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A second man, who was apparently distraught on the ledge, also fell and is in a critical condition.
The 21-year-old woman was arrested after claiming to have found the newborn on a beach in east Honolulu.
A timeline of how today's terrifying events have unfolded, beginning with the magnitude 8.9 earthquake which struck at 5.46am Irish time.
The department estimates that there are around 2,000 Irish citizens in Japan. Relatives and friends of people in Japan are asked to contact the crisis centre for information.


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[ARCHIVED] Cocaine seller heads back to prison for 20 years
KEY WEST, January 15, 2020 – A Big Pine Key man is heading back to state prison after admitting to numerous instances of violating probation imposed in a drug case.
Adrian Stubbs, 41, was sentenced January 9 by Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Mark Jones to 20 months in custody after Stubbs admitted to violating probation imposed for sale of cocaine and unlawful use of a two-way communications device. Assistant State Attorney Christine Poist represented the state.
The drug case goes back to November 3, 2015, when detectives with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration set up a controlled and recorded narcotics transaction using a confidential informant. The informant called Stubbs seeking crack cocaine and the two met at a Stock Island business to conduct the transaction, which was $200 for two grams of crack cocaine. Stubbs was later arrested on a warrant.
On January 5, 2017, Stubbs pleaded no contest and Judge Jones gave him 366 days in prison followed by four years of probation. He since violated that probation by getting arrested for driving with a suspended, failing to report to his probation officer, failing to report for drug testing, failing to attend substance-abuse-prevention meetings and moving from his residence without permission of his probation officer.
⇐Previous Vandal who ignored terms of probation has it revoked, sent to prisonNext⇒ State Attorney's Office probe leads to arrest for illegal contracting
Man gets 10-plus years for wife's boating death in Key West Harbor

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I spent the past few days visiting family in San Francisco after my Aunt had a pretty serious accident and was hospitalized for weeks prior. On my long drive up from LA, I listened to @garyvee's new book "Crushing it" and posted about it in my stories. I got a lot of questions on my thoughts, as well as a lot of your feedback.
Here's what I think; first and foremost I hugely respect Gary for his people first approach in business and in life. He leads with the idea that giving and serving is the only way to create meaningful connections that result in business growth and ultimately personal growth (which are one in the same). In a world where so many of us are inclined to ask for something before we give, it's a valuable lesson to learn.
He also talks a lot about tapping into your unique differences and seeing those differences as an advantage, not a disadvantage. For so long, a lot of us have tried to conform to what we see others doing to be successful. With the rise of social media, this has become even more apparent. I truly believe each one of us has something to offer - you just have to stop scrolling and double tapping long enough to look inside yourself for what that really is.
Lastly, where Gary and I disagree is his level of work ethic. Yes, I know whatever you're working towards will require a TON of hard work and dedication, sure. But, I don't agree with working 12 - 16 hour days, losing sleep, and foregoing a life outside of your passions even if they are your passions. Gary would say that I just don't want it bad enough or won't ever be that big but to me living a full life - even while you're creating something for the world - is a priority. I think focusing all of your efforts on creating the future of your dreams is a dangerous game to play. It takes away from the now - the people, places, and beauty that are present in your life today (that may not always be present). And honestly, who's to say you'll be here that long as well. Life is fragile, our health is fragile - don't take either of those for granted.


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WUXI BIOLOGICS (CAYMAN) INC
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WuXi Biologics Wins 2019 CMO Leadership Awards in All Six Core Categories
SHANGHAI and NEW YORK, April 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio") (2269.HK), a leading global open-access biologics technology platform company offering end-to-end solutions for biologics discovery, development and manufacturing, announced that it has received the 2019 CMO Leadership Awards in all six core categories including Quality, Reliability, Service, Expertise, Capabilities and Compatibility across the group of Big Pharma, representing a significant leap from 2018 with one category in Reliability. These awards recognize the unwavering commitment to quality, dedication to customer service, strong operational execution, and increasing global influence achieved by WuXi Biologics in 2018.
For the 2019 CMO Leadership Awards, Life Science Leader Magazine teamed up with Industry Standard Research (ISR) to determine the award recipients. More than 120 contract manufacturers were assessed by 23 performance metrics in ISR's annual Contract Manufacturing Quality Benchmarking survey, covering all sizes of companies from both Pharma industry and Biopharma industry in the U.S. and Europe.
"Over the past eight years, WuXi Biologics has gained huge support and genuine trust from our large global client base while endeavoring to maintain high levels of quality and operational excellence," said Dr. Chris Chen, CEO of WuXi Biologics. "We are honored to receive all these six awards and will continue to enable our global clients and partners to accelerate and transform biologics discovery, development and manufacturing to benefit patients worldwide."
Since operating its biologics manufacturing facilities in Wuxi city in 2012, which are the first in China meeting cGMP standards of the U.S., the EU as well as China, WuXi Biologics has made huge progress and became a global leader in biologics process development, continuous processing and manufacturing with disposable technologies. After approval by the U.S. FDA for the production of Trogarzo™ in 2018, WuXi Biologics has also received certificates from European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the cGMP Drug Substance (DS) and Drug Product (DP) manufacturing facilities, making it to be the first biologics company in China approved by both the U.S. FDA and EMA.
About WuXi Biologics
WuXi Biologics (stock code: 2269.HK), a Hong Kong-listed company, is a leading global open-access biologics technology platform offering end-to-end solutions to empower organizations to discover, develop and manufacture biologics from concept to commercial manufacturing. Our company history and achievements demonstrate our commitment to providing a truly ONE-stop service offering and strong value proposition to our global clients. As of December 31, 2018, there were a total of 205 integrated projects, including 97 projects in pre-clinical development stage, 94 projects in early-phase (phase I and II) clinical development, 13 projects in late-phase (phase III) development and 1 project in commercial manufacturing. With total estimated capacity of biopharmaceutical production planned in China, Ireland, Singapore and US reaching 220,000 liters by 2021, we will provide our biomanufacturing partners with a robust and premier-quality global supply chain network. For more information on WuXi Biologics, please visit www.wuxibiologics.com.
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What Is RFID Smart Card Reader ?
If you've decided you want to take near field communication technology for a test drive you have several options for getting started. Here's what EMV means in practice: a transaction between a chip-enabled credit card and an EMV-enabled payment terminal or ATM. And here's why you need to know about it: EMV will soon become the technological standard for credit card processing in the United States. Because Apple Pay works through Touch ID, things are pretty locked down even if your phone is stolen.
We're switching over to EMV cards (aka chip cards) because they're leagues more secure than the magnetic-stripe cards we currently carry EMV cards contain a tiny, dynamic computer chip that talks back and forth with the payments terminal to make sure you're not a fraudster. "NFC stands for near field communication." Basically, it's the technology that allows smartphones and other devices (like a payments reader) to communicate with each other when they're close together. NFC enables contactless payments, which are transactions that require no physical contact between the payments device and the payments reader. There are plenty of printed options to choose from the fit your iPhone 6 NFC needs.
To trigger an Apple Pay payment, you hold your iPhone 6 or Apple Watch up to an NFC-enabled reader The devices have to be pretty close — a couple inches at the most. What's more, contactless payments like Apple Pay contain multiple layers of dynamic encryption. EMV credit cards are processed differently than magstripe cards—they're dipped instead of swiped.
An RFID smart card reader is equipped with the technology that allows it to communicate wirelessly with other devices or objects. An RFID smart card reader could be a device that allows employees to key-in via an office badge, or a payments reader that can process both NFC credit cards and mobile payments like Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay. EMV credit cards contain a tiny computer chip with more sophisticated security features than magstripe cards.
NFC cards are equipped with RFID technology that allows customers to tap to pay. NFC credit cards do not need to be inserted into payments reader. Customers just hover or tap their card over the payments reader to initiate the transaction. NFC rumors have been swirling around the iPhone 6 for the last few months. By now the NFC rumors would have stopped, but instead more and more details are emerging.


