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The future of Australian farming includes solar-powered WiFi to eliminate blackspots
News » News & Analysis » The future of Australian farming includes solar-powered WiFi to eliminate blackspots
Simon Thomsen - May 16, 2019 3 MIN READ
MRT's Paul Mullins, David Finlay and Gordon Howard with their invention, which helps reduce tractor horsepower in broadacre farming.
Australia's CSIRO invented wifi and now a local startup is using it keep farmers in touch when they're out in the paddocks as part of the latest cohort in agtech accelerator SparkLabs Cultiv8.
Seven startups have been chosen in 2019, following on from the inaugural 2018 program, and now have up to $100,000 in seed funding to develop their ideas.
Last year's participants subsequently raised an additional $17 million in investment and SparkLabs Cultiv8 Executive Director Guy Hudson says they're enjoying strong international sales and partnerships with leading companies.
They include the largest exporter of fresh Australian dairy to China, James Tyler, which built a multi-channel platform to sell Australian produce through some of China's largest "new retail" customers including AliBaba's Hema store; Farmbot, with is now in 600 Ruralco stores nationally; and Ripe.io, which completed a $US2.4 million seed round, involving Maersk Ventures.
The companies in 2019 include four from Australia, plus Israel, the US, and Saudi Arabia, and the ideas range from a laser-based indoor farm lighting systems, to an online lending platform.
Agrinet's Dan Winson doing R&D at Kidman Springs in the Northern Territory
The Cultiv8 team's job now is to help them get those ideas ready to present at Australia's largest AgTech demo day in Sydney on September 10.
Over the next few months, the startups with work with local and international mentors, tapping into the resources of Asia's largest accelerator group, SparkLabs, as well as the NSW Department of Primary Industries. They also get access to the Global AgTech Ecosystem (GATE) hub in Orange, western NSW.
Hudson said that with the global population predicted to be reach nearly 10 billion by mid-century, demand for food will jump by 75% with half of that demand coming from Asia.
"By working with the world's leading food and agtech companies now, SparkLabs Cultiv8 is able to help tackle that challenge by accelerating these startups' progress," he said.
This year's SparkLabs Cultiv8 startups are:
Agrinet: an Australian company that has developed affordable solar-powered on-farm WiFi overcoming mobile blackspots and helping to simplify and streamline farm management.
InnerPlant: the world's first biosensor sentinel plant platform, developed by a US-based startup, that senses plant changes at a molecular level, alerting farmers to allow instant action.
Oaesis: Saudi Arabia-based Oaesis is developing laser-based lighting systems for indoor farming that dramatically improve efficiency and reduce energy and watering costs.
MPT: an Australia-based business using sensors located in specially designed farm equipment to measure moisture in soil, collecting data that can be used to optimise planting and yields.
SIPP: an Australian company changing the way we think about coffee. They've developed a unique range of functional beverages packaged in sustainable home compostable packaging with $1 from every pouch sold donated to organisations dedicated to making our planet more sustainable.
The Training Paddock: an Australian-developed online skills management system providing farmers with insights about workers' skills, and steers and validates workers' professional development.
Traive: initially being rolled out in Brazil, Traive is an online lending platform using artificial intelligence and big data to support new risk-reduced lending opportunities in agriculture.
For MPT's (Moisture Planting Technologies) David Finlay being chosen for Cultiv8 is validation of the commercial potential of their idea, which will essentially reduce the horsepower requirements for tractors in broadacre farming, thus saving on investment and ongoing costs.
"Secondly, it has introduced me to a most amazing network of mentors, and support people that I probably would not have met if I had stuck to a traditional commercialisation approach," he said.
"This network comprises of not only expertise in startups, but also people within farm finance, marketing, and farmers. The resources available in this regard are awesome."
The cash injection from the accelerator is also welcome.
"This really gives some weight to the first point, that the tech has been validated enough that warranted investment, which in-turn encourages Cultiv8 to help with the project for mutual success. A deep tech startup like ours that has very high capital outlays involved," he said.
Agrinet founder Dan Winson says "participating in SparkLabs Cultiv8 is a huge opportunity for Agrinet. The support and networks we get access to is allowing us to think bigger and move faster than I ever thought possible and the cash investment is allowing us to build our team in preparation for scaling up".
SparkLabs Cultiv8 is a startup food and agtech accelerator launched in NSW last year in a partnership between the NSW Department of Primary Industries and SparkLabs. It's supported by partners including MinterEllison, The MLA Donor Company, KPMG, CISCO and the Global Accelerator Network (GAN).
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Simon Thomsen
Simon was previously Associate Editor of Business Insider Australia, covering everything from politics to startups, tech, super cars and even finer whiskies.
He was once a full-time restaurant critic, editor of The Good Food Guide, and previously a newspaper proprietor, having spent more than 25 years in journalism and publishing.
He chaired industry lobby group Australian Business Ltd's (now the NSW Business Chamber) environment committee during the Kyoto agreement era.
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The innovative design of this menorah will let you light a candle for Hannukkah in a different way every night! With its accordion style, the menorah can be opened and closed in a variety of ways. The beautiful hand painted seven species design will add to the brightness of the Hanukkah candles, with each passing night of the festival!
This is an interactive Hanukkah Menorah where each of the nine pieces of the menorah is joined with a hinge allowing the menorah to be lit in a variety of ways; open or closed. It comes from a beautiful range of menorahs by Israeli designer Yair Emanuel, that are made in Israel. The vivid hand painted seven species design in bright colors will add a beautiful touch to your home as you light another candle every night. This menorah is highly functional and durable as it has a 3 layer coating of lacquer and brass candle inserts. If required the menorah may be hand washed.


After describing our struggle with the flesh after conversion (Rom. 7), Paul in Romans 8 talks about some of the benefits that result from our justification. This chapter is well-known for its description of life in the Spirit and its discussion of the ordo salutis — the order of salvation (vv. 28–30).
Although Paul does not deal with sanctification per se, he does include God's work of conforming us to His Son in his golden chain (v. 29). Note also that our adoption as joint-heirs with the Savior (8:14–17) is the starting point for Paul's initial foray into predestination and election in the ordo salutis (vv. 28–30) and his detailed presentation of these topics in chapters 9–11. We may try to look at election in a manner unconnected from practical realities, but Scripture locates this doctrine in the Father's great love for His people, a love that moved Him to make us His children. Divine election is preached wrongly if it is not preached as a comfort to believers and as a call to reflect God's glory. It grounds our hope in God's working all things together for good for those who love Him (v. 28).
As Dr. R.C. Sproul tell us, all Christians believe in some form of predestination because Romans 8:28–30 and other passages (Mal. 1:2–3; Eph. 1:11–12) teach that God has chosen some people for salvation. The question is, upon what basis does He make His choice? Does the Lord "look down the corridors of time" and then choose those whom He knows in advance will respond to the gospel? Or, does He set His special, salvific love on some, a love that guarantees that they will trust Christ? Much could be said in response, but most important is the fact that divine foreknowledge as taught in Scripture has to do with the Father's decision to set His affection upon His elect. God's foreknowledge certainly includes His knowledge of how a person will act, but to be known by God (Gal. 4:9) means primarily to be loved by Him in a special way. We love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19), and God's particular love leads particular people to follow Jesus. A future decision of ours is not the basis upon which our Creator loves us. He loved us first, otherwise we would never love Him.
That God decided to save His people gives us confidence that "neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Rom. 8:38–39). If you trust Christ and feel discouraged this day, be comforted in your knowledge that the Lord has you in His hand and will never let you go.


