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My kids are writing their own books. I'm talking full on chapter books, but also talking graphic novels, short sweary books, and the like. One of them makes detailed animation based movies – he's done stop motion claymation, strung together filmed segments, is gaining an amazing talent in sculpting and blocking scenes. One of them is heavily immersed in the world of musical theatre, and they've written a script, drawn and labelled costumes, arranged songs. They are filled with joy both behind and in front of the camera, and have started drama school only to have realised there is a real possibility of working professionally doing the thing they love to do playfully.
Earlier this week, they had two friends over. One was specially coming over to work on a collaborative project with S – they'd had an idea for a novel, so of course they arranged a time to get together and work on it. M and the other child also joined in.
I stood in the kitchen, watching. They were laughing, throwing ideas out, occasionally pausing to use spell check. Their thoughts were thick and fast, their words were natural.
Did I feel proud? Yeah. But did I feel jealous? HELL YES.
I'm so pleased to give my children the opportunity to work on their creative ideas. I'm so relieved and grateful that this is a way of life for them. There's no crippling self doubt, no feeling they don't deserve to pursue creative dreams, no thinking that they won't succeed. Their success, right now and from my point of view, is that they are simply doing it. They are making. They are creating, drawing, writing, singing, acting, exploring.
It's no exaggeration to say I have a strong preference for the creative arts, that I wish I had realised at a much younger age it was a possibility for me. That I'd been supported in that. So something in my heart lightens and glows to see my children creating. Something in my mind is deeply pleased when I read longitudinal studies stating that children who have been unschooled since the start are extremely likely to go into creative fields – artists, writers, actors, STEM fields. In fact, four out of five kids grow up to work in those fields.
If M or S want to be that one in five who grows up to be an accountant, or a retail manager, or something not in the creative field – well. All I really want is for them to be happy. I want them to get joy from the life they create, I want them to do things to help make the world a better place, I want them to learn and grow and find peace.
I guess that's still all I want for myself. My kids just have a head start.


A graffiti-covered replica of a subway car is part of the construction of the set for "West Side Story" in Sydney, Australia, directed by Francesca Zambello, who also will direct at the Lyric.
This summer in New York, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner are expected to begin filming their upcoming adaptation of "West Side Story," a remake of the movie that won a fleet of Oscars in 1962, including best picture. Most likely, they'll be working just a few Manhattan blocks away from where a different film crew will be toiling on the new Warner Bros. movie version of the "In the Heights," the 2008 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegria Hudes.
And in December, "West Side Story" also is slated to return to Broadway in a new Scott Rudin production directed by the auteur stage director Ivo van Hove ("Network') and choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. What precisely this new staging will look (and sound) like is the subject of much interest in New York; van Hove's partner, the designer Jan Versweyveld, is also attached. Most people are expecting something radical, if not pretty.
All in all, a big year or so ahead for one of the most popular musicals of all time. As it happens, "West Side Story" will also be staged by the Lyric Opera of Chicago this spring, part of what now has become an annual slot for Broadway musicals.
The Lyric's staging, though, is to be both expansive and traditional, replete with a cast of 32, plus chorus members and 44 musicians in the Lyric's huge orchestra pit. Or so says the international director Francesca Zambello.
As is typical in the opera world, this production of "West Side Story" is now in its fifth incarnation, albeit with a shifting cast (at the Lyric, Corey Cott will play Tony and Mikaela Bennett will be Maria). Conceived as a way to honor the 100th birthday of composer Leonard Bernstein, this Lyric production began at the Houston Grand Opera in March of last year. From there, it moved for the summer to the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown New York, where Zambello, whose portfolio straddles the worlds of opera and Broadway theater, serves as artistic director. The Kansas City Lyric Opera was next, and then, this past fall, the Atlanta Opera.
But, in fact, Zambello has been associated with a whopping nine "West Side Story" opening nights in the past two years, surely a record, even for this popular title.
The appeal of the title is, of course, international.
This spring, Zambello staged the work in Sydney, Australia — outdoors, on a peninsula in Sydney Harbor called Mrs. Macquarie's Point. The show is still running, even as Zambello, who started her career running the Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee, now is in rehearsal at the Lyric. In 2003, Zambello did a "West Side" on a floating stage in the middle of Lake Constance in Bregenz, part of the Bregenz International Festival, followed by a German tour.
Of course the classic titles of the American musical theater from the middle years of the 20th century — and there are less than a dozen with this kind of huge pre-awareness — are always in production, given how many tickets they sell.
It's not uncommon now to see them staged radically — as with the current nihilistic "Oklahoma!" revival on Broadway, or with an eye on revisionism, as with the present "My Fair Lady" at the Lincoln Center in New York, where Henry Higgins and Eliza Dolittle have a purely transactional relationship. If a director is not doing something like that, and Zambello is not, they tend to talk about how the piece remains relevant, or is deceptively radical, even though it might seem to confirm old stereotypes.
And then, of course, there is the matter of gun violence.


I don't know if it's just that time of the year that I'm feeling particularly vulnerable – maybe it's more that time of life, that middle space where what always seemed so probable and certain has suddenly shifted. I'm feeling all at once teetering between so many worlds, so many lives, that every time I plant my feet down they sink, just the slightest bit – but not in a solid, comforting kind of way. In kind of a tenuous kind of way; that shifting of the sands of time that have always, always left me feeling hesitant towards change.
And everywhere I turn, the universe seems to be whispering to me. "Take a leap of faith, dear" swirls around my head in gossamer thin threads, taunting me to listen. It sings to me as I watch my daughter open college acceptance letters, and when she smiles, I know it's time. It calls to me when I reunite with my son, after many days apart, and when he hugs me in his awkward teenage way, I know it's near. I feel the vibration of change, that rhythmic sort of shudder that starts in my core and travels up my spine to rest in my head-where I promptly brush it off, dreaming for just one second that life will stay the same.
This is the time of life when a leap of faith is the only available form of transportation. It's the time to dream, to imagine, and to believe in possibility. It's the time to run, skip, jump…to believe in what was meant to be, and to trust that what I open my heart and mind to will manifest.
It's time to take a giant leap of faith, and hope for a soft landing.
I find this description totally apt.
Hmmm….smell or small? They do feel as if things slip away, and I'm hoping that with taking a leap, I'm headed in the right direction. So glad to hear from you, Kim!
I sometimes wonder if it's a leap of faith or reckless abandonment that pushes us onward. I'm not sure I think change smells like death, but I do know it can render a person immobile. Sometimes change is as simple as going left instead or right or trying something as crazy as trusting the writer hiding inside of you… you;ve been down this path before.
Yes, Brenda. This path is familiar. In some ways that makes it easier- but the degree of change before me does make me want to hide under the covers occasionally. I miss you and hope a springtime afternoon will find us in the same location- soon!


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Millions of tonnes of 'ugly' fruit & veg wasted, says report
By Ian Quinn2018-08-20T13:28:00+01:00
Supermarkets were praised for the recent growth of fruit & veg ranges such as Asda's 'Wonky Veg' and Tesco's 'Perfectly Imperfect'
More than 50 million tonnes of fresh fruit & vegetables is being discarded across Europe every year for aesthetic reasons, according to a shocking report by scientists at the University of Edinburgh.
The study claimed as much as 4.5 million tonnes of food in the UK was being wasted because food did not come up to artificial specifications. It blamed the waste on the domination of supermarket buying power in the food system.
Researchers found despite the recent launch of so called "wonky" or "ugly" fruit & veg ranges in supermarkets, produce was being routinely ploughed back into fields, or sent to landfill or anaerobic digestion.
