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Kyle Rittenhouse Refuses to Become Poster Boy for Conservatives
By Anders Anglesey On 11/22/21 at 11:08 AM EST
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Kyle Rittenhouse has moved to distance himself from American conservatives who have latched onto him after he was acquitted by a Wisconsin jury.
Rittenhouse, 18, was found not guilty over the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, who were shot on August 25, 2020.
He was also found not guilty of the attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz after the jury returned to deliver the verdict on Friday.
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Following the verdict, numerous Republican and conservative figures celebrated the verdict and with lawmakers offering internships to the teenager.
Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ) offered to arm wrestle fellow House lawmaker Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) "to get dibs" for Rittenhouse as an intern.
Justice was served for #KyleRittenhouse and he is fully exonerated. As I said last year, obviously self-defense.
I will arm wrestle @mattgaetz to get dibs for Kyle as an intern. https://t.co/kon65IB1d9
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) November 19, 2021
Far-right author Dinesh D'Souza shared a tweet following the verdict announcement that plotted an imagined scenario that would create "a nightmare for the left."
The November 20 post read: "Career path for #KyleRittenhouse: 1. Intern for @mattgaetz 2. Run for state rep in Wisconsin 3. Run for Congress when he turns 25.
"What a way to turn his notoriety, created by the Left, into a nightmare for the Left. Success is the best revenge."
Career path for #KyleRittenhouse: 1. Intern for @mattgaetz 2. Run for state rep in Wisconsin 3. Run for Congress when he turns 25. What a way to turn his notoriety, created by the Left, into a nightmare for the Left. Success is the best revenge!
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) November 20, 2021
White supremacists, including on-the-run American Robert Rundo, also cheered the verdict on Telegram and continued to use Rittenhouse's image as part of propaganda banners and graffiti that promoted white supremacist causes.
But, Rittenhouse has appeared to distance himself from Republicans and conservatives keen to latch onto his notoriety.
In a teaser clip for his upcoming interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, he said he supported the Black Lives Matter movement.
He said: "This case has nothing to do with race. It never had anything to do with race. It had to do with the right to self-defense.
"I'm not a racist person. I support the BLM movement," Rittenhouse added during his first TV appearance following his acquittal.
"I believe there needs to be change. I believe there's a lot of prosecutorial misconduct, not just in my case but in other cases. It's just amazing to see how much a prosecutor can take advantage of someone," he said in an extended portion of the interview, obtained by Mediate.
Kyle Rittenhouse, acquitted on Friday on all charges, has been championed by conservatives. Getty Images
Rittenhouse's vocal support for the BLM movement sets him at odds with registered Republicans who overwhelmingly oppose it, according to an ongoing poll by Civiqs.
His attorney Mark Richards distanced his client away from American conservatives following the acquittal on Friday and called out those profiting on the case.
Richards said: "They're raising money on it and you have all these Republican congressmen saying come work for me," he said. "They want to trade on his celebrity and I think it's disgusting."
He also hit back at Donald Trump Jr. for encouraging a gun rights group to send an AR-15, the style of rifle Rittenhouse used in August last year, as an "award."
Richards told Insider: "He's an idiot. I don't have to expand on that because it speaks for itself."
He also told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Friday there are "too many guns in our society," a statement that goes against widespread Republican support for the Second Amendment.
The Rittenhouse verdict divided Americans, with many protesting the decision in cities across America.
Kyle Rittenhouse listens as the attorneys and the judge talk about jury instructions at the Kenosha County Courthouse Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while being arrested in August 2020. Rittenhouse and his attorney appeared to distance themselves from American conservatives. Sean Krajacic-Pool/Getty Images


Hey everyone. I am going to be taking my 04 CBR1000RR on a 2200 mile trip in July. I live in NorCal and will be heading down to Bryce Canyon, UT by way of Death Valley, Las Vegas, and the Grand Canyon. ON the way back, I will weave my way thru Southern/Central California to make it to Laguna Seca for the WSBK event, July 8.
Aside from the usual fluids, brake checks, etc on the bike, do you all have any advice? Any essential items? Points of interest to hit on the way?
I am also going to doing this trip by myself, so I need to make sure that I have everything covered.
Tires wear out fast on a trip like this, especially if you have more sport oriented rubber. Make sure they will make the trip and estimate on the low side. Putting on new rubber while on the road is expensive and time-consuming. You'll need a tire repair kit and a pump or CO2 inflation kit.
July is a very hot time to travel in those areas. The biggest problem will be dehydration for you. Drink a lot, and do it BEFORE you get thirsty. Do more of your riding early and then late in the day.
Don't forget about area 51 if you're into UFO stuff and have the time. You won't see much, but you can stop at the Alien Inn for a quick lunch.


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Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards
By Sports Halchal Last updated Feb 2, 2022
London : Neeraj Chopra, India's first ever winner of an Olympic athletics gold medal, has been nominated for the 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award. He is one of the six nominees for the prestigious Award.With his second throw measuring 87.58 metres, Chopra became the first Indian track and field athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the other being Abhinav Bindra in air rifle in 2008.He is only the third Indian athlete to be nominated for a Laureus Award, after wrestler Vinesh Phogat in 2019 and cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who won the Laureus Sporting Moment Award 2000-2020, which marked the emotional moment during the 2011 ICC World Cup, when his team carried him on their shoulders in a lap of honour after India's win."I'm delighted to be nominated for this Laureus Award and it's a great honour for me to be recognised in the wider sporting world for what I achieved in Tokyo," said an elated Chopra, after being nominated for the award."From being a kid in a small village in rural India who only took up sport to get fit, to standing on top of an Olympic podium, it's been quite an eventful journey so far.
I feel privileged to be able to represent my country and win India medals at the global stage, and now to have this recognition from Laureus and be considered alongside such exceptional athletes is a really special feeling," he added.Apart from Neeraj, the other five sportspersons who have been nominated for for the Breakthrough Award are Britain's Emma Raducanu, who became a global tennis sensation when she won the US Open at the age of 18, Russia's Daniil Medvedev, who won the men's title at Flushing Meadows, FC Barcelona's football prodigy Pedri, aged 19, voted best young player at the Ballon d'Or, Yulimar Rojas, who broke the 26-year-old triple jump world record, and swimmer Ariarne Titmus, aged 20, who twice beat champion Katie Ledecky at 200 and 400m in Tokyo.A panel of more than 1,300 of the leading sports journalists and broadcasters in the world have selected the nominees in each of seven categories for this year's Laureus World Sports Awards. The Winners will be revealed in April, following a vote by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the world's ultimate sports jury, made up of 71 of the greatest sporting legends of all time.
The full list of Nominees :
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award:
Tom Brady (USA) American Football – the greatest NFL quarterback, he won a record seventh Super Bowl
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Tennis – won three Grand Slams in 2021 to take his total of career wins to 20
Caeleb Dressel (USA) Swimming – outstanding male swimmer in Tokyo with five Olympic gold medals
Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) Athletics – became third person in history to win back-to-back Olympic marathons
Robert Lewandowski (Poland) Football – surpassed Gerd Muller's record of 40 goals in a season for Bayern
Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Motor Racing – won his first Formula One World Championship in 2021
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award:
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Tennis – world No.1, won Wimbledon, her second career Grand Slam
Allyson Felix (USA) Athletics – surpassed Carl Lewis as the most decorated track and field US Olympian
Katie Ledecky (USA) Swimming – won 800 and 1,500 metres freestyle golds in Tokyo, plus two silver medals
Emma McKeon (Australia) Swimming – won four gold and three bronze in Tokyo, the most by an individual
Alexia Putellas (Spain) Football – Barcelona captain; won Ballon d'Or and UEFA Women's Player of Year
Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) Athletics – won Olympic 100 and 200 metres and 4x100m relay
Laureus World Team of the Year Award:
Argentina Men's Football Team – won Copa America; Lionel Messi's first international trophy, at age of 34
Barcelona Women's Football Team (Spain) – won first Champions League, beating English club Chelsea 4-0 China Olympic Diving Team – won gold medals in seven of the eight events staged in the pool in Tokyo
Italy Men's Football Team – under Roberto Mancini won European Championship for first time since 1968 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team (Germany) – won record eighth Constructors Championship
Milwaukee Bucks (USA) Basketball – inspired by Giannis Antetokounmpo, won a second NBA championship
Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year award:
Neeraj Chopra (India) Athletics – won javelin to become India's first winner of an Olympic athletics gold
Daniil Medvedev (Russia) Tennis – won his first ever Grand Slam, dropping only one set in the US Open
Pedri (Spain) Football – 19, played 53 times in 2020/21 for Barcelona, and every game for Spain in Euro 2020
Emma Raducanu (UK) Tennis – became a global sensation when she won the US Open at the age of 18
Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) Athletics – broke 26-year-old world record to win triple jump gold in Tokyo
Ariarne Titmus (Australia) Swimming – aged 20, beat champion Katie Ledecky at 200 and 400m in Tokyo
Laureus World Comeback of the Year award:
Simone Biles (USA) Gymnastics – after withdrawing in Tokyo, she came back to win bronze in the beam
Sky Brown (UK) Skateboarding – aged 13, recovered from fractured skull to win bronze medal in Tokyo
Mark Cavendish (UK) Cycling – fought back from depression to win second Tour de France sprint title
Tom Daley (UK) Diving – had knee surgery in June, but won 10 metres synchronised gold in Tokyo
Marc Márquez (Spain) Motor Cycling – first win in 581 days, after recovering from broken arm at start of 2020
Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands) Cycling – won Olympic time trial days after missing gold in road race
Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award:
Diede De Groot (Netherlands) Wheelchair Tennis – first player to complete the calendar-year Golden Slam
Marcel Hug (Switz) Wheelchair Athletics – won Paralympic gold medals in 800, 1,500, 5,000m and marathon
Shingo Kunieda (Japan) Wheelchair Tennis – host-nation hero, won fourth Paralympic gold of his career
Jetze Plat (Netherlands) Para Cycling / Para Triathlon – won three Paralympic gold medals in two sports
Susana Rodríguez (Spain) Para Triathlon – won gold in Tokyo in triathlon PTVI, her first Paralympic medal
Sarah Storey (UK) Para Cycling – won three golds from three events to take her career total to 17
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Award:
Ítalo Ferreira (Brazil) Surfing – in Tokyo became the first-ever surfing Olympic gold medal winner
Alberto Ginés (Spain) Climbing – aged 18, scaled 15-metre wall in 6.42 seconds to win speed climbing gold
Yuto Horigome (Japan) Skateboarding – won first ever skateboarding Olympic gold to delight of host nation
Carissa Moore (USA) Surfing – won first ever women's Olympic surfing gold, then added her fifth world title
Momiji Nishiya (Japan) Skateboarding – at 13, won first-ever Olympic gold medal in women's street event
Bethany Shriever (UK) BMX – first woman to win both Olympic and World Championship gold in same year
Laureus Sport for Good Award
Programmes nominated by a specialist selection panel; Laureus Academy select the winner
Ich Will Da Rauf! (Germany) Climbing – disabled and non-disabled share challenge of the climbing wall
Juca pe Cagna (Italy) Multi-sport – provides safe places to play away from the influence of crime
Kick 4 Life (Lesotho) Football – supports young people through health education and HIV testing
Lost Boyz Inc (USA) Baseball – uses baseball in Chicago to decrease violence and improve social conditions
Monkey Magic (Japan) Climbing – promotes free climbing for those with visual impairment
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When was the National Math Foundation founded?
The National Math Foundation became a 501(c)(3) public charity on August 22, 2012. Prior to IRS approval, our team secured grant funding for schools and non-profits for projects related to NMF programming.
In 2009 Suzy Koontz, an educational consultant, actuary, math teacher, and author, developed a multi-sensory solution to America's ever decreasing position in global math rankings. She introduced Math & Movement™, a kinesthetic approach to teaching math that incorporates physical exercise, stretching, cross-body movements, yoga, and floor mats to encourage elementary-age students to practice and retain early math concepts.
Research suggests motion-based learning facilitates muscle memory. Through repetition and movement exercises, Math & Movement™ enforces basic math and reading concepts foundational to higher-level curricula. By developing children's confidence at an early age, they are more likely to excel in advanced coursework, preparing them for careers in math, science, and technology.
Math & Movement™ was piloted in a first grade classroom in Ithaca, NY, a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. After expanding programming to include grades K-5, integrating into classrooms across New York State, and piquing interest through presentations at national conferences, teachers in Chattanooga, Tennessee took notice. Math & Movement™ crossed state borders for the first time in 2011. This pattern continues and Math & Movement™ is now used in elementary classrooms in many states including New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Washington, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Texas and Ohio.
Expanding beyond the classroom, Math & Movement™ engages students, parents and communities through Family Fun Nights. These evenings serve as an introduction to the curriculum for parents and community members. Older students reinforce their skills by helping younger children at different activity stations. By exposing parents to the techniques taught in classrooms, they build confidence in their ability to help their children with homework. Bringing together multiple families strengthens the community through collective participation.


