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By following the trail of militant terrorists US forces and American interests have gained access deep in Central Asia, where oil companies have had little luck gaining a foothold on their own.
To students of American foreign policy in Afghanistan and throughout the world, it is common knowledge that the United States military and Central Intelligence often act in a manner that is contradictory to the words of American leaders. To those who care to look behind the curtain of American duplicity, which casts a veneer of benevolence over our actions, it becomes readily apparent that "Islamic militants" tend to show-up wherever American oil companies have expressed an interest. America's historical usage of the same militant groups in the past casts suspicion on their reappearance today, all along the pathway of the projected pipelines.
It is much more than mere serendipity that militant actions usually target American adversaries, such as China, Russia and Iran. In addition, "Islamists" seem to also target disobedient American allies, such as Pakistan, who have fallen out-of-line, or otherwise failed to meet American expectations. Given our use of Islamist militants in Afghanistan to attack Russian forces, as well as in Bosnia, to attack Russia's allies, the Serbians, it takes a very small leap of the imagination to see that the US is logically supporting the very militants our forces are fighting in the field.
To study the Afghan Islamists is to conduct a forensic dissection of a psyop. From the very beginning, before the Soviets even invaded, the Afghan revolution was manufactured by a coalition of foreign powers led by the CIA. Even the political form of Wahabi "Islam" which was taught to combatants in local madrassas, using American-created "Islamic" textbooks from the University of Nebraska, was really a deviation from true Islam that incorporated behavioral modification techniques. "Suicide bombers" are a CIA mind-control phenomenon.
All the militant Islamists dance to the Wahabi tune, or that of its closest cousin, the equally bankrupt Deobandi movement. Saudi Arabia spreads this false religion wherever oil and gas fields beckon American corporations. Pakistan merges Wahabbism with the Deobandi faith in its Islamists who receive training in the tribal region. The radicalism that arises thereafter from either branch is the desired bi-product that is sought by American military and intelligence planners. The radicalism and the terrorism which it brings, all in the name of Allah, provide excuses for American military trainers to penetrate targeted nations.
In central Asia, Hizb ut-Tahrir radicalizes young minds and prepares the path for the more radical Wahabi imports. Saudi-built mosques in the former Soviet republics that were previously cleansed of all formal religion by the communist overlords provide very fertile ground where young minds can fill their hunger for both knowledge and religion.
And one last thing, take a look at the people in the State Secrets Privilege Gallery on my website and you will see how these individuals can be traced to the following; Turkey, Central Asia, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia – and the activities involving these countries.
As part of this operation, Turkish organizations such as the Gulen 'movement,' a $25 billion economic powerhouse, reportedly financed by the CIA, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, has been establishing madrassas and mosques across Central Asia – including Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan – for the past decade.
2. Providing a front for CIA and State Department-sanctioned 'teachers' to operate with the protection of Diplomatic passports.
"The IMU is best understood as an amalgam of personal vendetta, Islamism, drugs, geopolitics, and terrorism…Only the IMU had a network of contacts on all sides of the Afghan conflict, which enabled it to freely move across Afghanistan and Tajikistan unlike any other known organization."—The Drugs-Crime-Radical Islamist Nexus.
American military and drug-interdiction missions in hot pursuit of IMU terrorists and drug-dealers provide cover for Special Forces operatives, who scout-out local leadership for further development, or termination. The "Irregular Warfare" document deals with leadership becoming targeted by both drone and PSYOP, as well. The Partnership for Peace programs open the door for an influx of thousands of American and NATO trainers, giving them bases for operations for "direct-action" missions, while it transfers tons of surplus military equipment to oil rich customers and sets the stage for joint military war games.
The recent sudden realignment of Taliban and Pakistani interests (represented in the string of Taliban "arrests") is intended to provide the US and NATO with an excuse to open this new front in their terror war, by shifting the emphasis to protecting the new Northern Distribution Network (NDN) that parallels anticipated pipeline routes to the irresistable underground wealth that waits to be pumped from underneath the fertile Caspian basin soil. This attempted realignment on interior Asia was only made possible because American and Pakistani leaders decided to take advantage of Pakistan's continued friendly relations with the Taliban, instead of working at cross-purposes with each other.
The new Afghan paradigm will free American forces for the central Asian expedition, so that American oil companies can get the oil that everybody will want piped to the outside world. India has a vested interest in making all of this happen.
If all the players really wanted to ensure that the oil and gas flowed out of Asia, then they would now support turning back the clock in Afghanistan, to the former arrangements that prevailed before 2001. Friend of Pakistan (and formerly the US) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has led the way by taking the first steps to introduce the new Afghan paradigm—a rapid American pull-out, based on Pakistan reeling-in the Taliban and Hekmatyar's Hezb-e-Islami effectively challenging the Taliban and renegade Uzbeks around Kunduz.
A Pakistani-engineered peace deal between the Karzai government and Hekmatyar, for northern Afghanistan only, is clearly in the cards, but that also depends upon whether or not the Indian/Russian-allied Northern Alliance wants to play the role of spoiler. A return to pre-2001 conditions could turn the clock all the way back to 1996 and the civil war in Afghanistan between Taliban and Northern Alliance. If that happens, then look for India to increase support to resistance (terrorist) groups in Balochistan. If that path is chosen, then we should also expect a surge in Taliban-related violence in Balochistan, as Gen. Musharraf's MMA militant/mullah alliance is revived, and Taliban are once again imported to take on the BLA and other foreign-supported resistance groups.
Either way, by handing Afghanistan off to Pakistan, in short order, US forces will be freed-up to move northward, to secure territory around the new Northern Distribution Network (NDN) and the clearing of the way for the planned pipelines. Pakistan will be given a free hand to pacify its own territory, including Balochistan, with American air power available if needed. Pakistan will clear Balochistan to the port at Gwadar, if everything works out as anticipated. It will be expected to anchor this end of the supply chain, a position it has gotten used to in its service to America in the past.
But there is a very large credibility hurdle that both Pakistan and America must get past—the ease with which Pakistan has been able to round-up so many of the "Quetta Shura" gives rise to multiple questions about what other lies have been issued from Islamabad.
If Pakistan can effortlessly sweep-up half of the Taliban leadership, after giving American Predator pilots guidance to so many key militant leaders in a very small timeframe, then it proves that they have known where all the militants were all along. It disproves the lie that the link between mullahs and military had been broken, but does it likewise disprove the American contention that its use of Islamists is also a thing of the past? The recent capture of IMU-trained Jundullah terrorist leader Abdolmalek Rigi, and the possible resultant upsetting of US plans to merge IMU terrorists into Jundullah's ranks (as recently revealed by researcher Wayne Madsen), are strong circumstantial evidence that there is a deep connection still active between the CIA and their militant spawn.
The American use of Islamic militants as elements of its covert foreign policy is a fact, known to governments and their spy agencies all over the world. The only people who do not suspect that the American government is creating the very militants it claims to be at war against, are the American people and Western audiences. It is common knowledge to everyone in the Middle East region. In fact, nearly every government with its hands in the Afghan/Pakistan chaos uses "Islamists," warlords and criminal types to advance their agendas in the conflict; it is the only way to be effective.
The greatest part of the multitude of problems that American planners must overcome is the enormous multi-faceted balancing act between armies and militants, between partners in the war coalition, between thresholds and breaking points, between militarizing the citizens of the United States without provoking them into violent revolution. Of these multiple balancing acts, the trickiest task of all for the Obama Administration will involve that of maintaining Russian and Indian assistance in the Afghan fight against militants and opium, without overplaying their hand or revelations about Islamist destabilization operations against their interests being revealed.
It is my hope in writing this, that it will help a little to reveal the awful knowledge that is being covered-up. No amount of oil or gas is worth the price that is being extracted from thousands of innocent human beings to pay for the war crimes that are being committed in this aggression.
If American diplomats can maintain this precarious balancing act long enough, and if they work quickly enough to get some kind of peace/exit agreement in place, American forces might become able to openly move the pipeline plans forward, while they covertly militarize central Asia under the cover of fighting drugs and militancy. The former Soviet republics have very little, if any, independent news sources to let us know what crimes are being committed once the action slips into Krygzstan. Whatever happens next will be far beyond the eyes and ears of the world community.


