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Finance Committee decision to grant ownership of state-owned flats to three judges "unconstitutional", finds ACC
Approval by parliament's Finance Committee to three judges occupying state-owned apartments to purchase the flats was granted in violation of the constitution and Judges Act, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) revealed today, informing the committee to review its decision.
A press statement by the ACC explained that it investigated a complaint alleging three senior judges were occupying state-owned apartments while simultaneously receiving living allowances.
"The complaint states that giving flats only to certain judges is giving them unjust privileges," ACC Deputy Chair Muaviz Rasheed told Minivan News in April.
The three judges living in flats leased during President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's administration by the former Justice Ministry and High Court – under terms that would see the now-defunct ministry and High Court gain ownership upon completion of full payment – are Supreme Court Justice Ali Hameed, High Court Judge Ahmed Shareef and Civil Court Judge Abdullah Adheeb.
The three judges had reportedly been paying rent for the flats in the government-owned Sina-Male' apartment blocks when the committee decided to grant them ownership upon completion of full payment.
According to its statement, the ACC found that the Finance Committee's decision to register the flats to the judges was in violation of article 102 of the constitution and article 38 of the Judges Act as well as section 100(a)(11) of the parliamentary rules of procedure.
Article 102 of the constitution states that salary and allowances for members of the judiciary and independent commissions shall be determined by the People's Majlis.
The Finance Committee's decision – which was not endorsed by a vote on the Majlis floor – was officially communicated to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) on February 6 this year.
"If the decision is implemented, the result will be three judges receiving living assistance or additional benefits not afforded to other judges of the court in direct violation of article 39(b) of the Judges Act," the ACC statement reads.
Article 39(b) of the Judges Act states that judges in the same court shall be given the same amount as living allowances and prohibits "different kinds of living allowance or benefits for different judges."
Following its investigation, the ACC informed the Finance Committee on May 23 (Wednesday) to review the decision. The financial oversight committee is chaired by People's Alliance MP Ahmed Nazim, who was cleared of corruption charges in February.
Meanwhile, the audit report of the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) for 2010 revealed that Supreme Court Justices used state funds in violation of the Public Finance Act to settle phone bills, cover expenses for an anniversary celebration and repair a state-owned car.
According to the audit report, the interim Supreme Court bench on October 23, 2008 decided to provide for each Justice "a post-paid line, a phone and to pay the phone bill without a set limit out of the court's budget".
"From October 2008 to December 2011, a total of Rf281,519.71 (US$18,256) was spent on phone bills," the audit revealed, noting that phone expenses for Supreme Court Justices were not included in the salary and allowances approved by parliament.
In addition, the audit found that expenses for the Supreme Court's annual anniversary celebrations were covered from the court's budget, which included Rf22,100 (US$1,433) for corsages, Rf12,177 (US$790) for catering and Rf44,000 (US$2,853) to prepare two video documentaries.
To avoid a public announcement to seek estimates for the documentary, the audit found that the work was divided and awarded to the same party under two agreements.
The audit also discovered that Rf13,200 (US$856) was spent out of the apex court's budget to repair a state-owned car used by a Supreme Court Justice.
According to the police report, the driver of the Justice's car was responsible for the accident, which occurred on January 23, 2011. However, the official driver insisted the car was undamaged when he left it the previous night.
In a second case, the audit found that the Chief Justice Ahmed Faiz used two court drivers for his official car instead of taking the monthly car allowance of Rf6,500 (US$421) approved by parliament.
A total of Rf255,832.92 (US$16,590) was spent in 2011 to pay salaries and allowances for the two drivers, who had previously been used by the interim Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed.
Despite the findings of the audit report, in March 2011 the Supreme Court dismissed allegations of corruption reported in local media regarding phone allowances and use of court funds to repair Justice Ali Hameed's car.
Meanwhile in September 2011 the ACC was asked to investigate an official trip to Addu City by Justice Abdulla Saeed from August 30 to September 2, which took place during a four-day government holiday for Eid al-Fitr.
Local daily Haveeru reported in the same month that the ACC was investigating allegations that over Rf50,000 (US$3,200) of state funds was spent on plane tickets for Justice Ali Hameed's official visit to China in December 2010.
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Posted on May 27, 2012 May 27, 2012 Author Ahmed NaishCategories PoliticsTags Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), finance committee, JSC, judges apartments, maldives news, MP Ahmed Nazim
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The corrupt judges will no doubt over rule this and get away with it
REFORM THE JUDICARY, SOUNDS FAMILIAR?
That was what Anni tried to do!!
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What started with a little side note quickly became one of the hottest issues in all kind of different media: The ducks had disappeared. First, scientists proposed several rather exotic hypotheses, but finally geneticists came up with a useful explanation: actually, the DNA of this animal provided a useful hint. It looked as if a collective order had been ready to be called off from their genetic material. And now, after thousands of years, something must have triggered it, maybe an electric impulse or an acoustic signal.
On his first album "Upset Ducks", Basteroid allows free play to all the different music styles that he is influenced by. The result is a happy mix of trance, funk, rock, gongs and bangs. Half of this record was created in Schaerding /Upper Austria, where the whole duck population regularly gets upset (that's where the title comes from), by one track in particular, but also by the rest of this record.


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Is Kasim Reed gay marrying George Lopez?
Mayor Kasim Reed, who presides over the ninth gayest city in America, could cinch a second term right now by not only announcing that he finally backs same-sex unions but that he's getting gay married. To George Lopez. Or Jay-Z. It doesn't really matter to whom. Hizzoner set political tongues a wagging on Sunday when he allowed "yes, I think so" to an interviewer's question on whether he'd be married before the end of his term, which arrives in January 2014. Reed, and later a spokesperson, declined to elaborate on just who Reed may be getting hitched to. Reed's a noted bachelor who attends most LGBT events without a partner on his arm, other than spokesperson Reese McCranie. But he's already gay married. Of course that leads to buzz that Reed's really gay, but keeping that in check for his climb to higher elected office. If that's the case, who would get the ring? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran through the mayor's social calendar and hinted at a few suggestions. Reed's been spotted courtside at the Hawks with comedian George Lopez and dining with rapper Jay-Z. The artist is off the list of potential mates, presumably busy with his newborn and Beyonce. Lopez, though, is recently single. Who else? There's that budding bromance with Alex Wan (photo), the lone gay on the Atlanta City Council. Note to Reed: He's hitched. There's state Rep. Rashad Taylor, who had an emotional coming out last spring. Taylor played a big role in getting Reed elected. But, like Wan, he's got his own man. How about Mary Edith Pitts? Reed seemed quite taken with the double-D-cup doyenne of do-gooding during the Fenuxe 50 Ice Party in November. Maybe it provided the spark for something more substantial. So while we're left to wonder who would be Jack Twist to Reed's Ennis Del Mar in this "Brokeback" wedding, there are a few other items to consider: • Reed fared poorly among voters in gay-heavy, white-infused Midtown during his 2009 election bid. Man-on-man matrimony would certainly help sway gay voters there still uncomfortable with Reed; a mixed-race marriage would win over even more. • Reed talks of making the gays a "full partner" in Atlanta. But that pledge stops short of same-sex marriage, which Reed sometimes reminds us (and CNN viewers). So his views would have to evolve on gay marriage before jetting off to New York City to do the deed, legally speaking, on the courthouse steps. After all, same-sex unions are illegal in Georgia. • Why wait until the end of Reed's first term? We propose an early October wedding with a reception during Atlanta Pride. There'd be nothing more symbolic than Reed and his partner perched atop a convertible leading the parade, assuming that he can make the event this year. • He's not getting gay married, instead looking to make an honest woman of beauty queen, gymnast and attorney Sarah-Elizabeth Langford.

