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COVER-UP: The Murder of Dag Hammarskjold, for 58 Years Britain Kept it Secret – By Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio (Flashback)
SM / August 27, 2021
Source – veteranstoday.com
– "…The colonial affairs on the Belgian rich mines, the roles of military, mercenaries and secret agents of British intelligence and other states, are continuing to cover the truth 58 years later. This very systematic, scientific and cryptic concealment is the most evident proof that was happened a premeditated attack on the UN secretary's plane. One of the most important bloody conspiracy in the XX century"
The Murder of Dag Hammarskjold, for 58 Years Britain Kept it Secret – By Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio
According to numerous journalistic investigations and even recent international inquiries it now seems clear that the plane crash on September 18, 1961 in southern Africa in which the UN secretary Dag Hammarskjold died with another 15 people was caused by an attack. Who did it, how and why, are the mysteries on which he must try to shed light on the investigation of the Tanzanian judge Mohamed Chande Othman appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations. But, as in the case of the missile that shot down the DC9 Itavia causing it to fall into the Italian sea of Ustica with 81 victims and the one that caused the falling in Ukraine of the Malaysian Airlines MH17 flight with 298 dead, the verification of the truth seems to be hidden by the secret services of foreigner countries, especially in the NATO area (next updates here).
The lawyer Othman, already supreme head of all the judges of Tanzania, is the "eminent person" charged with implementing the resolution 71/260 of the General Assembly of the United Nations (December 23, 2016) and has already prepared his report which will be announced in the coming weeks by secretary Antonio Guterres. But it risks being an incomplete relationship and still far from the truth because the "responses from some countries have been disappointing ".
This is denounced by the United Natiosn Association (UNA) Westminster, an independent institution recognized by the UN and entitled to use the symbol (link at the end of the article), reporting that the United Kingdom and South Africa have long since erected a "stonewall" impenetrable from requests for collaboration in the investigation with the opening of archives of secret documents. Not at all. As noted by UNA, who closely monitor the investigation of the plane crash on a web page dedicated to the tragedy, even Hammarskiold's native Sweden is making difficulties: an anomaly also highlighted by the last New York Times reportage.
TOO MANY SECRETS ESPECIALLY IN NATO COUNTRIES
«Sweden continues to serve as lead nation in carrying through the implementation of the General Assembly's Resolution 71/260. In securing the successful passage of three votes in the General Assembly, it has skilfully coordinated more than one hundred UN Member States, ensuring the continuation of the Judge's investigations – reports United Nations Association (UNA) Westiminster in its August 11 update – Even so, its own protocols continue to hinder some requests for access to official Hammarskjöld-related documents on grounds that they are classified under national security laws (New York Times 4 August 2019). This follows its protracted correspondence with the families of those others who died in the plane crash».
In 9 months the portal Hammarskjöldinquiry.info has given birth to as many detailed reports about the state of the UN investigation, about the important revelations of the new books on the tragedy, about the censorship of editorial-cinematographic speculation (considered fanciful), about the legitimate protests of the families of the victims that have been awaiting justice for 58 years, but above all about the battle, with missive's blows, against the United Kingdom government for the latter's refusal to respond to Judge Othman's requests, although more sources have cited the implication of British secret agents MI5 and MI6.
Tanzania High Court President Mohamed Change Othman appointed by the UN SG to investigate on the plane crash Dag Hammarskjold died in
In his previous report in October 2017, the African magistrate remarked: " Far from approaching the possible limit of our understanding, the deeper we have gone into the searches, the more relevant information has been found". But Othman wrote even more explicit sentences such as those reported in the December 3 note from UNA Westminster: "Without an explicit statement confirming the precise nature of the searches, particularly into the intelligence, security and military archives and records, an identification of whether relevant information exists, and an indication of the reasons for non-disclosure, the non-cooperation of any Member State may be seen as a failing in the international community's collective and ongoing effort in the search for the full truth of the tragic event".
On 3 December 2018, Miguel de Serpa Soares, United Nations Undersecretary General for Legal Affairs and United Nations legal advisor, had updated the General Assembly on the interim report of the former Tanzanian judge noting that, already in the 2017 report, Othman made two observations of crucial importance: "It is plausible that an external attack or threat may have been a cause of the crash – he declared regarding the hypothesis of an attack on the plane, pointing the way to ascertain the truth – and "It is almost certain that the United Kingdom may hold as yet undisclosed relevant information".
The remains of the UN's Albertina aircraft crashed in the former Rhodesia on which Dag Hammarskjold was found dead with 15 other people, including diplomatic officials and crew members, on September 18, 1961
Soares noted that «a preliminary review of the information» showed this could add to knowledge about «the context and events of 1961, in particular the presence of paramilitary and foreign intelligence personnel in and around the Congo and the capacity of the armed forces present in and around the region at that time». For this reason the former magistrate invited nine Member States to "appoint an independent and high ranking official to conduct a dedicated internal review of their intelligence, security and defence archives to determine whether relevant information exists".
But as noted by members of the UN partner association "As reported in our news item (10 September), the UK and South Africa had been refusing to respond to the Judge's invitation". Othman reported that he was making progress with the seven other member states he had approached, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Russia and the United States. He also confirmed that he had extended his investigations to include Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which had both responded positively and further, to Zambia, Portugal and Angola.
«Regarding the failure by South Africa to respond to his request, Judge Othman reported that neither UN S-G Antonio Guterres, nor the late former UN S-G Kofi Annan had managed to elicit a response, despite the evidence of documentation evaluated by the Independent Panel of Experts in 2015 and by himself in 2017» remarked UNA Westminster.
This association, engaged in a head-on collision with the reserve of the British government, convened an ad hoc summit last April 25 at the House of Lords of the British Parliament «to share its disappointment in the UK government's continuing unhelpful attitude towards the UN's efforts. Its claim that all relevant archives and files are already in the public domain continues to be questioned by experienced researchers, knowing that MI5, MI6 and GCHQ were operating in the Congo at the time when Hammarskjöld's plane crashed».
The new vigor to the initiatives of this autonomous institution pro-UN comes from two fundamental events: the publication of two books on the plane crash, which occurred in Hammarskjold's attempts to decolonize Africa, and the vibrant protests of the families of the victims that in last February they broke the discreet silence in which they had entrenched themselves.
"HAMMARSKIOLD WAS KILLED": TRUMAN SAID
To understand the new investigative developments it is necessary to trace the profile of the most famous victim and the essential elements of the air disaster. Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (Jönköping, 29 July 1905 – Ndola, 18 September 1961), was a Swedish diplomat, economist, writer and public official. He was also one of the most luminous Lutherans in the history of Sweden, who also became famous for his Christian worship and his virtuous life in the service of his neighbor. For this reason the hebrew-christian artist Marc Chagall, friend of SG UN, made an important tribute in his memory with an artistic glass named Peace for the UN Building. Hammarskjöld was president of the Bank of Sweden, but he became known internationally as the secretary general of the United Nations, a position he held for two consecutive terms, from 1953 until his death in 1961, in the plane crash that occurred in southern Africa. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work posthumously. The day after the mysterious event, former US President Harry Truman told the press that Hammarskjöld: "He was about to get something when they killed him. Notice that I said "when they killed him". "
The Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjold, secretary of the United Nations from 1953 to 1961 and Nobel Peace Prize in memory
