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Funke Akindele is a famous Nigerian actress and producer who had received many awards in her career. She is popularly known for the movies "Your Excellency" (2019), "Agbefo" (2006), "The Return of Jenifa" (2011). Funke was born on 24 August 1977 (age 43 years as of 2020) in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Akindele worked in many movies, but after she did the movie "Jenifa" in 2008, she gained fame; it is a Nigerian comedy-drama film. After this film, she received Nigeria Entertainment Awards for Best Actress's leading role in the movie "Jenifa". Keep reading this post to know more about her Wiki, height, weight, personal life, family, boyfriend, and more.
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Real Name Akindele Bello Olufunke Ayotunde
Nickname Funke Akindele, Jenifa
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Date of Birth 24 August, 1977
Birthplace Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria
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Collage/University • Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ogun State (for OND in Mass Communication)
• The University of Lagos (for a Law degree)
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Famous for Movie: Jenifa (2008)
Awards & Achievements • Best Actress at 2009 Nigeria Entertainment Awards in 2009
• Best Actress Leading Role at Africa Movie Academy Award in 2009
• Best Actress at the 2012 Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2012
• Best Actress at 2012 Nollywood Movies Awards in 2012
• Best Actress at Zulu African Film Academy Awards in 2012
• Best Actress Indigenous at 2013 Nollywood Movies Awards in 2013
• Best Actress Leading Role at 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards in 2014
• Brand Ambassador of the Year at Eloy Awards in 2014
• Best Actress in Comedy Role at 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards in 2016
• Sitcom of the Year at Naija FM Awards in 2016
• Best Lead Actress at 2017 Nigeria Entertainment Awards in 2017
• Best Actress in a Comedy at 2020 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards in 2020
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Funke Akindele was born on 24th August 1977 in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria.
She grew up in Lagos. Her mother is a medical doctor, and her father is a retired school principal; they lived and worked in Lagos.
Funke received an Ordinarily National diploma in Mass Communication from the former Ogun State Polytechnic, now known as Moshood Abiola Polytechnic.
She came into people's eyes after worked in a television series "I Need to Know" in 1998-2002, where she acted as Bisi.
Funke Akindele married Kehinde Oloyede Adeola in 2012, but in 2013 they were separated.
There are statements that her marriage did not work due to her husband's extra-marital affairs.
In 2016, she married Nigerian rapper Abdul Rasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skillz, in London. JJC has three children from his Ex-wife.
Akindele was arrested in 2020 and charged to court after hosting a birthday party in serious lockdown.
She ratified as brand ambassador for Keystone Bank in 2019.
Akindele was set to star in Marvel's Avengers Infinity War, but a few days later, her name was replaced with Nigerian actress Genevieve Nnaji.
She loves to eat traditional African meals.
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Os V Jogos da CPLP, realizados em Praia, no Cabo Verde. Os jogos, pela segunda vez, não contaram com a participação do Brasil e tiveram Portugal como maior medalhista.

Participantes

Modalidades
 Andebol
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 Futebol
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Jogos da CPLP
Eventos multiesportivos de 2002
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Q: Limit as $x\to\infty$ of $(x+3)^x/f_1(x)$, where $f_1(x)=\sum\limits_{n=3}^{x+2}n^x$ So take the function $$f_{1}(x)=\sum_{n=3}^{x+2}n^x.$$ This will give results like $3^1$, for $x=1$, $3^2+4^2$, for $x=2$, and $3^3+4^3+5^3$, for $x=3$, and etc.
Now, also, take the function $$f_2(x)=(x+3)^x.$$
This will give results like $4^1$, for $x=1$, $5^2$, for $x=2$, and $6^3$, for $x=3$, and etc.
Both of these kind of relate to Fermat's last theorem and Euler's related conjecture.
What's cool is that $f_1(x)=f_2(x)$, when $x=2,3$.
However, both functions separate at higher values, for example: $$f_1(4)=3^4+4^4+5^4+6^4=2258\neq f_2(4)=7^4=2401.$$
What is interesting, though, is that $f_2(x)\ge f_1(x)$, for all non-negative integer $x$ ($f_1$ wouldn't even make sense with any other domain).
Even more interesting is the function $\frac{f_2(x)}{f_1(x)}$, which appears to converge, as $x$ approaches infinity.
Her is a table of values for $x$, $f_1(x)$, $f_2(x)$, and $\frac{f_2(x)}{f_1(x)}$ (values are 5 digit approximations)
$$
\begin{array}{c|lcr}
x & f_1(x) & f_2(x) & \frac{f_2(x)}{f_1(x)} \\
\hline
1 & 3 & 4 & 1.3333 \\
2 & 25 & 25 & 1 \\
3 & 216 & 216 & 1 \\
4 & 2258 & 2401 & 1.0633 \\
5 & 28975 & 32768 & 1.1309 \\
10 & 1.0277\times 10^{11} & 1.3786\times 10^{11} & 1.3414 \\
20 & 1.1446\times 10^{27} & 1.7162\times 10^{27} & 1.4994 \\
30 & 2.2970\times 10^{45} & 3.5927\times 10^{45} & 1.5641 \\
40 & 1.3640\times 10^{65} & 2.1814\times 10^{65} & 1.5993 \\
50 & 1.0090\times 10^{86} & 1.6360\times 10^{86} & 1.6214 \\
100 & 1.1521\times 10^{201} & 1.921\times 10^{201} & 1.6681 \\
142 & 4.8786\times 10^{306} & 8.2083\times 10^{306} & 1.6825 \\
\end{array}
$$
So the question comes down to:$$\text{What is} \lim_{x\to \infty} \frac{(x+3)^x}{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2}n^x}?$$

A: 0. Opening: Note that $$f_1(x)=\sum_{n=3}^{x+2}n^x=(x+2)^x\sum_{k=0}^{x-1}\left(1-\frac k{x+2}\right)^x$$
1. Upper bound: For every $t$, $$1-t\leqslant e^{-t}$$ hence, for every $k$, $$\left(1-\frac k{x+2}\right)^x\leqslant e^{-kx/(x+2)}$$ which implies $$f_1(x)\leqslant(x+2)^x\sum_{k=0}^\infty e^{-kx/(x+2)}=\frac{(x+2)^x}{1-e^{-x/(x+2)}}$$
hence
$$\frac{(x+3)^x}{f_1(x)}\geqslant\left(1+\frac1{x+2}\right)^x(1-e^{-x/(x+2)})=g(x)$$
2. Lower bound: On the other hand, for every $t$ in $(0,\frac12)$, $$1-t\geqslant e^{-t-t^2}$$  Fix some positive $a$. Then, for every $k\leqslant a\sqrt x$ and every $x$ large enough, $$\left(1-\frac k{x+2}\right)^x\geqslant e^{-kx/(x+2)}e^{-a^2}$$
which implies
$$f_1(x)\geqslant(x+2)^xe^{-a^2}\sum_{k=0}^{a\sqrt x}e^{-kx/(x+2)}\geqslant(x+2)^xe^{-a^2}\frac{1-e^{-a\sqrt xx/(x+2)}}{1-e^{-x/(x+2)}}$$ hence
$$\frac{(x+3)^x}{f_1(x)}\leqslant\left(1+\frac1{x+2}\right)^xe^{a^2}\frac{1-e^{-x/(x+2)}}{1-e^{-a\sqrt xx/(x+2)}}=h_a(x)$$
3. Cauda: Now, $$\lim_{x\to\infty} g(x)=e(1-e^{-1})=e-1$$ and $$\lim_{x\to\infty} h_a(x)=e\,e^{a^2}\frac{1-e^{-1}}{1}=(e-1)e^{a^2}$$
hence, for every positive $a$, $$e-1\leqslant\liminf_{x\to\infty}\frac{(x+3)^x}{f_1(x)}\leqslant\limsup_{x\to\infty}\frac{(x+3)^x}{f_1(x)}\leqslant(e-1)e^{a^2}$$ which, in the limit $a\to0$, implies

$$\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{(x+3)^x}{f_1(x)}=e-1$$

A: Not an answer but just for the fun of playing with huge numbers and illimited precision.
Let $x=10 ^k$ and compute the expression as you did. This gives
$$\left(
\begin{array}{cc}
 k & \text{result} \\
  1 & 1.341438740 \\
 2 & 1.668056114 \\
 3 & 1.713087849 \\
 4 & 1.717760654 \\
 5 & 1.718229693 \\
 6 & 1.718276615 \\
 7 & 1.718281307
\end{array}
\right)$$ which looks like $(e-1) \approx 1.718281828$.
My computer (and I) gave up for $k=8$. However, using Aitken acceleration
$$p_8= p_5-\frac{(p_6-p_5)^2}{p_7-2 p_6+p_5}$$and more decimal figures for the previous calculations, the next term would be $1.71828182848$ while $(e-1) \approx 1.718281828459$.

