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Samuel Kanyon Doe
Samuel Kanyon Doe (1951-1990) was the head of state of Liberia from 1980 to 1990. His seizure of power ended 110 years of rule by the True Whig Party and changed Liberian politics and society in fundamental ways.
Samuel Kanyon Doe was born on May 6, 1951, in Turzon, Grand Gedeh County, Liberia. He belonged to the Krahn tribe, which is one of the 16 major tribal groups in Liberia. He attended primary school in Turzon and was later a student at the R. B. Richardson Baptist Junior High School in Zwedru, the capital of Grand Gedeh County. He dropped out of high school in 1967 for "economic reasons."
Doe joined the Liberian Armed Forces two years after leaving school. He had his initial military training at the John H. Tubman Military Camp in Todee, Montserrado County, and at Camp Schiefflen in the same county. In 1970 he was assigned to the Third Battalion of the Liberian Armed Forces at Barclay Training Center in Monrovia. Doe continued his high school education at Barracks Union School and at Marcus Garvey Memorial High School. He also studied at the Radio and Communications School of the Ministry of Defense, and in 1971 was awarded its advanced diploma with honors.
Doe moved swiftly through the ranks of the military. He was appointed acting first-sergeant in command of 150 men in 1973 and two years later was promoted to corporal and shortly after to first-sergeant. While in the Liberian National Guard he gained a reputation as an agile combat fighter and an able sharpshooter. As a result, he was selected in 1979 for training by the United States Special Forces in Monrovia. On the successful completion of this training he was appointed adjutant in charge of administration in the Third Battalion at Barclay Training Center. Later in 1979 he was promoted to the rank of master sergeant.
During this period Doe was primarily concerned about his professional career in the military and was uninterested in politics. He also dismissed suggestions that his career in the armed forces would be hindered by the fact that the highest positions traditionally went to Americo-Liberians, the descendants of freed American slaves who founded the republic in 1847.
Political Upheaval
The True Whig Party had been in power since 1870, and for most of this period Liberian society was dominated by Americo-Liberians who had a privileged political, economic, and social status. Like his predecessor President Tubman (1943-1971), President Tolbert, who took office in 1971, tried to bridge the gap between Americo-Liberians and the indigenous tribal peoples who constitute the majority of the population. He stressed the importance of efficiency and initiated programs to help the poor. But the Tolbert regime was also notorious for corruption and nepotism, which led to frustration and anger within the country.
By 1979 two opposition parties had formed: the Progressive Alliance of Liberia (PAL) and the Movement for Justice in Africa (MOJA), both of which had left-wing orientations. In 1979 the PAL organized a large demonstration against the government's decision to increase the price of rice by 50 percent. The demonstration led to widespread riots, and several PAL leaders were arrested. In an effort to diffuse the growing tension in the country, the government permitted the PAL to register as an official opposition party under the name of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) in January, 1980. However, when the PPP issued a call for a general strike two months later it was banned and its leaders were arrested.
Doe as Head of State
Early in the morning of April 12, 1980, a small group of soldiers from the First Brigade of the National Guard, led by Doe, staged a coup d'état. They stormed the executive mansion and killed President Tolbert. The coup gained immediate popular acceptance, and Doe adopted the revolutionary slogan: "In the Cause of the People, the struggle continues." A People's Redemption Council (PRC) consisting of 17 enlisted men headed by Doe was established. A cabinet of 19 members was also set up, which was made up of soldiers and civilians who were mostly from the PPP and MOJA, although there were a few from the True Whig Party as well. Shortly after the coup, the PRC imposed a price freeze on all commodities including imported foods, doubled the salaries of civil servants and military personnel, and ordered the public execution on a beach in Monrovia of 13 prominent officials of the Tolbert regime.
The early years of the Doe regime seemed promising. In 1981 he became Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces with the rank of general. The following year he received an honorary Ph.D. from the National University of Seoul. Doe promised the people that he would return Liberia to civilian rule and initiated reforms along those lines. A constitution drawn up by a constitutional commission was endorsed by the Liberian people in a referendum held in 1984. It provided for the dissolution of the PRC and the creation of an interim national assembly. In 1984 Doe declared his candidacy for the presidency and founded the National Democratic Party of Liberia (NDPL). He was reelected October 15, 1985, over his chief opponent Jackson F. Doe (no relation) of the Liberian Action Party.
