Nearly two years after Mayor de Blasio announced a plan to create 15,000 units of supportive housing to deal with the homelessness crisis, just 48 units are ready and occupied, The Post has learned.
Top city officials had initially said at least 250 units would be operating in 2016 — the first year of the initiative — but didn't manage to sign the first contracts with providers until December 2016.
Since then, only 48 of the 550 units promised under those contracts have come to fruition, a delay that advocates say stems from the administration's inability to find enough landlords willing to participate.
"There's a real challenge in New York City right now — which is too many rental vouchers chasing too few affordable apartments," said JoAnne Page, CEO of The Fortune Society, a nonprofit serving the formerly incarcerated.
City officials announced the $2.6 billion plan in November 2015, calling for 7,500 units to be newly constructed and 7,500 units to be leased with vouchers at so-called "scattered" sites.
Residents in supportive housing get additional services to help deal with health, social and addiction issues.
But some affordable-housing experts said the glut of rental vouchers exceeds availability by such a large margin that the city should rethink its plan — even if it causes delays.
Department of Social Services Commissioner Steven Banks insists the program is proceeding as planned, with 87 people set to be placed in new units by the end of October.
An additional 144 homeless individuals have already been matched with providers for placement.
Banks said giving the task force six months to make recommendations in 2016 was pivotal for making sure the initiative was set up properly.
He also said the format for funding the program — with expenses for rent separate from those for resident services — means the vouchers won't lose value as rents go up.
"We're on track to get 500 clients into housing by the end of the year," he said.


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Escape to the country for a luxury overnighter at this relaxing Berkshire bolthole – top nosh and quality starfishing await.
Kids dropped off, we were wheel spinning out of the drive to get to the Hurley House Hotel. Mr Muddy and I were just a teeny bit excited to be staying at this chic boutique bolthole in the picturesque riverside village of Hurley in Berkshire. It's not that we don't get out much, that's simply not possible on Muddy, but a whole 24 hours of proper grown up conversation, a night of copious gins and bit of R&R is exactly what these two frazzled parents needed.
Hurley House is nestled between Marlow and Henley with the Chiltern Hills just to the north. It's really pretty and the Thames path provides lots of great walks (albeit muddy ones) plus you're close to Ascot Racecourse, Stonor Park, Windsor Castle and the gastronomic haven of Bray. But the biggest draw is the exquisite food, their a la carte menus feature incredible dishes with flavours that pack a punch.
To say the hotel's undergone a bit of a refurbishment, is an understatement. It was bulldozed in 2016 and built from scratch, costing a eye-watering £6million to perform architectural CPR. You're not going to find a rich history here, but there's plenty of character in the bar and restaurant areas. Every detail's been thought of to create a feeling of being cocooned in a country inn but one so luxurious, you'll never want to leave. A lifetime of loafing here, hell yeah. If the history nerds get restless, pack them off into the village to get their Time Team fix at the 11th century priory. Traditionally this would be me. I love a crumbling wreck, but my head's been turned by modern rustic loveliness and, until I check out, all eyes are on the drinks, food and divine décor.
The first thing you notice? The place is absolutely spotless. I bet the snagging list was like a copy of War & Peace. I challenge you to find anything from a speck of dust to a dirty mark on the wall. Inside you'll find a stylish bar area full of comfy sofas and wingback chairs arranged around a wood burner. There's loads of exposed brick, a mix of industrial and art deco style lighting and a dimly-lit dining room with green banquettes. You know how I love a banquette.
The garden is perfect for the summer months, with plenty of seating and an outside bar area to encourage yet more loafing when the weather warms up. The proximity of a fairly busy main road is the only downer, but you don't notice any passing traffic in the bar, dining room or bedrooms. And by the time you realise you'll probably be on your their gin anyway *hic.
The 10 rooms are split over two levels. The rooms are a bit 50 shades of grey (with or without any naughtiness), they were bright, homely with exposed beams, monogrammed bedding, towels and dressing gowns (and, no, I didn't smuggle the ridiculously fluffy robes in the Muddy holdall). You'll even find those new clothbound Penguin classics (with the price tag still stuck on the back, oops – £15 each).
The bathroom ticked all the boutique hotel boxes. Freestanding bath, lush walk-in shower and quality miniature products. Talking of miniatures, the mini bar is tucked out of sight, so you can enjoy your room without an ugly fridge to tarnish the view. Bottle of wine, posh snacks and a Nespresso machine. It'll be a miracle if I make it out the room.
As for our proper grown up dinner, well the menu relies on top quality ingredients and tried-and-tested pairings, but I have to mention the bread. The phrase 'no carbs before Marbs' is alien to me. I bloody love carbs and in the words of Rick Astley I'm NEVER gonna give you up. The bread at Hurley House is freshly baked and comes in a cute cloth bag, but the butter's something else. It's aerated! It's a new one on me, but it makes it super light in texture. Sadly doesn't have the same effect on the scales.