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Covid orphans: Why orphanages are not the answer
by Natalia Fricker - 18 Nov 2021
A series of harrowing stories about an estimated 1.5 million Covid orphans have hit the headlines in recent months. Our own social workers fear we are entering the worst childcare crisis in 25 years. But according to child protection expert Kristen Cheney, orphanages and international adoption are not the solution for these vulnerable children.
I spoke to Kristen, author and Associate Professor of Children and Youth Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies, and she explained why we must learn lessons from past humanitarian responses to protect a growing number of orphaned children from multiple risks. These risks include dropping out of school to find work, turning to crime or prostitution to feed siblings, being trafficked into illegal international adoption rings, and ending up in abusive orphanages.
Natalia Fricker: What is your main concern for children orphaned by Covid?
Kristen Cheney: For over a year I've been concerned that the knee-jerk response to news stories about Covid orphans would be, "We have to rescue the Covid orphans by building orphanages." So, when the stories began popping up in the media, in India in particular, I wanted to say something, because we have over half a century of child development research that shows why orphanages are damaging to children—especially to young children's development.
At worst, 'orphan rescue' narratives have propelled corruption and exploitation of children, resulting in perverse incentives to traffic children into institutions—and even international adoptions—for profit. This profit motive is so pervasive that I have been tracking its development in what I call the global 'Orphan Industrial Complex'.
Just like in Uganda in the 1990s, I fear the Covid pandemic will see the Orphan Industrial Complex kick back in, both with people who are well-meaning, and those looking to make a quick buck. But orphanages are not the answer—not only because they are not an appropriate response for children, but because they are not needed.
Instead, what we should be focusing on is supporting families and communities, not uprooting children from everything they've ever known in the name of 'a better life'.
What we've seen in past emergency responses is that more kids are sucked into orphanages locally, and then never get out and suffer all kinds of developmental setbacks. Care leavers describe how they are so sheltered inside an orphanage that they lack skills to navigate the world when they come out and have no social network because they've been cut off from their families. The orphanages are like, "We're your family until you leave at 18 and then on your own."
Hope and Homes for Children is one of the organisations that's been working hard to change hearts and minds on this issue. And now is a crucial time because of the propensity for people to rush in and think orphanages are the answer to orphanhood, even though many of the orphan statistics include children who have lost one parent, but still have another living parent or family member to look after them.
NF: What would you say to people who highlight the increase in domestic violence in families due to Covid?
KC: During Covid we know that cases of domestic violence have increased, and some people are using that as a justification for orphanages, but if you strengthen the community, it's still a better response. And at least in a family setting a child can tell someone, find a phone to call a helpline, or a neighbour might notice the abuse and report it. But children in orphanages don't have that option, because if they're being abused by orphanage staff and they have no one else to tell, there's no way out.
NF: Do you think there is a risk of international adoption increasing in response to Covid orphans?
KC: Well, yes. The thing that tipped me off was a BBC article I read in May about a grandmother in India who was taking care of her two grandkids, because they'd tragically lost both their parents to Covid. She said a lot of people were knocking on her door asking to put her grandchildren up for adoption. That just blows my mind—this ethnocentric idea that, "Well, we can give them a better life."
And then of course, in the wake of these kinds of humanitarian disasters are the traffickers—often right behind (if not before) the international aid. People don't like it when you compare international adoption to trafficking, but we know kids are trafficked into adoption and that's just a reality we have to deal with.
People don't like it when you compare international adoption to trafficking, but we know kids are trafficked into adoption and that's just a reality we have to deal with.
International adoption should only ever be a last resort, as per international standards, but too often what we see is that it's the first resort. Not because it's in the best interest of the child, but because it's profitable.
In the case of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, in the first two months after the earthquake, there were calls for intercountry adoption processes to be expedited. At that time, many children were in and out of institutional care because their parents didn't know how else to care for them, so they used orphanages as a stopgap measure.
Parents would leave their children in an orphanage for a few weeks until they could find a job and then take them home again once they could put food on the table. Then suddenly the earthquake hit and there were orphans who were adopted and whisked away by foreigners when, in fact, by far the best thing for that child would be to provide support for his or her family. Taking children away from their family and their homeland, even in extreme conditions, is not the right solution, especially in times of crisis.
NF: Can you explain what happened, and what lessons we can learn, from the HIV/AIDS orphan crisis in the early 1990s?
KC: Well, the HIV/AIDS orphan crisis is actually something I challenge in my 2017 book, Crying for Our Elders: African Orphanhood in the Age of HIV and AIDS. Was there even an 'orphan crisis' because of HIV/AIDS? I argue that in Africa, in some ways, the supposed crisis was averted because a lot of the international government donor attention was given to community-based organisations, which bolstered the existing social safety structure in Africa in which children actually circulate between different caregivers all the time.
Sub-Saharan Africa was certainly taxed by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and many families really struggled, but largely we averted the worst-case scenario of roving bands of kids without parental care. Children lived with aunties, uncles and grandmas and they didn't feel they were different. Of course, there were some instances of homelessness rising, but it wasn't solely due to the AIDS pandemic. Other things like poverty, abuse and neglect drove kids to the streets.
Taking children away from their family and their homeland, even in extreme conditions, is not the right solution, especially in times of crisis.
At the height of the AIDS pandemic in Uganda in 1992, there was prevention of mother-to-child transmission and the introduction of anti-retroviral drugs which converted AIDS from a death sentence to a chronic but survivable disease. This meant you could at least live long enough to raise your children. Yet we suddenly saw this burst in the number of orphanages opening, while I was working with kids who were all in families, living with aunties, uncles, and grandparents. So I was like, "What's going on? Why are all these orphanages suddenly popping up everywhere like mushrooms, when there were fewer orphans than before?"
That's when I realised it was not really about the orphans at all. It was about this convergence of private donations and faith-based donations and the commercialisation of the whole problem—distorting what the numbers meant to create a response to a problem that arguably didn't even exist. So, you have orphanages popping up everywhere, some of which are pretty much operating for profit. We must not let this happen again. We need to challenge these narratives of orphan rescue.
NF: What do you think is the most important message to get across to people?
KC: People don't understand that orphanages are not the appropriate response unless you keep repeating it, repeating it and repeating it. And if I have to be the bad guy, so be it. People always ask me, "How can you tell if it's a good orphanage?" Usually, I'm all for explaining nuance, but I've realised that the only way to get the message across is to say, "…there's no such thing as a good orphanage." And keep repeating it. Because it's hard for people to absorb that.
NF: Our work lobbying governments to fund family-based care instead of orphanages is obviously essential, but what can individuals do to help?
KC: We need to talk about it and share more information with our friends to disrupt the idea that it's always a good thing to support orphanages. We need to look deeper and understand it. It's great that young people want to help children, but to help you've got to be qualified. So instead of sponsoring a child, do your research and think more about the complexities around these issues, because often the kids you think you're rescuing aren't even orphans, or in need of rescuing. Often all they are in need of is support to stay home with their families, where they belong.
Family-based care may not be sexy, but it's more cost-effective, it's more sustainable and, most importantly, it's better for children.
When Sonia's* father died of Covid, her mother considered sending her to an orphanage to prevent her going hungry. Determined to prevent this, our expert local partners, Child In Need Institute (CINI), stepped in and provided Sonia's mother, Radha*, with the support she needed to keep her family together. Photo: S Ajay Kumar / Hope and Homes for Children
Millions more children are at risk
As Kristen highlights, children who've lost caregivers to Covid are highly vulnerable to exploitation, trafficking, and years of abuse and neglect in orphanages. So far, the virus has robbed nearly two million children of their mothers, fathers or grandparents who cared for them i, creating a crisis for a generation of children.
With families under immense pressure, local services overstretched, and government priorities diverted elsewhere, millions more children are at risk of being separated from their families and exposed to unimaginable harm. As Covid continues to exacerbate already fragile childcare systems, we urgently need increased support for vulnerable children and their families to help keep them together and prevent children being confined to orphanages.
Our staff and social workers across the world are working harder than ever to provide families with the practical, emotional and financial support they crucially need to care for children orphaned by Covid and stay together. From Romania, to South Africa, to India.
How we're preventing family separation in India
In India, since 2017, we've been working across two districts in the Jharkhand State (Ranchi and Khunti) to strengthen the formal and informal child protection mechanisms, establish and support community services and link children and families to support schemes to prevent separation.
Since the pandemic hit, here are three ways our local partner, Child In Need Institute (CINI), is preventing family separation due to Covid in Jharkhand State, India:
We're establishing a Covid helpline and outreach programme across three districts in Jharkhand State to provide information, links to health and welfare support programmes and emergency support for those affected by Covid;
We're developing and rolling-out a phone app, KoboCollect, for frontline health workers and community volunteers to identify and track vulnerable children who are at risk of separation (due to losing a parent or care giver to Covid) and link them to support services;
We conducted a mapping exercise to highlight the most vulnerable communities and the specific risks they are facing. We then helped the communities strengthen their own community structures to address the risks and prevent separation at the community level.
At a time when Covid has shown us the importance of family, we cannot allow orphanages to become the solution to the surge in vulnerable children and 'Covid orphans'.
Now more than ever, these children need your help. Donate now to protect children and stop orphanages becoming the solution.
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On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Nolan Quigley, our Director of Global Advocacy shares his reflections on the impact of the war in Ukraine war on children with disabilities and on their institutionalisation.
Breaking a vicious circle: missing children and institutionalisation
Irina Papancheva, Head of EU Advocacy, reflects on the recent Missing Children Europe's Under the Radar conference.