The report claimed the structural power of the supermarkets was a key factor in a food waste scandal that in some cases saw entire harvests ploughed back into the ground.
Opinion: Latest reports on food waste are a harsh wake-up call
Producers interviewed by the researchers complained that supermarkets "held all the cards".
Supermarkets were praised for the recent growth of fruit & veg ranges such as Asda's 'Wonky Veg' and Tesco's 'Perfectly Imperfect', but the report urged the industry to go further.
It also said Brexit could provide an opportunity for the UK government to reduce the amount of food being wasted by scrapping EU marketing regulations that were also a contributing factor to the crisis.
However, the grim figures on food waste follow a report by Wrap in November that also suggested huge proportions of UK farmers' crops were being routinely ploughed back into fields, driven in large part by cosmetic standards imposed by retailers.
Lindsay Boswell, chief executive of FareShare, said while wonky veg ranges were going some way towards tackling the issue, there needed to be a cheaper way for companies to get their surplus food to charities so it did not get sent to landfill or turned into animal feed or energy.
"Removing the cost barriers, which include the cost of transportation, safe handling and storage of food, as well as the management time and resources to keep it edible within its lifespan, would mean that hundreds of millions of meals could go to those in need, rather than to waste," he said.
Christmas citrus supplies set to be hit by Spanish floods
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Over Christmas the bakery chain donated 50p from every 'Festive Pig' sandwich sold to the Felix Project
M&S-backed food surplus app Cogz looks to rescue fruit & root veg
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Highway Robbery: Armored Car Company Sues Federal Law Enforcement and a California Sheriff After Series of Illegal Roadside Seizures
San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies and federal agents partner together to steal more than $1 million from legal cannabis businesses
Andrew Wimer · January 18, 2022
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RIVERSIDE, Calif.—Empyreal Logistics, an armored car and fintech company that operates nationwide, sued several federal law enforcement agencies and the San Bernardino County Sheriff after being the victim of roadside seizures which amount to highway robbery. The newly filed federal lawsuit demands law enforcement immediately stop targeting Empyreal for seizures that have no basis under state or federal law and violate Empyreal's constitutional rights. Empyreal is represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ), a public-interest law firm that defends people from civil forfeiture across the country.
"This is nothing but highway robbery using badges," said IJ Senior Attorney Dan Alban. "Empyreal is transporting proceeds from legal businesses to financial institutions. These seizures don't stop crime or improve public safety; they just enrich these agencies, which get to split the proceeds from civil forfeiture. These funds are only being seized because of that profit incentive. And that's not remotely legal or constitutional."
Empyreal is a fintech and armored car company operating in 28 states that provides cash logistics solutions. This includes secure delivery between legal businesses (such as state-licensed cannabis businesses) and financial institutions. Notably, Empyreal never transports cannabis products. Empyreal also serves a number of non-cannabis businesses, including financial institutions, restaurants and convenience stores.
On five separate occasions since May 2021, local law enforcement officers stopped Empyreal vehicles on highways. During three of these stops, officers seized the bank deposits the vehicles were transporting. Sheriffs' offices in California and Kansas then transferred the funds to federal law enforcement to take advantage of lax federal civil forfeiture practices. If successfully forfeited, up to 80% of the proceeds taken through the federal "equitable sharing" program would then return to local law enforcement to spend as it pleases.
Civil forfeiture allows law enforcement to take property without convicting, and often without even charging, anyone with a crime. No federal or state criminal charges have been filed against Empyreal, its employees or its clients. Unlike in a criminal proceeding, prosecutors do not need to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt to keep property forever.
"Empyreal is proud to provide a professional and secure solution for our customers to safely transport their deposits into the financial system, which increases transparency and makes communities safer by getting cash off the streets," said Empyreal CEO Deirdra O'Gorman. "Because both we and our clients operate completely within the law, we have never had problems until recently. To continue serving our clients, we have no choice but to stand up for our constitutional rights."
Just in the past eight weeks, Empyreal has had three vehicles stopped by San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies, two of which resulted in seizures of the legal proceeds they were transporting. In all three cases, Empyreal's driver was pulled over on a flimsy pretext that did not result in a ticket or arrest. Instead, deputies were focused on seizing cash deposits from cannabis dispensaries. Empyreal's clients in California are financial institutions that service legal, state-licensed businesses that are in good standing with regulators. The Sheriff has no authority under California law to seize the funds. Additionally, these forfeitures violate a federal prohibition on federal law enforcement from using any resources to target state-legal medical cannabis businesses. The seizures also violate Empyreal's Fourth Amendment rights and due process rights to the neutral administration of justice by police and prosecutors who are not financially motivated in their actions.
"What is happening to Empyreal potently illustrates why we call civil forfeiture 'policing for profit,'" said IJ Attorney Kirby Thomas West. "Law enforcement is trying to take more than a million dollars without charging anyone with a crime. That is absurd and deeply unconstitutional. It is yet another reason why lawmakers need to eliminate civil forfeiture altogether."
IJ is the leading defender of civil forfeiture victims, representing people in court, highlighting the many problems with civil forfeiture through strategic research, and advocating for the abolition of civil forfeiture in legislatures. In Los Angeles, IJ brought a class action lawsuit against the FBI over its raid of security deposit boxes. IJ also brought a class action lawsuit against the Drug Enforcement Administration and Transportation Security Administration over searches and seizures at airports. And most recently, IJ launched a class action lawsuit against Harris County's (Houston) civil forfeiture practices. Thanks in part to IJ's advocacy, this year Maine joined several other states that have ended civil forfeiture, leaving only the state's criminal forfeiture process.
Empyreal's local counsel in the case is David C. Bass of the Sacramento office of Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck LLP.
Andrew Wimer
awimer@ij.org
@andrewwimer
Armored Car Company Sues Federal Law Enforcement and a California Sheriff After Series of Illegal Roadside Seizures


The Hart–Rudman Commission ponders the ways in which the US can reconcile national security ends and means.
A high-profile panel chartered by Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen geared up to release another major report—a document that aims to lay the basis for a new American national security strategy in the early 21st century.
The so-called Hart–Rudman Commission moved in March to complete Phase 2 of a comprehensive, three-part national security review. Phase 2 focuses on formulating a strategy that matches ends and means, offering an overview of US interests and objectives. It proposes an attainable and supportable strategy for allocating resources and options for carrying out domestic and international security plans.
The panel's Phase 1 report, unveiled in September, gave a future-threat assessment; it asserted that the United States will become increasingly vulnerable to attacks by rogue states and terrorists wielding Weapons of Mass Destruction. The Phase 3 report, due out in March 2001, will make concrete proposals for revamping the nation's security organization.
The Hart–Rudman panel—named for its co-chairmen, former Sens. Gary Hart (D–Colo.) and Warren B. Rudman (R–N.H.)—was formed in 1998. It is supported by a study group of some 30 scholars, retired military officers, and former career intelligence and foreign service officials. The executive director of this group is retired Air Force Gen. Charles G. Boyd.
In January, the panel's commissioners met behind closed doors for two days in Arlington, Va., to consider what, in the end, would be included in the final Phase 2 report. Commissioners were given a set of working papers, prepared by Boyd's staff, listing major national objectives for the next 25 years and a host of issues to consider in forging a new national security strategy.
Already clear was the panel's fundamental conclusion: Washington cannot and must not try to go it alone but instead act in concert with like-minded nations on a range of issues. This view was evident in a draft of the Phase 2 report circulating in March. "Our basic goals—freedom, prosperity, and security—cannot be achieved by American efforts alone. Nor do the American people wish to carry such burdens alone. Our national strategy thus confronts the necessity—and the opportunity—to help build new patterns of international collaboration. ... We call our new strategy a 'Concert for Freedom.'"