A Troubled Regime
However, the election was surrounded by much controversy as opponents claimed it was fraudulent. Many political leaders had been imprisoned under the infamous Decree 88A which made it a crime to criticize the head of state or his government. The Special Elections Commission (SECOM) was used to frustrate the registration of political parties. For example, some parties were unable to meet the high financial requirements for registration. This political unrest culminated in a failed coup attempt in November of 1985.
Aside from political turmoil, Doe also faced severe economic challenges. Liberia experienced a sharp decline in foreign investment and an unprecedented unemployment rate of over fifty percent. Doe tried to boost the economy by introducing a seven-cornered dollar coin as the first official Liberian currency; however, this worsened the economy. By the end of the 1980's Liberia had a foreign debt of over two billion U.S. dollars and was near bankruptcy.
Doe's rule, which began in 1980 only lasted a decade. On December 24, 1989, a group of armed insurgents crossed the Ivory Coast border and threatened to take over the capital of Liberia, Monrovia. The rebels called themselves the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL) and were led by Charles McArthur Taylor, a former government employee. Doe tried to contain the threat with the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL), but instead found himself amidst ethnic warfare which killed tens of thousands of Liberians and caused over 700,000 more to flee the country.
In July of 1990, a third rebel faction emerged. This was the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) led by Prince Yormie Johnson. On September 9, 1990, Johnson captured Doe and tortured and killed him. The end of the Doe regime only continued the ethnic warfare in Liberia.
Further Reading on Samuel Kanyon Doe
There is no scholarly biography of Doe. A collection of his speeches, The New Liberian Society (1982), has been published. Pranay B. Gupte, "The Sergeant Ruling Liberia," in New York Times (April 24, 1980), provides a good general background. Doe is listed in The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who, 1984. For more information, please see Jeffrey Bartholet and Jane Whitmore, "The Last Days of a Bloody Regime," Newsweek (June 11, 1990): 33-34; Stephen Ellis, "Liberia 1989-1994: A Study of Ethnic and Spiritual Violence," African Affairs 94 (1995): 165-197; Larry James, "A Seven-Cornered Solution?" Africa Report 31 (November-December 1986): 31-33; Reed Kramer, "Liberia: A Casualty of the Cold War's End," Africa News Service (1995); Tunji Lardner, Jr., "An African Tragedy," African Affairs 94 (1995): 165-197; Marguerite Michaels, and J.F.O. McAllister, "To the Last Man" Time (August 20, 1990): 51-52; Bruce W. Nelan, "The Would-Be President," Time (June 18, 1990): 55.


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Leaving The Ashram Mount Eliza
The truth about sexual abuse at The Ashram
Allegations
The Two Letters
"Tantric Practices"
The Management Committee EXPOSED (Part 1)
The Management Committe EXPOSED (Part 3)
In late December 2014, a senior board member of the Mount Eliza Ashram made an announcement at the Saturday evening Satsang Program that there had been "accusations" against the ashram Director Swami Shankarananda (a.k.a Russell Kruckman) and that a full and open inquiry into these allegations would be forthcoming. In the interim, Kruckman (Swamiji, Guruji) would be stepping down as Director of The Mount Eliza Ashram, and announcements to this effect would be made on the website within days. There are very many witnesses to this statement.
The allegations were of a sexual nature and exact number of women involved is not currently known but it is rumored to be large. One website that has received information claims the number to be at least 40. We do not vouch for the accuracy of this number at this point in time, however Helen Last (chief executive of victims' support group In Good Faith and Associates), was quoted by the Age newspaper and said that she had spoken to 38 primary and secondary victims.
Mount Eliza Ashram Management Committee's cover-up.
A day or so later, the Mount Eliza Ashram's Management Committee sent out a statement that backpedaled on any talk of stepping down, and said that Swami Shankarananda's actions were secret tantric practices in line with ancient Hindu scriptures. The letter is seen by many as an attempt to whitewash the issue, although this claim of "secret tantric practices" was at odds with Swami Shankarananda's own accompanying letter which declared deep remorse at his own stupidity and admission that people have been hurt.
Here are the two letters that were sent out by the organisation to the Mount Eliza Ashram community, unchanged in any way except for the removal of one person's contact details in order to not breach their right to privacy (these edits are marked in red).