When frontman Mike Harmeier sang they dont make em like they used to at the start of Mike and the Moonpies last studio album (2015s Mockingbird), it wasnt the idle complaint of an armchair country music critic: It was a self-imposed challenge, answered by Harmeier and the rest of his band of young but stage-hardened, old-soul honky-tonkers, to do something about it.
The idea was, if I walked into a bar with my dad or grandfather, I wanted the album to sound like the stuff that I would play on a jukebox at that bar, says the 33-year-old songwriter, who started Mike and the Moonpies not long after moving to Austin from his native Houston a decade ago. Thats why it had a bunch of different styles on it: theres a Bob Seger kind of thing on there, some Randy Travis sounding stuff, a George Jones kind of thing That was all a grand scheme that I had in my head.
The reaction was pretty grand, too, with Rolling Stone Country picking Mockingbird as one of the genres best albums of the year.
The bands freshly minted Steak Night at the Prairie Rose (February 2018) was recorded in April at Yellow Dog Studios in Wimberley, Texas, the Moonpies fifth album is not only their best effort to date, but arguably the first to really nail the irresistible, good-time spark and spirit of one of Austins best bar bands (in any genre) in the studio.
It was only a year after the band played their first live show to a sold out Great Scott in Allston, MA, that Esquire Magazine featured THESE WILD PLAINS in their 15 Bands to Watch in 2014 feature. Theyve been busy since on the live front as go-to support in Boston for national touring bands like Deer Tick, Futurebirds and The Sadies. The boys capped off 2015 with a Boston Music Award nomination, opening for Evan Dando at his induction into the BMA Hall of Fame. Theyve earned some fantastic looks from festivals and showcases around the country.


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No zero-sum game in greater Pacific ties
Greg Colton
Australia can play a major role in setting the agenda to the gain of all Pacific island nations.
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For many commentators with an interest in the Pacific, the emphasis on the region in the Foreign Policy White Paper has been welcomed as long overdue. Yet it has also raised some questions about the manner in which Australia engages in the region. James Batley has questioned whether Australia has 'the wherewithal – the resources, the attention span and the diplomatic and political capital' to really achieve our ambitions in the region. Nic Maclellan has gone further, writing: 'It is folly to believe that citizens in neighbouring Pacific countries will allow Australian governments to set the agenda'.
I happen to disagree with Nic. I not only believe that Australia can play a major role in setting the agenda, but that it must if it is to achieve its own foreign policy and security aims. However, that does not mean Canberra will be able to ride roughshod over our regional partners, and nor should it. Instead, Australia is going to have to take a blunt and honest look at how to achieve its aims in the Pacific, and the relationships it wishes to have with its regional partners. Greater ties with Pacific nations is not a zero-sum game.
The unavoidable truth of self-interest
International relations may be shaped by the culture, history, geography and religion of the nations involved, but ultimately it is a human activity. Politicians, diplomats and policy makers seek to forge agreements with other nations that, in the end, will benefit their nation. To do this, they must decide on those matters that are so important to them that they are not willing to compromise, the issues they are willing to negotiate on, and decide what they are able to concede to the other nation in return for the benefits they seek. As the Indian political thinker Chanakya wrote in circa 300BC: 'There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is the bitter truth.'
In that vein, I believe that Australia should consider the following when engaging in the Pacific.
The immutable
Australia's overarching aims in the Pacific are outlined in two key policy documents. The 2016 Defence White Paper states that Australia's strategic defence interests include a 'secure nearer region'. To do this it will 'support the security of maritime Southeast Asia and support the governments of Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and of Pacific Island countries to build and strengthen their security'.
Likewise, the Foreign Policy White Paper states that 'Security in Papua New Guinea, the wider Pacific and Timor-Leste...is vital to our ability to defend Australia's northern approaches, secure our borders and protect our exclusive economic zone'.
This is not surprising. As an island nation, Australia relies on maritime trade routes, many of which bisect the region. Thus, Australia has identified that underpinning regional security, and remaining the partner of choice for Pacific Island countries, is critical to Australia's national security interests. This includes 'working to limit the influence of any actor from outside the region within interests inimical to our own'.
The concedable
If greater security is Australia's immutable objective in the Pacific, then Canberra must acknowledge that every Pacific Island nation will have its own non-negotiable aims. While commentators need to be cautious about apportioning generalised aims across a complex region of sovereign states, most would agree the existential threat posed by climate change is the one issue of primary importance to Pacific Island nations.
As I have written here and elsewhere, Australia's position as the world's largest coal exporter, and its domestic policies on climate change, undermine its relationship in the region. If Australia is to be able to influence the regional agenda then it must address this issue with urgency.
Australia's response should be three-fold. First, Canberra needs to be seen to lead the way in delivering climate resilience measures in the region, including in the area of climate insurance. Second, Australia needs to join Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the 16 other countries that comprise the Powering Past Coal Alliance and commit to ending coal use in electricity generation by 2025. Finally, Australia should support a worldwide move away from coal by setting itself the target of becomig a world leading exporter of renewable energy technologies. This would energise the renewables industry and generate an important export market.
Together these policy goals would prove Wesley Morgan's argument that Australia needs to demonstrate to Pacific Island nations it is ready to move away from coal.
The negotiable
Everything outside of these two areas lies along a spectrum of negotiability, where talks conducted between Australia and the sovereign nations in the Pacific will determine the level of compromise: labour mobility, access to markets, visa waiver requirements, and diversification of development assistance to address human security issues should all form part of the bilateral agreements required for regional cooperation.
A potential solution
Last month I wrote that Australia could seek to achieve its security aims in the region through the establishment of a Compact of Free Association with Nauru, Tuvalu and Kiribati, in much the same way as Palau, Federation States of Micronesia and Republic of the Marshall Islands has a compact with the US, and the Cook Island and Nuie are self-governing states in free association with New Zealand. Nic Maclellan has argued that this idea 'fails the pub test' and that Pacific Island nations would not be willing to cede foreign policy control to Canberra.
The implication that these countries would lose their sovereignty or ability to conduct foreign affairs is misleading. In the Compact of Free Association between Palau and the US, Section 127 explicitly states: 'The Government of the United States may assist or act on behalf of the Government of Palau in the area of foreign affairs as may be requested and mutually agreed from time to time' (my emphasis). Palau is a sovereign nation and recognised as such by the US.
Where there is a restriction under the compact, it is contained within Section 311, which states: 'The territorial jurisdiction of the Republic of Palau shall be completely foreclosed to the military forces and personnel or for the military purposes of any nation except the United States of America'. In return, the US accepts responsibility for the defence of Palau and delivers a host of government services.
A similar Compact of Free Association with Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru would not impinge the sovereignty of these Pacific Island nations. To the contrary, in return for agreement to grant exclusive military access to Australia, and thus restrict the ability of potentially hostile powers to establish a presence in the region, the three countries would be able to negotiate a significantly better deal with Australia across a range of areas than they currently enjoy. Far from restricting them, compact negotiations would empower them.
In fact, resistance to this proposed solution is more likely to come from Australia, baulking at the commitment as too expensive. While relationships between Australian and Pacific Island nations should not be viewed as a zero-sum game, it is Canberra that might believe the price is too high.
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Now that elections are over and many new seats are filled in the Senate, people are waiting with baited breath, wondering what's going to happen now. With regards to the nation is facing concerning foreclosures is making it one of the most important questions in the Senate and the White House. You'll find some constructive steps towards helping Americans keep their homes by putting forth the "Affordability and Stability Plan." The problem is that this program doesn't help the unemployed or Oregon Senator the under employed.
There are foreclosures happening in the thousands every month all across the nation and it appears as if Texas is one of the hardest hit states thus far. Since new people are seated in the Senate many foreclosure questions are being sent their way and the public is expecting concepts. The Attorney General of Texas tripped an alarm that reached across the media. Now that all the Attorney Generals in all of the states took on the "call to arms" and enlisted a team to investigate banking practices concerning foreclosure many individuals are waiting with hopeful hearts. This would have been a giant step towards getting the foreclosure laws changed.
In Texas a person first buy a home there is a clause in the agreement that affords the lending institution the right to foreclose on your property with just a twenty-one day notice if you default in a mortgage payment. The foreclosure question here is the reason such a shorter time? Why not give a family time to recuperate and save their home? This is one of stuff the Attorney General's investigating team are going to look into along with fraudulent banking treatments. The fact that many homes were foreclosed upon without verifying the facts is another foreclosure question that the group will be thinking of very seriously.
Finally, foreclosure attorneys are trying get rid of many foreclosure cases for clients underneath the new Obama Plan but are getting stalled by a legal court system. This fairly frustrating to those homeowners who wish to save their homes from foreclosure. Take a look homeowners are asking the foreclosure question, why put forth a bailout when not easy to use? The foreclosure lawyers are working very difficult to help save your own from foreclosure. The greatest thing a homeowner can do is use foreclosures lawyer to save you their home as a minimum until some among the major foreclosure questions have been addressed.


