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Socialist Priorities in Africa at the SI meeting in Niger
Niamey Declaration
Socialist Priorities in Africa at the SI meeting in Niger, 24-25 April 2006
Original : French
The Socialist International Africa Committee, hosted by the Party for Democracy and Socialism of Niger, PNDS, held its meeting in Niamey on 24-25 April 2006.
Three speeches were given at the opening:
- A welcoming speech by Mahamadou Issoufou, President of PNDS-Tarayya;
- A speech by Luis Ayala, Secretary General of the Socialist International;
- A speech by Ousmane Tanor Dieng, First Secretary of the Socialist Party of Senegal and Chair of the Committee.
The debates centred on three themes:
- Proactive policies for the resolution of conflicts;
- The fight against poverty: social democratic programme and priorities;
- Democratic governance in the continent.
At the outcome of these fruitful and wide-ranging discussions, the following points were highlighted:
1. With regard to the first theme related to conflicts:
A - The African continent remains marked by numerous conflicts whose main causes are:
- a recourse to force as a way of taking and keeping power;
- a deficit of democracy and bad governance;
- attempts to control the riches of the continent by outside interests;
- the instrumentalisation and manipulation of the ethnic phenomenon;
- the use of force to access natural resources;
- and the difficulties linked to the democratic transition of power and the refusal to alternate power leading more and more to abusive reliance on constitutional revisions.
B - The consequences of these conflicts are dramatic for the continent:
- they bring about huge losses in human lives;
- they deprive Africa of a great part of its potential for development;
- they make Africa the continent with the highest rate of displaced people and refugees in the world;
- they weaken the state and reduce its capacity to control its own territory.
C - To resolve these conflicts, their deep-rooted causes need to be taken into account as well as searching for a real and lasting peace. It is also imperative in our opinion to:
- promote democracy, tolerance and respect for human rights;
- fight poverty, inequality and injustice;
- guarantee the freedom of elections and their transparency;
- guarantee the rights of minorities;
- fight against the trafficking of natural riches from the continent, notably in mining;
- strengthen the existing framework of agreements and the mechanisms for prevention and management of conflicts. At this level, it is necessary to take initiatives as much in African states, as at the European state level and the rest of the world.
2. With regard to the second theme relating to poverty:
The fight against poverty is without doubt the major challenge facing Africa. This situation is explained internally not only by bad governance, but also by the weakness of the economies' integration and rapidly increasing populations. As for external causes, they are essentially made up of unfair trade, the scale of debt, and neoliberal economic policies imposed from abroad. To this is added the absence of a global political will given that it is proven that humanity has at its disposal today sufficient technological, human and financial means to halve extreme poverty by 2015. In this situation all progressive forces must be urged to:
- encourage governments in developing countries to work to advance their interests within the framework of strategies to achieve the Millennium Development Goals;
- make international opinion aware of the need to respect the promises given relating to Public Aid for Development whose total for some forty years should be brought up to the level of 0.7 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the world's richest nations;
- pursue the political struggle against attitudes to the detriment of international trade rules, and against the iniquity of the measures of the WTO with regard to poor countries;
- call for the setting up of a World Solidarity Fund, voted for by the General Assembly of the United Nations and supported by the SI Congress in Sao Paulo;
- advance the reform of the United Nations in order to allow Africa to better make its voice heard;
- reform the Bretton Woods institutions;
- continue the fight for total cancellation of the debt;
- ensure within the European Union that negotiated preferences are maintained in EU-ACP agreements;
- put into practice a system of global taxation whose revenue will be earmarked for development;
- put the debate on a new financial agenda for Africa at the top of global priorities.
3. With regard to the third theme relating to democratic governance:
Democracy in practice on the continent, despite some advances, is prey to numerous obstacles.
A - The continent's political development shows that the majority of African countries have:
- good Constitutions, but these are subject to manipulations and modifications principally with the aim of keeping power;
- a good legal framework to organise elections, but these are often rigged;
- a legal framework which enshrines the rule of law, but violations of human rights, repression and stifling the press, as well as harassing opponents, are common practices.
B - Among other obstacles which democracy in Africa is up against today, we can cite:
- bad governance and the lack of respect for the rules of democracy;
- censorship of the media.
C - The socialist and social democratic response to these problems consists in:
- safeguarding state institutions, mechanisms for public control over running the state, and the strict separation of powers;
- modernising the state, by endowing it with an efficient administration to manage development;
- fighting against corruption and patronage;
- developing a democratic culture and civic awareness among citizens and giving public life the dignity it requires;
- modernising institutions and legislation to ensure healthy management of economic policies;
- working towards a fairer and more humane global order as opposed to following neo-liberal theories;
- resolutely pursuing the fight against censorship and repression of the press;
- promoting free and transparent elections everywhere, with a guarantee of alternating political power;
- strengthening the capacity of political parties. To this end, the SI Africa Committee proposes the creation of a Willy Brandt Fund to support political parties, in line with national legislation, and asks the SI Secretariat to undertake arrangements to create this. It invites the relevant bodies of the United Nations to work on the theme of supporting political parties and foundations close to socialist parties in the North to develop active cooperation with the parties and foundations in the South.
4. Specific cases
The development of the political situation in Senegal is particularly worrying. Opposition political leaders and journalists are favourite targets of the Criminal Investigation Board (DIC) which in effect plays the role of a political police. The proliferation of intimidation, arrests of democrats, political leaders and journalists, demonstrates the authoritarian deviations of an increasingly arbitrary regime which the SI Africa Committee denounces and condemns.
The situation in Guinea is of great concern. The inability of the head of state to really exercise his powers and the rifts at the heart of the government, are precipitating the decline of the state. The SI Africa Committee welcomes the initiative led by the Active Forces of the Nation (Forces Vives de la Nation) which organised a meeting of national dialogue from 17 to 20 March 2006, which we supported, and which defined a plan for coming out of the current crisis, calling for the establishment of a Government of National Unity, a National Council of the Republic, a Constitutional Court, a State Council, a Supreme Court and an Independent National Electoral Commission with the responsibility for organising an electoral process which will prevent members of the government to stand as candidates in the presidential elections.
The SI Africa Committee remains extremely concerned by the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan, where war has left tens of thousands of people dead. Today, the lives of millions more continue to be devastated by violence and poverty, with an estimated 1.6 million internally displaced people struggling to survive amidst extremely difficult conditions, nearly 200,000 of them as refugees in neighboring Chad. A primary task today is to stop violence in Darfur and the terrible loss of life, to ensure the security of those who have been so brutally displaced from their homes and to ensure stability and peace in this entire area of the continent. The Committee recognises the work of the African Union and the international community thus far, underlining the need to step up efforts to achieve an end to violence, the disarmament of all militias and irregular armed groups and the resettling back home in peace of all those forced to flee, and urges that efforts be redoubled to stop the horror that has gone on far too long.
This country has been torn apart for more than forty years by armed conflict and the absence of any real democracy. Today Idriss Deby, who took power by force in 1990, refuses all real political dialogue with the civil opposition and seeks to maintain his power by any means. The SI Africa Committee urges all political actors in Chad to engage in real national dialogue to define the methods of a transition which will allow the establishment of democratic norms and the rule of law, leading to real elections as soon as possible.
Following extensive debate on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire under the theme relating to conflicts, the members of the Africa Committee:
- considering the close link between democracy on the one hand and economic, social and cultural progress on the other;
- considering the encouraging developments in the social and political situation of Côte d'Ivoire;
- considering the constant commitment of President Laurent Gbagbo and his firm determination to restore peace and the territorial integrity of Côte d'Ivoire through dialogue and negotiation within the framework of different peace agreements;
- convinced that the re-establishment of peace and stability in Côte d'Ivoire necessarily entails the disarmament of all armed movements and groups, the re-establishment of the state in the whole of the national territory with a view to fair and transparent elections,
Commends President Laurent Gbagbo and the FPI and sends its encouragement for their efforts in favour of dialogue, peace and national reconciliation, and reaffirms its full support in the defence of democracy, the Republic's institutions and the territorial integrity of Côte d'Ivoire;
Urges Ivorian political actors to respect the signed commitments in the framework of different peace agreements and to put in place Resolution 1633 of the UN Security Council sincerely and responsibly, so as to carry out, without delays or preconditions, the process of disarmament, redeployment of administration and of voter identification;
Encourages and lends its support to the African mediation efforts and to the initiatives of the United Nations;
Invites the international community to give the means to put into practice Resolution 1633, bringing firm support to the process of disarmament and the preparation of free and transparent elections within the prescribed timeframe;
And agrees on the sending of a high-level mission of the Socialist International to contribute to finding a way out of this crisis and to the successful holding of democratic elections in the anticipated time limits.
Introduction - Conflicts and the Resolution of Conflicts
Introduction - The fight against poverty
Introduction - Governance in Africa
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Floor Kids Review: Proper Funky
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I'm no expert on hip hop, but Floor Kids on Switch has a style and rhythm not to be ignored.
I've never played a rhythm game like Floor Kids.
The only thing you keep is a rhythm. The only thing you follow is the flow.
Bars of moving notes are used sparingly. Every move you make, every groove you take comes from the spur of the moment, intrinsically from the beats provided by DJ/producer Kid Koala.
The set-up is simple. Eight dancers. Twenty-four tracks. Thousands of points to score. You have sixteen moves at your disposal, four in each category of Top Rock, Down Rock, Power, and Freeze. So long as you tap the corresponding face button to the beat, you're fly.
The scoring system leaves the choice up to the player. As long as you lay down all 16 of your character's moves, as long as you hit up a combo here or there, as long as you show you've got flavor and fire in equal measure, your dancing will work. Occasional crowd requests and the chorus give you a little more direction, but throwing down a specific move a couple times a song won't cramp your style, and hitting the chorus is the perfect way to mix up the breakdancing.
A couple of more advanced techniques- such as posing, flipping, and hopping- help you to keep things fresh on the field of funk, and go great lengths in helping you achieve high-scores. I still haven't figured out how to do a Power Strobe, or what it is, or how many points I'm missing out on, but even without it, I manage make my performances varied.
The single-player is an adventure through the city, with venues from Arcade to Peace Summit for you to bust a move. All twenty-four tracks are featured in sets of three, and unlocking new characters is as easy as scoring well in a venue they're attending. The ranking system of five stars is lenient- after the initial learning curve, I rarely failed to reach five stars on the first try (though some of the later songs definitely have tougher melodies- I suggest using two hands to hit all the notes), which suits the custom play at work. I could flow however I wanted, however I felt, and not be penalized for it. The leniency of the ranking was the perfect complement to the individual, and though the quick forward progress takes legs out of the single player, I was happy quickly acquiring my tunes.
I have mixed feelings on the multiplayer. Two players dance off. They take turns, sharing the four quarters of the song evenly. To each dancer's detriment, the shorter time (literally half) you have to find your groove makes it difficult to work with the rhythm. To get off sixteen moves and four combos in such a short amount of time- especially when the other player is firing sick burns at you- is difficult. The freedom of it is lost. My second player and I ended up forgoing to burn mechanic altogether, opting to put out the best dance without cutting into each other's valuable time to shine. We stopped competing. When we both nailed really difficult, late-song choruses, we cheered. We felt like we were putting on a better performance for the electric crowd. Ultimately, due to the diminished dance time and the lack of draw by the competitive mechanics, we tended to switch off instead of dance off.
Floor Kids is an aesthetic delight. JonJon's art has an unfinished, sketch-like quality that gives it a unique vibe, and jives with the game's spunk. In animation, it's inspiring. Downright groovy. When the crowd's go wild, you can feel the energy.
The playable characters' personality comes from tiny notes in your beat deck (a handy collection of all the characters, combos, and moves) and their dancing. There is no dialogue in the story, only an unvoiced narrator who delivers mesmerizing staccato to explore the philosophy of funk. Kid Koala's music is rapidly engaging, and helps you to flow naturally from one performance to the next. While some choruses weren't as fun to play, none of the twenty-four tracks were duds. A larger collection of harder choruses would have been appreciated, as part of the fun (especially in multiplayer) is finding and nailing that beat.
It should be noted that even the menus are fun. Every move you make, between characters, between venues, between modes plays a sound, and syncing your menu movement to the beat in the background is music unto itself.
Breakdancing through the story won't take longer than a few hours. I played it all with my headphones in, volume up, with the Switch in my hands. It's comfortable on the go, but the Multiplayer battles are best on the television, when both players can dance off with two joy-cons. The simple art also looks splendid on the big screen.
Floor Kids is kinetic in the way moving notes can't be. As a rhythm game on the go, it excels in exploration of the rhythm of hip hop. That exploration is sacrificed somewhat in the two-player multiplayer, but sharing the game's delights is hardly hampered by taking turns (at just over two minutes a song, you won't be waiting long). While it might seem a little pricey for the content at almost 20 bucks, you're paying for style, and you're getting it in droves.
Floor Kids
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Publisher: MERJ Media
Developer: MERJ Media
Against the Flow
Aesthetic - 95%
Freedom - 90%
Content - 80%
A funky rhythm game that lets you dance how you want to dance, and looks and sounds amazing while doing it.
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Thank you but I had already tried the settings from that page without any luck.
The only think additional to those settings is that I only have two choices for Auth type which is normal or secure (PAP isn't an option). Additionally, the DNS addresses are not listed. I've tried leaving them blank (000.000.000.000) or Google (008.008.008.008). I've tried those DNS settings with both combinations of Auth type but no luck. I don't know if I'm missing something but I can't see what else to try.
Also to clarify, although I mentioned I had tried android settings etc, it is not an android phone, it is a really old phone (made by ZTE but Vodafone branded - Vodafone 553). It is only because I can not persuade my mother to use a modern phone that I am persevering.
I have selected the EE GPRS connection in all other settings (browser, email and mms) and none of these work plus I do not have a "G" in the status bar so I believe the issue is with these network settings.
Have you deleted the old Vodafone APN settings?
It may also be your settings are correct but you don't receive any signal, hence the no G in the status bar.
Unfortunately it is not possible to delete the Vodafone APN settings but I have set everything that uses a data connection to use the EE settings.
I did find a post on a giffgaff forum where it was confirmed the Vodafone settings could not be deleted but this did not pose a problem and they got it working so I live in hope.


