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MTA Agrees to Quash Turban Policy for Workers
By Smriti Rao |&nbspMay 30, 2012 6:51pm
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Sikh and Muslim MTA workers can now wear their head-dress freely - without an MTA logo - in a settlement reached with the transit authority on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK — It was a move meant to calm nervous New Yorkers post 9/11, but the MTA's policy to keep Sikhs and Muslims with turbans and headscarves out of public view will now come to an end.
On Wednesday, the Sikh and Muslim MTA workers reached a settlement in federal court with the MTA that allows them to wear their turbans freely, without the MTA corporate logo, just as they did before the 9/11 attacks. According to the settlement, the Sikh workers will wear a blue turban to match with their uniform.
The MTA will also adopt a new procedure that allows religious concessions to be made and MTA managers will get extensive training on the transit authority's new head-dress policy, according to a statement by the Sikh Coalition, which filed the discrimination lawsuit with the Center for Constitutional Rights and Bhalla and Co. against the MTA in 2005.
The Justice Department filed its own suit against the MTA in September 2004, according to the Sikh Coalition statement.
"I am relieved that the policy of branding or segregating Sikh or Muslim workers is coming to an end," said Sikh train operator Sat Hari Singh in a statement. Singh was one of the six plaintiffs in the case.
"This policy made no sense. It was driven by fear," he said.
The 7-year case revolves around the MTA's "brand or segregate policy" which required Sikhs workers with turbans or Muslims with headscarves to either brand their head-dress with a MTA logo or keep out of public view. The MTA had hoped this move would calm skittish New Yorkers after the 9/11 attacks.
There are almost a dozen Sikh MTA workers, according to Amardeep Singh, the program director of the Sikh Coalition.
The MTA's proposal to make the Sikh workers attach the transit authority's logo onto their turbans was also unpalatable to them.
"...the average American would find it absurd to attach a corporate logo to a yarmulke, and the turban is no less significant to Sikhs as a symbol of religious faith," said Shayana Kadidal, a Senior Managing Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.
However, Amardeep Singh, the program director of the Sikh Coalition said he was glad that "this sad chapter in our city's reaction to 9/11 has come to an end," adding that innocent Sikh and Muslim workers were being "punished and segregated for the events of that day."
"We are ready to turn the page now."
In a statement, the transit authority said "NYCT believed it had offered reasonable accommodations to its headwear policy to its employees. The existing policy, which was in place long before these lawsuits were filed, was never animated by religious or ethnic bias."
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New York, Mar 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution that imposes new sanctions and tightens some of its existing measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), due to the country's ongoing nuclear and ballistic missile-related activities that "threaten international peace and security."
"Wednesday's unanimous action by the Security Council has sent a clear message that the DPRK must return to full compliance with its international obligations," said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement issued by his spokesperson, in which the UN chief urged the East Asian country to abide by the resolution and called upon all UN Member States to ensure its implementation.
"This firm response by the Security Council should put an end to the cycle of provocation and lead to the resumption of dialogue in accordance with the unified view of the international community," he added.
The Secretary-General also reiterated the critical role of international assistance in safeguarding the lives of millions in the country, while renewing his call on the DPRK to do more for the lives of its people. "Genuine improvement in human rights is a necessary basis for long-term security and stability," he stressed.
In the resolution, which was sponsored by the United States, the 15-member body condemned "in the strongest terms" the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK on 6 January, noting that it was "in violation and flagrant disregard" of the Council's prior resolutions. It further condemned the country's launch of 7 February, which used ballistic missile technology and was a "serious violation."
As a result of such incidents, the new measure expands sanctions against the DPRK by imposing a ban on all exports including coal, iron, iron ore, gold, titanium ore, vanadium ore and rare earth metals, and banning the supply of all types of aviation fuel, including rocket fuel.
adopts resolution 2270(2016), imposing additional sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of The new resolution also requires States to inspect all cargo to and from the DPRK, not just those suspected of containing prohibited items, as was previously the case. It also bans leasing or chartering of vessels or airplanes and providing crew services to the country, and registering vessels, while calling on States to de-register any DPRK owned or controlled vessels. Additionally, it decides that States shall ban any flights and deny entry into their ports of any vessel suspected of carrying prohibited items.
Regarding financial sanctions, the resolution broadens their scope by imposing an asset freeze on all funds and other economic resources owned or controlled by the DPRK government or by the Worker's Party of Korea, if found to be associated with its nuclear or ballistic missile programme or any other prohibited activities.
An additional 13 individuals are designated in the resolution as subject to the travel ban and asset freeze, including several representatives of the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation and the Tanchon Commercial Bank. It designates 12 new entities as subject to the asset freeze, including the Ministry of Atomic Energy and the Reconnaissance Energy Bureau, described as the DPRK's premiere intelligence organization.
The text also tightens existing financial restrictions by banning the opening and operation of any offices of DPRK banks abroad, as well as the opening of new offices of foreign financial institutions in the DPRK under all circumstances, unless approved by the Sanctions Committee in advance.
Turning to the arms embargo, which has been in effect since 2006, the resolution broadens its scope to include small arms and light weapons, which had previously been excluded. It includes a provision that imposes a ban on the transfer of any item, except food and medicine, if a State has reason to believe that it can contribute to the development and capabilities of the DPRK's armed forces.
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UV Light Nearly Doubles Vacuum's Effectiveness In Reducing Carpet Microbes
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A mummified birch leaf discovered on Ellesmere Island in Canada. Ohio State University researchers and their colleagues have discovered the remains of a mummified forest that lived on the island 2 to 8 million years ago, when the Arctic was cooling. The remains could offer clues to how today's Arctic will respond to global warming. Photo by Joel Barker, courtesy of Ohio State University.
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An outcropping of mummified tree remains on Ellesmere Island in Canada. A melting glacier revealed the trees, which were buried by a landslide 2 to 8 million years ago, when the Arctic was cooling. The remains could offer clues to how today's Arctic will respond to global warming. Photo by Joel Barker, courtesy of Ohio State University.
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Ellesmere Island National Park in Canada. Ohio State University researchers and their colleagues have discovered the remains of a mummified forest that lived on the island 2 to 8 million years ago, when the Arctic was cooling. The remains could offer clues to how today's Arctic will respond to global warming. Photo by Joel Barker, courtesy of Ohio State University.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – New research suggests that the addition of ultraviolet light to the brushing and suction of a vacuum cleaner can almost double the removal of potentially infectious microorganisms from a carpet's surface when compared to vacuuming alone.
Researchers say the findings suggest that incorporating the germicidal properties of UV light into vacuuming might have promise in reducing allergens and pathogens from carpets, as well.
"What this tells us is there is a commercial vacuum with UV technology that's effective at reducing surface microbes. This has promise for public health, but we need more data," said Timothy Buckley, associate professor and chair of environmental health sciences at Ohio State University and senior author of the study.
