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Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved use of three COVID-19 vaccines under emergency use authorizations in April 2021, many public and private employers have announced and/or implemented mandatory vaccination policies. In addition, on September 9, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order requiring that certain federal contractors mandate vaccinations for their workers and directed OSHA to implement a rule that would require employers with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccination and/or COVID-19 testing. For more information, see our previous blog post.
Employers implementing mandatory vaccination policies (either by the company's decision or pursuant to government requirements) have been left with questions on how to properly address employee requests for accommodations to such policies due to religious beliefs, practices, and observances.
Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its "What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws" webpage to include a brand new Section L, to provide guidance on religious objections to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
The EEOC's new guidance provides the following clarifications specific to COVID-19 vaccine mandates:
"Generally, under Title VII, an employer should assume that a request for religious accommodation is based on sincerely held religious beliefs. However, if an employer has an objective basis for questioning either the religious nature or the sincerity of a particular belief, the employer would be justified in making a limited factual inquiry and seeking additional supporting information."
Employees who fail to cooperate with an employer's reasonable request for verification of the sincerity or religious nature of a professed belief risk losing any subsequently made claim that the employer improperly denied an accommodation.
While Title VII protects religious beliefs, including nontraditional religious beliefs, it does not protect "social, political, or economic views, or personal preferences." If an employee objects to a COVID-19 vaccination based on "social, political, or personal preferences, or on nonreligious concerns about the possible effects of the vaccine," then the employer is not obligated to provide a religious accommodation because these objections do not qualify as "religious beliefs" under Title VII.
In assessing a request for an accommodation, employers should consider "all possible reasonable accommodations, including telework and reassignment."
In making an undue hardship analysis, employers may consider whether the religious accommodation "would impair workplace safety, diminish efficiency in other jobs, or cause coworkers to carry the accommodated employee's share of potentially hazardous or burdensome work." The EEOC explained that in making this consideration in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers may consider "whether the employee requesting a religious accommodation to a COVID-19 vaccination requirement works outdoors or indoors, works in a solitary or group work setting, or has close contact with other employees or members of the public (especially medically vulnerable individuals)."Employers may also consider "the number of employees who are seeking a similar accommodation (i.e., the cumulative cost or burden on the employer)."
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Bioadsorption of Cd (II) from Contaminated Water on Treated Sawdust: Adsorption Mechanism and Optimization
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Ali Hashem, E. Adam, H. A. Hussein, M. A. Sanousy, A. Ayoub
Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Engineering in Benha, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya.
Faculty of Science and Arts at Shaqra, Shaqra University, Shaqra, KSA.
Sawdust (SD) a very low cost material has been utilized as adsorbent material for the removal of Cd (II) from aqueous solutions after treatment with mono methylol urea (MMU) in the presence of zinc chloride as a catalyst to form MMU-SD. The reaction of MMU-SD was carried out under different conditions including MMU/SD molar ratio, catalyst concentration, and reaction time and temperature. Adsorption studies have been carried out to determine the effect of agitation time, pH, adsorbent and adsorbate concentrations on the adsorption capacity of Cd (II) ions onto MMU-SD. Langmuir, Freundlich and Redlich-Peterson isotherm models were applied in the adsorption studies. The experimental data were analyzed using various sorption kinetic models. The removal processes of Cd (II) onto MMU-SD particles could be well described by the pseudo-second order model. The maximum adsorption capacity of Cd(II) onto MMU-SD was 909 mg/g. Similarly, the Freundlich constant 1/n value was 0.45.
Sawdust; Methylolation; Adsorption Isotherm; Cd (II) Ion Removal
A. Hashem, E. Adam, H. Hussein, M. Sanousy and A. Ayoub, "Bioadsorption of Cd (II) from Contaminated Water on Treated Sawdust: Adsorption Mechanism and Optimization," Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol. 5 No. 1, 2013, pp. 82-90. doi: 10.4236/jwarp.2013.51010.
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The Critics are Wrong: The Iraq War Saved Lives by Gregory Hilton
PHOTO: This 24 hour vigil was maintained outside the U.S. Ambassador's residence in London prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom. The protesters emphasized that over 500,000 Iraqi children had died during the UN sanctions period. There is considerable documentation from the World Health Organization to support their claims.
Many people claim the Iraq war was not worth it because of the cost and civilian casualties. Al-Qaeda Iraq is responsible for tens of thousands of civilian deaths, but the critics ignore the large number of people, especially children, who were dying every day during the sanctions period. Sanctions were maintained after the 1991 Gulf War because of Saddam Hussein's refusal to allow weapons inspectors into Iraq. His refusal to comply with the UN remains a mystery, but the result is not.
