Emergency preparedness is a way of life for those who truly know and understand the risk factors of life, travel, activity, etc. One never knows what events may end up causing an emergency and the need to act to prevent or minimize loss (person or property). Being prepared with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and equipment/tools to effectively respond to a myriad of scenarios is essential should an emergency suddenly invade your life.
There are several areas in everyone's life where the potential need to act in an emergency should motivate us to organize our lives and be prepared in every needful thing. This article will focus on those items and preparedness specific to traveling in our vehicles.
The following should be considered when traveling and preparing your vehicle for a potential emergency.
Vehicle size: The size of your vehicle may cause you to prioritize, and potentially limit, what items can be "stored" the compartments, nooks and crannies of your vehicle. For some individuals I work with, this is a very important consideration in choosing a vehicle. The thought of not having something they are skilled to use should an emergency occur is simply unacceptable.
Vehicle Occupants: Knowing who and how many travelers will be a part of your journey can obviously impact your preparations. Do you plan for the maximum number of travelers, or the usual number of riders?
Environmental Events: Weather can chance dramatically and swiftly is many parts of the country. Knowing the likelihood of the more common storms and weather-related risk factors can certainly influence your customized preparations.
Pre-Prepared Emergency Kits or Customized Homemade kits: There are a plethora of first aid kits, travel kits, and other packages on the market designed for vehicle placement from which to choose. However, building your own travel preparedness pack can allow you to include those specific items that you absolutely need.
Knowledge and Skills to Use the Items in Your Travel Preparedness Pack: Take the time to learn how to use all the emergency preparedness components that you will carry in your vehicle.
Carefully consider the items below for inclusion in your customized travel preparedness pack. Or, consider them as individual items. Either way, choose those best suited for you based on your unique circumstances and travel preparation goals.
First Aid Kit: This is an obvious preparedness item and knowing what items your kit contains and how to use them may make the difference between life and death. Remember, the role of a lay Good Samaritan in offering help to an injured person, in your vehicle or another, is to help maintain the viability of the victim until EMS arrives. And, just being ready for life's little bumps and scrapes is also very important. A future article will address the details of putting together your own first aid kit – the recommended items and their use.
Small Fire Extinguisher: Not all vehicle accidents will result in an exploding car and subsequent fire as Hollywood, whose job it is to increase our adrenaline release and generate excitement, would have us believe. However, the chance of a fire is real. The last car I was in where a fire was started, and thankfully the only one so far, was caused when snow from the window's exterior feel into the interior and onto the electronic window control panel on the arm rest. This happened because the window was lowered to scrape snow off the side mirror to enable a better view. Having a readily available vehicle fire extinguisher can immediately extinguish a small engine or electrical fire before it gets out of hand.
Emergency Flares, Cones, and Triangles: Each of these "warning" devices can alert other travelers to your road side presence if your vehicle breaks down or runs out of gas and you are forced to pull over to the curb. It may also offer some legal protection by showing that you displayed the appropriate warning signs should another driver accidently hit your vehicle on the side of the road.
Spare Tire w/ Jack and Lug Wrench: We all hate getting a flat tire and the inconvenience of the time and mess that will have to ensue to unleash the spared form its storage location, jack up the vehicle, take off the flat tire, and put on the spare. Now, if you have not ensured that your vehicle has a spare in it, multiply your frustration ten-fold.
Tool Kit & Gloves: Just imagine having the skills to fix something that has gone wrong with your vehicle, so you can get back on the road, but you don't have the tools to make that repair. At a very minimum your vehicle should include a basic tool set with torque wrench, multi-head screwdriver, rubber mallet, plier set, etc. I wish I could say that when I am working with tools I never perform a malfunction and damage my hand and fingers, but I can't. So, have a pair of work gloves to protect yourself as you go about your car repair efforts.
Flashlight: If you are to incur a flat tire at night or have other unexpected emergencies, the ability to illuminate the area and see what you are doing is essential. A flashlight can also be used to alert or flag down passerby's, or simply search for the preparedness tool in the dark.
Clothing for Inclement Weather: This becomes especially important when traveling in the winter or in a season of rain. Keeping warm and dry (or less cold) can help prevent hypothermia. An extra jacket, gloves, snow cap, etc. should be in every winter travel vehicle. Having a blanket can prove helpful in both cold and hot weather – cold to help keep us warm and hot to fan an individual suffering from heat exhaustion.
Snow brush & Ice Scraper: If you have ever returned to your car after being at work, at the store, enjoying some form of inside entertainment, and find the windows covered with snow or worst ice, you know the importance of the scraper. And no, the edge of a credit card is not effective.
Tow Strap: Whether your car needs to be towed a safe distance off the side of the road until a tow truck arrives or pulled out of a snow bank, a tow strap can make that happen. Or, it maybe that you are the Good Samaritan providing this service to some other unfortunate traveler, but one who will be grateful for your help.
Pocket Multi-tool: These gadgets come packed with so many little tools for a variety of uses, and so it simply makes sense to carry one with you at all times.
Tarp: Don't forget the helpfulness of a tarp should you have to get on the ground to change a tire or under the car to look for what might be making that annoying sound that has suddenly become evident.
Duct Tape: The ability of Duct Tape to temporarily fix almost anything is legendary. You will probably find numerous ways to use it outside besides securing some things in your car, and putting that assumption to the test can prove fun and beneficial.
Jumper Cables: How many times have I left my lights on, woke up to a dead battery, or simply needed my car to start and it would not . . . let me count the times. Again, whether it is you that needs the jump or another traveler in need, having jumper cables is a must.
Tire Air Pressure Gauge: Having your tires properly filled with the right air pressure can help save on your gas bill and travel more comfortably and safely. A tire pressure gauge is small, inexpensive, and may prove very helpful as you travel.
Tie-down straps: You might need tie-down straps when you pick up some 2×4's at the lumbar store, transport your favorite toy (motorcycle, snow machine, etc.), or haul a day's worth of yard work like branches. They are truly a convenience that can help in your preparedness.
Self-Defense Weapon: The fact is we live in a dangerous world. For those who have a permit to pack a firearm; having it safely stored, and yet readily accessible, is certainly a safety preparedness strategy worth considering. For those who choose not to travel with a firearm, a small bat of other useful self-defense instrument can be a travel tool that can enable us to should the unthinkable occur.
Gas Can: When you arrive at the gas station, by walking or hitchhiking, you will need to can to fill with gas. Yes, service stations usually carry a gas can, but having your own provides a little more convenience.
Cellphone Charger: A car-adapted cellphone charger allows you to charge your phone while your vehicle is running. No matter when you arrive at your destination or what functions you were running in route, you arrive with a fully charged phone.
Solar Cellphone Charger: If you enjoy camping, if your vehicle runs out of gas and you become stranded, or something else causes you to lose the charge in your cellphone, a solar charger can come in handy providing you with a charged phone at any time.
The following items may not be considered emergency preparedness tools or items, but their function may prove helpful in an emergency or in providing for a more manageable travel experience should something not work quite like you anticipated.
Drinking Water: Having a readily available water supply in your vehicle can not only help quench your thirst but can be used to clean a wound or clean an item that might need a cleaning before reuse. Of interest, a human body can survive more than three weeks without food, but a week seems to be the very longest a person could possibly survive without water.
High Energy Snacks: It's always more manageable and enjoyable to have something to snack on should you become stranded or for whatever reason, have the need to wait an unexpected and extended period of time.
Cash: It's only wise to keep some cash in your car should the time arise that you need to purchase something, and you left the house prepared.
Travel Game or Coloring Book: From an adult perspective, heaven forbid your cellphone not connect to the Internet and you can't view the news, scan the social media, or watch some YouTube. But, should the unthinkable happen having a game to help pass the time may make any extended wait a bit more doable. From a child perspective, something to help them pass the wait time can reduce the potential stress of a bored child.
Febreeze: This or any kind of air freshener may help relieve the stress of a nasal stressing experiencing that sometimes arise, especially when traveling with kids.
Diaper & Wipes: You certainly don't need to be changing a dirty diaper to know that the little conveniences are a multi-purpose cleaning marvel for anything spilled in your vehicle to the nasty and grimy "stuff" that can get on your hands and fingers in some really bizarre ways.
Garbage Bags: You can always use a place to toss the garbage that can accumulate during a road trip – the packaging from a convenient store or fast food restaurant stop, a dirty diaper, a spent diaper wipe, etc.
We strongly encourage that you become an emergency preparedness minded individual and travel the roads with the peace of mind that having these items in your vehicle can provide.


