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Response: Liberal Democrats
A Vote for Justice
Candidates' Survey Responses for ACT Election 2016
Response by Liberal Democrats per Mr Roman Gowor
The ACT has one of the costliest public housing systems in Australia. We have one of the highest homelessness rates in the country. Around 23,000 Canberrans live in public housing. This housing is worth about $4.5 bn. Put simply: the system is not targeted enough to help those in desperate need. There are already more than sufficient resources to help those who should be helped. The Liberal Democrats firmly believe that long-term community housing should be reserved for those in real need. We should have a generous system that focuses on the elderly, infirm, and the disabled. Community housing should also provision emergency short and medium term accommodation for those temporarily requiring assistance. Welfare should be reserved for those in need, not a lifestyle choice for those who could stand on their own feet.
With respect to the development or expansion of the public housing system, the question ought to be asked: if the ACT government already has the costliest and most ineffective housing system in Australia, will more money fix the problem? The Liberal Democrats do not believe this is the case. The public housing system needs urgent reform, not increased government funding.
To read our full policy on the public housing system, please see: http://act-ldp.org.au/Policy_Public_housing.html.
Home ownership in the ACT
Problems around home ownership in Canberra have been caused by too much government involvement, not too little. The fact of the matter is that the ACT government has consistently been incapable of balancing its own books. It has limited revenue streams because its uncompetitive level of indirect business taxes means that the Territory has a narrow economic base. As a consequence, the ACT government—of Liberal, Labor and Labor-Green varieties—have become addicted to revenues arising from land.
The ACT government's strategy regarding land use has, quite clearly, been to artificially restrict the supply of land, driving up prices in the face of increased demand, and deliver windfall gains to government through rates and stamp duties. To keep the peace in the electorate, governments have toyed with entirely ineffectual subsidies and rebates, such as the first home owners' grant. The underlying economics of the housing market means that most of the benefit of these subsidies tend to accrue to sellers rather than buyers.
These are issues that our candidates understand very well. Quite a number of our candidates are aged in their 20s and 30s and do not own their own property. Rather, they rent. The intergenerational unfairness and punitive impact of the ACT government's policy setting on low income earners is acutely understood the Liberal Democrats – perhaps uniquely as amongst all parties contesting the election.
The only meaningful way of addressing housing issues in the ACT is to reduce red tape, reduce the cost of regulations around the release of land, and, of course, to release more land for residential purposes. However, as a practical matter, the only way we can make this a political reality is to reduce the ACT government's reliance on revenues on interests in land. We have a plan to address this by diversifying the local economy: http://act-ldp.org.au/Policy_Local_economy_and_business.html.
Other proposals
You may read about proposals from other political parties about the manner in which they might "invest" more into public housing. The Liberal Democrats encourage the reader to critical assess whether welfare is better than legitimate ownership. Does the proposal encourage dependency or does it give dignity to home dwellers? Does the proposal create perverse incentives for private sector participants? Has this proposal been tried before? And, of course, if it is just a matter of pouring more money into the obviously broken system, why should it work this time?
There are some complex issues around the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions. Further complicating the matter, health services are provided by the Territory but are significantly affected by the prevailing level of Federal government funding. Suffice it to say, there are no simple answers.
The ACT Liberal Democrats strongly believe in the role of civil sector organisations—such as community groups, not-for-profits, mutuals, and the Church—in providing a social safety net outside of the formal role of the state. Mental health is one area that these civil sector organisations can play a pivotal role in reducing the cost of disease on the taxpayer, and most importantly, improving the health outcomes of those suffering from mental illness. The President of the ACT Liberal Democrats, candidate for Murrimbidgee, Roman Gowor, sits on the board of SHOUT, a community not-for-profit that provides services and advocacy for a range of disability and chronic disease organisations. The benefit of this organisation—along with the Church and other community groups—is well understood and very much appreciated by the ACT Liberal Democrats. Wherever possible the Liberal Democrats will be support maintained funding for not-for-profit organisations that demonstrate savings compared to an in-government solution.
On the question of how we, as a community, might develop a better understanding and a strong cohesion on issues around mental health, the Liberal Democrats acknowledge that there is a compelling argument for better education in the schooling system. Early intervention is always better than allowing any chronic condition—mental or otherwise—from becoming worse. These patterns also appear in the justice system. The humane and dignified treatment of prisoners is not just a rights issue: there is also a compelling economic argument. As such, the Liberal Democrats would look favourably upon proposals to provide better mental health services within AMC—especially if those services were provided by the community sector or the Church rather than directly by government—where there is a compelling rights-based, evidence-based rationale.
The right to life
The ACT Liberal Democrats are an avowedly secular party. We promote individual rights and believe that—in the words of JS Mill—over themselves, over their own mind and body, the individual is sovereign. There is a clear difference in the role of the Church promoting certain values and that of the state in promoting others. In our view, the Church is perfectly entitled to advocate for the values it chooses to promote. The state, however, should be very wary of limiting the autonomy of individuals because of the views of one segment of society. The fact is that Canberra is a secular community, composed of a huge variety of worldviews. Put simply, we will not legislate for the views of the Catholic community because these views might not be acceptable to other members of our society.
Significantly, however, the Church would find a considerable ally in the Liberal Democrats on account of our firm and principles-based views around the rights of assembly, protest and speech. We deplore the restrictions on the right to protest outside abortion clinics, and fines imposed on members of the clergy for silent vigils are, in our view, an outrageous restriction our civic rights. Put differently: people should be able to do what they like provided it doesn't hurt others. While the Church would disagree with the use of this characterisation on the topic of abortion, the Liberal Democrats will certainly fight against restrictions on the rights of the Church and its flock to make their views known.
The Liberal Democrats believe in the rights of gay and lesbian members of the community to marry. This is because we believe that the state ought not to have any kind of role, perhaps beyond maintaining a register, in regulating private, domestic relationships. While the Church and this readership might find this view troubling, it is precisely because the Liberal Democrats value the ethnic, religious and socio-cultural dimensions of marriage that we advocate for government not to regulate it in any meaningful way. In his Freedom to Marry Bill introduced to the Senate in 2014 and 2016, Senator David Leyonhjelm (Liberal Democrats NSW) has explicitly addressed this tension. While the Liberal Democrats support the rights of gay and lesbian couples to enter solemn, lifelong bonds, we support the rights of religious orders to refuse to consecrate the bonds. The legislation also provided for specific exemptions to those looking to provide ancillary services—such as floristry and wedding cake baking—from being obliged to cater for unions that are inconsistent with their legitimately-held moral views.
On the question of euthanasia, the Liberal Democrats believe that people ought to have the right to choose their manner of passing. Again, we appreciate that this is an acutely personal ethical issue, however, people ought to have the right to choose to end their lives. We would support legislation that carefully addresses the very real issues around the design of a scheme: who is eligible?; must the condition be terminal?; who verifies the condition?; what are the risks of undue influence?; how is capacity and consent to be determined?; and what are the risks of euthanasia in the context of a socialised medical system? The mere existence of these difficult issues does not mean, however, that an arrangement cannot be created that simply provides the rights to members of the community to choose the manner of their passing.
The ACT Liberal Democrats do not have an established position on human cloning. Upon quick reflection, however, it seems highly unlikely that any elected Liberal Democrats MLA would support any proposal to lift restrictions in the coming term of government simply on account of a lack of public discussion around the issue. It is difficult to foresee any circumstances where the Liberal Democrats would support human cloning research.
Our support for additional punishments for those who assault a pregnant mother, carrying a child that meets the threshold of being a legal person, would depend on the proposal. On the issue of support services for unexpectedly pregnant women, we support the ongoing involvement of community sector organisations to provide those services, provided there are a range of religious and non-religious options available to the pregnant woman.
[This additional response is written directly by Roman Gowor, Candidate for Murrimbidgee]
Issues around reproduction, sexuality and euthanasia are inherently complex and open to reasonable disagreement. I was raised a Catholic and am, by most reasonable standards, a lapsed but theistic Catholic today. My personal values are distinctly more conservative than the platform I represent. However, this apparent inconsistency is addressed by the fact that I know that I do not have the formula for what it means to live the good life. What is sensible and meaningful to me might be considered nonsense by others. I have no better right to assert that my ethical system is superior to that of any other constituent. This is not post-modernist moral relativism: there are certain behaviours that are normatively wrong. There are, however, a whole range of activities that go to individual choice, and I do not consider it the role of legislators to restrict the rights of activities where there are no obvious victims beyond those partaking in them. This is the essence of liberalism: I may personally feel entirely uncomfortable with issues around abortion and share some of the Church's views, but I would not want to be a resident in a non-Christian-majority country and have my rights restricted by the majority view of that country. The libertarian tradition and the Catholic tradition are not inconsistent, I will advocate for the rights of all to live as they so choose.
The ACT Liberal Democrats believe that a key role of the justice system is to provide rehabilitation for prisoners. We do not have a definitive position on the question of whether laws are too lenient or too severe: we strongly support the role of a well-funded and independent judiciary to consider community standards in sentencing, as per the existing criminal sentencing legislation. The ACT Liberal Democrats, have, however, watched on in despair as the underfunded ACT Director of Public Prosecutions has struggled to fulfil its mandate for the robust protection of the public interest in pursuing and securing convictions. The state of the ACT courts system is also poor. While an avowedly small government party, the judicial system is one of the areas where the ACT Liberal Democrats would support increased funding.
Involvement of victims' groups, and an emphasis on restorative justice has a strong conceptual and empirical basis. A justice system should provide meaningful closure and comfort to victims. For this reason we support the involvement of victims of crime groups.
Whether or not rehabilitation is a significant enough priority at AMC is a difficult question. We, as a community, need to acknowledge that there are significant socio-cultural and economic dimensions to crime. More often than not, criminals have low educational attainment, and have led troubled lives. We are certainly very positive—perhaps the most positive political party—on the belief that the criminal justice system should focus on rehabilitation. It is for this reason too, that the ACT Liberal Democrats are opposed to mandatory minimum sentences, as too often these laws punitively affect lower socioeconomic residents, and are prone to misuse by elected officials keen to be seen as "tough on crime". One group certainly affected uniquely by our criminal law system are Indigenous Territorians. It would be folly to suggest that there is any simple solution to this problem. Early intervention, the imposition of non-custodial sentences, the provision of a support network for releasees of the justice system, and a strong emphasis on civil society and community are important mechanisms that will go some way to addressing the issue of overrepresentation of Indigenous people—particularly young men—in our criminal system.
Our public education system is failing our children.
There is considerable independently collected and analysed data that suggests that the longer a student stays within the ACT public schools system, the worse the relative performance of those students compared to other states and territories. This is unacceptable. Further evidence of the poor performance of public schools is the fact that we in the ACT have the highest rates of enrolment in the non-government school sector. In the secondary schooling system, more children are educated privately than publicly. This is important as parents are clearly giving a vote of 'no confidence' in the public system and voting with their feet and their wallets. This further exacerbates the difference between the 'haves' and the 'have nots' in our community as generally wealthier people can afford to educate their children privately.
However, the ACT Liberal Democrats are also opposed to significant increases to the ACT public education system absent considerable reform. We are the only party—to our knowledge—that is calling for a systematic, evidence-based reform of the ACT public schooling system. Your community can read more about it here: http://act-ldp.org.au/Policy_Education.html. In brief, there is considerable evidence that by increasing the autonomy of school principals and by strengthening the influence of parents in the management of schools, considerable improvements can be made, especially on the quality of schooling.
The ACT Liberal Democrats acknowledge that mental health issues are becoming a significant area of policy failure of state and territory governments. We would support proposals to increase early intervention by making resources—such as school counsellors—available to students at schools. We also point out that our education reform proposal will make this task easier: empowered principals who know their schools' and their students' requirements are much better placed to address mental health resourcing than unelected bureaucrats operating from the city centre. Principals ought to be able to manage their own budgets, and be highly responsive to the needs of the school students.
The Catholic school system is a key player in the provision of education in the ACT. The ACT Liberal Democrats are very positively disposed to the provision of education services by the non-government sector and would advocate for the Catholic school's sector involvement into the future.
The ACT Liberal Democrats acknowledge the considerable harm that problem gambling imposes on individuals, their families, and the broader community.
At its core, however, gambling is a personal choice. We are neither pro- nor anti- gambling. The data across jurisdictions demonstrates that the vast majority of those who choose to gamble do so within their own pre-chosen limits. These people ought not to have their freedoms restricted on account of a small percentage of the community that develops gambling problems.
We believe that those proposing limits on bets and the reduction of physical poker machines in the community should also consider the interchangeability of gaming services that exists due to the increasing prominence of online gaming. While $1 limits or the reduction of machines may cause a reduction in aggregate gaming rates in the short term, we consider it highly likely that many problem gamblers will move away from the usual environment of problem gambling—that is, licensed venues—to online forms with little social connection with other people who might be in a position to intervene or help the gambler make themselves aware of their problem.
The ACT Liberal Democrats do support measures to assist people at risk from problem gambling. We support voluntary exclusion and will seek to increase penalties on licensees that fail to remove persons that have elected to exclude themselves. We also support the funding of treatment programs for problem gamblers and those affected by the gambling of others. We also would like to strengthen requirements that ensure that minors are not exposed to gambling, specifically poker machines.
Your community should also be aware of the significant appreciation we have for the civil society sector, particularly churches and religious orders, in helping the less fortunate (such as problem gamblers). We strongly believe in the role of civil society. We especially value religious or lay people—Catholic or from other faiths—dedicate themselves to a vocation of helping others in need. Unlike other political parties, we are not suspicious of the religious community. People ought to be able to follow their calling—whether a secular one or one from God—freely and their contribution to society ought to be valued on the basis of their works, rather than their associations.
The Liberal Democrats are formally agnostic on the question of anthropogenic climate change. I quote the federal party's position:
"…atmospheric carbon dioxide is increasing but considers the consequences of this, whether it is due to human influence and if anything can or should be done about it, as too uncertain to warrant government action."
Consequently, the Liberal Democrats believe that governments shouldn't set out to tax certain forms of energy to change consumption patterns. We also note that the government attempts to raise taxes on energy disproportionately affect lower income people. We consider that the economic case for schemes like the household assistance program introduced concurrently with the carbon tax legislation actually negates the underlying policy intention to reduce carbon emissions.
Attempts to reduce carbon emissions in the ACT are also misguided insofar as the Territory's contribution to global emissions is negligible. Rather, attempts to reduce emissions that punitively impact on the cost of energy will only reduce the level of business activity in the ACT, further punishing those outside of the job market. The ACT already has the highest levels of incidental business taxes and the highest rate of business failure in Australia: government should be taking steps to reduce the cost of doing business here, not increasing it.
Should a private citizen choose to take steps to reduce their private consumption, they ought to be applauded. However, those citizens—usually higher income earners—should not be cross-subsidised by those living pay check to pay check
Here in the Territory, an elected MLA for the Liberal Democrats would vote accordingly: we do not support any solar rebates or feed-in tariffs; we do not support plans to arbitrarily and expensively curb carbon emissions; and we do not support wind farms in surrounding regions that we consider to have deleterious impacts on the property rights of nearby owners.
Empowering Indigenous communities
We strongly support the role of civil sector organisations—such as the Catholic Church—in championing the rights of Indigenous Australians. We do not have a position on specific after school programs, but are generally positive to any initiative that addresses Indigenous disadvantage.
The ACT Liberal Democrats are generally opposed to the imposition of different criminal standards for subgroups of the community. This is because—at the core of our philosophy—we believe that all people should be equal before the law. While the Circle Sentencing initiative appears to have some support from the community engaged in the program, there is mixed evidence as to whether the data supports an assertion that the initiative reduces recidivism. In some respects, the Circle Sentencing initiative has the quality of greater community involvement in sentencing practice. This is a laudable aspect of the scheme.
We strongly support the ongoing role of the Church in attempts to preserve Indigenous culture
Equity in the economy
The role of the state in ensuring equality of opportunity is a well-established norm in western liberal democracies. However, the ACT Liberal Democrats are opposed to the view that the state has a role in providing for equal outcomes. This is an important philosophical distinction.
Prosperous societies can in some respects be judged by how they treat their less fortunate. However, it is important to note that free-market societies, with liberal values—rights of the individual, a working system of property rights, and equality before the law—have the greatest track record of any social organisations in providing for the poor. Socialist regimes have a very poor track record and are synonymous with the most egregious abuses of rights
The ACT Liberal Democrats also specifically note the key role that the Federal, rather that state or territory, government has in managing the national welfare system. We are cautious about the ACT government providing welfare-type benefits where there are already federal schemes aimed at the same objectives. One area that the Territory government does have a role in the provision of welfare-type benefits is through the public housing system. Our system is expensive and failing, with the ACT holding $4.5bn worth of real estate in public hands while concurrently having the second highest rate of homelessness in Australia. Urgent reform of the public housing system is required (http://act-ldp.org.au/Policy_Public_housing.html).
Conceptually, the Liberal Democrats believe that welfare ought not to be a lifestyle choice. The infirm, the elderly and the disabled have a legitimate claim to life-long welfare. Others might need temporary assistance on account of domestic violence, injury or unemployment. However, it is important to note that where a scheme is too untargeted, those really needing assistance end up getting less crucial support than others who might nominally qualify but are normatively are less deserving. The ACT public housing system suffers from this deficiency.
It is a matter, then, of social justice that our welfare system is reformed to provide just outcomes for the truly needy, rather than those who might need transitory assistance staying within the welfare system as a matter of preference, rather than need.
On the broader question of equity in the economy, we firmly believe that employment has significant personal health, community and non-economic dimensions. The ACT government should be adopting a policy framework where employment is widely available, rather the current approach that punishes small and medium sized businesses, and exacerbates the formation of "haves" and "have nots" in our community.


