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The sudden death of RTÉ broadcaster Gerry Ryan occurred on 30 April 2010. He was 53. Ryan had been presenting The Gerry Ryan Show since 1988 and at the time of his death had the largest audience on RTÉ 2fm. Ryan also hosted several television series, including Secrets, Gerry Ryan Tonight, Ryantown, Gerry Ryan's Hitlist and Operation Transformation and Ryan Confidential, as well as one edition of The Late Late Show in 2008. Ryan co-presented the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú. He died sixteen years later at his Upper Leeson Street apartment in Dublin, his body found by his partner Melanie Verwoerd. The broadcaster had split from his wife Morah in 2008; the couple had five children together.

Ryan's death provoked tributes from politicians, colleagues and ordinary people alike, culminating in a mass outpouring of public and private sympathy as thousands of people queued over several days to sign books of condolence at RTÉ's radio centre and the Mansion House. The media and psychotherapists compared this to public reaction following the deaths of Michael Jackson and Diana, Princess of Wales. His death was spoken in terms such as "practically br[inging] Ireland to a standstill", having "a seismic effect on Irish society" and having "shocked the Irish nation". The Irish Times reported that its website had the biggest traffic spike since its launch following Ryan's death. Google said it was the most searched story of the year in the country.

It subsequently emerged, following an inquest in December 2010, that the broadcaster was a heavy alcohol drinker and cocaine user, and that cocaine was a contributory factor in his death. This led to comparisons, including from broadcaster Marian Finucane and drugs minister Pat Carey, with the 2007 death of model Katy French. According to journalist Kevin Myers, Ryan's usage of cocaine surprised many of those who mourned his sudden death and, he said, this realisation of double standards has upset much of the public. RTÉ admitted that it had censored coverage of Ryan's cocaine habit.

A media debate on the ethics of both journalism and Twitter, through which many people discovered Ryan had died, ensued after his death. The manner in which some RTÉ personalities reported the death led to RTÉ bringing in new rules on how its stars should use Twitter. Ryan's funeral on 6 May 2010 was broadcast live online and to his listeners on RTÉ 2fm, marking the first time in its history that the predominantly musical station aired a Mass. The ceremony included performances from both U2 and Westlife. Ryan was buried privately at Dardistown Cemetery in Cloghran. Several posthumous lifetime achievement awards have since been collected by the Ryan family on behalf of Gerry.

Death
On the night prior to his death Ryan telephoned his radio producer, Alice O'Sullivan, to tell her he would not be able to broadcast The Gerry Ryan Show the following morning. He said he was "feeling drained" but insisted that he did not require a doctor.

On the morning of his death Ryan did not present his radio show. Fiona Looney presented instead, making the ironic comment to Colm Hayes when asked if she was ready: "Not really because I got a call at ten to seven this morning, and I always presume somebody's died... and then I presumed Gerry had died because the phone call was from his producer. But he isn't totally dead, he's hanging on". Meanwhile, musician Jerry Fish travelled to Dublin from his County Carlow home to rehearse the song "All the Time in the World" which he and Ryan were scheduled to perform at the National Concert Hall on 5 May as part of a Mooney special. He noticed Ryan's absence and Looney's presence on the radio show and was concerned at his inability to contact the former.

Ryan's partner, Melanie Verwoerd, also noticed his absence from the radio and found herself unable to get through to him via telephone. She went to his flat in Leeson Street Upper, Dublin 4, arriving at 12:30 to break and enter with the assistance of a builder located nearby. They found Ryan dead on the bedroom floor of his Leeson Street flat. There was no visible indication that a crime had been committed or that Ryan had deliberately killed himself. Emergency services were called and the flat was sealed off as the media gathered outside. A doctor entered the flat at approximately 15:00 and spent 20 minutes inside before leaving, with Ryan's body being taken away at a later stage.

RTÉ delayed announcing the death until Ryan's family were told. The death was already being discussed on Twitter and had been announced on Newstalk. Rumours about Ryan's death spread online, though the news remained unconfirmed for a time. Rick O'Shea posted several Twitter messages, including "Am attempting to verify the Gerry Ryan story doing the rounds... Calm heads lads...", followed by "Can anyone tell me where the Gerry Ryan story is coming from?" then, finally, "Jesus". Miriam O'Callaghan tweeted the previous hour — "Tragically it is true. So terribly shocking and sad. Life is just too cruel sometimes. RIP." — before deleting it but not before TV3 picked up on it for their News@5:30 bulletin. They also noted a message from Today FM's Ian Dempsey, formerly a colleague of Ryan at RTÉ 2fm, which stated: "Gerry Ryan RIP – shocking news just breaking – a big loss to radio and Ireland". An online war was also breaking out during the afternoon between rival journalists, including Matt Cooper, Frank Fitzgibbon and Adrian Weckler. Rival radio station Dublin's 98 placed a video on YouTube of Ryan's corpse being taken from his apartment and driven away in an ambulance.

The Ryan family issued the following statement through RTÉ: "Gerry Ryan died today. Morah and his children are in complete shock. Please respect their privacy at this time". RTÉ informed Fish that Ryan had died, with the musician promising to perform the song anyway as a tribute.

Response

Politicians
Ryan's death attracted tributes from politicians, including the President and several taoisigh. Mary McAleese said Ryan "was an extraordinarily talented broadcaster whose unique communication skills and larger than life persona entertained and enlivened a national audience over many years. His untimely death will be widely mourned, by his colleagues at RTÉ and his many fans, but most especially by his family and friends who are in my thoughts and prayers". Taoiseach Brian Cowen issued a statement saying he was "deeply saddened" at the death of an "informed and intelligent, forthright and articulate" broadcaster, that "Gerry was a household name and a broadcaster of immense talent and popularity", and describing Ryan as "one of the greats of modern Irish broadcasting on radio and television".

Minister for Culture Mary Hanafin said Ryan had "stretched and extended boundaries of radio broadcasting in Ireland" with his "legendary" existence and "comfortable personal style with interviewees". She later queued with members of the public to sign her name in a book of condolence at RTÉ's radio centre. Green Party leader and Minister for the Environment John Gormley paid tribute. "Gerry's ability as a broadcaster to take both the serious and light hearted stories was second to none. His good humour concealed a keen intellect and a commitment to straight journalism – he was a fair and accurate commentator". Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan was "very saddened".

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny spoke of his "deep shock and regret" and "recognise[d] the enormous contribution Gerry Ryan has made to broadcasting in Ireland and to the development of Irish society as a whole over the last 25 years". Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern expressed his regret at the loss of "a giant of Irish broadcasting". There were other tributes from the Labour Party communications spokesman Liz McManus, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, Seán Haughey and Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello.

Media

International media across several continents reported on Ryan's death, including BBC News, The Boston Globe, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Herald Sun, The New Zealand Herald, Sky News, Thaindian News, The Times of Malta, The Vancouver Sun and The Washington Post among others.

Many of Ryan's RTÉ colleagues "struggled to hold back their tears on air" as they learned of his sudden death.

Gay Byrne, describing Ryan's death as a "terribly frightening thing", said he would remember the broadcaster as being "full of fun and hilarity and pure bloody devilment". Larry Gogan described Ryan as "the rock of 2fm" on Drivetime. Dave Fanning said that Ryan "revolutionised broadcasting in Ireland would be a very small way of putting it". Liveline presenter Joe Duffy was reported by The Irish Times to have "choked back tears live on air" on the afternoon of Ryan's death.

UK broadcaster Chris Evans said Ryan was "absolutely one of the best broadcasters in the world. Fabulous, fabulous communicator. Very sad to hear he has left us. He really was the cream of our radio crop". The presenter had written about Ryan in his autobiography after being converted to him whilst in Killarney and was inspired to return to radio. Evans expressed his gratitude on Eamon Dunphy's Newstalk radio show.

The Independent Broadcasters of Ireland said "A great voice has been lost to Irish radio and the entire industry is deeply saddened to lose one of Ireland's most professional broadcasters".

On RTÉ Radio 1, The Marian Finucane Shows presenter opened her Saturday radio show by reminiscing on how Ryan used to discuss the morning newspapers. Today with Pat Kenny opened the following Monday with the presenter describing "an ache at the heart of everything we do" and expressing his "happ[iness] for my part to canonise him in the hierarchy of broadcasting greats".

Quentin Fottrell, radio reviewer with The Irish Times, said "The tributes on all radio stations to Gerry Ryan were a testament to his 20-plus years presenting the morning show on RTÉ 2FM and the powerful presence this most unassuming of mediums has in the lives of ordinary people. Whether or not you knew him personally or were a regular listener, it was difficult not be moved by the thousands of messages".

RTÉ delayed the launch of their new season schedule by 24 hours as it clashed with the date of Ryan's funeral. Among the changes was the axing of long-running holiday programme No Frontiers, which presenter Kathryn Thomas knew about for several days but did not speak of in public.

Hot Press featured Ryan on the cover of the issue published after his death.

