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Mount Narthacium () was a mountain famed in the mythology and history of ancient Thessaly. Taking its name from the nearby ancient town of Narthacium, nearby was the scene of a battle where Agesilaus, on his return from Asia in 394 BCE, gained a victory over the Thessalian cavalry. The Thessalians, after their defeat, took refuge on Mount Narthacium, between which and a place named Pras, Agesilaus set up a trophy. On the following day he crossed the mountains of the Achaean Phthiotis. The ancient town of Pharsalus was built on its northern slopes. The legendary city of Phthia also stood on its flank.

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'The Goldbergs' and 'Schooled' Converge in their Season Finales
By Dustin Rowles | TV | May 9, 2019 |
We have officially arrived at the season finales for both The Goldbergs and its '90s spin-off, Schooled, the sixth for The Goldbergs and first for Schooled. I weirdly adore both of these completely harmless, joy-filled but formulaic family sitcoms inspired by actual people, in part because The Goldbergs is a rarity for being a family sitcom about a Jewish family, and in part because both shows display so much reverence and love for the real-life counterparts to the characters (in fact, both shows now regularly feature interviews with Goldberg family members and the teachers of William Penn Academy (based on the actual teachers from William Penn Charter School)). Also, hand-to-God, the only time my 11-year-old son has ever been impressed by my job was the time that Adam Goldberg DM'd me.
What's fun about watching the shows is also low-key stalking the real-life Goldbergs on the Internet to find out what happened to them, or who the characters are based on. The Goldbergs obviously are all based on real people (except Erika, who is not real, although Adam does have a brother named Eric). Also, asking how a guy who owned a furniture store could send two kids to the University of Penn, but 1) Furniture stores can be very lucrative; 2) UPenn didn't cost as much in the '80s, and 3) Adam Goldberg's father was actually a doctor who worked at his father's furniture store in college, so there.
At midseason, when Lainey and Barry's engagement fell apart and AJ Michalka — the sister of iZombie's Aly, with whom she formed AJ and Aly, which recently released a damn good video — everybody ran to the Internet and asked, "Did Barry and Lainey really break up?" And the thing is, Lainey is not real, although she might have been inspired by Barry's future wife, whom Barry did marry in the 1990s. To quote Adam Goldberg: "My brother didn't get married in the 80s… but, he did get married in the 90s, so we can reintroduce Barry in the spinoff."
And that's exactly what they did in last night's season finale of Schooled: Barry returns to reconcile with Lainey after his college years, and he's now interning as a radiologist (and yes, Barry is actually a radiologist in real life). That reconciliation, unfortunately, came at the expense of fellow teacher C.B. (Brett Dier), with whom Lainey is far more compatible, although Lainey and Barry have the better love story. The end of the episode, however, left things kind of open in the event of a second season (which seems like a no brainer): Barry and Lainey are "back together," but Lainey is not going to leave Jenkintown (JTP!) to move to Detroit, which is where Barry is interning.
Also, JTP (the Jenkintown Posse) is absolutely real:
My brother Barry literally arranged his wedding around an @Eagles game. Yesterday he reunited with his childhood friends known as the JTP to take on the TV JTP. His 80s hero Mike Quick was the QB. This shall count as every single birthday gift for the rest of time. #JTPbowl https://t.co/I5mjXDx893
— Adam F. Goldberg (@adamfgoldberg) December 9, 2017
Meanwhile, over on The Goldbergs, Barry graduated high school while Erica decided to take her fiance Geoff on tour with the Grateful Dead because he desperately needed a summer to relax ahead of college (thanks to what we know from Schooled, Erica and Geoff, do end up happily married, although neither are real).
Fun aside: Last night's The Goldbergs was actually co-written by Susan Cinoman, the drama teacher played by Ana Gastayer in Schooled.
SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love my writing partner and I love all the writers of #TheGoldbergs and #Schooled!!!!
— Susan Cinoman (@susancinoman) May 8, 2019
Also, I just want to add this: The real-life Beverly is just as hilarious/embarrassing as the one on TV:
Hey Adam. Mama is desperate. I've taken to Twitter to get a real honest to goodness phone call from you.
— beverly goldberg (@goldilocks405) February 2, 2019
Haven't nagged him like this since season 1. And while I'm at it this doesn't let ERIC and Barry off the hook either.
I'm timing this to see how long it takes to get a response. Three kids - one of them should call
The only time they call is to complain about something I said. Or if they are sick and their wives aren't around. Just enough to worry me. Such a great job being a mom of adult kids
I'll try some solitaire for awhile and see what happens. Remember kids: mothers are the holders of all your darkest secrets. You never hid a thing from us. We are a relentless bunch
I just won solitaire in 1 minute 50 seconds. I'm really pissed
Adam called.
Still waiting for the other two
Barry just called. He told me my earlier Twitter rage was weird. Im not angry at my kiddos. Just having fun with them. Saturday fun
Child number 3 just called. Eric tells me he ate peanuts on Friday in honor of his dad Murray. Life is now complete. Heard from all three schmoopies/ loving kids
Finally, John Ziegler can go screw himself. He knows why.
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London is trailing behind other major European capitals in its effort to create a clean, affordable and safe transport system, according to a new report.
The study of 13 cities found London has the joint third worst air quality after Moscow and Paris, as well as the most expensive public transport and the highest number of cycling accidents.
Copenhagen came out top followed by Amsterdam, Oslo and Zurich. London comes third from bottom, performing better than Rome and Moscow but worse than many other leading European cities including Madrid, Paris and Berlin.
The study analysed a range of factors – from the share of the population walking, cycling and using public transport to road safety for cyclists and pedestrians as well as air pollution.
London scored well on "mobility management" – including car sharing, low-emission zones and a public transport phone app – but badly on road safety. The analysis found the UK capital was the second most unsafe city to walk or cycle in, with 22.3 accidents per 1m bike trips, against 9.1 in Paris and just 1.6 in Madrid.
Copenhagen came first in road safety, second in air quality behind Oslo and first in mobility management.
Click on the headings to see where London ranks.
Last week it emerged that London mayor, Sadiq Khan, is considering introducing car-free days in the capital and will set out plans for the ultra low emissions zone to charge the most polluting vehicles imminently. But he has been criticised for pushing ahead with the new £1bn Silvertown tunnel under the Thames which critics say will increase air pollution.
The study said it ranked cities on available data and did not take "innovative policies" or the "commitment of city leadership" into account.
The UK government has been widely criticised for failing to act decisively on air pollution. Last week it was one of five nations referred to Europe's highest court for failing to tackle illegal levels of air pollution. And its latest air pollution plans were rejected for the third time in the courts earlier this year and condemned as "woefully inadequate" by city leaders and "inexcusable" by doctors.
