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UN chief: Windfall tax on oil and gas can pay for loss and damage
António Guterres told rich countries taxing fossil fuel companies' record profits can fund vulnerable nations' recovery from climate disasters
A blank gas station fuel price sign at a closed-down station in South Dakota, US (Photo: Tony Webster/Flickr)
By Chloé Farand
United Nations secretary general António Guterres has called on developed economies to tax the windfall profits of oil and gas companies and redirect some of the revenues to help nations affected by climate disasters recover.
Opening the high-level segment of the UN general assembly with a scathing speech about the lack of international cooperation at a time of global challenges, Guterres said "polluters must pay" to support communities on the climate frontlines and help vulnerable consumers.
The vocal UN chief has previously described oil and gas companies' record profits in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as "immoral" and "grotesque greed" and backed calls for windfall taxes.
In the plenary hall of the UN headquarters in New York, he went a step further.
"Today, I am calling on all developed economies to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies. Those funds should be re-directed in two ways: to countries suffering loss and damage caused by the climate crisis, and to people struggling with rising food and energy prices," he said.
Climate analysts welcomed calls for taxing oil and gas companies' unprecedented profits to provide domestic relief to vulnerable consumers and speed up the shit to clean energy. But temporary levies alone won't be sufficient to deal with the needs of climate-affected nations, they told Climate Home News.
Guterres' proposal comes as wealthy nations have remained conspicuously silent on how to channel additional finance to vulnerable nations facing the consequences of climate impacts.
Pakistan is reeling from unprecedented monsoon flooding, which left the government with a $30 billion reconstruction bill.
The event spotlighted the inadequacy of humanitarian aid and strengthened developing countries' calls for a new funding channel to address the losses and damages caused by climate change.
While Guterres didn't call for the creation of a new loss and damage fund, he argued that taxes on fossil fuels companies' record profits could be deployed to respond to climate emergencies and prepare for future ones.
"It is high time to move beyond endless discussions. Vulnerable countries need meaningful action. This is a fundamental question of climate justice, international solidarity and trust," he said.
Denmark becomes first country to pledge 'loss and damage' finance
Tessa Khan, founder and executive director of Uplift, which campaigns to transition to a fossil-free UK, told Climate Home that linking windfall taxes with loss and damage funding provides "a strong moral case" to ensure fossil fuels companies which have contributed to causing the climate crisis pay for the consequences.
Governments are free to use the proceeds of tax as they see fit and how the money is spent is a political decision.
But ultimately, "the mechanism of delivering climate finance is less important than the amount of money [wealthy nations] cough up," she said.
One of the limitations of linking the windfall tax revenues with loss and damage funding is that the levies on oil and gas profits are designed to be temporary.
"When the tax expires, you can't leave governments off the hook," said Khan, adding that a permanent mechanism is needed to meet the scale of vulnerable countries' needs.
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So far only a handful of mostly European countries have adopted a windfall tax.
Earlier this month, the EU announced plans for a temporary windfall tax on oil and gas profits. Spain, Greece, Italy Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria have already introduced a similar levy, which in some cases focuses on electricity utilities.
In the UK, the government has imposed a 25% energy profits levy on North Sea oil and gas producers over three years.
The legislation allows companies to offset some of the tax for every $1 invested in fossil fuel extraction. Campaigners have slammed the loophole as a "massive" production subsidy.
In the US, proposed legislation would apply a 21% additional tax on the excess profits of oil and gas companies with more than $1bn in annual revenue. But domestic politics will make it challenging for the bill to pass through Congress.
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In the UK, where taxation on oil and gas extraction remains below the global average of 70%, the existing energy profits levy, which is expected to raise £5bn ($5.7bn) in its first year, isn't enough to cover the government's energy bill freeze to protect consumers from the price hike, Khan said.
With soaring prices, oil and gas producers in the UK are expected to generate £11.6bn ($13.2bn) in free cash flow in 2022, according to NGO analysis.
Uplift is part of a campaign demanding the government close the loopholes and expand the levy to increase its revenues.
Archie Gilmour, a climate and sustainability research officer at the Overseas Development Institute, told Climate Home that any windfall tax regime should primarily be used towards financing energy efficiency measures, such as better insulation for housing, and supporting the uptake of clean energy, like solar panels and heat pumps.
"It is important to establish political buy-in for the clean energy transition at a time of unprecedented hardship not only for the most vulnerable but many middle- and lower-middle income consumers," he said.
Using the proceeds to solely finance an energy price cap would essentially continue to support increased consumption of fossil fuel, he added.
Ultimately, a windfall tax is only a short-term solution to a much deeper problem, said Laurie van der Burg, a campaigner at Oil Change International.
"The only longer term solution to unaffordable energy bills and exorbitant oil and gas company profits that continue to flow to new production is a managed and planned phase-out of fossil fuel production, while ramping up affordable, reliable and clean energy and energy efficiency solutions," she told Climate Home.
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József Liszkai [jóžef liskaj] ( Liszkai József; 3. listopadu 1919 Budapešť – ) byl maďarský fotbalový útočník a trenér.

Hráčská kariéra
V maďarské lize hrál za kluby MTK Budapešť (do roku 1941), Gamma FC (1943/44) a Újpesti MTE (1945/46). V Maďarsku dal celkem 12 prvoligových gólů. V československé lize nastupoval za SK Libeň na podzim 1946 a vstřelil dvě branky (v 1. a 2. kole). V pátek 23. srpna 1946 byl autorem úvodního prvoligového gólu ročníku 1946/47 a prvního libeňského v I. lize po druhé světové válce, jímž otevřel skóre v utkání s SK Baťa Zlín (hráno na Korábě) a které domácí nakonec vyhráli 3:0 (poločas 1:0). Jednalo se o první ze tří vítězství Libně v oné sezoně, což znamenalo poslední účast tohoto mužstva mezi československou elitou a sestup z nejvyšší soutěže.

V nižších maďarských soutěžích hrál za Pénzügy SC, Újpesti MTE, Bőripari DSE a Komlói Tárna.

Prvoligová bilance

Trenérská kariéra
Po skončení hráčské kariéry se stal trenérem.

