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BWI Statement of Support for Lula da Silva
The Building and Wood Workers´ International (BWI) demands respect the State of Law and joins to the voices of protest throughout the world in solidarity with the ex-President Lula da Silva.
On Friday, March 4th, 2016, the ex-President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Lula da Silva was coercively taken from his home in the industrial city of Sao Bernardo do Campo at early hours of the morning, to meet with police authorities of his country, who were waiting for him at the facilities of the domestic airport Sao Paulo megalopolis.
The ex-president is not being officially investigated and there are no judicial proceedings against him at any instance of the Brazilian Justice. In the past, the former trade unionist has never refused to attend any court appointment when formally invited as a witness or to provide simple explanations relating to investigations that lead judicial authorities throughout the country.
This coercive transfer of Lula is an explicit violation of his civil rights and an unnecessary violence by the Brazilian Justice, which exposes, above all, the absence of political respect to a popular and global leader. During his Presidency, his government reduced the Brazilian debt, brought 30 million people out of poverty, sharply decline child labour, and empowered women through social programs, entitled them with deeds to their homes, and control of a minimum monthly support (Bolsa Familia). In addition, unemployment fell to levels around 7%; the actual increase (discounting inflation) the national minimum wage reached 76.5% in ten years; and the gains of the poorest Brazilians grew by 90% in ten years.
There is no due process against the former president. Still, the Brazilian monopoly of the conservative press controlled only by six families, floods every day the homes of people with strong accusatory media campaign against Lula, his family and his political party. The aim seems to be the moral and political destruction of Lula, and consequently, of the still young Brazilian democracy.
Geneva, March 7th, 2016
End of Year Message from BWI General Secretary 18.12.2017, 15:38
General Secretary speaks at the ILC in Geneva - 9 June 2017 13.06.2017, 09:43
BWI Statement of support for the GFBTU Bahrain 12.06.2017, 09:10
Solidarity Greeting by Ambet Yuson, General Secretary of BWI - FILCA-CISL Congress - June 6 to 8, 2017 08.06.2017, 15:06
South Korea: BWI urges new President to protect human rights 07.06.2017, 14:39
Asia-Pacific: BWI-AP joins 94 other civil society groups saying NO to investors suing states in RCEP 07.06.2017, 13:51
Switzerland: Geneva moves against wage dumping 07.06.2017, 10:19
BWI May Day Solidarity Message: Amandla! Power to the People! 30.04.2017, 00:57
International Day of Forests: Let us not forget the role of forestry workers! 20.04.2017, 13:14
Seasons greetings 05.01.2017, 12:21
Denouncement of the Recent Cairo's Attack 05.01.2017, 11:38
South Korean Police Ransack Trade Union Office 19.07.2016, 12:43
BWI condemns the killing of Cambodian political analyst Kem Ley 19.07.2016, 12:37
The BWI Condemns Five-year prison sentence of KCTU President, Han Sang Gyun 11.07.2016, 11:47
Lithuania: BWI shows solidarity with the Anti-New-Labour-Code Protesters in Vilnius 30.06.2016, 10:55
BWI Solidarity Statement with the victims of Turkey terror attacks 30.06.2016, 10:50
Historic founding of new union federation in Spain 31.05.2016, 07:06
Ambet Yuson inaugurated the Africa and Middle East Regional Office in Johannesburg 31.05.2016, 06:51
11 workers killed in Rio Olympics projects – BWI calls for independent investigation 16.05.2016, 09:20
FIFA is finally taking the first step 25.04.2016, 13:08
Bring back the kidnapped cement workers! – The BWI condemns the brutal mass abduction in Syria 21.04.2016, 13:22
Big fire at the construction of Qatar's largest mall 06.04.2016, 12:21
Strike on the 2018 World Cup Stadium in Nizhniy Novgorod 06.04.2016, 11:39
UN expert concerned over threats to democracy in South Korea 06.04.2016, 09:50
BWI Statement for International Day of Forests 05.04.2016, 15:27
Climate change can't be stopped without social justice 05.04.2016, 11:08
BWI condemns terror attacks Belgium, Iraq, Ivory Coast and Pakistan 05.04.2016, 08:51
BWI demands for immediate investigation on death of Filipino construction worker in Qatar 05.04.2016, 08:48
Workers face dangerous working conditions and unpaid wages before the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 05.04.2016, 08:47
Worker Killed in Metro Project in Qatar 05.04.2016, 08:45
BWI Statement of Support for Lula da Silva 05.04.2016, 08:44
On International Women's Day: End violence against all women, regardless of migration status 05.04.2016, 08:43
International Women's Day 2016 - Value Women's Work! 05.04.2016, 08:41
IWMD: "Strong laws. Strong enforcement. Strong unions." 05.04.2016, 08:37
BWI at South Korean mass mobilisation against labour reform 05.04.2016, 08:21
BWI Supports the General Strike in Morocco 05.04.2016, 08:20
This Friday FIFA's Choice is Simple: Human Lives Matter! 05.04.2016, 08:14
The BWI strongly condemns the attack on Amran Cement Factory in Yemen 05.04.2016, 08:11
BWI in solidarity with Fiji after cyclone 05.04.2016, 08:09
Solidarity with unions and activists opposing the TPPA signing 05.04.2016, 08:04
Bro Mohd Khalid bin Atan: Celebrating his lifelong contribution to the trade union movement 05.04.2016, 08:02
Obituary: Mohd Khalid bin Atan 05.04.2016, 07:47
"We are not affraid" – The BWI condemns recent series of terror attacks 05.04.2016, 07:45
Philippine Labour Leader Democrito "Kito' Mendoza Passes Away at 92 05.04.2016, 07:43
BWI Mourns the Death of William Van der Straeten from EFBWW 05.04.2016, 07:39
Solidarity with imprisoned construction workers in South Korea 05.04.2016, 07:36
BWI calls for a social approach to forestry certification at the PEFC General Assembly 04.04.2016, 13:24

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Curiosity Speeding Toward Mars
Lindsay Prossnitz | July 19, 2012 11:00 am
It's one of NASA's most daring undertakings. The Curiosity rover is set to land on Mars on August 6. The lead scientist of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, Michael Meyer, joins us on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm to tell us about the mission, including the so-called "seven minutes of terror."
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft (Curiosity), sealed inside its launch vehicle, clears the tower at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.The mission lifted off at 10:02 a.m. EST (7:02 a.m. PST), Nov. 26, beginning an eight-month interplanetary cruise to Mars. The spacecraft's components include a car-sized rover, Curiosity, which has 10 science instruments designed to search for signs of life, including methane, and to help determine if this gas is from a biological or geological source.
About the size of a small SUV, NASA's Curiosity rover is well-equipped for a tour of Gale Crater on Mars. This impressive rover has six-wheel drive and the ability to turn in place a full 360 degrees, as well as the agility to climb steep hills. During a nearly two-year prime mission after landing on Mars, the rover will investigate whether Gale Crater ever offered conditions favorable for microbial life, including the chemical ingredients for life.
This view of the head of the remote sensing mast on the Mars Science Laboratory mission's rover, Curiosity, shows seven of the 17 cameras on the rover. Two pairs of Navigation cameras, among the rover's 12 engineering cameras, are the small circular apertures on either side of the head.
On the top are the optics of the Chemistry and Camera investigation, which includes a laser and a telescopic camera. The Mast Camera instrument includes a 100-millimeter-focal-length camera called MastCam-100 or M-100, and a 34-millimeter-focal-length camera called the MastCam-34 or M-34. The two cameras of the MastCam are both scientific and natural color imaging systems.
Dr. Michael Meyer has been the lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. He oversees the program's science operations and planning. Meyer earned his master's and doctorate degrees in oceanography from Texas A&M University, College Station, and a bachelor's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. His research emphasis has been in microorganisms living in extreme environments.
Watch NASA's "seven minutes of terror" video, where team members share the challenges of Curiosity's final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars.
Watch a video animation depicting key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.
Watch a video showing how the Mars land rover will land and navigate.
