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News: Optoelectronics
POET enters telecom market with 100G LR4 optical engines
POET Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada — a designer and developer of the POET Optical Interposer and photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for the data-center and telecom markets — has completed design of a 100G LR4 (four-channel long reach) optical engine with a reach of 10km for client-side interconnects to data centers, enterprises and edge computing networks.
Of the five common types of 100G transceiver modules found within the data center, two types — CWDM4 and PSM4 — are targeted at data communications up to 2km. SR4 (500m), LR4 (10km) and ER4 (40km) are the other types typically specified for 100G datacoms. POET's focus on CWDM4 and LR4 designs is based on what it claims is a unique capability to integrate fully monolithic 4-channel multiplexing and demultiplexing functionality directly into its waveguides, avoiding the costly requirement to align and couple additional devices into a transceiver module.
POET's LR4 design converts four input channels of 25Gb/s electrical data into four LAN WDM (wavelength division multiplexing) optical signals and then multiplexes them into a single channel for 100Gb/s optical transmission along a single fiber. PSM4 and SR4 transceivers are not multiplexed and hence require four parallel fibers, which are especially costly over distances of 2-10km. Despite completing separate designs for TX (transmit), RX (receive) and combination TX-RX optical engines, POET intends to focus first on the TX design, which offers significant cost and performance advantages, and represents a fast go-to-market approach for the firm.
"A 100G LR4 transceiver sells for about 2-3x the price of a 100G CWDM4 module, due to its higher complexity and performance requirements," notes president & general manager Vivek Rajgarhia. "POET's integrated monolithic multiplexer significantly reduces the cost of the optical engine, allowing us to provide a savings to customers in the range of 25%. By flip-chipping four DML [directly modulated laser] lasers onto an Optical Interposer with inherently superior thermal management and the ability to tune the waveguides to specific center wavelengths, we are able to design an optical engine that uses 10-15% less power to deliver data at the same speed and over the same distance as comparable modules. Further, because of the small size of the optical engine, we anticipate seeing potential novel applications of this technology from customers," he adds. "Since we have had the LR4 Optical Interposer wafers in fabrication since December, we expect to be able to deliver alpha samples to customers in the third quarter of 2021. Deploying an LR4 design in a short time after the CWDM design exemplifies the power of our platform approach, as major elements of the CWDM interposer design are reused in the LR4 derivative."
As the standard for interconnects to long-haul networks, 100G LR4 transceivers are purchased in high volumes by telecom equipment providers and are not being replaced by 400G transceivers even as speeds in long-haul networks increase, notes POET. In a client webinar by LightCounting in April, shipments in 100G LR4 modules were forecasted to be essentially stable at about 4 million units annually from 2021 through 2026, with prices having stabilized as a result of there being no room left for cost reductions using the traditional manufacturing approach for these devices. This cost barrier and the high power consumption of existing transceiver designs allows POET to provide competitive designs for this segment, which represents a second large market opportunity for POET, complementing its previously announced 100G CWDM designs, says the firm.
Powering these optical engines will be 25Gb/s DMLs from Sanan Integrated Circuits (SAIC), which has incorporated POET's interposer compatibility requirements into its line of LR4 DML lasers. These lasers have been independently tested and validated to operate to LR4 specifications and are already in their qualification phase. SAIC will also be sourcing the monitor photodiodes and high-speed photodiodes, which rounds out the bill of materials for the optical engine.
Assembly, manufacture and sales of these optical engines will be accomplished through POET's joint venture with SAIC, Super Photonics Xiamen (SPX). SPX has accepted delivery of the first-of-a-kind equipment set for the assembly of optical engines based on POET's Optical Interposer and will be actively engaged in the assembly of POET's alpha optical engine prototypes later this quarter. POET and SPX are currently working with two alpha customers, and the design-win funnel has been active with increasing demand for both standard and custom designs for LR4 optical engines.
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White Hunter Black Heart is a 1990 American adventure drama film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood and based on the 1953 book of the same name by Peter Viertel. Viertel also co-wrote the script with James Bridges and Burt Kennedy. The film is a thinly disguised account of writer Peter Viertel's experiences while working on the classic 1951 film The African Queen, which was shot on location in Africa at a time when location shoots outside of the United States for American films were very rare. The main character, brash director John Wilson, played by Eastwood, is based on real-life director John Huston. Jeff Fahey plays Pete Verrill, a character based on Viertel. George Dzundza's character is based on African Queen producer Sam Spiegel. Marisa Berenson's character Kay Gibson and Richard Vanstone's character Phil Duncan, are based on Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, respectively.The film was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and received positive reviews. Over the years it has grown significantly in critical stature.
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Mumbai: "Due to poor financial literacy and extremely high property prices in India (relative to the income levels), millions of savers are likely to retire with a large chunk of their savings locked up in the apartments that they live in," says a report by the MoneyLife Foundation, dealing with the issue of reverse mortgage, the knowledge of which would come in handy for house owners.
The report says these a buyer of a house "may not be poor in terms of net worth, but would not have the cash required to meet the rising cost of retirement living. In other words, they would be asset-rich but cash-poor".
This is where, the report asserts, reverse mortgage is useful.
A reverse mortgage is a type of house loan for older owners that requires no monthly mortgage payments but gives them a monthly payment instead.
According to Census 2011, there are nearly 104 million elderly persons (aged 60 years or above) in India, including 53 million females and 51 million males. A report released by the United Nations Population Fund and HelpAge India suggests that the number of elderly persons is expected to grow to 173 million by 2026. The Indian government sees elderly population crossing 340 million by 2050.
Reverse mortgage, an obvious product targeted at India's often asset-rich and cash-poor, aging and senior citizen population, needs to be made more viable by improving product design and structure, the report prepared by the foundation that runs a magazine of personal finance prescribes.
The MoneyLife Foundation report says it is an international practice that the government bears part of the risk (easily covered through an insurance product) as a social security initiative and puts in place a strong regulatory mechanism, including protection to borrowers, from unscrupulous lenders.
The above are some of the key findings of the "Report on Reverse Mortgage" prepared by MoneyLife Foundation, which was released by Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs (Independent Charge), last Saturday.
The report was released at a function at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) International Convention Centre to mark the 9th anniversary of MoneyLife Foundation, which is a non-profit organisation boasting of about 98,000 members from across the country and abroad. It is engaged in spreading financial literacy, consumer awareness and advocacy and works towards safe and fair market practices through workshops, round table meetings, white papers, research, awareness campaigns, and grievance redressal and counselling, the foundation's press release informs.
The Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) supported the research on reverse mortgage. Two bankers, Shrinivas Marathe and Pradeep Bhave did the research for the report.
how reverse mortgage schemes can be made affordable and popular among borrowers and lenders.
It is difficult to evaluate the reliability and effectiveness of all the schemes by various lenders as these have been in existence only for the last 10 years or so.
None of the loans under the schemes have come to a stage of ensuring security as yet.
The response and behaviour of the legal heirs of houses is not tested to get an idea of the extent to which repayment in this manner would be acceptable to them.
In most cases, however, where the loan-to-value (LTV) is less than 100%, it can be safely assumed that the house heirs would be more than glad to settle the loan if they are financially sound.
Whether it is China, UK or India, the report finds, the psychology of the seniors remains the same: "Leaving legacy to the next generation". This thinking is preventing this section of the society, susceptible to financial woes, from exploring the power of their hard-earned asset, their house, from supplementing their income in case of need.
Therefore, what is the solution?
It is an established fact that the reverse mortgage scheme has not attracted as much attention of the borrowers as it was expected to, the press release says. The lenders have given a cold shoulder to the reverse mortgage scheme due to several risk factors to themselves. Under the circumstances, some introspection is needed both by borrowers and lenders to make reverse mortgage schemes work, since the product is important for India's ageing population, recommends Money Life.
The report suggests some new designs of reverse mortgage products that are suitable for Indian conditions.
A little more acceptability of the reverse mortgage loan scheme can be brought about with the implementation of these suggested modified schemes.
The government, the report advices, should be actively involved in this product and needs to do a lot in this regard from the social security angle. Unfortunately, except for a couple of amendments in the income tax law, the government seriously lacks on the legislative front.
The government has to initiate action on the front of passing laws for protection of the borrowers from unscrupulous lenders, particularly because the scheme deals with property matters.
The government has to put a strong regulatory mechanism in place too, the report insists.