Beginning in 1960 he actively engaged in the cause of the decolonization of Africa, dealing primarily with the difficult question of the independence of the Congo, but found his own death during a delicate connected mission. He lost his life when the "Albertina" plane (a Douglas DC-6B) departed from the capital Léopoldiville (now Kinshasa) and bound for the Ndola airfield crashed into the British protectorate of what was then Northern Rhodesia, that is today's Zambia . The former Secretary was in Africa to negotiate a ceasefire between UN forces and the Katanese troops of Moise Thsombe also supported by Belgium. Hammarskjöld died instantly – at least according to official reconstructions – and 15 other passengers and crew members lost their lives.
VICTIMS 'FAMILIES AFFECT THE UN NOW
«Over the years, a group representing the families have maintained an independent, discrete campaign, urging action by the United Nations but choosing to distance their efforts from the campaign coordinated by UNA Westminster, host of this information service and related initiatives. This public silence has now been broken».
Thus begins the article of February 9 on the association's website: «The group's coordinator, Hynrich Wieschhoff whose father Heinrich Wieschhoff died on the plane, has now publicly shared his concern that the UN itself might be losing interest in its own inquiry into the incident».
The UN officials died with the general secretary in the plane crash including Heinrich Wieschhoff (first from left), father of the victim group spokesman
"At first we assumed the UN would be vigilant in looking for new clues and dogged in running them to ground, and for years that seemed to be the case – wrote Wieschhoff on PassBlue, the online newspaper of the Fordham Graduate School of Arts and Sciences about the posture toward Hammarskjöld's death – Certain callousness prevails, despite high-sounding pronouncements to the contrary. In my experience, concern about the other 15 victims is even lower»
Mr. Wieschhoff attributes to the book "Who Killed Hammarskjöld? The UN, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa" by Susan Williams a galvanic effect on the UN hierarchy. "However, he believes the UN has still 'ducked', avoiding discomfiting questions about the roles of Belgium, France, South Africa, the Soviet Union, Britain and the US in events related to the crash, and possibly about the UN's own handling of its original investigation and subsequent new evidence as well».
In support of his thesis, the son of one of the diplomatic officials who died in the tragedy believes that "little has been done to publicize the activities of Judge Othman" who is leading the investigation hampered by the slowdown in the complete declassification of the archives and "still refusing to release some documents".
THE AIR DISASTER TO KILL THE UN SECRETARY
«The newly published book 'Ils ont tué Monsieur H: Congo 1961. Le complot des mercenaires français contre l'ONU (Seuil)' is the first detailed study of important French dimensions related to the tragedy, sharing the result of detailed research by author Maurin Picard, New York-based correspondent for Le Soir (Brussels) and Le Figaro (Paris)» writes in a May 27 update to Westminster, crediting the French journalist's inquiry.
The Alsatian journalist and writer Maurin Picard, New York correspondent for Le Soir in Brussels and Le Figarò in Paris – CLICK to read the full report in French
"Picard assesses alternative theories pointing to a possible aerial attack on Hammarskjöld's plane, arguing that the Belgian government had been long reluctant to open confidential archives to UN investigators – or investigators in general. Former colonial era Sureté documents had been placed in Defence Ministry archives, separate from the more accessible state archives (AGR) – we can read on the portal Hammarskjöldinquiry.info – These show that the day before his death, Hammarskjöld wrote personally to Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak asking him to put an end to the 'criminal acts' of the Dutch-British pilot Van Risseghem who had been attacking UN ground positions and threatening UN air transport».
The warning telegram sent by the UN secretary Dag Hammarskjold to the Belgian Foreign Minister
However, it is in the archives of the powerful Belgian company Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (UMHK) in which the British mining company Tanganyika Concessions (Tanks) had a major interest that Picard discovers evidence of its collusion with and funding of mercenaries then fighting the UN forces. Documents refer to a cover-up against the 'UN occupier' along with evidence of real fear of an uprising against the all-white management staff.
A thesis already highlighted by the Italian historian Luciano Canfora in his book Criticism of Democratic Rhetoric (2002), as reported by Gospa News in a previous article: «And now, after forty years, in the very internal pages of the newspapers, we read what we have always known: that the Union Miniere condemned to death (by "plane crash") also Hammarskjöld, the UN secretary general, guilty of opposing the secession of Katanga, the prey of the Union Minière».
The Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) was a Belgian mining company that operated in Katanga, a province of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo (initially the Free State of the Congo, hence from 1908 Belgian Congo, from 1972 Zaire). The company was created on October 28, 1906 as a result of the merger of a company created by Leopold II of Belgium and Tanganyika Concessions Ltd. The latter was a British company created by Robert Williams who started mining exploration in 1899 and obtained the rights to concession in 1900.
The merger was intended to proceed with the exploitation of the mining quarries of Katanga. The new company was owned by Société générale de Belgique, the largest Belgian holding (which controlled 70% of the Congolese economy) and by Tanganyika Concessions Ltd. Some remains of UMHK are part of the current Umicore.
UNA Westiminster also marks the publication "Dag Hammarskjöld, the United Nations and the decolonization of Africa (Hurst)" by Dr. Henning Melber Director Emeritus of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Political Sciences of the University of Pretoria.
THE ROLE OF THE 007 OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN AND COVER-UP
The attention of the journalist Picard, born in Alsazian and now New York's citizine, is focused on the role of the 007. «Further revelations indicate orchestrated resistance to the UN at the time, and point to collusion with MI5 and MI6 British intelligence operatives. These records also confirm the close involvement of Captain Charles Waterhouse, chairman of Tanks, and other British industrialists identified also in Susan Williams' book 'Who killed Hammarskjöld?» adds UNA Westiminster, anticipating the revelations of the book on «the activities of French mercenaries led by Colonel Faulques, former officer of the 11ième choc, an elite regiment in the French army» and «the participation of intelligence operatives from several interested countries» denounced by Picard in his article of 14 May 2019 for Le Soir.
The 007 photos published in Le Soir in the report by Maurin Picard
The implications of foreign intelligence in the disaster had already clearly emerged during the summit organized by the UN in Westminster on 25 April at the British Parliament to examine the progress of the investigation, during which «speakers joined in condemning the governments of the UK and South Africa for their refusal to cooperate with the UN as requested by the UN Secretary-General».
The meeting was chaired by the Baroness Garden of Frognal. Speaking first, Dr Henning Melber (previously quoted – ed) reminded the public that when Hammarskjöld's plane crashed near Ndola, "the regional white settler-minority regimes were visibly relieved if not jubilant" .
Lord Lea of Crondall, president of the Independent Hammarskjöld Inquiry Trust, recounted how in the spring of 2012 and after reading Susan Williams' book he had set up the High Level Commission of International Jurists to reopen the inquiry into the tragic death of the Swedish diplomat without imagining that seven years later the issue would be the subject of a " continuing international concern". Regarding the lack of co-operation of the United Kingdom, he declared "was unacceptable for MI6 to hide behind the National Archives' webpage which states that the sensitive nature of intelligence work means that many files have been destroyed or retained by the security services themselves".
Sir Stephen Sedley, Chairman of the Independent Independent Hammarskjöld Commission, spoke with admiration of his "A Team", his fellow commissioners, Judge Wilhelmina Thomassen of the Netherlands, Ambassador Hans Corell of Sweden and Judge Richard Goldstone of South Africa. «He reiterated his view that there was now, half a century later, enough new evidence to justify the UN in re-opening the inconclusive inquiry which it set up in the aftermath of the crash – UNA reports – He asked whether it was credible either that no US aircraft were at Ndola that night monitoring the airwaves, or that, if they were (as plainly was the case), no record exists of their presence? If not, it may be necessary to ask how much credence should be given to other denials issued by the defence and security agencies of the US?»
The UN "glass" building in New York
Reverend Trevor Musonda Mwamba, a native of Zambia, said that when Dag Hammarskjöld died on Zambian soil, his soul became part of Zambia and Zambia part of him. " As Zambians we are therefore desirous to know the truth of why Dag Hammarskjöld was killed. It's important for Zambia's identity to know its past in order to embrace its authentic self in the future" he said. Quoting Seretse Khama, the first president of Botswana: "When a man tells a lie, he loses his dignity and so it is with a country ". So – concluded – it urged the British and South African governments to cooperate with the United Nations.