The Late Late Show

The Late Late Show was due to be broadcast on RTÉ One on the night of Ryan's death, a Friday. A tribute sequence was arranged between the news breaking of Ryan's death and the programme's broadcast. Presenter Ryan Tubridy expressed his grief on air by saying the "country has lost a great broadcaster and I have lost a great friend" and compared the RTÉ radio centre to "Hamlet without the prince". Tributes on the show came from, among others, Gay Byrne, Pat Kenny, Joe Duffy, Dave Fanning, Brenda Donohue and David Blake Knox. Kenny expressed his belief that Ryan "with Mr Wogan and Mr Byrne, you are the holy trinity as far as I'm concerned". Duffy wondered about a comment Ryan had made during an interview with Heather Mills which had been broadcast the night before, in which he had said he had "two artic truckloads full of regrets".

The tribute led to The Late Late Shows highest audience ratings of 2010.

Grease actress Stockard Channing, a guest on that night's edition of The Late Late Show, spoke of feeling like she had interrupted "a stranger's funeral" as audience members were still in tears when she arrived. Channing alleged that no death in her native United States would receive such an emotional reaction.

Tribute shows
Two tribute shows were broadcast by RTÉ 2fm on the Saturday and the Tuesday following Ryan's death. Evelyn O'Rourke, who worked on The Gerry Ryan Show for eight years, presented what was her first broadcast since the birth of her baby. It was titled A Special Programme: Remembering Gerry Ryan. On the first show Bono and The Edge said Ryan was the "nation's weather vane" and a "great analyst of the country's affairs". There were contributions from Philip Boucher-Hayes and Brenda Donohue and 16 July 1992 interview with rape victim Lavinia Kerwick, considered an important moment in the show's history. The public requested another programme so RTÉ duly obliged and O'Rourke presented again on 4 May in Ryan's old morning slot. The second show featured contributions from, among others, Marty Whelan, who said Ryan still had some vinyl albums belonging to him.

A television documentary on the life of Ryan was also announced.

Other public figures
U2 manager Paul McGuinness appeared on The Marian Finucane Show on 1 May to say "The whole country is in mourning now. The country was in love with him".

Writer John Banville said he was "very much like an 18th century wit. He was very funny, but he was also very witty and there's a difference. His humour, which really appealed to me was very much language-based, he was alive to the comic possibilities of language, and the ambiguity of language".

Comedian Dara Ó Briain said: "Very sad news about Gerry Ryan. How long did he do that show? Twenty, 25 years? That is some achievement. Condolences to his family".

Chef Richard Corrigan said: "He was a natural and incredibly entertaining bon viveur. My wife Maria and I listen to him every day and we are both terribly saddened with this news".

Hollywood actor Colin Farrell described Ryan's death as a "great loss to the Irish people".

British publicist Max Clifford said Ryan would have been as famous as Terry Wogan or Graham Norton if he had worked in the UK.

Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole missed a party to comfort Louis Walsh in the Four Seasons Hotel Dublin.

Heather Mills emailed the following message to David Blake Knox on 1 May: "I only had the honour of meeting Gerry once, but I felt as if I had known him longer. He put you at ease immediately and opened up about himself – very rare in an interviewer. My heart goes out to his family, whom he obviously adored, and did not stop talking about. I'm sure he will be sorely missed, remembered, cherished and honoured".

Ordinary people
1,300 people honoured Ryan with a minute of silence after his death was announced during a talent contest in Ibiza, with a TG4 TV crew who were filming the event also capturing this moment.

Nearly 20,000 people visited a Facebook tribute page in the first hours of the news. By the end of the weekend at least 40,000 people had signed the Facebook page and thousands of e-mails and texts were delivered to RTÉ 2fm.

RTÉ announced its radio centre at its headquarters at Montrose in Donnybrook would open on 1 May from 12:00 until 18:00, to give people an opportunity to sign a book of condolence in Ryan's memory. Hundreds of people of all ages and from all backgrounds queued in extreme weather conditions to sign the book, located on a table beside a black-and-white photograph of the broadcaster inside a black frame and a card from RTÉ broadcaster Joe Duffy with the message: "You are the best and the brightest". The Irish Times suggested 2,000 people signed their name that day. The public queued again at the radio centre for the same time period the following day, with The Irish Times saying 1,000 had signed their names on this day. The newspaper later said more than 4,000 people had signed books of condolence at the RTÉ radio centre. More than 7,000 texts and Twitter messages sent in by the public were later left beside the books by RTÉ.

More books of condolence was then opened by Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello at the Mansion House from noon on 3 May for a three-day period, with people queuing as early as one hour before the building opened. Signatories included comedian Brendan O'Carroll, Fianna Fáil politician Seán Haughey, social activist Stanislaus Kennedy (Sister Stan), Ryan's agent Noel Kelly and broadcaster Ryan Tubridy, who queued "as a listener and a friend". O'Carroll compared the death to his discovery as a child that Nelson's Pillar had been blown up. There were addresses from across the island, including Northern Ireland. Many left in tears.

By the day of the funeral the number of people to have signed books of condolence for Ryan had reached 10,000, according to The Irish Times.

Ryan's family requested that any member of the public wishing to send flowers might make a charitable donation in his memory instead.

Post-mortem and wake
The media gathered outside the Ryan family home even before the body had been released to the family. The gathering was good-natured in tone; journalists were even fed by Ryan's family.

An autopsy on Ryan's body took place on 4 May at Dublin City Morgue in Marino. It was delayed by one day as Ryan's death clashed with a bank holiday weekend and there was no desire to take advantage of his high-profile status, according to a family spokesperson. She also said the family believed Ryan had undergone "a massive heart attack".

Later that day the funeral arrangements were announced, with RTÉ confirming the funeral would be broadcast on RTÉ 2fm. This marked the first occasion on which Mass was broadcast on the predominantly music station in its history, with Head of 2fm John McMahon calling it "an unprecedented situation". RTÉ.ie and a webcam on the parish's website also broadcast the funeral.

Ryan's body received a traditional Irish wake, reposing at the family home on Castle Avenue in Clontarf on the night of 4 May. Bouquets were donated by the public and some neighbours came along. The Irish Independents front page on 5 May featured Ryan's return to his family home inside his coffin, while the funeral also made the front page of the newspaper. A private wake was held at Castle Avenue on the afternoon of 5 May. Notable attendees included former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Pat Kenny, who landed on his motorcycle, and Dave Fanning, who brought along some of Ryan's favourite music.

Funeral
Those attending the funeral queued from 10:00 on 6 May, whilst hundreds of ordinary people gathered several hours ahead of the hearse's arrival to weep, talk and clutch sympathetic banners and photographs of the broadcaster. The staff of RTÉ were ferried in buses to the scene. Politicians present included President McAleese, former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, Lord Mayor of Dublin Emer Costello, Minister for Health Mary Harney and Brian Geoghegan, Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan, Conor Haughey and Seán Haughey, Richard Bruton, and Senator David Norris. Other dignitaries present included the Acting Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, Major-General David Ashe, and the chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland, John Delaney. Famous personalities present included broadcasters Mark Cagney, Joe Duffy, Marian Finucane, Larry Gogan, John Kelly, Pat Kenny, Fiona Looney, Aonghus MacAnally, Hector Ó hEochagáin, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Gráinne and Síle Seoige, Ryan Tubridy, Marty Whelan, and Director-General of RTÉ Cathal Goan and former RTÉ director-general Bob Collins, as well as designer John Rocha, promoter John Reynolds, Hot Press editor Niall Stokes, celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean, developer Harry Crosbie, comedian Brendan Grace, chef Derry Clarke, singer Linda Martin, TV presenter Craig Doyle, The Afternoon Shows Maura Derrane and Sheana Keane, music manager and TV talent judge Louis Walsh, Boyzone member Keith Duffy, musician Sharon Corr, entertainer Twink model Glenda Gilson, and Riverdance founders Moya Doherty and John McColgan. Rival Today FM broadcasters Ray D'Arcy (whose radio show aired during the same hours as Ryan's), Ian Dempsey and Tony Fenton were also present. One notable absentee was veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne who was abroad on "a long-standing arrangement to leave Ireland on Monday morning which I couldn't break". A man who resembled Elvis Presley stood outside the church, posing for photographs and holding a photograph of Ryan.

The funeral commenced at 11:30 at the small St John the Baptist on Clontarf Road, located approximately 750 metres from Castle Avenue and where his marriage and the funeral of his mother had both taken place. Hundreds of people were present. Chief mourners were Ryan's wife Morah Ryan, from whom he was estranged, and her children Lottie, Rex, Bonnie, Elliot and Babette, whilst Verwoerd was also seated prominently. Babette clutched a teddy bear. Father Michael Collins, who often appeared as a religious correspondent – "the Gerry Ryan padre and friend of this parish" – on The Gerry Ryan Show, was the chief celebrant. Speakers were erected to allow outsiders to hear proceedings and traffic diversions had to be initiated.

