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By Bob Glauber @BobGlauber
Rule change will help clarify what is an NFL catch
Steelers tight end Jesse James has a knee down before crossing the goal line against the Patriots on Dec. 17, 2017. Credit: AP / Don Wright
Updated March 24, 2018 6:25 PM
It is the simplest of questions with one of the most complicated answers — if there is an answer at all.
What is a catch?
NFL players, coaches, team owners and fans have debated the issue for years, and there has yet to be a satisfactory explanation of what constitutes a catch.
After commissioner Roger Goodell recently challenged the league's competition committee to come up with a better solution to the catch rule, the owners appear ready to pass a measure that could go a long way toward eliminating all the confusion and controversy over the matter.
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"We tried to simplify the rule with a three-step process," competition committee chairman Rich McKay said during a conference call on Friday.
The process goes like this: First, a player must establish possession. Then he must get either two feet or a body part (knee, elbow, shoulder, backside, etc.) down and then perform a football act (dive, lunge) or take a third step.
What's missing from the new rule proposal: surviving the ground. That's where so much controversy erupted on a handful of key plays over the years.
*** There was the Calvin Johnson touchdown in 2010 that was called back because he dropped the ball after he went to the ground.
*** The Dez Bryant play in the 2014 playoffs, when a catch was taken away after he made a leaping grab and the ball hit the ground after he took two steps.
*** Last year, Steelers tight end Jesse James had a touchdown taken back after officials ruled that he lost possession after catching a pass and taking two steps before the ball hit the ground as he attempted to hold it over the goal line.
It's too late now, but those plays now would be considered catches if at least 24 owners decide to pass the rules proposal during their annual spring meetings Sunday through Wednesday in Florida.
"We got rid of 'going to the ground,' which was definitely causing some issues on these calls," McKay said.
It's a huge step in the right direction and will go a long way toward eliminating some of the ticky-tack calls that officials often make on plays that are spectacularly executed. With today's receivers making so many dynamic plays, the fact that they won't be subject to unnecessary rules that penalize their athleticism will make the game that much better.
Will the recalibration of the catch rule eliminate controversy entirely? Probably not. After all, when you have a game played by humans and officiated by humans, even the use of replay can't correct all the bad calls. But by eliminating the "surviving the ground" requirement for catches, the league will have closed an important loophole that ultimately will improve the quality of the game.
And there's one more element that will help. While there won't be anything codified in the rule book regarding how instant replay is enforced, there will be an important change to the system moving forward. After several calls were overturned last season, including two would-be touchdown catches by Jets tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins, both of which were overturned by replay, director of officiating Al Riveron will take a different approach from now on.
Riveron, who was criticized for many of those reversals in his first year on the job after replacing Dean Blandino, won't overturn plays unless there is convincing replay evidence that there should be a change. Riveron too often changed calls in which there was only microscopic evidence — and not clear and convincing evidence — that a reversal was warranted.
That's an important distinction, especially when it comes to whether a player makes a catch or doesn't, and it will establish a greater sense of fairness.
It looks as if the league finally has figured it out.
Bob Glauber has covered the NFL since 1985 and has been Newsday's NFL columnist since 1992. Twice selected as the New York State Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association, he is president of the Pro Football Writers of America and author of "Guts and Genius."
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Economic and Financial Challenges for Eastern Europe
Economic and Financial Challenges for Eastern Europe pp 287-295 | Cite as
The Impact of Communication Quality, Partner Complementarity and Foreign Partner's Cultural Sensitivity on Inter-partner Trust in ISAs
Nikolaos Sklavounos
Konstantinos Rotsios
Yannis A. Hajidimitriou
Part of the Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics book series (SPBE)
There has been an impressive growth in international strategic alliances (ISAs) numbers over the last decades since the formation of ISAs is considered one of the most important entry modes for firms to succeed in their internationalization efforts and to achieve optimal growth and competitiveness on a global basis. The role of trust on alliances' successful operation and performance has been highlighted in existing international business literature. In this paper, three propositions are developed in order to investigate the impact of (a) communication quality, (b) partner complementarity and (c) foreign partner's cultural sensitivity on the level of trust the foreign partner has towards the local ISA partner. The objective of this research is the attainment of an in-depth comprehension of the above factors. Furthermore, it provides the ground for future research to examine the importance of trust on ISAs in the South-East (SE) Europe region.
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Global governmental space exploration investments to reach $31bn by 2031: Euroconsult
According to the report, more countries are entering the space exploration market, including Australia and the UAE.
Global governmental investments in space exploration will reach $31bn within the next decade, according to the latest edition of the Prospects for Space Exploration report from Euroconsult.
The report identifies key budget drivers that include the continuation of increased funding in transportation, orbital infrastructure, and in lunar exploration. The public and private focus on establishing a sustainable lunar presence, while also maintaining a sustained LEO human presence, will also beat the heart of space exploration roadmaps in the years to come.
Since the 1950s, the space exploration market has been characterised by a small number of large spending nations as they raced to establish new boundaries for science, technology, innovation, and international prestige. However, leading space consultancy and market intelligence firm Euroconsult suggests that a major transition is taking place, as a collaboration between different governments, as well as between public and private organisations, provides a further boost to the increasing investments from established players like the US.
The company predicts that the expansion of international involvement in the space exploration market will result in a new era, in which government investment levels are expected to reach up to $31bn by 2031, despite ongoing geopolitical issues.
The report found that more countries than ever are joining the space exploration market. Newcomers or recent players include Australia and the UAE, with overall government investments towards space exploration in 2022 at 59% higher than 10 years ago.
Space transportation programmes are expected to remain the most funded application for the next decade, reaching $10.7bn by 2031. This is in part due to the support needed for the development of the human lunar landers and the SLS/Orion as part of the Artemis programme. To this end, the Artemis accords have been signed by a total of 21 nations, signalling wide-scale international collaboration and a new wave of global investments which will result in lucrative partnership agreements with private sector companies that are expected to grow in the coming years.
Meanwhile, China is developing the International Lunar Research Station in partnership with Russia with the project expected to tie up an important portion of the budget for Chinese space activity for the foreseeable future. When combined with transportation applications, orbital infrastructure projects currently represent over 58% of the total space exploration budget.
