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RowenaElce
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« on: Wednesday 22 May 19 23:38 BST (UK) »
I am trying to find out about my 3x ggf, William Hargreaves, as I am interested in finding a connection to a DNA match through this family line and we have been unable to figure it out.
I would love to find out when & where he was born, who his parents were and if he had any siblings. If anyone can help me in my searching, I'd be very grateful.
Thank you in advance. - Rowena
What I do know is:
William Hargreaves married Elizabeth Pickles on 20th Sep 1831 in Great Harwood, Lancashire. He is listed as from the Parish of Haslingden and was a Draper and a Bachelor. He was of full age, but no date of birth or parents' names are given.
William and Elizabeth had 3 children:
(1) Rachel Hargreaves – b. 17 Aug 1832 at Great Harwood and d.? btw.1837-1841 (not on 1841 census)
(2) John Hargreaves – b. 10 Oct 1834 at Great Harwood and d.? maybe 1915 (Q2) but can't find 1911 census
(3) Edward Hargreaves – b. 2 Feb 1837 at Great Harwood and d. Dec 1853 (buried 16 Dec 1853 at St. Bartholomew, Great Harwood)
• All three children were baptised on 5 March 1837 at St. Bartholomew, in Great Harwood.
1841 Census does not show William Hargreaves, but it has Elizabeth Hargreaves (25 - married), John (6) and Edward (4) all living at Harwood Edge in Great Harwood. Also listed there are her sister Esther (35) with her husband, Henry Woolstanholme (35 – Stone Mason) and their four children (ages 12, 10, 7, 5) as well as Elizabeth's father, Edward Pickles (65-Farmer) and her sister Mary (25).
1851 Census again does not include William Hargreaves, but Elizabeth is still shown as married (40 – Head – Farmer of 11 acres), son John (16- Power Loom weaver) and son Edward (14 – School?). They are still living at Harwood Edge in Great Harwood.
1861 Census again shows Elizabeth as married (50 – Head – Farmer of 13 acres) living with son John (26 – Cotton Cloth Looker) but her husband William is once again not listed in the household. They are still at Harwood Edge in Great Harwood, but also listed there are a family with the surname Eccles – unsure of relation.
1871 Census shows Elizabeth as a widow (60 – Head- farmer of 11 acres) at Harwood Edge, Great Harwood. Her son John (35 – Head – Manager in a Cotton Mill) married to Jane (21) and their three children, Elizabeth (9), Edward (4) and Kate (1).
Re: William Hargreaves married to Elizabeth Pickles in Great Harwood, Lancashire 183
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 23 May 19 00:09 BST (UK) »
Hello and welcome to RootsChat.
Have you found any possibilities for William on any census?
According to transcript of marriage on Lancashire Online Parish clerks, the marriage was by licence. I can't find the licence in Lancashire Archives catalogue, either under Hargreaves or Pickles.
Coincidently there's a marriage licence dated 10th Sept. 1831 for another William Hargreaves, a silk draper, but his abode was Caton, near Lancaster and he intended to marry Jane Bibby of Lancaster.
Do you know anything about marriage witnesses, Thomas Wilding and Elizabeth Westwell?
Do you have a possible year of death for William? Was he buried with Elizabeth or one of the children? If answer to both questions is "No" then:
Given that he was never present with the family on a census and that he may have died 1861-1871, a burial at St. Mary, Lancaster, 28th Dec. 1863 may be worth considering. Stated age was 48. (Age at death wasn't always accurate.) Abode was Lunatic Asylum.
Lancaster Asylum opened 1816 and for 35 years patients were from all over Lancashire. Admission & discharge + other records are at Lancashire Archives. Admission registers from 1846 on Ancestry.
Census returns for the asylum may not contain full names so you may need to look through each return to find him.
There are 17 more middle-aged/elderly men whose death registrations are in Lancashire BMD index. That's assuming he died in Lancashire.
Hello Maiden Stone,
Unfortunately, I have not found any Censuses for William Hargreaves. I do not know when he was born nor when he died. I can assume both though but that's not helped me so far.
I have not been able to narrow down the options for his birth without knowing parents names or place of birth. Marriage record shows Haslingden and I've found a baptism record for Wm Hargreaves 3 June 1804 to parents George and Rachel Hargreaves. It's a possibility in my mind but only because his first child was named Rachel.
Same applies with year and place of death - I can assume place of death was Great Harwood, but not certain and any time between 1836 (last child born 1837) and 1871 (census his wife is listed as widow) is possible. I know his wife, Elizabeth was buried at St. Bartholomew in Great Harwood but have not found any record of William being buried there.
I have a copy of the Parish register from Great Harwood which shows them married by license. I have attached it to this thread if it helps. I think the names of the witnesses are as you mentioned, Thomas Wilding and Elizabeth Westwell, but it's hard to read the writing. These names are not familiar to me either.
I had not thought about looking at Asylums. I will have to give that a try. I just recently learned about Lancashire BMD and have been checking through the years for his death but to no avail so far. I will keep at that too.
Thank you for all your help and suggestions. Since I live overseas I am not able to do any local research. Maybe I'll have to plan a trip the England sometime in the future but for now I will keep plugging at it.
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There are several possible baptisms in Haslingden on Lancashire Online Parish Clerks, one with a father John, I noticed, as William & Elizabeth's first son, according to baptisms was John. Do you know the name of Elizabeth's mother? Usual naming pattern was 1st daughter after maternal grandmother, 2nd after paternal GM, 1st son after paternal grandfather, 2nd son after maternal GF. Some parents reversed the order or didn't keep to the custom.
As you say, you don't know were he was born, only where he was when he married. Another possibility is that he wasn't C. of E.
It's odd that he wasn't on any census with his family. Possibilities which spring to mind: He was abroad on business; he was elsewhere in UK on business but not every year, surely?); he'd emigrated; he and Elizabeth had split; he joined army or navy; he was in an institution - hospital or prison.
Westwell is a common surname in the area. Hargreaves is very common in Lancashire of course.
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Quote from: RowenaElce on Thursday 23 May 19 03:07 BST (UK)
I've checked coverage of death registrations in Great Harwood sub-district and other sub-districts in what is now Hyndburn registration district and those for 19th century seem to be complete. If William died in Great Harwood after start of civil registration, September 1837, his death should be indexed on Lancs. BMD.
To see coverage, go to Home page and click "Frequently asked questions"; select "What areas are covered/not covered?"; click on the underlined word "deaths" to see years indexed for each area. List of registration districts are in alphabetical order and sub-districts within each reg. district are also in alphabetical order. Death registrations in many nearby districts such as Blackburn, Burnley, Bury and Ribble Valley also seem to be indexed.
I couldn't see a death registered for Rachel.
Thank you for letting me know about the copyright image policy. I was contacted by the moderator and I have since corrected it. Hopefully my changes to the picture have been done correctly. This is my 1st chat room/forum so it's a big learning curve for me.
I agree with your observation about naming patterns. Elizabeth's mother's name was Betty and her father was Edward. Second son was obviously named after him. The only other Rachel I have in my Tree would be Elizabeth's sister, so it's possible William & Elizabeth named their daughter after her. However, I think it's more apt that William's parents' names were either Rachel or John or both.
I have not found record of their daughter, Rachel's death either.
I appreciate your suggestions on why William might not be on the censuses with Elizabeth and, your help in how to read the BMD and suggestions on areas to look at. I find it hard sometimes as I'm always double checking google maps on where places are located. Any other suggestions would be welcome as well. :-D
I will keep digging but this looks like it's going to be a BIG brick wall that will be around for quite some time.
