Vatican Basic Private Tour (3 hours) - Skip the line!
Dino was friendly and very knowledgable. We learned so much about the art in the Vatican and the history of the papacy. Even though it was quite crowded he made our tour special by pointing out little details we would have missed on our own. Wish we had had more time for a even more, like the picture gallery. Highly recommend this tour and this guide.
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We did two tours with Dino while in Rome: Ancient Rome and Vatican Basic tours. Dino is a great tour guide as he is very knowledgeable about Rome and the Vatican. I liked his story telling about Rome. You could tell he really enjoys his work because his eyes would light up while telling us the stories. Not just dry facts. His magic bag of pictures and iPad really help convey information. He is patient and flexible. Because we visited during the holidays, he was good on trying to work around the crowds.
Dino was an outstanding and highly knowledgeable guide. He provided fascinating commentary that engaged both adults and kids in our group. He knew exactly how to navigate the throngs, the best photo spots, and gave us adequate time to see the major attractions. It was a very high yield tour and he was also extremely warm and friendly to all.
As good as they come...a real scholar !
Our first time in Italy, and Dino, our guide in Rome, set the pace. He was a wealth of knowledge of all things Vatican and had a clear and complete answer for every question our group of six came up with. He was very professional, and delivered his proficiency of history with warmth and preciseness. Dino pointed things out within the museums that we would never have noticed, all with explanations to ensure our understanding. We hope to hire Dino on our next trip to Rome!
Dino's knowledge of Rome and Roman history must be unrivalled. He is the perfect tour guide. If you go on one of Dino's tour, your certainly will not be disappointed...looking forward to our second tour with him tomorrow!
I am a year late on this (I highly apologize) But Dino was an excellent tour guide. Very knowledgeable. So interesting. One thing I highly recommend about a private TOUR BY LOCALS tour is the personalization. You can hear your tour guide, answer questions, the tour ends up being customized to your interests. I am always so fascinated with the little things that they know. I highly recommend Dino. You'll will not be disappointed.
A must do tour whilst in Rome. Thank goodness we pre booked this tour as Dino was able to take us past the long queues that were waiting to enter the Vatican Museum. The crowds were large but Dino pointed out everything of interest and explained so much that we would have otherwise have missed. His knowledge of the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and St Peters Bascilica are second to none. That's Dino.
My granddaughter and I just completed a 3-hour private tour of the Vatican . Dino was a superb guide, highly professional, incredibly well informed, completely instructive re: customs, dress codes for specific sites, rules of conduct, etc. He showed obvious concern for our comfort - on an extremely hot day - offering water and restroom breaks, keeping our time in the sun to a minimum, cautioning us about safe drinking water, licensed taxi-cabs, etc. Could not have asked for better!
Dino was an awesome tour guide. He was incredibly knowledgeable and so enthusiastic about everything in the Vatican. He was well prepared with visual aides to help us understand and follow along with the information he provided. He tailored the tour exactly as we wanted and we were able to see and experience everything we hoped. We really could not be happier.
Dino is a pro. One of the highlights of Rome was our tour with Dino of the Vatican. Highly recommended!
Dino was amazing! The knowledge of the subjects was incredible and he managed to take the age range of 80 to 16 into account and make it interesting for all. I would highly recommend Dino again! Can't wait to come back!
Extremely enjoyed our tour with Dino! He makes everything very interesting and shares a lot of knowledge.
Dino was a charming, very knowledgeable guide who gave us a wonderful tour of the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica. He took time to tell us in detail what we were about to see and it was all so interesting that time flew by. He looked after us at all times and made sure we were together before giving us information. His enthusiasm was catching and we were fascinated by the history and stories of life in Vatican City. I would certainly recommend him as an excellent guide.
It is difficult to imagine visiting the Vaican without a guide, and now that we have toured with Dino, we are so glad we visited there with him! He is well organized and a vast storehouse of knowledge. The tour was entertaining and informative. Dino speaks English fluently, clearly loves what he does, and was so pleasant and helpful, we would give him more stars if we could.
Dino was amazing! We bypassed all the lines. He gave us an in-depth history of the Vatican as well as the art. He used pictures of the Sistine Chapel ceiling to give us things to look for and to understand the paintings since you can not talk inside the chapel. Don't even try to see the Vatican without a guide, you will miss so much. I highly recommend DIno!
Dino was excellent! He was very knowledgeable. He has studied for over 9 years. He was passionate about his work, and encouraged us to ask questions. He spoke very good English, and negotiated us through the very large crowds. Although we have been to the Vatican several times, we still learned many new and interesting facts.
Dino was great! He knew all the tips and tricks that we would never had known without him. He was very knowledgeable and over all just a pleasure to have with us! We would use him again in a heart beat!
Dino was an absolute star. We had him join us for lunch between a morning tour and the afternoon Vatican tour. In addition to informative commentary, he has a "Mary Poppins" bag full of supplementary information: "then and now" pictures, maps, and an iPad full of illustrations to help understand the recent as well as ancient history of Rome. His Vatican museums and cathedral itinerary and commentary were perfect for our knowledge and interest level. Take Vatican "skip the line," you avoid wasted time.
Dino was a wonderful guide. He was extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic about everything he showed us in the Vatican museum, the Sistine chapel and St Peter's. I would highly recommend him.
Dino met us at our hotel and professionally guided us through the maze of the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's. He knew all of the short cuts and we did not wait in any lines! He is a wealth of information on the art and history of the Vatican. He prepared us for what we were going to see, so we were able to view in peace. He was respectful of our time and helped us discover which details interested our family. Ask for Dino!!
We toured the Vatican on a Saturday of a holiday weekend. The crowds were like nothing we have ever seen. Dino was unbelievable at getting us through the lines. Dino's knowledge and passion were amazing and helped us really appreciate what we were experiencing and this was more than a tour it was an amazing experience Even with the crowd we never felt rushed. He gave us a miniclass with a poster of the Sistine Chapel before we went in that really helped us appreciate what we were seeing.
Dino has extraordinary knowledge of Roman and art history, and he has a wonderful way of sharing it. Highly recommend his tours.
WE had Dino for a Vatican tour on one day and the Coliseum and Forum on another. He is a true Scholar. We were able to ballroom dance in the Sistine Chapel(this means see it sans crowds.) We learned a lot and had fun at the same time. Our dream is to return to Italy some day and enjoy other treasures and other cities with Dino as our guide. We booked him several months in advance; we think he is the best; incomparable. Take his advice while booking; you can't go wrong.
Dino was one of the best guides we have ever had. if there was a 10 star he'd get 20!! A thorough professional right down to his snazzy jacket we scored big-time with him. He had an immensely difficult job taking in the Colusseum(sorry Dino, the Flavian amphitheatre!)and ancient Rome. You simply cannot do this without him. A torrent of interesting and witty information leavened with a natural modesty and patience he is everything you could wish for. Others leant in to catch his talks. Dino - WE LOVE YOU!!
We really enjoyed how Dino would sit with us for a few minutes before each section of our Vatican tour and go over the big picture of what we were getting ready to see. That made it even more meaningful when he pointed out specifics as we went through the various spaces. Great tour.
The tour of the Vatican museums, the Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica with Dino was sensational and profound. Dino was extremely knowledgeable and we had a great conversation with him about the history, spiritual significance and symbolism of the art and the places. The Tours by Locals is really worth the investment, even more so when seeing the very long queues for tickets.
Dino clearly loves what he does, so that makes touring with him a great experience. We also booked a tour of Ancient Rome with him and his command of knowledge and communication skills on both tours were superlative. We thoroughly enjoyed both tours.
We had a wonderful tour with Dino in the Vatican. He is very knowledgable and his english is great. The vatican is a large place and you can get lost in it visually. Having Dino with his vast knowledge and anecdotes has made this a superb experience. A must!
What a great way to see the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's. Visiting in July meant long lineups which we were able to avoid with our private tour. Dino kept all nine of us entertained (age 9 to 50) and educating us on so much of the history of the Vatican. An excellent 3 hour tour.
Dino is friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. His guided tour is well worth the time and money!
Mario had a hard act to follow given Maria the day before. He was however, pleasant, and well informed but less personable than the other tour guide.
We enjoyed our day with Dino greatly! Thank you for explaining all the wonderful art to us so clearly.
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: THANK YOU for your nice review Mrs. Powell!! I've enjoyed the tour done with you!
This was the 2nd tour our family booked with Dino and we were not disappointed once again - Dino provides an excellent background and history that makes the most sacred of places even more intriguing and interesting. Skip the line tickets are a must and Dino will more than assuredly provide the rest so that your tour is worth whatever money you spend!
It is difficult to give sufficient praise to Dino for what was a marvellous 3 hour tour of the Vatican. His presentation and knowledge were formidable to say the least. He took us through a short introductory briefing of the Sistine Chapel works and the history of St Peters at the beginning of the tour which was particularly valuable as it set the background for the remainder of the tour. We cannot recommend Dino and Tours by Locals more highly. If you want the very best tour of the Vatican book Dino!
Dino was awesome! He knows the Vatican so well and was entertaining to listen to. He was on time for our tour and was just overall very enjoyable to spend 3.5 hours with! I highly recommend using him for your tour! Well worth the money!
Dino was excellent. We combined the vatican and ancient rome tours in one day, and he kept it fresh and entertaining the whole day. Dino did a great job of providing a lot of information in a way that was not overwhelming.... He seems to truly enjoy showing people around Rome.
Dino was very knowledgeable and explained everything in great detail. We very much enjoyed the tour.
Dino was a wonderful guide with an extraordinary knowledge of the Vatican. He was on time, very pleasant personality and made the Vatican tour very interesting and a learning experience. We would highly recommend Dino and this tour. His knowledge of all the aspects of the Vatican and the exhibits, inlcuding the Sistene Chapel was amazing.
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thanks a lot Mr. Donsky for this wonderful review!! I really appreciate your words. Thanks again!
Dino was very knowledgeable and professional. Especially important to us was Dino being very courteous and accommodating to my wife and me due to our ages and physical condition. Dino was patient with us and answered all our questions...some more than once. He made history enjoyable and easy to understand. I have memories that will stay with me due to Dino using logical approach to presentation. Perhaps the best tour we have ever had!!
TOUR GUIDE RESPONSE: Thank you a lot Mr. Pittard for your nice review!!


