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Förfarande : 2016/2992(RSP)
Dokumentgång : B8-1264/2016
on the case of Ildar Dadin, prisoner of consience in Russia (2016/2992(RSP))
Charles Tannock, Mark Demesmaeker, Geoffrey Van Orden, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Ryszard Czarnecki, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Karol Karski, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Angel Dzhambazki, Monica Macovei, Raffaele Fitto, Jana Žitňanská, Ruža Tomašić, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Arne Gericke on behalf of the ECR Group
European Parliament resolution on the case of Ildar Dadin, prisoner of consience in Russia (2016/2992(RSP))
-having regard to previous European Parliament resolutions on EU-Russia relations, in particular that of 10 June 2015;
-having regard to the commitment of the European Parliament to respecting and upholding international norms of human rights, including freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of press and freedom of manifestation;
-having regard to Rules 114, 133 and 135 of its Rules of Procedure;
A. Whereas Mr. Ildar Dadin, political activist and anti-war protestor, was arrested on 3 December 2015 and convicted on December 7 2015 under Article 212.1 of ''repeat violations of public gatherings'' and sentenced to a period of three years' imprisonment, in excess of the prosecution's recommended sentence of two years;
B. Whereas Ildar Dadin's imprisonment is politically motivated, given his presence at peaceful pro-peace, anti-war, anti-Kremlin protests as a demonstrator and organiser during 2014 and 2015, inspired in part by the Maidan Revolution in Ukraine;
C. Whereas Ildar Dadin is the first individual to be charged under Article 212.1 with participation in anti-governmental protest actions, specifically on August 6, August 23, September 13 and December 5 2014, including single-person protests against Russia's war on Ukraine;
D. Whereas, under Article 212.1, terms of imprisonment and financial sanctions may be passed on administrative charges and public protest, and furthermore, public protest may be punishable by a sentence of up to 5 years, should a court have issued three rulings on administrative charges within a period of 180 days;
E. Whereas Article 212.1 is held to be in breach of Russia's constitution, specifically the rights to freedom of speech and assembly, and in contravention of human rights principles enshrined in international law;
F. Whereas during the course of his ongoing imprisonment, Mr. Dadin has reportedly suffered from repeated torture, beatings, inhumane treatment and threats of murder at the hands of Russian authorities in the prison colony number 7 near Segezha, Karelia, northwest Russia;
G. Whereas the fate of similarly charged activists and political dissidents in Russia, already visible in the ongoing prosecutions of 75-year old activist Vladimir Ionov and political rights advocate Mark Galperin, may be adversely affected by Article 212.1, and there is serious concern over the Article's status as a precedent for future large-scale mistreatment of political opposition;
H. Whereas the NGO Memorial declared 49 political prisoners in Russia, including Ivan Nepomnyashchiy, who was sentenced to 2.5 years of prison for participating in the protest against the re-election of Putin in May 2012 on Bolotnaya Square, where he supposedly attacked police with an umbrella;
I. Whereas according to one of the human rights reports on Russia, torture and inhuman treatment while incarcerated "is a systemic practice in Russia penal system", what was revealed for the first time after the death of Sergey Magnitsky;
J. Whereas on February 27, 2015 opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was killed just outside the Kremlin walls; whereas the primary suspect in the Nemtsov case, Zaur Dadaev, who initially confessed of the murder, took back his statements, claiming he had been forced to give them under torture;
K. Whereas members of the Ilya Goryachev gang convicted of killing 10 people including civil rights activists claimed in court they had held close ties to the presidential administration, specifically first Deputy Chief Vladislav Surkov;
L. Whereas on 15 November 2016, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly on human rights condemned Russia's "temporary occupation" of Crimea and denounced an attempt to annex the Ukrainian peninsula, as well as calls upon Russia to uphold its obligations under UN law as an occupying power and end abuses against residents of Crimea, including "arbitrary detentions, torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment, and to revoke all discriminatory legislation", as well as release Ukrainians who were illegally detained, and revoke the banning of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis.
M. Whereas prosecutors of the International Criminal Court in the Hague have posted on the website of the court a report that finds that "the situation on the territory of Crimea and Sevastopol is equivalent to an international armed conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation," and that "the Russian occupation has been accompanied by the harassment and intimidation of the Crimean Tatars".
N. Whereas Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, has signed an order to have Russia withdrawn from the International Criminal Court (ICC) founding document amid calls for his military to be referred over air strikes backing President Bashar al-Assad in Syria and the illegal annexation of Crimea, including Francois Holland, the President of France, who suggested that Russia should face war crimes charges over its bombardment of rebel-held eastern Aleppo last month.
1. Calls for the immediate release of Ildar Dadin, whose imprisonment is politically motivated and in contravention of norms of human rights held internationally as well as Ivan Nepomnyashchiy and all other political prisoners in Russia.
2. Calls for immediate release of all illegally arrested in the temporary occupied territories of Ukraine, including Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, especially Crimean Tatars.
3. Decries the flagrant violations of international principles of human rights and contravention of the Russian constitution posed by Article 212.1, and condemns the politically motivated imprisonment and mistreatment suffered by Mr. Dadin as an outright attack against fundamental human rights;
4. Supports the actions of political figures and pressure groups within Russia supporting the case of Mr. Dadin, particularly Open Russia, the Anti-Corruption Fund and the individual attorneys and legal authorities seeking to challenge Article 212.1 in the Russian Federation's Constitutional Court;
5. Encourages the international community to openly condemn the precedent set by Article 212.1 and join the European Parliament in calling for the release of Mr. Dadin and the immediate abolishment of Article 212.1.
6. Restates the call for increased sanctions in the European Parliament resolution of 10 June 2015 on Russia, in particular in calling for a series of targeted sanctions, following the precedent set by the Magnitsky List adopted in US-Russia relations, to punish those responsible for the mistreatment of Ildar Dadin and other human rights activists;
7. Welcomes the UN's Third Committee resolution on human rights violations in Crimea and calls on the UN General Assembly to approve it in December 2016;
8. Welcomes historic voting out of Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council in October, after over 80 human-rights and international aid organizations signed a letter urging UN members to block Russia's election to the council, that makes decisions ranging from exposing human rights violations to the recommending that the Security Council make a referral to the International Criminal Court;
9. Calls on the UN Human Rights Council to recommend to the Security Council making the referral to the International Criminal Court of all crimes allegedly committed in Syria, temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including Crimea and Eastern Ukraine and in Russia;
10. Calls for international investigations to cover also crimes allegedly committed against Russia's citizens including the case of Ildar Dadin as well as into deaths of Sergey Magnitsky and Boris Nemtsov and all other civil rights activists.


