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Die Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (kurz KNUST; ) ist nach der Universität von Ghana die zweite Hochschule des Landes. Benannt wurde sie nach dem ersten Präsidenten Ghanas Kwame Nkrumah.

Geschichte

Die Gründungsgeschichte der KNUST begann mit der Gründung des Kumasi College of Technology am 22. Januar 1952. Mit diesem Datum wurden 200 Lehramtsstudenten von Achimota in die neue Universität überführt. Offiziell wurde der KNUST am 22. August 1961 der Universitätsstatus durch Verwaltungsakt verliehen. Im Oktober 1952 wurden in der KNUST die Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften (engl. School of Engineering) und die Abteilung für Handel (engl. Department of Commerce) eröffnet und die ersten Studenten wurden aufgenommen. Im Jahr 1955 schloss die Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften der KNUST eine Vereinbarung über eine Zusammenarbeit mit der University of London, die es den Studenten erstmals ermöglichte, den Bachelor in Ingenieurwissenschaften über ein externes Examen an der Universität von London abzulegen.

Die Abteilung für Pharmazie wurde im Januar 1953 durch die Aufnahme der ehemaligen Schule für Pharmazie (engl. School of Pharmacy) des Korle-Bu Hospital in Accra durch die KNUST eröffnet. Die Abteilung für Landwirtschaft (engl. Department of Agriculture) wurde ebenfalls 1953 eröffnet und eine Vielzahl von Kursen in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Ministerium für Landwirtschaft organisiert. Ebenfalls wurde eine Abteilung für Allgemeine Studien (engl. Department of General Studies) eingerichtet, um die anderen Abteilungen zu unterstützen und Prüfungen in Wissenschaften und Kunst abzunehmen.

Bereits 1957 wurde die wachsende Universität um die Abteilung für Architektur, Stadtplanung und Gebäude erweitert. Mit dem Anwachsen der Studentenzahlen wurde beschlossen, die KNUST auf die Fächer der Naturwissenschaften und Technik zu spezialisieren. Als Folge dieser Entscheidung wurde das Teacher Training College mit der Kunstschule im Januar 1958 ausgelagert und in das Winneba Training College in Winneba aufgenommen. Im Jahr 1959 wurde die Abteilung für Handel nach Achimota ausgelagert. Aus dieser wurde später an der Universität von Ghana in Legon, einem Vorort von Accra, die heutige Abteilung für Verwaltungswissenschaften.

Im Dezember 1960 wurde durch Präsident Nkrumah eine Universitätskommission eingerichtet, um eine Empfehlung für die Entwicklung der Hochschulausbildung in Ghana zu beraten. Es stand die Frage offen, ob das University College of Ghana und das Kumasi College of Technology in der unabhängigen University of Ghana zusammengefasst werden sollten. Nach dem Bericht der Kommission Anfang 1961 entschied sich die Regierung gegen die Lösung einer großen Universität und gründete neben der University of Ghana in Legon die Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi durch Gesetz vom 22. August 1961.

Nach dem Militärputsch gegen Nkrumah am 24. Februar 1966 wurde die KNUST in University of Science and Technology umbenannt. Erst im Jahr 1998 wurde die Universität wieder in den ursprünglichen Namen Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology umbenannt.

Fakultäten

Die Fakultät für Landwirtschaft besteht aus den Abteilungen für Tiere (Animal Science), Getreide (Crop Science), Böden, Gartenbaukunst, Agrarwissenschaften und Betriebsmanagement. Ferner sind verschiedene Forschungsstationen hier angesiedelt, wie die Universitätsforschungsstation (University Research Station) in Awomasi-Kumasi und das Rinder Projekt in Boadi (Boadi Cattle Project) in Boadi-Kumasi.

Die Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften besteht aus den Abteilungen für Bauingenieurwesen, Elektrik und Elektronik, Chemische Ingenieurwissenschaften, Mechanik, Landwirtschaftsingenieurwesen und Georätik.

Die Kunstfakultät ist unterteilt in die Abteilungen Kunsterziehung, Design und Allgemeine Kunststudien, Industrielle Kunst, Druckerei, Integrierte Städtische Kunst und Industrie, Malerei und Skulpturen.

Die Fakultät für Pharmazie ist unterteilt in die Abteilungen Pharmakologie, Pharmazeutik, biologische Pharmazeutik, chemische Pharmakologie und klinische Pharmakologie.

Das Institut für erneuerbare natürliche Ressourcen setzt sich zusammen aus der Abteilung Frischwasser, Fischerei, Wasserschutzmanagement, Waldwissenschaften und Technologie, Waldbau und Waldmanagement, Agrarforstwirtschaft sowie Wildschutz und Wildmanagement. Auch das Zentrum für Biodiversifikation, Anwendung und Entwicklung (Centre for Biodiversing Utilisation and Development) ist hier angeschlossen.

Die naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät umfasst die Abteilungen für Physik, Chemie, Mathematik, Biologie, Informatik, Biochemie und Augenheilkunde (Optometrie) sowie das Institut für Bergbau und Mineralogie (Institute of Mining and Mineral Engineering).

Die Fakultät für Bergbau in Kumasi umfasst die Abteilungen für Geologie, Mineralogie und Metallurgie sowie Materialwissenschaften und Technik. Ferner ist das Internationale Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften und Technologie (International Centre for Materials Science and Technology) integriert. Die Fakultät für Bergbau in Tarkwa ist in die Abteilungen für angewandte Ingenieurwissenschaften, Bergbauingenieurwesen, Geologie und Erfassung (engl. survey) sowie Mineralogie unterteilt.

Die Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften ist unterteilt in die Abteilungen für Sprachen, Allgemeine und Afrikanische Studien, Wirtschaft und Industriemanagement, Umwelt und Entwicklungsstudien, Architektur, Planung, Gebäudetechnik, Wohnungswesen und Planungsentwicklung, Landmanagement und Entwicklung und Immobilienwirtschaft. Ferner sind das Land Resource Centre und das Zentrum für Bevölkerung, Geschlechter und Entwicklung (Centre for Population, Gender and Development) hier vertreten.

Die Medizinische Fakultät ist in die Abteilungen Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Anatomie, Verhaltensbiologie, Kindergesundheit, Allgemeine Gesundheit, Hals-Nasen-Ohren, Mikrobiologie, Molekularmedizin, Pathologie, Physiologie, Radiologie, Chirurgie sowie Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin unterteilt. Ferner ist das Zentrum für Zusammenarbeit in der Tropenmedizin in Kumasi (Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research into Tropical Medicine) hier eingegliedert.

Institute und Forschungszentren
Folgende Institute stehen für die wissenschaftliche Forschung, technische Übungen, Beratung und andere Dienstleistungen zur Verfügung:
 Technology Consultancy Centre (TCC)
 Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD)
 Training Network Centre (TNC)
 Centre for Cultural Studies (CCS)
 Institute for Technical Education (ITE)
 Distance Learning Centre (DLC)

Das Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) ist eine Kooperation zwischen dem Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin in Deutschland und der Abteilung für Medizin der KNUST in Kumasi.

Angeschlossen ist das Regent University College of Science and Technology.

Abschlüsse
In folgenden naturwissenschaftlichen, künstlerischen und technologischen Fachrichtungen können an der KNUST Abschlüsse erworben werden:
 Kunst (engl. Art)
 Kunstwissenschaft (Bildende Kunst) (engl. Fine Arts)
 Keramikkunst (engl. Ceramics)
 Metallkunst (engl. Metals)
 Graphisches Design (engl. Graphic Design)
 Zeichnen (engl. Painting)
 Skulpturen (engl. Sculpture)
 Mode (engl. Textiles)
 Kunsterziehung (engl. Art Education)
 Afrikanische Kunst (engl. African Art)
 Städtische Kunst und Industrie (engl. Rural Art and Industry)
 Journalismus (engl. Publishing Studies)
 Naturwissenschaften (engl. Sciences)
 Physik (engl. Physics)
 Chemie (engl. Chemistry)
 Biologie (engl. Biological Sciences)
 Informatik (engl. Computer Science)
 Mathematik (engl. Mathematics)
 Biochemie (engl. Biochemistry)
 Augenheilkunde (engl. Optometry)
 Ingenieurwissenschaften (engl. Engineering)
 Elektrik und Elektronik (engl. Electrical and Electronic)
 Mechanik (engl. Mechanical)
 Geodäsie (engl. Geodetic)
 Informatik (engl. Computer Science)
 Telekommunikation (engl. Telecommunications)
 Landwirtschaftswissenschaften (engl. Agricultural Science)
 Chemieingenieurwissenschaften (engl. Chemical engineering)
 Wasser und Sanitär (engl. Water and Sanitary)
 Bergbau und Bergbauingenierwesen (engl. Mining & Mineral Engineering)
 Geologische Methoden und Metallurgie (engl. Geological Processing & Extractive Metallurgy)
 Bergbau (engl. Mining)
 Mineralien Technologie (engl. Mineral Technology)
 Bergbaugeologie (engl. Mine Geology)
 Bergbauvermessungswesen (engl. Mine Surveying)
 Bergbaumechanik (engl. Mine Mechanical)
 Metallurgie (engl. Metallurgical)
 Bergbauelektrik (engl. Mine Electrical)
 Materialwissenschaften (engl. Material Science)
 Mineralienwissenschaften (engl. Mineral Exploration)
 Umweltmanagement (engl. Environmental Resource Management)
 Pharmazie (engl. Pharmacy)
 Pharmakologie (engl. Pharmacology)
 Pharmazeutische Biologie (engl. Pharmacognosy)
 Pharmazeutik (engl. Pharmaceutics)
 Pharmazeutische Chemie (engl. Pharmaceutical Chemistry)
 Klinische Pharmazie (engl. Clinical Pharmacy)
 interdisziplinäre Kräutermedizin (engl. Herbal Medicine (Interdisciplinary))
 (engl. Social Pharmacy)
 Erneuerbare Energien (engl. Renewable Natural Resources)
 Management der natürlichen Ressourcen (engl. Natural Resources Management)
 Agrarforstwesen (engl. Agro forestry)
 Waldwissenschaften und Technik (engl. Wood Science & Technology)
 Wildpark- und Schutzgebietemanagement (engl. Wildlife & Range Management)
 Forstwirtschaft (engl. Forestry)
 Wasserwirtschaft (engl. Aquaculture)
 Waldbau und Waldmanagement (engl. Silviculture & Forest Management)
 Humanmedizin (engl. Medical Sciences)
 Humanbiologie (engl. Human Biology)
 Klinische Biochemie (engl. Clinical Biochemistry)
 Chemische Pathologie (engl. Chemical Pathology)
 Gesundheitsmanagement (engl. Health Services Planning & Management)
 Gesundheitserziehung (engl. Health Education)
 Medizinische Labortechnik (engl. Medical Laboratory Technology)
 Klinische Mikrobiologie (engl. Clinical Microbiology)
 interdisziplinäre Augenheilkunde (engl. Optometry (Interdisciplinary))
 Umwelt und Entwicklungsstudien (engl. Environmental & Development Studies)
 Architektur (engl. Architecture)
 Entwicklungsplanung (engl. Development Policy and Planning)
 Gebäudetechnologie (engl. Building Technology)
 Wohnungswesen und Planungsentwicklung (engl. Housing and Planning Studies)
 Gebäude und Stadtentwicklung (engl. Estate and Urban Development)
 Bodenwirtschaft (engl. Land Economy)
 Immobilienwirtschaft (engl. Estate Management)
 Sozialwissenschaften (engl. Social Sciences)
 Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaften (engl. Comparative Literature)
 Wirtschaftswissenschaften (engl. Economics)
 Industriemanagement (engl. Industrial Management)