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura
 Luboš Jeřábek: Československý fotbal v číslech a faktech − Olympia 1991
 Jindřich Horák, Lubomír Král: Encyklopedie našeho fotbalu − Libri 1997
 Radovan Jelínek, Miloslav Jenšík a kol.: Atlas českého fotbalu − Radovan Jelínek 2006

Externí odkazy
 Pest Megyei Hírlap (09.01.1971): Sport – Egyfélidős csapat, library.hungaricana.hu

Maďarští fotbalisté
Fotbaloví útočníci
Maďarští fotbaloví trenéři
Fotbalisté MTK Budapešť
Fotbalisté SK Libeň
Narození 3. listopadu
Narození v roce 1919
Narození v Budapešti
Muži

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Almost everyone today carries a cell phone, and many people snap photos with their phone all day long. But surprisingly, many people forget to take photos or videos at the exact moment they could be extremely helpful – when you or someone else has been in an accident.
If you're ever in a car crash, for instance, a simple cell phone can be the key to making sure you're properly compensated for any damage or injury.
Of course, the first priority in a crash is to attend to anyone who might be hurt. But as soon as it's safe to do so, it's a good idea to take photos of the entire scene and of all vehicles that were in involved. You want to have a record of what everything looked like immediately after the accident, before anything was moved.
If possible, take pictures both inside your car and outside to give a real sense of how serious the impact was. Take pictures of the scene, too, including any skid marks, traffic lights, street signs, roadside debris and anything else that can help you get a complete picture.
A camera phone can also help you make sure you get all the necessary documentation. You can take pictures of license plates, car models and VIN numbers. And you can use your camera to record insurance information and driver's licenses.
Having a photo record of the accident scene can be very helpful when dealing with an insurance adjuster. It's tough for an adjuster to question the extent of the harm when there are photos taken directly at the scene.
If your camera lets you record video with sound, this can be even more powerful. You might be able to record a statement from a witness on the spot.
Don't assume the police will take photos of the scene. In most cases, they won't.
Here's another example: If you or someone you're with slips and falls, it's always a good idea to use photos or video to make a record. That's because people often don't realize immediately after a fall how seriously they've been hurt.
Also, it might be very difficult to prove later what it was that caused the fall. After snow and ice have melted, a grocery store aisle has been cleaned up, or a broken sidewalk has been repaired, it might be all but impossible to show that these things caused someone to slip and hurt themselves. But a picture is worth a thousand words.
In one recent case, a tradesman who was working at a home building site fell through some poorly constructed temporary stairs and badly injured his leg. Some other workers eventually found him and took him to the hospital. Later, the contractor for the site dismantled the stairs and got rid of all the evidence.
Fortunately, at the hospital the tradesman had asked his wife to go to the scene and pick up his tools. While there, she used her phone to take some photos of the stairs.
When the case went to court, those photos were the key evidence and made it possible to prove to the jury that the contractor had been negligent and caused the accident.
As a final thought, if you see a dangerous condition in general – such as a gaping pothole or broken playground equipment – why not take a photo and send it to the local government, so they can take care of the situation before someone gets hurt?
Many cities and towns have rules saying that they're not legally responsible for a safety problem unless somebody told them about it. So it's a good idea to tell them about it. You might well prevent a serious accident, or at least help the victim to be fairly compensated if one occurs.
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Midweek Pick-Me-Up #6, guest prompt
Every last Wednesday of the month we will share prompts by friends and the readers of Follow The Pen. I have the pleasure to share with you a prompt that John, who I mentor, and I wrote stories to in one of our sessions. John is 15 years old and we meet twice every week to expand on John's dream to make movies. I used to be John's teacher in 2018 and 2019 and his writing really left a mark on me. I still remember a story he wrote about the Bone people. It was John who told me about the writing prompt app. Thanks, John!
If you wish to work together with me or to have your child do, please get in touch. And I'm sure John would love to hear from you in the comments!
Guess which story was written by John? (Answer at the bottom.)
He could hear everything, but dared not open his eyes, for his eyes had been closed for many seasons. Trees, grass, and rocks covered his face, dotted like raindrops on a peaceful lake. He lay there, unmoving, mountains and valleys had risen and fallen during his exile. He tried to smile as the last rays of summer light brushed across his face, but he couldn't. He had become encrusted into the mountain or the mountain into him. He would cry and cry, rivers of tears would gush down like a waterfall into the valleys and creaks, for he was lonely. His only friends were the birds and deer that inhabited the mountains around him. The animals would never know someone was there, which made him sad. He drifted off into sleep, hoping to forget his troubles for just a little while.
He dreamt of being human again, running across the very hilltop in which he was imprisoned. He would run his hands through the tall grass, feel the cool breeze on his face, and smell the sweetness of the air. He dreamt of music and dancing and freedom. He would dream every day and night, as he had little to keep his mind occupied. He would lament his crimes but to no avail. His sentence lasted until the end of time, with no opportunity for parole.
He could hear everything, but dared not open his eyes. By the sound of it they were removing the happy memories classifier and now happy and sad would be bundled up together and he would have to do the work of disentanglement himself. He was not sure what he would miss more - the sharp and gay Hurrah! Hurray! Hihi!, or the sound of sad memories which always showed up in the key of D minor and rain.
Next, he heard a scream and he knew it was the scream of A Great Undoing, it came from within and without him and it was painful, but C'est La Vie - collectivism was once again in vogue. They read and recorded some numbers and disabled the collectivism blocker - they could not remove it because the blocker had fused with his spine. They assured him he would not suffer any side-effects, Look on the bright side, they said, you could now belong to death and life and the human race too. A huge relief, indeed, and he made a mental note to sing them praises for their effort.
He could hear everything, but dared not open his eyes, they were now working on his liver and fists where anger lived (full time in the liver, part-time in the fists). He wondered what he would feel after they had removed the anger accelerator, he hoped he could still make a fist, for he liked to wave his fists at children who pulled on his robe when he walked in the street. When will the operation be over, he asked. But they didn't answer, they were busy drilling a hole in the Earth where they would deposit his stomach. He found this curious and he realized they had no intention of returning him back to his normal self.
He was at peace with whatever they did and when they finally ordered him to open his eyes…
Teacher Bogdan in 2019, fun times with the students. Someone on Facebook commented "Bogdan, your father used to be so fit. Get a grip on yourself." Dear, someone, I can't remember exactly, but I think my belly is a pillow. Don't worry…
Which story is John's? If you guessed #1, you're quite right!
You have just read the series Midweek Pick-Me-Up. Always on Wednesdays. Always written to a prompt (in bold), in 5 minutes or else the screen goes blurry. An edit here, an edit there, and now it's yours to share.
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The presents may be unwrapped. The guests may be heading home. And the decorations may be coming down. But the holiday shopping season is far from over. In fact, for many consumers, the weeks following the December holidays are a chance to exchange unwanted gifts and score some last deals before those New Year's resolutions kick in. To help retailers understand what to expect from this year's post-holiday shopping rush, the NRF research team identified three trends on what gets these consumers in stores and online at the end of the season.
This year, more than two-thirds (68%) of holiday shoppers say they plan to continue browsing and buying in the week after December 25. Younger consumers are particularly willing to brave the post-holiday shopping crowds — more than 80 percent of those aged 18-24 say they plan to shop between December 26 and January 1. What keeps these shoppers engaged? More than half (51%) say sales and promotions get them to shop during the final week of the year.
In addition to taking advantage of post-holiday sales and promotions, more than a quarter (27%) of holiday shoppers also plan to use the week after Christmas to use their gift cards. This jumps up to 41 percent for shoppers under the age of 35, which includes most millennials and the oldest Gen Zers. For many, post-holiday sales and discounts are a chance to stretch the value of their gift cards even further: 39 percent of shoppers between the ages of 18 and 24 and 44 percent of those aged 25-34 say they typically watch for sales and promotions to get more bang for their gift card bucks.
No matter how many gift guides, digital wish lists or direct hints consumers drop to their loved ones, an unwanted present or two is inevitable. In fact, 58 percent of holiday shoppers say they expect they will need to return or exchange holiday gifts this year. The vast majority of those who will make returns will do within the first month of the post-holiday season.
In terms of how shoppers will make their returns, nearly all (84%) plan to head to the store rather than online. The good news for retailers is that customers are not just planning to come in to unload or swap out their unwanted gifts: More than three-quarters (77%) say they are likely to make additional purchases at a retailer or brand while they're processing a return.
Whether shoppers are making returns or looking to find a deal, there are plenty of opportunities for retailers and brands to continue engaging them even as the holiday season ends. To learn more about what drives shoppers during the Winter Holidays and beyond, visit NRF's Holiday Headquarters.


