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Ames students to receive ALICE training previously considered too traumatic
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The Ames School District is changing its safety protocols in the wake of Wednesday's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.For the first time, students will be included in all emergency drills.Officials with Ames Community School District said they did not include students in safety drills in the past because they were afraid that it might be traumatizing.After the school shooting in Florida, director of school community and media relations Eric Smidt said the district decided that students need to be ready for anything. "We really want to take it as an opportunity to equip our students moving forward about you know situations and how they can respond," Smidt said.The school district works with the Ames Police Department to provide ALICE training to teachers. ALICE stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate. "Each school is a little bit different," Ames police Cmdr. Geoff Huff said. "Just the layout of the school, the building design (and) the building materials, and that can make a difference in what kind of planning they do.""The training we will be doing at the high school will be very different at the elementary school," Smidt said.Smidt said there are already security measures in place at the elementary and middle schools that lock the doors of the building at the press of a button, but that is not the case for the high school. "They have a number of exterior doors more than what we even care to count to be honest with you," he said. "That's one of the security measures that we are hoping to address."Ames High School has 83 exterior doors, making a lockdown more difficult.District officials are proposing a bond for a new high school that includes plans to fix security issues.For now, Smidt said the school district just want to prepare students in case the worst were to happen. "We are hoping to move on it right away," he said.District officials will meet with Ames police later this week to start on plans to implement the emergency drills.
AMES, Iowa —
The Ames School District is changing its safety protocols in the wake of Wednesday's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
For the first time, students will be included in all emergency drills.
Officials with Ames Community School District said they did not include students in safety drills in the past because they were afraid that it might be traumatizing.
After the school shooting in Florida, director of school community and media relations Eric Smidt said the district decided that students need to be ready for anything.
"We really want to take it as an opportunity to equip our students moving forward about you know situations and how they can respond," Smidt said.
The school district works with the Ames Police Department to provide ALICE training to teachers.
ALICE stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate.
"Each school is a little bit different," Ames police Cmdr. Geoff Huff said. "Just the layout of the school, the building design (and) the building materials, and that can make a difference in what kind of planning they do."
"The training we will be doing at the high school will be very different at the elementary school," Smidt said.
Smidt said there are already security measures in place at the elementary and middle schools that lock the doors of the building at the press of a button, but that is not the case for the high school.
"They have a number of exterior doors more than what we even care to count to be honest with you," he said. "That's one of the security measures that we are hoping to address."
Ames High School has 83 exterior doors, making a lockdown more difficult.
District officials are proposing a bond for a new high school that includes plans to fix security issues.
For now, Smidt said the school district just want to prepare students in case the worst were to happen.
"We are hoping to move on it right away," he said.
District officials will meet with Ames police later this week to start on plans to implement the emergency drills.


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Word of mouth, as well as traditional marketing methods, are slowly fading into our rearview mirror as the emergence of online reputation management works to showcase you in a positive light throughout the entire internet.
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Athens Mayor Says Much-Criticized Grand Walk Still Grand
By Athens News Agency
Τhe Grand Walk of Athens. (Photo by Eurokinissi/ Tatiana Bollari)
ATHENS – The experimental plan to widen a major avenue in the Greek capital and allow more room for pedestrians, called The Grand Walk, has helped improve an often-ugly city, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis said.
He rejected frequent criticism, including from store owners and others, that it hasn't worked as designed, the aim being to unify central parks of the city center in a network of pedestrianized roads, noting similar reactions decades ago to work on Ermou and Dionysiou Aeropagitou streets, which were successful.
He told the Olympia Forum that the program of works launched by the Municipality in Athens will be bigger than that in the run-up to the 2004 Olympics said Kathimerini of his continuing efforts to beautify the city.
The program also includes the construction of new squares and sidewalks, and interventions on Lycabettus Hill, the National Garden and other areas and he also noted a 5-million euro ($5.82 million) program for modernizing the capital's lighting system.
NEW YORK — André Leon Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died.
"Harder They Fall," "Insecure," H.E.R. Nab NAACP Awards Noms

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package com.github.fge.grappa.transform;

import com.github.fge.grappa.transform.base.InstructionGroup;
import com.github.fge.grappa.transform.base.ParserClassNode;
import com.github.fge.grappa.transform.base.RuleMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import static com.github.fge.grappa.transform.AsmTestUtils.verifyIntegrity;
import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;

/*
 * FIXME: original test fails for:
 *
 * - method = "RuleWithComplexActionSetup";
 * - group = "VarInit$something";
 * - internalName = "org/parboiled/transform/VarInit$something"
 *
 * classCode is null in this case.
 *
 * With the rewritten test, it fails on three. Disable tests for now... Probably
 * has to do with the load context.
 */
public final class ParserExtensionVerificationTest {

//    public void verifyTestParserExtension() throws Exception {
//        ParserClassNode classNode = ParserTransformer.extendParserClass(TestParser.class);
//        verifyIntegrity(classNode.name, classNode.getClassCode());
//
//        Set<String> validGroups = new HashSet<String>();
//        for (RuleMethod method : classNode.getRuleMethods().values()) {
//            for (InstructionGroup group : method.getGroups()) {
//                String internalName = group.getGroupClassType().getInternalName();
//                byte[] classCode = group.getGroupClassCode();
//                if (!validGroups.contains(internalName)) {
//                    checkState(classCode != null);
//                    verifyIntegrity(internalName, classCode);
//                    validGroups.add(internalName);
//                }
//            }
//        }
//    }

    ParserClassNode classNode;

    @BeforeClass
    public void initClassNode()
        throws Exception
    {
        classNode = ParserTransformer.extendParserClass(TestParser.class);
    }

    @Test(enabled = false)
    public void classNodeIntegrityIsEnsured()
    {
        verifyIntegrity(classNode.name, classNode.getClassCode());
    }

    @DataProvider
    public Iterator<Object[]> getInstructionGroups()
    {
        final List<Object[]> list = new ArrayList<>();

        final Set<String> internalNames = new HashSet<>();
        final Iterable<RuleMethod> methods
            = classNode.getRuleMethods().values();