Timothy Buckley
"Carpets are notorious as a source for exposure to a lot of bad stuff, including chemicals, allergens and microbes. We need tools that are effective and practical to reduce the associated public health risk. This vacuum technology appears to be a step in the right direction."
The research appears online in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
For this study, Buckley and colleagues tested a commercially available upright vacuum cleaner, evaluating separately and in combination the standard beater-bar, or rotating brush, as well as a lamp that emits germicidal radiation.
UV-C light with a wavelength of 253.7 nanometers has been studied extensively for its disinfection properties in water, air and food and on a variety of surfaces. This is the first study of its effects on carpet surfaces.
The Ohio State research group selected multiple 3-by-3-foot sections of carpeting of different types from three settings: a commercial tight-loop carpet in a university conference room, and medium Berber carpet with longer, dense loops in a common room of an apartment complex and a single-family home.
Researchers collected samples from each carpet section using contact plates that were pressed onto the flooring to lift microbes from the carpet surfaces. They collected samples from various locations on each test site to obtain a representative sample of the species present on the carpets.
After sampling, the plates were incubated for 24 hours in a lab and the number of colonies was counted. The plates contained growth media particularly suited for fungi commonly found in indoor environments, including Penicillium and Zygomycetes.
Each treatment was tested separately by collecting multiple samples from each 3-by-3-foot section before and after treatment: vacuuming alone, the application of UV-C light alone, or a combination of UV-C light and vacuuming. In each case, the carpets were vacuumed at a speed of 1.8 feet per second for two minutes.
Overall, vacuuming alone reduced microbes by 78 percent, UV-C light alone produced a 60 percent reduction in microbes, and the combination of beater-bar vacuuming and UV-C light reduced microbes on the carpet surfaces by 87 percent. When looking at the microbe quantities, the researchers found that, on average, vacuuming alone removed 7.3 colony-forming units of microbes per contact plate and the UV-C light removed 6.6 colony-forming units per plate. The combination of UV-C light and vacuuming yielded the largest reduction in colony-forming units: 13 per plate.
"We concluded that the combined UV-C-equipped vacuum produced approximately the sum of the individual effects, and therefore the UV-C was responsible for an approximate doubling of the vacuum cleaner's effectiveness in reducing the surface-bound microbial load," Buckley said.
Surfaces in residential settings, and especially carpets, are seen as potentially posing health risks because they are reservoirs for the accumulation of a variety of contaminants. Those most susceptible to infection, including the elderly, asthmatics, the very young and people with compromised immune systems, might be at particular risk because they spend most of their time indoors, Buckley noted.
"The best next step would be to test this UV-C vacuum technology in some environments that are high risk, where we could sample for specific pathogens," Buckley said. "The home environment would be particularly important, because that's where people spend the lion's share of their time and are likely to be in close contact with carpet."
Most natural UV-C rays from the sun are absorbed in the atmosphere, but long-term exposure to artificial UV-C sources can cause skin and eye damage. The vacuum has been engineered to prevent exposure to harmful radiation from the UV-C lamp, Buckley said.
Upright vacuum retail prices generally range from about $100 to $900. The equipment in this study falls within that range.
This work was supported through a contract with Halo Technologies Inc. of Des Plaines, Ill., which supplied the vacuum technology.
Co-authors of the study include Eric Lutz, Smita Sharma and Bruce Casto of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences and Glen Needham of the Department of Entomology, all at Ohio State.
Contact: Timothy Buckley, (614) 293-7161; tbuckley@cph.osu.edu
Written by Emily Caldwell, (614) 292-8310; caldwell.151@osu.edu


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Q2 EDA license and maintenance revenue was up just 2% YTY, with most of the growth was in the Pacific Rim. According to EDA Consortium, total EDA revenue for Q2 was $993 mln, a 4% YTY increase.
By ZDNet Editors for IT Facts | October 4, 2004 -- 18:58 GMT (11:58 PDT) | Topic: Enterprise Software
Q2 EDA license and maintenance revenue was up just 2% YTY, with most of the growth was in the Pacific Rim. According to EDA Consortium, total EDA revenue for Q2 was $993 mln, a 4% YTY increase. But that figure includes semiconductor intellectual property, which was boosted by the addition of new companies to the report, and services, which was up 11% YTY. Geographically, North American revenues increased by 4% to $523 mln, European revenues increased by 4% to $180 mln and Japanese revenues decreased by 5% to $176 mln.


A preposition is a word that tells us about the relation of one thing to another or the position of things.
Common examples of prepositions are: in, on, at, above, under, below, from, to, by, with, to, for etc.
1. The milkmaid was going ……………….the market.
2. She was carrying a pail ………….. milk ………….. her head.
3. She wanted to sell the milk and make a lot …………….. money.
4. She wanted to buy ribbons ……………….. her lovely hair.
5. The boy put the books …………….. the table.
6. The cat was hiding ……………… the table.
7. The girl sat ………………….. her mother.
8. Put the flowers ………………. that vase.
9. They have a cottage ………………. the lake.
10. He removed the thorn ………………. a blade.
11. Do not keep the money ………………. the bag.
12. I met him ……………… Sunday.
1. The milkmaid was going to the market.
2. She was carrying a pail of milk on her head.
3. She wanted to sell the milk and make a lot of money.
4. She wanted to buy ribbons for her lovely hair.
5. The boy put the books on the table.
6. The cat was hiding under the table.
7. The girl sat near her mother.
8. Put the flowers in that vase.
9. They have a cottage above the lake.
10. He removed the thorn with a blade.
11. Do not keep the money in the bag.
12. I met him on Sunday.


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Reviewed: Johnny Cash, TV on the Radio
Published July 6, 2006 6:46PM (EDT)
Johnny Cash, "American Recordings V: A Hundred Highways"
Less than two months after the arrival of "Personal File," the flood of Johnny Cash material continues unabated with "American V: A Hundred Highways." This new album contains the last music Cash recorded before he died. Not surprisingly, it makes for a heavy listen.
The album is such heavy going that critics have no choice but to focus on the its melancholy gravitas, but they've turned out a largely favorable batch of reviews. The Village Voice's review, grandly titled "The New Johnny Cash Album Will Tear Your Soul Apart," refers to "American V" as "one of the most depressing albums" the critic has "ever heard." Rolling Stone (rating: 4 stars) follows suit, writing that the album "feels like a deathbed benediction."
The album may not be easy listening, but it has its rewards. The Pitchfork review (rating: 7.8/10) gives some indication as to why: "[The album] is a satisfying and often moving final chapter to Cash's life and career, one that rejects self-pity and remorse in favor of hopefulness and even celebration." The L.A. Times also spotlights some of the album's lighter moments, but noted that even the levity was the result of "a man smiling in the face of death."
In the end, PopMatters (rating: 7/10) explicates what many other reviewers only imply, writing that "it's impossible to listen to this record without placing it in the context of its creation," and that as such, the album "stands as a fitting, gentle coda, a farewell from a major talent."