During the sanctions period, Iraq's GDP declined by 75%. According to the World Health Organization, during the next decade over 500,000 Iraqi children needlessly died of malnutrition. Their story is told in two powerful documentaries, "Genocide by Sanctions" (1999) which claimed the total the number was 1.25 million, and "Killing the Children of Iraq—A Price Worth Paying?" (2000).
Iraq obviously had the available funds to feed those children, and if a problem developed, international humanitarian organizations would have gladly made donations of food assistance. The children died because they were being used for political propaganda purposes, and the construction of 54 palaces was a far higher priority. Saddam Hussein could have prevented any child from suffering simply by meeting his obligations.
In a 1996 "60 Minutes" interview, Lesley Stahl questioned our then UN Ambassador, Madeleine Albright, about the sanctions policy. Stahl said "We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?
Albright responded: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it." It was this comment that led to the title of the documentary I already mentioned.
In her book, "Madam Secretary", Albright regretted the tone of her comment and said: "I must have been crazy; I should have answered the question by reframing it and pointing out the inherent flaws in the premise behind it. Little effort was made to explain Saddam's culpability, his misuse of Iraqi resources, or the fact that we were not embargoing medicine or food. . . . Religious and human rights groups may be well-meaning [but] they need to understand who the real villain is. The villain is Saddam Hussein. It is not the international community that is keeping the Iraqi children and people from eating. It is Saddam Hussein. . . .He is the one that can pick up the key and let himself out of the sanctions box. He knows how to do it."
The squandered money is regrettable, but the great crime is what the late dictator did to own people.
In discussing casualties, critics of the Iraq war do not mention:
The over 1 million dead during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980's.
The over 500,000 children who died during the 1990 – 2003 sanctions period.
The over 300,000 victims who died because of torture and other human rights violations during the Saddam era.
The over 60,000 Kurds who died during the Al-Anfal campaign of 1988.
The 85,000 casualties of 1991 Gulf War.
The 30,000 Kurds and 70,000 Shi'ites who died because of Saddam's retribution after losing the 1991 Gulf War. After Saddam's downfall, 270 mass graves have been discovered and exhumed.If sanctions had remained in effect from 2003 to 2010 perhaps another 500,000 children would have perished.
On the positive side, there are no longer any political prisoners, no executions, no torture at Abu Ghraib Prison and no limit on the freedom of expression. The terrorists have not abandoned Iraq, but the large scale inhuman carnage and suffering has stopped, and 27 million people have a better life.
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Super Typhoon Hits Japan; India and Pakistan`s Kashmir Dispute; Afghanistan: A Challenge to Next U.S. President
Aired October 4, 2016 - 04:00:00 ET
CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: A tail of two storms is where we begin today`s edition of CNN STUDENT NEWS. I`m Carl Azuz.
When we produce today`s show, the Japanese island of Okinawa was getting hit with a super typhoon. It`s name is Chaba. Its maximum sustained winds
were about 165 miles per hour. That made it the equivalent of a category five hurricane, the strongest type. Several islands were in Chaba`s
expected path, which was expected to turn east near South Korea and roar across the northern Japanese mainland.
And in the Caribbean, Hurricane Matthew, a category four storm last night, was expected to brush by Jamaica and hit Haiti overnight before moving over
Eastern Cuba. Matthew was traveling slowly, with 140-mile-per-hour winds, the longer it hovers over an island, the more rain it can bring and the
bigger its threat of causing flash floods and mudslides.
Throughout the Caribbean, airports have been closed. Storm shelters open and cruises rerouted to avoid the hurricane.
CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: This is what we`re expecting the storm to do as it gets into the Bahamas. This is what concerns me. You can see the
left turn as it gets east of Cuba and then it gets into Turks and Caicos, it turns left, it turns back toward the U.S. And then it has turned right
to miss us.
Now, that`s the forecast. But that still concerns me although that`s going to happen or not. Here are the models, see how they turn left.
See this little left? This what really concerns me. That part right there will -- will they actually turn right again or will they just keep going to
the left? Those are so many days away.
I know and we talk about this all the time, that the first 24 to 48 hours of a model is very good. After that, not so good. So, if this is a good
part and this might not be the good part, where does it go from there, you need to keep watching if you live in the East Coast, anywhere.
AZUZ: Once again, international tensions have flared up over a place named Kashmir. It`s not an independent country. Kashmir is a highly disputed
region of Asia that both India and Pakistan claimed as their own. They each control part of it, so does China. But it was in the section of
Kashmir that`s controlled by India where an attack was launched late Sunday night.
India blames terrorists for shooting at an Indian army camp there. This was after troops from India and Pakistan exchanged fire with each country
accusing the other of provoking it. As the anger has risen and the relationship has worsened between India and Pakistan, India relocated
10,000 people who were living near a disputed border area of Kashmir. These are only the latest incidents in a decades-long dispute over the
region.