The writer Susan Williams explained the reasons why the British government states that " all information of direct value had been made available by the UK in previous years or had been released " cannot be true. The author of the book "Who Killed Hammarskjöld?" Listed the inconsistencies in US and UK statements, concluding that that the failure of the UK today to cooperate with the UN is " tantamount to a cover-up and consistent with its behaviour over the many years since the crash in 1961".
THE CLASH BETWEEN UNA WESTMINSTER AND DOWNING STREET
During the April 25 meeting, David Wardrop, chairman of Westminster UNA, reiterated the usefulness of the UN investigation, taking into account its low cost (US $ 321,000 including translation of the report in other languages) and recalling that it is of interest to the crash that occurred in northern British colonial Rhodesia, now Zambia, bordering on the Congo that was involved in a conflict affecting powerful, colonial and non-colonial states and peace contingents of 21 UN countries.
«The financial capability of the UN's Member States to continue the Hammarskjöld inquiry is not in doubt – said the UNA chairman – What is in doubt is their resolve to do so. (…) These are the challenges which those who founded the United Nations in 1945 were determined it should tackle in the name of all humanity. As long as the deaths of Dag Hammarskjöld and those with him remain unresolved, its mission remains incomplete, an unfulfilled challenge. If its Member States, especially those which so resolved in 1945, fail in this duty, they betray those same vows to this and to succeeding generations».
Ph. David Wardrop, president of the UN Associations Westminster, during a conference at Kings College London
During the April summit, Wardrop reported on the outcome of the clash between the association he chaired and 10 Downing Street, the seat of the British Government. Although we it be more correct to point out that the battle of UNA Westminster is more than anything else against the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham, the government agency responsible for security, intelligence and counter-espionage, the only real body authorty that evaluates the unsealing or declassification of the documents.
«In March 2019, Westminster UNA submitted a Freedom of Information request to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) asking for all recorded information relating to the UN Secretary-General's request to the UK Government to appoint a high ranking and independent official to examine state records on the matter – we can read in different updates on Hammarskjöld Inquiry website – However, in its response of 25 April, the FCO refused to supply the requested information. It evaded the issue of which of two exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) underpinned its refusal. Having received an unsatisfactory response to its follow-up request, it has referred the matter to the office of the independent Information Commissioner. On 5 August, the Commissioner confirmed that the reference was eligible for further consideration and would be "carried forward as soon as possible"».
THE SWEDISH STONEWALLING ON THE NEW YORK TIMES
Waiting for the British Commissioner to release the reserves and possibly "force" the FCO to cooperate, secrecy problems arise even in Sweden, the home-country of the UN secretary who was killed in the plane cras. Stockholm is increasingly intrigued with NATO strategies, in whose alliance has never entered, above all since 2013 after the annexation of Crimea by Russia, the historical enemy of the Swedish.
«Over the last two years, Stockholm has intensified its participation in NATO military exercises related to the application of Article 5 of the Atlantic Pact, such as Baltops and Trident Juncture. In 2016, after a heated debate, the Swedish parliament ratified the agreement of "support of the host nation" (Hns) with NATO, which authorizes a foreign military presence at the invitation of the government – explains the geopolitical site Limes – The minister Defense Hultqvist has zealously created a "network" of cooperation treaties with the United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark and above all Finland. In fact, Stockholm and Helsinki are perfectly aware of the reality of the region, as shown by their participation in the trilateral security format with the United States and the "Baltic Sea process" in the NATO context, also known as "29 + 2″. The secret coordination between a neutral country and NATO due to a commonality of strategic interests has therefore evolved into an explicit common preparation for a possible conflict in the Nordic-Baltic region».
Clarified the geopolitics context we analyse the New York Times report. NYT reveal Sweden's problems in unsealing the intelligence files about Hammarskjold. «In the decades since the death of United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, his native Sweden has led the call for countries to disclose what they know about the air crash in central Africa that killed him, one of the most abiding mysteries in global diplomacy – he written Alan Cowel on NYT last August 4 – The Swedish authorities, however, have themselves refused a prominent researcher's request for access to official Hammarskjold-related documents on grounds that they are classified under national security laws» .
The decision, transmitted by the Swedish national archives on 11 July to a researcher, Hans Kristian Simensen, raised doubts about the contents of the documents. But above all, " It also seems to undermine Sweden's stance that nations like the United States, South Africa and Britain should stop stonewalling requests for information" according to the American journalist.
THE MYSTERIOUS BRITISH BRITAIN PILOT
«Several accounts have said that Mr. Hammarskjold's airplane was harassed or attacked by a Fouga Magister jet trainer deployed by the Katangese secessionists. A Belgian mercenary, Jan van Risseghem, has been widely identified as its suspected pilot». The New York Times reporter focuses on the latest developments in the investigation and citing the books already mentioned by UNA Westminster.
But the journalist also reveals a further detail reported by Simensen: «In recent days, however, Mr. Simensen said, documentation had been released from the Hammarskjold family archives suggesting that the United Nations' own military investigators had concluded that the pilot was another mercenary who went by the name of Dubois. The finding was contained in a report by the Military Information Branch of the United Nations marked "strictly confidential". It was initially circulated just weeks after the crash» an evidence important for confirming that in the UN was the ones, and probably still exist, who knew all…
The cockpit of the UN plane "Albertina" on which Dag Hammarskjold died
" The name Paul Dubois may have been the nom de guerre of a British mercenary called John Dane who had figured earlier in Judge Othman's inquiry, although in a different context relating to claims that Mr. Hammarskjold's plane had been sabotaged by an incendiary device. Judge Othman concluded that the "probative value" of that version of events was "weak."- adds Cowell on the NYT (full article on UNA Westminster update august 11) – In a report in 2017, Judge Othman noted that "the name 'Paul Dubois' is apparently the same name as the French pilot said to have flown one of the first Fouga jets to arrive in Katanga in 1961 in a test flight to show its capabilities». Simensen said he had submitted the latest findings to Judge Othman after he ha requested in an e-mail «access to parts of a dossier called "Correspondence Regarding Dag Hammarskjold and Ndola 1992-1995," which are part of the country's diplomatic records».
Sweden provided some of the records but refused his request for other documents, citing laws governing "national security or its relationship to other states or permanent organizations". The reference to the United Kingdom or to NATO is therefore implicit.
A bond of secrecy that contrasts with the previous provisions of the Swedish Foreign Minister, Margot Wallström. It was she who appointed the former ambassador, Mathias Mossberg, to assist Judge Othman's investigation and ensure "that all relevant information in Swedish archives has reached the U.N. investigation into the death of Dag Hammarskjold".
But the colonial affairs on the Belgian rich mines, the roles of military, mercenaries and secret agents of British intelligence and other states, are continuing to cover the truth 58 years later. This very systematic, scientific and cryptic concealment is the most evident proof that was happened a premeditated attack on the UN secretary's plane. One of the most important bloody conspiracy in the XX century.
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Masamune Date and the legacy of "DATE Culture"
Apr / 2 / 2018
Statue of Date Masamune overlooking the city of Sendai from the ruins of Sendai Castle, which is located on a plateau.
Born in a time when Japan was plagued by civil wars during the Sengoku period (mid 15th century – early 17th century), Masamune rose quickly to become a tactful, ruthless and ambitious warrior from a young age, earning the name "Dokuganryu" (One- Eyed Dragon, as he had lost an eye to smallpox at a young age). In 1604, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the daimyo who completed the unification of Japan under central rule, awarded Masamune Date lordship of the Sendai Domain for his loyalty, making him the most powerful daimyo.