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A Great Move By Marvel – 'Avenging Spider-Man' to Include Free Digital Download Codes
by Chris | Oct 30, 2011 | Comics, Technology | 0 comments
I love reading both physical and digital comic books but hate having to choose between to two or having to buy both, so this move by Marvel has gotten my attention. The new Avenging Spider-Man series will come poly-bagged and feature inside a code that allows the buyer access to a digital copy. Marvel released the following statement:
�At New York Comic Con we heard from fans and retailers that this was the most exciting digital comics move of the year because of the added value it gives every copy of Avenging Spider-Man,� said David Gabriel, Marvel SVP of Sales. �Based on initial orders of over 100,000 units for the first issue�and the steady increase in orders since we�ve begun promotion on this plan�we knew that including a code for a free digital copy in future issues of Avenging Spider-Man not only excites our retailers, but incentivizes fans to come into stores for one of the year�s hottest new releases. It�s a win-win for everyone with no extra cost to readers and an increased revenue share for retailers."
Hopefully this move will catch on and we'll see it spread to other Marvel comics and other publishers.
source: �Geeks of Doom


My acne cleared up in a week of drinking lemon water every day! Also I heard that lemon juice is one of the biggest natural cancer fighting agents available!
Nancy's Comments: Thank you for sharing your lemon water benefit with acne. I think part of the reason you experienced such quick results is because the primary causes of acne are from an imbalance in the body pH and the accumulation of toxins. Drinking lemon water can help to resolve both of those underlying issues.
I think most of us tend to forget that our skin is our largest eliminative organ. More toxins are released through the skin each day than by any other means.
Drinking lemon water is very effective at assisting the body's natural detoxification processes and helps to restore a healthier pH in the body, which is slightly alkaline. In fact, the body works very hard to keep the blood at about 7.3 to 7.4 pH. Any degree of variation in that range of blood pH and serious complications may arise.
When the internal environment of our body is overly acidic -- often from chronic dehydration, high levels of stress, as well as an excess consumption of animal products, sodas, black tea, coffee, sugar, white flour products, and other acidifying foods –- our skin becomes fertile ground for bacteria that causes acne.
Then we combine our lifestyle factors with our daily environmental exposure to harmful chemicals and toxins from air pollution (indoor and outdoor), water pollution, personal care and household cleaning products, and pesticides and other contaminants on our food, it is no wonder that anyone has clear skin.
Of course, there are many other causes of acne, including hormonal imbalance, oily skin, monthly menstrual cycles, and the systemic yeast condition candida, which may require more lifestyle changes in addition to drinking lemon water.
However, drinking lemon water is certainly an easy, inexpensive and harmless way to start detoxifying the body from the inside out to help clear up the skin and give the liver and the immune system a boost.
Regarding your comment about lemon juice being a cancer-fighting agent, I couldn't say that lemon juice actually fights cancer cells, but I do believe that lemon water significantly boosts immunity and helps improve the internal environment of the body so that it is much less conducive to cancer growth.
What we do know for sure about cancer is that it is clearly related to a highly acidic condition in the body. In fact, a man by the name of Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in the early 1930s for that very discovery.
Dr. Warburg proved that cancer was caused by a lack of oxygen and nutrients to the cells due primarily to the toxic accumulation of acidosis in the body.
Since drinking lemon water helps remove acidic waste and strengthens liver function, it makes sense to me that it could certainly be a strong cancer preventive habit. What do you think?
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He basically changed world politics and ideas of nationhood, inspired the French Revolution and encouraged American president George Washington to get independence from Great Britain.
His most famous writings were Rights of Man and Age of Reason and Barack Obama even quoted him in his presidential inauguration speech.
Where in Lincolnshire do you think TV comic Jennifer Saunders was born?
But not many people knew he was once a tax man in Grantham, stamping customs and excise duty make on beer barrels at the George Hotel.
Later, while campaigning in London, Paine met American statesman Benjamin Franklin, who helped him to emigrate.
He worked in Philadelphia and was the first to come up with the name the United States of America.
Paine's work was so influential George Washington said his 1776 pamphlet Common Sense, greatly helped the cause of American independence.
He caused controversy in Britain and wrote the Rights of Man in support of the French Revolution in 1791.
Paine had moved on to Paris, but was jailed when he spoke against the execution of King Louis XVI.
He wrote Age of Reason while in prison. This was a criticism of organised religion which questioned the legitimacy of the Bible. In it he advocated free thinking and reason.
His ideas were always pioneering, and in 1795 he came up with the concepts of a minimum wage and old-age pensions when he wrote Agrarian Justice, a pamphlet discussing the origins of property.
In 1802 he was invited back to the USA by President Thomas Jefferson and died there in 1809.
It is reported only a handful of mourners gathered at his funeral because he had caused such offence during his life.