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Most New Zealand online vaping stores don't check buyers' ages - study
Emily O'Connell
Watch: An expert says people should ultimately only vape if they are trying to quit smoking. Credits: Video - Newshub; Image - AAP
The vast majority of New Zealand-based online sellers of vaping products don't check the buyers' age, new research has found.
Health researchers are calling for better age verification systems to stop more kids taking up the habit, with the long-term health effects completely unknown.
Researchers at the University of Otago's Department of Public Health analysed dozens of the most popular local e-cigarette vendors operating online, and found only 10 percent of them - six out of 59 - required proof of age before buying, such as a driver's licence or passport.
Nearly half of them - 28 - just asked buyers to click a box to confirm their age, while another 24 didn't check for ages at all.
One site only required a credit card number, but children under 18 can get those through their parents or use a debit card number, which some banks issue to kids as young as 13.
"There's virtually no protection for children and young people," said associate professor George Thomson. "There's no age proof, or very little."
The researchers say a Government-run ID scheme might be the answer. They're already in place in some overseas jurisdictions to keep kids off gambling sites.
"With the known side-effects of nicotine on brain development during the adolescence period, and evidence that [e-cigarette] use may be related to smoking initiation, an effective age verification process seems essential," the study, published in the New Zealand Medical Journal on Friday, said.
'Be cautious': Kiwi doctor says vaping is not for everyone
Opinion: Overregulation will choke the vaping industry
Most of the sites looked at also had a heavy presence on social media, running promotional material - such as pictures to illustrate flavours - that would break the law if they were advertising traditional nicotine cigarettes.
"New Zealand vendors who marketed [e-cigarettes] during the time we collected data were largely unaware of or did not follow existing legislation and Ministry of Health guidance," the study said.
"This gap between policy-makers' expectations and marketing practices suggests that regulations could focus on mandating health and addiction warnings, requiring effective age verification, and reducing the widespread availability of flavours likely to appeal to young people."
Only one of the 53 YouTube videos featured on the vendors' sites required a sign-in to verify the viewer's age. Only one-third of their sites displayed health warnings, and only one mentioned a possible risk for pregnant and/or breastfeeding women.
Thomson says most flavours advertised are also sweet, which are particularly attractive to youth.
"If vaping is to help smokers to move from smoking to vaping - as a temporary thing of becoming nicotine-free - then I have seen no arguments they need sweet and dessert flavours."
Smaller retailers told RNZ in August they were ramping up advertising efforts in the wake of big tobacco companies getting into the vaping market.
"It's become clear, with how aggressive the tobacco companies are being, we can't sit back - we have to take them head-on," VAPO director Jonathan Devery told the station.
Council 'demonising' vaping despite benefits, manufacturer claims
Complaints about vaping ads are also on the rise. Earlier this month myblu - owned by Imperial Tobacco - was rapped over the knuckles by the Advertising Standards Authority for implying vaping was a completely safe activity.
There have been a string of deaths in the US linked to vaping - but it's believed black market THC products are to blame, not conventional e-cigarette liquid.
"To my knowledge, no cases have been found in people who vape regular main brand e-liquid or pod-based products such as JUUL," said Chris Bullen, a professor of public health at the University of Auckland.
The Ministry of Health says vaping has the "potential" to improve public health.
"Smokers switching to vaping products are highly likely to reduce the risks to their health and those around them," its website reads.
Vaping isn't as safe as you think it is
Clue found in vaping death mystery
A New Zealand study in 2015 found a typical e-cigarette sold in New Zealand has about 0.5 percent the toxicity of a typical cigarette.
But as e-cigarettes are a relatively new invention, having only entered the market a little more than a decade ago, their long-term impacts remain a mystery.
"There is no point continuing to debate whether e-cigarettes are more or less harmful than conventional cigarettes; this is only delaying the implementation of vital regulations – needed now – and increasing our understanding of the long term effects of vaping," said Kelly Burrowes of the University of Auckland's Bioengineering Institute.
"It is clear that there is a large population of youth starting to use e-cigarettes worldwide and it is, or should be, hard to ignore that many scientific studies are showing cytotoxic, pro-inflammatory, genotoxic effects and effects on the respiratory function of users."


