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Gender imbalance in the workplace
Posted by Apprenticeships in Scotland | 1st July 2015 | Across Scotland, Apprenticeship News, Uncategorized
Statistics show that engineering jobs, degrees and apprenticeships are predominantly dominated by men.
In Scotland alone, less than 3.2% of all apprenticeships carrying out engineering roles were taken by women.
However, bucking that trend is global gas turbines specialist Score Energy. Score takes on an average of 50-70 apprentices a year.
Through a formal interview process, Score Energy will select several candidates from, what can be, a large number of keen interviewees – both male and female, with around 30% of the final intake being women.
One young woman, who has just completed her six-year apprenticeship working with the award-winning specialist, is Laura.
The 24-year-old apprentice mechanical engineer chose to work with Score Energy because she was intrigued by gas generators and wanted to learn about the workings.
The Longside resident said: "I wanted to make a career for myself. By doing an apprenticeship I knew I would gain on-the-job experience and training while also being able to further my education with the possibility of going to university if I choose to. I prefer the hands-on approach.
"At Score Energy I am treated like one of the team, not a woman in the workshop – and I like that. I believe that times are changing and there are still more males working in the engineering sector.
However, female percentage is on its way up – certainly at Score Energy – and just because we are female does not make us any less important or able – in fact in some cases it makes us stronger as I feel I have to go that bit further to prove our worth."
Working alongside Laura is Christine, another apprentice mechanical engineer.
The 18-year-old is in her second year of a six-year apprenticeship and said the opportunities are endless within the company.
The St Fergus resident said: "I love creating, building and manufacturing things. I love that I can do all of these things in my job and more. Growing up on a farm, I helped my dad all the time with fixing and maintaining things.
"When I first walked through the workshop, I remember thinking it was daunting. However, having spent almost two years at Score Energy, I feel like part of the team. I'm approached and spoken to like anyone else, man or woman."
Another member of the well-integrated team is Emma. The 20-year-old apprentice engineer actually started her career in the office at Score Energy before moving into the workshop.
She said: "Having previously started my career in the Score Energy office, I had become familiar with the components coming in for overhaul and wanted to learn more about the practical side of things, in particular the industrial turbines.
"Once I started I realised I felt more comfortable working with more intricate components. It's been an interesting journey but I really enjoy working with everyone and I hope to specialise in one of the technologies at some point."
Bruce Buchan, operations director, said he was delighted with the progress of the apprentices in the workshop and believes that, at Score Energy, there is no gender divide.
He said: "At Score Energy we are happy to help and encourage our young apprentices to develop their skills in a controlled hands-on environment. We coach each one through a six-year period in a theoretical sense and a practical one.
"Regardless of gender, Score Energy is particularly invested in helping educate the next generation through our scheme and also in life skills. The women we employ are accepted into the Score family and are equal members of the team."
Source: The Press and Journal


1. Respect the world as beautiful and love it (Life is a web and if we destroy any part of it we are destroying life itself).
4. Love your physical self (the more you dwell on what you hate about yourself, the more that part expands).
5. Cultivate and have trust in yourself, your will, and your determination.
6. Learn to be a living example to yourself.


