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Stories From SNA: OC Flight Instructor Recounts Emergency Landing at John Wayne
It was a beautiful sunny day on October 25th when Pacific Flight Aviation flight instructor Whitney Boes was preparing for one of her regular morning flights. The winds were calm and the airport was quiet. A good day to be in the air.
After doing all the typical checks, she hopped into the cockpit, cleared for takeoff, and within a few minutes, the aircraft roared down the runway and lifted off the ground. However, within seconds after liftoff, things took a dramatic turn.
At just 300 feet, it was clear it wasn't generating enough power to sustain flight and the aircraft sounded like it was being starved of fuel. The engine began sputtering. The RPMs were plummeting and Whitney's pulse was racing. This wasn't just a flight anymore. This was an emergency.
That's when Whitney had to make a split-second decision. Would she land on the 73 freeway that was right below her? Or bank and try to make it back to John Wayne? She chose the latter. During a quick exchange with ATC, she was notified that the runway was clear and an incoming Southwest flight was redirected to maintain clearance.
After a few tense moments that seemed to last a lifetime, Whitney managed to keep the plane in flight long enough to land back on the runway. It was a harsh lesson in the importance of training and how every second matters in case of an emergency.
Whitney has since spoken to several senior pilots who all tell her the same thing; at least once in every pilot's life, a situation will come up where your life will be in danger. They say no decision is the right decision. You follow your training and do what you have to do to land safely, but don't second guess yourself.
Although Whitney is quick to credit her training for her quick thinking, she also gives credit to her grandmother who passed away just three days prior to the incident. "I know that my grandmother was with me that day, watching over me," said Whitney. "She was the ultimate co-pilot and she helped guide me back to that airport safely."
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Florida high school official fired for using legal medical marijuana
David BienenstockNovember 24, 2020
When a fight broke out among students at Belleview High School in central Florida, school official Mike Hickman entered the fray and put his body on the line to intervene. Nothing in the school's administrative code tasked him with risking himself to secure his students' safety, but he did so anyway.
A school official's good deed didn't go unpunished: He was fired after stepping in to stop a schoolyard fight.
A Marine combat veteran who suffered serious injuries while serving in the 1990-1991 Gulf War, Hickman has spent the past thirty years living with chronic pain from those wounds—and from a string of surgeries he underwent to heal them. For a time he relied on prescribed opioids for relief, but then found cannabis worked far better. He could gain relief without the serious side effects—and risk of addiction and overdose—that came with opioid use.
Hickman performed his job at Belleview—where he worked as the school's student services manager—admirably, for years, while privately managing his medical condition.
Then came the schoolyard fight.
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Punished for his good deed
It happened a year ago, in Nov. 2019.
While breaking up the brawl, Hickman suffered a new injury—one serious enough to require a visit to a worker's compensation doctor. Acting on behalf of his employer, that doctor required him to submit a urine sample. The sample wasn't part of Hickman's treatment. Its only purpose was to test for drug use.
When the urine test came back positive for THC, Hickman's 10 years of service to Marion County Public Schools ended. The Marion County School Board fired Mike Hickman, pointing to district policy prohibiting employees from using cannabis for any reason, even if that use takes place off school grounds and at the recommendation of a physician.
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District officials offered to limit his punishment to a suspension if Hickman ended his use of medical cannabis. Forced to choose between his career as an educator and the medicine that secures his quality of life, Hickman chose his medicine.
Mike Hickman's medication is legal according to state law. But it's against school district policy.
Medical cannabis has been legal in Florida since 2016, when 71% of voters approved a state constitutional amendment allowing doctors to recommend it to their patients. And according to a 2019 article from MJ Biz Daily, business is now "booming, with an average of nearly two dispensaries opening each week across the state."
There's no disputing the legality of Mike Hickman's cannabis use under state law. Nor does anyone allege that he came to work impaired, or that he failed in any way to perform his official duties with the utmost skill and professionalism.
But after months of hearings and legal wrangling, none of that mattered. On Nov. 4, the Marion Public School Board voted 5-0 to terminate his employment.
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Hickman has declined to discuss the case publicly. Shortly after the school board's Nov. 4 decision, Hickman's attorney, Mark Herdman, told a local reporter the action "was just another unfortunate decision handed down by the Marion County School Board to fire yet another good employee."
