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No Such Thing as Humanitarian Intervention:
Why We Need to Rethink How to Realize the "Responsibility to Protect" in Wartime
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<!- ARTICLE sTARTS HERE-> One hundred and forty years ago, the British statesman Sir William V. Harcourt, writing under the pen name Historicus, defined intervention as "a high and summary procedure that can sometimes snatch a remedy beyond the reach of law. As in the case of revolution, its essence is its illegality and its justification is its success." This definition has not been improved upon since Harcourt's time. He points to the illegality of intervention, well aware that to codify the practice would be to legislate for imperial adventures. But he nonetheless allows for exceptions, instances when the rule can be broken in pursuit of a higher good. And he identifies the criterion in such instances: success. Intervention is a matter of policy rather than law. As well as considering intervention alongside revolution, he might also have made the comparison with invasion; intervention is an act of war, and as such is politics conducted by other means.
Intervention, Not War?
Most contemporary debates treat military humanitarian intervention and its younger sibling, the responsibility to protect (R2P), as matters of law. But perhaps because of the implication that "humanitarian" actions are above criticism, and because the reality of war is clouded by the euphemism "intervention," there has been too little comparative and historical analysis of the topic. Still less have recent humanitarian interventions been studied as instances of aggressive war - albeit arguably "just war." This essay explores the contemporary history of humanitarian intervention, arguing that Harcourt's skepticism is as warranted today as it was when he discouraged the British Parliament from voting to intervene in the American Civil War.
Subjecting war to regulation is both necessary and hazardous. Most ethical traditions contain a concept of just war, and the concepts of restraining excessive violence and respecting at least minimum standards of humanity in wartime are as old as the practice of war itself. There are rich traditions of scholarship on these issues, the best ones informed by a somber appraisal of the inevitable shortcomings of trying to restrain war in any way. Carl von Clausewitz's maxims and observations remain true: he noted that war tends toward the absolute in a ratchet of escalation; decisions are clouded by the "fog of war" and their implementation is impeded by "friction" that makes the simplest actions extraordinarily difficult to carry out. The label of "humanitarian" does not make military action any easier.
In the era of Harcourt and Clausewitz, the European imperial powers' technical superiority on the battlefields of Africa and Asia was matched by their own moral hubris. The Gatling gun was seen as the agent of philanthropic imperialism, bringing civilization to the benighted natives (at least those who survived the first encounter). As the Ottoman Empire decayed, intervention to save threatened Christian minorities in Muslim lands was rarely questioned, save on the grounds of expense and prudence. Britain's right, indeed duty, to intervene in Sudan - first to suppress the slave trade and later to avenge the death of General Charles Gordon - was conditional only on the right conjunction of circumstances arising. Only in the 1920s and 1930s, when the right of intervention was applied within Europe and especially when it was cited by Adolf Hitler to justify the annexation of the Sudetenland, was the doctrine discredited. Chapter VII of the UN Charter makes no provision for humanitarian intervention, only for war conducted against an aggressor at the behest of the world community, as in Korea and Kuwait. The 1948 Genocide Convention is silent about the means required to "prevent and punish" the crime of genocide, and it would have been an anomalous anachronism for the member states of the UN to have made an exception to its rule of outlawing aggressive war by specifying that genocide created a duty of intervention.
The UN Charter also makes no mention of peacekeeping. That was an inspired ad hoc innovation dreamed up by Lester Pearson, Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, during the Suez crisis in November 1956. The idea that a neutral armed force can be invited by two belligerents to supervise their truce is a remarkable one. Under strictly-circumscribed conditions, it can work. Fifty years of UN peacekeeping operations confirms the basic requirement: there must be a peace to keep. Sending "peacekeepers" into the middle of active hostilities is a recipe for failure, every time. Nonetheless, the idea of dispatching troops that could actually enforce peace or provide physical security to threatened populations has crept into popular debate as an extension of peacekeeping rather than as a variant of the just war.
The practice and principle of intervention did not remain quiescent for long. India invaded East Pakistan, Vietnam invaded Cambodia, and Tanzania invaded Uganda - each instance ending a human rights disaster.
Today's principle of intervention owes much to Bernard Kouchner, who was a physician with the International Committee of the Red Cross in Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War. He was horrified at the way in which the principles of neutrality and discretion prevented the ICRC from speaking out against atrocities. Kouchner went on to found Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), committed to le droit (devoir) d'ingerence, or the right or duty of interference or intervention. Initially, this motto implied the obligation of a relief agency to meet humanitarian needs wherever they existed, irrespective of the strictures of national sovereignty. Thus, MSF teams worked "illegally" behind rebel lines in Ethiopia or Afghanistan. Later, Kouchner advocated taking sides with armed force. Thus, the right or duty of military intervention was reborn.
Mixed and Hidden Motives
Since 1991, there have been a dozen or so "humanitarian" interventions - enough to draw some conclusions about how the practice operates. The first case was the "safe haven" in Iraqi Kurdistan created by the coalition forces at the end of the first Gulf War. This was both humanitarian - it saved lives and sustained a political space in which the Kurds could organize - and self-interested in that it saved Turkey, a NATO member, from having to accommodate hundreds of thousands of Kurdish refugees, including militants, in its fractious southeast. No one claimed that this was purely humanitarian or remotely neutral: it was part of the US-led military and political campaign against the regime of Saddam Hussein.
Operation Restore Hope in Somalia was next. America tends not to look too closely at its military reverses, and many misconceptions about the Somalia operation have gone uncorrected over the last fifteen years. Space does not permit a thorough analysis here, but several need to be highlighted. One accepted wisdom is that the early, "humanitarian" phase of the operation was a success, and the later, political national building phase under the UN, went wrong. The truth is that no intervention can be apolitical, and humanitarian action cannot substitute for political strategy. The political decisions that led to the urban war against General Mohamed Aidid, whose militia shot down Black Hawk helicopters on October 3, 1993, were taken during the "humanitarian" phase. A second truth from Somalia is that once an intervening force begins to fight, it can do nothing else. The moment the UN and the United States went to war against General Aidid, the international forces ceased to have any humanitarian role. And from the beginning, the soldiers did not behave like humanitarian workers. There were innumerable cases of misconduct, including torture, rape, and summary killing. Violations by Canadian Special Forces were but the tip of the iceberg. The level of resentment among ordinary Somalis at these abuses should not be underestimated, nor should the implications for the failure of the mission.
The National Security Council was more interested in pointing the finger of blame than truly analyzing why the Somali intervention went wrong. Presidential Decision Directive 25 was issued on March 31, 1994; not only did this commit the United States to not dispatch its forces anywhere except for reasons of the gravest national interest, but it instructed opposition to any intervention by other countries. But the worst thing about PDD 25 was its timing: one week before the genocide was launched in Rwanda.
General Romeo Dallaire, the embattled UN commander in Kigali, did his best to save a few thousand Tutsis from certain death. With more troops he could have done more; with the right instructions from UN headquarters he could perhaps have prevented the genocide altogether. Dallaire's advocacy of intervention commands respect. But the case of Rwanda is more complex and troubling. At the time, humanitarians called for an intervention to stop both the massacres and the war. Had this gone ahead, the UN Security Council would certainly have insisted on a ceasefire and made protecting civilians contingent on this precondition. Given that the advance of the rebel Rwandese Patriotic Front was stopping the massacres, such an intervention could easily have had the perverse effect of prolonging the killing.
This skepticism is borne out by what happened when France did obtain a UN Security Council resolution in the last days of the genocide authorizing its Operation Turquoise - a supposed humanitarian intervention in western Rwanda which was transparently a political act aimed at securing a territorial foothold for the defeated genocidal regime. This showed how intervention can easily be manipulated for strategic purposes and discredited the very idea of humanitarian intervention in central Africa. The same theme was reprised in November 1996, when the RPF invaded eastern Zaire (now Congo) to remove the remnants of the genocidal regime, and France again got UN Security Council authorization for its troops to intervene (this time with Canadian diplomatic cover). As far as the RPF was concerned, this was an act of war, and it acted decisively to destroy the camps of its enemies before the legionnaires could arrive. The breakdown in trust between the RPF and the international community left the UN with no leverage at all as Rwandese forces rampaged through Congo, setting in motion an extraordinarily destructive civil war.
Debating "Success" and the Use of Force
The next examples from the Balkans and West Africa have more positive outcomes. One was the NATO intervention that helped bring an end to the Bosnian war. This came after several years of failed engagements in the war, the most dismal of which was the UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR), a misleadingly-named operation whose mandate was to provide protection to UN relief operations, not to civilians. The Bosnian Serb assaults on the so-called "safe areas" such as Srebenica dramatically revealed the hollowness of the promises of protection-a shaming that helped spark the more forceful NATO attacks on Bosnian Serb artillery positions around Sarajevo in 1995.