¾ Highly capable and secure nu-clear forces (though there is considerable debate on their proper size and nature).
¾ Heavy and lethal conventional forces—like today's—that are constantly updated with modern technologies.
¾ Swift, lethal, high-technology intervention forces based on information advances and space-based support.
¾ Homeland security forces for handling national missile defense, counterterrorism, infrastructure protection, and border and airspace control.
¾ "Civil assistance" military forces specifically formed, equipped, and trained for peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and similar efforts.
Military space received unusually detailed attention. The working papers state that the United States must remain the premier space power in the coming decades.
The United States will remain dependent on space assets to conduct future smaller-scale contingency oper-ations effectively and affordably as well as to prosecute major wars. As a result, space assets will be prime targets for attacks from enemies.
Accordingly, commissioners looked at a range of strategies for space. First, they considered an option called "minimal militarization," which would promote international agreements curtailing the deployment of anti-space systems.
Another option, called "hedging," would develop but not deploy space weapons until a need arises for their use. This approach would depend on US abilities to monitor other nations' space activities, to give ample warning of an attempt to threaten US interests.
Accordingly, the United States must develop with its allies "an effective deterrence environment," say the staff papers.
The study group defines interests as "the most important factors or conditions that determine the fundamental well-being of [US] society." They tend to change slowly over time, the working papers state, and can be divided into three categories: survival, critical, and significant.
In their view, the most basic are survival interests, without which the "continuation of the United States in its present form would be in jeopardy." A threat to these interests may require a massive military response.
Critical interests are those which, if compromised, would greatly diminish the nation's ability to satisfy its survival interests.
The least vital type, significant interests, are further removed from activities that directly bear on survival. Threats to significant interests affect US ability to shape international events.
The papers say that survival interests included basic territorial integrity, economic health, and the physical security of the United States and its citizens. Others are sovereignty and integrity of the federal government, in accordance with the Constitution.
The papers present a list of interests which the commissioners were to rate as survival, critical, or significant. For example, the panel members were invited to consider the relative importance of preventing genocide and mass murder, allowing or preventing uncontrolled immigration across American borders, and preventing the emergence of a hostile hegemony in a critical region of the world.
The six objectives presented in the discussion papers were defined as the "operational expression of interests," to be carried out by national policies. In other words, they describe what a country has to do to secure its interests.
In the study group's view, the United States has powerful means to mitigate such efforts. "We have the leverage—instruments and advantages, both positive and negative—that can maximize other powers' incentives to maintain ties with us and, indeed, to [get on the] bandwagon with us rather than to balance against us," the working papers state.
Next, the primary objectives paper prompts the commissioners to consider adapting US alliances to deal with emerging threats and opportunities, as well as evolving political constraints.
The objectives paper indicates that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should remain the "main pillar" of US strategy in Europe and that present alliances in East Asia are critical to achieving US interests in the area. However, the United States will face mounting pressure at home and abroad to enforce burden sharing and alter the ways it carries out military commitments.
The fourth and fifth primary objectives are more traditional for a panel on national security issues. The fourth states the United States should work patiently to "expand the zone of democratic peace," with special emphasis placed on "large, strategically situated, and culturally central countries such as Russia, Ukraine, China, Nigeria, Kenya, Congo, Indonesia, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan." The fifth objective: The United States should curb Weapons of Mass Destruction proliferation "through innovations in American diplomacy, military capability, and intelligence capacities." The threat posed by WMD use against the United States and its allies will only grow in time, and the nation must be prepared to prevent, deter, or pre-empt their use, the objectives paper adds.
The last objective presented to commissioners calls for new ways "to manage the disintegrative political tendencies" on display in areas of what used to be the Soviet empire. Moreover, collapsing governments and ethnic violence throughout the globe threaten key US interests.
The March draft report, however presented a slightly different collection of five principles: ensure US domestic health and international leadership; ensure the integration of Russia, China, and India into the international system; build cooperative global economic, environmental, health, and legal systems; adapt existing regional alliances and friendships to new global realities; and help create new means to deal with the disintegrative tendencies around the world.
They encouraged commissioners to examine strategies for dealing with transnational threats, economic strategy, and energy security strategies, as well as strategies for Greater Europe, East Asia, the Greater Near East, Russia, the future US military, homeland defense, and space.
As other national security studies have pointed out, the United States will face increasing transnational threats from rogue states and terrorists and those who foment ethnic conflict. Moreover, those threats are exacerbated by vulnerabilities to information warfare and the possible use of Weapons of Mass Destruction. "Also likely is a profusion of other kinds of transnational problems such as global criminal activities, drug trafficking, humanitarian disasters, and environmental dangers," the working papers state.
At the same time, there is likely to be a continuing debate on the efficacy of a wide range of multilateral approaches and on whether the United States should gravitate toward unilateral responses to emerging threats. Furthermore, policy-makers are less apt to rely on the United Nations to address transnational threats. "The United Nations seems not to have the legitimacy or military wherewithal to manage large and complex peace-enforcement missions in dangerous environments," the papers state.
Unilateral action, however, is risky, and the study group leans toward concluding that the United States should take that option only as a last resort. The working papers prodded commissioners to consider whether developments in international law could provide a firm basis for multilateral action, a move that would raise questions about the erosion of US sovereignty.
"Our traditional faith in the development of international law and institutions needs to be balanced against the principle of sovereign decision so long as the nation-state—particularly the American nation-state—remains the unit of democratic accountability," the working papers say.
Reassertive multilateralism would accelerate US efforts to enhance or build institutions for international cooperation. For example, the strategy would reinforce the UN's role in conducting peacekeeping missions, embrace international law as a means of curbing human rights abuses, and strengthen arms control regimes. "Treaties, conventions, and international bodies with the powers of arbitration would be a principal vehicle for carrying out American policy and satisfying US grievances," state the working papers.
Multilateralism with reservations would not involve a major change in strategic direction, the papers state. It would mean backing existing commitments for international cooperation but remaining cautious about sacrificing sovereignty.
The final option calls for pulling away from multilateralism, opposing extensions of international law or expanding UN authority. It would encourage forming limited alliances with other nations without placing any major restraints on the United States.
Economic strategy will play a greater role in shaping US national security strategy during the next 25 years, as global economic integration, or globalization, accelerates. In addition, economic competition will have a "higher profile" during that time frame than the kind of military competitions that defined earlier times, the working papers state.
Moreover, the US government will have to promote a robust domestic economy to remain a global power. A possible recommendation is "top-to-bottom" education reforms to main-tain the country's competitive edge in science and technology.
Most of the work of the commissioners in this area will focus on addressing issues related to globalization. For example, they could declare their view as to whether it is best to maximize the country's ability to act unilaterally when it comes to trade and monetary policy, even though such an approach might retard US growth in the long term by slowing down globalization.
Commissioners could recommend a managed approach to promoting global economic integration or an aggressive one.
The managed, or incremental, approach "might produce maximal US control and decision-making independence over the issues that will matter most to us in the next 25 years," although it would limit unilateral economic policy actions.
The working papers also look at energy security strategies for the coming decades, with a special emphasis placed on US policy in the Persian Gulf region. Specifically, commissioners were asked to consider the importance of maintaining access to Persian Gulf oil even if the use of force is required.
The papers suggest that US presence in the region may not prove worthwhile if it invites a dramatic rise in terrorist activities against US forces, leading to a withdrawal. A withdrawal may also be in order, given a regime change in Iraq or dramatically improved US–Iranian relations.
