Sellafield's building B277 is one of the UK's most hazardous radioactive sites. Paul Brown is the first journalist to be given access.
The plutonium contamination is intense inside the old plant, where men are working in suits which look as if they were designed for a space walk.
No one knows quite how bad conditions are because the alpha radiation monitoring machine has gone off the dial at 99,000 counts a second - too high to measure. Outside the building in the Cumbrian summer sunshine of Sellafield "normal" levels are five counts a second.
The men are installing robots to cut up plutonium- and uranium-contaminated machinery used in the 1970s and 80s to make fuel for the long disused Dounreay experimental fast breeder reactor in Scotland.
After decades it is suddenly an urgent problem. The plutonium is decaying into another even more dangerous substance, americium. Unlike the plutonium radiation, which cannot penetrate the suits, the gamma dose from the americium goes straight through into the human body.
In charge of the project is 29-year-old Jeremy Hunt, a mechanical engineer, who joined British Nuclear Fuels as a graduate trainee and finds the problem of dismantling this highly contaminated plant fascinating. Among other things, he has to juggle the workload of the men inside the facility so that they do not exceed the maximum permitted legal dose of radiation in any one year.
In theory there is enough plutonium inside the machines still to be taken apart to go critical - that is, cause a nuclear meltdown. Security is tight; it is a category A facility and no journalist has been inside before.
"This is one of the most dangerous jobs anyone could tackle; in theory there is still enough plutonium in there to cause a criticality accident, but we are reasonably confident. We are not having any exercises today, so follow me if the alarms go off," Mr Hunt said cheerily.
"What makes this job so interesting is that this is a fantastic problem-solving job, every bit is different and requires new techniques, specially adapted and built robots, because we cannot expose men to this level of radiation."
BNFL began working on the dismantling of B277 building 10 years ago and has only now got to the difficult bit. Mr Hunt hopes to have the problem solved by the time he is 33, in 2007.
But B277 is just one of Sellafield's problems. There are 400 buildings on four square miles of the site which began life as a TNT factory and evolved into a nuclear bomb factory.
Not far from B277 is B30 - a large open air pond which leaks radioactive water through the joints when the cold weather shrinks the concrete. It is having a secondary containment bund built round it just in case a small earthquake is enough to split it open and cause a major nuclear spillage. The place is rotting away and almost everything is being replaced in order to dismantle it safely.
BNFL is trying to work out how to prevent seagulls landing on the pond. About five a day do so on average, unwittingly carrying away radiation which they subsequently distribute.
Leaning over the pond, peering into the murky depths, while Mike Travis, head of ponds retrieval, points out spent nuclear fuel rods dumped there, he becomes aware that the radiation monitor on my chest is ticking rather fast. "Perhaps," he says, "we should not stand here too long."
Outside, between B30 and the next building, are additional lead shields to prevent people walking past getting a radiation dose through the metre-thick walls. The highest radiation comes from a defuelling bay used as a dump in the 70s. "In the miners' strike we were told to run the Calder Hall reactors at full pelt to keep the lights on, so people got a bit cavalier about the rubbish."
For years, Sellafield has been a byword for secrecy and economy with the truth about the waste legacy. At last the reality has caught up with the company - and the taxpayer - in the form of £41bn's worth of liabilities, around £30bn of it at Sellafield.
In effect, the company became technically bankrupt, forcing the government to step in. The Department of Trade and Industry is creating a nuclear decommissioning authority to tackle the problem. BNFL hopes to become the management company to carry on the clean-up, which will run for the rest of this century. In total, including the Ministry of Defence's so far unpublished problems, the taxpayer faces a clean-up bill of £100m, a figure never previously disclosed.
The legacy created by the cold war bomb effort, BNFL, and the rush to import used nuclear fuel from around the world to earn foreign currency, cannot be separated. The largest single nuclear inventory in Europe is in another building, B215, known also as the high-level evaporation and storage facility. High-level nuclear waste is still pumped in from the soon to be redundant nuclear fuel reprocessing works and reduced in volume by boiling in a semi-vacuum.
The new section was opened in 1991 by Michael Heseltine, then environment secretary, but what Stephen Wilson, the plant controller, calls the "old side" dates from the 40s. The nuclear installation inspectorate is worried about lack of progress in dealing with this plant and has ordered a progressive reduction of the 1,400 cubic metres of highly radioactive liquor.
B215 is the Sellafield plant that most frightens the Irish government. Since the September 11 attacks the Irish have worried about the tanks as a target and the danger of a radioactive cloud drifting across the Irish sea.
Security at Sellafield is now much tighter; armed police have been supplemented with many other deterrents and the car park once close to these buildings has been moved. The Guardian was banned from taking photographs in certain areas.
All this has led to a new urgency to get the waste dealt with. The solution to the high-level waste problem is to mix it with glass and turn it into blocks, which can be kept cool in stores until a final disposal route is found. The problem was thought to have been solved 10 years ago when the first vitrification plant was started but the intense radiation from the waste destroyed the machinery which was turning it into glass. The battle to make the technology work efficiently continues, but BNFL is confident that it is winning.
The company's final problem is what to do with all the nuclear junk once it has been safely packaged. Currently, there are hundreds of drums of waste in store, soon to be joined by thousands more, around 50,000 cubic metres. So far the government has no plan for dealing with it. The options include storing it in concrete bunkers above ground or a deep depository underground - the big headache for ministers though, is where.
· Government abandons plans in 1988 for a fast breeder reactor programme using plutonium fuel as it is "uneconomic"


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When I arrived at the club at some ungodly hour for the Ikea delivery the rain was bucketing down and the wind was whistling around the club house. I was seriously wondering who would turn up on a day like this…..
At 9.15, hey presto, Leo arrived, looking keen to get out on the water, followed by Henry and by 10.00 we had the full complement of safety boat crew. Two sailors doesn't make a race – three is the critical number, so we agreed somewhat reluctantly to wait till 10.15 to see if anyone else arrived. We talked about doing a mini race around the buoys instead and we were just about to get going to do that when Renato arrived.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing and rather stupidly I said we would go ahead with the downriver race but we needed to leave by 10.45. That was never going to happen and eventually we started the race at 11.10. Renato with a full rig and both Henry and Leo with radials in anticipation of the strong wind forecast.
Renato leapt into the lead with Henry and Leo valiantly trying to keep up with him and that situation remained until Sam and I dropped the buoy by Imperial Wharf. The much shortened race was compounded by chatting to Brian on the Ranelagh safety boat – they were coming back from their downriver Race on what was now the incoming tide. We had started far too late.
Renato came over the line a couple of minutes after we laid the buoy with Henry arriving some 8 minutes later and Leo one minute after that.
The Race back was started very quickly and this time, the three musketeers remained together battling it out neck and neck for most of the return trip as the photos show. However, by the time they got to Putney Bridge, Renato used all his considerable skills and managed to get ahead and over the finish line by just under 2 minutes from Henry and half a minute later for Leo.
Many thanks to Sam, Miguel and Rita and Jose their friend for all their help.