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We know that men now a day are very stylish and are very much sensitive about their appearance. Today fashion is not only limited to the girls it has spread all over the generations and specially in men. Today men are also very much style conscious and trend lover and they give great focus and importance eon their looks no matter which type of crowd they are facing.
So here today style and fashion is not only restricted to the outfits infract they include the whole package from head to toe and your over all combinations. So you need to know the perfect style combos to make your look captivating. Here today we rounded up some of the most appealing designs to wear dress shoes with jeans.
Here our current drafted presentation is affiliated with the display of some amazing and stunning ideas of dress up especially for the men that how they can pair their jeans with dress shoes in amazing captivating style. So in this regards our presented clump of pictures shows you that how you can make your look fascinating by wearing right type of jeans with right type of dress shoes to add some extra charm in your personality.
So firstly what the main thing you need to know is to wears the right type of jeans, we know that there are hundreds of kind of jeans but we advise you to avoid denim slim fit jeans which is tight from waist and legs to wear with dress shoes so you have to find the ideal jeans which is tapered fit from bottom, because boot cut jeans is not suitable and preferable with dress shoes.
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FORMER Socceroo Mark Bosnich believes a situation could arise where Central Coast Mariners coach Mike Mulvey might have no choice but to sign Usain Bolt to a permanent deal at the club.
The eight-time Olympic gold medallist is currently on an 'indefinite trial' with the A-League club, in the hope of winning a full-time contract.
"Just to reiterate what I said, it's the guy's dream to play professional football so he deserves a trial," Bosnich said on Fox Sports' Bill & Boz.
"For me, for it to work he doesn't have to be outstanding but he has to be at least competent. And that will remain to be seen so we saw a few pictures of him at the training.
Many have criticised the move as a gimmick or publicity stunt, but the Mariners maintain that they'll give the sprint star time to prove his worth.
"If it takes 12 months, I'll say that out loud, I'm happy for him to be here," Mariners coach Mike Mulvey said.
However, according to Bosnich, the head coach mightn't get the chance to make the final call on Bolt, if club owner Mike Charlesworth steps in and insists a deal is to be done.
Bolt was on hand, decked out in Mariners gear, to watch his team's 2-2 friendly draw with the Newcastle Jets in Maitland on Saturday.
The world's fastest man sat pitch side to take in the action but is expected to take to the field himself next Friday as the Mariners battle a Central Coast Select XI – broadcast live on Fox Sports.