A combination of circumstances ended this bloody and genocidal conflict. These included the fact that the Bosnian Serbs had achieved most of their war aims (ethnic cleansing of large parts of Bosnia); that the Bosnian-Croat coalition had mounted an effective counter-offensive; that Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic was ready to sell out his Bosnian clients - and that the US had finally decided to take military action. These achieved an outcome that Bosnian President Alia Izetbegovic described as not just, but "more just than continuing the war." The bombing was, in short, an act of war (politics by other means) that succeeded in bringing about a better (or at least less bad) state of affairs.
In Kosovo in 1999, military action was again undertaken by NATO. As with Bosnia, there was no UN Security Council authorization - politics overrode law. The Serbs were bombed into submission. There were casualties and collateral damage in both Kosovo and Belgrade and the campaign took much longer than expected. It was, arguably, a just war.
In Liberia, the Economic Community of West African States sent a "military observer group" (ECOMOG) to the country in 1990. This began as a Nigerian initiative to stop the rebel leader Charles Taylor from taking power. This group stayed the course, fought battles, became notoriously corrupt while its soldiers fathered many thousands of children and spread and contracted HIV, and in the end presided over a transition to relative peace and democracy. It was a forcible political engagement which ultimately succeeded. In next-door Sierra Leone, the dynamic was somewhat different, with British Special Forces playing a leading role. But the overall framework was the same: the objective, successfully achieved, was to prevent the complete collapse of the state and to rebuild its basic administration and political institutions, at times using lethal force. These operations are of the species of colonial counter-insurgency and illustrate the diversity of activities that can be described as "war." The military likes to call such missions "peace support" to distinguish them from classic peacekeeping: this is a useful euphemism akin to the colonial powers' language of "pacification." But the real parallel is counter-insurgency - best conducted as minimum-force policing.
Controversy swirls around each of these four cases, but in each instance, a robust argument can be made that the military action was morally justifiable. They salvaged the idea of humanitarian intervention. Can we then take the next logical step and derive a doctrine of humanitarian intervention and codify it? This is precisely what the "responsibility to protect" seeks to do - while decrying the language of "humanitarian intervention." Adopted at the UN General Assembly in 2005, the R2P seems to promise a new world order in which international military forces are used to protect civilians at risk (at least in small countries as interventions in Chechnya and Tibet are improbable).
Trial and Error in Darfur
Darfur has been seen as the test case for the R2P. Indisputably, the international community has failed to provide protection for Darfur's civilians. The small over-stretched and under-mandated African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission cannot contain the violence. Most activists and many diplomats draw the inference that the problem is lack of international political will. If greater pressure were piled on Khartoum (and if China were persuaded or bullied into line), they assume, then the Sudanese government would permit the AU mission to be replaced by a much tougher UN force authorized to take robust action, which would actually halt the killing. Though this analysis is attractive, it does not hold up.
Both supporters and critics of a UN force in Sudan argue on the false premise that UN troops will have the mandate and capability to protect millions of civilians at risk by using force. Despite the tough language of UN Security Council resolution 1706 of August 31, 2006, that is not true. The 20,000 troops envisioned would be enough only to police the ceasefire agreement drawn up by the African Union at the Darfur peace talks and to shoot their way out of trouble if things went wrong. Policing Darfur - or more ambitiously, disarming the Janjaweed militia - would require a far bigger and tougher force. Doubtless, the UN could overcome some of the logistical and financial problems the AU has faced, but a handover to the UN would be only an incremental advance.
By contrast, the Kosovo-style military action called for by Susan Rice, Anthony Lake, and Donald Payne, including attacks on Sudanese airfields, asks the United States to declare war on Sudan. Rice, Lake, and Payne make the heroic, and reckless, assumption that Sudan's government will capitulate and the war will go according to plan. Should it succeed, this might be considered a just war. But this plan has no specifics about who will actually protect the civilians. It does not propose a ground invasion with the troop levels needed to protect Darfurian civilians and fight the militia at the same time.
However attractive it might be from a distance, actually providing physical protection for Darfurians with international troops is not feasible. And unfortunately, the clamor for UN troops has consumed most of the diplomatic energies of the United States and its allies over the last 18 months, diverting efforts from achieving a peace agreement that was within grasp a year ago but has now slipped away. And as a direct result, the existing AU troops have been left without funds, and sometimes without food or fuel, and above all without any effort to upgrade their numbers and capability.
Meanwhile, the focus on numbers, armor, and mandate obscured the fundamental question of the concept of operations. What are the troops there to do? Effective peace support is nine parts political work and community relations to one part force or the threat of force, but the Darfur debate has focused on force alone and not the politics of stability. Making Darfur the test case for the R2P has not helped the search for political solutions in Darfur. It unrealistically raised the hopes of the rebels and intensified the fears of the government. This illustrates the blind alley down which the concept of humanitarian intervention has led many idealistic, principled, and concerned people.
There is no such thing as humanitarian military intervention distinct from war or counterinsurgency. Intervention and occupation should not be confused with classic peacekeeping, which is difficult enough even with a ceasefire agreement and the consent of the parties. If we want an intervention to overthrow a tyranny, protect citizens from their own government, or deliver humanitarian aid during an ongoing conflict, we should be honest with ourselves - we are arguing for a just war. And if we wish to make this case, let us be clear that the war is political (and must be very smartly political to succeed); that military logic will dictate what happens (including probable escalation and various unpredictable factors); and that it will entail bloodshed including the killing of innocent people.
Let us be very wary of developing any doctrine for humanitarian intervention. Any principle of intervention can readily be abused - as by the French in central Africa - or become a charter for imperial occupation. There may be cases in which imperial rule is the lesser of two evils, perhaps to end genocide (a current preoccupation) or to end slavery (a late 19th century one), but philanthropic imperialism is imperial nonetheless. As Harcourt noted, ethics can sometimes override law, and invasion, like revolution, can sometimes bring about a better state of affairs. But chasing the chimera of humanitarian intervention distracts us and impedes the search for real solutions to crises such as Darfur.
About the Author: Alex de Waal is a researcher and writer on African issues. He is a director of the Social Science Research Council program on AIDS and social transformation, and a director of Justice Africa in London. His books include, Darfur: A Short History of a Long War (with Julie Flint, Zed, 2005) and AIDS and Power: Why There is No Political Crisis - Yet (Zed, 2006).
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The World Logistics Passport has been created to overcome trade impediments, such as logistics inefficiency, that currently limit the growth of trade between developing markets. South-South trade is already worth an estimated US$ 4.28 trillion annually, more than half of total developing countries exports in 2018, according to the WTO.
But many countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa have much smaller market shares in key export products in each other's markets compared to their shares in developed countries, indicating the potential for substantial further growth.
Senegal exports nearly half its goods to other countries in Africa. Membership of the World Logistics Passport will enable the country to access lesser tapped markets in Asia and Latin America. Senegal will also be able to grow its economy as a re-export hub. For example, trading between Latin America and Asia via Senegal and Dubai, instead of traditional routes through Europe, will reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Senegal: The Logistic Hub For South-South Trade
His Excellency Amadou Hott, Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation, the Government of Senegal, said:
"On behalf of H.E President Macky Sall and the Government of Senegal, I would like to express my sincere thanks to His Excellency Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem for making this agreement a reality. The agreement we are going to sign today is a significant milestone in our long-lasting relationship.
By joining the World Logistic Passport (WLP), Senegal will strengthen and boost its position as a trade hub for Africa. We hope that this new membership of the World Logistics Passport will enable our country to access lesser tapped markets in the world and grow its economy as a re-export hub."
Traders and freight forwarders joining the World Logistics Passport benefit from a points loyalty scheme to increase their trading volumes through member hubs, including Senegal. The benefits include cost and time savings and faster customs clearances. Member countries also share expertise to smooth trade flows around the world.
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman of Dubai's Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation said:
"DP World believes in the potential of Senegal for further economic growth. We have invested substantially helping to build Senegal's infrastructure, and we are commited to help Dakar develop into a major logistics hub and gateway for Africa and the world. Joining the World Logistics Passport will help Senegal achieve the ambitions of its people, leveraging the expertise we have developed making Dubai the centre of global trade."
Source: Africa Business Pages
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Hyster-Yale Group and Capacity Trucks are joining forces to address growing demand for environmentally sustainable terminal tractor solutions in port, terminal and distribution center markets. The two...


