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NYC Mayor to Appoint Monitor to Oversee Child Welfare Agency
By Melissa Russo • Published December 13, 2016 • Updated on December 13, 2016 at 9:07 pm
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced he is appointing an independent monitor to oversee the Administration for Children's Services.
New York City's child welfare agency had come under fire in a state report that slams its handling of the case of a 6-year-old Harlem boy who was beaten to death.
The state Office of Children and Family Services detailed multiple failings by the Administration for Children's Services and ordered Mayor Bill de Blasio to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the agency.
On Tuesday, the mayor said he would appoint a monitor.
The move comes one day after the agency's commissioner Gladys Carrion resigned. The mayor also said three ACS officials had been fired.
The appointment of an independent monitor came as a surprise to the mayor's investigations commissioner Mark Peters who said he's already investigating the ACS.
Sources close to Carrion told NBC 4 New York the ongoing investigations into her agency's every move had been a source of tension in a job that was wearing on her.
On Wednesday de Blasio spoke directly of Carrion's performance, and did not criticize her.
"I think the fact is it's really tough subject matter, I push people very hard."
Zymere Perkins died Sept. 26 after what prosecutors say was months of abuse by his mother and her boyfriend in their Harlem apartment. Both were arrested on charges of endangering the welfare of a child.

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O lago Unique é um lago no condado de Madawaska, em New Brunswick, Canadá.

Este lago, um local calmo e de águas serenas, é sobretudo tido como um retiro de verão para a maioria das pessoas que procuram o local para campismo sazonal, embora existam campistas que de caravana vivam nas margens do lago de forma permanente todo o ano.

O lago encontra-se nas coordenadas de 47°19' Norte e 68°44' Oeste

Em julho, a comunidade que habita em redor do lago organiza uma festa de Natal numa das semanas.

É um local onde os pôres-do-sol são impressionantes, principalmente nos meses de verão.

O maior povoado localizado num raio de 80 quilómetros (50 milhas) de distância do lago é Edmundston, que se encontra a 30 quilómetros (19 milhas).

Agricultura
Neste lago existe um campo de cultivo de açúcar de bordo (Planta), facto que deu alguma fama ao local, a actividade é no entanto de pequena dimensão, tendo usualmente menos de 10 empregados em tempo integral, facto que justifica a sua dimensão, no entanto os produtos aqui feitos e que tem por base o açúcar de bordo são usados em todo noroeste de Novo Brunswick e do norte do Maine.

O acampamento existente à beira do lago permite que as classes escolares das escolas do Maine e de New Brunswick façam viagens de campo para visitar as instalações e observar a produção do açúcar. Aos visitantes são fornecidas amostras abundantes de Xarope de ácer recém-refinado e derramado sobre a neve e depois enroladas numa pequena vara para endurecer no ar frio.

Outros produtos disponíveis incluem jarras de xarope, xarope em casquinhas de sorvete, blocos de açúcar de bordo já duro.

Ver também
Lista de lagos do Canadá.