A: Not an answer but just for fun and to explore others ways
By Cesaro-Stolz
$$\frac{a_x}{b_x}=\frac{(x+3)^x}{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2}n^x}\implies \frac{a_{x+1}-a_x}{b_{x+1}-b_x}=\frac{(x+4)^{x+1}-(x+3)^x}{\sum_{n=3}^{x+3}n^{x+1}-\sum_{n=3}^{x+2}n^x}
=\frac{(x+4)^{x+1}-(x+3)^x}{(x+3)^{x+1}+\sum_{n=3}^{x+2}\left(n^{x+1}-n^x\right)}
=\frac{(1+\frac1{x+3})^{x+1}-\frac1{x+3}}{1+\frac{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2}\left(n^{x+1}-n^x\right)}{(x+3)^{x+1}}}$$
then if $\lim_{x\to\infty} \frac{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2}\left(n^{x+1}-n^x\right)}{(x+3)^{x+1}}=L_2 \implies L_1=\lim_{x\to \infty} \frac{(x+3)^x}{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2}n^x}=\frac{e}{1+L_2}$
then again by Cesaro-Stolz we obtain
$$\frac{a_x}{b_x}=\frac{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2}\left(n^{x+1}-n^x\right)}{(x+3)^{x+1}}=\frac{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2} n^x(n-1)}{(x+3)^{x+1}}\implies \frac{a_{x+1}-a_x}{b_{x+1}-b_x}
=\frac{\sum_{n=3}^{x+3} n^{x+1}(n-1)-\sum_{n=3}^{x+2} n^x(n-1)}{(x+4)^{x+2}-(x+3)^{x+1}}
=\frac{(x+3)^{x+1}(x+2)+\sum_{n=3}^{x+2} n^{x}(n-1)^2}{(x+4)^{x+2}-(x+3)^{x+1}}
=\frac{1+\frac{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2} n^{x}(n-1)^2}{(x+3)^{x+1}(x+2)}}{\frac{x+4}{x+2}(1+\frac1{x+3})^{x+1}-\frac1{x+2}}$$
thus if $\lim_{x\to\infty} \frac{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2} n^{x}(n-1)^2}{(x+3)^{x+1}(x+2)}=L_3 \implies L_2=\frac{1+L_3}{e}$
then again by Cesaro-Stolz we obtain
$$\frac{a_x}{b_x}=\frac{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2} n^{x}(n-1)^2}{(x+3)^{x+1}(x+2)}\implies \frac{a_{x+1}-a_x}{b_{x+1}-b_x}
=\frac{\sum_{n=3}^{x+3} n^{x+1}(n-1)^2-\sum_{n=3}^{x+2} n^{x}(n-1)^2}{(x+4)^{x+2}(x+3)-(x+3)^{x+1}(x+2)}
=\frac{(x+3)^{x+1}(x+2)^2+\sum_{n=3}^{x+2} n^{x}(n-1)^3}{(x+4)^{x+2}(x+3)-(x+3)^{x+1}(x+2)}
=\frac{1+\frac{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2} n^{x}(n-1)^3}{(x+3)^{x+1}(x+2)^2}}{\frac{(x+4)(x+3)}{(x+2)^2}(1+\frac1{x+3})^{x+1}-\frac1{x+2}}
$$
thus if $\lim_{x\to\infty} \frac{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2} n^{x}(n-1)^3}{(x+3)^{x+1}(x+2)^2}=L_4 \implies L_3=\frac{1+L_4}{e}$
If we assume for true that $L_2$, $L_3$ and $L_4$ exist and $L_2=L_3=L_4$ we obtain that
$$L_2=\frac{1+L_2}{e}\implies eL_2-L_2=1 \implies L_2=\frac{1}{e-1}$$
and then
$$L_1=\lim_{x\to \infty} \frac{(x+3)^x}{\sum_{n=3}^{x+2}n^x}=\frac{e}{1+\frac{1}{e-1}}=\frac{e(e-1)}{e-1+1}=e-1$$

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Q: Both TSV and TXT output in tesseract I am using tesseract to perform OCR in Python.
I want to have the TSV file to do some analysis on the confidence level, but also the text file with the read text.
However the only way to get both outputs is to run tesseract twice, which is time consuming:
tesseract input_image out_text -l eng
tesseract input_image out_tsv -l eng tsv

Is there currenctly a way to create both outputs in one execution?

A: Yes. Try:
tesseract input_image out tsv txt
It's not necessary to specify -l eng as it's the default language.

A: You should write the config lines manually like that :
tesseract input_image out -c tessedit_create_tsv=1 -c tessedit_create_txt=1


