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3 Netflix Korean Dramas that had Explosive Responses
If you've been anywhere near social media or Netflix recently, then you've seen the storm that Squid Game has created. Fans of Korean dramas, fans of Korean culture, and even people with no knowledge about anything related to Korea have dived deep into the ruthless drama with near obsession. The drama itself spread far across the internet—memes were developed, games within shows came to light, and the infamous "would you survive?" question was asked to almost every celebrity fans could find. But this isn't the first time a Netflix-made Korean drama took the internet by storm. From the beginning of 2020 to now, here are three Netflix Korean dramas that gained the world's attention.
3 Netflix Korean Dramas Worth Your Time:
1. Itaewon Class (2020)
Main Characters and Actors/Actresses
Park Seojoon (playing Park Saeroyi)
Kim Dami (playing Jo Yiseo)
Kwon Nara (playing Oh Soo-ah)
Viewer Response
2. It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020)
Kim Soohyun (playing Moon Gangtae)
Seo Yeji (playing Go Munyeong)
Oh Jungse (playing Moon Sangtae)
3. Squid Game (2021)
Lee Jungjae (playing Seong Gihun)
Park Haesoo (playing Cho Sangwoo)
Wi Hajoon (playing Hwang Junho)
Jung Hoyeon (playing Kang Saebyeok)
The Growth of Netflix Korean Dramas since 2020
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Starting off this list strong, we should talk about the Netflix Korean drama that basically started it all. Of course, there's been plenty of Korean dramas that have hit it off on the international scale, but we didn't see this kind of widespread response until Itaewon Class came out at the beginning of 2020.
This drama follows the life of an ex-convict who's just trying to get his pub to the top of the food industry. But he's challenged along the way with the pain of his father's death, the prison time, and the people trying to stand in his way. He makes friends, but he also makes enemies throughout this journey to reach the top.
Directed by Kim Sungyoon, this drama is sixteen episodes long. From the very first episode, you're holding your breath to find out more. But the show never slows down—there are always more challenges to face after one is finally surpassed. Not only does this drama pack a powerful punch, but it has you grasped in its emotional webbing that keeps you watching throughout the upsetting moments.
Truly, this Netflix Korean drama is one of a kind, and that's why it's on our list. You can read more about this particular drama and its webtoon series in our blog post here. And you can watch this drama on Netflix here.
A Netflix Korean drama wouldn't become this popular if it didn't grip the watcher's attention throughout the show. One of the ways a drama can do that is through the actor's/actress' portrayal of their characters. If an actor doesn't play their part just right, the whole drama can be ruined.
Luckily for Itaewon Class, though, this Netflix Korean drama has one of the best lineups of actors and actresses.
The leading character of this Netflix Korean drama—the ex-convict fighting to reach the top of the food industry—is Park Saeroyi. This character is already unique in his own way, but Park Seojoon adds another level to it.
Park Seojoon is a Korean actor who's been in the acting scene for about ten years. He's known for his roles in Kill Me, Heal Me (2015), Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016-2017), What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (2018), and Itawon Class (2020). He's also participated in multiple Korean films throughout his career.
What's interesting about Park's display of Saeroyi in Itaewon Class is the muted expressions throughout the show. Saeroyi is not a character that can easily express his thoughts or his emotions—unless they're along the lines of anger, of course. So Park had to express most of the character's emotions through physical habits and stoic facial expressions. I can still vividly see Saeroyi patting down his own hair as he thinks or gets nervous. Those little movements speak volumes to the watchers.
Since this Netflix Korean drama came out, many people have praised Park Seojoon's skills as an actor. Many have kept a close eye on the work he's doing elsewhere now, watching his new and old dramas.
As a relatively recent actress in South Korea, Kim Dami sure made a big splash with her role in Itaewon Class. In this Netflix Korean drama, she plays Jo Yiseo, one of the love interests and friends of Park Saeroyi.
Besides her role in Itaewon Class, she's also known for her role in the mystery film The Witch: Part 1, The Subversion (2018). But she only made her acting debut in 2017, so there's plenty more to come from her in terms of show and film appearances.
In Itaewon Class, Kim plays a headstrong and determined Jo Yiseo. She meets Saeroyi by chance and sticks to him from there, helping build his pub up on the publicity side of things. She's not only fierce, but she's demanding (in the best way possible—people look at her whenever she enters a room because her presence is that strong). Yet she also shows an immense about of vulnerability throughout the show.
With this kind of emotional to unwavering character, Kim had put on a performance that not many could've pulled off as elegantly. For her performance in this eye-catching Netflix Korean drama, she won Best New Actress at the 2020 Baeksang Arts Award.
Starting off as a member of the girl group Hello Venus, Nara didn't start off as an actress. But she slowly made her way into the acting scene by having cameo roles. In 2017, Nara first played her major acting role in Suspicious Partner.
She held one of the major roles in Itaewon Class, playing Oh Soo-ah. Soo-ah was the second love interest of Park Saeroyi and an old friend. However, she was a character made to frustrate the watchers. She continuously did things for the wrong side and seemed to only lead Saeroyi on. She was unmoving in places many watchers felt she shouldn't have been.
But a great actress will truly make the watchers despise a character—since their acting was so believable that it brought upon frustrations and annoyance. Kwon did just this. She made many watchers—including me—want to scream after each bad choice she seemed to make.