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James Dunlap Nowlan
Born: 1941 in Kewanee, lllinois
Pen Name: James D. Nowlan
Connection to Illinois: Nowlan was born in Kewanee and now resides in Toulon. He received his B. A. , M. A. , and Ph. D. degrees in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Biography: James Nowlan has been an Illinois legislator, state agency director, statewide candidate and campaign manager for US senatorial and presidential candidtaes. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1968 at age twenty-six. Four years later he was the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, running mate of Governor Richard B. Ogilvie. In 1978, he managed the successful re-election campaign of US Senator Charles H. Percy and the follwing year organized the national presidential campaign of US representative John B. Anderson. During the Governorship of James R. Thompson, Nowlan served in eight different capacities, including trouble-shooting state agency director (three times), special assiatnat for education, and executive director of a speical transition team that bridged the Governor's third and fourth terms. Nowlan received his PhD in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana. A former community newspaper owner and publisher, Nowlan served as president of the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois from 1991 - 1994. He is a senior fellow at the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs and an adjunct professor of public policy at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.
Email: nowlan@illinois.edu
Website: http://igpa.uillinois.edu/person/james-d-nowlan
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in new york, a clock designed by david chipperfield and john morgan has been installed onto the façade of valentino's flagship store, also designed by the british architect. manufactured by GB milano, the 'turret clock' features a large face with more than one dial, allowing the time to be read from different directions. conceived as an extension the store's elevation, it is not only a clock for indicating and measuring time, but also a device that identifies the building as a public venue. a brass mechanical-electronic instrument indicates hours and minutes with moving hands on a round dial, which incorporates just one roman numeral, recognizable as the valentino 'V'.
situated on fifth avenue in the former takashimaya department store, (designed by john burgee and philip johnson), the design continues the new store concept developed for valentino by david chipperfield architects in 2012.
however, the project also integrates new developments, with the building incorporating a slim, transparent eight-storey façade composed of black steel and aluminum. at the lower part of the elevation, the vertical bars have a brass finish, while the five upper floors remain black. also integrated into the façade system is a lantern and the distinctive valentino sign, both displayed in brass.
at the entrance, a double-height space houses a monolithic staircase made of palladiana stone. this feature connects all of the store's levels, taking customers on an ascending tour and allowing them to observe and experience the entrance space that includes a series of single shelves.
at ground floor level, a completely new accessories concept is adopted, with terrazzo perimeter walls on which brass and oak shelves are attached for product display. a new range of timber display furniture sits in conjunction with long marble volumes that act both as plinths and furniture. the level above follows an enfilade of rooms, each with different architectural characteristics that separate the different types of merchandise. the sequential spaces offer a distinct atmosphere generated by a custom palette of colors, textures, and lights.


