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Gayatri Iye (ahora Ganjawala; n. 1985 en Lucknow, India) es una cantante de playback o reproducción india, principalmente en Bollywood.

Gayatri es la esposa de Kunal Ganjawala, un exitoso cantante de playback indio. Ella se graduó en el prestigioso Instituto Indio de Lucknow (IIML) en 2001. después en el prestigioso Indian Institute of Management (IIM), se estableció como líder en la producción de Bollywood. Una de sus canciones más conocidas es "My Dil Goes Mmmm" de Namaste Salaam.

Discografía
 Gulabi (May 1995)
 Loafer (9 de junio de 1996)
 Muqaddar (12 de julio de 1996)
 Daanveer (20 de septiembre de 1996)
 Insaaf (30 de mayo de 1997)
 Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne (21 de marzo de 2003)
 Ek Aur Ek Gyarah: (28 de marzo de 2003)
 Bhoot (30 de mayo de 2003)
 Chupke Se (12 de septiembre de 2003)
 Rudraksh (13 de febrero de 2004)
 Kismat (20 de febrero de 2004)
 Silence Please - The Dressing Room (9 de abril de 2004)
 Masti (9 de abril de 2004)
 Dhoom (27 de agosto de 2004)
 Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa (10 de septiembre de 2004)
 Bride and Prejudice (8 de octubre de 2004)
 Naach (12 de noviembre de 2004)
 Hulchul (26 de noviembre de 2004)
 Elaan (14 de enero de 2005)
 Jurm (18 de febrero de 2005)
 Kyaa Kool Hai Hum (6 de mayo de 2005)
 Black (2005)
 Salaam Namaste (9 de septiembre de 2005)
 Dil Jo Bhi Kahey (23 de septiembre de 2005)
 Kasak (30 de septiembre de 2005)
 Ladies Tailor (7 de julio de 2006)
 Alag (16 de junio de 2006)
 Anthony Kaun Hai? (4 de agosto de 2006)
 Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (23 de febrero de 2007)
 Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule(2007)
 Raqeeb
 Roadside Romeo (2008)
 Tum Hi To Ho (2011)
 Ammaa ki boli (2012)

Referencias
 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210534/http://www.indiafm.com/celebrities/filmography/6447/
 http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050410/society.htm#2
 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153829/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/television/top-stories/news/kunal-gayathri-190107.html

Enlaces externos

Nacidos en Lucknow
Cantantes de playback de India

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Edit: Jay appears to have bailed over Kearsarge Pass after a ~12hour break on Forester.
@hs says "Standards need to be set by consensus for the supported race."
I think most people instinctively understand and appreciate the challenge of simply hitting the trail by yourself. I'd be surprised if anyone really cares and/or values supported/accompanied efforts vs solo treks.
Anish, Brett & and now Handy Andy represent the gold standards; they are the ones who generate the silent awe. Anecdotally, marketers are constantly hunting for legitimacy, so the "tell" will be which ones are interviewed, get sponsored, and/or generate the most buzz.
As a point of reference, in surfing a few years ago, an initial push to surf ever larger waves resulted in the use of PWCs to get towed-into waves. That phase is now over, and is essentially non-existent from a media perspective. (Not to mention actually banned in places like Mavericks and Ghost Trees [Carmel].) The entire name of the game nowadays is to paddle into giant waves all by yourself with no assistance. This has resulted in a lot of design changes/advances in equipment, not just boards, but wetsuits, emergency flotation, etc.
Anyway, the point is, solo unsupported FKT will/has emerge(d) as the only real 'standard' in the market of public opinion, with or without formal definitions. As this method gains further interest, we should also see corresponding advances in techniques/equipment. For example, check out Andy's backpack designs - real-world torture tests that confirm/reject usefulness will be what drives this market.
Hobbes, I fully agree with you there. I believe also that unsupported, solo efforts will emerge as THE standard for FKT's on the JMT. Competitive ultra runners seem to be able to set the fastest pace by setting up ad hoc race courses in the wild. The sport of ultra distance running is bigger than fastpacking and the champions of that sport are more well known and sponsored. They seem to generate more media buzz for sure. The supported version of this race has been contrived to showcase the strengths of ultra distance runners and attract more attention, but it is flawed and poorly thought out as an open competition. I hope we see a shift analogous to the one you describe in the sport of big wave surfing to represent the ideal in this particular endeavor. Elite level ultra runners may actually prove the likely record setters of the future on the JMT. But many of them will be advised to increase their backcountry skill set to pull it off in pure and unsupported style, rather than using various installments of resources and personnel to diminish the course down to their own personal specifications.
I just posted my trip report in the blog section on my website: www.palantepacks.com. Check it out and leave some comments if you have questions!
If my trip was supported, I would have at least carried half the amount of food I had and re-supplied at Red's Meadow. I think that still makes me self supported by the definitions discussed. I carried a tarp tent, sleeping bag, pad, clothes, bear can, food, and all necessary supplies. Everything I used, ate or needed was on my back. I even had my own separate map, I just happened to know the person behind me during my trip. I regret not seeing the "Read this first section" however that does not mean my trip was supported.
Hi Megan. I don't want this to come off the wrong way. You are tough as steel and I want to applaud your performance on the JMT. Philosophically, I am trying to question the "Read This First" section here because there are some gray areas for sure. I do not know anything about your race other than your time and what you just wrote, but from that information it sounds like your JMT traverse should fall within the broad spectrum of "supported," if you were in fact accompanied. Other people that provide motivation, encouragement, margin of safety, additional equipment that they may carry, and pacing are providing a form of support, even if they don't provide support in other ways. If you were "self-supported" how did you do that? Did you arrange any advance caches or resupplies? You say, "Everything I used, ate or needed was on my back" so it makes it sound like you were almost entirely unsupported other than the fact that you had a companion for some of the journey. Seems to be supported, not self-supported, and awfully close to unsupported (but not quite). I'll leave it up to the FKT community at large to confirm whether or not you set any records. In any case, well done!
What we label the trip (supported, self supported, unsupported) is less important than what you did and what you experienced. It does, however, make it tricky for me sometimes in terms of listing the FKTs at the top of the thread. This is one such case. So, at this point I'm listing both Megan's and MJ's times as "unsupported" with acknowledgement that Megan was also accompanied. The 80-90 hour trips notwithstanding, 6 days is FAST on the JMT! Megan, I hope you consider sharing your experience here.
