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Surety & Open Text Partner to Deliver Data Integrity Services for Livelink
Surety, LLC, provider of perpetual data integrity solutions, and Open Text Corporation announced a partnership to offer data integrity services with Open Text's enterprise content management (ECM) solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Surety's AbsoluteProof data integrity service will be integrated into Open Text's Livelink solutions enabling customers in regulated industries to protect intellectual property, defend evidence in court and comply with regulatory mandates by proving that their electronic records have not been tampered with in any way. Surety will become part of Open Text's Alliance Partner Program, which establishes select partnerships with industry and market leaders to provide all the necessary components of a complete ECM solution. www.opentext.com
DataDirect Announces DataDirect XQuery
DataDirect Technologies announced the development of DataDirect XQuery, an embeddable software product that enables Java developers to access both relational and XML data sources using a single query. Built to accommodate XQuery, the language for querying and creating XML documents, DataDirect XQuery will join DataDirect Technologies' offering of data connectivity components. Primarily queried from relational databases, business-critical data is increasingly required to be exchanged and processed as either XML data, or a combination of XML data and relational data. Recognizing this, the W3C has developed XQuery as a uniform language for data exchange. In the same way that SQL provides a query language for relational databases, XQuery will provide a common language for accessing both XML and relational data stores. DataDirect XQuery is scheduled to be available in the first half of 2005. A strategic beta program is scheduled to be available this fall. www.datadirect.com
Near-Time Introduces Content & Knowledge Manager for Mac OS X Panther
Near-Time, Inc. announced the commercial availability of their product, Near-Time Flow. Flow is a rich client application that leverages existing and emerging Web services standards and content. Flow is a peer-to-peer collaborative content and knowledge manager for Mac OS X Panther. Flow provides essential information integration capabilities. Flow users can access, manage, and repurpose content across the spectrum of private and public information. For instance, users can repurpose a Web log or news feed for an internal project, or a group of individuals can collaborate on content to be published on the Internet. Some of the supported standards include XML, HTML, FTP, WebDav, SMTP, iDisk, RSS, and Web logs (via Atom). Near-Time Flow is available for download, and licenses are available individually or in multi-user packages; priced at $99.95 for a single license, $895.99 for 10 licenses, and $3,995.95 for 50 licenses. The annual basic services fee for a Near-Time.net subscription is $29.95 and is available free of charge to Flow customers through August 31, 2004. www.near-time.com
Canto Release Internet Client Pro 2.0
Canto announced the immediate availability of Internet Client Pro 2.0. Internet Client Pro 2.0 is a Web-client permitting data upload and
editing as well as cataloging. This Internet Solution is compatible with all
Cumulus 6 Workgroup Editions – it is a component of Cumulus 6 Business
Server Solution and Cumulus 6 Enterprise. Internet Client Pro 2.0 enables users to create dynamic web pages allowing customers to search for images and other documents within Cumulus catalogs using standard Web browsers. According to their user rights, visitors can also catalog new assets, assign assets to new categories, edit and update stored metadata or check-in and check-out assets for local processing without having to install additional software. Internet Client Pro 2.0 is available for download or from a Canto Sales partner for USD 6,995 in the Americas or EUR 6,995 outside the Americas, respectively. It ships with English, German, French and Japanese user interface on Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris and Linux platforms. Upgrades for existing Internet Client installations will also be offered. Customers who have
bought Upgrade Advantage (UAP) receive the Upgrade of Internet Client Pro 2.0 for free. www.canto.com
Percussion Introduces Rhythmyx FastForward
Percussion Software introduced Rhythmyx FastForward, a series of enhancements to the company's Rhythmyx 5 Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution, designed to speed implementation, deliver more application functionality out-of-the-box and require less customization services to meet common customer needs. The Rhythmyx FastForward series is specifically designed to address the application needs of the mid-tier enterprise market. Not an add-on product, FastForward is a feature set of Rhythmyx, and ships with Rhythmyx modules at no additional cost. Rhythmyx FastForward for WCM (Web Content Management) is the first of the series. It is currently in beta test and will be available next quarter. The second in the series, Rhythmyx FastForward for DM (Document Management) will be available later this year. Others in the FastForward series will be announced with future releases of Rhythmyx. Rather than segmenting the mid-tier market by the size of the enterprises only, Percussion defines the mid-tier ECM market according to the unique content management needs of these customers. www.percussion.com
Escenic & Ontopia Announce Solution for Enterprise Information Strategy & Topic Maps
Escenic and Ontopia have signed a strategic agreement to offer an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution with support for the ISO Topic Maps standard. Escenic and Ontopia will create a standards-based Enterprise Information Integration (EII) strategy. The new solution will equip customers with the tool to offer better services, as information can be identified and processed with greater efficiency. Escenic plans to provide customers with a standards-based Taxonomy Management capability for easing the task of categorizing, managing, and locating content, together with Content Management functionality. www.escenic.com, www.ontopia.net
Blast Radius Introduces XMetaL 4.5
Blast Radius introduced XMetaL 4.5 to simplify the creation of reusable business content. The new "Smart Customization Generator" automatically generates style sheets and behavior customizations from a DTD or schema. These are instantly usable in XMetaL Author and XMAX (XMetaL for ActiveX). When a customization file is updated and saved in XMetaL Developer, XMetaL Author and XMAX (XMetaL for ActiveX) now automatically update themselves to use the new version of the file. Developers can now create application-level customizations that apply to all DTDs and schemas. This simplifies the development of customizations, such as CMS integrations, that are independent of any particular document type. Authors now have the flexibility to move or copy content, including multiple cells, within and among tables using a click, drag-and-drop method. CALS, HTML and XHTML table models are supported. The CSS editor has been streamlined and simplified. Completely revamped project wizards in XMetaL Developer are simpler to use and have an improved workflow. www.xmetal.com, www.blastradius.com
RedDot Announces Extended Content Management Solution, XCMS Version 6.0
RedDot Solutions announced the release of the RedDot Extended Content Management Solution (XCMS), Version 6.0. RedDot XCMS 6.0 offers a single, scalable solution, tailored to meet the growing demands of mid-market organizations. The company also announced the release of RedDot CMS 6.0, a core component of XCMS. New in RedDot XCMS 6.0 is a collection of optional modules tailored to each organization's needs, a redesigned user interface, enhanced security features providing broader support for LDAP and a new module addressing web compliance. RedDot XCMS 6.0 offers a range of ECM Manager modules, providing: web content management, document management, asset management, collaboration and business process management. Each module aligns to a functional area, allowing customers to purchase only the modules they need and incorporate additional modules as their needs change. The new Web Compliance Manager module addresses compliance issues within the staging environment, before the content reaches the public. Pre-configured libraries, including the Section 508 and W3C accessibility standards, are available with the module. www.reddot.com


This tour is designed to discover the essential sites of Kanchanaburi province and to live a rewarding and unforgettable experience with elephants protected from Elephant Haven.