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Choi Dae Chul is a South Korean actor who got his start in musical theater. Born on October 16, 1978, he made his acting debut in the 2004 theatrical production of "Don Giovanni" and has appeared in many other stage productions since then. He also has appeared in the popular television dramas "Wang's Family" (2013), "Jang Bo Ri Is Here" (2014), "Fated to Love You" (2014), "Super Daddy Yeol" (2015), "My Daughter, Gum Sa Wol" (2016), "Baek Hee Has Returned" (2016) and "Our Gap Soon" (2016-2017).
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Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Zaif has announced that hackers made away with more than first thought in last week's attack – the timing of which could not have been worse for the country's beleaguered crypto exchanges.
Zaif operator Tech Bureau released a statement saying that despite earlier reports of USD 59.7 million losses, the final figure was in fact USD 62.5 million – with Monacoin losses higher than initially feared.
The regulatory Financial Services Agency (FSA), which issued Zaif with an operating license last year, has found itself under intense pressure to respond. Late last week, Reuters reported that the FSA has already sent a team of inspectors to Tech Bureau's offices in Osaka to grill the company on its plans for customer reimbursement, and ensure it is taking steps to bolster its security network. Zaif has already been hit with two FSA business improvement orders this year.
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Japan's National Police Agency says 158 cases of hacking-related asset losses were reported in the first half of 2018 – a figure that has already exceeded last year's total of 149.


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A Georgius Aranka Társaság az 1990-es évek közepén alakult Kolozsváron, de hivatalosan csak 2004-ben került bejegyzésre, önálló civil szervezetként. Névadója Aranka György erdélyi író, költő, tudományszervező, akinek jelentős szerepe volt a nyelvújítási mozgalmakban, s akit Erdély Kazinczyjának is neveznek.

A Társaság célja, küldetése

A kolozsvári Georgius Aranka Társaság magyar szakos tanárok önálló, nonprofit, civil szervezete, amely 2004 tavaszán
jött létre mint hivatalos jogi személy. A társaság munkája azonban már ekkor tízéves múltra tekintett vissza, hiszen abból a nyelvművelői körből bontakozott ki, amelyet 1994 őszén néhány lelkes magyar tanár – Kása Magdolna, Kovács Katalin, Tötszegi Tekla, Misztrik Jolán – hívott életre. Szándékaikat, elgondolásaikat lelkesen felkarolta, majd mindvégig támogatta Tőkés Elek, magyar szakos tanfelügyelő és iskolaigazgató. Javaslatára a magyar szakos tanárokat tömörítő nyelvművelő kör Aranka György nevét vette fel, a tisztelet és a hűség jeléül.

A Társaság azzal a céllal vállal fel és szervez anyanyelvművelő tevékenységeket, hogy kommunikáció központú világunk és sajátos nyelvi környezetünk követelményeihez igazodva, valamint a klasszikus és a mai magyar nyelvi értékekre alapozva hozzájáruljon mindazon tehetséges fiatalok képzéséhez, akik elhivatottságot éreznek a magyar nyelv és irodalom, a magyar kultúra értékei iránt. Ezen célok megvalósítása érdekében a társaság a következő tevékenységeket vállalta föl:

Tevékenységek
 nyelv-és beszédművelő köröket működtet
 évente szervez országos szinten nyelv-és beszédművelő versenyeket
 anyanyelvi tábort szervez tehetséges tanulók számára
 biztosítja a tanulók külföldi versenyeken való részvételét
 továbbképző tanfolyamot szervez a körvezető tanárok számára
 szakmai fórumot biztosít a magyartanárok számára
 kapcsolatot tart fent mindazon szervezetekkel, iskolákkal, amelyek a hatékony anyanyelvi nevelést elsődlegesnek tartják  oktatói munkájukban

A Társaság felépítése

Alapító tagok

Darvasi Gyöngyvér, Egyed Emese, Farmati Anna, Gáspár Mária, Kása Magdolna, Misztrik Jolán, Ömböli Irma, Péntek János, Péter Tünde, Szőcs Judit, Tonk Mária, Tőkés Elek, Tőkés Erika, Virág Erzsébet, Wolf Rudolf.

