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American Gangster (2007)
When one describes a film that narrates the rise and fall of a gangster with an ethnic background, throughout several decades, nine readers out of ten will be thinking of Scarface. And that is exactly the prejudice that American Gangster will have to deal with at the box office. (more…)
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The Kingdom (2007)
I've definitely done my share of complaining when it comes to the lack of decent storylines in action movies. Usually there's a very simple motivation, like revenge, that motivates the main characters to chase, fight and defeat their opponents. And sometimes that's just fine. But more often you feel cheated by plot holes and find the story does not justify the hero's actions. This can really ruin the moviegoing experience. The makers of this movie should at the very least be commended for trying to add context to what still remains an action movie.
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Dirty Dancing reached its twentieth anniversary this year, and it's still as popular as ever. It's shown on tv all the time and a new longer version has just been released on DVD with plenty of special features. It's the movie that makes people with two left feet wish they could dance. I believe the reason this film has remained so popular over such a long space of time is because it really is the ultimate chick flick. It combines great romance with great music and there are strong performances from the cast. (more…)
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I'm done posting for a while. I may or may not continue with this blog.
There's only so many times one can fritter away hours putting together yet one more post about NYT bias, Islamofascism, the ravages of political correctness, the scourge of relativism, the psychology of liberalism, and our collective march towards Western suicide. […]
Is Halo Dead?
I've just finished Halo 3 and from start to heart-pounding finish, it's impossible to ignore the sheer cinematic quality of this exceptional video-game series. So why the hell won't the powers that be get off their sorry posteriors and make us a Halo movie that will surely break the curse of shoddy video-game film adaptations?
The latest in the long-line of disappointing Halo news is that would-be director Neill Blomkamp, has told Creativity Online that the movie is officially no more.
"The film is entirely dead. In the configuration it was in," said Blomkamp. "Whatever happens with that movie, assuming that movie gets made, will be a totally different configuration. It's not so much me as the entire vessel sank. Basically, it was a combination of; there were two studios involved that weren't getting along in the process of making it, Universal and Fox. That kind of stuff happens, it's a fragile industry. So the film collapsed at the end of last year, and it's been dead, ever since then. I'll be curious to see what happens".
Peter Jackson has long said that he would produce a Halo movie and Blomkamp was a hot candidate for the director seat (check out the live-action trailers he made to showcase his talents.) But when Fox and Universal both backed out from financing the project, things weren't looking good for Master Chief and pals.
If you ask me, it probably would have been a good idea for them to splash out and get this thing rolling, despite the costs. Halo 3 has already whipped up literally billions of dollars worldwide and a film version would come with an already dedicated fanbase of millions. The name alone is a cash goldmine. However, if ol' Petey Jackson can't even get this made, then there may be little hope of ever seeing Master Chief on the silverest of screens.
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Sulu's Star
Oh, man. The late night comedians are going to have a field day with this ("Group renames asteroid for George Takei").
NEW YORK – George Takei already had a place among the stars in the minds of millions of "Star Trek" fans. Now he's taking up permanent residence as the namesake of the asteroid formerly […]
On Hollywood's "Values"
There's been an interesting, and quite revealing, 'dust up' exchange in the LAT about Hollywood and the culture wars. Yesterday's installment is "What are 'Hollywood values'?".
On the Left is David Ehrenstein (who feels the need to mention he's gay and black in every article he writes); on the Right is Andrew Breitbart, whose writing talents […]
Neuroscience and Fundamentalism
In Tikkun there's an interesting article on "Neuroscience and Fundamentalism" (the fundamentalisms in question being both religious and secular):
The evolving and growing complexity of the human brain allowed our ancestors the ability to question, wonder, and consider new possibilities—to be creative. Life altering advances were the result. Is unconditional adherence to dogma (whether religious […]
Board of Supervisors of City and County of San Francisco vs. Michael Savage
On a link to the official Board of Supervisors of City and County of San Francisco website (link via Drudge) is the upcoming agenda of proposed ordinances. Among things dealing with Traffic Code, budget, and finance issues is this one:
"Resolution condemning defamatory language used by radio personality Michael Savage against the immigrant community."
The […]
That's SOOOO '9/11?…
Why was the current #1 most-viewed article at NYT.com yesterday Tom Friedman's "9/11 Is Over"? Because the op-ed's title alone is sure to draw the attention of every liberal in the country.
Friedman opens his op-ed thusly:
Not long ago, the satirical newspaper The Onion ran a fake news story that began like this:
"At a well-attended rally […]