Having OD'd on bread and butter, the starters arrived. I tucked into the Cornish brown crab with blood orange, cucumber and watermelon radish (you can take the girl of the West Country, and all that), while Mr Muddy went for Blow-torched Brixham mackerel with celeriac remoulade and apple (starters from £7.50). Proper lush. The next dish was duck with a confit leg croquette, heritage beetroots, radicchio and hazelnuts (£26) and Mr M predictably had the Herefordshire fillet of beef (£30). Portion sizes were good and cooked to perfection.
Having packed our roomiest clothes that stopped short of being a muumuu we pressed on with pudding. Salted caramel tart for himself and a tangy Yorkshire rhubarb crumble for me (proper old school). I can't fault the food or the service – and others agree. The restaurant was packed with buzzing diners all wowed by the dishes being placed before them. Although the majority of guests are couples, there are plenty of groups having a meal and hanging in the bar.
Stuffed, we rolled over to the comfy bar area, knocked back a few gins, giggled a lot, before retiring to Room 6 to eek out the peace and tranquility for just a bit of longer. I love my boys but, every now and then, I could love the escapism of Hurley House just as much.
Good for: frazzled couples needing a night away, romantic breaks, foodies and groups of friends wanting a sophisticated shindig.
Not for: those on a tight budget or couples with very young children.
£££: It's not cheap, but I'd say you get a lot of bang for your buck. Our room, a superior costs from £200 and a standard is from £140. Look out for special offers. Breakfast is included, bloater bonus. I had the full English. It was very good.


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George Washington and the Establishment of the Federal Government
First Edition| ©2020 Denver Brunsman
This document collection illustrates how George Washington and other leaders responded to critical issues surrounding the establishment of the federal government, including the power of the executive branch, the rights of enslaved workers and other marginalized groups, and the role, if any, of po...
This document collection illustrates how George Washington and other leaders responded to critical issues surrounding the establishment of the federal government, including the power of the executive branch, the rights of enslaved workers and other marginalized groups, and the role, if any, of political parties. After completing the unit, students should be able to answer the central question: What were the challenges of establishing the federal government, and how successfully did George Washington and his administration answer these challenges?
Through this unit, students will engage with primary sources, an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical background.
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George Washington's Annotated Copy of the Constitution in
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Catherine Sawbridge Macaulay Graham, January 9, 1790
George Washington, Letter from George Washington to the
Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, August 18, 1790
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George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796
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Denver Brunsman is Associate Professor of History at George Washington University, where his courses include "George Washington and His World," taught annually at Mount Vernon. He is the author of The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World and the coauthor of Leading Change: George Washington and Establishing the Presidency, among other works.

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Since so many of us are animal lovers, I decided to make it about them today.
Hoping to bring a smile on a Friday afternoon..
Majestic Bert, Chan Chu, Lu Hi, and Clara; driving me nuts for snacks...while I read. Love my fur babies.
It's Friday. How About A Little Zombie Action?
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Asia Rugby Praises Qatar's Organization of West Asia Rugby Championship
By A Robin - October 18, 2021
West Asia Rugby Championship
Asia Rugby praised the distinguished organization of the West Asia Rugby 7s trophy 2021 recently hosted by Doha at Aspire Stadium, during which Qatar's team won the men's bronze and the women's silver.
Asia Rugby noted that Qatar has always been a preferred destination for organizing and hosting rugby tournaments, in addition to having the best sports facilities and equipment and all the conditions necessary for the success of any tournament.
The regional association noted the high level organization of the tournament at the continental level, praising the provision of all ingredients for success, starting with the wonderful reception of the participating delegations, the allocation of very distinguished accommodation, the provision of training grounds for teams and the quality of transportation.
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May 30, 2011 May 30, 2011 C. Hannibal cinema culture, cultural history, digital media
A Vision Inspiring from Paradise
When news hit that visual storyteller Tim Hetherington died last month in Libya, it sent a huge emotional shockwave through the community of not just the news industry, but photographers and people dedicated to working with images. He was a hero, a skilled practitioner and one of the bravest to hold a camera in a war zone. I finally watched one of his last works, an almost 20min film that blends war footage with footage of his times in Europe. Powerful and deep. Check it out.
One of the things I'm finding most difficult in getting my photojournalism and visual storytelling on is telling a tight story. What I mean is, just showing images is the easy part. I can do that. But, putting things together in image and sound and making sense and always having a storyline, shit, man, that's the challenge. You can shoot all you want and pop it into Final Cut and spit out a long showcase of the things you "see". Making it all tell a story and having that good narrative is the stuff of experience, practice—-unless you're just gifted like that, which I'm not.
I know Tim would probably be proud to know that his work will inspire–forever. Solid storytelling and the bravery it takes to get the facts and images stimulates an understanding of time and history.
If you're in the New York area this summer check out Tim's work in an exhibition setting at the Aperture Foundation, through Thursday, June 23 (10:00 am–6:00 pm most days). More info is here.
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Anti-War Message, In My Name
Like any other vain writer-type kinda guy, I Google myself. I know that sounds inappropriate, but we all do it. Just today, taking a break at my old pals crib in San Antonio (yes, I'm decompressing from SXSW '08) I came across this sincere attempt at some kind of emo-esque anti-war rock jam by State Radio. It's a finely shot video about a jailed conscientious objector who bears my first name. The video is an indictment against this bloody, dragged out war we're fighting in oil land, and takes more than some cues from Fahrenheit 9/11. Well, check it out. It was eerie to hear my name sung in a chorus like that, but ever eerie-er that it's referring to some young man locked down for not supporting some crooked politics.


