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Roy Keane says he has received death threats
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Keane said the first credible threat was ahead of a book tour following the publication of his autobiography in 2002.
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Former Manchester United and Ireland captain, Roy Keane said that he and his family have received death threats that were taken "seriously" by gardaí and police in Britain.
Speaking in an interview with The Sunday Times, Keane said the first credible threat was ahead of a book tour following the publication of his autobiography in 2002.
"The police got in touch and said there was one venue I should not do," he said.
"They got a coded message with a death threat that they were taking seriously. Much more recently, when I was assistant to Martin O'Neill and away with the Ireland team, the Manchester police turned up at my home and told [Keane's wife] Theresa and the kids they had received a threat to the family's safety."
Keane said the police told them the threat was being taken very seriously. "They told the kids not to leave the house on their own and that we should all change our routines," he said.
He recently clashed with a spectator outside Old Trafford, a confrontation captured on video and posted on social media. Keane said it arose after he was asked to sign two jerseys by a "dealer" in sports memorabilia.
"I'm signing these jerseys for the guy, and I'm saying I don't want to be here all day, and this other guy is pissed so he calls me a prick,"
Keane said. "He's doesn't see that I'm just having fun with the dealer. I wasn't going to stand there under the tunnel at Old Trafford and explain, 'Do you know what, you got the wrong end of the stick.' I just said, 'Look, you've had a few drinks,' and that was me being unbelievably mature, which is unlike me."
Keane said people described him as "angry" on social media, but he wasn't. "That was a normal chat with a punter who's annoying me. That was nothing. That kind of incident, I have the potential for 50 of them a day."
He now takes measures to avoid being recognised in public, such as wearing a hat, scarf and facemask. He also goes out for dinner early and eats with his back to other diners.
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The CDC recently released their latest data on healthy life expectancy across the US. The data reveal stark inequalities not only in overall death rates, but moreover in how extremely disabled various parts of the country are as compared to healthier areas.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released a fascinating glimpse into data suggesting that childhood obesity may be declining in several US cities and counties.
Politicians have talked endlessly about deficits and finance during our ongoing economic crisis. But we've talked far less about achieving another major goal that is just as important, if not more so, than promoting stable financial markets: protecting our health and well-being during hard times and into the future. What policies are most effective in preserving our health during economic recessions—and can we afford them?
That question, it turns out, can be answered through data and careful research on recessions both past and present. My colleague David Stuckler and I are today releasing our peer-reviewed book, entitled The Body Economic, in which we boil down over a century of data from across the globe to answer the question of what policies actually improve both our economies and our public health during and after economic recessions.
Our data-visualization colleagues at Periscopic have released a new report on US gun statistics.


Enigmatic Tool, A Perfect Circle , and Puscifer vocalist, Maynard James Keenan, recently caught up with Revolver to talk wine, David Bowie, and music in a new video.
The video was filmed at Keenan's Caduceus Cellars vineyard in Arizona, where he discussed his numerous ventures and life outside of music.
The video follows on from rumours that new albums are due from both A Perfect Circle and Tool. Check out the video below.
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Edinburgh, Scotland – The ID Co. has today announced that three new hires recruited over the last month have brought its commercial team up to full quota.
With a full complement of sales employees on board, The ID Co. continues to position itself as the global leader in the provision of Open Banking and the use of bank data.
"We're delighted to welcome to The ID Co., Dave, Kate and Iain. To have brought onboard three such well established sales professionals is a testimony to where we are as a company. We have an ever increasing volume of potential customers who are seeking to work with The ID Co., and to have these three individuals on board will ensure that we are able to satisfy the needs of all of them.
Dave joins as Senior Client Executive. He is an established figure in technology having worked at a number of global technology companies in the UK. Most recently he was a Client Executive at Gartner where he worked with enterprises with >$1bn revenues. Gartner provides great insight and clarity on technology initiatives which are critical to their business and vital to project success. He has established a portfolio of global blue-chip clients across Financial Services, Automotive, Commercial, Manufacturing and Government Agencies in the technology sector both in the UK and internationally.
Kate joins as Senior Client Executive. She has a wealth of experience in managing Key Accounts and relationship management, both in the UK and her native United States. Kate has worked in a number of positions working on relationship management, including at KAL, where she was Senior Key Account & Sales Manager (Ireland, Israel, Austria and East Africa), QikServe Limited and Leyton UK, where she garnered significant experience across financial services and software sales.
Iain joins as Inside Sales Support. Iain has significant experience in business development and inside sales, working for several notable UK firms, including his last position at SG Distribution, where he was Business Development Manager. He has also gained substantial knowledge of financial services through positions with Old Mutual, Xafinity and Investec Structured Products.
The ID Co. (www.theidco.com) helps businesses like lenders to onboard their customers by removing friction caused during the application process by the current challenges of risk, compliance, fraud, and regulation.
Blog published Nov 02, 2018 - Written by The ID Co.


Until a decade ago, when the pain stopped.
That was when I unlocked the right combination of knowledge, movement, and drills to solve my neck and shoulder tension for good.
And not only my neck pain. Some of my coaching clients had neck pain and shoulder tension, and so I shared the methods and knowledge with them. And it worked for them, too.
In this post, I'll share with you the insights and knowledge you need to start solving your neck pain and shoulder tension for good*.
*I will always remind you that if you have pain that concerns you, see a doctor.
Hand on head, yanking my skull down toward my shoulder, I stretched yet again, hoping it would relieve my pain…it never did.
Here's why stretching alone doesn't solve your neck pain.
Stretching mechanically lengthens the muscle, but does not teach your brain how to control that new length. And since your brain is always trying to protect you, it will not give you more range of motion if it thinks you cannot control the tissue.
Stretching a muscle can actually do the very opposite of what you're trying to achieve – making the very muscle you're trying to make less tight, tighter.
The solution is to use active inputs, rather than passive, to teach your nervous system on board to expand, control, support, and strengthen, new ranges of motion.
This part of the discussion goes much deeper, which we will get to later, but for now you know that stretching is a passive input and passive inputs alone do not make real or lasting change.
You must remember this: How you do one thing is how you do everything.