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They conquered COVID-19. Now they're preventing.
Jay Beiwan October 29, 2020
Kerala is a coastal state in southern India. A few months ago, when the coronavirus pandemic began to devour the land of my birth, the Marxist-ruled state was an example of what was possible even in poor countries when political will, an educated population and a pinch of foresight came together.
Kerala has long been a supplier of workers to other economies in the Persian Gulf and elsewhere – workers who flooded back as the coronavirus pandemic began to shut down economies around the world. Many of them carried the virus with them. The first confirmed case in India was reported in Kerala. With national numbers peaking in the summer, Kerala's own indicators stubbornly stayed good. The positive rate was lower than the national percentage; Test-and-trace systems actually worked; Restorations led the nation.
In the past few weeks, however, cases have risen, hospitals have filled up, and the proportion of people who test positive has risen.
This is a pattern that is repeated around the world. Places that appeared to have popped up early in the year before the virus began to increase in numbers, in most cases exponentially.
A typical example is Germany, where I now live with my family. The Early Spring Panic – Buy Toilet Paper! – led to a quiet acceptance of what the government recommended. The country came together to fight the spread of the virus by following the experts' recommendations. The results were obvious. Germany opened up to most of its neighbors; In warm weather, guests flocked to the nation's beer gardens. Our children went back to school safely.
But dubious records are now falling like dominoes. Sometimes it seems like humans are too. Last week a fellow student in my German class almost collapsed. The fears of the moment crystallized immediately after his dizzy spell; in those few seconds when we were discussing whether to come to his aid or to give him a wide berth. If he could walk, school let him go. He came back the next day with a clear diagnosis from his doctor. He was dehydrated. Nothing more.
For six months, the pandemic passed through other people. The fear we had when we checked our phones in the morning was for others. It's gotten very, very real in the past few weeks.
It's not just Germany, of course. Or Kerala. The Czech Republic and Poland, two of Germany's immediate neighbors, were routinely commended for their responses to the late spring and summer pandemic. Now cases are on the rise in both cases, and the Czech government is aiming for a full national lockdown.
Germany's western neighbors, all of whom were beaten in the spring, flare up again. All of this is made difficult by the freedom of movement within the European Economic Area. The nations have made an effort to keep abreast of who is allowed to enter and what to do with those who return home. In areas like the German-Swiss border or the Dutch-Belgian border, the headaches are even greater, as citizens of one country routinely spend their entire lives in another country.
The appearance of local virus hotspots within Germany has led to discrimination and finger pointing. In early October, Schleswig-Holstein (northern German state) was told that they would be quarantined for two weeks if they arrived without two negative tests in the last five days.
This measure sparked charges of discrimination and enforceability issues, among other things. Who will show up at the local health department in such a conforming culture as the German one and demand the quarantine? There's a dark whisper to invasive mobile usage monitoring and profiling based on license plates. People in less infected areas are demanding greater restrictions. those in the hot spots rub against it, of course.
The word "foreigner" has a completely different meaning in this context.
To make matters worse, no one knows exactly what is driving the surge in places where the coronavirus was once well contained. Was the virus resurgence in Kerala due to the easing of restrictions around Onam (a major regional festival) in late August and early September? Is it just because of the superior rate and quality of testing in a state that prides itself on the efficiency of its healthcare system? Or were the figures artificially low at first – some critics claim that the Marxist state government falsified the figures – and the true picture is only now really showing?
It depends who you ask. It is clear that skepticism is growing and that an Indian community that is already broken has new fault lines to deal with.
This also happens to some extent in Germany. Various commentators have speculated that the surge in numbers in Europe was virtually inevitable. As in Germany also in the European neighbors.
Large numbers of people returned from their summer vacations in places where compliance may not have been as strict as at home. The children went back to school and dumped the combined germs of their family units in the petri dishes of their classrooms. The weather in October so far has been unusually cold and has driven more people indoors.
The idea of "pandemic fatigue", a combined listlessness in the face of seemingly endless restrictions, is also gaining in importance. This is despite – or perhaps because of – its untouchability. Who doesn't long for the old normal again?
Linked to this, and perhaps more insidious, is a recognizable departure from factuality. Skeptics of all descriptions point to the lack of verifiable conclusions. "They told us to wash our hands," is one argument. "Now it's masks! Will they still be relevant next month?" From there to a justification for not wearing masks at all is just a small step. This collapse in consensus on COVID-19, if indeed it does, when the QAnon -Conspiracy theory is gaining traction in Germany is deeply worrying.