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The Schizosaccharomyces pombe homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae HAP2 reveals selective and stringent conservation of the small essential core protein domain.
J T Olesen, J D Fikes, L Guarente
J T Olesen
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.
J D Fikes
L Guarente
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.11.2.611
The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is immensely diverged from budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) on an evolutionary time scale. We have used a fission yeast library to clone a homolog of S. cerevisiae HAP2, which along with HAP3 and HAP4 forms a transcriptional activation complex that binds to the CCAAT box. The S. pombe homolog php2 (S. pombe HAP2) was obtained by functional complementation in an S. cerevisiae hap2 mutant and retains the ability to associate with HAP3 and HAP4. We have previously demonstrated that the HAP2 subunit of the CCAAT-binding transcriptional activation complex from S. cerevisiae contains a 65-amino-acid "essential core" structure that is divisible into subunit association and DNA recognition domains. Here we show that Php2 contains a 60-amino-acid block that is 82% identical to this core. The remainder of the 334-amino-acid protein is completely without homology to HAP2. The function of php2 in S. pombe was investigated by disrupting the gene. Strikingly, like HAP2 in S. cerevisiae, the S. pombe gene is specifically involved in mitochondrial function. This contrasts to the situation in mammals, in which the homologous CCAAT-binding complex is a global transcriptional activator.
Molecular and Cellular Biology Feb 1991, 11 (2) 611-619; DOI: 10.1128/MCB.11.2.611
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Water for fruits: Why Abohar and Ganganagar's citrus revolution needs encouragement
by admin - August 24, 2021 0
We need to build wealth from prudent and wise use of natural resources. Use scare water for fruit economy instead of paddy
Dates on a palm tree at the Dr J C Bakhshi Regional Research Station in Abohar. Photo: Aditya Batra / CSE
The pear tree I am looking at is nearly bent to the ground under the weight of fruits — 50-100 kilograms grows on each tree in this 50-year-old orchard. Then my gaze shifts to guava, plum, peach and miles of kinnow and other citruses. And, of course, there was date palm.
No, I did not visit Israel last fortnight. I was in Abohar in Fazilka district of Punjab, at the border of Pakistan and then crossed over to Sri Ganganagar district in Rajasthan. This is the region of the Rajasthan Canal, also known as the Indira Gandhi Nahar.
It was incredible to see how water can transform land; and also to learn of the initiative, the scientific knowledge and the risk that the pioneers took to make the desert green. The Indira Gandhi Nahar extends almost 400 km, bringing water of the Sutlej and Beas rivers up to Bikaner and Jaisalmer.
But as the journey of water lengthens, the demand goes up. Along with prosperity, the canal brings conflict and competition over the increasingly scarce water. But instead of working to build a water-prudent economy, water-guzzling paddy is now being grown where the canal reaches.
All the talk about diversification of agriculture, breaking away from the paddy-wheat cycle and moving to crops that will be water prudent is just not happening on the ground. How can this precious water be used optimally?
It is here that agroforestry with fruit trees — horticulture — can play a critical role. It provides high-value agriculture; water usage is less with efficient use of drip irrigation.
More importantly, it could be the basis of economic growth and jobs — fruit trees have huge potential not just for nutrition-providing juice but also for their use in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Then there is the date palm — it grows in saline groundwater, so it does not even need the precious canal water.
But my visit told me that the fruit revolution is still a story in the making. My first stop was at the Punjab Agricultural University's Dr J C Bakhshi Regional Research Station in Abohar where scientists are working painstakingly to improve the productivity of fruit trees; they are using tissue culture to find salinity- and pest-tolerant species.
This is where I saw the mind-boggling vision of fruit-laden pear trees growing in the desert. I also saw the date palm, grown from tissue culture, which is so profitable that every sapling costs Rs 4,500 and yet, there is a two-year waiting period for farmers to get one.
The demand is so high in Rajasthan that the state government has had to restrict the number of saplings that a farmer can buy. The sheer hunger and potential of the change became apparent.
Then I visited the farm of the late Kartar Singh Narula who brought kinnow to this dry region of Sri Ganganagar way back in the 1960s, when the canal waters had just reached.
It is said that Jawaharlal Nehru was so taken by this idea that he was keen to visit Narula's Lyallpur farm but had to cut short his journey because of the death of President Rajendra Prasad. Today, run by Narula's family, the farm is full of every species of citrus that you can think of.
It's the proverbial oasis in the desert. It was also in this period that Balram Jakhar — who we all know as a stalwart politician — started his kinnow farms in Abohar.
These men had the vision to think, not of rice that would guzzle the water, but of this high-value crop of citrus. They wanted sustainable productivity. They understood the advantages of water-prudent, high-value production.
Today, the Jakhar farms are run by his grandson, farmer leader Ajay Jakhar. Here, I saw incredible technological interventions to grow good quality citrus plants at scale — Jakhar nursery alone produces over 100,000 citrus saplings a year. And there is demand for more.
The scale of the transformation is huge and the potential for change is massive: We know the world needs to move towards nature-based solutions; we need to build wealth from sustainable use of natural resources, including water; we need to grow trees to sequester carbon dioxide; and we need to build livelihoods.
But I came back with unanswered questions — the spirit of the fruit revolution seems to have got lost along the way. We saw fruit trees, but no efforts to add value from the produce; not even through juice production at scale.
We saw no signs of any other efforts to build the fruit economy. Instead, we saw and heard of the still growing popularity of paddy cultivation in this dry region.
Then there is the question of sustainability. We know that fruit trees are grown with massive inputs of chemical fertilisers and pesticides — all fruit-growing regions of the world have problems of toxins. So, what can be done and done differently?
Questions aside, my visit to the farms of Abohar and Sri Ganganagar filled me with excitement of the possibility of future changes. For this is where the new economy must go — it is about nature, nutrition and farmers first.
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When you have a beg bug invasion, it's time o think about the options. Because fighting with bed bugs needs a combination of several ways. So, is bleach one of these ways and does bleach kill bed bugs?
Bed bugs are small bugs which can easily multiply and invade all house if any precautions are taken. most bugs at home are similar and it's not easy to identify a bed bug, if you are not an expert on this.
Bleach is a deadly and corruptive chemical and it's easy to get it from supermarkets anytime and anywhere.
Bleach may cause serious health problems when it contacts to human body or it's drunk by mistake. It must be kept away from babies and children.
After a bed bug invasion, you may want to try some homemade remedies for bed bugs before you hire a professional exterminator.
Bleach may be one of them.
We have a certain and simple answer for this: Yes, it will kill them. Because bleach oxidizes their body with sodium hypochlorite which bleach contains.
But bleach must be directly used on bed bugs and it should contact their bodies.
Is bleach an exact solution for bed bugs?
Basically, it's not! Yes, it can kill bed bugs, but you must find every dingle bed bug first. Because the bed bugs are hiding in cracks, holes, furniture or clothes when they aren't feeding, it's difficult to find them.
If it's not just the beginning of a bed bug invasion, then you have probably hundreds of bed bugs and eggs around.
Technically, it's impossible to find all bed bugs around so, bleach won't help you destroying them wholesale.
Does bleach kill bed bug eggs?
Even if you find all bed bugs walking around and kill them all with bleach, there is still another problem: Bed bug eggs.
Bleach won't destroy bed bug eggs, because eggs provide a protection against chemicals like bleach.
But when eggs hatch and bleach is still there, on the surface, it will kill those nymphs which contact the bleach.
Will bleach remove bed bug stains?
As you see above, bleach is not a good option for killing bed bugs and their eggs. But it is a good option to remove their stains.
If you have bed bug stains on your carpet, clothes or beds, then yes, you can use bleach to get rid of those stains.
Bleach is a dangerous chemical and overuse of it will cause serious health problems. If you have children or babies at home, you shouldn't even think of using bleach.
So, if you think of using bleach against bed bugs, just forget it! You must look for some solutions which are more effective and less dangerous.


Kelly Wilson grew up in the real estate business. He became licensed in 2000, when he joined the family business, with his parents Wayne & Jean Wilson at United Country Wilson Realty in Elk City, Ok. His family has been selling Oklahoma property since 1980. Shortly after Kelly joined the family business, in 2000, the Wilson's became a member of the United Country family to gain greater exposure and marketing for the sellers that they are working with to sell their properties.
In 2004 Kelly met his future wife and business partner, Christy Wilson. In 2006 Kelly & Christy opened their own franchise, United Country Wilson Realty of Ardmore, OK. Kelly and Christy are proud to call Ardmore home, where they enjoy all the outdoor activities that Ardmore has to offer, and where they have found their home church at Crystal Rock Cathedral.
Prior to joining the family business and United Country, Kelly proudly s erved in the United States Marine Corps, where he was a Veteran of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. After leaving the Marine Corps, Kelly then served his home state of Oklahoma in the Oklahoma Army National Guard. Kelly is a graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Kelly grew up in Elk City, Oklahoma where he graduated from Elk City High School, became an Eagle Scout, and attended Grandview Assembly of God Church. As a young man, with an entrepreneurial spirit, Kelly owned and operated his own business, K&K Services. In the early stages of his life, his folks were evangelists with the Assembly of God, where he was cutting his teeth on the back of church pews.


JETAA Scotland has been busy again, organizing its second JLPT Bootcamp retreat in Edinburgh.
The Bootcamp fun began in July this year when JET Alumni Jess Brown and Emma Boardman teamed up to start organizing the second JLPT Bootcamp retreat after the success of the first, held in November 2016. Advertising for the Bootcamp began in September. By the end of October all the available Bootcamp spaces had been claimed and N5, N4 and N3-focused classes, as well as an impressive Japanese menu, were all in the planning stages. For this year's bootcamp, additional assistants were brought on board to run an extra Japanese conversation class and were available to support attendees as they worked to maintain the immersive environment of the event.
Upon arrival, the guests were met by the wonderful smell of Japanese curry. There was no time to pause though as participants then set to work on their bedroom quests. Once rooms had been found and bags deposited, dinner was served and everyone began to get to know each other using their shared knowledge of the Japanese language. Friday evening was a relaxed affair with real fires burning and a selection of games available. The evening continued past midnight with Japanese resonating throughout the building.
Saturday's lessons began at 9:15am sharp. The venue was split into three areas for the three JLPT level classes. Learners had two 90 minute lessons in quick succession before breaking for a delicious temaki lunch. It was really impressive to hear everyone continuing to use Japanese throughout the day, even after two grueling test-focused lessons.
The afternoon was spent on mock tests and the building fell silent until the listening portions kicked in. The relief after the mock test was extremely easy to see. Of course, following the mock tests there was a great deal of discussion as bootcampers shared their experiences over an oyakodon dinner and Japanese conversation and games carried on into the night.
Sunday began with a conversation club-style lesson with all participants speaking together. Games and team challenges further solidified the friendships already made and gave attendees the chance to experience some 'fun and freestyle' Japanese, away from the constraints of JLPT preparation. There was a final 90 minute class to discuss the mock test results before members set off for a country walk ending in a well-earned pub lunch. There are provisional plans to hold another JLPT bootcamp this year.


