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Remembering Aberfan
by Janet Harris Oct 26, 2016
Image: Aberfan Memorial to the children who died in the 1966 disaster, from Nick's Flickr Photostream
The Aberfan disaster of October 1966 is one that will never be forgotten in Welsh – or indeed British – memory. It is five decades since the coal tip which stood on a mountain above the Welsh town, engulfed a junior school, killing 144 people – including 116 children.
At the time, most news was reported through a lens of Welsh tradition, to soundtracks of male voice choirs, as cameras panned over dirty faces and terraced houses. The media has since been criticised for being "mostly gullible and deferential", towards victims. It failed to fulfil its duty as watchdog for the people of Aberfan, and question the claim by the state-owned National Coal Board that the incident had happened due to a "critical geological environment", instead focusing on the tragedy of the situation.
Now, the local and national press will commemorate the event in a different way. Those who were lost will be remembered, the efforts of rescuers will be praised once more, while other reports focus on the injustice of the event and the failure of the national boards and government bodies to quickly and adequately respond.
The media is often criticised for its topicality – its tendency to forget yesterday's story in favour of the newer and more sensational event that happens today. But, in fairness, the media is also a vehicle for the formation and construction of collective memory. French philosopher Maurice Halbwachs wrote that memory is a collective act of people engaged in remembering together for a purpose – and it is often the media which plays an important role in the construction of both the collective and individual memory. According to American communications professor Barbie Zelzier, memory needs journalism to construct "one of the most public drafts of the past". Without the media to document events as they happen, it can be difficult to collate a shared experience, as we forget and confuse our own stories with those we have heard as time moves on.
For historians and other interpreters the memory constructed by the media's past can be another country. The task of the journalist is to make sense of the present, build connections between the public and the personal, suggest inferences, create stories, define the magnitude and impact of an event, and ground it in a universal message – as well as telling "the truth" of what happened.
Journalists are supposed to provide continuity and the maintenance of cohesion in society. This function informs the construction of stories which emphasise cause and effect, effect and responsibility, the heroes, the rescues and the coming together of communities in the face of disasters. Indeed, survivors of the Aberfan tragedy have described how coverage of the events strengthened their Welsh identity.
Looking at other tragedies, injunctions such as "we must never forget 9/11" worked to bind a nation, situate goodness and evil (for some), and represent the past through the lens of the present. Though it must be said 9/11 was on a much larger scale, with more global shockwaves and repercussions than Aberfan – the role of the media was basically the same. The mythic element of a story means that the journalist has to make sense of an event, so a disaster has to have meaning, be a search for truth, or as in the Aberfan story, make sense of the disaster by allocation of responsibility – in this instance, according to the official inquiry, it was the uncovering of "bungling ineptitude" on the part of the National Coal Board.
The media frames the remembering – but also contributes to the memory. What do people remember? Is it the pictures in the media or the event itself? Fact and fiction, reality and its representations blur.
In this fairly new world of social media, nothing can be forgotten and the old institutions that once framed how events were remembered by everyone are being replaced by a new "mass" – the "small media" of phones and the internet, where people as well as journalists can post, like, mix and circulate content. Does this mean that what is remembered will be different – or that how things are remembered will change? Certainly, the man on the street won't have the same fact-checking processes and official sources that a traditional journalist would, leading at worst to footage that may be wrongly attributed to an event, or made-up quotes and witnesses.
The transition to "new media" is much debated. It has been said that we cannot discount the influence of the socio/political contexts in which the media is embedded, but what is clear is that the older technologies are holding their own. For breaking news, the people and the media refer to sites like Twitter and Facebook for reaction and commentary, supplementing their own official reports. New media can react quickly, posting within seconds of an event, where old is left with time to confirm and verify.
The question that all media, both old and new, has to contend with now is whether we should be allowed to forget tragedies such as Aberfan: either because we want to – or need to. Are some traumas too painful to remember? By remembering can we move on – indeed where do we move on to? It has been asked whether the endless memorials for 9/11 are doing more "harm than good" in that by only remembering certain facts we "spawn further division". But if we do not remember, we often cannot move on.
This article appeared first on The Conversation and it is reproduced here under a Creative Commons license
About the Author: Janet Harris is a Lecturer at Cardiff University. She is an award-winning documentary producer/director, having worked for many years at the BBC and as a freelancer with experience of working in Iraq in war and in post-war. Holds a PhD on the media coverage of the British military in post-war Iraq at Cardiff University with experience of teaching and developing modules in international journalism and on practical and academic media courses.


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Just ordered a set of these with SD7 levers and 160mm rotors (to fit on new Mavic Crossland Wheels) for my commutting bike.
Any comments or advice on fitting/bedding in etc?
I would also be interested in everybodies advice/opinion on them as an alterntive to Hydros. I currently have a set of Giants own MPH brakes on my Giant NRS and I am thinking of changing them. I initially was looking at Hope Mono Minis or Avid Juicy. However, everybody seems to rave about the mechanicals so I was considering just getting them.
At the end of the day I can get the full set with levers for the price of one Hope and could almost get two sets for the price of Juicy.
I bought a set of these on the strength of reviews from MTBR.
I did not notice any bedding in period with mine. I put them on, set them up and took them riding and they worked straight away.
Only thing I will say is to be careful installing your wheel onto the bike. I didn't and ended up taking a chunk out of the disc pad and bending the little clip that holds the pads in. Still works but could have been messy.
I have used Avid Mech with SD7 for a few seasons now without any complatints. A guy i ride with bought the hope mini's on his bike which is almost identical to mine. He liked them for a while, but has now since gone away from them.
Great choice in brakes, you won't be disappointed. Alignment and adjustments are cake with Avid mechs. Good power, little or no noise. My only beef is that they can feel a little sluggish if you cable to the rear is worn or making severe bends. For some reason it's more apparent with Avid mechs than on my old v-brakes.
Soaked my Avid Mechanical calipers in fork oil ... Suggestions?


