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Record of Wortenia War – v2-c42
Posted on October 23, 2017 May 25, 2018 by hasutsuki
Chapter 2 Episode 42
Editor: SniperIRL
Day 227 after being summoned to another world: (The determination of the summoned person)
(At the end of the day… I was too naive huh…)
Ryouma looked at the ceiling while lying on his bed inside his bedroom located within the royal castle.
Inside his mind, the stiff and firm expression of Princess Lupis appears.
Ryouma was called in the morning for an audience to receive the title of Baron and Wortenia Peninsula land from Queen Lupis.
Such situation is not what he had expected.
Because he was just recently talking with the Marfisto sisters about their next destination.
However, he could not decline the reward.
Of course, it was not because he was happy with it.
But because he noticed.
Behind Lupis expression, he can see fear toward him…
And also the murderous intent leaked by Meltina who was standing beside her.
If Ryouma were to decline here, Meltina will without a doubt instantly order the guards inside the room to attack.
They are very afraid of the human being called Mikoshiba Ryouma.
He was sensitive to that, that's why he avoided giving them an immediate response.
But first, he thought about why such decision come to being.
(First, why did they not want me to decline… What is their aim…)
Back during the audience.
Ryouma was able to suppress his anger toward Lupis, and able to give out words of gratitude.
(Wortenia Peninsula huh… Somehow the situation turned weird… That damned woman!)
Ryouma thought about the event that happened in the morning and cursed the person who caused it inside his heart.
Although he does not voice out the words.
Nobody is inside the room except him.
He told the Marfisto sisters to leave the room to give him the time to think by himself.
The red setting sunlight that came through the window dyed his face red.
His expression is as cold as an icy winter, despite a raging fury inside his heart.
Her gaze is filled with murderous intent.
The anger for being betrayed by the person one believed in.
Hatred toward Lupis is growing despite trying to restrain his feelings.
He thought it was stupid of him from the start, for believing in her.
But right now, he can't make any reckless moves.
After all, the one who betrayed him is the lord of this castle, the new queen of this country.
(They say the walls have ears and the doors have eyes… I need to be careful… After all, someone might be spying on me… It is also a bad for me to voice my dissatisfaction now… But the current situation is worse than the time when I killed that Gaies dude…)
Ryouma tried to clarify everything in his mind until his mind grew numb.
It was difficult for Ryouma to escape Ortomea Empire, but he succeeded back then.
However, it is different right now.
The condition and the situation are too much of a difference from last time.
That means of escaping from this place is realistically impossible.
(First, there are too many people who know my face and name… And if Lupis moves her hands toward the guild, I won't be able to live, since I can only do jobs via the guild…)
According to Lupis' letter, she had already explained to the guild and proved his innocence.'
In other words, if Lupis said 'I don't know anything about that letter' or 'what I wrote is a lie', then everything could be overturned.
Having the testimony being pulled back, Ryouma would lose his innocence once more.
(Damn it… Having royalty hold power can be troublesome too…)
Remembering how he was happy back then when his innocence was proven, he wants to puke.
Per say this happen might be because he underestimates the power of royalty.
One way or another, when we talk about the power of a country, one can say it was very powerful.
After all, with the power of a country, one can make black as white and white as black.
(I want to leave this country as soon as possible… But, it's impossible huh… Some knights have been placed around us in a pretext of guarding us… But I bet, if we make a stupid move, they will definitely try to kill us… Kuh! I'm such stupid man for believing what Lupis had said… Wait until her coronation over she said! Damn it! Don't joke with me…)
Originally, as soon as the civil war ended, he planned to leave the country.
That's why Ryouma did everything to win.
He avoided a close relationship with the nobles more than necessary, without questioning Queen Lupis' intention.
He was not aware how he was being seen from his surroundings.
Such mistakes have become overwhelming.
Right now, one month has already passed since the civil war ended.
Ryouma still remained inside the castle even after his crimes had been cleared.
Because Queen Lupis asked him strongly.
At first, Ryouma caught that as a sign of anxiety.
The anxiety of carrying the responsibility of a country on her back.
Having her trusted person being punished, Ryouma thought his existence helped her to alleviate her anxiety a little bit, but that totally backfired.
Ryouma was told to stay in a room for a whole month.
What he does for a daily routine is only eat a nice meal, practice martial arts with Lione and the Marfisto sisters.
And have some small talks with Bolts and Genou to kill time.
This was the only calm days he spent since the time he was being summoned.
However, that was the story under the premise that he could leave the country.
If he realized that he has to remain in the country from the beginning, he won't spend his days like that.
Right now, what he needed is silence to think.
Quietly and surely, Ryouma analyzed the current situation.
(I can't believe it that that woman would break her promise… Forget it, I've decided to not think about such thing… One can say that I was making light of her too much, and put too much trust in her…)
He understood that she was afraid of him.
That is why he was planning to immediately leave the country.
However, the fear inside Lupis seems to not easily disappear just because he left the country.
(Wortenia Peninsula huh? If I think straightforwardly, this is a big success… But Lupis should never make this decision, and she should've known it… After all, appointing civilians as a noble in this kind of time would incite another rebellion… Lupis government is still highly unstable. If she makes the decision to make me, a civilian a noble in this kind of situation… then there must be something behind it.)
The thing she was trying to give to Ryouma is a noble rank and a territory.
If one think normally, such thing can be said as a great success.
However, Ryouma is not foolish enough to take it just like that.
Without any prior discussion, Queen Lupis pressed the noble rank and territory onto Ryouma, ignoring her previous promise.
If she really wishes to borrow Mikoshiba Ryouma's power, she should never do such thing.
She can just say that she might need help in the future beforehand.
His present situation.
The current state of Rozeria Kingdom.
And the attitude and expression Queen Lupis shown.
By assembling them within his mind, he immediately understood Queen Lupis' aim.
(I see… She wants to confine me huh…)
First and foremost, it was unnatural for her to give Ryouma a territory since she was afraid of him.
If that was the case then, there must be something that might limit him of his movement by giving him the nobility rank.
(First, I should think about the Wortenia Peninsula that I was given… There must be a problem there. First, it was bordering with conflicting neighboring country… Since Lupis was giving it to him with such pressure, there is no way to refuse it… In order to refuse this, he needs a very solid reason… A good reason… Come on, think!)
In order for him to decline the territory and the noble rank, he needs a sufficient reason without unnecessarily crushing her.
If he were to refuse it plainly, it would only paint mud on Lupis' authority.
Of course, Ryouma does not care if something were to happen to Lupis, but what situation would arise if he were to do something like that?
Lupis and Meltina will without doubt move to kill Ryouma using any means necessary.
Meaning, receiving the gift or not, he will still see hell.
"In the end, I was too naive…"
Such self-mockery leaked from Ryouma.
He feels like he could not win against the power called 'the country'.
Even if he can win against Lupis individually, he could not win easily against her authority.
In a place where defiance will be punished severely, it would be bad for him to do that.
In other words, in term of life, Ryouma is weaker than Lupis.
He was wondering what he should do in this kind of situation…
(The one who can win against a country is another country…)
Ryouma' mind finally comes to conclusion.
"It seems like you're caught in some trouble, my lord."
Someone spoke to Ryouma who was in deep thought.
Ryouma immediately raises his body and glares toward the owner of the voice.
"How did you enter here, Genou?"
"From the door, of course…"
Genou responded to Ryouma's question with a relaxed manner.
"What do you want? I do not remember calling you?"
"Indeed, you did not, my lord."
While receiving Ryouma's words lightly, Genou settled down on a chair.
"We've checked the entire situation. About Wortenia Peninsula… It would likely be a troublesome land…"
"Why did you know that?!"
Ryouma narrowed his eyes toward Genou.
Ryouma have not yet even told the sisters yet, but this old man already knows about it.
"It is our occupation to find things. Something like this is an easy walk."
"I see… I guess you're right indeed."
Ryouma agreeing with Genou's statement.
Genou came from a clan well versed in stealing and assassination.
It would be easy for them to find information.
"Well… I was just being asked for some favor by those twin ladies. They said my lord's behavior is strange. That is why Sakuya and I tried to find out the reason."
"Those two?"
Genou deeply nods his head.
Perhaps the sisters sensed some change in Ryouma's behavior, and then they asked Genou to do something.
One can definitely say their consideration is very wonderful.
"So, do you know what situation we're currently in?"
"Indeed… It is certainly troublesome. However, there's a silver lining in everything."
"Silver lining? Which part of this situation that is a silver lining?!"
Ryouma instinctively raised his voice.
This all according to Lupis' expectation.
Being given land.
And having the land filled with trouble.