Back in India, an anti-mask protester recently described his position as a lack of "political evidence". In other words, the facts are not enough. The fact that policy makers, like us all, deal with it in real time makes no difference.
The policy must be demonstrated to be working before it is followed. That this puts the cart in front of the horse is irrelevant to people who think that way.
There are countries that have so far kept their records of how they dealt with the various ridges of the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealand has taken advantage of the privilege of geographic isolation and solid communication from trusted leadership. Certain Asian countries – South Korea, China, and Taiwan – have made both their previous experience of SARS and a robust stance towards digital surveillance a virtue that nations in the West are resisting. (Personally, I can give up data protection in return for knowing that the guy next to me on the train doesn't belong in quarantine.)
But these success stories are few and far between. My experience in Germany shows me that yesterday's shared triumph can all too easily turn into readiness if a man you have known for six months collapses next to you.
At home in India the restrictions are easing as they must. The economy demands it. Diwali is around the corner. Winter is also wedding season. Couples across the country won't wait until the pandemic is over to get married, and Indian marriages are famous for their noisy sociability.
We will wear masks and distance, the groom's family could say. But what if the bride's crew is skeptical and instead hugs and dances and sits 10 at a table? Will you cancel the wedding if they arrive with bare faces?
In Germany, it's about canceled Christmas markets and holidays without large families. The relentlessness of mid-March, the unwavering determination to get on with things – to "manage" them, as Chancellor Angela Merkel memorably put it in a different context – seems to be disappearing. The minister-presidents of the German state governments point their fingers at each other, the numbers keep increasing and parents are once again worried about sending their children to school.
Hunker down, wisdom goes. Prepare for the restrictions to come because they are inevitable now. And keep an eye on the toilet paper aisle of the local supermarket.
Jay Beiwan
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Naureen Ghaury vs. the German Ahmadiyya Jamaat
On March 6th, a humanist press outlet in Germany published an Article by the author Naureen Ghaury in which she gave an insight into the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. (an english translation of it was posted in this subreddit yesterday). Iftekhar Ahmed, an imam from the community, accused her in a Tweet that she was spreading untrue statements about the Jamaat. I asked him to explain his claim. His answer and my reply are posted below (The original conversation was in German, Translation by me. Link to the original Twitter thread here.
Imam Iftekhar Ahmed:
"""The Ahmadiyya is not a cult. In addition, it is not strictly just concerned with itself. At most to the extent that every subject naturally is.Furthermore, following the instructions of the caliph is the responsibility of only those who wish to belong to the community which, because they consider the caliph chosen and directed by God, to whom they swore absolute loyalty to him. Excommunication is not a real sanction, but actually a means of purification. It does not genuinely apply to those who do not belong to the people mentioned above who want to belong to the community. By virtue of their will, they have already catapulted themselves out of that congregation, whether expressed or not. The excommunication is at point just a formality. The excommunication is for those who want to belong to the named community, but have committed breach of allegiance. It offers them the opportunity to either purify themselves or to understand that they did not want to belong to this community anyway.
Gossiping or snitching on other members is neither required by the community nor subliminally enforced by it, rather, if it happens, it should be seen as an individual act. According to the Islamic moral teaching of the so-called "sitr", the writings of the community founder and his successors are demanding to hide the shortcomings of others instead of telling them. In addition, conformity pressure does not arise at the instigation of the community, but exists in every group, regardless of its type.
The community tries expressly to minimize this already existing conformity pressure. As I have stated in another tweet, the head of the community himself denounced the forcing of a headscarf. The current head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat announced the following clearly some time ago:
"Men should remember that they have not been given powers to police others and should restrain themselves. It is not for them to cover the heads of women from outside*. Men are commanded to restrain their eyes; they should fulfil their own obligations****. There is not even any commandment to forcibly cover the heads of Muslim women let alone non-Muslim women.*** It is men like these who have hard-line ideas, there may be the odd one among us also, who bring Islam in disrepute. Huzoor said no one should think that they are the caretakers of reforming the world!. "(His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad ABA, Friday address(September 5, 2014) "
In addition, there are women in the community who do not wear a headscarf. No one has been excommunicated for not wearing the headscarf. There is no correlation between wearing or not wearing the headscarf and excommunication.