Hi, just wanted to give a brief report on Megan Armstrong's recent unsupported JMT finish. I was the hiking partner who accompanied her and thought I'd weigh in with my version of events. I hope the following will add some clarity to the debate begun last week by Mr. Schwartz.
It seems my presence has been the source of the added confusion/consternation about whether she was solo, supported, accompanied, etc. For those of you skeptical of or hostile toward unsupported claims when the individual is accompanied, I urge you to read on. While no doubt I am biased in favor of Megan's claim, and as you know paper will take anything written on it, the following can serve as much as an exercise in logic as it is a true account of recent events.
We began the trip on Sat. 8/16 and reached the Whitney Summit at aprox. 6am from our bivouac at Guitar Lake. After signing the log-book and sending a signal from Megan's SPOT we dashed down the trail. We made decent progress over the Kern Plateau but it became apparent by the afternoon that I was still not acclimated. Consequently, Megan was forced to wait around for me at the top of Forester for about 15-20 minutes. The rest of the day I proved an even greater liability as I became consumed by exhaustion. We struggled down to Vidette Meadow where I suggested she push on without me. However, because she was worried about my physical and mental state (I was struggling to speak in normal sentences), Megan resisted my suggestion to split up. We camped about a mile before the start of the climb toward Kearsage and Glen Passes.
…Day 3 started bad and only got worse. Apparently I had tweaked my ankle significantly the day before but had been too tired to notice. The pain that morning had me seriously thinking about quitting over Bishop Pass. After a long Advil break in Le Conte I decided to press on. Big mistake. The rest of the trip I was pretty much useless as a hiking buddy and only gave Megan greater and greater cause to worry as the condition of the ankle deteriorated.
After another large dose of Advil on Muir Pass, I slowly made my way down to Evolution Meadow. At this point Megan had run out of sunscreen but she refused to accept any help from me let alone a bit of sunblock. As a consequence the blisters on her calves got pretty bad from the sun. She was in a lot of pain but did not want to take any help for fear of being supported.
After camping along the upper-San Joaquin River that night we woke up early to hike the three miles or so down to the Paiute Trail junction. Again I considered hobbling off the trail at Muir Ranch or Vermillion Valley. And again I urged Megan to press on without me. By this time, I think I was getting pretty good at fooling her into thinking I could make it all the way so long as I kept up a steady dose of Advil. So she plied me with her own supply of pain-killers and I agreed to try for Red's Meadow. This way, at least, I could get a ride much more easily and likely meet Megan at the finish if we separated. That night we camped about 1.5 miles north of Silver Pass.
The subsequent hike into Red's proceeded according to a pattern of ankle problems that developed the day prior. Wake up – take Advil. Hike 3-4 hours – take more Advil. And so forth until I began to exhaust Megan's supply and was forced to soak my foot in a creek. Our pace here slowed significantly. Finally we reached Red's store around 4pm. This allowed me to buy more drugs and some food. Despite my best effort, though, Megan refused to enter and resupply. She was adamant this meant support.
The following morning we awoke at a small pond approximately 2-3 miles south of Johnston Lake. All things considered I was glad to be just a day out of Yosemite. From this point we were just shy of 54 miles from Happy Isles. Megan was vaguely optimistic about getting there in time. We kept at it.
After making steady progress on the approach to Donahue Pass on Day 6, my condition deteriorated. Around 10am my ankle blew-up and I had to stop entirely. At this point, I was finally able to convince Megan to push on without me. After we parted, I sat for a long hour, doubled down on the painkillers and began the limp into Touloumne.
From this point on Megan hiked alone. She pushed past Touloumne, bivouacked around 11am only to wake at 3am to complete the last 13+ miles to Happy Isles.
The point of this narrative is to illustrate how it was possible to receive essentially no tangible help from hiking with another person. Megan was incredibly generous in offering to stay with me; giving me encouragement and all her painkillers. In return, she received no food, no shared pack weight, and no real encouragement. In this case, having company proved deleterious to her FKT attempt. I sincerely believe she could have bested her time by 5—6 hours had I not been there. And, while skeptics can choose to not believe any of these facts, as a rhetorical exercise it nevertheless proves the logic of the point: Accompanied does not necessarily mean supported. Consequently, Peter Bakwin has the best solution – qualify any unsupported hike that was accompanied as such. There is no logical consistency in automatically designating accompanied hikes as "supported," when the individual receives no assistance, emotional or otherwise. As my experience showed, a hiking partner can prove quite burdensome.
P.S. I too am looking forward to reading Megan's account of the trip. Unfortunately, it seems she's been buried under piles of books, papers and exams since her return.
Please, call me Howie. I want to first point out that while I do intend to raise potentially controversial questions here, I am asking for an open, honest, respectful, and even friendly discussion. Not waging a hostile attack on anybody here. Put in several days of blood, sweat, chafing, and swelling, and there is likely to be some emotional response to these topics. That aside, I think the game ought to be better defined so that athletes like Megan don't put in so much effort with the outcome of possibly not being acknowledged as hoped.
I do not call into question any of the details of your account, but I do think doubt enters the equation when someone makes claims without verification. That is why it has already been established that those wishing to play the FKT game need to provide standard levels of verification in order to make verified claims. So if you definitely want the credit, then you need to document. Peter has outlined the recommended verification steps to take very well on this site in my opinion. Given the account, I have to say that it sure makes Megan's JMT sound even more impressive than some solo efforts. Having the intent to claim "unsupported" she apparently remained self-contained and self-sufficient (as if she were solo), yet she was prepared and able to take care of another person too. As a mountain guide I particularly respect that. My personal biases aside though, looking at the FKT endeavor as an achievement that people would like to claim and receive credit for, I do not agree that such accompanied attempts should be classified as "unsupported." Regardless of whether you were able to actually provide an advantage psychologically (with companionship or encouragement, etc.), another person's presence along with their extra gear and supplies that they carry does add a margin of safety that other unaccompanied racers do not have. To keep the playing field level I think you have to draw the line, or maybe create a separate category.
I would say that I honestly can't imagine any supported effort any closer to that unsupported line without crossing it as Megan's. I think this is why Peter opted not to say it was supported (clearly not the same sort of effort as other supported efforts), but it is not entirely unsupported either. He lists it as unsupported with an "*". I think that is the best you can do here. If the rules are clarified then people will be less likely to have to work to defend their claims in this race for the FKT. I give full respect for the spirit of Megan's attempt and that she intended to do it in what I personally consider to be the most meaningful and impressive style, one I have been advocating in this thread. This matter aside, I still think there could be better consensus on what the rules should specifically be for supported FKT's, self-supported FKT's, and team vs. solo FKT's. What do you think?