However, Genou lightly shook his head.
"My lord… Let's ride on Queen Lupis expectation. And then, we build our own power."
Ryouma could not immediately nod his head toward Genou' statement.
After all, that was what he was thinking just a while ago.
"My lord, can you believe in us?"
Genou's words pierced Ryouma's heart.
"We've already made our decision. Lione-dono, Bolts-dono, and of course the two young ladies as well…"
Genou eyes look straight at Ryouma
His words transmitted his strong intention.
"That's right! Why didn't you say anything to us boy…"
"Young master! We will accompany you anywhere!"
The door opened, Lione, Bolts, Sakuya and even the Marfisto sisters show up.
It seems like they have come to a decision just like what Genou had said.
*Fuuh*
Ryouma facial expression relaxed.
"I can't guarantee anything you know? After all, I was just a commoner who never managed a territory before…"
In response to Ryouma's words, Genou nodded his head.
Everyone present understood such things.
Still, they believe in the human being named Mikoshiba Ryouma.
"Being able to admit that is already splendid enough, that's why the nobles are nasty because they always pretending!"
Lione's words represent everyone's mind.
They begin to sit surrounding the table to decide their future plan.
First, they are thinking as to how to respond to Lupis tomorrow.
After all, the deadline for his reply is tomorrow.
Tomorrow, he must decide whether or not he receives the rank and territory.
They all stay up all night to develop some countermeasures.
"Well, she does have her position to think about."
Ryouma's words are somewhat cold.
One can say his words are filled with anger.
"Didn't you feel aggravated by it?"
Lione turns her gaze toward Ryouma.
"Let see… Well, I do not have a plan of forgiving her for this though…"
Ryouma responded with those words while laughing.
Everyone present looking at Ryouma's face can feel a cold shiver run down on their spine.
This is the laughter of a demon.
Filled with malice and hatred.
A dark and deep darkness, filled with ambition.
(Lupis… I don't know what situation you're in… But you've betrayed me… Well, It was also my mistake to get deceived like this… But this time, I will make you pay the price!)
<E/N: Reminds me of Bruce Banner "You won't like me when I'm angry">
Tonight, the light in his room remained lit until morning came.
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Record of Wortenia War – v2-c42.5


Was Mbeki an AIDS denialist?
Does it not matter that he did not pay proper attention and afford proper stress to a virus when it multiplied into pandemic levels within his country of rule?
Every single day that he allowed his top minister of Health to confuse South African people through her opposing and confrontational HIV messages, we became infected, suffered from illness, and some of us died.
Every day that he did not shout that every single pregnant woman visiting a public health site MUST be tested for the HI virus, let alone medical action be taken, children were born with HIV, women died, and families were at a loss on how to react.
Even if we allow him today's excuses of "questioning ARVs so as to adopt a more cautious and sensible antiretroviral roll-out", how can we forget that it was our highest court, the Constitutional Court, that FORCED him and his personnel to make ARVS available to pregnant women at public health facilities. Not that he finally conceeded they are the best of a worst situation.
Where was his humanity for his people throughout those several years?
"If during the Mbeki presidency South Africa had rolled out ARVs for pregnant women with HIV and for treating those sick with Aids at the same rate as happened in the Western Cape, then at least 170 000 HIV infections could have been prevented and more than 340 000 deaths averted".
Something to think on as we watch Mbeki again defend one women against hundreds of stillborn babies, who have gone unborn as a result of ADMINISTRATIVE, not medical, problems.
Should Mbeki not be shouting for even just this one site, Frere Hospital, in our nation to be sorted out as soon as is nationally possible.
His and her excuse?... "The facts communicate the conclusion that neonatal mortality at Frere Hospital is not significantly different from the national incidence of such mortality,"
When was it that our government was allowed such a nonchalant view about any neonatal death?
Or the trauma that each family, whose child that died prematurely, now endures?
This is a sad and indefensible legacy for Mr Mbeki to take to his grave. How could any human try to excuse away such horror as he has done.
Either he is incredibly stupid or naive or his advisors are mental retards.
He has a million and one things to worry about; as do we all, so - yeah - I agree with champs on this. It's an unwilling to take certain things into consideration, because it's easier to.
Is it not then up to us to make him willing?


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Boris Johnson pulls out the stops to try and head off the march of Scottish independence movement
The Prime Minister is planning a trip north of the border after a string of polls showing support for the end of the Union
By Hugo Gye
Political Editor
July 20, 2020 11:08 am(Updated September 1, 2020 4:41 pm)
Boris Johnson has a Scotland problem. The Prime Minister is planning to head north of the border this week to drum up support among Scottish voters – and shore up dwindling backing for the Union.
When he took office a year ago, Mr Johnson gave himself the new title of Minister for the Union in a symbolic move to show his commitment to all four nations of the UK, and he mentions the Union in almost every speech he gives.
But despite the rhetorical commitment, under his leadership the Scottish Conservatives appear to have gone backwards. Mr Johnson has fallen out with several of his Scottish MPs: he sacked the experienced David Mundell from the Cabinet, and saw Douglas Ross resign as a junior minister in protest at the Dominic Cummings controversy.
The scale of the Tory election win UK-wide overshadowed the loss of half the party's seats in Scotland. Ruth Davidson has stepped down as leader of the Scottish Conservatives, replaced by the much lower-profile Jackson Carlaw. Most worryingly for the party, opinion polls now appear to show a small but stubborn majority of the public in favour of independence.
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Mr Johnson's existing struggles in Scotland appear to have been exacerbated by the pandemic. His poll ratings in the country are sharply negative while Nicola Sturgeon seems to attract broad support, even from unionist voters. Lockdown rules have been determined by the devolved administrations, allowing the First Minister to project an image of power and argue for a distinctively Scottish approach to fighting Covid-19.
Allies of the Prime Minister are frustrated at what they view as an unfair conclusion: they point out that Ms Sturgeon's coronavirus policies have been almost identical to his, with very similar results in terms of cases and deaths when adjusted for population. They are also infuriated with the Scottish Government's approach to Brexit, adamant that instead of a "Westminster power grab" Mr Johnson is planning to pass more powers to the devolved administrations than they have ever had before as a result of leaving the EU.
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The community event was held at Fortunato Park on Sunday, April 29.
Dogs and dog lovers alike hopped on paddle boards and kayaks for fun in the sun on the Halifax River during the Paddles and Pups event on Sunday, April 29.
The festivities at Fortunato Park benefited the Seabreeze Marching 100 and Symphony Orchestra, who have been invited by the lord mayor of Westminster to play in the London's New Year's Day Parade in January 2019.
The average cost per student to make this trip is $3,175, and there are over 100 students in the program, Band Director Jarrod Koskoski said.
"People bring their dogs and they go paddle boarding; apparently it's a thing we were unaware of," he said. "Now, we're tapping into that and getting our name out into the community. Our students are able to participate, and most importantly, the community gets to come out here and support. All too often, we ask our parents and our students to sell things or to give more money. Now, it's good that we're reaching out to the community and offer an event where they can be a part of something really, really cool and support our music program going to London."
Koskoski said this will be the school's first time going to London to participate in this invitation-only event.
Donations can be made at the music program's GoFundMe account: https://www.gofundme.com/shs-london.
At the inaugural event, which was hosted by Stonewood Grill and Tavern and Peach Valley Cafes and presented by Advanced Urology Institute and Chris and Charlie Lydecker, aquatic gear was available to rent through Odyssey Adventure Club. Sophie's Circle Dog Rescue and Great Dawg Rescue had pups available for adoption at the event as well.


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Addenbrooke's could lose fight to keep hospital smoke-free as site expands
The hospital says it is struggling to spread the message it is a smoke-free site
Freya Leng
A view of Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. (Image: SWNS Group)
Addenbrooke's said it is struggling to spread the message the hospital is a no smoking site – with health chiefs calling for better signage.
The ban, which has been in force since January 2014, means there is nowhere for anyone to smoke on the Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) campus, which includes the Rosie and research institutes.
Visitors caught lighting up are advised to put it out and directed to the nearest site boundary.
The trust said about 400 people a month are caught smoking on the site but are "mostly visitors" rather than patients or staff.
Professor Patrick Maxwell, Regius Professor of Physic, said at a recent board meeting that anecdotally they were doing "less well in making it quite clear it's a no smoking site".
"I think we should take more steps to make it clear to people that it's a no smoking site," he said. "There's some hot spots around where some people do smoke.
"Putting up more signage would make it much easier to get to those people - we could signpost them to places to where they could smoke off site.
"One of the problems is, they don't know where they should go."
