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Tag Archives: Tanzania
Taxing Questions
In 2018, there has been a growing trend of African government's trying to tax, and in some instances restrict, the internet usage of their citizens. While governments see this as a way of strengthening their positions by raising much-needed funds, protecting state-owned telecom companies and reducing online criticism, it appears they have overlooked the long-term effects of such policies and their potential for provoking unrest.
It has long been recognised that East Africa has led the way with respect to internet and mobile money innovations on the continent; as illustrated by the growth of platforms such as M-Pesa. It is therefore unsurprising that governments in East Africa have similarly been at the forefront of taxing and restricting internet usage and mobile money transactions. As user-bases have rapidly grown and opposition groups have increasingly used online forums, governments have simultaneously looked at the potential tax revenue provided by such users and the ability to which they can restrict opposition activities online. In the past year, the governments of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have imposed taxes on internet and mobile money usage. In Kenya and Uganda, the focus has been on mobile money payments and data usage, particularly in relation to social media, while in Tanzania the government imposed a so-called 'blogger tax', which required online bloggers to purchase a license that costs the equivalent of the country's average annual income.
Although it can be argued that taxes on internet and mobile money usage help to broaden the narrow tax base that exists in most African countries, such taxes tend to be regressive. While Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni considers mobile money and social media platforms as "luxury items", he overlooks their broad user-bases and the increasingly important role they play in Uganda's economy and society. In Kenya in particular, where over 93 percent of the population have mobile money accounts, taxes on mobile money transactions are likely to affect disproportionately the poorer in society, who do not have bank accounts and have become reliant on such platforms.
The imposition of taxes on internet usage and mobile money is not limited to East Africa and it seems that governments across the continent are increasingly examining the viability of such taxes. Since August 2018, the governments of Benin, Zambia and Zimbabwe have announced similar taxes on internet usage and mobile money. In Zimbabwe, this has had a had a damaging effect on the economy, where mobile money was one of the very few economic successes of recent years.
In Benin, the tax was so unpopular that the #TaxePasMesMo [Don't Tax My Megabytes] protest movement managed to force the government to overturn its decision within less than a month. Similar protests have been seen elsewhere, not least Uganda, where Museveni was forced to halve the levy on mobile money following protests. It is likely that such protests will continue and intensify as people increasingly feel the everyday cost of such taxes.
Much has been written about the role of the internet in protest movements and, at least in the African context, commentators have tended to exaggerate its influence. That said, although it has not been particularly effective at strengthening the organisation of opposition groups, the restriction of access to internet and mobile money platforms is likely to become an important catalyst for protests and social unrest across the continent. The direct implications of such taxes can be easily exploited by opposition groups and, due to broad user-bases, it is possible that protest movements that coalesce around such issues could cut across traditional political divisions. Accordingly, African governments should think twice before following Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania's examples.
This article originally featured in Africa Integrity's October 2018 Newsletter. To join our newsletter mailing list, please contact us.
East Africa, Southern Africa
Bridging Nations
On 21st March 2018, 44 African heads of state signed the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which seeks to remove tariffs on 90 percent of continental trade. For many years, experts have recognised that increasing intra-African trade is key to economic development; however, this has been hindered, not only by tariffs, but also by Africa's infrastructure deficit. Nevertheless, there are recent encouraging signs of improvement, particularly in the south and east, which should complement AfCFTA.
Infrastructure Deficit
In March 2018, the Export-Import Bank of India claimed in a study that inadequate transport infrastructure adds 30 to 40 percent to the cost of goods traded among African countries. In May 2017, the African Development Bank (AfDB) claimed in a report that, although intra-African trade has increased, transport and communication infrastructure is less developed between countries on the continent than it is between Africa and the rest of the world. Given this situation, it is unsurprising that intra-African trade continues to struggle.
However, there are signs of change. In Southern and Eastern Africa there are many transport infrastructure projects in development, seeking to build economic (as well as literal) bridges between nations and open the interior to international trade.
International trade in Southern and Eastern Africa has been through a small number of ports, many of them in need of development. In the past year, improvements have started to be made. In July 2017, the World Bank approved a $345 million loan for the expansion of the Port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and in October 2017, it was announced that the Japanese government would provide a loan worth close to $350 million for the second phase of expansion at the Port of Mombasa in Kenya. Even Africa's largest and most developed port – the Port of Durban in South Africa – commenced an upgrade and expansion project in 2017.
There has also been a growing number of rehabilitation projects at undeveloped ports along the eastern seaboard. Nacala in northern Mozambique, the mega-port at Bagamoyo in Tanzania and Berbera in Somaliland are three examples of such projects. These projects are vital to landlocked countries, which are often over-reliant on a specific transport route for exports. For example, nearly 95 percent of Ethiopia's foreign trade is through the Port of Djibouti; a dependency that should be alleviated by rehabilitation of the Port of Berbera.
Opening the Interior
It is recognised that developments on the coast must be matched by infrastructure projects inland. The development of the Port of Nacala is part of a wider Nacala Corridor project, which includes a railway line to link north western Mozambique and Malawi to the coast. There are plans for this line to be extended into Zambia. Similarly, the expansion of the Port of Mombasa was preceded by the development of a new railway between Mombasa and Nairobi. This railway is part of an ambitious East African Railway Network, which will link Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. The second phase is currently under construction and the line should reach Uganda's border by 2021.
Rail and Road Regeneration
In recent years, there has been investment in railway infrastructure across Southern and Eastern Africa which not only links the interior to ports but also facilitates intra-African trade. Projects in the region include: Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway between Ethiopia and Djibouti; Tazara Railway between Zambia and Tanzania; Lobito-Luau Railway between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); and Trans-Kalahari Railway between Namibia and Botswana. While such projects have progressed at different paces, governments in the region have at least acknowledged the importance of modernising railway infrastructure: an important step to increasing intra-African trade.
There has also been increased investment in road infrastructure. The LAPSSET Corridor project in Kenya seeks to strengthen transport links between Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan. Although this project's progress has been sluggish, new highways have greatly reduced travel time between Nairobi and the Ethiopian border, suggesting strong potential for the rest of the project. Another example of reducing travel time through improved road infrastructure is the Kazungula Bridge, which is set to be completed by March 2019. The road and rail bridge will link Zambia and Botswana and create a one-stop border post between the two countries. It is estimated that this will reduce the time crossing the border from 30 hours to 6 hours. This will greatly improve transport along the North-South Corridor from the Port of Durban to the Copperbelt in the DRC and Zambia. Zimbabwe also joined the Kazungula Bridge project in March 2018. Although there are concerns that it could divert business away from Zimbabwe, the country's road network will be linked to the project and it may encourage the government to upgrade its current road infrastructure to remain competitive.
Foundation for the Future
While many of the transport infrastructure projects in Southern and Eastern Africa have been slow-moving and have suffered from bureaucratic inefficiency, and in some instances corruption, improvements are evidently being made. This will not only open the interior to a growing number of international ports, but also increase intra-African trade. While established sectors such as mining will be the primary beneficiaries in the short-term, it should also contribute to the development of a range of sectors in the medium to long-term. Such development will be aided by the AfCFTA, which, although still to be ratified by each country's government and lacking the support of important economies like Nigeria, will further reduce barriers to intra-African trade. The combination of the AfCFTA and improvements to transport infrastructure in Southern and Eastern Africa is providing a strong foundation for local economies. This will doubtless present a range of investment opportunities in the coming years.
This article originally featured in Africa Integrity's April 2018 Newsletter. To join our newsletter mailing list, please contact us.
Elections in 2016
There are a number of important elections across Africa scheduled for 2016 and over the next year, Africa Integrity Insights will examine a selection of these. As an introduction to the upcoming publications we have compiled a list of countries where elections are set to take place in 2016, including the scheduled date (when available) and the type of election.
Benin: Presidential (28th February)
Burkina Faso: Municipal (31st January)
Cape Verde: Parliamentary and Presidential (February & August)
Central African Republic: Parliamentary and Presidential Run-off (31st January)
Chad: Presidential (April)
Côte d'Ivoire: Parliamentary (December)
Comoros: Presidential (21st February)
Congo-Brazzaville: Presidential (20th March)
Democratic Republic of Congo: Legislative and Presidential (27th November)
Djibouti: Presidential (April)
Equatorial Guinea: Presidential (November)
Gabon: Parliamentary and Presidential (December)
Gambia: Presidential (1st December)
Ghana: Parliamentary and Presidential (7th November)
Niger: Parliamentary & Presidential and Local (21st February & 9th May)
Rwanda: Local Government (8th, 22nd & 27th February and 22nd March)
Sao Tome and Principe: Presidential (July)
Senegal: Constitutional Referendum (May)
South Africa: Municipal (May-August)