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Dandiya Queen, Falguni Pathak, will soon have a biggest record in her name as she will be performing first time in Maharashtra's biggest ground i.e. Late Shri Pramod Mahajan Sports Complex of Borivali, Mumbai for 'Ruparel Navratri Utsav 2017' from September 21 to September 29, 2017. The ground has 13 acres of area. Falguni will be performing Navratri for the 2nd year in Borivali, consecutively.
The occasion of Bhoomi Pujan was graced by BJP MP Shri Gopal Shetty and BJP MLA - Dahisar Smt. Manisha Chaudhari, Shri Yogesh Sagar – MLA, Shri Vijay Bhai Girkar - MLA along with the organizers and local corporators yesterday at Late Shri Pramod Mahajan Sports Complex of Borivali.
Ruparel Realty is the main title sponsor & organiser along with Showbizz Entertainment who are organising 'Ruparel Navratri Utsav 2017'.
"When it comes to an event as grand as this, our priority is safety. Thus, we have deployed added security and stringent crowd management measures, especially for women, so they can enjoy the festival while feeling safe and relaxed" said Shri Santosh Singh & Shri Shiva Shetty (MLA), organisers and directors of Showbizz Entertainment.
'Jode Rejo Raaj'. "Following the tradition of my events, this time as well, I have selected songs in various languages, bringing in glimpse of diverse culture of India into one festival. Additionally, I am excited to use this opportunity and keeping Navratri in mind I have recreated an old Gujarati song Jode Rejo Raaj, which will serve perfect beats for Garba dancing." said, the singer.
This Navratri festival will also be interesting because after demonetization and GST, it will be the first religious and social program that will bring lakhs of people together. Borivali itself is a Gujarati locality and places like Kandivali and Dahisaralso have quite good number of Gujaratis. The location is so convenient that people can easily reach at the venue.
It is remarkable that last year, only Falguni Pathak was able to hold commercial Navratri because all the other organisers in Mumbai were not able to collect money by selling passes. Looking at this, there is no doubt that this year, Navratri Utsav of Dandiya Queen will get record break response from the people.