Vezető testület
(A 2016. dec. 8-i közgyűlés, illetve ennek 2016. jan. 29-i bírósági megerősítése alapján)
 elnök: Farmati Anna
 alelnök: Dohi Zsuzsanna
 titkár: Oláh Csilla

A Társaság rendezvényei

Országos szintű Aranka György Nyelv- és Beszédművelő Verseny

 Édes anyanyelvünk nyelvhasználati versenyforma
– írásbeli feladatlap megoldása – nyelvtani, nyelvhelyességi, helyesírási, stilisztikai, szövegjelölési feladatok

– szóbeli feladat: szövegalkotás – a versenyző 15 perces egyéni felkészülés alapján 3 perces beszédművet mutat be a megjelölt beszédhelyzet ( téma – műfaj – hallgatóság ) követelményei szerint

 Szép magyar beszéd szépkiejtési versenyforma
– írásbeli feladat: szövegértelmezés, szövegszerkesztés, szövegjelölés

– szóbeli feladat: szövegértő, -értelmező felolvasás; szabadon választott szöveg felolvasása – a választott szöveg XX. századi magyar szerző értekező prózában írott szövege legyen, ne tartalmazzon párbeszédes részeket, sem régies, tájnyelvi vagy kevésbé ismert szavakat; a szöveg terjedelme 30-35 gépelt sor lehet; ismeretlen szöveg felolvasása – a versenyző 15 perces egyéni felkészülés után olvassa föl azt a szöveget, amelyet a bírálóbizottság a fenti követelmények szerint kijelölt

 Versben bujdosó vers- és prózamondó versenyforma
– írásbeli feladat: szövegértelmezési, szövegalkotási és stilisztikai feladatok

– szóbeli feladat: szabadon választott vers vagy próza bemutatása; kötelező vers szövegértő, -értelmező felolvasása 15 perces egyéni felkészülés alapján

Körvezető tanárok szakmai továbbképzése

 az Aranka-versenyek szakmai kiértékelése
 Nyelv – szöveg – stílus továbbképző tanfolyamok a Bolyai Nyári Akadémia keretében – 1998, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008

Ifjúsági anyanyelvi tábor

 egy régi versenyzőkből és fiatal magyartanárokból álló kis csapat felvetette illetve elsőként 2009-ben kivitelezte a versenyhez és a Társasághoz kötődő ifjúsági anyanyelvi tábor ötletét; a jelentkezés egyetlen feltétele az volt és maradt, hogy a diákoknak az iskolában működő Beszélni nehéz! nyelvművelő körök tagjainak kell lenniük. A tábor az anyanyelv ápolása, a különböző régiók eltérő nyelvjárásainak megismerése mellett a szórakozás, kapcsolatépítés helye is.

Kapcsolódó oldal(ak)

 Aranka György (író)
 Péchy Blanka
 Beszélni nehéz! mozgalom
 Anyanyelvápolók Szövetsége

Forrás(ok)

 Ti szók, kik egy világot átöleltek.... Kolozsvár, Georgius Aranka Társaság / Stúdium Könyvkiadó, 2005.
 Ti szók, kik egy világot átöleltek.... Kolozsvár, Georgius Aranka Társaság / Stúdium Könyvkiadó, 2010.

Külső hivatkozás(ok)

 Georgius Aranka Társaság
 Georgius Aranka Társaság az Apáczai Csere János Gimnázium honlapján
 Anyanyelvápolók Szövetsége