Principal Advisor Miguel Ouellette said: "Our forecasts indicate that lunar and cis-lunar activities will provide a major focal point to catalyze investment in the space exploration market over the coming years. In fact, moon exploration will act as a 'steppingstone' towards future Mars endeavours, and government investments in this application are projected to drastically increase by over 4.6x in the next decade when compared to the previous one."
He added: "Private companies are expected to play an increasingly important role in these developments, with as many as 60 commercial lunar missions to launch within the next decade. However, the role of governments will still remain crucial in order to support the industry, especially as a customer of commercial solutions, as well as in terms of sharing costs, risks, and responsibilities for space exploration endeavours."
The Euroconsult team has been involved in a series of space exploration studies for governments and private organisations, including providing strategic support to space agencies in defining investment strategies in lunar exploration, conducting international benchmarks and long-term scenario analyses, due diligence exercises on private space exploration companies, and producing insight for a Mars sample return mission. Most recently, they have undertaken a 12-month study assessing the socio-economic impacts of ESA's space exploration programme, Terrae Novae. Euroconsult has also conducted a two-year study for the CSA to identify possible Canadian contributions to future international lunar surface exploration initiatives.
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Do I need to pay the ULEZ charge? Drivers urged to check as London pollution charge zone expands
Monday 25 October 2021, 1:11pm
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said some of his policies to clean up London's air may need to be "tweaked" in future
Drivers are being urged to check whether they will face a £12.50 daily fee as London's pollution charge zone is extended.
The area in which drivers of older, more polluting vehicles are liable for the sum will be 18 times larger from Monday.
For diesel cars to avoid the charge they must generally have been first registered after September 2015, while most petrol models registered from 2005 are also exempt.
The Ultra Low Emission Zone, or ULEZ has operated since April 2019, covering the same area of central London as the Congestion Charge.
It is being expanded from Monday October 25 to include all areas within the North and South Circular roads.
Transport for London said nearly 10 million people have used its online checker to find out whether they will be charged if they drive into the zone.
It wants more people to use the tool before next week's extension.
Some 100,000 cars, 35,000 vans and 3,000 lorries could "potentially be affected" by the new rules every day, according to TfL estimates.
The transport body added that more than 80% of vehicles in the wider zone will not be charged, up from 39% in February 2017 when the plans for the expansion were first announced.
More than one million letters have been sent to people who have driven within the new boundaries to make them aware of the changes, while more than 600,000 leaflets have been delivered to residents living there.
The charge applies all day, every day, except on Christmas Day.
Will I have to pay the ULEZ charge? Check your vehicle by clicking here
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said: "London's toxic air is a health crisis causing long-lasting harm to our children and contributing to thousands of premature deaths.
"The Ultra Low Emission Zone has already cut nitrogen dioxide pollution by nearly half in central London and the expansion of the zone on October 25 means many more Londoners across the city will enjoy the benefits of cleaner, healthier air.
"We need bold action to clean up London's air and whilst it's encouraging that four out of five vehicles now meet the current standards and won't have to pay the ULEZ charge, I advise all drivers to use the TfL checker to make sure your vehicle is ULEZ compliant.
"Our scrappage scheme will continue supporting motorists to ditch their polluting cars and make the switch to greener forms of transport as we drive towards a green recovery."
Small businesses, charities and Londoners who are disabled or on low incomes who scrap a non-compliant cars and purchase a cleaner vehicles can apply to TfL for a £2,000 grant.
Those scrapping a motorcycle or moped may be eligible for a £1,000 payment.
Schemes for vans, minibuses and lorries have been suspended due to "unprecedented demand and limited funds".
Alex Williams, TfL's director of city planning, said: "We don't want drivers to get caught out on October 25, we are advising people to use our checker to see if their vehicle meets the standards.
"If they are liable for the charge we would ask them to consider using public transport, or to walk or cycle if possible, and if they need to drive, consider using a car club whose fleets are fully ULEZ compliant, or switching to the cleanest vehicle."


Honda have announced a multiyear extension to the agreement that retains the manufacturer as an engine supplier to the Verizon IndyCar Series.
Honda has collected 217 Indy car race wins in more than two decades as an engine supplier and won 10 manufacturers' championships, including six years when it served as sole supplier to the Verizon IndyCar Series. In addition, it has scored 10 victories in the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race.
Honda will be in competition with Chevrolet for the fifth consecutive season in 2016, with both manufacturers producing 2.2-liter, twin-turbocharged V-6 engines. Additionally, beginning in 2015, both Honda and Chevrolet developed aerodynamic bodywork kits for their respective teams – supplying a road course/street course/short oval aero kit and a separate kit for superspeedway tracks.
Honda – through American Honda and its racing subsidiary, Honda Performance Development -began supplying engines to Indy car teams in 1994 in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) competition. Honda joined the Verizon IndyCar Series as an engine supplier in 2003 and has been a valued manufacturer and partner ever since.
In addition to continuing as a manufacturer in the Verizon IndyCar Series, Honda retains title sponsorship rights for three events on the schedule: the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park, which is the fourth race on the 2016 schedule, April 22-24; the Honda Indy 200 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, July 29-31; and the Honda Indy Toronto, sponsored by Honda Canada, July 15-17.
Honda have elected to sustain its position within Indycar in addition to its commitment to Formula One with Mclaren, and the World Touring Car Championship. Intriguingly the engine specification used within Indycar mirrors the independent engine specification the FIA proposed as a low cost engine solution for Formula One in 2015.


MMTA Composition contests provide teachers and students alike with the opportunity to share their works with judges, the organization, and the public.
Thinking about registering for an event?
Review the General Rules and Procedures for All MMTA Programs prior to registration.
Visit the Events page to find the desired event.
Current MMTA members may log in, then register online. Non-members may download registration forms using the link(s) provided on the Composition Event pages, then submit by mail with a non-member fee.
MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) offers two competitions annually: one for Performance, the other for Composition. Visit the MTNA Competitions page for details, dates, pricing, and more.
MMTA's national affiliate MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) offers resources for parents and students to assist the prior to and during musical study. Resources include: Choosing a Music Teacher, Websites for Kids, and more!
Many additional resources are available online, including resources for students with special needs.
The Student Composition Contest allows students to apply their knowledge of music and musical theory to the composition process. Winning students perform or have their piece performed at a recital at the MMTA Convention in June.