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The most populous city in Michigan has filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. It's the largest American city ever to do so, Detroit Free Press says.
We wrote a few months ago about how the city was so broke it took a loan from automakers to keep ambulances and police cars on the streets. State governor Rick Snyder also appointed an emergency financial manager, a bankruptcy lawyer named Kevyn Orr, and gave him most of city officials' authority to try saving it.
Orr has decided salvation will have to come through bankruptcy. The city has about $18.5 billion in debt and other liabilities, DFP says. Nearly half of that is attributed to two pension funds, which filed lawsuits seeking to prevent a bankruptcy filing. But Governor Snyder authorized the bankruptcy filing, NBC News says:
"The fiscal realities confronting Detroit have been ignored for too long. I'm making this tough decision so the people of Detroit will have the basic services they deserve and so we can start to put Detroit on a solid financial footing that will allow it to grow and prosper in the future," the governor said in a statement. "This is a difficult step, but the only viable option to address a problem that has been six decades in the making."
Orr had proposed a repayment plan to creditors that would've given many about 10 cents on the dollar, NBC News says. The pension funds would've gotten an even worse deal, and Orr said if negotiations failed bankruptcy was the next option.
So what happens when a city goes bankrupt? Bankrate and NPR tackled the question last year. There's usually a substantial reduction in services, including firefighting, garbage collection and library branches. City maintenance stops. Taxes will probably go up at some point.
But in Detroit's case, it's hard to see the city go anywhere but up from here. Only a third of its ambulances were running in the first quarter of the year and there are nearly 78,000 abandoned buildings, Reuters says.
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Unlicensed Athens driver arrested after crash
A 25-year-old West Broad Street man was arrested late Sunday night after he drove a car over a curb on Timothy Park Lane, flattening both passenger-side tires, Athens-Clarke County police said.
The driver said he did not see the curb and he was arrested when it was determined he did not have a driver's license, police said.
During a search police found a half-empty 40-ounce bottle of beer within the driver's reach in the back seat and a dollar bill with white powder on it, according to police.
An officer noted in a police incident report that there was not enough powder to test it for illegal drugs and that the man admitted he was a frequent user of methamphetamine,
A loaded revolver was found under the driver's seat but neither the man, his passenger nor the car's owner who arrived at the scene claimed ownership of the weapon, police said.
The driver was arrested and charged with driving without a license and possession of an open container of alcohol in a vehicle, police said.
The gun was seized for safekeeping and placed into evidence, police said.


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When ready to serve: Preheat the oven to 450˚F.
Spread the pita bread (the under side) with Roasted Sweet Peppers Salsa, follow by ground beef, and top with Oaxaca cheese.
Slide the pizza in the oven and bake for about 6 to 8 minutes. Remove the pizza from the oven. Garnish with jalapeno, cilantro and sprinkle some Queso Fresco, and serve immediately with some fresh salsa, and guacamole.
Wow I sure could go for at least 2 slices of that delicious looking pizza!
Wow. who can resist that? It hits all the right spots. Love the colours of that photo. So seaside, so summery, so relaxing.
Just looking at the list of ingredients is making me salivate! I love salsa and beef, and this just looks awesome with all that amazing colour!


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The most shocking 2016 Golden Globe nomination snubs are those talented actors, actresses, and filmmakers that, for one reason or another, didn't received some well-deserved love from the Golden Globe nominating committee, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The 2016 Golden Globe Awards will be handed out on January 10, 2016, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
It's almost criminal that many of the best films of 2015 were not nominated for the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, most notably the likes of Creed, Bridge of Spies, The Hateful Eight, and Trumbo. With only five nominee slots in the Best Motion Picture - Drama category, it's too bad that one of these great flicks didn't make the cut. Similarly, fantastic television series such as House of Cards, The Leftovers, and Better Call Saul received no Globes love with nominations, though some of the actors and actresses from those shows received their rightful noms in other categories.
Speaking of actors and actresses, who predicted Johnny Depp getting snubbed for his role in Black Mass or Bill Hader failing to receive a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture ‑ Musical or Comedy nomination for Trainwreck? Spotlight was one of the best films of the year but Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachael McAdams were sadly missing from the nominations.
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Andrew J. Otting
Andrew J. Otting joined the Openlands board in 2000 and chairs the Policy & Community Engagement Committee. Andy is the President of Scott Byron & Co., Inc., a landscape architecture firm. He particularly enjoyed Openlands' Great Perennial Divide event, during which several local nurseries distribute perennials to school-based and community gardens. He also enjoys working with Urban Gardeners who have carved out and saved a piece of nature in the toughest of urban conditions.
B.S., (Soil Science) University of Wisconsin
M.S. (Ornamental Horticulture), University of Wisconsin
Civic and non-profit affiliations
Business Group: T.E.C. The Executive Committee
Lurie Children's Foundation
Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care Center
Rehab Institute of Chicago
Alliance Française de Chicago
Chicago Botanic Garden,
United States Holocaust Museum
Hadley School for the Blind
Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind
Music Institute
The Rice Foundation
Northwestern Memorial Foundation
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls
Chicago Youth Centers
Allendale Shelter Association
Driehaus Foundation
U of C Cancer Research Foundation
American Cancer Society,The Executive Committee
Lake Street Church
Favorite activities and areas of expertise
Andrew enjoys hiking, climbing, kayaking and paddle boarding.


Actually, it is an excellent book. Lee writes about the difference between anger and rage. He maintains that anger is an essential emotion that most people experience weekly, if not daily. "If anger is expressed appropriately," Lee writes, "it equals energy, intimacy, and peace of mind. But unhealthy/destructive [his emphasis] is what causes everyone pain." Destructive anger is rage—what Lee labels as an action or a behavior as opposed to the emotion of anger.
The book examines why people fly into rage—become addicted to it; and what can be done to control or eliminate rage. While rage might feel good at the time, it weakens the person raging and the person on whom the rage is dumped.