But to lose your employment, including your place in the lives of countless young people who look up to you as an educator, a mentor, and a pillar of the community, goes far beyond a simple job loss. Seeing someone who served his country with honor, and was wounded in the field of battle, be sacked for choosing a safe, effective medicine exposes a terrible hypocrisy at the heart of the War on Drugs.
For decades, America's weed warriors have justified their destructive prohibition against a beneficial plant by appealing to the fate of "the children." What message, they ask, would it send to allow a combat veteran to smoke a joint or use a cannabis salve in the privacy of his own home instead of popping dangerous, addictive pills?
The real question is what lesson will Mike Hickman's students learn from a society that publicly shames and summarily dismisses an upstanding citizen for something that should be nobody's business but his own.
A cannabis Catch-22
Contacted by Leafly, several school board members directed questions to Kevin Christian, the district's head of public relations.
District officials scrambled to find a way to justify Hickman's firing. At issue is a long-outdated zero-tolerance policy for a medication that's now legal.
At first Christian tried to frame the issue as Hickman's failure to disclose his use of medical cannabis to school authorities prior to failing his drug test—"that's really a big portion of what the school board expressed concern over"—though he eventually conceded that nothing in the school board's policy would have prevented Hickman from being fired on the spot for simply making such a disclosure.
In fact, that policy specifically lists marijuana among prohibited substances, with no consideration of whether it's legal under state law. This zero-tolerance approach to maintaining a "drug free workplace" has remained unaltered for decades. The school board failed to update the district's policies in any way following the legalization of medical cannabis in Florida four years ago.
School board hiding behind federal law
Even now, the school board says the fact that cannabis remains federally illegal prevents them for making any further allowances, since public schools receive federally funding that could theoretically be cut off if they permit even a single exception.
Back in 2019, a committee in the US House of Representatives directed the Office of Personnel Management to review policies surrounding the hiring and firing of federal employees in states with legal cannabis, writing:
The Committee encourages OPM to review its policies and guidelines regarding hiring and firing of individuals who use marijuana in states where that individual's private use of marijuana is not prohibited under the law of the State. These policies should reflect updated changes to the law on marijuana usage and clearly state the impact of marijuana usage on Federal employment.
But so far, no such action has been taken at the federal level.
Meanwhile in Florida, a bill "prohibiting an employer from taking adverse personnel action against an employee or job applicant who is a qualified patient using medical marijuana" was introduced in early 2020, but died in committee.
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The next employee may ignore the fight
The Marion County School Board voted unanimously to terminate him despite overwhelming support for Hickman from students, faculty, parents, and the Marion Education Association, a local teachers union.
"Imagine if this employee just sat back and let the two students continue to fight without regard for their safety," Chris Altobello, Marion Education Association executive director, told the Ocala Star-Banner newspaper after Hickman's firing. "We wouldn't be here right now."
Hickman, Altobello added, was no more impaired "than someone who took an aspirin for a headache. They implied that this is tantamount to smoking pot in the boys bathroom!"
Lazy policy results in a good man's firing
Eventually a review process landed the case before Judge Suzanne Van Wyk of the state Division of Administrative Hearings in Tallahassee. Wyk upheld Hickman's firing, though not without reservations.
In an eight-page decision, Van Wyk noted Hickman's argument that it's unfair to punish someone for using legal medical cannabis when the school board would not object to him "teaching under the influence of opioid pain medications, which he took for years prior to the availability of medical marijuana."
Still, the best deal offered to Hickman was to stop using cannabis and return to work after a 20-day suspension. Or, put another way: Keep suffering in pain; or take dangerous, addictive pills; or lose your job.
Mike Hickman chose his health and lost his job.
That's a choice nobody should ever face.
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Bordeaux Neurocampus > Scientific articles > Spatiotemporal neuromodulation therapies engaging muscle synergies improve motor control after spinal cord injury.
Spatiotemporal neuromodulation therapies engaging muscle synergies improve motor control after spinal cord injury.
