It's 10:30 a.m. on a Wednesday. Sitting inside of a busy terminal at Boston Logan Airport is a wide-eyed young man chasing a dream. In a short time, he'll be boarding a plane and embarking on a 14-hour journey to the Land of the Rising Son. It is the next stop in the quickly blossoming career of Flip Gordon.
It's hard for the 26-year-old to fathom he'll be stepping inside a New Japan Pro Wrestling ring in a couple days. It was less than a year ago that he made his Ring of Honor debut. The crowd in Baltimore that day had no clue who Flip Gordon was when he walked through the curtain. But when the bell rung on the match, they were rallying behind him like lifelong fans.
"Please sign Flip! Please sign Flip!" echoed throughout the building. No one cared that he lost that day. They wanted more. In its 15 years of existence, ROH has built its reputation on mind-blowing high-risk moves, and fans have become accustomed. The acrobatics never get old, but to a certain extent have come to be expected. Fans have seen it all. And then came Gordon. The Army reservist brought his own bag of tricks that were looked upon with virgin eyes.
After the show I spoke with ROH COO Joe Koff and inquired about whether he heard the chants. He said he got the fans' message. About a month later Gordon put pen to paper on a new contract.
Since then, his stock has climbed to record levels. Chock it up to his dedication to honing his craft. The Massachusetts native has made special arrangements with the Army to allow him to complete his reservist commitments while not missing any ring time. He couldn't stomach the thought of not being on the road one weekend a month. Instead, he puts on the uniform on weekdays when few promoters are running shows.
His dedication to the squared circle has landed him in a coveted storyline with Bullet Club, easily the most popular global wrestling faction at the moment. This Saturday at Ring of Honor's Manhattan Mayhem, he'll go toe-to-toe with Cody, the former WWE Superstar, who is easily the biggest name in the company. It's a huge vote of confidence for a guy who made his pro wrestling debut less than three years ago. It's a monumental match not only for Gordon, but for ROH, which is unveiling its new streaming service.
I had the opportunity to speak with Gordon as he waited to board the Japan-bound plane to write a new chapter in his young career. He was anxious to get over there and didn't know quite what to expect. On his first trip last April, he left Japanese fans with the same feeling as those in Baltimore. The only difference was that he won that debut.
Flip Gordon's future is bright. But where does it lie?
I was at the Baltimore show. I believe that was your first match with Ring of Honor. The fans were eating it up. They start chanting, "Please sign Flip. Please sign Flip." You must've heard that too when you were in the ring, right?
Yeah, it was surreal, because obviously it was my first match at the Ring of Honor. I'm going against a guy with so many accolades. He's done so much, and he's done so much for guys like me on the smaller side. To be in there with somebody like Matt Sydal as my very first match. It was really cool to hear "Please sign Flip," because that was huge, because that was a goal of mine, to get signed under two years. For the fanbase, their first time seeing me in a Ring of Honor ring, to chant, "Please come back" was a huge deal for me.
It wasn't too terribly long after that show that you actually were signed. What was that process like between that day and when you actually put pen to paper?
It was crazy, because I remember reaching out to them after I had gotten an offer from another company. I was like, "Guys, I feel like I really want to sign with you. I hope you guys feel the same way." Then, they were like, "Of course we do." Then, we just started negotiating. We came to the terms that we both agreed on, and I guess the rest is history.
What's it been like since then? You've ascended the ranks pretty quickly.
It's been super surreal. I was just thinking last night, as I was packing for Japan. I was like, "Man, I'm heading to Japan." I've been lucky enough to perform in six different countries already. I'm literally living my dream that I dreamed about since I was a little kid… I'm not there yet. I'm not finished. I'm still just scraping at the bottom. What I've done already is nothing compared to what I can do and what I will do. I want to learn as much as I can from as many people as I can, whether that's people in New Japan, CMLL or Ring of Honor. Those three companies are the top companies in the world right now right behind WWE. They're giving them a run for their money.
New Japan is making highlights globally. Ring of Honor is growing month after month. NXT is running the same towns as us, because they see us as the competition. That means we're doing something right.
From day one, when you step in the ring for that first day of training, do you remember what your career goals were? Were you like 99% of the people that get in the ring and say, "Hey, I'm going to WWE" or were you that 1% that saw things a little bit differently?
When I started training, my goal, my mindset was, "I'm going to train as hard as I can, get a WWE tryout and go there." But along the way, I fell in love with professional wrestling so much that I want to grow so much as a performer that I don't want to go there. At least not right now. I don't know what the future holds, but I'm having so much fun, and I'm learning so much, so why would I leave?
You're getting this opportunity with New Japan, but now also we've seen you a lot recently on Being The Elite. The Bucks have that series going on YouTube, and it has quite the following. How did you get to be involved in that?
I don't know if it was by fluke or if they planned, but we were down in Mexico for this company called The Crash, and the Bucks came up to me and asked me if I could be in a short clip. I didn't even know what Being The Elite was at the time, to be completely honest. I was like, "Oh, yeah, sure. Whatever." They had found out I had just signed with Ring of Honor, so they included a "Welcome to the Ring of Honor" bit in that. Then, the final edit was Cody saying, "Who the F is Flip Gordon?" There's so many bits from that first episode I was in that took off with the fans.
It doesn't sound like you had any idea that it was going to pay off with a match against Cody in New York.
No. I had no idea. But I'm very excited, and I think it adds a cool dynamic to the match. Me and Cody have had very little interaction in Ring of Honor, but we already have this story to go off of, because it's been built on Being The Elite. The fans already have something to get behind.
Interesting twist to this match. The fans get to pick the stipulation. When they booked you on that, did you know that this was going to be a thing, or did they come at you guys later and say, "Hey, this is what we want to do"?
You've worked Marty Scurll, you've got Cody coming up, Jay Lethal. Who else in Ring of Honor would you like to check off of your list there?
Christopher Daniels. I feel like that'd be a lot of fun. He's been very helpful to me in particular ever since I started. Any time I have a question, I know I can go to him. It's really cool. I grew up watching him on TV back in the day. It'd be kind of cool to finally get in the ring with him.
You, you're doing a little bit of a juggling act, balancing your time between the Army and wrestling. What's that balance been like for you?
Eventually, I get it all figured out where now I'm at a training unit down in Cape Cod. I get to make up my time whenever I want, whatever days work best for me. I get to do it during the week. That way, I'm not missing weekends when I'm making money wrestling.
That just seems like a huge exception that not everybody would get. It's the Army, and you would think that they're pretty strict about those things.
Yeah. I got really lucky, because the command sergeant major was actually an independent professional wrestler over in the Tacoma and Seattle area, back when he was stationed at Fort Lewis. I had met him on a previous drill in Pennsylvania, when we went on our annual training. I met him and talked to him. He saw that I was considered AWOL and gave me a call and was like, "Hey, what's going on?" I explained the situation. I was like, "I'm trying to work with them, they don't want to work with me", so he transferred me to his unit and helped me work through it. I've got two months left now on my contract. Thankfully, I didn't get kicked out or AWOLed out because of him. It's definitely a blessing. It was really cool.
You hit the lottery with that one. You've got two months left on that contract. What about with Ring of Honor? How many years did you sign with them?
I signed a one-year contract back in May.
No talks of renewal yet?
Not yet. I would love to. Like I said, I don't plan on going anywhere, so hopefully they'll talk to me, we can negotiate something else.


