (bases of second third and fourth toes) during our work with paralysis. Such work prompted movement of the fingers of the quadriplegic's opposite hand as if playing a guitar. For the two paraplegics, such work prompted a spasming of the opposite foot. Over time, the spasming become movement into the position of dorsiflexion or plantar-flexion. During dorsiflexion the foot is flexed into a 90Å¡ ready for the heel strike phase of a foot step. Plantar-flexion is a toe-point of the foot, the toe-off position of a foot step. This observation has been repeated during one-time work with a variety of paralyzed individuals.
Tang M.Y., Li G., Chan C.C., Wong K.K.K., Li R. and Yang E.S., Vision Related Reflex
Zone at the Feet: An fMRI Study, 11th Annual NeuroImage Meeting. 2005, 1431. (Publication No. : 102226)
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Model UN students gathered at Regent's University London to call for a fast response to ISIS and intervention on sex trafficking
Regent's University London has completed its first Model United Nations Conference, welcoming 50 students aged 14-18 from local and regional schools to take part in organised debates and review current global challenges, ranging from ISIS in Iraq, through to women's rights and children in armed conflict.
Working as groups divided into General Assembly, Human Rights Council, and the Security Council, the students represented different countries and were provided with 'real-time' updates on conflicts and developing situations across the globe, all of which impacted discussions and priorities during realistic UN-styled 'caucuses' (assemblies).
Daniel Chipping (age 15) from Radnor House School, an Independent school in Middlesex, said: "I represented France in the General Assembly where we focused on women and their security. This included looking to pass a resolution to help women lead peaceful lives in the face of sex trafficking and other gender-related issues.
Lydia and Marian Durkin, 17 year-old twins studying at St Marylebone School, a state school in Westminster, represented Russia and China respectively on the Security Council and demonstrated a keen, in-character, political eye on ISIS in Iraq.
Lydia said:"Russia's perspective is that we don't like rebels. We'll make a move to contain or eliminate the ISIS presence in Iraq, but our motivations are largely economic. We don't want to lose our connections in the Middle East, which would happen if there was an ISIS takeover."
The Security Council group ultimately decided to invoke Chapter VII and intervene militarily in Iraq to suppress ISIS.
While young people are often criticised for apathy and a lack of political interest, the students worked hard through the weekend while receiving guidance from Regent's University London's own Model UN staff and students, who have been participating in similar conferences across the world for the last nine years.
Carina Jurs, a Regent's University London graduate in BA (Hons) Management, Marketing and International Relations, returned from her home in Norway to chair the General Assembly and share her experience of Model UN events. She explained: "I was first encouraged to take part in Model UN in 2012 and was terrified because I didn't really have an interest in politics.
"I believe young people don't necessarily realise how they are personally affected by what organisations such as the UN do. Without passion you're not going to do much with your life and I highly encourage people to get involved with initiatives like Model UN."
Looking ahead it is hoped this latest Model UN conference will be the first of many as Regent's University London seeks to establish itself as a leading international facilitator for these events.
Sabrina White, Lecturer in International Relations and Regent University London's Model UN coordinator, said: "I'm thrilled the University's first on-campus conference has proved such a success. You quickly get a sense of the energy and excitement as students speak about issues that really matter.
"I wasn't particularly interested in politics as a teenager as it all felt quite overwhelming and hopeless. I took part in my first Model UN conference aged 13 and it helped me understand the importance of getting people engaged as global citizens and arguing from a position which is not necessarily your own.
"Model UN changes students' perceptions of the world and gives them a much greater understanding than any textbook can. We're already looking forward to holding our next conference in February 2015."
For further information on Regent's University London's Model United Nations work and future events: https://www.regents.ac.uk/events/youth-model-united-nations-conference.aspx


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Foreign Affairs, Islam, Religion and the Public Square
God and Terror
May 20, 2011October 13, 2018By Timothy Shah
Whether or not one likes religious actors, they are here to stay. The issue is not whether but when and how religious actors will enter public life and shape political outcomes. The third in a three-part series.
Given what we have said about "God and Political Science" and "God and Democratic Diplomacy," we should note the downsides to global religion. Religion is a great source of war and violence in the world. Indeed, both religious terrorism and religious civil war have increased markedly during the same forty-year period in which religious democratizers expanded. Here, too, the religious were empowered by globalization, technology, and, in general, modernity. This may seem to be a concession to the secularization thesis. After all, the folks known as the "neo-atheists," Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, claim that where religion persists, it is violent and irrational. But things are more complex than that.