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from forteantimes.com: Rumours of prominent Nazis' involvement with the realm of the occult have persisted for decades. Nick Brownlow and Jonathan Turner visited the SS headquarters at Wewelsburg Castle to unearth the truth behind SS-Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler's vision of an ancient and noble Aryan prehistory that verified the superiority of the Master Race.
Over the years, Wewelsburg has become a symbol of the alleged Nazi obsession with the occult. Some have claimed that Himmler chose the site because it lies on a nexus of 'ley' energies; others have suggested that bizarre rituals were carried out there by cults within the Nazi party. It has even been alleged that the castle's North Tower was such a storehouse of powerful magical energies that all attempts to destroy it at the end of the war were in vain.
While the reality is considerably more mundane than some of these outlandish theories would have us believe, it is ultimately no less bizarre.
In Central Germany's Alma valley, a striking 17th-century castle overlooks the picture-postcard scenery that stretches in every direction; jutting majestically above green trees and bathed in sunshine, it looks more like something out of Cinderella than a former Nazi headquarters. And yet the story of Wewelsburg Castle is irretrievably intertwined with the insanity and cruelty at the very heart of the Third Reich.
In 1933, SS-Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, the second most powerful man in Germany, chose the stronghold as the site of a new Nazi Mecca, a place he planned to transform into the very "centre of the world". His efforts to turn this vision into reality would claim the lives of over 1,200 people.
Over the years, Wewelsburg has become a symbol of the alleged Nazi obsession with the occult. (See FT81: 37-40; 175:34-35; 48-52) Some have claimed that Himmler chose the site because it lies on a nexus of 'ley' energies; others have suggested that bizarre rituals were carried out there by cults within the Nazi party. It has even been alleged that the castle's North Tower was such a storehouse of powerful magical energies that all attempts to destroy it at the end of the war were in vain.
Wewelsburg lies in Westphalia – "the land of Hermann and Widukind", as Himmler himself put it. Himmler had been considering two other sites as centres for the SS, but after viewing Wewelsburg on 3 November 1933, during a tour of the Reich, he made his decision that same night. In August 1934, the SS leased the castle from the District of Buren for 100 years, for the nominal sum of one Reichsmark per year.
Wewelsburg no doubt appealed to Himmler on many different levels. Originally constructed between 1603 and 1609, the Weser Renaissance-style castle was intended to serve as a second residence for the Prince Bishop of Paderborn. It was built on the site of an earlier Saxon stronghold; archæologists discovered a Stone Age burial pit containing dozens of human remains when they excavated the foundations. Nearby digs had uncovered Neanderthal skulls, as well as items of Bronze Age jewellery and other signs of early human habitation.
During the 17th century, the castle played a key role in the witchcraft trials sweeping across Europe. The persecution of witches had been particularly ferocious in Germany; especially in territories presided over by the Catholic Prince Bishops. Some estimates place the number of 'witches' who perished at the stake as high as 100,000. In Westphalia, local women accused of witchcraft were held in Wewelsburg's dungeons and confessions were extracted under torture in an adjoining courtroom. Many of them were subsequently executed at the castle.
The surrounding area was similarly rich in historical significance. Nearby was the Teutoburg Forest, widely believed to have been the site of the legendary battle in which the united Germanic tribes defeated the Roman legions of Varus, forever establishing the border between the Roman Empire and Germania. Also, just miles away, was Externsteine, a distinctive natural rock formation that had been used as a place of habitation and pre-Christian worship since Neolithic times. The Ahnenerbe would later excavate the site, unsuccessfully attempting to prove it had been a religious centre of immense importance to an advanced prehistoric German civilisation.
This combination of historical significance and mythic resonance held an obvious appeal for the Reichsführer, who entertained a lavish fantasy life in stark contrast to his public image of a prim and clerkish bureaucrat.
Born in Munich on 7 October 1900, Himmler came from a resolutely middle class, conservative Catholic background. He was originally a devout Catholic, a loyal patriot and something of a romantic idealist, given to a Volkisch view of Germany's history and virtues, but not, at this stage, any kind of fanatic.
As a boy, he dreamt of leading the life of a simple farmer, but in adolescence this gave way to the desire for a military career as an officer in the armed forces, an ambition confirmed by the outbreak of World War I. Eventually, in 1918, he was accepted into officer training school with the 11th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, but the war ended before he could complete his training and earn his commission
His military ambitions thwarted by the Versailles treaty, Himmler instead turned to politics, becoming increasingly involved with various right wing nationalist paramilitaries and political parties; this eventually led him to join Ernst Röhm's SA (Sturmabteilung) and the National Socialist Party. Himmler gradually turned his back on Catholicism and his parents' more traditional brand of nationalism, becoming increasingly indoctrinated into the anti-Communist, anti-Semitic party line. During Hitler's unsuccessful Beer Hall putsch of 1923, Himmler was at the head of Röhm's Riechskriegflagge as they marched on the War Ministry buildings in Munich, wielding a banner bearing the Imperial ensign.
Himmler subsequently gained a reputation for his loyalty and efficiency, and rose rapidly through the Party's ranks. On 20 January 1929 he was appointed SS-Reichsführer having previously served as Deputy Reichsführer. Originally conceived of as protection squads for party leaders, Himmler came to view the SS (Schutzstaffel) as a 'Knightly Order' – a racial elite in the mould of the ancient Aryan warrior caste, the Kshatriya, as well as the mediæval Teutonic Knights and Knights Templar.
Under Himmler, stringent new rules were established regarding recruitment. Enlisted men had to prove the 'purity' of their family line back to at least 1800, officers as far back as 1750. Their wives – whether current or prospective – were required to do the same.
In peacetime, the SS was to function as an internal security force responsible for enforcing conformity and spearheading the purification of the race; in wartime, as a ferociously fanatical defender of Germany's borders.
The SS was also the means through which Himmler hoped to accomplish an even greater project. Just as Hitler and the Nazi party had replaced the Church in his own loyalties, so Himmler sought to supplant Christianity with a pseudo-pagan state religion based on an idealised view of prehistoric German culture, emphasising racial purity and the innate superiority of the German people.
Himmler saw the SS as the ideological vanguard of this new religion, and the instrument through which the German people would be indoctrinated into it. In addition to 'Party' holidays – the anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch and the Führer's birthday – Himmler established festivals on the Summer and Winter Solstices incorporating elements of pagan ritual, including sun and nature worship. Such celebrations were always characterised by a strong SS presence.
SS Officers, meanwhile, were wed in secular ceremonies with distinctly pagan overtones, and their children 'baptised' in similarly pagan-influenced naming rituals. Many of these ceremonies eventually took place at Wewelsburg, often presided over by Himmler himself, along with his personal 'magus', Karl Maria Wiligut.
By 1934, Wewelsburg Castle had been derelict for many years, so Himmler commissioned an extensive programme of reconstruction and refurbishment. Initially, he appears to have been interested in developing the site as a 'Reich School for SS Leaders' – an officer's college for 'ideological education', managed through the Race and Settlement Office. SS-Brigadeführer Walter Schellenberg, testifying at the Nuremburg trials after the war, described a curriculum consisting of "spiritual training and meditation exercises". Most important of all was instruction in the correct Weltanschauung ('world-view' or ideology).
Eventually though, this relatively modest ambition gave way to a much grander vision. In February 1935, the Wewelsburg project was brought under the direct control of the Reichsführer's personal staff, in line with Himmler's evolving conception of it. Himmler had begun to see Wewelsburg as the 'seat' of his Knightly Order – a cross between Camelot and Marienburg – which would eventually evolve into a vast Teutonic Mecca, the spiritual centre of the Aryan world.
The estimated cost of Himmler's grandiose plans was an absurd 250 million Reichsmarks. Simply refurbishing the old castle was now just the start; Himmler intended to expand the site so it absorbed the nearby village of Wewelsburg, whose inhabitants were to be moved to a new 'model village' nearby. The site would be, in effect, an SS City, with the triangular castle forming an arrowhead that would be surrounded by accommodation, offices and facilities that would sprawl across the valley.
Such ambitious plans required workers. In 1939, a concentration camp was established in the nearby Niederhagen Forest, with most of the prisoners coming from the Sachsenhausen camp in Berlin. Two years later it was given independent status for financial reasons, and re-designated KZ (Konzentrationlager) Niederhagen. Whilst it was the smallest camp of its kind in Germany, its regime was no less brutal than those of Auschwitz or Belsen. Of the 3,900 prisoners interned there, 1,285 of them died; many were simply worked to death, while others were starved or shot.
The extent to which Himmler realised his vision for Wewelsburg is debatable, although it's clear that the reality fell some considerable way short of the dream.
The focal point of the Wewelsburg complex was to be the Obergruppenführersaal – a stone-lined chamber in the North Tower in which Himmler had installed an oaken Arthurian round table seating 12. Formerly the Prince Bishop's chapel, the hall was intended to be used as a meeting place for the 12 most senior SS officers. It was used for this purpose only once, during March 1941, to brief the Gruppenführer on the role of the SS in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia.
A stylised swastika – incorporating a sun wheel design and the SS victory runes – dominated the chamber's floor, while the walls were adorned with the senior Gruppenführers' coats of arms. Of course, most of the SS elite – including Himmler himself – were from middle-class rather than aristocratic backgrounds, and lacked hereditary coats of arms; Ahnenerbe experts were given the job of providing original designs for them.
Directly below the Obergruppenführersaal was the 'crypt' or 'land of the dead' – a large, circular chamber with 12 granite columns and a domed ceiling adorned with another swastika design. Here, in a stone well-like structure, the ashes of senior SS officers were to be interred upon their deaths, ensuring they remained with the Order forever. An 'eternal flame' was to be installed in the centre of the room, although this project was never completed. Although there have been rumours of rituals conducted in this chamber, even a cursory glance at it today confirms it was still under construction when it fell to the Allies.
