Four weeks from today — September 25, 2018 — New Albany voters will decide whether to approve up to $8.5-million in bonds to pay for work on school buildings. State law requires a 60% affirmative vote for the school bond issue to be authorized.
The New Albany school board approved the bond issue proposal and set the September 25 election date during its August 6 meeting. The school board had retained the Tennessee-based firm, A2H Architects & Engineers, to survey the condition and maintenance needs of the New Albany Public School District's buildings. That assessment started early in 2018.
A2H told the school board it found repair and maintenance needs in seven of the school district's buildings that would require $8.9-million in funding. A2H identified about $6.5-million in what were called "poor and critical" needs. The other $2.4 million is for what are considered less critical, long-term needs.
School board members were reportedly taken aback by the amounts said to be needed, with particular concern about the $1.7-million needed for work at the elementary school, which was completed just 16 years ago. Board members were told that much of the mechanical equipment at the elementary school has already exceeded its anticipated life span.
New Albany Elementary School, the newest of the school district's buildings.
At its August 6th meeting. the school board essentially decided to do most of the repairs and improvements during 2019, with work starting when the school year ends in May. The board is asking the school district voters to approve the sale of up to $8.5-million in interest-bearing revenue bonds to pay for the work.
New Albany Superintendent of Education, Lance Evans, has said the actual amount needed may be higher or lower, depending on conditions revealed as the work proceeds. School officials have provided a substantial amount of detailed information about how, where and why the money will be spent. (Links below).
School officials say principal and interest payments on the $8.5-million in bonds can be made without an increase in property taxes. They explain that voters approved a $9.85-million bond issue in 2001, which money was used to build the new elementary school and make improvements at the middle school and high school. An 11-mill tax levy was imposed to pay off the 2001 bonds, which had a term of 20 years.
The 2001 bonds were subsequently re-issued at lower interests rates and the payments accelerated, so it is expected they will be paid off early. Superintendent Evans has said that the 2001 bonds will "roll off" — be paid off — next year, so revenue from that the 11-mill levy can be used to pay off the new bonds, which the school board wants the voters to approve in the September 25th election. The revenue from the 11-mill levy can only be used for debt service and cannot be applied to operational expenses of the school district.
Lance Evans, superintendent of the New Albany public school system at August City Board meeting.
Thus, property taxes would be expected to decline after 2019, unless the voters approve issuing the new bonds at the September election.
Evans appeared before the New Albany Board of Aldermen at its Tuesday, August 7, meeting, the day after the school board approved the bond issue and set the election. First Ward Alderwoman, Amy Livingston, asked Evans if continuing the 11-mill levy from 2001 did not, in fact, constitute a tax increase, since it would no longer be collected if there is no debt service on bonds after 2019.
Asked why the bond election was scheduled on relatively short notice, just 52 days after the school board's decision, Evans said the election had to be held then, so there would be time to generate exact specifications, advertise for bids, award contracts and be ready to start work immediately after school is out in May.
The A2H Engineering and Architectural firm would oversee the work to be done with the money raised by a new bond issue. Although A2H did not charge the school system for the evaluation that resulted in its recommendation, the firm would receive fees, which would be added to the cost of the work. For roofing projects, A2H would be paid fees of 4.5% of the cost of the project. For new construction A2H would be paid 5.5% over and above the actual construction cost. For what is called "remediation remodeling," A2H would receive added fees of 7% of the cost of such work.
Last Thursday, August 23, at 6 p.m., Superintendent Evans presided at a meeting held in the media center of New Albany High School, at which about 60 individuals were present. Among those present were several New Albany aldermen and Union County supervisors, at least two physicians, several business owners, several bankers, and, most numerously, active and retired educators. Evans said, "I called each one of you personally" and that all were there by invitation. "We wanted to get the right people here," he said.
A two-page document titled "frequently asked questions" was distributed to each person in the room. (See link below).


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Pre-hearing meetings held for proposed Kaimai wind farm
Hauraki District Council | Pre-hearing meetings held for proposed Kaimai wind farm
With the exception of a pre-hearing meeting with Iwi and others who submitted on Maori cultural values, Kaimai Windfarm Ltd has decided against its planned topic-based, pre-hearing meetings, having offered submitters one-on-one meetings about its proposed wind farm project instead.
Hearing in October, at the earliest
The company has also recently withdrawn its application for council approval to take its proposal directly to the Environment Court, which means there will now definitely be a council hearing. The combined Hauraki District and Waikato Regional Council hearing will be run by jointly appointed independent commissioners who will also make a decision on the project. At the earliest, the hearing will take place in October this year.
Applications lodged last year
Kaimai Windfarm Ltd lodged resource consent applications with Hauraki District Council and Waikato Regional Council in July last year, to establish and operate a wind farm on the northwestern area of the Kaimai Ranges. The proposed farm would have the capacity to provide an estimated 400GWH of power per annum to the national grid.
24 wind turbines proposed
The applications, which are being processed jointly by the two councils, cover the proposed construction of 24 large scale wind turbines over 1304 hectares near Rotokohu Road, south of Paeroa. Seven of the proposed turbines would be 180 metres high (to blade tip standing upright) and 17 of them would be 207 metres high. Other proposed structures include a substation, two lattice transmission towers, two overhead power lines, and 18km of on-site roading. An on-site quarry to supply material for the roads is also proposed. The applications also cover the removal of vegetation and earthworks associated with the construction phase of the project.
Copies of the application documents and all supporting technical information are available here.

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Daniel Radcliffe Joins 'Kimmy Schmidt' Interactive Special in Mystery Role
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt has conjured up quite the guest star for its upcoming interactive special: Harry Potter alum Daniel Radcliffe will co-star in the special, TVLine has learned. Radcliffe's role hasn't been revealed, but a hint might lie in the special's official description, which says that Ellie Kemper's Kimmy "sets off on her biggest adventure […]
'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' Returning for Interactive Special at Netflix
Kimmy Schmidt, meet Bandersnatch. Netflix is bringing back "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" for an untitled, one-off interactive special, set to debut in 2020. It's the first interactive comedy for the streamer. As with Netflix's "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch" movie and other interactive shows, viewers will be able to make choices on behalf of the "Kimmy Schmidt" characters […]
Yahoo Entertainment Staff
The It List: 'Kingdom Hearts,' 'Kimmy Schmidt' and the best in pop culture the week of Jan. 28, 2019
Following the adventures of the keyblade-wielding Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy, Kingdom Hearts III finds our heroes trying to save the Disney-verse with help from their animated friends from such films as Toy Story, Big Hero 6, Frozen and Monsters, Inc. Also includes nearly two dozen mini-games inspired by classic Mouse House shorts. Begins streaming Jan. 25 on Netflix.