Erdély alapítványai, egyesületei
Civil szervezetek
Romániai magyar szervezetek

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Get the latest updates on the Nantucket Film Festival by visiting our blog!
NFF Award Winners Announced!
June 15, 2015 / Sarah Salovaara
NFF is proud to announce the winners of this year's Audience Awards: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL for Best Narrative Feature, Ron Davis' HARRY & SNOWMAN for Best Documentary Feature, and Eric Rockey's PINK BOY for Best Short. Me and Earl will screen tomorrow at 9:30 am in the Dreamland Main, and Harry & Snowman will follow at 10 am in the Dreamland Studio.
The Audience Award Best Film runner up was animated comedy SHAUN THE SHEEP THE MOVIE, written & directed by Richard Starzak & Mark Burton.
Kristen Dávila's COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, a political satire set in Pakistan involving the CIA, a budding jihadist group, and an indebted gambler who plays the two off one another in an attempt to save his own neck. Dávila receives $5000 cash prize and one of only four coveted spots to participate in partner organization the Screenwriters Colony month-long writing retreat in October.
The Feature Screenplay Competition jury was comprised of Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Director, The Stanford Prison Experiment; Franklin Leonard, Founder, The Black List; and Nigel M. Smith, Managing Editor, Indiewire.
NFF recognizes the remarkable renaissance on the small screen through two Television Pilot Competitions, one for Hour-Long Pilots and the other for Half-Hour Pilots. Both winners receive a $1000 cash prize, as well as a consultation with a Showtime executive.
The Half-Hour Television Pilot winner is SOLD by Jonathan Schwartz, which is set in a fine-arts auction house.
The Hour-Long Television Pilot winner is ICE by Estella Gabriel, which details the conflicts and violence faced by a border patrol agent.
The Television Pilot Competition jury was comprised of Jacob Fenton, Agent, TV Talent, United Talent Agency; Bob Fisher, Executive Producer/Co-Creator, Sirens; and Cynthia Littleton, Managing Editor, TV, Variety.
The Short Screenplay Competition winner is MORE COW BELL by Andy Nellis, a dark portrait of a farm family. Nellis receives a $500 cash prize.
The winner of the Best Screenwriting in a Short Film Award, given to an exceptional short film featured in this year's festival, went to writer/director Shaka King and writer Kristan Sprague for MULIGNANS.
The Shorts Competition jury was comprised of New York film critic and author Thelma Adams; Kate Lyn Sheil, Actress, House of Cards & Writer, Men Go to Battle; and Trey Edward Shults, Writer/Director, Krisha.
The Festival's Teen View Jury Award, selected by a group of Nantucket junior high school students, went to BIRTHDAY, written & directed by Chris King.
Earlier this weekend, the winner of the ninth annual Adrienne Shelly Foundation Excellence in Filmmaking Award was announced, which bestows a cash prize to a female filmmaker in honor of the late director. The award went to director Crystal Moselle for her acclaimed debut documentary, THE WOLFPACK.
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Awards, Harry & Snowman, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Screenplay Competitions, Audience Awards, The Black List, Variety, Kate Lyn Sheil, Men Go to Battle, Krisha, Teen View, Shorts, The Wolfpack, Shaun the Sheep Movie, The Standford Prison Experiment, NFF 2015
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Finalists For The 2015 Showtime Tony Cox 60-Minute and 30-Minute TV Competitions
May 27, 2015 / Sarah Salovaara
We're pleased to announce the three finalists in our Showtime Tony Cox 60-Minute and 30-Minute TV Competitions. Winners of both competitions will receive a $1000 cash prize, an all access pass to the festival and a consultation with a Showtime programming executive. Thank you to everyone who submitted and stay tuned for the winners!
60-Minute TV Pilots
Kingdom of Fife by D.L. Wright
A decadent story of power, obscene wealth, romantic entanglements and one reputation ruining incident -- involving a sheep.
ICE by Estella Gabriel
ICE is a hard-hitting, character-driven television series in the hyperrealism style of "The Wire" that captures the conflicts, violence, and humanity of the gritty world of the Nogales, Arizona/Mexico border, a volatile region where nothing is as it seems.
Wilde Life by Andrea Janakas
When forensics detective Logan Wilde is transferred from homicide to wildlife after being obsessed with a cold-case that she could not let go of, she finds herself leaving the city to work out of a small lab in Oregon, investigating the billion dollar business of animal trafficking.
On Cloud Nine by Mimi Jeffries
After accepting a bride to attend her twin brother's wedding, a single mother with no real prospects finds herself running her dysfunctional family's wedding planning company, On Cloud Nine.
Dead to Me by Stephanie Westendorf
A late 20s couple finally ends their long-decaying relationship, but when Mira, Damien's ex-girlfriend, suddenly dies and re-appears post-mortem without the ability to leave Damien's side, the pair are once again stuck together.
Sold by Jonathan Schwartz
An art historian begins working at a fine arts auction house, where she clashes with the profits driven director and high society chairman.
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Finalists For The 2015 Showtime Tony Cox Short Screenplay Competition
NFF is proud to announce the three finalists for our Showtime Tony Cox Short Screenplay Competition. The winner, to be announced during the festival, will receive a $500 cash prize, an all access pass to attend the fest, and more. Stay tuned, and thanks to everyone who submitted.
Boomerang the Great by Ana Dominick
When her Grandpa dies, a lonely 7-year-old girl embarks on a tireless odyssey from the Mojave to Australia to reunite with her estranged Mama.
More Cow Bell by Andy Nellis
On this farm, black eyes and slaughter are what keeps a family together.
Stronghold by Cornelius Murphy
Madison's visit to her father's house reveals a troubling secret from the man she thought she knew.
Awards, Screenplay Competitions, Shorts, Showtime, NFF 2015
Three Finalists For The 2015 Showtime Tony Cox Feature Screenplay Competition
NFF is pleased to announce the three finalists of our Showtime Tony Cox Feature Screenplay Competition, who will compete to win the grand prize of $5000, a month long stay at the Nantucket Screenwriters Colony, an all expenses paid trip to the festival and more. The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony during the 20th annual NFF.
The Chronicles of Houghington
Writer: Colin Borden
With the whimsy of the original Pink Panther and the adventure of Indiana Jones, The Chronicles of Houghington follow our falsely-famous leader as he amazingly escapes dangers by sheer luck as he searches for a new treasure, but this time Houghington might not be able to luck himself out of a sticky situation.
Writer: Kristen Dávila
Pakistani plastic surgeon and gambling addict Mohsin needs to make a lot of money fast, so he contacts the CIA to turn in his new neighbor, who happens to be on the Top Ten most wanted terrorist list.
Writer: Philip Aceto
An ensemble drama about a janitor and the surrounding high school where he works.
Awards, Writers, In the News
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I wanted to reflect on @ieshasmall Introverted Leader talk at the Telegraph Festival of Education, after being left speechless by @jazampawfarr story above. I have combined these with my own views on what we do as leaders and what it means to be Relentlessly Optimistic for our young people.
@jazampawfarr asks us to consider which type of teacher we are going to be and I suggest that this can be asked as which type of leader we are going to be? Do you remember 'why' you went into teaching and then leadership? Do you care and advocate beyond the job because it is more important than performance tables and accountability measures? We manage the hope and aspirations of some of the most vulnerable members of our society and cannot afford to hinder the life chances of any students and these students in particular.
Now, from the What it means to be Relentlessly Optimistic video, you get a sense of my own feelings on this and the breaking down and running through walls analogy, whilst motivating and inspiring for some, isn't necessarily how we all manifest our own leadership. Or can it be but in different forms?
The values may well be the same but how we make that happen can be hugely different and equally important.
@ieshasmall spoke about the benefits that the introverted leader can bring to school leadership, especially when complimented with extroverts. @ieshasmall noted five typically introverted traits and can be used as strengths. The link to @ieshasmall's blog is below but I wanted to dwell on two of the traits identified, as I feel these connect the most with 'why' we do it.
'Observation and the ability to notice what others may miss' are essential if we are not to miss the current day @jazampawfarr's of this world. This is something that could be missed if leadership is dominated by gregarious and extroverted leaders. We need leaders to notice all things but especially the small things!
'Quiet passion' – that burns and niggles is another of the traits identified in introverted leaders. Again, essential if we are not to miss any young people and ties in with my contention that actually, that fire and passion is the same as our extroverted wall-breakers but expressed and channelled through a different lens.