Date Masamune: More than Just a Warrior
Despite his fearsome reputation, Masamune was an educated man and a patron of the arts, Wanting Sendai to rival the Kyoto-Osaka region, he worked to expand trade and beautify the area. Tohoku, once a remote part of Japan, soon prospered as a popular destination for tourism, trade, and prosperity. While Masamune embraced tradition, he also saw the need to embrace foreigners, especially their technology and knowledge. He encouraged foreigners to visit his region and even dispatched an embassy on board the San Juan Bautista, (a ship built with European techniques) to meet the Pope, while also visiting the Philippines, Spain, and Mexico.
In addition, Masamune had a distinct philosophy about hospitality that reflected his deep appreciation for the arts. Having a passion for food, when entertaining guests he personally created the menu, tasted the food, and presented it, showing visitors the utmost care and attention with cuisine reflecting his sense of aesthetics, inspired by the Japanese tea ceremony and Noh (classical musical dramas). Far more than a typical general, Masamune expressed himself as a highly sophisticated and uniquely cultured individual.
The birth of "DATE Culture" in Japan
Masamune's cultural knowledge, as well as his governing policies, gave birth to the "DATE Culture" that spread throughout the castle town and eventually to the more distant Tohoku communities. But what exactly is "DATE Culture"? It is a glamourous culture that respects the richness of tradition while embracing new ideas. Additionally, it appreciates the highest beauty and perfection while remaining modest. Visitors can clearly notice these principles on display as they explore Tohoku's traditional artwork, cuisine, and way of life in general.
His strength and intelligence make Masamune Date a particularly interesting and popular historical figure. In fact, Capcom even created a video game character loosely based on Masamune Date's image. The one-eyed warrior appears in the action franchise Sengoku Basara as a samurai with six swords.
Where to Find Masamune Date History and Culture
The next time you are in Sendai, be sure to pay a visit to these important locations that are rich in history to learn more about Masamune Date of Sendai and the "DATE Culture" that he inspired.
Sendai Castle Ruins
After becoming Sendai's first feudal lord in 1603, Date Masamune build Sendai Castle on Mt. Aoba, which overlooks the city. Currently, only the stone walls remain, but it continues to be a symbol of Sendai City.
Masamune's Zuihoden Mausoleum
Hours: 9am – 4:30pm (Until 4pm from Dec to Jan)
Admission: 550 yen
This is the mausoleum for Date Masamune and his family. The vibrantly colored structure is surrounded by impressive cedar trees. At the mausoleum, visitors can see some historical artifacts and even some remains like bones and hair of the influential family.
Sendai City Museum
Hours: 9am – 4:45pm (Last entry 4:15pm)
Closed: Mondays, days following national holidays and Dec 28 – Jan 4.
The Sendai City museum houses plenty of exhibits that showcase the fascinating history of the region, including the legacy of Masamune Date. To learn more about the incredible warrior and leader of Sendai, Masamune Date, this is the place to be!
Experiencing Masamune Date Culture Today
The influence of Masamune Date in Sendai extends to the present day. Even though the artifacts from the age of Masamune Date seem like distant relics of the past, traditional crafts inspired by the "One-Eyed Dragon" are still produced by masters. These special Japanese crafts hold the legacy of "DATE Culture."
The traditional Sendai Tansu were originally used for merchants and samurai to keep their personal items.
Sendai Tansu: A Treasured Craft
Tansu were originally used as mobile pieces of furniture in which merchants and samurai could keep their personal items. Made from zelkova Japanese elm and chestnut, each tansu is painstakingly crafted. Then it is finished with kijiro-urushi (uncolored) lacquer. Finally, it is embellished with embossed metal fittings of dragons, Chinese lions, or peonies. At age 80, Eikichi Yaegashi is one of Sendai's most respected tansu craftsmen. He specializes in the creation of the decorative metal fittings. As the fourth generation in his family to continue the craft's tradition, he creates striking pieces of art that truly capture the undeniable beauty of "DATE Culture."
A variety of metal fittings decorate the tansu.
Eikichi Yaegashi is a famous tansu craftsman who specializes in metal fittings.
Shokeikaku: Food Culture Derived from Masamune Date's Aesthetics
Once the residence of the Date clan, who relocated here after having to relinquish their domain in 1867 due to the Meiji Restoration, this two-story wooden bungalow is now a popular restaurant and venue for special occasions. Overlooking a splendid Japanese garden, it features local cuisine presented in adorable, miniature Sendai tansu. Other highlights are the artifacts and heirlooms on display, including Masamune's iconic black suit of armor and helmet with the golden crescent moon.
Night view of Shokeikaku
Shokeikaku is the former residence of the Date clan.
Address: Shokeikaku- 143-3, Hitokita-nishi, Taihaku-ku, Sendai Taihaku-ku, Miyagi
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My distance vision is improving, whereas my near vision is deteriorating, said my eye doctor during a recent examination.
I had broken three pair of glasses with the two most recent prescription lenses, and it was time to get a new pair. I don't like it, but accept the inevitable progress of aging.
This week will be spent close to home. Because of temporary changes in my warehouse schedule, I have six days off work in a row. It will be a time for catching up on household chores and setting an agenda for the rest of summer and beyond.
For the most part, this week's writing will be on paper. I'll begin cross posting content I write for Blog for Iowa Thursday.
Once I get my new glasses, I'm hoping for a totally new perspective, and from that, better writing.
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Small business spotlight: Faro Industries Inc.
Alan Morrell
Matt McConville Sr. had been working as a tool salesman when a childhood friend approached him with an offer that changed his life.
His buddy, Earl Martin, had been working at a plastic-distribution company. Martin "liked to make things," McConville said, and began doing just that with plastic sheets. Soon, requests were coming in from companies, and Martin realized he needed help keeping up.
"He and I grew up together, since we were 5-ish," McConville said. "He said, 'Would you ever want to come into business with me?' Someone where I worked ticked me off, and I said (to Martin), 'Let's do it.' "
Those were the early days of Faro Industries, a Lyell Avenue plastics company that has been around nearly a half century. Martin no longer is involved, having started another business some 10 years ago.
The Faro Industries name was chosen quite randomly.
"Earl didn't want his former company to know that he was in competition with them," McConville said. "Literally, he opened the phone book and went 'boom.' " His finger landed on "Faro." "So he said, 'Let's call it 'Faro.' That's how it went."
Faro started doing short-run, prototype fabrication and vacuum forming work. For a while, the company did injection molding, but Faro has sold off that division. An early connection with Xerox Corp. led to an ongoing relationship that spurred Faro's growth and success.
McConville recalled a long-ago request from Xerox for work that required a non-disclosure agreement. He found out later what the work involved.
"They said, 'Listen to the news tomorrow,' and Xerox announced it was getting into color copying," McConville said. "We made this thing for them that looked like a rainbow, to get all the color across. We patted ourselves on the back."
Nowadays, Faro does a lot of work for the food, medical and automotive industries. The company added 3-D printing capabilities a few years ago to greatly speed up some plastics work, a venture that McConville calls that "our most interesting, latest endeavor."
Faro's client base is typically within a 100-mile radius, McConville said. The company has a steady presence in the Buffalo area and has done work for Canadian-based clients and some as far away as China. Products Faro has created include plastic-frame headlight holders for cars and "slotted trays" used to hold cookies for Wegmans Food Markets.
Faro was founded in 1967 and has been in the same location since 1972. The move from the original site was just across Lyell Avenue. "We started out in a bookie joint," McConville said, "We needed some elbow room." McConville's son, Matt Jr., has worked at Faro for years, and his grandchildren have had occasional summer jobs there.
Faro has gotten a lot of business in recent years from small start-up firms that spun off from once-mighty local giants like Eastman Kodak Co., he said. The calls used to come from those big companies, McConville said, but the change hasn't fazed him.
"We didn't sit around and mope when they slipped away," he said. "I never really thought about it. You just moved on. It's word of mouth and repeat business. We just plug along day after day, hoping it's going to happen. And it always does."
Alan Morrell is a Rochester-based freelance writer.
Faro Industries
Founded: 1967.
Location: 340 Lyell Ave.
Executives: Matt McConville Sr., president and CEO.
Employees: 14 .
Website:www.faroindustries.com.