Wewelsburg also served as the repository for the SS Death's Head rings – Totenkopfring – presented to SS officers after three years of service. Formed of a band of oakleaves engraved with a death's head and runes, the rings were further testament to Himmler's obsession with Germanic mythology, in which Thor was said to possess a pure silver ring on which oaths were sworn. When an SS officer died, his ring would be returned to the store at Wewelsburg.
Each of the Gruppenführers' rooms commemorated a different hero from Germanic mythology and history – Widukind, Henry the Lion, and even King Arthur – furnished in period fashion and stocked with books and documents pertaining to the room's subject. Himmler's own room was dedicated to the Saxon King Heinrich I, known as 'the Fowler', who led the German defence against a Magyar invasion during the 10th century, and laid the foundation of what was to become the Holy Roman Empire. While rumours that Himmler thought of himself as the literal reincarnation of the Fowler are likely to have been exaggerated, Himmler undoubtedly took great pleasure in being identified with 'King Heinrich', seeing himself as a kind of 'spiritual' heir to his namesake and as a contemporary defender of Germany from the hordes from the East. On the 1000th anniversary of Heinrich's death, in July 1936, Himmler inaugurated a remembrance festival at Quedlingburg, once the King's seat, complete with wreath-laying and the reading of a eulogy by Himmler in Quedlingburg Cathedral.
Himmler's plans for Wewelsburg were continually evolving, and there was undoubtedly an impulsive, whimsical dimension to his thinking. While inspecting the castle in 1938, he casually requested SS Gruppenführer Taubert – the officer in charge of the site's ongoing development – to look into the possibility of installing a planetarium, another outrageously expensive addition to the project. He also requested a strong room to serve as the equivalent of a mediæval treasure keep, in line with his conception of Wewelsburg as the seat of a knightly order.
Neither project was to be completed, however. Work on Wewelsburg came to an abrupt halt in 1943; with the tide of the war turning against the Axis powers, resources were needed urgently elsewhere. It seems that Himmler always held out hope of reviving the project, and in February 1944 he wrote to Taubert to say that in spite of his busy schedule his thoughts often turned to Wewelsburg, and he dearly hoped his plans for it could be resumed after the war. Of course, this was not to be.
In March 1945, the Allied advance reached Wewelsburg and the castle was surrounded by American armour. Himmler, anxious that his dream should not fall into the possession of the enemy, dispatched a hand-picked group of SS commandos to deny it to them. After an initial attempt to slip past the American forces failed, the unit recruited a locally born SS man who guided them past the Allied cordon. On 31 March 1945 – Easter Sunday – the unit destroyed most of the castle with explosives, and escaped back behind German lines. Only the castle's North Tower escaped relatively unscathed, sparking speculation in some circles that it must have had magical properties to escape destruction. On 2 April, the Americans freed the remaining 42 prisoners at KZ Niederhagen. Himmler took his own life with a poison capsule just two months later, while in Allied custody.
Wewelsburg was initially an enigma to the Allied forces. Allied intelligence had been largely oblivious to its existence prior to its capture. Whilst it was clearly of great importance to the Reichsführer, nothing was known of its true purpose until SS officers began to testify about it at the Nuremburg trials; in particular, the testimony of Walter Schellenberg provides us with much of what we now know about the site.
Reconstruction of the castle began in 1949 and was completed in 1979. Today, Wewelsburg is a popular tourist attraction in its own right. The castle itself houses a youth hostel and a museum charting the history of the area, while the former SS guardhouse has been converted into a museum that deals specifically with the Nazi regime, providing a chilling reminder of the madness behind Himmler's vision.
The North Tower is closed to the public, but the Obergruppenführersaal and the crypt directly below it can be viewed through iron gates; the cathedral-like acoustics, dim lighting and sombre surroundings all add to the strong impression the place creates.
Inside the guardhouse museum models, photographs and SS paraphernalia paint a picture of what life was like at Wewelsburg during Himmler's era. Many of the exhibits are mundane – photographs of SS wedding ceremonies, Himmler's rune-inscribed teapot and cutlery – but none the less chilling for that.
Perhaps the museum's most disturbing holdings are the records of those workers who died in the effort to transform the castle into Himmler's Teutonic Mecca. The meticulous files of the camp administration form a cold, matter-of-fact record of routine atrocity: starvation, beatings, torture and executions.
There is nothing here to suggest the castle deserves its spooky reputation as a Nazi occult headquarters, but in the litany of horrors related at the Nuremberg trials, Wewelsburg in particular appeared to exemplify the grandiose, delusional madness of the Third Reich.
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Treasurer Deb Goldberg listens during a news conference after Gov. Charlie Baker signed H.4009, an Act Relative to Advancing Contraceptive Coverage and Economic Security in our State (ACCESS), at the State House, Monday, November 20, 2017. Staff photo by Angela Rowlings.
By Hillary Chabot | hillary.chabot@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald
PUBLISHED: November 26, 2018 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: December 4, 2018 at 7:43 am
State Treasurer Deb Goldberg is in a high-stakes horserace to expand the state's profitable lottery online as Beacon Hill lawmakers appear ready to legalize yet another gaming competitor — popular sports betting on teams like the New England Patriots.
The scramble comes as the first legalized sports betting in New England is set to open today in Rhode Island at the Twin River Casino in Lincoln.
"I have maintained that if sports betting comes to Massachusetts, we must have a seat at the table," said Goldberg, who sent a bill legalizing an online Massachusetts State Lottery to state lawmakers last week. Legislators will review the bill in the new session starting in January.
"This session I will continue to work with the Legislature for the authorization to sell products online to ensure modernization and growth of the Lottery," said Goldberg, who filed similar legislation for the past two sessions.
Beacon Hill lawmakers are expected to pass legislation on sports betting in the next two years, said Sen. Eric P. Lesser (D-Longmeadow). The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in May that states can offer a legal sports book.
"I would expect this coming session we would do something," said Lesser, who co-chairs the committee that oversees gambling bills. "It would definitely be a shot in the arm for the state's economy."
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission released a report earlier this year estimating that sports betting could bring in $61 million a year. Other states like New Jersey, Delaware, West Virginia and Mississippi already gave sports betting the green light.
Gambling on the Boston Celtics or Bruins would add yet another form of legalized gambling in Massachusetts, where daily fantasy sports and casinos are already allowed. The MGM Springfield casino opened in August, and officials expect Encore Boston Harbor to open next year.
But Goldberg has long warned that new forms of legalized gambling would hurt the state's lottery, which pulled in nearly $1 billion this year.
And some lawmakers agree.
"It's impossible to envision the lottery surviving without going online," said Lesser, who emphasized that he was speaking only for himself. "Personally I think with safeguards that an online lottery makes sense. We have a strong lottery that pays well, and we don't want to jeopardize that."
Lottery profits are earmarked exclusively to fund the Bay State's cities and towns, a rare cash source that directly impacts lawmakers' constituents. But despite the lottery's high political payout, Lesser remained uncertain about Goldberg's bill.
"We'll see what happens in the next term," he said.
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NETSCOUT's Service Delivery Management solutions address these limitations and bring rapid return on investment (ROI) to IT organizations with proactive service triage methodology. This top-down methodology is based on one cohesive, consistent set of metadata for enterprise-wide services generated by the patented ASI technology, and offers a meaningful and contextual view of all interrelationships and dependencies across all service delivery components in physical, virtual, and hybrid environments. It allows IT to detect service degradations in real-time and before large number of users get impacted. Consequently, IT organizations can become more agile, effectively manage their health, better leverage their existing investments, and roll out new services with confidence. It also helps them simplify managing the operations, while reducing performance issues and costs.
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The number of customers and employees that have been with them for many years proves NETSCOUT's success and leadership philosophy. Singhal has also played an instrumental role in several strategic acquisitions that have fortified and enhanced the company's technology, customer base, and go-to-market capabilities. Leveraging a global direct sales force and a secure network of partners around the world, NETSCOUT's comprehensive, sophisticated and widely deployed service-delivery management portfolio toolset is being used by top-tier Fortune 500 corporations. The target industries include financial services, healthcare, Internet, manufacturing, retail, technology, telecommunications, and utilities. In the public sector, NETSCOUT provides professional services for its federal government customers to help them meet the Security Technical Implementation Guides and Trusted Internet Connection specifications.
"NETSCOUT helps companies to have a robust infrastructure monitoring in place, while providing transparency, visibility and deep insights"
Recently, the company has been recognized as a winner of the Open Networking User Group (ONUG) Fall 2017 Innovation Awards for Monitoring and Analytics, since it provides organizations with smart data and analytics that can help organizations extend visibility into applications running in either physical or virtual data centers, or in the cloud. Since "Smart data" is arguably the best source of data for service assurance and business analytics, NETSCOUT plans to take its rich legacy forward by offering most advanced solutions to make organizations more effective, secure and productive. "Overall, we continue to make important progress to further evaluate our value proposition with both enterprise and service provider customers and help them advance a wide range of digital transformation initiatives, including virtualization and the cloud," concludes Singhal.
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Q: Selenium Flex API issue Hi i am using selenium flex API integrated selenium RC.After launching the Flex application selenium fails to identify the fields inside the module box on the login page.
Eror trace:
com.thoughtworks.selenium.SeleniumException: ERROR: Error: The element 'logonId' was not found in the application
Can you please provide a solution on this?