Part of the great surprise of religion's resurgence is that it also has been a forceful instrument of tearing down dictatorships, promoting democracy, mediating peace, and healing the wounds of war and dictatorship—quite the opposite of violence. And where religion is the source of violence, it results from the same factors that explain peace and democracy—degree of independence from the state and political theology. In the case of violence, though, these variables take on readings that are the opposite of those that lead to the more peaceful outcomes.
First, religious actors are likely to become the source of civil war and terrorism when they inhabit states with a close integration of state and religion, particularly ones where the state is cozy with a dominant religious group and then marginalizes a dissenting or minority religious group. This pattern has been quite common in the Arab world since World War II, as in the case of Egypt, from Nasser's officer coup in 1952 up until the recent overthrow of Mubarak. A government that is secular in spirit typically allies closely with a dominant faction of Islam, usually a moderate one, and then marginalizes more traditional groups.
Second, religious actors carry political theologies that lead to violence. On the basis of their understanding of their very doctrines, they advocate a state where they will enjoy a close integration with the ruling regime, and thereby threaten other religious groups. This marginalization leads to a backlash of violence. Or, quite simply, they hold doctrines that sanction violence for their cause.
About a third of all civil wars since 1940 (42 of 133 civil wars) have had a religious basis. Their proportion has been increasing over time, beginning in the 1970s, and religious civil wars now make up about half of all ongoing civil wars. In many, religion is peripheral, meaning that it is the source of identities, but that the religious laws and policies of the nation are not a direct object of dispute. An example of this is Northern Ireland. In others, it is central, meaning that the religious character of the state is at issue, as in Sudan. This surge in civil wars based in religion is concerning. Religious civil wars last longer than non-religious civil wars (2 years more, on average) and are less amenable to negotiated settlement. They are also more likely to recur and are more deadly to noncombatants.
Religious civil wars occur disproportionately in Islam. In upwards of 80 percent of civil wars, Islamic groups have been one or both of the combatants. In 58 percent of these wars, the states involved have Islam as a dominant religion. This occurs in two patterns:
The first is found in secular integralist states built on nationalism and modernization, as in the Arab world since World War II. Again, the pattern is that the government allies with moderate Islam and marginalizes conservative Islam. A paradigmatic example is the Algerian civil war that broke out in the early 1990s and brought about the deaths of some 200,000 people. True to the argument, the post-colonial government in Algeria was a socialist dictatorship, dedicated to building an Algeria based on equality, loyalty to the nation, and secularism, which it promoted by making official a moderate version of Islam while suppressing more traditional forms, which it expected to fade away. But they did not. In the 1970s, they resurged among the population. By the 1980s, amidst an economic crisis that accentuated the corruption and poor economic performance of the socialist regime, the Islamists threatened an electoral victory. When they won the first round of national elections in 1991, the regime's army stepped in and canceled the second round, touching off a decade of massive bloodshed.
The second factor is the growth of radical Islamic revivalism and its capture of some regimes. The belief that Islam has gone into decline and a radical revival is needed has resulted in calls for a strong form of Sharia law that sometimes threatens minorities, as in the case of the civil war in Sudan from 1982 to 2005. This same pattern can be found in other religions, as well, as in Sri Lanka, where the Buddhist Sangha's exclusion of Tamils resulted in civil war.
Religiously-inspired terrorism has also been on the rise. Prior to the 1980s, religious terrorist actions or activities were practically non-existent. However, after the 1980s, the numbers increased, and increased proportionally from the 1980s, 1990s, and into this century. In 1980, 4 percent of known international terrorist organizations had a religious basis, compared with 33 percent in 1994, and 46 percent in 1995 and 2004.
Religiously-inspired terrorism is also more deadly than secular terrorism. While the attacks of secular groups tend to kill, on average, 3-4 people and wound another 8-16, religious terrorists tend to kill 17 people per attack and wound another 39. Since 2001, Salafi jihadist groups have been responsible for the largest number of terrorist missions and proportion of deaths. Not only do such groups support the spread of Islam through violence (jihad), but they give a violent interpretation of jihad an elevated status as a permanent individual obligation. Additionally, the excommunication (takfir) of other Muslims is practiced strongly, while suicide attacks and the targeting of civilians is justified.