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WBS Penguins Gameday: Penguins vs. Senators
Friday, February 12, 2010 Ali Myers
Last Game Recap:
Defensemen Chris Lee and Nate Guenin provided the Penguins' offense scoring one and two goals respectively. Although their contributions allowed the Penguins to keep pace with Norfolk throughout the game, the Admirals used a Justin Keller hat trick to give them a 5-3 victory on Wednesday. Matt Fornataro and Juraj Simek also scored for the Ads. Keller got the hat trick when he was tripped in the neutral zone on a breakaway towards the empty net and was awarded a goal by referee Chris Ciamaga.
Three Stars of the Game:
3. Nate Guenin (WBS): two goals
2. Juraj Simek (Norfolk): two points (1+1)
1. Justin Keller (Norfolk): hat trick, +1
Penguins Scratches:
Robert Bortuzzo
Jesse Boulerice
Ryan Bayda
Keven Veilleux
Next Matchup:
Who: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. Binghamton Senators
When: Friday, February 12, 2010 at 7:05 p.m.
Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
WBS News and Notes:
Nate Guenin was traded to St. Louis on Thursday in exchange for defenseman Steve Wagner (analysis to follow).
With Guenin traded, Alex Grant was recalled from Wheeling. Grant has 27 points (7+20) and a +4 rating in 40 games with Wheeling this season.
Last Penguins/Senators meeting:
On January 15, the Penguins failed to generate any offense and the Senators skated away with a 3-0 victory. Ryan Keller led Binghamton with three points (2+1) and Max Gratchev had a first period goal; then assisted on Keller's second of the game in the third. Brad Thiessen took the loss for WBS with 35 saves on 38 shots. Chris Holt earned the shutout for Binghamton; stopping all 28 of the Penguins shots.
About the Senators:
The Senators are once again in the basement of the standings after a strong start to the season. Their current record is 21-23-3-1 for seventh place (and last) in the East Division. Since they last met the Penguins, they have gone 4-6; including scoring only one goal in each of three straight losses. On Wednesday, they got their second 4-3 victory over Albany; the first coming last Friday on February 5. However, Wednesday's victory was a shootout win. Like the Penguins, however, Binghamton will surely take two points any way they can get them. The Senators do have strong special teams. Their penalty kill on the road is ranked third at 87.2% during away games. They also have the 10th ranked overall power play with an 18.4% success rate.
Senators to Watch:
Ryan Keller, who had three points in the last Penguins-Senators game, has five points in his last three games (2+3). He is Binghamton's leading scorer with 44 points on the season (23+21) and also has six power play goals.
Rookie Erik Condra is also on a point streak of his own with six points in the last four games (1+5). He has 28 points (9+19) in 48 games for the Senators.
Ali's Analysis:
The Guenin trade: It seems almost nonsensical to trade Guenin after his performance on Wednesday; one of the only Penguins who made a significant contribution that night. Even so, Guenin was scratched for several games prior; which meant his mistakes had been costly to the team and signaled that movement could be coming.
Steve Wagner, who was acquired for Guenin, has more offensive upside with 15 points in 46 games. Wagner also has more NHL experience, playing 46 games for St. Louis to Guenin's 14 NHL games combined with Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. With so many players in WBS getting a taste of NHL life this season, Wagner will also be able to help WBS' players be prepared for what it is like to be in the big leagues.
Tonight's Game: The Penguins played well on Wednesday, but playing well and not earning any points will not cut it at this point in the season. They will need to go the extra mile to win and let the Senators have last place to themselves. The Wagner trade may help the team, but the Penguins cannot rely on that to be their shakeup. Everyone will have to be selfless and do whatever it takes to avoid the basement.
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Rams Honor Woolsey Fire First Responders, Borderline Victims During Chiefs Game
November 19, 2018 / 11:53 PM / KCAL News
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA/AP) – With emotions still raw and recovery efforts underway across the Southland following both the devastating Woolsey Fire and the tragic Thousand Oaks massacre, the Los Angeles Rams used their tilt with the Kansas City Chiefs Monday night to honor first responders and victims of both incidents.
Outside Memorial Coliseum ahead of the Los Angeles Rams and the Kansas City Chiefs Monday night game. Nov. 19, 2018. (CBS2)
The team gave out thousands of complimentary tickets to fire and law enforcement agencies, such as the Ventura and L.A. County Fire departments, California Highway Patrol, the U.S. Forest Service and the American Red Cross. It's part of the theme the Rams have adopted for the game: "LA Together." Fans received "LA Together" rally towels as they entered the stadium.
After having the toughest two weeks of his firefighting career, Ken Roberts spent his first night off at one of the NFL's most anticipated games of the season.
The Ventura County Fire Department Captain was was one of many first responders who received tickets as the Rams honored those impacted the past two weeks by the shooting at a Thousand Oaks bar and Southern California wildfires.
"The past couple weeks as a firefighter is the toughest I have experienced," Roberts said. "To have one monumental event and have the active shooter was enough for one whole career. Then you add on a fire that impacts the exact same area, we just didn't have a chance to breathe."
The Rams train in Thousand Oaks, where 12 people were killed in a mass shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill on Nov. 7. The next day, the Woolsey and Hill fires broke out in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, forcing thousands of people to flee.
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Roberts got off work Monday morning. He then picked up his wife and son before heading to the LA Memorial Coliseum to enjoy the game with friends and colleagues. The game was originally scheduled to be played in Mexico City before the NFL moved it back to Los Angeles due to poor field conditions.
"To come together, take a deep breath and watch some good football is monumental," Roberts said.
The Thousand Oaks Titans youth football team, who trained at the Rams facility last Friday before its Pacific Youth Football League final, were also at the game after being treated to a pregame VIP tailgate party.
"It was very hard. We had kids coming in from as far as San Bernardino and Long Beach where they had been relocated. They came every night, just sometimes we didn't have fields to practice on," coach Steve Szakos said.
Several of the 25 players — including quarterback Jacob Poley — were evacuated from their homes. Poley and his family have returned home, which is still standing.
"This has taught me to be more thankful and that nothing is for granted. You have to appreciate everything," the 14-year old Poley said.
The California Lutheran University Choir sang the National Anthem and were joined by first responders, who held the flag. Cal Lutheran alumnus Justin Meek, who was one of the 12 victims in the shooting, was a member of the choir for four years.
"They are honored to be singing and share in everything. For these students to go back out and be with other people is good," choir director Wyant Morton said.
Karen and Jordan Helus, the wife and son of fallen Ventura County Sheriff Sergeant Ron Helus, lit the LA Coliseum torch prior to kickoff.
Ventura County Sheriff sergeants Jason Robarts and Dave Brantley both knew Helus for over 25 years and said that he would be overwhelmed with the outpouring of support for his family.
"Seeing everyone come out it makes you get through it a lot easier," Robarts said. "The guy was one of the most tactically sound. If there was someone I wanted to go in and deal with a situation it was this guy. What is hard is we had the right person doing the job."
Dylan and Derek Adler, the 17- and 12-year old sons of Borderline victim Sean Adler, served as honorary water boys for the game. Sean Adler was a member of the security team at the bar.
"It's a way to get my mind off everything. It's almost overwhelming what people are willing to do for us," Dylan Adler said.
The Rams also honored several local firefighters during in-game tributes. The Rams and Chiefs captains were joined at midfield for the coin toss by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and the mayors of the other cities most affected by the Woolsey Fire and Borderline shooting.
A memorial banner with the names of the 12 Borderline shooting victims was positioned in the peristyle between Gates 1 and 33.
Money raised during the game's 50-50 raffle was donated to several fire relief agencies, including the Conejo Valley Victims Fund, American Red Cross Southern California Wildfire Relief and the United Way of Greater L.A.
Game-worn jerseys will be auctioned off on NFL Auction, with proceeds going to the relief efforts. Players and coaches from both teams wore hats honoring a variety of Los Angeles-area fire and law enforcement agencies. The agency's logo is on the front of the cap and the team's logo is on the side. The hats will be auctioned off on NFL Auction.
Last week, CBS2 and KCAL9 teamed up with the Rams and the United Way in a telethon that raised more than $1.1 million for fire victims.
Click here for information on other ways to help those impacted by the fires through housing assistance, care for animals and more.
The Rams and Chiefs were originally slated to play their Monday night game in Mexico City. However, poor field conditions at Azteca Stadium forced the NFL to move it to the Coliseum.
This will be the first "Monday Night Football" game at the Coliseum since Oct. 28, 1985, when the then L.A. Raiders defeated the San Diego Chargers, 34-21. The last time the Rams played a "Monday Night Football" game at the Coliseum was Nov. 19, 1979, when they defeated the Atlanta Falcons, 20-14.
The Rams defeated the Chiefs in a 54-51 thrill that marked one of the highest-scoring games in NFL history.
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See you at Live on the Drive with Toki Wright Next Week!
Just one week away on July 9th we've got an amazing show for you, Toki Wright will be playing at Live on the Drive from 6-8pm on Victory Memorial Parkway. You won't want to miss it. And you'll want to stay late for the movie in the park, We Bought a Zoo. Bring an appetite and enjoy dinner from our food vendors and buy some exclusive Live on the Drive 2015 t-shirts (all proceeds support future events). We'll see you out there! Please help us get the word out by RSVPing and Sharing on Facebook. Thanks!
We'll have food from The Lowry Cafe, Mama Donato's Woodfired Pizza, Sandy's, and Nona Rosa's.
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Live on the Drive is presented by the Cleveland Neighborhood Association with our founding partner, North Memorial, and event partner, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, with support from North End Hardware and The Lowry Café, Westphal Auxiliary Legion, Healy Creative, KBEM, Insight News, North News, Victory Neighborhood Association, Camden Lions, Washburn-McReavy, Hawthorne Neighborhood Association, and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. This activity is funded, in part, by appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State's general fund, and its arts and cultural heritage fund that was created by a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
Live on the Drive brings people together from across the Northside and throughout the greater Twin Cities to hear extraordinary music and to celebrate summer, good health and Northside city living. Last summer, over 4,500 people attended, and we expect even more will come out to see this summer's incredible slate of Minneapolis-based musicians: jazz vocalist Debbie Duncan (June 18th), Hip-Hop Artist Toki Wright (July 9th), and Guitarist Javier Trejo (August 13th). Food vendors and Movies in the Park are back to finish out each concert night: We Bought a Zoo (July 9th), and The Blind Side (August 13th). Our Artist Spotlights during intermission and more will round out what has become a staple of summer on the Northside.