Alessandra Gavriloiu, 9, of Westport, poses for a composition at a workshop on smartphone photography at the Darien Arts Center, Saturday, February 18, 2017, in Darien, Conn.
DARIEN — A workshop on smartphone photography Saturday afternoon, held at the Darien Arts Center, gave kids and their parents a chance to see art with a new eye.
Instructor Sam Morrow, a Bridgeport painter, taught the group about composition and color, also allowing room for creative exploration.
The arts center is also accepting submissions for a Smartphone Photo Contest through Feb. 27. There are no restrictions on age or residence to enter, and photos don't have to be taken in Darien.


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The Aliomenti Saga Box Set
Books 1-3
Alex Albrinck
Three full-length novels!
A sprawling tale blending science fiction, high technology, and fantasy, The Aliomenti Saga traces the rise and proliferation of a secret group of supernaturally gifted men and women through the life of their most dynamic member, Will Stark.
A QUESTION OF WILL (Book 1)
Will Stark is a phenomenally successful businessman, happily married, with a young son he adores. When he arrives home on his 35th birthday, he finds the guards to his gated community murdered, his home ablaze with his family inside, and his life nearly ended by those responsible. Will is immersed in the culture of the Alliance, a splinter group of the Aliomenti. He'll learn their secrets... and more about himself and his destiny than he ever imagined possible.
PRESERVING HOPE (Book 2)
Will meets a young girl named Elizabeth Lowell, resident of a hidden village, daughter of the leader of that village, and one forced against her will to bear the burden of learning the secrets the villagers seek to learn. Elizabeth has secrets of her own, though, and Will must ensure that the revelation of those secrets doesn't result in the girl's death... as it did for her mother.
ASCENT OF THE ALIOMENTI (Book 3)
Drawing upon his business and life experiences, Will transforms the Aliomenti into a global financial powerhouse awash in technological advances that would astound their human peers. But when power and wealth turn to paranoia, Will must decide if the group can be saved--or if the actions of the Leader of the Aliomenti mean a permanent separation is inevitable.
DavieGranps , 04/08/2018
The Aliomenti Saga
Pretty good read. I was a bit confused as to the writer's motives for the main character to travel back to the beginning of the trilogy at first, but quickly caught on. Would definitely recommend these books.
HSVBamaBob , 08/09/2017
I'd give it 5 stars but....
This is a FANTASTIC concept and plot that is well thought out and intriguing! Unfortunately it is spoiled by poor editing 😞
The trilogy could easily be trimmed by several hundred pages of repetitive verbiage. It seems the author has an (unnecessary) need to constantly repeat background information and it makes for tedious reading.
After the first several repetitions, I found myself literally skimming dozens of pages to get back to the plot sequence.
The series is recommended, but the careful reader will find themselves skimming the content to get to the next interesting plot development.
Rxnjsquir , 07/25/2018
Glaring inconsistencies
Superficially interesting, but the hero Will is oblivious to his major contradiction. Will encourages others to not judge and avoid arrogance and self interest. However, he makes every decision, including giving immortality to a tyrant, based on saving his future children and the woman his younger self will meet and marry. His whole goal is to save his future regardless of how many people suffer and die. Will even cries after making those decisions but goes ahead anyway with his own selfish goals. Not the voice of reason, just a flawed man that wants his future no matter the consequences and cost to others. The story drags on long after his speeches become the scratching of nails on a blackboard. Lost interest and had to force myself to finish, even though I will read almost anything. Needs a good editor and a little less preaching.
More Books by Alex Albrinck
A Question of Will
The Ravagers Box Set (Episodes 1-3)
Preserving Hope
Birth of the Alliance
Ascent of the Aliomenti
Stark Cataclysm