As transnational actors, these jihadis have managed to escape the confines of state boundaries. Historically, they tended to be local actors fighting local battles, but by the 1980s, especially after the defeat of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, religious terrorism became a global phenomenon, or more precisely, a "glocal" one, in which local issues became linked to global ones. This can be seen in the case of foreign fighters who, often uninvited, spontaneously joined fights to defend fellow Muslims (e.g., Bosnia, Afghanistan, Chechnya). The reorientation of U.S. foreign policy in the last two decades to Afghanistan and fighting al Qaeda is the result of religiously-inspired violence that continues today. Again, the explanation is similar: such violence occurs due to Islamist revivalism and the marginalizing of Islamists by a highly secularized regime.
But religion is not just about violence; it also promotes peace and reconciliation. Every religion has a peace tradition; in every religion, inspiring activists can be found who work hard for peace. For comparison's sake, let us focus on religion's peace-building work in two contexts. The first is mediation. During the past half-century, the preponderance of violence in the world has taken place in civil wars, not international wars. As Monica Duffy Toft has shown in her separate work, the period since the end of the Cold War has seen a historically high concentration of civil wars ending through negotiation. In God's Century, we survey 26 cases of peace negotiations since the end of the Cold War and find that, in 11 of these cases, religious actors played a strong mediating role; in 11 of these cases, they played a weak mediating role; and in only four of these cases, they played no significant role at all.
What characterized the effective mediators? Independence mattered a great deal, though here it was with respect to both the state and to armed opponents. A political theology that placed a special stress on peace was essential, as well. Perhaps the quintessential religious negotiator has been the Community of Sant'Egidio, a lay community of the Catholic Church. Through befriending parties on all sides of the civil war in Mozambique over 16 years—yet affiliating with none—and through the community's political theology of peace and reconciliation, the Community was able to bring all sides to the negotiating table and secure peace in 1992. It has since served as a key negotiator in Algeria, Guatemala, Liberia, Burundi, and elsewhere.
We also surveyed 19 cases of transitional justice—that is, countries' choices about how to deal with past crimes after a transition to peace or democracy. Common approaches include punitive justice, epitomized by the ICC, and truth recovery, the most famous of which remains South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We found that, in eight of these cases, religious actors were importantly influential. In all of these cases, they favored truth recovery, though in a few cases, they also favored trials. The influential ones carried a political theology of reconciliation and, once again, independence from the state. The signature actor here is Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who had been both a leader in the anti-apartheid movement and a pioneering theologian of reconciliation. Following South Africa's transition to democracy in 1994, he rose to lead the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
To summarize, religion has made a political comeback, abetted by globalization, democratization, and technological development. Those religious actors who are most closely integrated with state authority and who hold a political theology that calls for state sponsorship, the subordination of minorities, and the use of violence are most likely to be violent. Those who have remained independent of state authority and carry a political theology that prescribes democracy, peace, and reconciliation are most likely to be peaceful and democratic.
This argument has important implications for U.S. foreign policy. First, quite simply, it is essential that foreign policymakers come to understand better that religion is not going away—the 21st century is God's century. Whether or not one likes religious actors, they are here to stay. The issue is not whether but when and how religious actors will enter public life and shape political outcomes. Second, better understanding the forces that shape the politics of the religious can help the U.S. pursue its goals of democratization, stability, and fighting terrorism more effectively. The U.S. would know better which religious actors are likely to support these goals, which are likely to be its allies, and which are likely to stand in the way. No better illustration for this claim can be found than in the current Arab Spring, as we struggle to answer certain key questions: What is the political role of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood likely to be? What about the Shi'ite crowds in Bahrain? What sort of regime do they have in mind? And what about those Libyan rebels, whose identity we are only beginning to learn? In what way are they religious? And how does this religion translate into politics?
Some unabashedly universalistic claims can be derived from this argument, as well. Namely, where government and religion lack institutional independence, the result is likely to be conflict, whereas independence is a precondition for democracy and a mediating influence. Thus it seems that a healthy institutional independence between religion and state is good for everyone, everywhere. This carries with it an important lesson for policy. While it does not mean that the U.S. ought to replicate exactly the first amendment of the Constitution, it does mean that a healthy secularism of separation is better for democracy, human rights, and peace, on one hand, and for the flourishing of religion, on the other. The U.S., therefore, should be highly reluctant to support authoritarian secular regimes on the argument that they are needed to marginalize religious actors—as the U.S. did for so many years in the Arab world.