TV on the Radio, "Return to Cookie Mountain"
TV on the Radio made a bit of a splash in the indie-rock community with the release of their debut album, "Young Liars," in 2003. The next year's "Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes" made enough of an impression that the band was picked up by Interscope, the label on which the Brooklyn, N.Y., act has just released the highly praised, if unfortunately titled, "Return to Cookie Mountain."
The band has been lauded for the intelligence of its music, which draws on influences from art rock to doo wop. As the Guardian (rating: 4 stars) puts it: "'Return to Cookie Mountain' is largely a delight -- an experimental album with a pop heart that avoids self-indulgence." The band's eclecticism was also praised in a Rolling Stone feature, which described "Cookie Mountain" as being evocative of both "My Bloody Valentine's noisy dream pop and Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On,' with songs that effuse pastoral beauty as they take off into uncharted territory."
The online response has been even more positive, with Drowned in Sound (rating: 9/10) attributing a zeitgeist-capturing power to the album, breathlessly calling it "a party soundtrack for a fucked-up generation and an opus that inhabits the midpoint between scarcely conjoining circles of eclecticism and enjoyability whilst maintaining consistency throughout."
Not bad for a band the Observer Music Monthly (rating: 4 stars) singled out as being "one of the few groups who could toss a word like 'unconjoined' into their lyrics without sounding like tossers."
-- David Marchese


After an actual event an option is to create an open discussion for the participants who with the guidance of a professional facilitator discover first hand (this is the key) what it takes to create a team, great coach or leader. The facilitator should encourage them in the after glow of the joyous drumming experience to express how it felt to be in rhythm and connected to the group and why they think that was the case. (This occurs quiet naturally as they are very open by this stage to communicate as a result of the drumming). Participants can then explore how it felt when things weren't connected and why they feel that was the case. The method works extremely well as it encourages the participants to be autonomous (think for themselves) discover what it takes as opposed to being told what it takes. An empowered team, coach and/ or leader.


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Museographs: Japanese Satsuma Pottery
by Caron Caswell Lazar (Author)
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Two thousand years ago, Japan and Korea began a long-standing history of cultural contact. For the Koreans, this meant an invasion in the 1590s spawning four centuries of bitter contempt for Japanese society. The Japanese, however, were culturally enriched, gathering as spoils of war the traditions of Buddhism, elements of Chinese writing, and most valued of all, the removal of master potters from their Korean captives.
In Japanese Satsuma Pottery, delight in "a tale of two cultures." Follow the Korean potters as they embark on a journey away from their homeland to Naeshirogowa, the Japanese village on the Satsuma peninsula that was to become the heart of Satsuma ceramic production. This monograph includes an informative review of key periods of Satsuma production as well as one man's fourteen-generation lineage of making Satsuma pottery since brought to Japan in 1604.
The first of fourteen titles in the monographic series, Museographs, that focuses on history, art, myth, legend and story. Each issue contains beautiful color reproductions.
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Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D.
Upon becoming emperor Valentinian I made his brother Valens his co-emperor, giving him rule of the eastern provinces while Valentinian retained the west. During his reign, Valentinian successfully fought the Alamanni, Quadi, and Sarmatians. Most notable was his victory over the Alamanni in 367 at the Battle of Solicinium. His brilliant general Count Theodosius defeated a revolt in Africa, and the Great Conspiracy, a coordinated assault on Roman Britain by Picts, Scots, and Saxons. Valentinian was the last emperor to conduct campaigns across both the Rhine and Danube rivers. He rebuilt and improved the fortifications along the frontiers, even building fortresses in enemy territory. He founded the Valentinian Dynasty, with his sons Gratian and Valentinian II succeeding him in the western half of the empire. Due to the successful nature of his reign and almost immediate decline of the empire after his death, he is often considered the "last great western emperor."
During the Empire, Nicomedia was a cosmopolitan and commercially prosperous city which received all the amenities appropriate for a major Roman city. Nicomedia was well known for having a bountiful water supply from two to three aqueducts, one of which was built in Hellenistic times. Pliny the Younger complains in his epistulae to Trajan, written in 110 A.D., that the Nicomedians wasted 3,518,000 sesterces on an unfinished aqueduct which twice ran into engineering troubles. Trajan instructs him to take steps to complete the aqueduct, and to investigate possible official corruption behind the large waste of money. Under Trajan, there was also a large Roman garrison. Other public amenities included a theater, a colonnaded street typical of Hellenistic cities and a forum.SH37578. Gold solidus, RIC IX Nicomedia 2(b)2, VF, a few marks, weight 4.462 g, maximum diameter 22.3 mm, die axis 180o, 6th officina, Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint, 25 Feb 364 - 24 Aug 367 A.D.; obverse D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor standing facing, head right, labarum in right, Victory on globe in left hand, SMNS in exergue; ex CNG 174, Lot: 237 (sold for $990 plus fees) ; rare; SOLD
A major earthquake, however, on 24 August 358, caused extensive devastation to Nicomedia, and was followed by a fire which completed the catastrophe. Nicomedia was rebuilt, but on a smaller scale. In the sixth century under Emperor Justinian I the city was extended with new public buildings. Situated on the roads leading to the capital, the city remained a major military center, playing an important role in the Byzantine campaigns against the Caliphate. From inscriptions we learn that in the later period of the empire Nicomedia enjoyed the honor of a Roman colony.SH56284. Gold solidus, Depeyrot 12/1, RIC IX Nicomedia 2(b) var. (officina, no pellet); officina letter re-engraved over A(?), VF, scratches, graffiti, weight 4.408 g, maximum diameter 23.3 mm, die axis 180o, 2nd officina, Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint, 364 - 365 A.D.; obverse D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, rosette diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse RESTITVTOR REIPVLICAE, emperor standing facing in military garb, head right, labarum (chi rho Christogram standard) in right, Victory on globe presenting wreath and holding palm frond, SMNB in exergue; graffiti X - IV; ex CNG, ex Deyo Collection, ex Royal Coin Co. (1950s?); SOLD
The ruins of Antioch on the Orontes lie near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey. Founded near the end of the 4th century B.C. by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch's geographic, military and economic location, particularly the spice trade, the Silk Road, the Persian Royal Road, benefited its occupants, and eventually it rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the Near East and as the main center of Hellenistic Judaism at the end of the Second Temple period. Antioch is called "the cradle of Christianity," for the pivotal early role it played in the emergence of the faith. It was one of the four cities of the Syrian tetrapolis. Its residents are known as Antiochenes. Once a great metropolis of half a million people, it declined to insignificance during the Middle Ages because of warfare, repeated earthquakes and a change in trade routes following the Mongol conquests, which then no longer passed through Antioch from the far east.