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Celebrate the landing of Curiosity on Mars at the Adler Planetarium. Learn more about the rover's mission, the challenges of reach Mars, the rover's capabilities, and what scientists expect to find when Curiosity lands in Gale Crater in a series of hands-on activities, special presentations, and live NASA coverage of the landing. Plus, come dressed to impress in your "Mars Red" or space-themed digs for a chance to win a special Mars gift basket! Curiosity will land at approximately 12:31 am CDT on August 6. The landing party starts Sunday, August 5, 9:00 pm - Monday, August 6, 2:00 am. Click here for more information.
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Custom heavy-duty aluminum handhold to protect binnacle and provide support for crew while in cockpit. The structure also provides a convenient way to mount multiple electronic instruments for navigation and entertainment using RAM Mount devices.
Standard CSY 44 WT double spreader rigging was cut 18" to facilitate passage under 65' nominal clearance fixed bridges. Sails modified accordingly. Only forestay and backstay were cut. The rest of the rigging geometry, spreaders and shrouds remained intact. Aluminum mast steps were installed for assist in climbing the mast. All work was professionally supervised and performed by SVENSEN's Boat Yard in San Francisco, a yard known for its high quality custom work. Also, at the same time, mast steps were added to the mast for easier climbing for inspecting rigging and repairs.
Custom PVC/stainless steel cable rigging steps on port side shrouds to aid lookout in shallow water navigationEasy maintenance, very reliable LAVAC manual pump heads, forward and aft. Head spare parts on board. Never needed.
Two large deck lockers for on-deck storage, some CSY WT's have only one.
New Windex wind indicator at masthead.
New (2018) state-of-the-art Garmin autopilot system (GHP Reactor 40, powerful hydraulic linear ram, and GHC 20 helm control and rudder reference display). Features powerful linear hydraulic ram independently connected to rudder post quadrant for complete steering backup, if failure of main cable steering system. The system features intelligent rudder rate technology, full integration with Garmin plotters, minimal setup, auto reaction to sea conditions.
Dual LED bright masthead forward deck light and aft deck, providing full bright deck lights with low-power LED consumption.
Standard Horizon Matrix GX2000 VHF radio with full remote control mike at cockpit binnacle. VHF antenna mounted on masthead with 8Gauge stranded wire for max reach.
ICOM 718 ham/ssb radio with automatic tuner and insulated backstay for antenna.
HARKEN roller-furling mainsail aft of mast, furled from the cockpit. This roller-fuller system can be easily removed to revert back to the original, traditional mainsail with Statpack stowage. I have the original mainsail, if buyer would like to have it.
Two HARKEN cruising roller furling systems for control of main jib and jib staysail, replacing original FAMET systems on boat when purchased. Furling lines are lead into the cockpit for easy reefing or stowage safely from inside the cockpit.
Upgraded (2014) LEWMAR 48 new generation primary genoa two-speed self-tailing winches, replacing the original ones.
New (2015) Phasor 3.5Kw diesel generator, using the well-known reliable Kabota engine (uses one quart of diesel per hour), with 118 hours and remote control panel. The generator is capable of running the a/c system when you really need it: during heavy rain, very humid hot temperature and mosquito invasion. Generator is totally independent of main engine.
Main 100 gal monel diesel tank under cockpit in front of engine, and 50 gal auxiliary fiberglass diesel tank located under v-bunks, fitted with electrical transfer pump with cutoff valve, fitted with its own, separate fuel filter.
Upgraded (2007) Dual Racor secondary twin filters, with vacuum gauge to check fuel flow and allow immediate switchover to the alternate filter for easy filter replacement while underway.
New (2015) 3.5 Kw Xantrex Freedom SW 3012 Intelligent Inverter Charger system, with detailed remote monitoring screen at nav station. This unit supplies 110V throughout the boat, and 3-step customizable charging for more efficient charging and longer battery life.
New (2017) Blue Sea Systems SI-ACR Automatic Charging Relay with Start Isolation to allow a single charging source to correctly charge both the house batteries and the starting batter at the same time. Sometimes referred to as a battery combiner.
Upgraded (2000) ProStar-30 solar power controller regulator in engine room, already wired for solar panels affixed over davits. Original panels were damaged and never replaced.
All original thru-hull seacocks replaced (2011) with high-quality brass ball-valves. Other than main engine and fwd and aft heads, which have their own thru-hull fittings, all other salt-water intake is through a single filter, with a custom manifold having separate ball valves for generator, refrigerator/freezer cooling, water maker, and salt water wash down and galley sink salt water wash.
Newly-upgraded (2018) 110V refrigerator/freezer cooling system, with three holding plates: two in freezer and one large one in the fridge. System is water cooled or air cooled when boat is hauled out of the water.
Custom Marine CruiseAire 16,000 BTU a/c system, with single compressor in engine room for less noise, and two evaporator/air handlers, ducted for v-berths, main salon and aft cabin.
Custom (2004) electrical panel with analog amperage and voltage displays to select power input from shore using a single 30amp input, or dual 30amp inputs for maximum power availability, and for generator power input.
New external chainplates, replacing the original internal chainplates that are more vulnerable to corrosion.
Custom panel for operating dual electric bilge pump system (auto/manual) and integral resettable digital counter to keep track of frequency of operation when boat is left in the water for a few days, unattended.


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John Michael English (born 16 December 1962) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Redlands. He was Deputy Speaker of the Parliament from 2006 to 2009 and also served on the Parliamentary Crime & Misconduct Committee and the Public Accounts Committee.

English was born in Maleny, Queensland. Prior to his election he was a police officer.

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Holidays on Friday, December 02
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day 2022
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day 2022 is on Friday, December 2, 2022: was abraham lincoln the first person to try to end slavery?
Friday, December 2, 2022 is International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day 2022. Abolition Slavery End Slavery in Our Lifetime with International Justice Mission.
Lincoln never wanted to abolish slavery he Just wanted to save his empire He told the seceding states stay in the Union and i will allow you to keep your slaves until 1900 which proves that Lincoln approved of Slavery
the abolition of Slavery only got mentioned in the civil war to prevent the British and the French from openly supporting the south in the War and to Punish the seceding states
and the emancipation Proclamation never freed the salves the 15 amendment did stop Glorifying a racist
The British had already banned Slavery
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (citation 3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire (with the exceptions "of the Territories in the Possession of the East India Company," the "Island of Ceylon," and "the Island of Saint Helena"; the exceptions were eliminated in 1843) The Act was repealed in 1998 as part of a wider rationalisation of English statute law, but later anti-slavery legislation remains in force.
In 1772, Lord Mansfield's judgement in the Somersett's Case emancipated a slave in England, which helped launch the movement to abolish slavery The case ruled that slavery was unsupported by law in England and Scotland, and no authority could be exercised on slaves entering English or Scottish soil. In 1785, English poet William Cowper wrote:
"We have no slaves at home – Then why abroad? Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs receive our air, that moment they are free. They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud. And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein."
By 1783, following the American Revolutionary War, an anti-slavery movement to abolish the slave trade throughout the Empire had begun among the British public.
In 1808, after Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act of 1807, the Royal Navy established the West Africa Squadron. The squadron's task was to suppress the Atlantic slave trade by patrolling the coast of West Africa. It did suppress the slave trade, but did not stop it entirely. It is possible that, when slave ships were in danger of being captured by the Royal Navy, some captains may have ordered the slaves to be thrown into the sea to reduce the fines they had to pay. Between 1808 and 1860 the West Africa Squadron captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans. They resettled many in Jamaica and the Bahamas.
In 1823, the Anti-Slavery Society was founded. Members included Joseph Sturge, Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce, Henry Brougham, Thomas Fowell Buxton, Elizabeth Heyrick, Mary Lloyd, Jane Smeal, Elizabeth Pease and Anne Knight.
During the Christmas holiday of 1831, a large-scale slave revolt in Jamaica, known as the Baptist War, broke out. It was organised originally as a peaceful strike by the Baptist minister, Samuel Sharpe. The rebellion was suppressed by the militia of the Jamaican plantocracy and the British garrison ten days later in early 1832. Because of the loss of property and life in the 1831 rebellion, the British Parliament held two inquiries. The results of these inquiries contributed greatly to the abolition of slavery with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
Protector of Slaves Office (Trinidad), Richard Bridgens, 1838.
A successor organisation to the Anti-Slavery Society was formed in London in 1839, which worked to outlaw slavery in other countries. Its official name was the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. The world's oldest international human rights organisation, it continues today as Anti-Slavery International.
