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Subject: NCC Weekly News: Iraq War Anniversary, Remembering Rev. Robina Winbush
From Jim: Sixteen years ago
Sixteen years ago today the United States illegally invaded Iraq, a tragedy which resulted in the combat deaths of more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers and at least 460,000 Iraqi deaths, hundreds of thousands of those being civilians. The war cost the U.S. taxpayers trillions of dollars.
No senior American officials were ever prosecuted for carrying out that war of aggression. The Bush Administration initiated the attack on Iraq on the incorrect supposition that Iraq possessed, and was attempting to produce, weapons of mass destruction. However, those chemical and biological weapons had been destroyed under international supervision years earlier. On October 7, 2002 President Bush falsely stated that "It (Iraq) is seeking nuclear weapons."
The other principal reason for the invasion was the claim by President Bush that "We know that Iraq and al Qaeda have had high-level contacts that go back a decade." In 2008, the Pentagon released a report by the Joint Forces Command that found no "smoking gun" revealing ties between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda after reviewing some 600,000 Iraqi documents captured in the invasion.
As general secretary of the United Methodist General Board of Church & Society, I issued a statement on August 30, 2002, of opposition to an invasion of Iraq and received quite a lot of negative feedback for that. On September 12, 2002, then-NCC General Secretary Bob Edgar and I hosted a meeting in Washington, DC of faith and peace groups and declared the fall of '02 as a "season of peacemaking."
These events remain vivid to me. Saddam Hussein was a tyrant, but the indications he was allied with al Qaeda made no sense as al Qaeda was an extremist Islamist organization and Iraq's ruling Baath Party was secular and socialist. Understanding their natural enmity did not require a doctorate in Middle Eastern studies.
In fact, the New York Times published an article, "Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda are not allies," on September 30, 2002, that made that very point. The author wrote, "A central tenet of Al Qaeda's jihadist ideology is that secular Muslim rulers and their regimes have oppressed the believers and plunged Islam into a historic crisis….To contemporary jihadists, Saddam Hussein is another in a line of dangerous secularists, an enemy of the faith who refuses to rule by Shariah and has habitually murdered Sunni and Shiite religious leaders who might oppose his regime."
As bloody as Saddam's rule was, in 2002 he was a weakened dictator. He was not massing armies on his borders, he was not developing weapons of mass destruction, he was not threatening to invade other nations, and his country was poor and desperate.
At the end of December 2002, I participated in a delegation of National Council of Churches leaders to Iraq. We described ourselves as "humanitarian inspectors," not weapons inspectors. We went to schools and hospitals and met with church people. The schools had broken windows and the children were bundled in coats. The hospitals did not possess basic equipment and medicines. Church people begged us, as Americans, not to invade their country.
We came back and reported our findings to the U.S. government, but they were brushed aside. In 2004, Bush's former Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill told CBS News's "60 Minutes" program that the Bush administration had begun planning to use US troops to invade Iraq within days after the president took office. That was nine months before 9/11.
People of faith spoke out against the invasion of Iraq before it began. On February 15, 2003, many of us participated in the largest peace demonstration in human history when 10 million people marched against the war in more than 600 cities around the world. And, yet, it was not enough. The war in Iraq has led to the deaths of a great many people.
The United States has been at war nearly every day of my entire life. The effects have been corrosive to the soul of our nation and have caused grievous damage to the whole world. Every day, I pray for an end to the madness of militarism, materialism, and racism. I do not believe for one second that my savior, Jesus Christ, would sanction the use of violence and war.
I retain a deep well of sadness for our failure to stop the war. Those who carried out the terrorist attacks on 9/11 should have been brought to justice through a coordinated international police investigation. Their cells should have been broken up, their twisted ideology discredited, and the perpetrators sentenced to long prison sentences. Instead, violence begat further violence. The myth of redemptive violence proved once again to be nothing but a myth.
16 years is not a round number. I chose an arbitrary anniversary to share my thoughts. Perhaps that is matched by the arbitrariness of mass killings whether they be in Christchurch, at the World Trade Center, in Afghanistan, or in Iraq. What is not arbitrary is for us who are followers to Jesus is to pursue the mandate to work for peace.
Jim Winkler
President and General Secretary
WCC mourns loss of Rev. Robina Winbush with prayers, sadness
(Ed. note: the Presbyterian Church (USA) suddenly and unexpectedly lost two executives last week. We acknowledge both in this newsletter and join with the PC(USA) in prayer, but highlight our colleague and board member, Rev. Robina Winbush, and deeply and personally grieve her loss.)
Rev. Robina Winbush, a World Council of Churches (WCC) Central and Executive Committee member known for her fierce advocacy for justice, died suddenly on 12 March.
WCC staff gathered on 13 March in a midday prayer to remember Winbush's legacy, comfort each other, and pray for her family and friends all around the world mourning her passing.
The prayer service focused on a "the healing of nations," a theme Winbush preached on at the closing worship of the Porto Alegre Assembly in 2006 and a strong vision that undergirded her ministry.
With words of welcome, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit gave thanks for the gift that Winbush was to all.
"Rev. Robina Winbush was a strong woman and colleague, and she contributed so much with her many gifts to her church, her confessional family, the ecumenical movement and the WCC. She died as a pilgrim of justice and peace."
Robina Winbush dies
Ecumenical and interfaith groups across the world are mourning the passing of the Rev. Robina Winbush. The director of Ecumenical Relations in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Office of the General Assembly died on Tuesday while returning from a 10-day visit to the Middle East. She was deplaning in New York when she collapsed at the airport.
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Winbush received her education from Kent State and Harvard Universities as well as Union Theological Seminary in New York. She began her ministry at the PC(USA) more than 30 years ago when the church opened its offices in Louisville, Kentucky. She served in an ecumenical role in Global Missions before taking a pastorate in Queens, New York.
Rev. Cliff Kirkpatrick, who originally served as head of Global Missions and later as Stated Clerk of the PC(USA), hired Winbush to lead ecumenical relations in the OGA.
"She told me she'd come back under one condition: I would have to go before her congregation in Queens and tell them why it was important for their minister to come here," he said. "No one has more ecumenical passion than Robina. She was a leader in the ecumenical movement in this country and the World Council of Churches. It feels like the wrong time to lose her, but her spirit will stay with us and will continue to empower us."
PC(USA) remembers Robina Winbush and Mike Miller
Memorial service held for two senior church executives who died last week
Music, prayer, and reflections were abundant at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville today, as staff from the various agencies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) gathered to remember the Reverend Robina Winbush and Mike Miller, who both died unexpectedly last week. The Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the PC(USA), led the service.
"This has been a tough year thus far for many of us in the PC(USA). We have lost a number of people in the life of our community as well as our own lives," he said. "At this particular time, there is a deep connection between pain, suffering, and struggle, and yet we know there is a God of healing who sacrificed an only son, so we might have life more abundantly."
Nelson said people within the PC(USA) are living in nighttime in lieu of recent deaths within the agencies and their own lives but adds they should know of the joy that comes in the morning and that time heals pain.
"We reach back in the bank of memories to remind us of those who've gone before us. In resurrection, the Lord made it clear, death is not an ending but a new beginning for the one who passes on to the other side," he said. "Our loved ones embrace a new life with Jesus. It's a powerful scenario of life continuing beyond the grave. I am convinced the same God who brought us this far, will lead us forward."
NCC Calls for Global Effort to Combat Racist Violence
The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA joins its hearts and voice to those who have suffered in the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand. This horrible tragedy is a toxic combination of gun violence, Islamophobia, anti-immigrant xenophobia, and white racist nationalism.
The events in Christchurch are part of a pattern of racist and anti-immigrant shootings at mosques, synagogues, churches, and other houses of worship. We call for a coordinated global effort to combat racist violence and to take automatic weapons out of general circulation.
We remain faithful to interfaith dialogue and to solidarity with our Muslim sisters and brothers. We commend the statement issued by Shoulder to Shoulder, the national coalition-based campaign of religious denominations and faith-based organizations and communities committed to ending discrimination and violence against Muslims.
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Faith, Civil and Human Rights Groups Join to Urge Official Visit by UN Independent Expert to Investigate Racism in the United States
Today a broad coalition of religious and civil rights leaders will deliver a letter to Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo requesting an official invitation to Professor E. Tendayi Achiume, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, to the United States.
This letter, signed by approximately one hundred organizations, requests that Achiume "conduct an official fact-finding visit to examine the historic and present marks of racism and racial discrimination that have presented new and renewed, alarming trends of racism in the United States." It also points out that "the last Special Rapporteur on Racism visit to the United States was in 2008 at the invitation of the George W. Bush administration. That timely visit enjoyed bipartisan support."
March 21 is the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, commemorating the 1960 massacre of 69 persons at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, as they protested the apartheid "pass laws." The United Nations notes that "racist extremist movements based on ideologies that seek to promote populist, nationalist agendas are spreading in various parts of the world, fueling racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, often targeting migrants and refugees as well as people of African descent.
A Special Pastoral Letter from General Secretary Lee B. Spitzer to the ABC Family
I would like to express my deep appreciation to everyone in the ABCUSA family that prayed for my recovery and sent me cards, emails and gifts during my six-month medical leave. The love and concern I received encouraged and strengthened me. Following open heart surgery, I have experienced the healing power of God in many ways. Physically, the emergency repair of my congenital heart defect has given me a fresh start – a new opportunity to live a longer, productive and satisfying life. Spiritually, I feel as close to God as I ever have, and through extensive and deep reflection, prayer and study, I believe I am emerging out of this healing journey with a clear sense of direction and purpose.