This full three-day tour takes you from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai through beautiful landscapes to discover nature, history and people.
Ce tour de trois jours bien rempli, vous emmène de Chiang Mai à Chiang Rai à travers de magnifiques paysages pour découvrir la nature, l'histoire et les habitants.
Thong Pha Phum area, this unique site is open three months a year (March, April and May). Reservations are limited and you will not encounter crowds in the primary jungle.
Discover the region at ease, the magnificent Erawan Falls, the night on the floating raft at the foot of the Sai Yok Yai waterfall, meeting with the elephants. Enjoy !


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Temperature extremes in Europe
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Indicator codes: CSI 012 , CLIM 001
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Observed changes in warm spells and frost days indices 1976-2006 Modelled number of tropical nights over Europe during summer (June-August) 1961-1990 and 2071-2100
More recent information can be found on indicator CSI 012 Global and European Temperature
which covers same issues and is more frequently updated. Update planned for November 2012.
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As seen by the public, climate change manifests itself most clearly through changes in the frequency of weather extremes and their impacts. Nearly all adaptation measures relate to changes in climate extremes. Extreme temperature events may lead to heat waves and intensive and long-lasting droughts, having, in turn, many impacts on natural ecosystems and society (e.g. agriculture, public health).
The time series for studying temperature extremes are based on daily data. More than 50-year of European time-series data allow detailed assessment of extreme events.
The heat wave of summer 2003
Much of Europe was affected by a heat wave during the summer of 2003 (June, July and August). It is estimated that this was the hottest summer since at least 1500 (Luterbacher et al., 2004). Seasonal temperatures were the highest on record in Germany, Switzerland, France and Spain (Figure 3). Average summer (June-August) temperatures were far above the long-term mean, by up to five standard deviations, implying that this was an extremely unlikely event under current climatic conditions (Schar and Jendritzky, 2004). Hot summers like 2003 may, however, become much more frequent during the second part of the 21st century (Beniston, 2007; Dankers and Hiederer, 2008).
The 2003 heat wave was associated with a particular air pressure field pattern over Europe, leading to an advection of hot air from the south which reinforced the strength and persistence of the heat waves. Nearly all radiation from the sun was converted to heat because of the soil and vegetation dryness. At many locations, day-time temperatures rose to more than 40 oC. In the European Alps, the average thickness loss of glaciers reached about 3 m water equivalent, nearly twice as much as during the previous record year of 1998 (WMO, 2004). Annual precipitation deficits up to 300 mm caused droughts in many areas which resulted in reduced agricultural production, more extensive forest fires (Portugal), and record low levels of many major rivers (e.g. Po, Rhine, Loire and Danube). In all the affected countries together, more than 70 000 additional deaths were related to the 2003 heat waves.
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Observed changes in warm spells and frost days indices 1976-2006
Modelled number of tropical nights over Europe during summer (June-August) 1961-1990 and 2071-2100
http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eea_report_2008_4/pp37-75CC2008_ch5-1to4_Athmosphere_and-_cryosphere.pdf
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In April 2009 the European Commission presented a White Paper on the framework for adaptation policies and measures to reduce the European Union's vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. The aim is to increase the resilience to climate change of health, property and the productive functions of land, inter alia by improving the management of water resources and ecosystems. More knowledge is needed on climate impact and vulnerability but a considerable amount of information and research already exists which can be shared better through a proposed Clearing House Mechanism. The White Paper stresses the need to mainstream adaptation into existing and new EU policies. A number of Member States have already taken action and several have prepared national adaptation plans. The EU is also developing actions to enhance and finance adaptation in developing countries as part of a new post-2012 global climate agreement expected in Copenhagen (Dec. 2009). For more information see: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/adaptation/index_en.htm
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How did I not know about this? A math whiz I'm not. But a math whiz wannabe? That's me!
Michele and I recently saw the movie Gifted. Early on in the story the protagonist demonstrated some crazy math skill as a first-grader. Then she explained it was a something-something system.
Recently, talking with my math-whiz and handball-partner friend, Hal, the subject came up and I was motivated to go back and revisit this reference. I found the Trachtenberg System of Basic Mathematics. What a wonderful practical application of higher mathematics to a toolbox of handy widgets useful every day.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 1, 2017 by pgreenwood.


The article aims to point out the double nature, as welfare agency and, at the same time, as armed group, of Hamas, leaving apart the theoretical issue concerning the definition of terrorism and focusing on the implications that this ambivalence implies from an international perspective, specially connected to the blacklisting.
Hamas, the acronym of Harakat al Muqāwama al Islāmiyya (Islamic Resistance Movement), was established in Gaza in 1987 as the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. This latter was founded by the schoolteacher Hasan al Banna in Egypt in 1928. At the beginning it was a trade union for Arab and Egyptian workers employed in constructing the Suez Channel. It aimed to promote a culture of solidarity from an Islamic perspective. Ten years after its foundation the organization could count 500.000 members, belonging primarily to the poorest levels of the society. Recalling the traditional Islamic values the league promoted a political view of Islam, also through the opening of "islamized places", where relations were involved just among Muslims, without any western contamination. In order to achieve its goals it rooted in the mosques through the means of preaching, da'wa, and was very active in the social services and welfare system. Its presence in the educational and social agencies has been a feature still today, verifiable within the Brotherhood and its affiliate organizations, among them, precisely, Hamas.
As its parental organization, Hamas' attention and commitment towards the people is a distinctive character which connotes its action and, at this regard, article 21 of the Covenant of Hamas states: "Mutual social responsibility means extending assistance, financial or moral, to all those who are in need and joining in the execution of some of the work. Members of the Islamic Resistance Movement should consider the interests of the masses as their own personal interests".