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Conservatives oppose new gun control measures in the wake of the Florida shooting, preferring enforcement of the existing laws and allowing teachers to be armed, according to a poll by FedUp PAC.
More than 47% say that enforcing the existing laws would be a sufficient reaction to the shooting, while more than 37% favor the additional step of allowing teachers who have concealed carry permits to come to school armed and ready to protect their students.
Only 7% support a ban on bump-stocks (which have been used in only one mass shooting). There is even less support for prohibiting gun ownership by those below age 21 (5%) and outlawing all semi-automatic weapons (4%). Most pistols and many hunting rifles are semi-automatic.
As more information has become available, it has become clear that the Florida shooting was another example of government agencies failing to properly execute the existing laws. The FBI was tipped off more than a month in advance, but failed to follow its own procedures and did nothing. The shooter had a long record of hostile and even violent behavior, and was diagnosed as suffering from "mental illness", but neither the school system nor the social services agency which investigated him nor the police who responded to complaints about violent acts reported anything that would have prevented him from buying a gun.
Liberal reaction to the shooting has demanded many gun control laws which would not have prevented the Florida shooting. Universal background checks would have been irrelevant, while banning the AR-15 would simply have left the shooter to choose from a wide variety of other rifles and pistols. Increasing the age of gun ownership would likely have been no more effective than the law prohibiting drinking for those less than 21 years old.
Congress appears likely to focus on making background checks more effective rather than laws to take guns away from law-abiding citizens.


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The Marty Ramos family could use your help as daughter Roxanne battles cancer. Please donate and share and lend a hand if you can. Thank you.
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Roxanne Ramos, the Ramos family's high school aged daughter has been fighting an aggressive form of cancer since 2018, having received 74 rounds of chemo in addition to experimental gene therapy treatment- none of which have stopped the tumor from growing. Doctors implanted a special pump in her body to deliver pain medication directly into the tumor so she can "function."
The skatepark was already struggling, but COVID forced it to shut down in March. The family has a fundraiser going to help fund Roxanne's treatment and a home health care team to limit exposure and trips to the hospital.
The Ramos family has been a bedrock of Jacksonville's skateboarding community and have kept the oldest running skatepark alive through thick and thin. Please share their fundraiser and donate.
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Roxanne's cancer journey began in February 2018 when she started having lower back pain. Within a couple of months, the pain traveled to her hip then down her leg. While on the family's dream vacation Roxanne's pain increased dramatically and her toes became numb. They rushed back to Jacksonville and straight to the ER. A mass was discovered on a CT scan and Roxanne was rushed by ambulance to Wolfson Children's Hospital. An MRI and several tests exposed the heartbreaking diagnosis… a rare aggressive cancer. The cancer is called Undifferentiated Round Cell Sarcoma. The mass was on her left pelvic covering her sacrum, Sacroiliac joint, ilium and nerves. Roxanne endured 10 long months of intense treatment (64 rounds of Chemo and 38 Radiation and 70 blood transfusions, etc.) that successfully shrunk the tumor. Each time she had to receive Chemo she would have to be Inpatient for 5-6 days.
After battling and winning the fight against cancer she now had to endure Physical Therapy, Serial Casting, Achilles Tendon Surgery and Aquatic therapy to learn to walk again…another battle she conquered in December 2019! Fast forward 10 months of remission…a routine MRI scan revealed the tumor started growing again and the pain in the hip and leg has returned. This was devasting news to Roxanne, family and friends. Roxanne started a new Chemo regiment but after 10 rounds an MRI revealed the tumor continued to grow and her pain increased. She is now on a trial Gene Therapy treatment. Her pain has been controlled by surgically implanting a pain pump that delivers pain medicine straight to the tumor. The Oncologist are doing everything possible to kill this cancer, but the road ahead will be a difficult one. Please continue to pray for Roxanne and her family for Gods miracles and new research medicine to be available.
Through this difficult journey Roxanne has persevered! Although, pausing her opportunity to attend Douglas Anderson School of Arts was hard, she has maintained her a great sense of humor. Her doctors and nurses often visited for a good laugh (her parents called it a good roasting). Her goal eventually is to get her driver's license and work at Brew Hound Dog Park. Roxanne is blessed to have a strong and determined family to help her through this nightmare. Her mother, Laurie, is no stranger to cancer. She fought her own battle with breast cancer for two years in 2013 and won! I have faith and believe Roxanne's battle with cancer will be won too! The Ramos family will not quit until their daughter is cured! Watching this family in action battling this ugly disease has motivated me to do something to help them. Understanding firsthand the enormous cost of hospital facilities, all the physicians and medications… I know they need support. I always ask if there is anything I can do to help as do many others. Laurie and Martin are very humble and kindly respond with we will figure it out. You see, the Ramos Family are givers so receiving is not their norm.
As the owners of Kona Skate Park, they have hosted various charitable events over the years to help organizations and families in need. The Boys and Girls Clubs, Women's Pink Social, Go Skate Day to name a few. The Covid pandemic has added extra challenges for Ramos family. Kona Skate Park had to close for business on March 13th and has not reopened. Also, hospitals only allowed one parent at a time to be with her which has been emotionally difficult for all the family. Your generous donations will help pay for past, present and future medical cost. Also, for possible travel expenses to research hospitals and fees. With Roxanne's love of swimming and doctors' recommendations for Aqua Therapy, the hope is to raise enough money to gift her a swimming pool. During Roxanne's first treatment year, her parents 'pool hopped' with her to different friends and families swimming pools for physical therapy and relaxation.
Unfortunately, the COVID pandemic has changed the circumstances, with her low immune system they must stay home, and visitors are very limited. Let us help create the perfect Healing House for Roxanne during her battle! Laurie and Martin now have an "In Home Health Care Team" so they can limit her exposure and less trips to the hospital. I have known the Ramos Family for 22 years and they have ALWAYS been there when needed. I personally will never forget how they were there for me 5 years ago in my time need. They knocked on my door, marched in, sat down and would not leave until we told them how they could help. I am sure there are many others who can share similar stories about this wonderful family. We recognize this is a difficult time for everyone due to the pandemic, so if you are not able to donate money, Prayers are ALWAYS welcome. Thank you!
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So, apparently this is becoming a foodie blog. Just kidding, I'm just on a baking kick right now! Ever go through those? They don't last long, but holy Hannah are they ever productive!
Over the weekend we picked some insanely delicious Saskatoon Berries & by we I mean myself. What is a Saskatoon Berry? Google states that they are a berry (no kidding) similar in taste and shape to a blueberry, yet with a distinct 'wild' flavour to them. I think they're delicious. They are native to the Canadian prairies (see we're more than just producers of wheat), BC, and the NorthWestern US. Fact of the day, the city of Saskatoon was named after the Saskatoon Berry.
As kids we would go picking with my grandma Terry in blistering hot weather with full on jeans and long sleeve shirts (you didn't want to be sucked alive by mosquito's) and come back with bucketfuls. She would wash them and we would eat them by the bowlful with cream and a touch of sugar. It was heaven & so worth the heatstroke!
Enough with the story telling though, here's what you came for. The most insanely delicious Saskatoon Berry Cobbler any person could ask for.
Mix your berries, sugar, cornstarch & water. Transfer to a shallow baking dish.
In a seperate bowl mix your flour, oats, sugars & baking powder. Pour in your melted butter and mix until it starts to clump and is well combined.
Spread your crumble topping over the Berry mixture until it is evenly spread out.
Bake for 45 mins or until top is golden brown and the Berry juice is bubbling on the sides of the dish.
Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream & try not to eat the whole dish. Honestly, it'll be hard to practice that much self control. The smell alone is enough to make anyone 's mouth water. Once you see that vanilla ice cream melting all over…. Sigh, it's pretty great!
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LYNDEBOROUGH – Under a current proposal, the town's 20 street lights would be reduced to nine: 15 would be removed, five upgraded and four new ones added. Another five are under consideration – adding three for security at the highway garage and two in the Citizens' Hall parking lot. Two of the lights belong to the school district.
Of the lights that are proposed for removal, eight are on Route 31 between Glass Factory and Brandy Brook Road, four are on Putnam Hill Road and two on Glass Factory.
On Monday, the committee hosted a public information session that drew 10 people to a 45-minute discussion.
Committee Chairman Steve Brown outlined what the committee has done and still hopes to do.
Formed about two months ago, the committee has met every other week. They surveyed all of the lights, met with representatives from Eversource and various vendors and tried to determine why the lights were placed where they are.
"Some are in the middle of nowhere," Brown said. "We tried to consider which areas could use lights, where people walk" and where there is traffic or safety concerns.
Why were these lights chosen? "In general, we're not fans of street lights," Brown said. They determined that more light is needed near the fire station because firefighters park across Route 31 at the library. Perhaps a light should mark the junction of Route 31 and Center Road. More light is needed in front of the Town Hall in the Center, and on the hill from Route 31 to Citizens' Hall because many people park near the common and walk to meetings.
Lights that would be kept and upgraded include one in front of the school, two by the fire station, one by the common (which would be re-directed toward the flagpole), and one at the junction of Pettingill Hill Road.
Why were the lights placed where they are?
"They made sense at the time," Heritage Commission Member Stephanie Roper said, and gave a short history of street lights.
Street lighting dates to the 1920s when electricity replaced gas lights. Most of those now in place date to around World War II. Putnam Hill Road (formerly School Street) was lighted for the South School, which closed in 1949. There was light on Route 31 for "The Little Store," which closed some 30 years ago. There was a baseball field on Glass Factory Road prior to World War II. "The original purposes are long gone," she said.
Brown said the committee considered the color and intensity of the light, keeping lights downcast to prevent "light pollution" and also "trespassing," shining into people's windows. The look of the fixtures was also a concern, keeping them "rustic or rural, preserving the town's rural character," as stated in the town's Master Plan.
Cost was another consideration. The lights are purchased from a vendor and Eversource is paid to install them. Eversource offers a $100 rebate if the lights meet their specifications. The fixtures and brackets can cost from around $150 "to several hundred if you want custom made," Brown said. New LED lights would be much brighter and cost much less to operate than the current incandescent.
The committee's recommendation is for "soft white light," a yellowish hue, and traditional brackets. All lights would be on existing utility poles.
The committee plans to have a report ready in October for the Budget Committee, but there is still time for residents to bring comments and concerns. The committee will meet on Sept. 10, 7 p.m., at Citizens' Hall. All meetings are open to the public and comments are welcome.
Other committee members are Greg Kreider, John Pomer, Selectman Rick McQuade, School Board Member Charlie Post, and Planning Board Member Bob Rogers.