While the entire book is compelling, one part grabbed my attention in particular. In describing The Detour Method, Lee devoted a number of pages to the concepts of "boundaries" and "limits." At first, I felt he was playing a semantic game. After all, if I set a boundary is that not a limit? It took me a couple of reads to understand the difference. Let me do my best to explain how setting boundaries and understanding limits can make for a more satisfying life.
Boundaries show where we "begin and end" according to Lee. They let others know what is acceptable and unacceptable. They tell people how far they can go with another person. When boundaries are clearly established, there is no ambiguity.
Example: Dominic takes Marie on a date. Nice dinner, movie, a couple of drinks later in the evening. Marie let Dominick know before the date, that this would be an evening to enjoy each other's company—but nothing else. No invitation to come inside; no sexual encounter. Just dinner and conversation and friendship. That is a clearly set boundary. Marie has let Dominic know what acceptable and unacceptable behavior is on the date.
Example: Professor Serra tells his students they can contact him by email or his campus phone. He will answer students as soon as he possibly can. He will not, however, take any phone calls at his home. He has set a clear boundary for his students.
Example: The boss expects all employees to be present for the staff meeting. That is, they need to be physically and mentally in the room. The new rule: All phones will be in the OFF position. There will be NO texting, NO phone calls, and NO web surfing during a meeting. NO exceptions!
Lee maintains that "boundaries can reduce tension, friction, and misunderstanding…we don't have to worry about encroachment, abandonment, invasion, or oppression." They tell people where they can go or not go as it relates to you.
Limits let people know how far you will go. They clearly tell people what you will do or will not do. If established correctly, people are not left guessing about what to expect from you. People without clearly established limits will end up giving more (physically, emotionally, occupationally) than they want to give. This can result in resentment, hurt feelings, or even rage. But, you do it to yourself.
Example: Janni has a son, Josh, who is in middle school. She gladly and lovingly makes him a nutritious lunch each day. However, lately, Josh forgets his lunch two or three times a week. He calls home from school and Janni runs the lunch to him. Finally, Janni told Josh she would no longer bring his lunch to school. If he forgets it, he will not have lunch that day. Sure enough, the next day, Josh forgot his lunch; he called home; and Janni calmly told him she would not be able to bring his lunch to the school. She had set a limit on what she would do.
Example. Professor Yotch told her students she will read any and all rough drafts of their papers up to 3 days before the due date. After that she will not take them as she will need to devote time to her other class assignments. Anything that comes in after that deadline will be returned to the student without comment. She has maintained this policy for the last four semesters.
Example: Jerry has been car pooling with Tony for the past few months. Tony insists on talking on his cell phone and texting while driving. Jerry has told Tony this is not safe and has asked him to stop. Tony continues his unsafe practices. Jerry will no longer car pool with Tony.
One way that I keep the two clear in my mind is to consider that boundaries are for others and limits are for me. As I read Lee's book I thought about the times that I have been angry and frustrated with others because they caused me to lose time/work late/take on extra tasks. In many of those instances, as I think back, it was because I did not establish a clear boundary for them or a clear limit for myself. Boundaries and limits can be adjusted along the way based on additional information. But for them to be effective and healthy they have to be clear to both us and those with whom we live and work.
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Wow! Great to hear from you. Thank you for the kind words. I really worked with this as I did not want to misrepresent your good work. Thanks for the clarity and inspiration in your writing.
Boundaries and limits. Great blog. To me it seems like everyone walking this Earth tip-toes around ideas whether from an imformal way or a cultural point of view. Knowing people's limits and boundaries will be great to either relate to them or avoid them. People's insights and values are important to recognize and respect.


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Report: Rep. Rashida Tlaib Penned Column for Anti-Semitic Farrakhan Publication in 2006
Posted by Mary Chastain	Monday, February 11, 2019 at 7:00pm | 2/11/2019 - 7:00pm
She does love to mingle with anti-Semites.
As Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) continues with her anti-Semitism controversy, freelance journalist Jeryl Bier discovered more ties to anti-Semitism, this time from Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
Bier found an op-ed Tlaib wrote for The Final Call, a publication run by anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan.
In the article, Tlaib explained why America shouldn't deport legal immigrants for minor criminal offenses. The article identified Tlaib as the "advocacy coordinator of the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) in Detroit."
While it looks like it has no anti-Semitic language in it, it does show the connection between anti-Semitism and Tlaib. Bier could not find evidence that Farrakhan or The Final Call endorsed Tlaib and neither could I in a Google search.
However, Bier found that Askia Muhammad, the man who took a picture of Farrakhan and President Barak Obama, wrote an article at The Final Call on Tlaib's victory in November where he quoted Howard University Dr. Clarence Lusane:
Ms. Tlaib's victory carries perhaps, the most significance. "She ran on a very progressive agenda. She didn't bite her tongue, at all," said Dr. Lusane. Hers "will be an important voice, not just because of her background, but because of the policies that she's advocated, from increasing the minimum wage, and the peace agenda. It will be great, I think.
"I would suspect that former Representative Conyers would actually be very happy that someone's coming to take his place who really will represent not only the politics that he advocated for decades, but bring in that additional perspective and experience of being of Palestinian ancestry," said Dr. Lusane.
Conyers was one of the many in Congress who had a relationship with Farrakhan.
It's the same newspaper Keith Ellison used to hand out.
Tlaib has only been in Congress a little over a month, but she came on with a bang by having notorious anti-Semite Linda Sarsour, the woman who loves Farrakhan and terrorist Rasmea Odeh, with her at her swearing in. Also, someone covered Israel on the map in her office with a Post-It that says Palestine.
After her swearing-in, Tlaib dined with Abbas Hamideh, "a 'Palestinian right of return' activist who has called Israel a 'terrorist entity.' Hamideh has also tweeted that Israel has a "delusional ISIS-like ideology" and that the creation of the country was a 'crime.'"
She also screamed at a party that "We're going to impeach the Motherf***er!" in regards to President Donald Trump.
Then Tlaib also has no problem letting people know she is okay with the BDS Movement. From The Washington Free Beacon:
In late January, Tlaib advocated against Sen. Marco Rubio's (Fla.) bill concerning Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel, which would allow state and local governments to boycott companies that boycott Israel. Tlaib called the bill an "anti-First Amendment, anti-speech bill," in an interview for the Intercept's "Deconstructed" podcast.