The Covenant helps also to figure out the movement's goals and ideology. Article 1 concerns Islam, perceived as origin and source of interpretation: "The Movement's programme is Islam. From it, it draws its ideas, ways of thinking and understanding of the universe, life and man. It resorts to it for judgment in all its conduct, and it is inspired by it for guidance of its steps". From the religion springs the awareness about the conditions of the Palestinian people and the decision to fight: "The basic structure of the Islamic Resistance Movement consists of Moslems who have given their allegiance to Allah whom they truly worship, – "I have created the jinn and humans only for the purpose of worshipping" – who know their duty towards themselves, their families and country. In all that, they fear Allah and raise the banner of Jihad in the face of the oppressors, so that they would rid the land and the people of their uncleanliness, vileness and evils".
"The Day of Judgment will not come about until Moslems fight the Jews, when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Moslems, O Abdulla, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews." ". The goal of Hamas is to eliminate the State of Israel and to replace it with an Islamist State in all of what was once the land covered by the British mandate, since Palestine is a waqf, an holy endowment, which has to be Islamic. Accordingly, in 2006, when the organization won the political election in Gaza, it imposed in the Strip a strict observation of sharī'a.
The slogan of Hamas, at article 8, is an effective summary of the organization's belief: "Allāh is its target, the Prophet is its model, the Qur'an its constitution: jihād is its path and death for the sake of Allāh is the loftiest of its wishes".
In order to achieve its aims, Hamas is committed in social welfare activities: the organization's annual budget is estimated in 70 million dollars and the substantial part of it, the 75-80%, is devoted to the social services network, which has ensured that support to the organization, which led this latter to the electoral victory. Moreover, it is engaged in political activity and in guerilla and terrorist attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians. The political wing has always had the control on the entire organization, hence also on the military component: the 'Izz al Dīn al Qassām Brigades, for which it buys weapons and raises funds. The military wing, in turn, takes part to the decision making process even with regard to the political issues.
Starting from 1988, Hamas has begun to act, for first just in the Gaza Strip, then also in Judea and Samaria, targeting villages and towns and taking hostages. There has never been any distinction between soldiers and civilians because: "Every Jew or settler is a target and must be killed. Their blood and their property are forfeit". In Mehola (Israel), April 16, 1993, Hamas opened the season of the suicide terrorism with a car bomb, bringing in the Israeli cities the same dynamics that, ten years before, Hizballāh used in Lebanon. This deadly campaign, which increased in the '90s and during the so-called "second intifada", was responsible for the 40% of all the attacks and caused the 44% of the victims of terrorism in Israel.
Hamas' social services, made of mosques, hospitals, orphanages, schools, religious societies, associations and sport teams, attract funding from abroad, through charitable societies and benefactor States, among them, for instance, Iran, as it was proven once again during the last war in Gaza in the end of 2012, and Syria which also hosted the organization's foreign contingent, also known as the external leadership, until November 2012. This latter has been in charge of keeping relations with the third Countries: Yemen as well as Iran. Syrian support was granted to Hamas by Hāfiz Assad and then by his son Bashār. The Country is a communication route with Iran, crossed by persons, goods and weapons, and a hosting territory for training camps.
Through the Islamic duty of zakāt, charities controlled by Hamas, for instance the Union of Good, collect a huge flow of money, especially from Saudi Arabia. However, the Kingdom has been undertaking some agreements with Israel, since the support to the Palestinian cause should be seen from a wider perspective, inserted in the Middle-east chessboard, which implies the struggle for the control on the Region. Thus, from 2001, the flow of funds from Saudi Arabia to Hamas has been progressively reduced in a way inversely proportional to the increasing Iranian funds.
In 2003 the European Union listed Hamas in its terror blacklist, replacing the 'Izz al Dīn al Qassām Brigades (in the list since 2001), opting for an unified consideration of the organization. The European awareness to be dealing with an unique, even articulated, movement has been the result of a different approach, antithetic to the previous one, which was used to split the military from the political wing. National authorities do not always confirm the Community decision: the United Kingdom has blacklisted just the Brigades, due to the consideration towards the organization's social activities; furthermore, France keeps open channels and relations with it. Outside the Union, Australia and New Zealand have taken the same decision of the Great Britain, on the contrary, United States and Canada have blacklisted the entire organization. In 2006 the Russian newspaper Rossiiskaya gazeta published the list of the terrorist groups drawn up by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. According to the words of the general Yuri Sapunov, at that time head of the antiterrorism at the Federal Security Service, the absence, in the list, of Hamas and of the Brigades was justified by the unclearness, on the international scene, about the nature of the organization. Moreover Hamas, and the Brigades as well, did not represent a threat to the Russian security, since they were not linked to the groups operating in Caucasus.
With regard to Hamas, as we have seen, the European Union reached the unanimity required by the Council Regulation 2580/2001 in order to list Hamas and to impose on it the provided restrictive measures. On the contrary, this consensus has always been missing when Hizballāh is at stake. Although also recently, after the suicide bombing of a bus full of Israeli tourists in the Bulgarian city of Burgas, Germany, United Kingdom and Netherland have called for banning the Lebanese group, the European Governments are not able to find a common position about. Within the Union, just Netherland and Germany have banned Hizballāh, while Great Britain blacklisted only its military wing.
This disagreement is caused by organization's relevance as social agency in Lebanon. As well as Hamas, the movement since its origin has been committed in providing assistance and services to the Lebanese Shi'ite community, hospitals, schools, summer camps, and creating job positions for the people from the southern quarters of Beirut and the Bekaa Valley. However these agencies are also finalized to the recruitment of new members for joining the group. Hizballāh uses its summer camps to indoctrinate youngsters with its ideology, celebrating the terrorist culture, teaching to hate Israel, feeding the cult for Hassan Nasrallah's personality and glorifying the organization's martyrs.
Hamas services too are basins of votes and laborers: the funds are used for financing the social agencies, helping the poorest but also for buying weapons and for sustaining the families of those who were killed or imprisoned during the operations against Israel. Schools and summer camps for children and kids, which host 100.000 minors every year, are places aimed also to indoctrinate the young generations, training them to the hate for Israel, to the military techniques and to the charm of the martyrdom. The following example is a grammar exercise taken from a schoolbook provided by Hamas: "Believers who sit at home, other than those who are disabled, are not equal with those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives".