• This article was amended on 24 May 2018. After publication, the researchers at the Wuppertal Institute discovered errors in the city ranking report, with accidents involving cyclists and pedestrians being much lower than initially reported. Their initial analysis found London had 251 accidents per 10,000 bike trips, against 113 in Paris and 14 in Madrid. This has been corrected to say 22.3 accidents per 1m bike trips, against 9.1 in Paris and 1.6 in Madrid. In addition, the mobility management category in the ranking table has been updated to move Budapest from joint 11th to 12th.


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I'm delighted to announce that Realtor Janis Peterson has joined the Marin Modern Real Estate Team.
Janis is a consummate professional and resourceful real estate consultant which has earned her the respect of clients and fellow real estate agents in our community. A highly experienced and skilled Realtor, Janis has assisted clients with the purchase or sale of a home in virtually every community in Marin County. Janis brings a high degree of professionalism and integrity as well as an easy-going manner to each and every client she works with.


The Laughing Forest wedding venue is set amongst the beautiful coastal dune forest of the Kwazulu Natal (KZN) South Coast, just 45 minutes from Durban. Our resort is 'in the bush, but on the beach', a very unique setting for your most important day.
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Inspired by the workshop #BeTheChange in Sofia, three of the participants, Evelina Milenova, Diana Mladenova and Kami Khalil, organized a Treasure Hunt in Sofia on 3 June 2018. Its aim was to provoke foreigners and locals to get to know Sofia and Bulgarian history and culture better using fun interactive methods. There were 20 participants who met in front of the National Theatre, then were split into teams and given instructions. They had 90 minutes to complete a list of tasks, each one bringing different points depending on its level of difficulty.


My name's Suzy and I'm a PhD student in the School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London. Here's a little glimpse into some of the work I've been doing in Nepal and a few pictures too!
I count myself very lucky to be doing a PhD. I get to study a subject that I am very passionate about and I get paid for it too; I couldn't really ask for more. On top of that I get to live in Nepal for eight months. I am half way through my research now and it is has certainly been interesting. My research involves talking to women from various backgrounds around Kathmandu and the wider valley.
So doing a PhD is much more than spending three years with your nose in a book. My time in Nepal has meant I have had a chance to learn about new and exciting culture and I have picked up a fair amount of the Nepali language. I have met all sorts of characters and enjoyed laughing, crying and sharing stories with them. Living in a developing country like Nepal has its challenges and difficulties, but there is never a dull moment.
My research topic is on 'Widowhood and Well-being in Nepal'. When I first started this research in 2009 I soon realised there was no research on widowhood in Nepal and little research generally worldwide. I wanted to do something to help, but once I started the master's, however, I realised I would really need to take this to PhD level to bring it to the attention of academics and policy makers.
A typical day in Nepal starts early with the morning Hindu prayers and a run around the temple a few times that I live next to. I have breakfast on the porch in the sunshine and then I go to meet my participants. Sometimes that can be right in the centre of Kathmandu amongst the beeping traffic, the roaming cattle, the market stalls and the spicy and fragrant aromas. Other days that can involve sitting amongst paddy fields and having a relaxing cup of tea whilst chatting to my participants. When I return home I enjoy going to yoga and listening to the crows settling down for the evening.
Doing a PhD is not without its difficulties. I think the hardest thing is maintaining a balance and stepping away from your work. As my research is so personal to me it is sometimes hard to take time away from it. Since starting the PhD I have got better at this and realised it is definitely a marathon not a sprint. I would say a PhD is hard, but if it is not hard it is not worth it. The satisfaction you get from it is definitely worth the theoretical and practical blood, sweat and tears. I would never consider myself to be very academic and if you asked me if I wanted to do a PhD five years ago I would say "never". Yet, here I am now.
I hope you enjoy the pictures!


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Think about it - what is an allergy?
An allergic reaction happens when a person's immune system tries to defend the body against a substance that, in reality, is not harmful. For example, billions of people worldwide are exposed to pollen, yet only a small percentage have allergic reactions. The same can be said for pet dander, mold, wheat, and hundreds other substances.
Using body-mind techniques, it is possible to change people's relationships to the substances that trigger such reactions. In short, we teach the immune system that pollen, for example, is as harmless as something similar to pollen but to which the individual's immune system does not react (e.g., dust or cologne).
Click here to go to my Allergy Resolution Process website, www.ResolveAllergies.com, which will explain in great detail the nature of allergies as seen through the lens of NLP.� This process is available in eBook form for a nominal fee.
Studies have shown that NLP processes can help re-train the immune system and eliminate allergies. As reported in NLP University's website (www.nlpu.com):
"In a study done in Salt Lake City (Hallbom & Smith, 1987), for example, thirty two individuals were guided through the allergy pattern for a multitude of allergies, including pollen, smoke and foods. They even treated a person who was sensitive to poison oak, which is a kind of an allergy. Out of the thirty people, all but three showed immediate reduction of their symptoms. Most of the people in the study, in fact, showed a complete suppression of the allergic reaction immediately after learning the process. A six month follow up revealed that only three of the individuals who had responded positively had any recurrence of their allergies."
In other words, 24 out of 30 people responded successfully to gentle NLP change work and were still symptom-free six months later (80%).� In my own un-controlled, un-scientific study, 12 out of 14 people said "goodbye" to their allergies; 1 of them subsequently relapsed, but 11 out of 14 continue to be allergy-free (just under 80%).
I invite you to contact me to discuss relief from your allergic symptoms. It might be easier than you think.
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Logistics Hub, now in its 4th year as a separate lecture series at Fruit Logistica, is aimed at all trade visitors who are interested in logistics.
How do mangos, papayas and bananas actually get on the table? What hurdles are there for the logistics provider to overcome, what risks have to be taken into account, and what about the quality of the cold chain?
Visitors are to learn in 10 sessions how products can be delivered even fresher and more durable.
The presentations are selected according to specific topics and criteria and last between 20-25 minutes.
The individual meetings will take place on the first two days of the fair from 10-12 and 14-16 and on the third day in the morning from 10-12.
The events will be held in English with simultaneous translation into German, French, Spanish and Italian.


Shook, Hardy & Bacon Tampa Associates Cathy Kamm and Anitra Raiford will join committees of The Florida Bar. Kamm is joining the Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, and Raiford will continue to serve her three-year term on the Federal Court Practice Committee. Their three-year terms respectively begin and continue on July 1, 2016.
The Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee provides training to judicial nominating commissioners, advises commissioners of legislation related to the judiciary and judicial selection process, and suggests rules and procedures helpful for the commission and process.
The Federal Court Practice Committee serves as the Bar's liaison to the federal courts, federal bar organizations in Florida, the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference and others interested in federal practice. The group publishes the Guide to Judicial Practices in Florida's Federal Courts as well.
Kamm defends companies in complex product liability and tort matters, with experience in state and federal courts throughout Florida. Before joining Shook in 2009, Kamm served as an assistant state attorney in the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida. Her extensive community, pro bono and professional involvement includes serving as an attorney ad litem with Crossroads for Florida Kids, holding several leadership roles with The Junior League of Tampa, serving on the South Tampa YMCA Advisory Board, and previously serving as a Florida Young Lawyers Division National Delegate to the American Bar Association.