Nikolaus Wenger, Eduardo Martin Moraud, Jerome Gandar, Pavel Musienko, Marco Capogrosso, Laetitia Baud, Camille G Le Goff, Quentin Barraud, Natalia Pavlova, Nadia Dominici, Ivan R Minev, Leonie Asboth, Arthur Hirsch, Simone Duis, Julie Kreider, Andrea Mortera, Oliver Haverbeck, Silvio Kraus, Felix Schmitz, Jack DiGiovanna, Rubia van den Brand, Jocelyne Bloch, Peter Detemple, Stéphanie P Lacour, Erwan Bézard, Silvestro Micera, Grégoire Courtine
Nat Med. 2016-01-18; 22(2): 138-145
DOI: 10.1038/nm.4025
1. Nat Med. 2016 Feb;22(2):138-45. doi: 10.1038/nm.4025. Epub 2016 Jan 18.
Spatiotemporal neuromodulation therapies engaging muscle synergies improve motor
control after spinal cord injury.
Wenger N(1)(2)(3), Moraud EM(4), Gandar J(1), Musienko P(1)(5)(6)(7), Capogrosso
M(4)(8), Baud L(1), Le Goff CG(1), Barraud Q(1), Pavlova N(1)(5), Dominici
N(1)(9), Minev IR(10), Asboth L(1), Hirsch A(10), Duis S(1), Kreider J(1),
Mortera A(4), Haverbeck O(11), Kraus S(11), Schmitz F(12), DiGiovanna J(4), van
den Brand R(1), Bloch J(13), Detemple P(12), Lacour SP(10), Bézard E(14)(15)(16),
Micera S(4)(8), Courtine G(1)(13).
(1)International Paraplegic Foundation Chair in Spinal Cord Repair, Center for
Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
(2)Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology,
Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
(3)Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin,
Germany.
(4)Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Translational Neuroengineering, Center for
Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering, School of Bioengineering, EPFL,
Lausanne, Switzerland.
(5)Motor Physiology Laboratory, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, St. Petersburg,
Russia.
(6)Laboratory of Neuroprosthetics, Institute of Translational Biomedicine, St.
Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
(7)Lab of Neurophysiology and Experimental Neurorehabilitation, Children's
Surgery and Orthopedic Clinic, Department of Nonpulmonary Tuberculosis, Institute
of Physiopulmonology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
(8)The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
(9)MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement
Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
(10)Bertarelli Foundation Chair in Neuroprosthetic Technology, Center for
Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
(11)Micromotive GmbH, Mainz, Germany.
(12)Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology-Mainz Institute for
Microtechnology (ICT-IMM), Mainz, Germany.
(13)Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
(14)Motac Neuroscience Inc., Beijing, China.
(15)University of Bordeaux, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, Bordeaux,
(16)CNRS, Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, Bordeaux, France.
Nat Med. 2016 Feb;22(2):125-6.
Electrical neuromodulation of lumbar segments improves motor control after spinal
cord injury in animal models and humans. However, the physiological principles
underlying the effect of this intervention remain poorly understood, which has
limited the therapeutic approach to continuous stimulation applied to restricted
spinal cord locations. Here we developed stimulation protocols that reproduce the
natural dynamics of motoneuron activation during locomotion. For this, we
computed the spatiotemporal activation pattern of muscle synergies during
locomotion in healthy rats. Computer simulations identified optimal electrode
locations to target each synergy through the recruitment of proprioceptive
feedback circuits. This framework steered the design of spatially selective
spinal implants and real-time control software that modulate extensor and flexor
synergies with precise temporal resolution. Spatiotemporal neuromodulation
therapies improved gait quality, weight-bearing capacity, endurance and skilled
locomotion in several rodent models of spinal cord injury. These new concepts are
directly translatable to strategies to improve motor control in humans.
Conflict of interest statement: G.C., N.W., P.M., M.C., A.L., J.V., M.C., I.M.,
E.M.M., S.M. and S.L. hold various patents on electrode implant designs
(WO2011/157714), chemical neuromodulation therapies (WO2015/000800),
spatiotemporal neuromodulation algorithms (WO2015/063127), and robot–assisted
rehabilitation enabled by neuromodulation therapies (WO2013/179230). G.C., S.L.,
S.M. and J.B. are founders and shareholders of G–Therapeutics SA; a company
developing neuroprosthetic systems in direct relationships with the present work.


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Elf- The Musical
DAYTON — The Schuster Center presents Elf- The Musical running now through Sunday, Nov. 27.
Based on the beloved 2003 film, Elf follows the journey of Buddy the elf, as he leaves the North Pole for New York in search of his birth father. Along the way, Buddy helps a cynnical New York remember the true spirit of Christmas. Elf- The Musical is sure to be fun for the whole family as they discover their inner elf.