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Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Khulna-2. He is a nephew of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and cousin of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Early life
Jewel is the second son of Sheikh Abu Naser, younger brother of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is his cousin.

Career
Jewel's house was attacked on 30 October 2014 by individuals with firearms. No one was harmed in the attack. He was elected to Parliament on 30 December 2018 from Khulna-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.

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Maya Wiley on Why Women—Especially Older Women—Make Great Leaders
Maya Wiley's campaign to be the first female mayor of New York City is picking up steam. Here, she tells us why the city (and the whole planet) needs more women at the top.
This year, we got the first female vice president of the U.S. Does that mean it's time for the first female mayor of our country's largest city? Maya Wiley thinks so. The former MSNBC legal analyst has mounted a solid campaign for the spot and has emerged as the top female candidate in a very crowded field in the Democratic primary on June 22nd. (Since New York is a heavily Democratic city, the winner of the primary is often the winner of the race in November.)
It's not about power; it's about people. That's why women do things.
In recent polling, Wiley is in fourth place behind front runner Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate, and two other men who hold positions in city government currently. Wiley has experience as an activist with civil rights organizations and served for several years as a legal counsel to the current mayor Bill de Blasio. She has won key endorsements from one of the city's most powerful labor unions, Emily's List, politicians, and celebrities, such as Kathy Griffin and Rosie O'Donnell.
In February, Wiley spoke at our Virtual Out Loud event. As her candidacy picks up steam, we want to spotlight her words of inspiration and wisdom, not just about politics, but about the potential of women our age to make a difference in society. Here's an edited version of my interview with her.
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Why could New York use a woman mayor?
We are in a historic crisis that has laid bare so much that was broken and showed so many people who were hurting before COVID struck. That means we need change makers, and who makes change? Women make change, particularly in a time when we have to pull together. And the divisions that we've seen because of Donald Trump and Trumpism–because it's not just Donald Trump as we saw with the insurrection on Jan. 6th. We have these divisions in all our communities and we in NY are not immune either. So we have to have leadership that pulls us together for a higher purpose, and it is a purpose that is going to create a path to prosperity for all of us.
Do you think women are more suited to bring people together?
I do. It's not because women are soft and touchy feely. That's the stereotype. It's because we listen and in order to do big bold things we actually have to do them in collaborative ways, and that's not softness. That's smarts. And we don't have the ego investment in being right because that's what gets us people like Donald Trump. Our investment is in people, family, and community and making sure people are taken care of. And we know that to do that we've got to partner. That's what we need in times of division, of crisis, of humanitarian pain. So many people hungry, so many lost family members. We need that.
Are we in a new era where women are truly claiming their power?
Absolutely, We done. We tired. I've been saying this to people. We are the calvary in a crisis. We are the defenders of democracy. We've seen too much tragically failed male leadership. We're not standing for it any more. I always quote Shirley Chisholm, "You can whimper and complain on the sidelines or you can make progress by implementing ideas." I think women are claiming that power that Shirley Chisholm was such a vocal proponent of.
Is this why I've read that a lot of countries doing the best with COVID are ones led by women?
In order to do big bold things we actually have to do them in collaborative ways.
This is what I'm talking about it. If we look at vaccine roll out and the disaster it's been in far too many cities–we're hearing communities who lost the most folks are not getting the vaccine. And that is fundamentally about a failure. Some of that is a failure of planning, but some of that is a failure of partnership. Of not recognizing the folks who know how to get info out to folks who are low income, who are essential workers, who may be struggling just to get enough food on the table. How to reach them, how to let them know the services that are available if they don't have technology to sign up for an appointment. It's women who figure that out.
It's part of what we saw with the testing crisis. Normally, if we make a mistake, we fix it. We don't let it happen again. We use it as an opportunity to get better. But partnering with communities is a big way we do that. That's why during a crisis like COVID you saw women leadership because it was getting folks together and getting them working together and getting it done.
Women in this 45-plus age group have so much experience, and it's wonderful to see them contributing what they've learned over their lives.
I think so much of what it menas to be a woman of our "ripeness" is that we have…we've been through it. We are a generation of women who hit the glass ceiling, who had to manage aging parents and take care of small children, and work and be the paycheck.
We've been through it and we know how to do it. One of the wonderful things about this age…I see it with my own daughters; they're their own fierce leaders in the world. Both give me a lot or inspiration and energy and hope. But it also frees me up. For so many of us, we're at an age where we're freed up; we're freed up to lean into the leaders that we are. We're able to claim that mantel and it's a wonderful place to be.
Our tagline is Age Boldly. What does that mean to you?
The author with Maya Wiley at the MSNBC studios in January 2020.
I'm running to be the next mayor of New York City, the largest city in the country. As large as city of Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston combined. And we've never had a woman mayor in our history. There have been 109 mayors, and we're 52 percent of the population. We do all the work to run this city, and we've never sat in the big chair.
Part of this aging with boldness for me is the deep privilege this stage of my life gives me to contest that. To say that is wrong. We're going to change that, but we're going to change it for all the right reasons, which is about our people. It's not about power; it's about people. That's why women do things.
What do you say to women who are trying to figure out the next chapter in their life?
Embrace it. Lean into it. Don't be afraid of it. Whatever it is that your passion is telling you to pursue, do it. Because it's calling you. I got called into this race. If I thought about it rationally, I wouldn't be running. I allowed my passion to call me and I believe deeply it's the right thing to do, and I just invite all of you to this joy of pursuing your passion.
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In this unique and lucid booklet and revered contemporary scholar, Shaykh Muhammad al-'uthamyeen addresses some of the ideological and sociological challenges faced by modern youth. Starting with an astute description of the state of contemporary young adults, he outlines major issues hindering their progress on the straight path of Islam. He not only covers current issues such as joblessness, estrangement between the young and their elders, and keeping good company but also discusses subjects predestination and the limits Islam places on individuals. In all instances al-'uthamyeen draws on the Quran and the authentic Sunnah to offer tangible solutions and to inspire the hearts of young people. The simplicity and straight forwardness of this work make even complicated issues easy to grasp. The wise advice the author offers is not only well presented but practical and compassionate. This book will benefit not only the young of the society but their parents and educators as well.