Sudan: Darfur Referendum (11th April)
Tanzania: Zanzibar Re-run (20th March)
Tunisia: Municipal and Regional (30th October)
Uganda: General (18th February)
Zambia: Legislative and Presidential (11th August)
Dispatches From Africa, East Africa
Dispatches From Africa
Change They Can't Believe In
Julian Fisher writes from Dar es Salaam:
As I write, it appears that Tanzania's Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM – Party of the Revolution) is about to demonstrate once again a truth that Africa's post-independence ruling parties seem to grasp instinctively and opposition parties forget too readily: that it's older and rural voters that win elections, not excitable, noisy, urban youths.
It remains too early (as of the morning of 28th October) to call the election decisively, but the direction of travel is clear. With 113 of 264 constituencies declared, CCM candidate John Pombe Magufuli has opened up a lead in the hundreds of thousands and CCM maintains a comfortable majority of Bunge seats. The more optimistic CCM campaigners, claiming to have seen all constituency returns – verified and unverified – are suggesting a final tally for their man of 65%, which would be an improvement on CCM 's position in 2010. Instinct tells me this is overly optimistic and that the final outcome will have Magufuli enjoying support in the mid-50s. Even so, opposition strategists are conceding privately that the gap is now unbridgeable for their candidate, former prime minister Edward Lowassa. Inevitably, this dawning awareness has been accompanied by claims of electoral manipulation, most particularly on the islands of Zanzibar (on which matter I will write separately). So far, so predictable.
In truth, the fashionable international media narrative about this election representing a genuine threat to CCM's hegemony was never very convincing. Mainly because of the characters of the two leading candidates.
The CCM surprised almost every observer when it elected the little known Magufuli as its presidential candidate. But the party has form in choosing unexpected candidates and this one was particularly smart. While previously low profile, Magufuli is respected by many ordinary Tanzanians as hard-working and untainted by corruption. His campaign slogan of 'hapa kazi tu' (roughly translated as 'here, just work') played well to his reputational strength. As a result of his election, long-serving CCM member and the party's prime minister until 2008, Lowassa, defected to the opposition Chama Cha Democrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA – Party of Democracy and Development). He was almost immediately anointed as Chadema's presidential candidate – a surprising move for a party that wears democracy on its sleeve, and one which led to the resignations of senior party figures, including the man who had expected to win the nomination, former candidate Wilbrod Slaa. Not a promising start.
Furthermore, Lowassa's resignation as prime minister in 2008 came amid corruption allegations relating to energy contracts. While he has not been convicted of any wrong-doing, Lowassa has never quite managed to shake off the negative connotations of the so-called Richmond affair. Given that a commitment to anti-corruption was previously Chadema's strongest opposition suit, Lowassa was a puzzling choice of candidate and one that I believe it will come heartily to regret. Having kicked the campaigning ladder from beneath itself, Chadema and its partners in the UKAWA coalition (Umoja ya Katiba ya Wananchi -Union for a People's Constitution) were forced to rely on their man's star-quality and, in particular, his somewhat surprising youth appeal (Lowassa is 62). It seems likely to prove too narrow a strategy.
True, Edward Lowassa can pack out a stadium, command media attention and elicit yelps of appreciation from youths desperate for change and economic opportunity. But the popular slogan for change 'Miaka 54 inatosha' ('54 years – of CCM – is enough') lacked broader resonance since Lowassa had been part of CCM for 38 of those years. And, while Lowassa was whipping up the crowds, Magufuli was quietly living up to his reputation, by working hard. He travelled the country extensively, largely by road in the early stages of the campaign, visiting village after village and engaging with voters one-to-one, displaying a humility that talks to the hard-working, predominantly peaceful and quietly optimistic people of rural Tanzania.
It is a strategy that looks set to have paid dividends for CCM and Magufuli and, I dare say, for the country as a whole. Magufuli looks like he will grow into a solid, positive force for change in Tanzania: ironic, as the opposition sought to portray him as the status quo, establishment candidate. Wiser heads saw through this and may well have prevailed. The younger, impatient heads will get another chance in 2020, but many of them will have grown up by then.
Tanzania Succession: Alcohol Unites CCM
On 12th July 2015, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) announced that its candidate for Tanzania's presidential election will be the Minister of Works John Pombe (alcohol in KiSwahili) Magufuli. This decision surprised many observers as Magufuli beat a number of CCM heavyweights to the party's nomination. Nonetheless, it appears that his selection has been largely welcomed by not only the party but also the wider country.
The initial list of candidates for the CCM nomination was 38 names long and the two who were considered the frontrunners were former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa (2005-2008) and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs Bernard Membe. These two were joined by a number of other possible contenders including: Vice President Mohamed Bilal; Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda; Deputy Minister of Communication, Science and Technology January Makamba; and Makongoro Nyerere, son of Tanzania's founding president Julius Nyerere. Interestingly, Magufuli was not considered a contender until the list was whittled down by the party's Central Committee to only five names on 10th July 2015. Nevertheless, even within these five names, which were reduced to three by the party's National Executive Committee on 11th July 2015, Magufuli was up against Membe and Makamba. When the final three – Magufuli, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Asha-Rose Migiro and African Union Ambassador to Washington Amina Salum Ali – were eventually put to the CCM's National Congress, Magufuli won an overwhelming victory with 87 percent of the vote.
In the process of creating the candidate shortlist it appeared that the CCM might have been heading towards a divisive period in its relatively stable history. The campaign had already created tension between the Lowassa and Membe camps and after the announcement of the first shortlist, the Lowassa camp reacted strongly. Supporters of Lowassa were highly critical of the Central Committee's and particularly the current president's – Jakaya Kikwete's – decision to not include Lowassa in the shortlist. This is primarily because Lowassa supported Kikwete's bid for the presidency in 2005. His supporters claimed that this move would damage the party as Lowassa was the most popular candidate. One of Lowassa's supporters in the Central Committee, Emmanuel Nchimbi, was reported as stating that "we disassociate ourselves from this decision". There were also rumours that Lowassa's supporters were keen for him to break with the CCM and run against the party's candidate in October. Nonetheless, although Lowassa is an influential member of the CCM and has a solid support base, he is a divisive figure within the party and has a questionable reputation. In 2008, Lowassa was forced to resign as prime minister after a select committee accused his office of foul play in relation to a contract involving the state-owned electricity company TANESCO and Richmond Development Company. Since then, Lowassa's name has been tarnished by corruption allegations, a fact that he was acutely aware of when he launched his campaign stating that "we cannot build a modern economy without curbing corruption".
After the removal of Lowassa from the race, Membe should have been the frontrunner. However, his nomination would have increased the likelihood of internal divisions with Lowassa's supporters, which would have been taken advantage of by the opposition. Thus, it appears that the CCM needed a unity candidate and they found this in Magufuli. This was reflected in his definitive victory at the party's National Congress and further supported by the minimal amount of spoiled ballots. Unlike Membe or Lowassa, Magufuli did not lead or belong to a camp within the CCM, which meant that his nomination would not deepen or create divisions in the party. Instead, he is able to garner widespread support, even from his rivals, as shown by Migiro and Ali's pledge of support for him following his victory. Thus, his selection helps to ensure the unity of the CCM and in turn its continued domination of Tanzanian politics.
Furthermore, the selection of Magufuli is a sign from the CCM that it wishes to change its image. If Lowassa was chosen to be the party's candidate, its message of fighting corruption would have been perceived as mere lip service, both nationally and amongst the international community. As corruption remains a major problem in Tanzania, with it ranked as the 56th most corrupt nation in the world on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index 2014, it was important that the party's candidate was perceived as serious about fighting corruption. Unlike Lowassa, Magufuli has not been tainted by corruption allegations. Rather, he has been packaged as a man of action, who will deal with the problem head on. Kikwete reportedly described him as "a no nonsense man" and said that "we hope he will help the country to conquer poverty, fight graft and indiscipline". The CCM National Chairman also described him as "a very aggressive candidate", alluding to his position concerning corruption. Moreover, Magufuli has similarly spoke on the matter stating that "to all irresponsible leaders, thieves and corrupt officials; please be informed that I will deal with you in a very polite way". It seems that Magufuli's image has struck a chord with the wider population, who see him as the type of tough and committed leader that Tanzania needs. Although he is far from a break with the past – Magufuli has been a member of the CCM since 1977, a CCM MP since 1995 and a cabinet Minister since 2000 – he is a sign of the CCM's changing image. This was also demonstrated by two of the final three candidates being female and Magufuli's decision to select the CCM's first female running mate, Samia Suluhu Hassan.
Although the CCM are almost guaranteed a victory in October's election whoever they chose to represent them, it seems that Magufuli is likely to ensure this and possibly even increase the party's majority. Despite a number of opposition parties' commitment to fielding a joint candidate, it is highly unlikely that they will be able to challenge the CCM, especially under the leadership of Magufuli. He appears to have popular support and after winning his party's nomination, the presidency is almost within reach. The question is whether he will represent a change for the CCM once he is power, particularly in relation to the fight against corruption. Magufuli has asked the Tanzanian people to "Trust me" and said that "I am not going to let you down…trust me I will not fail you". The Tanzanian people will chose whether they trust him on 25th October 2015, and later see if that trust is well placed.