SUBTITLE: Kashmir: A bitter dispute.
RAVI AGRAWAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kashmir today looks and sounds on edge, armed and ready to go off. Its lands are carved up in an easy truce
between an easy truce between India, Pakistan and China, too. But before all that, Kashmir known not as a flash point, but Asia`s Switzerland, with
beautiful snowcapped peaks and lush valleys.
So, how did we get here?
The troubles began around 1947 when India and Pakistan gained their independence from Britain. Pakistan was created out of Muslim-dominated
areas. Kashmir was a sticking point. It was Muslim majority but its leader at the time decided to accede to India.
Now, fighting over Kashmir has led to wars in 1947 and again 1965. Evan after both India and Pakistan became nuclear, they attack each other in
1999, stopping short of a full scale war. Today, tensions are ratcheting up once again.
AZUZ: Updating you now on an unexpected vote in the South American nation of Colombia. We reported yesterday that polls showed that a peace
agreement negotiated by the nation`s government and the FARC rebels who`ve been fighting it for 52 years had a good chance of passing. But by a very
thin margin, voters rejected the agreement on Sunday, 50.22 percent voted against it, 49.78 percent voted for it. One major criticism of the
agreement was that it didn`t do enough to punish the rebels for these past crimes.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says he doesn`t have a plan B, but that a ceasefire between the government and the rebels would stay in place
while negotiations between the two sides would continue in Havana, Cuba. FARC leader Rodrigo Londono who also goes by Timoleon Jimenez also says
he`s committed to peace. The United Nations is sending its Colombia envoy to Cuba to join the discussions.
A lot of uncertainty now hangs over Colombia. And the same can be said for the Middle Eastern nation of Afghanistan. Its government controls about
two-thirds of the country, but the Taliban, Afghanistan`s former rulers who allowed terrorists to live and train there control about 10 percent, and
they`ve increased their attacks recently, despite hundreds of airstrikes this year by the U.S., which supports the Afghan government.
These events plus the fact that more than 8,000 U.S. forces remain in the country contribute to the challenges it presents for the next American
leader.
NICK PATON WALSH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Here are three reasons Afghanistan could be the biggest global program for the next U.S.
Afghanistan is nearing a failed state. The Taliban controlled more territory there than any time since the war started in 2001. That means
Afghanistan could become a haven for terror groups, including rivals al Qaeda and ISIS.
There are no good policy options for the next White House. You can`t abandon a country at the heart of America`s longest war with thousands of
lives that are being lost. But at the same time, there`s no realistic public appetite for a substantial rise in troop numbers.
Afghanistan is both Pakistan and India`s problem and they are both nuclear powers. Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of assisting the Taliban. Pakistan
accuses India of interfering in Afghanistan. Either way, Afghanistan suffers and remains a regional headache for the U.S.
AZUZ: The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for medicine has been awarded to a Japanese biologist. Yoshinori Ohsumi made discoveries in the area of
autophagy. That`s the process that a cell uses to recycle some of its own components. Scientists have known about autophagy since the 1960s, but
Ohsumi`s work, which included experiments with baker`s yeast led to a deeper understanding of how cells stay healthy.
He`ll receive more than $900,000 in prize money. As advances in medicine are made around the world, there`s a U.S.-based biotechnology company
that`s raised record funds, even though its method is so far unproven and hasn`t worked before, and its human trials which could take years are just
RACHEL CRANE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For years, incurable diseases like cancer and HIV have stumped scientists. But if there`s a cure for those diseases
right under our noses, literally?
At biotech startup Moderna, they believe the key to treating rare diseases is to trigger the body to heal itself, to make its own medicine. And how
does that work? It all comes down to proteins.
STEPHANE BANCEL, CEO, MODERNA: So, sometimes when you`re sick, what you`re just missing is one protein. If we could just give you that protein back,
then you`ll be healthier again.
CRANE: So, how do you get that one missing protein back into your body?
For years, we`ve relied on pharmaceutical companies to make expensive protein-based drugs for treatment. But protein based drugs aren`t as
effective as they could be and can degrade in the bloodstream or digestive tract.
That`s where Moderna comes in. By injecting your body with messenger RNA molecules, they`ve discovered a way to naturally trigger your body cells
into making their own healing proteins. The body makes its own medicine.
In theory, messenger RNA or MRNA could deliver the genetic instructions to your cells to make any type of protein that your body needs to heal itself.
But until recently, scientists believe our immune systems would reject MRNA from outside sources.
BANCEL: Evolution has taught all of our cells to ignore messenger RNA when it comes from the outside. That`s what a virus looks like. What we`ve
been able to do at Moderna is actually change the properties of that MRNA so that to the cell, it looks likes its own.