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Sitting behind the author's desk at a Boston bookstore, flanked by a wall of books bearing her buzz-cut blond head, wide darting eyes, and the catch phrase ("Stop the insanity") that she has contributed to the lexicon of the 1990s, Susan Powter feels like an idiot.
"I'm just sitting here. I should, like, get up and do something, doncha think?" Ms. Powter asks anyone within earshot. "I should jump up, go out there and talk to people, mix it up a bit. I should be moving."
This is, after all, the woman who has made her name telling the world to move, move and keeping moving. She is the woman who has never hesitated to whip out photographs of herself as a sickly, grossly overweight single mother as proof that people can change their lives and eating habits. She is the eruption of energy bouncing across TV screens with that wake-the-dead voice at all hours of the day and night, imploring us to ditch those diets, scrap those scales, banish the body fat and "Stop the insanity."
Unless you've been in a cave for the past year, you've seen Ms. Powter moving, and moving constantly, either working the stage in her wildly popular 30-minute "Stop the Insanity" infomercial, her exercise video, or her appearance on ABC's the "Home" show. Her fitness and wellness program with exercise video, five audio cassettes, recipe booklet and plastic fat caliper has sold at a rate of 15,000 a week for the past six months -- quite a feat when you consider the whole shebang costs nearly $90. Her wellness seminars are immediate sellouts.
Equal parts fitness guru, motivational speaker and stand-up comedian, Ms. Powter, 35, is now pushing her book, called (what else?) "Stop the Insanity," published by Simon & Schuster, the latest cog in her lean, mean, well-oiled fitness and wellness machine.
"Look at me. I was 260. Huge. Don't ask," she tells a heavyset woman clutching Ms. Powter's book as if it held the keys to the world. "But not any more. That's over with. You have to stop the insanity of diets of starvation and deprivation that don't work. You'll be surprised at what disappears when you get physically well. It's unbelievable. I have so much energy now my head could blow off."
To the casual observer, Ms. Powter is the latest face in the long line of exercise commandos from Jack Lalanne to Richard Simmons to Jane Fonda, self-appointed to whip the world into shape. To her detractors, she's a squeaky wheel getting greased all the way to the bank by exploiting society's never-ending desire for physical perfection, another miracle-cure hustler working her 15 minutes of fame for all it's worth. She has been accused of male-bashing because she often mentions her ex-husband, Nick, in less than glowing terms. And then there is her brother, Mark, who has told the tabloids that Ms. Powter was never fat.
Ms. Powter has heard all the criticism, and while it bothers her more than she'll likely admit, she seems to take it well, flicking it away with her carefully applied, blood-red fake nails.
"I've made a lot of choices in the last couple of years. I have separated myself from people -- including some in my own family -- who are not what I want to be around," she says. "And the media, especially the print media, is so insistent on this, 'Well, you've got short hair so you're a wild and crazy male-bashing woman.' It's three things. It's the haircut. Then it's the fact that I'm intelligent, I have a brain. You know, a woman with a brain is aggressive, not bright. And then I have an opinion, and my opinion is stated. So I have an opinion, which I state, and I have a brain, so obviously aren't I an aggressive woman? That's a given, and it's an unacceptable given.
"Rush Limbaugh can get up there and literally spew his opinion at society, spew it at a camera, and people go, 'Oh, he's got opinions.' I get up and say, 'Diets don't work,' and people say, 'Oh, she's so opinionated, that woman.' "
During two hours of book-signing, she chats with all of her fans and anyone who stands still long enough. In the course of a 15-minute conversation, she skips from advice on marriage to her admiration for Betty Friedan to her love for singer k. d. lang. Ms. Powter is as over-the-top as she is genuine, as amusing as she is annoying, and it all somehow seems to work. If the crowds at the bookstore were any indication, her first book is already a hit, and she has another -- simply titled "Food" -- in the works for Simon & Schuster. She runs a "wellness studio" in Dallas, and has crisscrossed the country putting on seminars. She recently completed her second infomercial, and has signed on to do a daily syndicated talk show, which Ms. Powter describes as "a national format for what women have been doing for centuries: networking and problem-solving."
But Ms. Powter insists there's more to her fitness crusade than just getting paid.
"Anyone that has made money that can say it doesn't make life a helluva lot easier is a liar. It makes life easier, it absolutely gives you more opportunities so if you want to go on vacation, you can. My children and I can pay the electric bill. I lived in fear of the first of every month. I don't do that anymore, and it's a blessing," she says. "But I also work [hard]; I get paid; I happen to do something I love."
What Ms. Powter seems to love most is helping women better their lives. At times, she seems as concerned with shoring up society's respect for women as she is with shoring up the women's loose flab. Her book is unapologetically geared for women.
"I have lots of men on my program. But I speak to women because I am a woman No. 1, and, No. 2 -- and I think it's most important -- we are the ones that have the least support. The men have the support systems; they're running the world. We are the ones who have the social pressure," she says.
"In our society, a fat man is a big guy. A fat woman is an undisciplined slob. That's the way they're treated. This is about women; this is support for women. I believe women are the most evolved species on earth. We are the healers, we are the nurturers, and right now our world needs healing and nurturing.
"A lot of women hear their story in this book. A lot of women raise children alone," she continues. "A lot of women see their dream blow up. A lot of women hate the way they look and feel. A lot of women believe they only have certain choices and they don't. This is my story, and I want to share that with other women."
Throughout her life, the Australian-born Ms. Powter struggled with her weight, was always considered a "big girl." When she married in 1982, she endured a four-month diet of lettuce to fit in her wedding dress. Within her first two years of marriage, Ms. Powter gave birth to two sons. A month after her second son was born, the marriage began to unravel when, she says, her husband began having an affair.
"We were married a couple of years, but forget it. It was in the toilet after the first couple of months. It was a disaster; the whole thing was a disaster. We should never have been married," Ms. Powter says.
When her husband left her, Ms. Powter says she was clinically depressed and miserable, left alone to raise two children. For two years, she buried her sorrows in food and ballooned to 260 pounds. In 1986, Ms. Powter says, she awoke from her "fat coma." After trying dozens of diets ("Diets don't work!" is her second favorite phrase), she began a high-volume, low-fat nutrition plan, along with regular exercise and fitness.
At 5 feet 6 inches, she weighed about 114 pounds the last time she stepped on a scale, which she rarely does. "Monitoring your success when you are reducing your body fat by getting on the scale is like checking the oil of your car by looking at the upholstery. It means nothing," she says. She prefers to measure her body fat, which is an annoyingly small 14 percent, down from 43 percent. She works out about four times a week, and insists anyone who spends more than an hour in the gym each day "needs to get a life."
Ms. Powter says she began to get in shape "to look better than my ex-husband's girlfriend." She constantly evokes her ex-husband's name in her seminars and infomercials, yet she maintains she is not unfair to him.
"I tell the truth. He did walk out. He did have an affair. I don't say he's a lousy human being. I don't say he's a jerk," she says. "He knows he was a part of the problem in the beginning, but he is also very much a part of the solution in the end.
Her ex lives with her so they can co-parent their children, Ms. Powter says. For Powter devotees, it is just another example of how she has taken her sad song and made it better.
Her bookstore appearance was less a book-signing than a lovefest, with the faithful bearing flowers, thank-you notes and gifts. Some waited for hours to have their book signed, then hung around the book store just to chat.
"Susan Powter saved my life," says Maureen Trice of Dorchester, Mass., who reports she went from 184 pounds to 132 pounds in the 11 months she has been using Ms. Powter's program. "I've tried everything, and nothing worked until this. This is the real thing. At last, I'm very happy with my life."
"You should be happy," Ms. Powter crows to Ms. Trice. "You're beautiful. Isn't she beautiful?"


