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Mark Francis Robert Baring, 8th Baron Ashburton (born 17 August 1958), known as the Honourable Mark Baring from 1991 to 2020, is a British businessman and a member of the Baring family.

Background and education
Baring is the second child, and elder son, of John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton, and his first wife, Susan Renwick, daughter of Robert Renwick, 1st Baron Renwick. His parents divorced in 1984. He succeeded as Baron Ashburton on his father's death on 6 October 2020.

Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, and Mary Ethel Burns, granddaughter of Junius Spencer Morgan and niece of American banking magnate J. P. Morgan, were his great-grandparents through his paternal grandmother, Doris, Baroness Ashburton (née Harcourt).

Career

Baring currently holds five active directorships.

Marriage and children
Baring married Miranda Caroline Wright (born 1961) on 29 October 1983. They have four children:
 Aurea Rose Baring (born 1988)
 Frederick Charles Francis Baring (born 1990, heir apparent)
 Patrick Robin John Baring (born 1995)
 Flora Baring (born 1997)

References

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Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
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Police Officer Indicted After Video Shows Him Killing Unarmed Black Man During Calm Exchange
Officer Ray Tensing (left) and victim Samuel Dubose (right)
Cincinnati, OH — Officer Ray Tensing of the University of Cincinnati Police Department has been indicted after recently released video from his body camera shows that he shot and killed Samuel DuBose, a 43-year-old unarmed black man during a calm exchange during a traffic stop.
In the video, Officer Tensing is repeatedly asking Dubose about why he doesn't have his license, and DuBose does not appear to be belligerent or aggressive toward Tensing at all. Suddenly, Officer Tensing fires a shot at DuBose striking him in the head, and then the vehicle starts to roll. Authorities say that is significant because Officer Tensing initially said that he was being dragged by the vehicle.
Tensing's lawyer, however, says that Tensing was afraid for his life and fell down as the car was moving.
Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters called the fatal shooting "the most asinine act I've ever seen a police officer make."
He added, "He wasn't dealing with someone who was wanted for murder, OK? He was dealing with someone who didn't have a front license plate. I mean, this is, in the vernacular, a pretty chicken-crap stop, all right? And — I could use harsher words."
He then said that even if Dubose was starting to "roll away," the officer should have just let him go. "I mean, you don't have to shoot him in the head. And that's what happened."
Dubose, who was initially pulled over for having a missing front license plate, was a father of 12 children and was engaged to be married.
Hadassah Thomas, a friend and neighbor, told the reporters: "Everybody in the community loved Sam. He was so helpful, and he was always around. He used to baby-sit for my daughter.
Watch the footage below:

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Political Culture: I've Been Ayn Randed!
A homework pass to the first commenter who can identify what inspired this column's headline – without resorting to the Google (honor system!) – and can tell us why The Man is so unhip.
Class, today's discussion concerns the first five chapters of Ayn Rand's symphony of self-centeredness, Atlas Shrugged. I'm not the world's fastest reader, so I'm sorry to disappoint anyone who's managed to read ahead of me over the four days since I commenced this adventure in politically contrarian scholarship. But I gotta tell you … and here's an obscure cultural reference … as I've worked my way through 125 pages of Rand's polemic disguised as a novel, I've felt like I had mistakenly picked up the first couple of theme-notebook volumes of Henry Fool's "Confessions." (If you don't get the reference, put the bizarre Hal Hartley film in your Netflix queue.) I'm already wondering if this thing is ever going to end.
That said, I must admit that Atlas Shrugged is far more gripping than I expected it to be – even if, half the time, it's gripping in the way that a gruesome five-car collision commands the attention of passers-by on the freeway. I'm a sucker for stories full of workplace intrigue and political manipulations, so I'm having a surprisingly easy time tolerating Rand's endless exposition and the most unfathomable attempts at dialogue I've ever read. As for the Objectivism … I suppose if I'm to read one work of delusional right-wing fiction this holiday season, I'm glad it's this rather than, say, Going Rogue. For those of you who aren't playing our home game, here's a synopsis of the opening chapters so you can follow along with my rantings:
Our heroine is Dagny Taggart, the brilliant and determined scion-ess of a family railroad dynasty who has bonked her head on society's glass ceiling while her sniveling weasel of a brother inherited the presidency of his father and grandfather's firm. That rarely stops Dagny from getting her way – in fact, Dagny routinely casts adversity aside the way O.J. Simpson used to shed tacklers. (A loaded reference, I know, and probably not my last.) Her latest heroic project is the reconstruction of the railroad's dilapidated Rio Norte Line through Colorado and Arizona; in the face of a steel shortage and the foot-dragging and excuse-making of incompetents all around her, Dagny courageously (some might say hubristically) decides to cast her lot (and, more literally, her rails) with an unproven metallurgic innovation called Rearden Metal that no one else believes (or wants to believe) is strong enough to compete with steel.
The alloy's inventor is Hank Rearden, a domineering sort who shares Dagny's disdain for government-, union-, or trade association-related tomfoolery. The two of them do a lot of looking off into the distance and envisioning, with an odd stifling of emotion, the way they're going to make themselves (and each other) rich, and how they're going to show all those nattering nabobs of negativism that a person of real strength can bend circumstances to his will, and accomplish anything he sets his mind to. Or something like that. Anyway, their cause is made more urgent by a pair of events that point to the collectivist degradation of modern society: the National Alliance of Railroads' institution of an "Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule" to curb competition, which puts a Taggart competitor out of business, and the decision by "the People's State of Mexico" to nationalize a huge mine recently established there by the copper baron Francisco d'Anconia – along with hundreds of miles of Taggart track.
"Frisco" is Atlas Shrugged's third major character – the heir to a fabulously successful Argentine business, and a youthful playmate of Dagny's (in more ways than one), who by all accounts is one of the most promising young men of his era. Until, that is, he undergoes a mysterious change in temperament and becomes a playboy seemingly intent on squandering his empire. As Chapter Five closes, Dagny demands to learn precisely why Frisco ever built his Mexican mine that, as it turns out, has no copper in it; in response, Frisco offers a cryptic non-explanation that can be summarized as "You can't handle the truth!" Dunh-dunh-DUNH!!!!!!
The reader is left to suspect that, with Frisco, things are not what they seem. Which is something of a shame, because to this point Frisco is the one character – the one intelligent yet flawed personality, and seemingly the only one burdened with human emotions — who could plausibly be found in the real world. All the others, and for that matter all the novel's situations, are too virtuous, too heroic, too simpering, too despicable, or simply too far-fetched to be believed. It is clear from the first paragraphs – a symbolically loaded interaction between a Taggart consigliere and a bum, which offers the first asking of the ubiquitous question "Who is John Galt?" – that Rand intends to use every event, every conversation to advance her real-world philosophy of vigorous self-reliance and anti-communitarianism. Why, then, does she create a fictional world that bears no relationship whatsoever to the one she hopes to influence? (And why are all her characters – both "good" and "bad" – such assholes?)
For example, after setting up Dagny as a stalwart, no-nonsense determinist, Rand introduces us to her brother Jim, who repeatedly deflects blame for his company's problems and places loyalty to a non-productive crony above Taggart Transcontinental's own fortunes. Soon enough we find Jim, along with a steel titan (who can't seem to forge any steel lately) and several other lily-livered executives, sitting in a bar and lamenting the difficulty of getting anything done. They insist that they "can't be blamed" for their various troubles, and they posit that industrialists must sublimate the success of their own enterprises to the "public spirit," because "the only justification of private property is public service." Such over-the-top collectivism had justified Jim's building the Taggart line into Mexico (which the disapproving Dagny always knew would one day be nationalized), and it eventually begets the railroads' "Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule," which is ludicrous on its face – an industry choosing to "socialize" itself for no apparent reason other than to make its spineless top execs unaccountable to their directors or shareholders.
Viewed solely in opposition to such hyperbolic, never-in-a-million-years examples of communitarianism run amok, of course Dagny and Hank's take-no-prisoners individualism looks like the way to live! Rand repeatedly sets up preposterous straw men to represent governments, trade groups, and other proponents of any horrifying concept of the "public good" — and then she expects us to adopt her worldview as we watch Dagny and Hank knock those straw men down. Apparently she doesn't trust her readers to recognize the merits of her ideas within a realistic context.
In that sense, she's like Nora Ephron saddling Meg Ryan with Bill Pullman's snoring, wheezing milquetoast during the first half of Sleepless in Seattle, or … what the heck … like Ephron saddling Tom Hanks with bitchy, uptight Parker Posey during the first half of You've Got Mail. Honestly, is it necessary to render a protagonist's significant other – or, I suppose, a society's organizing principles – completely unacceptable in order to convince an audience to root for Tom and Meg to get together?
I make my Rand/rom-com comparison ironically, of course, because the notion of two people finding love seems entirely foreign to her; apparently romance is just one more silly human trait that must be jettisoned along the way to self-actualization. Sex, on the other hand, is an acceptable exploit, so long as it is devoid of real attachment … or even recognizably human pleasure: "She knew that fear was useless, that he would do what he wished, that the decision was his, that he left nothing possible to her except the thing she wanted most – to submit. She had no conscious realization of his purpose, her vague knowledge of it was wiped out … she only knew that she was afraid – yet what she felt was as if she were crying to him: Don't ask me for it – oh, don't ask me – do it!" Whew! I know I'm turned on. Well, Dagny, when the only sex of your entire life is power-play sex, I suppose you're better off plunging yourself single-mindedly into your work.
On the subject of Rand's questionable realism, I find it disheartening – but not particularly surprising – that Atlas Shrugged takes place entirely in a world of economic elites. I've always suspected that Rand's philosophy holds little relevance for the less-than-well-to-do, except perhaps as an aspirational standard: "One of these days I'll get around to becoming a Master of the Universe, as soon as I figure out how to make the rent consistently." Still, it would be nice to see Rand at least attempt to apply her ideas to the workers whom Rearden keeps up all night pouring his Metal; as it is, the few workers we've encountered so far have served as little more than symbolic cudgels, either to venerate Dagny ("That's who runs Taggart Transcontinental," one says to another admiringly) or to get in her way by organizing (nefariously, of course).
I suppose her focus on elites helps explain Rand's outsized appeal among college-age go-getters, who can imagine themselves as future Dagnys or Reardens – and who perhaps haven't yet learned that, for better and for worse, our careers, our domestic lives, and these days even our economies are intrinsically interconnected with others. They also haven't figured out that the vast majority of people who rise to the top in our society are a hell of a lot better at interacting with their fellow humans than the heartless bastards who populate an Ayn Rand novel.
There's even more to discuss here … including the protagonists' fetishization of a composer named Richard Halley whose music seems oddly Wagnerian, not to mention discussions of artistic aesthetics that would not have seemed out of place during dinnertime at the Goebbels'. But I'll leave that for next time (or perhaps the comments section), along with an assortment of comparisons between events and ideas in Atlas Shrugged and their antecedents in modern-day American politics. (Hint: The words "bailout" and "Iraq" have frequently flitted through my mind while I've read about businessmen bemoaning government intervention or about Dagny steamrolling yet another nay-sayer.)
Beyond that, it's back to the book. Hopefully by Thursday I'll be ready to discuss the rest of Part I. See you then!
Books, Current Events, Political Culture
A Liberal Reads Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, ayn rand, Henry Fool, John Galt, Jon Cummings, Meg Ryan, Objectivism, Political Culture, Tom Hanks
Sugar Water: An Interview With COVID-19
Book Review: Deanna M. Lehman, "Pandora's Box"
Book Review: "Reporter's Note Book: A San Francisco Chronicle Journalist's Diary of the Shocking Seventies"
Cover Me, Game Forty-Six
Death by Power Ballad: Journey, "Why Can't This Night Go On Forever"