CRANE: And that breakthrough has led to potential treatments for a wide range of conditions, from heart disease to cancer. Over the last four
years, Moderna has raised $1.5 billion, partnering with pharmaceutical companies, the government, and recently, the Gates Foundation, who
committed $20 million to tackle HIV.
But research is still in its early stages. Moderna recently started their first two human clinical trials and has plans for at least four more.
AZUZ: Before we go, a desert kaleidoscope. That`s the theme for this year`s Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. It got off the ground
over the weekend in New Mexico and runs through the week. More than 500 hot air balloons are taking part in one of the oldest forms of aviation.
And, of course, that looks amazing in this time-lapse video.
There have been some crashes here and there. No serious injuries have been reported.
Of course, some people get an over-inflated sense of confidence. You can call them basket cases. But that kind of thing tends to balloon with each
rise of each successful launch. You got to both know the ropes and let them go especially if you expect to get around the world in 80 days.
I`m Carl Azuz and I`m all out of hot air. We`ll take off with more news tomorrow.


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Q: MYSQL query to fetch daily, weekly and monthly sales I am using PHP and I want to fetch data of daily, weekly and monthly sales/transfers from my sales/transfers table. Our month starts at 10th of every month and weekday is from Monday to Friday. But I want to use America/New_York timezone instead of my own. For that, I have done this:
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
$usa_date = date("Y-m-d");
$start_date_of_week = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime('monday this week'));
$start_date_of_month = date('Y-m-01 00:00:00');

These are the values I intend to fill:

My transfer table only contain entries for sales/transfers and one entry per transfer.
Following is examply of how my table looks like:
id  Date           AgentID      AgentName   Accepted
1   2021-06-16     100          Bevan       No
2   2021-06-16     101          Alice       Yes
3   2021-06-17     102          Jaffer      Yes
4   2021-06-17     101          Alice       No
5   2021-06-18     100          Bevan       Yes

I want to retrive data using AJAX and my code is this
$.ajax({
    'url': "<?=  base_url(). "/dashboardStats";?>",
    'method': "GET",
    'dataType': "JSON",
    'contentType': 'application/json'
}).done( function(data) {
    $(".dailySales").text(function(i, origText){
        alert (data);
        return "1000";
    });
    })
});

My problem statement is: If I get data individually for each card, I am able to do it, for example using following code to get daily sales data for all:
select count(*) as TotalTransfers from transfers

But running so many Ajax request for each box looks so inefficient. So I want to use as few SQL statements and AJAX requests as I can. Is there a way where I can get data for more than one card? I know the answer is yes and its possible using Cases in SQL but I need to integrate DATE as well and I am not sure how to do that.The results should not show data for last 7 or 30 days, but from the start date of week and month of every year to span when user checks it.
I hope I have been more eloborate in my edit now. Please ask if more clearity is needed.

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I think, with little effort, both the film industry and the film festival industry can change all that in three simple ways.
Film festival programmers should start commingling short films with features. Two unrelated films with similar themes or tones can even be paired together in a smart way. Create equal footing for the short film. Have audiences start getting used to the idea of seeing the two art forms together. It won't take away from either category, and it may be a way to introduce a film or two to an audience that might not have gone out of their way to see a short film. Pairing a short film with the premier feature film event at your film festival will also go a long way to elevating its stature.
Is there any real reason why short films need to be separated from features, other than one is deemed more important simply because of length?
I know this is a matter of economics, because no one wants to take away from the endless round of commercials that now appear before each feature in the movie theater, but some theater chains should at least entertain the notion of including a short film with the feature program. Keep the length of the short reasonable (under 10 minutes), so that audiences won't get restless. But if the shorts that play with the feature are done well enough, are entertaining enough, then audiences may very well come to enjoy that aspect of the program. Also, it will give the next generation of filmmakers a real platform to have their work seen by large audiences.
Movie theaters are dominated by huge chains, but the local franchise has local management. Is there a way to allow filmmakers in any city or town submit short films to the management so that a short film can get the opportunity to be screened along with a major motion picture? I wouldn't recommend doing this for every showing, but perhaps once or twice during the run of a picture. Two things would happen: local filmmaker gets a career boost, and the theater would be packed (for that showing) with the filmmakers' friends, families and fans. That's a win-win.
These, I think, are reasonable and doable, but it will require a change in the mindset of film festival programmers and some largesse on the part of theater chain owners. Otherwise, the short film will continue to drop not only into further obscurity. A different approach may also give filmmakers the feeling that their work is more highly valued than it seems to be in the current environment.