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This year, a group of four female former Capitol Hill staffers launched the Women's Congressional Staff Foundation.
OUR GOAL?
To give women on the Hill at all stages of their careers the tools and connections they need to thrive. Our organization plans to award grants to young women who otherwise wouldn't be able to do a Hill internship, offer hard-skills seminars to existing female Hill staffers and host an annual event in honor of WCSA that will double as a fundraiser for the Foundation.
We worked on the Hill at different times, in different offices, with different staff… and we had pretty different experiences. The one thing we all had in common? Amazing women mentors, support systems, friends, and colleagues.
We want to make sure every woman on the Hill, from staff assistant to Chief of Staff, has that same level of support.
That's why we're here.
"Women are well-represented in junior positions on Capitol Hill, but there's a steep drop-off at the senior staff level. That's the exact moment having a diverse chorus of voices, experiences and backgrounds becomes crucial. Ensuring women are in the room, at the table, where public policy decisions that impact the lives of all Americans are made makes us a better nation."
— Sara Lonardo
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Mined only in Siberia, Charoite is translucent lavender to purple in color with a pearly luster.
It has an unusual swirling, fibrous appearance and is sometimes chatoyant.
Chrysocolla is known to form in oxidation zones of copper ore and often forms with other copper-bearing minerals which results in gemstones with interesting and unique mixes of colors and mottled patterns.
It has an unusual swirling, fibrous appearance and is sometimes chatoyant. The Tree of Life is woven with Sterling Silver & Copper wires.
Charoite is usually violet, lilac, or lavender in color, and it will vary in shades of dark to light violet.
There will also be traces of black, white, and grey on the stone, making it one of the most attractive gemstones in the world. The swirling patterns of purple and other colors also make it one of the most unique! Mined in Siberia.