Campus

Die Universität ist auf einem sieben Quadratmeilen großen Hauptcampus in Kumasi, der Hauptstadt der Ashanti Region gelegen.

Auf dem Campus sind sechs Studentenwohnheime (engl. Halls of Residence) errichtet worden. Jedes dieser Gebäude besitzt einen Gemeinschaftsraum für die jüngeren und älteren Semester. Eine Kantine, Tennis- und Badmintonplatz stehen auf dem Campus zur Verfügung. Die sechs Gebäude tragen die Namen Unity, University (beide nur für männliche Studierende), Africa (für weibliche Studierende), Republic, Queen's und Independence (gemischt).

Nahe dem Haupteingang des Campus in Kumasi wurden eine römisch-katholische Kirche, eine protestantische Kirche und eine Universitäts-Moschee für Studierend errichtet. In der Kunstgalerie der Universität im Universitätsgebäude finden Ausstellungen statt, ein Laden bietet Arbeiten lokaler Künstler an. Ferner verfügt die Hochschule über einen Club für die Studenten und deren Besucher, einen Botanischen Garten, ein Schwimmbad und die Great Hall, in der repräsentative Veranstaltungen abgehalten werden.

Ein weiterer Universitätscampus ist in Tarkwa in der Nähe von Takoradi in der Western Region gelegen. Dort liegt eine der beiden Abteilungen für Bergbau, da sich in der Nähe von Tarwka erhebliche Abbaugebiete für Gold und andere Rohstoffe befinden.

Ehemalige

 Kofi Annan (1938–2018), UN-Generalsekretär
 Saddique Boniface (* 1960), ghanaischer Politiker
 Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (* 1941), ghanaischer Politiker
 Jacob Plange-Rhule (1957–2020), Mediziner

Siehe auch
 Bildungssystem in Ghana
 Liste der Universitäten in Ghana

Weblinks
 Offizielle Homepage KNUST (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Universität in Ghana
Kumasi
Kumasi
Gegründet 1952