Earlier this month, a security guard working at the hospital was caught smoking dangerously close to medical gas exhaust pipes in a flagrant breach of hospital policy.
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The trust has since asked for the man to be removed from its security team.
Dr Mike Knapton, non- executive director, said: "Most of our smokers are visitors not patients, most who are from further away and not aware of the culture of this hospital.
"Particularly a challenge will be in 18 months' time when the site gets bigger. People will have to walk further to get off the site."
Interim chairman Dr Mike More said in his December report to board members the ban was put in place not because the trust "wishes to erode civil liberties" but because smoking is "amongst the biggest causes of preventable disease and premature death."
"Many of our clinical and nursing staff deal with the effects of this on a daily basis and it's right that as a major health institution we should speak out on this," he wrote.
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"Banning smoking on site is one way of doing this and it is important that we continue to reinforce the message and enforce the ban".
Last month, Public Health England urged all hospital sites across the east of England to take steps to become tobacco-free to improve the health of their patients and staff.
Its chief executive Duncan Selbie wrote to every NHS Trust chief executive asking them to implement a ban on smoking by patients, staff and visitors across all hospital buildings and grounds.
Despite declines in smoking prevalence over recent decades, over 16 per cent of the adult population in the east of England still smoke and tobacco use remains the single largest cause of health inequalities and premature death.


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Review: J. Downs and J. Manion's (eds.) Taking Back the Academy!: History of Activism, History as Activism
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Review: J. Downs and J. Manion's (eds.) Taking Back the Academy!: History of Activism, History as Activism. / Ciafone, Amanda M.
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Article – Dealing with Non-Practising/Sinful Close Family Members: Argument for "Hate the Sin, Not the Sinner"
August 1, 2019 by Muhammad Haniff Hassan
(This article is originally published in Wasat, no. 28/August 2019. The original source can be accessed here. For version published in The Muslim Reader, 36/Dec. 2019, click here.)
By Muhammad Haniff Hassan
When a Muslim has committed himself to live based on his religious principles, the existence of a close family member (i.e. parents, siblings, spouses or children) who chooses a different way of life or possesses habits that do not conform with Islamic teachings (i.e. drinking alcohol, taking drug, fornication, gambling or non-performance of religious obligations) will pose a challenge and problem because:
• the incompatibility of such lifestyle and habits with one's personal beliefs and principles
• the effect of such lifestyle and habits on the home environment and other family members
• energy, mind and time are needed to counsel the family member because Islam obligates Muslim to enjoin good and forbid evil, especially among close family members and often this would cause strain in relationship
• situation like this may induce stress, sadness and frustration to a person.
The outcome of the situation varies. Some may be able to remain patient, continue the good counsel and remain strong. However, many fall into depression and experience broken relationship that harm personal wellbeing and harmonious family life.
How should a Muslim deal with such situation?
The first step, for a Muslim, is to do reflection on self and the problem; What is the reason or factor that could have caused the family member to live such lifestyle or commit the forbidden habit?
The objective is to identify the root of the problem that would help identify the solution and also for Muslim to identify his own weakness, flaw or negligence that might have contributed to the deviant behaviour or caused his efforts to counsel the family member ineffective.
This is consistent with the act of the Prophet during his trip to the city of Taif for the purpose of inviting its inhabitants to Islam. While on his way back to Mecca after been harshly rejected by the inhabitants, he prayed to Allah for guidance and strength and reflected that the rejection might due to his untactful approach and lack of strategy, instead of blaming the people. His prayer, as reported in a hadith, was;
"O Allah! To you alone I make complain of my helplessness, the paucity of my resources and my insignificance before mankind. You are the Most Merciful of the mercifuls. You are the Lord of the helpless and the weak. O Lord of mine! Into whose hands would you abandon me? Into the hands of an unsympathetic distant relative who would sullenly frown at me? Or to an enemy who has been given control over my affair? But of Your wrath does fall on me, there is nothing for me to worry about.
I seek protection in the light of Your Countenance. which illuminates the heaven and dispels darkness, and which controls all affairs in this world and in the Hereafter. May it never be that Your wrath, that You should be wrathful to me. And there is no power nor resource, but Yours alone." (Narrated by Al-Tabrani)
A Muslim must also maintain positive attitude that the situation that he is facing is a form of test from Allah s.w.t. and for a good reason as stipulated in the Qur'an;
"And most certainly shall We try you by means of danger, and hunger, and loss of worldly goods, of lives and of [labour's] fruits. But give glad tidings unto those who are patient in adversity." (The Qur'an, 2:155)
The Qur'an has clearly stated that test and tribulation is part and parcel of life,
"He who has created death as well as life, so that He might put you to a test [and thus show] which of you is best in conduct, and [make you realize that] He alone is almighty, truly forgiving." (The Qur'an, 67:2).
And some of life tests come from immediate family members,
"O you who have attained to faith! Behold, some of your spouses and your children are enemies unto you: so beware of them! But if you pardon [their faults] and forbear, and forgive-then, behold, God will be much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace." (The Qur'an, 64:14-5)
Although life test comes with challenges and hardship, it also opens opportunity for gaining God's pleasure if a Muslim maintains patience and strives to his best ability to overcome it.
This positive attitude is consistent with the teaching of Islam that Muslim should strive to maintain good faith towards Allah s.w.t. as mentioned in a hadith,
"Allah said: I am to my slave as he thinks of Me, (i.e. I am able to do for him what he thinks I can do for him)." (Narrated by Al-Bukhari).
And not to lose hope when facing difficult situation,
"..and do not lose hope of God's life-giving mercy: verily, none but people who deny the truth can ever lose hope of God's life-giving mercy." (The Qur'an, 12:87)
Lessons from the prophets
The Qur'an is the primary reference book for Muslims in all life challenges.
In the context of the problem being discussed, the Qur'an has narrated stories of prophets as best examples and inspiration for Muslims.
There are stories of prophets' dealing with their close family members who committed grave sins and some others rejected the call to tawhid and chose to be on the side of disbelievers.
These prophets are:
• Adam – his son Qabil disobeyed God's instruction on offering sacrifice and murdered his brother (The Qur'an, 5:27-30)
• Nuh – his wife and son rejected his faith and perished with disbelievers (The Qur'an, 11:42 and 66:10)
• Lut – his wife refused to accept tawhid and perished with disbelievers (The Qur'an, 66:10)
• Ibrahim – his father chose to be with his idol-worshiping people (The Qur'an, 6:74)
• Ya'kob – his children's conspiracy caused tremendous hardship to his son Yusuf (Chapter 12 of the Qur'an)
• Muhammad – his uncle Abu Talib refused to utter the shahadah till his last breath (The Qur'an, 28:56).
In addition, there is also a story of Asiah, wife of Pharaoh, in the Qur'an, who believed in Allah secretly while his husband was a staunch opponent of prophet Musa (The Qur'an, 66:11).
The above examples illustrate the following scenarios where a Muslim might be facing;
• pious husband living with misguided wife (story of Lut and Nuh with their wives)
• pious wife living with misguided husband (story of Asiah with Pharaoh)
• pious child living with misguided parent (story of Ibrahim with his father)
• pious parent living with misguided children (story of Adam, Nuh and Ya'kob with their children)
• pious individual living with close relatives (story of prophet Muhammad with his uncle and relatives).
Thus, whatever scenario of a misguided close family members a Muslim may have to face, there is example in the Qur'an from the stories of prophets where he can learn from and seek guidance.
There are, however, common lessons from all the stories. The first and most glaring lesson is the prophets maintained family relationship with the misguided family members i.e. wife, father and children and did not ostracise them.
Nuh and Lut did not divorce or chase away the wives. Nuh and Ya'kob did not cut off relationship with their children. Both continued to be dutiful fathers and showed care and concern to them. Ibrahim did not show disrespect to his father. The Qur'an recorded Nuh's love to his son till the last minute of his life in 11:42-5 and Ibrahim's respectful conversation with his father in 19:41-6.
Both were constantly praying for the misguided family members until Allah s.w.t. commanded them to stop (The Qur'an, 9:113-4, 11:46).
The examples contain important lesson for Muslims who are facing the same situation – maintaining relationship and not ostracising the misguided family, despite their misguided behaviour. The wisdom is it would allow door of communication remains open which, one day, may cause change in their hearts and behaviour, in contrast of severing relationship, which may not only close the door of communication but also hurts the feelings and aggravates the problem.
Secondly, the prophets continued showing love, care and concern to the family members, although they did not condone the misguided behaviour.
This, thus, brings to important lesson that maintaining family relationship and fulfilling their rights are not forbidden and boycotting and marginalising them are not the only way to deal with them or address the problem. They cannot also be regarded as approving and condoning the sins.