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Below is my Ante Post Preview and Tips for the 2018 Ryanair Chase, run over two miles four furlongs, and one hundred and sixty six yards. This could be a fascinating race, but as I write this with just over two weeks to go to the race, there is still some doubt about some of the main contenders running, with potential for others to enter the mix too.
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Last years winner Un De Sceaux, and favourite to win again this year, is the obvious place to start. He has always been a very good, if not quite top notch two miler, but he also tended to take quite a hold in his races, so stepping up to two miles and almost five furlongs in this race last year provided a stamina question mark. He had run over this trip in France, but I'm not sure how true the pace was in those races. After initially seeming to settle okay, Un De Sceaux started tanking with Ruby Walsh after about three fences, and he had little choice but to let him go to the front as they passed the stands. To pull like he did off what was a strong early pace, and still win was very commendable, but he was running on fumes coming up the hill, and would have been beaten in another hundred yards. I certainly don't buy the theory he was idling.
Clearly if settled better he would likely have won easily, but it wasn't a good edition of the Ryanair, with Sub Lieutenant coming second, while the third had been beaten off a mark of just 152 on his previous start, so he will need to be as good as ever, and settle better, to win what could be a good bit better race this year. His recent win in a very poor grade 1 at Ascot, when the second, who had only won a handicap off 135 on his previous start, and went much too quick in this, told us little about his current ability levels, as any decent grade two horse would have won it as easily as he did. Un De Sceaux did settle well though, but then if he didn't settle off that gallop over two miles you'd be worried.
Waiting Patiently is well named as his connections certainly haven't rushed him. He beat subsequent grade one winner, Politologue at Haydock in January last year, but it was only in the middle of February this year that he stepped into grade one company himself, with two easy wins in lesser races in between. That looked a red hot grade one for the time of year, with Speredek, and then Cue Card turning it into a real test, by forcing a very quick pace. Waiting Patiently got there travelling really well coming to the second last, so it was a little disappointing that he seemed all out on the run in, but only went just over two lengths clear of Cue Card, who sectionals show was slowing down quite a bit.
It could be Waiting Patiently was idling a bit, or it could be that two mile and five trip on soft ground, with a fierce pace, was the upper limit of his stamina range. If that's the case the uphill finish in the Ryanair could be problematic, especially if the ground did come up soft. There's no getting away from the fact that he looks top class though, with potential to do better still. His connections comments regarding going for this race suggest it is in no way a target though, which can only be a negative, as horses like Un De Sceaux will have had their whole season mapped around the Ryanair. Another negative would be that despite getting to two out on the bridle, they went really quick and finished slowly, so he will have had a much harder race than he's ever had, and needs to prove he can reproduce that level after such a race, just a month later. His jockey also claimed after that Ascot win, that the ground, which was called soft by Timeform, was on the quick side for him, so given that Timeform have rarely called the ground worse than good to soft on the Thursday at Cheltenham, that would be another concern.
Cue Card has looked on the downgrade to me for quite awhile, so I was surprised at his display at Ascot last time, but while I would tend to use his proximity to downgrade what the winner did, I do think he just seemed to roll the clock back a bit, running with real zest, and seeming to appreciate an aggressive ride back at the shorter trip. You could argue it was overdone a bit though, as he finished pretty slowly. Having won that Ascot grade one the previous year, it's likely that was his target this season, and after such a hard race it's asking a lot of him to replicate that performance just a month later, and a reproduction wouldn't be good enough anyway if Waiting Patiently was also to turn up in the same form.
Fox Norton was beaten just a head in last years Champion Chase, but with Douvan flopping that was a well below par renewal. He put up his best performance of the year when stepped up to two and a half miles at Aintree, a trip that looked likely to suit given his run style over two miles, and on that run he would look to have every chance in the Ryanair. It is over a furlong further though, and the ground was good at Aintree, so he'd face more of a test of stamina at this trip if the ground came up soft. He seemed to find the half furlong short of two mile trip a little sharp in the Tingle Creek on his return, but in going down by just a half a length he did enough to suggest he's as good as ever, but he does need to bounce back from a very poor run in the King George, when it wasn't the step up in trip that beat him, as he was going nowhere from a long way out.
Top Notch found Yorkhill too good in the JLT last year, and has since come up short in grade one company at Aintree and Ascot last time. In between he had two impressive grade two victories, with his Ascot victory in November in particular suggesting he should be able to hold his own at the top level. His jumping let him down last time though, seemingly uncomfortable with the strong pace, and while he could bounce back and put it all together, equally he may again be found out in a real top race.
Balko Des Flos showed much improved form when second in the Lexus last time, and while he has won on it before, it may be he isn't as effective on the heavy ground he raced on for his previous two starts this season. He stayed the longer trip well at Leopardstown though, so it's likely that was one of the reasons for his better run, which casts doubt on whether he'll be as good dropped in trip for this. The form of that Leopardstown race is also not as strong as looked likely beforehand, with Sizing John, Yorkhill and Djakadam all flopping. At the current 10/1 NRNB price, he makes very little appeal.
Given how he races over shorter it was always a long shot that three miles would suit Yorkhill, so his Lexus flop when far too free was easily forgiven, but his abject display when dropped back to two miles last time is much harder to explain away, and it's possible he's gone the wrong way. He looked so good last year, despite his obvious quirkiness, that it's too soon to totally give up on him, and if he did turn up here with Ruby aboard he would have to have a chance. If the Betfair Exchange is any guide, and it normally is, then he is much more likely to run in the Champion Hurdle though.
Cloudy Dream has been running over a trip he doesn't come close to staying the last twice, so the drop in trip will suit, but he has to prove he's good enough for a race like this, and on balance it's unlikley he is. Frodon ran out an impressive winner of a good handicap off a mark of 154 at Cheltenham over this trip in January, but those performances when giving weight away to inferior rivals tend to get over rated, as they ignore the flaw in official ratings, that means it's much easier give weight to inferior rivals in a handicap, than beat ones rated your equal off levels. He ran well behind Waiting Patiently last time at Ascot, when the slow finish meant margins were exaggerated, and he could be rated closer to the front two, but I doubt he's much better than that, although he does go well at Cheltenham.
The exchange betting suggests it's very unlikely he'll run in this, but if he couldn't win last years Gold Cup, which looked a below average renewal, then he's unlikely to ever win one now, so it might make sense to drop Djakadam back in trip for this race, as a more aggressive ride over the shorter trip could really suit him, as having jumped so well in last years Gold Cup, until getting the second last wrong, he shaped like the trip meant his jockey wasn't able to use his jumping to full effect. His form this year is below what he was showing the previous two seasons, but his trainer has had him spot on for Cheltenham both times, and if he was back to is best he would be very interesting in this race. While an unlikely runner, there is worse bets to had than the 16/1 Paddy Power are going non runner no bet, and if you don't mind tying up funds for two weeks, then a small each way bet at that would be the way to go. The NRNB prices are generally a bit of a rip off, and nothing else jumps out as a bet at this stage, so I think it's much better to wait till the day when the pricing is much more competitive, and we know what's running, as well as vital possible pace scenarios.
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Mushfiq was a sub-imperial Mughal painter who worked in the atelier of Abd-ur-Rahim Khan-i-Khanan (also called Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana), commander-in-chief of the Mughal army in the late 16th/early 17th century. He contributed numerous paintings to the Ramayana and Razmnama (Mahabharata) manuscripts commissioned by the Khan-i-Khanan. Several individual paintings in his hand, some of them signed, are also known. He is not known to have worked at Akbar or Jahangir's imperial workshops.