        String internalName;

        for (final RuleMethod method: methods) {
            for (final InstructionGroup group: method.getGroups()) {
                internalName = group.getGroupClassType().getInternalName();
                if (internalNames.add(internalName))
                    list.add(new Object[] { internalName, method, group });
            }
        }

        return list.iterator();
    }

    @Test(
        enabled = false,
        dataProvider = "getInstructionGroups",
        dependsOnMethods = "classNodeIntegrityIsEnsured"
    )
    public void instructionGroupIsCorrect(final String internalName,
        final RuleMethod method, final InstructionGroup group)
    {
        final String where
            = String.format("(internal name: %s, rule method: %s; group: %s)",
                internalName, method, group);

        final byte[] code = group.getGroupClassCode();
        assertNotNull(code, "class code is null! It should not be! " + where);
        verifyIntegrity(internalName, code);
    }
}

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Yıldız Holding est un conglomérat turc, principalement présent dans l'agroalimentaire.

Histoire
Yıldız est créé en 1989 comme holding pour regrouper les différentes activités de la famille Ülker, qui possède l'entreprise Ülker, créée en 1944, et qui s'est diversifiée en créant Topkapı Makine, une entité fabricant des machines pour la confection de biscuits.

En 2007, Yildiz Holding acquiert le chocolatier Godiva auprès de Campbell Soup Company. En 2013, il prend le contrôle de la filiale turque DiaSA de Dia, comprenant  magasins en Turquie.

En , la multinationale United Biscuits (BN, Delacre, McVitie's) est acquise par Yildiz Holding pour plus de 2,6 milliards d'euros.

En , Lactalis acquiert pour 800 millions de dollars 80 % de AK Gida, la filiale laitière de Yildiz Holding.

En , le groupe Ferrero acquiert Delacre à Yildiz pour un montant non dévoilé. Yildiz regroupe alors toutes ses entreprises de biscuits et de confiserie au sein d'une nouvelle filiale, nommée pladis.

En 2018, Yildiz Holding a demandé une restructuration financière de 7 milliards de dollars.

Références

Liens externes

Entreprise du secteur de l'alimentation
Entreprise du chocolat
Entreprise ayant son siège en Turquie

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In the Gospel according to St Mark, Chapter 10, Verse 25, Jesus is recorded as having said: "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." In the 2000 plus years of the existence of Christianity, the view expressed by Jesus has lost much of its currency.
In an article for my blog, www.conversationtree.gy, published in last week's Sunday Stabroek, I took issue with a statement by former President Jagdeo that implied that Cheddi and Janet Jagan lived in luxury.
As expected, the events at Babu John attracted wide attention and media coverage.
This month the PPP celebrates the life of Cheddi Jagan. In preparing to face the electorate, the party will be today invoking his legacy at Babu John.
The responses of the PPP to The Cummingsburg Accord by APNU and the AFC were a declaration by President Ramotar that it is a "farce" and the unleashing of Ms Elisabeth Harper as its prime ministerial candidate.
The Cummingsburg Accord is only the latest in the history of alliances in Guyana's post-war politics.
The last general and regional elections were characterized by extensive delay in announcing election results and there was an outcry against it.
Whose spanner in the works?
Working alongside and observing Dr Jagdeo (then Mr Jagdeo) at close range in the PPP for twenty years, I know that he must be enormously tickled at the controversy generated by the court action challenging the presidential two-term limit.
Guyana is in virgin, unexplored, political territory. In various interviews both Opposition Leader David Granger and AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan, have indicated that the period of foreplay between their parties is over and consummation is in progress.
The election date has been announced. Because it is just under four months away, the campaign will start slowly.
No matter how often it happens, no matter how much our ears become attuned to the ring of abuse in politics, Guyanese must never allow themselves to become accustomed to it or to be entrapped by it, and to succumb to the temptation of silence.
In a recent advertisement, shown above, the National Independent Party (NIP), led by Mr Saphier Husain-Subedar, until recently known as Mr Saphier Husain, announced its intention to contest the upcoming elections.
If the PPP/C is returned with only a plurality of the votes at the upcoming elections as in 2011, it could adopt the sensible course of inviting the opposition to join it in a coalition government.
The electorate will be called upon in 2015 to decide the political shape of Guyana for the immediate future.
A constitution defines the basic laws, structures for governance and rights and responsibilities under which a society is organized.
For some who oppose the PPP, an alliance of opposition political parties to contest elections has always been a prime objective.
The notion in 1950 by the leaders of the PPP that freedom will bring justice has not materialized.
Guyana has hit world headlines several times in its modern history. The news that created these headlines has been negative and related mainly to political events, although the reason for Guyana's position on the map in recent times, Jonestown, was not essentially political as far as the outside world was concerned.
As if the political controversies were not enough, the rains and inevitable floods brought more woes to the populace.
Proroguing parliament is a legitimate constitutional device in Westminster constitutions, whatever its origins and the purpose for which it is used.
Slipping through the back door?
President Ramotar said in his address to the nation last week that if the opposition persists with the no-confidence motion, he will "prorogue or dissolve" the National Assembly.
Navin Chandarpal was one of Guyana's best known public figures and politicians. His popularity was so extensive that most people who knew him well, even those who did not share his political views or allegiances, felt honoured to be considered by him as a friend.
The Clerk to the National Assembly has sought, in a letter to the press, to answer my article last Sunday in which I contended that the Speaker must convene the National Assembly now.
The speaker is obliged to convene the National Assembly now!
There appears to be no consensus among parliamentary parties about a date for the first sitting of the National Assembly after the just concluded recess.
The death penalty has not been carried out in Guyana since 1997. While it is true that there has been a large increase in murders since then, murders have equally soared in countries which have abolished the death penalty like South Africa as well as in countries which have not, like Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
Leader of the PNCR, Chairman of APNU and Leader of the Opposition, David Granger, has had to field questions recently about the effectiveness of the opposition which together control a majority by one of the seats in the National Assembly.
The government has been given the choice by APNU to determine whether it wants local government elections or general elections.
Since Rudy Collins, Chairman of what was then known as the Elections Commission, put his life on the line in October 1992 against rampaging mobs determined to trash the Commission's offices and derail the electoral process, the Commission has been the target of politicians who seek an excuse for losing elections.
I had the privilege of being interviewed on the Spotlight TV programme on Channel 9 in the distinguished company of Henry Jeffrey and Tacuma Ogunseye, both knowledgeable and experienced observers of the political scene.
In his article last Wednesday in 'Future Notes,' ('Some suggestions for constitutional reform'), Dr Henry Jeffrey, advanced extensive views on constitutional reform.
The middle class, which supported the PPP in 1950 and was heavily represented in its leadership, began to divide on the basis of the ethno-political developments after 1955.
General Secretary of the PPP, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, declared at his press conference last week that the PPP has no problem with shared governance and the 'winner does not take all' principle.
Even if the PNCR had been minded to support the proposed AFC motion of no confidence against the government, it is not now likely.
The PNCR Congress is always an interesting time for political observers, not least because in recent times there has always been a challenge to the leaders and energetic contests for other positions.
The AFC released on Friday last a letter to the President of Guyana in which it advised that it will be tabling in the National Assembly a motion of no confidence in the government.
The census figures substantially confirm the analysis I made in an article 'The future of the PPP' published in November, 2012.
Contempt such as Ambassador Hardt is accused of in relation to the Head of State is a serious matter.
AFC Vice Chair, Moses Nagamootoo, announced that his party was contemplating a motion of no confidence against the government.
Once again the issue of an apology from the PNCR has become topical.
The Peoples' National Congress (PNC) government nationalised the Demerara Bauxite Company in 1971.
Violence and corruption in the police force can no longer be classified as allegations.
The first appointment of a Queen's Counsel in England was that of Sir Francis Bacon, made by Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1594, for a political purpose.
This is an appropriate time, on the occasion of the celebration of Guyana's 48th Independence Anniversary, only two years before age 50, to begin the assessment of our condition as an independent nation and try to assess the future.
The case of Rudisa Beverages and Juices (Rudisa) v The State of Guyana, decided by the Caribbean Court of Justice ("CCJ") on May 8, 2014, exposes not only the state of governance in Guyana over the past two decades but also symbolizes the complete loss of Guyana's ability to achieve political agreement on any matter of consequence.