Truly, this made Itaewon Class one of the more popular Netflix Korean dramas out of all the ones that came before it.
Out of all the amazing Netflix Korean dramas made before Itaewon Class, why did this one get such a worldwide response? And why is it the first one on this list?
Short explanation: Itaewon Class broke the mold on what was to be expected in a Korean drama. Was there romance? Yes. Was there a classic love triangle? Yup, sure was. But there was way more to this drama than that.
Firstly, this drama had a transgender character, ex-convicts (the kind that were actually trying to get their life back on track, not the ones who wanted to cause more trouble), and a black character who directly faced racism throughout the show. These kinds of characters weren't expressed in past Korean dramas, making this one stand out.
Not only did Itaewon Class touch on a lot of taboo subjects, but it didn't brush them off. Many of these issues in Korea—the LGBTQ+ and racism issues—are typically shown in small scale or not at all. But this Netflix Korean drama included these issues directly in the plot, allowing it to drive the motivation of the characters and make choices that the watchers might not expect.
Because of this speaking the unspoken, the outstanding plot, and the actors/actresses, it's no wonder Itaewon Class jumped to the top of the "to watch" list for everyone at the beginning of 2020 and gained such a fierce response from viewers.
The next powerhouse drama on our list of Netflix Korean dramas came out a few months after Itaewon Class. Indeed, this drama had a lot to live up to with being so close to the first. But it surpassed any possible standard set and paved its own way to popularity.
It's Okay to Not Be Okay (also known as Psycho, But It's Okay) is a romance drama that follows a children's book writer and a mental healthcare worker's entangled stories. It dips into the psychological aspects of mental health and trauma, but not the sick and twisted plotline psychological lovers look for. Between the people at the psychological hospital and the writer's own outlandish behavior, the healthcare worker has a lot to deal with. And when you add his brother, who is suffering from past trauma and is on the autism spectrum, the characters have a lot to work through.
The drama is directed by Park Shinwoo and has a total of sixteen episodes. It ran from June to August in 2020. This drama is emotional, hard-hitting, and straight up mind-boggling. There's too much to unpack in a single episode, let alone an entire series. But this drama is beyond worth the watch (just keep your tissues close by! I cried so many times while watching).
You can read more about this Netflix Korean drama in our blog post for it here! And, if you're already ready to watch it, then you can find it on Netflix here.
Just like Itaewon Class, It's Okay to Not Be Okay is a Netflix Korean drama that's full of talented and eye-catching actors/actresses. The main characters are portrayed so well that you can't help but grow attached to them. And though there are outlandish and a bit bizarre moments throughout the show, the actors and actresses do so well at not making the scenes cringy or too crazy. For me, the actors and actresses are the one defining thing that made this particular Netflix Korean drama explode in popularity.
One of the leading characters of this Netflix Korean drama is Moon Gangtae. This character is the healthcare worker for the psychiatric hospital. Kim Soohyun, a well-experienced actor, plays this role perfectly.
Throughout his career, Kim has played a wide range of characters—from the leading role to a guest appearance in the background. He first made his debut as an actor in the show Kimchi Cheese Smile (2007). However, he's played in plenty of well-known dramas after that—including, Dream High (2011), Hotel del Luna (2019), Crash Landing on You (2020), and more.
In It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Kim portrays the healthcare worker who holds an unemotional façade, letting the world just happen around him as he helps people get through their days. Of course, he doesn't really feel nothing. He's a bit of a worrier. Between his brother's trauma and autism, the patients at the hospital, and his own personal issues, Moon Gangtae faces enough of the world alone that he's gotten used to holding his emotions in.
Even so, Kim plays the character well. The more the show goes on, the deeper understanding you'll have of Moon Gangtae. But this kind of emotional response towards him wouldn't happen if it were any other actor playing him.
The second leading character of It's Okay to Not Be Okay is Go Munyeong. Go is the children's book author who's a little on the eccentric side. She's brash, a bit spoiled, and doesn't know how to back down when someone tells her no.
Throughout her career, Seo Yeji has played in a variety of Korean dramas and films. Between period dramas, sitcoms, romcoms, and more, Seo has had her hand in many different roles. She can pull off nearly every role she's given. Besides It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Seo has acted in popular dramas Last (2015), Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016), and Save Me (2017).
With her character's loud personality in this Netflix Korean drama, Seo had to perfect the sadistic but controlled personality. Because yes, Go Munyeong is that kind of chaotic throughout the show. But Seo helps draw us in and understand the character by not crossing the threshold of too much.
Oh Jungse is one of the most experienced actors on our list of Netflix Korean dramas. He's got countless films he's acted in—starting back in 1997—and just as many dramas. In It's Okay to Not Be Okay, he plays Moon Sangtae, Gangtae's brother.
Though he's got countless shows and films on his list of experiences, Oh is mostly known for his roles in Missing 9 (2017), When the Camellia Blooms (2019), Hot Stove League (2019), and It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020).
In this Netflix Korean drama, Oh plays a character on the autism spectrum. While I do believe that people who actually experience things such as autism should have the chance to act in shows, I think Oh did a wonderful job at portraying the character without making it seem like he was making fun of people with autism.