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Title: Thompsonville, Connecticut
Subject: Enfield, Connecticut, Enfield (CDOT station), John H. Jones and Carrie Otis Jones, Hartford County, Connecticut, East Windsor Hill Historic District
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Thompsonville is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Enfield in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population of the CDP was 8,577 at the 2010 census.[1]
Thompsonville was established in the 19th century as a carpet-manufacturing community. Orrin Thompson, from whom the community takes its name, built a dam across Freshwater Brook in 1828 and opened the first carpet mill in 1829. Thompson's first mill, named "White Mill", employed skilled weavers brought from Scotland. Initially its product was largely flat-woven ingrain carpeting, an inexpensive type of carpeting, but over time it added more expensive weaves, such as three-ply ingrain and loop brussels. The mill had 230 looms in operation as of 1846.[2]
Carpeting continued to be manufactured in Thompsonville until 1971, by which time most production had shifted to the southern United States.[2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.1 km2), of which 2.0 square miles (5.3 km2) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2), or 12.99%, is water.[1] Thompsonville is located on the east bank of the Connecticut River and is bounded by Interstate 91 to the east. U.S. Route 5 (Enfield Street) is the main road through the village, leading north to Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and into Springfield, and south through East and South Windsor to East Hartford. Connecticut Route 190 crosses Route 5, leading west across the Connecticut River into Suffield and east to Hazardville.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 8,125 people, 3,442 households, and 1,896 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,797.9 people per square mile (1,465.9/km2). There were 3,728 housing units at an average density of 1,742.6 per square mile (672.6/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.01% White, 3.96% African American, 0.33% Native American, 1.61% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.50% from other races, and 2.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.70% of the population.
There were 3,442 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were married couples living together, 17.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.9% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 16.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $39,154, and the median income for a family was $42,692. Males had a median income of $38,000 versus $29,550 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $19,851. About 7.3% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.
^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Thompsonville CDP, Connecticut". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
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Home 2009: 8 From exploitative "development" to sexual exploitation
From exploitative "development" to sexual exploitation
Prema Devaraj
One of the big problems in the two north Borneo states is the exploitative development that has caused havoc especially in the interior of the region. Prema Devaraj looks at how this exploitation has extended to the sexual exploitation of marginalised indigenous girls and women. A more holistic and sustainable development model is needed to put an end to it.
It took a year for the allegations of sexual abuse of Penan women and children, which first came to light in September 2008, to be confirmed. The Malaysian public were told "Yes, it's true" in September 2009 when the report from the National Taskforce investigating these allegations was finally made public (1). Again, just like a year ago, we heard a round of calls for perpetrators to be brought to justice, denials by some Sarawak State officials and their supporters with counter accusations of bad NGOs and third party interference plus the usual NGO "non-cooperation" accusations by the police (2, 3).
So what do we know?
Yes, there have been incidences of sexual abuse/sexual exploitation of Penan women and children in the Baram region. However the full extent of these abuses/exploitation (i.e. the number of incidences and different indigenous communities affected) has not yet been determined. The situation seems complex with a variety of occurring scenarios (1).
• There are cases of molestation by drivers when children board vehicles on their journey to or from school.
• There are incidences of rape of women by employees of the logging camps.
• Then there are also instances of young women living in poverty in the interiors being enticed into sexual activity with promises of a better life in the city, or with promises of a job in the city or simply with gifts of cash or kind, sometimes given to their parents.
• There are also women who marry employees of the logging company only to be deserted once the logging company ceases operations in that particular area (4).
• There are allegations of government officials who demand 'a girl for the evening' when they visit long houses (5).
These incidences are not just recent happenings – they have been going on for a few years now. Why has it taken so long for it to surface?
Difficulty of the victims
Disclosing incidences of sexual assault or exploitation can be extremely difficult for many victims. It can take a long time for someone to disclose an incident (if at all) depending on a variety of factors including how fearful they are, the level of support they have and the level of trust they have for the people around them.
Disclosing an incident of sexual abuse or exploitation to someone is very different from wanting to lodge a police report about it. Some victims may not want to go public about their victimization. Facing the criminal justice system can be daunting and some may fear the possibility of repercussions from the perpetrators. Some just want to let people know that it is happening and hopefully someone will do something about it.
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Accessing help from state authorities when one lives in the interiors of Sarawak can be extremely difficult. Many indigenous communities are living in remote areas, often lacking in basic infrastructure and facilities. The existing poverty levels make it difficult for them to afford independent travel to the closest town to lodge complaints to the authorities. Their isolation, combined with the poverty levels often result in many of them being dependent on the logging companies (who employ some of the alleged perpetrators) in their area for basic transport and other amenities.
Added to this is the palpable lack of trust many indigenous communities have towards state authorities and agencies (5). So although the victims or their families may have come into contact with state authorities or agencies, they may not have disclosed the incidents to them. Some claim state authorities/school authorities do not believe them. Others have alleged that state authorities have close links with the logging companies with retired government personnel being placed in charge of security or given senior positions in the companies. Worse still are the claims that some state agency representatives are directly involved in the sexual exploitation of women. How has this situation arisen?
The local situation
Over the last 20 years (at least), the Sarawak state government has pursued a concept of development where land is viewed as a resource which should be exploited for maximum commercial benefit. This has meant that land has been 'developed' by various projects including deforestation, logging, mining, oil palm plantation development, tree plantation and infrastructure, hydroelectric projects and tourist developments.