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NZ's Watergate: Situation Normal – All F(h)ooked Up
The struggle for control of the mainstream media narrative in New Zealand is always fascinating to observe and, thanks to the explosive pre-election whistle-blowing of Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics, increasingly so.
Arguably the largest political scandal in the history of our small country, Dirty Politics is more about the media than they care to admit.
While framed by them as a debate about bloggers, the implications for, and insights into the machinations of establishment journalists are of far greater consequence to the New Zealand public.
Unfortunately, investigating the corruption of the mainstream media and examining their own part in the subversion of democracy does not suit the strategic goals of profit-driven corporations. Which is seemingly why the rash of mainstream confessions published on major New Zealand news sites soon after the release of Dirty Politics, included this one that featured an addendum by the very editors of the publication – a post-script that publicly ratified, supported and forgave their wayward employees, on the spot.
In P.R. circles, it was a tactic known as front-footing. In other words, answering questions before they are asked, but better yet, from their perspective, framing the subject while addressing only the angles for which they have prepared their defense then hoping the facade of solidarity appears strong enough to deter any further probing.
Indeed the blending of the disciplines of journalism and P.R./lobbying are exactly what has got the New Zealand media into this mess. Any journalist who deals with a political-payroll blogger is one degree of separation away from liquid spin.
NZ Herald editor Shayne Currie and editor-in-chief Tim Murphy leaping to such quick defense of their erstwhile staff members makes them seem hypocritical.
For while they now explain: "reporters will have conversations with contacts from all sides of the political spectrum every day" in the wake of Dirty Politics, backtrack six months and we find;
"the APN Editorial Code of Ethics was that: 'Journalists must not participate in community or political activities that compromise their work or their publisher's credibility or objectivity'".
– John Drinnan quoting NZ Herald Editor-in-chief Tim Murphy in the NZ Herald
At face value, the Devil's advocate would say; journalists receiving information from sources across the full political spectrum does not violate that code. We would be inclined to agree. But what about journalists supplying information to sources they know might use it to engage in paid political activities?
The NZ Herald "investigations editor" describes himself having done just this, writing:
"I cut and pasted the content of some of those emails, to remove any possible identifying features, and forwarded them on to Slater. So information was shared, there was a bit of "horse trading"…
– Jared Savage in the NZ Herald
Later in the piece Jared acknowledges to having "…the knowledge that he comes with a right-wing agenda."
In light of these events and particularly the speed with which Jared Savage's editors exonerated him, I find it impossible to imagine that the public can retain confidence in our mainstream media going forward.
OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) & corporate sanitisation
August 30 was a very interesting night on Twitter. For the first time ever I saw Kiwis engaging en masse in OSINT – in laymans terms, putting their heads together to pool scraps of publicly available information and analyse it.
Such analysis is usually the realm of media organisations and intelligence agencies, but where the aforementioned fail in the pursuit of truth and democracy, the public are now filling the gaps.
The end result was this stunning visual representation of the insidious implications of the #DirtyPolitics scandal, involving no less than FOUR NZ Herald journalists. (Be sure to examine the arrows that flow to and from these journalists; making it clear that in at least Savage's case, the information was going both ways).
@hebehu @pipkeane @adikohler @endarken @BarristerNZ @GrubbyPigeon @SelwynPellett @matthewdcrawley @Scooby_NZ Updated. pic.twitter.com/EldKWAPuNj
— Debs (@DebsHancock) August 31, 2014
The effort was lauded by a number of media figures including a producer of popular mainstream current affairs show Campbell Live. Shortly thereafter, The Daily Blog republished the following graphic that had appeared in the NZ Herald:
While it was very clever of them to use pictures and text in their diagram, it was missing one major piece. Four, actually!
The NZ Media Revolution: Installation 85% complete
It doesn't seem so long ago that Occupy NZ was telling the mainstream media "You Need Not Fear Becoming Julian Assange". Now even political parties are learning to call out the media.
The Internet Mana Party, which has run an extremely innovative and current digital media campaign in the face of constant mainstream media smears. "dirty ops" and black-outs, is now circumventing the 6'o'clock news sabotage of their campaign by releasing its own news program. In the aptly titled "Not The 6'o'clock News", Internet Party leader Laila Harre turns the cameras on the press pack, calling out their "casual media bias" and enjoying a platform to push policy and campaign updates that is free of corporate ambush or malicious editing.
Who can blame them when it is so clear that Dirty Politics is still in operation.
Leaked Emails and Shoes On Other Feet
The most recent anti-Internet Mana Party mainstream fluff (and that's putting it kindly) is by one of NZ's most lauded commercial journalists, TV3 Political Editor Patrick Gower. His opinion piece addressed to indigenous political leader Hone Harawira, "Dear Hone, Harden Up" is extremely ill-conceived and adds weight to the allegations of insiders that the press gallery do indeed all chase the same political "story" – whether or not it is a story.
To demand of all people, that Hone "harden up" is extremely audacious.
"I know Hone Harawira well" claims Gower. Well then, Patrick would have had the scoop of the year when Hone's office was recently shot at by persons unknown, yes? No. TV3 reported the incident six days after it occurred, and gave it comparatively little news time.
Astonishingly, the TV3 article about it has 0 social media shares and 0 comments on it. Even Willie Jackson called out the obvious bias in the media. The Daily Blog described the mainstream media as being "indifferent" over it.
Less than two months later – this 85-word 3News report (with 9 shares on it) that Hone Harawira has been in a near-fatal car accident in Northland.
Two weeks later Stuff.co.nz want to know "Where is Hone Harawira?"
Adding in the context of Cameron WhaleOil Slater's court battle to prevent his own emails from being published, despite having spent years profiting off the leaking of the private information of countless other people (including many instances of facilitating the leaking of emails and other content), this week's press gallery furore over – you guessed it – leaked emails (this time Hone Harawira's), is even more ridiculous.
Just as Hager's book Dirty Politics showed us – the media has (again) focused in on a triviality fed to them (whether Harawira did or did not approve of/disagree with a campaign marketing idea) while completely ignoring the bigger picture of his office being shot at, car running off the road, and the real reasons behind his recent low profile – all of which clearly have nothing to do with marketing at all.
Not to mention the issue of who leaked the Harawira emails and why?
Tellingly, Harawira didn't go running off to the High Court to seek an injunction against the media, ala Slater. Is that why the media feel they have free reign to nakedly resume their anti-Internet Mana agenda? Have they been sufficiently cowed by WhaleOil's threats and court actions to once again run his lines, and target his opponents? Apparently so.
This – you guessed it (again) – TV3 article by Tova O'Brien is so full of conjecture and misnomer it deserves an entire counter-response all of its own. The first line proclaims a "major breakdown in the Internet Mana Party" and from the 146 shares already on it, suggests the article has enjoyed a much better placement, promotion or site referencing than Hone Harawira's office having been shot at or his car running off the road.
Indeed a quick Google search shows as of today;
"Hone Harawira car accident" – 18k results
"Hone Harawira office shot at" – 26k results
"Hone Harawira cannabis policy" – 32.7k results
…making it abundantly clear where the mainstream media's interest lies, where the Internet Mana Party is concerned.
TV3 – Getting Personal
In a foolhardy attempt to corroborate TV3's accusations of a "major breakdown", O'Brien references Internet Party Press Secretary Pam Corkery calling Brook Sabin "a "puffed-up little s**t" for trying to interview Dotcom at the Internet Mana election launch last month". Yet again the truth falls victim to an obvious omission, clear to anyone who has viewed the footage.
We, the public, have no idea what Brook Sabin said to Pam Corkery that led to her "puffed-up little s**t" comment as TV3 helpfully edited out the context and led their 6'o'clock news coverage with those precise words. But what Pam is shown saying to Sabin and his fellow corporate news talking head Michael Parkin of TVNZ afterwards gives a hint at the truth behind the sensation.