BEIJING — Negotiation, rather than flexing military muscle, is the best way to resolve disputes between key global powers.
A joint navy drill by the US and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the Yellow Sea has aggravated concern among East Asian nations, especially China, over regional peace and stability.
The participation of the 97,000-ton US aircraft carrier George Washington in the exercise has attracted widespread media coverage and its involvement is a move that is hostile to China.
The spate of recent activity by US aircraft carriers is fresh reminder of a series of unfriendly moves by its navy in the waters of the Yellow Sea since the 1990s.
In 1994, a fleet led by the US Kitty Hawk intruded into the waters along China's maritime boundary line on a so-called cruise mission. The US formation of naval warships trespassed into China's territorial waters and went even farther to closely trail a Chinese nuclear submarine, which had just finished a long-distance cruise mission.
This ill-advised move plunged the two countries into confrontation mode for a time.
Recently, the US' "Victorious" surveillance vessel conducted an unauthorized mission in China's exclusive economic zone and even used water cannons to expel two Chinese fishing boats in the vicinity.
The current US-ROK drill, which was repeatedly put off since June, is by no means a purely military move aimed at the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for its alleged torpedoing of the ROK naval vessel Cheonan.
In fact, many of its naval fleets, including the George Washington-led Seventh Fleet, are deployed in Japan's Yokosuka port.
The Cheonan incident, however, has provided a rare opportunity and excuse for the US naval force stationed in the ROK and Japan to actively intervene in regional matters.
A joint drill with the ROK in the key waters off its Asian military bases will help the US realize multiple strategic goals in the Asia-Pacific region.
First, the drill will help the US maintain high-pressure against what it calls a restive DPRK regime. It is also believed to be an explicit indication of the US stance that the world's sole superpower would stand firmly behind the ROK and Japan in case of a military conflict between Pyongyang and Washington's two traditional Asian allies.
In addition, a well-deliberated military exercise in the Yellow Sea will also help the US collect geographic and military information about some Asian countries bordering the vast waters.
General Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of general staff of the People's Liberation Army, has expressed "firm opposition" to the scheduled US-ROK military maneuver.
Ma's unequivocal position reflects the country's determination and unwavering will to safeguard its maritime rights and interests. It is also an indication of China's increasing confidence in its military in the context of its growing national strength and military build-up.
The Yellow Sea is pivotal to China's core interests given that it is related not only to the extension of the country's maritime rights and interests but also with its maritime security.
If the US and ROK continue to act willfully by holding the controversial military drill, it would pose a challenge to China's safety and would inevitably provoke a huge backlash from Chinese citizens.
Today's China is no longer the China of a century ago that had no choice but to bend to imperialist aggression. After decades of development, especially since the adoption of the reform and opening-up policies, China has become the world's third largest economy and possesses a modern military capable of any self-defense missions.
Nevertheless, the US military force, especially the fighting ability of its aircraft carriers formations, has also become far stronger than what it was a century ago.
The radius of the US military operation has expanded to more than 1,000 kilometers, which means a US military mission in the waters off the ROK can still constitute a huge deterrence to China and other countries along the nearby coastline and strike at strategic targets deep inside their territories.
With an unchallenged armed force, the US has never relented in its efforts towards long-planned strategic adjustment in the Asia-Pacific region. Under this strategy, the US has gradually increased the presence and activity of its warships and airplanes in China's surrounding maritime area.
More worrisome, the US has seemingly become less restrained in its move to push forward an Asian version of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with its allies in the region.
In so doing, Washington has harbored the obvious strategic intention of containing China – whose economic and strategic influence has kept increasing in the international arena – in a bid to preempt possible troubles that the fast-growing nation may cause to the US.
In the 21st century, all countries should focus efforts on negotiations, rather than the use of force or show of military muscle, to resolve disputes.
The author is a researcher with the Chinese navy's military academy.