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December 23rd, 1997, fell on a Tuesday. It was day 357 of 1997. The decade was the 1990s.
23 years, 0 months and 30 days have passed since December 23rd, 1997.
Events that occurred on December 23rd, 1997:
Brazilian striker Ronaldo wins the 1997 Ballon d'Or.
Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on December 23rd, 1997:
United States: Candle In The Wind 1997 - Elton John
United Kingdom: Too Much - Spice Girls
The movie "Scream 2" was at the top of the box office on this date.
The date is December 23rd, 1997 and it's a Tuesday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Capricorn. Christmas Day of 1997 is fast approaching and the excitement is building. Department stores are thronged with Christmas shoppers.
In America, the song Candle In The Wind 1997 by Elton John is on top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, Too Much by Spice Girls is the number one hit song. Bill Clinton is currently the President of the United States and the movie Scream 2 is at the top of the Box Office.
In the United Kingdom, Tony Blair is the current Prime Minister. It's 1997, so radio stations are being dominated by the likes of Toni Braxton, the Spice Girls, Puff Daddy, No Doubt, Hanson and Elton John. People are watching popular TV shows such as "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", "Babylon 5", "Star Trek: Voyager" and "King of the Hill".
Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall", "GoldenEye 007", "Fallout" and "Age of Empires". Children and teenagers are currently watching television shows such as "Tales from the Cryptkeeper", "All That", "Moesha" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch". If you're a kid or a teenager, then you're probably playing with toys such as "Littlest Pet Shop", "Nintendo 64", "Bop It" and "The Pokémon Trading Card Game".
Trending news stories and fads that were prevalent throughout this time period. These are news stories and events that would have been in the media on December 23rd, 1997.
"Titanic" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1997.
Best football players in 1997.
In 1997, the best soccer players were Ronaldo, Predrag Mijatović, Zinedine Zidane, Dennis Bergkamp, Roberto Carlos, Andreas Möller, Raúl, Peter Schmeichel, Jürgen Kohler, Matthias Sammer and Christian Vieri.
American actress Teri Hatcher is listed as FHM's sexiest woman in 1997.
Movies released in 1997 included Titanic, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Men in Black, Tomorrow Never Dies, Air Force One, Liar Liar, As Good as It Gets, The Fifth Element, The Full Monty, Starship Troopers, Good Will Hunting and Alien: Resurrection.
Andrew Grove
Chairman and CEO of Intel, Andrew Grove, was named as the Time Person of the Year in 1997.
In 1997, the best NBA players were Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, Grant Hill, Hakeem Olajuwon, Tim Hardaway, Scottie Pippen, Glen Rice, Patrick Ewing, Gary Payton, Mitch Richmond, Anthony Mason, Vin Baker, Shaquille O'Neal, John Stockton and Penny Hardaway.
Popular music artists in 1997 included Spice Girls, Jewel, Puff Daddy, Monica, Mark Morrison, Hanson, Meredith Brooks, Backstreet Boys, LeAnn Rimes, Usher, Elton John and Boyz II Men.
Shawn Colvin - "Sunny Came Home"
"Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin would go on to win a Grammy for 1997's Record of the Year.
Titanic.
James Cameron's movie "Titanic" was being played in movie theaters at the time. The movie went on to gross over $2.1 Billion.
Age: Anyone born on December 23rd, 1997, will be 23 years of age.
Notable events that occurred around December 23rd, 1997:
November 26th, 1997: Alien: Resurrection (1997) is released.
December 1st, 1997: The song Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!" is released.
December 1st, 1997: The song "Angels" is released by Robbie Williams.
December 1st, 1997: Golden State Warriors player Latrell Sprewell attacks head coach P. J. Carlesimo during practice.
December 1st, 1997: Three students are killed during a shooting at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky.
December 8th, 1997: Jenny Shipley becomes the first female Prime Minister of New Zealand after replacing Jim Bolger as the leader of the National Party.
December 12th, 1997: Scream 2 (1997) is released.
December 19th, 1997: The movie Titanic (1997) is released in movie theaters.
December 25th, 1997: Jackie Brown (1997) is released.
December 26th, 1997: The movie "Spice World" is released.
December 27th, 1997: Prominent Ulster loyalist Billy Wright is killed by INLA inmates in the Maze prison in Northern Ireland.
December 31st, 1997: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett are married.
January 5th, 1998: Former recording artist Sonny Bono dies from a skiing accident.
January 14th, 1998: $1.6 million in cash is stolen in a bank robbery at the Bank of America in the World Trade Center.
January 17th, 1998: The Lewinsky scandal is first mentioned by The Drudge Report.
January 21st, 1998: The game Resident Evil 2 is released.
January 22nd, 1998: Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski pleads guilty and is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on December 23rd, 1997, will have the star sign Capricorn.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1997 was the year of the Ox (Yin Wood).
Native American Zodiac: December 23rd, 1997 falls under the Goose.
Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of December will have the birthstones Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise.
Ally McBeal - TV show about an attorney called Ally McBeal. Starring Calista Flockhart.
Recess - Cartoon series about a group of six fourth-graders.
Stargate SG-1 - A military team of scientists and soldiers travel to different planets in the universe.
Oz - TV series about a prison called Oswald State Correctional Facility.
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction - Anthology series presented by Jonathan Frakes.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.
King of the Hill - Animated series about a family living in Texas.
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch - TV show about a high school student with magical powers.
Clueless - TV show about a group of friends that live in the posh neighborhood of Beverly Hills.
Everybody Loves Raymond - TV show about a sports write called Raymond Barone.
7th Heaven - Family drama series.
Kenan & Kel - Nickelodeon TV show about two friends called Kenan and Kel.
Teen Angel
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
The Secret World of Alex Mack
Super Soaker (water gun)
G.I. Joe (figures)
Age of Empires - History-based RTS game by Ensemble Studios.
Grand Theft Auto - The first installment in the Grand Theft Auto series. Published by BMG Interactive.
Fallout - Open world role-playing game.
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee - Platform video game that was published for the PlayStation.
GoldenEye 007 - A first person shooter game that was set in the James Bond universe. Released on the Nintendo 64.
Theme Hospital - Hospital strategy game that was developed by Bullfrog Productions. Released on the PC and PlayStation.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Release by Konami in 1997.
Diablo - Action role-playing game.
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain - Action-adventure game developed by Silicon Knights.
Wipeout 2097 - Futuristic racing game.
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall - Open world RPG developed by Bethesda Softworks.
Fade to Black - Action-adventure game.
Celebrities and historical figures that were born on the 23rd of December:
December 23rd, 1964: Eddie Vedder: Musician.
December 23rd, 1978: Estella Warren: Actress.
Weather information for December 23rd, 1997:
Dublin, Ireland: It was 12.3 degrees Celsius. It was a very wet day. It was a windy day. It was a cloudy day.
New York, USA: Temperature: 34.8 degrees Fahrenheit. 1.56 degrees Celsius. Fog was reported. Snow was reported. Rain fell. Precipitation: 6.1cm.
London, England: Temperature: 9.5 degrees Celsius. Rain fell. Precipitation: 1.52cm.
Who was the US President on December 23rd, 1997?
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on December 23rd, 1997?
A baby that was born on December 23rd, 1997 was probably conceived around the 15th of March, 1997. (Rough Estimate).
The due date for a baby that was conceived on December 23rd, 1997 is the 2nd of October, 1998. (Rough Estimate).
Enter your date of birth below to find out how old you were on December 23rd, 1997.
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Looking for some nostalgia? Here are some Youtube videos relating to December 23rd, 1997. Please note that videos are automatically selected by Youtube and that results may vary! Click on the "Load Next Video" button to view the next video in the search playlist. In many cases, you'll find episodes of old TV shows, documentaries, music videos and soap dramas.
Here are some fun statistics about December 23rd, 1997.
728,438,400 seconds have passed since the December 23rd, 1997.
Since December 23rd, 1997, earth has travelled approximately 375,874,214,400 miles through space.
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Thomas A. Wooters, of Boston and Quechee, VT, passed away on April 14, 2016, after a brief illness. Tom was the eldest son of the late Joseph Michael and Marie McGarry Wooters. After attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he graduated from Boston University Law School second in his class and was the Note Editor of the Law Review. He was a partner at Sullivan & Worcester, Peabody & Arnold, and Gadsby & Hannah, where he was managing partner for two years. His areas of specialty were corporate law, tax, technology, and intellectual property. He became lifelong friends with many of his clients. Tom later combined his favorite areas of law, technology and business and spent several years at LoJack as EVP and General Counsel, where he managed all aspects of the company's legal affairs, and supported other areas that were integral to the Company's operations. Supportive of innovation and startups, he later served as a Judge and Mentor for Mass Challenge and the MIT $100K Competition. He was on several boards, including GateStor, Inc., a producer of high performance storage management solutions. Tom had an inquisitive mind and enjoyed life to the fullest. He kept fit jogging, playing paddle tennis and golf. He also introduced two of his granddaughters to skiing. Since 1995 he attended Summer Acoustic Music Week sponsored by WUMB Radio, and relished the excellent instruction, jamming, and workshops. A knowledgeable "car guy", he loved all cars, especially his antique Mazda RX7. An accomplished photographer, Tom was an active member of the Quechee Area Camera Club, and his photos were recently included in a photo exhibition at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center in Nashua, NH. A favorite family story was that at MIT, during the winter he organized a beach party in his dorm room by covering the floor with foundry sand and partying the weekend away. The faculty was not as thrilled as the students, and "requested" he distribute the sand around campus by filling numerous receptacles to put out cigarettes. His home in Quechee, VT, had a special place in his life. He contributed to the design and technology of the house alongside the builder, and spent many hours there making great memories with his family, along with his devoted shadow, his wirehaired dachshund, Charlie. He and Kathryn have also lived at Harbor Towers for over 20 years. Tom was a former and current Trustee, currently serving on the Garage and Operations Committees, and was currently Harbor Towers' representative on the Municipal Harbor Plan Advisory Committee of the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Tom will be missed enormously. He is survived, by his wife of 21 years, Kathryn Mohn Wooters, by his two children from his previous marriage, and their families, Kimberly Wooters Polcari and her daughters Alana and Skyler, of Sudbury, Thomas A. Wooters, Jr., and his wife Sheila, and their children, Ciara and Aidan, of Sudbury, his brothers Michael Wooters and his wife, Carol, of Redding, CT, and Garry Wooters, of Braintree. A memorial service will be held later this summer. In place of flowers, donations may be made to the NE Center for Homeless Veterans, 17 Court Street, Boston, MA 02108, and the MSPCA-Angell, 350 Huntington Street, Boston, MA 02130. To leave a condolence or share a memory, please click below.