The European Union, with regard to Hamas, has been able, so far, to perceive that the organization is one, now it is at a crossroads: it is called to decide if it wants to apply the same interpretation to the national blacklisting processes and to Hizballāh or if it wants to make a step back and to remove from the list Hamas' political wing, keeping it as speaker and including its leadership in the peace deals.
 See the U.S. Patterns of Global Terrorism, from 2001 on.
James Roth is a retired lawyer, now a writer. He was one of the founders and long-time board member of Advocates For Human Rights and The Center For Victims of Torture. He is currently completing his first novel entitled "Beyond Torture." He is also active with many groups working on foreign policy and international human rights issues.
Before 9/11 it was widely accepted that torture was illegal under international and United States domestic law. The United States had signed and ratified the Convention Against Torture and had enacted the anti-torture statute of 1994, 18 U.S.C. Sections 2340-2340A , which criminalized acts of torture by United State nationals or non-nationals committed outside the United States, as well as the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991.
Shortly after 9/11 Bush administration officials sought and received authorization through various legal memos and reports by the Department of Justice and Department of Defense to create detention facilities outside the United States and to use harsher interrogation techniques than those previously approved. The result was the use of "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" as well as increased renditions of detainees to other countries for interrogation.
Many abuses which have now been well-documented followed including long-term detentions without access to legal counsel or legal oversight, widespread use of interrogation techniques broadly acknowledged as being torture and cruel and unusual punishment, including deaths of over 100 detainees under questionable circumstances.
Upon taking office in January 2009, President Obama issued Executive Order 13491—Ensuring Lawful Interrogations. Yet, despite well-documented violations of international and domestic laws no clear standards have emerged and there has been no accountability except for a handful of lower level military personnel.
This article outlines a number of areas, both legislative and domestic, that it urges our Congressional Representatives and Senators to pursue.
Release to the public the December 2012 Senate Intelligence Committee Report with as few redactions as possible so that the public can understand what brought about the shift in U.S. policy toward torture and cruel treatment and diminished America's longstanding consensus against torture and cruel treatment.
Request that President Obama release in some form the report(s) by the Special Interagency Task Force on Interrogation and Transfer Policies established under Executive Order 13491.
Issue an apology to Canadian citizen Mahar Arar, who was mistakenly retained and rendered to Syria where he was tortured, and to Khalid El-Masri, a Lebanese-Canadian who was kidnapped by the CIA in Macedonia where he was tortured and then flown to Afghanistan and tortured some more until the CIA discovered that it had the wrong person and dumped him on an isolated street in Albania.
Ask the Office of the Inspector General for the CIA to supplement the 2004 Report in light of recently obtained information contained in a Human Rights Watch Report of alleged waterboarding and other abuses of detainees in Libya.
Ask Attorney General Holder to investigate the alleged abuses in Libya.
Take appropriate action to encourage local communities to accept detainees from Guantanamo who have been exonerated.
Assure that appropriate oversight is established and maintained so that torture and cruel treatment does not occur in the future.
On September 14, 2001 President Bush issued the "Declaration of National Emergency by reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks." On September 17, 2001 President Bush issued a 12-page directive (known as a "memorandum of notifications) to the Director of the CIA and members of the National Security Council authorizing the CIA to capture suspected terrorists and members of Al-Qaeda and to create detention facilities outside the United States to hold and interrogate them. The International Committee of the Red Cross was refused access to detainees held in the new CIA program until September 2006. On November 13, 2001 President Bush authorized the detention of alleged terrorists and subsequent trial by military commission, which he ordered would not be subject to the principles of law and rules of evidence applicable to U.S. federal courts.
On July 11, 2002, the first detainees arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On January 18, 2002 President Bush declared that the Third Geneva Conventions did not apply to the conflict with Al Qaeda or the Taliban and that they would not receive the protections afforded to prisoners of war. On February 7, 2002 President Bush issued a memorandum to that effect. In so doing, the President rejected the requests by Secretary of State Colin Powell to reconsider and reverse his decisions, as well as the advice of William H. Taft, IV, Legal Adviser to the State Department, that these decisions were inconsistent with the plain language of the Geneva Conventions and contravened the unvaried interpretation and practice in the fifty years since the United States became a party of the Conventions.
In March 2002, the first "high value detainee", Abu Zubaydah, was detained and interrogated by the CIA. The CIA interrogation program sanctioned by President Bush included interrogation techniques adapted from the Survival Evasion Resistance Escape ("SERE") training program in which U.S. military members were exposed to and taught to resist interrogation techniques used by countries that did not adhere to the Geneva Conventions. As reported in the later CIA Inspector General Report, the U.S. now employed these techniques itself, including waterboarding, confining detainees in a dark box with insects, up to 11 days of sleep deprivation, facial holds and slaps, "walling" (pushing a detainee against a wall) and use of stress positions.
On November 27, 2002 William J. Haynes, General Counsel for the Department of Defense, provided to Donald Rumsfeld an "Action Memo regarding Counter-Resistance Techniques seeking approval of three categories of counter-resistance techniques to aid in the interrogation of detainees at Guantanamo Bay." Rumsfeld initialed his approval on December 2, 2002 to the first two categories and one of the techniques from the third category ("mild non-injurious physical contact"). This signaled approval of the SERE enhanced interrogation techniques by the military in addition to the CIA. This is one example of the migration of lists and interrogation techniques beyond those approved by the Army Field Manual. U.S. Army General Geoffrey D. Miller was given command of Joint Task Force Guantánamo in November 2002. He implemented the new harsh techniques there. In August 2003 Miller was sent to Iraq by the Department of Defense to help get more information out of Iraqi prisoners. In September Miller submitted a report recommending "GTMO-ising" interrogation techniques–combining the detention and interrogation units at Abu Ghraib into the Theater Joint Interrogation and Detention Center. Miller recommended that prison guards be used to "soften up" prisoners for interrogations.
In September 2003 Lieut. General Ricardo S Sanchez sent a secret cable to US Central Command outlining more aggressive interrogation methods that he planned to authorize immediately, including several that were later revealed when the Abu Ghraib scandal broke.
All of the above facts illustrate how the US military's ad hoc decision-making created confusion and allowed the harsh methods to infiltrate from Afghanistan to Guantánamo and Iraq. A clear line exists from the initial decision that the Geneva Conventions did not apply to Al Qaeda and Taliban detainees.