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Angevin empire
historical empire, Europe
Angevin empire, the territories, extending in the latter part of the 12th century from Scotland to the Pyrenees, that were ruled by the English king Henry II and his immediate successors, Richard I and John; they were called the Angevin kings because Henry's father was count of Anjou. Henry acquired most of his continental possessions before becoming king of England. By inheritance through his mother (King Henry I's daughter, Matilda), he became duke of Normandy in 1150; he succeeded his father as count of Anjou, Maine, and Touraine in 1151; and in 1152, by marrying Eleanor of Aquitaine, he acquired that duchy, together with Gascony, Poitou, and Auvergne. Brittany, first conquered by Henry I in 1113, was finally brought into the Angevin "empire" when Henry II's son Geoffrey, who had married the heiress of Duke Conan IV, succeeded as duke of Brittany in 1171. Although all these lands were fiefs, held of the king of France, their concentration in one man's hands was a serious threat to the French monarchy, which had direct control of a much smaller area of land. As king of England from 1154, Henry had direct rule over all England and southern Wales, and suzerainty over the principality of Gwynedd in northern Wales. In 1171 he annexed Ireland and obtained direct control of the eastern part of the island and nominal control of the remainder. Finally, from 1174 to 1189, William I the Lion, king of Scotland, captured in a skirmish in 1174, was obliged to accept Henry as his overlord.
Henry's plans to divide his "empire" among his sons led to many quarrels and wars, which the French king eagerly fostered. Only Richard and John survived their father's death (1189), and although John was confirmed as lord of Ireland, which he had held since 1177, he was subject to Richard, who otherwise held all his father's possessions. Early in John's reign (1199–1216) the French king Philip II Augustus wrested from him Normandy, Anjou, Maine, and Touraine. By the Treaty of Paris (1259) the English retained only the duchy of Guyenne (a much-reduced vestige of Aquitaine, with Gascony). Its confiscation in 1337, together with an English claim to the French throne, led to the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War, by the end of which England retained in France only Calais, which was finally lost in 1558.
United Kingdom: Henry II (1154–89)
…first and greatest of three Angevin kings of England, succeeded Stephen in 1154. Aged 21, he already possessed a reputation for restless energy and decisive action. He was to inherit vast lands. As heir to his mother and to Stephen he held England and Normandy; as heir to his father…
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…became the heartland of an Angevin dynastic empire.…
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…Plantagenets of most of the domains they held in France. Intervening in struggles between Henry II of England and his sons, Philip won preliminary concessions in 1187 and 1189. He acquired strategic lands on the Norman borders following wars with Henry's sons, King Richard and King John (1196 and 1200).…
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The Intersections of Indigenous feminism, Reproductive Justice, and our sacred responsibility as Protectors.
A worldview that is shared among Indigenous peoples and communities, are that we are connected to the land. We are taught through the cycles of rebirth, through the changing seasons, through life and death, that we hold great responsibility to protect the things that which give us life. We are caretakers and children of Mother Earth and Father Sky. Recounting prayers said to "rebalance" our spirits, offerings are given, spiritual places named, and the holy people called on for help. A natural order and structure has long been established through our clan systems and healing practices, which are best explained as our "Life Way" teachings. It is no surprise that Indigenous people are fighting to protect our natural resources, from pollutants like oil, heavy metals, and other contaminants that continue to leave their footprints in our DNA. At the heart of this resistance against environmental violence and body sovereignty- are Indigenous women.
In the Navajo culture, Changing Woman is a female spiritual entity that personifies the life force of the Universe. She is responsible for the continuation of life AND is the protector of what she has created. Most traditional Navajo women have names that contain the word Baa', meaning "female warrior," as a female warrior, she is expected to protect her family and home.
Historically, patriarchal systems of oppression and gender hierarchies have pushed Indigenous women out of their leadership roles within their communities by placing less value on childrearing, and reorganized traditional governments by instituting laws that transformed marriage, property rights, and family lineage. Despite repeated efforts to displace Indigenous women from their key roles in their community's, it is this very resistance through the continuation of cultural traditions, family ties, protection of natural resources, and culturally rooted body sovereignty & reproductive rights, that have contributed to Native people's survival. As I see it, Indigenous women are the life force and are vital to the survival of Indigenous tribes.
I believe it is patriarchal thinking that seeks to divide and separate us from the traditional teachings, that which has sustained us for so long. The thinking that we are all connected. The knowing that what affects the earth, affects us as well. Indigenous worldviews make the connection between the land and our bodies. As that the Earth is a living feminine entity requiring respect and protection.
With our changing landscapes and growing populations, living in industrialized areas with oil pipelines crisscrossing our rivers, fracking, coal mining, and soils becoming demineralized, the health of our communities is at the frontline of this battle over resources. American Indian communities have already experienced long term health damage from Uranium mining, and are now left with contaminated soils, ground and surface water and hunting grounds. The health affects as a result of this continued exposure over time has been documented as bone cancer, lung cancer, and impaired kidney function.
Katsi Cook, a Mohawk midwife has made this connection between women's bodies and the environments we live in.
"In 1985, Katsi helped with the creation of the Akwesasne Mother's Milk Project. The project was designed to "understand and characterize how toxic contaminants have moved through the local food chain, including mothers' milk," also stating that another goal was to get woman within the community to learn how to apply science in their everyday lives. The research project was funded by the U.S. Congress, and studied 50 new mothers over several years. The project showed a 200% greater concentration of PCB's in the breast mild of mothers eating fish from the St. Lawrence River near the reservation as opposed to the general population.
Mohawk mothers, much to their outrage, were told to continue breast feeding by Mohawk officials despite the project's finding. Katsi stated, "Our traditional lifestyle has been completely disrupted, and we have been forced to protect our future generations....Although we are relieved that our responsible choices at the present protect our babies, this does not preclude the corporate responsibility of General Motors and other local industries to clean up the site."
Like many, I watch the events unfold in North Dakota, as the Standing Rock Sioux tribe block the Dakota Access Pipeline, through peaceful protest, which started April 1, 2016. Environmental violence of this nature has widely been ignored by the media and like many, I have been following these events through Facebook and personal accounts of those who have gathered to protect the water. The Dakota Access Pipeline is intended to stretch across 1,168 miles, while transporting 570,000 barrels of crude oil each day from North Dakota to Illinois. The proposed pipeline route crosses under Lake Oahe, which is half a mile up from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and threatening the Missouri River. Additionally, 380 archeological sites will be desecrated along the proposed pipeline route.
Over a 100 tribes have come together to peacefully protest and protect the water and these sacred sites. Today, like so many times in our lives as Indigenous people we are called on to protect the land and the water. I am not surprised that 50% of the protesters in Standing Rock are women and children. As in the past and now the present, women are responsible for the cultural survival and physical survival of their people. They are exerting their roles as leaders to protect our most sacred resource –water.
The expression of Indigenous feminism is to protect our precious resources and in doing so protects our culture, community, and future generations. The relationship between reproductive justice, environmental violence, indigenous feminism, reproductive health, environmental health, and midwifery are all connected and are part of the same corn stalk. As that the corn is a symbol of our lives and fundamental to the survival of our people.
The profound out pouring of support for the land and water protectors at Standing Rock is worthy of notice. Please know local organizations in each tribal community are also working hard to protect the land and water near you. If the actions of Standing Rock strike a soft spot in you and you wish to act on those emotions please rally and march with us in Window Rock, Arizona, September 10, 2016.
Here's everything you need to know to help fight the Dakota Access Pipeline!
3. Call the White House... (202) 456-1111. Tell President Obama to rescind the Army Corps of Engineers' Permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline.
It's true that industrialization has its negative effects in our surroundings. This results in unmanageable toxic wastes products from different factories around the globe that harms our health. Mother Earth is taking actions because of this. The typhoons are getting stronger as time goes by and a lot of natural disasters are killing people each year. I believe that we could still turn the tide around and help each other be responsible in our actions. Let us help and be engaged in programs like this to save our nature.