Toward the end of the medical leave, while in prayerful conversation with God, I believe that I received specific guidance concerning my post-recovery journey. Accordingly, I would like to share with all of you in the ABCUSA family my intention to retire from administrative and pastoral leadership as ABCUSA General Secretary on December 31, 2019. For some four decades, I have labored as a local church pastor, senior regional pastor (Executive Minister) and General Secretary with joy and, I hope all would say, faithfulness. I love the American Baptist family with all of my heart and soul, and consider it a great privilege and honor to have served this family for all of my adult life.
Ecumenical Advocacy Days:
Troubling the Waters for the Healing of the World
Friday, April 5 – Monday, April 8, 2019 | Washington, D.C.
In 2019, we gather at a time in which people of faith and conscience are again called to stand in the prophetic stream of those who have come before us, those who were not afraid to stir up #GoodTrouble for the sake of God's kingdom.
The history of engaging in #GoodTrouble is embedded in our faith tradition and our history as a nation and in the world. In the Bible, we read stories of the midwives who resisted Pharaoh and preserved the lives of Hebrew baby boys. We see Moses challenging the authority of Pharaoh, and Jesus overturn tables run by money changers. Throughout our U.S. history, Native peoples resisted land theft and cultural assimilation by European settlers through many forms of resistance. Colonists resisted England's imperial overreach and enslaved Africans resisted captivity both physically and spiritually. That spiritual resistance was especially pronounced in spirituals sung by those dehumanized by slavery. "Wade in the Water," and other spirituals were messages of lament, hope and courage. They also included instructions on how to get to freedom. Years later, leaders such as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and John Lewis drew on these same spirituals for inspiration as they stirred up #GoodTrouble in their time.
Today, we are deeply troubled by what we see in the world. The 2019 Ecumenical Advocacy Days Conference will draw on #GoodTrouble pioneers from the Civil Rights era as well as inspiration from young leaders to learn from the past, share best practices, and encourage one another for the work ahead. Through worship, educational and training workshops, and advocacy, we will beckon the Spirit to "Trouble the Waters" as depicted in John 5:1-9, calling on God to bring healing to our nation and world. Join us as we envision and train for new ways to stir up #GoodTrouble for the healing of all God's children.
Ecumenical diaconal ministry towards reconciliation and peace on the Korean Peninsula
An international seminar held in Seoul on 4-5 March explored how diaconal ministry contributes to the reconciliation and peace work of the global church, and how diaconal ministry efforts can be improved through exchange and cooperation among churches in North and South Korea.
The seminar "Towards Healing and Reconciling Ministry" was organized by the Korean Church's Coalition for North-South Cooperation, formed to break down the barriers between liberals and conservatives and work together with the global Church for reconciliation and peace on the Korean peninsula.
The participants of the seminar were Korean churches and organizations working on aid and exchange projects with the Korean Christian Federation of North Korea. They acknowledged that the "Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity, and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula" is a practical task for their community, and pledged to take the lead on opening a new era of reconciliation, life together, exchange and cooperation.
Earth Day 2019: Creation Justice Ministries
Each year before Earth Day, Creation Justice Ministries offers materials to equip faith communities to protect, restore, and more rightly share God's creation.
Our 2019 theme is "Next Generation Rising" and the resource focuses on children and youth leading the way for creation justice. You can find Bible study, sermon starter, liturgical, and action materials when you download it.
Many faith communities will celebrate on a day convenient for them since Earth Month and Easter align this year. To connect with others who are planning Earth Day activities, join the Earth Day Sunday 2019 Facebook Event.
Please help promote this celebration on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. If you want to share the resource with your own community, check out our website for more action ideas and our promotional toolkit for ways to share.
Download the Resources
Ecumenical Opportunities:
The National Council of Churches is searching for a Chief Operating Officer (COO) who will work closely with the General Secretary/President in carrying out administrative and management functions of the Council.
Religions for Peace: The International Executive Committee has constituted a Search Committee to undertake the task of identifying potential candidates for the Office of the International Secretary General.
Serving as a leading voice of witness to the living Christ in the public square since 1950,
the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) brings together 38 member communions
and more than 40 million Christians in a common expression of God's love and promise of unity.
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The Disastrous Fire at Scarborough
'Twas in the year of 1898, and on the 8th of June,
A mother and six children met with a cruel doom
In one of the most fearful fires for some years past
And as the spectators gazed upon them they stood aghast
The fire broke out in a hairdresser's, in the town of Scarborough,
And as the fire spread it filled the people's hearts with sorrow;
But the police and the fire brigade were soon on the ground,
Then the hose and reel were quickly sent round.
Oh! it was horrible to see the flames leaping up all around,
While amongst the spectators the silence was profound,
As they saw a men climb out to the parapet high,
Resolved to save his life, or in the attempt to die!
And he gave one half frantic leap, with his heart full of woe,
And came down upon the roof of a public-house 20 feet below;
But, alas! he slipped and fell through the skylight,
And received cuts and bruises: oh, what a horrible sight!
He was the tenant of the premises, Mr Brookes,
And for his wife and family he enquires, with anxious looks,
But no one could tell him, it did appear,
And when told so adown his cheeks flowed many a tear.
He had been sleeping by himself on the second floor,
When suddenly alarmed, he thought he'd make sure,
And try to escape from the burning pile with his life,
And try and save his family and his wife.
The fire brigade played on the first door with greet speed,
But the flames had very inflammable fuel upon which to feed,
So that the fire spread with awful rapidity,
And in twenty minutes the building was doomed to the fourth storey.
The firemen wrought with might and main,
But still the fire did on them gain,
That it was two hours before they could reach the second floor,
The heat being so intense they could scarcely it endure.
And inside all the time a woman and six children were there,
And when the firemen saw them, in amazement they did stare;
The sight that met their eyes made them for to start
Oh, Heaven! the sight was sufficient to rend the strongest heart.
For there was Mrs Brookes stretched dead on the floor,
Who had fallen in trying her escape for to procure.
She was lying with one arm over her ten months old child,
And her cries for help, no doubt, were frantic and wild;
And part of her arm was burned off as it lay above
The child she was trying to shield, which shows a mother's love.
For the baby's flesh was partly uninjured by the flames,
Which shows that the loving mother had endured great pains;
It, however, met its death by suffocation,
And as the spectators gazed thereon, it filled their hearts with consternation.
The firemen acted heroically, without any dread,
And when they entered the back premises they found the six children dead;
But Mr Brookes, 'tis said, is still alive,
And I hope for many years he will survive.
Oh, Heaven! it is cruel to perish by fire,
Therefore let us be watchful before to our beds we retire,
And see that everything is in safe order before we fall asleep,
And pray that God o'er us in the night watch will keep.
Fatal Fire at Scarborough
During the early hours of yesterday morning a shop and house in Queen-street, Scarborough, occupied by Mr. J. Brooks, hairdresser and fancy dealer, and his family, were destroyed by fire, and Mrs Brooks and her six children were burned to death. The fire was the most terrible known in this part of the country for some years. The shop was stocked with a large assortment of bamboo goods and fireworks, and in about three hours the whole premises were gutted. The fire was first discovered by a gentleman who was passing along Queen-street and who noticed the flames through the shop shutters. He at once gave the alarm, and the fire bell was rung. In the meantime Chief Constable Pattison and a number of police set off with a hand reel, but before they arrived the ground floor and the first storey were enveloped in flames. Shortly after the fire was discovered a man was observed on the roof of a hotel adjoining, and it was ascertained that this was Mr. Brooks, who appeared quite dazed. He had jumped a distance of from 15ft. to 20ft., cutting and injuring himself rather severely. By the time he reached the street the fire brigade were pouring water on the premises, but so fiercely was the fire burning that it was impossible to save the building. Mr. Eden, a draper, next door, and his wife and family were got out safely, and in the confusion a report prevailed that there were no other persons in Mr. Brooks's house. Mr. Brooks was so much injured that he seemed quite unable to give any account of what had happened, and it was not until two hours later, when the firemen were able to obtain access to the bed-room on the second storey, that the terrible truth was learned. Mrs. Brooks and her 16 months old child were found lying on the floor burned to death, The mother had evidently attempted to reach the window when she was overcome by the great heat and smoke. She was charred almost beyond recognition, but she still had hold of her child. In the back bed-room five other children were found dead. The eldest, a girl of 14, had evidently attempted to escape for she was lying on the floor. The other children were in bed. Their faces had a peaceful appearance, and the had evidently been suffocated while asleep.
The names and ages of the victims are:- Jane Brooks, 42; Mary Ellen, 12; Mildred, 11; Darzell, eight; Douglas, five; Elsie, three; and Ida, 18 months. The coroner has fixed the inquest on the bodies of the victims for this evening.
Mr. Brooks was taken by the coroner's officer last night to the mortuary to view the bodies. He says that when he returned home about a quarter to 12 on Tuesday night he was smoking a cigar. The only entrance to the premises is by the shop door, and in passing through the shop he threw the cigar end on to a glass counter, from which he now thinks it must have rolled and set alight to some papers. His mind is quite a blank as to most of the incidents which preceded and followed his escape, and he is unable to say how he got onto the roof.
The Chief Constable states that he has never seen a building burn so rapidly. Had it been known that there were lives to be saved an attempt would have been made, but in his opinion no fire-escape on earth could have saved the family. They could not fix the ladders against the burning building, and the heat and fumes of the sulphur would have made it impossible to reach the children. He himself was almost suffocated in searching for the bodies.
The Times , 9th June 1898
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Carriera professionistica