Gabby Chaves - a male celebrity - born on Wednesday July 7th 1993, in Columbia,.
Gabby Chaves is the philanthropist and humanitarian who is deeply concerned about the state of the world, for which he has great compassion and idealism. He has a utopian personality, and will spend her life trying to realize some aspect of her utopian dream, sacrificing money, time, and energy for a better world.
His broad outlook on life allows Chaves to see the big picture, and to often shy away from dealing with the minute details. That is why Gabby Chaves attracts people who can fit into her larger plans and take over the areas he considers uninteresting. Consequently, Gabby evaluates people on the basis of what they can do for the larger cause. He is a true egalitarian, rarely prejudiced and would not accept social biases of people.
Interior decorating, landscape art or photography can be the sort of fields in which Gabby's imagination and creativity can harmoniously arrange the beauty already potential in the environment. However, due to his strong social consciousness - he can be an effective politician, lawyer, judge, minister, teacher, healer, environmentalist or in any other vocation that carries a clear social impact.
Gabby Chaves has a romantic personality, but his love is more impersonal as he tends to be focused on her dreams instead. When not in harmony with his true nature, Gabby can fall to moodiness, or become aloof, and withdrawn. He can also become timid, uncertain, and ungrateful, putting the blame for his troubles on others or the world. He is often disappointed by the realities of life, her own shortcomings, and those of others, and is relentlessly driven to improve upon it all - striving for greater accomplishments. This is Gabby's life-lesson - to accept the natural limitations of the world and its habitants in order to make it possible for him to enjoy life more fully.
Gabby Chaves tends to be quite adaptable, and he finds it easy to fit into most social set ups and vocational fields.
There are no particular virtues that can cause an imbalance in Gabby's personality and life, but he has to work hard and persistently to develop those special strengths that he desires to attain.
Learning to be wisely assertive is a major lesson to be taken by Gabby Chaves throughout his life.
Tour Gabby's menu and gain more insight into his personality traits, relationships, strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes, compatibility with you and with others, and much more.
Gabby Chaves is very creative on April 24th 2019. Miscommunication and emotional upheaval might be experienced throughout the day, but things are getting better later on.
An English drummer, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor who was the drummer for The Beatles, a lead vocals of "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Yellow Submarine", and wrote "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden"


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Sainte-Anne-des-Monts är en ort och  kommun  i Kanada.   Den ligger i regionen Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine och provinsen Québec, i den östra delen av landet,  km nordost om huvudstaden Ottawa. Sainte-Anne-des-Monts ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Sainte-Anne-des-Monts är kuperad söderut, men åt nordost är den platt. Havet är nära Sainte-Anne-des-Monts åt nordväst. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km söder om Sainte-Anne-des-Monts. Runt Sainte-Anne-des-Monts är det ganska glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.. Sainte-Anne-des-Monts är det största samhället i trakten.

I omgivningarna runt Sainte-Anne-des-Monts växer i huvudsak blandskog.  Inlandsklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är december, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är februari, med  mm nederbörd.

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Q: iTunes credit for child's account? My son has a child account under my iTunes and when I approve a purchase for him it gets charged to my credit card, even though I have an iTunes balance credit from gift cards.  Is there a way to circumvent this, because he added his Christmas iTunes gift card under my iTunes, but we can't seem to use it for his purchases.

A: If you add any iTunes gift cards to his Apple ID (not yours) any purchases he makes (even via your approval) will first come off his balance, not yours.
If/when his balance runs out, then any purchases would be charged to your account balance. If you have no credit on your account, then it would get charged to your credit card (assuming you have entered one).
Perhaps you buy him a new gift card (as payment for the one he added to your account) and add the new one to his account. That should solve the problem.

A: That is not true. My son has balance on his Apple ID from a gift card he received and any time I approve a purchase it's paid using my credit card, not his balance.
There is no setting available to do something about it. This is something Apple should correct.