Religious actors cannot be confined to a private sphere and we should not try to keep them there. Today, one of the biggest questions in Egyptian politics is the place of the Muslim Brotherhood. Will it be a democratic player or is it an aspiring oppressor? In fact, the Brotherhood is a complex organization with many factions, and its future is not without risks. But it is far more likely to be peaceful and democratic precisely if it is brought into the fold of Egyptian democracy rather than being marginalized.
To conclude, religion is far from being the only or even the most decisive factor in global politics. But it has played—and will continue to play—a key role. The 21st century has brought us a world radically different from the one that secularization theory promised. We have no choice but to build new theories and devise fresh policy strategies for the religious age we live in, not for the secular age that never came.
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1Origins of the song and other early versions
2Bananarama version
2.1Track listings
2.2Charts
3Later recordings
4"Helele" by Velile and Safri Duo
Aie a Mwana
"Aie a Mwana" is a song originally written by the French-Belgian writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger.
It was first recorded in 1971 under the title "Aieaoa" on the album Le Monde fabuleux des Yamasuki. In 1975, a version with predominantly Swahili lyrics by Black Blood, an African group recording in Belgium, was released as "A.I.E. (A Mwana)". The Swahili version also appeared in a football video game, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011. In 1981, "Aie a Mwana" became the first single released by English group Bananarama. In 2010, with an identical melody but new lyrics and released as "Helele", it became an official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in a version by Velile and Safri Duo.
Origins of the song and other early versions[edit]
The original song was called "Aieaoa", and was featured on the pseudo-Japanese dance album Le Monde fabuleux des Yamasuki, which was released in 1971 by the French writing and production team of Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger.[1]
In 1975, Belgian record producer Michel Jaspar - who had been born in what was then the Belgian Congo - was contacted by Zairean singer Steve Banda Kalenga, who had formed a band with friends from Angola. Jaspar renamed the band Black Blood and, with fellow musician Ralph Benatar and with the encouragement of Kluger, produced the band's first single in Belgium. The A-side was "Marie Therese", written by Jaspar, and the B-side was a version of "Aieaoa" which Jaspar re-wrote with lyrics in Swahili, apart from the words "Aie a Mwana" themselves which are meaningless. It was the B-side, "A.I.E. (A Mwana)", which became successful, reaching #1 in Belgium and France, as well as being a hit in other parts of the world.[2]
After Bananarama's success in the UK with their version of the song, Vangarde and Kluger, who by then had found international success with the Gibson Brothers and Ottawan, also recorded versions of the same song with both Ottawan ("A.I.E. Is My Song", with English lyrics, 1982)[3] and La Compagnie Créole ("A.I.E A Moun'la", 1987).
Bananarama version[edit]
"Aie a Mwana"
Single by Bananarama
from the album Deep Sea Skiving
"Dubwana"
Pop, new wave
Demon, Deram
Daniel Vangarde, Jean Kluger
Paul Cook, John Martin, Sara Dallin
Bananarama singles chronology
(1981) "It Ain't What You Do"
"Aie a Mwana" is the debut single by Bananarama, released in 1981. Group members originally recorded the track as a demo and ultimately it was the demo version that was pressed onto the record. Originally released as a stand-alone single, "Aie a Mwana" was eventually added to the group's debut album Deep Sea Skiving in a remixed and more polished version two years later.
Bananarama's previous experience in a recording studio was recording unused background vocals for the Department S B-side "Solid Gold Easy Action", a T. Rex cover. Prompted by friend and early supporter Paul Cook (of Sex Pistols), Bananarama decided to release their own single. As they had been including several cover versions in their repertoire (including later hit "Venus"), they decided on the song which had been recorded by Black Blood, sung in Swahili, which they had heard in a French disco.[1] Group members Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward had to learn to sing the song phonetically. The "tropical" nature of the single inspired the group's name: banana coming from the vibe of "Aie a Mwana" and -rama added to the end as a nod to an early Roxy Music song called "Pyjamarama".
The single was issued by the independent label Demon Records and then licensed to Deram,[4][5] when Bananarama signed to London, however both times the song failed to reach the UK top 75. Write-ups in the English music and fashion press (NME, The Face) caught the attention of Terry Hall, who invited Bananarama to sing on his new vocal group Fun Boy Three's next single.