Raiford's diverse litigation practice covers complex matters in commercial, product liability and tort matters. Before joining Shook in 2015, she served as a judicial law clerk to two federal district judges: the Hon. Stephan P. Mickle, Northern District of Florida, and the Hon. Sheri Polster Chappell, Middle District of Florida. With the Florida Bar, Raiford has served as a Young Lawyers Division/Law Students Division Mentor since 2014 and was also a member of the 2015-2016 class of the William Reece Smith, Jr. Leadership Academy.


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At the moment that the first jetliner hit one of the World Trade Center towers on Tuesday, the Air Force ordered two F-15 fighters to scramble from a base 153 miles away, the Pentagon said in its first detailed chronology of its response to the hijackings as they happened.
That was at 8:46 a.m. The fighters took off six minutes later from Otis Air National Guard Base in Falmouth, Mass., and were on their way toward New York when the second jetliner struck the second tower, at 9:02. The F-15's were only 71 miles away, a distance that they would have closed in eight minutes of flying at Mach 0.9, just shy of supersonic speed.
The fighters were airborne within 12 minutes after air traffic controllers first notified the military that hijackers had taken over a plane, according to the Pentagon's chronology, issued by the North American Air Defense Command on Monday. Controllers told the military about the first hijacking at 8:40 and about the second at 8:43.
And when the controllers notified the military at 9:24 that a third jet had been hijacked, two F-16's from Langley Air Force Base at Hampton, Va., were in the air within six minutes, at 9:30. That hijacked jet had left Dulles International Airport and was heading back toward Washington.
But seven minutes later, at 9:37, when the Pentagon estimates that the third hijacked jet crashed into the Pentagon, those fighters were still about 12 minutes away, a distance of 105 miles.
By that time, air defense commanders were on the phone with civilian air traffic controllers discussing both the plane that was heading toward Washington and the fourth hijacked plane, which had reversed course while flying from Newark to San Francisco. Its destination was unknown, and it crashed while the F-16's from Langley, which had stayed aloft over Washington and were tracking it, were about 100 miles, or about six minutes, away.
The Pentagon chronology did not say when air traffic controllers first suspected that each plane was hijacked. Thus it does not say how long it took for the hijacking reports to be passed along to the military, a crucial consideration.
The chronology also did not say when President Bush authorized the fighters to shoot down any plane bound for Washington. Officials have suggested that the order came only after the Pentagon was hit and that the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania might well have been shot down if it had stayed aloft a few more minutes.


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Sri Lanka returns first batch of imported waste from the UK
The first batch of 21 containers out of a total of 263 was labeled for recycling, but has been uncovered to be medical waste. This constitutes a violation of the Basel Convention that regulates the global movement of hazardous waste.
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By Malaka Rodrigo, Mongabay.com
4 min read Dec. 11, 2020
Sri Lanka has sent back the first batch of hundreds of containers of waste to the UK., becoming the latest nation in the Global South to push back against abuses of a worldwide recycling framework by exporters in the West.
An initial consignment of 21 containers arrived back in the UK., the county of origin, in late November, according to the ship-tracking data. There are still another 242 containers waiting to be shipped back, according to Sri Lanka Customs.
Sri Lanka, like many other countries in the Global South, routinely imports waste from the West to recycle. The country is also a party to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, which means exporters must obtain its consent to send medical or other biohazardous waste.
But the exporters behind the containers in question appeared to have flouted that rule by packing their containers with suspected medical waste, according to a customs inspection in July 2019. Officials reported finding discarded mattresses, carpets and rugs that appeared to be soiled.
"In this case, Sri Lanka hasn't received any request from the UK., so this is an illegal shipment," Ajith Weerasundara, director of chemicals and hazardous waste management unit at the Central Environment Authority (CEA), told Mongabay. "We have officially requested the UK. to recall the hazardous waste."
Sunil Jayarathne, a spokesman for Sri Lanka Customs, told Mongabay that the containers were imported by a Sri Lankan company between 2017 and 2018 for the stated purpose of recycling, mainly to extract any metal contained in the waste items. A hundred and thirty of the containers were released to a metal recycling company, and some of the waste subsequently processed, but the rest were impounded in a free-trade zone.
In the meantime, a leading local environmental NGO, the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), filed a petition seeking a court order to re-export the waste containers to the UK. and prosecute those responsible for the illegal shipment. In its petition, the CEJ highlighted possible damage to environment and threats to the health of the general public, as the waste appeared to be discarded hospital waste.
Responding to Sri Lanka's formal request, the UK.'s Environment Agency agreed to recall the dumped garbage.
"UK is committed to tackling illegal waste exports, with individuals found to be exporting incorrectly described waste can be punished with a two-year jail term and an unlimited fine," it said in a statement.
Following the agreement, the CEJ withdrew its petition, according to its executive director, Hemantha Withanage.
"It is also important to track the movement of the waste back to the country of origin as there had been instances of such garbage being dumped elsewhere," he told Mongabay, adding that the CEJ continues to track the ships' movement through online vessel-tracking portals. "We should also get the numbers of the individual containers as we can drill down to that level now," he added.
Global South as a dumping site
Jayarathne of Sri Lanka Customs and Weerasundara of CEA said they are investigating the matter and those responsible for importing the hazardous waste can also be punished under the law.
Sri Lanka is also claiming 1.6 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($8.7 million) from the UK. as compensation under the provisions of the Basel Convention.
There are several recent examples of individual countries taking waste-exporting countries to task for violating the global treaty and attempting to use countries in the Global South as their waste dumps without obtaining consent.
Malaysia sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to their countries of origin in January 2019, and the Philippines returned 1,500 metric tonnes of garbage to Canada in June 2019. Cambodia also sent back 1,600 metric tonnes of plastic waste to the US and Canada in July 2019.
Sri Lanka is pushing in the same direction, according to Samantha Gunasekara, a former deputy director of Sri Lanka Customs. A 37-year customs veteran, Gunasekara told Mongabay there have always been attempts to dump foreign waste in Sri Lanka, and that an absence of specific legislation prevented the full prosecution of the perpetrators.
"Things have improved in the legal sphere since then with new regulatory mechanisms being improved, especially under the Imports and Exports Act," Gunasekara said. "Sri Lanka, however, should introduce domestic laws to enable the application of Basel Convention provisions to advance our interests."
Sri Lanka signed the Basel Convention in 1992, but the enabling legislation has yet to be introduced, he added.
He also warned about the growing trend of electronic waste, or e-waste, being dumped in Global South countries.
"There are a number of schemes where developed countries send their used computers to be distributed to students in poorer countries. This looks like a generous gesture, but computers have a limited lifespan, and when the machines turn into e-waste, this happens in the developing countries and add to their e-waste records," Gunasekara said.
Managing local hazardous waste
Notwithstanding the influx of foreign waste, Sri Lanka needs to develop its capacity to handle hazardous waste, said Ajith de Alwis, a professor of chemical and process engineering at the University of Moratuwa.