The commission could recommend forming an "international military coalition under the aegis of the UN or a separate military entity" to share the burden of securing the oil supply.
During the January meetings, commissioners engaged in discussions of various regional security strategies. The working papers outline three approaches for northeast Asia, which will be the home of two of the four largest economies—Japan and China—by 2025.
China is likely to become the dominant economic and military power in the region, the papers state, while Japan may boost its defense capabilities and seek a more active role in foreign affairs.
The panel also examined possible strategies for dealing with Russia, which faces its own uncertain political future.
Capital flight, the absence of the rule of law, and the subsidization of unproductive businesses have caused Russia's economy to falter. Progress toward democratization seems to have been stopped and nationalism has crept into its foreign policy.
Commissioners were presented with three options: isolate and weaken Russia if political and economic reforms there fail and totalitarianism returns; build a partnership with Russia, which could involve further US financial support for the country; and treat Russia as a competing major power and use diplomacy, trade policy, and arms control measures to balance US–Russian relations.
The US Commission on National Security/21st Century is chaired by former Sens. Gary Hart (D–Colo.) and Warren B. Rudman (R–N.H.) and boasts a bipartisan senior advisory board that was chosen to draw from a wide range of military, foreign affairs, economic, and academic expertise. Its work is expected to examine all aspects of US policy that can play a role in defending the nation from future threats.
Anne Armstrong, former counselor to the President, Nixon and Ford Administrations, and former US ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Norman R. Augustine, former chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin.
Former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker (R–Kan.).
John Dancy, former NBC News White House, Congressional, and diplomatic correspondent.
Retired Army Gen. John R. Galvin, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe and is now dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Leslie H. Gelb, president of Council on Foreign Relations.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R–Ga.), who first proposed starting up the panel.
Former Rep. Lee H. Hamilton (D–Ind.), director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Lionel H. Olmer, former undersecretary of commerce for international trade.
Donald B. Rice, former Secretary of the Air Force.
James R. Schlesinger, former defense secretary, energy secretary, and director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Retired Adm. Harry D. Train II, former commander in chief, US Atlantic Command.
Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta and US ambassador to the United Nations.
Keith J. Costa is a reporter for "Inside the Pentagon," a Washington–based defense newsletter. This is his first article for Air Force Magazine.


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Get International Student Loan to Study in US or Canada, No Collateral or Cosigner needed
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Emmanuel Onalo Jan 19, 2023
All you need to know about studying abroad
Studying abroad is one of the best yet daunting experiences for students of all ages. If you ask any student who has studied in another country, it is more than likely that he will answer that the experience was unforgettable, that in some way, that stage changed his life.
In this article, the following points will be thoroughly discussed;
What does studying abroad entail
Factors to consider if you want to study abroad
How to study abroad for free
Cheapest countries to study abroad
How to source for scholarships abroad
Let's begin;
Before going to study abroad, you will have to complete a series of procedures. These procedures depend on your age, the type of study, and even the duration of your study program.
The best place to go to inform you of all the legal procedures is the embassy of your destination country. Many countries and universities have an Information Agency or Office for Foreign or International Students, where you can also find a lot of information about the procedures to be carried out.
It is also essential that you have the following legal documents;
Work Permit; Incase you want to combine your educational experience with a job abroad
10 Factors to consider if you want to study abroad
For instance, if you are a Nigerian wishing to study in a French-speaking country, let's say France, it is expected that you will have language difficulties, as French is not your first language.
So, you have to start building your foreign language skills, even before you travel.
You could also take foreign language courses in your destination country, so that you can learn the language faster, and communicate with your fellow students, tutors, and the local community effectively.
The cost of studying abroad can vary significantly from one school to another, so you will have to consider their tuition fees and other expenses before applying.
You could seek scholarships and grant opportunities to help mitigate the cost of studying and living abroad. It's vital that you have a reliable source of funding
Type of Program/ Course of study:
You also have to consider if your destination institution offers your kind of program; it could be Bachelor's, Master's, or even Doctorate program. That said, you will also have to enquire if your destination institution offers your desired course of study.
Duration of study
Study abroad programs are generally classified into one of three categories: short term, semi-annual, and a full year.
You should explore programs that will allow you to finish school and obtain your degree within a reasonable time frame, especially if you will be studying with the aid of a scholarship.
If you want to study abroad, you will have to decide if you are going to live with a host family or in a dormitory.
Most educational institutions around the world offer accommodation to international students, particularly during their first year of study. Nevertheless, you could also apply at the embassy, to stay with a host family until you 'find your feet' in that country.
Food may seem trivial, but you will have to ask yourself if you can get by with the local cuisines of your destination country. Since you might be unfamiliar with their delicacies, it may seem hard to adapt at first, but it gets easier with time.
Health:
You'll need to be certified healthy before you can undertake any study program abroad. You could also contact your health insurance company so that you can find out what you'll need to stay healthy overseas.
Conditions of the Destination Country
By conditions, I mean the geography, climate, political status, and academic reputation of your destination country.
Every country has a unique experience for students. So, it would be best if you chose your destination wisely.
Since you will be leaving your home and all other comforts that you have known, it's best you learn how to adapt to this situation quickly. Making new friends and socializing will certainly help you adjust and become independent quickly.
Get your Paperwork in order:
To ensure that your study duration is seamless, it's best you get all your passport early before your program commences. Also, ensure that your visa will last you well beyond your semesters abroad.
You could study abroad for free by;
Choosing a country known for it's free-education policies
Choosing a course that is free to study abroad
Applying for scholarships and grants
The following countries offer free education for international students;
How to Source for Scholarships to Study Abroad
The primary way of sourcing for abroad scholarships is to research extensively about them.
Scholarships such as the Chevening Scholarship, Ashinaga Scholarship, and even the DAAD Scholarship to study in Germany, are available for Africans to apply.
So, do your research, ensure you will all the criteria, then apply.
Studying abroad equips you with vast amounts of skills and knowledge. It also guarantees employment after school.
Rest assured that studying abroad becomes easy when you ease into it.
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Karina Pasian He has shown that his talent has no limits. Last Saturday, in the final phase of The voice from Spain, he performed "Bagdad" by Rosalía and shocked the entire audience. The couches also couldn't believe what they were seeing and Pablo Alboran He even assured that he was on the verge of a heart attack.
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Zarina. Home Is a Foreign Place. 1999. Portfolio of 36 woodcuts and letterpress, mounted on paper. Publisher: the artist, New York. Printer: the artist, New York. Edition: 25. The Museum of Modern Art.
My exposure to architecture can be partially summarized in this way: 1) As a child, my dad, who was once an architect, guided me through drafts of his blueprints; 2) In school, I took a few art history classes that focused on architecture, from the cathedrals of the medieval period to the designs by Frank Lloyd Wright, all of which included copious slides of floor plans; and 3) I live in New York City, where trying to avoid charming Manhattan brownstones, landmark monuments, and skyscrapers-in-development is just downright impossible. But I never considered how any of these experiences relate to my perception of my everyday surroundings until this past summer, when I was reminded of Zarina's Home Is a Foreign Place (1999) while exploring MoMA's recent exhibition Mind and Matter: Alternative Abstractions, 1940s to Now. Born in Aligarh, India, Zarina earned a degree in mathematics before moving to New York in 1975. She had always imagined returning to India, but over the course of some forty years, her family had settled in various parts of the world.
Zarina. Afternoon, from Home Is a Foreign Place. 1999.
Below each print is a corresponding single-word inscription in Urdu, which represents another element of Zarina's memory and references the artist's notion that home can be described as a foreign concept. Language is central to the artist's work, and in this series the Urdu text pays homage to a place she has left several decades ago.
