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By Adele Bennett
In 2013, Brian Courtice heritage listed a South Sea Islander gravesite on his property, Sunnyside, a farm on Windermere Road that's been in his family for almost 100 years.
The owners of a Bundaberg Region farm have worked with the South Sea Islander community to commemorate a gravesite more than a century old.
In July last year, Mayor Jack Dempsey issued an historic apology for the past practice of "blackbirding", that saw indentured South Sea Islander labour forced to work in the region's cane fields.
Around 62,000 people were tricked or forcibly removed from the Pacific Islands between the 1860s and early 1900s and were subjected to inhumane treatment as they harvested cane and cleared rocks from fields.
There are reminders of this history throughout the region, from the Basin swimming hole in Bargara to the stone walls that line farm boundaries.
But some of the history is not so easily seen.
"When my grandfather and Ben bought Sunnyside, some of the neighbours told them that there was a graveyard because they used to bring cane through this property to the juice mill that fronts Windermere Road and they'd see freshly dug graves," he said.
"I always knew where the graves were, but I was not able to heritage list the gravesite because I couldn't prove it.
"But finally, after several failed attempts, I hit on the idea of getting ground penetrating radar and Gayle Read who then worked for the Council at the cemetery to bring it out.
"She was able to substantiate the fact that 29 South Sea Islanders, one at least of whom is a child because of the size of the grave, are buried here."
Third generation South Sea Islander and local Bundaberg man Matthew Nagas said he was thankful for Brian's commitment in finding out more about the history of his property.
"Brian's discovery was confirmation of what, what we had been saying for years that our people weren't taken to cemeteries, they were buried in the cane fields where they died," he said.
"It was a confirmation from the stories that we passed down to our families and what's been happening."
He said the site was a place for the community to reflect and pay respects.
"We feel a lot of peacefulness, tranquility," Matthew said.
"Brian does look after that particular area now, he doesn't let any farming on it or that sort of thing, you know. And so we're very thankful for that."
Brian Courtice with Matthew Nagas and Zeke Nagas at the heritage listed stone wall 1999.
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Gennavieve Lyons [00:00:06] Welcome to this special series of the Bundaberg Now podcast where we shine a spotlight on the history of our region.
My name's Gennavieve Lyons and I'll be your host as we uncover hidden histories and unknown stories about our historic structures and areas in the region.
In 2013, Brian Courtice heritage listed a South Sea Islander gravesite on his property, a farm on Windermere Road that's been in his family for almost 100 years.
Named Sunnyside, the farm has a dark past that Brian is helping to shed light on.
In this episode we hear from Brian about his work to identify and protect the graves, and third generation South Sea Islander Matt Nagas about respecting the past and acknowledging the legacy of those people.
Adele Bennett [00:01:37] I'm here with Brian Courtice, thanks so much for showing me around your farm. Could you tell me a little bit about the property?
Brian Courtice [00:01:43] Well, Sunnyside was initially established in 1875 by Edward Turner, and 12 months later, he was able to provide enough improvements to freehold the property. So the property was freehold in 1876. He passed the property on to his son in law, Henry Catermull, in 1900, and my grandfather and his brother Ben bought Sunnyside in 1922. So this October will have been here 100 years. And when my grandfather and Ben bought Sunnyside, some of the neighbours told them that there was a graveyard because they used to bring cane through this property to the juice mill that fronts Windermere Road and they'd see freshly dug graves. So I always knew where the graves were, but I was not able to heritage list the gravesite because I couldn't prove it. But finally, after several failed attempts, I hit on the idea of getting ground penetrating radar and Gayle Read who then worked for the Bundaberg Council at the cemetery to bring it out. And she was able to substantiate the fact that 29 South Sea Islanders, one at least of whom is a child because of the size of the grave, are buried here and the depth of the graves is four foot, and they lie in three rows. And yes, it was very moving. And then what she did do was to mark out each grave. And so when she'd completed the exercise, you actually saw 29 marked graves on the ground with spray paint. And that was very, very moving. As a consequence of that and working with Matt Wordsworth from the ABC in Brisbane, the story went national and the Heritage Department finally decided to agree to heritage list the gravesite, as well as the two big weeping fig trees that you see here that were planted by Edward Turner in 1875. And as you've seen, I've fenced off the grave site. And I think that it's important that we pay tribute to the people, we don't know which islands they all came from, but that we pay tribute to them and we give them some dignity. And about six months after the grave site was Heritage listed, the South Sea Islander community in Bundaberg, under the leadership of Matt and his brother, who is now deceased, Matt Nagas organised a dedication ceremony and we had tribal chiefs from Vanuatu, a Christian minister of religion, and we also had the Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands at the time, Gordon Lilo, all came here for the dedication and I must say that the gravesites very peaceful and it's part of our heritage now. And I'd like to think that if we were buried in a strange country, that someone would look after us. So it's only fitting and proper that we do that. And there was only seven names registered as having died here on Sunnyside. And when I showed the names to Gordon Lilo, the Prime Minister of the Solomons at the time, he was able to show me by the names, where they came from. Three came from New Caledonia, two from the Solomon Islands and two from Vanuatu. So we know now that at least those three island nations have people buried here on Sunnyside.
Adele Bennett [00:05:37] So what was that ceremony like?
Brian Courtice [00:04:00] It was very moving. My wife and I stood back and just watched and it was done with dignity. They were probably only about 40 people here.
Adele Bennett [00:06:11] Why were they here to start with?
