Oil marketers have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government for the payment of all outstanding subsidy debts, including foreign exchange differentials and interest rate component, owed to them.
The marketers, under the aegis of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria and the Independent Petroleum Products Importers, said failure to meet the deadline would force its members to disengage their workers, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Sunday.
The Legal Adviser, IPPI, Mr Patrick Etim, was quoted as saying that the ultimatum became necessary as all investments and assets of oil marketers were being taken over by banks, while payment of workers' salaries remained a serious dilemma.
According to Etim, marketers have asked their workers to stay at home from December 1 as salaries of workers could not be paid due to huge subsidy debts owed by the government.
He said the payment of the debts through cash option would prevent the intended mass retrenchment.
"At the inception of the current administration, marketers engaged the government with a view to securing approval for all outstanding subsidy-induced debts handed over to the current administration,'' he said.
Etim said the current administration paid part of the debts, with a substantial portion of the interest and foreign exchange differential still pending.
The Executive Secretary, DAPPMAN, Mr Olufemi Adewole, confirmed that oil marketers had given the government a seven-day ultimatum.
Adewole also confirmed that the ultimatum letter was served on November 28 to the Debt Management Office; the Minister of Finance; Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream; the Department of States Services and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources for urgent payment of outstanding subsidy debts to marketers.
He said this became necessary to prevent the industry from imminent collapse.
He said, "We urged the DMO to process and pay marketers in cash for their outstanding forex differentials and interest component claims, together with the amount already approved by the Federal Executive Council and the National Assembly.
"Marketers are not in a position to discount payment on the subsidy-induced debt owed as proposed by the DMO: the expected payment is made up of bank loans, outstanding administration charges due the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, outstanding bridging fund due Petroleum Equalisation Fund (Management) Board and, in a few cases, AMCON judgment debts.


Valley Village is a small town in the state of California. The largest nearby city to Valley Village is Los Angeles, approximately 6 miles from the city center.
There are several family restaurants in or near Valley Village, including Ameci Pizza & Pasta, Chenar Deli, Best Western Mikado Hotel, Le Market and Cedar House Cafe. For a larger selection of Valley Village restaurants select our Restaurants tab above.
Visitors and residents can enjoy nearby Valley Village Golf Courses, Museums, Amusement Parks and/or Botanical Gardens, including the Studio City Golf Course, Campo de Cahuenga, Universal Studios Hollywood, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) and The Japanese Garden. For a more complete list of attractions in or around the city of Valley Village please click on the Attractions tab above.
In the month of April, Valley Village experiences an average high temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Low temperaturs in April are usually about 50 degrees with an average rainfall of 1.02 inches.
The seasonal climate varies in Valley Village with daytime temperatures averaging 89 degrees in the summer, and 68 degrees in the winter months. Visitors can also expect Valley Village to receive an average of 3.33 inches of rainfall per/month during winter months and 0.17 inches of rainfall per/month in the summer months.
The temperature has been known to get as high as 113 degrees in the summer and as low as 22 degrees in the winter so visitors planning a vacation to Valley Village should check the weather forecast to determine proper attire prior to departure. Spring and Fall bring average daytime temperatures of 77 degrees, and nighttime lows of 51.
This is a list of Valley Village Fast Food Restaurants with addresses and phone numbers, including Fast Foods & Carry Out, Mediterranean Restaurants, Pizza Restaurants, Kosher Restaurants and Sandwich Shops. Happy Dining!


Haven't seen an episode since Capaldi's first series, but I really liked that on the whole, despite my scepticism. It didn't really 'matter' that the Doctor was a woman - it was still very much the Doctor, in every way that mattered.
Lots of lovely hark backs to the old series-style of doing things - a reasonably high body count that keeps stakes raised (no glib RTD-style 'Everybody lives!' nonsense); the accidental bringing along of companions, a very old-school end credit sequence. Bit dissapointed that the Screwdriver came back though, it felt for a moment like they were about to write it out at last.
Only really watched out of idle curiosity, but... I think I'm on board for the whole series.
Suitably enjoyable start to a new era - not perfect, but it had a lot to juggle with with all the new ingredients, but there's certainly a lot of promise there.
Jodie IS the Doctor - she absolutely felt like that's our Time Lord we've always known. Okay, she was perhaps a little manic, but cut her some slack, like all actors playing the Doctor, they usually take a few stories to find their feet. I honestly think shell be just fine. The regulars were engaging enough and I'm looking forward to seeing how they settle in.
Pretty impressed by the guest cast for the coming episodes. Never would've imagined seeing Chris Noth in Doctor Who..!
Yeah, thumbs up from me - totally confident in Jodie and looking forward to what's ahead.
Thought it was great, really enjoyed it.
It was solid with added Sheffield.
Pretty typical of first stories for new Doctors they tend to be easier stories to allow room for characters to be introduced. And therefore the fact that the characters where decent is pretty good. We all need time to settle in to all the new stuff but that was a fine start.
Glad to be back on board.
Loved it, great fun, and Jodie absolutely nailed it!
The new theme tune is absolutely brilliant. I think Delia Derbyshire would have approved of it, and she didn't approve of most of them.
Several of the plot beats were very clearly telegraphed - such as Grace's death and Karl being the focus of the threat - but that's not necessarily a problem for an opening episode. The plot is generally subsidiary to the character work in a first episode, and that was all very well handled. There were plenty of signs of promise for the series going forward, though I remain somewhat hesitant regarding Chris Chibnall being the man in charge. Still, I'm optimistic at the moment.
Jodie Whittaker's performance was extremely assured and displayed nothing which would led me to believe she will be anything other than a huge success in the role. The Doctor's change of gender was generally underplayed, and quite rightly in my opinion. If you can change your body then it stands to reason that changing genders would be no big deal.
Some of the press reports have reported the 13th Doctor as being dark and brooding in her portrayal. There was nothing like that on display here, though you can never judge a Doctor based on their regeneration story; if that were the case we'd all still think of Sylvester McCoy as having been a prat-falling buffoon.
It's about time the Doctor bought a new outfit from a charity shop; makes a change from stealing them from hospitals at any rate. Strangely, though, I thought she really suited Peter Capaldi's outfit, and could have seen her wearing that had it not already been established as the Twelfth Doctor's outfit. I did really enjoy the almost Colin Baker-era reaction of the companion to her new outfit - You're not wearing that.
Brillaint. Absolutely top class. Loved it. Accepted Jodie as the Doctor inside a minute.
The new theme tune is absolutely brilliant.
Not wrong there. Took me back. First class.
I thought it was a great opener, Jodie was brilliant with the right level of eccentricity, humour and confusion for a new Doctor, plus there was plenty of pathos and Chris Chibnall clearly isn't afraid of not shying away from death. Looking forward to the rest of the series very much on the basis of this episode.
It's a Whovian thing to look for little nods back to last Doctors and I liked the harking back to Patrick Troughton's lines about the memories of his family in Tomb of the Cybermen.
As folks have said the music is uniformly GREAT. The new theme, when we finally got there is classic in the extreme AND no more Murray Gold one of the consisitantly bad things even when the previous stuff was dead good. Though my wife did comment that the incident music was straight from 'Who want to be a Millionaire'... which did rather break the spell a little!
Then in the end credits (I like the new music) there's a long list of actors almost none of whom I've ever heard of. They used to have loads of famous actors, now it's Lee Mack and Art Malik and the rest are a bunch of children. Has their budget been cut?
Jodie W was good though. Like watching David Tennant again.