"He (Dotcom) said three times 'I don't want to give you an interview'. He's not a candidate, he doesn't owe you anything. When will you glove puppets of Cameron (WhaleOil) Slater just piss off?"
This means that the footage TV3 broadcast to the nation was the result of at least the fourth time that Sabin, Parkin et al had demanded to interview the Internet Mana Party patron, in an attempt to focus on Dotcom's legal history in lieu of interviewing party candidates about the launch.
So where is the footage of them asking the first three times? Is that not newsworthy? Would their badgering not provide context as to the real source of Corkery's exasperation? A Google search for Pam Corkery's outburst leads straight to Cameron 'WhaleOil' Slater's You Tube account. The video is posted the same day as the TV3 coverage – 24th August 2014.
Is it a coincidence that it is posted on his channel?
Or is there a connection between TV3 and WhaleOil, as with so many other mainstream New Zealand journalists and publications?
Is it coincidental that TV3's relentless anti-Internet Mana Party coverage aligns with WhaleOil's stated aim of destroying Kim Dotcom, as outed by Nicky Hager's Dirty Politics?
Or does the nefarious continuation of WhaleOil's Dirty Media Ops penetration of mainstream sources prove that the WhaleOil pro-National cabal is not only in full swing but full steam ahead, just as he himself suggested?
In a recent Twitter exchange, Slater directly tweeted at me that he was "more robust" than I think. I would love to embed the tweets for your viewing pleasure but they appear to have been unceremoniously deleted. Just like some of his blogposts. It appears it is not only the mainstream media practicing sanitising content to shore their personal positions.
Breaking Developments
In the course of writing this article two new twists have unfolded. Firstly, WhaleOil has partially succeeded in exerting legal pressure to gag the very mainstream news organisations that are supposed to report in the public interest. Bearing in mind that the organisation reporting in this article about it, is yet again, TV3.
Who you would think, with their parent company listed as one of the defendants in WhaleOil's suit, would be diametrically opposed to his position.Yet when analysed at a meta-level, the revelations of media complicity in Dirty Politics and the political angles routinely asserted by the organisations in question may point to them having a covert stake in the suppression of any further coverage of the WhaleDump leaks – perhaps as much so as WhaleOil himself.
Indicating that perhaps it is not Hone Harawira, but mainstream media stalwarts, that need to "harden up".
Angry Protesters on the Steps of Parliament
The second major development that is unfoldiing is a protest of 100+ people on the steps of Parliament. Funnily enough we didn't hear about this on the news, but sure enough, we did on Twitter.
About 100 people at #dirtypolitics protest at Parliament #nzpol pic.twitter.com/fdSZ1DBrT5 — Aimee Gulliver (@aimeegulliver) September 10, 2014
The New Zealand public are the unknown quantity in the Dirty Politics charade. If actions like these continue, the mainstream media will be forced to fall into line. Because if there is one thing they dislike more than being sued – it is being scooped by citizen journalists.
The fact that little-known accounts of random members of the public are now livetweeting and livestreaming seemingly-spontaneous actions at Parliament, without the support of any central organisation, supports the theory that the Awakening is spreading, and that regardless of state interference, the truth on the ground shall prevail.
One way or another, the revolution WILL be televised.
Written by Suzie Dawson
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The island of Hawaii is home to a variety of animals who inhabit its mountains, shores, and waters. Since it is one of the most isolated places in the world there are species of flora and fauna here that won't be found anywhere else on Earth. Most of these endemic animals are native birds and due to constant changes in their ecosystem many are endangered.
Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands were the first men to live in Hawaii and brought with them three domesticated animals: pigs, chickens, and dogs. Before the introduction of these three Polynesian food sources (yes they ate the doggies too) the Hoary Bat was the only land mammal that could be found on the island. Since then Western colonizers have purposely and accidentally introduced a whole slew of new animal species to the shores of this beautiful tropical oasis.
Jacob's work focuses on the range of animals that can be found on Hawaii island. From the reef to the mountains, wether a rare endemic Hawaiian Crow, or a common domesticated house cat, collectively they all make up what we know Hawaii to be today.
El Sonido de una Sirena Enamorada
Animals, Of the Sea
Honu Ofrenda
Animals, Day of the Dead, Hawaiian, Of the Sea, Originals
Animals, Day of the Dead, Of the Sea, Originals
He'e
Animals, Hawaiian, Of the Sea
'I'iwi in Waiting
Animals, Hawaiian
Return of the 'Alalā
Animals, Hawaiian, Originals
Pig Hunter-Hunter
Alala Crow
Warrior Kitty
Animals, Day of the Dead, Originals
"El Sonido de una Sirena Enamorada" is an underwater love story where two sea creatures have found each other after being separated for ages by vast oceans. Both have traveled the seven seas in search of the other guided only by the unique sound that their counterpart makes.
Once they find each other they embrace in harmony and make the most beautiful music that resonates to the deepest depths of the ocean.
This painting depicts a Honu with an ofrenda on it's back. The ofrenda is an offering in Mexican culture and often includes food, flowers, and candles. The ofrenda is very common in the Day of the Dead celebration and is used to invite your departed loved ones back for a night of earthly delights. I chose to show the Honu with a Hawaiian style ofrenda that includes a tea leaf offering and native Hawaiian flowers. Since the honu is endangered it carries the ofrenda for it's lost brethren.
This piece was painted with acrylic and enamel on birch panel and measures 16″x20″. It comes in a custom wood frame that has been painted with a teal antique finish bringing the total size to 19.5″x24.5″.
Hell or High Water is a painting that shows a Day of the Dead kraken attacking a skeleton pirate ship. Skeleton pirates scramble to stay afloat by hugging barrels of rum, holding debris, and struggle to keep treasure from sinking. Meanwhile the Kraken deploys her tentacles to crush their ship's hull and snap its masts. This unique tall tale enhanced by eerie fog is a great piece for any ocean enthusiast, one eyed pirate, peg leg polisher, or hardcore ocean art collector!
In Hawai'i the word for octopus is "he'e" however islanders commonly refer to it by the Japanese name "tako". There is even a restaurant on the Big Island in Waimea called Tako Taco, but if you are like me you would never eat one because these he'e are pretty awesome!
The 'I'iwi also known as the scarlet Hawaiian honey creeper is one of Hawaii's most recognizable birds.Unfortunately it is facing near extinction due to habitat loss and the spread of mosquito born diseases.However these birds can still be found in high elevations of the big islands of Hawaii and have been listed as threatened under The Endangered Species Act.
This piece measures 5×7 inches and was painted with acrylic and enamel on a canvas panel. The original work can be purchased at the Volcano Art Center in Hawaii's Volcano National Park, or on their website here.
The title "Tombstone" is a term used by surfers that refers to the predicament a surfer gets into after he wipes out and gets stuck underwater. When a surfer gets plunged really deep their leash pulls so taught that it causes the surfboard to stick out above the surface resembling a tombstone. The longer the tombstone is up, the greater the danger the surfer is in. This piece shows how real things can get below the surface.
Tombstone is painted with acrylic, ink, and enamel on a birch panel. The painting measures 11″ x 14″
Return of the 'Alalā depicts three native species from the Big Island of Hawai'i. The Hawaiian crow, or 'alalā, the beautiful Koa tree, and the tree's little foe the Koa Bug. Unfortunately the 'alalā itself is extinct in the wild and there are only about 150 left in captivity. However, there is going to be a release of the 'alalā back into their native habitat in 2016 coordinated by The Keauhou Bird Conservation Center. The area has been restored to the natural environment of the 'alalā and is protected in an effort to help this beautiful bird thrive and once again repopulate the Big Island of Hawai'i.
This piece is painted with acrylic and enamel on panel. The frame is custom made out of reclaimed Koa and is meant to reflect the native Koa tree represented in the painting. The original is available for purchase at the Volcano Art Center located in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, or on their website here.
Kamapua'a is the shapeshifting boar god in Hawaiian mythology. This piece references to him while taking a twist on the cultural significance to pig hunting in Hawaii and combining it with a hint of Day of the Dead imagery.He is the hunter of hunters and he wears skulls as trophies around his neck of all who have attempted to serve him for a Luau.