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Floor surface and proper floor maintenance deserve thought before they become a problem.
Most people don't give floor surfaces much thought until a problem appears. For instance, personnel safety and potential liability may become issues only when floors become slippery under normal operating conditions. Often, a "wet" environment is considered wet only because it requires frequent cleaning to maintain a hygienic environment. Maintaining floors properly to prevent hazardous conditions in kitchens, restrooms, production environments and public lobbies depends on the type of flooring system and the conditions of use. Typically, textured seamless floors are specified if exposure to water, oils, greases or other process materials is a common event. Selecting the right flooring is smart, but it's equally important to develop standard operating procedures for cleaning the floor.
Food processing represents an aggressive environment for flooring. So the flooring systems must withstand chemical attack and abrasion, as well as provide a safe, slip-resistant surface. Bare concrete won't stand up to acid and becomes slippery when fats, oils and water spill on it, so textured flooring is common in these areas.
Resurfacing systems that use 1/4 inch of urethane can withstand the physical and chemical exposures and the thermal shock from steam cleaning. These systems can be finished with a non-slip surface to provide safe walking under almost any condition.
Heavy manufacturing and assembly plants must also address the issue of slip resistance because their floors are exposed to oils and particulate matter. The flooring also must withstand traffic and abrasion. Combining proper floor texture and maintenance procedures minimizes slip hazards in these facilities.
Wet and soiled conditions with low foot traffic are characteristic of commercial kitchens and plant cafeterias. These areas don't undergo the same degree of abuse and steam cleaning as food processing facilities, but slip resistance and a clean environment are equally important. In these situations, a decorative seamless floor, such as a quartz broadcast or a decorative troweled system, is most frequently selected. These systems also typically receive a textured finish to ensure safety.
Lobbies and restrooms are mostly dry with light traffic, although seasonal wet conditions occur, so flooring for these areas is generally selected on the basis of aesthetics. Since light foot traffic and routine cleaning in these areas don't dictate a need for textured floors, terrazzo, marble and tile using an ADA-compliant sealer maintain the desired non-slip surface. Table 1 summarizes exposures, cleaning requirements and texture considerations for these various plant areas.
A seamless floor can be textured in several ways. The topcoat applied to a flooring system may contribute to the slip resistance, especially if the coating provides a stipple finish. A satin finish features microscopic surface irregularities that can provide slip resistance. Smooth flooring finishes, especially epoxy coatings, tend to abrade over time, which increases slip resistance characteristics.
For more aggressive environments, texture is built into the floor using aggregates. Light service areas can use polypropylene beads to yield a slight texture. Kitchens and shower rooms frequently have colored quartz, broadcast floors, which contain a natural texture based upon the installation procedure. The texture on an aggressive quartz broadcast floor uses a single, thin coat of polyurethane that "follows" the profile. Application of grout coats and topcoats of clear epoxy or urethane actually diminish floor texture. A 100% solid, zero volatile organic content epoxy topcoat "fills" the profile and can reduce the texture.
Heavy manufacturing conditions require a more durable texture that will not be crushed due to the traffic of forklifts and other vehicles. Silica sand is incorporated into the finish surface of slurry/broadcast floors and 1/4 inch trowel applied resurfacing systems for slip resistance. Varying the size of the aggregate also impacts the degree of slip resistance. Larger aggregates, such as a 30-mesh silica sand, provide more slip resistance on a dry surface than the smaller size 40-60 mesh silica.
Wen-Ruey Chang and Associates at the Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety and Health have studied the role of surface roughness in floors and footwear. They concluded that the combination of the microscopic roughness of the sole and the floor surface affect the coefficient of friction significantly. This principle helps to explain the extreme variances obtained when various waxes and sealers are used on textured floors. It's important to ensure that ADA-compliant sealers and maintenance materials are used in lobbies and restrooms, where a noticeable, macroscopic surface texture is absent.
In our research, the ASM 725 Slip Meter (American Slip Meter, Inc.) was used to measure the static COF of various dry industrial flooring systems with smooth and textured surfaces. The meter determines the force necessary to initiate movement of a weight. Two different grades of aggregate were used, a 40/60 mesh silica sand and a more aggressive 30 mesh silica sand. Results indicated that a smooth surface complies with ADA 0.5 COF recommendations in dry conditions, but the addition of texture to the flooring system dramatically increased the COF for both leather and Neolite (rubber) soles. The 30-mesh aggregate improved slip resistance as represented by an increased COF (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Effect of texture and footwear on coefficient of friction in dry conditions.
When these tests were duplicated under oily conditions, the smooth surface's performance was below the "safe" recommendations while both textured surfaces exhibited an increase in coefficient of friction. It must be noted that, although these tests provide relative performance for a valid comparison, the static measurement of slip resistance may not fully reflect the degree of "slipperiness" of an individual's walking dynamics. While water and oil exhibit a cohesive force with stationary objects, once moving, the force required to maintain movement is significantly less (see Figure 2).
Figure 2. Effect of texture and footwear on coefficient of friction in oily conditions.
Aluminum oxide provides a non-slip surface in areas subject to the most extreme conditions. Its angular shape yields a high coefficient of friction. Figure 3 illustrates that Neolite (rubber) footwear tends to provide a higher coefficient of friction than leather at every level of flooring system texture. As Figure 4 shows, in dry, wet and oily conditions, the flooring under test maintained a high level of slip resistance. When an epoxy topcoat was applied over the aluminum oxide, the coefficient of friction decreased.
Figure 3. Coefficient of friction of leather and Neolite.
Figure 4. Coefficient of friction with Neolit.
Textured floors are not difficult to clean. Just as their appearances differ from that of a smooth floor, textured floors require a different cleaning process.
Without an effective cleaning procedure, a key benefit of textured flooring — increased coefficient of friction — is quickly lost. The maintenance regimen for such areas is daily or twice daily cleaning plus regular touch-ups for spills. Less frequent cleaning will allow foreign matter to accumulate and reduce the floor's slip resistance.
The first step in cleaning a textured floor is to put away the mops. Mops are not appropriate for cleaning most textured floors, since they tend to shed fibers on abrasive surfaces, and to spread grease and oil films.
Type of dirt or foreign matter to be removed. Most cleaners are formulated to remove particular types of dirt.
The amount of foreign matter accumulation.
Special problems, such as removing marks from rubber tires.
Compatibility of the chemicals in the cleaner with the floor's finish.
Addressing these issues narrows the range of cleaner options to a few for trial and evaluation. In controlled laboratory tests, we've confirmed that two cleaners work especially well: fortified alkaline cleaner for light-to-moderate soils and high alkaline cleaner for moderate-to-heavy soils. These products remove contaminants, including food, blood, fats, petroleum oils, dirt, mud and rubber tire marks, from a variety of textured flooring surfaces.
Application. For larger areas, use of an automatic scrubbing machine. Scrubbers dispense the cleaning solution evenly over the floor and also accomplish the second step, agitation, during application. For smaller areas, use a low-pressure sprayer, foamer or deck brush.
Agitation. This drives the cleaner into the foreign matter, where it dissolves the material from top down. If an automatic scrubber wasn't used, agitate the solution with a deck brush, a rotary machine with a brush head or some similar tool.
Dwell. Let the chemical do its work. When cleaning a dirty floor, especially one with an accumulation of protein or crude-based soils, the cleaner needs time to dissolve the soil. In most cases, five to ten minutes is enough.
Removal. Complete or near-complete cleaner removal is key. Leaving a cleaning solution on the floor results in a dirty floor. As the solution evaporates, the dirt has nowhere to go, except back to the floor surface. Remove cleaning solutions using a vacuum process, such as an automatic scrubber or a wet vacuum. For smaller areas, a soft rubber squeegee works well. A hard rubber squeegee is not effective, as it bounces along the textured floor and leaves a lot of solution in its wake. Don't use a water spray to rinse the solution off the floor. This over-dilutes the chemical, causing the dissolved soils to migrate back to the floor surface.
Maintaining a slip-resistant surface may mean providing additional friction, but keep in mind that with friction comes wear. Also, surfaces exposed to constant use erode, so textured floor maintenance requires periodic recoating and renewed texture application. For low foot-traffic conditions and light cleaning programs, restoration will be infrequent. Extreme conditions require more maintenance, perhaps at short intervals.
To ensure proper maintenance of any floor, standard maintenance procedures for each environment should delineate the frequency of cleaning, the correct cleaning agents and the appropriate tools. Though cleaning and maintaining a textured floor presents a challenge to the maintenance staff, it's not an undue burden. Safety of personnel is of primary importance, and the energy and cost associated with maintaining a safe environment pales when compared with the cost of low employee morale and potential accident liability.
With the correct type of textured flooring, the correct cleaning chemicals and the right cleaning procedures for the specific environment, a textured floor will provide years of dependable service without ever becoming a major maintenance headache.
Robert Lussmyer is president of Union Brands, LLC. He can be reached at rlussmyer@zoomtown.com and (859) 384-1497. Thomas Murphy is vice president of The Sherwin-Williams Co. He can be reached at tmurphy@generalpolymers.com and (800)543-7694.
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Arms Proliferation Is Fueling Human Rights Abuses In Haiti, Amnesty Says
Caribbean360 July 29, 2005
Hardbeatnews, LONDON, England, Fri. July 29, 2005: Global rights group, Amnesty International, is urging the interim Haitian government to implement "without delay" a comprehensive disarmament, demobilization and reintegration program across the strife-torn country.
The call comes in a new report, "Haiti: Disarmament Delayed, Justice Denied," issued this week, which charges that around 170,000 small arms are being used by former military personnel and criminal gangs to commit grave human rights abuses as the country prepares for elections.
"Small arms are being used by illegal armed groups and former military to kidnap, sexually abuse and kill Haitians with absolute impunity," officials said. "Without disarmament and effective justice for the victims, Haiti will sink further into crisis."
The report claims that in several parts of the country, state authority remains frail and armed groups and individuals continue to illegally control territory and population and commit criminal acts without being challenged by national authorities, including the National Police, or by MINUSTAH officials.
"Lack of accountability of HNP officers and widespread impunity for human rights abuses by armed groups cannot lead to durable peace in Haiti," stated Amnesty.
They also urged the government to investigate all reports of human rights violations and bring those responsible to justice while providing reparation for victims of human rights violations.
Amnesty also called for the reform of the judicial system in accordance with international human rights legislation and for an end to illegal arrests and long-term detentions for those awaiting trial.
And they urge the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti to work with the government on those issues. – Hardbeatnews.com
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Despair (Negative Ion #2) by Ryanne Anthony
Publication date: December 14th 2015
Cassidy Wren followed her dreams to sing from a farming community in Iowa to bustling New York City, with her small town boyfriend Eddie by her side. Tired of rejection, a fateful phone call leads them back to her hometown of Hampton, California.
Negative Ion keyboardist Greg Mitchell is embroiled in a nasty custody battle with his ex while attempting to heal and keep strong for the rest of the band members after the loss of a brother. Sparks fly when Cassidy and Greg's paths collide, but the guilt from their unusual rendezvous may just be enough to destroy her. Plus, Cassidy's new friend Kimber is hiding something and she suspects it has to do with missing Negative Ion drummer, Jaxon Malloy.
Cassidy soon finds her life in a complete flux and she doesn't know who to choose: the man she knows will always be there for her or the man who sets her body aflame?
Born and raised in the Midwest, Ryanne Anthony is a wife, mother of two, daydream believer and writer whose third passion is giving life to the characters that occupy her mind, in hopes that she thoroughly entertains her reader. An early lover of books and the power of words, thanks in most part to her father, Ryanne has authored fifteen novels, so far, and looks forward to writing dozens more. You can find more information on her website. Also, for free short stories and excerpts from her novels, friend her on Facebook.
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Thousands of Black Holes Discovered in the Center of Milky Way
By bc12 1 year ago
Using knowledge from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers have found an enormous swarm of black holes close to the middle of our galaxy Milky Way. The newly recognized black holes are stellar-mass black holes that are fashioned by the gravitational collapse of extraordinarily huge stars and usually weigh between 5 to 30 occasions the mass of the solar. These black holes are mendacity three mild years away from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black holes in the middle of the galaxy. This is a comparatively quick distance in cosmic phrases.
Scientists have lengthy assumed that Milky Way hosts a big inhabitants of stellar mass black holes in its middle as a result of of the halo of fuel and dirt round Sagittarius A*. This area of fuel and dirt might function an ideal breeding floor for the delivery of huge stars, which stay, die and will flip into black holes. Extensive searches have been made for these black holes over the years however no inhabitants has been detected till now. The current evaluation of Chandra knowledge is the first observational proof of such a treasure trove of black holes.
Black holes themselves are invisible objects, so we can't straight see them. However, a black gap or a neutron star locked in shut orbit with one other star continually pulls the materials away from its stellar companion, which falls onto a disk and produces momentary X-rays. The vibrant burst of X-ray glow that happens in black gap binaries is typically captured by observatories like Chandra. When researchers used Chandra knowledge to seek for X-ray binaries containing black holes which can be positioned close to Sgr A*, they detected fourteen X-ray binaries inside about three mild years of the supermassive black gap. Based on the attribute outbursts, researchers concluded that majority of these dozen X-ray binaries are prone to comprise black holes as a substitute of neutron stars. There should be anyplace from 300 to a thousand stellar-mass black holes in the space surrounding Sgr A*. The detection of such a big inhabitants of confirms a decades-old prediction and supplies a possibility to raised perceive the universe.
"The existence of a 'density cusp' – a localized increase in number – of stellar-mass black holes near a supermassive black hole is a fundamental prediction of galactic stellar dynamic. The best place to detect such a cusp is in the Galactic Centre, where the nearest supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, resides," Authors wrote in the research.
"The properties of these X-ray binaries, in particular, their spatial distribution and luminosity function, suggest the existence of hundreds of binary systems in the central parsec of the Galaxy and many more isolated black holes."
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The Compass Club provides a once in a lifetime experience - a chance to complete a full marathon on each of Australia's northern, southern, eastern, western and central compass points.
This will not be your normal road race however: you will be challenged mentally and physically! Australia's most testing elements will be on display: humidity, beach running, trail running, steep hills and cool temperatures. These events are not for the faint hearted or under prepared.