I think that it's a fundamental and essential aspect of going unsupported that you brave the wilderness alone. Both physical and mental strength are important. And I don't think that you can change the "category" of the attempt by explaining that the person accompanying did not (in the event) provide any perceived assistance. It would be unfair to the current unsupported FKT holder Michelle Jung for an accompanied effort to take away her record.
However, the trip report does put Megan's remarkable efforts & her character in a different light. Even when no physical support is provided, I think we all appreciate that there's a huge difference between what Megan did and (say) having a person accompanying who is pacing or guiding the route.
I think Peter has done the fair and reasonable thing here. This can't supercede Michelle Jung's record, but it deserves more recognition than just a footnote, so he's noted it among the FKTs at the top of the page in a separate category.
I think having completely rigid rules that are supposed to be applicable to every route and every situation doesn't necessarily work. As we know, pure "unsupported" is only feasible up to a certain distance, hence the "self-supported" category for long thru-hikes. The self-supported concept would be impossible to specify completely with a rigid set of rules, but I think we are guided by precedent, and we generally recognize when somebody is abiding by the spirit of what it's supposed to mean. It occurs to me that another example might be that the pure "unsupported" category is inappropriate in Grizzly country, where nobody should be hiking alone. Perhaps there an "unsupported team" would make more sense there - no outside help or external supplies, self-sufficient within the team.
Thank-you Andy S. for posting your story. Personally, the stories are what interest me most about this whole thing! This highlights the fact that solo trips are generally going to be faster than teams. This is especially true on a route like the JMT where it can be hard to bail out.
I personally do NOT subscribe to the notion that unsupported has to mean solo. I think you can have an unsupported team trip, where the team members can pool and exchange gear amongst themselves, share and collaborate on navigation, etc. But, things get really fuzzy if someone stops and the other person continues. Then all of a sudden we are back to "accompanied" (the finisher was "accompanied" part way). Also, if a team is mixed gender things are further muddied simply because separate records are kept for men and women. Nevertheless, if 2 women were to do the JMT in 5 days unsupported I would personally call that a valid unsupported women's FKT for the trail. I know others see this differently. Clearly it would be listed as a team effort, so people can view it however they like. Off hand I can't think of a single instance of this (unsupported team) for any trail. However, several years ago Scott Williamson and Adam Bradley set the thru-hiker (self-supported) PCT record as a team. No one questioned that just because they were a team, and I don't see unsupported as substantially different.
Sounds like Megan could go quite a bit faster on the JMT. Maybe next year???
Some great comments there Ralph and Peter! I think that is the kind of discussion that ought to happen. It seems to make sense that unsupported can be either team or solo and let the times land where they may. It will be interesting to see if team efforts are generally faster or slower than solo ones over time. But I also think that it should be established that if a team starts together then they should finish together. If only part of the team is able to finish, then I think we should either call that a failed unsupported attempt at a FKT or categorize it as supported. For mixed gender teams, it seems like you can't specify a women's record for female individuals of a team, so it just would go in the overall category as a team effort. If an all female team sets an unsupported female record then I think that can stand.
I say go for it Megan!


MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — The Simpson men's track and field team was without one of the top sprinters in the region on Saturday, but it didn't matter.
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How did I miss all this news about Marvel's latest TV series attempt, The Inhumans? And more importantly, why does it look so cheesy? (That wig!) Seriously, if you told me this was a Chinese rip-off of a Marvel series, I would 100% believe you.


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January 17, 2019 Hikvision, the world's leading supplier of innovative video security products and solutions, worked with TCT Group, an authorised national distributor of Hikvision in Thailand, to proudly sponsor a series of local schools and government hospitals. Since the third quarter of 2018, a donation of Hikvision security devices has been made to over 198 facilities throughout Thailand.
When asked about the initiative of these CSR activities, Mr. Chongtong Xie, CEO of TCT Group said: "As we are operating in Thailand, where majority of the population believe in the Buddha's teaching of peace and giving, we believe in giving back not just safety but a peace of mind in their places of work and learning."
"On the other hand, this is also in line with the "Thailand 4.0" economic model that is heavily promoted by the Thai government. This model calls for innovation and digitalisation accelerated by high-technology. Security technology is just one example, it helps protect social environment, and improves our quality of life."
According to Xie, Hikvision cameras provided extra security for these sites. Schools and government hospitals equipped with cameras are ensured with site security which enhanced the safety of students, patients and hospital staff.
"Hikvision is committed to improving safety and security in a variety of vertical markets and across society," said Holic Huang, Channel Sales Manager of Hikvision Thailand. "On behalf of Hikvision, TCT Group shares completely the same goal of corporate social responsibility. This is a great example of how we work together with partners to bring security technology and its benefits to local society, and we'll continue to do so."
About TCT Group
TCT group is a Thai based trading company specializing in Chinese computer accessories and security solution. We have over 1,000 SKUs. Our brands include DTECH accessories and Watashi. TCT Group CEO, Mr. Xie Chong Tong, was a member of The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and is a current committee member of The Chinese - Thai chamber of commerce.
About Hikvision
Hikvision is the world's leading provider of innovative security products and solutions. Featuring the industry's strongest R&D workforce, Hikvision advances core technologies of audio and video encoding, video image processing, and related data storage, as well as forward-looking technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and deep learning. In addition to the video surveillance industry, Hikvision extends its reach to smart home tech, industrial automation, and automotive electronics industries to achieve its long-term vision. Always creating value for its customers, Hikvision operates 38 regional subsidiaries all over the world to achieve a truly global presence. For more information, please visit us at www.hikvision.com.