"Do you know what we've done in this country with the right to boycott, what we've done in this country with the right to speak up and to protest and to say we disagree with this country and their doings? You look at Apartheid. You look at all the, you know, anti-blackness in our country and what we've been able to try to do to push back against that, you know, I don't even call it an anti-B — I call it anti-First Amendment, anti-speech bill," Tlaib said.
In further support of the BDS movement, Tlaib attempted to organize a congressional trip to the West Bank. The attempt was in opposition to an Israel trip traditionally organized for freshman members of Congress by AIPAC, a group that advocates pro-Israel policies.
"I want us to see that segregation [between Israelis and Palestinians] and how that has really harmed us being able to achieve real peace in that region," Tlaib told the Intercept before she took office. "I don't think AIPAC provides a real, fair lens into this issue."
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Colonel Travis | February 11, 2019 at 7:09 pm
What's the difference between this filth and David Duke? At its essence, nothing – except this pile of excrement got elected to Congress and Duke didn't.
Ghost Rider | February 11, 2019 at 7:27 pm
Duke has weighed in on the controversy and likes what he sees coming from these ladies.
Honestly had no idea until I read your comment and then saw it was a story today.
How can anyone be a Democrat? The party is horrific.
TheFineReport.com | February 11, 2019 at 10:09 pm
When you've been indoctrinated your whole life, this kinds of animals appear quite human.
Thanks for the protection, Crying Boehners.
The Red Guard:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Guards
The Hitler Youth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Youth
Harvard University:
Does Harvard still hate America?
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/409431-does-harvard-still-hate-america
Have American universities become breeding grounds for anti-white hate:
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/have-american-universities-become-breeding-grounds-for-anti-white-hate
Antifa:
https://www.influencewatch.org/movement/antifa/
TheFineReport.com | February 11, 2019 at 9:36 pm
When you derisively call someone an 'animal,' it's obviously hyperbole.
In the case of this bigoted pig, it ain't.
"What's the difference between this filth and David Duke?"
David Duke —
1-is easier on the eyes
2-he didn't breed
3-and he doesn't have a potty mouth
Milhouse | February 12, 2019 at 1:19 am
A lot more than that. When Duke foisted himself on the GOP, it did everything it possibly could to distance itself from him. There has never been a time when Duke was ever welcome in the GOP. When he won a primary everyone in the party campaigned for the Democrat. He is literally a RINO — the only sense in which he is a Republican is that he says so and nobody can stop him saying so.
Tlaib, on the other hand, may be on the fringe of her party but she is a welcome member. She is fully accepted by her party, even by those within it who disagree with her on many issues, even by those who take sharp issue with this or that thing she has said or done, even by those who did not support her in her primary and may yet support a challenger in some future primary. The same is true of Omar, Ellison, Waters, Sharpton, Jackson, Grayson, and all these other awful awful people whose equivalents would never get a foothold in the GOP.
pst314 | February 12, 2019 at 9:03 pm
The Democratic Party follows the rule of "no enemies on the left": They may sometimes disagree with communist- and fascist-style leftists, but they only treat people to their right as enemies.
Another thing: The so-called news reporters rarely if ever mention this, but when Duke entered Republican Party politics he left and renounced the KKK. But nobody believed him, and every report on his (when he was news) referred to him as a KKK leader, sometimes adding "former" and sometimes not, but making sure its name was firmly associated with his in the public's mind. And they were right to do so, since while he outgrew the group and the name, he remained the same person with the same odious views.
Now consider Keith X Ellison, and his decade-plus career in the Nation of Islam. He too abandoned and renounced his former colleagues, when their stink threatened his advancement into real politics. And he too showed no indication of any change in his views. But what a contrast in the coverage. His former association is seldom mentioned, but even when it is it is minimized and dismissed as an irrelevant and short-lived error of a misguided youth. He pretends, and the reporters actively assist him in this, that he was there only for a short time, didn't really know its views, and left as soon as he found out. Which is utter garbage, but you wouldn't know it by reading anything reported about him today.
healthguyfsu | February 11, 2019 at 7:31 pm
The difference is that you get unlimited strikes when you are Muslim in America. Because Palestine or something.
Bigoted pigs like this get unlimited strikes only with the democrat and GOPe.
Humphrey's Executor | February 11, 2019 at 8:00 pm
I've learned a lot here at LI over the years. Its taught me avoid using the terms "Palestinian" "West Bank" and "Occupied Territory." They are Arabs (mostly) residing in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. These are disputed territories. These terms are more accurate, and don't further the Arab narrative of victimhood.
walls | February 11, 2019 at 8:50 pm
"That's a man, baby!"
elle | February 12, 2019 at 6:07 am
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/jewish-leaders-thank-president-trump-in-new-york-times-full-page-ad-criticize-freshman-democrats-on-anti-semitic-positions/
Albigensian | February 12, 2019 at 11:49 am
The difference is intersectionality. The difference is not so much that there are Anti-Semites (aren't there always?) but the extent to which they are accepted by those in the political mainstream.
Because Jews are perceived (in the aggregate) as relatively successful, intersectionality therefore considers Jews "privileged." And in intersectionality's world of relative privilege, to be "privileged" is to be despised and undeserving of any protections whatsoever.
So, a new theory produces the same old Anti-Semitism (plus ca change, etc.). But what's alarming is not the Anti-Semitism (for it is perennial) but its apparent acceptance within the mainstream of one of America's two major political parties.
JAB | February 12, 2019 at 4:18 pm
The Democrats are screaming for the governor ofVirginia to resign because his offending blacks by wearing blackface umpteen years ago; but when it comes to anti=Semites such as Ellison (who is still vice chair of the Democratic National Committee) and the two new congressional WOGlettes, silence reigns. My only quarrel with the New York Times ad, is why the sponsors contributed money to the scumbag Sulzbergers who for several generations have been anti-Israel even before its creation. They could have made the same point through the Wall Street Journal, which has been and remains a stalwart defender of Israel.


The FCC's Media Bureau rejected a Kansas TV licensee's request to defer a $15,000 fine for failing to timely file fourteen Children's Television Programming Reports, and for failing to disclose the violations in its license renewal application.