Zarina. Home, from Home Is a Foreign Place. 1999.
My attraction to Zarina's portfolio comes from a deep appreciation for the minimalist sensibility she uses to communicate her personal attachment to and memory of a place. In Home, bold, definitive lines depict the space where she once lived. The image is immediately recognizable as a floor plan, with a clear entryway and path; you can nearly imagine yourself inhabiting or moving through the space. Her abstract representations of this particular period of her life powerfully evokes a time that has come and gone, but also heightens my own awareness of the places I've been.
For further insight, listen to the artist as she shares her impressions of the work on MoMA's website.


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When You Find Yourself in a State of Flow You Are on to Something Big
When you are doing something you like or love, time seems to fly by. They call it the State of Flow.
And whenever you find yourself in a State of Flow, think long and hard about what you are/were doing while in that State of Flow.
Because that State of Flow activity is very likely the thing you should be doing to make a living.
The State of Flow is triggered when you are doing something you love. And when you are doing something you love, to earn your income, you never have to "work" another day in your life.
That is something Richard Branson told me. We both spoke at the Titan Summit back in 2014.
I had to follow Richard Branson's speech.
Afterwards, me and the other speakers were given the opportunity to hang out with Branson for a little while.
I told Branson that I read he was a workaholic. And I asked him if he thought he was a workaholic.
He then turned the tables on me by asking me if I loved what I did for a living. I told him I love to write and speak.
He asked me if that was "work" to me. I told him that I always felt guilty about devoting so much time to writing and speaking. It felt like I wasn't really working, because I enjoyed it so much.
Branson then said, "Bingo!" and asked me this question: "If I told you I played 14 hours a day, would you think I was a hard worker or lazy?"
I told him, I would think he was lazy.
Branson then smiled at me and said that that is how he felt every day. Like he was playing and not working. He said he loved what he did so much, he did it for 14 hours every day.
"In the process, I became a billionaire," Branson said


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Trade Update – December 7, 2021
TRADE UPDATE
By Michael Anderson, Vice President of Trade and Industry Affairs
USMCA: Mexico is weighing all legal actions, including retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products in response to proposed U.S. electric vehicle (EV) tax credits which Mexico considers "discriminatory" and if passed by Congress, a violation of USMCA.
U.S. – China: Two House Members introduced legislation that mirrors an earlier Senate bill to counter China's "most egregious" trade practices by "modernizing" U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty laws. The legislation is intended to mitigate "country hopping" and address China's unfair subsidies in other countries, not addressed in existing U.S. trade remedy laws.
CPTPP: The Biden administration is forging ahead with ambitions to establish an Indo-Pacific framework by early 2022, rather than re-engage in the Comprehensive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), though details on the framework remain scant. Meanwhile, Thailand joined a growing list of countries with ambitions to join the CPTPP, noting that CPTPP talks are in the "best interest of the Thai people."
WTO : Rescheduling of the WTO 12th Ministerial remains in limbo as many members demurred on a proposal for March of 2022, expressing preference to reassess the global pandemic and other factors in the new year after the holidays.
"Let us aim to finish pandemic response and fisheries … And let us agree that ministers should be able to finalise them without physical presence." "Seven billion people are waiting for us on TRIPS and pandemic response. And 260 million people are waiting for us on fisheries subsidies."
— WTO Director-General Ngozi Kokonjo-Iweala pressing WTO leaders for progress on negotiations amidst cancelation of the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference
China Trade
Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Bill Johnson (R-OH) introduced legislation that mirrors an earlier Senate bill to counter China's "most egregious" trade practices by reforming U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing duty (CVD) laws. The legislation would "modernize" anti-dumping and countervailing duty protections to "prevent China's circumvention of U.S. laws and penalize repeat offenders by expediting successive investigations to stop country hopping and duty evasion," Sewell said during a Ways & Means trade subcommittee hearing on China's "unfair" trade practices. The legislation dubbed, "The Level the Playing Field Act 2.0" would give Commerce the authority to apply CVD law to subsidies provided by a government to a company operating in a different country" in an effort to address Chinese Belt and Road Initiative subsidies. "These are common-sense bipartisan solutions to protect American workers and get tough on China's anti-market practices," Sewell added. The legislation follows on the heels of Ambassador Tai's statement for that the Congress and administration must consider "new tools" to address China's systematic unfair market and trade behavior disadvantaging U.S. workers and industries.
The bill's co-sponsor Rep. Johnson said, "For far too long, China and its communist regime have taken deliberate steps to hurt American workers and the American economy by dumping steel, aluminum, and other products on the global markets with no repercussions. That must end." The bill mirrors earlier drafted legislation by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to address China's pernicious trade practices to skirt U.S. trade laws, particularly in the areas of steel overcapacity and production. Senator Brown, in a joint statement announcing the legislation noted "For too long, trade cheats have shuttered plants across our state, put Ohioans out of work, and distorted global markets." "This bipartisan legislation will strengthen our trade remedy laws, make clear the U.S has the tools to fight back against these harmful practices and will help keep Ohio workers on the job."
With less than a month until implementation of China's new food regulations (e.g. Decrees 248 and 249) on January 1, 2022, USDA published updates on the scope of products (e.g. HS codes) and other clarifications on the Decrees. More details in the USDA report, "China: Decree 248 HS Codes Published in GACC Single Window." U.S. industry stakeholders have expressed frustration regarding the short implementation time frame and lack of necessary details in conjunction with the new import guidelines. China's Degree 248 mandates that all overseas food manufacturers, processors, and storage facilities be registered with the Chinese authorities to export product to China." Multiple countries, including Australia, Canada, the European Union and Switzerland, expressed their concerns with Decree 248 and 249, requiring sweeping new registration, inspection and labeling requirements food imports. Several of these countries and the U.S. have requested that China delay the food-import measures for "at least 18 months. China has not responded to the extension request at this writing.
Phase One Agreement
U.S. agricultural exports under the Phase One agreement to China totaled $24.7 billion in October. This compares to a needed pace of $29.3 billion in agriculture exports for the year 2 goal to be reached. Cumulative agriculture Phase One product exports to China in the 10 months of 2021 presently are 16% below the pace estimated to meet 2021 purchase commitments under the deal, according to analysis from the Farm Bureau. In a year-over-year comparison, China has closed the gap from a 28% lag in October 2020 to 16% presently.
USMCA
Tatiana Clouthier, Mexican Economy Minister
Mexico is weighing retaliatory tariffs or other legal actions in response to proposed U.S. electric vehicle (EV) tax credits which Mexico considers "discriminatory." Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier said, "In the past we have imposed tariffs and we would have to do or propose something very important and strategic for those products, in those places where it hurts them … so that the consequences can be felt," Clouthier said in a news conference. Clouthier said this was "not a desirable" course of action yet emphasized that Mexico would do everything in its power to safeguard its automotive industry, which directly employs around one million people. She noted in prepared press remarks that, "Additionally, we believe that this tax credit proposal would reduce the competitiveness of the North American automotive sector compared to other regions of the world and would go in the opposite direction to the efforts we have been making with the United States government …to strengthen regional [supply] chains…". Clouthier, in previous comments characterized the proposed legislation as "totally contrary to free trade," and noted that such protectionist policies would backfire, including igniting further immigration.