Tickets start a $30 and are available at Ticket Center Stage by phone at 937-228-3630 or 888-228-3630 and online at ticketcenterstage.com.
The Swingles perform
SPRINGFIELD — The Swingles – Yule Songs will perform 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave. The show is presented by the Springfield Arts Council. Cost $32-52.
Ring in the holidays as The Swingles entertain with a delightful evening of Yule Songs, a wintry mix of well-known carols, reimagined classics and brand new originals. For more than half a century, The Swingles have pushed the boundaries of vocal music, releasing more than 50 recordings, winning five Grammy awards, and appearing on numerous film and TV soundtracks including Sex and the City and Glee. The group's versatility has led to collaborations with artists as diverse as the Modern Jazz Quartet, Jamie Cullum and Labrinth.
The seven young singers that make up today's London-based group are driven by the same innovative spirit that has defined The Swingles since they first made waves in the 1960s. Enjoy this evening of classic Christmas songs and unique arrangements, all beautifully performed a capella.
Contact the box office for tickets 937-328-3874.
DAYTON — The Tran-Siberian Orchestra presents Ghosts of Christmas Eve at the Nutter Center at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3.
The Ghosts of Christmas Eve follows the journey of a runaway who breaks into an abandoned vaudeville theater on Dec. 24. The show features fan-favorites as "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24," "O' Come All Ye Faithful," "Good King of Joy," and many more. Tickets are on sale now and range from $40-73. For more information or to purchase tickets go to ticketmaster.com.
Ten Tenors preform
SPRINGFIELD — The Ten Tenors will present Home for the Holidays, 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 at Clark State Performing Arts Center, 300 S. Fountain Ave. Tickets cost $38-78.
The Ten Tenors are one of Australia's most successful touring entertainment groups of all time. Following 16 years of sell-out performances across the globe, The Ten Tenors have cemented their place as one of the worlds most loved contemporary music groups. Home for the Holidays is a magical experience for the whole family. Join Australia's rock stars for a unique selection of traditional and contemporary season favorites. Home for the Holidays is the perfect way to celebrate the spirit of the season.
Mike Super Magic and Illusion
DAYTON — Award-winning magician/illusionist Mike Super will be performing at the Dayton Schuster Center 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10.
Named 2011 and 2012 Entertainer of the Year, Mike Super has also received the Best Performing Artist of they Year and Best Novelty Performer of the Year. Mike Super's magic spans every generation, families' are sure to find something for everyone to enjoy. Sign and/or audio interpretations are available upon request with the purchase of your ticket.
Tickets start at $25 and are available at Ticket Center Stage by phone at 937-228-3630 or 888-228-3630 and online at ticketcenterstage.com.
SPRINGFIELD — Clark State Performing Arts Center will host The Nutcracker, 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16 at the center, 300 S. Fountain Ave. The show is presented by Ohio Performing Arts Institute. Cost $8-24.
The Nutcracker comes to the stage featuring a cast of more than 180 students, professional dancers and community members. Join Clara, the Sugarplum Fairy, the Snow Queen and of course the Nutcracker Prince as they battle the Mouse King and travel to the Land of Sweets. Contact the box office for tickets 937-328-3874.
DAYTON — The Schuster Center presents Dayton's biggest and best holiday performaning arts tradition The Nutcracker running Friday, Dec. 16 through Friday, Dec. 23.
Combining the amazing talents of the Dayton Philharmonic with the breathtaking beauty of the Dayton Ballet's core ensemble and star dancers, helps bring this holiday drama to life.
Artistic Director Karen Russo Burke's magical choreography paired with the stunning sets by designer Ray Zupp, the audience will become transported into Clara's world as she travels through the Land of Sweets.
Ticket prices range from $21-$72 and can be purchased online at www.TicketCenterStage.com, the Box Office, or by phone at 888-228-3630.
DAYTON — 42nd Street will be presented by the Victoria Association Jan. 10-15 at the Schuster Center, 1 W. Second St. Show times will be 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 2 p.m., 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Sundays.
Saturday matinee performances of Broadway Series presentations are signed and/or audio interpreted. Please let the ticket agent know at least two weeks before the performance if you would like either of these services when you order your tickets at Ticket Center Stage. Tickets start at $30. Get tickets online at www.TicketCenterStage.com, at the Box Office or by phone at 937-228-3630 or 888-228-3630.
