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Looking for where to stay in Fez- read our review of Palais Amani a boutique hotel in the heart of the Fez medina. Plus, what to do in Fes, including visiting a hammam, the best Moroccan cooking school, where to eat in Fez and a guide to the souks and what to buy in Morocco.
With over 9500 alleys, 1000 cul-de-sacs and 10500 historical buildings, Fez-el-Bali, the oldest part of the city is the perfect place to get lost! For us it is our last stop on our journey through Morocco.
For some reason, I imagine Fez (or Fes) similar to Marrakech, but I could not have been more wrong.
Marrakech is relatively flat and open, and while I didn't think it at the time, in comparison to the souks of Fez, Marrakech's souks are relatively open as well. In Marrakech, many of the homes within the old city, the riads, have been converted to hotels. Restaurants, cafes and rooftop terraces are plentiful.
Fez on the other hand, is hilly, the souks and old city are a series of enclosed, narrow walkways. It is hard to grasp how large it is as you walk around as you never can see much of it at a time. There are still a lot of families living within the old city of Fez, and life continues much as it has for centuries.
With such an ancient history there is a lot of things to do in Fes, including many sites of historical and cultural significance to Morocco.
Fes was founded by Idris I in 789 AD. In 817 families started arriving from Cordoba, Spain having been expelled from their homes. Al Quaraouiyine (or Karaouiune), the world's oldest university opened in 857, you can still see it today. The Quaraouiyine Library dates to the 12th century and houses over 32,000 manuscripts. This is but one of many medersas, (also spelled madrasa) or universities, in the city hundreds of years old. Fez was renowned in ancient times as an intellectual capital. And even today Fez is known as the artistic, religious and intellectual capital of Morocco.
The Nejjarine Museum of Wood Arts and Crafts located within the medina (not far from the Quaraouiyine University) is in a restored foundouk, or traditional guesthouse or caravanserai for traveling merchants. Goods could be stored on the ground level with lodging on the upper levels. The rooftop offers fantastic views of Fez and has a small café.
The Glaoui Palace, the Marrakech home to the Pasha of Marrakech we were first introduced to at Kasbah Telouet on the first day of our desert tour, has fallen into disrepair like many of the magnificent palaces from the wealthy families who once lived in Marrakech.
A walk to the most famous, and newest gate, the Bab Bou Jeloud or Blue Gate at the west entrance to Fes el Bali, the old city of Fez, Morocco, is well worthwhile. The gate, built by the French in 1913, features blue tiles on one side and green on the other. From here, atop a hill, there are lovely views of the city of Fez.
Your choice in Fez is to stay within the medina or outside in the more modern, new part of town. There are many large, international hotel chains in the new part of town, most of which, in my opinion, lack traditional, Moroccan character and hospitality.
We like small, boutique hotels reflecting the character of the country in which we are traveling, with a preference for family or locally-owned accommodation. Palais Amani provides a fantastic place to experience Moroccan hospitality and explore the Fes souk or medina.
All our accommodation in Morocco was nice, but Palais Amani was my favorite. It is simply stunning. After four years of renovation, the hotel opened in 2010. Amani, means "wish" or "desire" in Arabic. The Palais' original building dates to the 17th century. The more recent owners, the wealthy Lahlou family (bought circa 1920), lived in it until the 1970's, when many wealthy families moved from the center of Fez.
At one point about 30-40 of the Lahlou's extended family lived within the walls of the palais and their living quarters have been converted into elegant suites by the current owners, Jemima Mann-Baha and her husband Abdelali Baha.
Over two stories, 15 guest rooms surround a magnificent garden with a large fountain in the center. A large terrace overlooks the garden from one end and a rooftop terrace provides views of the internal courtyard and of Fez.
When you come through the doors from the medina, you enter a quiet, lush garden oasis. Perfect for relaxing after the bustle of the medina.
For Moroccans this is a weekly ritual. In chatting with one of the ladies working at the hotel, she confirmed every week on her day off she visits the hammam. Moroccan women have beautiful hair and skin and one can't help wondering if this is the reason!
No visit to Morocco would be complete without a visit to the hammam, meaning "hot water" in Arabic, also known as the Moor baths. Steam bathing, an essential part of the hammam experience is also part of the Roman bathing tradition. You see women in the markets crushing the argan nuts to make the soft, oily soap used in the hammam, you can also buy the mineral rich rhassoul clay, another part of the traditional ritual.
There are many options to suit any budget. The public hammam which is very reasonably priced. The "spa" much as though you would visit at home. A private hammam, which you will often find at your accommodation. Our experience was at Palais Amani's hammam.
What to Expect When Visiting a Moroccan Hammam?
In a traditional bath house men and women will be separated. The treatment is usually performed naked, but if that makes you uncomfortable you can wear a bathing suit or underwear.
Traditionally a hammam is a warm, steamy environment. In Palais Amani, the hammam is underground to help retain the heat.
As we descend the stairs entering the hammam, the room softly glows with candlelight. We sit on benches and the treatment begins with a foot and hand scrub with bath salts. A conditioning clay mask is put on my hair. Mark doesn't receive the hair treatment. We each have our own attendant who performs the treatment.
From here we move into the large hammam, an open warm and steamy room. Here the washing takes place. The attendant washes and rinses you head to toe with the soft argan and eucalyptus oil hammam soap. A thin layer of mineral rich clay may or may not be applied at this point.
Then you do nothing! Just relax on the bench in the steam for 20 minutes or so which opens your pores for a deep cleanse.
Next a rinse and a vigorous scrubbing follows with a rough mitt which resembles a loofah. This removes dead skin and leaves your skin tingling. Your pores are already open from the steam and this is very stimulating!
A shower follows- in my case to wash the clay from my hair as well. My hair was very soft following this treatment! At this point we are swaddled in our bath robes and led to a lovely relaxation room. After about 20 minutes or so, we head on to a massage. (The massage is not part of a traditional hammam experience, but since you are already relaxed it makes a nice addition.) The hammam experience lasts about 45 minutes.
If you did this in a public hammam it would be a fraction of the cost, but it is also a more public experience and as a couple, an experience you would have separately. While not totally authentic, as most Moroccans visit the public hammam, I am happy with the choice at the hotel. It was most enjoyable and one of those things you must try at least once!
Breakfast at Palais Amani is a feast. Each morning breakfast is different, featuring a local item and an array of accompaniments. We had not seen much cheese in Morocco, to the point we asked a couple of people as dairy didn't seem to be part of their diet. At Palais Amani each morning we had the most divine soft white cheese marinated in olive oil and spices.
Moroccan breakfasts are a feast and a wonderful way to start the day! Many of the items served at Palais Amani for breakfast we had not tried elsewhere in our travels through Morocco. This included wonderful soups and home-made breads.
There is a restaurant which serves lunch and dinner, and two bars. One on the main level which features a fireplace for cooler evenings, and one on the rooftop, for warmer evenings and to enjoy the views of Fez. Both bars serve a menu of local tapas dishes. The restaurant menu changes regularly and features a selection of local cuisine using seasonal produce sourced from the Fez souk.
You can also dine on the terrace overlooking the courtyard or at one of the tables nestled within the gardens.
If you are at all interested in Moroccan food, (and who isn't?), Palais Amani also offers cooking classes. The half day course begins with a trip to the souk to shop. I think the most interesting aspect of this was seeing which stalls they shopped in- it was not necessarily the stalls or shops I would have selected.