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Free Will Astrology 1-24-2018
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Anders Haugen competed for the United States as a ski jumper in the 1924 Winter Olympics. Although he was an accomplished athlete who had previously set a world record for distance, he won no medals at the games. But wait! Fifty years later, a sports historian discovered that there had a been a scoring mistake back in 1924. In fact, Haugen had done well enough to win the bronze medal. The mistake was rectified, and he finally got his long-postponed award. I foresee a comparable development happening in your life, Aries. Recognition or appreciation you deserved to have received some time ago will finally come your way.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) In 1899, Sobhuza II became king of Swaziland even though he was less than 5 months old. He kept his job for the next 82 years, and along the way managed to play an important role when his nation gained independence from the colonial rule of the United Kingdom. These days you may feel a bit like Sobhuza did when he was still in diapers, Taurus: not sufficiently prepared or mature for the greater responsibilities that are coming your way. But just as he received competent help in his early years from his uncle and grandmother, I suspect you'll receive the support you'll need to ripen.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) In my ideal world, dancing and singing wouldn't be luxuries practiced primarily by professionals. They would be regular occurrences in our daily routines. We'd dance and sing whenever we needed a break from the numbing trance. We'd whirl and hum to pass the time. We would greet each other with an interpretative movement and a little tune. In schools, dance and song would be a standard part of the curriculum — as important as math and history. That's my utopian dream, Gemini. What's yours? In accordance with the astrological omens, I urge you to identify the soul medicine you'd love to incorporate into your everyday regimen. Then go ahead and incorporate it! It's time for you to get more aggressive about creating the world you want to live in.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) Psychology pioneer Carl Jung believed that most of our big problems can never be fully solved. And that's actually a good thing. Working on them keeps us lively, in a state of constant transformation. It ensures we don't stagnate. I generally agree with Jung's high opinion of our problems. We should indeed be grateful for the way they impel us to grow. However, I think that's irrelevant for you right now. Why? Because you have an unprecedented opportunity to solve and graduate from a major long-running problem. So no, don't be grateful for it. Get rid of it. Say goodbye to it forever.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Between now and March 21, you will be invited, encouraged and pushed to deepen your understanding of intimate relationships. You will have the chance to learn much, much more about how to create the kind of togetherness that both comforts and inspires you. Will you take advantage of this eight-week opportunity? I hope so. You may imagine that you have more pressing matters to attend to. But the fact is that cultivating your relationship skills would transform you in ways that would best serve those other pressing matters.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) In December, mass protests broke out in Mashhad, Iran's second-largest city. Why? The economy had been gradually worsening. Inflation was slowly but surely exacting a toll. Unemployment was increasing. But one of the immediate triggers for the uprising was a 40 percent hike in the price of eggs. It focused the Iranian people's collective angst and galvanized a dramatic response. I'm predicting a comparable sequence in your personal future, Virgo. A specific irritant will emerge, motivating you to stop putting up with trends that have been subtly bothering you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) In the late 1980s, Budweiser used a Bull Terrier to promote its Bud Light beer in commercials. The dog, who became mega-famous, was presented as a rich macho party animal named Spuds MacKenzie. The ad campaign was successful, boosting sales 20 percent. But the truth was that the actor playing Spuds was a female dog whose owners called her Evie. To earn money, the poor creature, who was born under the sign of Libra, was forced to assume a false identity. To honor Evie's memory, and in alignment with current astrological omens, I urge you human Libras to strip away any layers of false identity you've been pressured to acquire. Be your Real Self — to the max.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The giant panda is a bear native to China. In the wild, its diet is 99 percent bamboo. But bamboo is not an energy-rich food, which means the creature has to compensate by consuming 20 to 30 pounds of the stuff every day. Because it's so busy gathering its sustenance, the panda doesn't have time to do much socializing. I mention this, Scorpio, because I want to offer up the panda as your anti-power animal for the coming weeks. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you should have a diversified approach to getting your needs met — not just in regards to food, but in every other way as well. Variety is not just the spice of life: It's the essence.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You're the star of the "movie" that endlessly unfolds in your imagination. There may be a number of other lead actors and actresses, but few, if any, have your luster and stature. You also have a supporting cast, as well as a full complement of extras. To generate all the adventure you need, your story needs a lot of dramatis personae. In the coming weeks, I suggest that you be alert for certain minor characters who are primed to start playing a bigger role in your narrative. Consider the possibility of inviting them to say and do more to advance the plot.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Thirty-five miles per hour is typically the highest speed attained by the U.S. Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. That's not very fast. On the other hand, each ship's engine generates 190 megawatts, enough to provide the energy needs of 140,000 houses, and can go more than 20 years without refueling. If you don't mind, I'm going to compare you to one of those aircraft carriers during the next four weeks. You may not be moving fast, but you will have maximum stamina and power.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) The pawpaw is a tasty fruit that blends the flavors of mango, banana and melon. But you rarely find it in grocery stores. One reason is that the fruit ripens very fast after being picked. Another is that the pollination process is complicated. In response to these issues, plant scientist Neal Peterson has been trying to breed the pawpaw to be more commercially viable. Because of his work, cultivated crops have finally begun showing up at some farmers' markets. I'd like to see you undertake metaphorically similar labors in 2018, Aquarius. I think you'll have good luck at developing rough potentials into more mature forms of expression. You'll have skill at turning unruly raw materials into more useful resources. Now is a great time to begin.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) An iceberg is a huge chunk of ice that has cracked away from a glacier and drifted off into the open sea. Only 9 percent of it is visible above the waterline. The underwater part, which is most of the iceberg, is basically invisible. You can't know much about it just by looking at the top. This is an apt metaphor for life itself. Most everyone and everything we encounter is 91 percent mysterious or hidden or inaccessible to our conscious understanding. That's the weird news, Pisces. The good news is that during the next three weeks you will have an unprecedented ability to get better acquainted with the other 91 percent of anything or anyone you choose to explore.
Homework: Imagine that you're still alive in 2090. What's your life like? Testify at Freewillastrology.com.
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Advocates find better communication of demand response benefits needed
By Matthew Bandyk
The majority of the members of the Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid and other attendees at the group's "National Town Hall Meeting" on July 13 in Washington, D.C., said in a vote that the biggest barrier to the growth of demand response in the U.S. is a lack of understanding among stakeholders, an issue seen as more important than other factors, such as price signals.
But FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said that contrary to a lack of understanding, there is a "critical mass" of federal government entities and state regulatory commissions committed to demand response. FERC and the U.S. Department of Energy have recently promoted coordination among a coalition of stakeholders as the primary way to implement a "National Action Plan" on demand response.
"I think we are now poised for a rapid acceleration of the industry," Wellinghoff said while speaking at a panel. "We have the opportunity to have this industry to take off much like the solar industry has been doing in the last four or five years."
He acknowledged that there have been some recent roadblocks for the spread of demand response. He said he was "troubled" by a Minnesota Public Utilities Commission decision to prohibit the entrance of third-party demand response providers into the market. "I am concerned that by that commission, and other commissions in the Midwest, limiting the choices of consumers to participate with the demand response aggregators in the wholesale markets is going to limit the customers' overall choices to be able to integrate demand response into their systems," Wellinghoff said.