The prophets' stories also teach Muslim parents that faith and piety cannot be inherited. They can only be instilled in children through consistent and continuous education and counsel i.e. from birth till adult.
Parents, thus, must realise that occupying themselves with plentiful ibadah to attain personal taqwa and closeness to God, might not have effect on their children's piety, if it is done at the expense of the children's religious upbringing.
From blaming, to self-empowering
It is important to note that maintaining positive relationship and showing love and care may have unintended effect. Instead of realising the mistake and taking steps for change, the family member may regard it as acceptance and, thus, continue with the misguided behaviour.
Thus, such approach must be complemented with active and constructive engagement to counsel the family member and change his behaviour or lifestyle.
This requires knowledge and skills from various disciplines which should be acquired through methodological learning and training from experts because, most often, the misguided behaviour is a result of complex and multiple factors i.e not simply lack of religious knowledge or guidance and, thus, continuous preaching about halal and haram in Islam, even in a non-confrontational manner, may not have the intended effect.
Instead of spending time blaming, condemning and lamenting about the challenge faced, it would be better and productive for a Muslim who intends to see change in his misguided family member to spend time and energy in empowering himself with necessary tools i.e. knowledge and skills that would help dealing with the situation in an effective constructive manner.
Not to forget, a Muslim must constantly seek guidance from Allah s.w.t. and maintain close relationship with Him through continuous ibadah that He provides strength and patience and guides towards harmonious resolution of the problem.
It is empowering also to realise that a person's door towards repentance is not closed as long he is alive. Stories of sinners discovering or rediscovering the truth is not uncommon.
Two examples can be cited. First is the story of a companion by the name of Tulaihah bin Khuwailid. He apostasised and claimed to be a prophet during the Prophet's life time. However, he returned to Islam during the rule of Abu Bakr, the First Caliph, after his army was defeated in a battle. He later died as martyr in the Battle of Nahawand against Persian empire army during the Second Caliph Umar's rule. Another companion, Abdullah bin Abi Sarh left Islam and joined the Meccans who were the enemy of the Prophet. However, he repented and returned to Islam and was appointed a governor by Uthman, the Third Caliph.
Don't be quick to judge
For member of community, the stories of the prophets teach that one should not be quick to judge or condemn Muslims who have to live with non-practising family members.
Such situation is not a cause for blame in Islam. Allah s.w.t. did not reprimand His prophets for having sinful and disbelieving children, wives and parents. A Muslim is only blamed in such situation if he condones with heart and deed the misguided behaviour and does not strive to counsel the family members.
Unless one has evidence that such Muslim is in complicit with the misguided family members in sin, not judging him negatively is a virtue based on principle, "al-asl baraah al-zimmah" (one should be considered innocent and free from any obligation, duty or blame, until proven otherwise) and the Qur'anic verse that says,
"O you who have attained to faith! Avoid most guesswork [about one another] for, behold, some of [such] guesswork is [in itself] a sin…" (The Qur'an, 49:12)
The Qur'an states that no person will be burdened by the sin of others and a person will only be accounted for the deed that he performed,
"That no bearer of burdens shall be made to bear another's burden; and that nought shall be accounted unto man but what he is striving for." (The Qur'an, 53:38-9)
Those who are tested by Allah s.w.t. with non-practising family members, they are required only to counsel them in best manner,
"Call thou (all mankind] unto thy Sustainer's path with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and argue with them in the most kindly manner- for, behold, thy Sustainer knows best as to who strays from His path, and best knows as to who are the right-guided." (The Qur'an, 16:125)
And in best of their ability,
"Remain, then, conscious of God as best you can…" (The Qur'an, 64:16).
The outcome (hidayah to change) is in the hand of Allah s.w.t.,
"Verily, thou canst not guide aright everyone whom thou lovest: but it is God who guides him that wills [to be guided]; and He is fully aware of all who would let themselves be guided." (The Qur'an, 28:56)
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RIFHMAO
(Rolling in flour, halfbaking my ass off)
genAirator
Inflatable Wind Turbine
rooftop wind turbines
Suspended Wind Turbine
Tall tower wind power
wind machine
science:energy: wind: high altitude
Build a gigantic tower for a gigantic wind turbine
It's well known that average wind velocity increases with altitude. There have been ideas to put floating wind turbines way up in the atmosphere to harness this. But I have yet to read anywhere of people just building bigger towers and putting traditional (although highly up-scaled) turbines on them. Efficiencies (both the cost and energetic types) are supposed to go up with scale too. Not only that, but I've seen calculations that show that towers upwards of 1km are well within the reach current technology and materials. I propose a 2 km tower, with a hefty but very low density footprint, probably recursive truss construction and a significant trailing edge support to prevent blowing over. The rotor might be 800-1200 m in diameter, three-bladed as in current large turbines, also built of carbon fiber for weight considerations. Cost would be staggering, perhaps upwards of 3 billion dollars, but just look at the power involved. Say we have a 1 km rotor diameter, thats about 785000 m^2 swept area, about 100 times the largest units in the world, and we're looking at average winds of perhaps 3 to 5 times greater than what's available at 100 m altitudes in certain areas. That gives a total of 100 multiplied by, say 4^2 = 1600 times the kinetic energy available from traditional systems. I believe in Denmark or Germany they built a 5 MW turbine with a 100 m diameter, so were looking at 5 MW * 1600 = 8 GW power. Even if we have only 3 GW, and a 2 billion dollar price tag, I'd say were comparable in price with some of the giant nuclear plants, and certainly more cost efficient than Three Gorges damn, for example. Best of all, there's zero pollution, zero cost of fuel, and could be designed for very long life. Construction, however, might be difficult.
— estreet, Jul 12 2005
Sierpinski Pyramid http://www.langara....004/pic_pyramid.jpg
lots and lots of tiny tetrahedra [Freefall, Jul 12 2005]
Wired: Windmills in the Sky http://www.wired.co...,2782,67121,00.html
This might be what [elhigh] remembers reading. [Laughs Last, Jul 13 2005]
Tip speed ratios http://www.itdg.org...nergy_from_wind.pdf
and other interesting stuff [Ling, Jul 15 2005]
MHD wind tunnel http://www.mecheng....hd-wind-tunnel-view
Wind could be converted at high altitude from ions in the atmosphere. [travbm, Oct 29 2015]
Staggering size, staggering cost of failure. Fishbone.
— DrCurry, Jul 12 2005
The failure prone part would be the giant generator on the rotor. The tower itself would probably not catastrophically fail - it could be repaired before it came down. Instead of one huge 1 km blade, the tower could be used to mount a large array of conventional windmills. If one went down, the operation would not be silent.
But this is a fine halfbaked scheme - the kind I like. Correct spelling, no whores, no war - good stuff.
— bungston, Jul 12 2005
Interesting. It sounds a bit like the Kiritimaticentrifugomobile on it's side.
— sophocles, Jul 12 2005
I wonder if you could build a circular track around it, with a little car attached with a cable going up to the center of the turbine. Have the car automatically drive clockwise and counter-clockwise to face the wind. This will remove the need for the trailing edge support, and materials are stronger in tension than compression so you'd need less steel.
— Worldgineer, Jul 12 2005
Perhaps the tower bit should be left out, and the giant windmill contructed on an existing mountain with a sheer 1 km face. Devils Tower and some of the pillars in Monument Valley are > 1km. The Matterhorn might also do. Haleakala on Maui does not have the drop, but certainly has the wind - the mill could be built semirecumbent. This would save a lot of money in tower construction and serve as proof of principle. The Haleakala mill would generate enough power that there would need to be some way to store it. Perhaps it could be used to reduce agricultural carbohydrates to straight chain alkanes, which could be shipped out by tanker. Hawaii would become an oil exporter.
That would reduce the cost, but I'm pretty sure that the turbine must be supported on a tower of negligible wind resistance in order to maintain an unobstructed path for wind to both strike and leave the turbine area. I've heard that even small 50 ft trees within 5 to 10 tower heights of some of the commercial models (which are over 200 feet high) can dramatically reduce efficiency.
I like Worldgineer's idea. Not sure if the tower would be designed to swivel or not, perhaps at high altitude the wind flow is relatively stable directionally, removing the need for a moving anchor for the cable. I assume the cable would mount to a swiveling joint at the nose cose tip.
A recursive truss? As in a "Sierpinski pyramid" (see link)?
Bun, just for that.
— Freefall, Jul 12 2005
You may be up above the trees, but with one very large rotor, you'd be getting into layers of varying wind speed and direction. Stick with a lot of smaller rotors.