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NFC South Update Heading into Week 14
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Atlanta Falcons (7-5) - 0 Games Ahead
After dropping their Week 13 contest against the Chiefs, the Falcons sit two games above .500 with four matchups left in the regular season. Atlanta's offense remains a top-tier unit, as its 32.2 points per game and 412 yards per game rank first and third in the NFL, respectively. The Falcons are giving up 381.7 yards and 27.6 points per game, though, and improving on defense will be a top priority down the stretch.
Remaining Schedule:
Dec. 11 at Rams (4-7)
Dec. 18 vs. 49ers (1-10)
Dec. 24 at Panthers (4-7)
Jan. 1 vs. Saints (5-6)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-5) – 0 Games Behind
By taking down San Diego last week, the Buccaneers earned their fourth-straight win and matched the Falcons' 7-5 record. The Bucs remains in second place, however, due to the league's tie-breaker rules. Tampa Bay and Atlanta split its two games against each other this season, so the next tie-breaker is division record. The Bucs own a 2-2 mark in the NFC South; the Falcons have won three of four against division opponents. Nevertheless, Dirk Koetter's team has made an admirable push to the top of the standings, and it's done so with an improved defense: After giving up 29 points per game through eight contests, Tampa surrendered just 13.25 points per game in the last four weeks.
Dec. 11 vs. Saints (5-6)
Dec. 18 at Cowboys (10-1)
Dec. 24 at Saints (5-6)
Jan. 1 vs. Panthers (4-7)
New Orleans Saints (5-7) – 2 Games Behind
The Saints had a chance to move one game behind .500 on Sunday, but an uninspiring loss to the Lions, during which they scored only 13 points, pushed them farther down the NFC totem pole. New Orleans' 4-1 run from Oct. 2 to Nov. 6 is a distance memory now: The Saints have dropped three of four and, in the process, have experienced some unusual adversity on offense. While they put up 49 against LA in Week 12, they mustered just 18.67 points per game in their last three setbacks.
Dec. 11 at Buccaneers (6-5)
Dec. 18 at Cardinals (4-6-1)
Dec. 24 vs. Buccaneers (6-5)
Jan. 1 at Falcons (7-4)
Carolina Panthers (4-8) – 3 Games Behind
The Panthers' nightmare campaign hit a low point Sunday night when it dropped a 40-7 contest to the Seahawks. Carolina won three of four between Oct. 30 and Nov. 17, but defensive lapses, coupled with an offense that's taken a step back, has ensured Cam Newton and Co. will finish .500 or below after going 15-1 in 2015. The Panthers have not been eliminated from the playoffs, but even a perfect finish would likely keep them on the outside looking in.
*Remaining Schedule: *
Dec. 11 vs. Chargers (5-6)
Dec. 19 at Redskins (6-4-1)
Dec. 24 vs. Falcons (7-4)
Jan. 1 at Buccaneers (6-5)

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"I really didn't get a lot of added value from having someone prepare my taxes," said Barry, who lives in Morrisville. "They prepared my taxes and really didn't make a whole lot of recommendations in terms of ways to save money."
Many more Barrys are out there.
Industry leader H&R Block reported last week that the number of returns prepared by its retail outlets was down 9.4 percent through Feb. 28, in part because of the shift to do-it-yourself returns. CEO Russ Smyth also told analysts that heavy snowfalls and high unemployment also hurt.
On Thursday, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service estimated that its returns will decline 17 percent to 19 percent this season.


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"Baggy" Hudson was a second row forward and occasional prop who played 185 games for Gloucester between 1951 and 1964. He played for Gloucestershire and was an England trialist.
Brian A G "Baggy" Hudson was born in Stroud in 1933 and was educated at Marling School. He made his debut for Gloucester against Old Paulines on October 13 1951, but only really established himself as a first team regular in 1957-58 after several seasons playing for Gloucester United.
The competition for second row places was fierce in the fifties and early sixties and Brian could never be certain of his first team place. However, he gradually gained a reputation as a hard and relentlessly competitive opponent.
1962-63 was a memorable year for the player described as "Gloucestershire's fieriest second row forward". Hudson was selected as reserve for the second England trial at Kingsholm in December but asked to be released to play for Gloucester at Neath. He became a regular first choice for Gloucestershire and played in a memorable County Championship semi-final against the all-conquering Warwickshire side at Kingsholm. As a result of his club and county performances he was named in a short list of 40 from which 23 were selected for England's tour of New Zealand and Australia in May and June 1963.
In 1963-64 he played for the Possibles against the Probables in the first England trial at Bedford, on 7 December. However the selection came late. He was generally felt to have lost some of his old fire and after playing in both of the South Western Group play-offs, against Somerset and against Cornwall, he was dropped by the county for the quarter finals. On February 19 1963 the Citizen sports page headline read "Gloucester bombshell: Brian Hudson dropped". He lost his first team place for the rest of that season.
The following year Hudson played a number of games in the front row, including a closely contested game with unbeaten Cardiff. He gained a recall to the county side at prop and played in the quarter final of the Championship at Kingsholm. He was in and out of the first team and decided to retire at the end of the 1964-65 season, when his first child was born.
Michael Dineen best summed up Baggy Hudson's contribution to Gloucester when he wrote in the Citizen in September 1965: And another gaping hole in the Gloucester pack is caused by the absence of a tough-egg of the calibre of Brian Hudson…… They used to say that Brian was the forward they'd most prefer to have in their company against a hard team.


"We recognize that high unemployment and other factors still pose very real challenges for the housing market" said Freddie Mac Chief Executive Officer Charles E. Haldeman, Jr.
Freddie Mac reported that their REO inventory increased 79% year over year, from 34,699 in Q2 2009 to 62,178 in Q2 2010.
This graph shows the rapid increase in REO.
Note: last week I posted a graph of the Fannie Mae REO.


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The majority of the world was not expecting to wake up to the news that Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States but many markets have yet to reflect this shock. Uncertainty is rife once more, but on a much more global scale than we have seen recently and the implications will be wide-ranging from stock, bond and currency markets to interest rates and global growth prospects.
Although there was a dip in UK stock market performance since the announcement, they recovered quite swiftly. Other assets have changed more aggressively: the Japanese stock market was one of the first to move, closing over 5% lower. The Yen moved up significantly against the US dollar, which fell against most other currencies, with the notable exception of the Mexican Peso.
Trump's plans to introduce significant trade tariffs on Mexico and China could seriously impact global trade if implemented but could also sour some international relationships. We might expect a broader regression in international diplomacy if the protectionism that he has alluded to in the past ("America First") is put into action.
Many questions will remain, but the most pressing concern for investors may be the future of US interest rates, as Trump's disdain for Janet Yellen, the Chair of the Federal Reserve, is well-known. The anticipated interest rate increase in December looks very unlikely to be enacted among the enormous uncertainty, but over the medium-term rates may move more swiftly upwards in a more reflationary US, especially if Trump replaces Yellen with a more monetarily aggressive chief. It is important to bear in mind that, while the Senate and House of Representatives have remained Republican-controlled, not all of Trump's more radical policies are likely to be rubber-stamped as there are still significant portions of the party that do not align with many of them.
In the short-term it will be no surprise for you to hear that we expect increased volatility (though the immediate reaction has been relatively muted) as many investors will perceive the outlook for certain risk assets to be diminished as policy becomes clearer. This reinforces our view that markets will provide plenty of risk, but more moderate returns over the next few years.
We are confident that opportunities will emerge and in the short time since Trump's victory the winners have been: construction stocks (which have rallied already this year on further infrastructure anticipation), miners and raw materials; gold (up $50 this morning) which is historically a safe-haven asset; and bonds, which are both beneficiaries of a hostile environment and one in which interest rates are likely to stay lower for even longer than expected.
In his inaugural speech as President-elect Trump re-iterated that infrastructure spending would be a priority, potentially benefitting roads, rail, sea, air and internet infrastructure and networks and those who invest in them. The 'multiplier' knock-on effects to employment, productivity and potential economic growth are expected to lead to estimated increases worth $1.6 for every $1 spent and adding 13,000 jobs for every billion dollars spent (according to estimates prior to the election). We also expect financials to benefit from potentially looser regulation and higher interest rates, and defence stocks to perform well, as this will be one of the President's priorities.
As we have alluded to, we have numerous questions and few answers at the moment and the extent to which President Trump will enact his high-profile plans remains to be seen. As such we are content to hold onto defensive assets and await clarity, but we must also be mindful of the potential opportunities this new era may bring.
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Arsenal are seemingly continuing to scour the market for lesser known young talents as they've been paired with a raid on Barcelona, according to reports.
The Gunners are of course without a manager as Arsene Wenger is still in the process of winding down his contract ahead of his confirmed exit this summer, as per BBC Sport.
In turn, should any new signings arrive before a successor is appointed, that would suggest that the hierarchy are already working on strengthening the squad by bringing in new faces in the coming weeks.
That seems to be the case for Barcelona teenager Joel Lopez, as Goal.com report that Arsenal are set to land the talented youngster, with head of football relations Raul Sanllehi specifically credited with a role in convincing the teenager to move to north London.
Further, the report does seem to stem from the tweet below from Spanish journalist Gerard Romero, who adds that the fee is likely to be minimal for the Gunners.
Should a deal be completed, it would be another young player plucked from relative obscurity, following on from the signing of Konstantinos Mavropanos from PAS Giannina in January, as noted by Sky Sports.
Whether that is part of the new strategy with the new infrastructure in place, most notably head of recruitment Sven Mislintat who built a great reputation at Borussia Dortmund for his eye for talented young players, or just part of a bigger plan, remains to be seen.
With BBC Sport reporting that Unai Emery is now expected to be the man to fill the void left behind by Wenger, time will tell if he gets a say in transfer matters should he be officially appointed.