I would first like to thank you Murabbi sahib for your detailed answer. Unfortunately, Twitter is the worst possible medium to discuss topics like these in their complexity and nuance. Let me try it anyway.
When it comes to the label "cult", it certainly depends on the how it's defined. On a scale from the Catholic Church to Heaven's Gate, I would locate the Ahmadiyya community somewhere around the Jehovah's witnesses or the LDS Church. I would not use the label sect. Conservative with 'cult-like structures' in certain areas seems like a more accurate description to me.
The difference in our opinions does not seem to stem from the fact that the article made untruthful statements, but it's us looking at the same facts but evaluate them differently.
If the belonging to the community presupposes 'ABSOLUTE LOYALTY' to the Khalifa and (the threat of) excommunication is considered legitimate leverage to put pressure on members to 'gain this insight', than that kind of black and white thinking is exactly one of mechanisms that I would consider 'cult like' behaviour. Why shouldn't it be possible to disagree with the Khalifa on some points?
This inability to allow any criticism of the head without it being interpreted as a 'betrayal', the fact that a persons only choices are between repentant apology or complete secession is precisely what the criticism in the article is about. The caliphate has a different status for you personally. I understand that, you are free to believe and present that. But your tweets here clearly show, that this requirement of absolute obedience exists within the Jamaat.
Of course it's true that the community does not approve of members gossiping about each other. But you are certainly aware of the fact that there are Tarbiyyat ('discipline') departments within the community, that spring into action if members do not fully conform to the edicts of the Jamaat. This is also queried in the monthly reports from the local communities. I myself have written such reports and sent them to the central organization.
I am certain, that most of the officials are not trying to expose individuals. As you have indicated, these reminders, explanations and sanctions are about steering the person's behaviour back to the 'right track' again. I fully acknowledge that most officials do it with good intentions. From my own experience I can say that the conversations and measures are carried out with love, confidentiality, humility, with the goal of helping the person.
This nevertheless still creates structures that reinforce the conformity pressure that is present in all groups. If you combine that with the expectation of absolute loyalty, social stigmatization and exclusion arise. The threats and pressures that are felt by the members going through it do not follow your idealized script. People don't have the luxury of dissecting the pain and determine which part of it is caused by culture, by religion or personal reasons. What remains true, is the fact that these pressures are also exerted with the help of the structures of the Jamaat.""
Of course people aren't immediately excommunicated if they fail to cover their head. But your claim here about those things being not connected is incorrect. There are clear statements.
But the caliph where he condemns any relaxation of the veiling & gender segregation and threatens excommunication.
If you look at the context of instructions from the Friday sermon by the caliph you have shared, it becomes clear that Hazoor here has reprimanded men who have put a scarf on the hair of EXTERNAL journalists or demanded that they wear one. The caliph here, rightly says, that it is not the job of men to force the headscarf onto OTHER women. But he also says in the same speech that in this matter men should instead focus on your families. He further clarifies that the adherence of female members to the clothing requirements of community is primarily the responsibility is other women and the women organizations.
So much as I enjoy Hazoor reprimanding men in the text you shared, it does not invalidate the critique of the social pressure that is exerted by families and the community. Nor does it address the allegations and hostility that women feel exposed to, if they decide against it.
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https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2019/10/19/a-brief-history-of-the-lahori-ahmadi-mission-germany-1922-2017/
A response to Imam Iftekhar Ahmed's criticism of the Hpd article on the Ahmadiyya community from islam_ahmadiyya
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2019/04/20/ahmadis-get-exploited-by-the-mirza-family-after-asylum-to-the-west-germany-canada-the-uk-and-the-usa/
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2019/01/08/ahmadiyya-and-human-trafficking-to-germany/
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2018/08/12/jalsa-germany-2018-is-fast-approaching/
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2018/07/11/ahmadi-girls-in-canada-the-usa-the-uk-and-germany-are-fed-up-with-ahmadiyya-isolation/
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2018/02/23/the-biggest-problems-with-ahmadiyya-youth-in-canada-the-usa-the-uk-and-germany-are-drugs-dating-and-lack-of-prayers/
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2018/02/03/the-history-of-the-lahori-and-qadiani-ahmadis-by-dr-gerdien-jonker-ph-d-research-scholar-germany/
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2017/12/11/the-ahmadiyya-strategy-in-america-canada-germany-and-the-uk/
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2017/12/04/ahmadi-cuts-his-own-2-year-old-daughters-throat/
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2017/08/07/ahmadis-killed-their-own-daughter-in-germany/
https://ahmadiyyafactcheckblog.com/2020/04/04/mirza-azizur-rehman-the-ex-ahmadi-imam-of-the-lahori-ahmadi-berlin-mosque1931-1936/
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With just ten days until the date of departure from the EU at the time of writing, there is unprecedented daily turmoil in parliament on what will happen. The government's position has become so intractable that a complete government collapse is possible in the coming days or weeks, with a general election becoming the only solution.