The coffin was carried into the church by Ryan's sons Rex and Elliott, Ryan's brothers Michael and Vincent, David Blake-Knox and Michael O'Connor, as hundreds of onlookers looked on. Father Brian D'Arcy gave the Homily. Much of the music was provided by the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra's String Quartet and the Dublin Gospel Choir. Westlife, who flew in from the UK dressed in black and white, and the Dublin Gospel Choir duetted on a tearful a cappella rendition of "You Raise Me Up" after Holy Communion. U2 performed "With or Without You", adding the additional lines "Calling from New York on the Ryan Line, Ryan Line still open" / "Goodbye Gerry, see you down the road". Towards the end Rex, Lottie, Vincent and Morah spoke about Ryan. Lottie quoted Blade Runner and Morah gave thanks to the listeners who were "the reason he got up each morning". Businessman Robbie Wootton, a "close friend" of the family, recorded the Mass with a camcorder at their request but the footage was not made available for public consumption.

Ryan was buried privately at Dardistown Cemetery in Cloghran. "Open the pod bay doors Hal" taken from 2001: A Space Odyssey is etched into the coffin.

Aftermath
After the funeral Morah Ryan received a letter expressing sympathy for her loss from former President of the United States Bill Clinton; the Clintons and Ryans are on first-name terms with each other. She did not appear in public until 7 September 2010. A posthumous lifetime achievement award was collected by the Ryan family some weeks after the funeral during the TV Now Awards.

In June RTÉ 2fm was reported to be "haemorrhaging" 10,000 listeners every week since the death of Gerry Ryan as RTÉ struggled to confirm a successor. Melanie Verwoerd later spoke of the difficulties she had listening to Gerry Ryan's eventual RTÉ 2fm successor Ryan Tubridy. Tubridy took over the role on 20 August 2010, paying tribute to Gerry and having Bono as a guest on his opening show.

Lottie and Rex Ryan received a posthumous accolade on behalf of their father, presented to them by Dave Fanning at the People of the Year Awards on 11 September 2010. Gerry Ryan was given the award for his "unrivalled broadcasting skills which ranged effortlessly from the utterly sensitive and intimate to the fantastically flamboyant and theatrical".

Ryan Tubridy requested a round of applause for Gerry at the launch of his book JFK in Ireland at the Mansion House, Dublin on 27 October 2010.

In 2011, the board of UNICEF Ireland terminated Verwoerd's employment due to the publicity surrounding her relationship with Ryan and the fallout from his death.

Inquest, cocaine controversy and RTÉ censorship
An inquest was held at Dublin City Coroner's Court on 10 December 2010. It heard that traces of cocaine were the "likely trigger" of Ryan's death. Coroner Dr Brian Farrell said the cause of death was cardiac arrhythmia, with the use of cocaine as a significant risk factor. He recorded a verdict of death by misadventure with a number of risk factors leading to Mr Ryan's death.

Ryan's friends and RTÉ received criticism for their lack of comment since the emergence into the public arena of his cocaine usage at the inquest, despite having eulogised him after his death. Entrepreneur Ben Dunne said those who spoke positively of Ryan when he died were "weak people if they don't now" [speak out after the inquest]. Liveline presenter Joe Duffy, a former neighbour of Ryan, said he "knew nothing" about the broadcaster's cocaine habit and described himself as being "naive" and "taken aback by the revelation at the inquest". Today FM broadcaster Ian Dempsey also denied having any knowledge of Ryan's cocaine use, saying: "I didn't know about it and I worked beside Gerry every day. I'm either stupid or I was protected from the whole thing". Marian Finucane briefly commented on the revelations during The Marian Finucane Show: It's all very tragic. I just hope none of his children go to a petrol station, or to a shop today, so they can avoid having to see the coverage in the newspapers, I remember when Katy French died thinking the same thing about her family. I also remember Gerry going on and on about the folly and the wrongness of drugs; and of cocaine in particular at that time. On his RTÉ lyric fm show Gay Byrne referred to "a little do" which had been organised for Morah Ryan but did not directly mention cocaine. Ryan Tubridy broke his silence on his radio show (in Gerry Ryan's former slot) on 13 December 2010, saying: You all know that Gerry was my friend and that I loved him. I have said it before and I will say it again today. To be truthful this hasn't changed and while I cannot, and will not, condone cocaine and cocaine use but equally I cannot and will not abandon my friend, who, like the rest of us, had flaws. [...] Without going on about it, there is an expression used when someone dies and that expression is "rest in peace", and these are the words that have been echoing in my mind this weekend. And with that I would urge all of you listening this morning to let Gerry quite simply rest in peace.

Music journalist Joe Jackson alleged on RTÉ News at One that Ryan's cocaine habit was an "open secret" in RTÉ. 4fm broadcaster Gareth O'Callaghan, who worked with Ryan for many years and filled in for him on his radio show in the past, spoke of being offered cocaine by the broadcaster at the 2003 Gerry Ryan Show Christmas party in Four Seasons Hotel Dublin. O'Callaghan was criticised and intimidated after commenting on the matter in public, while Michael O'Doherty, writing in the Evening Herald, posed the question: "Gareth, why the 16-year silence on Gerry?"

On 19 December 2010, the Sunday Independent issued an "Apology to Dr Tony Crosby" (Ryan's doctor) after suggesting in a previous article that he had been complicit in Ryan's death, an allegation the newspaper recognised as being "wholly unfounded".

Drugs minister Pat Carey said he was "a bit taken aback, first of all, by the whole attitude of RTÉ over the last while" [concerning the circumstances of Ryan's death] and, comparing Ryan's cocaine use to the 2007 death of model Katy French, said the media were "very judgmental" when French died but had now "come home to roost in their own case". RTÉ said Carey's comments were "disappointing", though it admitted to having censored coverage of Ryan's cocaine habit. Alan Shatter of Fine Gael advised authorities to "wage all out war" on Ryan's cocaine supplier, while Pat Rabbitte of the Labour Party said allegations of corruption were "very serious from a reputable journalist".

Posthumous awards
TV Now Awards
People of the Year Awards

References

Further reading
 Boland, John. "Not just a voice, Gerry was daily friend to loyal listeners". Irish Independent. Saturday, 1 May 2010.
 Hand, Lise. "Bold, naughty and charming, he was loved by nation's women". Irish Independent. Saturday, 1 May 2010.
 Harrison, Bernice. "Gerry's skill lay in his empathy and ability to instantly befriend callers". The Irish Times. Saturday, 1 May 2010.
 O'Doherty, Ian. "He was behind the greatest prank ever played on me". Irish Independent. Saturday, 1 May 2010.
 Smyth, Sam. "Mighty broadcaster who won't easily be replaced". Irish Independent. Saturday, 1 May 2010.
 Sweeney, Ken. "Bon viveur inspired fans with his own battle of bulge". Irish Independent. Saturday, 1 May 2010.
 "Gerry Ryan: irrepressible and irreplaceable". Sunday Tribune. Sunday, 2 May 2010.
 Blake Knox, David. "Gerry's passion for life was his gift to the nation". Sunday Independent. Sunday, 2 May 2010.
 Corcoran, Jody. "Home alone, the loss of certainty would have been very difficult for this family man to bear". Sunday Independent. Sunday, 2 May 2010.
 Horan, Niamh. "The women who shared in a remarkable life journey: It wasn't only the housewives who loved Ryan". Sunday Independent. Sunday, 2 May 2010.
 Murray, Marie. "Public wake for broadcaster who tuned in to our personal lives". The Irish Times. Monday, 3 May 2010.
 Holmquist, Kate. "When public persona has private costs". The Irish Times. Tuesday, 4 May 2010.
 O'Toole, Fintan. "A brilliant chancer who earned our trust". The Irish Times. Tuesday, 4 May 2010.
 Ruane, Medb. "Gerry's radio style was years ahead of his time". Irish Independent. Wednesday, 5 May 2010.
 Fanning, Dave. "I know there'll never be another like Gerry Ryan". Irish Independent. Thursday, 6 May 2010.
 Smyth, Sam. "Gerry's greatest gift was his emotional intelligence". Irish Independent. Friday, 7 May 2010.
 Fish, Gerry. "The duet I never got to sing with Gerry Ryan". Irish Independent. Saturday, 8 May 2010.
 Duffy, Gavin. "How King Gerry beat local radio pretenders". Sunday Independent. Sunday, 9 May 2010.
 O'Connor, Brendan. "What's good for us is bad for the Government". Sunday Independent. Sunday, 9 May 2010.
 Quinlan, Ronald. "Ryan's financial health was under stress". Sunday Independent. Sunday, 9 May 2010.