Thanks for your help. - Rowena
trish1120
FreeREG has a few Great Harwood records.
I always look a hew years either side of a Marriage to see if possible siblings married in the same Church.
There are several possibles including;
MARY Hargreaves married Richard HAMER 27 Sep 1829 (EWD Pickles was a witness)
So worth looking at and then finding them on Census to confirm dob/pob.
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Everything for Everyone
Plan C exists to organise in, beyond, and against capital. We think this requires the development of ideas and practices that are able to cohere together whilst at the same time being dynamic enough to adapt to changes in our lives and our work. Whilst we try to avoid tying ourselves down to key principles and hallmarks, there are a few things that can be sustainably drawn on to broadly describe its form.
It is non-rivalrous
Plan C is not 'the organisation of the working classes' nor do we see a necessity for one. We think that for the struggle against and beyond capital to remain dynamic, there needs to be continual cross-pollination between groups and communities whose experience of it has had different emphases and who have organised themselves differently, uncovering different limitations and asking different questions. We hope to be one radical anti-capitalist organisation amongst many. We do, however, see the necessity for structures of collective coordination between ourselves and others that can articulate our common experiences and develop shared practices with the aim of transforming life and changing the world. Plan C is such a structure at one level but seeks only to be part of such a structure at a broader level. Members are also entirely welcome to be 'dual cardholders' with other left groups. It's up to individuals to decide whether other organisations and collectives they're involved in are compatible with Plan C, although people should be open about other affiliations.
Power is decentralised or diffuse
We don't have a leadership, a central committee, or a steering committee. The sovereign decision-making bodies at the national level are congresses (open to all members), and monthly intercongress proposals (discussed by all local groups). Any member or group can make a proposal for a course of action, policy, amendment to a policy, project, or national discussion.
It is internally pluralist
We don't require members to toe the line. Minority groups within the Plan C are welcome to pursue courses of action under the Plan C name that the majority isn't into (where logic allows it). A diversity of approaches makes for a much stronger organisation. However, we attempt to move continually towards shared strategic orientations to enhance the intellectual and logistical coordination within (and outside) the organisation rather than a centrally determined line or course of action.
It is experimental and non-dogmatic
It's great to be right but it's even better to be exploratory. The structures and conventions of the old left are becoming less and less effective. Developing new ones means trying things out, getting them wrong, trying other things out. We are wary of models of social change developed in very different social and historical contexts and we are wary of models of social change that are subordinated to systems of ahistorical morality. We acknowledge our precursors, build on our influences, and try to minimise unnecessary reinvention but we are attempting to organise on a new and ever-changing terrain.
Building a movement is prioritised over building an organisation
Plan C is a tool or a resource for the development of social movements. As such it can be seen as a pocket in those movements or a resting point for when they're dispersed or temporarily unrecognisable. It is not a movement in itself and it has no desire to seize control of any such movements. We're happy to provide leadership in the sense of having good ideas that take off and spread but we recognise this as an always-temporary situation shared and swapped with a multitude of other communities, organisations, affinity groups, campaigns, and individuals. It is an organisation that we feel to be useful in the present historical moment and will continue only until this usefulness subsides.
How do we organise?
Plan C has several local groups around the country. Local groups help us support and look after each other in our activity and to make decisions as an organisation. Each group is made up of a least 3 members and meets in the first week of every month to discuss national proposals.
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Our members can also form clusters independent of local groups to work on particular areas of struggle or projects. These groups have autonomy to meet as they like and can make proposals to be discussed nationally.
To deal with the day-to-day running of Plan C we have a National Secretariat divided into specific sub-groups (Admin; Care and Justice; Communications; Finance; Festival; Membership; Tech; Website editorial), as well as Regional Coordinators who interview applicants to join and support new members.
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We hold national congresses over a weekend every 6 months where we can discuss strategy, share skills and make decisions about organising within Plan C and any future projects. These are open to all members, with each member having an equal voice. Though it is not mandatory, all members are encouraged to go and it a great opportunity for new members in particular to become familiar with the wider organisation.
As well as our congresses, we also hold the mostly annual Fast Forward festival over the summer. This is intended for the wider movement rather than just Plan C and isn't one of our decision-making forums. The festival have provided a laid back weekend to hold political discussions amongst fellow travellers.
Local groups, clusters and secretariat groups have a large degree of autonomy to make their own decisions on their own projects, but if we need to make a national decision from the whole organisation between congresses then proposals can be made to discuss at monthly local group meetings.
Where did Plan C come from?
Good question! Some of our members in Leeds were interviewed by the Interventionist Left – a radical organisation in Germany – in 2012 about Plan C's origins and practice. Whilst not all of it is up to date and the politics of Plan C are always evolving it does provide a useful overview of the origins of our organisation. To find out more about our current activity you can see our events page, blog or get in touch with us.
1. Plan C is quite an unusual name for a leftist organisation. What does it stand for?
The 'C' is deliberately ambiguous. The assumption tends to be that it stands for 'Commons' or 'Communism'. Either of these is acceptable but people should feel free to interpret it differently if they wish. It also has the advantage of sounding a little like the title of a 1950s American 'red scare' thriller. More importantly, it's a play on the flurry of discourse around 'Plan A' and 'Plan B' that emerged in the UK once the crisis had dug its heels in after 2007.
At the end of 2009, in a now-classic statement, the prime minister's spokesperson told us "It is quite normal for government officials to be thinking about alternative scenarios [but] ministers haven't asked for advice on 'plan B' because they are very clear that the plan we have is the right plan." This plan, Plan A, is the plan that involves massive cuts to public spending, tripling of university fees, the 'remodeling' of labour and environmental policy, and tax breaks for the wealthy. In short, a neo-liberal plan focused on making Britain more 'business-friendly'. Of course, just because ministers hadn't gone looking for a plan B doesn't mean no one else did.
There are numerous Plan B's. Some better than others, but all of them hovering in the vicinity of some form or other of neokeynesianism. We don't want to unhelpfully dismiss these plan Bs out of hand. We think it's exciting so many people seem to be questioning the 'present state of things' and thinking about alternatives. However, it is crucially important to note the absence of the same social and material conditions that ushered in the golden age of social democracy in the past. In the light of this, the Plan B(s), being called for by everyone from pragmatic capitalist economists to left revolutionary parties, seem little more than pie in the sky. So, we suggest a new plan, Plan C (perhaps centred on commons). We have no desire to present this plan as a prognosis; one of the problems with plan B after all is its inability to meet the dynamism and flux of everyday life under capitalism. We need plans that can change, rapidly if need be. We do however, see this plan as being centred on how we organise our social reproduction. The focus on the question of organisation that this necessarily engenders is another aspect of the name. We want to go beyond the plans A and B of political organizing.
2. What was the motivation for founding Plan C? Have you been involved in political activism before? Why were you discontent with those contexts?
Plan C began, arguably, at a gathering of a couple of hundred people in Manchester. The name of this event was 'Network X'. It was largely a one-man show and, were we to test it against the intentions of the organizers, was fairly disastrous. The gathering was called on the back of the volcanic arrival of a new generation of student activists whose occupation of the Conservative Party headquarters at Milbank had taken everybody by surprise. However, the organizers had mistakenly assumed that all that was required in order to incorporate this new generation into an already existing milieu of anti-capitalist and anarchist horizontalists was to introduce them to a tried and tested organizational model that had achieved results in the past. In this case, the model was Dissent! who had organized against the meeting of the G8 at Gleneagles in Scotland in 2005. Dissent! was a large, 'open', and informal network that operated on the basis of consensus. Anyone was able to join and decisions were carried at the level of regional and national meetings. The Climate Camp network, emerging partly out of post-Dissent discussions, also broadly took up this model of organizing.