Today will see the start of three reviews on Cape Town's best places to eat, drink and watch the games. These places would be the idealistic spots for Italian fans who don't have tickets for the games as well as a great place for other fans to relax and watch the matches being played. Great atmospheres will be present in all three venues with an undeniable 'Italian Experience' of fine Italian cuisine and football banter is waiting to be unveiled.
Each of the restaurants to be reviewed specialise in Italian cuisine and are big followers of Italian football. They boast a wide variety of Italian food products from various regions in Italy giving their customers the best taste of Italy.
Address: 103 Main Road, Green Point, Atlantic Seaboard.
Address: 8 Breda Street, Gardens, Cape Town.


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W&M opens academic year with virtual ceremony
by Erin Zagursky | August 20, 2020
William & Mary kicked off the 2020-2021 academic year Aug. 19 with an online ceremony featuring words of welcome from administrators, alumni and students.
"This ceremony is like everything else this year — different," said W&M President Katherine A. Rowe. "Our goal is to celebrate in a way that ensures that the whole community can take part."
The university traditionally hosts an Opening Convocation ceremony each fall to mark the beginning of the year. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that ceremony has been postponed until the community can gather safely. The virtual ceremony sought to give the university a chance to celebrate together in real time – whether watching from residence halls or locations around the world.
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During the event, a student and staff member were honored with the 2020 President's Award for Service to the Community, and Senior Class President Aria Austin '21 presented the Class of 2024 banner, which will hang on the Wren Building for a week before being moved to the Sadler Center.
Ellen Stofan '83, D.Sc. '16, the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the National Air and Space Museum, served as the keynote speaker for the virtual event. She told the new students that the name of the rover aboard the Mars 2020 mission — Perseverance — is particularly meaningful at this moment.
"You arrive at a time of unprecedented and unique challenges," she said. "The COVID-19 epidemic has upended your carefully laid plans and twisted your expectations in unimaginable ways. But the uncertainty gives you the chance to think creatively about how you explore and grow and take advantage of the chance to work here on campus with the amazing William & Mary professors.
"You can find ways to distantly engage with your wonderful classmates. You can find ways to really excel in this new environment, facing this big issue. You can dream and imagine your goal in having a big impact on humanity."
Recalling her own start at W&M, Stofan said she was excited not just about her time on campus but what opportunities would become available to her after graduation.
"While what is may be strange and difficult, what can be is as full of opportunity for you as it was for me, if not more so," she said. "So while I wish you the best of luck, I know you really don't need that. Just keep looking forward, imagine the possible and even the impossible. Have fun with your classmates, and I can't wait to see the amazing future that you're going to create for all of us."
Provost Peggy Agouris told new students that they are joining W&M at a time when creating community is vital, and she encouraged them to show grace to others and themselves.
"Don't hold yourself to false standards for what counts as success," she said. "Talk with each other and with our faculty about what you think a successful semester might be. Let yourself discover and define success for fall 2020 in your own terms."
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FDA Establishes New Rules to Prevent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
The new rules will require importers and producers to verify cleanliness of their food
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Foodborne illnesses sicken and threaten the lives of thousands of people every year.
In the wake of multiple food-borne illness outbreaks, the Food and Drug Administration released a new set of regulations Friday regarding the safety and cleanliness of produce and imported foods. The rules will operate as primary prevention against outbreaks. This type of front-line action is vital, considering the FDA and CDC often can only respond after people have already fallen ill from contaminated food.
Click here for the History's Worst Food Poisoning Outbreaks slideshow.
Foodborne illness outbreaks not only sicken and hospitalize hundreds, they can also be deadly. Recently, an outbreak of Salmonella from imported cucumbers crossed state lines, sickening hundreds and killing four Americans. It is precisely these types of dangerous outbreaks that the new rules hope to prevent. "For the first time these rules are going to require producers, growers, and importers to ensure that the food they produce or import has minimal contamination," said Sarah Eskin, director of food safety research at the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Prior to this new law, food importers were rarely held responsible for the safety of their products. Now, with random spot testing, health officials will be able to stop outbreaks at the source before food even enters stores. Given that more than half of all fresh fruit and 22 percent of fresh vegetables consumed in the United States are imported, this new law is essential to making our food system safer.
The accompanying slideshow is provided by fellow Daily Meal editorial staff member Dan Myers.
FDA Issues New Rules to Help Prevent Foodborne Illnesses
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A new set of rules has been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to fight against foodborne illnesses. The organization references the millions of Americans affected by tainted produce each year as the reason for the new rules.
The rules come as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act. The legislation ensures that those who import produce verify that the produce is in accordance with U.S. safety standards. Auditors are also now tasked with inspecting foreign food facilities to confirm that all safety measures are being taken. This is the first time enforceable rules have been put in place to govern these bodies.
The goal is prevention, and the FDA believes these rules will help farmers identify problems prior to them getting to the public. This could potentially be a major step forward, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC reports that close to 50 million Americans are said to be sickened from foodborne illnesses every year. Of that number, 3,000 end up dying and over 100,000 are hospitalized.
The rules that speak specifically to the overall Food Safety Modernization Act are called the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs rule and the Accredited Third-Party Certification rule, according to a release by the FDA.
Michael R. Taylor, the FDA deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine, is hopeful that these precautions will save lives:
"The recent multistate outbreak of Salmonella in imported cucumbers that has killed four Americans, hospitalized 157 and sickened hundreds more, is exactly the kind of outbreak these rules can help prevent," said Taylor.
The Act also includes provisions for the health and hygiene of employees, wild and domestic animals, equipment safety, and water quality requirements. Visiting farms and listening to feedback is what helped the FDA design the rules. They claim that if the rules are followed, less people will become sick and die from preventable foodborne illnesses.
The U.S. has a significant percentage of its food imported. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than half of its fruits, 20% of its fresh vegetables and close to 20% of its overall food is imported.
The ultimate success of the Act depends on full funding of the President's fiscal year 2016 budget request.
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The new financial year (FY) has just begun, and this is the right time to finalise your investments and taxes for FY20. While everyone knows the importance of planning, many dodge taking such decision until the end of the fiscal, only to hurriedly invest money here and there to meet the March 31 deadline. Not only does this reduce the returns that your investments can earn, but also fails to serve long-term goals. In FY20, get your tax planning right in the beginning itself and not wait for FY20-end.
"For better tax planning, it is always good to start well in advance. Estimate your tax liability for the year. Explore all avenues to save taxes and how much more you need to invest. Instead of making tax-saving investments at the last moment, it is better to spread the amount throughout the year to avoid stretching your finances," says Divya Baweja, Partner, Deloitte India.
Financial planning is more important than tax planning. First, you need to figure out your goals and how much money you require to achieve those goals. Accordingly, zero in on suitable investment avenues. The investment instruments must first align with your long-term goals. Look at tax efficiency only as an added benefit, and not the other way round.
A quick calculation to simply meet the tax deadline and limit reduces the returns you could have otherwise earned on the same amount had you planned well and started on time. For example, Rs 50,000 invested in PPF in April will earn you more returns over the year than the same amount invested in February or March. Similarly, money invested in an equity-linked savings scheme (ELSS) will stay invested in the market for longer, and thus probably earn higher returns, if invested in, say, April, or in a staggered manner throughout the year, rather than invested as a lump sum in March.
"April is a suitable month to plan investments because most companies revise salaries during the same time. So, you can be astute in money management. Investing in a staggered manner is a good approach as you may not have the money in bulk at the end of a year or even at the beginning of a year. If you can indeed invest a good chunk in April itself, nothing like it," says Suresh Sadagopan, founder, Ladder 7 Financial Advisories.
People tend to buy multiple health and life insurance policies in order to save taxes just because insurers quickly process the premium receipts you need at the end of the year. This approach is wrong, for two reasons: one, you invest in wrong products, and two, buy the cover of an inappropriate amount.
"When you make tax-related payments in February or March, you don't have time to evaluate all the options properly. You are under pressure to submit investment proofs, so you go for investments that give you tax receipts immediately. That is why people buy insurance. In doing this, you end up buying the wrong products," says Sadagopan. For instance, what you may need is term insurance, but buy a unit-linked insurance policy without understanding its features.
Moreover, your insurance needs change according to the different stages of your life. So, focus on the insurance coverage while buying a cover, and not just premium.
A basic rule to follow is not to mix your investments with your insurance. Mixing the two is detrimental to investments as well as insurance. Avoid investment-linked insurance policies and go for pure play plans. In the process, you will reduce costs and ensure adequate risk coverage.
If your insurance needs are met, there is no need to be over-insured. You can invest the money in other tax-saving products. This will also help you stay aligned with your overall long-term investment goals.
What are your tax-saving options?
To start with, consider linking your future goals with options available under sections 80C, 80D and 24 of the Income Tax Act. Your choice should also match the time you have in hand to achieve your financial goals. For example, a young person may go for PPF under Section 80C as that has a lock-in period of 15 years or ELSS which gives better returns if invested for the long term. It is inadvisable for a senior citizen to choose the same investment avenues. They may instead evaluate five-year tax-saving fixed deposits (FDs).
The premium paid towards health insurance policies qualifies for deduction under Section 80D of the income tax Act. Currently, this is Rs 25,000 for the insurance of self, spouse, and dependent children. An additional deduction for the insurance of parents is available to the extent of Rs 25,000 if they are less than 60 years of age, or Rs 50,000 if aged above 60. If both the taxpayer and the parents are aged more than 60 years, the maximum deduction can go up to Rs 100,000.
If you have a home loan, the interest payable on it is tax deductible under Section 24 up to Rs 2 lakh per annum.
An additional deduction of Rs 50,000 is available under Section 80CCD(1B) for those who have invested in the National Pension Scheme (NPS) under Section 80C.
1) Earlier, the rebate under Section 87A was Rs 2,500 for resident individuals whose total income did not exceed Rs 350,000 per annum. This year, the rebate has been increased to Rs 12,500 for resident individuals whose total income does not exceed Rs500,000 per annum. Accordingly, in the case of resident individuals having total income up to Rs 500,000, no tax will be payable.
2) The standard deduction for salaried individuals has been increased from Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000.
3) Earlier, an individual owning more than one self-occupied property was required to pay tax on the notional rent on the additional property/properties. From this FY, the notional rent on the additions self-occupied or vacant property will be exempt. However, the limit to claim house property loss from interest on loans taken for both the properties in aggregate will continue to be Rs 200,000. Hence, you can claim a maximum of Rs 200,000 for such properties in one FY.
4) Earlier, if you had capital gains from selling a house, you could use that money to buy only one house to get the tax exemption. This year onwards, you can buy two houses, but the capital gain amount should not exceed Rs 2 crore. Further, this benefit can be availed by an individual only once in his lifetime.
5) Till last year, banks or post offices could deduct TDS (tax deducted at source) if the interest earned for the year from deposits exceeded the threshold limit of Rs 10,000. This limit has been raised to Rs 40,000.