Instead, this character is one of the most influential ones throughout the drama. Whatever Moon Gangtae does, it's heavily influenced by what his brother wants or can handle. So many things are led by Oh's character—he's the one who's a fan of Go Munyeong, so he brought them all together in a way.
Overall, the emotions that Oh shows throughout Moon Sangtae are powerful. Because there are specific scenes of Moon sitting there and memorizing emotion cards, it seems hard to believe that the character truly understands what emotions are. Yet he's one of the most emotionally driven characters on the show. It's fascinating and quite drawing to watch him develop throughout the entirety of the show.
When this Netflix Korean drama first came out, the internet went nuts.
With good reason, of course. This drama, much like Itaewon Class, stepped out of the box of what was expected from Korean dramas. Firstly, this drama talked about mental health and psychiatric treatment normally. By this, I mean that the show didn't shy away from this topic and treated it like they're normal things to experience (which they are). Many fans commended the show for breaking through the taboo of everything.
Secondly, this show was heart-wrenching to watch. Unlike Itaewon Class, which was motivated by anger and revenge, It's Okay to Not Be Okay was led by even more demanding emotions: sadness, pain, anguish. The characters throughout the show weren't exactly seeking revenge for things that happened in the past, but they were trying to work through their emotional traumas. There was fighting and anger—and quite a bit of physical pain, too—but it all stemmed from their emotional traumas and motivations. This is quite different for a Korean drama of this plotline.
Because of all of these amazing things, It's Okay to Not Be Okay became one of the most talked-about and loved Netflix Korean dramas. It's been just over a year since it first came out, but people are still loving and recommending it. It's a favorite for many and will probably remain so.
The Netflix Korean drama that everyone is talking about nowadays is Squid Game. Whether or not you're into Korean dramas, you've definitely run into something about this one. As the first Korean drama to rank number one on Netflix, Squid Game has done what no other drama has done before.
The nine-episode drama was released in full globally on Netflix on September 17, 2021. Hwang Donghyuk directed and wrote it. The show follows characters all fighting for the same thing: 45.6 billion won. Throughout the show, it's taking a darker twist on children's games and creating a harrowing result of life or death competitions. This drama is not for those who get queasy with blood, physical pain, etc.
This Netflix Korean drama is haunting, largely twisted, and will leave you in awe. Despite the childlike and innocent tactic the show puts on, it's got such an in-depth and twisted plot that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat the entire time. If you'd like to read more about Squid Game, you can check out our blog post about it here! And if you want to get into watching it, you can find it on Netflix here.
Fans of the Netflix Korean drama Squid Game fell in love with the characters and the actors/actresses playing them. Not only did the actors and actresses pull the watchers in, but their personalities quickly drew more attention to the show. Each actor and actress gained thousands, if not millions, of followers on social media and are still being talked about long after the show was released.
Lee Jungjae first debuted as a fashion model before beginning his career as an actor. He's acted in both films and dramas throughout his career, taking on the part of various characters and personalities. In all of his career, he's been nominated and won Best (New) Actor at various award shows. His work in Squid Game further showcases his skills as an actor.
In this Netflix Korean drama, Lee plays Seong Gihun. Seong is a character worn down by a hard life—he's a gambling addict, but struggling to support his daughter financially. He joins the game when he learns of the prize money, wanting to have more financial stability for himself and his daughter.
Throughout the show, Lee portrays Seong in a captivating way. You can't help but feel for the character as you see what he's going through. Through all of the twists and turns that Squid Game brings, Seong holds steady as a character. Lee truly acts out Seong seamlessly, drawing the watchers in and hooking them until the very end.
At first, Park Haesoo made his debut in musical theatre in 2007. From there, he took to the big screen—acting in both television series and films. He's most known for his roles in Prison Playbook (2017-2018) and Squid Game. He's won the Best New Actor Award at three separate award shows.
In Squid Game, Park plays Cho Sangwoo—someone who's known Seong Gihun since they were younger as they grew up in the same neighborhood. Cho was a bright student who secured a prestigious university degree and a great job. However, things take a hard turn when Cho is found stealing money from clients.
Now, Cho is wanted by the police and in dept millions of won. So he decides to join the game with Seong Gihun. Cho's character plays an important role throughout the Netflix Korean drama as his bond with Seong dictates a lot of moments. They've known and trusted each other for a long time, so it's understandable that it comes up in dire moments of this Netflix Korean drama.
Known for his work in Korean films such as Gonjiam: Hanted Asylum (2018) and Midnight (2021) as well as his work in dramas like Something in the Rain (2018) and Romance is a Bonus Book (2019), Wi Hajoon is the perfect addition to this Netflix Korean drama.
In Squid Game, Wi plays Hwang Junho—a police officer who snuck into the game to find his missing brother. Compared to the other characters, Hwang is participating for different reasons—reasons that are more emotionally driven than money-driven. This makes him stand out amongst the others.
Wi displays the perfect acting for this role, giving us a change of motivation to watch while also still keeping us captivated the entire time.
The last, but not least, main character of Squid Game is Kang Saebyeok. Jung Hoyeon, a Korean model and actress, started her career in 2010 with multiple different appearances on fashion shows and model-related works. She actually made her acting debut in Squid Game.