Cincinnati Bengals
Anderson fu scelto come decimo assoluto del Draft 1996 dai Cincinnati Bengals, con cui firmò un contratto quinquennale del valore di 11 milioni di dollari. Fu convocato per il Pro Bowl nel 2003, 2004, 2005 e 2006 e saltò solamente due partite tra il 1999 e il 2006. Dopo la stagione 1999 firmò un nuovo contratto quinquennale del valore di 30 milioni di dollari. Nel 2006 firmò un contratto di altri cinque anni del valore di 32 milioni di dollari, 20 milioni dei quali garantiti.

Anderson chiese di essere svincolato dai Bengals il 30 agosto 2008 dopo aver rifiutato una riduzione salariale.

Baltimore Ravens
Il 5 settembre 2008, Anderson firmò un contratto triennale del valore di 11 milioni di dollari coi Baltimore Ravens. Giocò bene quella stagione coi Ravens, partendo dieci volte come titolare. Il 13 maggio 2009 annunciò il suo ritiro. I Ravens chiesero ad Anderson di riconsiderare la decisione ma egli declinò per passare più tempo col proprio figlio.

Palmarès
Convocazioni al Pro Bowl: 4
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
First-team All-Pro: 3
2004, 2005, 2006

Statistiche

Note

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Nurse and her young kids keep their distance during health crisis
IU Health North Hospital
IU Health North emergency department nurse has lived apart from her family for several weeks to protect her boys, who have cystic fibrosis.
By Maureen Gilmer, IU Health senior journalist, mgilmer1@iuhealth.org
Sometimes the drive-by visits are the hardest.
When Kristin Johanning can't stand another minute away from her husband and kids, she drives slowly by their Zionsville home, waving and talking to them from a distance.
They can't get close enough to see the tears in her eyes. That is a risk the longtime nurse is not willing to take.
In her front-line role in the emergency department at IU Health North Hospital, she sees a lot of COVID-positive patients during her long weekend shifts. As a mother to three boys, she wants to keep them safe.
Two of her sons have cystic fibrosis and are at high risk of infection from any virus. The coronavirus is even more serious.
That's why Johanning and her husband, Eric, decided several weeks ago that it would be best for the family if she stayed somewhere else during the outbreak. It was either that or not work, and the Johannings need her income and her insurance.
So Johanning moved into a bedroom at the home of family friends, about 15 minutes away from her husband and their three sons: Michael, 8; Ryan, 4; and Hunter, 16 months.
Michael and Hunter have CF, for which they receive treatment at Riley Hospital for Children. Ryan does not have the hereditary disease, which produces thick and sticky mucus that can clog the lungs and obstruct the pancreas.
Hunter had a rough first year, spending some time in the PICU at Riley, but both the boys are relatively healthy now, she said. And she aims to keep it that way.
"It's obviously hard for the kids; they don't really understand," she said. "Michael understands germs. Social distancing really isn't new for cystic fibrosis kids; they spend a lot of time apart. They have the six-foot rule all the time."
But staying away from their mom isn't something they've had to do in the past. It's especially hard for the middle child, who doesn't have the illness but is old enough to understand that his mom no longer tucks him in at night or hugs him when he is sad.
The family does a lot of FaceTiming and Zoom to ease the distance, along with phone calls and those occasional drive-bys. Eric's parents drop off groceries at the door for him and the kids, so they don't have to leave the house.
She knows they are going a little stir-crazy but is thankful that her husband was already a stay-at-home dad and has things well under control.
Meantime, she tries to stay productive in the long hours she spends on her own now, tackling homework as she enters the last year of her nurse practitioner program.
If she's not working the night shift, she reads to her boys via FaceTime before they go to sleep.
"I just keep thinking military families do this a lot," she said. "I feel like if they can do it, we can do it for a couple months."
And hopefully, she said, "it will bring us together and make people realize that this virus is actually real. "It's hard because most people don't see what the virus does like we do. Hopefully, when all of this lifts, people will realize that it (social distancing) worked and it was done for a reason."
An emergency nurse for 12 years – her first three at IU Health Methodist – Johanning said she is most grateful for the show of support from the community. The signs, the food, the love … it all helps.
"It's been amazing," she said. "We'll get through."
Photos submitted and by Mike Dickbernd, IU Health visual journalist, mdickbernd@iuhealth.org
Cystic Fibrosis, Coronavirus (COVID-19), We are IU Health (COVID-19)


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Beldert is de voormalige haven van Dreischor in de provincie Zeeland, in de streek en gemeente Schouwen-Duiveland. De haven verloor zijn functie na de afdamming van het Dijkwater in 1954 en werd in 1959 gedempt. Tot en met 1960 lag Beldert in de gemeente Dreischor. In 1961 werd het deel van de gemeente Brouwershaven, in 1997 van de gemeente Schouwen-Duiveland. De buurtschap Beldert valt onder het dorp Dreischor, waar het even ten zuiden van ligt.

Ten tijde van de in 1840 gehouden volkstelling werd Beldert niet vermeld.

Naam
In 1504-1505 heette deze plaats Bellaert. In 1694 werd de naam veranderd naar Beldert. Beldert is van oorsprong een waternaam. In Zeeland komt de geslachtsnaam Bellaert al in de middeleeuwen voor.