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The Challenges of Public-Private Partnerships in Agriculture and the Rural Sector – Keynote Speech by Sec. Arsenio Balisacan
The Challenges of Public-Private Partnerships in Agriculture and the Rural Sector
KEYNOTE SPEECH
by ARSENIO M. BALISACAN
Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning
2013 Asia Pacific Agriculture Policy (APAP) Roundtable
1-2 April 2013
Miyazaki, Japan
It is quite timely that I stand here before you today to give the keynote speech on the challenges of public-private partnership (PPP) in agriculture and the rural sector in developing countries. I say it is "timely" because at this point, the Philippines, a developing country, has had adequate experience in PPP, starting from the enactment of our "Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law" in 1990, which enables me to speak significantly about the issues and challenges that need to be addressed to ensure the success of a PPP program, especially in agriculture.
It is also "timely" because developing countries of diverse institutional and technological capabilities have been moving toward deeper economic integration despite the long stalemate in the multilateral trade negotiations under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Indeed bilateral and mini-lateral free trade agreements (FTAs), such as the ASEAN-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), have been increasingly becoming ubiquitous. In Southeast Asia, the ASEAN-member countries are in various stages of preparation for the dawn of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015. The question to ask is, what strategies should developing countries in the region, such as the Philippines, Myanmar, and Indonesia, pursue to realize the full benefits from regional integration? At present, despite recent advances in the agriculture sector, productivity and competitiveness remain a major challenge in each of these countries.
Perhaps the most binding constraint to productivity growth of agriculture in the developing world is the absence or inadequacy of efficient infrastructure system, particularly transport, power supply, and communication infrastructure. The immediate consequence is the high transaction costs of doing business in rural areas, effectively inhibiting farmers from taking advantage of opportunities in rapidly growing areas and urbanizing centers, including foreign markets for exports. In addition, with the more prevalent changes in average weather conditions nowadays, and given the sector's vulnerability to climate-related risks, the need for infrastructure that would help farmers cope with the effects of climate change is more urgent now than ever before.
The second set of binding constraints relates to the regulatory and policy regime for agriculture. High tariffs and quantitative restrictions set up to achieve, say, food self-sufficiency goals induce inefficiency in production and consumption choices, dampen competitiveness and productivity, encourage rent-seeking behavior, and ultimately hurt the poor who are usually net buyers of food.
Partly because of high transaction costs and the high co-variance of production risks in agriculture, access to finance is far more limited for small and medium farmers, especially in developing countries, compared to their counterparts in manufacturing sector or urban areas. The inadequacy of working capital holds back the adoption of modern technologies embodied in new plant varieties, farm equipment, post-harvest facilities, etc. Even in cases where productivity-enhancing technologies are available, farmers too remote and too poor to purchase the inputs to use the technologies do not benefit from these innovations.
Considering the numerous development priorities and programs that governments of developing countries attend to in order to address the binding constraints to economic growth and poverty reduction, including those for agriculture, investment partnership with stakeholders, particularly the private sector, is deemed crucial. It is in this context that PPP schemes are increasingly being utilized to implement certain public sector programs and projects. In a PPP arrangement, it is recognized that the public sector and the private sector have strengths and advantages that they could bring together to deliver a project and/or service of mutual interest, through the sharing of funds, technologies, skills, and other assets.
Often, the chief rationale for entering into PPPs is the need for the public sector to augment its resources. By getting the private sector to invest in facilities (including the provision of associated services), which are traditionally provided by the government, a significant amount of public resources can be freed up for the provision of other needs and social protection, which are not financially feasible nor bankable to enable private sector participation. Other important considerations of the government in partnering with the private sector are the need to tap new technology and innovation and to harness the private sector's operational efficiency under contractually-set performance standards and its drive to maximize return on total invested capital and equity. This operational efficiency can drive down the life-cycle or whole-of-life costs of a project, enhancing its value-for-money and net economic benefits.
In general, PPPs are undertaken within the context of broad reform objectives as it reallocates roles in service delivery, capital mobilization, and in attaining operational efficiency, among others. In embarking on a PPP program, it is important to realize at the outset that a PPP arrangement is a procurement option that involves a long-term commitment, often defined by the life of a project, between the government and the private partner. It is important to realize, as well, that while the private sector may finance, construct, operate and maintain, or manage the PPP project, the government retains the ultimate responsibility and accountability to society for achieving developmental outcomes, such as meeting basic needs, at the very least. The private sector's responsibility is limited to its obligations under the PPP contract.
In undertaking a PPP program, the public sector needs to establish the policy, legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks to start with. The policy framework would provide the rationale for entering into PPPs, including the process for entering into such arrangements. It should be noted that the private sector goes only where commercial incentives abound to generate returns to their efforts on product development and deployment. Then, the government needs to establish at the outset the viability of a project and its attendant risks, in order to guide its implementation structure. This will be whether as a PPP project or otherwise, including the proportion of ownership that the public sector would assume, as it would have implications on the role of the government vis-à-vis that of the private partner. For example, if the government chooses to fully privatize a specific asset and related services, its participation would be limited to regulation and establishment of an enabling environment. On the other hand, if it chooses to retain 100 percent ownership, it would assume the role of provider and would bear all risks attendant to the project.
Aside from the policy framework, a legal framework is also needed to ensure that long-term PPP contracts are effective and enforceable. Moreover, a regulatory framework needs to be put in place to provide the necessary technical, safety, and economic safeguards in the enforcement of a PPP contract. However, the public sector can choose to undertake regulation through the PPP contract itself or through an independent regulator for a given sector.
In a PPP arrangement, the government can transfer some of the risks of a project to the private partner. The risk allocation is based on the principle that the party taking on the risk is the one that is best able to manage the risk to ensure the success of the project, particularly the value-for-money aspect. As compensation for its investment and for taking on some of the risks, an appropriate return is given to the private partner, which is recovered through third party/users in the form of user charges, fares, etc.
Broadly, PPPs can be categorized into two types: (1) those which have a high potential of being both economically and financially viable such as toll roads; and (2) those that are economically viable but are inherently not financially viable such as hospitals, correctional facilities, and agriculture-related projects (e.g., irrigation). In these two broad categories of PPPs, the risk profiles and allocation are different. In the first type where demand is potentially robust, notwithstanding optimism bias that is usually present in forecasting, the market or demand risk is borne by the private partner. In the second category of PPPs, which are considered 'social' in nature, the government usually bears the demand risk. The transaction is often through an availability-based payment mechanism where the government's payment to the private partner is based upon the availability of the facility.
In the agriculture sector, programs and projects have a risk profile that is dominated by seasonality issues and force majeure risks in the form of natural disasters (e.g., typhoons and droughts) and climate change-related effects, among others. Also, poor connectivity often aggravates the situation. Accordingly, potential PPP projects in the agriculture sector lean towards the second PPP category, where the government may have to provide subsidies, incentives, or availability payments to attract private sector participation. Given the nature of agriculture projects and the inherent risks in the sector, the government needs to find ways to make agriculture projects commercially viable. This is either through an optimal sharing of risks or through a transaction structure that would strike a balance between safeguarding public interest by ensuring that a project has a net economic benefit and making the project attractive to the private sector. The government and the private partner could also explore other factors that would achieve such balance through new technologies and innovations that would drive down whole-of-life costs, thus making a program or project economically and financial viable.
Despite the progress made so far with PPP implementation by a number of countries worldwide, it is recognized that a number of challenges still need to be addressed. First is the need to capacitate implementing agencies or entities in packaging PPP projects, particularly agriculture projects, to ensure that they are bankable and attractive for private investment, while ensuring that they provide net economic returns. As mentioned earlier, while so many projects are viable economically, a number of them are not financially feasible, thus necessitating incentives such as subsidies, in the form of viability gap funding (VGF), from the public sector. Also, where there is uncertainty in the market demand, the private sector sometimes asks for guarantees to enable them to realize their expected return, such as 'take-or-pay' provisions. In all cases, the government needs to strengthen its capacity for risk management so as not to expose the public sector to significant fiscal risks and contingent liabilities under the PPP contracts. This avoids projects becoming economically unviable in the long run should such fiscal risks become real liabilities.
While PPPs are good vehicles for mobilizing capital and tapping private sector efficiency, they are also very complex arrangements that necessitate capacity development of the public sector in the areas of finance (investment, valuation, etc.), risk management (including management of contingent liabilities), and contract management, among others. It is important to realize that capacity development need be institutionalized given that PPP contracts are long-term in nature. Moreover, in view of the fiscal implications (e.g., VGF, guarantee arrangements, etc.) of some PPP projects, setting the policy framework, along with the legal and regulatory frameworks, needs to be established at the outset, with due consideration to attaining the best value-for-money.
In closing, let me reiterate that PPPs have the potential of augmenting the public sector's fiscal resources and for efficiently managing facilities. However, if structured poorly, PPPs can also lead to significant fiscal liabilities. Therefore, there is a need to establish the guiding frameworks at the outset and ensure that concerned agencies and agents of government that would be involved in PPPs are capacitated in the areas I have previously mentioned. In the agriculture sector, private sector partnership has the potential of expanding the provision of needed facilities and services in the sector. However, sustainable PPP transaction structures or models need to be established first to take into consideration the distinct characteristics of the sector, particularly the attendant risks. It is seen that new innovations and technology, as well as adaptive measures, will play an important role in mitigating the inherent risks in the sector to make agriculture projects more attractive for private sector participation.
Lastly, let me remind everyone that PPP is not automatically the right scheme or the default procurement mode to venture into. However, as Marco Ferroni and Paul Castle (2011) noted, when "the right partners come together in the right way, the synergies they achieve can lead to results well beyond the reach of any one organization or institution alone." PPPs have considerable scope for expansion, especially in the agriculture sector.
Best wishes to your own PPP endeavors. Thank you all.
NEDA Press Release, 02 April 2013
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Ateneo School of Government
Australia Awards and Alumni Engagement Program – Philippines
Board of Investments
Carnegie Mellon University-Australia
DENR-Biodiversity Management Bureau
Infrastructure Asia
Infrastructure New South Wales
League of Cities of the Philippines
Local Water Utilities Administration
Mindanao Development Authority
National Water Resources Board
NEDA Regional Offices
Philippine Association of Water Districts
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Philippine Competition Commission
San Beda University
The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc.
Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
University of Asia and the Pacific – School of Law and Governance
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City Government of General Santos
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City Government of Zamboanga
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Municipal Government of Leganes, Iloilo
Municipal Government of Roxas, Isabela
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Provincial Government of Batangas
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How mad is the internet right now at the presumed theft by an average man of a woman's great work, you ask? Off the charts!
Okay, but who will invite Hozier's "Nobody" to weigh in on this debate?
Did Mac DeMarco Copy Mitski or Is It All a Troll?