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Home Nepal Fuel price hike again; increased by 4 in a month
Fuel price hike again; increased by 4 in a month
Haribansh Chaudhary
Nepal Oil Corporation has increased the price of petroleum products. According to the corporation, the adjustment of the goods according to the increase in the international market, accordingly.
"According to the new Oil Scheme from the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), 1 rupee of the petroleum petrol, diesel and kerosene has increased at Rs 2/2, "said spokesperson Birendra Goet said. The new price will apply from 12 am on Monday.
According to the new price, the petroleum price of Rs.106 per liter, diesel and kerosene is Rs 87/87 per liter. Therefore, the petroleum price was Rs. 105 rupees, diesel 85, diesel 85 rupees. According to the new price, 2 rupees 91 paisa is worth the profit in the petrol. Spokesperson Give said that the diesel was Rs 0.76 per liter.
The corporation has kept the value of cooking LP gas and air fuel. The cooking lip gas is worth Rs. 1375. The international rate of flight fuel is Rs 95 per liter. Air fuel has set US $ 1 per liter to international.
After the corporation went to excessive deficit, the government had applied liable to 2071 units. According to automatic value, IOC sends a new value for 1 and 15 minutes. According to the same, the corporation has been adjusting the price. Earlier, on April 2, two rupees per liter increase in petrol, diesel and Kerosene increased. By April 15 there was a dividend of Rs 20 million. According to the new fund, the financial profit has gone up to Rs 216.2 million.
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Q: Can't add Menu item next to another I am trying to add Menu item(action_collapse_expand) next to another menu item. Problem is that item is added to expandable list(three dots icon), but not as separate icon. I've just started learning Android and I would like to know what am I doing wrong.
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A: Try replacing android:showAsAction with app:showAsAction.
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The South Australian Government sought advice from the Goyder Institute for Water Research to review the assessment undertaken by the SA Government and to provide expert advice regarding the likely ecological consequences for South Australia of the proposed Basin Plan. To undertake this task, the Goyder Institute established an Expert Panel bringing together expertise across disciplines and Institute partners.
Provide advice on how ecological risks could be mitigated to enhance ecological outcomes from the proposed Basin Plan.
While some environmental benefits would be achieved, the main conclusion was that the proposed Basin Plan was unlikely to maintain the ecological character of South Australian environmental assets as currently defined, especially for the Chowilla – Riverland and the Coorong, Lake Albert and Lake Alexandrina Ramsar sites.
The project identified many limitations in the assessment of the proposed Basin Plan, including a better definition of environmental water requirements for the Coorong (especially with respect to water levels) and the need to evaluate a greater range of possible flow regimes that may eventuate under the Basin Plan.
The Expert Panel assessment was based on information provided in three interim SA Government technical reports and a workshop held with experts from the SA Government. The workshop was held on 10 February 2012 and a provisional final report was submitted to the South Australian Government on 30 March 2012.
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Mr. Jensen was kind enough to send me a copy of "Midnight" transcription. Very generous! Thanks to him!
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There's plenty more Star Wars to come.
The end of the Skywalker saga doesn't mean the end of the Star Wars franchise by any stretch. That's the takeaway from a new interview with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Kennedy told The Hollywood Reporter that she's working with directors David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Rian Johnson to plot out an entirely new saga that will unfold over the next decade.
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A public school district in Henrico County, Virginia, held a 'Signing Day' ceremony for its students that plan on entering the workforce immediately after their high school graduation.
In Henrico County alone, more than 5,000 students earned certifications in technical and industrial job fields. This grants them the opportunity to begin a job right after graduation. Similar to how athletes sign letters of intent for colleges or other students boast their university acceptance letters, those who decided to join the workforce now have that same recognition.
Mac Beaton, director of Henrico Schools' Department of Career and Technical Education, said via Facebook that, "Signing Day is a way of recognizing their hard work and the value of the career-preparation training they've received through Henrico Schools' Career and Technical Education program." This ceremony effectively demonstrates that continual need for young and enthusiastic minds to enter the workforce; and for this, they should be commended.
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Chemoembolization is a minimally invasive treatment performed by interventional radiologists.
The main objection of the treatment is to deprive the tumour of the nourishment brought by the blood supply, by embolizing its arteries (embolization) and administering citostatics (anti-cancer drug) directly into the tumour.
In this way, the damage to healthy tissues is avoided and the tumour is starved by cut off the blood supply, which causes its shrinkage. Chemoembolization is used for large tumours, particularly hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer), in cases when the tumour can not be treated by radiofrequency ablation (RFA), or as a combination with other cancer treatments (radiation therapy, RFA).
Using imaging for precise guidance, interventional radiologist threads the tiny catheter through the femoral artery (which is located in the groin) up to the artery that supplies liver tumour with the blood. When the desired location is reached the embolic agent and citostatic are injected through the catheter.
This procedure requires in hospital stay for a couple of days varying on the overall status of every individual patient.
Chemoembolization is a palliative treatment and is effective for primary liver cancers particularly when combined with other treatments.
There are some promising results for treatment of metastatic tumours, but there is still more research to be conducted.