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La Indian Super League 2015, chiamata ufficialmente 2015 Hero Indian Super League per ragioni di sponsorizzazione, è stata la seconda edizione di uno dei principali campionati del calcio indiano. La stagione è iniziata il 3 ottobre 2015 e s'è conclusa il 20 dicembre 2015, con la vittoria del Chennaiyin.

Stagione

Avvenimenti
Il successo della prima edizione della Indian Super League ha avuto il suo effetto in termini di sponsorizzazioni. La nuova lega calcistica indiana, lanciata l'anno precedente grazie a incentivi economici per le franchigie partecipanti e agli ingaggi di vecchie glorie del calcio europeo, è ormai alle porte della sua seconda edizione, con premesse ben maggiori rispetto a quelle della stagione d'esordio. È quanto lasciano intendere i ricavi dalle sponsorizzazioni per la ISL, quasi raddoppiati nel giro di dodici mesi: 13,6 milioni di euro (oltre cento crore) contro i 7,5 dell'anno precedente, grazie anche a nuove partnership e accordi rinnovati al termine della prima stagione.
Un boom di sponsorizzazioni legato indubbiamente all'enorme risposta di pubblico ricevuta nella prima edizione del neonato torneo. La regular season è stata infatti seguita da una media di 25.371 spettatori paganti a partita, cifra superiore alla media della Serie A al termine della stagione 2014-15. Per i Kerala Blasters e i campioni uscenti dell', inoltre, la media stagionale supera i quarantamila spettatori nelle sfide di regular season. Ennesima conferma delle potenzialità del calcio in un paese come l'India, che ha attratto non solo nuovi sponsor, ma anche l'interesse di società calcistiche europee.

Calciomercato

Giocatori

Allenatori
Tre i cambi quest'anno, nel Delhi Dynamos, Harm van Veldhoven se ne va e lascia la panchina al connazionale René Meulensteen, nella panchina dei Kerala Blasters, l'inglese Peter Taylor prende il posto del suo connazionale David James, mentre nella panchina del Pune City un altro inglese, David Platt, prende le redini della squadra al posto dell'italiano Franco Colomba.

Squadre partecipanti e allenatori

Squadre partecipanti e stadi

Allenatori

Cambio di allenatore

Calciatori stranieri

Giocatori marquee

Giocatori stranieri

Classifica finale

Legenda:
       Campione dell'Indian Super League
      Ammesse ai Play-off

Spareggi

Play-off

Tabellone

Semifinali

Finale

Statistiche

Squadre

Capoliste solitarie

Classifica in divenire

Primati stagionali

Squadre

 Maggior numero di vittorie:  ,  e  (7)
 Minor numero di sconfitte:  (3)
 Miglior attacco:  (27)
 Miglior difesa:  (15)
 Miglior differenza reti:  (+10)
 Maggior numero di pareggi:  ,  ,  e  (4)
 Minor numero di pareggi:  (1)
 Partita con più spettatori:  vs  0-1 (62 087)
 Partita con meno spettatori:  vs  1-2 (8 467)
 Media spettatori più alta:  (52 008)
 Media spettatori più bassa:  (9 067)
 Minor numero di vittorie:  (3)
 Maggior numero di sconfitte:  ,  (7)
 Peggior attacco:  (16)
 Peggior difesa:  (27)
 Peggior differenza reti:  (-10)
 Partita con più reti:  vs  7-0
 Partita con maggiore scarto di gol:  vs  7-0
 Miglior serie positiva:  (4 vittorie consecutive)
 Peggior serie negativa:  ,  (4 sconfitte consecutive)

Individuali

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Note

 "Indian Super League's second edition will be played between September-December 2015: AIFF". india.com. 21 dicembre 2014.
 "The new rule would see the franchisees having to spend within the limited budget which would make it a level playing field…". goal.com. 10 marzo 2015.
 "Full fixture list of the second edition of the Indian Super League released". goal.com. 29 maggio 2015.

Voci correlate
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Calcio nel 2015
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GSL Education are currently seeking to appoint an outstanding French Teacher with potential for Deputy Head of MFL to join a friendly and dynamic Ofsted rated 'Outstanding' school.
The school is looking for someone who can plan, resource and deliver lessons and sequences of lessons to the highest standard, thereby ensuring meaningful learning takes place and pupils make rapid and sustained progress.
- Be a qualified MFL teacher (ideally with PGCE, GTP, B'ed, Cert Ed, BA with QTS).
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Q: Disable magento2 module per website that extends a controller After extending a controller in magento2 via a module, I realized that disabling it on a per website basis wouldn't be possible using the module disable method in the backend. Any advice on how to achieve this when a module extends a controller?

A: I would create a Store Configuration value to disable your functionality. This way you can have a flag which disables the module only for one store or website.
For example, create a new Store configuration value:
<vendor>/<module>/etc/adminhtml/system.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Config:etc/system_file.xsd">
    <system>
        <tab id="mymodule" translate="label" sortOrder="100">
            My Module
        </tab>

            My Module
            <tab>myconfig</tab>
            <resource>Vendor_Module::system_config</resource>
            <group id="general" translate="label" type="text" sortOrder="1" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
                General Configuration
                <field id="enable" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="10" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1">
                    Enable Module
                    <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Enabledisable</source_model>
                </field>
            </group>

    </system>
</config>

Then you can use this value in your code:
class Myclass
{
    public function __construct(
        \Magento\Framework\App\Config\ScopeConfigInterface $scopeConfig
    ){
        $this->scopeConfig = $scopeConfig;
    }

    public function isModuleEnabled($website = null)
    {
        return $this->scopeConfig->isSetFlag(
            'mymodule/general/enable',
            \Magento\Store\Model\ScopeInterface::SCOPE_WEBSITE,
            $website
        );
    }

    public function execute()
    {
        if ($this->isModuleEnabled()) {
            // Do stuff here if module is enabled.
        }
    }
}

You will have a core config value that you can set to Enable for one website, and set it to Disable for another.

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The Berlenga archipelago is a quite ancient granitic formation, located 15km away from the mainland. The boat tour takes approximately half an hour. This archipelago has three island groups: Berlenga Grande ant its reefs; Estelas and Farilhões. Berlenga Natural Reserve is extremely rich in biological terms, standing out as one of the most important nesting places for the birds of the Iberian Peninsula. The guillemot, the symbol of Berlenga Natural Reserve, is one of the most endangered species of Portuguese fauna. Berlenga island is divided in Full Reserve, Partial Reserve and Leisure Area. You can not miss the natural trail, in order to know the whole island.
Observations: There is a delegation of the Reserve of the Berlenga island (Tel. 262750405).
Access: Boats from Peniche to Berlengas.


Why do you think Jesus was comfortable to have women financially support him and the initial male group of disciples?
Talk about the courage required by these creative "women of means" to support the growing ministry of Jesus in the culture of the day we mentioned on Sunday.
How do you believe we (the church) can better serve the kingdom of God through healthy relationships built on each other's strengths?
What were some of the real need that emerged as the church began to grow and how did the 12 creatively decide to meet those needs?
What were the "deciding requirements" of the 7 that made them eligible for the new responsibility? What does this say about some of the other men who were not chosen for the job?
Should this be the same requirement for both men & women who serve in our congregations today?
Read Joel 2:28-32 in conjunction Acts 2:14 – 21 and talk about the anointing that was on Peter's life as he made this profound speech. Take careful note of the inclusive language he uses. Do you think it may have been God's plan all along that the church would represent a counter-cultural community of equality?
How does Acts 8:12 back this up?
What similarities do you notice?
What differences do you notice?
In what ways do you think Lydia combines in her person the best of Martha & Mary we spoke of on Sunday?
What is enlightening about Acts 16:40 in comparing the Jailer to Lydia and what God was doing through his Spirit in the church? How can we do the same?