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West Coast Swing Spins and Turns are an important element of mastering the dance. Spins are used in almost every form of dance, and WCS is no exception. The ability to turn smoothly and efficiently is one of the major differences between raw beginners and experienced dancers. Whether you are a follower or a leader, mastering the techniques that go into spins will make a huge difference in your dancing.
Pivot turns keep your feet in a straight line as you pivot around the weighted foot and then transfer your weight to the free foot before continuing. These are usually used for half rotations. Learning this skill is an important step in improving your west coast swing spins and turns. Followers use a pivot turn to create a sharp rotation after beat 2 of a whip. Leaders use pivots on a side pass after 2 if they want to flip to the other end of the slot quickly. Pivots are also the foundation of the pivot whip, which involves both partners doing pivots together, down the line, after count 4 of a whip. Couple pivots like this are one of the hardest moves in every style of partner dancing!
Chaine turns involve closing the feet together to rotate before taking another step. Unlike pivots, chaines can be performed quite rapidly because of the closing action. They are the spin of choice for most situations involving multiple spins, such as spinning down line in a barrel roll or doing a whip with a double outside spin. Followers use chaines all the time; for leaders, advanced patterns that combine scrolling or traveling with spinning usually involve chaines.
Pirouettes are one-footed spins. They appear in the iconic WCS move, the pot-stir, as well as stationary spins such as spins on the anchor (for both followers and leaders). Sometimes it is even possible to turn extremely tight chaines turns into a pirouette! Check out this video for a great tip to improve all of your spins.
There are some elements of WCS that can be learned away from the dance floor. Try practicing musicality and pattern structure. Not spins. Spins require a lot of floor time to master. Although there are no shortcuts to becoming a great spinner, you can speed up your progress by applying the principles of deliberate practice. An hour a week of focused drills will improve your spins much faster than hours of unfocused social dancing.
We have great resources in our video library. You can become a member and access everything here! Or head over to our store and pick up a copy of THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SPINS AND TURNS! Ok ok if you really don't want to spend any money, sigh… you can get some free tips one one foot spins below!


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Online survey on draft Climate Change Policy open
TOPICS:Central Coastclimate changeleadSurvey
Central Coast Council has kick started comprehensive engagement with the community on its draft Climate Change Policy, with an online survey, which opened on Monday, November 12.
[Survey closes December 7]
Council endorsed the draft policy in August. The draft policy provides a framework to support future actions around planning for the possible impacts of climate change, to enable Council to align its operations and strategic planning with the NSW State Climate Change Policy Framework.
Engagement activities with the community are to ensure residents have the opportunity to learn more about the policy, participate in discussion, and provide submissions to help shape the final policy to be adopted by Council.
Mayor, Jane Smith, said climate change was not only an environmental issue but an economic and social issue too. "It is crucial that Council shows leadership in addressing climate change and its impacts, through responsible planning and collaboration in the best interests of our community," Mayor Smith said. "Council is serious about reducing emissions, energy efficiency, resilience planning and infrastructure protection and planning," she said.
"This draft policy provides us with a clear pathway to become more resilient to climate change."
"I strongly encourage the community to complete this short survey and register interest in working with Council to discuss planning for impacts of climate change, so we can collaboratively work towards building a vibrant and sustainable Central Coast," Mayor Smith said. The survey will also give the community the opportunity to register their interest in the workshop series, commencing in February, 2019, to discuss the draft Climate Change Policy.
The survey is available at yourvoiceourcoast.com and will close on December 7. Source: Media release, Nov 12 Central Coast Council media
MacDonald apologises for train disruptions
News, Regional
Central Coast Tourism required to submit an Expression of Interest
Equalisation of rating systems could result in 18 per cent increase
Bus stoppage cancelled at the last minute


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DePaul Professor's Comments About Israel Spark BacklashOutrage is boiling at DePaul University where a professor's op-ed about Middle East politics has sparked backlash.
Chicago Adding Direct Flights to Israel Next YearNon-stop flights from Chicago to Israel will begin next year for the first time in two decades.
Tel Aviv University Joins U Of I As Research PartnerThe facility in downtown Chicago will house more than 100 researchers who will conduct work in health care, cybersecurity, food supplies and the environment.
Woman, Baby Girl Killed As Israel Responds To Rocket SalvoIsraeli warplanes struck dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip and three people were reported killed there, while Palestinian militants from the territory fired scores of rockets into Israel in a fierce burst of violence overnight and into Thursday morning.
Israel Evacuates Syrian White Helmets Stranded On Golan HeightsThe White Helmets typically have operated in opposition-held areas across Syria, places where government services are almost non-existent.
Israeli Leader Benjamin Netanyau's Wife Charged With FraudIf convicted, she could face a maximum sentence of five years behind bars, though that seemed unlikely.
Iraqi Beauty Queen Sarah Idan Criticized For Visiting IsraelSarah Idan, Iraq's 2017 Miss Universe beauty pageant contestant, is visiting Israel this week -- a trip that has enraged people back home. Her appearance drew harsh criticism from Iraqis on social media.
Dozens Killed In Protests As U.S. Embassy Opens In JerusalemProtests were intensifying along the Israeli-Palestinian border Monday and more than 40 people were killed amidst the controversial inauguration of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.
Dozens Killed Ahead Of U.S. Embassy Opening In JerusalemIsraeli troops fired from across a border fence Monday, shooting and killing at least 25 Palestinians and wounding dozens more in protests near the Gaza border, according to Palestinian officials, casting a dark shadow over the planned ceremony to mark the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Defends Iran Nuclear Claims In Face Of CriticismIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered a robust defense Tuesday of a dramatic presentation in which he accused Iran of "brazenly lying" over its nuclear ambitions, after claims that he had revealed nothing new.
Trump Decision On Israel Draws Mixed Reactions HereIn a move that has strong support and oppression, President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel Wednesday.
Israel Police Arrest Suspect In Threats On U.S. Jewish TargetsPolice spokesman Micky Rosenfeld described the suspect as a hacker, but said his motives were still unclear.
Boeing Rejects Peace Activists' Push To Detail Weapons Sales To IsraelBoeing shareholders overwhelmingly voted down a proposal to disclose more information about the company's weapons sales to Israel on Monday, but anti-war activists behind the idea pledged to keep up the fight.
Blackhawks Are So Popular, They're Even Selling T-Shirts In IsraelYou wouldn't think ice hockey would be a very popular sport in the desert, but as a shirt in the crowd for Thursday's Blackhawks parade proved, the team is drawing fans in Israel.
Chicago's Jewish Community Keeping Close Eye On Israeli ElectionVoters in Israeli are going to the polls in what's being called the most important Israeli election in years.