Track listings[edit]
7" vinyl single (Demon Records D 1010, later Demon / Deram Records DM 446)
"Aie a Mwana" 3:33
"Dubwana" 3:38
UK 12" vinyl single (Demon / Deram Records DMX 446)
"Aie a Mwana" (12" Version) 5:39
"Dubwana" – 3:38
US 12" vinyl single
"Aie a Mwana" (US Extended Version) 6:52
All above tracks available on the 2013 2CD/DVD re-issue of Deep Sea Skiving (Edsel Records EDSG 8029)
Charts[edit]
Chart (1981)
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play 66
Later recordings[edit]
A re-translated version was titled "La Revancha de Macumba" by Veronica Castro for her 1991 album Mi Pequena Soledad.
"Helele" by Velile and Safri Duo[edit]
The song was re-recorded in 2010 by the South African singer Velile Mchunu and Danish percussion duo Safri Duo. It was released on 7 May 2010 as the lead single from Safri Duo's forthcoming Greatest Hits album.[6] The song is the official trailer song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast on German television channel RTL and Switzerland's Schweizer Fernsehen and Télévision Suisse Romande in June–July.[7][8] "Helele" peaked at number one in Switzerland, at number three in Germany and at number twenty-two in Austria.
^ a b WFMU's Beware of the Blog: The Road From Yamasuki to Bananarama
^ "Guy Howarth, Black Blood and Michel Jaspar, at TheSoulGuy.com". Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
^ Aie Is My Song (par Ottawan) – fiche chanson – B&M
^ "Something different, but strong: A Brief History of Deram Records". 17 April 2015.
^ Demon/Deram 1981 cat no. DM 446
^ "Helele – Single by Velile & Safri Duo – Download Helele – Single on iTunes". iTunes Store. January 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
^ "Der offizielle RTL WM-Hit 2010: "Helele"" (in German). RTL. 27 May 2010. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
^ "SF gibt Polo einen Korb" (in German). 20 Minuten Online. 5 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 June 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
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"It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)"
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"I Want You Back"
"Love, Truth and Honesty"
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"Help!"
"Only Your Love"
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"Tripping on Your Love"
"Movin' On"
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" Let It Be"
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"Really Saying Something (Solasso Remix)"
"Baby It's Christmas"
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The Video Singles
"Young at Heart"
Fun Boy Three
Shakespears Sister
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I got up early and went for another walk. After breakfast we headed out of town to the farm school they have named Shamalindi.
When we arrived, there were children waiting for us at the entrance, and they put on a special greeting song and dance! They pinned a welcome flower to each of us too!
Despite their incredible welcome, they were a shy lot. A tough crowd but only with the theory. As soon as we got outside, they were full of beans. Their teacher is an amazing woman who kept breaking out into song and getting the kids all revved up. I am in awe of this woman. She sings like a diva and doesn't care if she makes a fool of herself, which she actually doesn't, she can just be so funny. The kids aboslutely adore her I can tell. She gets them all singing along to her wonderful songs, and it injects energy and enthusiasm into them.
We took them outside and built the beginnings of garden beds but they need more manure to continue. We dug the pond. We go back today to complete, with some more supplies.
On our way home that afternoon, we gave some of the kids a lift in the back of the truck.


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Jacinda Ardern pushed the ejector-seat button on Clare Curran yesterday but instead of sending her out into open political skies it just tumbled her over into the back seat.
Curran had twice failed Ardern's standards for ministers through identical memory lapses over off-diary meetings with players within the sectors her portfolios oversaw.
The first time, she was ticked-off and told to put on her seatbelt. This time she felt the full fury of Prime Minister Ardern's discipline - continuation as a minister but no longer within the cabinet and a reduced workload by losing her responsibility for Government Digital Services and open government.
Curran keeps the prime Broadcasting and Communications portfolio as well as assisting on Accident Compensation, with broadcasting of course being the scene of her first crime, a coffee meeting with Carol Hirschfeld, then of RNZ which both kept under the radar of transparency.
This second meeting could not be spun as a chance encounter in a coffee queue. Curran arranged it and met Derek Handley, a digital entrepreneur interested in the new role of Government Chief Technology Officer, in her office at Parliament after-hours and away from the diarising gaze of her officials.
Curran would probably have seen both meetings as an active minister going direct, hearing the raw voices of experts unfiltered by the cautions of officials.
In Ardern's eyes the problem was not so much the meeting and its absence from a standard ministerial diary, but Curran's failure to recall it when answering a written Parliamentary question on her activities.