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Home Issue 19 War on Iran must be prevented
War on Iran must be prevented
Kieran Finnane
COMMENT by JONATHAN PILBROW
On Saturday Mr Pilbrow was among a small group of passionate locals who held a peace march and gathering in Alice Springs with messages calling for "No war on Iran" and to "Bring the troops home from Iraq". The event was part of a Global Day of Protest on the heightened risk of a US war with Iran, following the arguably illegal assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in early January. The killing was ordered by US President Donald Trump and carried out by a US drone. Several other protest events were held across the country, in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Brisbane, coordinated by the Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN). Mr Pilbrow is a representative of IPAN, as well as of the local peace group – the Alice Springs Peace Action Think Tank (ASPATT).
IPAN was dismayed by President Trump's decision to assassinate General Qassem Soleimani. According to media reports at the time, General Soleimani was due to meet the Iraqi Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi on the morning the general was killed, in order to discuss a diplomatic rapprochement that Iraq was brokering between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Soleimani had arrived in Baghdad not to plan attacks on American targets, but to coordinate de-escalation with Saudi Arabia.
IPAN's condemnation of the assassination of General Soleimani is not to be seen as giving blanket approval to all of the policies or actions of the Iranian government or its military forces. However, it is a call for all countries to abide by the rules of international law.
After the death of General Soleimani, President Trump was reported as saying that he served up "American justice" by ordering the drone strike that took him out.
It is critical to ask if Australia was implicated in this drone strike.
Leaked documents from the US National Security Agency several years ago revealed that intelligence from Pine Gap is being used on US battlefields – locating of the source of signals is crucial for targeting military action, including by unmanned drone.
The Australian public have a right to be informed if our country is involved in such attacks as these.
We must resist a form of 'justice' that strikes without charge, without trial or any legal process. This should not be justice by an Australian standard.
Let us also not forget that a version of so called "American Justice" started this whole thing 66 years ago when a democratically elected Iranian Government was ousted by a US and UK coup at end of 1953. These countries were our allies – and this occurred during peace time.
The 1979 Iranian revolution can be seen as response to the coup 26 years earlier. But the events of 1979 now seem to be used as an excuse for anti-Iran sentiment in the US. What a different Middle East we might have today if this coup had never occurred.
In the US the United National Anti-War Coalition (UNAC) have highlighted that "US aggression against Iran threatens to begin yet another disastrous, bloody war." Such concerns led to the weekend's global action to demonstrate clear opposition to any US-led war on Iran.
A war with Iran would have devastating impacts on the lives of people in the region and, should Australia be drawn yet again into another illegal US-led war, on the lives of Australian soldiers.
Australia should have learned lessons from the Iraq invasion. That futile action led to loss of hundreds of thousands of lives and ongoing human misery, an escalation of terrorism across the world, destruction of the environment in Iraq and huge wastage of money – and for what benefit? Given the capacity of the Iranian military, war with Iran has the potential to be far worse than the war in Iraq.
While it has been encouraging that the Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said he will pursue "restraint" and a "de-escalation" of tensions in the Middle East, there is more that he could do. IPAN believes the Prime Minister should have put a stop to its plans to send the HMAS Toowoomba to the Straits of Hormuz, as sending it could be seen as a provocative move, effectively providing a message of support for the USA's action – where there should have been condemnation.
The Prime Minister justified sending the warship to Iran as guarding oil supplies but in fact, the greatest threat to trade in the region is the very real threat of war. Australia should be a good friend and ally by speaking truth to the US and dissuading it from another war that could draw Australia in.
The Australian Government should help diffuse the situation in the Middle East, starting with reversing its decision to send HMAS Toowoomba.
It should also respond to the Iraqi Parliament's demand and bring our troops home. Currently around 2000 Australian personnel are still on the ground.
IPAN is also calling for no sanctions on Iran, as these are a weapon of war, contributing to devastation and lives lost.
Australia has a very large defence budget – but we do not have enough money allocated to fund fire-fighting efforts and to respond to and reduce the impacts of climate change. We should be funding firefighting – not war.
All of us opposed to war can do something by speaking up at this time – and urge our Government to reduce not inflame tensions in the Middle East.
Anyone can
Sign IPAN's online petition on change.org
Contact the Prime Minister's Office or the Defence Minister's Office
Sign a petition in relation to the presence of US Marines in Darwin, which further enmeshes Australia with US foreign policy
Talk to members of the local Alice Springs Peace Action Think Tank to find out ways you can be involved in Alice Springs.
We must send the message: No war on Iran.
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Matthew Langan 28 January 2020 At 10:28 am
Wow!! Just because a couple of communist loving, left wing flogs, go for a little march down the street, you write some crap about it. How about Australia & Most Good Australians Fully Support the USA President's actions against a murdering Iranian general , & we'll just leave it at that. Cheers.
