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Gold Cup polo match at Cowdray Park won by UAE Polo team
Posted on July 12, 2021 by Jeannie Knight
Great Oaks LL Fall a Goal Short in Match Against UAE Polo Team
The final match of the third round in the Gold Cup for the British Open Championship was played for the Argentine Ambassador's Cup and featured Great Oaks LL against UAE Polo Team in a thrilling match that came down to the final seconds. Trailing by five earlier in the game, Great Oaks LL fought back to even, but a resilient UAE Polo Team captured the 14-13 overtime victory at Cowdray Park Polo Club.
A match featuring swings in momentum, UAE Polo Team built a large lead in the first half with Polito Pieres leading the attack. Finishing with eight goals, Pieres led all players, but Great Oaks LL displayed a determined effort in an exceptional second half.
Shooting 60% from the field over the final three chukkas, Great Oaks LL erased the deficit due to the play of Bartolome Castagnola who scored all six of his goals during the stretch. The slow start in the first half prevented Great Oaks LL from taking the victory as UAE Polo Team's Tomas Panelo scored the golden goal for the 14-13 triumph.
Dillon Bacon made an early impact for Great Oaks LL, winning the first throw-in to help set up the opening goal of the game for Guillermo Terrera and then quickly adding his first goal of the game to give his team the 2-0 advantage. That brief stretch was Great Oaks LL's only offense for the next 15 minutes of play as UAE Polo Team dominated possession to produce a run of seven unanswered goals.
Converting five of their six shots in the second chukka, Pieres and Panelo combined for all of UAE Polo Team's goals that quickly turned the two-goal deficit to a five-goal lead. Two penalty conversions for Great Oaks LL's Cruz Heguy put an end to UAE Polo Team's dominant period of play, but his team remained trailing 8-4 at halftime.
Argentine Ambassador's Cup winners with the trophy: Photo courtesy of Mark Beaumont Photography
After being held scoreless in the first half, Bartolome Castagnola led Great Oaks LL's charge back into the game, beginning with two goals in the fourth chukka. Continuing to apply pressure to pull even in the game, Great Oaks LL fell victim to foul trouble in the fifth chukka, allowing UAE Polo Team to add two penalty goals and restore the four-goal difference.
However, Castagnola moved forward into the game, scoring his third and fourth goals to keep his team within reach, trailing by just one goal. Trading penalty conversions, UAE Polo Team was seconds from victory but Castagnola fought his way through traffic to tie the game in the final seconds.
Withstanding early pressure from Great Oaks LL, UAE Polo Team's Tomas Panelo jumped on a backhand around midfield, completing the long run to goal to capture the thrilling 14-13 overtime victory. Minister Fernanda Millicay from the Argentine Embassy presented the Argentine Ambassador's Cup to H. H. Sheikha Maitha.
Don't miss the Prenetics Royal International Horse Show at Hickstead
Posted on July 6, 2021 by Jeannie Knight
ENTRIES for the international showjumping at this month's Prenetics Royal International Horse Show at Hickstead have been announced.
Plenty of top showjumpers will be in action in the two-star international classes at the show (21-25 July), including Michael Whitaker, Robert Whitaker, James Whitaker, Shane Breen, Trevor Breen, Harriet Biddick (nee Nuttall) and Will Fletcher.
A number of leading event riders will also be competing in the showjumping classes, including Olympic medallists Pippa Funnell and Gemma Tattersall.
Entries for the Prenetics Royal International Horse Show on July 26 2021 have been released. Photo courtesy of Nigel Goddard
A series of CSI2* one-off classes will take place during the show, including the RIHS Sussex Stakes, the Prenetics July Stakes, the RIHS Southdown Stakes, the Prenetics Castle Stakes and the £6,000 Prenetics Royal International Vase.
The event draws to a close with the Science Supplements BHS Queen Elizabeth II Cup, a class that was first held in 1949. Originally for lady riders only, the class was opened up to both men and women in 2008. It is usually a prestigious national championship, open only to the highest-ranked riders in British Showjumping, but this year it will be awarded to the winner of the Grand Prix.
Last year's winner, David Simpson, will be a notable absentee having been called up on Nations Cup duties abroad, but several other recent winners are likely to factor in proceedings, including the Breen brothers, Harriet Biddick – who has returned to top level competition following the birth of her first baby Archie earlier this year – and James Whitaker.
Other showjumping highlights include the Al Shira'aa RIHS young horse championships for five-, six- and seven-year-olds, plus the British Showjumping Winter Finals.
As well as being one of the oldest horse shows in the world, the Royal International is also one of the largest – with more than 3,000 horses and ponies of all shapes and sizes taking part across seven rings of competition. Hickstead is best known for its showjumping, but showing is a major part of its fixtures too.
The Prenetics Royal International Horse Show is a championship show, meaning riders have had to pick up a qualifying ticket at venues around the country in order to compete in the showing classes. Top producers such as Jayne Ross, Katie Jerram-Hunnable, Jo Bates, Robert Walker and Allister and Oliver Hood are among those expected to pick up titles at the show.
Throughout the show, various champions will earn their place in Sunday's grand finals – the British Horse Society Supreme Horse and the Supreme Products Supreme Pony Championships. While the Horse of the Year Show is the pinnacle of indoor showing, the Royal International is regarded as the most prestigious outdoor horse show in Britain, making Hickstead's supreme titles among the most important in the sport.
Tickets for the show are on sale now from www.hickstead.co.uk, with admission costing just £15 per person, concessions available, and under-16s going free.
Talandracas defeats UAE polo team while Monterosso has second victory in Gold Cup British Open Championship.
The final team to make their debut in the 2021 Gold Cup for the British Open Championship, UAE Polo Team were unable to carry over their winning ways from their Cartier Queen's Cup title, facing a determined Talandracas team that captured the 11-7 victory on the Ambersham grounds.
Receiving five goals each from Diego Cavanagh and Camilo Castagnola, Talandracas produced an exceptional performance in open play, shooting 50% while holding the mighty UAE Polo Team offense to just 3 for 13 shooting.
Never trailing in the match, Talandracas provided a complete defensive performance, limiting UAE Polo Team's duo of Polito Pieres and Tomas Beresford to just two field goals, including zero in the first half to create enough counterattacks with accurate passing from the likes of Marcos Araya to take the 11-7 victory.
Coming off the high of winning the Cartier Queen's Cup, UAE Polo Team ran into a tough Talandracas side that dominated the opening chukka. Receiving two goals from Cavanagh and one from Castagnola, Talandracas quickly took the 3-0 advantage before UAE Polo Team could generate any offense on goal.