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CMS announces next stage for providers adopting electronic health records
Tags: meaningful use, centers for medicare and medicaid services, stage, ehr, incentive, program
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services announced the proposed rule for the second stage of the federal electronic medical record incentive program, and expects to finalize the rule this summer. Stage two of meaningful use requires those participating in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs to use their EHR technology to meet tougher quality objectives and coordinate patient care with other physicians and health care providers.
The incentive program was put in place in February 2009 by the multibillion dollar American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. To be eligible for incentive funds—up to $44,000 over five years from Medicare or $63,750 over six years from Medicaid—physicians must show that they are "meaningful users" of EHR technology, beginning with basic criteria and adding capabilities over several years.
Stage one began in 2011 and requires physicians to demonstrate that they can transfer data to EHRs and share information, including electronic copies and visit summaries of patients. According to a CMS release, to date, over 43,000 providers have received $3.1 billion to help make the transition to electronic health records, with additional gains for hospitals.
"We know that broader adoption of electronic health records can save our health care system money, save time for doctors and hospitals, and save lives," said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in a Feb. 24 CMS press release. "We have seen great success and momentum as we've taken the first steps toward adoption of this critical technology. As we move into the next stage, we are encouraging even more providers to participate and support more coordinated, patient-centered care."
Under the proposed rule, stage two would begin in 2014. It expands meaningful use to include online access for patients to their health information and furthers the exchange of clinically relevant electronic health information between physicians and other providers. It also increases the number of core objectives that must be met. Under stage one, physicians were required to meet all of the core objectives, or qualify for exclusion, and meet five out of the 10 menu measures. Under stage two, physicians must meet 17 core objectives, or qualify for an exclusion, and meet three of five menu objectives.
"The proposed rules for stage 2 for meaningful use and updated certification criteria largely reflect the recommendations from the Health IT Policy and Standards Committees, the federal advisory committees that operate through a transparent process with broad public input from all key stakeholders. Their recommendations emphasized the desire to increase health information exchange, increase patient and family engagement, and better align reporting requirements with other HHS programs," said Farzad Mostashari, M.D., Sc.M., national coordinator for health information technology, in the CMS release.
"The proposed rules announced today will continue down the path stage 1 established by focusing on value-added ways in which EHR systems can help providers deliver care which is more coordinated, safer, patient-centered, and efficient."
Stage three is scheduled to be implemented in 2016 and would expand meaningful use further to include demonstrating that quality has been improved. Physicians who fail to adopt EMR systems and demonstrate meaningful use criteria by 2014 may face reduced Medicare payment starting in 2015.
For more information, view the CMS detailed fact sheet on stage two or read the CMS press release.


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Bringing Start-up Alliance in the spotlight: a cluster organisation dedicated to boosting start-ups in Korea
Korea is well-known for its big conglomerate such as Samsung, LG Group or Hyundai. Aside of these giants, start-ups are also blooming, supported by the Start up Alliance. This alliance was created in 2013 by Naver (the South Korean search portal) and the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning. Its goal is to invigorate the start-up ecosystem and help local start-ups to expand overseas.
To improve the start-up ecosystem, the start-up alliance works on different fronts to improve public perception, assist talent recruitments, ensure that public authorities are responsive to the start-ups needs, increase awareness on the Korean ecosystem and trigger the growth of a parallel venture capital investment ecosystem.
Their tools involve connecting venture capital to entrepreneurs, help the internationalisation of start-ups, organise weekly networking events and conference, and boot camps for entrepreneurs.
Thanks to the effort of the start-up alliance, the start-up ecosystem has widely improved in Korea. This improvement is mainly the result of increased investments. "Venture investment in start-ups has increased by 1 trillion won (about $937 million) since 2013, rising from 1.38 trillion to 2.38 trillion won ($1.3 to 2.2 billion) in just five years" explains Lim Jung-wook, managing director at Start-up Alliance, in an interview to Korea Exposé.
Beyond the sole impact on growth and jobs, start-ups are crucial to improve the innovation ecosystem. According to Lim Jung-wook: "Start-ups can help create occupational clusters and dynamic industries, because they're responding to the changing demands of our economy. That's why it's important to have people challenging new things and creating new jobs as they build new companies. It challenges the companies and motivates them to do better."
Along with the development of worldwide research hubs such as the LG Group research hub and the Songdo bio industry hub, Korea is suing cluster-like methods to boost its innovation ecosystem.