Kieran Finnane 28 January 2020 At 11:38 am
@ Matthew Langan. Mr Pilbrow and his fellow protesters are entitled to their views as you are yours.
Theirs, however, have the appeal of being more considered and certainly not abusive in tone.
You may care to substantiate that he / they are "communist-loving" etc.
You may also care to substantiate that "Australia and Most Good Australians" support the assassination. Are you aware of a survey to that effect?
You could also explain why they are not "Good Australians" because they hold views that are different from yours and critical of President Trump's actions.
Kieran Finnane, moderator, senior writer, Alice Springs News.
Jonathan Pilbrow 28 January 2020 At 2:20 pm
These issues are of critical importance to Australians, and there are many Australians very concerned about the potential for a war on Iran – evidenced by the number of rallies held across the country on Saturday (part of a global day of action).
A very much related issue of critical importance is the situation of Julian Assange being held in solitary confinement in a high security UK prison. The peace march in Alice Springs followed directly on from a
rally for Julian Assange, organized by the Julian Assange Supporters Alice Springs (JASAS) Action Group – also part of a global day of action – and held in solidarity with the Yellow Vests from France who are travelling to London and surrounding Belmarsh Prison where Julian Assange is being held.
Julian Assange is fighting against extradition to the United States, where he is wanted on charges relating to the publication of secret US files leaked by Chelsea Manning, a US intelligence analyst who was subsequently jailed. The secret files include hundreds of thousands of reports about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Those opposed to war on Iran are hoping that lessons can be learned to avoid a repeat of the kinds of needless atrocities exposed in the reports Assange published through WikiLeaks.
Justin Tutty 28 January 2020 At 10:21 pm
Thanks to the Alice Springs peace group for showing leadership towards peace. This century's wars continue to be counter-productive, non-strategic errors by any measures, other than the egos of leaders and the profits of arms traders.
And there is a real risk that the American president might offer up another war for his re-election campaign. And an even greater risk that an Aussie leader – if only out of habit– would go along with a big foolish conflict that has nothing to do with Australia and can only make us less safe .
Our real enemies are not in the Middle East. Our real enemies are things like the bushfire crisis; inequality; disease.
And our national defence won't come from dominating nations on the other side of the world; a better basis for defence can come from investing in effective and useful relationships with our regional neighbours.
Peace talks now.
Ian Sharp 28 January 2020 At 10:58 pm
Great comments, Kieran, spot on. The only thing Matthew had going for him was the courage not to hide behind a pseudonym. And Jonathon Pilbrow is right, we must learn the lessons from the Iraq folly. If we had a time machine we would certainly go back and make different choices. I applaud Jonathon and his group for reminding us of the risks we take in blindly following the US into conflicts where there is no prospect of a positive outcome. For anybody.
John Bell 28 January 2020 At 11:35 pm
Kieran. I would seriously invite you to my home suburb of West Heidelberg to introduce you to my Iraki refugee friend Danny (Daniel) who owns a Milk Bar in the Olympic Village Shops on Southern Road. Danny grew up in Saddam Hussein country as a member of the persecuted Christian community that traces its history back to Jesus Christ and beyond to the Assyrian agrarian empire. Danny will give you a fully informed political history of Iran's Shiite designs on Irak and its people. And in the process, a very different view to that expressed by the protesters in the Alice.
Nick Deane 29 January 2020 At 8:59 am
I would like to compliment Alice Springs News for its journalistic integrity in this matter! World peace is hugely important and recent events have brought it to the fore. To see aspects of the matter being openly debated in your paper is most refreshing – and in sharp contrast to what is being printed in the press in Sydney.
Meanwhile, I support and cheer on Mr Pilbrow's efforts.
Interested Darwin Observer 29 January 2020 At 10:12 am
Iran is an aggressor in the region.
Qassem Soleimani was leader of a designated terrorist organisation (Quds) – so to call his killing "illegal" is highly questionable. Illegality occurs more around the question of war power. Trump has not started a war.
The Quds / Iranian Guard are ideologically incompatible with democracy or peace. Their purpose is to exert influence, using force to spread Iran's agenda. Iran is an authoritarian state that is responsible for the murder of thousands of its own civilians who dare protest against the regime. Much like China.
The Quds were themselves engaged in the murder of diplomats as well as countless deaths of both civilians and coalition forces through their ongoing support of Hezbollah and more recently, the Taliban.
Regarding sanctions, they are an effective tool to encourage a country change course and prevent funds going to the war machine which is aimed squarely at the West. Ultimately it was bankruptcy that ended the Cold War. Economics is a powerful tool indeed.
Australia does not follow the US into endless and sometimes seemingly foolish wars as it is directly beneficial to Australia.
We do it to nurture the Alliance with the hope that one day it will guarantee our security when we are (almost inevitably) challenged in our own region. Be it by China, Indonesia, Russia etc.