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California Coastal Commission Releases Sea Level Rise Plan for Public Comment
Jordan B. Darling September 2, 2021
The document addresses sea-level rise and the effect it has on California's costa; infrastructure.
CALIFORNIA— The California Coastal Commission released the Public Review Draft of the Critical Infrastructure At-Risk Sea-Level Rise Planning Guidance for California's Coastal Zone on Aug. 16 for a six-week period of public review and feedback.
The critical infrastructure report is a guidebook for local government, community activists, asset managers, and other officials and members of the public, that provides scientific information and planning challenges to infrastructure that come with sea-level rise.
"What we are looking for specifically, is there something in this report that isn't there that would improve the report, are there sections that readers of the report feel could be clarified, [and] is there science that needs more explanation," said Donne Brownsey Vice-Chair for the California Coastal Commission. "I think we really tried to write it not just for the local government and asset manager users but also for the wider public because these conversations about sea-level rise and how we are going to plan for our community are going to be community conversations and discussions because it really is about how is our coastal community going to plan for and become resilient in time to sea-level rise."
The report is meant for communities to educate themselves on the impact and consequences of sea-level rise and to allow those communities a head start on changes that could be expensive and
time-consuming changes.
"The commission wanted to assist communities in understanding the background of sea-level rise, the challenges," said Brownsey. "[And] provide them with a model policy with case studies with re-
sources from different government agencies both state and federal that could provide important information that communities need to educate themselves surround and utilize for the purposes of de-
sign and planning successful projects."
The commission used a variety of different scientific databases, including a report that was just recently published by the United Nations that said that sea-level rise has nearly doubled since 2006, in order to create the document and assess the risk that coastal communities could face.
The CCC has a team of staff that are working with local governments, cities, ports, and counties to understand the
grant programs that are available to them to implement the changes.
"What we are looking for and we are really encouraging jurisdictions to you know get involved and get engaged with
us," said Brownley. "…We will work with local governments every step of the way through this process."
Brownley said that we've already seen coastal flooding in certain areas and the sooner that communities can work together to have those difficult conversations about sea-level rise the sooner the communities will be able to prevent the effects of catastrophic flooding.
"It's a lot you know this report but I truly believe that this is such a significant and important resource for local government to start really challenging conversations," said Brownley. "It is my hope this will along with our grant program will really produce some extraordinary effort from our local government partners to
develop innovative programs that show what kinds of different models of adaptation in order to create coastal communities I have faith in the ingenuity of and the diligence of these entities to really get their arms around this right now I think there are some places where people are feeling overwhelmed or not wanting to
really dive into this but we really want to encourage folks to you know to learn more and start the process."
The report will be out for six weeks before being brought back in for a review period by staff and then will be presented to the CCC in final form for the commission to adopt the plan.
For more information see www.coastal.ca.gov.
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William Stone
Just a highly qualified scientist, who resigned from the IPCC, because of their refusal to accept refuting data. https://thenewamerican.com/un-ipcc-scientist-blows-whistle-on-un-climate-lies/


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Registration is now open for the January 16, 2018 meeting of the FOIA Advisory Committee! The meeting is scheduled to run from 10 am to 1 pm in the William G. McGowan Theater.
As we have shared with you all before, the FOIA Advisory Committee has been hard at work for more than a year examining some of the major challenges to FOIA and developing recommendations to the Archivist to improve the law's administration. During the January 16thmeeting, we expect the Committee to further discuss, refine and vote on the draft recommendations developed by its three subcommittees – Proactive Disclosure, Efficiencies and Resources, and Searches.


The Borough of Te Kuiti was constituted in 1910. In 1922 the Awakino County was amalgamated with a newly created Waitomo County Council (in an area of the then Otorohanga County) to form a new separate local authority.
Part of the Kawhia County was included with Waitomo County in 1956 while the balance of the former Kawhia County was incorporated with the neighbouring Otorohanga County.
The Te Kuiti Borough and Waitomo County Councils were amalgamated to form the Waitomo District Council on 1 April 1976, and although minor changes to boundaries occurred with the 1989 re-organisation, the District remains largely unchanged today.
The present Waitomo District Council was reconstituted on 1st November 1989.


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The line between cooperation and collusion
An exclusive story can be yours. The catch is authorities want you to share your information from a key suspect.
By Lynn Howard
Lynn Howard is a free-lance writer. She was senior features reporter for the Pensacola News Journal at the time of the incident on which this article is based.
Source: FineLine: The Newsletter On Journalism Ethics, vol. 1, no. 7 (October 1989), p. 7.
It was a tantalizing proposition. The detective said he could put me on the inside track of one of the biggest stories of the year. All he wanted was a look at my notes from an unpublished interview with one of his primary suspects.
Maybe we could work a deal, he said.
The detective was investigating an alleged baby-selling operation based in Northwest Florida that might involve leading attorneys, pastors and anti-abortionists. The suspect I had interviewed, Ms. C., was known for regularly parading in front of local women's clinics, shouting anti-abortion epithets at all who entered.
There was a good chance my notes from the interview with Ms. C. could help the investigation, the detective said. In exchange, he would give me an exclusive entree to the investigation and take me along on any arrests that might be made.
My inclination was to leap at the proposition. I wanted that exclusive and I wanted to help stop any baby-selling that might be taking place. But I was uncomfortable.
Where does cooperation end and collusion begin?
The Pensacola News Journal had no written policy on reporters' notes and I had never been confronted with such a suggestion.
Let me think about it, I said.
I was working on another story when I got wind of the baby-selling allegations. The piece focused on a local church's solicitation of couples interested in "uncomplicated" adoptions. The drive infuriated child services officials who had three-year waiting lists of qualified adoptive families.
The solicitation, I discovered, was a ruse to fatten the mailing lists and coffers of an anti-abortion group.
As I investigated the story, a child services worker mentioned Ms. C. "Why don't you ask the police what they know about her and illegal adoption," asked the worker. "She has made offers to a few people we had in here, and some were so tired of waiting, they turned to her."
In our subsequent interview, Ms. C. admitted she approached people interested in adopting about the babies of unwed mothers she had "rescued" from abortion. "But I always tell them to go through an attorney," she said. "If they need one, I know a couple of lawyers who can help them."
Ms. C. lived in a comfortable home which she opened to pregnant women who needed a place to stay. Although she had no visible means of support, she promised her "girls" three square meals a day, a roof over their heads and prenatal medical care. Further, she would help "facilitate" the adoption of the baby, she said.
Caring attorneys and prospective adoptive parents helped Ms. C. with her living expenses, she said. Sometimes the families of the unwed mothers would help with food or money "contributions."
The details she revealed to me could assist the police investigation, I believed. If an arrest followed, the story would be powerful. Without my information, the detective seemed to have a weak case at best.
My supervisor, then-Features Editor Virginia MacDonald, shared my enthusiasm for the exclusive as well as my reservations about sharing my notes.
We talked to our managing editor, Fred Palmer (now deceased), who, after considerable thought, said he thought reporters should not help make the news, but should stick to breaking the news. The information I had could be gathered by detectives if they did their job and I could still get the story if I did my job, he reasoned.
I was torn. I hated the decision, but I understood it. I had serious reservations about making deals for news. But, if that woman was involved in selling babies, I wanted her to face a jury. And, I wanted that story.
Palmer checked with then-Executive Editor Kent Cockson, and we all agreed no notes would be parlayed. I was expected to use my sources and resources to get the story.
The baby-selling story never broke. No arrests were made. No corroborating sources would go on the record – no investigators, no child services workers, no adoptive parents, no unwed mothers. I could not even get official confirmation that the investigation existed.
I will never know if my notes would have led to the arrest of Ms. C. She still prowls the clinic parking lots, bellowing through her bullhorn.
But the dilemma had an effect on the newsroom. Days later, a written policy was posted in the News Journal that makes all notes used for a story the property of the newspaper. Further, reporters and editors are forbidden to share notes under any circumstances, nor show copies of stories in advance of their printing.
The policy should make reporters' jobs a little easier. I know it would have mine.