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(Like a life story, only classy.)
I was born in Midland, Michigan, the son of an engineer and a musician, which was definitely an intense route to a STEAM education. I was the oldest of four, and the only one born in a hospital. That was only because my mother, who'd become a nurse out of sheer Midwestern practicality, was on duty when her water broke and didn't feel like driving home. Yet people wonder how I became a lifelong stoic in the face of adversity.
We moved to New York when I was still an infant, then to Atlanta when I became a teenager, which contributed to my accidentally Midwestern newscast standard accent. By then I had two brothers and a sister to mutually torment. I also developed an early habit of voracious reading, often of something besides what I was supposed to be reading at the time. My babysitters were a revolving semi-feral pack of folk musicians, martial artists, bellydancers, and miscellaneous vagabonds, who only encouraged my expanding knowledge base and vocabulary.
Norse and Celtic genetics gave me the build of a dumpster and, odd for my family, a discernible neck. Despite this, I eschewed a family tradition of playing football, growing bored with it early. By High School, my preference for the Tae Kwon Do dojang and the school theater were well and truly established.
The family tradition I did fall into was Renaissance Festivals. I could tie down a bodice before I could tie my shoes, and was well into my twenties by the time I got used to shaking a woman's hand instead of kissing it. I was never the musician, though I've got a decently trained Baritone voice that survived wartime hearing loss. Over the years I've done comedy, swordplay, pulled a rickshaw, been a vendor, and all manner of odds and ends. While I haven't worked faires for years now, they are a part of the village that raised me, and I try to visit at least a few every year.
The end of college saw me with a degree in theater and a love of stage combat, but a look destined to make me a character actor for life. And roles for that sort of thing were few and far between, particularly when younger than 30. On top of that, I had absolutely no desire to go anywhere near New York or L.A. Fortunately, there was a war on and my secondary talents were needed. I became a U.S. Marine, serving as a machine gunner in both Iraq (Battle of Ramadi) and Afghanistan (Battle of Now Zad).
While I collected my share of war stories and sea stories, I can't say I was a particularly stellar grunt. I was overweight and overeducated, but without enough sense to shut up about it. A bad case of honor over loyalty didn't help. I spent most of my time running the company armory. I did wind up learning a good bit. The biggest being that I was a much better advisor than I was a leader, at least by Marine Corps standards.
I left active duty in 2009, just as film and TV production began to really take off in my Atlanta home. Being able to do what I loved and not having to move to California or New York? Yay! I began working as an actor, fight choreographer, armorer, and technical advisor all over the Southeast. I'd work for theaters, short films, colleges, webseries, even an opera at one point.
Like every other artist out there, I had a typical succession of day and night jobs. I was never a waiter and only rarely did retail, but a lot of day labor and warehouse work filled my resume over the years. I've also been a bouncer, a chess coach, and a trivia host, among other things. For a few years I was even salaried, working as a dispatcher for a shipping company. I hated the place, though. When the local management weren't incompetent, they were racist, sexist, and treated everyone from our contract drivers to our customers like crap. I eventually got fired, two months after I signed on to an agent.
Pictured: portrait of a drunken buttmunch. Image courtesy of Tristar Pictures.
Just after getting fired from the hellhole, I signed up to be an extra in Billy Lynn's long Halftime Walk. I rarely did extra work: too distinctive looking and too big to fit the costumes, usually. But that movie just needed bodies in seats. It was one of the easiest jobs I've ever had. Yeah, the pay sucks. But sucky pay when you're spending the bulk of your time sitting on your ass catching up on your reading ain't a bad deal at all. All you gotta do is pay attention, shut up, and do what you're told. It ain't glamorous, but once you're comfortable with the fact that you're essentially a prop that needs to be fed and watered occasionally, who needs glamour? The ones who took the job then went hiding in corners of the old GA dome to stay on their phones all day annoyed me.
Anyways, my second or third day of filming (I was booked for a week), they needed someone dressed in away team colors to be a drunken jerk. And there I was, in the same sweatshirt wardrobe had given me, smelling of the nonalcoholic beer props had thrust into my hand. So they wired me up and placed me at the end zone seats. Ang Lee told me to get as loud as I wanted at the back of Steve Martin's head. And so, for a few glorious takes, my trained baritone made a rather outrageous claim regarding what the home team did with horses loud enough to reverberate throughout the Georgia dome. My mother is still proud of me.
The line gave me both a pay bump and union eligibility if I wanted it, though it would be a few years before I finally indulged in the latter.
My first and thus far only appearance in Variety.
After the Parkland shooting, I left the theater and effectively retired from fight choreography. In live shows, I was still making peanuts and not having any sort of upward movement career-wise. Worse, being a gunman in a performing arts culture sucked. I was cool when everything was tactical and shiny, then some dipshit would shoot up a school or a mall and all of a sudden anyone who had a gun was the devil himself. It was like being the girl who was popular while in the backseat on Saturday night, but nobody would make eye contact with her in church on Sunday morning. Well, you can only get treated like that for so long before you start telling people off, and I had reached my limit.
So I quit, burned my certifications and sold off pretty much all of my rental stock to concentrate on film acting. Within a year, I'd made a guest appearance as Lil' Baby's driver/muscle in the MTV movie How High 2. At the same time, I'd discovered a flair for fiction writing, and less than a year later had my first novel, Lumberjacks of Banshee, going into slushpiles.
In June of 2021, I wound up on screens across the world as the Linebacker demon in The Conjuring: The devil made me do it. So now "movie monster" is officially a part of my resume.
These days, I'm writing an urban fantasy series called The Grunt's Grimoire and living the film and TV actor's life of auditioning a lot and working when possible.
So that's the story thus far...

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Did Kelly Clarkson Convince Taylor Swift to Re-Record Her Old Songs?
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It's been a Summer for the Swifties. With nonstop attention on the lyrical phenom that is Taylor Swift, there isn't a week that's gone by where the famous singer's name hasn't been in the headlines. Ever since Swift announced her newest studio album, Lover, which has already shattered several world records across the globe, all eyes have been on the talented 29-year-old. But Swift also garnered a different type of attention this Summer when she publically called out Scooter Braun for acquiring ownership of the masters for her first six albums. But now Swift plans to re-record those songs and she has Kelly Clarkson to thank for the idea.
Taylor Swift | Efren Landaos/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Swift calls out Scooter Braun
Earlier this Summer, Swift accused Braun of bullying her in the past after he purchased her old record company, Big Machine Records. She took to her Tumblr page to express that she was "sad and grossed out" by the fact that the original recordings of her first six albums (known as masters) would rest in the hands of someone she has personal issues with. Soon after Swift called Braun out, she announced that she would be re-recording her first five albums beginning next year.
Swift makes an announcement while promoting Lover
In an exclusive interview with Good Morning America, Swift revealed her reasoning behind this decision. Speaking about her most recent album, Lover, Swift explained how excited she was to finally own the music she'd created. "One thing that's really special to me is that it's the first one that I will own. Which is a concept that they're [Swift's fans] very supportive of," she confessed amongst a screaming crowd of fans.
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When Robin Roberts questioned Swift on whether she'd be re-recording her previous songs so as to acquire rights to those as well, she immediately confirmed the speculation. "Yeah, that's true, and it's something that I'm very excited about doing because my contract says that starting November 2020 — so, next year — I can record albums 1 through 5 all over again — I'm very excited about it. … I think artists deserve to own their work. I just feel very passionately about that. Yeah, it's next year, it's right around the corner, I'm going to be busy, I'm really excited," the "You Need To Calm Down" singer confessed.
Kelly Clarkson shows Swift another way
But just where did Swift get the idea to re-record her old songs so that she could claim ownership of them as well? It seems the idea came from another musical icon, Kelly Clarkson. "@taylorswift13 just a thought, U should go in & re-record all the songs that U don't own the masters on exactly how U did them but put brand new art & some kind of incentive so fans will no longer buy the old versions. I'd buy all of the new versions just to prove a point," Clarkson tweeted to Swift back in July.
@taylorswift13 just a thought, U should go in & re-record all the songs that U don't own the masters on exactly how U did them but put brand new art & some kind of incentive so fans will no longer buy the old versions. I'd buy all of the new versions just to prove a point ♀
— Kelly Clarkson (@kellyclarkson) July 13, 2019
Clarkson gave Swift the idea to re-record her songs
On a recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Clarkson opened up about how she came to give Swift this important suggestion. "We saw each other actually after I did that," Clarkson said. "I wasn't really trying to defend or offend anyone. It was more like, Reba told me she did that," Clarkson added, referring to her mother-in-law and famous country singer, Reba McEntire. Clarkson expressed that McEntire came to her, stating that she wanted to own her music, and how she encouraged McEntire to do so.
Swifties are looking forward to new albums
"And I was like, 'Well if it's that important to you, like find a way'. And she recut all of her music and did it with the same musicians, the same everything. That's where I got the idea," Clarkson confessed. The original American Idol also mentioned that she understands Swift's motivation for wanting to own all of her music, considering she writes or co-writes 100% of her songs.
We love seeing powerful women in the industry support one another. We're sure Swifties everywhere are grateful to Clarkson for giving them the opportunity to hear classic Taylor Swift songs in a whole new light.