"To my mind, there's no practical distinction [between cruelty and torture]. If cruelty is no longer declared unlawful but instead is applied as a matter of policy, it alters the fundamental relationship of man to government. It destroys the whole notion of individual rights. The Constitution recognizes that man has an inherent right, not bestowed by the state or laws, to personal dignity, including the right to be free of cruelty. It applies to all human beings, not just in America—even those designated as 'unlawful enemy combatants.' If you make an exception the whole Constitution crumbles.
Effective immediately, an individual in the custody or under the effective control of an officer, employee, or other agent of the United States government, or detained within a facility owned, operated or controlled by a department or agency of the United States, in any armed conflict, shall not be subjected to any interrogation technique or approach, or any treatment related to interrogation that is not authorized by Army Field Manual 2 22.3.
The Order also created a special interagency task force on interrogation and transfer policies. The task force was told to provide a report to the president within 180 days unless an extension was necessary.
It is unknown whether extraordinary renditions have been carried out since 2009.
Mahar Arar is a Canadian citizen who emigrated with his family from Syria at age 17. On September 26, 2002 he was detained by U.S. officials at JFK Airport in New York and interrogated about alleged links to al-Qaeda. Twelve days later he was chained, shackled and flown to Syria where he was held in a tiny "grave-like" cell for over then months. He was beaten, tortured and forced to make a false confession.
The government of Canada settled the case out of court and paid Arar $10.5 million (Canadian) and Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologized to Arar.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to accept review of the case. The U.S. government has taken no steps to make amends to Mr. Arar and his family.
In a recent landmark decision, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously ruled in favor of Mr. El-Masri on December 12, 2012, corroborating details of his abduction and torture by the CIA and holding that the CIA's treatment of Mr. El-Masri was torture.
Mr. El-Masri is a Lebanese-Canadian who was kidnapped by the CIA is Macedonia. With the assistance of the Macedonian government he was held incommunicado, severely beaten, sodomized, shackled and hooded, submitted to total sensory deprivation and harshly interrogated for over three weeks. He was then flown to Afghanistan where he was incarcerated in a small, dirty dark brick factory and beaten, kicked, threatened and interrogated for more than four months. When the CIA ultimately learned that he was the wrong person he was dumped on an isolated street in Albania.
In contrast, when Mr. El-Masri brought a case in the U.S. it was dismissed and upheld on national security grounds, as in Mr. Arar's case, and again the U.S. Supreme Court refused to accept review of his case.
To date the U.S. government has not responded.
 The directive has not yet been publicly released. But see George Tenet, at the Center of the Storm: the CIA During America's Time of Crisis 208 (Harper 2007).
 John Yoo and Robert Delahunty, Memorandum for William J. Haynes, II, General Counsel, Department of Defense, January 9, 2002.
 George Bush, The White House, Memorandum for the Vice President, et al, Harsh Treatment of Taliban and al-Qaeda detainees (7 February 2002).
 Alberto R. Gonzalez, Memorandum for the President, Decision re Application of the Geneva Conventions to Prisoners of War to the Conflict with Al Qaeda and the Taliban (25 January 2002).
 William H. Taft, IV, Legal Adviser, Department of State, Memorandum to Counsel to the President, Alberto Gonzalez, Comments on Your Paper on the Geneva Conventions (2 February 2002).
 CIA Inspector General's Special Review: Counterterrorism, Detention, and Interrogation Activities, September 2001-October 2003, dated 7 may 2004 and publicly released on 24 August 2009, at 12 "CIA IG Report").
 CIA IG Report at 21-22, fn. 26 and 37.
 A list of techniques is found in the CIA IG Report at 15.
 ICRC CIA Detainee Report at 4.
 ICRC CIA Detainee Report at 7. It is notable that the ICRC Report details the same interrogation techniques outlined in the CIA IG Report, which was not publicly available at the time.
 14. United Nations Human Rights Council, Joint Study on Global Practices in Relation to Secret Detention in the Context of Countering Terrorism of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the working group on arbitrary detention, and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, A/HRC/13/42, 19 February 2010, at 45-50 ("UN Joint Study").
 UN Joint Study at para. 103.
 ICRC CIA Detainee Report, at 5, UN Joint Study at 45-50.


The Great Otway National Park stretches from Torquay through to Princetown and up through the Otways hinterland towards Colac. The park features rugged coastlines, sandy beaches, rock platforms and windswept heathland. In the north, the park features tall forests, ferny gullies, magnificent waterfalls and tranquil lakes.
Visit the Sheoak and Blanket Leaf Picnic Grounds around Lorne. Walks in the park will lead you to Phantom Falls, Cora-Lynn Cascades, Kalimna Falls, Henderson Falls, Erskine Falls and Sheoak Falls.


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Fantasy Football Mailbag: More NFL Draft fun
The Ravens previously violated rules "concerning the intensity and tempo of drills" in 2010. They forfeited the final week of their OTAs (organized team activities) as punishment. However, that violation and punishment was under the previous (2006) CBA.
Under the current CBA, the Seahawks have twice been fined for excessive contact during offseason practices. The last time they were found in violation was in 2014, when they were fined $300,000. They also were ordered to forfeit practice time. In 2012, they received a similar punishment for a similar infraction.
By the way, Gronk isn't only doing photoshoots this offseason, he's also doing the occasional interview, like the one he did on Thursday with ESPN.
During that interview, Gronk called Deflategate "stupid" and said that he thinks Tom Brady will end up playing in all 16 of the Patriots' regular-season games this season.
Anyway, if Gronk does anymore photoshoots with bikini-clad models, we'll be sure to let you know.
Leonard Floyd's alarm clock is better than most alarm clocks, because Floyd's alarm isn't used to only wake him up in the morning — it's also used to remind him to eat whatever the heck he wants in large quantities.
This happens multiple times a day for the No. 9 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.
But Elliott isn't your typical rookie running back. He was taken No. 4 overall by the Dallas Cowboys, a team very fond of using its shiny new toys as often as possible.
The Cowboys believe they can take Elliott and turn him into a better version of DeMarco Murray in 2014, when the Titans running back led the league in rushing and the Cowboys created an offense that was dominant and portable.
Sportsbook.ag actually installed Elliott as the favorite to win ROY honors, which is more in line with my own personal thinking.
The former standout averaged 6.7 yards per carry in his career at Ohio State. Dallas doesn't want to unduly burden him with a crazy load in 2016, but they're clearly going to find a way to get him somewhere in the range of 250 to 300 total touches.