The idea for the video came to me about five years ago. I had spoken at a conference about creating an atmosphere that fostered growth and had a pastor couple visit me directly after to tell me they loved what I talked on and agreed with every point, but they still could not see why their church wasn't growing. They went on to describe a list of culture-killers that made me realize that the issues are often much too close for us to see in our own world. When this is the case, your best shot at understanding is through a parable. Jesus taught this way when He knew that they weren't understanding the point that was hitting them right in the face (Matthew 13:13).
In this video parable, my team and I had a blast packing it full of hidden jewels. One of these jewels was a joke about how we often don't replace the memorabilia of the past. A 5000+ member church client of ours had a signed photo of a guest artist up on its wall that was about 25 years outdated, even though this artist had visited the church again within the year (certainly having a newer photo available). In homage to our commitment to yesteryear, we placed a different 20+ year old Christian music poster in the video. I'll give a Next Level Pack (six books and a DVD) to the first 3 that find it. Post your response here. Name the artist and the cassette. I'll keep the posts hidden until our winners are determined.


I've decided to work on a do-over with my research on John Ford, my 3rd-great-GF (paternal), or, more precisely, John Ford's parents and family.
I've decided to modify this a bit since I've accumulated quite a bit of information about Mr. Ford himself. I'm going to get what I have better organized. I have digital information, hard copy information, stuff saved in Evernote…all of this needs to be properly organized and cited.
I'm using RootsMagic7 and have added Folder Marker to my computer to match folder colors to RM7 colors for family lines.
I need to learn to add source citations to images (practiced doing this on this post).
I need to do this as soon as I scan the image into the computer…NO WAITING!
Save digital info to Evernote to my main folder, then move to appropriate family folders to keep organized, using appropriate note titles and tags.
Use Evidentia to its fullest potential for citing my sources, beginning with building a case for the Ford family.
Become BFFs with Evidence Explained!
On a side note, this first day of Genealogy Do-Over I actually did a bit of research for the project I'm working on for future BCG certification. This project will require further research in Ohio; I hope to attend the OGS annual conference in April to work on that. Fingers crossed!
ETA: I began this post on 2 Jan 2015. Since then, I've figured out how to add citations to images and save as .pdf files, I've color coded my folders on my hard drive to match my family lines in RootsMagic7, I have done some digital organizing of said files, and I have spreadsheets for research logging and census tracking. I have the next couple days off work so I plan to begin adding sources to Evidentia!
Thanks for following my blog. I am impressed with what you have done in this Do Over. Since I am still "doing" the first time, I am not yet ready to do over!


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Share this Story: As courses close and millennials turn their backs, golf reckons with uncertain future
As courses close and millennials turn their backs, golf reckons with uncertain future
Scott Stinson: Almost a decade out from the financial crisis that first shocked global golf, the sport has never fully recovered
Scott Stinson
Bunker Hill Golf Club in Pickering, Ont. Photo by Scott Stinson /Postmedia
PICKERING, Ont. — On a sunny July morning, the parking lot at Bunker Hill Golf Club is bustling. A foursome of grey-haired men goes into the makeshift clubhouse as another comes out and heads to the first tee, which sits on a high point and overlooks the rugged terrain of what was recently a dumping ground for great piles of dirt created to make a nearby expressway northeast of Toronto.
A staff member explains to a player that she will end up back near the clubhouse at the end of her, um, front six. And before the back six.
As courses close and millennials turn their backs, golf reckons with uncertain future Back to video
Bunker Hill has only 12 holes. And it might just be the future of golf.
The course opened for play in the spring of 2016, itself a novel occurrence at a time when the golf industry is besieged on a number of fronts, and it was 12 par-3 holes, 2,165 yards from the tips, from the start. The idea is that rounds can be completed in about two hours, maybe a little more, which goes a long way toward addressing one of the many issues that face today's struggling golf courses: the five-hour round to play a full 18 holes. And Bunker Hill's holes are no kind of pitch-and-putt: elevation changes, gnarly greenside rough, deep bunkers.
"It's more of a golf course in a par-3 setting," says club pro Paul Connelly.
But an odd one-off, or the start of a trend?
"I think there's still a place for the traditional 18-hole layout," he says. "But I definitely think people will start to build shorter courses."
That such talk would be countenanced by a golf pro is a sign of the challenges with which the industry is wrestling. Almost a decade out from the financial crisis that first shocked global golf, as it blew a hole in the housing development/golf course model that multiplied like rabbits in North America in the late 1980s and through the 1990s, the sport never fully recovered. And the trend of bad-news stories that started about five years ago, the older demographic, the lack of interest among millennials, the spate of course closures, the golf-related business retrenching, has only continued.
Two years ago, Golf Canada and the PGA of Canada published a report on the country's golf facilities that identified 158 courses that had closed in the preceding decade, while 17 were at the time under construction. The 2017 version of that report was published last month, and said an additional 51 closures had taken place, with 22 courses either under construction or in the planning stages.
Those trends reflect what has happened in the United States, where golf-course closings have outpaced openings in each of the past 10 years. The National Golf Foundation in that country says that just under 500 18-hole courses have been opened since 2005. In the decade that preceded 2005: 4,926 such courses opened.
Canada's experience mirrored that of the U.S.: a long period of massive golf-course growth, followed by an extended period where development is at almost a standstill. Golf Canada's latest report tracks new 18-hole facilities year by year: one in 2014, two in 2015 and two in 2016. Meanwhile, the sale of established courses to property developers for conversion into residential homes has become a regular occurrence. Some of that is driven by an overheated housing market as much as it is by a lack of interest in golf: at least six courses are slated to become housing tracts in the Toronto area alone, including Glen Abbey Golf Club, the frequent home of the RBC Canadian Open, which begins there in Oakville next week. (Local politicians and residents are still fighting to try to keep the Abbey from being redeveloped.)
And while golf-industry officials have long argued that the dramatic shift in the rates of course openings and closings is largely a result of the over-supply created by the boom years, there is other evidence of the sport's decline. Powerhouse brand Nike pulled itself out of the golf-equipment business last year. "We lost money for 20 years on equipment and balls," former chairman Phil Knight told Bloomberg last month. "We realized next year wasn't going to be any different."
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Adidas, one of Nike's few rivals in the global sports marketplace, in May sold off its golf unit, which included TaylorMade, Ashworth and Adams, to a private-equity firm. Adidas had bought TaylorMade just a decade ago. The golf-retail business has similarly undergone changes, with the largest retailer in the U.S., GolfSmith, going bankrupt last year. It also owned the Golf Town brand in Canada, which was ultimately bought by an investment firm and kept its standalone stores operating in this country.
Millennials, who tend to get blamed for a lot of things, are often identified as the key to golf's current struggles, mostly because they don't much want to play it: it takes too long, it's expensive, and it generally requires a car or access to one. Studies in Canada and the United States have for years reflected the declining interest in golf among young people, and a Sports Business Journal study of television-viewing habits published in June found that of all major sports, golf had the oldest viewership. The median viewer for a PGA Tour broadcast was 64 years old, which was an increase of five years over the past decade. (As an indicator of that, this year TSN and CTV's live coverage of the British Open was just for the weekend rounds; Bell Media left early-round coverage in this country to the Golf Channel.)
It's all of those factors that have led places to consider alternatives to traditional golf, whether it's short courses, or courses with bigger holes, or courses where you can kick around a soccer ball instead of trying to square a clubface against a ball that never seems to go where you are aiming. The New York Times recently profiled a Scot, appropriately named Calum McPherson, who, having witnessed a sharp decline in junior golf enrolment, designed a set of clubs intended for kid use: lighter, with a bigger sweet spot. A fine idea, but unlikely to sweep the globe.
Amid all the talk of ways to reverse trends and get a new generation of people interested in golf, there is one voice with an even more radical idea. It's a voice that commands considerable respect in golf circles: Jack Nicklaus says golf needs to change the ball. The sport's greatest player said late last year that the rash of course closings was "thanks in great part to changes to the golf ball and the distance it travels."
This July 25, 1970, file photo shows Jack Nicklaus, left, and Arnold Palmer at the National Four Ball Championships in Ligonier, Pa. Photo by AP
New technology has led to far more longer hitters and "courses have had to change along with it," Nicklaus said.
"It's now a slower game and more expensive than before, and that can't be a good thing."
With real estate, especially around major cities, so valuable, a golf ball with suppressed distance would allow for shorter courses, taking up less of that land. Development costs would be lower, as would associated playing costs.
"We don't want to change the game for the core golfer, but we need to make every effort to offer alternatives to bring more people into the game and keep them in the game," Nicklaus said, as reported by Golf magazine. "I think we need to develop a golf ball to suit the golf course, rather than build courses to suit a golf ball."
It's the flipside of the Bunker Hill strategy outside Toronto: in one case, regular ball and short course. In Nicklaus' vision, short ball and normal course.
The question is whether either, ahem, course, would attract enough new golfers to justify alienating those who like the sport fine as it is. For many, 18 holes is the right number. But on a par-3-only 12-hole course, one could finish 24, and still be done sooner.
• Email: sstinson@postmedia.com | Twitter: @scott_stinson