When it came to the Network X meeting not only did a new network fail to materialize in Manchester but many of the weaknesses of this form of organizing were usefully exemplified in almost comedic form over the two days where we witnessed interminable arguments about consensus processes, cataclysmic eleventh hour derailments of discussions and decisions, and unofficial hierarchies taking accidental control and then abdicating on a wave of shame and self-criticism. It was like a whistle-stop tour of why we couldn't simply transplant the structures of a previous cycle of struggle.
In the run up to this gathering there was a call-out for workshop proposals. Perhaps anticipating the problems that the gathering might encounter and building upon problematics articulated by the Free Association in the article 'Re:Generations', a group of comrades from Leeds ran a workshop entitled 'What if there was a movement and we weren't invited?' The idea was to call into question the assumption that our forms of organising were somehow eternal, that we could bend the present to our structures rather than having to continually rethink and reimagine them. The economic crisis, and more directly the student movement, had ushered in for us a new era of struggle and it was clear that the left in its various existing incarnations was failing to find a place for itself The workshop itself was very productive and interesting. So much so that we reran it in Leeds where we had an even bigger turnout. At the same time, comrades from London, Manchester, and Nottingham who had been present at Network X ran similar discussions in their home cities. It was the organisers and participants of these discussions and workshops who met together over a weekend a month or so later at the first gathering of what would later be named Plan C.
Network X then, this anachronistic failure of an attempt to drag the old trebuchets of the alterglobalisationist movement over a transformed terrain, was in fact Plan C's genesis. The question that emerged from this experience remains central to Plan C: How do we organise in way that engenders a dynamism capable not only of keeping up with the present and even of outrunning capital but also attain a coherence and solidity that enables us to weather the periods of low-intensity struggle?
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Environmental activists face high risk of violence and assassination: study
By Levon Sevunts |
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Posted: Monday, July 6, 2020 17:04
Last Updated: Monday, July 6, 2020 17:07
Activists defending their communities and the surrounding environment against development of extractive industries and land grabs for agrarian use face high rates of criminalization, physical violence and murder around the world, according to a study published this month in the journal Global Environmental Change.
The study, which analyzed 2,743 cases of environmental conflicts worldwide, found that despite the fact that these activists primarily use nonviolent forms of protest, they become victims of violence in 18 per cent of these conflicts and murder in 13 per cent of all cases.
In 20 per cent of environmental conflicts, activists face criminalization, including fines, legal prosecution and prison terms, the study found.
Assassination, violence and criminalization of activists become even more endemic when Indigenous Peoples are involved, the study found.
In conflicts over mining and land use, assassinations occur in 19 per cent of conflict cases, the rate of violence rises to 25 per cent and criminalization – through imprisonment, restriction of activists' rights, or prosecution without clear charges – increases to 27 per cent.
'Tip of the iceberg'
Leah Temper, an ecological economist and a political ecologist at McGill University, who co-authored the international study, said despite the number of cases analyzed by the researchers, these environmental conflicts involving the extractive industry are "just the tip of the iceberg."
"This just gives you an idea of the stakes that we're talking about in a lot of these conflicts," said Temper, who specializes in studying extractive industry conflicts and environmental justice issues.
"These are communities that are often trying to hang on to all that they have left, to the only livelihoods that they have, the only livelihoods that they know… and these states and these corporate interests would typically use any means at their disposal in order to push these projects through."
Leah Temper is an ecological economist and a political ecologist, who specializes in studying extractive industry conflicts and environmental justice issues. (Submitted by Leah Temper)
These incidents of violence and murder also happen because of widespread impunity on the part of the governments and corporations, she said.
"They do this because they can get away with it," Temper said.
The international consortium of researchers Temper has been working with has created an interactive map of environmental conflicts around the world. The project is called the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice (EJAtlas) and it documents over 3,000 thousand cases of environmental conflict.
This interactive map documents only cases that are verifiable through secondary sources, published previously elsewhere, Temper said.
150 conflicts involving Canadian mining companies
Relatives and friends mourn at the coffins of Juan Carlos Celso (L) and Mauro Galicia Pena, employees of Canadian mining giant Goldcorp, during a funeral in Iguala, Guerrero March 14, 2015. Three employees of Goldcorp Inc, including Celso and Pena, were found dead, family members said, after they were believed to have been abducted in restive southwestern Mexico. (Jonathan Cuevas /REUTERS)
Canadian companies are over-represented in the database of environmental conflicts, with involvement in 8 per cent of the cases analyzed, Temper said.
After the U.S., Canada is in second place when it comes to companies involved in environmental conflicts, Temper said.
"And, of course, that's due in large part to Canadian mining companies," Temper said. "Canadian mining companies are notorious, actually, globally for environmental and human rights abuses."
The EJAtlas documents over 150 conflicts involving the Canadian mining industry.
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Canadian companies that commit human rights abuses in other countries are often not liable for their actions, Temper said.
"There are a few examples now, where that's beginning to change but they haven't been accountable to the Canadian courts for these actions," she said.
There are a lot of Canadian junior mining companies that break the ground on new projects in areas referred to as "commodity frontiers," Temper said.
"Extractive companies arrive in these remote and untouched areas, and there is often huge resistance to these projects and potentially a lot environmental and human rights abuses that occur," Temper said.
Xinca indigenous people of the town of San Rafael Las Flores stand outside of the Constitutional Court of Guatemala after a news conference on the Vancouver-based Tahoe Resources' Escobal mine, in Guatemala City, Guatemala September 6, 2018. (Luis Echeverria /REUTERS)
Pierre Gratton, president and CEO of the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), which represents 43 companies, said it is hard for him to comment on the study without being provided any specific examples of alleged abuses by member companies.
"We would simply say MAC has the most rigorous social and environmental performance system — Towards Sustainable Mining, or TSM — that currently exists in the global mining industry," Gratton said in email.
It is mandatory for MAC members to commit to high environmental, social and human rights standards, he said.
"Further, we categorically oppose any violence against human rights defenders, who have a legitimate right to represent themselves and advocate their views and interests," Gratton said.
The study found that grassroots mobilizations for more sustainable and socially just uses of the environment occur around the world, in all income groups.
However, the data shows that environmental defenders are frequently members of vulnerable groups who mainly employ non-violent forms of protest.
Local activism includes opposition to fossil fuel extraction, open cast mining, tree plantations, hydropower dams and other extractive industries, to opposition to waste disposal in the form of incineration or dumps, Temper said.
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The money behind organs & tissues
Posted on December 16, 2013 by Andrew Conte
A common thread throughout our Donor Dilemma series has been that survivors do not like to think about the money that follows their gift of organs and tissues. A Virginia surgeon whose son died and became a tissue donor told us he didn't want to make any money from it — but he didn't want anyone else making money either. This latest story, with Luis Fabregas, looks at the tissue side of donation…
Beenie and George Smith of Greensburg lost their only child, Megan, in a car accident in October 2001. They donated her body for organs and tissue recovery.