The meat, in this case fresh chicken, was delivered to the hotel. The fruit, vegetables and spices, we carried with us. A dizzying variety of goods are sold in the market including, fish, beef, chicken, camel meat, fruit and vegetables. Women and children pass, carrying large oven trays of dough. This is bread on its way to the communal oven for baking. They are charged a very small fee per piece for baking. Most households make bread daily.
People shop every day, buying food fresh and there is little refrigeration both in the market and at home.
Following our shopping excursion, the cooking session begins in the gardens of Palais Amani. The chef and her assistant, demonstrate making an eggplant salad, zaalouk, and a chicken tagine. The garden is a lovely setting for the class, but by the time you visit Palais Amani, your cooking class will most likely take place in their new cooking classroom on the rooftop. The room, which was under construction during our visit, looks fantastic for a cooking class.
There were three in our class and one lady was vegetarian so much to our amazement we learned how to make the chicken separately from the vegetable tagine.
One of the tips we learned in this class was about cooking with olive oil. Because the chef wanted the olive to flavor the chicken (as opposed to using it to brown the chicken), the olive oil was added to the liquid after it boiled and the chicken had begun cooking.
Dessert was a simple recipe of spiced orange slices.
We enjoyed the dishes from the class served with a glass of wine for lunch.
Dining out in Fez is a relatively recent custom, necessitated by growing tourism numbers. When I read articles saying you should be in your accommodation by about 8 pm at night for safety reasons I was intrigued. This is quite different from most places we travel and other places in Morocco including Marrakech.
Having been to Fez, I now understand. There is little to do in the medina in the evening. Most things close around dusk. The narrow, twisting alleyways are largely empty. It is difficult to see around the corners. And while lit, they are not well lit. Basically the place is closed for business so there are few places to go and few people out and about.
Traditionally entertaining for guests was at home so there is not a history or culture of restaurants in Fez. All of which I found fascinating!
So, what do you do for dinner? Well of course there are options. One is to dine at another of Fez riad. Another is to dine at one of the few available restaurants. They have a pick-up service- someone comes to where you are staying and walks you back to the riad or restaurant. This is for both safety and so you can find the restaurant. Keep in mind Fez is hilly so expect a bit of up and down on the walk through the medina. It was fascinating to be "out" in the empty streets in the medina.
A riad in the Fes medina, Dar Roumana offers a pick-up service from your accommodation. Following a twisty, hilly 20-minute walk from Palais Armani (we would have never found it on our own) we arrive at Dar Roumana. It was interesting using the pick-up service and being out "late" in the Fes medina.
A traditional riad, the restaurant is in the internal courtyard. The guest rooms overlook the courtyard. Dinner was 350 dirhams (35 euros) for three courses or 275 dirhams (27 euros) for 2 courses. Alcohol is served.
The interior of the riad is beautiful, the tiles and plaster work intricate. As I sat there eating I decided I could decorate my home in Moroccan style!
Dar Hatim- Fez- The wooden ceiling on the right!
This is dinner in a family home within the medina. The Bouaa family have converted part of their home into a beautiful restaurant serving traditional, Moroccan cuisine. The food here was as good as any fine dining experience.
The chicken bastilla (or pastilla), the house specialty, which we highly recommend, was a perfectly spiced combination of sweet and savory! The special of the day was a lamb shank cooked in a tagine, her mother-in-law's recipe. Melts in your mouth!
Both the tagine and the bastille were the best of the trip and we ate a lot of tagines! A three-course dinner for two (no alcohol) including tax and service was 590 dirhams or 59 euros. Alcohol is not sold, but you can bring your own bottle.
However, I have saved the best for last. You must see the ceiling in this restaurant! On the ground and first floors is the most magnificent carved wooden ceiling, made by her brother-in-law. Stunning! Absolutely stunning. The craftmanship in it is amazing. The details and intricate carvings must be seen to be believed! It took him over a year to make! They are a lovely family and you will enjoy your meal.
Dar Hatim offers a pick-up service. It is very near Palais Armani (about a 5-minute walk).
Good souvenirs from Fez (and Morocco) include: rugs, slippers (babouche), clothes or scarves (hand-woven), argan oil, pottery, spices, Moroccan lanterns or leather goods.
Wandering through the narrow alley ways of the souks is a highlight of the things to do in Fes and a must when visiting Fez. Still the center of commercial activity in Fez, auctions are held daily in the medina selling wholesale goods to other merchants for resell in shops throughout Morocco.
Tanners- one of the best-known trades, see below for more details on visiting the tanneries.
Weavers- making cloth and clothing.
Souk de Henna sells dyes and henna, ingredients for cosmetic products including rhassoul (mineral rich clay used in the hammam) kohl (used in eyeliner and mascara, traditionally lined the eye for its antibacterial properties), and rosewater amongst other things.
Embroidery – Fassi (meaning from Fes) embroidery is known for its quality. High quality embroidery is made of very small (2 mm long) stitches on both sides, making the piece reversible.
Clothing- traditional Moroccan clothing has intricate embroidery work.
Metal works- Es-Seffarine Square- you can rent these large pots for a party- trays, teapots- copper, metal, silver and iron works. Wrought iron and metal Moroccan lanterns are found here.
Babouche or Moroccan slippers. The pointed toes are Arabic, while rounded toes are Berber style slippers.
There is actually an "official" tour route through Fes' souks. Many of the guides follow this route on the tour.
There are designated places for each craft. The "official" spot for each craft is marked by a sign. Reading the sign tells you the history and a bit about the guild and their craft.
We went on a guided tour, setting out through the souk with a guide for a couple of hours. He explained the system of signs and designations outlined above.
When we were walking through the souk by ourselves, constantly we were offered "assistance" to find the tanneries. When we walk along with a local, no one mentioned the tanneries! Very interesting.
Visiting the tanneries either in Fez or Marrakech is a must. In the Chouwara Tanneries in Fes, work is still undertaken exactly as it has been done for hundreds of years. The smell is awful, but upon entering we were given a "Berber facemask", a sprig of fresh mint to use to help mask the smell.
Going upstairs to view the vats from one of the many terraces surrounding the tanneries provides a better perspective to understand the process.
How is leather processed in the Fez tannery?
Softening the skins: The animal skins soak for one week in an open vat which contains lime. You see men in rubber boots stomping on the skins. Cow, goat and sheep skins are used for leather. These are the white vats.
The skins are then washed and rinsed. This happens in the covered area at the far back right near the open vats.
Dying the skins- the skins are then placed in open vats once again where dying takes place. Multiple skins are in the same vat. These are the colored vats.
Yellow is from saffron and due to the expense of saffron these are dyed separately and not in open vats.
There is a vast selection of leather goods on sale. Check if there is a smell to the garment before you buy it- if it smells like the tannery do not buy it- it has not been properly processed and that smell will never go away! The garment should smell like leather (clean leather).
Dining Breakfast included- served in the restaurant or terrace, 2 bars serving tapas, rooftop terrace and one overlooking the gardens.
Additional Services Hammam and massages. Can arrange tours and transportation.
Recommended For Perfect for first time Morocco visitors, short breaks, or food lovers. Easy to start or end a longer Morocco trip.
Good to Know 2- night minimum stay. No car required. Exclusive offers available if you book directly on the Palais Amani website.
Expect to get lost at least once wandering through the medina! It is all part of the fun. Palais Amani offers a wonderful place to stay to see what life was like in the medina for Fez' wealthy families. The cooking school and hammam are great opportunities to experience Moroccan culture.