This work is painted on birch panel with acrylic and enamel and measures 10″x12″. It comes in a reclaimed wood frame that is decorated with beautifully carved designs bringing the total size to 15″x17″.
The Pueo is a short-eared owl that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is considered an 'aumākua (ancestor spirit) and is endangered on the island of O'ahu.
It is painted with acrylic and enamel on a 5″x7″ canvas panel in a rustic wood frame. Although the Original has sold, Giclee prints on canvas and paper prints are still available.
The Hawaiian Crow or 'Alalā is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and is considered by natives to be a family god or 'aumakua. Unfortunately it is extinct in the wild and there are only about 150 left in captivity!
This painting is 4″x6″ on wood with an acrylic underpainting and is enhanced with black enamel. It comes in a custom built mango frame bringing the total size to 8″x 10″. Although the original has sold canvas giclee and paper prints are still available.
Warrior Kitty is a painting of our cat Nargle who is an avid hunter and protector of our house.
He is painted with acrylic and enamel on an 8″x10″ canvas with a custom made Zebra wood frame, measuring 11″x13″ in total. Zebra wood comes from a large tree that is native to Central America.
The endangered Hoary Bat is the only native land mammal of the Hawaiian Islands. It is a very elusive bat that roosts in trees among forests and the Hawaiian name is 'Ope'ape'a.
It is painted with acrylic and enamel on 5″x7″ canvas panel in a rustic wood frame, measuring 10″x12″ in total.
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Preview Roundups
Xavier at Providence 6:30 PM ET
Providence is peaking at the right time, victimizing a string of ranked opponents during its late push to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in the last seven seasons. Coming off a huge road win at No. 12 Villanova on Saturday, the Friars take aim at their fifth consecutive victory when they host Xavier on Wednesday in a Big East Conference matchup.
Clemson at Virginia Tech 7:00 PM ET
Clemson has put itself on the NCAA Tournament bubble with a 4-1 stretch that includes victories over two teams ranked in the top 10. The Tigers will try to keep their hot streak going and move over .500 in ACC play when they visit Virginia Tech on Wednesday.
Florida at Georgia 7:00 PM ET
Florida heads to Georgia on Wednesday for its next-to-last game before the SEC Tournament begins, and the Gators know they must be more consistent. Saturday's loss at Tennessee provided another example of Florida's up-and-down play as the Gators committed 11 turnovers in trailing by 15 points at halftime, then were down 19 points with 12 minutes left before a late surge fell short in a 63-58 defeat.
Texas A&M at Auburn 7:00 PM ET
No. 15 Auburn saw its SEC regular-season title hopes extinguished over the weekend and looks to build some momentum for the postseason when Texas A&M visits Wednesday night for the home finale. The Tigers dropped into a tie with LSU for second place in the league after falling 73-66 at Kentucky on Saturday after shooting just 36.1 percent from the field and making 9-of-34 from behind the 3-point arc.
Louisiana State at Arkansas 7:00 PM ET
LSU hasn't won back-to-back games since bursting out of the SEC gates 8-0 but has another opportunity to do so when it visits Arkansas on Wednesday. The Tigers are tied for second in the conference with No. 15 Auburn after a 64-50 victory over Texas A&M on Saturday and are on the verge of earning a double-bye in the SEC Tournament, where winning consecutive games is a must in order to succeed.
Southern Methodist at Central Florida 7:00 PM ET
SMU tries to rebound from a crushing defeat when it starts a two-game trip to the Sunshine State with an American Athletic Conference matchup against struggling Central Florida on Wednesday night. The Mustangs led by 24 points with under 14 minutes left against Wichita State on Sunday at home before coughing up the advantage and suffering a 66-62 setback to remain at 19 wins.
Tulsa at Temple 7:00 PM ET
Having won five of its last six games, Tulsa closes the regular season with a two-game road trip, beginning with a matchup against Temple on Wednesday. The Golden Hurricane crushed the Owls in the first meeting this season, posting a 70-44 victory as Jeriah Horne scored 23 points and Brandon Rachal chipped in 19.
Minnesota at Indiana 7:00 PM ET
Indiana looks to end a two-game losing skid when it hosts Minnesota on Wednesday. The Hoosiers dropped games against Purdue (57-49) and No. 22 Illinois (67-66) in the last week to leave their NCAA Tournament hopes hanging in the balance, and they hope to play their way off the bubble by completing the season sweep of the Golden Gophers following a 68-56 win in Minneapolis on Feb. 19.
St. John's at Butler 7:00 PM ET
No. 25 Butler stopped the bleeding with a win over the last-place team in the Big East on Saturday and it will try to pick on another of the league's lesser squads when it hosts St. John's in the home finale at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Wednesday. The Bulldogs dropped three straight and five of seven to deliver a blow to their once-strong NCAA Tournament resume, but they upended DePaul 60-42 to calm the waters.
Georgetown at Creighton 8:00 PM ET
Creighton won't sleep on Georgetown when it comes to town Wednesday for a Big East Conference game. The No. 14 Bluejays weren't prepared for a 3-point barrage by struggling St. John's on Sunday, suffering a 91-71 defeat that left them needing to beat the Hoyas and No. 7 Seton Hall to have a chance at sharing the Big East regular season title.
Texas Christian at Kansas 8:00 PM ET
Udoka Azubuike came up big for No. 1 Kansas in the previous two wins, but when he was limited by an ankle injury, Devon Dotson stepped forward Saturday in a 62-58 win at Kansas State. With Azubuike's status uncertain, Dotson may need another big game when TCU, fresh off knocking off then-No. 2 Baylor, visits Allen Fieldhouse on Wednesday as the Jayhawks try to clinch at least a share of the Big 12 regular-season title.
Villanova at Seton Hall 8:30 PM ET
Seton Hall can clinch the Big East regular-season title outright for a second straight season Wednesday with a win over visiting Villanova. The seventh-ranked Pirates defeated the 12th-ranked Wildcats last month and currently sit two games north of Villanova and Creighton in the Big East standings with two games to play.
Florida State at Notre Dame 9:00 PM ET
Florida State's ACC regular-season title hopes took a hit Saturday when the eighth-ranked Seminoles suffered a last-second, 70-69 loss at Clemson that dropped them to second place in the conference, a half-game behind Louisville, the team they beat one game earlier to take over the top spot. The Seminoles will aim to get back on track in the league race and earn a sweep of Notre Dame when the schools battle Wednesday night on the Irish's homecourt.
Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech 9:00 PM ET
Georgia Tech has decided to drop its appeal to the NCAA and therefore will not be eligible for postseason play, and enters Wednesday's home matchup against Pittsburgh with two games remaining in its season. The Yellow Jackets are playing some of their best basketball of late, winning four of their past five games after Saturday's 63-57 home victory over Miami, and their nine ACC victories are the program's most since 2003-04.
Missouri at Mississippi 9:00 PM ET
Ole Miss looks for a second straight win when it hosts Missouri in an SEC contest on Wednesday night. The Rebels are coming off a victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday that snapped a four-game losing streak, while the Tigers enter this game off a home loss to Mississippi State on Saturday.
Northwestern at Wisconsin 9:00 PM ET
No. 24 Wisconsin looks to extend its longest winning streak of the season when it hosts Northwestern on Wednesday. The Badgers have won six consecutive games, including a 71-69 victory over Minnesota on Sunday, to move into a second-place tie in the Big Ten standings, and they hope to stay in the mix for their first regular-season title since 2015 by beating the Wildcats for the fourth straight time.
Kansas State at Oklahoma State 9:00 PM ET
After tying for the Big 12 regular season championship last year, Kansas State has fallen on hard times in 2019-20, losing nine consecutive games. The Wildcats begin the last week of the regular season with a trip to Oklahoma State on Wednesday before closing out at Iowa State on Saturday.
Dayton at Rhode Island 9:00 PM ET
Third-ranked Dayton decided not to cut down the nets after winning the Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season title - maybe because they were still burning after matching the second-best shooting performance in school history. The Flyers put their 18-game winning streak on the line when they visit Rhode Island on Wednesday and may celebrate with scissors if they complete a perfect A-10 season with a victory over George Washington on Saturday.
Virginia at Miami-Florida 9:00 PM ET
Virginia extended its winning streak to six Saturday as the 22nd-ranked Cavaliers took down then-No. 7 Duke 52-50 at home. Virginia now heads south to Miami on Wednesday to face a Hurricanes team returning home from a disappointing 1-2 road swing.