Companies worldwide cash in on a $2 billion-a-year trade in human skin, bones and other tissues obtained for free from deceased donors and later sold, and resold, at a premium.
Compared with vital organs such as hearts, kidneys and livers, these body parts can be major moneymakers for nonprofits and businesses. About half of the sales come from the United States.
"Most people don't realize this industry is explicitly profit-driven and it's explicitly commercialized," said Michele B. Goodwin, a law professor at the University of Minnesota who teaches bioethics and studies the trade of body parts.
Beenie and George Smith of Greensburg said they had no idea… To read the entire story, click here.
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High Anchorage election turnout masks structural problems
Author: Paul Jenkins
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Election worker Denise Dargan, center, removed ballots from envelopes at the MOA Election Center near Ship Creek on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. (Bill Roth / ADN)
How many befuddled Anchorage voters in the last election opened their voting packet and stared blankly at the enclosed ballot, wondering: Who in the heck are these people running for School Board? Are they conservatives? Liberals? Have I ever heard of them before?
While sources of information readily were available about the hopefuls before the city's first mail-in balloting, not everybody, apparently, paid much attention to school board candidates. The election showed that.
Candidates in the mayoral race, for instance, drew 76,906 votes, and even the Girdwood parking enforcement proposition drew 74,706 votes. The three at-large school board races had an average of about 62,000 votes each. One of the races, won by Elisa Snelling, drew nearly 20,000 fewer votes than the mayoral contest.
That is not good news. Some voters, my unscientific sampling found, blew off the school board races because they had never heard of the candidates or had no inkling of what their politics might be. That, of course, is by design.
[Cost of Anchorage's first vote-by-mail election exceeds $1 million]
In the heady days of the Anchorage municipality's creation in the mid-1970s, those who hammered out its charter believed they had hit upon a way to ensure better government. They would ignore human nature and protect the people's wishes and needs from evil politics. The city would come first. The charter they crafted commanded "all municipal elections shall be nonpartisan" and they set up a school board elected "at-large."
Those mandates have led to a years-long charade. The dictum on nonpartisanship denies the average voter basic information about a candidate, his or her politics. The at-large school board elections only work to distance school board candidates and members from voters.
While Anchorage's 11-member Assembly is divided into six districts — five two-member districts and a single-member downtown district — charter writers envisioned something quite different for the school board.
Its members represent, for all intents and purposes, one huge district. Each board member is accountable to all of the city's nearly 220,000 registered voters — and, because of that, to nobody in particular. Because the board members are elected at-large, it is even entirely possible all of them could come from a single section of the city, though that is not the case today.
Proponents will tell you the status quo keeps politics out of school business and policies; that each school board member represents all schools, not just a few; that partisanship is self-defeating in school matters; and, that there are no alliances or political clashes over limited resources. It is ridiculous, of course. Politics play a role in everything, and have since there were three of us. It is a hard-wired part of the human condition, whether we recognize it or not. The school board is not immune.
The Assembly was not set up the same way — and for good reason. The districts were established — despite the bow to nonpartisanship — to almost ensure politics. Anchorage residents are represented by someone accountable in a much smaller political subdivision, somebody residents know, somebody with an interest in their district and lives there, and somebody who is more easily accessible. The school board's at-large structure offers none of that.
It is difficult to understand how a board member overseeing the entirety of Anchorage's massive educational endeavor, with its $559 million general fund budget, 48,000 students, 6,000 employees and more than 90 schools, can adequately represent or deal with all the competing interests involved. It would seem easier and more efficient for them to live in and focus on representing an identifiable set of schools in a specific geographical area, such as an Assembly district. The way it is now, school board representation is diluted by sheer mass in a Pollyanna-ish construct aimed at making it appear the panel is insulated from politics.
Though it would require a change in charter language, Anchorage should consider forgetting about nonpartisanship when it comes to its elections. The masquerade is laughable — and has been for years. Besides, many voters believe political leanings are perhaps the most important thing to know about a candidate.
If the city wants voters to begin taking school board elections more seriously, it should consider dumping at-large voting and develop districts that will focus representation on smaller areas, the way it truly should be. That would allow a connection between a board member, or a candidate, and the people and schools of that district. The closer voters are to their elected representatives, the more direct the conversation, the better representation they will have. It the bedrock of the nowhere-to-run, nowhere-to-hide school of politics.
With such changes, perhaps the next time around, voters will not be so flummoxed in selecting and voting for school board candidates.
They might even come to know who they are.
Paul Jenkins is editor of the AnchorageDailyPlanet.com, a division of Porcaro Communications.
The views expressed here are the writer's and are not necessarily endorsed by the Anchorage Daily News, which welcomes a broad range of viewpoints. To submit a piece for consideration, email commentary(at)adn.com. Send submissions shorter than 200 words to letters@adn.com or click here to submit via any web browser.


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Budget was a missed opportunity for green taxes
Sheena McGuinness is surprised that the Chancellor did not present more of a green focused Budget, and she has some suggestions for remedying the situation.
Rishi Sunak yesterday announced the government's plans to move towards making it mandatory for firms to set out "a clear and deliverable plan" on how they will decarbonise and transition to net zero.
News that the UK will become "the first ever net zero aligned financial centre" was the Chancellor's headline announcement in Glasgow at Cop26.
However, Sunak missed an opportunity in last week's Budget to further cement the UK's plans to deliver a greener financial system.
In terms of what was said in the distinctly lacklustre Autumn Budget for green fiscal incentives, only about £30bn of funding was allocated to the government's net zero. Green bonds, green finance, wind investment and innovation were mentioned, but overall it was limited in terms of environmental tax changes.
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Some would argue that the 50% reduction to air passenger duty (APD) rates for domestic flights, the freezes in fuel duty, carbon price support rates and aggregates levy are all backward steps toward net zero.
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However, the business rate exemptions and relief in England for eligible green technologies and plant to support the decarbonisation of non-domestic buildings is a welcome change. Until now hospitals, schools and businesses faced higher business rates where they had installed solar panels on their buildings. The government is also pressing ahead with the plastic packaging tax and it did announce a new rate of APD for ultra-long haul flights.
Transport is key
As the number of petrol and diesel cars decline, we are going to see a large budgetary deficit as fuel duty revenues decrease. Despite the fuel duty freeze, these currently provide about £27.5bn per annum. Whilst electric vehicles (EVs) are seen as helping to lower carbon emissions there is currently no sign from the government as to how it will replace that £27.5bn loss of tax revenue.
Yet among the 'build back greener' announcements are investments to improve infrastructure for EVs (charging points), public transport and funding for zero emission buses.
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By Nebs
05th Nov 2021 10:08
Given that the one problem facing the planet is overpopulation - solve that one and everything else solves itself - I'd suggest an extra 5p on national insurance rates for each child after the second that you are responsible for creating.
By Michael C Feltham
I would suggest that the very first step, would be to address the insane level of sovereign risk debt!
Playing with a budget on narrow grounds and tinkering around the edges is all every chancellor has been doing for far too many years! Plus larding taxation with political concepts, which is stupidity.
In any case, before any major decision of value could be taken, first an holistic strategy is essential. At present there isn't one! Bozo the Clown and his cabal of fools are throwing out sound bites and nice greeny ideas.
Electric Cars; Air Source Heating using electricity; Hydrogen heating and commercial vehicles...yet no cohesive developed plan for generation of sufficient electrical energy for the forward demand!