The Prime Minister told a late-notice press conference at her Mt Albert electorate office on Friday that Curran could not explain why she hadn't remembered that meeting.
When she did remember, conveniently during a week the House was in recess, her office told Ardern's office and once the PM had investigated and signed the paperwork to strip the digital and open government roles from Curran and reallocate them, the half-ejection occurred. Late afternoon on a Friday. When Australia was changing its Prime Minister.
No one needed to dwell on the fact the minister responsible for open government had not been, well, open. Ardern noted it several times to draw its sting.
The announcement of the new CTO had been expected shortly. Whether Handley was or is a contender is unconfirmed. The process will now be finished by State Services Minister Chris Hipkins.
What the episode says about the coalition Government's thresholds for disciplining ministers is debatable. On one hand Ardern has been prepared to act on a second offence, arguably technical in nature - albeit with a tinge of gravity because of the misleading answer to the Parliamentary question. On the other, she has not been prepared to do anything meaningful about a minister with a poor recall, poor organisation and, probably, poor judgment.
The last National administration under John Key was notable for ministers being ejected once Key scented any or all of those factors. He may have been trigger-happy at times but created a clear line for his ministers.
For Ardern, it is hard to escape the feeling she is trying to break with that hardline approach and wants to make it, first, to her Government's one year anniversary and then beyond without losing one of her team.
She would not be drawn into a 'two strikes and the next time you're really out' warning for Curran, claiming all ministers were constantly on notice and she, as Prime Minister, would treat each case on its facts.
Broadcasting policy and priority could be regarded as a loser. Curran is in the Ministers outside Cabinet zone and so are her remaining portfolios. She is not replaced in cabinet either, meaning Labour loses one more woman from a cabinet which had not delivered on its own expectations for gender equality.
And the most-open-government-in-history myth stoked by Curran and others is further undone. Labour's record of deletions and obstructions under the Official Information Act, for example, has been as bad or worse than its economical-with-the-truth predecessors.
Ardern wouldn't say if she expected the new minister handling this to improve her Government's performance in openness, but said she knew it had more work to do in proactively providing cabinet papers and the like to the media and public.
Perhaps Curran's secret squirrel instincts might have a legacy of reminding the Labour-led coalition of the benefits of real transparency.


blog at completion of fund-raiser. Needs a volunteer.
Firefishy to photo new server on arrival.
Henk to ping potential translators for NL, ES, IT.
04:00:01 PM toffehoff [~toffehoff@82.74.71.93] entered the room.
04:00:44 PM rweait1: just wainting on harry-wood1, I think.
04:01:04 PM rweait1: http://www.osmfoundation.org/wiki/CWG_meeting_2011-12-12 to review.
04:01:09 PM mkl [~mikel@c-98-204-81-32.hsd1.dc.comcast.net] entered the room.
04:03:10 PM rweait1: toffehoff: context?
04:04:06 PM rweait1: Shall we start without harry-wood1 then?
04:04:21 PM rweait1: Anybody care to propose / second the previous minutes?
04:04:23 PM toffehoff: On the question of "how can CWG help other WG's in spreading the word"
04:05:10 PM rweait1: Hard to disagree with it then.
04:05:30 PM toffehoff: Do we want an action summary at the beginning?
04:06:10 PM rweait1: 1) CWG rep on MT required.
04:06:20 PM rweait1: 2) update on fundraiser.
04:06:29 PM rweait1: 3) update on translations.
04:06:39 PM rweait1: 4) whaddaya got?
04:07:23 PM rweait1: anything else?
04:07:38 PM toffehoff: I haven't had much time to do much on CWG stuff this week.
04:07:44 PM rweait1: Anybody have a report on previous tasks?
04:08:16 PM toffehoff: - Finding translators: same as last week.
04:08:16 PM rweait1: Any new press contacts?
04:08:33 PM toffehoff: Not from me.
04:08:43 PM rweait1: hey, mkl, did you want to raise anything for CWG today?
04:09:20 PM rweait1: I have still failed to get my two "new" press contacts into the gdoc.
04:09:31 PM toffehoff: Do we want to do a holiday greeting?
04:10:33 PM rweait1: Holiday greeting? Can we be topical and inclusive?
04:10:33 PM toffehoff: Looks like it's up to you and me, Richard?