TEAM TALANDRACAS DEFEATS UAE
Held without a field goal through the opening three chukkas, UAE Polo Team fought their way back into the game from the penalty line, converting both Penalty 2 attempts in the second chukka to cut the deficit to two.
Continuing to apply pressure, UAE Polo Team continued to inch closer, receiving fouls and converting their opportunities from the penalty line, pulling within just one goal at halftime, trailing 4-3. Stealing possession from the throw-in, Polito Pieres found Tomas Panelo on the end of a pass to bring UAE Polo Team even after trailing by three earlier in the match.
The first field goal provided some momentum for UAE Polo Team as they began to generate high-quality chances on goal, but Cavanagh and Castagnola provided a response for Talandracas, restoring the narrow one-goal advantage at the end of the fourth chukka.
With the match still undecided, Talandracas took control receiving one goal each from Cavanagh, Castagnola and Araya in a decisive fifth chukka, extending their lead to two as the UAE Polo Team attack continued to be stifled.
Scoring the first two goals of the final chukka, Talandracas' lead grew to four, leaving little time for a UAE Polo Team comeback, as Talandracas handed the Cartier Queen's Cup champions a loss in their debut, capturing the impressive 11-7 victory.
Beginning the second round of play in the Gold Cup for the British Open Championship, Monterosso improved to 2-0 after defeating a depleted BP Polo team 13-10 on the Brooksfield at Cowdray Park Polo Club.
Leading from start to finish, Monterosso took advantage of nearly every opportunity in open play, shooting an astounding 75% on 16 shot attempts to leave BP Polo with little chance of matching the performance. Receiving at least two goals from all four players, Monterosso produced an organized passing attack that resulted in eight assists on 12 field goals, while BP Polo were without their 10-goaler Juan Martin Nero, who was out with an injury after a collision in his first match. Nico Pieres filled in admirably but the proficient attack of Montersso proved to be the difference in the 13-10 win.
Monterosso completed a 13-10 victory, claiming the Cooch Behar Cup and remaining undefeated in the tournament.
Guy Williams starred at Hickstead
Posted on June 28, 2021 by Jeannie Knight
Guy Williams on his way to victory on board Rouge De Ravel
Guy Williams, did what he set out to do in the Al Shira'aa Trophy when he claimed the top
spot in the £15,000 Al Shira'aa Trophy his experienced and impressive horse, Rouge De Ravel.
A total of 88 riders came forward for the final day's Grand Prix, with many of British showjumping's biggest names among the starters. But they faced a tough challenge in Kelvin Bywater's course, and in the end almost one-third of the field failed to complete the first round, with the open water proving particularly influential.
But 10 combinations did produce clear rounds, ensuring a competitive jump-off against the clock. Yet Guy and his hugely experienced campaigner Rouge De Ravel made the most of their later draw to deliver a clear in a time of 42.48sec, with the pair taking some daring routes and making the most of the open space of the International Arena by keeping up a relentless pace throughout.
Irishman David Simpson was the next quickest in second, but even his speedy partner Foudre F finished 2.5sec in arrears.
Williams was obviously on winning form, as he started his Grand Prix campaign by lifting both qualifying classes on Thursday – he won the first of the Al Shira'aa 1.40m Open classes on Mr Blue Sky UK, before picking up the afternoon's class on the 16-year-old stallion Rouge De Ravel.
"He jumped really well on the first day, and the plan was to come back and try to win today – so he's done what we asked him," said Guy. "He's a class horse and he's won all over the world, but he loves it here at Hickstead."
The five-day Al Shira'aa Jumping Championships was a special national competition run for this year only in place of the Al Shira'aa Hickstead Derby Meeting, which was cancelled due to the Covid-19 situation.
A Hickstead spokeswoman said: "We have really missed having our usual crowds of people here with us this week, but the good news is that tickets are now on sale for the Prenetics Royal International Horse Show.
We are releasing 4,000 tickets per day, with potentially more going on sale depending on the government restrictions at the time of the show.
"With no five-star classes for this summer only we've reduced ticket prices accordingly, with adult admission costing just £15, concessions available, and under 16s going free.
"Whether you're a die-hard equestrian fan or just looking for a fun, affordable family day out this summer, you're guaranteed a warm welcome at Hickstead.
Don't miss The Prenetics Royal International Horse Show
Wed, 21 Jul 2021 – Sun, 25 Jul 2021 at The All England Jumping Course at Hickstead.
Start of Al Shira'aa Jumping Championships at Hickstead
HUNDREDS of riders got their 2021 Hickstead campaign off to a start at the opening day of the Al Shira'aa Jumping championships.
Entries for this national show filled up in record time, with most classes attracting 100+ entries – and one 1m class even boasting a start list of 246!
This special event will take place for this year only, in place of the planned Al Shira'aa Hickstead Derby Meeting. Everyone is looking forward to the return of the Al Shira'aa Derby in 2022.
This show is being run behind closed doors, so only stakeholders, sponsors and hospitality visitors are allowed access. However, you can still watch all the action from the Longines International Arena via the livestream (Thursday to Sunday) on Hickstead.TV and ClipMyHorse.TV.
ESSEX-based rider Ronnie Jones was also a star for he not only took the Al Shira'aa British Five-Year-Old Championship with the mare L'Amour but he also claimed the honours in the hotly-contested Six-Year-Old final too, with his second win in quick succession coming courtesy of the stallion Key West RSH.
A huge field of 108 horses came forward for this morning's opener, the Al Shira'aa 1.40m Open, with James Whitaker heading the line-up with Lammy Beach. See Below:
James, who is a former winner of the Science Supplements BHS Queen Elizabeth II Cup, saw off close opposition from runner-up Holly Smith and Billy Sarafina. Holly originally produced Lammy Beach, a 13-year-old Irish sports horse, before he moved to the Whitakers' yard to be campaigned by William and then younger brother James.
Crowds are set to return to Hickstead as tickets are now on sale for the Prenetics Royal International Horse Show which takes place from July 21-25.
Following that will be the Hurst College National Schools and Pony Championships, then the Science Supplements All England September Tour, then the I.C.E. Horseboxes All England Dressage Festival.
This will give Hickstead a busy and exciting programme of events to look forward to.
Confirmation of dates for the FEI Dressage and Eventing European Championships for Young Riders and Juniors 2022 at Hartpury
The dates for the FEI Dressage and Eventing European Championships for Young Riders and Juniors 2022 at Hartpury have been confirmed.