When Jackie Scannell hung up her ballet shoes 45 years ago, she assumed her dancing days were behind her.
But earlier this year she passed the British Ballet Organisation's intermediate classical ballet exam with high distinction – an impressive achievement in itself, but more remarkable given that she has just turned 60.
Scannell, who lives in Central Hawke's Bay, returned to the barre eight years ago. Since then, she has gradually built up her strength to the point where she is able to go en pointe (dance on her toes), something that even young dancers can find difficult.
Spending four hours a week at ballet classes hasn't just made Scannell fitter, stronger and more flexible. It has also fixed a long-standing lower back problem, and given her a sense of satisfaction and achievement as well as providing what she describes as a workout for her brain.
She's one of a small but growing number of so-called silver swans – mostly women who are returning to (or in some cases taking up) ballet later in life. Although they tend to range in age from their late teens to their early sixties, some are much older; according to a recent BBC report, the oldest ballerina at adult classes run by the Scottish Ballet was 102.
A survey by Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (Danz) last year found there are two main reasons people return to or take up ballet as adults. The first is to improve their physical health and the second is to improve their mental health and sense of well-being.
"It gives me strength and muscle tone," said one respondent. "It makes my day feel better – I leave feeling good," said another.
In October, the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons issued a statement recommending ballet as a way for people of all ages to improve mobility and build strength. Spokesperson Nicholas DiNubile – orthopaedic consultant to the Pennsylvania Ballet – said the artform provides flexibility, strength, core conditioning and agility training.
He said dancers are also much less likely than athletes who play ball sports to suffer the kind of knee injury that put All Black Aaron Cruden out of last year's Rugby World Cup. That's because, unlike athletes, dancers have rigorous training in how to jump and maintain balance.
Ballet is not the only kind of dance that can improve physical and mental health. Many kinds of dance provide similar benefits. A 1998 Japanese study, for example, found that an hour of aerobic dance training two to three times a week is just as effective for building fitness and losing weight as spending the same amount of time cycling or jogging.
US research published earlier this year found that two hour-long sessions a week of a specially created Latin dance programme helped improve the fitness of a group of sedentary Spanish-speaking Latinos aged 65 or older. The researchers are now looking at what effect dancing has on cognitive functioning.
In Britain, Oxford University researchers recently found that simply dancing in time with others increases people's threshold for dealing with pain.
None of this comes as a surprise to Danz chief executive Anton Carter, who says dancing in its many forms – from ballroom to kapa haka – is much more popular than people realise, with an estimated 630,000 New Zealanders of all ages dancing regularly. "More people participate in dancing than play rugby or netball," he says.
He describes dance as a bit of a health gold mine that is yet to be properly exploited.
This article was first published in the December 3, 2016 issue of the New Zealand Listener. Follow the Listener on Twitter, Facebook and sign up to the weekly newsletter.