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How Native American Women Inspired the Women's Suffrage Movement
Stephanie Hernandez
November is Native American Heritage Month – a time to honor and celebrate the traditions, contributions, and accomplishments of our Native communities.
This month we want to acknowledge the Native women of the Six Nations Haudenosaunee Confederacy — members of the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscaro nations, known collectively as the Haudenosaunee. Many don't know that the Native women of Haudenosaunee played a vital role in the women's suffrage movement. Their way of living — equal participation in their government and societal roles — heavily influenced the movement's early stages. However, it's important to note that Native women were actively excluded from the movement, which largely focused on the welfare of the white middle class.
The Haudenosaunee's History of Gender Equality
For over 1000 years, Native Nation women have had a political voice in their tribal communities – a right that white women had only received 100 years ago.
The Six Nation Haudenosaunee Confederacy, to this day, is a society based on female authority that empowers women to maintain their own identities as well as rights to their bodies, property, political voices, and children. Historically, Haudenosaunee women have controlled their nation's economies, handled property concerns, and participated in all decision-making processes. While chiefs tend to be male, Haudenosaunee women oversee their election.
Notably, Haudenosaunee women hold both the power to elect a chief and to remove him if he is found guilty of murder, theft, or sexual assault. "Justice [is] largely served by women," and men who have been charged with sexual assault are not only disqualified from holding office but also face serious punitive action.
Where equality wasn't historically present, the Haudenosaunee women fought for it. In the seventeenth century, Haudenosaunee women staged one of the first known feminist rebellions on the continent, using their authority over familial and agricultural life to gain veto power over all wars. Their success gave them equal voices in matters of the defense, a field that, even in the contemporary US, is largely male dominated.
When colonialists arrived and began interacting with Indigenous people, they were troubled to find Haudenosaunee women negotiating treaties, and asked that they be removed from interactions. However, unlike in European cultures where women rarely even had rights to their own property, Haudenosaunee women had to approve any negotiation involving land.
Haudenosaunee Women's Influence on the Suffragists
Leaders of the women's suffragist movement, like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Lucretia Mott were heavily influenced by the powerful roles Native women played in Haudenosaunee communities.
In 1848, Lucretia Mott and her husband visited the Seneca people, where they experienced firsthand how political power was shared equally among everyone in society. When Mott traveled back to New York, she shared the stories about her experience and how Native women played important roles in their communities.
Stanton likewise noted that "the women were the great power" in their societies and among many Native communities "the descent of property and children were in the female line." This was in stark contrast to the position women held in Eurocentric communities and demonstrated that an alternate form of society was possible.
Matilda Josyln Gage was also influenced by the Haudenosaunee's matriarchal forms of power. She wrote that "the modern world [is] indebted for its first conception of inherent rights, natural equality of condition, and the establishment of a civilized government upon this basis" to the Haudenosaunee. Gage was also an advocate for Native Americans' rights and frequently criticized the US government for disenfranchising its indigenous people.
The realities of the Haudenosaunee women and their social, political, and economic forms of power inspired visions of what other women might gain, inspiring the blossoming suffragist movement.
Ongoing Discrimination Against Native Women
Yet despite the enormous impact Native women had on the suffragist's goals and ideals, they were explicitly excluded from the movement.
Early suffragists made an explicit choice to exclude Black and brown women from their work and prioritize the rights of white women alone. As a result, when the 19th amendment was finally ratified, Native women still lacked the right to vote.
In 1924, the Indian Citizenship Act granted US citizenship to Native Americans, but since Congress allowed each state to choose who had the right to vote it took another forty years for Native Americans across the US to obtain the right to vote.
To this day, Native American voters are still limited from accessing the ballot. That's why it's crucial that we pass legislation like the Native American Voting Rights Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would protect voters against discriminatory practices.
We encourage you to use this time to acknowledge the land history of indigenous nations and raise awareness on the ongoing challenges Native people continue to face.
Here are some resources you can use to learn more about the challenges Native communities face and how to be a better ally:
Learn and acknowledge what Native land you're living on!
Watch this conversation with Native Americans on Race
Learn more about how the Native American vote continues to be suppressed
Tell your Senators to stand against racial discrimination by supporting the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
Follow Native American activists like YoNasDa LoneWolf, Sarah Eagle Heart, and Anthony Tamez-Pochel on social media
Full and Real Citizenship: Advancing Native American Voting Rights
Native Americans, the first people to inhabit the area now known as the United States, have tragically been disenfranchised for much of the nation's history.
Senate Fails to Move John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
League of Women Voters of the US Board President Dr. Deborah Ann Turner issued the following statement in response to the Senate's first floor vote on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
My Women's Equality Heroes
Though their work styles are vastly different, each of these women made our country a fairer, more just place.


DWTS Bust-Up: Are Mark Ballas And Bristol Palin REALLY Friends Again?
Have Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas really put their bust-up behind them? Or are the smiles all for show? Mark Ballas has been pretty chivalrous, as he spoke to the press about falling out with Bristol, behind the scenes at Dancing With The Stars. Palin has hardly been doing well on the show – she's not exactly a popular character and she's scored pretty low each week that the show has been on. "We love each other," Ballas explained to People Magazine. "Sometimes people piss each other off. We've swept it under the rug and carried on. We had a rough day out of many, many, many days that we've spent together." Pretty generous behavior, given that she accused him of being mentally and physically absent from some of their rehearsals together.
Is this just a front from Ballas and Palin though? Bristol herself hasn't been quite as vocal on the matter – though she's hardly renowned for being tactful when she's faced with pressure, so maybe the show's producers are trying to make sure that Mark does all the talking. It will be interesting to see how the pair get on for the remainder of the series… for however long they remain.
Dancing With The Stars Season 15 had its first '9' score last night (October 1, 2012), courtesy of girl band singer Sabrina Bryan. Her routine, with Louis Van Amstel, had the judges in rapture, especially Carrie Ann Inaba who said she'd never seen such lines of Dancing With the Stars before, according to People magazine. Bruno Tonioli awarded Sabrina 8.5 and compared her to Ginger Rogers, at the height of her career: "a true dazzler." Len Goodman was equally full of praise for The Cheetah Girls star, remarking on her upper body control and legwork: "the hits just keep on coming," he said.
At the other end of the scale was Bristol Palin who went home with the lowest score of the evening – a paltry 18, which was less than last week's score of 19.5. "You were not in hold enough," Bruno told her, as her Western-inspired routine failed to impress. Palin explained that she had taken her dancing partner Mark Ballas to a shooting range to give him an insight into her world but that sadly hadn't translated into chemistry on the dance floor.
Dancing With The Stars Week 2: The Pressure Rises!
The Dancing With The Stars contestants didn't show any signs of slacking as the show entered its second week, reports CBS News.
The first episode of DWTS usually features an impressive bow: the stars having had three weeks to prepare their routines, but as the show continues, they only have one, which in the past, has caused standards to drop. But not this time; Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, Comic actress Kirstie Alley and Girl band singer Sabrina Bryan all delivered confident, sparkling performances to increase the pressure on their rivals. "I have something no one else can do, it's like my secret weapon," said Johnson, a gold medal-winning gymnast, using her considerable and bendy talents to her advantage. The quality now is astounding, and any weak dance will be punished quickly, as there's no room for mistakes. Fellow Olympian Apolo Ohno put the pressure on sports stars competing to succeed: "As an Olympian, if you're not in the top 3, you're not on the podium," he said, before delivering a composed performance. "Speed with control," said judge Len Goodman. Determination, focus and hard work!" lauded Bruno Tonioli. "Someone put on his competitive pants today!" Joked Carrie Ann Inaba. It was a popular dance indeed.
Elsewhere, French actor Gilles Marini showed incredible synchronization, staking his claim for a continued presence on the show, and shaking off the effects of a strained hamstring, which was the cause of some backstage rehearsal drama. Next week the stars "will take creative control," explained chief judge Goodman. "We want eye-popping stuff".