Computer-generated scores and cover art are desirable but not mandatory. Also, students may record a performance of their piece on a CD or digital file (i.e. YouTube video, MP3 file, etc.) which may be submitted with their composition if desired.
Teachers are invited to create a duet for students who are in the early stages of learning to play the piano. The winning duet(s) will be performed by Primary and Junior A students (ages 7-10) at the Piano Contest Honors Concert in June.
Computer-generated scores and cover art are both desirable but not mandatory. Please use repertoire listed in the Piano Exam Syllabus for Levels 1 (Primary) and Level 2 (Junior A) as a guide.


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Topics › Government Reform › California
Punishing Landowners Won't Save Endangered Species
Massive penalties turn imperiled species into unwanted financial liabilties
Brian Seasholes
The apparent sighting of a single ocean-going steelhead trout in the recently restored Malibu Lagoon is a rare, but welcome, piece of good news for the Endangered Species Act. Unfortunately, the steelhead trout's potentially positive outlook in Malibu is the exception, rather than the rule.
The Endangered Species Act lists 34 species as threatened or endangered in Orange County. In Riverside County, 36 species are currently listed and 48 species in San Diego County are listed.
Regrettably, the Endangered Species Act's 40-year history is filled with failures to increase the numbers of species it lists as endangered. And there is increasing evidence that the law's harsh penalties and regulations are actually causing it to fail, especially on private lands. This is why the ratio of declining-to-improving species on private land is 9-to-1, whereas on public land, like the Malibu Lagoon, it is a much-better 1.5-to-1.
The reason for this troubling disparity is easy to understand. The Endangered Species Act's massive penalties of up to a $100,000 fine and/or one year in jail for harming one member of a protected species or its habitat turn endangered species into unwanted financial liabilities. Private landowners don't want to face the penalties to bear the costs that the government will impose on them for harboring the species on their land. Private landowners often seek to rid their land of endangered species and habitat so they aren't subject to the Endangered Species Act's regulations and penalties. The perverse incentives encouraging landowners to eliminate habitats significantly hamper efforts to protect and restore species – 80 percent of all endangered species can be found on private lands.
In 2010, for example, the U.S. Department of Agriculture started the voluntary Sage Grouse Initiative to protect the bird's habitat in 11 Western states, including California and Nevada. Ranchers' participation in the initiative, billed as a partnership of ranchers, agencies, universities, non-profit groups and businesses in the bi-state California-Nevada region, increased from five in 2010 to 24 in 2013. Then everything changed.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the sage grouse's bi-state population might be listed under the Endangered Species Act. In 2014 only three ranchers applied to participate in the Sage Grouse Initiative because they "are fearful" that if the bird is listed by the federal government the regulations will make "their private agricultural operations unviable," according to the Department of Agriculture.
Most landowners, be they citrus farmers in Riverside or ranchers along the California-Nevada border, take great pride in caring for their land, including many of the creatures they harbor. Tragically, the Endangered Species Act has turned these landowner-conservationists into unwilling enemies of wildlife. As a result, landowners and species are both worse off.
A much more successful approach to conserving endangered species would be to remove the penalties that are causing so much harm and then replace them with incentives, much like the Sage Grouse Initiative was doing before the threat of the Endangered Species Act hampered it.
If a new, incentive-based approach to protecting species is not taken, we will have another 40 years of farmers sterilizing their fields, ranchers sitting on their hands and endangered species continuing to be harmed. Endangered species conservation would be so much more successful if we were willing to embrace a future in which landowners were no longer punished for the species that appear on their lands.
Cooperation between private landowners and government, not harsh regulation and punishment, is the best way to protect the environment and rare species.
Brian Seasholes is director of the endangered species project at Reason Foundation. This article originally appeared in the Orange County Register.
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Modern and Contemporary Sculpture
Richard Gray Gallery-New York is pleased to announce Modern and Contemporary Sculpture, an exhibition highlighting a wide breadth of sculpture from the last 100+ years.
Exhibiting work by: Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, John Chamberlain, Joseph Cornell, Richard Diebenkorn, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Thomas Houseago, Donald Judd, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Claes Oldenburg, Pablo Picasso, Anselm Reyle, Medardo Rosso, David Smith and Andy Warhol.
Modern and Contemporary Sculpture demonstrates the progression and aesthetic evolution of sculptural practice from 1890 to today: from Picasso and Rosso's turn-of-the-century mask-like works to Calder's early experimentation with wire in Portrait of Eduard Penkala (1929); to the amorphous abstractions of Henry Moore's Reclining Figure (1938) and Jean Arp's curvaceous Musensäule (1965); to Joseph Cornell's unconventional surrealist inventions in the 1950s; and post-modern interpretations of the nature of sculpture in Andy Warhol's Brillo Box (1964) and Claes Oldenburg's Soft Juicit (1965).
Modern and Contemporary Sculpture is on view until October 23rd.
Richard Gray Gallery – New York is open
Tuesday – Saturday 10:00-5:30.


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Who's Counting: Abortion Through the Looking Glass
john allen paulos
Although abortion battles are in the news with the nominations of new Surpreme Court justices in recent months, the arguments we hear about the issue are all rather familiar and stale. In an effort to introduce a new, albeit somewhat fanciful, argument, let me begin with a classic story that is usually attributed to George Bernard Shaw.
Seated at a posh dinner party, Shaw asks the woman sitting next to him if she'd sleep with him for $1 million. She laughs and says she would, after which he asks her if she'd do so for $10. Outraged, she says, "What do you think I am?" He replies, "That has just been established. Now we're just haggling about the price."
Such hyperbolic extrapolations and exaggerations are useful when questioning the absoluteness of people's beliefs and so might be helpful with an issue like abortion, in which people often adopt an inflexible and dogmatic pro-life position.
Bennett and an Anti-Abortion Argument
Anti-abortion groups sometimes employ this technique in their skirmishes with pro-choice groups: If an abortion at two months is OK, they ask, why not one at six months? And if one at six months is acceptable, why not kill infants, or toddlers, or the very old?
A more recent example occurred during William Bennett's radio show last month. The former Reagan administration secretary of education got himself in trouble when a caller to his show prompted Bennett to refer to an intriguing and quite plausible argument made by the economist Steven Levitt. Levitt, the author of "Freakonomics," maintained that the decline in crime in the '90s was in large part the result of the significant increase in abortions in the '70s.