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Europe's corruption watchdog 'deeply concerned' over Romania reforms
By Chris Harris • last updated: 11/04/2018
Europe's corruption watchdog is urging Romania to abandon moves that critics say will bring its judges under political control.
Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) has also criticised moves to decriminalise some graft offences and called for more safeguards around government influence over the hiring and firing of prosecutors.
In a report published on Wednesday (April 11) GRECO — the Council of Europe's anti-corruption body — says it is deeply concerned about Romania's recent reforms.
It comes after more than a year of regular anti-government demonstrations in Bucharest and other Romanian cities.
Protesters say moves by the ruling Social Democrats (PSD) weaken the country's fight against corruption.
Romania's justice overhaul
Senators in Romania approved a controversial overhaul of the justice system in December last year, sparking more protests.
The legislation changes the process of appointing chief prosecutors and sets up a special unit to probe crimes committed by magistrates.
GRECO has called for Romania to abandon the magistrates' investigation unit and said it has not seen convincing evidence to support its existence.
Its report added: "There are also fears that this section could easily be misused to remove cases handled by the specialised prosecution offices or interfere in sensitive high-profile cases."
Hiring and firing of prosecutors
Romania's justice minister, Tudorel Toader, sparked controversy in February when he called for the resignation of Romania's chief prosecutor, Laura Kovesi.
Kovesi heads up the DNA — the country's anti-corruption agency — that has been praised for its progress in tackling graft in one of the EU's most corrupt countries.
But Toader said at a news conference that Kovesi had acted against parliament's authority and constitutional court rulings.
"Our report also takes note of the controversial process to dismiss the head of the specialised anti-corruption prosecutor's office (DNA), initiated in February 2018, and it reiterates its call for additional safeguards in relation to appointments and dismissal procedures for senior prosecutors by the executive branch of power," said GRECO in a press statement.
Decriminalising corruption
There are also draft laws being discussed in Romania that critics say could decriminalise some corruption offences, including abuse of office, which is defined as officials not doing their jobs properly and causing damage.
The proposed legislation is similar to an emergency decree issued by the government in January 2017 that sparked huge protests in Bucharest.
GRECO said: "The report criticises a series of draft laws initiated in the Senate on 21 December 2017 which would considerably weaken the incrimination of various corruption-related offences.
"For example bribery and trading in influence would not anymore apply to elected officials and with regard to the abuse of office offence the amendments would completely decriminalise all acts committed in relation to damages up to 200,000 euros."
What does Romania say?
Euronews asked Romania's government to comment on the criticism in GRECO's report but it had not responded at the time of publication.
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Le comté de Wayne est un comté de l'État du Kentucky, aux États-Unis. Son siège se situe à Monticello.

Histoire
Fondé le , à la suite de la partition des comtés de Pulaski et Cumberland. Le comté a été nommé d'après le général Anthony Wayne.

Lien externe

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Swansea City's young players have got into the spirit of giving back this Christmas by donating gifts through Mr X.
The appeal, which has run for over 50 years, encourages people from the local community to donate Christmas gifts to families who are less fortunate.
Players from both Swansea's under-23 and under-18 squads donated over 100 gifts, including toys and games, which will be distributed to girls and boys in the local area by child support agencies.
Under-23s goalkeeper Gregor Zabret was just one of those who donated, "We have all contributed to the appeal once again this year.
"It means that children less fortunate somewhere in Swansea will have a present to open this Christmas which I think is very important.
Defender Brandon Cooper added, "This is the third year we have been taking part in this project and it is a privilege to be a part of.
"We want to help those less fortunate and do as much as we can for other people who need it. It is huge for us because we are in a privileged environment, so it is good to give something back.
Thousands of gifts donated to the Mr X appeal will be distributed to families this Christmas Day.
Support worker for Swansea's social services, Rebecca Hughes says the Swans' gifts will help put smiles on the faces of local children.
"For the players to donate gifts once again this Christmas is fantastic," she said.
"It is a really good thing they are doing. It will bring a number of young children joy and, for some, more than they would have dreamed of.


Living off the blood of the people: This is a mortal sin.
Francis has said less about the specific issue of health care, although he sometimes attaches the issue to concerns about struggling families. Earlier this year, Francis lamented in an exhortation that so many poor families work meager jobs that force them to live without adequate health coverage. Francis' comments also come just hours after the Archdiocese of Chicago announced it is rolling out a new parental leave policy for 7,000 eligible church employees, offering mother and fathers three months paid leave, plus three more months without pay.
Other aspects of health care have proven to be sources of division for U.S. Catholics, however. In 2010, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops — which has long supported health care reform — officially opposed President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA), citing concerns about the bill's contraception mandate. But a consortium of American Catholic nuns quickly came out in support of the bill, saying expanded health care coverage is in line with the Catholic Church's "pro-life" agenda.