And for many people I know their first was something a little irrelevant, merely a gateway drug to unleash them into the crazy and diverse world of theatre. Yet, whilst I'd love to say that my favourite musical is Hamilton, or The Last Five Years, or Miss Saigon I can't help but be held back by something else, something which for so long has been hidden inside of me, the 'Golem' of my musical theatre life, holding me still so I don't stray too far. You never forget your first, and my first is the creature hidden within me - but rather than being dark and weirdly creepy, it's a brightness and a warmth which reminds me time and time again of how wonderful musicals can be and make a person feel. My first is my favourite, my favourite is my first. Because, as they say, we have a special bond, and it began when I was 7.
I was ill. It was raining. My mum worked in the evenings and so when I was ill and trapped indoors she would sit with me and we would watch films. Before she introduced me to Fred & Ginger, or Strictly Ballroom, she initiated me with a timeless classic - My Fair Lady. It was magical. The classic tale of a working-class girl practically turned into a princess but this time she was feisty, and a dreamer, and of course she slowly fell in love with the male protagonist - Henry Higgins. As a 7-year-old girl, it was magical to see a story brought to life with music and dance in a way that made me feel cured of all illness - (Disclaimer: I wasn't cured, I had the swine flu, I was pretty ill).
At this point I would like to make the following note on Rex Harrison: Yes, he was a bit of a hearthrob way back when. No, he can't sing. Neither can Russell Crowe. Did he make a good Professor Henry Higgins though? Yep.
So, this musical, that tiny me adored, why is it still my favourite?
Let's begin with the sheer intelligence of it - I know some of you may argue, but it is a very clever, and witty book. Just a short quip here and there, as a way to remind us that this girl (Eliza) is incredibly smart, has a real personality, and isn't afraid to fight back. For me this role model is so perfect, because she is smart and still allowed to fall head over heels for a man. Maybe it's my old romantic nature, but I love that concept, and at this moment in time it sometimes feels like you can't fall in love without losing yourself (Grease), My Fair Lady simply tells us that that idea is completely ok.
I no longer live in a mouldy flat above an Off Licence, we have a real house now, but still this musical which focuses around a dreamer is so special to me because it encourages me to dream. My Fair Lady is a musical of dreamers, who could have danced all night and still kept dancing. There is something so gorgeous and inspiring about owning your hopes and dreams without any shame, and now every day I am reminded that I can keep dreaming big - even if some of my dreams are already answered.
It's a timeless tale of education, romance, and dreams and no, it is nothing like modern musicals, and maybe that's what brings it so close to my old heart. I love rap, angst, and all that jazz but most importantly I love strong stories with strong women wearing beautiful dresses. Women taking hold of their future and owning decisions.
Yes, My Fair Lady is my favourite musical. It's old and jazzy and eccentric. And that's ok, because I love it all the same.
I also really love Audrey Hepburn (and Julie Andrews....) What heroes.
Two questions, one answer. How did I become such a theatre maven? How did I become so grumpy? I blame Fruma-Sara(h). More for the former than the latter.
No, not the Fruma-Sarah who visits Tevya in his "dream" during Fiddler on the Roof. She came from beyond the grave to warn him if his daughter married her husband, well, there would be dire consequences. And after this blog entry, I fear my Fruma-Sara(h) is going to be haunting me as well.
My Fruma-Sara(h) is my mother, the late Sara Kape. It wasn't until after she passed away in 1984 we discovered her name was actually Sarah though she always used Sara. Very typical of her. She was also a terrible driver (don't ask) and the world's worst cook (only she could take a catered meal and ruin it—and did).
Fruma-Sara(h) started hitting Broadway in 1932, when she was 20 and ventured to New York City for the first time since her birth on Delancy Street. (I've always wanted to turn her story of what happened on that trip—when she rediscovered her "lost" family—into a musical. Who knows, maybe I will someday.) She never stopped going to the theatre once she had her first taste. The last musical she saw was Sweeney Todd (more about that momentarily—when she unabashedly embarrassed her youngest child) and her last movie, appropriately enough, was Bullets Over Broadway.
After Sammy on that trip came How to Succeed (original production but with the late, great Ronnie Welsh as Finch, and unknown 19-year-old Michelle Lee as Rosemary), followed by High Spirits (because she loved Noel Coward's work).
But that's not how my love for musical theatre started. No, for that we have to once again look to my pusher, Fruma-Sara(h). I was a mere toddler at the tender age of three. The gateway drug? She gave me a boxed set of 45s of Rodgers & Hammerstein for Children—thus indoctrinating me early. I loved those records but grew to thoroughly dislike Rodgers and Hammerstein (but that's a story for another day).
Over the years, we attended several shows together. She took my sister and I to see the original production of Cabaret in 1966. Before the show, we're browsing through the Playbill. I'm excited because the legendary Lotte Lenya is in the cast. Fruma Sara(h) is excited, too. "Look," she exclaimed, "Mickey Katz' son [Joel Gray] is in this!" Mickey Katz was a popular performer in the Yiddish theatre circuit in those days, and Joel Gray's one claim to fame at that point was being his son (go figure—that was what was in his bio).
My point in telling these stories is simple. We all enter musical theatre fandom in various ways. For some, it's a release from home strife. For others, it's a way to express feelings otherwise unexpressed or suppressed. It calms anxiety. It helps the shy emerge from the shadows and into the spotlight. And for some of us, we simply had no choice. We had a parent who thrust musical theatre on us at a tender age and we've never looked back—until now, that is.
So, who was your pusher—your Fruma Sara(h)—and what was your gateway drug?
Caption: Me and my pusher, er, mother, Fruma Sara(h) in 1979, a month after Sweeney Todd.
Caption: The gateway drug, Rodgers and Hammerstein for Children.