How you position your head and shoulders the majority of your day – including your sleep time – is one of the biggest factors in neck pain and shoulder tension. And it's often overlooked entirely.
Your soft tissues and joints respond to the signals they receive.
No matter what that signal is, your muscles will respond. Even if that response puts you in a significant movement-potential hole in the future.
Your body will respond by becoming more efficient at that position.
That is, your body will adjust the tissues and joints of the area to better support the thing you are asking them to do most often. Even if that isn't an adaptation that is ideal long term.
Are You In These Positions Often?
This is the obvious one that most everyone knows about by now, yet it still needs a giant flood light focused on it since we spend so much time at computers. You can do all of the "postural work" you want, but spending a vast majority of your day in one position, the movement training is but a drop in the bucket of the 'body position ocean'.
Like every other human while you wait for the train, the bus, your kids, the guy in front of you at the take out restaurant – you're tipping your head over like a teapot to watch cat videos on the internet. Change how you hold and look at your phone (or better yet, spend less time altogether on the thing).
Your muscles are linked together, firing in harmony and support of each other. Your exercise is a time for you to spend in a conscious, controlled environment working on your muscular strength and organization – so that when you're in the real world, an unconscious, uncontrolled environment, you can respond with strength and control.
Sleep should be restorative and restful, but far too many folks suffer with jaw clenching, neck muscle tensing, and shoulder squeezing. Each of these alone and in rare occurrence may not become a problem. But if you wake up tense or sore or with a headache, it's worth looking at how you're sleeping.
By noticing your environment and how you respond to it with your body position, you take a good step toward changing the input on your soft tissues and joints.
And you now know that stretching is not the answer to the problem. The next crucial step is to change the output of your soft tissue and joints.
Over a thousand folks have healed their neck and shoulder pain by using what I teach in my online workshop, Kiss Neck And Shoulder Tension Goodbye. In the workshop, I'll take you through an in-depth teaching session and movement lesson. You'll learn the deeper knowledge behind why your neck and shoulders might hurt, and most importantly, how to create neck and shoulders that feel great.
I'll teach you specific movement drills, and you'll get the knowledge you need to make your neck and shoulder tension a thing of the past.


Whilst I am fully aware that my letter of complaint makes me look like I have nothing better to worry about than what types of cheese are on a plate and whether that is explained to me, the truth is, that when you pay for a premium dining experience, you expect a premium dining experience. I was entertaining an extremely valued client and this was meant to be a treat. It wasn't. It was yet another London restaurant trading on former glories. More Fawlty Towers than Savoy Hotel.
I am familiar with the Fairmont Hotel Group and not in a good way but I was hoping, having read some really very good reviews from critics that I respect www.criticalcouple.com in particular, I expected something much much better than this.
The food itself was unmemorable and adequate. The starter was unexciting – violet artichokes were nothing special. The Dover sole I followed it with was delicious. The mashed potato was lukewarm and too firm. My client said his beef was excellent but I think he was being polite.
The cheese plate was mediocre. Had the service been up to scratch, the food would have been adequate . Not exciting, not groundbreaking, but adequate.
"I am writing to complain about the abysmal service received yesterday evening at the restaurant.
1. No-one was at the door to greet us and we stood waiting around and had to ask a waitress to find somebody to seat us. The greeting area was unmanned.
2. We were offered an empty table in the outer room, in a sea of empty tables – not particularly inviting. We asked to move to the (clearly superior) part of the restaurant, overlooking the river and were placed in the area next to the serving station. My own view is that there should be no table there, because the traffic from the serving staff to and from that serving station interferes with one's meal.
3 The waiter came to the table and greeted my client "Mr Richard" – and pointed out that his own name was Richard. Not only is my name Richmond, not "Richard", but my client is called Mr P……. and the assumption that I was dining with my husband was offensive and incorrect. The table was booked in my name. Even when I corrected the waiter and told him that this was not my husband, it was a client, he then just carried on to say "and yes my name is Richard too", so he was clearly not understanding anything that I was saying. Embarrassing.
4 We had to ask for the wine list. No sommelier came to the table at any point in the evening and there was no discussion whatsoever about the wine to be taken with the meal. Do you not have a sommelier in the restaurant? I find this astonishing.
5 The wine itself took an inordinate amount of time to arrive and I had to ask the waiter where it was. It came after the delivery of our first course. Not acceptable.
6 Throughout the meal the wine was poured at slow intervals and not anywhere near frequently enough. I should not have to ask the waiter to pour the wine. We would have had another bottle had it been poured properly. At the end of the meal a third of the bottle was left, which we ended up drinking after the dessert. If your people cannot serve wine regularly, then they should leave it on the table.
7 We had to ask for an explanation of the cheeses on the cheese plate. This should be done as standard. Indeed, we should have been asked what cheese we liked/preferences, in my view. Again, sub-standard.
8 We were not brought any petit-fours with the coffee. I had to call a waiter and ask him whether there should be petit-fours and he apologised for this omission and went to get them. We had practically finished our drinks by then.


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Find a safe place within the labyrinth of crypts at Cath Bedraud.
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Innovation has its rewards, but it comes at a price. We recognise that, while we can offer a broad range of industrial insulation solutions and products, including specialist prototyping, many businesses need financial support to get to the stage where they can initiate these developments. Research and development (R&D) can be a fantastic way of not only growing your own business, but also growing your industry. But it can be costly. Tax breaks for R&D is a vital part of it, and a huge incentive for many.
For SMEs and others to unlock innovation, they must first be able to identify which research and development (R&D) costs are eligible for tax breaks and funding.
Innovation is a key way for businesses to differentiate themselves, to gain a competitive advantage, to bring profit and to drive growth. By innovating, a company can take a strategic sidestep from fighting for a market share based on price alone.
In short, innovation offers an alternative roadmap for business growth. It can boost profits, while helping to ensure survival.
But more than that, it can grow a sector and boost the economic strength of the country. This is why the government offers tax breaks and funding for R&D.
In the UK, there has been some recognition of this among SMEs, with a reported doubling of the number claiming R&D tax incentives in 2016-17, compared to three years earlier.
However, research also suggests that many businesses eligible to claim are still failing to do so.