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NFL Divisional Playoffs Preview: Part Two (The Picks)
Posted on January 9, 2015 by Ross Gariepy
In case you missed it, I posted Part One of my Divisional Round Preview earlier Friday. It featured some general NFL news and my favorite prop bets of the weekend. Check it out HERE.
Before I dive into my picks for each game, please allow me this moment to vent.
Apparently January 8th, 2015, was when I finally reached a breaking point with people bitching & moaning about another region's sports fan base being "the most classless fans I've ever met."
The Patriots happen to be playing the Ravens this week, and I happen to be a Patriots fan who writes for a Baltimore-based blog. Because of that, I've seen plenty of Baltimore people crying on Twitter about those "classless" Boston fans.
How do I know I reached a breaking point? Because I got in a Twitter fight for the first time in my life when I responded to a Raven's fan who was bellyaching about Boston fans calling her a slut, among other names.
I told her it's pretty ridiculous for her to instigate and provoke people by saying nasty things about the Patriots, their players and their fans, and then not expect people to respond negatively to her. (And on & on it went from there. You can check it out on my twitter timeline @rossgariepy.)
Baltimore fans have been saying the same tired things all week long: "Spy Gate! Patriots fans are scared of the Ravens! We've won a Super Bowl more recently and our QB has beaten your QB twice in the playoffs! You employed a murderer! Boston fans told me to die or called me a slut on Twitter, Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! They're all classless, ALL OF THEM!!!"
If you're complaining about the New England fans on Twitter, well then I kinda hope they keep making it worse for you…because every city, state, region and country in the world has people who say insulting things on the internet. They're called scumbags, and I think anyone with half a brain realizes they're dispersed pretty evenly throughout the world. Let this be the last time I get so fired up to mention this.
(Also, Baltimore fans, if you think we're intolerable right now, wait until you see us if the Patriots win this weekend. Just remember that you invited any treatment you get by leading the trash talk all week long.)
And now for the picks…
Baltimore @ New England (-7)
The Pick: Baltimore
The Score: New England 30, Baltimore 25
The key to this game seems pretty simple to me. If New England's offensive line holds up, the passing game should be able to pick apart Baltimore's makeshift secondary. I don't think I'm breaking new ground with that expectation. And I'm fully expecting that key matchup to settle somewhere in the middle. New England's O-line won't be perfect, but Baltimore's pass rushers won't be living in the backfield all afternoon either. What's nice for New England this time around is that even if things go badly on offense, they finally have a defense that could keep them in the game. I'd be shocked if Joe Flacco gains big chunks of yards through the air, unless it's in the way of 15 Brandon Browner pass interference penalties. Maybe the Patriots will be smart enough to keep the guy who led the league in committing penalties (Browner) away from the guy who led the league in drawing pass interference penalties (Torrey Smith).
Or maybe these two teams shouldn't even bother showing up and instead we can have Aaron Hernandez fight Ray Lewis to the death. Apparently many fans on both sides are focusing on those two guys more than the current players.
I'm not arrogant enough to pick the Patriots to cover seven points against a team that almost always plays them tight. But I do expect New England to advance to their fourth consecutive AFC Championship game, and ninth in the Brady/Belichick era.
Carolina @ Seattle (-11)
The Pick: Seattle
The Score: Seattle 41, Carolina 17
I mentioned in part one of my column that I just can't see any way the Panthers keep it close, and I'm sticking to that.
If you are looking for something to grab onto in support of a Carolina pick, here are the scores of the last three games these teams have played against each other: Seattle 13, Carolina 9 (week 8 this season), Seattle 12, Carolina 7 (Week 1 of the 2013 season), Seattle 16, Carolina 12 (Week 5 of the 2012 season).
The Seahawks are 3-0 against the Panthers in the Russell Wilson era, but at least Carolina's keeping it close. Of course, all three of those contests were played in Carolina.
In this current matchup, it's really difficult to find any advantages for the Panthers. And they even lost a key player to injury this week when defensive tackle Star Lotulelei suffered a broken foot in practice.
You know who would be a great person to coach Carolina in this game? Jeff Fisher. You know he'd pull out every trick in the book because he'd realize his team has no chance otherwise. It'll be interesting to see if Ron Rivera works up the courage to try a surprise onside kick, a fake punt or something like that.
Here's the one thing I keep turning over in my head: You know how in November & December we were gearing up for the NFC South winner to be a huge underdog in the first round against a wildcard team? And we were already talking about how that South team would end up winning outright? (Similar to Seattle beating New Orleans a few years ago.) What if that was simply delayed by one week? We got robbed of seeing that in the Wildcard Round because Ryan Lindley was leading the Cardinals so Vegas couldn't make them the favorite. Are we about to see a crazy Carolina road win that completely sends this year's playoffs into chaos?
I think the answer is no, but I'm at least 2.5% nervous about this possibility.