Section 73.3256 of the FCC's Rules requires each commercial broadcast licensee to maintain a public inspection file containing specific information related to station operations. Subsection 73.3526(e)(11)(iii) of the rule requires licensees to prepare and place in their public inspection files a Children's Television Programming Report for each calendar quarter showing, among other things, the efforts made during that three-month period to serve the educational and informational needs of children.
In April 2016, the FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability ("NAL") to the licensee, asserting that since 2011 the licensee had filed fourteen Children's Television Programming Reports late, and had subsequently failed to report those violations in its license renewal application. After determining that these actions constituted violations of Sections 73.3526(e)(11)(iii) and 73.3514(a), the FCC proposed a fine of $12,000 for the fourteen late reports and another $3,000 for failing to disclose the violations in the license renewal application—for a total proposed fine of $15,000.
The licensee did not dispute the violations. Instead, it requested a waiver of the FCC's red light rule, which bars stations from receiving certain benefits if they have an outstanding balance owed to the FCC. In October 2015, the FCC waived the red right rule to allow broadcasters that owed debts to the FCC to participate in the Spectrum Auction.
In requesting a waiver of the red light rule and deferral of the fine until after the Auction concludes, the licensee argued that while it did not owe money to the FCC when it filed its reverse auction application, the current $15,000 fine could make it subject to the red light rule in the near future because it is unable to pay that fine. The licensee explained that if it were a winning bidder in the Auction, it would then be able to pay the fine. Alternatively, the licensee requested a 30 day extension to pay the proposed fine in the event that it was unsuccessful in the Auction.
The FCC rejected the licensee's requests. In doing so, it first noted that the FCC waived the red light rule for only a very limited purpose at the start of the Auction. Second, it stated that since the licensee admitted that it was not subject to a red light restriction when it filed its reverse auction application and is not currently subject to one, and given that the licensee had provided no documentation showing its inability to pay the fine, any request for a waiver would be prospective and speculative.
The FCC indicated the licensee therefore had two options: (i) pay the proposed fine in full, or (ii) seek a reduction or cancellation. Because the licensee did neither, and instead merely provided a statement about its inability to pay the fine without any supporting documentation, the FCC ordered the licensee to pay the $15,000 fine.
The FCC proposed to fine a New York radio licensee $20,000 for implementing a Time Brokerage Agreement ("TBA") that violated the Commission's multiple ownership rule before the FCC had an opportunity to rule on the licensee's waiver request.
Section 73.3555(a)(1)(ii) of the FCC's Rules permits a cognizable interest in not more than seven commercial radio stations in total and not more than four commercial radio stations in the same service (AM or FM) in a radio market with between 30 and 44 full-power commercial and noncommercial radio stations. There were 41 stations in the relevant market.
On March 28, 2016, the licensee entered into an agreement with another party to exchange two of its radio stations for one of the other party's radio stations, all in the same market. On the same day, the two parties entered into a TBA whereby the licensee would broker 100 percent of the programming of the station it was acquiring, and the other party would broker 100 percent of the programming of the two stations it was acquiring. The TBA went into effect on the day it was signed. Under Section 73.3555 Note 2(j)(1) of the FCC's Rules, a party with a cognizable interest in one station that programs more than 15 percent of the airtime of another station in the same market is deemed to have an ownership interest in the brokered station.
On April 8, 2016, the licensee and the company filed assignment applications to implement the station swap. In the licensee's application, it requested a temporary waiver of the radio multiple ownership limits pending FCC action on the sale of its two stations.
The FCC explained that, "[r]egardless of whether or not a waiver of the Commission's local radio ownership rule is warranted in this case, we cannot countenance [the licensee's] unorthodox approach to waivers." As a result of the licensee's "fully known and clear" violation of the rules, the FCC dismissed both parties' assignment applications as defective and proposed a $20,000 fine against the licensee.
A California radio licensee recently found itself in hot water with the FCC for failing to timely draft Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists and for failing to file three Biennial Ownership Reports.
Subsection 73.3526(e)(11)(i) of the FCC's Rules requires each commercial TV licensee to place in its public file, on a quarterly basis, an Issues/Programs List that details programs that have provided the station's most significant treatment of community issues during the preceding quarter. In addition, Section 73.3615 requires each broadcast licensee or entity that holds an attributable interest in a broadcast station to file a biennial Ownership Report.
In August 2013, the licensee filed its license renewal application. The license renewal form asks the licensee to certify that the documentation required by Section 73.3526 has been placed in the station's public inspection file at the appropriate times. The licensee answered "No" to that certification and attached an exhibit explaining that, upon review, the licensee noticed that "the quarterly programs/problems reports were not filed when due. The Licensee is going back and creating these lists to bring the public file up to date." In an amendment to the application, the licensee reported that it had "recreated these lists to bring the public file up to date. To the extent the information relating to the issues programs lists were [sic] available, the public file is up to date." FCC staff made repeated requests for a detailed listing of the missing Issues/Programs Lists that were recreated, but the licensee failed to provide this information.
Further, the FCC concluded that the licensee's amendment incorrectly certified that all Biennial Ownership Reports had been filed. The FCC explained that the licensee failed to file three such Reports between 2007 and 2011, and that the licensee had not corrected this error despite repeated requests from the FCC.
* We would like to thank Summer Associate David Grossman for his contribution to this month's FCC Enforcement Monitor.


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– Assign tasks to the employees and instruct them the standards needed to meet.
– Finally, the manager has to make minutes of training by sample and sends it to the personnel department.
– Let other employees give their evaluation about the new ones.
– Send to the new employees the self–evaluation form.
• Plans and strategic goals … in the future.
• The upcoming needs of managers, professional staff.
• The changes in process of technology, tools and equipment.
• What are the requirements of law and standards affect to the organization.
Based on Training Needs Appraisal Form, Training manager will review and give consultants to directors base on policies, procedures of company.
Then, training manager send Training Needs Appraisal Form to director for approval.
Based on the proposed division of department head and training manager, director approve form and returned to the training dept.
• The purpose of the training.
Based on the training plan, directors will review with comments. In case, plan meet the requirements then director will approve for implementation.
The training is done through 2 forms: training in house and external training.