External links
The Emperors' album: images of Mughal India, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Mushfiq
Painting by Mushfiq in the Freer Ramayana

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Feb 4, 2019 | Client News, NAB, The Switch
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The pattern is available for purchase at my etsy shop.
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Hey love the pattern! I just bought 2 skeins of Kureyon in blues and greens! Just wondering - did you use 6's and 7's? or 7's and 8's? Your pattern says just US 7's. I'm not big into gauge swatches for non-sweaters, so please let me know! Thanks!!!
I used only 7's, but my gauge naturally changed when I was no longer doing stranded colorwork (in the brim). Unfortunately this change in gauge is kind of crucial to the shape of the hat...if you're not into swatching, I'd say start with 7's, and then if it doesn't change enough when you get to the horizontal stripes, rip back and do that part with 8's. But swatching is probably easier.
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I fell in love with the pattern "Phoncible Hat" and purchased it. I can't find the two colorways that were used in the picture. Everyone seems to be out of it or say that they are discontinued colors. Could you please give me some other ideas of color combinations of Noro yarns that could be used? The colors used were absolutely the "right" colors I was wanting to use. Thanks for any ideas that you might have.
At least one of them is discontinued, sadly :-( I haven't seen the full line of current Noro colorways in years, but here's the projects for Phoncible, maybe you'll see something that inspires you?
There are a few other brands that do the slow color change thing, too- I know Wisdom yarns does, and Crystal Palace Mochi. If you want a similar effect to this hat, I would look for two colorways that have approximately the same colors in the same order (in this case, a rainbow order with pinks) but with one darker than the other.