The cost of this protection may very well be the "pointless" wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and so on. Only time will tell.
Kieran Finnane 29 January 2020 At 2:34 pm
@ Interested Darwin Observer. The questionable legality of the US killing of Qassem Soleimani has been widely discussed in mainstream media, for example, the BBC, CNN, the Washington Post, the New York Times.
A key word in the debate, in international law, is 'imminent': were the future Iranian attack plans, that the US claimed to be deterring by the killing, imminent? If so, this could justify the use of lethal force. Under international law, that means the necessity to respond would have been "instant, overwhelming, and leaving no choice of means, and no moment of deliberation". When the US began belatedly using the word 'imminent' to justify the action, it provided no evidence of any such overwhelming necessity, nor evidence even of a more loosely defined imminent threat.
The debate is not limited to IL considerations. There are also questions being asked, again in mainstream media, about whether the killing was justified under US law.
For these reasons the Alice Springs News, in its introduction to Mr Pilbrow's comment, referred to the killing as "arguably illegal".
I will leave it to others to take up the other points you make.
John Bell 29 January 2020 At 3:00 pm
@ Kieran Finnane: You quote "mainstream media, for example, the BBC, CNN, the Washington Post, the New York Times".
These media outlets have a renowned anti-Trump anti-conservative bias.
Where Iraqi citizens such as West Heidelberg Danny rejoice at the taking out of a mass murderer who has terrorised countless thousands of men women and children, your argument re the Western world legality of it hardly registers on their life relevance radar. And rightly so. Would you agree or not?
Jerry Fitzsimmons 29 January 2020 At 8:32 pm
Dear Mr Bell (John): Your comments are important but clearly, every individual from war torn backgrounds carry a different and personal perspective pending the religious discrimination and persecution they may have experienced in their country of birth.
Australia is a young and wonderfully democratic country and the peacemakers who stand up against injustices are to be commended for protesting and demonstrating to keep their own country free and vibrant from outside influences.
I applaud your commentary about your friend and I would encourage you, on his behalf to respect what he must now deeply feel about freedom and peace in his new country.
@Jerry Fitzsimmons. My friend's name is Daniel Yussuf. He changed it to Daniel Joseph when he settled in Australia. He is a fully qualified engineer who updated his quals in Oz and has now realised his secret dream not possible in Sunni Irak of owning a small business. His son Bennell works in the Milk Bar while studying IT at Uni. The only thing he wants more than peace in Australia is that Australians share his knowledge of the history of Iran's takeover of the Iraki parliament. So yes, I have the very highest respect for this good man's love of his new country and his desire to inform Australians of the reality. Thanks for your comment mate. Any time you visit Melbourne I would be very happy to introduce you.
Maya 30 January 2020 At 12:35 pm
I wish to congratulate the Alice Springs News for opening up this debate, in a civilised and respectful manner.
Congratulations also to all the contributors.
To add my to cents or grain of salt, with reference to Matthew Langan remarks on 27th Jan (indeed thank you for keeping your name, as I keep mine), I must state that I took offence at his language and personal attacks on a small group of peace loving and law abiding people.
As an old woman of 82 plus 9/12 years of age who went on the march, I am not and never been a Communist (would not have been allowed to enter the country in 1966), neither a left wing flog.
I consider myself a GOOD Australian with no dual citizenship and I vote according to my conscience.
I have lived through WWII, then the Arab / Israeli war in 1948, then the Suez War in 1956, then the Iranian Revolution in 1978-79, met the returned soldiers of Vietnam and many refugees from the Middle East fleeing the endless conflicts in the region for the only benefit of arms dealers. It was not pretty and added zilch to the security of the world.
A new US War on Iran would not benefit the planet.
Another folly of the current US President to suit his "imminent" political desires, as it was in 2003 when President Bush went to war in Iraq and "we, GOOD Australians" followed suit.
Only more refugees and displacement of persons. WAR NO MORE was the sign on the banner.
NO WAR ON IRAN was the theme not only of our humble march along the empty streets of Alice Springs, but in communion with much larger rallies in all capital cities on the 25th January.
Our drop in the ocean is just a reminder that war, in whatever form, is no good for no one, certainly not for our troops.
Australia has much more urgent, "imminent", issues to deal with. Are there any JUST WARS as Noam Chomsky debated in 1978?
Sarah 9 November 2021 At 10:39 am
@ to the people who call Qassem Solemani a 'terrorist':
Qassem Solemni was a major key in getting rid of ISIL in Syria and Iraq.
You can tell how brainwashed people are who believe in the media and call him a terrorist.
His Wikipedia page highlights the wars he was a major general in, and in ALL of them, he was fighting against ISIS.