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Home » The Canadian Press » Trucker in Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash Faces Deportation After Ruling
Trucker in Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash Faces Deportation After Ruling
March 10, 2022 7:01 AM | The Canadian Press
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press
Jaskirat Singh Sidhu arrives for his sentencing hearing in Melfort, Sask., Friday, March 22, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kayle Neis)
CALGARY — The Canada Border Services Agency has rejected a request from the former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash that he be allowed to stay in Canada once his prison sentence has been served.
As a result, the case of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu will now be handed over to the Immigration and Refugee Board to decide if he should be deported back to India.
Sidhu's lawyer, Michael Greene, said he and his clients had hoped for better news.
"My clients are devastated of course. It's just terrible news. They had hoped for the best, but it was not to be," Greene told The Canadian Press on Wednesday.
"The deportation hearing, or as they call it the immigration inquiry, will be more or less automatic. They have decided to push through that process by sending him to this hearing where the result will be automatic — a deportation order will be issued."
Anna Pape, a senior communications spokeswoman for the Immigration and Refugee Board, said a hearing hasn't been scheduled yet.
"I can confirm that Mr. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu has been referred to the Immigration Division of the IRB for an admissibility hearing on allegations of serious criminality based on convictions in Canada," Pape said in an email.
"When this happens a member of the immigration division holds a hearing in the case to determine whether the allegations are founded and if so issues a removal order."
In March 2019, Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in the April 6, 2018, collision that killed 16 people and injured 13.
Court was told that the rookie Calgary trucker, a newly married permanent resident, went through a stop sign at a rural Saskatchewan intersection and drove into the path of the Humboldt Broncos bus carrying players and staff to a junior hockey league playoff game.
Greene said Sidhu is already eligible for parole and "they can deport any time after parole eligibility."
He is considering challenging the decision by the border agency in Federal Court once he sees the reasons for rejecting the application.
"We have the opportunity to challenge the decision in Federal Court. But the only thing we can challenge on is if it was unreasonable or there was a lack of procedural fairness," Greene said.
"There's also the possibility of applying for permanent residence on humanitarian grounds and there are lots of humanitarian grounds on this case."
Chris Joseph of St. Albert, Alta., whose son Jaxon, 20, died in the collision, was one of several Broncos family members who wrote letters asking for Sidhu to be deported, saying the laws are there for a reason.
"The Government of Canada (CBSA) has spoken and we support their decision," Joseph said in a text message Wednesday. "Justice is served."
Scott Thomas, who lost his 18-year-old son, Evan, in the crash, said he's disappointed Sidhu could be deported.
"I had the opportunity to meet with him, I had the opportunity to cry with him, and have been able to move past that. Whether he's in the country is no issue in our family's healing process," Thomas said in an interview from Saskatoon.
Thomas had written a letter supporting Sidhu to stay in the country, because he feels Sidhu could help push through tougher trucking regulations in the industry.
"That's part of the reason why I'm disappointed. It's another story that goes away, and people move on and forget about some of the issues that created the opportunity for this horrible tragedy."
Several other Broncos families declined to comment.
Greene said Sidhu had hoped he and his wife would be able to share a future in Canada.
"One of the things they are grateful for is there has been incredible public support for them and I think they were even surprised that the sheer volume and percentage has been supportive," Greene said.
"I'm sure there are haters out there. I'm sure there are people who can't forgive or won't forgive or who just feel that justice demands deportation, and it's completely understandable."
— With files from Mickey Djuric in Regina and Stephanie Taylor in Ottawa
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Downbeat Magazine Writings About
Taylor Ho Bynum Presents a New, Hour-Long Suite in Hartford
by Bill Milkowski
New Haven-based cornetist-composer Taylor Ho Bynum brought his 9-tette to Real Art Ways in Hartford, Connecticut, on March 2 to perform his new hour-long opus, The Ambiguity Manifesto, just before going into the studio to document the four-movement suite at Firehouse 12 in New Haven.
The Musical Revolution of Muhal Richard Abrams Writings By
Paying tribute to Muhal Richard Abrams in The New Yorker:
One of the most important figures in American creative music, Muhal Richard Abrams, died peacefully at home last Sunday, at the age of eighty-seven. "Pianist/composer" will be the description most commonly ascribed to him, but Abrams was so much more: organizer, philosopher, visionary, motivator, teacher, and always, learner.
Dartmouth News Writings About
A New Director and a New Direction
by Charlotte Albright
"I am often associated with the avant garde, but I have a real soft spot in my heart for big melodies," says cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum about his jazz compositions and performance.
Review of Butch Morris's Art of Conduction Writings By
Reviewing Butch Morris's Art of Conduction in Point of Departure:
What artifacts does an improviser leave behind? For an art form dedicated to the ephemeral, the in-the-moment joy of spontaneous creation, legacy can be a vexing question…Ever the searcher and ever the iconoclast, Lawrence D.
Taylor Ho Bynum on Anthony Braxton Writings By
Discussing the work of Anthony Braxton in the Sound American Journal:
The other morning I took a walk in my neighborhood, as I do several times a week. At the end of a dead end street a few blocks from my home, I noticed, for the first time, a path leading into the woods.
Bird is the Worm 2016 Album of the Year Writings About
Album of the Year 2016
by Dave Sumner
And it's that aspect of Enter the PlusTet that embodies what makes this album special: The grand statements, the raw emotional power, and the inspirations and surprises that come from improvised music. There was a songbook in place, but one that allowed the musicians to be free to take everything they'd ever learned and experienced up to that moment and express it in the next moment and all the moments that followed.
Remembering Prince Writings By
Paying tribute to Prince in The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog:
Miles Davis, in his autobiography, compared Prince to Duke Ellington; one might be tempted to add Miles himself to that comparison. When we discuss artists so transcendently brilliant and impossibly prolific, their rarities and deep cuts offer profundities that dwarf the entire catalogues of lesser musicians.
Seeing Ornette Coleman Writings By
Paying tribute to the great Ornette Coleman in The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog:
Ornette Coleman posited that the infinite improvisational possibilities of a melody could thrive outside of a predetermined structure, that musical ideas could flow and expand in the moment as naturally as breath or speech or thought.
Wesleyan Magazine Writings About
Improvising a Life in Music
by Mike Sembos
If there's one lesson to be learned from Bynum's musical adventures, it's one of insistently creating one's own path with focus not only on the end goal, but also on the context. The old models can serve as a suitable foundation or reference, but they are only there to be used as launching pads.
Bjork's Healing Music Writings By
Discussing Bjork's new album and Carnegie Hall concert in The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog:
The creative realms of the popular and the cutting edge are always closer than generally portrayed. An experimentalist as dedicated as the composer Anthony Braxton mines the Super Bowl half-time show for conceptual inspiration for his operas, while a pop celebrity as high-profile as Beyoncé cribs dance moves for her videos from the avant-garde Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.
The Sound of Musical Joy: Clark Terry's Trumpet Writings By
Paying tribute to the great Clark Terry in The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog:
Master improvisers have a personality in their playing, a singularity to their sound. They have the ability to adapt to any musical context while maintaining a sense of personal identity, displaying distinct individuality while always contributing to the needs of the collective.
An Inescapable Voice on "Black Messiah" Writings By
Discussing vocalist/lyricist Kendra Foster in The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog:
Jazz fans learn early on that digging into the sideman credits can reveal treasures and musical genealogies. That young pianist backing Lester Young becomes Nat King Cole; the unknown saxophonist on those Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk LPs blossoms into John Coltrane.
Mongezi Feza and Barbara Donald Writings By
Discussing two unsung brass heroes in Jazz Times:
Mongezi Feza and Barbara Donald do not sound alike, nor do they sound like any other trumpet player; they are their own voices…Their outsider status (whether as a South African expat in Europe or a white woman in the midst of the Black Arts Movement) likely contributed to their relative obscurity, but despite the critical neglect and the moments of tragedy in each biography, their music endures and their brilliantly personal sounds continue to inspire.
Day 35 – 10/1, 2:45pm, in the air from San Diego to Newark Bike Tour
Finished. It feels good to be done. As the elation and adrenaline from the tour begins to wear off, I recognize how wholly exhausted I am. Bone weary is a cliche I've used before, but I can really feel the tiredness deep in my tissues, my joints, my mind.
Day 34 – 9/30, 5:30pm, Border Field State Park CA Bike Tour
Both music and biking made one's perception of time particularly malleable; sometimes minutes stretch into near eternities, other times hours pass in a seeming breath. This has felt especially acute over these final few days.
I'm still living inside some of the music from the weekend.
Day 29 – 9/25, 3:00pm, Leo Carrillo State Park CA Bike Tour
Tonight is my final night camping out and probably the last shot of much natural beauty before I enter the SoCal LA-San Diego megalopolis that will cover the rest of the trip. I got my biking done early so I'm treating myself to some time at the beach.
Day 28 – 9/24, 3:00pm, Santa Barbara CA Bike Tour
One week left to go. A couple of long, quiet days riding through the hills and valleys, farmlands and ranchlands, that are just inland from the coast. Strawberry farms so huge you can taste the sickly sweet smell in the back of your throat.
Day 26 – 9/22, 6:30pm, San Simeon State Park CA Bike Tour
The magical rides tend to happen in the early morning. I left the campground at 6:30am, and had several hours almost to myself on the road through Big Sur's southern coast. Tendrils of light from the rising sun making streaks through the light fog, cliffs dropping into the ocean, hard climbs on the yo-yoing road made worth it by the beauty at each turn.
Day 25 – 9/21, 8:00pm, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park CA Bike Tour
After a day and a half of biking through the Silicon Valley suburbs, I was ready to escape back to some more outdoorsy environs. By the last half of the day today I got my wish, climbing up Highway 1′s zigzagging path through Big Sur.
Day 23 – 9/19, 6:45pm, San Francisco CA Bike Tour
I'm coming to the end of my mid-tour Bay Area respite, so time to jump back on both my horses – the diary and the bike. Yesterday was my one full day off for the whole five week experience with no gig and no serious riding, and it was just delicious doing nothing.
Day 17 – 9/13, 12:15pm, Humbolt Redwood State Park CA Bike Tour
Last night in Arcata was the first gig that felt deeply affected by the biking. In Vancouver, I had just landed, so it was still theoretical (except for the crash, of course). It was long rides to Seattle and Portland, but nothing like what I covered over the past five days, and I gave myself a day and a half of recovery time before each of those gigs.
Day 15 – 9/11, 10:00am, Gold Coast OR, 12:30pm Boardman State Park OR Bike Tour
One kind of fast I forgot to mention yesterday. (And not my speed of travel; I'm happily mosying along at 11 or 12 mph.) When on bike, you can't listen to recorded music – one's ears are the early warning sign for oncoming vehicles, and you learn to differentiate the size by the sound they make.
Day 14 – 9/10, 9:30am, Reedsport OR Bike Tour
Not sure how much journal time I'll get in the next few days, in the midst of some serious daily mileage. (I was perhaps a tad ambitious in my planned itinerary.) After an early morning start from the campground, I just inhaled a huge breakfast: veggie-stuffed omelette with hash browns, raisin toast, and a side of boar sausage.
Day 12 – 9/8, 1:00pm, McMinnville OR Bike Tour
I'm rarely biking at night on this trip, only on the way back to wherever I'm staying after gigs. But nighttime rides can be special – last night it was just about a full moon as I wound my way through deserted residential streets in Portland, with the downtown skyline off to my right.
Day 10 – 9/6, 8:45am, Scappoose OR Bike Tour
Yesterday began very nicely, with a quiet trip south through Washington State. Perhaps not the spectacular coastline I'll get later on, but nice wide county highways zigzagging I-5, with views of the mountains or lined by the trees, a soft wind at my back.
Day 8 – 9/4, 8:45pm, Centralia WA Bike Tour
Biking south out of Seattle on a clear day, Mt. Rainier looms like a totem, beckoning you forward from your left up ahead. You catch glimpses of it as you bike through the strip malls, suburbs, and industrial zones that, like most American cities, ring Seattle.
Day 5 – 9/1, 11:00pm, Lake Stevens WA Bike Tour
My cousin Piper and his son Theo came across the bay from Port Townsend to meet up with me in Bellingham, and we camped out in a friend's backyard. So great to see them, and they joined me for the first twenty miles of my ride today (a beautiful run through some lush forest, almost primordial with the ferns and moss and trees).
Day 4 – 8/31, 2:30pm, Blaine WA Bike Tour
I just crossed the border from Canada to the US, eating a fish taco at a Mexican restaurant with a view of the harbor and the Peace Arch (shout out to the great Paul Robeson). At first, a Mexican restaurant felt incongruous, but once I thought about it, I realized it was the perfect meal for this first real day on the road.
Day 3 – 8/30, 12:30pm, Vancouver BC Bike Tour
I'm in a "European-style" cafe with a slightly confused identity – the vibe is part Italian coffee bar, part British tea house, maybe some Vienna thrown in, with a French name and a menu in English and Chinese. Welcome to modern Canada.
Day 1 – 8/28, 10pm, Vancouver BC Bike Tour
So today got…interesting. Everything was going so smoothly. All the things I was worried about – getting up at 3am and driving to Newark before dawn, getting the giant box from the parking lot and checked in, finding a big taxi in Vancouver to get me to the bike shop, getting my bike rebuilt – went without a hitch.
Day 1 – 8/28, 5:30am, Newark Airport Bike Tour
An early morning at the airport's theme park replication of a Jersey diner, as I wait for my flight to Canada. My bicycle, boxed up by the fine folks at the Devil's Gear Bike Shop (a fitting name to support a tour of that devil's music), currently being loaded into the cargo bin of the airplane.
T-minus 8 days… Bike Tour
I'm writing this at dawn from a campground named Hopeville, as the fog rolls off the pond and the cicadas' nighttime drone becomes dotted with morning birdsongs. Seems like as auspicious a beginning as any. In two days I turn thirty-nine, and in eight days I begin my Acoustic Bicycle Tour – my attempt to turn a five-week, eighteen hundred mile bicycle ride into a kind of musical composition.
The Revolution will be in 7/4 – A Tribute to Fred Ho Writings By
Remembering my friend, composer and baritone saxophonist, activist and author Fred Ho in Point of Departure:
I dreamed I saw Fred Ho last night.
He had just finished a concert with a saxophone quartet – his inimitable, inexhaustible baritone powering and prodding the music like Harry Carney possessed by Charles Mingus.
TheNewYorker.com, 24.Apr.14 Writings About
Taylor Ho Bynum's Navigation: An album with the scope of a novel
For all their sonic invention and rhythmic charge, the performances of "Navigation" have an essentially narrative feel, as if the combinations and improvisations reflected the musicians' personal relations and dialectical negotiations.
NEA Arts Magazine Writings About
Taylor Ho Bynum: Notions of Inspiration
by Josephine Reed
Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum is one of the freshest and most innovative voices composing and playing music today. As a leader, collaborator, sideman, and composer, Ho Bynum continually pushes the outer boundaries of jazz, and his list of collaborators reads like a list of "who's who" in the avant-garde music scene.
Postscript: Roy Campbell, Jr., 1952-2014 Writings By
Remembering my friend, the trumpeter Roy Campbell Jr. in The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog:
Campbell always looked relaxed, with a Bronx-bred saunter to his step and often a leather baseball cap pulled low over his eyes, but he always played hard, whether for a European concert hall or a New York subway platform.
The Quietly Revolutionary Guitar of Jim Hall Writings By
Remembering Jim Hall in The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog:
Jim Hall carved out a new place for the instrument, hybridizing the preexisting responsibilities of the soloist and the harmonic or rhythmic support. Though his style was influenced by the lush sounds of his favorite tenor saxophonists, he was not trying to imitate a horn player, nor was he consciously trying to take over for the piano.
Navigation Press Writings About
I'm very pleased that Navigation has been receiving some unusually thoughtful and in-depth commentaries and reviews. Here are some excerpts and links to the full articles.
"Bynum has produced something that belongs to a special category, a masterpieces, a work that can shimmer into new identities, bringing multiple narratives into view." – Stuart Broomer, Point of Departure
"Rather than presenting the work as fixed in time, self-contained and permanent, Navigation documents the evanescent yet transformative power of improvisational music.
Avant Music News, 19.Nov.13 Writings About
AMN Interviews: Taylor Ho Bynum
by Mike Borella
I've never heard much about your early days. How did you originally get interested in music, and how did you end up where you are as a musician?
Postscript: Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, 1936-2013 Writings By
Remembering Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre in The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog:
The A.A.C.M. nurtured the radical individualism of its members, blowing past the idiomatic restrictions of jazz while embracing its tradition of innovation. The combination of a supportive community of fellow outsiders with a committed philosophy of artistic independence and creative investigation resulted in an extraordinary cohort of musicians and composers…Last week, this family lost one of its members, an artist less known to the wider public but admired deeply by his peers: Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, who passed away on November 9th.