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Where command is Frame.Removechild(div)
can suggest solution or a link where can find documentation about HTMLFile Object.. since I googled a lot but apparently with wrong keywords
Thanks
Joe

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Ginger Geyer, Shock and Awe , 2016.
If These Walls Could Talk , a collaborative exhibition presented by the Neill-Cochran House Museum and Alumna Rowena Dasch
Alumna Rowena Dasch (MA, 2001; Ph.D. in Art History, 2012) has served as the Director of the Neill-Cochran House Museum (NCHM) since 2013, overseeing its continued evolution as an organization committed to connecting Austin's past to a collective experience of the present. This spring, it presents the exhibition If These Walls Could Talk , placing ceramicist Ginger Geyer's modern porcelain sculpture into the historic spaces of the museum.
"Geyer in collaboration with actor Jennifer Cumberbatch will use the artwork as a launch pad for a series of conversations between two adolescent girls, Chlora and Ruby Virginia," said Dasch. "The two girls, one white and one black, will highlight similarities and dissonances between past and present, high art and material culture, and experiences and treatment one would have received in a home like the NCHM Greek Revival-style mansion depending on race, class, gender and socio-economic status through time."
Formerly a museum professional at the Dallas Museum of Art and Kimbell Art Museums, Geyer's trompe l'oeil sculpture combines references to art history, spirituality and culture. If These Walls Could Talk is the largest retrospective of her work to date and the first to be situated within an immersive experience of a historic house and its slave dependency. Her collaborator, Cumberbatch, created the character of Ruby Virginia for the NCHM exhibition as the counterpart to Geyer's fictional alter ego, Chlora, who has been a central figure within a majority of Geyer's oeuvre. Actress and playwright Cumberbatch lends her passion for telling the stories of Black people "and all peoples with authenticity and depth in the context of the American landscape" to the dialogue between Chlora and Ruby, offering opportunities to explore issues of race and equity in the past and present. Cumberbatch also will perform a series of one-woman shows inspired by Geyer's artwork during the run of the exhibition. The house and dependency, the third collaborator and character, reveals its history through Chlora and Ruby's exchange.
"With the ongoing debates over Austin's development code and how rapidly the city is expanding, it's astounding to still find people who have never heard of Austin's 1928 master plan, which forced people of color east of I-35 or what was then East Avenue," said Dasch. "It's important that sites like this remain because there is so little remaining of what was historic Austin. We are only about 100 yards away from a Freedman settlement and there's only one building still standing. By being here, by visiting a slave quarters on this site, you can understand in a different way how Austin got to be what it is today."
If These Walls Could Talk is just an initial venture into new territory for the Neill-Cochran House Museum, whose staff and Dasch are working in conjunction with a team from The University of Texas at Austin to retell, reinstall and reopen the dependency structure with a more complete sense of its history within Austin. Dasch reached out to School of Architecture Lecturer Tara Dudley and History Professor Daina Ramey Berry to help navigate the research necessary to accurately reinstall the slave quarter space, rethink how the NCHM's tells its own history, and authentically tell the stories of the people who served at NCHM, both enslaved and free. "This show and the issues that it raises will be carried forward, ultimately, to a reopening in Spring 2021," said Dasch.
For now, be sure to visit the exhibition If These Walls Could Talk or attend any of its many programed events from January 15 – May 3, 2020. Read an early review from KUT, Austin's NPR station.


Sanaila Nasegesege, middle, with two other Grand Pacific Hotel staff in Suva on Friday.
The six staff stayed at GPH on Friday night where they got to see the hospitality services.
One of the staff Sanaila Nasegesege, from Bukama, Yasawa said that it was one of the best opportunities for him to have experienced the atmosphere of working at GPH.
"The first thing that caught my attention when I entered GPH is the formality of their uniforms, it looks so neat and appropriate," he said.
He said that back in the Island, they wore Bula (floral) shirts all the time.
"GPH have big rooms and there are a lot of guests," added Mr Nasegesege.
Mr Nasegesege said that in the Island, they could feel the pressure even if there were 50 guests.
"There is a lot to manage, but when I saw how GPH staff dealt with 300 or more guests per day I understood how I should organise myself for the work," he said.


The Dirty Shames rock band posing for a photo in winter in Queen's Park.
Carol Robinson is sliding on the snow while other members of the band are running toward the camera.
One negative (#5) scanned out of 18 in assignment.


Mental Health is defined as one's emotional, psychological, and social well-being, and it is expressed by one's actions, thoughts, and feelings (mentalhealth.gov, 2017). In recent years there has been much advancement in how society perceives mental health, slowly removing the stigma often associated with those dealing with mental and behavioral health issues. Treatments for mental health have also evolved, and there is much more awareness today than just a decade ago. Mental Health has become a priority for many public health advocates and yet still remains a topic with many gaps in knowledge (Jablensky, 2013).
According to mentalhealth.gov (2017), some myths of mental health include: children don't experience mental health issues; people diagnosed with mental health issues are all violent and extremely unpredictable; people with mental health cannot hold a job; people who have mental health are weak; there is no hope for the mental health population; it is useless to try and help someone with mental illness; it is impossible to prevent mental health; and much more. Mental health has suffered a negative stigma for centuries despite the facts surrounding all these myths being quite the opposite. For instance, every year approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental illness (National Alliance on Mental Health, 2018). Also, research shows that mental health disorders begin to show signs before a child turns 14 years old, with three quarters showing symptoms before the age of 24. Yet, less than 20% actually receive any kind of treatment (mentalhealth.gov, 2017). Addressing mental health in the workforce is also a growing priority. Employees who suffer from a mental illness that receive adequate treatment are known to be as productive as another employee with a healthy mental status (mentalhealth.gov, 2017).
Treatments for mental illness have evolved. In the 18th century, when very little was known about mental illness, treatment included being thrown into an asylum and kept away from society (dualdiagnosis.org, n.d). In the 19th century, the United States had the first asylum that offered treatments such as cold baths, and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); surprisingly these treatments were still utilized until 1995 (dualdiagnosis.org, n.d). Antipsychotic medications first became available in 1954. It was not until 1963 that Congress passed the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act, signed into law by President John F. Kennedy, which began the deinstitutionalization movement and allowed funds and federal support to be allocated to community mental health centers (The National Council, 2018).
Today, safe, appropriate mental health treatments include psychotherapy (cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy, among others) , or therapeutic treatments that helps an individual learn and explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors more in-depth together. Psychotherapy combined with appropriately prescribed medication has shown to be very effective in treating mental illness (Mental Health America, 2015). In addition, case management, support groups, self-help plans, peer support, prescribed medication, and art therapy are also evidence-based approaches to help people struggling with a mental health disorder (Mental Health America, 2015). One can benefit from one or often a combination of different treatment approaches.
Mental health is an essential component of an individual's overall well-being and should be viewed equal to maintaining physical health. Every day one may encounter various daily life struggles that can be overwhelming and can affect one's mental health. For instance, a young adult may be struggling with balancing their classes and their social life, at the same time another young adult could be struggling with two jobs trying to make ends meet. Life has a way to throw the unexpected when we least expect it, but making daily simple evidence-based behavioral changes can help one maintain healthy mental health. According to the Mental Health Foundation (2018), talking to someone about your feelings; keeping active and eating well; drinking alcoholic beverages sensibly; keeping in touch with a friends; asking for help; taking necessary breaks; caring for others; accepting who you are; and doing something that you are good at and makes you happy, are all ways to improve or maintain a good mental health. Making just one change a day will not only improve or maintain your mental health but can also help at the interpersonal level of the socioecological model by impacting your friends, family, and peers. IT ONLY TAKES ONE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!


