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UK to Take In 25,000 Afghan Refugees as Nations Scramble to Clean Up after Biden
Boris Johnson announces scheme for people fleeing Taliban in Afghanistan
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Afghans are desperately fleeing their homeland to escape the Taliban
The United Kingdom has set up an emergency scheme to take in 25,000 fleeing Afghan refugees as countries around the world scramble to contain the chaos triggered by the head of the American Democrat regime, Joe Biden.
After Biden's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan handed the crumbled nation to Taliban terrorists, tens of thousands of Afghans have been desperately fleeing for the borders to escape their homeland.
On Tuesday night, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that up to 25,000 Afghans will be granted asylum in Britain.
The move is one of the most generous resettlement schemes in UK history.
Up to 20,000 refugees will be given the right to live in the UK under a far-ranging new scheme – with 5,000 expected in the first year.
An additional 5,000 will be allowed to move to the UK under an existing program designed to protect Afghan workers who were employed by British authorities.
Boris Johnson announced the scheme to welcome 25,000 Afghan refugees
The new Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme will focus on women and girls who fear their rights will be trampled under the "Islamic Emirate" declared by the Taliban.
It will also offer help to those forced to flee their homes and to religious minorities in the country.
They will be given the right to stay in the UK permanently.
A previous scheme for Syrian refugees cost about £8,000 ($11k) per person – so the new commitments are likely to come with a huge price tag of up to £200million ($275M).
Mr. Johnson said: "We owe a debt of gratitude to all those who have worked with us to make Afghanistan a better place over the last 20 years.
"Many of them, particularly women, are now in urgent need of our help."
"I am proud that the UK has been able to put in place this route to help them and their families live safely in the UK."
But the PM stressed he wanted to share responsibility with other nations to prevent a "humanitarian emergency" in Afghanistan.
"The best solution for everyone is an Afghanistan that works for all Afghans.
"That means the international community coming together to set firm, political conditions for the country's future governance."
Home Secretary Priti Patel said the scheme would allow the "most vulnerable" Afghans to "start a new life in safety in the UK, away from the tyranny and oppression they now face."
"We will not abandon people who have been forced to flee their homes and are now living in terror of what might come next," she added.
Afghans allowed to come to the UK will be distributed across the country, the Government indicated last night.
A spokesman said it would work with the devolved administrations and local councils to make sure Afghans get help to rebuild their lives.
Ministers had promised to set up a "generous" and "world-leading" program to resettle those fleeing the new Taliban regime.
Patel was last night due to hold an emergency meeting with members of the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing alliance that also includes the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
She would press for "international collaboration on setting up safe and legal routes for Afghan refugees," a source said.
The new Afghan program will be modeled on the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme which was launched in 2014 in conjunction with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
The UNHCR identifies potential cases for the UK to consider and applicants are then vetted by British officials.
Joe Biden's bungling triggered the collapse of Afghanistan into the hands of Taliban terrorists
The UK can reject cases on "security, war crimes or other grounds," according to Home Office guidance.
World leaders have shown varied reactions to the plight of Afghans.
French President Emmanuel Macron came under fire last night after he said France would "protect" itself from migrants fleeing the crisis in Afghanistan.
He faced accusations that he was letting down ordinary Afghans after he pledged a robust European approach against illegal migration.
Greece took a similar approach yesterday as it said it would not become "the gateway of Europe" for Afghans fleeing the conflict.
The country was on the frontline of Europe's migration crisis in 2015 and, like other EU member states, it is nervous developments in Afghanistan could trigger a replay of the situation.
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Q: ionic sidemenu show's blank screen while swiping the screen I create my project in ionic sidemenu, My project structure is like this
1) I select the menu item from items
2) It open the screen and there is list for items
3) Again I select the one item from that above items
4) It shows list of items
Now problem is that when my finger on profile pictures left corner and I am going to swipe it, from left to right it show problem, It shows blank screen first. And when that blank screen come to main page, That menu item not working properly. Also this problem only founds on iOS not in Android.

A: I've had exactly the same problem as you. The blank gap is due to the new "Swipe To Go Back" feature in ionic (see http://blog.ionic.io/rc0-swipe-to-go-back/). In fact, the view shown between your side-menu and your current view is not void, but the last view in your history.
Use this to disable the Swipe To Go Back feature in your application:
$ionicConfigProvider.views.swipeBackEnabled(false);

You can put this code in a config page like that :
var app = angular.module('config', ['ionic']);

app.config(function($ionicConfigProvider) {
      $ionicConfigProvider.views.swipeBackEnabled(false);
});

$ionicConfigProvider documentation: http://ionicframework.com/docs/api/provider/$ionicConfigProvider/
Also, if you want to disable this on one specific view only (see directive ionView doc on ionic website, I unfortunately can't post more than 2 links since I have less than 10 rep):
<ion-view can-swipe-back="false">
    ...
<ion-view>

Hope that helps!

A: This issue will arise when I set cache:"true" in app.js - .config function. When I remove it from .config function it works properly. But If you want to use disable the cache in that case you go ahead the with another answer or remove the cache.