Slavery was officially abolished in most of the British Empire on 1 August 1834
In which countries does slavery still exist?
Forms of Contemporary Slavery
To many, the term "slavery" conveys images of the transatlantic slave trade of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with all its deplorable horrors. Relegated to a barbaric past, few realize that the enslavement of human beings exists even today and remains a grave problem across our world. From traditional chattel slavery in Sudan to the contentious issue of trafficking in persons, international organizations such as Anti-Slavery International and Free the Slaves estimate that at least 27 million people are held in slavery like situations today. (Because of the hidden nature of modern slavery, it is difficult to determine precise numbers and data on modern slaves.)
Persistent modern-day slavery covers a variety of human rights violations and includes the practices of child labor, bonded labor, serfdom, servile marriage, trafficking in persons (especially women and children), and the exploitation of domestic and migrant labor. Such slavery-like practices remain clandestine in nature and, in certain cases, accepted as a part of society, making them difficult to root out and eliminate. Public ignorance has contributed to governmental and international inaction to abolish such forms of slavery. The problem is compounded by the fact that, worldwide, victims of contemporary slavery are characterized by their poverty and vulnerability.
An examination of international instruments to eliminate slavery and slavery-like practices reveals an ongoing evolution in the understanding of slavery and the many forms of enslavement. The Vienna Congress Declaration on the Universal Abolition of Slave Trade was adopted in 1815, though it was only in 1926 that the League of Nations gave an international definition to slavery. The 1926 Slavery Convention () and its 1956 protocol "Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery" () defined slavery as "the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised." Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( ) states: "No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms."
The slave trade was defined to include all acts involved in the capture, acquisition, or disposal of a person with intent to reduce the person to slavery; all acts involved in the acquisition of a slave with a view to selling or exchanging the person; all acts of disposal by sale or exchange of a slave acquired with a view to selling or exchanging; and, in general, every act of trade or transport in slaves. The Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery brought into focus institutions and practices resembling slavery but which were not covered by the Slavery Convention, such as debt bondage, servile forms of marriage, and the exploitation of children and adolescents. The objective of the Supplementary Convention was to intensify national and international efforts to abolish slavery and all institutions and practices similar to slavery. (Brandeis University)
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report (U.S. Dept. of State)
his is the second annual Trafficking in Persons Report report to Congress, as required by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, on the status of severe forms of trafficking in persons worldwide. Through this annual report, the United States seeks to bring international attention to the horrific practice of trafficking in persons. This report is a diplomatic tool for the U.S. Government in combating trafficking in persons, serving as an instrument for continued dialogue, and a means to encourage increased prosecution, protection, and prevention programs. After the release of this report, the Department will continue to engage in discussions with governments to help strengthen cooperative efforts to eradicate trafficking. The Department will use the information gained during the report compilation to target assistance programs more effectively. Hopefully, the report will be a catalyst for governmental efforts to combat trafficking in persons around the world, so that this degrading practice is eventually eliminated.
The list includes 91 countries where slavery is practiced, including the U.S.A.
Why Europe Won't pay Africans some form of reparation for slavery and colonialism?
Who could make such a payment? The government represents those alive at present. I am not responsible for slavery and nor, in Britain, is anyone else alive. Therefore the government could not ethically authorise such payment.
Britain was instrumental in stopping the slave trade.
If the past remains unresolved then that is because people refuse to let it be resolved. Personally, having stayed in Africa and knowing many Africans I doubt that what you say is true about many Africans feel that Europe owes them reparation, no doubt there are some but then some people will seek any excuse for a sob story. And those Africans that do feel I owe them something are wrong.
Holidays also on this date Friday, December 2, 2022...
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Special Education Day - Special Education?
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Raw String Literal in C++
Array of Strings in C++ – 5 Different Ways to Create
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Encapsulation in C++ is defined as the wrapping up of data and information in a single unit. In Object Oriented Programming, Encapsulation is defined as binding together the data and the functions that manipulate them.
Consider a real-life example of encapsulation, in a company, there are different sections like the accounts section, finance section, sales section, etc. Now,
The finance section handles all the financial transactions and keeps records of all the data related to finance.
Similarly, the sales section handles all the sales-related activities and keeps records of all the sales.
Now there may arise a situation when for some reason an official from the finance section needs all the data about sales in a particular month.
In this case, he is not allowed to directly access the data of the sales section. He will first have to contact some other officer in the sales section and then request him to give the particular data.
This is what Encapsulation is. Here the data of the sales section and the employees that can manipulate them are wrapped under a single name "sales section".
Features of Encapsulation
Below are the features of encapsulation:
We can not access any function from the class directly. We need an object to access that function that is using the member variables of that class.
The function which we are making inside the class must use only member variables, only then it is called encapsulation.
If we don't make a function inside the class which is using the member variable of the class then we don't call it encapsulation.
Increase in the security of data
It helps to control the modification of our data members.
Encapsulation also leads to data abstraction. Using encapsulation also hides the data, as in the above example, the data of the sections like sales, finance, or accounts are hidden from any other section.
In C++, encapsulation can be implemented using classes and access modifiers.
// C++ program to demonstrate
// Encapsulation
class Encapsulation {
// Data hidden from outside world
// Function to set value of
// variable x
void set(int a) { x = a; }
// Function to return value of
int get() { return x; }
// Driver code
Encapsulation obj;
obj.set(5);
cout << obj.get();
Explanation: In the above program, the variable x is made private. This variable can be accessed and manipulated only using the functions get() and set() which are present inside the class. Thus we can say that here, the variable x and the functions get() and set() are bound together which is nothing but encapsulation.
// declaring class
class Circle {
// access modifier
// Data Member
float area;
float radius;
void getRadius()
cout << "Enter radius\n";
cin >> radius;
void findArea()
area = 3.14 * radius * radius;
cout << "Area of circle=" << area;
// creating instance(object) of class
Circle cir;
cir.getRadius(); // calling function
cir.findArea(); // calling function
Enter radius
Area of circle=0
Role of Access Specifiers in Encapsulation
Access specifiers facilitate Data Hiding in C++ programs by restricting access to the class member functions and data members. There are three types of access specifiers in C++:
By default, all data members and member functions of a class are made private by the compiler.
As we have seen in the above example, access specifiers play an important role in implementing encapsulation in C++. The process of implementing encapsulation can be sub-divided into two steps:
Creating a class to encapsulate all the data and methods into a single unit.
Hiding relevant data using access specifiers.
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But you may at lest test for it instead of crashing, logging some debug information, as a temporary fix ? (I typically quick-fixed my version with a little ternary).
you issue "backtrace full" to get the full stack?
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Basil Butcher passes away at 86 | Guyana Community Discussion Forums
Basil Butcher passes away at 86
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Basil Butcher
Legendary former West Indian cricketer Basil Butcher passed away last night after a prolonged period of illness.
His son, Basil F Butcher Jr. announced his father's passing on his Facebook page minutes after his death. In the post the son said "With a heavy heart I announce our Dad, Husband, Brother, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather and former Guyana and West Indies batting star Basil Butcher Sr. passed earlier this evening in Florida after a long illness." He was 86.
Hundreds of fans extended condolences to his family as they learnt of his passing via social media.
Basil Butcher in full flow
Former Mayor of Linden Carwyn Holland told Stabroek News that Butcher was a man of the community and during his tenure as mayor he would always receive a scolding for affairs of the council that were not done right.
"I grew up hearing about Basil Butcher, my father would always tell me about him when we were talking about West Indies Cricket. Eventually I got to meet him firstly at his store where we used to buy beverages. In my early teens he ran a few coaching sessions and I adopted his batting stance which I occasionally used. From there we developed a great friendship. When I became Mayor of Linden, I had to take scolding for anything wrong in the town, especially for garbage collection.
Holland added that Butcher was a father figure to many and a legend to all. "Guyana and the West Indies have lost a valuable son. He will surely be missed," he added.
The right-handed middle order batsman was born in Port Mourant and was the first person of Amerindian descent to represent the West Indies in cricket.
Butcher fought his way to Test level at a time when so many had been knocking at the door of West Indies cricket and failing.
He had made his mark in the County games when Berbice matched strength with Essequibo and Demerara, Stabroek News reported.