The amount arrested for drink driving in the Royal Borough was 18, and drug driving eight. Slough recorded 28 arrests for drink driving and 21 for drugs.
The overall results showed a decrease in the number of drink drive arrests – which fell by 5 per cent – however the figure for drug drivers increased by 28 per cent. The combined drink and drug arrests figure for the whole of the Thames Valley saw an increase of 1.2 per cent.
More than 4,200 breath tests were carried out during the Op Holly period by policing officers, with 155 blowing over the drink drive limit.
More than half of the 284 drivers tested for drugs had a positive result, while 150 people who had a drug wipe test had a trace of drugs in their system. A further 26 were arrested for failing a Field Impairment Test (FIT).
The worst offending drink driving age group were 35-49 years, while the highest number of drug drivers were aged 17-24.
"We've seen a small drop in the number arrested for drink driving, which is good, however there continues to be a steady rise in the number caught for drug driving over the last few years.
"We need to consider that the increase in drug driver arrests is not necessarily because we have more drug drivers on the road, but that officers can conduct road side drug testing, using drug analysers to test for a level of certain illegal drugs in a person's saliva, which wasn't available pre-2015.
"Different drugs will vary in the time they take to process through your system.


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Next rest stop 240,000 miles away
Do you hear it? Like a benevolent siren from a darker, colder shore the news beckons, 'Come over here. There is water here.'
After generations of searching, from Ptolemy to Sagan, we have spotted sanctuary on foreign lands. The Lunar Prospector, small unmanned craft sent to survey the moon by NASA, has been sending data back to Earth since January. Last Thursday NASA announced a historic discovery. There is water on the moon.
What can be said except, 'Wow!'?
Of course the lunar water is not like the glassy curls tempting surfers off the California coast. It is frozen, lying in the form of millions of tons of ice. And of course there is the fact that it lies about 240,00 miles from the nearest penguin or Arctic Tern. Yet it is there nonetheless, in all its life sustaining glory.
"We have found water," said NASA scientist Alan Binder in a San Jose Mercury News story. "It means human life can expand to the moon."
It is an interplanetary oasis awaiting a traveler, an arctic frontier awaiting an explorer, someone like us - humans.
It is so easy in this age of municipal water companies pumping our showers full of tension easing H20 to forget just how important water is to us. Nowadays we even look to the soggy hillsides, curse 'El Niño,' and think we have too much water.
After all if you want some water, just turn on the tap. We have convenience stores full of Evian. Outside the grocery stores we have machines that magically dispense water by the pre-filtered gallon. We jet-ski in reservoirs full of it, wash our cars in it, flush a few gallons of it per day, and if we are smart we are drinking our recommended eight glasses of it a day.
Yet our viscous bliss cannot hide the truth; we take water for granted - a potentially life-threatening mistake because to a living being, water is life. Us humans have bodies that are about 75 percent water. That water needs to be replenished daily to the tune of about 3 quarts. A person can survive several weeks without food, but just days or less without water.
In a recent article Mark Jenkins for Men's Health Magazine put it bluntly. Without water and "hiking in hot weather, most (people) will be dead in 36 hours. Other than oxygen and warmth, water is the(sic) most essential physical requirement for survival."
So it was both monumentally important and wondrous to learn there is water on the moon. Not only can the lunar water be used for drinking, but it can also be broken down into its primary components, hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen and oxygen are the chief ingredients of rocket fuel and oxygen is of course what humans need to breathe.
'What is the big deal?' some may ask. Why don't the astronauts just take the water with them? Well, on the Apollo and Shuttle missions they do, but those are relatively short missions. For any kind of real stay on the moon (or in space), from a practical standpoint, it quickly becomes impossible to take enough water.
Some quick bone-head math. My roommates George and Hiccup (a couple of fancy-tailed goldfish) live in a ten-gallon aquarium. That sucker weighs close to 100 pounds, but it contains only enough water that a typical shuttle crew of seven people (drinking their three quarts a day) would go through it in two days. A small outpost of 20 people on the moon would need 450 gallons a month just for drinking, almost 4,000 pounds of water. That is a lot of weight to lug around and represents close to 10 percent of the Space Shuttle's total payload capacity.
So unfortunately, for any kind of real lunar activity beyond just landing, planting a flag, hitting a golf ball and then splitting, we are going to need a watering hole.
Our African ancestors, who so many millions of years ago walked out of the Oldavai gorge, knew we needed watering holes to survive. They found first one then another in their long march across continents and through history. Now we have looked skyward and found one of our own.
I guess some people may still wonder why we would want to go to the moon at all. Water or no water it is still just a cold rock in space devoid of shopping malls and cable television. And I personally know more than a few who think any money spent on space exploration could be better spent here on Earth.
Well I suppose one could fall back on Edmund Hillary's famous line, "because it is there." I have always liked that answer because it points to one of the grand and undeniable characteristics of human beings - we explore. It is in our blood just as sure as a toddler set down in a living room will take off through the front door given half a chance.
But I think the attraction of going to the moon is rooted something deeper than just it just being "there," than it just being another place to explore. Today, just as in Hillary's day, Everest is still there to be sure, but who among us has ever seen it in person?
But the moon, by contrast, is tied to our planet in a cosmic dance, destined to orbit our home world until the expanding sun in its dying throes violently swallows both it and Earth. All of us have seen it. From the book of Proverbs to H. G. Wells "First Men in the Moon" we have read of it and wondered. It cannot be ignored.
Writes Andy Walton of CNN, "So close and so visible, the moon mocks us and piques the curiosity of scientists and laymen almost to the point of insanity."
No doubt about it, it is in our nature to dream of the moon.
With this latest news I imagine little boys and girls looking up at the moon now and saying, 'I want to live there when I grow up.' And, you know what? They just may, because now we know, there is water up there.
- Jason L. Ables is the Opinion Editor of the Golden Gater