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PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT – SHARE THE WEALTH – AN ALTERNATIVE VISION FOR IRELAND
Share the Wealth: An Alternative Vision for Ireland
Our Priorities: A Summary
Arts – Childcare – Disability – Drugs – Economic Policy Summary – Education – Employment and Labour Rights – Environment – Foreign Policy Health – Housing – Irish Language – Land Use and Food – Law – LBGT Rights – Natural Resources – Political Reform
Racism – Water – Woman's Right to Choose – Youth Equality
By Richard Boyd Barrett
Despite government parties' claims of economic recovery, Ireland remains a deeply unequal society. Government growth projections and claims of economic stability lack all credibility in the face of the evidence that another global economic down-turn is looming.
The neo-liberal policies of the Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and Labour governments, have reinforced inequality and increased Ireland's vulnerability to economic crisis. Wealth is now concentrated in the hands of a tiny minority of the population. Levels of poverty have increased and we are experiencing a crisis in our key public services.
The failed policies that created the crash of 2007/8 have been replicated, intensified and accelerated. Under the guise of austerity and so-called fiscal discipline, public investment and spending has been slashed to facilitate the further privatisation of key sectors of the economy, such as housing, health, public transport, energy, and increasingly education.
Progressive taxation based on income, wealth and profits is
being systematically replaced with regressive user charges and flat taxes. These hurt the less well-off and starve public services of necessary funding, while benefitting big corporations and the super-wealthy.
Successive governments' policies have failed to produce any significant improvement in the living standards for the majority or in the quality of public services. The
current state of health, housing and water services are the most dramatic and visible evidence of this. The run-down of public investment has produced a dire crisis for those relying on public services, driven up costs for the public, and simultaneously prepared these essential public services for privatisation.
Austerity policies increase the power of the purely profit-driven financial and banking interests that are speculating and dictating investment in key areas. This creates economic bubbles in one area, chronic under-investment in others and locks us further into a disastrous boom-bust cycle. Simply put, the policies for which the government are now commending themselves are creating the conditions for the return of economic crisis.
Economic inequality and privatisation creates greater social inequality and prevents the state from addressing it. Women, children, young people, the disabled, travellers, immigrant communities and refugees have all suffered disproportionately from the impact of economic crisis and austerity.
Despite repeatedly claiming to pursue an equality agenda, in the last Dáil the Labour Party voted against calling a referendum on the 8th Amendment and against a bill allowing abortion in the cases of fatal foetal abnormality. It has voted down a bill
to close direct provision centres, and against a bill outlawing discrimination against
children in access to primary schools on religious grounds.
Equality is not a government priority. The drive to cut public spending makes the government reluctant to invest resources or pass legislation that could end social inequalities and discrimination. This is partly because of the cost and partly because they continue to rely on some of the most conservative sections of our society for political support. In some cases, those on the political right actively encourage discrimination in order to divert attention from the real problems.
The State has been slow or unwilling to investigate some of the most horrendous cases of abuse, negligence and malpractice, particularly in the church and in
the Gardaí. This is due to fear of the cost involved and fear of alienating the predominantly conservative institutions, which Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in particular depend on.
Irish Foreign policy, particularly when it comes to military neutrality, is also completely hostage to big business and multi-national corporate interests. Despite public opposition, the Irish government continues to allow the US military use of Shannon airport to pursue bloody wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. Ireland has moved closer towards involvement in NATO /EU militarisation and the EU arms industry. Criticism of flagrant human rights abuses and outright atrocities by regimes like Israel or repressive Middle Eastern states are also muted for trade reasons.
Similarly, environmental policy also takes second place to big business interests. The Irish government's refusal to seriously tackle climate change is disgraceful. Likewise, its shameful efforts to seek exemptions for Ireland in the area of reducing CO2 emissions are a direct result of protecting Ireland's largest and wealthiest beef barons. This is of no benefit to small farmers who are the ones that will be ruined by flooding and are being constantly squeezed by the big producers and multi-national chains.
People Before Profit (PBP) believe we must break from this failed and dysfunctional model. We must re-organise the economy on the basis of democratic planning and wealth re-distribution in the interests of the majority, not simply the privileged few. We must build a society that guarantees equality, fairness and a decent quality of life for all of our citizens.
To do this, we must reverse the drive towards privatisation, make a priority of investing in key public services and infrastructure and develop strategic public enterprise and the domestic economy. To fund public services and investment, we must re-balance the tax system to ensure that corporations and the wealthiest in our society pay their fair share in tax. We must reduce the burden of regressive taxes on low and middle income households to stimulate domestic demand in a sustainable way.
We must gear our foreign policy towards tackling global inequality, opposing war and racism and supporting forces that challenge corporate or tyrannical elites. We should instead openly favour economic equality and social solidarity. Crucially, we must take urgent measures domestically, and support all genuine international efforts, to deal with climate change and ensure the protection of the environment and natural resources that sustain us all.
People Before Profit believes in absolute artistic freedom and that artistic practice should be available to the whole of society regardless of income, location or social background . There should not be a division between excellence and access in the Arts . PBP also recognises that the arts and creative practices can be beneficial for people with mental health problems and in the reduction of mental health issues .
People Before Profit supports:
1. The National Campaign for the Arts demand to increase state funding of the Arts to the European average of 0 .6% of GDP;
2. Removal of 'availability for work' requirement for registered artists on Jobseeker's Allowance to allow artists to do unpaid work;
3. Opening up existing facilities such as schools and colleges for after-school artistic activities for children and teenagers . Open up NAMA buildings for use by local arts organisations;
4. A 'New Deal' jobs programme to deliver jobs in the public sector for artists . This will encourage artists to contribute their skills and creativity to society whilst earning a living wage .
5. All children having greater access to culture\art as a right, both within and outside the education sector;
6. A new fund targeted at promoting access to arts participation in disadvantaged areas for adults and children .
Childcare is a vitally important aspect in the life of the child . The current model of early years care and education being provided on a for-profit basis creates huge inequalities in society, disadvantaging many children and their families . A universal childcare system, funded through progressive taxation, is essential to provide all children with the best possible start to their lives . PBP will:
1. Introduce a system of childcare funded by the state . In the immediate term parents will receive a state subsidy and only pay a maximum of 30% . The provision will be fully funded for those on low incomes;
2. Increase the regulation of all child-minders and after school services;
3. Facilitate professionalisation of childcare workers through increasing pay and requiring and enabling progression to qualifications at levels 7 and 8 on the qualifications framework;
4. Introduce maternity leave entitlements which allow a parent to remain at home for at least a child's first year, and extend paternity leave to be balanced with maternity leave .
PBP view disability as a societal issue, and not solely an individual impairment . An inclusive and
6 accessible society for all should be paramount . People with disabilities cannot take action, be that
political or otherwise, to promote their human rights without the relevant resources being made available . The stark reality is that resources cost money and the denial of resources has the reciprocal effect of stifling the voices of people with disabilities to advocate for their own rights . PBP will:
1. Immediately ratify The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People
with Disabilities (UNCRPD), without change and alter all relevant legislation in accordance with the UNCRPD;
2. Reverse all cuts that people with disability have suffered under consecutive governments;
3. Provide a universal health service free at the point of delivery, funded through progressive taxation, democratically planned by health workers and service users with an emphasis on prevention and social support;
4. Protect wages and conditions for social care workers;
5. Provide people with disabilities with the right to choose the services which best meet their needs;
6. Ensure the right of people with disabilities to live as an autonomous adult;
7. Introduce workable schemes to replace the mobility and transport grants;
8. Implement regulations that ensure all homes are accessible and built in accordance to the needs of people throughout their lifespan;
9. Provide an accessible community, with good infrastructure which increases the quality of life for all;
10. Ensure publically owned and funded disability services and oppose privatisation as this will work against the social model and lead to the reintroduction of a medicalised system;
11. Improve the quality of services for people with disabilities .
People Before Profit recognises the State's approach to drugs as problematic . Illegal drugs are sold widely, legal drugs such as alcohol are promoted via sporting events and pharmaceuticals are making huge profits on some very addictive and dangerous prescription drugs . PBP recognises the challenges faced by the many situations which relate to drug availability, use and dependency . We intend to:
1. Overhaul what and how children and young people are taught about drugs in schools, ensuring accurate, factual information is provided about the effect of drugs, their composition and contents, and the potential dangers and realties of drug consumption;
2. Recognise drug dependency as a medical problem, not a criminal one;
3. Decriminalise drugs based on the Portuguese model and the non-commercial legalisation of cannabis similar to the Colorado example . Today in Portugal 3 out of every million people die from overdosing . This is compared to the EU average of 17 .5 per million;
4. Promote alternative treatments and therapies in place of the current over-reliance on prescription medication for a range of physical and mental health challenges . 7
Economic Policy Summary
After imposing austerity on the population for seven years, each of the mainstream parties are now making promises claiming that a 'fiscal space' of about €8 – €12 billion will finance these . This fiscal space is dependent on an assumption that Irish growth rates will be sustained into the medium term .
PBP do not share this confidence . The current turmoil on the global stock markets is a stark warning of growing difficulties in the world economy . This will eradicate the 'fiscal space' and the desperate promises of the conventional parties .
PBP believes any improvement in the conditions of working people is dependent on a fundamental transfer of wealth . We therefore commit to reversing the post-crash policy of making low and middle income Ireland pay the costs of the crash . Our progressive taxation proposal will shift the financial burden onto large corporations and wealthy individuals through:
1. Enforcing the 12 .5% corporation tax by closing loopholes thus making all pay a minimum 12 .5% tax on profits, rising to 15% over the life of the Dáil;
2. Introducing a Robin Hood Tax on financial speculation . We will implement the EU Commission proposal for a financial transaction tax of 0 .1% on exchange of shares and bonds and 0 .01 on derivative contracts;
3. Increasing income tax rates for high earners—those individuals earning over €100,000;
4. Increase the employers' contribution to social security (PRSI) in order to reduce taxes on PAYE workers . Ireland has the second lowest employer contribution to social security in the EU but Irish workers pay higher rates of personal income tax than many others;
5. Ending tax exile status granted to Irish millionaires . In 2013, just 13 individuals paid a levy of
€200,000 for the privilege of avoiding Irish taxes;
6. Introducing a solidarity tax . The sales of commercial property valued at over €5 million will be subject to a 50% rate (rather than 33% rate) for capital gains tax;
7. Collecting the back taxes owed to the State by multi-nationals . PBP will demand Apple pay an estimated €8-17 billion in back taxes . The spending of public money in helping Apple defend its tax avoidance practices will cease immediately;