Bennett found this hypothesis morally repellent. Wanting to show that even if the hypothesis were true, it would still not justify abortion in his eyes, Bennett exaggerated the argument and introduced the element of race with the stated intent of showing the argument's deficiencies.
Not surprisingly, he was attacked as a racist. I'm not a fan of his political conservatism or of his moral unctuousness, but I don't see his argument as evidence of racism. He used a common sort of logical stratagem, which can easily be taken the wrong way by people not accustomed to it. Had he not been ad-libbing, he could easily have made a similar point without causing offense by bringing up the extraneous element of race.
A Non-Standard, Pro-Choice Argument
In any case, at the risk of suffering similar attacks from a different swath of the political spectrum, consider the following argument, which also depends on a contrary-to-fact exaggeration to make its point. It's an argument that pro-choice proponents might use to undermine the belief of some abortion opponents in the absolute inviolability of the fetus's right to life.
Let's ask ourselves what position opponents of abortion -- say on the Supreme Court or elsewhere -- might take if two biological facts about the world were to change. The first assumption we'll make is that for some unknown reason -- a strange new virus, a hole in the ozone layer, some food additive or poison -- women throughout the world suddenly become pregnant with 10 to 20 fetuses at a time. The second assumption is that advances in neonatal technology make it possible for doctors to easily save some or all of these fetuses a few months after conception, but if they don't intervene at this time all the fetuses will die.
Abortion opponents who believe that all fetuses have an absolute right to life would surely opt for some intervention. Otherwise, all the fetuses would die.
Their choice would thus be either to adhere to their absolutist position and be overwhelmed by a population explosion of overwhelming magnitude or else act to save only one or a few of the fetuses. The latter choice would be tantamount to abortion since all the fetuses are viable. It would, nevertheless, take someone very, very doctrinaire to opt to have the birth rate increase, at least initially, by a factor of 10 to 20.
This is obviously not a knockdown, airtight argument (although delivered to the right audience, it might result in knock downs). As already noted, however, it's not the usual boilerplate and may induce induce fresh thinking in some people.
The argument's point is that if certain contingent biological facts were to change, then presumably even ardent abortion opponents would change their position, suggesting that their position is itself contingent and not absolute. After this is acknowledged, the haggling over the details might proceed.
Professor of mathematics at Temple University, John Allen Paulos is the author of best-selling books including "Innumeracy" and "A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market." His "Who's Counting?" column on ABCNews.com appears the first weekend of every month.


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Creative Starts and What Inspired Me?
This past weekend London Metropolitan University's Creative Enterprise Manager Frances Brown traveled to Wales to facilitate the Creative Starts Programme at Cardiff University.
During Frances' two hour long session, she spoke on how to develop ideas, identify skills gaps, and visually plan one's creative start. She also spoke to participants at the event about using their talents to make money while thy are at university or set up a business for after graduation. By doing this, many of the students involved with the Cardiff University Enterprise programme now have a much better understanding on the proper steps needed to start a business as well as how they can use their creative skills to turn their idea into a business after graduation.
The two hour Creative Starts event targeted creative artists, makers, crafters, or performers, who were interested in making money at university or setting up a business after graduation. It is part of Inspiring Enterprise Week hosted by Cardiff University. As part of this event, Cardiff recorded short videos of many of the speakers during the week. In the videos, the various speakers from the event discuss what inspired them to get involved with enterprise.
Frances made the video in part of Inspiring Enterprise Week hosted by Cardiff University. Inspiring Enterprise Week is a week-long festival of events and workshops which showcase the inspirational enterprising students and staff from across the university. Enterprising activities take place across Cardiff University throughout the year and take many forms, from innovative and inventive academic staff to student societies and graduate or staff spinout companies. The week is an opportunity to celebrate all of these activities.
The goal of this week is to help show students who are interested in enterprise that it is not just about business. It is a skillset which enables someone to spot a problem or identify a need, seize the opportunity and put their own ideas into practice. This includes skills such as creativity, innovation, opportunity recognition, networking, negotiation and commercial awareness. Enterprise is about more than simply having ideas: it is about the subsequent action and making those ideas happen.


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Mozilla delays Firefox 3.1 beta release by three weeks
Mozilla reacts to rivals with plans to beef up Firefox 3.1
Mozilla debuts first Firefox 3.1 alpha
Mozilla turbocharges Firefox, touts major speed gains
Mozilla updates Firefox 3.1 with Alpha 2 build
The newest alpha adds new video support, background JavaScript calculations
Mozilla Corp. on Friday launched the second alpha of Firefox 3.1, adding new video support and boosting the speed of some JavaScript computations.
Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2, code-named "Shiretoko," will be the last in a short series of alpha editions; Mozilla has set a late September code freeze for Beta 1 and will presumably deliver the first preview for the general public next month.
Mozilla added support for the new video element to Alpha 2 and the opening round of what's called "Web worker threads," it also enhanced the browser's performance and enabled drag-and-drop of tabs between windows.
Support for the video tag, part of the HTML 5 standard, has been pitched by developers as a way to ditch proprietary formats, including the popular Flash, and let site designers embed video directly into pages and then manipulate and control the video with scripting.
Mozilla is playing catch-up here with Apple Inc.'s Safari, which already supports the tag. Other browsers, however, including Google Inc.'s new Chrome and Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, have yet to offer support for the element.
Also in Alpha 2 is initial support for "Web worker threads," enhanced scripting functionality that lets site developers shift JavaScript computations to a background thread where they don't hit the performance of the Firefox user interface.
"The user interface will remain responsive while the [JavaScript] engine churns, and navigating away from the page will even pause its execution," Mozilla said in supporting documents about worker threads.
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Other additions and changes to Firefox 3.1 showing up for the first time include: support for between-windows drag-and-drop; new support for several CSS (cascading style sheets) 2.1 and CSS 3 properties; and improved performance when viewing images with embedded color profiles.
Mozilla did not include its new TraceMonkey JavaScript interpreter in Alpha 2, however. The engine, which Mozilla recently said executes JavaScript as much as 28% faster than Chrome, will continue to be available only in Firefox 3.1 nightly builds, the dailies that Mozilla posts for its own developers. Instructions for turning TraceMonkey on in a nightly build can be found here.
Firefox 3.1 has been touted as a fast-track update to June's version 3.0; that edition worked its way through eight alphas altogether.