Actually quite a few nutrients maketh man including selenium and boron. It doesn't matter whether you are aged 20 or 90 you need these and many more.
Even 20+ year old men need them for a healthy prostate and sperm count. Even though they may not have the prostate symptoms of the older man there may be a serious problem hidden. Yes, the biggest problem that no one seems to be talking about is that the sperm count in men has dropped by a whopping 60%.
Don't take any notice of medical doctors when they say the sperm count is normal as that is compared to others. The comparison that matters is to men's sperm count from 60 years ago.
I thought it was essential in this newsletter to also consider the health concerns of men of my age group since the cause of infertility in young men is the cause of prostate problems of us older men.
How do you Get Your 3 Mighty Minerals Every Day?
Here's the two supplements that will give you selenium, boron and zinc along with every single other nutrient missing from your diet.


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import org.seasar.dbflute.cbean.*;
import org.seasar.dbflute.cbean.ckey.*;
import org.seasar.dbflute.cbean.coption.ConditionOption;
import org.seasar.dbflute.cbean.cvalue.ConditionValue;
import org.seasar.dbflute.cbean.sqlclause.SqlClause;
import org.seasar.dbflute.exception.IllegalConditionBeanOperationException;
import com.example.dbflute.mysql.dbflute.cbean.*;
import com.example.dbflute.mysql.dbflute.cbean.cq.bs.*;
import com.example.dbflute.mysql.dbflute.cbean.cq.*;

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 * The condition-query for in-line of region.
 * @author DBFlute(AutoGenerator)
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                        , String aliasName, int nestLevel, BsRegionCQ myCQ) {
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    public String keepRegionId_InScopeRelation_MemberAddressList(MemberAddressCQ sq)
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    public String keepRegionId_SpecifyDerivedReferrer_MemberAddressList(MemberAddressCQ sq)
    { throwIICBOE("(Specify)DerivedReferrer"); return null; }
    public String keepRegionId_QueryDerivedReferrer_MemberAddressList(MemberAddressCQ sq)
    { throwIICBOE("(Query)DerivedReferrer"); return null; }
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Blizzard Will Recreate the Classic Warcraft Progression Experience on Classic Servers	March 14, 2019 at 9:20 am
Blizzard has unveiled its content progression plans for WoW Classic. They're really darn good.
Blizzard Unveils an Official World of Warcraft Classic Server, and We've Got Questions	November 6, 2017 at 10:30 am
Blizzard is building a classic WoW server, but oh boy–this raises a lot more questions than it answers. We step through the pertinent details.
New Private World of Warcraft Server Crushed By Blizzard Within Hours of Launch	July 25, 2017 at 10:15 am
The new, Burning Crusade-focused Felmyst private server was online for less than a day before Blizzard shut it down for good.
Unofficial World of Warcraft 'Felmyst' Server Revisits The Burning Crusade	July 19, 2017 at 8:35 am
There's a new private server launching for World of Warcraft, but this one isn't focused on the classic game. Instead, it will attempt to emulate the first expansion released for WoW, The Burning Crusade.
A pirated World of Warcraft legacy server project takes a turn for the bizarre	January 17, 2017 at 10:34 am
The developers of Nostalrius, the legacy World of Warcraft server, are back — and this time, they're requesting that the server project they donated all their code to stop using it. One pirate server just asked the other pirate server to do something else, with little in the way of justification beyond "We're afraid we poisoned our own well."
Two months with World of Warcraft: Legion prove it's Blizzard's strongest expansion yet	November 21, 2016 at 9:18 am
Is World of Warcraft: Legion worth your time? We've spent the last few months playing the MMO and seeing what it had to offer, emerging from the tangled infestation of the Emerald Nightmare to offer a verdict.
World of Warcraft's classic Nostalrius server is coming back online — without official Blizzard support	November 7, 2016 at 1:21 pm
The group behind the classic WoW server "Nostalrius" are handing their codebase and character database over to a new team.
World of Warcraft subscriptions surge thanks to amazing Legion expansion	October 5, 2016 at 9:23 am
Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Legion expansion has been a huge success for the company, bringing millions of people back to WoW. If any expansion is going to bring gamers back, it's going to be this one.
Why Blizzard can't build classic Warcraft servers (yet)	June 9, 2016 at 5:00 pm
Blizzard met with the Nostalrius team this week, as promised. While there's no near-term plan to develop custom servers, the company is open to the idea.
Blizzard to meet ex-lead designer, Nostalrius devs over classic World of Warcraft server	May 2, 2016 at 2:40 pm
Fan interest in World of Warcraft classic servers is spiking, and Blizzard is apparently willing to talk. The company will sit down with the original designer of the game and the Nostalrius server authors in coming weeks.
Blizzard claims it shut down classic World of Warcraft server to protect its intellectual property	April 27, 2016 at 9:19 am
Blizzard is claiming that it had no choice but to shut down the third-party classic WoW server Nostalrius, in order to protect its property rights. Is running an official "classic" server really so difficult?


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3. What are the legal rights of Chinese citizens/nationals in Hong Kong?
Immigration »
Chinese nationality »
Some of the major legal rights of Chinese citizens in Hong Kong are explained in the following.
Under the Basic Law of the Hong Kong SAR, only Chinese citizens who are permanent residents of Hong Kong can hold senior posts, such as Chief Executive or senior government officer. Only Hong Kong Chinese citizens are entitled to apply for Hong Kong SAR passports and "home return permits" (for travel to Mainland China). Non-Chinese citizens, regardless of whether they are permanent residents of Hong Kong, can only obtain a passport from their country of nationality, and need a visa to enter the Mainland.
Voting rights in Hong Kong do not derive from citizenship. According to section 27 of the Legislative Council Ordinance (Cap. 542 of the Laws of Hong Kong), any person who is a permanent resident of Hong Kong is eligible to register as an elector for a constituency. In other words, foreigners who are Hong Kong permanent residents are entitled to the same voting rights as Chinese citizens in Hong Kong.
Note that a Chinese citizen does not automatically enjoy the right of permanent residence in Hong Kong. There are statutory requirements limiting the status a Chinese citizen with close connections with Hong Kong to be eligible. Details about these requirements and the legal rights that Hong Kong permanent residents enjoy are given in Section II.
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Chinese nationality
1. Is there any difference between "nationality" and "citizenship" in law?
2. Are all ethnic minorities of China entitled to Chinese nationality?
4. Can Hong Kong residents hold dual nationality?
5. Can Chinese nationality be lost or renounced?
6. Can foreigners apply to become Chinese citizens in Hong Kong?
7. What is the legal concept of "domicile"? How do I know if my domicile is Hong Kong?
Hong Kong permanent residence
1. Do I have to be present in Hong Kong for 7 years continuously before I can acquire the status of permanent resident?
2. What legal rights do Hong Kong permanent residents enjoy?
3. Can Hong Kong permanent resident status be lost?
4. Can former residents return to Hong Kong and renew their status as Hong Kong permanent residents?
5. Are all children who are born in Hong Kong automatically entitled to right of abode?
6. Are non-Chinese persons or ethnic minorities entitled to the same rights as Chinese persons in Hong Kong?
Immigration to Hong Kong for non-residents (family members)
1. Who is entitled to sponsor family members to come to live in Hong Kong? If I am a lawful resident of Hong Kong, can my family members in the Mainland (or elsewhere) apply to immigrate to Hong Kong?
2. What other categories of immigration are there?
3. If a family member's application to immigrate to Hong Kong is rejected, is there any channel through which I can appeal?
Foreign domestic helpers
1. How much do I have to pay my foreign domestic helper? Is there a standard employment contract that I can enter into with my domestic helper?
2. Does my domestic helper have to live in my home?
3. Is it legal to employ a part-time foreign domestic helper?
4. Can foreign domestic helpers become permanent residents of Hong Kong?
Visitors/tourists and employment visas
1. How can visitors from Mainland China gain permission to enter Hong Kong?
2. Who is entitled to an employment visa?
3. Are sponsored family members allowed to work in Hong Kong?
4. Do British citizens have to apply for employment visas if they want to work in Hong Kong?
Passports and Identity Cards
1. What is the British National (Overseas) passport?
2. Are some Hong Kong Chinese persons entitled to full British passports (not BNO passports)?
3. Who is required to carry a Hong Kong identity card and when?
4. What types of identity card are there?
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La nécropole nationale de Moislains plus connu sous le nom de Cimetière des Charentais est un cimetière militaire français de la Première Guerre mondiale situé sur le territoire de la commune de Moislains, au nord de Péronne, dans le département de la Somme.