There's probably something to be explored around the number of English majors who end up in tech, or maybe just where English majors end up in general. Is there a college major that gets less respect? If there is, I'd like to know about it. Seriously, please let me know if you can think of one. I'll wait!
I chose English simply because I could do things I enjoy: reading, writing, and talking about books and authors. And yes, some of my fellow students pursued teaching careers. But others went to law school or entered the clergy or ended up doing things that had very little to do with 19th century British poets or Shakespeare. Myself among them.
The answer to "But what can you do with a degree in English?" is simply… anything. Anything at all! English majors are well read, erudite, and highly observant. They're good listeners and efficient researchers. They know what word you are looking for, even when you can't think of it! And they typically know how to make anyone else's words sound just a little bit better, because they're often talented editors as well.


Rhyming Words Activities 2: Find the correct vowel that completes each word. Then drag and drop it into the correct answer box.
Rhyming Words Activities 2 helps kids to pick up the correct word that rhymes with a given word. Help your child to read and understand what rhyming words are. Make them improve in identifying rhyming words with our matching rhyming words activities.


I rode San Diego to Tucson and have the info if you would like it. It isnt quite as specific as requested in the 'applicatio, but it is pretty thorough with maps. Not sure who to send this to.
Can you post a link to this info?
A link for the route or what???
Maybe he's looking for a google map or something?
I am thinking about doing this trip in april or may 2011. If anyone has any advice, trip details, ect, I would apreciate hearing from you.
Yeah a google map outlining the ride would be awesome. I've been looking to ride from Tucson and then spend some time in San Diego. Does anyone know how San Diego Transportation is? And how bike friendly they are? I want to be able to do some exploring while I'm there, going to be a mini vacation for me.
If you have some idea of what area of the city you plan to visit, I can give you some ideas. I have lived in San Diego my entire 53 years and have been biking it since I was 15.
We are planning for a San Diego trip next month. I need some useful tips from you guys about the travel and how things work out. What is the best season there for travelling and any suggestions?


I hear my name called frequently around our house on Queen's Road in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sometimes, it's for something that I do on purpose. Hehehe! I know it sounds bad, but I only do things for fun. Peggy calls me her dog tornado.
Sometimes, Peggy is serious with me – like when I ran around the dining room table so fast that the tablecloth got caught on my leg and I pulled down that blue bowl she liked so much. It smashed on the wood floor. I was sorry, but it was too late.
I really like to chase squirrels in the backyard. I'm telling you, I could jump that fence, but why would I want to? Outside of getting into trouble once in a while, I have a sweet life with Peggy and her other human, Steve.
Peggy and Steve saved my life a few years back. I was a mess, thanks to an abusive owner who really didn't want me. I think he expected a smaller dog. I hear that happens a lot when people get Great Dane puppies. It's hard for them to imagine how big we get!
Anyway, Peggy found me and got Steve to take care of me. It wasn't too long before I was up to my fighting weight of one-hundred-and-forty pounds of fawn-colored muscle and quick wit. Steve says that's about average for my breed. My ears weren't cropped as a puppy so Peggy wouldn't let anyone crop them when she found me. She said I'd been through enough.
Have I mentioned how much I love Peggy? I love climbing up on the big bed with her after Steve gets up in the morning. I can lick Peggy's whole face in under one minute! That's talent, and a big tongue.
I hate when she gets into trouble. She's had some close scrapes, always trying to help other people.
I wish she'd stay home all the time and help me chase squirrels!
LOL...Shakespeare sounds like a cutie!
Love the name Shakespeare for the star!! Great!


Trowers & Hamlins were delighted to receive the Innovation Award at this year's DASLS Awards. We were also shortlisted for the Team of the Year award, and were extremely proud to accept our award at the celebratory ceremony that took place at a Gala Dinner on 2nd March 2017 at Sandy Park, Exeter.
We were recognised for our innovative career framework, for opening up opportunities for entering into the legal profession for those from a 'non-traditional' background. This recognition, which has been well documented in the local media, has been a great profile-raiser for us as a firm. Trowers & Hamlins merged with Stones Solicitors in Exeter in October 2015, and winning such an award from DASLS clearly demonstrates the benefit of our integrated offering in this region.
We were commended by the judges for anticipating the needs and aspirations of aspiring lawyers from all backgrounds, by developing a dedicated career path for paralegals; and by providing funding for training and qualifications; and by allotting trainee solicitor roles for those in our paralegal ranks.
We also chose to enter our Travel Team for the Team of the Year award. The merger of Trowers & Hamlins with Stones has allowed for growth and expansion of our offering to both individuals and insurers. Our Travel Team is a truly lawyer-led specialist legal team, based in the South West, but whose direct competitors are both national and international. The team itself provides legal services to clients across the whole of the UK. We felt that this should be recognised across the region and we were extremely proud that our Travel Team was also shortlisted.
Through the process for each entry, we were encouraged to showcase our work and demonstrate our innovation, integrity and leadership in the legal profession, and to highlight why this sets us apart as a dynamic law firm. We were pleased to be able to do that.
The awards evening was a thoroughly enjoyable and positive event. The speakers were memorable; and we value an opportunity that allows lawyers from many disciplines and firms to meet and share with each something of what we all do to serve our clients and society in general. We will certainly be looking forward to next year's event.


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Q: Dual Boot System - SSD Having (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) showing as unknown device Laptop : Acer  E5
Primary Drive: SSD (Ubuntu 18.04 Installed) 64bit
Secondary : HHD (Windows 10) 64bit
Boot Menu: Grub Gnu
I have set Under Windows the following "bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi"
It loads ubuntu by default, until select the windows 10,
It is working fine from months than
Possible Cause of problem
Yesterday, I logged into Ubuntu and did pressed the power button to shutdown the system.
After that I logged into Windows and did Update windows (maybe this cause the problem)
Actual Problem
After some time i again restarted the system and under Boot Screen
It is showing Grub error
"Minimal BASH like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. anywhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions."
Solutions Tried:
I created Live Ubuntu USB
Boot from USB using try Ubuntu
And followed the Boot repair option but it is not showing the "recommended repair" option.
Boot-Repair summary
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/gw8ZzfdY7V/
Also SSD Drive is neither showing nor detecting.
Under Disks it is showing SSD as (dev/sda) but against Partition (No Content)
Using Gparted it is showing unallocated all the disk space (I can't see the partitions, root or others
screenshot of gparted
sudo fdisk -l
Ubuntu installed under /dev/sda
Still not showing devices/ partitions related to the sda (SSD in which Ubuntu Installed)

I have tried all possible solutions, review the BIOS settings but still no luck
Let me notedown the main points again

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*Under Grub Boot (No device) instead of Ubuntu

*why /dev/sda showing unallocated (where ubuntu installed)

*Live Ubuntu USB even were unable to read the file

If i lost all the SSD data how to fix the SSD issue and Boot Loading issue ?


If you are a retiring public safety officer, either the Retired Public Safety Officers' Insurance Payment Program Deduction Form SC Employee Insurance Program (EIP) Only (Form 7700) or the Retired Public Safety Officers' Insurance Payment Program Deduction Form Not Applicable for SC Employee Insurance Program (EIP) (Form 7701) must be completed if you wish to have qualified health insurance premiums deducted from your monthly retirement annuity and remitted directly to the provider. It is your responsibility to determine whether you qualify to claim the federal tax credit for your after-tax insurance premium payment deductions.
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Please contact the Customer Contact Center with any questions at 803.737.6800, 888.260.9430, or www.peba.sc.gov.
Withholding Certificate for Monthly Benefit Payments (Form 7202) and Direct Deposit Authorization (Form 7204) are completed and returned to the Benefit Payments Department at S.C. Public Employee Benefit Authority (PEBA), using the envelope provided. Monthly annuity payments are distributed the last business day of each month by direct deposit.
A copy of your birth certificate (or other proof of birth if a public birth certificate does not exist) is attached.
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Application is submitted no earlier than six months prior to your planned retirement date.
No corrections or white-outs are made on the application.
Only one method of payment is selected in Section II.
If you selected Option B or C, a copy of a birth certificate for each beneficiary is attached.
Service and installment purchases should be paid in full prior to anticipated retirement date.
Being eligible for retirement benefits does not automatically make you eligible for retiree health insurance. Prior to selecting your retirement date, you should contact your employer or health insurance provider to determine if you will be eligible for retiree health insurance. If you have state-sponsored health insurance, you should contact PEBA at 888.260.9430 for assistance.
Last day on payroll is indicated in Section IV. This should match the date that will be provided by your employer when certifying your last day paid.