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Our traders aren't ruling out this potential Arsenal-Juventus swap deal
Alex Apati | 18.01.2017
Speculation linking Alexis Sanchez with an Arsenal exit is refusing to go away. And with the Chile international still yet to sign a contract extension, reports this morning are linking the 28-year-old with a move to Juventus.
But that's only half the story.
Arsene Wenger has apparently long been an admirer of Juve midfielder Miralem Pjanic, and it's now thought that should Sanchez return to Italy, the Bosnia and Herzegovina man will go the other way.
And at 8/1, that's clearly something our traders aren't going to rule out any time soon.
While he's not exactly the like-for-like replacement fans will want – there's certainly some sense in a potential Pjanic arrival.
With Santi Cazorla approaching the latter stages of his career, it's fair to say the Gunners are lacking some genuine creativity in the centre of the park.
Add Pjanic to their ranks though, and suddenly you have a solution.
With seven goals and nine assists already to his name this season, the playmaker is flourishing in Turin in Paul Pogba's absence – and he's on track to record his best figures since turning professional.
Sanchez has been in incredible form for the Gunners of late, and has already scored 16 goals and assisted 13 in all competitions this campaign.
But a cash-plus-player offer from Juve may be too good for Wenger to refuse.
And although it's unlikely any potential deal will go ahead between now and the end of the month, there's every chance 26-year-old Pjanic will be lining up alongside the likes of Francis Coquelin and Granit Xhaka next season.
But what do fans think? Should Arsenal do everything they can to keep hold of Sanchez, or would it be best for both parties if the Chilean moved on?
Have your say in the comments section below!
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With a stay at Gresham, you'll be centrally located in Cairo, a 4-minute drive from Egyptian Museum and 7 minutes from Coptic Museum. This hotel is 12.2 mi (19.6 km) from Great Sphinx of Giza and 1.1 mi (1.8 km) from Museum of Islamic Art.
Make yourself at home in one of the 50 guestrooms. Conveniences include blackout drapes/curtains, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include shopping on site and a television in a common area. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge).


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Fall River Housing Authority takes steps to protect vulnerable residents
FALL RIVER — The Fall River Housing Authority has implemented a slew of new policies as it works to protect its residents during the coronavirus pandemic, mindful that many in the community are elderly and among those at highest risk.
"We started taking steps a couple of weeks ago as news of the coronavirus began to unravel. With the heightened sense as the virus spread, we increased our response," FRHA Executive Director Timothy Barrow said.
With 2,500 units at 21 developments overseen by the authority, and a 98% occupancy rate with at least 800 elderly residents, "it's a challenge," Barrow said of the response.
In the early days of the pandemic's spread in the United States, the authority sent flyers to residents stressing the importance of social distancing and frequent hand washing.
Now, all the community rooms are closed and activities canceled. A restriction on visitors is in place, with only health care and meal providers, such as Meals on Wheels, allowed inside the housing facilities.
Barrow said the authority has increased security at all elderly facilities to monitor the modified visitor policy and contracted security personnel are in place at the mixed-resident facilities.
On Friday, Barrow spoke with Acting Police Chief Charles Cullen to find out if officers assigned to the housing authority could increase the frequency and length of time spent at the complexes "to help dissuade the residents from congregating in an unhealthy way."
The management office in each facility has reduced hours and staff, as have other FRHA departments, but Barrow said a staff member with a limited schedule is working at each location.
"We want to give the elderly a sense that we are still here and that's important," said Barrow. "We are still trying to provide services while still recognizing the need for safety for our employees and providers."
Some residents with disabilities might be considered high-risk for contracting the coronavirus, so housing sites checked and updated their lists of those residents last week.
Maintenance workers are only responding to emergency work orders and are asking residents if they're showing symptoms or are in quarantine.
High-touch surfaces in all facilities are sanitized twice a day. The authority also set up two shifts for cleaning crews on Saturday and Sunday.
"The virus doesn't take weekends off," Barrows said.
The director said Monday he was not aware if any of the confirmed cases in Fall River – 20 as of late Monday afternoon – affected housing residents. He said he was advised by Fall River Director of Health and Human Services Tess Curran that the information is confidential, citing federal privacy laws.
Housing authority staff are still working on housing applications, but not meeting with clients. Instead, they are working with applicants via phone, email, mail or fax.
The authority also isn't moving in any new residents until the pandemic is over.
"That's unfortunate," Barrow said.
Email Jo C. Goode at jgoode@heraldnews.com.


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Der Kanton Évry-Nord war bis 2015 ein französischer Wahlkreis im Arrondissement Évry, im Département Essonne und in der Region Île-de-France; sein Hauptort war Évry. Vertreter im Generalrat des Départements war zuletzt von 2001 bis 2015 Michel Berson (PS)

Gemeinden
Der Kanton bestand aus einem Teil der Stadt Évry (angegeben ist die Gesamteinwohnerzahl; im Kanton lebten etwa 26.400 Einwohner der Stadt) und einer weiteren Gemeinde:

Evrynord
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East Prairie City Hall is open Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Closed on Fridays and select holidays.
This park features four baseball/softball fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, a play ground, an outside meeting area and a walking trail.
A newly established garden area on East Main features a Veteran's memorial site, a picnic table, gazebo and a fountain in memory of Kathie Simpkins, former City Administrator.
Located at the intersection of North Lincoln and Hwy 105. The park features a ceramic mural created by children and adults depicting the history of East Prairie. It was funded through a MO Arts as a Basic Grant. Park also contains a memorial garden area created by the East Prairie Garden Club.


ARTBIKES is a bike hire scheme available at Rosny Farm.
ARTBIKES lends art lovers like you a bike for free so you can pedal your way around the scenic Eastern Shore of Hobart in a fun and environmentally friendly way.
Where do I get an ARTBIKE?
How long can I keep an ARTBIKE?
• ARTBIKES can be hired free for same-day use. You may pick up the bike from 11:00 am and it must be returned by 4:30 pm.
• You can hire the bike overnight for $22. You may pick up the bike from 11:00 am and it must be returned by 4:30 pm the following day.
• You can hire the bike for the weekend for $44. You may pick up the bike from 11:00 am Friday and it must be returned between 11:00 am and 4.30pm Sunday.


See our gallery from Ottery Community Theatre's production of Jack and the Half-Baked Beanstalk.
It's time to head to pantoland once again as curtains prepare to go up on Ottery Community Theatre's show Jack and the Half-Baked Beanstalk.
The popular tale has undergone a bit of a twist, as an evil Pacman and his army of Ginger Nuts are plotting to destroy pantos once and for all.
As popular characters begin to disappear, Jack (of beanstalk fame) and his grandma are getting worried.
The show will run at The Institute from tomorrow (Wednesday) until Saturday.
The group is also intending that all the raffles held throughout the show will be in memory of Clive Essame, a member of OCT, who died in October, last year.
Donations will be made to Cancer Lifeline Southwest and Force charities.
The Saturday matinee has sold out, but seats are available for all of the evening shows which begin at 7.30pm.
Tickets are available on the door, by visiting Pearsons, or calling 01404 813741.


Last night it was as if someone spilled one drop of golden tallow into the calm dark of the sky: the moon. The night was enchanted by it, gentled by it; the quiet was full of wordless luminous charms. But then, even before the moon appeared, there had been magic in the dusk, in the reddening of horizons and the long fine threads of silver from houselights falling into darkening waters like lines fishing for dreams, hooked perhaps by sorrows and hopes, mortgages and Christmas grocery bills. And there had been swans dancing together through the sunset - the same sequence of moves over and over, like a tranquil waltz, while three grey cygnets watched.
And there had been the moment when I blinked and everything changed - the softly rippling water moving faster, so much faster it was almost a blur, although there was no wind at all, no sound, no breaking of the surface. I blinked and blinked but it did not change again. I felt like I was witnessing some ordinary, everyday, nameless, ancient magic. Great golden fish rose every now and again through it, impossible fish that everyone says are not there - four times rising, maybe five, as if pieces of the sunset had fallen in and were trying to return skyward. I could have sat there forever watching it all. I almost felt like I had. When I got home I was not entirely surprised to see it was an hour past when I'd expected it to be.
This morning the hot dry light has returned, and its hard to believe the velvet lushness of the night could ever have existed.
what a beautiful description of a dream-like, sunset-gilded time...also, you had me at dancing swans.
and the moon really was wondrous last night. huge, deep golden, and (it seemed to me) slow to set. this morning dawn saw it hanging now silvery rather than golden against a purple-pink sky, and it really felt like a quiet triumph of sorts.
So lovely. Magic, silver, dreams.
Oh this is just so so beautiful! I can feel the magic through your words. And I know the feeling of witnessing something so lovely that I never want to leave....and the restlessness that comes with knowing that I must.