04:10:43 PM Firefishy [~osm@94-194-60-19.zone8.bethere.co.uk] entered the room.
04:11:23 PM JonathanB: Yes, sorry.
04:12:17 PM toffehoff: Next MT will be Jan 4th.
04:12:25 PM rweait1: ah, a reprieve.
04:12:35 PM rweait1: same question though.
04:12:40 PM rweait1: "Not it."
04:13:04 PM rweait1: I say we vote, and note that harry-wood is not in the room.
04:13:54 PM rweait1: on to 2) then?
04:14:00 PM toffehoff: please do.
04:14:31 PM toffehoff: 1 week to go.
04:14:48 PM rweait1: Nice. Keep hitting our socials to spread the word.
04:15:31 PM rweait1: Anybody have any actions we need to take on the fund raiser?
04:16:15 PM toffehoff: Blog and that sort of things?
04:16:47 PM rweait1: A thank you post on the blog? I'd think so.
04:16:58 PM RichardF: yep. tell people about the server which we've already ordered, but don't phrase it that way.
04:17:06 PM rweait1: Maybe leave it up and watch it go to 110% or so?
04:17:07 PM JonathanB: Fairly standard spread of blogs and social networks.
04:17:09 PM RichardF: "Thanks to your donations, we've just been able to order..." etc. etc.
04:17:56 PM rweait1: +1 !
04:18:07 PM ***Firefishy can do.
04:18:19 PM rweait1: 3) translations.
04:18:19 PM JonathanB: Unboxing video?
04:18:51 PM rweait1: four translators in place now, German, French, Russian and Japanese.
04:18:58 PM rweait1: Thank you to all of them!
04:19:27 PM rweait1: So far we have one post in all four translations. The new post had two of four earlier today.
04:19:51 PM rweait1: What should we set as our goal for languages for now?
04:19:58 PM toffehoff: How can we keep the translators informed of new posts?
04:20:03 PM rweait1: Do we take every translation offered?
04:20:17 PM rweait1: So far, I'm emailing them when I add a new post.
04:20:25 PM rweait1: harry-wood is working on something better.
04:20:43 PM toffehoff: Will ping Ivan about spanish translations.
04:20:46 PM JonathanB: Asking them to keep an eye on the RSS feed shouldn't be too onerous, surely?
04:21:05 PM rweait1: It would be awesome to get say the top 5-6 OSM languages up there.
04:21:23 PM rweait1: So ES, IT, NL would be great.
04:21:23 PM toffehoff: Will check with Simone about the Italian versions.
04:22:09 PM rweait1: Thank you toffehoff.
04:22:26 PM rweait1: It would have to be somebody from NL who is busy.
04:22:42 PM toffehoff: OK: 4?
04:28:23 PM rweait1: So no action yet?
04:28:38 PM toffehoff: Keep it on the radar.
04:29:14 PM rweait1: outreach to non-respondents.
04:29:23 PM rweait1: toffehoff, is this from Mike as well?
04:29:52 PM rweait1: anything specific?
04:30:07 PM RichardF: it was something I suggested at the most recent MT.
04:30:07 PM toffehoff: Trying to reach as much people as possible.
04:30:18 PM toffehoff: Not everyone is reading mailing list or our blog.
04:31:03 PM RichardF: the idea is to have a Twitter post (or similar) saying: "If you've ever edited OpenStreetMap, we urgently need you to sign up to our terms. Go here: .... Please RT."
04:31:05 PM RichardF: or somesuch.
04:31:45 PM RichardF: the only thing I'm not sure about is whether we have a site 'journey' that goes "enter password/ID -> get taken straight to 'click agree please' screen -> click 'agree' -> thank you".
04:31:53 PM RichardF: so it might need some site work.
04:32:02 PM RichardF: after all, we want to make it as immediate as possible.
04:32:39 PM rweait1: and that seems to be working fsvo working.
04:33:02 PM rweait1: Any suggestions that we should NOT do this?
04:33:29 PM toffehoff: not from me.
04:33:40 PM rweait1: Volunteer to send the first tweet?
04:34:01 PM JonathanB: From @openstreetmap, or personal account?
04:34:01 PM RichardF: I'll send it, but I think we need to check the journey first.
04:34:17 PM toffehoff: osm.org/user/terms works.
04:34:25 PM RichardF: does osm.org/user/terms take you to a page explaining what's happening and why we need you to do it?
04:35:04 PM RichardF: ah, ok.