Because of construction on Robert Street, the West St. Paul Days parade will be moving to Smith Avenue this year (and possibly for a couple of years after that).
The new proposed route will start at Charlton and Butler, travel down Butler to Smith, then follow Smith to Annapolis, ending at Charlton and Dodd (near Gallagher's and Taste of Love). The parade takes place Saturday, May 18 17 at 1 p.m.
Informational meetings will be held at the Cherokee Tavern on March 18 for businesses and March 20 for the general public.
Haven't seen any information on bus detours, but I have an inquiry into Metro Transit. I'll post info as soon as I find out.
For more information, call 612-710-7043 or go to www.celebrateweststpaul.org.
The University of Minnesota has recently put thousands of historical aerial photos online, and a handful of the capture the Smith Avenue neighborhood at a time of historic transition.
The Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online database has more than 113,000 images taken throughout the state over the past century. While not quite the same resolution as the satellite images we're accustomed to today, the level of detail they reveal is remarkable.
I've posted some low-resolution screen captures below of some of the images depicting our neighborhood. You can click on some of the images to enlarge them a bit and explore in more detail. The links to the originals are also at the end of the post.
This shows the neighborhood in its youth. If you look closely you can see the building currently housing Amore Coffee (at the time, I believe, it was a drug store). At this point much of the area south of Annapolis is still farmland and orchards. You could buy a country house and still be walking distance to the streetcar. These were the suburbs of their day.
You can see how quickly things changed in less than 15 years – the dirt paths, fields and orchards south of Annapolis are filled with new, tidy middle-class homes, and businesses are thriving at the streetcar terminus.
And also the top of the High Bridge. You can't see it here, but if you look at the original you can see the shadows of the bridge's trellis supports over the Mississippi River.
Anyway. This is just a snapshot (pun intended) of what's in the archive. There are more images of West St. Paul, including some shots of Robert Street in the 1950s, still wide open and rural, with nary a chain store in sight. Bill Lindeke of Streets.mn has used the database to show the evolution of the Ayd Mill Road/I-35E interchange (which provided the inspiration for this post).
St. Paul bike plan: What's in store for Smith Avenue?
The City of St. Paul recently released its draft bikeways plan, which provides recommendations for new and improved facilities to accommodate increasing numbers of cyclists.
This was also a regular topic of conversation during the drafting of the Smith Avenue revitalization plan a few years ago. Because of its topography, the neighborhood is a popular training route for competitive cyclists, but there are also a fair number of everyday bike commuters (disclosure: I'm one of them) and recreational cyclists. Smith Avenue is also home to Capital Deals, the only bike shop on St. Paul's West Side.
The neighborhood's revitalization plan stops short of recommending specific bike routes, instead calling for "safe bike routes for all users" and recommending study of a bike boulevard parallel to Smith Avenue. We considered several possibilities for bike routes on Smith Avenue itself but it would be virtually impossible to do without disrupting the street parking that several businesses depend on.
The green line is the existing Cherokee Regional Trail. Red lines are streets recommended for bike lanes (Annapolis and the High Bridge). Blue lines are "enhanced shared lanes" which use pavement markings and signs to indicate the presence of bikes (Ohio, George). And purple lines (Delaware, Baker) are "bike boulevards," which are streets designed to prioritize non-motorized transportation and discourage heavy car traffic.
It's this last designation that's liable to stir up the most confusion, because a bike boulevard can be comprised of many different designs. Bike boulevards in West Coast cities sometimes use curbs and roundabouts to calm traffic. In practice in Minnesota, the results are less dramatic (the need to plow snow keeps us from getting too fancy with the pavement). Important thing to keep in mind is that these streets don't ban cars outright, they just discourage through traffic, much like a suburban cul-de-sac.
The bike plan does diverge from the Smith Avenue revitalization plan in one important respect, however. The proposed routes running parallel to Smith are both three blocks away, which may be too far away to funnel bike traffic toward neighborhood businesses. Wayfinding signs may solve this, but Ottawa or Manomin may be other options worth considering.
This is just a draft, and if adopted will become an addendum to the city's comprehensive plan for future development. There is no timetable for implementation at this point, no guarantee any of this will become reality anytime soon.
If you have feedback on the bike plan, there are three more public forums coming up soon, and you can also submit comments in writing. All of the maps, documents, and other information you need are right here.
The Route 67 bus — Metro Transit's "Route to Relaxation" — serving Smith Avenue is among the routes that will change on June 14 when the Green Line light rail service begins between St. Paul and Minneapolis.
What's happening to the 67, you ask? Currently, when the 67 arrives downtown, it continues west along Thomas and Minnehaha and dumps you out in Midway somewhere. After June 14, that western portion of the route will continue and combine with the Route 8 bus serving Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis. You can see a map here.
The 62, which currently serves Rice Street and ends downtown, will continue from downtown to the West Side along the old 67 route. The 62 has longer hours and greater frequency on Sundays, but don't get too excited, the portion serving Smith Avenue will still have essentially the same service hours as the 67 does now.
So if you use the 67 to get downtown, there shouldn't be any significant changes other than a different number on the front of the bus. I wouldn't rule out minor schedule changes though, so be sure to double-check the schedule online before the changes take place this summer.


Louise Thompson, 28, is a well known Television Personality and prominent Social Media Influencer in the UK.
The Fitness, Fashion and Lifestyle Influencer rose to fame from her long standing role on the BAFTA winning television series Made in Chelsea. Thompson has since forged a path online growing a significant following across her social channels and has collaborated with some of the world's leading brands.
Louise's sharp fashion sense and on point make-up techniques has attracted collaborations with many of the UK's largest clothing and beauty retailers and her passion and dedication to health and fitness has sparked global media interest as she continues to document her workout methods on social media.
Louise has fronted 2 best selling Women's Health covers in the UK and recently released her debut health and fitness book 'Live Well With Louise' which became a Sunday Times Bestseller.


Yes, indeed! I try to remember that when I'm driving–especially when someone "rudely" 🙁 cuts me off. They also may be having a tough day!
It upsets me to see a Christian bumper sticker on a car driven by someone, who is being A) aggressive, B) careless, and C) inattentive (texting, on the phone). They are putting other people in jeopardy and being a good example.


We had 22 inches of snow one night last week. Personally, I'm not a fan of the white stuff but I remember the days when I used to put on my yellow Smurfette snow hat and play for hours.
Johnny had never seen snow until we were in college. He used to stomp along the piles of snow that they had shoveled off of the sidewalk and play like a little kid. He's still a kid at heart, I guess. Even in his slippers he can't resist a good snowball fight.
Hope your winter is full of snowball fights and fun!!


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Q: Is there a software that can act as a "proxy repeater" Sorry for the vague title, I don't know what it's called, if even possible.
So where I am, all internet connections need to go through a HTTP proxy server, which requires authentication.
I'd like to know if there is a program that is able to connect and authenticate with the server, then act as a proxy server itself (Running on localhost:8080). When I want an application to connect to the internet, I would set the proxy settings to localhost:8080, and I would not have to enter in my credentials.
Like a way to route connections through a authenticated proxy server.
Basically, I don't want to have to enter my proxy credentials for every application that needs to connect to the internet. Also some applications don't encrypt the password, which kinda annoys me

Currently I'm using PuTTY to connect to my VPS (which isn't blocked), to create a SOCKS proxy. Then using ProxyCap, I would set the applications to connect to localhost:1080 (SOCKS proxy). However networks speeds feel slow, and I'm concerned about my VPS' "bandwidth".
I cannot directly connect to the proxy server through ProxyCap because I believe ProxyCap itself hasn't authenticated with the proxy server (and there is no option or setting to configure)
If I use aria2 (for example).

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*When connecting directly to the HTTP proxy server (Password is stored in plaintext!!!) I can get DL speeds from server X of at least 1.5MBs

*When doing the above (PuTTY -> SOCKS -> ProxyCap) I only get about 300KBs

A: Any proxy which supports "upstream" proxy can act as repeater.
Try Squid. It supports parent proxy as well as authentication.

A: We are using Cntlm for this exact purpose with a proxy that uses NTLM authentication (Windows domain). It's pretty easy to set up, runs as a Windows Service, and your password is saved encrypted.
You can download the latest installer here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cntlm/files/cntlm/cntlm%200.92.3/
A guide for installing and configuring it can be found here: http://scottoffen.com/2013/10/29/solving-proxy-problems-with-cntlm/
I found Cntlm a bit easier to use than Squid. Squid provides more functionality, but you probably won't need that if you're only looking for the proxying part.


