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Current: Plant science and geology experts feature in list of world's most influential researchers
Plant science and geology experts feature in list of world's most influential researchers
Posted on Nov 24 2020 by Sam Le Gallou
Professor Matthew Gilliham
The University of Adelaide's ability to attract talent to South Australia and nurture world-leading researchers has been further confirmed by the latest list of the world's most influential researchers.
Experts in plant science and geology are among researchers from across the University that have all been named among the world's Highly Cited Researchers 2020 from the Web of Science Group.
The University of Adelaide has jumped from 8th to 5th in Australia in terms of the number of researchers listed across 17 fields on the Highly Cited list.
Regarded as the world's most influential researchers, the annual list names scientists and social scientists who produced multiple papers ranking in the top 1% of citations in 21 broad research fields. It is a measure of the number of times their research is referenced by other researchers – demonstrating significant research impact globally.
"Our researchers have been acknowledged as among the world's best, cementing Adelaide as a national and international hub for talent that is central to advancing our society and securing our future," says Professor Anton Middelberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Adelaide.
"What is particularly pleasing is that many of these research areas are critical to industry, including Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science and Plant and Animal Science. These underpin significant sectors of strategic importance to our state and our nation, including food security, new energy technologies, artificial intelligence, and environmental remediation.
"The University of Adelaide has taken its responsibility for fostering such talent seriously. Over the past year we've been investing in new people through our Top Talent program in other areas critical to our state, including defence and international security, critical minerals and medicine – with more to come. This is part of our strategic plan to be a magnet for talent. We aim to recruit, nurture and sustain the best minds so we continue to deliver excellence for South Australia," Professor Middelberg says.
"Congratulations to our highly talented researchers for receiving such global recognition for their work."
Among those on the list is Professor Matthew Gilliham, Director of the Waite Research Institute, the University's flagship for agriculture, wine and food research and innovation. Professor Gilliham's research into crop plant nutrition and stress resilience places him among the best in the world in the Plant and Animal Science field.
The University of Adelaide's Highly Cited Researchers 2020:
Professor Matthew Gilliham, Waite Research Institute and School of Agriculture, Food and Wine – Plant and Animal Science;
Professor M. Santosh, School of Physical Sciences – Geosciences
Professor Emeritus Stephen Tyerman, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine – Plant and Animal Science
Other Highly Cited Researchers 2020 jointly appointed to the University of Adelaide:
Professor Dabing Zhang, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine (with Shanghai Jiao Tong University) – Plant and Animal Science.
Tagged in Research, School of Agriculture Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute, Agriculture, School of Physical Sciences, Geology and Earth Sciences


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NETELLER Selected as gamigo's Alternative Payment Method For Online Gaming
Optimal Payments to assist with gamigo's expansion in global markets
LONDON, MONTREAL and NEW YORK (December 17, 2014) – Optimal Payments Plc (LSE AIM: OPAY), a leading global online payment solutions provider, has been selected by gamigo AG, a leading publisher and distributor of free-to-play multiplayer online games (MOGs), to provide its NETELLER® service as an alternative payment method for its online gaming players.
This partnership offers gamers using a NETELLER account, including those across Europe, Latin America and Asia, a safe and secure way to deposit funds for in-game purchases on Free2Play, MMORPGs and MMOGs. Gamers can make purchases to help increase their abilities, extend the game play or collect special items using the NETELLER payment option on gamigo.
The NETELLER service provides the vehicle for gamigo to grow its business in expanding markets thanks to its extensive payment network. Furthermore, NETELLER 24/7/365 Customer Service, offered in 15 languages, will support gamigo in handling the incremental mutual traffic.
"We are delighted to partner with gamigo AG and deepen our expansion in the online gaming sector," said Lorenzo Pellegrino, executive vice president, Optimal Payments. "Our NETELLER service allows gamigo to offer consumers a secure and trusted alternative payment method, while supporting its continuous growth in the market though our marketing social media channels and co-branded promotions."
"The NETELLER service will help us grow our business globally and further penetrate into emerging markets," said Theodor Niehues, executive board, gamigo AG. "We look forward to connecting with millions of NETELLER users worldwide through targeted marketing campaigns and initiatives from Optimal Payments."
NETELLER is already an option for gamigo customers who want to upload funds in real time to their accounts.
gamigo AG (incorporated in 2000) is a leading publisher and distributor of free-to-play multiplayer online and mobile games with focus on Europe and North America. Approximately 100 employees in Hamburg, Berlin (Germany), San Francisco (U.S.A.) and Seoul (South Korea) are in charge of marketing, customer relations, IT, support, game optimization and community management for its comprehensive portfolio of titles. "Fiesta Online" and "Last Chaos" are just two examples of gamigo's very successful multiplayer online role-playing games with a long-standing and loyal customer base. In addition to this, the online games portfolio is continuously extended, recently e.g. "Asterix & Friends", "Anno Online" and "Vicky Online" have been added. gamigo has a total of more than 20 million registered game accounts worldwide. In addition to online multiplayer games, gamigo also is investing in mobile games distribution, with games such as "Dino On Fire" and "The Rats".
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1 In its enquiry in 1993 into drug abuse in Scotland, the House of Commons Select Committee on Scottish Affairs expressed concern about the quality of available information on deaths resulting from drug abuse. In response to the Select Committee's concern an improved system for collecting information on drug-related deaths in Scotland was introduced in 1994. A paper[Footnote 1] published in June 1995 by the Registrar General for Scotland described this revised system. The paper outlined the definitions used and presented data for 1992, 1993 and 1994. The figures for 1994, which were collected using the revised system, provided a base-line against which future trends could be assessed. Further short papers published in 1996 and 1997 gave information about drug-related deaths in 1995 and 1996. The present paper gives figures for 1997.