A show about esports is a tough one to swallow, at one end you face the gatekeepers who might not enjoy their livelihood being made into a comedy, and on the other end you have comedy fans who may not get the appeal of esports. One thing's for certain – Dan Harmon's name is in the credits and that's often enough to get a little bit excited over a new project like this. "Good Game" is a show about a two friends who are trying to put together an esports team to take part in a $1 million competition. It details their journey and putting together a band of misfits who will face their biggest rival and his team.
Joining Harmon are esports commentators and personalities Jesse Cox and Michelle Morrow, who have done extensive work for companies like Blizzard. The show's two main characters are none other than Gamer Grump's Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan. The show will air on YouTube Red, which is a $10 per month subscription to a whole new world of YouTube content.
As an esports gate-keeper myself, I'm not 100% sold on the first trailer of the show, but there's a Terry Crews cameo coming and that I cannot wait for. Comedies about esports are almost non-existent, but the question over the use of YouTube Red is something a few fans are pondering on. It's a whole new genre of comedy and it's airing on a platform which requires a subscription atop your other subscriptions like Netflix, Amazon Prime and DSTV (if you're a madman). The other argument is that Gamer Grump's endemic audience may enjoy and catch most of the humour as there will be a number of gaming terms thrown around, tied to the funnier side of gaming/esports. The humour is of course the big question, as the trailer doesn't have that many moments where you sit back and go "okay, that's pretty funny" or throw out a real life "lol." The plus side, added to Harmon's producing, is Rick and Morty writers Sarah Carbiener and Erica Rosbe, so there are should be some laughs here and there.
YouTube Red does have a one month free-trial so if you're interested in checking out what Harmon, Cox and Morrow have to offer you can start it on August 30th and catch the first episode of Good Game.


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Emails that arrive day and night, a travel schedule that interferes with family life, the age-old struggle with work-life balance — data from the American Psychological Association show that 65 percent of Americans cite work as a top source of stress. It can happen, even if you usually love your job.
Women in particular face a unique set of challenges at work due to issues like childcare and interpersonal relationships, explains Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Jennifer Haythornthwaite, Ph.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Mind-Body Research.
Stress happens when there's an imbalance between the demands of a situation and a person's resources for managing it, says Haythornthwaite.
"Think of the brain as stress central," she says. It's responsible for organizing the stress response that happens throughout your body.
The Most Common Sources of Work Stress
Stress produces physical symptoms, and many of its roots can be traced to the workplace. Here are Haythornthwaite's top sources of on-the-job stress.
Work-life balance. American women are spending more hours working than ever before, leaving less time for personal obligations. Meanwhile, they shoulder a large caretaking burden, she notes. "More often than not, women are still the caretakers for children and are involved in elder care," says Haythornthwaite. "We have caretaker obligations at both ends of the life span."
Relationships. "The inflexibility of work environments is a huge stressor for women," says Haythornthwaite. For instance, some women might want to telecommute or maintain nontraditional hours to enable them to fulfill personal obligations, but many employers still dislike flexible working arrangements. Other women struggle with pervasive issues, like sexism or discrimination.
Technology. Mobile devices, like laptops and smartphones, creep into our personal time. "Some people may leave the office at 6 o'clock, but they're checking their email in bed," says Haythornthwaite. Ever-present technology makes it more difficult for already time-strapped women to unplug from work and to have any real downtime.
4 Ways to Cope with Stress
You might not be able to eliminate all of the stressors from your job, but there are things you can do to help cope with them. Haythornthwaite offers these four tips for reducing workplace stress.
Exercise. Incorporate regular spurts of movement into your day, particularly if you spend most of your time sitting behind a desk. The exercise doesn't need to be vigorous. Even short daytime walks are helpful. Use a fitness tracker or app on your phone to track your progress.
Sleep. "The health effects of sleep are unbelievable. As a society, we haven't given it enough priority," Haythornthwaite says. Sleep boosts mood and helps us to deal with daily challenges more effectively. Wind down two hours prior to bed by stopping work, and avoid caffeine beginning in the late afternoon. Studies suggest that mobile phone use in adults can ruin your chances of getting a good night's sleep. So shut off your devices in the evening and wake up at the same time each day to allow your body's natural sleeping rhythm to express itself.
Seek out happiness. "Find time for pleasure and joy," Haythornthwaite advises. Prioritize hobbies and do them on a regular basis, whether it's family time or community activism. "Having purpose and meaning in your life is key to job satisfaction," she says.
Social support. Treat your social network as a stress buffer that boosts health and longevity, Haythornthwaite says. Your group doesn't have to be large, as long as it supports your sense of connection and shared experience. Friendship and connectedness are "critical to being able to cope with stressors," she says.
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Вустерский музей искусств (, сокр. WAM) — художественный музей в США, находящийся в городе Вустер. Второе по размерам после Бостонского музея изящных искусств собрание изобразительного искусства в штате Массачусетс и всей Новой Англии.

История музея
Музей был организован в 1896 году по инициативе местного предпринимателя Стивена Солсбери, пожертвовавшего земельный участок на строительство здания, и ряда его друзей. В 1898 году он открылся для посетителей во вновь построенном здании. Первоначально собрание в основном состояло из гипсовых копий античной и средневековой скульптуры, а также коллекции японской гравюры в  в 1905 году после смерти Солсбери оно пополнилось его коллекцией, включавшей в основном американскую живопись.

В то же время в дальнейшем Вустерский музей значительно пополнил свои коллекции благодаря разумной фондовой политике. Так, это был первый музей в США, приобретавший работы Моне и Гогена. В 1930-е годы наряду с Лувром, Дамбартон-Окс, Балтиморским музеем изящных искусств и Принстонским университетом Вустерский музей стал одним из организаторов раскопок древней Антиохии, в результате чего в его коллекцию поступил ряд мозаик. Тогда же была приобретена и перевезена в США, где пристроена к основному зданию музея, часовня бенедиктинского аббатства Сен-Жан близ Пуатье во Франции, построенная в XII веке.

В 1972 году из музея были похищены две работы Гогена, а также картины Пикассо и Рембрандта, однако кража была раскрыта, и картины возвращены в экспозицию.

Собрание музея

В настоящее время в фондах музея, помимо античной мозаики и скульптуры, полнее всего представлено искусство импрессионистов и постимпрессионистов, в том числе Моне, Ренуара, Гогена, Сезанна, Ван Гога, Пикассо, а также американская живопись, в частности, работы Гилберта Стюарта, Коула, Хомера, Сарджента, Беллоуза. «Шахматисты» () — картина английского художника, искусствоведа и мемуариста Джеймса Норткота (1746—1831) изображает в аллегорической форме старение человека, является его наиболее известным произведением. Из более ранней живописи музей обладает произведениями Эль Греко и Рембрандта; живопись XX века представлена в том числе Кандинским, Клайном и Поллоком. Также хранится большая коллекция японской гравюры.

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Здания и сооружения, построенные в 1898 году в США
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Taraszkiewica, klasyczny wariant (biał. тарашкевіца, taraškievica; клясычны правапіс, klasyčny pravapis) – potoczna nazwa jednego z wariantów ortografii języka białoruskiego, opierającego się na regułach stosowanych przed reformą językową z 1933 roku i będącego systemem alternatywnym w stosunku do ortografii oficjalnej. W szerszym rozumieniu nazwa taraszkiewica dotyczy również pewnych różnic w gramatyce i leksyce (w stosunku do oficjalnych norm językowych).