A: Download the latest version ( >= 0.2.5 ) of the API.
This will fix your problem as previous versions have compatibility issues with different versions of the Selenium IDE.

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Students gather in friendship
by Kelsey Meehan
The lab cafeteria at the University of Regina was bustling with activity, conversation and the comforting smell of home-cooked food on September 20th.
Over 150 international students from across Regina were joined by their families and volunteers from the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) of Canada in celebration of building new international friendships and cross-cultural understandings.
Stan Klassen, organizer of the 18th annual international friendship dinner, said that he was pleased by this year's turnout and that he hoped the event would help make international students feel welcome in Regina.
"It's really important to give these students a chance to meet Canadians who are interested in cross-cultural friendships," Klassen said.
Tables and chairs spilled into the university hallway while gatherers lined up for a Canadian-style potluck dinner with an international flare, serving up dishes representative of many cultures. Drumming andfreestyle rap demonstrations, an international student alumni panel and
a video presentation about upcoming international student events were also part of the festivities.
"I think the students really flock to these kind of events because they're eager to meet friendly people. A lot of the university students here tend not to leave the campus, so this is a great social gathering for them," Klassen explained.
Miyoung Kim, who moved to Korea with her 14-year-old son Chris 13 months ago, echoed Harding's sentiment and said it is very important to do what you can to settle in to a new country.
"I really like these events," said Kim, "Sometimes you can be a little lonely as a minority, but we like Regina," she said.
This year marked the 18th consecutive year that the international friendship dinner was held.
Besides teaching young people who are new to Canada about what it means to be a Saskatchewan Roughriders fan, Canadian volunteers with IVCF aim to connect with one or a few students to show them around the city and help broaden their horizons on North American life.
"Canadians really are interested in other cultures and that's why this is so important," said Lee Harding, IVCF volunteer.
"Your experience in Canada is going to be what you make it, so don't be afraid to reach out," he said.