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Joseph Feilden
Profile & Legacies Summary
28th Feb 1792 - 29th Aug 1870
Claimant or beneficiary
Joseph Feilden of Witton House (given in Parliamentary Papers as Joseph Fielden), awarded half of a moiety of the compensation for Spring Vale and Green Park esates in Jamaica, for which the claim was originally by Eleanora Atherton and her brother-in-law Richard Willis: Feilden was trustee of the latter, who was his first cousin.
Trustee (originally with Robert Dalrymple of Manchester Square) of marriage settlement in 1819 of Lucy Atherton and Richard Willis junr., of Hal[s]nead. Eleonora and Lucy Atherton, both of Great James St in the parish of St Andrews Holborn, are described as the co-heiresses of Henry Atherton.
Son of Henry Feilden of Witton, born 28/02/1792; married Frances Mary daughter of Rev. Streynsham Master rector of Croston June 1817; magistrate and DL; High Sheriff 1818. The Feildens were linked by marriage to the Willis family: Joseph Feilden's aunt Cicely m. Richard Willis of Halsnead.
MP for Blackburn 1865-9; married Fanny, daughter of William Hill of Blythe Hall near Ormskirk; left £100,000. The will of Joseph Feilden of Witton dated 08/04/1819 lodged at the Lancashire Archives and shown on TNA's site appears to be an early will that was later superseded.
One of Feilden's sons, Randle Joseph (1824-19 May 1895), army officer, businessman and politician, was Conservative MP for Lancashire Northern, 1880-1885, and Chorley (1885-1895). Strongly in favour of Conservative opposition to Home Rule for Ireland; favoured repeal of the Indian cotton duties.
T71/873 St James No. 393A-C; T71/874 Trelawney No. 539A-C.
Lancashire Record Office Shuttleworth, Dallas and Cromblehome Solicitors of PrestonDDCM 2/209 16 July 1819 - DDCM 2/225 23 Apr. 1841, consulted at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=055-ddcm&cid=-1#-1 [accessed 12/12/2010].
Burke's 'A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain' Volume 2 1836 pp. 444-5 Feilden of Witton.
William D. Rubinstein, Who were the rich? 1860- (Volumes 3 and 4, manuscripts in preparation), reference 1870/33; Lancashire Archives DDCM 2/243, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/23eae349-efc8-4f3d-8918-35d60f98a0a9 [accessed 02/09/2016].
The Morning Post, 20 May 1895.
Absentee?
British/Irish
Name in compensation records
Joseph Fielden
Frances-Mary Master
Henry Master (1818-), Randle Joseph (1824-), William Leyland (1825-), John Robert (1827-), Oswald Barton (1832-), Frances Mary, Cecilia, Margaretta Priscilla, Emily Augusta
Wealth at death
Associated Claims (2)
Jamaica St James 393A-C (Spring Vale Pen)
£3,466 8S 8D
Awardee (Trustee)
Jamaica Trelawney 539A-C (Green Park)
£10,172 17S 9D
election →
Nephew → Uncle
William Feilden MP
Trustee → Beneficiary of Trust
Notes →
The two men were also first...
Witton House, Blackburn, Lancashire, North-west England, England
Political [1]
Relationships [2]
Addresses [1]
Rose Milles (née Gardiner)
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Joseph Feilden', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/46188 [accessed 17th January 2020].


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Romano Drom est un groupe de musique tzigane, originaire de Hongrie. En romani, "Romano Drom" signifie la "route tzigane".

Membres du groupe
 Antal Kovács (Anti) : chant, guitare.
 József Balogh (Joco): chant, guitare.
 Zsigmond Rafael (Csika) : cruche en aluminium, contrebasse vocale, danse.
 Robert Farkas (Harcsa) : violon, accordéon.
 Maté Kovacs : percussions

Discographie
 Déta Dévla (1999)
 Ando Foro (2001)
 Romano Trip (2003)
 Ande Lindri (2003)
 Po Cheri (2007)

Lien externe

 myspace.com/romanodrom

Groupe de musique tzigane
Groupe musical hongrois


We found this wooden end table at a local thrift store and it looked like a great candidate for a painted furniture makeover. The style of the cabinet almost resembled shiplap and we knew it could transform the style into a rustic farmhouse end table with a new refinished paint job.
Click through to see the supplies we used.
To start out we lightly sanded the wood down with 60 Grit Sandpaper. Then went over it to smooth it out with 3M Final Stripping Pads. We love to use these to smooth out the finish. Then we wiped the piece clean with a rag.
Next we painted two coats of paint on the whole piece using General Finishes in Driftwood using an angled brush.
Once that had dried we used Valspar Limewash Glaze mixed 2:1 with Floetrol. The Floetrol helps to extend the drying time of the paint. Using a brush we brushed on a light layer of the glaze. Then went back and smoothed out the glaze until we liked the way it looked.
After that layer dried we took Valspar Antiquing Glaze and mixed 1:5 with Floetrol. Using the same technique as the other glaze we lightly brushed on the glaze then smoothed it out with the brush.
After everything had dried we went over the piece using a foam brush with two coats of Minwax Polycrylic in matte to protect it.
Once the piece had dried we replaced the old ugly knobs with some really cute nickel bin pulls. This really was the step that gave the end table a rustic farmhouse look.