Geografie van Schouwen-Duiveland
Buurtschap in Zeeland
Voormalige haven in Nederland


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Lord Layard
Labour Peer
As a result of COVID-19, some MPs were less able to vote in Parliament in certain periods, and this will be reflected by absences in their voting record.
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11th May to 2nd June 2020
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2nd to 9th June 2020
The option of online voting was removed, and a number of MPs may have been unable to vote because they were not physically able to attend.
10th June 2020 onwards
The requirements on proxy voting were relaxed, allowing MPs to designate another MP to cast a vote on their behalf.
If an MP votes by proxy, it is effectively exactly the same as if they cast the vote in person and it shows up on their TheyWorkForYou voting record.
MPs are not required to designate a proxy, and may instead pair with an opposing MP to miss a vote. Parliament does not record when two MPs have come to a pairing arrangement, so on TheyWorkForYou, they will both appear to have been absent for the vote.
We will update this information if the situation changes. See more detail on votes during the COVID-19 period here.
A selection of Lord Layard's votes
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Voted against raising England's undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010.
Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 7 votes for, 1 vote against, 7 absences, between 2008–2011.
Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 3 absences, in 2011.
Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, in 2011.
We have lots more plain English analysis of Lord Layard's voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Lord Layard's full vote analysis page for more.
Cost of Living: Public Well-being - Motion to Take Note 20 Oct 2022
My Lords, we all know the problem facing our country: as a nation, we have become poorer. Our import prices have risen more than our export prices and, on that account, we are 5% poorer than we were a year or so ago. That is a lot of money—over £100 billion a year—and it is something we cannot escape. This is the issue that the Chancellor is facing: who should bear the cost of the loss...
Health and Care Bill - Committee (4th Day): Amendment 50 20 Jan 2022
My Lords, Amendment 101B, in my name and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Watkins, and the noble Lord, Lord Alderdice, is a fundamental amendment to remedy the shocking imbalance between the provision of mental and physical healthcare. As was said in the debate last week, people with mental disorders who receive treatment are a minority—35% of children and 40% of adults—while for people...
Assisted Dying Bill [HL] - Second Reading: Amendment to the Motion 22 Oct 2021
I want to make just three points. The main argument that we have heard against the Bill is the fear that relatives will exert undue pressure. For many years, I was persuaded by that argument. However, we now have evidence on these matters. We should look at the evidence, not just the fear. The evidence that we have comes from the places that have done this, including Oregon and Australia, and...
More of Lord Layard's recent appearances
Entered the House of Lords on 10 May 2000
Positions held at time of appointment: Director, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics (from Number 10 press release)
Currently held offices
Member, Economic Affairs Committee (since 12 May 2022)
Other offices held in the past
Member, Land Use in England Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 12 May 2022)
Member, Youth Unemployment Committee (28 Jan 2021 to 16 Nov 2021)
Member, Gambling Industry Committee (13 Jun 2019 to 16 Jun 2020)
Member, Economic Affairs Committee (8 Jun 2015 to 1 Jul 2019)
Member, Economic Affairs Committee (29 Nov 2004 to 26 Nov 2008)
Member, EU Sub-Committee A (26 Jun 2001 to 7 Nov 2002)
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I hope everyone is getting back into the swing of things from the Holiday weekend. To help you get off the ground and head in the right direction Brian Tracy is having a Goals 2014 call next week. I can get you into the call if you contact me at jsackman@focalpointcoaching.com. The call is free and just e-mail me if you want to attend. The call is next Tuesday at 10:30 AM and will last till noon. Again, just let me know.
There are several local events to check out in January from a business standpoint. The Chamber and the Economics Development Board are both having year starting events. The Business Journal is publishing its Book of Lists and throwing a party about that. These are great places to network and learn. I highly encourage you to attend whenever you can.
You know I found it interesting that my post yesterday aligned with a later announcement by Cyan that it was missing its quarter. The reason is that they posted about progress in Tier 1 proof of concept and lab work. I hope my friends at Cyan (and I have a lot of them) read that post. If they start deploying in a major network inside a Tier 1 vendor, they will need to rethink a lot over their current model. I plan to reach out to some of them quietly to see if I can give them advice on my learnings from that world. My evidence for their need of advice is their reason for missing their quarter. They have a single large customer (Windstream) who is considered a Tier 2 vendor. They took a precipitous drop in revenue from this customer and have had to pre-announce a bad quarter because of this. In their Q3 call, they said they would do about $30M revenue this quarter. The quarter is coming in at closer to $20M. All I can say is that somewhere that customer relationship is massively mismanaged. You can not have a customer that represents so much of your business and not be in lockstep with what they are going to do. If that gets carried over to a Tier 1 carrier relationship, Cyan will get tossed out very quickly. It is all fixable, but needs to be top of mind with the Executives and BoD. I will be interested in listening to the Q4 call to see what they say publicly.
I wanted to briefly talk about a local struggling firm that has come to the point where it is cash flow positive from what I hear. I used to work at a company named Red Condor which was bought and is now Edgewave. The local Edgewave office is in Sonoma Mountain Village. The group here is in the E-mail filtering and Security business. Red Condor was started by a group of Sonoma County software engineers and they are all still working at Edgewave. The product is used by about 2,000 customers, many of which are in the North Bay. Edgewave offers a number of products and services that might interest various businesses in the North Bay. Great way to support a local company. One thing you could do to help them is lobby Sonic to use their product. Edgewave has over 200 Internet Service Providers as customers. Sonic is not one of them and one would think a company that is vocal about local business would use them. Just never happened.
Finally, I want to pre-announce something myself. Starting in February I will be doing "Lunch and Learns". I will provide more details later, but I want to let people know that they are coming. Have a great day and Friday we will chat again!


Vodafone is a known telecom brand in United Kingdom. It's know for its reliable network, fast 4G connection and SIM only deals. But no matter which telecom company you choose, you could have network issue or other problems. So, if you are facing Vodafone network coverage issues and problems then I am sharing Vodafone coverage map with you to ensure enough Vodafone mobile signal strength for quality service.
Just like most of the telecom operator in UK, Vodafone also provides users with the facility to check Vodafone coverage and network status. You can just head over to following link and get all the information.
You just have to enter the area code and needs to select the type of connection, either Vodafone 3G or 4G. And it'll provide you result based on your input data.
Please mind that this information is computer calculated and assumed. As the actual scenario in your case might be different. Signal strength depends on many factors such as your distance from the mast, objects and hurdles between your place and the nearest mast – walls, building etc. More hurdles and higher distance between you and mast can reduce the signal strength significantly.
Now, you can find Vodafone coverage map images from two third party sites we have collected. Official Vodafone coverage map can be found on official website. These coverage map will give you sufficient idea about network strength in your area.
Your distance from mast – higher the distance, lower will be the signal strength.
Weather condition – like rain, strom can also decreases signal strength.
OpenSignal have a mobile app that sends them information about signal strength in the area. This mobile app is used by UK crowd and helps to collect enough data for OpenSignal to generate Vodafone coverage map.
Routematrics.com also have its own data & stats for Vodafone network coverage. You can find it on the basis of speed, performance & technology on their website.
Npref.com is a popular website that shows stats and details for different networks around the globe. Here is the screenshot for Vodafone network coverage.
Hey, you might not be the only Vodafone UK service consumer who is facing this issue. If this is the case, then- you'll find following links helpful.
These two sites shows the current information and past data about Vodafone network problems and issues. When Vodafone network goes down – people like you and me can be seen active on these websites.
Still Facing Network Coverage Problem?
If you are still having problems with Vodafone network coverage then take a closer look at Vodafone coverage map and official vodafone network coverage checker sites. If the problem remains as it is then it's time to call the customer support team or visit here https://www.vodafone.co.uk/network.
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Vodafone Balance Check for UK Number! Credit Check!
Hello Vodafone UK users, in this article I am going to tell you several ways of checking balance in your Vodafone SIM. If you have a UK SIM then you have the following 5 ways to know your balance (pay as you go or monthly contract).
USSD code is a great way to query your mobile operator and get a response for your query immediately. You can dial the following USSD code number to check your remaining balance.
This app gives you the ability to check your mobile SIM card balance anytime. This app also gives you several other options to manage your sim card.
Number for Checking Vodafone Balance!
You can also check your mobile number credit by giving a missed call to following Vodafone UK balance checking number. You just have to click on the following number to dial it and your call will be automatically disconnected.
Now, within a few seconds after dialling this number, you'll get a text from your Telecom operator having your sim card balance and credit validity details.
If you want to know your balance using text message then type the following text.
Wait for a few seconds and you will get a message from your mobile operator about your sim card credit details.
If you prefer a PC or Mac over mobile apps and other ways then you can check your Vodafone number balance online as well. Just register your SIM card number with the Vodafone official website and create an account.
Now you can log into your account any time to check your balance and others sim card related information.
Now, if you are facing problem checking your mobile credit using the above methods then you can contact customer care. A human representative will listen to you and let you know your mobile number balance and other information.
Hey, I have written several articles on Vodafone mobile. Some of the articles might be useful for you. I had handpicked following articles for you so kindly check them out.
I am always updating this website with the latest information on UK Telecom operators. I created this website to help people like you and me.
If you like this website then please show some support by clicking on the social sharing button. If there is any error or suggestions then let me know in a comment below.
Having Issue? Let me Help You!
Are you still having issues checking your balance? While there are many ways to check your Vodafone balance but things may not be working for you. In this case, let me know your problem in the comment section and I will try to help you.
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The U3121M is a battery powered datalogger with built-in GSM modem for connection to an external temperature and humidity probe. Featuring a 20 to +60°C measurement range, LCD display, large 500,000 sample memory and a USB interface for configuration and data download. The GSM modem can be set to send high and low alarm alerts text messages to up to 4 recipients and can periodically send temperature readings via text or JSON.