Ideally, leadership will be a blend of extroverts and introverts. The danger is the quiet voice of the introvert can be drowned out by the extroverts. There is a saying about being wary of the quiet person in the fight, as they sit back and watch trouble unfold and know that when trouble comes, they can take care of it. The same can be applied to leadership contexts, so extroverts need to know themselves and enable our introverts to shine through and have a voice. Extroverts need introverts spotting and noticing the small things, otherwise they will be missed.
@ieshasmall commented that 'the most important thing for leaders of all types is to be really clear about our purpose and aims'; I feel it goes even deeper than that and that we have to connect with 'why' we are leading in schools. We have to lead to make a difference on everyone within the organisation. As @jazampawfarr puts it, we need to be 'agents of transformation' . We can do this as extroverts running through walls or as introverts, with a steely, considered determination to do whatever is needed for our young people!
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July 16, 2016 Turkey is doomed in a theocratic Islamic dictatorship
As the news from Turkey's cop attempt started to come in my thoughts were that is was bound to fail as Bible prophecy predicts a Turkey enemy of Israel on Ezekiel 38-39.
This article below hits the nail in the head.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/07/16/turkeys-last-hope-dies.html
Turkey's last hope dies
By Ralph Peters
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Friday night's failed coup was Turkey's last hope to stop the Islamization of its government and the degradation of its society. Reflexively, Western leaders rushed to condemn a coup attempt they refused to understand. Their reward will be a toxic Islamist regime at the gates of Europe.
Our leaders no longer do their basic homework.The media relies on experts-by-Wikipedia. Except for PC platitudes, our schools ignore the world beyond our shores. Deluged with unreliable information, citizens succumb to the new superstitions of the digital age.
So a great country is destroyed by Islamist hardliners before our eyes—and our president praises its "democracy."
That tragically failed coup was a forlorn hope, not an attempt to take over a country. Turkey is not a banana republic in which the military grasps the reins for its own profit. For almost a century, the Turkish armed forces have been the guardians of the country's secular constitution. Most recently, coups in 1960, 1971 and 1980 (with "non-coup" pressure in 1997) saw the military intervene to prevent the country's collapse.
Erdogan will use the coup as an excuse to accelerate the Islamization of his country and to lead Turkey deeper into the darkness engulfing the Muslim world. His vision is one of a neo-Ottoman megalomaniac.
Each time, the military returned the government to civilian rule as soon as that proved practical. My own first experience of Turkey came just before the 1980 coup. Turkey was broke and broken. The economy was in such a shambles that you could not buy a cup of Turkish coffee in Istanbul. I walked because taxis and public transportation had no fuel. Murderous political violence raged. Reluctantly, the generals stepped in and saved their country.
Friday night, mid-grade officers led a desperate effort to rescue their country again. They failed. The West cheered. Soon enough, we'll mourn.
The coup leaders made disastrous mistakes, the worst of which was to imagine that the absence of President Erdogan from Ankara, the capital, presented the perfect opportunity. Wrong. In a coup, the key is to seize the leaders you mean to overthrow (as well as control of the media). Instead of fleeing into exile, Erdogan was able to return in triumph.
So who is the man our own president rushed to support because he was "democratically elected?" Recep Tayyip Erdogan is openly Islamist and affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, which President Obama appears to believe represents the best hope for the Middle East. But the difference between ISIS, Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood isn't one of purpose, but merely of manners: Muslim Brothers wash the blood off their hands before they sit down to dinner with their dupes.
With barely a murmured "Tut-tut!" from Western leaders, Erdogan has dismantled Turkey's secular constitution (which the military is duty-bound to protect). His "democracy" resembles Putin's, not ours. Key opposition figures have been driven into exile or banned. Opposition parties have been suppressed. Recent elections have not been held so much as staged. And Erdogan has torn the fresh scab from the Kurdish wound, fostering civil war in Turkey's southeast for his own political advantage.
Erdogan has packed Turkey's courts with Islamists. He appointed pliant, pro-Islamist generals and admirals, while staging show trials of those of whom he wished to rid the country. He has de facto, if not yet de jure, curtailed women's freedoms. He dissolved the wall between mosque and state (Friday night, he used mosques' loudspeakers to call his supporters into the streets). Not least, he had long allowed foreign fighters to transit Turkey to join ISIS and has aggressively backed other extremists whom he believed he could manage.
And his diplomatic extortion racket has degraded our own military efforts against ISIS.
That's the man President Obama supports.
And the leaders of the ill-fated coup? What did they stand for? Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's legacy and a secular constitution. One of the great men of the last century, Ataturk (an innovative general by background) pulled Turkey from the wreckage of World War One, abolished the caliphate, suppressed fanatical religious orders, gave women legal rights and social protections, banned the veil, promoted secular education for all citizens of Turkey, strongly advocated Westernization and modernization…and promoted a democratic future.
The officers who led the collapsed coup stood for all those things. President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry opposed them.
By Saturday morning, it was clear that the mullahs and mobs behind Erdogan had won. Erdogan will use the coup as an excuse to accelerate the Islamization of his country and to lead Turkey deeper into the darkness engulfing the Muslim world. His vision is one of a neo-Ottoman megalomaniac.
NATO, which operates by consensus, will find itself embracing a poisonous snake. New crises will reawaken old fears in southeastern Europe, which western European states will dismiss condescendingly, further crippling the badly limping European Union. Syria will continue to bleed. And educated, secular Turks will find themselves in a situation like unto that of German liberals in the 1930s. We may see new and unexpected wars.
A desperate, ill-planned coup has failed in Turkey. Here comes the darkness.
Fox News Strategic Analyst Ralph Peters is a retired U.S. Army officer and former enlisted man. He is the author of prize-winning fiction and non-fiction books on the Civil War and the military. His latest is "The Damned of Petersburg: A Novel" (Forge Books, June 28, 2016).
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VIDEO: Lakers Reaction, Team Relying Too Much On Kobe Bryant?
Lakers Nation Debate: Making Changes To The Rotation
Kobe Bryant struggled to find his rhythm offensively (10-24) Sunday night in the Lakers overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets. Bryant suggested that he was "too passive" in the third quarter, possibly hindering his rhythm.
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Still with 15.1 seconds in regulation, coming out of a timeout, and the Lakers and Nuggets tied at 86, the Lakers spread the floor for Bryant with the game on the line. With the clock winding down (0.9 seconds) Bryant missed a well-contested fadeaway, gifting the Nuggets an overtime period. Post-game, Bryant agreed he could have gotten a better shot, but also said it was the shot he's practiced his "entire career."
After the game, Nick Young suggested the Lakers got away from sharing the ball. He said at times they rely on Bryant too much.
Kobe is going to be Kobe but somehow we've gotta find a way to put that ball in the hole with everybody else," Young said after the game.
Earlier this season, Lakers head coach Byron Scott admitted the Lakers have tendencies to watch Bryant. However, when asked if this was the case against Denver, despite Kobe missing 10 of his final 13 shots, Scott did not think so.
Jeremy Lin played a much more aggressive game on Sunday, finishing with 17 points and five assists. Together, the Lakers backcourt of Lin and Bryant combined for 44 points with nine rebounds and nine assists. Regarding whether the Lakers should be running their offense or deferring to Bryant for one-on-one in crunch time, Lin understandably found it a "tough question."
He's a tough shot taker and a tough shot maker and he's a superstar. And, sometimes you've got to give him that freedom to go and be who he is and do what he does and sometimes you've got to find a way to keep the flow and stuff. It's a balance, and I think we're a lot closer towards that balance than we were maybe in the beginning.
The Lakers record drops to just 3-11. Los Angeles has a tough home stand ahead, facing the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday and the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.
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Бэйрстоу () — английская фамилия.