"This I bring to you at this moment in time of your Earth history, the information in which the energetics of energy moves at such an accelerated speed as to keep you in the success of your own evolution. I come to you at a time of great exchange going on among the humanness of your planet of Mother Earth. Even the nature of you planet has been feeling it for many months, it vibrates all through them. A time of energy explosion that is being felt deep within your planet of Mother Earth in such a way that the inhabitants are experiencing a rare change so vast that there is not a singular expression that can be placed upon it.
The month of time which you live right now is gearing up for an exchange of energy that is rumbling deep within you. Can you not feel it? You are sitting among the lull as this energy is manifesting at a rate that is going to be felt by all. Your month of time which is upon you is the beginning of a cleansing so deep that you will find many among you going out of their way to get that which they seek. No matter the harm they place upon another. For they do not realize they are placing harm out among them. It is a time in which your inner soul light needs to be re-ignited. As you look around you, do you not see this? There is much uncertainty with so many humans on your planet of Mother Earth and in your own light communities. As there are many in your earth humanity who do not even realize that they are dimming their own true inner soul light. As you go into your time of coming months ahead you will see an amped energy that will move you along as no other. You will feel as you have none of your earthly time to meet all of which you have planned in your humanly existence. This energy will continue over a period of your earth time in months that is counted by six, at which humanity will see what it is to feel the heaviest of energies. Now I say this to all of you to understand that which approaches you. That which you may know and be above this in all ways to process and learn your true inner soul light on a level beyond that which has been applied until now.
This dimness comes at a time of great conflict among many as each human is seeking their own truth. As they seek their truth they are in conflict with their true inner soul light. This is being felt as a separation of their inner soul light, a separation to be that which is the truth in all ways. This is being felt as the cosmos is aligning and the pull is felt among you in such vastness that it is inconceivable in which direction one will go. And that is where there is division. Each human is feeling this division as there is an increase in the healing which is needed. Each human is feeling this as there is a division in your own communities in which you live. Each human is feeling this as there is a division in your earthly families. As it is you are feeling correct as I have stated before.
I shall explain. As this vibration is being felt among you on your planet of Mother Earth, there is a greater need for this energy to pull out of each human that which is not in truth with their true inner soul. As this is happening, everything that has been placed upon the humanness is struggling against this alignment. Many are becoming aware of their physicality as their humanness is bringing up all that would be forgotten and aligning to the true source. Earth humans are seeking healing in ways they did not before. I say to you as the healer, be healed so you may heal many. We see the healer not healed as they are healing others. This is nothing that can be for gain as the healer needs to be healed of self wounds as they too are going through this alignment. Do not dismiss this energy; do not dismiss the healing that the healer needs at this time. The healer is being re-aligned with this energy as each human is and they too need healing. All of this creates a separation of the inner soul light that is within when the healer does not heal self; this then creates a dimness of light from within. Work with one another to heal the healer, for the healer shall be needed in coming times and those within dimness of light shall then be among the many to be healed once again.
At this time in your human existence you are to be moving forward in this energy that is among you. You are to be reaching out to one another in your battle against the dimness that has approached as many slept. Build your community in the light, not of that which is division. Division is that of the dimness, this is how that darkness works. To dim your light so that the weak cannot be the light that it once was. For then the darkness can divide and separate the weak from the strong. And when you have many who are weak they too become the dark to then seek the light to put out its flame. Build your communities among one another. Find that which resonates within you to be the light that is needed among many. When one comes at you with words that are harmful, be aware this is the dimness that is working to weaken the bond of unity upon your communities. Know this now light worker, and shine your light out to them to be embraced in the One source. There is no more for you to do, for then you are aligning your true inner soul light to be one with them, and this is felt at a deeper level than you know. This is felt at such a depth that you then warm their inner soul light to feel once again.. Embrace them to be among you in that light and there is nothing that can diminish you in your truth of inner soul light. Be strong in your truths.