Canada has also expressed serious concerns that the EV incentives could violate the USMCA. Canada's Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, Mary Ng, noted that aspects of the EV tax credits under consideration are "inconsistent" with USMCA and "would undermine decades of United States-Canada cooperation to foster a mutually beneficial integrated automotive production and supply chain." Other trade partners, namely the EU, Japan, and South Korea have voiced concerns with the proposed EV credit scheme. Ambassadors from the European Union and many of its member states as well as South Korea, Japan and others in a letter warned Senate and House leadership that the proposed credits would be "detrimental to international automakers and vehicle importers." "This legislation, if implemented, would violate international trade rules, disadvantage hard-working Americans employed by these automakers, and undermine the efforts of these automakers to expand the U.S. EV consumer market to achieve the Administration's climate goals," the ambassadors wrote.
As part of the Build Back Better Act, the Congress is considering a new $12,500 tax credit that would include $4,500 for union-made U.S. electric vehicles. Under a House proposal a $12,500 credit after 2027 would apply only to U.S. built vehicles. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill as early as the week of Dec. 13, according to The Hill.
The OECD reported that G20 merchandise trade growth slowed significantly in the third quarter of 2021, although at record high levels due in part to strong commodity prices. Surging shipping costs and a recovery in travel spurred faster growth in trade in services, with exports for the G20 nearing 2019 levels. In Q3 2021 trade in goods for the G20 stabilized at a record high, following four quarters of sustained growth. G20 merchandise exports and imports increased by 0.9% and 0.4% in Q3 2021 compared with the previous quarter. This represents a marked slowdown compared to the first half of the year, when rising commodity prices boosted the value of traded goods. Sustained demand for electronics and high energy prices continued to play a role in Q3 2021, while overstretched semiconductor supply-chains weighed on trade in vehicles and parts.
Section 232 Investigations
Turkish producers and American importers of Turkish steel are challenging a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concerning the implementation and legality of Trump era Section 232 steel tariffs on Turkey. On March 8, 2018, the Trump Administration issued a 25 percent steel tariff on all countries except Canada and Mexico under Proclamation 9705, followed by an increase to 50 percent specifically for Turkey on August 10, 2018, under Proclamation 9772. Turkish producers and American importers argued against this increase to 50 percent under Proclamation 9772, and U.S. Court of International Trade agreed with the plaintiffs, saying time limits in Section 232 limited the president's power to increase the tariff from 25 percent to 50 percent. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the decision, ruling the 50 percent tariff was part of an ongoing plan that did not require new investigations. The Turkish producers and American importers hope that utilizing earlier Supreme Court rulings on Section 232 will show that it does not grant those powers to the executive due to restrictions built into Section 232. If the Supreme Court does not reverse the Federal Circuit ruling, the challengers will have to pay $54 million in unpaid duties.
According to U.K. trade minister Ms. Mordant, the rumors circulating that the U.S. is linking the elimination of steel and aluminum tariffs on Brexit and Northern Ireland resolutions is baseless and a false narrative. Earlier the Financial Times reported that issues surrounding the Irish Border and post-Brexit U.K.-EU relations were threatening talks to eliminate the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs, something the U.S. has already done for tariffs against the EU. Ms. Mordant said the Financial Times report "might be true in terms of how some people in the US feel, but it is a false narrative. These are two entirely separate issues." International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan will hold talks with her American counterparts this week to discuss trade issues that involve the steel and aluminum tariffs, among other topics.
As noted earlier, the U.S. has begun consultations with Japan to resolve the Section 232 dispute steel and aluminum tariff dispute. Both countries also aim to "address global steel and aluminum excess capacity, take effective measures to ensure the long-term viability of our steel and aluminum industries, and find solutions to strengthen our democratic alliance," according a Japanese official.
Separately the Commerce Department reported that, "The United States and the United Kingdom are also consulting closely on bilateral and multilateral issues related to steel and aluminum, with a focus on the impacts of overcapacity on the global steel and aluminum markets; the need for like-minded countries to take collective action to address the root causes of the problem; and the climate impacts of the sectors," the Commerce Department said in a statement.
In addition to increased trade opportunities between India and the U.S. following the first U.S.-India Trade Policy Forum, the two countries have also come to an agreement on digital service taxes. The U.S. will agree to suspend its final outstanding Section 301 investigation into digital service taxes, which follows the suspension of investigations on five European countries as well as Turkey. India will agree to eliminate their digital service taxes, though unlike the other agreements the transition period given to India is longer. The transition period will begin April 1, 2022, and end March 31, 2024, compared to the other agreements where the transition period will begin January 1, 2023, and end December 31, 2023.
Continuing to resist the chorus of calls from U.S. industry and several members of Congress, along with foreign leaders, to join CPTPP, the Biden administration announced it will rather forge an "Indo-Pacific economic framework" focusing on the digital economy, supply chains and climate change, among other areas. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo characterized the framework as a "coalition of democracies" that she says the U.S. plans to formally launch in early 2022. The U.S. "wants to and will play a much greater role in the economies of the entire Indo-Pacific region," Raimondo said. During her first visit to the region, Raimondo said the administration envisions an economic framework that "could be even more robust in some ways than the traditional free trade agreement because it will allow us to discuss principles and look at issues that are so relevant now as we build back after the pandemic." She noted such a framework could focus on semiconductors, the digital economy and clean energy, but also allow countries to solve broader challenges, such as global supply chains.
Both Secretary Raimondo and Ambassador Katherine Tai, in recent trips to Asia, raised the concept of an Indo-Pacific framework with government leaders in Japan, South Korea, and others. Raimondo rejected the notion that U.S. would consider joining CPTPP, highlighting the Biden administration is looking forward and not interested in joining the agreement as it "was conceived in 2016."
Details regarding the structure of an Indo-Pacific framework remains a significant question for stakeholders and observers. Raimondo has characterized the framework as a series of partnerships that would function like a coalition of democracies. Yet in the absence of further details several sources questioned whether a non-traditional trade pact could serve as a real alternative to a more comprehensive free trade agreement backed by many U.S. lawmakers and industry groups.
Regarding the Indo-Pacific agreement announced by the Biden administration, former Senate Finance Committee Chair, Senator Chuck Grassley, said he's open to such an endeavor as an alternative to joining CPTPP. Speaking to reporters, Grassley said, the Indo-Pacific framework "sounds like something we should be doing, particularly if it's ganging up on China," emphasizing that TPP, the predecessor to CPTPP was designed to curb China's global influence.
Separately, a bipartisan bill in the House could serve as a "blueprint" for Congress and the Biden administration to enhance trade leadership in the Indo-Pacific region. The legislation calls for swift renewal of Trade Promotion Authority and negotiations to improve and potentially join the CPTPP. Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Carol Miller (R-WV) say their "U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific and China Act" (H.R. 6114) also would direct the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to submit a report to Congress on its long-term trade plan for China and to share documents on its evolving Indo-Pacific strategy. The U.S. Trade Leadership in the Indo-Pacific and China Act would direct the administration to "consider the merits of negotiating entry" into CPTPP "with improved standards" or a "similar plurilateral agreement," as well as other high-standard bilateral trade deals. The proposed legislation further outlines priority areas for future U.S. trade talks in the Asia-Pacific region: the free flow of commerce; enhanced market access; the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers; intellectual property rights; workers' rights; the environment; digital trade; and state-owned enterprises.
Rachada Dhnadirek, Thailand's Deputy Government Spokesperson
Thailand joined a growing list of countries with ambitions to join the Comprehensive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Rachada Dhnadirek, Thailand's Deputy Government Spokeswoman indicated that Thailand's leadership considers pursuing efforts to join CPTPP is "in the best interest of Thai people," according to Reuters. She added that Thailand's government compiled public opinions and recommendations from its National Assembly and would "prepare counter measures" for those who would be affected by CPTPP membership. Dhnadirek noted that CPTPP "had both benefits and negative aspects that required careful consideration," and that "some terms could be negotiated before joining." "The plan will definitely be proposed to the cabinet to get Thailand to join the negotiations," Dhnadirek said.