Notes on Navigation Writings By
Composition notes for my piece Navigation, written for my sextet featuring Jim Hobbs (alto saxophone), Bill Lowe (bass trombone, tuba), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Ken Filiano (bass), and Tomas Fujiwara (drums), with special guest Chad Taylor (drums, vibraphone):
The purpose of Navigation is to maximize the freedom, choice, and agency of the performing musicians while maintaining a strong compositional structure.
Djerassi Diary (Day 24) Writings By
A fantastically beautiful day. I had a great run and a nice workout, so decided to treat myself to a lunchtime beer; a crisp summer lager to go with my avocado and cheddar sandwich (with a touch of spicy dijon and creamy hummus).
After practicing naked in a barn (with its artificially dappled roof) and climbing atop a massive fallen tree trunk to inspect an artfully sanded protuberance, I saw a red-tailed hawk in the sky. Sharply silhouetted, it revealed what looked to be a snake dangling beneath it.
Roscoe Mitchell Writings By
A short article on the work of Roscoe Mitchell from the Tables & Chairs blog, in advance of a Seattle concert of Mitchell's:
Like many listeners, I first heard Roscoe Mitchell in the context of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. As a brass player, it was Lester Bowie's clarion call that brought me in, but I soon wholly embraced the collective; the magical balance of these contrasting and complementary musical souls, especially the yin/yang partnership of Roscoe and Lester.
Djerassi Diary (Day 3) Writings By
I startled a deer while walking in the woods. It bounded out of the underbrush, but it did not run away completely. It stopped, from a safe distance looked me over.
I stayed very still so it could get used to me.
Remembering Ted Curson (1935-2012) Writings By
Remembering Ted Curson for JazzTimes Magazine:
[Ted Curson] first emerged during a period when everything was in flux, when the idiomatic boundaries were wholly permeable, and that aesthetic openness fueled his whole life. His playing displayed his hard-bop roots in Philadelphia (where he grew up alongside Lee Morgan), while maintaining the flexibility to work with avant-gardists like Cecil Taylor and the New York Contemporary Five (where he and Don Cherry split duties in the trumpet chair).
Postscript: Butch Morris (1947-2013) Writings By
Remembering Butch Morris in The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog:
For the generation of musicians following Coleman et al., the question was a familiar one of post-modernity: After freedom, what? How can one translate the euphoric intensity of total improvisation to other contexts and other cultures?
Hartford Advocate, 29.Jan.13 Writings About
Taylor Ho Bynum premieres his Prince Project at Real Art Ways in Hartford
by Michael Hamad
New Haven-based cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum's Prince Project, premiering this weekend at Real Art Ways in Hartford, is much more than a tribute act. Prince is to Bynum — perhaps best known as an experimental jazz musician and an acolyte of Anthony Braxton — what Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker were to Braxton, Bynum's mentor: an artist who lit a fire, back when he was still coming to grips with what music was all about.
Broken Bottle Brass Heroes Writings By
Thoughts on two brass heroes from Nathaniel Mackey's Bass Cathedral. (This is the fourth installment of his ongoing epistolary novel From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate. In my opinion, the best book ever written about creative music, hands down.)
"…on Lester's trademark lab coat, allowing one to see such attire in relation not only to Miles's 'We were like scientists of sound' and his divergence from Satchmo, but also to Satchmo's Elizabethan clownish license (as Ellison puts it).
Ravi Shankar, Open Mind Writings By
Remembering Ravi Sankar in The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog:
It takes the passing of a legend like Ravi Shankar, who died yesterday, at the age of ninety-two, to remind us that the permeability of genre is a modern invention, one that has driven the rapid musical evolutions of the past half-century.
The Brilliance of Dave Brubeck Writings By
My debut writing for The New Yorker's website, an appreciation of Dave Brubeck (and Paul Desmond):
Brubeck's work embodied two of the generative tensions in creative music: the balance between predetermined structure and improvisational freedom, and between the individual and the ensemble.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1.Nov.12 Writings About
Taylor Ho Bynum takes jazz back to the future
By Calvin Wilson
Taylor Ho Bynum is widely regarded as one of the most forward-thinking musicians in jazz…But while Bynum is definitely interested in pursuing the new — as evidenced by the sounds he generates in concert and on recordings, including his most recent "Apparent Distance" — some of his influences on cornet are trumpeters with links to old-school jazz and St.
JazzTimes, Oct.12 Writings About
Playing with Genre: Positive Catastrophe connects salsa and the avant-garde, music and literature, brains and brawn
By Mike Shanley
The music of Taylor Ho Bynum, 37, the prolific cornetist who leads of co-leads groups of various sizes and helps run the Firehouse 12 label, can't be categorized without a lot of hyphenated descriptions… Percussionist Abraham Gomez-Delgado, 40, has an even wider take on how his own music might be classified.
FONT X JG: Taylor Ho Bynum Speaks Writings By
How does your relationship to the trumpet inform your approach to composition?
Actually, I mainly play the cornet, the trumpet's forgotten sibling in the brass family. It's a subtle difference in timbre and articulation, but a real one. Nonetheless, it has the same basic technique, register, and role in the ensemble as the trumpet, and they look pretty similar (though the cornet is a little smaller and more graceful, in my biased opinion), so obviously they usually get lumped together.
Jazziz, Spring.12 Writings About
Here, There & Everywhere: The curious evolution of cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum
By Ted Panken
As an instrumentalist, Bynum improvises with sound and silence in the manner of Wadada Leo Smith, Bill Dixon and Lester Bowie. He maintains a tangible narrative arc and pulse within his solos, weaving a cohesive sonic fabric from precisely executed screams, squawks, blurts, burbles, whispers and more conventionally rendered notes and tones.
Look, Bill Lowe Writings By
Bill Lowe has had many roles in my life: teacher, mentor, friend, collaborator. Now a new role: the subject of an article I wrote. The first part of what looks to be an extended oral history project is now up on destination: OUT, complete with rare out-of-print and unreleased recordings, radio broadcasts, and interview excerpts.
RIP Sam Rivers Writings By
One of my first post-college gigs as a professional musician in Boston was opening for Sam Rivers, at the Middle East club in Central Square, maybe around 1998. The irrepressible concert promoter Billy Ruane (may he also rest in peace, though actually, he'd probably be happier spinning in his grave, he had a tendency to burst into circular flight when the music was really killing) hooked me up with the opportunity.
Wadada Leo Smith: No Fear Writings By
I recently picked up some extremely interesting freelance work, conducting interviews for the Oral History of American Music project at Yale. OHAM is dedicated to archiving primary source material on the major musical figures of our time, capturing first person stories in the artists' own voices.
New York Times, 28.Nov.11 Writings About
by Nate Chinen
Mr. Bynum, 36, is a provocateur in the guise of a consensus builder, too polite to suggest a firebrand and too generous to resemble an ideologue. But he has a strong vision regardless and has patterned his creative life after some of the least compromising American musicians of the last half-century: the pianist Cecil Taylor, with whom he has performed; the trumpeter Bill Dixon, whose late-career work he championed; and especially the multireedist Anthony Braxton, whom he serves as chief consigliere.
Technological Austerity Manifesto Writings By
I like to think of myself as an artist first, with my hybridized role as an arts organizer/administrator/producer a distant second, but the realities of how I spend the majority of my time belie that assumption. For me, it is so much easier to spend the day answering emails, drafting grant proposals, setting travel plans and rehearsal times, chasing down the fast dwindling resources of the music industry, than it is to leap off the cliff into the terrifying unknown of 'artistic inspiration'.
A Day in the Life Writings By
Yesterday afternoon I was lying on the floor, trying to play with the bell of my flugelhorn jammed into the bottom of a conga drum, as a dancer dragged the drum across the room with a guitar cable. An hour before that, I was on a stage with Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary; Cuban jazz legend Paquito D'Rivera; pop producer Nile Rodgers; Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge; composer David Amram; and about a half dozen others, with everyone singing and playing along to "This Land is Your Land".
City Arts, 3.May.11 Writings About
The Next Generation: Three emerging jazz leaders offer inspiration
by David R. Adler
Jazz artists have always needed to be resourceful, perhaps today more than ever. For three representative New York-area musicians, the struggles and uncertainties of creative life in the trenches are well worth it.
ABT Diaries 7 Writings By
Day 13 – 9/22: 0 miles, Amherst MA
A relaxed and much needed day of rest in preparation for the evening's duo concert. Took a nice walk into town from the UMass campus and had a great lunch at Amherst Chinese Food (where I again hit the bitter melon), but let my legs chill otherwise.
Day 11 – 9/20: 51.3 miles, Boston MA to Chepachet RI
As I continue my tour of the bicycle repair shops of New England…
My mother is having some work done on her house, so my bike slipped out on some construction sand and landed on a brick, bending the hell out of my chainwheel before I even left the driveway.
I've fallen a little bit behind on the travel journal, so a quick recap of the last couple of days.
Day 8 – 9/17: 32.7 miles, Kennebunkport ME to Portland ME
Started out the day with a quick trip to the Kennebunk Bike Company, to get some more work done on my rear wheel.
Day 6 – 9/15: 50.8 miles, Brattleboro VT to Peterborough NH
New Hampshire is hilly. Very very hilly. Very very steep. Google bike maps had me going ten miles out of the way to find a non-existent rail trail, so after that failure I ended up taking Rt 119 across the southern part of the state, and it was a lovely but HARD ride.
Day 5 – 9/14: 72.6 miles, Springfield MA to Brattleboro VT
There are many swarms of gnats this time of year, especially in the mornings and evenings. Riding through them, I swallow so many bugs I feel like a blue whale trolling the oceans for krill.
Day 4 – 9/13: 0 miles, Springfield MA
No biking today, in tech rehearsals all day for Teatro V!da's Rumors of a New Day,which was a rousing success. I called my friend Magdelena Gomez six months ago to see if she would be interested in helping put together some kind of show for the bike tour in Springfield.
Day 1 – 9/10: 5.2 miles, New Haven CT to New Haven CT
OK, does that even count? On 2 hours of sleep, 5 miles can feel like a hundred. I had a fantastic time playing with Bob Ostertag, Sylvie Courvoirsier and Jim Black up at the Guelph Festival Thursday night, but the travel home was tough.
Journey's Eve Writings By
Yesterday I took my final training ride (coming out at exactly 1000 miles for the summer, a nice, auspicious round number!), and had the fine folks at the Devil's Gear Bike Store do one last tune up before I hit the road.
Jazziz, Fall.10 Writings About
Walden on Wheels
by Ed Hazell
Riding a bicycle, according to 35-year-old cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, is a lot like playing creative music. "It's harder to get where you're going, and it takes longer," he says with a laugh, "but in the end, the rewards are greater, too."
Click here to read a PDF of the full article.
Bill Dixon, 1925-2010 Writings By
I got the news at 9am this morning from Stephen Haynes, my friend, my brother in brass, and the man who introduced me to Bill a little over a decade ago. A little later in the day, I talked to Sharon Vogel, Bill's life-partner.
Citizen Jazz (France), Dec.09 Writings About
Interview with Taylor Ho Bynum
by Julien Gros-Burdet
Taylor Ho Bynum has gradually built a body of exciting multi-faceted work. As expected of someone who made their name alongside Anthony Braxton, he is now producing some of the most original projects of the moment.
Bill Dixon: The Essence of a Sound and the Infinity of a Moment Writings By
My liner notes for Bill Dixon's Tapestries for Small Orchestra (Firehouse 12, 2009)
The music of Bill Dixon maintains such a powerful flavor, it is one of those things where you inevitably remember the first time you taste it. For me, it was his mid-career landmark recording November 1981.
JazzColo(u)rs (Italy), Nov.09 Writings About
Taylor Ho Bynum: consistency of contrasts
by Antonio Terzo
Choosing the cornet as his instrument for its flexible nature, on each of his releases this Boston-bred musician points towards a music with no labels but self-expression, following the lessons of the greats who have come before him.
Is it a small orchestra or a large ensemble Writings By
I was asked for a list of my five favorite big band recordings, for a downbeat feature Frank Hadley is writing. Even though I know there was a bit of blog-world discussion about this a few months ago (as usual Darcy James Argue was on the case with the roundup), it still ended up being a tough assignment; it's so hard to nail down just five favorites, there's so much spectacular stuff out there.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland), 29.May.09 Writings About
Jazz in the post-ideological era
By Christoph Wagner
The avant-garde jazz of New York has moved to Brooklyn. The cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum is one of its most prominent representatives; with his sextet he seeks new paths between improvisation and composition.
A to Zooid Writings By
A few months ago, I had the chance to hear Henry Threadgill's Zooid at the Jazz Gallery in New York, on a cold November night in front of a handful of dedicated listeners. It was probably the best live music I caught all year.
Miles Writings By
I was recently asked by the French journalist Franck Médioni to answer some questions for a book he is putting together featuring musicians' thoughts on Miles Davis. (He did something similar for a John Coltrane book a few years ago, hopefully an English translation of both will come along some day.) With all the writing I've done on this blog about various brass folks, it surprised me to realize I haven't written much about Miles.
RIP Freddie Writings By
I thought I had hung up my keyboard for the year (not that I was writing very much in 2008 anyways, increasing my output is one of my resolutions for '09), but upon the passing of a brass giant I must comment.
Dreams 2: Madeleine, Movies, Myths, the Met, and more Writings By
My head has been in the dream clouds lately (as evidenced by my last post, a true story, or a true dream, I guess…). Tonight, I start the rehearsals for a new piece I've been thinking about for years, Madeleine Dreams for my ensemble SpiderMonkey Strings.
Dreams Writings By
I was sitting in a kitchen, talking to a dear friend who had passed away. I did not completely recognize the kitchen we were sitting in, yet it was also somehow familiar. In my dream, my friend was not dead, but we had not seen each other for a while and I was lamenting how long it had been.
Vancouver Snapshot Writings By
I'm in Vancouver visiting family for a day. I take a 90-minute walk early this morning, down through the harborside into Stanley Park. All the usual splendors of this beautiful city; where else can you see skyscrapers, snow-capped mountains, and old-growth evergreens encircling a crystal bay.
Critiquing Criticism and Other Meta Dilemmas Writings By
On Wednesday night, I went to see the choreographer Meg Stuart's collaboration with German dancer Philipp Gehmacher and Belgian singer/songwriter Niko Hafkenscheid, Maybe Forever.
I first saw Stuart's work in November 2004, in Brugge Belgium while on my first European tour with Braxton.
Lester Writings By
I was checking out what's up with Dan over at soundslope (who very kindly lists The Middle Picture as one of his favorites of the year, with what is probably the most thoughtful review that album has received) and he writes he just finished working on the new AACM website.
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The world lost one of its most powerful artistic forces today. RIP Max Roach. Not just one of the greatest drummers in history, but a bandleader, conceptualist, political activist, interdisciplinary collaborator, and human being beyond category.
I had the chance to meet him when I was about 19, while I was studying with his wonderful trumpet player, Cecil Bridgewater.
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Taylor Ho Bynum: Spontaneous Yet Focused
by John Sharpe
Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum is at the forefront of a younger generation of creative musicians in New York. He combines thrilling improvisation with stealthy composition, unconfined by genre.
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I have had many blessings in my life, in family and friends, in love and music. One of the greatest of these, for my family and myself, was the friendship of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
My mother first met Lorraine in 1984, when she was still simply Lorraine Hunt and an up and coming singer on the Boston scene.
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Discussing the Philip Wilson/Olu Dara album Esoteric:
Horn and drums duos are one of my favorite configurations in creative music. The immediacy of a duo context totally breaks down any traditional hierarchies between wind and percussion instruments, between melody and rhythm, between composition and improvisation, between leader and sideman.
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The positive fallout from the "great jazz of the 70's and 80's" discussion continues to accumulate. It got mainstream coverage in Nate Chinen's article in the NY Times two days ago, and a new wiki site has been launched compiling all the various contributions, behearer.com.
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One of the inspirations I had in starting this blog was the recent online discussion of great albums recorded in the period between 1973 and 1990, initiated by posts by Dave Douglas and Ethan Iverson, with the many contributions compiled here.
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I had a crazy week, with a huge amount of work to get done before leaving town for two and a half weeks for some gigs in England and Belgium. And I had the realization, on Monday, that my Thursday night flight actually left on Wednesday, so I had 24 hours less to get everything done than I thought.
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Thursday night, I went to hear Cecil Taylor's Trio with Henry Grimes and Pheeroan akLaff. Oh my.
I walked into the club exhausted. Possessed by a fit of productiveness the night before, I had stayed up till 5am working on details for a spring tour.
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I just finished Don Quixote, and it was quite a revelatory read. Cervantes is such a primary influence in the work of so many of my favorite authors: Borges, Calvino, Nabokov, Reed, Murdoch, Saramago, Rushdie, Carter, Pynchon, Murakami, etc. Essentially, you can't imagine modern fiction without him.