SH52919. Gold solidus, RIC IX Antioch 2(a)ii.2, Depeyrot 30/1, SRCV V 19270, Cohen VIII 28, Hunter V 48 var. (10th officina), aVF, scrape, weight 4.286 g, maximum diameter 21.9 mm, die axis 0o, 6th officina, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, 25 Feb 364 - 24 Aug 367 A.D.; obverse D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor standing facing, head right, labarum in right, Victory on globe in left hand, ANTS in exergue; scarce; SOLD
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The Amount Of People Who Watched Texas Football Games In 2021 Is Truly Embarrassing
by Grayson Weir January 14, 2022 10:50 am
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Texas football did not have a good year in 2021.
As the state's Flagship university, the amount of people that watched the Longhorns play is incredibly embarrassing.
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The University of Texas football team was very much not back in 2021. Despite the hype surrounding head coach Steve Sarkisian's first year leading the program, the Longhorns went 5-7 and missed out on a bowl game.
Let's not forget, too, that Texas lost to Kansas. That cannot be said enough. The University of Texas lost to Kansas University— not in basketball, but in football.
If that wasn't bad enough, it gets worse. Nobody was watching the Longhorns in 2021 because they just didn't matter.
Of the top 10 most-viewed college football games in Texas this past season, teams from the state of Mississippi was on the list three times as often than UT. In fact, Ole Miss alone was on the list twice as often.
According to the list, the Sugar Bowl between Baylor and the Rebels was the most-watched game in 2021. Texas A&M was involved in the second-most watched game, Baylor was again involved in the third-most watched game and Texas was finally included in the fourth-most watched game.
Beyond the Red River Shootout, which saw Oklahoma come back from the largest deficit in the rivalry's history and win, Texas didn't make the list for a second time. The only game that was among the top-10 most most watched in the state of Texas in 2021 that included the Longhorns was a demoralizing loss.
Oof.
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— Texas Football Life (@TXFBLife) January 13, 2022
Texas is expected to turn the corner in the coming years. The Longhorns have recruited well, in large part due to new rules on NIL, and added Quinn Ewers in the offseason.
Perhaps next year people will watch them play?
Grayson Weir
Associate Editor at BroBible covering all five major sports and every niche sport imaginable, found primarily in the college space. I don't drink coffee, I wake up jacked.
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Anaum Hammad on conquering depression
Issue 1: Featuring Anaum Hammad
Every month, The Mindful Missy platform will feature an inspirational cover story about real life heroes sharing their journeys. Each cover star will be featured without any retouching in an effort to promote body positivity and self-love. By featuring real people who share their struggles and bare their vulnerabilities we hope to start a meaningful discussion and a powerful movement towards a more accepting, inclusive and compassionate community.
Anaum carries herself with confidence and is exceptionally pleasant to talk to. She's intelligent, charismatic, and always seems to have the most amusing stories to tell. Anaum also displayed these qualities on set the day we were shooting for the digital cover to accompany this story. She showed up late but quickly managed to charm everyone and made them forget her tardiness. She gave her creative input about the shots and it was obvious that she was very comfortable around the camera. A stylist by profession, I can't remember a time she looked anything less than effortlessly put together. Naturally, it would seem that the twenty-three-year-old has everything going for her but her most endearing quality was yet to reveal itself – her ability to be completely vulnerable and speak candidly about her crippling battle with anxiety and depression.
Excessive sleeping, a complete loss of appetite and weight loss characterized those few months of her life. "It was difficult to keep myself motivated because I would feel physically exhausted all the time.
I couldn't carry out daily tasks whether it was to shower or join my family for a meal and make basic conversation.
Anaum spent a few months feeling this way until she was diagnosed with depression. When asked what factors contributed to the onset of depression, she paused and then replied, "For me, when I didn't stop at my limit, the depression began to hit. I had exhausted myself so much emotionally and mentally that it was affecting my physical wellbeing." She continued, "my anxiety attacks were not just emotional – I would experience somatic panic attacks, where I would be unable to speak or breathe.
It's not like feeling down or blue which is a temporary feeling but depression lasts for a long period and it's very intense.
How did the diagnosis make her feel? "I didn't feel much because I was already very demotivated but I was paranoid about seeking medical help and the dependency that comes with it", she tells me. What worked for Anaum was trying to get back on her feet with one small step every day. "I learnt that it's ok not to push yourself to go to work, instead get out of bed and go lie down on a sofa around people. You can go for a drive, get coffee or ice cream even if it's all by yourself. One can start by trying to find determination and will power– for me it was my three younger sisters. I believe that if I wasn't an older sister with responsibilities, I wouldn't have been able to get over half my struggles."
She also found support in therapy where she could go speak about her struggles in a safe space. "When you speak to family and friends about sensitive issues, you can get defensive and feel attacked because emotions are involved. You're not in a good enough state to define the boundaries needed for a productive discussion – in therapy a professional does that for you." Today, she's much better and still goes to therapy when she feels like it. She also makes an effort to live more mindfully. She says, "I take out time every day and talk to myself. Therapy has helped me identify what triggers my anxiety so I try to avoid those things."
She says, "It's important to surround yourself with positivity and good energy because the power of your mind is limitless. One can't control other people, what you do have control over is yourself, your thoughts, your health and your actions."
Anaum looks at me intently and quotes a saying she believes in and she reflects on often.
Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you…so how you respond to what happens is more important than what happens.
The Mindful Missy is proud to share Anaum's story in the hope that it may help many others suffering in silence. By speaking about anxiety and depression we hope to lift the veil of shame and the taboo that is often associated with the topic of emotional well-being and mental health in Pakistan.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Microsoft announced its financial results for the second quarter, the market panicked. The firm's stock dropped 10 percent in after-hours trading, even though revenue and profits both topped their numbers from the second quarter of 2012.
Why did the market freak out? The biggest reason was that Microsoft booked a $900 million charge for "inventory adjustments" for its Surface tablets. In plain English, Microsoft admitted that its heavily promoted tablet is selling poorly. And that's an ominous sign for the Redmond, Washington, firm's long-term prospects. Tablets and smartphones are the future of computing, and Microsoft is falling farther behind the market leaders, Apple and Google.
Even so, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer shouldn't be too depressed. Microsoft probably won't lead the next generation of high-tech innovation. But history suggests that Windows and Office, its existing cash cows, will continue generating profits for years to come. The numbers bear this out: Second-quarter revenue was up 10 percent, to $19.9 billion. And profits were $6 billion, compared to a small loss a year ago.
Tablet computing is an example of what Harvard business guru Clay Christensen dubbed a disruptive innovation. While the term has become so overused as to render it almost meaningless, Christensen gave it a precise definition. Disruptive innovations are those that are dramatically simpler and cheaper than what's already on the market — in this case, the PC.
Tablets are less powerful than full-featured PCs. But their simplicity and low cost allow many more people to experiment with them — witness the hundreds of thousands of apps in the Apple and Google app stores. That has led to a rapid pace of innovation in mobile software. Over time, disruptive technologies like tablets outstrip the capabilities of the older technology like PCs, despite the latter's greater complexity and initial sophistication.