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Radioactive and Reclaimed by Nature
By Rachel Bauman, Policy Advisor
and Kyle Parker, Senior Senate Staff Representative
In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, during a safety test designed to simulate a power outage, a combination of operator error and inherent flaws in reactor design led to an explosion and fire at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station's Reactor 4. The graphite fire burned uncontained for nine days, releasing radioactive particles over most of Europe, contaminating Ukraine and neighboring Belarus most severely.
It took nearly two full days for Soviet authorities to begin the evacuation of the approximately 50,000 residents of the nearby city of Pripyat, located just a mile away from the power station. A public admission of the accident only came on the evening of April 28 following diplomatic pressure on the Kremlin from the government of Sweden where, earlier that day, monitors at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant north of Stockholm had detected elevated radiation levels and suspected an accident in the Soviet Union. Given the secrecy of the Soviet system, the subjectivity of first-hand accounts, and the breakup of the Soviet Union, some of the why and how of what happened remain controversial.
This amusement park in Pripyat was scheduled to open on May 1, 1986, a few days before the disaster.
Less than six months after the disaster, construction began on nearby Slavutych, a city to replace Pripyat and house the displaced workers from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station and their families. Much work remained to be done to contain and assess the April disaster, not to mention run the remaining three reactors, the last of which ceased to operate only in December 2000. The formal decommissioning process of Reactors 1, 2, and 3 began in 2015 and will continue for decades.
To this day, many residents of Slavutych board a special train for the power station's workers transiting Belarus to enter the Exclusion Zone for work at the plant and nearby storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel.
Thirty-three years after that safety test at Reactor 4 went fatally wrong, the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station remains the worst in world history, superseding the 1979 partial meltdown of a reactor at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania and eclipsing the meltdown of three reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant following damage sustained by a catastrophic tsunami in 2011. The accident at Three Mile Island remains the worst in the history of U.S. commercial atomic energy and ranked a 5 (accident with wider consequences) on the International Atomic Energy Agency's scale of assessing nuclear and radiological events. Chernobyl and Fukushima are the only two disasters to ever be ranked as a 7 (major accident), the scale's maximum.
Due to the differences in the half-lives of the specific contaminants, a full remediation and resettlement around Fukushima holds far greater promise than around Chernobyl. If radioactive leakage can be fully contained at Fukushima, there is a chance that the area could be declared completely safe for permanent human habitation in less than 100 years. By comparison, the first zone of exclusion immediately surrounding Chernobyl's Reactor 4 is likely to remain unsafe for permanent habitation for thousands of years.
The total human, environmental, and financial cost of the disaster is fraught with obvious political sensitivities, but even in the scientific realm, significant disputes remain. The unprecedented magnitude of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster frustrates efforts to draw a definitive conclusion on the lingering effects of the explosion and fire of 1986. While there is wide agreement that somewhere between 30 and 50 people died in the immediate aftermath as a direct result of the accident, consensus breaks down over estimates of a longer-term assessment of deaths attributable to the radioactive fallout from the disaster.
Shortly after the disaster, a zone of approximately 1,000 square miles around Reactor 4 was established, evacuated, and condemned for permanent human habitation. This area—known as the Exclusion or Alienation Zone—has begun the long process of being reclaimed by nature.
The area is divided between Zone 1 and Zones 2 and 3. The first zone is the immediate vicinity around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station and comprises roughly 15 percent of the total Exclusion Zone. It is also contaminated with transuranium elements that decay over a period of thousands of years, placing this area off-limits indefinitely. Zones 2 and 3 comprise the remaining territory and were largely contaminated with elements that decay much faster. Some of this shorter-term contamination is already gone and the rest could be gone in the coming decades.
The Exclusion Zone is as alive as it is hauntingly empty. Forests encroach on what were once fertile fields. Butterflies flutter above concrete cracked open by saplings. Wild horses roam by day and wolves by night, and entropy takes its toll on man-made construction. It almost seems that the flora and fauna suffered more from proximity to humans than they now do from lingering radiation in the contaminated soil—a phenomenon known as the ecological paradox.
In those first critical hours after the explosion, when firefighters heroically battled a radioactive blaze, efforts were made to erect temporary barriers around the damaged core of Reactor 4. Those emergency efforts continued once the fire was out, but the hasty construction allowed radiation to continue to escape the confines of the reactor and was structurally unsuitable for containing the deadly transuranium elements inside. In 2018, with the support of the international donor community, Ukraine completed construction on the New Safe Confinement facility designed to safely entomb Reactor 4 for as long as 100 years.
Helsinki Commission policy advisor Rachel Bauman inside the structure containing Reactor 4.
Support from the West, most notably the United States, is critical to safety. Currently, Western contractors are working with Ukrainian partners to complete the construction of a long-term storage facility for spent nuclear fuel from other reactors across the country. Construction is reportedly on, or slightly ahead of, schedule on this facility that is planned to eliminate Ukraine's need to contract with Russia for its growing storage needs.
Protecting the public from the widely dispersed radioactive particulate found within the Exclusion Zone is the main reason for the establishment of the zone itself as well as the multiple checkpoints encountered when leaving the zone. The most immediate danger to further contamination of habitable areas beyond the Exclusion Zone are wildfires; their smoke disperses contaminated debris into the atmosphere and in the direction of prevailing winds. Ukrainian firefighters have trained regularly with firefighters from the American West as they execute what is not only a domestic priority, but an international responsibility.
Other regular challenges to the safe administration of the Exclusion Zone are trespassers pursuing adventure, souvenirs, or wild game. Risks include not only the obvious danger of radiation exposure, but also crumbling construction and poor communications should a rescue be needed. Trespassers also risk the safety of the broader public by inadvertently transporting radioactive materials outside the Exclusion Zone.
A final, and enduring, challenge to securing the Exclusion Zone lies with waning public interest and thus political pressure to devoting scarce financial resources to protect this beautiful but contaminated landscape for the long term.
Government authorities plan to use Exclusion Zone 1 for dangerous industrial activities such as storing spent nuclear fuel or developing massive solar panel farms designed to replace some of the electricity that was once generated by the power station's four reactors. The remainder of the Exclusion Zone will serve as a buffer between habitable areas and Zone 1 as well as a unique nature preserve and massive open-air laboratory to study any lingering effects of the disaster.
Construction site of a future spent storage facility.
As the passage of time has made parts of the Exclusion Zone safer, more and more visitors come to learn about those tragic events of the spring of 1986. Locals are beginning to tap a developing market for nuclear tourism, fueled by politicians, scientists, and thrill-seekers.
When leaving the Exclusion Zone and passing through the last checkpoint, travelers are greeted by tour buses, flag-carrying guides, and a roadside kiosk selling cheap t-shirts. Increasing interest in Chernobyl tours, and particularly the photogenic abandoned town of Pripyat, ensure a steady stream of income. The city may no longer generate power, but it continues to generate interest.
Chernobyl: Five Years Later
Held as a fifth anniversary commemoration of the disaster at Chernobyl, the briefing featured a short film that was produced by an Australian film company on Chernobyl's progress in the five years after the crisis. Afterward, Samuel Wise, staff director at the Commission, led the discussion on the damage Chernobyl continued to have on surrounding regions in 1991. Witnesses Dr. David Marples and Dr. Natalia Preobrazhensk addressed the environmental concerns and political authority over Chernobyl, along with how Ukraine's judicial system had dealt with the situation. They also acknowledged the situation of Soviet nuclear power at the time.
Sofia CSCE Meeting on the Protection of the Environment
The purpose of this hearing, which Sen. Dennis DeConcini and Rep. Steny H. Hoyer chaired, was to examine the first meeting in CSCE history devoted exclusively to the environment. The hearing predated the Sofia Meeting itself, whose purpose was to address environmental problems that recognize no borders and threaten every individual's right to a peaceful and secure life. Unfortunately, the Sofia Meeting had been marred by the Bulgarian government's lack of tolerance in its treatment of its Turkish and Muslim minorities, specifically the Bulgarian government's campaign to assimilate Turkish minorities, which constituted a serious violation of human rights. Needless to say, then, intersectionality existed and continues to exist among environmental issues and the Helsinki process's other top priorities.