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John Oliver Explains The Problem With Saying 'Everyone Is Going To Be OK'
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Stephen Colbert and John Oliver onstage at the Post-Election Evening to Benefit Montclair Film Festival on November 19, 2016 in Newark, New Jersey.
Stephen Colbert and John Oliver sat down on Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey, to break down the state of the country after President-elect Donald Trump's surprise victory earlier this month.
Colbert, who hosts CBS' "The Late Show," spoke eloquently about election night ("The audience was sobbing openly"); the rising problems surrounding fake news on Facebook ("The fact that they call this fake news upsets me, because this is just lying"); and his disgust for people who suggest he's pleased Trump became president ("Next person who says to me, 'You must be happy on a certain level' is going to get their eye carved out").
But perhaps the most poignant comment of the night came from Oliver. The host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight" took issue with those who have been quick to speculate that things won't be so bad under President Trump.
"I think the danger of [saying], 'Live your lives, the sun comes out tomorrow' is that that's true for some people, and so it's very easy to forget that it's very much not for others," Oliver said.
"That's the danger. If you are lucky enough for your life to become routine, it's easy not to feel the pain of others whose routines are going to be shattered. Not everyone is going to be OK, so it's incumbent on everyone to remember that."
In the days after Trump's election, experts said the spike in hate crimes appeared worse than even after the 9/11 attacks. In New York, hate crimes against Muslims have more than doubled this year, and hate crimes against Jews have risen as well, NYPD Police Commissioner James O'Neill said Sunday.
Trump has also said he hopes to deport two to three million "criminal aliens."
The talk, "Wow, That Was Weird: A Post-Election Evening With Stephen Colbert and John Oliver," was a fundraiser for a film festival in Colbert's hometown of Montclair, New Jersey.
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Special Motion Law and Legal Definition | USLegal, Inc.
A special motion requires the court's discretion in specific upon hearing. A special motion is different from one granted as a matter of course. In the context of Parliamentary law, special motion refers to a proposal made in a meeting, in a form suitable for its consideration and action, that the meeting take a certain action or view. A motion can be either a main motion or a secondary motion. When the chair states it for the meeting's consideration, a motion is tuned into "question." Most often the parliamentary terms "motion" and "question" are used interchangeably.


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Extending beyond 20m (65ft) is not recommended by DTS from a tendency to drop communication.


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Keith Paustian
Soil Ecology
University Distinguished Professor
B207 NESB
Keith.Paustian@ColoState.edu
970-491-1547 office/ 970-491-1965 fax
Keith Paustian is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and Senior Research Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University. A major focus of his work involves modeling, field measurement and development of assessment tools for soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions from soils. He has published over 280 journal articles and book chapters. Previous and current research activities include development of models and inventory methodology used to estimate US soil C and N2O emissions that are reported annually by EPA to the UNFCCC; development of a web-based tool (COMET-FarmTM) for estimating on-farm greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon sequestration used by USDA (http://cometfarm.nrel.colostate.edu/) and project-scale systems for GHG assessment of sustainable land management projects in developing countries (http://www.carbonbenefitsproject.org/). He also serves as project director for the Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies (BANR – http://banr.nrel.colostate.edu/) which is a consortium of universities, industry and the US Forest Service, researching the potential for sustainable bioenergy production from beetle-kill trees and forest residues. Professional service activities include Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC 2006 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methods and the IPCC 2003 Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) and two National Academy of Science committees (in 2010 and 2018) related to land use, greenhouse gases and climate change mitigation. He served as a member of the US Carbon Cycle Science Steering Group, which provides expert input to Federal Agencies involved in climate and carbon cycle research. He also served on the Voluntary Carbon Standard Steering Committee for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) and on numerous other national and international committees involving climate and carbon cycle research. He is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America and 2015 recipient of the Soil Science Society of America's Outstanding Research Award.
Soil organic matter dynamics
Carbon and nitrogen cycling in cropland and grassland ecosystems
Assessment of agricultural climate change mitigation strategies
Evaluation of environmental impacts of agricultural bioenergy production
Agroecosystem ecology
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Acting as coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) dealing with agriculture and national greenhouse gas inventory methods.
Co-chaired a Task Force on 'Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Challenges and Opportunities for Agriculture' by the Council on Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), and was lead author on a PEW Center report on 'Agriculture's Role in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation'.
Serves on the US Carbon Cycle Science Steering Group, which provides expert input to Federal Agencies involved in climate and carbon cycle research, and a National Academy of Sciences panel evaluating GHG measurement methods.
Serves on the Chicago Climate Change science advisory board, the 25X25 advisory board and the Soil Science Society of America Greenhouse Gas Working Group.
COMET-Farm
COMET-Farm estimates greenhouse gas reductions