2 The system introduced in 1994 uses a specially designed questionnaire, completed by forensic pathologists, for all deaths involving drugs or persons known or suspected to be drug-dependent. Additionally, NRS follow up all cases of deaths of young people where the information on the death certificate is vague or suggests that there might be a background of drug abuse. A copy of the questionnaire currently used is attached.
Poisoning by solid or liquid substances, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted (E980).
All known suicides have been excluded, as have road traffic and other accidents which occurred under the influence of drugs and deaths from AIDS where the risk factor was believed to be the sharing of needles. The categories selected will include deaths from occasional or experimental misuse of drugs and accidental overdoses of prescribed medicine as well as some unrecognised suicides.
4 To aid interpretation of the figures, Tables 1 - 3 below categorise deaths according to whether drug dependence was known (or strongly suspected) or not known and, for the latter category, sub-groups based on the types of drug(s) involved. The second column (headed 'Opiates etc.') covers deaths involving a strong opiate (e.g. morphine, heroin, methadone) or an illegal drug (e.g. cocaine, ecstasy, LSD). The third and fourth columns include deaths from two or more drugs or a single drug respectively,excluding those covered by the second column. In effect the probability of drug-dependence decreases from the left to the right of the tables.
5 The broad total of drug-related deaths, as defined above, fell slightly from 267 in 1996 to 263 in 1997. Within this total the number of deaths of known or suspected drug addicts fell from 172 to 142. However, the number of deaths involving 'opiates etc.' amongst those not known or suspected to be drug addicts rose from 15 to 32. Of the 121 cases not known or suspected to be drug-dependent the number of deaths where the drug was not stated was 26 compared to 33 in 1996. because of the relatively small numbers involved, and for some cases the lack of clear evidence on drug misuse, care should be taken when assessing the trends shown in this table.
6 The number of deaths of those known or suspected to be drug-dependent in Greater Glasgow Health board area fell from 78 to 49 and that for Lothian Health board Area fell from 42 to 29. When the 'opiates etc.' sub-category of those not known or suspected to be drug-dependent is included, the reduction for Greater Glasgow is from 79 to 54 and for Lothian from 44 to 37. For other health board areas, the changes were less marked.
7 As in previous years the majority of deaths were to persons aged under 45, with almost half aged between 25 and 44 and almost a third aged under 25. Of the 48 cases aged 45 and over, only 4 were known or suspected to be drug-dependent.
8 Table 4 gives a breakdown by health board area of selected drugs involved in the deaths either alone or, more commonly, in combination with other drugs. Since the table records individual mentions of particular drugs it involves double counting of some deaths. The drugs listed in the table were mentioned in 149 of the 263 deaths. The table shows a marked geographical difference in the reported involvement of certain drugs in the deaths concerned. Methadone was involved in the majority of deaths in Lothian and Tayside but in a smaller proportion in Glasgow. Conversely, morphine was mentioned in a large proportion of deaths in Glasgow but in only one death in Tayside, and not at all in Lothian; heroin showed a similar pattern.
1. Individual deaths often involved more than one of these drugs. The numbers given are mentions of the drug and should not be added to give total deaths.
1. Arrundale J and Cole S K. Collection of information on drug-related deaths by the National Records of Scotland. NRS, 1995.


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Remembering Zell Miller
Jon Suggs
We remember iconic Georgia politician Zell Miller (1932-2018).
Coretta Scott King: Remembering a Georgia Hero
Today marks 90 years since civil and human rights activist Coretta Scott King was born. Learn about her life and the work she did to keep her husband's legacy alive.
Many Thanks to Yamacraw Chief, Tomochichi, Georgia's Co-Founder
Famous Yamacraw chief and friend of General James Oglethorpe, Mico Tomochichi has been called the co-founder of Georgia.
Georgia in the Olympics
We're about a week into the 2016 Games! It's been 20 years since the Atlanta Olympics. Take a look at how hosting this international event has effected our capital city, and see which of this year's U.S. competitors are from Georgia.
The Georgia Archives is a valuable resource provided by the University System of Georgia. Get a behind the scenes look at some processes and programs.
Georgia's History in July
From battles to crazy weather to the Declaration of Independence, July is an important month in American and Georgian history.
Life and Legacy of Mattiwilda Dobbs: The Power of Song
Learn how Mattiwilda Dobbs traveled the world, touching millions of people with her musical abilities.
Remembering a Civil Rights Leader
Julian Bond worked to make Georgia's future better. See how his legacy continues today.
Georgia Facts [Infographic]
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During the week of November 26, senior tax staff on the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees doubted Republicans' catch-all tax and IRS package's chances of success. The IRS released guidance granting automatic consent to accounting method changes to comply with new Code Sec. 451(b), as added by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97).
Senior tax staff on the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees doubt Republicans' catch-all tax and IRS package's chances of success, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/30, C.1).
House Republicans' blazing, 297-page tax package of IRS reforms, tax extenders, disaster relief, retirement savings, and corrections to last year's tax reform received an icy reception from congressional Democrats, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/29, C.1).
The House was expected to vote this week on a 297-page tax and IRS oversight package, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/28, C.1).
Revenue Procedure. The IRS released procedures granting automatic consent to accounting method changes to comply with new Code Sec. 451(b), as added by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97), (Rev. Proc. 2018-60; TAXDAY, 2018/11/30, I.1).