Unique

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Cost model: Airports
By Davis Langdon & Everest, Davis Langdon & Everest1999-01-08T00:00:00+00:00
Sustained rates of growth in air traffic are resulting in a continuous demand for increased airport capacity. In this month's cost model, the Airports Specialist Group of cost consultant Davis Langdon & Everest examines the construction costs of airport facilities, along with commercial development on the airport campus
IntroductionAir traffic in the UK is forecast to treble over the next 50 years. Growth will be centred on international airports such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester, but also on regional airports, many of which are underdeveloped. Regional air travel within Britain is also set to increase rapidly, with aircraft manufacturer BAe forecasting a doubling in the size of the regional aircraft fleet over 20 years. Development at all airports will be needed to accommodate more and larger aircraft, enhanced air traffic control facilities, expanded runway capacity, improved passenger facilities and better transport links.
In recent decades, government restrictions on investment by local authorities has constrained the development of regional airports, which has been funded out of profits rather than borrowings. The recent announcement of the lifting of borrowing controls for Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds/Bradford and Norwich airports will introduce greater freedom to expand and will allow local authority operators to invest directly in commercial facilities such as hotels or retail space.
The need for investment at regional airports has grown as the market for low-cost scheduled services, freight and charter flights expands. Investment in terminal and other facilities is necessary because users expect better facilities and surface transport connections.
Increasing awareness of the airport's symbolic role as a regional or national gateway has led to a greater emphasis on the quality of the design and operation of airport facilities, with a recognition that high levels of service can raise the image of a region. The recent completion of new airports in Hong Kong, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, all designed by cutting-edge architects, is a clear indication of the importance of the airport brand to national or regional identity.
Types of airportAirports fall into three main categories related to capacity and scale of operation: international (more than 20 million passengers a year), national (2-20 million) and regional (up to 2 million).
Although passenger capacity is an important indicator, other factors such as the split of international, national and domestic flights served, the size of aircraft that can be accommodated and the range of non-airport facilities contribute to this classification.
International airports require more complex terminal facilities to accommodate passenger transfers. They also tend to have greater concentrations of business facilities, such as conference centres and hotels, which demand high airport capacity. A key factor affecting investment in international facilities is the need for an increasingly wide range of alternative transport systems, such as fixed rail links, to support growing passenger and freight flows and to minimise localised traffic congestion.
Regional airports are likely to serve as a focus for distribution and airline-related industry.
Defining the scope of airport developmentAirports are a diverse, specialised development type, although one with common design criteria worldwide. The terminal building is only one of many components that comprise the airport development; other are runways, fuelling and maintenance areas, stands and piers.
Terminal design has undergone a transformation as leading-edge designers have come to dominate the airport market. The latest generation of terminals, including Stansted, Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong and Paris' Charles de Gaulle, are spacious, light-filled and user-friendly, placing the emphasis on the needs of the passenger rather than the requirements of the process.
The main sources of airport revenue are landing fees, concession and lease income obtained from airlines, retail outlets and car park operators. Income from commercial activities typically comprises up to 50% of total revenue for larger airports, with 80% of that flowing from concessions related to car rental, car parking, retail and catering. To maximise commercial income, terminals need to encourage passengers to circulate through zones of commercial activity on their way from the entrance to the aircraft.
Space standardsSpace standards in airport terminals are closely related to planned terminal capacity, and in particular to peak passenger flows. Airport capacity is typically described in units of millions of passengers a year, although the critical measure for determining space standards is peak hourly passenger flows, which are dictated by the size and number of aircraft embarking and disembarking at any one time. The standards adopted vary from country to country, but in the UK, the standard busy rate, typically the 30th busiest hour in a year, is adopted as the benchmark passenger flow. Adoption of this standard provides a cost-effective design solution, but inevitably results in congestion during peak periods.
Space standards are published by international authorities such as the Federal Aviation Authority and the International Air Travel Association. These standards are used as benchmarks, with actual areas being established by the modelling of passenger density, flow rates, queue sizes and so on, based on an analysis of the proposed airport flight schedule and historic space-use data.
In practice, space standards vary in accordance with the location and target market of the airport terminal. Facilities aimed at the charter market will require more milling space and retail/catering to accommodate high passenger loadings during long check-in periods. Baggage screening takes place on the concourse in the Far East, but, in Europe, screening is incorporated into the baggage handling process. The numbers of meeters and greeters to be accommodated also varies geographically, from 0.2-0.5 per passenger in Europe to 2.5-6 in Africa and South-east Asia.
Accommodating the requirements of airports, airlines and passengersAirport design is complex because of the need to reconcile the requirements of a wide range of end-users. The differing needs of airport, airlines and passengers must be addressed within the overall framework set by international regulatory bodies such as IATA. In terminal layouts, for example, passengers want short walking distances from entrance to plane, whereas airlines look for efficient use of the space allocated to them and the airport authority must consider how the airport can expand.
Long-term growth and flexible development that can accommodate change is a key issue in airport development. A new generation of larger aircraft may reduce pressure on air space and runways, but will require the remodelling of aprons and hard standing, and will increase peak passenger flows. This will affect passenger and baggage handling within the terminal.
Short-term determinants of change include the mix of airline operators, airline deregulation, airline alliances, security and frontier issues, and commercial activities such as the possible abolition of duty-free sales in the European Union. For example, the recent growth of low-cost scheduled air services, such as Easy Jet and Go, operating out of regional airports has led to the improving of services through faster turnaround, rather than through enhanced terminal-based services.
Airport expansion requires investment throughout the chain, from airspace, runway, apron and stands to the terminal, associated facilities and surface transport links, access being a major constraint on future expansion. Planning issues are critical to airport expansion, with noise pollution continuing to dominate despite moves to phase out noisy aircraft. Surface traffic congestion also needs to be addressed, often through the control of spin-off development. Further environmental issues concerning water, air and habitat conservation also require detailed consideration.
Design issues for airport terminalsSuccessful airport terminals are highly complex, functional buildings that link a high-quality public domain with the high-security, industrial environment of the airport apron. The terminal buildings should shield travellers from the complexity of the airport environment, providing an enjoyable and stress-free passage. Accordingly, a principal function of a terminal is the management of flows of passengers and their baggage through a series of filtering points – at check-in, security, passport control, gate lounge and boarding. Subsidiary facilities such as security, baggage handling and the provision of milling space and retail/catering facilities can compromise direct, unobstructed passenger flow to and from the aircraft.
The key issues that should be addressed in terminal design include:
providing security and responding to changing international control and security requirements
accommodating the variability of air traffic flow and the expected density of passenger flow
accommodating commercial uses while minimising impact on airport circulation, orientation and signage
facilitating the expansion of terminal facilities, through the use of modular components.
The following design principles need to be addressed:
Clear passenger orientation
Short concourse routes Travelators should be provided where the kerb-to-gate distances exceed 300 m
Segregated departure and arrival flows These are necessary only where justified by passenger densities
Avoiding level changes These should be consistent with the passenger segregation strategy adopted
Multiple routes through security These must operate within the constraints of statutory authorities' policies on passenger and baggage handling
Other issues specific to airports include:
Baggage handling systems These are a significant determinant of terminal design. It is essential that system suppliers are appointed at an early stage to permit integration with structure, services and concourse layout. The increasing complexity of automated baggage handling systems, and recent malfunctions in new airports such as Chep Lap Kok, underlines the need to allow time for testing, commissioning and verifying of automated systems within the construction programme. Baggage handling plant demands a clear room height of 8-10 m and straight, level layouts wherever possible.
Segregation of space This is vital to the maintenance of security standards, optimisation of passenger flows, and the clear division of public and operational areas. The segregation of airside/landside areas provides for the movement of staff, operating supplies, merchandise and baggage trolleys, as well as the primary flow of passengers. The number of routes to the airside should be minimised to reduce security threats and operational costs. Ceiling voids and so on also need to be secure.
The multiple use of facilities such as check-ins, gate lounges and apron facilities maximises the use of fixed assets. Common User Terminal Equipment provides an information technology backbone for shared use of check-in and gate facilities, although shared facilities can conflict with an airline's desire for a strong brand identity and dedicated space within the terminal. One solution could be the use of IT and virtual reality technology to provide flexible, branded space for multiple airline users.
Safety and security Fire risks, safety and security issues are particularly complex because of airports' deep-plan space, high-occupation densities, high fire risks related to shops and restaurants and the need to retain flexibility for future expansion and reconfiguration. High-risk areas are typically served by sprinkler and smoke extract systems, and lofty public concourses can double as smoke reservoirs. The layout of airside facilities should allow for "holding areas" to accommodate passengers safely during alerts.
Airport cost driversThe complex operations associated with airports create a wide range of cost drivers that can add 10-20% to overall development costs. These include design, construction and airside working constraints, and safety requirements such as:
Civil Aviation Authority restrictions on permanent building heights within safety glide slopes
enhanced acoustic control and monitoring measures
prevention of electromagnetic interference and the minimisation of radar signatures
restrictions on building lighting and requirements for enhanced warning lighting
CAA restrictions on crane heights and use of radios
out-of-hours working and phased development to minimise disruption to passengers and aircraft
controls on delivery and construction traffic to prevent airport road congestion
additional costs of third-party liability insurance
costs associated with airside/landside security
training costs to obtain driving and works permits
maintenance of airside fencing
control of dust and debris to avoid ingestion by aircraft engines
vibration limits when working close to sensitive equipment
lack of airside space for site welfare, administration, storage and parking
administration of security within restricted areas
below-ground services clearance notices
additional safety/signage/hazard identification measures.
Terminal buildings are designed with a typical life expectancy of 50 years. Specification of components with shorter life-spans, such as building services and finishes, must be carefully considered, not only in terms of cost effectiveness but also to reduce maintenance that might obstruct airport operations.
Life-cycle cost studies are essential to compare the initial costs, and the cleaning, repair, maintenance and replacement costs of alternative specifications. They should also consider capital amortisation and loss of accommodation during maintenance.
The table below illustrates the relationship between the initial investment and whole-life costs associated with a range of floor finishes. Future cashflows are discounted at a 6% rate to the present-day equivalent. Whole-life costs include cleaning, repairs, periodic maintenance costs and replacement costs over 50 years. Tax allowances and residual values are also included.
Providing accommodation for the campusSince airports act as a magnet for airport-related and unrelated commercial activity, the effective development of the airport campus needs to balance plans for the future expansion of airport capacity, short- and medium-term operational efficiency, the maximisation of the value of land assets and the wider planning environment.
A broad range of facilities needs to be accommodated on airport sites, including terminal satellites and piers, air-cargo facilities and maintenance depots.
Locations near to the airport are attractive for business parks, road and rail distributors and hotel/conference/training facilities. Within the airport itself, the demand for commercial space is even higher.
Runways and taxiways determine the ultimate capacity of an airport. The overall length of a runway determines the type of aircraft that can use it, and the layout of taxiways and holding areas determines the maximum number of flight movements. The layout of runways, taxiways and aprons will affect the distance, time and fuel costs of aircraft taxiing, with the largest aircraft given priority where possible.
Cargo facilities are a significant development component, with belly hold cargo revenues making a major contribution to airline revenue. Cargo centres, a distinctive distribution facility, need to be purpose-designed to accommodate growth and to facilitate the efficient transfer and distribution of air freight.
Retail facilities typically take up 10-12% of terminal floor area and should be located within 10 m of main passenger flows in terminals. Retail units are usually let on three-to-five-year turnover leases. Further value-added services such as business centres and remote check-in facilities can enhance the airport brand.
Large passenger flows are necessary to support a broad mix of hotels offering budget, mid-range and business class facilities. As the average stay at an airport hotel is only 1.2 nights, room size, prospect and leisure facilities tend to be less important to guests than enhanced services, particularly those targeted at business users.
Flight catering facilities benefit from an off-airport location, typically within 10-15 minutes of the airport by road. Maintenance facilities should, where possible, be located to minimise disruption to runway operations caused by aircraft taxiing.
ProcurementThe scale and scope of long-term airport development plans have encouraged airport clients to think long term when considering procurement strategy. An increasing number of airports are implementing partnering arrangements with key suppliers and contractors. This approach is particularly suited to airport construction projects because of:
the requirement for early specialist advice on installations such as airfield lighting, air bridges, baggage handling systems and their impact on other building elements
the suitability of modular check-in desks, public seating, signage and furniture, where added value can be generated through the expression of airport branding, and where bulk buying power can yield capital cost savings
the need for continuity in the maintenance of key installations such as runways, apron services, baggage handling, lifts and passenger conveyors
the need to retain specialist skills of airport construction.
Formal partnering arrangements found on airport projects are also a response to the EU procurement directives that govern the procurement of goods and services for airports (the Utilities Directive, the Remedies Directive and the Services Directive). Use of the complex open procedure is mandatory unless a formal negotiated or restricted procedure, such as a partnering agreement, is in place. Airport clients also seek to reduce the administrative burden associated with EU procurement by tendering for, and appointing, multidisciplinary teams that include all necessary designers, cost consultants and specialist contractors and suppliers.
The long-term benefit of partnering relationships is the opportunity to improve the construction process through benchmarking, target pricing, work structuring and the rationalisation of the supply chain.
However, it should be recognised that partnering has potential disadvantages although these are usually offset by long-term benefits. These include:
complacency in the project team
lack of cross-fertilisation of innovative ideas from other sectors of the construction market
uncompetitive pricing.
Cost modelThe cost model features the new-build construction of an airport terminal building handling both domestic and international flights with a gross internal floor area of 25 000 m². The breakdown excludes the costs of piers, air bridges and baggage handling systems, as well as site preparation, external works, drainage and external services. The cost of a baggage handling system for a development of this size would be £6-7.5m, adding £290-360/m² to the cost of the scheme (including builder's work, preliminaries and contingencies). The costs of Common User Terminal Equipment are also excluded. Adoption of a CUTE system would reduce the number of check-in desks – which cost about £25 000 each – by 25%.
Costs are current in December 1998, based on a location in south-east England. The level of pricing assumes procurement on the basis of a competitive tender, with design responsibility for elements such as curtain walling and engineering services being taken by specialist contractors at an early stage. Adjustment should be made to the costs detailed in the model to account for variations in phasing, specification, site conditions, procurement route, programme and market conditions.
Cost model
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Indicative costs of airport and airport campus development
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Kim  (, kínai írásjegyekkel: 金國泰) (, 1924. augusztus 27. – Phenjan, 2013. december 13.) észak-koreai politikus és párttitkár volt.