Many of these projects have encroached upon and destroyed native customary land. This approach to land usage and development is in stark contrast with the indigenous peoples' concept of land stewardship and their relationship to the land. It has resulted in an ongoing battle between indigenous communities and the state government over the rights to native customary land on which development projects have been planned and implemented (6).
Over the years, many indigenous communities have protested these types of land 'development' schemes which have destroyed their land, their livelihoods and their culture. Many have taken (or tried to take) their cases to court. But by and large, their claims to native customary land rights have been ignored or lost. There are numerous accounts of how the state government was quick to mobilise police, special field forces, forest department officials and amended laws to push this type of 'development' through. Indigenous peoples who protested were treated as 'obstacles' to development especially those who erected blockades. It was common to hear of indigenous peoples being arrested, harassed, subjected to ill treatment with the use of physical force, tear gassed and imprisoned (6). The most recent incident was the arrest of a group of indigenous people and activists who wanted to hand over a petition to the Chief Minister of Sarawak regarding the proposed Murum Dam, which will see about a thousand indigenous people being uprooted from their homes on native customary land and resettled elsewhere (7,8).
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The lack of recognition of native customary land rights by the state government, the many amendments to land legislation which resulted in the curtailment of native customary claims and the often painful experience of land development schemes has left many indigenous communities disillusioned and distrustful of the state government's intentions towards them (9). Their mistrust is exacerbated by the activities of some private companies engaged in a variety of 'land development' schemes (sanctioned by the state government) which have behaved in an utterly disrespectful and unaccountable manner when it comes to native customary rights matters (9). In many instances, the indigenous communities have had to negotiate with these companies instead of the state regarding their native customary claims.
This tenacious pursuing of 'development' by the state has resulted not only in a loss of trust of the indigenous people towards them but worse, an enormous power differential between state authorities (including their corporate partners/local consortiums) and the indigenous communities. Many of the indigenous communities have been left in an extremely vulnerable position — displaced from their land, culture and security.
Contextualising the sexual exploitation
The sexual exploitation of indigenous women in the interiors of Sarawak should be viewed against a background of indigenous people being displaced from their land, culture and security. It is a direct consequence of a model of development which disregards the rights of indigenous communities. The existing power differential between the state and the indigenous people in the interiors of Sarawak has created a situation where many indigenous communities continue to be isolated, live in poverty (10), are disempowered and are marginalised. They are thus easily exploitable, including the occurrence of sexual abuse or exploitation of their women and children.
Are protests anti-development?
If the commercial exploitation of land in Sarawak is placing people at risk, are we then saying stop all development? Are indigenous peoples against genuine development? Are NGO types trying to keep indigenous people in the forest? Far from it. Indigenous people want development and a future for their children. But, as aptly put by an indigenous person, "Development does not mean stealing our land, our culture and our dignity as human beings. That is not development, but theft." (9)
One has to ask that if the commercialisation of land is the only way of progress, why is it that so many indigenous peoples still do not have decent access to health, education, identity documents and infra-structure? So, really, who does this type of development benefit?
There are of course state-conducted poverty eradication programmes and other measures taken by the state to address some of the problems indigenous peoples face. But these efforts are insufficient and hampered by a lack of respect towards indigenous peoples and their cultures (5). The government claims they are bringing indigenous people into the mainstream of development and that indigenous people must "change their attitudes" (9).
But what does this really mean to the indigenous people? They have seen the impact of measuring development purely in terms of economic growth. With the variety of development projects implemented in Sarawak including the hydro-electric dams, deforestation and plantation schemes, many have witnessed a growing social injustice, an amplified gap between the rich and the poor, more environmental degradation, less sustainable use of resources, and a loss of autonomy over their own lives.
READ MORE: Sarawak election: Who is in the mix?
These types of development projects have resulted in family and community breakdown, social dislocation, alienation and a degradation of moral and spiritual values, as well as, a loss of their culture (9). If indigenous communities have seen this why then should they follow the same concept of development? It is no wonder that they protest this type of development.
We urgently need to seek alternatives to the present concept of development that is being pursued. We need an alternative model where indigenous people are placed in control of their lives and their future, where they are consulted, where issues such as social equity, morality, sustainability, food security, sound environmental management become part of the equation of development, where there is respect for adat, culture, local experiences and skills (11).
There is no shortage of guidelines or principles for one to act on. We have a long list including:
• the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948;
• the Federal Constitution of Malaysia 1957;
• the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1979;
• the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1989;
• the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of Sarawak, Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia 1993;
• the Malaysian Human Rights Charter 1994;
• the UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007 and so on.
We cannot continue to keep silent for then we become complicit in what is happening. Our voices of protest must be loud enough to be heard and also constructive enough to create the change we want for this country and for fellow Malaysians, including our indigenous sisters and brothers. Will we rise to this challenge?
1. Laporan Jawatankuasa Bertindak Peringkat Kebangsaan Bagi Menyiasat Dakwaan Penderaan Seksual Terhadap Wanita Kaum Penan di Sarawak (2009) (www.jpw.gov.my)
2. NST, 25 Sept 2009 'Penan sex claim is baseless, says Jabu'
3. The Star, 15 Sept 2009, 'Cops: NGOs not helping'
4. NST 5 Oct 2008, 'Loggers marry Penan Women'
5. Conversations with local and indigenous activists
6. 'Not development but theft' – The testimony of Penan communities in Sarawak (2000)
7. The Star, 17 Sept 2009, 'Murum Penans face eviction'
8. The Borneo Post, 17 Sept 2009, 'Dam protestors held for illegal assembly'
9. 'Tanah pengidup kitai (Our land is our livelihood): The undermining of indigenous land rights and the victimisation of indigenous people in Sarawak' (1999)
10. 'Penan in Ulu Belaga: Right to land and socio-economic development', Suhakam (2007)
11. 'Legal Perspectives on Native Customary Land Rights in Sarawak', Suhakam (2008)
Dr Prema, an Aliran exco member, is the Programme Director of Women's Centre for Change (WCC).
Penan
Dr Prema Devaraj is the honorary assisant secretary of Aliran. A long-time executive committee member, she was elected Aliran's first woman president in 2016 and served for three terms until 2019.