This pattern has played out before in the computer industry. In the early 1970s, the cutting-edge machines of the computing industry were "minicomputers," which cost tens of thousands of dollars and were the size of washing machines. Then start-ups such as Apple began introducing "microcomputers," known today as PCs. They were small enough to fit on your desk and cost only a couple of thousand dollars. These early PCs had extremely limited capabilities. But millions of people who couldn't afford a minicomputer could afford a PC. And so the PC market grew much faster than the minicomputer market, making Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and other PC pioneers wealthy men.
The computing industry is now undergoing a similar transition. Millions of consumers are foregoing relatively pricey and complex PCs in favor of Android phones and iPads. And the experience of Digital Equipment Corp., the leading minicomputer firm in the 1970s, provides some clues to Microsoft's own future. The parallels between the two firms are striking.
According to Christensen, DEC tried to enter the PC market four times between 1983 and 1995. But each time, the firm's corporate culture proved an insurmountable obstacle to success in the PC business. A workforce that was used to making tens of thousands of dollars on each sale did not have the talent or enthusiasm for selling computers that would fetch a few thousand dollars each. None of DEC's PCs was a hit with consumers.
Microsoft has repeatedly tried to enter the mobile OS market with similarly dismal results. The Redmond giant introduced its first tablet PC more than a decade ago, and it was offering a mobile version of Windows for years before the iPhone came on the scene. But Microsoft was too invested in the PC business model to succeed in the mobile marketplace. It tried to offer the full capabilities of a PC in a mobile form factor, producing an interface that was too cluttered and confusing for small screens. And its business model of charging smartphone manufacturers for each Windows phone it shipped left the company flat-footed when Google offered Android for free.
DEC eventually fell on hard times, but it took more than a decade for the growth of PCs to seriously undercut DEC's business. The firm's relatively powerful computers continued to sell well throughout the 1980s. And the company continued to innovate. The Alpha processor, introduced in 1992, was widely regarded as a technological marvel. In 1995, DEC released AltaVista, one of the first full-text search engines. But none of these products proved profitable enough to replace declining revenue from its minicomputer business.
Microsoft is due for its own decade of stagnation as the computing industry shifts from PCs to mobile devices. Yet PCs aren't going away. Businesses are not going to put iPads on people's desks anytime soon, nor are they going to ditch Microsoft Office in favor of Google Docs. So if the Redmond firm can keep its costs down, it can continue to be profitable for years to come.
The problem is that no technology CEO wants to admit that his firm is no longer capable of succeeding on technology's cutting edge. Selling Windows and Office may be profitable, but it's not as glamorous as writing the software that powers smartphones and Web apps. So just as DEC continued producing innovative but doomed products such as the Alpha and Altavista in the 1990s, Steve Ballmer will probably keep pouring money into such money-losing projects as Bing, the Zune and Surface. That's probably not good for Microsoft's shareholders, but it could be great for consumers.


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Google organized the first ever Doodle for Google Competition in the Middle East
On 20th of March, Google organized the first ever Doodle for Google Competition in the Middle East. We invited over 160 orphans from different orphanages in Egypt at the GUC premises for a fun day. The kids drew AMAZING doodles that exceeded expectations. It was loads of fun, and most importantly, the kids enjoyed it!
Khaled AbulNaga, the Egyptian movie star, attended the event, and he was really touched by the children, and decided to sponsor one of them until he graduates from college!
Now, we want the whole world to know how talented are those Egyptian kids ... we want to share this link with everyone, and ask people to vote for the winning doodle. The voting will last until the end of March, so VOTE now and forward to all your friends.
VOTE NOW: http://www.google.com.eg/myegypt
forwarded from Eng. Amr Ebaid
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the International Space Station
Junk alert for space station crew
The crew of the International Space Station has been forced to shelter in the Russian Soyuz capsule after a close call with a piece of space debris.
The three crew members are now out of danger and have returned to the ISS, Russian mission control officials told Reuters news agency.
Nasa said news of the debris threat had come too late for flight controllers to move the space station out of the way.
The scare comes just over a month after two satellites collided over Siberia.
Officials said the decision to move the astronauts had been a precaution and that the probability of an impact with the ISS had been low.
The space station's operating rules require crew members to be evacuated when debris is detected within a set distance.
Russian Yury Lonchakov and Americans Michael Fincke and Sandra Magnus took refuge for about nine minutes in the Soyuz TMA-13 escape capsule.
Tiny fragment
"The crew have returned to the station. They are in absolutely no danger and the debris has already passed by the station," a spokesman for Russia's mission control said after the incident.
"They didn't even close the hatch between the station and the Soyuz."
They were told the time of closest approach to the station would be 1639 GMT (1239 EDT).
The debris was about 1cm (0.3in) in size and part of an old "payload assist motor" that was previously on either a Delta rocket or on the space shuttle, Nasa public affairs officer Laura Rochon told journalists.
"The crew is safe and back in the space station and they are resuming normal operations," Ms Rochon added.
A Nasa spokesperson told BBC News that the space agency had been notified about the possible threat last night. The short lead time forced officials to move the crew into the capsule rather than manoeuvring the space station out of the way.
Two Americans and one Russian are aboard the station
The reason for the short notice is unclear, but the small size of the object and its erratic orbital path may have been factors.
"It's a bit like a swarm of bees in a beehive up there," said William Jeffs, a spokesperson at Nasa's Johnson Space Center in Houston, "the trajectories can sometimes be erratic."
It is unclear how many times crew members had been told to enter the Soyuz, but officials said this was "not the first" occasion. Flight controllers have moved the ISS eight times over the past 10 years in order to avoid debris.
Growing threat
Objects in orbit travel at tens of thousands of kilometres per hour. At these speeds, even a small piece of debris can knock out a satellite or, potentially, cause damage to the space station.
Experts recognise a growing threat to satellites and manned spacecraft from orbital debris and several events over the past three years have drawn attention to the problem.
On 10 February, the US Iridium 33 communications satellite collided with Cosmos 2251, a retired Russian intelligence comms sat.
About 18,000 objects bigger than 10cm are orbiting Earth
The chances of such an event had been estimated at millions or billions to one. The impact produced two expanding clouds of debris in intersecting orbits.
In January 2007, China caused international alarm when it destroyed one of its defunct satellites in a missile test. The US military estimates that this event created 2,500 new pieces of debris in orbit.
In total, there are said to be about 18,000 pieces of orbiting junk larger than 10cm in size.
On Wednesday, Nasa postponed its launch of the space shuttle Discovery from Florida when a hydrogen leak was detected during fuelling.
This article taken from BBC news
And Hoping every thing be okay again in the International Space Station and the Crew be safe .
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Alexandria Install fest
EGLUG
يوم جنو لينوكس السادس فى الأسكندرية 2009
* Got tired of your computer becoming slower and slower over time and freezing every now and then ?
* Can't stop viruses and attacks on your computer ?
* Find the software and the system you use more expensive than the hardware ?
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* Want to discover new and better things ?