Al living on your planet of Mother Earth will be feeling this creation of energy in such a way that will seem to pull you down. Many will feel words against them, many will feel the separation among their own inner soul light and dismiss it for the physicality, do not be fooled. This I tell you. Know what this is all about and then move forward to seek that which is within you that is pulling you down. For the next months of your earthly time many will be at odds with one another. So as you move along each of your days existence you are besieged with separation and division in a way that you cannot see until you are hit with a difficulty and do not know what to do. So many are being given what seems like impossible task right now. So many of you are going up against one more continuation of affairs in which you have placed behind you. Did we not tell you that it is no longer feasible to keep in your existence as you have always known it to be? Did we not tell you the energy that is among you will not tolerate it? There is no more time to place all behind you. It is the time to stand in your true inner soul light and walk through all of it, so that it cannot be no more. This then brings your energy level up to that which is upon you right now. Just as now you are being shown a reflection of your own selves in your loved ones around you. You are being shown this a reflection of time with each life that you meet and is in your daily existence. This then is an indication of your earthly times all around. Do you see this? If you are dealing with an area of your Mother Earth family that you are now being asked to take on the responsibility for, then take a moment and see how this applies to you, yourself, your truth. For it is there to show you a mirror of time to look at it, to see it and to then be able to heal with it.
As each of you approach this time in which you live, we have said this before to you, each of you on your planet of Mother Earth is working with the energy of the Soul Star Activation and that activation was about the God-Self. The God-self is about truth. The truths of who you are and who you are allowing yourself to be. As you make your choice in your truths you will feel the releasement of the dim light energy that is not needed. As you do this the light energy will then lift you up to give you a tremendous amount of abundance in all you do. As that abundance flows through you and around you, you will be graced with such joy and happiness. Each of you knows that to laugh is to raise your vibration to the light that shines out to many. As that light then shines out it embraces all those around you. It also shines out to the cosmos in which we are. We see this and take hold of it, to then give to you that which you have placed before us. We give you our support, love and peace. More importantly we give your our blessings and strength to walk with you and among you.
With your elevated vibrations it then gravitates out to embraces all those around you; you then have an abundance of wealth in your life, which no one on your planet of Mother Earth may take from you. Know that with this energy there will be those who want to take that abundance of your inner soul light from you. There will be those who want to try to distinguish your light. The only way another can weaken your light, is if you give it over to them. Your truth is your choice to never let your light go dim. Be the light that shines out to many, be the light of truth. Let no one take from you that which only you can truly give. And when you give, give the light in the only way you know how. BRIGHTLY . Then stand back and laugh and watch how your light then radiates all around you among the world.
There is no separation of light, if you are willing to look at your truths. Be willing to let go of that which you have held onto. Be willing to see yourself bare in this light of truth and then start to place the love within you to be separate no more. As you do this you will find you are abundant in love, that then you give to others. As you give to others in truth the light energy and the cosmos works with you. There shall be no division and separation no more.
We are among you and with you in all ways. As your time ends here this marking in which you give to time, we are walking among you. We are making ourselves known on more ways than you can imagine in your limitedness. You have the opportunity for this energy to work with you in a way that it is asking. I say to you now. This next activation is going to be stronger than any you have felt before. Know your truth and know who you are in all ways. Be your own truth as you acknowledge the truth in others. This is the time of rising that is before you. The time in which you of Mother Earth have asked for and said you are ready for. Do not let the dimness overcome you. For the dimness is here and it is saying you will be weak and not fight it. Stand in your truth and nothing of dimness can touch you and what is yours. Open your arms to those around you and show them why you are a light worker. Show them what true inner soul light and truth is. Be your light and this flow of light energy will embrace you to lift you up above the dimness that is rolling in. Laugh and we shall be there beside you laughing in which the whole of the cosmos supports you.
I leave you with this understanding that all shall come through in the light. Laughter shall raise you up in all you do and to do that which is calling to you. Feel the energetics of truth that you have already placed before you. Know we love you in all ways. I leave you with my blessings of peace and Laughter in your life. I AM one with you!".