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British Cycling 'aware of culture of fear' but Shane Sutton complaints were still 'ignored'
British Cycling has been accused of being fully aware of complaints Credit: Rex
Tom Cary, Cycling Correspondent
Ben Rumsby
28 April 2016 • 10:32pm
Tom Cary
Another bruising day for British Cycling ended in yet more difficult questions after it was accused of being fully aware of claims of bullying and discrimination made against its former technical director Shane Sutton and of failing to act.
Ian Braid, the chief executive of the British Athletes Commission, the body which supports the interests of Olympic and Paralympic athletes and which helped Jess Varnish through her recent appeal against her axing from the GB programme, told The Daily Telegraph he had received a number of complaints about a "culture of fear" operating within British Cycling in the last few years.
Shane Sutton resigned amid bullying and sexism claims Credit: AFP
He said he made the national governing body aware every time an athlete came to him. Asked why British Cycling had failed to act on allegations before, Braid said: "I don't know why. Nicole [Cooke], Vicky [Pendleton] - to name but two - have gone public before and nothing has happened."
Braid said the number of complaints he had received from cyclists had been in 'single figures' but he said he had also had para-cyclists who had come to him, and he stressed that the real number of aggrieved athletes could be much higher.
"There's a difference between what you know is going on and how many people approach you," he said. "Because people, if they do operate in a culture of fear… it takes a lot for somebody to have the balls to stick their head above the parapet. Even anonymously."
A spokesperson for British Cycling could not confirm on Thursday whether or not the federation had ever conducted internal reviews before with respect to allegations of a culture of fear or sexism or discrimination.
Meanwhile the fallout from Sutton's resignation continued apace on Thursday with yet more people emerging from the woodwork to say that Sutton was in the habit of using discriminatory language.
One source within British Cycling told the Telegraph that the Australian routinely used the terms "sheilas" and "bitches".
Sutton lived rent-free in a flat above the shop for a number of years Credit: PAUL COOPER
Sutton resigned on Wednesday in the wake of mounting claims of bullying and sexism, with alleged comments regarding para-cyclists the final straw.
British Cycling is investigating those claims, having already announced an independent review of its entire performance programme in conjunction with UK Sport, which awarded over £30million of funding to cycling's governing body in the current four-year cycle.
A third investigation is also underway, with British Cycling asked by UK Sport to look into claims that official kit, including a high-performance bike, was available to buy online.
British Cycling released a statement denying that any kit or equipment provided by UK Sport had been given away or sold on for profit, but there remain plenty of questions unanswered, particularly about the role of a dealership, Will's Wheels in Heaton Chapel, Stockport, which has sold thousands of items of British Cycling team kit over the last few years.
Sutton lived rent-free in a flat above the shop for a number of years. The Guardian reported that GB coach Jan van Eijden has moved in instead, also rent-free.
British Cycling admitted that it had "a long-standing relationship with an independent bicycle dealership who perform mechanic services for the Great Britain Cycling Team", adding: "They have received payment in kind with equipment which is no longer of use to the team."
It confirmed that Will's Wheels would form part of the ongoing investigation.
There was also embarrassment for British Cycling chief executive Ian Drake, who told the BBC on Tuesday that Sutton was not paid by Team Sky as well as British Cycling. It emerged that Drake was entirely unaware that the Australian was being paid a retainer. A spokesperson said that Sutton had not declared this when he became British Cycling technical director in 2014.
A Team Sky statement said: "Since he stepped down as head coach of Team Sky in January 2013, his occasional involvement as an advisor to Team Sky has been completely separate from his role with British Cycling. Any reimbursement for his work with Team Sky has been funded by the team."
Pete Kennaugh apologised for his response to Emma Pooley's sexism comments Credit: EPA
The National Cycling Centre in Manchester was described by one insider as "a strange place to be" on Thursday given the chain of events in the last seven days. Riders appear split on whether Sutton's departure has been a good thing or a bad thing with the ripples seemingly spilling way beyond Manchester.
Team Sky rider Pete Kennaugh was forced to apologise to Emma Pooley over comments he made as part of the ongoing sexism row.
Pooley, the Olympic time trial silver medallist, had complained about the lack of backing for female riders, mentioning in particular the lack of support for her attempts to win the women's Giro a number of years ago.
I've re-read the tweet i deleted and realise i came across like a total idiot im sorry to anyone i may have offended in how they were worded
— Peter kennaugh (@Petekennaugh) April 28, 2016
Kennaugh told Pooley to "get over it" before deleting his message and then his entire Twitter account. He later reactivated it to apologise. "I've re-read the tweet I deleted and realise I came across like a total idiot," he said. "I'm sorry to anyone I may have offended in how they were worded."
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Netanyahu Sends Kiev Assault Weapons
VLADIVOSTOK, April 18. /TASS/. Supplies of lethal aid from Israel to Ukraine will only deteriorate the standoff in Ukraine and increase the death toll, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday in an interview with Vesti v Subbotu program host Sergey Brilyov.
Putin ready to work with any new US president:
The journalist asked Putin to comment on statements that Israel could start supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to Russia's decision to lift its own ban on supplies of S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran.
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"It's the choice of the Israeli leadership, they are entitled to do what they deem expedient," the Russian president said.
"I think it's counterproductive if the talk is about lethal weapons, because it will only lead to an additional coil of confrontation, an increase in human victims and the result will be just the same," he said.
"As regards our supplies to Iran, these are purely defensive weapons, and they do not undermine Israel's defense capacity in any way," Putin said.
S-300 deliveries:
In addition, Putin said that signed a decree to lift the ban on S-300 deliveries to Iran. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said April 13 that Russia's voluntary embargo on deliveries of S-300 missile systems to Iran is no longer needed due to progress in the resolution of the situation around Iran's nuclear program.
Lavrov said that initially, the decision to suspend the implementation of the contract, which had already been signed and come into force, was made in September 2010 to support consolidated efforts of the six international negotiators on Iran's nuclear program to stimulate a maximally constructive process of talks.
This year, Lavrov said, the six international negotiators on Iran's nuclear program (P5+1), after a regular round of talks with Iran, stated on April 2, 2015 in Lausanne, Switzerland, "substantial progress in settling [the problem around] Iran's nuclear program."
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Iran says it needs nuclear power to generate electricity, but Western powers led by the United States claim Tehran's eventual aim is to create nuclear weapons.
At a meeting in Vienna in November 2014, the P5+1 and Tehran agreed to extend the deadline for a deal in the talks on Iran's nuclear program to June 30, 2015.
The latest round of talks between Iran and the P5+1 in Lausanne ended April 2, 2015 with the conclusion of a joint comprehensive action plan on the Iranian nuclear program, to be adopted by the end of June.
As the plan is being implemented, all political and economic sanctions are to be lifted from Tehran. Meanwhile, on April 9, 2015 media quoted Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as saying that if sanctions are not lifted first, Iran will not sign the nuclear deal with the six international negotiators.
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On the same May 19th, after covering the Environment Furniture promo party (see previous article below) I was walking north on Bowery, when two blocks away there was another Interior Design happening I decided to crash, the going-ons inside were so interesting. This particular event was being done by Roll & Hill lighting, in what seemed to be a store front space the size of a football field, big enough to accommodate the dramatic oversize lighting installations being displayed.
Environment is more than just a furniture company. With innovation at its core, Environment applies a clever sense of aesthetic to a diverse mix of sustainable materials and textures to excite the furniture consumer. It is with this in mind that Environment had a promo event on May 19th, at their NoHo Design District showroom.
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May 17th was the date when ELLE DECOR Magazine in conjunction with Country Floors, had a wonderful promo bash at their store right around the corner from Union Square, to showcase the very high end ceramic, glass and stone products that have made Country Floors the top choice of architects and interior designers when catering to the needs of their best clients.
Every year since 1920, the ADC Annual Awards competition identifies and honors the best work of the year in visual communications, with 220 categories spanning all areas in print and broadcast advertising, interactive media, graphic design, publication design, packaging, photography and illustration.
April 27th was when the launch for Alfonsina Romero's Closet Room collection of closets and accessories at Milan Luxury Home, in SoHo, took place.
On the weekend of May 3rd -5th, two very accomplished ceramicists, Alicia Benoist and Marsha Clark-Lind, displayed their beautiful wares for sale at the Adamah studio, which may be closing very soon, if the landlord has his way.
As the viewers can see for themselves, they are the high quality pieces one gets to admire at the most important Craft Shows.
Disregard the misleading caption in the photo above. This was not a "Ladies Who Lunch" get together. It was the 11th annual Women Who Care luncheon benefit for United Cerebral Palsy of New York City. It took place on May 3rd, at Cipriani 42nd Street.
On May 3rd at the Keyes Art Projects, located at 551 West 21st Street, 4th Floor, the 2012 exhibition of Daniel V. Anderson ("DVANDE") art work took place. It was a nice affair, with rather important people in the art world and the movie industry attending.
Officially, what took place on May 1, at 109 Norfolk street in the Lower East Side, one of the two trendiest art neighborhoods in the city, was a gallery opening, but the restricted guest list at the door, which made for a small and intimate crowd inside, composed of truly interesting, cultured people, made the exhibit of Before They Were Famous: Behind the Lens of William John Kennedy seem like a get together of old friends.
Owned by restaurant team George Guenancia and Gerard Blanes, who have had over 35 years of experience in the business from Paris to New York, Café Un Deux Trois is located half a block away from the constantly bustling Times Square, but one wouldn't know it from the quiet, intimate and relaxed atmosphere one immediately experiences upon crossing the threshold from a very inconspicuous entrance.