Historique
Le ., surpris par une attaque de l'armée allemande. Les soldats des  et  d'infanterie chargèrent à la baïonnette et furent fauchés par les mitrailleuses allemandes.

Le cimetière militaire de Moislains fut créé par les Allemands en 1914 après le combat de Moislains pendant lesquels périrent des soldats français originaires pour la plupart du département de la Charente.

Le , à l'initiative du département de la Charente et du département de la Somme, un ossuaire et un cimetière militaire dit « Cimetière des Charentais » au lieu-dit le chemin de la Récrière furent inaugurés.

Caractéristiques
Le cimetière des Charentais sur une superficie de , 465 soldats français reposent, 99 en tombes individuelles et 366 dans un ossuaire. L'ossuaire est surmonté par un monument sous la forme d'une sorte d'obélisque tronqué sur les parois duquel ont été gravés les noms des victimes. Sur le monument est inscrit cette dédicace :

Des panneaux explicatifs retracent l'histoire des combats de Moislains.

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Liens internes

 Front de l'Ouest (Première Guerre mondiale)
 Cimetière militaire
 Liste des nécropoles nationales en France
 Liste des mémoriaux et cimetières militaires de la Somme
 Circuit du Souvenir

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Histoire de la Somme

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Dakota Expands Presence in Virginia, Closes Brady Square in Richmond
RICHMOND, VA – Dakota Partners has completed the purchase of 2200 Brady Street in Richmond, VA. The 14.4-acre parcel will be the site of the future affordable housing community, Brady Square. The multi-phase project will ultimately deliver 264 units with two community buildings and other site amenities.
Richmond's population has been on a steady incline for the last decade and is projected to continue growing in years to come. With more people, the demand for safe, affordable housing is high and waitlists for subsidized housing can stretch years. Brady Square, which will target households earning up to 30%, 50%, and 60% of Area Median Household Income, will help to alleviate that burden.
"Brady Square will bring incredible value to the community, offering residents an affordable, safe, and inviting place to call home," said Dakota EVP of Acquisitions and Development, Cheryl Stulpin. "We're excited to continue serving the Commonwealth of Virginia and providing much-needed, quality housing for families that might otherwise be priced out of these neighborhoods."
Phases 1 and 2, scheduled to break ground in January, will include the construction of 132 units and a community building. Two subsequent phases will each deliver an additional 66 units, for a total of 264. All four phases will be comprised of one, two, and three-bedroom garden and townhome-style apartment units within two-story residential buildings.
As a real estate developer and builder, Dakota Partners develops affordable, workforce and market-rate housing communities across New England, New York and the mid-Atlantic states. According to Affordable Housing Finance, Dakota is a the 40th largest affordable housing developer in the United States. At the core of every project is Dakota's mission to create housing that matters – to residents, the community, and the environment.
Brady Square Community Building Rendering
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UN condemns Israel for attack on Gaza aid convoy
Catherine Philp, Washington and James Hider, Ashdod
Tuesday June 01 2010, 5.27am, The Times
An Israeli Defence Force video shows a clash between commandos and passengers on the ship
Pressure on Israel to lift its blockade of Gaza increased further last night as the UN Security Council demanded a probe into the deadly attack on civilian aid ships in international waters. A Turkish charity in Gaza said that 19 people were missing; Israel put the death toll at 9.
As outrage grew over Israel's attack on the flotilla of mostly Turkish aid vessels bound for Gaza, Security Council members, who had broken off from their spring holiday to hold an emergency session called for a "prompt, impartial, credible, transparent" investigation into the incident, and the release of all civilians being held by the Israelis.
Israel was called on to explain its use of "disproportionate force" against the humanitarian workers and Ban Ki Moon, the


According to the Land Bank of South Africa, expropriation without compensation will still cost the government.
The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (LADBSA) has warned that land expropriation without compensation, implemented on farmland, will trigger a financial fright.
As reported by Business Tech, this impending cash calamity relates to the state company's debt and a standard market clause included as the bank's rights as a creditor.
Arthur Moloto, chairman of LADBSA, explains that if land expropriation without compensation occurs, and in turn, flouts the bank's creditor rights, it could trigger a series of financial protection clauses which the Bank would be unable to settle on its own accord.
Moloto says that his organisation has around R9 billion of debt that includes a standard market clause on expropriation as an event of default. This financial insurance would need to be paid out at once, should land the government's land reform process play out.
If LADBSA is unable to immediately pay this amount, a cross-default clause would be triggered.
This admission by LADBSA follows a string of warnings delivered to the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on their policy of accelerated land reform, which includes, most importantly, the expropriation of land without compensation.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has thrown his weight behind the motion to amend section 25 of the South African Constitution, which, he says, will then allow for redress and the promotion of socioeconomic equality.
The ANC has revealed titbits of information relating to the practical mechanisms involved with expropriating land sans compensation – all of which has been met with dismay by most agricultural organisations.
Furthermore, according to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa's commercial banks have almost R90 billion of farm debt on their balance sheets. The ANC's land reform policy has yet to indicate how these debts will be settled.
Moloto adds that the issue of land expropriation without compensation needs to be carefully thought out. If implemented poorly, it could potentially cripple the agricultural sector, completely halting investment in the industry.