As an example, JCB's recent deal with an Australian company for hydrogen supplies is fine: except no figures have been supplied for the transport cost. Hydrogen taken from the atmosphere uses what are called Electrolysers, which are based upon the concept of electrolysis, if you remember your school science.
However, electrolysers need err, more electricity! The Australian company use a combination of wind power and their abundant solar energy for huge arrays.
Now, without all these clever gadgets and concepts and limited volumes of EVs, we are informed by UK power generators that we face power cuts this Winter!
Final comment: Green Electricity:
"Offsetting fossil fuels:
One key concern raised about green energy tariffs is that suppliers make the claim after paying to obtain certificates that "offset" fossil fuels. When an renewable unit of electricity is generated - for example, by a wind turbine - energy regulator Ofgem issues a Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (REGO) to the firm owning the wind turbine, to prove that this energy is green. That firm is then allowed to sell both the electricity and the certificate separately. There is a marketplace where leftover REGOs are traded, and there are enough of them "going spare" to allow energy suppliers to cover the proportion of fossil fuels they sell to customers on each tariff. Each certificate costs just £1 or £2 per customer per year, meaning an energy supplier can make electricity from the wholesale market, which includes fossil fuels, look entirely green, at an affordable price."
Source BBC.
Thus a nasty coal fired power generator can hoover up bits of paper and suddenly, et voila! they are supplying "100% Green Energy"!
Utter insanity.
By matthewleitch
The effect of incentives is surely greater when there are many people with the expert technological skills to implement more sustainable technology. Having more of those people is key. We need more courses at school/college/university level and more for adults retraining.
When I first read the book 'Factor Four' I was stunned by how much the authors knew about how to reduce resource consumption in so many areas of human life. From air conditioning to agriculture, from transport to wall cladding, they had ideas (with data and calculations) for seemingly everything. More people like that in the world would help to push progress along faster.
By Mr J Andrews
Think of all the Energy that could be saved if the additional MTD filing is flushed down the pan.
By Abax
COP 26 was a wasted opportunity. Chia decided to not show up. Probably because they consume over half total world production of coal of which half is burned for electricity generation. If the government was to do something really worthwhile, it would be to use the green agenda at COP26 to introduce increasing environmental tariffs on goods produced by countries that use dirty energy like coal and diesel to generate electricity.
It is one thing for your international competition to work harder and smarter. It is another when our domestic industry is hamstrung by green initiatives whilst the international competition gets away with polluting the environment to save money.
By soundadvice
I could not disagree more with the "missed opportunity" analysis of the budget in relation to green issues.
For me it was a great relief that more money is not going to be wasted in this pointless and wasteful pursuit of remedies to global warming and climate change.
The world seems to have been sucked into a conventional wisdom that we can do something significant about global warming and no-one is allowed to portray a contrarian view without being pilloried.
The sad thing is that many billions are going to be spent on crank solutions to global warming that will make very little difference to global warming but will take precious money away from many other more worthy causes.
Global warming is a fact and that cannot be denied, however believing that we can do anything about it and that trying to reduce CO2 emissions is the answer is the delusion alot of the world is suffering under.
The facts are that the planet produces around 800 billion tonnes of CO2 a year. Made up of 330 billion tonnes of net CO2 from the oceans, 220 billion tonnes of CO2 from plants and animals, 220 billion tonnes from soil respiration and decomposition, less than 1 billion tonnes from volcanoes and 38 billion tonnes of CO2 from human activity (fossil fuels, heating, industrial production etc)
So human activity creates less than 5% of CO2 emmissions produced by the planet.
Of this 38 billion produced by human activity just 1% is produced by the UK.
So does anyone realistically believe that any action taked by the UK Chancellor is going to make an iota of difference to global warming because I don't. Does anyone really believe that the UK setting an example to the rest of the world will make any difference?
We are just all sucked into this conventional wisdom and as often happens when this occurs logical decision making goes out of the window.
The solution for the UK is to embrace and accept what is going on and defend against it. That means for example not a single new house should be built within 10 feet of sea level from today and for the next 100 years. That could mean 10 million new homes built over 100 years none of them at the mercy of rising sea levels.
The planet will adjust to global warming in due course, it always does adjust, and we need to deal with the consequences in the mean time. Even if every country in the world achieved net zero emmissions by 2050 (which of course won't happen) then the impact on global warming is likely to be minimal.
There is, in my view, absolutely no point wasting vast sums of money on hugely expensive renewable energy schemes and white elephants like electric cars. Far better to invest in areas where we can make a difference like social care, education, health, infrastructure and finding practical ways of dealing with rising sea levels.
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Excellent post, Soundadvice, thank you.
Reference sea level rise, according to the US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) mean average global sea level rise is circa 0.14 Inches per annum.
Yet the fear mongers published just two days ago a map showing how my part of the UK would be under water and flooded within ten years. By an increase of circa 1.4 inches??
IMHO having carefully researched the facts, the whole matter of climate change is a cross between a scam (to further enrich such as Al Gore who has already made zillions from the carbon trading scam), and a prime example of The Emperor's New Clothes: which has created a panic and a state of fear, fomented by the media and those unhinged people seeking a cause.
One of the World's most qualified real climate scientists, Professor Richard Lindzen wrote:
"Future generations will wonder in bemused amazement that the early 21st century's developed world went into hysterical panic over a globally averaged temperature increase of a few tenths of a degree and, on the basis of gross exaggerations of highly uncertain computer projections combined into implausible chains of inference, proceeded to contemplate a roll-back of the industrial age."
To impoverish, yet further, Britain, when its CO2 creation is just 1% of alleged anthropogenic greenhouse gas and China's is measured at 26%, with India, Russia and Brazil et al creating far more than the UK is insanity to the level of extreme.
By Open all hours
You are so right. This quasi religion will one day be seen as little more than insane group think.
Me, I'm going to do my bit and turn the sun down in the hope that cooler heads prevail.
Some of the posts in response to the above article make the common mistake of thinking that the arguments made by hysterical activists, TV news activists, and 'striking' teenagers are representative of the reasons for moving towards sustainable technology and lifestyles.
They are not. They are for the most part adding noise and counter productive rhetoric and nastiness to a debate that is complex anyway.
The information and arguments most relevant to our decisions on sustainability are those that are correct and logical. In other words, pay attention to the best material, not the worst. There are fools on all sides of this debate.
Responding to climate forecasts requires us to grapple with the uncertainty involved. It is irrational to refuse to consider action because forecasts of climate change are uncertain. It is also irrational to respond only to the best estimates from models and forecasting groups.
Because we worry (legitimately) about the reliability of the models we need to respond to the full distributions of plausible outcomes. In other words, dealing with climate risk requires us to understand the risk involved (which is a product of our uncertainty) and take actions that are a good bet even when we cannot say with certainty that they are definitely required. This is just the usual logic of risk management.
The best reasons for implementing most of the important sustainable technologies (and associated lifestyle changes) are mostly local and not to do with climate worry. The focus on climate is, if anything, taking attention away from more important reasons. Here are two central examples:
1. Electric Vehicles are attractive first because they are great to drive. Smooth, quiet, low vibration, no gear changing, even automatically. I already drive a Toyota Yaris hybrid and that is a smooth ride, and so easy in heavy traffic as well as economical. EVs are simple and will be very reliable. Technology will improve so that energy density of batteries is better and charging is fast and cheap.