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Moving the line upwards
Diversity and Inclusion Leadership: SKYCITY
Visionary Leader: Marilyn Waring — a pioneer visionary
Marilyn Waring. Photo / Supplied
By: Graham Skellern
Many people remember Marilyn Waring as the feisty young National Member of Parliament who got under Prime Minister Rob Muldoon's skin and provoked the 1984 Snap Election.
When Labour's David Lange and Rogernomics swept into power that year, Waring turned her back on Parliament and headed into academia, earning a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Economy from Waikato University.
While Rogernomics was changing the landscape of business and trade in New Zealand, Waring created her own brand — feminist economics. She argued strongly that gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights must be valued, cared for and included in economic modelling and performance — and soon became internationally known.
Sir Keith Holyoake with Miss Marilyn Waring, outside Parliament Buildings.
After leaving Parliament — she was MP for Raglan and then Waipa for nine years — Waring became involved with the Association for Women's Rights in Development and travelled to the Pacific Islands and Asia, encouraging local women to become more politically active and to have their voices heard.
Waring wanted women, all over, to be more economically empowered — and her crusade continues to this day.
She is an acclaimed author, development consultant and United Nations expert — and supervises 30 PhD and Master's students at the Auckland University of Technology's North Campus in Northcote as Professor of Public Policy.
Waring has held Fellowships at Harvard and Rutgers universities in the United States, Queen's University in Canada and at the Hawke Institute in Australia, and was a Visiting Professor at Southwest Jiaotong University in China.
She was a member of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Board from 2005-09. She worked as a consultant, mainly in Asia and the Pacific, for the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, United Nations Development Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, and the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa, Canada.
Waring's work, tenacity and insights were recognised at the Deloitte Top 200 awards dinner last night when she was celebrated as the 2018 recipient of the Sheffield award for Visionary Leader.
Top 200 judge Dame Alison Paterson says the award not only recognises a person important in New Zealand's political history but also someone who has shown original, visionary thinking and application that has been inadequately recognised in New Zealand.
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"Marilyn is not just a university academic, she is a leader in her field of governance and public policy, political economy, gender analysis and human rights."
Dame Alison says Waring's academic research has been influential in establishing the field of feminist economics.
"One of her most famous works, If Women Counted: A New Feminist Economics, argued for the economic importance of women's unpaid work and the environment, revealing the serious policy consequences caused by ignoring these when calculating national economic measures such as gross domestic product (GDP).
"The work persuaded the United Nations to redefine GDP, inspired new accounting methods in dozens of countries, and became the founding document of the discipline of feminist economics," says Dame Alison.
"More recently, Marilyn's work has focused on the inequalities of globalisation and the importance of acknowledging women's work as an international human rights issue. She has undertaken a range of projects for the United Nations and a number of high-level international agencies."
Dame Alison says Waring is a pioneer visionary and acknowledgement of her now, decades after her seminal work, is fitting, as the Labour-led Government recasts the form of next year's budget to a Wellbeing Budget. It is also suitable recognition as New Zealand celebrates 125 years since women gained the right to vote.
Political career
Waring, then 23, became the country's youngest MP in modern times when she was elected to represent Raglan in 1975, succeeding Douglas Carter.
She had earlier joined the National Party while studying political science and international politics at Victoria University and was motivated, even incensed, at a statement by the then Labour Prime Minister Norman Kirk that he wouldn't support the homosexual law reform bill.
As her parliamentary leader Rob Muldoon soon found out, Waring stayed strong and resolute in her well-articulated views on feminism and environmental issues. She would not be intimidated by Cabinet Ministers or senior officials. One of her first moves was to have marital rape criminalised.
After the 1978 election — she was then the MP for Raglan — Waring was the only woman representing National in Parliament.
She "fell off her chair" when Muldoon, without prior consultation, made her chairperson of the influential Public Expenditure Committee — a position she held through to 1984.
Waring had the intellectual capacity and drive to cope with complex investigation and analysis — qualities that showed up in her later research, writings and presentations.
The New Zealand Institue of Economics Research, which recognised her with its annual award in 2014, said she chaired the committee at a time when New Zealand's National Income and Expenditure Accounts were being reformed, using standards set by the UN System of National Accounts. "She took a strong interest in these standards, particularly in the way in which their production boundary excluded, and still excludes, work performed within a household, mostly by women, for its own consumption."
As an MP, Waring was the New Zealand Observer at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and chaired the New Zealand delegation to the 1978 OECD conference on the Role of Women in the Economy.
June 14, 1984 is recorded as one of the most memorable days in New Zealand political history.
Waring informed Muldoon that she would cross the floor and vote for the Labour Opposition's nuclear-free New Zealand legislation. National held a one-seat majority in government.
Later that evening Muldoon called a snap election, saying Waring's feminist anti-nuclear stance threatened his ability to govern. Ill-judged or not — since Waring was still supporting the Muldoon Government on confidence and supply — it was a catastrophic decision for National in its third term of governing.
David Lange and his team romped in with 56 seats to National's 37 to form the fourth Labour Government. Waring didn't seek re-election in 1984. An autobiography based on her tumultuous parliamentary years will be published in the New Year.
Waring told the Listener that she was totally shattered at the time of the July 1984 election. "I think there were a large number of people in the National Party caucus struggling from 1982 onwards with principle and conscience. It was just a bloody nightmare. I'm not the only one who would have said they were spent at the end of that period."
Waring, who grew up in Taupiri, Waikato, refreshed herself by turning to lecturing, research and writing. She soon attracted attention again — this time in the form of her book If Women Counted: A New Feminist Economics, published in 1988, reprinted as a second edition in 1999, translated into several languages, and still cited by researchers, policymakers and economists throughout the world. She wrote the book while a visiting fellow at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
If Women Counted was a ground-breaking, systematic critique of the system of national accounts that measures economic growth, and the ways in which women's unpaid (care) work and the value of Nature (environment) were excluded from what counts as productive in the economy.
Waring argued in the book that the system for measuring GDP was designed by men to keep women "in their place." Women contributed the bulk of care around the world and unpaid care should be included in GDP because "the production" of well-cared-for children was just as important as that of cars or crops.
Fellow feminist economist and Professor of Economics at Boston's Massachusetts University, Julie A. Nelson said: "Marilyn Waring's work woke people up. She showed exactly how the unpaid work traditionally done by women has been made invisible within national accounting systems, and the damage this causes. Her book encouraged and influenced a wide range of work on ways of valuing, preserving, and rewarding the work of care that sustains our lives.
"By pointing to a similar neglect of the natural environment, she issued a wake-up call to issues of ecological sustainability that have only grown more pressing over time. In recent decades, the field of feminist economics has broadened and widened to encompass these topics and more."
In another book Three Masquerades, published in 1996, Waring explored the interconnections between equality, work, and human rights. "Until the whole is exposed to question," Waring said, "nothing alters in the power dynamics of who chooses, who judges, who defines, who rules, who imposes ... and lies masquerade as truths."
In 2012 she was named by Wired Magazine as one of 50 people who would change the world. Wired said Waring was an extremely clear thinker about the disastrous consequences of using measures such as GDP as a surrogate for "progress" or "wellbeing" in a country.
"We must realise that we can't tackle the problems in health care, environmental issues, food security, democracy and women's rights in isolation. They must be seen as a set of interrelated issues and anyone who wants to make a difference in the human condition must look at all of these factors," Wired said.
Colleague and friend Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, Foundation Professor Pacific Studies at AUT's Institute of Public Policy, met Waring in Samoa in the 1990s when she promoted women's rights and gender equality as part of the AWID movement.
"Marilyn raised the awareness of women in politics in the Pacific," says Fairbairn-Dunlop. "Her message was a way for us to move Pacific women forward in a culturally hierarchical society. Marilyn was a rabble-rouser on women's equality and the Pacific women were ready for the message. We just needed an outsider to come in and say what we can do, and we went for it."
Waring sent her students to Samoa to complete gender-related research and Fairbairn-Dunlop, who then worked at the University of South Pacific's School of Agriculture and Food Technology, supported them in their field work.
Fairbairn-Dunlop says Waring was the voice of those who didn't feature in [economic] policy-making or programme processes. She argued that the data collected for policy-making was not representative of everyone and she cared for the marginalised and vulnerable whose views were seldom heard.
"Marilyn challenged [traditional] economic growth models and I go back to her UN Human Development report that argued economic and social growth — including education and health — go hand in hand.
"She has no tolerance for things that are not right.
"She left the FAO because she felt their budgeting was unethical and wasteful — she saw them paying big bucks for programmes that were not well-thought through and not tracked."
Fairbairn-Dunlop says Waring has an incisive mind and has a meticulous understanding of policy-making and how things can be done and should be done. She doesn't miss anything. "Marilyn reads and keeps up to date with all the little legal things happening and she challenges and critiques them.
"There are very few like her continually battling for gender equality. Marilyn is a ray of hope — and she's definitely a visionary. I value her friendship as a colleague and her professionalism in supporting Pacific women. If she is on your side, then you don't need anyone else to support you. Marilyn is brutally honest in everything she does," says Fairbairn-Dunlop.
She says Waring hasn't been as vocal as she used to be but that will change when her parliamentary autobiography comes out. "She's busy supervising 30 students, that's a heavy load, and most of them are interrogating global and national policies — doing the research and critiquing them.
"Marilyn has boxes and boxes of papers — she keeps everything — and her [new] book will be meticulously researched and cross-referenced.
"This is going to be quite a revelation on political manoeuvring and strategising, and it will describe how she was actually treated as a woman — she was a minority in a largely male environment," says Fairbairn-Dunlop.
Marilyn Waring.
• MP for Raglan 1975-78, MP for Waipa 1978-84. Youngest MP at the time and sole female government MP from 1978-81
• Chair of the parliamentary Public Expenditure Committee 1978-84, Senior Government Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and on the Disarmament and Arms Control Committee
• Board Member of the New Zealand Reserve Bank 2005-09
• Technical expert on Gender and Poverty for UN Development programme
• Member of CIW Founding Board on Canadian Index of Wellbeing (one of two international board members)
• Treasurer and Board Member of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
• In 1988 published If Women Counted, which sold internationally; second edition was printed in 1999
• Wrote Three Masquerades: Essays on Equality, Work and Hu(man) Rights — includes references to her years in Parliament which she describes as "an experience of counterfeit equality"
• National Film Board of Canada produced video documentary on her work called Who's Counting: Sex, lies and Global Economics in 1995
• Published In the lifetime of a Goat: Writings 1984-2000, on farming angora goats and drystock, international questions, NZ politics, feminist issues and women of influence
• In 2007 one of 16 prominent intellectuals invited to contribute to French publication on human rights
• Included on the 2012 Wired Magazine Smart List of "50 people who will change the world"
• Chosen by BBC World Service as one of 40 visionaries for its hour-long millennium interviews, and one of 1000 women nominated for Nobel Peace prize in 2005
• An anthology named Counting on Marilyn Waring: New Advances in Feminist Economics published in 2014 and edited by Margunn Bjornholt and Alisa McKay
• Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2008 for services to women and economics, and Doctor of Letters from Glasgow Caledonian University for "outstanding international contribution towards the understanding of feminism and human rights"
• In 2014 won NZIER Economist of the Year, recognising her work in applied economics, economic dissemination and economic policymaking affecting New Zealand
• Awarded Suffrage Centenary, Commemorative and Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee medals, and Hiroshima Day: Special award of NZ Foundation for Peace for her peace work
• Professor at AUT's Institute of Public Policy since 2006
• BA (Hons) in political science and international politics from Victoria University, and Doctor of Philosophy in political economy from Waikato University with thesis on the United Nations System of National Accounts.
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Takutea is a small uninhabited island in the Cook Islands,  north-west of Atiu. Administratively, the island is considered part of Atiu, the closest island. It is owned equally by all inhabitants of Atiu and not allocated to one specific village or district of Atiu.