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NGO REPORT 2019: Call for Case Studies on Universal Health Care
Friday, July 26, 2019 by Admin Filed in: NGO Report
NGO Delegation to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
Call for Case Studies: Deadline for submission 9 August 2019 Extended!!! 23 August 2019
Deadline of submission is August 9, 2019 August 23, 2019. Please send submissions to pcb.ngo@gmail.com, cc malungopcb@gmail.com and bjeco.ngopcb@gmail.com
You may download the PDF version of this Call for Case Studies here.
Friday, July 19, 2019 by Admin Filed in: Communiqué
The NGO Delegation's Communique for the 44th UNAIDS PCB Meeting is already out. The Communique contains the following sections: Report of the Executive Director; Report of the Chair of the Committee of Cosponsoring Organisations; Report of the PCB working group to strengthen monitoring and evaluation role on zero tolerance against harassment, including sexual harassment, bullying and abuse of power at the UNAIDS secretariat; Update on strategic human resources issues; Unified Budget, Results, and Accountability Framework (UBRAF); Nomination of the next Executive Director of UNAIDS; Thematic Segment.
You may download a PDF version of the Communique (with photos from the PCB Meeting) here.
Jules Kim, Asia and the Pacific Delegate
With the shadow of the challenging 43rd Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) meeting in December 2018 fresh in our minds, there were significant concerns about what we could expect at the 44th PCB, which took place on June 25-27, 2019, in Geneva, Switzerland. Chaired by Mr. Xia Gang,Deputy Director-General of the National Health Commission of China,the 44th PCB was held at Starling Hotel and not at our usual venue, the WHO Executive Boardroom. A heatwave across western Europe meant we were anticipating scorchingly hot temperatures for the whole PCB week - an apt backdrop for the heated discussions expected throughout the PCB.
The June PCB has traditionally been the 'housekeeping' meeting for the administrative and governance aspects of the Joint Programme. But this was also the PCB where the selection of the new Executive Director would be discussed, as well as the Management Action Plan and Report of the Working Group of the Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) to strengthen the PCB's monitoring and evaluation role on zero tolerance against harassment, including sexual harassment, bullying and abuse of power at the UNAIDS Secretariat.
The agenda for the first two days was planned to run from 9 am to 9 pm with a third full day for the Thematic Segment on Delivering on SDG3: Strengthening and Integrating Comprehensive HIV Responses into Sustainable Health Systems for Universal Health Coverage.
Surprisingly, each day ended ahead of schedule, a likely result of China's chairing, which included traffic lights to remind PCB members and observers when to wrap up and end their interventions. A clear set of decision points were agreed upon on the floor of the PCB often ahead of the time allotted in the agenda.
The NGO Delegation held numerous side meetings with civil society, cosponsors and member states to discuss issues of concern, hear and raise important perspectives and manage potential areas of conflict. Importantly, the regional and global civil society calls prior to the PCB and debrief sessions with CS observers throughout provided an important opportunity for us to maintain a community-centered perspective to the key issues being presented.
There was vocalisation of support for collective action to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 by all present at the meeting. There was firm support for the importance of maintaining a strong and independent UNAIDS. And there was a clear sense that delays could not be afforded and that we needed to move forward in the 'housekeeping business' to enable progress to meet these goals.
AGENDA 1.3: REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Aditia Taslim, Asia and the Pacific Delegate
UNAIDS is currently at an important chapter in its existence, with the upcoming selection of a new Executive Director, the development of a new five-year strategy, and setting of new targets for 2025 and beyond. As the previous ED, Michel Sidibe, has left the organization, Gunilla Carlsson has taken the role of Executive Director, ad interim. Her role is to not only ensure a smooth transition, but also to facilitate a stronger UNAIDS through its Management Action Plan implementation and to regain the trust and confidence from the communities, partners, and Member States, particularly donor countries.
Gunilla's report delivered the message that AIDS is not yet over. Despite the achievements globally, progress remains uneven. Many countries are still lagging behind in reaching the 2020 targets. Low treatment coverage, rising new HIV infections, crisis in HIV prevention, stigma and discrimination continue becoming regular themes that are discussed at every meeting. It is clear that we are not doing enough and there is no room for complacency.
She further noted that in the era of shrinking space of civil society, the communities of people living with HIV and key populations continue to be attacked globally and at the country level. UNAIDS must continue to be the model through its Joint Programme, in putting people most affected at the center of the response, and remain relevant in transforming the HIV response, gaining the political support, and supporting community-led responses.
AGENDA 1.4: REPORT OF THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF COSPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS
Lucy Wanjiku Njenga, Africa Delegate
The 44thPCB was a meeting that I was happy to be part of. Compared to my initiation meeting in December 2018, I found this to be a more progressive atmosphere as we look forward to changing and achieving the UNAIDS we need. What would be great to see is greater and meaningful involvement of People Living with HIV in the work of the Cosponsors especially in countries to keep the important community organisation work going and to see fruits from the collaborations. Community organisations in the response, especially young women-led, are important partners that cannot be overlooked, yet, many are still struggling to survive. With UNFPA as the Chair of the Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (CCO) in the PCB for 2019, the ICPD 25 is also a pivotal arena for engagement. Taking place in November 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya, ICPD25 must take the voices of the community, especially young people, into consideration, and ensure that the next commitments made, and concrete actions taken, are with them, for them, and by them, and that accountability measures are in place.
What also struck me was when UNFPA Executive Director Ms. Natalia Kanem asked for a meeting with the NGO Delegation, to get our perspectives as representatives of civil society and communities. As the CCO is in process to recommend a candidate or candidates to the UN Secretary General for the UNAIDS Executive Director from among the five candidates identified, this was a reminder that our voices matter and why UNAIDS as a UN Joint Programme exists.
AGENDA 3: REPORT OF THE PCB WORKING GROUP TO STRENGTHEN MONITORING AND EVALUATION ROLE ON ZERO TOLERANCE AGAINST HARASSMENT, INCLUDING SEXUAL HARASSMENT, BULLYING AND ABUSE OF POWER AT THE UNAIDS SECRETARIAT
Alexander Pastoors, Europe Delegate
After the presentation of the Independent Expert Panel (IEP) report at the 43rd PCB meeting in December 2018, it was clear that both the working environment at the Secretariat in Geneva and the various regional and country offices of UNAIDS, as well as the public image and reputation of UNAIDS, were negatively impacted by the lack of appropriate senior management action to protect its staff from (sexual) harassment, bullying, and abuse of power. A working group was established to advise the PCB on how to strengthen its monitoring and evaluation role on all of the above-mentioned forms of misconduct at the Secretariat.
The working group, which included two representatives from the NGO Delegation, was very positive in its opinion about the revised management action plan (MAP) that the Secretariat made in order to eliminate all of these forms of misconduct. The PCB adopted the report and its recommendations to implement the MAP fully. Subsequently, the PCB decided to establish an independent evaluation office that reports directly to the PCB.
It could not, however, reach consensus on a number of issues that related directly to the oversight role of the PCB on human resources (HR) related issues. Although this agenda item seemed very internally focused for many civil society observers and very distant to the actual work of UNAIDS, at the core of this discussion lay very fundamental discussions among member states on how UNAIDS should function as a Joint Programme.
On the one hand, you have a number of member states who believe that better oversight by the PCB of human resources and the full implementation of the MAP is needed to avoid any of the recent crises from reoccurring. On the other hand, a number of member states believe that a new ED and fresh focus by the PCB will be sufficient. Member states also differed as to whether changing the PCB's oversight role in human resources requires going back to ECOSOC for a new resolution on UNAIDS.