In this Netflix Korean drama, Jung plays Kang Saebyeok. Kang is a North Korean defector who's just trying to earn money to pay a broker to find her family still back in North Korea. Her motivation throughout the show is the dream of living in a house with her younger brother and mother.
Kang's character, much like Hwang Junho, brings an interesting sense to the show. She's not necessarily in debt and she's very entwined with her emotional motivations to win the game, but she's still battling alongside everyone else.
This role has gained a lot of popularity for the actress, making her debut in the acting world quite successful.
Arguably, Squid Game earned the highest, most impressive response out of any of the Netflix Korean dramas on this list.
This was the first Korean drama to ever rank number one on Netflix, gaining thousands and thousands of viewers with its release. Fans of the show still talk about it, using images from the show and quotes from the characters every day. Even if you hadn't watched the show, you definitely heard about it.
People have used images of the show as memes, they've used the concept as various games, and they've taken to asking anyone and everyone "would you survive?" Seriously, this drama exploded like no other.
Most of it comes from the amazingly twisted plot, the entrancing characters, and the overflowing aesthetic (the colors are so visually appealing that it's more than just captivating to watch). Not only has Squid Game taken on the harsh realities that society has put us through, but it's exploring how much a human can truly do when they're facing a crisis. It's dark, it's twisted, but it's something everyone has enjoyed watching.
When the next Netflix Korean drama pops up, no doubt fans will compare it to Squid Game. It's become that show for a lot of people.
Netflix-made Korean dramas have been around for years. Personally, I've watched quite a few amazing Netflix Korean dramas that weren't listed. However, they really only gained this explosive reaction from watchers in 2020 with Itaewon Class. Why?
There's no actual answer to this question, but we can probably assume the situation with Covid-19 played a pretty big role in it. When the world shut down in the beginning months of 2020, many people had to find something to do inside their houses. Naturally, people turned to Netflix to binge on their favorite shows and watch new ones. Eventually, they fell onto Korean dramas.
With the push from Netflix to create shows from Asian countries, Itaewon Class came out at the perfect time. With its captivating plot that could keep people's attention amidst the world's shut down, Itaewon Class opened the door for Korean dramas to a lot of people who hadn't had the time to invest in them before. And when It's Okay to Not Be Okay came out, people were already hooked.
So the easiest way to explain the growth of Netflix Korean dramas is to mention Covid-19 and quarantine. There may be other factors, but this is the most obvious answer.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Believe it or not, but this is Angels on Parade's seventh (7th!) Thanksgiving. And we feel like the best is yet to come.
Here are three things we're thankful for this year:
We are so close! Considering we've waited three years already for Los Angeles Football Club to really start playing actual professional soccer games, it feels surreal that we're only a matter of months away from it really happening. There's a coach in Bob Bradley who is respected, there's a stadium being built with tangible progress — it looks like they could get it done by the Spring, soccer gods willing! — and there are professional players being signed. This is happening!
2018 can't get here soon enough, but there's plenty of reason to be thankful for the progress made ahead of the inaugural season.
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Like this site, Orange County have been around since 2011, but they've also done a rebrand (in their case, two rebrands) since launch. And while the season on the field didn't turn out quite as good as everyone hoped, there was a sense that progress was being made in general. The team largely used young players, featuring a lot of prospects getting a chance to show what they can do, or players who hadn't quite made the grade the first time getting a second chance. There were a lot of good performances and some standout players, and if a good core of the team can be retained, they may make some noise in 2018.
Off the field, things seem much more stable for Orange County SC. In addition to the rebrand ahead of the season, the team made a formal partnership with LAFC, and some of the connections between the teams immediately bore fruit for OCSC. And most of all, Orange County SC opened a brand-new stadium this year, a major upgrade of a facility that should prove to be a good anchor for the team in the years to come. All in all, it seems like this organization has some footing to push on for greater things, and that's definitely something to be thankful for.
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How French communes near Geneva are combatting residence fraud
Antoine Vielliard, the mayor of the French commune Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, which borders the canton of Geneva, is after those who live in France but pretend to live in Geneva.
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In a radio interview on Swiss broadcaster RTS, he explains how they estimate the level of fraud and how they are combatting it.
Across neighbouring France an estimated 20,000 people declare themselves resident in Switzerland while living primarily in France. Antoine Vielliard says this could be as high as one in every two Swiss living in this part of France. Their homes in France are classified as second homes, which means they pay tax in Switzerland rather than in France where they live.
One motivation behind the practice is to avoid the discrimination sometimes faced in Geneva's job market by cross-border workers. In addition, Vielliard says that some do it out of negligence, some do it to pay less tax, although according to him, some may pay less tax once declared resident in France.
Vielliard points out that these people are using local public infrastructure without paying local taxes. He estimates lost tax revenue for his commune at 1 million euros.
One method used to estimate the number of undeclared French residents is to count the number of Swiss plated cars crossing the border during the morning rush hour. Last year they observed that a third of cars crossing from France had Swiss plates.
According to the newspaper Le Temp, in 2014, the mayor of the French commune of Vulbens was looking at the water consumption of homes declared as second residences to identify cheats.
To push people to declare their French home as their primary residence, the commune of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois has progressively increased the commune taxes (taxe d'habitation) associated with homes declared as secondary residences. On 8 February 2017, the premium applied to second homes was raised to 60%. According to LeMessager.fr, part-time residents will now pay on average, 369 euros p.a. more than those declaring themselves full-time residents.