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Cris here. Today I am sharing another one of our favorite Instant Pot recipes– Mississippi Pot Roast- Electric Pressure Cooker style! We LOVE the crock pot version but having an electric pressure cooker/instant pot recipe on hand is PERFECT for those days you forget to put the roast on in the morning. You can still have that wonderful flavor and fall apart tenderness but in a fraction of the time.
Our YouTube Community voted this dish a cooking battle winner, so we made a cooking video.
We used a 6 quart Instant Pot for this recipe.
If you don't mind mixes, we use the dill ranch packet to make this dish low carb.
It is recommended to thaw your roast before cooking using this method.
We have cooked this recipe using both a chuck roast and an arm roast.
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We have made this recipe in our 6 quart Instant Pot, Crock Pot Express and 6.5 quart Ninja Foodi, but you can make it in any 6-8 quart electric pressure cooker.
NOTE: This is NOT a crock pot recipe. If you are looking for the crock pot version, you can find it here.
If you don't mind mixes, we use the dill ranch packet to make this dish low carb.
Made this last night in Electric Pressure Cooker using a 4lb Rump Roast. Flavor was excellent but meat was not tender and was dry. I have never had that problem before but wondered if it was because my rump roast had zero fat/marbling and maybe I should have used a different cut? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
If you were to have forgotten to thaw your chuck roast, can you cook it frozen? How long do you add to the recipe time? Thank you!!!
Wow! Great recipe. I added one onion cut into big chunks. When almost done, I'll add a bag of little carrots, then a few minutes later, I'll add some chunks of potatoes. Excellent one pot meal! Thanks!!!!!!!!