The high-profile equestrian event will take place at Hartpury on 23-31 July 2022 following confirmation from both British Equestrian (BEF) and the FEI Dressage and FEI Eventing Committee.
Expect exciting action at Hartpury
Phillip Cheetham, Equine Director at Hartpury, said: "It's extremely exciting that the dates for the 2022 FEI Dressage and Eventing European Championships for Young Riders and Juniors have been confirmed.
"We were disappointed that the championships couldn't go ahead as we hoped last year, but having the 2022 dates is fantastic news. We're excited about welcoming the most talented young riders in Europe to Hartpury and providing the stage on which they can produce their very best.
"We're very grateful to the FEI for allowing us to host the event next year and we thank the BEF, British Dressage and British Eventing for their continued support," he concluded.
Hartpury hosted a European Championships in 1997 when they had the Pony disciplines of dressage, showjumping and eventing and again in 2000 for Young Riders.
"It's fantastic news to have a date in the calendar confirmed for the team at Hartpury who worked so hard to secure the four FEI Championships only to be frustrated by COVID-19 last year," said Jim Eyre, British Equestrian Chief Executive.
"We know they have a strong track record for running competitions of the highest calibre and we look forward to welcoming Europe's elite Junior and Young Riders to the campus next July," he added.
Annually, Hartpury hosts the NAF Five Star Hartpury Festival of Dressage, NAF Five Star Hartpury Showjumping Spectacular and NAF Five Star International Hartpury Horse Trials. All are scheduled to run in 2021.
For more information about equestrian events at Hartpury, visit www.hartpuryequineevents.co.uk.
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Olympic riders head to Hickstead for inaugural dressage Premier League show
Posted on May 18, 2021 by Jeannie Knight
Dane Rawlins, a top international dressage rider pictured in action in the arena. Photo: Jeannie Knight
Olympic riders Fiona Bigwood and Emile Faurie are among the entrants for the I.C.E Horseboxes All England Dressage Festival at Hickstead (21-23 May).
Riders are heading to Hickstead for the inaugural dressage Premier League show.
Other dressage riders due to take part in this British Dressage Premier League show include international stars Louise Bell, Lara Butler, Tom Goode, Sune Hansen, Dane Rawlins, Anna Ross, Daniel Watson and Alice Oppenheimer.
It is the first British Dressage show to take place at the main Hickstead showground, following the closure of the original Dressage at Hickstead site.
West Sussex-based rider Sarah Millis, who will also be competing at the show, comments: "Premier League shows are critical for the development of international horses, providing them with experience on the bigger stage. Hickstead is an iconic name within equestrian sport, and I am very excited to be competing at the upcoming Premier League show."
The show will feature classes from Advanced Medium up to Grand Prix, along with Shearwater and British Dressage International Young Horse qualifiers. plus FEI youth classes from Pony to Under 25.
Three rings of action will run throughout the three days, with the LeMieux Grand Prix the feature class on the Saturday, and the action culminating in the I.C.E. Horseboxes FEI Grand Prix Special on the Sunday afternoon.
While the show is being run behind closed doors, action from the Coldstream Arena will be livestreamed on ClipMyHorse.TV and on Hickstead.TV.
Start lists and results will be available online here.
Meanwhile details of key equestrian events at Hickstead are below.
NAF Five Star Bronze League Qualifier at Felbridge
With the fastest triple clear of the class, Hannah Smith from Crawley, West Sussex claimed first place in the NAF Five Star Bronze League Qualifier which took place at the Felbridge Showground on Saturday.
Hannah Smith and Pauldaries Mysteque winning the NAF Five Star Bronze League Qualifier at Felbridge Showground
[PHOTO: Felbridge Photography]
Riding Samantha Baker's 17 year-old mare Pauldaries Mysteque, Hannah was one of ten riders to take up a spot in the final jump off from a starting field of sixty combinations.
With her eyes firmly on the red rosette, Hannah was able to produce the winning triple clear in 34.53 seconds, just 0.08 of a second faster than her closest rival.
NAF Five Star Bronze League Qualifier
1st Hannah Smith & Pauldaries Mysteque – 0/0/0 – 34.53 seconds
2nd Louise McDonald & Fanta-astic – 0/0/0 – 34.61 seconds
3rd Elizabeth East & Kennedy 55 – 0/0/0 – 40.25 seconds
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Zuba was a good Plumpton winner for trainer Nick Gifford
Zuba put in a fine performance at Plumpton yesterday for Findon trainer Nick Gifford, when winning the maiden hurdle for The South Downs Partnership, under a good ride from jockey James Davies. He was sent off as 5-4 favourite in the race.
ZUB A, trained by Nick Gifford at Findon, was a striking winner at Plumpton
There is plenty to like about this horse, for he more than justified going off as favourite and ran well to win this race for owners The South Downs Partnership. There should be much more to come and he will be an interesting horse to follow.
Zuba should benefit from the experience and go on to show even more potential. It was a strongly run race and he won by a comfortable 1¼ lengths from 50-1 runner-up Irish-bred Taylors Three Rock, trained by Tony Carroll and ridden by 7lb claimer Jason Dixon.
Taylors Three Rock is another horse which should show good potential to continue to improve as he develops.
PLUMPTON'S POPULAR CLERK OF COURSE HAS RETIRED
Meanwhile Plumpton has now said goodbye to popular long-time clerk of the course Mark Cornford, who retired on Sunday at the racecourse. Born in Plumpton village he had 41 years of full time service in that role when he retired on Sunday.
Mark Cornford- highly respected clerk of the course at Plumpton has now retired
He was born in Plumpton village and has always lived a stone's throw from the jumps track. He first worked at the track with his father in the late 1960s before joining the groundstaff team permanently in 1980. He became clerk of the course in 2004 and continued in that role until Sunday. He was given a guard of honour to mark his dedication to Plumpton racecourse and will be replaced by Marcus Waters.
"I'm feeling alright about it," he said. "I'm a local man and I love the family-type atmosphere you get at Plumpton.This has been something I'd been planning with the director.
Following the Government's announcements on Monday February 22 2021, it was confirmed that no crowds would be allowed to return to outdoor sports venues until at the earliest Monday May 17..
Unfortunately Plumpton's last fixture of the 2020/21 season is Sunday May 9, which means we will not see a crowd at any of its remaining 2020/21 fixtures.
"This is very disappointing news and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused, but also thank you for your patience and support. We very much hope to open with a great raceday on Sunday 19th September 2021 and we will send out details in due course. If you wanted to enquire about any restaurant or hospitality packages you had provisionally booked or you traditionally have in the Autumn/Winter, please do get in touch with Molly Taylor – molly@plumptonracecourse.co.uk.