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Myra Duffy has the loveliest Scottish accent. I could have listened to her all day long. Not only is she a pleasure to listen to, she's got loads to share about the Scottish island where her cozy mysteries are set.
The Isle of Bute is off the west coast of Scotland, known for its architecture, its long sandy beaches, and, when Myra's around, the odd fictional murder. 😉 Coincidentally, a few days before I talked to Myra, there was the confirmation of the authentication of one of Shakespeare's folios that is in the possession of a museum on the island. In this interview Myra brings us up to speed about what's happening with that fascinating piece of history, and shares lots more about the Isle of Bute and the mysteries she sets there.
You can find out more about Myra and her books at MyraDuffyWriter.com.
She is also on Twitter and Facebook.
Press play (above) to listen to the show, or read the transcript below. Remember you can also subscribe to the show on iTunes. And listen on Stitcher.
You can also click here to watch the interview on YouTube.
Transcription of Interview with Myra Duffy
Alexandra: Hi, Mystery Readers. I'm Alexandra Amor. This is "It's a Mystery Podcast". I'm here today with Myra Duffy. Hi, Myra.
Myra: Hi there, Alexandra.
Alexandra: How are you?
Myra: I'm very well today, thank you.
Alexandra: Good. Looks like a nice, sunny day there today.
Myra: Yes, at last, after a long, hard winter.
Alexandra: Yes, I guess it's great.
Myra: A wet winter.
Alexandra: Was it white?
Myra: Oh, wet, very wet. We get a lot of rain in the west coast of Scotland.
Alexandra: I guess so. I'm on the west coast of Canada, and we get a lot of rain, too, so very similar climates, I think.
Myra: Exactly.
Alexandra: Let me introduce our listeners to you.
Myra Duffy is the published author of non-fiction, but she has been writing fiction for as long as she can remember, winning a national writing competition when she was 13. In the past few years, she has turned to a life of crime, fictional crime that is. She has won a number of competitions, and had short stories published in various magazines, but prefers writing novels, most notably the very successful series of cozy crime mystery novels set on the island of Bute, just off the west coast of Scotland.
And that's what we're gonna talk about mostly today. Just before we jumped online, we were chatting about a very current event that's going to be woven into your newest book.
Let's start at the beginning, perhaps, and maybe you could tell us a bit about Alison, your main character. Alison Cameron. Alison Cameron, so tell us a bit about her. She's a writer?
Myra: Yes. She started out as a teacher. Interestingly, I got into writing fiction really almost by chance. I'd always written a bit of fiction, but most of my work is non-fiction. And then a friend told me that there was an opportunity to publish, to get published, and I had something on the stocks. So I sent that off, and that's really how I started. And Alison, she kind of came fully formed. I didn't choose her name, I didn't choose anything about her. And the way I tend to work is the first line of the novel comes into my head.
So with this one, the very first one, where Alison appears, is called "When Old Ghosts Meet". And the very first line is, "Two days before my 49th birthday, I saw a ghost." Alison sets off on the trail of finding this man she thought died 30 years before. And then when I started to write the Isle of Bute novels, which are all set in Bute, she sort of came with me. So I didn't have a chance to escape her, and that's really how she has come along. The beauty of her, she's the kind of woman you would enjoy having a cup of tea with. She's an amateur sleuth. She's not someone who is a professional in any sense. I think, to be honest, Alexandra, she's just a little bit nosy, and that's really why she gets herself into trouble.
Alexandra: Yeah. Well, that's the best characteristic for an amateur sleuth, isn't it?
Myra: I think so, probably.
Alexandra: Yes.
Tell us about The Isle of Bute. Does Alison live there or does she just travel there from time to time?
Myra: She travels there from time to time. She spent a lot of time in the island. We have a home in the island, and she has gone there. First of all, she went there really just for a holiday. Then she went because she was asked to go in and look into something, a friend of her mother's who was in a care home there, that's in "Last Ferry to Bute".
And then she decided to give up teaching and become a writer. And she started writing mostly about history of Bute and the archaeology of Bute. And because of that, the stories are woven through with history and archaeology. And that's what I like to do. I like to integrate that into the novels.
Alexandra: I could really tell from some of the descriptions of your books that you enjoy that. And then I saw, you mentioned it somewhere on Facebook, I think.
Myra: Yes.
Alexandra: The real island of Bute is a fascinating place, lots of interesting architecture. I was reading about the Mount Stewart House, which is a neo-Gothic mansion, I gather; had the first ever indoor heated pool.
Myra: That's right, yes. It's quite amazing.
Alexandra: Of all things, yeah. Exactly. And then we were talking about this before we came online, that very recently…so we're recording this in April, 2016.
There was a first folio that was authenticated in the library at Mount Stewart House. So why don't you tell us a bit about that because you're gonna weave that into your very next book?
Myra: They always knew it was there. I don't think it was really just discovered recently, but the main problem with any folio is the authentication. And that happened very recently, so of course that's a major event for not only Mount Stewart, but the whole island because there's so many people.
I think there are only 34 folios, Shakespeare folio originals, in the world. So it's a very big event. It's going to be on display over the summer [2016]. So if anyone is anywhere near, then they will be able to come in and look at it, and just get a feel for the whole Shakespeare thing in terms of the island. So it's going to be a big boost, I hope, to tourism there. I think it will be good. I hope it will help sell more books.
Alexandra: Yeah, that's right. I didn't know what a first folio was, but it was a printing of 36 of Shakespeare's plays, printed in 1623.
Myra: That's right.
Alexandra: And as you said, there were only, how many, 34?
Myra: I think there's 34 in the entire world that have been left. When you think about how much we have in terms of physical books and how little or how few they had then and how difficult it was to do, it's amazing that 34 of them survived.
I'm trying to weave that little bit into the new book, which is called "Bad Blood at Rothesay Castle". And I'm trying to weave a little bit of the mystery of discovering that is in fact a Shakespeare folio into the mystery in there. So that's something different, something just to try to be a bit current, and also a bit of encouragement in terms of the island.
Alexandra: It must be so fun to try to weave something like that into your books.
Myra: Oh, yes. I've done that with all of them. "Endgame at Port Bannatyne" reads a lot about a man called James Hamilton. He was an Edinburgh lawyer, but he bought Kames Castle on the island, and he married a woman called Harriett Wynne. Now, Harriett was a fascinating character because she was of a very well-to-do Welsh family, used to the high life. Her father was a great friend of Casanova.
Alexandra: Oh?
Myra: Yes. And she couldn't take a life in the island at all. So the story is that while she was in Edinburgh, just all by herself being painted by Raeburn, her husband was selling the boat bedroom furniture in order to make ends meet. So I've brought that into "Endgame" where they're making a film about the life of James Hamilton. And of course, there are a couple of deaths in it as well.
Alexandra: Yes, of course. So the island must mean a lot to you. A couple of my series are set on islands here in British Columbia as well.
What is it about the island that attracted you? And you said that Alison kind of followed you there. So did you have the idea to write books on the island and then she came along with that or how did that work out?
Myra: Well, the first island one, which is The House at Ettrick Bay, I was walking along the…really just long sands actually one night with my husband. And I thought what if there had been a big Victorian mansion here and something had happened? And that was how that one first started.
Alison came along with that because she was a character I developed a bit already, and so I knew quite a lot about her. I thought, "She could come here. She could do the explanation." And I think that's one of the things which is quite important to know your character really well, and to feel that you understand a lot about her.
And I also wanted to make her an amateur because the police procedurals are quite tricky, particularly in terms of the details. Whereas if you have an amateur sleuth, it's slightly easier, I think, to hand things over to the police. Although police in the island have been very, very helpful, if a bit amused by what's going on. I've got to say that I don't know what you know about Bute. In the 1940s, '50s, Bute was one of the most important islands in terms of holidays for people in the west of Scotland.
Lots of boats sailed from Glasgow right down to Bute. Lots of people spent time there. It was also an island where a lot of personnel were built up during the Second World War. And you may be interested to know that the pavilion, which features in "Last Dance at the Rothesay Pavilion", the Canadian Barn Dance, which is a very famous dance, was actually invented there by Canadian soldiers who were stationed in the island.
Alexandra: Wow, fantastic.
Myra: So there's a lot that's going on. The history is interesting. The geography is really interesting. The highland fault line, that's the line that divides the south of Scotland from the north, runs right through the center of the island. So there's lots going on, and I bring that into the books. I find that fascinating. The background is fascinating. The trouble is Alexandra, you've to be very careful not to let the research take over.
Alexandra: Yes, that's right. I totally agree. I just on the Wikipedia page for the island this morning, just to learn a little bit more about it. And yeah, that fault line is very interesting. So the island is divided in half. There's sort of the northern half above the fault line, and the lower half. And the northern half is much less populated, I gather.
Myra: That's right, yes.
Alexandra: And it's much more hilly, mountainous.
Alexandra: Okay, and then the lower part is farms, so it's flatter.
Myra: Yes. It's very nice. Long beaches, and really, really…very secluded. It's very quiet. That's why it's kind of an anomaly that there's so many murders on the island. I don't recall when the last murder took place there. It's that kind of situation, but I do enjoy writing about it.
I like cozy crime because although there are deaths, I try to keep most of any gory stuff off scene, off camera, so to speak. And I do like to try and make it feel humorous, because life is a mixture of…although there are lots of deaths, it's not all gory. It's a mixture, isn't it, life? So I try to reflect that in the novels.
Alexandra: Yes, exactly. And it sounds like the island itself maybe even is a character in your books. I know I feel that way about islands in my books.
I noticed one of your reviewers pointed that out, that the descriptions of the island, the architecture, and the landscape were really vivid and beautiful.
Myra: Yes. I think that that's really one of the most important things, that the character is brought to life. And interestingly, I've had a lot of responses from people who perhaps went there years ago and quite a number of them said that since reading the books have gone back to the island. So I feel like I'm doing my bit for the Bute tourist board as well.
I'm very lucky. I'm very lucky because I've got lots of support in the island.
Alexandra: I was going to ask that, yeah.
Myra: Yes. Which is the local newspaper has been terrific about doing reviews and supporting. I've got some outlets in the island, particularly Print Point, which is a small bookshop, and they've been terrific about hosting events. I feel very happy and very grateful that I've had all that kind of support as well.
Alexandra: That's lovely. Amazing.
I bet the locals feel kind of proud, that someone's writing about their place. I would.
Myra: Yes. Well, I hope so. I've got my fingers crossed on that one.
Alexandra: Yes, exactly.
Why don't you tell us a little bit about the next book? You've mentioned it a little bit, but tell us a bit more. It's called "Bad Blood at Rothesay Castle" and you're going to weave in the first folio stuff. What's Alison up to in that book?
Myra: Alison has been called to the island because a party of American tourists are visiting the castle. They're on the island for a while. And her friend has said, "I don't know how much you know about it, but Rothesay Castle is the home of the Stewarts, who were the high stewards of Scotland." That's where the name Stewart comes from.
This party are all Stewarts, and Alison has been asked by her friend, Suzy, who's now living in California, to go to the island and to write a little bit about the Stewart history and try to discover is any of these Stewarts are related to the important Stewarts like Prince Charlie or Mary, Queen of Scots. So hopefully that makes it a little bit humorous, but of course someone is found dead in the dungeon of the castle. I would love to tell you how it ends, but you know, I don't know yet.
Alexandra: That's great. If you're surprised, then your readers will be surprised, right?
Myra: I hope so.
Alexandra: Do you have more plans for more books set on the island?
Myra: Yes, I've got one more, which I really want to write. And it's set at the Bute Highland Games, which take place in August. And that's an international event, of course, and a lot of Canadians come to the island for that.
Alexandra: Really? Wow.
Myra: Yes, a lot of Canadian Pipe Bands and dancers come to the island, highland dancers. So that's a big event. I really do want to write one about that, but I write other stuff as well. So I've got all these novels knocking on the door, so that makes it a bit different. But I do intend to do at least one more with Alison, and then move onto a new series, I think. I think I'll have Alison erased.
Alexandra: You have plans to branch out into a different series. Will they be mysteries as well?
Myra: Well, I have actually written a start to another series which is a young woman who's as a journalist. I've also written a romance, romantic suspense. I'm well through a science fiction. I like to test myself a little bit and write different genre.
But my first love is, of course, Alison and the island. And I think I'll be with her for some time to come.
Alexandra: Oh, that's good, that's good.
We should say there are six full-length novels, I think, now. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Alexandra: And there's the prequel, which we talked about, where Alison sees the fellow on the train that she thought has been dead for quite some time.
Myra: Yes, that's right. And there's one other which is a novella, which is called "Suzy's Story". And it tell a story of how Suzy came to inherit the house of Ettrick Bay. So it's a little novella. It's a backstory to it. So that was just because I wanted to write really more than anything else. Probably, in total there are eight novels; six which are totally set in the island, and another two which are on the island partly.
Alexandra: That idea of wanting to share so much backstory fascinates me because we do get quite attached as writers, I find, to the people that we're writing about, and to the stories, and to the information that we're sharing.
I thought it was so interesting when I saw that book on your website. It's kind of an addendum almost to one of the novels, just a little bit more information about what was going on.
Myra: Yes. It's difficult to know whether it's a good idea or not. For example, one of the novels I've written, which is "Grave Matters at St. Blane's". Now, St. Blane's is 7th century monastery in the island, and this story is about…Alison goes to the island. She's got a commission to write a little bit about the place, to discover that they're trying to build a theme park there at the old monastery. So the locals are not happy about it, as you can imagine, because they've taken the sort of names like "The Devil's Ride", and this kind of thing.
But St. Blane's mother was cast adrift by her father because she was pregnant with St. Blane. She was set adrift and actually ended up in Ireland. And that's how St. Blane was born. There's a nice story there as well, but as I said, there's so many hours in the day.
As you will know from your own work and your own books, there are only so many hours that you can actually write. So funnily enough, I was thinking last night…I write very fast if I'm in really top form. I can write a thousand words an hour. And I thought 10 hours in the day so that's 10,000 words. And there are seven days in a week so I can actually write a novel a week.
Alexandra: Yes, if you don't bathe or eat or…
Myra: Anything else. I do think I'll do that somehow.
Alexandra: Yeah, that might…my wrists will get sore, for one thing.
Myra: Yes. Not to mention your brain.
I just think, too, with a place like The Isle of Bute, there's so much history there. I just touched on it when I was looking at the Wikipedia page. It talked about how in World War II, there were some submarines that were kept, I think, at the north end of the island. And there's all the architecture through the period, and I found a couple of photos of castles built at different times, and this history with the Stewarts. You could just write forever, really.
Myra: Exactly. First of all, it's a small place that has amazing history, and geography, and the archaeology. My son lives in the island. He's an archaeologist.
Alexandra: Oh, no way.
Myra: Well, he's a forensic archaeologist, so he's very helpful with some of the details, you see. He's a great source, if I need to do some research.
Alexandra: Oh, that's fantastic. What a great resource for you.
Did you say earlier that you had talked to the local police?
Myra: Yes, they were very, very helpful. The interesting thing about the police forces, of course recently there was a reorganization in Scotland, and they came under one police force, Police Scotland, rather than being all separate according to area. And one of the things I did think about was I was really glad that I had kept the police bit of it to the site to a minimum, that Alison's not involved in.
One of the problems, as you know, is keeping up-to-date and suddenly…even in the time when I've been writing the Bute novels, you go back and you look at the first one when a lot of people have mobile phones. They certainly didn't have the kind of technology that you have now, and so unlike earlier novels they can look very dated, unless you're very careful of what you put in. So you have to be a bit careful. Otherwise, you'd be revising all the time and reediting to make them up-to-date. Do you find that's quite tricky or do you find it quite easy?
Alexandra: I do. I've had almost a little bit of a paranoia about folding technology into my books, just because of that, the way that things can become so dated.
You look at the movies that were made even 10 years ago and if someone's using a cellphone, and it's this huge, clunky thing. It pulls you out of the story right away.
Myra: Exactly. So that's why I feel the police aspect of it, if it's kept to a minimum…obviously there has to be some, but it was kept to a minimum. And so the police have been very helpful with the details of it. I was doing an event at Print Point, and one of the people who was there said to me, "Do you think Alison would have learned by now that it's a bit dangerous to come to Bute?" She's obviously not a woman who learns from experience.
Alexandra: I know. Yeah, exactly. Oh, that's a great point.
When you approached the police, did you just call them up and said, "Hey, I write these novels, and I'd like to chat with you"?
Myra: Oh, no. I just went into the local police station.
Alexandra: You did?
Myra: I rang the bell.
Alexandra: And then someone sat down with you?
Myra: Yes, it was one of the sergeants. He wasn't there at the time, but he said he'll call back. Yes, and he sat down. Well, there's a very good website as well, which you can use. But he was very good and very helpful and everything. It's good to have such support though, and it's good to feel that people in that island are…they're lovely people and they're really cute to help. We should just as well, really given the circumstances.
Alexandra: Yes. That's lovely. That's fantastic. Well, thank you so much for being with me here today, Myra. This has been awesome. I could honestly ask you questions for quite a bit longer.
Why don't you let everyone know where they could find your books?
Myra: They're available at amazon.co.uk and amazon.com. And they're available in Amazon.co. In fact, I think they'd probably be available through any Amazon site. Most of them are on "Kindle", so you can get the e-book version. You can also order them through local bookstores. My website is www.myraduffywriter.com, and you can find me on Facebook or on Twitter.
Alexandra: Thank you so much for being with me here today. Is that a picture of the island behind you on the wall?
Myra: That's the picture of Port Bannatyne, where we have our house.
Alexandra: Okay, beautiful. Really nice.
Myra: Yes. It's really nice. We keep that there as a reminder of all the happy times in the island.
Alexandra: Do you just spend the summer there?
Myra: We go backwards and forwards a lot, even in winter.
Alexandra: Even in winter. Oh, cool. Okay, great.
Myra: It's an island which is lovely in all essence.
Alexandra: Nice. Oh, that's great. Well, thanks again and take care.
Myra: Thank you, Alexandra. Thank you.
Alexandra: Bye.
Myra: Bye.
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Reckless and Drunk Corrections Officer Nabbed After Injuring Many in Crash: Cops
By Julianne Cuba
Sherman Avenue and W. 207th Street.
A Department of Corrections officer drunkenly slammed his car into six other vehicles, causing multiple injuries, and fled the scene only to be quickly caught by cops in Inwood early Friday morning, police said.
Brandon Dauo, 28, was hit with a slew of charges, including reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of a crash with injury, and driving while intoxicated stemming from the 1:30 a.m. crash. on Sherman Avenue.
According to police, Dauo was driving eastbound on Sherman when he struck five parked cars near W. 207th Street, the corner housing the popular late night club, Casa del Mofongo — a possible explanation for why so many of the victims were sitting in parked cars when Dauo allegedly crashed. Police could not immediately elaborate on the victims' injuries or even how many were injured.
Dauo fled and plowed head on into another car on Sherman Avenue, police added.
Cops declined to provide information about how Dauo was eventually caught, but did say he refused to take a breathalyzer test.
Dauo was most recently assigned to work on Rikers Island and has been a member of the so-called New York's Boldest since 2016, but the department suspended him without pay following his arrest, according to a spokeswoman.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office could not provide any more information because Dauo has not yet been arraigned.
There have been 102 crashes on a small stretch of Sherman Avenue between Academy Street and Isham Street since March 2017, with 28 of them injury-causing. In all, 14 pedestrians, four cyclists, and 20 motorists have been hurt. And in January 2017, a driver hit and killed 68-year-old Jose Melogarib while he was crossing Sherman Avenue at Academy Street.
Filed Under: Carnage, Inwood, NYPD, Pedestrian safety, Street Safety
BLOOD IN THE STREETS: Three More Pedestrians are Dead [UPDATED]
By Julianne Cuba	| Jul 8, 2019
Three more pedestrians have been killed by reckless drivers — bringing the total death count this bloody year to 106, or 14 percent more than this time last year.
NYPD Does Nothing After Driver Leaves Trail of Destruction on Nostrand Avenue, Injuring 1
By Brad Aaron	| Jun 6, 2018
Meanwhile, police are applying criminal reckless driving statutes to delivery workers on electric bikes.
One Cyclist's Story: How A Placard-Wielding Driver Got Away With a Crime
By Julianne Cuba	| Apr 22, 2019
Here's a snapshot into why many victims of road violence don't even bother to call police and why so many New Yorkers are so enraged by placard corruption.
Drivers Kill Two More in Weekend Carnage — And Are, Surprise, Charged!
By Gersh Kuntzman	| Jun 10, 2019
Sunday's arrests follow a pattern of cops acting swiftly only when a death is coupled with some other alleged vehicular transgression.
Cops Finally Arrest Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed a Man Last Year
By Julianne Cuba	| Mar 6, 2019
Law enforcement has finally arrested the hit-and-run driver they say killed a Queens man on a Manhattan sidewalk in October — but only for fleeing, not for the reckless driving that killed the victim in the first place. On Feb. 19, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance quietly charged 37-year-old Bronx resident Tomas Dunn for taking […]
Cops Hunt Hit-and-Run Driver who Killed Brooklyn Pedestrian
By Gersh Kuntzman	| Nov 10, 2019
Cops are searching for the hit-and-run driver who ran down a woman near the Brooklyn-Queens border last month, the NYPD said on Saturday — two days after the victim died of her injuries.