Leading corporate event specialist Alford Media of Dallas, TX recently purchased a substantial amount of Martin Audio equipment and quickly put it to good use by successfully deploying a Wavefront Precision Compact (WPC) line array system at a charity event for GRACE.
Alford Media of Dallas, TX recently purchased a significant amount of Martin Audio and quickly put the equipment to use including a Wavefront Precision Compact (WPC) line array system at a charity event for GRACE.
According to Ben MacKinney, Alford's Manager of Audio Services, the Martin Audio purchase included 48 WPC and 48 WPM systems, 22 CDD-LIVE 12's, 10 CDD-LIVE 8's and 16 SXH218 for the corporate events the company specializes in.
Asked about the reasons for Alford's most recent purchase, MacKinney says, "in part, we've been changing some of our equipment lines around and embracing Martin Audio. Wavefront Precision offers us a more lightweight and compact option that is easier and faster to deploy but still gives us the features and sound we love about our MLA.
The event for GRACE at the Gaylord Resort & Convention Center in Dallas featured a Martin Audio PA system that included seven WPC a side for the right and left mains, two SXH218 subs a side, eight CDD-LIVE 12 a side for front fill, out fill and delays with two iKON amp racks, each with three iK42 amps. A Yamaha CL3 console was used for FOH.


This bottom bracket will keep pedals insulated and turning smoothly. SRAM uses gutter seal technology that vastly improves sealing against the elements while reducing seal drag. The GXP system uses two bicycle-specific cartridge bearings and eight seals for a smooth and long lasting ride.
For those looking and wondering - I just did a little googling and it looks like the XR bearings are a little heavier duty (for Tandem applications), and are WIDER than standard GXP bearings, consequently the standard GXP crank is too short for this BB, by 2-3mm overall.
Hi, is this Bottom Bracket english threaded or Italian?
These cups have English threads.
Is this for the front or rear of a tandem? There are two different types, the front one has reverse threads on both cubs to accommodate the front tandem chain set with cross over drive.
This is for the rearmost BB of a tandem - it is conventionally English threaded.
Can you please clarrify a previous answer please. Are you certain this is for the rear chainset on a tandem, as this is to be used in an old Boarman Team, which did use the BB described. However, the Tandem front has the bearings reversed in the cups, because the drive side is on the left, whereas the rear is on the right. The non drive side has a smaller diameter hole in the bearing so they are not interchangeable. A standard SRAM GXP BB is slightly norrower so is not suitable. The drive side has a plastic collet fitted.
This is the Italian thread version (both cups are right hand thread), designed for 83mm wide bottom bracket shells. If the shell on your tandem bike is 83mm wide and has an Italian thread than this would work well.


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Explosion put youths at risk
Youths diced with death when they played with highly flammable chemicals.
They climbed into a compound and took two 45 gallon drums of acetone and then started a fire.
The heat caused the gas to expand and explode, blowing the top off the drum.
The liquid then leaked and caught fire as the youngsters ran for cover.
Three engines from Tynemouth and Wallsend and four police cars dealt with the incident which happened at 8pm last night outside Marland Design, on Appleby Street, North Shields.
Station officer Peter Dunbar said: "This is a highly flammable chemical and if both drums had caught fire then it could have been a major chemical incident. Acetone is an extremely flammable and an irritant. This could have turned out a lot worse than it did. Luckily the youths were not injured but they quite easily could have been."
Police are investigating the incident.


Minister for transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says the train fares between Kaduna and Abuja was increased because majority of those using the service are rich.
"Some of you have been asking why we increased the fare between Kaduna and Abuja," he said during his address at the summit. "For each locomotive, we spend N56 million, when we were charging you N600, we were getting N16 million so all you rich men, we were dashing you N40 million per month.
Actually, very few poor men use those trains. The actual intent of the president is to allow us to move poor people from Kaduna to Abuja. If you go to Rigasa, you will see the big men pack their cars and use the railway and chase away the poor people. .
The minister encouraged people to continue making government accountable saying he is the first to know when locomotives are faulty. "The funny thing about the social media is that anytime there is a problem with the railway, the first person to know is me," he said. .
"I see all sorts of videos and I wonder if they realize that I am the minister for transport not the managing director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation so I can't run the railways.