What the Government's R&D tax relief scheme does is allow companies that carry out work that qualifies to claim and extra Corporation Tax (CT) deduction. The level of this R&D Tax break depends on the specific scheme a company chooses.
-There is an SME scheme, where a company can claim up to 230% relief on qualifying R&D costs. In fact, in some situations, loss-making businesses can surrender their losses and receive a payable tax credit in return.
-The other Government scheme is the Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) scheme. Under this scheme, there is a tax credit available at 11% of R&D expenditure, including a fully payable tax credit for loss-making companies.
Which scheme is applicable to your business?
HMRC looks at two things to determine this: staff headcount (less than 500) and turnover (under €100m) or balance sheet total (under €86m).
What R&D Projects Qualify For Tax Breaks?
Clearly, it is vital that a business can identify the what kinds projects will be eligible for tax breaks for R&D beyond HMRC's broad definition.
Typically, manufacturing, engineering and software companies are involved in the sort of development that qualifies.
-Manufacturing and engineering projects might include: innovative product development; second generation or improved product development; designing innovative manufacturing equipment; prototyping and 3D modelling; using new materials to improve products, manufacturing processes or performance.
-Software projects could include: tools for application programmes; database software extensions; software development; innovative data capture or management; integrating software and hardware platforms.
R&D tax credit claims allow for certain activities related to a project, providing both direct and indirect support to the project concerned.
These activities include: defining technical objectives; feasibility studies; reviewing new and competing technologies; analysis and development; administration, finance and personnel supporting R&D; and training to support R&D.
If R&D tax relief can help businesses recover some of the costs of innovation, what about funding it in the first place?
Whereas there are generally less Government grants available for small businesses than there once were, there is still significant grant funding available.
For example, there are government-backed start-up loans, or incubator and accelerator programmes, which are usually industry-specific.
Innovate UK provides useful assistance to businesses looking for funding opportunities and offers valuable innovation funding advice. It also runs funding competitions for testing ideas and developing innovative products and services.
UK Research and Innovation looks after the UK Government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, with the aim to increase funding in research and development by £4.7 billion over four years.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has its own funding platform, offering members access to a wide range of business funding options.
It's not unusual for companies that innovate to look for financial support from different sources. Consequently, there will be companies who have received grant funding but may also wish to apply for R&D tax relief.
Grant funding can interact with R&D tax breaks, but in certain circumstances, it will affect a company's ability to claim it.
This is where the difference between the two Government schemes, SME and RDEC, is important.
Where an SME receives grant funding, it may be forced to claim under the RDEC scheme, rather than the SME scheme. One reason is that the generosity of the SME R&D tax relief scheme means that it is classified as State Aid. Currently, EU law prohibits a company receiving more than one State Aid for a project.
Obviously, then, if a company has already received a grant, it cannot then claim the full SME R&D tax relief.
It is critical that if a business receives grant funding, it understands whether this is classified as Notified State Aid, as this will affect its later ability to qualify for R&D tax relief – in certain circumstances, a company could be worse off receiving a State Aid grant than if it had no grant at all but could still qualify for SME R&D tax relief.
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"Religious Harmony" Regulations Creating Dissonance in Indonesia
Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, the largest in Southeast Asia. CREDIT: Wikimedia/Gunawan Kartapranata
To read this in Bahasa, please click here: Undang-Undang "Kerukunan Umat Beragama" Menciptakan Disonansi di Indonesia.
AMBER KIWAN: My name is Amber Kiwan. I am here at the Carnegie Council. We are about to speak with Andreas Harsono. He is the Indonesia researcher at Human Rights Watch and a journalist who has earned international recognition for his work in human rights, social justice, and press freedom in Southeast Asia. We are talking about faith and difference in Indonesia.
Thank you so much for joining us today.
ANDREAS HARSONO: Thank you.
AMBER KIWAN: I wanted to go back just a decade and have you talk a little bit about the religious harmony regulation that was adopted in 2006. I know that you have done a lot of writing and talking about this topic, and I would love to hear you explain just what it is, how it's different from religious freedom, and how this regulation has impacted religious minorities over the past decade.
ANDREAS HARSONO: The concept that is being implemented in Indonesia in terms of religions, practicing faith, is what the government calls "religious harmony." What is it? It basically means that the majority should protect the minorities. Meanwhile, the minorities should respect the majority.
It is involved in various aspects of religious life, including building houses of worship. If you want to build a minority house of worship, you need to get the approval from the so-called majority. In Indonesia, of course, the meaning of "majority" is a reference to Sunni Islam. In short, if you want to build a church or a temple, or, in the case of Muslim minorities themselves, like the Ahmadiyya or Muslim Shia or the Sufi, they also need to get the approval from the majority, the Sunni Muslims. It also means the Sunni Muslims have veto power over the minorities.
But there is a footnote in this case. Eastern Indonesia is predominantly Christian. Places like Papua, Timor Island, Flores Island, and some parts of Kalimantan, they are Christian majority. So in those parts of Indonesia the practice is in reverse. It is the Christians which give the final approval in building other houses of worship, especially Sunni Muslim.
This is a dangerous trend in Indonesia. People always use "in the name of religious harmony," but in practice it is a veto power by the majority over the minority. It should be reversed, because the Indonesia Constitution of 1945 actually says we respect—we want to implement religious freedom, where every citizen has equal rights. In religious harmony, the majority has become first-class citizens and the minorities have become second-class citizens. That is the practice which is going on in Indonesia right now.
One last question: Where does it come from? The concept of religious harmony comes from an ancient Islamic practice called dhimmies. What does dhimmies mean? In the past it meant the weak, referring to the Christians and the Jews during the Islamic rule in the Arab Peninsula several centuries ago. They have to pay taxes, but they cannot join the war, meaning joining politics. If they have not paid their taxes, they have to leave the area or to convert to Islam. That is the very ancient concept which is being implemented in Indonesia right now.
Over the last 10 years, especially under the rule of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono between 2004 and 2014, more than 1,000 churches were closed down. What is the logic? The logic is, again, religious harmony. They like to argue that this particular area, either a regency or a city, is Muslim majority. Christians cannot build new churches. If they get a permit, even if they file a lawsuit and win a Supreme Court decision, they still cannot build their churches. Again, the concept is: Do not disturb religious harmony. Do not disturb harmony.