There is a rise in the number declaring France as their main home in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois. The Mayor says 600 Swiss had declared France their main home two years ago. Last year this rose to 800 and now the figure stands at around 1,000. He thinks there are still another 600 that have not yet come clean. In 2014, the commune had a population of 13,253.
The mayor says that other neighbouring French communes are starting to follow his commune's example. Annemasse has introduced supplementary taxes for second homes, and he believes Ferney-Voltaire is also about to do it.
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Around 11-thousand Auckland homes and businesses are still without power three days after a ferocious storm swept through the city.
It could be another four days until power is restored.
Vector Chief Executive Simon Mackenzie says "Areas such as Piha and Helensville and those types of areas, they really bore the brunt of the really exceptionally strong winds."
Power may have been restored to places like Waimauku but faith in humanity hasn't.
Katie Hillebrand of Waimauku Doctors Administrator says power has been cut to fridges that held thousands of dollars worth of vaccines and medications. These will now be thrown away.
"Given that we were just trying to remain open for our clients and do the best we could, it was really gut wrenching."
The clean-up is still underway throughout much of the city as crews work to remove fallen trees and debris.
Parts of Cornwall Park are still off limits but it's as popular as ever albeit for a different reason.
Jocelyn Worley, 90, has lived on the wild west coast her whole life and says the storm was quite scary.
"It was frightful. Quite the worst storm that I've ever been through."
She knows the area well as Bethells Beach was named after her grandfather.
Decades ago she planted dozens of trees in her garden and on Wednesday morning woke to find they and fallen down.
"I was devastated. Lovely big trees just snapped off."
Miraculously her house wasn't damaged at all, in fact most houses at Bethells Beach escaped the storm's wrath.
It's the fallen power lines that are causing the biggest issues.
Bethells Beach Resident, Grete Larsen says "Living out here we have power cuts all the time, in the Winter they generally don't last this long."


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A: It's not really clear what you are ultimately trying to accomplish. Signed sessions are really intended for the case when you want to embed Bokeh server apps in another webapp, but want to limit session creation. Typically you would start a Bokeh server similar to this:
BOKEH_SECRET_KEY=`bokeh secret` bokeh serve --session-ids external-signed --show app.py

Then in some other webapp where you want to embed the Bokeh server app (but only allow sessions to open when session ids are signed by you), you would do something like:
from bokeh.util.session_id import generate_session_id

script = server_session(
    url='http://111.222.333.444/app',
    session_id=generate_session_id()
)
return render_template("embed.html", script=script, template="Flask")

Note that this other app that is embedding the Bokeh server app will need the same BOKEH_SECRET_KEY set so that generate_session_id will be able to create IDs that that Bokeh server will actually successfully validate the session ids.
It probably bears mentioning explicitly, in case this is the problem: the IDs must be cryptographically signed with BOKEH_SECRET_KEY, it can't just be some random arbitrary value you choose. The intent is to limit session creation only to authorized webapps that know the secret key.

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Home » Government is in preparations to appeal against a court ruling that Police have no powers over public gatherings
Government is in preparations to appeal against a court ruling that Police have no powers over public gatherings
March 30, 2020 March 30, 2020 user
The Constitutional Court last week annulled section 8 of the Public Order Management Act (POMA) when it ruled that police have no powers to stop or disperse public gatherings in a majority decision of 4:1.
Addressing journalists on Monday, Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga said the Police's Legal and Human Rights Director is working with the Attorney General to appeal against the ruling.
"We would like to inform the public that the police as a law-abiding institution, welcomed the ruling by the Constitutional Court of Uganda that annulled section 8 of the Police Order Management Act, 2013. The section gave discretionary powers to the police, to stop or prevent the holding of a public meeting, where the public meeting is held contrary to the Act," Enanga said.
"A task team led by the Director Legal and Human Rights Services is working with the Attorney General, to appeal against the ruling."
In the ruling, the judges argued that there is no evidence to prove that public gatherings sabotage economic growth by disrupting businesses as had been argued by the government.
They argued that the government has in the past used demonstrations or public gatherings to publicize its own programs.
"Nonetheless, none of those public gatherings resulted into violence nor did they disrupt businesses, commerce or public order beyond what is demonstrably justifiable in a free and democratic society," Justice Kenneth Kakuru argued.
"The point is that in a democratic society, one cannot choose and pick. It is a whole package and everything goes together. Any attempt to remove one component destroys the other."
Source. NP
More cases reported in East Africa; Uganda at 33
Tumukunde case postponed to 14th April over the absence of a magistrate


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Published September 21, 2020 at 4:26 PM MDT
The Wasatch County School District, under a Utah Public Records ruling, has until Thursday to release a wetlands draft study document to the Wasatch Taxpayers Association. But the school district says it intends to appeal the order.
The requested documents dispute concerns a 63-acre parcel of land purchased in 2019 by the school district to build a future high school. The school district paid $6 million for the land in what is known as the North Fields near State Road 113 and South Field Road. The Wasatch Taxpayers Association co-founder Tracy Taylor has submitted several formal government records requests, known as GRAMA, earlier this year to learn more about the land purchase. She received all the documents but one – that was done by the engineering firm, Bio West which had started a wetlands delineation study in May before it ended its contract with the district.