Bob Champion faces kidney operation after he completes fundraising 40th anniversary walk
On Saturday this week, Bob Champion will complete the last 'leg' of #Bobs40For40Challenge, sponsored by Wasdell Group, by riding a chestnut horse up the same Sussex lane Aldaniti paraded as he returned home victorious from Aintree 40 years ago.
Grand National winning jockey and cancer survivor Bob Champion pictured at the 12th stop of his charity walk at Jonjo O'Neill's yard Jackdaws Castle in the Cotswolds raising funds for the Bob Champion Cancer Trust.
Bob is half way through his marathon trek which started from Aintree on 11 April, the day after the Randox Grand National 2021, the 191 mile route represents the 191 days from Bob's diagnosis on 24th July 1979, his months of gruelling treatment to then receiving the all clear on January 31 1980 before going on to win the Grand National the following year.
This comes as he admitted yesterday that he faces an operation in the next few weeks to remove a tumour on his kidney.
He said:" I had a very bad back pain just before I started my walk and scans showed I have a tumour on my kidney which needs removing. I was determined I would carry on with my 40th anniversary walk since raising money for the Bob Champion Cancer Trust has been my life's work and I didn't want to fall at the final fence when the money is still much needed.
"So far we have raised more than £55,000 and money is still coming in. Thank you to my sponsor Wasdell Group, and everyone who has walked and supported me."
His 191-mile linear route to mark the 191 days of cancer treatment he underwent, started at Aintree on Sunday April 11, and has taken in many trainer's gallops along the way. It will finish at 10.30am on Saturday 15 May as Bob, pictured below, walks a few miles on the famous Findon Gifford gallops, where Aldaniti was trained, as well as riding a horse not dissimilar to Aldaniti.
Members of the public are welcome to join him on his walk which continues on May 11 from Chris Gordon's stables at Winchester, then Barkfold Manor KIrdford. On May 12 he will go to :
Gary Moore – Lower Beeding
David Menuisier – Pulborough
Amanda Perrett – Pulborough
Luke Dace – Pulborough
Then on May 14 he will visit Richard Rowe's yard at Storrington, and Suzy Smith at Angmering before his final stop on May 15 at Nick Gifford's yard at Findon.
Bob can be supported here by donating to:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bob-champion2.
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When new products are formulated, they are supposed to go through rigorous testing before they are released onto the marketplace for consumers to purchase and use. This is particularly true for medical devices, especially those that are going to be implanted inside of patients' bodies in order to function as an artificial joint. It's supposed to be difficult for products like these to make it to the marketplace, as faulty products can quickly inflict a lot of serious damage to unsuspecting consumers and lead to a lot of legal fallout that can be difficult for some to navigate.
However, there is a little-known loophole within the approval procedure that is generally followed by the United States Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA. That loophole, so to speak, is known as the 510(k) approval process. Instead of going through all of the required testing steps for a product to be approved, a company can in essence circumvent some of those steps by showing that the design of a new product is substantially similar to a product that has already been approved. The obvious line of thought behind this loophole is that proving such a similar product works would be a waste of time and money.
This is how a product known as the Stryker Rejuvenate hip replacement devicemade it to the market, and reports indicate that it was never fully tested outside of a laboratory. Instead, it sailed through the approval process and quickly became available to consumers. Unfortunately, it wasn't long before consumers from all over the United States began to file complaints regarding this Stryker Rejuvenate hip replacement product, leading to the filing of many different lawsuits. According to more recent reports, the number of lawsuits filed against Stryker has been growing in recent months.
This product was seen as particularly useful for younger patients who needed hip replacements, but when any product has more parts and a more complicated design it generally means that more can go wrong. Sadly for many patients, this is exactly what allegedly happened. The different parts would rub together to the point where people would begin to suffer from metallosis, which is basically metal poisoning that results from fragments of metal getting into the circulatory system. In addition, many of these products allegedly fell apart and simply failed to work as they were supposed to, leading to the need for additional surgeries and additional pain and suffering. Ultimately, the product was recalled in 2012.


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A new video shows a different side of the encounter between a Native American elder and teens in MAGA hats
Posted 3:48 AM, January 21, 2019, by CNN Wire, Updated at 07:13AM, January 21, 2019
A video that shows white high school students in Make America Great Again hats and shirts mocking a Native American elder shocked the country, leading to widespread denunciations of the teens' behavior.
It was a moment in a bigger story that is still unfolding.
A new video that surfaced Sunday shows what happened before and after the encounter Friday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
In the new video, another group taunts the students from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky with disparaging and vulgar language. The group of black men, who identify as members of the Hebrew Israelites, also shout racist slurs at participants of the Indigenous Peoples Rally and other passersby.
Teen in confrontation with Native American elder says he was trying to defuse the situation
The new video adds context to an encounter viewed by many as the latest sign of bigotry infecting the country. Screenshots of a smirking teen staring down Omaha tribe elder Nathan Phillips spread through the internet, sparking widespread outrage.
But a teen who says he was involved in the encounter said the students' actions have been wrongly interpreted as racist. In a statement, Nick Sandmann said the students decided to raise their voices to drown out the Hebrew Israelites' inflammatory comments — not to intimidate or mock Phillips. Phillips has said the teen blocked his escape.
But neither Sandmann's statement or the video will be the last word on the controversy. Here's what the video shows:
The Hebrew Israelites begin by disparaging the students
The new video was shot by a member of the adult group.
The men identify as members of the Hebrew Israelites, a movement that believes some black Americans are the descendants of an ancient Israelite tribe.
A man in a long black coat does most of the talking and shouting, occasionally banging a walking stick on the concrete for emphasis. Another man dressed in black holds a poster with the names of the 12 tribes of Israel in one column and another described as the corresponding "slave names" of different racial identities.
Another man with an Afro and a Star of David necklace hanging around his neck occasionally recites scripture while the person filming occasionally adds his own commentary.
The video opens with a tense encounter involving the men and a woman who challenges their beliefs and calls for peace.
"Peace to what land?" one of the men responds. "How you gonna have peace to this land … when you got this madman in the White House?"
The camera pans past the group, catching the first glimpse of the teenagers, at least one wearing a red Make America Great Again hat.
"Then you got those pompous bastards over there wearing Make America Great Again hats," one voice says. "Why you not angry at them?"
Then, they disparage indigenous people and African Americans
The woman leaves, and the crowd thins out. Filming continues as the men read aloud scripture and engage in conversations with those who stop to talk.