Brian Courtice [00:06:13] Well, the South Sea Islanders were brought in to Queensland from 1863 until 1904, basically as slaves to develop and work in the sugar industry. And while Britain had outlawed slavery by 1842 in the Caribbean. They turned a blind eye here to develop Queensland and there's no doubt that it was the South Sea Island that established and developed sugar industry, hand in glove with the plantation owners. And there's no doubt that when 62,000 were brought here and 16,000 died here, that they were treated very poorly. And court reports show that here on Sunnyside, that Edward Turner starved the South Sea Islanders, he belted them and he even assaulted a woman called Raincombe. So all in all, they were brought here as slaves. They were treated badly. And then as an act of as of Federation, the slavery had to end. So as a consequence of that, they phased it out over about six years. And so by 1906, South Sea Island labor ceased in the cane fields. But anyone who's ever cut particularly green as I have, will tell you that it's hard work. And when people have to work 12 hours a day, Monday to Friday and 10 hours a day on Saturdays, and are given starvation rations, it'll kill you. And that's what happened to so many men and women in the fields.
Adele Bennett [00:07:51] How is it here now, I know you mentioned a bit about the gravesite being peaceful, but can you describe it to people listening?
Brian Courtice [00:07:58] Well, at night time, when the when the moon comes through the trees, you see the moonlight on the graves. There's no bad, eerie feeling at all. But we weren't responsible for any of this. And yeah, it's just peaceful. I guess that's the only real word I can use. It's peaceful. And I remember that a couple of weeks after the dedication ceremony, another tribal chief came from the Solomon Islands. And he sat here, where we're sitting now on the veranda. And he looked at me and he said, I'd like to thank you for washing away the tears of shame from my eyes. And it was the words that Martin Luther King would have used. I was just blown away with it. That's worth more than a million dollars to me, that respect and reaching out to someone from another country.
Adele Bennett [00:09:04] You mentioned a little bit before about Matthew Nagas. We're going to have a chat with him as well on this podcast episode. Can you tell me a little bit more about his involvement and his connection to this place?
Brian Courtice [00:09:13] Well, Matt and I played football against each other, so it goes back over 50 years. And from when I first heritage listed the stone wall in 1996 up there, there was a photo which I'll show you soon of Matt and I and his brother at the stone wall. And we've been in touch ever since on a regular basis. And he's a is a real good bloke and a mate and I'm very proud to know him. The stonewall that that faces Windermere Road is, I think, only the one of two stone walls that are heritage listed in Queensland. The other ones at Mon Repos and it was, it was established by Edward Turner and the hard work of South Sea Islanders from 1875 until all the rocks were cleared basically. And it's significant and it was easy to heritage list because it was tangible, it was visible. And that's why the graves was so hard to prove, because I wouldn't disturb the graves. And until I struck on the idea of ground radar, I wasn't able to do it. So the stone wall was heritage listed in 1996, and the Graves sites are in 2013. So, you know, it's the most that I can do to preserve our heritage, both my family's heritage, but also the heritage of Queensland, by heritage listing the sites and those two big weeping fig trees were planted, as I mentioned, in 1875. And I asked a botanist how long do they live for? And she said, at least 500 years. So they'll see me out.
Adele Bennett [00:11:09] Well, I guess on that, how important do you think it is that we sort of remember things, even terrible things that have happened in our past?
Brian Courtice [00:11:18] I think it's absolutely vital. You can't know yourself unless you know the history. It's part of what happened and it's not about persecuting anyone. The people that did the wrong thing have passed away well and truly. But it's about making sure we never do it again. And I've always wondered why it's not part of the school curriculum, because we should know our history. And in fact, the country that has done a good job with understanding their past is Germany. Germany acknowledges the past, acknowledges the years of darkness and comes through very well. So if we if we do understand history, I think that we're better for it. And what was so appealing about the bipartisan debate yesterday in the state parliament was that people from all parties were supportive of recognition for the South Sea Islanders and all acknowledged what was done was wrong. And it's only from that that you can improve things.
Adele Bennett [00:12:24] Last time I was here, you mentioned to me that you've got a family gravesite on the grounds as well. I just wanted to ask you, what was the decision to put your family in the ground here?
Brian Courtice [00:12:37] Well, Dad lived his whole life here, the 85 years of his life he lived here on Sunnyside. And I, probably what gave me the idea initially was when I went to Devon and I went to a little cemetery at Holwell. And saw my great, great, great grandfather's grave under a big oak tree in a little country cemetery. And it struck me that that was symbolic. He was a Yeoman farmer. And I thought, that's what I'd like to do here. So that's what we've done. And I think that when you've had such a close association with property as we have, that that's where I want to be laid to rest as well. And that's why when I speak to people about the importance of the South Sea Island graves, it's demonstrated by the fact that my family are buried in the same soil.
Adele Bennett [00:13:47] Well, thank you so much for joining me, and thank you for sharing your story.
Brian Courtice [00:13:51] Thank you.
Adele Bennett [00:13:52] So I'm joined by Matt Nagas on the phone. He's calling from Townsville. Thanks so much for joining us on the podcast, Matt.
Matthew Nagas [00:14:00] Yeah, no problem.
Adele Bennett [00:14:01] As a third generation South Sea Islander, how did it feel for you when the graves were officially recognised at Brian's place?