"So, then we GRAMA requested that specifically and they did not give us the actual field survey, but they did give us the invoice for $5,700.00 that the taxpayers did pay for."
The school district, she says, claims they don't have to provide the study because it's a draft. Taylor appealed that claim to the Wasatch School District Superintendent Paul Sweat.
"The superintendent of schools denied it again even though we gave evidence that it was not a draft at all. In fact, after we were denied we also GRAMA requested the contract with Bio West and the school district. And it was a four-part contract, so the first part of that contract was this wetlands delineation study. So, it was in the contract and we also paid for it."
Taylor says taxpayers have a right to know what the engineering company found on the property because taxpayers will be financially responsible if there are wetlands on the property on which the district wants to build a new high school.
"How much land possibly may need to be mitigated for wetlands if they develop this property? It's a very expensive undertaking because they would have to find double the amount of property somewhere else, that isn't wetlands, and create a wetland on that property. And it would have to be maintained annually and in perpetuity. So, that is an ongoing expense that the taxpayers have a right to know what that could possibly be."
She says the school district claims the report isn't relevant because it is incomplete. Taylor doesn't know what is in the report, but taxpayers paid for it and a have a right to see it.
"The point is, is that the state records committee said it needed to be released. So, we just want the public and the citizens to get to look at the property and to see if it is relevant or not. Not up to us to decide."
The State Records Committee has ordered the school district to provide the Bio West document. Utah code requires the school district to produce the record, to file a notice of compliance or a notice of their intent to appeal. The district says it intends to appeal in district court – or it risks a $500 penalty for every day the document isn't produced.
"We feel that the time is now to release this document. There is no need to take it to the District Court and spend more money on an attorney to fight us."
Most members of the State Records Committee agreed. Committee member David Fleming said he would want to know what he paid for.
"You know there was taxpayer money spent. Maybe the results came out to be something that perhaps the people were doing the study didn't like to see, but nonetheless, it was paid for with taxpayer money. And I'm also not completely convinced it was just a draft. If I was a taxpayer in Wasatch County, I'd like to know what I paid for."
But committee member Ken Williams voted against the release, saying he feels for the taxpayers, but the record is protected and shouldn't be released.
"I feel for the taxpayer that paid for this report – they've paid some amount for this abandoned report to be created. I'm sympathetic to that. But I think our job is ensure that the records have been classified correctly and I think they have."
Wasatch School District officials declined an on- air interview with KPCW but emailed a statement. It said, the school district is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to obtain a permit for future uses of the land, a long and complicated process. The study that Tracy Taylor seeks to obtain from the school district was drafted early in the process and is only one part of a four-part requirement. Currently, the statement continued, the district is working with the Corps, which has conducted its own onsite inspections and analysis. The Corps is now in the final stages of its analysis and will soon be releasing its findings - in the next 30-60 days. Once the Corps announces its final determination, the District will release all documents related to this process.
Links to the studies used by the Wasatch School District to inform them of a potential school site can be found here.
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Trump Confidant Floats Crazy RBG-For-Merrick-Garland SCOTUS Swap
An idea so dumb that light cannot escape from it.
By Jason Linkins
If you woke up this morning with the need to read about a really stupid idea someone had, rejoice! For here is some stupid-idea manna from stupid-idea heaven:
Hot take du jour: @POTUS should "do a deal" with Justice Ginsburg to retire and get Merrick Garland on #SCOTUS. https://t.co/Wg4D5cpR5I
— Cristian Farías 💫 (@cristianafarias) April 18, 2017
Ha, what now? President Donald Trump should "do a deal" with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that would see her vacate her Supreme Court seat for a swap-a-doo with Merrick Garland? This is great. Surprisingly, this notion was not dreamed up by noted twin-engine bad idea machine Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen, though you could be forgiven for thinking so. No, this is a plan hatched by Newsmax CEO and Trump confidant Chris Ruddy, and written up by Business Insider's Allan Smith. It goes a little something like this:
"I think they made a big mistake by pulling the nuclear option," Ruddy said. "I wrote about it. I said they should not have done it. I think that he still should pick Merrick Garland and do a deal. Ruth Bader Ginsburg wants to retire, and I think they should swap her out, give her an offer where they would put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court."
"They would remove a very liberal Democrat with a moderate, consensus Democrat, who I think Garland is," Ruddy added. "And I think it would be a huge move and a sign for Trump that he's willing to break through the political ice."
So, the good news here is that Chris Ruddy is pretty close to the president, and if he can just manage to get this bee into Trump's bonnet, it might consume a chunk of time that Trump would otherwise spend doing anything else. That would be a good enough outcome. But that's about as far as this particular notion would ever go. You see, right off the bat, I can imagine some pretty significant impediments to this "deal."
Let's begin with the notion that "Ruth Bader Ginsburg wants to retire." Does she? Just about every year, someone asks Ginsburg if she wants to retire, and her answer is always a resounding "Nah, son" (paraphrase). The last time anyone checked in with Ginsburg on this, it was Politico in October 2016. On that occasion, she said that she'd retire "when it's time," and clarified that it'd be "time" when she "can't do the job full-steam."