Mozilla has declined to set a hard deadline for the browser, saying only that it is shooting for a late 2008 or early 2009 release. Last week, however, the open-source developer pushed back Firefox 3.1 Beta 1's schedule by three weeks.
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Years ago, if someone mentioned "credit unions", you might be forgiven for envisioning a man with a ledger, offering loans in a church hall.
The goal of all credit unions is still to create a financial community whose members can pool savings and access affordable loans from the "kitty". But the London Mutual Credit Union (LMCU) and its branch at 10 Acre Lane show how this self-help movement has become a lot slicker in recent times and offers practical solutions to money needs in Brixton and beyond.
Today, 2 million people in the UK are members of a credit union – an increase of around 250% in the last decade, according to the BBC. And it's not hard to see why.
Unlike a high-street bank, third party share holders and owners will not have a say in how your hard-earned cash is used. The savings of members of a credit union are invested directly into the local community, through ethical and responsible loans to other members of the union.
Members' savings are covered by the official Financial Services Compensation Scheme, with investments of up to £85,000 protected.
The LMCU also offers current accounts that can be accessed via Link ATMs and that allow pay, pensions or benefits to be paid directly into accounts that offer online, mobile and SMS banking. You can apply for a loan via its website.
Despite the recent growth in credit unions nationally, Joan Driscoll, a senior account manager at LMCU, feels there is still work to be done: "People don't seem to know about credit unions, it's difficult to get the message across," she says, acknowledging the temptations of "pay weekly shops" that can coax anyone into taking out risky, high-interest loans – often leaving their finances worse off as a result.
With critics suggesting that some pay-weekly shops are targeting vulnerable customers with high-interest loans, the Financial Conduct Authority that regulates the finance industry recently announced that it will introduce measures such as a cap on the cost of credit, with the aim of preventing crippling debt.
Close to 300,000 people are currently in debt to pay-weekly shops. Driscoll believes this number can be reduced – with education at the forefront of her mind.
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USA: Florida set to conduct its first execution in a year and a half
21 August 2017, 04:00 UTC
Ahead of a planned resumption of executions in Florida on 24 August, 18 months after the last one, Amnesty International is issuing a paper on recent developments relating to the death penalty in the US state.
"Death in Florida" outlines the state's response to the January 2016 US Supreme Court decision that Florida's capital sentencing law was unconstitutional, and the governor's reaction to a prosecutor's subsequent decision to reject the death penalty.
When State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced that she would not seek the death penalty due to its demonstrable flaws, Governor Scott immediately responded by ordering her replacement with a different prosecutor more willing to engage in this lethal pursuit. So far the Governor has transferred 26 cases to his preferred prosecutor.
Racial discrimination was one of the death penalty's flaws – along with its costs, risks and failure as a deterrent – cited by State Attorney Ayala, the first African American to be elected to that position in Florida.
Here are two officials taking very different approaches to the overwhelming evidence that the death penalty is a failed policy
Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International
"Here are two officials taking very different approaches to the overwhelming evidence that the death penalty is a failed policy," said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International.
"One says drop it, it is a waste of resources, prone to discrimination, arbitrariness and error. The other says crank up the machinery of death.
"One is acting consistently with international human rights principles. The other is not."
The prisoner set to be executed on 24 August at 6pm is Mark Asay, who was sent to death row in 1988 for two murders committed in 1987. The last execution in Florida was of Oscar Bolin on 7 January 2016, five days before the US Supreme Court issued its Hurst v. Florida ruling that the state's capital sentencing statute was unconstitutional.
USA: Death in Florida (Briefing, 21 August 2017)
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Thailand prepares to welcome back tourists after devastating shutdown
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Bangkok's hotels, street food carts and tuk-tuks are preparing to welcome back tourists as Thailand gears up to re-open on November 1 to fully vaccinated visitors.
Hotels, street food carts and tuk-tuks are gearing up for the return of tourists to Bangkok as Thailand prepares to re-open on November 1 to fully vaccinated visitors after 18 months of Covid travel curbs.
From November 1, fully vaccinated visitors travelling from more than 40 "low-risk" countries will be allowed to enter with a negative Covid result, retesting again upon arrival.
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Beijing Games organisers say virus 'biggest challenge', 100 days from start
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Protecting the Beijing Winter Olympics from the coronavirus is the "biggest challenge", organisers said Wednesday, as millions of people in China were under stay-at-home orders to contain small outbreaks 100 days before the Games.
"The pandemic is the biggest challenge to the organisation of the Winter Olympics," Zhang Jiandong, executive vice president of the Beijing Organising Committee, told a press conference.
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More than 100 people join legal fight against Victorian vaccine mandate
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Authorised workers, employer groups and healthcare workers have joined a mass legal action against the Victorian government's mandates on vaccines.
A legal challenge to Victoria's Covid-19 vaccine mandate has been taken up by more than 100 people, some authorised workers, amid concern the order is forcing businesses to close and people to lose work.
The state's vaccine mandate, believed to be the strictest in the world, has forced millions of authorised workers including lawyers, politicians, real estate agents, teachers and taxi drivers to take the jab or risk losing their income.
The matter has also linked in with Victorians' access to greater freedoms out of lockdown, with now only double-vaccinated people allowed to work in and attend hospitality and retail settings.
But some have opted to fight back, with an originally small legal challenge, initiated by a teacher and her husband, now expanding to include more than 100 complainants across multiple industries.
The original action was filed by relief teacher Belinda Cetnar and her horticulturalist husband Jack Cetnar, concerned they would lose their jobs in schools if they declined to get vaccinated.
Fresh documents filed in the Supreme Court showed 112 plaintiffs have since joined their case, including 52 authorised workers, more than 20 employer groups and 17 healthcare workers.
The group is accusing chief health officer Brett Sutton and other senior health bureaucrats of breaching the state's Human Rights Charter when they imposed the mandates.
Several nurses, a police officer, a Department of Justice bureaucrat and a surgeon have been named as plaintiffs.
One plaintiff is currently employed by vaccine manufacturing company CSL in Melbourne and worked on the production of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Such a legal challenge is the first in Victoria, with previous legal challenges to the same public health orders across Australia being largely knocked back.
Mr and Mrs Cetnar claimed in court documents earlier this month the mandatory policy was an "extreme measure" and inconsistent with human rights provisions.