Greene County News staff report compiled by Natalie Jones and Emily Day.
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BSP warns currency speculators, re-actives CRRP
By +Dafey, September 8, 2018 in Money Talk - Investing Discussions
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THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Friday warned currency speculators, saying it will "take all actions necessary to deal with speculative activity by market participants," as the peso hit its lowest level against the US dollar in more than 12 years.
At the same time, BSP Governor Nestor A. Espenilla said they will "take strong immediate action using the full range of instruments in its toolkit" to curb inflation, which zoomed to a nine-year high of 6.4% in August.
"The follow-through actions will also address other threats to higher inflation such as excessive exchange rate volatility not consistent with underlying macroeconomic fundamentals in order to ensure that inflation returns to its 2-4% target over the policy horizon," Mr. Espenilla told reporters in a mobile phone message on Friday.
Asked whether the Monetary Board may meet ahead of the Sept. 27 meeting to address these issues, he said: "That's an option, we'll see."
Mr. Espenilla said the BSP is also re-activating tools such as the Currency Risk Protection Program (CRRP) facility, "which will be made available to eligible corporates with foreign exchange obligations based on more liberalized rules."
The CRRP facility is a non-deliverable peso-dollar forward contract between eligible central bank and local universal and commercial banks, in response to the request of bank clients seeking to hedge their eligible foreign currency obligations.
Under the facility, parties agree that, on maturity of the forward contract, only the net difference between the contracted forward rate and the spot rate shall be settled in peso.
"Normally when you have some volatility on the foreign exchange, your corporates will be nervous. They'll start buying spot for future requirements. That adds more pressure in the forex market. When you have this CRPP, your corporate players — they will have assurance they will be protected regardless of fluctuations in the foreign exchange market," BSP Governor Diwa C. Guinigundo said on the sidelines of a media briefing on Friday.
He said the CRRP may be in place by next week.
The CRPP was first introduced in 1997 as a measure to calm foreign exchange volatility during the Asian Financial Crisis.
The BSP said the facility was last availed in 2009, and was last updated in 2005.
Mr. Guinigundo said the BSP will liberalize the eligibility requirements so that banks will be incentivized to tap the facility.
"Some market players do not know that. We will be introducing some changes… Then we expect market players to make some queries," he said.
Sought for comment, Land Bank of the Philippines market economist Guian Angelo S. Dumalagan said the CRRP may help banks, but won't necessarily ease volatility in the foreign exchange market.
"It helps qualified institutions protect themselves from FX risk, but it may not directly reduce the volatility of the exchange rate. FX volatility is influenced by multiple external factors like geopolitics and foreign rate hikes that are beyond the control of the BSP and it's policy tools," he said in an email.
The local currency closed at P53.8 per dollar on Thursday, which was the lowest level since P53.985 in December 2005.
Mr. Guinigundo noted the peso's depreciation is due to developments outside the country.
"The pressure comes actually from the external sector because of uncertainties surrounding Turkey and Argentina and continuing trade war between US and China. These are the important backdrop in recent volatility in the forex market," he said.
The post BSP warns currency speculators, re-actives CRRP appeared first on BusinessWorld.
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Roche blockbuster Avastin does well as brain tumor therapy
Roche Holdings, which is trying to extend the franchise on its blockbuster cancer medication Avastin, reported a new study that offers hope for some patients with brain tumors and for the company that this bet will pay off.
Roche ($RHHBY) says that adding the Genentech drug to radiation and chemotherapy resulted in extended progression-free survival.
"This study showed that people with glioblastoma, a particularly devastating and aggressive cancer without many treatment options, lived significantly longer without their disease worsening when Avastin was added to radiation and temozolomide chemotherapy," Roche says in a statement.
Final data for overall survival won't be available until 2013, but so far there are no new safety issues and the adverse effects are in line with what was expected, the company says.
Avastin, which last year generated $2.6 billion, is one of the top 10 best selling cancer drugs, but has not always performed as the world leader in cancer treatments has hoped. The U.K.'s cost containment agency just last month turned down Roche's application for Avastin to be used on breast cancer patients in conjunction with chemotherapy treatment Xeloda. It said that while it delayed the progression of breast cancer than chemotherapy alone, there was insufficient evidence that patients ultimately lived longer.