We were guests of Palais Amani, all opinions expressed are our own.
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No, I have not heard of that documentary (Europa: The Last Battle). It sounds interesting and I'll look it up… I can't guarantee when I'll get to it but let me state two things.
Second, I already despise the Globalists. I've excoriated Barbara Spectre, George Soros, and have recently become aware of the Kalergi Plan - which is beyond belief (but sadly also believable given the evidence). More broadly, without citing numerous sources, I've learned that the Elites in Europe saw the devastation of WWI and WWII, and came to the conclusion that if nations fighting nations in devastating wars is bad (and it is), then the only solution is to eliminate nations. And since – citing caustic but IMHO very often right talk show host Michael Savage – what defines a nation is "borders, language, and culture" to eliminate nations one must eliminate these.
And what's the "best" way to do that? Democide of the native population through massive population migration, interbreeding, and just demographic swamping by a more fecund new population.
The reason for this may lie in the large number of refugees increasingly settling in Sweden in recent years. Some prominent linguists who closely follow all of the trends of languages in Sweden, have a logical explanation about this, that maybe someone deliberately wants to tear down the primacy of Finnish as a second language in use in Sweden and for the Arabic language to come in its place.
I remember, many years ago, getting lost in Miami – this being in the days before GPS. I went into a 7-11 just to ask for directions. Nobody knew, or admitted to knowing, English. Fortunately they did have maps for sale and I managed to dope my way back to the highway. But despite being, nominally, the USA it was, in functional fact, not the USA.
The incompatibility and the declared refusal of some immigrants to integrate along with their continual demands that the host nations give up their long established Judeo-Christian heritage and cultural practices to accept alien and often barbaric ones has had the effect of degrading the very fabric of the developed nation states.
And not just by demographics, but with an encirclement-style attack on every aspect of traditional Western culture: abortion on demand, the corruption and diminishing of religion, the denigration of marriage, societal acceptance of homosexuality (not tolerance, which I favor, but societal sanction), political correctness, taking over the schools, infesting the courts… it's an assault with so many simultaneous thrust axes my mind boggles when I step back trying to see that "big picture".
Yes, WWI and WWII were monstrous horrors. But the conclusion on how to avoid world wars is completely wrong, and not just wrong, but immoral. Their plan is demographic and cultural murder – knowingly and intentionally.
France is 'on the verge of a civil war' which could be sparked by a mass sexual assault on women by migrants, intelligence chief warns, and Sweden is in a low-intensive civil war, and Delingpole: 'Civil War Is Coming to Europe' Warns German Politician citing three examples.
When that happens, what will happen? Civil society falls; cities, regions, whole nations, and perhaps even the entire continent – with possible spillover beyond that – will dissolve into violence and chaos.
And out of the chaos will come the "great Socialist Utopia". Never mind that untold millions will die; the end of paradise on earth will justify the means. These people are, literally, insane. They seek the destruction of the greatest civilization the world has ever known in pursuit of what has never been, and can never actually be.
The parts of the snake must join, or die, against these mortal enemies of all I – and I assume you – hold dear.
Wow! I even got my own response post. I feel honored ;-) Thank you for replying in such extensive manner.
I already know that you are a Zionist and I too think that Jews should have a home of their own. I can't say I am agreeing with methods of how Izrael was established, but I do agree everyone should have his own place.
After watching this documentary I mentioned I came to different conclusions. I don't think they want to avoid wars (but it may be result in the end) and that's why they do this insane things to people. I think that, from their globalist point of view, their goal is to enslave and introduce communism. The goal is to reduce people IQ of people with european ancestry by race mixing, to destroy their affiliation to their own kind by race mixing, to produce little Marxists without love for their family and traditions , and to create mindless sheeps, which will act more like robots, not like humans. Kind of 1984, if yo uknow what I mean.
This documentary is long, but it is complementary itself. It talks about Globallist mostly (it focuses on Jews, and there are a lot of them, but other got scorned too), who are doing that crazy and inhumane stuff, Kalergi Plan, WWI, a lot about WW II and Hitler, Churchill and other. But in the end it's about why, exactly why, this population replacement is taking place. It's a great documentary and I checked myself most controversial facts stated there, and, to my disbelief, they are all true. I am sure that, if you decide to watch it, it won't be an easy ride for you, as it focuses mainly Jews. It doesn't state in the end that it's about all Jews, but only about evil ones, which would even sacrifice their own for their goals.
Anyway, the facts you can get from it are of most bitter taste you can imagine. Not sure if it's still a red pill, or a black one though..
Globalists, whether Jewish or not, are sacrificing not only their own people and fellow citizens, but Western Civilization.
The problem is they've been listening to John Lennon's "Imagine" on autoplay for so long they truly believe it.


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Borgo San Siro (Bùrgh San Sir in dialetto lomellino) è un comune italiano di  abitanti della provincia di Pavia in Lombardia. Si trova nella Lomellina orientale, non lontano dal ciglio del terrazzo che delimita la valle alluvionale del Ticino.

Storia
Fin dal X secolo il territorio, come quello della vicina Garlasco, appartenne al monastero di San Salvatore di Pavia. Nel 1250 è citato come Burgum S.Syri nell'elenco delle terre soggette al dominio pavese. Nel secolo successivo, condividendo le sorti della vicina Tromello, è assoggettato alla signoria dei Beccaria, che si conclude nel 1475, con la morte senza eredi di Agostino Beccaria. Egli aveva destinato la signoria di Borgo San Siro all'Ospedale Maggiore di San Matteo di Pavia, da poco fondato; e il feudo rimase tra i beni dell'Ospedale fino all'abolizione del feudalesimo.
Il comune, seguendo le sorti della Lomellina, passò ai Savoia nel 1713, e rimase fino al 1743 un luogo di confine, poiché l'adiacente Vigevanasco per il momento restava nello Stato di Milano.
Nel XVIII secolo fu unito a Borgo San Siro il comune di Cassina de Magni, e nel 1927 la frazione Torrazza, staccata da Tromello.

Frazioni
Cassina de Magni o Magnona, situata nella valle del Ticino, fu un comune autonomo fino al XVIII secolo, poi fu unito a Borgo San Siro, di cui aveva condiviso le sorti.
Torrazza, feudalmente unito a Tromello, apparteneva ai padri domenicani di Vigevano. In epoca napoleonica risulta unito a Borgo San Siro, ma successivamente fu annesso a Tromello, paese cui era storicamente più legato. Nel 1927 divenne definitivamente frazione di Borgo San Siro.

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Lo stemma e il gonfalone sono stati concessi con decreto del presidente della Repubblica del 9 maggio 1997.

Nello stemma è raffigurata la chiesa di San Siro come appare in alcuni sigilli apposti sulle delibere e sulle carte della fine del XIX secolo. L'aquila è un omaggio alla famiglia Beccaria, poiché la si trova posta in capo al loro blasone.

Il gonfalone è un drappo di bianco.

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse

 La chiesa parrocchiale di Borgo San Siro è dedicata a san Siro, patrono e primo vescovo di Pavia. La costruzione avvenne sulle fondazioni di un'antica chiesetta risalente al XIII secolo, iniziata il 13 maggio 1729 terminò il 25 novembre 1732. La chiesa è in stile tardo-barocco, a croce greca con pianta poligonale, realizzata interamente a volte senza colonne di sostegno. Conserva al suo interno la tomba di Agostino Beccaria e della consorte Zaccarina Lonati. Interessanti sono anche il pulpito intarsiato, le balaustre marmoree dell'altare maggiore e le dodici statue degli apostoli situate nelle apposite nicchie. Sui tre altari spiccano le tele di Carlo Antonio Bianchi, pittore pavese del XVIII secolo. Sulla facciata è visibile un affresco che ritrae il santo patrono. La faccia ed il sagrato dell'edificio sono stati da poco sottoposti ad un'importante opera di restauro.