• Training in house is a type of training trained by the professional training company or trainer from management level.
• Training outside the form of training by outside experts and it is conducted outside company.
Training dept will be responsible for deploying training plan.
Details of this step express at process of training in house and external training process.
• Training dept have to maintain training records as regulated by this procedure as rules related.
Effectiveness of training is appraised base on 5 levels as follows.
Depend on type of training, training manager is responsible for identifying appraisal indicators in written and send to director for approval.
Job rotation is an approach to management training by assigning trainees from one department to another to increase their working experiences and to find out about their weak and strong points.
Trainee will work with the person who he (or she) will replace. This person will have a duty to tutor the trainee how to solve every problem under responsibility. This will help the managers with some of their responsibilities.
Young manager training is the management method in which medium – level management trainees will be instructed about experiences in analyzing the problems of the company by doing the job as a young manager and setting goals and policies for the company.
In this management method, trainees will be allowed to spend all the time analyzing and solving the problems in other departments or other companies.
Case study is the training method in which trainees will discuss about organizational problem reports and each one will have to study the case by himself, have prediction about the matter and express his own solution to the problem in the group discussion with other trainees.
In management games using computer, members will be distributed into several companies, each one with 4 or 6 trainees. These groups will have to compete with each other in simulated markets like in reality. Each company will have to define its main goal and be able to select a number of different decisions.
Seminars are organized in order to improving skills such as employee evaluating, leadership, communicating, goal setting, employee motivating and decision making skills.
• Continued training programs in leadership and supervising skills…. lasting from several days to several months.
• Private training programs in business management, which every manger needs to apply for to improve, complete and enrich their basic management knowledge.
• Certificate training programs: issued certificates are often only for short – term use.
This method is often used to improve leadership ability, interviewing or sale skill and others. They create different practical situations and ask the trainees to play the role of a manager in the situation.
10. Training method by template pattern.
• Introduce to the trainees the template pattern or the best ways to do a job.
• Let trainees practise the pattern as being instructed.
• Give trainees comments, appraise and evaluation about the work they have done.


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Five states withdraw from school boards group after inflammatory letter
November 3, 2021 , Spencer Irvine
A school board organization, which had rarely been heard of on a national scale, has made public enemies of parents and multiple states. The National School Board Association (NSBA) is now the focus of the…
School board group apologizes for calling parents' protests 'domestic terrorism'
Too little, too late for the National School Board Association (NBSA), which used inflammatory language to describe concerned parents at school board meetings. The group apologized for its letter to the Biden administration and said…
Book details Evergreen State's Free Speech Crisis
September 13, 2021 , Richard Cravatts
In 2017, a controversy embroiled Bret Weinstein, a self-described liberal, white professor at Evergreen State College, who was vilified by students when he refused to stay off campus on the School's Day of Absence, an…
Campus Hate Speech and its Use as a Tool Against Opposing Views
February 5, 2021 , Richard Cravatts
Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. "Everyone is in…
Suppressing Free Speech in the Name of Inclusion and Racial Equity at Princeton
December 29, 2020 , Richard Cravatts
Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. The ubiquity of…
Suppressing Academic Freedom in the Name of Inclusion at McGill
Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. In what has…
Academic blasts College Free Speech Survey results
October 12, 2020 , Spencer Irvine
A College Free Speech Survey, co-authored by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), RealClearEducation, research firm College Pulse and the libertarian Charles Koch Institute, claimed to find that free speech protections at America's…
Many Top 25 Colleges Restrict Journalism on campuses
August 25, 2020 , Spencer Irvine
As much as liberal academics and the liberal media rail against President Donald Trump's "fake news" monikor, there is a real threat to free speech and free press: liberal college and university campuses. As John…
Study: Elite Universities Only Pay Lip Service to a Free Press
For all the fuss from liberal academics about life outside their campuses, the more egregious violations of a free press are taking place at many of America's so-called elite colleges and universities. John K. Wilson,…
University of Louisville reverses decision, bars student from passing out pamphlets to LGBTQ Studies course students
February 18, 2020 , Spencer Irvine
Some students at the University of Louisville pressured administrators to bar a fellow student from passing out allegedly anti-LGBTQ pamphlets to their LGBTQ Studies class.


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A dental bridge is a prosthetic device used to fill a gap created by one or more missing teeth. It is mounted onto existing teeth or implants and cemented into shape, bridging the gap to create a full and natural-looking smile.
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The most commonly used type of bridge, traditional bridges are made of either porcelain fused to metal or ceramic. Here a crown is created for the tooth or implant on either side of the gap with a pontic, or imitation tooth, in between.
Used when there are adjacent teeth on one side only of the missing tooth or teeth, a cantilever bridge is best suited for use in the back of the mouth where it can't place much force on other teeth and damage them.
Resin-bonded bridges, also known as Maryland bridges, are made of porcelain, porcelain fused to metal, or plastic teeth and gums supported by a metal or porcelain framework. Metal or porcelain wings protruding from one side of the bridge are bonded to your existing teeth.
The treatment required to replace a missing tooth varies from patient to patient.
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Your smile.com.au approved dentist will prepare the teeth adjacent to the gap for treatment, reshaping them to allow room for the bridge to be placed over them.
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Floss around your real tooth and the false teeth in your bridge to remove plaque. Use a gentle back-and-forth motion to clean the tooth surface and the base of the tooth at your gums. Gently remove and dispose of your floss when you're done. Plaque can build up around the false teeth in your dental bridge, which can affect the health of your real teeth and cause gum disease and decay, so it's important to clean and care for your dental bridge just as you would care for your real teeth.
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Australia's Top 20 women in sport revealed
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In this exclusive package ahead of International Women's Day we name the Top 20 Women in Sport, as picked by an expert panel – and ask you to name your key athletes of the past year.
For women, sport has become a world language, breaking down barriers and becoming a powerful tool for progress and development globally.
And nowhere will this be more evident than next Sunday, March 8 – International Women's Day – at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, when it's hoped a sellout crowd for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup final will set the world record for the highest attendance at a women's sporting event, eclipsing the 90,185 achieved for the 1999 soccer World Cup final between the US and China.