I'm not going to lie. My favorite part of camping is the s'mores, but my daughter loves the entire experience, no matter how muddy or muggy or cold it gets.
If your kids are more like me— itching to get out of the city, but are perhaps not fully prepared to truly rough it— we've got some great campsites for you. We've told you about great New York area campgrounds in the past, including where to pitch your tent within New York City. But now we've put together a list of campgrounds that come with some sort of extra entertainment options for kids— whether it's a Family Movie Night, a petting zoo, or just tubing down a river. You can even learn to milk a cow!
Since we're squarely in the camp (get it?) of old-fashioned family fun, we rounded up the best campsites with added amenities within three hours of New York City. Most of these sites close during the winter, so be sure to verify information before heading out. And don't forget the marshmallows!
This campground is about an hour and a half by car from New York City, although you can also take the train across the river to Beacon. This would be a great trip for art lovers, because you're close to DIA: Beacon and Storm King, the spectacularly beautiful outdoor sculpture park. However, even local apple-picking (in the fall) may not lure your kids from this campground, which boasts amenities galore.
At Mills-Norrie you can pitch your tent in the woods near the Hudson River.
This more-than-1,000-acre tract of wilderness is actually two adjacent parks: Margaret Lewis Norrie and Ogden & Ruth Livingston Mills State Parks. I'm not sure why they are technically separate, but I've visited this idyllic spot often; it's one of my favorite places to hike and bike. As an added bonus, there's an amazing Gilded Age mansion, Mills Mansion (admission extra), along with amazing views of the beautiful Hudson River. This campsite is also a great base for trips to several national historic sites: the FDR Museum, the Eleanor Roosevelt Museum, and the Vanderbilt Mansion.
Kids can get crafty at Saugerties/Woodstock KOA's crafts program.
This campground, a two-hour trip by car, is nestled into the foothills of the Catskills, which is renowned as one of the most scenic areas around New York City. There's a historic lighthouse nearby, along with the Catskill Animal Sanctuary, which conducts regular tours. If that's not your kids' speed, you can placate them later by hanging out here and doing scheduled craft projects or playing mini golf.
Have fun in the game room at Hither Hills!
Want to "do" the Hamptons affordably? This ocean-front campsite, three hours from New York by car or train, is your answer. If all the beauty of Montauk isn't enough to entertain your kids, Hither Hills offers an organized children's recreational program during the summer months. Plus, there's always the two-mile-long sandy beach!
If you have an animal lover (like my daughter) for a child, this campsite will be a dream vacation. Pleasant Acres Farm Campground is, as the name suggests, situated on a working farm, and allows city kids to get up-close-and-personal with farm animals. The cabins and cottages are also a good option for those who aren't quite tent-ready, and there's lots of fun to be had in the Olympic swimming pool.
The Delaware River is beautiful, and this campground takes full advantage of its location on the river. Kids (and adults!) will jump at the chance to go tubing, and there's no lack of other water-based activities, like boat rentals, river excursions, and swimming in the pool.
Although I haven't camped here, I've spent a lot of time in Gardiner and at the nearby Mohonk Preserve, and to say it's stunningly beautiful is an understatement.. This campsite is probably the most rustic on this list, and is aimed squarely at rock climbers and nature-lovers who want to explore the preserve and nearby Minnewaska State Park, which offers swimming in crystal-clear mountain lakes, hiking, mountain bike trails, and golf. If you want to splurge, you can also buy a day pass to the famous Mohonk Mountain House, with its immaculate grounds and amazing recreational facilities.
Campground amenities: Pavilion and cooking area, bathhouse and restroom facilities, and circulation trails.


Two political scientists, John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt of Harvard, have recently sallied forth with a paper that puts The Protocols of the Elders of Zion to shame. The gist is that the "Israel Lobby," the core of which "is comprised of American Jews," keeps "bending U.S. foreign policy so that it advances Israel's interests." As a result, the Jews have jeopardized not only U.S. security, but that of much of the rest of the world.
Do these two have it out for the Jews? I have known and worked with them for ages, and I don't think so. Is their paper (excerpts of which have appeared in the London Review of Books) anti-Semitic? It certainly trundles out many classics of this darkest of creeds: omnipotence, conspiracy, double-loyalty, and even treason, given that the "Lobby" works for another country, and against the American interest.
But let's leave the Jew-baiting aside. The gravest indictment is that the screed is anti-American. For campaigning on behalf of this or that U.S. foreign policy is as American as apple pie. It started during the Revolution when pro-British "Tories" fought their colonial brethren over independence. A few decades later, sectional interests slugged it out over the War of 1812. During the Civil War, both sides sought help from various European powers. Thirty years later, another "lobby," the Hearst press, whipped the country into war against Spain, which left the United States with a tidy little empire in Cuba and in the Philippines.