Pályafutása
Kim a japán megszállás alatt álló Koreában született, Kim  legidősebb fiaként. Apja Észak-Korea egyik leghíresebb tábornoka lett később, de már fiatalkora óta Kim Ir Szennel szolgált északkelet-Kínában, a 88. mesterlövész hadosztályban, a második világháború alatt. Apja a koreai háborúban hősi halált halt, ezért szülővárosát, t, ahonnan apja is származott, apja tiszteletére Kim -városnak nevezték el. Ma Kim -város az Észak-Hamgjong tartományban található.

A fiatal Kim  Észak-Korea legnagyobb presztízsű iskoláiba jelentkezett, köztük a  Forradalmi Iskolába és a Kim Ir Szen Egyetemre is. Később a Szovjetunióban is tanult. A Koreai Munkapártban 1947-ben kezdett el dolgozni, a helyi pártképviselet oktatójaként.
1963-ban kinevezték tábornoknak, a Koreai Néphadsereg politikai irodájában dolgozott 1968-ig, ahol Kim Ir Szen hatalmát szilárdította meg a hadsereg felett.

1968-ban megválasztották a Központi Pártbizottság melléktagjává (az 5. pártkongresszuson, 1970-ben léptették elő teljes jogú taggá) és az agitációs propagandarészleg igazgatójává is, ahol  munkatársa volt. Ahogy a propaganda részleg a jövőbeli vezető irányítása alá került, Kim  át lett helyezve a kulturális részlegre 1971-ben, majd a Kim Ir Szen Pártfőiskola elnökévé 1976-ban.
Látszólag aztán kegyvesztetté vált, és Észak-Korea etiópiai nagykövete lett.

1980-ban visszahívták Észak-Koreába, hogy intézze a 6. pártkongresszus előkészületeit. 1982-ben meg is kapta a Kim Ir Szen-érdemrendet. Ismét elő lett léptetve számos pozícióba, köztük a propagandarészleg (1983–1984), az oktatási részleg (1984–1985) és a káderek részlegének (1985–1990) igazgatójává, továbbá a Pártfőiskola elnökévé is (1990–1992).

1993-ban Kim ki lett nevezve a pártkáderek részlegének titkárává, magas privilégiummal rendelkező rangot kapott, így  közeli emberének tulajdonították.
Szolgált még az értékelőbizottság elnökeként, és a Legfelsőbb Népi Tanácsban is, kétszer (1998–2003, és 2009–2013).

Ő maga 1967 óta volt képviselő. 2010-ben át lett helyezve a Koreai Munkapárt Központi Irányító Bizottságának és a Politikai Iroda elnökévé is. Habár a 7. volt a listán  temetésének megszervezésében 2011 decemberében,  uralma alatt ritkán mutatkozott, 2012 nyarán pedig végleg eltűnt a nyilvánosság elől.
2013. december 13-án szívelégtelenségben hunyt el fél évszázados pályafutása után, és Phenjanban, a Hazafias Mártírok Temetőjében helyezték örök nyugalomra.

Kim  magas intelligenciával rendelkezett, szerény volt, és szeretett távol maradni a nyilvánosságtól. Szívproblémái az 1980-as években kezdődtek, és gyógykezelést kapott számos európai országban, továbbá Kínában és az Amerikai Egyesült Államokban is.

Házasságából három gyermeke született, mindegyik a karhatalomban dolgozik. Lánya,  a párt nemzetközi osztályának képviselője. Veje,  a külügyminisztérium igazgatója.