So more than 1,000 churches were closed down, including those that were established long before this regulation was enacted, during the Dutch time, during the Japanese occupation period, during the President Sukarno period. Many of them were closed down.
Also those that were renovating, again the local government and the Muslim majority can say, "Look, you are renovating your church. You need to get a permit. You need to pass this religious harmony regulation." According to the Communion of Christian Churches, at least 1,056 churches were closed down in a decade.
There is another logic behind it. Some Islamists say, "Christians are only less than 10 percent in Indonesia; Muslims, 88 percent. Meanwhile, churches altogether are 17 percent of all houses of worship. Meanwhile, mosques are only 77 percent of all houses of worship. So there is a balance. The Christians have too many churches proportionately. The balance is about 5,000 churches." This is what the most extreme of them all say—"You have too many churches here in Asia. You need to stop building churches."
AMBER KIWAN: I have also been reading some of your work about this rise of violent Islamic extremism in Indonesia. Can you talk a little bit about what has been happening over the past few years, and maybe tell us what groups are leading these activities?
ANDREAS HARSONO: First, there are growing regulations which discriminate against religious minorities, including the religious harmony regulation, including the house of worship regulation, including the blasphemy law.
The blasphemy law says that for anyone who commits blasphemy the maximum penalty is five years. Because they are discriminatory and, of course, they can be easily misinterpreted, abused, more and more Muslim militant groups take the law into their own hands. More people who questioned creation on Facebook got, under the blasphemy law, five years in jail. Someone who moderated a Facebook group on atheism got two and a half years. Three Sunday school teachers got three years for bringing Muslim students to a picnic with their Sunday school group. Those kinds of things happen, especially in Muslim conservative areas all over Indonesia.
If the Christians or the minorities challenge them, then violence might happen. For instance, it happened with Ahmadiyya Muslims. They challenged a 2008 discrimination against Ahmadiyya, but they were attacked. More than 30 of their mosques were closed down over the last decade.
Shia Muslim is another victim. Last year, 2015, was the year when hate speech and attacks against Shia Muslims was the highest in Indonesia.
Another victim is traditional believers, ethnic religions, like—we call it "the Jawa" for the Javanese ethnic group, or "Parmalim" for the Batak ethnic group.
Who are the perpetrators? Mostly Islamist organizations, like the Islamic Defenders Front/Front Pembela Islam (FPI) or Forum Umat Islam (FUI). They take the law into their own hands. There are elements within the national police and the military who side with them, who let their religious bias dictate how they deal with this religious problem.
AMBER KIWAN: Is there a connection to Islamic extremism in the Middle East and the rise there? I read some different research and accounts linking, for example, Saudi Arabia's fundamentalist form of Sunni Islam to the rise of extremist Islam in Indonesia. Do you think that this is true, and to what extent?
ANDREAS HARSONO: Many people believe that. Many people believe that the rise of religious intolerance and violence and abuses against minorities in Indonesia is linked to intolerant Islam rising from Saudi Arabia, especially with groups like Hizb ut-Tahrir or groups like the Salafist/Wahhabi movement in the Middle East, and also the Muslim Brotherhood from Egypt. That is one huge school of thought in believing that it comes from the Middle East.
In fact, two of the largest Muslim organizations in Indonesia, the Nahdlatul Ulama, NU in short, and the Muhammadiyah, the second-largest, they subscribe to that idea, especially the NU. This is the biggest Muslim organization in Indonesia. They launched their own campaign, their own brand, and they call it Islam Nusantara—Nusantara is another name of Indonesia—which basically says: "Look, our Islam is different from Islam that comes from the Middle East. We are trying to adapt to local culture. We have no problem." Meanwhile, they feel threatened by the incoming Islam from the Middle East. But that is one school of thought.
There is another school of thought which says, "Locally, grassroots Islam also has a problem in Indonesia because they discriminate against minorities." This is not the first time. There are four institutions which facilitate discrimination in Indonesia. The four are the Ministry of Religious Affairs, set up in 1946—again, a long time before all of this brouhaha from Indonesia; and the Blasphemy Law Office, set up in 1932; the Indonesian Ulema Council, set up in 1982; and, last but not least, the Religious Harmony Forum, 2006. There are institutions which were developed by local Muslims, Muslim clerics, including people who come from both the Nahdlatul Ulama and the Muhammadiyah. That is the second school of thought.
The third school of thought says that all of this increase of violence and intolerance in Indonesia comes as a combination from 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and now Yemen—all of the wars, the violence, the things that are moving a lot of ideas in the Middle East and South Asia also coming to Indonesia.
So there are three schools of thought in seeing this problem.
AMBER KIWAN: I believe that a lot of people had high hopes when the current president, Joko Widodo, was elected in 2014. Many people thought that he would try or be able to restore tolerance and peace. What has he done for minority groups? Have you seen anything positive since he has been elected?
ANDREAS HARSONO: I actually had dinner with him, and he asked me about how I see all of these problems from the human rights law enforcement perspective. I told him what I told you: There are state institutions which facilitate discrimination and there are discriminatory regulations, including the blasphemy law, the house of worship regulation, etc., etc. He was listening. It was about 15 minutes, quite a long conversation.
After that, he set up a task force at the palace basically to prevent religious violence. He thought that if things are controlled since the very beginning, it is better to prevent than to overcome a crisis. That is one thing that he did. He tried to prevent religious tension before it becomes too hot to handle.
But at the same time, he hasn't solved the ongoing problems, the legacy of his predecessor, President Yudhoyono. There are, like I said, more than 1,000 churches that were closed down. He did not reopen them, including two most high-profile cases involving a church in Bogor, outside Jakarta, and another church, HKBP Filadelfia in Bekasi, east of Jakarta. Those two churches have won a Supreme Court order to be reopened. But again, President Jokowi has not touched those long problems inherited from his predecessor.
Meanwhile, his administration, because of all this infrastructure which discriminates against minorities, already created one more decree in February 2016 against an organization called Gafatar. Almost 8,000 Gafatar members—it is a small sect—were expelled from Kalimantan Island accused of committing blasphemy, practicing a deviant kind of Islam in Kalimantan. Then the government discriminates against them, saying that they are deviant, they are committing blasphemy, and the organization has to be abolished. The practicing of this belief will be criminalized and the maximum penalty is five years.