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Civil servants cost of living adjustment unpacked
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The government has explained the $400 million cost of living adjustment (COLA) offered to civil servants with effect from 1st April 2019. The COLA came after protracted negotiations which commenced late last year.
In a press briefing attended by Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Dr Sekai Nzenza, Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube and Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairperson Dr Vincent Hungwe, the government revealed how the salary increase will be affected. According to Professor Ncube, the salary adjustment will be on a sliding scale. The lowest paid civil servant who is an Office Orderly will get a 29% raise while the Deputy Directors will get 13%. Teachers and Nurses will get a 22% increase. The Finance and Economic Development Minister added that salaries will be reviewed again in June 2019 depending on the cost of living and inflation developments.
Professor Ncube went on to advise that the government is looking into the issue of medical aid. The government owes Premier Service Medical Aid Scheme (PSMAS) an undisclosed amount in unpaid premiums and this has inconvenienced civil servants for a while now. Although the government is now believed to be making monthly payments to both PSMAS and NSSA, legacy debts remain unpaid. He further took the opportunity to advise retailers and employees that linking price hikes and salary demands to the exchange rate is wrong. The two should be linked to the cost of living and inflation instead. This is debatable, especially for retailers who often import certain commodities for resale. They would obviously base their prices on prevailing exchange rates. Although month on month inflation has been on a decrease, the exchange rate between the RTGS Dollar and the US Dollar has been on the increase, reaching 1:3 on the interbank market last week. This has contributed to growing calls for further salary adjustments across all sectors of the economy.
Non-monetary benefits
Public Service Commission Chairperson Dr Vincent Hungwe spoke on non-monetary benefits at the same briefing. He advised that the government was working on a number of benefits to assist suffering civil servants. On transport, he revealed that Treasury has approved the procurement of 10 buses. In addition, 14 more buses will be availed under a Public-Private Partnership and 20 will be leased. Currently, only 53 buses are available for civil servants countrywide.
Dr Hungwe also touched on the vehicle scheme where he advised that the personal issue of vehicles has been abandoned in favour of Statutory Instrument 52 of 2019. This statutory instrument provides for vehicle loans for certain grades of civil servants. Directors and their deputies are exempted from paying duty under this provision, something which other civil servants are unhappy with. The PSC Chairperson also spoke about housing and pensions. He said the government was working on ways to provide more sustainable pension and housing relief for its employees.
It is not yet clear if civil servants have accepted the COLA and all other non-monetary incentives. Teachers' unions which were the most vocal during negotiations have been unusually quiet this time around. We await official communication from the Apex Council or sector-specific unions.
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Iran Deems Signal 'Criminal Content,' Removes From Local App Stores
By Golnaz Esfandiari
Iran has ordered the removal of the private encrypted messengering application Signal from local application stores after it reportedly was deemed "criminal content" by the Islamic republic's filtering committee.
Iranian media reported on January 14 that local app stores Cafebazaar and Myketappstore confirmed the removal of the Signal app.
Users have reported that when trying to install Signal, they have received a message that said the application has been "removed by the order of the Criminal Content Designation Taskforce," which is in charge of Internet censorship.
The committee has not publicly commented on the decision, which comes amid the reported migration of many users worldwide to Signal and Telegram following an update by WhatsApp of its privacy policy reserving the right to share user data with its parent company Facebook Inc.
WhatsApp has said its update "does not affect the privacy of your messages with friends or family in any way," adding that the policy changes were necessary to allow users to message businesses on WhatsApp.
Many Iranians have said in recent days that they had migrated to Signal because of the change.
U.S.-based digital security expert and entrepreneur Nima Fatemi suggested on Twitter that Signal's removal from local app stores was an attempt by authorities "to slow down the migration," while some users said that authorities were worried that Signal would become as popular locally as the messaging app Telegram.
Amir Rashid, the New-York-based director of Internet security and digital rights at Miaan Group, which focuses on digital security in the Middle East, told RFE/RL that the authorities could move to block Signal.
"Usually, [authorities] first issue the order to remove [a tool] and then they block it," Rashidi said.
"For now Signal remains unblocked. In the early years of the administration of [President Hassan] Rohani it was filtered. But the filtering was removed without any explanation," he said.
In 2019, Iran blocked Telegram, used by half of the country's 81 million people, claiming it endangered national security. Many Iranians still use it despite the state-imposed filtering.
In December 2020, Iran executed Ruhollah Zam, the manager of the popular Telegram channel Amadnews, which had been accused of inciting violence during the country's antiestablishment protests in late 2017 and early 2018.
Iran routinely filters tens of thousands of websites, including news sites and social-media networks, but Iranians frequently access banned sites through anti-filtering tools.
Senior state officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, frequently use Twitter even though it is banned in Iran.
Golnaz Esfandiari
Golnaz Esfandiari is a senior correspondent with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. She can be reached at EsfandiariG@rferl.org
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Flora Institute of Technology (FIT), Pune is approved by AICTE and affiliated to University of Pune. The college is an associate member Institute of Sinhgad Technical Education Society; Pune (STES) is poised to be one of the academically unique engineering colleges in the country. It is an institute established to provide education for sustainable development. FIT, with its environment, has created an avenue for students to develop and display their technical skills. It will produce flourished young engineers for the future.
Flora Institute of Technology is associated to Sinhgad Technical Education Society, Pune. STES has a good reputation for recruitment and placement. FIT students and STES students will undergo the same central recruitment procedure. FITians will get an opportunity to start their career from some pioneering organizations, which are associated to STES for campus recruitment procedure.