Taraszkiewica a inne warianty
Nazwa podkreśla bliskość alternatywnego wariantu do języka stosowanego w twórczości Bronisława Taraszkiewicza w 1918 roku. Spór odnośnie do "taraszkiewicy" nabrał rozmachu po ogłoszeniu niepodległości Białorusi w 1991 roku. Od około 1994 roku jako zalecany synonim (np. w artykule Wincuka Wiaczorki w periodyku Spadczyna, 1994) używana jest nazwa "klasyczny wariant".

Wszystkie warianty gramatyki wprowadzone najpierw w 1933 roku przez Radę Komisarzy Ludowych Białoruskiej SRR (Саўнарком, Saunarkom, Saŭnarkom), a następnie w 1934 i 1959 roku (прапановы акадэміка Падлужнага) określane są przez propagatorów taraszkiewicy nieoficjalnym słowem Narkamauka (biał. наркамаўка, narkamaŭka), które jest terminem nacechowanym emocjonalnie i podkreślającym pochodzenie oficjalnej normy od sowieckich władz. Narkamauka upraszczała reguły gramatyczne i uważana jest za wariant opracowany w celu zbliżenia języka białoruskiego do rosyjskiego. Normy pisowni stosowane w taraszkiewicy ściślej niż w oficjalnej ortografii związane są z zasadą fonetyczną (zawsze oddawana jest w pisowni chociażby miękka wymowa spółgłosek). Oba opisywane warianty ortograficzne języka białoruskiego różni także m.in. sposób adaptacji zapożyczeń.

W 2005 roku w celu unormowania "taraszkiewicy" powołano zespół roboczy w składzie: Juraś Buszlakou, Wincuk Wiaczorka, Dzmitryj Sańko і Dzmitryj Sawko. Zespół ten przedstawił jako rezultat swojej pracy księgę "Беларускі клясычны правапіс. Збор правілаў. Сучасная нармалізацыя" (Biełaruski klasyčny pravapis. Zbor praviłaŭ. Sučasnaja narmalizacyja). Ten wariant pisowni zaczął być stosowany przez tygodnik Nasza Niwa (Наша Ніва), periodyk Arche, białoruską redakcję Radia Swoboda (Радыё «Свабода») i niektóre inne media, również przez działającą od 12 sierpnia 2004 roku Wikipedię w języku białoruskim (taraszkiewicy), która początkowo była jedyną białoruską Wikipedią. Taraszkiewica używana jest także w białoruskiej wersji strony Polskiego Radia.

Wydawany w Białymstoku tygodnik mniejszości białoruskiej w Polsce "Niwa" posługuje się oficjalną ortografią od swego pierwszego numeru, który ukazał się w 1956 roku. Redakcja tygodnika zajęła w sprawie użycia tego właśnie wariantu ortografii następujące stanowisko:

Zobacz też
 Wikipedia w języku białoruskim (taraszkiewicy)

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Bibliografia
 Nina Barszczewska, Biełaruskaja emihracyja - abaronca rodnaje mowy, Katedra filologii białoruskiej, Wydział Lingwistyki Stosowanej i Wydział Filologii Wschodniosłowiańskich Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2004
 J.A. Potiechina (Mińsk - Olsztyn). Обучение белорусскому языку в условиях белорусско-белорусского двуязычия (проблемы обучения белорусскому языку как иностранному) // Исследование славянских языков и литератур в высшей школе: достижения и перспективы: Информационные материалы и тезисы докладов международной научной конференции, pod red. W.P. Gudkowa, A.G. Maszkowej i S.S. Skorwida. — М.:Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytetu Moskiewskiego, 2003. — s.170—173.

Linki zewnętrzne

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 Słownik Naszej Niwy (2001)