Another 'local' reason for going with EVs is that it will improve air quality in the UK, with benefits for enjoyment of walking outside in urban areas and for health. Many thousands of QALYs are lost each year due to fine particulates released from diesel engines in particular. Never mind what China does or does not do. We can have cleaner air in towns and near busy roads through our own choices in the UK. (And less noise.)
Next, it would be great to reduce our dependence on fuel provided by countries that do not like us for cultural, historical, and even religious reasons. Vehicles are the main reason why we need support from oil rich countries, mostly in the middle East. (A similar argument applies to gas from Russia but that is not related to EVs.)
2. Insulating buildings is attractive because I hate being cold. I live and work in a 1930s detached house in Surrey and in winter have to have the heating on nearly all the time. If I don't I start to feel miserable and sluggish. This is getting increasingly expensive. For contrast, my mother lives in a 1960s block and in winter only needs her heating on for about an hour a day to stay snug all the time.
I am very interested in any affordable system that can deal with the lack of cavity wall insulation in a building as old as my home. We already have thick loft insulation and double glazing, but it's not enough to be comfortable in winter.
In many arguments around sustainable technology investments there is confusion between the state of technology and infrastructure now and in the future. The situation now is relevant for some purchases we are making now, but more often it is the trajectory of technology that is relevant to decisions. Yes, charging an EV quickly may be expensive now but what about in a few years? Yes, charging is slow now but what about in a few years? Yes, there are technologies that rely on materials that are hard to get (e.g. mined in war torn countries) but what about in a few years? Engineers know about these problems - better than most of us - and they are looking for solutions.
Heating homes with heat pumps is a current example of this. Systems available today are expensive. Actually I would describe them as absurdly expensive when you think that they are not much more than the innards of a large fridge. Higher volume production, competition, and innovation will push these costs way down.
In the future I can imagine heat pumps and heat exchangers being standard for buildings and used for heating and cooling. Buildings will be designed to work with heat pumps, having concentric zones, each warmer than the next: cool living space, cosy living space, bathing/drying space, cooking space (i.e. oven). Each zone would have a heat exchanger to pump heat up to the next higher temperature zone. Very effective insulation in between would be in place. Heat exchangers and mechanical ventilation would be used.
By AndrewV12
'It is possible the Chancellor wanted to save some announcements back for the Cop26 summit, but if not, my comment on the Autumn Budget from a green taxes perspective is "could do better".'
I am commenting post Cop 26, not many further green announcements were made.


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Sky Mobile launching 5G by November
Sky Mobile has revealed it will launch 5G connectivity on its network by November, bringing the next-generation of mobile technology to Sky Mobile customers.
At launch, London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, as well as Leeds and Slough, will be the first to benefit from the new superfast mobile speeds, with wider national rollout planned to reach 20 towns and cities before the end of 2019, and a total of 50 to go live by the end of 2020.
Sophia Ahmad, Commercial Director of Sky Mobile, said "We will be the only mobile operator to be able to combine the launch of next generation superfast 5G connectivity with Sky Mobile's unique features including Roll, Swap and Watch."
All Sky Mobile's plans come with Roll, which automatically rolls unused data over at the end of each month into a customer's 'piggybank'. Rolled data can be kept for up to three years and used whenever users need extra data boost, or exchanged for money off new phones, tablets and accessories. Those opting for a 5G handset can choose to update their phone every year without changing contract with Sky Mobile's Swap plans.
Sky Mobile is starting the 5G-ready journey with Huawei's first 5G phone, the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G. The phone features a 7.2-inch OLED display, built for mobile viewing and entertainment. The device starts from £36 per month on Swap24 excluding the data plan. Customers can add 8GB allowance and Unlimited Calls & Texts for £10.
Sky Mobile will be launching more 5G ready handsets later in the year from leading manufacturers, including the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G.
Those who opt for a 5G Ready device will have phones ready to connect to the faster speeds of 5G on Sky Mobile by November, with 5G pricing to be confirmed closer to the launch. 5G on Sky Mobile will combine with all the usual benefits of Sky Mobile.
The news follows on the heels of O2 revealing it will be launching its 5G services around the same time.
Paolo Pescatore, TMT Analyst at PP Foresight, warned the UK mobile network to "watch out", suggesting the move poses a considerable threat, with 5G representing a significant opportunity for Sky to steal market share.
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Parliament of the World's Religions Opening Ceremony to take place November 1, 2018
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TORONTO, Ont. (October 31, 2018) – On November 1, 2018, The Parliament of the World's Religions Opening Ceremony will kick off the week-long interfaith gathering in Toronto.
The world's largest interfaith gathering, Parliament takes place November 1-7, 2018 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The event will welcome thousands of delegates to Toronto from 80 countries, representing nearly 200 religious, spiritual and Indigenous traditions.
The Opening Ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. in Olympic Park at 222 Bremner Blvd., featuring an Indigenous Opening Ceremony. At 6 p.m. the gathering will move inside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to welcome attendees and special guests to Parliament.
The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
The Honourable Ahmed D. Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Chief Ava Hill, Chief of the 56th Elected Council of the Six Nations of the Grand River
Chief Stacey Laforme, Chief of the Mississaguas of the New Credit First Nation
Toronto Councillor Joe Mihevc
The Honourable Bob Rae, Former Premier of Ontario
Zul Kassamali, Parliament 2018 Co-Chair
Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton, Parliament 2018 Co-Chair
The Opening Plenary will take place immediately after the Opening Ceremony at 7 p.m., level 300 exhibition hall ABC, where the following speakers will be available for interviews:
Wande Abimbola, President and Founder of the Ifa Heritage Institute
Rev. Jim Wallis, Christian best-selling author
Parisa Khosravi, Iranian-American Zoroastrian speaker
Swami Tyagananda, Monk of the Ramakrishna Order
Dr. Simran Jeet Singh, Religion scholar, activist and educator
Lobsang Nyandak, President, Tibet Fund
Ven. Dharma Master Hsin Tao, Buddist luminary
Thursday, November 1, 2018,
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Advocacy With a get-it-done attitude, Arianna Huffington was powering through her days. That is, until her rapid pace got the best of her.
SLEEP IS KEY: Arianna Huffington knows firsthand that getting the recommended amount of sleep each night should come first, even before one's work.
In 2007, she collapsed from sleep deprivation and burnout.
"We now know that we're more productive, creative, focused and energized when we prioritize our well-being."
Huffington says the idea that "burnout and sleep deprivation are just the price we have to pay for success," is misguided. Overworking yourself isn't a sign of dedication to your job. "We now know that we're more productive, creative, focused and energized when we prioritize our well-being," she says.
In a fast paced society, sleep may seem like a luxury but Huffington knows it's a necessity. A "sleep evangelist," she's founder and CEO of Thrive Global, a company whose mission is to end stress and burnout by improving the well-being and performance of individuals.
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Obituary: Sir Paul Jenkins, former UK Treasury Solicitor
By Matt Ross on 26/02/2018
Sir Paul Jenkins (1954 - 2018)
On Monday morning, the UK government's former chief legal adviser Sir Paul Jenkins passed away. Matt Ross and Kevin Sorkin pay tribute to a man who combined legal and managerial talents with a huge personal commitment to building a better world
Sir Paul Jenkins, who died this morning aged 63, was the UK government's Treasury Solicitor from 2006 to 2014 – making him the longest-serving in nearly 50 years. After his retirement, he continued to play an active role in public life: he joined Matrix Chambers, became an adviser to governments around the world, and had just taken on the key role of Treasurer at Middle Temple – the Inn of Court where he originally trained as a barrister.