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 Бэйрстоу, Джонатан — британский мультипликатор, лауреат премии BAFTA за короткометражный мультфильм (1999).
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 Бэйрстоу, Дэвид:
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 Бэйрстоу, Кэмерон (род. 1990) — австралийский баскетболист, участник Олимпийских игр (2016), брат Джарреда и Стефани Бэйрстоу.
  (1880—1963) — британский авиаконструктор, член Королевского общества (с 1917).
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  (род. 1954) — британская пловчиха, участница Олимпийских игр (1972).
 Бэйрстоу, Скотт (род. 1970) — канадский актёр.
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WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff wins design contract for M40 noise barriers
WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff has been awarded a £2 million design contract for noise reducing barriers on the M40.
The contract, awarded on 11 November, will see the firm review sites along the M40 between junction 3 (Loudwater) and junction 8 (Wheatley), which have been identified as areas where road noise is a particular issue and help decide where the barriers would be of benefit.
Earlier this year, Highways England, working in partnership with the M40 Chiltern Environmental Group, (M40 CEG) Wycombe District Council and South Oxfordshire District Council, ran a competition to develop a range of cost-effective barriers to reduce noise.
Potential designs include using solar panels in the barriers to produce clean energy to help offset their installation and operating costs.
Six entries were shortlisted and WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff will now work with the designers of the shortlisted entries to trial these noise barriers at the identified sites on the M40. These designs may also be installed on other parts of England's strategic road network in the future.
Highways England project manager Mark Saunders said: "We are working closely with the M40CEG, Wycombe District Council and South Oxfordshire District Council on this innovative project. Our objective is to develop cost effective noise barriers to improve community quality of life through reduced road traffic noise.
"After selecting six innovative ideas from the 18 competition entries we received, we have now awarded the design contract. This will help us decide which types of barriers will best suit the different sites on the M40 and start designing a solution for each of them."
Subject to the successful completion of the site review and development of design solutions for each site identified, Highways England will aim to start preparatory work for construction on site in winter 2016-17.
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It's 70 years since the death of Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic. But the fate of the Atatürk Cultural Centre has hung in the balance until recently, coming to symbolise the struggle between the secular state and…
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Portraits of leaders past and present are ubiquitous in Turkey, Spain and Morocco. Monocle paints a picture of their popularity – and peers beneath the surface to learn the history of their peculiar reign.
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The latest on the eurozone, we discuss the upcoming edition of Monocle Mediterraneo, and gauge Turkey's attitude to the nation's founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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We get the latest from Brussels on the UK's negotiations following its EU referendum, analyse the terror attack on Istanbul's Ataturk airport and learn why Romania is looking to attract dissatisfied UK voters.
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Within four years of its launch, this privately owned Turkish airline has one of the most comprehensive domestic services in Europe.
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Tel Aviv to host 2020 Global Wellness Summit
By Megha Paul	 On Oct 18, 2019
The Global Wellness Summit (GWS), the foremost gathering of international leaders in the USD 4.5 trillion global wellness economy, closed its 2019 conference by announcing that next year's event will take place in Tel Aviv, Israel, a city bursting with historical and spiritual significance and bustling with innovations that intersect wellness, healthcare and technology. The dates for the 14th annual conference will be 10–13 November 2020.
A consortium of companies— both inside and outside of Tel Aviv – will serve as host sponsors for next year's event. Susie Ellis, chair and CEO of GWS said: "The summit will take place in this extraordinary location—one with deep spiritual significance and also firm roots in wellness, including its proximity to the Dead Sea, one of the earliest known wellness destinations."
Nancy Davis, chief creative officer and executive director of GWS said: "Israel is home to the highest concentration of start-ups after Silicon Valley and is known for its cutting-edge technology. With this backdrop, the GWS announced plans for the 2020 summit to include an Innovation Pavilion, which will give delegates the opportunity to meet with the many and varied start-ups working in the wellness industry in Tel Aviv and the wider world."
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Maria M. Pérez-Madrigal received her BSc degree in Chemical Engineering (2010) and her MSc degree in Polymers and Biopolymers (2011) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. In 2010, she joined the ''Innovation in Materials and Molecular Engineering'' (IMEM) group in the Chemical Engineering Department (UPC). Under the supervision of Prof. Carlos Alemán and Dr. Elaine Armelin, she conducted her PhD and graduated in 2015. Her research focused on combining conducting polymers (CPs) with conventional polymers to obtain biointerfaces at the nanoscale for bioapplications. After a post-doctoral year in the IMEM group working on supercapacitor devices based on CPs and hydrogels, she has joined the Dove group as a Marie-Curie Fellow for developing polycarbonate-based hydrogels as scaffolds for load-bearing soft tissue regeneration.
17) DNA-Catalyzed Henry Reaction in Pure Water and the Striking Influence of Organic Buffer Systems. Haering, M.; Perez-Madrigal, M. M.; Kuehbeck, D. et al. Molecules (2015), 20, 4136-4147.
16) Electroactive and bioactive films of random copolymers containing terthiophene, carboxyl and Schiff base functionalities in the main chain. Perez-Madrigal, M. M.; Cianga, Luminita; del Valle, L. J.; et al. Polym. Chem. (2015) 6, 4319-4335.
13) Polypyrrole-Supported Membrane Proteins for Bio-Inspired Ion Channels. Perez-Madrigal, M. M.; del Valle, L. J.; Armelin, E.; et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interface. (2015), 7, 1632-1643.
12) Self-Assembly of Tetraphenylalanine Peptides. Mayans, E.; Ballano, G.; Casanovas, J.; et al. Chem. Eur. J. (2015) 21, 16895-16905.
11) Composites based on epoxy resins and poly(3-thiophene methyl acetate) nanoparticles: mechanical and electrical properties. Pérez-Madrigal, M. M.; Armelin, E.; Azambuja, D. S.; et al. Polym. Composite. (2014) DOI: 10.1002/pc.23230.
10) Electronic, electric and electrochemical properties of bioactive nanomembranes made of polythiophene:thermoplastic polyurethane. Perez-Madrigal, M. M.; Giannotti, M. I.; Armelin, E.; et al. Polym. Chem. (2014) 5, 1248-1257.
7) Bioactive nanomembranes of semiconductor polythiophene and thermoplastic polyurethane: thermal, nanostructural and nanomechanical properties. Perez Madrigal, M. M.; Giannotti, M. I.; Oncins, G.; et al. Polym. Chem. (2013) 4, 568-583.
6) Nanomembranes and Nanofibers from Biodegradable Conducting Polymers. Llorens, E.; Armelin, E.; Perez-Madrigal, M.; et al. Polymers (2013) 5, 1115-1157 .
5) Nanometric ultracapacitors fabricated using multilayer of conducting polymers on self-assembled octanethiol monolayers. Aradilla, D.; Perez-Madrigal, M. M.; Estrany, F.; et al. Org. Electronics (2013) 14, 1483-1495.
4) Sensitive thermal transitions of nanoscale polymer samples using the bimetallic effect: Application to ultra-thin polythiophene. Ahumada, O.; Perez-Madrigal, M. M.; Ramirez, J.; et al. Rev. Sci. Instrum. (2013) 84, DOI: 10.1063/1.4804395.
3) Bioactive and electroactive response of flexible polythiophene: polyester nanomembranes for tissue engineering. Perez-Madrigal, M. M.; Armelin, E.; del Valle, L. J.; et al. Polym. Chem. (2012) 3, 979-991.
2) Biodegradable free-standing nanomembranes of conducting polymer:polyester blends as bioactive platforms for tissue engineering. Armelin, E.; Gomes, A. L.; Perez-Madrigal, M. M.; et al. J. Mater. Chem. (2012) 22, 585-594.
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Hong Kong and Singapore Best America in New Competition Rankings
Jose Nino• August 9, 2019 August 27, 2019
Hong Kong and Singapore have topped America in the latest World Competitiveness Rankings by the Institute of Management Development. This ranking measures how friendly a nation is to business activity.
Economist Dan Mitchell provided a visual illustration of these new rankings.
Switzerland found itself right behind the United States. It is one of the few countries in the world that takes political decentralization seriously and has largely weathered the storm of toxic identity politics and never-ending wars. Other countries, like the United Arab Emirates, entered the top 5 for the first time.
The UAE has distinguished itself from its Middle Eastern peers through emphasizing markets and focusing less on expansionism, something that Islamic megastates like Iran and Saudi Arabia have engaged in over the last few decades.
But Singapore's rise in these rankings is no coincidence.
A simplified tax code and the ease of starting business has catapulted it in these rankings. America's tax system, however, is in need of an overhaul. To the Trump administration's credit, it has at least gotten the conversation started with corporate tax reforms. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of work to do.
Furthermore, given the excessive centralization of its system, America should consider more decentralization in its affairs. Even more radical versions of decentralization, such as separatism, should be considered.
If the United States wants to reclaim its top spot in these rankings, it's time to stop beating around the bush and actually make an effort to put D.C. on a diet.
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Thank you to AECOM and The Department for Transport for sponsoring, all 150 expert speakers, the 65 exhibiting organisations and more than 800 delegates who attended the 2-day event and made Cycle City Active City Leicester the biggest in the series.
A special thanks to our hosts Leicester City Council who were involved every step of the way in the planning and implementation of Cycle City Active City.
Cycle City Active City, on the 19-20 May 2016, included a 2-day exhibition of the product and service suppliers to the sector, with plenary presentations by high-profile individuals throughout the UK and beyond with expertise and influence in cycle policy, promotion and infrastructure.
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Washing and burying the deceased is a fard kifayah (collective obligation) upon the community. It is important that within every community we have knowledgeable brothers and sisters who can wash and bury our deceased. If you areAs the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) mentioned, (which means): "whoever washes a body is forgiven from 40 major sins." Hakim said: sound Hadith.
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A man has been arrested after a search was undertaken at a property in St Leonards.
Police were seen outside the property in Tower Road from 6pm until midnight on Saturday (May 11).
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A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "A man has been arrested and a search undertaken at a property in Tower Road, St Leonards.
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Zajedno (srp. Заједно) je srpski film iz 2011. godine. Režirao ga je Mladen Matičević. Film je svoju premijeru imao 4. ožujka 2011. godine na beogradskom Festu.