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from enum import Enum

class IndexLockMode(Enum):
    Unlock = 0
    LockedIgnore = 1
    LockedError = 2
    SideBySide = 3

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

# For server
class SortOptions(Enum):
    # Sort using term values as encoded Floats.  Sort values are Float and
    # lower values are at the front.
    long = "Long"
    # Sort using term values as encoded Doubles.
    # Sort values are Double and lower values are at the front.
    float = "Double"
    custom = "Custom"

    def __str__(self):
        return self.value

class FieldIndexing(Enum):
    # Do not index the field value.
    no = "No"
    # Index the tokens produced by running the field's value through an Analyzer
    analyzed = "Analyzed"
    # Index the field's value without using an Analyzer, so it can be searched.
    not_analyzed = "NotAnalyzed"

    def __str__(self):
        return self.value

class IndexDefinition(object):
    def __init__(self, index_map, name=None, **kwargs):
        """
        @param index_map: The map of the index
        :type str or tuple
        @param name: The name of the index
        :type str
        @param kwargs: Can be use to initialize the other option in the index definition
        :type kwargs
        """
        self.name = name
        self.reduce = kwargs.get("reduce", None)
        self.analyzers = kwargs.get("analyzers", {})
        self.disable_in_memory_indexing = kwargs.get("disable_in_memory_indexing", False)
        self.fields = kwargs.get("fields", [])
        self.index_id = kwargs.get("index_id", 0)
        self.indexes = kwargs.get("indexes", {})
        self.internal_fields_mapping = kwargs.get("internal_fields_mapping", {})
        self._is_compiled = False
        self.is_side_by_side_index = kwargs.get("is_side_by_side_index", False)
        self.is_test_index = kwargs.get("is_test_index", False)
        self.lock_mod = kwargs.get("lock_mod", IndexLockMode.Unlock)
        self.max_index_outputs_per_document = kwargs.get("max_index_outputs_per_document", None)
        self.sort_options = kwargs.get("sort_options", {})
        self.spatial_indexes = kwargs.get("spatial_indexes", {})
        self.stores = kwargs.get("stores", {})
        self.suggestions = kwargs.get("suggestions", {})
        self.term_vectors = kwargs.get("term_vectors", {})
        self.maps = (index_map,) if isinstance(index_map, str) else tuple(set(index_map, ))

    @property
    def type(self):
        if self.name and self.name.startswith('Auto/'):
            return "Auto"
        if self._is_compiled:
            return "Compiled"
        if self.is_map_reduce:
            return "MapReduce"
        return "Map"

    @property
    def is_map_reduce(self):
        return True if self.reduce else False

    @property
    def map(self):
        if not isinstance(self.maps, str):
            return self.maps[0]
        return self.maps

    @map.setter
    def map(self, value):
        if len(self.maps) != 0:
            self.maps.pop()
        self.maps.add(value)

    def to_json(self):
        return {"Analyzers": self.analyzers, "DisableInMemoryIndexing": self.disable_in_memory_indexing,
                "Fields": self.fields, "Indexes": {key: str(self.indexes[key]) for key in self.indexes},
                "IndexId": self.index_id,
                "InternalFieldsMapping": self.internal_fields_mapping, "IsCompiled": self._is_compiled,
                "IsMapReduce": self.is_map_reduce, "IsSideBySideIndex": self.is_side_by_side_index,
                "IsTestIndex": self.is_test_index, "LockMode": str(self.lock_mod), "Map": self.map,
                "Maps": self.maps,
                "MaxIndexOutputsPerDocument": self.max_index_outputs_per_document, "Name": self.name,
                "Reduce": self.reduce, "SortOptions": {key: str(self.sort_options[key]) for key in self.sort_options},
                "SpatialIndexes": self.spatial_indexes,
                "Stores": self.stores, "Suggestions": self.suggestions, "TermVectors": self.term_vectors,
                "Type": self.type}

class IndexQuery(object):
    def __init__(self, query="", default_operator=None, start=None, **kwargs):
        """
        @param query: Actual query that will be performed (Lucene syntax).
        :type str
        @param default_operator: The operator of the query (AND or OR) the default value is OR
        :type Enum.QueryOperator
        @param start : offset used to skip a number of results from a query
        :type int
        @param page_size : the number of the results in the query response
        :type int
        @param fetch : fetch only the terms you want from the index
        :type list
        """
        self.query = query
        self.__page_size_set = False
        self._page_size = 128
        if "page_size" in kwargs:
            self.page_size = kwargs["page_size"]
        self.default_operator = default_operator
        self.sort_hints = kwargs.get("sort_hints", {})
        self.sort_fields = kwargs.get("sort_fields", {})
        self.fetch = kwargs.get("fetch", [])
        self.wait_for_non_stale_results = kwargs.get("wait_for_non_stale_results", False)
        self.start = start