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Guyanese dominate Digicel Youth Pan Caribbean Film Competition
by Bajan Reporter / November 18th, 2019
The Digicel Youth Pan Caribbean Film Competition, as part of the inaugural Turks & Caicos International Film Festival, announced the winners of the competition. Open to amateur filmmakers across the Caribbean, the competition provided a platform for budding creatives to test the waters and show off their skills.
(L-R) Romello Williams, Marketing Executive at Digicel TCI welcomes Dexter Copeland, Guyanese winner of the Digicel Youth Pan Caribbean Film Competition
For the 21yrs and over category, Dexter Copeland from Guyana won with his short film, The Journey. He earned a round trip flight to TCI with accommodation for the festival, a showing of his short film at the festival, all-access pass to festival events (gala, parties, VIP), a brand new phone and US$1,000 cash.
Dexter said, "I feel extremely grateful and humbled to be a winner of the Digicel Youth Pan Caribbean Film Competition, and I must thank all the people who voted for me and those who supported me throughout this process. I must also thank Digicel for making this opportunity possible. I'm hoping it will place me in a better position to help develop the film industry in Guyana, and throughout the Caribbean. My goal is to create inspirational films that tell stories that truly resonate with my audience. At this year's Turks & Caicos International Film Festival, I'm looking forward to learning essential industry information, to continue to empower myself and those in my community."
For the winner of the 14-17 years old category, Aderes Thompson, also from Guyana, who won with the film A Day in the life of a GTI Student, gets to have his short film featured on Digicel Guyana's social media pages and website as well as a brand new phone.
"We're happy to have partnered with the inaugural Turks & Caicos International Film Festival and to have hosted the Digicel Youth Pan Caribbean Film Competition. I just want to thank all those who entered the competition and to say congratulations to the winners. We hope you enjoyed TCI! Film is all about storytelling, and in the Caribbean that's a big part of our culture, so we were very excited to see what everyone, amateurs and professionals alike, brought to the festival," said Addison Stoddard, CEO of Digicel Turks & Caicos.
Usain Bolt – Digicel's Chief Speed Officer presents at the launch of the TCIFF in May.
The festival is geared at raising awareness about the environment, as well as the Caribbean film industry, and the vision of the festival is to share compelling stories about the big issues facing our environment. In May, Digicel's Chief Speed Officer, Usain Bolt visited the Turks & Caicos Islands to launch the festival and advocate for telling meaningful stories through film and touching on the importance of preserving our oceans and the environment.
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Beazley has appointed Lou Ann Layton to succeed Dan Jones as global head of broker relations and marketing following Dan's decision to retire from Beazley in June 2019.
Lou Ann began her career in insurance as a management liability lines underwriter before turning to broking in 1987 when she joined Marsh as a directors & officers practice leader. She held various senior positions at Marsh across the United States, most recently as head of the US south east region where she was responsible for client initiatives, new business and talent development.
Based in Atlanta, Lou Ann's new role will involve travel across Beazley's global footprint to meet brokers and partners, and to liaise with her team in the US and UK.
She will join Beazley at the beginning of December 2018 and will work closely with Dan for a six-month transition period. She will also be joining Beazley's executive committee.
Dan first joined Beazley as a non-executive director in 2006, a position he held until 2010 when he stepped down from the board to become Beazley's first head of broker relations and marketing and a member of the executive committee.
Andrew Horton, Beazley CEO, said: "We are very excited that Lou Ann is joining Beazley, bringing with her a wealth of experience in product design and delivery and extensive market knowledge. I'm also grateful that Dan will be staying on with us until next summer.