External links
Gerry Ryan tribute page at RTÉ.ie (archive link)
Gerry Ryan – In Pictures at RTÉ.ie
RTÉ Television announces Ryan's death
Photo gallery in the Irish Independent
Media Advisory: Gerry Ryan 1956 – 2010 at RTÉ.ie

Death notice
 Irish Independent

Tributes
 Colleagues / Politicians / Other
 Tributes to Gerry Ryan at BBC News (archive link)

Obituaries
 BBC obituary (archive link)
 The Daily Telegraph obituary (archive link)
 The Guardian obituary (archive link)
 "Gerry Ryan R.I.P." – Hot Press (archive link)
 "A broadcasting legend who lived life to the full" – Irish Independent

Funeral
 In Pictures: Gerry Ryan funeral at BBC News (archive link)
 "Family's farewell to their superdad" – a selection of family dedications published by the Irish Independent

2010 in the Republic of Ireland
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Gerry & The Pacemakers
The first rivals for The Beatles were Gerry & The Pacemakers.
Both groups were from Liverpool, and were regular performers at The Cavern Club. The two bands also played in the clubs of Hamburg, Germany, and both had Brian Epstein for a manager & George Martin as their producer.
You can see that Gerry Marsden performed with his guitar held unusually high. At times, John Lennon used a similar style.
Gerry & The Pacemakers won the race to #1 on the English charts in 1963 with the song "How Do You Do It?". George Martin first presented the song to The Beatles, and they recorded it, but they convinced Martin to release their own song, "Love Me Do", instead. It made it to #2. Gerry & The Pacemakers' "How Do You Do It?" went all the way to the top. They followed that with two more #1 songs, "I Like It" and "You'll Never Walk Alone", also in 1963. That last one is a ballad from the 1950's musical/movie Carousel.
Gerry Marsden's vocal on "You'll Never Walk Alone" was so popular that the recording was played at the games of the Liverpool Football Club, and the song has remained their official anthem ever since.
Gerry & The Pacemakers and The Beatles were friends, and toured together in 1963 with Roy Orbison. Here's a posed photo from the tour, as the groups pretend to be fighting over singer Louise Cordet.
After The Beatles broke big in America, the "British Invasion" began, and bands like Gerry & The Pacemakers became popular here too. Their first American hit was "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying", which was also the band's first self-written hit. It went to #4 in 1964, and was followed successfully by their previous English releases…"How Do You Do It?" #9, and "I Like It" #17.
I bought all the singles by Gerry & The Pacemakers. They were on the Laurie label, because Capitol Records in the U.S. had turned them down, just like they did the early recordings by The Beatles.
Gerry & The Pacemakers had three hits in 1965…"I'll Be There" #14, "Ferry Cross The Mersey" #6, and "It's Gonna Be Alright" #23. They also made a movie named after their second biggest hit.
Unfortunately, like most of the British Invasion bands, Gerry & The Pacemakers hit-making only lasted a short time. Their final hit was "Girl On A Swing" #28 in 1966. I even bought that one. After that, it was just the release of multiple "Best Of" albums.
The band officially split up in 1969, and Gerry Marsden had a short, but successful acting career. He later did some touring with various musicians in the role of "Pacemakers". After that, I would see him from time to time being interviewed for a number of documentaries about The Beatles. He was always upbeat, interesting, and very likable. He obviously had enjoyed his time as a part of the British revival of Rock & Roll in the sixties.
In an interview, Marsden said…"The main thing is to enjoy what you're doing. All the pressure crap you hear, people bring that on themselves."
On January 3rd, 2021 it was announced that Gerry Marsden had died after a short illness from a heart infection. He was 78. Among the many musicians paying tribute was Paul McCartney.
McCartney is right about remembering Gerry Marsden with a smile. Gerry wrote and recorded uplifting songs that are still fun to hear.
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Classic Rock Album Sales from 2020
Paul McCartney…McCartney III
Neil Young Archives Vol. II (Review)
Tom Petty…Wildflowers & All The Rest (Review)
John Lennon Sounds Better Than Ever
It All Begins With A Song (Film Review)
500 Greatest Albums List…A Big Fail
Vinyl Album Sales Pass CD's
Roy Orbison…Only The Lonely
Instrumentals Of The '60's
Tom Petty…Wildflowers (Box Set)
Taylor Swift…folklore & evermore
Tom Petty & George Harrison
Paul McCartney…Flaming Pie (Remaster)
Laurel Canyon (Review)
Singer-Songwriters of the 70's
The Fifth Beatle
The Beatles…A Hard Day's Night/Help
The Buckinghams…They're Playing Our Songs
Let It Be is now Get Back (2021 Updates)
James Taylor…American Standard (Review)
Peter Asher…The Beatles A to Zed
Beatles vs Stones…55 years later!
Rodney Crowell…In Concert
Ringo Starr…What's My Name (review)
Abbey Road Remix (Review & Perspective)
David Crosby: Remember My Name (Review)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice (Review)
The Beatles…Singles Ranked
Sgt. Pepper…Best Album Ever?
America…70's Band Is Back
Echo In The Canyon…Movie Review
Yesterday Movie Review (no spoilers)
Buffalo Springfield…Springboard To Fame
Lennon Or McCartney?
Sunshine Rock / Spanky & Our Gang
Haley Reinhart…Live
The Beatles…Rubber Soul (Two Versions)
The Beatles…Revolver
Peter Paul and Mary
Vinyl, CD's & Streaming
Kris Kristofferson Concert
Picture Records
Yesterday…The Movie
Linda Ronstadt…Live In Hollywood
Buddy Holly…The Music Didn't Die (updated)
Tom Petty…The Best Of Everything
The Everly Brothers
Beatles Expert (Updated)
The Beatles…Remix History
The Beatles…White Album Remix
The Beatles…Let It Be (2020 Updates)
Joe Walsh…Solo Eagles Part 3
Glenn Frey…Solo Eagles Part 2
Don Henley…Solo Eagles Part 1
Mamas & Papas…California Dreamin'
Badfinger…Day After Day
Herman's Hermits
CSN&Y…Deja Vu
Most Popular Music? Nobody Knows!
CSN&Y…Human Highway (The Lost Album)
Jonathan Edwards / Seals & Crofts
The Cars (Updated Sept. 2019)
Three Dog Night / The Guess Who
The Beatles 1…Is Not Enough
Allman Brothers Band / Southern Rock
Lindsey Buckingham told "Go your own way" (2021 Updates)
Nashville…Music from the TV show
Pink Floyd…Which One's Pink?
Ricky Nelson…Not Just A Teenage Idol
Carole King…Songwriter, then Singer
Kris Kristofferson…Country's Bob Dylan
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Visit
The Rolling Stones…Singles
John Fogerty…The Old Man Down The Road
The Grass Roots…First a hit, then a band
HomePod…HomeTest (Now Stereo!)
Chicago…& Horn Rock
That Thing You Do!
Cat Stevens…Best Albums (Updated)
Local '60's Band…The Rock & Soul Society
Crosby & Nash…Decades of Harmony
Stephen Stills…Hey, What's That Sound?
The Beatles…Singles Left Off Albums
The Doors…"Light My Fire" & FM Radio
The Byrds…Folk Rock
Bob Seger…Rock & Roll Never Forgets
Bruce Springsteen…Born In The U.S.A. (album)
When Rock & Roll became "Rock"
The Moody Blues…Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (updated)
Tom Petty…The Songs
Tom Petty…Artist For The Decades (updated)
The Dave Clark Five…British Big Beat
Elton John…The Best Years
Ringo Starr…It Don't Come Easy
George Harrison…Solo/Traveling Wilburys
Paul McCartney…On The Run (Updated)
John Lennon…Imagine Peace
Joni Mitchell…The Folk/Pop Years '68-'74
Paul Simon (updated)
Peter & Gordon / Chad & Jeremy Twins?
Eagles…Hell Freezes Over
The Beatles and Black Artists
American Idol…Did It Find Enough Talent?
CSN "The Reunion" 1977
Lovin' Spoonful/John Sebastian (updated 2020)
Picture Sleeves / Singles Quiz
Beatles…Picture Sleeves
The Yardbirds to Led Zeppelin
Billy Joel…For The Longest Time
Neil Diamond…Rock & Roll? (updated)
Dire Straits…Best Albums
Beach Boys…Pet Sounds
Fleetwood Mac…Analysis
Fleetwood Mac…History
Simon & Garfunkel…Almost The Sound Of Silence
Guitars Guitars Guitars!
Jim Croce / Loggins & Messina
Who Invented Rock & Roll?
Fake Bands
Linda Ronstadt…Queen of Rock & Roll
Sgt. Pepper's Remix…Worth It? (updated)
James Taylor…Singer-Songwriter
The Zombies…British Invasion Band
Neil Young…Solo History
Crosby, Stills & Nash (The Album)
Tape Recording to Digital Recording
Eagles…1972-1980
Who Wrote The Songs? (Lawsuits)[updated]
Buckingham Nicks
Jackson Browne…Best Albums (updated)
Records to Playlists…Audio Tech
Melody / Paul McCartney
The Beatles: You Had To Be There
JAN RECEK on Classic Rock Album Sales from 2020
Eric Sutter on Country Rock
Bente Bækkelund on Herman's Hermits
Andre on Lennon Or McCartney?
Allen B on Abbey Road Remix (Review & Perspective)
Michael k on Stephen Stills…Hey, What's That Sound?
James Bigelow on CSN&Y…Human Highway (The Lost Album)
Badfinger on The Beatles and Black Artists