Dallas @ Green Bay (-6)
The Pick: Dallas
The Score: Dallas 27, Green Bay 26
Here's the game where I'm feeling that last-second field goal to win my prop bet. For whatever reason, Dallas was consistently great on the road this year, and I'm very interested to see how they play now that the can't-win-a-playoff-game monkey is off their backs.
There was an analyst on the NFL Network this week who said he was worried about DeMarco Murray's health because he didn't have a great game against Detroit last week. Did this guy not realize Detroit's run defense was historically good? I think Murray is fine, and I think he's going to be important against Green Bay's crappy run defense.
Without looking at the names, tell me if you think these two teams are really far enough apart to warrant a six-point spread (all rankings from FootballOutsiders.com):
Overall team efficiency: Team A 3rd, Team B 6th
Overall defense: Team A 16th, Team B 22nd
Pass defense: Team A 11th, Team B 22nd
Rush defense: Team A 24th, Team B 23rd
Overall offense: Team A 1st, Team B 4th
Pass offense: Team A 2nd, Team B 4th
Rush offense: Team A 6th, Team B 3rd
Team A was Green Bay and Team B was Dallas. The only place where there's a discernible advantage is pass defense, where the Packers are a whole lot better in 2014.
This is a case where it seems the teams are just too evenly matched to give one a full touchdown edge over the other. Both teams have great quarterbacks and receivers, solid running games and offensive lines, and mediocre but opportunistic defenses. I think football fans deserve a great game from these two teams.
It's the least the NFL can do for all the bullshit they put us through in 2014.
My prediction of Dallas winning outright might be a little far-fetched, but they seem much more likely to go into Seattle and win a game than the Packers, as evidenced by each team's result in Seattle earlier this year. And isn't that what we all want? Someone to beat Seattle?
Indianapolis @ Denver (-7)
The Pick: Denver
The Score: Denver 31, Indianapolis 21
The Andrew Luck Effect is pretty amazing, isn't it? Over the past three seasons, no team has had less business repeatedly making the playoffs than the Colts. And yet every season since Luck's been in the league, the Colts have won 11 games and played meaningful January football.
Focusing on these current playoffs, Indy once again has no real business being competitive with one of the top teams in the league.
And yet because of Luck, a lot of people are hesitant to expect a Denver blowout. He's that VALUABLE (My unofficial MVP ballot had him 3rd behind J.J. Watt and Aaron Rodgers).
The problem with this Colts team is that besides Luck and T.Y. Hilton, they don't really have much talent.
Luck + home field is good enough to handle a toothless Bengals team (remember they were missing their top two tight ends and top receiver for that game), but Luck + being on the road against a really good Broncos team just won't work out the same for the Colts.
Peyton Manning could be a little bit banged up, as he appeared to be in December, but I don't think it matters. Their running attack got really good towards the end of the year. Their receivers can do lots of things to make up for any temporary decline in Manning's skills. And of course their defense is spectacular, finishing 4th in the league in defensive efficiency.
It's not yet Luck's time to be playing in Conference Title Games, but he's close. A couple more years, Andrew, and the AFC is yours for the taking. Sit tight. Stay healthy. And pray that the people running the Colts' organization figure out how to surround you with talent.
I'm thinking we're about to see our fourth AFC Championship battle between Brady and Manning.
And if the final four is Denver, New England, Seattle and whichever team wins between Dallas/Green Bay, well that's a pretty incredible final four. (It will almost certainly be accompanied by Terrell Suggs sound bytes claiming the fix is in to make sure those four teams advanced. Can't wait.)
Enjoy the Divisional Round!
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Things I hear when I accidentally watch the NFL halftime shows: "speaking of hot, Jacoby Brissett's hot...7 for 11 for 71 yards at halftime" 4 months ago
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Watson wins after late surge
Bubba Watson beat Tim Clark on the first hole of a sudden death play-off to win the World Golf Championships (WGC) HSBC Champions on Sunday.
The victory gives the American his first WGC title and his third win this year. He said it was one of the biggest of his career for several reasons.
"For me this is the big one. It's very big because I always wanted to win outside the US," BBC reports Watson to have said.
"It's my seventh win, gets me closer to 10 wins which has always been my goal. It's a World Golf Championship, so when you add it all up it means a lot."
The American was plagued by inconsistency throughout the final round at the Sheshan International golf course.
Watson had already bogeyed three and birdied six when he arrived at the 16th hole but somehow still clung to a two shot lead.
He lost the lead after carding his fourth bogey of the round on the 16th and following up with a double bogey on the 17th.
Just when he seemed to have thrown away victory, Watson went on to eagle the final hole with a putt from a bunker and card 70 to tie Clark for first place on 11-under.
"It was such a tough bunker shot. You are not really thinking about making it, but I told my caddie it's been a wild day, a wild couple of holes, but if we can make this it changes everything and it went in like a putt," he said of the shot.
Clark also went into the play-off on the back of a positive performance on the last hole.
He shot four bogeys during the round, but nailed his sixth birdie of the day on the 18th hole to card a three-under 69.
However, the South African couldn't replicate the performance when he replayed the 18th during the play-off.
Watson completed his turn-around by nailing a 20 foot putt to birdie the first play-off hole after Clark could only make par.