Butcher played for the West Indies during the tour of India and Pakistan when he chalked up his first Test hundred and featured in a 200-run partnership with fellow Guyanese star batsman Rohan Kanhai.
ESPN described Butcher as a supple, wristy, resolute batsman, who became a consistently reliable performer. While he had a chequered career in his first Test series, against India in 1958-59,it was in the 1963 tour of England, when he made 383 runs in eight completed innings, including 133 out of 229 in the memorable draw at Lord's that he shone.
After playing in two fine series against Australia led by Richie Benaud, he was considered the most difficult of all West Indians to get out.
In First Class cricket from 1954 to 1972, he amassed 11,628 runs at an average of 49.99 and this included 31 centuries while capturing 40 wickets. For the West Indies he played 44 Tests recording 3,104 runs at an average of 43.11 with 209 not out being his highest score.
He made 99 in his last Test innings and was given out caught behind. To this day, Basil will say, "I was out. The umpire said so", reports said.
While Butcher was born on the Corentyne he lived for many years in Linden where he coached young cricketers.
Butcher was also a part of the group of persons who organised and planned the first republican celebration.
Basil Butcher gave Guyana pride and honor. After he retired from cricket I was introduced to him in Georgetown and later visited his home/business place in Linden. My condolence to his family.
Billy Ram BalgobinBilly
Was he Amerindian? He looks black to me. Maybe part Amerindian.
Condolences to the family
Basil Fitzherbert Butcher was born on September 3, 1933 at Port Mourant, Berbice, to Mr. Ethelbert Fitzherbert Butcher, a Barbadian who migrated to British Guiana, and his Guyanese wife, Mrs. Mathilda Elizabeth Lowe. His father worked at the Port Mourant Sugar Estate while his mother ran a bakery.
Young Basil attended St Joseph Anglican and Corentyne High School. The back fence of his home was right next to the Port Mourant Community Centre, the center of cricket in the community of about 5000, which boasted 24 cricket teams! The young boys of Port Mourant, using balls made out of wood and bats from branches of coconut and monkey apple trees, played cricket every day.
After leaving Corentyne High School, Butcher joined the Port Mourant Sports Club. Joe Solomon welcomed him and two other new members and future internationals - Rohan Kanhai and Ivan Madray. By the age of 18 Butcher was on the Port Mourant Estate cricket team. In 1954 he became the first player in Berbice to score a double century, a sparkling 215 against Mental Hospital, and he played for Berbice in the inaugural Jones Cup inter-county tournament.
Though John Trim of Port Mourant had played for the West Indies by the time Butcher joined Port Mourant, the young Port Mourant players, living far away from the capital Georgetown, never dreamt of playing for British Guiana or the West Indies.
That began to change, however, when former Test cricketer Robert Christiani was appointed Personnel Manager at the Port Mourant sugar estate at that time. By another stroke of good fortune, in the mid 1950s, Barbados and West Indies batting star Clyde Walcott was sent to British Guiana to coach and organize cricket on sugar estates.
Walcott set about improving cricket facilities at Port Mourant and other Berbice sugar estates, appointing groundsmen and providing cricket equipment to the local teams. He also organised competitions between sugar estates.
Butcher, who was by then captain of the Port Mourant Club, and other 'Port Mourant boys' like Rohan Kanhai and Joe Solomon, benefited immensely from Walcott's stint in British Guiana. So much, in fact, that the 'country boys' could finally dream about representing their country. Walcott invited teams that included national players to Port Mourant regularly and Berbice players began to be noticed by national selectors.
Early in 1955 Butcher made 0 and 9 on his debut for Guyana against Barbados in Barbados, followed by scores of 34 and 62 against the same opponents. In the 1956 Quadrangular Cricket Tournament at Bourda, Basil Butcher excelled with an unbeaten 154 runs against Jamaica, but could only muster 4 runs in the other match against Barbados. British Guiana, however, won the Quadrangular Tournament and the Guiana players could now truly dream of playing for the West Indies.
In the Quadrangular Tournament, Butcher had played against Roy Gilchrist, Conrad Hunte, Cammie Smith, Garry Sobers and others and felt confident that he was ready for Test cricket. Despite his gallant showing in the Quadrangular Tournamnt, however, he was not called to trials in Trinidad for possible selection to the West Indies team.
His Test break eventually came when the West Indies returned from England and the Pakistan cricketers came to the West Indies. Butcher and Joe Solomon made hundreds for British Guiana against Pakistan and we were picked to go to India in 1958-59.
[From the 1970 Wisden] Butcher had an excellent Test series in 1958, scoring 28 and 64 not out on debut. He scored his first century in his third Test, getting to this landmark before his famous teammate Rohan Kanhai, who made 256 in the same innings. He scored another century in his next Test innings - the first time a Guyana batsman would do so in Test cricket. He scored a single fifty in the next Test series, in Pakistan, a difficult one for the West Indies.
He had a poor series in England in 1960, however, and was the most notable omission from the great tour of Australia under Sir Frank Worrell. In 1962 joined Lowerhouse as a professional and was outstanding. He returned to the West Indies side for the memorable tour of England in 1963, and his 1,294 runs at an average of 44.6 and his average of 47.8 in Tests made him a fixture.
Richie Benaud rated Butcher as the most difficult of all West Indians to get out and, in fact, Butcher's grim, resolute approach to the game is typically Guyanese -- and even more typically Berbician. He has been known to smile during an innings, but rarely before the four-hundredth run.
At Trent Bridge in 1966 West Indies were 65 for two, still 25 runs behind England's first innings total, when Butcher joined his fellow-Berbician, Kanhai. Two and a half hours later the score had been advanced by 73, England's rosy prospects of victory had faded and the Sunday sports pages were filled with sarcastic obituaries on the death of calypso cricket.
Butcher went on to the highest innings of his career; he shared in three successive century partnerships, reached 209 not out (twenty-two fours) and effectively won a match that seemed lost when he faced his first ball seven and a half hours earlier.
At Headingley in 1969, when West Indies needed 303 to win and square the series, Butcher went in at 69 for two to play the last Test innings of his career. A little more than two hours later West Indies were 224 for three, Butcher 91 not out, seemingly irremoveable, and, with Sobers and Lloyd, among others, still to come, the match was as good as won.
Playing forward to Underwood, the ball lifted and turned and Butcher was adjudged caught behind. West Indies, all out for 272, lost the match and the rubber by 30 runs. (And Butcher blames nobody but himself: "Anybody who brings his bat down as I do is liable to get his shoulder in the way.")
Butcher himself rates the best innings of his life as his 133 (out of 226) at Lord's in 1963, in the second innings of what was perhaps the greatest Test match of all. And with good reason. It was the third day of the match and just before leaving the hotel Butcher was handed a letter from his wife, the first letter from her since leaving a Guyana still smouldering with the threat of widespread violence. His wife expecting their first baby.
For one reason and another Butcher did not open the letter until lunch -- by which time, Trueman having dismissed McMorris in the last over, West Indies were 15 for two and Butcher was next man in. He opened the letter. The first paragraph told him his wife had had a miscarriage, and that was as far as he got. "I was" said Basil, as much a master of understatement as any Englishman, "very upset."
In the next seventy minutes Butcher and Kanhai put on 49 runs. One twenty-minute spell produced exactly one run. A twenty-five minute spell with Sobers brought another. Sobers reached eight, Solomon five and when Worrell joined Butcher shortly after tea West Indies were 104 for five. Such was the quality of the bowling.
Then in what remained of the day's play Butcher and Worrell added 110, of which Worrell made 33. Butcher reached his 100, made out of 154, and at the close West Indies were 214 for five, Butcher 129. Typically, only four of Butcher's seventeen boundaries were made on the off-side. Equally typically, he was eventually out leg before.
It would surprise nobody, least of all Basil, to learn that he had been dismissed lbw more often than not during his career. He attributes this, in his own sardonic fashion, to lack of coaching. "My bat comes down from somewhere about mid-off," he says, without a smile "so probably I am playing across a lot of the time. Maybe if I'd had a coach I'd only have been clean bowled." [From the 1970 Wisden].
The second time he was allowed to bowl in a Test, Butcher took five English wickets for 34 runs, during a high-scoring game at Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1968. He bowled again in two other Tests – in the next Test at Bourda and a year later at Lords.