Notice. Insurers, self-insuring employers, other coverage providers, and applicable large employers have until March 4, 2019, to provide individuals with Forms 1095-B, Health Coverage, or Forms 1095-C, Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage, (Notice 2018-94; TAXDAY, 2018/11/30, I.2).
LB&I. The IRS Large Business and International Division (LB&I) issued a directive providing instructions to LB&I examiners for cases when a taxpayer files an amended return or claim for refund relating to Code Sec. 199, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/30, I.3).
Loans and Hardships Procedures. Victims of Hurricanes Michael and Florence could now benefit from the IRS's streamlined loan procedures and liberalized hardship distribution rules, (IR-2018-236; TAXDAY, 2018/11/30, I.4).
FEMA. An October 15, 2018 notice in which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that certain areas in Virginia were eligible for assistance from the federal government, was amended, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/30, I.6).
Tax Tip. The IRS provided tips on tools and resources available on its website, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/30, I.7).
Foreign Tax Credit Regulations. Highly anticipated foreign tax credit regulations were issued to provide guidance on the significant changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97) to the foreign tax credit rules, (NPRM REG-105600-18; IR-2018-235; TAXDAY, 2018/11/29, I.1).
Filing Methods. The IRS advised taxpayers that they would profit from deciding their filing methods for the 2018 return at the earliest, (IR-2018-234; TAXDAY, 2018/11/29, I.2).
Tax Tip. The IRS provided tips on a new tax credit that benefits employers, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/29, I.3).
Advice Memorandum. The IRS issued a memo that sets forth guidelines for determining if an employer's reasons for furnishing meals to employees are substantial noncompensatory business reasons and whether the meals are excludable from income as meals provided for the convenience of the employer, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/28, I.1).
Tax Tip. The IRS provided tips on changes to the child tax credit, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/28, I.2).
Notice. The IRS provided interim guidance for the 2019 calendar year on income tax withholding from wages and withholding from retirement and annuity distributions, (Notice 2018-92; TAXDAY, 2018/11/27, I.2).
Safekeeping of Records. The seventh issue in a series of reminders to help taxpayers Get Ready for the upcoming tax filing season provided information for taxpayers about tax records, (IR-2018-232; TAXDAY, 2018/11/27, I.3).
Per Diem. The U.S. State Department released a listing of maximum travel per diem allowances for travel in foreign areas, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/27, I.4).
Tax Tip. The IRS provided tips on using its tax exempt organization search tool, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/27, I.5).
Notice. The IRS released its annual "Required Amendments List" for 2018 for individually designed qualified retirement plans, (Notice 2018-91; TAXDAY, 2018/11/26, I.1).
RRTA Tax Rates. The IRS released the tier 2 Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA) tax rates for 2019 for railroad employees, employers and employee representatives, respectively, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/26, I.2).
Standard Deduction. The IRS informed taxpayers that the doubling of the standard deduction due to tax law changes is likely to reduce the number of taxpayers who normally itemize, (IR-2018-230; TAXDAY, 2018/11/26, I.3).
Deadline for Forms. The IRS reminded employers that the due date for filing Forms W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, and Form W-3, Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements, for their employees for calendar year 2018 is January 31, 2019, (IR-2018-231; TAXDAY, 2018/11/26, I.4).
I.R.B. The IRS released I.R.B. 2018-48, dated November 26, 2018, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/26, I.5).
FEMA. An October 11, 2018 notice in which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that certain areas in Florida were eligible for assistance from the federal government, was amended, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/26, I.6).
Tax Tip. The IRS provided tips on reconstructing records after disasters, (TAXDAY, 2018/11/26, I.7).


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Tiwa Savage who's on a music break sealed a deal to become a brand ambassador for Star Lager Beer.
The Mavin Records first lady joins Burna Boy as the second official brand ambassador of the brand.
The news was revealed on Instagram by Upfront & Personal management with the caption 'signed & sealed'.


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Home » Pennsylvania » Fishing » Citizen conservation: Christmas bird count
Citizen conservation: Christmas bird count
// December 19, 2013
Harrisburg — Tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the United States are participating in the Audubon Society's 114th annual Christmas Bird Count Dec. 14 through Jan. 5.
It's the longest-running citizen-science survey in the world, and the data collected through the count allows researchers, conservation biologists, and other interested individuals to study the long-term health and status of bird populations across North America.
And thousands of Pennsylvanians are participating. Perhaps you should.
Local counts will occur on one day between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5. Volunteers can pick the most convenient circle, or participate in more than one count. There is a specific methodology to the Christmas Bird Count, but everyone can participate.
The count takes place within "Count Circles," which focus on specific geographical areas. Each circle is led by a "Count Compiler," who is an experienced birdwatcher, enabling beginning birders to learn while they assist.
Those who live within the boundaries of a Count Circle can even stay at home and report the birds that visit their backyard feeders.
In either case, the first step is to locate a Count Circle that's seeking participants and contact the local Count Compiler on Audubon's website, www.audubon.org, to find out how you can volunteer.
There is no longer a fee to participate in the Christmas Bird Count.
Dan Brauning, who heads up the Game Commission's wildlife diversity division, said the Christmas Bird Count makes an indispensable contribution to conservation because it monitors bird species that spend winters in Pennsylvania.
"Some of these species are much easier to count or monitor in winter because their breeding ground is so far north in areas where there are few people or roads to give access to habitat," Brauning said.