Matthew Nagas [00:14:09] Oh, a lot of that is like, what we say within our communities is that we have the stories, but the white community and farmers like Brian, they have the confirmation of our stories. So when we talk about our stories, where some of our people are just buried, where they were buried where they just dropped dead in cane paddocks. Brian's discovery was confirmation of what, what we had be saying for years that our people weren't taken to cemeteries, they were buried in the cane fields where they died. So that's probably the first thing that come to mind. And then the other things that come to mind is and you know, they were very hard times. And during those hard times there's a lot of death, you know, and their health wasn't really good because they didn't have good, stable diets and that type of thing. And they worked very hard. And in that, you know, some of the results are, the living conditions, all that sort of thing. Brian's discovery of those grave sites was a confirmation from the stories that we passed down to our families and what's been happening. But it's a feeling of, well, it's sadness because we know there was children that are buried there, too. So, you know, we don't like to think too much why children passed away or even people that passed away at young ages, you know, they actually worked them into the ground. And it was a time of sadness back at time that we yeah, we get some recognition about what did happen to our people that helped establish the sugar industry that's still viable today. The up and down with the sugar prices or whatever, that's where the by-product of rum, that is, you know, a multi-billion dollar industry, you know, and our people helped establish that industry back in those days. And so and when I say lot of mixed emotions about that, it was not all for sad but happy times that we'll get some recognition, our people will and those people that were buried there get some recognition that their labors weren't in vain, that you know they, they give us a good lifestyle here in Australia, you know by their hard labors and it was a new way of life for a lot of us. We like the way of life here in Australia. So that's why we've stayed on.
Adele Bennett [00:17:14] I saw when I was doing a bit of research online, a photo of you at the gravesites or just nearby sitting under the fig trees. Can you tell me how does it feel to visit a place like that where, you know, there was a lot of sadness?
Matthew Nagas [00:17:27] Yeah, we feel a lot of peacefulness, tranquility. And it's really a place where we feel that we are very, feel at peace a lot. Sometimes we have another big burial site over where the South Sea Island complex is, and that is a very tranquil place to go to just to sit in them, you know, and just think about, you know, that the lives that those people, there's over a thousand people buried at that particular site over there in adjacent to the cemetery. So Brian's is sort of like the same sort of feeling of we were able to feel they will be paying some respects to them that where they were just laying there alone. We feel like that they've we've got somebody like ourselves now there to come and care for them. Brian does look after that, that particular area now, he doesn't let any farming on it or that sort of thing, you know. And so we're very thankful for that.
Gennavieve Lyons [00:18:47] Thanks for listening to the history of Sunnyside and the heritage listed South Sea Islander gravesite.
This episode wraps up our Hidden Histories series, I hope you've enjoyed learning more about the region's past. Bye for now.
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Vega's father passed away during the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and was one of the thousands who died inside the World Trade Center. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the attacks, Vega was supposed to wrestle on that Smackdown in Madison Square Garden, teaming with Carmella to take on Toni Storm and Liv Morgan.
But timing issues got the match cut from the broadcast much to disappointment of many fans and Zelina herself, who was looking at honoring her father in the ring. She had a custom ring gear made for the occasion and later tweeted "nevermind" after the broadcast was over.
"A lot of people were really upset, but I felt like a lot of the anger was misguided. I was disappointed, but I also knew it wasn't a personal thing," Vega told talkSPORT.
"When it got cut, Vince called me and apologized because he wanted to make sure that I knew 'listen, this wasn't done to you personally or anything, it was literally just this [the time], I had to make that call and I'm so sorry.' And people don't know that side either," Vega recounted.
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The influence of media has a lot to do with My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness as well. Kabi realizes that she'd only ever really read "Boys Love" or yaoi manga — stories for women featuring men in love.
Yaoi itself isn't exactly accurate; she mentions the "yaoi hole — a mysterious organ in [yaoi manga] that doesn't appear to be the anus in position, shape or function. When they bone, stuff goes in, it gets wet, etc." So not only was she basing her concept of sex on a relationship that didn't include any women, it wasn't even accurate.
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The United States is notoriously prudish about showing actual genitalia, and in Japan it's actually against the law to show pubic hair or genitals at all. (That's why if you've seen Japanese porn it's frequently censored despite being, y'know, porn.)
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The graphic novel's United States publisher, Seven Seas Entertainment, is marketing My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness as a book for "Older Teens 16+." The book is directed to teens who can use some real talk about what sex is and what it's like, warts and all. As she writes, "The problem isn't the stuff in fiction. It's the fact that we're never given the correct information."
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Anti-doping agency, Nevada commission at odds over Floyd Mayweather's prefight IV
Floyd Mayweather Jr. celebrates his victory over Manny Pacquiao in May.
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By Lance Pugmire
Sept. 10, 2015 11:38 AM PT
Reporting from Las Vegas —
Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s use of an IV treatment to deal with dehydration before his fight against Manny Pacquiao should not have been by permitted by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, the head of the Nevada State Athletic Commission said Thursday.
"USADA has historically been recognized as the world's leading anti-doping authority. However, my experiences to date with them have been less than acceptable and less than professional," said Bob Bennett, the executive director of the Nevada commission.