Drumming becomes audible in the video and rallygoers appear in the background, clasping hands to form a circle. After the drumming subsides, the men turn their focus to the indigenous community.
"Y'all taking about peace, peace, peace — there ain't gonna be no peace," the lead speaker shouts.
"When has America been great for our people? When has the America ever been great for the North American Indians?" the main speaker shouts. "America ain't never been great. It only been great for you damn peckerwoods."
Then, the camera turns to students watching a few feet away.
The man calls them out for wearing MAGA hats to a rally for indigenous communities. He rails against a teen he perceives to be a black student for associating with his "oppressor." He also calls out Indigenous Peoples March attendees for associating with white people.
A Native American elder tries to intervene
The students were in Washington to participate in the March for Life rally earlier in the day. The Lincoln Memorial was their meeting point following an afternoon of sightseeing so they could board buses back to Kentucky, according to Sandmann.
As the crowd of students grows, some of the men criticize their "racist" MAGA hats. They call them "crackers" and "incest children." The video captures some students walking away.
Almost an hour into the video, the students begin amassing in large numbers on the steps behind the men. As the men continue shouting, the video captures students chanting back.
"A student in our group asked one of our teacher chaperones for permission to begin our school spirit chants to counter the hateful things that were being shouted at our group," Sandmann said in his statement. "The chants are commonly used at sporting events. They are all positive in nature and sound like what you would hear at any high school," he said.
A student jumps in front of the group, rips his shirt off and leads the group in a chant and dance. He retreats and the students bounce up and down as they continue to chant, attracting onlookers.
Soon enough, the sound of a drum builds offscreen. Phillips, surrounded by several people with drums and cameras, enters the frame. The video captures Phillips as he walks into the crowd of bobbing teens.
"He came to the rescue," a voice is heard on the video.
People follow him, blocking the camera from what happens next.
Kaya Taitano, who shot the viral video, said the teens were chanting "Build the wall" and "Trump 2020." Those chants were not audible in videos reviewed by CNN.
The situation was starting to grow calm until Sandmann got in Phillips' face, Taitano said. Phillips kept chanting and beating his drum as other boys circled around, "mocking him and mocking the chant," Taitano said.
Phillips said the teen blocked his path as he tried to keep moving.
"I was scared," Phillips told CNN's Sara Sidner. "I don't like the word 'hate.' I don't like even saying it, but it was hate unbridled. It was like a storm."
Sandmann denied that he blocked Phillips' path and insisted that Phillips was the one who "locked eyes" with him. He also denied that anyone said "build that wall" or anything hateful.
"I was not intentionally making faces at the protestor. I did smile at one point because I wanted him to know that I was not going to become angry, intimidated or be provoked into a larger confrontation," Sandmann said in his statement.
Then, the Hebrew Israelites return their focus to the students
The men continue talking on the video as Phillips disappears from the shot. They describe the students' hats and behavior as a "mockery" and call them "future school shooters."
The comments draw the students back to the group. Some respond with boos and gather around the men.
"How you gonna tell somebody to go shoot up a school — that's like really rude," says a voice from the young crowd.
The men accuse them of reaping the benefits of slave labor. The men repeatedly use the n-word to refer to the black teens in the group, prompting cries from group. The men ask the students if the water they're drinking "tastes like incest" and call the students "young Klansmen."
The teens listen for a few minutes longer, accusing the men of being racist and booing when the main speaker uses the word "faggots" when talking about equal rights.
Then, the students get a signal from off camera to leave. They cheer and wave, chanting "let's go home" as they run off.
The video continues for another 20 minutes as the men turn their focus to a prayer circle that formed while they were talking to the students. The lead speaker shouts denunciations of the Catholic church, calling its members "child molesters" and quotes scripture.
Finally, as the last light of the sun disappears, the men decide to leave after taking stock of the day.
"This was off the chain," a voice says.
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Q: How can I limit number of certain pipelines running in parallel? I want to allow running following pipeline in parallel, but I have to limit maximum number of parallel runs due to limited resources.
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  options { .. }

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    stage('Config') { .. }
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For example if I am limited to 3 deployments, how could I achieve this?
Edit: I have added currently the following to my jenkinsfile. Seems to work, but I'm not sure if that's the correct way to do this. (using Throttle Concurrent Builds Plugin)
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    $class: 'ThrottleJobProperty',
    categories: ['parallel_pipeline'],
    limitOneJobWithMatchingParams: false,
    maxConcurrentPerNode: 3,
    maxConcurrentTotal: 3,
    paramsToUseForLimit: '',
    throttleEnabled: true,
    throttleOption: 'project'
  ],
])

A: Strictly speaking, this is not possible at the moment.  There is an open ticket in the Jenkins JIRA with a request for this feature.
You may be able to get around this issue with some hacks.  There are a couple workarounds in the linked JIRA issue that involve creating pseudo-semaphores in order to lock individual threads until the pseudo-semaphore is free.
Another way that I've been able to handle this in specific use cases is to ensure that each branch of the parallel step is wrapped in a stage block.  Since a stage locks a single executor at a time, this means you will run as many branches as you have executor slots available, and then other branches will wait until an executor slot is free to resume execution.  This doesn't always work, however - for instance, you may have reasons for not making each branch an independent stage.

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    actual_table_alias_length = result.keys.first.size
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end

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Meaningful partnerships to manage our resources wisely
On January 16, 2014 By fitrianardiansyahIn Opinion Coal AsiaLeave a comment
By Fitrian Ardiansyah, published in Coal Asia, November 23 – December 15, 2013, page 142-143
for the pdf version, please see Opinion Fitrian Ardiansyah_CoalAsia_NovDec2013
With the alarming global challenges in the forms of climate change, natural resources depletion, environmental degradation, financial crisis, extreme poverty and social inequality, it is more than relevant now for countries and institutions around the world to find new and innovative solutions.
Some scholars have calculated that if human and industrial activities are set to continue with their current trend, the associated impacts resulting from respected activities may push our planet close to its 'tipping point', and if particular key environmental factors are measured, the impacts can move the present situation beyond the globally known 'planetary boundaries'.
The planetary boundaries, as defined by reputable scientists like Professors Dave Griggs and Will Steffen, are a safe operating space for humanity, which are identified and quantified so that human activities can move forward without causing unacceptable environmental changes.
These boundaries include biodiversity loss, atmospheric aerosol loading, chemical pollution, climate change, ocean acidification, stratospheric ozone depletion, nitrogen and phosphorous cycles, global freshwater use and change in land use.