The rusty blackbird, for instance, migrates from the boreal taiga forests of Canada and Alaska to the southeastern United States in winter, Brauning said. Pennsylvania is on the northern edge of its winter range, and it sometimes turns up in the Christmas Bird Count, he said.
Hawks also are more easily counted in winter, Brauning said.
Brauning said the Christmas Bird Count is a good way to introduce beginners to bird identification. It is much easier in winter to find birds through your binoculars, he said.
"Birds are easier to spot because the trees lack the leaves that hide birds from your eyes in spring and summer," Brauning said.
"And there are fewer bird species around in winter than at other times of year, so it is easier to learn bird species identification. In fact, many birders got started in this hobby in winter in a car with more experienced birders on a Christmas count."
More than $400,000 awarded to protect Lake Erie
The updated Eat Safe Fish guidelines released this month stem from tests over the past year that showed elevated levels
Wildlife biologists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources released their findings of the latest Michigan gray wolf survey in
Reader-submitted letters to the editor from Ohio Outdoor News.


After being trapped deep inside a cave in Thailand for 18 days, all 12 members of a youth football team and their coach have all finally been rescued.
The rescue of the last four remaining boys and their 25-year-old coach Ekapol Chantawong on Tuesday ended the massive operation that involved over a thousand volunteers composed of foreign and local rescuers, reports Al Jazeera. Jubilant Thais reportedly took to the streets to celebrate the success.
The eight boys who earlier made their exit from the cave on Sunday and Monday have been described to be "in good health" with no fever and "in a good mental state" by the secretary of the public health ministry, Jesada Chokedamrongsuk.
According to the post, the first boy rescued on Tuesday emerged safely at around 4 p.m., six hours after 19 divers entered the cave complex that day. The last individual to be rescued emerged from the cave about three hours later.
All rescued individuals are brought to a hospital in Chiang Rai's state capital where they will be observed and cared for, for at least seven days.
The 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their coach were trapped inside the cave on June 23 after floodwaters caused by heavy monsoon rains blocked the entrance.
While each stranded victim was brought out successfully, the rescue efforts did have a casualty with the death of Thai volunteer Saman Kunan.
The 38-year-old former Thai Navy SEAL officer lost consciousness while returning from a chamber in the cave where he placed air tanks along the divers' route on Friday.


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US Admits Paying Terrorists For Services Rendered In Syria
by Brandon Turbeville
When researchers such as myself have reported that the United States is funding al-Qaeda, Nusra, ISIS and other related terror organizations in Syria, we were not kidding. Still, despite the fact that even the U.S. government itself has admitted that it was funding terrorists – directly and indirectly through Saudi Arabia, the suggestion was met with disbelief, ridicule, or either entirely ignored.
Now, however, the United States government has admitted that it funds terrorists on the ground in Syria yet again, this time placing an individual dollar amount on the assistance provided.
According to the Pentagon, Syrian "rebels" being trained and "vetted" by the United States are receiving "compensation" to the tune of anywhere between $250 to $400 per month to act as America's proxy forces in the Middle East. Reuters reports that the payment levels were confirmed by the Pentagon and also that the Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Navy Commander Elissa Smith both separately admitted the fact that these "new" terrorists are receiving a stipend.
Reuters also reported on alleged obstacles the Pentagon claims it is facing regarding the ability to train the death squad volunteers due to a lack of ability to "vet" them appropriately as well as a bizarre incident where fighters abandon the mission after having received training from the US military. The reason provided by the Pentagon was that the fighters did not want to sign a contract to avoid fighting Assad. But, in the same report, the Pentagon states that there was no such contract – only one requiring them to "respect human rights" and "the rule of law," so the reason provided for the disappearance of these fighters lacks legitimacy. One can only speculate as to where these "trainees" disappeared to.
Of course, "human rights" and the "rule of law" have never been concerns before, even as the United States has funded, armed, trained, and directed jihadists on the ground from the very beginning of the Syrian crisis. Neither has there been any concern over the presence of "moderate" rebels that have never actually existed in Syria. After all, it should be remembered that the United States own Defense Intelligence Agency was recently forced to release and declassify documents which admitted that not only did the US know that the "rebellion" was made up of al-Qaeda and Nusra forces but that these organizations and similar groups were attempting to create a "Salafist principality" in the east of Syria and West of Iraq. The DIA docs also show that the US was supporting all of these efforts. In reality, of course, the US was directing these efforts.
Make no mistake, the United States is not funding "moderate vetted rebels" to fight ISIS or al-Qaeda. The US is funding jihadist terrorists and mercenaries to work alongside ISIS and al-Qaeda (if they are not members of these organizations already) to overthrow the secular government of Bashar al-Assad. Virtually every person of a moderate persuasion in Syria has long come over to the side of the Syrian government. Indeed, there was never such a thing as a moderate rebel in Syria to begin with and the reality on the ground has not changed since.
Thus, revelations that the United States is funding a mercenary army to overthrow Assad is nothing new. The only revelation contained in these recent reports are the chicken feed denominations of money that the terrorist savages are accepting for their services in barbarity and treason on behalf of the agenda of the Anglo-American world order.
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TICKER: It's looking like a landslide victory for Mimiko…
Results of some polling units announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission have shown that the Labour Party candidate, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, is leading.
Mimiko polled 348 votes at his Ondo Ward 7 Unit 20, while the PDP and the ACN scored 18 and 16 respectively.
Voters across Ondo trooped to the streets after Mimiko's victory in his ward.
The Action Congress of Nigeria, candidate, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, who had earlier boasted that he would trounce Mimiko, lost his polling unit and ward to the governor.