Let's go with the floor there, assume 30 of them are receptions and give him 220 rushing attempts. If Elliott averages 4.1 yards per carry behind the best offensive line in football, he'll top 900 yards with just 220 carries.
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ICE IN HIS VEINS: ADDISON RUSSELL STUNNING CUBS WITH CALM DEMEANOR
Russell followed that up with a two-run shot into the teeth of the wind Saturday.
The Pirates outfielders took a combined one step on the two homers – no doubters.
That power potential is something Maddon has been talking up since spring training, continually pointing to Russell's strong hands and youth (players don't typically hit their power peak until 26-27 years of age).
Russell said he feels more confident this year at the plate and is working to get pitches he can drive and do some damage with.
That calm demeanor – that "slow heart beat" – is not anything new to the second-year rising star.
"It's been that way my whole life," Russell said. "It doesn't mean that I don't get nervous or anything like that. It's just I don't show a lot of emotion out there."
Russell is comfortable in that skin and is developing a reputation as a "clutch" player 174 games into his big-league career.
"I think that's his personality," veteran second baseman Ben Zobrist said. "He's very calm. He's very focused and I think when he gets up to the dish, I say he's got ice in his veins.
"He's not getting too hyped up there. He's ready to do the job and have a good, quality at-bat. He's just gonna continue to get better. Any struggles that he has, even at this time, it's just because he's young. He's just gotta get that experience."
While most players – especially young guys in their sophomore season in "The Show" – tighten up in high-pressure spots, Zobrist has watched Russell play without fear, whether it's with two strikes, two outs or the game on the line.
Maddon mentioned Russell's approach unprovoked two separate times throughout the weekend, talking about the shortstop's pregame routine when he's a self-described "loner."
"He's got great aptitude and he's a great listener," Maddon said. "Those are two wonderful qualities to have as a young person trying to get better in your profession."
Count Cubs ace Jake Arrieta among those at the forefront of the Addison Russell Fan Club thanks to his defense, which included a diving snare of a line drive in Sunday's game.
"I'm always impressed with Addison," Arrieta said. "Whether he's hitting .320 or not, his defense shows up every day. He's capable of some pretty special things when he's on the field.
"He's swinging the bat really well. A couple big home runs. It's just a matter of time before he really comes into his own at the plate. We've seen it in spurts. He's such a young player and to see the promise already from him is pretty incredible."
If you ever wanted to know Russell's ridiculous potential, just look at how Cubs players and coaches constantly talk about how much more is left in the tank.
This about a guy who has an OPS over 1.000 through the first 15 days of May.
"The sky is the limit for that guy," Zobrist said. "He's an incredible athlete. He's strong, he's quick. He's got all the tools to be a fantastic player.
"He's already making those adjustments. It's because he thinks along with the game. He's not just assuming it's gonna happen. He's making the adjustments and he's working hard.
"It really irks him when he's not playing the way he's capable of. He's got all the intangibles that you have to have on top of the physcial aspect. He's just gonna get better."
Bears general manager Ryan Pace traded up and out of the No. 11 pick in last month's NFL draft and into, in some opinions, a supposed problem in the person of pass rusher Leonard Floyd. Multiple problems, actually, considering all the things "wrong" with Floyd.
Fortunately for the Bears, all of these flaws come with major qualifiers – "yeah, but…" things that render those flaws suspect at least, moot at best. And the yeah-but's come, not from scouting reports, projections or other suppositions, but from the NFL itself.
Where's the sack production?
Floyd put up just 4.5 sacks for Georgia last season, hardly the kind of numbers general managers trade up to get. Floyd finished his three Georgia seasons with 17 total sacks – the same total Von Miller posted in his junior season alone at Texas A&M on his way to being John Fox's first draft choice (2011) in Denver.
"He's shown that he's a good pass rusher in college," insisted defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. "He just doesn't have the numbers to support that on a piece of paper. But a lot of that is due to the way [Georgia coaches] used him, too."
Fangio was asked during this weekend's rookie minicamp if he had ever coached anyone who hadn't been an elite college pass rusher but became one in the NFL. Fangio said nobody came to mind, a concerning comment from one of the NFL's top defensive coaches and one who'd coached rush-linebacker Aldon Smith as a rookie.
Yeah, but…
The fact is that more than a few of the NFL's elite pass rushers only achieved "elite" status when they reached the NFL level. Surprisingly, Fangio was involved with one prominent example: Smith.
In one of the NFL's greatest examples of immediate impact, Fangio was San Francisco defensive coordinator when the 49ers drafted Smith No. 7 overall in the 2011 draft. Smith's career has derailed after an impressive start that saw him compile 42 sacks over his first 43 games – effectively one per game.
This after a final Missouri season that produced six sacks – decent but not spectacular for the player who then became the fastest player in NFL history to register 30 career sacks.


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Nine degree programs at Troy University have been recognized as being among the nation's best by Intelligent.com, a trusted resource for program rankings and higher education planning.
Rankings were based on the assessment of the University's programs across six categories – tuition cost, admission, retention and graduation rates, faculty, reputation and resources provided for online students.
Leading the way was TROY's Master of Science in Sports Management program, coming in at fourth nationally, according to the Intelligent.com Best Master's in Sports Management Degree Programs.
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TROY was also recognized in Best Online Social Work degree programs (17th), Best Online Master's in Sports Management (17th), Best Online Master's in History (18th), Best Sports Management Degree Programs (25th), Best Online Nurse Practitioner Master's Degree Programs (30th), Best Online Master's in Nursing Programs (38th) and Most Affordable Online Bachelor's in Psychology Programs (38th).
"This recognition of our degree programs is a testament to Troy University's commitment to offering quality academic experiences for all of our students, whether they study with us in the classroom or at a distance," said Dr. Lance Tatum, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. "Serving students and preparing them to be globally competitive is the most important thing we do, and this external recognition is a reflection of the student-centered focus exhibited every day by our dedicated faculty and staff."
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Late '60s drum and bugle corp preserves 'historic sound'
January 12, 2018 June 9, 2018 - by Ivan Phifer
The Sabathanites kept kids off the streets in a turbulent era
The remaining active, original Sabathanites (Steve Floyd/MSR News)
The Twin Cities boasts some of the country's top entertainers: Prince, The Time, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and "Sounds of Blackness." Every name is well known locally and worldwide. But there was another local group that, if you were raised in Minneapolis, was just as familiar not so long ago — the Sabathanites Drum and Bugle Corp, a group of young people created in the late 1960s by the Sabathani Baptist Church.