 Palazzo Durazzo, di proprietà dei marchesi omonimi, è l'edificio artistico di maggior pregio della frazione Torrazza, situato nella piazza del piccolo abitato.

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Squadra di calcio della città è la A.S.D Accademia VigenBorgo. La prima squadra milita nel campionato di Terza Categoria e il proprio settore giovanile copre ogni categoria, scuola calcio, pulcini, esordienti, giovanissimi, allievi.
Una delle uniche società della Lomellina ad avere la squadra femminile assieme all'A.C.D Gambolò Gifra.
La storica squadra della città, la S.S. Borgo San Siro Gifra, nel giugno 2010 si è fusa con l'A.C. Gambolò, dando così origine alla A.C.D. Gambolò Gifra.

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The First Centre of Expertise Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality in The Netherlands
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Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality education in Holland has been empowered by the creation of a new Centre of Expertise. NHTV Breda, HZ, and Stenden Universities of Applied Sciences are the institutions behind this initiative.
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Three Dutch universities of applied sciences, NHTV Breda, HZ, and Stenden have recently established a Centre of Expertise Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality (CELTH). The Ministries of Education and Economic Affairs have invested funds in this centre, which is the first expertise centre in these fields in The Netherlands.
Why was CELTH founded?
The leisure, tourism, and hospitality sector is one of the most important in Holland as it directly affects the quality of lives in the country. But without innovative and entrepreneurial approaches, its development is impossible. CELTH was founded to facilitate the contribution of existing and new knowledge to this sector. The main goals of this centre are to:
conduct academic and applied research in the fields of leisure, tourism and hospitality;
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make new connections in these and related fields for further knowledge sharing;
contribute to sustainable economic development in The Netherlands;
improve the balance between life, work, and relaxation, and, as a result, the quality of life in The Netherlands.
Based on the results of various agendas and social research, CELTH identified the fields within the leisure, tourism and hospitality domains that require more knowledge. These are:
social and economic importance;
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More up-to-date knowledge will lead to the improvement of the quality of study programmes and designing tailor-made courses for professionals. Another noticeable advantage consists of more internship possibilities for leisure, tourism and hospitality programmes, provided by new industry partners.
It is currently not known if students at NHTV Breda, HZ, and Stenden universities will receive additional scholarships within this programme, but universities promise to publish more information about the centre soon.
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Likely Stories: What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
By Jim McKeown • Nov 13, 2014
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
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Weird questions serious answers fill this entertaining romp through wild imaginations.
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe reviewed on the November 13, 2014 edition of Likely Stories.
I'm Jim McKeown, welcome to Likely Stories, a weekly review of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and biographies.
I have never done this, but I am going to quote verbatim the author's biography on the dust jacket of this weird, wild, wonderfully funny book, What If? "Randall Munroe, a former NASA roboticist, is the creator of the webcomic xkcd and the author of xkcd: volume 0. The International Astronomical Union recently named an asteroid after him; asteroid 4942 Munroe is big enough to cause a mass extinction if it ever hits a planet like Earth. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts."
The subtitle, oddly enough placed above the main title, is "Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions." I laughed on almost every page, while remembering some of the absurd questions I asked as a youngster. Sadly, my most absurd question is not here: "What would happen to a ball dropped into a hole which went clear through the planet?" It was at a Boy Scout Summer Camp, and the recipient of this question, rolled his eyes and said, "Wait, stop, we are way off target here, we are talking about eclipses of the moon!" I often cut off my students who begin with, "This might be a dumb question…" by telling them "there are no dumb questions, only dumb answers." I guess now I will have to add No dumb questions, only some pretty funny absurd ones."
Here are some examples of Munroe's wit and humor. "What would happen if the Earth and all terrestrial objects suddenly stopped spinning, but the atmosphere retained its velocity?" Answer: nearly everyone would die. Then things would get interesting. At the equator, the Earth's surface is moving … a little over a thousand miles an hour," resulting in "a sudden thousand-mile-per-hour wind. […] everyone and everything between 42 degrees north and 42 degrees south …about 85 percent of the world's population – would suddenly experience supersonic winds. The highest winds would only last for a few minutes near the surface; friction from the ground would slow them down. However, those few minutes would be long enough to reduce virtually all human structures to ruins" (1).
Some of my favorite questions include, "If an asteroid was very small but supermassive, could you really live on it like the Little Prince [from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novel, The Little Prince]?" (102). I wondered about this the first time I read this heart-warming children's story. Here's another, "What if I jumped out of an airplane with a couple of tanks of helium and one huge balloon? Then, while falling, I release the helium and fill the balloon. How long of a fall would I need in order to slow me enough that I could land safely?" (150). Some people obviously have way too much time on their hands! And finally, "If two immortal people were placed on opposite sides of an Earthlike Planet, how long would it take them to find each other?" He did say absurd questions! Spoiler alert: 3,000 years. Other questions involve draining the oceans (204), and guessing on every SAT multiple choice question (278).
For lots of fun and laughter – and some serious questions – pick up a copy of Randall Munroe's book, What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. 5 stars.
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Join Christopher Williams (South Australia) and Johannes Sistermanns (Germany) as they discuss their experiences and learnings together as part of the Catapult mentorship, complemented by a presentation of experimental sounds and atmospheric responses.
Christopher Williams (SA) is the recipient of the $10,000 Catapult Mentorship. In late April/early May 2019 he will be mentored by internationally renowned artist Johannes Sistermanns (GER). Together they will spend dedicated time in Christopher's personal studio to develop an understanding of the technical application of transducer technology in sound sculpture. Through critical exchange and sharing listening sessions Williams will build on his already strong knowledge and experience within his field of sound art to develop compositional approaches to the design of sound environments and soundscape installation.
Join Williams and Sistermanns as they discuss their experiences and learnings together as part of the Catapult mentorship. This discussion will provide inspirational insight into the mechanics of a mentorship, and will be followed by a 'best practice' session from Guildhouse, crucial for potential 2019 Catapult mentees and mentors. The evening will conclude with a showing of experimental responses from Christopher and Johannes.
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A national insurance coding system for holistic medicine is on the horizon, a critical first step in facilitating widespread insurance reimbursement for natural medicine. Alternative Link's ABC Code set is being tested in clinics around the country as part of a federally sponsored pilot study. The AMA, which controls the codes for conventional medicine, is also looking into the coding question, and may publish a code set of its own.
A listing of the coding tools and software to support Alternative Link's ABC Code system for insurance reimbursement in holistic health care.
For years, industry consultant Ian Newton has been trying to convince health insurers that they ought to cover multivitamins. To do so, he developed a comprehensive computer modeling system that allows insurance execs to see the kinds of savings and health benefits they would gain. While institutional inertia has prevented most of them from moving, increasing cost pressures are starting to open some eyes.
The Collaboration for Healthcare Renewal is a cross-disciplinary ad hoc action group dedicated to creating policy that fosters growth of integrative medicine. The organization recently launched a Cost Effectiveness Work Group to gather data showing the cost savings obtained from holistic health care strategies.