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    using System;
    using System.Net;
    using System.Security.Principal;
    using System.ServiceModel;

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    {
        internal const TokenImpersonationLevel DefaultImpersonationLevel = TokenImpersonationLevel.Identification;
        TokenImpersonationLevel allowedImpersonationLevel = DefaultImpersonationLevel;
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        {
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Ramillies est une commune française située dans le département du Nord (59), en région Hauts-de-France.

Géographie

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Climat
Le climat qui caractérise la commune est qualifié, en 2010, de « climat océanique dégradé des plaines du Centre et du Nord », selon la typologie des climats de la France qui compte alors huit grands types de climats en métropole. En 2020, la commune ressort du type « climat océanique altéré » dans la classification établie par Météo-France, qui ne compte désormais, en première approche, que cinq grands types de climats en métropole. Il s'agit d'une zone de transition entre le climat océanique, le climat de montagne et le climat semi-continental. Les écarts de température entre hiver et été augmentent avec l'éloignement de la mer. La pluviométrie est plus faible qu'en bord de mer, sauf aux abords des reliefs.

Les paramètres climatiques qui ont permis d'établir la typologie de 2010 comportent six variables pour les températures et huit pour les précipitations, dont les valeurs correspondent à la normale 1971-2000. Les sept principales variables caractérisant la commune sont présentées dans l'encadré ci-après.

Avec le changement climatique, ces variables ont évolué. Une étude réalisée en 2014 par la Direction générale de l'Énergie et du Climat complétée par des études régionales prévoit en effet que la  température moyenne devrait croître et la pluviométrie moyenne baisser, avec toutefois de fortes variations régionales. Ces changements peuvent être constatés sur la station météorologique de Météo-France la plus proche, « Pecquencourt », sur la commune de Pecquencourt, mise en service en 1962 et qui se trouve à  à vol d'oiseau, où la température moyenne annuelle est de  et la hauteur de précipitations de  pour la période 1981-2010.
Sur la station météorologique historique la plus proche, « Lille-Lesquin », sur la commune de Lesquin, mise en service en 1944 et à , la température moyenne annuelle évolue de  pour la période 1971-2000 à  pour 1981-2010, puis à  pour 1991-2020.

Urbanisme

Typologie
Ramillies est une commune urbaine, car elle fait partie des communes denses ou de densité intermédiaire, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Cambrai, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de  à moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (93,1 % en 2018), néanmoins en diminution par rapport à 1990 (94,6 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
terres arables (83,3 %), prairies (6,6 %), zones urbanisées (6,4 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (3,2 %), zones industrielles ou commerciales et réseaux de communication (0,4 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Toponymie
Le village est mentionné au long des  sous les noms Rameliis, Ramelias ou Ramelies, Rameilli, Ramillies en 1349. Selon Boniface et Mannier l'origine du nom est à chercher dans le bas-latin ramilia (« ramille », « taillis »). Ramillies pourrait donc être l'entrée d'un bois, « l'habitation du bocage » ou de la basse futaie.

Histoire

Héraldique

Politique et administration
Maire en 1802-1803 : Pierre Jos Vasseur.

Population et société

Démographie

Évolution démographique

Pyramide des âges
La population de la commune est relativement jeune.
En 2018, le taux de personnes d'un âge inférieur à  s'élève à 36,0 %, soit en dessous de la moyenne départementale (39,5 %). À l'inverse, le taux de personnes d'âge supérieur à  est de 23,5 % la même année, alors qu'il est de 22,5 % au niveau départemental.

En 2018, la commune comptait  pour , soit un taux de 51,08 % de femmes, légèrement inférieur au taux départemental (51,77 %).

Les pyramides des âges de la commune et du département s'établissent comme suit.

Lieux et monuments
 Église Saint-Géryː elle ouverte aux grandes fêtes, selon le calendrier paroissial, et dépend de la paroisse Saint-Vaast-Saint-Géry de Cambrai et de l'église-relais Saint-Pierre d'Escaudœuvres.
 Le cimetière militaire britannique de Ramillies, rue d'Erre.

Personnalités liées à la commune

Pour approfondir

Bibliographie

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Articles connexes
 Liste des communes du Nord
 Liste des mémoriaux et cimetières militaires du Nord

Liens externes
  Site des habitants de Ramillies

 Ramillies sur le site de l'Institut géographique national

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Insee
 Dossier relatif à la commune,

Autres références

Commune dans le département du Nord
Armorial des communes du Nord
Ville décorée de la croix de guerre 1914-1918
Aire urbaine de Cambrai


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Parliamentary elections were held in Rwanda between 29 September and 2 October 2003. They were the first parliamentary elections since 1988 and the second multi-party national elections in the country's history. They were held following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum in August 2003.

The result was a victory for the Rwandan Patriotic Front-led coalition, which won 40 of the 53 elected seats in the new Chamber of Deputies, and eighteen of the 27 reserved for women, youth and the handicapped. Voter turnout was 96.5%.

Electoral system
The 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies consisted of 53 directly-elected members elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, 24 women elected by electoral colleges, and three members elected by mini-committees, two of which represented youth and one represented disabled people.

Campaign
AA total of 230 candidates contested the 53 directly-elected seats, with the official campaigning period starting on 5 September 2003.

Results

References

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2003 in Rwanda
Rwanda
Parliament of Rwanda


Kate Robertson is a lawyer and was a delegate at the 2015 Australia China Youth Dialogue.
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Recognising this, a key element of the Government's plan for the north is the creation of the Northern Australia Investment Facility (NAIF). The NAIF will provide up to $5 billion in concessional loans (rather than grants) towards the development of the economic infrastructure required to facilitate Northern Australia's economic development.