Mayweather received the IV treatment at his home in Las Vegas on May 1 after weighing in for the Pacquiao fight.
Mayweather returns to the ring Saturday night against Andre Berto in a Showtime pay-per-view fight at MGM Grand, where he'll attempt to match the late heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano's 49-0 record at retirement.
A SB Nation story published Wednesday by HBO employee Thomas Hauser detailed that Mayweather received two infusions of saline, multivitamins and Vitamin C that equated to 16% of the amount of blood in a normal male.
The World Anti-Doping Agency forbids such a large amount of fluids entering the body before competition as a preventive step against the possible masking of performance-enhancing drug use.
In a statement released Thursday morning, a USADA spokeswoman said, "Mr. Mayweather's use of the IV was not prohibited under the NSAC rules at that time and would not be a violation of the NSAC rules today."
Yet, Bennett and commission Chairman Francisco Aguilar sharply disagree, explaining the Nevada commission has not adopted the World Anti-Doping Agency code's prohibited methods.
Bennett said unless the IV was administered at a hospital, it needs to be cleared by filing a therapeutic-use exemption, or TUE, and supporting documents through the Nevada commission and authorized by the commission's medical expert.
"He cannot have it done at his house and [USADA] can't authorize it.... I have specifically articulated and memorialized to USADA that [NSAC] is the sole authority that can authorize a therapeutic-use exemption for a fighter in the state of Nevada," Bennett said. "USADA never told us prior to the IV that they had their own TUE, and they never kept us informed about it being administered.
"If they think they can do what they want, where and whenever they want in the state of Nevada, they are grossly mistaken."
Bennett said he has no concerns Mayweather was working to mask drug use, saying the boxer "has always been an advocate of drug testing and has set a fine example for all fighters."
In a statement released Thursday, Mayweather said, "As already confirmed by the USADA statement, I did not commit any violations of the Nevada or USADA drug testing guidelines.
"I follow, and have always followed, the rules of Nevada and USADA, the gold standard of drug testing.
"Let's not forget that I was the one six years ago who insisted on elevating the level of drug testing for all my fights. As a result, there is more drug testing and awareness of its importance in the sport of boxing today than ever before. I am very proud to be a clean athlete and will continue to champion the cause."
But the lapse in communication is troubling to Nevada officials.
Aguilar said he was the first commission member notified by USADA of Mayweather's IV treatment, and it didn't come until three days after Mayweather defeated Pacquiao by unanimous decision.
Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday that he wasn't informed of Mayweather's IV until nearly three weeks after the bout and remains "outraged" by the situation.
"After learning of this, anything I'd say would be taken as sour grapes," Arum said. "But there are certainly things about the way USADA operates that raise questions."
USADA also inflamed Arum and the commission before the fight by not informing the commission of Pacquiao's interest in receiving an injection of anti-inflammatory Toradol on fight night.
The Pacquiao camp said they notified USADA of its interest in using the medication, but as Pacquiao's physician attempted to give the injection, Nevada commission members stopped him, saying they had not been notified of such a request.
Pacquiao blamed shoulder pain for his performance in the loss and he underwent shoulder surgery days after the bout.
USADA Chief Executive Travis Tygart is credited as the mastermind who unearthed the doping scheme of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.
Bennett and Aguilar said despite USADA's involvement in 45 boxing cards and their supervision of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's anti-doping system, the agency has botched communication on three occasions.
The most recent, Bennett said, came last week when UFC heavyweight Frank Mir had a TUE approved by USADA for the stimulant Adderall.
"They had no business authorizing that TUE, and we said it's unacceptable, that he had to fill out our application and go through our doctor," Bennett said. "[Mir] was told he had to stop taking the stimulant immediately."
Bennett said when he explained the situation to Mir at his weigh-in last week the fighter expressed confusion about how the process works.
"They're confusing the fighters. I have spoken to Travis several times. The bottom line is that we need to ensure that the fighters are educated about the process. By approving TUEs in the state of Nevada, they are going to confuse the fighters and it is quite evident Mr. Mir was confused," Bennett said.
The commission voted in May to stop accepting third-party test results. If alerted of a positive drug test by USADA, Aguilar said he will work on his own to secure test results from WADA accredited lab in Salt Lake City.
"It's come from multiple situations," Aguilar said. "If we're going to hold fighters accountable, we need to have accountability standards throughout. … If USADA's choosing to use its own rules over ours, it makes no sense."
USADA is advocating year-round out-of-competition testing for boxers worldwide, which would be an expensive endeavor taken on by promoters.
Critics of the agency contend USADA has struggled to produce positive drug tests.
"There are certainly those in the sport of professional boxing who appear committed to preventing an independent and comprehensive anti-doping program from being implemented in the sport, and who wish to advance an agenda that fails to put the interests of clean athletes before their own," the USADA statement read.
"Despite that opposition, we will continue to demonstrate to the clean athletes we serve, the sport partners we work with, and all those who share the ideal of fair competition, that we remain committed to our mission of protecting the rights of clean athletes and the integrity of competition."
Bennett said USADA's attention should be on the "common cause" it seeks along with state commissions, including Nevada.
"After three incidents here, it's hard to call this an anomaly," Bennett said. "They need to understand they need to honor the rules of Nevada, or their work will not be recognized in Nevada."
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Acqueville () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Cesny-les-Sources.