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the importance of having an industry-based economy as it is more resilient than a service-based one. But more factories would mean the generation of more waste. Across Sri Lanka, much of this waste is incinerated, but this is a process that's nether desirable nor sustainable, de Alwis said.
"Sri Lanka needs to secure landfill sites to effectively handle such hazardous waste," he said.
This story was published with permission from Mongabay.com.
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03 June 2007 (Borneo Bulletin) – For interested readers in Brunei, Dr Pathamanathan Ragavan will be giving a talk about human evolution, particularly of the evolution of anatomically advanced humans on Wednesday, 6 June 2007.
The Institute of Medicine of Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) will be holding a medical lecture entitled "Human Evolution Origin of Anatomically Advanced Humans: Who Is Related To Whom" on June 6 at 7.30pm.
The talk, which will be held at the Senate Room, 1st floor of Chancellor Hall, will be facilitated by Prof Pathamanathan Ragavan, a visiting scientist from the School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University.
This topic surveys the opinions expressed in the recent literature on the origins of anatomically modern homo sapiens, and reviews the evidence from skeletal – biological or cranial – and dental morphology argued by proponents of the opposing views.
The lecture is CME and CNE accredited and registration is free.Members of the public and health professionals are welcome to attend the talk. For more information, contact Siti Rohaiza binti Ahmad at 2463001 (extension 1906/1960) or e-mail haiza@im.ubd.edu.bn.
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Education in combating extremism and terrorism symposium held in the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research.
In the presence of His Excellency Dr. Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, His Excellency Dr. Tarek Shawki, Minister of Education and Technical Education in the Arab Republic of Egypt, His Excellency Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi, Minister of Education, Chairman of the Higher Education Council in the Kingdom of Bahrain and a group of intellectuals and educational issues relevant parties, Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research held "Education in combating extremism and terrorism symposium" yesterday at Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Hall.
The symposium started with a welcoming speech from His Excellency Dr. Jamal Sanad Al Swuaidi, Director General of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), where he stressed the importance of the symposium in shedding light on a vital and pressing topic which needs to be discussed based on the quick developments and challenges witnessed by the Arab region and around the whole world in the last few years. He said that this topic needs an intense, serious and in depth discussion to keep abreast with the anti-terrorism and anti-extremism international efforts. He referred to the fact that terrorism and extremism became a world and crossing-borders threat and pointed that such discussion will provide the educational system in the UAE and the whole region with outputs that support the educational sector. He said that such efforts are intended to make the educational sector an integral, vital and central part of overcoming the extreme thinking and the scheming evil forces which do not stop trying to penetrate the educational institutions and sputter their own toxic ideas on our children's minds and hearts.
Al Swuaidi emphasized that the UAE and its sister states keen on combating terrorism realized the catastrophic consequences resulted from the so-called "Arab spring" in several countries of the Arab region. The UAE and its sister states recognized early the attempts of seditive and misleading groups to exploit education as a platform through which they can mess up the minds of tomorrow's generations. These groups have started first with distorting the teachings of Islam and then with implanting the seeds of their poisonous ideas in a manner that aims at dragging our children and youth into the pools of extremism and violence.
Al Swuaidi added that pursuant to the UAE's awareness of its being a double-edged sword, the UAE tried to establish a minaret-like education system through which it can spread awareness and to create an active and effective instrument that can immunize our youths against destructive ideas, enhance their sense of belonging and loyalty and instil their pride of their national identity. He said that this major initiative is lunched under the directives of His Highness Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces for enhancing the educational operation with the "Moral education" subject. He stated that this initiative had a great and effective role in the development of the educational system and the creation of an early preventive system that protects our youths from slipping into the horrors of extremism and terrorism. This presentation enriched the Emirati experience and created a model to be followed in the region.
After the welcoming speech, Dr. Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi gave his foreword where he commended the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research for holding this symposium. He thanked Dr. Jamal Sanad Al Swuaidi, Director General of the ECSSR for his "relentless efforts in dealing with such key topic which attracted the local, regional and international intense interest and appreciation". Al Hammadi dealt wit the importance of education in achieving the sustainable development and combating terrorism and extremism. He said that it is established that the set of moral values prevailing and ideas embedded in the educational system places this society on the world map. He stated that no one can talk about deeply rooted and sustainable-based progress, unless we have updated education that combines the material aspects reflected in the modern sciences and knowledge and value aspects represented by the quality of education.
His Excellency underscored that terrorism is the result of intellectual extremism which is the chief enemy of humanity. He referred to the necessity of having a development- and education-based comprehensive treatment for such phenomenon, stressing that education must be inventive and creative.
He pointed out that the UAE was a pioneer in countering terrorist ideology through education and alerting to the danger of infiltrating this ideology into the educational system. He said that this is the stem from which the pioneering initiative of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of teaching moral education at schools originated. He referred to that this initiative aims at instilling positive ethical values based on tolerance, moderation, openness and coexistence.
Al Hammadi stressed the importance of this symposium dealing with the role of education in fighting terrorism, saying that it is an intellectual war at the first place and explaining that this makes education a fertile land that allows the forces of extremism to go through such war. He focused on that the terrorist and extremist groups' trials to penetrate and infiltrate the educational field with various means are ongoing.
During the symposium, he presented some of the terrible scenes which spread on the social media websites and aroused controversy of the world public opinion, particularly among those who are interested in the educational field. He showed a clip where a child holds a knife, goes to slaughter his doll in a nervous and hysterical manner and gives a promise about more killing until blood covers the whole earth. He said that such disgusting scenes do no only stir horror, but also pose several questions about what terrorism is and what the type, intellectual, religious, political, economic and educational sources are, why the mental as well as psychological structure of such bloody terrorists is different and to what mind laundry operation they subject themselves.
HE said that in certain eras of the history of humanity, the winds of terrorism and extremism blew for political, ideological, doctrinal and economic reasons in almost every society. However, the modern history has recently revealed that religious terrorism has become severer after the brutal attack on the twin towers on the 11th of September, 2011.
Al Hammadi added that before these horrors, world witnessed the War in Afghanistan, the emergence of Al Qaeda, US invasion of Iraq and Al Qaeda move to Iraq. From the womb of the Afghan and Iraqi events, the giant of terrorism was set free with the ISIS phenomenon led by the current Caliph, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. Al Hammadi explained that terrorism manifestations have become very clear, stating that it is the result of the intellectual extremism which is the principal enemy of humanity and of the doctrinal vain discourse and mono and Unilateralism which push youths in particular into the caves of fanaticism, hatred and cultural, religious and civilizational deterioration.
HE said that terrorism creeps from one country to the other and from one continent to the other; from Nice city in France to the Thames River in Britain, distant Finland and even Barcelona where it has recently posed. Undoubtedly, the manifestations are the same but the grounds may differ as they are correlated with various social, economic, cultural and political factors. Such factors are renewable and dominant in the societies where misery and ignorance dwell and feed on corruption.