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Bayern Munich 1-1 Chelsea (aet, 3-4 on penalties): Drogba is Blues' hero as they win Champions League for first time
Didier Drogba was the hero as Chelsea completed Roman Abramovich's quest to conquer Europe by beating Bayern Munich on penalties to win the Champions League final.
Oon a night of remarkable drama, Roberto Di Matteo's team overcame the odds with a display brimming with the unbreakable spirit that has characterised what history will now remember as an epic Champions League campaign.
Drogba equalised with a powerful header with two minutes of normal time left after Thomas Muller had headed Bayern 1-0 in front after 82 minutes.
Drogba then turned villain when he tripped Franck Ribery in the box early in extra time to concede a soft penalty but Arjen Robben's weak penalty was well saved by Petr Cech.
The score remained locked at 1-1 by the end of extra time, which meant that, for the second time, Chelsea's fate in a Champions League final would be decided by penalties.
In the shoot-out Philip Lahm, Mario Gomez and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer scored for Bayern while David Luiz, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole netted for Chelsea.
Ivica Olic and Juan Mata traded missed penalties before Bastian Schweinsteiger hit the post, paving the way for Drogba to score the 10th penalty. He duly did so, sending Chelsea's 17,500 fans at the Allianz Arena into raptures.
It will be remembered as especially memorable for the way in which Chelsea overcame the disadvantage of playing away in the German side's stadium while have four key players banned.
There had been a carnival atmosphere in Munich throughout the day as tens of thousands of replica-shirted supporters descended on to the main square and central bars and pavement cafes to down steins in the sunshine.
It was replicated in the thunderous noise at the Allianz Arena,
A huge human wall of red and white, representing the Bayern masses, was in place a full hour before kick-off, almost unique in this day and age. The Chelsea fans filtered in more slowly, with reports they had been delayed travelling by metro to the stadium on the outskirts of the city.
Before kick-off, Roberto Di Matteo had taken a gamble by submitting a team-sheet that included the name of Ryan Bertrand for the first time in a Champions League fixture.
The 22-year-old former trainee pushed up from his normal left-back position to provide balance and defensive know-how on the left side of midfield, a role that he filled capably for 70 minutes.
David Luiz and Gary Cahill returned to central defence after lengthy injury lay-offs (five and three-and-a-half weeks respectively) with hamstring injuries, John Obi Mikel and Frank Lampard protected the defence while Bertrand, Juan Mata and Salomon Kalou were the three attacking midfielders behind Didier Drogba.
Without four suspended players – who all watched helplessly in their suits from the touchline - it was a make-do-and-mend formation. Solidity had got Chelsea through this far and Di Matteo was not going to change the script and go all gung-ho in what could prove to be his last match as manager.
Bayern, without three suspended players of their own, plumped for an attacking formation, with Toni Kross dropping back to partner Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mario Gomez filling in between the brilliant wing duo Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery.
Feeding off the passion and noise of their fans, Bayern were quickest out of the blocks and dominated the opening half. Schweinsteiger controlled the midfield to provide a platform for a red siege on the blue goal.
The error-prone Jose Bosingwa provided the first heart-in-the-mouth moment when he miscued a Lampard pass in the six-yard box. Shortly afterwards, the lively Robben tore through on goal and shot low and hard from a tight angle only for Cech to improvise smartly at his hear post.
Chelsea had to wait until the 34th minute to register their first shot of the game but Thomas Muller's wasteful volley immediately afterward seemed to stir them into action and Salomon Kalou tested Manuel Neuer with a stinging shot from a tight angle.
Chances continued to go begging for Bayern. Gomez was the biggest culprit, firstly failing to tame a mis-cued Ribery cross that reached him just outside the six-yard box and then shooting wildly over the bar.
By half-time, Bayern had registered 13 shots to Chelsea's two, an accurate reflection of their dominance. The only stat that mattered, though, was the 0-0 scoreline.
Immediately after the break, Robery tore down the left flank and sent in a left-footed missile that was athletically cleared by David Luiz.
Flares were lit in the top tier of the Bayern end, creating visibility problems. Chelsea continued to fight fires lit by the effervescent home side on the pitch, with Ashley Cole making a brilliant defensive clearance.
It was backs-to-the-wall stuff, just like the 180 minutes against Barcelona. Roman Abramovich, watching in the VIP area, looked inscrutable but might have wondered how all his largesse had been reduced to simple British qualities of yeoman defending and plucky resourcefulness.
Ribery had the ball in the back of the net only for it to be ruled out for off-side and Bayern were unfortunate when a strong hand ball shout, after Cole handled a Philip Lahm cross, was rejected.
By the 70-minute mark, Chelsea had blocked 11 shots in the match, more than any other team in any other Champions League game this season.
Di Matteo's team had their best opportunity soon afterwards, when Neuer dropped the ball and it fell to Drogba's feet. Clearly surprised, he scuffed the shot and the Germany No1 gratefully grasped it.
Bayern continued to carve out opportunities and finally made their dominance count when Muller headed in at the far post after 82 minutes.
The Germany international stole in at the back post to direct Schweinsteiger's centre into the ground, and for Chelsea fans, agonisingly over the head of Cech and into the net off the underside of the bar.
It was due reward for Bayern's complete dominance of territory and chances and sent the Allianz Arena, Bayern's home ground, into a frenzy.
But six minutes later the hitherto subdued Drogba made Bayern pay for their profligacy when he met Frank Lampard's corner with a powerful header from the edge of the six-yard box after stealing in front of his marker
Jerome Boateng.
This carried the match into an extra time marked by Cech's excellent save, before the agonising arrival of penalties.
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Cecil Dept of Emergency Services Launches "Ready Cecil" App
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The Cecil County Department of Emergency Services (DES) today announced the official launch of the Ready Cecil preparedness mobile application. The app was specifically designed to encourage the residents of Cecil County to be prepared and protect themselves and their loved ones in the case of a disaster.
The app includes a module that will help community members create and share personalized family emergency plans and identify and gather the necessary supplies. Residents will be able to receive instant notifications in the case of an emergency.
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In addition to benefiting from the app's many interactive features, app users will have access to a wealth of emergency preparedness information and resources, including up-to-date details on emergency shelters and evacuation routes.
"This is an excellent tool for the population to have and use in preparation and time of need," said Richard Brooks, DES Director. "This tool is flexible and customizable to each user. Friends and families will find great comfort in the use of the "I'm safe" feature.
"I am thrilled that our Emergency Services team worked so industriously to get this mobile app created, " added County Executive Alan McCarthy. "Our mobile devices never seem to leave our hands, so having this application readily available at our fingertips is just one more instrument to help keep our loved ones safe during a crisis or emergency situation."
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Would your childhood memories returns when you see a yellow rubber duck? Instead of a tiny rubber duck that kids usually plays with during their shower time, the well known inflated yellow duck has already arrived in Seoul on the 14th of October, and it's said to be its final tour destination!
Sponsored by Lotte Group and as a part of promoting the controversial Lotte World Tower, which is located nearby, this huge duck is standing tall at 54 feet high and weighing about 300 kilograms while floating in the middle of Seokchon Lake, Jamsil. Created by a Dutch instalment artist, whose name that I couldn't pronounce, Florentijn Hofman, who hopes to spread a message of healing and peace to those who come to see it.
The "Rubber Duck Project" started in the year 2007 in Amsterdam and after that has travelled to cities such as Belgium, Osaka, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Hong Kong, and Pittsburgh etc. With the rising stress rates in Korea that affected even as young as schooling children, hopefully Mr. Ducky could help in "healing wounds" and "reliving tension" as it was supposedly intended to spread the joy among everybody.
Feeling irritated because you could only look at it but unable to touch it? Chill, there's even a pop-up shop installed right in front of the lake. Go grab a souvenir for your friends and family, or even for yourself as a token of visiting this popular duck.
Not only it attracts foreigners and people like us, it also managed to capture the hearts of several K-pop artists, even posting their pictures onto their SnS accounts.
So if you still haven't yet visited this giant duck, grab your last chance to get a glimpse of it as it will only be there up to the 14th November which is just less than 2 weeks away. Bring your loved ones with you and let the duck do it magical healing!