The State of Washington was not entitled to a finding as a matter of law that health care providers Franciscan Health System, Franciscan Medical Group, and The Doctors Clinic (TDC) were separate entities capable of conspiring to negotiate reimbursement rates in violation of Sec. 1 of the Sherman Act, as opposed to a single economic unit shielded from scrutiny for fixing prices. The federal district court in Tacoma, Washington, rejected the state's argument that the Franciscan and TDC defendants' lack of common ownership alone established that they were subject to Sec. 1 (State of Washington v. Franciscan Health System, July 24, 2018, Settle, B.).
The unity of TDC's and Franciscan's economic interests and centers of decisionmaking remained a question of fact precluding partial summary judgment, according to the court. There was competing testimony regarding whether Franciscan was authorized to, or actually exerted control over, the operations of TDC through the implementation and enforcement of Franciscan policies and standards. In this case, a larger competitor (Franciscan) appeared to have gained a stake in and significant control over a smaller competitor (TDC), potentially unifying their economic interest into a single center of financial decisionmaking, the court explained. Franciscan was leasing all of TDC's assets with the exception of a few specific exclusions. It could appear to a reasonable person that Franciscan had contracted for all of TDC's healthcare services to be packaged and offered under Franciscan's name, as well as ultimate control and decisionmaking of the standards involved with such services.
The court noted, however, that despite the business arrangement between TDC and Franciscan, the companies continued to compete for patients. Further, there was potential for future competition if TDC and Franciscan were to end their agreement. Therefore, the functional relationship and economic unity between TDC and Franciscan had to be resolved at trial.
Failing-company defense. The court granted the state's motion to strike the defendants' failing-company defense to the price fixing claims. The failing-company doctrine arises in merger challenges, where the claims are focused on a test of whether the effect of an acquisition "may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly," the court noted. However, the doctrine did not justify allowing a failing business to continue operating through a price-fixing restraint on trade.
The case is No. 3:17-cv-05690-BHS.
Attorneys: Erica Ann Koscher, Washington Attorney General's Office, for State of Washington. Alex Bartko (Polsinelli PC) for Franciscan Health System. David Maas (Davis Wright Tremaine) for The Doctors Clinic.


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Home » News » AGs call for longer comment period on clean car standards
AGs call for longer comment period on clean car standards
Source: Maxine Joselow, E&E News reporter • Posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Democratic attorneys general sent a letter calling for an extension of the comment period for the clean car rule rollback. Pedro Ribeiro Simoes/Flickr
A coalition of 18 Democratic attorneys general today urged the Trump administration to extend the comment period for its proposed rollback of clean car standards.
In a letter, the attorneys general called for EPA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to extend the comment period from 60 days to 120 days. They also requested more public hearings on the proposal.
EPA and NHTSA earlier this month outlined a series of options for the Obama-era clean car rules. The preferred option was freezing fuel economy targets at 2020 levels through 2026, rather than maintaining the year-over-year increases that automakers agreed to under President Obama (Greenwire, Aug. 2).
A 60-day comment period is standard for proposed rules. But for major rules — defined as those that have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more — agencies sometimes lengthen the comment period to give the public more time to weigh in.
"A 120-day comment period would be consistent with past practice for matters of similar importance and complexity, including EPA's 2014 proposal to adopt the Clean Power Plan and its 2017 proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan," the attorneys general wrote.
"Given the complexity and novelty of the legal and technical issues presented by the agencies' proposal, the voluminous amount of materials accompanying the joint proposed rule which commenters must review, and the profound potential impacts of the proposal on human health and the environment, a 60-day comment period is wholly inadequate," they added.
In addition, the attorneys general requested that EPA and NHTSA hold more public hearings on the cars proposal in cities whose residents could be affected.
The agencies are planning public hearings in Fresno, Calif.; Dearborn, Mich.; and Pittsburgh, according to a Federal Register notice published Friday.
But another public hearing in Sacramento, Calif., is warranted, the letter says, given the agencies' proposal to attack California's authority to set its own tougher tailpipe rules.
Under the Clean Air Act, California can obtain a waiver from EPA to set more stringent fuel efficiency standards than the federal government. Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have adopted those standards. All 13 of those states signed the letter, including New York and Massachusetts.
But EPA and NHTSA earlier this month proposed rescinding California's waiver, setting up a fierce legal showdown with the Golden State and the other states that have followed its lead.
To justify revoking the waiver, the agencies argued that California lacks the authority to regulate fuel economy under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. They also argued that California lacks the "compelling and extraordinary conditions" as required by Section 209 of the Clean Air Act.
"We ask that EPA, alone or in conjunction with NHTSA, hold an additional public hearing in California devoted exclusively to EPA's unprecedented proposal to withdraw California's Clean Air Act waiver — a subject not mentioned in the hearing announcement," the letter says.
"While we dispute if Section 209 of the Clean Air Act authorizes EPA to revoke a waiver, that statute requires a public hearing for granting a waiver and EPA should provide no less process for its proposed revocation," the letter says.
The attorneys general also requested additional hearings in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. A leaked pre-publication draft of a Federal Register notice, which was obtained by E&E News and first reported by Bloomberg, listed hearings in those cities on the cars proposal (Greenwire, Aug. 22).
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D), who has brought a number of lawsuits against the Trump administration, took to Twitter yesterday to circulate the letter.
".@RealDonaldTrump shouldn't fear hearing the truth from the public about his destructive attack on #CleanCarStandards," Becerra said in a tweet. "The environment we leave for our children deserves more than simply 60 days of comment."


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We just received the shipment of our fall dough. This is a slightly darker and hearty bread than the kind we use throughout the spring and summer. We will begin using the new dough in all our recipes starting September 22nd, 2016.
Dayton is hosting it's Downtown Adventure Night this Friday, August 5th. Any participants in this years scavenger hunt will receive 20% off their order throughout the night. Make sure to call ahead so you can get your food right when you arrive. Good luck!
Wheat Penny is now offering different pasta dinners along with our classic salads, sandwiches, and pizzas. You can try it as an entire meal or as a combo with another entree. Remember to hurry in and try some, since this is a limited time only menu.
We are now offering an additional way to prepare all of our specialty pizzas. You can always get our classic thick hand-tossed crust, but now you can also choose to get a thin, seasoned crust on your pizza. Try both and decide!