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It is important to note is that spent fuel is not officially defined as "waste" in the UK because it supposedly contains "useful" plutonium and unused uranium. Dealing with spent fuel is not within the remit of the Scottish Government, so this is still transported by train from EDF Energy's two nuclear plants at Hunterston and Torness to Sellafield in Cumbria in North-west England. This also means that there are various materials at Dounreay such as "breeder material", unirradiated highly-enriched uranium; unirradiated plutonium and irradiated fuels, none of which are defined as "waste", which will be transported, mostly by train, from the North of Scotland down to Sellafield over the next five or six years. (see Dounreay). Finally, while some other countries might classify spent fuel as High Level Waste (HLW), officially there is no HLW in Scotland. Although previous radioactive waste inventories showed the presence of HLW at Dounreay produced by fast reactor reprocessing, this waste has cooled over time and it is now classified as Intermediate Level Waste (ILW). The term Higher Activity Waste is used in Scotland to encompass ILW and certain types of Low Level Waste (LLW) which by their nature are not currently suitable for disposal in existing LLW disposal facilities such as the one at Drigg near Sellafield.
The Scottish Government published its finalised Higher Activity Waste Policy on 20th January 2011.2 The Policy is that the long-term management of higher activity radioactive waste should be in near-surface facilities. Facilities should be located as near to the site where the waste is produced as possible. Developers will need to demonstrate how the facilities will be monitored and how waste packages, or waste, could be retrieved. All long-term waste management options will be subject to robust regulatory requirements.
The finalised Policy made clear that: "…Scottish Government Policy at the present time is that long-term storage is still the primary long-term management option"3 (emphasis added).
However, "disposal" of Higher Activity Waste (HAW) in near surface disposal facilities is still included as an option.4 This has led some commentators to assume that all of the higher activity waste in Scotland which is suitable for near surface disposal will be disposed of in this way.
11. Radioactive Waste Management Policy Briefing No.35 Scottish ILW Storage Policy.
12. NDA 30th April 2013.


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UNEVOC Cluster: South Asia
Maldives Polytechnic
Maldives Polytechnic was created by a Presidential Decree under Article 116 of the constitution of the Maldives on April 12, 2010 as the national government institution to develop, manage and provide training facilities for technical and vocational... <show more>
Maldives Polytechnic was created by a Presidential Decree under Article 116 of the constitution of the Maldives on April 12, 2010 as the national government institution to develop, manage and provide training facilities for technical and vocational education and training. The institution has evolved over the years since founded in 1975. The following historical facts outline the journey of Maldives Polytechnic,
Founded as Vocational Training Centre (VTC) on 14th October 1975.
In October 1996 VTC was transferred to Maldives Institute of Technical Education (MITE)
In 1999 MITE was changed to Faculty of Engineering Technology (FET) under Maldives College of Higher Education
The current name, Maldives Polytechnic was established on 12th April 2010
Maldives Polytechnic operates within the Maldives Qualification Framework aligned with the principles and practices of partnership with the industry and community to provide demand driven skills development for economic growth and the needs of the people for employment.
The leading national centre for excellence in vocational and technical education.
Mission: To create opportunities for school leavers and adult learners to acquire skills, knowledge and values for employability and lifelong learning in a global economy
1. Provide demand driven skills training programs relevant to the industry requirement, and seek industry assistance and collaboration in conducting such training programs
2. Organize and conduct mobile skills training program
3. Offer employability... <show more>
3. Offer employability skills and knowledge to job seekers.
4. Facilitate and support employers for the upgrading of their technical and vocational skills
5. Develop technical and vocational training programs to create pathways for higher education and training.
6. Support continuing education for skilled workers through Open Learning and ELearning
7. Provide career guidance and assistance in job placement with support from industry
8. Identify the special trade skills practiced in different localities of the country (e.g. boat building, blacksmithing, lacquer work, weaving and embroidery) and implement programs to promote these trade skills in various parts of the country.
9. Encourage invention and promote innovation in technical and vocational area and disseminate such invention and innovation to the public.
10. Undertake research on technical and vocational education and publish such research
Maldives Polytechnic offers programs, and courses, workshops and seminars that are demand driven and needs based made available through
Structured cooperative types of training (Classes, seminars, workshops)
On-the-job-training /Apprentic... <show more>
On-the-job-training /Apprenticeship programs in partnership with industry
Open Learning/Distance Education/E-Learning
Private/Community training providers
Ahmed Nasir
Head of Institute
Majida Majeed
Department: Student Service
Student Service
Rehendhi Hingun
Galolhu
20364 Malé
Internet: http://www.polytechnic.edu.mv
Cluster South Asia
UNEVOC Centre in Iran runs successfuly one-year ToT programmes
The Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU) successfully trained more than 3000 trainers in one-year time in about 29 various technical fields. The UNEVOC Centre uses a new interdisciplinary approach for its curriculum development. (more)
UNEVOC Centre in Sri Lanka welcomes a pakistanese delegation
From 28 January to 01 February 2019, an Afghanistan TVET delegation has visited Sri Lanka under the coordination of TVEC's UNEVOC Centre. (more)
UNEVOC Centre in Iran awards success stories
The Instructor Training and Research Center (ITC) has collected more than 100 success stories from TVET institutions across the country. After a reviewing process, the 15 best stories were showcased in a one day event, and their authors received an award. Discover pictures of the event, as well as the form used to collect the practices. (more)
Iranian UNEVOC Centre organises a forum on employability.
The Instructor Training and Research Centre (ITC, Iran) has organised the "JOB MEET", a forum in which young people could train their soft skills and discuss with business owners. The forum was also an opportunity to discover real opportunities of employment. (more)
Preparing vocational teachers in India for the 21st Century
On July 5th 2017, The Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education (PSSCIVE) celebrated its Fundation Day. On this occasion, a seminar was organised to: provide insights on the emerging trends and developments in Vocational teacher development; examine issues and challenges in upskilling vocational teachers in the 21st century; share good practices and approaches for upskilling vocational teachers in the 21st cenutry within VET system. The seminar was attended by an audience of academics, practitioners and students. (more)
Iranian National Day for Technical and Vocational Training, 28 July
UNEVOC Centre in Iran, Instructor Training Centre and Technical and Vocational Researches (ITC), celebrated the Iranian National day for Technical and Vocational Training (TVT) on 28th, July, 2017. Public visits, skill tour, TVT exhibition and skill show were the events to be held in this day.
E-commerce Training for employment discussed in seminar participated by selected UNEVOC Centres
On June 26-28, Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics organized an international seminar on e-commerce training in Hangzhou, China. UNEVOC Centres from Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia were also represented. (more)
International TVET Conference in Pakistan
The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission in Pakistan has organized the first ever International TVET Conference in Pakistan. The conference was attended by a number of stakeholders from the region, as well as international leaders in the field of TVET (more)
International TVET Conference-2016 (Pakistan)
NAVTTC has invited eminent speakers from around the world for this momentous occasion. This conference will create an opportunity to offer a platform to promote exchange of best practices, experiences and knowledge within international and regional context for developing a better TVET system in Pakistan. (more)
UNEVOC Centre contributes to enhancing TVET in Pakistan
Public and private sector organizations showcased their contributions to ongoing TVET reforms in Pakistan at an event that was participated by a number of national and international stakeholders.
UNEVOC Centre in Sri Lanka hosts Nepal Delegation
The Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training, Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission in Sri Lanka facilitated a study visit by a delegation from Nepal. The visit follows the development of a National Vocational Qualifications Framework in Nepal, which was co-developed by the Sri Lankan UNEVOC Centre. (more)
SRTTU Tehran conducts training programmes
The SRTTU Tehran, a member of the UNEVOC Network since 2006, conducted two technical teacher training programmes that aimed at building the capacities of teachers who are already engaged in these vocational and technical fields, and equip them with the skills necessary to promote and enhance their teaching techniques. (more)
Job Placement Centre at the National Vocational & Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC)
The Minister of State for Federal Education & Professional Training has inaugurated the Job Placement Centre and the Career Counselling Desk at National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC). (more)
UNEVOC Centre's Executive Director meets with President of Pakistan
On 10 February 2016, the Executive Director of the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission in Pakistan met with the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to discuss TVET in Pakistan and its importance with respect to poverty alleviation and the economic development. (more)
UNEVOC Centre organizes national skills competition
The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission has organized a national skills competition in order to encourage and motivate youth in Pakistan to acquire skills and training in technical and vocational education and training. (more)
Board of Management Meeting and Memorandum of Understanding signing at NAVTTC, Pakistan
The Board of Management Meeting was held at NAVTTC on January 13th 2016. The meeting approved 60 skills development projects, TVET policy documents and promoted capacity development and private sector involvement.
Officials of TVET Bangladesh visit Sri Lanka to Study LMI and TVET Data Management
According to the request of Prof. Kabir Uddin Ahmed, Joint Director & Project Director, LMIS Project and Focal Point, TVET, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), TVEC UNEVOC Center of Sri Lanka has organized a study tour for high officials of TVET sector of Bangladesh from 14th to 18th September 2015. (more)
NITTTR unveils capacity development programme in bio-technology in agriculture
The National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research (NITTTR) in Kolkata, India, in collaboration with the Vivekananda Institute of Bio-technology (VIB), Nimpith, have unveiled a capacity development programme for trainers in utilising bio-technology in agriculture for the rural youth. (more)
Sri Lanka: Assessment of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Youth in TVET
On 24 July 2015, the Director General of TVEC handed over a needs assessment survey report on sexual and reproductive health rights of youth in TVET to the Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training and the State Ministry of Youth Affairs. (more)
TVEC Sri Lanka promotes TVET at the Sri Lanka Education Fair 2015 in Male' and Addu city
3354 public and private sector accredited TVET courses are offered in 2015 under the quality assurance of TVEC UNEVOC center Sri Lanka. Click more to access the online TVET guide. (more)
UNEVOC Centre Pakistan publishes TVET Vision 2025
The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission is sharing two reports with the UNEVOC Network. One outlines Pakistan's TVET Vision for 2025, the other provides a TVET Country Report. (more)
New Emerging Technology Skills: Conference in Chennai, India
UNESCO-UNEVOC participated in the conference on "New Emerging Technology Skills. A Networking Platform to promote new Technology Skills for the emerging knowledge economy", which took place on 16-17 February 2015 in Chennai, India (more)
Skills Forum at the Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank held its Fourth Annual International Skills Development Forum in Manila. UNESCO-UNEVOC joined the event with UNEVOC Network members from the region. (more)
New country reports in World TVET Database
New country reports have been published for Benin, Cambodia, Chad, Iraq, Latvia, Lithuania, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Qatar, South Africa, Uganda and USA. UNESCO-UNEVOC continues to expand the World TVET Database and more country reports will be available soon. (more)
Five experts from India visit UNESCO-UNEVOC
UNESCO-UNEVOC welcomed five experts from India to its premises on 5 December 2014. The meeting was an opportunity for an exploratory discussion between UNESCO-UNEVOC and TREC-STEP, a consortium of three institutions from three Indian states. (more)
Update on TVET situation in Afghanistan
Although a lot has been done in making TVET accessible, quality and standard of TVET being delivered in Afghanistan are very low and not aligned to economic growth, labor market and international and regional standards. (more)
National Center for Vocational and Educational Research Action Plan - Afghanistan
The Afghan UNEVOC Centre DTMTVET has developed a TVET Research Action Plan for the period October 2014 to September 2015. (more)
Don Bosco school principals from India visit UNESCO-UNEVOC
On 17 November 2014, four directors and training officers of Don Bosco vocational training institutes in the Mumbai region visited UNESCO-UNEVOC as part of a study visit to Germany to explore possibilities of international cooperation. (more)
End of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
Green skills are a priority for aligning TVET with the post-2015 development agenda. UNESCO-UNEVOC and the Inter-Agency Working Group on Greening Skills and TVET ran a discussion on the Role of greening TVET on 11 November 2014 at the closing of the Decade on Education for Sustainable development in Nagoya, Japan. (more)
Senior Bangladesh Delegation on a TVET Study Tour in Sri Lanka
In the context of the ILO TVET Reform Project of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Directorate of Technical Education made a request for a study visit to the UNEVOC Centre TVEC in Sri Lanka in order to study the Sri Lanka Technical and Vocational Education and Training Sector. The visit was held on 17 and 18 July 2014 to benchmark some of the best practices of the Sri Lanka TVET system. (more)
Experts' seminar on improving evidence-based research and supporting greater investment in TVET
On 31 August 2014, Mr Shyamal Majumdar, Head of UNESCO-UNEVOC, and Kenneth Barrientos, Programme Officer UNESCO-UNEVOC, attended and contributed to an expert seminar organized by TAFE Directors Australia and NCVER, both of whom are members of the UNEVOC Network and joint coordinator for the Pacific cluster. (more)
UNEVOC Centre Afghanistan continues efforts to establish national research centre for TVET
Building on earlier discussions on the establishment of a National Centre for Educational and Vocational Research in Kabul, the UNESCO Office in Afghanistan organized a workshop to further elaborate the mandate, management structure and financing of this centre on 11 and 12 August 2014 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (more)
Development and implementation of eLearning standards for TVET sector in Sri Lanka
TVEC – UNEVOC Centre supports development of quality standard for eLearning courses in TVET sector by embarking on the development of quality standards for eLearning courses. (more)
High Level Pakistan TVET Officials in Sri Lanka for a Study Visit
The Sri Lankan UNEVOC Centre TVEC has organized a study tour from 7th to 13th October 2013 on "NVQF and RPL Assessments practices in Industries" for a delegation of 21 officials from NAVTTC, TEVTAs, Stakeholders from industry associations and members of the trade testing boards and the boards of technical education of Pakistan. (more)
Study visit by the Committee on Education and Skills Policy (CESP) of Afghanistan to Sri Lanka
According to the request by the UNESCO Kabul office in Afghanistan, TVEC has organized study visit and awareness workshop with the guidance and support of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development. (more)
Conference on rural skills development through ICT
From 25 to 26 October 2013, INRULED in collaboration with UNESCO-UNEVOC, Chengdu Municipal Education Bureau, and Dujiangyan Municipal Government organized a conference on rural skills development through Information Communication Technologies (ICT). (more)
UNESCO-UNEVOC attends iMOVE India Network
On 10 July 2013, Mr Shyamal Majumdar, Head of UNESCO-UNEVOC, has attended iMove Network India in Dresden, Germany. (more)
Representative from FICCI visits UNESCO-UNEVOC
On 17 May 2013, Ms Kamini Issar-Ernst, Senior Director (Germany) at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) visited the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre. (more)
Information on TVET in Afghanistan
An introduction of Technical and Vocational Education in Afghanistan: Current status (January 2013), recent developments, plans and vision. (more)
Establishing and designing the National Research Center of TVET in Afghanistan
Proposal describing the Organization Design, Structure and work stream of the planned National Research Center of TVET. (more)
First UNEVOC Network Member in Afghanistan
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is now represented in the UNEVOC Network with the creation of the first UNEVOC Centre in the country, the Deputy Ministry of TVET in the Ministry of Education (DM-TVET, MoE). (more)
Fostering Capacity Building in TVET and Skills Development in Afghanistan
UNEVOC hosts Experts' Meeting in Bonn, Germany, 12-16 March 2012 (more)
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Germany visits UNESCO-UNEVOC
On Wednesday, 22 June, H.E. Mosud Mannan, Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to Germany, visited the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for discussions. (more)
4th International Conference on Environmental Education a success (more)