    @property
    def page_size(self):
        return self._page_size

    @page_size.setter
    def page_size(self, value):
        self._page_size = value
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Tuesday 20 September 2016, 6.15pm-7.15pm at The Wheeler Centre
Disability in Australia
'I have never accepted the concept of "lifters" and "leaners"', Graeme Innes has said. 'We all move from one role to the other dozens of times a day.'
Innes made this remark during a blistering National Press Club speech in 2014, as the outgoing federal disability discrimination commissioner. The notion of 'lifters' and 'leaners' entered the Australian political lexicon via former Treasurer Joe Hockey, but it's an old concept, and one that Innes has fought against for much of his life.
Born blind, Innes was determined from an early age to pursue a fulfilling and demanding career. His new book, Finding a Way, describes his early life as well as the highs and lows of that career – as a lawyer, mediator, company director and commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission, working on issues relating to race, disability and same-sex discrimination.
In conversation with Sally Warhaft, Innes will reflect on his personal and professional achievements and discuss the state of disability policy in Australia today. What's the future of the National Disability Insurance Scheme? And is our society getting better at understanding the potential, as well as the needs, of people with disabilities?
Note: this event will be Auslan interpreted.
Sally Warhaft
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Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre's live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year, a Wheeler Centre podcast about Australians' lives in the fog of the Covid-19 pandemic. She is a former editor of the Monthly magazine and the author of the bestselling book Well May We Say: The Speeches that Made Australia.
Sally is a regular host and commentator on ABC radio and has a PhD in anthropology. She did her fieldwork in Mumbai, India, living by the seashore with the local fishing community.
@graemeinnes
graemeinnes.com/
Graeme Innes is a lawyer, mediator and company director. He has been a human rights practitioner for more than 30 years.
Graeme was a Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission for almost nine years, responsible for issues relating to disability, race and human rights. In this role he led work on issues including the ratification by Australia of a UN Convention on the rights of people with disabilities, the Same Sex Same Entitlements inquiry, and three inspections of Australia's immigration detention centres.
He is currently the chair of the Attitude Australia Foundation, a startup aimed at using media to change attitudes towards Australians with disabilities. His memoir, Finding A Way, was published in 2016 by UQP.
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We, Target customers, ask Target to eliminate plastic bags. We understand this won't be convenient to us, but it is time to act. For those of us who also shop at Costco or IKEA, we know we can survive without plastic bags. 2 million single-use plastic bags are consumed every minute. These bags often wind up in waterways and our landscape, degrading water and soil as they break down into tiny toxic bits. These bags have a massive carbon footprint. Switching to paper won't help. The carbon footprint of paper bags is even bigger. Paper production uses trees that could instead be absorbing carbon dioxide, releases more greenhouse gases, takes 3 times the amount of water, and results in 50 times more water pollutants. Paper bags do not breakdown faster in a landfill and take more space. If Target provides bags for purchase, we ask it to charge a meaningful amount because this approach works. Plastic bag use fell by 90% in Ireland following a plastic bag tax of 37 cents. In Australia, 2 major retailers led by eliminating plastic bags in their stores and the country reduced plastic bag use by 80% in 3 months. In Los Angeles county, a plastic bag ban with a charge on paper bags reduced single bag use by 95%. Target's current 5 cent discount for those bringing bags does not meaningfully curb Target's plastic bag consumption. We want Target to act swiftly. Target's plastic bags are choking the earth.
We believe that Earth Day should be a national holiday - giving everyone time to explore our planet. When people take time to appreciate Earth, they feel more connected to it and are more likely to protect it. That's why we are taking a stand and committing that on Earth Day we will explore and connect with our surroundings. We believe love for our planet comes from having the freedom to explore it, and that Earth Day should be recognized as a national holiday everywhere. Sign and share to join the petition to support Earth Day as a national holiday. Today, we're spending more time in front of screens than ever before. The average person with a smartphone checks their phone 47 times per day, and we're averaging 4 hours a day of emails, photos and a steady stream of "you might like" suggestions. This behavior is hindering our ability to discover and make meaningful connections in the real world. When we unplug, we're more open to connect with each other, our communities, and the world around us. We all deserve time to explore and connect. Sign our petition to make Earth Day a national holiday and spend the day exploring the planet we love.
Add the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to ALL IPHONES in the U.S.
Suicide is a major health concern. The summer before my freshman year of high school, I found out that two of my close friends had attempted suicide; and they're not alone. According to the CDC, in 2016 suicide was the tenth leading cause of death in the United States. It was also the second leading cause of death for people between the ages of 10 to 34. With preteens, adolescents, and young adults at a high risk, Apple is in a perfect position to help. According to Business Insider, 82% of American teenagers own an iPhone as of April 2018. While there are resources to help those struggling with suicidality, many have trouble seeking them out. I would like all iPhones in America to come with a contact already set up for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The number is 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Iranian lawyer and human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh was sentenced by an Islamic court in Tehran to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes. The multiple indictments brought against her included conspiracy, incitement to corruption and prostitution, propaganda against the system, disruption of public order, and espionage. What did Sotoudeh, the 2012 recipient of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, do? She defended Iranian women who were removing their headscarves to protest the law that required them to wear one. Supreme irony: As Sotoudeh sits in jail, Iran has been appointed to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). In the name of all the values we have always defended—equality between men and women, women's emancipation, freedom of expression, freedom of conscience—we, Marie Claire U.S., as well as many of our international editions, call for Nasrin Sotoudeh's unconditional release.
Whaling is inhumane, doesn't make economic sense, and is illegal. Iceland just announced that it is going to kill over 2,000 whales in the next five years. Despite the fact that it is a member of the International Whaling Commission (which was set up to manage commercial whaling) and are only actually allowed to kill 209 fin whales and 217 minke whales a year, they are killing 2,000. There is no public support for whaling in Iceland itself. The International Whaling Commission placed a ban on whaling in the 1980s, yet Iceland continues to hunt and kill whales. In fact, last summer, Iceland killed two rare whale species and at least a dozen pregnant females. Whales are one of the most intelligent beings in the world. They call to each other using names and experience grief when another dies. The population of some species of whales are at concerning levels, and killing 2,000 of them isn't going to make it better. Whale hunting is cruel and inhumane. Whales are often pursued to the point of exhaustion, some whales are harpooned multiple times before eventually dying. They are dragged by the ship and eventually suffocate because their heads are forced underwater. The International Whaling Commission must go further than denouncing Iceland's actions. They must remove Iceland as a member of the Commission. Iceland has gone against their rules and belief systems time and time again, and it has to be stopped. Without anyone holding them accountable, Iceland will continue killing whales. It has to stop. Sign now to urge the International Whaling Commission to hold Iceland accountable.
6 beagles were found in the Olney section of Philadelphia, Pa. on March 14, 2019. They live outside in cages, 24 hours/7 days per week behind an empty industrial building. The temperature statistics for year 2018 are 86 days of 32 degrees or lower and 30 days of 90 degrees or higher. As you can see in the picture, these dogs are exposed to ice, snow, rain, wind and summer heat without humane shelter. We observed that neither water nor adequate water is provided. Dollar store canned food was found sitting nearby. Excrement from elevated cages covers the ground and ground level cages are overflowing with waste forcing the dogs to live in it. Pertaining to current law, it is acknowledged these dogs are not "tethered", however the caging and the cruel, inhumane and neglectful confinement are far more deleterious to their existence. The SPCA says their hands are tied by the current animal cruelty standards, including Libre's Law due to the word "tethered". We were told to get the laws changed and then these poor dogs could be saved. My interpretation of this law is that dogs must not be "tethered" outside in 32 degree weather for more than 30 minutes, let alone live outside. They do not live in sanitary conditions nor do they have access to drinkable water. Is this not illegal? The pups are of all ages, separated and the older one (s) cannot produce adequate body heat as stated in the law. These conditions do NOT meet the legal minimum standards. We can provide video of empty water bowls that we were trying to fill. We have reached out to local and state government, the SPCA, Dept. of Agriculture, media, the owner of the abandoned building and anyone who might be able to help these dogs who are subjected to apparent abuse and cruel negligence. In addition, we have offered to purchase these dogs from the owner and have been refused. We believe the minimum of the law's standards are not being met and implore Governor Tom Wolf, Mayor Jim Kenney and Councilman Bobby Henon to: Firstly, remove these dogs expeditiously from the owner and his abuse and negligence and secondly, please broaden the verbiage of the law to include caging and confinement and to specify clearly what adequate shelter should mean in detail. NOTE: We have secured a rescue who are more than willing to take these pups in, give them medical care, nutrition, companionship and love. Please help us by signing this petition so that those who could make a legal difference hear us, the voices speaking on behalf of these poor pups. Your signature will save lives. Thank you!
Senator Maureen Walsh will follow a nurse an entire 12 hours.
Senator Walsh. I demand you follow a nurse at a local hospital on her full 12 hour shift. I demand that you remain with that nurse the full 12 hours, eat when she does, go to the bathroom when she does and leave for home when she does. None of your extra breaks, or privileges. You have decided not to exclude Nurses from mandatory overtime because you do not have the faintest clue what we do. How critical it is to avoid over exhaustion which leads to burn out. How could you? You do not actually work. You barely serve your state a full 30 days then the senate closes session and you people are on vacation again. You could of course just hold a press conference and publicaly apologize and acknowledges you have absolutely NO knowledge of Nursing duties.
Wild salmon and southern resident killer whales are on the brink of extinction. Now a misguided plan to feed the starving whales with hatchery salmon will push both endangered species closer to the edge, while costing taxpayers millions of dollars per year. Hatcheries and over harvest, along with net-pen fish farms and dams, are key contributors to the catastrophic decline of wild Chinook salmon and southern resident killer whales in the Pacific Northwest. Now, Washington state's Orca Task Force recommendations include a plan to "feed the orcas" with 60 million more hatchery salmon per year. The proposed budget requests up to $87 million dollars to fund this plan for 10 years. Science tells us this won't work: orcas need larger wild salmon, while adding more hatchery fish further weakens the wild-salmon gene pool. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) have the power to make this change. Tell NOAA Regional Administrator Barry Thom, WDFW Director Kelly Susewind, and our elected decision makers to stop wasting money on failed plans and invest in science-based solutions: reduce hatchery production, remove dams and change how we harvest salmon.