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Uroš je cijenjeni, nagrađivani beogradski književnik, nekadašnji profesor, koji sa ženom i sinom živi u kući na Neimaru. Već neko vrijeme je u kreativnoj krizi, dok je njegova žena nezadovoljna i zaglavljena u izvanbračnoj vezi. Njihova veza se neumitno bliži kraju i konačno puca kada jedne noći Uroš, njenom nesmotrenošću, nađe dokaz preljuba.

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There are 1-2 formalised tutorials in paediatric surgery subjects.
Furthermore some students will work 3 days at the Department of Paediatric Surgery.
It is possible to write Mandatory Individual Elective Assignments (in Danish OSVAL) within paediatric surgery subjects.
A professor of paediatric surgery is employed at the University of Copenhagen.
In connection with the new Danish training programme structure from 2004, the plan is to formalise the education and training programme within the specialist field of paediatric surgery under the specialist subject surgery.
The subject comprises surgery on children. The age limit is determined arbitrarily as 0-16 years, however the specialist area also includes diagnostics and treatment of foetuses. The professional content is general surgery, neonatal surgery and other malformation surgery, gastroenterological surgery, urology and soft-tissue and oncologic surgery outside the central nervous system (CNS), limbs, heart and major vessels.
The objective of the paediatric surgery course is to enable the candidate to examine and treat children with surgical diseases. In addition to the basic training in general surgery, the course is to provide the candidate with knowledge about special physiological, anatomical and pathophysiological conditions and the special diseases and conditions in children, as well as knowledge about and practical training in operations and other procedures performed on children.
A specialist in paediatric surgery must be able to take responsibility for examination, diagnosis and treatment of children with surgical diseases as defined by the specialist area. The medical specialist must be able to practise as a specialist and be valued as such by public hospitals in Denmark and in the countries with which Denmark has entered agreement on the validity of the status as specialist.
The course is both practical and theoretical. The practical training takes place during clinical employments, the theoretical training is through mandatory courses.
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WANTED: SECRET AGENTS
The Government of India has before it two comprehensive reports on the measures that need to be taken for improving our intelligence capabilities and for making our intelligence agencies more efficient and accountable.
2. The first report is part of a larger study on the modernisation of the national security apparatus undertaken by a high-powered Task Force headed by Shri Naresh Chandra, former Cabinet Secretary and presently Convenor of the National Security Advisory Board. It is a classified report prepared after extensive secret interactions with serving and retired officers of the intelligence agencies and Ministries and Departments dealing with national security which are consumers of the products of the intelligence agencies. The results of secret interactions with senior police officers from States facing internal security problems such as insurgency and terrorism have also gone into the preparation of the report of the intelligence sub-group of the Naresh Chandra Task Force.
3. This sub-group has had access to secret data relating to the functioning of the agencies and the views of the consumers of their products. Its focus has been on the inner core of the problems and difficulties faced by the agencies and their inadequacies as seen by the consumers of their products.
4. The second report has been prepared by a small Task Force set up by the Institute For Defence Studies and Analyses. The three-member Task Force was headed by Shri Rana Banerji, one of the finest Pakistani analysts produced by the R&AW, who retired a couple of years ago. Having been a Task Force not enjoying the cover of the Official Secrets Act, it does not appear to have had the benefit of secret interactions with the serving officers of the intelligence agencies. Its interactions, as one could see from its comprehensive report, have been largely with the community of retired officers.
5. The result naturally has been an over-focus on the external shell of the intelligence community and a lack of insight and understanding of the inner core issues. Among the outer shell issues usefully covered by it are the need for a legislative cover, the importance of external oversight by professionals as well as parliamentary representatives, greater institutional co-ordination etc. These are important issues but hardly touch the inner core issues which really would determine whether India has the intelligence capability it needs now and it would need in the years to come.
6. These two exercises have been undertaken at a time when there has been considerable criticism of our intelligence agencies after the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai and of their seeming helplessness in neutralising notorious terrorist leaders such as Dawood Ibrahim and Hafiz Mohammed Sayeed of the Pakistani Lashkar-e-Toiba who have been operating with impunity from Pakistani territory since 1993.
7. Our agencies have not so far been able to neutralise Dawood and his accomplices who took shelter in Karachi after the March 1993 terrorist strikes in Mumbai. Nor have they been able to neutralise Sayeed of the Lashkar-e-Toiba. The criticism of our agencies and expressions of disenchantment and scepticism over their functioning by large sections of public opinion have increased after the spectacularly successful US neutralisation of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 2 of last year.
8. A discomfiting question serving and retired intelligence officers often face from their public interlocutors is: If the US intelligence and special forces located thousands of kms away from Pakistan can plan and execute a clandestine intelligence operation of this nature, why the Indian agencies based next door to Pakistan are not able to do so. They watch helplessly as these terrorist leaders carry out one daring strike after another in the Indian territory.
9. To cover our discomfiture, we often try to put the blame on the political leadership by alleging that our soft political leadership does not allow us to carry out such operations in foreign territory. This is not incorrect, but does not explain adequately our helplessness.
10. Let us presume we get a political leadership like President Barack Obama and he tells our agencies: Forget about foreign territory. Dawood and Sayeed have killed too many Indians. Go and get them. Will our agencies be able to do it? One would be justified in having doubts.
11.That is where the capability of their inner core comes in. The agencies may have the best of legislative cover, parliamentary oversight, co-ordination mechanism etc. But if they do not have this inner core capability, all these outer shell reforms will be of little use.
12. From time to time, we undertake exercises to revamp our intelligence apparatus. In the past, such exercises were governmental. To my knowledge, the IDSA exercise is the first non-governmental one.
13. All these exercises largely tend to be more academic than practical, more copycating the beaten track of other countries than stimulating innovative ideas of our own. I would have been happier if the recent exercises by the Naresh Chandra Task Force and the IDSA had gathered together a group of serving and retired officers of the agencies and posed the following questions to them for a brain-storming:
(a).Would you have been able to carry out an operation similar to the Abbottabad operation of the CIA? If not, why not?
(b).If you are given political instructions to neutralise Dawood and Sayeed, would you be able to do so? If not, why not?
14. Such brain-storming exercises would have brought out the state of the inner core of our intelligence agencies and drawn the attention of our policy-makers to the problems and deficiencies of our agencies.
15. In my limited knowledge, the police Special Branch culture still largely governs the thinking and functioning of our intelligence agencies. They collect intelligence largely on the basis of discussions with casual and peripheral sources having limited access to inside intelligence. Our record in penetration operations has been poor.
16. Forty-four years after the R&AW was formed, it has not been able to develop the culture of the secret agent. It has many brilliant intelligence officers, who function more or less as Special Branch officers operating in foreign territory or as secretive pseudo-diplomats. They are not secret agents in the real sense of the term as it is understood in the intelligence agencies of other countries.
17. A real secret agent is an officer who is a risk-taker, who foregoes diplomatic and other protections and penetrates the sanctum sanctorum of the adversary---whether it be another state or a terrorist organisation--- and clandestinely and successfully carries out opportunistic tasks of the nature assigned by Obama to the CIA officers and Navy Seals who located OBL in Abbottabad and ultimately neutralised him.
18.Unless we are able to develop such an intelligence culture of a secret agent, we will continue functioning as glorified Special Branch officers, collecting useful bits of intelligence here and there, but unable to clandestinely strike at our national adversaries.
19. Why we have not been able to develop such an intelligence culture of secret agents for 44 years and what we should do now to develop it is a question that should be addressed by the Government as it examines the two Task Force reports.(19-6-12)
( The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Associate, Chennai Centre For China Studies. E-Mail: seventyone2@gmail.com . Twitter: @SORBONNE75 )