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India 'moving away' from basic precepts of freedom movement: social justice, secularism
By Bharat Dogra*
India achieved independence in 1947 and is now celebrating the completion of 75 years of its independence. In 1947 the life expectancy in India was a little less than 32 years. Now it is 69.6 years.
This would appear to be a big achievement, but if you compare this with a neighbouring country like Sri Lanka then one realizes that this achievement has fallen much short of the potential. Sri Lanka has achieved life expectancy of 77.22 years in the middle of all its other serious problems.
Around 1947 the infant mortality rate of India was around 146 per 1000 live births. It has now reduced to around 27. This is a significant improvement. However the much lower rate in Sri Lanka -- just 6 -- shows that India's achievement has been much below the potential.
The maternal mortality rate in India during the 1940s was around 2000 per 100,000 live births. It is around 100 now. However the Sri Lanka MMR rate of 36 shows how India remains much short of the potential.
At the time of independence India's literacy rate was 18.33 per cent while female literacy rate was 8.66 per cent. Now the literacy rate is much higher at 74 per cent overall and 65 per cent for females, but it is still much less than the overall literacy rate of 92 per cent in Sri Lanka.
During the 200 years of British rule, India was ravaged with many devastating famines each one of which claimed over a hundred thousand lives. This trend peaked in the last decade of colonial rule when over 3 million people died in the Bengal Famine of the 1940s.
After independence India was able to avoid mass famine deaths, even though some countries compared to experience mass famine deaths. Although post-partition population has increased by nearly four times, India has been able to increase food security. India has a reasonably well-functioning public distribution system for supplying subsidized basic cereals (and sometimes other food) to nearly two-thirds of its population, those who need this.
During the pandemic even entirely free grain was supplied to millions. This year as the world food situation worsened, despite its wheat harvest being damaged at the last stage by a scorching heat wave, India was in a position to export food to some countries facing extreme shortage.
Despite all this, malnutrition and under-nutrition levels have remained exceptionally high in India. As this writer repeatedly found during several visits to remote villages, this could be very high particularly during the lean season months, during drought years and at the time of other disasters.
There has been a big debate about the extent to which poverty has declined in India. Certainly there is a big decline compared to pre-independence times, but in recent years there have also been setbacks.
I would like to define poverty very simply as the inability to meet basic needs and/or being forced to take up tasks that pose serious hazards and violate human dignity. I would like to assert that going by this definition, poverty levels still remain intolerably high in India. One reason is the very precarious condition of several sections such as the rural landless who number about 35% of the total households in the country.
The poor and deteriorating performance of the efforts to reduce inequalities is a major reason why poverty has remained at high levels (although this is disputed by official discourse). According to the World Inequality Report 2022, the bottom 50 per cent of the population in India has only 6 per cent of the wealth while the top 1 per cent has 33 per cent of the wealth.
The bottom 50 per cent of the population has only 13 per cent of the income while the top 1 per cent has 22 per cent of the income. This report has also pointed out that inequality levels have recorded such a big increase in recent times that these are now close to the inequality levels of colonial times.
In terms of democratic norms India had a moderately good record toll 2014 ( leaving aside the brief time of the emergency ), but after this there has been a significant decline under the NDA/BJP regime, as seen in the growing curbs on freedom of expression, assaults on critical voices in media, the growing number of political prisoners ( not acknowledged officially), misuse of state agencies to intimidate and harass political opponents and amassing through election bonds of massive funds by the ruling party in a non-transparent way.
Deteriorating performance of efforts to reduce inequalities is a major reason why poverty has remained at a high level
Legislations such as the Right to Information which were seen as a big step forward for democracy and transparency have been repeatedly violated. Even in provinces or states where opposition parties manage to win elections, there has been an increasing tendency to use money as well intimidation to topple their government and install a BJP or pro-BJP regime.
Similarly India's relatively better record of ensuring protection and equality to minorities has been increasingly marred since 2014 by increasing hostility towards Muslims in particular since 2014. They have been feeling less secure, have faced attacks, insults and humiliation and in addition their economic opportunities have been declining during the last eight years or so.
The rich fabric of unity in diversity and inter-faith harmony is being increasingly disturbed, and the groups responsible for this appear in many cases to have official patronage.
Environmental deterioration has been very rapid with the most number of polluted cities being now found in India and rapid worsening of soil and water conditions in vast rural areas. River pollution has been at high levels, and the lean season water flows often decline to alarmingly low levels. Many small rivers have almost dried up. The long coastal region faces many-sided threats.
There is a rush to provide water taps in all houses, but not adequate concern to save or enhance the water sources which will be needed to bring water to taps. There is a rush to declare that all houses have toilets, without ensuring how well these are used and maintained, or even these have been built properly.
Many recent achievements are vastly exaggerated, and targets are declared to be achieved even though the ground situation is quite different.
During the last 8 years or so, India has been moving away from widely accepted or even essential precepts of the freedom movement including economic equality and social justice, secularism and inter-faith harmony, human rights and civil liberties. One sincerely hopes that essential corrective steps can be taken soon to strengthen India's commitments to the core values of its freedom movement.
*Honorary convener, Campaign to Save Earth Now; recent books include 'When the Two Streams Met', 'A Day in 2071' and 'Man over Machine'
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Established in 1996 as a dedicated food technology centre by Ceredigion County Council as part of its economic development strategy, the aim was to provide technical services to business start-ups, SMEs and existing food manufacturers as well as play a strategic role in supporting the Welsh food industry.
Nearly two decades on, Food Centre Wales has developed an enviable reputation, a suite of modern facilities and a comprehensive menu of consultancy and advice services.
The 880 square metre Research and Development building, for example, has four separate process areas, as well as smaller trial kitchens allowing clients to test the latest equipment to develop new food products.
The research and development service underpins new ideas, providing specially designed incubator units to give start-ups industry-standard premises, and a supportive environment in which to establish a firm foothold in the industry.
Food Centre Wales is also rightly proud of its commercial manufacturing capabilities which includes consultancy services in relation to third party audits, factory design, food safety, legislation, NPD, product assessment etc.
Whether you are developing new products, going into manufacture for the first time or looking for specialist training and advice, this purpose-built food technology centre and its team of knowledgeable and innovative staff provide all the answers.


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When the parties reach an agreement, their attorneys will develop a plan for notifying potential class members and settling claims. Once the court approves the settlement, lawyers notify potential class members of their possibilities to file for a claim for a percentage of the court settlement if minimum requirements are met.
Plaintiffs are not required to participate in class action lawsuits even if they meet all of the criteria. Those who do participate will lose their right to file an individual lawsuit about the tort in the future, regardless of the outcome of the accident lawsuit against IVC filters. Individuals who choose not to participate can keep their right to file accident claim and may have more input into a possible settlement.
IVC filter lawyers in El Paso don't recommend class actions because severely injured plaintiffs won't have access to bigger settlements because all participants get the same court award amount regardless of individual physical condition.
While product liability is a broad category, there are lawyers that specialize in drug and device lawsuits. Product liability lawyers can help with your case in a number of situations. legal professionals can explain legal rights and options in case of a drug recall.
legal professionals can evaluate the chances of the claim and file the lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiff. After filing a injury lawsuit, the IVC filter lawyer can help negotiate a settlement in the injury claim or go to court.
Product liability laws may vary depending on Texas laws and the medicine, and there a time limit on filing called a "Statute of Limitations" (SOL). Depending on Texas laws where the client resides the SOL may vary. The statute of limitations may start from the date of surgery, injury or when the plaintiff realized the product caused their injury.
In drug and device injury litigation, there is typically no fee for a consultation. These types of injury claims are also on a contingency fee agreement. This means no charge to you unless they court ordered a injury claim or jury verdict.
A plaintiff acts as a leader for a much larger group of injured people. After filing a accident complaint in Texas or federal court, the lead plaintiffs — also called class representatives ask the court to register and certify the lawsuit as a class action.
Marketing Lies – These are cases where the drug maker give poor instructions or warning labels to warn patients about about a faulty drugs known risks.
Defective Manufacturing – Lawsuits where design and marketing are proper, but but detoured wrong during the manufacturing process that leads to a defective product.
Device liability claims may fall into one of these categories. If a product has any of these defects, its manufacturer, seller or distributor could and should responsible financially for any injuries or illnesses that you might get.