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Battlegrounds Mobile India Beta Now Available
By Akhil June 19, 2021 Updated: June 19, 2021 85 Comments3 Mins Read
Battlegrounds Mobile India offers rewards.
A new game mode teased.
The company is yet to reveal the launch date of the game.
The pre-registration of the Battlegrounds Mobile India is already live, and now the game is available for beta. It is now available for beta from Google Play Store but the company makes available the beta program for the limited number of users.
If you join this Early Access period then you will get the in-game items such as 1x Supply Crate Coupon, 2x EXP Card, and a 2x BP Card. If you are interested in the early access then you can join the beta testing program by heading over the link.
The guys behind the game also offering exclusive rewards for the users of the country and a new game mode is also teased. So without making any further delay let's dive into the article to check out the complete details of the action-packed game.
It actually marks the re-entry of the PUBG after the ban which it faced last year and Krafton, the company behind the PUBG franchise bringing battle game as the Battlegrounds Mobile India in India. The game will be similar to the PUBG and it will be available on the Android as well as iOS platform.
The latest Battlegrounds Mobile India is coming with all the setup of PUBG Mobile and that includes the classic battle royale mode, team deathmatch, war, and more. But the guys behind BattleGrounds Mobile India have said to offer exclusive in-game events such as cosmetic items, and the same will also have a native esports ecosystem as well. The game will also come with the region and the same will also have its own tournament and league system.
It is also announced that the game will arrive with a new game mode and this gameplay feature will be titled as Metro Royale and it will be based on the setting of the open world survival shooter title and it is worth to mention that this particular gameplay was first introduced with PUBG Mobile last year. It will also feature stuff like spike traps, melee throwable weapons, and much more. More importantly, the company is also reducing the size from the massive 1GB to 610MB.
BattleGrounds Mobile India is also coming with a new change and that will be affected to the minors, as the users who are below 18 years of age, will be required to provide phone numbers of their parents or legal guardians to play the game and the users who are below 18 years of age will be restricted to play the game for a maximum of 3 hours a day and their maximum amount of purchase in the game will also be limited to just ₹7,000. Well, it is a good move by the company.
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Category Archives: Try, Annie
Pen-name of Angela Hobday.
'Out of Silence' by Annie Try
Out of Silence, the cover
Dr Mike Lewis is a clinical psychologist working in London. At the allocation meeting, he can find no good reason for not taking on the case of Johnny 2, an asylum seeker who is an elective mute. Mike himself is suffering, his marriage having fallen apart following the death through cancer of his six year old son. As a mental health practitioner himself, he has not thought it appropriate to seek the help of a counsellor, so he is living in a rented flat, in chaos, amongst coffee cups, half-dead pot plants, a sink full of washing up and the packing cases, which he has not been able to muster the courage to unpack, even though he moved out of his marital home five years previously.
However, the case of Johnny 2 fascinates him. By throwing himself into it, invoking all his technical and experience and know-how, he starts to get his life together. Mike and Anita, the art therapist, use art as a means of helping Johnny to communicate. At the same time, a rapport builds up between Mike and Anita, yet he still craves Ella, who is still his wife, even though he hasn't seen her half a decade. He is torn between two women, not knowing if either of them really want him. Other complications arise, when Georgina, the trainee, is stalked by one of the patients.
For me, 'Out of Silence' was rivetting, very emotional and, at one point, very harrowing. All characters were well-drawn and empathetic. A vulnerable and flawed main character goes straight to the reader's heart. We feel for him, when the departmental secretaries cold-shoulder him when his relationship with Anita isn't going to – their – plan. (I must say that, when I was a secretary in a psychology department in a psychiatric hospital, way back in the 1970s, I didn't have that sort of excitement.) We sympathise with Mike at the end when events force him into a position where he couldn't do anything else, but which is horribly open to misinterpretation.
instant Apostle (who published this book) is a small but active Christian publishing company. Like all the other Instant Apostle novels I've read, the Christian content is applied with a light brush, and all the more effective for it.
'Out of Silence' is Annie Try's first novel but the third to be published. I have also reviewed 'Trying to Fly' earlier this year. A full five stars for 'Out of Silence'.
I can now go on and read something else tonight. Do other reviewers have this problem, whereby they don't feel they can start a new book until they've written up the last one on their blog?
I am a member of the Instant Apostle Facebook review group, which invites honest and rigorous reviews . The work was supplied to me free of charge.
'Out of Silence' is available from Instant Apostle.
This entry was posted in Try, Annie and tagged Instant Apostle, Out of Silence, Psychology on 14/12/2017 by Rosemary Reader and Writer.
'Trying to Fly' by Annie Try
Could an unpleasant childhood experience have an impact on the rest of your life?
At the age of six, Jenny Drake witnesses a man commit suicide by jumping off a cliff above a beach in Devon. The manner in which he positioned himself on the edge of the cliff was unusual, hands outstretched, as if he is attempting to fly. Despite following a successful career as a librarian, and nursing both her parents until their deaths, this picture remains in Jenny's mind for five decades, affecting her mental health. When the reader first meets her, she is a recovering agoraphobic, just about able to leave her house in London for her appointments with Mike Lewis, her psychotherapist.
Jenny travels back to the beach in Devon, in an attempt to confront her fears, but she ends up having a panic attack in a beachside cafe. Here, she meets, Jim, the son of the cafe-owner at the time of the suicide, who remembers the incident well. Together, Jenny and Jim begin an investigation. One of the first things they discover is that another man committed suicide in a similar way at about the same time; also they realise that they are putting themselves in danger. However, this is not true crime fiction, hardly crime fiction at all, even though the other parts of the plotline hang on the detective-story thread.
The author, herself a psychotherapist, managed, very effectively, to get into the mind of a recovering agoraphobic patient. We read about how Jenny struggles to walk from her house to the local Tube station, managing to keep herself walking only by playing peek-a-boo with a toddler in a buggy who happened to be passing. We learn about how she confuses her own anxieties with the prudery of a byegone age. Should she, for instance, allow on 'a man' into her house? Whatever would her mother think? And can she trust Jim, seeing as he's 'a man'?
The style is gentle and easy going. A Christian novel, published by a Christian publisher, the religious content is painted with a very light hand. Jenny prays, but her prayers are never shared with the reader. As is often the case, Christian fiction is characterised by how characters behave – and how they don't behave. Christians reading this (and non-Christians, for that matter) look up Matthew 7:16.
'Trying to Fly' can be ordered from Instant Apostle. I have joined a Facebook group committed to reviewing Instant Apostle works and putting my reviews on to Amazon, so I will be writing quite a few posts like this one. The Girl at the End of the Road and The Key to All Unknown, both by K A Hitchins, which I have reviewed recently, are also Instant Apostles. Do I recommend Trying to Fly by Annie Try? Yes, of course.
Now, I'm going to try and publish this post, without my ten month old computer protesting too much. We had a fit of the vapours at the weekend, in which we refused even to load Windows, and my plea to Dell brought forth four pages of close-typed detailed instructions, which got us going again, but we're still slow and clunky. More instructions from Dell have ensued today, but I haven't yet had the courage, or the time, to follow them through.
As the title-theme of this book is very serious, I leave you with an image of an ancient aeroplane, which is sort of on-topic, but not quite.
This entry was posted in Try, Annie and tagged Instant Apostle, Trying to Fly on 30/03/2017 by Rosemary Reader and Writer.


Organic systems celebrate diversity by growing a variety of crops free from insecticides. Not only does this provide a haven for pollinators, birds and other wildlife, diversity can help protect organic farms from pests and offers resilience in the face of an erratic climate. By contrast, industrial systems promote mono-cropping – large fields of the same crop on the same piece of land year after year. From a climate point of view, this is like putting all of your eggs in one basket. If a drought, flood or some other extreme weather event comes along, the crop may be wiped out and there will be nothing to fall back on.
Organic agriculture uses less energy than conventional, industrial agriculture. In fact, on average, conventional agriculture produces 40% more greenhouse gas emissions! A large portion of this difference is related to synthetic fertilizers and pesticides relied upon in conventional systems. Not only are these inputs energy intensive to manufacture, they emit nitrous oxide (N2O), a GHG 296 times more potent than CO2.
Organic systems have the potential to build soil health and healthy soil in turn stores carbon. While excess carbon in the atmosphere is a problem, carbon in the soil does wonderful things like filter and store water and grow food. A study by the Rodale Institute projects that the planet's 3.5 billion tillable acres could sequester nearly 40 percent of current CO2 emissions if they were converted to regenerative organic agriculture practices. The same 10-year study estimates that if all U.S. cropland --434 million acres – were converted to organic farming we could reduce nearly 25 percent of our total greenhouse gas emissions.
For more detailed information about the multiple benefits of organic agriculture please visit CFS's "Organic & Beyond" campaign.


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/*************************************************************************
 * libjson-rpc-cpp
 *************************************************************************
 * @file    rpcprotocolserver.cpp
 * @date    31.12.2012
 * @author  Peter Spiess-Knafl <peter.knafl@gmail.com>
 * @license See attached LICENSE.txt
 ************************************************************************/

#include "rpcprotocolserver.h"
#include "errors.h"
#include "server.h"

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

namespace jsonrpc
{
    RpcProtocolServer::RpcProtocolServer(AbstractRequestHandler* server, procedurelist_t *procedures, AbstractAuthenticator* auth) :
        procedures(procedures),
        authManager(auth),
        server(server)
    {
    }

    RpcProtocolServer::RpcProtocolServer(AbstractRequestHandler* server, AbstractAuthenticator* auth) :
        procedures(new procedurelist_t()),
        authManager(auth),
        server(server)
    {
    }