I will look at them as individuals, as well as at their family life growing up in Dummer, Hampshire. I have spent the past year looking at my paternal grandfather's family who grew up in the middle of Brighton which was a very busy, lively place beside the seaside. The Cleeve sisters had a very different upbringing in a very quiet rural setting.
I hope you will join me in January as I begin searching this branch of my family tree.
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Introduction & Curriculum Overview
The Core Requirement
The Writing Competence Requirement
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The First Year Experience
Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (FURSCA)
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Social Studies Major for Elementary
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Requirements For Neuroscience Concentration
Admission to Albion
Financial Aid and Student Employment
The Albion Campus
Albion College's Mission
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Albion History
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The Albion Advantage
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French Majors and Minors
Requirements for Major in French
In the French program students learn the language and culture of the French-speaking world. The 100- and 200-level courses focus on how to function within a French-speaking environment, through appropriate language use and cross-cultural understanding. Courses numbered 303-315 are designed to be taken before off-campus study in a French-speaking program and those numbered 351-355 to be taken after return from off-campus study.
The upper-level courses emphasize area studies. Interdisciplinary in scope, they focus on the culture of a particular area or time period and examine the relevant literature as well as social issues, artistic movements, political change, religious influences and film.
The intent is to prepare students for international careers in which they will draw on their communication skills in French, and on their understanding of the history and culture of the French-speaking world.
The specific requirements for the major are:
A minimum of eight units at the 201-level or higher, including: one unit from 303-315; one unit from 351-355; and a Senior Seminar (French 400, 1/4 unit). (See detailed description of requirements for major at beginning of Modern Languages and Cultures section.)
A maximum of one unit of Advanced Placement credit can count toward the major.
All courses for the major must be taken for a numerical grade.
Residence in language-learning housing for at least one semester and successful completion of Modern Languages and Cultures 110.
Off-campus study in an approved study abroad program is highly recommended for this major. If individual situations prevent this, it is recommended that the student speak with the department chair.
Requirements for Minor in French
A minimum of six units at the 201-level or higher, including at least four units at the 301-level or higher.
A maximum of one unit of Advanced Placement credit can count toward the minor.
All courses for the minor must be taken for a numerical grade.
Off-campus study in an approved study abroad program is highly recommended for this minor. If individual situations prevent this, it is recommended that the student speak with the department chair.
Requirements for Major in French Language and Culture for the Professions
As the world continues to become increasingly diverse across traditional borders and cultural boundaries, there will be more demand in the workplace and for communities to effectively negotiate otherness--different ways of living lives--which will directly impact professional practices.
Knowledge of a modern language and culture will continue to grow in importance as a foundation for functioning successfully in a global economy across many professions. This track in French is intended for those students who are pursuing preprofessional studies in fields such as economics and management, communication studies, science or public policy, among others, or for those students who are pursuing more traditional liberal arts fields and wish to add a practical component to their education. This track will provide a combination of preprofessional courses in the target language and cultural courses in order to prepare students for working in a culturally diverse world and economy. Students will be expected to attain high linguistic competence.
Qualified students may choose a "fast track" language program at an approved summer institution domestically or a language/internship program abroad during the summer after their freshman year. To qualify for this special program, a student must complete an interview to be conducted by the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures. For information about College policies on transfer credit, see the section of this catalog entitled General Academic Regulations.
A minimum of nine units, including: Modern Languages and Cultures 105; French 201, 202, 301, or equivalent; French 303; a seminar (French 401, 1/2 unit); and the remaining units selected from 300- or 400-level French courses. The seminar must be taken after all other requirements have been met or in the final semester of completion of the major requirements.
An internship abroad or a documented internship-like experience abroad that has been approved by the MLAC Department.
All courses for the major must be taken for a numerical grade, except those offered only on a credit/no credit basis.
Requirements for Minor in French Language and Culture for the Professions
A minimum of six units, including: Modern Languages and Cultures 105 (OR French 303 with permission of the department); French 201, 202, 301, or equivalent; French 303; and the remaining unit selected from 300- or 400-level French courses.
Requirements for Major in French with Secondary or K-12 Education Certification
A minimum of eight units at the 300-level, including: 301 and 302; one unit focusing on France (French 314, 315, 320); one unit focusing on the French-speaking world (French 352, 353, 354, 355); a Senior Seminar (French 400, 1/4 unit). (See detailed description of requirements for major at beginning of Modern Languages and Cultures section.)
Education 338 or 339 (see Education Department), and Education 371 (K-12).
Study abroad in an approved off-campus program.
Completion of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages' Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) examination at an "Advanced Low" level of proficiency (or higher). Students should consult closely with the Modern Languages and Cultures Department and consider taking this examination directly after the study abroad experience.
Completion of all other requirements for teacher certification.
Requirements for Minor in French with Secondary Education Certification
A minimum of six units at the 300-level, including: 301 and 302, one unit focusing on France (French 314, 315, 320), one unit focusing on the French-speaking world (French 352, 353, 354, 355) and a Senior Seminar (French 400, 1/4 unit). (See detailed description of requirements for major at beginning of Modern Languages and Cultures section.)
Education 338 or 339.
101 Elementary French (1)
Introduces the French language and the francophone cultures through the study of basic grammatical concepts and vocabulary. Develops the four skills--listening, speaking, reading and writing--necessary for effective interpersonal, interpretive and presentational communication. Conducted in French. Tutorials with teaching assistants are integrated into the course. French 101 is recommended for students with two years or less of high school French. Staff.
102 Elementary French, continued (1)
Expected level of proficiency: French 101.
Continuation of French 101. Expands vocabulary, grammar and cultural knowledge to enable a more informed interpretation and production of spoken and written communication in French. Conducted in French. Tutorials with teaching assistants integrated into the course. Staff.
187, 188, 189 Selected Topics (1/4, 1/2, 1)
An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
201 Intermediate French (1)
Expected level of proficiency: French 102, equivalent or appropriate score on departmental placement test.
Continuation of the study of the French language and culture through the contextualized study of grammatical concepts and vocabulary. Continues the development of the four basic skills necessary for the interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication. Authentic tapes and texts are the foundation of the teaching materials. Conducted in French. Tutorials with native speakers are integrated into the course. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
202 Intermediate French, continued (1)
Continuation of French 201. Practice with more sophisticated dialogues, reading of unedited short stories, poems and other authentic materials reflecting the various cultures of the French-speaking world. Conducted in French. Tutorials with native speakers integrated into the course. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
301 Advanced Oral and Written Expression I (1)
Development of communication skills in French relative to grammar, syntax, appropriate registers, necessary vocabulary, non-verbal communication and culturally specific idiomatic usage. Also includes the processes of conversation development, thesis formation and strategies for argumentation within French cultural norms, as well as key contemporary issues of importance in the French-speaking world. Conducted in French. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
302 Advanced Oral and Written Expression II (1)
Expected level of proficiency: French 301 or equivalent.
Development of communication skills in French relative to grammar, syntax, appropriate registers, necessary vocabulary, non-verbal cues and culturally-specific idiomatic usage, as well as skills in French/English and English/French translation. Also includes the processes of conversation development, thesis formation and strategies for argumentation operating within French cultural norms, especially relating to professional life and the workplace. Conducted in French. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
303 French for the Professions (1)
Offers insights on the French and other French-speaking countries' work environment and the specialized knowledge necessary to communicate effectively in specific professions. Conducted in French. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
314 Multicultural France: Current Issues and Historical Perspectives (1)
Expected level of proficiency: French 301 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
Explores French society as a dynamic multicultural construct--France's changing place in the world, the changing role of women in French society and changing demographics, especially North African immigrants to France--through reading recent novels or short stories representing these issues. Studies the historical dimensions of the social phenomena and the historical reasons for the current situation. Conducted in French. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
315 Writing/Filming France Inside Out (1)
Applies various theories--narratology, explication de texte, and theories of adaptation--to critically inquire into the construction of literary texts and their filmic representations. Stresses oral and written communication in French. Conducted in French. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
320 French Women Writers and Feminist Criticism (1)
Analysis of works by French women writers from the Middle Ages to the present, as well as works of feminist critical theory. Offered every three years. Conducted in French. Guenin-Lelle.
330 French Louisiana: The Cajun and Creole Experiences (1)
A study of French Louisiana in both Acadiana and New Orleans, through literature, music, history and other avenues. Guenin-Lelle.
351 French Society from Marie de France to Louis XIV (1)
Expected level of proficiency: French 303, 314 or 315.
Incorporates literature, art, history and l'histoire des idées, or changing epistemologies, during the French ancien régime (the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the baroque and classical periods of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the Enlightenment in the early eighteenth century). Examines central issues such as the place of "the Divine" and humankind in the universe, the role of classical antiquity relative to traditions, identity and power, the role of women in society and the role of education as a vehicle for change. Conducted in French. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
352 Francophone Cultures on the Internet: Fictionalité, Realité, Hypertextualité (1)
A study of the theoretical construction of francophone cultures, their representation on the World Wide Web and the problems associated with Web-based cultural research. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
353 Francophone Africa (1)
A study of texts and contexts of francophone (Central and West) African societies through in-depth analyses of history, politics, music, art, film and literature, and especially, how those elements have shaped the people's contemporary world view. Conducted in French. Yewah.
354 The French Caribbean: Les Antilles créoles (1)
Surveys post-colonialism, la créolisation, le métissage and changing identities. Topics include history and geography of these islands, situating them as part of the New World as well as having enduring cultural, linguistic and political bonds with France; Aimé Césaire and his essentialist quest for identity via Africa and the past; la créolisation, as first proposed by Glissant; and contemporary social issues, represented in literature, art and cinema. Conducted in French. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
355 Quebec: A World Apart (1)
Examines socioeconomic, political, cultural, literary and artistic forces as well as relevant historical situations that have shaped this French-speaking "island" in anglophone North America. Conducted in French. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
391, 392 Internship (1/2, 1)
Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
398 Practicum (1/2)
Experience in teaching French in the classroom or with individual students under the supervision of an instructor. Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
400 Senior Seminar (1/4)
Prerequisite: Declared French major or minor.
Students will reflect on lessons learned in the French program, identify competencies they have developed in French and in other areas of study, understand the importance of these competencies in today's world, and leave Albion more confident in their preparedness to enter the next stage of their professional development. Guenin-Lelle, Yewah.
401, 402 Seminar (1/2, 1)
Special topics in languages, literature or civilization for advanced students. Conducted in French. Staff.
411, 412 Directed Study (1/2, 1)
Staff.