04:35:20 PM RichardF: ideally we would have something in plain English there.
04:35:30 PM toffehoff: It has the link "Why are we doing this" on top.
04:35:48 PM toffehoff: Which is translated into several languages.
04:35:58 PM RichardF: yeah, we need to present, in one or two sentences, "CLICK AGREE OR THE KITTEN GETS IT, sorry, OR YOUR DATA WILL BE DELETED"
04:36:15 PM RichardF: shall I talk to Tom about this?
04:36:21 PM rweait1: The terms page was kept short and terms only on purpose.
04:36:23 PM RichardF: burn the heretic!
04:36:28 PM rweait1: not to confuse what was being agreed.
04:36:32 PM RichardF: rweait1: yes, this is a different exercise.
04:36:35 PM JonathanB: Never made any edits!
04:36:56 PM rweait1: Perhaps the tweet needs two links.
04:37:05 PM rweait1: terms, and reason.
04:37:05 PM RichardF: that's not the issue. we don't need to explain what the terms are, we need to explain _why_ it is important that you, the undecided user, signs up to them.
04:37:06 PM RichardF: people won't click two links.
04:37:26 PM JonathanB: Can we avoid "deleted"?
04:37:43 PM JonathanB: Maybe say "won't be able to use your contributions in future versions of OPenStreetmap"?
04:38:01 PM rweait1: +1 RichardF to proceed.
04:38:23 PM toffehoff: Go with it RichardF!
04:38:45 PM rweait1: 2012 plan and MT represnetative remain.
04:39:23 PM RichardF: mkl: you raised this, can you expand?
04:39:30 PM rweait1: What does MT need from us?
04:39:51 PM rweait1: We've previously discussed 2012 budget, but not finalized it.
04:39:56 PM rweait1: Is this different?
04:40:24 PM toffehoff: I don't think that's different.
04:41:05 PM toffehoff: We haven't finalized our plan yet.
04:41:37 PM rweait1: Are we happy to say "We have no expectation to exceed 1k€ in 2012" ?
04:42:02 PM toffehoff: Ah, I don't think is only a budget issue.
04:43:10 PM RichardF: if it's different from the budget, does anyone have a link to the minutes where this was requested?
04:44:23 PM rweait1: We have a choice?
04:44:34 PM fake_mackerski left the room (quit: Quit: fake_mackerski).
04:44:36 PM rweait1: I mean, the goals were set, right?
04:45:02 PM toffehoff: Let me rephrase: what are we going to do to make them happen?
04:46:27 PM rweait1: Okay. So this can't be done top of the head in IRC.
04:47:00 PM JonathanB: "More of what we're already doing"
04:47:58 PM fake_mackerski [~fake_mack@dslb-084-056-012-073.pools.arcor-ip.net] entered the room.
04:48:04 PM toffehoff: Will try to work on it a bit more this week.
04:48:25 PM rweait1: Okay, we still need a volunteer to rep CWG on MT.
04:48:36 PM rweait1: And we need to set next CWG meeting.
04:48:56 PM toffehoff: Jan 2nd will?
04:49:01 PM rweait1: Is 02 Jan okay with everybody?
04:49:09 PM rweait1: I'm okay for 02 Jan.
04:49:20 PM toffehoff: I think I can do as well.
04:50:03 PM toffehoff: I will be at a place where they've promised to have internet access…..
04:50:06 PM rweait1: JonathanB, RichardF?
04:50:30 PM rweait1: Good enough for me.
04:50:40 PM rweait1: timely regrets appreciated.
04:51:26 PM toffehoff: let's have that on the agenda first thing Jan 2nd.
04:51:56 PM rweait1: last one into the chat on 02 jan has to attend MT on 04 unles a volunteer lets them off the hook.
04:51:57 PM toffehoff: No meeting (even on alternative day) next week?
04:53:07 PM toffehoff: No, the first one is Jan 4th.
04:53:19 PM toffehoff: It's now set for every 1st wednesday of the month.
04:53:45 PM rweait1: anything else for CWG before we ring-off early?
04:53:53 PM toffehoff: With e-mail discussion between them if needed.
04:53:59 PM rweait1: of course.
04:55:17 PM rweait1: Any last minute items?
04:55:31 PM rweait1: Not our business at CWG.
04:56:15 PM rweait1: Nothing else?
04:56:26 PM rweait1: Best of the Season to all then!
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