There's been no indication that she's changed her mind on this, so God knows where Ruddy is getting this "she wants to retire" stuff. Are you allowed to just pull strange assertions out of the air now and insist they're true? Because Chris Ruddy really wants to run the Mariinsky Ballet. Someone should "do a deal" and bring their current artistic director, Valery Gergiev, to Newsmax.
Wow. I have to say, it felt pretty great to just make stuff up like that. And the good news is that my deal makes at least as much sense as the one Ruddy himself has proposed.
I'm having a hard time imagining how this deal would be brokered, or why Ginsburg would go along with it. By all accounts, she doesn't seem to like Trump, and wouldn't be inclined to even participate in this plan. What's more, allowing herself to be replaced by Merrick Garland would be a singularly silly way for Ginsburg to cap off a legacy that's been widely celebrated of late. Where's the upside for Ginsburg? The thing about "deals" is that all parties involved are supposed to get some kind of benefit.
But, OK, let's say that Ginsburg takes leave of her senses and agrees to this. Then we'd just have the thorny little problem that this is not how the process of replacing a Supreme Court Justice works. Remember how there's this thing called "the Senate" and they just nuked the judicial filibuster, making it possible to confirm anyone to the Supreme Court with a simple majority? Well, this newly empowered Senate, which is run by the Republican Party, is not going to agree to a plan in which Merrick Garland joins the court.
Now, can I be so certain about that? Well, it's true that all I have to go on is the fact that those same Republicans just spent a year of their lives keeping Garland off the Supreme Court ― an obscure gesture that received very little attention, to be sure ― but I just have this funny feeling they might prefer to fill any potential court vacancy with a really conservative justice, as opposed to a moderately liberal one.
But who knows? In a world where Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dealmaking to her historical detriment with a president she opposes, maybe everyone's gone nuts to an equal degree. Maybe we swap out Justice Kennedy with a kitten wearing a top hat? In this weird world, I suppose anything is possible. I look forward to reading Justice Kitten With A Top Hat's dissents.
Jason Linkins edits "Eat The Press" for The Huffington Post and co-hosts the HuffPost Politics podcast "So, That Happened." Subscribe here, and listen to the latest episode below.
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Universally, "knots" in the origin of the wedding ceremony with its centuries of tradition, have had a place in the folklore of many cultures as a symbol of unbreakable pledges.
Historically, the knot as the symbol of a lasting unity dated back to the Legend of St. Katherine, circa 1225, where the Middle English word "enotte", or 'knot,' was used to mean "the tie or bond of wedlock." From that point 'To tie the knot' as an expression came to mean getting married.
The costume of the bride is the pivotal image that sets the theme for the event itself. The design of the gowns and their "Stole Wrap" accessories, floral arrangements, and decorations symbolize the tying of the knot custom, representing the bonds of marriage.
Historically, the bride would arrive at the altar with an untied shoe, and the groom would tie the lace. Knots were tied in the bridal bouquet with a fabric or silken cord or within silk garments as part of the ceremony. In Italy, a knotted ribbon is tied over the entrance to the reception, within bouquets and Bridal Wraps, and in the frosted pastries tied in knots which are served to symbolize the Love Knot.
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The World Food Program (WFP) is seeking a Human Resources Associate.
This job is at the Regional Bureau in Dakar and the job holder typically report to an HR Officer. At this level job holder is expected to use initiative and knowledge within an area of expertise to independently respond to queries with general guidance. There is a requirement to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen problems on a daily basis. Job holder is expected to manage resources and coach and coordinate a team of support staff.
To deliver a full range of HR support services to ensure accurate implementation of WFP policies and procedures and facilitate the effective functioning of a client-focused and strategy-oriented HR services.
Provide assistance on a wide range of complex HR queries and follow up actions, to ensure consistent and high quality HR services are delivered to clients.
Allocate responsibilities and support on-the-job learning and development of junior support staff, to ensure they have adequate knowledge of HR systems and procedures required to perform their duties and subsequently can contribute to the provision of effective HR services.
Identify evolving needs of the organisation and recommend changes in HR processes and procedures, to support improvements in HR services.
Analyse and respond to various internal and external queries, to ensure that clients are well-informed and that HR team activities are aligned with broader WFP objectives.
Review and compile a variety of data on staff recruitment and selection, contractual conditions, entitlements, performance and training requirements, workforce, etc., to support analysis and reporting needs.
Support activities in the areas of work allocated by the professional officer in compliance with relevant processes and procedures.
Support and deliver on boarding for new staff joining WFP, to ensure that relevant processes are followed and the conditions of terms of service are explained and understood.
Prepare a range of complex HR documentation required for the specific area of work (e.g. employment contracts, transfer/separation letters, training-related documents, etc.) ensuring accuracy and meeting established deadlines.
Use HR management systems for reviewing, entering and updating a variety of HR data including monitoring various deadlines (e.g. contract expiration, PACE, etc), ensuring compliance with the established deadlines and accuracy of HR data.
Monitor staff deployment and handle related administrative actions including preparation of reports, to support efficient HR service enabling WFP to respond quickly to a crisis.
Experience: Fix ( 5 years) or more years of progressively responsible support work experience in general administrative work, including at least three years in human resources or other related field.
Knowledge & Skills: Knowledge of specialised HR administrative work practices and methods, gained through relevant technical training and experience.
