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ALPENA — Four months after first discussing it, the District Health Department No. 4 board has yet to pass a resolution detailing regional contamination of per- and polyfluoroakyl substances — more commonly known as PFAS — but continues to learn about and discuss the contaminants during monthly meetings.
The proposal of a PFAS resolution was introduced to the board in March. That was the same month the District Health Department No. 2 board passed its own PFAS resolution detailing contamination at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base and associated health advisories.
It was also during the No. 4 board's March meeting that Alpena County Commissioner Brenda Fournier, one of the commissioners appointed to serve on the health board, expressed concerns that passing such a resolution could ruin Alpena's chances of growing and could discourage people from moving here.
While Fournier stands by her previous statement, she said this week she "probably would" support the resolution if asked to vote on it, because she is concerned about PFAS.
"It's not just in the water, and I don't think people realize that," she said. "It's in clothing, it's in shoes you wear, it's everywhere, not just water. So, yeah, it is a concern, definitely. But what I would like to know is, how are they going to correct it? What are they going to do to totally get rid of PFAS? So far, I have not gotten an answer."
The health boards' resolutions would be non-binding and advisory in nature.
Denise Bryan, administrative health officer for both District Health Departments No. 2 and No. 4, said the concerns of commissioners often mimic the concerns of their constituents in the community.
"For me, a light bulb did go on, that one of the things I pride myself in is education of the community, and I felt like I should do a better job at getting the factual information both on our website to the community and to the board," she said.
PFAS was first discovered at Wurtsmith in 2010, according to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. The contaminants were found at both the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center and the former Alpena Hide and Leather in 2017. The contaminants have been widely covered in the media, especially in Michigan, for at least several months.
Since the resolution was introduced to the health board four months ago, the board has continued to learn about and discuss PFAS during its meetings. The board heard from Sesha Kallakuri, a toxicologist with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in June.
Environmental Health Director Scott Smith on Tuesday updated the board that the state is making progress toward establishing a maximum contamination levels for seven different PFAS compounds. He said those maximum contamination levels will hopefully be released by the state by April 2020.
Bryan said she would like to see the board adopt the resolution by September. Bryan said she will bring a draft of the resolution to the board next month when it meets in Cheboygan, where it could be passed. However, if there are any edits or rewrites needed, it would come back to the board in September, when it meets in Hillman.
No. 4 board Chairman Bert LaFleche said Wednesday his board was waiting for the state to make new recommendations on PFAS levels, as is expected next year, before passing the resolution.
On Thursday, LaFleche said that goal was something he was thinking, but that it hadn't been discussed at board meetings.
Lee Gapczynski, who represents Presque Isle County on the No. 4 board, could not be reached for comment.
LaFleche is a commissioner serving Montmorency County, which has one site the state is monitoring for PFAS contamination.
Water from a drinking well at Oak Leaf Manor in Lewiston tested at 18 parts per trillion earlier this year. That level falls below the federal standard of 70 parts per trillion, but is higher than the 10 ppt that triggers additional testing by state health officials.
LaFleche said PFAS is something he's concerned about because it's something that is going to end up costing money to mitigate.
"I don't know how they're going to figure it all out, but you know darn well the taxpayers are going to end up paying for most of it," he said. "We always do."
No. 4 covers Alpena, Montmorency, Presque Isle and Cheboygan counties. No. 2 covers Alcona, Iosco, Ogemaw and Oscoda counties.
Crystal Nelson can be reached at 989-358-5687 or cnelson@thealpenanews.com.
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Scenarios for Regime Change in Venezuela
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On 6 December 2015, after Venezuela's opposition coalition Mesa de la Unidad Democratica (MUD) [1] had won the parliamentary elections with 67 per cent of the votes, many observers expected that Chavismo, the authoritarian-socialist ideology of late President Hugo Chavez, continued by his successor, Nicolás Maduro, would come to an end and that democracy would be restored in Venezuela.
That did not happen, as Maduro managed to deprive the Parliament of its power with the support of the Supreme Court of Justice. He violently cracked down on civil protest, thus dividing the opposition, and with the help of the National Electoral Council succeeded in excluding the most important opposition parties from the electoral process. The military and police increased repressive measures with the support of the paramilitary forces Colectivos. Together they are said to be responsible for the death of more than 120 protesters [2].
Maduro took advantage of the ensuing economic crisis by increasing social control, reportedly also by introducing a new digital identity card, Carnet de la Patria (fatherland card) [3], which allows monitoring of citizen's political, economic and social behaviour, and enables him to limit access to subsidized food and gasoline to his loyal followers.
Maduro's new authoritarian regime also relied on the political, economic and financial support from his allies, Russia, China, Turkey and Cuba – who, besides being unified in their opposition to the US, take a vital interest in the Venezuela's rich oil, gas and gold resources.
However, a particular trigger event propelled the President of the Parliament, Juan Guaidó, to the front of renewed political protest demanding Maduro's resignation from power. Maduro had been elected President in 2013 and his term ended in January 2019. In the presidential elections held in May 2018, the main opposition parties including MUD were banned and thus refused to acknowledge Maduro's victory. When the Supreme Court confirmed the start of Maduro's new term in January 2019, opposition parties reunified in protest and claimed that the presidency was vacant. The executive power was temporarily assigned to the President of the Parliament, aimed at organising new elections and restoring the previous constitutional order.
Guaidó is seen as a charismatic leader who is able to unify opposition parties and mobilize demonstrations of popular discontent. However, actual regime change and free democratic elections are unlikely to happen unless additional conditions are met. Most importantly, the current political elite surrounding Maduro, in particular the military establishment would have to split internally. The second requirement would be increased international pressure in support of democratic change.
On 5 February 2019, the Parliament approved the "Statute Governing the Transition to Democracy to Restore the Validity of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela"[4]. Notably, Article 18 asserts the need "to create the legal incentives and guarantees for civil and military officials to act in accordance with the Constitution". It also offers "guarantees for the democratic reintegration of people who contribute to the restoration of the constitutional order".
At the international level, the United States and the European Union have increased pressure on the regime [5], also supporting the idea of offering amnesty to those members of the military who abandon Maduro [6]. Most Latin American countries who are part of the Lima Group, have rejected the Maduro regime. The opposition has won broad international support, with 56 countries [7] recognising Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's legitimate president.
Although the economic and social crisis has continued to deteriorate, the military may not be willing to abandon Maduro. They have supported both Chavez and Maduro in the past, taking advantage of every crisis to expand their political power, secure economic benefits, privileges and access to resources.
One key question therefore is, how far the military might go in repressing popular protest and persecuting the opposition given the new international conditions. Another question is whether the regime's current international allies are willing to sustain their support of the regime if it comes to a more violent escalation in Venezuela.
Scenarios for regime change
With respect to possible scenarios for regime change in Venezuela the following four variables are at play:
Control over public powers;
Capacity and internal tolerance of repression (elite cohesion);
Capacity and internal tolerance of social control;
Ability to achieve an economic balance with international support.
The main political actors in these scenarios are: Regime-Military Alliance; Opposition Alliance; Citizens; and, International Community.
Political stabilisation with economic support from allies.
The political repression vis-a-vis the opposition is normalised and the crisis is deescalated. The regime manages to contain the decline in oil production with the support of international oil companies. China and Russia continue to provide economic support to the government, while obtaining new concessions to exploit commodities.