I'll be able to come up for air after tomorrow's LSAT. I've still been working a lot because of the holidays so I haven't had a whole lot of time to update or so anything else for that matter. I've done very light studying this week, and it's probably for the better. I've been studying for a long time so if I don't know it by now I'm not sure an extra week is really going to do anything.
After the test I plan to fully immerse myself in sending out the rest of my law school applications and wedding planning. I've sent one application already, but I won't get anything back from them until my new LSAT score is posted. Thankfully, I have all my letters of recommendation in, transcripts are in and all primary applications are filled out. I have several personal statements written. I'll just need to tweak them a little for each school depending on what they ask for. I think I'm going to apply to a total of 15-20 schools.
As far as the LSAT goes. I'm not that nervous. In fact, I slept beautifully last night. Normally, I can't sleep worth a damn the day or so before a a huge test like this, but I had no trouble falling asleep last night. That's a good sign. I also haven't spoken about the test or have spoken to anyone about the test at all except initially. I probably won't talk about it with anyone after the test either. I prefer to just put it in God's hands. Worrying about it will do nothing but destroy the holiday season for me. I'm surprisingly calm and hope it stays long after the test is over. My mindset is finally where it should be. Just. Need. To. Focus.
Dan and I are booking tickets next week to go to Chicago! I'm so excited. We're going to visit a mutual friend of ours who got a job out there about a year ago. I also hope to check out a few law schools out there too. You never know. We're going for a week in February so that'll be something to look forward to in addition to the Owl City concert at the beginning of Feb.
In other news, I officially got promoted at work. How cool! It'll be nice to earn some more money plus I finally get to reap all the benefits that go along with the new title.
As the year winds down, and the law school process comes to an end, the big world of wedding planning will finally be at my fingertips. I have a lot started, but it's going to be so cool to get all of it in motion.
I plan to have all my apps. out no later than January first, and I'll be sure to let the blogging community know how my cycle goes. I think it's going to be pretty unpredictable!