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[RELEASE] USCSA 40th Annual National Championships Day 5 Recap
Contact: Jay Moyer
jmoyer@uscsa.com
LAKE PLACID, New York. – MARCH 10th, 2018. The U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) concluded its 5-day long annual Collegiate National ChampionshipsTM today with a men's and women's Dual Alpine Slalom, men's and women's Snowboard Giant Slalom, and the Nordic Team Relay.
527 collegiate athletes representing 65 universities across 6 regions will compete over the 5-day period. This championship represents the best collegiate athletes from around the country. USCSA has member schools in every geographic region of the United States. Events include Alpine Giant Slalom, Alpine Slalom, Nordic Sprints, Nordic Relays, Nordic Distance, Slopestyle, Skier Cross, Snowboard Cross, Snowboard Slalom, Snowboard Giant Slalom, and a Rail Jam. For a complete schedule of events, news, and results, and list of schools, please go to the official USCSA website at www.uscsa.com.
Nordic skiers finished the week off with the team relay. Showing the depth of their team, St Olaf College won both the men's and women's team Collegiate National ChampionshipsTM. Speaking about their win, St Olaf teammates Matt Lynch, Spencer Warejoncas and Tyler Radtke said that "winning the relay was our main goal as a team going into the week. We wanted to relax on our first legs and then attack after that. We worked our plan well and pushed as hard as we could to take the win! A great day for the Oles!"
Snowboarders ended the week a Giant Slalom race down Drapers Drop. Winning both the men's and women's team Collegiate National ChampionshipsTM, Westminster College completed their sweep on the week by winning every event's team championship. Olivia Shively from Westminster College followed up her Snowboard Slalom victory on Thursday with a women's individual Giant Slalom National Championship. After the race, she said, "both events went really well for me and I'm stoked on my finishes!"
The annual bracketed Dual Slalom wrapped up the exciting week of competition for Alpine skiers on the Lower Throughway trail at Whiteface. Sierra Nevada College had their best result ever in the event, winning both the men's and women's team's Collegiate National ChampionshipsTM. After the finals, the Sierra Nevada College Alpine teams said, "SNC is really happy with today's result in the dual slalom! We all worked together and it really paid off. We did our best this week and we had a lot of fun and that is what is most important. Our team is amazed at all the incredible skiing that we have been able to watch during this week from the competitive teams. The SNC alpine team would like thank our new and amazing coach Elias Stuerz. He has been working really hard for our team and without him this journey would not have been possible. We would also like to thank USCSA for a great week and all the effort they put in to make this possible for us. Last but not least, we would like to thank Sierra Nevada College, our president Alan Walker, Uros Kogal and everyone that gave our team the possibility to do well."
USCSA is the only ski and snowboard league where colleges and universities compete and qualify for post-season competition as a team. This emphasis on team performance is a departure from the typical individual or world cup scoring format often found in skiing. Allowing entire teams to qualify for the USCSA Collegiate National ChampionshipsTM also allows for a greater number of competitors to attend the event, with over 210 alpine athletes, 210 freeski and snowboard athletes, and 100 nordic athletes competing this week in Lake Placid. Teams began their quest to qualify for the U.S. Collegiate Skiing and Snowboarding National ChampionshipsTM in their local conference competitions, held across 11 conferences spanning the nation, this January. Top teams from each conference attend one of 6 regional championships, which decide who ultimately qualifies to participate in events at the Collegiate National Championship. Results from all events can be found at www.uscsa.com.
As the events unfold over next week in Lake Placid, please join the USCSA athletes, families and friends in celebrating this pinnacle of collegiate competition by following competitions either in person or online at www.uscsa.com. Team and Individual results will be posted daily online at the USCSA website. Check in daily for Live Video and Audio Feeds online at http://www.uscsa.com/broadcast
The USCSA is the sports federation for collegiate team ski racing and Snowboarding in America. The USCSA believes that student-athletes of all levels and abilities should have access to quality and exciting venues of competition. Team performance is emphasized within the USCSA, a departure from the typical individual or world cup scoring format often found in skiing. USCSA athletes agree that this team orientation fosters a team approach across their collegiate athletic and academic careers, and often the mentality proves indispensable in their adult lives and careers. The organization includes 180 colleges from coast to coast, fielding over 5,000 male and female, Alpine, Freeski, cross-country, Snowboarding and Nordic ski jumping athletes in over 300 events annually.
For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Jay Moyer at jmoyer@uscsa.com
Additional Athlete Quote:
Frederick McCarthy, Second Snowboard Giant Slalom, Sierra Nevada College: "I thought the GS was a fun race! I was definitely sore and tired from the previous four days of competition but the course was set well. It really aloud the boys to open it up and go fast with a steep technical section at the bottom. I don't think anyone could touch Miles Silverman today but it was fun to try!"
All pictures credited to Linsey Fagan. Athlete name and school is included in the file name for select pictures.