This paper will focus on a comparison of different presences of ICT in art and science projects. Through case studies drawn from SCAN's portfolio, Helen Sloan will look at roles that ICT can play in the development or dissemination of such works. As these roles are defined, questions arise around whether ICT is a facilitator of a concept or it is the thesis of a project. It will investigate how ICT, which is technology based, functions alongside an interrogation of the grand narratives of art and science.


Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro & on7 Pro, devices which are expected to get the Nougat 7 update to Android, was launched in July 2016, Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro comes with a 5.0-inch 720p display and On7 Pro comes with 5.5-inch 720p display. The Galaxy On5 Pro has Exynos 3475 Quad processor along with 2GB of RAM and 16GB internal storage and Galaxy On7 Pro has Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 Processor along with 2GB of RAM and 16GB internal storage, and both phones have MicroSD card slot for storage expansion.
Will Galaxy On5 y On7 Pro Will Ever Upgrade to Nougat?
The Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro has a 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera and Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro has 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera. Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro Has 2600 mAh battery in the phone and Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro Has 3000mAh battery in the phone. The sensors included in both the phones are Accelerometer, and proximity sensor. The dimensions of Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro are 142.3 x 72.1 x 8.5 mm and it weighs 149 gm and the dimensions of Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro are 152 x 78 x 8 mm and it weighs 172 gm. Both the phones are Dual SIM phone with 4G Connectivity.
Samsung Galaxy On5 Pro & On7 Pro runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. Marshmallow is the current latest version of Android before Nougat, and thus it is expected that the phone might get the Android Nougat 7.0 update in the near future, though the company has not given any confirmation about the same. If it is to get the update, you might see it in the first quarter or second of 2017 and we will update this article with the relevant information.
Apart from this, Samsung is also expected to have its own features that will be a part of the TouchWiz UI that the company has always been working on and including in its smartphones. The TouchWiz UI interface will have its own features that are limited to Samsung phones and not available anywhere else. Keep checking for any newer information on this.
Please update the samsung galaxy on5 pro 2016 version to android oreo 8.0.
Somebody answer when samsung on5 pro will get the os update to nougat android 7.0??


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Media are complicit in the sexual exploitation of women
Lesley Hughes / May 23, 2018
Toronto Sun contributor Sabrina Maddeaux wrote recently that Canada will not truly be part of the #metoo/timesup movement until (really) big names begin to fall. But a higher, louder circus of blame will achieve little. When corporate media surrenders its massive and profitable investment in the sexuality of women, when Victoria's Secret disappears and the Sunshine Girls put their clothes on, then we can begin the journey to safety for women.
Media's formulaic approach to terror attacks ignores roots of violence
Lesley Hughes / November 25, 2017
Coverage of terrorist attacks is so formulaic in 2017 that reporters, if asked, could certainly write a story without an actual event. It would have the sophistication of a puppet show in the town square. The victims, of course, would be European or western allies. There would be fine details of weapons, injuries, trauma, shattered witnesses and mourners and deranged hoodlums as perpetrators.
Castro coverage shows fake news is ubiquitous
Lesley Hughes / March 13, 2017
Perhaps the biggest media story of 2016 was the overdue discovery of fake news: totally manufactured information slickly packaged as journalism. Getting a lot less attention was the story that real news can be fake news, too, and often is. As the Huffington Post points out, when opinion (which is cheap) is blended with fact (which is expensive) and is endlessly recycled, it gets hard to tell the difference between 60 Minutes and The Daily Show.
Kanada's Kickback King
Lesley Hughes / January 12, 2008
First, a confession. Whenever I come across Brian Mulroney's photograph in the newspaper, I amuse myself by blackening his teeth. It's therapeutic. I tell myself: Somebody's got to do it – for all the life-threatening wounds the man inflicted on this country, its media has never raised a hand to him. Not until November of 2007, that is.
A Very Tory Commission
Lesley Hughes / May 2, 2005
The Montreal hearings put the spotlight on a long line of prominent people, all of whom appeared to have been gleefully putting their hands into the taxpayer's pocket. The creative villains in the "adscam" affair were Liberals or friends of the Liberal Party of Canada. Reporters, columnists, talk-show hosts and cartoonists bellowed and brayed about this betrayal of the democratic process, resulting in a frenzy of speculation over a possible snap election.
Whistle Blower's Needed
Lesley Hughes / January 2, 2005
"No one felt any obligation to anyone on the outside."
American maverick journalist Lowell Bergman, speaking to Canadian counterparts in Toronto, was talking about the time CBS refused to air his now-famous expose of American tobacco companies and their relentless drive to hook smokers with new and improved forms of nicotine. He and whistle-blower/chemist Jeffrey Wigand later saw their unwelcome story offered to the public on the big screen in The Insider, featuring Al Pacino as Bergman and Russell Crowe as Wigand.
Lesley Hughes / November 1, 2004
ith this edition, Canadian Dimension joins the infinite numbers of romantics who, throughout history, have put a message in a bottle and thrown it out to sea, never knowing where it might land, who might read it, or what might happen as a result.
We were aiming for Clark County, Ohio. We know it's landlocked. We know the odds anyone there will get our message are slim to none. But hey – we're romantics!
Lesley Hughes / July 1, 2004
For anyone who paid any attention to the presidency of Ronald Reagan (1981-1989), media coverage of his death on June 5, 2004 was nothing less than a crazy-making experience.Who was the man in that coffin? Certainly not the man on historical record.
Cutting Through Life under Corporate Rule
The first thing the young man sees as he emerges from The Corporation is the theatre's bright, shiny Pepsi Machine. Where once he saw a harmless soft drink, he now sees a bloated and arrogant corporate product. He gives the machine a slap.
"So long, sucker. It's over. I'm ready to give you up."
The World Wide Web Is Ten Years Old!
Lesley Hughes / March 1, 2004
Excuse me, may I have your cell phone? I see you're wearing a pager; may I have that too? Your lap top computer, if you don't mind? And I'll take the palm pilot I see in your shirt pocket.
Feel like somebody's bewildered, possibly hostile naked lunch without your high tech toys?
Welcome to the wrong side of the Digital Divide, the developing world in which hundreds of millions of poor people in the south are left behind the more prosperous people of the north at the lightning speed of the latest computer chip.