8. Writing down of bankers' debt . In light of the clear evidence that the ECB forced Ireland to take on the bankers' debt, PBP will be writing down this odious debt;
9. Ending wasteful public spending that seeks to benefit the wealthy . We will end the practice of using expensive consultancy firms for research . State run universities and research institutes will be funded to provide these services;
10. Developing a State legal service in order to dramatically reduce the €500 million annual bill that is paid to private legal firms;
11. Reducing TD's salaries along with the number of special advisors permitted and there will be an end to many perks;
12. Introducing a wealth tax of 2% on assets (excluding the family home or family farm) over €1 million
will be introduced . A national database on the distribution and ownership of financial and property assets will be created and maintained .
People Before Profit believe education is a right and not a privilege . A universal, life-long national education service must be implemented to promote decent skills and opportunities throughout all our lives . Schools, universities and colleges must remain in public ownership and be democratically controlled . PBP will ensure:
Primary and Post Primary Education
1. The provision of modern, spacious, fully-equipped schools with multiple science labs, computer labs and classrooms with wifi access and all educational materials provided free of charge;
2. Appropriate counselling and guidance services and SNA provision for all pupils . Early intervention should be provided for those with Special Needs and a reversal of the 15% cut to special needs support;
3. Provision of additional resources for disadvantaged and traveller students;
4. Teachers and SNAs have a maximum class contact time of 18 hours per week;
5. Maximum class sizes enabling effective teaching and learning that supports the needs of every pupil . PBP will reduce class sizes, working towards a maximum of 18 at primary level, at senior level 24 pupils in single age classes; 20 pupils in two-age-group classes; 15 pupils in classes of three or more age group;
6. Access to education will not be controlled by religious beliefs . Discriminatory admissions practices that see children denied access to schools based on religion will be outlawed;
7. Small schools will be protected and supported in line with the wishes of local communities and parents, particularly in rural areas;
8. Curriculum will include subjects that promote creativity and civic responsibility;
9. National assessment methodologies will be determined in the context of academic standards, quality and inclusive practice, not cost savings . Teachers will not be placed in a position where their professional integrity may be compromised .
Further and Higher Education including Vocational Education and Training
1. State funding to Irish further and higher education needs to return to pre-crisis levels . Abolition of registration fees and expanding the student grants and Back to Education scheme;
2. Reversal of the commercialisation of our education system;
3. Research for the public good will be undertaken by our third level institutions, not restricted by corporate control;
4. The opportunity to return to education to develop skills and to learn new skills is available to all;
5. Further and higher education will be based on peoples' needs and aspirations and the curriculum and programmes available must reflect this;
6. Investment in the vocational educational sector to expand apprenticeship opportunities ensuring the needs and aspirations of all are provided for and the country will have a skilled workforce, replacing that lost to emigration or retraining following the economic crisis .
Employment and Labour Rights
Alongside a growth in precarious employment, there is also an expansion of a low wage economy . Ireland, according to a report published in 2014 (OECD Employment Outlook 2015), has the second highest percentage of low-paying jobs, second only to the United States .
To reverse these trends, PBP will:
1. Outlaw zero hours contracts;
2. Remove the employers effective veto on Joint Labour Committees which are designed to lay down minimum rates and conditions;
3. Give unions who gain 20 percent membership in any workplace an automatic right to bargain collectively with employers;
4. Outlaw the practice of employers splitting companies into a property asset company and an operating company to deprive workers of redundancy settlement;
5. Change company law to give workers of insolvent companies the first call on redundancy settlements;
6. Give workers back their full rights to take industrial action . Abolish the Industrial Relation Act which bans strikes for victimised shop stewards and political strikes;
7. Abolish the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) legislation;
8. Restore the retirement age to 65;
9. Ban bogus self-employment in all sectors including construction;
10. Provide self-employed people with equal social welfare and pension rights of PAYE workers;
11. Introduce an employment programme that creates public sector jobs in the arts, offering genuine job security and employment opportunities for artists .
Climate Change is the biggest issue facing the human race . Simply put, if we do not drastically reduce our carbon emissions we are facing extinction . 99% of climate scientists now recognise climate change as a manmade problem . PBP advocate a radical series of measures to reduce our CO2 emissions .
We need to act now to achieve an agreed Paris target level of Co2 mitigation to achieve 2 degrees
10 centigrade in unison with other European countries . The Climate Change Low Carbon Development
Bill 2015 showed Ireland is way off track and will have major challenges post 2020 in decarbonising its economy . PBP favour investment in not-for profit, publically owned renewable energy projects . Our aim is to achieve the de-carbonisation of our economy including agriculture . We will ensure this through:
1. Proper investment in affordable public transport;
2. Retrofitted buildings to comply with energy efficiency regulation;
3. Substantial investment in renewable energies and serious divestment in fossil fuels;
4. Making Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) illegal;
5. Retaining our forestry in public ownership;
6. Increasing the afforestation of the country;
7. Developing and expanding the cultivation of native hard-woods and
8. Developing local community involvement in the development of Irish forestry .
People Before Profit will defend and promote Irish neutrality . We oppose any involvement with NATO and will stop US troops from using Shannon Airport as a transit point for military operations . We will ban Irish participation in the international arms trade . PBP:
1. Oppose all imperialist wars, conquests, interventions and occupations;
2. Oppose both the Western and Russian military intervention in the conflict in Syria;
3. Supports the Palestinian struggle for liberation;
4. Backs the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Apartheid Israel;
5. Will withdraw from negotiations on TTIP/CETA/TiSA/EU-Singapore treaties . These treaties will lead to privatisation of vital public services and result in job losses . They enable corporations to rewrite legislation to sue the tax-payer for compensation where regulations negatively impact profit .
PBP is committed to creating a National Health Service that is universal, comprehensive and democratically planned . This will be funded by progressive taxation and free at the point of access . This will seek to overcome health and wealth inequalities evident in contemporary Irish society .
Health inequality, including mental health inequality, is linked to income and wealth inequality . We can, therefore, improve everyone's physical and mental health through a general policy of wealth redistribution . PBP will:
1. Propose a constitutional amendment to prevent the privatisation of our health service;
2. End cuts to health service funding and jobs and reopen closed wards and reach targets of 15,000 beds as specified by the Health Strategy of 2001;
3. As a first step towards a National Health Service, increase the number of Primary Care Teams (PCTs), and the Primary Care Centres to house them . The services will be networked with hospitals and other health services and will be administered by direct employees of the state . These will be staffed with sufficient frontline professionals to provide early and prompt responses to physical and mental health difficulties;
4. Introduce a model of preventative medicine which will help pay for itself in the longer term;
5. Abolish the HSE and replace it with democratically elected Community Health Councils and an Independent Agency of Public Health Promotion that works with a responsible and accountable Department of Health to coordinate an effective and efficient Health Service;
6. Abolish prescription charges;
7. Create a state pharmacy which will source drugs from the world market, putting an end to the agreements with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA), and the Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of Ireland (APMI) . These agreements make the Irish state – which purchases 85% of all drugs – pay a higher prices for both patented and generic drugs;
8. Increase funding for Mental Health and Disability Services with at least 25% of the Mental Health budget going to Child mental health;
9. Implement 'Vision for Change' staffing recommendations (Adult services at 75%; Children's services at 50%);
10. Develop a system of 24-hour access to emergency beds in children's wards with trained staff for mental health emergencies and ensure out-of-hours Social Work cover from Tusla for childcare emergencies;
11. Improve liaison with and availability of school supports such as School Counsellors, Resource Teachers, SNAs and NEPS psychologists;
12. Reduce the over-reliance on prescribing drugs in the mental health service . Improve access to alternatives such as Social Support, Occupational Therapy, Psychotherapy and access to art and creative therapies . Access to trained advocates and the systematic use of Advance Health Directives will be introduced;
13. More closely integrate treatment of drug dependency and mental health, with promotion of non- drug options for personal and social problems;
14. Improve funding for services and facilities that assist safe withdrawal and longer-term rehabilitation for patients with long-term use of psychoactive drugs including prescription drugs .
People Before Profit recognises housing as a human right, not as an asset or commodity . Ireland currently has a housing crisis and PBP has been proactive in campaigning for an emergency house building programme since 2011 . In this time the crisis has worsened and the government has and continues to implement policy decisions that will return Ireland to a property bubble and facilitate a future homeless crisis . PBP will
1. Immediately declare a national housing emergency to allow the State access the funds needed;
2. Commence a house building programme of 50,000 houses over 5 years, 10,000 per year . This should be underpinned by the provision of a national training programme in construction thus tackling both the housing crisis and the skills shortage;
3. Enforce NAMA to hand over 20,000 of its residential stock for the purpose of social housing;
4. Introduce efficient rent controls whereby rents are established through transparent criteria and rent increases are linked to the Consumer Price Index . Tenants will be given greater security of tenure;
5. End the discriminatory practice of 'rent allowance not accepted';
6. Establish an Independent National Housing Agency to oversee the delivery of safe and culturally appropriate Traveller Accommodation;
7. Impose a moratorium on evictions where owners of a family home can show genuine distress;
8. Introduce a homeless charter that gives people who are in emergency accommodation an option of leaving after 6 weeks .
The current government has shown little interest or enthusiasm in promoting the Irish Langauge . People Before Profit took part in a recent Dearg le Fearg protest to support the anger that many feel about its treatment . PBP will
1. Support measures to revive the economic base of Gaeltacht areas .
2. Insist that all public officials dealing with the Gaeltacht have full proficiency in the language .
3. Increase the use of the Irish language on the national broadcaster . Expand and develop TG4 .
4. Provide free Irish language classes in areas where there is a local demand .
Land Use and Food
Current Irish agriculture policy is overly weighted towards supporting big farmers who are engaged in the export trade . PBP supports a strategy which keeps the maximum number of farmers on the land to produce food for the home market and create local jobs . We also support moves to a more sustainable form of farming .
People Before Profit have been and will be to the fore of preventing the privatisation of our forests . PBP believes
1. There must be a shift away from fossil fuels in order to develop a more diverse approach to energy;
2. We should utilise wind, wave and solar energy . Wind farms must, however, fit with the local environment and be of an appropriate scale . We are opposed to big corporations riding rough shod over local communities to impose massive wind farms geared to profits and exports;
3. A national home insulation programme that is part funded by the state should be implemented;
4. Healthy eating should be encouraged by establishing a proper healthy school and hospital meals programme;
5. Developing a proper meals-on-wheels strategy for the elderly, based on local community co-ops;
6. Encouraging the development of allotments in urban areas;
7. Banning vending machines selling sugary drinks in schools;
8. Imposing an extra 10% tax on producers of sugar-sweetened drinks as part of a wider strategy to tackle over-consumption;