He said FERC plans to try to persuade these states to promote demand response. But its growth also needs help from the private sector. Wellinghoff urged greater participation by demand response providers in the Midwest ISO's capacity market. "We need to ensure that demand response is as integral a part of the capacity markets in MISO as it is in PJM," Wellinghoff said, noting that the PJM Interconnection LLC cleared more than 14,000 MW of demand response assets in its last capacity auction.
One problem in promoting greater understanding of demand response is that the benefits can be difficult to quantify. "It really is hard to measure on a kWh basis undefined and being able to say, by deploying smart meters and demand response, we're going to be able to reduce your kWh cost by 10%, 12%, 15%," said Wayne Gardner, a commissioner of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Despite demand response being "very high" in that state, there is an "undercurrent of high concern, especially on the consumer advocate side, from the overall cost of deploying smart grid technology," according to Gardner.
Wellinghoff said the benefits can be quantified in instances. During PJM's biggest peak demand period in August 2006, demand response saved PJM more than $200 million in one week, he said.
The voters at the town hall meeting also cited the lack of clear price signals as a barrier to demand response. According to former FERC Commissioner William Massey, the lack of price signals should be seen as the most important factor hampering innovation.
"Let the innovators into the marketplace. Don't pose barriers to them," Massey said during a panel discussion. "Let them in and give them price signals."
Massey is also the counsel for the COMPETE Coalition, a lobbying group that supports allowing more alternative suppliers into retail markets.
In an interview, Massey said allowing dynamic pricing at the state level would be the best policy fix to promote demand response. He pointed to Pennsylvania and Texas as two states that have successfully implemented dynamic pricing to some degree.
Reliant Energy Retail Holdings LLC is one company that has experience in both markets undefined it is based in Texas but has recently expanded to Pennsylvania and other areas on the East Coast. Reliant Energy Vice President of Residential Marketing Bill Harmon said during a panel that Texas' attitude toward dynamic pricing has allowed the company to pursue smart grid policies there to a much greater extent than elsewhere. Texas allows the company access to pricing data based on 15-minute intervals, and also allows retailers to access home area networks to install smart meters. "Without easy access for the customer and the retail electric provider to that data … it's practically impossible" to put customers on dynamic pricing plans, Harmon said.
According to Harmon, competition in the Texas market is what made Reliant Energy interested in the smart grid in the first place. "Competition is extremely robust in Texas," he said, estimating that Reliant Energy has about 50 competitors. "My electrons are the same as my competitors," Harmon said. "We view the smart grid as the key way we can differentiate ourselves."
Reliant Energy is a subsidiary of NRG Energy Inc.
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Wall St set to open flat as focus turns to Powell speech
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
U.S. stock indexes were set to open flat on Wednesday ahead of comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later in the day, while Tesla shares gained after the electric-vehicle maker's sales in China nearly doubled.
Powell's speech will be closely watched for signs of a slowdown in the pace of interest rate hikes by the central bank, as well as to assess the general health of the U.S. economy.
"The market is expecting him (Powell) to say maybe we won't do the 75 bps hike … when people listen to the Fed Chair speak, they're waiting for that little hint," said Joe Saluzzi, co-manager of trading at Themis Trading in Chatham, New Jersey.
Hopes that the Fed will now hike rates in smaller increments and recent data pointing to a mild cooling in prices have positioned the benchmark S&P 500 index (.SPX) for its second straight month of gains.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) has gained nearly 18% in the last two months, while the Nasdaq index (.IXIC) has added about 4%.
Traders expect the Fed to increase rates by 50 basis points in December, with the rates peaking in June 2023. FEDWATCH
Tesla Inc's (TSLA.O) shares rose 0.8% in premarket trading as its China sales in November were boosted by price cuts and incentives offered on its Model 3 and Model Y, according to data from China Merchants Bank International.
The company led gains among other growth stocks, including Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), all of which rose between 0.3% and 0.4%.
Risk appetite was briefly boosted by a drop in yields on the two-year and the 10-year Treasury notes after the ADP National Employment report showed private employment increased by 127,000 in November, below expectations of 200,000 jobs.
The reading suggested demand for labor was cooling amid high interest rates, and comes ahead of the Labor Department's closely watched nonfarm payrolls data on Friday. The data is expected to show 200,000 job additions in November, compared with 261,000 jobs in the prior month.
The Commerce Department's second estimate of third-quarter gross domestic product showed the economy grew at a 2.9% annualized rate, higher than expectations of a 2.7% growth.
"A mixed bag this morning. So I don't really make much out of that, I'd like to see what Powell has to say," Saluzzi added.
At 8:41 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were up 5 points, or 0.01%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 4 points, or 0.1%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 23 points, or 0.2%.
Boeing Co (BA.N) shares gained 1.3% after U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell drafted a proposal granting exceptions for the planemaker's two 737 MAX variants if they include safety enhancements.
Biogen Inc (BIIB.O) jumped 4.3% after its experimental Alzheimer's drug slowed cognitive decline in a closely watched trial.


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Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood: Morocco (1930), Dishonored (1931), Shanghai Express (1932), Blonde Venus (1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934), The Devil is a Woman (1935) 6 x DVD and 6 x Blu-Ray Criterion Collection
by movieworld on February 28th, 2019 at 19:51
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She would be revered as one of the most famous sex symbols of the twentieth century. He would become renowned as one of early sound cinema's most accomplished visionaries—and then reviled for his grueling techniques and disparagement of actors. She was Marlene Dietrich and he was Josef von Sternberg, a German actress and a New York raised, Austrian born emigre who would, with seven features create one of the most impressive cinematic collaborations ever accomplished in their medium. The esteemed Criterion Collection brings together, for the first time in one stellar box-set, the six Hollywood features they made together from 1930-1935 which brought them together and tore them apart by the end of their working relationship.
Throughout the six films in the set -- Morocco (1930), Dishonored (1931), Shanghai Express (1932), Blonde Venus (1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934) and The Devil is a Woman (1935) -- von Sternberg and Dietrich show off their range, covering melodrama, tragedy, thrills, a touch of comedy, and plenty of romance (almost every one finds Dietrich with multiple suitors). Crediting von Sternberg alone with the "creation" of Dietrich's image arguably undermines her talents, but it's safe to say that their works leave both of them looking good, as Dietrich gamely meets each one of von Sternberg's new challenges, and von Sternberg's vision becomes increasingly elaborate.