Additionally, the government reduces its control over the economy and Maduro might be replaced by a civilian or a military successor with the purpose of creating confidence within international markets.
The opposition is divided again. The military guarantees the political balance as long as sufficient revenue is generated to be distributed amongst themselves.
Negotiations about regime change and progressive liberalisation
The government cannot contain the fall in oil production nor secure sufficient Chinese and Russian economic support. The military put pressure on Maduro's government to initiate a process of dialogue with the opposition.
The opposition manages to maintain internal unity and enjoys support from the democratic international community to pursue a negotiated regime change with the government. Political concessions would include guarantees for resolving the crisis through free and competitive elections, recognition of the Parliament, the end of political persecution in exchange for dismantling international sanctions and offering amnesty, and continued privileges for those members of the regime elite that participate in the negotiated transition.
In this scenario, finding an acceptable formula to rebuild public institutions, in which decisions are at first taken consensually by the opposition and the regime, without affecting the regime elite's security and business interest, is key.
Implosion and controlled opening
The government cannot contain the fall in oil production, nor manage to secure the required Chinese or Russian economic and financial support. The collapse of public services accelerates. Social protests increase and can no longer be contained by the security agencies, further deepening the crisis. The protest finally spreads throughout the country and across all social and political sectors.
International sanctions increase the pressure on the government and military. Internal disagreement results in a rift within the military, allowing the moderate parts of government and opposition to build a transitional unity government that guarantees the security of the military and those close to the regime. An election is called with trusted candidates from both parties. The most radical parts of the regime and military elite are detained to calm popular discontent. The economy opens up to national and international private companies. The country also begins a gradual process of political liberalisation, which is however supervised by the moderate military.
External military intervention.
Different from the previous scenarios, the driving factor here would not come from internal but from an external forces and the relevant subscenarios come in three versions:
The first would be a small-scale US military intervention, possibly in collaboration with a part of the military, which has withdrawn its support of Nicolás Maduro and formed a pact with the US government, as a result of a deepening economic and social crisis.
The second is a large-scale military intervention led by the US military, possibly with the tacit acceptance by countries in the region. The US intervention would be based on the invitation and support by political opposition parties whilst the Venezuelan military would remain loyal to Nicolás Maduro.
The reported deployment of a Russian military presence in the country in support of the Maduro regime [8], essentially working towards sustaining the Venezuelan military's loyalty, raised another scenario involving a US-Russian confrontation over Venezuela and essentially adding fuel to the already heated internal power-struggle.
Uncertainty and rivalry
The range of possible scenarios for regime change presented above, underlines the high level of uncertainty surrounding Venezuelan politics. At the time of writing, uncertain expectations work against building a critical mass required to reach the tipping point towards regime change. Moreover, the growing importance of the role of the international community as well as its division into two groups aligned with Venezuela's government and opposition, respectively, further increased the complexity of the domestic conflict, also making the country's political future a stage for geopolitical rivalry.
Héctor Briceño
Paola Bautista de Alemán
[1] Democratic Unity Roundtable.
[2] Naciones Unidas (2017) Violaciones y abusos de los derechos humanos en el contexto de las protestas en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela del 1 de abril al 31 de julio de 2017, Informe de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, p. ii.
[3] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/venezuela-zte/?fbclid=IwAR1oSPv9Un-rO341LZBWWVseuUwiSc6GHYg0qcFUhPlDW4Yg7H8Sl2kLSsU
[4] "Estatutoque rige la Transición a la democracia para restablecer la vigencia de la Constitución de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela"; https://www.prensa.com/mundo/estatuto-que-rige-la-transicion-a-la-democraciapara-restablecer-la-vigencia-de-la-constitucionde-la-republica-bolivariana-de-venezuela-282_LPRFIL20190205_0001.pdf;https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2019/02/06/guaidos-legal-framework-for-transition-in-venezuela/
[5] https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/eu-revoca-visa-miembros-de-la-asamblea-constituyente-creada-por-maduro
[6] https://www.excelsior.com.mx/global/eu-ofrece-amnistia-a-militares-que-abandonen-a-maduro/1294931
[7] https://prodavinci.com/mapa-interactivo-la-reaccion-internacional-a-la-juramentacion-de-juan-guaido1/
[8] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-pompeo/u-s-calls-russia-deployment-of-planes-to-venezuela-reckless-escalation-idUSKCN1R61PL
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 1996 : Le Bel été 1914 : Rosine
 1996 :  Madame le Consul (saison 1)
 1997 :  Le Comédien :  Mlle Simonet
 1992 - 2018 : Une famille formidable : Audrey, la fille de Catherine et Jacques Beaumont
 2002: Maigret chez le Ministre (Lise Piquemal)
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The more things change, the more they remain the same.
That's the first thought that came to my mind, after the opening weekend's matches in the English Premier League. There's a reason Manchester United are the team to beat and have been since the start of the Premier League almost 20 years ago.
The ability to eke out results, when you had them nailed on for a draw is second to none. No other team in the history of the Premier League has picked up more points from losing positions.
West Brom looked fantastic value for a point at the Hawthorns. The hosts looked comfortable on the ball and were the least bit intimidated by the champions. But all champion sides from the United stable over the last 20 years just don't know when they are beaten. On Sunday, new signing Ashley Young produced a bit of magic, cutting in from the left wing to force an 'own goal'. In the process, Young ensured that his young career at Manchester United has gotten off to the best possible start. The former Villa winger also did fellow new boy David de Gea a huge favour. The young Spanish stopper had come into the opening fixture after a fairly underwhelming performance in the Community Shield and he didn't do himself or his team any favours with West Brom's equalizer. But let's cut the kid some slack. He's come to foreign shores, where goalkeepers don't get the type of protection in the penalty box that he was used to in Spain. I'd give him another few weeks to truly settle in and then judge him.
The United faithful would be happy with a winning start to their title defense, but would be worried by the mounting injury list. Rafael da Silva was already ruled out for 10 weeks when they kicked off, but the real blow for Sir Alex Ferguson is the loss of his 1st choice centre back pairing. Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand failed to finish the game and will not be available in the foreseeable future. But Fergie is known to bring the best out of his youngsters and he'd be hoping that between Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones he has quality cover to deal with the loss of Vidic and Ferdinand.
The other team from Manchester couldn't have hoped for a better start to the season. The Sky Blues put 4 past a spirited Swansea side at the City of Manchester Stadium to fire a warning salvo to the rest of the Premier League. And the icing on the cake was the performance of striker Sergio Aguero. Maradona's son-in-law scored a brace on his debut to show why City paid 38 million pounds for him. Aguero's introduction galvanized the hosts after Swansea had held their own in the first half.
There is now so much talent in this side, that Mancini will have a major headache figuring out his first XI. In fact City could very easily field two sides in the Premier League this season, with the first XI capable of wining the title, while the second XI would finish around 6th.