Either way, a trade union-headed workers' movement - with a plan of action - needs to be launched to help sweep the Tories out of power. It's also needed to prepare a massive campaign to get Jeremy Corbyn in as prime minister, with socialist policies.
This outcome is greatly feared by the capitalist class. "The top 0.1% in Britain are doing very well", wrote the economics editor of the Sunday Times. They want no obstacles to their hoarding of vast wealth, which could be created by the election of a government proposing to take measures in workers' interests.
But the capitalists' political representatives in Westminster are mired in such an acute and protracted civil war over Brexit that now is the time to turn the tables on them. Now is the time to take full advantage of their weakness, kick out the Tories, and inside Labour turn seriously to the task of deselecting the Blairites.
They had allowed their MPs a 'free vote' on that motion, but on one which ruled out a no-deal Brexit, the government whipped Tories to reject it after it was amended to apply indefinitely. The government lost that vote, with 13 ministers abstaining and one voting against. Cabinet members were among them, but the government is so powerless and fragile that May felt unable to take any action against them.
These votes were not binding, but no plan has yet been passed and May's government has been sinking more and more deeply into crisis. When Attorney General Geoffrey Cox didn't assist May's deal by giving a legal assurance against the UK becoming stuck in the EU Customs Union, there were frantic attempts to get his 'opinion' altered.
But the parliamentary arithmetic doesn't yet add up for that and many different scenarios are possible over the coming weeks. A new factor is a ruling by the Speaker of the Commons John Bercow that May can't have a third vote on her deal if it remains the same.
Certainly, there's sharp division on the EU among MPs, in many cases reflecting their careerist ambitions. But the Socialist Party strongly counters the idea - repeated ad nauseam in the capitalist media - that working people are fundamentally divided on this issue.
sector, effective trade unions, and are not hostile to other cultures, languages and people. On the other side, are those who support Brexit, who want "a world of closure, intolerance and suspicion of the other", according to Hutton.
It would be the very opposite of a Europe of 'intolerance and suspicion'. Rather, it would be one where the removal of poverty and austerity would cut the ground from beneath distrust and racism.
Working-class people, whether they presently identify with the Remain or Leave side, have the same class interests. Corbyn recognises this. For instance, he said in Wakefield in January: "The real divide in our country is not between those who voted to Remain in the EU and those who voted to Leave. It is between the many - who do the work, who create the wealth and pay their taxes, and the few - who set the rules, who reap the rewards and so often dodge taxes".


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Gov. Christie vows to veto all new spending until Legislature cuts taxes
By Jenna Portnoy/The Star-Ledger
Gov.Chris Christie holds another town hall meeting
Gallery: Gov.Chris Christie holds another town hall meeting
CHERRY HILL — In a couple of blistering tirades, Gov. Chris Christie today unveiled a new offensive in his war on Democratic lawmakers who say the state can't afford a tax cut: Call them hypocrites.
Christie vowed to veto any new spending and singled out bills he said would cost taxpayers $70 million if approved. He sarcastically derided some of the lawmakers who sponsored the measures as "well-known fiscal conservatives" and another as a "soldier in the war on fiscal prudence."
"You can't count on me to do this myself," he told business leaders at a Southern New Jersey Chamber of Commerce lunch in Cherry Hill. "You need to get engaged. You need to call BS on them on this."
He said Democrats, "with their handmaidens in the press," talk about how there's no money to cut taxes "while at the same time, in the dark halls of Trenton, they're passing bills for more spending."