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Blockchain- Transforming Digital Marketing in India
H2S Media Team Last Updated: October 30, 2020 Technology No Comments
Authored by Mr. Amol Roy, Founder Shutter Cast
The derivation of blockchain technology can be traced back to 1991 when Stuart Haber and W. Scott Stornetta put forward a concept called a blockchain. But now it is completely transformed, specifically in the past decade. Blockchain is also set to disrupt and set to change the world of digital marketing in a new way.
Yes, while most of us associate digital marketing with things like AI and analytics, blockchain may be the most disruptive technology to transform the sphere. It is adding a new revolution in the relationship between consumers and businesses. But what exactly is blockchain marketing? It envisions an entirely new marketing environment, in which consumers can own and sell their data directly to marketers and advertisers. Also, it increases transparency in all sectors of a business as the information is stored digitally. This information can't be tampered with or deleted. This enables the companies to see the exact use of the funds and if the audience receives them or not.
So let's see why Blockchain technology is gaining immense notice in the marketing landscape.
No more middlemen
Beyond cryptocurrencies, blockchain offers a world of opportunities. It can affect the digital marketing industry greatly. One of them is eliminating the intermediaries.
With blockchain, you can entirely skip the interims. Here, so you won't need a third party (like Google) to create trust as users will be verified automatically. Companies placing ads and websites with space available can work together flawlessly. This process will help to reduce the cost of digital advertising and marketing. Ad metrics will become more accurate without depending on a third party and would be readily accessible by marketers. That means it will also be easier for marketing teams to measure the ROI of their ads.
Blockchain can be very useful in tracking keywords, something that has been a challenge for many marketers. Search engine algorithms have been changing from time to time. Tracking keywords within different devices and decoding a national versus a local search has been an issue. Moreover, organic SERP results appear to be too complicated to understand leaving marketers only making assumptions while making reports. The use of blockchain could transform that experience by allowing marketers to gain real numbers when tracking keyword. The technology can also track keyword across different devices in different locations. Through this, marketers can use the data and information they get to create campaigns that are data-driven and more accurate.
Modifying the campaigns
As a digital marketer, you want to grab the attention of the customers through your campaigns. But unsure of what they will like, they just send numerous ads hoping one will catch their interest.
But in actuality, it annoys the consumers. The reason is the ads take up the whole space on the screen. Second, it slows down the speed of the site, and lastly, it takes up too much battery and bandwidth of the device. These problems can be simply avoided using blockchain. It will provide a precise path for interaction between organizations, customers, and publishers. Users will have full control over the ads they want to see. Also, it will allow them to choose the ads according to their interests, rather than dealing with unwanted and unnecessary ones.
Advertisers are able to get the value of data, thanks to blockchain. Previously advertisers have access to less detail about the use of ads by publishers, which led to high cost for publishing ads and also in some cases ad fraud. But, with blockchain, the process is more transparent. Moreover, companies can now verify the origin of an item, where it was manufactured, who manufactured it, or how much the workers who manufactured the item are paid to do so.
Despite being in its nascency, blockchain technology has already made its way across multiple industry verticals and departments, and digital marketing is ahead in the game.
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Last year, a Chinese teen sold his kidney to raise money to buy an Apple iPad and iPhone. Now, five people, including the surgeon who conducted the operation, are being charged with "intentional injury."
According to prosecutors, the boy, who was 17 at the time of the operation, has suffered from renal deficiency, a serious medical condition in which the kidney fails to filter toxins and waste from the blood stream.
The story is steeped in both tragedy and intrigue. The boy, who has not been publicly identified, hails from one of China's poorest provinces. When his mother saw her son with a new iPad and iPhone, both highly sought in China, the son admitted that he sold his kidney to pay for them.
News of the illegal surgery first broke last year. The boy spoke to a Chinese TV station. "I wanted to buy an iPad 2, but I didn't have the money," the boy said. "When I surfed the internet I found an advert posted online by agent saying they were able to pay RMB 20,000 to buy a kidney." That's the equivalent of about $3,100.
According to reports, the boy received only about 10% of what the kidney buyer paid. The rest went to the surgeon and others involved in arranging the operation. The operation was conducted in a hospital room that had been rented out.
Though China has banned the selling and trading of organs, the practice still occurs on the black market. According to a report from the Health Ministry, "1.5 million patients need transplants each year, but only 10,000 organs are available." Many of those seeking organs come from other countries.


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CEO POWER: The Success Story So Far.
by Chidinma Ibemere · Published December 10, 2017 · Updated September 2, 2018
A wise man once said, "You eventually become what you pursue". This saying is a true reflection of the star for this blog post. He is the first gentleman to be featured and I am particularly excited because this has cleared the ongoing speculation that Chidinma Ibemere's Blog celebrates women only.
Chukwudinma Ebubechukwu Obiegbunam (CEO) is one of those you meet and you begin to wonder if you also inhale the same kind of Nigerian air as them due to the overwhelming success they stand for. I would love you to bear in mind that the most amazing attribute of this multimillionaire is the fact that he pays attention to relevant details and this can even be seen in his beautiful office, an obvious product of the matrimony between simplicity and class. I hereby humbly welcome you to the world of CEO!
Double shades of CHUKWUDINMA!
He is the third of five children, a native of Obeagu Nri in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. He attended All Saints Primary School, Onitsha, Dennis Memorial Grammar School (JSS 1-3), Federal Government College, Okigwe (SSS1-3) and a graduate of Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Unlike most youths who usually have a second choice of course for study, for CEO it was Electrical and Electronics Engineering (E.E) or NOTHING ELSE. The unusual resort for E.E was as a result of his early self discovery. While growing up, he hated watching cartoons and playing video games but had great interest in playing drums, watching war movies, running, playing, physical exercise and MOST IMPORTANTLY, derived so much joy dismantling and re-assembling toys despite the stern warning that follows each presentation of toys by his dear parents.
The real quest to study E. E became evident when his family relocated to Akpaka area, 3-3, Nkwelle, where there was no electricity supply. At the time, he was in J.S.S. 2 and he promised himself to use a source of light to read during Junior W.A.E.C exams. HE ALSO RESOLVED TO DO SOMETHING TO BETTER THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TO HOMES IN NIGERIA AT CHEAPER AND AFFORDABLE COST. This spurred him to construct a light source using local knowledge. He made a little lantern with fan with the basement being his father's perfume box including three batteries on each side; the fan was the electric motor from radio cassette and the fan blades from jerry can. He achieved this 6 months to his exams but not forgetting the "hidden" sleepless nights which his father later found out about and being the typical African Father, he slapped CEO for not reading but constructing. Fast forward to S.S. 1, he also constructed a sound amplifier with sophisticated alarm system.
The Sound Amplifier: One of CEO's early inventions.
He hated Biology and Chemistry because the subjects were not physical. In his Senior Secondary School days, he was nicknamed ABILITECH because of his high electronic skills. For the love of construction, he could stay without eating. CEO used to be regular at cyber cafes on friday nights (S.S 3), searching all electronic websites for circuit diagrams and he would reproduce by a Veroboard display. For circuits that failed to work, he would return to the website and this can only describe PASSION.
The new face of POWER in Nigeria!
Despite being a seller of male shirts for three years at the university, a painter over weekends just to make ends meet, he believes that the experiences he garnered encouraged the entrepreneurial spirit in him. An entrepreneur is known to be a problem solver and this also played out at Marvellous Hostel during his school days where he isolated all corridor lights and powered it separately with his generator and this made his hostel popular because students from other places made Marvellous Hostel their new library at nights because of the constant power supply.