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An enjoyable hike in the interior of southwest Lantau (Photo-essay)
2021 has not shown itself to be all that great a year thus far -- with continued political ructions as well as pandemic problems in the three territories that I hold the most dear (and, not coincidentally, have spent the most part of my life in). In all honesty, what's been happening in Hong Kong alone seems enough to put more gray into my hair and worry lines onto my face. But when I factor in what's been happening in the USA and Malaysia too, never mind the world at large, I sometimes find myself wondering how much more my heart can take.
To help with both my mental and physical health, I've found myself turning to exercise and continued Hong Kong exploration by way of urban walks and countryside hikes. And even while I was again dealt reminders of Hong Kong now being home to political prisoners on my most recent hike (this time by way of my catching sight of Shek Pik Prison, the maximum security facility where Joshua Wong is currently incarcerated), I must say that my first hike of 2021 was generally very enjoyable, and even outright exhilarating at times.
For the first time in close to three years, I returned to a part of Hong Kong which I really like -- and would go to more often if it were more easily accessible. As it stands, going there and back involves two bus and one ferry rides each way for me. At least, as far as the hiking part of the excursion is concerned, things have been made quite a bit easier by my having discovered that one can access and leave the inland section of southwest Lantau without completing Stages 5 and 6 of the Lantau Trail in their entirety... :b
Cows resting by the trailhead
After warming up by walking for about half an hour along a
catchwater with some scenic views, it's time to head uphill
Click on the image to get a panoramic view of Lung Tsai Ng Yuen,
whose continued existence I was glad to confirm on this hike
For a good part of our five hour hike, the only other person
I saw was my hike companion for the day!
I really do get the feeling that not that many people
have actually got to cast their eyes on this beautiful vista
The hike's high point: the view from Ling Wu Shan :)
Going down that hill is hairier than ideal but the views
on the descent really are quite something --
and definitely worth stopping from time to time to savor
The loop route I had decided on took longer (5 hours)
than anticipated to complete but we did manage to
get to the bus stop at hike end before darkness fell :)
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Eleven more security law arrests and confirmation of the first security law blocking of a website
A message that can be seen in various parts of Hong Kong
Those days when Hong Kong was a safe haven are, alas, now gone :(
I woke up this morning to learn that 11 more Hong Kongers have been arrrested under the national security law that China has imposed on Hong Kong. On top of the 87 arrested previously, this brings the number of people arrested under this draconian law to 98 -- and it does seem telling that, to date, only four of those individuals have actually been charged (with, among others, all 55 people arrested last week for their involvement with the democratic primaries that took place last July not being formally charged (as yet) for the security law infringements they had been accused of).
It wasn't until several hours later that the Hong Kong police confirmed that all of the 11 people arrested under the security law today had been detained on suspicion of assisting the 12 Hong Kongers who had fled the city to seek asylum in Taiwan, only to end up spending time in captivity in Shenzhen after being detained by the Guangdong coastguard when their boat was intercepted in Mainland Chinese waters. And even now, details haven't been forthcoming about the identities of the arrestees beyond one of them being Daniel Wong Kwok-tung, a district council who also is a human rights lawyer and founder of a pro-democracy restaurant in Taiwan, and another being the mother of student activist turned documentary filmmaker Willis Ho.
At the time of my writing this blog post, I have not heard if any of them have been released on bail or formally charged yet. I do hope that their cases will get sufficient coverage in the media to ensure that they will not just disappear into the system. But, with so much happening these days, alas, attention can end up going elsewhere, including to the two members of the Hong Kong 12 who were not tried in Mainland China (and subsequently given jail sentences of up to three years) because they were minors and, instead, sent back to Hong Kong: one of whom, 17-year-old Hoang Lam-phuc, appeared in court yesterday on another, extradition bill protest-related charge; the other of whom, 18-year-old Liu Tsz-man, appeared in court today on a separate, similarly extradition bill protest-related charge and was also remanded into custody.
Also appearing in court today was investigative journalist Bao Choy, whose shock arrest back in November for, essentially, doing her job was seen as a further blow to press freedom in the territory. It was gratifying to read -- in a Radio Televion Hong Kong (RTHK) article, no less -- that members of the RTHK Programme Staff Union staged a demonstration outside the court before her hearing to support her. But it was disappointing, to say the least, to learn that RTHK took the decision to suspend her from production of Hong Kong Connection, the program she has been working on for some time now.
Following up on another matter: Confirmation has now been received that internet censorship has indeed come to Hong Kong. More specifically, internet service provider HK Broadband stated today that it has blocked access to Hong Kong Chronicles, a website that publishes material mainly on 2019 anti-government protests, to comply with the national security law. Other local internet service providers, such as PCCW and China Mobile, have not come out and stated that they have acted similarly but there's little doubt that they too have been involved in what is the first censorship of a website by the Hong Kong authorities under this sweeping law being used to silence dissent.
To be sure, there are individuals even within the "yellow" camp who don't approve of the doxxing of police officers done on the Hong Kong Chroncicles website But the point, as we know, isn't that doxxing per se is something that the powers that be here are intent on stamping out. For, if so, they'd also block those "blue" websites that publish the personal information of "yellow" individuals but, unsurprisingly, have not done so.
When looking at the big picture, it could be argued that the decision on the part of the authorities to block access to a website has greater repercussions for Hong Kong than the actual existence of the website. On a practical level, the actions taken to block the website has resulted in the blocking of access to other websites whose only "crime" is to share the same ISP address as Hong Kong Chronicles. But what's really worrisome is what else on the internet the security law will be used to block: with Wong Ho-wa, an Election Committee member who represents the information technology industry, outlining that such actions are a threat to Hong Kongers' freedom of information.
In the RTHK article about this, it additionally was noted that Wong "expressed concern that without a clear definition of what exactly is allowed online, even news websites could be blocked in the future over alleged national security violations. "The official government still has no clear clarification or justification on their action or their rationale behind. Would the internet press be also be affected in the longer term? That we don't know," he said." In other words: watch this cyberspace -- in the case of many Hong Kong netizens, very anxiously.
Labels: events, extradition bill protest, Hong Kong, Mainland China, People, security law, YTSL's photos
Chilly and chilling musings on a wintry evening in Hong Kong
I think I know how this little bird buffeted by the wind feels...
On cold winter days, misery loves company!
It's been really cold here in Hong Kong the past few days. I know it's winter and all but it's not every winter in Hong Kong that we get frost warnings. And, as a matter of fact, the last time I remember feeling this cold in Hong Kong was back in January 2016, when we had record-breaking cold temperatures and "frost tourists" so unprepared for the conditions up on Tai Mo Shan that they ended up having to be rescued by Emergency Services!
That year saw the Hong Kong Free Press put up a piece entitled "Why does Hong Kong feel colder than it actually is?" This week, it had sadder cold weather coverage: reporting that Hong Kong recorded at least 11 deaths this past weekend where the cold weather is suspected to have played a factor. And while none of the deceased have been specifically identified as homeless individuals, I can't help but wonder if they were; this not least since Hong Kong is experiencing a growth in its street sleeper population, who suffer so much when the temperatures hit extremes; due in part to establishments like branches of McDonald's -- which usually are open 24 -- hours shutting their doors, in line with anti-Wuhan coronavirus restrictions currently in effect.
Another group of individuals I think and worry about at this time are those currently in prison, particularly those who are new to the experience (like Agnes Chow). I hope that the men and women of Hong Kong's correctional services will act professionally, even humanely, towards the prison inmates they have been charged with looking after at this trying time. At the very least, I hope they are aware of how terrible it would look, and be, if a political prisoner -- particularly one who's behind bars even while not found guilty of a crime (like, say, security law arrestees Jimmy Lai, Tam Tak-chi or Tong Ying-kit) -- ends up getting ill or worse, due to a combination of the cold weather and maltreatment (or, for that matter, the Wuhan coronavirus and maltreatment).
Also in my thoughts these past few days have been a number of Hong Kong judges and magistrates. More specifically: I've been moved to wonder again about not just the genuine impartiality of certain members of the local judiciary but their actual intelligence and sanity after learning about a number of rather strange decisions and comments on their part.