Roche already had the FDA rescind its approval of Avastin for breast cancer treatment last year because the agency didn't believe the risks to patients outweighed the benefits. Avastin is approved in the U.S. as a first line or second line treatment for colorectal cancer, and the company recently released data that starting its continued use with chemotherapy can help patients live longer.
Meanwhile, Avastin's success at another use--wet age-related macular degeneration--created problems for its sister drug Lucentis. That injection was developed from the same parent as Avastin, modified for use specifically in the eye. But eye doctors determined that Avastin could treat wet AMD, and at a much smaller price. A recent study showed it has more side effects than Lucentis but it still gets used.
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The distance between Budapest, Hungary and Beeville, Tx, Usa is approximately 9,477 km or 5,889 mi.
To reach Budapest in this distance one would set out from Beeville, Tx bearing 37.3° or NE and follow the great circles arc to approach Budapest bearing 128° or SE .
Budapest has a marine west coast climate (Cfb) whereas Beeville, Tx has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa).
Budapest is in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome whereas Beeville, Tx is in or near the subtropical dry forest biome.
The average temperature is 9.6 °C (17.3°F) cooler.
Total annual precipitation averages 251.1 mm (9.9 in) less which is equivalent to 251.1 l/m² (6.16 US gal/ft²) or 2,511,000 l/ha (268,443 US gal/ac) less. About 2/3 as much.
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The newly formed Niagara Orleans Land Bank is rallying N.T. leaders to make the city-owned 250 Miller St. its first test property in the city.
A resolution to pull the property from Saturday's In Rem auction was unanimously approved by the N.T. city council Tuesday.
"I want to commend the council tonight for taking this proactive action," said Niagara County Legislator Richard Andres (above).
While the property was pulled from Saturday's auction, which will feature 19 properties —including another one on Miller St.— 250 is not guaranteed to go to the land bank or under what terms.
Another speaker, B.J. Vandewater, said based on the Niagara Orleans Land Bank's first set of minutes the organization appeared to be nascent. "The land bank is just getting organized and they are not quite ready to do business from their minutes," Vandewater said.
While the pricing information was no longer available for 250 Miller St. — as the property was removed from the auction list — 274 Miller St. had a combined assessment of $57,000.
The City of North Tonawanda still needs to write its bylaws regarding its association with the Niagara Orleans Land Bank.
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Austin Tylec, a real estate, architecture and planning professional, wants to serve on a board involving real estate, planning and architecture.
"You know, your desire to be on a committee is being entertained by if there's a vacancy," said Council President Eric Zadzilka during the agenda discussion before the meeting in the 2nd-floor conference room.
"It seems like we need someone," said Tylec.
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TORONTO -- Just so we get this out of the way right off the hop, Jaromir Jagr isn't limiting his decision on his playing future to next season.
"I still think I have at least seven years left in my body, to be honest with you," the 43-year-old winger said Thursday after the Florida Panthers' morning skate at Air Canada Centre.
There was a slight smile as he said it, but it wasn't delivered as a one-timer. Somewhere in there, Jagr probably actually believes it.
Hey, Gordie Howe played into his 50s, right?
"I still feel like I can play the game and I love the game," Jagr said. "It's the most important thing. As long as I stay healthy, I feel like I can still produce and help anybody."
He certainly has had an impact since being acquired from the New Jersey Devils, with his line with Aleksander Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau combining for 24 points in 11 games heading into Thursday's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
"He's been real good, especially for the two kids he's playing with," Panthers head coach Gerard Gallant said. "Their game has taken off another step. They've played really well since Christmas on, but since Jaromir's got there with Huberdeau and Barkov, they've played great hockey for us. Obviously, he's a Hall of Fame guy that's been really good for our club."
Sure, Jagr has slowed down, but he remains strong on the puck and of course continues to have all-world vision and passing ability. Gallant actually played against Jagr way back when.
"He's 43," Gallant said. "He's not as fast and quick as he was, but you see a lot of similarities [from his younger days]. It's hard to get the puck from him. When he got the puck down low, the defensemen have a tough time getting the puck off him. That's what makes him a real good player. He controls the puck, he goes to the net and the guy works out every day real hard. He stays in good shape.
"His game's very similar, but without the quickness."