MSR sat down to speak to one of the group's original members, Jonathon Guilmant, who described the group as the combination of two other drum and bugle corps, the Katos and Elks from North Minneapolis.
Guilmant joined a progression of drum and bugle corps where he developed skills and proudly marched in parades. At 12 years old, he joined the Katos; a year later, he joined the Elks. In 1964, at age 14, he joined the newly formed Sabathanites in South Minneapolis.
"It's one of those things when you're a kid and you see folks marching and jamming and you join in thinking I'm going to do this one day." But, as Guilmant pointed out, Leon Lewis, the group's leader, insisted that schoolwork and grades had to be "up to par" in order to be in the group and march.
Jonathon Guilmant (Paige Elliott/MSR News)
Guilmant started as a banner carrier and later progressed to playing the bugle. "I had no idea what I was doing — thank God reading music was not a requirement." The songs were made up of beats.
"A lot of us would be at our desks in school banging like we were making beats," he recalled. "We used to get garbage cans, cardboard boxes, etcetera. Those same beats are still stuck in our heads, even the folks who marched in the Elks."
They performed at local and rural events, but the Minneapolis Aquatennial was their favorite event. "We were always in the back, thinking it was racially motivated. Turns out," he comically stated, "if we were in front, that would have been the end of the show," because people waited for the group and followed them along the streets to the end of the parade.
He remembered many times during road trips, after performing in rural areas, motorcycle gangs would follow the group out of town screaming, "Can't you go any faster?" at the school bus. "I guess [they wanted] to make sure we were leaving town."
In 1967, there were riots. "Police came on horses to disperse the crowd in downtown Minneapolis, not too far from the courthouse."
From that moment on the Sabathanites would no longer perform in the Aquatennial. They continued to boycott the event for 40 years until 2010, when Mayor R.T. Rybak asked them to come back and honored them by proclaiming the Aquatennial event as "Sabathanites Day."
These experiences taught Guilmant and other Sabathanites the meaning of teamwork and unity. "We had to stick together. [And] nobody disrespected the women [in the group]," who also marched in parades.
He still performs with the group, playing the bass drum at neighborhood events for Sabathani, carnivals at Martin Luther King Park, and South Side Day. "People don't know the hard work that really goes into it," said Guilmant. "You're marching with heavy drums for miles information. That takes strength."
The sounds of drums and marching are what he calls a "historical sound" that he would like to share [with] the new generation, but he finds that a bit of a challenge. "People [in the group] are getting a little nervous now. We try to keep it going, but once we are done, that's it. The age catches up to you. There are about 11 of us now."
Guilmant reports that nowadays they will just get together to have a jam session, hoping the legendary marching will bring a revitalization to a new generation. He feels it will teach discipline and responsibility.
"We could possibly give them homework help with extra-curricular activities. It would help get them off the streets."
Other notables who marched in the Sabathanites were Gary D. Hines, music director and producer of Grammy Award-winning "Sounds of Blackness," and Judith Hence, editor-in-chief for the MSR.
Ivan B. Phifer welcomes reader responses to ivan.b.phifer@gmail.com
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Kuala Lumpur, 17 January 2018- Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM), the official distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Malaysia, officially launched the new Triton Athlete 4×4 pick-up truck today.
Only available in Black Mica, the Triton Athlete is made for 'Everyday Athletes' highlighting the Triton's agility and nimbleness to take on everyday road challenges in Malaysia.
The Triton Athlete is a new variant added into the current Triton model line-up and is priced affordably the same as the Triton VGT Adventure X.
Prices are quoted on-the-road without insurance, GST inclusive for private registration in Peninsular Malaysia (not applicable in duty free zones).
Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia is currently represented by 55 showrooms (out of which 48 are 3S Centres) and 54 service outlets throughout Malaysia. In East Malaysia, MMM is represented by 13 showrooms (6 in Sarawak and 7 in Sabah).
For further information and to register for interest, please visit www.mitsubishi-motors.com.my or by calling the Mitsubishi Motors Customer Careline at 1800 18 8161 (9 am – 5 pm, Mondays to Fridays excluding public holidays).
Own a Mitsubishi for as low as RM99, 000!
Kuala Lumpur, 8 January 2018- Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM), the official distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Malaysia, is offering attractive promotions this Chinese New Year (CNY) 2018! Own a Mitsubishi ASX Compact SUV from as low as RM99, 000*!
Go to any Mitsubishi showrooms and test-drive any Mitsubishi cars.
Take a video after your test-drive to describe your Mitsubishi drive experience.
Mitsubishi Motors will select the best entries for a chance to win RM10, 000!
Test-drive any Mitsubishi model during the event day and stand to win RM888 cash prizes or Ralliart merchandize! Customers who place a booking during the event day will also receive a Ralliart dry bag and CNY money packet.
Visitors to the showrooms can also expect a whole lot of fun filled family activities and games such as Chinese dough doll making, Chinese calligraphy, paper cup piggy bank making, face painting, God of Prosperity appearances and lion dance performances.
Kuala Lumpur, 5 January 2018- Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM), the official distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Malaysia, officially introduced the new locally-assembled Mitsubishi Outlander 2.4L SUV today. The new Outlander 2.4L will be sold alongside the locally-assembled Outlander 2.0L which was introduced in September last year.
The new Outlander 2.4L is powered by a proven 2.4L engine with 167 PS of power and 222 Nm of torque. The DOHC MIVEC engine is paired with INVECS-III CVT transmission with paddle shifters for even better control.
The Outlander comes with an intelligent 4WD system as standard across the range. Unlike on-demand 4WD systems in rival SUVs, the Multi-Select 4WD system in the Outlander has three selectable modes - 4WD Eco, 4WD Auto and 4WD Lock – to suit all conditions and terrain.
Safety is the Outlander's strongest suit, befitting its role as a family vehicle. Together with seven airbags, 4WD, ABS and EBD, Brake Assist, Active Stability & Traction Control (ASTC), Hill Start Assist, ISOFIX child seat mounts are standard. The SUV also boasts a strong Mitsubishi Reinforced Impact Safety Evolution (RISE) body construction.