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Q: Python - creating two sharing y axis for double y subplot Currently, I have the first y axis (probability) of my subplots aligned. However, I am attempting to get the secondary y axis (sample size) of the subplots aligned. I've tried to simply set the y-axis limit, but this solution isn't very generalizable.
Here is my code:
attacks = 5
crit_rate = .5

idealdata = fullMatrix(attacks, crit_rate)
crit_rate = ("crit_%.0f" % (crit_rate*100))
actualdata = trueDataM(attacks, crit_rate)
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fig, axs = plt.subplots(attacks+1, sharex=True, sharey=True)
axs2 = [ax.twinx() for ax in axs]

fig.text(0.5, 0.04, 'State', ha='center')
fig.text(0.04, 0.5, 'Probability', va='center', rotation='vertical')
fig.text(.95, .5, 'Sample Size', va='center', rotation='vertical')
fig.text(.45, .9, 'Ideal vs. Actual Critical Strike Rate', va='center')
cmap = plt.get_cmap('rainbow')
samplesize = datasample(attacks, 'crit_50')
fig.set_size_inches(18.5, 10.5)
for i in range(attacks+1):
    axs[i].plot(idealdata[i], color=cmap(i/attacks), marker='o', lw=3)
    axs[i].plot(actualdata[i], 'gray', marker='o', lw=3, ls='--')
    axs2[i].bar(range(len(samplesize[i])), samplesize[i], width=.1, color=cmap(i/attacks), alpha = .6)

plt.show()

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A: Without data to confirm my assumptions it's hard to tell if this will be correct.
You are not making any attempt to scale the left y-axes so that data must all have the same range. To ensure the right y-axes all have the same scale/limits you need to determine the range (max and min) of the (all) data being plotted on those axes then apply that to all of them.
It isn't clear whether samplesize is a Numpy ndarray or a lists of lists, I'm also assuming that it is a 2-d structure with range(attacks+1) rows. Since you are making bar charts on the second y-axes you only need to find the largest height in all the data.
# for a list of lists
biggest = max(max(row) for row in samplesize)
# or
biggest = max(map(max,samplesize))

# for an ndarray
biggest = samplesize.max()

Then apply that scale to all the right y-axes before they are shown
for ax in axs2:
    ax.set_ylim(top=biggest)

If you determine biggest prior to the plot loop you can just add a line to that loop:
for i in range(attacks+1):
    ...
    axs2[i].set_ylim(top=biggest)

You'll find plenty of related SO Q&A'a searching with the terms: matplotlib subplots same y scale, matplotlib subplots y axis limits or something similar.

Here is a toy example:
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
lines = np.random.randint(0,200,(5,10))
bars = [np.random.randint(0,np.random.randint(0,10000),10) for _ in (0,0,0,0,0,)]

fig, axs = plt.subplots(lines.shape[0], sharex=True, sharey=True)
axs2 = [ax.twinx() for ax in axs]
#xs = np.arange(lines.shape[1])
xs = np.arange(1,11)
biggest = max(map(max,bars))
for ax,ax2,line,row in zip(axs,axs2,lines,bars):
    bars = ax2.bar(xs,row)
    ax.plot(line)
    ax2.set_ylim(top=biggest)

plt.show()
plt.close()


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BRICK is an NFT-controlled venue founded by members of Trash Talk
by John Gentile 21 weeks ago
In June, we posted about a commercial for something called Brick when they released an advertisement featuring members of Operation Ivy (and a whole lot of other people). At the time, it was unclear exactly what BRICK was, even though shortly thereafter, the brand held a concert in New York with Cam'ron and released a t-shirt line.
Well, now we know what BRICK is and, of course, it's based around NFTS. In a short post, BRICK described who they are and what their plans are. BRICK is a legal entity created by Lee Spielman and Garrett Stevenson of Trash Talk. The venture will be a venue that is somewhat controlled by the owners of associated NFTS. Holders of the associated NFTS get voting rights as to what events will occur at the venue. (Note that NFT holders do NOT appear to be owners of the venture itself, they just get to vote on what will happen at the space). While it appears the venue will be in LA, the actual spot was not indicated.
The venue will also be "buying land in the metaverse" and "Digital merchandise will also be created and airdropped to holders each time BRICK hosts an event."
You can read the full description as posted by BRICK below. The NFTs go on sale on Wednesday.
Brick statement:
After touring with the hardcore punk band Trash Talk for more than 10 years, musicians Lee Spielman and Garrett Stevenson drew inspiration from legendary DIY venues of the past to conceive of BRICK.
A music venue by night and a community-run creative space by day, BRICK will serve as an artistic and educational hub for our members. BRICK will host an eclectic variety of events: live music concerts, comedy shows, screen-printing workshops, even financial literacy and crypto security classes brought to you by Ledger, and many more to be announced.
Holders of the NFTs get voting rights over what BRICK will do with the venue, as well as free entry to all events with a plus-one. BRICK is set to host a concert once a month, each coming along with a unique concert t-shirt and poster designed in collaboration with a selected artist. BRICK holders get first access to all shows and custom-designed merchandise.
For those who don't live in Los Angeles, BRICK will be buying land in the metaverse and streaming all concerts and classes there. Digital merchandise will also be created and airdropped to holders each time BRICK hosts an event.
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Q: YouTube Videos in Full Screen Stuttering, Jittering and 'Lagging' on Ubuntu 20.04 When I run a full screen video on Ubuntu 20.04 on Firefox, or Chromium, the video jitters and skips frames in full screen mode. Videos look absolutely fine in standard mode.
My GPU is the AMD Radeon RX 550 on a HP Z600 workstation with 32gb RAM and x2 Xeons making a total of 12 cores.
I have already tried a few solutions, including some drivers, but mainly turning off hardware acceleration. When I ran Windows 10 on the machine, I never had any similar issues, which makes me think it's a driver issue.
See a screenshot here
Edit: I should also mention that games like Minecraft run smoothly and well, which I'd assume is more demanding than streaming 1080p video.

A: It seems that I'm also having this same issue. My computer has a ryzen 1800x with 16Gb of DDR4 ram and 1070 GPU.
Video playback is smooth in standard or theatrical mode but as soon as I make it full screen it will skip a lot of frames.
EDIT- Just updated GPU drivers and now it's running smoothly even in full screen. I was previously using generic drivers.