In the 30 years of its formal history, the American Indian Movement (AIM) has given witness to a great many changes. We say formal history, because the movement existed for 500 years without a name. The leaders and members of today's AIM never fail to remember all of those who have traveled on before, having given their talent and their lives for the survival of the people.
At the core of the movement is Indian leadership under the direction of NeeGawNwayWeeDun, Clyde H. Bellecourt, and others. Making steady progress, the movement has transformed policy making into programs and organizations that have served Indian people in many communities. These policies have consistently been made in consultation with spiritual leaders and elders.The success of these efforts is indisputable, but perhaps even greater than the accomplishments is the vision defining what AIM stands for.
It has not been an easy path. Spiritual leaders and elders foresaw the testing of AIM's strength and stamina. Doubters, infiltrators, those who wished they were in the leadership, and those who didn't want to be but wanted to tear down and take away have had their turns. No one, inside or outside the movement, has so far been able to destroy the will and strength of AIM's solidarity. Men and women, adults and children are continuously urged to stay strong spiritually, and to always remember that the movement is greater than the accomplishments or faults of its leaders.
Restoration of treaty making (ended by Congress in 1871).
Establishment of a treaty commission to make new treaties (with sovereign Native Nations).
Indian leaders to address Congress.
Review of treaty commitments and violations.
Unratified treaties to go before the Senate.
All Indians to be governed by treaty relations.
Relief for Native Nations for treaty rights violations.
Recognition of the right of Indians to interpret treaties.
Joint Congressional Committee to be formed on reconstruction of Indian relations.
Restoration of 110 million acres of land taken away from Native Nations by the United States.
Repeal of state jurisdiction on Native Nations.
Federal protection for offenses against Indians.
Abolishment of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Creation of a new office of Federal Indian Relations.
New office to remedy breakdown in the constitutionally prescribed relationships between the United States and Native Nations.
Native Nations to be immune to commerce regulation, taxes, trade restrictions of states.
Indian religious freedom and cultural integrity protected.
Reclaim and affirm health, housing, employment, economic development, and education for all Indian people.
The Preamble and complete text of the Trail of Broken Treaties 20-Point Indian Manifesto.
These twenty points, twenty-six years later, state clearly what has to happen if there is to be protection of Native rights, and a future free from the dictates of the country that surrounds the Native Nations. These claims clearly reaffirm that Indian people are sovereign people. Despite the history and the accomplishments, AIM is difficult to identify for some people. It seems to stand for many things at once -- the protection of treaty rights and the preservation of spirituality and culture. But what else? Unlike the American civil rights movement, with which it has been compared, AIM has seen self-determination and racism differently. Desegregation was not a goal. Individual rights were not placed ahead of the preservation of Native Nation sovereignty. At the 1971 AIM national conference it was decided that translating policy to practice meant building organizations -- schools and housing and employment services. In Minnesota, AIM's birthplace, that is exactly what was done.
Over the years, as the organizations have grown, they have continued to serve the community from a base of Indian culture. Before AIM in 1968, culture had been weakened in most Indian communities due to U.S. policy, the American boarding schools and all the other efforts to extinguish Indian secular and spiritual life. Now, many groups cannot remember a time without culture. This great revival has also helped to restore spiritual leaders and elders to their former positions of esteem for the wisdom and the history they hold.
All of these actions are in concert with the principles of AIM and came into being at this time in history because Indian people have refused to relinquish their sovereign right to exist as free and uncolonized people.
1968 MINNEAPOLIS AIM PATROL : created to address issues of extensive police brutality.
1969 ALCATRAZ ISLAND occupied for 19 months. AIM was there when United Indians of All Tribes reclaimed federal land in the name of Native Nations. First Indian radio broadcasts--Radio Free Alcatraz--heard in the Bay Area of San Francisco.
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD of Minneapolis founded. This is the first Indian urban-based health care provider in the nation.
1970 LEGAL RIGHTS CENTER : created to assist in alleviating legal issues facing Indian people.(In 1994, over 19,000 clients have had legal representation, thanks to AIM's founding of the Legal Rights Center).
1970 AIM takeover of abandoned property at the naval air station near Minneapolis focuses attention on Indian education and leads to early grants for Indian education.
CITIZEN'S ARREST OF JOHN OLD CROW: Takeover of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' main office in Washington D.C. to show improper BIA policies. 24 arrested for "trespassing" and released. BIA Commissioner Louis Bruce shows his AIM membership card at the meeting held after the release of those arrested.
FIRST NATIONAL AIM CONFERENCE: 18 chapters of AIM convened to develop long-range strategy for future directions of the movement.
TAKEOVER OF DAM: AIM assists the Lac Court Orieles Ojibwa in Wisconsin in taking over a dam controlled by Northern States Power which flooded much of the reservation land. This action leads to support by government officials and eventual settlement, returning over 25,000 acres of land to the tribe and actually providing significant monies and business opportunities to the tribe.
1972 RED SCHOOL HOUSE : the second survival school to open, offering culturally based education services to K-12 students in St. Paul, MN.
HEART OF THE EARTH SURVIVAL SCHOOL: a K-12 school established to address the extremely high drop-out rate among American Indian students and lack of cultural programming. HOTESS serves as the first model of community-based, student-centered education with culturally correct curriculum operating under parental control.
TRAIL OF BROKEN TREATIES : a march on Washington, DC ending in the occupation of BIA headquarters and resulting in the presentation of a 20-point solution paper to President Nixon.
1973 LEGAL ACTION FOR SCHOOL FUNDS: In reaction to the Trail of Broken Treaties the government abruptly canceled education grants to Heart of the Earth Survival School, Red School House and the Indian Community School of Milwaukee. Through successful legal action, the US District Court orders the grants restored and government payment of costs and attorney fees.
WOUNDED KNEE '73: AIM was contacted by Lakota elders for assistance in dealing with the corruption within the BIA and Tribal Council, which led to the famed 71-day occupation and battle with the US. armed forces.
1974 INTERNATIONAL INDIAN TREATY COUNCIL (IITC): an organization representing Indian peoples throughout the western hemisphere at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
WOUNDED KNEE TRIALS: Eight months of trials in Minneapolis resulted from events which occurred during the 1973 Wounded Knee occupation. This was the longest Federal trial in the history of the United States. Many instances of government misconduct were revealed with the result that US District judge Fred Nichol dismissed all charges due to government "misconduct" which "formed a pattern throughout the course of the trial" so that "the waters of justice have been polluted."
1975 FEDERATION OF SURVIVAL SCHOOLS: created to provide advocacy and networking skills to 16 survival schools throughout the US and Canada.
LITTLE EARTH OF UNITED TRIBES: HUD chose AIM to be the prime sponsor of the first Indian-run housing project.
1977 MIGIZI Communications founded in Minneapolis. The organization is dedicated to produce Indian news and information and educate students of all ages as tomorrow's technical work force.
INTERNATIONAL INDIAN TREATY COUNCIL: establishes Non-government organization status within United Nations in Geneva and attends the International NGO conference and presents testimony to the United Nations.
AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE LEGISLATION: AIM introduces legislative language which is adopted, recognizing State responsibility for Indian education and culture. This legislation was recognized as a model throughout the country.
AIM establishes the first adult education program at Stillwater Prison in Minnesota. Programs later established at other state correctional facilities modeled after the Minnesota program.
CIRCLE OF LIFE SURVIVAL SCHOOL established on the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota. The school receives funding for three years of operation from the U.S. Department of Education.
RUN FOR SURVIVAL: AIM youth organize and conduct 500-mile run from Minneapolis to Lawrence, Kansas to support "The Longest Walk."
THE LONGEST WALK: Indian Nations walk across the US from California to DC to protest anti-Indian legislation calling for the abrogation of treaties. A tipi is set up and maintained on the grounds of the White House. The proposed anti-Indian legislation is defeated.
WOMEN OF ALL RED NATIONS (WARN): established to address issues directly facing Indian women and their families.
1979 LITTLE EARTH HOUSING PROTECTED: an attempt by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to foreclose on the Little Earth of United Tribes housing project is halted by legal action and the US District Court issues an injunction against HUD.
AMERICAN INDIAN OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER (AIOIC): creates job training schools to attack the outrageous unemployment issues of Indian people. Over 17,000 Native Americans have been trained for jobs since AIM created the American Indian Opportunities Industrialization Center in 1979.
ANISHINABE AKEENG Organization is created to regain stolen and tax forfeited land on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota.
1984 FEDERATION of NATIVE CONTROLLED SURVIVAL SCHOOLS presents legal education seminars for educators of Indian children at colleges and law schools in Minnesota, Wisconsin, California, South Dakota, Nebraska and Oklahoma. National conference held in San Jose, California, concurrent with the National Indian Education Association Convention.
1986 SCHOOLS LAWSUIT: Heart of the Earth and Red School House--successfully sue the U.S. Department of Education, Indian Education Programs for unfairly ranking the schools' programs below funding recommendation levels. The schools proved bias in the system of ranking by the Department staff.
1987 AIM PATROL: Minneapolis AIM Patrol comes full circle in restarting the Patrol to deal with the serial killings of American Indian women in Minneapolis.
1988 ELAINE STATELY INDIAN YOUTH SERVICES (ESIYS): developed to create alternatives for youth as a direct diversion to gang-involvement of Indian youth.
FORT SNELLING AIM ANNUAL POW WOW: With the 20th Anniversary of AIM, an annual pow wow is established at historic Fort Snelling. The event becomes the largest Labor Day Weekend event in any Minnesota state park.
1989 SPEARFISHING: AIM is requested to provide expertise in dealing with angry protesters on boat landings. Spearfishing continues despite violence, arrests, and threats from white racists. Senator Daniel Inouye calls for a study on the effects of Indian spearfishing. The study shows only 6% of fish taken are by Indians. Sports fishing accounts for the rest.
1991 PEACEMAKER CENTER: with an American Indian spiritual base, AIM houses its AIM Patrol and ESIYS in a center in the heart of the Indian community.
SUNDANCE RETURNED TO MINNESOTA. With the support of the Dakota communities, a great spiritual rebirth took place at Pipestone, Minnesota. Ojibwe nations, too, have helped make the Minnesota Sundance possible. The Pipestone Sundance has since become an annual event.
In 1991, leaders of the Oglala Lakota, Cheyenne and other nations declared independence from the United States. The group established a provisional government and began the other work of developing a separate nation.
NATIONAL COALITION ON RACISM IN SPORTS AND MEDIA: organized to address the use of Indians as sports team mascots. AIM led a walk in Minneapolis to the 1992 Superbowl. In 1994, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune agreed to stop using professional sports team names that refer to Indian people.
1992 THE FOOD CONNECTION: organized summer youth jobs program with an organic garden and spiritual camp (Common Ground) at Tonkawood Farm in Orono MN.
1993 EXPANSION OF AMERICAN INDIAN OIC JOB TRAINING PROGRAM: the Grand Metropolitan, Inc. of Great Britain, a parent of the Pillsbury Corporation merges its job training program with that of AIOIC and pledges future monies and support.
LITTLE EARTH: after an 18-year struggle, HUD secretary Cisneros rules that Little Earth of United Tribes housing project shall retain the right to Indian preference.
WOUNDED KNEE ANNIVERSARY: Gathering for a twentieth anniversary of the Wounded Knee action, Oglala Sioux tribal president thanks AIM for the 1973 actions.
July 27 - August 3, 1996 - The second meeting for the Intercontinental Encounter for Humanity and Against Neo-Liberalism was again hosted by the EZLN and was attended by delegates of the International Indian Treaty Council and the American Indian Movement.
1998 February 27, 1998 - 25th Anniversary of Wounded Knee, an Oglala Lakota Nation resolution established February 27th as a National Day of Liberation.
July 16-19, 1998 - 25th Annual Lac Courte Oreilles Honor the Earth Homecoming Celebration to celebrate and honor the people of Lac Courte Oreilles and the American Indian Movement who participated in the July 31, 1971 takeover of the Winter Dam and the Birth of Honor the Earth.
August 2-11, 1998 - 30th Anniversary of the American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council; Sacred Pipestone Quarries in Pipestone, Minnesota. Welcoming Feast and Celebration/Conference commemorating AIM's 30th Anniversary.
February, 1999 - Three activists working with a group of UÕwa Indians in Colombia kidnapped by rebels. Ingrid Washinawatok, 41 (Menominee), a humanitarian, Terence Freitas, 24, an environmental scientist from Santa Cruz, California, and LaheÕenaÕe Gay, 39 of Hawaii were seized near the village of Royota, in Arauca province in northeastern Colombia on Thursday, February 25th while preparing to leave the territory of the UÕwa after a two week on-site visit. Ingrid, Lahe and Terence were kidnapped on February 25th by armed gunmen in Uw'a Indian Territory of northeastern Columbia. On March 5th, their brutalized and bullet-riddled bodies were discovered across the border in Venezuela.
October, 2000 – Commission to seek justice for Ingrid Washinawatok and companions established.
March 2001 – Representatives of the American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council attend the Zapatista Army of National Liberation March for Peace, Justice and Dignity, Zocolo Plaza, Mexico City.