9. Placing sugar and salt warnings on food packaging . Prohibition of the sale of foods with high fat, salt and sugar content in schools . Banning the advertising of these foods in schools and in the areas surrounding schools .
People Before Profit will seek to end the class bias in the current justice system . Most people who interact with the court system go through the District courts . They can be sentenced or fined without a full written explanation of a judge's decisions – even when there are conflicts in evidence . By contrast, wealthy individuals can easily access the higher courts and use this access to delay investigations into corruption . PBP proposes an overhaul of the current justice systems which will include:
1. Ending the practice where the state is paying out €500 million a year to private law firms, some of whom simultaneously work for corporations which oppose state policies;
2. Developing the State's own legal service;
3. Introducing legislation to give the public direct access to barristers;
4. Cutting the cost of house sales by establishing directly employed licensed conveyancers in the public sector;
5. Abolishing the monopoly that the Law Society and the King's Inn have on training barristers and solicitors . Licensing third level institutions to engage in training programmes provided they show clear effort to broaden the social base of the legal profession;
6. Ending the practice whereby up to a third of our judiciary are political appointees;
7. Ensuring greater democratic oversight of who is appointed by a public appointments commission;
8. Creating greater protection for whistleblowers in the Garda and legal system and criminalising all attempts to ostracise them.
LBGT Rights
The Marriage Referendum and the Gender Recognition Bill were momentous achievements for LGBT
14 rights . However a number of legal and social issues remain . Homophobia and transphobia are still
a significant problem . We also recognise that despite the progress made, depression, suicide and addiction rates among LGBT people are still significantly higher than in the general population . Isolation is also a major issue in rural areas and amongst older LGBT people . People Before Profit will continue the campaign for full equality for LBGT people . We will:
1. End the ban on blood donations from gay or bisexual men;
2. Introduce hate crime legislation to deal with homophobic and transphobic attacks and proper recording of same;
3. Introduce compulsory, secular, non- religious age-appropriate sex education which deals with issues around gender, sexuality, consent and contraception;
4. Restore and improve funding for mental health and addiction treatment services;
5. Provide proper funding for LGBT organisations and resource centres .
Gas, oil, wave, wind, and solar energy are some of the astounding natural resources available in Ireland . These and other natural resources could be the key to Ireland's economic regeneration, providing sustainable growth within the island . PBP will:
1. Take Ireland's oil and gas resources into public ownership;
2. Suspend all existing agreements with oil companies and place a moratorium on all licensing rounds until the new model of state management has been introduced;
3. Introduce a new model of hydrocarbon management . This will be premised upon (a) public ownership of resources, (b) stronger state participation through production sharing and service contracts, and a national oil company, and (c) higher rates of financial returns through increased rates of corporate tax and royalties;
4. Develop and fund an integrated industrial development strategy comprising upstream and downstream activities . Public ownership of our natural resources will become the cornerstone of a new development strategy that will replace a reliance on foreign multi-nationals;
5. Use funds and infrastructure from oil and gas activities to diversify Ireland's energy supply;
6. Move towards more sustainable forms of energy production which would have additional industrial, economic, social, and environmental benefits;
7. Design and implement a new system of consultation and planning for hydrocarbon activities based on the active engagement of all stakeholders;
8. Ensure all exploration, production, and processing activities will be subjected to transparent, fair, and participative permissions processes involving community participation in decision making . Hydrocarbon activities will only be authorised when there is community consent .
The central beliefs of People Before Profit are built on a foundation of people power . Elected representatives are the voice of the people, accountable to the people and acting on behalf of the people . This is at odds with the existing system which is based on individuals and groups acting as directed by a party leader or informed by policies that are influenced by corporate interests and demands . PBP will:
1. Strengthen local democracy by abolishing control of unelected CEOs of local councils;
2. Ensure TDs' salaries are reduced to the average industrial wage and pensions are paid, based on service, at age 66, like all other workers;
3. Introduce a re-call procedure for TDs who vote against items they favoured in their manifestos;
4. Ensure Ministers are limited to one special adviser – paid at the same rate as TDs;
5. End the practice of commissioning consultancy reports from private accountancy/consultancy firms with a corporate bias . Third level institutions and publically funded research agencies will receive tenders instead;
6. Abolish fees for FOI requests;
7. Ban lobbying by PR agencies working on behalf of corporations . Ensure there is no preferential access for corporations . Insist they use their own representatives; meetings to be held in government buildings and that full records of proceedings are retained;
8. Ban Ministers and senior public officials from joining boards of corporations operating in areas relevant to their competence for a period of five years after leaving office;
9. Introduce citizens' assemblies, based on town hall meetings, which can choose delegates for national assemblies on a rotating basis;
10. End the concept of 'stakeholders representative' chosen by those in authority;
11. End the patronage system . All appointments to be advertised . The power to appoint to State boards will be removed from Ministers and vested in a Board that is ratified by a citizens' assembly .
12. Reinstate article 48 of the original constitution . Give citizens a right to referenda on receipt of 50,000 signatories .
People Before Profit declares itself completely opposed to racism in all its forms, including Islamophobia, anti-semitism, and anti-Traveller racism . We regard the ordinary people of every nation, ethnic group and creed, as our sisters and brothers . People Before Profit rejects the idea that there is a particular link between Islam and terrorism . PBP will seek to overcome all instances and causes of racism through:
1. Recognition of Traveller ethnicity by the Irish State;
2. Establishing an Independent National Housing Agency to oversee the delivery of safe and culturally appropriate Traveller Accommodation;
3. Asylum seekers being granted the right to work;
4. Ending direct provision;
5. Ireland welcoming refugees and ensuring the necessary funding and resources are made available to ensure people can live with dignity and equality;
6. Ireland taking a proactive role in helping to address the world's greatest humanitarian crisis since WW2;
7. Ending the practice of deporting asylum seekers .
Behind the spurious 'environmental' arguments relating to our water supply is a longer term agenda; an agenda to undermine the provision of public services, paid for through general taxation . Once charges are introduced, the service has a price, it has a monetary value allowing private contractors to take it over and run it for profit . This agenda was confirmed by the Lisbon Treaty which states that 'services
of general economic interest' are subject to the laws of competition – meaning, the opening up of the market to private corporations . People Before Profit believe that water is a human right . In Ireland water is already paid for through general taxation and PBP believes that model should be retained to ensure access to all . PBP will
1. Retain the progressive taxation model of payment for water and abolish water user charges;
2. Abolish Irish Water, ban wasteful expenditure on consultants and rely on a public sector workforce to provide high quality water services;
3. Propose a constitutional amendment to prevent privatisation of our water;
4. Immediately cease the metering programme and re-direct funds to repair the pipe infrastructure;
5. Promote and invest in a rainwater harvesting programme .
Woman's Right to Choose
Deciding whether and when to have children and whether to have an abortion are very personal matters . We believe that these decisions should be made by women themselves, in consultation with their doctor, and with the support of their partner and family if that is appropriate . PBP supports a woman's right to make her own decisions regarding reproduction, including the right to free, safe, and legal abortion . We believe that access to abortion is a fundamental human right for women, and crucial to women's economic and social independence . We believe abortion should be available country-wide and provided free through the health service . PBP is committed to:
1. Supporting the repeal of the 8th amendment to the Constitution and calls for a referendum in 2016;
2. Providing access to free, safe, and legal abortion, North and South of the border;
3. Immediately repealing the 14 year maximum sentence on those who take an abortion pill .
Youth Equality
In Ireland, young people are discriminated against in a host of ways and there is an unofficial state policy of encouraging as many as possible to emigrate . PBP opposes all forms of discrimination and will ensure equal rights for young people . We will:
1. Outlaw discrimination in social welfare payments . Restore the social welfare payments to those under 26 to the normal rates;
2. End the practice of paying new entrants to public sector jobs a lower rate of pay simply because they started after 2011;
3. Create a state insurance company to lower car insurance costs for young drivers and others;
4. End discrimination in pension payments for new entrants compared to those who started before 2010 .
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Jodie Comer, Stephen Graham To Headline Jack Thorne-Penned Channel 4 Series Set In Covid-Era Care Home
November 17, 2020 by Erin Clark
EXCLUSIVE: Here's a hot one: Killing Eve star Jodie Comer and The Irishman actor Stephen Graham are on the brink of signing up for a Channel 4 drama that will be set in a UK care home during the coronavirus crisis, Deadline can reveal.
The four-part series is housed at All3Media-backed production outfit The Forge, which has reunited the stellar team behind the BAFTA-winning National Treasure to make the topical drama, including writer Jack Thorne and director Marc Munden.
Details on the plot are being closely guarded by those involved, but we hear that the action will be set in and around a British care home in 2020. The show was originally called Home, but producers are now rethinking this title.
UK care homes have been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 19,000 residents dying because of the disease. As a result, they are now at the epicenter of some of the strictest lockdown measures in the country, with residents unable to see loved ones in any meaningful way for fear of sparking outbreaks among vulnerable people.
Thorne, who himself suffered with a suspected bout of coronavirus, has been vocal about conditions in care homes and the lack of personal protective equipment provided to staff and residents. "Care homes for elderly or disabled people seem to be the lowest priority right now," he tweeted in April after reading about 15 deaths in a Luton care home.
Thorne, a stupendously busy writer who is also behind His Dark Materials and The Aeronauts, has real form in landing powerful and timely dramas for Channel 4 having written National Treasure, Kiri, The Virtues, and The Accident for the UK broadcaster in recent years.
And in casting Comer and Graham, Channel 4 will be uniting two of the UK's hottest actors. They will also serve as executive producers. The Liverpudlians have great affection for each other, with Comer personally thanking Graham last year after winning a BAFTA for her breakout role in Killing Eve. The pair first worked together in BBC One's 2012 series Good Cop.
As well as making National Treasure for Channel 4, the company was also behind Kiri and The Accident. It is also currently making Season 4 of classroom drama Ackley Bridge for the broadcaster.
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A common mistake of beginners is to wish to associate the invocation of the Holy Name with inner intensity or emotion. They try to say it with great force. But the Name of Jesus is not to be shouted, or fashioned with violence, even inwardly. When Elijah was commanded to stand before the Lord, there was a great and strong wind, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire came a still small voice, "And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood..." (I Kings 19.13) Strenuous exertion and the search for intensity will be of no avail. As you repeat the Holy Name, gather quieti little by little, your thoughts and feelings and around it; gather-.around it your whole being. Let the name penetrate your soul as a drop of oil spreads out and impregnates a cloth. Let nothing of yourself escape. Surrender your whole self and enclose it within the Name.
" Unite my heart to fear thy name" (Psalm 86:11).
Too often our prayers are limited to petition, intercession and repentance. As we shall see the Name of Jesus can be used in all these ways. But the disinterested prayer, the praise given to God because of His own excellency the regard directed towards Him with the utmost respect and affection, the exclamation of Thomas: "My Lord and my God! "--this ought to come first.