The usual uncertainty that comes with post Passing Out Parade from the compulsory one year National Youth Service Corp Scheme (NYSC) didn't elude him but gratefully his desire for power supply kept glowing. A life changing opportunity presented itself in the form of YouWin (Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria) and he grabbed it cheerfully. With no business plan at hand (since he applied on the date for the deadline), no personal copy of his application, he went for RENEWABLE ENERGY (with the intention of localizing production of inverters, solar panels, wind turbines and nuclear power plants) and fortunately, he was awarded #10,000,000. This gave birth to CEO POWER COMPANY in 2015, CEO being initials of his name. He kicked off with the first and second installment and today he has close to 100 customers that enjoy the company's services.
He shares his knowledge with all who are willing to learn.
He believes that manufacturing in the company will not allow competition with the price in the market. He has a modified business plan and imports inverters, batteries and solar panels, all branded with specifications. The company provides installation services with customer satisfaction being of utmost priority. Although he planned started his business at age 40 but he is indebted to God for achieving his first millions under-30 through his own company. He also hopes to be the Chairperson, CEO GROUP OF COMPANIES within the next 10 years.
The Finished Work!
Chukwudinma lives with the understanding that renewable energy is sustainable and for him, he wouldn't leave this world without ensuring that a reasonable percentage of the Nigerian people enjoy his services. He has beautiful plans of going into contracts in the nearest future. Cost and technical know-how may serve as challenges but would definitely be surmounted.
I feel inspired to write about this young engineer. It makes me believe so much in the future of Nigeria. I hope you grabbed a few things from this post. It is clear that one can actually connect dots from childhood to adulthood. Don't wait till you become a parent to encourage that child next to you who shows so much passion for a particular skill. What if the slap from his father many years ago destroyed his passion? Be consitent in what you do. It may not make sense today but you will be announced tomorrow if you don't give up.
I am proud to be his namesake. Kindly consider giving your child the name, CHUKWUDINMA, it does wonders, trust me. For those who do not understand Igbo, the name awesomely means GOD IS GOOD.
I hope I served you right. I still need you in this journey, please, remain my guest.
Till the next post, don't forget you were made to make a difference.
With love unending,
CHUKWUDINMA Ibemere.
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Echezona says:
Good piece. I am proud of the young man Chukwudinma. I met him in 2015 and I never doubted his ability and today I know he has his world ahead of him. I am delighted to be part of this story; albeit in the background. Proud of you bro and be assured of our support in future endeavours
chidinmaibemere says:
Thank you Echezona
Charles Akidi says:
An inspiring story of a determined young man. I'm happy he's my friend.
Glad to hear dear
Ezenwa Nonso says:
chukwudimma Ebubechukwu Obiegbunam(CEO) a.k.a gentle spirit was my classmate back then at DMGS Onitsha, and we were also together at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka in same faculty but different departments.
He was(is) such an intelligent, humorous, friendly and humble guy. His success story is a good form of inspiration to Nigerian youths. When you look at people like him, you'll be forced to have hope in Nigeria.
Brother, I'm happy for you…
Nigerian parents need to read this story to learn a different face of life.
You are such a nice person dear Ezenwa.
Amaechi Goodnews says:
Thoroughly inspired……its worth these and more…..kudos…..Mr.Chukwukinma….
Thank you so much dearest
Truly inspired…..its worth these and more….kudos Mr Chukwudinma…..
My previous comment was almost a blunder…..courtesy of spell checker….sorry for the errors…..kudos to u too, Miss Chidinma for always keeping me posted….love you
I love you too dear
Wow!!! I'm overwhelmed cos I knew him back then in school. Although he was in his finals, he had this humility in him that makes it difficult to know he has such potentials. Well his nickname was "Spirit" lol
Now I can see why that nickname played out alright. He took Nigeria by surprise
Keep on growing bro!!! And Kudos to Miss Chidinma Ibemere for a wonderful blog to insipire the youths out there.
Thank you dear Felipe
Iyke Caroll says:
Top notch writing always.
God bless you, "Chukwudinma" ?
Thank you Iyke Caroll
Joy Peters says:
You don't need to brag about your ability, let your activity speak for you.
REALLY INSPIRED
Nice one again Ada kurubenco
Joy dearest, thank you for reminding me of that name
Somie says:
Wonderful. God bless your efforts
Thank you Somie
Really inspiring,nothing gives joy and fulfillment than following ones dreams.
Hmmm!!!Chukwudinma,beginning to consider the name though. Lol!!!
Smiles* Don't stop considering the name dear Precious.
Engr Ibezim Joseph says:
Great job from double Chukwudinmas. I am inspired, keep it up
Thank you so much Engr. Ibezim. I am glad you are inspired
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Free trade or environment
by Serge Halimi
Europe's Greens revived the old debate on the political positioning of their movement when they won 10% of seats in the new European Parliament. Is it leftwing, as most of its alliances to date suggest? Or is it neoliberal, given that several of its former leaders, including Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Pascal Canfin and Pascal Durand, have since joined forces with Emmanuel Macron, and that some coalitions in Germany include rightwing parties as well as the Greens?
At first glance, neoliberalism and ecology seem like an odd match. In 2003 Milton Friedman, the father of neoliberalism, said, 'The environment is a greatly overstated problem ... We cause pollution just by breathing. We can't close all the factories on the grounds that it will stop CO2 emissions. We might as well go and hang ourselves right away' (1). A decade earlier, Gary Becker, another winner of the Nobel for economics and outspoken critic of what is now called 'punitive ecology', wrote that labour legislation and environmental protection were now excessive in most developed countries. He hoped that free trade would curb some of the excesses by forcing everyone to stay competitive with imports from developing countries (2).
It's understandable therefore that fears for the future of the planet have rehabilitated the long-reviled concept of 'protectionism'. In France, during a campaign debate in the run-up to the European election, the leaders of the Socialist and Green electoral lists even called for 'protectionism at the borders of the European Union' in almost the same terms as Marine Le Pen (3). One can imagine the likely outcome of such a change of course, given that free trade is the EU's historical founding principle, as well as the economic engine of Germany, its biggest economy.
Everyone knows that the now universal praise for local production and local consumption and on-site waste processing is incompatible with a production and trade model based on 'value chains', with a steady to-and-fro of container ships on which a product or its components will 'cross the Pacific three or even four times before showing up on retail shelves' (4).
There will be plenty of opportunities in the next few weeks for the Greens to follow up their rejection of an environmentally destructive free-trade model with practical action. MEPs are due to ratify — or let's hope reject — free trade deals with four Latin American countries, including Brazil and Argentina (the EU-Mercosur agreement), and with Canada (CETA) and Tunisia (ALECA). It will then be clear whether or not a 'green tide' is really sweeping Europe.
Serge Halimi is president and editorial director of Le Monde diplomatique.
Translated by Charles Goulden
(1) In an interview with Henri Lepage, Politique internationale, no 100, Paris, summer 2003.
(2) See Gary Becker, 'Nafta: the pollution issue is just a smokescreen', Business Week, 9 August 1993.
(3) France 2, 22 May 2019.
(4) Ben Casselman, 'Manufacturers adapt to trade war, but the cost could be steep', New York Times, 31 May 2019.
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SC Preußen Stettin was a German association football club from the city of Stettin, Pomerania Province (today Szczecin, Poland).
The club was formed in 1901 as FC Preußen Stettin and later adopted the name Sport-Club Preußen Stettin and became part of the Verbands Stettiner Ballspiel-Vereine (en: Stettin Football League).
In 1928, the team became Pomeranian champions and earned a second-place result in the subsequent regional Baltic championship, finishing behind VfB Königsberg. That qualified SC for the national championship where they were put out 1:4 in the opening round by Holstein Kiel.
Following the 1933 re-organization of German football under the Third Reich into sixteen top-flight divisions, Stettin joined the western group of the Gauliga Pommern. After a number of mid-table placings they merged with 1. Stettiner Borussia-Poseidon to become SV Borussia-Preußen Stettin, which continued to compete in Gauliga play. The combined side disappeared following World War II when Stettin became part of Poland.