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Snow in the Mews: London, 2 Feb 09
by Brian · 2 February, 2009
There's been a lot of snow today in our corner of south-west London: around 6 or 7 inches (I still can't quite come to grips with snow in centigrade) from the stuff that fell overnight last night, plus the stuff that has been falling all day; and more is forecast for this evening and tonight. There are a few pictures to flick through here. (Click the first one and then move through the rest using the arrows at the top.) I'll put a specimen below as well.
Some snow pundit on the radio says that the UK record for snowfall remains 89 inches in County Durham in 1949. Be that as it may — and I for one don't believe it — today's modest blanket is both pretty unusual and faintly alarming. There are no buses running in London today, and very few trains or tubes (subway trains). As it happens, J. had a medical appointment up in north London in the early afternoon. Even if we had managed to struggle through the snow to the nearby railway station and had been lucky enough to get one of the very few trains stopping at it, followed by similar luck with a tube from Waterloo, there could well have been real problems over the return journey home, and being stranded in north London wouldn't have been a lot of fun. (It's been well below freezing all day.) Fortunately, or otherwise, the medic who had been due to see J. answered his mobile to say that he wouldn't be able to get in today, so we'll try again tomorrow, although there's no evidence that it will be any better then.
We have lived, worked and driven assorted modest cars through far more sadistic winters overseas: two in Moscow, three in Warsaw, four in New York, one on the great lakes in Canada; so we still have the clothing, the shovels, the stiff long brushes, the de-icer fluids, and some familiarity with the varying uses in ice and snow of the reverse and second gear facilities of the modern car. We also know about the importance of grit. In Moscow just clearing the snow from the car and scraping the solid ice from the windscreen each morning, then digging out the snowdrifts immediately in front of the wheels, was a formidable task, and I was younger, fitter and leaner then. I used to go out into the great courtyard and car park of the foreigners' ghetto at 1 or 2 in the morning, wearing six layers of heavy clothing and a fur hat, to start the engine of our humble Ford Cortina and run it for half an hour so as to improve our chances of getting it started in the morning and so get in to work. Often others who had not taken the same precaution would appeal for a tow-start when they heard the Cortina engine cough into life. I once towed a Saudi First Secretary for about four miles along the snow-drifting avenues of Moscow before he managed to get his huge American car started — and when it did, he very nearly drove it into the back of me.
Now there's nothing like as much snow here in our Mews, it's not nearly as cold, and the car starts at the first twist of the key in the morning without the need for a midnight warm-up. All the same, the effort required to clear the snow from on top of and in front of the car and to clear a track out into the exit road from the Mews has increased in proportion to my age and waist-line, and by the end of it I was uneasily remembering the statistics of old age pensioners, some a decade younger than me, dropping dead from heart attacks from similar exertions in English snow-storms. I seem to have survived, so far, to fight another day (tomorrow). But the knowledge that the car on the ice-bound roads could well be the only way of getting to a doctor or a hospital Accident & Emergency department in case of a sudden medical problem affecting either of us is a little depressing. Luckily these things don't generally last long in this country, courtesy of the Gulf Stream. But those old generalisations seem no longer to be operative now in the age of Global Warming. Roll on summer! No doubt the unprecedented heat-waves will kill twice as many old age pensioners as the snow.
Clearing the car
3 February, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Brian writes: This comment has been transferred to a new post, here.
Tim Weakley says:
Many thanks, Brian, for the snowy Moscow reminiscences and for those nice pics of S.W.18 under six inches of the stuff. My wife Brenda, born and bred in Augusta, Maine where the snow lay from November to April, says disparagingly: 'Six inches? We used to get six feet' (but not all at once, surely?). She recalls rolling happily in the snow as a girl – the idea makes me shudder – and snow-drifts up to the upstairs windows, and people in remote cottages receiving supplies down the chimney. I myself recall four winters in Boston, 1959-63, where a blizzard could dump eighteen inches in a few hours, and the city went completely silent, and your car, already unrecognisable, was likely to be completely buried by the drifts thrown up by the city's indefatigable snow-ploughs, or plows. If there was then a sudden partial thaw followed by a freeze, you were in trouble. Fortunately I lived only six minutes' walk from Boston U. where I worked.
Here in Dundee close to the Tay there was just a sprinkle on Sunday night, and yesterday there were spells of bright sunshine alternating with flurries of snow, sleet, or hail. Today — Monday — there is a piercing easterly gale and driving rain. 'Global warming' seems to have produced cooler summers in these parts, but distinctly milder winters; fewer hard frosts and much less snow, though just as much cloud and perpetual wind.
Brian writes: Thanks for this, Tim. Please see my comment (below) on the many amused references, not only by Brenda, on the effects on England of a mere six inches.
Tim's wife (see preceding comment) is not the only North American, or indeed northern European, to have been amused by the drastic effects on England of a mere six inches of snow. As mentioned in my original post above, J. and I are not unfamiliar with very cold and snowy environments — our year in Canada, at Kingston Ontario, was one of the worst — but in our experience what determines the severity of the snow experience is not so much the number of inches (or centimetres) of the white stuff that falls on you, but rather the extent to which you have available the means of coping with it: roads cleared by snow-ploughs/plows and gritted from the first snowfall and regularly thereafter; public transport of all kinds pre-equipped to deal with snow, including tube and railway line points all fitted with de-icers; lots of thermal underwear, fur-lined boots with heavy treads, lots of layers rather than single thick garments, fur-lined gloves, fur hats; snow-blowers and efficient ice scrapers and snow brushes; studded snow-tyres/tires or chains; and basic skills in driving on snowy and icy roads (knowing which gears get you out of trouble, what to do when the wheels spin, how to brake by dabbing instead of keeping the brake pedal down, how to steer into and then out of a skid; what equipment to keep in the car (shovel, ideally some tree-branches or other stuff for traction, thermos with hot drink, blanket, Scotch or brandy, change of dry clothes); and membership of a society whose members have similar skills and equipment so that people get in to work, schools and offices stay open, life goes on.
Obviously few people in England, or even Scotland, possess more than a handful of these skills or goods because we generally need them only every 15 or 20 years and to invest in them all for such infrequent and briefly needed use would be laughably uneconomic. It explains why six inches wreaks just as much havoc with our lives as six feet would do: depth, like size in another context, isn't what matters. Folks in Maine or Norway or Saskatchewan might well have similar difficulties in coping with a tropical heatwave of Nigerian or Libyan intensity if they experienced it only once in every two or three decades, although it's easier to take clothes off than to put the right ones on.
Having said all that, though, I do get the feeling that life in England has been much more severely disrupted by Sunday night's fairly modest snowfall than has been the case with previous snowstorms of comparable intensity. According to the former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone (not, admittedly, everyone's cup of lukewarm tea), Monday of this week was the first time in more than 100 years that the entire London bus service has been suspended. I don't recall that anything like so many schools have been closed on previous occasions: usually at least some teachers, and some pupils, have been able to struggle in somehow. I suspect this is because everyone in Britain (or anyway in England) has for some reason become far more risk-averse in recent years. The Health and Safety Executive bans perfectly harmless traditional activities in case just one precious individual may be harmed by some freak accident. EU regulations are sometimes based on similar batty risk assessments. Government has an unappeasable appetite for locking up people who have done nothing wrong but who some committee of men in suits thinks may commit a crime, or self-harm, or behave in an anti-social manner, at some unidentified future date. Now schools are kept shut after some snow has fallen lest a single child, on its way to or from school, should inadvertently slip on a patch of ice and break its leg. In case a bus full of passengers should slide on ice and hit a kerb, not a single bus is allowed to operate. Ordinary parents and other adults simply can't be trusted to take ordinary precautions if they go outside the house to go to work or to take the kids to school, just because some roads and pavements are slippery. In one part of the country even the parks were closed today because not enough park wardens had reported for work: so the local children (and some adults) were denied the once-in-a-decade opportunity to go sledging down the hill on a dustbin lid, to throw snowballs at each other or to build a snowman. It's not basically the risk that frightens people: it's the fear that if someone's hurt, the person who made the decision to allow the school to open, or the buses to run, or the parks to open without the usual number of wardens, will be blamed for that decision and the tiny risk that it entailed. Authority is primarily concerned to cover its back, and everyone else gets less fun in life as a result. Risk, like the poor, is always with us. Just occasionally we should be allowed to take it.
Richard Thomas says:
As I'm posting from Orkney where we've just had the first proper snow of the winter although the temperatures have been warmer than south, if you discount the wind chill, it does seem to me that in the south of England a couple of inches is an emergency and a bit of wind and snow a blizzard. (The media do love a panic don't they?) My point in commenting is however that very often health and safety, whether the HSE or the internal workers, is blamed when the culpability may rest with an organisation's insurers who are beyond risk averse in their efforts to avoid, even dodge, liability. In addition, the propensity to seek legal redress and hence compensation when an accident happens – you will have seen the advertisements – adds to the caution of insurers and the cost to the country. Unfortunately this results in the scaredy cat reactions of the councils – although admittedly some are cautious politically anyway.
Brian writes: That's a very good point about the insurance companies' influence on decisions, as well as the perceived threat of being sued for damages if the smallest accident or injury occurs. It all helps to reinforce the panicky instincts of a growingly risk-averse culture. We're all losers as a result — except perhaps the insurance companies and the lawyers….
Peter Harvey says:
For the conjuncture of health and safety and insurance implications I refer you to my own blog:
http://lavengro.typepad.com/lavengro_in_spain/2009/02/health-and-safety.html
Brian writes: An all too credible horror story, alas. Whatever happened to common sense?
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Agricultural Specialist Leads Growing United States (U.S) Development Program for Madagascar
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Anne N. Williams, a trained agricultural specialist, has taken the helm as USAID Madagascar's new Mission Director. Her appointment follows the U.S. Government's designation of Madagascar as a target country for both the global Feed the Future initiative and USAID's new resilience initiative, promising significant new investments by the American people to help Madagascar improve its food security and develop its agricultural sector.