The Challenge is set to start the first week of October with a follow up visit in the last week of October. Last year more than 4700 students in 33 schools were challenged by 40 doctors and resident doctors with the help of nurse practitioners, and athletes across the province! When doctors lead students through the activity challenge, kids can learn about the importance of good health, nutrition, and fitness from a medical perspective. The goal is to make a lasting impact on children and help them turn healthy choices into healthy habits. Find out more here!
Since 2010 Walk With Your Doc has been spreading the word to British Columbians about the health benefits of daily walking. Each year, during the week of May 10, the World Health Organization's international Move for Health Day, doctors across BC host walking events for their patients and often for their community too. Walkers receive a free pedometer (while supplies last) to help track their steps and continue their healthier lifestyle. This Spring, we will be coordinating walks in Chilliwack, Agassiz, and Hope, for May 2017. If you would like to attend and/or help advertise this event, please contact Carol at cvanmuyen@divisionsbc.ca. Find out more here!
Supporting Communities to make the healthy choice the easy choice through positive ideas, fun resources, and consistent, evidenced-based messaging.
We believe in helping families raise healthy children. We know that children who are raised in an environment where they are active have better physical and emotional health, perform better academically, and have greater leadership skills. Physical activity also lowers depression and crime rates while increasing productivity and innovation. These are essential components to a healthy and thriving community.
In Summer 2014, the Division had the privilege of hearing from over thirty Service Providers in the communities of Chilliwack, Agassiz, Harrison, and Hope about what they needed to talk to kids and families regarding healthy living using the Live 5-2-1-0 message. The most common responses were that we need to provide information and statistics about Live 5-2-1-0; ways to support clients in living 5-2-1-0; and practical, fun ideas and resources to live 5-2-1-0. The toolkit was created in response to this feedback, and to serve as a springboard for Service Providers and the families they work with to add their own ideas to those presented in the toolkit. Service providers are welcome to click on the specific topic they are interested in, or they can read through the entire toolkit.
Play with the toys and return them when you're done. Don't forget to lock the box!
These Live 5-2-1-0 Playboxes are a project of the Chilliwack Division of Family Practice's Healthy Kids Initiative, City of Chilliwack, the Early Years table of the Chilliwack Child and Youth Committee, Chilliwack Sports Academy, Rotary Club of Chilliwack, and 89.5 The Drive. This project is supported by SCOPE (Sustainable Childhood Obesity through Community Engagement).


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Our program will provide you with a strong background in general business principles. It also emphasizes the "softer" skills needed to thrive in today's business world, as elements of international business, cultural diversity and ethics are highlighted throughout the curriculum.
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Management This concentration is designed for students who want to become business generalists, able to pursue careers in a wide range of professional positions.
Marketing Through exposure to the theory and application of effective, modern marketing techniques, this concentration will teach you the strategies and techniques that companies need to grow and prosper.
Social Media Marketing This concentration will help you stay at the forefront of the massive shift in marketing away from traditional media toward more targeted campaigns via Facebook, Google and other interactive media.
Sports Management A popular concentration among professional sports fans, this program will provide you with management and marketing skills directly tied to the sports industry.
A Business Administration minor for non-business majors is also available in the Management, Marketing and Social Media Marketing concentrations.
Centenary student, Justin Dalcourt, turned his hobby into a business with the launch of Dalcourt's Desserts. Dalcourt has developed and currently sells 27 different flavors of pudding, as well as pudolis, which is the pudding version of a cannoli. He now caters for special events and his products are sold at various delis and restaurants. He has sold to several hundred clients and works with 75 regular clients on a monthly basis.
The Enactus Team from Centenary University proved that they are a force to be reckoned with when it finished in the top 16 of the 469 Colleges that competed in the National Competition in St. Louis, Missouri recently. This win gives the team the bragging rights of finishing in the top 3% of the teams in the nation. The team was the only New Jersey Enactus Chapter to advance to the semi-finals.
Our curriculum is designed to prepare you to sit for the CPA exam in New Jersey. Introductory courses focus on basic accounting principles. Advanced courses cover topics such as cost accounting, tax accounting, governmental accounting, and auditing.
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Partisan d'Hamilcar Barca, la guerre des Mercenaires lui permet de réaliser ses desseins : combattre aux côtés des Carthaginois. En -239, il arrive à la tête de  cavaliers numides dans le camp d'Hamilcar et lui déclare allégeance. À la suite de la bataille de Bagradas, il s'empare de la ville d'Utique. Ses troupes mobiles et efficaces lui permettent de repousser les mercenaires de Spendios, chef des Campaniens, dans le défilé de la Scie où ceux-ci sont réduits à la reddition. À l'issue de la guerre en -237, il reçoit la main d'une fille d'Hamilcar, sœur d'Hannibal, que Gustave Flaubert utilisera pour créer le personnage de Salammbô.

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Personnalité militaire du IIIe siècle av. J.-C.
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COVID-19: 5G broadband conspiracy 'a hoax with no technical basis', UN telecoms agency
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 5G phone masts have reportedly been damaged or destroyed in several European countries, including Ireland, Cyprus and Belgium. The problem has been particularly acute in the UK, where dozens of towers were targeted, and engineers abused on the job, according to media reports.
Coronavirus Portal & News Updates
Readers can find information and guidance on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from the UN, World Health Organization and UN agencies here. For daily news updates from UN News, click here.
5G can carry a huge amount of data much faster than previous technology, and reliably connect an extremely large number of devices, says the ITU, allowing future users to access a wide variety of services, including industrial and professional applications.
During the current pandemic, communications technology is playing an essential role in ensuring that health services, many of which are facing unprecedented demand due to the pandemic, are able to respond function efficiently: this was underlined when a phone mast supplying voice and data traffic to a hospital built in response to the pandemic, in the major British city of Birmingham, was reportedly set alight in April.
A spokesperson for ITU, Monika Gehner, told UN News on Wednesday that the theory of a link between 5G and COVID-19 is "a hoax that has no technical basis."
Fighting false rumours a waste of resources
"The coronavirus is not being spread by radio waves", she added. "It's a real shame, during this time when there are real concerns about the health and well-being of the general public, and the economic toll that the fight against this pandemic is taking, that any time or energy has to be put into fighting this and other false rumours."
The scale of the problem prompted the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN agency which is leading the response to the pandemic, to add the 5G conspiracy to its COVID-19 myth busters article, which notes that "viruses cannot travel on radio waves/mobile networks. COVID-19 is spreading in many countries that do not have 5G mobile networks."
In a statement published in February, the WHO noted that, "to date, and after much research performed, no adverse health effect has been causally linked with exposure to wireless technologies", and, "provided that the overall exposure remains below international guidelines, no consequences for public health are anticipated".
The ITU COVID-19 response
ITU, WHO and UNICEF are working with telecommunication companies to text people directly on their mobile phones with vital health messaging to help protect them from COVID-19, reaching billions of people without internet access,
The Global Education Coalition, an ITU/ UNESCO initiative, is ensuring that #LearningNeverStops for the more than 1.5 billion students and youth across the planet affected by school and university closures.
The Global Network Resiliency Platform helps policy-makers, regulators and industry players ensure that networks are kept resilient and telecom services are available to as many people as possible,
A full description of ways the ITU is addressing the COVID-19 outbreak can be found on the ITU website here.