The inhabitants of Acqueville are known as Acquevillais or Acquevillaises.

Geography
Acqueville is located some 25 km south of Caen and 10 km east of Thury-Harcourt. It lies in a flat farming area on the D157 road which runs south from Cesny-Bois-Halbout through the centre of Acqueville south to join the D6 which forms the southern border of the commune.  The north-western border of Acqueville is formed by Highway D23 while the north-eastern border is Highway D156.  In the east and west the border is formed by several country roads. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of L'Outre in the west, Puant in the east, and Le Buisson in the south-west.

The Ruisseau de Bactot flows through the commune from south-west to north-east where it continues to join the Laize north-east of Moulines.

Toponymy
Acqueville was called Akevilla in 1204: the German or Scandinavian anthroponym Aki or Aka, and in Latin a "rural villa".

Administration
List of Successive Mayors of Acqueville

Mayors from 1939

The council was composed of eleven members, including the mayor and two deputies.

Population

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage
The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
A Farmhouse at Puant (1760)
The Chateau de la Motte (1614 and 1694)
The Park of the Chateau de la Motte (16th century)
A Farmhouse at la Cour Fontaine (18th century)
A Farmhouse (1783)
A House (18th century)
Houses and Farms (17th to 19th centuries)
A Manor House (15th century)

Religious heritage

The commune has two religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
The Church of Saint-Aubin (13th century)
A Cemetery Cross at the Church of Saint-Aubin (18th century)

Bibliography
Arcisse de Caumont, Monumental Statistics of Calvados, Ed. Hardel, Caen, 1850, Pages 564-567

See also
 Communes of the Calvados department

External links
Acqueville on the community of communes website
Acqueville on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
Acqueville on the 1750 Cassini Map