In recent months, the U.K., China, Taiwan, and South Korea expressed interest or formally notified their intent to join the CPTPP adding to pressure for the U.S. to reconsider its withdrawal from the then TPP under President Trump in 2017. Singapore recently urged the Biden administration to pursue CPTPP membership or at a minimum ensure that the U.S. plans to forge an "Indo-Pacific economic framework" t be an "equally substantial alternative" to CPTPP. "The U.S. cannot afford to be absent from the region's evolving economic architecture," Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said according to the report. "It is just as, if not more, important for the U.S. to be economically engaged," he added. "If not through the CPTPP, then it must have an equally substantial alternative." Heng expressed concern that substantially greater U.S. engagement in the region is required to achieve such a framework, activities the U.S. has only recently undertaken.
U.S. – EU
According to EU trade chief and Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU has experienced a "breakthrough year" with the U.S. He points to the suspensions on a number of trade disputes such as aircraft subsidies and steel and aluminum tariffs, as well as increased cooperation in enhancing digital trade and technological growth and in combating non-market economies. While some trade irritants remain, such as the Biden Administration's "Buy American" agenda to push federal agencies to buy from U.S. suppliers, Dombrovskis said "There are clearly things to watch, but what I can say is that we are now engaging constructively so I am confident we are able to address any issues or concerns that are coming." The EU will continue discussions with U.S. counterparts, such as through European Commissioner Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager coming to the U.S. this week, as well as Dombrovskis planning a visit in half a year to take stock and decide next steps on trade.
U.S. – U.K. Trade
Last week USDA today confirmed it has amended import regulations, known as the "small ruminant rule," to allow increased imports of lamb from the U.K. starting January 3, 2022. The rule change follows on meetings between U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Biden to reduce certain barriers to trade in agriculture products between the two countries. The U.K. government estimates the change could be worth some £37 million in the first five years of trade. U.K. International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan, praised the announcement, saying the "fantastic news brings U.K. farmers a step closer to putting their first-class lamb on American menus for the first time in more than 20 years." She continued, "The U.K. exported £436.4 million worth of lamb to the world last year and over £29 million worth of meat to the U.S. We want those numbers to grow and this win will help achieve that."
USTR remains silent on potential timing and scope of resurrecting bilateral trade talks with the U.K., which were commenced under the previous administration. Ambassador Tai stated earlier in the year that USTR was reviewing progress of the five rounds of negotiations under the Trump administration and discerning how to realign the talks with President Biden's trade agenda focused on an inclusive, worker-centered trade policy.
Earlier, four leading members of the U.S. House of Representatives released a statement calling on the U.K. to end its threats to suspend the Northern Ireland Protocol of the EU Withdrawal Agreement. The statement, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory Meeks, discusses the positives of the Northern Ireland Protocol, and the potential ramifications if abandoned. It states that "The Northern Ireland Protocol was a significant achievement during the volatile Brexit process, and its full implementation is critical for ensuring Brexit doesn't undermine decades of progress toward peace on the island of Ireland." Later, it is stated that "In threatening to invoke Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the United Kingdom threatens to not only destabilize trade relations, but also that hard earned peace."
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO Director-General
Several WTO ministers are still assessing the best opportunity for rescheduling the 12th Ministerial (MC12) in 2022, though a group of countries have suggested early March of 2022. Stemming from a recent heads-of-delegation meeting, the majority of participants expressed a preference to reassess the global pandemic and other factors in the new year after the holidays. Trade ministers of Kazakhstan, Uganda, Australia and Barbados proposed holding the postponed 12th ministerial conference in the first week of March 2022, "if conditions allow." Despite the uncertainty of rescheduling MC12, Members agreed to push forward on outcomes for several key priorities, including a proposed IP waiver, harmful fishery subsidies, and agriculture negotiations. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala implored members to press forward stating, "Let us aim to finish pandemic response and fisheries by end February. And let us agree that ministers should be able to finalise them without physical presence," she said. "Seven billion people are waiting for us on TRIPS and pandemic response. And 260 million people are waiting for us on fisheries subsidies." She encouraged members to work toward clean texts that could be finalized – or, ideally, merely approved – by ministers remotely if need be.
As reported earlier, MC12 was postponed due to restrictions on travelers from Africa following the discovery of the fast-spreading omicron coronavirus variant. WTO Director-General Okonjo-Iweala at the time tweeted, "Regret the difficult decision to postpone the @WTO 12th Ministerial Conference due to the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. Disappointing as that is, the health of our members & staff comes first! Equity in treatment of all members is paramount! Regardless, negotiations continue!" The WTO' first Ministerial in over four years was scheduled for Nov. 30 – Dec. 3 in Geneva, Switzerland with limited in-person attendance.
Despite the postponement members "pledged to continue working to narrow their differences on key topics like the WTO's response to the pandemic and the negotiations to draft rules slashing harmful fisheries subsidies." According to WTO officials the chairs of ongoing negotiations at the time said they would continue with meetings planned for the weekend. However, the postponement raises practical questions regarding the momentum and pressure to achieve compromises and resolves differences on agriculture negotiations, harmful fishing subsidies, and talks on a proposed waiver of some elements of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) or COVID-19-related products, major agenda items for MC12. In the case of agriculture negotiations, for example, a sharp divide remains on the special and differential treatment. domestic support, market access and transparency, the core issues of the Cairns Group, U.S. and EU on the one side, and supporters of a permanent solution for public stock holding programs, the special and safeguard mechanism for developing countries and demands for addressing the historical asymmetries on the domestic support, on the other.
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Miočinovići falu Horvátországban, Sziszek-Monoszló megyében. Közigazgatásilag Petrinyához tartozik. Csak 1948 óta számít önálló településnek.

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Sziszek városától légvonalban 25, közúton 39 km-re, községközpontjától légvonalban 19, közúton 24 km-re délre a Báni végvidék középső részén, a Zrinyi-hegység északi völgyében, Mačkovo Selotól délre, a Petrinjčica-patak mentén  fekszik.

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Valószínűleg a 18. században keletkezett a szomszédos Mačkovo Selo részeként. Nevét lakóiról a Miočinović családról kapta. Területe Zágráb vármegye Petrinyai járásának része volt. 1890-ben 194, 1900-ban 233 lakosa volt. A 20. század első éveiben a kilátástalan gazdasági helyzet miatt sokan vándoroltak ki a tengerentúlra. 1918-ban az új szerb-horvát-szlovén állam, majd később Jugoszlávia része lett. A II. világháború idején a Független Horvát Állam része volt, de lakossága fellázadt a fasiszta hatalom ellen. Sokan csatlakoztak a partizán egységekhez. A háború után a béke időszaka köszöntött a településre. Enyhült a szegénység és sok ember talált munkát a közeli városokban. A délszláv háború előestéjén lakosságának 96%-a szerb nemzetiségű volt. A falu 1991. június 25-én a független Horvátország része lett, de szerb lakossága a Krajinai Szerb Köztársasághoz csatlakozott. A falut 1995. augusztus 6-án a Vihar hadművelettel foglalta vissza a horvát hadsereg. A szerb lakosság többsége elmenekült. 2011-ben 43 lakosa volt.

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(1890-ben és 1900-ban településrészként. 1910 és 1931 között az adatait a szomszédos Mačkovo Selohoz számították.)