"Now listen," Christie added. "Hypocrisy is a given in politics, but this is like over the bar."
The governor has been on the warpath since Democrats did not allow a tax cut along with his $31.7 billion budget — something he has been pushing since January.
He and Senate President Stephen Sweeney reached a compromise that would let residents claim 10 percent of their property taxes as a dollar-for-dollar credit against their income tax bill. But lawmakers chose to delay the proposed cut to see if Christie would hit his target of 7 percent growth in revenue, one of the most optimistic forecasts in the nation.
Yet tax collections have fallen significantly short of his projections, and last week it was reported the state's unemployment rate inched up to 9.9 percent. In addition, the credit-rating agency Standard and Poor's lowered New Jersey's financial outlook from stable to negative.
Through it all, Christie has tried to parry with, shame and antagonize Democratic lawmakers as well as the Legislature's chief budget officer.
More than a dozen Democrats and two Republicans are sponsors of the nine bills that Christie listed yesterday. He said lawmakers passed 20 more without offsetting the spending with budget cuts. His office did not respond to a request for a full list of bills.
The costliest measure he focused on today, sponsored by Assemblyman Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson), the Budget Committee chairman, would cost $66 million and reimburse municipalities with many tax-exempt cemeteries.
Reading from a list on his phone, Christie repeated the mantra at an afternoon town hall meeting at Lacey Township Elks Lodge No. 2518. (see list of mentioned bills below)
For now, Prieto said in a telephone interview, there were no plans to move the bill for a hearing, and no guarantee it would get to the governor's desk.
"He's like a good magician, redirecting attention so people don't notice the mistakes he's making," Prieto said.
Assembly Democrats also noted property taxes have gone up 20 percent under his administration.
"Based on the governor's comments, he's apparently opposed to enhanced domestic violence protections, improved child safety, protecting the disabled from discrimination, finding jobs for veterans and protecting South Jersey residents from the adverse impacts of dredging," Tom Hester Jr., spokesman for Assembly Democrats, said in a statement.
Christie tartly called state Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) and Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) "well-known fiscal conservatives," zeroing in on a bill they're sponsoring for a $250,000 study of naturally occurring retirement communities.
Moving on to state Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex), whom he called "another soldier in war on fiscal prudence" and "always known as someone who puts the taxpayer first", Christie said she sponsored a bill to set up summer programs in the New Brunswick School District, also at a cost of $250,000.
"I've been pretty nice up until this point," he said, pausing for laughterv from the like-minded audience. "That ends today. It ends today. I am tired. I am tired of them lying to the public and getting away with it."
Invoking a story he likes to tell about his mother, Christie said Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union) "will be with me, searching for my mother's money tree" with a bill that would expedite the process for foreclosing on abandoned residential properties.
Lesniak didn't take kindly to the criticism.
"This governor is a fake, a phony and a fraud," Lesniak said in a telephone interview. "That program doesn't spend one dollar of state taxpayer dollars. He has turned his back on the plight of people hurt most by the recession. That's one reason why New Jersey has one of highest unemployment rates in the country and the highest rates of foreclosed-upon homes. He ought to be ashamed of himself."
CHRISTIE'S VETO THREAT: BILLS IN JEOPARDY
Gov. Chris Christie pledged to veto all spending bills until Democrats agree to an income tax cut. Here are the nine bills he mentioned Thursday, two of which have Republican sponsors:
ASSEMBLY BILLS
• A3281 — Establishes State payment in lieu of taxes to municipalities for loss of revenues due to an overburden of tax-exempt cemetery property.
Primary sponsor: Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) | Cost: $66 million
• A3260 — Establishes grant program for constructing kitchen facilities in licensed child care centers
Primary sponsors: Pamela Lampitt (D-Camden), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer), Charles Mainor (D-Hudson), Gabriela Mosquera (D-Camden) | Cost: $1 million
• A740 — Establishes grant program in DCA to provide funding to youth mentoring programs.
Primary sponsors: Timothy Eustace (D-Bergen), Connie Wagner (D-Bergen), Troy Singleton (D-Burlington), Charles Mainor (D-Hudson). Co-sponsor: Pamela Lampitt (D-Camden) | Cost: No estimate
• A2410 — Establishes New Jersey Council on Responsible Fatherhood and Responsible Fatherhood Fund.