The South African said he was disappointed with the loss despite not expecting to be in contention for the title at the start of the tournament.
Rickie Fowler, Hiroshi Iwata and Graeme McDowell were tied for third on ten-under. Ian Poulter, Thorbjorn Olesen and Martin Kaymer finished eight-under and tied for sixth place.
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In 2013 we are celebrating 150 years since the birth of Frank Hornby with a series of free events including some in half term - see the What's on page for details.
Frank Hornby was born in 1863 at 77 Copperas Hill, Liverpool. He was brought up a Methodist and met his wife, Clara, when they were members of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society choir. They married in 1887 and had two sons, Roland and Douglas and a daughter Patricia.
To amuse his sons Hornby made a toy crane out of perforated metal strips held together with nuts and bolts. The crane could be dismantled and the parts used to make different models. Hornby saw a future for this versatile toy and set to work producing it for the mass market.
The toy was patented on January 9 1901 as 'Mechanics Made Easy'. It became known as Meccano in 1907 and went on to take the toy world by storm.
Hornby began to manufacture his own parts in a small one-room factory at 10-12 Duke Street. He later took premises in Tuebrook but these soon proved too small. He then bought up 5 acres of land in the Old Swan area of Liverpool. It was here the Binns Road factory opened in 1914. This became the company headquarters for more than 60 years.
By 1922 Meccano kits of various sizes and costs were available. At its peak the Meccano system consisted of over three hundred pieces and inspired a generation of boys to take up technical careers.
After the First World War Hornby began making clockwork trains. The first Hornby railway engines were sold in 1920 as construction kits. By 1925 all Hornby trains and accessories were sold ready assembled. These train sets were the ultimate child's toy and are still very popular today.
Originally marketed as 'modelled miniatures' in 1931, the first set of Dinky toys consisted of six cast miniature figures of station workers. The toys were originally intended as line-side effects for model railways but became popular in their own right.
The products of Binns Road were phenomenally successful. Frank Hornby was a visionary in toy development and production, producing three of the most popular lines of toys in the twentieth century.
In its heyday Meccano also had factories in Speke and Aintree as well as manufacturing bases in Argentina, France, Germany, the USA and Spain. In 1963 there were 2,000 employees at the factory (of which 80% were female) and another 3-400 on staff.
A decline in profits led to a takeover by Lines Brothers in 1964 and the Airfix Group in the 1970s. The Binns Road factory finally closed in 1979.
Whilst running his company Frank Hornby also became unionist MP for Everton in 1931. He died on 21 September 1936. His legacy lives on today with thousands of enthusiasts all over the world still building Meccano models and running Hornby train sets.
Dinky cars are included in this conservation feature about toy cars in our collection.
See items from the collection that were loaned to the 'Frank Hornby experience' in 2007.
The exhibition Meccano: 20th century toys was held at Merseyside Maritime Museum and the former Museum of Liverpool Life in 2001.


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Fund, Divide and Rule: Aid, Conflict and Racial Hierarchies within the Moroccan Migration Industry
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Dr Lorena Gazzotti
Since the early 2000s, the European Union (EU) and its member states have used development aid as an instrument to support migration control cooperation in non-EU countries. Morocco has been a testing ground for this approach to border surveillance: since 2001, Moroccan and International non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as International Organisations (IOs) (in particular the IOM and the UNHCR) operating in the country have received European funding to implement migration-related projects. A burgeoning academic literature has analysed the rise of a "migration industry", understood as the involvement of non-state or quasi-state actors (private companies, NGOs, IOs, UN agencies, and the likes) in border surveillance. Existing scholarship has, however, substantially overlooked at the effect that funding injections have on the composition of "civil society" in aid-recipient countries, on the relations between civil society organisations and on the latter's capacity to oppose the existing normative border order. Building on Rea's concept of "civil society colonization", this paper argues that funding injections fragment the existing civil society landscape in two ways. On the one hand, they generate conflict between organisations that accept and those that refuse donors' funding. On the other hand, they create racialized hierarchies of privilege and marginalization between organisations that have access to aid (mainly IO and INGOs and, to a lesser extent, Moroccan NGOs) and those which play the role of aid brokers, but struggle to obtain funding (mainly, migrant-led NGOs).
I obtained my PhD in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge in 2019. Before Cambridge, I completed a BA and MA in Foreign Languages at the University of Bologna, where I benefitted from the financial and pastoral support of the Collegio Superiore. I held visiting positions at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and at the Centre Jacques Berque pour les Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Rabat. During my studies, I have also worked as a seasonal agricultural worker, as an ice-cream vendor, as an administrative assistant, and as a research consultant at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Gazzotti, L., 2019, Deaths, Borders, and the Exception: Humanitarianism at the Spanish–Moroccan Border, American Behavioral Scientist, Special issue on Deaths at the borders: Revisiting the debate in the light of the Euro-Mediterranean crisis. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764219882990
Gazzotti, Lorena, 2018, From irregular emigration to radicalisation? Fragile borders, securitised development and the governance of Moroccan youth. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Gazzotti, Lorena, 2017, Local governance, civil society and migrants' support to local development: perspectives from Morocco, in Lacroix, Thomas and Desille, Amandine (eds.), International Migrations and Local Governance: A Global Perspective, Palgrave MacMillan
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Feeling lost and like you can't focus on the present is a sign of cognitive immobility.