Notes and references

Notes

References

Former communes of Calvados (department)
Populated places disestablished in 2019

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EX-IM BANK APPOINTS MICHAEL PETRUCELLI SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AND CHIEF OF STAFF
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2002
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) today announced the appointment of Michael J. Petrucelli as senior vice president for operations and chief of staff. Petrucelli will be a focal point of Ex-Im Bank efforts to become more responsive to customers. His appointment is part of recent overall organizational changes designed to make Ex-Im Bank more customer driven and market focused.
Michael's excellent contributions at Ex-Im Bank and his extensive public and private sector experience make him an ideal candidate to exercise leadership in the Bank's effort to better serve U.S. exporters, said Ex-Im Bank Vice Chairman Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., in announcing the appointment.
Petrucelli will design and implement performance measures for the Bank's operational divisions, and coordinate activities among and across operational divisions in support of Bank-wide performance goals. He will be responsible for developing measures to increase Ex-Im Bank's productivity and to shorten the cycle time in providing loans, guarantees and insurance to customers.
Petrucelli previously was Ex-Im Bank vice president and chief of staff. Before joining Ex-Im Bank, he was executive director of the U.S.-Thailand Business Council, encouraging trade between the two countries. Prior to that he was director for Thailand, Burma and financial services at the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, promoting U.S.-Asia trade relations.
As a U.S. State Department Foreign Service officer from 1991 to 1996, Petrucelli was assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, the Bureau of Intelligence & Research in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Consulate General, Netherlands Antilles.
Petrucelli holds a master's degree in business administration from Goizueta Business School, Emory University, with concentrations in leadership and international business. He also received a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.
Ex-Im Bank is an independent U.S. government agency that helps finance the sale of U.S. exports primarily to emerging markets throughout the world, by providing loans, guarantees, and insurance. Ex-Im Bank supported approximately $13 billion in U.S. exports in fiscal year 2002.


Pierre Clavel, University of North Carolina Master of Regional Planning. Typescript with manuscript annotations and footnotes.
London Society for the Extension of University Teaching. Printed.Endorsed: 'J. Tyrwhitt'.
One copy endorsed: 'J. Tyrwhitt'.
Paper about the Outlook Tower, Edinburgh and Patrick Geddes' summer meetings. Reprinted from The American Journal of Sociology, pp. 557-592. Volume IV. No. 5. March 1899.
Sonderabdruck aus dem Archiv für Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen, 7 July 1914.
Charting the transformation from village to city in the areas of kinship, government, land ownership and worship.