At a recent swearing-in ceremony, for Williams, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power stressed that Madagascar needs someone who understands the country's political, economic, and cultural context; can win the trust and respect of those who work for her; and can be decisive, yet collaborative, informed, and curious. "In all of those respects, Anne is the perfect person to take on this new role."
U.S. Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros Claire A. Pierangelo highlighted USAID's work in the region: "The entire Mission has been hard at work on initiatives to increase resilience, improve health outcomes, strengthen natural resource management, promote sustainable economic development, and address climate change."
Williams described Madagascar as "a unique and fascinating country" that nonetheless "faces many daunting challenges stemming from both climate-related shocks and deep poverty." USAID, she added, works to implement programs "to help where we most can."
A career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service, Williams joined USAID in 2000. She previously served as a Deputy Mission Director in Mali and held postings in Senegal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, and Washington, D.C.
For nearly four decades, the U.S. Government, through USAID, has been Madagascar's foremost development partner, working side-by-side with the Malagasy people like "mpirahalahy mianala" to help the country achieve its development goals.
In 2021, USAID provided Madagascar $182 million development assistance, including $72 million to control malaria and improve maternal and child health, family planning, water and sanitation, and nutrition. The United States also donated $87 million for food security and emergency assistance, $13.5 million to fight COVID 19, and $8.25 million to protect the environment.
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New laws let visitors see loved ones in health care facilities, even in an outbreak
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Apr 8 2022
Jean White's mother has dementia and moved into a memory care facility near Tampa, Florida, just as coronavirus lockdowns began in spring 2020. For months, the family wasn't allowed to go inside to visit.
They tried video chats and visits from outside her bedroom window, but White said that just upset her mom, who is 87. White's mother couldn't grasp why she could hear familiar voices but not be with her loved ones in person.
When the family was allowed in, disruptions continued. White said the facility shut down whenever a resident or staff member had the virus.
All the while, her mom's memory was deteriorating.
Restrictions on visitation eventually relaxed, White said, but she questions whether protecting her mom from covid-19 was worth the lengthy separation. "What anxiety, loneliness, and confusion she must have had — I think I would have rather her seen her family," she said.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill April 6 that will make it easier for people like White to see their loved ones in health care facilities. Before Florida, at least eight states had passed similar laws, and several others have bills under consideration.
Some laws, like those passed last year in New York and Texas, are specific to long-term care facilities. They allow residents to designate essential caregivers, also known as compassionate caregivers, who are allowed to visit regardless of whether there is a health crisis. Texans also added protections in their constitution.
Other states — including Arkansas, North Carolina, and Oklahoma — passed similar "No Patient Left Alone" laws that guarantee visitor access to patients in hospitals.
Hospitals and long-term care facilities set pandemic restrictions on visitors to protect patients and staffers from infection. But supporters of these new laws said they want to ease the restrictions because the rules may have harmed patients.
An Associated Press investigation found that for every two residents in long-term care who died from covid-19, another resident died prematurely of other causes. The report, published in late 2020, attributed some of those deaths to neglect. Other deaths, listed on death certificates as "failure to thrive," were tied to despair.
Even in regions of the U.S. with low rates of covid, the risk of death for nursing home residents with dementia was 14% higher in 2020 than in 2019, according to a study published in February in JAMA Neurology.
The researchers pointed to factors besides covid infection that may have contributed to the increased mortality, such as reduced access to in-person medical care and community support services and "the negative effects of social isolation and loneliness."
Woman took a job at facility to be near her husband
When long-term care facilities and hospitals began closing their doors to family visitors, patient advocate Mary Daniel of Jacksonville, Florida, was worried about what might happen to her husband, Steve, who has Alzheimer's disease. "I promised him when he was diagnosed that I would be by his side every step of the way, and for 114 days I was not able to do that," Daniel said.
To get back inside, Daniel took a dishwashing job at her husband's assisted living facility so she could see him. Daniel worked in the kitchen two nights a week and went to his room after her shift. She helped him change into his pajamas and lay beside him watching TV until he fell asleep. "That is really why I'm there, to be his wife, to hold his hand, so he feels that love," Daniel said.
Daniel has been fighting for visitor rights at the state and federal levels ever since. She's a leader of Caregivers for Compromise, a coalition with thousands of members. She also served on a state task force that informed Florida's decision to order long-term care facilities to reopen to families in fall 2020.
"We understand that covid kills, but we want to be sure everyone understands isolation kills, too," Daniel said.
The visitation laws also include provisions to protect patients and staffers by directing facilities to establish infection-control measures that families must follow to enter. That could mean mask requirements or health screenings. In Florida, protocols for visitors cannot be more stringent than they are for staff members, and vaccination status can't be a factor.
Also in Florida, facilities can ban visitors who don't follow the rules. That's fine with advocates like Daniel. "I mean we're not here beating down the door saying, 'You can never kick us out, and I'm going to be here as long as I want to,'" she said. "We want to be sure that everything is safe."
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DeSantis, who appointed Daniel to the 2020 task force, was a vocal supporter of expanding visitor access. "Covid cannot be used as an excuse to deny patients basic rights, and one of the rights of being a patient, I think, is having your loved ones present," DeSantis said at a news conference in February.
Balancing the joy of visits with the risks of infection
In November, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services directed nursing homes to open their doors to visitors even amid covid-19 outbreaks, so long as they screen visitors to determine whether they have tested positive or have symptoms of covid-19.
Hospitals and assisted living facilities are not regulated in the same way as nursing homes. Some health care industry leaders fear the new laws for hospitals and assisted living facilities won't provide operators the flexibility they need to respond to crises.
Veronica Catoe, CEO of the Florida Assisted Living Association, represents facilities with varying capabilities to accommodate visitation. Some are large with private rooms and multiple common areas; others are single-family homes that just have a handful of residents.
"These operators are trying to protect not only the loved one that wants a visit, but also the loved one that doesn't want these outsiders coming in. They both have resident rights," Catoe said.
Florida's law outlines various scenarios during which visitation must be allowed at all times. Those include if a patient is dying, struggling to transition to the new environment, or experiencing emotional distress, among other factors.
Catoe said those situations aren't always easy to define. "Is it the facility that makes that decision, is it the family that makes that decision, or is it the resident?" she asked. "And when they're in conflict, who gets the deciding factor?"
Relatives wanted more time with a dying loved one
Mary Mayhew, president of the Florida Hospital Association, said the decision is also difficult for medical centers. "They are extremely reluctant to place restrictions on [visitor] access, and it has largely been done during this extremely unusual time period when we have had a virus — continue to have a virus — that we are often learning something new about every day," Mayhew said. She added that people go to hospitals because they're already sick or injured, which makes them vulnerable to infection.
She said families are vital to patient care and stressed that even during covid surges and lockdown, hospitals have tried to get relatives in to visit, especially when patients were dying.
Kevin Rzeszut said his family needed more.
In August, when Tampa hospitals were overwhelmed with patients sick with the delta variant, Rzeszut's father died from a bacterial infection at age 75. "By the time we saw him, I mean, he was gone," Rzeszut said. "There was no consciousness left; he was on so many medications."
He couldn't visit his dad for nearly two weeks, he said.
He said the staff did the best they could. "The nurses and doctors, they can look at notes all day long, but they don't know him," Rzeszut said. Rzeszut's mother spent 53 years with his father, Rzeszut said, and "she'd be more attuned to minor improvements or degradations. Maybe that's a pipe dream, but it feels real."
Rzeszut said he supports measures to give families more access to their loved ones, so long as enforcing them doesn't add more workload to an "already overburdened" health care system. What he really wishes, he said, is that more people would take covid seriously so people didn't need a law to visit their loved ones.
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As we left Greatstone, two youths trundled onto the beach where it had been exposed by the receding tide. One of them pulled a home-made cart behind him, consisting of a plastic crate fastened to some pram wheels. The other carried a long pole. As we watched, the one carrying the pole stuck it purposefully into the sand. He then pulled the end he was holding, which retracted from the main shaft a bit like a bicycle pump.
Obviously something was being sucked out of the sand, but what? Lugworms was my best guess.
Slightly further south we reached the ruins of Lade Fort, an old fort constructed in 1798 during the Napoleonic threat. It was an octagonal fort, 215 meters in diameter, and armed with eight 24-pound guns mounted on top of its ramparts.
There are conflicting reports as to its fate. Some sources say that in 1803 it was determined that the fort would not be able to survive a coup-de-main (an attack with the objective of capturing a position in a single, swift, action). They do not say whether or not it was decommissioned because of this. Other sources say that it was destroyed by the sea sometime between 1818-23, but still others suggest it was re-armed in 1860. Perhaps all of these things are true. Whatever its fate, today it lies in ruins, surrounded by a housing estate on three sides. The fourth side lies open towards the sea; the ruins continue to search the horizon for the attack which, had it come, the fort could not have withstood.
Running in front of the fort is the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch railway line. This is a famous steam and diesel railway with a fleet of one-third scale engines, running all the way from Hythe to Dungeness. At Greatstone it runs directly behind the single row of houses that line the coast road. When we first arrived at Hythe a few weeks ago we were hoping to take a round trip, but in the Winter months the trains do not operate. I have heard that residents of Dungeness use the service daily to commute to work. What a commute that would be!
We went back to the seafront road and walked south, parallel to the railway, and into Dungeness.
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I looked up lugworms. Ewwwwww.