— baconbrain, Jul 13 2005
I like the bungston method.
— sartep, Jul 13 2005
Yeah, baconbrain is right. The big problem with the large rotors is that they bend and also stress the bearing. Wind shadow is a particular problem (caused by the supporting structure).
<plug> My kite pump idea uses high speed winds to get power, but with minimal structural requirements (but my presentation style failed).
— Ling, Jul 13 2005
What I like is these concepts all get the rotor up well above birdblender altitudes. At the levels under discussion, the only birds these things might hit would probably be mythical.
I saw a concept that used a "kite generator," where the generator acted as a motor to get a sort of tethered autogyro into the sky up to jet stream, then the jet stream itself provided enough power to keep the rotor turning and generating power, and the excess power was sent down the tether.
I like freaky big ideas. Bun!
— elhigh, Jul 13 2005
This is a nice idea in principle. I would be interested to know which parts of the structure would be hard to scale up. The only limit on building height these days is budget - but I don't know about tall buildings under this much stress. As [Ling] points out, the bearing would be hard to scale up, [bung] - what would be the problem with a big generator? Overall this must be a bun.
— wagster, Jul 13 2005
/ [bung] - what would be the problem with a big generator? /
Nothing intrinsic. Small ones could be bought "off the shelf", with ready expertise and support to fix and maintain them. The big one would be unique, and require custom fixes and parts. Also if you have to stop the big one to fix it, you lose money. If you have to stop a little one to fix it, all the rest can keep working for you.
That logic can be applied to all parts of this 'big' idea, except for the basic principle that it needs to be high up.
Rotor tip speed/wind speed ratio is normally max 4. It's not much different in concept from a glider.
[Ling], "Rotor tip speed/wind speed ratio is normally max 4"? Say what? Where did that number come from?
I have had an avid interest in alternative power ever since I knew how to spell it, and I usually see a tip/wind ratio on the order of 10 or so. The relatively new TVA installation in TN is a good example, showing tip speeds around 125 mph in a prevailing wind of around 14 mph. These are enormous German or Dutch mills, so you know the engineering behind them is anally sound.
Anally sound engineering???!!
— Minimal, Jul 14 2005
The engineering will be terrific. A standard 5MW machine has a THM (Top Head Mass) i.e. all the stuff sitting on top of the pylon, of 400 tons. 1600 times this, or even 1000 times, accounting for scale efficiency, you still get a supertanker sitting half a mile up. Perhaps a gigantic helium balloon in the stratosphere thethered to the top to alleviate the problem? Anyway, a colossal croissant for thinking big. +
— phlogiston, Jul 14 2005
I'm an anal sound engineer.
Could we possibly have a small head mass with just a simple gear and a really long drive shaft down to the base which then drives a generator? Also, I doubt that the THM scales linearly with power capacity. Not an ME, so I have no idea how beefy the shaft would need to be. (anything thicker than a couple feet would weight too much i'd imagine)
So far the general consensus is that one would need to break down into many smaller turbines, and I must say, they are probably right as far as practicality goes.
However, from an aesthetic point of view they are wrong.
[elhigh], Ah, yes, two blades go up to about 7 TSR. Perhaps technology has improved the aerofoil design so it is even higher than that. My bad memory gave me the ratio of 4 from my favourite - the Darrieus, where I made plans for my father. This was based on an H shape to make it easy to design the aerofoil.
Those vertical axis machines never did have the TSR of a horizontal axis mill. Don't forget the TSR of a Savonius: never higher than 1, usually significantly less.
I did see a hybrid Sav./Darrius, where the Sav. spun the D up to its dynamic threshhold, then the D took off.
I once saw a site where they had cross connected the D. to a binomial multiplexer proving I/R response!! We did all giggle when we saw the D outputs they were getting! And their Sav rating made Darius look like a lame pop star. What a weekend that was.
I worry about anything that will ice up in winter when it's really needed.
— reensure, Jul 18 2005
Wind MHDs were made.
— travbm, Oct 29 2015


We are pleased to introduce you to the first of our monthly LGPS newsletter that aims to help you to understand more about what is happening in the pensions industry. It includes issues that are impacting local government, as well as the ongoing changes to regulations and legislation being considered and introduced by the Government and industry regulators that affects pensions.
The requirement is in the Disclosure of Information Regulations 2013. The duty falls to the managers of the scheme (Administering Authority) when a member is provided or has been provided with certain information about how they can access their AVC, in addition to an application form or another method of access, which enables the member to take payment of their AVC. The duty does not fall to the AVC provider.
The Secretariat are working with the Communications Working Group (CWG) on a new Freedom and Choice AVC Guide. Template letters and risk warnings were published in March.
Any changes required by Equiniti?
None we already issue risk warnings.
What is the impact on administration delivery?
The Secretariat issued a survey to administering authorities, this survey was to determine what stage administering authorities were with contracted-out reconciliation.
The survey results are shown on the table below. This shows the 'worst' and 'best' case scenarios. If an administering authority is at stage 4 for pensioners and 2 for actives and deferred, then the worst case is stage 2 and best is stage 4.
As shown in the table, many administering authorities are somewhat in between, as they may have completed their pensioner reconciliation but only just begun their active and deferred member reconciliation.
At the Technical group over and underpayments were discussed. Some authorities had already made payment of underpayments. A decision has been made by some public service schemes not reclaim any overpayments; in fact The Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) have decided the identified Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) related overpayment should be converted into an 'increased pension entitlement' (IPE) allowing the pension to continue at its existing level.
LGA consider there should be a central decision covering all public service schemes. There should also be a standard communication for members.
Pensions increased from 9 April 2018 by 3%, in line with the annual increase in CPI up to September 2017. Accordingly the draft contribution bands have been set out.
The table below sets out the draft contribution bands, which came into effect on 1 April 2018. These are based on the pay bands for 2017/18 as increased by CPI figure of 3%, with the result rounded down to the nearest £100.
To make sure employers are complying with these changes.
In previous bulletin 166 there was an update on the Nicola Elmes versus Essex County Council.
The case was heard before High Court on Tuesday 18 January 2018. It was declared that "The requirement to nominate a person under regulations 24 and 25 of the LGPS (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations 2007 is incompatible with Article 1 of the first Protocol to, and Art 14 of, the European Convention on Human Rights and must therefore be dis-applied".
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have confirmed they are waiting for the Judge's reasoning to be issued, before deciding if it has an impact on LGPS regulations. Once reasoning issued, MHCLG will take a legal view on implications.
At the technical group, It was identified that most authorities have not done anything pending receipt of MHCLG guidance. A few have identified cases that may be affected and could require further investigation and consideration.
Consider whether to await MHCLG guidance or start investigating any possible cases that may need revisiting.
LGA made the point that If an employer becomes insolvent and the fund is unable to recover the deficit the employer owed at the point of their insolvency, the liability for picking up that employer's pension liabilities falls on other employers in the fund. As the LGPS is a public sector pension scheme whose largest employers are local authorities that will often mean that ultimately the burden falls on the local taxpayer.
LGA want to ensure all steps are taken to prevent risk arising that pension liability of a college falls on to other employers and ultimately the tax payer. LGA would propose that the appointed education administrator has a stated responsibility to carry out their function in a way that achieves the best interests for the taxpayer. That would include doing everything possible to avoid the pensions liability falling onto other public sector employers.
The regulations were made on 22 January 2018 and came into force on 1 April 2018.
Please see below a link to the regulations.
Regulations establish Transport for the North as a new designating scheme employer.
Published on 23 February 2018 includes articles on; Termination and transfer notices, CEP and LRP refunds, Matched members not showing on SRS refreshed output, Secondary type 5 queries and Data limit for query templates for an automated solution.
With introduction of the new state pension from 6 April 2016, pension scheme administrators no longer need to submit termination and transfer notices where the contracted out period ends or transfers after 5 April 2016.
CEP or LRP refunds due to post 5 April 2016: Transfers – HMRC are introducing a process to allow pension scheme administrators to claim a CEP or LRP refund where a post 5 April 2016 transfer of membership or liability has taken place.
Not submitting termination and transfer notices where period of contracted out ends or transfers after 5 April 2016 – new process noted and implemented.
CEP or LRP refunds – new process noted and implemented.
16 February 2018, the Secretariat forwarded an email to all administering authorities from HMRC regarding the new pension online service.
HMRC explained from April 2018, they will move pension scheme registration and administration onto a new digital platform. The move to the digital platform- the 'Pensions Online Digital Service' is to improve service for Pension scheme administrators.
The researcher Cay Green is looking to speak to pension scheme administrators and practitioners to help with their research.