In a statement of claim, Mrs Cetnar argued the directives for mandatory vaccinations were not a proportionate response to the pandemic and questioned the safety and efficacy of the coronavirus vaccine.
"They do not uphold a citizen's rights to autonomy and informed consent in medical treatment and procedures," she wrote.
"The blanket mandate approach does not consider the human rights of those it is imposed."
A trial was originally set to begin on October 21, but has now been adjourned to a later date as more people join the action.
The Victorian mandate has hit dozens of industries and is believed to be affecting around 1.25 million workers across the state.
Melbourne man Munna Hill, who worked for Amazon, lost his job as a delivery driver when the mandate came in on October 15.
Mr Hill said he had chosen not to get the vaccine due to concern about the potential short-term and long-term side effects and the current lack of long-term safety data.
In the days since, he has struggled to find employment.
"I have no idea what I'm going to do, to be honest," he said.
"I've been making a few phone calls to my mates, but so many industries are following the guidelines, even cash in hand jobs are really hard to find.
"I'm really struggling to pay my bills, even buying groceries every week and paying loans for property.
"I'm just draining my savings account; I think maybe in a month I won't be able to do it anymore."
Employment Law expert with the University of Sydney, Dr Giuseppe Carabetta, said the important difference between Victoria and the other states was Victoria had a Human Rights Charter.
"Human rights law allows for limitations on human rights where necessary to protect public health and the fundamental right to life. However, such restrictions must be necessary and proportionate to the risk and balanced against individual rights," Dr Carabetta said.
"What the courts will ultimately have to address in determining the validity of a health order is whether any interference with individual rights is justified for the protection of the community."
She said the courts would likely examine how coercive the mandates are, whether they allow for exemptions, how serious sanctions are and what interests are at stake.
"While mandates for high-risk sectors such as health or aged care are likely to be upheld, the question will be a more interesting and more complex one when it comes to mandates for less high-risk settings."
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Unvaccinated players can compete at Australian Open: leaked email
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A leaked WTA email says unvaccinated players will be welcome at the Australian Open
Unvaccinated players will be allowed to compete at the Australian Open but must complete 14 days in hotel quarantine, according to a leaked WTA email Monday, although a government official insisted the matter was not yet settled.
The rules would also likely apply to the men's tour, leaving the door open for world number one Novak Djokovic to defend his title at Melbourne Park in January.
The email said that players fully inoculated against coronavirus would not have to quarantine or remain in bio-secure bubbles, enjoying "complete freedom of movement".
"We feel the need to reach out to you all to clear up false and misleading information that has recently been spread by other parties about the conditions the players will be forced to endure at next year's Australian Open," the email read.
Vaccinated players could arrive any time after December 1, must have a negative test within 72 hours of departing for Australia and test again within 24 hours of arrival. Otherwise, there will be no restrictions, the email said.
– Still talking –
"We're still talking to the Commonwealth (national government) about whether the rule for international unvaccinated arrivals is either 14 days quarantine or they're not coming into the country at all," he said in response to the leaked email.
Nine-time Australian Open champion Djokovic is one of many players who have refused to share their vaccination status, casting doubt over whether he will defend his title.
Reports have put the vaccination rate for tennis players at between 50 and 60 percent, but Pakula spoke with Australian Open chief Craig Tiley on Monday and he believed they were much higher.
Melbourne is in Victoria state, which on Friday emerged from one of the world's most prolonged series of Covid lockdowns, in total more than 260 days since the pandemic began.
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Peru surpasses 200,000 Covid deaths: officials
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In this file photo taken on October 19, 2021, a health professional assists a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in northern Peru
Peru, which has the world's highest Covid-19 death rate per capita, has surpassed 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Friday.
The ministry announced 25 new deaths over the previous 24 hours, taking the South American country over the symbolic threshold with 200.003 deaths since the pandemic started in March 2020.
With 6,065 deaths per million population, Peru's Covid mortality rate is the highest in the world, according to an AFP count based on official data.
"We're maintaining a high level of control," health minister Hernando Cevallos said recently.
The fall in infections has allowed the government to relax some healthcare measures and reactivate parts of the economy.
Peru's number of deaths is only surpassed in Latin America by Brazil and Mexico, although those countries' populations are almost seven and four times greater respectively.
"We need to get vaccinated so there is no more sadness in homes and no more orphans," Mirtha Garcia Espinoza, a 39-year-old mother of two widowed by the pandemic, told AFP.
Last week that was down to 169, according to official figures.
The government hopes to vaccinate 70 percent of its population over 12 by the end of the year.
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Pfizer says Covid vaccine 90% effective in younger children
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Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in preventing symptomatic disease among children aged 5-to-11, the company said in a document released Friday that put forward its case for authorization.
The new data was published on the website of the Food and Drug Administration, which has called an advisory panel of independent experts to meet Tuesday to vote on whether to green light the shot.
"VE (Vaccine Efficacy) against laboratory-confirmed symptomatic Covid-19 occurring at least 7 days after Dose 2 in evaluable participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection was 90.7%," the document said.
There were no cases of severe Covid and no cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare but serious post viral condition.
Pfizer argued that "although the mortality rate for Covid-19 in children is substantially lower than that in adults, Covid-19 was among the top 10 leading causes of death for children 5 to 14 years of age between January and May 2021 in the US."
There were no cases of myocarditis or pericarditis — inflammation or inflammation around the heart — but there were not enough study volunteers to be able to detect highly rare side effects.
This is the first time Pfizer has released an efficacy estimate for its Covid vaccine in younger children, along with a detailed dataset.
Throughout the pandemic, pharmaceutical companies have been making major announcements through press releases with scant data, a situation that has frustrated some experts.
The administration of President Joe Biden has said it stands ready to roll out shots for the country's 28 million 5 to 11-year-olds as soon as the vaccine is authorized by science agencies.
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Confusion reigns over Queen Elizabeth II's health after hospital stay
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Images of Windsor Castle after the queen returned there after having "attended hospital on Wednesday afternoon for some preliminary investigations," according to Buckingham Palace.
Questions mounted Friday about the health of 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II after she had tests and spent a night in hospital, despite royal officials saying she was resting at home.
Buckingham Palace had said on Wednesday morning that she pulled out of a planned engagement in Northern Ireland and had been advised to rest on medical advice.