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MIH poison, poetic history, value of good players
By Paul67 on	 8th April 2016 CQN BLOG & Comments
If you've been here for 12 years you'll know that Celtic Quick News started because there was a great untold financial story going on in Scottish football. Celtic were castigated by many, including a large portion of their own support, as "prudent", while Rangers, then under the majority ownership of Sir David Murray, were lauded for their willingness to ambitiously push the boat out.
But there was a problem. Celtic were losing millions every year. Rangers were losing a lot more, £35m in one season alone. David Murray's company, Murray International Holdings (MIH), were ½ a billion in debt to Bank of Scotland, and rising.
By this stage MIH's steel business was dwarfed in significance by its property portfolio. They borrowed from the bank and, perhaps with an eye on the fantasy Ibrox Super Casino, gambled that the market would rise inextricably.
For a few years the debt kept rising. "What's the problem?" many said, if the Bank are prepared to lend MIH and Rangers, their strategy must be sound. These were difficult times to be preaching financial responsibility in Scottish football, but the reality was written in mile-high font for many of us. "They're going to crash and burn", seemed inevitable.
Today we read the news that MIH are, like Rangers before them, finally liquidated. Ignore the reported £200m that Lloyds Banking Group (now owners of Bank of Scotland) lost, that's just the loose change. The Bank had swapped debt for shares in MIH as clouds gathered. The true financial cost to Lloyds (significantly owned by UK taxpayers) is vastly higher.
Much of the story of David Murray will never be told, not while he's alive, anyway, as it took place well away from verifiable sources. This might change after he's dead. The one redeeming positive he brought to football was to end the sectarian signing policy at Rangers in 1989. For that he should be lauded, many before him had the chance to do the same but chose not to.
That aside, the influence of Murray and MIH was poisonous to his club. He sold out for £1 to a liquidation expert in May 2011, against the wishes of his own board's advisory committee, as his club claimed its last ever league title. The rest, is poetic history.
As luck would have it, tonight I'll be with some Celtic supporter friends. We'll raise a glass to Sir David and his legacy. Thanks for all you achieved, David, it could never have happened without you.
Erik Sviatchenko is a lesson in the difference good players make to a team. He's started 11 games since joining in January, we've lost four goals over that period. In our previous 11 games we lost 12 goals. His impact on team performance has been phenomenal.
We'll miss him tomorrow – so should make tactical changes to accommodate the perceived risk.
Motherwell are on fire. Less than two months ago they were in the play-off spot. Now they need just one point to guarantee a top six finish. They will battle every second for that point. If we are going to win tomorrow's game, we will need to put in our of our best shifts of the season.
Time to get it together, Celtic.
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Canamalar it looks like OCD obsession on 11th April 2016 10:49 am
Had it been a feather splitter he'd have been right in trouble
Y not67 on 11th April 2016 10:49 am
SOUTH OF TUNIS
wouldent have happened if the SNP and police Scotland where in charge.
http://videocelts.com/2016/04/blogs/latest-news/hearts-set-for-third-visit-to-celtic
BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 11th April 2016 10:57 am
Hearts shouldn't be forced to play three times at CP.
They still have a live chance of finishing second.
It should be a simple shout,the lowest-ranked available team. Ross County.
The Donald on 11th April 2016 11:04 am
Sir KevJ
Owen Coyle's Granny Is 'PURE RAGIN'..
At The Abuse Directed Towards The Mean,Moody,Yet 'Pleasingly Rotund'..
Mighty H*nskelper,Marco McGhee….
On This Now-Besmirched Blog…
O'er the W/E…
Hero of '88….1st Class Campaign Medal…
Hero of The Ginger One's 2008 League Triumph..
Over The Cheatin' Cardigan's Unwashed Legions..
VC & DSO.
Yep ….Without Oor Marco….
There'd Hiv Been NO Helicopter Thursday At Tannadice In 2008..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/7412454.stm
Fir Park in May 2008….
Wiz The H*ns 'Stalingrad'…
An' Their Campain Oan the Eastern,& Western Fronts…
Unravelled from there.
Bold Marco Played Wily General Zhukhov….
Tae The 'Cardigan's' Plodding General
An' Wee Ross McCormick & Chris Porter…
Did The Rest..
Oh How We Laughed…!
As They Danced In The Mean Streets Of Larkhall An' Govan….
[ Did The H*ns No Win The Petrofact Supercup that year ….
Despite Losing Both Home An' Away Legs In The Final
Tae Cheap An' Chirpy Chesterfield…
Wi' Tony Benn as their Chairman…
See Them MIBS..!! Ed]
How Low The Irish Raj & (Our) Shamrock Trolls Have Fallen….
Bold Marco Even Applied For An Irish Passport …
But Was 'Knocked Back'….
As His Sainted Great-Granny's Birth Certificate…
Was Lost In 'The Big Fire' O' 1916…
Them 'Rhebs' Hiv A LOT…
Tae Answer For.
Talk of the Devil….!
The Saintly Tony Benn…
Once Labelled "The Most Dangerous Marxist Entryist In Britain"….
Has Come Under Scrutiny …
When The Panama Papers Revealed…
The 'MASSIVE EXTENT'…
Of His Personal Tax Avoidance Schemes….
To Deny Free Orange Juice & Diapers….
To The Teethin' Weans Of Glasgow & Lanarkshire….
Could This Be The Final Straw For 'Oor' Ernie-The-Ornithologist…
Who Hiz A 'Wee Epiphany' *
Then Throws Off His Battered Che Guevara Beret For The Last Time..
Storms Oota The Croydon Courgette Collectif….
(Just Aheid O' The Croydon Cat-Slayer Posse)
Catches Up Wi' Maggs McGill…
And Together,They Pledge Their Souls To The Donald's Patriotic Crusade…
Against The Satanic Forces of the Illuminati…
An' Get A Complimentary Box Of Tunnocks Teacakes…
For Dae'in A Bosman.?
Candles Lit..
*[ NO! BMCUWP.. Ed]
He certainly is one opinionated trumpet.
http://videocelts.com/2016/04/blogs/latest-news/whining-warbo-launches-fresh-moan
Gary67 on 11th April 2016 11:09 am
Twitter rumour
PL leaving for Sunderland in the summer and DD giving his shares to his son. DD junior wants MON/Keane as management team (just re-checked the date, not april fools day!)
roy croppie on 11th April 2016 11:10 am
Just been told that the Sevco fans gave a rendition of 'Stand up for the Champions' yesterday. Nice touch that but we're not counting our chickens yet…unless you mean historically of course.
thatwillbeanecumenicalmatterCSC
RobinBhoy on 11th April 2016 11:15 am
Peter Lawwell leaving might be a good thing for all, not because, in my opinion he does a bad job for Celtic, for me he doesn't but he gets blamed for everything that ever happens at Celtic so maybe moving on would be good timing for all parties.
Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane? Cannae see it masell!
If PL is leaving,I wish him well.
His legacy will be the problems to be faced by his successor. I certainly won't be applying!
HAPPY HOOOOOOPY BIRTHDAY to
My Celtic-daft mate,Paul.
Always said he was a mongrel,he now has a birth certificate that proves it(!)
NatKnow on 11th April 2016 11:29 am
On a completely unconnected subject to anything just prior, does anyone else think that we're now at a stage where ANY handball in the box is an automatic penalty? Seems to me that it's too difficult to decide what is intentional etc..
Not that we'd score it of course…
South Of Tunis on 11th April 2016 11:35 am
Off oot to break rocks in the hot sun .
Today's get oot and work choon –
The Craig — I Must Be Mad ( Fontana )
A gem from 1966 . Bought in a choon store in Govan . Wish I had bought 2 of it .
Hunderbirds are Gone on 11th April 2016 11:41 am
NATKNOW
I have been saying this for years. It will lead to some unlucky decisions, but should cut out inconsistency, and should lead to less………..ahem, cough cough…………honest mistakes.
I would rather lose to bad luck than bent refereeing.
I've always thought that it should be dependent on one single point.
Was an advantage gained by the handball?
weeminger on 11th April 2016 11:42 am
MON/Keane would be a backward step I think. Whether RD is the man for the job or not. What he's trying to do is the correct way forward for the club and I don't think the above management team would do that.
For example I think they'd have tried to shoehorn an experience RB into EI position rather than give KT a chance.
HUNDERBIRDSAREGONE
I say,old bhoy.
This is hardly the place for homophobia.
67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar...... Ipox belongs to the creditors on 11th April 2016 11:46 am
The idea of avoiding religious content during the Easter Rising remembrance is justified, (a fair number of the rebels WERE actually protestants !!!!!) ….. But the hypocrisy of THEN allowing orange walks is breathtaking …… It is actually religious discrimination in itself….
BMCUW
Chortle.
On the handball issue, I think deciding whether an advantage was gained or not, still leaves the decision open to unfair interpretation. Keep ir black and white and it gives the bassas less chance to do us.
I say black and white in a non racist way of course ;)
Ir = it
kill ultra on 11th April 2016 11:58 am
AULDHEID on 11TH APRIL 2016 10:11 AM
Kill Ultra
The idea of a threat was raised by Yatasuki on SFM.
Auldheid, I've searched his post. There is no mention of the word 'threat'.
What changed since you started this issue for reasons that are unclear was my identity being posted on line by the idiots who follow TRFC.
Auldheid, my reasons for starting the issue are quite clear. In my opinion the Resolution 12 project was taken over prior to the 2013 by Celtic Plc. Since then the Plc has dictated the pace and direction, controlling completely the non-action and delays with the connivance of you and the other resolutioners.
'where I said I would see if I can get one funder who had himself suffered from social media abuse in the past to let Kill Ultra understand how the funder felt about Kill Ultra 's request.' It's not nice. I'm not making a big deal of it but it's not nice.
Auldheid, I know how you feel, so, that's something at least we can agree on.
So I'm just not going to expose others to that feeling to satisfy your request. In short you don't trust me or my motives so why should I trust you?
Auldheid. I think your excuse for not wanting me to meet with the donor is completely bogus. Don't forget, I'm not asking for the identity of this mystery funder whereas my identity will be known to him.
I've kept an open mind all along about your motives: I think it's only fair you do the same about mine.
The Red Telephone on 11th April 2016 11:59 am
SoT,
Great choon as you would say, shades of The Who going on there. HH.
Molly Norris on 11th April 2016 12:02 pm
Jings ….Sir Donald….
An' "Great Walking Eagle", Besides…
Chapeau Duly Doffed…!
That'll Set The Tongues A-Waggin'…
At Dick Byrne's MumsNet Coffee Mornin'….. ;-☘
[Why Thank You, Molly….You're A DOLL! The Donald ]
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
roy croppie on 11th April 2016 12:03 pm
I have no idea what religion has to do with the Easter Rising commemorations but it certainly plays a part in the weekly religious intolerance marches sanctioned by our police and councils all over West and Central Scotland.
BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on 11th April 2016 12:07 pm
ROYCROPPIE
Religion was not mentioned once by anyone over the weekend we were there.
And we met enough people to form a quorum.
Dear Focus,
"The Irish Republic is entitled to, and hereby claims, the allegiance of every Irishman and Irish woman. The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities of all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its parts, cherishing all the children of the nation equally, and oblivious of the differences carefully fostered by an alien government, which have divided a minority in the past."
Lessons from History.
It's not an issue for us mate, sadly it dominates the thinking of too many on these shores and not in a positive way.
You are so right,mate.
A sad state of affairs. Our country-or certain elements of it-need to grow up.
Bit harsh saying that since so many seem to have been born about 1690.
Heyho,I live in hope.
Y not67 on 11th April 2016 12:15 pm
http://thecelticblog.com/2016/04/blogs/this-is-not-1984-and-this-is-not-an-old-firm-semi-final-rangers-really-are-dead
MoonbeamsWD on 11th April 2016 12:15 pm
You come across as a reasonably intelligent person.
I am sure you understanding that by the culprit not using the word threat but going to the trouble of finding a picture of Auldied and posting it publically on a social media forum the action in itself is the threat rather than the person typing something along the lines of 'Auldheid, I know who you are and I this is a threat".
You cannot deny the action of finding and posting a picture of someone in order to identify them publicaly is a threat to that person whether you intend to carry out a threatening action against them yourself or otherwise in hope that someone else will carry out a threatening action against them, which as you know as well as I do was the intent.
So please stop your obfuscating on that point as it just reduces the strength of any other argument you are attempting to make.
Paul67 on 11th April 2016 12:19 pm
new article posted.
weeminger on 11th April 2016 12:20 pm
So I read on Twitter that we've not yet sold out our allocation for Sunday. That's very interesting. It says an awful lot about how our most dedicated supporters view TRFC.
jc2 on 11th April 2016 12:21 pm
BMCUWP
I said last week it will be unlucky on Tarts if they have
to come to home of the champions 3 times.
I am more interested in precedent set that run away winners
of Championship are lowest seeds and if plucky winners this season
will get the same fate.
Hopefully they wont get into top 6
But can you imagine outrage if they have to play
extra game away from home ? or at a venue
that doesn't fit their agenda