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NWAC Releases 10-Point Action Plan and Voting Guide in Advance of Federal Election
Friday, September 13, 2019 6:50 PM
OTTAWA, ON / ACCESSWIRE / September 13, 2019 / With the announcement of Canada's 43rd general election, the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) has released their 10-Point Action Plan, along with a 2019 Voting Guide to help Indigenous women, Two Spirit and LQBTQQIA voters more fully participate in the upcoming October 21st federal election.
As the national voice for Indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse Indigenous people in Canada, NWAC urges all federal party leaders to commit to the implementation of the Inquiry's Calls for Justice and to commit to the long-term well-being of Indigenous women, Two-Spirit and LQBTQQIA persons in particular.
Through its 10-Point Action Plan, NWAC aims to keep a spotlight on the critically important issue of missing and murdered women, as well as to advance national and international dialogue and to ensure the implementation of the Inquiry's findings.
"The election is a time not only for discussing the future well-being of Indigenous women and girls, but for Indigenous women, Two-Spirit and LQBTQQIA persons to take an active hold of the levers of democracy to shape their future," said Ms. Groulx, who points out that while Indigenous women are among the fastest-growing populations in Canada, they are also greatly under-represented as candidates and vote at lower rates in federal elections.
Through the 2019 Voting Guide, NWAC hopes to reduce barriers to voter participation and to instill confidence among Indigenous women and gender-diverse people to run for leadership positions within and beyond their own community. "Their voices should be heard and their priorities represented in government," says Ms. Groulx. Our 10-Point Acton Plan and 2019 Voting Guide will help to ensure a "healthy future for all Canadians, including Indigenous women and gender-diverse persons."
The federal party leaders and all registered candidates must understand and respect that Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people are holders of inherent Indigenous rights, constitutional rights, and international and domestic human rights
Sherri Moore-Arbour
NWAC
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Whose land is it anyway?
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When Julius Malema and other stone-throwing politicians try to win votes by shouting about redistributing more white-owned commercial farms, they need to be taken in hand and shown that this is as logical as drinking brandy to get sober. – Andries Pienaar, 2010 South African Sheep Farmer of the Year.
Seventeen years in South Africa's democracy the overwhelming majority of land redistribution farming projects have dismally failed, which has serious implications for food security and the economy. As Agri Eastern Cape President, Ernest Pringle, puts it: "The whole Land Reform effort so far has been a politically driven disaster."
Instead of focusing on the ever-increasing percentage of white commercial farms that need to be redistributed, the government needs to hang on to all the commercial farmers it still has, says Pringle. Since 1985 the number of commercial farmers in South Africa has dropped from 64 000 to 33 000 today.
"The government needs to shift its focus to support the farmers and enhance food security in the face of a rapidly expanding and increasingly urbanized population," adds Pringle.
Commercial farming is not attractive to the majority of people because the returns are generally low and it is damn difficult to farm successfully. "Farming is no 'get rich quick' scheme; you are more likely to get poor quick, and then you get lumped with droughts over which you have no control and which can go on for years."
The government also needs to encourage and mentor the young people of our country, black or white, who still want to farm. And there are young people who do, as is evident from the number of graduates from the surviving agricultural colleges, such as Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute in Middelburg, Eastern Cape.
Equally important is that the Departments of Land Affairs and Land Reform urgently attend to the commercial farmers who are sitting with land claims and/or still waiting to be paid. "To not have resolved this situation is a horrible, absolute injustice to the farmers and the claimants, and it is a recipe for violence," says Pringle.
He adds that as farmers, landowners and South African citizens we need to make ourselves heard. "Silence can too easily be regarded as consent, and we are then going to have to accept the consequences of this. Because if agriculture collapses, the economy collapses, such is its terrific multiplier effect across the land."
Pringle believes we need to actively counter the voice of stone-throwing politicians whom he describes as "Capunists" (a hybrid of a Capitalist and a Communist). "They are normally very rich and can eloquently preach Das Kapital but have no understanding of farming and they ignore the realities of sustainable food production."
We need to look no further than Zimbabwe for proof of this. Zimbabwe's collapse can be traced to a single policy: its fast track land reform program, under which the Mugabe government, beginning in the year 2000, seized thousands of white-owned commercial farms, leading to a sharp drop in agricultural output and leaving everyone far worse off than before. Zimbabwe now has a 90% unemployment rate, out of control inflation and a collapsed economy where 50-billion Zimbabwe dollars doesn't even buy you half a loaf of bread.
Yet this is the country that ANC Youth Leader Julius Malema visits as a model for South Africa when he has highly successful commercial farmers in his own country offering their knowledge, mentorship and skills to make a success of land reform.
Instead of being embraced, white commercial farmers are criticised, undermined and threatened. The time has come to halt this destructive trend and get on with the business of securing South Africa's future.
ANDRIES 'TOT' PIENAAR
2010 SA Sheep Farmer of the Year
"I am not interested in politics because in most cases economic reality and political aspirations don't gel. What I am interested in is systems that work and people who are committed to farming or agri business as I prefer to call it," says Andries Pienaar whose family has been farming Merino sheep on the farm Klipplaatsfontein in the Northern Cape district of Colesberg for 123 years.
Pienaar's agri business today comprises three Mega Merino stud farms (in Colesberg, Australia and New Zealand), an irrigation pasture farm in Luckhoff, Free State and an empowerment sheep farm in Hanover, which Pienaar together with his son Jacques and ten of their staff bought ten years ago.
"When the farm came up for sale, the grants offered to our staff as previously disadvantaged individuals only amounted to 50% of the payment required. Jacques and I then paid in the rest, we became 50/50 partners with our staff and today our empowerment farm is very successful," says Pienaar who says the principle of ownership is essential. People simply don't invest in the land when it is not their own.
The empowerment farm has since produced two SA Merino champions on the natural veld grazing show; it annually produces outstanding wool branded as 'Charisma Fleece', and it produces free-range lamb branded as 'Shepherd's Selection' for Checkers. The empowerment farm is registered as Sheep Power Pty Ltd and it is in the top 5% of net profit in the district. Profits are divided according to shares.
"It is run as an agri business and not as a project," says Pienaar. "The dictionary definition of project is a 'scheme' and too many land reform initiatives end up being nothing more than schemes.
"I have mentored my staff in business systems that work, with a focus on the five key performance disciplines in any agri business: marketing, finance, the product (i.e. the animal or the crop), the factory (i.e. the farm) and the people. You have to get 80% for each one of these for your business to flourish. And if you don't know how to achieve this, then you get people who do know to help you," says Andries who regularly runs empowerment agri business courses. Last year alone he trained 400 new farmers from all over South Africa and Lesotho.
"I make the courses very practical and I tell the new farmers that they must forget fighting about the past which I tell them is as useful as drinking brandy to get sober. All it does is waste time while the rest of the world gets ahead of us."
Pienaar is the Chairperson of Pro Agri, a group of all the award winners of SA Farmer of the Year for the past 35 years. They have offered their skills and support to the Minister of Agriculture who has said she would like their help.
"What we need to do is put race and ethnicity aside, and pool our collective skills and brainpower to work together for South Africa," he says. "Our motto is 'God is our Source of Supply' and 'Discipline Creates Freedom', and our mission is 'to make South Africa number one in the world of agri business'."
Hopefully the Minister actively secures their help without delay.
GERDIE LANDMAN
Leading South African dairy farmer and Pro Agri member
"In every district in this country there are top notch, highly experienced, successful farmers who want to help empower new farmers, including their staff, but the state needs to work with us," says Gerdie Landman, leading South African dairy farmer from the Cookhouse/Fish River Valley and founder, owner and manager of Mooimelk Koeihotel which produces 15 million litres of milk a year.
Several years ago Landman sent a proposal and business plan to Land Affairs motivating them to purchase the farm next to his, which would then be sold to- and developed by his staff under his mentorship.
Land Affairs' response was that they do not buy irrigation land because it is too expensive. This is not true because they are buying plenty of irrigation land in the selfsame Fish River Valley for a sugar beet scheme, which is far from proven as an economically viable form of agriculture.
Farm staff with farming experience who are assisted by or partner with commercial farmers are the ideal candidates to be offered the opportunity to develop their own farms.
"We don't need to reinvent the wheel. There are excellent models of farmer development and land reform in South Africa that are highly appropriate to the land situation today," says Landman. "I see great potential for farming once the powers that be recognise that it does not work to simply hand over land to people whom you call 'emerging farmers'.
"New farmers need to be put into projects; they need support, structure and financial responsibility in order to rise to the many challenges of ownership of a farm. This is the only way to nurture people who really want to farm. Otherwise it is as nonsensical as putting someone behind the wheel of car who has never driven and wondering why they crash."
Landman himself was part of a new farmer project as a young man without means. In 1983 the government launched a dairy-farming project where 19 farmers under the age of 35 were selected out of 2000 applicants to purchase 19 state-owned pieces of land in the Tsitsikamma region, 200 hectares each. Amongst the successful applicants, some had been farm foremen or managers and one was an agricultural extension officer.
"The land cost R200 000 for the 200 hectares but it was completely unfarmed. It was just a piece of bushveld, it had no infrastructure, no fences, no house, nothing," Landman explains. Through Landbou Krediet en Grond Besit the successful applicants were offered a fixed interest rate of 8% at a time when the general interest rate was between 18% and 24%.
The success of the project was measured after ten years. Eighteen of the 19 made a success of farming in the Tsitsikamma. Most were milking 500 or more cows on their 200-hectare farms after ten years; the rest established themselves as successful sheep and beef farmers.
Clearly the project was a success. And it was a success despite subsequent complications, notably that the nineteen farms were reclaimed as part of the post 1994 land restitution process. "I lost my farm," says Landman, "but I am a farmer, that is what I love and do best and I continued to farm my Tsitsikamma farm for a further fifteen years, renting the land from the successful land claimants, until I bought my current farm in the Fish River Valley.
"It must be stressed that the government paid market related prices for our Tsitsikamma farms and the process of payment on registration was properly and timeously executed. There can be no other way," he adds.
Time restrictions need to be placed on restitution claims. Otherwise the government is infringing on property rights, which have to be market driven. Property rights constitute one of the cornerstones of good rule of law. If we fall victim to the collapse of property rights, we fall victim to the collapse of our economy.
WILLEM SYMINGTON
Northern Cape sheep farmer and Agri Northern Cape member
"The government owns thousands of hectares of commonage outside each rural town that can be effectively used to build up new farmers if the municipalities are willing to support this," says Willem Symington, a successful Dorper sheep farmer from Williston.
In his part of the world known as the Karoo Highlands for example, Williston's commonage is 6000 hectares, Sutherland's is 3000 hectares and Fraserburg's is over 8000 hectares.
Symington developed a model of small-scale farmer development that could work throughout the country.
"Three years ago I started a partnership with a new farmer named Isak Fritz on the Fraserburg commonage," Symington explains. "The problem facing new farmers is that it is so difficult for them to get started because even if they have access to land they need stock or access to capital to buy stock, which they mostly don't have.
"Isak leased 1200 hectares from the municipality and started with 34 Dorper ewes on a piece of land that can carry 120 ewes. A commercial farmer gave him some sheep to get him going and he bought the rest. He paid R84 per ewe per year to the municipality for the lease of the land when the going commercial rate is R200 per ewe.
"I then offered him a partnership where I would graze 80 of my ewes on his leased piece of commonage and I would pay him R200 per ewe per year, to be paid at the end of each year in the equivalent amount of ewes."
At the end of the first year Fritz received 24 ewes from Symington and his flock increased to 60 as he also kept some of his own lambs.
"I then reduced my ewes to 60 to compensate for his increased numbers and so it went. He will reach his full quota of 120 ewes in February 2012 and he is doing well," says Symington who has mentored Fritz since the outset, and assisted him with his sheep health programme and infrastructure maintenance. "He had not farmed before but I saw he had potential and that his personal finances were in good order."
With a successful model in hand, Symington went to the municipality with a proposal to develop two other new farmers in the same way when the 3-year tenders for commonage lease came up for renewal. "They are both young, steady chaps with potential whom I could help build up," says Symington.
Regrettably the municipality turned down the proposal and rented the commonage to commercial farmers.
"The new farmers and I were very disappointed and I feel frustrated because there is so much potential in this partnership model," says Symington, adding: "I'm not giving up, and I will re-approach the municipalities next time round. In the meantime, perhaps there are other farmers who can approach their municipalities with this small-scale empowerment method that works."
THE GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN LAND DEBATE
Agri Eastern Cape President, Ernest Pringle, wrote and edited a substantial document titled 'The Great South African Land Debate' which he distributed far and wide earlier this year. He sent copies to the Minister of Agriculture, the Departments of Land Affairs and Land Reform, leading editors, Agri SA affiliates and "to anyone who will listen," he says. "We don't have time on our hands, we need to act now."
Here are some of the questions raised in the document, as published in Farmer's Weekly earlier this year.
Who owns what in South Africa in terms of agricultural land?
The total surface area of South Africa is calculated at 122 million hectares. It has always been a fundamental assumption by the ANC government that white people own 87% and black people 13% of agricultural land. The 13% is based on the land that was set aside for the homeland areas, which covered 16,375,435 hectares.
These ratios formed the basis of Land Reform's calculations for the amount of land required to meet their stated targets, notably the current target of 30% of white-owned agricultural land by 2014.
This percentage is completely outdated because it fails to include is the vast percentage of ground that the government owns. This includes all municipal ground, State Forests, Water Catchment Areas, Nature Reserves, Provincial Reserves and National Parks. After April 1994, all this ground became "black-owned" by definition. The estimated area covered by all this "black-owned" ground in South Africa instantly increased the 13% to 32%.
Add to this the 5.9-million hectares transferred by the Department of Land Affairs to black people since 1994 (as per statistics supplied by the Department of Land Affairs), plus land bought privately by black people on the open market which Agri SA estimates to be an additional 2 million hectares, plus…I can continue, but it is more than clear that if you add up the current percentage of black-owned agricultural land it is 48% or more.
What is meant by "agricultural land"?
The vague term "agricultural land" includes all land outside towns and cities that is not part of proclaimed National Parks and Nature Reserves.
When one looks at the rainfall and vegetation map of South Africa one cannot escape the fact that only 30% of the country receives more than 500mm of rainfall per annum. The remaining two thirds receives less than this and therefore, in global terms, may be classified as semi- or true desert. True desert areas, such as the Karoo and the Kalahari, cover roughly 55% of the country, (approximately 66 million hectares).
The value of natural pasturage or veld is traditionally determined by its carrying capacity, which is measured in large stock units (LSU) per hectare: this reflects its agricultural potential. In the high rainfall eastern areas of the country, the average carrying capacity is approximately 1:4 whereas in the arid areas, the average is approximately 1:16.
Over 25% of the 33 000 mainly white commercial farmers are farming in the desert areas.
How do you view the current Land Reform target to transfer 30% of white-owned agricultural land into black hands by 2014?
The attainment of the current target would require the transfer of 14.8-million additional hectares of high-potential agricultural land. Based on existing patterns of land reform, this would undoubtedly cause a crisis in the production of all agricultural goods, resulting in severe shortages of food.
The 30% target is also incorrectly measured. Agricultural land should not be measured on hectares, but rather by agricultural potential, as measured by large stock units or LSUs per hectare based on the fact that agricultural potential per hectare is so variable across the country.
What is one of the main reasons cited for the lack of advancement in black agriculture?
The inefficient system of communal land tenure as practiced in the traditional tribal areas, which ensure this land, remains unproductive despite the fact that it constitutes some of the most favoured agricultural land in the country.
What has happened to the large-scale state-sponsored Land Reform projects or schemes in the former homelands?
One of the first steps taken by the ANC in implementing its land reform policy was to take over the administration of all existing state-sponsored projects in the former homelands. The presiding officials were dismissed and replaced mainly by affirmative action candidates or political cronies.
The project I am citing below is one of many large-scale state-sponsored projects, all of which have catastrophically failed.
What happened at the Magma Tea Estate near Lusikisiki in the former Transkei serves as a clear but by no means unique example. This 2500 ha estate employed 1500 workers and had the potential to produce more than 3.5-million kilograms of high quality tea, which is roughly half of South Africa's yearly needs.
Before 1994 the estate was described as a well run, highly efficient and profitable enterprise. Within three years of its takeover by the new government, this model enterprise had been so badly mismanaged that it was forced into liquidation.
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Sulfonamides Chemical Review
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Nomination Reason
1. Nomination
Phase status:
The APVMA reviewed the use of sulfonamide antibiotics in food-producing animals because of concerns about the potential for unacceptable residues in food.
In 1989, the Pesticide and Agricultural Chemicals Standing Committee began a reconsideration of sulfonamide antibiotic use in food-producing animals. Concerns about sulfonamide maximum residue limit (MRL) violations in Australian and export markets led to the recommendation by the National Health and Medical Research Council that all sulfonamides used in food-producing animals be assigned MRLs.
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2. Prioritisation
3. Scoping and work plan
4. Notice of reconsideration
The Pesticide and Agricultural Chemicals Standing Committee's reconsideration of toxicological data found that only five of the sulfonamide antibiotics could continue to be used in food-producing animals: sulfadimidine, sulfadiazine, sulfadoxine, sulfaquinoxaline and sulfatroxazole. Approvals for all other sulfonamides should be cancelled for use in food-producing animals due to insufficient toxicological data.
In March 1995, on the advice of the standing committee and in the interests of public safety, the APVMA (formerly the NRA) cancelled the use of all other sulfonamides in food-producing animals. The APVMA then began a review of the remaining sulfonamides (sulfadimidine, sulfadiazine, sulfaquinoxaline, sulfadoxine, sulfatroxazole) to determine appropriate MRLs.
6. Draft regulatory measure
In April 2000, the APVMA released the Sulfonamides special review draft report. The report established new MRLs and confirmed existing MRLs for the sulfonamide antibiotics sulfadimidine, sulfadiazine, sulfadoxine, sulfaquinoxaline and sulfatroxazole. The evaluation of residues data found that some uses could be supported, while other uses had insufficient data to support their continued approval.
7. Consultation
8. Regulatory decision
In August 2000, the APVMA released the Sulfonamides review final report. The report found that sulfadimidine, sulfadiazine, sulfaquinoxaline, sulfadoxine and sulfatroxazole are safe for use in food-producing animals. However, the use of sulfadimidine/sulfadiazine combination products in food-producing animals required additional residue data to support their use and continued registration.
In the final review report, the APVMA recommended:
cancelling the registration of one anticoccidial product containing sulfadimidine because of insufficient data
establishing new MRLs for the use of sulfonamides in food-producing animals.
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9. Implementation
Gazette Sulfuramid 2 October 2001
Report Sulfonamides review final report August 2000
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Ochopee est une zone non incorporée du comté de Collier, en Floride, aux États-Unis. Elle est située à l'estt de l'intersection de l'U.S. Route 41 et de la State Road 29, proche de . La localité est connue pour posséder le plus petit bureau de poste des États-Unis.