Melbourne City FC is pleased to announce Manchester City Women's defender Jennifer Beattie will join the Club's Westfield W-League squad on loan for the 2015/16 season.
The 24-year-old defender will make history as the first female player to represent both women's clubs in the City Football family when she joins up with Head Coach Joe Montemurro's squad this week ahead of City's round three W-League clash against Perth Glory in Western Australia, on Saturday.
Capped 89 times for Scotland, Beattie made her debut as a 15-year-old with Scottish Women's Premier League side Queens Park, before switching to Celtic FC Women's the following season.
The versatile defender later joined Arsenal Ladies in 2009 during a successful four-year period, securing a number of honours with the London club.
She then departed for French side Montpellier HSC in 2013, before returning to England with Manchester City Women's FC late in 2014.
Typically deployed as a defender, Beattie has also been utilised as a midfielder and as a forward.


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Vergy est un ancien bourg médiéval, aujourd'hui totalement disparu, au pied de l'ancien château de Vergy actuellement entouré des communes de Reulle-Vergy, Curtil-Vergy et L'Étang-Vergy, en Côte-d'Or en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Patronyme

 Château de Vergy : château du , rasé en 1610.
 Famille de Vergy : famille de noblesse française de la seigneurie de Vergy.
 Abbaye Saint-Vivant de Vergy : ancienne abbaye bénédictine de Vergy du .

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My Boyhood Pastor
by John C. Westervelt
I was a sophomore in high school in the middle of World War II when I heard that the new preacher had arrived. I decided to check him out for myself, so I rode my bike the two blocks from home to Wesley Methodist church in Oklahoma City. A long driveway separated the parsonage from the church. As I stopped to observe what was going on, I could see two little girls riding up and down the spacious driveway on their tricycles. Could these be the children of the new preacher? At the time I had thought that all preachers were old. But as I was to soon find out, Rev. Nuell Crain and his wife, Catherine, were different. Our friendship, which was nurtured through my high school years, was destined to last a lifetime.
Wesley church had struggled through most of the depression years with only two staff members, a pastor and a church secretary. Under Reverend Crain's leadership, Wesley began to grow. A youth director, Grace Garten, was added to the staff. She made the programs so interesting that the Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship became the center of my life throughout my high school days. The friendships that I made then have lasted to this day.
Reverend Crain stayed thirteen years at Wesley, adding new members and buildings. Eventually he moved on to other churches and to a District Superintendent's job.
After retiring from the Oklahoma conference, Nuell and Catherine moved back home to Dallas, Texas, and Nuell went on staff at Highland Park United Methodist church. Years ago, Catherine shared that the senior pastor was reluctant to let Nuell retire completely, not only because of his effective visiting ministry, but because he was the perennial peacemaker among the large staff. After seventeen years, Nuell celebrated a second retirement, which would give him more time to write.
In 1955 Nuell wrote his first devotional for the Upper Room. Since that time a total of thirty were published, four of these in 1995.
After our children were grown, eight friends from Wesley's Methodist Youth Fellowship began vacationing together. Two came from Kansas, two from Vermont, and four from Oklahoma to share good memories and our hopes for the future. Ironically, while on our sixth gathering in late June 1997, we received word of the death of Nuell Crain.
A flood of memories crossed my mind. Soon after Nuell came to Wesley, I was riding in his car filled with young people to a district Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting across town. Coming home we sang all the verses of "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder." Each time I would hear that song in subsequent years, my spirits would soar in the memory of that crowded car ride. I listened to Reverend Crain preach, but more than that I observed his living and his loving of his flock.
Who I am was marked forever by this special man of God. What he gave me I gave to my children. That given to my children has been given to my grandchildren. It seems clear to me that the spirit of Nuell Crain could be present on this earth forever. I'll miss the physical presence of my dear friend, but his spiritual presence will never leave me.


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Q: Extending sfDoctrineRecord in symfony I've added some functionality to some of my instance classes in my symfony project that I want ALL of my instance classes to have. If I didn't have any qualms about editing the core symfony installation, I would just add my methods directly to the sfDoctrineRecord class. But I don't want to do that, of course, because my changes would break on upgrade, plus my changes wouldn't port well to other projects.
If I want to add certain functionality to all my instance classes in symfony, what's the "right" way to do that?
(P.S. When I say "instance class", I mean something like lib/model/doctrine/Customer.class.php.)

A: Steps:

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*Create myDoctrineRecord
abstract class myDoctrineRecord extends sfDoctrineRecord
{
  public function commonRecordMethod() { }
}

I place this file in lib/record, but you can put it anywhere that the autoloader will see it.

*Set Symfony to use this class in the configureDoctrine callback of your ProjectConfiguration:
 public function configureDoctrine(Doctrine_Manager $manager)
 {
   sfConfig::set('doctrine_model_builder_options', array('baseClassName' => 'myDoctrineRecord'));
 }

That's it! Isn't Symfony great? :)

A: I suppose the proper way would probably be to add a Doctrine_Template to the models in question, however you would need to define it as a behavior for every model in your schema.yml
class MyMethodsTemplate extends Doctrine_Template
{
   public function customMethod1(){
      $model = $this->getInvoker();
      //do stuff with model
   }

   public function customMethod2(){
      $model = $this->getInvoker();
      //do stuff with model
   }
}

And then in your schema.yml:
ModelName:
  actAs:
   MyMethodTemplate: ~
  # the rest of your definition

After you rebuild you should be able to call:
$model = new ModelName();
$model->customMethod1();
$model->customMethod2();

Of course Doctrine templates and listeners are much more powerful than that. You should take a look at the documentation for decent overview

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La rivière Pitmegea est un cours d'eau d'Alaska, aux États-Unis situé dans le borough de North Slope.

Description

Longue de , elle prend sa source dans les montagnes De Long, et coule en direction du nord-ouest jusqu'à la mer des Tchouktches au niveau du cap Sabine, à  au nord-ouest du mont Kelly, dans la plaine arctique.

Son nom eskimo a été référencé en 1888 par l'explorateur John W. Kelly.