She returned from King Edward VII's Hospital in central London to her Windsor Castle home west of London and was said to be "in good spirits".
She stayed overnight for "practical reasons", said to be because it was too late to make the 26-mile (42-kilometre) trip back to Windsor.
The development follows several busy weeks during which the monarch undertook more than a dozen public engagements, including hosting a reception Tuesday for global business leaders at Windsor Castle.
Royals author Robert Hardman told the BBC there would be "a mild degree of irritation at the palace this morning" that news of the queen's overnight hospital stay had become public.
However, veteran BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said royal officials "have not been giving us a complete, reasonable picture of what has been occurring".
"We must hope that we can rely on what the palace is now telling us," he added, calling assurances that the queen was in good spirits "a handy phrase that the palace dusts off at moments such as this".
"Royal sources had been keen to encourage the impression that she had just overdone it but may struggle to convince the public now," he noted.
Queen Elizabeth II is head of state in the UK and 15 other realms around the world, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
The palace said she was back at her desk on Thursday afternoon undertaking "light duties".
Her late husband, Prince Philip, died in April just a few weeks before his 100th birthday, months after spending four weeks in hospital receiving treatment for a pre-existing heart condition.
Last week, she was seen for the first time at a major public event using a walking stick, but royal officials said it was not linked to any specific health condition.
"She hates people making a fuss of her in general but particularly to do with health," added Hardman.
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Hedhili Ben Boubaker (born 30 November 1937) is a Tunisian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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Steve Wolfe is in for a hectic afternoon with 17 horses entered for the opening meeting of the season at Albany this Sunday.
A winning start at Spencer Park will be a confidence-booster ahead of the G2 WA Guineas (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday week when Wolfe saddles up stable star Lordhelpmerun. His Playing God 3yo firmed into $8.50 for the $500,000 classic following a ripper run in the LR Fairetha Stakes.
Wolfe has won 21 Great Southern premierships and has accepted with Jester Ferrari, Captivated Point & Mongolian Warlord for the TABTouch Regional Championship Series (1230m) on Sunday. The first four home will qualify for the $100,000 Final at Ascot on December 1.
Jester Ferrari (Testa Rossa) has a form-line that's hard to fault. Bred by Des De Largie, his recent York win was sandwiched between seconds to Neurological at Northam.
Captivated Point (Demerit) was a $52,500 buy for Commercial Bloodstock at the 2014 Perth Magic Millions. He is expected to improve off a first-up fourth to Tango Ora at Mt Barker.
Mongolian Warlord (War Chant) has a poor first-up record but owns an exceptional strike-rate at Albany with 4 wins and 4 seconds in 9 starts. Wolfe races him in partnership with Ron Sayers.
Lordhelpmerun has pulled up really well following a fast-finishing second to The Velvet King in the Fairetha. "I just hope all goes well from here. He's a genuine miler and is right in the WA Guineas.
Mungrup Stud sire Playing God also has his first-crop colt Platoon priced at $8.50 for the WA Guineas. He motored home from last on the corner to finish fifth in the Fairetha.
Platoon was bred and sold by Mungrup for $26,000 at the 2017 Perth Magic Millions. He is raced by a partnership that includes Parnham and Colin Loxton who campaigned Playing God to win the G2 WA Guineas – G1 Kingston Town Classic double in 2010.
Playing God is a son of champion sire Blackfriars and stands for an $11,000 fee at Mungrup alongside Oratorio ($11,000). Recent arrival A Lot and I'm All The Talk are priced at $5,500.


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UCSB Outlasts CSU Fullerton, Improves to No. 4 in Big West
October 31, 2011 at 10:02 am by Brent Pella
Senior midfielder Luis Silva scored two goals en route to a 4-3 Gaucho victory on the road against Cal State Fullerton this past Saturday. The pair of goals placed Silva among the top-10 highest scorers in the history of UCSB men's soccer.
UCSB improves to 11-5-1 overall and 4-4 in Big West play, a high enough standing to crack into the No. 4 position in the conference. Fullerton drops to 7-6-4 and remains in last place in the league at 1-5-2.
Silva led the UCSB offensive attack early with a goal just three minutes into the match. An assist by fellow senior midfielder James Kiffe gave the Gauchos a 1-0 advantage.
"It was a play we've been running in practice," Silva said. "We're inside the six-yard box trying to crash the middle. Kiffe delivered a great ball to me and I just put my head into it."
Silva followed the score with a two-on-one attack against the Titan defense alongside junior midfielder Josue Madueno. Silva assisted Madueno on the goal to give UCSB a 2-0 lead 22 minutes into the game.
Silva's offensive efforts were present again just five minutes into the second half when he was able to give the Gauchos a 3-0 lead and give himself a league-leading 13th goal on the season.
The UCSB lead was cut short just 25 seconds later, when the Titan offense was able to score from 16 feet out of the net. In the 69th minute, the Titans reduced the Gaucho lead to 3-2 when Fullerton junior midfielder Gerzon Blanco was able to connect on a shot from the left side of the box to the far post.
"We were trying to kill the game and we gave up the quick goals," Silva said. "We kept them in the game."
UCSB sophomore midfielder Fifi Baiden earned his first career goal less than 10 minutes later on a shot from 22 yards outside the box to give the Gauchos a 4-2 lead.
"It was huge, that fourth goal," Silva said. "The field was wet and he took a hard, low shot."
Fullerton responded with a goal assisted by a free kick just minutes later to put the score at 4-3, where it would remain for the rest of the match.
Junior goalkeeper André Grandt tallied one short of his career high, with six saves throughout the match. CSUF amassed three saves during the game.
Silva's two goals were his 23rd and 24th scores of his collegiate career at UCSB, placing him at No. 9 among the highest scorers for Gaucho men's soccer.
The Gauchos will play their last road game of the season against Cal State Northridge on Tuesday.


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January 15, 2004 by Jade Walker
Tom Hurndall
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Tom Hurndall, a British photographer and peace activist who was shot in Gaza nine months ago, died of pneumonia on Jan. 13. He was 22.
Hurndall, a first-year student at Manchester Metropolitan University, was studying to become a war photographer. He left England in Feb. 2003, with hopes of documenting the lives of people living under conflict. After visiting Iraq and Jordan, he traveled to Israel, where he took a short training course with the International Solidarity Movement in order to gain access to the refugee camps in Gaza.