Please email cay.green@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk if anyone is interested.
Administering authorities need to confirm that their details are correct and up to date on the existing pension's online service. HMRC have started to look at pension scheme accounting and have identified some outstanding AFT charges on the existing service. Consequently, they will soon be writing to scheme administrators setting out any outstanding AFT charges.
Reporting of non-taxable benefits - HMRC are working to resolve the problem of P6 tax coding notices being issued in error for death benefit payments that are entirely non-taxable. Continue to follow the guidance given in pension schemes newsletter 78 and future newsletters will provide updates.
Make sure details are correct on pension online service.
Send HMRC forms to new address.
Minutes of the communications working group meeting held on 30 January 2018 have now been uploaded to www.lgpsregs.org on the communications working group page.
The minutes include details of what the group are currently working on including the production of a member guide to AVCs and a member FAQ on GDPR – both documents are due to be published shortly.
The FAQ on GDPR has now been released.
To stop emailing LGPS team members directly and to email the central email address.
On 13 February 2018, the LGPC Secretariat attended an informal discussion with The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and other public service pension schemes about the Pensions Dashboard.
DWP conducting project to explore the options for delivering the pensions dashboard. They are seeking input and views from stakeholders.
User research show a consensus around there being a preference for a single dashboard with single point access along with a preference for the dashboard to be government led.
Results were published at the end of March 2018.
Public Service pensions increased from 9 April 2018 by 3%, CARE accrual in the new public service pension schemes that increase in line with prices, will increase in line with the annual increase in CPI up to September 2017 by 3%.
Public Service pensions increased from 9 April 2018 by 3%, in line with CPI up to September 2017. Public service pensions that have been in payment for less than a year will receive a pro-rata increase. PI multiplier have been published on HMT's website.
CARE accrual in the new public service pension schemes that increase in line with prices, will increase in line with the annual increase in CPI up to September 2017 by 3%, plus any increase to the index rate adjustment specified in scheme regulations from 1 April 2018.
PI in process of being updated on Compendia.
Can't produce retirement quotes with retirement date after April 2018 until PI been completed.
Indexation of GMP elements for members of public service pension schemes who will reach State Pension age (SPa) on and after 6 December 2018.
Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) confirmed the "interim solution" implemented by the government between 6 April 2016 and 5 December 2018 will be extended to cover members of public service schemes with a GMP who reach Spa on or after 6 December 2018 and before April 2021.
DWP are trying to explore ways to develop the new service 'Tell Us About a Death' (TUAAD) which will enable citizens to report a death more quickly and easily than the existing method 'Tell Us Once' (TUO).
DWP are envisioning the new service TUAAD will be able to log a death on the day itself. This will allow services/payments to be suspended earlier with an informal death notification. It will ask for minimum information about the deceased to match to data already held, so the user will need to enter a lot less data and allowing only the necessary departments to receive a notification. It will provide feedback to the user, this will reduce the need to contact departments and duplicate death notifications.
The regulations were made and came into force on 20 February 2018. The regulations increase the standard lifetime allowance from £1,000,000 to £1,030,000 for 2018/19.
22 February 2018 – TPR published a statement covering the management of service providers.
The statement was published due to recent attention on companies providing outsourced services to government and industry, including pension schemes.
The report summarises the Pension Regulator's expectation of good practice by trustees and scheme managers on the management of service Providers, and planning for events, which could have major consequences for pension schemes, including failure of service providers.
In Bulletin 166, it was mentioned that The Local Government Authority (LGA) would be issuing two short training surveys for administering authorities and employers.
The two surveys are being finalised and will be sent out shortly. LGA would grateful for responses to help inform the programme going forward.
Any training requests for the year are to be sent to training.lgps@local.gov.uk.
The regulations were due to come into effect on 6 April 2018, a new option will enable employers in multi-employer pension schemes to defer the requirement to pay an employer debt on ceasing to employ an active member.
The deferred debt arrangement will be subject to a condition that the employer retains all their previous responsibilities to the scheme.
Risk warnings for AVC guide to be published.
Risk warning forms for AVC guide should now be published and available. This will include AVC auto aggregation. These relate to where AVC funds are taken under freedom of choice.
Review existing warnings to ensure they comply.
As mentioned in last month's headline document LGA requested Squire Patton Boggs to provide 3 documents.
These 3 documents have been received by the LGA but they are not too happy with the notices. Queries have not yet been answered. LGA aimed for the end of March for the privacy notices and memorandum of understanding.
Await LGA issue of documents.
LGA are to issue guidance on GMP increases in payment.
An updated ministerial direction is awaited; currently there are 2 queries with the Treasury. Once resolved there will be comprehensive guidance on how GMP's should be increased with examples.
These relate to issues identified in the 2013 regulations.
The regulations are imminent; they are currently waiting ministerial review. However the exit payment aspect has been omitted. MHCLG have not confirmed exactly what will be included but it is expected that they will be almost the same as the draft copy that was on the LGA website.
As advised in last month's bulletin HM Treasury has extended the period for which public service GMP will increase in line with pension increase orders for those who reached SPa between 6th December 2018 and 5th April 2021. Equalisation is expected to follow.
At the technical group it was mentioned that as a result the factors for members who attain SPa after 5 December 2018 need to be revised by the Government Actuary Department (GAD) in respect of GMP. Funds should continue to use the existing factors in the interim.
Treasury are setting up a group in 2019 to consider equalisation.
HMRC used to issue forms to indicate where AC<GMP and once AC>=GMP. However since April 2016 they have advised these will no longer be issued.
At the technical group it was asked what funds are doing in this regard. It was confirmed that HMRC are continuing to issue forms for those cases where they have previously done so. However not all previous cases will have had forms. The group had no real answer at this stage.
A request from an American company had been received by Powys Pension Fund seeking the right to re-use all documents and information that is publically available through their website.
At the technical group it was confirmed that these requests tend to be relating to investment. It was suggested that funds can say yes, but only information that is on its current website.
In Scotland they treat as freedom of information request and pass to their legal team.
It was advised that SI 2015/1415 gives information, but this is more to do with the council rather than the scheme.
At the technical group it was mentioned that requests are being made. In discussion it was identified that there are 2 different types of measure. The first would be on SLA's and the second would be on statutory requirements (disclosure).
Care should be taken as to which measure is used/required.
LGA met with TPR and other public service schemes.
At the technical group it was mentioned that at a recent meeting, they went through draft TPR admin survey.
It was identified that whilst data scores for other public service schemes had improved LGPS had not.
Now TPR are doing their deep dive into LGPS to examine data, they are looking for volunteers. If they do not get sufficient they may pick on particular funds.
It is recognised that TPR have now become far more aggressive in their approach and are not frightened to fine, name and shame.
At the technical group it was confirmed that the SAB are looking to agree common and conditional data items. They are linking with the academy project to form a common data requirement. The timescale for completion is to be advised.


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Gameday Sunday, 5/22: Section 1 Class C takes center stage; Maryland vs. Syracuse, Notre Dame vs. Duke in NCAAs
LaxLessons.com | May 22, 2011
Photo by Ray Nelson
Mercyhurst picked up a 14-4 win over defending national champion C.W. Post on Saturday in the Division II semifinals. Today, in the D-I quarterfinals, Syracuse hosts Maryland and Notre Dame plays Duke in a rematch of last year's national title game, won by Duke.
So far, at least, when it comes to the playoffs in the nation's No. 1 lacrosse hotbed, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region, the main story seems to be the fact that, for the most part, the games have been played at all in between all the rain — and sometimes torrential downpours.
There will undoubtedly be some memorable battles in the days to come as this week, the playoffs pick up in earnest on Long Island and sectional champions will be crowned in the Hudson Valley and the FCIAC championship will be decided in Connecticut.
Those were among the topics we discussed in our latest InsideLacrosse.com weekly rundown for the region. Be sure to check it out by clicking here.
Back to the rainy weather we endured last week.
It's the reason the Section 1 Class C quarterfinals are being played today — not yesterday. More on that in a moment.
First, Monday's Section 1 semis are set in classes A and B as a result of games played in yesterday. Ditto for Tuesday's FCIAC semis.
So before we get to today's slate, let's check out what's in store on Monday and Tuesday:
Monday's Section 1 semifinals
No. 5 Lakeland/Panas at No. 1 Suffern, Tentative time 4:30 p.m., but subject to change
No. 6 White Plains at No. 2 Mahopac, Tentative time 4:30 p.m., but subject to change
Winners meet for the Class A title on Thursday at 3 p.m. at Suffern Middle School
No. 4 John Jay-Cross River at No. 1 Somers, 6 p.m.