HE said "We need to get rid of the resources of destructive thought that threats the country and society. Therefore, it is highly important to identify, unmask, neutralize and hold accountable those who performed and plan to perform such terrorist actions against our country. In the light of the circumstances which prevail the region and the whole world, terrorism is seen as a security, intellectual and political challenge, the matter which requires the combination of efforts of the various society institutions, including universities which are deemed to be intellecual institutions and lighthouses that are capable of playing a prominent role in fightingg terrorism and extremism and can spread the values of tolerance, harmonization and constructive communication through the curricula and conferences. HE said that the social institutions tend to qualify and protect students against terrorism by presenting an educational discourse that aims at building a comprehensive character and enhance the values of citizenship, national identity and civilization values.
HE finalized his speech with stating that the UAE educational system seeks to deeply root the sense of national as well as global citizenship; to develop the awareness of rights, duties and responsibilities and to broaden the knowledge acquired from the local environemnt and society and their relationship with the human community. Furthermore, the UAE educational system aims at encouraging the sense of affiliation to the global society and improving the learners' knowledge, skills, values and orientations with the purpose of qualifying them to take part in the development of our society peacefully and sustainably.
In the second speech, His Excellency Dr. Tarek Shawki talked about the Egyptian government efforts to promote the educational system in general. HE said that the Egyptian government has recently outlined a multi-dimensional vision that combines all the relevant institutions to dry out the material as well as intellectual sources of terrorism and extremism, referring to the decree issued by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to establish the "National Council to Combat Terrorism and Extremism".
His Excellency highlighted the importance of cooperation among all of the Arab societies' institutions to spread mercy and acceptance of the other and discard all forms of fanaticism and partisanship. He talked about the most prominent features of the alternate educational system which the Ministry of Education is devoted to carry out. He stated that the alternate educational system will be initiated on September 2018, referring to that it aims at training the youth on understanding the other and harmonizing the Egyptian identity and openness towards the other.
His Excellency pointed that all the celestial religions deny all forms of violence, extremism and blood shedding. He referred to that ll divine laws agree unanimously on a wide range of human values and principles, the most important of which is the preservation of self and maintenance of certain values such as justice, tolerance, avoidance of violence, acceptance of the other, kindness, honesty, trust, loyalty, cooperation and discarding treachery or betrayal. He also referred to the agreement of all the divine laws upon the repellion of evil with what is better and love, pride and preservation of the homeland.
Dr. Shawki added that terrorism is misleading. It does not differentiate between the sons of the same nation. Neither does it discriminate between Muslims and Christians nor between a mosque and a church. It only claims innocent people dreaming of a brighter future. It killed our beloved ones and our kins leaving our hearts in agony and our country in pain.
He concluded with stating that he believes in that th Arab nation will be able to overcome any obstacles and will have a brighter tomorrow full of success and hope, however.
In the third speech, His Excellency Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi thanked Dr. Jamal Sanad Al Suwaidi and "The UAE .. The land of goodness and benevolence, the country of Zayed Al Khair." He said: "The faithful people of Bahrain send you their acknowledgement, love and respect." He introduced he Kingdom of Bahrain's experience in combating terrorism through education. He spoke about four main axes: a brief of the educational process in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the terrorist attacks on education since the events of 2011, the experience of upbringing to citizenship and human rights in the face of terrorist attacks and the project of schools that support citizenship and human rights.
HE presented scenes of the terrorist attacks on the educational sector since 2011, stating that these attacks were directed to Bahrain's achievements in this field. He also expressed the efforts made by the state and society to deal with this phenomenon, indicating the importance of the qualitative and quantitive developments of the curricula to promote the academic thinking and instil the values of work, diversity, difference, human rights and discarding all forms of violence and extremism. He underscored the success stories written by the Kingdom of Bahrain and acknowledged by several world organizations in this field.
Al-Nuaimi expressed that education is no longer remote from such acts of sabotage, confirming that it has been a major target of such destructive acts and foggiest notions.
Al-Nuaimi cited some of the studies carried out by Al-Ittihad newspaper on terrorism, concluding the most important topics that relate to the idea and the region with its current situation. He stated that these studies are based on sound vision for defeating the evil forces and blurry ideas. He said that Al-Ittihad is a credible, widely read and highly commended newspaper. He pointed to the volunteers who responded to the call of duty and proceeded with the 180-day educational crisis which the Kingdom of Bahrain was able to overcome successfully with the national support and sister countries' assistance. He said that the experience of the Kingdom of Bahrain was important and inspiring indeed.
The education in combatting extremism and terrorism symposium addressed to basic axes: First, "the importance of education in combating extremism and terrorism" which discussed the role performed by education in building open-minded generations and educating mindful minds that can face the destructive thinking emitted by the terrorist and extremist groups.
This axes was dealt with by Maqsoud Kruse, the Executive Director of the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum, Violent Extremism (HEDAYAH), who stressed that countering extremism requires developing and fostering the "positive thinking" culture, working out the values of tolerance and pluralism and establishing the moderation principle, the role of women within the family and society and enhancing the role of family upbringing and parental care.
Dr. Ammar Ali Hassan, the Egyptian writer and expert in the political sociology, indicated that education alone is not an ample weapon to defeat terrorism, suggesting the importance of increasing the "religious content" in the educational system and the necessity of realizing that education and culture are inseparable. He also mentioned that it is crucial to revise not only the curricula, but the teaching methodologies as well.
Both participants in the symposium requested to correlate school to society, to activate the school role in the protection of society, reconsider the curricula and teaching methodologies from an open-minded perspective which is based on in depth studies of the changes and developments encountered by society and on giving the country interests and security the top priority.
Both participants stressed the importance of developing an accurate and deep understanding of the phenomenon of extremism and violence to be able to crystallize an integrated strategy and project that aim at uprooting this phenomenon because violence as an individual or social phenomenon is an expression of a specific defect.
They indicated that the various social institutions, including the educational institutions, must be in charge of exerting the preventive efforts devoted to deny the youth's criminal will to practice violence and extremism. The symposium was chaired by Jassim Al-Hosani from the ECSSR.
Maqsoud discussed the reasons for the emergence of violence and extremism and the prevetive role of school in countering terrorism, violence and extremism. He stated that extremism is committing violence against innocent individuals or properties based on political or ideological motivations. He emphasized that violence is a multi-dimensional phenomenon and hence, it requires a multi-dimensional response, a diversity of methodologies and a combination of efforts.
He referred to the importance of the preventive educational approach in the framework of a multi-dimensional strategy that allow student to develop educational skills that help them to counter extremist ideas. He pointed out to "Abu Dhabi Memorandum on Good Practices for Education and Countering Violent Extremism", stating that this initiative taken by HEDAYAH and the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) draws certain guidelines for the politicians, educationalists and world leaders concerning the role of education in countering violent extremism.