Take, as an example, Jacky Ip, the magistrate who today sentenced a university student to six months in prison for resisting arrest during an anti-government protest in Tsim Sha Tsui on Christmas Eve, 2019; this despite there apparently being no other charges made against the convicted individual. Put another way: there appeared to be no real reason for the police to arrest him. Also, how many people would willingly submit to being manhandled, even assaulted, the way we have seen the Hong Kong police deal with pro-democracy protestors?
Then there's district judge Ernest Lin Kam-hung, who yesterday ordered people a lawyer and relatives of defendants to leave the courtroom during a trial involving anti-extradition bill protestors for no other reason than that they were wearing yellow masks. Amazingly, this same (obtuse?) member of the judiciary also appeared to mistake yellow vested journalists for protestors and professed to be unfamiliar with the frequently performed -- at least in 2019 -- protest anthem, Glory to Hong Kong.
On the very first day of his assuming office as chief justice of Hong Kong (in the wake of Geoffrey Ma stepping down after 10 years on the job last Friday), Andrew Cheung found himself having to clarify that people attending court should be entitled to choose what they wear and arguing that "Hong Kong is a free society". While I'm happy to see that former statement from him, I wonder aboutt the accuracy of the latter claim: this particularly after reading a Reuters report today that China plans further arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures to stifle any return of a populist challenge to the current regime in Hong Kong (and, by extension, Beijing).
Also chilling is a Washington Post report that in addition to last week's mass round up of pro-democracy activists being intended to intimidate those who value freedom and want democracy for Hong Kong, other aims of those arrests included the seizure of the passports of those perceived to be protest leaders and the collection of their communication devices -- the last of which the Hong Kong police have started sending to the Mainland China for data extraction.
And lest it not be clear: hacking into these people's phones to try to lure folks into traps is just the tip of the iceberg of what they are seeking to do. At the same time though, I wonder when the authorities can and will ever rest since it really may well be nigh impossible to find the leaders of a famously leaderless revolution?!
Labels: events, extradition bill protest, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Music, nature, People, security law, weather, Wuhan coronavirus, YTSL's photos
A socially-distanced visit to Ikuchijima's Kosenji before the Wuhan coronavirus appeared on the scene (Photo-essay)
I watched my first film of 2021 (and in about three weeks) while holed up in my apartment -- like has become my usual practice on Sundays during this pandemic -- this afternoon. When viewing Yasujiro Ozu's The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952), I found myself wishing I could travel to Japan again before too long -- and realizing that I still have by no means finished sharing photos from my October 2019 trip there!
Suffice to say that 2020 really was quite the eventful year... during which I frequently felt a need and inclination to share about other topics besides vacations, however wonderful they were. And 2021 is looking to be more of the same. Still, here's deciding to devote this Sunday's entry to highlighting one of the places I visited back in October 2019: more specifically, the Seto Inland Sea island of Ikuchijima; located not too far away from Okunoshima (AKA Rabbit Island), which I had visited the previous day, but with very different attractions on it.
Perhaps because the previous day had noticeably sunnier skies, there was a distinctly "off season" feel to Ikuchijima when I visited. Those who know me will know though that this wouldn't have darkened my mood -- because, among other things, this meant that I could avoid the tourist crowd (see? I was into social distancing before the Wuhan coronavirus appeared on the scene!) and I frequently feel when doing so that the places I visit often feel noticeably more atmospheric... :)
The Kosanji temple complex is Ikuchijima's main attraction and the sight
alone of its main entrance should get you knowing it's quite the place!
Founded in 1936 and constructed over a span of 30 years, Kosanji
is a vast temple complex with many buildings modelled after some of
Japan's most famous temples and shrines (in this case, those of Nikko)
Puppet Ponyo posing in front of a building that brings to mind
the Byodoin temple's main building in Uji
I really wasn't kidding when I talked about this temple complex
being large -- and should point out that a lot of it's also very ornate!
There's lots of stuff (statues of the Buddha, etc.) underground
too in a grotto cave 350 meters (1,155 feet) in length!
Things get truly surreal when you ascend a hill within the temple grounds
and find yourself in the vast Italian marble sculpture garden
known as -- yes really -- the Heights of Eternal Hope for the Future!
Covering some 5,000 square meters, that known more succinctly
as Miraishin no Oka in Japanese was created by Kazuto Kuetani,
a Hiroshima native who now lives in Italy
Perhaps most astounding of all is that this whole temple complex
was created by a man, industrialist-turned-Buddhist priest
Kozo Kanemoto, in honor of his beloved mother (a representation of
which can be found in nearby Choseikaku Villa, where she lived)! :O
Labels: culture, Japan, movies, photo-essay, places, Ponyo, Wuhan coronavirus, YTSL's photos
Deep into Hong Kong's winter of discontent
People Power's Tam Tak-chi in freer times: specifically,
at the annual pro-democracy rally back on July 1st, 2018
Joshua Wong too in freer times: this back on October 1st, 2018
The Hong Kong police kept everyone they arrested on Wednesday behind bars overnight but late yesterday, all bar one of the 53 people arrested were out on bail. Yesterday (Thursday), American human rights lawyer John Clancey was the first to be let out. Following this news, reports trickled in of the others having been released on bail too, including -- after some delay -- Chu Hoi-dick and Leung Kwok-hung, the two Hong Kong pro-democracy political figures who have had been arrested the most since June 9th, 2019 (with seven arrests each).
This morning (Friday), it was confirmed that none of the people arrested over their participation in last July's democratic primaries has been charged with an offence... as yet. But three of them remain behind bars, including two people additionally arrested yesterday, in custody.
The sole member of the 53 people arrested on Wednesday still being held by the police is former Democratic Party leader Wu Chi-wai, who was remanded into custody for the separate offence of violating bail conditions after the police found his British Overseas (National) (BNO) passport when they searched his home. In addition, the powers that be took the unusual step yesterday of arresting two people who are already behind bars.
One of them, veteran political activist Tam Tak-chi, was previously denied bail for a sedition charge under Hong Kong's Crimes Ordinance that is scheduled to only go to court in May; making it so that by the time he is actually tried, he will already spent a full eight months behind bars. The other is Joshua Wong, who appears to be continuing to be accorded "special treatment" that's quite a bit different from what the likes of Barbara Demick seem to think he is accorded by the Hong Kong Correctional Services.
More specifically, the 24-year-old political activist was brought to the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre for questioning without a lawyer present from the maximum security Shek Pik Prison, where he is serving his 13.5 months sentence for instigating, inciting and participating in an unauthorized assembly, in chains and shackles. Frankly, until I saw Jimmy Lai similarly chained and shackled last month, I don't believe I had seen any arrestees in Hong Kong moving around in more than handcuffs. And to see that of people accused -- but not even actually convicted -- of fraud and guilty of nothing more than involvement in a non-violent protest, never even mind their "celebrity" status, really beggars belief.
My friend over at The Fragrant Harbour entitled her blog post for yesterday "Winter is coming". Actually, like Benny Tai, I tend towards the opinion that winter has already arrived in Hong Kong. (And no, I'm not referring to the weather -- though, coincidentally, another cold snap has arrived in Hong Kong, prompting the Hong Kong Observatory to issue frost as well as cold weather warnings!)
Again, like Benny Tai, I hope -- and do believe that "despite Hong Kong [having] entered a cold winter... many Hongkongers will still use their own way to go against the wind". To be sure, it is looking like our current winter of discontent will be long and hard as well as cold. (And the threats keep on coming from the north: with the latest news this evening involving confirmation that the Great Firewall of China is coming to encircle Hong Kong too).
But I, for one, still am not prepared to give up hope that spring will come again at some point to chase the winter blues away, in Hong Kong as well as elsewhere; this not least because a good number of Hong Kongers remain the most spirited and freedom loving people I know. (And for the record: yes, I reckon they could give many people in such as the USA a lesson or two with regards the valuing of democracy too.)
Labels: events, Hong Kong, Mainland China, People, U.S.A., weather, YTSL's photos
The largest wave of security law arrests to date in Hong Kong
Picture from July 1st, 2015, of one of the more than 50 people arrested
today: the woman with the yellow umbrella -- Claudia Mo
Picture from July 1st, 2017, of another those arrested today
under the national security law: "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung
Like on too many occasions in 2020 (see here and here for examples), I woke up this morning to learn that arrests had been made of pro-democracy personalities. Since it's happened so often already, some might say that I -- and the rest of Hong Kong -- should have been prepared for this occurence. But even while it's not unexpected, it's hard to digest.
For one thing, new ground was broken today in terms of the scale of the operation: with some 1,000 police officers having been involved in the arrest of 53 people accused of subversion (and therefore liable to be sentenced to life imprisonment under China's national security law for Hong Kong imposed last summer). There also was an exponential increase from just the day before in the number of people arrested under the security law Beijing has imposed on what The Guardian's report of today's event described as "the once semi-autonomous city". (Clearly, an update is needed to the Hong Kong government's "Hong Kong -- the Facts" page -- specifically, that which states that "According to the Basic Law, Hong Kong's political system and way of life remain unchanged for 50 years.")
For another, the "crime" that these people (pictures and profiles of whom can be found in this humanizing Twitter thread) are being accused of amounts to their having "conspired to obtain 35 or more seats at the Legislative Council". In other words, as lawyer Antony Dapiran has pointed out: "they tried to win an election".
More specifically, as has also been pointed on Twitter, this time by Reuters Global News Desk editor Gerry Doyle: "the crime here, let's remember, is holding an unofficial primary to see who might run for office. that's it". (And for the record: that primary attracted more than 610,000 voters; many of whom are hardly assured by security minister John Lee's statement today that they will not be targeted for arrest by the authorities.)
As history professor Jeppe Mulich was moved to note: "If there was ever any doubt that the [National Security Law] was about criminalizing dissent, today's mass arrest of opposition lawmakers should settle it." To which Hong Kong resident daaitoulaam added: "It also confirms that the reason the [Legislative Council] elections were postponed was the [Chinese Communist Party] knew they were going to lose control of LegCo. *today's subversion arrests are for organising a primary to help pan-dems win that majority in the legislature*"
By the way, remember the pandemic that was supposedly the reason for the postponement (by at least a year) of the Legislative Council election that was supposed to take place last September -- for which many of today's arrestees would have run for office? Let the record show that Hong Kong had 25 new Wuhan coronavirus cases today; less than half the number of the political arrests made in the territory just this morning.
Something else of note is that another line was crossed today with the first ever arrest of a foreign national who also happens to be a human rights lawyer. (John Clancey is an American citizen, Hong Kong resident, the chairman of the Asian Human Rights Commission and treasurer of Power for Democracy.) How prescient Financial Times journalist Yuan Yang was when she Tweeted the following on June 3rd of last year: "This might be coming to Hong Kong — @cdcshepherd's @ft profile of 6 people imprisoned in China on national security grounds, from a human rights lawyer to a Uighur scholar to the 2 Canadians still held as retribution for Huawei's CFO's house arrest."
Will this move foreign governments to stronger, if any, action? Given their records thus far, it would be realistic, not pessimistic, to predict that there will be, at best, just "hand wringing and stern words and waffling" but not much by the way of anything substantive on their parts. At the same time, Beijing and its Hong Kong acolytes do seem to have deliberately timed these mass arrests (and latest bid to snuff out Hong Kong's political opposition) when much of the world would be distracted by the American senate runoff vote in Georgia, two weeks before Joe Biden's inauguration, and just after the European Union agreed a trade deal with China. Which would seem to indicate that they do care to some degree at least about international reaction to their actions.
Already, the calls have come, both from within and outside the European Union, to call off that trade agreement which has yet to be ratified by the European parliament. Hong Kong's last governor, Chris Patten, had particularly strong words on this matter: stating that the deal "spits in the face of human rights and shows a delusional view of the Chinese Communist Party's trustworthiness"; and is "a massive strategic blunder" on the part of the European Commision.
In addition, Antony Blinken, Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of State, has issued the following statement: "The sweeping arrests of pro-democracy demonstrators are an assault on those bravely advocating for universal rights. The Biden-Harris administration will stand with the people of Hong Kong and against Beijing's crackdown on democracy." And while there of course is the possibility that all this is just "stern words" and hot air, it also is true enough that it's far more assuring for those of us who still care about democracy and human rights to see and hear these utterances from these quarters than if there had been silence all around.
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Labels: Britain, events, Hong Kong, Mainland China, People, security law, U.S.A., Umbrella Movement, Wuhan coronavirus, YTSL's photos
Small victories and one bombshell on the first Monday of the new year
Some people are really impatient for the future to arrive
(and have put up the Chinese New Year decorations)
...even while others seem stuck in the past (and haven't put
the Christmas decorations back in storage yet; though, to be fair,
it's still only the 11th day of Christmas after all!)
After ringing in the New Year with a long weekend (that saw colder weather conditions than is usual -- complete with the issuing of frost warnings by the Hong Kong Observatory! -- in this part of the world), the bulk of Hong Kong went back to work today. On the Wuhan coronavirus front, Hong Kong's 50th day of the fourth wave saw 53 new cases and one additional death today. As the medical experts made clear though, it's too soon to relax the current social distancing measures and people are pretty much resigned to their remaining in place through to the end of the first month of 2021, if not longer.
At the same time, there are many things that people still are not resigned to -- and have shown that they will fight against, sometimes with winning results even. At the end of 2020, we had the case of the underground reservoir in Bishop's Hill whose planned demolition has been halted after public outcry. And the beginning of 2021 now sees the government similarly swiftly reversing a decision, announced yesterday, to move the daily coronavirus briefings online -- to enable, some journalists feared, the filtering out of questions from the press that the authorities did not want to answer; again, after an outcry.
Ideally, of course, we would have bigger victories than these to celebrate. But at a time when even an annual online poll for Hong Kong's "Person of the Year" conducted by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) has ended up being scrapped (probably in response to criticisms by pro-Beijing mouthpieces unhappy that the likes of Nabela Qoser and Apple Daily were among the voting options along with the likes of Carrie Lam and Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan), people aren't going to look at even the smallest gift horse in the mouth!
Once again though, one only has to look at events on the other side of the Hong Kong-Mainland China border to see how much worse things can be, and get. Today alone saw news reports of two Mainland Chinese lawyers who helped the families of the 12 Hong Kongers arrested by the Guangdong coastguard back in August having been had their licenses revoked by the Chinese authorities and -- this represents quite the bombshell -- the disappearance from public of Alibaba founder Jack Ma (post his earning the displeasure of the Chinese Communist Party).
With regards to the latter: chances are that he'll get back into view at some point (though there's no guarantee of that: remember Xiao Jianhua, the billionaire businessman abducted from Hong Kong's Four Seasons Hotel and spirited across the Hong Kong-Mainland China border back in February, 2017?). But regardless of whether Jack Ma turns up behind bars (a la Anbang's Wu Xiaohui) or not, you can bet that he'll be, a la actress Fan Bingbing or Wanda's Wang Jianlin, a more subdued version of the personality we thought we knew.
For those who think that doing business in and with China is like elsewhere (and, unbelievably, there still are patsies who believe that, including the head of the European Union -- or maybe she's less patsy than willing collaborator, or, at the very least, willing to turn a blind eye to human rights abuses and more for monetary gains), here's the latest proof that it is not.
Similarly, for those who thought everything was okay in Hong Kong until the China extradition bill protests (that saw far more violence on the part of the police than the protestors despite fingers often getting pointed at the latter, and came about because so many people in Hong Kong there's no real justice in Mainland China): cast back your memories to -- or learn about -- Xiao Jianhua's abduction, that of the Hong Kong booksellers in late 2015, the way that Hong Kong Chief Executives get selected, what caused the Umbrella Movement to happen, and so much more.
And as things have gotten worse in Hong Kong (because, make no mistake: China's security law for Hong Kong has not brought back real stability and resolution to the territory's many problems), small wonder that university researchers have likened Hong Kong to a "powder keg waiting to go off". And this all the more so with a leader at the helm who seems more likely to pour oil on fire than to put out the flames as well as perceived as more of a problem than the solution even by members of the pro-Beijing camp!
Labels: events, extradition bill protest, Hong Kong, Mainland China, People, places, security law, Umbrella Movement, weather, Wuhan coronavirus, YTSL's photos
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