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Uniate parish tserkva, currently serving as the Orthodox cemetery tserkva of the Holy Trinity, Bielsk Podlaski
Uniate parish tserkva, currently serving as the Orthodox cemetery tserkva of the Holy Trinity
tserkva
The tserkva is one of the few surviving Uniate churches designed on an octagonal plan, located in the vicinity of Orla and Bielsk Podlaski and erected in the second half of the 18th century. Its distinguishing features include the well-preserved, harmonious overall shape as well as a highly unusual interior layout with two pairs of pillars and a separate choir gallery.
The Orthodox parish of the Holy Trinity in Bielsk Podlaski was originally founded in the mid-16th century, its establishment confirmed in 1560 by king Sigismund August. The parish itself was based in a wooden tserkva located at the intersection of the Litewska and Wypustowa streets, currently known as Mickiewicza and Widowska streets respectively. After 1596, it became a Uniate parish. In the late 17th and early 18th century, the entire parish saw a period of precipitous decline. In 1779, the old tserkva was already in a state of ruin, with the interior fixtures and fittings being relocated to another church in Bielsk Podlaski - the tserkva of St Michael. The existing tserkva was erected in 1799. Due to the poor technical condition of the building and the declining number of parishioners, the parish was ultimately dissolved in 1834, with the remaining faithful now forming part of the parish of St Michael in Bielsk Podlaski. In 1851, the tserkva was relocated to the cemetery. It was also at that point that its bell tower was extended upwards through the addition of a single storey. In 1852, an iconostasis created by Mikołaj Michnow, a craftsman from Brańsk, was installed at the tserkva. In 1975, the wood shingle roofing was replaced with sheet metal. In the 1990s, the walls of the tserkva were repainted both inside and out. In the years 2013/2014, the tserkva underwent renovation works which involved the replacement of the sill plates and damaged wooden structural logs, the window joinery as well as the roof truss and cladding.
The building is oriented towards the east; it is situated in the middle of the cemetery on Wojska Polskiego street (in the Orthodox section thereof). It was designed in the Baroque style.
The nave of the tserkva was designed on a slightly elongated octagonal floor plan. A three-storey bell tower rises above the front section of the tserkva, while a sacristy designed on a rectangular floor plan and featuring an entrance in its northern side adjoins the eastern wall of the building. The nave features an eight-faced roof, while the tower is topped with a pyramid hipped roof, both of them surmounted by bulbous cupolas positioned on polygonal shafts.
The tserkva is made of wooden logs, its roofs clad with copper sheet. The façades are covered with weatherboards. The church features wooden floors and ceilings. The windows and doors are made of wood. The small-pane windows are rectangular in shape.
The interior features a flat ceiling supported by four quadrangular pillars with octagonal upper sections. The chancel is separated from the rest of the interior by the iconostasis. A choir gallery occupies the second storey of the bell tower.
The fixtures and fittings include a wooden iconostasis from the mid- 19th century.
The building can be viewed from the outside; the interiors are only accessible during church service.
compiled by Tomasz Rogala, Regional Branch of the National Heritage Board of Poland in Białystok, 18-12-2014.
Jaroszewicz J., Miasto Bielsk, Studziwody 2007, pp. 105-107, 113.
Sosna G., Fionik D., Dzieje cerkwi w Bielsku Podlaskim, Białystok 1995, pp. 173-186.
Zieleniewski J., Powstanie i rozwój układu przestrzennego Bielska Podlaskiego w XIV-XVIII wieku, "Studia Podlaskie", vol. I, pp. 47-70.
http://www.przegladprawoslawny.pl/articles.php?id_n=3096&id=8
Type: tserkva
Chronology: 1799 r.
Address: Bielsk Podlaski
Location: Voivodeship podlaskie, district bielski, commune Bielsk Podlaski (gm. miejska)
Uniate parish tserkva, currently serving as the Orthodox tserkva of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Uniate parish tserkva, currently serving as the Orthodox parish tserkva of St Michael the Archangel
Uniate parish church, currently the St Michael the Archangel Orthodox parish church
The Ossoliński family palace
Church complex of the Observant Franciscan friars
Boćki
Uniate cemetery, currently belonging to John the Baptist's Decapitation Orthodox parish church
Szczyty-Dzięciołowo
Orthodox parish tserkva of St John the Theologian
Augustowo
Settlement complex
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The best country in the world to retire is 'beautiful'
For Brits nearing retirement, it can be tempting to settle abroad. The World Economic Forum has found the best countries in the world to retire.
Panama was ranked as the best country in the world for retirement. The Central American country is one of only three carbon negative countries.
Panama is famous for its shipping canal and also has some of the world's most beautiful beaches and wildlife.
Starfish Beach is one of the country's top attractions, and many tourists visit the funky fish.
A visitor wrote on Tripadvisor: "This is one of the most beautiful beaches I've visited."
NOT MISSING
Panama may not be the first place Britons think of when it comes to retiring abroad, but the country has excellent hospitals.
According to the World Economic Forum, medical facilities are easily accessible from most of the country.
Panama also enjoys a warm tropical climate but is rarely affected by hurricanes. Many retired expats choose to live in beach communities.
Other options include staying in the mountains, such as in Boquete, a charming postcard town.
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Many expats choose to settle near Mexico's beach resorts and will find housing much more affordable than in the UK.
Closer to home, Portugal was also in the top five best countries in the world for retirement.
Portugal has a lower cost of living than the UK and Lisbon is one of the most affordable capitals in Western Europe.
The country also has low crime rates and excellent golfing opportunities in the southern Algarve.
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Home MOVIE REVIEWS	TOLKIEN
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by Alive On South Beach May 10, 2019
written by Alive On South Beach May 10, 2019
I knew his name. But his high fantasy literature with a made-up language was not my must-read, preferred genre. Stewart, on the other hand, read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and appreciated the visually in-depth books about the complex middle earth characters created by John Ronald Reuel "J.R.R." Tolkien.
Interestingly, I enjoyed the movie TOLKIEN, a bio-pic about the personal life of J.R.R. Tolkien. Stewart, not so much. He thought the movie should have had more background about the fantasy world J.R.R. Tolkien created in his writing.
Whereas, I recommend the movie Tolkien as an interesting story about an orphan who was accepted into exclusive private schools in Britain, the girl he loved, the tight friendships he formed with three of his fellow classmates, enduring the trauma of being on the battlefield in World War I, and his later years as a successful, remarkable writer.
Lily Collins as Edith Bratt, a lifelong love and later wife of Tolkien who served as inspiration for the character Lúthien Tinúviel
Nicholas Hoult as J. R. R. Tolkien
Harry Gilby as young J. R. R. Tolkien
Mimi Keene as young Edith Bratt
Colm Meaney as Father Francis Morgan
Derek Jacobi as Prof. Joseph Wright
Anthony Boyle as Geoffrey Bache Smith, a poet who was very close to Tolkien and killed in World War I.
Adam Bregman as young Geoffrey Smith
Patrick Gibson as Robert Q. Gilson
Albie Marber as young Robert Q. Gilson
Tom Glynn-Carney as Christopher Wiseman, a man who is socially adept beyond his years and the class clown, who spots Tolkien's potential and invites him into his social group
Ty Tennant as young Christopher Wiseman
Craig Roberts as Sam, a soldier Tolkien serves with during World War I, the horrors of which threaten to tear the "fellowship" apart.
Pam Ferris as Mrs. Faulkner
James MacCallum as Hilary Tolkien
Guillermo Bedward as young Hilary Tolkien