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The worst fear of any venue owner or manager, is an accident or injury to a customer in their establishment.
Teams train to insure their response to accidents are timely, thorough, and with the utmost respect for any victims. Often times insurance companies mandate employee training to minimize risk and exposure too. But our work in the last year with large corporate clients has demonstrated that people rarely consider the effects or hazards to first responders during an incident.
Rarely do you hear anyone ask "I wonder how the fire department will want to enter the building if we have that accident?"..
So when we were communicating with fire inspectors and marshals during our "CO2 Safety Training Sessions" we found it extremely interesting and valuable to get their feedback about how they approach incidents from a "first responders" point of view as well as form an "accident investigation" standpoint.
A training we conducted for fire personnel in Oregon led us to read this report from the National Firefighter Near-Miss Program. This publication from the International Association of Fire Chiefs details the activities of fire personnel during hazardous incidents.
In the report, a fire chief describes how his crew responded to a 911 call for a possible heart attack. The delivery driver who had access to the facility prior to morning opening had accidentally tripped the burglar alarm. Once on scene, firefighters reported a suspicious light-headed feeling and an "unknown odor" causing the crew to leave the facility and the driver inside. The first responders were unaware of the potential hazards inside the facility because management had failed to post the appropriate placards.
While an engineer worked to turn off the gas main, the firefighters returned and entered the building wearing full breathing (SCBA) gear. They recovered the unconscious driver, then tried to determine the cause of the problem.
While the driver was fortunate in this instance, it was only because of a combination of luck and the well-trained emergency first responders.
The owners and managers of this facility should have worked with their gas supplier to post the appropriate signage they could not have conceived of or trained for this incident. The only way to have thwarted the incident would be to have purchased and installed a CO2 safety monitor to measure for elevated levels of gas per the fire code.
• An elderly woman died after being found unconscious in a bathroom in Georgia. An investigation revealed she succumbed to a lethal dose of carbon dioxide from a disconnected line in the wall which caused a CO2 buildup in the stall. Nine people were taken to the hospital as a result of the incident.
• A special effects engineer was found dead at a Tennessee theater after the effects machine malfunctioned causing a CO2 leak.
• In another case, a restaurant employee was trying to help the driver for the company that fills the liquid CO2 tanks when he died of asphyxiation. The driver also died when he tried to help the employee.
•A draft beer technician in a professional baseball stadium passed out and died late at night while working on the draft beer system.
Why the sudden rise in CO2-related injuries?
Bulk liquid CO2 delivery systems have seen significant growth over the last decade. The cost and labor savings provided by switching from high pressure cylinders bulk storage vessels is well documented. Bulk CO2 storage is the best way to insure your facility never runs out of soda or beer during large events. What was not originally considered by facility owners was the potential for injury should a leak occur.
There are several things facility owners and managers can do to prevent CO2-related injuries in their establishment.
If you are switching over to bulk CO2, ask your gas supplier for recommendations on systems. In most cases, the bulk CO2 supplier will also install the equipment. Insure that your gas supplier or contractor is trained and insured for hazardous gas line installation.
After the equipment is installed, pay special attention to the warnings in the instruction manual and documentation for the storage vessel and equipment. Proper maintenance is paramount to the functionality of the beverage system and can prevent hazardous incidents.
CO2 warning signs should be clearly visible anywhere bulk CO2 is stored or used. If you use an indoor tank the signs should be posted outside the room where the tank is placed. If you use an outdoor tank, signage should be posted on the exterior entrance door to the building.
Emergency first responders can also benefit from NFPA 704 diamond placards on the building exterior. These signs perform a valuable function. They give emergency response personnel like firefighters an immediate indicator of the what potential hazards are found on site. This addresses the health, flammability, instability, and special hazards presented from short‐term, acute exposures that could occur as a result of a fire, spill, or similar emergency.
Any facility with installed safety monitors should train their staff on the devices use case and alarm functionality. Every facility should have its own policy for training staff about the devices use and alarm parameters as well as evacuation procedures and muster stations should an incident occur. Consider running emergency drills in off-hours.
While CO2 safety alarms like our RAD-0102-6 are important, they are not a replacement for any of the safety precautions listed above. The RAD-0102-6 is designed to protect customers and workers around stored carbon dioxide in breweries, wineries and soft drink dispensing areas in restaurants or amusement venues. It also has audible and visual alarms 1.5% CO2 and 3% CO2 that can control a ventilation fan or send an alarm to the fire department or monitoring company.
Our latest model RAD-0102-6 has an additional alarm that sounds if the 5,000ppm OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration) TWA (time-weighted average) for CO2 levels are exceeded in an 8-hour workday.
The real benefit of a safety alarm is that it gives you and your employees precious additional seconds to respond to a CO2 leak before tragedy occurs. In addition, many local municipalities now require CO2 safety alarms in any restaurant that uses bulk CO2.


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Well, I'm sure the Bangor Daily News didn't intend to provoke an ugly statewide debate on concealed weapons permits, but I'm sort of glad this has happened – because we've needed action on concealed permits for a long time.
To be accurate, we're talking about concealed carry permits. That is what they are called in the law.
I'm sure I don't need to tell you that the BDN has requested the names, addresses, and birth dates of all concealed permit holders. And that this has caused consternation at the Capitol and all over the state.
Unfortunately, the debate is about the wrong issue. While I can't defend the BDN's request, the legislature has been given many opportunities to protect those permit holders, and has consistently failed to do so.
For years I tried to convince legislators to repeal the law requiring permits to carry weapons in a concealed manner. The concealed carry permit system is illogical, expensive, and a waste of time and resources.
Only law-abiding citizens apply for these permits. A guy going in to rob a pharmacy is not going to pause and think, "Well, I'll have to carry my gun in the open because I don't have a concealed permit."
Police agencies always opposed my bill, insisting that their officers need to know who is carrying concealed weapons. But they also always admitted that they are trained to assume that every person they approach has a concealed weapon!
And they don't know who has a permit to carry a concealed weapon anyway, because that information is not in a central databank and readily available to police officers.
Well, maybe now it will be in the BDN databank!
The BDN may have only the best of intentions. The paper issued a strongly worded statement that publication of the names and addresses would be wrong, and promised not to do that.
And the legislature left those names in the public domain, available to anyone who asked for them. Without doubt, this places those permit holders in jeopardy.
If the end result is legislative action that eliminates the concealed carry permit requirement, the BDN will deserve our thanks.
About George Smith
George stepped down at the end of 2010 after 18 years as the executive director of the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine to write full time. He writes a weekly editorial page column in the Kennebec Journal and Waterville Morning Sentinel, a weekly travel column in those same newspapers (with his wife Linda), monthly columns in The Maine Sportsman magazine, two outdoor news blogs (one on his website, georgesmithmaine.com, and one on the website of the Bangor Daily News), and special columns for many publications and newsletters. Islandport Press published a book of George's favorite columns, "A Life Lived Outdoors" in 2014. In 2014, George also won a Maine Press Association award for writing the state's bet sports blog. In 2016, Down East Books published George's book, Maine Sporting Camps, and Islandport Press published George and his wife Linda's travel book, Take It From ME, about their favorite Maine inns and restaurants. View all posts by George Smith →
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Andy Mullen is serving as the general chairman for the Persimmon Festival. He made Mitchell his home in 2005 after marrying the former Amber Little. He works at Spring Mill Inn in group sales. Andy is a 1991 recipient of the Sagamore of the Wabash award. He is also an Honorary State Speaker of the House for the state of Indiana, and honorary Indiana State Fire Marshal, a severe weather enthusiast and the self-proclaimed biggest Cubs fan in Lawrence County. Andy has been married to his wife Amber for more than 13 years. It was his wife's love of the festival that brought him here today.
Suzanne (Carnell) Patton is serving as second co-chair for the Persimmon Festival. Born in Livonia, Mich., she migrated to Mitchell in 1976 when her parents opened the Ben Franklin store. She became a Hoosier upon graduating Indiana University. Suzanne and her husband Marvin currently oversee operations at the local Ben Franklin/Ace Hardware store. She proudly serves a a trustee for the Mitchell Public Library, is a member of Tri Kappa and attends the Free Methodist Church. She is a past recipient of the Lawrence County Walk of Excellence awarded for women in business. She is the 2017 Greater Mitchell Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year. Suzanne enjoys participating in local 4-H activities, is a member of the Spring Mill Stitchers and a volunteer at the Mitchell Opera House. Suzanne and Marvin have always treasured festival moments with their two children and look forward to making new festival memories with their grandchildren.