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RB, LT fall short of AYP in Prairie State exam
ACT scores remain fairly steady at both schools
by Bob Skolnik November 12, 2013
Both Riverside-Brookfield High School and Lyons Township High School failed to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) on the 2013 Prairie State Achievement Exam (PSAE), which was administered to all high school juniors last March.
RBHS failed to make AYP in math for the fourth consecutive year, with fewer than 72.4 percent of all students proficient in math. At RBHS, 68 percent of students taking the test last March met or exceeded standards in math.
Because of this, RBHS had to send a letter to all parents and guardians informing them of this failure and outlining corrective steps. Those measures included offering parents and guardians an essentially meaningless option to transfer to other public schools. The offer was meaningless because no other neighboring public school district agreed to accept RBHS' students and RBHS District 208 itself is a one-school campus.
The letter sent home outlined a number of corrective steps that have been taken to improve results, including the creation of a new position of college admissions preparation and literacy coach.
RBHS also has an intensive extended period freshman algebra class for students needing extra work to bring them up to speed. A third additional academic support person was hired this year.
Academic support positions, a hallmark of RBHS under former Superintendent/Principal Jack Baldermann, had been cut in the wake of the referendum defeat.
Average ACT scores dropped at full point at RBHS last year while remaining constant at Lyons Township. Meanwhile, RBHS ranked 47th among high schools in the Chicago area with an average ACT composite score of 22.6 for the Class of 2013 while LT's average score of 23.6 placed it in a four-way tie for 29th place.
Most RBHS and LTHS students scored well above state averages on the on the two-day Prairie State Achievement Exam taken by all public high school juniors in Illinois.
The ACT is one component of PSAE. Statewide, 53 percent of high school juniors met or exceeded the state standards on the PSAE while 69 percent of RBHS students and 75 percent of LTHS students did so.
RBHS' results were a one-point improvement over 2012, but a six-point drop from 2011 when 75 percent of RB students met or exceeded state standards.
RBHS Principal Pamela Bylsma said the school's administration viewed the results positively based on the history of last year's junior class. She said the class of 2013 came in to RBHS as a weaker class academically than the class of 2012 based on eighth-grade test results.
"They came in as a more vulnerable class, and we grew them significantly," Bylsma said.
Bylsma added that 2013 was the first time the state included the scores of students given an extended time to take the ACT. If those students had been included in 2012, the average composite score for 2012 would have been 22.3. This year the average was 22.6
"We would have gone up if you compare apples to apples," Bylsma said. "Any time they switch something midstream, all your other data looks a little odd."
Minority students struggled at both schools. At RBHS, where 30.1 percent of students are Hispanic, 57 percent of Hispanic students met or exceeded standards in reading compared to the 66 percent of Hispanic students who did so in 2011. In both math and science, 53 percent of Hispanic students at RBHS made the grade, down 11 and 12 percentage points respectively from 2011.
Black students, who make up only 3.6 percent of students at RBHS, struggled even more, with 40 percent meeting or exceeding standards in reading and just 20 percent in math, down from 44 percent and 50 percent respectively in 2011.
Minority students at LTHS also struggled. Fifty-five percent of LTHS' Hispanic students and 36 percent of black students met or exceeded standards in reading. In math, 52 percent of Hispanic students and 44 percent of black students made the grade.
White students at both schools did much better. At RBHS, 78 percent of white students met or exceeded standards in reading while 82 percent of white LTHS students did so. In math 77 percent of white RBHS students met or exceeded standards while at 80 percent of white students at LTHS did so.
Class sizes were larger at RBHS than at LTHS. The average class at RBHS had 24 students in it while the average class size at LTHS was 22. Class sizes at RBHS have increased in recent years as the school district cut teachers in the face of budget constraints after the defeat of a tax referendum in 2011.