Merck's recall of its billion-selling COX-2 inhibitor has left millions of former Vioxx users looking for new ways to relieve pain associated with arthritis and other chronic conditions. A number of natural products companies are promoting botanical, nutritional and homeopathic preparations as natural alternatives to Vioxx. How well do they work and will they carry the same risk of cardiovascular side effects? Holistic Primary Care finds out.
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For the past 28 years, Dr. Dean Ornish and colleagues at the Preventive Medicine Research Institute have been quietly proving that one can reverse atherosclerosis and prevent heart attacks through diet, exercise and stress management alone. The bigger challenge is proving to Medicare and insurers that paying for these sorts of lifestyle programs is money well-spent.
Successful collaborations between conventional MDs and practitioners of natural medicine are still rare. Leaders of major associations representing both conventional and holistic health professionals met at California's Esalen Institute to confront the political, economic and personal roadblocks to greater collaboration and a more humanistic healthcare system.
Abuse and discrimination based on differences in rank is widespread in our society, and medicine is no exception. Robert Fuller, noted author of Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank, discusses rank abuse in healthcare and offers a vision of a more humane system that preserves the practical strengths of hierarchical organizations while ensuring human dignity.
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As sock_recv() is already exposed, it is a no-brainer to add sock_recv_into(), allowing finer buffer management when people are willing to handle a socket object.
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listed in letters to the editor, originally published in issue 127 - September 2006
Meta-Analysis: A New Tool to Discredit Natural Health Supplements?
by Dr Robert Verkerk, Executive & Scientific Director, Alliance for Natural Health
The British Medical Journal published a meta-analysis on omega-3 fatty acids[1] that prompted headlines around the world to the effect that "fish oils don't work". This is not the first time a meta-analysis has triggered headlines that discredit natural health supplements.
The 2004 Vitamin E Meta-analysis
In November 2004, Dr Edgar Miller and colleagues published in the Annals of Internal Medicine a meta-analysis[2] that provided headlines as bizarre as "High dose vitamin E death warning." The meta-analysis appeared to tarnish the reputation of vitamin E, a nutrient in which many are deficient. Among its problems, the study failed to show how healthy people would respond to supplemental intakes of vitamin E, and it only included studies on synthetic vitamin E (dl-alpha-tocopherol). It omitted any consideration of the effects of the seven other related compounds that make-up full spectrum, natural vitamin E, as found in vegetable oils. Interestingly, the body's absorption of the most important dietary form (gamma-tocopherol) is hindered by high doses of synthetic vitamin E, and this could have explained the negative results found by Miller et al.
The overall conclusion that high-dose vitamin E causes increased mortality could also have been a statistical artefact, with no biological relevance. Since the study assessed all-cause mortality, and not just cardiovascular mortality, other factors could have contributed to the greater death rate in the higher dose vitamin E group found when trials were pooled. It should be noted that the increased death rate was marginal; just 63 additional deaths per 10,000 persons, compared with the control group. This increased death rate cannot be said to be statistically significant.
Prior to this meta-analysis on vitamin E, market research data from Frost & Sullivan showed that vitamin E was the second most consumed single vitamin supplement, after vitamin C, in Europe. High-dose Vitamin E was perceived by Big Pharma as a threat to its huge cardiovascular drug market, comprised of statins, beta-blockers and ACE-inhibitors. Prominent companies established an illegal cartel to control the markets and prices of a range of key vitamins, including vitamin E. Fortunately for the consumer, the conspiracy was eventually exposed and pharma companies like BASF and Hoffman-La Roche, as well as some of their top executives, got busted. Fines imposed by the US Justice Department in the US (May 1999) and, separately, by the European Commission (November 2001), which amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars in the US and similar amounts in Europe, are still among the largest ever imposed following an anti-trust investigation.
The 2003 Antioxidant Vitamin Meta-analysis
A year earlier, in June 2003, another meta-analysis appeared. This one was published in the prestigious medical journal, the Lancet, by Dr Marc Penn and colleagues from the Cleveland Clinic.[3] These authors asserted that beta-carotene, vitamin A and other antioxidant vitamins such as vitamin E, were harmful. These authors re-iterated yet again negative results from a very small clutch of studies on synthetic vitamins like synthetic beta-carotene and vitamin E, which were once more administered to diseased or high risk subjects, and often for inadequate periods of time.
The lead author was quoted in the media saying that people should stop taking supplements containing vitamins A, beta-carotene and E. These conclusions, some of which were carried over into the vitamin E meta-analysis the following year, are profound misinterpretations of the existing evidence base, and cannot be applied to the role of these vitamins in reducing risks of chronic diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease in healthy people. Nor can these conclusions be applied to supplements containing natural forms of these vitamins.
The 2006 Omega-3 Meta-analysis
The attack on fish oils prompted by the meta-analysis by Dr Lee Hooper et al published in the BMJ, must surely be seen in the same light as the two meta-analyses discussed above. The meta-analysis appears to be, once more, a vehicle to generate negative headlines. In fairness, even the authors have now conceded that they were "misquoted in much of the press."[4] The scientific evidence for long chain omega-3 benefits on lowering triglycerides and other risk factors in heart disease, as well as clear, beneficial immune system modulation and behavioural effects, have been regarded by scientists, doctors and health authorities around the world as conclusive. This evidence has formed the basis of recommendations to consume oily fish or fish oil supplements by many governments. Where governments have stipulated a limit on the maximum amount to be consumed, such as no more than three portions of oily fish weekly, this has served mainly as a means to limit intake of heavy metals like mercury, or other contaminants such as dioxins or PCBs common in most wild fish.[5] Governments have appeared shy of recommending high-quality fish oil supplements guaranteed as being free of any significant levels of these contaminants. This is relevant given that specific batches of several low cost, mass market fish oil product lines have recently had to be withdrawn from the UK market owing to dioxin contamination.
In closely scrutinising Hooper et al's paper, one thing becomes apparent: the findings are not nearly as damning as those suggested by the negative headlines on omega-3 fats that rebounded around the world for over a week. In fact, to the contrary; when it comes to the studies with fish oils only, the news appears as rosy as we had all thought.
Ten out of 12 randomised control trials considered in the meta-analysis that assessed these oils in relation to total mortality point to positive findings. The same can be said for all three cohort studies considered by the meta-analysis authors. That's thirteen out of fifteen studies showing favourable results for higher intakes of omega-3 fats. The remaining two studies have been presented as showing very slightly negative findings, but in both cases the studies deal with existing disease states, either angina or coronary artery bypass grafts. The negative effects, in both cases, are so small that they could be regarded as having little or no biological relevance (in one study there was half a percent greater mortality in the treatment compared with control, while in the other there was a little over a 2% difference). The meta-analysis authors themselves considered both studies as being of medium to high risk of bias, which might in itself explain or at least contribute to such variations.
So, while the world was assaulted with headlines such as "The benefits of fish and linseed oils as elixir of life are another health myth" (this example being courtesy of The Times newspaper), we could have just as easily, and much more correctly, read headlines along the lines of: "New meta-analysis reinforces the health benefits of fish oils." But perhaps fewer newspapers would have sold on 24 and 25 March 2006.
Smearing the Data with Margarine
Even when Hooper and co-workers included studies with plant-derived, short chain omega-3 fats, such as those found in certain vegetable oils (e.g. flax) including margarines, the overall trend still pointed to reduced mortality for those consuming higher intake levels of all forms of omega-3.