Good communication skills and good understanding of HR principles and their application in order to respond to and resolve a range of HR queries.
Ability to conduct basic analyses in order to generate periodic reports and make recommendations for further actions.
Ability to build relationships with a variety of individuals across functions and outside WFP in order to effectively contribute to the functioning of the unit.
Experience in supervising and co-ordinating tasks of subordinates to be able to train and supervise junior staff members within the HR function.
Ability to work with minimum supervision and use initiative to perform administrative tasks within broad WFP guidelines and standards.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in French and a Level B in English.


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Another feature that surely deserves mentioning is the Quick Launch toolbar. This panel lets you create a list of your most visited websites and open all of them with a single click. In addition, the browser comes with its own audio player. Last but not least, there is one of my favorite features: the possibility to download torrents without the need to use any external software. As to other features, Orbitum is very similar to other Chromium-based browsers. Needless to say, it supports installing extensions to enable other functions.
On the other hand, the program has a disadvantage inherent to belonging to the Chrome family. It may collect user information.
In general, Orbitum is another browser of the Chromium family. Choosing one or the other depends on your specific needs and preferences, so it is recommendable to try some of them, as it is even possible that you like to use more than one, depending on the purpose. Fortunately, the product is free to use.
Guest Can you eliminate "Anyway..." from your speech? It sounds childish and stupid.
Игорь Золотарев This browser was created to let you use some functions that you can't find in the standard edition of Google Chrome. So, in my strong opinion, Orbitum might be very useful for people, who often use Facebook, listen to music, chat with friends, etc.
Techie Oh man, it looks like Chrome in a new dress.
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The third core document was an Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the DNR and made public on December 15, 1975. In it, the potential adverse effects of energy development on large game species were thoroughly explored, as were steps that could be taken to reduce noise, odor, and other intrusions.
In line with the unitization agreement put forward by the oil companies, the EIS focused much of its discussion on the effects of drilling only in the southern part of the new forest. The report said the effects on streams and groundwater would be minimized if the state implemented a development plan that limited the drilling area and the number of industrial sites within the area.
The EIS urged the Natural Resources Commission to prevent any crossings of the Pigeon River with pipelines, and to bar roads in "vitally sensitive environmental areas."
Lastly, the EIS strongly endorsed a promising idea introduced by the Michigan United Conservation Clubs, a statewide hunting and fishing organization. In October 1975, the group's executive director,Thomas L. Washington, proposed spending the royalty income from Pigeon River energy development on purchases of private land within the forest.
The proposal to invest income from non-renewable resources to enlarge and enhance the public domain was embraced by the oil industry, the environmental community, and the Legislature. It led to passage of Public Act 204, the Kammer Recreation Land Trust Fund Act of 1976, the predecessor of the Natural Resources Trust Fund.
Written by a team of DNR staffers, with the cooperation of Shell Oil and other companies, the Pigeon River Hydrocarbon Development Plan was a combination of the three previous documents. It was the first of its kind within the United States energy industry.
•The plan, initially adopted under an agreement signed by the industry and the NRC on June 11, 1976, called for locating drilling sites, access roads, facilities, and pipelines in areas that would cause the least possible harm to land, water, and wildlife.
• Companies were directed to conduct exploration and recovery operations in a sequential pattern, moving northward from the southern part of the forest, with each step carefully planned by the industry and overseen by the Advisory Council. Under the plan, Shell was directed to draw up a schedule for exploration and development that called for the industry to be finished with all drilling by a fixed date.
• Requiring Shell to submit a complete plan of development to the NRC before production began.
• Barring well sites in wetlands.
• Minimizing the number of roads, and limiting the right-of-way of most of them to 20 feet or less.
• Installing pipelines along existing roads wherever possible.
• Limiting noise from wells, pumps, and processing installations. Noise limits were further reduced as new muffling technology became available.
• Installing electric pumps and burying transmission lines.
• Screening well pads, pipelines, and other facilities from roads and trails.
• Requiring all equipment to be removed, and surrounding land to be restored, when production ends.
From the moment in the spring of 1969 when Ford Kellum spotted the first drilling rigs, dispute marked every facet of energy development in the Pigeon River Country.
• Energy industry executives, disturbed at state efforts to slow the development, asserted that they had a lawful right to gain economic value from minerals leased from the state.
Later in the 1970s, another industry tactic was to identify the need for greater domestic supplies of oil and gas in order to achieve American energy independence. Fuel shortages at the time were causing long gas lines and rising prices.
• Environmentalists and conservationists were equally impassioned. Casting the Pigeon River as a unique natural resource, the environmental community sought to frame the debate as struggle over Michigan's future. They asked whether Michigan citizens were willing to permanently forsake the beauty and tranquillity of a prized forest for short-term industrial profit. In a sense, the environmental community sought to turn the struggle over drilling in the Pigeon into a referendum on the energy-wasting patterns of the American way of life.
• For the DNR, and its often-divided Natural Resources Commission, the Pigeon River controversy boiled down to a test of the state's authority to manage public lands. Although individual commissioners supported one side or the other, the Commission as a whole consistently backed the idea that it was they who would decide how any drilling would occur.
Throughout the 10-year long dispute, the Natural Resources Commission exhibited extraordinary independence from industry, from environmentalists, and even from the Governor and senior members of the DNR staff.