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Ronald Phillips' Execution Postponed in Ohio: Should He Be Allowed To Donate Organs?
By Jenny Hollander
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What's going on, Ohio? The state's death row, on which 139 inmates are currently waiting to be executed, has hit the spotlight with the case of 40-year-old Ronald Phillips. Phillips, a convicted child rapist and murderer, was scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday, but at the eleventh hour, State Governor John Kasich stepped in and postponed the execution. Phillips' case is unique because, firstly, he's the state's guinea pig for a brand-new lethal injection, which has never been tried on humans. Secondly, Phillips has begged Ohio to let him donate his organs after his death. Organ donation after state execution is unprecedented in America, and, by postponing their scheduled capital punishment to examine his request, Ohio appears to be considering it.
Apparently, they figured they might as well break a whole bunch of ethical precedents in one go. Because what could go wrong?
Um, a lot. Let's start with the new drug cocktail: there's no body of research about the dual injection that's intended to kill Phillips, and no indication as to how well it'll work. Ohio, along with a bunch of other states, ran out of its standard execution drug, pentobarbital, last year. With 139 inmates waiting on its death row, the state now has to find a new drug.
After pentobarbital supplies ran dry, Florida faced the same problem, points out Slate. In October, Florida executed William Happ using the same drug, midazolam, that's scheduled to sedate Phillips. It didn't work too well, as the Associated Press wrote at the time: Happ "remained conscious longer and made more body movements after losing consciousness than other people executed recently by lethal injection under the old formula." In other words, we're talking about a slow, and possibly painful, death.
Phillips is, understandably, not happy about being the state's go-to guinea pig. After Ohio announced that Phillips would be the first to try to drug, his attorneys attempted to block his execution — or, they wrote, at least postpone it on the grounds that this would give them more time to prepare an argument against the new drug cocktail. This request was denied by Ohio governor John Kasich in July.
It's hard to say if what came next was sincere, or a last-ditch attempt to postpone his execution. On Monday, just three days before he was scheduled to die, Phillips wrote to the Ohio prison board begging to be allowed to donate his organs. His mother's kidneys were failing, he wrote, and his sister suffered from a heart condition; Phillips wanted to donate primarily to his family, but also to others in need of aid.
In China, death-row inmates are allowed the option to donate their organs after death, and state press attests that 65 percent of the country's transplantable organs come from China's death row. In America, though 18 people die every day from a shortage of available organs, there are a myriad of ethical concerns opposing the practice. As Bustle reported Monday:
Phillips, for example, was convicted of raping and murdering his girlfriend's three-year-old daughter. Some people are adamant that the idea of murderers' organs living on in ordinary people's bodies is grotesque. This may not be a pragmatic argument, but is an effective one: Imagine receiving a donor heart, and then discovering that it had powered a triple homicide.
There are plenty of other concerns: Could we develop into a society in which organs are viewed as more important than the people who house them? What would that lead to? If an inmate is given a more lenient sentence and agrees to become a donor, as legislators have suggested, would this undermine the justice system? Not to mention, inmates are more likely to have infectious diseases, like hepatitis and H.I.V., and so may be less eligible for donation than the general population.
The details of preparing a body for transplant would also compromise the entire execution process: the U.S. would have to come up with a new set of rules and drugs for execution, for example. Additionally, the flow of oxygen would have to be maintained after death for the transplants would be viable, meaning that the inmate wouldn't, technically, die instantly. This would compromise the nature of a legal execution.
It was expected that the Ohio prison board would deny Phillips' request to becme a donor, and by Tuesday, they had. The request was "made at a very late hour," said Ohio prison officials, citing the logistical and security issues and the "unprecedented" nature of the act. Shortly thereafter, governor Kasich stepped in and postponed Phillips' execution date to next July. He was keen to see if Phillips' "nonviable" organs, such as kidneys, were OK to be donated. In his official statement, Kasich added:
Ronald Phillips committed a heinous crime for which he will face the death penalty. I realize this is a bit of uncharted territory for Ohio, but if another life can be saved by his willingness to donate his organs and tissues, then we should allow for that to happen.
A bit of unchartered territory? This has, quite literally, never happened in America: for a start, the Federal Bureau of Prisons does not permit death row inmates to donate organs upon death. No state has ever passed a law allowing death-row inmates to do so. Opposing the practice is the World Medical Association, the Transplantation Society, the American Medical Association, and the American Society for Transplant Surgeons.
In 2005, a Delaware inmate was able to donate his kidney to his mother, but he wasn't facing immediate execution, and continued to live without said kidney. This is very different. To allow Phillips to donate "non-viable" anything — bone marrow, eye tissue, lungs, liver, kidneys — would be a gross breach of national code, a worrying setting of a precedent, the first step of what opponents have feared could be a "slippery slope."
Why on earth could this be allowed to happen? It may be that the prison system is given far too much freedom to decide on these issues by itself, writes Merrill Cook at PolicyMic:
One thing Ron does shed light on, however, is the amount of trust we put in the prison system to settle a wide range of issues. As the ACLU often insists, the prison system is often "out of sight, out of mind." Whoever thinks prisons run on their own has never babysat. There's a reason you call to check on the babysitter every once in a while.
Our prison system has large segments that are for-profit. It's a mass of overcrowding, misguided quotas, and "wars" on stuff (we currently hold one out of every four of the world's prisoners), as well as horrifying solitary confinement stories. This is the prison system we're letting decide questions on medical ethics.
This is worrying in itself, but there's more: it's important to note that the state's governor, Kasich, was the one to personally stay Phillips' execution, and require medical personnel to examine the possibility of organ donation. In short, why has no-one turned to Kasich — the jail board; his federal superiors; his advisors — and said: "Hey, do you have any idea what sort of practice you're opening the door to here?"
Even if Phillips isn't allowed to donate, and with all of the furor around the issue he probably won't, Kasich has raised the possibility that organ donation after death-row execution could, one day, be an option. He's also illustrated a very pertinent point: with this specific issue, state legislators like himself have the ability to make ethical decisions for the entire nation. And no, that shouldn't be happening.


Evangelia Kambites is the Director of Support at EzTix, leading our amazing team of support agents. We had a fireside chat with Evangelia (we sent her an email while watching the yule log channel) to help you get to know her a little better, and to dive into her wonderful wisdom of all things EzSupport.
Ez: Oh hey Evangelia! Many of our partners around the world have come to know you through your fine work as the EzTix Director of Support. For those who may not know you yet, tell us a bit more about your background.
EK: I come from a performing arts background, having studied Music (Classical Voice) and Theatre at Queen's University, and Musical Theatre at the Randolph Academy after the completion of my degree. I've always been an entertainer. My cousin and I used to put on skits for our families all the time, and I was constantly surrounded by music–it is breath to me. Performing and Art is who I am. Changing and influencing lives through art is what I strive to do. As an artist, you get to know your strengths and weaknesses pretty quickly. In additional to being a professional actor, singer, dancer, musician, songwriter, writer, and owner of a theatre company in Toronto, I have had a plethora of jobs throughout my life, ranging from Administration Associate for the Royal College of Association Management within The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, to bartender, to Executive Assistant at the Canadian Co-operative Association, to retail sales associate, to server. Oh, and I was a competitive soccer player for 12 years, and still play on occasion.
Ez: The EzTix team is powered by many people who come from tourism and entertainment backgrounds and you certainly fit that bill! How does your work as an actor, writer, and musician help you in your job as Director of Support?
EK:While the day to day operations of what we do in support doesn't vary much, specific scenarios do. The most important thing for me is that our Organizers and their Ticket Buyers are happy. Being an actor really helps me read a situation quickly and clearly and know the best way to handle it. It allows me to put myself in the situation of the person to whom I am speaking, and have empathy for their situation, which in turn drives me to find a solution as quickly and efficiently as possible. The ability to think quickly and critically on my feet ( something I have to do regularly on stage when someone drops a prop, or you know, something catches on fire) is invaluable in this role.
Ez: Let's dive into the adventurous world of EzTix Support! You're helping organizers realize their passions, as well as their guests looking for experiences of all shapes and sizes. What's one of your support success stories that stands out for you?
EK: I recently was assisting a Ticket Buyer from France who was trying to purchase a gift certificate for a tour operator in the United States. She sent an initial e-mail indicating the issues she was having. I responded quickly with a list of suggestions including either her calling us, or us calling her. In the end, I gave her a call, and we managed to get everything sorted out over the phone, but she was so grateful for the speediness of our responses, as well as our eagerness to ensure that she was assisted, that she said it was the best customer service experience she'd ever had. For me that was a really lovely thing to hear, as it just seemed like a no-brainer that that's what a support team would do to help out a customer. It surprises me that that's not the standard in the industry!
Ez: Let's also not beat around the bush… Support can be stressful. What's one of the rougher challenges you've faced on the support channels, and how have you grown from it?
EK: Support can absolutely be stressful, and there have been a lot of rough challenges over the years, and certainly a few more as I've embarked on this new journey as Director of Support. A lot of the time you will come across a Ticket Buyer who is just looking for a fight, and in those situation it can be really challenging to maintain professionalism and patience, but that's when the empathy kicks in, and you take a breath, centre yourself, and do you job. One day last year we had an incredibly busy day on the phones, and I was doing my best to be speedy and efficient, and a Ticket Buyer took that as my being dismissive, and they called me on it, which took me aback. I took a deep breath, checked myself, slowed down, and assisted the guest. That call stayed with me, as the caller indicated that I wasn't making them feel important, which I never want to make someone feel. Huge learning/growing experience for me to remember that we're all people at the end of the day, and kindness goes a long, long way.
Ez: Thanks for taking the time to answer these questions and helping our partners get to know us a bit better. Any parting tips or wisdom you'd like to share?
EK: Help us help you! Our support team is 100% committed to knowing your product as thoroughly as possible, however we need help to do that! Take some time over the holidays to review the SALES INFO sections of your templates (for tour operators), and general event detail (event operators). Double check that your Call Centre FAQ's are filled out (located in Global Event Management).The more we know about your product, and the more that is at our fingertips, the more we can get those Ticket Buyers buying!
Ez: What can people expect from our support team over the Holidays, Evangelia?
EK: We are here for you over the holiday season! Support will be available every day (less Christmas Day) and we will do our best to get to your requests as quickly as possible throughout the holiday season! We're closing up at 6:00pm EST on Christmas eve, reopening for regular hours on the 26th of December, and closing early at 6:00pm EST on New Years Eve.