Global Government Forum does not regularly publish obituaries – but we were privileged to know Paul as a friend and colleague, and we want to add our voices to those marking his passing. So forgive our lack of objectivity; we can only pay tribute to a wonderful man and dedicated public servant who contributed a huge amount to the law, the civil service and, ultimately, the country.
A trailblazer
Paul was always a trailblazer: it was rare for state school boys to be called to the bar in 1977. He joined the Treasury Solicitor's Department in 1979, and soon blazed another trail – 'coming out' in an era when the Ministry of Defence still investigated people's sexuality and restricted the security clearance of LGBT staff. "I was in a very friendly, very liberal office, but there was a lot of what people call 'harmless banter' – and it sure wasn't harmless banter if it was about you," Paul told me in a 2011 interview for Civil Service World (CSW).
Over the following four decades, he worked to eradicate prejudice and discrimination of all kinds. Five years after his 2006 appointment as Treasury Solicitor – the government's chief legal adviser, and head of the Government Legal Service – his department had far more women and ethnic minority senior civil servants than the civil service average: 56% women against an average of 36%, and 15% ethnic minorities against just 4.3%.
A champion of equality
Made the civil service diversity champion, Jenkins threw himself into the role. He had already shown how strong diversity policies can produce concrete business benefits – introducing flexible working systems, for example, that gave the civil service a recruitment advantage over higher-paying private practices. Now he turned to the hidden barriers that can imbalance recruitment and promotion: "Over the years, we've made the racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic people go underground," he told me in 2011; but "they're much more subtle; much more insidious. We've made the racists become clever."
Over the following three years, he fought hard for the civil service to continue and develop its diversity policies. He was swimming against a powerful political tide, which made it impossible for him to publish a new Civil Service Diversity Strategy; and on his 2014 retirement, he gave me another CSW interview in which he publicly criticised the civil service's "disgraceful" progress on bringing ethnic minorities into the senior civil service. It is a testament to his personal honesty and passion for the issue that he spoke then of his "strong sense of failure" on this point. But his leadership and vision hugely strengthened the foundations laid by former cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell; and in recent years he was buoyed up by the agenda's renewal under O'Donnell's successor, Sir Jeremy Heywood.
A leader
Paul rose fast through the civil service ranks – via departments including the Treasury and Ministry of Justice – by combining legal expertise and judgement with a talent for leadership and management. During his tenure as Treasury Solicitor, the departments' legal teams were merged into a single shared service – strengthening career development, efficiency and service quality.
Such organisational changes are always fraught with difficulty, and he pursued the agenda with great professionalism, vision, pragmatism, and an in-depth understanding of departments' needs. It remains the only example in government of a shared service reform that enjoys almost universal support amongst both staff and the client departments.
An adviser
Sir Paul gave advice to several of the country's most senior government officials
Paul's greatest talent, though, lay in his ability to navigate the blurred boundaries of the law and politics. The heart of his job was providing legal advice and guidance to ministers – including prime ministers Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron, and attorneys general Lord Goldsmith, Baroness Scotland and Dominic Grieve – and the details of much of his work will remain secret for decades.
It is clear, however, that he was firmly committed both to delivering government policies and enacting ministerial decisions, and to protecting human rights and the rule of law. He was a key player in settling the civil claims of British Guantanamo detainees; he also oversaw the extradition of hate preacher Abu Hamza. He worked to ensure UK compliance with ECHR rulings on prisoners' voting rights; he also introduced new systems to prevent prisoners from bringing fraudulent lost property claims against HM Prison Service. Tasked with complex, controversial tasks such as reforming the rules around judicial review and the use of intelligence evidence in courts, he consistently found ingenious, even-handed solutions that delivered government policies whilst protecting the innocent, the interests of justice and the rule of law.
An amazing man
Personally, he was a delight – as the huge range and volume of tributes pouring in on Twitter show. He was immensely knowledgeable, wise, and generous with his time. He was witty, wry, and incredibly good company – combining weapons-grade gossip with a complete lack of malice. He had incredible judgement. And he was a man who held fast to his principles: when he joined Twitter in 2016, he quickly attracted a huge audience with his scathing critiques of Brexit.
For Brexit represents so much that Paul spent his life opposing. The racists that he helped to face down have come back out of the woodwork. The UK's commitment to international treaties is under attack. Above all, he saw Brexit as deeply damaging to the UK's interests: in an interview for Global Government Forum just before the 2016 referendum, he explained to me why a win for Leave would result in David Cameron's resignation and his successor rapidly triggering Article 50, leaving the UK at a huge disadvantage in the subsequent negotiations. As in so many things, he was spot on.
When Paul joined Twitter, he told me – with typical self-deprecating humour – that his excursion into social media "will probably lead to disaster when I have a few more followers and one too many sherries." But he was, inevitably, a natural; the channel suited his wit and warmth, as well as his ability to cut straight to the heart of a matter. When people asked for his advice, he was generous with his time – and his answers revealed why three prime ministers found his counsel quite so valuable. Rarely have we had greater need of Paul's wisdom; that his voice should be silenced now is a public as well as a private tragedy.
We'll miss him. Rest in peace, Sir Paul.
A word from the publisher
Sir Paul's passing away is a huge loss to the United Kingdom.
I first met Sir Paul when, in 2011, he was made responsible for civil service diversity and equality by then-cabinet secretary Lord O'Donnell. We worked together on the civil service's Diversity & Equality Awards, and tireless efforts attracted enormous attention to this important issue.
One of his many achievements was to centralise the Government Legal Service, now a rare example of a successful government shared services project. His success highlights his character and his talents in governance, personal interactions, and in building the trust of other senior figures across the whole of the UK civil service; I suspect that no-one else could have achieved this. But much of his work will have to remain secret; the extent to which he improved the running of this country many never be fully appreciated.
Sir Paul was a great friend, and instrumental in shaping Global Government Forum. He would always find time to support us with his extensive background knowledge and expertise, and to provide insightful interviews on aspects of government. His understanding of the complexities of Brexit was second to none.
Sir Paul attended our Global Government Summit in Singapore in 2014, where he won the hearts and minds of heads of civil services from around the world. Immediately, his knowledge was drawn on by countries from all corners of the world – from New Zealand to Canada and Estonia – and those relationships continued to thrive.
I can't describe the loss I feel today; a very important person has gone from our lives. Our thoughts are with his partner René and his wider family. Goodbye Sir Paul, and thank you for everything.
Kevin Sorkin, Director, Global Government Forum
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About Matt Ross
Matt is a journalist and editor specialising in public sector management, policymaking and service delivery. He was the editor of Civil Service World 2008-14, serving an audience of senior UK officials; and the features editor of Regeneration & Renewal 2002-08, covering urban regeneration, economic growth and community development. He has also been a motoring and travel journalist, and now combines his role as editorial director of Global Government Forum with communications consultancy, marketing and journalism work for publishers, public sector unions and private sector suppliers to government.
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Вище театральне училище імені Б. В. Щукіна, з 2002 року — Театральний інститут імені Бориса Щукіна при Державному Академічному театрі імені Євгена Вахтангова — вищий театральний навчальний заклад Російської Федерації, знаходиться в Москві (Великий Ніколопесковскій провулок, 12A). Інститут готує фахівців за такими напрямками: «Актор драматичного театру і кіно» та «Режисер театру».

Ректор — Князев Євген Володимирович.