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Mirabella presides over the Children's Section at South Main Book Company.
Curating the children's books has been a lovely adventure of bringing back old favorites like Shel Silverstein and Maurice Sendak. But the new books...oh, the illustrations and story lines are breathtaking. I particularly love Davide Cali's "Call of the Swamp", "I Am Enough" by Grace Byers and "Dear Girl" by children's author Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
One of my favorite things to be able to do, is recommend your next favorite book. Tell me what you've loved reading and I can usually point you in the right direction. Just want to browse? Absolutely. We love it when a customer can take their time and peruse the shelves to their hearts content.
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The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) is a world wide effort to sequence the genomes of all 1.5 million known plant, animal, protozoan and fungal species on Earth. The Earlham Institute is a partner of the UK effort towards this programme, the Darwin Tree of Life Project. Headed up by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Tree of Life Project is in charge of sequencing all 600,000 eukaryotic species native to the United Kingdom. Earlham Institute is already putting this information into action as part of international conservation genomics projects aiming to rescue endangered species and boost biodiversity against economic and political backdrops.


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SHORTCUT (2020) Review!
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SHORTCUT (2020)
Directed by Alessio Liguori
Written by Daniele Cosci
Starring Jack Kane, Andrei Claude, Zak Sutcliffe, Terence Anderson, Sophie Jane Oliver, David Keyes, Zander Emlano, Teo Achille Caprio, Molly Dew, Raffaele Buranelli, Emma Giua, Matteo De Gregori, Mino Caprio
Find out more about this film here!
SHORTCUT is reminiscent of the Amblin films of old but modern enough to still cause its share of chills and thrills.
A group of teenagers are making their way through the countryside after a school outing. When the road is obstructed, the bus driver decides to take a shortcut through a heavily forested area that is off the map. After getting lost, the group run afoul of an escaped convict with a gun and something even more deadly in the dark of the woods around them.
Amblin-esque is code for a group of kids on their own against a very real and terrible danger. These Spielbergian films such as E.T., EXPLORERS, GOONIES, THE MONSTER SQUAD, and the like, somehow managed to put a cast of kids in extreme peril. None of them really dies or gets maimed, but the danger nevertheless feels more sophisticated than your usual kiddie flick. These were films that not only the kids loved, but they were well made enough for the parents to love it too. SHORTCUT definitely follows that pattern. While there might be a bit of harsh language and some gore here and there, for the most part, this is a film that I believe a family looking to watch a horror movie together might enjoy. If you're a hardcore horror fan, this one isn't really going to have the teeth to please. But if you're looking to indoctrinate your young one into the horror genre, this one will do the trick.
The main reason for this is that the kids starring in this one are decent actors, all written interestingly enough to become invested. There's a Chunk=style kid with a loud mouth and a glandular problem. There's the nerdy Velma-style brainiac with glasses. There's the misunderstood rebel kid with the heart of gold. And then there are the main two kids who are destined to be couple when they're a little bit older. All of the young actors playing these common tropes are solid and really help with the watchability of SHORTCUT.
The plot itself is less than original and really doesn't make a lot of sense. Something about a hidden bunker, military science experiments, and nocturnal monsters. The monster is not the greatest, but it is a practical costume/man in suit type deal and director Alessio Liguori seems to know it doesn't look the best, so most of it is showcased in shadow and quick clips. Still, the monster is rough looking and one of the main weaknesses of the film itself. But despite these setbacks, I found myself rooting for this gang of likable kids to beat the stuffing out of the monster in the end.
SHORTCUT is not grand cinema, but it's a fun timewaster with a solid cast.
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Renewed vaccine jitters may further slow S. Korea's immunization campaign
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Seoul (South Korea), April 14: Fresh vaccine jitters, caused by U.S. health authorities' recommendation of pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine over blood clot fears, are likely to further slow South Korea's immunization drive.
In a blow to the global vaccination campaign, U.S. health authorities recommended pausing Johnson & Johnson's single-dose shot after they began an investigation into rare clots in six women who received the shot. One person died.
Johnson & Johnson swiftly announced it would delay its vaccine rollout in Europe.
South Korea has planned to receive 6 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine and begin administering it in the third quarter of this year.
An official at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said the nation needs to discuss the issue of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to reports of blood clots.
The KDCA plans to hold a meeting with experts over the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, while closely monitoring situations in other nations, the official said.
South Korea plans to vaccinate 12 million people by the end of June with a goal of achieving herd immunity by November.
However, worries about the AstraZeneca vaccine's safety have already hampered the nation's vaccination drive.
Since the country started its vaccination program on Feb. 26, a total of 1,239,065 people, or about 2.4 percent of its population, have been given COVID-19 vaccine shots.
AstraZeneca's vaccine has been given to 936,448 people, while 302,617 received that of Pfizer. The number of people who have received two doses came to 60,567.
South Korea earlier put the use of AstraZeneca's vaccine for people under age 60, special education instructors and school nurses on hold, after the country reported three cases of blood clots among recipients of the jabs, with two of the patients in their 20s.
The use of AstraZeneca's vaccine resumed Monday, except for those aged 30 and below.
The KDCA, however, said those aged below 30 were excluded, as the risks of suffering blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine still outweigh the benefits of being vaccinated.
The KDCA's earlier plan was for around 640,000 people below 30 to receive AstraZeneca's jabs in the second quarter.
It now aims to adjust its second-quarter inoculation plan by utilizing the volume earlier allocated for younger recipients.
With only two types of vaccines currently available here, the health ministry said it expects to secure Novavax vaccines as early as June, and 20 million doses will be ready by the third quarter.
Earlier this week, health officials said South Korea plans to start local production of the Novavax vaccine as early as June.
Novavax inked a license agreement with South Korea's SK Bioscience to produce 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for the nation.