The "green wedge" suburb called Eltham is 20 km north-east of Melbourne CBD. It's sort-of famous for its Diamond Valley Railway, Oz's biggest rideable mini-railway. Montsalat is a well-known artists colony, and even if you don't care about that, its medieval buildings are pretty. The Pauline Toner Butterfly Reserve's also worth a gander if you're in town. The non-mini railway (the Metro) goes to the CBD through Eltham, on the Hurstbridge line. An 'ealthy supply of Ealtham rooms. See below.


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Trusted Cleaners use eco friendly cleaning solutions. Cleaning solutions used by most cleaning companies are powerful to restore surfaces and furniture to new conditions without causing any negative impact to the environment. End of tenancy cleaning companies utilize on standard tools and equipment which enable them to clean large spaces within a few hours.
Trusted Cleaners help you create a good cleaning plan for your residential home or commercial building. Professional cleaners will visit your building before the actual cleaning date to discuss your expectations. They will come up with a plan that meets your needs to ensure your building is well maintained.
A good end of tenancy cleaning company will provide you with a list of services to choose from. Trusted Cleaners offer services like window cleaning, rug and upholstery cleaning. Clients also enjoy other services like driveway, patio and balcony cleaning. Experienced cleaners also offer one-off services designed to refurbish your entire property.
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They completed the cleaning work in just three hours and the apartment was very clean when we entered a few days later.Thank you Trusted Cleaners.


This post is going up not because it is particularly interesting, but because Google failed to be particularly helpful in solving this problem for me.
If you want to do things the other way around (Evolution to Thunderbird) then you won't be short of resources.
Go on. Try that. It looks promising.
The thing opens up and assures you that it will guide you through the process of importing external files into Evolution. You follow its prompts and check the box to import data and settings from older problems. You discover it has less use than expected.
Apparently it searches for setting from Netscape, which is what Thunderbird is based on. What gives?
At this point I went 'Gah!' and turned to my good friend Google. Google! Why have you forsaken me?
What I should have done was turn to Evolution's internal help files. They don't look immediately useful either, but on closer inspection you will find a section on Migration from Outlook to Evolution.
Now this is sort of silly, but to migrate from Outlook to Evolution, you first need to import your data into Mozilla Mail (which is (kind of) Thunderbird)).
The reason is some drivel about the necessary library only being available on windows.
Come on Novell, you know that's stupid. If you expect people to migrate from MS products to OSS, then you need to make it simpler than that. But I digress.
They are the files without extensions, with names like Inbox, Sent, Drafts and so on.
If you've gone and made nested subfolders in your inbox (or any other folder for that matter), you're in for a frustrating time because it is necessary to import each mbox file individually (unless you can write a script to do it, but if you could then you wouldn't be reading this poorly explained effort).
One again the mbox files will have the same name as your folders. You'll have to import each one, one at a time.
Back to that largely useless import tool I mentioned earlier. It has an 'import single file' option. Guess what?
That's right. Then browse to the folder and open it. If you're lucky, the stupid importer will recognise that the file is indeed in mbox format. It might not. I found that sometimes it did, and other times it didn't. Keep trying until it works, or alternatively, smack your computer with a sledge-hammer. Your call.
Assuming it works, click 'Forward' and then select the destination folder. Fortunately you are given the option to create a new folder, so that may bring a little relief in your world of pain.
I would ask "why are you migrating from Thunderbird to Evolution?", but I suspect that might cause me to be hit with a hammer.
It does give the best results, I'm told.


Built on Alfresco One and Activiti BPM, Micro Strategies Contract lifecycle Management Solution is a compliant and cost effective contract management solution designed to standardize, streamline and automate contracts from initiation, creation, negotiation, execution, renewals through expiration and archiving.
Do you deal with these types of issues on a regular basis?
Providing your users with a consistent way to start a review process.
Ensuring a consistent / standardized folder structure is setup based on business rules.
Creating security polices that ensure users only see what they should see.
Tracking the review process so users can see the state of a process, understand the status of the document(s) involved and track task owners.
A form driven approach to starting a review process.
Ability to manage the folder structure templates needed for the solutions.
Ability to control the assignment of security policies.
See a live diagram of the process with status.
Adherence to compliance regulations for the storage of content and delivery of content for legal auditing.


Centuries ago in a land of ice and fire, a chosen child is born and taught the sacred legends of his ancient people.
When Yikaas is nearly a man, he allows privilege and the deference of others to fill him with false ideas of his own importance. His teacher, an old woman, comes to realize that his vanity will soon displace the wisdom she has entrusted to him. So she challenges Yikaas to join her in a perilous journey across the North Sea to the land of his ancestors.
In an ancient traders' village, Yikaas hears the stories and tales of the First Men. The tales of one young woman in particular Daughter - speak to his heart and call him from the confines of his own selfishness into the mysteries of love and the magic of stories.
Intertwining the stories of Yikaas and Daughter, Sue Harrison returns her readers to the characters they grew to love in the first two books of The Storyteller Trilogy. Chakliux has become the leader of a great village where he and his wife Aqamdax are honored storytellers. Peace has reigned since the wicked K'os was banished to live as a slave to the First Men.
But then the North Sea brings K'os an incredible gift — a weapon that will rescue her from slavery and restore her power over the River People.
Based on the Sedna legends of the Inuit, CALL DOWN THE STARS is not only a study of the storyteller's art, but also the tension-filled chronicle of a battle between good and evil, where love becomes the pawn of revenge, and forgiveness is the only weapon Chakliux has to ensure the survival of his people.