Chelsea's Andre Villas-Boas got a first hand taste of what Premier League football is all about. He took his West London outfit to the Potteries of Stoke and complained of being bullied at the end of a bruising encounter. The 33 years old Portuguese, who is 5 months younger then his senior striker Didier Drogba probably didn't see as much physicality throughout the entire Portuguese season as he saw in his first 90 minutes in England. But credit must be given where it's due. Chelsea are still one of the most difficult teams to break down and that defensive steel is still very much in place. And what must have pleased all Chelsea fans is that record signing, Fernando Torres showed signs of his best form and looked sharper in attack then at any stage last season.
Liverpool's opening day display was a bit of a Dr Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde type performance. The Reds were simply unplayable in the first half and should really have been out of sight by the break.
But a disjointed second half performance saw them conceding an equalizer. While there's plenty of time to turn it around, more performances like the second half against Sunderland will see the Reds struggle again this season.
The new players did well in patches, with the latest recruit, Jose Enrique putting in the stand out effort on his debut, which incidentally came within 24 hours of the Spaniard joining the club. Liverpool's new left back admitted after the match he was surprised to start so soon after putting pen to paper on a long term deal. But Jose must get use to it, given Fabio Aurelio's injury record over the years.
Charlie Adam and Stewart will only improve. Both had their moments against the Mackems and as they get more familiar with their new surroundings and team mates, you'll see the best of them.
Jordan Henderson was neat and tidy, but I felt he still needs a bit of time before he becomes a starter for Liverpool. He was filling some mighty big boots of Dirk Kuyt on the right side of midfield and maybe the pressure of the occasion got to him a bit. He's still only 20 and was playing against his hometown team, with his family (All die-hard Sunderland fans) sitting in the away supporters enclosure at Anfield.
Liverpool's season will be determined by how quickly the new players can get on the same wavelength as their new teammates and how quickly they can buy into Kenny Dalglish's football philosophy.
One of Liverpool's rivals for a top 4 spot are Arsenal. But the Gunners come into this season with a chaotic pre-season, dominated by the Fabregas and Nasri transfer sagas. Now that Fabregas is gone, Wenger can perhaps get down to marshalling his troops. It's a lot easier said then done. Arsenal looked a bit blunt in attack against Newcastle and I just wonder where the goals will come from. Robin van Persie will simply have too much pressure on his shoulders. The Dutchman needs help and I'm afraid I just can't see where he's going to get that help from. Andrei Arshavin faded badly towards the end of last season and appears home sick to me. Theo Walcott's confidence has been shattered by Fabio Capello.
The other big problem for Wenger is the supply lines. They don't play with much width and don't have any out and out wingers in the team. And with Fabregas gone and Nasri on his way out, the creative spark in midfield will also be missing until Jack Wilshere can sort out his injury concerns. So plenty of problems for the Gunners and the Arsenal fans displayed their frustration at St. James' Park by singing: "Wenger when will you spend some F*#%ing money".
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As you know, before fashion and textiles my background was founded in architecture, where I studied the design dimension of buildings and their interplay with expressionism and art. It's very telling of the organic nature of my work that the wearable art I produce originates from such a creative space. While each design and sketch is intuitive, the DNA is most certainly rooted in architecture and the myriad possible interpretations of any building. My scarves are nothing if not a reflection of an interpretation, as with any art.
Art and fashion have forever been entwined. In the 1920s, Coco Chanel collaborated with Pablo Picasso (currently showing at the Tate Modern) when together they worked on costumes and backdrops for the Ballet Russes; Sonia Delaunay designed clothes and textiles in tandem with her vivid artworks; Yves Saint Laurent returned to art again and again throughout this career: drawing on the bold abstractions of the Modernist painter Piet Mondrian in 1965 to create a collection of six A-line dresses; he was forever fixated by Yves Klein's blue; and, in 1980, created a couture collection after Henri Matisse's cut outs. For good reason, the two creative forms need each other.
Similarly, Art and Architecture have always worked together to produce great insights and the current exhibition at the National Gallery really celebrates this. Monet and Architecture really speaks to me as an artist and puts the qualities of light, proportion, framing and dimension centre stage. As human creations, buildings say so much about our society, culture and the climate in which we live and will always be an endless source of inspiration for me. One of the many joys of being a London based designer is having this source of architectural inspiration on my doorstep.
I've always said that my designs are my art and the silk is the canvas, making my scarves veritable wearable art. Watch any fashion show under the creative direction of Louis Vuitton's womenswear designer Nicolas Ghesquière, and one is struck as acutely by the drama of the show space as by the collections within it.
Ghesquière's passion for architecture is well documented on his Instagram feed The lines of Beauty, which I've been enjoying, where he posts as many images of the buildings that excite him as he does new bag designs. "I like Brutalism, usually," he says. "Minimalism and Brutalism." As with his own designs, he's drawn to modern and otherworldly structures, as well as the more nostalgic elements of futurist design. As for me, I've developed a very eclectic taste for buildings and design but find myself drawn to linear forms, modernism and 3 dimensional, industrial works such as some of Zaha Hadid's boldest creations.
Of course, architecture will always be influenced by Nature and – just as the Fashioned from Nature exhibition currently showing at the V&A illustrates, some of my recent studio work is lightly influenced by nature. Follow my Instagram for stories on some of my latest ideas where I'll be looking increasingly at the natural world.
In Art as in Fashion, boundaries are always there to blurred and rules exist to be broken. As I develop my next range, I intend to continue to blur, break, surprise and empower with each new design.


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Krzysztof Stanisław Kukuła – polski biolog, hab. nauk biologicznych, profesor Instytutu Nauk Rolniczych, Ochrony i Kształtowania Środowiska, Kolegium Nauk Przyrodniczych Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego.

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20 grudnia 2004 habilitował się na podstawie pracy zatytułowanej Zmiany struktury ichtiofauny karpackich dopływów Wisły wywołane czynnikami antropogenicznymi. 19 grudnia 2014 uzyskał tytuł profesora nauk biologicznych. Został zatrudniony na stanowisku profesora nadzwyczajnego i kierownika w Katedrze Ekologii i Biologii Środowiska na Wydziale Biologicznym i Rolniczym Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego.

Jest profesorem w Instytucie Nauk Rolniczych, Ochrony i Kształtowania Środowiska, Kolegium Nauk Przyrodniczych Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego.

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This has an historical resonance. In Hamburg on Palm Sunday 1786, the composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788) conducted a charity concert in Hamburg consisting of excerpts of J. S. Bach and Handel followed by these three works, beginning with the Sinfonia. The Magnificat of 1749 had first been performed at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig a few months before his father's passing. Philipp Emanuel performed it a few more times, then not at all until he revised and performed it in 1779, the last time it was heard until the charity concert. The revised version shortened the choral movement "Et misericordia ejus" by almost half, and it is this version that is heard here. Only Helmuth Rilling has also recorded this revision among the 11 versions of the work known to me (two of them are not available for checking).