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The School for Authors: A Comedy, in Three Acts. As Performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, by Their Majesties Servants, From the Theatre Royal Covent-Garden
Tobin, John
Rich and Poor: A Comic Opera, in Three Acts
Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)
First Love: A Comedy : Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane
Cumberland, Richard
Hit or Miss!: A Musical Farce, in Two Acts, as Performed by Their Majesties' Servants of the Late Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, at the Lyceum Theatre
Pocock, I. (Isaac)
Il Bondocani, or, the Caliph Robber: A Comic Opera, in Three Acts. Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden
Dibdin, Thomas
Matrimony: A Petit Opera in Two Acts, as Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane
Kenney, James
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The Virgin of the Sun: An Operatic Drama, as Performing at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
Reynolds, Frederick
How to Die for Love!: A Farce, in Two Acts: Performed at the Lyceum Theatre
Kotzebue, August von
The Renegade: A Grand Historical Drama, in Three Acts. Interspersed With Music. Founded on Dryden's Don Sebastian, King of Portugal
Songs in the Opera of Flora
Dogget, Thomas -1721; Hippisley, John -1748; Cibber, Colley 1671-1757; Bates, William Active 1750-1780; Gravelot, Hubert François 1699-1773; Bickham, George 1706?-1771; Cooper, Thomas Fl. 1732-1749
Garland: Being a Collection of New Songs, Ballads, Roundelays, Catches, Glees, Comic-Serenatas, &C.
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Julius Caesar: A Tragedy
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Dibdin, Charles
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Eyre, Edmund John
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Colman, George
The Travellers; Or, Music's Fascination: An Operatic Drama, in Five Acts, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane
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In Powys the Veterans' NHS Wales service is delivered by our neighbouring Health Boards (see map below): Betsi Cadwaladr UHB for those who live in Montgomeryshire; Aneurin Bevan UHB for those who live in Brecon or Radnorshire; and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg UHB for those who live in Ystradgynlais. For further information about the service please click on the appropriate health board link or contact Amy O'Sullivan VNHSW Hub Secretary on 029 2183 2261, or email admin.vnhswc&v@wales.nhs.uk.
The Veterans' NHS Wales leaflet for Powys is available here.
Adult Mental Health services in Powys are provided by our neighbouring health boards. Consequently the contact details for services provided out of office hours varies according to which part of Powys you live.
How do I contact the mental health services for specialist advice between 5pm and 9am (out of hours) or on Saturday and Sunday?
What if I believe someone requires an admission?
How do I contact the mental health services for specialist advice be-tween 5pm and 9am or on Saturday and Sunday?
Please note that they may not have and in depth knowledge of the local services in Ystradgynlais which could be obtained from the Approved MH Professional on Tel:0845 054 4847.
Don't forget, there is always the Call Helpline which operates 24/7. This is the Community Advice and Listening Line which offers a confidential listening and support service. It can be accessed via the website: www.callhelpline.co.uk/. Telephone 0800-132-737, or text help to 81066.


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This month, a long-debated proposal for a controversial nuclear dumping site took a small step forward.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission released a report examining potential groundwater contamination from burying the toxic remnants of nuclear energy production under Yucca Mountain, in Nevada. The report found that leakage from the site, a desert ridge 100 miles west of Las Vegas, would likely have only small impacts on cancer rates or hereditary diseases in humans and minimal impacts on the downstream environment.
The report was the latest in a series from the NRC and a supplement to the site's original environmental impact statement, first completed in 2002. The first four reports focused on the safety of the site before, during and after construction, and examined the Department of Energy's ability to build the site. In recent months, Republicans, emboldened by the NRC reports and the impending departure of the site's strongest opponent, have been trying to revive the long-dormant project. Yucca funding is shaping up to be a topic of lively debate this fall during the 2016 budgeting process, but it faces considerable obstacles to being approved.
For decades, nuclear waste has been kept in facilities around the country intended only to temporarily store the dangerous and slowly decaying material. Yucca Mountain was supposed to be a more permanent fix: a safe, remote location to bury the waste forever. But since the site was originally designated in 1987, local opposition and wider concerns about the site's safety have grown. President Obama revoked federal backing for the application in 2010, and licensing to develop the site stalled out. Harry Reid, the senior senator from Nevada and a longtime opponent, applauded the move and declared the project effectively dead.
The crest of Yucca Mountain.
But it got a boost in 2013 when the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. forced the NRC to complete the long-delayed reports on the site's safety. Those reports started coming out shortly after court decision and the technical safety evaluations were completed this spring. They offered mixed statements on the potential safety of the site. Still, their release pushed the project back into the national conversation, and potentially back into play.
Congress faces an Oct. 1 deadline to come up with a national budget. Though it seems likely the two chambers will try and pass a stopgap bill that will keep funding at current levels and give Congress time to negotiate a more long-term budget plan. Yucca could play a role in those budget negotiations; the House 2016 budget bill includes funding for the embattled storage facility and Reid, the project's staunchest opponent, announced plans to retire at the end of his term next year. In recent months, House Republicans, led by Rep. John Shimkus from Illinois, successfully pushed to request $150 million for Yucca licensing.
Although House Republicans are angling for progress on Yucca, that provision is unlikely to make it past the Senate. The Senate budget bill has no additional funds for the project and Democrats have staunchly opposed the addition of any. Even if Senate Democrats' objections were overruled, a final budget that includes funding for Yucca from Obama.
The proposed design of the site.
The logistics of getting the facility online again also pose a barrier to renewing the Yucca project. When Obama shuttered Yucca, which once hosted researchers and operators, five years ago, the site's staff were moved elsewhere and day-to-day operations in the current facilities were shut down. To get it going again, basic functions would have to resume, a costly proposition. On top of that, the licensing process, which is only about halfway done, is likely to be lengthy and expensive. And at least for now, the Department of Energy has withdrawn its support for the now-languishing application there's not even an official application being considered.
Instead, Democrats say the focus for the nuclear waste problem should be on acquiring funds for short-term storage. Also, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., says, focus should be on repairing the only permanent facility in existence, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, near Carlsbad, New Mexico. An accident there last year caused a small but noteworthy nuclear waste leak.
"You could fill Yucca tomorrow and you'd still need more (space), so what we want to do is get on with the WIPP facility (getting) fixed," Feinstein . Instead of Yucca, which has been mired in politics for years, she said lawmakers should focus on areas where they could actually make progress. "We know there are other states that would like to have a repository and get some of those things going."
Kate Schimel is a correspondent for HCN and is based in Seattle, Washington.


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Q: Django - Mocking the save method on a model I'm still here with my beginner questions about Django unit tests ^^
I'm trying to test that the save function of a model was called, without actually call the save.
Here is the method i want to test :
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth import models as auth_model
from allauth.socialaccount import models as allauth_model

class KangaUserManager(models.Manager):
    def create(self, username, email, password, last_name, first_name, request, registered=True, send_confirmation=True):
        kanga_user = KangaUser()
        kanga_user.user = auth_model.User.objects.create_user(
            username=username,
            email=email,
            password=password,
            first_name=first_name,
            last_name=last_name
        )
        kanga_user.preferred_language = translation.get_language()
        kanga_user.registered = registered
        kanga_user.save()

        return kanga_user

Here is the test
@mock.patch('model.models.KangaUser')
@mock.patch('django.contrib.auth.models.User')
def test_create(self, UserMock, KangaUserMock):
    # Mocking configuration
    # User
    UserMock.objects = mock.MagicMock()
    UserMock.objects.create_user = mock.MagicMock()
    user_return_value = User(id=1)
    UserMock.objects.create_user.return_value = user_return_value

     # Test
    kangauser_manager = models.KangaUserManager()
    kanga_user = kangauser_manager.create(self.username, self.email, self.password, self.last_name, self.first_name, self.request, self.registered, self.send_confirmation)

    # Checks
    # create_user called with good parameters
    UserMock.objects.create_user.assert_called_with(username=self.username, email=self.email, password=self.password, first_name=self.first_name, last_name=self.last_name)
    # KangaUser
    self.assertTrue(models.KangaUser.save.called)

The first test (UserMock.objects.create_user.assert_called_with) is ok, but for the second, I always end up having "AssertionError: False is not true"

A: After some more googling, I found something that works :
@mock.patch.object(models.KangaUser, 'save')
@mock.patch('django.contrib.auth.models.User')
def test_create(self, user_class_mock, kangauser_save_mock):
    # Mocking configuration
    # User
    user_class_mock.objects = mock.MagicMock()
    user_class_mock.objects.create_user = mock.MagicMock()
    user_class_mock.objects.create_user.return_value = User(id=1)

    # Test
    kangauser_manager = models.KangaUserManager()
    kanga_user = kangauser_manager.create(self.username, self.email, self.password, self.last_name, self.first_name, self.request, self.registered, self.send_confirmation)

    # Checks
    # create_user called with good parameters
    user_class_mock.objects.create_user.assert_called_with(username=self.username, email=self.email, password=self.password, first_name=self.first_name, last_name=self.last_name)
    # KangaUser
    self.assertTrue(kangauser_save_mock.called)

So, the trick was to use @mock.patch.object !