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Four Ways to Salvage the Physician-Patient Relationship
Aubrey Westgate
Before you decide to terminate a difficult patient - give him the benefit of the doubt and try these techniques to mend the breac
Description: Here are four common "problem patient" scenarios you may see at your medical practice and how to deal with each one.
Though patient dismissal is a "no-brainer" in certain situations, practices must ensure that they are not discharging patients prematurely, says Meryl Luallin, a healthcare marketing consultant with SullivanLuallin Healthcare Consulting in San Diego.
As soon as a patient begins presenting "problem" behavior, first consider whether his behavior is due to a weakness within your practice. "Physicians and staff members may be frustrated by the patient, but they aren't looking at the situation from the patient's eyes," she says. Ask yourself if there are new ways to approach this patient that could lead to improvements in his behavior.
Here are four common "problem patient" scenarios and tips on how to deal with each:
When a patient is rude
Consider whether you are inadvertently triggering the patient's behavior, says Luallin. Perhaps your front-desk staff appears uncaring or insensitive and the patient is reacting defensively.
Rudeness can also be triggered by a patient's frustration with the healthcare system in general. Make sure your staff is well trained in handling complaints and handling difficult people, she says.
When a patient is unreliable
If a patient continually misses appointments, consider whether you are inadvertently setting him up to be a "no-show," says Luallin. An elderly patient, for example, may have unreliable transportation. "Either the doctor or nurse has to double-check to make certain that the patient can get there," she says.
Also, many patients tend to ignore certain kinds of appointments, such as follow-ups after something simple, like being treated for an ear infection. Instruct staff members to look out for these visits, suggests Luallin. An extra phone call to confirm whether the patient plans to attend could help you plan accordingly.
Finally, some patients are simply unreliable. When a patient develops a pattern of failing to show, consider double-booking her appointment time. "If the patient does show up you've got to work a little faster, and to some extent, you do inconvenience the patients who are regular patients who do come in, but nonetheless, you're not sitting there doing nothing if the patient doesn't show up," she says.
Finally, consider implementing a fee for failing to cancel appointments with adequate notice. Even if you don't actually plan to charge patients for no-shows, it does provide patients with a little bit more incentive to either show up for appointments, or cancel them further in advance, says Luallin.
When a patient doesn't comply
Ensure you are communicating clearly with the patient, that he understands your instructions, and that he has the mental capacity to do what's expected of him, she says. Also, ask the patient why he hasn't followed your treatment plan. His answer may reveal an easy way to increase his compliancy.
Still, if the patient fails to comply despite your attempts to reorient him, and you fear that his noncompliance could negatively affect his health, then that's the "last straw" and patient dismissal is appropriate, says Luallin.
When a patient doesn't pay
Offer a struggling patient the option of paying in smaller installments, she says.
Still, if a patient can pay but won't pay, consider discharging him. But be careful here, says Luallin. "If you discharge somebody and they are dissatisfied and their indication of that is nonpayment, now you're setting yourself up for potential malpractice."
* To read more on dismissing difficult patients, see "Patient Dismissal: The When, Why, and How."
Aubrey Westgate is an associate editor at Physicians Practice. She can be reached at aubrey.westgate@ubm.com.
This article originally appeared in the June 2012 issue of Physicians Practice.


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Ines Alves, 16, fled yesterday's inferno from the 13th floor of the block in West London, where she lived with her parents and brother. She then went to sit the exam at her school in Hammersmith.
Ines was still wearing the same clothes she had escaped in, but was determined to sit the test after studying hard.
She told Mirror Online reporter Jane Lavender: 'I put on my jeans and a top and just grabbed by phone and chemistry notes. I was trying to revise while we waited downstairs as we thought it was a small fire at first but it was impossible.
Ines's family have lost almost everything they own, although she managed to take her phone and chemistry revision notes as they fled their house yesterday.
Ines's family have lost almost everything they own, although she managed to take her phone and chemistry revision notes.
At least 17 people have died in the Grenfell Tower fire, although the death toll is still expected to rise, emergency services have said this morning.
Housing chiefs, council bosses and even government ministers were accused of having 'blood on their hands' over failings that saw a tower block turn into an inferno in minutes in the worst British disaster in at least 30 years.
In scenes reminiscent of 9/11, trapped residents leapt to their deaths from the 1970s high-rise. Families were burnt alive as neighbours watched in horror.
The blaze swept through the tower with lightning speed while most of its 600 residents slept. Barely anyone above the 14th floor is thought to have survived.
Identification of the victims is likely to take weeks and it is thought the death toll could rise to more than 100.
Furious residents pointed to design and building flaws that apparently allowed a minor fridge fire to spiral out of control.
Specialist urban search and rescue teams are being brought in to make the 24-storey tower block safe to allow firefighters and the police to carry out investigations, following the devastating blaze that started in the early hours of yesterday.
More than £1million has been raised to help those affected by the fire, while volunteers and charities helped feed and shelter people who could not return to their homes overnight.
A wall of condolence was put up near the scene, with photographs showing dozens of messages left for loved ones.
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised an investigation after the building went up in flames amid growing concerns about how the blaze could have spread so rapidly.
The Queen paid tribute to the 'bravery' of firefighters and praised the 'incredible generosity' of volunteers offering their support to those affected.


Hello and welcome along to today's LIVE Hull City blog where we will have all the news and rumours for you regarding the Tigers.
Ehab Allam's comments have caused quite the stir this week. In an exclusive interview with the Mail, the club's owner spoke openly about a number of topics, including the loss of Josh Tymon in summer.
The Vice-Chairman believes the young left-back made a mistake in leaving the Tigers over the summer claiming he could have been playing week in, week out in the Championship.
However, Hull City columnist Peter Swan disagrees with Allam's logic, stating he will not be regretting the switch to the Bet 365 Stadium.
We're LIVE all day with all the news and rumours.
We'll be back bright and early tomorrow morning from Hull City's training ground to hear from Leonid Slutsky.
Leonid Slutsky will be hoping his side can end their winless away run this weekend when they travel to Barnsley.
Hull City will make their first appearance in their new third kit this weekend with they travel to Barnsley.
The Tigers are looking for their first win on the road in 14 months and they will be hoping switching to blue will give them that bit of luck.
Leonid Slutsky's first Yorkshire derby will see more than 1,500 City fans travel to Oakwell.
Chris Sutton believes his former side Celtic should have signed Fikayo Tomori in the summer transfer window.
Due to injuries, Celtic were forced to field a makeshift back line against Bayern Munich in the Champions League and were consequently thumped 3-0 at the Allianz Arena.
But Sutton believes the addition of Tomori could have made a difference on Wednesday night.
The defender is currently on loan at Hull City from Chelsea, where he finds himself on the fringe of the first-team behind the established partnership of Michael Hector and Michael Dawson.
Peter Bankes will be the man in the middle on Saturday when Hull City travel to Barnsley.
The Merseyside referee has officiated 15 games this season, issuing an eye-watering 54 yellow cards, three reds and awarding six penalties.
To make matters worse Saturday's host Barnsley have lost just once under Bankes while the Tykes have won all three of their games under Bankes at Oakwell.
City have met Bankes just once before against Preston North End in December 2015, a game they lost 1-0.
Paul Hodskinson and Mark Dwyer will be linesmen on Staurday while Darren Handley will be a fourth official.
The Hull City columnist disagrees with Ehab Allam's logic regarding Josh Tymon, placing the blame with the club rather than the youngster.
"I made what I felt were sensible financial offers," said Allam. "The player or his agent felt they could do better. That's fair enough. He decided to invoke his right under the standard clause that was out of my control.
"No hard feelings but I personally feel it was the wrong decision from him.
"I've got a standard contract for academy players coming through into the first team and it applies to all of them for consistency. It was a deal that's been accepted by others, such as Jarrod.
"It's a success-driven deal and he's hit all his targets to progress. Josh made a move thinking he would make a step up but if you look at Jarrod on his new deal then he's way ahead.
"I don't think Josh has done himself any favours. I believe it was the wrong move to go to a club where he's not playing regularly.
The Tigers travel to Barnsley on Saturday looking fir their first win on the road since August 2016, a winless run that has stretched over 24 games.
Can City put their away day hoodoo to bed at Oakwell? We'll be looking ahead to the game today and assessing City's chances.