Step Up 3D Free Download HD 720p A tight-weave gathering of New York City road artists end up set against the world's best hip jump artists in a high-stakes confrontation. A tight-weave gathering of New York City road artists, including Luke (Malambri) and Natalie (Vinson), collaborate with NYU first year recruit Moose (Sevani), and end up set against the world's best hip jump artists in a high-stakes standoff that will change their lives until the end of time. The moving is stupendous. Jon Chu has collected probably the best road artists on the planet. The Santiago Twin (energetic Martin and Facundo Lombard) simply execute in the World Dance Jam. Chadd Smith as Vlad, whose claim to fame is the Robot move, is totally great—in 3D the impact is hypnotizing. Sharni Vinson, who plays amazingly delightful and tore wanderer road artist.


Who does not use the Mac's built-in Calendar app? Judging by the competition of Calendar-like apps and utilities, and by the state of how many people I know who are always late for this or that, not everyone.
One way to make Calendar more useful is to bring it out from behind the shadows. That's what CalendarMenu does. Instead of switching over to Calendar, or launching Calendar, simply click the Mac's Menubar from within any app you're using at the moment, and Calendar is there.
CalendarMenu is one of those Mac utility apps that once you see it you wonder why Apple hasn't put Calendar in the Menubar already. It's that convenient. One window displays not only Calendar events, but also Reminders and some Contact information (birthdays, for example). What you won't see is everything Calendar can do because that's not the point. Brevity rules.
You get all that with a single click. Here's how CalendarMenu describes itself.
It deliberately forgoes showing a overly filled calendar containing every single event within one window to keep things clear and orderly. Instead different event types are marked accordingly, for example birthdays or all-day events. A more detailed view with all events of the selected calendars and time period is shown when you click on a calendar day or week number.
This is not a stupid app, either. It can differentiate between standard and all-day events, and even events covering multiple days. Birthdays are pulled from Contacts. Reminders show up in the calendar with a due date.
CalendarMenu has both a dark and light theme to match your tastes (and the limits of Apple's personal customization options).
The app has a variety of keyboard shortcuts which works well for the power users who disdain point and click. You can also check out the details in Notification Center, but the built-in Calendar displays details there, too. You'll find a bunch of filters so you can display only those events and reminders that are most valuable, and reminders can be marked as done, undone, and change the priorities– without having to launch or switch to the Reminders app.
And that's the whole point. Convenience.
CalendarMenu is exactly what you would expect to see in Calendar that Apple hasn't bothered to provide. The price is right; just a few dollars, and though it's on the Mac App Store (reviews are mostly good), there's also a free try-before-you-buy option.


It's this time of year when I start to visit my parents allotment regularly for seasonal fruit and vegetables. The tomatoes aren't anywhere near ready yet, but the sorrel is flourishing in the recent spate of sunshine. Scottish lemongrass is how one of my friends describes sorrel, and while I wouldn't quite go that far, it's mouth-watering acidity does lend well itself well to a refreshing summer soup.
In a saucepan over a medium heat, sweat the onion in the olive oil until softened. Add the chopped tomatoes and cook for 3-5 minutes until reduced down.
Add the stock and cook for ten minutes. Add the sorrel and cook for one minute. Blitz in a food processor or with a hand blender.


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SOCAR said on its Facebook page on Saturday that 26 workers had been rescued from the platform. It did not give details on whether there had been any deaths or how many people were initially on the platfrom.
Around 60% of SOCAR's oil production passes via the platfrom where the fire broke out, meaning that the company's output will be hit.
The bulk of Azerbaijan's oil is produced elsewhere, however, including on fields operated by British oil major BP.
The tragic incident follows another incident on another SOCAR platform earlier in the day. In that incident an accommodation module is reported to have collapsed to sea and it is believed 3 people have been killed.
The region has been battered by some of the worst weather in recent years with reports of 12m waves in areas. Another incident last night seen a flotel lose at least 3 anchors and there is reports that the BP platform it was linked to may be down manned today as no vessels can get close due to the anchors in the water.
Oil and Gas People are relying heavily on reports from people in the area and we urge anyone with information to contact our news team in confidence. news@oilandgaspeople.com
Azerbaijan Offshore, Platform Fire, Offshore Disaster
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– Don Douglas, CEO Jetstream Capital Corp.
From the start of the company in the 1940s, CANA's strong leadership under the Simpson family has led to continued success.
CANA Group started in 1942 as Burns and Dutton Concrete and Construction Company Ltd. A subsidiary of Standard Gravel, Burns and Dutton was owned by Red Dutton (a former player and president of the NHL), Reg Jennings and Bob Burns. In 1949, the company hired Jack Simpson as Chief Engineer, who had been proclaimed by Time Magazine as a "brilliant young engineer". The early 1950s were some of CANA's busiest years historically with an array of projects completed under the leadership of Jack.
In 1962, negotiations began in order to have the three former owners relinquish ownership to five of the company's executives: Jack Simpson, Irv Thomas, Bob Burns, Herb Auck and Walt Hiller.
By the late 1970s, Jack was the majority stakeholder in the company with Irv Thomas appointed as President and Jack as Chairman. As the Chairman of the company, Jack Simpson solidified CANA's reputation by assembling successful bids and overseeing construction projects through to completion.
In 1984 when Jack Simpson passed away, his son, John Simpson, became the President of CANA Group. To this day, John, now Chairman, continues to be an outstanding company leader, ensuring that all work done by CANA is professional, consistent and reliable.
In 1987, CANA acquired ACE Construction, which was renamed CANA Utilities in 2012. CANA has since acquired High Times Industries and Transmission Design Consultants (TDC) both under the CANA High Voltage banner.