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With the support of Enda Third World, the African Movement of Working Children and Youth (AMWCY) organized a technical support workshop from 09th to 22nd July, 2012 at CRETEFP centre in Kpalimè (Togo). In number of thirty eight, the participants came from Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Togo.
The purpose of organizing this workshop is to help the participants to become facilitators by acquiring the techniques of training through exchange of experiences among countries. It is also an occasion to make an overview/assessment of the technical support visits of the year 2011, and to organize new visits in order to help associations find solutions to their various expectations.
After an animation, the introduction of the participants, and a brainstorming on their expectations, the workshop began with the presentation of the results of the year 2011's technical support activities.
It started with an explanation of the concept technical support visit. According to the facilitation team, it is different from a mere meeting. But it is an activity which enables to get solutions to associations' expectations after building their capacity, visits to grassroots groups and report giving, the overview of changes brought to associations by the technical support visits of 2011 was given per country.
- Enhancement of the collaboration between AWCY of Kpomassè and its local authorities: the mayor and the deputy (parliamentarian) (before the visit, authorities did not consider WCY; despite they use to sweep the vicinity. But during the visit, visitors accompany them to the mayor to whom the association was presented. Since then his behaviour has favorable changed torwards them.
- A parliamentarian of their locality has helped them to build a fold (shelter) for the goats in order to protect them from theft.
- Thanks for the profit made from the sales of goats they set up a second IGA that is ''Acadja'' (used to fish).
- The visit enabled WCY themselves to better the monitoring of the association instead of animators (i.e. association of Porto-Novo).
- Thanks for the establishment of follow-up and organization commissions, members of old associations improved the organization of their activities.
- WCYs are more and more recognized by their municipal authorities through the training of WCY waitress who help them during official ceremonies.
- Acquisition of ball, net, stationeries for WCY of some associations.
- Participation of a larger number of girls in trainings and international meetings thanks for awareness campaigns raise in direction of parents during visits.
- Materialization of the right to learn how to read and write (the coordination built two classrooms in Adomi, and one in Vogan, it also built a nursery for 54 children in Adomi).
- materialization of the right to learn how to read and write, the right to a light and limited work, the right to self expression and the right to remain in village.
- Slight progression of the collaboration with authorities of some associations.
After the theoretical aspect of the workshop which is training, visitors went to the field where they are supposed to assist 18 AWCY of Benin (7) and Togo (11) to meet their expectations. This practical enables visitors to concretely support the visited and to practise in the field the theory they learnt during the training. And this has brought to both immediate and long run/term changes.
Globally, hence in the field, visitors sensitized some local authorities in order to be granted some things that will help them solve their problem (plot of lands, classrooms) the non recognition which prevent the associations to function well.
It is noticed that there were some reflection and capacity building activities for materializing the 12 rights, literacy class monitoring, establishing an economic activity training of grassroots group's members on what the AMWCY is.
There was Tounga film show to WCY and people in markets, squares, drinking spots/places and some training workshops have been an opportunity to inform and sensitize some masters, parents and even some children on their work conditions, especially, apprentices. They were also visits to some parents, and social mobilization on children's rights, child migration and the 12 rights identified by WCY.
The visitors have participated in palm oil production; sanitation session together with association; the cleaning of the canton leader's compound, public places and toilets for the good health of their fellows; literacy classroom rebuilding; and market garden produce.
Organization of talk and radio programs on the twelve rights with the support of supporting structures. Participation in the elaboration of associations work plan.
- WCY have a close contact with the community leader of Tokpa-Zoungo grassroots group, he even supports the formation of a grassroots group of vendors in calavi market ; and said his doors are widely opened to working children and youth.
- Implementation of the steps involved in choosing an IGA which is that of collecting and selling sand, the present activity will also enable the association to be more visible.
- thanks for the contact with the president, youth representative of the community development association, the grassroots group of Togoudo now has a venue (classroom) for their meetings, literacy classes and other activities.
- the mayor of comè accepts to collaborate with the AWCY of his community through the elaboration of work plan; the later put at the disposal of the AWCY a representative of the municipality who will follow-up the collaboration and WCY's participation during the celebration of the independence day (1st August).
- To practice the newly achieved techniques on how to choose a profitable IGA, grassroots groups reviewed and re-oriented their activities. That is why discussion and in the grassroots group of Gativé has resulted in the reduction of the selling price fixed for the matt they produce in order to compete against other sellers, in Sègbé grassroots group the strategies used in selling popcorn have been reviewed, i.e. children and youths instead of sitting at place to sell, they now hawk.
- Forty (40) children and youth, representatives of various grassroots groups know how to a profitable and less risky IGA which is the production and sales of condiments, akassa (maize paste) and porridge.
- Children now acquire the procedure by which they can make parents respect their rights, for they master how to identify problems pertaining to the rights to remain in the village, and to learn how to read and write.
- About 500 people have been sensitized on the 12 rights and achievements of the AMWCY, parents claim they are more attentive /watchful to children's worry.
- WCY know how to negotiate with authorities at different level, their advocacy on the right to learn how to read and write captures the attention of the mayor who put them in relation with a monitor who will help them in the literacy classes.
- parents and masters met in the field said they did not know that children also have rights, and from that moment on, children are free to take part in AWCY activities anytime they wish.
- it is noticed that village chiefs and community leaders are ready to back the WCY, for instance, the councilor gave to WCY the key of an office for their activities, he also promised to give a plot of land on which their office will be built.
- Each visited grassroots group and on the association level, they elected executive members who are mainly children, the later replace the youth who used to make every decision.
- Engagement of NGO Sonangnon to pay for WCY the monitor of their literacy classes.
- Initiation to a new IGA; making of liquid soap.
- WCY know how to advocate, and were able to get from Todo village chief a place to keep their « Acadja (to be sold) » which stands as the IGA of their association.
- Awareness campaign in direction of some parents and masters who used to make children work a lot, what prevents them from attending their grassroots groups' activities. But now, most of them understand the usefulness of associative life.
- run of IGA in order to solve members' problems and to materialize their rights.
- Toguèmè community leader promised to provide WCY with gardening material, at the same time, the deputy mayor proposed to be their spokesman in the communal council.
- Enhancement of their ability to sensitize the population on the 12 rights, child abuse. And parents are now aware that children are having bad experience in their migration.
- Contact and motivation of the three new grassroots groups (sogbadji, awicodji, wakpè), after deciding on a venue and time for their meeting, they now get well organized.
- participants have identified difficulties faced by WCY in their various fields of work and extended listening actions to other groups of children in Ouidah like apprentices, and truck pushers.
- A committee was set up, with a minimum action on the right to a light and limited work and the right to learn how to read and write.
- There is now a perfect understanding between members of the grassroots groups of Elavagnon and Adomi. In fact the king of Adomi is committed to contact authorities of Elavagnon in order to settle the land conflict opposing both villages and which has négative impact on working children and youth of those areas.
- the AWCY has gained the trust of parents living around Gbadi Bena grassroots group, and they now have a perfect perception of the AWCY after its members have had the initiative of cultivating beans. The parents in their turn, promised to let their children take part in the association's activities.
- there is a strong commitment of Blakpa and Avédjé grassroots groups'members who decided to take the association far, through the farming of cereal whose revenue will be spent on the materialization of the right to learn how to read and write.
- There is a perfect understanding of children's rights and duties.
- after being taught the techniques of choosing and running a profitable IGA, WCY understood and chose a new IGA which is the purchase, collect, the storage of cereal in order to resell where there is shortage. The profits of that activity will be used to buy materials for children in need.
- Little conflicts and role conflicts existing among members of Kpètè grassroots group have been sorted-out.
- There was an initiative of organizing entertainment and party in order to increase the visibility of AWCY in their vicinities.
- Children's participation has been materialized by the mobilization of about 156 children who testified their best knowledge on the AMWCY and its 12 rights.
- Some tricks were developed in order to motivate children's participation in discussion and decision making in their groups, they decided to contribute in their midst in order to start carrying out actions for the materialization of their rights.
- they agreed on liquid soap production in order to facilitate the materialization of the rights to learn how to read and write, and the right to remain in village, instead of migrating to neighboring country Burkina.
- there is a clear understanding of the director of the supporting structure about the WCY's function and organization, he agreed with children and youth to work with other grassroots groups.
- Thanks for the AWCY, a work plan is available, a meeting with truck pushers is forecasted in order to discuss on the strategies of implementing their decision.
- through the cleaning of public toilets which are now neat and accessible to children and the population as whole, the AWCY is now more visible in the village.
- WCY now have a good knowledge on AWCY and its achievement at the continental level, henceforth, there are six grassroots groups with an increase of members.
- Mobilization and massive children's participation in exchange sessions on AMWCY and the rights.
- The regional managing director of Budget and Planning accepts to support the AWCY in the implementation of its work plan.
- There are contacts with new groups of working children in the market. They took advantage of the opportunity to exchange on working child's rights and duties.
- Consolidation of contacts with police officers, and municipal authorities.
- weeding a maize farm has enabled WCY to get in touch with the population who got interested in listening to them.
- In each grassroots group some activities on the 1é rights were identified and are on the way to be carried out (literacy classes, health and hygiene in the village, girls' participation in IGA).
- The market leader of (Assiyéyémè in Adidogonmè) promised to meet porters' grassroots group in order to help them in their relation with other people in the market.
- The mayor, high commissioner, Plan and inspection support the progression of their techniques in advocacy and elaboration of work plan.
- thanks for stationeries given to AWCY by charity services or volunteers, the AWCY assists children who have been inserted/sent back to formal school by sharing to them.
- Labor office agreed to meet parents and masters in order to exchange with them on working children's condition.
- formation of a new grassroots group composed of about 40 members who are apprentices, survivors (no proper job) and orphans in the village of Tové.
- There is a great motivation of the association's members; this is proved by the elaboration of a monthly work plan and the establishment of a follow-up committee.
- Reinforcement of the collaboration between WCY and the village chief who accommodated a visitor during his/her five days of stay.
- Advocacy in order to collect back a plot of land which belongs to the AWCY.
Base on the above results, we can conclude that each visit has brought concrete changes to AWCY and was an opportunity for the visitors to rebuild their capacities base on their experience in the field. But before getting to that level, visitors went through self-training with the support of facilitators.
According to participants, it consists of exchanging experiences in their midst in order to train themselves (self-training). The training will base on the participant's knowledge and skills on the following themes: IGA, materialization of the 12 rights, advocacy/collaboration, and social mobilization.
Generally, we observe through the play that the choice of an IGA needs to start from an environmental scanning/market study in order to identify the profitable activity that can bring be run by the association, afterwards comes the mobilization of financial, material and intellectual resources, followed by purchase and the first trial.
According to interlocutors, advocacy is comparable to a tree which starts with the roots, then the body and the branches. The roots are the problems WCY are confronted with (e.g.: many WCY in a village X are falling sick and do not go to work because of the existing insalubrities in the area), then the identification of needs, identify partners, elaborate strategies/activities to convince the partners. E.g.: social activities (sanitation/cleaning day, prepare the team that will meet the partners, the message to convey, inform the partner of the visit, the day of the interview, go along with some documents of the association that can be given to the partner.
- Development of mobilization strategies (organization of football tournament, games festival).
Get acquainted with the strengths and weaknesses of the visited association through observation, questions and listening.
According to participants, the AMWCY is African Movement of Working Children and Youth. It was created in 1994 at Bouaké in Ivory-Coast in presence of WCY's representatives from some African countries. In country level, this movement is known as AWCY which is defined as: the Association of Working Children and youth. All associations in a country form the national coordination. Each association is composed of grassroots groups which are in villages or communities/districts. Within the grassroots groups are the Working Children and Youth (WCY).
In regard to observations made by visitors in the field, it urges to perpetuate the undertaken actions in different area, starting from the rights, advocacy passing by IGA and communication.