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My mother was going to keep her secrets, kill me before I found them out, or she would die trying. All I had by way of diagnoses for her was scraps of my own memory. One was the very vivid memory of a female counselor my father introduced me to, twenty years previous, who told me my mother had been treated for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia. It didn't make sense at the time, and that's why I at first dismissed it. But the memory was not my imagination. Schizophrenia was not something I could have cooked up. And as far as I knew, it did not run in my maternal bloodline.
The friend of my father had shown me a picture of a very maternal looking lady involved in treating Mom, who looked vaguely familiar.
And why had a counselor been trying to talk to me about my mother?
Why had she showed me this woman's picture?
Of course schizophrenia made more sense now – my mother's paranoia, her jealousy, the audio delusions and the splitting from "I'm going to get even with you" vengeance back into sweet little old lady. Sweet Little Old Lady had taken a lot of energy to perform, so she reduced it to public appearances. Mom isolated herself at first from friends, then from family. My grown children were frightened of her, and avoided her entirely. My daughter had the healthiest attitude, referring to her grandmother as the "Drama Queen", though the stress of this period would catch up with her later.
Of course, "Drama Queen" had been an understatement.
Now that Mom was with my brother, the only family member left she had not disavowed, far away in Connecticut, I scoured the office room back at home, looking for more clues. I was beginning to spend long nights at my computer with a glass of Merlot, that all too often led to two, or three, or four. The night sky would start to pale in the window behind the desk, where I sat surrounded by stacks of disordered papers I could never manage to sort through. These "computer nights" taught me about anosognosia, online support groups, and how people with schizophrenia lack insight to realize that they even have schizophrenia.
These nights taught me about how there was a whole world of suffering family members who could not, because of the broken mental health care system, get help for those that they loved. It taught me that the more I screamed out "Please help my mother! She's psychotic! She wants to destroy me!" I would be told by the powers that be that I was either 1) crazy for saying so, or 2) uncharitable for not just letting her die.
Finally, computer nights taught me that if I didn't find answers soon, I was going to become an alcoholic.
There is one thing I know now, that I didn't know then. If the truth about my mother was somewhere within me all along, buried in the recesses of my subconscious like a random page in one of my paper stacks, or memories perhaps as old as my childhood, it would not be revealed to me via a frantic search.
Like I said, I didn't know that then. But I prayed a lot, and fell asleep exhausted, night after night.
But I was getting the impression I was having a repeat nightmare, whenever I finally let my mind and body relax, and go to sleep.
In the past I had dreamed about a real incident from my very early childhood, in which my mother had brought me to church with her. I don't remember even my brother being with us. I had told her something was wrong, desperate, tugging at her sleeve. This is not a real mass, Mommy. There were priests in back of an altar, moving around so very fast, from side to side.
As an adult I have wondered if this memory is just of an eastern rite liturgy, something of which I should not have been afraid. But I know it's a real memory, and I know I had fallen asleep, or dissociated, during the service, because I was so terrified.
I was a sensitive child.
But now I was having a worse repeat dream of the same genre, only of a much darker and more surreal shade of evil, a night terror if you will. In the morning the details of the narrative slip through my mind like fine powder through my hands, lost in the grasping. I wasn't even sure I wanted to remember this dream, because it was so horrible. I was left only with a heavy awareness of the presence of " black".
I would wake up in a cold sweat, my heart pounding.
Breathe, or else your heart will start palpitating. Just breathe. You have to stay alive. Go into the bathroom and drink water. You are thirsty, dehydrated, from drinking so much. Splash your face with cold water, while you're in there. Hey wait a minute, didn't Mom used to use that expression? Where did she learn that? You used to laugh, but it is a grounding technique.
Finally, one time, when I awake, frightening images remain with me like snap shots in my mind, as well as fragments of conversation.
An evil man in black, that I ironically pity, like a wizard, or a fake priest. He's holding a knife over me, raised up over my head to stab me.
My mother is lying there, somewhere in the background. She is young and beautiful, a pale sweet face in a cloud of dark hair.
Why is she letting them do this to me? Is this man my father?
No, comes the gentle quiet voice to whom I had addressed the question. That's the other little girl's father.
And he's not killing you, he's killing her.
I awake this time, my heart pounding. What other little girl?
Dear God, please tell me, what other little girl?
And the thought that I had felt that they should have taken me instead.
Because, after all, the other little girl was just a baby.
In the morning I am disoriented. I know my dream means something, yet I cannot believe what it seems to mean. My mother take part in satanic ritual? That is stretching my own imagination to the limit, to the brink of insanity, is it not? So once again, I am left all alone in my understanding, to cry and to grieve, but I don't even understand for whom I am crying.
Yet, I cannot escape the inner conviction, the inner contradiction, that my mother, though innocent, has done something horrible, and she is going to get away with it, the secret buried with her in her grave.
I know it, because somehow I was there.
I am back in bed, furtively saying the St. Michael the Archangel prayer. I am frightened to the quick. I fumble around with my hands at the little bedside table where I keep a rosary and some prayer cards. I know I must remind myself that it is okay, because God is with me.
I remember the nights we would talk while you were having your wine and talking about your mother. You had and always will have a good heart. I'm blessed you let me into your life. I sincerely hope sharing your story is as therapeutic as it is for me. See you around the stable.
Thank you Rudy. You were never one of those I suspected of "keeping something from me". Rather, I appreciated your honesty even when we disagreed. In a world where so many men are afraid of being vulnerable, your brave masculinity shines.
Writing is therapeutic for me (that's the side effect blessing) but I think it is even more so now that I have figured out a way in which it might directly serve others. The draft above is an excerpt from Unraveled, Paradox of Joy.