Geography
Takutea is an oval island roughly  long and 3/4 of a mile across. It consists entirely of sand, with a maximum elevation of . The island is surrounded by a narrow reef.

History
Takutea has never been permanently inhabited. It was originally called Areuna, but was renamed Taka-ku-tea ("my white ku") by the explorer Mariri after he caught a white ku (squirrelfish) there. The island was also known as Enua-iti ("Small Island").

Takutea was visited by the people of Atiu, who collected seabirds and coconuts there and regarded it as tribal land. When Captain James Cook sighted the island on 4 April 1777, and some crew members went ashore, they found some huts, but no evidence of a permanent settlement. Commander Nicolls of H.M.S "Cormorant" declared the island to be under British protection in June 1889. In 1902 it was gifted to Edward VII of Britain by Ngamaru Rongotini Ariki, but this was overturned in 1938 as Rongotini had no right to give it away. In 1905 60% of the island was cleared and planted in coconut palms for copra production, and the plantation was maintained by visiting workers from Atiu. In 1950 the Land Court of the Cook Islands appointed three ariki and four mataiapo as trustees, to hold it on behalf of the people of Atiu.

Visits to the island declined after 1963, when laws were passed limiting inter-island voyages on traditional craft. It has since been managed as a wildlife sanctuary.

In 2004 a television episode of Survivorman (Les Stroud) was filmed on Takutea Island.

Ecology

Flora
Heavily modified for copra production in the early twentieth century, Takutea's vegetation has since been left to recover. A strip of coastal vegetation surrounds a core of native scrub, native forest, and mixed native and coconut forest. The coastal vegetation is dominated by Scaevola sericea interspersed with Heliotropium arboreum and Pandanus tectorius. The inner forest is dominated by Pisonia grandis, Guettarda speciosa, and Coconut, with an underlayer of Tacca leontopetaloides and Asplenium australasicum. A small area of planted Pacific Ironwood in the northwest of the island was planted in the 1960s as a windbreak.

Fauna
Takutea is a significant breeding site for seabirds, and is home to red-tailed tropicbirds and red-footed boobies. Other nesting species include the great frigatebird, brown booby, brown noddy, black noddy and white tern. The island is also home to coconut crabs.

Because of its importance as a seabird breeding area, Takutea's trustees manage it as a wildlife sanctuary, and have banned the killing of birds or the removal of red tropicbird tail-feathers. No species may be removed from the island or its lagoon without the approval of the trustees. The island, with its surrounding waters, has also been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International.

See also

 Desert island
 List of islands

References

External links

Atiu Island: About Takutea
Takutea: Pictures and information

Uninhabited islands of the Cook Islands
Wildlife sanctuaries
Bird sanctuaries
Important Bird Areas of the Cook Islands
Seabird colonies

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Herkules () – amerykańsko-nowozelandzki serial fantasy emitowany w latach 1995–1999. Serial bardzo luźno nawiązuje do postaci herosa Herkulesa (Heraklesa) z mitologii grecko-rzymskiej. W roli głównej wystąpił Kevin Sorbo.

W latach 2003–2005 emitowany w TV4, a w wakacje 2012 roku I sezon i pierwsze 9 odcinków II sezonu wyemitowała TVP2. Od 2 stycznia 2014 do 7 lutego i od 24 do 28 lutego 2014 roku serial ponownie od 1 odcinka emitowany był w TVP2 od poniedziałku do piątku o 17.05. Wyemitowano 28 odcinków. Kolejne odcinki emitowane były od 2 lipca 2014 roku w TVP2.

Postacie

Główne
 Kevin Sorbo – Herkules
 Michael Hurst – Jolaos

Drugoplanowe
 Anthony Quinn / Peter Vere-Jones / Roy Dotrice / Charles Keating – Zeus
 Jennifer Ludlum / Elizabeth Hawthorne / Liddy Holloway – Alkmena
 Jeffrey Thomas – Jazon
 Tawny Kitaen – Daianeira
 Kevin Tod Smith – Iphicles / Ares
 Alexandra Tydings – Afrodyta
 Meighan Desmond – Discord
 Robert Trebor – Salmoneus
 Bruce Campbell – Autolycus
 Sam Jenkins – Serena
 Tamara Gorski – Morrigan
 Gina Torres – Nebula

Gościnne
 Lisa Chappell – Córka #1 / Lydia / Dirce / Melissa,
 Lucy Lawless – Xena / Lyla / Lysia
 Erik Thomson – Hades
 Hudson Leick – Callisto

Opis fabuły
Herkules – syn boga Zeusa i śmiertelnej kobiety – obdarzony nadludzką siłą, przemierza świat walcząc ze złem. Niesie pomoc napotkanym po drodze ludziom. Stacza walki ze zbójcami, potworami oraz ze złymi bogami – szczególnie z nienawidzącą go Herą. W jego wędrówce towarzyszy mu wierny druh Iolaus...

Dodatkowe informacje
W roku 1994, jeszcze przed emisją serialu, powstało kilka filmów telewizyjnych połączonych postacią Herkulesa graną przez Kevina Sorbo. Były to: Herkules i Amazonki, Herkules i zaginione królestwo, Herkules i ognisty krąg, Herkules w królestwie podziemi oraz Herkules w labiryncie Minotaura.

Serial cieszył się na tyle dużym powodzeniem, że w 1998 roku nakręcono prequel pod tytułem Młody Herkules, opowiadający o dzieciństwie Herkulesa i Iolausa.

W serialu występuje epizodyczna postać wojowniczki Xeny, która początkowo stoi po stronie zła, ale pod wpływem Herkulesa zmienia swoje życie. Postać ta na tyle spodobała się widzom, że producenci postanowili nakręcić osobny serial z Xeną w roli głównej. Tak powstał spin-off Xena: Wojownicza księżniczka.

Wersja polska

Lista odcinków

Sezon 1

Sezon 2

Sezon 3

Sezon 4

Sezon 5

Sezon 6

Linki zewnętrzne

Nowozelandzkie telewizyjne seriale fantasy
Amerykańskie telewizyjne seriale fantasy
Amerykańskie telewizyjne seriale przygodowe
Seriale telewizyjne emitowane od 1995
Seriale telewizyjne zakończone w 1999
Filmy bazujące na mitologii grecko-rzymskiej
Seriale telewizyjne zrealizowane na podstawie filmów