Akeredolu scored 139 in his Ward 5 Unit 6 in Owo, while Mimiko scored 144 votes, just as the PDP polled 35.
The results of the votes cast in the Ilaje Local Government Area where the PDP candidate, Olusola Oke, hails from, were still being expected as of the time of filing this report.
However, our correspondent learnt that the LP had won five out of the 10 wards in the Ese-Odo Local Government Area, believed to be the stronghold of the PDP.
It was also gathered that the PDP lost at the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku's polling unit, RCM Unit 2, Arogbo Ward1. The result showed that the LP polled 97; PDP, 85; and ACN 16.
At Adumasi House, Unit 04, Ilepa Ward II, Ikare, Akoko North-East Local Goverment Area, ACN had 82 votes with the LP polling 100 and PDP, 60.
At Ode-Olofin Unit 4, Edo Ward (Ikare), LP polled 113 votes to beat ACN, which had 84 and PDP 43.
At Ilepa Unit 1, Akoko North-East, Lokoja Garage, Ikare, ACN had 25votes, LP, 45; and PDP 73.
There was jubilation in Akure, Ondo and Owo towns when news filtered in that the LP was leading in the results announced at the various polling units in the state.
However, ACN, won in Senator Ajayi Boroffice Ondo-North senatorial zone unit. Boroffice was the former governorship aspirant of ACN.
ACN led in Unit 10 Ward 5, Oka, Akoko South-West Local Government Area. The ACN polled 109 votes against 82 votes LP scored, while the PDP got 43 votes.
There were altercations between loyalists of LP and the ACN in some parts of Oka, Ikare and Akungba over the election results.
Some of the ACN members had accused the ruling LP of engaging in ballot stuffing in some areas.
Despite initial fears of voter apathy, there was a high turnout of voters in most parts of the state.
In Ondo-North Senatorial District of the state, voters trooped out to polling centres amidst tight security by the joint patrol team comprising army, police, civil defence and men of the State Security Service.
As early as 6am, security agents were seen patrolling all major roads in the district.
Stern-looking security men mounted roadblocks and stopped vehicles from Okene, Benin and Abuja at the Ondo State borders.
Helicopters of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Air Force kept the state under surveillance during the period of voting.
In Oka, Ikare, Arigidi, Akungba and other communities in the Ondo-North Senatorial District, voters were at polling centres as early as 6:30am.
By 7am, electoral officers were at the polling stations awaiting materials from INEC officials.
Accreditation began in some of the units at exactly 8am while it was delayed in others areas till about 9a.m, as a result of logistics.
In Unit 8, Ward 6, Ayegunle via Oka-Akoko, voters were already being accredited as of 8am, with agents of the PDP, LP and ACN present.
At Unit O4 Ward II, palace ward, CAC and others in Ikare, young and elderly men, women and youths jostled for accreditation and voting.
The Supervisory Presiding Officer in Ikare, Mr. Oladele Adebisi, expressed deep concern that some of the presiding officers recruited for the exercise did not turn up.
He said, "We are happy that the people are complying, and we are working hard to meet up with time and finish with accreditation on schedule.
"The only challenge we have is shortage of hands in some units. So now I am looking for more hands for units where there are more people.
"There is supposed to be an Assistant Polling Officer with one APO I and II, two each in each unit. But some of those billed to work are not available."
The Ofua of Ikareland, Chief Alfred Omotola, described the turnout of voters as impressive.
He said, "We are peace-loving people. We are orderly here. There is no problem at all. I have come here to do my accreditation, and I have been accredited.
"No one will be forced to vote for a party when voting begins. Everyone will vote for a party of his or her choice."
In some polling units, security agents were seen screening voters before being allowed to queue up for voting.
In Unit 10, Ward 5, where Boroffice registered, two regular policewomen were on ground, but the senator complained about inadequate security personnel in his unit.
He expressed fears of possible disruption of the exercise as some unnamed persons had earlier threatened to disrupt the exercise.
However, he said a detachment of soldiers on guard about 500 meters away from the booth had assured the people of adequate security of their votes.
– The Punch
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Guernsey Zoo is sold as a going concern
Guernsey Zoo, which was once one of Guernsey's most popular tourist attractions, was sold on 5 January 1973. The owners, Mr and Mrs Ronald Smart, had organised with Knight Frank and Rutley to market it to potential buyers for sale as a going concern.
The unusual advert for an "attractive fully furnished period house with six bedrooms" also listed a baby elephant, chimpanzees, baboons, bears, llamas and exotic birds housed in cages and aviaries, many of them heated for the winter, on a two-and-a-quarter acre site.
The sale also included a children's farmyard, tea bar, gift shop, "piped music", garages, and parking for 250 cars. Although the advert didn't state a price, news reports surrounding its eventual sale said that it went for around £70,000.
The Zoo had been very successful in its time. It started work on a United Nations of wildlife in the 1960s, and in 1967 received a gift of deer and squirrels from Moscow Zoo on behalf of the government of the Soviet Union. The following year, it took in a four-month-old Himalayan bear that had been adopted by soldiers in Vietnam after its mother had been killed by flying shrapnel.
Perhaps its greatest success, though, had come with the 1967 birth of a parma wallaby which, according to the London Zoological Society, was possibly the first to have been successfully bred in captivity. This particular breed of wallaby was almost extinct, except on a 5000-acre island off New Zealand. It was later found to also be living on the eastern coast of Australia.
The zoo's eventual closure (it became the Guernsey Bird Garden, which has also since closed down) left the Durrell Wildlife Park in Jersey as the only zoological establishment in the Channel Islands.