Articles connexes
 Liste des cours d'eau d'Alaska
 Mer des Tchouktches

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Cours d'eau dans le borough de North Slope


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As New Modelling Confirms ICU Cases Climbing Toward Devastating Levels, Health Organizations Re-issue Plea for Tougher Government Restrictions and Help from Each Ontarian
by WeRPN
December 10, 2020, Toronto – Given the alarming projected rise in hospitalizations outlined in today's modelling, and as the holiday season approaches, the association representing Ontario's hospitals and the professional associations representing the province's nurses, physicians and respiratory therapists are re-issuing our joint statement from earlier this week calling for immediate action.
It's the government's responsibility to put in place strong public health measures we know can prevent and control the spread of the virus. And, now more than ever, every Ontarian has a moral responsibility to strictly adhere to these important measures.
The number of people in intensive care in Ontario hospitals with COVID-19 is rising, with potentially devastating consequences for patients. If hospitals, emergency departments and ICUs are full, it means that surgeries, procedures, diagnostic tests and routine care will have to be delayed, adding to a substantial backlog not just in hot spots, but throughout Ontario. This risk affects all patients, not only those with COVID-19 – the postponement of cardiac or cancer surgeries, for example, puts thousands more in harm's way.
In the face of all this, Ontario's healthcare professionals continue to care for patients with courage, expertise and compassion. They are often called heroes, but they are also human beings under enormous physical, mental and emotional strain. Our organizations stand behind them, and we call on all Ontarians to join us by doing everything they can to curve the spread of the virus, save lives and limit the damage.
We know that fatigue with public health restrictions has set in, and that it is particularly painful to cancel traditional family gatherings – but this sacrifice pales in comparison to the pain of losing a loved one or watching them suffer. While seniors and other vulnerable populations are at greatest risk from COVID-19, we have also seen serious health consequences and deaths among younger people, and we appeal to them to follow public health guidelines and thank those that are doing the right thing.
No one is unaffected by COVID-19, and no one is exempt from doing their part. Whether you have a grandparent living in a long-term care home, a colleague with a heart condition, or a friend who is a nurse, physician, or respiratory therapist, we all know someone who needs and deserves our protection.
In the spirit of love, family and generosity that characterizes the holiday season, we ask all Ontarians to celebrate safely and responsibly. Celebrating at a distance is the best way to support healthcare professionals, and it is a small price to pay compared to the grief of those who could face far greater losses if we fail to do our part.
President and CEO, Ontario Hospital Association
Dr. Doris Grinspun
CEO, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
Dr. Samantha Hill
President, Ontario Medical Association
Dianne Martin
CEO, Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario
President-Elect, Respiratory Therapy Society of Ontario
Here are the top five things all Ontarians can do to protect themselves and others:
Wash your hands often.
Wear a mask or face covering at all times, unless you are at home with housemates or outdoors at a guaranteed two metres' distance from others.
Stay away from crowded places.
Celebrate or gather only with members of your household. Don't invite others into your home.
Prepare for contact tracing if you get COVID-19. Download the COVID Alert app and/or keep track of where you go and when.
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The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) is the voice of the province's public hospitals. The OHA serves hospitals through advocacy, learning and engagement, labour relations and data and analytics to build a better health system. We do this by conducting evidence-based research, proposing ideas, convening members and partners, and encouraging responsible dialogue about change. For more information about the OHA, visit our website at oha.com or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Media contact: Aslan Hart, Public Affairs Specialist, Ontario Hospital Association at ahart@oha.com.
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The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and nursing students in Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses' contribution to shaping the health system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve. For more information about RNAO, visit our website at RNAO.ca or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Media contact: Marion Zych, Director of Communications, at 647-406-5605 (cell), 416-599-1925 (ext. 209), or mzych@RNAO.ca.
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The Ontario Medical Association represents Ontario's 43,000-plus physicians, medical students and retired physicians, advocating for and supporting doctors while strengthening the leadership role of doctors in caring for patients. Our vision is to be the trusted voice in transforming Ontario's health-care system.
Media contact: Leslie Shepherd at Leslie.Shepherd@OMA.org, media@oma.org or 647-300-1753.
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The Registered Practical Nurses Association (WeRPN) is the professional voice of Ontario's 45,000 Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs). WeRPN builds the profile and professional capacity of RPNS so we can better care for our patients and better support our fellow health-care workers.
Media contact: Tiff Blair, Director of Policy and Communications, at (647) 290-4162 or tblair@werpn.com.
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Media contact: RTSO Administrator at office@rtso.ca or 647-729-2717.


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tamba hali
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May. 21, 2018 11:06AM EST
Tamba Hali 'Tamba Juice' EP art work detail.
How Tamba Hali Went From Playing in the NFL to Making Afrobeats Music
We talk with the Liberian-born Tamba Hali about his Masterkraft-produced EP and new record label.
Tamba Hali was the best thing to happen to the Kansas City Chiefs, and vice versa. After 12 fulfilling years as the football team's outside linebacker, the 35-year-old NFL veteran has retired his helmet, but not without a bang. Tamba is now ready to put his all his time and focus on his other passion in life: music.
This doesn't come as too much of a surprise, as Tamba has always rapped and produced on the side throughout his tenure in the NFL. Last year, he put out a record called "Chief," which went on to serve as the Kansas City Chiefs' anthem. With the help of star producer MasterKraft, who flew in from Nigeria, the track was completed in just three days.
Hali's musical journey began as a young child, learning how to play the bongos and drums at a local church in his hometown of Liberia. It wasn't until he came to the States in the early '90s that he learned this concept of "rhyming and rapping." Fast forward to 2018 and Tamba is ready, more than ever, to take his record label, Relumae Records, to the next level.
For those who might not know, who is Tamba Hali?
Tamba Hali is a former football player, played for the Kansas City Chiefs for 12 years, and immigrant from Liberia. I migrated to the country in 1994. And a musician.
Talk about your Liberian background. Who were your biggest influences growing up?
I'm Liberian. I worked with a Nigerian producer My influence growing up in music was based solely on hip-hop when I got to the country in 1994. Around that time was the era of Biggie and Tupac, that's when it heightened. But when I got there, my brother left some tapes from LL Cool J and Wu-Tang Clan, "Bonita Applebum," those types of vibes. And that's my influence.
How does Liberia play a part in the music you make?
The style of music that I make basically tells you my heritage and where I'm from essentially... my background, based on the fact that I wasn't born here.
Tell us about the moment you first entered the NFL and played football professionally.
I don't want to say it was surreal, but it was more like a dream come true — for most people. But it didn't come to me that way. I just felt like I was doing something I loved doing and enjoyed doing and I was blessed to be in the position to actually play in the National Football League. That was the sentiment when I got drafted.
I thank the greatest fans in the world #ChiefsKingdom for 12 incredible years. I also want to thank the @Chiefs org… https://t.co/RkLZmMmm8R
— Tamba Hali (@Tamba Hali)1520883580.0
Having been in the league for 12 years, what's been the biggest takeaway?
I got to play with some of the best players and develop relationships, some of which I feel will be for a lifetime. I was blessed to play for a long time and be smart with my income so that I can live a style of life that I never imagined. Apart from that, mostly friends.
At what point did you decide you wanted to start a music label?
I've always had aspirations of having a label and putting out music. I want to say I took that seriously about eight years ago when I started working with an artist named Gillie The Kid. The relationship developed from there. We put out some music.
What do you look for in a potential artist?
The passion has to be there. I think that's one of the keys in anything—the person has to be passionate about what they're doing. And obviously, they must be at least gifted in it. Everything will come down to the work ethic they have, which will speak for itself with that artist.
How would you describe your own personal sound?
I'm an artist, so I don't want to subject myself to one sound. I feel like I can do any style of music. But my sound is more friendly, if you want to relate it to Caribbean sound. Being that we're from Africa, the style of music we're making is more international.
What's the message you aim to deliver in your music?
Love. I want love to be the theme to the style of music that I do. That's pretty much it.
What's been the most difficult part transitioning from the NFL to music?
I don't think it's been difficult. I think it's been more educating. I've learned more. I don't want to think that was difficult. I enjoy learning. Apart from that, I've always done this off season, I've done music. Now I'm just giving myself the chance to become a musician.
What can you tell us about your upcoming EP Tamba Juice that you plan to drop later this month?
The EP was produced by Masterkraft. I'm not sure if people are familiar with Masterkraft. In my opinion, he's the best producer from Africa.
That's a statement!
Yeah. We formed this relationship through my manager, and I was supposed to do a feature. The artist that he works with, his name is Flavour, one of the biggest artists in Africa. Masterkraft and Flavour worked together and they spoke about him coming out, and he came out and worked with me. Since then we've been making African music. To speak about the EP, you have a variety of different African styles of music, and a little afrobeat infused with some 808s. It's a lot of singing. I'm not going to rap on this.
What advice do you have for an aspiring Tamba Hali?
Patience. Always have patience with everything. And be honest with yourself.
Talk about the best encounter you had with a fan.
It varies. Are we talking music or football? [laughs]
Both. I feel you're recognized for both right?
Yeah. I don't know if I can name one right off the top of the head. I've had so many interactions with fans that I don't know if one sticks out the most. Playing this long, you probably remember most of the bad ones. I don't want to speak about good or bad now. I save the best and appreciate anything they want to say, as long as they're paying attention. [laughs]
What artists are you bumping most while training or working out?
I'm not sure if you guys have heard of Gillie The Kid? I'm sure you have. I like a lot of his material that's out right now.
Who's your dream collab?
I won't lie, the biggest collaboration I've ever had was Masterkraft and Gillie The Kid, and I've never dreamed about it. So if people are willing work with the style of music that we're making, I'm open to it. But I'm not one of those artists looking as if I want someone else to make me look good as an artist. I believe in what we're doing and if it's able to reach people who do music, I'm open to it. But I don't wanna say… like my dream would be a person who's dead, which is Michael Jackson. It would never come true.
Is there anything else you want to let OkayAfrica know?
On June 6, the EP will be dropping. I hope everyone listens and supports it.
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Miguel Román (born 14 November 1985) is a Mexican professional boxer.