The study that was presented as having the most pronounced apparent negative effect was one published in 2002 by Groningen University's Dr Wanda Bemelmans and colleagues.[6] The study, known as the MARGARIN trial, investigated the effect on heart disease risk of a Unilever margarine enriched with alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), an important short-chain omega-3 found to be rich in Mediterranean diets, well known for their health promoting properties. The study also aimed to assess the effect of group education on the benefits associated with consuming a typical Mediterranean diet. Importantly, the subjects in the study all had multiple cardiovascular risk factors; nearly half were smokers and took anti-hypertensive drugs, while over 40% had family histories of cardiovascular risk.
Bemelmans and colleagues' own findings, in contrast to their interpretation of these findings in the Hooper et al meta-analysis, are overwhelmingly positive. They demonstrate clearly the beneficial effects of ALA-enriched margarine on reducing heart disease risk. The study also shows that group education led to healthier diets, with increased consumption of fish, and consequently lower heart disease risk factors. These findings are actually fully in line with another major study, the Lyons Diet Heart Study, published in 1994 in the Lancet, which actually provided the inspiration for Bemelmans and colleagues' MARGARIN trial.
So, how was this study distorted to give the impression that omega-3 fats might be bad for you? This is down to the very small number of deaths recorded, which could just as easily be a function of chance rather than any treatment effect. The study included only four deaths out of 266 subjects in total. The omega-3 meta-analysis authors managed to blacken this study because 3 out of 4 of these deaths (again from all-causes, not just cardiovascular disease) occurred in the high ALA, treatment group, while only one was in the low ALA, control group. This small number of deaths could easily have been a function of random, 'statistical clustering', particularly given that risk factors appeared lower in the high ALA treatment group.
Dr Bemelmans has actually gone on public record since the release of Hooper et al's meta-analysis questioning the way in which her study has been used, and how her and her co-authors' positive findings have been used to demonstrate negative findings in the meta-analysis.
Just as importantly, since the omega-3 sources are vegetable oils in margarine, it is not surprising that the benefits are perhaps less pronounced given the inefficient and limited conversion by the human body of plant-derived omega-3s to key long chain fatty acids like eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) that are abundant in fish oils. Additionally, harmful trans fats in margarine could have been an additional confounding factor.
Cutting to the Chase
Looking at all of the data in the omega-3 meta-analysis, the only area where it is possible to interpret a tendency towards very slightly negative effects, is in the case of randomized control trials (but not cohort studies) looking at the effects of omega-3 fats on cancer and stroke. However, these results could just as easily be the result of bias or confounding factors, inadequate periods of supplementation, or even the effects of contaminants in fish or fish oil capsules.
For the BMJ's own view on the subject, it is worth referring to the Editorial published on 24 March which focuses on Hooper et al's meta-analysis. Contrary to the thrust of the meta-analysis itself, and the related media, the Editorial takes a rather positive line on omega-3s, and demonstrates concern over dwindling supplies of marine-derived omega-3s. Citing directly from the Editorial: "For the general public some omega 3 fat is good for health… Adequate intake of omega 3 fats is particularly important for women of childbearing age… We are faced with a paradox. Health recommendations advise increased consumption of oily fish and fish oils, within limits, on the grounds that intake is generally low. However, industrial fishing has depleted the world's fish stocks by some 90% since 1950, and rising fish prices reduce affordability particularly for people with low incomes. Global production trends suggest that, although fish farming is expanding rapidly, we probably do not have a sustainable supply of long chain omega 3 fats." Additionally, there are now many Rapid Responses published in the BMJ which reinforce problems with the authors' conclusions. These can be found at: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/332/7544/752.
Let you be the judge. I don't believe many people who read the full Hooper et al meta-analysis, as well as the BMJ editorial and Rapid Responses, would stop taking fish oil supplements. The problem is that only a tiny proportion of the population will do this. Many more will succumb to the negative headlines triggered by the meta-analysis and, contrary to the vast weight of evidence, they now run the risk of going against government advice to increase consumption of oily fish or fish oil supplements at recommended doses.
Those very few who interrogate the evidence considered by Hooper and colleagues might actually decide to alter their sources of omega-3 fats, shifting in the direction of high quality fish oil supplements and away from vegetarian sources of omega-3 and even oily fish, which runs the risk of contamination. This way, they can be guaranteed specific amounts of long-chain EPA and DHA, as well as being confident they are consuming products that are certified as free from contaminants.
So, despite the headlines, there is no new evidence clouding the efficacy of fish oils or long chain essential fatty acids. In fact, if the meta-analysis had included other health benefits such as immune system function, cognitive and behavioural function and joint health, the case for marine-derived omega-3s would have looked even stronger. So strong, in fact, one wonders if the media couldn't be sued by fish oil supplement manufacturers for damages. But things are rarely this simple.
We are left wondering about those negative headlines. Could there have been a motive for the negative spin?
Pharma Fish Oils
Just as we've seen Big Pharma control vitamin and mineral markets globally, both legally and illegally, is it not possible that this most recent skewed meta-analysis is part of a plan to discredit fish oils consumed increasingly by the masses?
When you peruse the competing interests declared in the BMJ paper, the only possible link given is that speaker fees have been paid to one of the authors by a company, Solvay, that markets a product called Omacor. Solvay is not a small marketing outfit. It is part of an international chemical and pharmaceutical group, headquartered in Brussels, which employs some 33,000 people across 50 countries. Omacor also happens to be the first prescription-only fish oil. As a licensed medicine, unlike the much more common fish oil food or dietary supplements, it can brandish extensive health and medicinal claims. Omacor, manufactured by Pronova Biocare in Norway (a private, limited company owned by Ferd Private Equity Fund), is prescribed primarily for reducing triglycerides (a major heart disease risk factor) and is positioned firmly as a stable mate with cholesterol-reducing statin drugs. In other words, the evidence for taking high quality fish oils is so convincing, drugs companies perhaps now want a slice of the action.
And the timing for the release of the meta-analysis does appear most fortuitous. In November 2004, Omacor was approved as a drug by the US Food & Drug Administration. In September 2005, Solvay Pharmaceuticals and Pronova Biocare signed a licensing agreement for exclusive distribution rights for distribution into India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
Furthermore, on 1 December 2005, EPAX Sales and Production de-merged from Pronova Biocare to enable Pronova to focus exclusively on the production of prescription-only Omacor. EPAX, also based in Norway, will continue to produce concentrated omega-3 oils for the 'poor-cousin', dietary supplement industry.
Is the way actually being paved to encourage patients to elect for the prescription-only fish oil version, resplendent with all the health claims allowed under a drugs regime and banned in the food or dietary supplement sector? Even if these processes are only coincidental, and we currently have no direct evidence to suggest otherwise, the effect is the same.
The crying shame from a public health and disease prevention perspective, is that some of the most robust evidence for taking fish oils relates to their early, protective effects against heart disease. And that's why the free availability of high quality fish oil supplements is so important; people only take drugs when they become sick.
So now, those people – and there may be many – who have been unfairly frightened away from fish oil supplements might believe that they need to wait until they're sick in later life before their trusted doctors can prescribe the fish oil supplements they should have been consuming all along.
It is indeed a topsy-turvy world of lies, damn lies – and statistics.
1.	Hooper L, Thompson RL, Harrison RA, Summerbell CD, Ness AR, Moore HJ, Worthington HV, Durrington PN, Higgins JP, Capps NE, Riemersma RA, Ebrahim SB, Davey Smith G. Risks and benefits of omega 3 fats for mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review. British Medical Journal. 332 (7544): 752-60. 2006.