Історія
Датою заснування Училища прийнято вважати 23 жовтня 1914 року. У цей день Євген Вахтангов, молодий учень Станіславського, провів перше заняття з студійцями, які в листопаді 1914 року організували аматорську театральну студію.

Перша назва з'явилася пізніше 1917 року, після першої вдалої прем'єри, — «Московська драматична Студія Є. Б. Вахтангова». 1920 року школа перейменована на III Студію МХТ — Вахтангов, який хворів на рак, бажаючи зберегти студію, звернувся до своїх вчителям під МХТ і попросив взяти його студію в число студій МХТ. Складом цієї самої студії Вахтангов ставить свою знамениту «Принцесу Турандот».

29 травня 1922 року Вахтангов після тривалої хвороби помер, не зумівши навіть прийти на прем'єру й побачити в залі для глядачів свій останній найвідоміший спектакль «Принцеса Турандот». Залишившись без керівника, артисти продовжили свій шлях, і в 1926 року колективу вдалося, відстоявши будівлю та право на творче життя, отримати статус Державного театру імені Євгена Вахтангова з постійно діючою при ньому театральною школою.

Лише 1932 року школа отримала статус середньої театрального навчального закладу, 1939 року — присвоєно ім'я великого російського актора, улюбленого учня Вахтангова — Бориса Щукіна, а 1945 року школі надано статус вищого навчального закладу.

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Ministry of Emergency Situations cheerfully reports about their progress to eliminate congestion on the highway Kyiv-Lviv. Will not object. It would be strange if it has not made any gestures and the situation was exactly the same as was.
However, this is not the whole truth. And in this respect, too, the usual thing - always easier to report what has been done down on the number of people and machines are still in urgent need of assistance.
And they are still a large number. And according to eyewitnesses, still staying in the snowdrift, work on clearing carried out in a strange format. That is, for example, in one of the places at Brody, on the road enough to clear the five-meter snow tube, a convoy of vehicles that could follow the direction of Kiev. However, it does not do, and people are forced to remain among the pure field in their cars, making periodic forays for fuel, so that it can maintain a decent temperature in the car. Someone left their cars and basking in the nearby villages, but not everyone has the opportunity. For example, can not leave the bus, which went on tour, a group of artists. As expensive tools will not withstand frost.
In general, the official media as always, about the successes - in a loud voice, and the horrors - "we do not have such data." It is understandable, why such positioning. Inconvenient. Shakes. And people are freezing.
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Descendents to return to Epitaph for new album
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Earlier this week California punk legends Descendents revealed that they'll be returning to Epitaph Records with a new comeback album Hypercaffium Spazzinate in July. This will be their first full length studio album since Cool To Be You in 2004, and their first release back on Epitaph since Everything Sucks in 1996. This news was revealed during a recent secret show on April 20 at the Standing Room in Hermosa Beach, CA, their first hometown show in nearly 20 years. You can check out a snippet of a Noisey review of the show confirming the news below.
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The band played six new tunes ("Feel This," "Victim of Me," "On Paper," "Testosterone," "Full Circle," and "Shameless Halo"), all of which sounded like Descendents songs (which is to say they were catchy, short and full of energy) and announced a new album titled Hypercaffium Spazzinate slated for a July release on Epitaph Records. And, yes, maybe the south bay isn't the coolest place to live these days, but the crowd danced and bopped its head to the new material with the type of respect you're supposed to show your elders because even in the yuppie-fied Hermosa of 2016, Descendents are still viewed as local-boys-done-good for more-or-less creating pop punk and, an argument can be made, emo. No amount of yoga studios and gelato shops will ever change that.
Setlist from tonight's secret Descendents show in their hometown of Hermosa Beach with 200 of their friends! @descendentsofficial #Descendents #Epitaph #EpitaphRecords
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Walter Carl Urban Lionel Pracht (* 29. Mai 1875 in Uelzen; † 2. März 1945 in Bad Pyrmont) war ein deutscher Verwaltungsbeamter und Politiker (DDP).

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Pracht war der Sohn des Pastors Karl Friedrich Gustav Pracht und dessen Ehefrau Helene Marie Albertine, geborene Schaumann. Er heiratete am 11. August 1903 in Göttingen Johanne Dorothea Gertrude Spreine. Er besuchte das Gymnasium Göttingen und legte dort 1894 das Abitur ab. Von 1894 bis 1901 war er aktiver Offizier und schied dann aufgrund einer Manöververletzung aus dem Militärdienst aus. Nach der Vorbereitung auf den zivilen Kommunaldienst war er von 1903 bis 1906 Gemeindevorsteher von Vienenburg. In den Jahren 1906 bis 1918 war er Bürgermeister von Schivelbein. Von 1918 bis 1924 war er Bürgermeister von Bad Pyrmont und danach Aufsichtsratsmitglied der Bad Pyrmont AG.

1919 bis 1922 war er für die DDP Abgeordneter in der Verfassungsgebenden Waldeck-Pyrmonter Landsvertretung.

Literatur
 Reinhard König: Die Abgeordneten des Waldeckischen Landtags von 1848 bis 1929 (= Schriften des Hessischen Staatsarchivs Marburg. Bd. 3 = Vorgeschichte und Geschichte des Parlamentarismus in Hessen. Bd. 3). Hessisches Staatsarchiv, Marburg 1985, ISBN 3-88964-122-9, S. 67–68.
 Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808–1996. Biographischer Index (= Politische und parlamentarische Geschichte des Landes Hessen. Bd. 14 = Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Hessen. Bd. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6, S. 296.
 Jochen Lengemann: MdL Waldeck und Pyrmont 1814–1929. Biographisches Handbuch für die Mitglieder der Waldeckischen und Pyrmonter Landstände und Landtage (= Politische und parlamentarische Geschichte des Landes Hessen. Bd. 24 = Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Hessen. Bd. 48, 16). Historische Kommission für Hessen, Marburg/Wiesbaden 2020, ISBN 978-3-923150-76-2, S. 351–352, Nr. WA 215.

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Wash the Rice before cooking and then drain the excess Water and keep it aside for thirty minutes.
Heat the two table spoon Ghee in a Vessel and add Clove, Green Cardamom, Bay leaves, Cinnamon, Cashew nuts , Raisins and Rice and fry for four-five minutes on a slow flame and then add shredded Coconut and again fry for two-three minutes on a slow flame.
Then add four Cups boiled water and Color, mix it well and cover with a plate. When Rice is cooked add Sugar and cover the Vessel with a plate for two-three minutes. Remove plate and cook the Rice for two-three minutes on a slow flame.
Serve hot and garnish with Dry Fruits.
कृती : तांदूळ धुऊन अर्धा तास बाजूल ठेवा. २ टे स्पून तूप तापवून त्यामध्ये लवंग, काजू, किसमिस, तमल पत्र, दालचीनी, वेलदोडे व तांदूळ घालून ४-५ मिनिट मंद विस्तवावर परतून घ्या व खोवलेला नारळ घालून परत थोडे परतून घ्या.
मग त्यामध्ये ४ कप उकळते पाणी घालून झाकण ठेवा व भात शिजवून घ्या. भात शिजल्यावर त्यामध्ये साखर, तूप व रंग किंवा केसर मिक्स करून परत झाकण ठेवा. एक वाफ आल्यावर झाकण काढून भात २-३ मिनिट शिजू द्या.
गरम सर्व्ह करा व वरतून काजू व किसमिसने डेकोरेट करा.