Later, the Chabad movement also used this idea of being in the "Army of Hashem". There are times when history moves so quickly, that the obvious gets forgotten and the miraculous gets taken for granted. The mere fact that there exists a Jewish army begs for a little perspective.
Happily, the younger generation, those born from the eighties onward, never really witnessed Jewish persecution in their lifetimes. Other than incidents of anti-Semitism, there has not been a known location where it is forbidden for Jews to practice their religion.
This was not always the case. Certainly from the destruction of the second Temple until the founding of the State of Israel, the Jewish Nation has not had a formal organized army available to protect its citizens. There were a few rebellions and uprisings where Jews heroically tried to defend themselves and improve their situation. But until 1948, there was no ongoing Jewish army.
One of the better known songs sung at the Passover Seder is "Ve'hee She-Amda", where we acknowledge that in every generation there are those who wish to destroy us, but it is G-d who saves us from the hands of our enemies. It seems to me that there is a difference between "surviving" and being able to live with dignity and self respect.
All of the years spent in the Exile, were much more of a "surviving" mode rather than living in dignity, other than certain brief periods where Jews felt welcome and lived in comfort. The Exile has been long and bitter where Jews suffered every indignity imaginable, from pogroms to crusades to the Holocaust. Because we were guests in these foreign lands, a Jewish army was not something to be conceived of.
A Jewish army after nearly 2,000 years of Jewish suffering, should give any normal Jew an intense feeling of pride. When that army grows in sophistication and skill and becomes the envy of the world, it is all the more remarkable. When Israeli fighter jets fly overhead with Jewish stars on their wings, if one is not moved with a similar sense of pride, he simply does not understand Jewish history.
A former student once hinted to me that he was working in Israel's Secret Service. He obviously could not tell me what his specific assignments were. But what he did tell me was that having the IDF makes Jews safer in all parts of the world. The image of the Jew has changed from being easy to pick on, to "don't mess with the Jews".
Having a strong Jewish army is a sanctification of the name of G-d. Such vicious statements will not be made for fear of the mighty hand of G-d's army. When the Jewish people are strong, G-d is perceived as strong. This is the new Jew of the State of Israel who will no longer tolerate any mistreatment of any Jew.
Being part of the Army of G-d has a double meaning. On the one hand, when one comes of age, he takes on his obligations as being part of the Jewish people. But on the other hand, the Army of G-d is the IDF that brings honor, dignity, and pride to our people. Never again will Jews or the Jewish G-d ever have to suffer humiliation and shame. If someone is unable to see this, he does not understand the basic lessons of Jewish history.