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David Ewald is being inducted into the Michigan State USBC BA Hall of Fame for his Superior Performance on the lanes.
At the USBC Open Championships, he's won two titles. In 2004, he was a member of the S&B Pro Shop team that won the Team event and again in 2012 the S&B Pro Shop won the Team All-Events with 9,954, of which Ewald contributed an all-events score of 2,049. He has four other top 10 finishes in the championships since 2005. Currently he's 13th on the USBC Open Championship lifetime average leader list with a 20-year average of 213.93.
In Michigan State competition, he won the Team event in 2011 and Doubles in 2001 and 2010 with Nick Wissinger. In 2001 when he won the Doubles with Wissinger, they set the Michigan State Doubles record with 1,628. Ewald had 825 and Wissinger 803.
Locally, he has six Detroit Team titles and one Detroit Doubles title. Twelve times he's been named to the Detroit All-City team. He was inducted into the Detroit Bowling Hall of Fame in 2012.
He has sixty-five 300 games and fifty-six 800 series with a high of 879. His high career average is 250.
The Michigan State USBC BA proudly honors the addition of David Ewald to the Michigan State USBC BA Hall of Fame for Superior Performance.


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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition contains everything that entails the original version of Street Fighter V, but has new gameplay elements and new content, e.g. the Arcade Mode, Extra Battle Mode, new V-trigger actions, a Gallery, and a fully new user-interface.
Next to all original content you do get more for your money when you would buy Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. Hereby a list:
Arcade Mode
Extra Battle Mode
New V-trigger actions
New user-interface
DLC-fighters from Season 1
In the Arcade Mode fans of the Street Fighter franchise have enough to explore and make their own when it comes down to new and existing modes in this game franchise. Next to this, thirty years of gaming history pass while playing Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, it is not like any other Street Fighter game you have seen before. You can choose different paths that you can finish in a multiplayers as well as a single mode; in both modes you can finish the game and get great endings and backstories of all the separate characters that Street Fighter V contains. In the Extra Battle Mode it is possible to play exclusive challenges, with these challenges you can earn special in-game currency, called "Fight Money", with this currency you can buy extra-special costumes for your favourite Street Fighters. All content of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition get periodically updated and upgraded, but also new fighting challenges and other content.
The original version of Street Fighter V is the only thing you need to get access to the last update of your edition of Street Fighter V. By earning in-game money you can expand the content you own of this game, in this case you can add all gameplay content that has been released since the beginning of this specific Street Fighter game. Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition is meant for gamers who do not want to play so much that they need to play for hours on end to earn enough in-game money to upgrade their game, because the Arcade Edition of this Street Fighter game has all the complete content already added.
In Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition you can dare your friends to battle against you for the fame of it all in the Capcom Pro Tour, and even when you are a gamer that only played the original Street Fighter V you can compete in these battles, because you are placed in the same pool as gamers who play the Arcade Edition of the game. Through the cross-gaming platform PlayStation 4 and PC gamers get united to play Street Fighter V together.
New and returning fighters – Well-known returning characters are Birdie and Charlie Nash. New is Necalli, but there are also classic Street Fighters in the Arcade Edition, e.g. Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Cammy, Vega and M. Bison.
New added strategies and battle systems – Now there is a V-gauge and an EX-gauge, but also a whole new battle system; because of these additions Street Fighter V is very approachable for all types of gamers, noobs and advanced gamers alike.
PlayStation 4 and PC Cross-Platform – It is a first in Street Fighter history that PC gamers can battle against PlayStation 4 gamers.
Next Gen Graphics – This is the coolest Street Fighter when it comes down to its graphics, and this is all because of the use of the Unreal Engine 4.
Street Fighter DLC fighters – All future DLC fighters will be free to play.
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition will be released on January 16th 2018 for PC and PlayStation 4.
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Q: Scraping an URL i got from scraping a page I'm running into some issues while trying to scrape a page. I asked this previously but probably my question was quite confusing.
Link to previous question
Scraping an URL that I scraped while parsing
Basically what I'm trying to do is parsing an URL I got from another page, while keeping the same Item.
I get some data from a page, which is assigned to certain Item fields. What I want to do is to add more data to that item but from a URL I get while parsing the previous one.
Something like this:
def parse (self,response):

    someItem['name'] = 'something'
    someItem['size'] = 'something'