Vienna Review Meeting of the CSCE - Phase III and IV
The main activity of the Vienna Meeting throughout Phases III and IV was the presentation and negotiation of proposals for inclu sion in the concluding document of the meeting. The number (more than 160), complexity and controversial nature of many of these proposals led to the extension of the Vienna Meeting well beyond its target closing date of July 31. These factors, along with other elements such as continuing major shortcomings in the implementa tion of existing commitments, are largely responsible for the continuation of the Vienna Meeting into 1988. The slow pace of progress already evident in Phase II continued through the next phase. Each side defended its own proposals but showed little disposition to begin the process of compromise which could lead to the conclusion of the meeting. The main procedural development during this phase was the appointment of coordinators from the neutral and non-aligned states to guide the work of the drafting groups. This development provided greater order and structure for the proceedings but did little to advance the drafting work or to induce compromises. Other major developments during this phase were the introduction of the long-awaited Western proposal on military security and the tabling of a comprehensive compromise proposed in Basket III by two neutral delegations, Austria and Switzerland. Both proposals were put forth at the very end of the phase and thus did not have much impact until the next phase. The Western (NATO) proposal on military security questions was designed as a response to the Eastern proposal which envisioned two main objectives: another round of negotiations on confidence and security-building measures (CSBMs) to build upon the successful Stockholm meeting and the initiation of negotiations on conventional disarmament, both within the same CSCE forum. The Western response to this proposal was delayed primarily because of United States and French differences over the connection between the conventional arms negotiations and the CSCE process, the French arguing that the negotiations should be an integral part of the process and the U.S. insisting that they be independent. The issue was resolved by agreement that the negotiations would be "within the framework of the CSCE," but should remain autonomous.
Documents of the Helsinki Monitoring Groups in the U.S.S.R. and Lithuania (1976-1986), Vol. 3 - Ukraine
November 9, 1986, marked the 10th anniversary of the largest and, in terms of prison sentences, the most repressed of the Soviet Helsinki Groups--the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. Founded by Ukrainian writer and World War II veteran Mykola Rudenko, the group produced extensive documentation on violations of the Helsinki Accords in Ukraine, such as persecution of individual dissent, suppression of the Ukrainian language and culture, and religious persecution. The Soviet Government was determined to deny this group any public voice. Of the 38 members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, all but one have been imprisoned at one time or another. Fourteen Ukrainian Helsinki Monitors and one Estonian human rights activist who joined the group while in a labor camp, are currently serving lengthly sentences. Since May 1984, three members have died in camps. All three men had been ill and denied adequate medical care. Oleksa Tykhy, Yuriy Lytvyn and Vasyl Stus all died for their beliefs. Prior to his death, Stus had written "Moscow has given the camp authorities complete power, and anyone harboring the illusion that our relations with /the camp authorities/ are regulated by some sort of law is sadly mistaken." His words were tragically prophetic. We are concerned that the same fate awaits others, including Lev Lukianenko, Mykola Horbal, Ivan Kandyba, Vasyl Ovsienko and Vitaly Kalynychenko. It is vital that we remember the courageous members of the Ukrainian Monitoring Group and their eloquent call for compliance with the ideals of Helsinki. In fact, the Congress recently passed a resolution commemorating the anniversary of the founding of the Ukrainian Helsinki group and honoring the members of all the Soviet Helsinki Monitoring Groups. At the ongoing Vienna CSCE Follow-up Meeting, the United States and other Western delegations are speaking out on behalf of the imprisoned members of the Ukrainian and other Helsinki Groups. We hope that the documents contained in this volume will help to ensure that the Ukrainian Group and its message are not forgotten.
List of Organizations Involved in Exchange Programs with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
The Commission developed this report to help interested persons and organizations participate in exchange programs with the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe: Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. It lists organizations which conduct exchange programs and other contacts with these countries. The parties to the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe declared their intention to expand cooperation in security, economic, humanitarian, information, culture, and education affairs and to respect and put into practice certain basic principles, including those of human rights. The Final Act was signed in Helsinki on August 1, 1975, by 35 heads of state or government, including the United States, Canada, and every state in Europe except Albania. The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) was created as an independent government agency in 1976 to monitor compliance with the Final Act and to encourage U.S. governmental and private programs to expand East-West economic and cultural cooperation and exchange of people and ideas. In the Final Act, the signatories express the view that cultural exchanges and development of relations in education and science contribute to the strengthening of peace, better mutual under standing, and enrichment of the human personality. In the Com mission's view, exchange programs with the Soviet bloc countries break down barriers and lessen distrust. They help Americans learn about the views and goals of these societies. Such programs help expose the peoples of these countries to the values and goals of our pluralistic society. Critical to such programs is that Americans are given the opportunity to tell the Soviets and their allies on a personal level about their concern for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Fifth Anniversary of the Formation of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group
On November 9, 1976, 10 brave men and women in Kiev organized a citizens' group to examine how the Soviet Government was living up to its Helsinki human rights pledges. Tragically, however, far from greeting this new civic endeavor, the Kremlin, in a savage campaign of official reprisal, singled out the Ukrainian Helsinki Group for especially harsh treatment. By 1981, 30 group activists were in Soviet camps, prisons, and places of exile. The four witnesses at the Helsinki Commission hearing provided expert testimony on Ukraine and the Helsinki process, and their fates gave an insight into the radically different ways in which our Government and that of the Soviet Union reacted to citizen interest in the Helsinki process.
Profiles: Helsinki Monitors
In May of 1976, a group of Soviet citizens dedicated themselves to promoting compliance by their government with the humanitarian provisions of the Helsinki Final Act. Collecting and disseminating information on violations of those provisions, these human rights activists thereby expressed their stated conviction that "the issues of humanitarianism and free information have a direct relationship to the problem of international security." Respect for human rights in the USSR, they held, is a precondition for the development of a solid East-West detente. After hearing about the work of the Helsinki Groups on foreign radio broadcasts, many ordinary Soviet citizens began sending the Group information on human rights violations in various areas of the USSR. In this way, the Groups became catalysts, drawing together the disparate strands of Soviet dissent. Group reports reflect these varied concerns: conditions in labor camps and psychiatric hospitals; the problems of religious and ethnic minorities; emigration difficulties; and denials of economic rights. The CSCE Commission translates and compiles these Group documents in its series of "Reports of the Helsinki Accord Monitors in the Soviet Union." Encouraged by the success of the first Helsinki Group in Moscow, other such groups were organized in the Ukraine, Lithuania, Armenia, and Georgia. In Moscow, two allied groups were formed to deal with more specific issues: the Working Commission on the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes, and the Christian Committee to Defend the Rights of Believers. In recognition of the sacrifice, dedication, and successful work of all these groups, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe nominated all their members for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978 and 1979. During the past two years, other allied groups have emerged: the Initiative Group for the Defense of the Rights of Invalids in the USSR; the Group for the Legal Struggle and Investigation of Facts about the Persecution of Believers in the USSR of the All-Union Church of the Faithful and Free Seventh-Day Adventists; and the Catholic Committee to Defense the Rights of Believers in the USSR. With the addition of these new committees, an even broader spectrum of human rights issues and interests in the Soviet Union is now represented. At the present time, there are 66 men and women in the Helsinki Monitoring Groups in Moscow, Ukraine, Lithuania, Georgia and Armenia. Currently, 26 people have joined the Christian, Catholic and Adventist Committees, the Working Con-miission on Psychiatric Abuse and the Initiative Group for Invalids. For this compilation of biographical information on the present members, the Commission is indebted to the following for their assistance: ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Amnesty International, Bulletin d'Information, Comite pour I'application des accords d'Helsinki en Georgie, Committee for the Defense of Soviet Political Prisoners, ELTA Information Service, Helsinki Guarantees for Ukraine Committee, Keston College, Khronika Press, Lithuanian-American Community of the U.S.A., Inc., Lithuanian Catholic Religious Aid, National Conference on Soviet Jewry, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Smoloskyp, Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, the Ukrainian National Information Service, the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, Washington Street Research Center. INDIVIDUALS Mr. Victor Abdalov, Mrs. Lyudmila Alekseeva, Gen. and Mrs. Pyotr Grigorenko, Ms. Dina Kaminskaya, Mr. Ambartsum Khlagatyan, Mr. Michael Meerson, Rev. Aleksandr Shmeiman, Mr. Konstantin Simis, Ms. Veronika Stein, Mr. Valentin Turchin, and Ms. Lydia Voronina, Ms. Yulya Zaks.