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Jared Davidson
The war that never ended: public history for the present
A success. That's the verdict passed by New Zealand's official First World War commemoration programme (WW100) on their own commemoration programme, released as a final report last month. The stats are indeed impressive: 93 percent of New Zealanders aged 15 years+ engaged in the programme in some way, thanks to the $65 million spent on the centennial. The futility of war was the most-cited emotional response, which is interesting when put alongside the programme's objective to strengthen 'national identity' (read: the nation state) and an 'enduring commitment to peace, global security and international cooperation (read: current and future wars).
Others have already analysed the report in more detail. Yet I can't help but think more broadly about the gaps in WW100. What stories did those 93 percent engage with? Whose voices were heard, and whose were not? What did the programme have to say on the deeper themes of the conflict and its causes?
I believe that by not explicitly engaging with the root causes of the First World War—especially capitalism and white supremacy— the WW100 programme missed or muted histories that would otherwise have been available to tell. This not only includes the experiences or events chosen to study, but also how those events are portrayed.
It also affects periodisation. The Final Report was released in May 2019. But when did the First World War end? With the Armistice of November 1918? With the return of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force? Or somewhere else?
A selection of wartime experiences from my book Dead Letters: Censorship and Subversion in New Zealand 1914-1920 illustrates how the analysis of capitalism and white supremacy points us towards stories that don't end comfortably in late 1918, or fit within the scope of WW100. These are just two of many possible frames of reference. While it may seem like I am distinguishing capitalism and white supremacy from each other and from other social relations, in reality, they form a unity of social experience, and were lived and felt as such.
The struggle for Irish independence, both in New Zealand and abroad, is an obvious example of a narrative that ran through and beyond the official war years. Molly and Timothy Brosnan were immigrants from Ireland, arriving in the decade before the war. Both were staunch Sinn Fein supporters and when Tim was conscripted for military service in March 1917, he quit his job as a navvy and went on the run. In similar terms to many indigenous Māori from the Waikato area, Tim refused to serve who he believed to be the colonizer and oppressor of his native homeland.
Arrested in August 1917 and incarcerated at Rotoaira Prison, as Armistice came and went Tim remained in jail and separated from his wife Molly. When the Religious Advisory Board came around in February 1919 to establish which objectors still in prison were considered genuine and who were not, Tim and 12 others refused to see them. He was classified as a defiant objector and lost all civil rights until 1927. Because of this, Tim's time after his release was never truly free. He died at Taihape Hospital of pneumonia on 1 October 1929, aged 47, leaving a hole in both the family and the family story.
Feelings against working-class or republican Irish, 'foreigners', and fear of the 'other' had its roots in the interests and identities of New Zealand's white settler society. Like a weathervane, the measure of Britishness, whiteness—and therefore acceptance—shifted with economic, cultural and global events. This not only affected how Germany and Germans in New Zealand were perceived before and after August 1914, but also those born in allied or neutral countries.
Arthur Muravleff was a labourer and an aspiring Maxim Gorky from Russia whose writing on working conditions in New Zealand was cut short by the state. Racialised by anonymous informants from 1914 and finally arrested as a suspected spy in December 1917, Arthur was interned and refused release after Armistice despite Russia being an ally during the war. This was partly because of a policy on internees remaining in jail until the return of frontline New Zealand troops, but also because of official attitudes towards the Bolshevik government, the paranoia of the Red Scare, and an ever-present Russophobia.
By March 1920, after more than two years of internment, he'd had enough. In the early morning hours of 17 March, Arthur pried open the floorboards of his Featherston prison cell and escaped.
Even Christensen was a watersider and labourer based in the South Island city of Dunedin. As a watersider Even occupied the frontline of port economies and felt keenly the charge and retreat of capitalism. As a watersider born in Norway, he bore the added weight of wartime hysteria despite his naturalisation, his 35-year residence in Dunedin and the neutral stance of his country of birth. The social construction of race and the enemy within, intensified by wartime conditions, extended to Scandinavians like Even. Hounded by the press and the state, he was among the many naturalized subjects forced to register as an alien (as non-British subjects were called) in 1917.
Upset at his treatment, in June 1919 Even wrote a bitter letter to a friend. That letter was stopped by a postal censor and, as a result, Even's naturalization was revoked. Unlike the wealth his labour created, he could no longer cross borders freely or obtain a passport; all legal and political rights were forfeited: he could not vote, access any kind of state aid or purchase rural land, and any land he owned became first in line to be taken for public works. He was barred from working in certain jobs or in certain industries, and if he committed any crime there was a much higher chance of his being deported. Despite the petitions of his son, Even died stateless in 1930.
Berthold Matzke was a watersider and member of the Direct Action Group, an anti-capitalist and anti-war collective of Wobblies (members of the Industrial Workers of the World) based in New Zealand's vibrant city of Auckland. Prominent during the Great Strike of 1913 that saw class war erupt across many New Zealand ports and cities, Berthold was active on the waterfront despite being blacklisted from the pro-employer unions. His vocal opposition to militarism and his German heritage made him a favourite target of the police, who regarded him as a highly successful agitator.
For his anti-capitalist politics Berthold was interned, denied his freedom despite being dangerously unwell, and died of pneumonia at Featherston Camp on 16 June 1919. His wife Florence, who remained in Auckland during his jail time, was 'lucky' enough to make it to the funeral. She eventually commissioned a headstone for him. But the couple had no offspring to maintain it, and so it took some time for my family and I to find it when we searched last April. Once we found it, we cleaned it up and left flowers—a small gesture acknowledging his wartime experience.
As I explore more thoroughly in Dead Letters, structures and powers of state surveillance, coupled with extended wartime legislation, continued to impact on the lives of many well beyond 1918 and 1919. Sedition and firearm laws, and the introduction of the passport, are just two examples.
The WW100 programme covered aspects of this in a feature on censorship and an online entry called 'Policing the war effort'. However, in these and other features, I felt the WW100 programme only ever scratched the surface.
In exploring the April 1916 police raid on Māori prophet Rua Kēnana and his community at Maungapōhatu, where was the analysis of colonization and white supremacy? In highlighting anti-German hysteria, where was the analysis of whiteness and the construction of race? In writing about war weariness and the cost of living, where was the analysis of class and gender relations?
Where, in short, was capitalism?
Indeed, throughout the long years of the centennial programme, I kept waiting for the official narratives to go deeper—to ask why.
The programme's treatment of Armistice and the class struggles that erupted across Europe throughout 1918 is a prime example. As I wrote for Overland, I searched the programme resources in vain for any reference to how and why Armistice came about. There was a notable silence on the strikes, mutinies and class struggles of the masses of working men and women who contributed to the war's end.
There was also nothing on the riotous NZEF troops of 14 November 1918, whose direct action in France forced the hand of their 'superiors', or the mutinous troops at Featherson Camp two weeks later. The WW100 feature on the Sling Camp riots of March 1919—the most serious breakdown of discipline in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the European theatre—dedicated a single paragraph to the actual riot and, with little analysis, repeated the typical causal narrative of demobilisation.
Yes, frustration around demobilisation was a major factor, but not the only one. Class was ever present. As Dave Lamb notes, the widespread mutinies across the Allied forces broke out too soon after armistice for delay in demobilisation to be the sole cause. 'Antagonism towards officers, hatred of arbitrary discipline, and a revolt against bad conditions and uncertainty about the prospect of being sent to Russia all combined with the delay, confusion and uncertainty about demobilisation.'
The militant self-activity of working people—whether they were soldiers, industrial workers, or both—was a deeply entrenched concern for the New Zealand government throughout the war. Yet this fact is absent from both the Armistice and Sling Camp riot accounts.
The Surafend Massacre of December 1918 is the other timely example. How might the WW100 feature on Surafend have differed if the event had been analysed within the framework of white supremacy? Considering it was a highly racialized act of terror that saw New Zealand and other Allied troops kill at least 40 Palestinian Arabs, there is no mention of racism or white supremacy in the feature. It notes 'long-standing grievances against the Arabs' and then seemingly blames the previous actions of the victims themselves: 'soldiers had been required to treat all Arabs with sensitivity so as to maintain their allegiance in the war' and only post-armistice could the ANZACs show their true colours. Despite recent research on the massacre, we also learn nothing about the victims. They remain the nameless collateral of our ANZAC's 'dark thoughts.'
Perhaps I'm being far too critical of the WW100 programme and the small pool of public historians who worked on WW100-related events. As Douglas Hay reminds us, the writing of history 'is deeply conditioned not only by our personal political and moral histories, but also by the times in which we live, and where we live.' And also, I would add, where we work.
I feel the silences described above stem from a wider issue for official public history. That is the idea of neutrality and the political choice of 'not being political', of taking 'the middle ground', or not taking any ground at all. As a result, like the colourful lights flickering across the surface of Wellington's Carillion, we catch glimpses and shadows, but never full illumination.
Perhaps official histories by and for the state are complicated by the capitalist and white supremacist nature of the state itself. However, I believe official public historians have a role to play. And in these times and in this place, I think we should question whether neutrality and the middle ground is tenable. Because the middle ground is being swept away by the flash floods and wild fires of climate change; or occupied by racist and ill-informed rhetoric.
Sadly, as the 15 March 2019 terror attack on Muslims in Christchurch shows, the same horrific causes of the First World War continue to harm in the present. It's a sober reminder that we're not talking in the abstract.
Whatever comes our way next, whether it is the New Zealand Wars or this year's commemoration of Māori encounters with Captain Cook and the Endeavour, I ask that we strive towards a bold and brave public history—histories that can grapple with all the complexities and uncomfortableness of the past. Histories that gets at the root of an issue, in the original meaning of the word 'radical.' In short, I want us to ask why.
Because my biggest fear, more than just producing bad or incomplete histories, is that despite our best intentions, we end up normalising the harm caused by capitalism and white supremacy both in the past, and in the present.
Jared Davidson is a labour historian and archivist based in Wellington, New Zealand. He's the author of three books, including his latest, Dead Letters: Censorship and subversion in New Zealand 1914–1920. This paper was first presented at the PHANZA Conference in April 2019: many thanks to Ross Webb for his feedback. jared-davidson.com
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Americas, Derivatives September 22, 2015 10:18 AM GMT
Former CFTC commissioner joins DTCC
Mark Wetjen, a former acting chairman of the US derivatives regulator, has joined the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation as a managing director.
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Mark Wetjen, a former acting chairman of the US derivatives regulator, has joined the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) as a managing director.
He will lead the firm's global public policy function and related business and legal activities.
In addition Wetjen will also work in partnership with Andrew Douglas, CEO of DTCC's European Trade Repository, in Europe and Asia as it looks to continue its outreach to policymakers in the regions.
Wetjen will join DTCC at the end of the month, reporting to Larry Thompson, vice chairman and general counsel.
"We are delighted to welcome Mark to DTCC as we continue to grow our role as a resource on how financial market utilities can help achieve the risk mitigation and transparency goals of policymakers," says Thompson.
Wetjen previously served as a commissioner for the US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from October 2011, before resigning last month.
"It was important for me to join a company that shares this commitment and that will continue to be a leading voice in support of policy designed to enhance the stability of the global marketplace," adds Wetjen.
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