Jagr's impact has been felt just as much off the ice, if not more. The team's young players have gravitated toward him and are eating up everything he has to offer.
"He gives us a lot of advice on the ice and even on the bench, he's offering up tips and it's really helped us," said Huberdeau, who was born in June 1993, three full seasons after Jagr entered the NHL and had already won two Stanley Cups with Pittsburgh.
By the time Barkov was born in September 1995, Jagr had five NHL seasons under his belt. Now they are linemates. It's surreal.
"First off, he's a legend already, I think he played like 300 games before I was born," Barkov said with a smile. "So it's kind of weird, but I like it. I just try to learn every day from him, everything I can. He's a good guy, too."
Jagr has embraced the role of mentor.
"I know how important it is to give them advice," Jagr said. "I know they're going to find out on their own, but maybe a little bit later. If I give them something and they take the advice, it's going to be good for them. Like I did. When I was younger, I had so many great players around me who tried to help me all the time. It helped my hockey career."
Panthers management has been so enthralled with what they've seen from Jagr on and off the ice that it's believed there is mutual interest in keeping this thing going, and that it's not out of the question that the Panthers re-sign Jagr before the season is over depending on whether the sides can find common ground on numbers.
The pending UFA winger wouldn't tip his hand Thursday, but he did mention that when he's happy somewhere, he doesn't look to leave.
At the end of the day, there's a financial negotiation that needs to take place. One thing's for sure, though. Jagr sees a team that's going to contend in years to come.
"To be honest with you guys, and maybe this will surprise a lot of people, but the talent we've got here, it's a very, very talented team," said Jagr, his new team clearly a revelation to him once he got there.
"Hopefully we can get in -- it's going to be tough because Ottawa is playing very well -- but next year and the year after that, this team is going to surprise a lot and a lot of teams. In a year or two, this team is going to be on top."
In the meantime, the Panthers need a few breaks to get in. Jagr is doing his best to improve the team's fortunes, with an ugly wig hanging in his dressing room stall. It was given to him by a fan after his first game in Florida.
"It's for good luck. Hopefully, it's going to work," Jagr said with his trademark smile.
Bank on that smile being in the NHL for a few more years.


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Professor Blaize Horner Reich, Dean of the Beedie School of Business, has been named a Women's Executive Network (WXN) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award winner.
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
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The politics of human rights and the United Nations
The one simple yet unanswered question in the United Nations versus Anders Kompass affair is - why? Is it because he did not accept the politicisation of human rights ?
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There has not yet been a resolution to the scandal of the child sexual abuse by French soldiers in the Central African Republic, which was exposed by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) report. The French authorities are investigating with seeming vigour, the UN has made noise -but some would say not the right noise. The latter have focused on the fact that a senior official at the UNOHCHR, Anders Kompass, shared the report with the French Mission to the UN in Geneva, according to them, breaching protocol and putting victims at risk of retaliation. The UNOHCHR suspended Mr. Kompass who was subsequently reinstated by a UN Tribunal.
To be clear on this, primary jurisdiction for investigating the alleged crimes by French nationals serving in their military falls to the French government. The UN would have had to refer it to them.
The one simple yet unanswered question in the United Nations versus Anders Kompass affair is - why? Why have the UN decided to attack the person who did no more and no less than his function as a human rights official demanded ? There are anomalies too which need explanation, including why there was a gap of eight months after Kompass shared the report before the UN took action against him.
In reality, the French started an investigation within two days, and there have been no known complaints from the victims of having been subject to retaliation. The then Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Pansieri, had been informed of the facts by Kompass and had transmitted the information upwards to the Deputy Secretary-General's office. She raised no alarm re: the conduct of Kompass. In the interim, the UN Office of Legal Affairs (the body which, inter alia, advises on immunities), was unbelievably slow in responding to a request by the French Prosecutors to speak to the original investigators, thereby holding up the investigation. None of this makes sense.
In a recent article, Mr Colum Lynch of Foreign Policy provided his version of an answer by talking about a civil war within the United Nations, and drawing a picture of the different personalities of Mr Zeid, the fairly recent appointment to the position of High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Mr Kompass, a "relatively unknown diplomat…deeply committed to the values of human rights", and putting them at the centre of the fight.
I beg to differ. It is not who they are but what they represent which is at the heart of this 'fight'.