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Biocontainment Laboratory: Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory
The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) is part of a national network of secure facilities studying infectious diseases that are—or have the potential to become—major public health concerns
Biocontainment Laboratory: George Mason University National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases
The George Mason University National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases Biomedical Research Laboratory (BRL) is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories. The RBL supports research programs in the National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases focusing on host resp
Biocontainment Laboratory: Rutgers University
The Rutgers University Regional Biocontainment Laboratory is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories. The RBL is a highly secure facility designed to provide an ultra-safe work environment for scientists and support staff, as well as the public at large.
Biocontainment Laboratory: Tufts University
The Tufts New England Regional Biosafety Laboratory (RBL) is one of the NIAID-supported Regional Biocontainment Laboratories.
Biocontainment Laboratory: Tulane University
The Tulane University Regional Biosafety Laboratory (RBL) at The Tulane National Primate Research Center is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories.
Biocontainment Laboratory: University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories.
Biocontainment Laboratory: University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston National Laboratory
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Type: B-737-222
Registration: N62AF
Operator: Air Florida, Inc.
Where: Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
Report No: NTSB-AAR-82-8
Report Date: August 10, 1981
On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737-222 (N62AF), was
a scheduled flight to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from Washington National
Airport, Washington, D.C.  There were 74 passengers, including 3 infants,
and five crew-members on board.  The flight's scheduled departure time
was delayed about 1 hour 45 minutes due to a moderate to heavy snowfall
which necessitated the temporary closing of the airport.
Following takeoff from runway 36, which was made with snow and/or ice
adhering to the aircraft, the aircraft at 161 e.s.t. crashed into the
barrier wall of the northbound span of the 14th Street Bridge, which
connects the District of Columbia with Arlington County, Virginia, and
plunged into the ice-covered Potomac River.  It came to rest on the west
side of the bridge 0.75 nmi from the departure end of runway 36.  Four
passengers and one crewmember survived the crash.
When the aircraft hit the bridge, it struck seven occupied vehicles and
then tore away a section of the bridge barrier wall and bridge railing.
Four persons in the vehicles were killed; four were injured.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable
cause of this accident was the flight crew's failure to use engine anti-
ice during ground operation and takeoff, their decision to take off with
snow/ice on the airfoil surfaces of the aircraft, and the captain's
failure to reject the takeoff during the early stage when his attention
was called to anomalous engine instrument readings.  Contributing to the
accident were the prolonged ground delay between deicing and the receipt
of ATC takeff clearance during which the airplane was exposed to continual
precipitation, the known inherent pitchup characteristics of the B-737
aircraft when the leading edge is contaminated with even small amounts of
snow or ice, and the limited experience of the flightcrew in jet transport
winter operations.