Professional career
On March 12, 2011 he lost to Jonathan Victor Barros for the WBA Featherweight belt.

On January 28, 2017 in a Fight-of-the-Year candidate he had his 18 fight win streak snapped by Takashi Miura in a title eliminator for the WBC super featherweight title. He was knocked out in the 12th round of the fight.

On December 9, 2017 Miguel faced fellow battle hardened Mexican warrior Orlando Salido. Roman dropped Salido three times — in Rounds 4, 8 and 9 — en route to a ninth-round mercy stoppage by referee Robert Byrd. However, right up until the end came at 1:43 of Round 9, the 37-year-old war horse gave as good as he got in the kind of back-and-forth slugfest that he has become known for.

On November 3, 2018, Roman challenged Miguel Berchelt for his WBC super featherweight belt, in what was Berchelt's third title defense. Roman was at the top of his game throughout the fight, but just wasn't able to match Berchelt's size, power and skill. Berchelt dropped Roman three times throughout the fight, but despite that Roman kept going forward, even taunting Berchet at one point to come forward. However, in the ninth round, after the third time Vazquez was dropped, the referee had seen enough and the fight was stopped.

He bounced back from the loss by defeating Ramiro Blanco via a twelve-round unanimous decision.

In his next fight, Roman faced fellow Mexican Tomas Rojas. In a very entertaining and fast-paced fight, both fighters didn't take a step back and gave the fans a real show. Roman was aggressive and hurting Rojas throughout the fight, but Rojas did his fair share of damage on Roman too. In the end, Roman's aggression was sufficient for all three judges to name him the winner, 117-111, 117-112 and 116-112.

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1985 births
Boxers from Chihuahua (state)
Living people
Mexican male boxers
Featherweight boxers
Sportspeople from Ciudad Juárez