2.	Miller ER 3rd, Pastor-Barriuso R, Dalal D, Riemersma RA, Appel LJ, Guallar E. Meta-analysis: high-dosage vitamin E supplementation may increase all-cause mortality. Annals of Internal Medicine. 142(1): 37-46. 2005.
3.	Vivekananthan DP, Penn MS, Sapp SK, Hsu A, Topol EJ. Use of antioxidant vitamins for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis of randomised trials. Lancet. 361(9374): 2017-23. 2003.
4.	Hooper L, Thompson RL, Harrison RA, Summerbell CD, Ness AR, Moore HJ, Worthington HV, Durrington PN, Higgins JP, Capps NE, Riemersma RA, Ebrahim SB, Davey Smith G. Rapid Response in British Medical Journal: Authors reply – omega 3s and health. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/332/ 7544/752#131349 [last accessed 19 April 2006].
5.	Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition / Committee on Toxicity (UK). Advice on fish consumption: benefits and risks. Food Standards Agency / Department of Health. 204 pp. 2004.
6.	Bemelmans WJ, Broer J, Feskens EJ, Smit AJ, Muskiet FA, Lefrandt JD, Bom VJ, May JF, Meyboom-de Jong B. Effect of an increased intake of alpha-linolenic acid and group nutritional education on cardiovascular risk factors: the Mediterranean Alpha-linolenic Enriched Groningen Dietary Intervention (MARGARIN) study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 75(2): 221-7. 2002.
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For the British Medical Journal Rapid Response to the Hooper et al meta-analysis, published by ANH Medical Director, Dr Damien Downing, see: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/332/7544/752#131920
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Infant left at entrance to Japanese Red Cross nursery in Ibaraki Prefecture
June 30, 2020	06:00 am JST	 June 30, 2020 | 06:40 am JST
MITO, Ibaraki
A newborn baby boy was left at the rear entrance to the Japanese Red Cross Society Ibaraki Chapter Nursery in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, late Sunday night or early Monday morning.
According to police, an employee coming to work at 5:40 a.m. Monday found the infant wrapped in a towel inside a tote bag and called 110, Sankei Shimbun reported. Police said the baby was born two or three days ago and that his health was good. There was no note left inside the bag.
The tote bag was left at the rear gate sometime between 9 p.m. Sunday and 5 a.m. Monday. Police said they are examining surveillance camera footage to try and determine who left the baby. They said the mother faces a charge of parental neglect.
© Japan Today
John Beara
This is a good news for starting my day. At least... her mom or dad didn't think about ending his life.
Hope they don't find the mother. Like Beara said above, I'm glad she didn't off it. They really do need more baby hatches - not just in Kumamoto.
Jonathan Prin
They said the mother faces a charge of parental neglect.
Do the authorities prefer a baby flushed dead instead ???
It is not neglect : baby was to be found for the purpose of being taken care of for adoption. Isn't that what the red cross do, help people in dire situation ?
Can't they imagine the psychological effort for who did it?
My mom had to give away (old times) one of my brother because no father.
I did not know until I met him nearly 50 years later...so happy.
. They said the mother faces a charge of parental neglect.
Yet, if there were more of these baby hatches she would not be facing any charges.
She did the right thing, they shouldn't be trying to find her, that just discourages other women from leaving their babies in safe hands. We've been seeing so many articles about women killing their babies, this woman was very brave and should be looked at as a role model.
InspectorGadget
The baby is safe, well and being looked after.
I only hope that baby and mother receive all the help they both need in the years to come.
marcelito
Absolutely agree with all the posters above.
How would it change your opinion if she'd left the infant somewhere other than outside a hospital? You'd all be condemning her, right?
Goodlucktoyou
Good news.
i can adopt.
"Police said they are examining surveillance camera footage to try and determine who left the baby. They said the mother faces a charge of parental neglect."
PLEASE don't! There are hundreds of families who cannot conceive, and in Japan there is already a stigma against children in foster care, whom are rarely adopted because they aren't "new", and those people would gladly take a newborn baby and care for it. DO NOT seek out the mother who felt she could not care for the baby, because if she's found, and punished, in a nation that barely punishes mothers who MURDER their children, it's guaranteed we'll read about the baby being found in a coin locker a week after the fact next time, or a rest-stop toilet, or in a dumpster, or any of the other places we read about because the government doesn't have it's priorities in check and is actually more worried about punishing than the life of the child.
expat - How would it change your opinion if she'd left the infant somewhere other than outside a hospital? You'd all be condemning her, right?
Do you mean somewhere like trying to flush it down a convenience store toilet, tossing it in a dumpster or leaving it in a coin locker? Um, yeah, probably. (roll eyes)
sir_bentley28
June 30, 2020	01:16 pm JST
Police said the baby was born two or three days ago and that his health was good. They said the mother faces a charge of parental neglect.
How is leaving the baby at a Red Cross facility seen as "neglect", yet they have places called "baby hatches" where you can do exactly what she did, but that is ok? I know the baby hatches are set up specifically for this, but perhaps she couldn't make it to a baby hatch.
Ken Wyatt
Even though looking for whoever left the baby is sort of meaningless, they have to do it anyway.
Apparently, in Japan, it's a real hassle to adopt or give up your kids. So, unfortunately, doing it this way is quicker.
At least the baby wasn't thrown in the garbage or down the toilet, as happens here a few times a week.
nandakandamanda
Agreed regarding the mother who must have felt she had no other choice.
Don't be too quick to try adopting, though. The legal system here will not back up these orphaned children. Without a name and place of birth, all kinds of barriers will block their exit from an orphanage, and these kids in Japan remain generally unable to get a job or marry. Memories of a Christmas party with bright-eyed and wonderful children of all ages at a church orphanage in our city remain seared into my heart. The nuns introduced me to their first-ever university student, someone who had miraculously managed to break through the glass ceiling. Her stories were sobering, although the children all looked happy.
WilliB
Obviously, she does not want to be found. To the contrary, publishing the fact that leaving a newborn in relative safety at the door of a hospital will get you hunted down will mean that others will make a much much worse choice in the future. Think about that.
Hope that society provides more support to these nurseries - it takes a village to raise a child after all, and these nurseries gonna need help from the villagers
rgcivilian1
Guess its better than flushing the newborn down the toilet, dumpster or just thrown out like garbage. Does Japan have a system for unwanted children where the person who chooses this path will not be persecuted.
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And also, could you please share the link of the correct ranking for Msc in Marketing?
I don't think there's such a thing as a reliable ranking of Msc in Marketing programs. As a proxy, you might use the Financial Times' Master in Management ranking, which currently has Imperial at #19 and Cass at #24. But keep in mind that these rank the school's respective Msc in Management programs, not marketing specific programs.
I think that what Duncan was referring to was the fact that the Cass program is brand new, it literally just launched a few months ago. So it's hard to gauge the program's success or reputation because it doesn't have anything to show yet. Imperial's program is a few cohorts in now, at the very least you could start tracking down graduates and ask them directly.


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Emer Ó Siochrú, a registered architect and a development & planning valuation surveyor, is owner director of EOS Future Design. She has served on the boards of a number of statutory bodies and was a founder member and director of Feasta (the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability) until 2011. In her spare time, she runs the Smart Tax Network for fiscal policy development.