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I Don't Care, I Hate It: Date-Planning Phone Calls Are Awkward And Terrible
By Anna Breslaw
It should not come as a surprise to anyone under the age of 70 that the Youngs are using text messages more frequently to set up dates and romantic encounters.
After all, even if you don't do it, this is frequently mentioned in scare pieces about "hookup culture" in "the age of technology," written by a 45-year-old who is shaking their head at Kids These Days with their Crazy Robot Phones. (When they were kids, they had to have phone sex over a set of tin cans with a piece of twine connecting them!)
USA Today reports that the younger you are, the more likely it is that you're planning dates via text: 21 to 26-year-olds use texting 38 percent of the time; 27 to 34, 36 percent; and 30 to 29 percent up until age 50.
But aside from elder generations who fear cell phones the way Bryce Dallas Howard fears cars in The Village, not everybody's dissatisfied with the current twentysomething generation's text-heavy state of affairs. It is a common misconception that all girls prefer the call over the text — many of us, myself included, prefer Gchat, text, skywriting or World War II code over the call.
I hate talking on the phone with anyone. I can barely make it five minutes with my mom or my best friend without pulling a "Sorry, I'm walking into a paleolithic cave where I don't have service!" so you can imagine my reaction when some random guy I met at a Ratatat concert calls me up to schedule a date. Or worse, just to shoot the sh*t. If you have a bad imagination, it's something like this:
So unless you've just been arrested for murder and/or I've accidentally become pregnant with your child, we don't have that much to talk about yet, let alone have a conversation in real time. For God's sake, just text me. It's more fun and less pressure, and how else can I obsessively go over the conversation accurately with my annoyed friends?
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By Page Pate | May 19, 2020
Allegations of Misconduct in Arbery Case
ABC's Good Morning America contacted Attorney Page Pate to discuss the Ahmaud Arbery case in Brunswick, Georgia. The interview focused on recent developments in this case and prior allegations of misconduct against the Glynn County Police Department and the Brunswick District Attorney's Office.
Page comments that he thinks "this particular department has always tried to protect its own and sometimes to the detriment of not just the system itself, but to the cause of justice here in Glynn County."
Eva: Now to the latest in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the unarmed black man shot to death in Georgia. Hundreds of people rallying to demand changes after it took two months to charge two white suspects. ABC's Zachary Keyes joins us now with more. Good morning Zachary.
Zachary: Good morning to you as well, Eva. You know, this story is really broadening beyond just Ahmaud Arbery and the McMichaels on some level. And shedding a light on the entire police department, one that has been saddled by allegations of corruption for years.
Overnight protests taking over the streets of South Georgia, hundred seeking justice and the resignation of two county prosecutors following the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery.
A Georgia district attorney initially said the killing Arbery, unarmed black jogger, was justified under Georgia law. For 74 days Travis McMichael and his father Greg, a former cop and investigator, walked free. But this morning WSBTV reporting that Greg McMichael shared this video with a friend and asked it to be released publicly, because he thought it vindicated them. After public outcry, the two men were arrested and charged with murder. The McMichaels contend they were trying to protect the neighborhood, and told police they were making a citizen's arrest, though there's no evidence Arbery committed any crime.
Two county commissioners said the DA's office blocked the police department from arresting the McMichaels following the shooting. District Attorney Jackie Johnson has denied this allegation. This, as there are growing calls for the Glynn county police to be disbanded.
Page Pate: I think this particular department has always tried to protect its own and sometimes to the detriment of not just the system itself, but to the cause of justice here in Glynn County.
Zachary: Troubling allegations surrounding the department unrelated to Arbery's killing are under renewed spotlight. Accusations including witness tampering and a sex scandal with drug informants.
In March, several officers were indicted and the Police Chief was placed on administrative leave after being charged with perjury. Glynn County Commission Chairman said the indictments are not reflective of the police department.
Brad Schrade: The law enforcement and the judicial system down there, the legal system, has faced a lot of questions for many, many years about the way they conduct business and the way they mete out justice.
Zachary: Now lawmakers in the state will vote on a measure that would allow residents in the state of Georgia to completely disband this police department and merge sources with the County Sheriff. Whit?
Whit: So a lot of questions, and a big case. Zachary Keys for us. Thank you.
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What if Uganda and Kenya pulled out of Somalia?
Posted on July 15, 2015 by Voice Of Somalia Standard
By Kavuma Kaggwa
We still remember that the whole world was gripped by the terrible massacre of 150 students of Garissa University College in northern Kenya on April 2, 2015 by Somalia's al-Qaeda – linked al-Shabaab gunmen.
Early this month, they attacked Kenya again and they killed 14 people who were working in a quarry in Mandela in the Northern part of Kenya.
This guerrilla movement is demanding that Kenya and Uganda must withdraw their troops from Somalia. It is remembered that Kenya sent in troops in 2011 following Uganda, "to maintain peace in Somalia". The African Union formed the AMISOM force which included Burundi also, to maintain peace and train Somalia's army. Peace is reported to have been restored in Mogadishu only.
Looking at the recent history, Uganda and Kenya showed their utmost magnanimity towards the people of Somalia and the country itself, when the two countries sent in their troops to bring and maintain peace and tranquility, and to train a strong Somalia army.
It was Uganda who sent in troops first and later on Kenya followed as well as Burundi.
Kenya sent troops after suffering numerous military incursions in the Northern part of the Country. There were also several bombings in the city of Mombasa and all these attacks were carried out by terrorists from Somalia. Tanzania and Rwanda which are partners in the East African Community stayed silent on the Somali problem. South Africa, with its formidable army has not come out to help end the Somali problem.
I remember there was a time when some of the Somalia political leaders set up a temporary "government in exile" in Nairobi and the Government of Kenya accommodated them very comfortably. It was, therefore, terribly shocking to see that the Somali al-Shabaab paid back by killing innocent Kenyan students of Garissa University College and they have not stopped attacking Kenya.
Following that massacre, the people of Kenya, who lost 150 students, demanded that Kenya and Uganda must now withdraw their troops from Somalia. This brings out a question – what if Kenya and Uganda pulled their troops out of Somalia?
More questions are being asked – what do we really gain by having our troops in Somalia and what do we really lose by pulling out and we leave the Somalis to sort out their own affairs after all we have helped them since the 1990s. They are not small children to be nursed by adults all the time.
Somalia and the origin of their political chaos
Somalia is found at the Horn of Africa above the Equator. The neighbouring countries are Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea. It shares a long border with Kenya, which touches Mandera, Garissa, Wajir and Lamu counties. In the East, is the Indian Ocean, where Somali pirates used to capture foreign cargo ships and demand huge ransoms in millions of dollars.
At the time of European colonialism, the Somalis were in two countries. There was British Somaliland in the North and Italian Somaliland in the South.
The British, as we know them, developed British Somaliland to a high level with Western education, economic development and the infrastructure. The Italians somehow neglected the area which they ruled and they left the people to bend more on Religious Fundamentalism and trade.
At the time of independence in 1960, the two countries merged and they formed the Republic of Somalia.
In 1991 a terrible tragedy befell Somalia. The army overthrew the Government of Mohammed Siad Barre and he fled into exile to West Africa where he died. The north, which was originally ruled by the British, broke away under the leadership of Mohammed Egal and declared itself the Republic of Somaliland. The capital is Hageisha, and they have not had any political problems since then. The South has had all kinds of leadership since the time of Siad Barre and at one time, they had the "technicals" which are now not heard of.
The Somalis are one ethnic entity. They do not have tribes as other African countries but they have clans. They all speak one language, Somali, and all of them belong to one religion – Islam and this unites them more than anything else. They cannot speak English or any other language when they are together. Their culture is the same and all of them dress the same. God created them in such a way that when you look at them you will straightaway see that they are Somalis.
They are masters of trade and in Nairobi they occupy the whole area called Eastleigh, where they set up a huge trading centre where one can buy whatever he / she wants.
The whole north-eastern part of Kenya, which was called the Northern Frontier District (NFD) before independence, is occupied and inhabited by the Somali people.
When Kenya achieved independence, the Somalis in the NFD fought to break away from the rest of Kenya and join Somalia. President Jomo Kenyatta fought them fiercely with the General Service Unit and completely crushed that rebellion. He used to say "bring me a Somali shifta dead or alive".
During the rule of former President Daniel arap Moi and the governments that followed him, the Kenyan Somalis were fully integrated in the Kenyan social system everywhere and now they are referred to as "the neutral tribe". Most of the young generation of Kenyan Somalis are now highly educated and rich. Many of them hold executive positions in the civil service and the private sector besides running different kinds of businesses.
In Uganda, the Somalis keep a low profile and they reside in the Kisenyi area of Kampala. This country has benefited quite a lot in the services of prominent Somali people who are running the petroleum industry. The most outstanding are Mendela of the City Tyres Group of Companies, who has built excellent service stations on the outskirts of Kampala and Madam Aminah Hersi Moghe the proprietor of the Hersi Oil industry and runs real estate business in Kampala. Mandela was some years back a minister in the Kabaka's government and a member of the Buganda Lukiiiko. The other Somalis are lorry drivers who drive long trailers ferrying petroleum products from Kenya to Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and Eastern Congo.
The Kenyans are demanding that following this massacre, the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta must pull out of Somalia all the Kenyan troops. People are demanding that Uganda must also pull out its troops from Somalia and let the Somalis sort out their problems of terrorism.
There has been so many terrorist attacks on Kenya since 1998 when the American Embassy was bombed and recently there was an attack on the Westgate Shopping Mall west of Nairobi.
In 2010, there was a terrorist attack in Kampala when bombs were thrown in Kampala, one at Lugogo when many people were watching the finals of the football World Cup and another one at Kabalagala on Gaba road.
Just recently, Ms. Kagezi who was the Deputy Director of Public Prosecution, was gunned down by the al-Shabaab, late evening when she was returning home. The al Shabaab admitted having carried out the attack and they threatened to hit targets which will hurt Uganda more. The al Shabaab are reported to have the support of Iran and some Arab countries, therefore Uganda must be on full alert.
Listening to the BBC World Service, the world heard the people of Kenya suggesting very strongly that Kenya and Uganda must pull their troops out of Somalia and station enough battalions inside Kenya at least one mile from the Kenya / Somalia border and be ready to repel any military incursions from the al Shabaab terrorists.
Judging from what has happened elsewhere in the world, Kenya and Uganda can pull their troops out of Somali, which will definitely put a stop to the al Shabaab terrorist attacks on Kenya and Uganda now and in the future. There will be no shame or losing face in this because the two countries will be saving the lives of their citizens as well as property.
I remember, in 1972, when President Richard Nixon of the United States of America, succeeded President Lyndon Bains Johnson, he pulled out all the American troops from South Vietnam when America, (inspite of all the daily bombings which America was using), failed to defeat the Viet Cong forces of Ho chi Min. The Ho chi Min trail took over the entire South Vietnam and the Capital Saigon was named Ho chi Min City.
Some years back, America pulled out of Afghanistan and Iraq. America, in the 1990s pulled out of Somalia after being terribly humiliated when bodies of dead American soldiers were tied on military trucks and pulled on the streets of Mogadishu. America had sent troops into Somalia thinking that they could quell the Somali uprising at that time.
In the early 1960s, Britain pulled its forces out of Cyprus after failing to defeat the forces of General George Grivas who was fighting to achieve independence for the Island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea. The British were surprised to see that the guerrillas of General Grivas had captured Nicosia, Limassol, Furmagusta, and Lanack all the cities in Cyprus and the best option was to pull out. After the war Archbishop Makarios who spearheaded the struggle for independence became president of Cyprus.
Britain pulled out of Kenya when the MAU MAU freedom fighters immerged victorious in the war of independence and Kenya became independent on December 12, 1963. Jomo Kenyatta the MAU MAU leader and who spearheaded the struggle for independence and was at one time described as "Jomo Kenyatta the burning spear in the flesh of Europeans", became President.
Britain surrendered their control of the Suez Canal in Egypt on the Red Sea in 1956 when President Gamel Abdel Nasser proved a hard nut to crack.
The French pulled out of Algeria in 1964 after failing to defeat the National Liberation Front (FLN) who were being commanded by General Houerri Boumediane, who was fighting to achieve independence for Algeria. After the war, Mohammed Ben Bella, who started the war of independence, became president of Algeria.
In the 1970s the Portuguese pulled out of Mozambique and Angola after they failed to defeat the freedom fighters, who were fighting to achieve independence for those two African nations.
Finally, there is one dangerous factor which both President Museveni and President Uhuru Kenyatta must seriously guard against. The al Shabaab may apply the Bin Laden plan of recruiting young people and they let them grow in the system and society here without the knowledge of the two governments. When they seize an opportune time in future, they un-leash terrible havoc in society both in Kenya and Uganda which will be a terrible disaster as it happened at the World Trade Centre in America some years back.
Therefore, we shall not lose anything, if Kenya and Uganda pull their troops out of Somalia. We grew up being told by our parents that "prevention is better than cure".
The writer is an elder from Kyaggwe in Mukono District.
MUQDISHO:Tax-silihii Taliyaha Ciidan Noqday!
WARBIXIN :Cabdiwali Gaas iyo Axmed Madoobe oo isbahaysi ka dhan ah Xasan Sheekh Kaga Dhawaaqay Garowe,Itoobiya oo madaxa isku gelinaysa Wakiiladeeda.