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Insights/Communiqués/Health Communiqué/November 13, 2014/Changes to Food and Drugs Act address Patient Safety – Passage of Vanessa's Law
Changes to Food and Drugs Act address Patient Safety – Passage of Vanessa's Law
November 13, 2014 | Kathryn M. Frelick, Lauren Parrish
Bill C-17, the Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa's Law) was passed by the federal legislature and received Royal Assent on November 6, 2014. It represents the most substantial amendment to the Food and Drugs Act (Canada) (FDA) in over 50 years and has significant implications for the health industry, including drug and medical device manufacturers and health care institutions.
Vanessa's Law is named after the daughter of Member of Parliament Terence Young, who died after taking a prescription drug that was later found to be unsafe and removed from the market.
Vanessa's Law modernizes the FDA to introduce a "life-cycle" approach to the oversight of therapeutic products, including post-market safety and assessment powers, stronger enforcement mechanisms and harsher penalties. It will require "prescribed" health care institutions, likely hospitals, to report serious adverse drug reactions and medical device incidents to Health Canada. It is also aimed at increasing openness and transparency by making certain information publicly available.
Definitions and Scope
Vanessa's Law introduces three new definitions: "therapeutic product", "therapeutic product authorization" and "confidential business information".
Therapeutic product is broadly defined to encompass all drugs, devices or any combination of the two. This includes non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines, vaccines and gene therapies. Natural health products are specifically excluded.
Therapeutic product authorization is an authorization that permits the import, sale, advertisement, manufacture, preparation, preservation, packaging, labelling, storing or testing of a therapeutic product. The holder of a therapeutic product authorization is required to comply with any terms or conditions associated with that authorization.
Confidential business information means information that is not publicly available, for which reasonable measures have been taken to ensure it is not available to the public, and that has actual or potential economic value to the business or its competitors because it is not publicly available. Its disclosure would result in a material financial loss to the company or a material financial gain to its competitors.
Increased Ministerial Powers
Vanessa's Law regulates a broad range of activities for therapeutic products including:
Public disclosure of prescribed information relating to clinical trials and investigational tests by authorization holders. In addition, all orders or regulatory decisions issued by the Minister of Health ("Minister") must be made publicly available.
Increased powers of the Minister in relation to the disclosure of confidential business information, packaging/labelling, assessments and testing, and product recalls where associated with risk of harm to human health. For example:
Disclosure of Confidential Business Information – where the Minister believes a therapeutic product may present a "serious risk of injury to human health", the Minister may gather and disclose confidential business information with no notice or consent from the affected party.
Packaging/Labelling – where necessary to prevent injury to health, the Minister may order the authorization holder to modify or replace a product label or packaging.
Recall – the Minister may order a therapeutic product to be recalled where it is deemed to present a serious or imminent risk of injury to health. Alternatively, if corrective action can effectively address the risk, the order may provide for corrective action. This may or may not allow the sale of the therapeutic product, subject to conditions.
Product information – subject to regulations, the Minister may order that the authorization holder compile information, conduct assessments, further product testing or studies or monitor experience and supply the information to the Minister. This will allow information on "real world" safety and effectiveness to be collected by Health Canada post-approval.
Mandatory Reporting by Health Care Institutions
Prescribed health care institutions will be required to report serious adverse drug reactions or medical device incidents that involve therapeutic products to Health Canada. It is widely acknowledged that under the current voluntary scheme, adverse reactions are under-reported. The time and difficulty associated with submitting reports and lack of feedback from Health Canada when a report has been submitted can be disincentives to reporting.
New regulations will set out definitions and the specifics of these reporting obligations. In recognition of the additional administrative burden that mandatory reporting will place on health care institutions, the Minister must take into account existing information management systems, such as electronic health record systems, when making recommendations. Health care institutions are also subject to penalties for non-compliance with Vanessa's Law.
Regulation Making Authority
Vanessa's Law provides broad authority for the Governor-in-Council to make regulations with respect to therapeutic products and the issuance of therapeutic product authorizations. This includes regulations relating to post-market assessments, tests and studies, monitoring of experience and information compilation. The regulations may also incorporate documents by reference, for example, policy and guidance documents, technical standards and the like.
Consistent with the approach being taken in other areas, there are new offences and penalties for non-compliance with Vanessa's Law that focus on economic disincentives. On conviction by indictment, potential fines have been increased from $5,000 per day to up to $5 million per day, imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both. The Act gives the court discretion to order even larger fines where a violation of the provisions involves intentional conduct, such as making false or misleading statements to Health Canada or wilful or reckless harm to human health.
Officers and directors may be personally liable for the act of the corporation. Corporate officers, directors, or agents who "direct, authorize, assent to, participate in or otherwise acquiesce in the commission of an offence" are individually liable and subject to penalties, whether or not they are prosecuted for the offence. Importantly, Vanessa's Law provides for a due diligence defence, unless the contravention is intentional.
In Force Dates
Some of the provisions of Vanessa's Law are in force, for example, the power to recall unsafe therapeutic products, to direct label changes or modifications and to impose greater fines and penalties. Other changes will not come into force until supporting regulations have been developed and there will be opportunities for further consultation. From an operational perspective, Health Canada will also need to ensure that the supporting frameworks are in place.
Vanessa's Law reflects a fundamental shift in Canada's approach to patient safety for therapeutic products. Particularly in light of the enhanced penalty provisions, the potential risk for drug and medical device companies and their corporate directors and officers is considerable. Senior management will need to play an active and visible role in fostering a culture of compliance and in overseeing the organization's corporate compliance program.
In addition to understanding the therapeutic product provisions under Vanessa's Law, it is critical that organizations develop and/or update their compliance programs in order to be able to rely on a statutory due diligence defence. As a starting point, organizations should conduct an internal audit of their current compliance programs in relation to the requirements for therapeutic products. This will enable the identification of gaps and the development of a compliance strategy to place the organization in as defensible a position as possible.