    RpcProtocolServer::~RpcProtocolServer()
    {
        for (map<string, Procedure*>::iterator it = this->procedures->begin();
             it != this->procedures->end(); it++)
        {
            delete it->second;
        }
        this->SetAuthenticator(NULL);
        this->procedures->clear();
        delete this->procedures;
    }

    void RpcProtocolServer::HandleRequest(const std::string& request,
                                          std::string& retValue)
    {
        Json::Reader reader;
        Json::Value req;
        Json::Value response, resp;
        Json::FastWriter w;

        if (reader.parse(request, req, false))
        {
            //It could be a Batch Request
            if (req.isArray())
            {
                this->HandleBatchRequest(req, response);
            } //It could be a simple Request
            else if (req.isObject())
            {
                this->HandleSingleRequest(req, response);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            response = Errors::GetErrorBlock(Json::nullValue, Errors::ERROR_RPC_JSON_PARSE_ERROR);
        }
        retValue = w.write(response);
    }

    void RpcProtocolServer::SetAuthenticator(AbstractAuthenticator *auth)
    {
        if(this->authManager != NULL)
        {
            delete this->authManager;
        }
        this->authManager = auth;
    }

    void RpcProtocolServer::HandleSingleRequest(Json::Value &req, Json::Value& response)
    {
        int error = this->ValidateRequest(req);
        if (error == 0)
        {
            try
            {
                this->ProcessRequest(req, response);
            }
            catch (const JsonRpcException & exc)
            {
                response = Errors::GetErrorBlock(req, exc);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            response = Errors::GetErrorBlock(req, error);
        }
    }

    void RpcProtocolServer::HandleBatchRequest(Json::Value &req, Json::Value& response)
    {
        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < req.size(); i++)
        {
            this->HandleSingleRequest(req[i], response[i]);
        }
    }

    int RpcProtocolServer::ValidateRequest(const Json::Value& request)
    {
        int error = 0;
        Procedure* proc;
        if (!(request.isMember(KEY_REQUEST_METHODNAME)
              && request.isMember(KEY_REQUEST_VERSION)
              && request.isMember(KEY_REQUEST_PARAMETERS)))
        {
            error = Errors::ERROR_RPC_INVALID_REQUEST;
        }
        else
        {
            map<string, Procedure*>::iterator it = procedures->find(request[KEY_REQUEST_METHODNAME].asString());
            if (it != this->procedures->end())
            {
                proc = (*this->procedures)[request[KEY_REQUEST_METHODNAME].asString()];
                if(request.isMember(KEY_REQUEST_ID) && proc->GetProcedureType() == RPC_NOTIFICATION)
                {
                    error = Errors::ERROR_SERVER_PROCEDURE_IS_NOTIFICATION;
                }
                else if(!request.isMember(KEY_REQUEST_ID) && proc->GetProcedureType() == RPC_METHOD)
                {
                    error = Errors::ERROR_SERVER_PROCEDURE_IS_METHOD;
                }
                else if (proc->ValdiateParameters(request[KEY_REQUEST_PARAMETERS]))
                {
                    if (this->authManager != NULL)
                    {
                        error = this->authManager->CheckPermission(
                                    request[KEY_AUTHENTICATION],
                                    proc->GetProcedureName());
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    error = Errors::ERROR_RPC_INVALID_PARAMS;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                error = Errors::ERROR_RPC_METHOD_NOT_FOUND;
            }
        }
        return error;
    }

    void RpcProtocolServer::ProcessRequest(const Json::Value& request,
                                           Json::Value& response)
    {
        Procedure* method = (*this->procedures)[request[KEY_REQUEST_METHODNAME].asString()];
        Json::Value result;

        if (method->GetProcedureType() == RPC_METHOD)
        {
            server->handleMethodCall(method, request[KEY_REQUEST_PARAMETERS],
                                     result);
            response[KEY_REQUEST_VERSION] = JSON_RPC_VERSION;
            response[KEY_RESPONSE_RESULT] = result;
            response[KEY_REQUEST_ID] = request[KEY_REQUEST_ID];
            if (this->authManager != NULL)
            {
                this->authManager->ProcessAuthentication(
                            request[KEY_AUTHENTICATION],
                            response[KEY_AUTHENTICATION]);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            server->handleNotificationCall(method, request[KEY_REQUEST_PARAMETERS]);
            response = Json::Value::null;
        }
    }

    void RpcProtocolServer::AddProcedure(Procedure *procedure)
    {
        (*this->procedures)[procedure->GetProcedureName()] = procedure;
    }

    procedurelist_t& RpcProtocolServer::GetProcedures()
    {
        return *(this->procedures);
    }

} /* namespace jsonrpc */

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Welcome to our thriving and friendly school where our pupils are at the heart of everything we do. We are an inclusive school that focuses on the specific needs of every one of our pupils. Our enriching, thematic curriculum incorporates real life experiences and is designed to enable all children to succeed.
Our staff are committed to the all-round development of our pupils and carry out regular progess checks to make sure children are reaching their full potential. We aim to enable our pupils to gain self-esteem, confidence, independence, imagination and generosity of spirit, through our motto; Happy hearts, open minds and bright futures.
And for working parents, we have the added advantage and reassurance of an on-site Pre School. This highly professional and expert team provides both a Breakfast Club and After School care.


Castello offers its guests 4 studios, 1 apartment with one bedroom and 3 apartments with two bedrooms, a cafeteria-snack bar and a mini market. The beach lies just opposite the wide area of Castello, with its studios and apartments, only 100 m away from the beach.The mini market offers a great variety of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Frangokastello lies on the south coast of Crete in the municipility of Sfakia. The village is named after the Venetian castle built in 1371.It is famous of its beautiful sandy beaches, which have been saved from the mass tourism. The secluded location of the village has played a key role to the preservation of the area"s original beauty. It lies at a distance of 140 km from Heraklion and 75 km from Hania.
The studios and apartments spread out in a pleasant way, so you don"t have the impression of being in a bigger complex. The areas of rich vegetation also emphasize the studios" privacy.The cafeteria-snack bar offers every kind of refreshments, ice cream, snacks as well as music. Moreover, you can watch big sports events on satellite TV.All studios and apartments are equipped with air-condition and telephone.
They are comfortable and practically furnished, the kitchen is fully equipped and there is plenty of sitting space.The apartments are available with either one or two bedrooms.Of course all studios and apartments have their own terrace.
*The rates are per unit per night including daily cleaning services and all Greek taxes.
Air condition use is included in hight season, in low season is charged 5 euros per day.


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The suit, they say, makes the man. But it took thousands of suits and so much more to make a man like Martin Greenfield. From boardrooms to the big screen, the boardwalk to the White House, he has proudly hand-stitched his name into history.
Photographer: TGIFridays
CNN [VIDEO]
Being well-dressed helped save his life
What do Dwight D. Eisenhower, Barack Obama and the cast of Boardwalk Empire have in common? They've all been dressed by Auschwitz survivor Martin Greenfield.
Photographer: CNN
A Tailor Once Advised President Eisenhower On Foreign Policy By Slipping Notes Into His Suits
One of my first political clients was my liberator and hero, General Dwight D. Eisenhower. After the war, when he needed a civilian wardrobe, he turned to his friends the Goldmans. One day in 1949, Mr. Goldman pulled me aside. "I've got a special assignment for you," he said. "I need you to oversee the production of suits for President Eisenhower."
Melia Robinson | Nov. 10, 2014, 4:24 PM
Photographer: Melia Robinson/Business Insider
The day a Holocaust survivor got revenge on his tormentor
He survived the savagery of the Holocaust, made it to America with barely a penny and became a world-famous tailor in Brooklyn, dressing celebrities and presidents. In his new memoir, "Measure of a Man," Martin Greenfield tells the story of his extraordinary life. In this excerpt, he explains how the concentration camps nearly stripped him of his humanity at age 16 — and the day he got it back.
By Martin Greenfield
Photographer: Getty Images
BY GOTHAMIST IN ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The 8 Best Places To Buy A Suit In NYC
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package com.android.org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.asymmetric.ec;