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"Flight 666" [DVD] by Iron Maiden
Artist: Iron Maiden
Title: "Flight 666"
What do you do when you're a band like Iron Maiden and you are told by the people who handle your affairs that you cannot get to a particular part of the world based on either the incredible costs involved or the equally daunting logistics of such an adventure? The answer is very simple – you start by getting yourselves an airplane, modify it to suit the needs of the group and their gear and then map out a tour that will hit all of the places you were hearing just could not be visited. Such a premise sounds like an interesting movie doesn't it? Well lucky for us that the guys in Iron Maiden decided to not only deliver the story behind this whole idea as a documentary but they would also give us a full on Heavy Metal concert as well. This is a fascinating film because it just goes to show you how innovative one can be if they put their mind to it. The footage of the documentary was captured by Sam Dunn and his team who had given us the "Headbanger's Journey" & "Global Metal" films. Together they would capture the full tour which spanned the course of 45 days and covered five continents. I had to say that I admired the bands ingenuity as they took a conventional passenger airplane and modified it to be one part tour bus and the rest fashioned to safely bring their whole stage setup with them to whatever destination that they chose to go. The other interesting factor in this was that the plane would be piloted by the bands singer Bruce Dickinson who is a licensed pilot. Fans will get a big kick out of seeing Bruce greet his fellow band members and crew as the pilot and wishing them a comfortable flight and then its off to the cabin with him to get that bird in the air. We see during the documentary how the plane was refitted to maintain the gear and stage and how much fun the crew members and group are having when they only need to get into their seats and can rest as opposed to driving from place to place on buses or trains. During the documentary itself we find a number of the songs from the show being presented but we don't get the whole of the gigs on this DVD, and instead need to wait for the second one to enjoy that. I really think that the fans will enjoy this one because it is just too different from the usual concert film. We see the band in India performing to a completely new audience and in places like Japan, South America and back to the USA and one thing we can take from it all is no matter where Iron Maiden goes, they win over the hearts and respect of Metal fans everywhere. The faces and cultures might be vastly different but when it comes to the love of Iron Maiden we are all very much the same. I found myself replaying the documentary after I enjoyed the full concert DVD and I think that you might do the same. Now let's discuss the DVD that gives you this show.
DVD2: The Whole Set Live: I have to say that if you were one of the Metal heads that missed out on the "Somewhere Back In Time" World Tour that Iron Maiden had embarked on then I really feel bad for you. I say this based on the fact that this was perhaps the best show that I had seen in a very long time and I am someone who sees quite a few shows. The band was excellent in terms of their execution and delivery of these classic numbers and audiences all around the world would leave the shows without any energy whatsoever. Watching the show as a whole which is compiled from various points around the world makes for a thrilling ride as we get to see just how excited the worlds Metal maniacs get when they are attending a show. The US fans will find themselves feeling the need to up their game when they see just how insane the fans in India and South America get. The concert itself followed the format of the bands original "Powerslave" tour and while it features a number of songs on the "Life After Death" DVD, it changed things around to include a couple of albums that followed that legendary epic in order to give a more comprehensive experience to their fans. There are many highlights to enjoy as the band shows no sign of slowing down and in the end actually seem better than ever. Every tune is attacked with perfection and none of the bands members are anything less than energetic as they deliver the goods around the world. From the 23 shows that were done we get a set of 16 tunes that will keep you lively from beginning to end. One of the songs delivered is "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" which was filmed at the Izod Center in NJ. My friends and I attended that show and I wrote about it on the link you can find HERE. It was a show that left us all breathless and when you consider this band has been at it for over thirty years well it just impresses you all the more.
The DVD comes in two different versions and while we were reviewing the standard edition, there is also a deluxe type that gives the buyer a more comprehensive booklet inside. The standard copy gives you a booklet as well, but that is only eight pages and of them only two pages are photos while the rest is text that comprises of track listing, band thanks and production crew names. Depending on what you need from your copy of the film, it's up to you to decide whether the standard or deluxe edition feeds your Maiden need the best. Personally I am a stickler for the super booklets with all the information and extra photos so I will most likely still try to get myself a copy of that version. A double CD of the concert portion of the film is also available and by snaring a copy of that you will be able to load the show onto your music player and take it wherever you go. This is nothing less than a must have for ones Metal collection so "Up The Irons".
Track Listing DVD2:
1.	Churchill's Speech
2.	Aces High
3.	2 Minutes To Midnight
4.	Revelations
5.	The Trooper
6.	Wasted Years
7.	The Number Of The Beast
8.	Can I Play With Madness
9.	Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
10.	Powerslave
11.	Heaven Can Wait
12.	Run To The Hills
13.	Fear Of The Dark
14.	Iron Maiden
15.	Moonchild
16.	The Clairvoyant
17.	Hallowed Be They Name
Official Website: http://www.ironmaiden.com
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Priest charged after praying too close to abortion mill to challenge law's constitutionality
The Canadian priest pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Tue Jan 29, 2019 - 5:47 pm EST
Fr. Tony Van Hee on the day of his arrest in Ottawa, Ontario, Oct. 24, 2018. Donald Andre Bruneau / Twitter
OTTAWA, Ontario, January 29, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – An elderly Roman Catholic priest charged under Ontario's abortion "bubble zone" law has filed a plea of "not guilty," as well as a formal challenge to the constitutionality of the pro-abortion law.
Father Tony Van Hee was charged in October under Ontario's Safe Access to Abortion Services Act. He was charged with attempting to intimidate people entering the Morgentaler abortion center in downtown Ottawa, by standing across the street wearing a sandwich-board sign that read, "The Primacy Of Free Speech: Cornerstone Of Western Civilization," and "Without Free Speech The State Is A Corpse."
Earlier this month, his original "intimidation" charge was dropped and replaced with charges relating to "performing an act of disapproval concerning issues related to abortion services by any means." Pro-lifers say the change was motivated by the obviousness that the Jesuit priest, who has peacefully protested abortion for almost 30 years, wasn't intimidating anyone.
"When we pleaded not guilty, we filed a Notice of Constitutional Question challenging the constitutionality of portions of the bubble zone legislation," Van Hee's attorney Albertos Polizogopoulos says, The BC Catholic reports. "We expect to set a date for some time in the summer of 2020. This is intentional because we have agreed, with the Crown, to have the constitutionality of the legislation addressed in a separate civil proceeding which we will launch in the near future."
Fr. Van Hee "never spoke or engaged with anyone and never mentioned or referred to abortion services or related issues," the notice argues. The "Act is arbitrary and overbroad and contrary to the Charter. As such, the Act is null and void."
"The limits on Father Van Hee's freedom of expression do not serve a pressing and substantial objective. The limits cannot be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society," it continues. "The means chosen to serve the Act's objective are not rationally connected to the objective, are not minimally impairing and are not proportionate."
A similar bubble zone is currently in effect in Alberta, while another died last month in the Manitoba Legislature. Pro-life activists argue there is no evidence of any harassment that would necessitate such laws, and that their real aim is to keep conflicted women from hearing about alternatives or being persuaded to choose life.
In the meantime, Fr. Van Hee continues to protest outside the same abortion facility wearing the same sandwich board, albeit while standing just outside of the bubble zone.
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Correspondence between John W. Brown, Hirschberg, Pettengill, & Strong, Greenwich, CT and M.R. Barnett, NYC regarding Helen Keller's will and estate, accompanied by the receipt related to the bequest under her will.
Letter from Eric T. Boulter, NYC to Charles Hedkvist, President, World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Stockholm, Sweden regarding Helen Keller's will and the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Letter from Peter J. Salmon, Chairman, Committee on Services to the Deaf-Blind, World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Brooklyn, NY to Eric T. Boulter, NYC regarding Helen Keller's will and her gift to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Letter from Charles Hedkvist, President, World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Stockholm, Sweden to Eric T. Boulter, NYC regarding plans for the monetary bequest from Helen Keller to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Letter from John C. Colligan, Honorary Treasurer, World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, London, UK to Eric T. Boulter, NYC with suggestions on what will be done with the monetary bequest from Helen Keller to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, accompanied by a note with his address and sending his regards.
Letter from Eric T. Boulter, NYC to Charles Hedkvist, President, World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Stockholm, Sweden regarding plans for the monetary bequest from Helen Keller to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Letter from Peter J. Salmon, Chairman, Committee on Services to the Deaf-Blind, World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Brooklyn, NY to Charles Hedkvist, President, World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Stockholm, Sweden regarding Helen Keller's monetary bequest to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Correspondence between Charles Hedkvist, M.R. Barnett, and Eric T. Boulter regarding Helen Keller's monetary bequest to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Letter from Peter J. Salmon to Eric T. Boulter regarding plans for Helen Keller's monetary bequest to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Letter from M.R. Barnett to Charles Hedkvist regarding on possible use of funds from Helen Keller's monetary bequest to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind toward the deafblind.
Letter from Eric T. Boulter, NYC to Peter J. Salmon, Administrative VP, The Industrial Home for the Blind, Brooklyn, NY regarding proposals of what to do with Helen Keller's monetary bequest to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Letter from Eric T. Boulter, NYC to John C. Colligan, Director, Royal National Institute for the Blind, London, UK regarding the creation of a bank account from the monetary bequest from Helen Keller to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Correspondence from John W. Brown, Hirschberg, Pettengill, & Strong, Greenwich, CT to M.R. Barnett, NYC regarding Helen Keller's monetary bequest to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind and enclosing the proposed final accounting for her estate and trust.