As Obama Golfs with UBS CEO Days After Firm Avoids Criminal Prosecution, UBS Whistleblower Given 40-Month Jail Term | Democracy Now!
reporter with ProPublica. Her latest article is UBS and the Taxpayers' Hidden Billions.
executive director of the National Whistleblowers Center.
JUAN GONZALEZ: On the first day of his vacation in Martha's Vineyard, President Obama spent five hours golfing with Robert Wolf, the president of UBS Investment Bank and the chairman and CEO of UBS Group Americas. Wolf, an early financial backer of Obama's presidential campaign, raised $250,000 for him back in 2006 and in February was appointed by Obama to the White House's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.
While Wolf shared a tee time with the President of the United States, another UBS banker, Bradley Birkenfeld, had just been handed a forty-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to assisting a client at UBS evade taxes. It was the first sentencing of the massive UBS tax case.
Three days earlier, UBS had struck a deal with US tax authorities to disclose the identities of about 4,500 of its American clients who are suspected of hiding assets and evading taxes through secret Swiss accounts. The amounts are said to add up to billions. UBS struck a separate settlement in February to avoid criminal prosecution, admitting to helping wealthy Americans dodge their tax obligations and agreeing to pay $780 million in penalties.
AMY GOODMAN: Where does Bradley Birkenfeld fit in? On his own initiative, he blew the whistle on UBS. His disclosure and cooperation with US authorities provided inside information into the bank's conduct and sparked the massive federal investigation. The forty-month sentence Birkenfeld received, after coming forward and pleading guilty to facilitating offshore tax evasion himself, was harsher than his attorney and even the prosecutors had expected.
For more on this story, we're joined in our firehouse studio by Sharona Coutts, a reporter with ProPublica, has been covering UBS story. Her latest article is "UBS and the Taxpayers' Hidden Billions." And in Washington, DC, we're joined by Stephen Kohn, the executive director of the National Whistleblowers Center.
We welcome you both to Democracy Now! Sharona, let's talk to you first about UBS, one of its original names actually Union Bank of Switzerland. The significance of what this bank has done? Fined $780 million for exactly what?
SHARONA COUTTS: Well, basically the — technically, that huge amount of money was broken down into different buckets. Part of it was to simply pay the taxes that were supposed to be owing. It's not the entire amount of taxes owing. Part of it was penalties and disgorgement of profits, although, according to the legal documents, this business, this part of UBS's business, where they were helping their US clients — they were, you know, helping them avoid US taxes — that earned them $200 million a year. And it started — the dates that are being used are between 2001 and 2007. So, in profits alone, I mean, that's more than the $780 million that they've had to hand over.
AMY GOODMAN: But the fact of the matter is, right, I mean, on the one hand, UBS had to pay the US government $780 million, but they had just gotten two-and-a-half billion dollars in a backdoor bailout from the bailed-out insurance company AIG.
SHARONA COUTTS: Yeah, look, there's money flowing everywhere. I mean, these companies are so huge. I don't know. I mean, I don't think that you can really try and get to a point where you're going to have it flat, you know, that there's — and the $780 million, as I just said, doesn't even equal the profits they made. That's not even talking about the amount of taxes that should have flowed to US Treasury that did not as a result of their conduct, that they've admitted was wrongful.
JUAN GONZALEZ: Stephen Kohn, executive director of National Whistleblowers Center, where does Bradley Birkenfeld fit in? How did he become a whistleblower in this case?
STEPHEN KOHN: Well, Brad, he voluntarily contacted the Justice Department, Congress, the SEC, provided a wealth of information about UBS's illegal activities. He was the quintessential whistleblower, an insider who had responsibility, had contact with the schemes, and turned it over voluntarily. This was an unprecedented amount of information about secret bank activities and money laundering.
AMY GOODMAN: Explain exactly Bradley Birkenfeld's role. Who was he — what was his position at UBS? And talk about, oh, like the diamonds in the toothpaste tube.
STEPHEN KOHN: Well, essentially, UBS, in my view, from what I've looked at, had set up an institutional criminal conspiracy to help millionaire — multimillionaires and billionaires in the United States avoid taxes. They had a major wealth group. Bradley was part of that. And their whole process —- and this was not just one or two rogue employees; this was official bank policy, thousands and thousands of accounts. Who are these people? What positions of influence do they hold in the United States? These are people who have set up secret accounts to avoid paying billions in taxes.
And Bradley became the whistleblower. He saw what was happening, and he went to the other side. And this is unprecedented in Swiss bank history. I mean, the Swiss banks are known for their secrecy. That secrecy is protected under Swiss law. What he did was courageous, in the sense that he can never return to Switzerland. He's a traitor there. And he turned over the banking information that has permitted this unprecedented investigation. It was his information that entitled the government to collect the $700 billion-plus, his information that has led to this deal to turn over four or five thousand names. But he has a lot more information that he's given to the government, and instead of protecting him and using him as the resource, they indicted him and are sending him to prison. Why is that shocking?
SHARONA COUTTS: Yeah, I just — I mean, look, obviously what Mr. Birkenfeld did was really useful, valuable. It's basically been the sort of key that's just opened this entire door to this area that for years has basically escaped prosecution. I mean, why does anyone have a Swiss bank account, you know? It's like, we know, we have known for a long time, that it's, in many cases, to avoid taxes. But I don't think we should necessarily hagiofy Mr. Birkenfeld.
I mean, the way that this case — my understanding of it, at least; and, you know, if I'm wrong, I want to be corrected — but the way that it came about was actually through an IRS investigation of his most important client, who was a California real estate tycoon, I guess, a guy who, you know, came from a Russian family. And he had basically set up this web of shell companies in lots of different jurisdictions that are known for housing hidden accounts in order to hide income and therefore avoid taxes. So that's my understanding of how the authorities became aware of Mr. Birkenfeld. So, I mean, you know, the guy did smuggle diamonds in a tube of toothpaste into the United States so that he could give them to this California client.
AMY GOODMAN: —- they're bringing in, well, like diamonds in the toothpaste tube.
SHARONA COUTTS: Well, it's an amazing — it's like a spy story, you know. I mean, these guys, they would very frequently come into the United States. They would lie to immigration officials, because they would say on the immigration forms that they were here for tourism. And that's an offense, to lie on those forms. They were here for business. They would occasionally say that they were here to visit family members. And my understanding is those family members didn't always exist, you know, and the dates of their visits coincide with things like, you know, the Miami art fair, so they were there prospecting for wealthy individuals whose business they wanted to win. And so, there was this huge apparatus, you know, that was going on.
And Mr. Birkenfeld was part of that. And why did he bring the diamonds in? Well, it's because his client in California wanted to access some of those assets that were hidden in Switzerland. You can't bring cash across; it's too risky. And if you turn up at a bank with, you know, a few million dollars in cash, they're going to report that, one would hope. But I guess the hope was if he was able to sell the diamonds, he'd be able to then get the cash from it. So that's what was going on.
JUAN GONZALEZ: I'd like to ask Stephen Kohn, the original government investigation into this said that there were 52,000 Americans that were clients of UBS involved in these accounts, but the Obama administration eventually settled on just turning over the names of 4,500 of these. Seems like most of the people involved are getting away scot-free, and it's not clear whether any of the 4,500 will end up being prosecuted once UBS turns those names over. Your reaction to that settlement that was announced not too long ago?
STEPHEN KOHN: Yeah, it's just very strange. Brad did turn over the 52,000 account identifications.
I also just want to correct the record: he initiated his cooperation with the United States before he was indicted and before he even knew that he might be indicted. So his becoming a whistleblower was not in response to an indictment and a plea deal; it was prior.
But the whole case is puzzling, because if the United States wants to crack tax fraud, if they want to crack money laundering or stop these practices in secret banks, why are they putting into prison for forty months the whistleblower? The billionaire to whom he was serving got probation. How are they ever going to get another banker to step forward and cooperate with an investigation?
And I agree with you with the —- why aren't they going after the 52,000? UBS does a tremendous amount of business in the United States. The government has leverage over that bank. They don't have to make sweetheart deals with them.
AMY GOODMAN: I mean, it's very interesting, Stephen Kohn, that the judge, Federal Judge William Zloch in the Fort Lauderdale court, slapped him with a harsher sentence than the prosecutors asked for.
STEPHEN KOHN: I think that the concept of a high-ranking bank whistleblower is still very rare. I don't think the judge in the court fully understood it. I don't even think the Justice Department actually understands what is unfolding.
In other areas of whistleblowing, especially government contracting, the government has become used to people stepping forward, revealing billion-dollar frauds, and working with those — they call them "relators" and "whistleblowers" — to uncover the fraud and bring companies to justice.
This is the first major tax whistleblower since Congress enacted a law encouraging people just like Bradley to step forward with information. I think it's new territory. And I think they don't understand the pricelessness of getting someone like Bradley in that inside position. Face it, you're not in those boardrooms if you're a boy scout. But the point of the law is to get the insider to come out with the information. Without that, you'll never have a case. But by putting the insider, not inside the Justice Department's criminal investigatory task force, putting him in jail, serves no purpose. It undermines public policy.