For cricketer Alyssa Healy, who'll be playing in that match if Australia makes it to the final, the importance of the occasion isn't lost. "I think if we're able to fill the MCG – and have 100,000 people at a women's cricket game – that's going to lift the profile of our game all around the world. People will sit up and take notice," she says.
To celebrate this historic moment and to recognise the women leading the charge, we asked a specially selected judging panel for their Top 20 Most Influential Women in Australian Sport.
The women they've chosen, Alyssa Healy included, have been breaking down barriers for decades, both on and off the field.
Their passion, talent and tenacity have had a lasting impact on the way women's sport is played and supported in this country and around the world.
Here are the women you can't ignore …
'The right things to show the next generation' … Alyssa Healy.
ALYSSA HEALY
When 16-year-old Alyssa Healy was selected as the first girl to play alongside the boys in her elite private school's cricket team, it caused quite the ruckus. An anonymous email circulated in the school community and attacked the selection, calling for gender segregation of the cricket team. While hurtful, more telling was that Healy looked outside of cricket for inspiration. Instead, her role models were champion surfer Layne Beachley and professional golfer (and now friend) Karrie Webb. Such was the visibility – or lack of visibility – for women's cricket at the time.
Fast-forward 14 years and Healy is now one of the most destructive batters on the Australian women's national cricket team, a superstar behind the stumps – and a role model herself.
"It's not something that's come naturally, but I think when it comes to being a role model, all of us [in women's cricket] have embraced it," the wicketkeeper reveals. "I feel like I was really lucky I came through at the right time – where women's cricket has become a 'thing'. When I was growing up, I was the only girl in all of the teams I was a part of, so it was difficult to find a role model. I never thought I could play for Australia. I just thought I was one of the boys. I never really saw it as a career, but the fact we have access to paid maternity leave now is a game-changer."
Two of a kind … cricket power couple Mitchell Starc and Alyssa Healy with the Women's and Men's ICC T20 World Cup trophies.
Healy, who turns 30 this month, notes that the parental-leave policy will make a huge difference to female players and help extend their careers. With Healy's husband Mitchell Starc, 30, in the men's cricket team, both sides of the policy could really benefit the couple when they decide to start a family.
"I don't have to put off the thought of having a family – I could do it all and be well supported, and that's really cool," Healy says. "Cricket has changed so dramatically that girls can now say they have a future in the game."
Thanks to the recent changes, young players – both boys and girls – are able to look up to professional cricketers and see what they can achieve. "It's a great position for our game to be in so we're really trying to drive and grow it," Healy explains. "We've got some fantastic role models in our team. The whole squad, the way they go about their business both on and off the field, is all about doing the right things to show the next generation."
First on so many levels … Ash Barty.
ASH BARTY
When it comes to humble sporting stars, they don't get more down-to-earth than 23-year-old tennis champ Ash Barty. An inspiration to Australians both young and old, the Queensland-
based player has enjoyed a meteoric rise since returning from a two-year
hiatus in 2016.
After trying her hand at cricket in the 2015 inaugural Women's Big Bash League, Barty went on to win her first World Tennis Association title in Kuala Lumpur in 2017, her second at the Nottingham Open in 2018 and her first Grand Slam singles title at the French Open in 2019.
Despite her incredible success, Barty remains a class act both on and off the court.
After receiving The Don Award in 2019, from the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, the world No. 1 partnered with Tennis Australia's #PlayForYou campaign in a bid to motivate girls and women to keep playing sport.
It's this dedication to making sport more accessible that saw her named Young Australian of the Year in 2020. A proud Aboriginal Australian, Barty also serves as the National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador for Tennis Australia.
Pivotal, not predictable … Charlotte Caslick.
CHARLOTTE CASLICK
Her slim form may not fit the traditional rugby body type, but when Caslick played a pivotal role in securing gold for the Australian Rugby Sevens team at the 2016 Rio Olympics, she proved you don't have to look a certain way to be successful.
In recent years, Australia's women's sevens has achieved equity with Super Rugby in terms of entry-level pay rates and in regards to growing the game, and Caslick has been a standout role model.
Seven crowns and counting … Stephanie Gilmore.
Gilmore captured her first world title in 2007 and now boasts seven world crowns – taking her level with Layne Beachley.
Still only 32, she is likely to surpass Beachley and go down as the sport's greatest female surfer. Gilmore has used her platform to raise awareness of the gender pay gap in her sport.
In 2018, her efforts paid off when the World Surfing League announced it would offer equal prize money for men and women on the pro circuit.
'So much more than what you look like' … Cate Campbell.
CATE CAMPBELL
With three Olympics and multiple World Championship wins to her name, Cate Campbell, 27, is one of our most recognisable female athletes.
And she's finally being rewarded for her efforts after joining her peers in standing up to the sport's governing body, FINA. Campbell has also been open about her struggles with body image and now shares her message that "the sum of your worth is so much more than what you look like". And that alone makes her worthy for this list.
Forging her own path … Susan Alberti.
SUSAN ALBERTI
A successful businesswoman, philanthropist and former awareness vice-president of the Western Bulldogs, Susan Alberti, 72, is used to forging her own path in arenas typically ruled by men.
A keen supporter of women in sport, Alberti played a significant role in developing the AFL women's competition – a feat that saw her crowned Victorian of the Year in 2018.
Making waves … Raelene Castle.
RAELENE CASTLE
As chief executive of Rugby Australia (and its first female head), Raelene Castle, 49, isn't afraid of making waves.
Australia-born and raised in New Zealand, Castle has held a number of high-ranking positions, such as CEO of Netball New Zealand and of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Castle is also co-founder of Minerva Network, an organisation that connects women in sport with businesswomen, helping to further sportswomen's careers on and off the field.
Thinking of the younger generation … Sam Kerr.
Worldwide face of the Nike brand and a vital part of the Australian team heading into the Olympics, Sam Kerr, 26, is often credited for putting Australian women's soccer on the world map.
But it's not just her skills and trademark backflips that have made her a global name.
Chelsea Football Club's newest star is also a role model for up-and-coming soccer players – something she didn't have growing up.
"I didn't have many female role models except for Cathy Freeman when I was a kid," reveals Kerr. "Having influence is an important thing and I think about my actions a lot and how they come across to the younger generation."
At 28, Liz Cambage is a household name not just in Australia but also in the US, where she holds the Women's National Basketball Association record for most points scored in a single game (53).