We took a bus trip to Tigre today and then a boat along the Parana River Delta. This is a system of over 5000 waterways like arteries pumping blood and littered with islands built naturally of sediment. This place was amazing, a whole community living just off the water isolated from most of the mainland with shopping, ambulance and hospital boats, primary and high schools. It is littered with dead boats giving it atmosphere and teeming with all kinds of live boats from catamarans to rowing boats, jetskis to speed boats. Very interesting and enjoyable journey, the first picture is of a shopping boat.
We went to the gym in the afternoon and had a lovely dinner at a local restaurant. I ordered risotto as I thought I should be safe with rice but it came with what looked like noodles, luckily I was able to swap with Elizabeth as her dish was just chicken and potatoes. In the evening we sat in the park opposite the hotel and watched an impromptu drum performance with dancers. This seems to be a dog park as owners and their dogs were everywhere and added to the relaxing and captivating atmosphere. Elizabeth said "in the brochures they say you might see dancing in the streets but you dismiss it as typical tourist speak but then here we are with dancing in the park". See video below of the drummers, I have a better one including the dancers but it is on my camera and not my phone.
Why only a nearly perfect day? I had my camera on a tripod trying to capture the atmosphere when the drummers suddenly filled the air with music, I twisted around to look and tripped the tripod which fell lens first into the ground. The poor thing has been dying anyway with a dodgy battery connection somewhere but this did not help. Regardless it won't let go and still wants to take photos. The little lens crunches, pops and whirs trying to come out. Sometimes it succeeds but sometimes it gives up and I get an error message. Similarly when I zoom it will crunch away and not always make it to full zoom. I have gotten very affectionate towards this little camera that wants to keep taking pictures and is still succeeding 5 times out of 10. But I will need a new one before Iguazu Falls as that is not when you need a camera to die. I think I will keep it though and display it somewhere.
Some Miscellaneous Moments of the rest of our time in Buenos Aires.
Elizabeth enjoying an Apple Pie at a very swish cafe (Cafe Tortoni the oldest cafe in Buenos Aires). I almost decided it was worth making me sick to have one myself.
One of these bottles of Whisky was $50 and one was $18, any guesses for which one?
What passes as buskers at a famous market that is held every Sunday at San Telmo.
We successfully worked out the subway. Woo hoo.
Elizabeth getting a tango lesson at Complejo Tango.
Real tango dancers in a show after the lesson at the same place.