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LAW AND THE NEW FASCISM IN CANADA
By Noor al Haqiqa | April 6, 2012 - 4:40 am | April 6, 2012 Uncategorized
ByRobin Mathews
RADICAL PRESS
April4, 2012
"Thesoiled and disgraceful history of the Ministry of the Attorney General of B.C.since 2001 is a faithful representation of the assault on the rule of law andon the integrity of democratic government in Canada in the first 12 years ofthe century." ~ Robin Mathews
Many people in Canada have never heard of Shirley Bond, B.C.'sSolicitor General, Minister of Public Safety, and Attorney General of theprovince. Nevertheless, she fits snugly into the new role of legislators ~ toblock any acts of responsibility to the electorate, to cover up violations oftrust by government, to sham the relation between large corporations and thelegislators "owned" by the corporations.
She is presently insisting that her attempt to block the AuditorGeneral from investigating all the circumstances of the "unconventional" $6million pay-out to Defence Counsel in the Basi, Virk, and Basi (BC RailScandal) case is a demonstration of her full and willing cooperation with theAuditor General. Ms. Bond was Deputy Premier when the "deal" was made tochop the (unfinished) trial in order to prevent cross-examination of toppoliticos and corporate actors ~ and to pay the costs of the convicted men ~Dave Basi and Bobby Virk.
The Gordon Campbell/Christy Clark/Shirley Bond Liberalgovernment will never get to the 2013 provincial election if the full story ofthe corrupt transfer of BC Rail to the CNR is told. Thus (I believe), we seeMs. Bond's game of smoke and mirrors with law and with the integrity of theMinistry of the Attorney General.
The move in Canada ~ and globally, to destroy the rule of law,to assail rights of collective bargaining, to kidnap ownership ofnationally-owned resources by multi-national elites, to turn police forces into"palace armies", to debase the democratic election process, to hand governingto private interests, and to sell off and ship out the sources of worthwhileemployment (the industrial base) ~ has a number of names.
After the March 29th federal budget the Globe and Mail chose to callthe move in Canada: "Harper's modest revolution".
If the matter wasn't so serious, the Globe's characterizationwould be laughable.
The Harper government (Air Canada, Postal Workers) has set aboutwrecking collective bargaining in Canada.
The Harper forces admitted guilt to an attempted rig of the 2006election (which should have caused major criminal charges, and has not).
The Harper government has been a party to the highly dubioussell-off of STELCO to U.S. interests, and the closing down of ELECTRO-MOTIVEDIESEL by recently new owner CATERPILLAR ~ after insulting the employees byoffering them a 50% wage cut.
And shortly before sale, a $5 million tax grant went to theCorporation from the Harper government. [With what behind-the-scenesagreements??]
Expect more of the same under the Harper regime.
In the calculated and highly organized (alleged) Harper Partyattempt to wreck the 2011 election through Robocall electronic tactics, anothermajor attack was made upon the legitimacy of the election process inCanada.
All indications point to the Conservative Party and itssupporters as the major, overwhelmingly involved force engaged inelection-wrecking.
That must be said repeatedly. The bully-boy tactics of thepeople with organizations involved and by spokespeople for the Harper force inParliament are intended, I believe, to stop Canadians from saying just that:every indication points to the Conservative Party and its supporters ascreators of the latest attack upon the legitimacy of the election process inCanada.
In addition, using its proxy power in the Enbridge Corporation,the Harper forces are attacking freedom of assembly in Canada. In theNorth yesterday, the Northern Gateway hearing was closed down because,apparently, Enbridge representatives were offended by a school teacher andpupils showing signs opposed to the Gateway development.
Enbridge was trying to say that they will not engage with thepopulation democratically. They want militarized agreement with theircorporate decisions.
Proof that the Harper government was in on the mini-blow againstdemocracy is given by its complete silence in the face of the Enbridge action.
That is not nearly all. With this column, I am sending informationthat has come to me from Kelly Marie Richard. In short, she was (as sheand I believe firmly) corruptly prevented from carrying out an action forDental Malpractice by CGI (Information Technology firm with other wideninginterests), the RCMP, some of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench judiciary, andothers.
Her allegation (extending from that experience) in what isattached with this column is, in short, that Stephen Harper is cutting budgetand employees at Department of National Defense and Public Safety and isreplacing with employees from CGI. In essence he is privatizing,secretly, operations of federal government.
Kelly Marie Richard has investigated CGI for some years and hasrecorded hundreds of CGI employees in Federal Government Departments and CrownCorporations WORKING FOR CGI.
We should not fail to recognize that since the taking ofgovernment in B.C. by what is fairly called the Gordon Campbell/Christy Clarkforces (2001) ALL of the same kinds of moves have been visible in BritishColumbia ~ except, so far, proof of election rigging.
The breaches of trust, the violations of the rule of law, thecontracts entered into (at least partly) in secrecy, the sell-out of wealthowned by the people of the province, the dirty cronyism, the cover-up of(perhaps) criminal activity within government, and much, much, much more aretoo vast and extensive to deal with here.
Here, I will deal with a centre devoted to the wreckage of therule of law in British Columbia ~ by which I mean the Ministry of the AttorneyGeneral.
Since the arrival of the Gordon Campbell/Christy Clarkgovernment it may be said that NOT ONE Attorney General has served without atleast one (discovered) ugly, unprincipled action destroying the credibility ofthe Office. How many other violations of trust the Attorneys General haveengaged in may come out in future investigations.
It has been said that the Attorney General preceding ShirleyBond resigned because he was pushed (apparently to act politically) by PremierChristy Clark, and ~ perhaps ~ because he could read the writing on the wall ~that the Liberals have no chance in the next election (2013).
That may be so. But before going, he was charged withfiddling and delaying the HST referendum. And there is more.
Not one … not one Attorney General since the arrival of theGordon Campbell/Christy Clark government, I allege, has conducted himself orherself without reason on the part of the electorate strongly to suspecthis/her actions.
Since Attorneys General hold a special and important place inrelation to the rule of law, their unbroken failure since 2001 in B.C. is asymbol of the betrayal of democratic process in the country.
Attorneys General have a key role. They are responsiblefor the courts and justice, and they are responsible for advising the cabineton all matters of law in relation to any cabinet action. They sit both ascabinet members and ~ at the same time ~ must have the integrity to insist uponfully lawful practice by cabinet.
It is a tough role that calls for integrity, principle, andcalm.
Let us look at the record.
In 2003, Geoff Plant, Attorney General (2001-2005), and AllanSeckel, Deputy Attorney General, flagrantly violated the legislation governing theappointment of Special Prosecutors and appointed to the BC Rail Scandal Basi,Virk, and Basi case a man with whom they had both been partners and colleaguesfor years. As a result, nothing William Berardino did as Special (Crown)Prosecutor can be accepted. Any British Columbian who believes Mr.Berardino worked for the political ends of the Gordon Campbell/Christy Clarkgovernments may fairly hold that belief.
Geoff Plant's successor, Wally Oppal (2005-09), besmirched hisreputation and position in at least two major ways. He did everything he couldas Attorney General in the legislature and outside of it under questioning toinsist every matter concerning the BC Rail Scandal was "sub judice" ~ that isto say in active consideration by the Courts. That was simply not true.
WALLYOPPAL – A GEM OF AN ATTORNEY GENERAL
But as telling, in an attempt to get an action in processagainst the alleged Bountiful bigamists, he also violated the procedure toappoint Special (Crown) Prosecutors. He went "Special Prosecutor shopping",which means he was determined to start a case whether experts believed a casewas legitimate or not.
The first two "distinguished" lawyers he approached said no casecould be taken until a higher court ruled whether religious bigamy waspermissible under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Mr. Oppal shouldhave followed the advice of the first Special Prosecutor appointed. Instead,he went from Special Prosecutor to Special Prosecutor until he could get whathe wanted ~ a trial (I believe, for purely political reasons).
When Mr. Oppal's game was exposed in the first hours of thetrial, the Supreme Court judge stopped the action, then and there and, ineffect, threw it out. A case conducted by the accused against Wally Oppalupheld the action to throw the case out of court and the decision that he hadacted wrongfully.
As a result Wally Oppal was appointed to the lucrative post as Commissionerto head the Inquiry into the matters concerning the Vancouver Downtown Eastsidewomen murdered at the Pickton Farm. Many believe it is a sham procedurein which Mr. Oppal prevents questions being asked about matters that would beembarrassing to police or government.
When Wally Oppal was defeated at the polls, he was succeeded asAttorney General by Michael de Jong (2009-10).
Clearly, people inside government were becoming aware that theBritish Columbia public were concerned the Special Crown Prosecutor process wasbeing used for political ends by the Gordon Campbell government.
Related ~ as suspected corruption ~ but not as a link to the BCRail Scandal, the new Solicitor General Kash Heed was alleged to have beeninvolved in election irregularities. The Special Prosecutor appointed tolook into his actions ~ Terrence Robertson ~ was found to be in conflict ofinterest and was replaced by Special Prosecutor Peter Wilson.
Attorney General Michael de Jong decided to conduct a reviewof the Special Prosecutor appointment process. To do so, he went toa vice president of UBC. That was imprudent, since UBC is in amaster/servant relation with the B.C. government which can ~ at any time ~ doharm to the operations of the university. A reviewer of government behaviourfrom UBC can be suspected of prejudice in his/her work. Stephen Owen's Reportdid nothing to allay that suspicion.
Michael de Jong appointed Stephen Owen to do the review in Mayof 2010. Mr. Owen is a vice president in charge of relations withgovernments – a role that might well restrain him from making a judgementagainst the B.C. government.
I wrote Mr. Owen a formal letter on the matter of the wrongfulappointment of William Berardino as Special Prosecutor in the Basi, Virk, andBasi case. Mr. Owen did not acknowledge my letter. He did notmention the Berardino matter in his review. He interviewed, however,Janet Winteringham who was a part of the Berardino prosecution team. Andhe interviewed Michael de Jong.
His report in July of 2010 recorded that "there is pride andconfidence in the special prosecutor system". He said the process ofappointment is appropriate. And he reported that "the special prosecutorsystem in British Columbia works well in the public interest".
When Michael de Jong left the Attorney General position, it wasfilled by Barry Penner from 2010 to 2011. News stories and commentary onthe short time Barry Penner was Attorney General give the impression he waspushed by Premier Christy Clark to act politically in the position. Mr. Penneris said to have pushed back, and then to have resigned from the legislature.
Nevertheless, seeking an opinion on the money paid for legalcosts to employees of government who are convicted or who plead guilty tocrimes, Attorney General Penner sought expert advice on thatnon-question. A school child could answer it.
He should not have sought a review from the President and ViceChancellor of the University of British Columbia for the same reason Michael deJong should not have sought advice from a Vice President of UBC. UBC issupported by the ever-changing budget of governments in power. UBC agentsmay be accused of conflict of interest when they provide advice toB.C. government. They may be accused of toadying and seeking favour.
President and Vice Chancellor Stephen Toope should ~ for thesame reason ~ have refused. He should have told Attorney General Pennerthat there are nearly 11,000 lawyers at work in B.C., thousands of whom have noconnection whatever to B.C. government.
President Toope should have said "Use one of thoselawyers". He didn't.
He accepted the request. His acceptance, as I see it, wasuneasy. For he wrote at the beginning of his report that he was"Professor Stephen Toope", and he wrote that he was responding "in my personalcapacity" ~ which he probably knew was so much rhetorical nonsense. Hecould not ~ at will ~ cease to be the President and Vice Chancellor ofUBC. Period.
He appears to me to have done in his review more gently whatStephen Owen did in his ~ that is, okay government behaviour. Observe what he writes:
"The Ministry of Attorney General officials have workeddiligently to respond to requests for indemnification that require the exerciseof discretion. Using firmly established common law method, the officialscharged with exercising discretion have justified their decisions by drawingout principles present in existing cases and analogizing those principles tonew circumstances. [My capital letters.] AS FAR AS I CAN TELL FROM THEDOCUMENTS TO WHICH I HAVE HAD ACCESS, THE RESULTS TO DATE HAVE BEENPRINCIPLED…." (p. 29)
A wise Attorney General would have accepted that document andbeen very content with it. But Barry Penner had resigned. ShirleyBond had become the new Attorney General and received the report from Presidentand Vice Chancellor of UBC, Stephen Toope. She decided to push the mattera little further, not content with the victory won.
She wrote a letter to Stephen Toope after receiving theReport. And she asked him a question which he publishes. President Toopeshould have included the whole letter from Shirley Bond, but he only includedthe question.
Her question, in short, asked if government employees areconvicted or plead guilty, should government require that the employees payback, (the term used is to provide "reimbursement" of) the money paid for theircosts during the case?
President and Vice Chancellor Stephen Toope replies in nouncertain terms: the convicted should pay back. In his letter to AttorneyGeneral Shirley Bond on November 8, 2010 he writes the following:
"…my view is that for criminal indemnities, conviction(including the case of a guilty plea) should trigger a claim for fullreimbursement. Guilt in a criminal case necessarily means that a publicservant was not acting in the scope of his or her duties or in the course ofemployment. No BC government employment duty can require the commissionof a criminal offence. No valid purpose articulated in any report wouldbe served by allowing indemnification in such cases, because there is no publicinterest in protecting the public servant from the full consequences (includingfinancial consequences) of criminal liability.
It follows that the requirement of reimbursement in the case ofcriminal conviction should be mandatory and not the subject of the exercise ofdiscretion."
That has placed Attorney General Shirley Bond in a toughposition, for her government has decided to engage in "the exercise ofdiscretion" and to pay the $6 million costs of the two men who pled guilty tocriminal offences. The statements of the President and Vice Chancellor ofUBC, in addition, add power to the requests of the Auditor General of B.C. forall information leading to the payment of that sum.
But Shirley Bond knows, I think, that the payment ~ as it stands~ cannot be defended, for it was, in effect ~ many, many British Columbiansbelieve ~ a payment of hush money, a payment to get the accused out of thecourtroom, and the trial ended, before other, higher placed government andcorporate officials became involved in charges of wrongdoing.
The "exercise of discretion" in that case was used to protectthe powerful wrongdoers in the BC Rail Scandal. It was undertaken to block andprevent the fair administration of justice. And so Shirley Bond, under theprotestation of giving every help possible to the Auditor General, appears tobe blocking every access to information about the process of agreeing to thepayment.
She is the last (and the present) Attorney General since2001. And she appears to be hip-deep in abuse of the powers of theMinistry of the Attorney General. She is keeping the foul reputation of theGordon Campbell/Christy Clark Ministry of the Attorney General alive … andflourishing.
Since the beginning of the Gordon Campbell/Christy Clark Liberalgovernment in B.C., it has been perfectly in accord with the ideology andpractice of the Stephen Harper neoliberals in Ottawa.
That is why Gordon Campbell was made Canadian High Commissionerin London after he was forced out of the premiership in B.C.
That is why Christy Clark has hired Harper aides to be herclosest advisors and why she exults in photo-ops with Stephen Harper.
The soiled and disgraceful history of the Ministry of theAttorney General of B.C. since 2001 is a faithful representation of the assaulton the rule of law and on the integrity of democratic government in Canada inthe first 12 years of the century.
Unless the direction is reversed, the country may expect deeplytroubled times marked by violence and increasing class conflict.
Robin can be reached at: rmathews@telus.net