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Desires are created out of having passion for something. As a child the minute after we cry for food we are fed. Likewise, we develop this nature towards desire like a mad monkey. We think success is determined when the desire is fulfilled and we do not know that chasing a desire can bring a negative outcome. Often we are told it is good to have a desire however there should be clear distinction between a desire and passion.
Desire is wanting something whereas passion is doing something out of love with genuine heart. One might desire to become a multimillionaire however if he is not passionate about finding steps to manifest that desire, he/she will not be successful in it.
This is the reason one should not chase a desire however should manifest it via passion. People can argue and contemplate on both desire and passion to mean same. However, I feel that the approach one takes towards it makes a clear distinction.
One may feel in life when one has a desire he/she may be able to focus and move towards that desire. As pointed out earlier, even to manifest that desire, fire is needed in the heart. Simply having a desire will not solve problems.
How to achieve the desire?
Passion in achieving the desire ex: Goal setting.
Writing notes and contemplating on manifesting that desire.
Believing in yourself that it is possible to achieving the wanted desire.
Letting go and telling the Universe to manifest the outcome.
I feel that, often we run like mad monkeys for anything in life. The reason why I say mad monkeys is because due to the modern day advancements, human life has become a timed rollercoaster ride. When others have it we think we also should manifest the same. However, Universe might have a different approach in manifesting the results for each and every human being. I firmly believe that nothing is impossible to achieve in this world if our mind set is correct and for that, one should have the passion more than desire.
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This adorable card is so deceiving, it looks like you might spend an hour to create a card like this but once you have your supplies together you can knock this out in 20-30 minutes, you just need to know how. These cards are a mish mash of some cards I've seen posted by Jackie Bolhuis and Diana Durst. Dry embossing the Pool Party background with my favorite Pinewood Plank Dynamic embossing folder using my Big Shot, then using the Sponge Brayer to roll on Crumb Cake ink gives the background a cool wood texture. The Barn Yard door was stamped using Crumb Cake ink onto Crumb Cake paper using my Stamparadus so I could stamp my Versa Mark ink right on top of the crumb cake, then heat embossed to give it some texture. I stamped and colored the birds and sentiment onto Whisper White cardstock. I put door, Pool Party, rod, hinges and door handle on my Big Shot and cut them out using the Sliding Door Framelets. I've attached a video to show you how easy it is to make the door slide across the card.