So this machinery, this legal infrastructure, is still in place. President Jokowi should invest more political capital in undoing what his predecessor had done. It is not easy, I know that, because the world, and Southeast Asia in particular, is not at the right direction right now. Doing it might rock the boat too much. So he is moving pretty, pretty slowly. But I still have hope that he will do the right thing.
AMBER KIWAN: And what about women's rights? I know that women's rights have also been a problem over the last decade or so, if not longer, and women have been impacted by some of these Sharia-influenced laws and policies. Can you talk about some of the trends that you have seen?
ANDREAS HARSONO: A good indicator is that one-fifth of Indonesia—in all of Indonesia, more than 500 regencies—one-fifth of them have mandatory regulations for women to wear the hijab. They have to cover the so-called aurah. Aurah is mostly hair, but sometimes it is interpreted as chest, as hips. One-fifth of Indonesia have different levels of regulation. In some areas, women cannot wear long pants; they have to wear long skirts. In other areas, the hijab is appropriate if it covers the neck. But other areas regulate the thickness and the color of the hijab, and they have to cover the chest, in some areas even longer, covering the hips. There is an ongoing campaign to say, "We need to wear hijab"—many Indonesian women are now wearing hijab, but they say, "This is not Shari'i hijab," a hijab which is in accordance with the Sharia. That is one good indicator.
But at the same time we also see the rise of violence against women and girls, gang rape. We also see ridiculous regulations, like banning women to straddle a motorcycle, because if a woman straddles a motorcycle, they believe it will stimulate sexual whatever from men who see them straddling a motorcycle. Of course, it is ridiculous. In some areas, like in Aceh in northern Sumatra, they ban women from dancing, including traditional dancing.
Of course, at the same time, the Supreme Court refused a law petition to increase the minimum age of a girl to marry from 16 up to 18. Again, they recite the Quran.
Another issue is FGM, female genital mutilation. The government is now "regulating" that. Again, this is the legacy of President Yudhoyono, who decided to follow what the Ulema said, that FGM is positive. Of course, it is problematic.
Another thing is interreligious marriage is banned in Indonesia. It is strengthened. It comes from a 1974 marriage law. There was another lawsuit against this interreligious marriage ban, but the Supreme Court decided to uphold it.
AMBER KIWAN: Aside from the government and leadership and laws and policies, what are the attitudes you are seeing from the Indonesian people and civil society groups? Are you seeing changes in attitudes or any positive signs, like internal activism or anything like that?
ANDREAS HARSONO: Civil society in Indonesia is pretty strong. Of course, it involves a lot of Muslim organizations. We have Muslim groups like Gusdurian, after the name of Gus Dur, the nickname of the late president Abdurrahman Wahid. It is an organization which champions women's rights. We also have the National Commission on Women's Rights, which is a government body, very aggressive, very pro-women's rights, and also LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights.
Because of this, I am quite optimistic that Indonesia might not go down in a bottomless well, although I'm afraid that some provinces in Indonesia, especially Aceh in North Sumatra, but to a lesser degree also West Sumatra and West Java, are going into more and more formalization of the Sharia.
What does it mean? In principle, basically it means discriminating against women, LGBTs, and also discriminating against religious minorities, whether they are Muslim minorities—Shia, Ahmadiyya, Sufi—or discriminating against non-Muslim minorities, mainly Christians, because, unfortunately, it is the biggest minority in Indonesia, and also discriminating against traditional religion. This is what I am afraid might affect other regions within Indonesia.
Of course, at the same time, we have the influence of radical Islam coming from ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), from al-Qaeda. The number is not many—maybe only 2, 3, 5 percent of Indonesians believe in this kind of violent Islam, but 5 percent of 250 million people is still quite a lot.
AMBER KIWAN: Yes, it is.
We are just about at our time. Before we end, I wanted to see if you had anything that you thought is important that I missed, or anything to add, any last issues to discuss?
ANDREAS HARSONO: We are seeing a disheartening trend in Southeast Asia. In Thailand we see a military dictatorship. In the Philippines we see a Donald Trump-like politician elected president, Rodrigo Duterte. In Cambodia, a strongman, Hun Sen, has ruled the country for almost 30 years. In Malaysia we have Prime Minister Najib involved in corruption.
Southeast Asia is going into a new low nowadays. The fact that Indonesia is still having some positive steps forward is very important to be maintained and to be supported. That's why it is important for international leaders, especially from the United States or Europe, to help Indonesia moving forward, by pushing Indonesian leaders into the right direction, at the same time protesting and maybe behind closed doors telling the bad ones that they have to behave. If Indonesia can survive this new low in Southeast Asia, I hope in the next 10, 20 years it might affect the other countries in Southeast Asia, because, obviously, Indonesia is the largest country in the region.
It is also the denominators of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). If ASEAN can move forward, I think it is not only good for ASEAN members, also Indonesia, but also for the whole region, including the Pacific, China, the United States, Korea, Japan. But if there is a crisis in Southeast Asia, like what we had with the Vietnam War in the 1970s, 1960s, it will create another global problem.
AMBER KIWAN: Thank you so much. This has been fascinating. We really learned a lot, and I'm really glad that you were able to join us.
ANDREAS HARSONO: Thank you so much.
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Abby Singer
Anyone who has ever been on a set has heard his name. Besides his work as an AD and UPM and his contributions to the Guild, Abby Singer is best known for the shot he invented.
BY DAVID GEFFNER
LOOKING AHEAD: Singer could save his director time by getting the crew
ready to move locations with the next to last shot. (Credit: Brian Davis)
Long before there was the "Abby Singer," the widely recognized shorthand on sets for the second-to-last shot of the workday, Harlem-born Abner E. "Abby" Singer was learning production management the old-fashioned way.
"I got out of the Navy in 1945, and my first job in the business was for Jack Fier, head of production at Columbia Pictures and second in command to Harry Cohn," the 93- year-old assistant director and UPM says from his Beverly Hills apartment. "They called him 'Black Jack' Fier and he was a killer—the toughest cookie around."