Techniques of Chemical Vapour Deposition, developed primarily for VLSI Circuits fabrication, enriched by the experience of CVD methods utilized in the field of hard wear resistant coatings and other mechanical related application, are the versatile tools enabling creation of complex, 3-dimensional microstructures required for development of micromechanical devices - sensors and actuators. In this paper the application of CVD methods for fabrication of micromechanic and other transducers technologically microelectronic compatible is discussed. An example of capacitive pressure sensor which can be integrated with CMOS devices is presented.


To the Christian community Easter marks the crucifixtion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ; a significant event in the Christian faith. It begins with Good Friday, the day Jesus Christ was crucified and buried followed by Easter Sunday, when Jesus Christ rose from the dead after 3 days. The water weekend is usually marked with celebrations and feasts spending time with fellow believers, friends, family and loved ones.
To the non-Christians and unbelievers, Easter is a time for Easter egg hunt and a time to holiday and rest. A time to spend time with loved ones and exchange gifts. High street retailers also take advantage of this holiday to offer deals, discounts and shopping vouchers to boost sales and entice shoppers to shop. The deals and sai counts offered are usually seasonal with time limit applied to the vouchers. In certain communities, it is a time for family reunions and celebrations.
Regardless of your faith, belief or tradition let the Easter season be a time to spend time with friend, family and loved ones. Let it a time of fellowship, joy and laughter, a time to reflect on the past, and plan for the future. A time to share, exchange cards and gifts. It is usually the though and feature that matters and not necessarily how expensive the gift or card is. You can take advantage of the seasonal offers, sales and discount vouchers usually on offer during festive periods like this and grab a bargain.
Have a happy Easter celebrations.


If your business is low on cash – or if you simply want to hold on to more cash to improve cash flow – bartering for the goods and services you normally receive makes sense. It's a simple concept: you provide a product or service in return for products and services of equal value. Neither business uses valuable cash.
While online bartering tools and websites make the process easier most small businesses barter locally. That way your company establishes on-going relationships with local businesses, and also tests the quality of what you receive ahead of time.
Get agreements in writing. Bartering is still business as usual. Misunderstandings and disagreements occur, so put your agreement in writing. Spell out what will be provided and received, timetables, quality standards and clearly establish your company's expectations.
Keep your standards high. Don't barter with any company with whom you would not otherwise establish a business relationship. Convenience and cash flow concerns are important, but if the other party doesn't perform to your satisfaction, barter can be a bad deal.
Set deadlines and stay on track. Say you barter services with another firm. You shouldn't complete your end of the barter if the other party has only provided 25% of deliverables. You'll have limited recourse if the other party doesn't perform, so keep things "even" as you move through the transaction.
Negotiate to receive equal value. While bartering may save you money, especially if you have open capacity that would otherwise sit idle, don't give away the store. Establish a fair value for what you provide and make sure you receive equal value in return. That can be especially tricky if you plan to barter services in exchange for products, so do your homework and establish a win-win agreement for both parties.
Establish an "out" clause. What happens if the other party doesn't perform? What happens if you decide the bartering relationship no longer makes sense? Put in writing how the agreement will be terminated: when, how and whether advance notice is required.
You can also set up bartering relationships online. A number of "barter exchanges" help bring businesses together. To find a barter exchange, simply search using the term "barter exchange," or check with the National Association of Trade Exchanges (www.natebarter.com) or the International Reciprocal Trade Association (www.irta.com).
On-line bartering is fairly simple. In most cases, a business registers on the barter site and then posts an item or service for exchange. Interested parties indicate they would like to barter for that item or service. Purchasers use "credits" to buy the product and those credits are given to the selling party.
Then the seller can use those credits to buy other products and services, continuing the barter cycle. Of course, the barter exchange receives a fee for connecting buyers and sellers. Most exchanges charge a monthly fee, a commission based on the value of the goods and services exchanged, or both, so shop around for the best terms.
While barter transactions don't involve cash, they do have tax implications.
The IRS expects the fair market value of bartered products and services to be included as income during the tax year those products and services are received. Of course, the cost of producing goods or services you provide through a barter transaction are listed on the expense side of company returns in the tax year you incur that expense. So, in many cases the "revenue" and "cost" offset each other.
Even if they don't offset, barter reduces overall tax liability since the value of a product or service is typically lower than the amount you'd pay or receive at full markup. For example, receiving a service at cost rather than at market value lowers company "income," and, therefore, tax liability.
Even without tax benefits barter makes sense. Not only do you improve cash flow, you establish strategic relationships with other local companies. Bartering also creates an alternative way to reduce excess inventory or utilize untapped production capacity. Barter flattens peaks and valleys of seasonal businesses. You provide services through barter during slow months and receive services when your barter partner is experiencing down time.
A "great deal" is not actually a great deal if your company doesn't need the goods or services received. Under ideal conditions, bartering utilizes idle capacity, unloads excess inventory and, most importantly, frees up cash for other business purposes.
Always look for ideal bartering relationships, and make sure those relationships continue to work for you once established.
Swapping in the business realm is a winning solution when undertaken with care and eyes wide open.