Did you make a New Year's Resolution? Do you need to get your life organized? Is there a project or goal you are working on? Stop by the Penrose Library Teen Space and learn how to design a Bullet Journal. This will be a time to be creative and practical. See you there! Snacks Provided!
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Hello, and welcome to 'PsychoTropical' which has now been my website for 20 years.
First, there is exciting news — very exciting news. The level of donations to the website this year (2018) has been sufficient to enable me to commit to employing a part-time assistant for my general research and writing, and for the website activities, and my 'International MAOI expert group' — this group is a big success, it is mobilizing many experts world-wide to take action concerning the steadily lessening availability of MAOIs.
This is a pivotal event in the history of the website, and of my work: until now my inability to do much keyboard work has significantly reduced my output, along with my limited expertise with the various computer programs, technologies, and internet platforms, necessary for optimal results. I need to spend my time researching and writing and giving seminars, not playing with computers.
So, look out for important changes in terms of linking things to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube videos etc., as well as increased content and functionality of the website itself.
Everyone reading this can contribute, with just a click, to helping achieve one of the most important goals that I have, in whatever working years may remain for me. That goal is restoring the knowledge and use of MAOIs to an appropriate place in the therapeutic armamentarium of doctors. Research and experience indicate achieving that will greatly benefit many people with severe depression (see 'patient stories'), more than any other action.
Patients demanding such treatment from doctors will probably be the most important factor stimulating doctors to learn about them and prescribe them.
All readers have to do to contribute is to 'click', spread the word via whatever Apps you use, and we are working to further integrate more of those Apps into the website, so they are just a click away.
First, a huge and sincere thank you to those who have donated so far, and thus enabled these developments: we must all be sincerely grateful for their generosity. Donations to keep the website improving are of continuing importance, especially to keep our new assistant 'on board', and she deserves a proper rate of remuneration for the knowledge and experience and application she brings to our worthy cause. At the moment donations have allowed me to commit to employing her four hours per week, for the next six months; but it is important that is maintained, and if possible increased.
I am sure some less advantaged people feel that the little they can give is so small it won't make a difference – but five dollars as a recurring donation once a month will now be extremely important in helping keep our assistant employed for as many hours as we can afford. Obviously, 100 people giving only five dollars a month would allow me to commit to employing her for an extra 4 hours per week — a lot can be done in four hours! So, do not think that a little donation is not useful.
The donate button is on the left of the screen and that is just a one-click process — but anyone can donate by just going straight to PayPal and entering my email address, it is that easy. You do not need a PayPal account in order to do that.
Many people who follow the advice on the website will save enormously on visits to doctors, treatment costs, hospitalization, etc. which in some cases will amount to thousands of dollars, even tens of thousands — never mind all the reduction in suffering and the resultant destruction of family, work, social, and leisure capability. A donation of $100, or $500, is little compared to those savings.
My website covers the effectiveness, and the good and bad effects, of drugs that act on the brain (neuro-pharmacology), especially anti-depressants, and the interactions between these drugs. The quintessential interaction being Serotonin Toxicity (ST), about which I am an internationally acknowledged authority. I am also an expert on the underused anti-depressants drugs called MAOIs. That requires me to be expert in drug adverse reactions and interactions involving most drugs that affect the nervous system, but especially: MAOIs, TCAs, SSRIs and SNRIs.
This web site provides free information and expert critical analysis on many aspects of neuro-pharmacology. That involves explaining that drugs do not necessarily do what pharmaceutical companies think, or claim, they do. Inevitably, therefore, I discuss the influences that distort and degrade the accuracy and standard of much of the science that we all read (see menu 'Bias in science').
There is more information in 'Philosophy and motivation' about the website.
Feedback is helpful. I encourage anyone with questions and comments to contact me. I am often available on Skype and happy to speak with people – remember if you're not confident that Skype can be used just as an instant text platform where I can respond by talking rather than typing (which is much easier for me because of my disability), you do not need to turn on your microphone or camera, or even have one.
The motivation to maintain this website is to help both doctors and patients, their families and friends, navigate the mass of mis-information they are confronted with: that necessitates experience and critical analysis. One prominent theme is the underuse of what are certainly the most effective of all anti-depressants, for those with severe depression, the old MAOIs, and the extensive mis-information and mis-understanding relating thereto. My editorial about this, titled 'Much ado about nothing' (1), was published early 2017 in 'CNS Spectrums', and my review about MAOIs and tyramine in 2018 in the J of Neural Transmission in Nov 2018 (2).
Unfortunately, mainstream medicine is almost as prone to distorted information and wishful thinking as is alternative health care. Mis-information is promulgated by powerful financially wealthy interest groups, especially the pharmaceutical companies, and others, including medical practitioners themselves (status, self-importance, wealth). See my critical commentaries collected under 'Bias in science'.
I now think that the medical publication scene and the internet are such that my efforts are more productively directed to putting quality information on my web site, rather than getting more papers published in scientific journals (which nobody reads).
One significant major downside of capitalism is that it favours a plutocratic hegemony*: that is not good for science generally, nor is it good for patients, because it produces a strong distorting bias pushing doctors in the direction of using newer well-advertised expensive treatments, rather than the best treatments.
*If you think I used too many big words, just remember is all you have to do is right click on them to find an explanation or definition.
Well informed consumers are needed to drive change effectively and quickly, because direct attempts to re-educate doctors have not succeeded, largely because pharmaceutical companies have a stranglehold on post-graduate medical education (the plutocratic hegemony).
Writing scientific papers is time consuming, especially for me when keyboard work is limited due to my bad neck. I am not a professor, although people often assume that anyone who has published as many papers as I have must be a professor. That is a well-justified assumption since the typical 'average' professor has 1,000 citations and an 'H-index' of 14 (mine is 3,000 and 26) and I have published more original single-author review papers that almost any professor. If my alma mater still conferred the prestigious honorary degree of D.Sc. (Doctor of Science) I have been informed by a couple of eminent professors that I would be 'in the running'.
My papers include recent reviews covering the interesting story of my discoveries about methylene blue (3, 4), which we have shown to be a monoamine oxidase inhibitor, as well as my review of the pharmacology of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), much overdue since this is a neglected area (1, 2); and my review of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) (5). My review paper about tricyclic antidepressants, in the British Journal of Pharmacology, has been influential and is the most cited paper in this field over the last thirty years (6).
Gillman, PK, Tricyclic antidepressant pharmacology and therapeutic drug interactions updated. Br J Pharmacol, 2007. 151(6): p. 737-48.