On April 11, Hurndall was wearing a bright orange jacket and helping Palestinian children cross the street in the Yibna area of Rafah when a firefight between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers began. He shepherded a boy to safety, but when he attempted to aid two young girls, an Israeli Defense Force sniper shot him in the head. The injury left Hurndall in a coma.
Last week, the alleged shooter was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Security sources told Reuters that the charge will likely be upgraded to manslaughter. A second soldier was also detained for questioning.
[Update: An Israeli soldier was indicted on charges relating to the shooting, including one for aggravated assault. "Sharp Focus," a play based on Hurndall's diaries, will air Oct. 8, 2004 on the BBC.]
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Zachary Cohen March 27, 2004 at 8:19 am
What the obituary also does not mention that he was in the middle of a firefight between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers. ("The shooting started.") Also, the unit that was fighting with the Palestinians was comprised entirely of Bedouin Arabs. His shooter was an Arab soldier.
Similar to your ridiculous one of Sheikh Yassin which decides to mention his 'charity' work instead of his mass murdering (Hitler designed cars, didn't he)
Ahmed Sobhi April 30, 2004 at 3:02 am
Tom Hurndall .. i m sure you are one of those who deserve to be in everyone's memory.. Israel, and zionism didn't just kill you they killed and they still kill many lives.. even the most simple of our lives plants, the children.. i wish i can be another Tom
May you rest in peace
RJ October 8, 2004 at 5:17 pm
The evidence shows the truth (now admitted by Israel)- Tom was unarmed and was trying to save innocent lives; he was murdered but his memory will outlive all the lies to inspire people who care to continue the fight for the Palestinians against the terrorist Israeli government.
nasarah nawaz February 18, 2005 at 4:34 am
My deepest sympathies to the family of Tom Hurndall. There is no doubt in my mind that he has dies a martyr, he was a legend, putting other peoples lives first. he must be in the highest level n heaven, a much better place then where we are.
Alexander Puttnam GB June 10, 2006 at 7:15 am
Well! It is now 2006. The passage of time changes perspective. On re-reading the messages posted above, the accusatory words about Tom seem so misguided. The Isreali millitary has been found guilty of covering up murder. Lord Goldsmith flies to meet with the Israeli government to present his findings. Tom could so easily buried his head in the sand and got on with a consumer life like the rest of us. He didn't. He lived more in his short life than most of us living to ninety. I'm sure that if Tom had survived, he would have forgiven. So must we. Love to you all
Sarah March 1, 2009 at 12:33 am
Rachel Corrie did not die for nothing. Her protest was legal because it was non-vioent. I'm sure if Rachel heard these lies she would be insulted. Respect the Martytrs.


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The Government's New Ice Disruption Strategy Isn't That New
This week the Minister for Justice Michael Keenan formally released the Commonwealth Law Enforcement International Engagement Methamphetamine ('ice') Disruption Strategy. It's the latest phase in the government's response to Australia's ice epidemic.
The strategy provides "the framework for the Australian Government's international engagement to disrupt the supply of crystal methamphetamine ('ice') and its precursors to Australia".
Minister Keenan's latest announcement is focused on supporting the National Ice Action Strategy by achieving more offshore ice seizures. He wants to do this through greater cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies.
Unsurprisingly, the strategy is short on new ideas, especially any which are focused on the much bigger and more difficult problem of disrupting global ice supply chains. The saying goes, when all you have is a hammer, you treat everything as if it were a nail.
Australia really needs an international disruption strategy that is inclusive of many more stakeholders and the diverse responses they'd bring with them.
How serious is the government about this new strategy? Given that it calls for leveraging 'existing resources and programs' through improved coordination, rather than the development of any new ideas -- not very.
Predictably, the strategy's four key pillars -- better intelligence, improved border security and law enforcement cooperation, targeted international law enforcement capacity and capability development, and maximizing advocacy and political engagement -- are straight out of the police best practice playbook.
This isn't a big problem, but it does mean the pillars do little more than call for Commonwealth law enforcement agencies, like the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Border Force (ABF), to do more of what they're already doing, with no new resources.
Every year, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission's (ACIC) Illicit Drug Data Report pulls together information from a range of sources to provide our only comprehensive analysis of drug seizures and user trends. Over the past year, Australia's law enforcement agencies have achieved a 13.7 percent increase in the number of illicit drug seizures, a 13.9 percent decrease in the overall weight of illicit drug seizures and, a breathtaking 19.5 percent increase in drug arrests.
So why wouldn't our policy makers call for more of the same efforts, only more coordinated?
There's one small problem, Australia's national drug strategy calls for law enforcement to reduce the supply of harmful drugs in our communities; not arrest more people or seize more drugs. And the news on that front is all bad for Australia. Despite all the great law enforcement work there's been no real changes in illicit drug purity, price or availability.
There should be little doubt that those drug policy reformers focused on decriminalisation and legalisation of illicit drugs will be disappointed by this latest strategy.
You only have to look to South America to see that the 'war on drugs' has done little in terms of cocaine supply or human security.
However, we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss the illicit drug supply reduction impacts of more innovative non-enforcement strategies that are integrated with demand reduction and harm minimisation. Thanks to the efforts of the Thai Royal Family, and their crop replacement programs, very little opium poppy is now grown in Thailand.
Australia's current national drug strategy has three key pillars -- demand reduction, supply reduction and harm minimisation. Its success is predicated on careful collaboration, on mutually supporting activities across the state territory and commonwealth, and across each of these pillars. So it's surprising that we've had such an important strategy deployed separately from the Commonwealth's other efforts, such as the next national drug strategy and the newly formed Home Affairs Portfolio.
While a law enforcement international engagement strategy for disruption could be handy, I'd argue Australia really needs an international disruption strategy that is inclusive of many more stakeholders and the diverse responses they'd bring with them. This kind of strategy could seek to disrupt the global supply chains rather than simply seize more drugs.
If coordination is truly the key to our national illicit drug strategy, perhaps more work needs to be done in bringing together our various plans and strategies -- starting with the finalisation of the foundation for our national responses: a new national illicit drug strategy.
Originally published by: THE HUFFINGTON POST on 21 Sep 2017
John Coyne
Dr John Coyne is Head of the Northern Australia Strategic Policy Centre and Head of Strategic Policing and Law Enforcement at ASPI.
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