In fact, the famously tightfisted studio kept tabs on each of its productions via direct phone lines to all of its stages and locations. So, as Fier's assistant, Singer was required to listen in on the dozens of daily conversations Fier had with his ADs and directors, most of which ended in profanity-laced tirades telling them to keep shooting or else.
"We were doing a Western at the Iverson Ranch [in the north San Fernando Valley]," Singer begins, "and the assistant director called Jack's office to say Ray [director Raymond Nazarro] won't shoot because it's too cloudy. I get Ray on the phone and Jack says, 'Tell me, Ray, are you wearing a hat? Ray says, 'Sure Jack.' 'Do me a favor and hold it out where you can see it. Can you see it, Ray? And Ray says, 'Sure Jack, I can see it.' 'Then start shooting right now you [expletive deleted].' "
Singer chuckles remembering another well-known Fier incident: "When Orson Welles put up a sign [on the set of The Lady from Shanghai] that read: The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fier Himself."
Nonetheless, Fier repaid Singer for his three years of hard work and loyalty by making him one of only two designees from Columbia in 1949 to join the Screen Directors Guild. "We were the only studio that did not use unit or location managers," Singer continues. "So the ADs at Columbia were kept very busy. I worked with Laslo Benedek on Death of a Salesman with Fredric March and The Wild One with Marlon Brando, who was just a young kid at the time. In 1952, I asked Jack to move me over to television as my first wife was ill at the time and I needed to stay in town."
In 1957, Singer took a job with Universal to focus exclusively on TV. That's where he believes his namesake shot was first coined. "It was probably on Wagon Train, although I can't be sure," he says. "Working in TV we made many moves per day—from the back lot to the stage, or from one stage to another. I'd say to the guys, 'One more shot and then we're moving,' so when we moved, they were all prepared. The time saved could add up to a full hour of shooting for the director."
Although he's not certain where it started, the Abby Singer shot has since taken on a life of its own. "It caught on like lightning. I was hearing it all the time," he remembers. "They said, 'You're famous.' I said, 'I'm not famous.'"
The shot has indeed given him a certain celebrity. His face has been put on T-shirts designed for crews, and the Robinson Film Center in Shreveport, La., is home to Abby Singer's Bistro. While traveling in Israel, Singer came across a crew shooting at a restaurant where he was eating. "I was talking to the cameraman," he recalls. "I said, 'I'm Abby Singer.' He said, 'Stop it!' He had the crew come over to meet me."
There is even a building on the Sunset Gower lot (where Columbia Pictures started) dedicated to Singer. A plaque on the side reads, in part, "Abby became legendary by creating one of the most famous lines uttered by filmmakers around the world. 'This shot and one more'… signaling to crew and management that the end of the workday was near … Today, as in days past, scores have said, 'We're on the Abby Singer.'"
GET READY: Singer (left), on the set of The Tim Conway Show with its star at the CBS
Studio Center, says he isn't sure where his famous shot started. (Credit: Abby Singer)
But before getting to the penultimate shot, Singer understood there was a lot of work to be done. His skill overseeing TV budgets and crews at Universal led him to The Doris Day Show where he was the UPM from 1968-1971. After that he moved to MTM Productions as head of production for 11 years. "We were the Tiffany of the television world," he says about his time with Mary Tyler Moore and Grant Tinker's hit factory. "Rhoda, Phyllis, The Bob Newhart Show, WKRP in Cincinnati, The White Shadow, Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere—it was an amazing run of shows!"
Describing his role at MTM as a "factory superintendent" caught between two worlds, Singer says he "reported to the top brass upstairs but I was also in charge of the people on the set. The biggest key was honesty; I never lied to anyone. Ever."
Sometimes that put him in a tight spot. He remembers an incident with Suzanne Pleshette, who played Newhart's wife on the series. "Her wardrobe lady bought a $1,000 dress for her, which was a lot of money in those days, without getting approval," Singer recalls. "I chewed her out and then later I got a call [from Pleshette] asking me to come down to the set. She said, 'You know, Abby, you're the new VP at MTM. A vicious prick!' After we stopped laughing, I said, 'I'm just watching out for your money,' and she agreed."
Although Singer says he loved taking care of other people's money, his biggest source of pride (outside of his wife and children) has been being a part of the DGA family. Throughout his long career, Singer served on the AD Council, on various bargaining committees, and in 1985 he received the Frank Capra Achievement Award for his contributions to the Guild. "The Guild is the best thing that ever happened to me," he beams. "It raised the cost of living from peanuts to terrific salaries. And the health and welfare have been incredible; it really watches out for its members."
Not long after Singer's last UPM job in 1997, he began teaching at the American Film Institute Conservatory, work that he continues to this day.
"I tell students how they can save money on their projects, and help them get crews and equipment," he says. "We only shot on film in my day but I urge them to shoot HD because that's today's technology. I get very basic questions. For instance, their scripts will call for shooting a house on the street in one of the canyons, and I'll say, 'Traffic will kill you. Move the scene to a more practical, and cost-effective, location.'"
Besides teaching, Singer continues to meet with his old pals from Columbia every week, trading stories, new and old. Their hangout of choice is Art's Deli in Studio City, not far from the old MTM lot.
"We call it the ROMEO group," he says with a grin. "Retired Old Men Eating Out. Only one guy out of the seven likes retirement—the rest of us would still be working if we could."
The Legends column began as part of the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the DGA in 2006 to profile Guild members who have made outstanding contributions to their Guild in service and leadership.
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Is the UK listening to the European Court of Human Rights?
The Ministry of Justice has published its annual report to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Government response to human rights judgments 2011–12. By signing up to the European Convention on Human Rights, the UK has committed to "abide by" judgments of the court. This commitment is monitored by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers.
The report presents a snapshot of the current state of play in relation to the European Court of Human Rights, makes for very interesting reading (trust me!). Here are some tidbits:
There were 28 judgments involving the UK from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012, nine of which the UK lost (UK loses 3 out of 4 cases, anyone?). See the handy table at pages 12-13.
The UK currently has 24 cases before the Committee of Ministers, which means that they have not been implemented.