Butcher also played professional cricket for Bacup in 1964 and was a professional in the Lancashire League for many years.
After retiring from Test cricket Butcher remained busy, playing a major role in developing cricket in Linden, a bauxite mining community of about 60,000 residents 65 miles up the Demerara River, where he now resides. He was influential in developing the careers of cricketers such as Keith Cameron, Clayton Lambert and Vibert Johashen.
He is a former national cricket selector, a former Chairman of the West Indies team selection committee, in 1968, Vice-president of the Guyana Cricket Board and also its Assistant Secretary. Along with Rohan Kanhai, he was among the first inductees into the Berbice Cricket Board Hall of Fame in 2008.
The father of seven has a son (Basil Jr.), a fitness expert, who helped to coach the US women's cricket team.
A lot of old names from the past. I remember most of them. Rest In Peace Basil Butcher!
My condolences to the family. May his soul RIP. He was a Master stroke player. Watched many innings with him and Kanhai in the Shell Shield series and Internationals.
RIP Basil.
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RIP. Great man. Leme gee ayoo wan brain teaser. Sobers, Haynes, Garner, yu name dem great Bajan cricketers. Dem live Barbados and when dem dead dem bury deh. After 60 plus year of PPP and PNC weh all Guyana hero live? All dem live FL. Shiv Chandra move FL. Hooper deh Australia. And ayoo still jumping and waving foh vote foh ayoo race mattie next eleckshun...hey hey hey.
Kanhai, Croft, Lloyd, etc...dem live in farrin. Croft and Kanhai deh FL...Lloyd deh in de white man England. Abie woulda be better if dem deh still colonial Guyana...If dem vote Labba is de fuss to de pollin station foh get back British Guiana...hey hey hey.
Condolences to the family of Basil Butcher. Another great son of Port Mourant along with Rohan Khanhai, Joe Solomon, and Cheddi Jagan. A life well lived.
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Basil Butcher obituary
Batsman whose determined character and solid defence held together many West Indies Test innings
Tue 17 Dec 2019 16.44 GMT Last modified on Tue 17 Dec 2019 17.40 GMT
Basil Butcher in May 1969 on the West Indies tour of England, after which he retired from Test cricket at the age of 37. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images
In the dashing era of 1960s Caribbean cricket, Basil Butcher was the sturdy backbone around which many a fine West Indies score or victory was built. Although a stellar batsman in his own right, the unassuming Butcher, who has died aged 86, was generally content to play second fiddle in the middle order to whoever was at the crease – confident in the expectation that when the big guns were gone he would still be there, pushing the total to respectability and beyond.
In this vein he was at the very heart of the Frank Worrell-led West Indies team that established the Caribbean as a premier cricketing force and captivated the Commonwealth with the vibrancy of its play. While not technically as correct as some of his colleagues, he possessed a tremendously solid defence as well as a good eye and an ability to punish the bad ball – qualities that allowed him to build many substantial innings. In his 44 Test matches from 1958 to 1969 he scored 3,104 runs at an average of 43.11, including seven centuries.
Usually appearing at No 4, Butcher's most important asset was his ability to glue together an innings and to act as a calming buffer (at the behest of Worrell) between the belligerent figures of Rohan Kanhai at No 3 and Garfield Sobers at No 5. A modest and intelligent man, he had no difficulty adapting to what some might have seen as this diminished role, which he rightly viewed both as a privilege and as of great value to the team.
Along with Kanhai and Joe Solomon, Butcher was one of a triumvirate of outstanding batsmen to emerge in the late 50s from the remarkable, progressively run sugar plantation of Port Mourant, remotely situated in the low-lying, backwater fields of what was then British Guiana (now Guyana). Under the watchful eye of the great Barbadian batsman Clyde Walcott, who was employed by the local Sugar Producers' Association as a cricket organiser at Port Mourant and other estates, he blossomed into a prodigious if slightly unorthodox talent.
The only son of seven children born to Matilda, a Guyanese of Amerindian descent, and Ethelbert, a Barbadian who had migrated to British Guiana, Butcher was born in Port Mourant and went to Corentyne high school, where he harboured ideas of attending university. But he came to the conclusion that he might gain a wider education, and perhaps a better living, through cricket. Biding his time variously as a schoolteacher, a public works clerk, an insurance salesman and a welfare officer, he honed his game at Port Mourant sports club and made his debut for British Guiana against Barbados in 1955.
His first game for the West Indies came three years later at the age of 25 in late 1958, when he scored 64 not out against India in Bombay (now Mumbai), despite sustaining a leg injury that prevented him from running properly. He finished the tour of India and Pakistan with two centuries and 619 runs at an average of 56.27. After three poor scores in two home Tests against England in 1960, he spent a difficult period in the wilderness until re-selected for the 1963 trip to England, where he picked up on his earlier form.
In the second Test at Lord's that year he made a memorably gritty 133 in his team's second innings total of 229, securing an against-the-odds draw in the process and, arguably, laying the foundation for a West Indies series win. That towering display, which he rated as the best of his life, was all the more remarkable for the fact that a few minutes before walking out to bat he had received the distressing news that his wife, Pam, had suffered a miscarriage.
Averaging 47.87 in the series, Butcher thereafter became a fixture in the side. Rated by the Australian captain Richie Benaud as the most difficult of all West Indians to dismiss, he was a sometimes grim counterpoint to the stereotype of carefree "calypso cricket", and was a fiercely determined fighter for the team cause. Wisden noted wryly that "he has been known to smile during an innings, but rarely before the 400th run".
His highest score, 209 not out against England at Trent Bridge in the third Test in 1966, typified Butcher's obdurate, resilient approach; it was a seven-and-a-half-hour marathon that brought West Indies a surprise victory when defeat had seemed more likely. Even in his last Test match, against England at Headingley in 1969, he had looked poised to engineer another remarkable turnaround, until he perished on 91. During that tour he had the misfortune to be acting captain in the absence of an injured Sobers when West Indies were bowled out by Ireland for 25 on a rain-sodden pitch in Sion Mills, County Tyrone.
Aged 37, Butcher called a voluntary halt to his Test career at that stage, and as a valedictory gesture was chosen as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1970. In his first-class career he had played 169 matches with a batting average of 49.90, and had taken 40 wickets with his occasional leg-spin, producing a best return of five for 34 against England in the fourth Test at Trinidad in 1968. Although he never played for an English county, he had appeared with distinction as a professional in Lancashire league cricket with Lowerhouse and Bacup during the 60s.
Back in Guyana after his cricketing career, Butcher worked in public relations for a bauxite company in the town of Linden, where he also ran a sports goods shop. Although his children later set up home in the US and he died in Florida, for a number of years he remained committed to his homeland when others migrated during tough economic times.
Always interested in politics, for a period he was part of a Guyanese civic movement that attempted to bridge the divide in the country between those of Indian and African descent, a schism he had experienced painfully in 1964 when a racially motivated arson attempt on the family home led him to leave Port Mourant. He also became involved in cricket administration as a West Indies selector, and personally funded a trust fund bearing his name that helped young players in the Berbice region, which contains Port Mourant.
He is survived by Pam (nee Liverpool), whom he married in 1962, and by his children, Brian, Bruce, Basil Jnr and Blossom.
• Basil Fitzherbert Butcher, cricketer, born 3 September 1933, died 16 December 2019
What was the purpose of reposing the same thing?
There is no shame in celebrating Guyana on the international stage.
None at all. But since 2015 what is there to celebrate??
BasemanSenior Member
RIP! Meh hear he was good but never see he play! I always thought he from McKenzie!
Born Berbician BUT DEm Indians, his own neighbors burn dem house and cause him to run to Linden.
Mi see! Some bad ass Coolie!
Mi see why me nevva see he play. He retired when me bin still live Bush!
Missy, Yuh like Cheddi now?
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You fellows left out the great son of Port Mourant Mr. Tola. His claim to fame is that he saw Cheddie Jagan's father knocking down a few quarter bottles of rum.
Billy Ram Balgobin posted:
The Lowes are Chinese Guyanese.
Baseman posted:
Bai, in the spirit of Krismuss, leh de lady ress . You prappa disgusting .