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Injustice System: The Supreme Court Serves and Protects Crooked Cops
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
In a surprising 5-3 ruling Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that evidence obtained in an illegal search is admissible in court if a person is determined to have an outstanding warrant for arrest. The ruling essentially guts the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which has protected citizens against unlawful police searches.
The decision (pdf) stems from a case in Utah in which police stopped Edward Strieff for no particular reason except an assumption that he might have been involved in a drug deal. When the officer relayed Strieff's personal information to a police dispatcher, it was discovered that he had an outstanding warrant for a traffic offense. The police officer then used that old warrant as a pretext to further detain and search Strieff, and the police found illegal drugs in his possession.
Under terms determined by the court in earlier decisions, this evidence was obviously illegally obtained. The police had no legal reason to stop Strieff aside from a hunch. What this ruling does is institutionalize "fishing expeditions" for police officers who have "hunches" but no evidence of wrongdoing. There are literally millions of American citizens with outstanding warrants for victimless crimes like parking tickets or jaywalking who will now be vulnerable to police searches. This ruling breathes new life into racially biased stop-and-frisk practices that have been widely condemned and discredited by civil libertarians, community activists and the courts, too. As Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed out in her blistering dissent:
It is no secret that people of color are disproportionate victims of this type of scrutiny … for generations, black and brown parents have given their children "the talk"—instructing them never to run down the street; always keep your hands where they can be seen … by legitimizing the conduct that produces this double consciousness, this case tells everyone, white and black, guilty and innocent, that an officer can verify your legal status at any time … it says that your body is subject to invasion while courts excuse the violation of your rights. It implies that you are not a citizen of a democracy but the subject of a carceral state, just waiting to be cataloged.
Justice Clarence Thomas, to the surprise of no one, disagreed. Writing with a stunning disregard for the current debate regarding police misconduct in the United States, Thomas determined that the illegally obtained evidence in the Strieff case should be allowed because "there is no indication that this unlawful stop was part of any systemic or recurrent police misconduct. … To the contrary, all the evidence suggests that the stop was an isolated instance of negligence that occurred in connection with a bona fide investigation of a suspected drug house."
But the ruling essentially takes an obscure case in which "systemic or recurrent police misconduct" may or may not have been a factor but, in creating a legal precedent, then generalizes this approach to all policing—including departments where the federal government and other investigating bodies have found "systemic [and] recurrent police misconduct."
The majority ruling in this case asks the public to give the benefit of the doubt to the police at the precise moment when investigation after investigation has revealed bad police behavior all over the United States. Police "misconduct," including everything from brutality to racism to planting evidence and lying on behalf of fellow officers, is not isolated or rare but is pervasive in some of the largest police departments in the country.
In fact, there are 20 cities currently operating under a "consent decree" to reform misconduct or abuse found within their departments after investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. These include not only small municipalities like Ferguson, Mo., but also large cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Los Angeles, to name only a handful. In Oakland, Calif., within the span of a week, the Police Department cycled through police chiefs because of recurring scandal and misconduct. After it was revealed that up to 28 officers had paid for sex with an 18-year-old prostitute, the mayor of Oakland, in a fit of exasperation, said, "I am here to run a Police Department, not a frat house."
A recent report documenting misconduct by police in Chicago found "false arrests, coerced confessions and wrongful convictions are also a part of this history … lives lost and countless more damaged. These events and others mark a long, sad history of death, false imprisonment, physical and verbal abuse and general discontent about police actions in neighborhoods of color." The report ended on a morbid note that Chicago police's "own data gives validity to the widely held belief the police have no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color." Of course, the top blew off the Chicago Police Department when it was discovered that police had colluded to cover up the murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald when fellow Officer Jason Van Dyke shot the unarmed boy 16 times.
These reports are only the tip of the iceberg. At the precise moment when the nation's attention is fully attuned to the crisis of police brutality, racism and misconduct, the Supreme Court provides a ruling that will, according to Justice Elana Kagan, "incentivize [police] to violate the Constitution."
In most inner cities in the United States, there exists a police state in which the police can stop you, question you, arrest you and even kill you with impunity. This ruling will exacerbate the existing conditions of discrimination and inequality that shape all of law enforcement and the criminal-justice system today. It also speaks of the continued urgency and necessity of the Black Lives Matter movement against police terror in the U.S.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University and author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation.