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Packers lose rookie TE Deguara to torn ACL
October 7, 2020 By Bill Scott
The Green Bay Packers lost their third-round draft pick, TE Josiah Deguara to a season-ending knee injury in Monday's 30-16 win over the Atlanta Falcons at Lambeau Field.
Deguara was hurt while blocking on a punt and had already missed the two previous games with an ankle injury.
"Unfortunately, it looks to be a pretty bad one," coach Matt LaFleur said Tuesday, "So, you know, I hurt for Josiah. I love what he's all about, the mentality he brings and he's certainly somebody we were really excited about. And it's been a little bit of a roller coaster because in terms of I thought he had a great game vs. Minnesota in Week 1, and then he goes out with an ankle injury, you know; it's just been, it's been tough. But we expect him to bounce back from it and we still think he has a really bright future in this league." [Read more…]
Filed Under: Packers, Sports, Titletown Report Tagged With: Allen Lazard, Caleb Scott, Chandon Sullivan, Curtis Bolton, Davante Adams, Green Bay Packers, Josiah DeGuara, Kevin King, Krys Barnes, Marcedes Lewis, Matt LaFleur, Reggie Begelton, Will Redmond
Jones leads Packers to rout of Lions
September 21, 2020 By Bill Scott
Aaron Jones had a big day, helping the Green Bay Packers roll to a 42-21 win over the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
Jones rushed for a career-high 168 yards and scored three touchdowns, including a 75-yard TD run to start the second half. He also had a team-high 68 receiving yards on four catches, combining for 236 all-purpose yards in the win.
The Packers (2-0) won their eighth straight home opener and improved to 8-0 against the NFC North under coach Matt LaFleur's tenure in Green Bay.
Aaron Rodgers completed 18 of 30 for 240 yards and two touchdowns and the Packers have now put up 85 points in the first two weeks of the season. The Packers are just the eighth team in the Super bowl era to score at lest 40 points in each [Read more…]
Filed Under: Packers, Sports, Titletown Report Tagged With: Aaron Jones, Aaron Rodgers, Ahman Green, Chandon Sullivan, Corey Linsley, Davante Adams, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Kenny Clark, Rashan Gary, Tyler Ervin
Packers release QB Manny Wilkins
April 28, 2020 By Bill Scott
After drafting quarterback Jordan Love in the opening round of the NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers reduced their quarterback stable by one, releasing Manny Wilkins on Monday.
Wilkins signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent last year and was in the mix to be Aaron Rodgers' backup before being released after training camp.
Wilkins later returned and spent the season on the Packers practice squad.
Lazard, Sullivan sign tenders
Wide receiver Allen Lazard and cornerback Chandon Sullivan are back for 2020. They each signed their exclusive rights tender, guaranteeing their return for the season. It allows both to take part in the Packers virtual offseason program, which started on Monday.
Lazard had 35 catches for 477 yards and three touchdowns last year, while Sullivan had 30 tackles and an interception.
Filed Under: Packers, Sports, Titletown Report Tagged With: Aaron Rodgers, Allen Lazard, Chandon Sullivan, Green Bay Packers, Jordan Love, Manny Wilkins
Bulaga gets three-year deal with the Chargers
March 18, 2020 By Bill Scott
Bryan Bulaga had spent his entire career with the Green Bay Packers, after being drafted in the first round back in 2010. On Tuesday, Bulaga agreed to a three-year, $30-million deal with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Bulaga started 111 of his 115 games, having gone through a pair of ACL injuries in 2013 and 2017.
The Packers counted on Bulaga's leadership during his time in Green Bay. They'll now look to veterans David Bakhtiari and Corey Linsley for some of that responsibility.
The Packers did sign tackle Rick Wagner, the former Badger from West Allis, to replace Bulaga. Wagner has started 87 of his 102 games and was released by the Detroit Lions in a cost-cutting measure.
Packers linebackers headed to the Big Apple
The Packers signed free agent linebacker Christian Kirksey to and have now seen two of their own head to New York. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Packers, Sports, Titletown Report Tagged With: Allen Lazard, Blake Martinez, Bryan Bulaga, Chandon Sullivan, Christian Kirksey, Corey Linsley, David Bakhtiari, Green Bay Packers, Jake Kumerow, Kyler Fackrell, Los Angeles Chargers, Preston Smith, Rashon Gary, Robert Tonyan, Tyler Lancaster, Za'Darius Smith
Packers parting company with Jones
August 25, 2019 By Bill Scott
Green Bay safety Josh Jones announced on Twitter Sunday morning that he is being released by the Packers. Jones was the team's second-round draft pick in the 2017 NFL draft and had sat out much of the off-season program after requesting a trade.
Jones hadn't practiced since August 11 because of an illness. He started five of the Packers last six games in 2018, finishing sixth in tackles with 60.
The Packers used Jones as a hybrid linebacker in 2018, but Jones said he didn't consider himself a linebacker and wanted to play safety.
Jones had fallen behind Adrian Amos, Darnell Savage and Raven Greene. Eventually even the play of free agents Will Redmond and Chandon Sullivan has dropped Jones further out of sight and out of mind.
The Packers will gain about $300,000 in salary cap space as a result of his release.
Filed Under: Packers, Sports, Titletown Report Tagged With: Adrian Amos, Chandon Sullivan, Darnell Savage, Green Bay Packers, Josh Jones, Will Redmond
Takeaways lead Packers to exhibition win
August 9, 2019 By Bill Scott
Deshone Kizer (File Photo)
Last season, the Packers had just seven interceptions all season. They tied for third fewest takeaways in the league. It's only one preseason game, but the Packers took the ball away four times on Thursday night and held on for a 28-26 victory over the Houston Texans at Lambeau Field.
It was the Packers youth that did the job on Thursday night as 26 players didn't suit up for the game and at least 14 of them were healthy scratches.
Packers rookie corner Ka'dar Hollman got the ball rolling on Houston's very first drive, cutting in front of Houston receiver Vyncint Smith to get the pick.
The second takeaway came after a 56-yard JK Scott punt. Returner Keke Coutee couldn't handled it and Equanimeous St. Brown recovered it in the endzone for a Packers touchdown. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Packers, Sports, Titletown Report Tagged With: Allen Lazard, Chandon Sullivan, Darrius Shepherd, Deshone Kizer, Equanimeous St. Brown, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, J'Mon Moore, JK Scott, Ka'dar Hollman, Matt LaFleur, Raven Greene, Tim Boyle, Will Redmond
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Brewers avoid arbitration hearings with Hader, Woodruff
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Filmtracks: Hans Zimmer- European soul in Hollywood.
Hans Zimmer, my favourite film composer ever, one of the greatest artists in the history. He was born in Germany and his European sensibility makes him absolutely unique in Hollywood. We love listening to Zimmer's music because his compositions are always filled with emotions and feelings. Sometimes they are glorious-"The Might of Rome", sometimes tender-"...And Then I Kissed Him", but always moving, exciting and touching our hearts. Hans Zimmer deserves an Oscar not only for his gorgeous score for "The Last Samurai". He deserves Academy Award because he has revolutionized film music. He has changed our thinking about film music. That's why Zimmer is one of the greatest composers ever.
Re: Hans Zimmer- European soul in Hollywood.
>He deserves Academy Award because he has revolutionized film music.
100% agree! But the thing you forget is, that he`s already got an Academy Award for "The Lion King".
> Award for "The Lion King".
I just watched the last samurai and it's so effective in the film!! The last battle just needed some bombastic Zimmer sounds. You'd never hear anything that powerful from Williams or Horner!
> anything that powerful from Williams or Horner!


We Love Change? Change is Scary!
Humans are creatures of habit who find dealing with change difficult. Even when we've planned and desired it, its manifestation scares us.
As UX designers, we're often the ones who make changes tangible. Sometimes met with love, more often met with resistance.
Drawing from psychology, philosophy and change management theory, this session discusses how e.g. re-designs like the new Twitter, incremental changes to Facebook, or the updates to Meetup.com were introduced, communicated and received.
And it's not only about consumer products. A new tool or software can change how people go about their daily work. Without their buy-in, the best design fails. The website we're building for our client can cause them to re-think their approach to content, development, or their internal structure. This can be challenging. How can UX help to make the project successful?
Attendees will walk away with a set of examples, best and worst practices. At the end of the session, we'll debate how UX can impact how changes are introduced to people, services, and companies.
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Prime Meridian Restaurant offers a unique dining space with dramatic views of Centennial Olympic Park and the downtown skyline. Serving upscale American cuisine in an open-kitchen atmosphere, this sophisticated restaurant treats guests to innovative menus, artfully prepared with carefully selected local ingredients. Set in a comfortably elegant dining room, Prime Meridian offers a level of hospitality that embodies the friendly spirit of the South.
Many have visited, but none have returned to tell the tale. Will you be the first to write a review of Prime Meridian?