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French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot visited Jeddah on Saturday during her visit to Saudi Arabia. (SPA)
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Bachelot toured various old parts of Jeddah, known locally as Al-Balad
The minister also visited Beit Nassif and Al-Shafei Mosque
JEDDAH: French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot visited Jeddah on Saturday during her visit to Saudi Arabia.
Bachelot toured various old parts of the city, known locally as Al-Balad, visiting its historic houses and viewing authentic building patterns reflecting the identity and heritage of the region.
The minister also visited Beit Nassif and Al-Shafei Mosque, where she was briefed on the various facilities, neighborhoods and landmarks that still exist today, and listened to an explanation about the excavation of antiquities carried out across Jeddah.
Al-Balad, downtown Jeddah and the Gate to Makkah, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Last month, Saudi Culture Minister Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan praised the strong relations between the Kingdom and France, including their respective cultural heritages, during his meeting with Bachelot in Paris.
The prince discussed ways to strengthen cultural cooperation between the two countries, including through exchange programs and the Historic Jeddah Revival Project, in addition to research and capabilities development.
Topics: Saudi Arabia France French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot
French President Macron meets Saudi crown prince in final Gulf stop
Saudi, French firms sign 27 MoUs as Macron visits the Kingdom
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Saudi and Egyptian armed forces conclude joint exercise
The Royal Saudi Land Forces conclude the Tabuk 5 joint exercise with the Egyptian Armed Forces in the northwestern region. (SPA)
RIYADH: The Royal Saudi Land Forces and the Egyptian Armed Forces concluded a joint exercise in the Kingdom's northwestern region, the defense ministry said on Thursday.
The Tabuk-5 maneuvers, which began on Jan. 6, were concluded in the presence of the commander of the northwestern region, Maj. Gen. Hussain bin Saeed Al-Qahtani, and a number of senior officers of the RSLF and the Egyptian armed forces.
The exercises concluded with participating forces carrying out a number of combat scenarios, which they were trained on during the exercise.
Special forces carried out parachute landings and free-jumping using helicopters to clear and storm the fortified sites. The armored divisions carried out support operations using live ammunition for light and heavy weapons.
Maj. Gen. Khalid bin Mohammed Al-Khashrami, director of the exercises, said the drill was one of the most important, due to the diversity and nature of the participating forces.
He emphasized its benefits to both forces in refining their combat skills and raising their readiness, while praising the high proficiency of all the operations assigned to them during the exercise.
The Tabuk-5 exercise aimed to unify military approaches and exchange training expertise between the armed forces of both countries.
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KSrelief continues aid projects in Yemen, Sudan /node/2008886/saudi-arabia
KSrelief continues aid projects in Yemen, Sudan
KSrelief has implemented 1,814 projects worth more than $5.5 billion in 77 countries
TAIZ: The mobile nutrition clinics of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center in Al-Khawkhah district, Yemen, have continued to provide treatment services.
In one week, the clinics received 6,978 patients with various health conditions in different clinics and departments and provided them with necessary medical services. The clinics also provided 2,614 individuals with various medications.
The center distributed more than 42 tons of food baskets in Al-Shamaitain district of Taiz governorate, benefiting 1,723 people.
Yemen is among the top beneficiaries of KSrelief assistance. In total, the center has implemented 644 projects in Yemen at a cost of $3.9 billion.
Meanwhile, KSrelief has continued distributing food and shelter aid to those affected by the floods and the neediest families in Sudan. The center distributed more than 28 tons of food baskets in Sennar state, benefiting 5,700 people.
Worldwide, KSrelief has implemented 1,814 projects worth more than $5.5 billion in 77 countries, carried out in cooperation with 144 local, regional and international partners since the inception of the center in May 2015.
Topics: Saudi Arabia Yemen Sudan KSRelief
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Saudi decision to resume in-class education praised /node/2008881/saudi-arabia
Saudi decision to resume in-class education praised
The ministry said that elementary and kindergarten students in all the regions of the Kingdom would begin returning to school from Sunday
RIYADH: UNICEF has praised Saudi Arabia's decision to reopen its schools for kindergarten and elementary students.
Jumana Haj Ahmad, the agency's deputy representative for the Gulf area, said it was an important step, adding that during the COVID-19 pandemic schools should be the last to close and first to reopen.
Ahmad's remarks came during a visit to the Kingdom's Satellite Broadcasting School, where Education Ministry's Undersecretary for Public Education Mohammed bin Saud Al-Migbel gave a briefing on how lessons delivered by the facility were recorded and supervised. He also gave a presentation on the Madrasati and Rawdati platforms.
Ahmad said that Saudi Arabia's provision of online education through the two platforms and the EIN channels was worldleading. She also noted the Ministry of Education's efforts to ensure children's psychological and social growth, and programs to protect them from abuse.
The ministry said that elementary and kindergarten students in all the regions of the Kingdom would begin returning to school from Sunday.
Schools in remote areas would be the first to open as there were fewer coronavirus cases there, it said.
Topics: Saudi Arabia Education
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Mangroves: Saudi efforts to protect nature's guardians of the ecosystem /node/2008876/saudi-arabia
Mangroves: Saudi efforts to protect nature's guardians of the ecosystem
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Authorities plan to plant 10 billion mangrove trees across the Kingdom as part of the Saudi Green Initiative
JEDDAH: As part of the Saudi Green Initiative, which was launched last year with the aim of tackling climate change, reducing carbon emissions and improving the environment, 10 billion mangrove trees will be planted across the Kingdom.
Mangroves, ancient coastal plants that grow partly submerged in salt water and thrive in warmer climates around the world, are considered a cornerstone of coastal environmental development and so have a key role to play in achieving the objectives of the initiative.
Ahmed Almansi, a coastal and marine environment consultant at the National Center for Vegetation Cover and Combating Desertification, told Arab News that mangroves grow along the coasts of the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf.
"This provides an impetus for the center to cultivate more mangroves in these environments," he added.
According to the center, two types of mangroves commonly grow on the Red Sea coast: Avicennia marina, commonly known as gray or white mangrove, and Rhizophora mucronata, also known as loop-root, red or Asiatic mangrove. They are highly sensitive to cold.
"Mangroves grow in the form of scattered patches in the intertidal areas of the Red Sea coast and are lower in height in the northern regions," the center said. "The reason for these differences in height may be the low temperatures that the bushes are exposed to in the northern part of the Red Sea in winter."
The avicennia marina type of mangroves that grow in the Asir and Jazan regions are the largest found on the Saudi coast, the center said, and "the coastal areas and patches of the Red Sea that contain mangroves in the Kingdom cover an estimated area of about 35,500 hectares."
There are a number of reasons why mangroves are considered so important to environmental and conservation efforts. They have the ability to absorb pollutants such as heavy metals and other toxic substances from water, which helps to protect seagrass and coral reefs.
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• The trees can protect coastal communities, provide shelter for wildlife, absorb pollution and help to combat climate change.
They also act as natural filters for sewage, preventing pollutants originating on land from reaching deep waters. And the trees help to mitigate the effects of climate change as they can absorb larger amounts of carbon from the atmosphere compared with other tropical trees.
Mangroves also form "green barriers" that serve as a first line of defense for coastal communities, protecting them from damage caused by storms and waves, preventing erosion and helping to stabilize beaches.
"These green barriers absorb at least 70 to 90 percent of wave energy generated by the winds," said Almansi. "They are also able to reduce the intensity of tsunami waves by mitigating the catastrophic amount of wave energy associated with them, which helps reduce the loss of life and property damage."
In addition, mangroves act as shelters and incubators for many species of fish, crustaceans and birds, providing them with a good source of nutrition. They provide nesting and resting locations for many types of resident and migratory birds, strong communities of which are considered a biological indicator of ecosystem quality. The National Center for Vegetation Cover and Combating Desertification has identified 125 species that use mangrove habitats at some point in their life cycles.
Land-based animals also benefit from mangrove swamps. They provide pastures for camels on islands in the Red Sea, and provide high-quality nutrition for camels in coastal locations during the winter.
Despite their clear environmental benefits, mangroves are under threat globally from urbanization, encroachment, overgrazing, pollution, the use of fertilizers and pesticides, and the improper disposal of waste. The development of the tourism industry is another significant threat. But efforts are being made in Saudi Arabia to preserve and enhance this precious natural resource.