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Petrinya község hivatalos oldala
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SC News Roundup: USC Research Economists Forecast Tariffs Can Block Growth in 2019
In 2019 Forecast, USC Research Economists Warn Tariffs Can Block Growth
Rising interest rates and tariffs threaten an "economic tug-of-war" for a South Carolina economy that otherwise has a robust outlook with rising jobs, income and consumer spending along with lower gas prices, according to a forecast by USC research economist Joseph Von Nessen and USC research director Doug Woodward. "South Carolina's economy remains strong. But we are in a more volatile market environment than we were last year at this time," said Von Nessen, who predicts the state can add 6,000 jobs a year as tariffs are reduced or eliminated. The pair also sees the state's jobless rate further declining from 3.3% to 3.1%. However, the state's exports dropped in 2018 for the first time in connection to worries of how tariffs will impact SC automakers. The USC conference also addressed how to bring economic expansion to rural parts of the state affected by higher unemployment and job losses with a discussion on the "Opportunity Zones" initiative driven by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-Charleston, included in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act to bring long-term private investment to economically disadvantaged regions.
Sumter's Smith Replaces Anderson's White as House Ways and Means Committee Chair
State Rep. Murrell Smith was elected to the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee after S.C. House Speaker Jay Lucas, R-Darlington, reassigned Brian White, R-Anderson, to the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee. "The speaker told me that the (House) Republican Caucus was not happy with my leadership of the committee, and that he wanted to make a change to a chairman who would carry out the caucus agenda," said White, who who has been at that post since 2011. The 25-member House Ways and Means Committee annally writes the first draft of the state's $8 billion budget. The 2019 legislative session begins in January.
Chinese Fiberglass Manufacturer Requests Tariff Exclusion to Import Machines for New Richland County Plant
Nine pieces of equipment costing more than $11 million that are required to be imported from China for the soon-to-open $400 million fiberglass manufacturing plant being built at the Pineview Industrial Park should not be subjected to a 25% ad valorem duty ordered by the White House, according to an exclusion request written by the company's Washington D.C.-based law firm to the U.S. Trade Representative. The request is that the machine be considered "one-off" buys. "This is a somewhat unique situation," Jushi attorney Kenneth Nunnenkamp told The State, "in that they are not looking to import large qualities (of materials) on an ongoing basis, but just need these nine items to build a factory." The 800,000 square foot China Jushi USA plant will be the first in the United States for the world's largest fiberglass manufacturer. Jushi officials are hiring 400 workers for the Richland County plant, which expects its initial 80,000-ton production line to begin production at the start of 2019, and the construction of a planned identical second plant would also require 400 workers. However, the tariffs would have "a crippling effect on Jushi's ability to build and operate its production lines," as the unwanted costs could reduce the company's hiring decisions and maybe kill the chances of building the second plant, according to the exclusion request, which also noted, "In an ironic twist, if the Jushi production lines are not built (or during any period of delay), the net result will be continued imports of these fiberglass products from China."
Legislators Receive 'Roadmap' for Tax Reform SC Business Community
The SC Chamber of Commerce unveiled a report it commissioned, "South Carolina: A Roadmap for Reform," for legislators who are pursuing ideas for state tax reform. Written by the Washington-based Tax Foundation, the report contains four levels of "tax neutral" reform options. The "boldest" option calls for erasing corporate income taxes and licensing fees and scaling back the state sales tax to 5.25% by adding sales taxes items previously untaxed, such as banking fees, funeral expenses, gasoline, lawyer fees and water bills. The Tax Foundation notes that South Carolina is "by no means a high tax state," but runs into serious problems because the tax code is based on decades of unaligned decision-making.
Pair of SC Tourism Departments Contribute $140K Each for 'Today' Show to Visit Charleston Festival
Explore Charleston and Discover South Carolina have spent $140,000 each to support the production costs needed to bring the "Today" show to the Charleston Wine + Food Festival from March 6-10, where NBC's morning program will be featured at "several signature events" and the Marion Square Culinary Village. Charleston Wine + Food declined to say the total cost of the show, but Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb had previously visited Charleston for an hour-long "Today" program in 2013, for which the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau paid $350,000. An Explore Charleston spokesman compared the upcoming national media focus on Charleston to the 2017 eclipse, and while the tourism groups say they are suppling ideas for the coverage, "Today" producers will retain editorial control of the broadcast.
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SC News and Tax Roundup: Legislators Request IRS Guidance on UBIT Refunds
SC News and Tax Roundup: SCDOR Unveils a South Carolina W-4 for 2020 State Allowances
SC News and Tax Roundup: Lowcountry Business Owners Describe Post-Dorian Frustrations in First-Ever 'Resilience Assessment'
SC News and Tax Roundup: SCRA and Industry Partnership Fund Find New Way to Boost Tech Investment
SC News and Tax Roundup: BEA Forecasts an Extra $2B Toward General Fund for State's 2020-21 Budget


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1) Spiritual Development: Learning simple prayers; listening to Bible stories; developing self-esteem.
2) Social Development: Includes sharing; participation; obedience; courtesy; ability to adjust; responsibility; appreciation and respect for others.
3) Language Development: Speaks in complete sentences; shares ideas; speaks clearly and audibly; can tell a story. Can identify all 26 upper and lower case letters and their sounds.
4) Number Development: Can identify numbers 0-10; can count by memory from 1 to 30; can identify 10 basic colors: red, blue, yellow, orange, green, purple, black, brown, pink, & white; can identify can identify a circle, square, triangle, rectangle, heart, diamond, oval, and star; understands the concept of time: "Today is _______, Tomorrow is _______, yesterday was _______;".
5) Personal Development: Can button, zip, and tie shoes; cares for toilet needs independently; hangs up coat; puts toys away.
(Fine) Can print first name; can trace a line; holds and uses crayons and scissors correctly.
7) Auditory Perception: Listens attentively; follows oral directions; recognizes rhyming words.
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As you're here already, howsabout some hot deals that are live right now?
This matches Amazon's lowest ever price for the excellent smart speaker with the Alexa voice-assistant.
This close to Prime Day though, we're thinking this could get an even bigger discount.
Worst case scenario? It'll still be this price on Prime Day at the most.
The Amazon Prime Day deals are usually a solid bet for discounts on a range of Philips Hue products such as starter kits, extra bulbs and lightstrips.
However, it's rare to see deals on this dimmer switch though, so it's probably worth getting sorted quickly.
That's a huge saving on these superb mattress deals from Simba, even I am tempted!
We'll have to be quick though as these low prices expire at the end of the day.
So, do sleep on a super comfortable mattress, but don't sleep on grabbing this deal.
This is one of the best gaming laptop deals we've seen for a while.
The Asus packs a full HD 15.6-inch display, 8GB of RAM, Intel i5 processor and a 1TB hard drive.
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It's usually the lesser known brands that get the sub-£500 mark treatment on sets of this size.
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Of course, you can trust Amazon to slash the prices of their own kit. As well as the Echo range there's deals to be had on their tablets and e-readers.
Do you know what's even better than grabbing some tasty deals on Amazon Prime Day? Finding other places that are competing with Amazon Prime Day. It's generally a good idea to see what the big hitters such as Argos, Currys PC World, and even John Lewis are doing in response. Let's face it, they're all online so a quick comparison ain't going to hurt you, is it?


Would it be because psp-gcc is looking for all that psp goodness we add to every program?
Did you run into this at all? Any help would be great.
I had lots of trouble getting it to run, the setting up of the whole environment took like a couple a weekends.
There is a good guide out, I have the link at home (will see if I can post it when I get home later), which I followed in regards to what to select in the cygwin install.
You also have to make sure the path to your pspdev environment is setup correctly in the cygwin batch file.
Other then that, all code has to be between the cplusplus loops.