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Uh…that doesn't look right…
Prices are low, but I still have half a tank!
November 15, 2008 by unruhe29
I drove by the gas station last night and saw something that I haven't seen in over 2 years…prices below $2 a gallon! It was $1.95 last night, and when I drove by the same station this afternoon, it was $1.93.
I can distinctly remember the last time I saw gas for $1.95 a gallon. It was Mother's Day 2006 (or maybe it was 2005 – can't remember!), and my family went to a restaurant in Westminster for dinner. There was a gas station across the street that was advertising regular unleaded (gee, remember when 'regular' and 'unleaded' used to be two different kinds of gasoline??? lol) for $1.95, and I thought, "Wow, there's still 1 station out there that's under $2." After that, everything started to go up, and up, and up….It's too bad that the economy had to tank (ha ha) to get us back to decent gasoline prices.
Every time I drive by the station now, I want to stop and fill up while the prices are still so low, but I still have half a tank!
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12 thoughts on "Prices are low, but I still have half a tank!"
When I was in Indiana the gas prices were as low as $1.81 a gallon…I thought I was seeing things..lol!
Cheryl Jones
I can remember a time when gas was $.16 a gallon, back in the 1960's during a gas war between the stations in the area. Ah, those were the days.
YahYah .
You are SO fricken LUCKY! Of course, Most Mainers do that *thing* where they actually smite their neighborhood gas station by driving 30 miles away to get gas "cheaper". Oy! There's a forehead slapper if I've ever heard one. Spend $10.00 to say 40 cents. My goodness people, "clue? Get one?" lol 😉 It's $2.22 here as a low right now.
Cheryl, lol… those WERE the days.
Jen Green
Don't worry Kat, you'll get there! The last time I filled up was on the 8th…only 7 days ago, and then I paid $2.16…it's come down $.23 in just a week here.
And yes, those were the days…the stone age days when a coke cost half a penny and people had to walk to school barefoot through 6-foot snow drifts, uphill both ways….lol
Jen – it was $1.81 and you didn't bring some back with you???? lol
I tried to get David to buy some gas cans and fill them up to bring back but he just gave me that strange look..lol
Cheryl I remember when gas was 55 cents…Amber laughs at me when I say that.
They probably would have frowned at that on the plane back, anyway. Can you imagine trying to check in a bunch of full gas cans as luggage?
lol…hey if I could have found a way to get it into jars and in the luggage I would have.
I thought I was seeing the numbers wrong…lol
Maybe they would have had pity on me …nah they would have stolen it for themselves at the airline.
They would have said, "I'm sorry ma'am, but I believe this liquid to be greater than 3 ounces. You're going to have to drink the difference before I can allow you to board the plane."
OMG! that made me think about Amber's encounter leaving BWI and the suntan lotion they made her throw away because it was to large…they made her throw it away and she was so pissed. I told her that she should be glad that they did not make her drink some of it.
Some airline security lets there title go to their heads.
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Hmm.. you can distinctly remember that you can't remember. lol!
It was 1.85 down in Laurel today.
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Iran, the U.S., and the Middle East Crisis and Prospects
Submitted by dmcfarland on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 7:59pm
When: Sunday, November 17, 2019, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Where: First Parish Church • 3 Church Street • Cambridge
That the region of the Middle East and North Africa is in crisis is beyond doubt. According to the Trump administration, the fault lies with "Iran's aggressive behavior" in the region, a perspective enthusiastically shared and promoted by the Netanyahu regime in Israel and the dictatorship of Mohamad Bin Salman in Saudi Arabia. But who has been primarily responsible for the instability in the region? Professor Valentine Moghadam of Northeastern looks at the different and conflict forces in play Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and the United States- - and the prospects for peace, justice, and democracy. She calls for normalization of relations with Iran through removal of the sanctions and a return to the Iran Deal.
Sponsored by: First Parish Church Middle East Education Group; UU's for Justice in the Mid-East- MA Chapter;
Valentine M. Moghadam is Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Northeastern University, Boston. Born in Tehran, her areas of research include globalization, transnational social movements and feminist networks, economic citizenship, and gender and development in the Middle East and North Africa. Professor Moghadam is author of Modernizing Women: Gender and Social Change in the Middle East (first published 1993; revised and updated in 2013).