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Mr. Kundapur Vaman Kamath, the banker on whom technology leaders bank upon today; was born on December 2, 1947 in a Gaud Saraswat brahmin family (GSB), in Mangalore, Karnataka where he spent most of his early years. After completing Higher Secondary and Pre-University from St. Aloysius School. His love for machines and technology took him to the Karnataka Regional Engineering College (now called National Institute of Technology Karnataka) in Surathkal for a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering. After graduating from KREC in 1969, he joined the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) for a Masters Degree in Business Administration to sharpen his management skills.
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In 1955, seven years since independence a need for a faster rate of growth was felt and industrialization was the only way ahead. It was at this time that with the initiative of the World Bank and the Indian government, that the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, ICICI, was formed. Sixteen years later in 1971 to give new dimensions and dynamics to the corporation a new batch of management graduates were hired. Among them, was 24-year-old Mr. Kundapur Vaman Kamath; fresh out of management school in Ahmedabad. In time, Kamath would redefine banking in India and become a legend in his own right.
Mr. Kamath joined the Project Finance Division of ICICI as a management trainee in 1971. A quick learner, Mr. Kamath demonstrated his entrepreneurial skills early in his career and his sheer talent caught the attention of the then chairman of ICICI, N Vaghul, who recalls, "Within a few months of my joining I had interacted with Kamath. He was at that time in the leasing department and I had more or less made up my mind that he would be my successor." Indeed in 1996, ICICI welcomed its new Managing Director and CEO, Mr. KV Kamath.
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Impatient by his dream and brimming with confidence to make ICICI a market leader, Mr. Kamath would soon take crucial steps that would influence the fortunes of this financial institution. So was evident in September 1999, within three years of taking over as the Managing Director and CEO of ICICI, Mr. KV Kamath drew up aggressive plans for growth. That year, ICICI Ltd got listed on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, the first ever Indian financial institution to go the American Depositary Receipts, ADR route.
Mr. Kamath could sense the problem of HRD in ICICI, and it had to break out of the problem to survive. After revolutionary changes in functioning of ICICI, Mr. Kamath in an interview said, "It is a habit of mine to learn from everybody, and as I was reading an article in a magazine, I came across the phrase, 'parking'. It gave me the solution I was looking for. In any organizational change, you give people a golden handshake but there will still be people working in areas from which you want to push them on or out. So you park them in other spots, you remove the blockage, and get the flow going the way you want it. We parked people all over the place. A year-and-a-half later, we offered people a second golden handshake. Many 'parked' people took it and went away. By the time the third one came, the job ended. The important lesson for us was that the organizational chain must be free, the flow has to be free, and you can't have anyone clogging it. Correction of the organization has to be done all the time. Hire and fire works. I think we use 'parking' very effectively."
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His efforts ultimately lead to the computerization of ICICI. In recognition of this achievement, the Asian Banker Journal of Singapore granted him the title of the most e-savvy CEO present in Asia. Even today, ICICI Bank Ltd features one of the most sophisticated and technology derived banking system. In 2001, he was named the Asian Business Leader of the Year.
Recently, on 2nd may 2011 has been appointed as non-executive chairman of the second-largest software exporter, Infosys Ltd (earlier Infosys Technologies Ltd). The post was earlier with founder N R Narayana Murthy. Elated Mr. Kamath said, "I feel greatly honored to have been asked to be the Chairman of Infosys by the board of directors and accept this responsibility with a deep sense of humility." Waxing eloquent about his predecessor in the post, the former ICICI chief said, "Nobody can replace Murthy. Taking Murthy's position is not possible for anybody. One can only be Chair of the Board but one can never be a Murthy."
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Having engineered one of the most spectacular growth stories in the Indian banking space over past four decades, Mr. Kamath now has a responsibility of India's second largest IT Company. He is the first person in a top position in Infosys who is an outsider and is also one without technology background. But Mr. Kamath doesn't see any problem in that. According to him he has a light control over the controls and the entire company works together as a unit. He feels that in Infosys it's time for execution of vision that has already been articulated by the management.
Mr. Kamath believes that once someone tastes success one must not let it go easily. That's where culture comes in. One needs to take the innovative spirit and push it to a level where change, learning, and knowledge sharing become a regular part of the company's culture.
Mr. Kamath has received several awards. He is recipient of coveted "Padma Bhushan", one of India's highest civilian honors, in 2008. He was also given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards 2008. There is a long list of Titles that has been given to him. Mr. Kamath was named 'Businessman of the Year' by Forbes Asia and The Economic Times 'Business Leader of the Year' in 2007 ; Business Standard's 'Banker of the Year' and CNBC-TV18's 'Outstanding Business Leader of the Year' in 2006; Business India's 'Businessman of the Year' in 2005; and CNBC's 'Asian Business Leader of the Year' in 2001. He has also been given an honorary Ph.D. by the Banaras Hindu University.
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This is a beautiful 1892 Rand McNally and Company map of Washington. Covers the state in its entirety including parts of neighboring Oregon, Idaho and Canada. The map also delineates survey grids and plats referencing the work of the U.S. Land Survey. Several Indian reservations are identified. Numerous towns, cities, mountain, railways, rivers and other topographical details are also noted throughout. Elevation is rendered by hachure and the map is color ceded according to counties. This map was issued as plate nos. 354 and 355 in the 1893 edition of Rand McNally and Company's Indexed Atlas of the World- possibly the finest atlas Rand McNally ever issued.
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Effective July 1, 2016, the Indiana General Assembly made a few significant changes to the Criminal History Check (CHC). All applicants will have an additional inquiry with the Department of Child Services (DCS) as to whether an individual has been the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect and is listed in the child protection index.
Required for school visitors (i.e. lunch), volunteers and parents/guardians attending field trips.
This report will be done in conjunction with the Indiana State Police.
The volunteer will complete the Application for Parent/Patron Volunteer form.
The completed sheet will be given to the school office.
The school secretary, will run the criminal history report.
The volunteer will be notified of any negative report, which would limit his/her participation.
All overnight field trip requires a Level II Background Check (see below).
Effective August 1, 2017 the standard cost for the CHC is $28.85 for Certified Employees and $24.99 for Non-Certified Employees and Volunteer Coaches. The final price may vary based on address history and license verification. The CHC usually takes 2-3 business days to clear, but may take up to two weeks. The applicant will be contacted with further information once we have received the results.
This report is completed through a company called Safe Hiring Solutions, an online service.
A signed authorization by the prospective employee must be on file.
All employees, substitute and full-time, shall complete an employment application.
Applications can be accessed and paid through our website.
Any negative report will need to be reviewed by Mr. Gibboney.