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Tanya Tucker's New Album Features Miranda Lambert Cover
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Tanya Tucker is releasing her first new studio album in 17 years, and one of the tracks is a cover of Miranda Lambert's most important career song.
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Tucker is set to release While I'm Livin' on Aug. 23 via Fantasy Records. It's her first release under the new deal, and her first all-new release since Tanya in 2002. Among the 10 new tracks is Tucker's cover of "The House That Built Me," which gave Lambert her first No. 1 hit.
"The House That Built Me" reached the top spot on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in 2010 after it was released as the third single from Lambert's third album, Revolution. It won CMA Awards for Song and Music Video of the Year, ACM Awards for Song, Single Record and Video of the Year and a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
The Crazy True Story Behind Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me"
Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings teamed to produce While I'm Livin', and Tucker raves about their working relationship in a press release announcing the project.
"Brandi is truly out of this world. She's talented, smart, funny, never ever slows down and has a heart of gold," Tucker says. "I just love her. She was like my shadow when we were in the studio. Every time I turned around, she was there. And Shooter, I've known him since he was a baby. He's the one who brought us all together. So I'm ready to get this music out there because it's different than anything I've ever done."
Carlie teamed with Tim Hanseroth and Phil Hanseroth to write the album's lead single, "The Wheels of Laredo," and the bulk of the new songs, including "Mustang Ridge," "I Don't Owe You Anything," "The Day My Heart Goes Still," "Rich" and "Seminole Wind Calling." Tucker joined the trio to co-write the final track on the project, "Bring My Flowers Now."
"It's a musical biography of sorts about Tanya's real life and the places she's seen," Carlile says of the project. "And it's narrated by the greatest country and western singer this side of Johnny Cash."
While I'm Livin' also features Tucker's cover of "High Ridin' Heroes," a 1987 song Shooter selected that featured David Lynn Jones and Shooter Jennings' father, Waylon Jennings. The album is currently available for pre-order across a variety of digital and physical music retailers.
Tanya Tucker's While I'm Livin' Track Listing:
1. "Mustang Ridge" (Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth and Phil Hanseroth)
2. "The Wheels of Laredo" (Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth and Phil Hanseroth)
3. "I Don't Owe You Anything" (Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth and Phil Hanseroth)
4. "The Day My Heart Goes Still" (Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth and Phil Hanseroth)
5. "High Ridin' Heroes" (David Lynn Jones)
6. "The House That Built Me" (Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin)
7." Hard Luck" (John C. "Pete" Bailey, David Lee Mitchell, Raymond L. Turner and Jerry Ontiberoz)
8. "Rich" (Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth and Phil Hanseroth)
9. "Seminole Wind Calling" (Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth and Phil Hanseroth)
10. "Bring My Flowers Now" (Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth and Phil Hanseroth)
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Rendsburg (en français, quelquefois Rendsbourg dans un contexte historique ; en danois Rendsborg) est une ville allemande sur le canal de Kiel (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal), dans le centre du Land de Schleswig-Holstein. C'est le chef-lieu de l'arrondissement de Rendsburg-Eckernförde. Le centre historique, bâti sur une île au cœur de la rivière Eider, lie les régions historiques de Schleswig et de Holstein.

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La ville se situe au summet du Geest de Schleswig-Holstein, le long d'une ancienne voie de commerçants reliant la péninsule danoise de Jutland et les territoires de la Saxe au sud. La vieille ville se dresse sur une île fluviale de l'Eider dont le cours vers la mer du Nord près de Tönning est interrompu à quelques kilomètres à l'est, depuis 1895, par le canal de Kiel.

Le terrain à l'ouest de la ville se prolonge vers les marais maritimes et les zones inondables de l'Eider. À l'est s'étendent les collines du littoral de la mer Baltique. Le centre-ville se trouve à 32 kilomètres à l'ouest de Kiel, à 32 kilomètres au sud de Schleswig et à 103 kilomètres au nord de Hambourg.

Histoire
De tout temps, la ville carrefour était l'un des principaux axes de passage et d'échanges commerciaux. Selon le historien danois Saxo Grammaticus, le roi Offa y vainquait un ennemi saxon au , permettant au peuple des Angles de pousser les limites frontalières méridionales du territoire danois jusqu'à l'Eider. En 811, sous le règne du roi Hemming, les déléguées du Danemark et de l'Empire carolingien se sont rencontrés sur l'île fluviale fixant la frontière entre les deux pays le long de la rivière.

La date de la fondation de Rendsburg est inconnue. Vers 1100, un château y fut construit sur l'orde du jarl (comte) danois Björn, fils cadet du roi Sven II. La colonie de Reinoldesburch est mentionnée pour la première fois en 1199 dans la chronique d'Arnold de Lübeck.

Située sur une île dans le cours d'eau limitrophe, la ville fait l'objet de divergences entre comtes saxons de Holstein et les ducs de Schleswig. Vers 1200, le comte Adolphe III de Holstein fit reconstruire le château de Rendsburg et en 1250, un tribunal arbitral composé de douze chevaliers déclare l'appartenance de la ville au Holstein.

Rendsburg a probalement reçu des droits municipaux en 1239 déjà ; le lieu est mentionné comme une ville dans un acte de 1253. Il fut la propriété de Mathilde de Holstein (morte en 1288), veuve du roi Abel  de Danemark et mise en gage à ses frères Jean  et Gérard  de Holstein. En 1339, le comte Gérard III de Holstein a confirmé le privilège urbain. En 1460, la ville passe dans l'orbite du roi danois Christian , également duc de Schleswig et comte de Holstein.

À ce temps, les citoyens vivaient principalement de l'agriculture et de la pêche. Vers 1540, la ville était entourée de murs à l'initiative du roi Christian III. Le , la Réforme protestante a été formellement adoptée. Pendant la guerre de Trente Ans, Rendsbirg devient à multiples reprises et alternativement possession impériale ou suédoise. À partir de 1669, une nouvelle forteresse fut construite par les forces armées danoises, afin de sécuriser la frontière avec le Saint-Empire le long de l'Eider. Dans ce contexte, la ville doit son essor et son développement ultérieur au commerce, et notamment à celui de la faïence.

En 1808, le roi danois Christian VII meurt d'un anévrisme cérébral au château de Rendsburg ; immédiatement après, Frédéric VI y est proclamé son successeur. Pendant les guerres napoleoniennes, en 1813/1814, la ville a été assiégée par des troupes suédoises et russes. En amont de la révolution de Mars, elle devint l'un des centres de la première guerre de Schleswig qui aurait duré jusqu'en 1851. Durant la guerre des Duchés (également appelée seconde guerre de Schleswig) qui oppose le Danemark au royaume de Prusse et l'empire d'Autriche en 1864, Rendsburg est finalement conquis par la coalition prusso-autrichienne et, après la guerre allemande de 1866, annexé à la province du Schleswig-Holstein.

Patrimoine

Du point de vue du patrimoine de l'architecture métallique, Rendsburg possède un pont de chemin de fer à poutres cantilever (1913) franchissant le canal, doté d'une grande boucle d'accès et d'un des deux ponts transbordeurs existant en Allemagne (il en subsiste huit au monde).

Jumelages
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Après les premières éditions en 1980, 1985 et 1990, la commune organise tous les quatre ans depuis 1996 ses jeux européens de la jeunesse avec les villes jumelées.

Personnalités liées
 Michael Maier (1568-1622), médecin et alchimiste ;
 Johannes Jonsius (1624-1659), érudit ;
 Eduard von Liebert (1850-1934), officier prussien ;
 Ludwig Fahrenkrog (1867-1952), artiste peintre, illustrateur et sculpteur ;
 Rudolf Krohne (1876-1953), homme politique ;
 Gottfried Hansen (1881-1976), amiral ;
 Otto Bernhardt (né en 1942), homme politique ;
 Hanne Haller (1950-2005), chanteuse des Schlager ;
 Jost de Jager (né en 1965), homme politique ;
 Alexander Kühl (né en 1973), joueur de basket-ball ;
 Gyde Jensen (née en 1989), femme politique ;
 Lauritz Schoof (né en 1990), rameur d'aviron.