Digital cameras are used to store videos and images. You can capture important moments of your life and can review them again.
Cameras were first invented in the year 1685. They are serving human beings for various significant purposes from that time. Further modifications were made in the traditional models of digital cameras to make them more efficient and convenient. Many cameras are the result of latest technological advancement. Original old cameras used some photographic films as recording surface. Data was stored on the photographic films. Some people think that digital cameras do not have sufficient storage capacity. That's why they hesitate to purchase any digital camera. Such people may not be aware with an extensive range of hottest models of digital cameras. They can offer you enough storage capacity and you can store any type of data due to their large storage ability. You should know that storage capacity is not same in all the cameras. Some of them have larger storage capacity while the others have less. You can buy a digital camera that can fulfill your storage requirements in the best way.
After a great hard work of years, digital cameras were introduced in the year 1975 for the first time. Today, it is not possible to find old photographic film cameras in the market. Some camera lovers want to collect old editions of cameras and they make hectic search to get them. You should not waste your precious time in search of old cameras because they do not exist in modern age. This is the age of latest digital cameras that offer wide range of fantastically designed features. Don't get worried if you have a low budget to buy a camera because such kind of camera is available at affordable prices. Actually, the price of cameras depends upon the features and models. You can choose an inexpensive model with good features if you don't want to spend a large amount. Film cameras have become obsolete and now people don't like to use them for capturing memorable moments of their lives.
Digital cameras are much cheaper than the film cameras. Therefore , you should not waste your money by purchasing old film cameras. There are many benefits of buying a digital camera while film cameras can create certain problems for you. The most important plus-point of using digital cameras is that you can easily view the captured image soon after taking shot. You can easily delete or save the captured image as per your desire. There are many other beneficial features that will bring more convenience to your life.


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Q: Reading a map from yaml in Java getting null I am getting a problem in reading my yaml through java, using spring. Let me show the code first
@Component
@EnableConfigurationProperties
@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "countries")
public class UserLimitReader {

    private HashMap<String, Integer> orders;

    private HashMap<String, Integer> requests;

    public HashMap<String, Integer> getOrders() {
        return orders;
    }

    public void setOrderRedeemableLimit(HashMap<String, Integer>         orders)
{
        this.orders= orders;
}

public HashMap<String, Integer> getRequests() {
    return requests;
}

public void setMonthlyRedeemableLimit(HashMap<String, Integer> requests) {
    this.requests= requests;
}
}

My yaml file:
cassandra:
    hosts: localhost:9142, 127.0.0.1:9142
    keyspace: test
countries:
    orders:
      JPY: 1000
      USD: 1000
    requests:
      JPY: 100000
      USD: 100000

The spring context xml also has this:
<bean id="yamlProperties"
    class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.YamlPropertiesFactoryBean">
    <property name="resources">
        <value>classpath:config/application.yaml</value>
    </property>
</bean>

<context:property-placeholder
    properties-ref="yamlProperties" />

Now, the expectation that I have(had) is that, during the runtime of my spring-test application(the context xml is from my test resources, the yaml is also in my test), these values of orders and requests are set, but they are null. Also, note, there are other values in my yaml besides this that I am injecting using @Value(${...}), they are injected absolutely fine!
I looked at this: Spring Boot - inject map from application.yml
I have done virtually the same, but yet, my values are not set. Kindly help.
I was going through google, found this link:
http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/YamlPropertiesFactoryBean.html
In this, it says, everything is read as a string and not a map. Is there any other class that supports reading of Yaml file the way they did it here: Spring Boot - inject map from application.yml
Or is my understanding of YamlPropertiesFactoryBean wrong?
compile 'org.springframework:spring-core:4.2.+'
compile 'org.springframework:spring-beans:4.2.+'
compile 'org.springframework:spring-context:4.2.+'
compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:1.3.1.RELEASE'
compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-processor:1.3.1.RELEASE'

These are the dependencies in gradle. You might be wondering why I have spring-core and spring-boot, essentially, I don't want spring-boot, but without spring-boot, I don't get to add @EnableConfigurationProperties and @ConfigurationProperties, I honestly don't know if I can read the yaml content into a map without them. Hence those two dependencies are added, but if there's a way to remove them, I would be more than happy to remove those two dependencies.
Warm regards,
Pavan

A: I had the same problem with different generic types and I solved it by initializing the map member and remove the setter method, e.g.:
@Component
@EnableConfigurationProperties
@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "countries")
public class UserLimitReader{
    private Map<String, Integer> orders = new HashMap<>();

    private Map<String, Integer> requests = new HashMap<>();

    public Map<String, Integer> getOrders() {
        return orders;
    }
    ...
}

Please note I used java 7 diamond operator and change the member type to Map instead of HashMap.
IMPORTANT: In my code, I use Spring's configuration class instead of XML and moved the EnableConfigurationProperties to the configuration class. In your case it should be something like:
@Configuration
@EnableConfigurationProperties(value = {UserLimitReader.class})
public class SpringConfiguration {
    ...
}

@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "countries", locations: "classpath:config/application.yaml")
public class UserLimitReader {
    ...
}

Don't know how you configure it using XML, however as I wrote in my comments I still think you should make sure Spring's finds your class using component scan or something alike.
@Value work as Spring loads the YAML file without any problem using your context file, however it does not mean UserLimitReader file is loaded and configured by Spring.

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Q: Removing changes from one file in a commit I have a private repo with a single commit on Github -- specifically for a Rails project. My schema file was changed along with migrations, and a fellow dev wants me to remove the schema changes from the commit (and the private repo). I thought I had it figured out but it doesn't seem to be sticking, what am I doing wrong?
git reset 'HEAD^1' db/schema.rb
git commit --amend -v
git push origin <branch-name> -f

A: It looks like you didn't stage the changes made to db/schema.rb after doing the reset and before doing the commit.  So after you do git reset 'HEAD^1' db/schema.rb, stage the file with git add db/schema.rb, then do the commit.
Alternatively, you can reset the file to the previous state and keep it staged in the index by using git reset --soft head^ instead of git reset head^.  The latter uses the --mixed flag by default, which will not stage the changed state, while the former will.
You can read more about the git reset flags in the documentation:

--soft

Does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all (but resets
  the head to , just like all modes do). This leaves all
  your changed files "Changes to be committed", as git status would put
  it.
--mixed

Resets the index but not the working tree (i.e., the changed files are
  preserved but not marked for commit) and reports what has not been
  updated. This is the default action.