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We'll Fight Till Death – Western Togoland Group
Mr George Nyarkpo, the Secretary to the Homeland Study Foundation, a secessionist group in the Volta Region, has said the group will continue, until death, to press for the declaration of the Volta Region as an independent nation.
He said no amount of intimidation and death threats will prevent the group from pursuing that dream.
Mr Charles Kormi Kudjordjie, also known as Papavi Hogbedetor, and seven others, who have been championing the independence of the Volta Region were arrested by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) on Sunday, 5 May 2019 while they met.
A statement issued by the police said the men were putting final preparations to their plan to declare independence for the Volta Region on May 9.
The group wants a restoration of the pre-independent Western Togoland through a total break away from the current Republic of Ghana.
Although the leading figures of the foundation were ordered by a High Court in Ho to sign a bond of good behaviour and desist from their secessionist activities in July 2017, they convened another breakaway conference in the Volta Region on Sunday, which resulted in the arrest of Mr Kudjordjie, who is over 80 years old and the other front liners.
The secessionist leader was flown to Accra and is currently in the custody of the Bureau of National Investigations.
Speaking in an interview with Kwabena Prah Jnr. on Ghana Yensom on Accra 100.5FM on Tuesday, 7 May 2019, Mr Nyarko said: "We have taken the issue outside of the shores of Ghana. We wrote to the UN, we wrote to other bodies that have been mandated by the UN. When you go to the website now, you will hear all our stories there. So, all the international bodies are aware. We are just inviting Ghana to come to the dialogue table, we don't hold gun or anything or we are scared. Man dies only ones.
"We are just inviting them to come and let us talk about this issue. When we get our independence, you will still be our close neighbours. We have a lot of plans underway.
"Yesterday [Monday, 6 May 2019], we held a press conference and announced that this issue has gone beyond guns and bullets. That is why we are extending hands to them to come and let's talk. If they don't choose the peace approach, we will meet them by their own actions."
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Ethiopians protest against what they say is interference in the country's internal affairs and against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), at a rally in Addis Ababa,October 22, 2022 (Photo: AP file)
The conflict between the Ethiopian government and the TPLF has been marked by a well coordinated disinformation campaign. The effectiveness of that campaign should not forgotten, even as the parties involved begin peace talks.
Events in Ethiopia continue to rapidly develop. Ethiopian federal forces have taken control of a string of major towns and cities in Tigray Region in recent days, and they are now reported be on the outskirts of Mekelle, the regional capital. The city's airport, located some kilometers from the heart of the capital, was taken over by federal forceson Tuesday evening following fierce fighting. Meanwhile, high-level delegations from both the Ethiopian government and the TPLF have reportedly flown to South Africa for much-anticipated peace talks.
Like all conflicts, the one that has been raging in northern Ethiopia during the past two years has been fought both on the ground and along the information front. Within the latter battle, a recurring, ever-present element has been disinformation. In fact, disinformation has remained central and dominant since the very beginning of the conflict. For instance, mere hours after the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) initiated the conflict with its unprovoked November 2020 attack on Ethiopia's northern command outposts, the group's supporters launched the #TigrayGenocide hashtag campaign.
While there have been numerous other examples of disinformation throughout the duration of the devastating conflict, one of the most persistent and harmful surrounds the claims that the TPLF is genuinely "committed to peace." The historical record, spanning recent years and past decades, clearly shows that this frequently propagated notion is a total inversion of truth.
Blocking peace and violating international law
Between 1998 and 2000, Eritrea and TPLF-led Ethiopia waged a bitter war. While the conflict was partly based on a dispute over the precise location of extensive parts of the boundary between Eritrea and Ethiopia, the fundamental root cause was, in the words of the eminent regional historian AlemsegedTesfai, "[the] TPLF's persistent incursions into Eritrean territory, an act that can only be explained in terms of the expansionist tendencies of that Front's leadership".
Ultimately, the war led to the deaths of tens of thousands on both sides, caused large-scale displacement of civilians, and was highly costly for both countries and the wider region. In June 2000, the Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities in Algiers was signed, and then in December 2000, President Isaias Afwerki and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi signed the Algiers Peace Agreement. Inter-alia, the agreement called for both parties to permanently terminate hostilities and refrain from the threat or use of force, established an independent and impartial Boundary Commission to delimit and demarcate borders based on pertinent colonial treaties (from 1900, 1902, and 1908) and applicable international law, sought to determine the conflict's origins, and established a Claims Commission to assess damages and losses caused by the conflict.
Subsequently, in 2001, the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) was formally established in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Algiers Peace Agreement. After a lengthy investigation and litigation process, the Commission rendered its decisions on 13 April 2002 at the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, with the entire process guaranteed by the United Nations (UN) and the OAU/AU and witnessed by several international parties, including United States (US) and the European Union. Importantly, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was charged with guaranteeing the EEBC ruling and enforcing implementation without preconditions.
The EEBC ruling presented both countries with gains and losses; however, one of the EEBC's most significant decisions saw the flashpoint of the 1998-2000 war, the rural border town of Badme, awarded to Eritrea. While Eritrea accepted the EEBC's decisions in their entirety and generally sought to uphold the integrity of the Algiers Peace Agreement, and although Article 4.15 of the agreement clearly stipulates that both parties "agree that the delimitation and demarcation determinations of the Commission shall be final and binding," the TPLF completely failed to abide by its international legal obligations and responsibilities. Instead, it persistently sought to obstruct or reverse the EEBC's decisions, continued to militarily occupy large swathes of Eritrean territory (including Badme), and sustained a policy of unremitting aggression and hostility toward Eritrea.
Shortly after the verdict, TPLF leadership actually appeared to accept the EEBC ruling; both the Foreign Minister and the parliament made statements proclaiming their "satisfaction" with and wholehearted "acceptance" of the decision, and the TPLF also expressed gratitude to the Commission for delivering a "just" verdict, even calling on the international community to "compel Eritrea to agree to a speedy demarcation."
However, this line of approach was quickly and dramatically reversed. In 2003, TPLF officials denounced the ruling as "illegal, unjust and irresponsible," while castigating the Boundary Commission and seeking to reopen the EEBC's decisions through an "alternative mechanism." Subsequently, in 2004, the TPLF vacillated again, this time shifting its position to claim that it accepted the ruling "in principle," but within the context of various and numerous reservations, qualifications, and preconditions prior to implementation.
Importantly, the TPLF also began to establish illegal settlements within sovereign Eritrean territories (an international crime), and in 2006 the Foreign Minister, the TPLF's Seyoum Mesfin, sent a highly-publicized letter to the President of the EEBC, Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, again criticizing the EEBC and even assigning blame to the Commission for the TPLF's own failure to meet its international obligations under the agreement.
Beyond its outright military occupation of sovereign Eritrean territories and rejection and obstruction of the EEBC ruling, the TPLF also maintained a policy of unrelenting military aggression toward Eritrea. In early June 2016, for instance, the TPLF directed a large, unprovoked attack against Eritrea on the Tsorona Central Front, leading to the death of hundreds of Ethiopians and 18 Eritreans. Notably, the region, located along the tense, militarized border, was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting during the TPLF's 1998-2000 war of aggression. It is important to note that such aggression, described by the Nuremberg Tribunal as "the supreme international crime," was not only a grave breach of fundamental international law and the UN Charter, but also a clear, direct violation of Article 1.1 of the Algiers Peace Agreement. Rather than an isolated incident, however, the mid-2016 attack was only one in a long series of deadly provocations by the TPLF after the end of the destructive 1998-2000 war. In total, the TPLF attacked or launched major incursions into Eritrea on no less than 12 occasions.
The TPLF not only oversaw the occupation of sovereign Eritrean territory and engaged in frequent illegal incursions into and attacks against Eritrea, it also regularly made calls for the overthrow of the Eritrean government and, through belligerent, threatening statements, boldly proclaimed its intentions to carry out "military action to oust the regime in Eritrea," – again violating the UN Charter (e.g., Article 2.4), international law, and the Algiers Peace Agreement.
Sadly, although the entire EEBC process was guaranteed by the UN, UNSC, and OAU/AU, and witnessed by several international parties, the international community effectively ignored the TPLF's complete failure to abide by its international legal obligations and responsibilities for demarcating the border. Instead of condemning the group's illegal military occupation and repeated aggressive actions or calling for the immediate, unconditional implementation of the EEBC ruling, the international community, principally led by the US, turned a blind eye, abdicated their responsibility, and remained acquiescent to the TPLF's persistent violations and aggressive behavior.
Smothering a region's hopes for peace
Inlate March 2018, Dr. Abiy Ahmed was elected leader of the country's ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). Not long after, on 2 April 2018, the House of Peoples' Representatives elected him prime minister and he was sworn in on the same day.
Abiy's rise to leadership in 2018 came on the back of years of widespread protests in Ethiopia against the TPLF, which had ruled the country since 1991. Ethiopia is divided into ethnically-based states within a federal system that was ruled by a coalition of four parties – theEPRDF – which was dominated by the Tigrayan minority, who make up approximately 6% of the country's total population of 110 million. In 2015, popular protests, spearheaded by the Oromo, the country's largest ethnic group (constituting about 35% of the population), and later the Amhara, the country's second largest ethnic group (27%), about land seizures and evictions, unemployment, human rights abuses, widespread corruption, and economic and political marginalization quickly spread across the country and threatened to bring down the TPLF. Throughout those years of popular protest, thousands of civilians were killed or arrested, there was large-scale displacement, and the TPLF put the country under an extended nationwide state of emergency (in early February 2018).
Additionally, although for yearsTPLF-led Ethiopia was hailed as a development darling and one of the top performing African economies, regularly posting impressive economic growth figures (albeit ones that were clouded by widespread skepticism about the validity of reported figures), the country was also plagued by high levels of poverty and inequality, heavy foreign debt, rising inflation, a rapidly growing trade deficit, and a critical shortage of foreign currency, all of which put the economy in a perilous state. In fact, recent empirical research has compellingly shown that much of the socioeconomic growth claimed under the TPLF's rule was a mirage and instead basedon cooked data. In a longitudinal analysis just published in the Journal of Political Economy, a leading academic journal, Ethiopia was found to be among the world's worst offenders on exaggerating economic growth rates across the past two decades–a period during which it was ruled by the TPLF. (A link to the article is available here: Journal of Political Economy – October 2022.)
It was against this backdrop of turmoil, mounting discontent, and widespread unrest, with the TPLF regime beginning to crumble, that Hailemariam Desalegn, who succeeded Meles Zenawi as prime minister, resigned in February 2018. Dr. Abiy Ahmed, then a relative unknown, was appointed chairman of the EPRDF and then eventually PM.With the pressing need for fundamental changes and dramatic reforms abundantly clear – even Desalegn acknowledged as much in his much-publicized resignation letter – Abiy got down to work quickly. He loosened the state's tight grip and control on the economy, privatizing key state-owned enterprises, pledged multi-party elections, publicly denounced the TPLF's use of torture and apologized for the killing of protestors, released thousands of prisoners and opposition leaders, and promoted reconciliation with exiled dissidents and critics.
The PM's wide-ranging reforms also extended to dramatically shifting the country's longstanding policy toward Eritrea, with Abiy announcing that Ethiopia would finally unconditionally accept and fully implement the UN-backed EEBC ruling of 2002.
Abiy was by no means perfect and his government made many mistakes. A lot of his reforms stalled, security forces were heavy-handed, and the government often fell back into a number of troubling old habits. At the same time, however, many developments were greeted very positively by the people of Ethiopia (and the region) and much lauded by the international community.
In stark contrast to the general sense of optimism and change, the TPLF, brooding and intransigent, began doggedly working to scuttle the positive developments, both in Ethiopia and across the region. The group, which had maintained power for nearly 30 years through absolute force backed by the unconditional support of a small, yet extremely powerful and influential, group of Western states, sought to block the positive developments and stymie any efforts at reform or genuine change.
Deeply bitter and resentful about its loss of power and control over looted state resources, the TPLF retreated from Addis Ababa to its base in Tigray Region. From there, it worked relentlessly to promote conflict, tension, and chaos, including supporting subversive groups, inciting ethnic violence, and sponsoring assassinations, all in the hopes that the resultant instability and insecurity would prevent and roll back the reforms underway and ultimately topple the Ethiopian government. This would, according to the group's calculus, allow it to evade accountability or justice for its decades of crimes and even help it restore its former dominance, both in Ethiopia and across the wider region.
Almost immediately after its precipitous fall, the TPLF began actively preparing for war: digging trenches, stockpiling weapons (even hiding huge caches in civilian areas), and training over 250,000 militias and special forces (by embezzling and diverting development funds). As well, it refused to vacate occupied Eritrean territories and directed groups to physically obstruct Ethiopia's troops as they sought to move away from the border. The TPLF also rejected any and all proposals to establish and institutionalize cross-border socioeconomic and peaceful processes with Eritrea. Instead, it amassed troops and moved heavy weaponry toward sensitive areas alongside the border, dug and fortified trenches, and even attempted to slip armed criminals, intelligence agents, and sleeper cells into Eritrea.
Alongside all of this, the TPLF was stoking tensions and dangerously ratcheting up violent, extremist, and hateful speech. While the people of Ethiopia and Eritrea were looking forward to consolidating peace, the TPLF completely dismissed – and even derisively mocked – all peaceful overtures or offers for constructive dialogue, including mediation efforts from officials, respected elders, and community leaders. On an almost daily basis, high-level TPLF officials conducted interviews and made speeches boasting about the TPLF's military prowess and capabilities, while parades and displays of troops and military hardware were frequent.
Keeping with established precedent
On 3/4 November 2020, the TPLF launched a surprise, unprovoked attack across all outposts of Ethiopia's Northern Command. According to different estimates, between 3,000 and 6,000 federal troops were callously slaughtered in the attack (many as they were sleeping and defenseless). Thousands more were maimed and forced to desperately flee.
The premeditated act of unprecedented scale and gravity was fully endorsed by the TPLF Central Committee in its meeting in the preceding days. The TPLF's objectives – which its officials and high-level cadres openly boasted of on several occasions – were to take control of the Northern Command (which possessed some 80% of Ethiopia's entire weaponry) and then march to Addis Ababa in order to topple the federal government. The plan also involved the goal of invading Eritrea to carry out "regime change" and to incorporate large swathes of sovereign Eritrean territory into Tigray Region. (If things did not go according to plan, TPLF officials publicly vowed to resort to destroying the nation outright.)
Ethiopia's Northern Command was the largest of the country's four territorial military contingents and one-third of its personnel were ethnic Tigrayans with political affiliation and loyalty to the TPLF. The "command and control" hierarchy was also disproportionately dominated by loyalist officers. Relying on these, and with almost a quarter of a million militia and special forces of its own, the TPLF was thus highly confident that its operation – which its officials glowingly dubbed a "pre-emptive blitzkrieg or lightning strike" – would succeed in a matter of days. Completely contrary to all of its plans and expectations, the TPLF failed.
Yet in keeping with its long standingprecedent, established over several decades, the TPLF has spent the two years since it sparked the war repeatedly rebuffing offers for peace and breaking ceasefires. Contemptuously, it dismissed goodwill gestures toward peace from the Ethiopian government as "a sick joke" and a "PR gimmick". All the while, it used these periods to forcibly conscript soldiers (including thousands of children), establish military bases and arms caches within civilian areas, and then launch attacks against neighboring regions, such as Amhara and Afar, and Eritrea.
Even now, as TPLF leaders arrive in South Africa under the supposed banner of peace, one should not be quick to assume that the group, which crows regularly about war being its "traditional sport", has suddenly turned over a new leaf. Rather, the move must be viewed within the context of the utter failure of its latest round of attacks (launched in late August and breaching a ceasefire that had been in effect since March 2022) and Ethiopian federal forces rapidly closing. Instead of being driven by a genuine search for peace, it could be that the TPLF move is borne out of sheer desperation and the group is seeking to secure exile, buy more time, or pursue its war on Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the region through other means.
The opposite of truth
As this broad sweep of regional history clearly demonstrates, the constant claims and portrayals about the TPLF being "committed to peace" are laughable and can only be regarded as the opposite of truth. The reality is that the TPLF has been an obstacle to peace and the central cause of so much of the tension, violence, and instability that have plagued the entire region. In addition to disintegrating under scrutiny, however, the widespread claims and portrayals about the TPLF being "committed to peace" are a sharp, bitter insult to the many, many people in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and across the rest of the Horn of Africa who have been victimized by the group in recent years and over the past three decades.
Now, as the region and international community look forward hopefully to the possibility of much-needed peace, it is important that the long history and continued actions of those who have obdurately blocked it are not obscured.
Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion is a researcher and analyst based in East Africa.
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The ongoing conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region has been fueled by support from the United States.
US Threatens Ethiopia and Eritrea with "Genocide Designation"
I had the honor of being invited to address the annual Eritrean Festival, which was held in Dallas this year during the first week of August.
Eritrean Martyrs' Day
Eritrea emerged as an independent nation after decades of struggle.
Democrats Aren't the Only Game in Town for Ethiopian American Voters
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Notes from Wartorn Ethiopia, Part 5
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International Institute Conference
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CSAS Lecture | Spatializing Islam during the Early Cold War: the 'Ahmadi Question' in the Munir Kayani Report and Pakistani Literature
Cara Cilano, Department of English, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Michigan State University
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With reference to several fictive and non-fictive texts, this talk explores how Ahmadis, classified as "non-Muslims," have occupied and moved through space in Pakistan. I focus primarily on Manto's "Letters to Uncle Sam" and the Government of Pakistan's Munir-Kayani Report on the Punjab Disturbances of 1953, both published in Pakistan's early years, which are, of course, also the early years of the Cold War, and briefly move through the following decades with references to Nadeem Aslam's 2013 novel, Season of the Rainbirds, and Uzma Aslam Khan's 2018 short story, "My Mother is a Lunar Crater." My argument is that spatial analyses of textual representations of non-Muslim identities in fictive and non-fictive texts illustrate how Pakistan was engaging in state-making and nation-making simultaneously to define spaces themselves—indeed using the trappings of a religiously-exclusionary nationalism to bolster state operations and claim space—during these years. By taking a spatial turn—that is, by attending to the territorialization or geospatialization of Islam in Pakistan—I extend Sadia Saeed's work on how the eventual constitutional exclusion of Ahmadis from the Muslim community in Pakistan contests the assumption the "processes of nation building occur independently of the construction of state institutions" (132). Saeed's analysis concerns itself with how the Pakistani state inflected and took shape from "a new definition of the national community by equating the nation with Islam[,]" a move that, in Saeed's view, led to the "construction of new social imaginaries" (133). I'm interested in how these imaginaries take material form, and, in doing so, I maintain Saeed's impulse but shift the focus to better understand how the conflation of "Muslim" and "Pakistani" operates in place, both intra-nationally and internationally. The Cold War and its aftermath serve as the international context in which I attempt to situate Pakistan's domestic moves vis-à-vis the Ahmadiyya community. From Jinnah's purposeful citation of George C. Marshall in his address to the Constituent Assembly on 11 August 1947 and US Information Service's proposal to Manto in the early 1950s to Bhutto's and Zia's explicit legal exclusions of Ahmadis in the 1970s and 1980s, respectively, I trace parallels between Pakistan's internal and international dynamics to highlight the ambient conditions bringing together Cold War geopolitics and certain iterations of Pakistan's efforts to define "Islam."
Saeed, Sadia. "Pakistani Nationalism and the State Marginalisation of the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan."
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 7.3 (2007): 122-152.
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Adrian Bott expects Dawn Passage to confirm his status as one of Sydney's most exciting two-year-olds when he clashes with Accession in the inaugural $2 million Inglis Millennium at Warwick Farm.
While a strong tempo played into the hands of the backmarker, his emphatic performance came as no surprise to the stable and Bott, Gai Waterhouse's training partner, says the youngster has improved.
"He won with great authority. The race worked out well for him and Blake (Shinn) was able to position him to advantage," Bott said.
"From everything we've seen and what he's shown us in his demeanour and his work at home, he looks like he's taken that improvement and he's ready to put his best foot forward again on Saturday."
"I've certainly got plenty of respect for him. He's been very impressive," he said.
"The race probably played more into the hands of Dawn Passage on that particular day," Bott said.
"The hot speed was the undoing of a couple of horses up there in the lead and unfortunately Espaanyiah was one of the victims there from an inside draw.
"If you look past that performance and give her another chance, I think she can be competitive for us again."