    #This URL i get from scraping the initial page
    followingURL = someURL

    yield Request(followingURL, callback = self.parseNext)

def parseNext (self,response):

    someItem['color'] = 'somethingIGetFromTheNewPage'

    yield someItem

I tried using something along the lines of
yield Request(followingURL, callback = self.parseNext, meta={'someItem' : someItem})

But it did not work.
How can scrape a new URL while 'saving' the item information i got from the 'parse' method?

A: You used the right way. It is the most convenient way to pass data from one function to another.
How did you get data in your parseNext function? It should be like this:
def parseNext(self, response):
    someItem = response.meta['someItem']
    someItem['color'] = 'somethingIGetFromTheNewPage'
    yield someItem

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Eat soup, help needy
Authors: LYNDSEY STRUTHERS The Rocky Mountain Collegian
Spoons Soups and Salads restaurants will be donating 100 percent of its proceeds from 3 p.m. until close tonight to the Food Bank for Larimer County.
In its fourth year, Cans Runneth Over, in conjunction with the 19th annual Cans Around the Oval, will be raising money and collecting food for those in need.
Tom Stoner, the owner of Spoons, said the restaurant volunteers all of its proceeds for the food bank because it is important to give back to the community.
"It's a neat event; it's wonderful to help the needy in Fort Collins," Stoner said.
This year, with the addition of the new Spoons location in the Lory Student Center, Stoner hopes more students will have the opportunity to participate in the event.
"We are expecting a great turnout," Stoner said. "The LSC is going to be a great venue."
For Shelly Peitzmeier, the event coordinator for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement, Cans Runneth Over is important because it addresses an important matter.
"Hunger is an issue that is relevant in Larimer County," the junior psychology major said.
In the last three years, Cans Runneth Over has raised about $7,000 for the food bank.
According to Jill Lysengen, the volunteer and development coordinator for the LCFB, every dollar donated to the food bank can provide four meals for a family. This is possible because the food bank is able to purchase food at reduced rates through food brokers.
Organizers are looking forward to the event as a way to get students ready for the annual can drive.
"It's really cool because it kicks off Cans Around the Oval," Peitzmeier said.
Staff writer Lyndsey Struthers can be reached at news@collegian.com.
Spoons Soups and Salads Locations:
The Lory Student Center food court
172 N. College Ave.
1118 W. Elizabeth St.


Defines minimum requirements for each node in your cluster.
To enable metering and the display of certain metrics by the MapR Control System (MCS), you must install collectd and OpenTSDB components. Metrics monitoring is part of MapR Monitoring, which also includes log monitoring. MapR Monitoring components are available as part of the MapR Ecosystem Pack (MEP) that you selected for the cluster.
Review the following solutions to errors that you may encounter when you run configure.sh to configure MapR Monitoring.
Note: As of MapR 6.0, if you install the logging components on a secure cluster, you must generate the Elasticsearch keys, certifications, and trust stores on an Elasticsearch node (designated as the master) and then distribute them to the other Elasticsearch nodes in the cluster, as shown below in step 3.
Complete the steps to install the logging components as the root user or using sudo. Installing logging components on a client node or edge node is not supported.
fluentd Install the mapr-fluentd package on each node in the cluster.
Elasticsearch Install the mapr-elasticsearch package on at least three nodes in the cluster to allow failover of log storage in the event that one Elasticsearch node is unavailable.
Kibana Install the mapr-kibana package on at least one node in the cluster.
Note: On secure Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04 clusters, Elasticsearch can fail to generate a keystore password if the uuid-runtime package is not installed. uuid-runtime is one of the package dependencies required for installing without the MapR Installer. See the entry for SPYG-934 and uuid-runtime in the Known Issues at Release (MapR 6.1.0).
For secure MapR clusters, run maprlogin print to verify that you have a MapR user ticket for the mapr user and the root user. These user tickets are required for a successful installation.
Select one Elasticsearch node as the master, and run configure.sh -R on that node.
For descriptions of the parameters used in this command, see the table in step 6.
Important: If DNS resolution on the nodes is not completely configured, running the configure.sh -genESKeys step will fail. For example, key creation will fail if reverse lookups do not work. Suppose that the DNS lookup for a node with hostname node1.qa.lab returns 192.100.1.1. If the DNS lookup for 192.100.1.1 returns nothing (instead of hostname node1.qa.lab), key creation will fail.
Note: Only include the file that matches the nodename.
Note: If the /ca and /certs copy-to directories do not exist for Kibana, you must create them. In addition, the directories and all files within them must be owned by mapr:mapr, or the services will not start.
Note: If the /ca and /certs copy-to directories do not exist for Fluentd, you must create them. In addition, the directories and all files within them must be owned by mapr:mapr, or the services will not start.
MapR 6.0.1 and later: For secure MapR clusters, copy the $ES_HOME/etc/elasticsearch/.keystore_password file from the Elasticsearch master node to $KIBANA_HOME/config/.keystore_password on the nodes where you are running Kibana. The .keystore_password file contains a system-generated password that is used to authenticate Kibanaserver-to-Elasticsearch-server communication.
Then run configure.sh as you normally would run it (go to step 6).
Run configure.sh on each node in the MapR cluster with the -R and -ES parameters, adding parameters to configure the Fluentd/Elasticsearch/Kibana password as needed. Optionally, you can include the -ESDB parameter to specify the location for writing index data. A Warden service must be running when you use configure.sh -R.
-R After initial node configuration, specifies that configure.sh should use the previously configured ZooKeeper and CLDB nodes.
Note: The default Elasticsearch port is 9200. If you want to use a different port, specify the port number when you list the Elasticsearch nodes.
-ESDB Specifies a non-default location for writing index data on Elasticsearch nodes. In order to configure an index location, you only need to include this parameter on Elasticsearch nodes. By default, the Elasticsearch index is written to /opt/mapr/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-<version>/var/lib/MaprMonitoring/.
Note: Elasticsearch requires a lot of disk space. Therefore, a separate file system for the index is strongly recommended. It is not recommended to store index data under the / or the /var file system.
Upgrading to a new version of MapR Monitoring removes the /opt/mapr/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-<version>/var/lib/MaprMonitoring/ directory. If you want to retain Elasticsearch index data through an upgrade, you must use the -ESDB parameter to specify a separate file system or back up the default directory before upgrading. The Pre-Upgrade Steps for MapR Monitoring include this step.
After you run configure.sh -R, if errors are displayed see Troubleshoot MapR Monitoring Installation Errors.
From the MCS, select the Kibana view. After you select the Kibana view, you may also need to select the Pop-out page into a tab option.
Note: The Index contains time-based events option is selected by default and should remain selected.


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