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Trade sanctions are meant to inhibit dangerous countries' economic power.
Owning your own business in the U.S. provides you with significant freedom as to how you operate, and regarding the types of products and services you want to offer. This freedom also extends to international trade, which is beneficial for all businesses, regardless of size. International business transactions open up new markets and new consumers for your products and services, and they help diversify your assets, in the event of an economic downturn. The truth is, however, that this freedom has some restrictions because the government has a list of countries U.S. cannot do business with. Although this may seem counterproductive to international commerce, the countries that U.S. cannot do business with are engaged in behavior, activities, and practices that run contrary to values that are important to Americans. The Office of Foreign Assets Control maintains a list of sanctioned nations that are off-limits for U.S. businesses. If you conduct business internationally, it is critical that you know the countries that the U.S. cannot do business with.
Cuba is on the sanctioned country list of 2018 and has been at odds with the U.S. since the mid-20th century. In 1996, the U.S. declared a full embargo on Cuba, after an incident in which the Cuban military shot down two civilian airplanes. This initiative was known as the Helms-Burton Act, and it resulted in a restricted ban on American companies doing business in Cuba, with the only exception being the sale of food and medicine. Although relations between the two countries have improved in the past 20 years, Cuba remains on the sanctioned country list 2018. This also includes restrictions on tourism and travel. As of 2018, Americans can visit Cuba under 12 allowed categories, which include visiting family, as part of a religious organization, or as part of an academic institution.
Iran, Lebanon, and Syria are three Middle Eastern countries that also appear on the sanctioned country list 2018. It's no secret that relations between the U.S. and these nations have been fraught with tension for decades. The Treasury Department does not permit U.S. businesses to deal with these OFAC countries based primarily on their associations with terrorism, nuclear threats, and human rights violations. Prior to the U.S./Iraq war, the U.S. had also imposed sanctions on Iraq that were only lifted after that conflict was resolved.
North Korea is one of the OFAC countries in Asia that has been most impacted by prohibitions on doing business with American companies. Since 2008, U.S. trade sanctions against North Korea have adversely affected North Koreans from benefiting from American goods and services. The main reason the U.S. imposed these sanctions is due to the country's aggressive behavior, including military exercises, and the revival of its ballistic missile program. American businesses are forbidden from importing goods from North Korea, but certain products such as luxury goods can be exported to North Korea. However, any type of product or service that would contribute to or strengthen North Korea's military or nuclear capability is prohibited.
Libya, Sudan, and Somalia are OFAC countries in Africa that cannot do business with American-based companies. The reasons are similar to reasons that prohibit American companies from doing business with Iran, Lebanon, and Syria. They include threats to national security and human rights violations, as well as the fact that American intelligence agencies believe that these countries sponsor or support terrorist activities throughout the world. OFAC bans most types of business transactions in these countries, but does allow shipments of products and services that are humanitarian, such as the exporting of food and medicine.
Quain, Sampson. "What Countries Are American Companies Forbidden to Do Business With?" Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/countries-american-companies-forbidden-business-with-47170.html. 25 October 2018.
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