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The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) has announced that the winner of the inaugural CANSO Award of Excellence in ATM 2019 is Aireon, NATS and NAV CANADA for their joint project to deploy space-based ADS-B in the North Atlantic. CANSO Members voted for the winner following presentations by the six shortlisted nominees at the CANSO Global ATM Summit in Geneva on 18 June. Read Full Press Release
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Paris is one of my most favourite cities in the world. I visited when I was a teenager, and loved exploring the city.
Paris has so much to offer to any type of traveller.
As a teenager I loved nothing more than walking around, getting lost and just exploring all the different sites on offer.
Last year my family and I also visited Disneyland Paris for the first time. We loved it so much that we returned again earlier this year for Superhero season.
Paris really does offer so much.
Whether it's a romantic city break for two, a solo trip of self-discovery or a family trip, you're bound to have a wonderful time.
Going back to when I was a teenager, one of my fondest memories is going to see the Eiffel Tower. This iconic landmark is not to be missed! It's a must see attraction for anyone visiting Paris. When I went, I was able to go up to the second-floor viewing deck and admire the spectacular views over Paris.
It's amazing how much you can see from being that high up. Notre Dame Cathedral, the Arc de Triomphe and the Seine River.
Sometimes if you book online before you go, you can find a good deal and skip the queues which is always worth it!
As mentioned above, I also went to Paris last year, when my family and I went to Disneyland. We didn't get the chance to explore Paris with the kids, but we did make the most of the magic of Disneyland. We booked to stay in the Disneyland Hotel, but there are also plenty of other off-site accommodation options in Paris such as Fraser Suites.
If you're going for a romantic break, or perhaps a girls trip, then I can highly recommend the Moulin Rouge show.
Full of colour, extravagance, drama, dancing and music, it's not to be missed! The elaborately dressed show girls dominate the stage, and you can also choose to include a French feast and fine Champagne before the show starts should you wish to!
If you're into your art, then the Louvre Museum is a must see. Home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Louvre is considered the world's greatest art museum, with an unparalleled collection of items covering the full spectrum of art through the ages.
Whatever you decide to do when in Paris, I would suggest that you take a little while to just sit outside a cafe and watch the world go by. There really is something quite enchanting about Paris!