Since most changes in ecosystems are asymmetrical in nature, as defined in these planetary boundaries, once the impacts push our planet to reach its 'tipping point', it may be too late for humanity to formulate and implement actions to address these challenges.
One clear example is the anthropogenic climate change that has affected and will continue to affect the global world. A recent report by the Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects that small-island and archipelagic nations, including countries in Southeast Asia, and their communities and ecosystems are among the most vulnerable.
Some scholars argue that we have witnessed the early signs of this change including a significant increase in climate related disasters such as extreme weather events, flooding, land sliding, drought, and fires and haze.
Such disasters will put further pressures to our already degraded environment due to decades of natural resources overexploitation and environmental degradation, among others, as a result of destructive and illegal logging, expansion of infrastructure and agriculture, and mining extraction activities.
Therefore, to find new and innovative solutions may require us to substantially reform our current development paths, for instance, by rethinking the overall economic growth, advancing social equity and ensuring environmental protection at all levels.
It is clear that to undertake such reforms, both industrial and developing countries need to come up with additional and adequate financial and technological resources. A country or an institution cannot do these reforms individually. Existing partnerships have to be strengthened and new and creative platforms of partnerships need to be explored and promoted.
With the current global economic and financial situation, no individual countries have sufficient financial muscles to address the global environmental challenges, without other countries to complement their actions.
In fact, hundreds of multinational corporations may have financial capitals which are more than the gross domestic products of most nations in the world.
This means that when it comes to addressing environmental issues and promoting sustainable management of our remaining natural resources, global partnerships need to be forged not only between the developed and developing nations, among developing countries, but also between state and non-state actors, more particularly with the private sector and key communities.
Such partnerships, if based on common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, can open doors of new opportunities which are crucial to address global environmental challenges and eventually achieve the goals of green economy and sustainable development.
From the region of Southeast Asia, the Heart of Borneo (HoB) initiative can be considered as one of the platforms which can be a good test for the countries who support it – i.e. Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei – to show that conserving and sustainably managing 22 million hectares of important forest and terrestrial ecosystems are not only possible but also economically and socially beneficial.
The three countries in this region which share the same island of Borneo and its remaining valuable terrestrial resources agree that no single country can deal with difficult environmental problems, such as large scale and widespread deforestation and forest degradation, and bring about sustainable solution in this island.
As a result, pledges and commitments have been announced by these countries and stipulated in key documents including the HoB Strategic Plan of Action.
Civil society groups have also taken part in this initiative by supporting some programs and efforts such as through on the ground conservation actions and community empowerment.
Although driven by the three governments and assisted by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), it appears that the HoB initiative can only work properly and achieve its goal if the private sector takes a major part in this initiative.
With mining exploitation and exploration, logging concessions and plantation development as key sectors influencing the development of the island, the involvement of actors from this sector as deemed crucial.
A recent initiative taken by the Government of Sabah State in Malaysia in launching its Forever Sabah initiative to support the HoB can be seen as an effort to promote a wide-range of partnership among key stakeholders influential in land use management in the HoB's part of that state.
This effort, for instance, has brought together an energy company, that has a plan to increase renewable energy intake which could lead to further protection of forests, along with an award winning community based eco-tourism cooperative that will benefit from further conservation of fragile ecosystems, and plantation companies that try to restore forest important for wildlife corridors as an encouraged under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
An NGO focusing on empowering indigenous and local communities through a model of kampong universities that provides useful knowledge and skills for natural resource management, and other key stakeholders, also have made strategic contributions to this initiative.
Similar efforts have taken place in the Indonesian part of the HoB, including in West Kalimantan province, particularly in Kapuas Hulu district, and in East Kalimantan province (Kutai Barat district). Both areas are striving to achieve an ideal goal of green economic development at local level by promoting a platform of collaborative actions among different stakeholders.
In another part of the world, such as the Amazon region, a multi-partners work that launched a 10-year initiative to preserve 12 percent, or 60 million hectares, of the Brazilian Amazon under the Amazon Region Protected Area can be used as a showcase. Other similar efforts in the Amazon have now ensured further protection and improved management of 80 percent of the Amazon's original forest and establishing hundreds of millions of conservation fund.
Promoting such partnership at that large-scale requires not only political willingness but also concrete incentives and practical solutions on the ground. Otherwise, key actors and stakeholders may not necessarily have the ownership and be willing to support the agenda coming from the partnership.
It is of course still a long way to go for these partnership models to shine.
The involvement of non-state actors, in the government led initiative, however, displays that different actors' efforts can complement each other.
The private sector and civil society, for example, can be actively involved in addressing the challenge in changing the unsustainable production and consumption patterns, while the governments can provide and improve enabling conditions, namely good economic policies and governance.
If such partnerships can be maintained, enhanced and magnified, one can dream and hope about the bright future of our human civilization.
The author is climate and sustainability specialist, a doctoral candidate at the Australian National University, and the recipient of Australian Leadership Award and Allison Sudradjat Award.
The private sector and 'green' transformation
On August 20, 2013 October 22, 2013 By fitrianardiansyahIn Opinion Coal AsiaLeave a comment
By Fitrian Ardiansyah, published in Coal Asia, July 19 – August 17, 2013, page 82-83
for the pdf version, please see Opinion Fitrian Ardiansyah_CoalAsia_JulyAugust2013
With growing environmental and social problems faced by the society resulting from economic activities, there is a clear need for substantive solutions that cut to the heart of the economy at different levels. The private sector, as a key actor involved in economic activities, hence has a significant role to push for the transformation of the economy into greener and sustainable.
Indonesia is currently at the forefront of many sustainability issues. Deforestation, depletion of natural resources, water and air pollution, flooding and drought, are among huge challenges that the country has to deal with.
The private sector, including investors and corporates, has often been perceived as one of the main culprits causing environmental problems. In the recent event of forest and land fires in Sumatra, an analysis by World Resources Institute indicated the occurrence of fires in lands belong to a number of plantation and forestry companies. The mud flow in East Java is also an example in which the public view that a particular corporation is the sole cause of the disaster.
The private sector, nevertheless, has also been commencing initiatives with other stakeholders, including the government and civil society groups, to address environmental issues and provide immediate and long-term solutions.
At the global level, platforms such as the Forest Stewardship Council that promotes certification for sustainable forest management and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil that promotes the production and use of certified sustainable palm oil have emerged.
According to the 2012 Association of Chartered Certified Accountants report, there has been a significant increase in the application of socially responsible investment by institutional investors around the world and over 1,000 investors representing US$32 trillion has signed up to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.