FRED DE SAM LAZARO, guest anchor: President Bush admits he's not always the most articulate man in Washington. Over the years, he has had a lot of help from a speechwriter named Michael Gerson. Bush hired Gerson before he announced his candidacy in 1999, and Gerson stayed on with the president until June 2006. He was credited with writing many of the religious phrases that peppered Bush's speeches. Gerson has written a new book, HEROIC CONSERVATISM, which recalls his time at the White House. He urges conservatives to broaden their political agenda. Gerson spoke with Kim Lawton.
MICHAEL GERSON (Author, HEROIC CONSERVATISM, and Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations): That's a different kind of conservatism, a conservatism of the common good that argues that we need to orient our policies towards people that might not even vote for us — need to make sure that we're inclusive and hopeful and oriented towards opportunity.
LAWTON: Heroic conservatism, Gerson says, is an expansion of compassionate conservative ideals.
Mr. GERSON: Since 9/11 I, you know, needed a broader concept to also encompass a commitment to human rights and dignity abroad. I was very involved in the AIDS program in the administration, in Africa, in genocide in Sudan, in malaria programs. Conservatism is not just pro-life, and I am pro-life, but it's also pro-poor.
LAWTON: A lot of faith-based liberals might say, "Well, we've been involved with human rights. We've been involved with poverty." What makes this an essentially conservative idea?
Mr. GERSON: Well, I want to argue that those things need to be important to conservatives. And I see a shift taking place. It's a broadening of this religious prospective of conservative Christians, and they're looking for a new model of social engagement.
LAWTON: How much resistance is there within the Republican Party, within — even among the religious right to some of these ideas?
Mr. GERSON: Well, I found a lot of resistance. For example, in the faith-based initiative, which some people have dismissed as radical — it's not at all. Some people thought that they were too liberal because the goal was to help the poor. Some people thought they were too expensive: Why are we spending this money? Some people thought it's just not our job: We're Republicans. We're supposed to just play around with the tax-code.
LAWTON: Gerson is an evangelical Christian and believes religious faith is one important foundation of heroic conservatism. He is highly critical of secularists who would try to keep religious influence out of public life.
Mr. GERSON: Do you really want to say we're going to take religion out of politics, okay? It wouldn't just get rid of Osama Bin Laden and maybe Pat Robertson. It would also get rid of Martin Luther King.
LAWTON: Gerson is now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He says America has a moral calling to spread democracy around the world.
Mr. GERSON: In the aftermath of 9/11, it's not just a moral mandate that comes from our history. It's also a national security priority.
LAWTON: During his time at the White House, Gerson helped write some of Bush's most memorable speeches, speeches that included references to faith, God, good and evil.
(to Gerson): How much of those speeches are you, how much are they the president?
Mr. GERSON: On the major speeches — a speech to the United Nations, a State of the Union address — the president was involved early and heavily. Then, once he had an imprint on the outline, we'd produce a draft, which would go to the senior staff. There'd be a lot of input from other people. It's always a cooperative enterprise when we do these things. But the president then would start to mark it up. So by the time he delivered a major speech, one of the large ones, every word was pretty much his.
LAWTON: Many of the speeches used allusions to Scripture verses and hymns. Some critics even questioned whether Bush was speaking in code to religious believers.
Mr. GERSON: These aren't code words. They are our culture. You know, millions of people understand them, and just because if some people don't get them doesn't mean that there's some kind of plot. I think that without those things that American rhetoric would be infinitely impoverished.
LAWTON: Why do the words matter?
President BUSH (during speech at Washington National Cathedral): This world he created is of moral design. Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance, and love have no end.
Mr. GERSON: These were fresh wounds in America, and I sat there in that cathedral and realized the words really counted at that point. They don't always. You know, you do a lot of speeches when you're at the White House, hundreds of them. But at a few moments the words really matter.
LAWTON: In his new book, Gerson isn't critical of Bush. He does criticize other administration officials, especially former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, for his strategy in the Iraq war.
Gerson says his worst time at the White House was watching the lack of progress after Hurricane Katrina.
Mr. GERSON: In the aftermath of that disaster, Republicans were focused mainly on the cost of recovery, budget. Democrats were mainly focused on the apportionment of blame. Very few people in our political system took the broader issues of race and poverty seriously.
LAWTON: He says his proudest moments were Bush initiatives to help AIDS victims in Africa and to stop the spread of malaria – policies, he says, that have been overshadowed by the situation in Iraq.
Mr. GERSON: Government can do good under the right circumstances, with the right theory, with the right approach. I think conservatives need to recognize that. I think there are moral reasons to recognize that. And I also think there are good political reasons, too.
LAWTON: Politicians who don't recognize that, he says, don't deserve to win.