No. 6 Tappan Zee at No. 2 Yorktown, 7 p.m.
Winners meet for the Class B title on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Suffern Middle School
Don't forget, you can check out the entire downstate New York sectional schedule by clicking here. For the brackets for the state tournament, click here.
Tuesday's FCIAC semifinals
at Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk
Games at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
No. 3 Ridgefield vs. No. 2 Greenwich
No. 5 Wilton vs. No. 1 Darien
Now, here's the rundown of today's games, with the winners advancing to Tuesday's Section 1 Class C semifinals at the home fields of the higher seeds.
Today's Section 1 Class C quarterfinals
No. 9 Croton at No. 1 Pleasantville, 11 a.m.
No. 5 Byram Hills at No. 4 Sleepy Hollow, 1 p.m.
No. 6 Irvington vs. No. 3 Dobbs Ferry at Springhurst Elementary School in Dobbs Ferry, 1 p.m.
No. 7 Pelham at No. 2 Bronxville, 2 p.m.
After today, we'll also know what teams are heading to the Final Four in college lacrosse. In D-I games today (both on ESPNU), Maryland faces Syracuse at noon, followed by the quarterfinal between Notre Dame and Duke, a rematch of last year's national title games. To check scores from yesterday and the entire men's and women's brackets, click here.
Finally, be sure to weigh in by voting in our latest poll, which will be rotating questions on the upcoming playoff matchups.
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67 Responses to "Gameday Sunday, 5/22: Section 1 Class C takes center stage; Maryland vs. Syracuse, Notre Dame vs. Duke in NCAAs"
ReLAX says:
For anyone who cares, both D1 qtr games were BAD yesterday. I got to the Cornell game @ half & big red had let up 10 goals already. I didn't need to ask what went down. Cornell didn't look like a team that wanted it for the half I was there. Bad real bad. The Hop Denver game was more of the same. Hops' goalie was BAD their D was BAD. Game over. Again, Denver wanted it more & their Lil goalie from Lakeville, Ct played GOOD. Hop should of replaced their goalie from Arizona in the 1st half. What's up w/ that Petro? If goalie's & D can win games.. Today's D1 action showed they certainly can lose them. Really disappointing, but I'll be back, cause lax is a great sport to watch!!!
BigBadBear says:
there's no way he's pulling the goalie (although I agree, not his best game)..that's the kid that got him there…backup maybe played a half…but Tierney was more prepared than petro appeared to be, D was a step slow all day…I think they overplayed the big canadian kid (matthews) and the other DU players really took advanatge…
Questionns: do any of the top 4 actually make it to Memorial Day?
Does KI get time next year? Can Daniello find a spot as the dodging attack man that Hop sorely missed yesterday?
slacrosse says:
Dont forget about the FO kid from Denver who took it to the Hop kid. That was gonna be one of the keys to Hop in terms of getting possess and keeping it away from the potent D offense.
well…he actually did win the majority of the draws..problem was when he lost them, DU took full advantage of him being a defensive liabity…
and if anyone likes defensive lax, turn on the cuse MD game…
Lax Novice says:
I bet in 100 years you'd never thought you'd hear yourself say "..if anyone likes defensive lax, turn on the cuse MD game.." lol
nope…the game is changing…
Hop never took their goalie out #33 played the complete game. Petro was losing it on his close D & goalie the 2nd half. Goalie should of come out. I wanted to see Schneider from 'pequa in their. I started watching FO's closely in the 2nd half & Hop's kid was dominant in the 2nd half. They had some chances w/6-7 mins left to make it a game & failed. It was a disappointment. I'm not a fan of the older Tierney. I watched him lose to SB last yr in the 1st round & I was very happy. All he does all game is BERATE the officials. He's not working them, he's cursing them out all game. He sets a bad example, especially when ESPN zooms in on his foul mouth. His son & the other head assistant coach the team in the two playoff games I've attended. All Tierney does is scream @ refs. I've lost respect for him. He's not a CLASS ACT @ all in my book. He should take his act to the MLL w/ his Canadians! Not one NYer on his roster. Hope DU gets stomped, but they probably won't. Times they are a changing
Interesting that in Sec1 A & B the 1 seeds end up playing higher better seeded teams. Suffern gets L/P & Somers gets JJ. A 1 seed vs a 5 in A & a 1 seed vs a 4 in B. Both Pac & Town are 2 seeds & they get 6 seeds. WP for Pac & TZ for Town. Is it just me that thinks that's strange. The high seeds should get the low seeds. The same will happen in C today if Irvington beats Dobbs. Just shining the light on a poor seeding system. Suffern, Somers & Pville all lose w/ this seeding job…just saying
hudvalax says:
Pac and Yorktown should have gotten the first seeds in their respected classes anyways. The fact that Suffern and Somers got the 1 seeds makes no sense in the first place. So pretty much all is right in the world, except Suffern shouldnt have a home game in my mind over LP.
Ilax2 says:
Agreed 100%
Yup..town, PAC & bville all get the easier routes to the finals & All 3 are the stronger teams. Somers might not agree though
The Boy Who Cried Wolf says:
I think we can all agree the seeding process is a flawed system. That being said no teams seed is going to give them a section title. It is all about winning games now.
Any scores? I'm doing a boat delivery from RI to Mtk & can't get it on Sirius
P&G says:
4-2 maryland, 6 mins. left in the 3rd.
lax says:
Md over Cuse 4-2 with 7 left in the 3rd
NYmike says:
MD 5-3 after 3 – what a pass that was with 1 sec left
Lax A Hol says:
Relax it is OBVIOUS not only do you not know Coach Tierney. You also have never met him or spent any time with him. He is a very classy guy, and one of the greatest minds this game has ever had.
"LAX A HOL" these have been my observations from two playoff games. Again, vs SB last yr & yesterday. Both times, other fans in attendance commented on his behavior as well. I also saw him scream BS right into the camera earlier this playoff season. I'm sure he's a friend of yours & you want me to believe otherwise, but he's showed me nothing. Seems like a mean old man. Certainly, he's not Bob Hurley so ReLAX
Cuse/Md game:
GOT TO BRING THE SHOT CLOCK INTO THE GAME!!
Agreed – these stall warnings seem so arbitrary
I hope not…ok, if Duke wins now, none of the top four seeded teams will have made it….when's the last time that happened?
Halftime – Duke 3, ND 3
laxr says:
Even though Maryland stalled, I actually found their offensive scheme/rhythm interesting to watch. This is the first time I've enjoyed watching a slowdown style game.
Joe Lombardi says:
Well said, laxr. I agree. Most stall offenses are run very predictably, and frankly, take away from the game because as we all know, that is not the way the game is meant to be played. But John Tillman and Maryland executed it innovatively and perfectly.
Couple today's performance with last week's hidden-ball track, and you really have an example of what a difference strategic moves can make. In this case, it's resulted in an unseeded team making the Final Four.
How'd you like to be Colgate sitting and watching Maryland go on this run? Is that an argument for expanding the number of teams in the tournament?
I don't think the number of tournaments teams should expand unless the number of D-I teams as a whole increases at least somewhat significantly.
As for Colgate, Maryland was a great win, but in its case, I think what it should really be thinking about is losses to Binghamton and Vermont during the regular season.
No doubt about that. Colgate also had a chance to play their way in but lost the Patriot League final to Bucknell.
Any expansion of the D1 tournament would also certainly require mid-week games in the first round, even if it were 24 teams.
OT says:
more to the point, they should have been seeded
it was a little … nonintuitive ,,, that the only ACC team not to get a seed was… the league champ
What's more interesting is whether UNC would have won the bracket that Denver did if they had been placed there instead of getting Maryland in the 1st round. You could have had a 2nd ACC tournament in the NCAAs.
sec1 says:
1-0 Bronxville 9:20 #42
MD over Cuse 6-5 in OT
2-0 Ville #10
2-1 5:22
3-1 #10 2:48 left # 10 is All American!
He would start on any HS team in Country!
Charlie McCormick, a middie going to Gtown. He's got a rifle. Loves to shoot on the run. Sounds like he had a good game. In the Greeley game, he struggled w/ penalties & got frustrated. Which makes me think he can be inconsistant. Jack Near is the star for the ville. He's going to ND. He's another middie & the O runs thru him. Surprised he didn't catch your eye sec1 his number is 2 I believe. He's a can't miss player. But you've obviously caught a couple of good games by McCormick. The ville is very good. Only a great defensive effort like Mamaroneck had can stop them.