Our relationship with food is ever-changing and very often, extremely complex. How we eat is a direct mirror-image of how we're treating ourselves and it's no surprise that with our busy modern lifestyle – more often than not – our bodies get the last thought.
Childhood memories, good times and bad times, and our own individual experiences all shape our relationship with food, sometimes positively and sometimes negatively. Add to this a world where we can order food in an instant, where packaged food outweighs fresh on the shelves and where time and money play a massive part of our decision making and you're left with a very confusing space. We live in a society that makes food choices a lot harder than it should be and our decision making far less conscious. We all want to eat well, have body acceptance and a peaceful relationship with food, and we all deserve to have these things.
Introducing Intuitive Eating, an alternative no-diet diet, that allows us to become experts of ourselves. It sounds easy but with the modern world adding layers and layers of stress and imbalance, our intuition is fighting its way through the noise. I know this because I lived this way for many years. Having trained in Intuitive Eating, I now live harmoniously and consciously – connecting my mind and body. I want to share this knowledge and philosophy with you.
Eating intuitively slows down the pace and allows us to start feeling into our food choices. It allows us to distinguish the physical and emotional cues of hunger and acknowledge our choices. How do you want food to make you feel today? What do you feel your body needs? These are questions eating intuitively focuses on, helping you to re-establish a relationship with your intuition and break free from the ongoing battle with your body and your mind. Less judging, more eating and more satisfaction!
If you're stuck in the yo-yo dieting cycle, body shaming, or just want to rekindle your relationship with your intuition, here is my introductory guide. All you need is 5 days and a journal; but one especially for this experience too. I advise to do the five steps over the course of 5 days. Give yourself a quiet week, one that focuses only on you and not when you're calendar is packed full of meetings and events. Really embrace the steps. If this connects with you, you can join me to taste the sweet success of eating food like it's just food and becoming more attuned to the body's natural hunger signals in my 10 week programme, which launches on 1st August.
Give intuitive eating a try. You just might be surprised at how much of your life opens up when you start trusting your body — and yourself.
It may seem ironic to ask you to focus more on what you're eating, when the task at hand is trying to get you to eat intuitively, but bear with me here. To start identifying with your food habits, you need to see it, right there in front of you. You'd be surprised how many people eat a very specific thing at a certain time of the day, completely robotically, and it's only when they write it down, they realise why (stress from your boss come 4pm or fatigue that hits post lunch). Start a journal and note down what you ate, why, how it made you feel and how hungry you were on it on a hunger scale of 1 (ravenous) and 10 (not hungry at all). To understand your relationship with food, you have to connect with it and seeing it on paper allows exactly this.
To be able to use your intuition, you have to connect with it. Set the intention to tune inward every day for 20 minutes. First thing tends to work best, so set your alarm 20 minutes earlier. If this fills you with dread, I assure you this meditative state will give you a boost of energy. Scan your whole body from the tips of your toes to the crown of your head. Use all of your senses and be curious. Is there tension or a noteworthy sensation, is there an area that feels light? Breath into spaces that feel heavy and on the exhale breath, release the feeling – literally visualise the breath releasing it as you exhale through the mouth. Try to imagine what this sensation would be like if it had a color, shape, size, texture, movement, weight or density? Allow enough space and time to thoroughly experience the quality of it. Is there an emotion that comes with it? What is it saying to you? Keep asking until you feel a shift, or at very least, fell like the sensation has passed. Write in down in your journal and practice, practice, practice. After time, this process will become more natural and fluid, allowing your intuitive wisdom to guide you skillfully and compassionately in your everyday life.
3. WHAT ARE YOU HUNGRY FOR?
Now that you've started connecting to the food you eat, now it's time to talk to it, and your body. Ask yourself before each meal, why am I eating this? Where am I on the hunger scale? Is this what I'm hungry for? This is how we start to un-link the associations with food and increase our ability to understand where our hunger is coming from. The 4pm slump when you reach for the chocolate bar – are you really hungry for this, or do you need some fresh air or a deep breath? You're nervous ahead of a big meeting – do you really need the snack, or are you feeding your nerves? You see where I'm going here. Keep this in your journal and note any emotions or thoughts that come with it.
Bring your attention to all bodily sensations when you eat. Take one meal when you can create a calm space and sit quietly without disruption. Sit with your food and engage your senses – smell it, touch it, look closely, and then take one bite and chew it 100 times. Listen to the sound of your food nourishing your body. Taste every mouthful. You'll find a new-found respect for food and allow your mind and body senses to connect deeper to it. Try this for at least 5 mouthfuls and then chew at least 20 times for the reminder of your meal. Once you've tuned into these bodily sensations, see if you can sense what emotion(s) are being expressed in the experience. Don't get hung up on trying to name the emotion; just trying to tune in is enough. Identifying the feelings becomes clearer with practice. Write your experience in your journal.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack at 4pm. Who knows where this regime came from but it's far from using our intuition. Start to eat in-line with when you're hungry. Use your hunger scale. You had a big lunch and you're not hungry at 7pm – do you really need dinner or something light? Then look specifically at the foods you're eating. On a diet, you might look at a potato and ask yourself: How many carbs or calories is in it? If I eat it, what will I have to not eat later? Should I only have a salad for lunch now I've eaten carbs? Am I being good today or bad? If I'm being bad already I may as well add some cheese and then go in for desert. I'll start my diet again tomorrow. Sound familiar? With intuitive eating, you simply look at the potato and ask: Do I want it? Is this what my body needs? You might naturally consider other factors as well (more on that in the course), but it all starts with this question and creating your own food rules.
For more information on the ROOTED Intuitive Eating 10 Week Programme, visit here where you can also book in for a free 15 minute consultation with Pandora.
Pandora Paloma is a Holistic Nutrition and Life Coach and Founder of ROOTED LONDON. She specialises in Women's Health, Intuitive Eating and Living and Self-love Empowerment. Known for her intuitive approach, Pandora works to support individuals to return to their roots - their true form - and in turn, their true potential. She is a big believer in listening to your body and feeding your soul - believing that optimum health starts with loving yourself, your body and your mind. Pandora has a decade of experience, having trained in Nutrition, Intuitive Eating, Life Coaching, Yoga, Meditation and Visualisations and Reiki Healing to create a unique offering for her clients. Pandora is based in London and Kent where she works privately and with corporate clients. She also hosts group workshops, healing sessions and yoga and nutrition workshops, as well as hosting retreats in the UK and abroad. Her transformative 6 Week Intuitive Eating and Living Online Programme is offered throughout the year. Pandora has residencies with Soho House Group, Spotify and Nicholas Kirkwood and has worked with Adidas, Aveda, Freepeople, Topshop and Puma, to name a few. She has written expert advice and comment for the UK's leading magazines including Stylist, Elle, Brydie, Refinery 29, Women's Health, Hip & Healthy and Get the Gloss and hosted talks for Stylist Live and the Lulu Lemon Community. When Pandora isn't spreading health advice self-love and empowerment, she is found walking on beaches in Thanet with her two dogs, dancing to techno and ambient sounds, cooking and eating (intuitively of course).
HOW BADLY DO WE REALLY NEED TO BALANCE OUR BLOOD SUGAR?


While UCL Resources and Minemakers International (ASX: UCL and ASX & TSX: MAC respectively) have overcome an important environmental hurdle after the submitting an independent Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) indicating that their Sandpiper marine phosphate project poses minimal risk to the local fishing industry, the consortium has more reason for optimism. The Sandpiper project will be able to supply natural soil nutrient to meet the inevitable agricultural expansion that will take place in Namibia as a result of a new water source. Indeed, a newly discovered and very prolific fresh water source in Namibia could transform what is one of the driest countries in the world (and the driest in Sub-Saharan Africa) could generate an unprecedented agricultural revolution. The aquifer was discovered thanks to a collaborative effort by the Namibian government along with German and EU funded and supported technical efforts.
The underground water source – the Ohangwena II aquifer – estimated to be able to supply northern Namibia for the next 400 years. Now, residents of northern Namibia (where 40% of the country's population lives) rely on a rather limited source of water based in neighboring Angola. The newly discovered source is source is a virtual underground fresh water lake covering an area of about 70 km by 40 km. Until now, agricultural development has been restricted to areas close to the water sources; however, the Ohangwena water source could change all that, helping to boost production through better irrigation. The water source is said to be 10,000 years old, which makes it pure and free of modern pollutants and it could really help to obviate the problems to farming caused by Namibia's typical droughts and limited rainfall. In addition, many of the existing water sources used to sustain agriculture and human consumption are salty and ineffective.
The Sandpiper project is expected to produce 'Namphos' type phosphate which is ideally suitable for direct soil application; this also makes it much cheaper for Namibian farmers to increase their productivity. Moreover, the Sandpiper project, from its very inception, was intended to address both domestic Namibian agricultural needs as well as those in other countries of southern Africa; the phosphate would also be available for export to meet wider international demand. The discovery of a huge fresh water source will surely increase demand for nutrients in response to more land being devoted to agricultural use. Such is the demand for phosphate, especially in the long term, that undersea phosphate makes economic and business sense. The Sandpiper project will involve dredging at depths ranging between 180 and 200 meters. NMP management has projected the cost of production to be about USD$57/ton, which is relatively low considering that the cost of shipping phosphate from Morocco alone is about USD$70/ton.


It depends! Here are some email templates to help you find out.
You just finished an interview and you think it went pretty well. Or maybe it didn't? You want to play it cool and wait to hear back, but you know the recruiter is probably busy with other candidates and you don't want to fall through the cracks.
How long until you hear back? And how long should you wait to follow up if you don't hear anything for a while?
It depends on the individual company. Some companies will interview the candidate and then immediately introduce them to a colleague for the next interview. Some companies will interview the candidate and their next interview won't be until weeks later.
The best way to find out how long it will be between interviews is to ask your contact at the company (usually a recruiter). Here are two email templates you can use. Just swap any [bold text in brackets] with your own information and you're good to go!
Subject: [Your name] interview—Thanks for your time!
Thanks so much for arranging my interview with [name of person who interviewed you] today. It was great to learn more about [company name], and about the [job title] role in particular. [Company name] sounds like a great company to work for!
If you talk with [him or her], please let [name of person who interviewed you] know I appreciate [his or her] time today.
How long should you wait to follow up again?
Some companies will let you know if they decide not to move forward with you, and some companies won't. It's difficult to know which you're dealing with, so you may want to send one more follow-up email after about a week to make sure they haven't forgotten about you.
It's been about a week since I talked with [name of person who interviewed you], so I wanted to follow up to see if you need anything else from me. I'm also curious if you can give me a sense of our next steps and timing for the interview process.
Thanks for your time and I hope all is well!
You can ping the recruiter (or your contact) about once a week for a few weeks. If they don't get back to you at all within about three weeks, they've probably decided not to move forward with you in the interview process.
What should you say when you get a job offer?


We are very pleased to announce that 'House With No Steps' (HWNS) a leading organisation that supports people with a disability in QLD, NSW & the ACT have been issued with a development approval for 'Respite Accommodation, Living & Social Development Programs, Acessible Cabin Park and Ancillary Facilities' at Doonan on the Sunshine Coast.
We have enjoyed assisting HWNS in obtaining this approval and look forward to watching this exciting project progress.
Gympie Regional Council has now adopted the new planning scheme for the whole of the Gympie Regional Council area. This new Gympie planning scheme will have force and effect from 1 July, 2013 and supersedes the 2005 planning schemes for the former Cooloola Shire area, the former Kilkivan Shire Area as well as the southern part of the former Tiaro Shire area.
The new 2013 Gympie Planning Scheme does provide new and longer term opportunities for the development of certain land in the Gympie Regional Council area. It is possible to request that Gympie Regional Council assesses development applications lodged between 1 July 2013 and 1 July 2014 under the then superseded planning schemes being for the former Cooloola, Kilkivan and Tiaro local government areas. It is recommended that intending applicants obtain professional town planning advice from a town planning consultant before deciding to lodge a development application with Gympie Regional Council.
Martoo Consulting is a local consultant with extensive local experience and knowledge and therefore in a great position to assist in providing such advice.
We cover all areas of South East Queensland. Call or email us for a cost effective quote.


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The Gents delivered....as usual! Beautiful rich harmonies, sung with real emotion. My mother and I were literally brought to tears.
Loved every minute...would have loved an encore from Gentri but loved the fireworks!
I would give them 10 stars if I could ! They were amazing ! Totally exceeded our expectations ! A concert my teenagers loved as well as my 86 year old mother !!! Their broadway songs were great and we really enjoyed all their originals !!! Very entertaining ! First time attendingtheir concert but fans forever now !!
Such a fun show! Filled with entertainment and incredible talent!
Beautiful music! Loved the orchestra, Lexi Walker, and GENTRI. Would like to see them again.


Please join us as kick off the 2018-2019 year with Nicole Ryan, RDN/LDN! She will be speaking on sustainability, eating local, and incorporating these concepts into school food service and communities!
This event is located at the Gatehouse at Hale Farm and Village(2686 Oak Hill Rd, Bath, OH 44210)! Please park in the main parking lot near the Gatehouse.