The beautiful vaudeville singer Amy Jolly (Dietrich) arrives in exotic Morocco to try her luck in a nightclub that has become the favorite spot of the soldiers from the French Legion. On the night when she makes her first appearance in the club, Amy encounters the handsome legionnaire Tom Brown (Gary Cooper), and even though she immediately realizes that he is a womanizer becomes attracted to him. She then flirts with him and he promptly finds the way to her new home.
The singer also attracts the attention of the aging aristocrat Monsieur La Bessiere (Adolphe Menjou), who is a bachelor and has been dreaming of meeting a sophisticate European beauty to settle down with.
• Weimar on the Pacific - in this new documentary feature, film scholars Gerd Gemunden and Noah Isenberg discuss the classic cinematic image of Marlene Dietrich, her work with Josef von Sternberg, and her time in Hollywood. The documentary was produced exclusively for Criterion in 2018. In English, not subtitled. (30 min, 1080p).
• Janet Bergstrom - in this video featurette, film scholar Janet Bergstrom discusses the production history of Morocco. The featurette was produced by Robert Fischer for Fiction Factory in 2014. In English, not subtitled. (32 min, 1080p).
• The Real Amy Jolly - in this new video interview, Deutsche Kinemathek curator Silke Ronneburg discusses the real Amy Jolly and some of the differences between her and the character played by Marlene Dietrich in Morocco. The interview was conducted in 2018. In German, with optional English subtitles. (5 min, 1080p).
• The Legionnaire and the Lady - presented here is a vintage radio adaptation of Morocco which was presented by Lux Radio Theatre on June 1, 1936. In English, not subtitled. (60 min, 1080p).
Dishonored (1931)
Dietrich plays a widow who makes ends meet as a prostitute on the gloomy streets of Vienna during WWI. On a cold and rainy night she attracts the attention of a middle-aged gentleman (Gustav von Seyffertitz) who hires her for a bit of fun but later on actually tests her loyalty to her country. After he concludes that she can be trusted, the client reveals that he is the head of the Austrian Secret Service and invites her to join his team of spies. Shortly after, the prostitute becomes agent X-27.
• Dietrich Icon - in this new video program, film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White discuss the emergence and establishment of Marlene Dietrich as a Hollywood icon as well as her professional relationship with Josef von Sternberg. The program was produced exclusively for Criterion in 2018. In English, not subtitled. (22 min, 1080p).
• Bodies and Spaces, Fabric and Light - this new visual essay focuses on the visual style and composition of the Hollywood films that Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg made together. The essay was created by film scholars Cristina Alvarez Lopez and Adrian Martin for Criterion in 2018. In English, not subtitled. (30 min, 1080p).
• Nicholas von Sternberg - in this documentary, Nicholas von Sternberg, son of director Josef von Sternberg, remembers his father and his decision to become a cameraman (so that he could be closer to him), and discusses his style -- and specifically his management of light and shadow, which resembled painting -- as well as his relationship with Marlene Dietrich. The documentary was produced by Robert Fischer for Fiction Factory in 2014. In English, not subtitled. (15 min, 1080i).
Von Sternberg does a number of interesting things with the energy and tempo of the film to imitate the actual rhythm of a moving train. Almost immediately after the Shanghai Express leaves the station in Peking one gets the sense that the movement occurs in real time.
As the motley crew of passengers in first-class settle down someone mentions that the notorious courtesan Shanghai Lily (Dietrich) is amongst them and a few panic. But they don't know how to recognize her, so they are left speculating and even doubting whether the revelation is legit. The only passenger that knows Lily is Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook), a British doctor who is on his way to Shanghai where he is expected to perform an urgent operation. The doctor is Lily's former lover who years ago left her after she played a trick on him to test the strength of their relationship. Meanwhile, Henry Chang (Warner Oland) reveals himself to be the leader of a Chinese rebel army, forcing the train to stop before it reaches its destination.
• Homay King - in this brand new video interview, film scholar Homay King, author of Lost in Translation: Orientalism, Cinema, and the Enigmatic Signifier, discusses Josef von Sternberg's cinematic vision of China. some of the socio-political themes that are part of the narrative of Shanghai Express, and the role of star Anna May Wong. The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion in 2018. In English, not subtitled. (26 min, 1080p).
Blonde Venus (1932)
In the short prologue, the beautiful German cabaret singer Helen meets the handsome American Ned Faraday (Herbert Marshall) and they fall madly in love. The action then moves to New York City where Helen and Ned have started a family and are raising their five-year-old son Johnny (Dickie Moore). Everything seems perfect, but it isn't because Ned is seriously ill and unless he undergoes a very expensive treatment in Europe it is virtually guaranteed that Helen will become a widow. To get the money that they need, Helen auditions for a shady night club owner (Robert Emmett O'Connor) and after she wows his clientele he gives the star alias Blonde Venus.
At the club, Helen also meets the wealthy playboy Nick Townsend (Cary Grant), who immediately realizes that she is a diamond in the rough who deserves better.
• The Marlene Dietrich Collection - in this new program, curator Silke Ronnenburg discusses Marlene Dietrich's large collection of costumes, film art, and documents that is currently kept at Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin. The program was produced exclusively for Criterion in 2018. In German, with optional English subtitles. (15 min, 1080p).
• Deborah Nadoolman Landis - in this new video interview, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, director of the David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Deisgn at UCLA, discusses the legacy of costume designer Travis Burton, who worked very closely with Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg. The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion in 2018. In English, not subtitled. (15 min, 1080p).
• The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935) - this short film by the Paramount publicity department features the head of costumes at the studio at the time, Travis Banton, and a silent Marlene Dietrich modeling the clothes he designed for her. In English, not subtitled. (11 min, 1080p).
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
The Prussian princess Sophia Frederica (Marlene Dietrich) is told by her father that she is about to begin a new chapter in her life because she is going to Russia to marry the Grand Duke Peter (Sam Jaffe). Sophia of course is not allowed to disagree. Then the handsome Count Alexei (John Lodge) who has come to arrange her journey and escort her back to her future husband presents her with lavish gifts instantly inspire the future bride to dream beautiful dreams.