Ineos Enterprises of Runcorn, UK, has agreed to acquire the entire composites business of Ashland Global Holdings Inc of Covington, Kentucky, USA, for US$1.1 billion.
Nonwovens producer Technical Fibre Products (TFP) of Kendal, UK, is to increase its production capacity by 50% by 2020 in response to increasing demand for its products.
Production has been disrupted at Kelheim Fibres GmbH after a fire in the company's main fibre spinning area at its facility in Kelheim, Germany.
The Lenzing Group plans to become the sole owner of its Chinese subsidiary Lenzing (Nanjing) Fibers (LNF) Co Ltd.
Bond-Laminates GmbH of Brilon, Germany, is increasing the production capacity for its continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastics (Tepex).
The software, equipment and expertise required to set-up a garment micro-factory is being sold in one package (FashionTech Platform 1.0) by Gerber Technology of Tolland, Connecticut, USA.
Japan-based hygiene products company Unicharm is to acquire the holding company of DSG International (Thailand) (DSGT), a manufacturer of diapers and other absorbent products in Southeast Asia.
Gerber Technology of Tolland, Connecticut, has acquired cloth simulation software specialist Avametric of San Francisco, California, both in the USA.
Gurit of Zurich, Switzerland, is to acquire all shares of core material kits supplier JSB Group Ringkøbing, Denmark, for £62.1 million (DKK520 million).
Nonwovens producer Suominen of Helsinki, Finland, is to increase prices for all of its products on 1 October 2018.
SABIC of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is to complete its purchase of a 24.99% stake in Clariant of Muttenz, Switzerland, after winning the necessary regulatory approvals.
Stockholders of Xerium Technologies Inc have approved an acquisition agreement with Andritz AG proposed in June 2018.
Global chemicals producer Indorama Ventures has completed the acquisition of Avgol Industries, an Israel-based manufacturer of nonwoven hygiene fabrics.
Perlon, a supplier of synthetic filaments, says it is on track to complete its investments in its manufacturing capacities in Germany, the USA and China.
Teijin Frontier Co Ltd is to acquire J.H. Ziegler, a specialist in high-performance nonwovens based in Achern, Germany.
Kordsa SA of Izmit, Turkey, has announced the completion of its acquisition of two USA-based suppliers of custom-designed composite reinforcements for the aerospace sector.
Asahi Kasei has decided to buy Sage Automotive Interiors Inc, a manufacturer of materials for automotive interiors based in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
FiberVisions Corp has received approval to expand its capacity for making bicomponent fibres at its plant in Covington, Georgia, USA.
A university spin-out business that specializes in developing high-performance nonwoven products has invested in a range of equipment and moved to a dedicated new facility in Leeds. UK.
Irving, Texas, USA-based Kimberly-Clark is to spend $30 million for expansion and improvements to its nonwovens manufacturing facility in Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA.
Bangkok, Thailand-based petrochemicals producer Indorama Ventures (IVL) is to acquire a 65.72% stake in Israel's Avgol Industries, a producer of nonwovens for hygiene applications.
New Silkroutes Group of Singapore has announced it is acquiring two Shanghai, China-based makers of medical consumables for S$65 million (US$49 million).
DSM has successfully defended its patent on its ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) Dyneema Force Multiplier Technology for soft body armour.
SGL Carbon has sold its 51% shareholding in the SGL Kümpers joint venture to Kümpers GmbH and Franz-Jürgen Kümpers.
Berry Global Group Inc of Evansville, Indiana, USA, has agreed to pay US$475 million to acquire Clopay Plastic Products Co Inc of Mason, Ohio, USA, on a debt-free, cash-free basis.
Ontex Group of Erembodegem, Belgium, is to build a new production plant in Radomsko, Poland, to further expand its personal hygiene business.
BeoCare Group, a North American manufacturer of knitted medical textiles, and Dusino San Michele, Italy-based FRA Production have entered into a strategic alliance.
The Board of Directors of Tokyo, Japan-based Toho Tenax Co Ltd has elected one of its members, Shukei Inui, to be its President effective from 1 April 2017.
Shareholders in Ahlstrom and Munksjö have given the go-ahead to the proposed merger of the two companies.


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Verstappen delights home fans after edging out Hamilton to take thrilling Dutch GP pole
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Mercedes get back to F1 action as Russell and Hamilton hit the track at Paul Ricard
Sixty-five thousand fans were on their feet and euphoric as they watched their home hero Max Verstappen fend off title rival Lewis Hamilton to snatch pole position for the returning Dutch Grand Prix.
Verstappen looked in control throughout qualifying and cruised through the opening two segments with what appeared to be plenty left in the tank. And he unleashed that pace when it mattered to take provisional pole – and improved again on his second run leading to an eruption in the grandstands.
Hamilton improved on his final lap – finding two tenths on Verstappen in the final sector – but it wasn't quite enough as he leapfrogged Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas, 0.038s adrift from Dutchman Verstappen who took his sixth pole position in seven Grands Prix.
AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly took a superb fourth – equalling his starting spot in Azerbaijan – where incidentally he went on to finish on the podium in third with Charles Leclerc, who was quickest in Q1, the leading Ferrari in fifth.
FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN DUTCH GRAND PRIX 2021
Netherlands 2021
Qualifying results
1 Max Verstappen VER Red Bull Racing 1:08.885
2 Lewis Hamilton HAM Mercedes 1:08.923
3 Valtteri Bottas BOT Mercedes 1:09.222
4 Pierre Gasly GAS AlphaTauri 1:09.478
5 Charles Leclerc LEC Ferrari 1:09.527
Carlos Sainz recovered from a crash in FP3, with the team able to repair the car without the need to replace his gearbox – which would have incurred a grid penalty – to take sixth, while contender for driver of the day Antonio Giovinazzi equalled his best-ever qualifying performance with seventh.
Esteban Ocon outqualified Alpine team mate Fernando Alonso to take the lead in the head-to-head 7-6, though he pipped the double world champion by just 0.023s, while Daniel Ricciardo completed the top 10, finishing ahead of Lando Norris on a Saturday for the second successive Grand Prix weekend.
But the day belonged to Verstappen, who rode high on the immense support from his orange-clad army that have been in party mood from the moment the gates to Zandvoort opened on Saturday morning. Can he convert pole, on a track where overtaking could be difficult, into victory to finish the job? We'll find out tomorrow...
Zandvoort has been packed all weekend, with the vast majority having eyes for only one driver - Max Verstappen
AS IT HAPPENED
Q1 – Perez and Vettel the big scalps as traffic causes problems
Mercedes took a different path to the rest of the field as they sent their drivers out on the mediums, while everyone else went soft. It proved a good decision, as they coasted through to Q2. But it wasn't so smooth for others.
Lando Norris scraped through in 15th, but that pushed Sergio Perez into the drop zone and out of qualifying having had his final run compromised when he got stuck in traffic in the pit lane.
He was joined in an early exit by Sebastian Vettel, who got baulked heavily by Nikita Mazepin in the final sector, which forced him to react quickly to avoid an accident and ended hopes of taking any further part.
Robert Kubica, standing in for Kimi Raikkonen who tested positive for Covid-19, was a respectable 18th – having had just one hour of practice to get acquainted with this new circuit, with the Haas duo of Mick Schumacher and Mazepin taking the bottom two places.
Ferrari did a tremendous job to repair Carlos Sainz's car after his FP3 crash – and he shot through in second, two tenths of a second behind behind team mate Charles Leclerc with Verstappen third. Antonio Giovinazzi impressed to go a brilliant fourth, while Nicholas Latifi made it another Q2 on the bounce with the fifth fastest time, as the duo made the most of the track ramping up in terms of grip.
Knocked out: Perez, Vettel, Kubica, Schumacher, Mazepin
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2021 Dutch GP Qualifying: Vettel out of Q1 after block by Mazepin
Q2 – Norris knocked out as Russell and Latifi crash
Mercedes headed out on a used set of softs – the tyres they used for a lap at the end of Q1 – but they still wouldn't have expected to be around seven tenths of a second slower than Verstappen's stellar lap on fresh boots.
Ricciardo put in a very tidy lap to go sixth, but his team mate Norris continued to struggle for pace and was in the drop zone with Russell, Stroll, Latifi and Tsunoda after the first runs were ticked off.
The session was then red-flagged when George Russell crashed at Turn 13 on his second run, the Williams driver admitting he "pushed too hard". He managed to get going and retreat to the pits, but the damage was enough for his team to call time on his session.
Just a couple of minutes had passed when qualifying got back under way when the other Williams of Latifi crashed heavily at Turn 8 when he put a wheel on the dirt on entry. It took him some time to get out of the car, but fortunately he was able to climb out unaided. With less than two minutes to go, the F1 Race Director Michael Masi chose not to restart.
That meant Norris, Stroll and Tsunoda were robbed of the opportunity to complete their laps and try and progress into Q3. Verstappen ended up quickest, ahead of Leclerc, Gasly, Hamilton and Bottas.
Knocked out: Russell, Stroll, Norris, Latifi, Tsunoda
2021 Dutch GP Qualifying: Williams team mates Russell and Latifi crash out of Q2
Q3 - Verstappen sends crowd wild as he sweeps to pole
Verstappen set the pace right out of the blocks, clocking the fastest lap of the weekend, with Bottas slotting into second 0.3s off, with Hamilton just a fraction behind, as Gasly provided the sternest challenge from elsewhere.
By this point, the crowd had built to fever pitch and were up on their feet cheering each car that went by, Verstappen getting the loudest support, with music blaring out to maintain the festival atmosphere that has been ever-present since the weekend kicked off on Thursday.
Next time around, Verstappen went even quicker, with Hamilton's strong final sector enough to lift him one place to second, but just off pole. Gasly maintained fourth, while Giovinazzi improved to go one place higher, behind the Ferrari duo and ahead of the Alpine pair.
Qualifying Highlights: 2021 Dutch Grand Prix
The key quote
"It's an amazing feeling of course to get pole position here," said pole-sitter Max Verstappen. "The crowd is incredible and today was very enjoyable. The car was really nice to drive and this track as well in qualifying, once the fuel comes out, it's really cool."
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Creative Communities is a cross-community project that aims to bring people together through arts and heritage. It will see eight artists or historians-in-residence appointed to work with communities in eight areas of the city.
The project is part of Belfast's PEACE IV Action Plan, financed through the European Union and managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
A steering group will be set up in each of the eight areas to write the brief for their artist or historian with a view to appointing someone by December 2019.
Each artist or historian-in-residence will then work with local people and run regular workshops to make a piece of art or develop a heritage product. It could be a show, a book, a film, a tour, or something we haven't thought of yet! We want local people to decide what they want in their area.
All eight projects will finish by autumn 2021 with a showcase event.
increase respect for other cultures.
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