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One in 59 children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to CDC data.
Though very early intervention has been proven to maximize the impact of physical, speech and behavioral therapies, many parents and caregivers are unaware that detection is possible at a young age.
To highlight this, the National Autism Association and Neon, an FCB Health Network company, have launched "Autism SOS" on World Autism Awareness Day.
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Syria has amended a controversial property law to allow people a year instead of a month to prove ownership of land seized for development, the foreign minister said on June 2.
The law, known as Decree 10, allows Syria's government to seize private property for zoned developments and compensate proven owners with shares in the new projects.
Owners inevitably lose their property under the decree, but after an amendment now have up to a year - instead of 30 days - to claim shares after a new zone is announced if they prove ownership.
"The time period has been amended and become a year," Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said at a press conference in the Syrian capital.
Muallem said the nationwide law was "necessary" after the regime regained control of the former rebel bastion of Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus in April, through a military assault and evacuation deals that displaced tens of thousands from their homes.
"Property regulation was necessary to restore the rights of the owners," he said, accusing rebels of "burning real estate records" and "manipulating" property deeds when they held the region.
Human Rights Watch has said the law amounts to "forced eviction".
Lebanon's Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil warned that Decree 10 could hinder the return of an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees who have sought refuge in his country.
But Muallem dismissed such charges as unfounded.
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UNLABELLED: In July 2009, the Medical Advisory Secretariat (MAS) began work on Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging Technologies for the Assessment of Myocardial Viability, an evidence-based review of the literature surrounding different cardiac imaging modalities to ensure that appropriate technologies are accessed by patients undergoing viability assessment. This project came about when the Health Services Branch at the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care asked MAS to provide an evidentiary platform on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of noninvasive cardiac imaging modalities.After an initial review of the strategy and consultation with experts, MAS identified five key non-invasive cardiac imaging technologies that can be used for the assessment of myocardial viability: positron emission tomography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, dobutamine echocardiography, and dobutamine echocardiography with contrast, and single photon emission computed tomography.A 2005 review conducted by MAS determined that positron emission tomography was more sensitivity than dobutamine echocardiography and single photon emission tomography and dominated the other imaging modalities from a cost-effective standpoint. However, there was inadequate evidence to compare positron emission tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Thus, this report focuses on this comparison only. For both technologies, an economic analysis was also completed.A summary decision analytic model was then developed to encapsulate the data from each of these reports (available on the OHTAC and MAS website).The Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging Technologies for the Assessment of Myocardial Viability is made up of the following reports, which can be publicly accessed at the MAS website at: www.health.gov.on.ca/mas or at www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/program/mas/mas_about.htmlPOSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY: An Evidence-Based AnalysisMAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY: An Evidence-Based Analysis
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this analysis is to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (cardiac MRI) for the assessment of myocardial viability. To evaluate the effectiveness of cardiac MRI viability imaging, the following outcomes were examined: the diagnostic accuracy in predicting functional recovery and the impact of cardiac MRI viability imaging on prognosis (mortality and other patient outcomes).
CLINICAL NEED: CONDITION AND TARGET POPULATION LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND HEART FAILURE: Heart failure is a complex syndrome characterized by the heart's inability to maintain adequate blood circulation through the body leading to multiorgan abnormalities and, eventually, death. Patients with heart failure experience poor functional capacity, decreased quality of life, and increased risk of morbidity and mortality. In 2005, more than 71,000 Canadians died from cardiovascular disease, of which, 54% were due to ischemic heart disease. Left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction due to coronary artery disease (CAD) () is the primary cause of heart failure accounting for more than 70% of cases. The prevalence of heart failure was estimated at one percent of the Canadian population in 1989. Since then, the increase in the older population has undoubtedly resulted in a substantial increase in cases. Heart failure is associated with a poor prognosis: one-year mortality rates were 32.9% and 31.1% for men and women, respectively in Ontario between 1996 and 1997.
TREATMENT OPTIONS: IN GENERAL, THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE: medical treatment, heart transplantation, and revascularization for those with CAD as the underlying cause. Concerning medical treatment, despite recent advances, mortality remains high among treated patients, while, heart transplantation is affected by the limited availability of donor hearts and consequently has long waiting lists. The third option, revascularization, is used to restore the flow of blood to the heart via coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or, in some cases, through minimally invasive percutaneous coronary interventions (balloon angioplasty and stenting). Both methods, however, are associated with important perioperative risks including mortality, so it is essential to properly select patients for this procedure.
MYOCARDIAL VIABILITY: Left ventricular dysfunction may be permanent, due to the formation of myocardial scar, or it may be reversible after revascularization. Reversible LV dysfunction occurs when the myocardium is viable but dysfunctional (reduced contractility). Since only patients with dysfunctional but viable myocardium benefit from revascularization, the identification and quantification of the extent of myocardial viability is an important part of the work-up of patients with heart failure when determining the most appropriate treatment path. Various non-invasive cardiac imaging modalities can be used to assess patients in whom determination of viability is an important clinical issue, specifically: dobutamine echocardiography (echo),stress echo with contrast,SPECT using either technetium or thallium,cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cardiac MRI), andpositron emission tomography (PET).
DOBUTAMINE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: Stress echocardiography can be used to detect viable myocardium. During the infusion of low dose dobutamine (5 - 10 µg/kg/min), an improvement of contractility in hypokinetic and akentic segments is indicative of the presence of viable myocardium. Alternatively, a low-high dose dobutamine protocol can be used in which a biphasic response characterized by improved contractile function during the low-dose infusion followed by a deterioration in contractility due to stress induced ischemia during the high dose dobutamine infusion (dobutamine dose up to 40 ug/kg/min) represents viable tissue. Newer techniques including echocardiography using contrast agents, harmonic imaging, and power doppler imaging may help to improve the diagnostic accuracy of echocardiographic assessment of myocardial viability.
STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY WITH CONTRAST: Intravenous contrast agents, which are high molecular weight inert gas microbubbles that act like red blood cells in the vascular space, can be used during echocardiography to assess myocardial viability. These agents allow for the assessment of myocardial blood flow (perfusion) and contractile function (as described above), as well as the simultaneous assessment of perfusion to make it possible to distinguish between stunned and hibernating myocardium. SPECT: SPECT can be performed using thallium-201 (Tl-201), a potassium analogue, or technetium-99 m labelled tracers. When Tl-201 is injected intravenously into a patient, it is taken up by the myocardial cells through regional perfusion, and Tl-201 is retained in the cell due to sodium/potassium ATPase pumps in the myocyte membrane. The stress-redistribution-reinjection protocol involves three sets of images. The first two image sets (taken immediately after stress and then three to four hours after stress) identify perfusion defects that may represent scar tissue or viable tissue that is severely hypoperfused. The third set of images is taken a few minutes after the re-injection of Tl-201 and after the second set of images is completed. These re-injection images identify viable tissue if the defects exhibit significant fill-in (> 10% increase in tracer uptake) on the re-injection images. The other common Tl-201 viability imaging protocol, rest-redistribution, involves SPECT imaging performed at rest five minutes after Tl-201 is injected and again three to four hours later. Viable tissue is identified if the delayed images exhibit significant fill-in of defects identified in the initial scans (> 10% increase in uptake) or if defects are fixed but the tracer activity is greater than 50%. There are two technetium-99 m tracers: sestamibi (MIBI) and tetrofosmin. The uptake and retention of these tracers is dependent on regional perfusion and the integrity of cellular membranes. Viability is assessed using one set of images at rest and is defined by segments with tracer activity greater than 50%.
CARDIAC POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY: Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine technique used to image tissues based on the distinct ways in which normal and abnormal tissues metabolize positron-emitting radionuclides. Radionuclides are radioactive analogs of common physiological substrates such as sugars, amino acids, and free fatty acids that are used by the body. The only licensed radionuclide used in PET imaging for viability assessment is F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). During a PET scan, the radionuclides are injected into the body and as they decay, they emit positively charged particles (positrons) that travel several millimetres into tissue and collide with orbiting electrons. This collision results in annihilation where the combined mass of the positron and electron is converted into energy in the form of two 511 keV gamma rays, which are then emitted in opposite directions (180 degrees) and captured by an external array of detector elements in the PET gantry. Computer software is then used to convert the radiation emission into images. The system is set up so that it only detects coincident gamma rays that arrive at the detectors within a predefined temporal window, while single photons arriving without a pair or outside the temporal window do not active the detector. This allows for increased spatial and contrast resolution.
CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cardiac MRI) is a non-invasive, x-ray free technique that uses a powerful magnetic field, radio frequency pulses, and a computer to produce detailed images of the structure and function of the heart. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED)
Positron emission tomography for the assessment of myocardial viability: an evidence-based analysis. (no author information available yet) Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series 2010, 10 (16): 1-80
Positron emission tomography for the assessment of myocardial viability: an evidence-based analysis. (no author information available yet) Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series 2005, 5 (16): 1-167
Single photon emission computed tomography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: an evidence-based analysis. (no author information available yet) Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series 2010, 10 (8): 1-64
Stress echocardiography with contrast for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: an evidence-based analysis. (no author information available yet) Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series 2010, 10 (10): 1-59
64-slice computed tomographic angiography for the diagnosis of intermediate risk coronary artery disease: an evidence-based analysis. (no author information available yet) Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series 2010, 10 (11): 1-44
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: an evidence-based analysis. (no author information available yet) Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series 2010, 10 (12): 1-38
Stress echocardiography for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: an evidence-based analysis. (no author information available yet) Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series 2010, 10 (9): 1-61
Italian Society of Cardiovascular Echography (SIEC) Consensus Conference on the state of the art of contrast echocardiography. (no author information available yet) Italian Heart Journal: Official Journal of the Italian Federation of Cardiology 2004, 5 (4): 309-34
Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP): An Evidence-Based Analysis. (no author information available yet) Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series 2006, 6 (5): 1-70
Stenting for peripheral artery disease of the lower extremities: an evidence-based analysis. (no author information available yet) Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series 2010, 10 (18): 1-88