A: With pytest-mock you can do:
def test_create(self, mocker):
    mocker.patch("path_to_the_kanga_user_manager.KangaUser.save")


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Home U.S UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing calls to resign after a...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing calls to resign after a leaked video showed Downing Street staff joking about having a Christmas party while the country was under strict COVID rules
Boris Johnson faces calls to resign after a leaked video showed his staff joking about a Christmas party.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
UK PM Boris Johnson is facing calls to resign over a leaked video of his staff joking about a Christmas party.
SNP senior MP Ian Blackford said Johnson "can no longer lead" on the UK's pandemic response.
Johnson has apologized for the leaked video, which was shot in December 2020.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces calls for his resignation after a leaked video showed his staff joking about hosting an illegal Christmas party while the country underwent strict COVID-19 restrictions last year.
According to reports from the British tabloid The Mirror, the party took place on December 18, 2020, and involved food and drinks, party games, and a "Secret Santa" gift exchange.
Ian Blackford, the Scottish National Party's most senior MP, said the "only right and moral choice left" for Johnson is to resign.
"Trust in leadership is a matter of life and death. Downing Street willfully broke the rules and mocked the sacrifices we have all made, shattering the public's trust," said Blackford in parliament on Wednesday.
"The prime minister is responsible for losing the trust of the people. He can no longer lead on the most pressing issue facing these islands," he said.
If Johnson does not resign, Blackford said, "he must be removed."
Johnson has apologized for the video, which was shot in December 2020. It depicts a mock press conference in which his former press secretary Allegra Stratton joked about the supposed Christmas party.
A leaked video of the press conference exercise was obtained by ITV News just four days after several sources told media outlets that there had been a party in the prime minister's Downing Street office that broke COVID-19 rules at the time.
"I've just seen reports on Twitter that there was a Downing Street Christmas party on Friday night, do you recognize those reports?" Ed Oldfield, an adviser to the prime minister, can be heard asking in the video.
"I went home," Stratton said with a laugh.
"Would the prime minister condone having a Christmas party?" Oldfield then asked.
"What's the answer?" Stratton joked.
At the time of the party and mock press conference, the UK was under Tier 3 restrictions, which limited indoor gatherings to groups of two and prohibited office parties.
Stratton resigned over the video, saying she would "regret the remarks for the rest of my days."
After initially denying a party occurred, Johnson announced on Wednesday during a speech at the House of Commons that he would be opening an investigation into the event.
"If rules have been broken, there will be disciplinary action for all those involved," he said.
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Q: RecyclerView Adapter not updating views after device rotation I have a chat app, which opens a Websocket to a server. The app has 2 modules -

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*chat sdk: which handles the connection plus back and forth
messaging.

*ui: which handles adapters and views

The chat UI is on a fragment hosted by an activity.
Everything worked fine but when i decided to use persistence on device rotation, i have problems.
When i rotate the device, the websocket reconnects (which is normal),the activity is recreated so is the fragment too.
After device rotation and some debugging, i saw that my messageList is properly filled with any added items (ie message texts) but not the UI. When i type a text from the EditText and press send, the item is properly displayed in the UI, BUT when i receive response from server the UI is not updated even if the message is added to the messageList.
I read in similar posts that the RecyclerView adapter is updating the old fragment after the rotation. Is this the case? And if this is the case, why when i send a message from the EditText it is properly displayed but not when from the onMessage of my WebSocket?
I tried "android:configChanges="screenSize|orientation|screenLayout" w/o any results.
I override the onConfigurationChanged and force the adapter to update the views, with no result
@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(@NonNull Configuration newConfig) {

    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);

    if(messagesAdapter!=null){
        messagesAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
    }
}

I save the fragment to restore it in my activity
public class MessageActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private MessageFragment fragment;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_message);

    if (savedInstanceState == null) {
        fragment = MessageFragment.newInstance();

        getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
                .replace(R.id.container, fragment)
                .commitNow();
    }else{
        fragment = (MessageFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().getFragment(savedInstanceState, "messageFragment");
    }

}

@Override
public void onBackPressed() {

    finishAffinity();
}

@Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);

    //Save the fragment's instance
    getSupportFragmentManager().putFragment(outState, "messageFragment", fragment);
}}

And i also save and retrieve my messageList
 @Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(@NonNull Bundle outState) {