In Indonesia, although there is yet to be a comprehensive assessment on the private sector's sustainable activities, it appears there are sections of the sector which have seen sustainability as business opportunity.
Indonesian corporations linked with foreign investors or markets which have stricter environmental regulations or requirements, for instance, may likely to promote and adopt sustainability standards for their operations or could face further pressures and negative consequences.
Pressures and demands from the Indonesian government and its society for greener economy and development have also sent signals to the private sector that destructive operations which result in negative environmental impacts need to be mitigated or stopped.
Local social conflicts could rise due to the perceived negative risks and unwanted impacts resulting from particular business activities, such as from mining, oil and gas extraction, infrastructure development, plantation establishment, logging operations, buildings and settlements.
Avoiding the halt of particular business activities resulting from tensions and conflicts could mean helping investors and corporates to save unwanted costs which could reach millions of dollars.
Creating incentives and rewards can also trigger more active involvement of the private sector to promote, develop and implement sustainable practices.
The latest increase in the tariff for renewable energy in Indonesia (i.e. geothermal, biomass, solar), for example, has created a better level of playing fields for renewable energy investors and corporates. This is expected to further attract larger investments from the private sector which eventually help reducing the country's dependency on fossil fuels, providing wider and accessible energy for its citizens, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Incentives created for reducing emissions from deforestation have also begun to attract investors and corporates to be pioneers in forest and peat land conservation and restoration. If conducted responsibly, taking into account the needs and rights of local and indigenous peoples, the private sector can demonstrate that this type of actions can produce benefits for the economy, environment and communities.
Such responsible approach is not an easy task to do. The private sector may need help from a variety of groups, including the government and civil society, to understand the complexity of the issues, calculate the costs and initial investment associated with the approach, and be patient but persistent in undertaking the journey towards sustainability.
Multi-stakeholders platforms built collaboratively by the private sector, the government and civil society groups to provide business solutions for sustainability issues can also improve the level of trusts among these actors, especially if transparent discussions and exchange of knowledge take place regularly.
Regardless of the growing number of companies taking part in sustainability platforms, it seems that the current and future environmental problems may be too big to be solved by even "the progressives" and "champions" of the private sector. There is definitely a need for a critical mass of investors and corporates so that there will not be any significant "bootleggers" and "free-riders".
A significant and larger number of investors and corporates which promote and undertake sustainable practices can reduce costs and investments in greening the economy. A critical mass of the private sector involving in sustainability means that "the champions" of the industry will not be isolated just because they implement sustainable practices.
To achieve such situation, the private sector needs to pro-actively engage the government and seek for the support from the civil society and the media to push for better corporate governance, in which transparency is promoted, corruptions are seriously dealt with and a level of playing field is created.
According to the Global Compact Network Indonesia, good governance is a critical enabling factor. Good governance principles, such as transparency, accountability and responsiveness, therefore, should be promoted as fundamental values to guide efforts to achieve sustainability.
The private sector can further lead the way by improving its internal policies and operations, and creating funds to support such actions. The private sector may require innovation in its approach at different levels so that sustainable development can be carried out in a cost-effective and efficient way.
There is, however, an important component of education and outreach to the public and consumers. Consumers need to understand that efforts to operate in a sustainable manner require their support. Hence, identification of products or services which are really delivered in a responsible and sustainable way is a key.
Honest, clear and accessible information is vital to further promote green products and services. To achieve this, the private sector needs to undertake efforts along the supply chain.
When the private sector can push for both sustainable production and consumption, green transformation can then be considered as "effectively running". If this is the case, many will likely applaud the contribution of the private sector, particularly toward achieving a healthier and liveable planet.
In a total economic value term, increased investors and corporates focus on sustainability not only are creating better products and services but also fundamentally addressing challenges of natural resource depletion and environmental pollution.
The journey towards greener economy may be long and uneasy, but if the private sector recognizes itself as a key stakeholder and is willing to collaboratively lead the way, this journey may yield immediate benefits and better outcomes in the future.
Rio+20 and challenges towards sustainable development
On June 21, 2012 June 26, 2012 By fitrianardiansyahIn Opinion East Asia ForumLeave a comment
East Asia Forum, June 21st, 2012, Author: Fitrian Ardiansyah, ANU
Original link: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/06/21/rio20-and-challenges-towards-sustainable-development/
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), otherwise known as Rio+20, commenced yesterday (20 June) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This is one of the world's largest-ever environment conferences, and a useful point at which to examine the progress and regress of countries in advancing sustainable development over the past few decades.
Sustainable development emphasises a holistic, equitable and forward-looking approach to decision making at all levels — not just focusing on economic performance but also on the environmental and social aspects of development, including intra-generational and inter-generatonal equity. The concept was developed in the 1987 Brundtland Report, and re-affirmed at the Rio Earth Summit 1992. This year's UNCSD marks the 20th anniversary of that summit.
Twenty years on, countries around the world must now demonstrate whether their development paths have upheld the principles of sustainable development, through rethinking their economic growth, advancing social equity and ensuring environmental protection at all levels.
According to many scholars, some progress toward achieving sustainable development is being accomplished, albeit very slowly. Reports show an increase in collaboration between state and non-state actors, which has brought about gradual but important changes, including the promotion, development and application of sustainability principles in the management of key commodities, including forestry (through the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)), fishery (through the Marine Stewardship Council) and palm oil (through the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil).
In Indonesia, prior to 2009, only 1.1 million hectares of forests were certified under the FSC, amounting to 2 per cent of the country's production forests. Now, approximately 26 companies with a total 2.6 million hectares of forests are undertaking a rigorous process for FSC certification.
In addition to the Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK) implemented in 2009, which aims to verify the legality of all traded Indonesian timber products, forest certification is seeing Indonesia gradually move toward sustainable forestry practices. But, as those forests certified under FSC still make up only a small proportion of Indonesia's total forests, achieving sustainability in this sector is still a significant challenge.
Progress has also been made in the prevention of biodiversity loss. In this sense, the Heart of Borneo (HoB) initiative can be seen as a test for Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei in conserving and sustainably managing 22 million hectares of important forest and terrestrial ecosystems.
However, promoting conservation and sustainable forest managementon such a significant scale requires not only political willingness but also concrete incentives and practical solutions on the ground.
Another immmediate political challenge for the HoB initiative is that a development policy released by the same government, the Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia's Economic Development (MP3EI), may contradict efforts to protect, conserve and sustainably manage its forests and biodiversity in this area.
A recent discussion among scholars, high-ranking government officials, business practioners and NGO activists in Jakarta, facilitated by the Paramadina Graduate School of Diplomacy, agreed that the MP3EI may overlook environmental persectives and parameters.