The NGO Delegation has a strong position that going back to ECOSOC in this current global climate, where not only UNAIDS, but the United Nations as a whole is under threat, will weaken the Joint Programme and potentially lead to the loss of community and civil society space on the PCB. We believe that current governance mechanisms under the ECOSOC resolution are sufficient for the future, and that a middle way is possible where a better focus by PCB members and better HR reporting by the Secretariat can ensure the workplace staff's need to thrive and deliver.
AGENDA 4: UPDATE ON STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Millie Milton, Latin America and the Caribbean Delegate
A fit-for-all work-force is the ideal workplace that UNAIDS Secretariat is aiming to achieve. Human resource management involves both strategic and comprehensive approaches to managing people, as well as workplace culture and environment.The 25% reduction of staff not only negatively impacted on the smooth operation of the Secretariat, but also on the delivery of its programmes.
The NGO Delegation noted issues in the report such as the time for filling vacancies was too long and that the annual mobility exercise needed to be more specific in the reason or criteria used to promote staff. We also noted that there is no gender balance in staff employment, for instance, there was no mention of a transgender person being employed.
In terms of training, it is important for training needs to be identified and training in leadership to be increased. Face-to-face trainings are more impactful and should be explored more.
AGENDA 7: UNIFIED BUDGET, RESULTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK (UBRAF)
Andrew Spieldenner, North America Delegate
The Unified Budget, Results and Accountability Framework (UBRAF) is a cornerstone to the June PCB meeting, as it involves the performance and financial reporting for UNAIDS and the UN Cosponsors. The UBRAF reports were organized around three agenda items: performance, finances and budgeting. In each area, some member states were selected to highlight. The UBRAF was accepted with particular note of coordinating country-level work across UN agencies, encouraging donor governments to make multi-year contributions and to fulfill their 2018-19 commitments, and to look ahead to the next budgeting process.
The NGO Delegation delivered three interventions on UBRAF: 1) insisting that UNAIDS be more transparent with where the money is for civil society; 2) pay closer attention to the disparities between policy acceptance and policy implementation in policy indicators; and, 3) encourage country-level programs to focus on harm reduction and human rights approaches.
Across these interventions, we noted that country envelopes were not developed with meaningful input from key population networks, as well as advocates for women and girls. We cautioned UNAIDS to take into account political landscapes in country envelopes and country transition plans, as those of us who are marginalized and criminalized are most likely to be overlooked. Furthermore, it is also equally important for the communities to reach out to their respective UNAIDS country office and demand the space in decision-making process. A detailed-list of countries receiving country envelope allocation can be found here (p.7-8).
AGENDA 8: NOMINATION OF THE NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNAIDS
Jonathan Gunthorp, Africa Delegate
At a critical time in the HIV response, when the future of the Joint Programme is being debated in global health architecture, who leads UNAIDS is crucial to the success of the global AIDS response.
For the last few months, a process has been underway to select the next UNAIDS Executive Director. Following the precedent of the last ED selection in 2008, a Search Committee was constituted by the PCB made up of five member states, four co-sponsors, and the two NGO Delegation members who sit in the PCB Bureau. A world-wide search was held focusing on all regions and involving both applications, as well as head-hunting. Because of the confidentiality of a high-profile recruitment such as this, the whole Search Committee had to sign non-disclosure agreements. That meant the two NGO delegates had to operate in an unusual way for civil society; without any ability to consult or report back, even within the NGO Delegation. Nevertheless, they took the values and principles of civil society into PCB discussions that ended with the search criteria and the search process, itself.
After a rigorous process involving short-listing, interviews by the Committee, and discussion at the PCB, the Committee recommended five candidates to the Co-sponsors in the last week of June. Co-sponsors will interview all five candidates in July and recommend one or more names to the UN Secretary General who will then appoint a new ED.
As mentioned during the PCB Special Session in March 2019, the NGO Delegation re-emphasized the value of having someone from the global South to lead such an important movement, given that this is where majority of people living with and affected by HIV come from. We look forward to working with a new ED who will strengthen UNAIDS and steer the global response with and for key populations and all those affected by HIV.
AGENDA 9: THEMATIC SEGMENT
Wangari Tharao, North America Delegate
Held on June 27th, 2019, the 44thThematic Segment aimed to examine ways in which the HIV response could leverage the potential benefits of UHC, while avoiding any potential pitfalls and optimizing on the successes and lessons learnt through the HIV and AIDS response. Keynote speeches were delivered by Rico Gustav, Executive Director of GNP+ and Ambassador Cleopa Mailu of Kenya. They provided insights on opportunities and challenges that have to be navigated and possible ways forward to ensure UHC incorporates relevant SDGs and comprehensive approaches to HIV. This was followed by three panels focusing on: HIV focused programmes which have evolved into integrated platforms for comprehensive health services; achievements and challenges in providing comprehensive, inclusive and non-discriminatory services, including HIV services integrated within broader health services including those targeted to key populations; and financing mechanisms and governance issues in the move to UHC.
In the discussion, it became clear that there was an uneven inclusion of HIV key populations and holistic HIV wraparound services. In terms of key populations, the meaningful inclusion of sex workers, people who use drugs, trans communities, gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men, and people living with HIV has been a key part and unique to the HIV response, including shaping policies. Beyond HIV treatment, HIV services have included HIV prevention, sexual and reproductive health and rights, harm reduction, mental health and legal advocacy. The NGO Delegation is concerned with UHC moving forward without including both key populations and holistic HIV wraparound services.
Throughout the day, tough questions were raised ranging from: How universal will UHC be? What will be the essential packages, how and who will design them? How will social enablers be integrated? What about sexual and reproductive health and rights? How accessible will these services be for key populations? What mechanisms will be instituted to ensure the right to access for all? What mechanisms will be used to ensure civil society and key populations are part of the UHC governance? Specific proposals and solutions were discussed and interventions from the floor highlighted gaps and other solutions that needed to be considered.
The NGO Delegation, along with civil society speakers and Thematic Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) developed the following key messages:
Attention is focused on putting "the last mile first" to facilitate inclusion of all key populations, particularly those that are criminalized and supporting translation of "leaving no one behind" into reality.
Proposed actions protect the gains already made in the HIV response through support of comprehensive, people-centered and expanded health systems that are inclusive of community-led responses with allocated financial resources to support them.
Any actions on UHC utilizes a rights-based approached, is grounded in equity, determinants of health and sexual and reproductive health and rights, particularly in relation to key populations.
Affected communities play a vital leadership role in the move to UHC, with opportunities to shape plans, packages and fiscal mechanisms leading to and in the rollout of UHC.
The NGO Delegation plans to continue pushing these messages to influence any discussions prior and during the High Level Meeting (HLM) on UHC to be held in New York in September 2019. Mindful that negotiations on the draft Declaration is in progress, we have also adopted the UHC Statement by Civil Society released in April 2019 as part of the preparatory advocacy activities for the HLM.
A report of the Thematic will be tabled at the December PCB meeting and Decision Points (DPs) will be negotiated and adapted.