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Mobile CT scanner in place during installation of new unit at BGH
Administrator | Jul 17, 2016 | Comments 0
Patients who require emergency CT scans will be directed to a temporary mobile unit while a new scanner is being installed at Belleville General Hospital.
Starting August 4, for approximately eight weeks, the CT room at BGH will undergo renovations followed by installation and testing of the new scanner – expected to be in operation by the end of September. During that time a mobile CT unit will be used by emergency and inpatients and transfers from Prince Edward County and North Hastings hospitals. Outpatients will be directed to Trenton Memorial Hospital.
"Quinte Health Care's CT scanner at BGH is beyond its life expectancy and is being replaced," said Drew Brown, BGH's Foundation Executive Director. "Donors are the heroes of this story. Our radiologists are always saying that the CT scanner is the 'work horse' of the department; they tell us they absolutely must have a dependable, high functioning CT in order to deliver the best care possible. It's thanks to our donors that they will soon have that again."
On August 4th, a mobile CT trailer (similar to the image shown) will be set up in the emergency department parking lot.
"We want to minimize the disruption to patients as much as possible and bringing in a temporary mobile unit allows us to continue to offer this essential service to our inpatients and to those who require emergency scans," said Mark Coulter, Director of Diagnostic Services.
Trenton hospital will have extended hours: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday to Friday, and will offer weekend appointments from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. excluding Labour day weekend to help accommodate outpatients requiring a CT scan.
During this time, QHC – Diagnostic Imaging will not be performing CT colonography scans.