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Kudos and kicks: Collier health department earns award; elder abuse decried
In the citation, the Collier Department of Health was lauded for its work during Hurricane Irma, when its employees cared for 700 people.
Kudos and kicks: Collier health department earns award; elder abuse decried In the citation, the Collier Department of Health was lauded for its work during Hurricane Irma, when its employees cared for 700 people. Check out this story on naplesnews.com: https://www.naplesnews.com/story/opinion/2019/06/22/kudos-and-kicks-collier-health-department-honored-elder-abuse-decried/1510239001/
Editorial Board, Naples Daily News Published 6:00 a.m. ET June 22, 2019
Kudos to the Department of Health in Collier County.
The department was recently named a recipient of the Governor's Sterling Award for excellent performance.
In the citation, the department was lauded for its work during Hurricane Irma, when its employees at the county's only special-needs shelter cared for 700 people with special medical needs around the clock.
The area's standing atop the latest Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index was another factor.
DOH-Collier is the lead agency providing core public health services within the county. These services include including clinical and nutritional services, community health planning and statistics, emergency preparedness and response, environmental health, infectious disease services, and vital statistics.
The Governor's Sterling Award has recognized excellence for 50 years, honoring organizations and businesses that have successfully achieved performance excellence within their management and operations.
A kick to those who abuse senior citizens.
June 15 was recognized as worldwide Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
"Florida's elders should be respected and treated with dignity," said Florida Department of Elder Affairs Secretary Richard Prudom. "Far too many are victimized by abuse. Being aware of the signs of abuse is critical, and it is up to each of us to put an end to this shameful practice so that our seniors can live and age well."
In the last fiscal year, the Florida Department of Children and Families received 39,041 reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of Florida elders. More than 8,000 of them, or 21 percent, were reports of financial exploitation. For every case of abuse reported, it is estimated that 24 are not because the victim is too afraid or embarrassed to report it.
The DOEA Elder Abuse Prevention Program works to educate all Floridians, including seniors, caregivers, family members, and aging network professionals about the prevention of abuse and how to report it.
A kick to Valerie's House grief support program for filing a lawsuit against a similar program in federal court over trademark infringement.
Aunt Janet's House, an affiliate of Avow Hospice in Naples, held an open house at its new facility on the same day it was served with the lawsuit.
It's hard to imagine anything sadder than a grieving child. We'd like to think entities dedicated to helping those poor youngsters would be above bickering.
It isn't unusual for charities to describe themselves as "houses."
St. Matthew's House and Ronald McDonald House come immediately to mind.
The use of a woman's name and "house" hardly rises to the level of a federal case, in our view.
Kudos to Michael and Cindy O'Leary of Marco Island.
The couple have donated three sports wheelchairs, two to East Naples Community Park and one to the Marco Island Racquet Club.
The purpose of the chairs, which cost about $4,000 each, is to promote the sport of pickleball among people confined to wheelchairs.
Artwork by Cindy O'Leary was raffled off at this year's U.S. Open Pickleball Championships in East Naples to raise money for the chairs.
Meanwhile, Michael O'Leary was busy winning gold and bronze medals at the event. Last year, Michael O'Leary was the only wheelchair participant. This year, there were six, in two divisions. Next year, the goal is to grow the number to 15.
"Playing pickleball in a wheelchair has been such a positive thing in my life," Michael O'Leary wrote in a donation letter to the Marco Island City Council. "My goal is to get other disabled people to come to the parks and help teach them this that has given so much purpose to me in my life."
Brent Batten wrote this for the Naples Daily News editorial board.
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Rocky Flats – Still Unsafe After All These Years - Part 1
You may have heard of Rep. Wes McKinley's "sign" bill – HB 10 – 1127 (or maybe not). He, former foreman of the Rocky Flats Grand Jury way back in 1992, he of the "standing on the courthouse steps about to defy the Federal government" infamy, he, still now gagged as to the Grand Jury testimony he himself heard, but of which he may never speak, he, Rep. Wes McKinley, puts forward a bill every year calling for the now-renamed Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge to have a sign warning people of the potential danger they might be exposed to if they go on the site. You know, a "this coffee is hot" warning, but this time about something you can't see, hear, smell, taste or feel; the deadly scourge of plutonium, which lingers on.
Lingers on in the form of 14 pounds of it still buried (below 6 feet) at Rocky Flats, subject to the soil churning that goes on naturally from prairie dogs, snakes, mice, worms, ants and other critters that work the top 16 feet of soil. Lingers on in the form of a "talcum powder fine" plutonium dust that blows in the wind from time to time in the foothills, one invisible particle away from your lungs and permanent attachment.
Ok, so Rep. Wes won't give up. People joke about his "sign" bill, but he doesn't care. He ran for office to address this issue in the first place, and he's now running for his fourth term, and he's not about to quit – ever. Last time around he got 76% of the vote.
So this time around the "sign" bill got more attention than usual. McKinley assembled a passel of witnesses to testify before the Committee. And testify they did: scientists, Ph.D.s, nuclear workers, and even the lead FBI agent – Jon Lipsky – from Operation Desert Glow, the 1989, one-of-a-kind ever, raid of one federal agency by another.
As a result, I ended up with more than 7 hours of videotape. After reviewing it I realized its importance as an historical record. I'm going to be "depositing" it on YouTube, unfortunately limited by their 10-min maximum, but putting it all up none the less in multiple parts.
At the hearing there was talk of the US Fish and Wildlife Department's not being able to open the Refuge for at least another 15 years. So when the Committee voted to "table indefinitely" it seemed like case closed on the "sign" bill.
But I want to make sure that there is a record of what was said in 2010, spoken by the individuals themselves, because 15 years is nothing to the likes of plutonium-239, what with its half-life of 24,100 years.
So without further delay, here's Judy.
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