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Jan 31, 2016 Jan 31, 2016 LordCanisLupus
I'd like to thank Sean B, aka The Great Bucko, for his excellent post and all of you who contributed to the discussion. Sean even got some old faces back! Really pleased it went down so well. I'm not sure a post coming up linking events of yesterday together is going to work, but that's the joy of this. More importantly, anyone noticing the new photos on the Header?
I write this blog, in conjunction with my co-editor and guest posters, as a personal record of both my attitudes to the sport and also to the developments within the game. It is also here to reflect a little on what is going on with me (other writers can feel free to do the same) and events related to the blog that I experience.
Yesterday there came news that Giles Clarke would have to resign his role at the ECB in order to complete the end game of his master plan for world domination. I was reading an old edition of The Wisden Cricketer which contained the news of Clarke's appointment. It was not without rancour. He went up against Surrey's Michael Soper and the initial election finished 9 votes each. When it was re-run, Soper was bitter that three people who said they would vote for him turned and voted for Clarke. I wonder if those three would want those votes back right now! Of course, within a year of this election we'd be going through Sanford and all that and Teflon Giles was born.
Reading yesterday's news was interesting. India are clearly changing the rules of the game just as the prize is at hand. The machinations that came about from the so-called stepping down from the head of the ECB last year look to be in jeopardy. A view from a source I speak to said that Clarke knew he would lose, Graves knew he would win, but both knew it would be a bloodbath to get to that spot. The messy compromise was that Graves knew next to nothing about the international organisational foibles, and that if he stepped down he would take that part of the job on – unpaid of course – while Graves could be the new man at the helm. This was, of course, very true. Clarke knew the then head honcho of Indian cricket extremely well. He was there to be Srini's partner, and a new man might not have the chops to take the situation as it was. We should be grateful for the man's foresight and equanimity.
Of course, this means some interesting organisation watching coming up. Clarke is going to gauge if he is going to win. If he thinks it is hopeless, then he'll not put himself forward and keep his nice position at the ECB. If he does think he'll win, he'll resign (but probably as late in the piece as he can) but one thinks he needs India on side first and foremost and I don't think many people know which way things are going. There are promising noises about ending the big three stitch up, but I'll believe that when I see it. The U19 World Cup is proving, in a small way, the nonsense of the World Cup carve up.
The fact is though, with poor ticket sales on first viewing, for this year's test cricket in England, the need for the big three revenue (we include South Africa who have been a big attraction over here) remains. In their own annual report they talk of the four year cycle. That revenue from tests is almost taken for granted by our authorities. The support of the England paying public will provide the revenue for the national game, and our prominence world wide should be rewarded on the global stage.
Sean's piece on Friday night, and as I mentioned in Schism last weekend, emphasises that despite our despair at the ECB we still love the sport. But is that love taken for granted and would people walk away from the game if it became too much. Maybe yesterday for me proved that you can. DeNiro's character in Heat comes up with that line about never getting involved in something/someone you couldn't leave in 30 seconds. It's not quite like that, but when the split is made, it's hard to get back.
I was a football fan. Absolutely besotted by it for over three decades of my life. As soon as I got on a payroll, it was used to watch football. I went home and away. I've been to most grounds in the country, many of them no longer with us, including my team's old home ground in 1993. I had the same seat in the new stadium from its opening until 2013. There were great highs – seeing my team run out against the great Liverpool team of the mid-to-late 80s and take the lead at Anfield would be one – and awful lows (Stern John, riot) but it was a story of life. We produced top talent and it was sold on, as the laws of economics dictate. But it was fun. It was really brilliant. It didn't matter if we were on the up, or on the way down, I went. During that time I could never envisage packing it in.
I packed in my season ticket for a number of reasons. The traffic getting to the game was a nightmare. My brother, who went with me, had four kids and it took a fair bit of cash out of his pocket (and although he wouldn't want me to use that as an excuse, it was a part of the decision). It wasn't expensive but what we weren't getting was entertainment at all. It was defensive, boring crap, played with a large coterie of transient footballers getting an end of career payday or loanees, and without that one thing any club needs. Hope. We were defeatists. Not for us Bournemouth… we didn't have the nous for that. And no, I don't quit on clubs not playing well, I quit because it was becoming an ordeal. I didn't enjoy it.
I went to my team's home game yesterday. Since I gave up my season ticket in 2013, I've returned to the ground once. My mate had a ticket for £5 and so, for reasons I still can't quite fathom, I went (well, good to see some old mates was the best one). I found it sad. It's the same old sport. Same old team walk-out of the tunnel. Same ground. Same turgid football, but I found it bereft of hope. 90 minutes dragged. I'd lost the connection to the team and it was never going to return. I still follow all their results, but it's not got my emotional investment any more. I don't think it ever could. Ironically, as I'm writing this Cristiano Ronaldo has just scored an amazing goal for Real Madrid, and they are hammering one of the cannon fodder in that league. It's fine if you like these teams, the top ones, but the rest exist just to provide the entertainment for the show. If the understudies get too good, the big ones just nick their top players. There is no connection with clubs.
So could that happen to me with cricket? Well, I've taken an initial step and stopped getting test tickets for England matches at the Oval. We've been down that road before. The county game is still great fun if you get the right day. I can't be arsed with T20s. But there's the international game, and this blog, that keep me going. I have a Sky subscription for the cricket and NFL – I can take or leave the football – and now they have all the Majors, the golf. BTSport cover my baseball and basketball fandom. I can take or leave tennis, and darts and pretty much all else. International football perhaps would be an influence if it wasn't on terrestrial.