He also stressed the importance of initiating interventions to combat violent extremism through education as soon as possible. He explained that the school is the well from which young people derive their social and cultural values. He said that if school fails, society loses the second line of defense against crime, highlighting the importance of the social prevention which takes the social and economic factors that lead to the emergence of crime and addressing such factors through learning and education.
Dr. Ammar Ali Hassan spoke about the impact of school on resisting terrorism, violence and extremism, wondering whether the current status of school enables it to have an effective impact on building a peaceful and open-minded generation that can filter thoughts. He also wondered whether school has the capacity to perform the role assigned to it in eliminating the criminal will of the members of society. He highlighted the close and essential relationship between security and education, saying that the more noble moral values are instilled in the members of society the more security, tranquility and stability prevail society.
He underscored the necessity of broadening dialogue and encouraging openness among institutions based on the reconsideration of curricula and teaching methodologies from a perspective that refrains from accepting every new development and denying every old one with no further investigations.
The second axis "Development of curricula as a means to instill moderate thought" stressed the importance of developing the curricula and of constantly supporting them with materials that help to disseminate awareness. This is meant to fill in the gaps through which the terrorist and extremist groups creep towards the minds of young people. In this context, Dr. Khalifa Ali Al Suwaidi, the academician and media man in the United Arab Emirates University, stated that the problem lies in the existence of specific curriculum that support extremism, referring to the importance of encouraging moderation through the curricula as well. He said that it can be achieved through correlating education and the national goals, including strengthening the sense of affiliation and loyalty and converting the Islamic religion course into a moral education course that is centered on implanting the seeds of moderation. He stressed that citizenship and national education should not be confined to one course and that curricula should generally focus on quality rather than quantity. He also spoke about the role of the teacher, affirming that it is important for anyone who wants to work as a teacher to have a teacher's license and that private schools should be supervised and monitored.
Dr. Karima Al Mazrouei, acting Executive Director of the school educational sector at Abu Dhabi Education Council, referred to how the extremist groups misused the educational system by trying to attract followers of the loyal teachers and to prepare curricula that support their ideologies. She pointed the importance of making use of the best practices that proved to be successful in countering extremism in other countries such as the supervision of the after-school activities, development of social skills, preparation social interference programs, redesign of courses and merging of interreligious dialogue.
They discussed the role of education in combating violent extremism by adopting a set of good practices on education and combating violent extremism that will lay the foundations of training and implementation of new activities and events so that countries take into account improving the existing educational programs or developing new ones that help to control violent extremism.
They demanded to deepen the concept of national loyalty, and to embed the national education directly into all curricula so that it becomes a part of them, since it is a behavior that must be related to all curricula. They stated that teacher and school with its staff must be role models for students.
Al Suwaidi said that the curriculum is the cornerstone of the educational process through which the information is provided to the student, pointing out the necessity of developing a strategic plan for the curriculum, stemming from the changing needs of the society, so that students graduate with a power to see through, criticize and do preferable selections in a manner that serves the public interest.
He referred to the desired role to be played by school in combating extremism. He stated that education is an integrated process that depends on the interaction and relationship between the student, curriculum, teacher and school environment and that no progress could be attained without improving these factors altogether.
Dr. Karima Al Mazrouei said that discussing the role of school in the face of the radical thought in isolation from the development of the elements of the educational process, will have no significant effect on it, emphasizing the importance of focusing on the educational process main pillar, teacher. She asserted the importance of abandoning the idea that the student is a mere recipient that has no role in grasping and researching information, pointing that it makes students more apt to be easily controlled by certain ideas, and more rigorous in applying such ideas without thinking or discussing. She said that it makes students easy catch for intellectual and practical ideologies, while they would not certainly be so if they are involved in a participatory education.


Broadcaster BT Sport has announced that it will not be restructuring its prices to fall into line with new business rates.
It means that pubs that receive an increase in its rates from April will not see a hiked bill from the TV sports supplier.
Bruce Cuthbert, commercial customers director at BT Sport, said the decision to defer followed discussions with pub trade bodies.
"It is clear that with additional cost pressure from increases in the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage combined with growing price inflation, it seemed common sense to wait for the dust to settle before finalising any new pricing structure," he said.
"It will have been seven years since the business rates were last updated and with a number of changes being introduced including new transitional arrangements and the overall appeals process, now is not the time to make any changes."
Bruce Cuthbert: "Not the time to make changes."
In July last year BT Sport revealed an 8.9 per cent increase in prices but allowed customers to fix prices for two years.
Sky has yet to comment on how its prices could be impacted by the new business rates. Its prices for pubs went up by 10 per cent in August.
Meanwhile British Beer & Pub Association chief, Brigid Simmonds has welcomed a government review of the new rates. However, she said more needs to be done to support the pub sector.
"A wider review is needed, so that the Government can consider the specific needs of the pub sector, which should have its own system of relief, given we are shouldering such an unfair share of the rates burden. The BBPA believes that pubs are overpaying business rates by £500 million."
Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers chief Kate Nichollls added: "Overtures by the Minister (Sajid Javid) to level the playing field are very welcome, but he must follow through with his statements and act decisively. In particular, he must address the very specific concerns of the licensed hospitality sector that is uniquely disadvantaged by the current system.
"If he is serious about reform for the sector then the Minister must consider the ALMR's three chief requests: the introduction of sector-specific relief for pubs and bars, a capping of bills increases, and retention of a robust and fair system for appeals."


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It can be tough thinking up new ideas for every holidays. Thankfully, Cornwall is positively bursting with exciting activities and attractions for all weathers, certain to keep the kids busy all summer long. The following are some of our favourite things to do with kids in Cornwall. To help you stay within your holiday budget, we've included some of the best free things to do in Cornwall.
• Hit the surf. Cornwall is the best surfing spot in the UK, whether you're new to the sport and in need of tuition or are already fully at home on the Atlantic breakers. The best area is Cornwall's north coast, around Magwan Porth beach and Watergate Bay –right next to The Park.
• Spend a day on the beach. With more than 400km of coastline and 300-plus beaches, Cornwall is also one of Britain's best spots for a seaside break. Among Blue Flag beaches so-listed for their excellence is Trevone Bay just 12km from The Park. But there's a Cornwall beach for all tastes and ages, from hidden coves perfect for crabbing and rock-pooling to vast stretches of sand with water sports galore.
• Head for the farm. Cornwall has lots of places to take the kids to meet friendly animals and sometimes to help feed them and even get involved with farm tasks. One of our favourites within easy reach of Magwan Porth is Old MacDonald's Farm, a small family-run farm park with animals including alpacas, as well as a miniature railway, crazy golf, pedal go-karts and giant trampolines. It serves a mean Cornish cream tea and delicious scrumpy, too. This is also among the best things to do in Cornwall in the rain, with a games barn with face-painting and farm crafts.
Also near The Park is DairyLand Farm World, an adventure park with a pat-a-pet section, pony-rides, nature trails, a maize maze, mini-tractors and even a Lamborghini hay-ride. And while not a farm, Camel Creek Adventure Park has animals to meet, too, including shire horses, meerkats and leaf-cutter ants, along with a 5D experience inspired by NASA technology plus various rides.