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Health Visa Limits A 'Terrible Decision'
As of Wednesday, May 12, 2021
By YOURI KEMP
Tribune Business Reporter
ykemp@tribunemedia.net
A Bahamian excursion operator yesterday said it was a "terrible decision" to limit tourist travel applications to within 14 days of arrival so as to prevent a health visa overload.
Iola Knowles, director of Sandytoes Excursion, hit out after Dionisio D'Aguilar, minister for tourism and aviation, revealed that the surge in travel demand sparked by The Bahamas' May 1 elimination of mandatory COVID-19 tests for fully vaccinated visitors was "overwhelming" the website that approves health visa applications.
Applications have more than doubled from 2,000 per day to more than 5,000 per day since that date, and Mr D'Aguilar said the Government had been forced to impose a 'within 14 days of travel' restriction to reduce the volume of submissions by visitors seeking to obtain approvals for visits months in advance.
Ms Knowles said: "I think, if anything, they need to beef up the system to help travel and visitors so that they can accommodate more applications, because otherwise it's just going to bottleneck.
"A lot of the tour operators are still suffering. They could use more business, and if they're going to bottleneck for a 14-day window I don't think that that's a wise fit. I think if anything they should focus their efforts on beefing up the travel visa system so they can accommodate more applications."
Mr D'Aguilar yesterday said his ministry is adding more personnel to enable them to process applications more efficiently. However, Wesley Ferguson, president of the Bahamas Taxi Cab Union (BTCU), said: "I guess once they get the message out properly, people who intend to travel to The Bahamas will have to make earlier arrangements.
"But I can tell you the amount of technology that is available, we have to be able to upgrade the system. I don't see D'Aguilar (minster of tourism and aviation) implementing something only just last month and it is already antiquated."
Mr Ferguson, backing Mr D'Aguilar's call to "put all hands on deck", added: "If the government is serious about this industry being revamped and organised in the COVID-19 environment, they will have to put the resources in place and the necessary technology to accommodate the influx of tourists."
Nicholas Pinder, general manager of Born Free Fishing Charters, said the health travel visa woes will likely cause a problem for tour operators and the Government needs to sort the matter out rapidly. "They will just have to figure a way through it," he said.
WETHEPEOPLE 8 months, 1 week ago
Talk about lack of preparation.
JokeyJack 8 months, 1 week ago
Sounds like a Russian cyber attack - there is NO WAY that 5000 people are applying for permission to visit the Bahamas at this time. Don't make me laugh.
But then, I just had to laugh when I read the name of the fishing place...."Born Free Fishing Charters" - that's even funnier that people who are applying for PERMISSION to travel would go to a place called Born Free. Unless I guess we all accept now that maybe we were born free, but now we are tagged animals. That's funny and not funny at the same time.
Maybe I will open up a charter business and call it "Filthy Disease Spreader Fishing Charters" in order to be more hip with the times.
DWW 8 months, 1 week ago
every flight to the bahamas is booked solid, crawl out from that rock. read up on where the word Eleuthera comes from. Jokes on you there mate.
Rubbish. I suggest you go to Expedia.com and search for tomorrow FLL to NAS. LOTS of flights available all day long. Direct flights starting at $272. Delta, Bahamasair, American, and Jet Blue.
Besides that obvious "fact check", please be aware that all of this noise in the market with the shut down gas pipeline and everything else is just a smokescreen to take your attention off of the big problem - which is forced vaccinations. Pay attention and you will see they will pull every trick in the book. Get ready for explosions, plane crashes, fires, mass shootings, anything that makes news so that people lose focus on the forced vaccinations.
yeahyasee 8 months, 1 week ago


Twitter Search - A new window type (go to Add > NOW > Twitter Search) that allows you to create and monitor Twitter filters. For example, you can follow all tweets containing a specific keyword with at least 1000 retweets in New York City.
Brazilian Central Bank - You can now browse data from the Brazilian Central Bank Time Series Management System (SGS).
RSS Parsing - We developed a system that can now parse RSS with poor (or none) date formatting. This broadens the universe of RSSs that we can index quite a bite since there are many sources who don't properly format their DateTime.
Request retry - All request made to our servers now have retries, this kills a lot of bugs and handles poor user connection even better.
Avatars - Alongside with our brand new account creation page, we've also generated and integrated avatars for all our users (and the possibility to change it). Just go to Settings > Account > Change Avatar.
High-DPI partial fix - We've started to tackle the issue with High-DPI monitors. This one is a very tough one to fully fix, so what we did was a partial solution to the problem. Users with just one High-DPI monitor should have no problems using our software now (except for a bit of blurriness). Users with two or more monitors in which one or more are High-DPI should also be able to use it normally but will experience a few hard-to-crack bugs (that do not impair usability like before), we are aware of those and will address them as soon as possible.
Other bug fixes - Again, a lot of bug fixes! Since we are still working on core features, we'll start describing bug fixes in greater details only when we release our beta.
Regarding the long-awaited Chat and Sharing features, they are quite a bit behind schedule, but at least we are glad to say that they are shaping up to deliver on all our expectations and we plan to roll them out by the end of February/beginning of March (we are already testing them internally since December).