Anyone who has watched Bronxville for the season knows that McCormick and Near share top billing. McCormick had one sub-par game, Greeley. He gets less press than Near, but is athletic, strong, fast and has a devastating shot. Near is quick, has great field awareness and has a good shot and while he is not as physical as McCormick he has greater agility. Both are tremendous players and complement each other and their teammates very well.
You can't judge based on one game ReLax-you are basically saying that based on McCormick's performance in one game over a 16 game season that he is inconsistent and that if Sec1 saw him play and is impressed that it is because "he caught a couple of good games" by McCormick. Your analysis sounds like you are damning McCormack with faint praise. He is a strong, gifted player who has a cannon and while he did apparently have a bad game against Greeley, he is the real deal.
McCormick is the "real deal" when he's on. Greeley is a 7-10 team that the ville beat 8-6. I saw the 2nd half & Charlie had back to back penalties & got very frustrated & took himself out of the game mentally. You could tell by his body language. In the other game I watched it was the loss to Mamaroneck when again it was Near's play that kept the team in the game. Charlie is a run & shoot streaky player. Near is the QB of that team from the Midfield. That's probably why the ND likes him. Near distributes the ball from midfield in the close games I've watched. He's had assists & goals. He gets the attack involved drawing the action to himself & dumping it off. Bville unique in that respect because in the loss & close Greeley win the action flowed thru Near. Alot of teams start from behind. Bville is most dangerous heading toward the goal thru Near or w/ Charlie running & gunning when he's on.
Really? You are in the middle of the best season ever for Bronxville and you are going to debate which kid is better? Enjoy them both, you are lucky to have them.
McCormick and Near are the real deal (Grass tough as well). I'll be cheering for them assuming they get to White Plains which is a pretty good certainty (not to overlook IMO BH in particular).
Question is how Bville will do when their team faces their first high level challenge from a top LI team.
Hope they conquer it!
That's why I kept my comments to performances vs Greeley & Mamaroneck. I've seen them play in some blowouts, but it's how they play in close games that I've watched this yr that I commented on. Sec1's comment about McCormick being an AA that would start on any HS team is why I commented. He's watched the two playoff games that I haven't seen. When McCormick's on, he's devastating. Looks like he had 6 goals vs PV. I just wanted to call attention to Near as well. In today's blog someone picked AA's & bubble AA's & didn't include Near, who IMHO is the more consistantly effective player
Interesting comment about McCormick/Near.
Maybe as you say McCormick "was not on" in the Mamo game I saw but I saw Connor Ferguson wreck havoc on him (and pretty much everyone else he came near) that game.
Shame, I seem to be one of the very few that puts Ferguson on or close to the AA list I assume because he plays for Mamo. IMO he would be an starting impact player for any top Section 1 team.
If ferguson is the LSM #24? He is awesome & probably suffers from being an LSM..AAwise. You don't here about the quality LSM's & he's the best I've seen in the section. He was ON in the 2 games(bville & NR) I saw. Wow kid sends sticks flying. Reminded me of Stoney Brook's LSM in the 2010 playoff games. He was fr LI & led the Seawolves D. Good one's stick out & ur right ferguson's a very good one
To your follow-up comment to mine, yes Ferguson is #24. Also no swipe at McCormick meant. Every O player at one time or another faces a top pole or LSM who may get the better of him in a particular game.
Looks like fr your final count McCormick accounted for 6 goals & Grass had three w/ only one fr Near 9 of the 12 came from the big three on O. I bet Near had more than one. Anyhow it looks like Charlie went off. That's some Potent & Dominant Midfield play to contend w/
I can't add that's 10 of 12 goals scored came fr those 3 players
4-1 # 22 1:10 eventhough it's 4-1 much better game then PV
5-1 man dwn #2 4:53
6-1 #10 3:21
6-1 half, Pelham Goalie playing well.
Final: Dobbs Ferry 7, Irvington 5
Wonder if a first-year varsity team has ever made the sectional semifinals before?
laxfan says:
Put Valley did in 2003.
Right you are, laxfan. That started a streak of eight straight sectional semifinal appearances for Put Valley – and six title games during that span.
In 2003, Put Valley fell to Hen Hud 13-5 in the Section 1 Class C semis after edging Rye 10-9 in the quarterfinals.
Hen Hud then fell to Somers 8-7 in the title game at Mahopac. Somers went on to upset Manhasset 11-10 in the state semis at Hofstra to advance to the state finals for the first time in school history.
not quite says:
Joe, not quite six straight for PV…I believe PV title game streak was interrupted in 2008 when Byram Hills was in the sectional title game vs Rye
That's correct. However, Rye had made six straight Class C sectional final appearances prior to this season. And you're right about 2008. In the Class C sectional final that year, Rye beat Byram Hills 10-5 at John Jay High School.
9-1 end of 3
S-Lax says:
Byram 11
Sleepy 5
(final)
11-1 3:00 #10 with both
12-1 1:59
Laxtime says:
Pville beat Croton 13-3
1 – 4 all out…can't recall that in recent memory…(and we think we can't seed in Section 1?)…does that make MD, as the only unseeded team, the favorite?
Here are Tuesday's Section 1 Class C semifinal matchups:
No. 5 Byram Hills at No. 1 Pleasantville
No. 3 Dobbs Ferry at No. 2 Bronxville
Games are both set for 4:30 p.m.
Laxidazical says:
DF is gonna get killed, IMHO. Pelham played Dobbs twice and won 10-5. Dobbs was not a very strong team and had an easy walk to meet Bronxville. I think they will end the season there, for sure.
LAXadaisical says:
@Laxidazical- DF probably will get beat by a lot but you are talking about a team that is made up of about 24 boys who NEVER picked up a lacrosse stick in their lives until a modified team was created 4 years ago. I think they did a fine job getting to where they are considering they have very little experience and are a first year varsity team. Give these boys the credit they deserve! They are a great bunch of kids with quite a few really good athletes. Bravo Dobbs Ferry for playing your hearts out and continuing to do so regardless of WHAT the bloggers said!


Hailing from Hoboken, N.J., indie rockers Stuyvesant are celebrating the recent release of their third full-length album -- and first since signing with Sugarblast Music Company -- 'Shmyvesant.' Today (Feb. 4), Diffuser is beyond thrilled to debut the record's latest single, '3AM' -- check it out in the audio player below.
If Stuyvesant are known for their enthusiastic and energetic power punk brand of rock and roll, then '3AM' has to be their crowning achievement. Packed with smooth vocals and a constantly pulsating groove, the song feels like a nod to the likes of the Lemonheads and Dinosaur Jr.
Stuyvesant's 'Shmyvesant' follows the band's 2011 full-length, 'Fret Sounds.' You can get details on their entire catalog -- their first EP hit the streets in 2005 -- at their official website here, and you can pick up 'Shmyvesant' at this location.


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Nigerian Army deploys 'Special Force' to Anambra to fill security gap
Hoodlums who cashed in on the #EndSARS, protest to burn Police Stations and loot their guns in Anambra State and other parts of Southeast in order to use them for armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent criminal activities in the State and beyond, may have entered into a voyage of death and should therefore, rethink or leave the state.
The warning follows the Nigerian Army deployment of thousands of officers and soldiers to Anambra State, on special assignment to ensure security of lives and property in the state and Southeast in general.
The fierce and combatant looking officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army, mostly young men and women between the ages of twenty five and forty, in high spirit, were drafted from different states of the federation, including the Federal capital territory Abuja, for the special assignment.
Described as "Special Force', the officers and soldiers were received at Prof. Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka, by the General Officer Commanding, GOC, of 82 Division, Nigerian Army Major, Maj. Gen. Lasisi Adegboye, other senior officers from the Division and the Commander 302 Artillery Regiment (General Support) Col. Aliyu Lapai.
The Army 'Special Force' deployed to the state are expected to work with those from the 302 Artillery Regiment (General Support) and their 14 Field Engineer Regiment counterpart, Onitsha to ensure internal security of the state, now threatened by the near absence of the police on the streets in the state.
The Army decline to speak with newsmen who noticed the presence of the deployment of the officers and soldiers in the state for security purposes, as efforts to speak with the GOC or any of the senior Army officials failed, because they refused to address newsmen who earlier visited Prof Dora Akunyuili Women Development Center.
However, law abiding people of the state, have nothing to fear as feelers from the Army indicated that the presence of the 'Special Force' officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army, is for the protection of lives and properties of the people and to fill the security gap which the burning and looting of arms and ammunitions by hoodlums in the state has created.
There has been increasing return of armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent criminal activities in the state since #EndSARS, protest in the county, which some hoodlums cashed in on to burn and loot Police Stations in the state and other parts of Southeast in general.
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