Aaron is healthy and happy and a complete pleasure & delight - I LOVE HIM.
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Hi Lauren Sounds like we've got the same problem. Just dug my patch in the garden & found that it's also got plenty of clay. I'm starting by adding compost to it to see if that will help, but I'm also hoping to learn whatever else I can do to improve the soil. Should be interesting.
Hi Lauren and Mailea We've recently moved here to find a garden which is pretty much solid clay. Fine for making pots but awful to cultivate. I've decided to create no-dig beds for my veggies, not least because I injured my back some years ago and heavy digging is no longer in prospect. My main task now is sourcing enough compost to fill my home-made beds. Charles Dowding's books and YouTube videos are really helpful as a guide to starting off.


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Statement by Premier Brantley to replace monthly press conference on March 26, due to COVID-19 threat
March 24, 2020 in NIA
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 24, 2020) — The following is an announcement from the Office of the Premier of Nevis regarding Premier, Hon. Mark Brantley's monthly press conference scheduled for March 26, 2020.
The Office of the Premier informs that due to the present threat posed by the COVID-19 [Novel Coronavirus] pandemic, instead of the press conference of the Honourable Mark Brantley, Premier, which has been rescheduled to take place on Thursday, 26th March, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., the Honourable Premier will deliver a statement to the people of Nevis.
It will be broadcast live on the Nevis Island Administration's Nevis Television (NTv) Channel 99, NevisTvOnline.com, NTv Go App, Nevis Television Facebook page and the Nevis Newscast YouTube channel.
Hon. Mark Brantley
monthly press conference
All is being done to make Nevis ready for the advent of COVID-19, says Junior Minister of Health Brandy-Williams
Premier Brantley's monthly press conference rescheduled to March 26th