Letter from M.R. Barnett to Charles Hedkvist regarding funds for an international conference on the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind and regarding the monetary bequest from Helen Keller to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Letter from John C. Colligan to M.R. Barnett regarding monetary bequest from Helen Keller, use of funds, interest, and the international conference for the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind.
Letter from Charles Hedkvist to M.R. Barnett regarding the use of monetary bequest and the international conference on the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind.
Letter from Margaret O'Brien, NYC to Charles Hedkvist, Stockholm, Sweden stating that his letter will be answered when M.R. Barnett returns from vacation.
Letter from Edward J. Waterhouse to Peter J. Salmon regarding use of funds from Helen Keller's monetary bequest for the international conference on the deafblind at the Perkins School for the Blind.
Letter from Margaret O'Brien, NYC to Edward J. Waterhouse, Director, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA stating that his letter will be answered when M.R. Barnett returns from vacation.
Letter from Charles Hedkvist to Edward J. Waterhouse stating that no decision has been made regarding his request for funds.
Letter from M.R. Barnett to Edward J. Waterhouse regarding use of funds from Helen Keller's monetary bequest for the international conference on the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind and indecision on his request until the Executive Committee meets.
Letter from Edward J. Waterhouse to John C. Colligan regarding his request for funds for overseas delegates to attend the international conference on the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind.
Letter from John C. Colligan to the Members of the Executive Committee recommending use of about $1500 for overseas delegates to attend the international conference on the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind.
Article from Listen, published by the Catholic Guild for All the Blind entitled "Bulk of Keller Estate Willed to Aid Blind," vol. 22, no. 6, Spring 1971, p.2.
Letter from M.R. Barnett to John C. Colligan voting in favor of funds for delegates to attend the international conference on the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind.
Letter from John C. Colligan to Edward J. Waterhouse regarding approval of use of about $1500 for overseas delegates to attend the international conference on the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind.
Letter from M.R. Barnett, NYC to Edward J. Waterhouse, Watertown, MA enclosing check for the international conference on the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind.
Letter from Edward J. Waterhouse to M.R. Barnett acknowledging receipt of checks, stating countries represented at the conference on the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind, and success of conference.
Letter and note from John C. Colligan to Edward J. Waterhouse requesting list of conference attendees who utilized funds from Helen Keller's bequest of funds to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Letter from Edward J. Waterhouse to John C. Colligan regarding the outcome of the international conference on the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind and providing a list of attendees from foreign countries who utilized funds from Helen Keller's bequest.
Correspondence between John C. Colligan, Edward J. Waterhouse, and Peter J. Salmon regarding bequest funds used toward attendance at the international conference on the deafblind at Perkins School for the Blind.
Article from The New Outlook for the Blind entitled "WCWB Executive Committee to Meet in Moscow" regarding use of funds bequeathed by Helen Keller and recommendations for use. May 1972, vol. 66, no. 5, p. 152.
Letter from M.R. Barnett, NYC to Charles Hedkvist, Stockholm, Sweden regarding use of funds from Helen Keller's bequest and recommending that the Executive Committee not be consulted as a whole for use of funds--just the principal officers.
Letter from M.R. Barnett, NYC to Peter J. Salmon, Brooklyn, NY regarding use of funds from Helen Keller's bequest and the Executive Committee Meeting in Moscow.
Letter from Elsie Adams, Palm Beach, FL to Jansen Noyes, Jr. regarding biography of Helen Keller by Joseph Lash and suggestions of who he can speak to for research.
Newspaper articles from The Bridgeport Post, The Hour, The Bridgeport Telegram, and The Redding Pilot regarding the beneficiaries of Helen Keller's will.
Article from Listen, published by the Catholic Guild for All the Blind entitled "Bulk of Keller Estate Willed to Aid Blind", vol. 22, no. 6, Spring 1971, p.2.
Letter from Eric T. Boulter, NYC to Helen Keller, Westport, CT regarding the participation of the UN with work for the blind and the activities of the World Conference on Work for the Blind.
Letter from Eric T. Boulter, NYC to Helen Keller, Westport, CT
Letter from Eric T. Boulter to Helen Keller regarding the World Conference on Work for the Blind.
Letter from Peter J. Salmon to Helen Keller regarding a grant to study the deaf-blind and his work with the World Council for the Blind.
Letter from Marguerite L. Levine, NYC to Ken Stuckey, Librarian, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA regarding the stamps produced in honor of Helen Keller, accompanied by an article from the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Paris, France about the stamps.
Cross reference page for Helen Keller's speech at the World Conference for the Welfare of the Blind.
Letter from Alfred R. Allen, Eric T. Boulter, M. R. Barnett, and Gabriel Farrell to Eric T. Boulter, NYC with recommendations for honorary members to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Letter from E. A. Baker, President, World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Paris, France to Helen Keller, NYC granting her honorary membership to the Council.
Letter from Eric T. Boulter, NYC to Polly Thomson, Westport, CT regarding a tour of South American and honorary membership to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Press release regarding the General Assembly of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind in Paris, France.
Letter from Peter J. Salmon to Helen Keller regarding developments of the Committee on Services for the Deaf-Blind of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
"Random Questions, the answers to which assist us in drawing a set of minimal proposals for service to deaf-blind persons everywhere," drawn up by the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind's Committee on Services for the Deaf-Blind.
Draft of letter from Helen Keller to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Paris, France regarding the death of Major Henri Izaac.
"Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind" in Ceylon.
"Proposal for review by the extended Committee on Services for the Deaf-Blind of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind on the Basic Minimum Services for Deaf-Blind Persons."
Letter from Peter J. Salmon to Helen Keller requesting a letter from her for inclusion in a report to present to the World Council Rome Assembly for the Committee on Services for the Deaf-Blind.
Letters from Helen Keller to Peter J. Salmon to the Committee on Services for the Deaf-Blind.
Letter from Helen Keller to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind and the Committee on Services to the Deaf-Blind.
Letter from Eric T. Boulter, Secretary-General, World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Paris, France to Helen Keller, Westport, CT requesting a message to the Council.
Letter from Helen Keller to Eric Boulter, Paris, France for the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind.
Speech given by E. W. Christiansen at the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind entitled "Employment of the Blind Under Sheltered Conditions: Home Workers and Allied Schemes."
Letter from E. A. Baker, President, World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Paris, France to Helen Keller, Westport, CT in thanks for her message to the Council.
Letter and speech by Eric T. Boulter for the World Council for the Blind and about Helen Keller.
Resolution on the Helen Keller Centennial from the Sixth World Assembly in Antwerp, Belgium.
Letter from Clara Thompson to James S. Adams, NYC in thanks for his donation.
Speech given by Helen Keller upon receipt of honorary membership to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind at the United Nations.
Speech given by Richard Kinney in tribute to Helen Keller at "the opening session of the General Assembly of the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind in New Delhi, India."
Letter from Robert Thompson asking M. R. Barnett's opinion on the letter from Japan.
Letter to the Japanese Representatives stating that M. R. Barnett will support them in every way.
Letter to Robert Thompson stating that his organization should assist with the nomination process.
Clippings and acceptance letter from the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind event.
Letter stating that the International Labor Office would promote the Centennial Congress.
Newsletter of the WCWB with articles on Helen Keller Centennial celebrations abroad.
Newsletter of the WCWB with an article discussing the upcoming Centennial Congress.
Helen Keller's speech to the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind in New York
Citation, Honorary Membership presented to Helen Keller by the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Paris France, given at New York, NY on February 9, 1953
Article from The New York Times reporting the World Council for the Blind honors Helen Keller
Article from the Clarksburg Exponent - Helen Keller's comments on the World Council for the Welfare of the Blind
Article from the Ft. Pierce News-Tribune about M. Robert Barnett's role in World Council for the Welfare of the Blind Assembly
Scrapbook entitled "Scrapbook of Helen Keller and The Deaf-Blind. Book 54." Created by Rebecca Mack containing miscellaneous articles about Helen Keller, seeing eye dogs, "Helen Keller in Her Story", Keller's lecture tour, Keller's human relations golden reel award, the Keller-Macy Cottage at Perkins, Keller's "Teacher", Amelia Earhart, and Keller's 77th birthday. Scrapbook clippings circa 1955-1957. Scrapbook created February 1957.
Scrapbook entitled "Scrapbook of Helen Keller and The Deaf-Blind. Book 55." Created by Rebecca Mack containing miscellaneous articles about Helen Keller, Keller's 77th birthday, the deaths of Mary Dranga Campbell and William Ziegler, Jr., Keller's "Teacher" and "The Open Door", the Kelly-Macy Cottage at Perkins, Frieda Le Pla, "The Miracle Worker" by William Gibson, Richard Kinney, and seeing eye dogs. Scrapbook clippings circa 1890-1958. Scrapbook created July 1957.
Scrapbook entitled "Scrapbook of Helen Keller and The Deaf-Blind. Book 58." Created by Rebecca Mack containing miscellaneous articles about Helen Keller, "The Miracle Worker", the death of Polly Thomson, Keller's 80th birthday, the first official U.S. Senate resolution printed in braille, Patty Duke, Anne Bancroft, the 1960 M.C. Migel Awards, and seeing eye dogs. Scrapbook clippings circa 1958-1961. Scrapbook created April 1966.
Scrapbook entitled "Scrapbook of Helen Keller and The Deaf-Blind. Book 60." Created by Rebecca Mack containing miscellaneous articles about Helen Keller, "The Miracle Worker", Keller's meeting with John F. Kennedy, Chan Poh Lin, the Helen Keller Park in Los Angeles, seeing eye dogs, deaf-blind experiences, and Keller's 83rd birthday. Scrapbook clippings circa 1933-1964. Scrapbook created April 1962.