Woman says theft accusation "stripped me of my dignity"
He wahine e tūtū mai ana ki te whakahē i te kaikiri e noho here ana, otirā i te whakapae hara i runga i te momo ā-iwi. He tū i muri mai i te rerenga whakapae hē mōna mō te whānako uru whakapīwari i tētahi toa kākāhu wāhine i Tāmaki.
I te timatanga o tēnei marama, i haere a Mandi Lobo ki te hoko koti i te whare hokomaha o St Lukes, ka whakamātau kākahu ki Portmans, ka waihotia atu ngā kākahu, ka puta ki toa kē atu. I reira ia, ka mau i te wātene, ka tirohia ōna pēke.
Ko tānā "I was told by security I'd been caught shoplifting on camera, putting a wig in my bag as I was leaving the Portmans store.
Na tētahi kaimahi o Portmans te wātene i waea atu me te kōrero he wahine māori, he urukehu te tae o ōna makawe i whānako uru whakapīwari i tētahi whakapakoko o taua toa.
Ka whakapono hoki ngā wātene, i rite te āhua o te nanakia ki tō Lobo, ēngari ka hipa te tekau ma rima miniti, nā tētahi atu kaimahi o Portmans te whakatau, i hē kē te whakapae.
He pukuriri a Mandi Lobo na tona hara kore, ā he hiahia tāna kia tirohia ngā ture hokohoko mena he hara kei te haere.
Ko Amanda "Mandi" Lobo, kaihokohoko, "It stripped me of my dignity pretty much I felt highly embarrassed."
He uri no Ahitereiria a Lobo, ko tāna ko te tae o tōna kiri te take i whiu hara tahae ki a ia. Whai muri mai i tuku reta ia ki te toa hokohoko mo tana nawe me te kimi whakapāha.
Ko tāna "what's not appropriate is they held me against my will. They had no factual evidence I stole a wig. Secondly the racial profiling and thirdly there is still no one putting their hand up and taking accountability."
Ko tā Kerrie Hughes māngai ki St Lukes i hui ngātahi rātou ki a Lobo me te tuku whakapāha ko tāna ki a Te Kāea.
"Standard procedure is the retailer is required to identify the individual...in this case [identification] was incorrect and a case of mistaken identity.
"After an incident that takes place in our centres we undertake a review of processes and we have engaged with our contractor to discuss training and this was shared with Mandi.
"...whilst this was a regretful experience we do value Mandi as a customer."
Ēngari ko tā Lobo whai muri i tāna hui kaore ano a Portmans kia tuku korero ki a ia.
"They still hadn't derived a statement from Portmans and a week and a half later I sent an email asking what's going on? They thought the matter was closed but it hadn't been closed until Portmans sent a statement saying I didn't steal the wig."
"There has clearly been a disconnect between the incident that took place outside Glassons, the Centre Security detaining Amanda and the events that have been outlined to me by our team. The Portmans team did not identify Amanda.
"At no stage would our company ever wish to put any customer in this situation - it goes against everything in our Code of Conduct & Equal Opportunity Policy, which value treating customers and staff with dignity and respect. We do not tolerate discrimination in any form."
Ēngari ko tā Lobo kaore ano tētahi kia tū me te korero no rātou ano te hē.
"I'm not too sure who identified me because Portmans are saying security identified me but Portmans are saying security identified me.
Kei te whakaputa a Lobo i tēnei take ki te ao whānui engari ka kore rawa ia e hoko anō ki ēnei toa.


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Devin Nunes resigning from Congress to become CEO of Trump's new media company
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 7:01 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 07 December 2021 8:47 AM ]
Rep. Devin Nunes, center, listens on Capitol Hill during the committee's hearing on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, in Washington, March 20, 2017. (AP photo)
Rep. Devin Nunes, Republican of California, will resign from Congress at the end of this month to head former President Donald Trump's new social media venture.
Nunes, a staunch ally of Trump, gained admiration from conservatives and scorn from Democrats for defending the former president during the investigation into Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 election.
Nunes will become the CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group or TMTG next month, giving up his seat as the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. He was tapped to serve as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee if Republicans seized back the House in the midterms next year.
"Recently, I was presented with a new opportunity to fight for the most important issues I believe in. I'm writing to let you know I've decided to pursue this opportunity, and therefore I will be leaving the House of Representatives at the end of 2021," he told constituents on Monday.
"Rest assured, I have not, by any means, given up our collective fight — I'll just be pursuing it through other means," he added.
Trump and his loyalists have spent the past year railing against Silicon Valley social media and tech firms, which they accuse of engaging in censorship. Twitter and Facebook both banned the former president following the January 6 assault on Capitol Hill.
Trump-related social media platform GETTR flooded with 'terrorist propaganda': Report
The social network, called GETTR, features extremist material, including graphic videos of beheadings and viral memes that promote violence against the West.
TMTG, which is advertising itself as an alternative to Big Tech and a bulwark against liberals, plans to launch a social media app called Truth Social early next year.
"Congressman Devin Nunes is a fighter and a leader. He will make an excellent CEO of TMTG," Trump said in a statement. "Devin understands that we must stop the liberal media and Big Tech from destroying the freedoms that make America great. America is ready for TRUTH Social and the end to censorship and political discrimination."
Nunes, who is doing his 10th term in Congress, became a lightning rod during the Trump presidency as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. In April 2017, he was forced to recuse himself from his own committee's Russia investigation for revealing classified information.
Later, he emerged as one of Trump's chief defenders on Capitol Hill when Democrats launched impeachment proceedings against the Republican president over allegations that he improperly sought help from Ukraine to boost his chances of re-election.
Meanwhile, Wall Street watchdogs said they were investigating Trump's $1.25bn deal to float his new social media venture on the stock market.
Trump raises $1 billion for his social media app, TRUTH, to fight 'the tyranny of Big Tech'
Former US President Donald Trump has entered into agreements to raise about $1 billion from a group of unidentified investors for his own social media app, TRUTH Social.
In a regulatory filing disclosed on Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said they were probing Digital World Acquisition Corp, the blank-check acquisition firm that agreed to merge with TMTG.
The filing states that the SEC requested documents detailing Digital World's investors and trading as well as its relationship with TMTG.
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Former White House employees create anti-Trump group
US Democrats to start voting rights debate despite slim chances
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