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On December of 2017 I had the opportunity to testify before the Fiscal Control Board. I presented a series of recommendations that, if implemented, would ensure effective delivery of technology projects. The Government is promoting a "digital transformation" initiative that is supposed to result in greater efficiency and accountability on the services offered. The Fiscal Board is unwilling and unable to measure the effectiveness of this initiative, even though they have the power to review all contracts and rules for compliance with the approved fiscal plan.
Support a procurement strategy that facilitates agile contracting, based on measurable results.
Addressing this problem is the equivalent of deciding to diet and exercise instead of taking a magic pill to lose weight. One is hard work and takes time, the other sounds good but it does not work in the long term.
The Government launched an app called "Cesco Digital", which is currently available on iPhone and Android. A Government press release reported that over 200,000 people connected to the application in less than 30 days, generating over 84,000 vehicle registration downloads to renew tags and collecting over half a million dollars in fine payments.
This has the potential to generate millions of dollars in operational savings and provide relief to citizens who routinely spend days and even weeks of shock at having to visit a CESCO. The economic impact on improving this process is in the $100's of millions.
In spite of the initial successes of the application, the recently renewed maintenance contract, totaling over $500 thousand dollars, does not include continuing work on the app. DTOP has spent over $9 million dollars since 2011 in maintenance contracts, with minimal results to show for it and plenty of controversies. This new maintenance contract is more of the same.
It is essential to focus work on the provision of services to the public and measure its value from there. This is not going to change if we have a Fiscal Oversight Board that turns a blind eye to such a pressing issue. The Fiscal Board needs digital expertise that can challenge for a competitive, transparent and impartial process in the contracting of digital services, and they won't get there by contracting service hours from McKinsey, PWC, Deloitte or Microsoft.
Was digitized in its entirety, dating back to documents from the 18th Century, all the way to the present day.
It only takes between 5-15 minutes to register a property.
The process can be done 100% online at any time of the day from anywhere.
It is a self-sustaining system generating revenue by selling online access to users.
We held a Government Blockchain Association event to highlight the challenges facing the Property Registry and what the real needs are (hint: it's not a P3 and it's not blockchain). The Government reacted in a positive light, supporting upgrades to the Karibe system.
Natalie Jaresko highlighted the Government's lack of commitment to carry out the necessary structural reforms. However, it seems to me that the Board has to commit to greater and more effective "digital oversight". Certainly, the lack of commitment of this body to implement a process of reviewing digital contracts is the reason why a proper execution and measurement of work cannot be guaranteed. The need is urgent. The commitment must be urgent.
I agree. I invite you to join us on Tuesday, December 11th, to the fourth edition of the series "Dear Fiscal Board" where we will think more broadly about the issue of digital control and the concrete actions that the board can take to ensure that government commitments are met.


SYNOPSIS: The North American F100 Super Sabre, nicknamed "Hun," was a single seat jet fighter that first came into service during the Korean War. During the Gulf of Tonkin Crises, which catapulted the United States head long into the Vietnam War, the first Air Force F100 squadrons were sent to DaNang, South Vietnam in August 1964. Interestingly, during both wars, the Hun's most valuable uses were in close air support for ground troops, and as principle strike aircraft because it could deliver its ordnance on target at treetop level at full speed.
On 3 January 1969, Major Bobby G. Neeld and then 1st Lt. Mitchell S. Lane departed Tuy Hoa Airfield, South Vietnam, on a 2-aircraft flight that was forced to divert to Phan Rang Airfield, Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam due to adverse weather conditions. Phan Rang Airfield was approximately 100 miles southwest of Tuy Hoa Airfield. The next day, 4 January 1969, Maj. Bobby Neeld was the pilot of the lead aircraft, call sign "Taco 81;" and 1st Lt. Mitchell Lane was the pilot of the #2 aircraft, call sign "Taco 82;" that comprised a 2-aircraft flight on a Troop Assault Preparation mission against enemy positions near a landing zone (LZ).
Taco flight departed Phan Rang Airfield at 0717 hours on the briefed mission and was to return to their base afterward. However, after completing the strike mission, Taco flight was again diverted to Phan Rang Airfield by Tuy Hoa Operational Control due to deteriorating weather conditions. At the time Taco flight changed flight paths, Maj. Neeld had a fuel load of 5400 lbs. and 1st Lt. Lane had 5000 lbs. The fuel requirement for the flight from Tuy Hoa to Phan Rang was 1750 lbs.
As Maj. Neeld and 1st Lt. Lane prepared to depart Tuy Hoa airspace, they requested an in route descent to VFR condition which was disallowed by port call (the flight control center) as their separation from IFR traffic could not be guaranteed. At 0825 hours, Taco flight was given a vector of 160 degrees and radar monitoring was discontinued by the control center.
Radio contact was established with Bobby Neeld and Mitchell Lane when they were over rugged jungle covered mountains approximately 73 miles southwest of Tuy Hoa, 11 miles west-northwest of Cam Ranh Bay Airbase and 11 miles west of the coastline. Weather conditions included winds from 330 degrees at 2 knots, visibility of more than 6 miles. Broken stratus clouds had bases from 200 feet with tops at 3000 feet. There was also a solid cloud overcast layer with its base at 9000 feet along with occasional light rain from the north and with lower visibility in that direction. At the time of their last contact, there was no indication of trouble with either aircraft.