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Bulldozer, found its way into the election and political lexicon of Uttar Pradesh, and further across India, after its massive political use by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. While bulldozers are routinely used across India to remove illegal construction, the bulldozer in this case has been used as an extrajudicial tool, a power statement, against criminals and communal violence rioters and accused criminals. Following its usage in political messaging in Uttar Pradesh, the bulldozer was used in Madhya Pradesh to convey political messages aimed at showing a strong stance against criminals. Narratives conveyed that a lot of the usage of the bulldozer was itself communal in nature.

Its rhetoric usage by chief minister Yogi Adityanath of the Bhartiya Janata Party started following the commencement of his first term in office from March 2017. By 2020 property belonging to numerous criminals including Vikas Dubey, and politician-strongmen and gangsters Mukhtar Ansari and Atique Ahmed had been demolished using bulldozers. The action against Dubey started after he and his associates killed eight policemen in July 2020 during an attempted arrest. The Yogi government claims of freeing up  of government land and other illegally occupied land by land mafia. The UP government issued certain directives related to the use of bulldozers, and also warned of their misuse. Yogi began his second term as chief minister in March 2022. In a similar manner, the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, another state with a CM from BJP, began usage of the bulldozer in March 2022 against properties of mafia, and accused rapists and rioters. By late-April 2022 bulldozers had also been used on the property of rioters in Delhi and Gujarat, with politics and legal issues ensuing, including over anti-encroachment drives in Rajasthan, a Congress state, but in a BJP held municipality. In Uttarakhand rioters during Hanuman Jayanti processions were threatened with bulldozers parked in the vicinity of property owned by the accused.