I first discovered this masterwork when Felix Prohaska made the first complete recording in the earliest days of the Bach Guild label. It was like no other since, with a large orchestra and a majestic interpretation that went all of 49 minutes (three sides originally, later reissued on a single LP). The interpretation is imprinted on my mind, and no matter how much I adhere to historically informed performance practice, I have never found this to be anything but the most impressive way of hearing the work. Still, I bought Geraint Jones (now on CD), Adolf Detel (the most disappointing version, not on CD), Kurt Thomas (now on CD with J. S. Bach's setting), Philip Ledger (now on CD, similarly coupled), and Helmuth Rilling (now on CD). I missed the next four issues, though I just bought Hartmut Haenchen's, a live recording made on the 200th anniversary of the composer's death, an excellent version. He has the broadest "Et misericordia ejus," but his opening and closing choruses are as fast as any. I also acquired Fritz Näf's version in Super Audio. It was rewarding to hear these different, mostly fine interpretations of the music, always with Prohaska in the back of my mind. Many of the soloists are outstanding, especially Hilde Rössl-Majdan under Prohaska, Jennifer Vyvyan under Jones, Ernst Haefliger under Detel, Elly Ameling under Thomas (not to overlook all three of her partners), Peter Schreier under Haenchen (and his partners, too), and Helen Watts under both Ledger and Rilling. Thomas has the Tölzer Knabenchor and Ledger has the boys of King's College for a different sound than that of the mixed choirs on all the other versions.
The work is a real showpiece. In fact, its first appearance on records was conducted by Harl McDonald with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1937, with only the opening chorus, the alto solo, and "Et misericordia ejus." (How did he manage that? Simple—he was the orchestra's manager, and he also recorded the Mozart Requiem, both for Victor.) After a rousing opening chorus, each soloist has a virtuoso aria. Around the middle there is a choral number (the one shortened in the revision) and a duet for alto and tenor. The "Gloria Patri" reprises the music of the opening chorus, followed by a gigantic double fugue on "Sicut erat in principio." As Bach Guild's Seymour Solomon pointed out, the physical dimensions of the last movement amount to a quarter of the score. No one has ever matched Prohaska's broadness of tempo, for subsequent versions that I have run from 45 to 42 minutes (on account of the cut, Rilling comes in at 41), so Rademann's 37:40 is the fastest yet, though allowing for the cut it is only a couple of minutes faster that the norm. His soloists are totally unknown to me, but they acquit themselves admirably. Watts embellishes her line and adds a cadenza, adorning what is already a stylish rendition. Odinius is fearless in tackling the roulades in his melodic line. Eiche tackles "Fecit potentiam" fiercely, but also copes with a demanding line, faster than most versions of this aria. The alto aria, the last movement before the choral Finale, is sung most consistently by all the singers I have heard, and Lehmkuhl is no exception. This is a meditative contrast to the more vehement arias, and it can be a meltingly lovely moment, as Rössl-Majdan first showed. The two concluding choruses are glorious as always, with Rademann's "Sicut erat" faster than anyone else, even Haenchen and the recent Näf, who had beat out all the others. The RIAS Kammerchor matches the superb work that choruses invariably give this powerful and gratifying music. It must be thrilling to have a part in such a performance. One of the most memorable experiences of my life was singing in the chorus for J. S. Bach's Magnificat under Charles Munch, but singing in this work might even surpass that for the members of the chorus.
Not to forget the rest of the composer's 1786 concert, he called the aria and chorus (less than eight minutes long) his swansong, though he composed it in 1776, and it is said to have caused a considerable stir in its time. It shares some aspects of scoring with the major work, but I am left cold, perhaps because it is too short to build to a proper effect. It is certainly sung well here. The Sinfonia that opened the concert and closes this program is one of the set of four that were published in Leipzig in 1780. I bought the set of four that Leslie Jones recorded for Nonesuch. (About the same time, Collegium Aureum recorded another set of four, Wq 182, also bought at that time.) The annotator says that this was "probably" the Symphony that was played that day. These orchestral pieces place the composer squarely in the early Classical period. (To think his death preceded Mozart's by only three years.) The three contrasting works make a good program, as the composer well knew.
The Magnificat has never ceased to occupy a choice position in my list of favorites. I don't even play it too often, since I can hear it in my mind wherever I am. It is good to see a new version in the catalog to attract the attention of collectors who were not even born when the Bach Guild label got started. Buy this with confidence in the conducting and the singing, but most of all in the glorious music that unfolds with their assistance.


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With effect 1 April 2018, Ashley Pillay, Ayanda Mhlongo, Nkcubeko Mbambisa and Tessmerica Moodley, based at CDH's Cape Town office; and Heinrich Louw, Roxanna Valayathum and Tamarin Tosen, based at the firm's Johannesburg office, have been promoted to partner.
The majority of the new appointments are from CDH's award-winning Corporate & Commercial practice. Recognised by DealMakers as the local law firm that has consistently advised on the highest number of M&A deals in South Africa, CDH received the prestigious M&A Deal Flow award earlier this year, for the ninth consecutive year in a row. CDH's Chief Executive Officer, Brent Williams, believes the firm's 'learning' culture and strong mentorship from existing partners played a key role in nurturing and shaping these new partners.
Williams says, "Our entire firm congratulates the new appointees. We are all very proud to see them reaching this milestone in their careers. As a firm, we believe a partner's role goes beyond pure practice and as leaders, each individual plays a key role in mentoring the next generation of partners. I am confident each of our new partners will embrace this challenge as they take on their new role."
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Ayanda Mhlongo focuses on general corporate commercial matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring and the commercial aspects of renewable energy and infrastructure project transactions. He also has experience in the liquor industry, particularly in regulatory advisory work.
As the youngest black African partner at the firm, Nkcubeko Mbambisa has a broad knowledge of corporate and commercial law, with a specific focus on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and private equity. This includes drafting commercial contracts, commercial law legal opinions, providing transactional advice and deal negotiation.
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If a parent fails to keep up on child support payments, Arizona law offers options to help enforce the terms of the support agreement.
Parents in Arizona have some power under The Child Support Enforcement Program to help enforce and collect agreed upon child support payments.
The Child Support Enforcement Program (CSE) in Arizona was established in 1975 as part of the Social Security Act. Its goals are to foster parent responsibility and to reduce welfare costs. Not only does child support provided by the paternal parent remove the burden on the taxpayer, studies have also shown that a parent who is financially invested in their child will usually be more active in other areas of their life as well.
Ideally child support payments will be made in a timely manner and paid in full. However this is not always the case and if you have not received payment from the noncustodial parent then you may wish to aggressively enforce the agreement on child support payments.
To contact the DCSE and request that the offender is listed on the website and to provide them with a photo, you can reach them toll-free at (800) 882-4151. For a less aggressive route, you may wish to contact a family law attorney in your area- especially if you are already aware of the parent's whereabouts. In the case the parent has the ability to pay but has failed to send child support local authorities may enforce payments through wage garnishment, asset seizure or by placing a lien against their property.
If the non-custodial parent's financial situation has changed, they may be eligible to reduce the amount of child support payment owed. Arizona courts can only withhold up to 60% of disposable income if there are no other spouses or children, and only 50% if there are other children or spouses. If the parent has become disabled or has lost their income, then their child support payment may be adjusted to reflect this change.


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Spotlight on Global Jihad (August 6-12, 2020)
Artillery fire by the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham at artillery positions of the militias supporting the Syrian army south of Idlib (Ibaa, August 7, 2020)
Fires caused by artillery fired at the Jabal al-Zawiya area by militias supporting the Syrian army (Ibaa, August 7, 2020).