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Yaltah Menuhin was born of Russian parents in San Francisco on 7 October 1921, the youngest of three extraordinarily musical children. Yaltah was named after her mother's hometown in Crimea. At the age of three, she was already part of the rigorous regime imposed on her siblings: the family employed tutors for the children, and Yaltah had her first piano lessons from the wife of the harmony and counterpoint tutor.
She was taken to Paris at the age of four when her brother, Yehudi and sister, Hephzibah went to study there. Marcel Ciampi, engaged to teach Hephzibah, initially refused to entertain the notion of teaching Yaltah at such a young age; however, she so impressed him with her spontaneous rendition of Schumann's Kinderszenen, that he agreed to take her on as well. Her taking piano lessons did not mean that her parents considered her – or for that matter, Hephzibah – capable of pursuing a career in music: Yaltah's mother in particular was firmly opposed to the idea that her daughters would follow in Yehudi's footsteps. Apart from Ciampi, she studied with Rudolf Serkin in Basel, Armando Silvestri in Rome and Carl Friedberg in New York.
One of Yaltah's earliest orchestral appearances was with Pierre Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, playing Beethoven's Emperor Concerto. Over the years Yaltah performed a wide repertoire, and played a pivotal role in the careers of numerous young composers, particularly during her stay in Los Angeles in the 1950s. She had a great love of chamber music and performed the sonata literature of the violin, viola and cello, as well as works for larger groups. Yaltah gave many premieres of works by Eric Zeisl, George Antheil, Ernst Krenek, Frank Martin, Louis Gruenberg, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Walter Piston. She recorded for Everest, EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, Society of Participating Artists, Music Library and World Record Club.
Yaltah's tours took her from Alaska to New Zealand; from Texas to Switzerland. She appeared in duo recitals with cellists Gabor Rejto, George Neikrug, Guy Fallot and Felix Schmidt; violinist Israel Baker; violists Michael Mann and Paul Doktor, and with Joel Ryce in duo-piano with whom she performed widely in recital, in double-concertos and television specials in Paris, London and New York. The duo Menuhin/Ryce won the coveted Harriet Cohen International Music Award in 1962.
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Yaltah and Joel were blissfully married for almost forty years. British audiences may recall the Carnival of the Animals for the BBC, with the Menuhins and Joel Ryce, and the telecast of the Mozart Triple Piano Concerto at Yehudi's 50th birthday concert from the Royal Festival Hall, London. Her recorded favourites include the "family" recording of the Mozart Concerto (Hephzibah, Yaltah and Jeremy at the piano, with Yehudi conducting) and the four-hand piano duets of Mozart with Joel.
Highlights of Yaltah's career include a performance for the Queen at Windsor Castle in 1973, when she played the Schubert Notturno with Yehudi and Ross Pople; the Mozart Double Piano Concerto with Hephzibah for the Willa Cather Centenary Celebrations in America, and a recital with Joel at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, when they played Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion. Her charity performances included evenings for the British Red Cross; the Organisation of Rehabilitation Training, Geneva; the Goulston Foundation, London; Pentonville Prison, London and for Friends of the Rose, Geneva.
Yaltah was co-founder in 1965 (with Stefan Askenase and Johannes Wasmuth) and director of "Arts and Music", an international non-profit social project for the benefit of young artists and the arts in general. Marcel Marceau and Oskar Kokoschka were among its strongest supporters. "Arts and Music" – still active today – was housed in a beautiful old railway station at Rolandseck, near Bonn. She took a very keen interest in youth orchestras and played with the Brighton Youth Orchestra, as well as undertaking tours with Aelodau'r Gerddorfa, the all-Wales Youth Orchestra.
A gifted linguist, Yaltah wrote a poem each day of the year in one of six languages. At the age of 13, an anthology of her poetry, entitled Malgré l'Espace, was published privately. The anthology is currently held by the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas.
There can be no doubt that Yaltah lived in the shadow of her more famous brother and sister; in spite of the fact that many, Yehudi included, considered her to be the most talented of the three Menuhins, she never quite managed to match the careers Yehudi and Hephzibah had. This did not lead to bitterness on Yaltah's part; she completely and unequivocally worshipped her siblings, and remained devoted to – even slightly in awe of – them for all her life.
Much like her brother, Yaltah was a wonderful facilitator, effortlessly and guilelessly bringing together people from all walks of life, musically and in friendship. Yaltah was surrounded by people from all walks of life, young and old, and her home in Hampstead was a haven for everybody. To quote Yehudi: "Yaltah is a ministering angel, handing out remedies, crutches, comfort to the ailing who come to her door, reaping the rewards in kindness and gratitude that life has otherwise denied her."
Yaltah died at home on 9 June, 2001; beautiful, spirited and independent to the very end, just a few days after giving her final recital at the Orwell Park School, Suffolk, of which she was an honorary patron and where she was a regular and much-loved guest. Her swansong: the Chopin Preludes and the Debussy Preludes Book I.
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From Vietnam to Kentucky Derby dreamer: Remarkable life shapes Gary West
Gary West, along with his wife Mary, are the owners of Game Winner, one of the early favorites in this year's Kentucky Derby. West is shown in front of Game Winner memorabilia at the couple's Rancho Santa Fe home.
(Howard Lipin/San Diego Union-Tribune)
By Bryce Miller
What did he just hear? Did that scratchy voice on the car radio really blurt out The 172nd Transportation Company? Deployed … to Vietnam? That was his Army reserve unit, which seemed quietly tucked away in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
When 20-something Gary West finally arrived to his job at the Armour & Co. meat-packing plant in neighboring Omaha, Neb., in January 1968, his mind a muddled mess, he beelined to the nearest telephone.
"I wanted to get the full story before I got too excited about anything," said West, 73, a founder with wife, Mary, of a telecommunications empire that made them billionaires and owner of one of the favorites for this year's Kentucky Derby, Game Winner.
"I called and talked to the highest ranking person on that day. I said, 'I thought I just heard something on the radio.' They said, 'You did.' I said, 'Is it true?' They said, 'It is.' I said, 'We're really going to go to Vietnam?' They said, 'Yeah, that's what the orders say.' "
Life was beginning to find roots for West and the whip-smart, beautiful woman he met at a local dance. Things had been gloriously simple to that point, growing up walking rich Midwestern farm soil 50 miles to the northeast.
To squirrel away money as a kid, West worked at the four-lane bowling alley his parents snapped up above the Chevrolet dealership in the small, tight-knit town of Harlan, Iowa — a family or two short of 5,000 residents. He hustled along the hazardous business end of the lanes, dodging flying projectiles.
"When I was about 8 or 9 years old, I used to set pins in the daytime," said West. "You'd jump down into the pit, load the machine back up, press a big handle down, pick the ball up and roll it back. It was a very dangerous job because pins were flying all over the place.
"At night, I would keep scores for the leagues. I'd get a nickel a person for two hours of work and there were like 10 people, so I'd get like 50 cents. My parents worked 15 hours a day. They couldn't take a vacation because they were truly owner-operators.
"So I got my work ethic from my parents."
But now Vietnam — a grisly conflict nearly 9,000 miles away that would claim more than 58,000 American lives — had come calling.
West already had witnessed so much blood, so much death as a young and confused "kill room" supervisor at Armour. Mary, an assistant to the chief executive, helped him land the job that required watching over the horribly unpleasant process that transformed Omaha into the meatpacking epicenter of the United States.
Thoughts tangled in his brain. If the couple rushed plans to marry before he was shipped to Fort Lewis in Washington for advanced military training, he would earn $100 more per month and could sign up for a $25,000 insurance policy.
So much to tackle and consider, before hunkering down in the dark, unforgiving wilds of the Vietnamese jungle.
So much to fear.
"On more than one occasion (during his tour) I told God, 'If you somehow get me out of this, I will do something nice for the world," West said recently in his Rancho Santa Fe living room, pausing as tears reddened his eyes. "I didn't know what it was, but I said, 'I'll do it.' "