• Indulge your foodie fantasies. From local producers offering tours to some of the best beach cafés in the UK, Cornwall is a foodie hotspot for all ages. One of our favourite days out in Cornwall with kids is a trip to Callestick Farm about 30 minutes from The Park.
• Get cultural. There are some great museums in the region, all of them perfect days-out venues for rainy days in Cornwall. We particularly rate the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth, which always runs great family events and children's activities in the school holidays. Or for history told from a quirky point of view, try Pirate's Quest in Newquay close to the The Park, which takes visitors on a walk-through exploration of Cornwall's swash-buckling past complete with live actors.
Cornwall also has some fabulous fortifications, including Pendennis Castle in Falmouth with its fantastic and raucous reconstructions of historical events loved by adults and kids alike.


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State Aid in the time of Corona
European Commission produces temporary State Aid framework
Yesterday (19/3/20), the European Commission adopted a Temporary Framework for state aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak (C(2020) 1863 final). It is intended to apply until 31 December 2020.
By way of context, existing options available to Member States ("MS") includes
Those measures MS can put in place outside the scope of EU State aid control, recently outlined in the Commission communication of 30 March 2020 (COM (2020) 112 final). These include e.g. wage subsidies.
Designing support measures in line with the General Block Exemption Regulation (Regulation 651/2014 of 17 June 2014) without the Commission's involvement.
On the basis of Art 107(3)(c) TFEU and the Rescue and Restructuring State Aid Guidelines, Member States can notify to the Commission aid schemes to meet acute liquidity needs, and/or pursuant to Art 107(2)(b) TFEU compensate undertakings in particularly badly hit sectors (e.g. transport, hospitality, retail) for damages caused by the outbreak. Again these should be notified to the Commission for assessment.
To complement these existing measures, the Commission now sets out temporary state aid measures it considers compatible with Art 107(3)(b) TFEU, which can be "approved very rapidly upon notification". MS must still show the measures are necessary, appropriate, and proportionate to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of the MS concerned. In addition, each of these temporary measures comes with several conditions that must be complied with. Newly permissible measures include:
Aid in the form of direct grants, repayable advances or tax advantages, which do not exceed EUR800,000 per undertaking
Aid in the form of guaranteed loans, with limitations on premium, principal and duration.
Aid in the form of subsidised interest rates for loans, with limitations on rates, principal, and duration
Where either guaranteed loans or subsidised interest rates are channelled through financial institutions, those institutions are expected to be able to show they are passing the benefits to the end users, through e.g. higher volumes of financing, riskier portfolios, lower collateral requirements, lower guarantee premiums or lower rates.
Support for short-term export credit insurance as an exception under para. 18(d) Commission Communication on short-term export-credit insurance, where it can be shown that a risk is no longer marketable.
Aid under heading (1) may be combined with either aid under heading (2) or heading (3), and with aid granted under heading (5).
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The Ethics of Writing Science Fiction
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Science fiction is fun, they say. Fans call it sci-fi—hard to pronounce and chew gum at the same time. Technically speaking, it's a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic settings, science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes and extraterrestrial life. It explores potential consequences of scientific and other innovations. Its more erudite fans label it the "literature of ideas."
Assuming the italicized words apply, the question might be: which ethical codes could ever hope to be recognizable in a speculative, imaginative, futuristic, parallel, extraterrestrial setting?
Wait, back down to reality. I'm not looking for ethical norms in that setting—how un-sci-fi would that be? I'm just interested in the writing of the thing, not the thing itself.
I opined in an earlier blog about "writing ethically." The core premise, I said then, is to avoid plagiarism and resist the impulse to make up "facts." But the second half of that dictum only relates to writing nonfiction. When writing fiction, you have to make up the facts. Yes, plagiarism is a sin in this world, but is it one in a future world?
This is an onion-peeling process—eliminating ethical norms that do not add moral value to sci-fi writing. In literary fiction, we must be fair, honest, and accurate. It must be original, even if some ideas, notions, descriptive tone, meaning, and focus came from other ethical writers. Seems to me, those norms apply to sci-fi as well as literary fiction. Leave that peel on the onion.
Plagiarism is our mortal sin, but there are venal sins in literary fiction: cryptomnesia and intentional fabrication. Plagiarism is as unethical in sci-fi as it is in on this planet. How about cryptomnesia in sci-fi? Is that a peel that ought to come off the onion? Cryptomnesia is the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience. Makes ethical sense to worry about that in literary fiction, but in sci-fi, who cares? Maybe suppressed memories that pop up not just off the grid but off the planet are important in writing sci-fi. Does it matter? Intentional fabrication needs no definition—it applies in nonfiction but fabrication is the essence of literary fiction and the high priest of sci-fi writing.
In my opinion, fiction writers must make two decisions before keyboarding that first line in a novel. How much of the novel is actually true, and whose truth is it to reveal? These days, historical fiction creeps into most novels. So, truth in fiction is our ethical dilemma. But is that the case in sci-fi writing? Is any part of sci-fi supposed to be "factually true?" Who ought to own the truth in sci-fi writing? The writer? If not, then who?
My vote is to drop the factually true element in sci-fi writing. It's not supposed to really be "out there," is it?
Maybe the search for ethical norms in sci-fi writing lies in examining why so many readers love it. They are purposeful readers. They are of all ages, all genders, all religions, all colors, and every disposition and attitude. What they share is escapism. But there's more. Sci-fi, admittedly speculative, winks at realism. The best sci-fi is a thoughtful perspective on the future. It's informed by modern science and technological possibility. In my opinion, those are the ethical norms for sci-fi writers. Write to purposeful readers, let them escape their reality, give them a future perspective, and make it scientifically possible, even if it sounds impossible now.
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FEMR Consultation: How Fair and Effective are the FICC Markets?
In its important consultation document published on 27 October 2014, How fair and effective are the fixed income, foreign exchange and commodities markets?, the Fair and Effective Markets Review (FEMR), has asked no less than 49 questions to restore trust in the wholesale markets which, as exposed by recent events, have been susceptible to abuse and cheating: see earlier post here. Headed by Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, the Bank of England's Deputy Governor for Markets and Banking, Martin Wheatley (Chief Executive Officer, Financial Conduct Authority) and Charles Roxburgh (Director General, Financial Services, HM Treasury) as co-chairs, the FEMR, which was created by the Chancellor in June 2014 – see terms of reference – is expected to present its final recommendations in June 2015.
The FEMR intends to conduct an exhaustive and dynamic evaluation of the manner in which wholesale financial markets operate and over and above helping to restore trust in the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) markets the FEMR also aims to influence the international debate on trading practices. Earlier in the year (August 2014), the FEMR recommended and consulted on bringing another seven major UK-based FICC benchmarks into the regulatory perimeter originally rolled-out to regulate LIBOR.
further steps which are needed to help ensure a fair and effective FICC market.
allow market participants to compete on the basis of merit; and provide confidence that participants will behave with integrity.