Primary sponsors: Troy Singleton (D-Burlington), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer), Connie Wagner (D-Bergen). Co-sponsor: Angelica Jimenez (D-Hudson) | Cost: $337,900.
• S1796 — Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program
Primary sponsors: Shirley Turner (D-Mercer), Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen). Co-sponsor: Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth) | Cost: $250,000
• S2203 — Establishes three-year "Fifth Quarter Pilot Program" in New Brunswick School District to provide summer enrichment programming.
Primary sponsor: Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex) | Cost: $255,000
• S2134 — Requires New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finace Agency establish reverse mortgage program for certain retirees living in cooperatives.
Primary sponsors: Brian Stack, Sandra Cunningham (both D-Hudson) | Cost: No estimate
• S1566 — Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act"; provides expedited process for foreclosing abandoned residential properties.
Primary sponsors: Raymond Lesniak (D-Union), Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex). Co-sponsors: Richard Codey (D-Essex), Brian Stack (D-Hudson), Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), Sandra Cunningham (D-Hudson) | Cost: Not known.
• S71 — Establishes "New Jersey Yellow Dot Program" to give emergency responders critical health and emergency contact information to better assist those involved in motor vehicle emergencies who can't communicate.
Primary sponsors: Richard Codey (D-Essex), Robert Singer (R-Ocean). Co-sponsor: Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex) | Cost: From $350,000 to $551,000 over three years
Source: N.J. Office of Legislative Services
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About the centre -
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Casual Prices
About YMCA
We regularly receive requests from companies who wish to supply to the YMCA. Please use this information as a guide before making contact with our purchasing team.
YMCA Victoria is a community based charity offering programs and services throughout Victoria, Australia. We work alongside ten other Victorian associations and work in service areas including:
camping and outdoor education, and
We negotiate a range of purchasing agreements on both a 'sole supply' and 'preferred supplier' basis which our centres and programs can access.
New agreements are developed with honesty and integrity
All major Sole Supply agreements are advertised in the Tenders section of The Age. We make no apologies for stating that there is a cost in terms of suppliers gaining full access to the YMCA market and for the various forms of support that we do offer. We analyse all submissions and make our decisions based on stated criteria outlined in the specification, and on the basis of a 'First and Best' submission. We will always do our best to make all agreements successful and to build sales through the term of the agreement.
The YMCA is fully aware of the value of small suppliers and those who are located close to our centres. Whilst we need to seek agreements for all of our centres on the major supply agreements, we will leave many of the small supply areas up to the discretion of the local Manager.
What do we expect of our suppliers?
We offer significant levels of business and in return we expect:
Value for money and a significant advantage over other suppliers.
Support to a high level, where any issues will be resolved quickly and effectively.
A quarterly report of sales with a minimum of data including numbers and dollar value for each centre, and in total.
A percentage based rebate paid quarterly, and surplus over our costs flows directly into supporting those people who are doing it tough to become healthier, happier and more connected to their communities.
Significant Agreements are subject to quarterly review meetings.
What you can expect from the YMCA
You will benefit from a formal agreement that guarantees your supply for an agreed period. The agreement will be published internally so that all centres are aware of the arrangement. You can make 'special offers' or announce 'sale items' on our internal quarterly Purchasing Newsletter, and promote your product/service through YMCA trade forums.
Usage figures are not available, unless a supply agreement has been established in the past, in which case we may be able to provide estimated volumes. For a list of centres and their features, visit the Locate section of this website.
Purchasing and payment is not centralised, therefore suppliers will need to ensure systems are in place to manage this.
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import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
import org.ihtsdo.otf.mapping.jpa.handlers.BeginEditingCycleHandlerJpa;
import org.ihtsdo.otf.mapping.jpa.services.MappingServiceJpa;
import org.ihtsdo.otf.mapping.model.MapProject;
import org.ihtsdo.otf.mapping.services.MappingService;
import org.ihtsdo.otf.mapping.services.helpers.BeginEditingCycleHandler;

/**
 * Goal which initiates a new editing cycle. Mostly this is for tracking
 * purposes.
 *
 * See admin/release/pom.xml for a sample execution.
 *
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 */
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      // Begin the release
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          + mapProject.getId());
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      handler.beginEditingCycle();

      getLog().info("Done...");

      // Clean-up
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
      throw new MojoFailureException("Unexpected exception:", e);
    }
  }

}

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