If the conflict is not addressed, some actors involved in land-use activities in Borneo may use the economic development master plan as an excuse to continue their business-as-usual activities.
When it comes to creating incentives and developing practical solutions, the Rio+20 conference lists 'green economy' as one of its two major themes. The 'green economy' approach will presumably provide a platform for countries or other entities to address threats to sustainable developmant and conservation, and improve enabling conditions and propose solutions at a practical level.
The HoB initiative, at the Rio+20 conference, is launching a report entitled 'Investing in Nature for a Green Economy'. This report is intended to show that the initiative concretely and seriously tackles existing and future threats, particularly from unsustainable land-use activities, and further improves enabling conditions, namely good economic policies that create positive incentives, good governance, clear land tenure and environmentally friendly sectoral development.
By using the 'green economy' concept, it is expected that the initiative can transform economic growth in the area, particularly through shifting investments — public and private, domestic and international — toward emerging green sectors and the greening of existing sectors, complemented by changes to unsustainable consumption patterns.
Natural capital, especially biodiversity, is under threat at the global level. In its State of Biodiversity of Asia and the Pacific (2010), UNEP ranked Indonesia second after Australia as having the most threatened plant and animal species in the region. The HoB initiative is an important model to demonstrate that development can take place in biodiversity-rich areas without further threatening fragile resources.
For developing countries like Indonesia and its neighbours, reforming and balancing their development pathways is a Herculean task. It is how to move forward with this challenge that is now being hotly discussed at Rio.
Fitrian Ardiansyah is a PhD candidate at the Australian National University, and the recipient of the Australian Leadership Award and Allison Sudradjat Award.
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So what you're saying Trevor is that the Greens are about to turn into an even deeper shade of red coloured nutbars !
That's right 76. This is not a Green Party with the odd commie hiding in the bushes. Its a commie party with the odd stupid tree cuddler for camouflage.
what is this blog, an online "Introduction to Lefties no-one cares about 101" course?
If you aren't interested then don't read Stan. Or at least don't post obnoxious comments.
Thanks for the info Trevor. One day you should create a big index page for these items and we'll get a few other blogs to link to it, thus boosting your Google ranking.
I certainly do. Just remember, this Norman guy could potentially be in Cabinet one day. And that is a truly scary thought.
Big heads up Trevor, makes winston peters last man standing act look laughable!
I think its great that Trevor outs these leftists.
If you don't like it Stan, change the channel.
Given your past links to ZAP'ers and Neo-Nazis (not that there's much of a difference) in Christchurch, Trevor, I don't think you really have much right to talk!
Could you please elaborate Asher, as you may have noticed Trevor has gone out of his way to provide references.
That is a wild assertion Asher. Please provide us with evidence backing this up.
Just had a look further, Asher is one of the members of the Aotearoa Revolutionary Clown Army, who were in protests against the New Zealand Defence lately.
I'm serious! Check out his blog.
jeez Asher if you think Trev a nazi you need to hear from me, with a little effort we can put Green to bed for good this term, Rod Donald is dead, they have nothing there in the way of political charisma, we should extingish the frog things for good with violets, I get to bag the Australian one, and take over green imperatives in ACT.
Start with City Green things which will go down with Rodney's Epsom, and then get into Didymo and Rivers, farmers, and environment vote.
then, align with Maori property rights.
Any body actually doing anything green takes the environmental prize.
heine/AL - I am referring to Trevor's links to a group called Zenith Applied Philosophy, a fascist cult popular in Christchurch until the early 90's. ZAP was for a time a part of the Nationalist Workers Party, which was run by New Zealand's premier Neo-Nazi Kerry Bolton. Bolton later expelled ZAP from the NWP because they were too extreme!
"Russel" picked up what I was referring to on Frog Blog and posted the following questions, which Trevor is yet to answer.
If Ron Trotter, Don Brash, the Todds and the Business Roundtable are all part of the communist conspiracy, then what the hell planet are you on?"
And heine, the protests were against the NZDIA - the New Zealand Defence Industry Association, a network of NZ arms manufacturers that supply armies such as those of China, Israel, New Zealand and the United States. If you're going to attempt to criticise me, at least get your facts right.
Hell Trevor you say you believe in personal responsibilty, well start doing it!!!
You also believe John (fatboy) Dalhoff was at the Ultimate despite the facts speaking for themselves.He told you a pack of lies.He was a master conman and you know it!Yet you continue to deny. Shame on you.
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I have somewhat belatedly come across smears against Trevor Loudon emanating from Asher Goldman and Co. who specialise in disinformation against all and sundry who don't share their world-view, to say the least.
I'm the Bolton referred to in Mr Goldman's typically tenuous guilt by association techniques, which if used by anyone else would draw howls of McCarthyism. Mr Goldman & co. refer to me routinely as the "leader" of any group they dislike, in this instance the long defunct Nationalist Workers Party.
What I can say about this re. Mr Loudon, is that the NWP at no time had any contact with him in any capacity, nor have I ever heard of Mr Loudon prior to coming across the postings of Mr Goldman & Co. ZAP was never a part of the NWP, as Mr Goldman asserts, the assertion being rather stupid.
Mr Goldman is referring to nothing more than a reference by the NWP at the time to its opposition to free market doctrines, which were then being most avidly promoted by ZAP and TRIM, and the NWP making it clear to a couple of pro-free market members that its policy did not share anything in common with ZAP. That Mr Goldman referrs to me as having personally expelled ZAP from the NWP as the party's supposed leader is just the type of garbage Mr Goldman & Co have been perpetrating for several years.
Considering Mr Goldman's mentality, I am sure that he will use this posting itself as supposed "evidence" of association betweem Mr Loudon and myself. Such is his methodology.


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Tsegaye Mekonnen (ur. 15 czerwca 1995) – etiopski lekkoatleta specjalizujący się w biegach długich.

Podczas mistrzostw świata juniorów w 2012 roku zajął piąte miejsce w biegu na 5000 metrów. 24 stycznia 2014 zwyciężył w maratonie w Dubaju ustanawiając czasem 2:04:32 nieoficjalny rekord świata juniorów w tej konkurencji.

Rekordy życiowe: bieg na 5000 metrów – 13:44,43 (14 lipca 2012, Barcelona); bieg na 10 kilometrów – 28:36 (28 października 2012, Montereau); półmaraton – 1:01:05 (13 lutego 2015, Ras al-Chajma); bieg maratoński – 2:04:32 (24 stycznia 2014, Dubaj).

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