But let's face it. There's no Brian Laras out there. Not really. While there is a lot of pomp and circumstance over the Big 4 batting titans (Kohli, Smith, Williamson and Root), there's massive appreciation but for many reasons, not that certain something that gets you out of your seat. Well, my seat. Like it or not, KP had it. AB has it when he's on form. I was checking some old photos yesterday and came across loads of a Hashim Amla masterclass against Middlesex on a rampant bunsen, and that resonates. It may be the blog, it may be the ECB, it is probably me. That connection, while still strong, isn't unbreakable.
I've tried to steer away from the debates we've had this week on here, and reflect what yesterday meant to me – that's what blogs are for, and I don't pretend that I represent anyone other than me. But I do believe that an all consuming passion can burn out if care is not taken to preserve what creates that passion. There are still great things I love about this game, and just how much I do will be tested to the utmost in the not too distant future. Cricket is at the crossroads internationally and utmost care needs to be taken. We may see one of the main sores cured if Clarke doesn't get to his dream job and the ECB is free from his influence. I don't think it will happen. For the world game, and the future of many us who support cricketers from everywhere, this might be the best thing. It might.
Have a great week, and we'll be in touch!
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man in a barrel Jan 31, 2016 / 8:52 pm
I left cricket when Gooch got rid of Gower. I did not connect again until about 1997. Then I worked abroad and coverage was difficult but at least England put up a fight against Australia, until 2003, when they reverted to picking crocks. I have been through ups and downs.
I do not appreciate bring told that a match win redeems the losing characteristics of the worst captain I have ever seen. Look up The Hon Lionel Jackson's stats in the 1905 Ashes. Top of the bowling and batting averages.
While you are about that, look up the card of the match against West Indies at Headingley 1976. A man much reviled by the British establishment came damned close to winning that match off his own bat, with help from Alan Knott and a great bowling performance from Snow, Willis and Selfy. Greig was the precursor of KP. He still remains my hero for the way he spanked Roberts, Holding etc round the park. When Cook does something like that, ask me to worship him.
thelegglance Jan 31, 2016 / 9:59 pm
That it took the TCCB and ECB 30 years to so much as acknowledge Greig's existence is utterly shameful. Remember, this is the organisation that happily re-integrated those who turned their back on England to play in apartheid South Africa.
Mark Jan 31, 2016 / 10:19 pm
I remember him giving a great interview, I think it was Sky a few years before he died. He talked about that period, and how he was treated by the English establishmemt. His daughter was uninvited from friends parties because of what her dad did. How fucking cowardly is that?
He also pointed out that his father, who I believe was from Scottish heritage had fought for this country in WW 2. He didn't neeed lectures from the so called jumped up professional little Englanders.
Once again the England cricket Authorities hated the idea of anything that would bring more money for some players. Cricket has always had this bizzare double world which is very conservative yet requires quite a strong player power trade union.
SimonH Feb 1, 2016 / 9:28 am
Apologies for the pedantry MIAB, but Selfy didn't play in that Headingley Test – Alan Ward was the third seamer. It was a great match and is well-served on Youtube.
I wonder what was Greig's greatest innings for England? He had a century in India, on a difficult pitch and with a high fever, that effectively won the game that Selfy raves about. NZ almost certainly would have beaten England at TB in 1973 but for his 139 – and he took seven wickets as well. But his best has to be the 110 at the Gabba against Lillee and Thomo in 74/75. Unbelievable chutzpah and guts to goad them into losing their discipline as he did in that innings. The next highest England score was 48. The great Robelinda2 has it on YT.
One thing not often recalled about Greig was that it was he who spotted Brearley. Greig pushed for Brearley as his v/c on the 76/77 India tour when Brearley had only played two Tests and his county captaincy record at that time wasn't that outstanding.
Something else I only recently discovered about Greig was that he was Kerry Packer's ambassador who signed up the West Indies to WSC. Given how the West Indies' players felt about the WICB, that was the definition of pushing at an open door.
Mark Jan 31, 2016 / 9:46 pm
Interesting observations Dmitri. My love for the game has waned, and so to football. Giles Clark is like the people who took over football. People like David Dien at Arsenal. They wanted a financial model, based on who had the most money. I saw him interviewed once before the start up of the Premiership, he was contemptious of the idea of sharing out the Money with lower level teams. It's socialist he said. Now Arsenal aren't doing to bad these days, but I did chuckle to myself when a billionaire took over Chelsea and Man City. To listen to Wenger moan about "financial doping" is priceless. Arsenal were fine with being the biggest shark in the pool when they had their chance. Nothing funnier than capitalists whinging about capitalism.
(By the way, if the likes of Leicester and Palace, and Watford keep bing competitive expect the big premiership teams to break away again, and sell their TV rights individually. Good luck to Watford trying to sell your TV rights on your own. Modern sport has become like all other capitalist enterprises. If you can't beat the opposition fairly on the playing field, you use your financial power to screw your competitors. The aim of the big clubs in football or cricket is to eliminate the completion.)
I watch a lot of individual sports these days. Golf, tennis, and so forth. What I enjoy is the lack of the ludicrous coach/manager worshipping by the media. There is no team selection or team politics. No bizzare theories about why a player has been dropped. Also, you don't get the idiocy of ………" they didn't sing the national anthem loud enough so they are not motivated " clap trap. Andy Murray lost this morning because he want good enough. Not because of a referee or an umpire or the coaches half time team talk. A figure like KP stands or falls on merit, and not because of Pygmy like morons who decide if he should play or not. There is alot to be said for it.