A strapping young real estate agent who had the world at his feet and a loving nature may never walk again after a horrific diving accident.
Ray White Sherwood/Graceville real estate agent Charles Lilley fractured his C6 vertebrae and sustained significant spinal cord trauma after he dived into a swimming pool 10 days before Christmas.
According to a GoFundMe page set up to assist the 23-year-old, he underwent a nine-hour operation at the Princess Alexandra Hospital to prevent any further damage.
He remains in the PA's spinal injury unit.
The 198cm Lilley, has "limited use of his arms, no fine motor skills in his hands, and no use of his lower limbs," the GoFundMe page states.
Despite facing a whole new set of challenges, Mr Lilley has promised to live by his mantra: "I'm going to fight this".
"The tragic accident has totally derailed his career and his active and independent life," explained his GoFundMe page.
"His mother, Denise, is at the hospital bedside around the clock. She is overwhelmed by and extremely grateful for the support of the friends, who have supplied home-cooked meals.
"His family are comforted by the fact that he is alive and has no brain damage."
Testimony to Lilley's popularity and nature is the number of donations made within the first 24 hours that the crowd funding page was set up.
Aiming for a target of $250,000, more than $38,000 has already been pledged from more than 410 contributions.
"Not much can be done to ease the emotional stress of this heartbreaking situation. However, with your help we can ease things financially so Charlie can get the best results possible."
"We want Charlie and his family to know that they are not alone."
His family has been contacted for comment.