The UN has been slipping for many many years. Senior positions throughout the UN do not go to those who necessarily have the requisite expertise or experience, rather they are 'allocated' according to criteria which is not transparent but seems to have a lot to do with which state will provide support, which state wants their national in a particular position, and who is acceptable politically. Hence Mr Zeid and Mr Kompass are two very different kinds of United Nations employees. Mr Zeid, is a political appointee, part of what has been labelled by a former SRSG as the 'old boys network'. Conversely, Mr Kompass is the anomaly, a human rights officer who rose through the ranks and arrived at headquarters after twenty years of working in human rights field missions. He is the only senior staff member at UNOHCHR to have done so.
But more importantly, they are the representatives of two very different models of how human rights are located in political discourse: Zeid represents the school which has allowed, or indeed promoted, the politicisation of human rights, Kompass - the priority of human rights within politics.
Mr Lynch may be right in thinking of Kompass as somewhat unknown, but where it matters he is anything but. If one were to go to any of the countries where Mr Kompass was heading up a human rights office, to this day, the "flaxen-haired" civil servant is recognized and indeed revered by many.
Because he made a difference, and not just to the those who were the victims of human rights violations which his offices investigated and acted upon, but also to the Governments with whom he worked to improve their approach to law and human rights and gaining their respect for so doing - evidenced by the fact that it is representatives of some of those governments who are publicly defending him vis-à-vis the United Nations.
The UNOHCHR has a vital role in bringing parties together to find solutions based in human rights. Not all OHCHR heads of field offices do so, partly through fear of stepping outside of the mandate or upsetting the host government, or indeed, the UN. Kompass was able to effect mediation and improve the human rights situation simply because there was no unseen political agenda to his actions, he was transparent and honest. He was coherent, consistent and predictable. If a government operated in line with human rights norms and standards - fine. If not, then something needed to change. Victims knew that if their rights were being violated, then he would act to protect them. He was a friend to all involved parties, because he was prepared to tell the truth to each one. His 'operating manual' is open for all to read - it is available in the 300 languages that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is translated into.
This is what human rights can and should do when it is at the core of politics. Sadly, this is not the preferred modality in the current UN malaise. Which is why, for example, more than 75% of peace negotiations fail - the absence of human rights, the absence of women, the adherence to a narrative of opposites leading to political horse-trading with human rights at the periphery of consideration.
The Department of Peace Keeping Operations now has a core budget of some 9 billion dollars. More than the rest of the UN put together. What does this tell us about prevention and sustainable development? Peace-keeping operations have been in some countries for decades, they are increasingly being criticised as ineffective as well as extremely expensive. What peace are they keeping? Some may indeed have a human rights component, but such departments are subject to the political decisions made by the Special Representatives of the Secretary General - so human rights become yet again politicised.
Which leads back to the issue which brought this tension to the fore front: sexual exploitation by peace keepers, the fault line over which the primacy of human rights has been subordinated over an over again to the need for the UN to maintain its relations with member states, in particular the troop contributors. The UN has dissembled, subverted and downright lied in its attempts to pretend that the 'problem' is one of a few bad apples, is not so widespread, and is in any case falling. In real life, the opposite is true, and all because of a zero tolerance policy, which is not underpinned by effective legal accountability and the primacy of protecting human rights.
Which raises the need to apply human rights within the system itself. Whilst there is a culture of impunity and lack of accountability, when it comes to those who seemingly defy that culture, human rights protections are singularly lacking. It is a basic tenet of law that anyone accused of an offence has the right to representation during proceedings. This has been denied to Mr Kompass. He is to be flown to Vienna to be 'interrogated' by the Office of Internal Oversight who are investigating his conduct, and he has been refused the right to have his lawyer, or indeed, anyone with him. Are there similar investigations into those who have committed the crimes he denounced?
This is the reason: Mr Kompass - in spite of the pressure - did not accept the politicisation of human rights but insisted on upholding principles. By so doing, he became a problem for the rest of the United Nations and to Mr Zeid – politician par excellence.
For those in the UN system who are prepared to compromise on human rights, and hence on legal obligation, the challenge of Kompass is his success in pursuing the alternative model – a model that is actually at the core of the United Nations Charter and subsequent instruments. Instead of attacking him, they should embrace his approach and actually apply it - imagine the difference it would make!
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