By 1045 hours Taco flight had not landed at Phan Rang Airfield and all other airfields in South Vietnam and Thailand were contacted in the hope they had diverted to one of them instead. Over the next 3 days as weather conditions improved, extensive visual and electronic search and rescue (SAR) efforts were initiated over land and water adjacent to their last known location. These efforts were terminated the evening of 6 January 1969 because of forecasted poor weather conditions in the search area. At the time the formal SAR effort was terminated, both Bobby Neeld and Mitchell Lane were listed Missing in Action.


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Matthew Kauffman Smith's Mixtape of Jones's Best Music
The documentary Miss Sharon Jones is a good place to start discovering Jones, but the following is a mixtape of just 10 of her best recordings.
Sharon Jones couldn't stop singing, even in her final days. Jones, the lead singer of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, died November 18, 2016, at age 60, from pancreatic cancer.
According to an interview with bandmate Gabe Roth in the Los Angeles Times, the entire band sat by Jones during her last days. Jones had suffered two strokes in a week, and could no longer speak. But when the band members played the guitar or sang gospel songs, Jones hummed and moaned along. Even when the band stopped playing, she still hummed and moaned.
It was a very fitting end for a woman who spent a lifetime using music to persevere. Two months ago, I reviewed the documentary Miss Sharon Jones, which chronicled her battle with—and comeback from—cancer, as well as highlighted her unlikely path to a singing career. Spurned by record executives, Jones worked as a prison guard, among other odd jobs, until Roth heard her in the late 1990s. Roth recorded a few songs with Jones for his own label, Daptone Records, and then formed the Dap-Kings, who released their debut album with Jones in 2002, when Jones was 46. The band released four more acclaimed studio albums, an album of previously unreleased tracks, and a Christmas album.
Jones always balked a bit at the notion that she was part of a "retro soul" movement, but for those who like 1960s soul, 1970s funk, and ageless rhythm and blues, Jones hits the mark. She was a 4-foot-11 woman who sounded 6-foot-4, and she was accompanied by a nine-piece band and two stellar back-up singers. The documentary is a good place to start discovering Jones, but the following is a mixtape of just 10 of her best recordings:
"100 Days, 100 Nights": Maybe it was because it was my first introduction to Jones, but this song remains my favorite of hers. It takes "one hundred days, one hundred nights to know a man's heart, and a little more before he knows his own." The backing vocals are great, the Dap-Kings have never sounded tighter, but Jones was always the star of the show, and this song is her showcase of vocal supremacy.
"I Learned the Hard Way": Jones's specialty was to vocalize the feelings of a woman scorned. She could toggle easily between anger, regret, and longing, and this song is no exception. This is also one of the best examples of how well she worked with her backup singers, Saun and Starr.
"Fish in the Dish": Jones revealed in her documentary that she loved to fish, and this song is about the simple pleasure of Jones catching her own dinner. Fishing has never sounded groovier.
"This Land Is Your Land": This cover of the iconic Woody Guthrie song exchanges the original guitar strumming and twang with horns and confident vocals that announce that this land may be yours, but you'd better make room for Jones and everyone else.
"Humble Me": Jones had roots in gospel music, and that influence appeared frequently in her music, and shared it on more than one occasion over the years. This is her best gospel performance as she asks a higher power to help her remember who she is and to be happy with what she has.
"People Don't Get What They Deserve": The title sums up this song about honest people who get the short end of the economic straw.
"Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects": Jones said this original Christmas song came from her childhood when she asked her mother how Santa delivered presents to her neighborhood, where no chimneys existed. Her mom told her that magic chimneys appeared when the kids were asleep, but Jones realized later that her mom was the magic one.
"Better Things": Once again playing the part of a lover scorned, Jones sings way above the funky, playful grooves to belt out an upbeat, feel-good song about finding closure and moving on.
"Retreat": After Jones was diagnosed with cancer on the eve of the band's release of the album Give the People What They Want, the band postponed the release and cancelled tour dates. When Jones was healthy enough to perform again and the album finally hit the shelves, this song started off the record with a bang, announcing that Jones was back and as good as ever.
"I'm Still Here": This was an original song written for the documentary, which means it is eligible for a best original song nomination for the Academy Awards. While Jones would be a sentimental choice, she is also deserving. The best line in the song recounts how record executives told her she was "too fat, too short, black, and old." Jones proved repeatedly over the last 15 years that the record labels were wrong. And, thankfully, her music will continue to endure.
View the trailer to the Sharon Jones documentary.


An egregious war crime was reported on by the Washington Post, but deceitfully and purposefully spun and shrugged off.
Syrian rebels executed at least a half-dozen unarmed government soldiers Thursday after attacks on checkpoints near the town of Saraqeb in northwest Syria.
The execution of the soldiers, which was documented in a graphic video [GRAPHIC] posted online Thursday, is not the first time that rebel fighters appear to have committed war crimes.
U.N. representatives and human rights organizations have repeatedly criticized the Syrian opposition in recent months for carrying out summary executions and for abusing detainees.
"Shabiha," of course refers to alleged civilian militias organized locally to resist terrorists entering into and attempting to overrun neighborhoods.
The term "shabiha" has been used by the Western media as a catch-all to spin any massacre committed against civilians by US-backed terrorists operating in Syria.
That the murderers themselves, filming their own crime, refer to the victims as "shabiha" – indicates that civilians, not Syrian government forces, were murdered – contrary to what the Washington Post reported.
The term suspected "shabiha" has become analogous of the Western media's use of the term "African mercenaries" in Libya during NATO destabilization and regime change operations there in 2011.
These "African mercenaries" were lynched, beheaded, shot, burned, and hacked to pieces, just as terrorists are now doing to suspected "shabiha" across Syria.