Język białoruski


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I find it everywhere but two sources really jump out: fashion mags and shows and my own love for math and geometry. There is a also a huge factor of wearability - first and foremost the knitted garment or accessory has to be wearable. I generally do not design what I wouldn't wear myself.
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We all are influenced by other designers' work. I think in today's knitting community where everyone is out on display, it's hard to not notice what others are doing. But every single designer, myself included, always puts their own layer onto an existing idea and so on so forth. It's all part of the creative process!
I knit my own samples and then I generally have 6-10 test knitters depending on the test. I feel that testing is an absolute must because it really gives me the opportunity to see whether my pattern is knittable or not. I do the rest myself!
No, not really. I just knit what I feel like knitting and sometimes it works out!
I have two close knitting friends that are also designers and we all mentor each other and bounce off ideas. It's actually one of the best part of it all!
No. I do what feels right, but that doesn't quite qualify as a business model, does it?
Family comes first. I have a 4 year old that is that awesome stage where they learn a ton and that obviously takes priority especially because I have a day job. Knitting is my part time gig - I am a software developer during the day and have no intention of leaving this path for various reasons. I like to have options! I try to approach this endeavor organically where I don't have a strict list of what to do. Because this is a part time gig, I have quite a bit of flexibility as far as how much effort and time I am putting into it at any given time. Some days I will just knit things for myself and some days it's all about design and deadlines. I always have a project with me or sometimes two! That way I am able to complete them faster. But yes, it is a constant struggle to juggle it all but I wouldn't change anything about it - I like being busy!
I like constructive criticism rather than serving the purpose of a punching bag for someone who had a bad day. Most people are very nice and understanding, but there is this little percent that just wants to get under your skin. Lucky for me, it hasn't happened much.
I am nowhere near being able to do that but that was never the goal to begin with anyway!
Review the real reasons you're doing it for, whether it's a side income, being able to fully support yourself or just to be recognized and go from there. Your approach will depend on this. If I wanted to support myself, my path would have been very different!
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Forty years of love for couple who met on a golf course
Fay McPherson
Member of the ANZ Retired Officers' Club
"We saw a lot of each other and often had lunch together and on the weekends also played golf together. The rest is history - we were married in June 1971."
Gerry and Fay McPherson on their wedding day in 1971
I met Gerry through working at ANZ, but in a bit of a different way.
I joined ANZ in 1963, it was a big change to be working in the city. Despite the long journey from Croydon in Melbourne's east, I was glad I made the move.
Fortuitous moments
The year was 1967 and it was my father who introduced me to Gerry. We lived in a house on the course at Croydon Golf Club where my father was the Manager. He arranged for me to play golf in a Mixed Foursome Competition with "a very nice man who also works at the ANZ Bank".
Gerry and I enjoyed playing golf together that day and he confided to me later while we were sitting in the clubhouse his wife had passed away and his brother, who was a member of the Club had persuaded him to join as well and play golf with him.
Gerry and Fay at Croydon Golf Club, circa 1980s
At that time Gerry was Manager of ANZ's Blackburn Branch, but had recently been appointed as Manager -Industrial, General Manager's Office at 394 Collins Street, Melbourne. By coincidence I was also working at there in the Advance Department! We saw a lot of each other and often had lunch together and on the weekends also played golf together. The rest is history - we were married in June 1971.
Banking days
After the merger with the ES&A Bank in 1970, all the Departments at 394 were moved to 351 Collins Street, and Gerry was appointed Manager - Industrial Australian Head Quarters (AHQ) of the merged banks.
Advance Department became Lending Department AHQ and after a short time in charge of the typing pool, I was moved to the same floor as Gerry - he was at one end and I was at the other working as a receptionist for Mr. Rex Davidson, Assistant General Manager – Lending.
He was a marvellous man - the best boss I ever had! His secretary was Enid Heriot, with whom I became great friends.
However, in 1978 a new building was constructed at 55 Collins Street, twin towers - one occupied by ANZ and the other by Telstra and once more we were on the move. Gerry and I were again in the same building, but this time on different floors!
Now another name change took place, and Lending became Corporate Accounts AHQ. Mr. Davidson and Enid had both taken retirement, so now I was secretary to Mr. Norm Gibbs in Corporate and also typed for four of the Managers.
In 1984 Gerry was due to retire after 40 years of service. That same year, with the introduction of Personal Computers, my job as a typist became redundant, so I decided to resign and join Gerry in retirement. We had a joint Farewell Function at 380 Collins Street, in the Staff Club rooms.
"A copy of an article from Newslink, August 1983 of Muriel Drummond's retirement. A wonderful lady, always had a smile on her face. She was Secretary to Mr. John Milne, Managing Director of ANZ and had been in the bank for 40 years."
Lending Department, 351 Collins Street, 1982. Rob Barton, Manager then of Lending Department was farewelled on his promotion and transfer. From L-R: Fay McPherson, Kay Robinson (seated), Jenny Wilson, Rob Barton, Sue Ruthven and Corinne Cross.
The gathering of ANZers from New South Wales and Victoria at the Wagga Wagga Long Weekend in 1988.
Ready-made family
Gerry had three children from his first marriage, Helen, Patricia and Bruce. Helen was married in 1969 and Patricia was married in April 1971, just before us.
Bruce and Gerry moved into our new home in May, then I joined them when Gerry and I were married in June. They all gave me a warm welcome to the family, and I was most fortunate to have a ready-made family as I was not able to have children of my own.
All of Gerry's family were overwhelmingly kind and loving to me, and it was a wonderful start to a new life together.
Gerry now has seven grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren and two great, great grandchildren.
A lifetime of love and friendships
We both agree we could not have found anywhere better to spend our working lives than at ANZ.
We cherish the friendships we made during that time, which continued when we joined the ANZ Retired Officers' Club, which helped us to continue those friendships and make many more, while enjoying the many functions organised and especially the wonderful Christmas lunches organised by the bank.
What more can I say, it has been a wonderful life with ANZ!
Fay McPherson is Member of the ANZ Retired Officers' Club and wife of Gerald (Gerry) McPherson
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Public Still Ignorant Regarding Diet and Cancer
Author: University of Leicester
Published: 2011-09-27 : (Rev. 2013-02-05)
Synopsis and Key Points:
Research reveals widespread lack of knowledge of the importance of diet and obesity as contributing causes towards the development of cancer.
Main Digest
Public ignorant about key messages concerning diet and cancer - New research reveals widespread lack of knowledge of the importance of diet and obesity as contributing causes towards the development of cancer.
New research on public perceptions about cancer reveals that 50-year-old ideas still hold sway while many current lifestyle messages are not getting through.
On the positive side, however, the vast majority of people now believe cancer is curable.
Experts at the University of Leicester and Leicester's Hospitals carried out the research to assess patients' beliefs about the causes of cancer, which was funded by the Leicestershire-based charity Hope Against Cancer.
The study, published online in the journal Clinical Oncology, aimed to compare knowledge about the outcome of cancer treatment and beliefs about the causes of cancer among British South Asian cancer patients and beliefs held by British White cancer patients and the impact of these beliefs upon the patients' mental health.
Between September 2007 and January 2010, 279 patients, who were aware they had cancer, entered the study, funded by Leicestershire-based charity Hope Against Cancer, at the Leicestershire Cancer Center. Researchers found that:
20% believed that surgery could cause cancer to spread
Both cohorts believed religion/fate played a part in cancer
It was generally accepted that smoking can cause cancer
Across both groups there was an over emphasis on pollution, stress and injury as causes of cancer
30% of the group gave credence to alternative medicine being as effective as current clinical procedures
Almost one quarter of the group believed cancer was caused by injury, reflecting research carried out over half a century ago
There was widespread lack of awareness about the roles diet, obesity and lack of exercise play in the development of the disease.
The vast majority believed cancer to be curable, with only 10.6% of the British South Asian group and 2.7% of the British White group thinking it was incurable. Out of the total sample, 93% understood the advantages of early screening.
Many of the two groups' assumptions about cancer were held in common. There was widespread over-emphasis on environmental pollution, stress and injury as triggers for cancer. Environmental pollution is a relatively minor cause of cancer, while there is no evidence that stress or injury can cause cancer.
Twenty per cent of the sample believed wrongly that treatment, in particular surgery, caused the cancer to spread and this was a cause of significant depression among British South Asians and anxiety across both groups.
The perceived role of religion in the cause of and recovery from cancer was more prevalent among the British South Asians, though a small cohort of the British White patients had some belief in Fate.
Nearly 30% of the total sample thought alternative treatments could be as effective as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. This view was held by almost twice as many British South Asian patients as British White patients.
The way patients understand cancer can have a major impact on how they cope with it psychologically. This study is part of a wider investigation with the long-term aim of improving psychological support of cancer patients.
Professor Paul Symonds, of the Department for Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine at the University of Leicester, commented: "It is clear that there is a continual need for education into the causes of cancer. The good news is that the majority of the sample believed that cancer was curable and screening effective, while 84% appreciated that smoking could cause cancer.
"This shows that some messages are getting through, but we clearly have more work to do in educating the public on the effect of diet and obesity."
Karen Lord, PhD research student working on the project, said: "It is vital that those diagnosed with cancer have accurate information about treatment options so that they can make informed decisions about their care.
"Myths such as the belief that surgery causes cancer to spread and that alternative treatment is as effective as conventional treatments should be challenged."
Wendi Stevens, Hope Against Cancer Co-ordinator, added: "This research has highlighted some interesting views relating to cancer. Hope Against Cancer funds a wide range of research looking into treatment, but we believe it is also important to look at cause and education as well in the hope that this knowledge can be used to cut the incidence of cancer in the future."
Hope Against Cancer was launched in 2003 and to date have raised over £2.2 million, enabling the charity to fund 28 research fellowships in the Hospitals and Universities of Leicester including DMU & Loughborough Into many cancers including bladder, ovarian, prostate, melanoma, liver, bowel, leukaemia, colorectal and breast cancer. They have also funded nursing fellowships, relating to patient care.
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