Target of assassination attempts: Ismail Khdeir Halloub, deputy governor of the Salah al-Din Province (Facebook, June 30, 2019)
Drone downed by ISIS operatives (Telegram, August 9, 2020)
ISIS operatives near some of the Mozambican army weapons and equipment (Telegram, August 11, 2020)
Dozens of Mozambican army assault rifles seized by ISIS operatives in an attack in the area of Cabo Delgado, in the northeastern part of the country.
Following the wave of attacks referred to by ISIS as the Raids of Attrition, there has been a decrease in the number of ISIS attacks around the world, and its activity in the various provinces has resumed its "routine" characteristics. In the Sinai Peninsula, fighting still continues between the Egyptian security forces and ISIS operatives, about two weeks after the showcase attack in the village of Rabi'a, west of Bir al-Abd. Egyptian security forces with air support continue to work to mop up the area from the presence of ISIS operatives, so far unsuccessfully.
One noteworthy attack last week was carried out by ISIS against the Mozambican army in the northeast part of the country. According to ISIS, about 50 soldiers were killed or wounded, and large quantities of weapons were seized. ISIS's media outlets published photos showing the bodies of at least 18 soldiers. In the other provinces in Africa, ISIS continued to carry out "routine" attacks.
The latest issue of ISIS's Al-Naba' weekly included an article calling for the release of prisoners by force. In the ITIC's assessment, the article was published in light of the attack on the prison in Nangarhar (Afghanistan), which may have increased ISIS's motivation to carry out additional attacks to release the prisoners, especially in Syria and Iraq. In the past, ISIS "specialized" in releasing jihadist s from prisons by force (the highlight of its activity was the release of hundreds of prisoners from the Abu Ghraib Prison on July 21, 2013).
ISIS's activity in the various provinces around the world
Summary of the results of the wave of attacks known as the Raids of Attrition
ISIS's Al-Naba' weekly published an infographic summarizing the Raids of Attrition campaign which took place between July 22 and August 3, 2020. According to the infographic, ISIS carried out 136 attacks in its 11 provinces during the campaign, killing 565 people. The largest number of attacks took place in Iraq (43), followed by Syria (35); West Africa (18), Sinai (16), Khorasan, i.e., Afghanistan (6); Yemen (4); Central Africa (4); Somalia (4); Bangladesh (3), East Asia (2); and Pakistan (1).
The largest number of casualties (122) was in the Khorasan Province (due to the attack on the prison). It was followed by the West Africa Province with 120 casualties; the Sinai Province with 117 casualties (due to the large-scale attack in northern Sinai); Iraq (86 casualties); and Syria (77 casualties). There were relatively few casualties in the other provinces (Al-Naba' weekly, as reported on Telegram on August 6, 2020).
Return to "routine" after the Raids of Attrition
On August 6, 2020, ISIS's Al-Naba' weekly released an infographic entitled "The Harvest of the Fighters," summing up its activity in the various provinces during the period of July 30 to August 5, 2020 (i.e., on the last two days of the Raids of Attrition, and the five subsequent days). During this period, ISIS operatives carried out a total of 65 attacks around the world, compared to 105 in the preceding week (meaning a decrease of about 40%). Twenty attacks were carried out in Iraq; 19 in Syria; 10 in West Africa (mostly in Nigeria); 5 in the Sinai Peninsula; 4 in Khorasan (i.e., Afghanistan); 3 in Bangladesh; 2 in Central Africa; 1 in Yemen and 1 in Somalia (Al-Naba' weekly, Telegram, August 6, 2020).
The Syrian arena
The Idlib region
Exchanges of artillery fire
In the Idlib region, artillery exchanges between the Syrian army and the rebels continued this week almost on a daily basis. This week as well, most of the incidents took place in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of Idlib. The Syrian army and militias supporting it against the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham took part in the exchange of fire.
Ground activity
On August 6, 2020, the rebel organizations halted an infiltration attempt by the militias supporting the Syrian army in the Kurd Mountains, about 45 km southwest of Idlib. The militias sustained casualties (Idlib Plus, August 6, 2020).
The relationship between the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham and other Salafist-jihadi organizations in the Idlib region
Orwa Ajjoub, a researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University in Sweden, has written an article examining the relationship between the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham (HTS) and other Salafist-jihadi groups in the Idlib enclave, due to the possibility of imminent confrontation between the rival sides.[1]
HTS, the dominant jihadi rebel group in the Idlib region, is aggressively persecuting other armed groups in Syria. According to the author of the article, this is nothing new, since as early as January 2019, HTS launched multiple attacks against the Turkish-backed National Liberation Front, driving its forces out of western Aleppo and the Hama countryside. HTS set up its operations room and forced the armed groups to close their military bases, forbidding them to set up operations rooms of their own.
What has changed now is the character of the main rival of HTS. After the Islamic and jihadi armed groups disbanded, they joined the So Be Steadfast operations room[2], whose members had belonged to the Awaken the Believers operations room (headed by the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Guardians of the Religion Organization). The So Be Steadfast operations room comprises Salafist-jihadi groups such as Ansar al-Islam[3] and the Ansar al-Din Front[4].
Detention of senior members of jihadist organizations by HTS
HTS has launched numerous attacks against its main rival, the So Be Steadfast operations room. The groups belonging to this operations room oppose the realpolitik (considered by them as an opportunistic approach) of HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani. In June 2020, HTS detained Abu Salah al-Uzbeki, a former senior commander who had defected from HTS and joined the Guardians of Religion Organization. It also detained other jihadi leaders: Abu Malik al-Tali, former member of the HTS advisory council (Shura) who had defected from its ranks; Abu al-Qassam al-Urdini, senior leader of the Guardians of Religion Organization; and a jihadi leader named Bilal al-San'ani. The common denominator between these four commanders is their affiliation with the So Be Steadfast operations room.
Basic gaps between the jihadi groups
Due to fundamental disagreements which cannot be resolved through compromises between the rival sides, it is unlikely that the organizations belonging to the So Be Steadfast operations room will fight against the Syrian army under HTS even if they are pressured by to do so by HTS or Turkey. There are major ideological gaps between HTS and the organizations of the So Be Steadfast operations room. In addition, HTS has developed a relationship with Turkey, with both sides cooperating on various issues. The So Be Steadfast operations room objects to the agreements with Turkey regarding Idlib.
A full-fledged confrontation between HTS and the So Be Steadfast operations room would be costly for both sides and would not serve the interests of either side. If such a confrontation occurs, the jihadi organizations that make up the So Be Steadfast operations room would have to fight for survival. Instead, what is likely to happen is an increase in economic pressure on the So Be Steadfast operations room, to stifle access to its already limited resources. HTS, its main rival, has actually started doing so in order to weaken and even disband it.
ISIS activity in the Syria Province (according to its claims of responsibility posted on Telegram)
The area of Deir ez-Zor, Al-Mayadeen, and Albukamal
On August 10, 2020, ISIS activated an IED against an SDF vehicle about 10 km northeast of Albukamal. Two fighters were wounded.
On August 6, 2020, an SDF vehicle was targeted by machine gun fire about 45 km south of Al-Mayadeen. The passengers were killed or wounded.
On August 6, 2020, a handgun equipped with a silencer was fired at an SDF commander in the city of Hajin, 25 km north of Albukamal. He was killed.