In addition, the Electronic Parking Brake available in the 2.4L comes with Auto Hold Assist function that allows one to wait at the traffic light or traffic jams without the need to step on the brakes. The Brake Override System is another feature that works as a failsafe measure, prioritising the brakes if both the brake and accelerator pedals are pressed simultaneously.
Other helpful safety features include Rest Reminder, which reminds the driver to take a break when fatigue steps in. The new All Round Monitor in the Outlander 2.4L assists parking and lane-changing by providing a 360-degree bird's eye view of the vehicle and its surroundings including blind spots on the central screen with integrated guide lines for Front, Side & Reverse view.
All Outlanders now come with a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) that captures every moment or incident while one is on the move. The Outlander also comes with security and solar film for glass surfaces for extra safety and privacy.
The Outlander has a stylish and bold design, thanks to Mitsubishi's signature Dynamic Shield face. The new Outlander 2.4L comes with Full LED headlamps and LED daytime running lights in front, plus LED tail lamps to provide superior illumination and a striking look. 18-inch alloy wheels are standard across the range, while the 2.4L getting a new stylish two-tone wheel design plus an aerodynamic rear spoiler.
Within the stylish body that is spotted with a sunroof is a spacious seven-seater cabin with ample room for the entire family. The Outlander boasts best-in-class cargo volume of 1,608 litres with the second and third-row seats folded. A powered Electronic Tailgate with anti-pinch function in the Outlander 2.4L provides valuable convenience.
A 7-inch HD touchscreen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay functionality allows for seamless connection between iPhone and car. The screen comes with Air Gesture Control for added convenience. Other standard equipment includes automatic headlamps and wipers, and keyless entry with push start button.
With best-in-class safety features, premium and stylish design, and a family-pleasing combination of space and versatility, the locally-assembled Mitsubishi Outlander with improved value is now ready for viewing at all Mitsubishi showrooms nationwide.
Three colours are available: Ruby Black, Red Metallic, Solar White Ruby Black is a new colour for the Mitsubishi Outlander and is available exclusively for the Malaysian market.
The new Outlander 2.4L SUV is priced at RM155, 000 on-the-road without insurance and GST inclusive. Mitsubishi Motors is currently having a Chinese New Year promotion of discounts up to RM4, 000 for the Outlander. The Outlander comes with MMM's two years free maintenance and standard factory warranty of five years and unlimited mileage.


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Chipotle to pay restitution, rehire worker fired for taking sick leave
A Chipotle restaurant on East 14th Street must pay $2,500 and rehire a worker that was recently fired for taking sick leave.
In an announcement from the mayor's office and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Lorelei Salas said firing the woman was illegal as was the fact that she was not paid for the time she took off to take care of an illness as well as her family.
As part of the settlement announced Wednesday, the worker will be reinstated at her previous rate and receive an amount that equals three times the pay for the time she took off in addition to the $2,500. This is because the DCWP found that the firing was retaliatory for taking sick leave.
The worker was referred to the DCWP in January by the union 32BJ.
Posted in Union Square
Tagged 32BJ SEIU, chipotle, Council Member Carlina Rivera, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings
City puts cap on apps listing for-hire vehicles
Mayor Bill de Blasio, with 32BJ SEIU union members at Union Square, cheers the new legislation. (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel)
Mayor Bill de Blasio joined union advocates, taxi drivers and other local elected officials in Union Square last Thursday to celebrate the passage of legislation that puts a cap on the number of cars allowed through for-hire vehicle apps.
The cap is meant to address congestion and driver wages, as well as the weakening of the taxi industry, and won't have any impact on the number of for-hire vehicles already on the road. The legislation additionally includes a new minimum compensation rule for drivers, and the one-year cap does not apply to wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
"The city is sending a clear message: we're putting hard-working New Yorkers ahead of corporations," de Blasio said. "The City Council has spoken boldly, and now we can act. We are taking immediate action for the benefit of more than 100,000 hard-working New Yorkers who deserve a fair wage, and halting the flood of new cars grinding our streets to a halt."
The legislation, sponsored by Brooklyn Councilmember Stephen Levin and which the mayor signed on Tuesday, will also initiate a study to comprehensively manage the industry in order to reduce congestion and protect workers by ensuring fair pay.
Tagged 32BJ SEIU, for-hire vehicles, lyft, taxi, uber
Peter Cooper Council candidate has 3 club endorsements, nearly $200G in war chest
Photo courtesy of Keith Powers
Keith Powers, a candidate for City Council in District 4, announced on Tuesday that he'd gotten support from three Democratic clubs on the East Side of Manhattan. The Samuel J. Tilden Democratic Club, Four Freedoms Democratic Club and Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club (where Powers is a district leader), voted to endorse Powers, a resident of Peter Cooper Village, last week.
In addition, a spokesperson for the campaign said Powers has amassed close to $200,000 in campaign cash.
The rep said Powers has maxed out on his matching funds at $100,100 and has raised $98,000 in private funds. With the two amounts combined, Powers has hit the $182,000 City Council spending cap.
"With our endorsement, we see Keith as the most qualified candidate who has what it takes to protect our party's values with new and innovative solutions for the unique needs of our community," said Greg Martello, president of the Samuel J. Tilden Democratic Club.
Tagged 32BJ SEIU, 74th Assembly District, City Council, City Council District 4, Community Board 6, Council Member Dan Garodnick, Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club, Four Freedoms Democratic Club, Keith Powers, Local 802 AFM, ST-PCV Tenants Association, Tilden Democratic Club
Former Post Office site developers give up on trying to add height
Ryan Singer, executive director of the Board of Standards and Appeals, tells protesters the application has been withdrawn. (Photos by Sabina Mollot)
The developers of the former Peter Stuyvesant Post Office site have given up on trying to get the green light to add another story to their planned East 14th Street residential building.
The announcement that Benenson Capital Partners and Mack Real Estate Group had withdrawn their application was made on Tuesday morning. The news, delivered by Ryan Singer, executive director of the Board of Standards and Appeals, to a group of mostly union member protesters across the street from the BSA building on Reade Street, elicited cheers.
"The process worked the way it should," Singer said. "Based on comments from the board yesterday, they felt they could no longer pursue the variance."
Posted in Affordable housing, Development
Tagged 32BJ SEIU, Benenson Capital Partners, Board of Standards and Appeals, East Village, Mack Real Estate Group, Peter Stuyvesant Post Office