She also helped the Opals win bronze at the London Olympics and will be a key player in Tokyo.
An advocate for gender equality in basketball, Cambage frequently uses her platform to raise awareness for mental health and shares updates on her own battle with depression and anxiety.
The Terminator … Ariarne Titmus.
ARIARNE TITMUS
In 2019, Titmus accomplished something no-one had before by dethroning reigning Olympic champ Katie Ledecky in the 400m freestyle at the FINA World Championships.
The 19-year-old will carry Olympic-sized expectations into Tokyo 2020 – expect The Terminator to become a household name.
Supporting women at all levels … Rebecca Frizelle.
REBECCA FRIZELLE
The Gold Coast Titans owner's contribution to supporting women in sports cannot be overstated.
She became the NRL's first female club chair in 2014 before stepping down to launch her bid to co-purchase the Titans.
Frizelle is a driving force behind bringing more women into the NRL at both community and board levels, and uses her extensive network to support women – on and off the field.
Her influence cannot be understated … Ellyse Perry.
She's been ICC International Women's Cricketer of the Year twice, has won multiple awards and in 2019 became the first cricketer – woman or man – to score 1000 runs and 100 wickets in T20 international cricket.
The 29-year-old is also a fierce supporter of women in sport, and it's thanks to Perry and her teammates that women's cricket has enjoyed an increase in both pay and audience turnout.
"If kids can turn on the TV and see other girls playing cricket and decide they want to do it too, then I've served my purpose," she says.
Powerhouse president … Peggy O'Neal shares a laugh with Richmond's Katie Brennan.
PEGGY O'NEAL
The first female AFL-club president, O'Neal, 67, is a powerhouse.
Originally a lawyer, the Richmond president was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) last year for distinguished service not only to Australian rules football, but also to superannuation and finance law, and to the advancement of women in leadership roles.
Advocate for equality … Lynne Anderson.
LYNNE ANDERSON
Breaking glass ceilings is what Anderson does best.
The CEO of Paralympics Australia has spent years advocating for – and securing – equal rights for para-athletes.
In 2019, her talks with the Government were instrumental in the Paralympic team receiving $8 million towards the 2020 Games and another $4 million for the construction of a community, education and events centre in Victoria.
Kickstarting change … Tayla Harris.
TAYLA HARRIS
It was one of football's most talked-about kicks.
When a photo of the Carlton AFLW player was swamped with sexist comments online, Seven removed the image, causing an even bigger controversy.
The image was reposted with an apology for sending the wrong message. Harris herself regards the moment as a turning point for Australian society.
Funding opportunities for others … Katie Page.
KATIE PAGE
As the first woman to be elected to the board of the NRL in 2004, Harvey Norman chief executive Katie Page has been a backer of women in sport for decades.
With a goal to level the playing field, Page, 64, has spent millions of dollars in sponsorship money to create new pathways for women in NRL, AFL, netball, motor racing, soccer and horse racing, and her Team Harvey Junior initiative supports young female sports teams to help them work towards a professional career in sports.
Dedicated to her cause … Belinda Clark.
BELINDA CLARK
She's been a player and captain, the CEO of Women's Cricket Australia and is currently executive general manager of Community Cricket at Cricket Australia.
To honour her service to cricket – and her dedication to developing new pathways for women and girls – Clark was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2018.
'More pathways than ever before' … Daisy Pearce.
DAISY PEARCE
In 2016, Pearce, now 31, made history when she was selected to play in the inaugural AFL women's competition – and to be its public face.
The first (and current) captain of her Melbourne Football team, Pearce returned to the field this season following the birth of twins Sylvie and Roy in 2019.
"I'm able to show girls there are more pathways to a pro sporting career than ever before," she says.
Closing the gap … Cathy Freeman.
CATHY FREEMAN
Even after 20 years, Cathy Freeman sprinting across the finish line at the 2000 Olympic Games is still an iconic image.
The win made Freeman, now 47, the first Indigenous Australian to win an individual Olympic gold medal and inspired a new generation of Indigenous athletes.
After her retirement, she created the Cathy Freeman Foundation to help close the gap in education for indigenous children; and in 2018 was awarded an Order of Merit by the Australian Olympic Committee for her achievements in and contributions to sport.
Deals that turn wheels … Stephanie Beltrame.
STEPHANIE BELTRAME
As GM of Broadcasting and Commercial at Cricket Australia, Beltrame is behind the major media negotiations bringing big money to the sport, such as the blockbuster deals that saw Nine bid big for international cricket and Ten take on the Big Bash League in 2013.
She continues to develop the sport through historic deals like the current billion-dollar contract with FOX SPORTS and Seven West Media.
Heat is on … Charlotte Caslick has a hot tip for Tokyo training. Picture: Toby Zerna
CHARLOTTE IS THE HOTTEST PROPERTY
OLYMPIC gold medallist Charlotte Caslick has become footy's hottest property.
Well actually the whole rugby sevens women's team is smoking at the moment with the side getting ready for Tokyo by using hi-tech heat chambers to prepare.
On an average day in July, the temperature in Tokyo can reach highs of 35°C and humidity ranges from about 78 per cent relative humidity to 83 per cent – and this can lead to heavy fatigue during the course of the sevens cutthroat format.
To acclimatise for the conditions, the Aussie women's team has been using a heat chamber that is part of UTS Sports Science facilities located on the floors above Rugby Australia's headquarters at Moore Park in Sydney.
"We've been jumping on the stationary bikes in the heat chamber, we've been trying to replicate game time so this week we did six 15-minute sessions … we do a heat session every week but we've really amped it up," Caslick, 24, said.
"We'll be playing in such a humid environment, we hope it will help us. It's a bit like Bikram yoga and it's disgusting – the temperature says 38 degrees but will all our bodies in there I'm sure it's hotter and the humidity is like 90.
"We're working a lot of acclimatising and getting ready for the heat – even when I hurt my hamstring and wasn't on the bike, I would have to train in the gym in a tracksuit."
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This was a beautiful day that I just had to paint. I love living near the beach!
I've been in my studio a lot these days. Here are some pastels that I recently painted. I'm trying to get away from "trees" for awhile and trying something new. As you can see, I'm sort of succeeding. Out of my comfort zone has been my theme lately.


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