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International campaign for the liberation of Mohamed Daddach and all Saharawi political prisoners condemned by Moroccan courts
The inaugural meeting of the "Action Committee for the liberation of M Daddach and all Saharawi political detainees" took place in El Ayoun, bringing together all those fighting for human rights in Western Sahara. Its secretariat is composed of 15 members, all former disappeared detainees or family members of Saharawi prisoners or disappeared. The European Bureau for the Respect of Human Rights in Western Sahara (BERDHSO) was able to address the meeting live by telephone to offer its support. (Communiqué)
Meanwhile Saharawi political prisoners themselves joined in the action. There are now over twenty on hunger strike in the prisons of Marrakech, El Ayoun and Kenitra.
The NGO Hourriya/Liberté, Paris, joined the campaign started by the European Bureau for the Respect of Human Rights in Western Sahara (BERDHSO) for Mohamed Daddach and 25 other Saharawi detainees sentenced in Moroccan courts.
The collection of signatures on petitions is continuing.
You can sign the appeal on line (english, french, spanish, italian) or download and print out petition forms for the collection of signatures (english, french, spanish, italian).
The Moroccan weekly Demain Magazine published an analysis by Driss Basri of the Western Sahara conflict. This text had been drawn up at the request of the French daily, Le Monde after the Security Council resolution at the end of June. In the run-up to the Enthronement Speech of Mohamed VI, the former Minister of the Interior had postponed its publication, which had never taken place. Recently, the king declared that with the Framework Agreement he had "settled" the business of Western Sahara. Basri, in a letter setting the matter straight with Demain, declared that the text had been published without his agreement.
Basri, in his detailed analysis, criticised fundamentally the draft Framework Agreement, which is in fact Morocco's proposal. He considers the UN proposal as the first step towards the independence of the Sahara and a threat for the integrity of Morocco. According to Basri, the UN proposal "is part of a view of independence for the territory", autonomy being only the initial step. He points out that this autonomy goes much further than regionalisation and that through its international guarantee (sponsorship by France and the USA)constitutes an attack on the unity of the Moroccan nation. He speaks of "flagrant interference", saying that over a third of Morocco would be under foreign surveillance. Basri finally points out that the "new move of the UN seems seriously to contravene the spirit and the letter of the (UN) Charter".
Basri's position was completely hushed up in Morocco, where a discussion of this issue, so important for the country's future, still seems not to be possible. (original text , french,)
Uganda has accredited Fadel Ismaïl as the new SADR ambassador in Kampala.
Council of Arab League ministers
Mr. Amr Moussa, general secretary of the Arab League, brought up the question of Western Sahara in his report, provoking a protest from the Moroccan delegation. This passage was later removed from the report.
The Polisario Front National Secretariat's Bureau, meeting under the chairmanship of Mohamed Abdelaziz, head of state and secretary-general of the Polisario Front, condemned the criminal attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the USA and, particularly, against defenceless innocent civilians. It expressed the Saharan people's solidarity with the people of the USA and their government. (Saharawi national radio)
13.09.01: Loja (Andalousia) has twinned with Oum Dreiga.
17.09.01, rabat, Morocco: 36 officials and members of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights, of the Truth and Justice Forum, of the Coordination Committee of Saharawi victims of forced disappearance and family members of political prisoners, will appear before the Court of Appeal in Rabat. The Magistrate's Court in Rabat had sentenced each of them on 16 May 2001 to 3 months in prison and 3,000 dirhams' fine. The Moroccan Association of Human Rights, which will appear before the Court of Appeal in Rabat on 17 September 2001 at 9 am, considers that this trial could not take place if the Moroccan state respected human rights and its commitments to the International Declaration of Protection of Defenders of Human Rights. The Association is asking for the quashing of arbitrary proceedings, and the bringing to justice of the real criminals, authors of serious human rights abuses which Morocco has known for over 40 years. (Statement from AMDH on 12.00.01)
21.09.01, Germany: Lohmar/Köln, Schloss Auel, Festival Kulturen der Welt,"Women's Voices", Musik-Gruppe "Mujeres Saharauis", weitere Konzerte möglich, info: zazie.wurr@online.de
[External links to newspapers may not be valid after some days because the servers are restarted]
Un accord-cadre contesté pour le Sahara occidental, Damien Roustel, L'Humanité, paris, 08.09.01.
Pierre Richard : "Pourquoi la France n'aide-t-elle pas le Sahara occidental ?", Entretien réalisé par Laurent Flandre, ibid.
L'ONU à bout de souffle, les Sahraouis excédés, la question tourne en rond, Malek Bellil, La Tribune, Alger, 11.09.01.
Pari perdu pour Baker, Cherif Ouazani, Jeune Afrique/L'Intelligent, No 2122, 11-17.09.01 , p. 24
La « prophétie » de Basri, Demain n° 29 du 8 au 14 septembre 2001
Polisario Front leads fight for Western Sahara independence, Jack Willey, The Militant, Vol.65/No.26, July 9, 2001.
Sydney's Salsa for Saharawis, Stephanie Brennan , Workers Online, 07.09.01
LOSING BET, Article published by Paris-based magazine Jeune Afrique/L'Intelligent on 17 Sep 01 Abstracted from the article 'Sahara: Pari perdu pour Baker'
"Marrocos não pode fazer a guerra", João Galamba de Oliveira s'entretient avec Bucharaya Beyun, Premier ministre sahraoui, Diario de Noticias, Lisbonne, 08.09.01.
Revista de la prensa española de la semana: http://www.nodo50.org/fpolisario/Prensa.htm
Noticias de prensa, Recopilación semanal de todos los articulos de la prensa de España. http://www.nodo50.org/labarored/interpueblos/actividad/sahara_occidental/noticias/
Basri teme que la autonomía del Sahara lleve al separatismo, Ignacio Cembrero, El Pais, Madrid, 08.09.01.
Mohamed VI descarta una monarquía parlamentaria, El principal diario marroquí ignora la entrevista del rey al periódico francés 'Le Figaro', Ignacio Cembrero, ibid.
Warten auf Unabhängigkeit, Ute Sprenger, Südwind Magazin, Heft 09 / 2001.
Zurück nach Hause, ins Exil, Andrea Maurer, ibid.
Westsahara: Bakers Vorstoss gescheitert, Der Standard, Wien, 04.09.01
Sahara-Info, Nr 80 September 2001, Bulletin des Schweiz. Unterstützungskomitees für die Sahraouis,CH-Bern, 8 p.
Sahara-Info, Nr 3&4, September 2001, Gesellschaft der Freunde des Sahrauischen Volkes e.V., D-München, 40 p.
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