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Time : Monday 09 / 03 / 2009
Place : ITI center behind post building - mohatet masr - Alex
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I will write here all the events in sha2 allah after the EGLUG
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Google organized the first ever Doodle for Google ...


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'WE WANT JUSTICE'
Black dad of two Manuel Ellis screamed 'I can't breathe' at cops as he died while being restrained
Emily Prescott
Jun 5 2020, 5:56 ET
Updated: Jun 5 2020, 11:22 ET
A BLACK man died after calling out "I can't breathe" while being restrained by cops in Washington, medical reports released have revealed.
Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death of Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old father of two, in March, was a homicide.
Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old father of two, died while being detained by police in MarchCredit: Go Fund Me
Demonstrators project 'we can't breathe' onto the front of the Hay Adams hotel as protests continue over the death of George FloydCredit: AP:Associated Press
Ellis, who was from Tacoma, had drugs in his system and was suffering from heart disease but the medical examiner determined he died of respiratory arrest due to hypoxia caused by physical restraint.
Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards said: "I cannot imagine the pain that continues with the Ellis family loss, but I do know that our community wants both answers and justice, and so do I, and so does this entire council and administration."
"In the face of longstanding racism and recent national events, we are devastated to have the death of Manuel Ellis become part of this national conversation."
The report comes in the wake of nationwide protests over the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd who was restrained by police for several minutes while also uttering "I can't breathe".
The four cops on the scene have since been charged in Floyd's death, one of them with second degree murder.
Attorney James Bible, who is representing Ellis' family, told The Tacoma News Tribune: "The harshest of realities is George Floyd is right here in Tacoma, and his name is Manny."
"He's another black man that's been victimized and killed by the police."
She added: "I have been saying this whole time I knew the police officers killed my brother. I know there's no way what they said happened actually killed him."
I knew the police officers killed my brother.
Attorney James Bible
Ellis, 33, was walking when four officers notice him struggling.
Pierce County Sheriff's detective Ed Troyer told Q13 News: "He was having distress in the intersection, they asked him if he was alright and needed help.
"He walked up to the Tacoma Police Officers and said, 'I have warrants, I need to talk.' As soon as the police officer got out of the car, he assaulted one of them and slam dunked him into the ground."
Ellis was handcuffed and restrained at the scene.
He was still breathing when paramedics arrived and was removed from handcuffs while being worked on for about 40 minutes, but was pronounced dead, according to Detective Troyer.
Investigators with the sheriff's office insist officers did not pin him down with a knee on his neck as was the case with the Floyd death.
Troyer said: "There was no heads on knees. There was no cutting off of circulation, none of that.
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"He was handcuffed. He was talking. He was breathing. Then throughout the process, he had trouble breathing and he told people, 'I can't breathe.' They put him on his side and called for medical aid."
Troyer said the only video investigators have found is from a nearby home security camera but it is dark and offers little clarity.
Ellis can be heard saying "I can't breathe" on the police radio.
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"Mapping the Digital Humanities" - Discussion starts April 6!
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By Erin Lamb
Mapping the Digital Humanities
A HASTAC Scholars Discussion Forum opening Monday, April 6 at www.hastac.org
Much has been said of maps, and it seems that---with technologies and software such as Loopt, the iPhone, ArcGIS, and Google Maps and Earth---people are becoming increasingly familiar with where, exactly, they are located. Of course, mapping suggests more than "you are here." It implies not only the delimiting of how people relate to each other, to space and place, and to objects, but also the study of how those relationships emerge. What's more, mapping is no doubt a slippery term. As scholars such as Willard McCarty note, it is affiliated with an array of other concepts and practices, such as modeling, diagramming, networking, and representation. With such affiliations in mind, this HASTAC discussion, facilitated by Jentery Sayers and Matthew W. Wilson, seeks to aggregate and unpack how "mapping" (broadly understood) is mobilized in different learning and research spaces, across the disciplines, in the field of the digital humanities:
How does mapping inform how scholars identify novel patterns in their own research and archives?
What does mapping afford pedagogy and classroom learning, and how does it foster collaboration and media expansion?
How do mapping projects by academics alter how they engage their community partners and publics, and vice versa?
Regardless of experience in or familiarity with the digital humanities, we invite participation from anyone who is currently involved in a mapping project. We imagine that contributors could include, but are certainly not limited to, critical geographers, cartographers, literary historians, artists, architects and urban planners, community-based researchers, cultural anthropologists, information scientists, students in digital humanities courses, public intellectuals, and scholars of new media, design, and composition.
Jentery Sayers is a PhD candidate in the Department of
English at the University of Washington (UW), and he teaches
computer-integrated courses situated in the digital humanities, new
media, and science and technology studies. In both his research and
teaching, he is invested not only in historicizing technology in
particular cultural contexts, but also exploring how it can be
mobilized through creative, critical and collaborative projects. His
dissertation, "Invisible Technologies?: Media Ecology and the Senses",
attends to how technology is culturally embedded in 19th and 20th
century Anglo-American literature, with particular emphasis on sound
technologies and their relation to print. In Spring 2009, he is
teaching two courses: ?Mapping the Digital Humanities" (an advanced
undergraduate course at UW-Seattle, in the Comparative History of Ideas
program) and "New Media Production" (an introductory arts technique
course at UW-Bothell, in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences). He has
been named a HASTAC Scholar, a UW Huckabay Teaching Fellow, and a UW
Science Studies Network Fellow for his technology-focused cultural
research and collaborations in the development of digital humanities
curricula. In 2009-10, he will be a dissertation fellow in the Society
of Scholars at the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the UW.
Matthew W. Wilson is currently a PhD candidate in the Department
of Geography at the University of Washington, and will be Assistant
Professor of Geography at Ball State University in the next academic
year. His research is situated across political, feminist, and urban
geography as well as science and technoculture studies, interfacing
these with the more specified field of ?critical geographic information
systems?. He is interested in how geographic information technologies
enable particular neighborhood assessment endeavors, and how these
kinds of geocoding activities mobilize notions of ?quality-of-life? and
?sustainability?. His dissertation research concentrates at the
intersections of several phenomena, namely the energies with which
nonprofit and community organizations approach neighborhood
quality-of-life issues, the increased role that geographic information
technologies have in addressing this kind of indicator work, as well as
the increased geocoding of city spaces more generally. In his fifth
year as an instructor with the University of Washington GIS Certificate
program, he lectures on principles of cartography and cartographic
critique. He also serves as the editorial assistant for Social &
Cultural Geography. He has been named a HASTAC Scholar and a Huckabay
Teaching Fellow, for his collaborative role in developing
interdisciplinary pedagogies for the digital humanities.
(Thanks to Flickr user dannysullivan for this image; please click on the photo to see the rest of dannysullivan's photostream.)
Jentery Sayers
We appreciate the announcement, Erin, and are looking forward to the conversation!