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What do I need to know about the new distracted driving law in Georgia?
How often have you seen people on the roads looking at their phone? You've probably even noticed that at stop signs people are glued to their screens and possibly even watching videos — Yes, it's been happening more and more these days. While cell phones are handy devices, they are also causing a lot more automobile accidents here in Georgia, especially in the metro-Atlanta area with all of the traffic. The Georgia Legislature has recently passed HB 673, which is sometimes called the "Hands Free" law, to help prevent accidents in our state.
Interestingly, CB radios are allowed along with commercial two way radios. Real quick: We're wondering if you know of anybody that actually has one?
Hold or support a phone or other device with any part of the body. You know how you used to prop a phone on your shoulders, etc.? Well…that's now illegal in Georgia.
Writing, sending, and/or reading a text message, Facebook message, IM, e-mail or anything like it.
Watching a video or move (other than a GPS or mapping application) on your phone while driving in Georgia. Hate to break it: But yes, that includes YouTube, which apparently was becoming more common in distracted driving accidents.
REMEMBER THIS TOO — Reaching for a device is also illegal under HB 673 if it means you're not in a safe driving position or means you'll have to take off your seatbelt to get your phone.
Of course, there are going to be some exceptions with this law, but they make sense for a number of reasons. For example, a person can use a phone to report a (1) traffic accident, (2) medical emergency, (3) fire, (4) crime, and (5) dangerous condition on the road.
One other thing too: You can use your hands if you are in a lawful parking space, like a grocery store or shopping center parking lot.
We sure hope you found this blog helpful about the new distracted driving law in Georgia, and hopefully, you don't come across our page if you've been hurt in an accident by a distracted driver in Georgia. Let's, instead, hope that our roads are a bit safer now for everyone in our state.
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Central African Republic: Sanctions Resolution
Tomorrow (30 January), the Council will renew the Central African Republic (CAR) sanctions regime, consisting of an arms embargo, travel ban and assets freeze on listed individuals and entities, until 31 January 2019, and the mandate of the Panel of Experts until 28 February 2019.
Negotiations on the draft resolution commenced with a read through of the text with France, the penholder, on 19 January. It quickly became evident that there was one major issue of contention among Council members concerning the recommendation of the Panel of Experts to add a new listing criterion. On 4 December 2017, the committee had met the panel to discuss its final report (S/2017/1023). The report recommended that the committee encourage the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) to report to the committee any acts of incitement to ethnic or religious violence and hatred and to identify the perpetrators or instigators. It further recommended that in the next resolution extending the sanctions regime, the Council include a designation criterion for individuals and entities inciting ethnic or religious violence and hatred, as well as justifying such acts.
When this proposal was put forward during the negotiations, most Council members expressed support for including the new listing criterion. The US, however, took the position that it would not be able to implement such a criterion within its domestic system, maintaining that it is overbroad and would infringe on expressions of views protected under free speech. As an alternative, the US proposed condemning incitement to imminent violence that undermines the peace, stability and security in the CAR, and for listing those that engage in such acts or provide support to such acts. Other Council members did not want the listing criterion to require actions in the furtherance of the incitement, rather than listing individuals for incitement as such, as that would undermine the objective of the criterion in their view.
This impasse appears to have been addressed through carefully crafted language in the final draft. The draft in blue condemns incitement to ethnic and religious hatred and violence in the preambular paragraph. Additionally, the Council similarly condemns in an operative paragraph all acts of incitement to violence, in particular on an ethnic or religious basis, that undermine the peace, stability or security of the CAR. This paragraph, which directly follows the paragraph outlining the listing criteria for sanctions designation, goes on to state that the Council decides that individuals and entities who commit such acts of incitement to violence and then engage in or provide support for acts that undermine the peace, stability or security of the CAR could [emphasis ours] meet the designation criteria earlier specified.
The draft resolution further states that the Panel of Experts will collect information on incidents of incitement to violence that undermine the peace, stability or security of the CAR, in cooperation with MINUSCA.
Another matter that came up during negotiations concerned the existing listing criterion for committing violations of international human rights law or international humanitarian law, including those involving targeting of civilians, schools and hospitals. Ethiopia suggested including also attacks against "state institutions" as part of this listing criterion. Some Council members found this addition overly broad. In the end, in an apparent compromise, language was incorporated specifying attacks on civilian objects, including administrative centres and courthouses.
Another small change in the sanctions regime concerns exemptions from the arms embargo. At the initiative of Russia, the resolution will include language indicating that member states providing training and assistance to the CAR security forces, and having notified the Committee in advance, will also be exempt from the arms embargo, thus allowing troops from such states to bring their personal arms with them.
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Just over 3 years ago when I first started helping Mr Trick with Rhythm Incursions we aired a guest mix from Germany's Snatchatec called Indigo – a mix CD the man had self-released. Snatchatec was a long time collaborator and friend of DJ Scientist, who runs Equinox records. Together they did a project called the Dedicated Beatheads in 2007, which we aired on Turntable Radio. Our own long standing relationship with Scientist is how the hook up for Indigo came to happen. The mix proved one of our more popular mixes in 2008, and was a perfect example of Snatchatec's deft mixing and scratching and ear for cinematic selections.
You can still listen to and download Indigo right here.
Sometime towards the end of last year Snatchatec got in touch again to say he'd done a follow up to Indigo and would we be up for airing it – the answer to which was of course yes. In that time, he's continued to work with Scientist and Equinox records, with whom he's toured and recorded, as well as his own Deckpackers project. Most notably he provided a remix for Scientist and Ceschi's Same Old Love Song 12″ release in 2009.
So ladies and gents to kick start February we're very happy to bring you Indigo pt.2 – another hour long ride into the finest beats and productions of recent years, with a truly cinematic feel that's hard to resist. The mix features plenty of producers who have long been friends and favourites of ours here at Rhythm Inc towers, from Sixtoo and former presenter Joey Beats to Maker, Ooah, edIT, Scientist, 2econd Class Citizen and Mochipet.
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Many thanks to Snatchatec for the mix. For more on the man check his myspace and his own website.
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Another Indian-American jumps into combative US House race
by veena January 28, 2014 0141
Vanila Singh
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) An Indian-American Republican candidate has jumped into an already combative electoral House race in the Silicon Valley featuring a former aide of President Barack Obama challenging the sitting fellow Democrat.
The new entrant to the race between the seven-term Democrat incumbent Mike Honda of San Jose and his main challenger, former Obama administration trade representative Ro Khanna, is Vanila Singh, a Stanford Medical Centre anesthesiologist.
India-born Singh, 43, who came to the US as a toddler, says she entered the South Bay contest because it is "time to do my civic duty".
But her critics, according to SFGate.com, say the man who recruited her to run, Chicago businessman Shalabh 'Shalli' Kumar, "has a far more divisive agenda".
Kumar is founder of the Indian Americans for Freedom, a super PAC or an independent-expenditure only Political Action Committee, which can spend unlimited amounts as long as it doesn't coordinate directly with the candidate.
Singh acknowledges that after "multiple conversations" with Kumar and other Republican insiders late last year, she filed to run Dec 26 – a day after switching her voter registration from "declined to state" to Republican.
In recent weeks, Singh met Kumar, who chairs the Indian American Advisory Council of the House Republican Conference, in Washington, D.C. said SFGate.
Kumar told ethnic publication IndiaWest that he approached Singh to be part of a "project" he founded with Republican House member Pete Sessions to build a Republican congressional "team" that supports a "pro-India" agenda.
However his critics, according to SFGate.com, suggest his agenda includes securing a visa for Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Modi's US visa was revoked in 2005 because of his alleged role or inaction during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Singh, according to SFGate, says she has received no money and "no promises" from Kumar or his super PAC.
"I'm not part of his project per se," and Kumar's agenda "is not mine", she was quoted as saying.
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To see if 'Forgiveness' is one of your key Character Strengths why not try watching - Terms of Endearment (1983).
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It might be an oldie but this film had 11 Oscar Nominations and won 5. The film traces the sometimes tumultuous relationship between a mother and daughter. Through the ups and downs of the mother's marriage and the daughter's involvement with a retired astronaut, the pair finds ways to see past each other's transgressions and find joy in their relationship.
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When families get together to remember their times together, the conversation has a way of moving easily from the tragedies to the funny things. You'll mention someone who has passed away, and there'll be a moment of silence, and then somebody will grin and be reminded of some goofy story. Life always has an unhappy ending, but you can have a lot of fun along the way, and everything doesn't have to be dripping in deep significance.
The most remarkable achievement of "Terms of Endearment," which is filled with great achievements, is its ability to find the balance between the funny and the sad, between moments of deep truth and other moments of high ridiculousness. A lesser movie would have had trouble moving between the extremes that are visited by this film, but because "Terms of Endearment" understands its characters and loves them, we never have a moment's doubt: What happens next is supposed to happen. because life's like that.
"Terms of Endearment" feels as much like life as any movie I can think of. At the same time, it's a triumph of show business, with its high comic style, its flair for bittersweet melodrama and its star turns for the actors. Maybe the best thing about this movie is the way it combines those two different kinds of filmmaking. This is a movie with bold emotional scenes and big laughs, and at the same time it's so firmly in control of its tone that we believe we are seeing real people.
The movie's about two remarkable women and their relationships with each other and with the men in their lives. The mother is played by Shirley MacLaine. She's a widow who lives in Houston and hasn't dated a man since her husband died. Maybe she's redirected her sexual desires into the backyard, where her garden has grown so large and elaborate that she either will have to find a man pretty quickly or move to a house with a bigger yard.
Her daughter, played by Debra Winger, is one of those people who seems to have been blessed with a sense of life and joy. She marries a guy named Flap who teaches English in a series of Midwestern colleges; she rears three kids and puts up with Flap, who has an eye for coeds.
Back in Houston, her mother finally goes out on a date with the swinging bachelor (Jack Nicholson) who has lived next door for years. He's a hard-drinking, girl-chasing former astronaut with a grin that hints of unspeakable lusts. MacLaine, a lady who surrounds herself with frills and flowers, is appalled by this animalistic man and then touched by him.
There are a couple of other bittersweet relationships in the film. Both mother and daughter have timid, mild-mannered male admirers: MacLaine is followed everywhere by Vernon, who asks only to be allowed to gaze upon her, and Winger has a tender, little affair with a banker. The years pass. Children grow up into adolescence, Flap gets a job as head of the department in Nebraska, the astronaut turns out to have genuine human possibilities of becoming quasi-civilized, and mother and daughter grow into a warmer and deeper relationship. All of this is told in a series of perfectly written, acted and directed scenes that flow as effortlessly as a perfect day, and then something happens that is totally unexpected, and changes everything.
I don't want to suggest what happens. It flows so naturally that it should be allowed to take place.This is a wonderful film. There isn't a thing that I would change, and I was exhilarated by the freedom it gives itself to move from the high comedy of Nicholson's best moments to the acting of Debra Winger in the closing scenes. She outdoes herself. It's a great performance. And yet it's not a "performance." There are scenes that have such a casual piety that acting seems to have nothing to do with it. She doesn't reach for effects, and neither does the film, because it's all right there
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Incendies (2010, France/Canada) - With a series of flashbacks, Incendies follows the journey of twin brother and sister as they try to uncover the attempt to unravel the mystery of their mother's life which unsettles them but the strength of forgiveness helps them to reconcile with the past.
Pay it Forward (2000) – Trevor McKinney is a young boy living in fear of an alcoholic mother and an abusive father. When his social studies teacher assigns the class to put into action a plan to change the world, he sets in motion a chain of kindness and forgiveness that extends far beyond his small social circle. This movie provides a poignant example of how much impact a simple act of forgiveness can have.
Dead Man Walking (1995) – This movie follows the developing relationship between a nun and a condemned man living out his last days on death row. It presents the difficulties and paradoxes of mercy in vivid detail, interspersing tender moments with clips of the brutal crime in question. Ultimately, this subtle and emotional movie demonstrates that forgiveness is possible even under the worst of circumstances.
Ordinary People (1980) – An affluent family in suburban Chicago lives in various stages of denial after the accidental death of one of their sons, unable to express their emotions or deal with their grief. Only after the surviving son attempts suicide and begins to see a psychiatrist do the barriers begin to come down, and at that point the family must deal with their strained relationships and haunting past.
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Dimapur, July 14: National Lok Adalat was conducted in 10 district headquarters constituting 10 Lok Adalat Benches. In today's Lok Adalat, 949 cases were listed before the bench for settlement of which 326 cases were successfully settled.
The total settlement amount involved in the disposed and settled cases amounts to Rs. 2,47,68,521. The settlement amount includes the fine money, Bank recovery money, compensation money, etc. Among the disposed cases, 39 cases which were presently pending in the courts at various levels were disposed off and 287 cases at pre-litigation stages i.e. prior to approaching the Courts were referred and disposed during the Lok Adalat sittings.
The Lok Adalat sitting benches were held within the premises of the District Court buildings and prior to the holding of Lok Adalat, citizens were informed to come and settle their disputes/cases at the National Lok Adalat.
District Legal Services Authorities have also been coordinating and sending communications to the Banks, the Insurance companies, Departments in the Public Utility sector and other parties and litigants for appearing before the National Lok Adalat for amicable settlement of disputes and cases.
Today's cases referred and taken up for settlement were dealt mostly on Bank Recovery cases, Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT) cases, Civil cases and also a few Cases on Criminal compoundable offenses cases which were both at per-litigation stage and pending stage, meaning the cases pending before the subordinate courts.
Before commencing the Lok Adalat sittings, District Legal Services Authorities organized short Awareness programmes, encouraging and apprising the public on the benefits of settling dispute through Lok Adalat. Judicial officers acted as presiding officers and the Panel Lawyers served as conciliators along with the Para legal Volunteers who acted as members. The proceedings were also conducted in local dialects for convenience of the uneducated litigants without stressing much on legal technicalities.
Lok Adalats have been given statutory status under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.