For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast manifested to me.
The coming of Christ: who prefers virtue and inward purity before the blood of victims.
The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and hath called the earth.
From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof: out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence.
A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.
He shall judge heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
Hear, my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's son: these things hast thou done, and I was silent.
Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.
The folly of worldlings, who live on in sin, without thinking of death and hell.
All you that are earthborn: both rich and poor together.
Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever, and shall still live unto the end.
And they shall leave their riches to strangers: and their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever.
Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.
This way of theirs is a stumbling-block to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them.
And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.
He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.
God is greatly to be praised for the establishment of his church.
So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved: trembling took hold of them.
There were pains as of a woman in labour. With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.
Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Judah be glad; because of thy judgments, O Lord.
Begin by making the Sign of the Cross, saying, "In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen", in order to honour and invoke the all-powerful Holy Trinity and also to recall our Saviour Jesus Christ's loving sacrifice on the Cross which He did for us all to be saved.
Before each psalm you pray this antiphon: "Remember not, O Lord, our or our parents' offences: neither take vengeance of our sins." After the last of the seven psalms, pray: "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end." Finish your prayer with the Sign of the Cross as in the beginning, to thank the Holy Trinity and to thank our Lord Jesus for His suffering on the Cross for love of us, our ancestors and all mankind.
O Lord, in your anger do not reprove; nor punish me in your fury. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have no strength left. O Lord, heal me, for my bones are in torment. My soul also is greatly troubled. How long, O Lord, how long? How long will you be? Come back to me, O Lord, save my life; rescue me for the sake of your love. For no one remembers you in the grave; who will praise you in the world of the dead?
I am weary with moaning; I weep every night, drenching my bed with tears. My eyes have grown dim from troubles; I have weakened because of my foes. Away from me, you evildoers, for the Lord has heard my plaintive voice. The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will grant all that I pray for. Let my enemies fall back in shame, all of a sudden – the whole bunch of them!
Blessed is the one whose sin is forgiven, whose iniquity is wiped away. Blessed are those in whom the Lord sees no guilt and in whose spirit is found no deceit. When I kept my sin secret, my body wasted away, I was moaning all day long. Your hand day and night lay heavy upon me; draining my strength, parching my heart as in the heat of a summer drought. Then I made known to you my sin and uncovered before you my fault, saying to myself, "To the Lord I will now confess my wrong." And you, you forgave my sin, you removed my guilt.
So let the faithful ones pray to you in time of distress; the overflowing waters will not reach them. You are my refuge; you protect me from distress and surround me with songs of deliverance. I will teach you, I will show you the way to follow. I will watch over you and give you counsel. Do not be like the horse or the mule – senseless and led by bit and bridle. Many woes befall the wicked, but the Lord's mercy enfolds those who trust in him. Rejoice in the Lord, and be glad, you who are upright; sing and shout for joy, you who are clean of heart.
O Lord, rebuke me not in your rage, punish me not in your fury. Your arrows have struck me; your hand has come down heavily upon me. Your anger has spared no part of my body, my sin gives no peace to my bones. For my transgressions overwhelm me; they weigh me down like an unbearable load. My wounds stink and fester within me, the outcome of my sinful folly. Stooped and bowed down, I go about mourning all day. My loins burn, my flesh is diseased, my body, worn out and utterly crushed; I groan in pain and anguish of heart. All my longing, O Lord, is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you. My heart pounds as my strength ebbs; even the light has deserted my eyes. My friends avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbours stay far off. Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who wish to hurt me speak of my ruin and plot against me all day long.
But like a deaf-mute, I neither hear nor open my mouth. I am like one whose ears hear not and whose mouth has no answer. For I put my trust in you, O Lord; you will answer for me, Lord God. I will pray, "Don't let them gloat over me, nor take advantage of my helplessness when my foot slips. For I am about to fall, my pain is ever with me. I confess my transgression, I repent of my sin. Many are my foes; many are those who hate me for no reason, those who pay me evil for good and harass me because I seek good. Forsake me not, O Lord, stay not far from me, O my God. Come quickly to help me, O Lord, my saviour!
Have mercy on me, O God, in your love. In your gret compassion blot out my sin. Wash me thoroughly of my guilt; cleanse me of evil. For I acknowledge my wrongdoings and have my sins ever in mind. Against you alone have I sinned; what is evil in your sight I have done. You are right when you pass sentence and blameless in your judgment. For I have been guilt-ridden from birth, a sinner from my mother's womb. I know you desire truth in my heart, teach me wisdom in my inmost being. Cleanse me with hyssop and I shall be clean, wash me, I shall be whiter than snow. Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Turn your face away from my sins and blot out all my offences. Create in me, O God, a pure heart; give me a new and steadfast spirit.
Do not cast me out of your presence nor take your holy spirit from me. Give me again the joy of your salvation and sustain me with a willing spirit. Then I will show wrongdoers your ways and sinners will return to you. Deliver me, O God, from the guilt of blood, and of your justice I shall sing aloud. O Lord, open my lips, and I will declare your praise. You take no pleasure in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, you would not delight in it. O God, my sacrifice is a broken spirit; a contrite heart you will not despise. Shower Zion with your favour: rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Then you will delight in fitting sacrifices, in burnt offerings and bulls offered on your altar.
O Lord, hear my prayer; let my cry for help come to you. Do not hide your face from me when I am in trouble. Turn your ear to me; make haste to answer me when I call. For my days are passing away like smoke, my bones burning like a furnace. Like withered grass, my heart is blighted, and I forget to eat my bread. Because of my great grief I am reduced to skin and bones. I am like an owl in the wilderness, like a vulture among the ruins. I awake moaning like a lonely bird on the housetop. All day long I am taunted by my enemies; they use my name as a curse. The bread I eat is ashes, my drink is mingled with tears, for your wrath, your fury; for you have thrown me aside. My days are vanishing like shadows at night; I wither away like grass. But you, O Lord, you sit forever; your name endures through all generations.
Arise, have mercy on Zion; this is the time to show her your mercy. For your servants cherish her stones, and are moved to pity by her dust. O Lord, the nations will revere your name, and the kings of the earth your glory, when the Lord will rebuild Zion and appear in all his splendour. For he will answer the prayer of the needy and will not despise their plea. Let this be written for future ages, "the Lord will be praised by a people he will form." From his holy height in heaven, the Lord has looked on the earth to hear the groaning of the prisoners, and free those condemned to death. Then the name of the Lord will be cleared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem, when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship him. My walk has exhausted me, he has cut short my days. I cry to him, "My God, do not take my life in mid-course, you whose days are from age to age." In the beginning you laid the earth's foundation, the heavens are the work of your hands. Although they perish, you will remain; they will wear out like a garment, you change them like clothes: they pass away, but you remain the same, your years unending. Your servants' children will dwell secure; their posterity will endure without fail.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord, O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears pay attention to the voice of my supplication. If you should mark our evil, O Lord, who could stand? But with you is forgiveness, and for that you are revered. I waited for the Lord, my soul waits, and I put my hope in his word. My soul expects the Lord more than watchmen the dawn. O Israel, hope in the Lord, for with him is unfailing love and with him full deliverance. He will deliver Israel from all its sins.
O Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; answer me, you who are righteous and faithful. Do not bring your servant to judgment, for no mortal is just in your sight. The enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground, sending me to darkness with those long dead. And so my spirit fails me, my heart is full of fear. I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on what you have done and consider the work of your hand. I stretch out my hands to you, and thirst for you like a parched land.
O Lord, answer me quickly: my spirit is faint with yearning. Do not hide your face from me; save me from going down to the pit. Let the dawn bring me word of your love, for in you alone I put my trust. Show me the way I should walk, for to you I lift up my soul. Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord, for to you I flee for refuge. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your Spirit lead me on a safe path. Preserve me, O Lord, for your name's sake; free me from distress, in your justice. You who are merciful, crush my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
The Gentiles are invited to praise God for the establishment of the kingdom of Christ.