@com.francetelecom.rd.stubs.annotation.ClassDone(0)
public class Signature
  extends com.android.org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.DSABase{
  // Classes

  public static class ecDSA
    extends Signature  {
    // Constructors

    public ecDSA(){
      super((com.android.org.bouncycastle.crypto.Digest) null, (com.android.org.bouncycastle.crypto.DSA) null, (com.android.org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.DSAEncoder) null);
    }
  }
  public static class ecDSAnone
    extends Signature  {
    // Constructors

    public ecDSAnone(){
      super((com.android.org.bouncycastle.crypto.Digest) null, (com.android.org.bouncycastle.crypto.DSA) null, (com.android.org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.DSAEncoder) null);
    }
  }
  public static class ecDSA256
    extends Signature  {
    // Constructors

    public ecDSA256(){
      super((com.android.org.bouncycastle.crypto.Digest) null, (com.android.org.bouncycastle.crypto.DSA) null, (com.android.org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.DSAEncoder) null);
    }
  }
  public static class ecDSA384
    extends Signature  {
    // Constructors

    public ecDSA384(){
      super((com.android.org.bouncycastle.crypto.Digest) null, (com.android.org.bouncycastle.crypto.DSA) null, (com.android.org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.DSAEncoder) null);
    }
  }
  public static class ecDSA512
    extends Signature  {
    // Constructors

    public ecDSA512(){
      super((com.android.org.bouncycastle.crypto.Digest) null, (com.android.org.bouncycastle.crypto.DSA) null, (com.android.org.bouncycastle.jce.provider.DSAEncoder) null);
    }
  }
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AHF • AHF Hits New Milestone: 1 Million Lives in Care!
AHF Hits New Milestone: 1 Million Lives in Care!
AHF Africa leads the way, with over 500,000 HIV/AIDS patients in care in the 13 African nations of the 41 countries that AHF operates in globally.
Dedicated network of AHF global partner organizations are key in rapid scale up of lifesaving treatment; AHF's prior benchmark—500,000 lives in care—was reached in November 2015, just three short years ago.
KAMPALA, UGANDA (October _, 2018) AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2017 and now operates in 41 countries, is honored to announce that it has surpassed a remarkable milestone in its history: as of the start of this month, AHF is now providing HIV/AIDS medical care and/or services to more than one million patients—1,004,228 patients worldwide as of last week—in the US, Europe, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia. And AHF's Africa Bureau, one of AHF's five global bureaus, leads the way, with over 500,000 HIV/AIDS patients in care in the 13 African nations that AHF serves in.
AHF celebrated the earlier milestone of 250,000 patients in care in November 2013. In the two short intervening years until the announcement of 500,000 patients in November 2015, AHF doubled the number of patients it reached. Prior to that, AHF marked 100,000 patients in care worldwide on April 8, 2009, a time when AHF operated in just 21 countries and with only 65 global treatment clinics total worldwide. Today, AHF provides medical care and services in over 545 global treatment clinics in 40 other countries outside the U.S.
AHF to Roll Out '1,000,000 Lives in Care' Billboard Campaign in the US and to Some Global Sites To mark its one-million patient milestone, AHF will roll out a celebratory new '1,000,000 Lives in Care' billboard campaign later this month starting in Los Angeles and later, in South Florida. The campaign will also be shared with some global countries and sites. The inspiring artwork, created by Jason Farmer, Senior Director of AHF Worldwide, features an image of white numbers making up '1,000,000' on a backdrop of a crowd of thousands and thousands of people giving the billboard an artistic pointillist effect—one that underscores and heightens to concept on one-million lives now under AHF's care.
AHF's Early History AHF began operations in 1987 as the AIDS Hospice Foundation by a group of activists in response to the urgent need to provide hospice services to patients dying of AIDS on the streets of Los Angeles. By July 1990, the organization had changed its name to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, as the need for ongoing medical care for HIV/AIDS patients grew. When the advent of lifesaving antiretroviral medications ushered in a treatment revolution in 1996, AHF began supplying these medications to patients for free without guarantee of reimbursement and at great financial risk. In 2002, at the invitation of local South African activists, AHF opened its first free HIV/AIDS clinic outside the U.S. in this hard-hit country. In 2004, AHF declared its pledge to reach 100,000 people worldwide with its services, and by 2009, AHF reached that major milestone.
Today, in addition to its clinics and treatment centers, AHF also operates a chain of 48 AHF Pharmacy outlets in 12 states and runs managed care and disease management programs for people with AIDS or HIV in Florida and California under AHF's Positive Healthcare umbrella. Through AHF's Public Health Division, AHF operates one of the largest community-based free HIV testing programs in the US (186,223 free tests in the US in 2017). In addition, over four-million free HIV tests were done globally by AHF in 2017 (4,233,744 tests). AHF also operates 21 Wellness Centers in nine states (and seven additional Wellness Centers in four other countries) and also operates two AHF Dental Clinics in South Florida and Southern California. The AHF Research Division has 23-years of experience with antiretroviral (ARV) studies.
AFRICA—13 countries, including: Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Eswatini (Swaziland), Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
THE AMERICAS—11 countries, including: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and Peru (as well as the previously cited United States).
ASIA—9 countries, including: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
EUROPE—8 countries, including: Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, currently provides medical care and/or services to over 1,004,228 individuals in 41 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare.