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Cognitive immobility may happen after leaving your birthplace, losing a loved one, or facing trauma.
Feeling trapped between "life before" and "life now" can lead to emotional distress and overwhelm.
A profession, community, self-care, and time to reflect can help you find a new sense of belonging.
Have you ever felt as though your body and your mind were divided between two different places?
Perhaps you keep turning the wrong way toward the grocery store, because in your old town the shop was on the left instead of the right. Or maybe on dates, you can't stop thinking of your ex and comparing them to your new partners.
If this limbo state sounds familiar, you may have experienced a type of cognitive immobility. Ezenwa Olumba, a doctoral researcher at the University of London, coined the term in 2022. He used it as a way to describe his experience immigrating, in which his mind felt trapped between the United Kingdom and his ancestral home in Nigeria.
While movies and songs like "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" have touched on this ambivalence, Olumba is one of the first to bring it under scientific scrutiny and identify its impact on mental health.
Read on to learn how cognitive immobility develops and how to deal with it in your own life.
How it might play out in everyday life
Olumba describes cognitive immobility as a kind of "mental homelessness." In short, you can't fully feel at home in one place or another — your heart and mind always feel split in two.
But he also emphasizes that it relates to various life experiences, not just migration.
For instance, it can appear in situations like:
Leaving an abusive relationship
Caring for a loved one with dementia or a terminal illness
Processing the loss of a loved one
Recovering from a traumatic experience, such as forced migration
Making a major life change
Whatever the cause, it typically follows three stages, according to Olumba.
1. Awareness
In this first stage, you begin to realize your life has changed, possibly forever. This "We're not in Kansas anymore" period can be quite stressful.
For example, imagine you've just graduated college and transitioned to an office job. During the first week, it starts to sink in that the corporate world is nothing like school: no grades, no syllabi, no open office hours.
Absolutely, you might experience some homesickness, or yearning for your school days. But those states are mostly feelings. To contrast, you can think of cognitive immobility as the nagging mental voice that pulls you out of the present with constant reminders of "how things used to be."
2. Retrieval
In this second stage, you might consciously take steps to try and relive the past. Maybe you comfort yourself by wearing memorabilia from your alma mater or scrolling through old photos from school.
A trip down memory lane can be helpful, but it doesn't make a good permanent residence. If you spend too long ruminating on the past, you may have less mental energy to devote to your life in the present.
In short, you may find yourself stuck in "school" mode, which can affect time management and overall productivity. Maybe you approach each task like a short-term, temporary assignment rather than an ongoing project, or neglect daily office tasks because they seem less important than bigger responsibilities.
3. Stabilization
In this final stage, you may find some resolution as your identity gradually shifts out of limbo.
You may not be exactly the same person as you were before. Even so, you hold on to the parts of you that matter, using the values, knowledge, and skills you built in the past to grow into your current circumstances.
At work, you may start following — even seeking out — advice from your coworkers and get a better sense of corporate rhythms. You realize the organization and research skills you used in school still help — you just have to apply them a little more flexibly.
Why does cognitive immobility happen?
The idea of cognitive immobility was developed in response to the theory of cognitive migration, which explores the mental "travel" you might do before moving to a new place.
Cognitive migration has you mentally hold two places in your mind to compare and contrast them, similar to cognitive immobility. It plays an important part in the process of deciding whether to move.
During the cognitive migration process, you might:
Chart out the trip
Imagine the kind of life you can expect
Daydream about better opportunities
Worry about keeping in touch with loved ones from a distance
But if your cognitive migration didn't accurately predict the circumstances you end up in, that dissonance can contribute to cognitive immobility.
"People are prone to imagine more positive futures than what might be reasonable to expect, and the clash between what migrants think they will encounter versus the reality of often quite difficult conditions can be a serious source of distress," says Saara Koikkalainen, senior researcher at the University of Eastern Finland and one of the original developers of cognitive migration theory.
In a more general context, cognitive immobility is your mind's way of processing contradictory feelings.
On one hand, you may miss a past relationship dearly and long to recapture the love lost. You might "relive the glory days," since memories often provide a sense of familiarity and comfort during stressful adjustment periods.
However, you may have had a very good reason for ending that relationship — betrayal, incompatibility, or even your safety. So, even as you feel drawn to the past, you may have an equally strong urge to stay in the present.
Your imagination, then, steps in to help fill your subconscious desire to be in two places at once by reconstructing a version of your old life as a substitute. Of course, this mental imagery may be more of a rosy replica than a realistic portrayal.
What's the impact?
Cognitive immobility can exhaust you emotionally and harm your mental health during the transition:
When your mind is trapped between two places, your identity may feel divided, as if you have multiple selves.
Rumination can contribute to social anxiety, as well as anxiety, depression, and insomnia. All these issues can make it difficult to commit to new relationships.
Social isolation and adjustment difficulties can also lead to depression.