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Скепти́ческий опро́сник: журна́л нау́ки и ра́зума () — американский журнал, издаваемый два раза в месяц Комитетом скептических расследований.

Миссия издания заключается в том, чтобы «поощрять критическое исследование паранормальных явлений и утверждений маргинальной науки, с ответственной, научной точки зрения и сообщать факты об итогах таких расследований научному сообществу и общественности». Skeptical Inquirer является международным, но не имеет формат научного журнала.

В 2006 году основатель Комитета скептических расследований Пол Куртц приурочил к тридцатилетию со дня выхода первого номера Skeptical Inquirer четыре долгосрочных столпа редакционной политики:
 критиковать утверждения исходящие со стороны паранормальных явлений и лженауки
 воспроизводить научный метод и природу научного мировоззрения
 искать пути взвешенного представления науки в СМИ
 продвигать критическое мышление в школах

Если в статье критикуется сторонник или сторонница параномального явления, то им предоставляется возможность вступить в дискуссию и представить свои ответы на критику.

Первоначально журнал носил название «Ищущий» (), и был основан и редактировался Марчелло Труцци. Первый номер журнала вышел в 1976 году.

В 2010 году были объявлены следующие члены редакции журнала: , , , Скотт О. Лилинфельд, Армадео Сарма,
Юджени Скотт, Дэвид Э. Томас, Леонард Трамиель, Бенджамин Волозин, Элизабет Лофтус, .

См. также

 Комитет скептических расследований
 Научный скептицизм
 Псевдонаука
 Свободомыслие
 Скептицизм

 Snopes.com

 The Straight Dope

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки

 CSICOP official website

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For starters, this program will likely include courses on community engagement and active citizenship. These employees can finally keep their condition private and continue using jobs when they use pharmacy finder. Such people from remote areas can order medicines online.
Limited awareness and insufficient oversight among doctors, pharmacists and the patients can also contribute towards the problem. An Internet pharmacy is simply an internet store; an internet site that sells medicines around the web. " Another great article to adopt a look at is "Why Should I Become a Pharmacist.
this author can consider, the mosquito, to minor and major birds, mammals, reptiles, and small plants like grass for the tallest Banyan. This bank card processing is something that allows customer to buy products making use of their credit cards. This rather underwhelming wage is most likely the normal or basic wage for pharmacy technicians without recognition for being a certified pharmacist.
We were going on the big city to find out a doctor, so it made sense. Drugs might be ordered by only entering the pharmacy website and placing an order using a click with the mouse button. Veri - Sign and Scan - Alert Hacker Safe are the two names you have to be looking out for as well since these names will proclaim that these websites are safe for paying online.
All this, however comes at an exceeding boost in cost; the next phase now is not only to modify GPS technology but making it affordable on the same time. tools which can be engineered by technologies, help the medical fraternity to discover. This adds for the already heavy workload due to lower off prescriptions and phone in prescription refills.


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F300 is flat sheeting used for continuous flashing under slate at the junction with the roof as shown in the example. It can be used for gutter lining, cavity trays etc.


Image: The Prized Oscar Archivist Kate Guyonvarch and author Sam Stourdzee.
Image: Yes, you can touch it too. Program Maker Fiona Croall with Kate Guyonvarch and Oscar.
Image: So many dolls! Part of the archive collection.
Image: More from the archive There's even a Chaplin umbrella.
Image: Have you thrown out your turntable? There's also Chaplin LP.
Image: The man himself in the studio He could have even been recording that very LP.
Image: And it continues ... Something for the lounge room.
The Little Tramp, the man with the bowler hat, baggy pants and cane, Charlie Chaplin was a huge influence on the avant-garde artists of his day, even the European avant-garde and particularly the Dadaists. They saw him as the embodiment of modernity.
Today's feature is about Chaplin, celebrity and modernism. Producer Fiona Croall had privileged access to Charlie Chaplin's Parisian private archive and investigates Chaplin's global celebrity status and remarkable influence on world culture -- from the modernists and Dadaists to the Russian avant-garde.
In Paris Fiona is speaking to archivist Kate Guyonvarch and Sam Stourdze, author of the book Chaplin and the curator of the touring exhibition Chaplin in Pictures, which right now is on in Tarragona in Spain.


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Tavsiye (Advice) is the sixth studio album by Turkish-Belgian singer Hadise. It was released on 4 August 2014 by Pasaj Müzik. When questioned about the title of the album Hadise said that she had a song with the same title and she felt that the collection of songs on the album contained advice for women, hence she chose this title. The lead single, "Nerdesin Aşkım", was titled based on a sentence used by Cem Yılmaz in CM101MMXI Fundamentals, which was used in the chorus of the song ("Nerdesin aşkım? Burdayım aşkım! (Where are you my love? I'm here my love!)"). The music and lyrics of the song were provided by Alper Narman and Onur Özdemir, the arrangement was done by İskender Paydaş, and Hülya Açıkgöz directed the music video, which was released on 31 July 2014. The second single from the album was "Prenses". This music video was also directed by Hülya Açıkgöz. Music videos for the songs "Yaz Günü" and "Bu Aralar" were released in 2015 and 2016 respectively, the latter of which was shot in Dominican Republic. "Nerdesin Aşkım?" and "Bu Aralar" both ranked first on Turkey's official music chart.

Track listing

Personnel
 Production: Pasaj Müzik
 Producers: Hadise Açıkgöz, Hülya Açıkgöz
 General Coordinator: Hülya Açıkgöz
 Supervisor: İskender Paydaş
 Musical Assistant: Bilge Miraç Atıcı
 Vocal Coach: Youssef Chellak
 Vocal Recording: Barış Erduran
 Photographs: Emre Ünal
 Style Consultant: Derya Açıkgöz
 Hair Stylist: Serkan Aktürk
 Make-up: Ali Rıza Özdemir
 Nail Art: Ebru Pırıl
 Design: Erhan Karadeniz
 Printing: Frs

Sales

References

External links
Hadise official website

2014 albums
Hadise albums