Course of events

Uttar Pradesh

Usage against criminals
Yogi Adityanath started his first term as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in March 2017. His first announcement was that his government would clean up the law and order situation in the state among other connected issues. An anti-mafia task force was set up and political messaging included statements such as "Leave UP or go to jail". It was in September 2017 when Yogi first warned that he would bulldoze properties of those involved in crime, "My government will bulldoze houses of anyone even thinking of perpetuating crime against women and weaker sections of the society", adding that it would take some more time to reel in other criminal elements. Uttar Pradesh police had already started taking action against criminals with a number of them dying in police encounters.

By the end of 2020 properties had been demolished. In July 2020 history-sheeter and crime boss Vikas Dubey's house was demolished along with four vehicles. A few days eight policemen had been killed in an attempted arrest in which Dubey was the main accused. Vikas Dubey would go on to die in an encounter after the police vehicle carrying him met with an accident. In August 2020 Mukhtar Ansari, a criminal turned politician, connected properties were razed. A government spokesperson explained that the property had been constructed on property of migrants in Pakistan. Ansari's sons property was razed. This involved 250 policemen and 20 bulldozers. Part of a hotel he owned was demolished following a decision taken by an administrative board including the district magistrate. In September 2020, properties connected to Atique Ahmed were demolished. This includes Mohamed Zaid's two-story house built in 2015 over 600 square yards. 6 bulldozers took 5 hours. The reason given for demolishing the building was that the blueprints of the building were not cleared by local authorities before construction. A number of other structures, illegal constructions, or belonging to known gangsters were also raised. This number increased by the end of 2021. In February 2021, Yogi stated that  of land had been freed from mafia control. Yogi said that the illegal properties that are being seized and bulldozed will be replaced by new houses for the Dalits and the poor, playgrounds and other social needs, and warned the mafia of harassing the poor, farmers and traders. Public response within Uttar Pradesh in relation to the use of the bulldozer has been mixed. The Yogi government has also warned about the misuse of bulldozers.

Elections
Yogi Adityanath went on to use the bulldozer in his election campaign for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election held between 10 February to 7 March 2022. This earned him the tag "bulldozer baba". The term had initially been used as a taunt by an opposition party. In some rallies Yogi also mentioned "bulldozers taking rest".

Madhya Pradesh
Shivraj Singh Chauhan, the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, another state with a BJP CM, went on to use the bulldozer in a similar manner was seen in Uttar Pradesh. By 19 March, CM Chauhan had ordered the use of the bulldozer against property of the mafia as well as against gang rape, rioting and kidnapping accused in Seoni, Sheopur, Jaora, Shahdol and Raisen. The Shahdol rape incident took place on 16 March and the house of the accused was demolished on 22 March. This was following an investigation by the chief municipality officer who found a number of illegalities in the construction of the house. Following clashes on Holi in Khamriya village of Raisen, the administration used bulldozers to demolish encroachments of accused rioters. Many of alleged perps were of a "particular community". In a similar manner as the tag given to Yogi "bulldozer baba", banners were seen in Bhopal with "bulldozer mama" written and an image of CM Chauhan and a bulldozer in the background.

Following a rape incident on 28 March in a government guesthouse in Rewa, CM Chauhan ordered a bulldozer to be used against the house of the accused, a Mahant. Following clashes in Khargone on 10 April 2022, Ram Navami, 16 houses and 29 shops were demolished by Chouhan's government. Some of the demolished buildings were constructed under the government housing initiative Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.

Karanataka and Uttarakhand
On 16 April, localized riots took place in Hubli, Karnataka. Following violence, there were calls in the state demanding "bulldozer" form of justice. On the same day violence was also seen in Uttarakhand's Bhagwanpur region. In the following days bulldozers were seen in proximity to properties of the riot accused.

Jahangirpuri
On 20 April, following communal violence in Delhi's Jahangirpuri, local authorities issued demolition of certain structures in an eviction and anti-encroachment drive. The Supreme Court of India intervened to stop the demolition. Supposedly the Supreme Court had to give the orders twice as demolition continued for around an hour after the first order. Street carts were also destroyed with bulldozers. Residents said that even registered buildings were damaged. Nine bulldozers were seen in the area and 20 structures destroyed. A political blame game ensued.

Rajasthan
On 22 April, bulldozers were seen demolishing some shops and three temples in Alwar, Rajasthan, a Congress led state but in the BJP held municipality of Rajgarh. Local administration said that consensus had been achieved in the destruction of the shrines, including one which had been built on a drain, and that it was part of an anti-encroachment drive and the shrines would be rebuilt on "non-controversial land". During another anti-encroachment drive the next day a gaushala was part of the removed structures and cleared land.

Legal issues

On Jahangirpuri
Tushar Mehta, on behalf of North Delhi Municipal Corporation, stated that the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act provides for removal of "stall, chair, bench, box, ladder, bale" without notice. Just as Ganesh Gupta's juice shop was removed without notice, everything on public land was removed. In the case of buildings, notices were given. Further the law provides some days and appellate remedy in the case of building as per the Act. As "houses and other permanent structures were targeted" Advocate Dushyant Dave raised this as a primary point before the court.

Reactions
Farm leader and national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Rakesh Tikait warned the government that if the unjust use of bulldozers doesn't stop, tractors will be used by farmers to stop them. Opposition leaders in response also stated the headquarters of BJP should be demolished and that it was BJP who allowed illegal constructions in Delhi in areas they had held for years. Akhilesh Yadav said that BJP should make the bulldozer its emblem and that it was distracting the Chief Minister from more important governance matters. Manish Sisodia said that the bulldozer was being used as a tool of extortion. Names such as "Bulldozernath" or "the lord of bulldozers" were used. The bulldozer was connected to bulldozing the "dreams of the youth" and being "anti-women". Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind filed two petitions in the Supreme Court of India. On 24 April 2022, Aam Aadmi Party conducted "foot marches" in all the wards of Delhi. Brinda Karat, an Indian politician, has claimed that BJP aims to vilify Muslims through these actions.

Newslaundry, an Indian media watchdog, reported on the response of sections of the Indian media and their coverage of the events and how certain anchors supported the proceedings. Anjana Om Kashyap, a media professional, climbed on board the bulldozers at the Jahangirpuri site and started asking the drivers questions. During one of the demolitions in Uttar Pradesh, a district magistrate (an Indian Administrative Service officer) clicked a selfie, and shared it with the caption "" ( This is us, this is our car, our party is happening here).

Commentary
The timing of the Jahangirpuri demolitions, four days after communal clashes in the same area, "reads extremely suspicious", says political commentator N. S. Moorthy . The Supreme Court status quo intervention brought immediate relief. However this order does not seem to make the judiciary the answer to the larger overarching questions related to the perceived targeting of sections of the population, more that what is already being seen.

See also
 Uttar Pradesh Recovery of Damages to Public and Private Property Ordinance, 2020
 2022 Jahangirpuri violence
 Ram Navami riots
 Illegal housing in India
 Turkman gate demolition and rioting

References
Notes

Citations

Further reading

External links
 Cartoons via ThePrint
 Cartoons via TheScroll.in
 Video of a demolition

Politics of India
Politics of Uttar Pradesh
Crime in Uttar Pradesh
Politics of Madhya Pradesh
Crime in Madhya Pradesh
Yogi Adityanath


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