"The center is planting mangroves to rehabilitate these environments, using 60 cm long seedlings," Almansi said, adding that nylon nets are used temporarily to protect the young plants, prevent seaweed and waves from damaging them, and encourage strong root growth and stability.
Topics: Mangroves ecosystem Saudi Green Initiative
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Fun concludes at four of Riyadh Season's zones /node/2008866/saudi-arabia
Fun concludes at four of Riyadh Season's zones
AMEERA ABID
The zones — Combat Field, AlSalam Tree, Riyadh Safari and the Old Village — offered a wide range of memorable experiences
JEDDAH: Four zones that have entertained thousands of people from all around the world during Riyadh Season recently concluded their programs of events and activities.
The zones — Combat Field, AlSalam Tree, Riyadh Safari and the Old Village — offered a wide range of memorable experiences.
Events at Combat Field concluded on Jan. 16. It hosted 22 activities, including a thrilling zombie hotel war game, a drone zone and simulated battles. It also featured a museum showcasing a variety of weapons from throughout history.
Riyadh Safari offered something to suit all age groups and proved a particular favorite with the crowds, especially families.
It gave visitors the chance to experience nature up close and personal, including 250 different types of rare birds, wildcats and gazelles in natural habitats.
"I went to the Riyadh Safari about five times with my husband and two daughters," said Asma Khalid, who added that it is the attraction she will miss it the most.
"My daughters love animals but it depressed me to take them to a zoo as the animals are caged. This safari allowed my children to see animals the way they should be and that is very important to me."
Events and activities at Al-Salam Tree included stage shows, live music, a farmer's market, an artificial flower garden, an aviary containing rare and colorful parrots, live cookery shows and shopping booths.
For the more active visitors there was a thrilling zipline activity and bungee trampolines, while those looking for a more relaxing time could enjoy the area's lush greenery and lake.
"Al-Salam Tree had become a place where I would go to read," said Hafsa Ayub, a university student. "I would find a quiet a tree and just sit there, especially since the weather has been cold."
The Old Village, or Qariat Zaman, mixed history with entertainment.
It showcased Arab culture, art and heritage from different eras, including regional classics from the 1960s to 1990s.
The Intel Al-Tayyib theater presented 176 performances by folkloric bands and performers. A variety of live shows were staged each day, including traditional musical performances and Arabic game shows for children.
The zone was like a doorway to the past, giving older generations of Saudis a chance to recall and relive memories of their youth.
While the four zones have now concluded their programs of events for the season, the fun continues until March in other zones.
"I am not too sad to see these places go because a lot of other places are still open, so I am not really out of places to go," said Omar Uthman, who lives in the capital.
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GHOST OF MIRACH: "SOL REGEM" AN NCS PREMIERE: SERPENT ASCENDING — "HYPERBOREAN FOLKLORE"
DEMONICAL: "MASS DESTROYER"
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(Here's DGR's review of the new album by the Swedish death metal band Demonical, released earlier this month by Agonia Records.)
Demonical operate like clockwork. They're one of the least presumptuous bands out there, playing a style of music that requires very little pretense to understand from the get-go. You know what you're in for with a Demonical album by this point and they've stuck rigidly to that formula for some time.
They'll have eight songs for you, weighing in at a little over half an hour, and the cover art will likely be of the same school of the last few releases from them. Mass Destroyer is the group's second release with the current lineup; one that saw some minor shifting right around the time bassist Martin Schulman's other project Centinex went through lineup changes as well, but you'll recognize Mass Destroyer as a Demonical release quickly.
The new album sounds like it was born from the exact sessions that gifted us World Domination in late 2020. They stopped at "Calescent Punishment" on that album and they start right where they left off with "We Conquer The Throne" on the new one. They've become the no-frills action movie of the death metal world and you'll know if you want that from the start. There's no twists and turns here and the bad guy is made very clear at the start of the movie. They make their opening statement with the previously mentioned "We Conquer The Throne" and then spend the next thirty-four minutes of Mass Destroyer reinforcing it.
With the last few Demonical releases it has been a fun experiment to see which songs become people's favorites out of the mix. Due to their approach to music, Demonical have become one of those groups perfectly suited for a 'mood' as opposed to one particular album. Each release settles into its straightforward death metal groove early on and every song becomes more brick and mortar to add to the wall of buzzsaw-driven sound that defines them.
They make batches of songs to add to an ever-growing body pile with Mass Destroyer being the latest collection of dangling limbs thrown in. You could have a pretty fuckin' good time throwing on the collective works of Demonical since 2007's debut Servants Of The Unlight and just letting it run all mixed up. Other than the five-year gap between Darkness Unbound and Chaos Manifesto, Demonical have been fairly rigid in their scheduling with every two years hitting us with another full-length of galloping riffs and hammering snare drum.
That said, we won't act like there aren't a few highlights within the mix of otherwise "good to good" that is within Mass Destroyer. "We Conquer The Throne" opens the album damned strong. It's understandable why Demonical chose that as the opening number because it imprints itself upon the rest of the disc quickly.
The band are on occasion less rigidly bound to genre-descriptors than other groups – they've always kept a foot in the modern death metal world – so every once in a while you'll get a song like "Lifeslave", which is built upon a swaying march and melodic lead in its opening segments. It's one of the two slower numbers within Mass Destroyer but doesn't feel like it's dragging, mostly because Demonical know to quick fucking around and get back to that opening line quickly.
Of course, the main ammunition that Demonical draw their fire from are songs like "Cemented In Ire" and "Wrathspawn" and they're the songs that'll really hammer home the sort of unrelenting and straightforward death metal impression that Mass Destroyer creates. There's plenty of room here for vocalist Christofer Säterdal to sound like he's fronting an ever-moving horde.
I'ts always weird when you want to mark Demonical as being one of the more unassuming death metal bands out there because seriously, look at the cover art, look at all those skulls and demons and shit, right? But, death metal is a genre of such extremes and variability that even with all the throne-conquering and destruction happening within Mass Destroyer, you can get pretty comfortable pretty quick and just let the band bowl you over.
Mass Destroyer is one of those releases that will slot in just fine among the roiling innards of the violence via guitar death metal scene that is out there at this moment. Demonical have become very good at this style over their career and Mass Destroyer is just the latest entry offered up as proof. It's not in the business of blowing minds with how many contortions and additions they can work into to their chosen style, its more so music executed well according to a well-defined blueprint. All the 'skulls and demons and shit' are well justified.
https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/mass-destroyer
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Mass Destroyer by Demonical
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jersey devil says:
Terrific album. I always like what this band does.


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The Adélie (Pygoscelis Adeliae) is a penguin species. It can grow to a height of 70 cm, and weights between 4 and 5 Kg. They live in the Antarctica, and as all penguins, they are deft swimmers.
Adélies first originated 38 million years ago, 2 million years after the Emperor Penguin .It was first recorded as of now 19 million years ago, 5 Million Years before the Gentoo Penguin and Chinstrap Penguin appeared.
The adult adélie isn't too complex. It has a white belly and inner flippers, and the rest is Black. They also may have white circles around their eyes.
Chicks are even less detailed. They are simply brown and have a black beak.
These penguins used to base their diet on antarctic silverfish, but with the absence of Krill hunters, they decided to give it a try for easier food. It is now one of the most common food choices. As most penguins, they also eat fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods.
The Adélies court by bringing pebbles from another one's nest to their own, which female penguins find attractive. So they select the penguins with the biggest nests or the best organized one.
As like most penguins, the adélie couple takes turns each day for incubating the eggs. The female lays 2 eggs, and the eggs tend to hatch on the same day, even when they were laid at different times. They take around 35 days for incubation.
Just like in egg incubating, the partners take turns raising the chick and giving him food, while the other parent is getting food at the sea. As all penguins, babies are fed directly from the mother's mouth.
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Horn Farm Happenings – January 27, 2021
Alexis Campbell January 27, 2021 Happenings
Our Community is Growing
At the end of last year we said farewell to two staff members, Jon Darby and Pam Moore, as well as four board members, Erin Shrader, Shayne Smith, Allen Clements, and Julia Paris. We thank all of our former staff and board members for their years of dedicated service to the Horn Farm Center and we continue to celebrate the impact they have made on our community through their work. Like all of the transitions we experienced in the last year, we are thankful not only for the lessons learned but also the opportunities these disturbances have provided to the organization. This year we welcome several new team members to the Horn Farm Center, including one staff person and four new members of the Board of Directors. Please meet and welcome our newest team members!