I have been troubled about something for awhile now, and have been debating with myself for days about whether or not to post this, as I am hesitant to draw the wrong conclusion over something that may not be what it seems to be—to me.
OK, I am not going to dance around on the pinhead any longer; I will go straight into the heart of the matter and just get it off my mind. Let the chips fall where they may.
Fully one night after I wrote the post asking for a friendly 'Hello' from my friendly neighborhood extra-terrestrial (see Hello Out There!), I had an extremely disturbing dream.
Now, you have to understand that I am perfectly capable of lucid dreaming, where I can control situations around me within my dream-scape. I can manifest anything I need out of thin air to do what I need, when I need it, and I can instantly banish away what I do not want around me. I am usually quite in control inside my dream-scape. Obviously, this was not going to happen in this instance.
My dream started off in a rather mundane fashion. There was nothing that was terribly untoward. In fact, for my normal dream capability, it was rather on the boring side. I couldn't even remember most of the boring parts, but then, towards morning, it happened.
I was approached, in my mundane dream, by a woman with a very unusual face. I say unusual because her face was very round, very pale, and heavily made up with bright garish paint, almost like a Chinese or Japanese classic opera singer. She had black hair and was dressed in some type of kimono or Chinese robe, which was, to say the least, very odd.
She smiled at me—or rather—she turned towards me and the smile, which did not reach her eyes, was already painted on her face in a bright red smear of lipstick. The smile was not the usual friendly one that I was used to getting by complete strangers meeting me for the first time. It was fixed, and it was frozen on her face. She looked scary, to be quite honest, because she did not look human at all.
I took the sheaf of paper from her and thought to myself, 'oh great. I have no idea what I am being tested for and what the subject matter is, but if I have to take a test, I might as well give it my best shot'. I glanced at her, hoping for some directions, but all she did was look at me with that horrid smile on her face, expectantly, as if she was waiting for me to initiate something.
Not sure what to do next, I looked around for some place to sit down so I could take the test, but there was nowhere for me to sit. Moreover, I didn't even have a pen to write with. Meanwhile, the woman was starting to creep me out. She kept staring at me with that creepy smile on her face.
Now remember, I can manifest anything I need to handle any dream situation at hand, so like the veteran dreamer that I am, I called forth my trusty little silver Miata and it promptly appeared in front of me. At least, here I had a seat that I could use to sit down and look at the document.
I got into the car. The woman and the grey guys behind her came closer to me and began crowding around the window of my car. I heard her calling me so I turned my head towards the window and nearly had a panic attack. She had stuck her head into the open window of my car and all I could see was her painted white face with the charcoal-rimmed eyes and the bright red lipsticked grin, inches away from my eyes.
I was no fool. I cranked the engine up and roared out of there so fast, I was gone in an instant. I then found myself driving through a cityscape at night, with the flashing of the overhead street lights throwing alternate light/dark/light/dark patterns inside my car as I drove past the light poles. Safe in my car, I relaxed, and then did the unthinkable. I looked in the rear view mirror.
Now, let me give you a bit of friendly advice. When you are driving at night, don't look in the rear view mirror. You just may see what you don't want to see.
I looked into the rear view mirror. I saw her leering at me.
Oh my god! I choked back a scream. She was there, with the five guys behind her. But my car is a Miata. It is a two-seater. I don't care how hard you try to cram them in, there is NO ROOM behind the car seats for a woman and five short dudes.
I began to freak out, but I knew it was a dream. Stuff like this didn't happen in real life. I began to say to myself, as if I was chanting a mantra, "You're not real. You are not real. I am not seeing you. You are not real!" I was trying to will them out of my dream, and this is usually an effective way to do so.
But they never disappeared. They remained exactly where they were. I had no effect on their existence within my dream-scape at all. This was a new experience for me, my inability to affect my dream-scape. I was completely at their mercy.
The woman reached out and touched my arm, as if trying to reassure me. I truly panicked then. I tried to pull my arm away, all the while saying to them in a desperate voice, "Don't touch me! You're going to make me crash my car. I'm driving. Don't touch me!" But the more I pulled my arm away, the stronger her grip was. I struggled with her, trying to control my fear and the car at the same time. I didn't know which fear was worse, the fear of the woman behind me or the fear of crashing my car into the embankment. I was scared! I screamed.
And that was when I woke up. No scary woman, no short grey dudes, and no Miata, just a vivid dream with horrifying visuals. I clutched my blankets, thankful that I was safe in my own bed. Within minutes, I had fallen back into another dream. This one was much more benign. I was walking towards a parking lot with my older sister. She shows me her car. It's a silver disc, quite pretty. She asks me if I would like to see it. I said 'Sure!' and slid behind the seat.
It was a really cool new design in steering. You put your hands on a round floating circular pad and the car would move depending on what you did. The craft hovered and moved forward if you push both your hands forward. Push to the left or right and it slid sideways in the direction you pushed the control. Pulling the floating pad towards you and the car went backwards. Pull up and the car hovered near the ground. Pushing down shot your car upwards, into the sky. It was a strange and wondrous car. I wanted one just like it.
I think I failed the test.


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Pop Culture Fix: And Now There's Gay Icon/Homophobic Rudolph Discourse
It started snowing on my Animal Crossing island this weekend! I think I might get a Christmas tree this week! (On my island; we can't have a Christmas tree IRL because we have four entire cats.) And here's your Monday Pop Culture Fix.
+ If the Happiest Season discourse on Twitter didn't burn you out about talking about holiday movies for the rest of the year, pals, do I have a treat for you. Elite cultural critic Caitlin Flanagan has argued in The Atlantic that the classic stop-motion Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer of the early '60s is a trauma bomb we should never watch again and never show today's kids! Also, she says, it's homophobic!
We are supposed to understand that blond, dreamy-eyed Hermey wants to be a dentist, not a toy maker. (What he really wants to do, in my opinion, is join the drama club, but that might have been too much for NBC.) Foreman Elf—who, come the revolution, will not be dealt with kindly—humiliates him repeatedly. When Hermey tells him, tentatively, that he doesn't want to make toys, Foreman Elf repeats the phrase in the "sissy" voice that has haunted gay boys down through the ages. "Shame on you!" cry the other elves, further demoralizing Hermey.
But over at The Nation, other elite critic Jeet Heer disagrees! "Don't cancel Rudolph," Jeet pleads!
This is a classic critical misreading whereby depicting an injustice is the same as giving sanction to it. By this logic, Moby-Dick promotes violence toward animals and Othello is a license for spouse-killing. In fact, several generation of queer children, and outsiders of all stripes, have felt an affinity for Rudolph because he learns to accept his difference and not yield to social pressure. Along the way, he forms a fellowship with other outsiders and nonconformists… On an emotional level, the story doesn't affirm social norms but rather shows the superiority of self-acceptance and appreciation of difference.
And you thought lesbians were the only ones who could talk a holiday movie into the ground!
+ Tegan and Sara on their jingle-gay tune in Happiest Season.
+ Margaret Cho says queer comedians should seize this moment.
+ Captain Jack Harkness will be back for Doctor Who's New Year's Day special this year.
+ Lily Singh on the pressures of representing minority communities.
+ Pop! has pulled the plug on One Day at a Time, and Isabella Gomez has already signed on to headline HBO Max's Head of the Class reboot.
+ Is queer cinema still too straight?
+ Kelly Clarkson forced Steve Kornacki to confront the #chartthrob thirst tweets about his election coverage on MSNBC.
+ Carrie Brownstein is writing and directing a Heart biopic.
+ Is this the gayest yuletide yet?
+ Cartoon Network is launching a Black In Animation awards show.
+ I, too, would die for Animal Crossing's new puppies.
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Let it be known that Hermey is the ONLY 'Boy' Elf with animated/constructed Hair, while all the others are bald or do not have blonde hair. All the while, all the 'girl' elves have the same kind of hair he does.
Headcanon: Hermey is an AFAB FTM.
On a more practical note: He's probably just human, as he is the only elf with human ears (Will Ferrel ELF-esque narrative)
I'm so happy that awful ODAAT is dead :)
I think you took a wrong turn to end up here.
Oh, someone on this site doesn't like a show that masquerades as progressive but valorizes the war American militarism to the point where the show uncritically portrays parents deciding to go to Afghanistan "to protect their family" as a noble decision? That's so strange.
Also, the jokes are bad.
why lol? is it so unreasonable to dislike a show that makes its gay characters a joke?
Could you elaborate more what made the character a joke? I agree about the military propaganda and not having the lesbian activist character to mention it.
the character is always saying things about social justice and activism that are immediately followed by a laugh. their earnestness and desire to do good are the butt of the joke for the heterosexual audience. for instance, when elena and her partner practice affirmative consent with handholding and kissing, there's a laugh track response; it's considered laughable to ask for consent for these things. they're just teens figuring it out, but we're supposed to laugh at them! additionally, the grandmother character is always saying nasty things about elena just out of earshot. we're supposed to view elena as someone who's just not to most people's tastes because her views are so radical and she just never gets it right. it's not uncommon for middle-of-the-road sitcoms to portray teenage girls with such hostility–the most classic example would be the hated daughter on family guy. but it does upset me to see AS fawning all over a show that is so obviously hostile to the idea of a young lesbian activist.
Woah. There's been some weird vibes lately from the A/S rhetoric, content, and choices of how things are edited and presented, but this is a comments section, no? What's the point of having it if one of the Big A/S Editors shows up to shut stuff down?
I've been up and down with ODAAT, but this season was IMO not super funny, and some of the actors seemed to really be phoning it in. And yeah, it's a little reductive – there's a lot of other plotlines they could've examined re: Latinx people not being a monolith. Dunno. Lots of series don't last more than 3 seasons, and burn out – maybe it's just not super great, representation aside.
anyway, sort of disappointed with certain editorial choices around here lately, especially given my financial involvement. :(
being told i don't belong here because i don't like a cartoonish multicam sitcom about the noble heroism of the american military didn't actually surprise me because i already know that AS gets so single-minded about its copaganda faves, but it did make me wish AS were a better site. unfortunately, it isn't
Your first comment was indistinguishable from any common troll coming here to put down a queer Latinx show, so acting now like you're being victimized for your views is disingenuous.
While you and the others agreeing with you make some valid citiques, you are doing that thing where you think your opinion of a show is more important than all the other people who have felt seen and represented by it in a way they never have been before. You think the flaws you personally perceive mean that the whole thing is garbage and deserves to be canceled. You have your own interpretation of the show and that's fine, but other people love it and feel connected to it, and frankly your attitude is shitty even if your points are worth being discussed. Perfect representation in media doesn't exist, so if we cancel everything that isn't perfect, we get nothing. Try to have some compassion for the people who care about this show being lost. We are all supposed to be on the same side here.
I am HERE for a Carrie Brownstein written/directed Heart biopic. Thank you for alerting me to it's existence!
It also snowed on my island this weekend and I didn't even consider that you weren't talking about getting a tree in AC.
Loved the Steve Kornacki piece – especially his rundown of the Thanksgiving pie race on his big board. Definitely here for a smart, nerdy queer getting his moment in the spotlight.
Haven't read either elite take on Rudolph. I'm mostly meh on Rudolph – of the big 3 classic Christmas specials I grew up with, I think it's the least well-thought out. But I have a soft spot for it and I am definitely team "portraying something isn't the same as endorsing it".
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I cannot wait for the new Doctor Who special, though I am bummed that Chibnall keeps putting it on New Year's Day rather than Xmas.
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Brook Crompton plans to shut Guiseley and axe 400 more jobs
Brook Compton is planning to shut its Guiseley motor factory near Leeds, and to cut the workforce at its two remaining UK sites in Huddersfield and Blackheath, Birmingham. This latest round of cutbacks at the troubled motor-maker could result in up to 400 more jobs being lost, on top of the 450 that went when volume production was moved from Huddersfield to Poland in 2002.
The Guiseley plant employs about 225 people producing large and flameproof motors.
Brook has embarked on a 90-day consultation period with its unions. It says that it needs to cut its operating costs because of the slowdown in UK business, and to allow it to compete in the tough global motors market.
Recently appointed UK managing director Graham Harries says that "worst-case scenario" will involve the transfer of most of Guiseley`s large motor manufacturing activities to other sites already producing similar lines.
"If there are to be redundancies, they will be in stages spread over the coming months," Harries says. "The number could be as high as 400, but we are hoping it will be less."
If the plans go ahead, they will leave the Blackheath plant as Brook`s only remaining UK manufacturing site. It will produce special AC motors and other engineered products, including DC motors and braking systems.
Brook will continue to service the UK market from its Huddersfield site, which will also provide the group with product development and engineering support. At present, about 150 people are employed at Huddersfield.