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Q: Express error when running server.js I am following these instructions to enable my angular app to be search engine friendly: https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/wiki/stories-universal-rendering
However when I run: node server.js, I get the following error:
$ node server.js /generic-skin/node_modules/angulartics2/dist/providers/ga/angulartics2-ga.js:1 (function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
                                                              ^^^^^^ SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
    at Object.exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:73:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:543:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:498:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.WRHe (/Users/Development/gambling-tec/skins/generic-skin/dist/server/main.bundle.js:1:220165)
    at n (/skins/generic-skin/dist/server/main.bundle.js:1:211)

I am not 100% sure what this error means or how to go about bug testing it.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT
My server.js file
'use strict';

require('zone.js/dist/zone-node');
require('reflect-metadata');

const express = require('express');
const ngUniversal = require('@nguniversal/express-engine');
const { provideModuleMap } = require('@nguniversal/module-map-ngfactory-loader');

const { AppServerModuleNgFactory, LAZY_MODULE_MAP } = require('./dist-server/main.bundle');

function angularRouter(req, res) {
  res.render('index', {req, res});
}

const app = express();

app.engine('html', ngUniversal.ngExpressEngine({
  bootstrap: AppServerModuleNgFactory,
  providers: [
    provideModuleMap(LAZY_MODULE_MAP)
  ]
}));
app.set('view engine', 'html');
app.set('views', 'dist');

app.get('/', angularRouter);

app.use(express.static(`${__dirname}/dist`));

app.get('*', angularRouter);

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('Listening on port 3000');
});

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The bellows is a tubular elastic sensor which is formed by folding foldable corrugated sheets in the direction of folding and contracting.bellows are widely used in the instruments field.As a key measuring component, the main function of the bellows is to convert the pressure into displacement or pressure.Bellows are often used in conjunction with displacement sensor instruments to form a pressure sensor that outputs electrical power.because the widely use of the the bellows,today I will introduce you the six tips for bellows installation.
Number one:before installation,the first step is to check the mode of the bellow and Pipeline configuration.All of these must strictly comply with the design requirements.
Number two:For bellows with inner tubes, it is important to keep the inner tube in the same direction as the medium.besides,the hinge rotation plane of the hinged bellows should coincide with the displacement rotation plane.
Number three:For those that require a "cold tight" bellows, the auxiliary construction used for pre-deformation should be removed after the pipeline is installed.
Number four:It is strictly forbidden to adjust the installation of the pipeline at the expense of bellows deformation, so as to avoid affecting the normal function of the compensator, shorten its service life, and increase the load on the piping, equipment and support.
Number five:during installation,welding slag must not spray onto the surface of the wave shell and no other mechanical damage to the bellows is allowed.
Number six,After the installation is completed, the yellow positioning aids and fasteners used for installation and transportation on the bellows should be removed as soon as possible. In addition, these firmware should be adjusted to the appropriate position according to the needs of the design. In this way, the piping system can be fully compensated in this case.
The above is the six-point tip for installing the bellows. These points are especially important in the process of installing the bellows.for the different environment conditions,the service life of the bellows varies greatly.and the service life is closely related to the attraction rate of the material.In addition, the service life of the bellows also depends on the residual stress of the bellows formed, the stress concentration and the surface quality of the bellows. In addition, the service life of the bellows is also related to displacement, temperature, pressure, vibration conditions and the like.
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Amauris hecate, the dusky Danaid, scarce monk or black friar, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Africa, from Guinea and Liberia to Ghana, Cameroun, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya and Southern Ethiopia.

Subspecies
Amauris hecate hecate (Guinea, Liberia to Ghana, Cameroon, Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Southern Sudan and Western Kenya)
Amauris hecate stictica Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Southern Ethiopia)

References

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 24

Amauris
Butterflies of Africa
Lepidoptera of West Africa
Butterflies described in 1866
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler

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A little while ago, I was wishing that there was an RSS feed for Perplexing Times, the blog of an infant with a unique look at the world. Well, as it turns out, there is an RSS feed. I've syndicated it on LiveJournal as perplexingtimes. It's a hoot.
Did I mention you rock?
I just found out about this like an hour ago and on the referrer log it looks like I've already made a bunch of new friends. Thanks for helping!
Happy to help, Brendan -- I really love reading about your adventures and thought that some of the folks around here would get a kick out of it, too.
excellent. im adding a new friend.


All immunizations required for school are available to children up to age 19 at no cost for the vaccine through the state's Childhood Vaccine Program. There may be a charge for the office visit and an administration fee to give the vaccine. All of the clinics listed above bill insurance, both private and Apple Health. People without insurance and who cannot afford the administration fee can ask for it to be waived.
Jefferson County Public Health has walk-in immunization clinics every Tuesday and Thursday between 1:00 and 4:00 pm at 615 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend. No appointment necessary.
The Jefferson Healthcare clinics offer immunizations by appointment only, either with a well-child check or as a nurse-only visit just for immunizations.
Parents may access their children's immunization records from the Washington State Immunization Registry (WA-IIS). It allows you to see what is recommended for their age and to print out a Certificate of Immunization Status (CIS) already filled out with their vaccine history.