Meet Katrina Zervanos, Horn Farm Center's New Executive Assistant
Born and raised in Harrisburg, PA, Katrina holds a B.S. in Actuarial Science with a minor in Computer Science from Lebanon Valley College. After gaining a few years of experience working in a corporate setting, she decided to explore her interest in permaculture design, herbalism, and regenerative agriculture through an internship at Urban Edge Farm and Susquehanna Apothecary in Lancaster, PA. Katrina found the Horn Farm Center in 2019 through a foraging class and thought it to be the perfect place to continue learning and growing after her internship. She is excited to use her skillset to support the Horn Farm Center and the community.
Click here to learn more about Horn Farm Center's staff.
Meet Horn Farm Center's Newest Board Members
Michael Barlett, Treasurer
Michael Barlett has had a lifelong interest in organic gardening and experimenting with different growing methods. Since his summer working on an organic farm outside of Pittsburgh, Pa Michael has worked hard to garden organically and broaden his understanding of how we interact with the world around us.
While pursuing his undergraduate degree in International Studies at Washington and Jefferson College Michael had the opportunity to spend a year in rural Japan where an entirely different way of living with the land allowed him to learn about how ancient and modern cultures lived side by side in rural communities.
Throughout his travels he has always taken time to learn about the rural communities and farming methods that locals use to adapt to their surroundings. Recently he has begun to experiment with breeding his own Dwarf Tomatoes to fit into his small garden and always trialing new varieties of fruits and vegetables.
Julia Parrish
Julia grew up on her family's vineyard and winery in Lower Chanceford Township, York County. She first became interested in the land on their farm, helping in her grandparent's garden and harvesting grapes. Julia attended Penn State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, where she served as an Ag Advocate, participated in NAMA (National Agricultural Marketing Association), and majored in Agricultural Business Management.
Upon graduation, Julia interned with Pennsylvania State Senator Mike Waugh, Chair of the Ag and Rural Affairs Committee before attending the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle. During law school, Julia worked on campus at the Ag Law Center and at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Office of General Counsel. Upon graduation, Julia clerked in Ocean County, New Jersey before returning to York County. Julia was an associate at the Law Office of Marc Roberts in York before moving to her current office, Lancaster Law Group, LLC, where she practices estate planning, estate administration, and general civil matters. Julia is most proud of her children than she and her husband, Mark, are raising in Lower Windsor Township, where she serves on the Planning Commission.
Nathan Hardman
Nathan was raised in York, Pennsylvania. For as long as he can remember, his parents and grandparents have kept and tended to family gardens. As an avid lover of tomatoes and being outdoors in general, Nathan would often find himself in the garden tending to the tomatoes and other various fruits and vegetables and, of course, providing quality control.
After graduating from York Suburban High School, Nathan attended Messiah College where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering. Since then, he has been working at C.S. Davidson, Inc. as a civil engineer on various types of projects including: stream restoration, land development, stormwater management, and wastewater treatment. He is a graduate of Leadership York and is passionate about his local community.
Nathan has always had a drive to make the world a better place and believes that everyone should have access to healthy food options and that the production of food should be both beneficial to the recipient and the soil that it comes from. In his free time, Nathan likes to tend to his garden and house plants and spend time outdoors hiking, kayaking, and skiing.
Jonathan Darby
Jonathan is dedicated to educating people about the intersection of farming and ecology, to growing tomorrow's farmers, and to building community resilience in uncertain times. Jonathan is a wild foods enthusiast and educator, former owner and operator of Sterling Farm, and has been active in the local farming community for the past ten years.
Jonathan has been involved at the Horn Farm since 2008 when he volunteered on the committee that conceived and created the Incubator Farm Project. Jonathan received his Permaculture Design Certification in 2011 from Susquehanna Permaculture and in 2014 completed his Permaculture Teacher Training through Dynamic Ecological Design. On January 1, 2016, Jonathan Darby was promoted to Education Director at the Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education. In January 2021, after retiring his role as Education Director and pursuing his other local business ventures, Jonathan made the decision to continue to serve the Horn Farm in a new role as a member of the Board of Directors.
Click here for more information about the Horn Farm Center Board of Directors.
In this time of great uncertainty, there's a fundamental truth that gives us hope—that together we can do extraordinary things!
The Horn Farm Center is supported by a community of dedicated volunteers, partner farmers, CSA members, community gardeners, program participants, local businesses, and long-time supporters. Here are some of the ways that you are making an impact:
In 2019-2020, we trained 7 new land stewards through the Horn Farm Center's signature Regenerative Farmer Training Program.
In 2019, our educators provided approximately 650 class participants with immersive educational experiences on the farm!
The Horn Farm CSA continues to feed an average of 40 families each year and partners with 5 local farmers – making the Horn Farm farm stand a community hub for nutritious food!
As of this year, all of our farmers have transitioned to employ only organic and regenerative farming practices on the 186 acres of the Horn Farm.
Click here to learn more about how YOU have made an incredible impact with the Horn Farm!


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Wyden, Snowe Urge Geithner to Re-Examine Executive Compensation Proposal
Initiative Could Have Prevented AIG's Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars
WASHINGTON D.C. - Outraged at American International Group's (AIG) abuse of taxpayer dollars, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) today, in a letter, urged Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to re-examine the Wyden-Snowe proposal to force those financial institutions using Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds to pay excessive bonuses to either return the funds or face an excise tax. A version of the bipartisan proposal -- which was successfully offered as an amendment to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- was regrettably stripped out during House-Senate conference negotiations. Had the initiative been enacted into law, the amendment could have prevented AIG from rewarding top executives in the firm's financial products division, the same group responsible for engineering risky subprime mortgages, which, in part, led to the collapse of the financial markets.
"We are writing to urge you to endorse our legislation to force recipients of taxpayer money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to pay back excessive bonuses or face a stiff tax penalty," Senators Wyden and Snowe wrote. "Legislation will be introduced this week and, judging by the level of public outrage over AIG's recklessness in paying out $165 million in executive bonuses last week, we expect Congress to move quickly to address this abuse of the public trust."
Under the Wyden-Snowe proposal financial institutions that received TARP funds would be required to either repay the cash portion of any bonus in excess of $25,000 or face an excise tax of 35 percent on what is not immediately repaid to the Treasury. In 2008, financial institutions received more than $274 billion through TARP, while paying out an estimated $18.4 billion in employee bonuses, which is roughly the same amount paid out in 2004 when the Dow Jones Industrial Average was over 10,000. If the Wyden-Snowe amendment had been included in the recently enacted stimulus bill, the financially struggling AIG would have had to forgo paying top executives' bonuses or pay nearly $58 million in taxes.
According to news reports, AIG has already paid $55 million in bonuses to its employees and is slated to pay another $395 million in bonuses in 2009 for a total of $450 million. More than $400 million of these bonuses would go to employees of AIG Financial Products - the unit of AIG that engaged in the derivatives trading that led to AIG's financial distress and near collapse.


Thursday Social Cancelled 3/16 NOT!
UPDATE! The CAMBO Social Ride is moving to TevenTrails tonight! Shawn Tevendale has graciously offered to let us ride his trails (the venue for Paranormal) tonight since they didn't get as much snow as we did. We will still start at 7pm. Directions are here: https://goo.gl/maps/cj8bkgBXFs22.
You still need to be a member of CAMBO to do this ride. You'll also need a helmet and lights.
Keep in mind, TevenTrails is private property, and you need permission to ride there. But for tonight we have it. See you there.
Sadly, I think it's best we stay off the trails today. There is still snow on the ground, especially on the trails, and with temps getting into the 40's today, it'll be slush and mud. The weekend looks great though, so I expect by Friday evening/Saturday morning we'll be in good shape. But for now, no ride tonight. See you all next week.


This holiday season, help give hope and health to those in need in Ottawa. This Friday, Dec 1 join CBC Ottawa for their annual charity drive, Project Give in support of the Ottawa Food Bank.
Click here to see how you can donate.


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