Al-Sukhnah-Palmyra region (the Syrian Desert)
On August 10, 2020, a Syrian army vehicle was targeted by machine gun fire about 60 km southeast of Aleppo (about 20 km east of Khanaser). The passengers were wounded.
On August 5, 2020, an IED was activated against a Syrian army truck near the city of Palmyra. The passengers were killed and the truck went up in flames.
The Al-Hasakah area (northeastern Syria)
On August 4, 2020, two IEDs were activated against an SDF convoy about 80 km south of Al-Hasakah. Three SDF fighters were killed.
Thwarted attempts to escape from the Al-Hol detention camp
In two separate incidents (August 7 and 11, 2020), Kurdish internal security forces thwarted attempts by Russian women and their children to escape from the Al-Hol camp, where families of ISIS operatives are being held (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, August 11, 2020). In one attempt, the women were detected by security cameras and caught while trying to climb over the camp wall (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, August 8, 2020).
The Iraqi arena
Map of the provinces in Iraq (Wikipedia)
ISIS's attacks (according to its claims of responsibility posted on Telegram)
Al-Anbar Province
On August 5, 2020, Popular Mobilization forces were targeted by gunfire near the area of Akashat, about 30 km from the border between Iraq and Syria. Several fighters were wounded.
Salah al-Din Province
On August 8, 2020, ISIS operatives exchanged fire with Iraqi police about 80 km north of Baghdad. Several policemen were wounded.
On August 5, 2020, IEDs planted by ISIS operatives were activated at the home of an Iraqi army intelligence operative about 80 km north of Baghdad. The house was damaged.
On August 5, 2020, Iraqi policemen were targeted by sniper fire east of Samarra. Three policemen were killed. In addition, a force that arrived to offer assistance was ambushed and targeted by machine gun fire. Several fighters were wounded.
Kirkuk Province
On August 10, 2020, ISIS operatives attacked Iraqi police and Popular Mobilization forces about 50 km southwest of Kirkuk. ISIS operatives exchanged fire with the forces and then detonated two IEDs against a force that arrived to offer assistance. Six policemen and fighters, including an officer, were killed or wounded. One vehicle was destroyed and the other was put out of commission.
On August 7, 2020, an IED was activated against an Iraqi army vehicle about 70 km south of Kirkuk. The passengers were killed or wounded.
Diyala Province
On August 10, 2020, an IED was activated against Popular Mobilization fighters about 80 km northeast of Baqubah. One fighter was killed and two others were wounded.
On August 9, 2020, an IED was activated against an Iraqi army vehicle about 20 km northeast of Baqubah. The passengers were killed or wounded.
On August 8, 2020, an Iraqi emergency police compound was targeted by machine gun fire in the city of Al-Miqdadiya, about 40 km north of Baqubah. One policeman was wounded.
On August 6, 2020, fighters of the Iraqi Interior Ministry's commando unit were targeted by sniper fire northwest of Khanaqin (about 100 km north of Baqubah). Two commandos were killed and two others were wounded.
Counterterrorist activities by the Iraqi security forces
Nineveh Province
On August 9, 2020, Iraqi security forces located a workshop for manufacturing mortar shells and IEDs (implicitly an ISIS workshop) in the area of Tal Afar (about 60 km west of Mosul). They found 150 mortar shells at the site (Al-Sumaria, August 9, 2020).
Mortar shells found in the workshop (Al-Sumaria, August 9, 2020)
On August 9, 2020, Iraqi security forces apprehended two ISIS operatives who had provided ISIS operatives in hiding places with logistical assistance, including food and communications devices (Al-Sumaria, August 9, 2020).
On August 9, 2020, Iraqi security forces located an ISIS weapons depot in the Kirkuk Province. IEDs, weapons and ammunition were found (Al-Sumaria, August 9, 2020).
ISIS weapons seized in the Kirkuk Province
(Al-Sumaria, August 9, 2020)
On August 9, 2020, the Iraqi army announced that ISIS operatives had attacked the home of Ismail Khdeir Halloub, deputy governor of the Salah al-Din Province (about 80 kilometers north of Baghdad). The exchange of fire with the deputy governor's security guards lasted for about 20 minutes. ISIS operatives withdrew when a force arrived to provide assistance. There were no casualties (Anatolia News Agency, August 9, 2020). On January 3, 2014, there was an attempt on the life of Ismail Khdeir Halloub (apparently by ISIS) by means of an IED detonated against a convoy in which he was traveling about 5 km south of Tikrit. Halloub escaped unharmed but two of his security guards were wounded (Al-Sumaria, January 3, 2014).
On August 8, 2020, Iraqi security forces located six ISIS operatives who had fled from the Kirkuk Province to the Salah al-Din Province. The six admitted under interrogation that they belonged to ISIS and had previously taken part in attacks against Iraqi security forces (Al-Sumaria, August 8, 2020).
On August 9, 2020, Iraqi security forces in the Diyala Province located an IED ready to be activated and an ISIS Katyusha rocket about 15 km northwest of Baqubah. The IED and the rocket were neutralized (Facebook page of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, August 9, 2020).
Sulaymaniyah Province
On August 11, 2020, Iraqi security forces apprehended three wanted ISIS operatives about 45 km west of Sulaymaniyah (Al-Sumaria, August 11, 2020).
The Sinai Peninsula
Based on the (partial) information available, it appears that the ISIS's Sinai Province still holding the four villages in the Rabi'a area that it took over about two weeks ago. There is still no reliable information from official Egyptian sources about the fighting taking place in the area. According to media reports, Egyptian army ground forces are carrying out attacks against ISIS operatives in the area, with artillery and air support. The Egyptian forces are still preventing the residents from returning to their homes, apparently in order to isolate the ISIS operatives in the villages. ISIS reported that it had activated an IED against an Egyptian army vehicle south of the village of Rabi'a, killing its passengers (Telegram, August 11, 2020).
Downing of an Egyptian army drone in the area controlled by ISIS
According to ISIS, on August 9, 2020, an Egyptian army drone fell in the southern part of the village of Rabi'a, which is still controlled by ISIS operatives (Telegram, August 9, 2020). According to a local source, the Egyptian army drone is an RQ-20[5] and was shot down in the village of Rabi'a (Nawafedh, August 9, 2020).
Additional ISIS operations
On August 9, 2020, an Egyptian soldier was killed in an attack by ISIS's Sinai Province in the city of Al-Arish (Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, August 9, 2020; Nawafedh, August 9, 2020).
On August 3, 2020, an IED was activated against an Egyptian army bulldozer south of the village of Fallujah, west of Rafah. The bulldozer was damaged (Telegram, August 5, 2020).
ISIS's activity around the globe
Africa (according to ISIS's claims of responsibility posted on Telegram)
On August 11, 2020, ISIS operatives attacked a Nigerian army checkpoint about 80 km northwest of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. Several soldiers were killed and several others were wounded (Telegram, August 11, 2020).
On August 6, 2020, ISIS operatives activated an IED against a Nigerian army armored vehicle about 130 km northwest of Maiduguri. The passengers were killed or wounded.
On August 6, 2020, ISIS operatives attacked a Nigerian army compound in northeastern Nigeria. One soldier was killed and two others were wounded.