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The first part of this hearing, led by Commissioner Dante B. Fascell, focused largely on the imprisonment of Russian Pastor Georgi Vins, who had spent eight of the last thirteen years in prison simply due to his occupation. Repression of this Baptist minister exemplified such repression of other Baptist clergymen by the U.S.S.R., whose denomination in the country dated back to the early 1900s. However, in 1965, the Soviet Baptist movement split into the recognized and legitimated all-union Council of Evangelical Christians, and the dissident reform Baptists, making the latter the first Soviet dissident human rights group. The second portion of the hearing discussed Ukrainian political retribution and dissidents, exemplified by the cases of witnesses who had all been political prisoners in the Eastern European country.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HELSINKI ACCORDS VOL. IV - REPORTS ON SOVIET REPRESSION AND THE BELGRADE CONFERENCE
In light of first anniversary of the creation of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, this hearing focused on the work and the plight of courageous individuals who utilized the Helsinki accords as instruments for advancing international respect for human rights. In particular, the hearing delved into the case of Anatoly Shcharansky, one of the most courageous spokesmen of human rights in the U.S.S.R., faces treason charges as groundless as they are ominous. The Soviet decision to hold a show trial for Shcharansky with phony evidence and counterfeit witnesses combined with the earlier arrest of members of Helsinki monitoring groups in Russia, Ukraine, and most recently, in Georgia, were in violation of the Helsinki accords.
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From September 10 – 16, ZAPAD 2021—a major Russian military exercise that includes thousands of troops—will take place in and around Belarus. The exercise follows months of reports that the Russian military has been involved in actions that potentially could spark a major and violent confrontation between Russia and other countries, including a March deployment by Moscow of some 100,000 new troops in and around Ukraine and a June incident in the Black Sea in which Russian forces seemingly faced off against the British destroyer HMS Defender. In this episode, Lt. General Ben Hodges (Ret.) analyzes whether these developments represent a major escalation and imminent conflict with Russia; whether they are part of a deliberate, coordinated strategy by the Kremlin; and what, if any, guardrails could prevent Russian aggression against its neighbors or a direct conflict with NATO. "Helsinki on the Hill" is series of conversations hosted by the U.S. Helsinki Commission on human rights and comprehensive security in Europe and beyond. The Helsinki Commission, formally known as the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, promotes human rights, military security, and economic cooperation in 57 countries in Europe, Eurasia, and North America. Transcript | Episode 18 | Russian Intention, Russian Aggression
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Human rights within states are crucial to security among states. Prioritizing respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, defending the principles of liberty, and encouraging tolerance within societies must be at the forefront of America's foreign policy agenda. Peace, security, and prosperity cannot be sustained if national governments repress their citizens, stifle their media, or imprison members of the political opposition. Authoritarian regimes become increasingly unstable as citizens chafe under the bonds of persecution and violence, and pose a danger not only to their citizens, but also to neighboring nations. The Helsinki Commission strives to ensure that the protection of human rights and defense of democratic values are central to U.S. foreign policy; that they are applied consistently in U.S. relations with other countries; that violations of Helsinki provisions are given full consideration in U.S. policymaking; and that the United States holds those who repress their citizens accountable for their actions. This includes battling corruption; protecting the fundamental freedoms of all people, especially those who historically have been persecuted and marginalized; promoting the sustainable management of resources; and balancing national security interests with respect for human rights to achieve long-term positive outcomes rather than short-term gains.
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Broncos owner Pat Bowlen snubbed by veterans committee
By: Troy E. Renck
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- The statue captures the man. Outside of Sports Authority Field, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen stands forever in a commanding pose overlooking the action. Arms folded, chiseled face, intense expression, and eyes cloaked by sunglasses. He represented authority, a demanding presence who respected those he employed to accomplish their goals without meddling interference.
His mantra: "Be number one in everything."
As the owner of the Broncos for 33 years, Bowlen has lived that motto, the organization continuing to achieve even as he stepped away from daily duties prior to the 2014 season because of the evils of Alzheimer's disease. Friday, Bowlen continued the painful waiting game. The Contributors Committee snubbed him again, as Bowlen failed to land the lone spot reserved in the 2018 class for a contributor to the game.
Former Washington Redskins and San Diego Chargers general manager Bobby Beathard received the nod.
There will be two contributor spots available next fall, making it seem inevitable Bowlen moves on. But it fails to make this latest omission any easier. There's no comparison betwen the resumes of Beathard and Bowlen.
It's hard to reconcile why Bowlen is not in football's hallowed hall. Perhaps, it wasn't his turn. With Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones entering last year, there was growing speculation this week the pendulum would swing back to a general manager this time. And that's how it played out.
By now, Broncos fans are well aware of Bowlen's resume. The unprecedented 300-plus victories in 30 seasons, fastest to that mark in NFL history. The seven Super Bowl appearances. No owner has more. Three Super Bowl championships, tied for fourth. The five losing seasons since 1984. And, perhaps more salient, the Broncos own the second highest winning percentage of any professional sports team since he took over in 1984, second only to the NBA's San Antonio Spurs.
"It all starts with the owner," said President and CEO Joe Ellis, "And it all starts with the guy who, consistently had the same approach, the same mandate to his players, his coaches, his employees: and that was to be the best in everything, and put all our resources into winning championships, and if it didn't work out, come back next year and try to do it all over again each and every year. That's his legacy."
Bowlen endeared himself to players for his compassion and desire to win. He left no reason for them not to succeed, this approach illustrated as the Broncos claimed back-to-back Super Bowl titles in 1997 and 1998.
"We knew we had the best of everything, so it was up to us to go out there and perform," said Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe. "That's what you can appreciate most. He wasn't meddlesome. He stayed away. He let us do our job and we didn't want to let him down."
During Bowlen's tenure, the Broncos have sold out 284 consecutive games, extending the team's NFL record to 387 sellouts and counting. Bowlen's impact runs deeper than the Broncos. He was an influential figure who helped changed the course of the NFL. He was a member nine different NFL committees, including chairman of the broadcasting committee. He helped negotiate an $18 billion TV contract, the most lucrative in single-sport history. He was shrewd in the boardroom, capable of balancing micro and macro interests.
Bowlen had long wanted the ability to "flex" the NFL's prime-time schedule because "Monday Night Football" had fallen into a multiyear slump of showing poor matchups when the games mattered most. Bowlen found an audience with NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol, who viewed the games as events, featuring pregame and halftime entertainment and highlights. Ebersol has called Bowlen the father of Sunday Night Football.
Bowlen also pushed to expand the NFL's footprint abroad. The Broncos have played eight international games in six different countries. The NFL regularly now stages regular-season games in London and Mexico City.
In the end, Bowlen's argument goes back to the field. The Broncos became must-watch TV during his reign. They rank tied with the New England Patriots with 322 regular-season wins since 1984. When the Broncos won their third Super Bowl two years ago, general manager John Elway put it simply, "This one's for Pat."
Eventually, there will be a yellow jacket for Bowlen. But Friday brought only more frustration.
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En , il est promu développeur en chef du logiciel libre Firefox.