The UK paid out €454,457 [this originally and wrongly said £] in damages for human rights violations (known as 'just satisfaction') in 2011, compared to €371,160 in 2010 (p.58). Fear of this figure ending up in the Daily Mail may be the reason that it is on the last page.
On implementation of those tricky prisoner voting rulings, the UK Government has until 22 November 2012 to bring forward legislative proposals to end the current blanket ban. With just over two months to go, the MoJ is keeping tight-lipped: "The Government is considering its response to these judgments. "
On Abu Qatada, as we already know, the Home Secretary has in her statement to Parliament of 17 April 2012 "referred to diplomatic assurances received from the Jordanian authorities that the applicant would receive a fair trial", and that the Government would "undertake his deportation in full compliance with the law and with the ruling of the European Court." We shall see if the deportation attempt succeeds, or whether it will end up back in front of the court.
On the retention of DNA and other biometric evidence (S & Marper v UK): "once the Protection of Freedoms Act had come into force in England and Wales, the police would begin removing the profiles of un-convicted people from the National DNA Database. It is anticipated that the same approach would be adopted in Northern Ireland following the necessary legislative changes."
As to Al Jedda v UK (jurisdiction of the Human Rights Act extended to Iraq), see p.27. There a large group of damages claims relating to the Iraq war which are currently being settled, it would seem. And here is a mildly interesting statement which we may hear more of in the future: "[the judgment] has no implications for its current operations elsewhere including detention operations in Afghanistan where the legal basis for UK operations is materially different from that which pertained in Iraq" (this statement is repeated in relation to Al-Skeini)
And regarding Al-Skeini v UK, another case about the territorial jurisdiction of the Human Rights Act, those interested in the current state of play at the Iraq Historic Allegations Team, which was set up to investigate historic allegations against British Forces in Iraq in 2003-2009, will want to read p.29. In short, IHA as of March this year is also investigating Article 2 ECHR breaches (i.e. deaths) in addition to Article 3 (torture/inhuman & degrading treatment) which was the original remit. And, following this Court of Appeal judgment, the investigations team has been reconstituted to involve the Royal Navy Police as opposed to the Royal Military Police, the latter having been criticised by the Court of Appeal as potentially not independent enough.
The report points out (seemingly just because it is procedurally interesting and may diminish the court's groaning case load more quickly) that in July 2012 the Court for the first time in a UK case applied its new "no significant disadvantage" criterion in declaring Heather Moor & Edgecomb Ltd v the United Kingdom inadmissible. The ruling is here – for future pub quizzes, the Romanians beat us by over two years to the first ever use of the criterion.
There were no declarations of incompatibility made by UK courts between August 2011 to July 2012 (27 have been made since October 200 when the Human Rights Act came into force – they are handily listed from page 41). Judicial deference [probably not – see the comments below]?
On the final analysis, as the report points out the UK is a comparatively good (perhaps even very good) citizen when it comes to implementation of judgments. Contrary to the rhetoric, the UK does tend to do as it is told by the court, as it has promised to by signing up to the ECHR in the first place.
Of course, the prisoner votes case threatens to derail this status if the Government continues its current path of non-imlementation beyond the 22 November 2012 deadline. My suspicion is that despite the Prime Minister's strong words some kind of compromise will be reached. We shall see. The report contains a lot more detail on the cases mentioned above and many others. Your friendly neighbourhood human rights blog will continue to keep you posted.
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John Hirst (@Jailhouselawyer) says:
The Report, in my view, amounts to another example of the dodgy dossier.
There is no provision within either European or intnational law for delay in implementation on the grounds advanced by the MoJ:
"The Government would wish to note that, although five years is a timeframe in which implementation could confidently expect to be completed in most cases, there will always be exceptional circumstances that render this impossible and the process may therefore legitimately take longer in a small number of cases. The Government will explain any such delays on individual cases to the Joint Committee as required".
The Republic of Ireland fully complied with Hirst No2 within a year of the judgment. The UK and US allowed all prisoners to vote in Iraq after my case was decided on the ground that it aids democracy. Latvia which joined the UK against Hirst No2 has since allowed all prisoners to vote. Austria has already changed the law following Frodl v Austria.
Perhaps there is a smartarsed lawyer out there who can find any provision supporting the UK and shed clarification on precisely what those exceptional circumstances are?
Super Cyan says:
'The UK paid out £454,457 in damages for human rights violations (known as 'just satisfaction') in 2011, compared to £371,160 in 2010 (p.58). Fear of this figure ending up in the Daily Mail may be the reason that it is on the last page.'
Wouldn't this amount acutally be less if we're working in pounds here because the report states the currency is in Euros, so the amount would be less based on the Pound to Euro rate?
Just a quick google search would mean that the UK actually only paid ~£363,729.20 in 2011 and ~£291240.88 in 2010.
If I've made a mistake, forgive me. :)
Adam Wagner says:
You are right – so sorry about that, thanks for the comment.
No worries my good man. :)
unlimitednow says:
The UK is not a respector of Human RIghts. The Adversarial system, in which the hapless are convicted by laws brought in to purge long established indiviulal rights, causes serious injustice.
Carl Gardner (@carlgardner) says:
I don't think a low number of declarations of incompatibility necessarily reflects judicial deference.
Remember, once a court has determined that application of a provision breaches human rights, it has to decide either (a) that the provisions can be read compatibly with human rights under section 3 – the result being that the claimant wins; or (b) that it can't be read compatibly, in which case a declaration may be made – but the incompatible legislation is applied, meaning the claimant loses.
I'm not sure there's any way of telling, but a low number of declarations may reflect a bolder judicial approach to interpretation under section 3.
It'd be interesting to compare your current list of declarations with the list Lord Steyn set out in his judgment in Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza back in (was it?) 2004. He then thought the courts had grown far too ready to make declarations rather than use s3, and the judgment clearly rejected that approach, Lord Steyn saying a declaration should be a last resort. I wonder if comparison of the lists tends to confirm a post-Ghaidan change of approach.