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El parque nacional de Deux Balés  es un área protegida situada en el centro este de Burkina Faso. Está dentro de la provincia de Mouhoun justo al oeste del Río Volta Negro a una altura de 235-310 m.

Deux Bales se creó en 1937 como el forêts classées des Deux balas (Bosques clasificados de Deux Balés), con una superficie de 610 kilómetros cuadrados.  En ese momento, era parte del África Occidental Francesa. En 1967, mientras que fue parte de la recién independiente República del Alto Volta, al área se le dio el nombre de parque nacional y se le registró como "Parc national des Deux de Bales". Sin embargo, todavía no hay una ley que lo considere formalmente como un parque nacional.

Véase también
Geografía de Burkina Faso

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Thus was born the 17 Sustainable Development goals: Mankind's road-map to self-preservation and a brighter future. Issues such as clean water, sustainable communities, gender equality, protecting the oceans, and ending world hunger became focal points for both commerce and community interest. In order to sustain such a detailed plan, both public and private sectors needed to band together with the full understanding that, should a solution not be reached, the human race would no longer be able to sustain itself.
Launching and innovating Sustain R World day needed to accomplish more than just raising awareness: Multiple components of the United Nations decision had to mesh in one central location, allowing a shareable database for schools, government, business, individuals, and even a few celebrities to all take part in the unique opportunity to make a difference. Three Summers Creative presented their consumer-focused solution to United Nations delegates from around the world.
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Lande Ajose is the senior policy advisor for higher education for California Governor Gavin Newsom. She is responsible for developing and shaping the governor's higher education policy agenda, which is focused on protecting college affordability, preserving college access, and increasing system efficiency to meet the state's need for a skilled and educated workforce. Prior to this appointment, Ajose served as the executive director of California Competes, a nonpartisan, nonprofit project that develops and advocates on behalf of policies to equitably boost California's postsecondary degree attainment.
Ajose's experience in higher education includes work in college admissions at Vassar College, education and workforce development funding at the James Irvine Foundation, and research and evaluation at MDRC, where she managed a comprehensive evaluation of the Achieving the Dream Initiative. An ardent advocate for college affordability, in 2014 Ajose was appointed to the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) by Governor Jerry Brown and served as chair for two years until her resignation in May 2019. She has served on boards of the Institute of College Access and Success (TICAS) and the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), and, until her appointment to the governor's office, was a WASC Senior College and University Commissioner. Ajose currently serves on the advisory committee for the Higher Education Policy Center at the Public Policy Institute of California. A graduate of Occidental College, she earned her master's degree from the School of Public Affairs at UCLA and holds a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from her alma mater, Occidental College.


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package storage

import (
	"testing"

	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/query"
	"github.com/influxdata/influxql"
)

func TestPlannerCondition(t *testing.T) {
	sitr := &floatIterator{
		Points: []query.FloatPoint{
			{Aux: []interface{}{"cpu,host=host1"}},
			{Aux: []interface{}{"mem,host=host1"}},
		},
	}

	cond, err := influxql.ParseExpr(`(_name = 'cpu' AND (_field = 'user' OR _field = 'system')) OR (_name = 'mem' AND "$" = 0)`)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal("ParseExpr", err)
	}

	p := &indexSeriesCursor{
		sitr:            sitr,
		fields:          []string{"user", "system", "val"},
		cond:            cond,
		measurementCond: influxql.Reduce(RewriteExprRemoveFieldValue(influxql.CloneExpr(cond)), nil),
	}

	keys := []string{}
	row := p.Next()
	for row != nil {
		keys = append(keys, row.key+" "+row.field)
		row = p.Next()
	}

	exp := []string{"cpu,host=host1 user", "cpu,host=host1 system", "mem,host=host1 user", "mem,host=host1 system", "mem,host=host1 val"}
	if !cmp.Equal(exp, keys) {
		t.Errorf("unexpected, %s", cmp.Diff(exp, keys))
	}
}

// FloatIterator is a represents an iterator that reads from a slice.
type floatIterator struct {
	Points []query.FloatPoint
	stats  query.IteratorStats
}

func (itr *floatIterator) Stats() query.IteratorStats { return itr.stats }
func (itr *floatIterator) Close() error               { return nil }

// Next returns the next value and shifts it off the beginning of the points slice.
func (itr *floatIterator) Next() (*query.FloatPoint, error) {
	if len(itr.Points) == 0 {
		return nil, nil
	}

	v := &itr.Points[0]
	itr.Points = itr.Points[1:]
	return v, nil
}


I spent an afternoon making a little cake and different size cupcakes for my sister's birthday. They looked and tasted great (thank goodness)! If you want to see the cake, check it out at Lovely Little Cakes.
Those look yummy…where is the recipe?
This was when I first started the site and didn't think anyone was reading. I can't remember what I used. Sorry.
they look cute but where is the recipe ??…………….
Oooh loox great! wish u had the recipe, but im good with cupcakes so i could probably make something almost exactly like it!
You could just use a box cake mix. I would try that.


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World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 139 million tonnes (Mt) in May 2016, a -0.1% decrease compared to May 2015.
China's crude steel production for May 2016 was 70.5 Mt, an increase of 1.8% compared to May 2015. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 8.8 Mt of crude steel in May 2016, a decrease of -0.9% compared to May 2015. India's crude steel production was 8.0 Mt in May 2016, up by 4.9% on May 2015. South Korea's crude steel production was 5.8 Mt in May 2016, down by -3.5% on May 2015.
In the EU, Germany produced 3.9 Mt of crude steel in May 2016, an increase of 4.0% compared to May 2015. Italy produced 2.2 Mt of crude steel, up by 9.3% on May 2015. Spain produced 1.3 Mt of crude steel, down by -10.6% compared to May 2015. France produced 1.2 Mt of crude steel, down by -18.8% compared to May 2015.
Turkey's crude steel production for May 2016 was 3.0 Mt, up by 5.4% on May 2015.
In May 2016, Russia produced 6.0 Mt of crude steel, up by 0.4% over May 2015. Ukraine produced 2.3 Mt of crude steel, up by 5.7% compared to the same month in 2015.
The United States produced 6.8 Mt of crude steel in May 2016, a decrease of -0.4% compared to May 2015.
Brazil's crude steel production for May 2016 was 2.6 Mt, down by -13.2% on May 2015.