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What Is a Jekyll and Hyde Personality Disorder?
By Staff WriterLast Updated Apr 3, 2020 8:09:47 AM ET
A Jekyll and Hyde personality disorder is a dissociative identity disorder, formerly called a split personality disorder or multiple personality disorder. Disassociation is also present in most borderline personality disorder patients.
Dissociation is a type of attribute that is present in most personality disorder patients as well as patients with other mental illnesses. It is considered a thinking disruption or disturbance as well as a change in awareness, identity, memory or consciousness. It is not the same as simply forgetting something and it is not associated with memory problems or substance abuse.
Some patients feel as though they are unable to control their emotions, actions or other bodily functions. They can be frightened by what is happening and unable to remember the dissociation after it has passed. Although it is unknown exactly how and why dissociation occurs, researchers have found that there is a connection between the dissociation process and a person's experiencing of a traumatic event.
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a story that is a cultural icon and shows a character with dissociative disorder. The character showcases the traits of dissociation with inconsistent moods and strikingly different behaviors. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a calm and socially acceptable man who then morphs into his other personality and identity, Edward Hyde. The story was originally written in book form, but has since been adapted for both the stage and film. It was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886.


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Coal Songs
When the Sago mine disaster happened in 2006, singer Kathy Mattea was reminded of another mining disaster from her childhood in West Virginia. It was 1968. Her parents were glued to the television as news of 78 trapped Sago miners came across the screen. Rescuers eventually had to give up.
The tragedies convinced Kathy that the time had come to understand her family's roots in coal. So she set aside the country singing she's famous for and embraced the mountain music of her heritage. The result is her new album, Coal. Kathy talks tells Dick Gordon how this musical journey helped her find the story of her own life.
Visit Kathy's website
Ramy Essam
Dick catches up with an Egyptian musician, who says not enough has changed with President Mohamed Morsi.
Crown the King: Red Takes Black
At Capitol Pool Checkers Club each week, men with nicknames like the Hammer, the Pressure Man, and the Razor gather to play checkers.
Navajo Pentecostal
Producer Scott Carrier attends a church service led by Navajos in New Mexico.
Poetry Wrought In Metal
Radio producer Sean Cole is a poet (and he knows what you think of poets). One night, drunk and stumbling along the Hudson River with his friend Malissa O'Donnell, he discovered a monument to two of his poetry heroes. See more photos here.
A Daguerreotype Captures One Day In 1848
The story of a photo of the Cincinnati River in 1848.
Chinese Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
Dick speaks with Jeffrey Yang, a poet who has translated the works of imprisoned Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo.
Remembering Maurice Sendak
An actress remembers working with Maurice Sendak when she was a child.
The Other Afghanistan
When French photographers Cedric Houin, aka Varial, and Fabrice Nadjari traveled to one of Afghanistan's most arid and remote regions, they walked for three weeks and hauled their equipment on the backs of donkeys. Once in the Wakhan Corridor, a 140-mile strip bordering China, Tajikstan and Pakistan, they met people who had never seen an outsider – or a photograph. The photographers used Polaroids to instantly show them what they looked like
A Fukushima Farmer Tills His Soil For Radiation
Dick calls Japanese farmer Mitsuo Sato, who lived close to the Fukushima Daiichi reactor before the tsunami in 2011. He is part of a crew that is decontaminating the soil in his farming community.
The Tigris, The Euphrates And The Dictator
Host Dick Gordon speaks with Azzam Alwash, an exiled Iraqi who returned to his country to restore the marshes between the Tigris and the Euphrates that Saddam Hussein had drained.


I've always loved coming out to my grandparents farm in Western Illinois. I remember when I was younger we would come out here and spend Christmas. The whole family gathering together at the farmhouse, opening presents on Christmas morning. The smell of Grandma's Christmas Coffee Cake cooking slowing in the oven. The closeness of family and friends, Aunts and Uncles and cousins that I didn't get to see at any other time in the year. In the summer we'd visit and climb up to the old Treehouse and swing on the rope swings. Grandpa would take us out and put us on one of his Mare's and we'd get in trouble for playing pranks and doing stupid things that young kids do.
Then for some reason, most likely money and distance, we stopped coming out here. We started spending Christmas at home and the farm seemed like a distant memory. Then freshmen year of college, while I was sitting in my dorm room pondering my first Easter apart from my family my grandmother called and asked if I wanted to come out to the farm. I got the money and bought my ticket and took the train out to Gailsberg. I got off and was greeted by my Grandmother and Uncle. I spent the night at my Aunt and Uncle's and then headed out to the farm for the first time of years.
The tree's still there, the Treehouse isn't, neither are the rope swings, but it was still the same farm, the place of my childhood. The hot summers, the cold winters with warm family, the memories came flooding back to me as I entered the house, that like everything else there seemed trapped in time, or apart from time.
I returned to the farm last Easter, and then found myself pondering what to do for Thanksgiving for I couldn't go home because of money, when once again the phone rang, it was Grandma asking to see if I wanted to come up and spend our week long break here. Another train ride and I had returned once again to my place of Shalom, the place where God speaks volumes to me, where peace and timeless memories collide to form a beautiful painting, each brushstroke carefully preserved by a Holy God who created them.
We all need places like this in Ministry, I've talked before about the Ministry Burn-Out, this is one of the ways I've found to avoid this burn-out. Just getting away from where God has called me, even if it's a forced get away. To step back and take a break from Ministering to the guys in my dorm and people on campus, from homework and Sterling and just go to a quiet place of solitude and rest. To turn off the computer and smell the cooking of my grandmother's pies, even help if possible. To see my cousins, aunts and uncles, new family members, future family members and just let God speak to me through the quiet and re-energize me for the final two weeks of school before I get to return home to Ohio for two more weeks of rest.
Dear friends, I think this type of Soul care, just getting away is important in our Christian walks. I know Jesus did it, several times He just went away and found a quiet place to pray, to just spend time with His father. This is a part of being healthy Christians, it gives us time to study and just lose ourselves in the father. It allows Him to get us apart from the busy lives we try to lead and really work and speak with us. To prepare us for the next season of life , no matter how short.
Where is your place of peace, your escape, the place you just get to discover God? How much time do you spend there? How often do you get away? If the answer is I don't know, none and I don't then dear friends you are on your way to burn-out. I pray that happens to none of you, yes we must keep feeding the poor, we must keep clothing the naked, we must keep healing the sick and we must keep visiting the prisoners and preaching the gospel. But we can't do that if we are burnt out and used up by the task God has given us to do well, we have only been portioned one life and God wants to use that to the fullest extent He can, but He also cares for us and wants us to be healthy and to do that sometimes, you just need to get away.


Police arrest 17-year-old man in connection with threat made on 4chan, an anonymous online message board.
Schools in Charlottesville, Virginia, remained closed for a second consecutive day on Friday as police investigated a threat of racist violence against non-white students that had been posted online, officials said.
Police said early on Friday that they had arrested a 17-year-old suspect in connection with the threat. The teen, who has not been identified, was charged with making threats to commit serious bodily harm to persons on school property and online harassment.
City leaders have worked to ease racial tensions in the city since a white nationalist rally in August 2017 descended into violence, with a white nationalist killing a counterprotester, Heather Heyer, and injuring others after he drove into a crowd.
The threat against Charlottesville High School was reported to the police on Wednesday afternoon, according to the police department. The threat was reportedly made on 4chan, an anonymous online message board.
School officials then quickly decided to close all schools in the city. According to US Census Bureau data, African Americans make up around 19 percent of Charlottesville's population of nearly 50,000 people.
"We would like to acknowledge and condemn the fact that this threat was racially charged," Charlottesville City Schools said in a letter sent to parents and posted on its website on Thursday evening notifying them of Friday's closures. "The entire staff and School Board stand in solidarity with our students of colour."
4chan, as well as other anonymous message boards, have become increasingly popular spaces for individuals to post racist and misogynistic comments and threats, as well as the planning of far-right events.
The man arrested in connection with the New Zealand mosque attacks in which more than 50 people were killed reportedly posted on a similar message board called 8chan.