Histoire
Avec l'ouverture officielle du Tamiami Trail en 1928, de nombreuses localités se sont créées le long de la route dont Ochopee. Des stations-services sont créées chaque 11 miles sur la route dont la station Monroe située sur la localité. Achetée par le National Park Service dans les années 1990, elle est ajoutée au registre national des lieux historiques le 11 mai 2020. La localité a reçu son nom lorsqu'un visiteur du magasin général a demandé au propriétaire comment s'appelait l'endroit. Un homme autochtone faisait du commerce dans le magasin ce jour-là, alors le propriétaire lui a demandé le mot séminole pour ferme. Le fermier a répondu "O-Chopp-ee".

Le lieu a tout d'abord accueilli une communauté uni-familiale de cultivateurs de tomates au début des années 1920. James Gaunt a acheté 97 hectares de terrain le long de l'U.S. Route 41 pour 100 dollars l'acre et a commencé son activité avec seulement des tentes de l'armée. Ochopee s'est développée autour de la ferme de tomates de Gaunt qui, dans les années 1940 employait près de . En 1930, un homme d'affaires de Miami, James Franklin Jaudon, s'installe à Ochopee et créé une plantation de canne à sucre, une distillerie de rhum, une ferme spécialisée dans les tomates et une exploitation forestière. Il devient également le premier maitre de poste de la localité. La Grande Dépression met fin à ses activités.

Le bureau de poste d'Ochopee est le plus petit bâtiment postal des États-Unis. Il s'agit d'un minuscule hangar sur l'U.S. Route 41, situé près d'Ochopee. Il est situé à environ 3 miles (5 km) à l'est de l'intersection de l'US 41 et de la State Road 29. Son code ZIP est 34141.

Le bâtiment était utiliser autrefois pour entreposer des tuyaux d'irrigation d'une ferme de tomates adjacente. Il est transformé en bureau de poste en 1953, après l'incendie du bureau de poste précédent d'Ochopee, situé dans le magasin de la Gaunt Company. Le bureau de poste est entièrement fonctionnel et dessert une zone de trois comtés, y compris les populations environnantes d'Amérindiens Miccosukee et Séminole. Les bus touristiques s'arrêtent souvent sur le site et l'employé de la poste est invité à oblitérer les lettres avec le cachet postal d'Ochopee.

La ferme et le village d'origine ont été progressivement incorporés dans la réserve nationale de Big Cypress, par le gouvernement fédéral, dans un vaste mouvement de conservation des Everglades. Quelques petites entreprises subsistent dans la localité ainsi que le siège de la réserve. Celle-ci occupe les bâtiments d'un ancien motel des années 1970, le Golden Lion Motor Inn. Jeff Whichello, un natif de la région, a écrit un livre sur son enfance intitulé .

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