LordCanisLupus Feb 1, 2016 / 9:12 am
Highly recommend Simon Barnes's article in The Spectator (linked on KP's twitter feed which is ironic given Barnes has a go at show offs and T20). It nails the connectivity point I was trying to make. His bit on sport as entertainment is spot on.
SimonH Feb 1, 2016 / 10:19 am
Sean Ingle has written another excellent piece on sports' governance in the Guardian (just about their only ATL sports' writer there worth reading at the moment).
He also recommends the Barnes article.
Mark Feb 1, 2016 / 6:06 pm
I have just read that piece, it's good.
Sport is becoming just entertainment for entertainment sake. Sponsors will decide how Man U play. Sport is now just another vehicle to sell product. Nothing more, nothing less. If it doesn't sell product it's not wanted by the elites running it.
man in a barrel Jan 31, 2016 / 10:01 pm
How many people did Andy and Jamie have in their entourage.?
Yes, But they can't drop Andy or Jamie. They can't say he was looking out of the window at the wrong time.
Andy and Jamie employ the entourage, not the other way round. And once the match starts there is nothing they can do. No half time team talks or substitutes. If it doesn't work Andy gets the blame. It's up to him if he wants to Fire the coach.
My point exactly, Mark. If the captain does not know how to play, he should not be captain. Greig knew his limitatyions, so he got shrewd guys around him to help him.. For chef, that would be an act of weakness. But everyone knows how weak he is.
"IronBalls" McGinty Feb 1, 2016 / 11:12 am
There you go…you see…all you doubters and cynics having a go at poor old Giles and he's just today magnanimously announced how delighted he is to partner the BBC and allow them to show highlights of all ICC events in the interests of FTA access to cricket??
It's a start I suppose?? Pardon me for wanting to be sick in a bucket though!!
LordCanisLupus Feb 1, 2016 / 11:54 am
On a digital platform. Not on TV. This sounds like a YouTube clip package, like Sun Goals or whatever it is. Hardly a game changer.
Arron Wright Feb 1, 2016 / 12:00 pm
The Guardian have decided to headline their cricket page with it, though.
Having completely ignored the Clarke/ICC situation all weekend.
Doubtless a horse's mouth phone transcript is on the way soon.
SimonH Feb 1, 2016 / 12:01 pm
The best bit about it is the six-minutes-per-hour-of-play rule so that would work, I think, at about 40 minutes for an ODI.
The longest Clarke quote I can find so one can wallow in its full glory:
"The ICC is delighted to partner with BBC Sport in the United Kingdom, which is widely respected and followed due to its ability and resources to produce high-quality cricket content.
"As the United Kingdom will be host to three important ICC Events between 2017 and 2019, this deal confirms the ICC's enthusiasm and commitment to take its events to all its fans irrespective of where they are in the United Kingdom and how they are following these tournaments.
"I have no doubts that this partnership will take cricket coverage to a completely new level and will benefit both the ICC as well as the BBC, with cricket being the ultimate winner."
I don't mean this in a literal sense, regarding predilections.
But in the sense of being completely untouchable and utterly shameless, Giles Clarke has always put me in mind of this man:
Benny Feb 1, 2016 / 3:13 pm
Interesting to see what happens though. I saw a clip recently that said today's youth watch stuff on ipads, phones etc more than on TV
LordCanisLupus Feb 1, 2016 / 3:37 pm
Yeah. They watch Netflix. I've got a couple of people in my office who say they don't have TVs. They also don't give two hoots about sport. So not a great example.
They were wrong about Flower.
They were wrong about Downton.
They were wrong about Moores
They were wrong about Cook as ODI captain
They were wrong anout making the game invisible to the public.
They were wrong about the big 3
They were wrong about just about everything………
Be nice if they were a bit more humble about it instead of trying to claim they are bloody geniuses.
I love the way they blank out any of the big issues for months, and then run it as a headline when there is change. Talk about treating your readers as morons.
Huge straw man argument online about the BBC rights being great news because they won't be cutting into prime time schedules (which will be the only thing that satisfies "some people ".
Modern media is different. I'm not daft. But this isn't the England team, it's the ICC and these rights aren't worth much. There's actually no reason why the ICC can't do this themselves.
It's a start. But we have cricketinggifs already! This is not highlights, on TV, at a time they might be watched.
Sure it's small beer. But the people who are making this sound a big deal are the same ones who said keeping all coverage behind a paywall was not a big issue,and we should get over it.
They can't get their stories straight.
True. But also some are selling it as we should be grateful. As the best we can hope for. That's twaddle.
Nicholas Feb 1, 2016 / 7:07 pm
Yep – these are online clip rights. TV highlights rights have yet to be tendered. But this is more than we have ever had before, so it is better than nothing. I'd expect TV highlights of the 2019 World Cup (probably on the BBC, now they've done this deal and have a foot in the door with the ICC) but no other tournaments. But, look, people like me who don't subscribe to Sky previously had no access to ICC events. A 10 or 15 minute highlights edit of an ODI is better than nothing. A lot better than nothing.
Good old Giles Clarke, though – the BBC are "widely respected" now, are they? Back in 2008, you said that they had misplaced priorities. Whenever the face fits, eh, Giles?!
Nicholas,
Yes. It is a decent step change for ICC competitions, and the scope of the coverage is not that clear. Yes it is better than nothing, but the ICC / BBC do need to up their game a bit when it comes to the provision of video clips. Hope this works.
Your points on Clarke are valid of course.
Nicholas Feb 1, 2016 / 10:52 pm
Of course, Dmitri – I'd love to see proper FTA cricket coverage again, and have been fighting the good fight for years. But the realist in me likes to see any small victory we can, and this is undoubtedly a small victory for those of us FTA-ers. You're right – the ICC definitely to sort themselves out when it comes to social media prominence etc. I think that BBC Sport do social media well these days, so *if* they are allowed to share these clips natively via Twitter and Facebook, we are onto a winner, I think, when it comes to a greater prominence of cricket clips across social media. Even if they can't share them natively, the (distinctly) second-best option of them linking to their website is still better than not having the clips at all. I completely get where you are coming from, but I think that this deal is A Good Thing – but would love, love, love, to see far more movement towards FTA. Hang on, – is that a flying pig I can see in the distance…?!