David Mead says:
It's a concern, but not surprising, that the report details s.4 decs but there is nothing on when and where and why s.3 has been used. The "so far as possible" duty flies under the radar of transparency, and thus accountability, while simultaneously having the potential to transform what a statute says, and not simply for the contesting litigants, in contrast to the booby prize of s.4. My blog on all this should appear on the UKCLG site this Friday
goggzilla says:
Marper ruling, well, after my victory (striking out) which was made final in March 2012 we still have no deletion of innocent (2 million odd) DNA samples.


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Support available for Sydney residents diagnosed with dementia
A new University of Sydney trial offers coaching and peer support to help people newly diagnosed with dementia cope with their prognosis and stay active and involved in their lives and community.
"I want to try and help people see they can fight back...you can't just give into it."
Bobby Redman, Peer supporter living with dementia
Lead researcher Associate Professor Lee-Fay Low said the pilot study has the potential to fill a vital service gap with the latest research suggesting keeping the mind and body active could slow the progression of dementia.
"Following a dementia diagnosis many people withdraw from their friends and family for fear they will deteriorate quickly and can suffer immense grief or depression," said Low, Associate Professor in Ageing and Health at the University of Sydney.
"There are over 400 000 Australians currently living with dementia and with a cure still some way off it's essential that we help people with early dementia to live well.
"We hope that giving people the right support, tools and strategies from the onset could help achieve this."
The Dementia Lifestyle Coach pilot study is a collaboration between the University's Faculty of Health Sciences and Brain and Mind Centre.
Participants will receive 14 counselling and coaching sessions from a registered psychologist over a six-month period and will also have regular phone or skype catch ups with a peer supporter who lives with dementia.
Peer supporter Bobby Redman
Retired psychologist Bobby Redman is one of the peer supporters involved in the study.
Bobby was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia two and half years ago at age 66 after she noticed problems remembering the names of close friends and an inability to find the right words to express herself.
"My story is a bit different because with my psychology background I knew something was definitely wrong - but a dementia diagnosis is still a shock for anyone," said Bobby.
"And what's probably hardest is that, like in my experience, many people with early dementia are just told to come back when things get worse or to get their things in order.
"But I've learnt that there are tools and strategies you can put in place to help manage the impact of dementia. Even simple things like using my phone to set daily reminders to drink water and stay hydrated.
"What I'd like to see is more clinicians trained to provide these strategies to people to help them overcome simple issues.
"I want to try and help people see they can fight back. I think that's the key….you can't just give into it."
The pilot study will run over a 12-month period, with researchers aiming to assess the impact the coaching program has on participants' mood, independence, activity levels and quality of life.
The University of Sydney is trialling a counselling and coaching program for people living at home recently diagnosed with early dementia. To be eligible you must have received a diagnosis of early dementia within the past 6 months. Read more information about the Dementia lifestyle coaching study or contact Dr Annica Barcenilla on +61 2 9351 9837 or annica.barcenilla@sydney.edu.au
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Chelsea, PSG, Manchester City table contract offers for Lionel Messi — report
Worth a shot.
By David Pasztor@D_Peezy Nov 16, 2017, 8:19pm GMT
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Lionel Messi's contract at Barcelona is expiring at the end of the season, which means that starting in January, he can sign FOR FREE with any other non-Spanish (or non-Catalan, for that matter) team.
Is there a chance that could happen? Of course not. But in a world where PSG can pay €222m for Neymar in transfer fees alone, spending €150m in annual wages on Messi (that's roughly £2.5m/week but hey, no transfer fee!), even a 30-year-old Messi, doesn't look nearly as outrageous as it would've just last year. That's the contract offer that some unnamed team in China supposedly had on offer for the best player ever, though it's not clear whether that was before or after the recent financial austerity measures imposed on the Chinese Super League.
Now might be a good time to mention that all this comes from rather terrible sources, chief among them Eduardo Inda of OK Diario, formerly of Madrid-based El Mundo and Marca, who says that while Messi's "intention is to stay" he does have potential exit routes.
Chelsea and Man City have lodged bids for Lionel Messi, says Eduardo Inda https://t.co/4MDp1aDL1n #CFC #MCFC #FCBarcelona
— Express Sport (@DExpress_Sport) November 15, 2017
Given those financial terms, there are only a handful teams that could ever be linked with Messi and Inda goes with the trio of Chelsea, PSG, and Manchester City. I'd argue that Chelsea are not quite in the same stratosphere in terms of spending power as the two self-sponsored Near East-backed clubs — we were once upon a time, but not anymore — but let's not worry about that right now.
As to why would Messi ever leave Barcelona, Inda goes with reasons such as the current political instability in the region, the years of tax problems Messi and other big stars in Spain have had to deal with (they could try not cheating the system, in fairness), and the whole weird situation where the Barcelona president announced that an extension had been signed only for that to turn out to be not true. Or as our blogfather put it:
mes que un rampant clusterfuck
— Graham MacAree (@MacAree) August 18, 2017
That said, since the summer of turmoil and Super Cup loss to Real Madrid, Barcelona have only gone and dominated both La Liga and their Champions League group, losing not one game, and are busy lining up the next big superstar signing, be that Antoine Griezmann, Philippe Coutinho, or Christian Eriksen. And there are rumors that Messi's extension, if and when he does sign it, will be a "lifetime contract". So it's all hunky-dory once again, right?
Not if the tabloids have anything to say about it!


Genie is updating its training courses, including train-the-trainer sessions, in accordance with the newly published ANSI standards.
"These new standards carry with them some major changes and substantial additional requirements for training, with new requirements for supervisor training and enhanced operator training," said Scott Owyen, Genie senior training manager, Terex AWP. "Genie Lift Pro courses are designed to get trainers, operators and supervisors up-to-speed with the new standards efficiently and effectively, while continuing to promote safety and the development of the proper mindset to safely operate MEWPs in today's busy work environment."
"We believe that the new standards will have a positive effect on safety in our industry, and appropriate, high-quality training should be at the forefront of every employer's company plan," said Owyen. "High-quality operator training programs should take a minimum of 3-6 hours to complete, including the hands-on practical component, depending upon the number of participants in the class and equipment classifications to be covered."
In addition to the updated operator training courses, a supervisors' training course is being developed — and, it will satisfy the training requirements for anyone who directly supervises a MEWP operator.
For more information about Genie, visit www.genielift.com.


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