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Love him or hate him, but don't listen to Donald Trump on coronavirus
By Asiaville Desk • 06/03/2020 at 10:38AM
Trump suggested recently that it would be okay if people infected with coronavirus ignored official advice to isolate and went to work. He also declared that he did not believe the WHO's assessment of the global death rate from coronavirus of 3.4%.
US President Donald Trump has once again showcased his stunning lack of knowledge about basic things. This time the issue is the spiralling coronavirus crisis that has so far claimed 12 lives and infected 129 others in his country.
Trump's ignorance about the fast growing virus outbreak is complicating the work of public health officials who are struggling to contain the spread of the epidemic. Recently, he alarmed the scientific community by forcefully contradicting the World Health Organization, which earlier in the week estimated the global mortality rate for coronavirus at 3.4 percent.
Here's what the US President said:
"Well, I think the 3.4 percent is really a false number. Now, and this is just my hunch, and — but based on a lot of conversations with a lot of people that do this," Trump said on Fox News, going on to give the real figure as "way under 1 percent".
Though, public health experts noted that the WHO's estimate may change as more is learned about the spread of the virus; thousands of non-fatal cases likely have gone undetected. But while the death rate may dip below 3.4 percent, everything that's known so far suggests it won't fall to a level that's not worrisome.
But Trump's explanation on the disease could prove dangerous, as it contradicts health officials' attempts to keep infected people away from others.
"Because a lot people will have this and it's very mild," Trump went on, elaborating on why he thought the WHO had it wrong. "They'll get better very rapidly. They don't even see a doctor. They don't even call a doctor."
"You never hear about those people. So you can't put them down in the category of the overall population in terms of this corona flu and — or virus. So you just can't do that," he said. "So if, you know, we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better, just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work — some of them go to work but they get better."
Health officials say that even people with mild symptoms should stay home and "self-isolate" because they can spread the virus to others — some of whom will get deathly ill, or pass it on to yet more people, spreading the disease.
A medic prepares a stretcher to transfer a patient into an ambulance at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, in Kirkland, Washington, on Thursday. (PHOTO: Reuters)
Following Trump's suggestion that that it would be okay if people infected with coronavirus ignored official advice to isolate and went to work instead, he was brutally roasted by Twitterati. Take a look:
Here is the President of the United States telling the country it's okay to go to work with Coronavirus.
I'm not kidding. pic.twitter.com/Tz4kKbyear
— Matt Rogers ???? (@Politidope) March 5, 2020
Not a doctor or a virologist or anything but DEFINITELY DO NOT GO TO WORK IF YOU HAVE CORONAVIRUS PLEASE AND THANK YOU. https://t.co/CpSxbvCHGs
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 5, 2020
Trump has had briefings from the nation's best doctors and scientists on #COVIDー19 and he still spouts total, dangerous bullshit.
He's not only stupid, he's unteachable. https://t.co/phw5V5s5As
— Peter Gleick (@PeterGleick) March 5, 2020
It's difficult to wrap your head around the fact that the president called into a TV show & made a series of statements during a pandemic directly contradicting public health advice. The mind boggles at how reckless & dangerous that is. People who follow his bad advice could die.
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 5, 2020
Love him or hate him it doesn't matter please do not listen to him about this. If you get the #caronavirus please follow the CDC guidelines to minimize the spread. Just because you have few symptoms doesn't mean the person you pass it to will be the same, it could kill them. https://t.co/Y4sSP6Cx1o
— Eric Garcia (@EricG1247) March 5, 2020
Am a doctor. Don't go to work with Coronavirus. Don't listen to Stupid. https://t.co/5tmnuyhYrE
— Dr. Kathie Allen #DemCast (@kathieallenmd) March 5, 2020
Trump keeps going to work and infecting millions of people with stupid. https://t.co/gotGmmwTnz
— Rick G. Rosner (@dumbassgenius) March 5, 2020
After facing immense criticism for his coronavirus remarks, Trump pushed back against media coverage of his Fox News interview, insisting that "I NEVER said people that are feeling sick should go to work."
I NEVER said people that are feeling sick should go to work. This is just more Fake News and disinformation put out by the Democrats, in particular MSDNC. Comcast covers the CoronaVirus situation horribly, only looking to do harm to the incredible & successful effort being made!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2020
Earlier this week, the House of Representatives approved an $8.3 billion emergency spending package to tackle the growing disaster. So far, 12 people have died in the US due to the virus. Of the 12 US deaths, 11 are in Washington state and one in California.
Asked if the coronavirus outbreak hurt the economy, Trump said on Thursday: "It certainly might have an impact. At the same time, I have to say people are now staying in the United States spending their money in the US, and I like that. It's going to all work out. Everybody has to be calm.
"We have plans for every single possibility and I think that's what we have to do. We hope it doesn't last too long."
The US President repeated his assertion that the travel restrictions he imposed on China early in the crisis had helped limit the outbreak in his country.
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Li Keqiang in a CCP conference, Mar. 18, 2018 (CGTN/Sceenshot via TheBL/YouTube)
Premier Li Keqiang on Dec. 15 declared at the Global CEO Committee that the Chinese Communist Party "will stick to economic construction as the center, face new downward pressure, and place steady growth in a more prominent position…"
Aboluo Wang noted that this statement Li quoted had not been uttered by the party for a while.
In 1978, at the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the Chinese Communist Party had switched from saying "class struggle as the key link" to "economic construction as the center." Despite the change, the paper suggested both phrases carry the same meaning.
After years, the re-emergence of "economic construction" has been worth paying attention to. But it had not been clear why the party may have wanted to revitalize a slogan that had not been mentioned for years.
Recent days also marked signs of conflicts within the party about reforms and opening-up policies.
Qu Qingshan, director of the Chinese Communist Party's Institute of History and Literature, published an article praising reform and opening up on Dec. 9. The report mentioned Deng Xiaoping nine times and mentioned Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, but completely omitted to mention Xi Jinping and Mao Zedong.
Then on Dec. 13, Xi Jinping's media writer Jiang Jinquan released another article with the opposite content. He quoted Xi Jinping six times and Mao Zedong two times, but left out Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao. This version particularly implies that there has been a deviation in "reform and opening up" by the previous leaders, and Xi was the person who "turned the chaos around the other way."
The following day, the News of China Discipline Inspection and Supervision published another report praising Xi and Mao. It also omitted Deng, Jiang, and Hu.
On Dec. 15, the Liberation Army Daily released an article promoting Deng, Jiang, Hu, and others without mentioning Xi.
This shows just the tip of the iceberg in the internal struggle of the CCP to maintain and accumulate power, which might seem difficult to analyse by the rest of the world.
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