Grim nights, brighter futures
The owner of Game Winner, an undefeated bay colt whose quartet of victories includes the Grade I wins in the Del Mar Futurity, American Pharoah Stakes and prestigious Breeders' Cup Juvenile, began negotiating with a higher power long before doing the same with business associates.
As a machine gunner on the back of jeeps protecting convoys — "Like in the old show, 'Rat Patrol,' " West said — his job was to ward off threats at all costs with little to no cover.
"Most of the fire fights and bad stuff happened at night," he said. "We'd literally call it circling the wagons because we would take all the semi-trucks and make a big circle out of them. Outside of that, we'd sandbag everything. Then there were people up all night to make sure the people driving the trucks could get some sleep.
"Some nights were completely uneventful. There were other nights that I wouldn't wish on anyone."
When West returned to United States after 10 months in a terrifying combat zone, he locked the nightmares away.
"I never talked to my parents when I got back. I never talked to my wife when I got back. I never talked to my friends when I got back," said West, emotions percolating anew. "The minute I hit the ground in the U.S., I kind of deleted that entire experience out of my mind.
"As far as duty goes, I had pretty good duty in Vietnam. I'm no war hero. I was scared senseless a lot of nights. There were times I did not know if I'd be there the next day or not.
"You've heard the term, 'There are no atheists in foxholes,' right? I can tell you it's true."
Instead of talking, West worked.
Describing himself as "totally unqualified," the man who dropped out of nearby Dana College before finishing a semester picked up a job as a staffing coordinator at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs.
In an era of starched dresses and caps for nurses, West ensured there were enough employees filling hallways to handle patient needs. Two years later, the ambitious pin-setter desperate to bury a war that haunted him secured a promotion to assistant hospital administrator.
"It taught me a lot about caring for people and caring about people," West said of his 10-year run.
West and his wife eventually launched West Corporation, a technologically innovative call-center company that made them rich. According to Securities and Exchange Commission records analyzed by the Omaha World-Herald, the Wests received $1.45 billion for their stake when the company went private in 2006.
The couple moved to San Diego, became full-time philanthropists and made the decision to leverage as much of their money as possible to disrupt and reshape the healthcare industry. They established the Solana Beach-based Gary and Mary West Foundation, a group Gary confirmed has awarded more than $200 million in grants to date.
Other projects include a senior-focused emergency care center model at UC San Diego's Jacobs Medical Center fueled by an additional $12 million from the Wests, as well as the generic drug non-profit Civica Rx to combat the astronomical costs of prescription medications.
Remember, Vietnam? There was a promise to keep.
According to ProPublica.org, 99.1 percent of revenues for the Gary and Mary West Health Institute — $20,010,288 in 2016, the most recently available filing — came from self-funded contributions. Gary West told the Union-Tribune the couple, who have no children, funnel $35 million annually to the foundation to make certain it exists, "100 years from today, doing exactly what we're doing."
"We don't take a penny of outside money from anybody," he said. "The minute you start taking money from other people, there's an expectation of, 'OK, we gave you some money. Here's what we want you to do.' We want to do what we think is right and fortunately, we've been blessed with enough resources that we don't have to take money from anyone.
"That way, we have no dog in the fight. We just want to help people. When Mary and I pass, 100 percent — not 99.9 percent, 100 percent — of our money goes to an endowment that is going to fund West Health's work in perpetuity."
One of the still-rippling results: The UCSD senior emergency unit with ambient lighting, non-slick floors and a range of creatively crafted, age-appropriate benefits became the only facility west of the Mississippi River to earn Level 1 accreditation. Another: The group launched a senior dental care facility that supplied affordable, much-needed services downtown. Meanwhile, Civica is positioned to challenge the thinking of big pharma with a network that has grown to an estimated 750 hospitals.
UCLA professor Gerald Kominski, a senior fellow at the university's Center for Health Policy Research, said efforts like those can translate to real and lasting change.
"A foundation like this can play a very important role to help provide the initial financial support to initiatives that may not save money immediately, but certainly in the long run it can be very successful," Kominski said.
"Partnerships between foundations and hospital systems, that's real change. That's commendable."
The Wests' plan is to essentially give their money away through targeted investments, research and collaborations in the healthcare field, with a laser focus on seniors and sky-high medicinal costs.
You hear the conviction drip from the voice of West, a man with a kind, humble veneer, enraged by America's financially crippling healthcare ecosystem. His pact, his experiences in a Midwestern hospital, his do-something DNA has motivated him to become an unflinching agitator.
Fulfilling the sacred vow from a war-scarred jungle a half century ago, in his mind, demands action, not speeches and saber-rattling.
"The cost of the entire healthcare system is totally and completely out of control," West said. "Our government is complicit. Our entire healthcare ecosystem, I don't know if the world collusion is too strong, but it's a word I would consider.
"Let's be honest. Over the past 20 years or so, providers and payers, being insurance companies, pharmacy benefit managers, the entire med-tech industry, everything that comprises our healthcare system, has given our politicians billions of dollars. You just don't give people billions of dollars without expectations.
"I'm one of those guys, I don't look at what people say. I look at what people do."
An uncommon owner of a Kentucky Derby contender with an equally uncommon vision.
You warn West that you need to ask him the toughest question yet. For someone so focused and committed to saving and enriching lives through healthcare activism, Vietnam surely presented a torturous dilemma.
Did you take lives?
"I'm sure I did, but it's not the kind of thing where you're shooting at targets and go look," said West, the pain and conflict of it filling the quiet spaces. "At night, all you know is seeing muzzle flashes somewhere on the horizon. You're shooting at those muzzle flashes. I can't say without absolute certainty … and I don't want to know with absolute certainty."
Game Winner, one of the early Kentucky Derby favorites owned by Gary and Mary West of Rancho Santa Fe, owns three Grade I wins: Del Mar Futurity, American Pharoah Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Howard Lipin/San Diego Union-Tribune
Joltin' 'Joe' hooks West
When West was young, he shadowed his father to the since-shuttered Omaha track Ak-Sar-Ben (Nebraska spelled backwards). He developed an interest in horse racing there. Mary did, too.
The couple decided if they ever earned enough money, they'd buy a race horse. They crossed racing paths with Joe Blow, landing him for $13,500 in an early-1980s claiming race. Though Joe Blow began to pile up wins, no one claimed him back.
This hardly-average-Joe won 19 times between 1981-85, according to the American Racing Manual. West, who saddled himself to the ultimate overachieving underdog, was hooked.
"He had a knee about the size of a soccer ball with three or four screws in it," West said. "Everybody thought this horse can't possibly have another race in him. Well, we raced him over 100 times. He was truly a blue-collar horse. We loved him."
As time passed and business successes mounted, the Wests gained traction in the sport and industry. West estimates they now start each year with 55 to 65 2-year-olds.
"I tell everybody the Keeneland September Sale is like the NFL draft for the Chargers," he said.
The analogy makes particular sense, since the Wests live in the former home of one-time Chargers owner Gene Klein — a sprawling residence abutted by 229 acres Microsoft founder Bill Gates purchased from weight-loss tycoon Jenny Craig. In 1988, Klein conquered the Derby with Winning Colors.
Game Winner is trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, a five-time winner of the Derby.
"That house has a lot of Derby luck to it," Baffert said.
The best horse the Wests raced was West Coast, who won the esteemed Travers Stakes in 2017 at Saratoga, finished third in the Breeders' Cup Classic that fall at Del Mar and was named North America's champion 3-year-old. But West Coast was a late bloomer who was not considered for the Triple Crown races. Game Winner has been first or second in the Derby rankings all winter.
The excitement is tempered, though. The Wests have been here before.