The tax regime in Ireland, Colm McCarthy points out in his Preface, has been very favourable to property owners, but especially to developers who, together with their banks, took maximum advantage. It fuelled the disastrous property boom with the huge development-site debts racked up by a handful of avaricious developers, and led directly to the Irish state having to shore up the collapsing banks.
'…This slim volume argues for a tax which could do more to bring about social and economic justice than any other step a government could take. The authors believe that Ireland is in danger of missing a golden opportunity to lead the way.'
Review by Bernadette Meaden, Justice Magazine 2012
Under pressure from the Troika rather than from a conviction of its merits, the Irish government is belatedly introducing a property tax. Instead, however, of targeting irresponsible developers, speculators and banks, the government is planning to bail them out again by excluding their land hoards and undeveloped sites from the new property tax. So that they can continue to pay nothing, ordinary home owners will have to pay at least 20% extra tax every year.
The argument put forward in this book is that how property is taxed can make a big difference both to government and the taxpayer. Most commonly property taxes are based on the full improved value of the property, but this means penalising those who improve their property. Basing property taxes on site value alone avoids this and encourages economic activity. It is an efficient tax both in terms of the low cost to the government in collecting it and to the taxpayer in paying it. It is fair and naturally progressive because the more valuable sites, paying higher taxes, will be occupied by the wealthier who will not be able to avoid it through tax havens etc.
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Colm McCarthy has worked at the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Central Bank of Ireland and has undertaken assignments for the EU Commission and for the World Bank. Since 2005, he has been lecturing in Economics at UCD.
Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev, the Head of Research for St. Columbanus AG, and Adjunct Professor of Finance at Trinity College, Dublin. He was the author of the Macroeconomic Case for a Land Value Tax Reform in Ireland submitted to the Taxation Commission.
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Candleshoe is a 1977 American family adventure film, directed by Norman Tokar in a screenplay written by David Swift and Rosemary Anne Sisson, based on the Michael Innes novel Christmas at Candleshoe, produced by Walt Disney Productions. The film stars Jodie Foster, David Niven, Helen Hayes (in her last big screen appearance), and Leo McKern.[1] The film follows an orphan who aims to assist a couple of con-men who attempt to steal an old woman's inheritance money, but instead tries to save the woman's estate.
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Dutch envoy's visit rekindles hope in Bayelsa communities ravaged by oil spill
Apparently aware of the influence Petri wields as Dutch Ambassador, she appealed to him to salvage the situation in which the people have found themselves.
Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
It was like a life time opportunity and the people of Ikarama and Kalaba communities in Okordia clan, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, made good use of it to tell their visitors from the Dutch Embassy in Nigeria their plight in the hands of oil companies operating in the neighbourhood.
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Ambassador Robert Petri and Chelsey Buurman (Second Secretary at the Embassy of the Netherlands) have decided to visit some oil communities to get first hand report from the people who bear the brunt of the despoiling of the environment through oil exploration.
The paramount ruler of Kalaba community, Chief Francis Kolibo expressed happiness of the people in his opening remarkes.
"This is the first time we are receiving somebody like you in this community," he said as he went ahead to highlight the many problems bedeviling the people ranging from oil spills to loss of farm products and the threat to their livelihood. He explained that an oil spill that occurred in neighbouring Ikarama community in June 2018 was brought to the Kalaba community due to the flood disaster and even after the Ministry of Environment were duly informed nothing concrete had been done.
At Kalaba community
Kolibo who lamented the adverse effects of oil spill on farming noted that survival of the people was under serious threat.
"When we catch fish from the impacted swamp and eat, we perceive crude oil from the belle of the fish. That is the problem. Shell has not provided water for us. If you take a look at the water flowing in the Taylor Creek, the water is undrinkable. But there is nothing we can do; we just drink from it as there is no alternative source. So, those are some of our problems," Kolibo said.
Aside Shell, they also fingered the Nigerian Agip Oil Company(NAOC) in their woes. Chairman of the Development Committee (CDC), Samuel Oburo, who aligned himself with the monarch said daily lives of the people have been greatly disrupted.
"Since we started experiencing crude oil in our environment, we found it difficult to get good yield from the soil. Most of our local fish ponds, which we often harvest to get little cash to take care of the education of our children, have been blighted by crude oil. Agip came to our environment when I was three years old. Our environment has had several oil spill incidents but Agip is yet to remediate even one of those impacted sites. Even if remediation is done, we believe the land cannot be as it originally was. Our environment has lost fecundity. Without environment none of us can live. We don't have good drinking water. These spills have in one way or the other affected our only source of drinking. If you drink from the creek, I don't think you would be able to return home in good health. But we survive from drinking that same water." Oburo was not done as he further explained that the health of the people have also deteriorated with strange aliments afflicting them.
"We have been experiencing strange ailments. For example, someone would give birth to a child with one eye. In those days, we never experienced children born deformed right from the womb. Skin problems like rashes are rampant. These could be traced to environmental pollution. And the oil companies are not responding positively to our plight. As a community, we are hosting Agip and Shell, but we don't have good drinking water; you would be surprised. Shell came to this environment before I was born. But since they have been operating in this environment, the relationship with our community has not been cordial. And it is really affecting our development."
Oburo claimed that the people "are suffering" but express optimism that Petri's visit "would make a change as regards our situation, concerning relationship and provision of social amenities by the multinational corporations operating in this environment."
The continued adverse effect of several years of oil exploration is not lost on those that lived their early years in the community.
"I grew up to know my people as farmers and fishermen. This was the case with all communities along the Taylor Creek. And food wasn't any problem to us," said Mrs Gold Ogbolosingha, woman leader of the community.
That was then as the situation has worsened over time with devastating consequences.
"But now crude oil has spoiled the whole environment; even the quality of air we breath is no longer good. The water and soil have all been affected and lost productivity," she added.
Mrs. Ogbolosingha re-echoed the concerns of lack of drinking water and its health implications.
"The water is not good but there is nothing we can do; we keep drinking it. As a result of drinking polluted water, we have recorded some deaths."
Apparently aware of the influence Petri wields as the Dutch Ambassador, she appealed to him to salvage the situation in which the people have found themselves.
"I am appealing to you even though I know you don't owe us any responsibility, but as a human being, anyhow you think you can turn around our situation, please do it for us. If you can facilitate the process that can get us clean drinking water, the entire community and the almighty God that created me and you would be very happy and we will also appreciate you."
The situation in Ikarama community is not different from that of Kalaba.
"The most disturbing problem we have is oil spillage in Ikarama community," said Chief Harbertson Lamie, paramount ruler of Ikarama.
Spill recovery site at Ikarama
The oil spillage has multiplier effect as the people "inhale the crude oil polluted air and this cause so much health problems to us," Mrs. Ovie Sharach said.
To make matters worse for the people, there is no medical facility to take care of the health needs of the people. This prompted John Joel to appeal to Petri for help.
"As we inhale the fumes from the crude oil in the environment we know it damage our body system. And there is no functional health facility within the environment. But thank God we have health facility built by Agip within the community though it is not functioning. So, we want to use this medium to call on the ambassador to please help us and speak to your company, SPDC. Let them come to our aid and make sure the health centre is working so that we can have easier access to health services and become safe. Our lives are not safe right now because we have to rush out of the community for every health challenge."
Obviously impressed with the frank views expressed by the people, Petri, who said he visited to "see with my own eyes the situation in this community" commended the people for making "clear what the issues are."
Buurman also commended the people for the "willingness to continue dialogue even though you had so many obstacles and you are still willing to be peaceful."
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