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 * This is the model class for table "tbl_system_config".
 *
 * The followings are the available columns in table 'tbl_system_config':
 * @property integer $id
 * @property string $sys_value
 * @property string $sys_key
 * @property string $create_date
 * @property string $sys_desc
 * @property integer $status
 */
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	 * Returns the static model of the specified AR class.
	 * @param string $className active record class name.
	 * @return SystemConfig the static model class
	 */
	public static function model($className=__CLASS__)
	{
		return parent::model($className);
	}

	/**
	 * @return string the associated database table name
	 */
	public function tableName()
	{
		return 'tbl_system_config';
	}

     public static function getBooleanSystemConf($key,$defaultValue){
       $syskey = SystemConfig::model()->find('sys_key=:sys_key and status=:status',array(':sys_key'=>$key,':status'=>1));
       if(isset($syskey) && !is_null($syskey)){
       	if($syskey->sys_value==='1'){
       	  return true;
       	}else {
       	  return false;
       	}
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         return $defaultValue;
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   public static function getStringSystemConf($key,$defaultValue){
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			array('sys_key', 'length', 'max'=>100),
			array('sys_desc', 'length', 'max'=>500),
			array('sys_value, create_date', 'safe'),
			// The following rule is used by search().
			// Please remove those attributes that should not be searched.
			array('id, sys_value, sys_key, create_date, sys_desc, status', 'safe', 'on'=>'search'),
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	}

	/**
	 * @return array relational rules.
	 */
	public function relations()
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	 * @return array customized attribute labels (name=>label)
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			'sys_desc' => 'Sys Desc',
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		$criteria->compare('status',$this->status);

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			'criteria'=>$criteria,
		));
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}