Which set of the following are correct, and why?
i) When work is done BY the gas, energy is lost. "W" is positive.
When work is done ON the gas, energy is gained. "W" is negative.
ii) When work is done BY the gas, energy is lost. "W" is Negative.
When work is done ON the gas, energy is gained. "W" is positive.
*I had learned that whenever work is done by a gas, it has lost energy (because it had done work), which would make W negative.
where does this e=q-w come into play?
When work is done BY the gas, energy is lost. "W" is positive.
Looks like the only difference between the two statements is how work is defined in each of them. In the first statement positive work is defined as energy lost by the gas as a result of it performing work (work done by the system). In the second statement positive work is defined as energy received as a result of an outside factor performing work on the gas (work done on the system).
I was taught to do it both ways, but as long as you keep your sign convention consistent, you'll get the same answer.
in other words, I would be okay if I ignored the E=q-w formula (b/c I haven't practiced with it), correct?
If you understand that a system gains energy by having heat added or having work done on it, sure, it doesn't matter which one you use.
i would also kinda tell you not to use the equation lol.
and you know if something does work, it no longer has the potential to do the work it just did again, so if the gas does work, it must DROP U, meaning you subtracted the W. Think of it from 3rd person, what SHOULD happen to U.


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Escort accused of shooting man in the head because he was bad at oral sex
By Minyvonne Burke
A Washington woman is accused of shooting a man because he was bad at oral sex. (Rex_Wholster/Getty Images/iStockphoto)
An escort was arrested on accusations she shot a Washington state man in the head because she thought he was bad at oral sex - and she wasn't sure how to tell him.
Marissa Wallen, 21, allegedly admitted to shooting her 36-year-old client at his North Everett home last month. Police say she then stole the victim's wallet, left him for dead and went on a $12,000 shopping spree.
According to My Everett News, Wallen told a detective that the man was "performing oral sex wrong and she did not know how to tell him that" so she grabbed a gun and shot him.
The victim, who was not identified, was shot twice in the back of the head, according to Herald.net.
He was found alive but unresponsive on Oct. 24, three days after he was shot, when his employer asked police to perform a welfare check.
During a search of the man's home, police discovered his wallet was missing and around $12,000 had been charged to his bank account.
A home surveillance system also revealed Wallen was the last person in the man's home before he was shot. She was seen running from the house the night of the shooting.
Authorities tracked the charges to local businesses, which helped identify Wallen.
An officer wrote in a probable cause statement that Wallen, who has a young child, appeared "emotionless and showed that she was cold and calculated."
She was charged with first-degree assault, first-degree robbery and first-degree identity theft. Her bail was set at a million dollars.
According to Herald.net, Wallen asked police to call one of her clients to help post bond.
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