I was recently contacted by Health at Every Size (HAES) Sacramento Movement to try to spread the word about their event. I read up on them and I love what they stand for so I choose to share the info with all of you.
HAES is trying to spread the word that taking care of your health doesn't have to be about weight loss and that healthy people come in all different shapes and sizes. I love this! Now, I'll be the first to say that I could stand to be MUCH healthier. I really should try to eat more fruits and veggies and try to get more sleep and be more active but overall my health is good. I have no weight related health issues; my heart, cholesterol, and blood pressure are great! However, I've heard a lot of people commenting on people with my shape saying they must be unhealthy. The fact of the matter is, some people are just bigger. I have multiple friends who eat very healthy and work out MULTIPLE times a day and have a plus sized frame, that is just how their body is shaped. As a society we need to embrace that healthy does not equal thin and thin does not always equal healthy.
If you feel the same way, this event might be for you. They will be having a speaker, storytellings, engaging activities, delicious snacks, raffles, door prizes, and more! You can check out HAES Live Facebook Event for more information.


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Andrei Andreyevich Zorin (; born 4 May 1997) is a Russian football player plays for FC Alay in the Kyrgyz Premier League.

Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for FC Baikal Irkutsk on 12 March 2016 in a game against FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Tom Tomsk on 21 May 2017 in a game against FC Krasnodar.

In 2020, Zorin joined Leader-Champion Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan.

On 4 June 2021, FC Van announced that Zorin had left the club.

References

External links
 Profile by Russian Football National League

1997 births
People from Angarsk
Living people
Russian footballers
Russian expatriate footballers
Association football midfielders
PFC CSKA Moscow players
FC Tom Tomsk players
FC Saturn Ramenskoye players
FC Krasnodar players
FC Baikal Irkutsk players
Russian Premier League players
Armenian First League players
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Armenia
Expatriate footballers in Armenia
Expatriate footballers in Kyrgyzstan
Sportspeople from Irkutsk Oblast

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PETA India's Female Staff Share What Turned Them Vegan
Posted on March 8, 2019 at 11:11 am by PETA
Care about women's rights? We do, too – and we care about the rights of all females. Did you know that you can use the power of your fork to help our sisters in the animal kingdom? The bodies of female cows, buffaloes, chickens, and other animals are exploited for milk and eggs – products of their reproductive systems – just because of their sex. Eating vegan means refusing to contribute to their abuse. It also means personally sparing thousands of animals death during your lifetime.
There are, of course, so many other great reasons to eat vegan, such as protecting our own health and helping the planet. For International Women's Day, we asked some of our female staff what led them to make the switch.
Neha Chaturvedi
"I've always considered myself a feminist, but I just didn't know what female cows and buffaloes go through in the dairy industry. I also thought drinking milk was somehow "natural" – that is, until I realised humans are the only species on this planet who drink the milk of other species. That's when it clicked – it's no more natural to drink cows' milk than it is to drink dogs' milk. Being from a traditional North Indian family, though, milk and other dairy foods were a regular part of my diet. But after realising that cows and buffaloes are crudely artificially inseminated – raped, actually – and kept almost constantly pregnant so that humans can steal the milk nature intended for their calves, I understand that being a true feminist means looking out for the interests of all females, including those with four legs."
Dr Dipti Kapoor
"I thought I was living a cruelty-free lifestyle by being vegetarian and not using leather. But after being introduced to PETA India, the veil over the cruel and painful life of cows and buffaloes on dairy farms was taken off for me. Since then, having dairy was not something I could deal with – and the rest is history."
Erika Goyal
"I never ate animals, but I did used to be fond of eggs. I used to think, "Since chickens aren't killed for eggs, how bad can it be?" I was so wrong. These days, chickens reared for meat and those for eggs are different – the former have been bred to be fleshier, the latter to produce more eggs. That means the egg industry considers male chicks "waste" and kills them by drowning, burning, or crushing them – and in other gruesome ways. Females don't have it any better – they're crammed into cages so small that they can't even stretch out a wing. After learning this, I had no choice but to ditch eggs – and good thing I did. Now, I know eating eggs increases the risk of developing heart disease, certain types of cancer, and diabetes. Trying out new vegan recipes has become my passion, and I'm enjoying every minute of this compassionate way of living."
Shreoshi Mukherjee
"On a visit to the local market, I saw a chicken being slaughtered in broad daylight. The cries of the poor bird shook me to the core. I was barely 5 years old, but I realised that's where meat comes from. Today, I'm vegan, and it makes my heart sing to know my actions don't support horrendous cruelty. Now, I aim to ensure that compassion is part of everything I do, with respect to animals and everyone I meet."
Juhi Bhatt
"Switching from vegetarian to vegan wasn't difficult, but I did wonder what to do about chai. Then I realised that I can still have my beloved chai but with delicious soya, almond, or oat milk instead of cows' milk. Cows are continuously raped, their new-borns are separated from them so that humans can steal their milk, and male calves are butchered because they can't be used as milk machines – all just to satisfy humans' addiction to milk and ice cream. I just can't support that. Oh, and vegans can still have ice cream – just not made with animal milk. Try the vegan variety by White Cub."
Monica Bilung
"As a kid, I came across a pup who had been abused and killed. This incident changed many things for me, and from that day, I decided to work to help animals. But even though I would go to great lengths to help community dogs and cats, I still ate meat. That's until I saw a video showing how pigs, goats, and other animals are stabbed and their throats are slit while they're still conscious. That's when I realised that if I wouldn't eat a dog, I shouldn't eat a pig, either. I've been vegan for years now, and taking a stand against cruelty feels great. Going vegan was the best decision I ever made for both animals and my own health."
Radhika Suryavanshi
"I first turned vegetarian after I started volunteering for rescues with a local animal-welfare organisation. Fellow animal lovers introduced me to vegan eating. I started doing my own research, too, and found that not only does eating vegan help animals, it's also good for the planet. In fact, researchers at the University of Oxford found that eating vegan reduces a person's carbon footprint by up to 73 per cent. I turned vegan in 2017. It's been two years now, and the only regret I have is that I didn't do it sooner."
Zarna Thakkar
"I've been engaged in animal-welfare activities since a very young age. While working for a project for my graduation, I came across a video by PETA India that showed the truth behind the dairy industry. It aroused my curiosity, and I started reading more and more about following a vegan lifestyle. After watching a number of documentaries and reading multiple blog posts, I also became aware of the health benefits of plant-based eating. Since cows' milk is for baby cows, when consumed by humans, it contributes to the risk of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer. I also realised that it's unnecessary to use animals for experiments, fashion, and entertainment. Recognising that animals are not ours to abuse, I decided to go vegan."
Jalaj Kalra
"At the age of 28, my life reached a turning point. I was introduced to vegan living by one of my friends. After that, I started to use vegan options whenever possible. For example, I use soya milk instead of cows' milk and faux leather instead of animal leather, and I buy only products that haven't been tested on animals. For me, being vegan is guilt-free, cruelty-free, and stress-free."
Puja Mahajan
"I used to love curd and couldn't imagine a meal without it, but to my horror, I realised through a PETA India video that by having it, I was supporting the beef industry. I'd never thought about the way the beef industry obtains cows and buffaloes to kill. Most of them come from the dairy industry after their milk production wanes. We call cows "mothers", but who would allow their mother to be sold for beef? What kind of person would stand by while their mother was illegally injected with oxytocin, as so many cows are, to force them to produce more milk – a process that causes them pain similar to that of being in labour? I couldn't be that person. So I switched to vegan curd."
Anita Gulati
"I've had compassion for animals since my childhood. I was vegetarian from the beginning of my life, but I didn't even know what it meant to be vegan until I applied to PETA India. I'm really thankful to PETA India for opening my eyes so that no animal has to suffer because of my actions."
Feeling inspired? Take the vegan pledge today!
Pledge to Try Vegan
More Than 100 Veterinarians Petition for Rules Prohibiting the Use of Animals in Circuses
Make a New Year's Resolution to Help Animals!
Remembering Female Animals on International Women's Day
Thane Engineer Is PETA India's 2018 Volunteer...
PETA India's 'I'm ME, Not MEAT' Billboards...


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UK Trustees Reappointed at the British Library
Trustees Reappointed at the British Library
The Secretary of State has reappointed Tracy Chevalier and Dr Simon Thurley as Trustees of the British Library for a terms of four years from 1 April 2019.
Tracy Chevalier FRSL is the author of ten novels. She is best known for the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into 39 languages, sold over 5 million copies worldwide, and made into a film. Her most recent books are the historical novel At the Edge of the Orchard, and New Boy, a retelling of Othello for the Shakespeare Project. Her new novel, A Single Thread, will be published in 2019. She is President of the Royal Literary Fund, a Trustee of the British Library, former Chair of the Society of Authors and of the Public Lending Right Advisory Committee, and holds honorary degrees from her alma maters, Oberlin College and the University of East Anglia. She grew up in Washington DC and in 1984 moved to London, where she lives with her husband and son.
Dr. Simon Thurley
Dr. Simon Thurley is a leading historian, curator and heritage expert. Between 2003 and 2015 he was chief executive of English Heritage. Previously he ran the Museum of London and before that was Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research and Visiting Professor of the Built Environment at Gresham College. His books include The Building of England, Men from the Ministry, Houses of Power and Whitehall Palace. He holds several non-executive posts including being a member of the shadow board for the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster. In 2012 was awarded a CBE for services to heritage.
This appointment has been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office's Governance Code on Public Appointments. The appointments process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Under the Code, any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years must be declared. This is defined as including holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation, or candidature for election. Tracy and Simon have declared no such activity.
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