On August 5, 2020, ISIS operatives exchanged fire with Nigerian soldiers in the town of Baga, about 25 km southwest of the border between Nigeria and Chad. Several soldiers were killed or wounded. The day before, ISIS operatives halted an attack there, exchanging fire with the Nigerian army. Several soldiers were killed or wounded.
The roots of ISIS's West Africa Province
A recent article by Jacob Zenn, a senior researcher of Islamic movements in Africa, sheds light on the roots and development of ISIS's West Africa Province.[6] According to the article, ISIS's West Africa Province began to take shape in Niger and Nigeria in the 1990s through Algerian envoys sent by Osama bin Laden. These envoys joined forces with local jihadist operatives and established the Boko Haram organization. Many Boko Haram operatives later pledged allegiance to ISIS and expanded their activity to other West African countries.
The Algerian roots of Boko Haram and of ISIS's West Africa Province
The jihadist group Boko Haram has long been described as a Nigerian local movement. Yet, today its main faction – Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) – operates in five countries outside Nigeria (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Mali).
The origins of jihad in Nigeria can be traced to the arrival of jihadists from Algeria in 1994. The background to this was the cancellation of the 1992 election in Algeria by the army, because an Islamist party was about to win the election. Algerian Islamists then joined Algerian veterans of the 1980s anti-Soviet Afghan jihad to wage jihad against Algeria's own rulers. Osama bin Laden, who moved to Sudan from Afghanistan after the war, sent two envoys to Niger, but both of them were arrested in 1994. Another Afghan jihad veteran, an Algerian referred to as Uncle Hassan, fled from Niger and became the first Algerian jihadist to arrive in Nigeria. In addition, in 1994, radical Islamic movements thrived in Nigeria and this led to the rise of Mohammed Yusuf, the future Boko Haram leader.
Development of jihadist groups in Nigeria: background of the establishment of Boko Haram
Uncle Hassan recruited youths in Nigeria to smuggle weapons and fight in the Sahel. He was joined by Muhammed Ali, a Nigerian student who had studied in Sudan and returned home after meeting with Bin Laden's envoys. By 9/11, Uncle Hassan's and Muhammed Ali's networks, including their university student recruits and Muhammed Yusuf's followers coalesced in the short-lived "Nigerian Taliban." This organization was liquidated in 2003 and its two leaders were killed by the Nigerian security forces.
Muhammed Yusuf avoided death by fleeing to Saudi Arabia. On his return, he recruited Muslims who opposed the Nigerian rule and thus became a unique threat for the state authorities. He preached about jihad, the application of Sharia (Islamic law) and opposition to Nigeria's constitution and the Western education practiced there (Boko Haram means "Western education is sinful" in the local Hausa language, and it has become the name of the group). Muhammed Yusuf was killed by the Nigerian security forces in 2009. His supporters received assistance, which enabled them to escape to the Sahel, where they trained with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
Establishment of ISIS's West Africa Province (ISWAP)
Muhammed Yusuf's deputy, Abubakar Shekau, who became the new leader, finally named the group Jamaat Ahlussunnah lid-Dawa wal-Jihad (Sunni Muslim Group for Preaching and Jihad) in 2010. In 2015, he pledged allegiance to ISIS's leader, and renamed his group Islamic State in West Africa Province. He was deposed in 2016 by Muhammed Yusuf's son, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who abhorred the harsh violence that Shekau had inflicted on Nigerian citizens.
ISIS fighters in West Africa led by Al-Barnawi, who are located in southeastern Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad, are in contact with jihadist groups in Burkina Faso, Mali and northwestern Niger. ISIS's West Africa Province is militarily and ideologically capable of threatening West African armies. What remains to be seen is whether the ISIS West Africa Province will manage to achieve its goal of creating a jihadist state in West Africa.
On August 3, 2020, an IED was activated against a Chadian army vehicle in the Lake Chad area in the southwest of the country (near the border with Nigeria). All the passengers were killed.
On August 4, 2020, ISIS operatives ambushed and exchanged fire with a Congolese army force in the area of Beni in the northeastern part of the country. One soldier was killed. In addition, weapons and ammunition were seized (Telegram, August 5, 2020).
On August 6, 2020, ISIS operatives attacked two Mozambican army compounds in the area of Cabo Delgado in the northeastern part of the country. The two sides exchanged fire for several hours. About 50 soldiers were killed or wounded. In addition, weapons and ammunition were seized (Telegram, August 6, 2020). On August 11, 2020, ISIS's Central African Province released photos from the scene of the attack showing the bodies of at least 18 Mozambican soldiers as well as weapons, including dozens of assault rifles (Telegram, August 11, 2020).
While ISIS reported that it had hit 50 Mozambican soldiers, unofficial military sources claimed that local security forces had repelled terrorists who were attempting to carry out an attack in the area. The terrorists fled to the homes of civilians. Mozambican soldiers went from house to house to flush out the terrorists (clubofmozambique.com, August 6, 2020). However, this version seems to be unreliable because it made no mention of casualties among the Mozambican army.
Eight dead in a shooting attack at a nature reserve southeast of Niamey, the capital of Niger
On August 9, 2020, armed men on motorcycles shot and killed six French citizens and two Nigeriens in the Kouré Nature Reserve, about 60 km southeast of the capital of Niger. No organization has claimed responsibility for the attack. There are armed men in this area, including ISIS-affiliated operatives (Reuters, August 9, 2020). A manhunt after the perpetrators is currently underway (France24, August 11, 2020).
On August 8, 2020, two Pakistani intelligence personnel were targeted by machine gun fire in the area of Mamund, near the border with Afghanistan. One was killed and the other was wounded (Telegram, August 9, 2020).
On August 9, 2020, a vehicle of the Houthi rebels was targeted by machine gun fire in the northwestern Al-Bayda Province (about 100 km southeast of Sana'a). The passengers were wounded (Telegram, August 11, 2020).
The battle for hearts and minds
A call to attacks prisons to free ISIS prisoners
The latest issue of ISIS's Al-Naba' weekly included an article calling for the release of ISIS operatives from prison. The article was apparently written following the attack carried out by ISIS operatives against the Nangarhar Prison in Afghanistan, which led to the escape of hundreds of prisoners. The article states that ISIS's operatives have proved once again that "the correct way to solve the prisoner problem is to release them by force." The article calls on all Muslims to do everything in their power to release male and female ISIS prisoners held in the prisons of the "infidels" (Telegram, August 6, 2020).