Fingers crossed I don't accidentally start a chain of events that leads to a world war, but last week I shot a bunch of fun stuff with comedian, chum and part-time Actual Turkish Prince Naz Osmanoglu. It's for his Edinburgh show 'The Naz Show', so if you're North Of The Wall this month, do go and check it out. Hopefully post-fringe you'll be able to enjoy it on this old internet we've got here.
Also if you are at the Edinburgh Fringe and really miss me and my audio-visual treats (and WHO DOESN'T FOR THE LOVE OF HECK?) you can also hear my dulcet tones and audio production in Steve Bugeja's show 'Summer Camp'.


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Q: Profile Image of user commented on facebook post How can i retrieve the facebook post with the commnts and the profile pictures of the user through the single graph api call?

A: You must use batch requests in order to do that, the first request gets the comment and the seconds uses its results to get the pictures.
You should provide the batch parameter with the request as following:
batch=[
    {
        "method":"GET",
        "name":"get-comments","relative_url":"<SOME POST ID>/comments",
    },
    {
        "method":"GET",
        "relative_url":"?ids={result=get-comments:$.data.*.from.id}&fields=picture"
    }
]

A: No need to fetch the image if you have the user_id of the commentor.
The URL to get the profile picture is

http://graph.facebook.com/{user_id}/picture

Infact, you can get three types of profile picture by using the graph API. That is,

*

*http://graph.facebook.com/{user_id}/picture?type=small

*http://graph.facebook.com/{user_id}/picture?type=square

*http://graph.facebook.com/{user_id}/picture?type=large

P.S: I guess the types are self explanatory.

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package volumeplugin

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	"github.com/pkg/errors"
	"github.com/rancher/go-rancher/v2"
)

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	fields := logrus.Fields{}
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		fields["name"] = request.Name
	}
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		fields["options"] = request.Options
	}
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}

func logResponse(action, name string, response *volume.Response, output *CmdOutput) {
	fields := logrus.Fields{}
	fields["name"] = name
	if response.Mountpoint != "" {
		fields["mountpoint"] = response.Mountpoint
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func volErr(err error) volume.Response {
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	}
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func errorToResponse(err error) volume.Response {
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	}
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func getOptions(vol *client.Volume) map[string]string {
	if vol == nil {
		return nil
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		result[k] = fmt.Sprint(v)
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		for k, v := range d {
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		data = map[string]string{}
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	if err != nil {
		// This really shouldn't ever happen
		panic(err)
	}
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Barbara Risman, UIC Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor, joined the podcast 4 Questions to discuss her new book, Where the Millennials Will Take Us: A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure. The podcast is hosted by sociologist Alice Evans, King's College London.
Click the links to listen on Soundcloud or Apple podcasts.