Erin Lamb
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The Terror Victims Support Fund and the Magnanimity of Nigerian 'Well-to-Dos'
Home/Rise Networks Community, Youth Speak/The Terror Victims Support Fund and the Magnanimity of Nigerian 'Well-to-Dos'
(By Nkannebe Raymond)
"After what appeared to be one of his best speeches in his sojourn into politics as has been confirmed by Pundits, it was clear that Mr. President was indeed ready and interested in the course of bringing succour to victims of insurgency. His demeanour that night was that of a leader who was not oblivious of the plight of the people he swore on oath to protect few years ago and who were determined to put a final end to their sufferings, no matter the cost".
You can scorn Nigerians for everything you may, you may put them in your bad books for Corruption, the obsession to cut corners, sleaze, Crude-Oil theft and all sort of wrongs you can come up with, but when it comes to Charity, expression of empathy in the misfortune of a fellow countryman, you are met with the ideal and Signature Nigerian that is the signpost of love and concern for the travails of the next man troubled. Blab all you can, you cannot take away that spirit from the average Nigerian. It runs in our DNA.
Such show of love, concern and empathy in the misfortune of millions of Nigerians who have in one way or another suffered from the wickedness of Terror unleashed by the Boko Haram sect and the Murderous Fulani Herdsmen, reached another height last week Thursday at the Banquet hall of the State House in Abuja. What occasion was it? It was the Fund Raising Dinner organised by Mr. President for the Victims of Terror apparently to consolidate on the efforts of government in Fighting insurgency and in a bid to placate the anger, to a considerable extent, of the family and friends of Terror Victims who have either lost their loved ones to the campaign of bloodletting orchestrated by the sect or are hospitalised in one hospital or the other nursing various degrees of injuries or who have been forced to flee their villages and have taken refuge in concentration camps and other sundry negative effects of terrorism in the land.
Needless to say, it was another step in the right direction. Not only was it necessary, it was also timely at a time when refugees' statistics as a result of terrorism have crescended to an overwhelming acme. So sitting in the company of my colleagues that very wet Thursday night in Maiduguri, the fund raising dinner became a perfect substitute of not going to class to study since the heavens won't stop sending down the rains.
In an event chaired by the indefatigable Rtd. Gen Theophilus Danjuma and also which had several notable class of Nigerians in attendance, from the clergy to the traditional rulers. From the members of the National Assembly to the Captains of Industries. From technocrats to the Civil Society Organisations and down to many other distinguished ladies and gentlemen. One was almost certain that judging from the 'climatic conditions' in the Banquet Hall, the 'Naira Rain' was bound to come. It did.
The uncommon display of humility exhibited by Mr. President by offering to wield the microphone throughout the duration of the fund-raiser, was unprecedented and next to none. After what appeared to be one of his best speeches in his sojourn into politics as has been confirmed by Pundits, it was clear that Mr. President was indeed ready and interested in the course of bringing succour to victims of insurgency. His demeanour that night was that of a leader who was not oblivious of the plight of the people he swore on oath to protect few years ago and who were determined to put a final end to their sufferings, no matter the cost.
By organising such an event and even mounting the rostrum for a better part of the day to lead the fund-raising, he made a bold statement to the effect that the travails of the victims of terror is not lost on his administration and hence why the initiative was birthed. It was a day, at least by my standard; Mr. President scored a hat-trick and won back the admiration and endorsement by millions of Nigerians who by nature, are emotional beings.
But no matter how one is moved by Mr. President's humility, you cannot take away the munificence and benevolence of several Nigerians and corporations who out of the bounty of their hearts literally wiped the tears of the millions of Terror Victims by donating magnanimously to the fund. Sequel to the foregoing, special thanks must go to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chairman of Dangote Group who has never failed to answer the call of Humanity whenever he is called upon. That night, he sustained the precedent. The same goes for Mr. Tony Elumelu, Dr. Jim Ovia, Gen. T.Y Danjuma, Mrs. Alakija, the Banking sub-sector led by Mr. Godwin Emefiele, The Nigerian Oil Marketers led by the Honorable minister of Petroleum resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison Madueke, Gov. Rochas Okorocha, Mr. Wale Adenuga, Members of the National Assembly, the FG and a host of other spirited Nigerians and corporations who donated that night but which space constraints would not allow me to reproduce here who unanimously by their donations to the fund, made a bold statement to the victims of terror and to the enemies of Nigeria that irrespective of their plight, Nigerians have not forsaken them in this most perilous time of theirs. That Nigerians are aware of their cruel misfortune and also interested and willing to answer any call geared towards ameliorating their hardships. May God continue to enlarge their coast and from wherever they have taken out from, it is my considered petition unto the heavens, that they be replenished in higher folds.
Having said that, what remains, is how the almost sixty billion Naira realised that night would be spent so that the objectives of its generation will not be defeated. There is no gainsaying that the main task does not lie in the generation of funds, but instead in the effective utilisation of same to score the goals that was the intention of the initiative ab initio.
I would advise that the Terror Victims Committee set up by the president and chaired by Gen. T.Y Danjuma, do its work thoroughly by putting in place a mechanism that would work to arrive at an accurate data of people in the larger population, who have been affected in one way or another from terror since the inception of the Boko Haram and Fulani Herdsmen menace in the country. Not only that, efforts should also be made to ascertain the degree or extent of loss suffered, in order to determine the relief due when the funds generated are to be disbursed to the affected victims.
A considerable percentage of the fund should be earmarked for the FG's Safe-School initiative aimed at protecting schools from being prone to terror attacks and to prevent the re-occurence of the mistake of Govt. Secondary School, Chibok. Skill acquisition centres should be set up in the state capital of states who are more affected by the activities of terror so that the youths and widows of men who have lost their lives to the nefarious activities of the sect, would not become potential tools in the hands of the sect and also acquire relevant skills with which they can continue to meet their individual and family needs respectively.
Beyond the ululation of the generation of funds for Terror Victims, government must be reminded that the struggle does not end in the throwing of Naira to victims. The greater responsibility should be the prevention of terror in all ramifications as whatever succour financial intervention brings pales into insignificance when juxtaposed with the Loss sought to be placated with whatever wads of the Naira.
While government's effort in convening the Fund-Raiser is undoubtedly commendable, emphasis should still lay on proactive measures to stamp out terrorism and nt the contrary. The huge financial approach that has been taken by the FG to combat the insurgency in recent times, depicts the lack of a thorough strategy to end the scourge of the Islamic Fundamentalists. Money should not be seen as the only weapon against the menace, but rather a tool aimed at complementing other critical militaristic, intelligence, political and social efforts.
That we cannot pay or finance out way out of the insurgency cannot be overstated for it were, we wouldn't be where we are today. Cheques that run into several millions-the type received more than once by Mr. President last thursday, does not solve the root cause of insurgency. It is hoped that this is not oblivious to the government.