Peter Miller on associate nations and the U19 WC:
http://www.firstpost.com/sports/u-19-world-cup-no-end-to-fight-for-associate-nations-despite-their-success-stories-2606462.html
SimonH Feb 1, 2016 / 3:00 pm
Raise those hopes another notch –
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/12134032/Giles-Clarke-dealt-blow-in-bid-to-become-ICC-chairman.html
Dead in the water if it's not a stitch up.
pktroll (@pktroll) Feb 1, 2016 / 3:09 pm
With SA and Aus not voting for him I'd be majorly surprised if the rest of the non Big 3 ICC membership would happily vote for him. It just wouldn't make sense.
Damn. Does this mean we're stuck with him?
Sherwick Feb 1, 2016 / 4:03 pm
F***.
"The decision by Australia is a huge blow for Clarke for they were allies during the restructuring of the ICC two years ago which put more power and money in the hands of India, England and Australia."
One day, Clarke will get his just desserts.
Any news on the Guardian site
Not a sausage
Ian Jones Feb 1, 2016 / 3:15 pm
It's been a very long time since I have commented anywhere on cricket for pretty much the same reasons that Dmitri listed for leaving football.
I'm quite angry about the fact that cricket has driven me away. It has been a lifelong passion and I cared deeply for the game. It took a couple of years but I'm afraid I can no longer stomach it.
The endless parade of meaningless two game test series.
The endless parade of Aus. Eng Ind. series
The endless lies about the integrity of the administrations in cricket. Integrity, Ha!
The endless meaningless one day series
The total mindlessness that is T20
Aahgh! it's endless
The only thing that I miss about cricket are these blogs and the people who populate them. I miss their wit and sagacity, their knowledge and their honesty but that's all I miss.
I clicked on this story today just to see who was still around and it is capricious luck that the subject matter resonated so deeply with me that I have been inveigled to comment on any cricket related matter for many months.
Damn you Dmitri.
Ah well it's nice to read something from you and to see some of the old crowd still carrying the torch. I can't imagine that I will reacquire the passion for the game again but I'd like to say to all those that made the commentary of these pages and the TFT and the Graun so interesting thank you very much.
Thanks Ian for your kind words. Good to see you still around.
Good to hear from you and hope you are well Ian. Who is going to tell me off for having a go at Michael Clarke now?
Yours is a great example of what happens if loyalty is pushed too far. If devotion is taken for granted and only to be monetised. The devotees may not be replaced. Until people open their eyes it will happen.
Come back soon mate. We love a great moan here. It's what I do!
northernlight71 Feb 1, 2016 / 6:27 pm
You are much missed on several fronts, Ian. But I completely understand your disillusionment and your decision to try not to let any of it get to you any more.
ianrsa Feb 1, 2016 / 9:25 pm
Hey mate,
good to see you. Yes I miss quite a few of the posters like yourself and it grieves me that I just can't seem to muster an interest in the game any more.
Arron Wright Feb 1, 2016 / 9:27 pm
IanRSA! It's a toss-up between you and Fred66 as to who I miss more.
I thought about you over the weekend, as I happened to re-read this shitheap just after its second anniversary.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/jan/26/india-icc-proposal-ecb-cricket-australia
The comments were good though. Alas, just as the sceptical voices have largely moved away, marginalised and weary, so it seems that new posters tend to follow the wctt model. That mainly consists of shouting down the long-standing, justifiably cynical posters and exhorting everyone to get behind the team and not be so beastly to you-know-who.
The G is now a sort of halfway house between the West Cork remedial offenders institution, and a party where gatecrashers turn up to mock and scorn people who have been enjoying themselves all night. You're better off out of it.
ianrsa Feb 2, 2016 / 9:24 am
Arron! Probably the voice I miss the most. I wish you commented on politics in the G. as I would see you there.
I have just skimmed that article and the comments and what struck me was the way the racist card was one of the first go to defences for a couple of the Indian commenter's. Pretty unsavoury.
I got so tired of the G especially the comments because of the scarcity of sceptical and thinking commenter's. In the end it became an echo chamber with the loudest voices dominating. No thought to reasoned argument or contrary positions just sniping and shouting down.
I do miss the core group of thoughtful people, yourself, Fred66, Clive, Northern lights and the dozen or so others that made it worthwhile reading the comments there.
I hope that you are well and if you ever contemplate a trip to the Dark Continent get in touch (Dmitri has my email) there is always a spare room and a bottle of wine here.
Hello. Apologies for the delay in responding. That is awfully kind of you, thanks. Bit too much going on at the moment to contemplate exotic holidays, but I will always bear it in mind. Incidentally, I have never left my home continent – I have travelled no further north than Bergen, no further west than Lisbon, and no further south or east than Olympos and Cappadocia in Turkey, respectively. Doesn't help that I'm s**t-scared of flying, I suppose!
I hope we will hear more from you in the near future.
Arron aka NOC


text:
Q: "He broke out in a grin"
Her face broke out in a grin as she nodded, her ponytail swinging. (source)
Lee broke out in a grin and went on. (source)
Wondering what the jocularity was about, Matsuzaka finally noticed the bubble as it fell off his hat and he broke out in a grin. (source)

I have seen "break out in a grin" in several places. The closest entry in dictionaries is

(of a person or a part of their body) be suddenly affected by an unpleasant sensation or condition.
"something had caused him to break out in a rash"

My understanding is "He broke out in a grin" means something like "His face broke into a grin". Is that correct? Besides "grin", what are some other words that can be used in this expression?

A: The meaning is explained by this definition of the phrasal verb 'break into' from M-WD.

break into
1 : to begin with or as if with a sudden throwing off of restraint
Examples. broke into tears; face breaking into a smile; the horse breaks into a gallop

'Break out in' is just an alternative way of saying 'break into'.


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