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Dispelling the Myth
June 15, 2016 By Alex
For the past 8 years I have been delivering training sessions on 'Safeguarding Children' and 'Harmful Practices' to BAMER community, faith groups and supplementary schools in Camden. These sessions are delivered as part of the Community Partnership Project, funded by Camden Council's Children Safeguarding Board. The project has been running since 2007 to address issues of child safeguarding amongst Camden BAMER communities.
In this time I have met a variety of people, mainly older women, attending these sessions in groups, many of whom are initially wary of Social Services and the Police and their role in protecting children in the community. But recently a young couple with their baby attended my session. It was the first time I have ever seen a young couple attend one of my sessions.
They were part of a group of local BAMER parents who organised the training for themselves and had asked a local Primary School for a space to deliver it. I was pleased to acknowledge that all efforts to hold the session and invite me to facilitate had come through word-of-mouth. But, conversely, I have come to learn that messages passed through word-of-mouth can have far more catastrophic consequences when myth and stereotyping is passed unchallenged between communities, including the myth that Social Services is only good to remove children from their families.
Challenging Perceptions
This young couple were new to the country and along their journey to the UK had acquired a firm mistrust of Social Services. In their view, the power of Social Services to take away children from BAMER families correlated to punishing parents because of their 'alien culture' in upbringing BAMER kids in the UK.
Despite their preconceptions, this couple were actively engaged in the session. In all my experience of delivering sensitive sessions of this sort the couple genuinely raised more questions than any other participant has or would dare to ask about 'Harmful Practices' such as FGM, Honour Based Violence and radicalization vis a vis the law of the land.
During the session there was a specific exercise I conducted with the group on why Social Services or the Met Police may intervene behind family walls. I drew a job advert for the post of a 'good parent' and asked the group to look out for all required skills and qualifications for any successful 'parent' job applicant.
The couple then probed this further with the group and after more discussion the group acknowledged that sometimes parents may in fact lack the required skills of being good parents and that some parents who believe themselves to be devoted and caring parents can find this difficult to swallow. This led to the recognition that sometimes parents may call for further support on how to be a good parent. By comparing the good parenting qualities with inadequate or inexistent parenting skills the group agreed that intervention by the local authorities was sometimes necessary where parental skill was lacking.
They recognised that Social Services or the Met Police may intervene in certain situations because of a concern around the lack of parental skills that would usually manifest in children being abused or neglected.
This in itself helped demystify why the Local Authority is invested with the role of taking care of children, which sometimes would require the removal of children from families. The perception that all kids, including their own were subject to British law made clear that no matter the ethnicity, culture or creed, children are equally protected from 'harm' within family walls or outside.
What stood out about this session, even with the firm held views of the couple at the outset, was the willingness and eagerness of the young couple to open up and learn about UK laws on child safeguarding and to use this to challenge and dispel the myths and mistrust of the roles of statutory child service providers that are passed unabated between community members.
It made me realise how vital young people are in tackling generational and cultural attitudes towards child safeguarding issues and in particular of harmful practices, and in spreading these messages further within communities through word-of-mouth.
Sessions like this are one of the many reasons why the Community Partnership Project is such an important bridge between communities and statutory bodies in helping organisations work better together (particularly statutory bodies, local community organisations and faith communities), and in supporting communities to be aware and responsive to child protection issues and procedures and building knowledge in areas of violence to children that affect particular communities e.g. honour violence; forced marriage, abuses linked to belief and female genital mutilation.
To find out more about the project or if you would like VAC to deliver a session for your community or group, please get in touch with:
Asha-Kin Duale
Community Partnership Advisor, Voluntary Action Camden
Email: aduale@vac.org.uk
Project website: https://vac.org.uk/projects/safeguarding-children/
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Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Stephen Gerald Breyer (born August 15, 1938) is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Appointed by Democratic President Bill Clinton in 1994, and known for his pragmatic approach to constitutional law, Breyer is generally associated with the more liberal side of the Court.
Following a clerkship with Supreme Court Associate Justice Arthur Goldberg in 1964, Breyer became well-known as a law professor and lecturer at Harvard Law School starting in 1967. There he specialized in the area of administrative law, writing a number of influential text books that remain in use today. He held other prominent positions before being nominated for the Supreme Court, including special assistant to the United States Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, and assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force in 1973. In his 2005 book Active Liberty, Breyer made his first attempt to systematically lay out his views on legal theory, arguing that the judiciary should seek to resolve issues so as best to encourage popular participation in governmental decisions.
From 1980 to 1994, Breyer served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, including as the court's Chief Judge from 1990 to 1994. He was nominated to the Court of Appeals by President Jimmy Carter on November 13, 1980. The U.S. Senate confirmed Breyer on December 9, 1980 by an 80-10 vote, in the last days of the Carter administration. He served as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States between 1990 and 1994 and the United States Sentencing Commission between 1985 and 1989. On the sentencing commission, Breyer played a key role in reforming federal criminal sentencing procedures, producing the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which were formulated to increase uniformity in sentences for criminal cases.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton considered him for the seat vacated by Byron White that ultimately went to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Breyer's appointment came shortly thereafter, however, following the retirement of Harry Blackmun in 1994, and Clinton nominated Breyer as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 13 of that year. Breyer was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in an 87 to 9 vote and took his seat August 3, 1994.¹
Stephen G. Breyer Quotes
"Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants."
"There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed."
"You will read in the newspaper more often about federal courts, but the law that affects people, the trials that affect human beings are by and large in the state courts."
"Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts."
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International Aid Groups Release Report in Nairobi on Education Under Attack
A group of thirty key stakeholders from the education sector in Kenya gathered at the Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi to deliberate the future of education in areas plagued by insecurity and conflict.
Participants engaged in a panel discussion with the representatives from the Ministry of Education in Kenya, lauding the research as long overdue, noting that the government was keen to have more reports focusing on the cause of conflict.Participants from the non-governmental organizations applauded the research as timely and one that confirmed that inclusion was the ultimate solution to conflict.
A group of thirty key stakeholders from the education sector in Kenya gathered at the Columbia Global Centers | Nairobi to deliberate the future of education in areas plagued by insecurity and conflict. The stakeholders were drawn from the Ministry of Education, various United Nations Agencies and non-governmental organizations, such as the United Nations Children's Fund, European Union, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Adventist Development and Relief Agency, and the United States Agency for International Development among others, as well as universities, including the University of Nairobi, Kenyatta University and Columbia University.
The purpose of the meeting was to disseminate research findings carried out in Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), especially in light of recent events in the east Africa region. The meeting also presented a valuable opportunity to convene a diversity of experts to explore strategies for better protecting schools and universities from attack, while improving monitoring systems. The research was a result of collaborative efforts between Columbia University and Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC), a program of the Education Above All Foundation.
The research sought to characterize the frequency and type of attacks on education in countries of study and to advance new methodologies to strengthen timely monitoring of such events. In recent years, violent attacks on education have become an important issue for the public and policymakers alike, with major attacks being widely covered by the news media, from the kidnapping of school girls in Nigeria by Boko Haram to the deadly attack on Garissa University College in Kenya by the militant Somali group Al-Shabaab followed shortly after by the bombing of the Ministry of Education in Mogadishu.
In his opening remarks, Dr. Belay Begashaw, director for the Nairobi Center, termed the discussions as timely and welcomed the group as they came together to discuss and identify solutions to this critical issue.
Professor Neil Boothby from Columbia University and one of the authors of the report reiterated the importance of the topic, noting that education in conflict areas had far-reaching implications on the economic and social development of the affected areas.
Dr. Kimani Njogu from Twaweza Communications provided the context of the research. His presentation dubbed the climate of fear, sought to highlight the actual problems that students in these areas were facing, the consequences of the attacks, and possible strategies that organizations in the area could undertake to help combat the situation. These included among others holding people to account, inclusive governance, conducting more research into the nature and scale of attacks, more partnerships and collaborations between the government and industry players.
Cyril Bennouna, the principal researcher, took participants through the research methodology and findings. He highlighted the definitions of attack used for the research, the way his team received reports of attacks and verified the quality and reliability of these reports through triangulation and the existing gaps in the monitoring and reporting process identified during the research. In his conclusion, Mr. Bennouna suggested that there was need for strengthening legislation, policies and practices around child protection issues; there was need for the integration of local knowledge as a source of credible information as well as the strengthening of partnerships between civil society organizations, education administrators and the international community. He also reiterated the need for varied data collection methods to enhance monitoring and reporting of attacks on education.
Participants engaged in a panel discussion with the representatives from the Ministry of Education in Kenya, lauding the research as long overdue, noting that the government was keen to have more reports focusing on the cause of conflict.
Participants from Kenyatta University echoed the same when they noted that there was need for a similar research to be carried out in North Eastern Kenya to aid in the development of a contextualized curriculum that would address issues causing the attacks.
Participants from the non-governmental organizations applauded the research as timely and one that confirmed that inclusion was the ultimate solution to conflict. A representative from UNICEF called for follow-up meetings to explore how the research findings could be used to enhance collaboration in the industry with a common goal to address the problem.
In her closing remarks, Dr. Margaret Sinclair, the main sponsor of the research, thanked the participants for taking time to attend the panel discussions and put out a call to the participants to consider sponsoring more research for more context-specific reports that would allow tailor-made peace building activities that would put an end to the conflict.
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Punjab to be made centre of excellence in research: Yasir
LAHORE: (Wednesday, October 10, 2018): Punjab Higher Education Minister Raja Yasir Humayun Sarfraz has said that the government has kept higher education on priority and all institutions of higher learning would be made centre of excellence in research. He was addressing the inaugural session of 3-day second international conference on "Information Management and Libraries (ICIML)" organized by Punjab University Department of Information Management at University Law College's auditorium here on Wednesday.
Punjab Higher Education Commission Chairman Prof Dr Nizamuddin, PU Vice Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad Akhter, DoIM Chairman Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood, Conference Chair Prof Dr Kanwal Amin, more than 400 delegates from USA, UK, Malaysia, Kenya, Kuwait, India, Iran and from various parts of Pakistan and a large number of students participated in the conference.
Addressing the conference, Raja Yasir Humayun said that due to latest technological developments, the sources of getting information had changed. He said that the learning the art of getting access to appropriate information play role in becoming a good researcher. He said that there was need to train our librarians as their role had become important for researchers in doing quality research. He said that the government would set up new institutions for promotion of research in the province. Addressing the ceremony, PHEC Chairman Prof Dr Nizamuddin said that around 450 posts of librarians are lying vacant in Punjab. He said that the concept of libraries had changed now and the new concept of cybraries had developed. He said that we must have trained information officers in the libraries who could apprise researchers of latest techniques in accessing data. He said that information management should be part of curriculum in all subjects. He said that all information resources must be networked for the benefit of researchers. Addressing the ceremony, Prof Niaz Ahmed said that the administration was committed to upgrade this department because of its growing importance. He said that PU administration was quality conscious and would provide quality professionals and services in this field. He said that the curriculum of the subject would also be revised to accommodate latest developments in the field. He said that our libraries must have an environment which could attract readers. He called upon the conference delegates to prepare fruitful recommendations for the betterment of this subject. DoIM Chairman Dr Khalid Mahmood said that PU would contribute to the government in different projects in its own way. He said that we would extend full support to the government for building new Pakistan and develop culture of research.


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