Article calling for the release of ISIS prisoners. Its title: "Prisons […] Prisons […] O Soldiers of the Caliphate!" (Telegram, August 6, 2020)
In the ITIC's assessment, the outcome of the attack on the prison in Nangarhar is liable to increase the motivation of ISIS operatives to make additional attempts to release prisoners in other fighting zones, especially Syria and Iraq. Even in its previous incarnation in Iraq, ISIS "specialized" in forcibly releasing prisoners from prison. The highlight of the modus operandi was the mass release of hundreds of jihadist operatives from the Abu Ghraib Prison (July 21, 2013). In 2019-2020, ISIS on its operatives to release ISIS operatives and their families several times. ISIS's spokesman even presented this as the will of ISIS former leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
[1] Orwa Ajjoub, HTS and al-Qaeda in Syria: Reconciling the irreconcilable. Middle East Institute, 15 July 2020:https://www.mei.edu/publications/hts-and-al-qaeda-syria-reconciling-irreconcilableThe author is an affiliated researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University in Sweden, one of the oldest universities in Northern Europe. The subjects covered by this researcher include, inter alia, the ideological aspect of Salafist-jihadi groups and the internal activity taking place among jihadi groups in Syria. The author is said to be a guest contributor at the Middle East Institute, which published the article. ↑
[2] In Arabic "Fathbatou," and in English: "So Be Steadfast." ↑
[3] The Ansar al-Din Front (the Supporters of the Religion Front) is an alliance of several jihadi organizations established in July 2014 during the Syrian civil war. ↑
[4] Ansar al-Islam ("the Supporters of Islam") is a Sunni-Kurdish rebel group operating in Iraq and Syria. ↑
[5] The AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma is a small, battery-powered, manually-launched drone. It is equipped with optical devices and is used mainly for surveillance and collecting intelligence. ↑
[6] Jacob Zenn, The Untold Story of Boko Haram's Origins. History News Network, 3 May 2020. https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/175283 . ↑
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What side effects are associated with the yellow fever vaccine?
Authored by Léa Surugue Published on: 12:02 PM 16-Jul-19
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Yellow fever is endemic to many countries in Latin America and Africa and can often be fatal. Vaccination is currently the best protection against this deadly disease - but what are the risks?
Before moving to Bolivia, freelance journalist Amy Booth had to get the yellow fever jab. She would be travelling a lot for work and knew this would protect her against the deadly infectious disease. However, getting the vaccine worried her a bit.
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"I was a bit nervous about getting the vaccination. I had colleagues who'd had it and said that, as it was a live vaccine, the side effects could be quite strong. One even said that he had feverish side effects that were like being ill in their own right, so he couldn't imagine what the actual fever was like," Booth says.
Despite her concerns, everything went smoothly for her, and she did not experience any side effects. Her vaccination certificate now follows her everywhere when she travels, and like many people who have experienced yellow fever vaccination, she can do so with additional peace of mind.
Fighting yellow fever
Yellow fever is endemic to 47 countries in Africa and 13 countries in Latin America. It is characterised by a high fever, headache and muscle pains, but these symptoms typically disappear after a few days. However, in a number of cases, these progress to a more severe form of the disease with haemorrhagic syndrome, kidney problems, vomiting and jaundice (which is where the name 'yellow' comes from).
The virus at the root of the problem is transmitted to humans through the bites of Aedes and Haemagogus mosquitoes. Outbreaks in Angola in 2015 and Brazil in 2016, as well as cases in French Guiana in 2017, still mean that yellow fever is an important issue, high on the global health agenda. 200,000 cases are reported each year - 30,000 of which are fatal.
Vaccination is the only real solution to fight the disease. "Vaccination is the only real tool that works, especially when you consider that the mosquito bites during the day. So unlike malaria where there are preventative measures you can take because the mosquito bites at night and you can sleep under a net, here there's nothing of the sort you can really do," says Dr Paul-Henri Consigny, head of the medical centre of Institut Pasteur, the institution which produced the first yellow vaccine in 1932.
The yellow fever vaccine offers high protection that is sustained in the long term. Getting only one shot of the vaccine in your lifetime is usually enough for most people, and it is what doctors recommend in most cases. Your pharmacist, GP or practice nurse can advise if you're in the high-risk group of people for whom boosters may be recommended. For people who cannot get vaccinated, the only other available measures revolve around bite prevention, by using mosquito repellent and wearing clothes that cover the body.
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Vaccination is advised for everyone living in or going into an area where yellow fever is found and, of course, for people going to a country that requires travellers to enter with a certificate proving they have been vaccinated against yellow fever.
The vaccine should not be given to infants under 6 months of age, to those with a history of severe allergy to eggs or to any of the other components within the vaccine, and to people whose immune system has been compromised by a medical condition or disease process, medication, or inherited condition. It should be avoided where possible for pregnant or breastfeeding women.
"People over the age of 60 years are at a greater risk of adverse reactions to the yellow fever vaccine. The risk of severe, potentially life-threatening reactions must be balanced with the risk of being infected with yellow fever when making a decision whether or not to vaccinate," says Dr Nicky Longley, consultant in Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London.
What are the risks of complications?
After vaccination, between 10% and 30% of people will experience mild and short-lived side effects such as muscle aches, headache, low-grade fever and a sore arm. These are not harmful and will disappear on their own with no long-lasting effects.
However, there are three very rare, but potentially life-threatening, adverse reactions that may occur with the vaccine. The most severe is yellow fever visceral disease, which occurs when the vaccination itself produces an infection like yellow fever. The risk of this happening is very low: about 1 in 250,000 doses if you are under 60. This risk increases to to around 1 in 50,000 doses once you are over 60.
"There are some circumstances when you have to think hard about whether you should get the vaccine, really looking at the pros and cons with your doctor. It is important to weigh up the risk of being infected with the disease against the risk of severe side effects. This will depend on your age, your underlying medical conditions, any medication that you are taking, where you are going within a country and outbreaks that are occurring at the time of travel," says Longley.
Yellow fever neurological disease occurs between 0.3 and 0.8 in 100,000 cases in the USA. It covers a range of neurological problems such as weakness, encephalitis and meningitis. Those at higher risk are, again, people over 60 as well as young babies. Finally, severe allergic reactions to the vaccine are possible.
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Research your destination
Is an epidemic currently ongoing in the area? How many cases are reported every year? Which areas of the country are particularly problematic?
Remember that even if yellow fever is not a major risk in the area you're visiting, some countries require all visitors coming from an at risk country to have a yellow fever vaccination certificate. This may include transiting through at-risk countries. Do you need a certificate to travel to your final destination or anywhere in between?
Getting the vaccine at least 10 days before departure is recommended, to make sure it has time to take effect.
Have a transparent discussion with your health professional
It is always important to go and ask about any doubts and concerns you may have. As with every medical intervention, knowing the pros and the cons, and understanding the possible side effects, are key.
"It's always about shared decision-making with the health professional, balancing the risk of disease and the risk of the intervention," Longley says.
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Making Britain's towns and cities greener places to live and work is the aim of a new partnership being launched by the UK Forestry Commission on 25 March, 2009.
The Urban Regeneration & Greenspace Partnership (URGP) will be officially launched at the ParkCity conference in London.
It will work to bring together a range of government departments and agencies, local authorities and community and environmental groups to work in partnership to create, manage and promote sustainable green spaces in towns and cities.
"Urban greenspace" is a term used to describe natural habitats – from street trees to open grassland, heathlands and woodland – in and around towns and cities.
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Tony Hutchings from the Forestry Commission's Forest Research agency, based at Alice Holt Lodge near Farnham in Surrey, is the co-ordinator of the URGP.
He said: "The use of greenspace in towns and cities is increasingly being seen as having a vital role to play in helping to regenerate them.
"This can involve, for example, transforming a neglected area of derelict ground into a park where people can meet, walk, talk and play.
"The URGP will play a vital role in raising the awareness, impacts and outcomes of urban greenspace.
Organisations interested in joining the URGP or being kept in touch with its work and development are invited to contact the partnership.
Further information about the Forestry Commission's work on urban regeneration and land reclamation is available from the Forest Research website.