He is the reasons ISIS never won in Iraq and Syria. That is precisely why the US did not like him and they got rid of him.
The US is responsible for creating and funding ISIS. The United States profits from every bullet that is fired in wars and they benefit from creating fear in the world.


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With reference to the above, you will be aware that following some nine months of effort by this union to engage in negotiations with London's bus operators, the patience of our 21,000 members operating London's bus fleet has been exhausted.
The legitimate claim of our members for an Olympic award in recognition of their continuing contribution to making the games a success, is in line with that awarded to other transport workers providing services during the Games, including but not exclusively other groups operating under the control of Transport for London; London Underground (£850), DLR (£900) and London Overground (£600). Further, Network Rail, Heathrow Express, Virgin Trains, Bombardier and BAA are all rewarding their staff for the contribution they will make to the Games. Indeed, TfL's chiefs will be rewarding themselves with a bonus pot of some £560,000 or £80,000 each, dependent on a smooth and successful Olympics.
Given that under your leadership, Transport for London has supported, funded and engaged directly in the reaching of agreements with many of the core groups identified above, we have to ask the question; why you are not prepared to extend the same agreement to London's bus workers?
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Their claim for a £500 (net) payment (£17.24 per day) is reasonable and more than affordable given the additional revenue being generated for TfL in fares and other games associated activities. Indeed TfL themselves are estimating that over 800,000 extra passengers will use London's iconic red buses during the Olympics equating to tens of millions of extra journeys over the period. This is in addition to the already rocketing revenue generated from London's bus network which recorded a record 2.3 billion journeys in 2011/12, the highest since 1959 and over half of all bus journeys taken in England over the year.
Given the above, it is inexplicable that the bus operators acting as one, Transport for London (TfL) and you personally have so far refused to engage in any discussion on this matter with Unite. We are now left with no option but to conclude that the stance you are taking is politically motivated and that the success of the London Games are now being put in jeopardy as a consequence of you and your party's desire to 'take on Unite' following your earlier failed attempt to do so involving our tanker drivers. This is a truly reprehensible and irresponsible action.
As a consequence of the above our members, having voted overwhelmingly (94%) for industrial action in pursuit of their claim, are currently engaging in a programme of strike action that will continue beyond the games. A direct consequence of your failure to discharge your duties properly as the mayor of this great city the costs of this dispute will also escalate by an additional day's pay for each and every day's industrial action you force bus workers to take in pursuit of their claim.
I make this final call to you to engage personally in assisting TfL and the bus operating companies in finding a just settlement to this matter; as the Mayor of our city, chair of Transport for London and our host for the games. The eyes of the world are upon us and as the games draw closer the questions as to why we are in this position and who is responsible will come into sharper focus.
I am of course happy to meet personally with you and have offered to do the same with Peter Hendy, your Transport Commissioner, in order to assist in finding a resolution.
I wrote to you on 8 September 2011 regarding special payments for London Busworkers for the Olympic/Paralympic Games period.
I would ask that you provide your response as soon as possible.
Unite was encouraged earlier this year by the positive statements emanating from your office and from your Transport Commissioner about the special payments to be awarded to rail workers, working during the Olympic Games period. There were clear inferences that a similar principle could be accommodated for those working within the London Underground network. Such payments would, of course, be made in recognition of the increased work loads associated with the huge influx of additional passengers.
You have on occasions been a vocal supporter of London's bus drivers, arguing quite correctly, shortly after your election, that they are amongst "the world's finest".
With this in mind, and with the indisputable fact that our members operating the capital's bus network will be critical to the success of the Olympics and Paralympics, Unite is seeking a bonus to recognise this.
You have felt it necessary during your term of office to make billions of pounds of cuts and savings to the Transport for London budget and in particular to the bus subsidy. This has, as I explained to you at our most recent SERTUC meeting, had a hugely damaging impact upon our members as operators squeeze pay, with minimal increases, pay freezes and now, increasingly, cuts to Terms and Conditions.
Operators across London are already indicating that there is little prospect of any exceptional payments for ensuring a successful Games and ensuring London copes with the anticipated additional 900,000 passengers on the busiest days during the period. Transport for London have issued a similar message.
We know that there will be hugely increased revenue generated from the hundreds of thousands of additional fare payers, a fact confirmed at a recent meeting between Transport for London and my London Bus Officers.
A positive intervention from your office would be to ensure sufficient funding is made available to the operators to support the payment that our members deserve, and most definitely will be expected to earn.
Such a move would not only recognise the contribution of bus workers during the Olympics and the role they play day in day out in keeping this city moving, but would also give some real meaning to your assertion that they are the "world's finest".
I would be happy to meet with you or your Officers in an attempt to move this proposal forward and look forward to your early response.
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