Photo: Images and reports eventually trickled out as NATO-backed genocide unfolded throughout Tripoli's streets, indicating the destruction of infrastructure and the specific targeting of black Libyans written off by the corporate media as "suspected mercenaries."Benghazi rebels have been long reported to harbor extremist ideologies and an intense ethnic and racial hatred. These very Libyan, Benghazi terrorists are now streaming into Syria to commit similar atrocities against the Syrian people.
It would later turn out these black Africans were not mercenaries, but citizens who had lived in Libya for generations fighting desperately for their lives against sectarian extremists intolerant of their complexion and creed.
Racially motivated attacks by NATO-backed terrorists in Libya would culminate in the extermination of the entire city of Tawarga where an estimated 10,000-35,000 inhabitants were either exterminated, imprisoned, or exiled to refugee camps and then beyond Libya's borders.
Video: Wiped out. Tawarga, once home to 10,000 (this video claims up to 35,000) people, many part of Libya's black community who had resided in the country for generations, had its inhabitants either exiled, imprisoned or exterminated.
In Syria, suspected "shabiha" are in actuality Syrians unwilling or unable, because of their ethnicity or creed, to capitulate to roving bands of foreign-armed sectarian extremists.
The Washington Post and others throughout the corporate-driven Western media are willfully covering up crimes against humanity through overtly deceitful reporting and semantics.
It should be remembered, that these terrorists who have video taped themselves committing a massacre of unarmed men, out of uniform, and referred to as civilian "shabiha," not soldiers – are at the center of renewed US, NATO, Saudi and Qatari efforts to refocus Western support for the violent, armed overthrow of the Syrian government.


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Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi will ensure that Chiefs' tradition of having some representation at the Africa Cup of Nations will continue, when the 33rd edition of Africa's showpiece event kicked off in Cameroon on Sunday with the hosts taking on Burkina Faso in the opening game. Akpeyi is a member of the Super Eagles team in Cameroon and will be looking to go further than his team did at the last tournament, when he was part of the Nigerian squad that ended third.
The Chiefs net minder is part of a talented Super Eagles squad who will be aiming for their fourth title and first since 2013. Akpeyi's inclusion in the Nigeria squad means that Chiefs have since the 1996 tournament only ever not had a representative at the 2010 and 2012 tournaments. Otherwise in 12 of the last 14 AFCON tournaments there has been a Chiefs player as a squad member. Bafana Bafana's finest hour in 1996 was highlighted by the contributions of two former Chiefs legends.
Neil Tovey held aloft the African Unity trophy at FNB Stadium in 1996 while Doctor Khumalo was a crucial part of Clive Barker's Bafana Bafana setting Mark Williams up in the final against Tunisia. Two years later when Bafana Bafana ended up as runners up in 1998, Brian Baloyi played a big part featuring in five matches as a young Bafana Bafana team with Thabo Mooki also playing went all the way to the final.
Siyabonga Nomvethe was Chiefs' sole representative at the 2000 AFCON where he became the first Chiefs player to score in the competition. His lone strike in a 1-0 quarterfinal win knocked co-hosts Ghana out of the competition. He scored again later in the tournament in the third-place play-off as South Africa eventually defeated Tunisia on penalties with the full-time score at 2-2. At the 2002 tournament in Mali, Brian Baloyi was again part of the squad but did not feature.
Chiefs had a large contingent in South Africa's squad in Tunisia in 2004 with five players in the Bafana Bafana squad. Patrick Mayo scored in a 1-1 draw in Bafana's final group game. History was made elsewhere for Chiefs by a matter of hours Kabamba Musasa became the first Chiefs player at the competition to represent a country other than South Africa. When he came on as a substitute in the Democratic Republic of Congo's loss to Guinea, he featured just ahead of Tinashe Nengomasha who played for Zimbabwe as they made their tournament debut in a 2-1 loss to Egypt. Both those games happening on the 25th January 2004.
When the competition headed to Egypt in 2006, Jimmy Tau was Chiefs' sole representative in the Bafana Bafana squad but there was history as two Chiefs players came up against each other for the first time in the competition. With Zimbabwe defeating Ghana at the group stages, Tinashe Nengomasha featured while former Chiefs striker Louis Agyemang was an unused substitute for the Black Stars.
A young Itumeleng Khune and Siphiwe Tshabalala made it to Ghana in 2008. With Bafana Bafana not reaching the 2010 and 2012 events, Chiefs would be represented by seven players at the 2013 tournament held in South Africa. Bafana Bafana would exit the competition at the quarterfinal stage, and in 2015 Mandla Masango scored one of the goals of the tournament in South Africa's final group game a 2-1 loss to Ghana. He was joined in the Bafana Bafana squad at the competition by Bernard Parker, Erick Mathoho and Reneilwe Letsholonyane.
At the last two tournaments in 2017, Willard Katsande was in the Zimbabwe team who exited at the group stages, while in 2019 Chiefs had players in four different teams Teenage Hadebe and Khama Billiat were with Zimbabwe, Daniel Akpeyi ended in third with Nigeria while Andriamirado Andrianarimanana featured for Madagascar as they reached the quarterfinals in their tournament debut. Bafana Bafana who defeated hosts Egypt in the last 16 had Bruce Bvuma, Daniel Cardoso and Ramahlwe Mphahlele in their squad.
Nigeria are drawn in Group D with Egypt, Sudan and Guinea Bissau. They will open up their tournament against seven-time winners Egypt on 11 January and will then come up against Sudan and Guinea Bissau. They will play all their games in Garoua.