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Identity - Essays Based on Herbert Spencer Lectures Given in the University of Oxford
Harris (Henry)
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BOOK ABSTRACT:
Inside Cover Blurb
Who am I, and what am I1? The question is one asked through the ages, answered in various ways in different disciplines. Identity is a matter of intellectual interest but also of personal and practical interest, attracting attention and stimulating controversy outside the ranks of the specialists.
This volume offers a comparison and cross-fertilization of insights and theories from various disciplines in which identity is a key concept.
Identity contains essays by six internationally famous contributors, focusing on different facets of identity from the viewpoint of their various disciplines.
Two philosophers, Bernard Williams and Derek Parfit, discuss, respectively, numerical identity (when can we say that two phenomena observed at different times are one and the same thing?) and personal identity (how far can the concept of 'I' be stretched, and does it always matter whether we can say if that would still be me?).
Henry Harris looks at philosophical discussions of identity from the perspective of an experimentalist, and discusses whether philosophical thought-experiments2 have any basis in scientific reality.
The essays that follow offer perspectives from outside philosophy:
Michael Ruse considers homosexual identity and to what extent it is reasonable to claim that homosexuality is a social construct.
Terence Cave looks at personal identity through the eye of literature and fiction, and portrays identity as generated through the narratives that one weaves about oneself or about other people.
Finally, Anthony D. Smith looks at national identities and how they are formed, analysing how this process is shaped by the interplay of cultural inheritance, political expediency, and myth.
The above collection of essays demonstrates that the term "Identity" is not univocal.
The term is already used in philosophical circles in "The Loose and Popular and the Strict and Philosophical Senses". See
"Baxter (Donald L.M.) - Identity in the Loose and Popular Sense", and
"Chisholm (Roderick) & Shoemaker (Sydney) - Symposium: The Loose and Popular and the Strict and Philosophical Senses of Identity".
Here, numerical identity and exact (or even inexact) similarity may be confused.
But it seems that the use outside philosophy – when, for instance, talking of someone's "sexual identity", we're talking of something entirely different – namely aspects of their personality, or – maybe better – what social grouping they choose to align themselves with.
I can't imagine I'll ever get round to reading the second set of essays.
In-Page Footnotes ("Harris (Henry) - Identity - Essays Based on Herbert Spencer Lectures Given in the University of Oxford")
Footnote 2:
This paper may be useful, especially given Harris's sceptical stance. See my Note on Thought Experiments.
BOOK COMMENT:
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995
The Herbert Spencer Lectures of 1992
Note that Henry Harris also edited the Herbert Spencer Lectures of 1976 - "Harris (Henry) - Scientific Models and Man".
"Cave (Terence) - Fictional Identities"
Source: Harris - Identity - Essays Based on Herbert Spencer Lectures Given in the University of Oxford
Editor's Abstract
He takes the view that personal identity is generated through narrative, either the narrative that one weaves about oneself or about other people, both real and fictional. In particular, he examines the crucial role that false identity and its exposure have played in literature from remote antiquity to the present day.
COMMENT: Probably irrelevant to my Thesis, though I've developed an interest in the ontology of fictional entities1.
"Harris (Henry) - An Experimentalist Looks at Identity"
Henry Harris argues that defining personal identity is simply a matter of defining what one chooses to call a person, and that fictional devices involving replication of persons or transplantation of brains are not only based on physiological misconceptions, but are also seriously misleading.
For Harris, all questions of identity in the world of sticks and stones are empirical questions that can be answered, if at all, then only by empirical methods.
Philosophers Index Abstract
'An Experimentalist looks at Identity' examines two questions:
Whether the philosophical notion of 'necessary' identity has any purchase in the material world; and
Whether the concept of 'personal identity' can be sustained by thought experiments1 involving the bi-section, replication2 and transplantation of brains3.
With respect to (1), the conclusion is reached that 'necessary' identity is a logical construct limited to formal systems with no application in the real world.
With respect to (2), the conclusion is reached that thought experiments4 involving manipulation of the brain are based on misapprehension of clinical reality and cannot provide a workable definition of personal identity.
"Harris (Henry) - Identity: Introduction"
Although the English language is rich in synonyms, there are some words that are islands of desperate poverty in this respect. 'Identity' is one of them. It stands in for so many different concepts that to use it at all is a recipe for confusion. There is, first, the canonical philosophical distinction between 'qualitative' and 'numerical' identity. If, of two objects, it can be said that any property whatsoever that one of them has, the other also has, then they are said to be qualitatively identical; but it takes no more than a moment's thought to see that no two material objects in the real world are, or could possibly be, of this kind.
The identity that engages the attention of modern philosophers is numerical identity, that is, whether, and under what circumstances, one can say that two phenomena observed at different times are one and the same thing.
In this volume, Bernard Williams sets out the ground rules for the philosophical analysis of this problem and brings to light the intrinsic elements of indeterminacy that the notion of numerical identity entails.
Derek Parfit is primarily concerned with 'personal identity', which he explores by a series of science fictions in which personal identity is extended by replication or dissected by transplantation of brains and bodies. Parfit agrees with Bernard Williams that there are situations where it cannot be decided whether personal identity has been preserved, but concludes that from a practical (and ultimately moral) point of view the preservation of personal identity is unimportant.
Henry Harris argues that defining personal identity is simply a matter of defining what one chooses to call a person, and that fictional devices involving replication of persons or transplantation of brains are not only based on physiological misconceptions, but are also seriously misleading. For Harris, all questions of identity in the world of sticks and stones are empirical questions that can be answered, if at all, then only by empirical methods.
Michael Ruse does a great deal to clarify the obscure and emotionally charged concept of sexual identity. He offers a critical and biologically informed analysis of the genetic, physiological, and psychological determinants of homosexuality, and he discusses how far it is reasonable to claim that homosexuality is a social construct.
Terence Cave takes the view that personal identity is generated through narrative, either the narrative that one weaves about oneself or about other people, both real and fictional. In particular, he examines the crucial role that false identity and its exposure have played in literature from remote antiquity to the present day.
Finally, Anthony D. Smith describes the various ways in which national identities are formed and analyses how this process is shaped by the interplay of cultural inheritance, political expediency, and myth.
There are, of course, other concepts for which the word identity does duty; but this collection of essays, written by expert hands, covers a good deal of ground. Herbert Spencer would surely have been very pleased with them.
"Parfit (Derek) - The Unimportance of Identity"
Author's Introduction (Full Text)
We can start with some science fiction. Here on Earth, I enter the Teletransporter. When I press some button, a machine destroys my body, while recording the exact states of all my cells. The information is sent by radio to Mars, where another machine makes, out of organic materials, a perfect copy of my body. The person who wakes up on Mars seems to remember living my life up to the moment when I pressed the button, and he is in every other way just like me.
Of those who have thought about such cases, some believe that it would be I who would wake up on Mars. They regard Teletransportation as merely the fastest way of travelling. Others believe that, if I chose to be Teletransported, I would be making a terrible mistake. On their view, the person who wakes up would be a mere Replica of me.
First Two Pages of Section I (Full Text1)
That is a disagreement about personal identity. To understand such disagreements, we must distinguish two kinds of sameness. Two white billiard balls may be qualitatively identical, or exactly similar. But they are not numerically identical, or one and the same ball. If I paint one of these balls red, it will cease to be qualitatively identical with itself as it was; but it will still be one and the same ball. Consider next a claim like, 'Since her accident, she is no longer the same person'. That involves both senses of identity. It means that she, one and the same person, is not now the same person. That is not a contradiction. The claim is only that this person's character has changed. This numerically identical person is now qualitatively different.
When psychologists discuss identity, they are typically concerned with the kind of person someone is, or wants to be. That is the question involved, for example, in an identity crisis. But, when philosophers discuss identity, it is numerical identity they mean. And, in our concern about our own futures, that is what we have in mind. I may believe that, after my marriage, I shall be a different person. But that does not make marriage death. However much I change, I shall still be alive if there will be someone living who will be me. Similarly, if I was Teletransported, my Replica on Mars would be qualitatively identical to me; but, on the sceptic's view, he wouldn't be me. I shall have ceased to exist. And that, we naturally assume, is what matters2.
Questions about our numerical identity all take the following form. We have two ways of referring to a person, and we ask whether these are ways of referring to the same person. Thus we might ask whether Boris Nikolayevich is Yeltsin. In the most important questions of this kind, our two ways of referring to a person pick out a person at different times. Thus we might ask whether the person to whom we are speaking now is the same as the person to whom we spoke on the telephone yesterday. These are questions about identity over time.
To answer such questions, we must know the criterion of personal identity: the relation between a person at one time, and a person at another time, which makes these one and the same person.
Different criteria have been advanced. On one view, what makes me the same, throughout my life, is my having the same body. This criterion requires uninterrupted bodily continuity. There is no such continuity between my body on Earth and the body of my Replica on Mars; so, on this view, my Replica would not be me. Other writers appeal to psychological continuity3. Thus Locke claimed that, if I was conscious of a past life in some other body, I would be the person who lived that life. On some versions of this view, my Replica would be me.
Supporters of these different views often appeal to cases where they conflict. Most of these cases are, like Teletransportation, purely imaginary. Some philosophers object that, since our concept of a person rests on a scaffolding of facts, we should not expect this concept to apply in imagined cases where we think those facts away. I agree. But I believe that, for a different reason, it is worth considering such cases. We can use them to discover, not what the truth is, but what we believe. We might have found that, when we consider science fiction cases, we simply shrug our shoulders. But that is not so. Many of us find that we have certain beliefs about what kind of fact personal identity is.
Also in "Martin (Raymond) & Barresi (John), Eds. - Personal Identity".
See "Parfit (Derek) - Who do you think you are?" for a compressed extract.
In-Page Footnotes ("Parfit (Derek) - The Unimportance of Identity")
The Introduction was not differentiated from Section I in "Martin (Raymond) & Barresi (John), Eds. - Personal Identity", so these two extracts formed the first two pages of that version of this Paper.
"Ruse (Michael) - Sexual Identity: Reality or Construction?"
He does a great deal to clarify the obscure and emotionally charged concept of sexual identity. He offers a critical and biologically informed analysis of the genetic, physiological, and psychological determinants of homosexuality, and he discusses how far it is reasonable to claim that homosexuality is a social construct.
COMMENT: Irrelevant to my Thesis
"Smith (Anthony D.) - The Formation of National Identity"
Anthony D. Smith looks at national identities and how they are formed, analysing how this process is shaped by the interplay of cultural inheritance, political expediency, and myth.
"Williams (Bernard) - Identity and Identities"
Many philosophical problems about identity concern the criteria for the identity of particular things. In the first part of this essay I shall consider a number of different philosophical problems that are associated with the concept of the identity of a particular thing. This leads to a particularly important case of the relation of particulars to types, which I shall take up in the later part of the essay: this is the notion of a person's social identity.
I start with more strictly metaphysical questions. Identity intimately involves counting, either synchronic or over time, and problems of identity are connected with what, in ancient terms, may be called questions of the One and the Many, of how many things of a certain sort there are at a certain place or over a certain period. As Frege helpfully insisted, the question 'how many?' always demands an answer to 'how many what?'
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