    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    //saving the state of the chat
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A $3 million gift will establish the George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop, which will provide instruction for journalism professionals seeking to launch careers in creative writing. A $2 million gift will establish an endowed professorship, the George R.R. Martin Chair in Storytelling.
Northwestern alumnus George R.R. Martin commits $5 million to establish professorship, writing workshop at Medill
EVANSTON, Ill. — George R.R. Martin '70, '71 MS, '21 H, author of the acclaimed "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels and co-executive producer of the Emmy award-winning "Game of Thrones" series, is sharing his love of storytelling through two gifts totaling $5 million to Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications.
A $3 million gift will establish the George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop, which will provide instruction for journalism professionals seeking to launch careers in creative writing. Launching in 2024, the workshop will enroll six to eight writers and authors each summer and afford budding fiction writers, screenwriters and playwrights the time, space and guidance to develop their projects.
A $2 million gift will establish an endowed professorship, the George R.R. Martin Chair in Storytelling. The professor who is named to this position will lead the George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop, as well as teach courses across a breadth of genres, from narrative nonfiction to creative writing, to both undergraduate and graduate students.
"George R.R. Martin is a prolific and iconic author with an international audience," Northwestern President Michael H. Schill said. "We are so grateful for his generosity to his alma mater, which will inspire and equip the next generation of storytellers at Northwestern."
Medill helps students in its journalism and integrated marketing communications degree programs learn how to tell compelling stories, whether they are based on reporting or data. Martin's investment will bolster Medill's teaching in long-form narrative and storytelling and make the school a destination for writers seeking to hone their craft and launch their careers in fiction and writing for the screen and stage.
"The George R.R. Martin Chair in Storytelling and the Summer Intensive Writing Workshop will enable us to recruit, retain and host recognized authors and storytellers for the benefit of Northwestern students and writers from around the country," said Charles Whitaker '80, '81 MS, dean of Medill. "These initiatives will help aspiring writers across myriad literary genres to make their mark on the world, as George has done."
Through collaboration with faculty in the School of Communication and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the Martin Chair also will convene panels and conferences on writing for students, the greater Northwestern community and the public and be a liaison to industries related to long-form narrative and storytelling.
About George R.R. Martin
George R.R. Martin is a novelist and short story writer who specializes in the fantasy, horror and science fiction genre and is best known for "A Song of Ice and Fire," an international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels that HBO later adapted into the acclaimed dramatic series "Game of Thrones." He serves as co-executive producer of the award-winning TV series, which has remained HBO's biggest hit of all time since its conclusion in 2019. Martin also is the author of "Fire & Blood," the basis for HBO's "Game of Thrones" prequel "House of the Dragon," which drew nearly 10 million viewers with its premiere episode. His books have sold millions of copies and been translated into 47 languages.
Martin received a B.S. in journalism from Medill in 1970 and an MS from the school in 1971. He was inducted into the Medill Hall of Achievement in 2015 and spoke at Medill's 2021 convocation. That same year, Northwestern awarded Martin the honorary title of Doctor of Humane Letters.
Martin began writing at a young age, selling monster stories — accompanied by dramatic readings — to neighborhood children for pennies. In high school, he became a comic book collector and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin sold his first comic, "The Hero," to Galaxy in 1970 at age 21; it was published in February 1971.
The New Jersey native taught journalism at Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976 to 1978 before becoming a writer-in-residence there from 1978 to 1979. His first experience in Hollywood was as a story editor for "The Twilight Zone" at CBS Television. He later became executive story consultant and then a producer for "Beauty and the Beast," also on CBS. He also was executive producer for "Doorways," a pilot he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television.
Martin has won several Hugo Awards for his short stories, novels, novellas and novelettes. He also has received four Emmy Awards for his work as co-executive producer of "Game of Thrones." Martin was named one of "the most influential people in the world" by Time magazine as part of its 2011 Time 100 list.
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Medill announces new leadership for programs in Washington, adds new lecturer
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Left to right: Elizabeth Shogren, Ivan Meyers and Michael Spikes.
The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications announced today new leaders for its programs in Washington, D.C., as well as a new faculty member to work with Chicago high school teachers and students.
Elizabeth Shogren will join Medill this spring as an associate professor and will lead the graduate journalism Politics, Policy and Foreign Affairs specialization in Washington, D.C. Shogren was a senior reporter and producer for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting with her primary focus on climate change. Before that, she was an on-air environment correspondent for NPR's national and science desks. Early in her career, she covered the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, as a freelance reporter, before joining the Los Angeles Times' Moscow bureau. She also covered the White House, Congress, poverty and the environment as a Washington correspondent for the LA Times and was the Washington Correspondent for High Country News.
Recognition for her work has included a nomination for a Peabody Award for "Silencing Science," her hour-long Reveal episode about censorship of climate change science at the National Park Service. While at NPR, she was a lead reporter for Poisoned Places, a data-driven series about the toxic air pollution that plagues some communities because of the government's failure to implement a decades-old federal law. The series received several honors, including a Science in Society award from the National Association of Science Writers.
Ivan Meyers been promoted to senior lecturer and will serve as director of operations at Medill D.C. Meyers helped launch Medill's new campus in Washington and will support programs for both undergraduate and graduate journalism students.
Michael Spikes will join Medill as a lecturer and curriculum specialist for the Teach for Chicago Journalism Program. This program engages teachers and students in Chicago Public Schools. He also will teach at Medill. Spikes is currently finishing his Ph.D. in Learning Sciences at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy, where his focus is on news media literacy education. Prior to his time at Northwestern, he served as the Director of Illinois Civic News Literacy Educator Training & Digital Resources at the Center for News Literacy, and has also taught Mass Media Studies & Production in Washington D.C. area high schools.
"Medill has a rich tradition of giving our students an unparalleled experience in Washington, gaining significant reporting skills and Elizabeth and Ivan will ensure that mission continues," said Medill Dean Charles Whitaker. "And we're delighted Mike will help us engage with our community on one of our newest programs, highlighting the concept of media literacy which is a critical element of a healthy democracy."
Gayle Kerr honored with Inaugural Don Schultz Award for Innovation in Teaching, Theory and Practice of Integrated Marketing Communication
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A committee of Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communication faculty and industry experts have selected Gayle Kerr as the inaugural recipient of the Don Schultz Award for Innovation in Teaching, Theory and Practice of Integrated Marketing Communication.
Kerr is a professor at the School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations at Queensland University of Technology. This international award recognizes university faculty and marketing professionals who have demonstrated excellence in teaching the principles of integrated marketing communications (IMC) and bridging the gap between the academic and commercial arenas. Kerr will receive a cash prize of $5,000.
"We considered several candidates who have made great contributions as scholars, as practitioners, or as educators," said Medill Assistant Professor Judy Franks, who sat on the selection committee. "Like Don himself, Gayle Kerr embodies all three qualities. We celebrate her body of scholarship, her collaboration on important work in both the academy and industry and her tireless efforts to inspire the next generation."
The award is named for long-time Medill Professor Don Schultz. Schultz played a pivotal role in creating the field of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) and establishing the IMC department at Medill in the early 1990s. Medill was the first school to offer a graduate degree in Integrated Marketing Communications in the United States. Schultz is regarded internationally as the "father of IMC." He died in 2020.
"Don loved teaching more than any other aspect of academic life," said Heidi Schultz, Don's wife. "He wanted this award to celebrate those who make a classroom come alive, ignite passion in their students, and challenge them to think beyond the accepted theories and practices of the moment. Gayle Kerr carries on Don's legacy with her dynamic, innovative, and forward-looking teaching approach and well deserves to be the first recipient of the Schultz award."
As a teacher, Kerr has introduced many innovations including the first postgraduate Advertising and IMC courses in Australia and the first advertising digital units at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In 2017, Gayle was awarded Australia's highest university teaching Award, the AAUT Teaching Excellence Award. She is also the only non-US teacher to win the prestigious American Academy of Advertising Billy I. Ross Award for Education.
"Don has always been a part of my academic life," said Kerr. "From examining my Ph.D. thesis to working on research together, to presenting at conferences, to inspiring my students. I learned so much from Don and tried my best because of him. Winning an award from such a prestigious institution as Northwestern Medill is an honor in itself. Winning an award in the name of someone who set the trajectory of my career feels like Don's final endorsement."
Prof. Joe Matthewson Publishes Fifth Book "Ethical Journalism: Adopting the Ethics of Care"
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Joe Matthewson published his fifth book, "Ethical Journalism: Adopting the Ethics of Care," published by Routledge (August 31, 2021)
In the book, Matthewson argues that that our democracy's continuing pernicious shortcomings of racial inequity, economic disparity and climate change are simply unacceptable and must be more actively addressed by journalism, to mobilize public opinion to in turn persuade government and business leaders and other thought leaders to take effective action to ameliorate these shortcomings and eventually overcome them.
The template for this new initiative would be a distinctly American philosophy called the Ethics of Care, first formulated by feminist academic philosophers in the 1980s; it holds that emotions, not reason, actually govern human relationships (first postulated by Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume) and expects all people to actively assist family, friends, neighbors and perhaps a broader population when they're in need. Empathy v. reason. These writers emphatically (and very persuasively) reject the thinking of the rational moral philosophers such as Immanuel Kant and his categorical imperative.
Prof. Joe Matthewson
"When I encountered the philosophy of ethics of care, I was taken by the very humane approach to people's relationships with each other, based on emotion rather than reasoning," Matthewson said. "This philosophy, first articulated by feminist philosophers in the 1980s, postulates—quite correctly, in my view—that we human beings reach out to help family, friends and neighbors in need because of our feelings for them, not because we stop and apply the reason-based moral phi
losophy of what's right and what can be universally applied to others in the same situation."