En , Google l'embauche. Il annonce à la presse, qui s'inquiète d'une arrivée de Google dans la guerre des navigateurs, que cela ne changerait rien à sa mission dédiée à l'évolution de Firefox. On peut ainsi y lire Ben évoquer : "Je reste dévoué à plein temps à l'avancement de Firefox, de la plate-forme Mozilla et de la navigation Web en général."

18 mois plus tard, il trahit son engagement public et fonde l'équipe Chrome au sein de Google. Il continue de travailler à l'évolution du logiciel propriétaire qu'est Chrome à ce jour en tant que "chef de la plateforme Web".

Ben a grandi à Auckland, en Nouvelle-Zélande et a obtenu une licence d'informatique à l'université d'Auckland en . Il vit maintenant à Mountain View, Californie, près de son bureau chez Google.

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TMBC's Call for Sites
We have previously reported on the sites put forward by landowners and developers for housing across the Borough as part of Government procedure (we would need a whole newsletter if we were to tell you about each site!) We are waiting for TMBC's planners to consult on their response to each site.
It is clear this is very much a "numbers game" as the Borough will have to o satisfy the Inspector in due course that enough land has been allocated for houses up to 2031. This includes sites such Leybourne Grange and Peters Pit, Wouldham. It is why brownfield sites, such as Aylesford Newsprint, are important together with any smaller sites where development would not spoil the area. Trudy Dean [email protected] Roger Roud [email protected] Michelle Tatton [email protected], we were alarmed to see the whole of East Malling Research Station on the map and were equally concerned to hear the very recent announcement that EMR had been taken over by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, saving EMR from potential administration. While NIAB say operations will continue at East Malling the future of the site remains a worry, with a likely loss of some jobs in the near future.
The other big site is Broadwater Farm which runs from Well Street to New Barns and across the bypass up to the boundaries of Manor Park and St Leonards Street. Its release for housing would remove the green wedge of countryside separating East and West Malling from Kings Hill. The Conservation Areas would also be undermined and the setting of the listed buildings within them. It is annoying and confusing that it is labelled Kings Hill on the Call for Sites map. Land should be called by its local name and not re-badged in this way. There is also local concern about the field forming part of the Malling School playing fields next to Winterfield lane, parts of Forty Acres between the A20 and Winterfield lane and Lucks Hill, and the site of the East Malling Centre/Woodland's Children's Centre in Chapman Way.
There is clearly a need nationally for more homes, including in Tonbridge and Malling, but if East and West Malling are to keep their identities local residents and amenity groups have a real fight on their hands


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Can we visit Pangong Lake Now?
Yes, we can visit Pangong lake now in 2021. Restrictions on the visit of Pangong Lake had been lifted. Tourists can visit the Pangong Lake now after obtaining an Inner-Line-Permit. In an official press release on 10th January 2021 by the office of Deputy Commissioner, "Pangong Lake has been reopened from 10th January 2021. However, in order to visit Pangong Lake, visitors should apply for Inner Line Permit (ILP) at DC office Leh near polo ground". As, per government officials, Tourists are only allowed to visit the western end of the Lake.
Tourism is a significant contributor to Ladakh's economy. Unfortunately, Tourism is among the worst-hit sector by the Pandemic. Stakeholders had been summoned by Shri Radha Krishna Mathur (Lieutenant Governor) to discuss the revival of Ladakh tourism post Covid19. As Pangong Lake is among the most famous tourist attractions, It was decided to lift the restrictions to visit Pangong Tso. And the press release has been published to "Reopen the Pangong Lake visit for tourists."
Click to visit the government official site to view the official press release.
How to apply for Inner-Line-Permit to visit Pangong Tso?
Online: You can apply for Inner-Line-Permit online by visiting the site, but you need to verify it in Leh Ladakh at Deputy Commissioner Office. DC office is in Main Leh near Polo Ground. You can ask anyone for the DC office in Leh. Visit the tourism section of the Deputy Commissioner's office, with valid photo IDs for the verification process. The tourism section is just outside the main building of the DC office towards the left of the main entrance. You might need to wait in a queue for a while. Contact us for free advice
Offline: Visit the Deputy Commissioner's office in Leh at the address mentioned above. The opening time to apply for a permit is 10:00 am to 05:00 pm. Try visiting the office before 3:00 pm as it might take a lot of time for the whole process. Office working days are from Monday to Saturday. The office is closed on Sunday and other national holidays.
Restrictions imposed in 2020.
Due to the outbreak of the epidemic and border tensions at the same time, the tourist visit to the lake was discontinued last year. But China opened the lake for visitors during the summer of 2020 and allowed tourists to visit the Chinese side of the Pangong Lake. Among the 134 kilometers of lakes, China has more than two-thirds.
Last year following the stand-off between the Indian Military and the Chinese Army along the Line of Actual Control, the government of UT Ladakh tightened restrictions at Pangong Lake. Even journalists who visited Ladakh to report the ongoing tension between the Indian army and PLA had to cover the face-off. And their movement was restricted. They were not allowed to move beyond the Leh city limits.
The decision to reopen Pangong came a day before the Indian army decided to repatriate Chinese soldiers detained by India on the south bank of Pangong Lake which lies on the Indian side.
Military officials familiar with the development said that a PLA personnel who crossed the LAC was detained by the Indian army. The PLA soldier was captured on the 8th of January 2021. China requested the immediate release of the soldier on January 9, 2021. The soldier was released on11th of January 2021 and returned to the Chinese authorities at 10:10 am.
Kunchok Stanzin, the elected councilor of Chushul Constituency announced the good news in the valley saying "restrictions on the entry of tourists have been lifted on January 10 and tourists can freely visit the area". Chusul Valley lies in the south of Pangong Lake. Restrictions on the visit of Pangong Lake would affect the economy of the valley to a great extent
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Department of Transportation Seeks Public Input on the Maple/Park Street Corridor Study The post Department of Transportation Seeks Public Input on the Maple/Park Street Corridor Study appeared first on Sioux Empire Podcast Network .
Construction Begins on Deadwood Avenue The post Construction Begins on Deadwood Avenue appeared first on Sioux Empire Podcast Network .
Spring Load Restriction Release #6 The post Spring Load Restriction Release #6 appeared first on Sioux Empire Podcast Network .
Prescribed Fire to be Ignited at Angostura State Recreation Area The post Prescribed Fire to be Ignited at Angostura State Recreation Area appeared first on Sioux Empire Podcast Network .
Dakota Prairie Elementary in Brookings earns national recognition The post Dakota Prairie Elementary in Brookings earns national recognition appeared first on Sioux Empire Podcast Network .
2019 Governor?s Awards Nominations The post 2019 Governor?s Awards Nominations appeared first on Sioux Empire Podcast Network .
Lane Closures at I-29 and I-90 Interchanges The post Lane Closures at I-29 and I-90 Interchanges appeared first on Sioux Empire Podcast Network .