In Moscow, Sophia is introduced to the powerful Empress Elizabeth (Louise Dresser), who instantly makes it clear that she is expected to deliver a grandson that will become a Tsar. After Sophia meets her dim-witted husband, Elizabeth also changes her name to Catherine. But the marriage disappointing for both parties and Catherine begins a romantic relationship with Alexei, not realizing that he is also visiting the bedroom of her mother-in-law. When the truth eventually comes out, Catherine gradually undergoes a dramatic transformation and uses her charm and wit to take over the throne.
• Marlene Dietrich in Denmark, 1971 - in this archival interview, Marlene Dietrich recalls how she was discovered by Josef von Sternberg and cast to play her famous character in The Blue Angel, and discusses her dismissal by the UFA Studios, her working relationship with the director, her success in Hollywood, her performance in The Devil Is a Woman, etc. The interview was filmed for Swedish television but filmed in Copenhagen after a performance at Tivoli Gardens in 1971. In English. (29 min, 1080i).
The Devil is a Woman (1935)
The story of the film is set in Seville, Spain during the 1890s, at a time when the local residents are honoring an old tradition with a massive carnival. During the event, the young revolutionary Antonio Galvan (Cesar Romero) notices a mysterious beauty (Dietrich) and as she flirts with him follows her back to a gated mansion. Antonio's attempt to trick a servant and get in, however, fails and instead he ends up in a local inn. Here he encounters the retired colonel Don Pasqual (Lionel Atwill), who reveals to him that the elusive beauty that he is after is the notorious singer Concha Perez. The old man then warns Antonio not to get involved with Concha because some years ago she seduced him and after repeatedly emptied his pockets broke his heart. Even after the old man shares various stories about Concha's duplicity, however, at the end of the night Antonio chooses to resume his pursuit of her.
• If It Isn't Pain - when Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg made The Devil is a Woman in 1935, Joseph Breen had recently been installed as head of the Production Code Administration, which enforced decency standards in motion pictures. Presented here is the song "If It Isn't Pain" which was removed from the film. The recording comes from a promotional 78rpm disc issued around the release of the film. In English, not subtitled. (3 min, 1080p).
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(New York, 30 July 2008): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes, today announced the allocation of $30 million to support agencies carrying out life-saving aid programmes in seven crisis countries in need of an injection of aid funding – Afghanistan, Burundi, Chad, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iraq, Sri Lanka and Syria.
The largest recipient of funding from the Central Emergency Response Fund's (CERF) grant allocation to underfunded emergencies is Chad, which will receive $6.8 million. The humanitarian situation in Chad has deteriorated during the first half of 2008 as a result of worsening insecurity and an influx of new refugees from Sudan's Darfur region and the Central African Republic. An estimated 500,000 people are heavily dependent on humanitarian aid. The allocation is for projects in the 2008 United Nations Consolidated Appeal for Chad, which requested $306 million. Eight months into the year, the Appeal is less than half funded, including crucial sectors such as protection, health and education.
In Syria, a CERF grant of $4 million will benefit up to 1.5 million increasingly impoverished refugees from Iraq. The refugees are in dire need of food, non-food items and health services. Agencies working in Iraq will receive $5 million, while those implementing projects in Sri Lanka will get $4 million. Programmes in Afghanistan will receive $4.6 million, Burundi $3.6 million and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea $2 million.
'Millions of people affected by some of the less visible crises around the world often have to endure great deprivation,' said Mr. Holmes. 'Funds from CERF's underfunded emergencies window are often the last source of hope for people in such circumstances,' Mr. Holmes added.
The funds made available today will be granted to United Nations humanitarian agencies and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and through them to partner organizations, including non-governmental organizations (NGOs), to support humanitarian projects in the affected countries. Countries were selected to receive grants based on an analysis of the funding levels of their aid programmes, the severity of the humanitarian needs, and security and other constraints on aid delivery.
This is the second round of allocations from CERF's window for underfunded emergencies in 2008. The first round in February allocated $104 million for underfunded emergencies to 14 countries.
CERF is funded by voluntary contributions from Member States, non-governmental organisations, local governments, the private sector and individual donors. This year, the donors pledged nearly $432.2 million in support of the Fund, bringing the total amount contributed to CERF since March 2006 to more than $1.1 billion. As mandated by the General Assembly, CERF commits one-third of all funds each year to redress imbalances in the global aid distribution by supporting neglected crises.
NAIROBI, 31 July 2008 (IRIN) – Representatives of religious groups in Somalia have condemned the killing and abduction of humanitarian workers, saying the increase of such incidents was worrying.
"We are totally against the killing of aid workers and call upon all Somali people to embrace peace," Sheikh Abdulkadir Somow, spokesman for Ahlu Suna Waljamaa, the largest religious group in the country, told IRIN on 31 July from Mogadishu, where a meeting of religious groups was being held.
The first phase of the meeting, which started on 28 July, focused on peace and reconciliation as well as on the killing and abduction of aid workers. The meeting is expected to continue into next week, Somow added.
According to humanitarian organisations active in Somalia, at least 20 aid workers have been killed and 13 others abducted since the start of 2008.
In June, four were killed and seven others abducted, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA-Somalia).
Somow told IRIN the killings and abductions were against Islamic teachings "and everything must be done to ensure they come to an end".
Among other resolutions, he said, the religious groups expressed their full support for the Djibouti peace accord, under which the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and an Eritrea-based opposition alliance signed an agreement on 9 June to cease hostilities.
Religious leaders, he added, must take a more active role in the country's peace process for lasting stability to be achieved. He urged the international community to provide humanitarian aid to Somali people, most of whom were suffering because of drought, conflict, and high food and fuel prices.
On 22 July, officials from five UN agencies and one from CARE International, said a combination of factors – including drought, conflict, the weak Somali shilling and a succession of poor harvests – had increased the number of people needing food and other assistance to 2.6 million – an increase of 40 percent from January.
Mark Bowden, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Somalia, told a news conference in Nairobi the situation in Somalia was "fluid", warning that the country was months away from a major crisis.
The situation was likely to deteriorate further, potentially affecting 3.5 million people, or half the total population, he added.
The critical food and livelihood crisis, combined with price hikes, very poor rains in the southern and central parts of the country, violence and limited or no access to the affected populations, had further exacerbated the situation and severely restricted the ability of humanitarian organisations to deliver assistance.
Earlier on 2 July, the government and civil society groups condemned the attacks against aid workers, with a civil society source saying the incidents seemed to reflect a concerted campaign against aid workers.
Abdi Haji Gobdon, the government spokesman, said suggestions of government involvement in such attacks were "nonsense" and that the government had repeatedly condemned these "criminal activities".