Liens externes

Références

Ville au Schleswig-Holstein
Rendsburg

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Michael Haley's Real Estate Deal With Family Property
October 13, 2018 August 26, 2018 by Irwin Arieff
Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, with her husband, Michael Haley, looking out over the South Carolina Statehouse, when she was governor, 2013.
Nikki Haley's husband, Michael, sold a family property in Lexington, S.C., to a local investment firm in January 2018, removing a major liability from the family's balance sheets while also earning a profit, at least on paper, state and federal documents show.
Only five months earlier, the property, a small strip mall on Sunset Boulevard that once housed the United Nations ambassador's family business, was sold to Michael Haley for just $5 by Ambassador Haley's parents, Ajit and Raj Randhawa, possibly to avoid paying estate taxes, a Wall Street lawyer specializing in such arrangements suggested to PassBlue. At the time, it had a lien on it of $1,099,776.51, appearing to represent an outstanding mortgage loan that passed to Michael Haley as part of the transaction, the documents disclose.
The price for the July 2017 property sale was "the sum of five . . . dollars and love and affection for [Michael Haley] and other valuable consideration to [Ambassador Haley's parents] paid at and before" the time of the deal, according to the Lexington County, S.C., document recording the transfer of the deed. That deal left Michael Haley with the property as well as the debt. (Lexington County is next door to Richland County, where the state capital, Columbia, is based.)
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Ambassador Haley's latest federal financial disclosure form, released by the government in July and covering transactions in 2017, had listed a purchase by Michael Haley in July 2017 of an unidentified commercial property in Lexington County. The form valued the property at $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 and said it provided him with annual rental income of $50,001 to $100,000.
The disclosure form attributed to Ambassador Haley a liability of "over $1 million" in the form of a mortgage taken out in 2017 on an unidentified investment property, which now can be seen as the mortgage that shifted to Ambassador Haley and her husband in her parents' sale of the family property.
The seller in the January 2018 transaction was identified in the sale documents as Ikor Systems, a company previously owned by the ambassador's parents, whose sole owner by 2018 was Michael Haley. The buyer was 5483 Sunset, a company in Columbia, S.C., controlled by real estate investors, Rick and Micky Tangri.
The Tangris financed the purchase with a mortgage from the same bank used by the Haleys, Micky Tangri said. She and her husband, Rick, have no ties to the Haley family and have never met them, she told PassBlue in a telephone interview. An intermediary brought them the deal, she said, describing it as "a straightforward transaction and mortgage."
The buyer and seller in the 2018 transaction are both LLCs, entities that can protect their owners from full liability for debts and obligations. The identification of Ikor Systems LLC as the seller in both the 2017 and 2018 transactions in various documents initially created some mystery, but Ambassador's Haley's press office did not respond to PassBlue's request for more information at the time, as it also ignored requests for this follow-up.
The property at 5483 Sunset Boulevard, in Lexington, S.C., which Michael Haley sold in January 2018, for $1.26 million. Ambassador Haley's family clothing store, Exotica International, used to be located in the shopping center.
Adding to the initial confusion, the 2017 sale came too late for inclusion in the ambassador's first financial disclosure form, filed in late 2016, while the 2018 sale came too late for the second filing, which, while released in July 2018, covered only calendar year 2017. The documents filed in Lexington County revealed important details about the sales and Ikor's changing role in them.
The bottom line? At a time when the Haley family's debt level was rising, the January 2018 sale removed a major liability, the mortgage on the family property, from the family's financial picture. Shedding that property and its mortgage in January 2018 lowered the Haley family's declared liabilities by more than $1 million, to a range of $525,002 to $1,065,000, from a range of at least $1,525,002 to at least $2,065,000.
The sale also made the Haleys money, at least on paper. The difference between the property's 2018 sale price and the amount owed on it at the time of Michael Haley's 2017 acquisition of it was $162,723.50.
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Michael Haley's Real Estate Deal With Family Property

by Irwin Arieff, PassBlue
August 26, 2018

Nikki Haley's husband, Michael, sold a family property in Lexington, S.C., to a local investment firm in January 2018, removing a major liability from the family's balance sheets while also earning a profit, at least on paper, state and federal documents show.

Only five months earlier, the property, a small strip mall on Sunset Boulevard that once housed the United Nations ambassador's family business, was sold to Michael Haley for just $5 by Ambassador Haley's parents, Ajit and Raj Randhawa, possibly to avoid paying estate taxes, a Wall Street lawyer specializing in such arrangements suggested to PassBlue. At the time, it had a lien on it of $1,099,776.51, appearing to represent an outstanding mortgage loan that passed to Michael Haley as part of the transaction, the documents disclose.

The price for the July 2017 property sale was "the sum of five . . . dollars and love and affection for [Michael Haley] and other valuable consideration to [Ambassador Haley's parents] paid at and before" the time of the deal, according to the Lexington County, S.C., document recording the transfer of the deed. That deal left Michael Haley with the property as well as the debt. (Lexington County is next door to Richland County, where the state capital, Columbia, is based.)

Michael Haley sold the property on Jan. 11, 2018, for $1,262,500 to a firm called 5483 Sunset, according to Lexington County records. The strip mall on the property had long housed the Haley family's clothing store, Exotica International Inc., which was founded by Ambassador Haley's mother, Raj Randhawa, and is now defunct. (The original location of the store was in the ambassador's hometown of Bamberg, S.C.)

Ambassador Haley's latest federal financial disclosure form, released by the government in July and covering transactions in 2017, had listed a purchase by Michael Haley in July 2017 of an unidentified commercial property in Lexington County. The form valued the property at $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 and said it provided him with annual rental income of $50,001 to $100,000.

The disclosure form attributed to Ambassador Haley a liability of "over $1 million" in the form of a mortgage taken out in 2017 on an unidentified investment property, which now can be seen as the mortgage that shifted to Ambassador Haley and her husband in her parents' sale of the family property.

The seller in the January 2018 transaction was identified in the sale documents as Ikor Systems, a company previously owned by the ambassador's parents, whose sole owner by 2018 was Michael Haley. The buyer was 5483 Sunset, a company in Columbia, S.C., controlled by real estate investors, Rick and Micky Tangri.

The Tangris financed the purchase with a mortgage from the same bank used by the Haleys, Micky Tangri said. She and her husband, Rick, have no ties to the Haley family and have never met them, she told PassBlue in a telephone interview. An intermediary brought them the deal, she said, describing it as "a straightforward transaction and mortgage."

The buyer and seller in the 2018 transaction are both LLCs, entities that can protect their owners from full liability for debts and obligations. The identification of Ikor Systems LLC as the seller in both the 2017 and 2018 transactions in various documents initially created some mystery, but Ambassador's Haley's press office did not respond to PassBlue's request for more information at the time, as it also ignored requests for this follow-up.

Adding to the initial confusion, the 2017 sale came too late for inclusion in the ambassador's first financial disclosure form, filed in late 2016, while the 2018 sale came too late for the second filing, which, while released in July 2018, covered only calendar year 2017. The documents filed in Lexington County revealed important details about the sales and Ikor's changing role in them.

The bottom line? At a time when the Haley family's debt level was rising, the January 2018 sale removed a major liability, the mortgage on the family property, from the family's financial picture. Shedding that property and its mortgage in January 2018 lowered the Haley family's declared liabilities by more than $1 million, to a range of $525,002 to $1,065,000, from a range of at least $1,525,002 to at least $2,065,000.

The sale also made the Haleys money, at least on paper. The difference between the property's 2018 sale price and the amount owed on it at the time of Michael Haley's 2017 acquisition of it was $162,723.50.

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