If your transition occurred under traumatic circumstances, you may also develop more severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Until cognitive immobility is resolved, you may also feel uneasy and out of place in your new life.
How to handle it
Often, you have to take steps to build a sense of "home" or belonging for yourself after a major transition.
"Cognitive immobility could be mitigated by having and maintaining the following four essential elements: a profession, a community or family, time for reflection, and good health," says Olumba.
In a nutshell, your profession is one of the main ways you interact with the world around you, and it can offer a valuable sense of purpose in your new life. Profession can mean a career, parenthood, or volunteer work in the community.
Community is a collection of people with shared values who have each other's backs, such as family, friends, or neighbors. If you've lost touch with your old community — for whatever reason — social support is a vital part of adjusting to a new life.
Research on migrants who've experienced trauma emphasizes social integration, or connecting with others in a new society, as one of the most important parts of maintaining mental health after relocation.
Meditation and journaling both offer great opportunities for reflection. Just keep in mind that what you write or meditate on does matter, Olumba says.
Writing about both thoughts and emotions after a stressful event can benefit you, Olumba says, while writing only about your emotions can have a negative impact on your state of mind.
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Your physical health and mental health are closely linked. If you feel exhausted, hungry, or in pain, your brain may dissociate from those unpleasant feelings, further disconnecting you from your current life.
But when you take care of your basic needs, your mind may connect more easily to your body in the present.
Insider's takeaway
Cognitive immobility pushes your mind to continuously recreate past events even as you try to live in the present. This concept is often used in the context of migration, but it can apply to many other situations.
In short, cognitive immobility can make it harder to adjust to changes in your life. But you can work through this issue by engaging with the world around you and reconnecting with your own mind and body.
Just know that sometimes, the mind needs extra support to break out of a trapped, frozen state. If stress and sorrow seem to stay with you no matter what you do, consider connecting with a mental health professional for more support.
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SHORT NOTICE: lots of laughter in very little time in "Lemon"
Written and directed by Timothy Michael Cooper
Rudy Cecera June 2, 2017
Many short films tend to be comedy-oriented but not all of them are funny. An exception is "Lemon," which was shown as part of shorts program at the last Tribeca Festival. In the twelve minutes that make up its length I found myself laughing more often than I do during some feature-length films.
Written and directed by Timothy Michael Cooper ("Concierge: The Series") "Lemon" provide a breath of fresh air from many of the more artsy message-bearing shorts seen at festivals. The plot does just what it's supposed to do…make you laugh. The film begins moments after a wedding, after the groom begins confessing to his bride that he is not exactly who he appears to be. But then he learns that the bride has a few secrets of her own.
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This comedy of verbal escalation is fast-paced. At times, the dialogue uses the joke-delay style (famously used by stand-up comedienne Wendy Liebman) in which you never know when a sentence ends and therefore what's coming next. Special credit should be given to actors Jennifer Westfeldt and Noah Bean who not only deliver their lines with the right amount of straight-faced timing, but react to them with the right amount of hilarious expression. Guiding the pace on set, and no doubt in the editing room, is Cooper's quick sense of witty structure.
Producer Surina Jindal who I caught up with at Tribeca told me, "I truly enjoyed making 'Lemon.' The process has been a blast from the beginning mainly because every call or interaction with my co-producer Simon Taufique and our writer/director Timothy Michael Cooper has always ended in laughter, which bodes well when producing a comedy." She went on, "it felt amazing to be accepted into a festival on our home turf that brings together such a high-caliber of creative talent. Sitting in a theatre hearing New York audiences laugh at our film was truly magical."
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I am a huge fan of David Wong, ever since his first novel John Dies at the End came out a couple of years ago (and I cannot stress it enough, that this is seriously an epic read!), so there was no question of whether to read Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits or not.
It is a super entertaining, interesting and funny book, I think Wong has a pretty good style and the book definitely has its moments. But, here come the downsides.. Every time, I pick up a David Wong book, my expectations are pretty high. Like realy, realy high (because I always compare it to his awesome debut novel).
Now, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits starts out pretty much the way I hoped it would, but then just kind of runs flat for most of the time. It felt like the plot was constantly building up to something and although I was patiently waiting for the grand finale, it just never really came. There were some moments throughout the book, especially near the beginning and the ending though, where Wongs (unique) writing style popped up out of nowhere and suddenly the whole story came to life and it just felt like "wow, this is the moment I have been waiting for in this book!", but then again, it just awkwardly ebbed away..
I really don't know why this book didn't work so well (at least for me), my theory would be that he might have written some parts of it as an early draft (those would be the super awesome parts described above) and then just used the other 400 pages to connect those pieces and tie up the loose ends.
I don't know. It was still good, but out of his novels, not my favorite.


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We're Not in 2000 Anymore, Toto
Matt Welch | 10.6.2008 9:52 AM
There are two big new articles about John McCain that, despite their many flaws, break some new ground, particularly on the pressing national issue (not) of his imprisonment in Vietnam.