"The government position is that it does not condone the killing or kidnapping of those who are trying to help the Somali people," he said.
Somalia has had no effective government for over 15 years.
BELGRADE, Serbia – Authorities extradited ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the Netherlands to face genocide charges before the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Wednesday, hours after a violence-tinged protest by thousands of his supporters in downtown Belgrade.
Serbia's new, pro-Western government hopes Karadzic's arrest will strengthen the country's bid for membership in the European Union. Serbia had been accused of not searching for war crimes fugitives sought by the U.N. tribunal.
Never in the field of humanitarian relief has so much been given to so many with so little scrutiny. In recent years, the UK's Disasters Emergency Committee has co-ordinated the fund-raising and disbursement of hundreds of millions of pounds in donations to handle the consequences of crises around the world. Accountability at home needs to catch up.
The committee has proved a useful umbrella organisation for more than 40 years, raising money at low cost with support from celebrities and the media and distributing it for spending between its dozen or so members – the UK's most important relief agencies such as Oxfam, Save the Children and Christian Aid.
The first concern relates to how it divides the money. Allocations go only to its member agencies, not to other organisations that may have relevant skills or a stronger presence in a particular crisis. The division is primarily based on these charities' own assessments of their capacity to use it and according to a rough formula based on their roles in previous disasters.
How well the agencies deliver can only be judged by rigorous evaluation. Yet the committee has stopped commissioning detailed assessments after each disaster appeal; refused to publish the full, undoctored version of one critical report (on the east Asian tsunami); and has since made others difficult to obtain. It has launched a new approach, flagging briefly in its annual report issues of concern from each appeal for members to address and placing the onus on them to conduct individual evaluations. There is no common standard for how these will be conducted or whether they will be made public. It is unclear how far those charities that disappoint will be penalised.
The committee looks too much like a cosy club, in which the majority of trustees are chief executives of member charities. There is little incentive to change. A concern raised in its latest annual report about Chad is that the nine-month duration of appeals is too short, focusing on short-term relief rather than longer-term rehabilitation. This issue has been raised many times in the old-style evaluations, without any change in policy. But it clashes with rapid fund-raising in crises. More transparency and external scrutiny of the committee's governance would be no bad thing.
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Gunmen in Somalia shot and seriously wounded an humanitarian official working for the World Health Organization on Sunday, witnesses and officials said.
Osmail Moalim Ahmed was shot five times by assailants in the southern Somali town of Dinsor, in the latest attack against aid workers in the war-stricken country that is facing an acute food shortage.
Nineteen aid workers have been killed in Somalia so far this year and 13 others have been abducted, the United Nations has said.
At least 2.6 million Somalis face hunger due to acute food shortfalls spurred by prolonged drought, insecurity and high inflation. UN famine monitors warn the figure could hit 3.5 million by the end of the year.
Aid groups have scaled down operations in Somalia owing to growing insecurity largely blamed on Islamist militants who have waged a guerrilla war since they were ousted by joint Somali-Ethiopian forces in early 2007.
DUNIA KEMANUSIAAN condemned the attack on Mr. Osmail Moalim Ahmed and demand stern action should be taken to those involved in the attack.
July 29 (Bloomberg) — Attacks on aid workers are forcing humanitarian groups to curtail operations in Afghanistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka and other war-torn countries, and relief agencies say they may have to make wider cuts.
Killings, kidnappings and violence against aid workers have more than doubled in the past five years, according to a draft of a report to be published by London-based Overseas Development Institute in the next three months. The average annual number of incidents rose to 76 from 2003 through 2007, compared with 35 in the previous five-year period.
For the first time, humanitarian workers are being specifically targeted, said Nan Dale, the U.S. executive director for Paris-based Action Against Hunger/Action Contre la Faim, which had two French workers kidnapped in Afghanistan on July 18.
Doctors Without Borders withdrew its 97 international staff members from Somalia after three workers were killed by a roadside bomb in January and eight were kidnapped this month. The charity, the main health-care provider in central and southern Somalia, has been there since 1981. Atlanta-based CARE suspended operations last month in the Galadud region of Somalia following the abduction of two staff members, who are still missing.
Action Against Hunger stopped operations in countries including Burundi, where a staff member was killed in December, and Sri Lanka, where 17 workers were killed in 2006, Dale said. The group may halt more operations if threats against its members increase, she said.
Global attacks fell last year to 82, with 55 killed, from a 10-year high of 95 incidents with 85 killed in 2006, according to the institute's report. In the first half of this year, though, the violence appears to have increased, aid groups said.
"We definitely are seeing a spike this year in countries which are already dangerous, and it's getting more difficult for us to move around," said Patrick McCormick, a spokesman for UNICEF, the United Nations' children's charity, in New York.
Humanitarian groups are taking security measures to prevent attacks, with some going undercover by removing identification from vehicles and staff and others using armed guards to protect workers, said Abby Stoddard, a non-resident fellow at the Center for International Cooperation at New York University, and the lead author of the institute's report.
"Aid workers are a soft target, and in places like Somalia, they are the only international targets, so if someone wants attention and wants to sow fear and chaos, that's who they attack," she said.
The number of attacks on Action Against Hunger workers is "unprecedented" for the 29-year-old group, which has about 6,000 members around the world, Dale said. The organization suspended its operations in Afghanistan after the kidnappings, set up crisis units in Kabul and Paris to secure their release and revised its security procedures, she said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Chris Dolmetsch in New York at cdolmetsch@bloomberg.net.
ATHENS, July 28: Greece is locking hundreds of migrants in an overcrowded centre on the Mediterranean island of Lesbos without proper sanitation and medical care in what French charity Medicins Sans Frontiers branded a "humanitarian crisis".
The migrants, most of them from Afghanistan, are kept in rooms clogged with stagnant water and only allowed outside for half an hour every couple of days, said Yiorgos Karayiannis, head of MSF Greece's migrant assistance programme.
The Greek officials was not immediately available to comment.
Greece is on the frontline of the European Union's fight against illegal migration. Its 14,900km of poorly patrolled Mediterranean coastline offers a tempting target for migrants from Iraq and Palestine, Somalia, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
MSF has been working at the Lesbos camp for two months, providing some medical attention and constructing toilets and shower facilities.
Most of the migrants are young men but there are also some women and children, Karayiannis said.
An estimated 800,000 Albanians have also emigrated to Greece in search of better-paid work.
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has called for more EU cooperation in fighting immigration.


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