On the eve of the 2002 Derby, Gary West remembers seeing camera crews and track personnel crowding his barn. As West got closer he realized they were huddled around the stall of his horse Buddha, the second choice on the morning line. The track veterinarian speculated an injury causing the horse to be withdrawn could have been caused by stepping on a stone or twisting an ankle. That Derby winner's trainer, who watched from the box next to the Wests? Baffert, with War Emblem.
The Wests had another Derby hopeful in New Year's Day, who won the 2013 Breeders' Cup Juvenile in just his third start. But he never made it to Churchill Downs because of an injury that forced his retirement just a few weeks later. (The Wests bred and own a 3-year-old son of New Year's Day named Maximum Security who is undefeated in three starts for trainer Jason Servis and could start next in the Florida Derby.)
"Gary's totally prepared for that belly punch," Baffert said. "He knows the game."
History needles Game Winner's chances, as well. Only two Breeders' Cup Juvenile winners — Street Sense in 2007 and Nyquist in 2016 — went on to win the Kentucky Derby.
"The only time I would get excited between now and the Kentucky Derby, God willing he gets into it, is when they're loading into the starting gate," West said.
Pain, promise shape plan
Since returning from Vietnam in 1969, West has not watched a single movie depicting war. That remains non-negotiable — now, and likely forever.
"You couldn't pay me enough to watch one," he said. "I just don't have the stomach for it. I love veterans. I love and appreciate the military. It just brings back memories I don't want to bring back."
As West attempted to frame the feelings he bottled up for so long, the crushing weight of it all revealed itself in uncomfortable, glancing snapshots.
"If you've never been in combat, it's almost impossible to explain," he said. "The sights, the sounds, the smells, the absolute chaos that goes on. You're involved in something you have zero control over.
"If you're in the middle of nowhere and something happened, you didn't know if you had five Viet Cong, 500 Viet Cong or 5,000 Viet Cong. And we probably never had more than 50 or 60 people involved in a convoy."
Then West sums up the swirl of it all — the Midwestern upbringing, the darkness of Vietnam, the couple's bold healthcare philanthropy — and now, a possible Kentucky Derby horse.
There's much to consider, back in 1968 and today.
"I think most people would do something similar to what Mary and I are doing under the same circumstances," Gary said. "So we're no heroes, but we do hope to be good role models if we can."
That promise, fully and faithfully kept.
Up next: San Felipe Stakes
Game Winner is scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut in Saturday's Grade II San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita. The undefeated colt is expected to face at least two fellow Kentucky Derby contenders: Improbable and Gunmetal Gray. The plan calls for one more start before the May 4 Derby.
—Bryce Miller is a reporter for The San Diego-Union Tribune
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Event briefs: July 11
San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy issues Coast to Crest Trail Challenge hike series The San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy (SDRVC) has issued its third Coast to Crest Trail Challenge to hikers and bikers who will explore some of San Dieguito River Valley's most iconic spots along the Coast to Crest Trail.
Singer-songwriter Steven Cade to perform in several North County venues
Steven Cade's earliest musical memory involves his grandmother.
Veteran rockers Camper Van Beethoven headed to Solana Beach's Belly Up
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Apprentice Jenny enters final race for national glory
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One of our engineers, Jenny Westworth, has been named in the final three for the 'National Apprenticeship Champion of the Year'.
Jenny, who works on the Eurofighter Typhoon, at our site at Warton in Lancashire, was nominated because of her achievements since finishing her apprenticeship and because of her efforts championing apprenticeships.
The 23-year-old from Morecambe will discover if she has been successful during the National Apprenticeship Awards at The Skills Show in Birmingham on 14 November.
Before then her fate will be decided by a public vote, which will come to a close at midnight on 4 November.
She said: "I was delighted when I heard the news that I was through to the last three and it's great to be able to represent BAE Systems at this national stage because the company has been so supportive towards me.
"My apprenticeship was the best possible career choice I could have made because it allowed me to get meaningful hands on experience.
"It also allowed me to work out what my strengths and weaknesses were before making a firm choice on what I actually wanted to do. It has helped make me a far better engineer and has provided me with the foundations to a really exciting career. What I am trying to do now is encourage more young people to consider taking up an apprenticeship as I wish I myself had considered it earlier."
David Way, Chief Executive of the National Apprenticeship Service, said: "Our three finalists in the Apprenticeship Champion of the Year competition are fantastic examples of the vital contribution apprentices make to businesses around the country. They are already genuine local success stories and a credit to their employers and the industries they work in. I would encourage anyone who hasn't yet voted to do so."
Jenny was recently crowned one of the North West's best apprentices in the regional final of the National Apprenticeship Awards and National Training Awards 2012.
Since completing an Advanced Apprenticeship in Aerospace Engineering Jenny has become an Education Ambassador for BAE Systems and an ambassador for the promotion of Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects in her region.
As well as promoting Apprenticeships and demonstrating the careers that studying STEM subjects can lead to, she is also a passionate supporter of the annual National Apprenticeship Week. Jenny qualified as a mechanical manufacturing engineer in March 2011 and, as a result, secured a role working on the Eurofighter Typhoon Final Assembly facility our Warton site in Lancashire.
Anyone who wants to vote for Jenny can do so by visiting www.apprenticeships.org.uk.
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Ljubljana, 26 November (STA) – There was EUR 12.9bn worth of foreign direct investment in Slovenia in 2016, a 11.5% increase on 2015. Slovenian direct investment abroad amounted to EUR 5.7bn, which is 3.7% more than the year before, central bank Banka Slovenije has reported.
According to the central bank's data, equity capital inflow amounted to EUR 938.1m last year. Companies with foreign owners recorded a total profit of EUR 1.12bn.
The average profit rate from foreign direct investment was 4.8%, which compares to a 5.4% average in the 2009-2016 period.
The biggest investors were Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy and Germany, while the sectors with the highest levels of investment were manufacturing, finance and insurance, and retail.
Companies with foreign direct investment accounted for 4.7% of all companies in Slovenia at the end of last year. The average return rate at these companies was 10.4%, while the average for all companies was 7.3%.
Companies with foreign direct investment on average paid salaries that were 12.7% higher than the total average.
Meanwhile, companies abroad with Slovenian owners or co-owners recorded a combined profit of EUR 37.1m last year. The average return on investment was 2.5%, which compares to a 2009-2016 average of 2.2%.
Four countries from the former Yugoslavia were the main destinations of Slovenian foreign investment last year, accounting for 62.3% of all of Slovenia's FDI abroad. Russia took fifth place.
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This Big Thug Insults The Queen's Guard And Regrets It Immediately!
Queen's guards protect Royal residences throughout the England.
With their distinctive red coats and long black hats, the troops are often the ultimate attraction for tourists to the UK, their debonair attire not really making them appear that frightening.
They stand still for hours, but that doesn't make them any less humans. They should be treated with respect and given their space.
But often tourists find it their birth right to abuse their privacy and mock them publicly.
Yet the Queen's Guard have begun to fight back at tourists not taking them seriously: just a few weeks after footage emerged of a photographer being barged into by troops as he stood in their way, a lone Guardsman has now scared off a pestering tourist in a video that will hopefully go a long way in ensuring Her Majesty's bodyguards get a bit more respect.
I for one, could not understand: why people do that? Does that make them free superior to a person who is just trying to do his job?
I am really glad to watch this and I hope people learn a little bit from this.
Never upset a Queen's guard.
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