First up is this weekend Washington Post feature dedicated to precisely that topic. While its interpretations about how the Vietnam experience affected his foreign policy are off-kilter (in my judgment, etc.), the article painstakingly reconstructs the details and timeline of McCain's capture and finds some of the senator's narration unreliable:
In his memoir, McCain says he was denied medical treatment for four or five days until his captors discovered that his father was "a big admiral" and took him to a hospital. In fact, it seems likely that the Vietnamese understood the propaganda value of their new prisoner even earlier. Radio Hanoi was boasting about the capture of "John Sidney McCain" within hours of his shootdown. By the following day, Oct. 27, American news agencies had confirmed that the son of Adm. John S. McCain II, the commander of U.S. forces in Asia, had been taken down over Hanoi.
There is another ball-advancement on that slice of McCain's bio in this 11,800-word piece of Rolling Stone invective, which you've probably seen if you have a bunch of lefty friends. The piece constantly assumes the worst, is bizarrely sourced (reading it, you'd almost never know that whole swaths of the supposed gotchas came from the pen of John McCain himself); starts with a maximally lurid account of McCain's post-Vietnam tail-chasing … and also includes quite a few damning on-the-record interviews, including with fellow ex-POWs
Soon after McCain hit the ground in Hanoi, the [military] code [of conduct governing prisoners of war] went out the window. "I'll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital," he later admitted pleading with his captors. McCain now insists the offer was a bluff, designed to fool the enemy into giving him medical treatment. In fact, his wounds were attended to only after the North Vietnamese discovered that his father was a Navy admiral. What has never been disclosed is the manner in which they found out: McCain told them. According to [John] Dramesi, one of the few POWs who remained silent under years of torture, McCain tried to justify his behavior while they were still prisoners. "I had to tell them," he insisted to Dramesi, "or I would have died in bed."
I'll repeat what I said during the brief cross-in-the-dirt flap: McCain's Vietnam story has a few holes in it, which are mostly meaningless to me (except for his weird Domino Theory tale), but he's a candidate for president so let's see those medical records, Joe Biden!!! The Post also has a piece today about McCain's first wife, so I guess it's officially let's-write-the-articles-we-wouldn't-write-in-2000 season.
My top 10 non-reason articles about John McCain here; link to my paperback here, and the late David Foster Wallace's 2000-era Rolling Stone McCain tongue-bath here.
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October.6.2008 at 10:57 am
Of course his narrative is blurry. Between the trauma, the confusion, the physical injuries, and the days happening the same way over and over, combined with the ordinary passage of time, nobody could keep that all straight. Same thing with Kerry.
In "D-Day," Stephen Ambrose writes about the false memories of veterans. He says that he met all sorts of American veterans who recalled, with complete certainty, that they landed on the beaches of Normandy, and later that day went inland and fought tanks. The problem is, not a single American who landed on the beaches at Normandy fought tanks that day. They were combining different episodes into one memory. That's how our brains work.
BDB
Joe--
That's also why people have confused memories of 9/11 (it was a missile! no, a small plane! no, a 747!) that are ruthlessly exploited by Troofers.
R C Dean
Whew. Good to get my weekly agreement with joe out of the way Monday morning. I can devote the rest of this week's anti-joe posting to nit-picking and snarking.
What has never been disclosed is the manner in which they found out: McCain told them.
But I thought they knew about it from the American radio broadcasts (see previous paragraph).
a maximally lurid account of McCain's post-Vietnam tail-chasing
To the Rolling Stone readership, this reflects well on McCain, not poorly.
October.6.2008 at 12:38 pm
RC,
I guess it's a good thing that you didn't agree with me when I made exactly the same point about a certain veteran's wartime memories four years ago, or else you wouldn't be able to use it as your weekly agreement now.
October.6.2008 at 1:43 pm
By the following day, Oct. 27, American news agencies had confirmed that the son of Adm. John S. McCain II, the commander of U.S. forces in Asia, had been taken down over Hanoi.
And someone has proof that his guards knew that, and had received orders to treat him better in consequence? Or are we just relying on the famous efficiency of Communist dictatorships?
In "D-Day," Stephen Ambrose writes about the false memories of veterans.
For instance, John McCain believes he suspended his campaign back in late September.
Radio Hanoi was boasting about the capture of "John Sidney McCain" within hours of his shootdown.
I guess McCain was too busy being tortured to listen to the radio.
Dear Reason, please do not ever use the phrase "McCain tongue-bath" again or I will be forced to cancel my subscription. Thank you.
I guess it's a good thing that you didn't agree with me when I made exactly the same point about a certain veteran's wartime memories four years ago,
Remember what, again?
Whether he heard the "No troops in Cambodia" speech from Nixon on the patrol he described in his December 25, 1968 journal entry.
He remembered those events as the same episode, when they couldn't have been.
Let me guess: when the Democrat does it, it's different, and I'm being grotesquely partisan for giving both candidates the same benefit of the doubt.
It's different because McCain didn't take his Vietnam War experience and cynically use it as vehicle to gain political office. 🙂
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Point taken, joe. Point well taken. In retrospect, I will magnanimously grant that Kerry may have been merely mistaken, rather than actually lying, about Christmas in Cambodia.
Because there really isn't any doubt that it never happened the way he said (over and over again), is there?
It couldn't have, RC. Richard Nixon wasn't president in December 1968. As Kerry acknowledged in 2004.
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