The FEMR seeks responses (to be emailed to FEMR@bankofengland.co.uk.) to the 49 questions asked in its 69-page consultation by Friday 30 January 2015.
The questions are set out under the following heads: what does "fair and effective" mean for FICC markets?; a framework for evaluating fairness and effectiveness; barrier and digital options; conflicts of interest and information flows; competition and market discipline; benchmarks; standards of market practice; responsibilities, governance and incentives and; surveillance and penalties.
could provide a framework for further development in relation to industry-wide performance measures relating to conduct.
[B]enchmark manipulation has been the highest profile of all recent cases of market abuse in FICC markets. The attempted manipulation of Libor, Euribor and other interbank rates has affected every major financial centre, including London, Singapore, Frankfurt and Tokyo, and resulted in total fines on institutions of some £4 billion, by US, UK and European regulators. In addition, the FCA recently fined one firm £26 million for manipulation of the London Gold Fix, and another firm £70 million for attempting to manipulate the BBA Repo Rate benchmark in order to influence the fees payable to the Bank of England for liquidity support. These cases highlighted the susceptibility of some historic fixing processes to manipulation, but they also involved other forms of misconduct. For example, some cases involved inappropriate influence being exerted on Libor setters by their bank's derivatives traders, who had incentives to attempt to move the fixing in order to profit from contracts referencing the benchmark.
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Chinese state-owned investment fund to invest in world's largest solar thermal plant
China's Silk Road Fund, a state-owned investment fund, will invest in the planned $3.8bn concentrated solar power (CSP) project in Dubai.
The 700MW CSP project, being developed by Saudi Arabia's Acwa Power in consortium with China's Shanghai Electric, will make up the fourth phase of Dubai's Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR) solar park and will be the world's largest thermal solar plant upon completion.
"They are investing as one of the shareholders in one of the CSP projects in Dubai," said Thamer al-Sharhan, managing director of Acwa Power, during a conference in London.
The Acwa Power/Shanghai Electric joint venture was awarded the contract to develop the 700MW plant for a tariff of 7.3 cents a kilowatt hour ($c/kWh), a record-low price for a utility-scale CSP plant.
The project is expected to be commissioned in several stages starting in the fourth quarter of 2020.
The project consists of a 100MW tower and three 200MW parabolic trough fields that will focus the sun's rays to heat a fluid that is then used to power turbines. The plant is capable of producing power after dark as the heating fluid maintains its high temperature.
The site will feature the world's tallest solar tower (260 metres) and will provide clean energy to 270,000 households in Dubai.
The CSP project is the second Acwa Power project in Dubai that the Silk Road Fund is investing in. The Chinese investment vehicle is also providing financing for the 2,400MW Hassyan coal-fired independent power project (IPP), which Acwa Power is developing in partnership with China's Harbin Electric.
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Poets and Poems: David Russell and "An Ever River"
The idea binding the poems of An Ever River, the new collection by British poet David Russell, is found in the title poem. In fact, it's found in the title of the title poem. Life is a river, an ever river, flowing forever through time, containing and absorbing natural and human creation and memory. The river swallows pollution, sludge, war, monuments, and palaces, and cleanses them all.
The collection's 26 poems address such creatures and natural phenomena as whales, earthquakes, "eco-thunderstorms," and scorpions, and then go on to include humans' natural phenomena, like panic, progress, dreams, mid-life, old love letters, and even cremation. The natural and the human blend together—or perhaps the human phenomena, good and bad, are extensions of the natural.
In one poem, Russell writes about clouds, but not the familiar clouds we see in the daylight sky. These are the clouds of past wars, and how we consider past wars, wars that flow into memory, even as nature moves on in its "happy ignorance."
In chroniclers' minds
past wars all went full circle,
making great urban filth destroy itself
so that the finest flowers and shrubs
could sprout at random.
And birds, in exultation
or happy in their ignorance,
made rills of melody
now man had passed them by.
But now, with ice and poison,
for one full year enthralled, embalmed,
and after that, growth's circle
jarred shuddering in mid-turn,
can even a worm
or an amoeba celebrate?
The poems are filled with metaphors and allusions to the natural world, sometimes so jarring and unexpected that we have to stop, go back, and reread. Does it really mean that? And then we reread the poem and discover a second meaning, a second understanding. In "Clouds," the birds may be singing "now that man has passed them by," but the fact is that man has passed them by, and something else is happening.
Russell is a poet, singer, songwriter, literary critic, and writer. His poetry collection Prickling Counterpoints was published in 1998. His speculative fiction includes High Wired On and Rock Bottom. He's published several romances, including Self's Blossom, Explorations, Further Explorations, Therapy Rapture, and Darlene. His CDs include "Bacteria Shrapnel" and "Kaleidoscope Concentrate." Russell lives in the United Kingdom.
An Ever River is what might be called "eco-poetry," but it is more than that. It's a reminder that we are part of a larger whole, and that larger whole continues, sometimes damaged and sometimes mended, but it continues, nonetheless.
Related: David Russell reads "A Child Unheard"
Photo by Adam Selwood, Creative Commons, via Flickr. Post by Glynn Young.
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ALAMOGORDO – A Tularosa man physically attacked a prosecutor in a 12th Judicial District courtroom Wednesday after an Otero County jury convicted the man for inappropriately touching his 5-year-old live-in girlfriend's daughter.
Michael T. Cox Jr., 31, was found guilty of one count of criminal sexual contact of a minor under the age of 13.
Twelfth Judicial District Attorney David Ceballes said Deputy District Attorney Scot Key was physically attacked in the courtroom immediately following the guilty verdict in Cox's matter.
The incident occurred at the conclusion of the jury trial before Judge Jerry H. Ritter Jr., Ceballes said.
He said after a bench conference with Ritter to verify the guilty verdict, Key began to return to the prosecutor's table then Cox is seen on courthouse video attacking Key before Key was able to return to his chair.
The incident was witnessed by the jury, staff and other occupants in the courtroom at the time, Ceballes said.
He said new criminal charges against Cox for this incident are pending completion of an investigation by the Otero County Sheriff's Office and possible assignment to a special prosecutor.
Cox is jailed at the Otero County Detention Center on a no bond hold pending the outcome of the investigation.
Ceballes said he condemns Wednesday's attack.
During testimony in Cox's two-day trial, it was learned that Cox touched the fully clothed girl in her genital area when they were alone watching television while the girl was visiting her mother in July 2014.
Jurors also heard testimony that the girl's mother was in a separate room and unaware of the incident at the time it occurred.
According to testimony during the trial, the girl was afraid to tell anyone until the next day when her grandmother was preparing a bath for the girl then the girl disclosed to her grandmother and aunt about the incident.


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KANSAS CITY, KAN. ----- The Hershey Track and Field event will take place at Washington High School on Saturday, May 31st.
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