Further, he added, "At the same time, when I ask my students what their aspirations are (as I always do in a little personal information questionnaire), many if not most of them reply that they want to make a difference, change the world, tackle problems like race discrimination. Don't most practicing journalists today feel the same? They're not in it for the money; they want to make an impact, and they're in a position to do so. Even in the face of dishonest, corrupting "news" and social media, our public discourse is still driven by ethical journalism. No big societal problem like racial inequity, economic disparity or climate change can be successfully addressed without truthful, fact-based public information. So I sat down to write."
Mathewson is a former Supreme Court correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and a practicing lawyer in Chicago. Mathewson also covered business for The Journal, was a reporter for WBBM-TV in Chicago, press secretary to Illinois Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie. He was a Cook County commissioner and a director of several community banks, was an officer of a minority-owned broker-dealer, and was a securities arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers. He also served ten years as a trustee of Dartmouth College.
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Student work from spring course Reading and Reporting LGBTQ Health
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Photo courtesy of Die Anna.
Students in the spring 2021 Reading and Reporting LGBTQ Health course with Associate Prof. Stephen William Thrasher wrote and produced impressive stories developed in partnership with the Institute of Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) and its faculty.
Jude Cramer (BSJ23) got their final project professionally published by Into magazine.
"Trans Artists Are The Past, Present and Future of Drag" by Jude Cramer, published by Into magazine
Photo from Cramer's article courtesy of Die Anna.
More Student Work
"Queer in Quarantine. Capturing Northwestern students' thoughts on sexuality and gender after a year in isolation" by Maia Spoto
Print + images (links to PDFs)
"Help! The White Heteropatriarchy Took My Penis! How Queer Asian Only Fans Creators Deal With Stigma" by Alex Chun
"alice sparkly kat want s us to make astrology our own again: if western astrology is connected to oppressive structures just like other western spiritual traditions, how do we practice it ethically?" by Susanna Kemp
"Cishet Girlworld" by Molly Lubbers (23 minutes)
"Queer Representation" [and finding it in the Peanuts and Glee] by Margo Milanowski (12 minutes)
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"'Only the first step:' Chicago-area LGBTQ coalition gets SOGI data bill to Governor's desk" by James Pollard
"Queer Curation and Queer Regional Imaginary in Queer South-Asian Literary Collections" by Saira Singh
(Note: this is an academic paper, not a story, and includes an example of how the students were asked to read a partner's work and an example of how they were asked to reflect on a text from the course in their work. Here, Saira reflects on a text from Imagining Queer Methods.)
Special thanks to Huffington Post editor Noah Michaelson, ISGMH Associate Director Jagadīśa-devaśrī Dācus , and ISGM professor Kathryn Macapagal for being guest critics in helping the students develop their projects.
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Medill Alums Win 2021 Pulitzer Prizes, Individual and Teams
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Michael Paul Williams (MSJ81), a veteran journalist and longtime columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, has won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Commentary.
The Pulitzer board honored Williams for his "penetrating and historically insightful columns that led Richmond, a former capital of the Confederacy, through the painful and complicated process of dismantling the city's monuments to white supremacy."
Williams has been at the Richmond Times-Dispatch for nearly 39 years and has been a columnist for the paper since 1992.
Read more: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/michael-paul-williams-richmond-va-times-dispatch
Abbie VanSickle
Three Medill graduates, Abbie VanSickle (BSJ04) and Katie Park (BSJ12) from the Marshall Project and Dana Brozost-Kelleher (MSJ19) from the Invisible Institute, Chicago, were on the winning teams for National Reporting, along with the staff of AL.com, Birmingham and the IndyStar, Indianapolis. The National Reporting Pulitzer was awarded for a year-long series: "Mauled: When Police Dogs Are Weapons." The investigation focused on K-9 units and the damage that police dogs inflict on Americans, including innocent citizens and police officers, prompted numerous statewide reforms.
"I'm so grateful to everyone who shared their experiences with us," VanSickle said. "This work wouldn't be possible without our sources. I'm so fortunate to be part of such a great collaboration across newsrooms. It gives me a lot of hope in the future of our profession."
Katie Park
"The injuries and terror faced by victims of police dog attacks are truly horrifying — it was crucial to us to convey the seriousness of these attacks while being sensitive to the trauma people have undergone," Park said. "I'm so proud to work at an organization that not only prioritizes in-depth reporting but also recognizes the immense value of visual and data-driven storytelling. It's an honor to work alongside such talented and thoughtful journalists."
Read more about the series. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/06/11/the-marshall-project-wins-the-pulitzer-prize
https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staffs-marshall-project-alcom-birmingham-indystar-indianapolis-and-invisible-institute
Finally, numerous Medill MSJ 2020 alumni were on the winning team for Public Service at the New York Times (Maura Turcotte, Alison Saldanha, Sarah Cahalan and Brandon Dupre, Matt Craig, Alison Saldanha, Brandon Dupré, Sarah Cahalan and Maura Turcotte continue to work with us on the data project. Maddie Burakoff, Jake Holland, Alex Schwartz, Andrea Michelson and Samone Blair, Mitch Smith).
The public service Pulitzer was awarded for courageous, prescient and sweeping coverage of the coronavirus pandemic that exposed racial and economic inequities, government failures in the U.S. and beyond, and filled a data vacuum that helped local governments, healthcare providers, businesses and individuals to be better prepared and protected.
Read more: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/new-york-times-6
New faculty members and fellow join Medill
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"I am proud and excited to welcome these new members into our Medill community," said Medill Dean Charles Whitaker. "Our faculty are the foundation of what makes Medill the leading school of its kind in the world from journalism to integrated marketing communications. I look forward to the valuable contributions that these colleagues will make in the classroom and in their respective areas of expertise."
New faculty members include:
Danielle Robinson Bell (BSJ99) joins Medill as an assistant professor in IMC. Bell's area of expertise is strategic communications. Her career has included senior management roles at several of the world's most respected advertising agencies. In those roles, she worked alongside billion-dollar brands like Tide, Gillette, Visa, and Verizon Wireless to create integrated marketing campaigns for various consumer segments across general market, multicultural and millennial audiences. In 2015, Bell launched Pen and Voice, Inc., a writing and messaging practice for businesses, brands, and executives. In addition to earning a BSJ from Medill, she also holds an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg.
Kalyani Chadha joins Medill from the University of Maryland as an associate professor in journalism. Kalyani's research focuses on issues of media globalization and the implications of new media technologies with a particular emphasis on the journalism landscape in India. Her work has appeared in leading journals such as Media, Culture and Society, the Journal of Broadcast and Electronic Media, and Global Media and Communication and Convergence. She has also presented at major media and journalism-related conferences, including AEJMC, IAMCR, ICA and NCA.
Jeremy Gilbert (BSJ00, MSJ00) returns to Medill as the new Knight Chair for Digital Media Strategy. Gilbert previously served as a member of the Medill faculty from 2008 to 2013. Since 2014, he has served as director of strategic initiatives at The Washington Post where he directed a lab dedicated to experimental storytelling aimed at creating unique digital products and stories. These have included The Post's first artificial intelligence storytelling system and first augmented and virtual reality projects.
Ivan J. Meyers joins the Medill faculty as a lecturer. He has overseen television studio operations at Medill in Washington, D.C. since 2002. In addition to video journalism classes at Medill, he has also taught video courses geared for journalists at other institutions, including the National Press Club, the American Red Cross and Georgetown University. Meyers is the founder of Out of the Cave Production and Technology Company, comprising a wide range of multimedia and technological offerings. Early in his career, Meyers worked as a production specialist in the eBusiness and digitization department at NBC News in New York where he ushered in a new era of video editing on desktop computers, and laid the ground work to transition the network's video workflow to a tapeless environment.
Sherrell Dorsey also joins Medill this year as the inaugural Medill-Garage Fellow. Dorsey is founder and editor-in-chief of The Plug, a subscription-based digital news and insights platform covering the Black innovation economy as well as investigating and reporting on Black tech trends, stories and breaking news. The one-year fellowship supports entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups—with an emphasis on women and people of color—who are working on innovation in the media industry.
Photo from left to right top to bottom: Bell, Chadha, Gilbert, Meyers and Dorsey.
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How can local news survive in small towns? Medill aims to find out
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Nikola Grbić is the favorite for the position of the coach of the Polish national team. Gino Sirci does not hide his irritation
According to the Italian media, Nikola Grbić will soon be announced as the new manager of the Polish national team. The Serb currently works at the Italian Sir Safety Conad Perugia. The president of the club does not hide his irritation with the confusion around the coach.
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Until November 20, PZPS was collecting applications for competitions for national team coaches. On December 3, it was announced that four trainers had moved on to the next stage. In the case of the male representation, little is known. Of the six applications, two were rejected. The other coaches will take part in the talks. However, they did not agree to the disclosure of the names.
According to the Italian media, the decision on the selection of the manager of the Polish men's team has already been made. The successor of Vital Heynen is to be Nikola Grbić, who a few months ago led Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle to the gold of the Champions League. The president of PZPS ensures, however, that the decisive talks are yet to take place.
– I assume that within a few weeks it will be possible to talk to everyone and indicate to the board the candidates among whom the selectors will be selected by voting. Now we will be questioning the final fours. We want to find out what their idea is for our representations. Later, when the favorites of the working groups for the selection of trainers will be known, we would like them to present themselves to the entire management board of the union – said Sebastian Świderski in an interview with our portal.
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Gino Sirci is becoming more and more irritated by the media turmoil surrounding the Serbian trainer. The president of Sir Safety Conad Perugia is a strong opponent of the current coach joining the team and the club. It is influenced, among others, by the experiences from the last months, when the team led Vital Heynen. Ultimately, the Belgian was dismissed before the end of the season due to unsatisfactory results.
– We want Grbić to be focused on our team. I don't know if he came to an agreement with the Polish federation. All I know is I want a Perugia focused coach. I don't think he's having any talks, our contract doesn't provide for that. Many people call me from Poland to find out something, but I don't even answer: I'm bored. Last year, Vital Heynen was very busy with his obligations towards Poland. We do not like it – said the president of the Italian team in an interview with Corriere dell'Umbria.
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