Finally, I'll once again, use this platform to thank many Nigerians who out of the magnanimity of their hearts and altruistic nature, and not the buoyancy of their bank accounts, gave back to society that thursday night. Posterity was there that night, and even if men forget as they are wont to, she will not forget and history is well informed. To the victims of terror, that Nigerians got your interest at heart cannot be gainsaid and the fight against insurgency is one that must be won. God bless Nigeria. ONU'KWUBE!
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VAN November/December 2011: The Artists Resale Right
Alex Davis , administrator for the Irish Visual Artists' Rights Organisation (IVARO), which manages the Resale Right on behalf of its members, looks at the implications for artists.
In less than two months time the Artists Resale Right is due to be fully implemented in Ireland for the benefit of artists' heirs and beneficiaries. Yet there is still concern that the Government may fail to bring the Right in on time or will introduce it in a manner that minimises the benefits to artists and their families. Alex Davis, Administrator for the Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation (IVARO), which manages the Resale Right on behalf of its members, looks at the implications.
The Resale Right allows visual artists an ongoing stake in the value of their work by paying artists a modest royalty when their works are resold through auction houses, galleries, and art dealers.
The Resale Right was initially introduced in recognition of the fact that artworks often don't achieve their full value until late in an artist's career or even after their death. France was the first country to adopt the Resale Right in 1920 in an attempt to address this issue by providing an entitlement in law for artists to share in the ongoing sales of their works and also to allow them to make appropriate provision for their families.
Under an EU Directive, all EU member states had to introduce the Right for living artists by 1 January 2006. The Irish Government failed to bring it in on time leading the artist Robert Ballagh to take a case against the State for loss of earnings. Ballagh was successful and the Right was introduced (through rushed regulations) on 13 June 2006, but only for living artists.
The final step for full implementation of the EU Directive is for the Right to also be applied to the resale of works by deceased artists. The deadline for this is the 1 January 2012 from which point the Right will be enjoyed by the families and beneficiaries of deceased artists for 70 years after the death of the artist.
Cause for celebration
The inclusion of heirs in this scheme is of huge importance and should be a cause for celebration. For some families the Right might be their sole inheritance. Artists' families are generally responsible for maintaining the artist's legacy. This can be a very time-consuming and expensive undertaking. Some of the tasks include storage, conservation, cataloguing, maintaining records, authenticating works, responding to requests to reproduce the artist's works, providing information for exhibitions and catalogues, and assessment of provenance. Artists' estates have been losing out on important income, which would enable them to continue their valuable work.
Cause for concern
There is good reason to believe that Ireland will once again fail to implement the EU Directive on time. The Government has recently published its legislation programme for the remainder of 2011 to mid 2012 and there is no reference to the Resale Right. This is despite numerous submissions from IVARO urging them to take action. The result of their inaction is that either the 1 January deadline will not be met, or perhaps worse still, it will be implemented through rushed regulations rather than proper legislation once again.
In 2006 the Right was introduced through Regulations rather than legislation. IVARO has nearly six years experience of trying to make the current regulations work and has encountered numerous difficulties that make certain royalties impossible to collect. Full legislation is required in order to implement the right in a manner that will make it most meaningful to artists and their families.
Problems with the current regulations
Under the current regulations galleries and art dealers in general have avoided the resale right. IVARO has found it impossible to reach any accord as to payment of the royalty with the vast majority of the commercial art galleries which process re-sales. There is evidence that some of the art market dealers are holding on to the resale royalties collected from the purchasers long past the time that they should have paid the artists or their representatives[1]. IVARO also suspects that some galleries may have put aside the artist's resale royalty pending the point at which they or the seller is obliged by a court order to pay it to the artist, or the three year time limit for information expires. IVARO is fearful that many of these galleries may not survive the current economic conditions, and this money will be lost entirely to the artists to whom it is due.
Currently in Ireland, only works resold for €3,000 or more are eligible for Resale Royalties, which is the highest threshold in the EU. Member States are allowed to impose a lower threshold and many have chosen €1000. This option was taken up by the UK, our nearest neighbour, and Europe's largest art market. In Ireland nearly 98% of art sells at auction for less than €50,000 and 50% sells for less than €1,000[2]. Having the maximum threshold of €3,000 is totally out of step with the Irish art market and has resulted in a relatively small number of artists benefitting from the right. A threshold of €1,000 or lower will benefit a much wider constituency of artists and be a further stimulus for artists to create new work.
A number of other efficiencies could be gained by the drafting of new legislation in this area. As it stands, artists have to be aware of any of their works that sell over the threshold. They then must seek information on the seller from the art market professional for that specific sale. The art market professional has 90 days in which to respond to this request. The artist, or in many cases IVARO, must then apply to the seller for payment of the royalty. It is a laborious, time-consuming and difficult task, especially for individual artists. This system could be streamlined with the introduction of compulsory collective management which would include reporting of qualifying sales.
The EU Commission's Communication on Copyright Management[3] comes to this conclusion: "Collective management appears also to be the de facto basis for the operation of artists' resale right under Directive 2001/84/EC, even if it is not mandatory." Despite this the Irish regulations make no provision to assist or encourage collective management in Ireland.
If compulsory collective management was introduced and a collecting society was appointed this would mean that resale royalties would be automatically collected on behalf of all rights holders, whether or not they are members of the collecting society. Art Market Professionals would be required to supply the collecting society with data after each sale. The collecting society could then collect the royalty from the seller and distribute the proceeds to the rights holder without delay. Royalties for foreign artists whose work is resold in Ireland would also automatically be collected ensuring that Ireland complies with it's obligation to "ensure that amounts intended for authors who are nationals of other Member States are in fact collected and distributed." – Article 28, EU Directive 2001/84/EC.
The rationale and founding principle of the resale right is that artists and their heirs share in the increasing value and exploitation of their works. Together with other means of support, it represents an important factor in strengthening the artist's security and economic autonomy, without any additional cost to the exchequer. In order to maximise the efficient implementation of the resale right IVARO makes the following recommendations:
The resale right should be fully implemented through primary legislation to benefit artists and their heirs.
The minimum threshold of the resale to which the right applies should be set at €1,000.
That legislation requires compulsory collective management as a means of collecting, administering and distributing the artists' resale right.
That the royalty rate should be set at 5% for resales below €50,000.
IVARO is calling on artists and their supporters to sign a petition supporting the full implementation of the Artists Resale Right. To sign the petition please visit: www.ipetitions.com/petition/dds
Even better still, write to the Government, setting out your support for full Implementation. You could outline your work as an artist, any difficulties you've had making a living from your creative work and the difference the Resale Right could make to your family. Contact details for the two relevant Ministers are below.
Minister Richard Bruton TD
Department Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Kildare Street
Minister Jimmy Deenihan TD
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
23 Kildare Street
[1] Review of the Fine Art Market, The Property Valuer, James O'Halloran.
[2] An Investor's Guide to the Art Market by Dr. Clare McAndrew. Published by Liffey Press.
[3] "The management of Copyright and Related Rights in the Internal market" COM (2004) 261 final
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